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BRIGHT LEGACY
One half the Income from this Legacy, which was recelred in 1880 under the will of
JONATHAN BROWN BRIGHT
of Waltham, Massachusetts, it to be expended for book!
for the College Library. The other half of the income
ii devoted to icholarships in Harvard University for the
benefit of descendants of
HENRY BRIGHT, JR.,
who died at Watertown, Massachusetts, in 1686. In the
absence of sach descendants, other persons are eligible
to the scholarships. The will requires that this announce
ment shall be made In every book added to the Library
under Its provisions.
�����ONE THOUSAND
NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES
Brief Biographical Sketches of New
Hampshire Men and Women, Na
tive or Resident, Prominent in Public,
Professional, Business, Educational,
Fraternal or Benevolent Work.
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EDITED AND COMPILED BY
HENRY HARRISON METCALF
ASSISTED BY
FRANCES M. ABBOTT
PUBLISHED BY
THE RUMFORD PRINTING COMPANY
CONCORD, N. H.
1919
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�FOREWORD
It is not claimed for this,iittle volume thatdt'js a complete "Who's Who"
for the State of New Hanipshire. The purpose of the compiler has been
to bring together, in compact form, so as to.- bo readily accessible for refer
ence in newspaper offices, libra'ries""and elsewhere, brief biographical
sketches of one thousand representative New Hampshire men and women,
native or resident. Undoubtedly a thousand more, equally worthy of
mention, might have been included, had time and opportunity permitted,
and it is to be hoped that another volume, embracing the same, may be
hereafter brought out by some interested person.
As in "Who's Who" in America and New England, the design has been
to include only living subjects, and this purpose has been departed from
in only two or three exceptional cases. Nevertheless quite a number of
those whose sketches are presented have died since they were arranged for
and printed, the fact of death in each case so far as known being noted in
the "Addenda," along with material facts, developing in regard to other
subjects since their sketches were put in type, and the noting of certain
errors which have been detected in some cases, while doubtless others
have been overlooked. It is practically impossible to avoid mistakes,
typographical and otherwise, in a work of this kind; but it is hoped that
this volume is as free therefrom as is usually the case. The pages devoted
to "Addenda and Errata" are inserted before the body of the work, and
attention thereto should be duly given.
The abbreviations used are simple and readily understood, such as "b."
for born, "d." for died, "s." for son, "dau." for daughter, "m." for married,
and the customary abbreviations for names of states, orders, organizations,
societies, etc. It has not appeared necessary to insert a table of abbre
viations.
The printing of the volume having been commenced as soon as material
came to hand and was properly prepared, the sketches are necessarily not
arranged in alphabetical order. To have done that would have involved
delay until the last sketch was procured before printing was commenced,
and a consequent delay of many months more before the appearance of the
work. No inconvenience results however, since an alphabetical index of
subjects has been prepared, reference to which will enable one to find any
particular sketch as readily as would have been the case with an alpha
betical arrangement of sketches.
iii
�A distinguishing feature of this work, and one which adds immensely to
its interest and value, in these days when illustration is a leading feature
even of the daily newspapers of the country, is the presentation of portraits
of subjects. More than half of the sketches are accompanied by portraits
of the parties in question. This feature obtains in the latest edition of
the Canadian "Who's Who," and vastly enhances its interest. That it
will be appreciated by the general public is not to be doubted.
The compiler has had the preparation of this work in mind for many
years. His only regret is that he has not been able to make it more com
plete. New Hampshire has always been prolific of men and women who
have been active and prominent in the varied fields of human effort, at
home and throughout the country, and is no less so at the present than
in the past. The recorded achievements of her sons and daughters in former
years, constitute an important part of the nation's history. The work of
her children, native and resident, who are still on the stage of action, is
equally worthy of record. Scattered in various volumes are biographical
sketches of many of these. Tens of thousands of dollars have been ex
pended for the presentation of the same in state and county genealogical
and biographical publications of various descriptions the work upon
which, literary and mechanical, has been done abroad, and the money for
which has been taken outside the state. This volume is entirely a New
Hampshire product. All the work, editorial and mechanical, has been
done in the state, and the comparatively small amount of money expended
therefor has remained in the state instead of going abroad for the benefit
of outsiders.
If interest in the state of their birth or residence, and pride in the worthy
record of its sons and daughters, is in some degree stimulated by this vol
ume, and it proves what it is designed to be—a ready and convenient ref
erence book for every day use, the compiler will feel that his labor of the
last two years has not been entirely in vain, and will indulge the hope that
some one else may be sufficiently interested, in the not distant future, to
continue the enterprise, and prepare and publish another volume along
the same line, for which ample field will be found.
H. H. Metcalf.
Concord, N. H., May, 1919.
�ADDENDA AND ERRATA
Abbott, Fiances Hale, p. 139; should be printed
Abbot.
Anderson, George Weston, p. 311; appointed
U. S. District Judge. July, 1918; trustee maiorib- stock B. A M. R. R.. held by N. Y.,
N. H. & Hartford R. R., Dec. 27, 1918.
Ballard, William Preston, p. 169; grandson,
Frank Edward Silva, b. Nov. 8, 1918.
Bancroft, Charles Parker, p. 171; trustee N. H.
State Hospital.
Barnabee, Henry Clay, p. 134; d. Dec. 16, 1917.
Bartlett, Benjamin T., p. 544; erroneously
printed Benjamin G; trustee N. H. State In
dustrial School.
Barton, Jesse Morton, p. 105: member N. H.
constitutional convention, 1918; acting Gov
ernor of New Hampshire, Dec. 31, 1918 to
Jan. 2, 1919.
Benton, John Edwin, n. 57; solicitor U. S. In
terstate Commerce Commission, Washington,
since Feb., 1918.
Bingham, Harry, p. 18; chairman Grafton
County Legal Advisory Board, N. H. Dis
trict Selective Service.
Brackett, John Q. A., p. 71; d. April 6, 1918.
Brennan James F., p. 119; secretary Hillsbor
ough County Selective Service Board, Div.
No. 2.
Britton, William John, p. 95; elected solicitor
for Carroll County, for 1919-20, Nov., 1918.
Brown, Alice, p. 266: bom Dec. 5, 1857, in
stead of 1887 as printed.
Brown, George Henry, p. 441; president Cen
tral N. H. Congregational Club two years;
Mason, 32d degree.
Brown, John Henry, p. 413; trustee N. H. Hos
pital, 1919-.
* Bugbee, Marion Louise, p. 83; member Com
mittee on Aid to Dependents of Soldiers and
Sailors, Aug. 17, 1917; served with Childrens'
Bureau. American Red Cross, in France.
March 1, to Oct. 1, 1918.
Burroughs, Sherman Everett, p. 35; re-elected to
U. S. house of representatives, Nov., 1918.
Buxton, Willis George, p. 105; member N. H.
constitutional convention, 1918.
Carter, Solon Augustus, p. 115; d. Jan. 28, 1918.
Chandler, William Eaton, p. 3; d. Nov. 3, 1917.
Chase, Arthur Horace, p. 51; chief clerk, Dis
trict Board of Appeals, N. H. Selective Serv
ice, 1918; s. Robert M., lieutenant Coast Ar
tillery Corps, U. S. A., April, 1918, to date.
Chase, Olin Hosea, p. 27; m., Dec. 20, 1917,
Hattie A. Reed, Newport, N. H.; removed to
61 Rumford St., Concord, N. H.
Chase, William Martin, p. 19; d. Feb. 3, 1918.
Child, Edwin Leighton, p. 353; master Pem
broke Grange, 1916-17; member Canton
Wildey, No. 1, P. M.; s. Ford Leighton, b.
Feb. 22. 1895, instead of Feb. 2 as printed;
Roswell Towle, b. May 12, 1898.
Claggett, Fred Porter, p. 359; medical referee
for Sullivan County, 1919-.
Clark, Allan Chester, p. 331; d. Sept. 23, 1918;
s. Allan Chester Jr., b. Oct. 17, 1918.
Clow, Fred Ellsworth, p. 438; trustee N. H.
State Sanatorium.
Colby, Ira Gordon, p. 153; member N. H. con
stitutional convention, 1918: Judge Advocate
General staff of Gov. John H. Bartlett.
Colony, Horatio, p. 467; d. Nov. 11, 1917—
killed by automobile accident.
Cook, George, p. 5; chairman N. H. Selective
Service Board, 1917-19.
Corning, Charles Robert, p. 7; president N. H.
Historical Soc., 1919-, Concord Charity Or
ganisation, 1919-.
Couch, Benjamin Warren, p. 6; member N. H.
house of representatives, 1919-20; director
Mechanicks National Bank, N. H. Spinning
Mills, Beecher Falls Co.
Cummings, Allen Curtis, p. 186; resigned as
Master of Stevens high school, Claremont,
on account of ill health, in April, 1918, and
has been recuperating at his old home at
North The tford. Yt. ; resumes work in the fall.
Curtis, Warden Allan, p. 417; should be printed
Wardon.
Dixon, Frank Haigh, p. 421 ; Professor of Trans
portation, Princeton University, 1919.
Donovan, Michael Henry, p. 54; s. Daniel B.,
b. Nov. 3, 1878; civil engineer; six years resi
dent engineer in charge of barge canal section
between Utica and Oneida Lake, N. Y.; engi
neer in charge of road construction at Camp
Merritt, N. J., 1917-18; fatally injured at
Dumont, N. J., and d. at Englewood, June
13. 1918; John B. (Harvard 1906) studied law,
now in insurance in New York City; Joseph
C. (Boston Univ. Law School, 1917) lawyer
in practice in Concord.
Drake, James Frank, p. 94; Lieutenant-Colonel
Ordnance Department, U. S. A., Pittsburgh
Pa.; chairman Committee on Claims, Pitts
burgh Division.
Drew, Irving Webster, p. 149; appointed U. S.
senator by Gov. Keyes, Sept. 1, 1918, to fill
vacancy occasioned by death of Jacob H.
Gallinger.
Dudley, Harry Hubbard, p. 305; s. Charles H.,
second lieutenant, Sanitary Corps, U. S. A. ,
Regular Army, 1918-.
Duncan, Charles, p. 98; secretary State Board
of Health since Sept. 6, 1918.
Eastman, Samuel C.,p. 37; d. Aug. 31, 1917.
�VI
ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES
Edes, Samuel Harcourt, p. 30; Captain Co. G.
103d Infantry, 26th Division ; sailed for
France Sept., 1917; transferred, 1918, to
Headquarters 6th Army Corps; still on duty
in France; m. Aug. 30, 1917, Nellie E. Presby, dau. of Hon. Winthrop B. Presby, a
lawyer of Portland, Ore.. and native of Brad
ford, N. H.
Elwell, Rufus Newell, p. 7; appointed N. H.
Insurance Cora missioner. Nov. 16, 1917; d.
Feb. 9. 1919.
Emerson, Charles Sumner, p. 15; chairman
Hillsborough County, Dist. No. 2, Selective
Service Board: s. Dean A. (Dartmouth '14,
Thayer School '18), lieutenant in Aviation
branch, A. E. F.; Sumner B. (Dartmouth '17),
lieutenant balloon section, Aviation branch.
Emerson, Francis P., p. 202; Maj. Med. Res.
Corps, 1918.
Evans, Alfred, p. 207; member N. H. constitu
tional convention 1918; retired as judge of
Probate, from age limitation, March 31, 1919.
Fairbanks, George Arlington, p. 65; retired; s.
Harold G.. enlisted May 5. 1917; served in
Portsmouth C. A. C. at Fort Constitution, on
guard duty at Fort Devens and Springfield,
Mass.; transferred, with rank of sergeant,
April 22, 1918, to Intelligence Dept.. War
College, Washington; commissioned 2d lieu
tenant, Q. M. C, July 25, 1918, and went over
seas Aug. 7; connected with Chief Purchasing
Office, and located in Spain.
Farmer, William Parker, p. 159; president Man
chester Historical Ass'n.
Farrand, George Edward, p. 38; appointed
postmaster of Concord, Sept. 19, 1918.
Faulkner, Philip Handerson, p. 391; trustee
N. H. State Sanatorium.
Felch, Albert Dustin, p. 73; delivered historical
address at 150th anniversary of town of Sunapee, Sept. 2, 1918.
Fowler, George Winthrop, p. 58; member N. H.
house of representatives, 1919-20.
Fowler, William Plumer, p. 147; Acting Cor
poration Counsel, City of Boston, 1917-18;
d. July 3, 1918.
French, James Edward, p. 181; member N. H.
constitutional convention, 1918; house of rep
resentatives. 1919-20.
Frisselle, Frank Monroe, p. 191; returned to
the Manchester Union, 1919.
Gallinger, Jacob Harold, p. 15; d. at Franklin,
N. H., Aug. 17, 1918.
; Goss, Winifred Lane, p. 226; mother's name
should be printed Lorena instead of Lovena.
Gould, Alfred Josiah, p. 102; member Sullivan
County Pomona Grange, instead of Merri
mack County as printed; d. Dec. 14, 1918.
Graves, Robert John, p. 89; Major U. S. Medi
cal Reserve Corps, U. S. General Hospital
No. 2, Ft. McHenry, Baltimore, Md.
Green, Henry Francis, p. 5; d. May 9, 1917.
Gunnison, William Towne,p. 47; m. Grace Horney, not Homey; sons, Arvin, Dartmouth
22, Golf Champion of N. H.: John VinaJ,
Student at Phillips Exeter Academy.
Hall, Daniel, p. 101; wife d. Dec. 1, 1918.
Hamlin, Frank Wilbert, p. 480; trustee N. H.
State Industrial School.
Hammond, Oris G.( p. 51; wife d. Feb. 10, 1918.
Harriman, Walter C, p. 193; d. June 29, 1918.
>Harris, Sarah Neal, p. 504; d. March 5, 1917.
Hatch, Albert Ruyter, p. 106; member legal ad
visory board, Rockingham County, N. H.
Selective Service.
Herring. Crawford Dawes, p. 77; wife died June
5, 1918.
Hirst, Edgar Clark son, p. 30; general manager
N. E. Sawmill Units. Bonar Bridge, Scot
land, June, 1917 to Sept., 1918; Industrial
Examiner, U. S. Forest Service, and Assistant
to State Fuel Administrator, Hovey E. Slayton, fall of 1918; sons, Heston, b. Nov. 8,
1915, John Minot, March 5, 1918.
Hodgman, Burns Plummet , p. 43 ; director First
National Bank, Concord; treasurer and di
rector Eagle and Phenix Hotel Co.; treasurer
and director Hill Associates; director Concord
Mutual Fire Ins. Co.; clerk Concord Water
Board; Chairman Concord Public Safety
Committee; and Chairman Fuel Committee
for Concord during the war.
Hollis, Allen, p. 49; N. H. director W. S. S.
Holiis, Henry French, p. 81; member U._ S.
Liquidation Commission, adjusting claims
growing out of the war in Europe. Appointed
Feb., 1919.
Hook, Andrew Jackson, p. 33; member N. H.
Senate, 1919-20: vice-president N. H. Old
Home Week Ass n.
Hopkins, Ernest Martin, p. 243; chief of In
dustrial Relations Branch of the Quarter
master's Corps, Feb. 20, 1918 to Dec. 15,
1918—Assistant to the Secretary of War.
Howard, Charles Danforth, p. 127; residence,
100 School St., Concord, N. H.
Howard, Charles Woodbury, p. 59; disbursing
officer and agent United States and State of
New Hampshire, Selective Service board,
district of New Hampshire.
Hoyt, Horace F., p. 163; member N. H. consti
tutional convention 1918; doorkeeper N. H.
house of representatives, 1919-20.
Hutchins, Harry Burns, p. 236; resigned as
president of Univ. of Mich., March, 1919, to
take effect with close of college year; will
engage in literary work.
Hutchins, JohnCorbin, p. 74; trustee N. H. Col
lege, 1918; mem. State Bd. of Education, 1919.
Ives, Henry Goodson, p. 59; enlisted, Aug. 21,
1917, at Montreal, in 5th Royal Highlanders,
re-enforcing the "Black Watch," or 1stQuebec
Reg.; served in the orderly room till March,
1918, when detailed for service with the
British Chemical Co., at Trenton, Ont. . under
control of the Imperial Munitions board ; dis
charged Feb. 2, 1919. Resigned as pastor at
Andover, N. H.. and accepted a call to Unity
Church, Amherst, Mass., m., Jan. 19, 1918,
Grace E. Mackintosh, Sharon, Mass.
Jackson, James Robert, p. 71; secretary N. H.
constitutional convention, 1889; d. Nov. 22,
1917.
�ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES
* Jackson, Lydia Drew, p. 81; teacher of French,
St. Mary's School, Concord, N. H., 1918-19.
Jackson, Robert, p. 58; vice-president L. H.
Shattuck. Inc.
Jameson, John Butler, p. 257; b. Aug. 2, 1873,
great great grandson Capt. Thomas Jameson,
who settled in Antrim in 1783; Democratic
candidate for U. S. senator to fill the vacancy
occasioned by the death of Jacob H. Gallinger, Nov., 1918, lacking less than 1,000 votes
of election.
Jewett, Stephen Shannon, p. 119; member" legal
advisory board for Belknap County, N. H.
District. Selective Service; trustee N. H.
State Prison, appointed April, 1919.
Johnson, Jesse p. 283; d. Oct., 1918.
Johnson, Perley Albert, p. 16; chairman New
port Chapter, American Red Cross; Federal
food administrator for eastern Sullivan dis
trict; member Liberty Loan and W. S. S.
Committees.
Keeler, Irad Eugene, p. 25; re-elected Register
of Probate, Nov., 1918.
Keyes, Frances Parkinson, p. 335; author "The
Old Gray Homestead," Houghton, Mifflin
Co., 1919.
Keyes, Henry Wilder p. 211; elected U. S. sen
ator for six years, to succeed Henry F. Hollis,
Nov., 1918.
Kimball, George Morrill, p. 277; president N. H.
Savings Bank, succeeding the late Samuel C.
Eastman.
Lake, Harry Foss, p. 51; Democratic candidate
for Congress, 2d N. H. District, 1918; chair
man N. H. War Speakers' Bureau.
Lauder, George Burns, p. 259; daughter, Mil
dred, graduated from St. Mary's School,
1913.
Leonard, Charles Hall, p. 330; d. Aug. 27,
1918.
Lyford, James Otis, p. 53; son Richard (Har
vard 1918) First Class private. Battery A.,
101st Regiment, Field Artillery, 26th Divi
sion; served in France from September, 1917
to April. 1919.
Mann, William Hazelton Gage, p. 290; in
structor Dartmouth College, S. A. T. C,
1918.
Martin, Nathaniel Everett, p. 89; Democratic
candidate for Governor of New Hampshire,
Nov.. 1918.
Mason, Nathaniel Robert, p. 198; chief of staff,
Base Hospital 51, Tout, France, 1918; recom
mended for promotion to major, and com
mission made out when the armistice was
signed.
McAllister, George Isaac, p. 446; A. O. U. M.
should be A. O. U. W.
McCollister, Lee Sullivan, p. 407; should be
printed McCollester.
McCrillis, John, p. 24; s. John, b. Jan. 1, 1897,
(Dartmouth 20); instructor in Thayer School
Training Detachment, June to Dec., 1918;
William Henry, b. April 24, 1898 (Worcester
Academy, 20), TJ. S. Marine Corps, Oct.,
1918 to March 12, 1919.
McHugh, Bartholomew Franklin, p. 333; trus
tee N. H. State Prison.
McLane, John Roy, p. 159; a. Charles Bancroft,
b. March, 1919.
McQuaid, Elias Alfred, p. 383; on staff of New
York World, 1919-.
Merrill, Robert Josiah, p. 54; resigned as in
surance commissioner, Nov., 1917, to become
secretary of the United Life & Accident Ins.
Co., Concord.
Miller, Ida Fair, p. 62 ; member Soc. for
Preservation of N. E. Antiquities, not Pre
tention as printed.
Morrill, Arthur Putnam, p. 170; member N. H.
state senate, 1919-20 (president).
Morrison, Henry Clinton, p. 77; assistant secre
tary Connecticut State Board of Education
since 1918; removed to Middletown, Conn.
Moses, George Higgins, p. 127; elected U. S.
Senator from New Hampshire to fill unex
pired term of the late Jacob H. Gallinger,
Nov. 5, 1918; assigned to committees on agri
culture, the library and printing; s. Gordon,
now midshipman, U. S. Naval Academy,
Annapolis, Md.
Murchie, Alexander, p. 47; secretary Demo
cratic state committee, Feb. 1, 1918, to Sept.,
1918—chairman since; legal adviser for New
Hampshire, to the U. S. Custodian of Alien
Property; dau. Jean, b. Nov. 30, 1917. Resi
dence, 7 Pine St., Concord, N. H.
Murchie, Robert Charles, p. 9, major, National
Army, Adjutant General's Dept.; graduate
Army General Staff College, Dec. 31, 1918;
honorably discharged, Feb., 1919.
Murphy, David Edward, p. 261 ; President Con
cord Board of Trade, 1906-10.
Niles, Edward Cullen, p. 49; resigned as Public
Service Commissioner, July 27, 1918, to be
come assistant to the director of Public Serv
ice, U. 8. Railroad Administration, Washing
ton, D. C.
Niles, Harold Herbert, p. 451; trustee of N. H.
State Prison, 1919-.
Parker, Edward Melville, p. 91; chaplain N. H.
State Guard; s. Henry Melville, b. Jan. 9,
1919; named for his grandfather, a Massa
chusetts lawyer, native of Jaffrey, N. H.
Parker, Hosea Washington, p. 9; member and
temporary president N. H. constitutional
convention, 1918.
Pearson, Edward Nathan, p. 3; trustee Kimball
Union Academy; vice-president Northern
Bankers Ass'n, vice-president and director
N. H. Bible Soc.
Pillsbury, Rosecrans William, p. 55; proprietor
Manchester Mirror, 1918-.
Powers, Samuel Leland, p. 49; s. Leland, b.
July 1, 1890; Dartmouth, A.B. 1910 (Phi.
Beta Kappa), A.M. 1911; Harvard, LL.B.
1914; admitted to the bar and since a mem
ber of the firm of Powers & Hall, Boston;
member Mass. house of representatives
1918-19 (chairman committee on bills in the
third reading; m., 1913, Barsheba T. Threewit, Denver, Colo.; two children, Polly and
�Vlll
ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES
Samuel Leland. Residence, Newtonville,
Mass.
Powers, Wilbur Howard, p. 33; s. Walter (Dart
mouth 1906, Harvard Law School, 1909),
Major in Ordnance Department, A. E. F.,
serving in France.
Quimby. Frank Pierce, p. 103; member N. H.
constitutional convention. 1918.
Ramie, Herbert Williamson, p. 425; s. Donald
Garland, b. March 6. 1919.
Ranney, William Bradford, p. 313, member
N. H. house of representatives, 1919-20;
chairman Merrimack County delegation.
Richardson, Albert James, p. 62; president Lit
tleton Board of Trade.
c Richardson, Ellen Ruddick, p. 121; d. March 10,
1919.
Robie, Edward, p. 98; d. Sept. 20, 1917.
Rollins, Dillwyn Sidney, p. 28; trustee Kim
ball Union Academy, Meriden, N. H.
Rossiter, William S., p. 118; called to Washing
ton in July, 1918, as member of staff of Dean
E. F. Gay, director of the Central Bureau of
Planning and Statistics; prepared progress
reports of the Navy for the President; re
signed Feb., 1919; chairman joint committee
of the American Statistical and American
Economic Ass'ns to advise the director of the
Census on the 14th Census of the United
States; President of the Rumford Printing
Co., since the death of William E. Chandler.
Rowe, Stewart Everett p. 39; re-elected treas
urer Rockingham, County, Nov., 1918;
commander N. H. Division, S. of V., 1918.
Ch. Rock. Co. United War Works Campaign.
Sargent, Orison Clark, p. 219; d. Feb. 26, 1019
Sherman, Lillian Adelaide Tourtelotte, p. 146;
War historian for town of Warner; press
correspondent. Dept. of N. H., National
W. R. C.
. Shockley, Alice Porter, p. 45; president New
Bedford College Club, vice-president New
Bedford Woman's Club, vice-president
Y. W. C. A., supervisor New Bedford Junior
Red Cross.
Slayton, William Harvey, p. 239; superintendent
of schools, Portsmouth, N. H., since 1918.
Smith, Edward M., p. 50; d. March 13, 1919.
Spaulding, Rolland Harty, p. 21; N. H. Direc
tor TjTW. W., trustee N. H. Historical Soc;
m., Dec. 18, 1918, Vera A. Going, Rochester,
N. H.
Stone, George Weare, p. 158; member N. H.
constitutional convention, 1918; secretary
Division 1, Merrimack County legal advisory
board, N. H. Selective Service.
Storrs, John Williams, p. 293; member N. H.
Public Service Commission since Dec. 23,
1918.
Streeter, Frank Sherwin, p. 45; President State
Bd. of Education, 1919-.
Sullivan, Dennis Edward, p. 103; CaptainU. S. Medical Reserve Corps, Base Hospital,.
Camp Upton, Long Island, N. Y., July 5 to
Dec. 14, 1918; detailed to duty, Harvard
8. A. T. C, Dec. 2 to Dec. 12.
Taylor, Levi Colby, p. 91; m., Dec. 8, 1874, in
stead of 1879 aa printed.
Thayer, William Wentworth, p. 61 ; in charge of
War Trade Board, American Embassy,
London, England.
Theriault, Marcel, p. 269; general manager
Abbot-Downing Co., Concord, 1919-.
Towle,FredScates,p. 217; Captain Medical Re
serve Corps, U. S. A.; d. Oct. 10, 1918, in a.
fire at U. 3. Base Hospital, Colonial, N. J.
Tufts, James Arthur, p. 69; member N. H.
senate, 1919-20; chairman committee on
education.
Turner, Huffman George, p. 407; should heprinted George Huffman.
Tuttle, James Patterson, p. 97; resigned aa
Attorney General, April 16, 1918, to return to
private practice in Manchester.
Wallace, James Burns, p. 170; member N. H.
constitutional convention, 1918.
Walker, Charles Rumford, p. 6; member Mer
rimack County Selective Service Board,
District No. 1; s. Charles R., Jr., first lieu
tenant, U. S. Coast Artillery, in service since
Oct., 1917; served in England; last at Fort
Eustis, Va.
Wason, Edward Hills, p. 251 ; re-elected to Con
gress Nov., 1918; m. and has a son.
Wason, George Butler, p. 167; re-elected toMassachusetts executive council, Nov., 1918.
Watson, Irving Allison, p. 22; d. April 2, 1918.
Webster, Harold Adams, p. 134; m., June 1,
1918, Charlotte White, Concord. Residence,
Concord, N. Jf .; son, Harold Adams, Jr., b.
April 18, 1919.
Webster, Rev. Lorin, p. 363; Author "Chips
from a Busy Workshop" (volume of verse).
The Gorham Press, 1919.
Wendell, Caroline R., p. 167; temporary presi
dent N. H. W. C. T. U., March. 1919-.
Whipple, Sherman Leland, p. 131; counsel for
U. S. Shipping Board, 1918-; s. Sherman Le
land, Jr.; returned from service in France,
entered Harvard R. O. T. C, and later sta
tioned at Camp Lee, Va.; m., April 15, 1919r
Margaret Cassandra Jones, St. Louis, Mo.
Whitcher, William Frederick, p. 113; d. May
31, 1918.
Willis, Eben Marston, p. 106; d. Jan. 1, 1919.
Winslow, Sherburn J., p. 430; d. Feb. 19, 1919.
Wood, Mary Inez Stevens, p. 179; New Hamp
shire director, W. S. S.
Woodbury, Gordon, p. 66, in Y. M. C. A. service
in France. 1918.
Woolson, Augustus A., p. 202; d. Dec. 15, 1918.
��Hon. William E. Chandler
�ONE THOUSAND
NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES
Chandler, William Eaton
Lawyer, statesman, publicist; b., Con
cord, N. H., Dec. 28, 1835; s. Nathan
S. and Mary Ann (Tucker) Chand
ler; ed. public and private schools,
Thetford, Vt., and Pembroke, N. H.,
academies, and Harvard Law School,
LL.B. 1854; admitted to the bar, 1855,
commencing practice in Concord; re
porter of N. H. Supreme Court, 1859;
member, N. H. house of representa
tives, 1862-3-4 and 1881 (speaker in
1863-4) ; member, N. H. constitutional
conventions, 1876, 1902; solicitor and
judge-advocate-general, U. S. Navy
Dept., March 9 to June 17, 1865; first
assistant secretary of the treasury,
June 17, 1865 to Nov. 30, 1867; ap
pointed solicitor-general of United
States, March 31, 1881, but rejected
by the Senate; secretary of the navy,
1882-5; inaugurated the "new navy"
movement and built four cruisers;
organized Greeley relief expedition,
1884; U. 8. senator, 1887r1901; presi
dent, Spanish Treaty Claims Commis
sion, 1901-7; Unitarian; Republican;
secretary, Republican state committee
of New Hampshire, 1858-60; secretary,
Republican national committee, 1868
-76; delegate-at-large, Republican na
tional convention, 1876, 1902; leader
in movement for erection of a statue
of President Franklin Pierce, and mem
ber of the commission which carried
out the project in 1914; founder
and president of Daniel Webster
Birthplace Ass'n; received honorary
degree of A.M. from Dartmouth Col
lege in 1866, and LL.D. in 1901 ; con
tributing editor of Concord Monitor
and Statesman for more than forty
years, and author of many monographs
and pamphlets discussing public ques
tions; m., 1st, June 29, 1859, Ann
Caroline, dau. Gov. Joseph A. Gilmore,
who d. March 20, 1871; 2d, Dec. 23,
1874, Lucy Lambert, dau. Hon. John
P. Hale, who d. Oct. 15, 1915; children,
Joseph Gilmore, b. 1860; William
Dwight, b. 1863; Lloyd Horwitz, b.
1869; John P. Hale, b. 1885. Address,
Concord, N. H.; summer home,
Waterloo, N. H.
Pearson, Edward Nathan
Teacher, editor, bank official; b.
Boscawen, N. H., Sept. 7, 1859; s.
John Couch and Elizabeth (Colby)
Pearson; ed. Kimball Union Academy,
Penacook Academy, and Dartmouth
College, Phi Beta Kappa, A.B. 1881,
A.M. 1883; public school teacher,
Washington, D. C., 1881-2; city edi
tor, associate editor, managing editor,
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Concord Evening Monitor, 1882-98;
business manager, Republican Press
Ass'n, 1892-8; business manager, Rumford Printing Co., 1898-9; public
printer, 1893-7; N. H. secretary of
state, March, 1899 to May, 1915; di
rector and cashier, First National Bank,
Concord; director, Peterboro & Hillsboro R. R., Concord Mutual Fire
Insurance Co., United Life & Accident
Insurance Co., Concord Investment
Co., Concord Shoe Factory; Republi
can; Congregationalist; member, Wonolancet Club, Capital Grange, P. of H. ;
m., Dec. 6, 1882, Lebanon, N. H..
Addie Maria Sargent; children, Edward
N. Pearson, Jr., Robert H. Pearson
(Dartmouth, 1907), d., John W. Pear
son (Dartmouth, 1911), Mildred (Mrs.
Howard A. Morrison.
Residence,
Concord, N. H.
McDuff ee, Willis
Editor and publisher; b., Rochester,
N. H., March 15, 1868; s. Franklin and
Mary Frances (Hayes) McDuffee; ed.
public schools and Dartmouth College,
A.B. 1890; six months' tour abroad
following graduation; editor of the
Rochester Courier and president Cour
ier Publishing Co. since Oct., 1891;
Republican; representative in N. H.
legislature, 1895-6; member, Rochester
school board, three years; trustee,
Rochester public library, 1899 to date;
trustee, N. H. College of Agriculture
and Mechanic Arts, 1914-16; director,
Rochester National Bank; Congrega
tionalist; Mason, Knight Templar;
was one of the originators of the Pro
gressive movement in New Hampshire,
but refused to support Roosevelt in
1912, and presided at the meeting of
"Taft Progressives" which was largely
responsible for the Republican pri
maries going for Taft; personal cam
paign manager for Roll and H. Spaulding in his successful campaign for
governor in 1914; m., July 22, 1897,
Dora Haley; children, Franklin, b.
May 2, 1898; Maude Chase, b.
June 12, 1901. Residence, Rochester,
N. H.
Colby, Frederick Myron
Author and probate attorney; b.,
Warner, N. H., Dec. 9, 1848; s. Levi O.
and Mary (Durrell) Colby; ed. public
schools and Colby Academy; com
menced writing in early life, for various
publications, including the Youth's
Companion, St. Nicholas, and other
periodicals for the young; author of an
interesting series of articles on "His
toric Mansions of New Hampshire";
long time contributor to the Granite
Monthly, writing on topics of local,
state and general interest; author of
various published volumes, including
"Pharaoh's Daughter," "Bonnie Lads
and Bonnie Lasses," "Kings and Girl
Queens," etc.; Liberal; Democrat;
member, board of education, 187888; town treasurer, 1885-6, 1895;
postmaster of Warner, 1894-9; super
intendent, Simonds Free High School,
1910-15; Democratic candidate for
Congress, N. H. second district, 1908;
member, Manchester Press Club, Wonolancet Club, Concord; m., 1st, Dec.
25, 1882, H. Maria George of Warner,
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authoress, who d. March 29, 1910; 2d,
June 29, 1915, Ella S. Palmer. Resi
dence, Warner, N. H.
Cook, George
Physician; b., Dover, N. H., Nov. 16,
1848; s. Solomon and Susan Ann
(Hayes) Cook; ed. Franklin, N. H.,
Academy, Concord high school, Univer
sity of Vermont Medical College,
Dartmouth Medical College, M.D.,
1869; practiced at Henniker, N. H.,
1869-70; Hillsborough, 1870-5; Concord
since 1875; Episcopalian; Republican;
superintendent of schools, Hillsborough,
1874; city physician, Concord, 187884; member, N.H. house of represent
atives, 1883-4; inspector, state board
of health, 1885; assistant surgeon,
N. H. N. G., 1879; surgeon, 1882;
medical director, 1884; surgeon-general,
1893-4; U. S. pension examining
surgeon, 1889-93; member, staff,
Margaret Pillsbury Hospital, since
Oct. 20, 1884; president, N. H.
medical examining and registration
board since 1897; member, N. H.
Medical Soc., Center District Medi
cal Soc. (president, 1882), Ass'n.
Military Surgeons of U. S., American
Medical Ass'n.; major and chief sur
geon, 1st Div., 2d Army Corps, U. S. V.
Spanish American
War;
Mason,
Odd Fellow, S. of V., member, N. H.
Historical Soc.; grand president,
Alpha Kappa Kappa fraternity for
ten years; vestryman, St. Paul's Epis
copal church, Concord, for thirty
years past; member, N.H. Draft Re
gistration Board. * Residence, Con
cord, N. H.
Green, Henry Francis
Merchant, banker, manufacturer;
b., Lyndon, Vt., Feb. 6, 1844; s. Harry
and Mariila (Smith) Green; ed. pub
lic schools; engaged for a time in rail
way service in Vermont and in manu
facturing in Indiana; settled in Little
ton, N. H., in March, 1877; engaged
for two years in the grocery trade with
Charles Eaton, then entered the service
of the Saranac Glove Co., with which
he has since continued, except for a
short period, pending reorganization,
when he was engaged in lumbering.
Since the reorganization he has been
vice-president and treasurer of the
Saranac Glove Co.; president, Little
ton National Bank, and trustee,
Littleton Savings Bank; Congregationalist; Republican; long active in
party affairs; selectman, 1892-9;
member board of education eleven
years; several years general manager,
Littleton Water & Light Co.; repre
sentative in the N. H. legislature, 1883
and 1901, serving as chairman com
mittee on appropriations the latter
year; six years member, board of
commissioners for Grafton County;
member, N. H. executive council,
1899-1901;
member, constitutional
convention,
1902; member, state
board of bank commissioners, 1905-11
chairman, board of selectmen, and
member, Carnegie Library building
committee, 1905; Mason, 32d degree,
and Knight Templar; m., June 18,
1872, Jennie Smith, Indianapolis, Ind.
Residence, Littleton, N. H.
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ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES
Walker, Charles Rumford
Physician and surgeon; b., Concord,
N. H., Feb. 13, 1852; s. Joseph B. and
Elizabeth L. (Upham) Walker; de
scendant in the fourth generation from
Rev. Timothy Walker, first minister of
Concord; ed. Concord public schools,
Phillips Exeter Academy, 1870, Yale
University, 1874, Harvard Medical
School, 1878, supplemented by ex
tended study in Europe, at Dublin,
London, Vienna and Strassburg; com
menced practice in Concord in 1881,
where he has continued; member,
N.H. Medical Soc. (president in 1899),
American Medical Soc.; on staff and
consulting staff, Margaret Pillsbury
Hospital, Concord, since its foundation;
consulting staff N. H. Memorial Hospi
tal for women and children ; physician
at St. Paul's School, sixteen years;
Congregationalist; Republican; mem
ber, Concord board of aldermen, 1892;
representative in N. H. legislature from
Ward5, 1894; trustee and member of
the investment committee, N. H. Sav
ings Bank; president, board of trustees,
Rolfe & Rumford Asylum; member,
board of trustees and treasurer of the
Timothy and Abigail B. Walker Lecture
Fund; member, Concord water board;
member, Wonolancet Club, Snowshoe
Club; m., Frances Sheafe, Jan. 18,
1888; children, Sheafe Walker, b. Nov.
16, 1888; Charles R. Walker, Jr., b.
July 31, 1893. Residence, Concord,
N.H.
Couch, Benjamin Warren
Lawyer; b., Concord, N. H., Aug.
19, 1873; s. Benjamin Warren and
Susan Cornell (Woodward) Couch;
ed. Concord high school, Dartmouth
College, 1896, Harvard Law School,
1899; admitted to the bar, June,
1899; entered office of Leach &
Stevens; admitted to the firm, Jan.
1, 1901; now member of the firm
of Stevens, Couch & Stevens formed
Jan. 1, 1914; Unitarian; Republi
can; member and president, Con
cord city council, 1905-6; member,
Concord police commission, 19069; trustee, N. H. State Hospital,
�ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES
1907-13; member, N. H. house of
representatives and chairman ju
diciary committee, 1911-13-15-17;
member, N. H. Board of Control, 191315; chairman, State Board of Trustees,
1917-; trustee, Merrimack County Sav
ings Bank; treasurer, Concord Gas
Light Co.; Mason; member, Wonolancet, Passaconaway, Beaver Meadow
and Bow Brook clubs; m., Nov. 10,
1900, Gertrude A. Underhill of Con
cord. Residence, Concord, N. H.
ElweU, Rufus Newell
Lumberman,
general insurance
agent, manufacturer; b., Detroit, Me.,
Aug. 24, 1862; s. George H. and Han
nah E. (Prentiss) Elwell; ed. common
schools and Maine Central Institute;
removed with parents to Newton,
N. H., when 18 years of age; has re
sided in Exeter for the last thirty
years; extensively engaged in lumber
ing in New Hampshire and Maine;
manages a general insurance agency
(fire and .casualty) in Exeter, with
over seventy sub-agencies; director
of Exeter Co-operative Bank for the
last thirty years; director and man
ager, Abbot Downing Co., of Concord;
Baptist; Republican; member, staff of
Gov. Hiram A. Tuttle, 1891-3, with
rank of colonel; U. S. collector of
customs at Portsmouth, 1898-1905;
member, N. H. house of representa
tives, eight years, taking a prominent
part in the work of legislation, both
on the floor and in the committee
room; speaker, 1905-6; associated with
the Odd Fellows, Red Men, Sons of
Veterans, Denyfield Club of Man
chester and the American Peace So
ciety; m., March 14, 1888, Mary E.
Boswell. They have two children,
George W. and Clinton W. Residence,
Exeter, N. H.
Corning, Charles Robert
. Lawyer, author; b., Concord, N. H.,
Dec. 20, 1855; s. Robert Nesmith and
Mary Lougee (Woodman) Corning;
ed. Concord schools, Phillips (Andover) Academy, private teachers; studied
law with Marshall & Chase and at
Harvard Law School; admitted to the
bar March, 1882; Republican, elected
to N. H. house of representatives,
1878 and 1883; member, state sen
ate, 1889; assistant attorney, U. S.
Department of Justice, 1892-5; mayor
of Concord, 1903-9; member, Concord
board of education, 1881-2, 1884-7,
chairman, 1899-1908; judge of probate
for Merrimack county since 1899
trustee, Concord city library, 1887-91
trustee, N. H. state library, 1887-92
trustee, N. H. normal school, 1906-13
member, Blazing Star Lodge, A. F. &
A. M. of Concord, member, N. H.
Historical Soc. ; author of "Aalesund to
Tetuan," a volume based on travels in
Europe and of many historical ad
dresses, biographies and monographs;
delivered the historical address at the
50th anniversary of the city of Con
cord, Aug. 21, 1905, and the 150th an
niversary celebration of Concord,
June 7, 1915; received honorary
degree of A.M. from Dartmouth
College in 1887. Residence, Concord,
N. H.
�Hon. Hosea W. Parker
�ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES
Parker, Hosea Washington
Lawyer, statesman, publicist; b.,
Lempster, N. H., May 30, 1833; s.
Benjamin and Olive (Nichols) Parker;
ed. Tubbs Union Academy, Green
Mountain Liberal Institute and Tufts
College; studied law with Edmund
Burke of Newport; admitted to the
bar in 1859; commenced practice in
Claremont in 1860 and there con
tinued; has been counsel for the town
of Claremont for nearly fifty years,
and president of the Sullivan County
bar since 1905; was tendered a com
plimentary banquet by the bar on his
eightieth birthday anniversary; Demo
crat; served many years on town and
state committees; represented Lemp
ster in the N. H. house of representa
tives in 1859 and 1860, and presided
at the legislative reunion in Concord
in 1915; member, U. S. house of
representatives, 1871 to 1875, serving
on the education and patents commit
tees and largely responsible for the re
fusal of patent extensions resulting in
the overthrow of the sewing machine
monopoly; Universalist; superinten
dent, Claremont Universalist Sunday
school for the last fifty-seven years;
twice president of the Universalist gen
eral convention, and president of the
state convention for the last twelve
years; Mason, Knight Templar, elected
Eminent Commander Sullivan Commandery in 1869, serving twenty-one
years in all ; trustee of Tufts College, and
for some years president of the board;
received honorary degree of A.M., in
1883, and of LL.D. from Tufts in 1912;
m., May 30, 1861, Caroline Lovisa
Southgate, who d. Sept. 14, 1904;
their dau., Lizzie S., b. June 17, 1865
(Smith College, 1888), is the wife of
Rev. Lee S. McCollester, D.D., dean
of the Tufts College Divinity School.
Residence, Claremont, N. H.
Murchie, Robert Charles
Lawyer; b., Creetown, Kirkcud
brightshire, Scotland, Jan. 22, 1885;
s. William and Agnes Janet (Kellie)
Murchie; removed to America in
early childhood; ed. Concord high
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school and University of Michigan,
Law Department, graduating LL.B.
in 1909; admitted to the New Hamp
shire bar, June 26, 1909; employed
for a time in the office of Henry F.
Mollis: subsequently became a mem
ber of the firm of Remick & Hollis;
upon dissolution of this firm became
a member of the firm of Hollis &
Murchie and so continues; Democrat;
elected solicitor of Merrimack County
in Nov., 1912; re-elected in 1914;
resigned, Jan. 1, 1917, to enter upon
his duties as representative from
Ward 3, in the N. H. house of rep
resentatives, to which he had been
elected in November previous; mem
ber of the house judiciary committee;
secretary, N. H. Democratic state
committee, since 1912; member, Dem
ocratic national committee for New
Hampshire, since June, 1916; spoke
extensively for the Democratic party
on the stump in the last three cam
paigns; affiliated with the Elks.
Residence, Concord, N. H.
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ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES
Parker, Hiram
Fanner and merchant; b., Lempster,
N. H., July 3, 1830; s. Benjamin and
Olive (Nichols) Parker; ed. Lempster
tion in 1899; vice-president, N. H.
Old Home Week Ass'n; member,
Silver Mountain Grange, P. of H.,
Lempster; m., Oct. 11, 1854, Helen G.
Moore, who d. Dec. 13, 1911; children,
Fred C. (N. H. College, 1879), Jennie
L. (Mrs. H. F. Olmstead), Carl A.
Residence, Lempster, N. H.
Allison, Henry Darracott
Merchant, real estate, postmaster;
b., Dublin. N. H., Feb. 2, 1869; s.
James and Sarah Jane (Darracott)
Allison; ed. public schools, Bryant
& Stratton Business College, Boston,
1888; after graduation was em
ployed for a time as bookkeeper and
taught penmanship, then entered mer
cantile business in his native town and
has since continued; Unitarian; Pro
gressive; representative in N. H. leg
islature in 1913-14, serving as chair
man, committee on public improve
town and high schools; resided on the
old homestead and engaged actively
in agriculture for many years; served
for twelve years or four terms, from
1875 to 1887, as a member of the
N. H. board of agriculture for the
County of Sullivan; for the last
thirty years or more has conducted a
general country store at Lempster
"Street," the principal village of the
town; Universalist; Democrat; has
served his town many years as select
man, clerk and moderator, and unani
mously re-elected to the latter office at
the last election, at 86 years of age;
postmaster at Lempster for twenty-four
years, from 1889; member, N. H.
house of representatives, 1863-4; dele
gate in N. H. constitutional conven
tion, 1912; leading spirit in celebration
of "Old Home Day," which has been
observed in Lempster since its institu
ments, and member of the committee
of five on redistricting the state, y
also chairman of the Progressive legis
lative caucus; chosen candidate of Pro-
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gressive party for governor in 1914;
member and past master, Altemont
Lodge, A. F. & A. M., Peterborough,
Peterborough Royal Arch Chapter,
St. John's Council and Hugh de
Payens Commandery, Keene; Paquoig Lodge, I. O. O. F., Marlboro;
m., Feb. 3, 1891, Florence Gowing
Mason; three children, Hildreth M.
(Dartmouth College), Elliott S. (Keene
high school), Christine. Residence,
Dublin, N. H.
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under name of Roby & Swart. Having
purchased the Underhill Edge Tool
Elant in Nashua, in 1894 the retail
usiness was consolidated with F. D.
Cook & Co., the manufacturing and
wholesale business being retained and
conducted by the Roby & Swart Mfg.
Co., Mr. Swart being a director in the
former company and director and
treasurer of the latter; director and
treasurer of the Nashua Building Co.,
Weed, Charles Frederick
Lawyer, banker; b., Claremont,
N. H., Oct. 22, 1874; s. Charles Harvey
and Hattie Maria (Redfield) Weed; ed.
Stevens High School, Claremont, Trin
ity College, Hartford, Ct., A.B., 1894,
A.M., 1897, AKE, PBK; Harvard
Law School, LL.B., cum laude, 1898;
practiced law in Boston eighteen years;
president, Boston Chamber of Com
merce, 1917; vice-president, First
National Bank; vice-chairman, Mass.
Committee of Public Safety; member,
school committee of Brookline; Re
publican; Episcopalian; m., Sept. 10,
1901, Mary Duncan Walker of Clare
mont; children, Frances Duncan, b.
April 13, 1904; Frederick Redfield,
b. June 3, 1906; Mary Duncan, b.
Sept. 23, 1916. Residence, 30 Griggs
Rd., Brookline, Mass.; office, 53 State
St., Boston.
Swart, William Dumond
Manufacturer; b., New Kingston,
N. Y., July 9, 1856; s. William R.
and
Eliza (Dumond) Swart; de
scendant on both sides of Dutch an
cestors among the first settlers of New
York; grandson of Samuel Swart, a
soldier of the War of 1812; ed. pub
lic schools and Wesleyan Academy,
Wilbraham, Mass.; for seven years,
from eighteen years of age, in employ
of wholesale dry goods houses in New
York City; engaged for an equal
time in decorative aft in Newark, N. J.;
traveled two years and, in 1890, lo
cated in Nashua, N. H., where he has
since remained; engaged first in retail
lumber business with Charles A. Roby,
of the Nashua Paper Box Co. and
the American Box and Lumber Co.;
president, Nashua Trust Co., Nashua
Development Co., Nashua Country
Club ; president, Nashua Board of Trade,
1893-5, 1897-8; Republican; member,
Nashua common council, 1893-5, and
president the last two years; repre
sentative in N. H. legislature, 1909-10;
senator from District 19, 1911-12, and
president of the senate; colonel on
staff of Gov. Geo. A. Ramsdell, 1877-8;
candidate for councilor, receiving a
plurality vote, in 1912; councilor,
1917-18; delegate at large to Republican
national convention at Chicago, 1916;
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ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES
Mason, 32d degree, Knight Templar
and Shriner; m., Oct. 7, 1890, Lizzie
A., dau. of Luther A. Roby; children,
Elizabeth and William Roby. Resi
dence, Nashua, N. H.
ship with the Masons (33d degree),
Odd Fellows, Knights of Pythias and
Elks; secretary of the Masonic grand
bodies of New Hampshire, since Dec,
1909; m., Dec. 19, 1893, Mary E.
Vose; children, Esther, b. April 3,
1896; Kathryn, b. April 25, 1897.
Residence, Concord, N. H.
Cheney, Harry Morrison
Printer and publisher; b., Newport,
N. H., March 8, 1860; s. Elias
Hutchins and Susan W. (Youngman)
Cheney; ed. Colby Academy, New
London, N. H., and Bates College,
Lewiston, Me., graduating from former
Stevens, Henry Webster
Lawyer; b., Concord, N. H., March
5, 1853; s. Lyman Dewey and Achsah
Pollard (French) Stevens, his mother
in 1882 and latter in 1886; engaged in
journalism in Lebanon, after leaving
college, in the office of the Lebanon Free
Press, of which his father was long
proprietor, and was himself for a
number of years publisher of that
paper; Unitarian; Republican, and
long active in party affairs; auditor,
state printer's accounts, 1889-90; mem
ber, N. H. house of representatives
from Lebanon, 1893, 1895, and speaker
in 1903; state senator in 1897-8; mem
ber of council of Gov. Frank W.
Rollins, 1899-1900; holds member-
also having been born in Concord in
the Countess of Rumford House at the
South end of Main St.; ed. Concord
schools, Phillips (Andover) Academy,
Dartmouth College, A.B., 1875, Boston
University Law School, LL.B., 1877;
admitted to N. H. bar in 1878 and since
in practice of law in Concord, first
with his father, Hon. Lyman D. Stev
ens, then with Edward G. Leach until
1900, when Benjamin W. Couch
joined the firm; in 1913 Mr. Leach re
tired and in 1914 William Lyman
Stevens was admitted, the firm name
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being Stevens, Couch and Stevens;
Episcopalian; Republican; city so
licitor, 1885-6; alderman, 1894; mem
ber, house of representatives, 1887;
state senator, 1901-2; trustee, city
library; president, Margaret Pillsbury
General Hospital: trustee, N. H.
Historical Soc; vice-president, Mechanicks National Bank; president,
Merrimack County Savings Bank;
clerk, Northern R. R.; director, Board
of Trade Building Co.; member,
N. H. Bar Ass'n, American Bar Ass'n,
Alpha Delta Phi Soc, Wonolancet
Club, Concord, N. H., University
clubs, Boston and New York; recre
ation, reading and gardening; m.,
Exeter, N. H., Oct. 27, 1880, Ellen
Tuck Nelson, second dau. of William
R. Nelson, b. Peekskill, N. Y. Resi
dence, 73 Warren St., Concord, N. H.
Cook, Charles Fred
Educator; b., Sennett, N. Y., Jan. 24,
1866; s. Charles E. and Cyntha A.
(Bowen) Cook; ed., Munro Collegiate
Institute, 1886, St. Lawrence Uni
versity, Canton, N. Y., 1891; princi
pal, high school, Old Town, Me.,
1891-3; sub-principal and principal,
Coney high school, Augusta, Me.,
1893-6; headmaster, Concord, N. H.,
high school since 1906; while in Maine
served as president of Maine Teachers
Ass'n, Maine Schoolmasters' Club,
Maine Ass'n of Colleges and Secondary
Schools; in New Hampshire, president,
N. H. Teachers' Ass'n, N. H. School
masters' Club; N. H. Classical Ass'n;
Mason, lodge, chapter, council, commandery, Scottish Rite, 32d degree;
member, Wonolancet Club; Unitarian;
Republican; m., July 12, 1905, Char
lotte Partridge. Residence, Concord,
N. H.
Spaulding, William Waldemar
Teacher, manufacturer, banker; b.,
Lempster, N. H., March 10, 1846; s.
William and Emma Eliza (Miner)
Spaulding; ed. Green Mountain Lib
eral Institute, South Woodstock,
Vt., 1861-2; A.B. Tufts College, 1867,
A.M. 1907; for fourteen years a
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teacher, in Adams, Boston and Haver
hill, Mass., in which latter city he has
continued to reside; for a number of
years a member of the school board
and served as its chairman; he is a
member of the Whittier Club, the
local historical society, and for more
than forty years has been a member of
the Monday Evening Club, a literary
association founded in 1860; is one of
the senior trustees of Tufts College,
serving on the finance committee;
from 1881 to 1910 he was engaged in
manufacturing shoes, senior member
of W. W. Spaulding & Co., Haverhill,
Mass.; for several years director in the
Hampton Co., a mercerizing and fin
ishing plant located in Easthampton,
Mass.; also interested in cotton manu
facturing from 1892 to 1916, being a
director, and for several years vicepresident of the West Boylston Mfg.
Co., located in the same town; he
was, for many years, trustee of the
Hale Hospital, of Haverhill, and for
several years its treasurer; he is a
director of the Citizen's Co-operative
�Hon. Jacob H. Gallingeb
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Bank, also of the Morris Plan -Insti
tution, recently organized; has been
a director of the First National Bank
for twenty years and more and is the
president of the Haverhill Savings
Bank and chairman of its investment
committee. By inheritance and other
wise, Mr. Spaulding is Republican in
politics and Universalist in religion;
he is a strong supporter of the local
Universalist church; m., Oakdale,
Mass., Nov. 25, 1868, Evelyn Alcie
Harris; they have a son and daughter,
both of whom, together with their
children, are residents of Haverhill.
Gallinger, Jacob Harold
Physician, statesman; b., Cornwall,
Ontario, Canada, March 28, 1837; s.
Jacob and Catherine (Cook) Gallinger;
ed. common schools and by private
tutors; M.D., Medical Institute, Cin
cinnati, 1858; New York Homeopathic
Medical College, 1868; A.M., Dart
mouth, 18S5; of German ancestry on
the paternal side, his great-grandfather,
Michael Gallinger, having emigrated to
this country and settled in New York in
1754, later removing to Canada, while
his mother was of American stock; one
of twelve children, he learned and
worked at the printer's trade, before
entering upon the study of medicine;
located in medical practice in Keene,
but removed to Concord in 1862, where
he has since resided; early allied himself
with the Republican party and entered
actively into politics; member, N. H.
house of representatives, in 1872 and
1873, and again in 1891; member,
constitutional
convention,
1876;
state senate, 1878-9-80, being presi
dent the last two years; surgeongeneral on staff of Gov. Natt Head,
with rank of brigadier-general, 187980; chairman of N. H. Republican
state committee for eighteen years;
at one time N. H. member Republican
National Committee; chairman of
the New Hampshire delegation in the
Republican national conventions of
1888, 1900, 1904 and 1908; member,
U. S. house of representatives,
1885-9; elected U. S. senator for six
15
years from March 4, 1891 and four
times re-elected, present term ending
March 4, 1921, being the oldest mem
ber of the Senate in point of service;
president pro tem of the Senate in the
sixty-second Congress, minority floor
leader since 1915, and long regarded
as a leading champion of the protective
tariff policy; chairman of the Senate
committee on District of Columbia
for many years and instrumental in
promoting many public improvements;
member of the important committees
on Appropriations, Finance, Library,
Printing and Rules; chairman of the
Merchant Marine Commission of 19045; member of the board of trustees of
the Columbia Hospital for Women, and
of the board of visitors to the Providence
Hospital; member of the National For
est Reservation Commission, the Na
tional Washington Monument Ass'n.,
and vice-chairman of the Water Ways
Commission; Baptist; Mason, Odd
Fellow, Patron of Husbandry, member
of University Club and Lock Tavern
Club of Washington, D. C.; m., Aug.
3, 1860, Mary Anna Bailey, dau. of
Maj. Isaac Bailey of Salisbury, who d.
in Washington, Feb. 2, 1907, having
been the mother of six children, of whom
one only, Mrs. H. A. Norton of Winches
ter, Mass., survives, the last to pass
away being Dr. Ralph E. Gallinger, a
successful practitioner in his native city
and physician at the New Hampshire
State Prison. Residence, Concord, N.H.
Emerson, Charles Sumner
Merchant—house furnishings; b.,
Milford, N. H., April 2, 1866; s.
Sumner B. and Martha A. (Bales)
Emerson; ed. Milford public schools,
Gushing Academy, Ashburnham, Mass. ;
Republican; member, N. H. house of
representatives, 1907, 1909, chairman,
committee on public improvements at
both sessions and actively instrumen
tal in securing the enlargement and
remodeling of the state house and the
three trunk line highway bill; moder
ator, Milford, since 1910; president,
Milford Building & Loan Ais'n; vicepresident, Granite Savings Bank; pres
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ident, Milford Hospital Ass'n; Congregationalist; ex-superintendent, Sunday
school; moderator, N. H. Conference
Congregational churches, 1915-16;
member, I. O. O. F., lodge, encamp
National Bank, removed to Newport,
N. H., in 1885 to accept the position
of cashier of the newly organized
Citizens National Bank; Methodist;
Republican; member, Newport school
board, seven years; town treasurer
and treasurer town school district
many years; member, N. H. house of
representatives, and chairman com
mittee on banks, 1911; cashier,
Citizens National Bank of Newport,
since organization in 1885; treasurer,
Sugar River Savings Bank, since
organization in 1895; director, Citizens
National Bank, Newport, and People's
National Bank of Claremont; one of the
original incorporators of the Peerless
Mf'g Co., with factories at Newport,
N. H., and Barton, Vt., a director from
the start, treasurer for many years,
now president; member, Knights of
ment and Rebekah lodge; past grand
master, New Hampshire; grand rep
resentative to S. G. L. for ten years;
member, Milford board of trade
(president, 1901, secretary, 1908-11);
member, standing committee, N. H.
board of trade on Pilgrim Tercen
tenary; chairman, N. H. committee,
Pilgrim Tercentenary; m., June 13,
1889, Estelle F. Abbott; children,
Dean A., Sumner B., Ruth, Mark F.
Residence, Milford, N. H.
Johnson, Perley Albert
Banker, manufacturer; b., Unity,
N. H., Oct. 24, 1860; s. William B., and
Flora (Severns) Johnson; ed. public
schools and St. Johnsbury, Vt.,
Academy, 1878; was a teacher and
bookkeeper for a time; served three
years as a clerk in the Barton, Vt.,
Pythias, Newport Board of Trade,
president 1909-10; m., Jan. 19, 1886,
Katie G. Coe; children, Carroll D.,
Margaret L. Residence, Newport,
N. H.
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Huntress, Harriet Lane
Deputy Superintendent Public In
struction; b., Meredith (now Cen
ter Harbor), N. H.; daughter of
James Lewis and Harriet Perkins
(Page) Huntress; ed. in private schools
in Massachusetts, graduating from
Prospect Hill School, Greenfield, in
1879; chief clerk, N. H. Depart
ment of Public Instruction, from April,
1889, serving under Superintendents
Patterson, Gowing, Folsom and Mor-
Sibley, Mary Matilda Putnam
(Mrs. Frank A.) ; manufacturer, club
woman; b., Croydon, N. H., March 27,
1860; dau. Marshall and Matilda
(Carroll) Putnam; ed. public schools
and Kimball Union Academy, Meriden,
1883; m. Frank A. Sibley of Newport,
June 19, 1884. Upon Mr. Sibley's
death, Oct. 26, 1909, took charge of
the business of the Sibley Scythe Co.,
at North Newport, which had been in
the family for more than seventy years,
rison, till Sept., 1913, when appointed
deputy superintendent, which position
she now holds, being the first woman in
New England appointed to such po
sition; member of the Concord Wo
man's Club, Country Club, Friendly
Club, Woman's City Club of Boston,
N. H. Historical Society, Capital
Grange, P. of H., Rumford Chapter,
D. A. R., Mt. Vernon Ladies' Ass'n
(vice-regent for New Hampshire),
N. H. Equal Suffrage Ass'n (member,
advisory board); Unitarian. Address,
Concord, N. H.
and has successfully conducted the
same; long interested in club, philan
thropic, benevolent and patriotic
work; member, Newport Woman's
Club (president, 1908-9); chairman,
conservation committee, State Federa
tion, 1912-13; regent, Reprisal Chap
ter, D. A. R., 1911-13; conservation
chairman, N. H. D. A. R., 1916-17;
member, National Conservation board,
D. A. R., 1916-17; deeply interested
in conservation of New Hampshire
birds and forests; president, Newport
Equal Suffrage League; member, board
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of education, 1908-1910; trustee,
Newport Home for Aged Women;
raised money for soldiers' monument
at North Newport; has traveled ex
tensively in this country and Europe;
children, Homer Taft, b. 1887, Dart
mouth A.B., 1907, A.M., 1908, Univer
sity of Goettingen, Germany, 1909-14;
Helen, b. 1889, The Elms, Springfield,
Mass., 1905-8, Mt. Holyoke College,
1908-10,
Germany,
1910-11, m.
Charles E. Winter, 1912, children, Mary
and Frank; Dean Sheridan, b. 1894,
Mitchell Military School, Billerica,
Mass., 1908-10, Germany, 1910-11,
Worcester, Mass., Academy, 1911-13,
Dartmouth, 1913-14, Massachusetts
Institute of Technology, 1914-17.
Residence, North Newport, N. H.
Towne, Omar Alvah
Printer and publisher; b., Stoddard,
N. H., Feb. 2, 1851 ; s. Hollis and
Elzina M. (Corey) Towne; ed. public
schools, Penacook and Wolfeboro
academies; commenced business as a
printer and bookseller in Franklin in
1875; bought the Franklin Transcript
in 1884 and the Merrimack Journal m
1889, and consolidated the papers
under the name of the Journal-Tran
script, which he still publishes, and is
also engaged in real estate business;
Baptist; Republican; member, Frank
lin' board of education, twenty-two
years from 1888; member, N. H. con
stitutional convention, 1889; justice,
Franklin police court, 1905-13; justice,
Franklin municipal court, since 1915;
secretary and treasurer, Franklin
Building & Loan Ass'n; clerk, Webster
Birthplace Ass'n; clerk, Franklin
Hospital Ass'n; clerk and treasurer,
Gyro Pump Co.; president, N. H.
board of trade, 1915-16; member and
first president, N. H. Weekly Pub
lishers Ass'n; member, N. H. Press
Ass'n, president 1914-15; member,
Merrimack Lodge No. 28, I. O. O. F.,
Webster Encampment No. 13, Meri
dian Lodge No. 60, A. F. & A. M.,
St. Omar Chapter, R. A. M., No. 22,
Pythagorean Council No. 6, Laconia;
Knights Templar, Scottish Rite and
N. H. Consistory; m., June 6, 1884,
Elizabeth C. Morrill, who d. Feb. 17,
1916; one dau., Addie E. Residence,
Franklin, N. H.
Bingham, Harry
Lawyer; b., Columbus, O., March 14,
1864; s. Edward F. and Susan (Gun
ning) Bingham, his father, a brother
of the late Harry and George A.
Bingham, of Littleton, having been a
circuit court judge in Ohio, and later
chief justice of the supreme court of the
District of Columbia; ed. Columbus
public schools, Columbus high school,
1882; studied law in the office of
Bingham, Mitchell & Batchellor at
Littleton, 1884 to 1887; admitted to the
New Hampshire bar at Concord, July,
1887; removed to Washington, D. C.;
Episcopalian; Democrat; captain, U. S.
Vol. Inf., Spanish War, June 20, 1898,
to March 1, 1899; assistant U. S.
district attorney, Washington, D. C.,
1900-5; returned to Littleton. April,
1912, at the time of the death of his
brother-in-law, William H. Mitchell,
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and took up practice of law in suc
cession to the firm with which he had
studied; Judge of Probate for the
County of Grafton since Dec. 2,
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1880, Fanny Hallock Rouse. Office,
111 Broadway, New York City; resi
dence, 85 Berkeley Ave., Yonkers, N. Y.
Chase, William Martin
Jurist; b., Canaan, N. H., Dec. 27,
1837; s. Horace and Abigail S. (Martin)
Chase; ed. public schools, Canaan
Union Academy, Kimball Union
Academy, Dartmouth College, B. S.
1858, hon. A.M. 1879, LL.D., 1898,
admitted to N. H. bar, 1862, and in
practice in Concord, as a member of
the firms of Marshall & Chase, Sargent
& Chase and Chase & Streeter, till
1891, when appointed associate justice
of the N. H. supreme court, serving
till 1907, when he resumed practice
alone; Congregationalist; Democrat;
clerk, N. H. senate, 1871; member,
Concord board of education, for twenty
years; trustee, N. H. state library, 1874,
N. H. state normal school, 1876-8;
member, Concord board of water
1913; m., Sept. 10, 1902, Frances
Thompson, dau. of the late Hon. John
G. Thompson of Ohio. Residence,
Littleton, N. H.
Carpenter, Philip
Lawyer; b. Bath, N. H., March 9,
1856; s. Alonzo P. and Julia R.
(Goodall) Carpenter; ed., St. Johnsbury, Vt., Academy, 1873, Dartmouth
College, 1877; studied law; admitted
to the N. H. bar, and practiced in
Bath and Lancaster, N. H., 1880-5;
since 1885 in New York City; Congregationalist; Republican ; judge advocate
general, N. H., staff of Gov. Moody
Currier, 1885-7; first associate district
attorney, New York county, 1897;
member, Union League, Republican
and Dartmouth Clubs, New York City,
New Hampshire Soc. and Dartmouth
Alumni Ass'n in New York, N. H.
Historical Soc.; Mason; m. Sept. 3,
commissioners, 1877-91; chairman,
commission to revise and codify the
laws of New Hampshire under act of
�Hon. Rolland H. Spaulding
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1889, upon whose report the Public
Statutes were enacted in 1891 ; member,
N. H. senate, 1909-10, serving on
judiciary revision of statutes and other
committees; director, First National
Bank of Concord, from 1870; clerk,
Concord & Montreal Railroad; trustee,
Dartmouth College, since 1890 and
clerk of the corporation; member, N. H.
Historical Soc, N. E. Historic-Geneal
ogical Soc, Wonolancet Club, Con
cord, honorary member Dartmouth
Phi Beta Kappa Soc; engaged as a
lawyer in much important litigation,
and extensively consulted as counsel;
m., March 18, 1863, Ellen S. Abbott;
one s., Arthur H. Chase. Residence,
Concord, N. H.
Spaulding, Rolland Harry
Manufacturer,
ex-governor; b.,
Townsend Harbor, Mass., March 15,
1873; s. Jonas and Elvira (Chase)
Spaulding; ed., Phillips Andover Acad
emy, Andover, Mass., class of 1893;
entered business in 1895, and has since
continued, in the firm established by
his father, now Jonas Spaulding Sons
Co. (Inc.), manufacturers of leatherboard, counters, novelties, etc., at
Townsend Harbor, Mass., Rochester,
North Rochester and Milton, N. H.,
and Tonawanda, N. Y.; vice-presi
dent, Spaulding & Frost Co., Fremont,
N. H.; director, Spaulding & Sons
(Ltd.), London, England, Inter
national Leather Co., Atlas Leather
Co., First National Bank, Rochester,
N. H., United Life and Accident Ins.
Co., Concord, N. H.; Protestant; Re
publican; delegate, Republican national
convention, 1912; governor of New
Hampshire, 1915-16; vice-president,
New Hampshire Defence League, 1917;
vice-chairman, executive committee,
New Hampshire Committee of Safety.
Residence, North Rochester, N. H.
Bean, Edwin Curtis
Secretary of state; b., Gilmanton.
N. H., Feb. 20, 1854; s. John C. and
Climenia (Burleigh) Bean; ed. com
mon schools, Tuton Seminary and
private tutors; engaged for thirty years
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in mercantile business in Belmont,
N. H.; Baptist; Republican; town clerk,
1881-2; postmaster, 1878-84; member,
N. H. house of representatives, 1887,
1913, 1915 (speaker in 1915); delegate
to Republican national convention,
1904; delegate, N. H. constitutional
convention, 1912; colonel on staff of
Gov. John McLane, 1905-6; secretary
of state since 1915; trustee, City
Savings Bank, Laconia, Iona Savings
Bank. Tilton; president, N. H. Retail
Merchants Ass'n three years; member,
Lawrence Grange, P. of H., Knights of
Pythias, Mason; m., Oct. 10, 1882,
Marietta Bowman, Eastport, Me.;
children, Helen M., John C. (d. March
23, 1910), Arthur E., Edna Ci Resi
dence, Belmont, N. H.
Felker, Andrew Llewellyn
Farmer; b., Barrington, N. H., July
6, 1869; s. Andrew J. and Lydia A.
(Seavey) Felker; ed. Pond Hill school,
Barrington, Austin Academy, Strafford,
New Hampton Literary Institution,
New Hampton, N. H. ; engaged in farm
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ing in the town of Meredith since
Jan., 1897; Free Baptist; Independent
Democrat; selectman, Meredith, 18989; member, school board, ten years;
appointed commissioner of agriculture
by Gov. Samuel D. Felker in 1913;
twice nominated for reappointment by
Gov. Rolland H. Spaulding in 1916,
council refusing confirmation on par
tisan grounds; renominated by Gov.
Henry W. Keyes in 1917, and unani
mously confirmed; member, Chocorua
Lodge", A. F. & A. M., Meredith,
Wicwas Lake Grange, P. of H.,
master, 1904; district deputy; lectu
rer, N. H. State Grange, 1910-14,
overseer since 1914; secretary, N. H.
Old Home Week Ass'n since 1914; has
spoken extensively on agricultural and
kindred topics at farmers' institutes,
Grange gatherings and various public
meetings throughout the state; m., Dec.
5, 1894, Eva J. Perkins of Meredith;
three sons, Louis K. and Harold P.,
students at New Hampshire College,
and Walter A. Residence, Laconia,
N. H.; address, Concord, N. H.
Watson, Irving Allison
Physician; b., Salisbury, N. H., Sept.
6, 1849; s. Porter B. and Luvia E.
(Ladd) Watson; ed. common schools,
Newbury (Vt.) Seminary and Colle
giate Institute; studied medicine; at
tended lectures, Dartmouth Medical
College and University of Vermont;
grad. from latter, M.D., 1871 (A.M.,
Dartmouth, 1885); practiced Groveton,
N. H., 1871-81; since then in Concord;
several years superintendent of schools
at Groveton, member N. H. legislature,
1879-81 ; secretary N. H. state board of
health since organization, Sept., 1881;
secretary N. H. commissioners of lun
acy; registrar vital statistics of New
Hampshire; president of state board
cattle commissioners from 1891 to
1913; secretary, American Public
Health Ass'n, 1883-97; president, Inter
national Conference State and Provin
cial Boards of Health, 1903; assistant
secretary-general, first Pan-American
medical congress; permanent member,
American Medical Ass'n; honorary
member, Academia Nacional de Medi
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cina de Mexico ; member, Societe Fran
chise d' Hygiene of Paris; president, N.
H. Medical Soc, 1903; National Ass'n
for the Study and Prevention of Tuber
culosis; compiled and edited: Physicians
and Surgeons of America; N. H. regis
tration reports since 1881; reports
state board of health since 1882; re
ports American Public Health Ass'n,
1883-97; Reports N. H. commissioners
of lunacy; author of many papers on
medical and sanitary subjects; m., 1872,
Lena A. Farr of Littleton, N. H., who
d. Jan. 30, 1901; one dau., Bertha M.
Residence, Concord, N. H.
Gay, George Washington
Physician and surgeon; b., Swanzey, N. H., Jan. 14, 1842; s. Willard
and Fanny (Wright) Gay; ed. com
mon schools, Mt. Caesar Seminary,
Swanzey, Powers Institute, Bernardstown, Mass., Harvard Medical School,
M.D., 1868, A.M. Dartmouth, 1895;
has practiced continuously in Boston
since graduation,specializing in surgery ;
surgeon, Boston City Hospital, since
1872; instructor in clinical surgery,
1888-1900, Harvard Medical School,
and lecturer, 1900-07; member, Mass.
Medical Soc. (president, 1906-8), Amer
ican Medical Soc, American Surgical
Ass'n, British Medical Ass'n, St. Botolph Club, N. H. Historical Soc; presi
dent, Suffolk Storage Warehouse Co.;
trustee, Wrentham School for Feeble
minded; Unitarian; m., 1st, Nov., 1868,
Mary E. Hutchinson, who d. Feb., 1873;
2d, Nov., 1875, Grace Greenleaf Hathorne. Office, 665 Boylston St., Bos
ton, Mass.; residence, Chestnut Hill,
Mass.
Allen, Carl Addison
Physician; b., Lempster, N. H., Oct.
27, 1847; s. Stephen and Phoebe
(Lewis) Allen; ed. common schools,
private academies, Kimball Union
Academy, Meriden, 1871; Long Island
College Hospital, M.D., 1874; com
menced medical practice at Acworth,
N. H., Dec, 1874, continuing till 1890
when he removed to Holyoke, Mass.,
where he continues; Congregationalist;
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Independent; superintendent of schools,
Lempster, 1872, Acworth, 1876-86;
president, Connecticut River Medical
Soc, president, Hampden County
Medical Soc. ; president, Holyoke Medi
cal Soc; president, Holyoke AntiTuberculosis Soc; Secretary, Holyoke
chapter, American Red Cross; member,
I. O. O. F. ; m., 1st, Sophie E. Stearns,
May 19, 1875, who d. Dec 19, 1888; 2d,
March 25, 1891, Hattie M. Murdough;
children, Walter S. (Amherst, 1900),
Sto
.S.
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**
P
w\
superintendent of the laboratory of the
General Chemical Co., New York;
Fred H. (Amherst, 1902, Harvard
Medical School, 1907), in practice in
Holyoke, specializing in diseases of chil
dren; Sophie E. (Mt. Holyoke, 1909),
secretary to the dean of Columbia Col
lege, New York; Carl W. (Massachu
setts Agricultural College, 1914), chem
ist in employ of the General Chemical
Co., New York; Raymond P., pay
master, Farr Alpaca Co., Holyoke; Leland C. at home. Residence, Holyoke,
Mass.
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Bean, George Fremont
Lawyer; b., Bradford, N. H., March
24, 1857; s. Stephen Sibley and Nancy
E. (Colby) Bean; ed. Warner public
schools, Simonds free high school,
Warner, Colby Academy, New London,
N. H., 1877, Brown University,
A.B., 1881, A.M., 1884; studied law
with Hon. Samuel C. Eastman of
Concord, and graduated, LL.B., from
Boston University Law School, 1885;
admitted to the bar in Boston same
year and has been in general practice
there since, establishing his residence
in Woburn; Congregationalist; Re
publican; mayor of Woburn, 1901-2;
member, Woburn school board from
1896 to 1908, half the time as chairman,
and declining further election; member,
Mass. house of representatives, 1910;
trustee, Choate Memorial Hospital,
Woburn; trustee, Warren Academy;
chairman, trustees of the Brown
Alumni Loyalty Fund; member, advi
sory board of the Brown Alumni;
member, Towanda Club of Woburn;
m., Sept. 2, 1896, E. Maria Blodgett,
who d. April 16, 1917; Mrs. Bean was
a sister of the late Judge John T. Blod
gett of the supreme court of Rhode
Island, a graduate of Wellesley, a
teacher and earnest worker along edu
cational, church and charitable lines;
children, Esther (Mrs. Orel M. Bean),
Wellesley, 1909; Stephen Sibley,
Brown, 1914. Residence, Woburn,
Mass.; office, Rice Building, Boston.
Perley, Sir George Halsey
Lumber manufacturer; high com
missioner; b., Lebanon, N. H., Sept. 12,
1857; s. William G. and Mabel Ticknor (Stevens) Perley; ed. Ottawa
grammar school, St. Paul's School,
Concord, N. H., Harvard University,
A.B., 1878; vice-president, Hull Lum
ber Co.; president, Argenteuil Lumber
Co.; director, Bank of Ottawa; many
years vice-president, Canada Atlantic
Railway ; elected to House of Commons
for Argenteuil, 1904, 1908, 1911; on
defeat of the Laurier Administration,
in 1911, became a member of the
Privy Council, and accepted a seat in
the Borden Cabinet without portfolio;
in charge of office of High Commissioner
for Canada, in London, since June,
1914; m., 1st. June 4, 1884, Annie
Hespeler Bowlby, who d. Aug. 10, 1910;
2d, June 11, 1913, Emily Colby White;
one dau. Residence, 233 Metcalfe
St.; office, Citizen's Building, Ot
tawa, Ontario.
McCrillis, John
Lawyer, insurance, banker; b.,
Goshen, N. H., Aug. 5, 1858; s. Wil
liam H. and Abby (Huntoon) McCril
lis; ed. Newport high school, Kimball
Union Academy, Dartmouth College,
1883; principal, Morris,
Minn.,
high school, 1883-4, Springfield, Vt,
high school, 1884*6; read law with
Albert S. Wait of Newport; admitted
to the bar, 1889; clerk of Supreme
or Superior Court for Sullivan County
since 1886; extensively engaged in
insurance;
Unitarian;
Democrat;
many years member N. H. Democratic
state committee; member, Newport
board of education, 1887-90; auditor,
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Sullivan County, ten years; trustee,
N. H. State Hospital, ten years; mem
ber, Newport water and sewer com
mission, eight years, cemetery com
mission, seven years; president, First
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many of the leading pastorates and
rising to a presiding eldership in the
latter state. He has been a resident of
New Hampshire since 1877; educated
in the public schools, graduating from
Keene high school in 1886; after a
year of clerical work in New York
City, he came to Concord, in 1887,
where he has since resided; was for
twenty-five years a correspondent
consecutively of the Manchester Union,
Manchester Mirror, Boston Globe and
various metropolitan dailies; also con
ducted a general insurance business;
a tenor soloist and member of several
choirs of Capital city churches and of
various secular organizations during a
period of twenty-five years; Repub
lican; member of the legislature of
1911 from Ward 6, Concord, serving
on appropriations and insurance com
mittees; nominated in 1912 for regis
National Bank of Newport; trustee,
Newport Savings Bank; director, Dex
ter Richards & Sons Co.; treasurer, di
rector and clerk, Brampton Woolen Co.;
member and past master, Mount Vernon
Lodge, A. F. & A. M., Newport; Sulli
van Commandery, K. T., Claremont:
m., Sept. 26, 1895, Mary E. Wilmarth
of Newport; two sons, John Wilmarth
and William Henry. Residence, New
port, N. H.
Keeler, Irad Eugene
Register of probate of Merrimack
County; b., Greenport, N. Y., March
7, 1868; s. Rev. Samuel Crofut and Lydia
(Williams) Keeler, both of whom were
natives of Connecticut; his father
divided about equally between the
states of New York and New Hamp
shire a service of nearly half a century
in the Methodist ministry, filling
ter of probate for Merrimack County,
carrying 31 out of 37 towns and wards,
in competition with two well-known
and active opponents; elected to this
office in 1912, and twice re-elected
�Lilian C. Streeter
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without opposition in the primaries
and having the highest majority over
his Democratic opponents of any
candidate on the Republican ticket;
member, Eureka Lodge No. 70, A. F.
A A. M., South Congregational Church,
Capital Grange, Wonolancet Club and
N. H. Historical Society; m., Dec. 17,
1901, Edith M. Burleigh of Concord;
one son, Richard Hall. Residence,
Concord, N. H.
Streeter, Lilian Carpenter
(Mrs. Frank S.) J b., Bath, N. H., July
22, 1854; dau. Chief Justice Alonzo P.
and Julia R. (Goodall) Carpenter
(grand-daughter of Rev. David Goodall, first minister of Littleton, N. H.);
ed. by private teachers and at St.
Johnsbury, Vt., Academy; m., Bath, N.
H., Nov. 14, 1877, Frank Sherwin
Streeter of Concord; Episcopalian,
member St. Paul's church, Concord;
active in social, charitable and philan
thropic work; founder and first presi
dent of the Concord Woman's Club,
and of the N. H. Federation of Women's
Clubs, of which latter she is now honor
ary president; one of the organizers of
the Concord Charity Organization, and
vice-president from 1903 till 1910;
secretary, N. H. Board of Charities
and Correction, from 1899 to 1901, and
chairman 1901-11; chairman, Com
mittee on Dependent Children, State
Conference of Charities and Cor
rection, since 1901; chairman, N. H.
Children's Commission, 1913-15, her
report having been called for from all
over the country by social workers and
state and college libraries; secretary,
Concord District Nursing Association,
from its organization in 1899 till 1909
and president from 1909 to 1913—now
honorary president; member, Ameri
can Academy of Political and Social
Science-National Conference of Chari
ties and Corrections, National Organi
zation for PublicIHealth Nursing; mem
ber of the Social Service Commission
of the Protestant Episcopal diocese of
New Hampshire; member of the Social
Service Commission of the Provin
cial Synod of New England—the only
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woman on the board; representative
from New Hampshire at the National
Conference on Dependent Children,
held at the White House in Jan., 1909,
on call of President Roosevelt; mem
ber, visiting committee, Orphans'
Home, St. Paul's School, Concord;
member, Rumford Chapter, D. A. R.;
treasurer, National Society Colonial
Dames of America, for New Hampshire;
member, executive committee, N. H.
Branch National Civic Federation;
member,
Woman's,
Shakespeare,
Friendly, Golf and Country clubs,
Concord, and Mayflower Club, Boston,
Mass.;
anti-suffragist. Residence,
Concord, N. H.
Pillsbury, Albert Enoch
Lawyer; b., Milford, N. H., Aug.
19, 1849; s. Josiah Webster and Eliza
beth (Dinsmoor) Pillsbury; ed. Law
rence Academy, Groton, Mass., grad
uating 1867, Harvard University,
1867-9 (honorary A.M., 1891; LL.D
Harvard University, 1913); admitted
to the Massachusetts bar in 1870, and
since in practice in Boston; Repub
lican; member, Mass. house of rep
resentatives, 1876-7-8; Senate, 18845-6 (president, 1885-6); attorneygeneral of Massachusetts, 1891-4;
lecturer on constitutional law, Boston
University Lav? School, 1896; director
and trustee in various banking insti
tutions; trustee, Lawrence Academy;
member, World Peace Foundation,
International Law Ass'n, American
Academy of Political and Social
Science, N. H. Historical Society,
Algonquin, Art and University clubs,
and various other organizations. Res
idence, 175 Bay State Road; office,
6 Beacon St., Boston, Mass.
Chase, Olin Hosea
Printer and publisher; b., Spring
field, N. H., Aug. 24, 1875; s. Hosea B.
and Eveline H. (Kidder) Chase; ed.
Newport High School; learned print
er's trade in Republican Champion
office, Newport, commencing in 1893
and continuing in that establishment
until May, 1917, becoming editor and
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publisher Jan., 1900 ; Republican ; served
as town clerk of Newport for twelve
years, from March, 1904; representa
tive in N. H. legislature in 1913-14
and 1915-16, being elected speaker of
the house upon the resignation of
Carrie F. Wright Hospital, 1913;
Mason; member, Sullivan Commandery, K. T., Claremont; Bektash
Temple, N. M. S., Concord; University
Club, Boston; University Club, New
York; m., Aug. 17, 1909, Louise F.,
dau. of the late Col. Seth M. Richards
of Newport; children, Bettina, b. 1910;
Linda, b. 1911; Louise, b. 1915. Resi
dence, Newport, N. H.
Chamberlin, Henry Eastman
City clerk; b., Newbury, Vt., May
28, 1854; s. Charles and Ruth (East
man) Chamberlin; ed. public schools;
went west in early youth and learned
railway telegraphy, at Union City,
Ind., returning in 1873; employed as
train dispatcher for the Northern
R. R., at Concord, under George E.
Todd, 1873 to 1875, when appointed
Edwin C. Bean to take the office of
secretary of state; commissioner of
motor vehicles since Sept., 1916;
second lieutenant in First N. H. Vols.
in the Spanish war, and captain for five
years in the N. H. National Guard;
Mason, Knight Templar and Shriner;
unmarried. Residence, Newport, N. H.
Rollins, Dillwyn Sidney
Woolen manufacturer; b., West
Newbury, Mass., Nov. 25, 1881; s.
Charles F. and Alice Greenleaf
(Purington) Rollins; ed. Newburyport,
Mass., high school, Dartmouth College,
1904; Congregationalist; Republican;
treasurer, Dexter Richards & Sons Co.,
Newport, N. H.; president, N. H.
Manufacturers Ass'n, 1915-16; trustee,
Richards Free Library, since 1910;
member, school board, 1913; trustee,
station agent at Penacook, continuing
eighteen years; superintendent, Concord
Street Ry., from April, 1893 till April,
1901; superintendent, Street Ry.,
Dallas, Tex., 1902; city clerk and
overseer of the poor, Concord, N. H.,
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since 1903; Republican; member,
Concord board of aldermen, from Ward
1, 1893-4; member, N. H. house of
representatives, 1897-8; Mason, mem
ber lodge, chapter, council and commandery, S. of V., past commander,
N. H. Div.; m., Nov. 23. 1875, Mary
E. Livengood; three daus., Myla,
Iyla, and Ruth Elizabeth. Residence,
West Concord, N. H.
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mission, 1915, reappointed 1917; mem
ber, I. O. O. F., Wonolancet Club,
Concord; m., June 30, 1915, Marion L.
Burns. Address, Concord, N. H.
Cutter, Guy Henry
Lawyer; b., Jaffrey N. H., Aug. 1,
1882; s. Lucius A. and Corrisende
Mclntyre, Daniel
Clergyman; b., Jamestown, Scot
land, May 23, 1866; s. Finlay and
Ann (Donald) Mclntyre; came to
Dover, N. H., May 29, 1873; ed. pub
lic schools, Dover, graduating from
high school in 1886; Bowdoin Col
lege, Brunswick, Me., 1892; Andover,
Mass., Theological Seminary, 1894;
(Lawrence) Cutter; ed. Jaffrey and
Winchendon, Mass., high schools,
Clark College, 1905, Harvard Law
School, 1908; admitted to the bar in
Massachusetts, 1908, in New Hamp
shire in 1909; practiced three years,
with offices in Jaffrey and Winchen
don, Mass., residing in Jaffrey, where
he still retains his legal residence;
Congregationalist; Democrat; member,
N. H. house of representatives from
Jaffrey, 1909-11-13; state auditor,
1914; member, N. H. bank com-
ordained and installed pastor, Con
gregational church, Barrington, N. H.,
Sept. 5, 1894, continuing till 1900, East
Fairfield, Vt., 1900-03, Pawlet, Vt.,
1903-6, Townshend, Vt., 1906-11,
Westminster West, Vt., 1911-14,
Barnstead, N. H., 1914-16; became
pastor of Second Congregational
church at Ossipee, and chaplain of
Carroll County almshouse and jail,
July 1, 1916; Republican; super
intendent, of public schools, Town
shend, Vt., 1907-11; Mason, Odd
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Fellow, Knight of Pythias, Patron
of Husbandry; m., Mary Louise Hol
land Drew, Feb. 2, 1900; children,
Jonathan Drew, b. July 19, 1901;
Carrie Ellen, b. July 8, 1908; Mary
Elizabeth b. May 17, 1917. Residence,
Ossipee, N. H.
Lodge, A. F. & A. M., Newport, and
N. H. Historical Soc; unmarried.
Residence, Newport, N. H.
Edes, Samuel Harcourt
Editor and publisher; b., Newport,
N. H., Nov. 9, 1881; s. George C. and
Elizabeth Mary (Lyons) Edes; ed.
Hirst, Edgar Clarkson
Forester; b., Yellow Springs, Ohio,
Aug. 31, 1882; s. John Janney and
Mary (Bowe) Hirst; ed. Yellow
Springs public schools, Antioch Pre
paratory School, Ohio State University
(B.A), Yale Forest School, (M.F.); en
gaged in lumbering previous to appoint-
Newport high school, University of
Georgia, University of Virginia; editor
and proprietor of the N. H. Argus and
Spectator, at Newport since 1907;
captain, company M, 1st N. H.
Infantry, serving seven months in
the expedition to the Mexican border,
1916-17; Congregationalist; Democrat;
member, N. H. senate from Dis
trict No. 7—a normally Republican
district—in legislature of 1913-14,
serving on committees on judiciary,
education, state hospital and soldiers'
home, and joint standing committee
on engrossed bills; member, Mt. Vernon
ment as state forester of New Hampshire
when the department was organized
on its present basis, in 1909. In addi
tion to regular duties has spoken
extensively on forestry topics, at
farmers' institutes, board of trade
gatherings, Grange meetings, etc.;
Unitarian; Mason; member, Delta
Epsilon fraternity, Cosmos Club,
Washington, D. C., Wonolancet Club,
Concord; m., Dec. 1, 1914, Mary
Walker Stillings, dau. Dr. F. A.
Stillings of Concord; one son. Resi
dence, Concord, N. H.
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Everett, Frederic Elwin
Civil engineer: b., New London, N.
H., April 16, 1876; s. Benjamin G.
and Sarah E. (Johnson) Everett; ed.
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from the Harvard Law School in 1897
and admitted to the Massachusetts
bar; associated in practice with Hon.
Geo. Fred Williams, ex-minister to
Greece, whose partner he was for
many years, prior to 1910 under firm
name of Williams & Halloran; member,
bar of U. S. Supreme court; counsel
for Town of Norwood, Mass., since
1907, and incumbent of various other
town offices; experienced in corpora
tion matters; associate justice, North
ern Norfolk District court; director,
Norwood National Bank, Norwood,
and Prudential Trust Co., Boston,
Mass.; (trustee, Norwood Civic Ass'n;
member, Norfolk County Bar Ass'n,
Massachusetts Bar Ass'n, American
Bar Ass'n, Massachusetts State Board
of Trade (vice-president eleven years),
Norwood board of trade (president,
1903-5), Boston Athletic Ass'n, Har
Colby Academy, New London, class
of 1896; three years in Massachu
setts Institute of Technology; en
gineer, park department, Cambridge,
Mass., 1900-6; division engineer, N.
H. highway department, 1906-14;
N. H. Commissioner of Highways
since 1915; Episcopalian; Republican;
Mason, Knight Templar, member,
Wonolancet Club, Patron of Hus
bandry; m., Sept. 12, 1900, Gertrude
E. Lamson; children, Douglas Newton,
Barbara, Miriam. Residence, Con
cord, N. H.
Halloran, James Ambrose
Lawyer; b., Concord, N. H., Oct. 11,
1870; s. Dennis and Mary (O'Brien)
Halloran; ed. Concord public schools
and by private tutors; studied law in
the office of the late Judge John M.
Mitchell of Concord; graduated, LL.B.,
vard and Economic clubs; Catholic;
Independent Democrat; unmarried.
Residence, Norwood, Mass.; office,
15 State St., Boston.
�Hon. Wilbur H. Powers
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Powers, Wilbur Howard
Lawyer; b., Croydon, N. H., Jan.
22, 1849; s. Elias and Emeline (White)
Powers; ed. common schools, Kim
ball Union Academy, 1871, Dart
mouth College, 1875, Boston Univer
sity Law School, 1878; admitted to
the bar in New Hampshire, Aug.,
1878, and in Massachusetts in No
vember following, opening an office and
commencing practice in Boston Jan.
22, 1879, where he has since continued;
the late Henry H. Folsom was for
some years associated with him, and,
later, his son, Walter Powers, was ad
mitted to the firm, which was known as
Powers, Folsom & Powers; Unitarian;
Republican; member, Mass. house
of representatives, 1890-91-92; park
commissioner, Hyde Park, 1893-1902,
chairman three years; member, school
committee, Hyde Park, 1900-9, chair
man seven years; presidential elector,
1896; holds membership with the
Masons, Golden Cross, Royal Arca
num, Sons and Daughters of the Ameri
can Revolution; president, National
Fraternal Congress of America, 191314; retains a deep interest in his
native town and state, and was orator
of the day at the 150th anniversary
celebration in Croydon, Aug. 24,
1916; m., 1st, May 1, 1888, Emily
Owen, who d. Dec. 13, 1912; 2d,
Lottie I. Koehler (nee Mills), May 17,
1914; children, Walter Powers, b.
Aug. 3, 1885, now in partnership with
his father; Myra, b. May 20, 1889,
d. March 4, 1916. Office, 209 Wash
ington St., Boston; residence, 114
Naples Rd., Brookline, Mass.
Ahern, William Joseph
Secretary, N. H. board of charities
and corrections; b., Concord, N. H.,
May 19, 1855; s. William and Bridget
(Leary) Ahern; ed. Concord public
schools; engaged many years in mer
cantile life; Catholic; Democrat; com
missioner, Merrimack county, 1887-91,
chairman last two years; deputy sheriff
and jailer, 1891-2; member, N. H.
house of representatives, eleven terms,
serving generally on appropriations
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committee (chairman in 1913), a longer
legislative service than that of any
man now living with a single excep
tion; secretary, state board of charities
and correction, since 1901; chairman,
trustees State School for Feeble Minded,
1901-14; chairman, Board of Control
of State Institutions, 1914-15; active in
party affairs and several times member
of Democratic state committee, treas
urer, 1001-2; delegate Democratic Na
tional Convention, 1900; member, A.
O. H., Knights of Columbus, Foresters
of America, Elks and Wonolancet Club;
m., Nov. 30, 1876, Catherine Cotter;
children, Frank G., Mary Grace (Mrs.
John F. Sullivan), William J. Jr.,
John M itchell , Robert Leo . Residence,
Concord, N. H.
Hook, Andrew Jackson
General business; b., Cornish, N. H.,
Dec. 7, 1864; s. Moody and Eliza B.
(Carroll) Hook; ed. common schools
and Bryant & Stratton's Business
College, Manchester; in employ of A.
C. Carroll & Son, general merchants, at
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Warner, for six years; landlord,
Kearsarge Hotel, one year, in retail
grain trade, seven years; postmaster of
Warner, 1898 to 1916; since then has
maintained a general business office
conducting a large lumber, real estate
and insurance business. He is a
trustee of the Sugar River Savings
Bank of Newport and agent for the
Citizens National Bank of that town.
Republican; has served as town clerk,
selectman, member of the high school
Brown, Edmund H.
Register of deeds Merrimack County ;
b., Fisherville (now Penacook), N. H.,
Oct. 29, 1857; s. Henry H. and Lucretia (Symonds) Brown; ed. Penacook
Academy (class of 1876), Massachu
setts Institute of Technology, special
course; superintendent, Concord Axle
Co., 1887-97; member, mercantile firm
of Foote, Brown & Co., Penacook,
1897-1911; register of deeds for Mer
rimack County since 1911; Repub-
committee, and has been town treasurer
for the last twenty years; member of
the N. H. house of representatives,
1917-18, serving on the committee on
insurance, and chairman of the com
mittee on liquor laws, taking an active
part in the enactment of the Lewis pro
hibitory bill, also as chairman of the
Merrimack County delegation. He is
a 32d degree Mason and Shriner, also a
Patron of Husbandry and present sec
retary of the N. H. Grange Life Insu
rance Assn.; m. Nov. 24, 1888, Florence
Bell Colby of Warner; no children.
Residence, Warner, N. H.
lioan; representative from Ward 1,
Concord, in N. H. legislature, 1893-4,
1905-6; state senator from District
No. 11 (old), 189.5-6; trustee, Colby
Academy; director, Concord Axle Co.,
trustee, Loan & Trust Savings Bank;
Baptist; member, Penacook Baptist
church, forty-six years (deacon twenty
years) ; member, Horace Chase Lodge,
A. F. & A. M. (past master), Trinity
Chapter, Horace Chase Council, Mt.
Horeb Commandery (commander); re
ceived all Scottish rite degrees to and
including the 32d; m., Oct. 11, 1881,
Mary Belle Proctor; children, Helen
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L., b. Oct. 3, 1882; Howard H., b.
June 15, 1884; William P. (died in
infancy). Residence, Penacook, N. H.
Fellows, William Bainbridge
Lawyer; b., Sandwich, N. H., July 5,
1858; s. Col. Enoch Q. and Mary E.
(Quimby) Fellows; ed. Tilton Seminary,
1876, Dartmouth College, 1880;
studied law with Hon. E. A. Hibbard
of Laconia; admitted to the bar, Sept.,
1883, in practice at Tilton since 1885;
Republican; sergeant-at-arms, N. H.
senate, 1881 ; clerk, U. S. senate com
mittee on claims, 1885-7; solicitor, Bel
knap county, 1889-91, 1893-7; judge
of probate, Belknap county, 1895-1909;
N. H. state auditor, 1909-1 1 ; secretary,
state board of equalization, 1901-8;
member, N. H. special tax commission,
1908; member and secretary, N. H.
tax commission, since 1911; member,
N. H. constitutional conventions,
1902, 1912; treasurer, town of Tilton,
1902, 1906; trustee, Tilton Seminary,
1896—; trustee, Tilton & Northfield
Library Ass'n, 1887- ; trustee, Hall
Memorial Library building, 1901-;
m., 1st, Nov. 1, 1881, Ida G. Scribner,
who d. Jan. 14, 1908; 2d, Aug. 24, 1909,
Clara D. Merriman; children, by first
wife, John H., Paul R. Residence,
Tilton, N. H.
Burroughs, Sherman Everett
Lawyer; b., Dunbarton, N. H.,
Feb. 6, 1870; s. John H. and Helen
M. (Baker) Burroughs; descendant,
on paternal side, of George Burroughs
who served under General Heath at
the siege of Boston, and on the ma
ternal side, of Captains Joseph Baker
and John Lovewell of Indian and
Colonial War fame; ed. public schools
of Dunbarton and Bow, Concord
high school, class of 1890, Dartmouth
College, A.B., class of 1894, Columbian
University Law School, LL.B., 1896,
LL.M. 1897; admitted to the District
of Columbia bar, 1896, New Hamp
shire bar, 1897; commenced practice
in Manchester in 1897; continued alone
two years, then becoming a member of
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the firm of Taggart, Tuttle, Burroughs
& Wyman, where he has continued,
the firm now being Taggart, Burroughs,
Wyman & McLane; Republican;
private secretary to Congressman
Henry M. Baker, 1894-7; member,
N. H. house of representatives, 19013; elected to the U. S. house of repre
sentatives, to fill the vacancy occa
sioned by the death of Cyrus A.
Sulloway, May 29, 1917; member,
state board of equalization, 1909-10;
member, state board of charities and
corrections, 1901-1917; chairman from
1911; president, N. H. Children's Aid
and Protective Soc.;- Episcopalian;
treasurer, Grace Episcopal church, and
trustee, Orphans' Home, Concord,
N. H.; member, Washington Lodge,
A. F. & A. M., Manchester; Scottish
Rite Mason; member, Derryfield and
Country clubs; m., April 21, 1898,
Helen S. Phillips; four sons, Robert
Phillips, John Hamilton, Sherman
Everett, Jr., and Henry Baker. Resi
dence, Manchester, N. H.
�Hon. Samuel C. Eastman
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Eastman, Samuel Coffin
Lawyer, banker, manufacturer; b.,
Concord, N. H., July 11, 1837; s.
Seth and Sarah (Coffin) Eastman, and
descendant of Capt. Ebenezer East
man, first settler of Concord; ed. public
schools, Rockingham Academy, Hamp
ton Falls, N.H., Brown University,A.M.,
1857,Harvard LawSchool,LL.B., 1859;
commenced practice of law in Concord
and has since continued, giving special
attention to insurance and corporation
law; Episcopalian; Republican; city
treasurer of Concord during Civil
War period; for twelve years member
of the Concord board of education;
member N. H. house of representa
tives in 1883, and elected speaker;
again member of house in 1893,
serving on judiciary committee and
chairman national affairs; president,
Concord Mutual Fire Ins. Co., which
he organized in 1895; president, N. H.
Savings Bank, for the last twenty
years; president, Concord & Ports
mouth R. R.; president, Eagle &
Phenix Hotel Co.; director and treas
urer, Profile & Flume Co.; pres
ident, N. H. Spinning Mills; presi
dent, Abbot & Downing Co.; several
years director and treasurer, Eastern
R. R. in New Hampshire; some time
president of the Margaret Pillsbury
General Hospital; member, Reorgan
ization Committee, St. Louis & San
Francisco R. R.; member, N. H.
Historical Society, which he has served
as corresponding secretary, librarian
and president, and was instrumental,
with B. A. Kimball, in establishing
location of its new building, as he was,
with W. E. Chandler, in fixing the
site of the U. S. Government build
ing; president, Associated Alumni of
Brown University, 1906-7; member,
Union Club of Boston and Alpha
Delta Phi and University Club, of
New York; member and past presi
dent, N. H. Bar Ass'n; member,
American Bar Ass'n., and delegateat-large to the Universal Congress
of Lawyers and Jurists at St. Louis
in 1904; for some years part owner
of the Concord Monitor and In
dependent Democrat, writing ex
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tensively for the same, also serving
as legislative reporter for the Monitor;
has traveled extensively in Europe
and written interestingly of his travels;
versed in various languages and has
translated books from the French,
Danish and Norwegian; edited East
man'a White Mountain Guide Book; has
delivered various public lectures based
on observations in foreign lands and
other subjects; president of the day at
Concord's 150th anniversary celebra
tion, June 7, 1915 ; received honorary de
gree of LL.D. from Brown University on
60th anniversary of his graduation,June,
1917; m., July 11, 1861, Mary Clifford,
daughter of Judge Albert G. Greene of
Providence, R. I., who d. Oct. 19, 1895;
two children, ason, dying in infancy, and
adaughter, Mary C., educated at Vassar
College, and first president of the
Friendly Club of Concord, who d. Dec.
25, 1913. Residence, Concord, N. H.
Brown, Henry Currier
Merchant; b., Hopkinton, N. H.f
Sept. 30, 1849; s. George and Rosetta
(Currier) Brown; ed. common School
and Hopkinton, Contoocook and Colby
academies; removed to Concord in 1870
and entered the employ of the Prescott
Organ Co., learning the business; was
subsequently engaged as clerk in mer
cantile establishments, till 1890, when
he engaged in the clothing trade, with
Charles C. Currier, under firm name of
Brown & Currier, continuing till 1898,
when Mr. Currier retired and Bennett
Batchelder came into the firm since
known as Brown & Batchelder; Repub
lican; member, Concord board of educa
tion, nine years, common council two
years; member, N. H. house of repre
sentatives, 1909-10; trustee, Loan &
Trust Savings Bank since Sept. 30, 1901 ;
member. investment committee, since
Jan., 1902, president since April 7, 1913;
Baptist; deacon, PleasantSt. church, for
more than thirty years; m., Nov. 25,
1872, Sarah B. Sweatt of Webster; chil
dren, Eleanor Abbott (Mrs. John C. Tilton), Vassar, 1903; Grace Currier,
Mt. Holyoke, 1911, N. E. Conservatory
of Music, 1915. Residence, Concord.,
N.H.
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Farrand, George Edward
Merchant; b., Penacook, N. H.
(Ward 1, Concord), May 1, 1872; s.
William and Elizabeth (Jones) Far
rand; ed. public schools of Pena
cook and Manchester; Democrat;
member, N. H. house of representa
tives, from Ward 1, Concord, 1909-10,
1911-12; candidate in the primary
for senatorial nomination, 1912; dele
gate in constitutional convention,
1912; state treasurer, 1913-14; bank
commissioner, 1915; acting postmaster
of Concord, July, 1917; chairman,
Democratic State Committee, 1914
and since; Episcopalian; Knight of
Pythias, member, N. H. Historical
Soc., and Wonolancet Club; m., June
21, 1899, Ruth A. Minot of Con
cord; children, Elizabeth Howland,
Mary Minot. Residence, Penacook,
N.H.
Kempton, Elisha Moody
Teacher, farmer; b., Claremont, N.
H., May 22, 1831; s. Elisha and Har
riet (Vickery) Kempton; ed. public
and high schools in Sullivan County;
taught school many terms in early
life; engaged in farming in Acworth;
enlisted as private in Third N. H.
Regiment in the Civil War, Aug. 19,
1861; appointed corporal Sept. 13,
1862; wounded at Morris Island,
siege of Charleston, July 10, 1863;
discharged for disability, Nov. 10,
1863; Baptist; Republican; register
of deeds for Sullivan County, 1872-6;
register of probate for the past thirty
years; Mason and member G. A. R.,
past commander Fred Smyth Post of
Newport; m., 1st, March 30, 1370,
Louisa E. Alden, who d. June 7, 1883;
2d, May 11, 1885, Sarah Isabel Strong;
children, Mary Louisa, a teacher since
graduation at New London Academy;
Alvan Alden, graduate of Colby Acad
emy and Brown University, associate
principal of Vermont Academy at Saxtons River, where he d. in 1905, and
Will Elisha, employed in his father's
office. Residence, Newport, N. H.
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Chase, Levin Joynes
Manager, Concord Electric Co.;
b., Philadelphia, Pa., Feb. 6, 1862;
s. Reginald Heber and Susan (Stanwood) Chase; ed. Philadelphia private
schools; engaged for many years in
employ of Wells-Fargo Express Co.,
at San Francisco, Cal.; became man
ager of the Concord Electric Co.,
Jan. 1, 1909; Episcopalian; Repub
lican; represented Ward 3, Concord,
in N. H. house of representatives in
Rowe, Stewart Everett
Lawyer, poet; b., Jan. 22, 1881; s.
Benjamin F. and Hattie A. (Truett)
Rowe; ed. Kensington north district
school, Exeter high school, 1899,
Phillips Exeter Academy, 1904, Bos
ton University Law School; studied
law three years with the late AttorneyGeneral Edwin G. Eastman; admitted
to New Hampshire bar July 1, 1911,
and since in practice in Exeter; Re
publican; moderator, clerk, auditor
1913 and 1915; member, Sons of the
American Revolution, Elks, Wonolancet Club, Beaver Meadow Golf
Club, Snowshoe Club, Concord Board
of Trade—president since Sept., 1915;
trustee, Concord public library; fre
quent speaker upon board of trade
topics and questions of public interest,
and earnest advocate of equal suffrage,
to which cause he gave hearty sup
port during his service in the legis
lature; m., Jan. 2, 1905, Bertha
Louise Adams. Residence, Concord,
N. H.
library trustee, member school board,
ballot and election inspector, tax col
lector and delegate to the constitu
tional convention of 1912, in which he
took an active part, while a resident
of Kensington ; moderator, school meet
ing in Exeter, where he now resides;
treasurer, Rockingham County, elected
Nov., 1916; Congregationalist, clerk of
Phillips church, Exeter; member, Odd
Fellows, Sons of Veterans, Senior Vice
Commander N. H. Division, Patron of
Husbandry, Gamma Eta Gamma Legal
Fraternity; Swamscott Club; cam-
�Gen. William F. Thayer
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paign and Memorial Day speaker;
active in politics and frequent con
tributor to the press in verse and
prose; m., March 26, 1913, Lillian
A.. Whitman of West Barnstable,
Mass. Residence, Exeter, N. H.
Thayer, William Fiske
Banker; b., Kingston, N. H., March
13, 1846; s. Calvin and Sarah Wheeler
(Fiske) Thayer; ed. public schools and
Kimball Union Academy, Meriden,
N. H.; commenced business life as
clerk in Concord, N. H., postoffice,
becoming chief clerk; entered First
NationalBank as clerk in 1871 ; became
cashier in 1874 and has been president
since 1885; Congregationalist; Repub
lican; quartermaster general on staff
of Gov. John McLane; city-treasurer,
Concord, for thirty-four years; treasu
rer, Republican state committee, since
1892; delegate in Republican national
conventions in 1908 and 1912; treasurer,
Union Trust Co.; director, Northern
R. R.,; Mason, K. T; m., Oct. 20,
1874, Sarah Clarke Wentworth, who
d. Jan. 24, 1916; children, Margaret
(Mrs. Frank J. Sulloway), William W.
Residence, Concord, N. H.
Worthen, Thomas Wilson Dorr
Educator; public service commis
sioner; b., Thetford, Vt., Oct. 3, 1845;
s. Joseph Hewes and Elizabeth (Chase)
Worthen; ed. Thetford, Vt., academy,
Dartmouth College, A.B., 1872, A.M.,
1875; principal, Woodstock, Vt., high
school, 1872-4; tutor in mathematics,
Dartmouth College, 1874-6; tutor in
Greek and mathematics, 1876-8; in
structor in mathematics, 1879-83;
assistant professor, 1883-93; head of
departmentof mathematics, 1893-1911 ;
other positions held at the college at
different times, instructor in gymnas
tics, clerk of the faculty, inspector of
college buildings, director of gymnas
ium, director of summer school for
teachers; Congregationalist, eleven
years deacon of college church; Demo
crat, elected to N. H. house of repre
sentatives from Hanover, 1904, though
the town was normally Republican,
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three to one; defeated as a Democrat
for N. H. Senate, 1906, by less than 500
votes in a district Republican by 1,300;
justice of the peace; justice of the
Hanover police court fourteen years;
precinct commissioner; trustee, Mary
Hitchcock hospital, Howe library and
Thetford academy; member, Phi Beta
Kappa and Kappa Kappa Kappa
societies at Dartmouth, Dartmouth
Scientific Ass'n, American Mathemati
cal Soc., American Ass'n for the
Advancement of Science, etc.; mem
ber, N. H. public service commission,
since 1911; m., 1st, Louise M., dau.
Brias D. and Adeline (Dodge) Wilcox,
who d. 1878; one child, Louise W.
(Smith, 1901); 2d, Elizabeth A., dau.
Gov. Peter T. and Almira (Hopkins)
Washburne ; three children, Thacher W.
(A.B., Dartmouth, 1907, A.M. and
M.D., 1911), Joseph W. (A.B., Dart
mouth, 1909, B.C.L., Oxford, 1913),
Mary (Mrs. Gray Knapp, Smith, 1914).
Residence, Hanover, N. H.; address,
State House, Concord, N. H.
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McGregor, George Wilbur
Physician; b., Bethlehem, N. H..
June 15, 1853; s. Willard A. and
Almira G. (Blandin) McGregor; ed.
Tilton Seminary, New Hampton Insti
tution, 1875, Dartmouth Medical Col
lege, 1878; studied with Dr. L. B.
How of Manchester; practiced a short
time in Lunenburg, Vt., then removed
to Littleton where he has continued in
successful practice; Congregationalist ;
Democrat; has served on the boards of
health and education in Littleton,
represented the town in the legislature
in 1905 and has been four times elected
moderator ; was a member of the execu
tive council of the state, 1913-14, and
•of the state board of control, 1913-15;
member of the N. H. delegation
in the Democratic national conven
tion at Baltimore in 1912; Knight
Templar Mason, Knight of Pythias,
and an ex-president of the Grafton
County and N. H. Medical societies;
m., Feb. 24, 1880, Ella Augusta
Eaton of Franconia. Residence, Little
ton, N. H.
Shepard, Joseph Eastman
Farmer, fruit-grower and general
contractor; b., West Concord, N. H.,
Nov. 18, 1865; s. Omar L. and Martha
S. (Jackson) Shepard; ed. public
schools, Pembroke Academy and Prof.
J. H. Larry's School of Practice;
always interested in apple culture and
among the first to practice spraying,
commencing in 1886, and continuing
successfully; had charge for two years
of the farming interests of the late
Moses Humphrey, president of N. H.
board of agriculture; Congregationalist ;
Republican; active in political affairs
and for sixteen years president, Ward
3, Republican club; moderator for
several years and representative in
N. H. legislature, 1903-4; assessor for
Ward 3 under old city charter, con
tinuously except 1903-4, till adoption
of new charter, serving as clerk of the
board four years, and chairman, two
years; only member of old board
elected under the new charter, in 1911,
and chairman since that time; in 1912,
with his associates, Messrs. Morris
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and Donovan, inspected and revalued
all the real estate in Concord; member,
Rumford Lodge, I. O. O. F., Concord;
Patron of Husbandry, past master,
Capital Grange, and charter master,
Penacook Park Grange, West Concord,
which he helped organize twenty-six
years ago; past secretary, lecturer and
treasurer, Merrimack County Pomona
Grange; secretary, Merrimack County
Pomona Grange Fair Ass'n, and
president, N. H. Grange Fair Ass'n;
m., Sept. 19, 1891, Lilian Rose; chil
dren, Ernest Rose, Joseph Phillips,
Mary Grace and Ella Almira. Address,
West Concord, N. H.
Hunt, Edwin Sumner
Lawyer, banker; b., Charlestown,
N. H., Nov. 12, 1865; s. Thomas J.
and Clara M. (Swett) Hunt; ed.
Charlestown public schools, Vermont
Academy, Saxton's River, Vt., 1886,
Amherst College, A. B., 1890, Columbia
University, LL.B., 1895; practiced
law in New York City, 1895 to 1901 ;
in Waterbury, Conn., 1901 to 1906;
treasurer, Waterbury Savings Bank,
since 1906, also director and secretary;
director, Citizens National Bank,
Waterbury; tax collector, Waterbury,
1904-5; president, Savings Bank Ass'n
of Connecticut, 1912-14; Episcopalian;
Republican; member, Waterbury Club,
Country Club; m., June 11, 1900, Helen
Trowbridge Hunt; three children.
Residence, Waterbury, Conn.
Pingree, Samuel Everett
Lawyer; b., Salisbury, N. H., Aug.
2, 1832; s. Stephen and Judith (True)
Pingree; ed. Salisbury, Andover and
Mclndoes Falls academies and Dart
mouth College, 1857; studied law with
Hon. A. P. Huntoon of Bethel, Vt.,
admitted to the Vermont bar in 1859;
settled at Hartford, Vt., and has there
continued, with offices at Hartford and
White River Junction, practicing in
Grafton and Sullivan counties, N. H.,
as well as in Vermont; Baptist;
Democrat previous to the Civil War,
Republican since; town clerk of Hart
ford since 1859, except during the
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Civil War; lieutenant-governor of Ver
mont, 1882-4; governor, 1884-6; chair
man, Vt. railroad commission, 1886
to 1894; president and trustee, White
River Savings Bank, 1886 to 1912;
private, lieutenant, captain, major,
lieutenant colonel in Third Vermont
Regiment in the Civil War, and
twice wounded in battle; colonel,
Eighth Regiment,Vt. National Guard,
1864-5; member, U. S. Medal of
Honor Legion and Modern Wood
men of America (honorary); m., Sept.
15, 1869, Lydia M. Steele of Stanstead, P. Q.; one son, William S.
Pingree (Norwich Univ. and Boston
Univ. Law School), now state's attorney
for Windsor County, Vt. Residence,
Hartford, Vt.
Hodgman, Burns Plummer
Lawyer, clerk, U. S. District Court;
b., Littleton, N. H., Dec. 30, 1875; s.
Charles and Sarah E. (Taylor) Hodg
man; ed. Littleton high school, Boston
University Law School, 1898, cum
laude; admitted to N. H. bar, 1898,
�Gen. Frank S. Streeter
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and commenced practice of law with
Bingham, Mitchell & Batchellor, at
Littleton, with whom he had been
associated since 1891; remained with
the firm until Nov. 24, 1899, when made
deputy clerk, U. S. courts; appointed
clerk U. S. District court for N. H.,
Aug. 1, 1900, also U. S. commissioner;
Episcopalian ; Republican ; never sought
public office but has served as master
in chancery in many important cases
in the federal and state courts; m.,
Jan. 16, 1901, Anne L. Hackett.
Residence, Concord, N. H.
Streeter, Frank Sherwin
Lawyer; b., East Charleston, Vt.,
Aug. 5, 1853; s. Daniel and Julia
(Wheeler) Streeter; ed. public schools,
St. Johnsbury Academy, Bates Col
lege and Dartmouth College, grad
uating from the latter in 1874;
taught school at Ottumwa, Iowa; re
turned east and studied law with
Alonzo P. Carpenter of Bath, N. H.,
chief justice, N. H. supreme court;
admitted to the bar, March, 1877;
commenced practice in Orford, but
soon removed to Concord, where he
has continued, in various partnerships,
but for some years past as head
of the firm of Streeter, Demond,
Woodworth & Sulloway; has been
largely engaged in corporation prac
tice, and was for many years counsel
of the Boston & Maine R. R.; Uni
tarian; Republican; member, N. H.
legislature, in 1885, serving on ju
diciary committee; president, Repub
lican state convention, 1896; pres
ident, N. H. constitutional conven
tion, 1902; judge advocate general,
staff of Gov. Charles A. Busiel, 1895-6;
member, International Joint Com
mission, March, 1911 to Aug., 1913;
delegate at large, Republican national
convention, 1896; member, Republican
national committee, 1907-8; member,
Republican state committee, since 1892 ;
trustee, Dartmouth College, since 1892
(life member since 1897); member,
N. H. Historical Soc. (president, 191416), American Historical Ass'n, N.
H. Bar Ass'n (president, 1903-4),
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American Bar Ass'n; delegate, Uni
versal Congress Lawyers and Jurists,
St. Louis, 1904; member, N. H. League
to Provide for National Defence and to
Enforce International Peace (president
since March, 1916); member, executive
committee, League to Enforce Peace,
since organization; member, National
Security League; member, Snowshoe
Club and Wonolancet Club (president
last fifteen years), Concord, N. H.,
Metropolitan, Cosmos, University and
Chevy Chase clubs, Washington, D. C,
Algonquin and Union clubs, Boston,
Mass., and Derryfield Club, Manches
ter; Odd Fellow; Mason, 32d degree;
LL.D., Dartmouth, 1913; m., Nov. 14,
1877, Lilian, dau. Alonzo P. and Julia
(Goodall) Carpenter of Bath; children,
Julia (Mrs. Henry Gardner), b. Sept.
8, 1878; Thomas W., b. July 20, 1883.
Residence, Concord, N. H.
Burleigh, Alvin
Lawyer; b., Plymouth, N. H., Dec.
19, 1842, s. Samuel C. and Sally Heath
(Whipple) Burleigh; ed. Dartmouth
college, A.B. 1871; served in the 15th
N. H. Infantry in the Civil War;
studied law, admitted to the N. H.
bar in 1873, and has since practiced in
Plymouth, having been long associated
in partnership with the late George H.
Adams; Republican, member and
speaker, N. H. house of representatives,
1887-8; sometime trustee N. H. Nor
mal School; chairman, Plymouth
school board; director, Plymouth
Guaranty Savings Bank; Methodist;
trustee, Plymouth M. E. Church;
trustee, Tilton Seminary; president,
Emily Balch Hospital Ass'ns; m.,
Jan. 6, 1873, Elvira Pace of Haverhill.
Residence, Plymouth, N. H.
Shockley, Alice Porter
(Mrs. A. Lincoln Shockley), teacher,
musician, club woman; b., Concord,
N. H., Oct. 31, 1887; dau. Gen.
Howard L. and Alice R. (Hammond)
Porter; descended from Colonial and
Revolutionary stock on both paternal
and maternal sides; ed. Haverhill,
Mass., high school, 1906, Wellesley
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ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES
College, 1910; after graduation from
college taught history and English
in Leicester, Mass., academy; later
was head of the English department in
of the College News, one of the editors
of the class Alumnae Record, and is
permanent corresponding secretary
of her college class. Since her extended
trip through California and the
Hawaiian islands, she has given illus
trated lectures on her travel through
the so-called "Garden of the World."
Residence, 591 County St., New Bed
ford, Mass. Summer home, Padanaram.
Aspinwall, Ada Mae
Musician; b., Concord, N. H., Feb.
10, 1866, dau. Charles C. and Ednah
(Eastman) Aspinwall; ed. Concord
public schools, New England Con
servatory of Music and by private
teachers, including G. H. Howard,
Milo Benedict and Arthur Foote;
teacher of pianoforte in Concord since
1890, first teacher in the city to take
up the work of instruction in the
Arlington, Mass., high school, leaving
to accept a similar position in New
Bedford, where she met Doctor
Shockley. Since her marriage, Feb. 10,
1916, she has continued her interest
along educational lines, being a member
of the executive committee of the large
New Bedford Woman's Club, and
chairman of its education committee;
vice-president of the Young Women's
Christian Ass'n and chairman of that
education committee; a very active
member of the New Bedford College
Club, the Wellesley Club of South
eastern Massachusetts, the Boston
Wellesley Club and the old Dartmouth
Historical Soc. She has always been
especially interested in music, having
been president of the Glee club and the
mandolin club in her high school
course, president of the mandolin
club of Wellesley College and a member
of the college choir; she was an editor
"Progressive Series of Piano Lessons";
organist and choir director at the First
Universalist church in Concord for
the last twenty-five years; pianist and
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accompanist for the Concord Choral
Union, and its successor, the Concord
Oratorio Society, since organization,
appearing in festival and concert work
with the most noted artists, also as
accompanist in outside festival work
and chamber concerts; member, Con
cord Woman's Club, Music Club,
Rumford Chapter, D. A. R., Capital
Grange, P. of H., Fidelity Rebekah
Lodge, I. O. O. F. Residence, 68
Washington St., Concord, N. H.
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Ass'n, Wonolancet Club, Concord;
m., July 19, 1910, Gladys Nelson Ham
mond; daughter, Janet, died in infancy.
Residence, Concord, N. H.
Murchie, Alexander
Lawyer; b., Creetown, Kirkcud
brightshire, Scotland, March 1, 1887;
s. William and Agnes Janet (Kellie)
Murchie; removed with parents to
Concord, N. H., in childhood; ed.
Gunnison, William Towne
Lawyer, b., Greenville, Miss., Sept.
22, 1869; s. Arvin Nye and Sarah
Helen (Putnam) Gunnison; ed. Milford, N. H., Phillips Exeter Academy,
Dartmouth College, A.B., 1892, Har
vard Law School, LL.B., 1895; ad
mitted to the bar the same year, and in
practice in Rochester since Sept.,
1895, as a partner with Ex.-Gov.
Samuel D. Felker; Congregationalist;
Republican; member, N. H. constitu
tional convention of 1902; judge,
Rochester district court, 1913-15;
Concord high school and law depart
ment of the University of Michigan;
studied with Henry F. Hollis; admitted
to the bar in 1909; member, law firm of
Mollis & Murchie; Democrat; city
solicitor of Concord since 1911; mem
ber, N. H. Bar Ass'n, American Bar
judge, Rochester municipal court,
1915; member, N. H. public service
commission since 1916; director, Roch
ester Loan & Banking Co.; Mason;
m., Oct. 11, 1898, Grace Homey; two
sons, Arvin and John Vinal. Resi
dence, Rochester, N. H.
�Hon. Samuel L. Powers
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Powers, Samuel Leland
Lawyer; b., Cornish, N. H., Oct. 26,
1848, s. Larned and Ruby (Barton)
Powers; ed. Kimball Union Academy,
Phillips Exeter Academy, Dartmouth
College A.B., 1874; studied law with
Verry & Gaskill of Worcester, Mass.,
and at the University of New York;
admitted to the bar in 1875, and com
menced practice in company with his
college classmate, Samuel W. McCall,
in Boston. For some years past he has
been head of the firm of Powers & Hall,
with extensive practice, at 101 Milk
St., Boston; Unitarian; Republican.
Residing in the city of Newton since
1881, he has held various local offices;
elected to Congress from the twelfth
Massachusetts district, serving in the
fifty-seventh and fifty-eighth Con
gresses, with membership on the judici
ary and District of Columbia commit
tees; heard often in debate in Congress,
and a frequent campaign and afterdinner speaker; member, Mass. state
board of education; president, Boston
Art Club, Middlesex Club of Mass.;
member, Exchange Club of Boston,
Newton Club of Newton, Atlantic Con
ference; m., June 21, 1878, Eva Crowell;
one son, Leland. Residence, Newton,
Mass.; office, 101 Milk St., Boston.
Hollis, Allen
Lawyer; b., Concord, N. H., Dec. 20,
1871; s. Major Abijah and Harriet Van
Mater (French) Hollis; ed. Concord
public schools, and Harvard Law
School; studied in the office of Chase &
Streeter, and admitted to the bar in
1893, and since in practice in Concord;
served as special counsel for the state
in the railroad rate investigation before
the Public Service Commission in
1911-12, also for the special rate com
mittee of the N. H. legislature of 1913,
and associated with the attorneygeneral in the Grand Trunk R. R. tax
appeal case in 1912; he is extensively
interested in public utilities; reorgan
ized, in 1901, the properties now owned
by the Concord Electric Co., of which
corporation he has been president since
1904; president, Exeter, Hampton &
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Amesbury St. Railway Co., Exeter &
Hampton Electric Co., White Mt.
Telephone & Telegraph Co.; vice-presi
dent, Laconia Gas & Electric Co., and
Exeter Railway & Lighting Co.; di
rector, Concord Shoe Factory, and
Charles H. Tenney & Co. (public utility
operating engineers) ; vice-president,
secretary and director, United Life &
Accident Insurance Co. ; trustee, North
Boston Lighting Properties; fifteen
years clerk of the Union Trust Co.,
Concord, resigning to become a director
(Class C) in the Federal Reserve Bank
of Boston; president, N. H. Forestry
Soc; secretary and treasurer, Squam
Lake Improvement Ass'n ; director,Connecticut Valley Waterways Ass'n . ; vicepresident, N. H. Fish and Game League
and Lake Sunapee Fishing Ass'n;
Royal Arch Mason; member, Wonolancet, Canoe, and Beaver Meadow
Golf clubs of Concord, Harvard and
Exchange of Boston ; Congregationalist ;
Republican; member, N. H. house of
representatives in 1907 and 1909,
serving on judiciary committee; assist
ant secretary, Republican national
convention, 1908; moderator, Ward
4, Concord, 1910-16; m., Nov. 10,
1897, Amoret Nichoson of Dubuque,
la.; children, Allen, Jr., b. Feb. 1, 1900;
Franklin, b. March26, 1904. Residence,
Concord, N. H.
Niles, Edward Cullen
Lawyer; b., Hartford, Conn., March
28, 1865; s. William Woodruff and
Bertha (Olmsted) Niles; ed. public
and private schools, Concord, N. H.,
St. Paul's School, Trinity College,
1887, Harvard Law School, 1892;
commenced practice of law in Berlin,
N. H., in 1892; removed to Concord in
1896 where he continued in practice,
in various partnerships, till 1915, hav
ing been associated at different times
with the late Harry G. Sargent, Henry
F. Hollis, Arthur P. Morrill, James W.
Remick and Robert W. Upton; Repub
lican; town clerk and member, board
of education, in Berlin, 1895-6; com
mon council and board of aldermen,
Concord, 1901-5; president, Concord
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ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES
board of education, since 19 10 ; member,
constitutional convention, 1902; chair
man, N. H. public service commission,
since its establishment in 1911; first
vice-president^ and member, valuation
and legislative committees, National
Association of Railway Commissioners;
member, commission to revise the
charter of the city of Concord; counsel
on constitutional questions to the Tax
Revision Commission of 1908; Episco
palian, chancellor, and member, stand
ing committee of the diocese of New
Hampshire; deputy to the general
convention of the Episcopal church,
1904-16; judge of the ecclesiastical
court of review, province of New
England; Mason; member, Wonolancet
club, Concord; m 1st, July 12, 1893,
Ethel Abbe, who d. 1910; 2d, July 31,
1916, Ellen Tower Abbe; three children
by first wife, Edward Abbe (Trinity,
1916, Harvard Law School, Rhodes
scholar), James Huntington, Rose
Terry. Residence, Concord, N. H.
Smith, Edward M.
Lawyer and insurance agent; b.,
Alstead, N. H., Feb. 6, 1838, s. Alden
and Lurinda (Partridge) Smith; ed.
select schools, Alstead Academy, and
law department of the University of
Albany, graduating LL.B., March,
1861; admitted to the N. Y. bar,
March 4, 1861; admitted to Cheshire
County, N. H., bar, Oct., 1864,
and since in practice at Alstead,
where he has done an extensive office
and general business, including the
settlement of nearly four hundred
estates; Congregationalist ; Republican ;
tax collector, 1881, and for fourteen
years; member of school board twelve
years; member, N. H. house of repre
sentatives, 1889; town counsel for the
last thirty years; member, National
Geographic Soc, Washington, D. C,
Alstead and Langdon Thief Detecting
Soc; m., Nov. 24, 1880, Fannie
Washburn, who d. Dec. 5, 1913. Resi
dence, Alstead, N. H.
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Chase, Arthur Horace
Lawyer, librarian; b., Concord, N.
H., Feb. 16, 1864; s. William M. and
Ellen S. (Abbott) Chase; ed. Concord
high school, 1882; Dartmouth College,
1886; studied law in office of Chase
& Streeter, Concord; attended Boston
University Law School one year;
admitted to the bar in 1890; member,
firm of Streeter, Walker & Chase till
Jan. 1, 1895, when appointed librarian
of the N. H. state library, which
position he still occupies; clerk, N. H.
supreme court since 1914; secretary,
N. H. Bar Ass'n; served ten years in
N. H. N. G. retiring with rank of
major; Congregationalist; Republican;
Mason, 32d degree; member, Alpha
Delta Phi and Sphinx societies of
Dartmouth, Wonolancet, Passaconway
and Outing clubs of Concord; m., Sept.
16, 1889, Alice M. Fisk; children,
Marjorie Fisk, Vassar, 1914 (Mrs.
Henry W. Merrill); Robert Martin,
Dartmouth, 1917. Residence, Con
cord, N. H.
Hammond, Otis Grant
Librarian; b., Manchester, N. H.,
May 4, 1869; s. Isaac Ware and
Martha Ann (Kimball) Hammond; ed.
Concord high school, Trinity College;
honorary A.M., Dartmouth, 1908,
Trinity, 1912; assistant state historian,
New Hampshire, 1890-1915; assistant
state librarian, 1896-1913; superintend
ent and secretary, N. H. Historical
Soc, since 1913; president, Concord
Foundry & Machine Co.; captain,
Company E, 1st N. H. Vols., SpanishAmerican war; captain and adjutant,
1st Inf., N. H. N. G.; major and aide-de
camp, staff of Gov. Spaulding; major,
1st Inf., N. H. State Guard; member,
N. H. Historical Soc, American Anti
quarian Soc, American Historical Ass'n ;
N. E. Historic-Genealogical Soc; Ma
sons, A K E, Wonolancet and Beaver
Meadow Golf clubs, Concord; Episco
palian; Republican; m., Jan. 19, 1898,
Jessie A. Prescott; one dau., Priscilla.
Residence, Concord, N. H.
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Lake, Harry Foss
Lawyer; b., Pembroke, N. H., Nov.
28, 1876; s. Moses R. and Mary J.
(Batchelder) Lake; ed. Pembroke Acad
emy, 1894, Middlebury College, 1899,
having spent one year in teaching be
fore entering college; studied law in the
office of the late Hon. John M. Mitchell
of Concord, and one year at Boston
University Law School; admitted to
the bar in June, 1904, immediately
becoming a member of the firm of
Mitchell, Foster & Lake; upon Mr.
Mitchell's appointment to the superior
court bench in 1910, became member
of the firm of Foster & Lake and
so continues; Methodist; Democrat;
elected member of the board of educa
tion for Union School District, Con
cord, for three years, April, 1917; mem
ber, Pembroke Grange, P. of H.; m.,
Nov. 29, 1904, Fanny M. Sutton of
Burlington, Vt., a classmate at Mid
dlebury ; one daughter, Mary Elizabeth.
Residence, Concord, N. H.
�Hon. James 0. Lyford
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Lyford, James Otis
Lawyer, editor, publicist; b., Boston,
Mass., June 28, 1853; s. James and
Mary I. (McLane) Lyford; ed. Boston
public schools, Tilton, N. H., Seminary,
graduating in 1872; educated for the
bar, and practiced law at Tilton,
N. H., from 1880 to 1882; editor,
People newspaper, Concord, N. H.,
1877 to 1879; personal clerk to Gen.
R. N. Batchelder, depot quarter
master, Washington, D. C., from 1882
to 1887; chairman of N. H. savings
bank commission from 1887 to 1895;
city auditor, Concord, N. H., 1896
to 1898; member, N. H. house of
representatives, 1893, 1895, 1897, and
1915; and active in leadership on the
floor and in committee in all sessions;
member, N. H. constitutional con
ventions, 1876, 1902, and 1912; naval
officer of customs, District of Boston
and Charlestown, Mass., 1898 to 1913;
editor, Nashua Telegraph, 1914 and
1915; secretary, Concord board of
trade, 1914-15; secretary, N. H.
Republican state committee, 1896;
chairman, N. H. savings bank commis
sion since 1915; trustee, Tilton Semi
nary; editor, History of Concord,
N. H., 1903; author, Life of Edward
H. Rollins, 1907, and History of
Canterbury, N. H., 1911; Republican;
Unitarian; member, Wonolancet Club,
Concord; Derryfield, Manchester; and
City and Algonquin clubs, Boston;
m., May 2, 1882, Susan Ayer Hill, of
Concord, N. H., daughter of William
P. and Clara West Hill; and grandaughter of Gov. Isaac Hill; children,
Agnes McLane, b. April 6, 1884, d.
Jan. 21, 1901; Katharine Batchelder,
b. Nov. 11, 1888, d. Feb. 1, 1893;
Richard Taylor, b. Jan. 6, 1896.
Residence, Concord, N. H.
Woodworth, Mary Parker
(Mrs. Albert B.); b., Sugar Hill,
Lisbon, N. H., May 3, 1849; dau.
Charles and Amelia (Bennett) Parker;
ed. St. Johnsbury Academy (being the
only girl in a graduating class of nine)
and Vassar College, entering in the
sophomore year and graduating in 1870
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—the first New Hampshire graduate;
taught at St. Johnsbury Academy and
St. Agnes Hall, Bellows Falls, Vt.; m.
the late Albert B. Woodworth, after
ward mayor of Concord, Sept. 30,
1873; interested in music, literature
and social and educational work; first
woman member of the Concord board
of education, serving nine years,
1890-9, and declining are-election; presdent, Concord Woman's Club, 1897-9;
chairman, Scholarship Fund, N. H.
Federation of Women's Clubs, de
igned to aid in the normal training
of girls for teaching in rural schools,
since its establishment in 1904; mem
ber of the Vassar and Collegiate
Alumnae Ass'ns, and twice president
of the Boston branch; Episcopalian,
communicant of St. Paul's Church,
Concord; president of N. H. Diocesan
Woman's Auxiliary to the General
Board of Missions since 1912; writer
and speaker in behalf of causes in
which she is interested; children, Ed
ward Knowlton, of the law firm of
Streeter, Demond, Woodworth and
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Sulloway; Grace, and Charles Parker,
assistant treasurer of the Woodstock
Lumber Co. at Boston, Mass. Resi
dence, Concord, N. H.
Merrill, Robert Josiah
Insurance commissioner; b., Claremont, N. H., Oct. 18, 1878; s. Martin
V. and Helen E. (Barker) Merrill;
ed. public schools, Claremont and
Charlestown, Charlestown high school,
1895; taught school three years in
Charlestown; law clerk and court
stenographer in Claremont till 1905
when engaged in insurance business in
that town; Episcopalian; progressive
Republican; representative in N. H.
legislature from Claremont, 1907, 1909;
state senator, 1911, serving on judi
Donovan, Michael Henry
Machinist; b.,Concord, N.H.,Sept. 6,
1853; s. Daniel and Mary (Donovan)
Donovan; ed. Concord public schools;
in service of Concord, Northern and
Boston & Maine railroads, 46 years;
Catholic; Democrat; chairman, Demo
cratic city committee, 1907-11;
member, Concord board of assessors,
since 1911; member, Concord Lodge,
No. 1210, B. P. O. E., Foresters of
America, Capital Grange, P. of H.;
interested in music, church singer for
many years; m., June 11, 1876, Eliza
beth Jane Bland; they have eleven
living children, seven sons and four
daughters. Residence, Concord, N. H .
ciary committee; appointed insurance
commissioner for the state of New
Hampshire, Nov., 1911, since con
tinuing in that office; m., Sept. 14, 1904,
Abbie M. Robertson. Residence,
Concord, N. H.
Musgrove, Mary Donker
Editor and publisher; b., Bristol,
N. H., Oct. 22, 1875; dau. RichardW.
and Henrietta M. (Guild) Musgrove;
ed. Bristol schools and New Hampton
(N. H.) Institution, 1896; engaged since
graduation in the office of the Bristol
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Enterprise; first associated with her
father, and since his death, in February,
1914, as editor of the Enterprise, and
proprietor of the "Musgrove Printing
House," with an extensive line of job
work, including considerable state
printing; Methodist; recording stew
ard, M. E. church in Bristol since
1914; member and secretary, Sawhegeuit Chapter, 0. E. S. ; member, Red
Cross and Bristol Suffrage Ass'n.
Residence, Bristol, N. H.
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Pillsbury, Rosecrans William
Lawyer, manufacturer, publisher,
farmer; b., Londonderry, N. H., Sept.
18, 1863; s. William S. and Sarah A.
(Crowell) Pillsbury; ed. Pinkerton
and Phillips (Andover) Academies and
Dartmouth College, class of 1885;
Plummer, John Wesley
State treasurer; b., Hebron, N. H.,
Sept. 1, 1871; s. Philip and Eliza J.
(Ferrin) Plummer; ed. Concord public
schools; employed as mercantile clerk
and bookkeeper in Concord till 1901;
member, Concord common council,
1899-1902, president, 1901-2; deputy
state treasurer from 1901 to 1915;
treasurer from 1915; Christian Scien
tist; Republican; Mason, Knight
Templar; m., Jan. 22, 1895, Etta F.
Sleeper; one dau., Laura. Residence,
Concord, N. H.
studied law with Robert J. Peaslee,
and at Boston University Law School;
admitted to the bar in 1890; long en
gaged with his father in shoe manufac
turing in Derry ; treasurer and manager,
Union Publishing Co., publishing Man
chester Daily and Weekly Union, 1896
to 1911; extensively engaged in
agriculture in Londonderry, making a
specialty of apple culture on an
unusual scale; Republican; represent
ative from Londonderry in N. H.
legislature in 1897, 1905 and 1909,
serving the last year as chairman of
special committee on railroad rates;
candidate for Republican gubernatorial
nomination and strongly supported
in 1906, 1914 and 1916; trustee, N. H.
College of Agriculture and Mechanic
Arts for sixteen years; alternate in
�Josiah E. Fernald
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Republican national convention, 1892,
and delegate in 1904, serving on com
mittee to notify Theodore Roosevelt
of his nomination; Presbyterian;
Mason, 32d degree and K. T., Knight
of Pythias, Patron of Husbandry, first
master of Derry Grange; m., 1st, in
1885, Annie E. Watts of Manchester,
who d. Aug. 10, 191 1 ; 2d, at Yokohama,
Japan, Feb. 25, 1913, Mrs. Harriet F.
Valentine; children, Maria (Mrs.
Harold S. Taylor), Horace Watts
(D. S. Navy), Dorothy. Residence,
Londonderry, N. H.—Derry P. 0.
Feraald, Josiah Eastman
Banker; b., Loudon, N. H., June 16,
1856; s. Josiah and Mary Esthet
(Austin) Fernald; ed. public schools of
Loudon and Pittsfield, N. H., academy;
came to Concord in March, 1875, and
entered employ of the National State
Capital Bank, working his way up from
messenger boy to president, holding
latter position since 1905; vice-presi
dent, Loan & Trust Savings bank ; pres
ident, Concord Axle Co.; president,
New England Cable Co.; treasurer,
Capital Fire Insurance Co.; treasurer,
Abbot-Downing Co.; treasurer and
trustee of Mary Baker Eddy estate;
treasurer, N. H. Centennial Home for
the Aged; treasurer, Concord board of
trade since organization; member, First
Baptist church, Concord; holds the
medal of the Mass. Humane Soc. for
gallantry in saving life at Ogunquit,
Me., July 29, 1899; m., Dec. 8, 1880,
Anna White; children, Edith F. (Mrs.
James A. Giberson), Mary F. (Mrs. Ed
ward S. Willis), Ruth F. (Mrs. Engelhart
W. Hoist). Residence, Concord, N. H.
Musgrove, Frank Abbott
Editor and publisher; b., Bristol,
N. H., July 19, 1872; s. Capt. Richard
W. Musgrove, a veteran of the Civil
War, and Henrietta M. (Guild) Mus
grove; ed. Bristol graded schools, New
Hampton Institution, 1892, Dartmouth
College, 1899; in college member Var
sity track and baseball teams; member,
Phi Delta Theta fraternity, Casque
and Gauntlet senior society; editor-
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in-chief of Dartmouth, senior year;
trained in newspaper work from boy
hood; proprietor, Dartmouth Press,since
graduation in 1899; representative in
General Court, 1907, 1909, 1911;
speaker in 1911; state senator, 1915;
supervisor of census, 1910; state audi
tor, 1911-13; secretary, Republican
state committee, 1910; chairman, Pro
gressive state committee, 1912; now
president and manager of The Dart
mouth Press (Inc.), book and job
printers, Hanover, N. H., and editor
and publisher of The Hanover Gazette.
Residence, Hanover, N. H.
Benton, John Edwin
Lawyer; b., Maidstone, Vt., May 14,
1875; s. Josiah H. and Harriet B.
(Niles) Benton; ed. Phillips Exeter
Academy, 1896, Boston University
School of Law, 1898; began legal prac
tice in the office of Charles F. Choate,
Jr., Boston, in 1898, removed to Berlin,
N. H., in 1901, and to Keene in 1903,
where he has since resided ; Episcopalian ;
Republican; city solicitor of Berlin,
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1902; member, N. H. house of repre
sentatives, from Ward 4, Keene, 1907;
city solicitor of Keene, 1909; mayor,
1910; member, N. H. public service
-commission, 1911-15; Mason; mem
ber, Lodge of the Temple, Cheshire
Royal Arch Chapter, Hugh de Payens
Commandery, B. P. O. E., P. of H.,
University Club, Washington, D. C.;
m., Sept. 4, 1909, Kate Lanmou Nims.
Residence, Keene, N. H.
Morris, James Henry
Lawyer; b., Aug. 15, 1862; s.
Thomas and Ann (Connelly) Morris;
ed. Concord public schools; studied
law with Albin & Martin; admitted to
the N. H. bar, July 20, 1888; Catholic;
Democrat; city auditor of Concord,
1899, 1900; secretary, Democratic city
committee, 1907-11; member and
clerk of Concord board of assessors
since the new charter went into effect,
in 1911; member, Concord Lodge,
No. 1210, B. P. O. E., Wonolancet
Club, Concord Gun Club; unmarried.
Residence, Concord, N. H.
Fowler, George Winthrop
Editor, farmer, banker; b., Pem
broke, N. H., Nov. 1, 1864; s. Win
throp and Anne Lydia (Locke) Fowler;
ed. Pembroke Academy, 1882, Dart
mouth College, 1886; Congregationalist; Democrat; member, Pembroke
school board, nine terms; member, N.
H. constitutional convention, 1912;
member and clerk, N. H. board of
control, 1913-15; state purchasing
agent, 1913-15; director, Suncook
Valley R. R.; director, N. H. Fire
Insurance Co.; trustee, Pembroke
Academy and president of the board;
treasurer, Suncook Bank, since organ
ization, Oct., 1916; member, Pembroke
Grange, P. of H; reared to farm life
and always interested in agriculture,
in which he is incidentally engaged to a
considerable extent, but devoted him
self for some time to the Newspaper
business, as editor of the Nashua Ga
zette, 1890 to 1895; editor, Manchester
Union, 1895-1905, editor and business
manager, 1905-13; m., 1st, in 1888,
Etta Bartlett, who d., 1905; 2d, Grace
M. Smith; children, George Sherburne,
b. 1890; Harold Bartlett, b. 1898; Win
throp John, b. 1904; Mary Anne, b.
1910; Charles Smith, b.1914. Resi
dence, Pembroke, N. H.
Jackson, Robert
Lawyer; b., Dover, N. H., May 21,
1880, but reared in Littleton, his
parents' permanent home; s. James R.
and Lydia A. (Drew) Jackson; ed.
Littleton high school, Dartmouth
College, 1900, Harvard Law School;
pursued legal study in the office of
U. S. Judge Edgar Aldrich, and of
Remick & Niles, Concord; Admitted
to the bar in 1907, and practiced for
a time with Remick & Niles, and later
with Judge James W. Remick; member
of firm of Remick & Hollis, 1910 to
1912, Remick & Jackson, 1912 to 1916
and since in practice above; Episcopa
lian; Independent Democrat; chairman,
Democratic city committee, Concord,
1914-18; member, N. H. excise com
mission, 1915- ; secretary, N. H. com
mittee of public safety, 1917-; m.,
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Oct. 14, 1909, Dorothy Witter Branch
of Manchester; children, Sarah Branch,
July 26, 1910; Hope, b. Jan. 21, 1915.
Residence, Concord, N. H.
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Anti-Saloon League, Red Cross League,
National Municipal League, Harvard
Club, and Twentieth Century Club of
Boston, Pennsylvania Alumni Soc,
Harvard Alumni Soc, Merrimack
County Farmer's Ass'n. Deeply in
terested in agriculture and engaged in
breeding registered Hereford cattle at
bis farm in Andover, believing that the
cheap pasture lands of New Hampshire
are well adapted for beef. M., Feb. 2,
1909, Susan Whiting of Newton, Mass.,
who d. Dec. 6, 1913. Residence,
Andover, N. H.
Ives, Henry Goodson
Clergyman and farmer; b., London,
England, May 26, 1872; s. James
Thomas Bostock and Mary Collins
(Johns) Ives; ed. English private
schools, University of Pennsylvania, B.
Sc. 1897, Harvard University, S.T.B.
1904; Democrat; Unitarian; pastor
Unitarian Church, Andover, since 1904,
also pastor All Souls' Union Church,
Potter Place, built 1911; field agent,
Proctor Academy, Andover, 1904-16;
assistant curator, W. S. Vaux Collec
tion of Minerals, Academy of Natural
Howard, Charles Woodbury
Furniture manufacturer, adjutant
general; b., Nashua, N. H., Oct. 28,
1869; s. Joseph Woodbury and Nancy
Sciences, Philadelphia, Pa., 1891-3;
Good Templar, Mason; member,
Eastern Star, Patrons of Husbandry,
Mineralogical Club of Philadelphia,
National Economic League, American
Ass'n for Advancement of Science,
N. H. Peace Soc, N. H. Woman Suf
frage Ass'n, N. H. Single Tax Soc,
Jane (Hesselton) Howard; ed. Nashua
public schools,Phillips Exeter Academy,
class of 1890; Unitarian; Republican;
member, Nashua common council,
board of education, six years; N. H.
house of representatives, 1905, 1907;
senate, 1915; enlisted as private in
N. H. N. G., March 17, 1891; second
�John H. Fahey
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•and first lieutenant, Co. K, 2d N. H.
regiment; adjutant, 2d Infantry; ap
pointed asst. adjutant general, 1st
Brigade, March 7, 1899, continuing till
Dec. 1, 1907, when he became a major
in the adjutant general's department,
serving till May, 1915, when he be
came the adjutant general; trustee,
Hunt Home for the Aged; member,
Nashua Country Club; member, A. F.
& A. M., to and including the 33d de
gree; past commander in chief, N. H.
Consistory; Knight Templar; m., June
14, 1894, Blanche Louise, daughter of
Josephus Baldwin, first mayor of
Nashua; children, Woodbury Howard,
b. 1902, Lucy Baldwin, b. 1905. Resi
dence, Nashua, N. H.
Fahey, John H.
Newspaper publisher, investment
banker; b., Manchester, N. H., Feb.
19, 1873; s. Peter and Maria Fahey;
ed. public schools; graduate of Man
chester high school; began newspaper
work as reporter on Manchester papers;
manager, Associated Press, New Haven,
Conn.; New England Supt., Associated
Press, Boston; editor and publisher,
Boston Traveler, 1903-10; second vicepresident, Associated Press, 1909-10;
now president and publisher, Worces
ter Evening Post, and engaged in in
vestment banking business in Boston;
long active in business men's organiza
tions; one of the organizers of the
Boston chamber of commerce and
seven years director and member
executive committee; member, organ
ization committee, Chamber of Com
merce of the United States, later chair
man executive committee, president,
1914 and 1915, now honorary vicepresident; member, permanent com
mittee of International Congress of
Chambers of Commerce; appointed by
President Wilson member of interna
tional high commission organized in
1915 under auspices of U. S. govern
ment to promote uniform legislation
among the countries of the Western
Hemisphere; chairman, delegation of
American chambers of commerce visit
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ing European countries in 1911; mem
ber, U. S. commission visiting South
America in 1916; member, American
chamber of commerce in Paris, honorary
member, Bolsa de Comercio, Buenos
Ayres, Worcester chamber of commerce;
chairman of the American committee on
commercial arbitration between Argen
tina and the United States; awarded
decoration of the Order of the Golden
Sheaf by Chinese government in 1916
for service in promoting commercial
relations between China and the United
States; director and chairman, execu
tive committee, Commercial Research
Co.; director, American Core-Twine
Co.; president, Jiffy Brush Co.; mem
ber, Bankers' Club, New York, Boston
City Club, Economic Club, Tedasco
Country Club, Brae-Burn Country
Club, National Americanization Com
mittee, executive committee, League
to Enforce Peace; Catholic; m., Mar
garet Quinn, Boston, 1901; two dau.,
Margaret and Eleanor. Address, Bos
ton, Mass.
Thayer, William Wentworth
Lawyer; b., Concord, N. H.t April
15, 1884; s. William Fiske and Sarah
C. (Wentworth) Thayer; ed. Concord
public schools, including Concord high
school, Harvard University, B.A., 1905,
LL.B., 1910, Oxford University, B.A.,
1908, M.A., 1913; admitted to the bar,
1910; practiced in office of Streeter,
Demond & Woodworth till 1913, and
alone since; Congregation a list; Repub
lican; elected solicitor for the County
of Merrimack in Nov., 1916, for the
term beginning April, 1917; appointed
by the court to fill vacancy occasioned
by resignation of Solicitor Murchie,
Jan., 1917; trustee. Union Trust Co.;
director, First National Bank of Con
cord; assistant treasurer, Northern
R. R. ; director, American Peace
Soc.; vice-president, Concord Char
ity Organization; president, Alumni
Ass'n of American Rhodes Scholars;
member, Kearsarge Lodge, K. of P.,
Capital Grange, P. of H. Residence,
Concord, N. H.
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Miller, Ida Fair
(Mrs. Edwin C.)i club woman and
lecturer; b., Littleton, N. H., April
26, 1863; dau. Maj. Evarts W. and
Ellen F. (Burpee) Farr; ed. public
schools, St. Mary's Academy, Man
chester, N. H., Museum of Fine Arts
School, Boston, and Wellesley Col
lege; past president, Melrose (Mass.)
Woman's Club and Kosmos Club,
Wakefield, Mass.; organizer and past
president, New Hampshire's Daugh
ters Society, Boston; chairman, For
estry Committee, Mass. State Federa
tion of Women's clubs; member, For
estry Committee, N. H. State Federa
tion of Women's clubs, 1908-11; mem
ber, Wakefield, Mass., school board
since 1906; member, N. E. HistoricGenealogical Soc; member, Society
for Prevention of N. E. Antiquities;
past matron, O. E. S.; organizer and
first regent, Faneuil Hall Chapter,
D. A. R., etc.; lecturer on forestry and
historical subjects; m., Jan. 30, 1884,
Edwin Child Miller; children, Barbara
(Miller) Wicker, Henry Franklin,
Edith Louise. Residence, Wakefield,
Mass.
Ray, Robert Allen
Lawyer, judge of probate; b., Palmer,
Mass., April 7, 1851; s. Alexander
Hamilton and Sarah Jane (Maynard)
Ray; ed. Burr & Burton Seminary,
Manchester, Vt., Kimball Union Acad
emy and Dartmouth College, A.B.
1877, A.M. 1885; studied law; admitted
to bar, 1879, and practiced from 1879 to
1889, in Concord, N. H., in partnership
with Reuben E. Walker, now associate
justice N. H. supreme court, and with
him edited and published "Ray &
Walker's N. H. Citations"; later for
some years principal of Hinsdale, N. H.,
high school, removing thence to Keene,
in 1893, to resume practice; Baptist;
Republican; member from Ward 6,
Concord, in N. H. house of represen
tatives, 1885; judge of probate for
Cheshire County since 1906; also acted
as judge in Sullivan County probate
court several months, during a va
cancy, in 1917; member, Sons of Vet
erans; m., 1st, March 18, 1881,
Harriet Annett Ballou, who d. 1900;
2d, May, 1907, Clara Adell Case;
one dau., Agnes Helen (Mrs. Fred H.
Robbins, Philadelphia, Pa.). Resi
dence, Keene, N. H.
Richardson, Albert James
Farmer, postmaster; b., Lyndon,
Vt., Oct. 29, 1866; s. Henry and Mary
J. (Clark) Richardson; removed to
Littleton, N. H., in infancy, and edu
cated in Littleton public schools; en
gaged extensively in agriculture and
dairying for a series of years; Demo
crat; member of school board; select
man, 1907-8; inspector for N. H.
license commission, several years pre
vious to Jan., 1914, when appointed
postmaster of Littleton; Patron of
Husbandry and long active in the or
der, serving as master of White Moun
tain Grange two years, Northern N. H.
Pomona Grange four years, and execu
tive committee, N. H. State Grange,
six years; member, Burns Lodge, A. F.
& A. M., Franklin Chapter, St. Gerard
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Commandery and Bektaah Temple;
m., Oct. 6, 1888, Lillian M. Curtis;
one daughter, Edith Mabelle. Resi
dence, Littleton, N. H.
Plummer, William Alberto
Jurist; b., Gihnanton, N. H., Dec.
2, 1865; s. Charles E. and Mary H.
(Moody) Plummer; ed. Gilmanton
Academy, Dartmouth College, Boston
University School of Law, 1889; lo
cated in practice in Laconia; Congregationalist; Democrat; member, La
conia school board, nineteen years
(president sixteen years); member,
N. H. house of representatives, 1893,
1907; justice, N. H. superior court,
Dec., 1907 to Dec., 1913, since then
justice, supreme court; member,
Knights of Pythias, Elks, Masons, 33d
degree (Grand Master, Grand Lodge
of N.'H., 1806-8); member, N. H. Bar
Ass'n., American Bar Ass'n., N. H. His
torical Soc.; director, Laconia Nat'l
Bank; trustee and vice-president, City
Savings Bank of Laconia; director, La
conia Building & Loan Ass'n.; m., Jan.
1, 1890; one son, Wayne M., b. March
21, 1891, Boston University School of
Law, 1917, admitted toN. H. bar, June
30, 1917. Residence, Laconia, N. H.
Mitchell, Abram Whittemore
Physician and surgeon; b., Lempster, N. H., Feb. 8, 1862; s. Andrew J.
and Mary (Whittemore) Mitchell; ed.
common and high schools, Kimball
Union Academy, 1883, New York Uni
versity Medical School, 1887; located
in practice at Epping, N. H.; Metho
dist; Independent; member, school
board and board of health, Epping;
physician to Rockingham County In
stitute for thirty years; member and
past president of Rockingham County
Medical Soc. and N. H. Medical Soc.;
president, Epping Water Co.; Odd
Fellow and Mason to and including
32d degree, Knight Templar and
Shriner; m., Oct. 17, 1888, Hattie F.
Perkins; children, Avis W. (Mrs. C.
Cann), Karl P., Richard A., Philip W.
Residence, Epping, N. H.
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Smith, Ezra M.
Lawyer; b., Langdon, N. H., Jan.
25, 1838; s. Orrin and Marinda (Par
tridge) Smith; ed. Cold River Acad
emy, Tubbs Academy. Law Depart
ment, University of Albany, LL.B.
1861; admitted to N. H. bar, May,
1864; commenced practice in Peter
borough, N. H., June 1, 1865, and has
since continued; Congregationalist;
Republican; ten years a member of
the school board; selectman, twenty-
five years (many years chairman of the
board); member, N. H. house of rep
resentatives, six terms, taking active
part in committee work and debate;
state senator, 1915-16; member, con
stitutional conventions, 1876, 1912;
member, Peterborough Grange, P. of
H., Peterborough Lodge, No. 15, I. O.
O. F., Union Encampment, No. 6; m.,
Oct. 4, 1886, Mary S. Fairbanks; chil
dren, Etta M. (Harlan B. deceased),
Orrin F. Residence, Peterborough,
N. H.
�George A. Fairbanks
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Fairbanks, George Arlington
Woolen manufacturer, farmer; b.,
Newport, N. H., March 24, 1863; s.
George H. and Helen M. (Nourse)
Fairbanks; ed. public schools, graduat
ing from Newport high school, June
24, 1881, followed by one year at Tilton
Seminary; a successful merchant in
Newport for fourteen years; with
George A. Dorr purchased Granite
State Mills, April 1, 1899, and from a
business practically dormant, it has
today over one hundred fifty employes
on its pay-roll, working in day and
night shifts; director of Citizens' Na
tional Bank for fifteen years, its presi
dent since 1913; trustee and treasurer,
Carrie F. Wright Hospital, since its
establishment; for many years a
trustee, M. E. church, and for a long
time a member and generous contrib
utor to its welfare. Continually identi
fied with the best interests of Sullivan
County Y. M. C. A., he has been a
liberal supporter in all its work; mem
ber school board for twelve years and
active worker for the welfare of pupils
and teachers; trustee, Tilton Seminary;
Mason, member and past high priest,
Chapter of Tabernacle, No. 19, R. A.
M.; Shrine; Republican; candidate for
presidential elector, 1916, member,
house of representatives, 1917-18 and
chairman railroad committee; occupies
a spacious home on a knoll overlooking,
the town, on the spot where stood the
house of his birth; m., Oct. 22, 1885,
Margaret A. Gilmore of Newport;
three children, Helen M., a successful
kindergartner, Marian S., graduate of
Boston University and vocal soloist in
local churches, Harold G., graduate of
Tilton Seminary and now learning the
woolen business in his father's mill.
Residence, Newport, N. H.
Boutwell, Harvey Lincoln
Lawyer; b., Meredosia, 11l., April 5,
1860; a. Eli Allen and Harriett W.
(Weeks) Boutwell; removed to Hopkinton, N. H., when two years of age
and reared in that town where his great
grandfather, Maj. William Weeks, of
Washington's staff, had settled in 1792,
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on land said to have been granted him
by the government and a portion of
which he, himself, now owns; ed. com
mon schools, Hopkinton and Contoocook academies, New Hampshire Col
lege, 1882, and Boston University Law
School, 1886; spent some time in
teaching, at Claremont, N. H., gram
mar school, Boston Asylum Farm
School, and Eliot Evening School, Bos
ton, meanwhile taking up the study of
law, first with the late John Y. Mugridge of Concord, N. H., and later with
Wilbur H. Powers of Boston; admitted
to Massachusetts bar in 1886 and com
menced practice in Boston in Aug. of
that year, continuing alone about
twenty years, since then in partnership
with William H. Hastings of Malden,
under firm name of Boutwell & Hast
ings, offices in Rogers Bldg., Washing
ton St.; Baptist; Republican; mem
ber, Malden, Mass., common council,
1893-4; Mass. house of representatives,
1895-6-7-8, taking a prominent part in
legislation each year; city solicitor,
Malden, since 1907; trustee, New
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Hampshire College, since 1910 and
president of the board since 1913; first
vice-president. Second National Bank
of Malden; director, F. W. Ransholb
Co., Samuel E.Jordan Brush Co.; Ma
son, Odd Fellow; member, Boston City
Club, University Club of Malden, Mai
den Deliberative Assembly, Middlesex
Club, Mass. Republican Club; a fre
quent public speaker on political, pa
triotic and other occasions; m. Nellie
C. Booth, Dec. 28, 1886; one son,
Louis E., b. Feb. 15, 1892, Boston Uni
versity School of Law, 1917. Resi
dence, Malden, Mass.
Gile, John Martin
Surgeon; b. Pembroke, N. H., March
8, 1864; s. Brainerd and Mary A.
(Kimball) Gile; ed. Pembroke Acad
emy, Dartmouth College, 1887, Dart-
^^r
^^t!
a
H. Republican state convention, 1910;
member, N. H. executive council,
Fourth District, 1911-12; member,
American Medical Ass'n, N. H. and
Mass. Medical Socs.; trustee, Dart
mouth College; trustee, Mary Hitch
cock Memorial Hospital; Mason;
member, Graduates Club, Kappa
Kappa Kappa, Hanover Country Club ;
director, Lake Tarleton Club; m.,June
8, 1892, Vesta Fowler; children, John
F., Archie B., Madelain, Dorothy.
Residence, Hanover, N. H.
Woodbury, Gordon
Lawyer, farmer, journalist; b., New
York City, Sept. 17, 1863; s. Freeman
Perkins and Harriet A. (McGaw)
Woodbury, his father being a descendantof John Woodbury (Beverly, Mass.,
1624) and his mother a granddaughter
<A W
i
mouth Medical School, 1891; com
menced practice at Tewksbury, Mass. ;
Professor of Practice of Medicine, 1896
-1910; Dean and Professor of Clinical
Surgery, 1910 -., Dartmouth Medi
cal School; Republican; president, N.
of Matthew Thornton, signer of the
Declaration of Independence; ed
Phillips Exeter Academy, 1882, Har
vard College, 1886, Columbia Univer
sity Law School, 1888; located in
Bedford, N. H., in 1889, upon the old
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McGaw homestead, his mother's birth
place, where he has continued his legal
residence, engaging extensively in agri
culture; Presbyterian; Democrat; rep
resentative from Bedford in N. H.
house of representatives, 1891, serving
on committee on revision of the stat
utes; candidate for senator in District
No. 19, 1892; member, N. H. delega
tion in Democratic national convention,
18%; delegate in N. H. constitutional
convention, 1902; member, advisory
council, N. H. Dept. of Agriculture;
1913-1 5 ; Democratic candidate for Con
gress, First N. H. District, 1916; editor
and publisher, Manchester Daily and
Weekly Union, 1896-1906; ed. History
of Bedford, 1903; Mason; member,
Derryfield Club, Manchester;
m.
April 18, 1894, Charlotte E., dau. Geo.
E. Woodbury, Methuen, Mass.; chil
dren, Eliza Gordon (Bryn Mawr),
Peter, George. Residence, Bedford,
N. H., Manchester P. O.
Baynes, Ernest Harold
Naturalist, lecturer; b., Calcutta,
India, May 1, 1868; s. John and
Helen Augusta (Nowill) Baynes; ed.
College of the City of New York; re
porter for N. Y. Times, 1891-2;
assistant to his father in photographic
modeling. 1893-1900; has written and
lectured extensively on natural history
since 1900; contributed series of ar
ticles on "Wild Life in the Blue Moun
tain Forest" to Boston Transcript in
1904; member, American Bison Soc,
Harvard Travelers Club, Tavern Club,
Boston, Meriden, N. H., Bird Club,
general manager; chairman, Sullivan
Co. Boy Scout Commission. Resi
dence, Plainfield, N. H.
Haynes, Martin Alonzo
Printer and editor; b., Springfield,
N. H., July 30, 1842 ; s. Elbridge Gerry
and Caroline R. (Knowlton) Haynes;
ed. public schools, Manchester, N. H.;
learned the printer's trade, also served
on reportorial staff of both the Union
and Mirror in Manchester; served
three years as a volunteer private in
the Second N. H. regiment in the
Civil War; established the Lake Vil
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lage Times, at Lake Village (Gilford),
N. H., now Lakeport (Ward 6, Laconia), in 1868 and conducted thp same
for twenty years; Universalist; Repub
lican; member, N. H. house of repre
sentatives, from Gilford, 1872-3;
clerk, N. H. supreme court for Belknap
County, 1876-83; member, U. S. house
of representatives (First N. H. Dis
trict) in 48th and 49th Congresses,
1883 to 1887; U. S. Internal Revenue
agent many years, serving in different
sections of the country, and for a time
transferred from the Treasury to the
War Department, and, under commis
sion of Elihu Root, Secretary of War,
established the Internal Revenue in
the Philippines; holds membership
with the Odd Fellows and G. A. R.,
department Commander for the latter,
1881-2; as president of the N. H.
Veterans Ass'n' in 1882, made the an
nual reunions at Weirs a fixture; m.,
March 9, 1863, Cornelia T. Lane;
children, Mary Addie (Mrs. Eugene S.
Daniell), Cornelia A., adopted. Resi
dence, Lakeport, N. H.
�Hon. John B. Nash
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Nash, John Barzillia
Lawyer; b., Windham, Me., May 17,
1848; s. Barzillia and Lovina (Hick)
Nash; ed. common and private schools
and Gorham, Me., Academy; studied
law and located in practice in Conway,
N. H.; admitted to the N. H. bar in
1878;Universalist; Democrat; delegate
in N. H. constitutional convention,
1889; representative in N. H. house
of representatives, 1891, 1893; solicitor
for Carroll county, four years; Demo
cratic nominee for Congress 1894, 1896;
president, N. H. Democratic state
convention, 1896; delegate in Demo
cratic national convention at Kansas
City in 1900, and elected to the Denver
convention in 1908, but unable to
attend; appointed U. S. naval officer
of customs, port of Boston and Charlestown, by President Wilson in 1913, and
still in that office; has spoken exten
sively on the stump for the Democratic
party in many campaigns; m., Nov.,
1871, Susan J. Libby; children, Nathan
G., Jessie (Mrs. Clifford H. Craig).
Residence, Conway, N. H., P. O. ad
dress, Intervale.
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emy, since 1878; Unitarian; Pro
gressive Republican; member, N. H.
house of representatives, 1905, 1907
and chairman committee on education
each year; trustee, N. H. College of
Agriculture and Mechanic Arts, Robin
son Seminary, Exeter, Exeter Public
library, Kensington Social Library;
member, Modern Language Ass'n of
Porter, Eleanor Hodgman
Musician and author; b., Littleton,
N. H., Dec. 19, 1868; dau. Francis F.
and Llewella (Woolson) Hodgman; ed.
public schools, N. E. Conservatory of
Music, and by private teachers; m.,
May 3, 1892, John Lyman Porter of
Corinth, Vt.; Congregationalist; en
gaged for several years as choir and
concert singer, and music teacher;
since 1901 devoted to authorship; has
written several published volumes that
have attracted wide attention, "Pollyanna" being the most notable, as well
as a great number of short stories for
magazines and newspapers. Resi
dence, Cambridge, Mass.
America, American Dialect Soc., Amer
ican Philological Ass'n, N. E. Ass'n
Colleges and Preparatory Schools;
honorary member, Cliosophic Soc.,
Princeton Univ., associate member,
N. H. Soc. Cincinnati; m., Dec. 21,
1878, Effie Locke; children, Effie Mir
iam (d.), Irving Elting, Theodora, Delmont Locke, James Arthur, Jr., Helen.
Residence, Exeter, N. H.
Tufts, James Arthur
Educator; b., Alstead, N. H., April
26, 1855; s. Timothy and Sophia P.
(Kingsbury) Tufts; ed. Phillips Exeter
Academy, 1874, Harvard College, A.B.,
1878, A.M. Dartmouth, 1914; Pro
fessor of English, Phillips Exeter Acad
Minot, Fanny Elizabeth Pickering
(Mrs. James); b., Barnstead, N. H.;
dau. Hazen and Martha Ann (Drew)
Pickering; ed. Concord high school,
1865, Wheaton Seminary, Norton,
Mass., 1867 (valedictorian of each
class) ; m., Capt. James Minot, cashier
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Mechanicks National Bank, May 13,
1874 (d. Nov. 15, 1911); member,
South Congregational church; national
president, Woman's Relief Corps, 1904
F. and Sarah J. (Dodge) Perley; ed.
Kimball Union Academy, Meriden,
1873, Dartmouth College, 1878;
teacher, 1878 to 1883—principal
Charlestown, N. H., high school;
studied law with Hon. Ira Colby of
Claremont, N. H.; admitted to the
N. H. bar in 1883, Mass. bar, 1883,
Minn. bar in 1884, having removed to
the latter state and located at Moorhead, Clay co., opposite Fargo, N. D.,
where he has continued in legal practice
and also engaged extensively in the
handling of loans and real estate, con
ducting the "George E. Perley Farm
.Loan and Land Agency;" Christian
Scientist; Progressive Republican;
alderman, city of Moorhead, four years;
member, Minn. house of representa
tives, 1903, 1905, chairman, committee
on education, the latter year; member,
Moorhead board of education, fifteen
years; trustee, Fargo College, Fargo,
-5; member, Concord board of educa
tion, since 1908 (secretary); Woman's
Club of Concord (president, 1904-5);
president, N. H. Female Cent Inst.,
1901-8; president, Concord Female
Charitable Soc, 1911-15; member,
educational committee, General Fed
eration Women's Clubs, 1912-14;
regent, Rumford Chapter, D. A R.,
1905-8; president, Federation of
Women's Missionary Societies, Con
cord; member, Woman's Board of
Missions (life), Avon (Shakespeare)
Club, Friendly Club, Charity Organ
ization Soc, District Nursing Ass'n,
Red Cross, Nat. League for Woman's
Service, Wheaton Seminary Alumnae
Ass'n, N. H. Historical Soc. Resi
dence, 23 S. State St., Concord, N. H.
Perley, George Edmund
Lawyer, loans, real estate ; b., Lempster, N. H., Aug. 19, 1853; s. Asbury
N. D., twenty-five years; Royal Arca
num; m., May 9, 1884, M. Etta Jones;
one daughter, Grace Perley Hess, Min
neapolis. Residence, Moorhead, Minn.
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Jackson, James Robert
Lawyer, writer; b., Barnet, Vt., Oct.
5, 1838; s. William and Prucia (Mor
rill) Jackson; removed with his par
ents to Littleton, N. H., in childhood;
ed. Littleton public schools and in the
law office of Hon. Harry Bingham;
Episcopalian; Democrat; clerk, N. H.
house of representatives, 1871; U. S.
Consul to Sherbrooke, 1893-7; author,
History of Littleton; m. July 16, 1879,
Lydia Drew, Dover, N. H.; children,
Robert (Dartmouth, 1900), Andrew
(Dartmouth, 1903), Harry B., William
M., Elizabeth, Katharine (d.), Rachel.
Residence, Littleton, N. H.
Brackett, John Q. A.
Lawyer; b., Bradford, N. H., June
8, 1842; s. Ambrose S. and Nancy
(Brown) Brackett; ed. public schools,
Colby Academy, New London, 1861,
Harvard College, 1865 (class orator),
Harvard Law School, 1868; located in
practice in Boston and there continued;
Unitarian; Republican; member, Bos
ton common council, 1873-6 inclusive
(president, 1886); member, Mass.
house of representatives, 1877-81 and
1884-6 inclusive, chairman judiciary
committee, 1884, speaker, 1885, 1886;
lieutenant governor, 1887-9 inclusive;
governor of Massachusetts, 1890; delegate-at-large,
Republican
national
convention, 1892 (member committee
on resolutions); presidential electorat-large, 1896, and chairman, Massa
chusetts electors; again, in 1900, elector-at-large;
president,
Middlesex
(Republican) Club, 1893-1901; de
clined a public dinner tendered by
Governor Walsh and the living exgovernors of the state on the occasion
of his seventy-second birthday anni
versary in June, 1914, but was made a
special guest of the Middlesex Club at
its annual meeting, June 6, in honor of
his birthday and the twenty-first anni
versary of his election as president of
the club, as well as the twenty-fifth
anniversary of the movement resulting
in his nomination for governor. In
May, 1917, elected delegate from the
Eighth Congressional district to the
Massachusetts constitutional conven
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tion, and on the evening of June 5, the
night before the meeting of the con
vention, in recognition of his seventyfifth birthday, his election as a delegate,
and as the senior living ex-governor of
the state, he was given a public dinner
at Hotel Somerset in Boston, by the
Boston Club, largely attended by
prominent men of both parties through
out the state; long prominent as a
public speaker, delivering many nota
ble addresses on important occasions,
aside from political speeches in many
campaigns, among them being those at
the Bradford centennial in 1887, the
dedication of the Pilgrims monument
at Plymouth, Mass., and the centen
nial anniversary of the birth of Gen.
Nathaniel P. Banks in Waltham,
Mass., Jan. 30, 1916; member, Joseph
Warren Lodge, A. F. & A. M., Middle
sex Club, Boston Club, Arlington Boat
Club; director, Exchange Trust Co.,
Boston; vice-president, Mass. Real
Estate Exchange; m., June 20, 1878,
Angeline M. Peck; children, John Gaylord (Harvard, 1901, Law School, 1904)
and Beatrice. Residence, Arlington,
Mass.
�Marilla M. Ricker
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Ricker, Mariila Marks Young
Lawyer, author, humanitarian; b.,
New Durham, N. H., March 18, 1840;
dau. Jonathan B. and Hannah D.
(Stevens) Young; ed. public schools,
Colby Academy, New London, N. H.,
1861 ; m., 1863, John Ricker of Madbury, N. H., who died Oct. 6, 1868;
went abroad in 1872, spending some
years in study in Germany, thoroughly
mastering the language of that coun
try; returning home took up the study
of law in Washington, D. C., with Al
bert G. Riddle and Arthur B. Williams;
admitted to the District of Columbia
bar in 1882, taking the examination
with eighteen men, all of whom she
outranked; practiced in Washington
for many years, where she became
known as "the prisoners' friend," from
her custom of aiding poor and friend
less prisoners; associated with Col.
Robert G. Ingersoll in the famous
"Star Route" trials; appointed exami
ner in chancery by the supreme court
of the District of Columbia, 1884, also
U. S. commissioner, in which capacity
she heard many cases; admitted to the
N. H. bar in 1890, being the first woman
admitted; admitted to the bar of the
supreme court of the United States,
1891. Woman suffragist and pioneer
worker and speaker for the cause; first
woman in New Hampshire to demand
the right to vote, and paying taxes
under protest since refusal. Republi
can; offered herself as a candidate for
the gubernatorial nomination of the
party in 1910; Free Thinker, writing
much and strongly in championship of
Free Thought doctrines; author of
"The Four Gospels," 1911, "I Don't
Know, Do You?" 1915, and "I Am
Not Afraid, Are You?" 1917. An
early abolitionist, pioneer suffragist,
and ardent disciple of Paine and Inger
soll, she has traveled widely and spoken
much and forcefully, as well as written,
in advocacy of her principles. Resi
dence, Dover, N. H.
Felch, Albert Dustin
General business; b., Sunapee, N.H.,
March 23, 1863; s. John and Sarah
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J. (Bartlett) Felch; ed. Sunapee publie schools; Progressive; Republican;,
justice of the peace, notary public,
health officer, trial justice, member,
school board, six years, tax collector,.
1892, member, N. H. house of repre
sentatives, 1911, chosen by the largest
majority ever given a candidate in the
town with a single exception, and serv
ing as chairman of committee on roads,
bridges and canals, and as a member
of the rate committee investigating
B. & M. R. R. fares and freights; Pro
gressive candidate for state senator in
Seventh district in 1912; secretary,
Sunapee Mutual Fire Ins. Co.; secre
tary and treasurer, Lake Sunapee Pro
tective Corporation; treasurer, town
trust fund; local examiner, state au
tomobile department; treasurer, Trow
Lumber Co., several years previous to
1916; Methodist; superintendent of
Sunday school five years; treasurer,
board of trustees, Sunapee M. E.
church; m., May 2, 1888, Lilla Ingalls;
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-children, Ruth A., serving in state auto
mobile department, as stenographer
and notary public, Rose C, trained
nurse. Residence, "Pleasant Place,"
Sunapee, N. H.
Hutchins, John Corbin
Druggist and jeweller, lumberman;
b., Wolcott, Vt., Feb. 3, 1864; s. Lewis
8. and Marcia M. (Aiken) Hutchins,
and grandson of Parley Hutchins of
Edinburgh, Scotland, who settled in
this country immediately after the
Revolution; ed. public schools and
Hardwick, Vt., academy, graduating in
1883; taught school and pursued post
graduate course; removed to North
Stratford, N. H., in 1884, where he
entered a drug and jewelry establish
ment, learned the business, and two
years later purchased, and has since
conducted the same, while for the last
few years engaging extensively in lum
bering operations; attends Baptist
church; Democrat; has held all town
offices; member, N. H. house of rep
resentatives, 1899, state senate, 1913,
serving on education (chairman),
banks, manufactures and revision of
the laws committees, and recognized
minority leader; delegate in National
Democratic Conventions of 1908 and
1916; candidate for Democratic guber
natorial nomination in 1914 and de
feated by only two votes, and nomi
nated by a large majority in 1916;
president, Farmers Guaranty Savings
bank of Colebrook; director, Farmers
and Traders National bank; trustee,
Guaranty Trust Co., Berlin; director
and vice-president, Coos Telephone
Co.; affiliated with the Odd Fellows,
Elks, Knights of Pythias (Grand
Chancellor, New Hampshire, 1900),
Masons, 32d degree and Knight Tem
plar; m., Oct. 24, 1889, SaideeH. Mayo;
children, Ralph M., Paul A. Residence,
North Stratford, N. H.
Dearborn, Josiah Greene
Teacher, lawyer; b., Weare, N. H.,
March 20, 1829; s. Josiah and Sarah
(Greene) Dearborn; descendant in
seventh generation from Godfrey
Dearborn, one of the company from
Exeter, England, who, under the leader
ship of Rev. John Wheelock, founded
Exeter, N. H., in 1639; ed. public
schools, Francestown Academy, New
Britain, Conn., Normal School; taught
several years in Manchester schools;
submaster in Lyman Grammar School,
Boston, 1865 to 1870, meanwhile enter
ing senior class at Dartmouth College
and graduating in 1867; master in
Boston Latin School, 1870 to 1874;
Liberal; Democrat; member, N. H.
house of representatives, 1854, 1855,
and oldest surviving member present
at the "Legislative Reunion" in Con
cord in 1915; register of probate for
Hillsborough County, 1860-5; N. H.
state treasurer, 1874-5; postmaster of
Manchester, 1889-93; member, N. H.
BarAss'n; member, Manchester board
of education, 1885; auditor for Hills
borough County many years; trustee,
Merrimack River Savings bank, twen
ty-five years; m., Oct. 16, 1851, Sabrina
L. Hayden, who d. Aug. 14, 1880;
children, Julia A. (Mrs. Luther C.
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Baldwin), Cora M., Josephine G. (Mrs.
G. F. Russell). Residence, South
Weare, N. H.
Sanborn, Jeremiah Wilson
Farmer, educator, publicist; b., Gilmanton, N. H., Feb. 4, 1847; s. George
W. and Mary A. (Brown) Sanborn;
-ed., Pittsfield and Gilmanton acade
mies and private library; Congregationalist; Republican; superintendent
of schools, Gilmanton, 1868, 1869;
member, N. H. board of agriculture,
1873-82; member, N. H. house of rep
resentatives, 1875 and 1876, serving as
chairman of committee on Agricul
tural college; appointed superintend
ent of the State college farm at Han
over, 1876, and in that year began
publication of monthly bulletins of re
search work which were continued dur
ing the six years of his connection there;
these covered various fields, including
plant and animal nutrition, and were
the first regular publications of the
kind in the country; in Sept., 1882,
made dean of the agricultural depart
ment of the University of Missouri, and
while there continued elaborate investi
gations of various problems, and car
ried on many important experiments;
served as secretary of the Missouri
board of agriculture, 1882-6, and gath
ered the material for the state's agri
cultural exhibit at the World's Fair in
New Orleans; secretary of the Kansas
City Fat Stock Show, and state statis
tician for Missouri for U. S. Depart
ment of Agriculture, 1884-7; in 1889
became president of and organized the
Agricultural and Mechanical College
of Utah, and was director of the expe
riment station; during five years here
organized the faculty, its courses of
study, its extensive research work, and
Utah's agricultural exhibit at the Co
lumbian Exposition at Chicago; re
turned to New Hampshire in 1894 to
become agricultural editor of the Mir
ror and Farmer, and to resume tem
porarily suspended work of organizing
on a large scale extensive and intensive
farming on his estate in Gilmanton,
where he has redeemed and added to
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the machine tillage area 170 acres, so
that about 500 acres are included in
one body out of the hill estate of 2,000
acres; served three years as trustee of
the State College, and again in the
legislature in 1909, being chairman of
committee on national affairs; trustee
of Gilmanton Academy; chairman,
town school board; an officer of the
N. E. Milk Producers' Union, and,
since 1911, member of the advisory
council of the State Department of
Agriculture; Patron of Husbandry and
past master, Catamount Grange, Pittsfield; has lectured extensively before
farmers' institutes and other organiza
tions, in New England, New York and
the West, and written much for the
press; author of the section on agricul
ture in Gateley's great work on the
World's Progress. The New Hampshire
and Utah state colleges have conferred
on him the degree of B.S., M.S. and
LL.D. ; he is now elaborating his youth's
dream of a fine hill estate around the
site first deeded to his ancestor for
colonial services; m., June 4, 1872,
�Hon. Clarence E. Carr
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Belle Grayham Osborne; children,
Harry Wilson, b. July 14, 1875; Alice,
b. Dec. 13, 1878; Carl J., b. Aug. 9,
1887. Residence, Gilmanton, N. H.,
Pittsfield P. O.
Carr, Clarence Edgar
Lawyer, manufacturer, publicist; b.,
Enfield, N. H., Jan. 31, 1853; s. John
P. and Emily A. (Cochran) Carr; re
moved with his parents to Andover,
when ten years of age, where he has
since resided; ed. public schools, Ando
ver, New London and Kimball Union
academies and Dartmouth College,
1875; studied law with the late Hon.
John M. Shirley of Andover; ad
mitted to the bar in 1878 and prac
ticed several years in partnership with
Mr. Shirley, but abandoned practice
on account of health and in 1883, en
gaged in hame manufacturing business
with father and elder brother, retiring
therefrom in 1912; Democrat; mem
ber, N. H. house of representatives,
187&, 1879, serving on normal school
and judiciary committees and chair
man of special railroad committee; sev
eral years member Democratic state
committee;
president, Democratic
state convention, 1902; Democratic
candidate for governor, 1908, 1910,
making a vigorous campaign each year;
Unitarian; president, N. H. Unitarian
Conference, twelve years; director,
American Unitarian Ass'n, 1906-12, a
vice-president since 1912; trustee and
treasurer, Proctor Academy, formerly
N. H. Unitarian Educational Society;
president, N. H. Defense League, 1916;
chairman, executive committee, N. H.
League to Provide for National De
fense and to Enforce International
Peace, 1916-; member, executive com
mittee, N. H. Committee on Public
Safety, also of executive committee,
N. H. Red Cross Ass'n; first president,
United Life and Accident Insurance
Co., Concord, now chairman board of
directors and executive committee; a
trustee of John H. Pearson fund, also
of Franklin Savings Bank; member,
Kearsarge Lodge, A. F. & A M., and
Blackwater Grange, P. of H., Andover;
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m., 1st., Ella, daughter of Rev. Thomp
son Barron, who d. in 1876 leaving one
daughter, Ella, educated at Wellesley
and Radcliffe colleges and in Germany,
now living in Andover; 2d, Carrie E.,'
daughter of Amos H. and Emeline M.
Proctor—two sons, Proctor (Harvard,
1904), general sales agent, U. S. Hame
Co., Buffalo, N. Y. (married, one
daughter), and John P. (Harvard, 1911,
Law, 1914), now a lawyer in Boston,
Mass. Residence, Andover, N. H.
Hening, Crawford Dawes
Lawyer, supreme court reporter; b.,
Philadelphia, Pa., June 19, 1866; s.
Edmund W. and Mary (Dawes) Hen
ing; ed. Episcopal Academy, Philadel
phia, Pa.; studied law in the office of
Charles Biddle, Philadelphia; ad
mitted to the bar in 1894, and com
menced practice in Lancaster the same
year; subsequently practiced for a
time in Berlin, N. H. ; later returned to
Philadelphia, where he served as as
sistant city solicitor, 1911-14; again
took up his residence in Lancaster, and
engaged in the work of preparing a
digest. of the N. H. law reports; ap
pointed reporter for the N. H. supreme
court, 1916; Episcopalian; m., in 1896,
Mabel Thompson; children, Sally F.,
Edmund W., Alice C. Residence, Lan
caster, N. H.
Morrison, Henry Clinton
Educator; b., Oldtown, Me., Oct. 7,
1871; s. John H. and Mary Louise
(Ham) Morrison; great-grandson of
John Morrison of Sutherlandshire,
Scotland, who settled at St. James,
N. B., in 1803; ed. public schools and
Dartmouth College, A.B. 1895, being
valedictorian of his class; principal,
high school, Milford, N. H., 1895-9;
superintendent schools, Portsmouth,
N. H., 1899-1905; state superintend
ent of public instruction since Oct. 25,
1905; a consistent and presistent ad
vocate of all measures calculated to
promote the efficiency of the state's
educational system, especially state su
pervision of the public schools, which
has been extended under his adminis
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tration till it covers nearly the entire
state; member, N. H. Teachers' Ass'n
(president, 1903) ; many years director,
National Educational Ass'n; member,
Manchester; in November of that
year became a clerk in office of Sixth
Auditor of the Treasury, Washington,
D. C., serving till Aug., 1873, and
twice promoted; transferred to N. E.
division, U. S. Railway Mail Service,
and served as first local agent at Con
cord, N. H., for two years; again trans
ferred to train service, running between
Boston and St. Albans, Vt. , till 1884,
when he resigned, and became travel
ing salesman for Blanchard & Co , flour
and grain dealers, of Concord; two
years later joined the firm of Moseley
& Co., in the same business, traveling
for them over New Hampshire and
Vermont, till, in 1898, he bought out
the business, which he has since suc
cessfully conducted under the name of
Cressy & Co., his son Harry R. later
becoming a member of the firm; Uni
tarian, Republican; member, Concord
board of aldermen, 1901-2; member,
American Institute of Instruction (pres
ident, 1908-9); Mason, Patron of
Husbandry, member, N. H. Historical
Soc, Concord Board of Trade, Wonolancet Club, Phi Beta Kappa and Psi
Upsilon fraternities and Casque and
Gauntlet Soc. at Dartmouth; received
degree of M. Sc. from the New Hamp
shire College in 1906; Episcopalian;
Independent in politics; m., July 29,
1902, Marion Locke, Andover, Mass.;
children, John A., Hugh 8., Robert D.
Residence, Concord, N. H.
Cressy, Frank
Manager, Cressy & Co. ; b., Bradford,
N. H., Oct. 21, 1840; s. William P. and
Mary G. (Gould) Cressy; ed. public
schools and Colby Academy, New Lon
don, N. H.; taught school several
years; established a graded school in
Bradford; appointed U. S. mail clerk
in 1865, running between Bradford and
N. H. house of representatives, 1892;
member, Boston chamber of commerce,
and two years president N. E. Grain
Dealers' Ass'n; member Concord board
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of trade (president, 1913-15), Wonolancet Club, White Mountain Travel
ers' Ass'n (twice president and treas
urer the last twenty years); ardent
equal suffragist, ready after-dinner
speaker; m., March 31, 1862, Annette
M. Ring, who d. Dec., 1916; children,
Will Martin, Mary F. (d. Feb., 1917),
Harry R. Residence, Concord, N. H.
79-
Woman's Club, N. H. Historical Soc.,
N. H. Memorial Hospital for Women
and Children (life member and on
board of monthly visitors), Friendly
Club and Red Cross, also of several
local charity associations; m. Benja
min Stodder Rolfe, June 6, 1877; child,
Benjamin Henry Rolfe, b. Nov. 27,
1886, who m. Josephine James, Oct. 12,
1909. Residence, 48 South St., Con
cord, N. H.
Rolfe, Jennie Clapp
(Mrs. Benjamin S.); b., May 13,
1855, Nashua, N. H.; dau. Henry W.
and Sabina A. (Taylor) Clapp; de-
Blake, Amos Jewett
Lawyer; b., Rindge, N. H., Oct. 20,.
scended from Thomas Clapp, who set
tled in Dorchester, Mass., July, 1633;
ten ancestors who fought in the Revo
lution; graduated from Concord high
school, 1874; charter member, Rumford Chapter, D. A. R. (registrar four
years, regent 1914-17); number in
National D. A. R., 25, 774; chairman,
committee to secure N. H. state flag
for Continental Hall, Washington;
member, committee to secure final pay
ment on Continental Hall; member,
South Congregational church, Concord
1836; s. Ebenezer and Hephsibeth
(Jewett) Blake; ed. public schools,.
Marlow Academy, Mt. Caesar Semi
nary, Swanzey, Green Mt. Liberal
Inst., Woodstock, Vt., Appleton Acad
emy, New Ipswich, 1859;' studied law
with F. F. Lane of Keene; admitted
to N. H. bar, 1862; U. S. district
court, 1867;Congregationalist; Repub
lican; superintending school committee
Rindge, two years, Fitzwilliam, eleven
years; selectman, Fitzwilliam, threeyears; moderator, ten years; member,
�Hon. Henry F. Hollis
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N. H. house of representatives, 1872-3,
1901 ; state bank commissioner, 18769; assistant assessor, U. S. internal
revenue, 1862-70; member, N. H.
constitutional convention, 1889, 1902,
1912; census enumerator, 1880, 1890;
trustee and president, Fitzwilliam Sav
ings Bank, for several years; super
visor, Fitzwilliam town library, for
thirty-five years; historical student
and writer; author, "Life and Charac
ter of Gen. James Reid," published in
Vol. 1, Proceedings of the N. H. His
torical Soc; sketch of Fitzwilliam.
Granite Monthly, June, 1898, ana
"Life and Character of Col. Amos
A. Parker," Granite Monthly, Oct.Dec, 1904; Free Mason since 1862;
member, N. H. Historical Soc, Sons
of the American Revolution; m., 1st,
Dec. 26, 1865, Ann E. Howe; who
d. June 22, 1867; 2d, Jan. 2, 1883,
Flora E. Stone; one son, Leroy S.
Blake, of Fitzwilliam, b. Nov. 5, 1883.
Residence, Fitzwilliam, N. H.
Hollis, Henry French
Lawyer, U. S. Senator; b., Concord,
N. H., Aug. 30, 1869; s. Maj. Abijah
and Harriette Van Mater (French)
Hollis; ed. Concord high school, class
of 1886, private tutors, Harvard Col
lege, 1892, A.B., Magna cum laude, hav
ing engaged in civil engineering work
for the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
R. R., between high school and college
courses; studied law at the Harvard
Law School and in Concord offices and
admitted to the bar in March, 1893;
commenced practice in Concord imme
diately upon admission, having been
associated for six years with the late
Hon. Harry G. Sargent and Edward
C. Niles, for six years later with the
late Attorney General, Edwin G. East
man, later with Hon. James W. Remick, Alexander Murchie, Robert Jack
son and Robert C. Murchie, under the
firm name of Remick & Hollis, and
finally with the Murchie brothers in
the firm of Hollis & Murchie, enjoying
an extensive practice in all connections;
Democrat; member, Concord board of
education, 1896-9; Democratic candi
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date for Congress, second N. H. dis
trict, 1900; candidate for governor,
1902, 1904; chairman, Democratic
state committee, 1902; member, Dem
ocratic congressional committee, 190001; elected U. S. Senator from New
Hampshire by the legislature on the
42d ballot, to succeed Henry E. Burnham, March 13, 1913, being the first
Democrat elected to the Senate from
the state since 1852; assigned to serv
ice on the Senate committees on en
rolled bills (chairman), banking and
currency, civil service and retrench
ment, District of Columbia, expendi
tures in the Interior Department,
transportation and sale of meat prod
ucts, University of the United States
and woman suffrage; author and mana
ger in Senate of National Farm Loan
Act; Unitarian; member. Phi Beta
Kappa, Harvard; Harvard Club, Bos
ton; Metropolitan and Chevy Chase
clubs, Washington; Regent, Smithson
ian Institution, 1914— ; m., June 14,
1893, Grace Bruerton Fisher, Norwood,
Mass.; children, Henry French, Jr.
(Cornell, 1917); Anne Richardson, 2d.
Residence, Concord, N. H.
Jackson, Lydia Drew
(Mrs. James R.) teacher, lecturer;
b., Newmarket, N. H., Dec. 3, 1854;
dau. George K. and Lucy (French)
Drew; ed. public schools, Dover, N.
H. (high school, 1874); taught five
years in Dover grammar schools before
marriage to James R. Jackson of Lit
tleton, July 16, 1879; has since taught
in Littleton and Lancaster high schools
and given instruction to hundreds of
private pupils; Episcopalian; member
and past president, Friday club of Lit
tleton; honorary member, Unity
Club, Lancaster—the only woman thus
recognized; trustee, Littleton public
library; secretary, Littleton branch,
N. H. Chapter, American Red Cross;
has given numerous lectures on educa
tional and historical subjects before
women's clubs and other organizations
throughout northern New Hampshire
(see sketch of James R. Jackson).
Residence, Littleton, N. H.
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Thompson, Edwin Payson
Lawyer; b., Gilmanton, N. H., July
28, 1852, on farm purchased by his
grandfather in 1836, which he now
one of twenty members serving in both
conventions; member, Laconia city
council, seven years, from March, 1905,
and sometime acting mayor; trustee,
City Savings Bank, Laconia, since
1907; director, Laconia Building and
Loan Ass'n, since 1904; director, La
conia National Bank, since 1909; di
rector and treasurer, Casino Building
Co.; member, Belknap County Bar
Ass'n, and N. H. Bar Ass'n; m., Dec.
9, lb96, Minnie E. James, dau. of
Orrin F. and Bedora (Durgin) James,
b. Thornton, N. H., Sept. 17, 1867; no
children. Residence, Laconia, N. H.
Roberts, Ernest Porter
Banker; b., Brunswick, Me., Feb.
18, 1869; s. John and Lydia Sylvester
(Porter) Roberts; ed. Concord public
schools; employed as clerk in general
freight office, Concord R. R.; money
order clerk in Concord postoffice under
owns; s. William B. and Luezer J.
(Asher) Thompson; ed. public and
private schools and Gilmanton Acad
emy; studied law with Col. Thomas
Cogswell of Gilmanton and Hon. Erastus P. Jewell of Laconia; admitted to
the bar, April 1, 1876; practiced in
company with Colonel Cosgwell at
Gilmanton one year, and alone until
Oct., 1879, when he removed to Bel
mont and was in practice there until
appointed clerk of the supreme court,
for Belknap County, Jan. 1, 1885, con
tinuing till April 1, 1901, when the
court was abolished and he was ap
pointed clerk of the superior court,
since continuing; held residence in
Belmont till 1900, when he removed to
Laconia; Republican; town treasurer
in Belmont and moderator for sixteen
years; delegate in N. H. constitutional
convention of 1889, and in convention
of 1902 from Ward 4, Laconia, being
Postmaster Henry Robinson; clerk in
superintendent's office, Concord Div.,
B. & M. R. R., under Supt. Horace E.
Chamberlin; entered N. H. Savings
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Bank as clerk, Feb. 1, 1899; appointed
treasurer, N. H. Savings Bank, Aug. 3,
1914, being fifth in succession since the
founding of the bank in 1830; Congregationalist; Republican; clerk of Ward
4, Concord; treasurer, First Congrega
tional Church, Concord; director,
Concord Y. M. C. A.; treasurer, Red
Cross war fund; Mason; member,
Wonolancet Club; m., Sept. 14, 1899,
Esther Burpee Jackman; children,
Porter, b. June 26, 1903; John Harlan,
b. Jan. 16, 1909, Mary Elizabeth, b.
June 28, 1913. Residence, Concord,
N. H.; Sunapee Lake (summer).
Hazelton, Gerry Whiting
Lawyer; b., Chester, N. H., Feb. 24,
1829; s. William and Mercy J. (Coch
ran) Hazelton; ed. Pinkerton Acad
emy, Derry, and by private tutor;
studied law in New York and removed
to Wisconsin in 1856, locating at Co
lumbus; Republican; member, Wis
consin state senate, 1861 and 1862, and
president pro tern; district attorney for
Columbia County, 1864-6; U. S. col
lector internal revenue, 1867-8; mem
ber, U. S. house of representatives,
1871-5; U. S. district attorney for
Wisconsin, 1875-85; U. S. commis
sioner since 1898; removed to Mil
waukee in 1875, when he accepted the
office of district attorney at the re
quest of President Grant, at the time
of the "Whiskey Frauds" excitement,
the former incumbent having been sus
pended; Elder in Presbyterian church,
for twenty years; member and former
president, Milwaukee Bar Ass'n; hon
orary member, Wisconsin State Bar
Ass'n; member and former president,
'Old Settlers' Club and Phantom Club
—a social and literary organization;
former trustee, Fox Lake Seminary and
Carroll College; author of many pub
lished articles upon legal, historical and
biographical subjects, including one on
the "Construction of the Federal Con
stitution," published in the American
Magazine of National History, "John
Jay and the Treaty of 1794," New
York Legal Times, "The Author of the
Book of Job," Bibliotheca Magazine,
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and sketches of Webster, Hamilton,
Franklin, Greeley, Blaine and Thurlow
Weed, published in volumes issued by
the Phantom Club; m. in 1854, Martha
L. Squire, Great Barrington; one
daughter, Anna. Residence, Milwau
kee, Wis.
Bugbee, Marion Louise
Physician and surgeon; b., Hartford,
Vt., Sept. 2, 1871; dau. Jonathan and
Ellen A. (Lewis) Bugbee; ed. Tilden
Seminary, West Lebanon, N. H., 1889,
Woman's Medical College, N. Y. In
firmary, M.D., 1897; postgraduate
course, Polyclinic and Postgraduate
hospital, New York Citv; in general
practice, Hartford, Vt.", 1898-1909;
physician in charge, N. H. Memorial
Hospital for Women and Children,
since 1909; member, American Medi
cal Ass'n, N. H. Medical Soc, Center
District and Merrimack County Medi
cal Soc, Concord Woman's Club,
Concord Woman's College Club, Rumford Chapter, D. A. R., Concord Dis
trict Nursing Ass'n, Concord Charity
�Orlando B. Douglas, M. D.
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Organization Soc. (member tuberculosis
committee), N. H. Charities and Cor
rections, N. H. Children's Aid and
Protective Ass'n; president, Associates
N. H. Memorial Hospital; member,
National Security League, Council of
National Defense, Concord Equal Suf
frage League. Residence, Concord,
N. H.
Douglas, Orlando Benajah
Physician and surgeon; b., Corn
wall, Vt., Sept. 12, 1836; s. Amos and
Almira (Balcom) Douglas; academic
education, Brandon, Vt.; M.D., Uni
versity Medical College, New York
University, 1877; private, lieutenant
and adjutant, 18th Mo. Vols, and act
ing assistant adjutant-general in Civil
War; twice wounded; assistant surgeon,
1877-83, surgeon and director, 18831902, consulting surgeon, 1902—, Man
hattan Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital;
professor, diseases of nose and throat,
New York Post-Graduate Medical
School and Hospital, 1889-1901; presi
dent, 1891, and treasurer, 1879-87,
Med. Soc. of County of New York;
treasurer, N. Y. Acad. Medicine 188898; member, N. Y. State Med. Soc.,
N. H. Med. Soc., N. H. Surg. Soc.,
N. H. Ass'n Military Surgeons; hon
orary member, Vt. Med. Soc.; com
mander, Dept. of N. H., G. A. R.,
1914-15; companion, first class, Loyal
Legion, U. S. A.; medical director of
Survivors of Battle of Shiloh; Mason
(32d degree, Shriner) ; medical director,
Dept. N. H., G. A. R.; president,
N. H. Orphans' Home 1904— ; vicepresident, Soc. for Protection N. H.
Forests; member, State Ex. Com.,
Y. M. C. A. of N. H., 1902— ; past
treasurer, N. H. Woman Suffrage Ass'n;
lifelong advocate of prohibition; mem
ber, Baptist church, 1855— ; SundaySchool teacher, 1857- ; Republican; m.
1st, Mary A. Rust of Orwell, Vt., Dec.
27, 1864 (d. Aug. 31, 1873); 2d, May
L., dau. Rev. A. C. Manson, Sept. 16,
1875 (d. Jan. IS, 1913). Son, Edwin
Rust Douglas, mechanical engineer,
M.E., Stevens Institute, Hoboken;
Sc.M., Harvard University; b., 1872;
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m. Caroline Sleeper; res. Philadelphia.
Grandchildren: Dorothy, Henry and
Mary. Doctor Douglas is the author
of "Is the Cure of Chronic Nasal
Catarrah as Difficult as Has Been Sup
posed?" "The Upper Air-Passages and
Their Diseases"; "Modern Methods of
Treating Diseases of the Nose and
Throat." Residence, Auburn St., Con
cord, N. H.
Kellom, Franklin Pierce
Journalism, banking; b., Concord,
N. H., Aug. 16, 1852; s. Stephen W.
and Sarah E. (Ferrin) Kellom; ed.
Concord public schools; employed four
years in youth as mercantile clerk;
connected with the New Hampshire
Patriot and People and Patriot, Con
cord, as bookkeeper, cashier and busi
ness manager from 1873 to 1892;
Democrat; member, N. H. house of
representatives from Ward 3, Concord,
1881; treasurer, Merrimack County,
1893-4; U. S. national bank examiner,
1893-7; removed to Winchester, N.
H., and became cashier of the Win
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ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES
cheater National Bank, 1897, since
continuing; member, N. H. house of
representatives from Winchester, 1903,
serving on committees on banks and
apportionment; engaged extensively in
lumbering for the last five years; Meth
odist; m., April 8, 1884, Mary M.
Patton; children, James S. (Wesleyan
University, 1914); Franklin Patton
(Wesleyan University, 1916); George
C. (Wesleyan University, 1919). Resi
dence, Winchester, N. H.
Little, Cyrus Harvey
Lawyer; b., Sutton, N. H., Aug. 14,
1859; s. Lieut. Hiram K. (of Co. F,
11th N. H. Vol. Regt., who was mor
tally wounded in front of Petersburg,
Va., and died in Government Hospital,
David's Island, New York Harbor,
July 4, 1864) and Susan H. (Wood
ward) Little; descendant in ninth gen
eration of George and Alice (Poor)
Little, who settled at Newbury, Mass.,
in 1640 ; great grandson of Bond Little,
who served with distinction in French
and Indian and Revolutionary wars;
connected on his mother's side with the
Harvey family, of which Congressman
Jonathan Harvey and Governor Mat
thew Harvey were members; left an
orphan at age of five; ed. New Hamp
ton Literary Institution, Bates College,
A.B., 1884; engaged in mercantile
business for a time; member, school
board, Sutton, 1885-9; studied law
with Hon. James F. Briggs and Hon.
Oliver E. Branch, Manchester; Bos
ton University Law School, LL.B.,
1896; has practiced in Manchester
since 1896; member, N. H. house of
representatives, 1897-1902 (speaker,
1901-2); member, state constitutional
convention, 1902; chairman, state
board of license commissioners, 190313; trustee and president, board of
corporators, New Hampton Literary
Institution; has delivered many ad
dresses on historical, political and other
subjects; Republican; Congregationalist; Mason, Knight Templar; mem
ber, Sons of American Revolution,
Massachusetts Commandery, Military
Order of the Loyal Legion, N. H. Bar
Ass'n, and N. H. Historical Soc. Resi
dence, Manchester, N. H.
Whipple, Henry Chandler
Woolen manufacturer; b., Hanover,
N. H., June 25, 1846; s. David C. and
Clementine (Chandler) Whipple; ed.
Hanover public schools; employed in
country store in Hanover for ten years;
removed to Enfield, becoming a mem
ber of the firm of Dodge, Davis & Co.,
in 1873, continuing till 1884, when the
business was removed from the Shaker
Mills to the Holden Mill in Bristol,
purchased by the firm; resident man
ager till 1887 when the firm was incor
porated; treasurer since, and president
since 1897; Congregationalist; Demo
crat; member, N. H. constitutional
convention, 1912; president, Bristol
National Bank; trustee, Bristol Sav
ings Bank; Mason, Knight Templar;
m., June 2, 1875, Lilla J. Plummer,
Enfield;
children, Fay, Margaret,
Ashley P. Residence, Bristol, N. H.
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De Meritt, Jennie Mabelle
Librarian, historian; b., Madbury,
N. H., June 2, 1863; dau. Ezra E. and
Louisa (De Meritt) De Meritt; ed.
public school, private tutors and Rob
inson Female Seminary, 1882; Uni
tarian; Progressive; assistant in Bos
ton Athenaeum Library, Boston, Mass.,
Feb., 1892 to Feb., 1901; at present
engaged in historical work in same
library; member, board of education,
Madbury, 1914-17; for eleven suc
cessive years active member, N. H.
Federation of Women's Clubs, serv
ing as chairman of literature and li
brary extension committees, 1906-08;
chairman, reciprocity and club exten
sion committee, 1908-9: second vicepresident, 1909-11; first vice-presi
dent, 1911-13; president, 1913-15;
General Federation State Secretary,
1915-17; during her incumbency as
president occurred two important
events—the institution of the system
of district conferences, upon various
subjects, held throughout the state,
and the joint publication of the wo
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man's edition of the Manchester Union,
whereby $1,800 was realized for
advancing the work of the Federation;
member, Dover Woman's Club, since
1904, president, 1907-8, Margery Sul
livan Chapter, D. A. R., Dover, viceregent, 1905-06, historian, 1915-17, and
chairman various committees for historic
work; N. H. Historical Soc, N. H. Equal
Suffrage Ass'n, Dover Equal Suffrage
League; active member, New Hamp
shire's Daughters, in Boston, Mass., and
of the Boston Browning Soc. since 1894.
Residence, Madbury, N. H.
Woodward, Sarah Jones
Educator; b., Concord, N. H., June
1, 1883; dau. Charles Webster and
Susan Jones (Wentworth) Woodward;
ed. Concord high school, 1901, Wellesley College, B.A., 1905, M.A., 1911,
Teachers College, Columbia Univer
sity certificate to teach Greek and
Latin, 1907; teacher in Lancaster, Pa.,
1907-8, Kansas City, Mo., 1908-9;
Wellesley College, 1909-12, psychol
ogy, 1911 alumnae editor, 1912 official
college reporter; Packer Collegiate In
stitute, Brooklyn, N. Y., 1912— psy
chology and philosophy; pursued grad
uate work at Columbia University,
1905-Feb., 1907, in education and
Greek and Latin; Cornell University
Summer School, 1915, psychology,
philosophy and mathematics. In col
lege at Wellesley, member, freshman
crew, class and college basket-ball
teams for four years; class indoor meet
team, four years; president, Athletic
Association, senior year; Tree Day
solo dancer; village senior; Shakes
peare Society; took clown's part in
three public outdoor plays. In teach
ers College, member, basket-ball team;
president, Self Government Ass'n of
Whittier Hall—dormitory for 350
women. Member, Wellesley College
Alumnae Ass'n, New York Wellesley
Club, Wellesley Teachers Ass'n, Wel
lesley Shakespeare Soc, Ass'n of Math
ematics, Teachers of Middle States and
Maryland, Private School Teachers
Ass'n of New York, AE Sorority
of Columbia University; Episcopalian;
suffragist. Residence, Concord, N. H.
�Hon. Nathaniel E. Martin
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Martin, Nathaniel Everett
Lawyer; b., Loudon, N. H., Aug. 9,
1855; s. Theophilus B. and Sarah L.
(Rowell) Martin; great-grandson of
James Martin of Pembroke, a soldier
of the Revolution; ed. common schools
and Concord high school, class of 1876;
studied law with Sargent & Chase; ad
mitted to the bar Aug. 14, 1879; lo
cated in practice in Concord and has
since continued; has had several part
ners; now head of the firm of Martin
& Howe; Democrat; solicitor of Mer
rimack County, 1887-8, and first solici
tor in the state to rigidly enforce the
prohibitory liquor law ; mayor of Con
cord, 1899-1900; member, constitu
tional convention, 1912; state senator,
1915-16, 1917-18; delegate in Demo
cratic national convention at St. Louis,
1904; treasurer, Concord Building and
Loan Ass'n, since organization Sept.,
1887; member, Rumford Lodge, I. O.
0. F., Canton Wildey, P. M., Concord
Lodge, B. P. 0. E., Wonolancet Club,
Concord Gun Club (president); in
terested in agriculture owning the an
cestral farm in Loudon; also, in lum
bering and real estate; m. 1st, March
27, 1902, Jennie P. Lawrence, who d.
Oct. 20, 1911; 2d, June 14, 1915, Marfaret W. Clough. Residence, Concord,
I. H.
Blanchard, Grace
Authoress, librarian; b., Dunleith,
lll.; dau. George A. and Frances (Sar
gent) Blanchard; removed to Concord,
N. H., in early childhood; ed. Concord
public schools, Smith College, North
ampton, Mass., 1882; frequent con
tributor to magazines and newspapers
for many years; author, "Phil's Happy
Girlhood," 1910, "Phillida's Glad
Year," 1913; librarian, Concord Public
Library, since 1895; has frequently
spoken before library associations on
pertinent topics, and at woman's club
meetings; Unitarian; member, Con
cord Woman's Club, Stratford (Shakes
peare) Club, Concord Woman's Col
lege Club and the N. H. Smith College
Cuib. Residence, Concord, N. H.
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Graves, Robert John
Surgeon; b. June 22, 1878, Boscawen, N. H.; s. Dr. Eli Edwin and
Martha A. (Williams) Graves; ed.
Concord high school, 1896, Harvard
University, 1900, Harvard Medical
School, 1903; interne, Massachusetts
General Hospital two years, Boston
Lying-in Hospital, six months; studied
in the hospitals of Germany, France
and Switzerland, 1914; practised, Con
cord, N. H., 1905— ; Fellow, Ameri
can College of Surgeons; surgeon to
Boston & Maine R. R. and Margaret
Pillsbury General Hospital; Congregationalist;
Republican;
member,
iEsculapian Club, Boston, Harvard
Club, Boston, Mass. Medical Soc,
N. H. Medical Soc, American Medical
Ass'n, Center District Medical Soc,
N. H. Historical Soc, Wonolancet,
Bow Brook and Passaconaway clubs,
Concord, and the Masons, Odd Fel
lows, Elks, and Capital Grange, P. of
H.; m. Oct. 10, 1905, Helen McGregor
Ayers, dau. of Augustine R. and Clara
�-90
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(Kimball) Ayers; children, Katharine,
b. Aug. 3, 1906; Jane Phillips, b. Jan.
-28, 1909; John Kimball, b. April 29,
1912. Residence, Concord, N. H.
ing plant in Northern New England;
Democrat; Mason; Odd Fellow; mem
ber, Wonolancet Club; m., Sept. 28,
1888, Angie B. Watson of Littleton;
one son, Harold W. Residence, Con
cord, N. H.
Bridge, John Davis
Printer and publisher; b., Warwick,
Mass., Aug. 23, 1859; s. Henry M.
and Elizabeth T. (Cady) Bridge; re
moved with parents to Colebrook, N.
H., in infancy; ed. in public schools;
learned the printer's trade in office of
Colebrook News; bought the paper,
Dolloff, Charles Hall
Physician; Superintendent N. H.
State Hospital; b., Cambridge, Mass.,
Dec. 29, 1877; s. Benjamin W. and
Henrietta (Hull) Dolloff; ed. Everett,
Mass., high school, 1896, Dartmouth
and, later, bought the Colebrook Senlinel and united the two; after a time
sold out, and worked as a compositor
-on Boston and New York papers: in
1887 purchased the Journal at Little
ton, N. H., and published the same for
three years; removed to Lancaster and
published the Coos Democrat about a
dozen years, meanwhile publishing
papers in Haverhill, Whitefield, Groveton and Berlin; removed to Concord
in 1902, to become manager of the
Rumford Press, which, since that time,
has become the most extensive print-
College, 1900, Dartmouth Medical
School, M.D., 1903; interne, U. S.
Marine Hospital, Chelsea, Mass.; ap
pointed assistant physician, N. H. State
Hospital, Oct., 1903; assistant super
intendent, 1907; superintendent, July,
1917; consulting physician, Margaret
Pillsbury General Hospital; Mason;
member, Merrimack County Medical
Soc, N. H. Medical Soc, American
Medical Psychological Ass'n, N. E.
Soc. of Psychiatry, Wonolancet Club,
Beaver Meadow Golf Club; Baptist;
Republican; m. Sept. 1, 1909, Gladys
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Marie Booth; one daughter, Elizabeth,
b. March 3, 1916. Residence, Concord,
N. H.
Parker, Edward Melville
Clergyman, Protestant Episcopal
Bishop of New Hampshire; b., Cam
bridge, Mass., July 11, 1855; s. Henry
Melville and Fanny Cushing (Stone)
Parker; descendant on both paternal
and maternal sides from English Puri
tan stock, his first American paternal
ancestor being Abraham Parker of
Chelmsford, Mass. (1649), while his
great-greatrgrandfather, Abel Parker, a
soldier of the Revolution, fought at
Bunker Hill, and was buried at Jaffrey,
N. H.; ed. St. Paul's School, Concord,
N. H., and Oxford University, Eng
land, B.A., 1878, M.A., 1881; was at
St. Paul's, as a student, from 1868 to
1874; studied five years at Kelle Col
lege, Oxford, one year being devoted
to graduate work; master at St. Paul's
School, 1879-1906; in charge of St.
John's Church, Dunbarton, 1880-1906,
and of church work in East Weare,
1893-1906; bishop coadjutor of New
Hampshire, 1906-14; bishop since
1914; deeply interested in sociological
work, especially as it relates to the
condition of our immigrant population ;
member, Stark Grange, P. of H., Dunbarton; president, N. H. Conference
of Charities and Corrections; m., 1st,
in 1885, Grace Elmendorf, Racine, Wis.,
who d. 1888; 2d, 1914, Isabella Good
rich, Concord, N. H.; children, Ed
ward L., b. Jan. 21, 1888; Caroline
Williams, b. Nov. 9, 1915. Residence,
Concord, N. H.
Taylor, Levi Colby
Dentist; b., Lempster, N. H., Dec.
12, 1841; s. Erastus Day and Mary
(Colby) Taylor; ed. public schools
and Henniker, N. H., Academy;
studied dentistry in the office of Dr.
George Bowers, an eminent dentist of
Springfield, Vt.; began practice in
Holyoke, Mass., in 1868, continuing
till 1875, when he removed to Hart
ford, Conn., upon solicitation of the
famous Dr. John M. Riggs, with whom
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he was for a time associated, and where
he has since remained in practice; lec
turer on Oral Prophylaxis and Ortho
dontia, N. Y. College of Dental and
Oral Surgery, 1892-1904; president,
Connecticut Valley Dental Soc, 18778; first president, Hartford Dental Soc;
member, Connecticut Dental Ass'n,
Massachusetts Dental Ass'n, North
eastern Dental Ass'n, National Dental
Ass'n; honorary member, N. H.
Dental Ass'n, Institute of Stomatology
of N. Y. ; Congregationalist; Progressive
Republican; m., Dec. 8, 1879, Nellie
Thayer, Peterboro, N. H.; children,
Charles Brackett (d.), Maude Winifred
(Tufts, M.D., 1905), Leon Everett.
Residence, Hartford, Conn.
Keyes, Anson L.
Lawyer; b., Lempster, N. H., Feb.
6, 1843; s. Orison and Lucina Ann
(McClure) Keyes; ed. Kimball Union
Academy, Dartmouth College, 1872,
Albany Law School, 1873; studied law
and settled in practice in Faribault,
Minn., since continuing; Congrega-
�Frank P. Carpenter
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tionalist; Republican; member, Fari
bault board of education, 1894-5;
county attorney, Rice County, Minn.,
1889, 1890, 1897, 1898; city attorney,
Faribault, 1893-6; local attorney for
Rock Island and Pacific R. R. ; Mason;
m., June 30, 1873, Harriet A. Lufkin;
one daughter, Mrs. Luella K. Strong.
Residence, Faribault, Minn.
Carpenter, Frank Pierce
Merchant, manufacturer, banker; b.,
Chichester, N. H., Oct. 28, 1845; s.
David M. and Mary (Perkins) Car
penter; ed. public schools of Concord,
N. H. (high school 1863); went to
Manchester in 1864, where he entered
the flour and grain business; in 1885
bought the Amoskeag Paper Mills of
which he is still president; treasurer,
Mechanics' Savings Bank; director,
Amoskeag National Bank; director,
N. H. Fire Insurance Co. and member
of Finance committee; director, Amos
keag Mfg. Co.; vice-president and di
rector, Burgess Sulphite Fibre Co. of
Berlin, N. H.; director of the Boston
and Maine Railroad, and Federal
Trustee of the Boston and Maine stock
owned by N. Y., N. H., & H. R. R.
Co.; president of the Morris Plan Co.;
regular attendant at the Franklin St:
Congregational Church, Manchester,
and president of its Society; Demo
crat; chairman of commission which
erected statue of President Franklin
Pierce in 1914; received honorary de
gree of A.M. from Dartmouth College
m 1915; the donor of the Carpenter
Memorial Library to the city of Man
chester, in memory of his wife. [This
building, by far the largest and best
equipped of any city library in the
state, compares in dignity and beauty
with the buildings of the N. H. His
torical Library and the N. H. State
Library at Concord.—Editor.] m.,
Sept. 12, 1872, Elenora Blood,
daughter of Aretas Blood, who d. Jan.
30, 1910; children, Aretas Blood, b.
Feb. 14, 1875, who m. Alice Burnham;
Mary Elizabeth, b. May 11, 1882, m.
Charles B. Manning; four grandchil
dren. Residence, Manchester, N. H.
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Scales, John
Teacher, editor, historian; b., Not
tingham, N. H., Oct. 6, 1835; s. Samuel
and Betsey (True) Scales; ed. Colby
Academy and Dartmouth College,
Phi Beta Kappa, A.B., 1863, A.M.,
1866; from 1863 to 1883 principal of
these academies in succession,—Straf
ford Academy, Wolfeborough Acad
emy, Gilmanton Academy, and Frank
lin Academy, Dover, N. H., the latter
from 1869 to 1883; editor and publisher,
Dover Enquirer and Dover Daily
Republican, 1883 to 1898; editorial
writer for Foster's Democrat, 1906 to
1912; editor of history of class of 1863,
Dartmouth College, also a volume of
Historical Memoranda of Old Dover,
History of Strafford County, N. H.;
also copy for a history of Dover, ready
for the printer (1917); member of the
advisory board of editors, who super
vised the proofs of Stackpole's History
of New Hampshire, published in 1916;
he has delivered numerous historical
addresses, many of which have been
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published; member of the N. H. His
torical Soc; N. H. Soc. of Colonial
Wars; N. H. Soc, Sons of the Ameri
can Revolution; Northam Colonist
Historical Soc; Piscataqua Pioneers;
Masons; St. Paul Commandery,
Knights Templar; First Parish Church
(1633); member of school committee;
trustee of Normal School at Plymouth;
m., Oct. 20, 1865, Ellen A. Tasker;
their son, Burton True Scales (Dart
mouth, 1895, is a professor in Girard
College, Philadelphia. Resident of
Dover since 1869.
May 10, 1876, and has since continued;
admitted to membership in the N. H.
Medical Soc. in 1878, being the first
woman accorded membership in that
organization, and undoubtedly the
first member of any state medical so
ciety in the country; delegate in 1882,
from Center District Medical Society,
to American Medical Ass'n. meeting in
Washington, D. C.; Baptist; member,
Woman s Advance Club, Manchester,
N. H. Medical Soc, American Medical
Ass'n; unmarried. Residence, Man
chester, N. H.
Danforth, Mary Shepherd
Physician; b., Derry, N. H., May 18,
1850; d. Charles and Rebecca F.
(Batchelder) Danforth; ed. public
schools, Manchester, N. H., Pinkerton
Drake, James Frank
Publisher; b., Pittsfield, N. H.,
Sept. 1, 1881; s. Nathaniel Seavey
and Mary Agnes Rogers (Green)
Drake; descendant of Robert Drake,
who settled in America about 1640; ed.
Pittsfield, N. H., high school, Kimball
Union Academy, Meriden, Dartmouth
College, A.B., 1902, Master of Com
mercial Science, Tuck School of Ad
ministration and Finance (Dartmouth),
1903;
Episcopalian;
Independent:
secretary, Springfield, Mass., board of
trade, 1903-8; secretary, Phelps Pub
lishing Co., 1908-Nov., 1914, and since
director and treasurer; also treasurer,
Patriot Publishing Co., Worthington
Realty Trust, Myrick Building Trust,
Home Correspondence School, all of
Springfield; vice-president, Mass. state
board of trade, 1903-8 ; director, Spring
field board of trade, 1908-15, vicepresident, 1914-15; trustee, Spring
field city library, 1910-12; member,
Springfield common council, 190812 (president. 1910-12), Springfield
River Front Advisory Commission,
1910-12, Springfield Municipal Bldg.
Commission, 1909-13, Springfield City
Planning Commission since 19 13 ; mem
ber, American Philatelic Soc, S. A. R.,
Chamber of Commerce of the U. S. A.,
Dartmouth Alumni Council, Spring
field Fish and Game Ass'n, Theta Delta
Chi Fraternity, Country Club of Spring
field (secretary, 1906-11), University
Club, Washington, D. C.; part author,
"Springfield Present and Prospective,"
1905; recreations, tennis, fishing, hunt
Academy, Derry, 1869, Woman's Med
ical College, Philadelphia, M.D., 1875;
secured her education by her own ef
forts, teaching in different places, being
for some time principal of the grammar
school at Danielson, Conn.; com
menced practice in Manchester ,N. H.,
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ing; m., July 25, 1907, Mildred Augusta
Chase of Plymouth, N. H.; children,
Ruth Elliott, Virginia, James Frank,
Jr., and Constance Chase. Residence,
91 Mulberry St.; address, care of
Phelps Publishing Co., Springfield,
Mass.
Britton, William John
Lawyer; b., Wolfeboro, N. H., June
18, 1872; s. John and Margaret
(Macauley) Britton; ed. public school,
Brewster Free Academy, Boston Uni
versity Law School; law student with
W. D. H. Hill; admitted to the bar,
June 22, 1905, and has since practiced
in Wolfeboro; Progressive Republican;
moderator and town clerk of Wolfeboro,
holding the latter office fourteen
years; member, N. H. house of rep
resentatives, 1903, serving on com
mittee on revision of the statutes;
solicitor of Carroll County, 1913-14;
member, N. H. house of representa
tives, again in 1913, nominated as
Progressive candidate for speaker, and
elected to that office upon the sixth
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ballot, the Democratic nominee having
withdrawn; received the votes of the
Progressives and of some Republicans,
at one stage of the contest for the
United States senatorship in that legis
lature; member, N. H. board of
license commissioners, 1913-15; mem
ber and past master, Morning Star
Lodge, A. F. & A. M. of Wolfeboro,
Eastern Star, and Carroll Chapter,
R. A. M. and Pilgrim Commandery,
K. T., of Laconia; also of the Odd
Fellow and Rebekah lodges and
Lake Shore Grange, P. of H., of
Wolfeboro.
Residence,
Wolfeboro,
N. H.
Chase, Ira Arthur
Lawyer; b., Bristol, N. H., March
25, 1854; s. Ira Stephen and Cordelia
Page Simonds Chase; ed. Bristol pub
lic schools, New Hampton Literary
Institution (1872), Dartmouth Col
lege, 1877; studied law and located in
practice in Bristol, where he has con
tinued; Congregationalist; Republican;
assistant clerk, N. H. senate, 1881-3r
�Hon. James P. Tuttle
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clerk, 1885-7; member, N. H. house
of representatives, 1897; senate, 1901;
N. H. constitutional convention, 1902;
moderator, Bristol, the last twenty-five
years; member, Bristol board of educa
tion, 1883-8 and since 1907; trustee,
Minot-Sleeper library, Bristol, since
1884; clerk, Mason-Perkins Paper Co.
since 1886 and of Bristol Water Power
Co. since 1884; director, Bristol Aque
duct Co., and Bristol Cemetery Ass'n;
was for many years a member of the
N. H. Antiquarian Soc. ; past master,
Union Lodge, No. 79, A. F. & A. M.,
Bristol, and past grand master M. W.
G. L. of Masons in New Hampshire;
m., July 6, 1881, Abby Maria Taylor.
Residence, Bristol, N. H.
Tuttle, James Patterson
Lawyer, attorney-general; b.-, New
Boston, N. H., July 17, 1856; s. James
Moore and Rachel Patterson (McNeil)
Tuttle; ed. New Boston public schools,
Francestown Academy, Cushing Acad
emy (1880), Boston University Law
School (1885) ; admitted to the bar in
1885 and commenced practice Sept. 1,
of that year in Manchester; continued
alone till July 1, 1901, when he became a
member of the firm of Taggart, Tuttle
& Burroughs—Taggart, Tuttle, Bur
roughs & Wygman after Jan. 1, 1904—
withdrawing in 1912 upon appointment
as attorney-general; Congregationalist;
Republican; superintendent of schools,
New Boston, 1881, 1882; member,
N. H. house of representatives, 1887;
solicitor, Hillsborough County, 18931903; attorney-general of New Hamp
shire since Jan. 22, 1912; member, Joe
English Grange, P. of H., Ridgeley
Lodge and Wonolancet Encampment,
I. O. O. F., Bible Lodge, A. F. &
A. M.; m., Jan 1, 1887, Elizabeth J.
Bunton (Colby Academy and N. H.
State Normal school) ; children, Doro
thy Moore, (Simmons, 1913) wife of
Dr. David B. Hagerman, Grand Rapids,
Mich; Rachel Winifred, (Mt. Holyoke,
1914) Florence Elizabeth, (Mt. Hol
yoke, 1916) Margaret Esther, (Wellesley, 1917). Residence, Manchester,
N. H.
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Woodward, Nellie Fostina Tupper
(Mrs. Josiah Nichols Woodward);
b., Nashua, N. H.; dau. of Freeman
Eastman and Susan Elvira (Howe)
Tupper; ed. in public and private
schools of Nashua; m., Jan. 6, 1881,
Dr. Josiah Nichols Woodward (d.
Nov. 28, 1910); member of the Nashaway Woman's Club, president, 1909^
11, treasurer, 1902-4, member of
civics committee; president of N. H.
Federation of Women's Clubs, 1911-13,
inaugurated the State Endowment
Fund known as the Prosperity Fund of
the N. H. Federation, served on staff
of editors for the Woman's Edition of
the Manchester Union published in the
interest of the Fund; chairman, polit
ical science committee of Federation,
1915-17; General Federation State
Secretary, 1913-15; member of the
Fortnightly Club, Matthew Thornton
Chapter, D. A. R., Woman's Auxiliary
of Y. M. C. A., King's Daughters'
Benevolent Ass'n, Nashua Equal Fran
chise League (president); honorary
vice-president of the Audubon Soc.
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of New Hampshire; director, N. H.
Children's Aid and Protective Soc.;
member, N. H. Daughters of Boston;
Congregationalist. Residence, Nashua,
N. H.
Robie, Edward
Clergyman; b. Gorham, Me., April
5, 1821 ; s. Dea. Thomas S. and Clarissa
(Adams) Robie; ed. Gorham Academy,
1836, Bowdoin College, 1840, Andover
Theological Seminary, 1843, Univer
sity of Halle, Germany (two years);
teacher of languages, Gorham Acad
emy, 1846-8; assistant professor of
Hebrew, Andover Theological Sem
inary, 1848-51; pastor, Congregational
church, Greenland, N. H., 1851-1917.
He was ordained and installed, Feb.
25, 1852, but had supplied the pulpit
from September previous. His pas
torate surpasses in length that of any
other pastor of his time, and is ex
ceeded by only two in the history of
the State— those of Rev. Laban Ainsworth of Jaffrey which continued
seventy-five years and five months,
and Rev. Joseph Adams of Newington,
sixty-seven years and seven months.
He received the degree of D.D. from
Dartmouth College in 1876, and from
Bowdoin in 1893. In 1893, when over
seventy years of age, he took a special
course at Harvard in order to master
certain subjects with which he pro
posed to deal in his sermons. During
his remarkable pastorate in this little
country town he has officiated at about
two hundred marriages and six hun
dred funerals; m., Dec. 28. 1852,
Susan P., dau. of Thomas and Eliza
beth (Lord) Jameson, of Effingham,
N. H., d. June 12, 1878. Residence,
Greenland, N. H.
Duncan, Charles
Physician, bacteriologist; b., Chelsea,
Mass., March 18, 1872; s. James and
Margaret (Patterson) Duncan; ed.
Chelsea high school, Dartmouth Col
lege, 1898, Harvard Medical School,
1903; appointed bacteriologist, N. H.
State Board of Health in 1903 and has
since continued; bacteriologist and
pathologist, N. H. State Hospital,
Margaret Pillsbury General Hospital
and N. H. Memorial Hospital for
Women and Children; Congrega
tionalist; Republican; member, Con
cord board of education, 1915-; ward
supervisor, 1917-; member, Center
District and Merrimack County Med
ical Soc. (secretary, 19 13-); N. H.
Medical Soc., American Medical Ass'n;
Theta Delta Chi and Casque and
Gauntlet college societies; Wonolancet
Club; m., June 28, 1905, Charlotte
Usley, Chelsea (A.B. Radcliffe, 1900);
children, Lawrence 11sley, b. Oct. 5,
1906; Eleanor, b. Nov. 8, 1908; Mar
garet, b. Feb. 27, 1913; Residence,
Concord, N. H.
Baker, Dana Wingate
Insurance and real estate; b., Ports
mouth, N. H., Aug. 1, 1861; s. Samuel
and Caroline (Wingate) Baker, greatgrandson of Paine Wingate, of the Con
tinental Congress and colleague of John
Langdon in the first U. S. Senate; ed.
Exeter public schools and Phillips Exe
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ter Academy, having removed to Exe
ter with his family in 1872; employed
eight years as a drug clerk, in youth,
and, later engaged for eleven years in
the retail boot and shoe trade; en
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Sept. 7, 1886, Fannie E. French;
two daughters, Florence (Robinson
Sem., 1909, Bradford Acad., 1912);
Beatrice (Robinson Sem., 1911, Brad
ford Acad., 1913). Residence, Exeter,
N. H.
Junkins, William Oliver
Physician and surgeon; b., Berwick,
Me., May 13, 1845; s. Alexander and
Elizabeth Leighton (Staples) Junkins;
ed. common schools, Eliot and South
Berwick, Me., academies, Bowdoin
College Medical Department, 1870;
located in practice at Kittery Point,
Me., in 1870, soon removing to Green
land, N. H., where he continued twenty
years; removed to Portsmouth in 1891
remaining in practice there till 1917;
Methodist; Democrat; mayor of Ports
mouth, 1895, 1896; U. S. pension ex
aminer under Presidents Cleveland
gaged in insurance and real estate
business the last twenty years; general
agent for Connecticut General Life
Insurance Co., as well as conducting a
large miscellaneous business; Congregationalist, member of Phillips
Church, Exeter, clerk of the church and
treasurer of the parish for several years
past; Republican; moderator, 1914,
1916; member, N. H. house of repre
sentatives, 1911-12, 1913-14; presi
dent, Rockingham County Republican
Club, 1913-15; first treasurer, Exeter
school board under the new law; past
president, Pacataqua Congregational
Club; several years secretary, Exeter
board of trade; member, I. O. O. F.
(past grand of Sagamore Lodge); P.
of H. (past master Gilman Grange);
I. O. R. M. (past Sachem Wehanownowit Tribe); member, Renaissance
Club, Music Club, etc., Exeter; m.,
and Wilson; president, Candelaria
Fruit Co., Porto Rico; Mason, 32d
degree, Knight Templar and Shriner;
charter member, Portsmouth Lodge,
B. P. O. E.; member, Portsmouth
�Mrs. Sarah F. S. Dearborn.
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Yacht Club; m., Sept. 5, 1872, Julia
E. Hill, d. March 7, 1916. Residence,
Portsmouth, N. H.
Dearborn, Sarah Frances Stevens
(Mrs' * Joseph Henry Dearborn),
club-woman, ' owner and manager of
extensive real estate; b., Concord,
N. H., dau. of Major Josiah and Ann
H. (Head) Stevens. Major Stevens
served in the Second N. H. Vols.
during the Civil War. Mrs. Stevens
was the sister of Gov. Natt Head of
Hooksett. Their daughter,
Mrs.
Dearborn, was born on the estate lying
on the road to St. Paul's School, which,
later, was sold to Rev. Mary Baker G.
Eddy, the founder of Christian Science.
Mrs. Eddy made her home here during
the last fourteen years of her life in
Concord. Sarah F. (Stevens) Dear
born was educated in the public schools
of Concord and Manchester, N. H.,
graduating from the Manchester high
school, 1872. State Regent, N. H.
D. A. R., 1910-11; president, N. H.
Daughters in Boston, 1912-14; pres
ident, Historic Art Club, Manchester;
member, Grace Episcopal church,
Manchester, Buntin Chapter D. A. R.,
Suncook (regent, 1896-8), N. H. Soc.
Colonial Dames of America, Woman's
City Club, Boston, Brookline Woman's
Club, Massachusetts, Presidents' Club,
Boston, Order of Eastern Star, Order
of Rebekahs, Past Master of Pem
broke Grange, P. of H., noted for
having the first set of woman officers
in the country; N. H. Historical Soc.;
m., Nov. 9, 1880, Joseph Henry Dear
born, wholesale manufacturer, Har
vard University, A.B. 1871, who d.
March 24, 1911; children, Jenness
Stevens Dearborn, b. Aug. 17,
1881, N. H. College, class of 1904,
who m. Edith Dalton of Suncook, June
19, 1907; Joseph Jewell, b. Dec. 6,
1882, A.B. Harvard, 1907, postgraduate in forestry, superintendent,
Diamond Match Co., Athol, Mass.,
who m. Inez Jones Emery, Sept. 24,
1910; Sarah Elizabeth, b. March 17,
1885, who m. Arthur Dryden Camp
bell of Boston, Nov. 6, 1915; grand
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children, Lucy, Joseph Henry, Frances,
Joanne, Lewis Emery Dearborn.
Residence, Pembroke Street (Suncook),
N. H.; York Beach, Me.; Boston,
Mass.
Hadlock, Albert Emerson
Lawyer; b., Amherst, N. H., Feb.
9, 1863; s. John and Sarah E. (Carlton)
Hadlock; ed. publie schools of Milford,
N. H., Phillips Exeter Academy,
Dartmouth College, 1887, Harvard
Law School, 1893; entered the office
of Evarts, Choate and Beaman as a
clerk in 1893, immediately after grad
uation from law school, and has en
gaged in general practice of the law
since that time, when the duties of
public office have not required all his
time; Republican; secretary to the
president of the borough of Richmond,
city of New York, 1898-1902; assistant
corporation council, 1902-4; chief of
law and adjustment division, depart
ment of finance, city of New York,
1910-16; deputy comptroller of the
city of New York since 1916; member,
*T fraternity, Casque and Gauntlet Soc.
(one of the founders), Bar Ass'n of the
City of New York, and City Club;
m., 1902, Marion Canfield; children,
Albert Emerson, Jr., Canfield and
Marion. Address, Municipal Building,
New York.
Hall, Daniel
Lawyer, publicist; b., Barrington,
N. H., Feb. 28, 1832; s. Gilman and
Eliza (Tuttle) Hall; ed. public schools,
Strafford Academy, N. H. Conference
Seminary, Tilton, Dartmouth College,
1854, teaching school in winter to aid
in payment of college expenses; studied
law in the office of Daniel M. Christie;
admitted to the bar, May, 1860; school
commissioner for Strafford County,
1859-60; clerk, special committee of
the U. S. Senate investigating the
surrender of the Norfolk Navy Yard,
1861, and later clerk, U. S. Senate
Committee on Naval Affairs, of which
John P. Hale was chairman; commis
sioned as aide-de-camp on the staff of
Gen. A. W. Whipple, with the rank of
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captain, in March, 1862, and partici
pated in the battles of Fredericksburg,
Chancellorsville and Gettysburg, being
slightly wounded in the latter; Provost
Marshal, 1st N. H. District, 1864-5;
graceful writer and speaker and has
delivered numerous occasional ad
dresses, notably that at the dedication
of the statue of John P. Hale in Con
cord, in August, 1892; m. Jan. 25, 1877,
Sophia, dau. of Jonathan and Sarah
(Hanson) Dodge of Rochester; one
son, Arthur Wellesley, b. Aug. 30, 1878
(Harvard, 1902), now practicing law
in Dover. Residence, Dover, N. H.
Gould, Alfred Josiah
Farmer, fruitgrower; b., Newport,
N. H., Jan. 18, 1840; s. Gideon and
Sally (Ward) Gould; ed. public school
and Newport Academy; owns and
occupies the old homestead established
by his grandfather, Nathan Gould, a
century and a quarter ago; extensively
and successfully engaged in fruit culture,
along with general farming; Liberal;
Republican; member, Newport board
clerk, S. J. court for Strafford County,
1866-74; judge, Dover police court,
1868-74; reporter, N. H. supreme
court, 1876-7; U. S. naval officer of
customs,
Boston,
1877-85; Free
Thinker; Republican; president, N. H.
Republican state convention, 1876;
chairman, Republican state committee,
1874-7; delegate to Republican na
tional convention, 1876, and chairman,
N. H. delegation; colonel on the staff
of Gov. Walter Harriman and judge
advocate under Gov. Frederick Smyth;
member, board of managers, N. H.
Soldiers' Home, Tilton, 1889— ; mem
ber, Loyal Legion of the United States
and Post 17, G. A. R.; commander,
N. H. Department, G. A. R., 1892-3
trustee, Strafford savings bank, 1883—
director, Strafford Nat'l Bank, 1897—
trustee, Dover public library, Wentworth Home for the Aged; he is a
of selectmen, four years; member,
N. H. house of representatives, 1889;
member, Sugar River Lodge, I. O. O. F.,
Sullivan Grange, P. of H., Merrimack
County Pomona Grange; director,
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First Nat'l Bank, Newport; trustee,
Newport savings bank (president for
ten years); m. 1st, Sarah Jane Ayers,
Cornish, Dec. 15, 1861, d. Oct. 6, 1864;
2d, Orpha A. Honey, Lempster, Feb.
3, 1866, d. April 18, 1902; 3d, Ida M.
Parker, Newport, May 4, 1905; one
daughter, Mary Alice, b. June 1, 1886
(Newport high school, 1905). Resi
dence, Newport, N. H.
Sullivan, Dennis Edward
Physician; b., Augusta, Me., Aug.
23, 1863; s. Daniel W. and Catherine
(Mann) Sullivan; ed. public schools of
Augusta, Bowdoin College Medical
School, Brunswick, Me. (two years),
Bellevue Hospital, New York, M.D.,
1885; Catholic; Democrat; member,
Concord board of education since 1908;
N. H. state board of health, since 1913;
secretary, N. H. Medical Soc; mem
ber, American Medical Soc; U. S.
pension examining board; staff of
Margaret Pillsbury General Hospital
since 1885; member, Wonolancet Club,
Knights of Columbus, Ancient Order
of Hibernians; m. Mary E. Scanlan,
July 9, 1889; children, Edward Scan
lan, b. Jan. 25, 1892 (A.B. Harvard,
1914, M.D. Harvard Medical School,
1918); Paul Mann, b. May 1, 1887,
entered Harvard, 1915. Residence,
Concord, N. H.
Quimby, Frank Pierce
Secretary, Concord Building and
Loan Ass'n; b., Concord, N.. H.,
Sept. 22, 1856; s. John and Lydia
(Colby) Quimby; ed. Concord public
schools and Bryant & Stratum Busi
ness College, Manchester; entered em
ploy of Concord R. R. as section hand
in 1871, passing through the various
positions as switchman, yard brakeman, fireman and clerk in the treasur
er's office; appointed chief clerk and
paymaster upon the organization of the
Concord & Montreal R. R. corpora
tion, serving in such capacity until the
lease of the road to the Boston &
Maine, when he was made assistant
paymaster of the entire system, with
headquarters at Concord; Jan. 1,
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1912, after more than forty years of
faithful service, he resigned this
position to assume the duties of secre
tary of the Concord Building Ass'n,
which office he still holds; Republi
can; alderman from Ward 7, Concord,
four years; member, N. H. house of
representatives, 1893; in this year he
introduced a bill in the house which
was passed in that body, but defeated
in the senate, providing that "All
money loaned upon real estate, in the
state of New Hampshire, where the
rate of interest does not exceed five
per cent, shall be exempt from taxa
tion." (This measure, of which Mr.
Quimby was the author, has recently
become the law of the state.) Chair
man, Republican city committee, ten
years; Past Master, Eureka Lodge,
A. F. & A. M.; Past High Priest,
Trinity Royal Arch Chapter; member
Horace Chase Council, Mt. Horeb
Commandery, K. T.; Past Potentate,
Bektash Temple, Mystic Shrine; mem
ber and Worthy Patron, Epiphany
Chapter, Order of the Eastern Star;
�Hon. Willis G. Buxton.
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charter member of the Wonolancet
Club, Concord; m., May 6, 1880,
Millie B. Smith, d. July 29, 1899; one
dau., Marie B., b. March 13, 1893.
Residence, Concord, N. H.
Buxton, Willis George
Lawyer and insurance agent; b.,
Henniker, N. H., Aug. 22, 1856; s.
Daniel M. and Abbie A. (Whittaker)
Buxton; ed. Clinton Grove and New
London academies, Boston University
Law School, 1879; admitted to the bar
in 1879 and commenced practice in
Hillsborough, remaining till 1882, when
he removed to Penacook (Boscawen
side); partner one year with the late
Judge Nehemiah Butler; since in
practice alone; Congregationalist; Re
publican till 1912, since then Pro
gressive; member, N. H. house of
representatives, 1895, serving as chair
man of committee on elections, and
member committee on revision of
statutes; member, N. H. Senate, 1897,
serving as chairman judiciary com
mittee; delegate in N. H. constitu
tional conventions, 1889, 1902, 1912;
delegate to Progressive national con
ventions of 1912 and 1916; served
twenty-two years as member of Re
publican state committee and five
years as member of Progressive state
committee; associate justice of the
Concord district court two years, and
since justice of the Boscawen munici
pal court; many years town treasurer,
library trustee, member of local board of
health and board of education ; treasurer
and superintendent, Penacook and Bos
cawen water precinct; Knight Templar
Mason and Odd Fellow; member, N. H.
Historical Soc, Union Club; trustee,
Merrimack Co. Savings Bank; trustee
and secretary, N. H. Orphans' Home,
Franklin, since 1895; m., June 4, 1884,
Martha J. Flanders; a daughter, Grace
H., died in childhood. Residence, Bos
cawen (Penacook P. O.), N. H.
Barton, Jesse Morton
Lawyer; b., Newport, N. H., Jan.
21, 1870; s. Levi W. and Elizabeth F.
(Jewett) Barton; ed. public schools,
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Kimball Union Academy, 1888, Dart
mouth College, 1892; principal, Pena
cook grammar school, 1892-3; principal,
Simonds free high school, Warner,
1903-6; studied law with his father,
with the late Albert S. Wait of Newport,
and at the Boston University Law
School; was admitted to the bar, March,
1899, and has since practiced in New
port; Methodist; Republican; member,
N. H. house of representatives, 1901-2;
member, N. H. constitutional conven
tions, 1902, 1912; judge of probate for
Sullivan County, 1906-17; trustee,
N. H. Industrial School, appointed by
Gov. Henry B. Quinby; member and
president, N. H. state senate, 1917-18;
chairman, Republican state committee,
May, 1912 to Oct., 1914; Mason, Odd
Fellow; trustee, Newport Savings
Bank, Richards Free Library, Method
ist church; president, Newport board
of trade; m., Sept. 29, 1911, Emma
Byars; one dau., Jean Elizabeth, b.
March 4, 1914. Residence, Newport,
N. H.
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Hatch, Albert Ruyter
Lawyer; b., Portsmouth, N. H.,
Aug. 10, 1882; s. John and Alice
Spencer (Benton) Hatch; ed. Ports
mouth High School, 1900, Dartmouth
College, A.B., 1904; Harvard Law
School, LL.B., 1907; admitted to the
bar June 27, 1907; commenced practice
with John W. Kelley, and remained
with him, under firm names of Kelley,
Harding & Hatch and Kelley & Hatch
until his death in 1912, since when he
has practiced himself under the firm
name of Kelley & Hatch; Episcopalian,
member and vestryman, St. John's
Episcopal church, Portsmouth; Re
publican; solicitor for Rockingham
County, 1915-17; chairman, Greenland
Republican town committee, 1912-;
member, St. John's Lodge, A. F. & A.
M., B. P. O. E., K. of P., Warwick
Club, Portsmouth Athletic Club,
Portsmouth Country Club, treasurer
and director, Emery Rubber Heel Co.;
director, Southern N. H. Agricultural
Ass'n; m. Rosalie F. Littlefield, Jan.
10, 1905; children, Harris and Francis
March Hatch, 2d. Office, 45 Pleasant
St., Portsmouth; home, Greenland,
N. H.
Willis, Eben Marston
Manufacturer; b., Claremont, N. H.,
May 11, 1871; s. Algernon and Susan
L. (Marston) Willis; ed. Concord
public schools, high school class of 1889;
entered employ of Page Belting Co.,
of Concord immediately after grad
uation and has been connected there
with ever since in one capacity or
another, having been treasurer and
general manager since 1914; Universa
lis (grandson of Rev. Lemuel Willis,
a prominent Universalist clergyman
seventy-five years ago); Republican;
member, Concord common council,
1897-8, board of aldermen, 1899-1900,
1901-2; member, N. H. house of rep
resentatives, 1903-4, 1905-6; director,
Page Belting Co., Mechanicks Na
tional Bank, Capital Fire Insurance
Co.; trustee, Merrimack Co. Savings
Bank; vice-president and director,
Northern Securities Co.; Mason, 32d
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degree ; member, Wonolancet and Snowshoe clubs; m., Oct. 2, 1895, Lena Vira
George; one dau., Mary "Elizabeth, b.
July 25, 1899 (Wellesley, 1920).
Residence, Concord, N. H.
Sutton, Samuel Train
Educator; b., Hillsborough, N. H.,
Oct. 16, 1849; s. Jeremiah and Rebecca
(Train) Dutton; ed. Yale College, A.B.,
1873; A.M., 1890; LL.D., Baylor Uni
versity, 1912; Superintendent schools,
South Norwalk, Conn., 1872-8; princi
pal, Eaton School, New Haven, 187882; Superintendent schools, New
Haven, 1882-90, Brookline, Mass.,
1890-1900; professor of school admin
istration, Teachers College (Columbia
University),
1900-1915; professor
emeritus since 1915; lecturer on Peda
gogy, Harvard, 1896-7, University of
Chicago, 1897-8, Boston University,
1898; secretary, N. Y. Peace Soc;
chairman, Nat'l Arbitration and Peace
Congress, 1907; trustee, Constanti
nople College for Women, Canton,
China. Christian College, World Peace
Foundation, American Scandinavian
Foundation ; honorary secretary, Japan
Soc; member, International Commis
sion on the Balkan War, 1913; member,
Yale and Authors clubs, New York;
author, "Social Phases of Education,"
"School Management," etc.; associate
editor, Christian Work; m., Oct. 8, 1874,
Cornelia North, New Haven, Conn.
Residence, Hartsdale, N. Y.; address,
70 Fifth Ave., New York.
Emerson, Charles Franklin
Educator; b., Chelmsford, Mass.,
Sept. 28, 1843; s. Owen and Louisa
(Butterfield) Emerson; ed. Westford,
Mass., Academy, Appleton Academy,
New Ipswich, N. H. and Dartmouth
College, 1868, having taught school in
Massachusetts a part of three years
before entering college; upon gradua
tion appointed instructor in gymnastics
in Dartmouth College, and instructor
in mathematics in the N. H. College
of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts,
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then connected with Dartmouth; also
tutor in mathematics in Dartmouth,
1868-72; associate professor of natural
philosophy and mathematics, 1872-78;
Appleton professor of natural philoso
phy, 1878-99; dean of the college, 18931913, retiring in the latter year, after
forty-five years of continuous service
—the longest record held at that time
by any person connected with the in
stitution; Congregationalist; member,
Church of Christ, at Dartmouth;
Republican; served fifteen years as
chairman of supervisors of check lists
for Hanover; member, N. H. house
of representatives, 1915-16, 1917-18;
member, Alpha Delta Chi, and Phi
Beta Kappa societies; life member,
American Ass'n for Advancement of
Science; m., Jan. 20, 1875, Caroline
Flagg; two daus., Martha Flagg,
librarian of the State College at Dur
ham, and Emily Sophia, wife of Prof.
Edmund E. Day of Harvard Univer
sity. Residence, Hanover, N. H.
�Hon. Edgar J. Knowlton.
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Knowlton, Edgar Jay
Journalist; b., Sutton, N. H., Aug.
8, 1856; s. James and Mary F. (Mar
shall) Knowlton; ed. common schools;
entered office of the Manchester Union,
under Campbell & Hanscom, as an
apprentice to learn the printer's trade,
when sixteen years of age; later be
came a reporter and soon promoted to
city editor, which position he held
when Stilson Hutchins purchased the
Union in 1879 and made it a morning
paper, and in which he continued till
June, 1880, when he became editor of
the Daily Union at Lockport, N. Y.,
but returned to Manchester the follow
ing year to become city editor of the
Mirror and American, continuing till
1884, when he became city editor of
the Union, serving till Feb., 1890,
when he resigned to accept the posi
tion of secretary of the Manchester
board of trade; elected mayor of
Manchester in Nov., 1890, and re
elected, two years later by the largest
majority that had ever been given a
candidate for the office; resigned in
May, 1894, to accept the office of post
master of Manchester, to which he had
been appointed by President Cleve
land, and which he held till July 1898;
previously, in 1886, elected to the N. H.
house of representatives from Ward 6,
Manchester. When not in office he has
been connected with one or the other
of the Manchester daily newspapers;
is now and has been for several years
past, on the staff of the Mirror; also
many years correspondent of the Boston
Globe; Universalist; Democrat; ap
pointed by Governor Keyes, in 1917, a
member of the State Board of Trus
tees of State Institutions; member for
twenty years of the Manchester board
of water commissioners and many years
clerk of the board; author, city garden
plan of 1917, utilized by 1500 people;
member, P. of H., K. P., I. O. R. M.;
m., Nov. 2, 1880, Genevieve I. Blanchard, Nicholville, N. Y., d. April 28,
1912; two daughters, Bessie Genevieve
(Mrs. Arthur O. Friel, Brooklyn, N. Y.)
and Belle Frances. Residence, Man
chester, N. H.
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Mitchell, John Louis
Lawyer; b., Hooksett, N. H., Feb.
1, 1873; s. Abram and Angeline D.
(Eastman) Mitchell; ed. Pembroke
Academy, 1890, Dartmouth, 1895;
studied law in the office of Page &
Bartlett of Portsmouth while serving
as principal of the Whipple grammar
school, 1896 to 1901; admitted to the
bar and commenced practice in 1901;
member, firm of Page, Bartlett &
Mitchell; Unitarian; Democrat; city
solicitor, Portsmouth, 1905-6; mem
ber, board of instruction, 1905-8, 1916-;
N. H. constitutional convention, 1912;
legal representative of the government
in appeal cases from exemption board
in 1st Rockingham district, 1917;
member, Warwick Club; m., Dec. 19,
1907, Alma Natalie Kirsch; one son,
John S., b. April 15, 1911. Residence,
Portsmouth, N. H.
Blaisdell, Carlyle W.
Violinist, musical instructor and
conductor; b., Concord, N. H., Nov.
11, 1878; s. Henri G. and Lilla D.
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(Leonard) Blaisdell; ed. public and
private schools, Concord and Laconia.
He is of the third generation of one of
New England's best known musical
families, personally ranking among its
leading violinists; leader of the famous
Blaisdell Orchestra for twenty years;
conductor of the New England Sym
phony Orchestra, and violin instructor
of long experience; prominent in musi
cal festival, concert and general orches
tral work, playing and conducting in
different parts of the country; asso
ciated in concerts with the most noted
singers, and offered a position with the
famous Boston Symphony Orchestra;
his experience in orchestral work com
pares favorably with that of any man
of his age; member, St. Paul's Episco
pal church, Concord, B. P. O. E.,
Wonolancet Club, American Federa
tion of Musicians, and Lake Winnipesaukee Club; motor boating is his
diversion; won the New England
championship for speed boat racing
in 1916 after ten years of winning;
m. Florence M. Toof, Sept. 1, 1899;
one son, Paul Henry, b. May 9, 1908.
Residence, Concord, N. H.; summer,
Weirs, N. H.
Sanborn, Alden F.
Farmer and lumberman; b., Fre
mont, N. H., Aug. 20, 1855; s. Aloah
and Nancy (Page) Sanborn; ed.
public schools and New Hampton
Literary Institution, 1877; Congregationalist; Republican; chairman,
board of selectmen, fourteen years;
member, board of education, twelve
years; member, N. H. house of repre
sentatives, 1895-6; member, state
board of agriculture, 1902-13; member
and treasurer, Rockingham County
Farmers' Ass'n since its organization;
Mason; Patron of Husbandry, past
master Fremont Grange; owns and
occupies the old homestead which has
been held in the family for over 150
years, and has also been extensively
engaged in lumbering; m., Jan. 26,
1882, Luna A. Gove, of Raymond;
two sons, Moses Hermon (N. H. Col
lege, 1908) and Edson Dana (N. H.
College, 1910), president, N. H. C.
Alumni Association, 1917. Residence,
Fremont, N. H.
Burnham, William Henry
Educator; b., Dunbarton, N. H.,
Dec. 3, 1855; s. Samuel and Hannah
(Dane) Burnham; ed. Harvard College,
A.B., 1882, Ph.D., Johns Hopkins,
1888; instructor, Wittenberg College,
1882-3, State Normal School, Pots
dam, N. Y., 1882-5, Johns Hopkins,
1892-1900; assistant professor peda
gogy, 1900-06; pedagogy and school
hygiene, Clark University, Worcester,
Mass., since 1906; member, American
Psychological Ass'n, Soc. College
Teachers of Edn.; member, permanent
com., International Congress, Schools
of Hygiene; member Council, American
School of Hygiene Ass'n; assistant
editor, Pedagogical Seminary; author,
articles on Hygiene in Universal Cyclo
pedia; departmental editor (Hygiene),
Cyclopedia of Education. Home, Dunbarton, N. H.; address, Worcester,
Mass.
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Day, Arthur Kehew
Physician; b., Dover, N. H., Sept.
12, 1862; s. Warren Kelsey and Martha
Shackford (Brooks) Day; ed. Concord
high school, 1881, Harvard University,
A.B., 1886, Harvard Medical School,
M.D., 1889; attending physician,
Margaret Pillsbury General Hospital,
Concord, twenty-five years; state bac
teriologist, April, 1901 to Oct., 1903;
pathologist, N. H. Memorial Hospital
for Women and Children, Concord,
1895-; examining surgeon, U. S. Pen
sion Bureau, 1897-; member, N. H.
Medical Soc, Merrimack County Med
ical Soc. (president, 1911); first lieuten
ant and assistant surgeon, 1st N. H.
Vols., during the Spanish War (1898),
following three years' service as assist
ant surgeon, N. H. N. G.; Unitarian;
Republican; member, N. H. house of
representatives, 1907-8; author, "Pul
monary Tuberculosis—Its Early Diag
nosis and Treatment," "Modified Milk
as a Food for Infants"; m., March 23,
1892, Annie Butler Stevens, Boston,
Mass.; children, Helen Downing, b.
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July 19, 1893; Philip Stevens, b. Sept.
8, 1894 (West Point Military Academy,
1917); Robert Brooks, b. March 9,
1896, sergeant, 101st U. S. Engineers.
Residence, Concord, N. H.
Pender, John
Insurance; b., Sturbridge, Mass.,
June 7, 1843; s. Hugh and Margaret
Lenox (Paton) Pender; ed. public
schools and private tutors; Congregationalist;
Republican;
alderman,
Portsmouth, N. H., 1869-70; mayor,
1902; member, N. H. house of repre
sentatives, 1871, 1872, 1897, 1915-17;
N. H. senate, 1911; sheriff, Rocking
ham County, 1898-99-1900; member,
staff of Gov. Samuel W. Hale; chair
man, N. H. Ocean Boulevard Comm.;
secretary and treasurer, Portsmouth
Building and Loan Ass'n; member,
N. H. Historical Soc, St. Andrew's
Lodge, A. F. & A. M. (Grand Master,
Grand Lodge of New Hampshire,
1892-3), Damon Lodge, K. of P.,
N. H. Lodge, I. O. O. F., Portsmouth
Lodge, B. P. O. E., Warwick Club; has
�Hon. Wm. F. Whitcher.
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conducted a large and successful in
surance business in Portsmouth since
1885; has contributed extensively to
the Metropolitan press, and for several
years successfully conducted the Ports
mouth Evening Post; m., Nov. 20, 1863,
Ellen S. Ryan, Newton, Mass., who d.
Jan. 26, 1907; children, George E.
(Dartmouth, 1893, N. Y. University
Med. Col., 1896), medical referee for
Rockingham Co.; Horace G. (Dart
mouth, 1897, Harvard Law School,
1900), graduate manager of athletics
at Dartmouth College; John L. of the
Boston Globe staff, and Helen P., wife
of Harry E. Boynton, treasurer of the
Portsmouth Savings Bank. Residence,
Portsmouth, N. H.
Whitcher, William Frederick
Clergyman and journalist; b., Ben
ton, N. H., Aug. 10, 1845; s. Ira and
Lucy (Royce) Whitcher; ed. public
schools, N. H. Conference Seminary,
Tilton and Wesleyan University,
Middletown, Conn., graduating from
the latter, with honors, in 1871;
from the Theological Department of
Boston University in 1873, and was for
nine years a member of the Southern
N. E. Methodist Episcopal Confer
ence, holding pastorates in Provi
dence and Newport, R. I., and New
Bedford, Mass. Abandoning the min
istry he was for eighteen years en
gaged in journalistic work in Boston,
as reporter and editor, first with the
Traveler, and later with the Adver
tiser, with residence in Malden, where
he served several years as member and
chairman of the school board; re
moved to Woodsville, N. H., in 1898,
where he purchased the Woodsville
News and conducted the same till
1916; Republican; moderator for the
town of Haverhill sixteen years; mem
ber of N. H. house of representatives,
1901, 1903, 1905, 1907, 1911; member
of the judiciary committee each year;
trustee, N. H. state library, nine years;
earnest advocate of the measure
providing for the erection by the state
of a statue of Gen. Franklin Pierce,
and one of the speakers at the dedica
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tion of the same, Nov., 1914; mem
ber, N. H. constitutional convention,
1912; has served as director and clerk
of trustees of Woodsville Savings
Bank and clerk and treasurer of Opera
Block Ass'n; member and president,
N. H. Soc. S. A. R.; Phi Beta Kappa,
Alpha Delta Chi, A. F. & A. M., R. A.,
A. O. U.; deeply interested in his
torical matters; has written "Some
Things about Coventry, Benton" and
Descendants of Chase Whitcher, and
numerous genealogical works, and is
engaged in the preparation of a "His
tory of Haverhill"; m., 1st, Dec. 4,
1872, Jeannette Marie Burr, Middletown, Conn., d. Sept. 22, 1894; 2d,
Nov. 4, 1896, Marietta H. Hadley,
Stoneham, Mass.; one son, Burr
Royce Whitcher (Dartmouth, 1902),'
a practicing physician in West Somervifle, Mass. Residence, Woodsville,
N. H.
Parks, Isabel Merial
Educator; b., Davenport, Iowa,
Nov. 13, 1857; dau. Milo Kent and
Althera M. (Hosmer) Parks; ed.,
Davenport high school, 1876, Salem,
Mass., Normal School, 1880 (four
years' course), special student, Radcliffe College, 1894-5; teacher, St.
Agnes' Hall, Bellows Falls, Vt., 1880-1,
1882-3; first assistant, Littleton, N. H.,
high school, 1883-93; head instructor,
Miss Comegys and Miss Bell's School,
Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, 1895-8;
instructor, St. Mary's School for Girls,
Concord, N. H., 1893-4; assistant prin
cipal, 1898-1900; head mistress, 1900-;
Episcopalian; Republican; member,
Concord Woman's Club, Friendly
Club, Woman's College Club, N. H.
Conference of Charities and Corrections,
N. H. Children's Aid and Protective
Soc, Concord Charity Organization
Soc, Concord S. P. C. A., District
Nursing Ass'n, American Red Cross,
N. E. Ass'n of Teachers of English,
Nat. Home Economics Ass'n, N. H.
State Teachers' Ass'n, Woman's Aux.
to Board of Missions of the P. E.
Church of America. Residence, Con
cord, N. H.
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Rand, John Prentice
Physician; b., Francestown, N. H.,
Nov. 8, 1857; s. Thomas Prentice and
Lydia (Wheeler) Rand; descendant of
Robert Rand, immigrant ancestor, who
settled at Charlestown, Mass., in 1635;
engaged on his father's farm in youth,
ana taught school to obtain money for
preparatory education; graduated from
Francestown Academy in 1880 and
N. Y. Homeopathic Medical College
and Flower Hospital, M.D., 1883;
associated in practice in Monson, Mass.,
with his elder brother, Dr. N. W. Rand,
till 1888, when he took a post-graduate
course at the New York Polyclinic and
removed to Worcester, Mass., practic
ing there ten years, then returning to
Monson, on account of his brother's
death, and continuing practice till
1905, then again locating in Worces
ter, where he now resides; member,
savings bank and public library cor
porations while in Monson, also mem
ber school committee; now consulting
physician, Westborough state hospital,
attending physician, Worcester Hahne
mann hospital; member, American Inst.
of Homeopathy, National Ass'n for
the Study and Prevention of Tuber
culosis, Alumni Ass'n, N. Y. Homeo
pathic Medical College and Flower
Hospital (president, 1908), Mass.
Homeopathic Medical Soc. (president,
1907), Mass. Surgical and Gynecolog
ical Soc. (president, 1899), Sons of the
American Revolution, Worcester Cor
poration, Sons and Daughters of New
Hampshire (president, 1891-2); asso
ciate editor, North American Journal
of Homeopathy, 1910-12; trustee,
Mass. State Sanatorium, 1903-10;
lecturer for ten years, from 1906, upon
the "History of Medicine" and "Hom
eopathic Therapeutics" in Boston Uni
versity School of Medicine; author,
with N. W. Rand, of "Random Rimes,"
volume of original verse (1897), three
editions; has also published occasional
poems and medical papers; member,
A. F. & A. M., and Economic Club;
Congregationalist; Independent; m.,
1st, Jan. 17, 1889, Harriet M. Ander
son, of Monson, Mass. (Mt. Holyoke),
d. May 6, 1892; one child, Frank
Prentice Rand, teacher of English,
Mass. Agricultural College; 2d, Sept.
3, 1904, Lena M. Adams (Wesleyan,
A.M.), of Weathersfield, Conn. Ad
dress, 5 Benefit St., Worcester, Mass.
Wood, Leonard
Major general, U. S. A.; b., Winches
ter, N. H., Oct. 9, 1860; s. Charles J.
and Caroline E. (Hagar) Wood; ed.
Pierce Academy, Middleboro, Mass.,
Harvard Medical College, M.D., 1884;
LL.D, Harvard, 1899, Williams, 1902,
University of Pennsylvania, 1903; ap
pointed assistant surgeon, U. S. A.,
Jan. 5, 1886; captain and assistant
surgeon, Jan. 5, 1891; colonel, 1st
U. S. Vols. (Rough Riders), May 8,
1898; brigadier general, July 8, 1898,
for services at Las Guasimas and San
Juan Hill; major general, Dec. 7, 1898;
honorably discharged from volunteer
service April 12, 1899; military gov
ernor of Cuba, Dec. 12, 1899 to April
20, 1902; brigadier general, U. S. A.
Feb. 4, 1901; major general, Aug. 8,
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1902; governor Moro province, Philip
pine Islands, July, 1903 to April,
1906; commander, Philippine Division,
U. S. A., 1906-8; commander, Depart
ment of the East, 1908-9 ; special ambas
sador to Argentine Republic, 1910;
chief of staff, U. S. A., 1910-14; com
mander, Department of the East,
1914-17, Southeastern Department,
1917—; awarded Congressional medal
of honor, March 29, 1898, "for distin
guished conduct in campaign against
the Apache Indians, while serving as
med'cal and line officer"; m. Louisa A.
Condit Smith, Washington, D. C.,
Nov. 18, 1890.
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colored troops till close of war; brevetted lieutenant colonel; Unitarian;
many years moderator of the Concord
Unitarian Soc. and past president,
N. H. Unitarian Ass'n; Republican;
member, N. H. house of representa
tives, 1869-70; state treasurer of New
Hampshire, 1872-1913—the longest
term ever filled by any incumbent;
past commander, Keene Post, G. A. R.;
past president, N. H. Veterans' Ass'n;
member (senior vice commander),
Perley, Mary Elizabeth
Educator; b., Lempster, N. H., July
2, 1863; dau. Asbury F. and Sarah J.
(Dodge) Perley; ed. N. H. Conference
Seminary, Tilton, Boston schools
(high), Washington State University,
A.B. ; University of Wisconsin (master's
degree in German; special advanced
study in Hanover, Berlin and Paris);
teacher of modern languages in Tilton
Seminary six years; professor of mod
ern languages at Tabor College, Tabor,
Iowa; professor of German at Fargo
College, Fargo, N. D., since 1906; as
an avocation writes occasional Sunday
newspaper articles and short stories.
She has also written German playlets,
adapted to high school or college dra
matics, several of which have been pre
sented in the schools of North Dakota
and Wisconsin. Residence. Fargo,
N.D.
Carter, Solon Augustus
Ex-state treasurer; b., Leominster,
Mass., June 22, 1837; s. Solon and Lucretia (Joslin) Carter; ed. public schools
of Leominster; taught district schools
in youth; removed to Keene, N. H.,
where he became superintendent of the
gas works in 1859; Aug., 1862, enlisted
in 14th Regiment, N. H. Vols., in the
Union service, continuing till July,
1863; commissioned by President Lin
coln assistant adjutant general of vol
unteers, with rank of captain, July 25,
1864, and served with a division of
Loyal Legion; chief of staff of Gov.
Benjamin F. Prescott; Mason, 33d
degree; M. W. Grand Master, 1878-9;
R. E. Grand Commander, K. T., 1875;
director, First Nat'l Bank, Concord;
president, Union Trust Co.; member,
Concord water board,twenty-four years,
(president, fifteen years); president
State Dwelling House Fire Insurance
Co.; member, Wonolancet Club, N. H.
Historical Soc; m., Dec. 13, 1860,
Emily A. Conant, d. June 2, 1916; chil
dren, Edith Hinks, b. Jan. 1, 1864
(Concord high school, 1881), employed
since graduation as assistant in state
�Hon. John S. Runnells.
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treasurer's office, having charge of two
or more important departments;
Florence Gertrude, b. Feb. 24, 1866,
m. Edward P. Comins and d. June 8,
1905—their dau., Sara Comins, b. Sept.
7, 1892, grad. Smith College, 1915.
Residence, Concord, N. H.
Runnells, John Sumner
Lawyer; president of The Pullman
Co.; b., Effingham, N. H., July 30,
1844; s. John and Huldah (Staples)
Runnells; great-grandson of Ralph
Farnham, last survivor of the battle of
Bunker Hill, who died in 1860, aged
105 years; ed. New Hampton In
stitution, Amherst College, 1865; com
menced the study of law with Wheeler
& Hall of Dover, N. H., but removed
to Des Moines, la., where he com
pleted his studies and was admitted
to the bar in 1873, having meanwhile
served as U. S. Consul at Tunstall,
England, in 1869 and 1870; Epis
copalian; Republican; reporter, su
preme court of Iowa, 1875-81; U. S.
district attorney for Iowa, 1881-5;
chairman, Republican state central
committee, 1879, 1880; member, Re
publican national committee, 1880-4;
delegate in Republican national con
vention of 1880, voting for James G.
Blaine until the last ballot, when he
voted for General Garfield; continued
legal practice in Des Moines, largely
along corporation lines, till 1888,
when he removed to Chicago, where he
soon became general counsel of The
Pullman Co., holding this position until
1895, when he was made vice-presi
dent and in 1911 became president,
since continuing. He takes a par
donable pride in the reform in methods
and practices effected by the manage
ment of this great company, employ
ing from 20,000 to 30,000 men, in
creasing efficiency and production,
and reducing expenses and waste,
while insuring a more liberal reward
for labor. Connected with many
corporations, being a director of The
Pullman Co., the National Biscuit
Co., the Guaranty Trust Co. of New
York, the Merchants' Loan and Trust
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Co., Chicago, the Pullman Trust
and Savings Bank, Chicago, and the
Roseland State Savings Bank, Chi
cago; member of the Society of
Colonial Wars; active in club life in
Chicago, having been president of the
Chicago Club ten years, and president
at various times of the Union Club,
the Saddle and Cycle Club and others;
m., March 31, 1869, Helen Rutherfurd, dau. of Hon. Nathaniel B. Baker,
Governor of New Hampshire, 1854;
children, Mabel (Mrs. Robert I.
Jenks, New York), Lucy (Mrs. Albert
A. Jackson, Philadelphia), Clive( vicepresident of the Pullman Co., Chicago;
educated at Pomfret and Harvard) and
Alice (Mrs. William James, Cambridge,
Mass.). Residence, 1525 No. State
Parkway, Chicago, 1ll.
Scales, Burton True
Musician and educator; b., Dover,
N. H., Aug. 10, 1873; s. John and Ellen
(Tasker) Scales; ed. Dover high school
and Dartmouth College, A.B., 1895;
made special study of music in Boston
and New York; graduate of New
School Methods in Public School Music ;
managing editor of The Dartmouth?
in college; member of the editorial staff
of the Doner Daily Republican, 1895-7:
supervisor of music in Dover and
Newmarket public schools, 1897-9; sec
retary of N. H. Music Teachers' Ass'n,
1896-9; instructor in music at the
Plymouth, N. H., Normal School's sum
mer session, 1898-1908; director of
music and aid to the Headmaster of the
William Penn Charter School for Boys,
Philadelphia, Pa., 1899-1914; director
of music, Girard College, Philadelphia,
19 14-; director of the University of
Pennsylvania Glee Club, and Mask
and Wig Glee Chorus, 19 10-; lecturer
at the Institute of Musical Art, New
York City; instructor in the Music
Department of the New York Univer
sity Summer School, 1908-13; in
structor in music at Cornell University
Summer School, 1914-. In college he
was member of the Delta Kappa
Epsilon Fraternity; Casque and Gaunt
let Soc; Republican; Presbyterian;
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member of Moses Paul Lodge, A. F. &
A. M., Dover, N. H.; N. H. Soc.
S. A. R.; Musical Art Club, Philadel
phia; m., Sept. 10, 1900, Kate Hub
bard Reynolds of Dover; children,
Catherine Bradstreet, b. Jan. 11, 1903;
Benjamin Reynolds, b. March 24,
1907. Residence, Philadelphia, Pa.
Rossiter, William S.
Publisher; b., Westfield, Mass.,
Sept. 9, 1861; ed. Columbia (now
George Washington) University, Am
York; author, "An Accidental Romance
and Other Stories," 1895; report on
Printing and Publishing, Census of
1900 and 1905; "A Century of Popu
lation Growth in the U. S."; "The
Population Problem in Vermont," 1911;
magazine contributor and writer on eco
nomic and statistical subjects; Repub
lican; Congregationalist; deacon, South
Congregational church, Concord; m.
Nellie C. Budd, New York, Oct. 21,
1891; one dau., Marjorie (Smith, 1917).
Residence, Concord, N. H.
Ayers, Helen McGregor
Teacher, club woman; b., Loudon,
N. H., Dec. 26, 1843 (reared in Can
terbury); dau. Jonathan and Mary
(Rogers) Ayers; ed. Tilton Seminary,
Boscawen Academy and by private
herst College, A.B., 1884; assistant
business manager and special writer,
N. Y. Tribune, 1884-8; circulation
manager, N. Y. Press, 1S88-9; coorganizer, 1889, and member till 1900,
N. Y. Printing Co.; expert special agent
printing and publishing twelfth U. S.
Census, 1900; chief clerk of the Census
and chief of publication division, 1904
to July 1, 1909; resigned to engage in
private business; vice-president, Rumford Press, Concord, N. H., 1909-;
member, American Economic Ass'n,
National Municipal League, American
Political
Science Ass'n, American
Statistical Ass'n, Cosmos Club, Wash
ington, D. C, Republican Club, New
instruction; preliminary teaching in
country schools; teacher, 1865-83,
Concord, N. H., Fort Wayne, Ind.,
Denver, Col., as assistant and principal
of grammar schools, also high school
work; member, South Congregational
church
and president, Woman's
�ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES
Board of Foreign Missions, 1890-6, also
president, Home Missionary Soc., sev
eral years; Republican; national secre
tary, W. R. C., 1904-5, and department
secretary, 1907-8; regent, Rumford
Chapter, D. A. R., 1912-14; on com
mittee for Preservation of Historic
Spots, Nat. Soc. of D. A. R.; one of the
founders and for many years president,
Avon (Shakespeare) Club; director,
Concord Female Charitable Soc.;
charter member, Concord Woman's
Club; member, Concord District
Nursing Ass'n, Charity Organization
Soc, Concord S. P. C. A., American
Red Cross. Residence, Concord, N. H.
Jewett, Stephen Shannon
Lawyer; b., Gilford, N. H., Sept.
18, 185S; s. John Glines and Carrie
E. (Shannon) Jewett; ed. public
schools, Laconia, Gilford Academy;
studied law with the late Hon. Charles
F. Stone, admitted to the bar, March,
1880, and has since practiced law in
Laconia; member, bar of U. S. dis
trict, circuit and supreme courts;
Congregationalist; Republican; en
grossing clerk, N. H. legislature, 1883;
clerk, supreme court for Belknap Co.,
1884; assistant clerk, N. H. house of
representatives, 1887-9; clerk of same,
1891-3; member, N. H. house of rep
resentatives, 1895-7, speaker the former
year; member, N. H. senate, 1899;
member, N. H. executive council,
1907-8; secretary, Republican state
committee, 1890-1 ; chairman of same,
1892-4; delegate at large and chair
man, N. H. delegation to Republi
can national convention at St. Louis,
1896; city solicitor, Laconia, eighteen
years; member, staff of Gov. David
H. Goodale, with rank of colonel,
1888-9; many years member Bel
knap Rifles, Co. K, N. H. N. G; Ma
son, 33d degree, past grand master,
grand lodge of N. H.; past grand
commander of grand commandery of
Knights Templar; past grand master,
grand council; member, Bektash Tem
ple, Mystic Shrine, Concord; society of
Veteran Free Masons, N. H.; Knights
of Pythias and Elks ; member, American
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Bar Ass'n, N. H. Bar Ass'n, Belknap
and Carroll Co. Bar Ass'ns, Home
Market Club, Boston, Derryfield Club,
Manchester, N. H. Historical Soc, N.H.
Soc. S. A. R., N. H. Horticultural Soc,
American Fisheries Soc; director,
Laconia Nat'l Bank, Laconia Building
and Loan Ass'n; trustee, City Sav
ings Bank, Laconia; director, Ma
sonic Temple Ass'n of Laconia; clerk,
Winnipesaukee Telephone Co.; m.,
June 30, 1880, Annie L. Bray; one
son, Theo Stephen Jewett, b. Dec. 24,
1891 (Dartmouth, 1913), now in part
nership with his father. Received hon
orary degree of A. M., Dartmouth,
1913. Residence, Laconia, N. H.
Brennan, James F.
Lawyer; b., Peterborough, N. H.,
March 31, 1853; s. Hubert and
Mary (Mahoney) Brennan; ed., public
schools, Peterborough Academy, Mary
land University, 1884; admitted to the
bar in 1884 and commenced practice
in Peterborough, where he has con
tinued, with success; Catholic; Demo-
�Maj. James F. Brennan.
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crat; member. N. H. house of represent
atives, 1913-4, 1915-6, 1917-8, being
the first Democratic representative
from this overwhelmingly Republican
town in sixty years; candidate of his
party for speaker in 1915 and 1917,
and minority floor leader; introduced
twenty-six measures in the house dur
ing those sessions, of which twentythree were enacted into law, including
that establishing the new department
of weights and measures; member
state board of library trustees, 1903-9,
state board of charities and correction,
1899 to the present time; member
staff of Gov. Felker, with rank of
major, 1913-5; appointed on the new
state library commission by Gov.
Keyes, 1917 and elected its chairman;
member of the Peterborough, the
American-Irish and the N. H. Histori
cal Societies and is historiographer of
the first two; many years a member of
the Democratic state committee and
of the executive committee of that body
and a frequent speaker for his party
on the stump; delegate to Democratic
national convention, 1916; chairman
executive committee, Peterborough
board of trade; deeply interested in his
torical matters, particularly the history
of hisown town, of which he has the most
complete record extant; has travelled
extensively in America and Europe.
Residence, Peterborough, N. H.
Brown, Calvin Luther
Jurist; b., Goshen, N. H., April 26,
1854; s. John H. and Orrisa (Maxfield)
Brown; removed with his parents to
Minnesota in 1855, residing at Shakopee till 1871, when they removed to
Willmar, which has since been the
family home; received a high school
education and studied law in his
father's office; admitted to the bar in
Feb., 1876, and in 1878 located in
practice at Morris, Minn.; served as
county attorney, 1882 to 1887, and
as district court judge from 1887 to
1899, when he was appointed associate
justice of the supreme court of Min
nesota, and in 1912 was made chief
justice, which position he now holds,
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having removed to Minneapolis in
1904; descendant of William Brown,
of Bradford (son of John Brown of the
same place); private in Col. Henry
Dearborn's regiment, N. H. Conti
nentals, in the war of the Revolution;
Congregationalist; member, Sons of the
American Revolution, Loyal Legion,
Masons, American Bar Ass'n, and other
civil associations and clubs; m., Sept. 1,
1879, Annette Marlow; children, Alice A.
(Mrs. B. J. Branton, Willmar), Montre-
ville J. (Univ. of Minn., 1907), Edna M.
(Univ. of Minn., 1910) and Margaret
E, now a student in the University.
Residence, Minneapolis; official ad
dress, State Capitol, St. Paul, Minn.
Richardson, Ellen Ruddick
(Mrs. George W. Richardson); b.,
St. John, N. B., Dec. 27, 1848; dau. Dr.
James and Ellen (Skinner) Ruddick;
ed. private schools, St. John, and public
schools, South Boston, Mass.; deeply
interested in temperance and charitable
work; president, Grafton Co. W. C.
T. U. eleven years; president, N. H.
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W. C. T. U. since 1899; widely known
speaker on temperance topics; charter
member, N. H. Peace Soc; member,
ConcordEqual Suffrage League,Friendly Club, District Nursing Ass'n, Wo-
Kimball Union Academy and Dartmouth College, A.B., 1898, A.M., 1904;
served in Co. E., 1st N. H. Vols.,
Spanish American War, in expedition
to Porto Rico, May to Dec., 1898;
Teacher, Kenyon Military Academy,
Gambier, O., 1899-1902; instructor,
Dartmouth College, 1902-4; Kenyon
Military Academy, 1904-6; University
School, Cleveland, O., 1906-9; Berk
shire Hills School, Great Harrington,
Mass., 1909-10; Hill School, Pottstown, Pa., 1910-11; Nichols School,
Buffalo, N. Y., 1911 to the present
time; deeply interested in his work of
preparing boys for college and for life,
and successful in winning their confi
dence and respect; Congregationalist;
Independent; member, N. H. Histori
cal Soc, American Historical Ass'n,
American Political Science Ass'n;
retains his interest in New Hampshire
man's Council of National Defense,
Woman's Liberty Loan Com., N. H.
Woman's Memorial Hospital Ass'n
(monthly visitor), W. R. C., N. H.
Settlement Ass'n; trustee, W. C. T. U.
Mercy Home, Manchester; member,
Baker Memorial M. E. church, Con
cord; m. George W. Richardson, Dec.
24, 1870; resided at East Haverhill,
N. H., 1870 to 1908, where her husband
was a merchant and postmaster, remov
ing to Concord in the latter year; one
son, Guy Richardson, b. Dec. 9, 1873,
editor Our Dumb Animals, Boston; Sec
retary, Nat'l Humane Educational Soc.
and Mass. S. P. C. A. Residence, Con
cord, N. H.
Mitchell, William Hugh
Educator and farmer; b., Acworth,
N. H., April 10, 1872; s. Jonathan T.
and Amelia T. (Dodge) Mitchell; ed.
and his native town, where, in company
with his brother, Martin L. Mitchell,
he is the owner of several farms; his
specialties in teaching are mathematics
and history, but he takes due pride in
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Lis connection with agriculture, which
lie hopes, ultimately, to make more in
timate. Residence. 44 Elmwood Ave.,
Buffalo, N. Y.
Nason, William Francis
Lawyer, b., Sanford, Me., Nov. 22,
1857; s. Joseph T. and Susan E.
(Frost) Nason; ed. public schools,
South Berwick, Me., Kennebunk high
school; studied law with Bud C.
Carter at Wolfeboro; admitted to the
bar, Jan., 1879, and commenced prac
tice in Dover that year; Congregationalist; Republican; city solicitor of
Dover seven terms, county solicitor
three terms; mayor of Dover, 1896-7;
member, N. H. house of representa
tives, 1887-1901-3, 1907-9; member
judiciary committee each term, chair
man ways and means, 1909; associate
justice, Dover police court, 1892;
judge, municipal court, 1915-; member,
A. F. & A. M.; m., July 3, 1902, Dr.
Inez H. Ford. Residence, 9 Hamilton
St., Dover, N. H.
Upham, Warren
Geologist, librarian, archaeologist;
b., Amherst, N. H., March 8, 1850; s.
Jacob and Sarah (Hayward) Upham;
ed., common schools, Amherst, N. H.,
Appleton Academy (now McCollum
Institute), Mont Vernon, and Dart
mouth College, A.B., 1871, A.M., 1894,
D.Sc, 1906; assistant on state geologi
cal surveys, New Hampshire, 1875-8;
Minnesota, 1879-85, and 1893-4:
United States, 1885-95; librarian and
secretary, Minnesota Historical Soc,
1895-1914, and its archaeologist since
1914; Congregationalist; Republican;
corresponding member, N. H. Histori
cal Soc, member, Boston Soc. of Natu
ral History, Geological Soc. of America,
American Ass'n for Advancement of
Science, Minnesota Historical Soc,
Mississippi Valley Historical Ass'n,
Archaeological Soc, of America, Vic
toria Institute, London, etc.; author,
chapters in Vols. I and III, Geology of
New Hampshire 1874-8; "Upham and
Amherst, N. H., Memories" (with
sister, Mrs. Mary U. Kelley), 1897, 66
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pp. ; two papers in "Colonial Amherst,',
1916; many chapters in Reports of
Geology of Minnesota, 1884, 1888,
1899; The Glacial Lake Agassiz, mono
graph XXV, 1896, U. S. Geological
Survey; "Greenland Icefields and Life
in the North Atlantic, with Causes of
the Ice Age" (with Prof. G. F. Wright),
1895; editor, and author of papers for
Vols. VIII-XV, 1898-1915, Minn.
Hist. Soc. Collections; "Minnesota in
Three Centuries," Vol. I, 1908; also
many geological reports and papers in
scientific magazines, chiefly relating to
glacial subjects; "Groseilliers and Radisson, the First White Men in Minne
sota, and the Progress of Discovery of
the Mississippi River," in Vol. X,
Minn. Hist. Soc Collections; m., Oct.
22, 1885, Addie M. Bixby, Aurora,
Minn.; one dau., Pearl, b. and d., Sept.
26, 1887. Residence, St. Paul, Minn.
Amsden, Charles Hubbard
Manufacturer, U. S. customs official;
b., Boscawen, N. H., July 8, 1848; s.
Henry Hubbard and Mary (Muzzey)
�Hon. Charles H. Amsden.
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Amsden; ed. public schools and Appleton Academy, New Ipswich; entered
his father's office and in 1867 became a
partner with his father and brother in
the furniture manufacturing business.
In 1869 his father died and his brother
two years later, when he took up and
carried on the business alone, greatly
increasing the volume so that in the
course of twenty years more than
$1,000,000 had been paid in wages to
employes. In partnership with John
Whittaker in lumber business several
years, cutting 3,000,000 feet annually;
one of the organizers of the Concord
Axle Co., and a director and president
for more than ten years; director in
Mechanicks National Bank, Concord,
Granite State Fire Ins. Co., Ports
mouth and Portland and Ogdensburgh
R. R.; president of Penacook & Boscawen water board, having been one of
the originators and active promoters of
the water works system ; instrumental
in establishment of the Concord Mfg.
Co.'s business (now Brampton Mills)
at Penacook, and secured the establish
ment there of the Whitney Electrical
Instrument Co., formerly of Manches
ter, and erected a building for its use.
Upon withdrawal of the foreign insur
ance companies from the state, upon
the enactment of the " Valued Policy "
law of 1887, Mr. Amsden was instru
mental, with other prominent manufac
turers, in organizing the N. H. Manu
facturers' Mutual Fire Insurance Co.,
of which he was chosen president, the
purpose being to protect the interests
of manufacturers in the existing emer
gency. Before removing from Pena
cook to Boston he presented W. I.
Brown Post, G. A. R. of Penacook, an
elegant memorial volume, at a cost of
$100, containing the record of each
Penacook soldier in the Civil War. He
secured the extension of Concord Street
Ry. to Contoocook River Park, and
sold the land for same at a nominal
price; retired from business in 1893.
Democrat; alderman from Concord,
Ward One, 1873-5, being a citizens'
candidate and unanimously elected the
latter year, an honor never accorded
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any other candidate in the ward; state
senator, 1883-4; Democratic candidate
for governor, 1888 and 1890, receiving
the largest vote ever cast for a candi
date of that party in the state, there
being, however, no choice by the peo
ple, a majority of all the votes being
then required, the election went to
the legislature, and, through the seat
ing, contrary to precedent, of certain
members, elected "if entitled," under
the new census not then officially pro
claimed, the choice was given to the
Republican candidate. Represented
New Hampshire at the centennial cele
bration of the inauguration of Wash
ington as president, in New York, in
1889; president, N. H. Democratic
state convention, 1892; president,
N. H. Board of Commissioners for the
World's Columbian Exposition, Chi
cago, 1893; Baptist denomination, and
one of its most liberal supporters;
Mason; member, Horace Chase Lodge,
Penacook, Mt. Horeb Commandery,
Concord, Aleppo Temple, Boston ; mem
ber, New Hampshire Club, Boston, Bos
ton City Club; president, Boston Mer
cantile Library Ass'n; appointed dep
uty naval officer of customs at Boston,
July 12, 1894, serving until a change
of administration; continued in custom
house service, thereafter, and now
(1917) acting deputy naval officer; m.,
1st, Oct. 29, 1870, Helen Ardelle
Brown, who d. Aug. 6, 1891 ; children,
Henry Hubbard, b. July 15, 1872;
Mary Ardelle, b. Jan. 31, 1878, d. Oct.
20, 1883; Ardelle Brown, b. Dec. 3,
1885, d. June 9, 1887; 2d, Nov. 26,
1908, Alma E. Deane, Middlebury, Vt.
Residence, 20 Oakley Rd., Belmont,
Mass.
Wood, George Albert
Insurance, real estate; b., South
Acworth, N. H., Aug. 24, 1862; s.
James A. and Mary E. (Bowers) Wood;
ed. public and select schools, South
Acworth, and Vermont Academy,
Saxtons River, Vt.; entered the U. S.
railway mail service in 1883, continuing
with promotions, till 1898; chief deputy
collector, U. S. Internal Revenue,
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District of New Hampshire (including
Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont),
1898-1913; elected president, First
Division, National Association of Rail
way Postal Clerks, 1896, and secretary,
National Association, the following
year, when he commenced and carried
out the organization of a mutual acci
dent insurance department, also for
ten years edited the official magazine
of the Association; relinquishing his
connection with the Association, and
retiring from the internal revenue office,
upon the advent of the Democratic ad
ministration in 1913, opened a real
estate and insurance office in Ports
mouth, and now conducts the same;
Unitarian; Republican; resided in Medford, Mass., from 1889 to 1898, then
removing to Portsmouth; member,
Portsmouth board of aldermen, 1901-2;
member, N. H. house of representa
tives, 1915-16, 1917-18; has served as
as president and secretary of the Saga
more Club of Medford, and Unitarian,
Warwick, and Paul Jones clubs, Ports
mouth Improvement Co., and Associ
ates Land Co., of Portsmouth; m., Oct.
14, 1884, Mary I. Stevens of Saxtons.
River, Vt.; children, Helen Margaret,
Wellesley, 1907 (Mrs. Gordon M.
Campbell, WellsviUe, N. Y.); Albert
J., connected with the Western Elec
tric Co., Chicago; Mary Elizabeth,
Wellesley, 1909 (Mrs. Robert L.
Lamont, Manchester, Conn.); Keith
A., Dartmouth, 1913.
Residence,
Portsmouth, N. H.
Quimby, Fred Elihu
Publisher and printer; b., South
Berwick (Junction), Me., Dec. 15,
1857; s. Elihu Hayes and Sarah Eliza
beth (Tibbetts) Quimby; ed. high
school and supplementary studies:
engaged many years in printing and
publishing business in Dover, mainly
in connection with the Dover Enquirer?
Methodist; Republican; supervisor of
check lists several years; member,
school committee, 1886 to 1891 in
clusive; member, Dover common
council, 1892, 1893 (president in 1893);
city clerk from March 24, 1894 to date;
member, Olive Branch Lodge, No. 6,
K. of P.; Mt. Pleasant Lodge, No. 16,
I. O. O. F.; Prescott Encampment, No.
23, 1. O. O. F.; Dover Lodge, No. 184, B.
P. O. E.; Strafford Lodge, No. 29,
A. F. & A. M.; Belknap Chapter, No. 8,
R. A.M.; St. Paul Commandery, K.T.;
Grand Lodge, K. of P.; Grand Lodge,
B. P. O. E- Grand Lodge, A. F. & A.
M.; Grand Chapter, R. A. M.; member,
N. H. Genealogical Soc. and secretary
from date of incorporation; member,
Northam Colonists Historical Soc.;
m., Nov. 10, 1878, Marietta Scales;
children, Edward Harold, b. Oct. 2,
1880; William Leroy, b. June 29, 1883.
Residence, Dover, N. H.
Doe, Haven
Railroad agent; b., Rollinsford, N.
H., April 23, 1870; s. Chief Justice
Charles and Edith Haven Doe; ed.
Berwick, Me., and Philips Exeter acad
emies and Mass. Inst. of Technology;
has been engaged for many years as
station agent of the B. & M., railroad
at Somersworth; Agnostic; Democrat;
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held about every town office in Rollinsford and Somersworth; member, N.
H. house of representatives, 1893-4;
member, state senate, 1907-9; member,
Masons and Eagles; director, Salmon
Falls Mfg. Co., thirteen years; director
and treasurer, Somersworth & Berwick
Community Farm Ass'n.; m., Mora
Hubbard, Rollinsford, Dec. 28, 1895;
children, Edith, b. Dec.25, 1896; Joseph
Roberts, b. Aug. 27, 1903; Mary, b.
Oct. 18, 1906. Residence, Somers
worth, N. H.
Cheney, Elias Hutchins
Printer, publisher, dean of New
Hampshire journalists; b., Holderness
(now Ashland), N. H., Jan. 28, 1832;
s. Moses and Abigail (Morrison)
Cheney; ed. public schools and Phillips
Exeter Academy; entered office of the
Peterboro Transcript as an apprentice,
and, in 1853, became editor and pro
prietor of the paper; in 1855 removed
to Concord where he published the N.
H. Phenix; subsequently he was em
ployed in the office of the N. H. Sen
tinel at Keene, and the Sullivan Repub
lican at Newport, and in 1861, pur
chased the Free Press at Lebanon, to
whose readers he is still known as the
"senior editor"; Baptist; Republican;
member, N. H. house of representa
tives, 1867, state senate, 1885; U. S.
Consul, Matanzas, Cuba, 1892-5;
Curacao, Dutch West Indies, for
fifteen years from 1899; m., 1st, Jan.
22, 1852, Susan Youngman, Peterboro.
d. Dec. 29, 1904; four children, Fred
Willard, Harry Morrison, Susan Youngman (d. in infancy), Helen Grey; 2d,
Oct. 11, 1907, Mrs. Clara M. (Hardin)
Smith, Brewer, Me. Residence, Leba
non, N. H.
Howard, Charles Danforth
Chemist; b., Westford, Mass., July
31, 1873; s. Calvin L. and Jennie
(Hale) Howard; ed. Westford Acad
emy, Worcester Polytechnic Insti
tute, 1893; postgraduate assistant
with Dr. Wolcott Gibbs (professor of
chemistry emeritus, Harvard Univ.),
Newport, R. I., 1893-4; assistant chem
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ist, N. H. College Experiment Station,
Durham; associate chemist, West
Virginia University Experiment Sta
tion, Morgantown, West Va.; chemist,
N. H. board of health since 1905;
collaborating chemist, U. S. Bureau of
Chemistry, Washington, D. C.; Congregationalist; Republican; member,
American Chemical Soc., American
Public Health Ass'n, N. E. Water
Works Ass'n, Ass'n of Official Agri
cultural Chemists, Wonolancet Club;
honorary member, N. H. Medical
Soc.; Fellow, American Ass'n for the
Advancement of Science; chairman,
N. H. Committee on Dust and Fumes
in Factories; member, Council of
National Defense; m., Aug. 5, 1901,
Pittsburgh, Pa., Ada Yates; children,
John Adams, b. Jan. 29, 1909; Char
lotte Danforth, b. July 16, 1916.
Moses, George Higgins
Journalist, diplomat; b., Lubec, Me.,
Feb. 9, 1869; s. Rev. Thomas Gannett
and Ruth (Smith) Moses; ed. Phillips
Exeter Academy and Dartmouth Col-
�Hon. Geo. H. Moses.
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lege, A.B., 1890, A.M., 1893; entered
office of Monitor and Statesman, Con
cord, immediately after graduation and
has continued since, serving as re
porter, news editor, editorial writer and
editor; president, Monitor and States
man Co., since 1898; Congregationalist
member standing committee, South
Congregational Church Soc., Concord,
three years; Republican; private sec
retary to governor of New Hampshire,
1889-91, 1905. secretary to chairman,
Republican state committee, 1890;
secretary, N. H. Forestry Commission,
1893-6; member, Concord board of
education, 1902-3, 1906-9, 1913-16;
U. S. Envoy Extraordinary and Min
ister Plenipotentiary to Greece and
Montenegro, April, 1909 to Nov., 1912;
delegate at large to Republican na
tional convention, Chicago, 1908, 1916;
president, N. H. Republican state con
vention, 1914; chairman advisory com
mittee, Republican state committee,
1914, 1916; president, Greek Products
Co., New York (office, 32 Nassau St.)
since 1913; member staff, Republican
Publicity Ass'n, (Real Estate Trust
Bldg.), Washington, D. C.; member,
Athenian Club, Athens, Greece; Uni
versity, Army and Navy and National
Press clubs, Washington, D. C., Re
publican club, New York, Wonolancet
and Passaconoway clubs and Capital
Grange, P. of H. Concord; author,
"John Stark," 1890; editor, "New
Hampshire Men," 1893; magazine
contributor, lecturer and campaign
speaker; m., Oct. 3, 1893, Florence
Gordon, Franklin, N. H.; one son,
Gordon, b. Oct. 5, 1900 (Phillips
Exeter Academy, 1918). Home, 5
Auburn St., Concord, N. H.
Preston, Frank Buchanan
Insurance and real estate; b., Straf
ford, N. H., Feb. 11, 1856; s. Wingate
T. and Mary (Jewell) Preston; ed.
public schools, Franklin Academy,
Dover, and New Hampton Literary
Institution; Free Baptist, president,
True Memorial Soc., F. B. Church,
Rochester; Democrat;
moderator,
Rochester, 1887-8; member, N. H.
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constitutional convention, 1889, 1912;
Democratic candidate for presidential
elector, 1900; mayor, Rochester, 191314; member, Democratic state com
mittee, six years; member, Rochester
school board, six years (president, two
years) ; trustee, Gafney Home for the
Aged; president, People's Building and
Loan Ass'n, since incorporation in
1909; member, I. O. O. F., Rebekah
Lodge, Rochester Grange, P. of H.,
and Eastern N. H. Pomona Grange;
m., May 28, 1881, Fannie C. Foss, d.
May 10, 1907; three children, Vinton
W., b. Rochester, May, 1882 (New
Hampton Inst., 1902); Mary Florence,
b. June 25, 1891 (New Hampton Inst.,
1909); Verne F., b. Dec. 15, 1893 (New
Hampton Inst., 1915, Boston Univ.,
1919). Residence, Rochester, N. H
Welch, John Tapley
Journalist, public official; b., Dover,
N. H., Dec. 15, 1856; s. Joseph Wil
liams and Mary Elizabeth (Tapley)
Welch; ed. public schools and Dart
mouth College; Congregationalist; Re
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publican; reporter on Whiteside Senti
nel, and correspondent, Chicago Times,
Morrison, 1ll., 1877; city editor, Dover
Daily Republican, 1880; several years
Dover correspondent, Boston Globe;
city editor, Dover Daily Times, 1889;
clerk, Dover police court, 1881-2; reg
ister of probate, Strafford County,
1882-7; member, N. H. house of rep
resentatives, 1889-90; chief time clerk,
government printing office, Washing
ton, 1890-4; member, N. H. state sen
Hannah S. (Davis) Hazlett; ed. Ports
mouth schools, high school, 1863; con
fidential clerk to Gov. Ichabod Good
win, 1863-72; connected with First
National Bank of Portsmouth (founded
1824) since 1872; cashier for more than
thirty years, beginning 1884; now vicepresident; trustee, Piscataqua savings
bank; agent, N. H. Fire Insurance Co.,
Manchester, more than forty years;
trustee, Portsmouth public library,
since 1884; park commissioner; presi
dent, Portsmouth Improvement Ass'n,
1903; life trustee, Weeks Memorial Li
brary, Greenland, N. H.; for many
years warden of records of North Con
gregational parish (founded 1640) ; sec
retary, T. B. Aldrich Memorial; trustee
of Soc. for Care of South Cemetery;
president, Piscataqua Pioneers; chair
man, John Langdon Club; director,
N. fl. Pioneers; member, N. H. His
torical Soc, N. H. Genealogical Soc,
St. Andrews Lodge, A. F. and A. M.,
Osgood Lodge, I. 0. O. F., Warwick
Country and Portsmouth Auto clubs;
for several years member of city coun
cil, also assessor; Republican; Congregationalist; in., Josephine Richardson,
Manchester, N. H., Dec 10, 1884;
author of "Portsmouth Historical and
Picturesque," "Portsmouth in 1824";
editor, "Historical Calendar of Ports
mouth" (pub. 1907), "History of Rock
ingham County" (pub. 1915); advisory
editor of "History of New Hampshire"
(four vols., 1916). Residence, Ports
mouth, N. H.
ate, 1897-8; postmaster, Dover, 18981915; city treasurer, Dover, 1915 to
date; member, school committee, 18828; trustee, Dover public library, 18838; member, I. O. O. R, K. of P., S. A.
R., N. H. Historical Soc, N. H. Gen
ealogical Soc, Bellamy Club, Dover;
m., Dec. 1, 1884, Elizabeth A. McDaniel; one son, George Gregg, b.
Sept. 18, 1885, d. March 24, 1915.
Residence, Dover, N. H.
Hollis Abijah
Granite business; b., Milton, Mass.,
Nov. 13, 1837; s. Thomas and Deborah
Clark (Allen) Hollis; ed. public schools,
Milton, Milton Academy, Chauncey
Hall School, Boston, Phillips Exeter
Academy, 1858, Harvard Law School,
LL.B., 1860; enlisted in the Civil War,
Aug. 26, 1862, becoming second lieutenant, 45th Mass. Vols.; later captain,
56th Mass. Vols.; brevetted major,
April 2, 1865; Agnostic; Democrat;
moved to West Concord, N. H., Nov.
1, 1865, and engaged in the granite
business, retiring in 1895; selectman for
Hazlett, Charles Albert
Banker, historian; b., Portsmouth,
N. H., July 21, 1847; s. William and
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several years; representative, N. H.
legislature, 1876; member, constitu
tional convention, 1889, 1902, 1912.
Major Hollis is a great lover of nature
and the outdoor life, is much interested
in forestry and for many years was an
enthusiastic fox-hunter, m., July 9,
1864, Harriette Van Mater French,
Cambridge, Mass., dau. Judge Henry
Flagg French, gr. dau. Chief Justice
William M. Richardson of N. H.; d.
May 29, 1911; children, (1) Thomas,
b. May 5, 1865, m., 1st, Mary Letchworth Coonley of Chicago, 2d, Mary
Dwight Brooks, Pearl Creek, N. Y.,
children, Thomas, John Coonley, How
ard Coonley; (2) Anne Richardson, b.
July 9, 1867, m. Dr. Arthur Hutchins
Cilfey of New York City, children,
Grace (d.), John Kelly; (3) Henry
French (see p. 81); (4) Allen (see p.
49); (5) Harriette Van Mater, b. Sept.
21, 1874, d. April 10, 1877; (6) Mary
French, b. April 27, 1880, m. Ralph
E. Dakin of Concord, Mass., children,
Morrill, Harriette Van Mater, Mary
and Hollis. Residence, West Concord,
N.H.
Fletcher, Robert
Educator, civil engineer; b., New
York City, Aug. 23, 1847; s. Edward
H. and Mary A. (Hill) Fletcher (both
from Cavendish, Vt); ed. public
schools, College of City of New York
(three years); U. S. Military Academy,
West Point, 1868; second lieutenant,
U. S. Artillery, serving at Brownsville,
Tex. and Fort Trumbull, New London,
Conn.; instructor in mathematics, U.
S. Military Academy, 1869-70; re
signed to become senior professor and
director, Thayer School of Civil Engi
neering, at Dartmouth, 1871, serving
to the present time; consulting engineer
on water works and sanitation; engi
neer in charge of construction of Han
over water works, Enfield, N. H.,
water works, reservoir for Hartford,
Vt., water works, steel bridges—four
spans each—across Connecticut River
at West Lebanon and White River at
Hartford, Vt.; conducted part of the
New Hampshire-Vermont Boundary
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survey, 1917; contributor to technical
papers and N. H. Bulletins on sanita
tion and engineering construction;
Baptist; Republican; school trustee,
seventeen years; member, N. H. state
board of health since 1895 (president
since 1913); president and engineer,
Hanover Water Works Co.; member,
American Soc. C. E., forty-four yeare,
member and past president, Soc. for
Promotion of Engineering Education;
fellow, A. A. A. S., *BK (hon.),
Graduate Club, Hanover; received hon
orary A.M., Dartmouth, 1871, Ph.D.,
1881; m., July 2, 1872, Ellen M. Hunt
ington; children, Mary A., Robert H.
Residence, Hanover, N. H.
Whipple, Sherman Leland
Lawyer; b., New London, N. H.,
March 4, 1862; s. Dr. Solomon Mason
and Henrietta Kimball (Hersey) Whip
ple; descendant of Matthew Whipple,
a freeman of Ipswich Hamlet, now
Hamilton, Mass., in 1638, and greatgrandson of Moses Whipple, one of the
first settlers of Croydon, N. H., and
�Hon. Sherman L. Whipple
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long a leading citizen of the town, who
commanded the town company at
Bennington, where he served under his
kinsman, General William Whipple,
signer of the Declaration of Independ
ence, in command of the Second N. H.
Brigade; ed. public schools, Colby
Academy, 1877, Yale College, A.B.,
1881 (a Commencement orator), and
Yale Law School, LL.B., 1884 (Townsend orator). Admitted to the bar,
Connecticut and New Hampshire in
1884, Massachusetts, 1885; practiced
a few months in Manchester, N. H.,
and in 1885 removed to Boston, where
he has established a practice in his
profession said to be the largest in New
England. He has conducted heavy
litigation in many notable causes in
volving large sums of money and
attracting considerable popular interest ;
in 1917 he acted as counsel for the
Committee on Rules of the House in
conducting the famous "Leak Investi
gation" as to advance information to
the Stock Exchange relating to the
President's Peace Note to belligerents;
Democratic nominee for United States
Senator in Massachusetts legislature
in 1911 and 1913; delegate-at-large to
the constitutional convention of 1917;
member of Committees on Rules and
Procedure and Initiative and Refer
endum; member of American, Massa
chusetts State, Suffolk, Norfolk, Bos
ton bar associations; University, Algon
quin, Country, Yale (Boston), Yale
(New York), and Twentieth Century
clubs; lives at Brookline; summer
residence at Plymouth, where he owns
an estate of some 1500 acres devoted
to farming—Guernsey cattle and Chev
iot sheep, especially; owner of the
historic grove at Brook Farm and
Pulpit Rock, where John Eliot, "the
Apostle," preached to the Indians;
m., Dec. 27, 1893, Louise (d. July 20,
1914), daughter of the late Hon. Lucien
B. Clough; children, Dorothy (Mrs.
Russel Thurston Fry), Katharyn Carleton (Mrs. Lothrop Withington), Sher
man Leland, Jr., volunteer in American
Field Service work in France.
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Waterman, Thomas Palmer
Lumberman, banker; b., West Leb
anon, N. H., Dec. 10, 1844; s. Silas and
Sarah (Wood) Waterman; grandson of
Thomas Waterman, first male child
born in Lebanon; ed. public schools
and Kimball Union Academy, Meriden; engaged in lumber business from
early life, owning and operating a mill
on the Mascoma River, on the first
privilege utilized by the early settlers
of the town; Congregationalist; Re
publican; long prominent in public af
fairs of the town, serving sixteen years
as a member of the board of selectmen,
as a member of the N. H. legislature in
1878 and 1879 and again in 1913-14,
and delegate in the N. H. constitutional
convention of 1912; he is president of
the People's Trust Co. of Lebanon, a
member of the Langdon Club, and
served several years as a member of
the board of trustees of the Rockland
Military Institute; Patron of Hus
bandry and member of Lebanon and
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Mascoma Valley Pomona Grange; m.,
Dec. 11, 1886, Rosamond Wood; one
dau., died in infancy. Residence, West
Lebanon, N. H.
Warren, Joseph
Farmer, lumberman, brick manu
facturer; b., Pembroke, N. H., July 12,
1857; s. Hugh T. and Lydia A. (Moore)
Warren; ed. common schools and Pem
broke Academy; engaged for several
years in the manufacture of brick in
Pembroke, then removing to Rochester
where he continued extensively in the
business, making as many as 17,000,000
brick in a season; Democrat; member,
Rochester board of aldermen, 18923-4; member, N. H. house of represent
atives, 1903, 1913; mayor of Roches
ter, 1910, 1911-, chosen for second
term without opposition; inspector of
state highways, 1914; appointed com
missioner of insurance in Dec., 1914, by
Gov. Samuel D. Felker and removed by
legislative address for partisan reasons,
in January, 1915; appointed postmaster
of Rochester by President Wilson, Feb.
3, 1916, since continuing; m., Aug. 4,
1878, Addie G. Elliott of Pembroke;
one daughter, Sarah W. (Mrs. Albert
D. Jones of Rochester). Residence,
Rochester, N. H.
Barnabee, Henry Clay
Musical comedian; b., Portsmouth,
N. H., Nov. 14, 1833; s. Willis Barna
bee; ed. public schools; mercantile
clerk in youth in Portsmouth and Bos
ton; appeared in entertainments of
Boston Mercantile Library Ass'n, com
mencing in April, 1854, and soon de
veloped much talent as a singer and
comedian; sang many years in church
choirs in and around Boston, including
nineteen years as a member of the quar
tette of the Church of the Unity; in
1865 gave up mercantile life and or
ganized the Barnabee Operetta Co.,
which was succeeded in 1870 by the
Barnabee Concert Co.; subsequently
appearing in monologue work in Ly
ceum courses; joined the Boston Ideal
Opera Co., in 1879, appearing as Sir
Joseph Porter in "Pinafore" and in
other leading roles; in 1887, with Tom
Karl and others, organized The Bostonians, in which he created leading
opera roles, notably the "Sheriff of Not
tingham" in Robin Hood; first ap
peared in vaudeville in Brooklyn, Sept.
12, 1904; member, Ancient and Hon
orable Artillery Co., Boston; author,
"My Wanderings," 1913; m., 1859,
Clara, dau. Maj. Daniel George of
Warner, N. H. Residence, Jamaica
Plain, Mass.
Webster, Harold Adams
Commissioner of weights and meas
ures; b., Ashland, N. H., Aug. 12, 1885;
s. Rev. Lorin and Jennie Josephine
(Adams) Webster; ed. public schools
of Ashland and Plymouth, and Holderness School for Boys, 1904; Episco
palian; Republican; member, school
board and library trustee, Ashland;
member, N. H. house of representa
tives, 1913-14, 1917-18, serving each
session on appropriations committee;
appointed commissioner of weights and
measures, by Governor Keyes, upon the
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establishment of the office, in 1917;
for several years curator of the Holderness School, of which his father has
long been rector; also for some time
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American Chemical Soc., N. H. His
torical Soc., Psi Upsilon, Alpha Kappa
Kappa, Delta Omicron Gamma College
organizations, Graduate Club, Hano
ver, Ouroboros Club; m., July 9, 1879,
Caroline Elizabeth Rice, Milwaukee,
Wis. Residence, Hanover, N. H.
Colony, John Joslin
Woolen manufacturer; b., Keene,
N. H., Nov. 14, 1864; s. Horatio and
Emeline E. (Joslin) Colony; ed. Keene
schools and Harvard University, A.B. ,
1885; Unitarian; Democrat; member,
Keene city council, school committee>
N. H. house of representatives from
Ward 5, Keene, 1893; delegate from
N. H., Democratic national convention,
1908; treasurer, Cheshire Mills, Harrisville, N. H.; director, Ashuelot Nationa
Bank, Keene, Winchester Nationa
Bank, Winchester, N. H; Mason
Knight Templar, Patron of Husbandry ;
a director of Camp Wachusett, a sum
mer camp for boys at Squam Lake;
member, Derryfield Club, Manchester,
Wonolancet, Concord. Residence, Holderness, N. H., Plymouth, P. O.
Bartlett, Edwin Julius
Educator; b., Hudson, O., Feb. 16,
1851; s. Samuel Colcord and Mary
Bacon (Learned) Bartlett; ed. Chicago
public schools, Lake Forest Academy,
1868, Dartmouth College, 1872,
Rush Medical College, 1879; associate
professor of Chemistry, Dartmouth
College, 1879-83, professor since 1883;
Congregationalist; Republican; mod
erator, town of Hanover, 1906-12;
member, N. H. house of representa
tives, 1913; president trustees, Mary
Hitchcock Memorial Hospital, Han
over; Fellow, American Ass'n for Ad
vancement of Science; honorary mem
ber, N. H. Medical Soc.; member,
m.,Oct. 16, 1907, Charlotte Whitcomb
children, Emeline J., b. Nov. 25, 1£08
John J., Jr., June 11, 1915. Residence
Keene, N. H.
�Mrs. Emma Blood French
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French, Emma Blood
Philanthropist; b., Manchester, N.
H., Oct. 15, 1863; dau. Aretas and
Lavinia (Kendall) Blood; ed. in the
Manchester schools and at Dr. Gannett's boarding-school, Chester Square,
Boston, Mass.; m. Dr. L. Melville
French of Manchester, June 1, 1887
(d. Dec. 21,1914); daughter, Margaret
Lavinia, b. April 20, 1888, m. Carl
Spencer Fuller of Manchester, June 9,
1910; grandchildren, Mary Spencer,
1911, and Henry Melville, 1914. In
1916 Mrs. French erected and en
dowed a building for the Manchester
Institute of Arts and Sciences, an in
stitution in which she had long been
interested. This building is adjacent
to the Carpenter Library, erected in
memory of her sister, Elenora Blood
Carpenter, by the latter's husband,
Frank P. Carpenter. With Mrs. Car
penter, Mrs. French gave the maternity
and children's ward to the Eliot Hos
pital and endowed it; and in 1918 Mrs.
French built and endowed the L. Mel
ville French children's ward for the
same hospital. Mrs. French started
the first Shakespeare Club in Man
chester, 1872; president of the Woman's
Aid and Relief Home, founded by her
Earents, 1899-; vice-president, Pemroke Sanitarium; director, District
Nursing Ass'n; member, Franklin
Street Congregational church, N. H.
Soc. of Colonial Dames, D. A. R.,
Board of Council of the Manchester
Institute, Y. M. C. A., Children's
Home, Red Cross, Navy League,
Y. W. C. A. War Relief (patron),
N. H. Memorial Hospital for Women
and Children at Concord. Residence,
North River Road, Manchester, and
Little Boar's Head, N. H.
Brennan, Vincent John
Woolen manufacturer; b., Manches
ter, N. H., Sept. 25, 1847; s. William
J. and Mary (Murphy) Brennan; ed.
public schools; removed to Rockford,
Conn., in childhood and reared there;
entered the New England Mill in Rockford in early life continuing five years
and becoming an overseer at the age of
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21; superintendent of carding in Salis
bury Mills, Amesbury, Mass., six years;
Asabet Mfg. Co.'s Mills, Maynard,
Mass., superintendent of carding five
years; superintendent, Ottequechee
Woolen Co., North Hartland, Vt., six
years; superintendent, A. G. Dewey &
Co., Quechee, Vt., twelve years; re
moved to Newport, N. H., in 1906 as
general agent of the Brampton Mills,
since continuing; served also as general
agent, Dexter Richards & Sons Mills,
1912-16; Catholic; Democrat; member,
Newport board of trade; m., 1st, April,
1871, Cora F. Keyes, Orland, Me., d.
Feb., 1891; 2d, Nov., 1891, Edith L.
Reed; children, Vincent John, Jr., su
perintendent, Brampton Mills; Ralph
A. (Philadelphia Textile School) ; Maud
E. (Wheaton College, 1914, Mary
land College, 1916). Residence, New
port, N. H.
Chandler, Fred Gray
Teacher, farmer; b., Penacook,
N. H. (Concord, Ward One), Dec. 31,
1845; s. Nathan and Louisa (Ferrin)
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Chandler; descendant in the tenth gen
eration from William Chandler, the
immigrant ancestor, who settled in
Roxbury, Mass., 1637, and in the fifth
generation from Rev. Timothy Walker,
first minister of Concord (1730-82);
ed. Penacook schools, Elmwood Acad
emy, Boscawen; teacher of schools in
Boscawen and Webster, and principal
of Penacook grammar school several
years, since when he has followed agri
culture on the ancestral homestead,
specializing in dairy farming; member,
Congregational Church since early
youth; Republican, suffragist, prohibi
tionist; member, board of selectmen,
several years; member, Concord com
mon council, 1876-8; m., June 21,
1877, Mary S. Abbott; one dau.. Annie
Mary, b. July 12, 1880, studied piano
with Milo Benedict, organ with John
Herman Loud, Boston, musical theory
with Claude P. Landi (now of Rome,
Italy), school methods with Charles S.
Conant; teacher of the piano, and or
ganist, Baptist church, Penacook, since
1903; for several years supervisor of
music in the Penacook schools.
dence, Penacook, N. H.
Resi
Colby, James Fairbanks
Lawyer, educator; b., St. Johnsbury,
Vt., Nov. 18, 1850; s. James K. and
Sarah A. (Pierce) Colby; ed. St. Johnsbury Academy, 1868; Dartmouth Col
lege, 1872, Columbian (now George
Washington) University, LL.B., 1875;
practiced law in New Haven, Conn.,
1878-85; instructor in economics
and history, Sheffield School, Yale Uni
versity, 1879-81; lecturer on inter
national law, Yale Law School, 1883-5;
Parker professor of law and political
science, Dartmouth College, since 1885;
honorary A.M., Yale, 1877; LL.D.,
Dartmouth, 1901; Congregationalist;
Republican; member, N. H. forestry
commission, 1893-8; N. H. constitu
tional convention, 1902; member, N. H.
Bar Ass'n, American Bar Ass'n, Amer
ican Political Science Ass'n, American
Soc. International Law; editor, Manual
of N. H. Constitution, 1st ed., 1902,
2d ed., 1912; Maitland and Montagu's
Sketch of English Legal History, and
legal and political essays; unmarried.
Residence, Hanover, N. H.
Day, Harry Brooks
Organist, musician and composer; b.,
Newmarket, N. H., Sept. 5, 1858; s.
Warren K. and Martha (Brooks) Day;
moved in childhood to Concord, N. H.;
ed. Concord high school, 1878, studied
music in United States, England and
Munich, grad. Akademie der Tonkunst Miinchen, 1899; ten years, or
ganist and choirmaster, St. Ann's
church, Lowell, Mass.; then at New
ton, Mass.; musical director and or
ganist at the Cambridge Theological
School; visiting choirmaster of St.
Mary's, Newton, Church of the Mes
siah, Auburndale, St. Paul's, Brookline
and St. John's, Cambridge, also director
of the Neighborhood Choristers, 150
voices; director of music in the Newton
Club and organist for the festival serv
ices of the Mass. Choir Guild; at Mu
nich, 1897-9, special pupil of Joseph
Rheinburger, chosen from sixty appli
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139
cants; then in London, studying boychoir training and organ accompani
ment at St. Paul's Cathedral; since
1900 has lived at Brooklyn, N. Y.,
organist at Epiphany, St. Michael's ana
St. Luke's, officiating twelve years at
the latter church; Episcopalian; mem
ber, Altair Lodge, Brooklyn, American
Guild of Organists, St. Wilfred Club,
Clef Club (president), N. Y. Musicians'
Club and many other musical organ
izations; composer of Kobold Song,
schools, Wilton, N. H., Pembroke
Academy, Cushing Academy, Ashburnham, Mass., 1887, Smith College,
B.L., 1891, Woman's Medical College
of the New York Infirmary, M.D.,
1896; assistant physician in various
state and private hospitals for the care
of the insane, in Massachusetts, since
1898; now assistant physician in the
Boston State Hospital; Congregationalist; member, American MedicoPsychological Ass'n, American Medi
The Sirens, Lochinvar, Easter Cantata
and Christmas Postlude, orchestral ac
companiment; for the organ, Nocturne
in D Flat, Allegro Symphonique, Suite
in C Major, Prelude, Romanza Finale,
Legende in A Flat Major, also of much
church music and hymns, carols and
songs; m. Roselle M. Barker, Oct. 18,
1900. Residence, Brooklyn, N. Y. and
Peterboro, N. H.
cal Ass'n, Mass. Medical Soc, N. E.
Soc. of Psychiatry, Ass'n of Collegiate
Alumnae, Smith College Alumnae Ass'n,
College Club, Boston, Nat'l Geographic
Soc; unmarried; anti-suffragist; taught
in Pembroke Academy, 1891-2, and in
Bermuda (private family), 1892-3.
Address, Boston State Hospital, Mattapan, Mass.
Abbott, Florence Hale
Physician; b., Wilton, N. H., Oct.
20, 1867; dau. Harris and Caroline
Ann (Greeley) Abbot; ed. public
Greenleaf, Charles Henry
Hotel proprietor; b., Danville, Vt.,
July 23, 1841; s. Seth and Lydia Hal
(Burnham) Greenleaf; ed. public and
private schools, Concord, N. H.; con-
�Col. Charles H. Greenleaf
�ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES
menced hotel life in the summer of
1857 at the Profile House, White Mts.,
remaining there four seasons, then two
seasons at the Crawford House, then
two years in New York and Washing
ton, returning to the Profile House in
1865 as a member of the firm of Taft,
Tyler & Greenleaf, succeeded in 1868
by Taft & Greenleaf, which continued
until 1897, although Mr. Taft died in
1881. In 1897 a stock company was
formed, with Mr. Greenleaf as presi
dent and general manager, which has
continued to the present time. Since
1886 Mr. Greenleaf has also been a
member of C. H. Greenleaf & Co., op
erating Hotel Vendome, Boston. No
hotel man in the country has had a
longer experience or a wider acquaint
ance among the highest class of tour
ists. Baptist; Republican; member,
staff of Gov. Benjamin F. Prescott,
with rank of Colonel, 1877-8; delegate,
Republican national convention, 1888;
member, N. H. house of representatives,
1895-6, 1901-2; N. H. senate, 1897-8;
executive council, 1905-6; presidential
elector, 1908; eleven years treasurer
and manager, Profile & Franconia
Notch R. R; m., 1st, May 2, 1867,
Abbie Frances Burnham, Plymouth,
N. H., who d. April 17, 1914; 2d, June
25, 1915, Miss Mabelle Furst, Lock
Haven, Pa. Address, Profile House,
N. H., or Hotel Vendome, Boston.
Wellington, Leonard
Lawyer; b., Walpole, N. H., Sept. 12,
1841; s. William and Achsah (Kidder)
Wellington; ed. Walpole schools, Mt.
Caesar Seminary, Swanzey, Bernardston, Mass., Academy, Kimball Union
Academy, Meriden, Albany, N. Y.,
Law School, 1865; studied m office of
the late Don H. Woodward of Keene;
admitted to the bar in 1865 and has
practiced there since; in partnership
with Mr. Woodward ten years from
July, 1866, since then alone; Congregationalist; Republican; member,
Keene board of health, fifteen years;
solicitor for Cheshire County, 1869-71 ;
member, Lodge of the Temple, A. F. &
A. M., Keene; m., Jan. 19, 1870, Har
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riet Lyon Chandler; two sons, Clarence
E., b. April 11, 1872, and Lyon
Chandler, b. Jan. 24, 1879. Residence,
Keene, N. H.
Kimball, Henry Ames
Iron founder; b., Concord, N. H.,
Oct. 19, 1864; s. Benjamin Ames and
Myra Tilton (Elliott) Kimball; ed.
Phillips Andover Academy and by
private tutors in Europe; Congregationalist; Republican; member, South
Congregational Church, Concord; di
rector of and liberal contributor to
Concord Y. M. C. A.; in 1887, ad
mitted (on examination) a Fellow of the
Society of Science, Letters and Art,
London, England; life member, N. H.
Historical Soc, and recording secre
tary, 1905-13; member, Sons of the
American Revolution and the Society
of Colonial Wars; partner and asso
ciate manager, Ford & Kimball and the
Cushman Electric Co.; trustee, Merri
mack County Savings Bank; director,
Mount Washington R. R.; author
genealogy, "The Elliotts of Boscawen,
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N. H.," Rumford Press, 1918; m., Nov.
17, 1904, Charlotte Atkinson, dau.
John Harrison and Josephine B. (At
kinson) Goodale, Nashua, N. H. (Wellesley, 1898). Residence, Concord,
N. H.
Baker, Walter Smith
Merchant tailor; b., Wellfleet, Mass.,
Jan. 15, 1850; s. Capt. David and
Betsey M. (Higgins) Baker; grandson
Eleazer Higgins of Wellfleet who served
under Washington and during the Rev
olution was captured by the British and
imprisoned in England; also, descended
in the eighth generation from Stephen
Hopkins of the Mayflower; ed. schools
of Wellfleet, including high school;
moved to Concord, N. H., 1874; mer
chant tailor in Concord, 1875-1914;
director of Concord Y. M . C. A. twentyfive years and of N. H. Anti-Saloon
League since organization, 1899; trus
tee of Tilton Seminary, Tilton, N. H.;
charter member, Baker Memorial
(Methodist Episcopal) church and sec
retary and treasurer of board of trus
*N
tees of church; delegate to Ecumenical
Convention, Indianapolis, 1914; mem
ber, N. H. Historical Soc, N. H. Sons
of American Revolution and Concord
Equal Suffrage League; RepublicanProhibitionist; m. Martha Sparrow of
Wellfleet, Feb. 11, 1875; children,
Helen M., ed. Goucher College, teacher
in private schools; Bessie J., Teachers'
College, Columbia University and Miss
Wheelock's Kindergarten, Boston,
kindergarten teacher, public schools,
Somerville, Mass.; Walter Stanley,
B.S., Wesleyan University, 1901, has
succeeded his father in business, m.
Alice Holbrook of Philadelphia, Feb.
22, 1908 (ch.: Robert Holbrook, Alice,
Helen Elizabeth, Louise); James Her
bert, B.S., Wesleyan University, 1903,
bond salesman for E. H. Rollins' Sons,
d. Sept. 9, 1910; Leland Vincent, Con
cord high school, 1908, International
Y. M. C. A. College, 1916, enlisted
U. S. Signal Corps, 1917, studying
U. S. School of Military Aeronautics,
Princeton, N. J. Residence, Concord,
N. H.
Hackett, Wallace
Lawyer; b., Portsmouth, N. H., May
1, 1856; s. William H. and Mary W.
(Healey) Hackett; ed. public and priv
ate schools, and Harvard Law School,
1879; studied in the office of his grand
father, the late Hon. W. H. Y. Hackett,
and has practiced law in Portsmouth
since admission to the bar in 1879, but
has devoted his attention largely to
business affairs; Unitarian; Republi
can; city solicitor, three years; mayor
of Portsmouth, 1907-8; member, N. H.
house of representatives, 1909-10;
president, Republican state convention,
1908; member, N. H. Historical Soc,
Aldrich Memorial Ass'n (president),
A. F. & A. M., B. P. O. E.; m., 1883,
Abby M. Winchester; one dau.,
Marion. Residence, Portsmouth, N. H.
Hanson, Benjamin Frank
Liveryman; b., Somersworth, N. H.,
Dec. 12, 1848; s. Benjamin F. and
Mary E. (Libbey) Hanson; ed. public
schools, Sanford, Me., and Lebanon
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143
Me., Academy; engaged in the livery
business in Somersworth since early
life; Baptist; Democrat; city treasurer,
Somersworth, three years; commis
sioner, Strafford County, six years;
member, N. H. house of representa
tives, 1913; mayor of Somersworth,
five terms; judge, Somersworth dis
trict court, 1913-15; director, Somers
worth National Bank; chairman, board
of cemetery trustees; president, Han
son Family Ass'n; member, A. F. &
(Lawrence) Gerrish; ed. public schools
and Phillips Andover, Mass., Academy,
1874. For a time, after graduating at
Andover, he was employed in the N. H.
Savings Bank, Concord, but, prefer
ring an outdoor life, he purchased a
farm at Boscawen Plain, where he has
since lived. Congregationalist; Repub
lican; selectman, Boscawen, 1880-4,
1891-6, 1901-17; commissioner, Merri
mack County, 1886-8; treasurer, 18926; trustee, N. H. Savings Bank, since
A. M., lodge, chapter and commandery; Patron of Husbandry, past master,
Somersworth Grange, Eastern N. H.
Pomona Grange; district and Pomona
deputy, N. H. State Grange; m., Oct. 25,
1866, Fannie T. Thompson, Shapleigh,
Me.; one son, Bert, b. July 26, 1867
(Phillips Exeter Academy, Yale College,
1890, Cornell University Law School,
1893). Residence, Somersworth, N.H.
1911; life member, N. H. Historical
Soc; with John and Benjamin A. Kim
ball, donor of the Boscawen public
library building, dedicated Aug. 20,
1913; m., March 22, 1888, Isabel Seavey. Residence, Boscawen, N. H.
Gerrish, Frank Lawrence
Farmer; b., Boscawen, N. H., May
19, 1855; s. Enoch and Miranda O.
Emery, Fred Parker
Educator; b., Pembroke, N. H.,
April 11, 1865; s. Natt M. and Abbie H.
(Sargent) Emery; ed. Pembroke Acad
emy, Dartmouth College, A.B., 1887,
A.M., 1890, Universities of Paris and
Berlin; instructor in English, Massa
chusetts Institute of Technology, 1887-
�Hon. Reuben E. Walker
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91; professor of English, Dartmouth
College, since 1894; Republican; mem
ber, EKE, *BK, St. Botolph
Club, Boston, Mass.; editor of text
books for college work in English; m.,
1889, Mary Elizabeth Chesley. Resi
dence, Hanover, N. H.
Walker, Reuben Eugene
Jurist; b., Lowell, Mass., Feb. 15,
1851; s. Abial and Mary (Powers)
Walker; ed. Warner public schools,
Colby Academy, New London, 1871,
Brown University, A.B., 1875; LL.D.,
Dartmouth, June 1916; studied law
with Sargent & Chase, Concord; ad
mitted to the bar in 1878, and com
menced practice in Concord; in part
nership five years with Robert A. Ray
under name of Ray & Walker, subse
quently some years alone; member,
firm of Streeter, Walker & Hollis, 1891
to 1901; Unitarian; Republican; super
intending school committee, Warner;
solicitor, Merrimack County, 1889-91;
member, N. H. house of representa
tives, 1895, N. H. constitutional con
vention, 1902; appointed associate
justice, N. H. supreme court, March
28, 1901; trustee, Concord public
library since 1901 (president since
1903); member, N. H. Historical Soc,
N. H. Bar Ass'n, American Bar Ass'n,
(vice-president for New Hampshire),
Brown Alumni Ass'n, American Uni
tarian Ass'n, Council of National De
fense, WonolancetClub; co-author, Ray
& Walker's N. H. Citations; m., June
18, 1875, Mary E. Brown, d. June 21,
1903; one dau. Bertha May. Resi
dence, Concord, N. H.
Rolofson, Mary Currier
(Mrs. Warren T. Rolofson); writer;
b., Wentworth, N. H., May 24, 1869;
dau. Lorenzo and Josephine (Pillsbury)
Currier; ed. public schools, St. Johnsbury, Vt., Academy, 1889, Smith Col
lege, and special course in English lit
erature at Wellesley, 1895; a lover of
literature from childhood, she began
writing early, contributing many stories
and poems to well-known periodicals.
Published works: "Among the Granite
145
Hills," 1894; "A Summer in New
Hampshire," 1904; "A Few Songs,"
1905; "Songs to One Silent," 1905.
Congregationalist; m., July 30, 1907,
Warren T. Rolofson; removed in 1914
to Powell, Wyoming, with her husband.
where they located a claim on the
Shoshone Project of U. S. Reclamation
Service and now reside.
Laycock, Craven
Dean of Dartmouth College; b.,
Bradford, England, Sept. 30, 1866; s.
John and Martha (Berry) Laycock;
came to New Hampshire in 1S82; ed.
common school in England, N. H. Con
ference Seminary, Tilton, 1892; Dart
mouth College, 1896; instructor, Art
of Public Speaking, Dartmouth Col
lege, 1897-1900; assistant professor of
Oratory, 1900-10; professor of Oratory,
1910-13; assistant dean, 1911-13, dean,
1913-; Congregationalist; Republican;
member of the N. H. bar, having
practiced law for some years in Han
over: member, A. F. & A. M., Delta
Kappa Epsilon and Casque and Gaunt
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let societies; author, "Argumentation
and Debate," 1904, Manual of Argu
mentation, 1906; m., April 19, 1900,
Florence Annette Hill, of Tilton, N.H.;
two daughters. Residence, Hanover,
N. H.
Sherman, Lillian Adelaide Tourtelotte
Writer; b., Maxfield, Me., April 28,
1875; dau. Franklin and Mary E.
(Bryant) Tourtelotte; ed. public
schools and Foxcroft, Me., Academy,
1890; direct descendant, on paternal
side, of Gabriel Bernon, Duke of Bur
gundy, who renounced his title and
estates and led to this country the first
Huguenot Colony in New England; on
maternal side a near kinswoman of the
late William Cullen Bryant, whose
literary talent she reflects in large
measure; has written extensively for the
press since early youth, and many of
her poems have been widely copied;
Baptist; member, P. of H. (6th de
gree), D. A. R., W. R. C S. of V. Aux
iliary, Suffrage Club; ardent advocate
of woman's enfranchisement, and fre
quent reader and speaker at publie
gatherings; m., Aug. 12, 1906, Joshua A.
Sherman. Residence, Warner, N. H.,
Contoocook, R. F. D.
Hanson, Bert
Lawyer; b., Sanford, Me., July 26,
1867; s. Benjamin F. and Fannie
(Thompson) Hanson; ed. public schools
of Somersworth, N. H. (in which town
he was reared), Phillips Exeter Acad
emy, 1886, Yale College, A.B., 1890,
Cornell University Law School, LL.B.,
1893; admitted to the New York bar
in 1894, and in practice in New York
City since 1895; Democrat; third
deputy commissioner of police in New
York City, under Gen. Theodore A.
Bingham from Jan., 1907 to June, 1909;
appointed assistant attorney-general
in charge of customs cases, by Presi
dent Wilson in May, 1914, which posi
tion he still holds; member, A. F. &
A. M., Zeta Psi Fraternity; National
Democratic Club, Cornell University
Club, Yale Club and Reform Club
(trustee), of New York City; Metro
politan Club and University Club,
Washington, D. C, and Municipal
Art Soc. (director), New York City;
unmarried. Residence, 50 Vanderbilt ave.; business address, 48 Broad
way, New York City.
Owen, Ellery Scott
Bond salesman; b., July 17, 1860,
Belchertown, Mass.; s. Rev. Eleazar
and Mary Abigail (Walker) Owen;
ed. public schools of Springfield and
Westfield, Mass., and Portsmouth,
N. H., Portsmouth high school, 1877;
in 1882 began travelling for the
Boston publishing house of D. Lothrop
& Co.; 1886-92, associated with the
Kansas City Investment Co., first at
Kansas City, last three years in Hart
ford, Conn., managing their branch
office; 1892-1909, represented Conn.
General Life Insurance Co. of Hartford,
during greater part of the time man
ager for New Hampshire, moving from
Portsmouth to Concord in 1902; since
1909 N. H. representative of Baker,
Ayling & Young, investment bankers
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of Boston; independent Republican;
member, South Congregational church,
Concord (deacon since 1904), moder
ator of the N. H. State Congregational
Conference, 1906; director, Portsmouth
147
Holyoke College, 1919; Harold Holmes,
b. Portsmouth, Nov. 2, 1899, Amherst
College, 1921; Eleanor, b. Concord,
Aug. 25, 1910 (d. Dec. 2, 1913). Resi
dence, 79 Warren St., Concord, N. H.
Fowler, William Plumer
Lawyer; b., Concord, N. H., Oct. 3,
1850; s. Judge Asa and Mary Cilley
(Knox) Fowler; ed. Concord high
school, 1867, Dartmouth College, A.B.,
1872; studied law in the office of
Sumner Albee, Boston, and at Boston
University Law School; admitted to
the bar in Boston in 1875, and since
then in practice in that city; Uni
tarian; Republican; appointed member
of the Board of Overseers of the Poor
of Boston in April, 1889, elected chair
man of the board in 1891, and since
annually re-elected; chairman, Licens
Y. M. C. A. and instrumental in organ
izing the same, 1888; director, Concord
Y. M. C. A., 1903-14 (president two
years); member, state executive com
mittee of Y. M. C. A. for N. H., 18921912 (chairman, 1901-3, an incorpora
tor, 1904, treasurer, 1904-7); member,
Belknap Lodge, No. 14, I. O. O. F.,
Meredith, N. H., Wonolancet Club,
Concord, Concord board of trade; m.,
1st, June 14, 1888, Elizabeth Moody
Flagg, dau. John H. and Emma D.
(Moody) Flagg, Portsmouth, N. H.
(d. June 22, 1894); 2d, Oct. 14, 1896,
Alice Goldsmith Holmes, dau. Rev.
Theodore J. and Ellen L. (Goldsmith)
Holmes, Hopkinton, Mass.; children,
Forest Flagg, b. Hartford, Conn., May
23, 1890, A.B., Dartmouth, 1913; Mar
gery Heard, b. Portsmouth, July 1,
1893 (d. Feb. 7, 1895); Margaret, b.
Portsmouth, July 28, 1897, Mount
ing Board, City of Boston; Institution
Registrar, City of Boston; director,
Manchester & Lawrence R. R.; presi
dent, Manchester Mills; director, War
ren Brothers Co.; in conjunction with
�Hox. Trvinc: W. Drew
�ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES
his aster, Clara M. Fowler, gave the
city of Concord the Fowler Library
building in 1888; m., Oct 14, 1899,
Susan Farnham Smith; children, Wil
liam Plumer, Jr., b. Aug. 5, 1900,
(Dartmouth, 1921); Katharine Stev
ens, b. June 12, 1902; Philip, b. June 6,
1906. Office, 18 Tremont St.; resi
dence, 1 Plymouth St., Boston, Mass.,
and Little Boar's Head, N. H.
Drew, Irving Webster
Lawyer; b., Colebrook, N. H., Jan.
8, 1845; s. Amos Webster and Julia
Esther (Lovering) Drew; ed. public
and private schools, Colebrook acad
emy, Kimball Union Academy, 1866,
Dartmouth College, 1870; studied law
in the office of Ray & Ladd at Lan
caster; admitted to the bar in Novem
ber, 1871, and succeeded Hon. Wil
liam S. Ladd, upon his appointment as
a justice of the Supreme Court, in
partnership with Hon. Ossian Ray,
under the firm name of Ray & Drew;
subsequently the firm became suc
cessively, Ray, Drew & Heywood, Ray,
Drew & Jordan, Drew & Jordan,
Drew, Jordan & Buckley, Drew, Jor
dan, Buckley & Shurtleff, Drew, Shurtleff & Morris, and Drew, Shurtleff,
Morris & Oakes, Mr. Drew's connec
tion continuing to the present time;
admitted to practice in U. S. Courts in
1877; Episcopalian; Democrat till
1896, Republican since; moderator
town of Lancaster; member, N. H.
state senate, 1883-4, N. H. constitu
tional convention, 1902, 1912; delegate
in Democratic national conventions of
1880, 1892 and 1896 (withdrew);
major 3d Reg. N. H. N. G., 1876-9;
director, Lancaster National Bank;
trustee and president, Siwooganock
Guaranty Savings Bank; president,
Upper Coos R. R.; trustee and presi
dent, Lancaster Library; member,
N. H. Bar Ass'n. (president, 1899),
N. H. Historical Soc., A. F. & A. M.
(Knight Templar), I. O. O. F.; presi
dent of the day at Lancaster's one
Hundred and Fiftieth Anniversary
Celebration, Aug. 12, 1914; m., Nov.
4, 1869, Caroline Hatch Merrill,
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Colebrook; children, Paul b. Feb. 20,
1872 d. Oct. 1, 1872; Neil Bancroft,
b. Sept. 9, 1873, d. May 7, 1905; Pitt
Fessenden, b. Aug. 27, 1875, m. Mabel
Swain; Sara Maynard, b. Dec. 19,
1876, m. Edward Kimball Hall. Resi
dence, Lancaster, N. H.
Odlin, Arthur Fuller
Lawyer; b., Concord, N. H., April
25, 1860; s. Woodbridge and Abby
Pratt (Comstock) Odlin; ed. Concord
high school, 1876, Dartmouth College,
Boston University Law School, 1885;
Unitarian; Republican since 1896 (for
merly Cleveland Democrat) ; attorneygeneral, Porto Rico, 1899-1901; judge,
Court of First Instance, Philippine
Islands, 1901-4; vice-president, Florida
State Bar Ass'n, 1916-17; m., Oct. 5,
1886, Mary Emma Allen, Lancaster,
N. H., children, Lawrence Allen, b.
1889, now assistant paymaster, U. S.
Navy; Evelyn, b. 1893, m. Oct. 11,
1917, James Kennedy Atwood, Jackson
ville, Fla. Judge Odlin has appeared,
occasionally, on the public lecture plat
form, and has written occasional arti
cles for legal magazines, generally in
English, sometimes in Spanish. Resi
dence, Arcadia, Fla.
Abbot, Charles Greeley
Astronomer; b., Wilton, N. H., May
31, 1872; s., Harris and Caroline Ann
(Greeley) Abbot; ed. Wilton high
school, 1888, Phillips Andover Acad
emy, Massachusetts Institute of Tech
nology, S.B., 1894, S.M., 1895; Congregationalist, Republican; director,
Astrophysical Observatory, Smith
sonian Institution, Washington, D. C.,
1906 to the present time; member,
National Academy of Sciences, Royal
Astronomical Soc. of Great Britain,
Soc. Astron. de France, Meteorologische
Gesellschaft of Germany, Academy of
Modena, Italy, etc.; discovered vari
ability of the sun; invented numerous
scientific instruments, some widely in
use in the world; author of "The Sun,"
and numerous scientific articles; m.,
Oct. 13, 1897, Lillian E. Moore. Resi
dence, Washington, D. C.
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Jones, Fred Andros
Lawyer; b., Stoneham, Mass., April
9, 1884; s. Andros B. and Lizzie J.
(Young) Jones; ed. Nashua high school,
Dartmouth College, 1906, and Harv
ard Law School; admitted to N. H.
bar, 1909; Congregationalist; Repub
lican; member, N. H. house of repre
sentatives from Lebanon, 1913-14;
member, executive committee, Repub
lican state committee since 1914; mod
erator, Lebanon, since 1914; judge,
Infirmary, 1887; Congregationalist;
member, Manchester Medical Soc,
Hillsboro County Medical Soc., N. H.
Medical Soc, American Medical Ass'n,
W. C. T U., Florence Nightingale Club,
Manchester
Federation Woman's
Clubs, staff of Beacon Hill Hospital,
president trustees, N. H. Memorial
Hospital for Women and Children,
Concord. Residence,
Manchester,
N.H.
Roote, Clarence Burgess
Educator; b., Francestown, N. H..
Oct. 3, 1853; s. Martin Nelson, and
Abigail Kimball (McEwen) Roote; ed.
Francestown Academy, 1872, Williams
College, 1876, Boston University Law
School; admitted to Massachusetts
bar, 1884; headmaster, Northampton,
Mass., high school since 1888; member,
Phi Beta Kappa and Chi Psi societies,
Massachusetts High School Masters'
Club, Headmasters' Club of Western
Mass., Mass. State Teachers' Ass'n,
Classical Ass'n, of New England,
Monday Evening Club, Northampton,
Lay Readers' League; Episcopalian;
Democrat; senior warden and lay
reader, St. John's Church, Northamp
ton; member, Board of Religious Edu
cation, Diocese of Western Mass.;
three times delegate to Provincial
Synod, Province of New England; m.,
Oct. 3, 1882, Idelle M. Bothwell. Resi
dence, Northampton, Mass.
Lebanon municipal court, since 1915;
member, A. F. & A. M. (32d degree),
Knight Templar and Shriner, B. P.
O. E..K. of P., P. of H., S. of V., Langdon Club and Sunset Club; m. Mary
Elizabeth Bennett, Sept. 23, 1907;
children, Eleanor, Lucille, Robert.
Residence, Lebanon, N. H.
Wallace, Ellen Alfreda
Physician; b., Hill, N. H., April 24,
1853; dau. Edmund Rundlett and
Mary Johnson (Flanders) Wallace; ed.
New Hampton Literary Institution,
1873, Medical College, New York
Foster, George J.
Newspaper publisher; b., Concord,
N. H., Feb. 13, 1854; s. Joshua L. and
Lucretia A. (Gale) Foster; ed. public
schools, Portsmouth high school, 1869;
learned the newspaper business in his
father's office and has been connected
with Foster's Democrat in Dover for the
last forty-five years, or more, most of
the time as publisher; Methodist;
Republican; member, Dover school
board, twenty-nine years (chairman,
1903-8); member, N. H. house of
representatives, 1893-4; mayor of
Dover, 1906, 1909-10; trustee, Straf
ford Savings Bank, Wentworth Home
for the Aged; Mason, 32d degree,
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K. of P., I. O. R. M., B. P. O. E.,
Bellamy Club, Dover; m., July 22,
1880, Annah C. Clark; children, Bertha
F. (Mrs. Harry C. Glidden), b. Aug. 3,
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mont; one dau., Ruth Porter, b. Con
cord, N. H., Sept. 19, 1878 (Smith,
1900), wife of Dr. Harmon Newell
of Claremont. Residence, Claremont,
N. H.
Bridgman, Don Seavey
Agriculture and business (retired);
b., Hanover, N. H., April 4, 1856; s.
John Ladd and Hortensia Arnold
(Wood) Bridgman; ed. Norwich, Vt.,
(Norwich Fitting School, 1876) and
Hanover, N. H.; engaged for many
years extensively in farming, dairying
being his specialty, producing butter
for the Boston market, keeping over
seventy cows and operating an up-todate creamery; poultry and swine were
also prominent lines; in recent years
has devoted his attention to the care
of large real estate interests in Han
over village; Baptist; Republican;
member, Hanover school board, nine
1883; Arthur, b. March 29, 1885;
Frederick, b. Dec. 9, 1887. Residence,
Dover, N. H.
Brown, Frank Herbert
Lawyer; b., Claremont, N. H., Feb.
2, 1854; s. Oscar J. and Lavinia (Por
ter) Brown; ed. Claremont high school,
Dartmouth College, Boston University
Law School, 1876; admitted to the bar
in Boston and in New Hampshire, 1876,
and, after a time in Boston and Con
cord, commenced practice in Clare
mont in 1879, where he has since con
tinued, serving as counsel for various
corporations; organizer and counsel for
Claremont Railway and Lighting Co.;
Republican;
moderator;
member,
Stevens high school committee; solici
tor for Sullivan County, 1899-1907,
1909-13; member, N. H. house of rep
resentatives, 1901-3-5; m., Oct. 9,
1887, Susan Farwell Patten of Clare
and a half years from 1896; member,
board of selectmen, eighteen years
from 1899; superintendent, Hanover
Water Works Co., from 1916; Mason,
�Edna Dean Proctor
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32d degree, I. O. O. F., P. of H.; promi
nent many years in Grange work, Gen
eral Deputy, N. H. State Grange, two
terms, 1906-10; m., Oct., 30, 1882,
Jennie May Burton. Residence,
Hanover, N. H.
Proctor, Edna Dean
Poet; b. Sept. 18, 1829, Henniker, N.
H.; dau. John and Lucinda (Gould)
Proctor; ed. in early years at home by
her mother, later at Mt. Holyoke Semi
nary and at Concord, N. H., but in a
larger way by life and the society of
thinking men and women. Miss Proc
tor, New Hampshire's poet, born on
Proctor Hill overlooking the fair Contoocook river ("Monadnock's child of
snowdrifts born"), has made the hills
and vales of her native state known
round the world. A traveller in many
lands, intimately associated since young
womanhood with gifted and famous
people, she is still a genuine daughter
of New England. Her devotion to the
scenes of childhood does not preclude
her love for alien lands. In fact, her
wide-reaching sympathies have made
her peculiarly successful in interpreting
the spirit of foreign scenes and peoples.
Longfellow showed his appreciation of
this by including so many of her pro
ductions in his "Poems of Places."
Born with "eyes from out the East"
she has a marvellous understanding of
the Orient. Allah, Arabia, Islam live
in her verse with its lyric impetuosity
and impassioned fervor. Love of na
ture, of humanity and all that is high
est and best in art are her distinguish
ing characteristics. Her song, "Blazon
Columbia's Emblem, the Bounteous
Golden Corn," should ere this have
made the maize our national flower
for never has fitting symbol been so
gloriously celebrated. Her "Song of
the Ancient People," relating to the
Pueblo Indians, was so highly consid
ered that the late Mrs. Mary Hemenway of Boston (Hemenway Southwestern Archeol. Expedition) was at much
expense for its illustrations and it is
now read and studied in the schools.
Her "Russian Journey" was the fruit
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of two years of travel in Europe. In
cidental references in her poems show
her familiarity with most of the fa
mous scenes and objects of the world.
Her recent poem, "The Glory of Toil,"
has evoked much interest. In the last
decade she has crossed the Andes,
spending a season in South America;
but she rarely fails to visit her native
town each summer. Her inspiring per
sonality as well as her genius have
made her an uplifting influence whereever she has dwelt. For many years
her home was in Brooklyn, N. Y., but
she has spent much time in Washing
ton and Atlantic City. Her books are:
"Poems" (1866), "A Russian Journey"
(1871), "Poems" (1890), "A Russian
Journey" (revised 1890), "The Song
of the Ancient People" (1892), "The
Mountain Maid" (1901), "Songs of
America" (1905), "The Glory of Toil,"
(1916). Res., Framingham, Mass.
Winchell, F. Mabel
Librarian; b., Boston, Mass.; dau.
Rensselaer
and Harriet Newell
(Brooks) Winchell; ed. public schools,
Lowell School, Boston, and Amherst
College Library School; Congregationalist; Republican; librarian, Manches
ter public library, since 1902; member,
N. H. Public Library Commission,
1917-, American Library Ass'n, N. H.
Library Ass'n, Mass. Library Club.
Manchester Institute of Arts and
Sciences; Library Art Club (vice-presi
dent), Manchester Boys Club (trustee),
Manchester Historic Ass'n, Manches
ter Federation Woman's Clubs, N. H.
Federation Women's Clubs, N. H.
Children's Aid and Protective Soc,
National Security League, Red Cross,
Woman's Auxiliary to Y. M. C. A.,
Manchester District Nursing Ass'n,
N. H. Ass'n for Prevention of Tuber
culosis, etc. Residence, Manchester,
N. H.
Colby, Ira Gordon
Lawyer; b., Claremont, N. H., Jan.
11, 1872; s. Ira and Louisa M. (Way)
Colby; ed. Stevens high school, Clare
mont, 1890; Dartmouth College, 1894,
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Boston University Law School, 1897;
admitted to the bar in 1897, and prac
ticed in Claremont since then; in
partnership with his father until the
Academy and Dr. Hixon's School,
Lowell, Mass.; studied law, admitted
to the bar in 1874, and commenced
practice in Canaan, 1875; Republican;
member, N. H. house of representa
tives, 1879; 1899-1900 (speaker) ; clerk,
N. H. senate, 1883-4; president, 18878; secretary, Republican state com
mittee, 1882-90; naval officer, port of
Boston, 1890-4; member, U. S. house
of representatives, 1901-13; defeated
for re-election by Raymond B. Stevens;
since in retirement. Residence, Ca
naan, N. H.
Chamberlin, Alonzo Laban
Lawyer; b., Pomfret, Vt., Sept. 14,
1858; s. Alonzo L. and Mary S. (Car
roll) Chamberlin; ed. common schools;
studied law and admitted to the New
Hampshire bar in Concord, July, 1895;
in practice since in Lebanon; Uni
death of the latter, June 27, 1908, and
afterwards alone; Methodist; Repub
lican; supervisor of checklist since
1899; member, N. H. constitutional
convention, 1902, N. H. house of
representatives, 1905; trustee, Fiske
Free Library, since 1905; member,
Stevens high school committee, fifteen
years; trustee, trust funds, town of
Claremont; director, People's Na
tional Bank, Monadnock Mills; mem
ber, Alpha Delta Phi, Dartmouth, Phi
Delta Phi, B. U. Law School; m.,
June 7, 1899, Mary Agnes Coburn;
children, Harriet Louise, Caroline
Leland, Ira Gordon, Jr., Margaret
Coburn, Grace Mary. Residence,
Claremont, N. H.
Currier, Frank Dunklee
Lawyer; b., Canaan, N. H., Oct. 30,
1853; s. Horace S. and Emma C. (Plastridge) Currier; ed. Kimball Union
tarian; Democrat, active in party
affairs and member of the Democratic
state committee, eight years; ap
pointed postmaster of Lebanon by
President Wilson in 1914, and now in
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office; member, Rising Sun Lodge,
A. F. & A. M. Residence, Lebanon,
N. H.
Carlton, Charles Elijah
Banker; b., Concord, N. H., Aug. 1,
1872; s. Elijah Winship and Sarah
Alner (Gawler) Carlton; ed. Concord
public schools, high school, 1889; Epis
copalian; Republican; entered employ
of the banking house of E. H. Rollins
& Sons, in Concord, in 1891; removed
to Boston with the corporation in 1892,
and has continued with the same since;
elected treasurer in 1916, which posi
tion he now holds; treasurer, Colorado
Securities & Realty Co. ; member, Mizpah Lodge, A. F. & A. M., Cambridge
Royal Arch Chapter, Boston Commandery K. T., Aleppo Temple, Mys
tic Shrine, Engineers Club, Economic
Club. Residence, 19 Trowbridge St.,
Cambridge, Mass.
Bugbee, Perley Rufus
Banker; b., Corinth, Vt., Nov. 6,
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1865; s. Justin and Abbie M. (Dana)
Bugbee; ed. public school, North
Pomfret, Vt., Dartmouth College,
1890; Congregationalist; Republican;
treasurer, Hanover village precinct,
eleven years; commissioner, Hanover
village precinct, 1901-9; chairman,
Hanover board of education, 1909-18;
member, N. H. house of representa
tives, 1913-14, 1915-16; cashier and
director, Dartmouth Nat'l Bank;
treasurer and trustee, Dartmouth
Savings Bank; clerk and treasurer,
Hanover Water Works Co., since
organization, May, 1893, director since
1904; incorporator and treasurer, Stockbridge Ass'n (boys' club), since organ
ization in 1897; treasurer, Dartmouth
College Alumni Ass'n, since 1897;
secretary, treasurer and trustee, Howe
Library, since organization in 1900;
member, Sigma Chi Fraternity, Grad
uates' Club; m., Oct. 16, 1901, Eliza
beth C. Campbell; one dau., Elizabeth
Mary. Residence, Hanover, N. H.
�Hon. Samuel D. Felker
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Felker, Samuel Demeritt
Lawyer; b., Rochester, N. H., April
16, 1859; s. William H. and Deborah
A. (Demeritt) Felker; ed. Rochester
schools, New Hampton Literary In
stitution, 1878, Dartmouth College,
A.B., 1882, Boston University Law
School, LL.B., 1887; admitted to the
bar in 1887 and since in practice in
Rochester; for some time past senior
member of the firm of Felker & Gunni
son; Congregationalist; Democrat;
member, N. H. constitutional conven
tion 1889; N. H. state senate, 1891-2;
mayor of Rochester, 1896-7; city
solicitor, 1899-1913; governor of New
Hampshire, 1913-14, elected by the
legislature in joint convention though
receiving 34,203 votes, at the polls, to
32,504 for Franklin Worcester and
14,401 for Winston Churchill in the
November election at which the con
stitutional amendment providing for
plurality election was ratified by the
people; chairman, Rochester school
board, four years; judge, Rochester
municipal court, since 1915; director,
Rochester Trust Co., member, City
Club; received hon. A.M., Dartmouth,
and LL.D., N. H. State College, 1913;
m., June 26, 1900, Mary J. Dudley,
Buffalo, N. Y. (Wellesley, 1883).
Residence, Rochester, N. H.
Clay, Charles Leonidas
Educator, manufacturer; b., Andover, N. H., Oct. 9, 1844; s. Horace
S. and Mary A. (Sawyer) Clay; ed.
public schools, Andover and New
London academies, Colby College,
1868; taught for thirteen years in St.
Johnsbury, Vt., and Grafton, Watertown, Whitinsville, Holbrook and Bel
mont, Mass.; removed, in 1881, to
Littleton, N. H., where he remained
till 1895, and where he was mainly
instrumental in the organization of
the Granite State Glove Co. at the
"Scythe Factory" village, now Apthorp, with whose management he was
connected, and which was the precursor
of further extensive industrial develop
ment promotive of the growth and
prosperity of the town; served from
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1886 to 1895, as a member of the
Littleton board of education; trustee
of library, 1894-5; removed to Massa
chusetts in the latter year, where he
was engaged for fourteen years as
superintendent of schools in the Harv
ard district and six years in the Dana
district, returning, then, to Littleton;
Congregationalist; Independent Demo
crat; member, A. F. & A. M. (32d
degree), P. of H., Delta Kappa Epsilon
Fraternity; m., 1st, Nov. 28, 1873,
Stella Louise Redington, Littleton, d.
May 24, 1888; children, Paul Reding
ton, b. Feb. 16, 1875 (Dartmouth 1897),
lawyer, Lawrence, Mass.; Ruth Stowell, b. Aug. 8, 1877 (Cushing Academy),
m., June 5, 1901, William G. McCrillis,
druggist, Bristol, N. H. ; Grace Ely, b.
Feb. 25, 1880 (Andover Seminary),
m. Daniel H. Dickinson, civil engineer,
West Somerville, Mass. ; Starr Sawyer,
b. Oct. 18, 1884, d. May 19, 1886;
2d, Oct. 19, 1892, Emma Fellows Lan
caster, Tilton, d. Dec. 12, 1914; one
son, Charles Lancaster, b. Dec. 6, 1896
(Springfield, Mass., Central high school,
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1915, Dartmouth College, 1919); 3d,
Oct. 3, 1916, Delia Bingham Mitchell,
Littleton. Residence, Littleton, N. H.
Eastman, Clarence Willis
Educator; b., Concord, N. H., Jan.
3, 1873; s. Charles L. and Sarah
(French) Eastman; ed. public schools
of Concord, N. H., and Worcester,
Mass., Worcester Polytechnic Insti
tute, 6.S., 1894; instructor of Modern
Languages, W. P. I., 1894-5; graduate
spring of 1917; Episcopalian; Inde
pendent; member, Amherst Golf Club,
Holyoke Canoe Club, Faculty Club
(Amherst), Modern Language Ass'n of
America, Modern Language Ass'n of
New England, Sons of the American
Revolution, Federal Training Camps
Ass'n; m., Aug. 29, 1906, Ann Hull
Dey; children, Anthony Dey, b. July
8, 1908, Philip Dey, b. Nov. 25, 1909;
Karl Dey, b. June 17, 1912. Residence,
Amherst, Mass.
Chase, Charles Parker
Educator, banker; b., West New
bury, Mass., May 6, 1845; s. Samuel S.
and Eunice (Colby) Chase; ed. Phillips
Andover Academy and Dartmouth Col
lege, A.B., 1869, A.M., 1872; tutor in
Greek, Dartmouth College, 1870-2;
professor of Latin, Olivet College,
Mich., 1872-8; instructor in political
economy, Dartmouth, 1884-92; treas
urer, Dartmouth College, from 1890—
now treasurer emeritus; Congregationalist; Republican; cashier, Dartmouth
National Bank, 1878-92, president
since; vice-president, Dartmouth Sav
ings Bank; president, Grafton County
Electric Light & Power Co.; member,
University Club, Boston, and Delta
Kappa Epsilon and Phi Beta Kappa
College societies; m., July 7, 1874,
Fanny Huntington, Hanover. Resi
dence, Hanover, N. H.
study, University of Gottingen, 1895-6;
University of Leipzig, 1896-8; Ph.D.,
Leipzig, 1898; instructor in German,
1898-1901, assistant professor of Ger
man, 1901-7, State University of Iowa;
in charge of German work, University
of Missouri Summer School, summers
of 1903 and 1905; instructor, Univer
sity of Chicago, summer quarter, 1902;
associate professor of German language
and literature, Amherst College, since
1909; traveled abroad, summers of
1909 and 1912; member of Plattsburg
Training Camp, Aug., 1916; in charge
of military training, Amherst College,
Stone, George Weare
Lawyer; b., Plymouth, N. H., Nov.
11, 1857; s. Charles J. F. and Abbie
Anna (Weare) Stone; ed. New London
Literary and Scientific Institute (now
Colby Academy), 1874, Dartmouth
College, 1878, Boston University Law
School, 1882; studied law with Hon.
John M. Shirley at Andover; admitted
to the bar in 1882; in partnership with
Mr. Shirley in practice from Jan.,
1883 till the death of the latter in 1887,
since then alone; Unitarian; Democrat;
superintendent of schools, 1879-80;
member, board of education, nine
years; N. H. house of representatives,
1885, 1887 (Democratic candidate for
speaker, 1887); N. H. constitutional
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convention, 1902, 1912; clerk, Concord
& Claremont R. R.; trustee, Proctor
Academy; trustee, N. H. State Library
since Dec, 1913; member and clerk,
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Episcopalian; Progressive Republican;
Mason; treasurer, N. H. Children's
Aid and Protective Soc; trustee, St.
Paul's School, 1917-; trustee, Elliot
Hospital; member, Dartmouth Alumni
Council; director, Y. M. C. A.; m.,
June 12, 1915, Elisabeth Bancroft
(Smith, 1914), dau. Dr. Charles P.
and Susan C. (Wood) Bancroft of
Concord, N. H. (see Bancroft); son,
John Roy McLane, Jr., b. Feb. 19,
1916. Residence, Manchester, N. H.
Fanner, William Parker
City assessor of Manchester; b.,
Manchester, N. H., July 19, 1856; s.
Peter and Mary (Gault) Farmer; ed.
Manchester public schools, high school,
1876; Methodist; Democrat; alderman,
Ward 6, Manchester, 1889-90; city
assessor since 1905; present clerk,
Ass'n of N. H. Assessors; delegate to
Democratic national convention, Den
Merrimack Co. Draft Board, No. 2,
1917-; member, A. F. & A. M., P. of H.;
m., April 28, 1887, Stella M. Prince, d.
Dec. 28, 1914; children, Florence G.,
b. March 20, 1889, d. Feb. 2, 1906;
Charles S., b. Aug. 3, 1892 (Dart
mouth, 1913); left Harvard Law
School, 1917, to enter Plattsburg
Training Camp; now lieutenant, Na
tional army; Fred W., b. Jan. 19, 1899
(Proctor Academy, 1917). Residence,
Andover, N. H.
McLane, John Roy
Lawyer; b., Milford. N. H., Jan. 7,
1886; s. John and Ellen L. (Tuck)
McLane; (John McLane was governor
of New Hampshire, 1905-6); ed. St.
Paul's School, Concord, N. H., Dart
mouth College, A.B., 1907, Oxford
University, B.A., 1909 (Rhodes
Scholar), Harvard Law School, LL.B.,
1912; member of firm, Taggart, Wyman, McLane and Starr, Manchester;
ver, Colo., nominating William J.
Bryan for President, 1900; member,
I. O. O. F., K. of P., I. O. R. M. (past
Sachem, Manesquo Lodge), P. of H.,
�Hon. Joseph S. Matthews
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seventh degree (past master, Amoskeag Grange); m., 1st, Jan. 12, 1882,
Lucy A. Foss, b. July 11, 1860, d. July
15, 1893; 2d, June 23, 1896, Imogene
F. Joy; one son, Martin Parker, b.
April 25, 1884, paying teller, Amoskeag Savings Bank. Residence, Man
chester, N. H.
Matthews, Joseph Swett
Lawyer, Assistant attorney general;
b., Franklin, N. H., Dec. 21, 1861;
s. George B. and Emily (Howard)
Matthews; ed. Franklin high school,
1879, Dartmouth College, 1884; studied
law with Reuben E. Walker, of Concord,
now associate justice N. H. supreme
court; admitted to the bar in 1891 and
since in practice in Concord; member
firm of Matthews & Sawyer, 1898-1905,
afterwards alone; Episcopalian; Repub
lican; member, Concord board of al
dermen, two terms; member, N. H.
house of representatives, 1907-8, chair
man, committee on ways and means;
legacy tax attorney, 1906-13; assist
ant attorney general of New Hamp
shire, 1915—devoting attention to mat
ters of civil procedure; conducted the
research work and wrote New Hamp
shire's answer in the boundary contro
versy between New Hampshire and
Vermont; trustee, Merrimack County
Savings Bank; treasurer trustees, Pro
testant Episcopal Church in N. H.;
member, Blazing Star Lodge, A. F. &
A. M., Concord, Wonolancet Club;
m., Dec. 10, 1890, Clara Helen Web
ster; children, Emily Webster, b. Aug.
27, 1892 (St. Mary's School, 1911,
Hollins College, Hollins, Va., two years,
New England Conservatory), Jane
Webster, b. May 23, 1896 (St. Mary's
School, 1914, Wellesley, 1919). Resi
dence, Concord, N. H.
Whippen, Frank Warren
Clergyman; b., Lynn, Mass., June
20, 1856; s. Henry Cass and Lydia
(Richards) Whippen; ed. Lynn schools
and Tufts College, A.B., 1878, B.D.,
1881; ordained to the Universalist
ministry at Shelbourne Falls, Mass
Oct. 12, 1882; has been pastor of the
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Universalist Church at Kingston for
nearly twenty years past, the church
at Kensington for a considerable part
of that time having also been in his
charge; for ten years last past, he has
been secretary of the Universalist
State Convention, and for the last
six years state superintendent of
churches; Republican; member, Kings
ton school board many years; trustee,
Nichols Memorial Library; member,
N. H. house of representatives, 1913-
14; 1915-16; member, I. O. O. F.
(Past Grand, Columbian Lodge, No
85); m., Aug. 26, 1885, Miranda S.
Swan, Shelburne Falls, Mass.; six
children, Henry Cass (Tufts, 1907), d.
Feb, 11, 1912; Elsie S. (Sanborn
Seminary, 1906, now of Concord)Leonard S. (Tufts, 1913), civil engi
neer, now in U. S. Army service;
Annie (Mrs. John Bragdon, Kingston) Norman (N. H. College, 1918), in
Medical Corps, U. S. Army; Elbert W.
(Tufts, 1917), licensed preacher, pursu
ing Theological studies. Residence.
Kingston, N. H.
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Adams, Wesley
Farmer, b., Nelson, N. H., July 2,
1872; s. Israel and Ruby Ann (Elliott)
Adams; ed. Londonderry public schools,
Pinkerton Academy, Deriy, and Bryant
& Stratton's Business College; Presby
terian; Republican; selectman, London
derry, 1905-6; moderator, London
derry town and school meetings;
deputy sheriff, Rockingham County
since 1905; member, advisory board,
N. H. Department of Agriculture,
1914; member, St. Mark's Lodge, A. F.
& A. M., Derry; prominent in the order
Patrons of Husbandry, having been a
district deputy of the State Grange
four years, gatekeeper two years,
steward six years, overseer four years,
and master four years—1913 to 1917,
inclusive—and now serving a three
years' term as member of the executive
committee, elected Dec., 1917; m., June
21, 1908, Mabel M. Nevins. Resi
dence, Londonderry, N. H. (Derry
P. O.).
Tucker, William Jewett
Clergyman, educator; b., Griswold.
Conn., July 13, 1839; s. Henry and
Sarah (Lester) Tucker; ed. Dartmouth
College, A.B., 1861; Andover Theolog
ical Seminary, 1866; D.D., Dart
mouth, 1875, U. of Vt.„ 1904; LL.D.,
Williams, 1893, Yale 1895, Wesleyan,
1903, Columbia, 1906; ordained in the
Congregational ministry, 1867; pastor,
Franklin St. Church, Manchester,
1867-75, Madison Square Presbyterian
Church, New York City, 1875-9;
professor of sacred rhetoric and lec
turer on pastoral theology, Andover
Theological Seminary, 1879-93; presi
dent, Dartmouth College, 1893-1909;
president emeritus since 1909; asso
ciate editor, Andover Review, 1884-93;
lecturer, Lowell Institute, 1894; Ly
man Beecher lecturer, Yale Divinity
School, 1897; University preacher,
Harvard, 1900-01; member, Phi Beta
Kappa, American Academy Arts and
Sciences, N. H. Historical Soc., Uni
versity Club, Boston; author, "From
Liberty to Unity," 1902; "The Making
and the Unmaking of the Preacher,"
1909; "Public Mindedness," 1910;
"Personal Power," 1910; "The Func
tion of the Church in Modern Society,"
191 1 ; contributor to various periodicals;
m., 1st, June 22, 1870, Charlotte H.
Rogers, Plymouth, N. H., d. Sept. 15,
1882; 2d, June 23, 1887, Charlotte B.
Cheever, Worcester, Mass. Resi
dence, Hanover, N. H.
Sanborn, John Page
Publisher; b. Fremont, N. H., Sept.
9, 1844; s. Alvah and Nancy (Page)
Sanborn; ed. New Hampton Institute
and Dartmouth College, 1869; taught
school two years in Ohio and Maine;
editor, Newport, R. I., Daily News,
1871; in Nov., 1872, became editor
and proprietor of the Newport Mercury,
which he has since conducted, and
which claims the distinction of being
the oldest paper in the country—a large
printing and publishing plant is con
nected with the paper; Republican;
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member, Newport School Committee,
1874-81; R. I. house of representatives,
1879-82 (speaker in 1881-2); state
senate, 1885-6, and again in 1889 and
several successive years (president,
three years); again member of the
house in 1898-9, and of the senate
since 1906; member, Northern Pacific
Railway Commission, 1882; delegate
in Republican national convention,
1880, 1884; member, R. I. commission,
Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1893;
ex-com. Centennial Celebration, Perry's
Lake Erie Victory, 1913; conspicuous
in Masonry, past Grand High Priest,
Royal Arch Masons of R. I., Past
Grand Commander, Grand Commandery K. T. of Mass. and R. I.; Supreme
treasurer, N. E. O. P., twenty-five
years; treasurer, R. I. Soc, S. A. R. ;
m. April 7, 1870, Isabelle M. Higbee,
Newport, N. H.; children, S. Florence
(Mrs. A. S. Howard), Alvah H., John
Royal. Residence, Newport, R. I.
Hoyt, Horace F.
Farmer and business interests; b.,
Enfield, N. H., Oct. 26, 1842; s. Horace
F. and Caroline E. (Hardy) Hoyt; ed.
public schools of Hanover, in which
town he has had his home since early
childhood; Baptist, Republican; cast
his first vote for Abraham Lincoln for
president, and has missed voting at no
election since, except the primary of
1916, when he was ill in a hospital;
selectman, Hanover, 1868-73; com
missioner for Grafton County, 18941912, nominated by acclamation eight
times; member, N. H. house of repre
sentatives, 1893, chairman, committee
on retrenchment and reform; 1915,
chairman, committee on county affairs
(vice-president Farmers' Council),
1917, chairman, committee on county
affairs, member, committee on equali
zation of taxes; superintendent, Han
over Town Farm, 1887-90; served as
tax collector for Hanover twenty-eight
years in succession; trustee of public
funds; director and treasurer, Hanover
public library; president, Etna Cream
ery Ass'n; director and trustee, Baptist
church, Etna; director, Dartmouth
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Savings Bank; Mason for more than
fifty years, member, Franklin Lodge,
and St. Andrew's Chapter, R. A. M.,
Lebanon, and has taken the Templar
degrees; Patron of Husbandry fortytwo years, chaplain, Mascoma Valley
Pomona Grange twenty-seven years,
and N. H. State Grange eleven years,
and still in office; gave much time and
effort to the establishment of a public
library at the village of Etna, whichTias
now over 2,600 volumes and many
pamphlets, and is housed in a fine
brick building, with slated roof and
hardwood floors; m., Nov. 5, 1868,
Minnie R. Coates, d. Jan. 23, 1913;
two children, Willis P., b. Nov. 7,
1869, d. Jan., 1907; Caro E. (Mrs.
John D. Ayer) b. July 6, 1874, d. June
22, 1897. Residence, Hanover, N. H.
(Etna P.O.).
Brackett, Charles Albert
Dentist; b., Lempster, N. H., Jan.
2, 1850; s. Joseph and Lydia Lucretia
(Hunt) Brackett; ed. public schools and
under tutelage of parents; commenced
�Charles A. Bracrett, D.M.D.
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study of dentistry in 1870 with Dr.
Levi C. Taylor, then of Holyoke, Mass.,
now of Hartford, Conn, (see page 91),
meanwhile pursuing the course of
study in the dental department of
Harvard University, from which he
graduated, D.M.D., in 1873, immedi
ately locating in practice in Newport,
R. I., where he has since continued.
Instructor in dental therapeutics,
Harvard Dental School, 1874-80;
assistant professor, 1880-3; professor
of dental pathology and therapeutics,
1883-90; professor of dental pathology
since 1890—making forty-four years
teaching service at Harvard; president,
R. I. State Board of Registration in
Dentistry, 1888-97; delegate, Inter
national Medical Congress, London,
1881; ninth International Medical
Congress, Washington, 1887; World's
Columbian Dental Congress, Chicago,
1893; member corporation, Newport
Hospital; chairman, committee for
drafting new city charter, Newport,
1906; trustee, People's Free Public
Library, Newport; director and vicepresident, Aquidneck National Bank
and Newport & Fall River St. Railway
Co.; director, Newport Trust Co.;
member, R. I. (ex-president), Mass.
and N. H. Dental Socs., Northeastern
Dental Ass'n (ex-president), First Dis
trict Dental Soc., New York, Ameri
can Academy of Dental Science (expresident), National Dental Ass'n;
trustee and consulting dental surgeon,
Newport Hospital; member, Repre
sentative City Council, Newport, since
1906; member, Harvard Club of Khode
Island, Harvard Club of Boston and
many other organizations; Unitarian;
Republican; m., Feb. 3, 1886, Mary
Irish Spencer, Newport. Residence,
102 Touro St., Newport, R. I.
DeMerritt, John
Railway and army service; b.,
Madbury, N. H., Aug. 8, 1856; s. Ezra
Edric and Louisa (DeMerritt) DeMer
ritt; ed. public schools, Coe's Academy,
Northwood, N. H., Phillips Academy,
Andover, Mass. (1875-7), Colby Acad
emy, New London, N. H., 1878;
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entered service of B. & M. Railroad,
as station agent at Madbury, 1879;
worked up through various depart
ments, to the position of city pas
senger and ticket agent at Boston,
Mass., which he held till 1897, when he
resigned; Unitarian; Republican; mem
ber, N. H. house of representatives,
1887, serving on finance committee;
sergeant-at-arms, N. H. state senate,
1897, 1901; appointed paymaster,
U. S. V., Spanish War, by President
McKinley, May, 1898, with the rank
of major, being the third of his name
in direct descent to hold this title, the
first being one of the heroes serving
at the capture of Fort William and
Mary, at Newcastle, in December,
1774, and the second receiving his
commission from Gov. John Langdon;
assigned to the staff of Maj. Gen.
Wesley Merritt, Dept. of the Pacific;
on duty at San Francisco during the
organization of the department, and,
later—from Aug., 1898 to Feb., 1899,
at Manila, Philippine Islands, when
he was transferred to the staff of Maj.
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Gen. Elwell S. Otis; on account of pro
longed illness from fever, he was
obliged to return to the States in May,
1899, since when he has made his home
on the ancestral estate in Madbury.
Maj. DeMerritt has a large and
interesting collection of fire arms, and
other military weapons, which he has
gathered as souvenirs. Residence,
Madbury, N. H., (Dover P. O.).
Black, Archibald
Minister; b., Rothesay, Bute, Scot
land, May 24, 1877, s. Hugh and Isa
bella (McDougall) Black; ed. Rothesay
Academy, 1892, Glasgow University,
B.A., 1906, United Free Church Hall,
Glasgow, and Union Theological Semi
nary, New York, B.D., 1909; while in
Glasgow University, editor of The
Lord Rector, sub. editor Glasgow
University Magazine; prize man in
English literature and vice-president
of Liberal Club; ordained by New York
Presbytery, 1909; minister, Bedford
Park Presbyterian church, New York
City, 1909-14, South Congregational
church, Concord, . N. H., 1914-;
trustee, N. H. Home Missionary Soc.,
secretary (unpaid), Congregational
American Missionary Ass'n; member,
Central Congregational Club of N. H.,
Merrimack
Ass'n
Congregational
Churches, Concord Ministers' Confer
ence, Anti-Saloon League (Mem. Head
quarters Com.), Nat. Security League,
N. H. Children's Aid and Protective
Soc., N. H. Historical Soc, Wonolancet
and Beaver Meadow Golf clubs; m.,
May 6, 1913, Ruth Hunter, New
Rochelle, N. Y.; one son, Robert
Hunter, b. April 8, 1915. Residence,
Concord, N. H.
Herbert, John
Lawyer; b., Wentworth, N. H., Nov.
2, 1849; s. Samuel and Lydia Maria
(Darling) Herbert; ed. public schools,
Rumney, N. H., and Boston, Mass.;
Dartmouth College (1871); principal
of New Ipswich Appleton Academy
for three years; studied law with his
father; was admitted to the bar in
1875; began practice in Boston in 1880,
with ex-Senator Bambridge Wadleigh
and Frederick P. Fish, and has since
practiced there; member of the Boston
Bar Ass'n, Massachusetts Bar Ass'n
and American Bar Ass'n; is or has been
president of the Appalachian Mountain
Club, Congregational Club of Boston
and vicinity, Municipal League of
Somerville, Independent Club of
Somerville, Appleton Academy Ass'n,
Scientific Temperance Ass'n, Progress
ive League of Somerville, Mystic
Valley Club, Somerville Citizen Co.,
Federation of Churches of Somerville,
E. T. Cowdrey Co., Bear Creek Oil Co.,
and Eastern Forge Co. of Massachu
setts; director of the Somerville Journal
Co., Merchants Co-operative Bank of
Boston, The Congregational SundaySchool and Publishing Soc., Somer
ville Board of Trade, and Somerville
Young Men's Christian Ass'n; a visitor
of Tufts College; member of the
Twentieth Century Club, executive
committee of the Republican Club of
Massachusetts, Economic Club, Mass
achusetts Press Ass'n, and New
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Hampshire Club; is a member of the
Winter Hill Congregational Church,
of John Abbott Lodge of Masons, and
of De Molay Commandery; prior to
1912 he was a Republican, but he
then joined the Progressive party and
was the Progressive candidate for
Congress in the ninth congressional
district of Massachusetts; in 1913 was
the Citizens' candidate for mayor of
Somerville; in 1914 was chairman of a
committee to prepare a new charter
for the city of Somerville; m., 1st,
Aug. 1, 1872, Alice C. Guy of Peacham,
Vt., d. Feb., 1914; children, Carl G.,
and Lena F.; m. 2d, June 24, 1915,
Blanche E. Roscoe, of Flint, Mich.,
child, John Herbert, Jr. Residence,
Somerville, Mass.
Wason, George Butler
Banker; b., New Boston, N. H.,
April 20, 1869; s. George A. and Clara
L. (Hills) Wason; ed. public schools of
New Boston and Nashua (high school,
1889); removed with his parents to
Nashua at the age of fifteen; entered
employ of Wason, Pierce & Co.,
wholesale grocers, in July, 1889,
working through all departments till
1896, and representing the firm in
southern New Hampshire; upon
death of Mr. Pierce, in 1896, became
a member of the firm, assuming direc
tion of the financial end of the business;
and upon the death of his uncle,
Robert B. Wason, in 1906, became the
head of the firm; in 1906-7 Mr.
Wason was president of the Boston
Wholesale Grocers Ass'n, and in 1911
of the National Wholesaler's Ass'n of
America, traveling 50,000 miles in
the interests of the organization, and
securing the enactment by Congress
of the federal law compelling the state
ment of net weight on packages, thus
protecting the public from short
weight; upon the organization of the
Liberty Trust Co. of Boston, in 1907,
he was chosen its president, which
position he still holds; Republican;
member of Ward Ten Committee,
Cambridge, where he has resided since
1889; delegate from Eighth Mass.
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Congressional district in Republican
national convention, 1916; elected to
the Governor's Council from fourth
councillor district, Nov., 1917; member,
A. F. & A. M. (32d degree), B. P. O. E.,
P. of H., Boston City Club, Cambridge
Club (director), Belmont Spring Coun
try Club, Nashua Country Club, Cam
bridge Board of Trade; (he owns the
Wason and Hills homestead in New
Boston, N. H., where he has a fine
herd of registered Hereford cattle and
where he spends his summers) ; m., 1st,
April 20, 1896, Lillian Maud Fletcher,
South Orange, N. J., d. May 7, 1907;
2d, June 9, 1909, Estella L. Kierstead;
children, George F. (Harvard, 1920),
Richard A. (Chauncy Hall School).
Residence, Cambridge, Mass.; business
address, 197 Washington St., Boston.
Wendell, Caroline R.
Social and philanthropic worker; b.,
Dover, N. H. ; dau. Daniel H. and
Huldah (Jenness) Wendell, her father
being sixth in descent from Evert
�Miss Caroline R. Wendell
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Jansen Wendell, the first of the name
to come to America from Holland, in
1640, and a third cousin to Wendell
Phillips and Oliver Wendell Holmes.
(The coat of arms of the Wendell
family in Holland, a copy of which is
owned by Miss Wendell, represents a
merchant ship, under full sail, and two
anchors crossed. This was stained in
nine panes of glass in the east window
of the old Dutch church at Albany,
N. Y., demolished in 1805.) Miss
Wendell was educated in the Dover
high school and by private instruction ;
member, St. John's M. E. Church of
Dover; many years vice-president for
New Hampshire National Ass'n for the
Advancement of Women, of which Julia
Ward Howe was president; member,
National Conference of Charities and
Corrections (corresponding secretary
for New Hampshire several years);
since 1892 president, N. H. W. C. T. U.,
Mercy Home for Girls in Manchester;
member, Committee on Dependent
Children, State Conference of Charities
and Corrections; director, N. H. AntiTuberculosis Ass'n; corresponding sec
retary, N. H. W. C. T. U., 1879-92,
president, 1892-9 and since then viceEresident-at-large; since 1899 member
oard of managers, Wentworth Home
for the Aged, Dover; member, Visiting
Committee, N. H. Memorial Hospital
for Women and Children, Concord;
seven years member, N. H. Daughters,
Boston; member, local and state Equal
Suffrage organizations, Northam Colo
nists, Dover Woman's Club and W. C.
T. U. Residence, Dover, N. H.
Ballard, William Preston
Fariner; b., Concord, N. H., Sept.
18, 1849; s. Dea. John and Hannah
Gerrish (Abbott) Ballard; ed. public
schools of Concord, including high
school; graduating in first class of
N. H. State College (then connected
with Dartmouth), 1871; member,
board of town school district, six
years, Capital Grange of Concord,
having held most of the offices, in
cluding those of steward, chaplain
and master and having taken the
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seventh degree; master, Merrimack Co.
Pomona Grange, and present chaplain;
deputy in State Grange; deacon of the
First Congregational church several
years; lives on the ancestral farm near
Little Pond, which has descended in
direct line from the great-grandfather,
Nathan Ballard, who first settled there
in 1792 (Deacon Ballard specializes in
dairy farming); Republican; m., 1st,
Dec. 2, 1874, Mary E. Bartlett of
Bath, N. H., d. Jan. 14, 1899; 2d,
March 9, 1905, Mrs. Mary G. (Martin)
Philbrick; children, Eugene Preston,
b. March 31, 1878, d. April 6, 1884;
Lucy Mabel, b. April 20, 1880, m.
George L. Spofford, June 6, 1900;
George Edwin, b. Aug. 10, 1883, m.
Mary O. Hannaford, April 13, 1906, d.
March 11, 1916, leaving four children,.
John Roger, b. Aug. 24, 1907, Grace,
b. Sept. 1, 1909, Eunice Mae, b. June
8, 1911, George William, b. Feb. 27,
1913; Lena Frances, b. June 4, 1889,
m. George A. Silva, April 28, 1910;
children. George Preston, b. Dec. 20,
1911; Gertrude, b. and d. Nov. 20,
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ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES
1912, Evelyn Mae, b. April 5, 1916.
Residence, Concord, N. H.
Wallace, James Burns
Lawyer; b., Canaan, N. H., Aug. 14,
1866; s. William Allen and Mary Dun
can (Currier) Wallace; ed. public
schools, N. H. College of Agriculture,
St. Johnsbury Academy, Dartmouth
-College, 1887, Columbia University
Law School; admitted to the bar in
New York and practiced in that state
till 1906, when he returned to Canaan,
where he has since been located in
practice; Congregationalist; Republi
can; member, Canaan school board,
1901-8; trustee, town library since
1907; trustee, town funds since 1916;
moderator since 1914; member, N. H.
house of representatives 1909-10; state
senator, 1913-14; member, N. H. exec
utive council 1915-16; member, A. F.
A A. M., lodge, consistory, commandery and shrine; P. of H., B. P. O. E.,
K. of P., Knights of Khorossan; m.,
Dec. 22, 1889, Alice Hutchinson. Re
sidence, Canaan, N. H.
Morrill, Arthur Putnam
Lawyer, insurance; b., Concord,
N. H., March 15, 1876; s. Obadiah and
Lilla (Walker) Morrill; ed. Concord
schools, Phillips (Andover) Academy,
Yale University, Ph.B., 1896; Harvard
Law School (two years); admitted to
N. H. bar, 1900; member, firm of
Sargent, Niles & Morrill till 1904, when
he joined the insurance firm of Morrill
& Danforth with which he continues;
Episcopalian; Republican; member,
N. H. constitutional convention, 1912;
member, N. H. house of representa
tives, 1915-16, 1917-18 (speaker);
president, Ward 5 Republican Club;
chairman, Merrimack Co., Republican
Club; member executive committee,
Republican state committee, 1915;
trustee, Loan & Trust Savings Bank,
Concord; treasurer and director, State
Dwelling House Ins. Co.; vice-chair
man, N. H. branch American Red
Cross; member, Concord Committee
of Public Safety; executive committee,
N. H. Speakers' Bureau for War Pur
poses; member, Wonolancet, Beaver
�ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES
Meadow Golf, Snowahoe and Concord
-Canoe clubs, A. F. & A. M.; m. Nov.
5, 1901. Florence E. Prescott; children,
.Catherine, b. Oct. 29, 1902, d. Feb.
22, 1908; Elizabeth, b. Dec. 23, 1903;
Virginia, b. April 30, 1905. Residence,
Concord, N. H.
Moore, Herbert Fisher
Educator; b., Penacook, N. H., July
10, 1875; s. John Howard and Isabel
Nancy (Brown) Moore; ed. Concord
high school, N. H. State College, 1898,
Cornell University, M.E., 1899, Master
of Mechanical Engineering, 1903; in
structor in Machine Design, Cornell,
1900-03; instructor of Mechanics one
year, and assistant professor two years,
1904-7, University of Wisconsin; assist
ant professor of engineering materials,
University of 11linois, 1907-14; research
professor since 1914; Congregationalist; member, Kappa Sigma, Sigma
Chi (honorary scientific), Tau Beta Pi
(honorary engineering), University
Club, Urbana, Ill., Players' Club,
University of 11linois, American Soc.
for Testing Materials, American Soc.
of Mechanical Engineers, Soc. for
Promotion of Engineering Education;
author, "Text Book of Engineering
Materials," and numerous articles and
bulletins of the 11linois Engineering
Experiment Station; has devised sev
eral machines and appliances for testing
the strength of materials; m., Sept. 11,
1902, Grace Agnes Mark, Gilsum,
N. H.; children, Margaret, b. Aug. 23,
1907; Mark Brown, b. Sept. 15, 1910.
Residence, Urbana, Ill.
Bancroft, Charles Parker
Physician; b., Jan. 11, 1852, St.
Johnsbury, Vt., s. Dr. Jesse P. and
Elizabeth (Speare) Bancroft; ed. Con
cord schools, Phillips Andover Acad
emy, 1870, Harvard University, A.B.,
1874, Harvard Medical School, M.D.,
1878; house officer, Boston City Hospi
tal, eighteen months; assistant, N. H.
State Hospital, nine months; general
practice, Boston, 1879-82; superin
tendent, N. H. State Hospital, 18821917, succeeding his father, Dr. J. P.
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Bancroft, who was superintendent for
twenty-five years. This record of
sixty years' service by father and son is
Erobably unequalled in the country.
a 1890 Dr. Bancroft canjed out the
movement, initiated by his father, for
state care of the insane, which trans
ferred patients from the county poorfarms and placed them under the care
of the state where better treatment is
possible. This necessitated the erec
tion of eight new buildings at the
State Hospital, 1900-11. In 1888
he established a training-school for
nurses, one of the pioneer schools in
hospitals for the insane; and many
years ago he established shops for
vocational and industrial training at
the State Hospital. At his suggestion
the state bought about 300 acres of
farm land for the colony care of the
insane. Contributor to Wood's "Ref
erence Handbook of the Medical
Sciences;" author of 14 monographs:
"Inquiry into the Causes of Insanity
with Especial Reference to Prevention
and Treatment," 1884; "Automatic
Muscular Movements Among Insane,"
1891; "Physical Basis of Sin," 1894;
"Two Cases of Homicidal, Amnesic,
Transitory Frenzy," 1897; "Sub-Con
scious Homicide and Suicide," 1898;
"Legal and Medical Insanity," 1900;
"Paresis," 1904; "Reconciliation of
the Disparity between Hospital and
Asylum Trained Nurses," 1904;
"Women Nurses on Male Wards in
Hospitals for the Insane," 1906;
"Reception Hospitals and Psycho
pathic Wards in State Hospitals for
the Insane," 1907; presidential ad
dress, "Hopeful and Discouraging
Aspects of the Psychiatric Outlook,"
1908; "Is there an Increase Among
the Dementing Psychoses?" 1914;
"Some Perils Confronting the State
Care of the Insane," 1914; "Ought
Limited Responsibility to be Recog
nized by the Courts?" 1916; often
summoned before the courts as a
medico-legal expert in the capacity of
an alienist. Vice-president, N. H.
Medical Soc; member, Boston Soc.
for Psychiatry and Neurology, Am.
�Dr. Charles P. Bancroft
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Psychological Ass'n, N. E. Soc. of
Psychiatry, Boston City Hospital
Alumni Ass'n, having been president
of the last four; director, Mechanicks'
National Bank; trustee and member,
investment committee, N. H. Savings
Bank; president N. H. State Board of
Charities and Corrections; member,
Concord Park Commission, Constitu
tional Convention (1912), N. H. His
torical Soc, Wonolancet Club, N. H.
Harvard Club, N. H. Soc. for Preser
vation of Forests, N. H. Conference
of Charities and Corrections, National
Conference of Charities and Correc
tions, N. H. S. A. R., South Congre
gational church (trustee), University
and Harvard clubs and Appalachian
Mountain Club (Boston); Republican;
m., Aug. 6, 1884, Susan Cushing Wood;
children, Charles Parker (dec),
Jennette, Elisabeth, Miriam. Resi
dence, Concord, N. H., and Pasquaney
Lodge, Newfound Lake, N. H.
Bancroft, Susan Cushing Wood
(Mrs. Charles P. Bancroft); club
woman and social worker; b., Milford,
Mass., March 15, 1861; dau. Barthol
omew and Jennette (Burke) Wood; ed.
schools of Newton, Mass., High school,
1878; taught in private school, Phila
delphia, and public schools of Massa
chusetts five years; m., Newton Center,
Mass., Aug. 6, 1884, Dr. Charles P.
Bancroft of Concord, N. H.; member,
South Congregational church, Concord
Woman's Club (president, 1895-7),
N. H. Federation of Woman's Clubs
(serving on several standing committees,president, 1899-1901) ; treasurer,
N. H. State Conference of Charities
and Corrections, 1901- ; trustee of
the N. H. School for the FeebleMinded, 1900-13; member, Concord
Board of Education, 1899-1908;
director, N. H. Children's Aid and
Protective Soc, 1913-; trustee, N. H.
Memorial Hospital for Women and
Children (secretary, 1912-); member,
Concord Female Charitable Soc. (presi
dent, 1899-1902), Woman's Com
mittee, Council of National Defense,
N. H. Division; member, executive
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committee, N. H. Branch National
Civic Federation, Soc. for Preservation
of N. H. Forests, Stratford (Shake
speare) Club (president, 1917 -),
Country Club, Friendly Club, District
Nursing Ass'n, Charity Organization
Soc, Mayflower Club and Woman's
E. and I. Union (Boston); executive
committee, N. H. Equal Suffrage
Ass'n, Concord Equal Suffrage League
(president, 1916 -); has frequently
spoken before clubs on charitable,
educational and suffrage work; chil
dren, Charles Parker, b. May 28, 1886,
d. Sept. 28, 1887; Jennette, b. Sept. 22,
1888, A. B., Vassar College, 1911, m.
Asa Shiverick of Cleveland, Ohio, Feb.
22, 1913, children, Jane and Asa, Jr.;
Elisabeth, b. May 17, 1891, A.B Smith
College, 1914, m. John R. McLane of
Manchester, N. H., June 12, 1915, son,
John R., Jr.; Miriam, b. April 24, 1894,
Abbot Academy, Andover, Mass., 1914,
nurse in training, Peter Bent Brigham
Hospital, 1917-. Residence, Concord,
N. H., and Pasquaney Lodge, Newfound
Lake, N. H.
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Beckwith, Hira Ransom
Architect and builder; b., Lempster,
N. H., Sept. 28, 1852; s. Ransom P.
and Emily L. (Parker) Beckwith; ed.
public schools, Marlow Academy and
important buildings at Windsor, White
River Junction and Bellows Falls, Vt.,
and in Massachusetts are of his design ;
Universalist; Democrat; assessor, 1908;
Mason, member Hiram Lodge, and
Sullivan Commandery of Claremont,
Bektash Temple, Concord; m., 1st.,
1878, Libbie A. Martin, Springfield,
Vt., d. 1902; 2d, 1910, Mrs. Etta M.
Wolcott Benjamin. Residence, Clare
mont, N. H.
Smith, Jonathan
Lawyer; b., Peterborough, N. H.,
Oct. 27, 1842; s. John and Susan
(Stearns) Smith; ed. New Hampton
Institution, New Hampton, N. H.,
1867, Dartmouth College, 1871; stud
ied law with Cross & Burnham,
Manchester, N. H.; admitted to Hills
borough County bar in 1875; practiced
in Manchester till 1878 when he re
moved to Clinton, Mass., where he has
Stevens High School; removed to
Claremont with his mother after his
father's death, when eleven years of
age; learned the carpenter's trade with
the. late B. P. Gilman of Claremont;
studied architecture in Boston, and
at the age of 21 formed a partnership,
with the late Levi Chase, carrying on
business together as contractors and
builders for a number of years, since
when he has continued alone, doing an
extensive business at home and abroad;
many of the finest residences in Clare
mont have been designed and built by
him, and some of the most substantial
public buildings and business blocks
are of his design, and their construction
superintended by him, including Hotel
Claremont, Union Block, and the town
Hall and Opera House; the Richards
Free Library and Sullivan County
Court house at Newport and other
since resided; Unitarian; Republican
city solicitor of Manchester, 1876-8
town solicitor, Clinton, 1889, 1891
chairman Clinton board of health,
1885, 1890; member, Mass. house of
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representatives, 1886; special justice,
second district court of Eastern Wor
cester, 1882 to 1907; standing justice
of same court from 1907 to date;
president, Clinton Home for Aged
People, 1910-; president, Clinton
Historical Soc, 1902-; member, N. H.
Historical Soc, Mass. Historical Soc,
N. E. Historic-Genealogical Soc; hon
orary member, Peterborough His
torical Soc; Master Trinity Lodge,
A. F. & A. M., 1887, 1888; High
Priest, Clinton Chapter, R. A. M.,
1885-6; district deputy Grand High
Priest, 1893-4-5; Grand King, Grand
Chapter Massachusetts, 1896; deeply
interested in the history and genealogy
of his native town, and has published
several books pertaining thereto in
cluding: "The Home of the Smith
Family," "The Reunion of the Smith
Family," "A New Hampshire Farm
and its Owner," "Peterborough, New
Hampshire in the American Revolu
tion," and "Old Trinity Lodge, A. F. &
A. M., 1778, 1892, of Lancaster, Mass";
has also prepared many articles for
the Mass. Historical Soc, appearing
in the records of its proceedings, and
written much for periodicals and newsCapers upon the history of Peterorough; m., 1st, Dec. 13, 1876, Tirzah
A. R. Dow, d. Aug. 28, 1881; 2d Feb.
23, 1886, Elizabeth C. Stearns; one
dau., Susan Dow (Smith, 1902), teacher
of English in Clinton high school. Resi
dence, Clinton, Mass.
Carroll, Annie Wilkins
(Mrs. Charles Herbert Carroll); b.,
Bedford Center, N. H., Aug. 23, 1866;
dau., Dr. William Wesley and Persis
Lucinda (Morse) Wilkins. Dr. Wilkins
enlisted in 2d N. H. Vols., May 9,
1861; was acting assistant surgeon in
the Navy, Oct. 21, 1861-Dec. 22,
1862, serving on board the Shepard
Knapp; second assistant surgeon, Aug.
19, 1863-July 21, 1864. Mrs. Carroll
was educated in the Manchester schools
and by private instruction; student of
the piano with Frederick W. Batchelder
of Manchester and Walter H. Lewis,
Boston, 1875-85; studied art in Bos
175-
ton with Samuel L. Gerry, Edward L.
Champney, George W. Seavey and
Melbourne L. Hardwick, 1885-91;
portrait painter; studied in Paris,
France, with F. Lasar, 1903; Epis
copalian (St. Paul's church); mem
ber, Concord Woman's Club (presi
dent, 1917-), Music Club, Rumford
Chapter, D. A. R. (treasurer, 1904-),
Friendly Club, District Nursing
Ass'n, Concord Female Charitable
Soc, N. H. Children's Aid and Pro
tective Soc, Red Cross, Woman'sCouncil of National Defense, Soc. for
the Preservation of N. H. Forests;
m. Charles Herbert Carroll of Concord,
Sept. 17, 1891; son, Charles Wilkins,
b. 1892; d. 1895. Residence, Concord,
N.H.
Pike, Edwin Bertram
Manufacturer; b., Salem, Mass.,
July 24, 1866; s. Edwin B. and Ade
laide (Miner) Pike; ed. Haverhill,
N. H., and St. Johnsbury, Vt., Acade
mies and New Hampton Institution!
and Commercial College, New Hamp-
�Col. E. Bertram Pike
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ton, N. H. (St. Johnsbury, 1884, New
Hampton, 1885); descendant of John
Pike who emigrated from Yorkshire,
England, to Salisbury, Mass., in 1635;
both his paternal and maternal ances
tors for six generations have been New
Hampshire citizens; traveling sales
man, A. P. Pike Manufacturing Co.,
1886-7; member firm of Danforth &
Pike, manufacturers' agents, Boston,
1888-9; general superintendent, Pike
Mfg. Co., Pike, N. H., 1890-6; treas
urer, Pike Mfg. Co., 1893-8; president,
Pike Mfg. Co., since 1908; president,
Cortland Grinding Wheel Corporation,
Cortland, N. Y.; president, Manufac
turers' Corundum Co., Toronto, Ont.;
president, Lake Tarleton Club, Pike,
N. H.; vice-president, D. A. Brebner,
Ltd., Hamilton, Ont.; vice-president
and director, National Bank of New
bury, Newbury, Vt.; vice-president
for New Hampshire, National Ass'n
of Manufacturers, 1908-12; president,
White Mountain Board of Trade, 1911;
president, Cottage Hospital, Woodsville, N. H., 1905-13; director, Eastern
States Agriculture & Industrial Expo
sition, Springfield, Mass.; Congregationalist; member, Congregational
Church, Haverhill, and Bethany Con
gregational Church, Pike, N. H.;
Republican; member, N. H. house of
representatives, 1903-4; major on
staff of Gov. Robert P. Bass, 1911-12;
Mason, 32d degree; past master Graf
ton Lodge, No. 46, Haverhill; member,
Franklin Chapter, Lisbon, Omega
Council, Plymouth, Edward A. Ray
mond Consistory, Nashua, St. Gerard
Commandery,
Littleton,
Bektash
Temple, Concord; member, N. H. His
torical Soc., Soc. for Protection N. H.
Forests, American Forestry Ass'n, Na
tional Conservation Soc., Appalachian
Mountain Club; m., Feb. 18, 1911,
Mamie Pearson; children, Constance
Harrison, b. Feb. 13, 1913; E. Bertram,
Jr., b. Aug. 19, 1915; Deborah, b. April
1, 1917. Residence, Pike, N. H.
Wadleigh, Fred Tilton
Clothing merchant; b., Sanbornton.
N. H., Nov. 2, 1870; s. John B. and
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Aruthesa (Tilton) Wadleigh; ed. pub
lic schools, New Hampton Institute,
1891 (valedictorian) ; Baptist; progress
ive Republican; member and chair
man, Milford water board; member,
N. H. house of representatives, 1907-8,
serving on committee on revision of
statutes, and introducing a bill pro
viding for the direct primary, which
became the law at a subsequent session;
member, N. H. constitutional conven
tion of 1912, serving on the special
committee on woman suffrage, and
signing the minority report in favor
of the amendment; member, A. F. &
A. M., and I. O. O. F.; taught school
in youth, but has been engaged in the
clothing trade in Milford for the last
twenty-five years; great-grandson of
James Wadleigh, a soldier of the Revo
lution and one of the early settlers of
Sanbornton; m., April 19, 1899, Alice
Bancroft Conant at Boston; children,
Theodore Conant, b. Dec. 16, 1900,
Winthrop, b. Jan. 23, 1902, Ruth, b.
Oct. 18, 1903; Eleanor, b. Jan. 8, 1908.
Residence, Milford, N. H.
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Hering, Hermann Siegfried
Christian Science lecturer; b., Phila
delphia, Pa., Aug. 24, 1864; s. Dr.
Constantine and Therese (Buchheim)
Hering (Dr. C. Hering was the eminent
physician whom Hahnemann called
the "Father of Homeopathy in Amer
ica"); ed. in private schools, Univer
sity of Pennsylvania, 1886 (B.S. and
M.E. degrees), also City and Guilds of
London Inst., London, Eng.; special
course with Prof. W. E. Ayrton, Lon-
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don, 1889; professor of mechanics and
electrical engineering in Manual
Training School, Philadelphia, 188791; associate in electrical engineering,
Johns Hopkins University, 1891-9,
engaged in lecturing and research
work, making several original investi
gations and publishing results in
pamphlet form; since 1899 Christian
Science practitioner; before giving up
professional work, member Inst. of
Elec. Engineers, London, Eng., Am.
Inst. of Elec. Engineers, New York,
Engineers' Club of Philadelphia and
Franklin Inst. of Philadelphia; became
interested in Christian Science in 1893,
devoted three years to a careful invest
igation of the doctrine before uniting
with the denomination; reader, Chris
tian Science church, Baltimore, 18971902; made a teacher of Christian
Science by the Mass. Metaphysical
College, 1901; first reader of The
Mother Church, Boston, 1902-5,
later president of church and member
of board of lectureship; first reader,
Christian Science church, Concord,
N. H., 1906-9; since 1905 lecturer on
Christian Science in many parts of the
world, including the North American
continent from Mexico to Alaska,
Europe, Australia and New Zealand;
m., Marian White of Philadelphia, Pa.,
June 9, 1887; son, John Constantine,
b. May 27, 1888, d. Sept. 17, 1888.
Residence, Concord, N. H.
Bachelder, Nahum Josiah
Farmer, ex-governor; b., Andover,
N. H., Sept. 3, 1854; s. William A. and
Adeline E. (Shaw) Bachelder; ed. pub
lic schools, New Hampton Institution,
Franklin Academy; hon. A.M., Dart
mouth, 1891; Congregationalist; Re
publican; superintending school com
mittee, Andover, three years; secretary
N. H. Board of Agriculture, 1887-1913;
Commissioner of Immigration during
the continuance of the office; member
and president, N. H. board of Cattle
Commissioners for several years;
trustee, N. H. College of Agriculture
and Mechanic Arts, 1903-14; Mason
(32d degree); Patron of Husbandry;
master, Highland Lake Grange, East
Andover, four years; first lecturer,
Merrimack Co. Pomona Grange, 1886;
secretary, N. H. State Grange, 188391; master, 1891-1903; lecturer,
National Grange, 1899-1905; member
and chairman legislative committee,
National Grange, several years, and
instrumental in securing the establish
ment by Congress of the parcel post
and postal savings banks; several
years secretary, N. H. Grange Fair
Ass'n and subsequently secretary,
Concord State Fair Ass'n; some time
treasurer, Granite State Dairymen's
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Ass'n; many years agricultural editor,
Manchester Mirror and Farmer and
for some time editor of National Grange
Weekly, organ of the Patrons of Hus
bandry; president, N. H. Board of
Traded five years; secretary, N. H.
Old Home Week Ass'n, 1899-1914;
upon conclusion of his service as secre
tary of the Board of Agriculture,
Governor Bachelder devoted himself
entirely to the management and culti
vation of Highland Farm, his ancestral
home in Andover, where his great
grandfather, Josiah Bachelder, settled
in 1782, and which has since remained
in the family, the farm and outlands
now including nearly one thousand
acres; m., June 30, 1887, Mary A.
Putney of Dunbarton; children, Ruth,
b. May 22, 1891; Henry Putney, b.
March 17, 1895, ed. Concord high
school and N. H. College, now engaged
with his father on the home farm.
Residence, East Andover, N. H.
Reed, George Harlow
Clergyman; b., Worcester, Mass..
March 24, 1858; s. Samuel G. and
Cleora E. (Harlow) Reed; descended
on mother's side from Governor
Bradford and John Alden; ed. Phillips
Exeter Academy, 1883 (class or
ator), Bangor Theological Seminary,
1886, Boston University (special
course); pastor, Winslow Congrega
tional church, Taunton, Mass., 188791; North Congregational church,
Haverhill, Mass., 1891-8; First Congre
gational church, Concord, N. H., 1898-;
(this church, founded in 1730, is
famous for its long pastorates. Dr.
Reed being only sixth in succession to
hold the office); D.D., Dartmouth
College, 1910; trustee, Bangor Theolog
ical Seminary, 1915 -; trustee, N. H.
Congregational Ministers' and Widows'
Fund, 1899- ; director and secre
tary, N. H. Bible Soc., 1913-;
trustee and vice-president, N. H. Home
Missionary Soc.; pres., N. H. Prisoners'
Aid Ass'n; chairman, committee on
Penal Institutions, N. H. Conference
of Charities and Corrections; director,
N. H. Anti-Saloon League; corporate
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member, A. B. C. F. M., 1913-16;
Republican ; member, Congregational
Club,.Y. M. C. A., Phillips Exeter
Alumni Ass'n, Bangor Theological
Alumni Ass'n, Beaver Meadow Golf
Club and S. P. C. A.; m., 1st, July 16,
1889, Ellen Virginia Deane, dau. Dr.
Asahel S. and Virginia (Hughes)
Deane of Taunton, Mass., d. June 16,
1906; 2d, May 3, 1910, Helena B.
Quinby, dau. Edwin S. and Helen M.
(Gilman) Quinby, Bangor, Me.; one
dau., Margaret, Concord High School,
1911, one year Wheaton Seminary,
Plymouth, N. H., Normal School,
1915; teacher at Plymouth Normal,
1915-. Residence, Concord, N. H.
Wood, Mary Inez Stevens
(Mrs. George A. Wood) ; club woman,
publicist; b., Jan. 18, 1866, Woodstock,
Vt.; dau. John L. and Jean Ainsworth (Brand) Stevens; ed. Black River
Academy, Ludlow ; Vermont Academy,
Saxtons River, Vt., 1883, and private
tutors; taught school one term, and m.,
Oct. 18, 1884, George A. Wood of
�Mary I. Wood
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South Acworth ; resided at West Leba
non, N. H., till 1889, removing, then,
to West Medford, Mass., and in 1898
to Portsmouth, N. H., which has since
been her home; Unitarian; suffragist;
in Medford served on the board of ed
ucation; auditor and chairman educa
tion committee, Medford Woman's
Club; president, local Consumers'
League; director, Massachusetts Con
sumers League; in Portsmouth, mem
ber and president, Graffort (Woman's)
Club; president, Civic Ass'n; presi
dent, Portsmouth District Nursing
Ass'n; president, Woman's Realty
Co.; vice-president, Portsmouth Char
ity Organization; president, Woman's
Alliance of the Unitarian Church; super
intendent, Sunday School; member,
Portsmouth Board of Instruction ; mem
ber and vice-president, N. H. Woman
Suffrage Ass'n; president, N. H. Fed
eration of Women's Clubs, 1903-5;
manager, Bureau of Information, Gen
eral Federation of Women's Clubs;
member, N. H. state board of Chaiities
and Corrections; chairman, N. H. Divi
sion, Woman's Committee, National
Council of Defense; Home Economics
Director for N. H., under Federal
Food Administration; has written and
spoken extensively in behalf of the
various causes in which she is engaged,
particularly for woman suffrage, of
which she has long been an ardent ad
vocate, and food conservation in con
nection with war work to which she
has given much time since the United
States entered into the war with Ger
many. (See George Albert Wood, p.
126.)
French, James Edward
Retired merchant; b., Melvin Village,
Tuftonboro, N. H., Feb. 27, 1845; s.
James and Evaline A. (Moulton)
French; ed. public schools and N. H.
Conference Seminary, Tilton; removed
with his parents to Moultonboro, in
1851, and has resided there since,
except for two years —1867-9— in
Somersworth; engaged in mercantile
business till 1884, when he retired;
Methodist; Republican; moderator,
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Moultonboro, 1879-1918; town treas
urer many years; railroad commis
sioner, 1879-83; U. S. Collector of
Internal revenue, 1889-93; member,
N. H. house of representatives, 187879; member, N. H. senate, 1887;
member, house of representatives,
1897-1917, having had longer legisla
tive experience than any man in the
state now living; from his long service
as chairman of the house committee
on appropriations has come to be known
as the "watch dog of the treasury";
member, board of trustees of State
institutions, 1915-17; director, Pemigewassett R. R.; member, A. F. &
A. M., P. of H.; m., 1st, July 2, 1867,
Martha E. Hill, Somersworth, a. May
7, 1907; 2d, March 15, 1914, Martha
A. Hersom, Somersworth. Residence,
Moultonboro, N. H.
Huse, Raymond Howard
Clergyman; b., Woburn, Mass.
July 24, 1880; s. John S. and Abbie
(Plumer) Huse; ed. Nute High School,
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Milton, N. H., Drew Theological Semi
nary, 1903; Methodist; Prohibitionist;
pastor at Sanbornville and Brookfield,
1903-4-5; ordained deacon at Claremont, 1905; pastor at Exeter, 1906-78-9; ordained elder at Laconia, 1907;
superintendent, Dover district, N. H.
M. E. Conference, 1910 to Sept., 1915;
pastor, Baker Memorial M. E. Church,
Concord, since latter date; member,
M. E. General Conference, 1916;
trustee, N. H. M. E. Conference; presi
dent, Interdenominational Commission
of N. H., 1916-17; member, Board of
Examiners, Conference Relations Com
mittee, Conference Claimants Com
mission, Sustentation Commission,
N. H. Conference M. E. Church; secre
tary, N. H. Anti-Saloon League;
author, "Songs of an Itinerant," 1906;
"The Soul of a Child," 1914; "Letters
on the Atonement," 1917; "Conversa
tions on the Christian Faith," 1918;
"Songs of the Sunset," in preparation;
m., Sept. 1, 1906, Mabel Hale Ridgway, Newburyport, Mass. Residence,
Concord, N. H.
Morse, Harris A.
Printer; b., Hopkinton, N. H., Jan.
3, 1865; s. Ezekiel W. and Mary A.
(Stanley) Morse; ed. public schools
and Contoocook Academy; successively
employed by Concord Axle Co., at
Penacook, and Davis Bros., paper
makers, Warner, and then engaged in
the printing business, first with the
Hopkinton Times, at Contoocook, then
with the Valley Times at Pittsfield,
and subsequently, four years with the
People and Patriot, Concord, where he
was foreman of the composing room;
June 1, 1889, he removed to Tilton
where he conducted a job printing
house, selling blank book, stationery
and school supplies in connection,
meanwhile taking an active interest in
public affairs; Congregationalist; Dem
ocrat; town clerk of Tilton, 1901-3,
town treasurer, 1902, selectman, 190514; member, N. H. house of represent
atives, 1905-6; auditor for Belknap
County, 1907-14; appointed postmas
ter of Tilton by President Wilson,
April 1, 1914, and continues in that
office, to the satisfaction of the public;
member of the Congregational church
at Tilton, which he has served in va
rious positions; member and past
master of Doric Lodge, A. F. & A. M.,
of Tilton, and of the Kearsarge Club;
m., Oct. 19, 1887, Nettie F. Hill, Pittsfield; one son, Errol S., b. March 3,
1889, student in N. H. College, Dur
ham. Residence, Tilton, N. H.
Kingsbury, William Josiah
Insurance agent, florist; b., Queechee,
Vt., Nov. 10, 1866; s. Josiah Ware
Babcock and Mary Hill (Jackson)
Kingsbury; ed. public schools and
Pinkerton Academy, Derry, N. H.;
Baptist; Republican; teller, Newmarket
National Bank, 1892-6; teller, Derry
National Bank, 1896-1902, then re
tiring to devote himself to insurance
work; Patron of Husbandry, past mas
ter, Nutfield Grange, No. 47, Derry,
past master, West Rockingham Po
mona Grange; treasurer, Echo Lodge,
No. 61, I. O. O. F.; member, Rocking
ham Lodge, K. of P.; financial secre
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tary, Honesty Lodge, No. 79, N. E.
O. P.; financier, Derryfield Lodge,
No. 13, A. O. U. W, for twelve years;
member, J. O. U. A. M.; auditor,
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their removal to California in 1908;
studied law with the late John L.
Spring of Lebanon, and admitted to
the bar in June, 1898; opened an office
in Sanborn's Block in Concord in the
spring of 1899 and there practiced, a
part of the time in company with
Judge Geo. M. Fletcher, until his re
moval to California early in 1908,
where he was admitted to the bar in
Los Angeles in April, and continued
practice; Republican; member, N. H.
house of representatives, 1903-4, serv
ing on the judiciary committee and as
chairman of the Merrimack County
delegation; moderator, Ward 6, 1907;
president, Los Angeles Harbor Com
mission, 1912-16; mayor of Los An
geles since Sept. 5, 1916; member,
A. F. & A. M. (32d degree), I. O. O. F.,
Sons of the Revolution, Society of
Colonial War, Sons of Veterans, Union
League Club; vice-president and di
Deny town school district; since 1908
has built up a greenhouse industry in
Deny, with five houses and 8,500 feet
of glass; attended the World's fair in
California in 1915, and has travelled
extensively in the United States,
Mexico and Canada; m., June 20,
1900, Alice Chapman. Residence,
Deny, N. H.
Woodman, Frederic Thomas
Lawyer; b., Concord, N. H., June
28, 1872; s. Alfred and Maria T.
(Gallup) Woodman; ed. public schools,
White River Junction, Vt., high school,
and private teachers; his paternal an
cestor came from England to this coun
try in 1631, and the maternal in 1628;
removed in infancy onto a farm in
Plainfield, N. H., which had been
granted to the Gallups, his mother's
family, by King George the Third in
1765, and remained in the family until
rector, First National Bank of Wil
mington, Cal. ; m. Etta M. Sanborn,
Feb. 6, 1908, d. April 16, 1916. Resi
dence, Los Angeles, Cal.
�Frank P. Hill
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Hill, Frank Pierce
Librarian; b., Concord, N. H., Aug.
22, 1855; s. Cyrus and Nancv (Walker)
Hill; ed. public schools, Dartmouth
College, B.S., 1876, Litt.D., 1906;
librarian, Lowell, Mass., 1881-5;
started first public library in New Jer
sey (under act of 1884) at Paterson,
1885; inaugurated Salem, Mass., public
library, 1888-9; in latter year inaug
urated Newark, N. J., public library,
of which he was librarian till 1901,
since which date he has been librarian
of the Brooklyn, N. Y., public library;
member, American Library Ass'n,
(secretary, 1891-5, president, 1906);
member, American Bibliographical
Soc.; as chairman of the American
Library Ass'n War Finance Committee,
was instrumental in securing $1,500,000,
through subscriptions, for the purpose
of creating library buildings in the
thirty-two camps and cantonments
established by the War Department
and furnishing reading matter to sol
diers and sailors engaged in the world
war, both here and abroad; m., Mav
17, 1880, Annie M. Wood, Lowell,
Mass. Residence, 373 Washington
Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y.; address, Pub
lic Library, Brooklyn.
Rogers, Fred Ashley
Farmer; b., Hartland, Vt., Sept. 20,
1866; s. Daniel Peabody and Purah
Eliza (Lovejoy) Rogers; ed. public
schools, Perkins Academy, Woodstock,
Vt., Troy, N. Y., Business College,
1885; taught school winters and did
farm work in summer while securing
his education, and has since been en
gaged in agriculture; located in Plainfield, N. H., Jan., 1901, buying a farm
of 350 acres near Meriden Village, to
which he has added 200 acres; pursues
mixed farming, keeping over 100 head
of cattle, with horses, sheep and swine
to match; Congregationalist; Repub
lican; chairman, board of selectmen,
Plainfield, five years; member, N. H.
house of representatives and chairman
committee on agriculture, 1917; Patron
of Husbandry and active worker in the
order; member executive committee,
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N. H. State Grange, 1913-17; master,
N. H. State Grange, 1917-; member
advisory council, N. H. Board of Agri
culture, Sept., 1915-; m., Feb. 26,
1890, Addie May Round, Reading, Vt. ;
children, Carrie E. Westgate, b. March
1, 1891 (Kimball Union Academy,
1910); Lena A. Read, b. Oct. 13, 1892
(K. U. A.. 1910); Harriet A., b. Nov.
7, 1894 (K. U. A., 1913), teacher; Fred
A., Jr., b. March 4, 1898 (K. U. A.,
1917), enlisted in U. S. A., Sept. 15,
1917, promoted to corporal Dec. 1,
in service in Medical Officers' Training
Camp at Fort Oglethorpe, Ga.; Flora
Belle, b. Nov. 22, 1902, now in K. U.
A.; Wendell R., b. March 14, 1906;
Herman D., b. April 30, 1908. Upon
assuming office as Master of the N. H.
State Grange Mr. Rogers at once
took steps to interest the farmers in
a state-wide movement for wood
cutting in order to increase the fuel
supply, and for increasing maple sugar
production, to relieve the sugar short
age. Residence, Plainfield, N. H.,
Meriden P. O.
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Cummings, Allen Curtis.
Educator; b., Nov. 30, 1868, North
Thetford, Vt. ; s. Harlan P. and Alpa M.
(Baxter) Cummings; ed. Thetford, Vt.,
Academy and Dartmouth College, A.
B., 1892 (commencement oration and
honorable mention in political science) ;
A.M., Dartmouth, 1895; has attended
several sessionsHarvard Summer school.
Principal high school, Littleton, Mass.,
1892-5; Ayer, Mass., 1895-8; instructor,
St. Johnsbury, Vt., Academy, 1898-
1901; principal, Orange, Mass., high
school, 1904-12; head-master, Stevens
High School, Claremont, N. H., since
1912; Conrgegationalist; Republican;
secretary-treasurer, N. H. School-mas
ters Club; member, New England His
tory Teachers Ass'n; Phi Beta Kappa
and K. K. K. societies, Dartmouth; A.
F. & A. M., and Eastern Star; unmar
ried. Residence, Claremont, N. H.
Hill, Howard Fremont
Journalist; clergyman; b., Concord,
N. H., July 21, 1846; s. John M. and
Elisabeth Lord (Chase) Hill; grandson
of Gov. Isaac Hill; descendant of Han
nah Eames, killed by the Indians in the
Framingham, Mass., Massacre, 1676;
ed. Concord High School, 1863, Nor
wich (Vt.) Univ., 1863-5; Dart
mouth College, A.B., 1867, A.M., 1870;
Episcopal Theological Seminary, Cam
bridge, Mass., B.D., 1879; A.M., Tri
nity, 1885, Bishops' College, 1888,
University of Vermont, 1911; Ph.D.,
Dartmouth, 1887 (on examination for
work); D.D., Norwich University, 1891;
Episcopalian; Democrat; member, Con
cord common council, 1907-8; board
of aldermen, 1909-10; member, N. H.
house of representatives, 1895-7; N. H.
constitutional convention, 1912; chap
lain, Vermont legislature, 1882; chap
lain, Vermont National Guard, thirteen
years; trustee, University of Vermont,
1886-9; trustee, Norwich University,
1895-1915; member, editorial board,
Concord History Committee; editor,
N. H. Patriot, 1868-73; ordained dea
con, P. E. church, 1875, priest, 1877;
rector, P. E. church, Ashland and Holderness, 1875-9; Montpelier, Vt., 187989; Amesbury, Mass., 1889-91; Pittsfield, N. H., 1895-1905; chief examin
ing chaplain, P. E. Diocese of New
Hampshire; held same office in Ver
mont; editor, Church Fly-Leaf since
1897; member, A. F. & A. M., 33d
degree, Grand Cross of Constantine,
Royal Order of Scotland; ex-president
and present secretary-treasurer, N. H.
Soc. S. A. R.; member, Soc. Colonial
Wars; m., Oct. 17, 1870, Laura L.
Tibbetts, Concord; children, John M.,
b. Oct. 30, 1871, d. Dec. 4, 1872; Maria
D. (Mrs. Archibald Campbell), b. Dec.
11, 1873, d. June 2, 1908; Grace W.
(Mrs. Zoheth S. Freeman, New York),
b. June 21, 1876. Residence, Con
cord, N. H.
Farnsworth, Kate Maria Sheldon
(Mrs. James Farnsworth); club
woman; b., Ashley, Mass., June 4,
1861; dau. Joel and Abby S. (Under
wood) Sheldon; ed. private teacher;
for twenty years, 1896-1912, cashier
and bookkeeper for the HolbrookMarshall Co., Nashua, N. H.; 1896
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1912, rec. sec, council member and
treasurer, N. H. Branch Order of King's
Daughters, president, 1912-17; inter
national treasurer, Order King's Daugh
ters, 1914-; treasurer, Nashaway
Woman's Club, 1914-15, vice-presi
dent, 1916, president, 1917-; presi
dent, Cross Bearers' Circle, Universalist Church, Nashua, 1908-; treasurer,
King's Daughters Benevolent Ass'n
caring for a children's home, 1912-;
member, Thornton Chapter, D. A. R.,
and Nashua Grange, P. of H.; active in
the Red Cross, Liberty Loan drive,
and other forms of war relief work;
Universalist; m., Nov. 8, 1910, James
Farnsworth. Residence, Nashua, N. H.
Spaulding, Oliver Lyman
Lawyer; b., Jaffrey, N. H., Aug. 2,
1833; s. Lyman and Susan (Marshall)
Spaulding; ed. public schools, Mel
ville Academy, Jaffrey, and Oberlin
College, 1855; studied law, admitted
to the bar in 1858, and located in prac
tice at St. Johns, Mich.; Episcopalian,
senior warden of church at St. Johns,
twenty-five years; Republican; regent,
University of Michigan, 1858-65; Sec
retary of State of Michigan, 1867-71;
special agent, U. S. Treasury Dept.,
1875-81; member, 47th Congress,
Sixth Michigan district, serving on
committees on Indian Affairs and Mili
tary Affairs, 1881-3; chairman, com
mission to Hawaii to investigate reci
procity treaty between United States
and Hawaii, 1883; delegate, Republi
can national convention, 1896; asst.
sec'y, U. S. Treasury, 1890-3, 18971903; president, Pan-American Cus
toms Congress, 1902; declined ap
pointment as judge of Utah Terri
tory, 1870, also appointment as judge
tendered by the governor of Michigan,
1889; captain, major, lieutenant-colo
nel and colonel, 23d Michigan Volun
teers in Civil War, and brevet brigadier
general; member, A. F. & A. M., hold
ing chief office in the several Masonic
grand bodies in Michigan; member,
Loyal Legion, G. A. R., and Army and
Navy Club; m., 1st, May 29, 1856,
Jennie Mead, d. Nov. 11, 1857; 2d,
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1859, Minerva Mead, d. 1861; 3d,
Aug. 12, 1862, M. Cecelia Swegles,
dau. Hon. John Swegles, former Audi
tor General of Michigan; children,
Frank Mead, b. Nov. 4, 1861, mer
chant at St. Johns, Mich.; Edna Cece
lia, b. Nov. 17, 1870 (Wellesley, 1892);
Oliver Lyman, Jr., b. July 17. 1875
(Univ. of Mich., A.B., 1895, LL.B.,
1896), appointed second lieutenant of
Artillery by President McKinley in
1898, now colonel in the regular army;
John Cecil, b. Jan. 7, 1879 (Univ. of
Mich., 1897, Law Dept., George Wash
ington Univ., 1901), Lawyer, Detroit,
Mich.; Thomas Marshall, b. May 18,
1882 (Univ. of Mich., B.A., West
Point, 1905), now major in the U. S.
Coast Artillery. Home. 2224 N St.,
Washington, D. C.; legal residence, St.
Johns, Mich.
Sawyer, William Henry
Lawyer; Associate Justice, N. H.
Superior Court; b., Littleton, N. H.,
Aug. 18, 1867; s. Eli D., and Sarah O.
(Pierce) Sawyer; lineal descendant,
�Hon. William H. Sawyer
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on maternal side, of Robert Cushman,
who promoted the Mayflower expedi
tion, chartered the vessel, was the
financial agent of the Pilgrim Company,
and, in Dec, 1621, preached at Ply
mouth the first sermon in New Eng
land ever printed, and whose son,
Thomas, married Mary Allerton,
also a Mayflower passenger and the
last survivor of the party, from whom
Judge Sawyer is descended; ed. Little
ton high school and Boston University
School of Law, 1890, taking the three
years' course in the latter in two years;
studied a year in the office of the late
Hon. Harry Bingham; admitted to
the bar in Concord, July 25, 1890,
and practiced in the office of Bingham
& Mitchell in Concord till Jan., 1904;
was alone three years and then formed
a partnership with Joseph S. Matthews,
now assistant attorney general, which
continued about six years, then prac
ticed alone for a time; and was sub
sequently in partnership with the late
Cen. John H. Albin until the latter's
retirement; Congregationalist; Demo
crat; candidate of his party for various
offices; member, N. H. Executive
council, elected in a strong Republican
district, 1913; member, Concord board
of education, 1909-15; appointed
Associate Justice, N. H. Superior
Court, Dec. 12, 1913; m., Nov. 18,
1891, Carrie B. Lane, Whitefield, N. H;
children, Howard Pierce, b. Aug. 13,
1892 (Dartmouth, 1915, Yale Medical
College, 1918), now serving in the
Yale Mobile Field Hospital, American
Expeditionary Force, in France; Helen
Lane, b. March 13, 1895 (Mt. Holyoke,
1917), teacher of Ancient history, Con
cord high school; Marion Farr, b. July
22, 1896 (Mt. Holyoke, 1919); Robert
Cushman, b. March 13, 1899; Charles
Murray. b. Feb. 2, 1906. Residence,
Concord, N. H.
Holt, Hermon
Lawyer; b., Woodstock, Vt., Sept.
7, 1845; s. Nathan L. and Rebecca
Maria (Mack) Holt; ed. Randolph,
Vt., Academy, Kimball Union Acad
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emy, 1866, Dartmouth College, 1870;
studied law, admitted to the bar and
commenced practice in Claremont in
1873, and has there continued; Episco
palian; Republican; member, N. H.
house of representatives, 1889-90,
N. H. senate, 1894-5; served several
years as a member of the Stevens High
School committee and also of the town
school committee ; trustee and president,
Claremont Savings Bank; retired from
active practice, he spends the summer
season on a farm, a mile out of town, and
the winters in the old Farwell home,
built by his wife's grandfather 100 years
ago; m., Oct. 6, 1875, Clara Elizabeth,
dau. Charles R. and Clarissa E. (Per
kins) Farwell; children, Hermon, Jr., b.
Nov. 14, 1876 (Dartmouth, 1897, Har
vard Law School, 1901), lawyer in Bos
ton; Clara Farwell (Mrs. Edward K.
Woodworth), b. May 22, 1879, d. July
20, 1917; Frances Glidden (Mrs. Henry
C. Hawkings, Jr.), b. June 7, 1881;
Marion Elizabeth, b. Sept. 19, 1886.
Residence, Claremont, N. H.
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Charron, Henry Emery
Clothing merchant; b., Vercheres,
P. Q., March 5, 1861; s. Jean Baptiste
and Hermine (Cormier) Charron; ed.
public schools of Canada and United
States; engaged in the clothing trade
for thirty-five years, conducting an
extensive business for himself in Claremont the last ten years; Catholic;
Democrat; member, N. H. house of
representatives from Claremont; 191314, 1915-16; Democratic candidate for
state senator, 1916, running largely
ahead of his ticket; member N H. Con
stitutional Convention, 1918; treasurer,
board of cemetery commissioners, for
the town of Claremont; member, St.
Jean Baptiste Soc, Knights of Colum
bus (Columbian Council No. 1820), B.
P. O. Elks, Franco Canado American
Soc; m., March 8, 1886, Almaide
Geoffrion, d. June 15, 1897; children,
Emeria, b. Feb. 14, 1887; Victor F.,
b. Dec. 31, 1891; Theresa and Aloysia,
b. Oct. 4, 1893. Residence, Claremont, N. H.
True, Reuben Cutler
Farmer; b., Lebanon, N. H., Dec.
14, 1847; s. Bradley and Sarah A.
(Smith) True; ed. public schools and
Kimball Union Academy, 1869; Con-
gregationalist; Republican; member,
board of selectmen, Lebanon, 1887,
1888; N. H. house of representatives,
1889, 1913, 1915; constitutional con
vention, 1912; member, A. F. & A. M.,
Knight Templar and Shriner, P. of
H., N. H. Historical Soc; m., Nov. 14,
1883, H. Lillian Child, Cornish; chil
dren, Mary Cutler, b. Nov. 30, 1886,
d. Nov. 27, 1898; William Bradley,
b. June 3, 1890 (Kimball Union Acad
emy, 1909) ; Olive Lillian, b. Sept. 18,
1898 (Kimball Union Academy, 1916,
N. H. State College, 1921) . Residence,
West Lebanon, N. H.
Barnard, Harry Everett
Chemist; b., Dunbarton, N. H.,
Nov. 14, 1874; s. Nelson H. and
Celestia A. (Ryder) Barnard; ed.
public schools and N. H. College of
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Agriculture and Mechanic Arts, B.S.,
1899; Ph.D., Hanover College, 1913;
assistant chemist, N. H. Experiment
Station, 1899; U. S. Smokeless powder
factory, Indian Head, Md., 1900-1;
trustee, N. H. College, 1903-6; chemist,
N. H. State Board of Health, 1901-5;
Indiana State Board of Health since
1905; state food and drug commis
sioner, Indiana, since 1907; state com
missioner of weights and measures
since 1911, food and drug inspection
chemist, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture,
since 1907; president, Indiana Sanitary
and Water Supply Ass'n; member,
American Chemists Soc. (founder and
first president, Indiana Section) ; mem
ber, Soc. Official Agrl. Chemists, Nat'l
Ass'n State Food Commissioners, Fed
eral Food Standards Com., Indianap
olis Tech. Soc, Indiana member, Lake
Michigan Water Commission; hon
orary member, N. H. Medical Soc;
member executive committee, Nat'l
Conservation Congress, 1912; Irvington Athenaeum, Indianapolis Literary
Soc; m., June 20, 1901, Marion
Harvie, Providence, R. I. Residence,
5543 University Ave., Indianapolis,
Ind.
Ayers, Philip Wheelock
Forester; b., Winterset, la., May 26,
1861; s. Elias J. Ayers; ed. Cornell
University. Ph.B., 1884, Johns Hop
kins, Ph.D., 1888; tutor and fellow,
Johns Hopkins, 1886-8; general secre
tary, Associated Charities, Cincinnati,
O., 1889-95; studied penal and chari
table institutions in Europe, 1895;
general secretary, Bureau of Asso
ciated Charities, Chicago, 1895-7;
assistant secretary, Charity Organiza
tion Soc, New York, 1897-1900;
Forester of the N. H. Soc. for the
Protection of Forests since 1900;
superintendent, Summer School of
Philanthropic Work, New York Charity
Organization, 1898-1905; m. Alice
Stanley Taylor, Newton, Mass., Aug.
8, 1899. Residence, Franconia, N. H.,
business address, 4 Joy St., Boston,
Mass.
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Frisselle, Frank Monroe
Journalist; b., Boston, Mass., Dec
22, 1862; s. Isaac Monroe and Annie
(Steele) Frisselle; ed., Boston public
schools, Harvard preparatory course,
Boston Latin School; Episcopalian;
Republican; city editor, Manchester
Daily Union, 1890-2, night editor,
1905-13; city editor, Manchester Mir
ror and American, 1913-; deputy chief,
Manchester fire department, 18971900; first secretary, N. H. State Fire
men's Ass'n; president, Animal Rescue
League, 1911-17; member, Lake Winnipesaukee Improvement Ass'n, Man
chester Historic Ass'n, Sarsfield Boat
Club, Manchester; author, "Kismet
Poems," "Lady Franklin Boy Greeley
Relief Expedition" (delivered in lec
ture form) and many fugitive poems
and local historical pamphlets; orig
inator of "Observant Citizen" column,
Manchester Union; editor "O. C."
column, Manchester Mirror; for ten
years Associated Press correspondent
�Hon. Edwin F. Jones
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for Manchester; dramatic editor, Man
chester, for twenty years; m., Feb.
4, 1899, Carrie Stearns Corliss. Resi
dence, Manchester, N. H.; summer
home, Beaver Island, Lake Winnipesaukee, N. H.
Jones, Edwin Frank
Lawyer; b., Manchester, N. H.,
April 19, 1859; s. Edwin R. and Mary
A. (Farnham) Jones; ed. Manchester
schools, Dartmouth College, A.B., 1880;
studied law with the late Judge David
Cross of Manchester; admitted to the
bar Aug. 23, 1883, and commenced
practice as a partner of the late Wil
liam J. Copeland; after Mr. Copeland's
death, in 1886, continued alone for
sixteen years, then becoming a mem- .
ber of the firm of Burnham, Brown,
Jones & Warren, which, with some
changes in membership, is now the
firm of Jones, Warren, Wilson &
Manning, with an extensive general
practice, Mr. Jones devoting himself
mainly, however, to the interests of
various large corporations; Unitarian;
Republican; assistant clerk, N. H.
house of representatives, 1881, clerk,
1883, 1885; city solicitor of Manches
ter, twelve years, from 1887; treas
urer, Hillsborough County, 1887-95;
delegate in N. H. constitutional con
vention, 1902, and member, standing
committee on future mode of amend
ing the constitution; delegate, again, in
the convention of 1912, and president
of the convention; a frequent speaker
on the stump in the interests of his
party, and orator of the day at many
civic celebrations and historical anni
versaries; president of the Republican
state convention in 1900; delegate-atlarge from New Hampshire in the
Republican national convention at
Chicago, in 1908; trustee of Manches
ter city library since 1906; many years
trustee of Pine Grove Cemetery;
member, N. H. Bar Ass'n (president,
1906-8); American Bar Ass'n; Mason,
member, Washington Lodge (Master
in 1891), Mt. Horeb Chapter, Adoniram
Council and Trinity Commandery of
Manchester; N. H. Consistory (32d de13
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gree), and Shriner; district deputy
grand master, Grand Lodge of N. H.
in 1896, and grand master in 1910;
I. O. O. F.; member, Manchester Com
mittee of Public Safety, and chairman
Speakers' Bureau, N. H. Committee of
Public Safety; member, Phi Beta
Kappa, Derryfield and Intervale
Country clubs, Manchester Boston Art
Club, Boston; m., Dec. 21, 1887, Nora
F. Kennard of Manchester; one dau.,
Rebecca, b. July 17, 1889, d. Oct. 26,
1902. Residence, Manchester, N. H.
Churchill, Winston
Author; b., St. Louis, Mo., Nov. 10,
1871; s. Edward Spaulding and Emma
Bell (Blaine) Churchill; ed. U. S.
Naval Academy, Annapolis, 1894
(hon. A.M., 1903, Litt.D., 1914, LL.D.,
1915); Episcopalian; Progressive Re
publican; member, N. H. house of rep
resentatives, 1903-4, 1905-6; aide on
staff of Gov. Nahum J. Bachelder,
1903; Progressive candidate for gov
ernor of New Hampshire, 1912; mem
ber, Century Club, New York; Tennis
and Racquet, Union and Tavern clubs,
Boston; author, "The Celebrity," 1898;
"Richard Carvel," 189JL"The Crisis,
1901; "The Crossing," 304f "Coniston,"" 1906; "Mr. Crewe's Career,"
1908;- '"A Modern Chronicle," 1010.;
"Tne Inside of the Cup," 1913; "A Far
Country," 19J& "The Dwellmk Place
of Light," 1917; traveled in Europe,
1917-18, writing impressions of the
war for the American press; m., Oct.
22, 1895, Mabel H. Hall. Residence,
Cornish, N. H. (Windsor, Vt., P. O.).
Harriman, Walter C.
Lawyer; b., Warner, N. H., Sept. 8,
1849; s. Gen. Walter and Almira R.
(Andrews) Harriman; ed. public
schools and Colby Academy, New Lon
don, N. H.; commenced the study of
law in 1873, and pursued the same in
the office of Lyman D. Stevens and
that of Tappan & Albin in Concord;
admitted to the bar in 1876, and the
following year commenced practice
in Portsmouth; Universalist; born aDemocrat, and raised his first flag for
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Douglas and Johnson, in the campaign
of 1860; he has affiliated with the
Republican party generally since at
taining his majority, but stands for
country first in all emergencies; ap
pointed solicitor for Rockingham
County, by Gov. B. F. Prescott, to
succeed the late William B. Small, and
twice subsequently elected by the
people to the same office; removed to
Nashua, where he continued practice
for several years, serving also six years
as a member of the Nashua board of
education—the last year as president;
member, N. H. constitutional con
vention from Nashua in 1902. (As a
boy of fifteen Mr. Harriman was with
his father, General Harriman, in the
war, on the march to Appomattox, saw
the last battle fought and was at the
surrender of Lee); m., Sept. 3, 1878,
Mabel A. Perkins of Portsmouth;
children, Walter Hartwell, b. Sept. 19,
1881 ass't supt. Universal Winding Co.,
Providence, R. I.; Almira Andrews
(Mrs. Omar Swenson, Concord), b. Nov.
25, 1882. Residence, Warner, N. H.
Myers, Walter Crane
Clergyman; b., Kingston, N. Y.,
Dec. 24, 1858; s. Abram and Martha
(Osterhoudt) Myers; ed. Kingston
High School, Rochester University,
1883, Rochester Theological Seminary,
1887; Y. M. C. A. secretary, Waterbury, Conn., Norristown, Pa... Williamsport, Pa.; general work, Mass. State
Y. M. C. A. committee, 1901-4; pas
tor, First Baptist church, Reading,
Mass., 1904-12; First Baptist church,
Concord, N. H., 1912-; member, Ma
sonic fraternity, I. O. O. F., Baptist
Ministers' Conference (Boston), Salis
bury Baptist Ass'n, and many other
religious and philanthropic organiza
tions; independent in politics; m.,
1st, June, 1884, Ella Valkenburgh,
Kingston, N. Y., d. May, 1901; 2d,
Oct. 28, 1908, Jennie Florence Meins,
Brookline, Mass.; one son, Clifford
Ernest, b. April, 1886; ed. Kingston
High School, Normal School, West
chester, Pa.; travelling salesman; en
listed June, 1917, Company B, First
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Reserve Engineer Corps, now in
France. Residence, Concord, N. H.
Conn, Charles Fuller
Manufacturer; b., Concord, N. H..
Nov. 11, 1865; s. Dr. Granville P. and
Helen M. (Sprague) Conn.; ed. Con
cord schools, high school, 1883, Dart
mouth College, B.S., 1887; Episco
palian; Republican; served as brakeman on Concord & Montreal R. R.
summer of 1883, before entering col
lege; ticket agent, Passumpsic R. R.,
Hanover, 1884-7; brakeman and par
lor car conductor, White Mountain
trains, summer seasons, 1885-6-7;
traveling agent, Providence & Worces
ter R. R., Oct., 1887 to May, 1888;
Eurser, Fall River Line, Providence &
tonington Steamship Co.; traveling
agent (traffic and claims), Providence,
R. I.; special agent (traffic) and gen
eral agent, Boston, of same and New
York, Providence and Boston R. R.,
May, 1888 to June, 1893, when steam
ship and railroad companies were
leased; purser, Fall River Line, Old
Colony Steamboat Co., June, 1893 to
Feb., 1894; auditor, Old Colony
Steamboat Co., New Haven, Conn.,
Feb., 1894 to July, 1896; treasurer,
Boston Terminal Co., July 1, 1896,
during construction of South Station,
and treasurer, purchasing agent and
paymaster, Boston Terminal Co., to
March 31, 1901 (resigned); with Westinghouse, Church, Kerr & Co., chiefly
engaged in making examinations and
reports on railroad projects and
properties, April 1, 1891 to Oct. 1,
1891; manager for same company
from Oct. 1, 1891 to Feb. 1, 1904.
as chief engineer of construction and
contractors for power plant and equip
ment in the construction of the Lack
awanna and Wyoming Valley proper
ties; vice-president and general man
ager, Lackawanna & Wyoming Valley
Railroad Co., at Scranton, Pa., from
beginning of operation, Feb. 1, 1904,
to Jan., 1913; also president, Lacka
wanna & Wyoming Valley Power Co.,
and Meadow Brook Stone Co.; presi
dent and general manager, Giant Port
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land Cement Co., Philadelphia, Pa.,
Feb., 1913 to date; m., Nov. 7, 1889,
Mabel S. Dwight, Concord, N. H.; one
son, Dwight, b. Oct. 7, 1890 (Phillips
Exeter Academy, 1910, Dartmouth
College, 1914). Residence, Wayne,
Pa.; business address, Fifteenth and
Chestnut Sts., Philadelphia, Pa.
Mason, Ellen McRoberts
(Mrs. Mahlon L. Mason); writer,
club-woman ; b. North Baldwin (Quaker
Brook), Me.; dau. John and Charity
(Davis) McRoberts (her father, born in
Belfast, Ireland, son of a Scotch
mother and Irish father, who was an
army officer, came to this country in
youth and was at first engaged in rail
road building); ed. public schools and
academies, and Farmington, Me.,
Normal School; taught school for a
time and was married April 21, 1873,
to Mahlon Lee Mason, proprietor of
the Sunset Pavilion, a widely known
summer hotel at North Conway, where
her home has since been. Endowed
with literary taste and a talent for writ
ing, she cultivated these and made fre
quent contributions, both in prose and
verse, to the Portland Transcript, the
Press and other Maine papers; also let
ters and stories published in the Boston
Courier; served for a dozen years as
the "East Side" correspondent of the
Boston Herald; was a constant con
tributor to the While Mountain Echo
during the period of its publication,
and more recently wrote for Among
the Clouds. She is also a forceful and
convincing public speaker. She has
traveled in Germany, having been there
when the old Emperor William died;
saw the troops swear allegiance to his
son, Frederick, and realized the ap
proaching prominence of the Hohenzollern regime. Her letters to the
Boston Sunday Herald at that time
attracted wide attention. She has
translated many stories and poems
from the German, some of which have
been published in the Granite Monthly,
as have various historical articles from
her pen; she is also represented in the
"Poets of Maine" and the "Poets of
�Ellen McRoberts Mason
�Capt. Nathaniel R. Mason, M.D., F.A.C.S., M.R.C., U.S.A.
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New Hampshire"; served six years on
the Conway school board and was
mainly instrumental in securing ex
pert supervision for the schools, her
personally obtained opinions upon the
subject having also been used by State
Superintendent Morrison, in his work
of extending the system through the
state; she was also instrumental in
establishing a school library at North
Conway, effected the centralization of
the schools in the villages of the town,
and took the initiative in bringing to
North Conway the first meeting of the
American Institute of Instruction, in
1898; vice-president, N. H. Federation
of Women's Clubs, 1896-7, and inaug
urated the custom of holding yearly
field-meetings, the first one being held
at North Conway, July 8-9, 1896, while
she was president of the North Con
way Woman's Club; first chairman,
Forestry Committee, N. H. Federation,
1897-1905, and during this service in
duced many of the Women's Clubs of
the state to become life members of
the Society for the Protection of N. H.
Forests, of which she was a charter
member and had the honor of naming,
having also written much upon the
subject of forest preservation; clerk of
North Conway Public Library Ass'n
for the last thirty years; member,
book committee, of the same and of
the building committee erecting the
handsome stone structure for housing
the library; member, New England
Woman's Press Ass'n; president of the
local S. P. C. A., Suffragist; Episco
palian, and clerk of the corporation of
Christ Church, North Conway for
nearly thirty years past. One son,
Dr. Nathaniel R. Mason (see next
sketch). Residence, North Conway.
Mason, Nathaniel Robert
Physician and surgeon; b., North
Conway, N. H., April 26, 1876; s.
Mahlon Lee and Ellen (McRoberts)
Mason (great-great-grandson of Capt.
Nathaniel Hutchins of French and
Indian and Revolutionary war fame);
ed. under his mother's tutelage till
nearly ten years of age, Pierce grammar
school, Brookline, Mass., private study
in Germany, Bridgton, Me., high
school, Phillips Andover Academy,
1893, Yale University, A.B. 1897 (with
honors), Harvard Medical School, M.D.
1901; was a summer reporter for the
Boston Herald and other papers in
boyhood, and a clerk in the Sunset
House, his father's hotel, in vacation,
while at Yale and Harvard; Episco
palian (vestryman, Christ church,
North Conway); Republican; com
menced professional practice in Boston,
at "The Marlboro," on Marlboro St.,
in the fall after graduation; pursued
general practice four years, after that
specializing in obstetrics and gyne
cology; assistant in Obstetrics and
Gynecology, Harvard University Medi
cal School; First Ass't Visiting Sur
geon for Diseases of Women, Boston
City Hospital; Ass't Visiting Physi
cian Boston Lying-in Hospital; has
carried out important original inves
tigations in the Laboratory for Surgi
cal Research of Harvard Medical
School; frequent contributor to the
Boston Medical and Surgical Journal;
member Beta Theta Pi fraternity,
Yale, Mass. Medical Soc, Mass. Medi
cal Benevolent Soc, Boston Medical
Library, Obstetrical Soc. of Boston,
American Medical Ass'n, American
College of Surgeons, Ass'n of Military
Surgeons of U. S., Union Boat Club;
member of the first military instruc
tion camp, at Plattsburg, N. Y., in the
summer of 1915; received commission
as first lieutenant in the Medical Re
serve Corps of the U.S. Army, Oct. 12,
1916; commissioned as captain in the
Medical Section of the Officers' Re
serve Corps, Dec. 7, 1917; assigned to
active duty at Camp Greenleaf, Ft.
Oglethorpe, Ga., Jan. 10, 1918, serving
as instructor in surgery; ordered by the
War Department to Rockefeller In
stitute, New York, for a further course
in Medical Research; assigned to the
Division of Surgery, for foreign service,
at Base Hospital Fifty-one; m., Aug.
31, 1911, Eunice Ireland, dau. Rev.
Warren Rasselas Ireland, Winchester,
Mass.; two children, Charity Adeline,
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b. May 21, 1913; and Mahlon Rasselas,
b. April 6, 1915. Office and residence,
483 Beacon St., Boston; summer home,
North Conway.
Silver, Ernest Leroy
Educator; b., Salem, N. H., Sept.
29, 1876; s. Clinton Leroy and Paulina
Clymelia (Ayer) Silver; ed. Pinkerton
Academy, Derry,N. H., 1894, Dart
mouth College, B.Litt., 1899; super
intendent of schools, Rochester, N. H.,
1900-04, Portsmouth, 1905-9; princi
pal, Pinkerton Academy, 1909-11; di
rector, N. H. State Normal School,
Plymouth, since 1911; Methodist
(trustee, M. E. Church, Plymouth);
Progressive Republican; served as
president of Strafford and Rockingham
County Teachers' Ass'ns, and N. H.
State Teachers'Ass'n; many years mem
ber, N. H. Educational Council; presi
dent, Schoolmasters' Club; director,
American Institute of Instruction;
member, National Educational Ass'n
and National Ass'n of Normal School
Presidents: A. F. & A. M., St. Johns'
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Lodge, Portsmouth; m., 1889, Hattie
May Plummer. Residence, Plymouth,
N. H.
Nolin, William Peter
Merchant; postmaster ofClaremont;
b., Claremont, N. H., April 6, 1875;
s. Pierre and Mary (Gillette) Nolin;
ed. public schools of Claremont; en
gaged in the grocery business estab
lished by his father in 1895, and since
incorporated as P. Nolin & Sons, doing
an extensive business; now president
of the corporation, and also president
of the Nolin Shoe Co.; Roman Cath
olic; Democrat; appointed postmaster
of Claremont by President Wilson;
active member of Claremont board of
trade and interested in all public im
provements; member, committee on
public playground; director, People's
National Bank ; member and past vicepresident, N. H. Retail Grocers Ass'n;
member, Knights of Columbus, Elks,
Moose, Foresters of America, L' Union
Canadienne Francaise, St. Jean Baptiste Soc, Naturalization Club; m.
�Hon. James W. Remick
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Laura N. Courchene, Sept. 16, 1902;
children, Francis Harry, b. May 15,
1906; William Esdrase, b. Aug. 25,
1908. Residence, Claremont, N. H.
Remick, James Waldron
Lawyer; b., Hardwick, Vt., Oct. 30,
1860; s. Samuel Kelley and Sophia
(Cushman) Remick; ed. public schools,
Colebrook, N. H. Academy, Michigan
University, LL.B., 1882; admitted to
the N. H. bar, 1882; commenced prac
tice at Colebrook, remaining for two
years, when he formed a partnership
with the late Hon. Ossian Ray, with
office in Littleton, to which town he
removed; later was associated with
his brother, the late Gen. Daniel C.
Remich, under the firm name of Remich & Remick; appointed U. S. district
attorney for New Hampshire by Presi
dent Benjamin Harrison at the age of
twenty-eight years, holding the office
four years; appointed an associate
justice of the N. H. supreme court in
1901, when he removed to Concord;
resigned from the bench in 1904, to
resume private practice, becoming a
member of the firm of Sargent, Remick
& Niles, and subsequently being asso
ciated with Henry F. Hollis, present
U. S. senator from New Hampshire,
under the name of Remick & Hollis,
which latter firm was dissolved in 1911,
and the firm of Remick & Jackson
(Robert Jackson) formed, continuing
five years, since when Judge Remick
has practiced alone; Unitarian; Inde
pendent Republican; member, Little
ton board of health, 1887-9; board of
education, 1889-1901, the last six
years as chairman; member, N. H.
and American Bar Ass'ns, Derryfield
Club, Manchester, Wonolancet, Beaver
Meadow Golf and Snowshoe clubs,
Concord; trustee, John H. Pearson
fund; m., Dec. 5, 1888, Mary S. Pendle
ton, Hartford, Conn. Residence, Con
cord, N. H.
Remick, Mary Pendleton
(Mrs. James W. Remick); club
woman; b., Bangor, Me., July 81, 1864,
dau. Nathan P. and Helen M. (Smith)
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Pendleton; ed. private schools, Marl
boro and Southboro, Mass., and Hart
ford, Conn.; secretary, N. H. Confer
ence of Charities and Corrections,
1907— ; trustee and secretary, Pem
broke Sanatorium for Advanced Cases
of Tuberculosis; trustee, N. H. Mem
orial Hospital for Women and Children ;
eight years president, Hospital Asso
ciates, when $6,000 was raised for the
Maternity Fund; president, Concord
Woman's Club, 1911-13; first vice-
president, Friendly Club; served as
chairman of committee on Industrial
and Social Conditions and Prison
Reform for the General Federation of
Woman's Clubs, 1912-16; first vicepresident, N. H. Federation of Woman's
Clubs, 1916— ; chairman, Civil Service
Reform, N. H. Federation; chairman,
legislative committee of N. H. Federa
tion; chairman of garments and surgi
cal dressings under the N. H. Chapter
of American Red Cross; member, N. H.
Historical Soc., N. H. Prison Ass'n.
Stratford (Shakespeare) Club, Concord
Equal Suffrage League; Unitarian; m.,
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Dec. 5, 1888, Hartford, Conn., Judge
James Waldron Remick ; lived at Little
ton, N. H., 1888-1902; since then, Con
cord, N. H.; dau., Gladys, b. Littleton,
Oct. 31, 1891; ed. Mount Ida School,
West Newton, Mass.; m. Jesse Scott
Wilson, Sept. 30, 1915.
Emerson, Francis Patten
Physician (specialty, ear, nose and
throat since 1898); b., Candia, N. H.,
June 10, 1862; s. Moses Fitts and Abbie
(Patten) Emerson; desc. Michael Em
erson, Haverhill, Mass., 1634; ed. public
schools, Pembroke (N. H.) Acad
emy, private tutor, M.D., Coll. Physi
cians and Surgeons (Columbia Univ.),
N. Y. City, 1886; F. A. C. S., assoc. in
Laryngology, Harvard Graduate Medi
cal School; instructor in Otology, Har
vard University Medical School; asst.
Aural Surgeon, Mass. Charitable
Eye and Ear Infirmary since 1910;
member, American Medical Ass'n
(chm., section Laryngology and Otol
ogy, 1917), Mass. Med. Soc, Vt. State
Medical Soc. (hon.), American Laryn-
gol., Rhinol. and Otolog. Soc., Ameri
can Otolog. Soc, N. E. Otolog. and
Laryngol. Soc.; Boston Chamber of
Commerce, Harvard Club, Woodland
Golf Club, Washington Lodge, A. F.
& A. M.; Independent Republican;
non-sectarian; m., Nov. 16, 1886, Rena
P. Colby of Boston; children, Guy C.,
b. Aug. 22, 1887, Chester, Vt., m.,
Louise Boyd Brown, Sept. 12, 1916;
Margaret, b. May 29, 1894, Boston, m.
Donald Ballon Chapman, Dec. 21,
1915. Residence, 124 Longwood Ave.,
Brookline, Mass. Office, 520 Common
wealth Ave., Boston, Mass.
Kingsbury, Edward Newell
Physician; b., Francestown, N. H.
Sept. 7, 1853; s. John Langdon and
Abigail (Hyde) Kingsbury; of the
eighth generation from Joseph Kings
bury, Watertown, Mass., 1632, one of
nineteen men granted land by the
General Court, 1636, to organize the
town of Dedham. Mass.; ed. Francestown and Colby (New London) acade
mies, Amherst College, 1878, Hahne
mann Medical College, M.D. 1880;
practiced in Spencer, Mass., 1880-3,
Newton Center, Mass., 1883-5, Woonsocket, R. I., since 1885. Member
staff of Woonsocket hospital, 1910-16,
member medical board since 1912,
chief of staff since 1916; president,
Woonsocket District Medical Soc.,
1917-; member, R. I. Homeopathic
Medical Soc, Mass. State Homeo
pathic Soc, Mass. Surgical and Gyne
cological Soc, American Institute of
Homeopathy, Delta Upsilon, Winnesuket Country Club; m., May 5, 1881,
Clara A. Coffin, Newton Center, Mass.,
dau. D. N. B. and Sarah (Hayward)
Coffin; children, Newell Coffin, b. 1882;
Mabel Hyde, b. 1884 (Mrs. Thomas G.
Wright) and Mary Richards Kings
bury, b. 1886. Residence, Woon
socket, R. I.
Woolson, Augustus A.
Banker; real estate and insurance;
b., Lisbon, N. H., June 15, 1835; s.
Amos and Hannah D. (Temple) Woolson; ed. public schools, Kimball Union
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Academy, Meriden and Newbury (Vt.)
Seminary; went West at twenty-one
years of age, but returned, in a year or
two, to Lisbon where he has since been
in business; engaged for many years in
general mercantile business, as a mem
ber of the firm of Wells & Woolson;
later formed a partnership in real estate
and insurance, with his nephew, Augus
tus M. Clough, continuing to the
present time; Stand pat" Republican
("having no use for the initiative and
referendum, or the primary, not be
lieving in self appointed candidates,
or two elections in one"); town clerk
of Lisbon, 1861-2; moderator, 1866 to
1908, except during the years of Demo
cratic ascendency in town, from 1878
to 1886; town treasurer, fourteen years;
chairman supervisors of check list,
twenty years; member, N. H. house
of representatives, 1875 to 1878
(speaker in 1877 and 1878); deputy
sheriff, five years; assistant assessor,
U. S. Internal Revenue, 1865 to 1873
when the office expired by limitation;
delegate in N. H. constitutional con
vention, 1889, 1902; director, Lisbon
Savings Bank and Trust Co. (which
he was largely instrumental in organ
izing), twenty-eight years and presi
dent of the same, sixteen years; presi
dent of the Lisbon Village Library
Ass'n, whose organization he also
promoted, for more than thirty years;
village commissioner, seven years;
principal pension attorney for Lisbon
and vicinity since the close of the Civil
War. Residence, Lisbon, N. H.
Clough, Clarence Edward
Coal and lumber merchant; b., Danbury, N. H., Feb. 25, 1872; s. George
B. and Phoebe R. (Wiggin) Clough;
ed. Colby Academy, New London,
N. H., 1891, Yale University, 1895,
University of Chicago Divinity School,
1898; Baptist; entered the ministry
and served five years as pastor of the
church at Bloomington, Ind., during
which time a new stone church edifice
was built and the membership doubled ;
subsequently retired, and for the last
fifteen years has been engaged in the
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coal and lumber business in Lebanon,
taking an active interest in church and
public affairs, serving as deacon of the
Baptist church and member of the
Lebanon board of education; ex-presi
dent, N. H. Baptist State Convention;
treasurer and chairman executive com
mittee, trustees of Colby Academy;
Republican; member, N. H. house of
representatives, 1909-10, and a leader
of the progressive Republicans in that
body; member, A. F. & A. M., and
Langdon Club (chairman executive
committee); trustee, Mascoma Sav
ings Bank of Lebanon; m., Sept. 25,
1897, Mary E. Shepard of New Lon
don (Colby Academy, 1891, Smith
College, 1897); children, Dorothy, b.
Sept. 2, 1898; Shepard Bancroft, b.
Dec. 6, 1901; Nathaniel Paul, b.
Sept. 30, 1906; Barbara May, b. March
11, 1910; Reginald Theodore, b. Oct.
28, 1914. Residence, Lebanon, N. H.
Jackman, Charles Lyman.
Insurance; b., Concord, N. H., Aug.
4, 1871; s. Capt. Lyman and Sarah
�Charles L. Jackman
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Freese (Tilton) Jackman; direct de
scendant of James Jackman, an original
settler of Newbury, Mass.; his great
grandfather served in the Revolution,
his grandfather, Maj. Royal Jackman,
with two brothers, served in the war
of 1812, and his father, Capt. Lyman
Jackman, who wrote the history of the
Sixth N. H. Volunteers, served during
the Civil War, was wounded in the
second battle of Bull Run, and was
confined for a time in Libby prison;
ed. Concord public schools, high school,
1890; Congregationalist; Republican;
engaged in fire insurance, with his
father, after leaving school, and has
continued, developing an extensive
business, and is connected with various
corporations in other lines; president,
Capital Fire Insurance Co., Concord,
N. H., First Investment Co., Contoocook Valley Paper Co., Henniker,
N. H., Underwriters Fire Insurance
Co., Concord, Eastern Fire Insurance
Co., Phenix Mutual Fire Insurance
Co., Page Belting Co., Northern
Securities Co.; vice-president, Manu
facturers & Merchants' Mutual Insur
ance Co., Concord, Concord Real
Estate Co.; manager, New England
Underwriters Agency (Inc.), Concord;
treasurer, Concord Building Co., Con
cord, Concord Y. M. C. A., Jackman
& Lang (Inc.); assistant treasurer,
United Life and Accident Insurance
Co., Concord; director, State Capital
Co., Concord, Concord & Claremont R.
R., Concord Shoe Factory, National
State Capital Bank, Home Realty Co.,
F. G. Guilds Co., Pittsfield, Mass.;
member South Congregational Church,
Cemetery Commission, Wonolancet,
Kancamagus, Passaconaway, Beaver
Meadow Golf and Bow Brook Squash
clubs, Concord; A. F. & A. M., Knight
Templar and Shriner; member, N. H.
Historical Soc. and American Geo
graphical Soc., New York; m., 1st,
Oct. 11, 1893, Minnie M. Day, Con
cord, d. Sept. 13, 1898; 2d, May 17,
1900, Mary E. Rolfe; children, Mar
garet Sarah, b. Aug. 8, 1904; Roma A.,
b. Aug. 2, 1909, d. Jan. 11, 1912;
Ruth I. Lemmon (adopted). Resi
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dence, Concord, N. H. and Jacksland
Farm, Riverhill, Concord, N. H.
Gordon, George Henry
Railroad employee; b., Canaan, N.
H., Sept. 27, 1859; s. William and
Augusta (Sleeper) Gordon; ed. public
schools, Canaan, N. H., and Washing
ton, D. C., Proctor Academy, Andover,
N. H.; served as station agent for the
Northern R. R., at Danbury, N. H.,
several years after leaving school, and
five years as postmaster; removed to
Canaan in 1886, and has been railroad
station agent there since that time;
Baptist; Republican; town clerk of
Canaan since 1888; member, high
school board, seven years; member,
N. H. house of representatives, 18934, 1905-6; N. H. senate, 1899-1900;
A. F. & A. M., Knight Templar and
Shriner; K. of P.; New England Rail
road Agents Ass'n; B. & M. Railroad
Veterans Ass'n; m., Sept. 25, 1880,
Emma F. Noyes; children, Ralph W.,
b. Feb. 25, 1882; Earle C., Dec. 12,
1887 (clerk, N. H. senate); Harold G.,
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b. Dec. 31, 1889; Vaughn L., b. May
7, 1892; Mamie G., b. Oct. 7, 1893;
Ethelyn A., b. July 1, 1899; Ruth C.,
b. Jan. 10, 1902. Residence, Canaan,
N. H.
Wells, Christopher Henry
Lawyer, journalist, Judge of Pro
bate; b., Somersworth, N.H., July 6,
1853; s. Nathaniel and Eliza (Thom)
Wells; ed. Somersworth high school,
1871, Bowdoin College, 1875; studied
law and admitted to the N. H. bar,
Aug. 16, 1878; practiced some years in
company with his father's old partner,
William R. Burleigh, and in 1883, pur
chased the Free Press newspaper and
printing establishment, devoting his
attention largely, thereafter, to journal
ism; Congregationalist; Republican;
member, N. H. house of representa
tives, 1881-3; N. H. constitutional
convention, 1889; aide-de-camp, with
rank of colonel, staff of Gov. Charles
H. Sawyer, 1887-8; mayor of Somers
worth, 1894-8; justice, Somersworth
police court, Jan., 1900 to July, 1914;
Judge of Probate for Strafford County
since March 15, 1898; chairman com
mittee appointed by Gov. Chester B.
Jordon to prepare rules of procedure,
and uniform blanks for use in probate
courts of the state, 1901-3; president,
First National Bank of Somersworth;
vice-president and trustee, Somers
worth Savings Bank; owner and treas
urer, since 1883, Somersworth Free
Press; member, Strafford County and
New Hampshire Bar Ass'ns, N. H.
Historical Soc., N. H. Soc. Laws of the
American Revolution; N. H. Weekly
Publishers Ass'n, Scottish Rite Mason
(32d degree), Knight of Pythia, Patron
of Husbandry, etc. ; m., June 15, 1887,
Oriana Hartford, Dover; no children.
Residence, Somersworth, N. H.
Brooks, John Graham
Author, lecturer; b., Acworth, N.H.,
Julv 19, 1846; s. Chapin Kidder and
Parmelia (Graham) Brooks; S.T.B.
Harvard Divinity School, 1875; stud
ied three years at the Universities of
Berlin, Jena and Freidburg, and be
came a lecturer on economical subjects;
instructor two years, in Harvard
University; several years lecturer,
extension dept., University of Chicago;
two years expert, U. S. Dept. of Labor,
at Washington, making report of 1893,
upon Workingmen's Insurance in Ger
many; lecturer, University of Cali
fornia; president, National Consumers'
League; author, "The Social Unrest,"
1903; "As Others See Us," 1908; "An
American Citizen," 1910; "American
Syndicalism," 1913. Address, 8 Fran
cis Ave., Cambridge, Mass.
Morrill, Osma Cornelia Baker
(Mrs. Shadrach C. Morrill); b.,
Concord, N. H., March 7, 1855, dau.
Bishop Osman C. and Mehi table
(Perley) Baker. (In 1847 Bishop
Baker was a prime mover in organiz
ing the Biblical Institute at Concord.
N. H., the first Methodist Theological
school in this country, which in 1868
became the nucleus of Boston Univer
sity.) Ed. Concord High School, 1872
(valedictorian); member, Baker Me
morial M. E. Church; first president for
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N. H. of Nat. Fed. of Musical Clubs,
1909-15; chairman of first Music
Committee in N. H. Federation of
Woman's Clubs; Conference president
of the Woman's Home Missionary Soc.
of the M. E. Church; member, Concord
board of education, 1915- ; trustee of
Margaret Pillsbury General Hospital,
1906-; member, Stratford (Shakesspeare) Club (president, 1892-5), Con
cord Woman's Club (charter member,
chairman of Household Economics,
also of Music Committee), Concord
Music Club (president, 1908-10) ; Dis
trict Nursing Ass'n, Concord Female
Charitable Soc. and Red Cross; m.,
May 22, 1883, Dr. Shadrach Cate
Morrill, who d. Oct. 9, 1904; children,
Ashley Baker, b. Sept. 6, 1884, B.S.
Harvard University, 1908, M.D. Har
vard Medical School, 1911, studied
Vienna, Paris and London, 1912, physi
cian, Chicago, 11l., 1912-17, captain,
Medical Officers' Reserve Corps, U.
S. A., 1917-; Margaret, b. Jan. 28,
1886, Concord High School, 1906,
Garland Training School, Boston,
1908, kindergartner in the Concord
schools, d. Sept. 2, 1917; Gladys, b.
June 28, 1887; Mary Stearns, b. June
22, 1892, d. Dec. 4, 1903. Residence,
Concord, N. H.
Evans, Alfred Randall
Lawyer; b., Shelburne, N. H., March
2 1 , 1849 ; s. Otis and Martha (Pinkham)
Evans; grandson of Daniel Evans, an
early settler of Shelburne; ed. public
schools, Lancaster Academy, Lewiston,
Me., Latin School, Dartmouth Col
lege, 1872; studied law and admitted to
the Cods County bar in 1875, also to
the bar of U. S. Circuit Court in 1880;
Congregationalist; Republican; repre
sented Shelburne in N. H. house of
representatives in 1874-5, and 1878;
Removed to Gorham in 1880; served
as chairman of the board of selectmen
and of the superintending school com
mittee; appointed Judge of Probate
for Coos County in 1895 and has held
the office since that time; delegate in
N. H. constitutional convention, 1902
and 1912; quartermaster-general on
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staff of Gov. Charles M. Floyd, 19078, and on staffs of Governors Quinby
and Bass, as quartermaster-general of
N. H. N. G.; president, Berlin and
Gorham Bar Ass'n, since organization;
organizer, trustee and for many years
main supporter of Gorham Public
Library; president, Gorham Savings
Bank, and of the Berlin National
Bank for ten years after organization;
member, A. F. & A. M. (32d degree);
secretary, Gorham Lodge, No. 73, more
than thirty years; honorary member,
N. H. Veterans Ass'n; m., 1st, June
1, 1880, Dora J. Briggs, d. May 10,
1908; 2d, Dec. 14, 1911, at Lisbon,
N. H., Mrs. Marion J. (Bowles) Aldrich, of Colebrook. Residence, Gor
ham, N. H.
Morris, George Franklin
Lawyer; b., Vershire, Vt., April 13,
1866; s. Josiah S. and Lucina C. (Mer
rill) Morris, and grandson of William
M. and Esther P. (Southworth) Morris;
ed. common schools of Corinth, Vt.,
Corinth Academy and State Normal
�George F. Morris
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School, Randolph, Vt., 1885; taught
for some years in the schools of Vershire,
Newbury and Concord, Vt., and in the
high schools of Wells River, Vt., and
Woodsville, N. H., for two seasons in a
summer school for instruction of
teachers, at Wells River, and was for
four years examiner of teachers for
Orange County, Vt.; read law during
vacations with Smith & Sloane, at
Wells River, was admitted to the
Vermont bar at Montpelier, Oct., 1891,
subsequently to the New Hampshire
bar, and at once commenced the prac
tice of law at Lisbon, N. H., where he
remained till March 19, 1906 when he
became a member of the firm of Drew,
Jordan, Shurtleff & Morris at Lan
caster (now Drew, Shurtleff, Morris &
Oakes) where he has since resided.
As a member of the leading law firm in
northern New Hampshire, for the last
dozen years he has had a wide pro
fessional experience. Since 1914 he has
been a member of the board of State
bar examiners, succeeding Judge Wil
liam M. Chase. In 1917 he was chosen
president of the N. H. Bar Ass'n.
Republican; delegate from Lisbon in
the N. H. constitutional convention of
1902, and member of the N. H. house
of representatives from that town in
1905; solicitor for Grafton County,
1899-1903; several years member of
Lisbon board of education and has
served the last ten years in Lancaster
in the same capacity. Mr. Morris is
much interested in botany, and has a
large collection of the flora of northern
New Hampshire; also extensively
engaged in agriculture, being the owner
of one of the finest farms in Coos
County, and is president of the Coos
County Farm Bureau; m., May 16,
1894, Lula J. Aldrich of Lisbon (see
sketch of Mrs. Morris) ; one son, Robert
Hall, b. Aug. 21, 1907. Residence,
Lancaster, N. H.
Morris, Lula J. Aldrich
(Mrs. George F. Morris); club
woman; b., Libson, N. H., Aug. 4,
1872; dau. Charles and Persia (Hall)
Aldrich; ed. public schools, Lisbon
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high school, 1891; resided in Lisbon,
except for a year's absence, in Creston,
la., until removal with her husband to
Lancaster in 1906; assistant post-mis
tress in Lisbon for six years after
graduation from high school. Mrs.
Morris has always been interested in
the social life and events of the towns
where she has resided, and is widely
known among the club-women of the
state; served as president of Friends in
Council in Lisbon, 1905-6, and of Unity
Club, Lancaster, 1911-12; treasurer,
N. H. State Federation of Women's
Clubs, 1913-14; auditor of the same,
1915-16; prominent in the Order of the
Eastern Star, serving as Worthy Ma
tron, Lafayette Chapter, Lisbon, in
1901, and as Grand Matron of the
order in New Hampshire in 1909; at
present, a director of N. H. Division,
Women's Committee, Council of Na
tional Defense, and chairman, Lan
caster Branch of the Red Cross, and
active in both positions. From 1899 to
1906 Mrs. Morris worked in her hus
band's office, making a study of law in
�Hon. Henry W. Keyes
�ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES
the meantime, and while never applying
for admission to the bar, the knowledge
of law and familiarity with court pro
cedure acquired made her a valuable
assistant in his work.
Keyes, Henry Wilder
Farmer, Governor of New Hamp
shire; b., Newbury, Vt., May 23, 1863;
s. Henry and Emma F. (Pierce) Keyes;
great-grandson' of Col. Danforth Keyes,
a soldier of the Revolution and personal
friend of General Washington; ed. Bos
ton public schools, Adams Academy,
Harvard College, A.B., 1887; promi
nent in athletics in college, and captain
of a crew which defeatea Yale; marshal
of his class, for commencement week,
at graduation; traveled in Europe after
leaving college, visiting Friesland, the
home of Holstein cattle where he made
personal selection of superior stock for
the celebrated "Pine Grove Farm," at
North Haverhill, of which his father
had been the owner, and which he has
since conducted, with great success,
breeding fine cattle, horses, sheep and
swine, and taking deep interest in all
lines of agricultural progress; Episco
palian; Republican; member, N. H.
house of representatives, 1891-2, 1893
-4, 1915-16; N. H. senate, 1903-4;
trustee, N. H. College of Agriculture
and the Mechanic Arts, 1893-6; mem
ber, N. H. board of license commission
ers, 1903-13; excise commission (chair
man), 1915-16; Governor of New
Hampshire, 1917-18; member, board
of selectmen of Haverhill, eighteen
years, most of the time chairman of
the board; director and president of
the Passumpsic and Connecticut Rivers
R. R.; director, N. E. Telephone &
Telegraph Co.; president, Woodsville
National Bank; vice-president, Nashua
River Paper Co., PeppereU, Mass.;
member, A. F. & A. M. and P. of H.;
m., June 8, 1904, Frances Parkinson,
dau. John H. and Louise (Johnson)
Wheeler, Newbury, Vt.; children,
Henry Wilder, Jr., b. March 22, 1905
John Parkinson, b. March 26, 1907
Francis, b. Dec. 4, 1912. Residence
North Haverhill, N. H.
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Stickney, Edward Huntington
Clergyman; b., Campton, N. H., Oct10, 1853; s. Benjamin and Phebe (Pulsifer) Stickney; ed. Kimball Union
Academy, Dartmouth College, 1878,
Andover Theological Seminary, 1881;
went West in 1881, and was settled as
a home missionary, at Detroit, Mich.,
remaining till 1885, when he removed
to Harwood, N. D., then a part of the
territory of Dakota, where he was mis
sionary pastor till April, 1889, when he
entered the general work as a mission
ary for the Congregational S. S. and
Pub. Soc; in 1891 was made superin
tendent for the entire state, and has
continued since, having also, for a
number of years, worked in northern
Minnesota, and for three years had
the whole of Montana in his care. In
Aug., 1909, he was made joint mis
sionary and S. S. superintendent for
North Dakota, and has since continued
in that position; one of the founders of
Fargo College, Fargo, N. D., and for
many years secretary of its board of
trustees; received the honorary degree
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ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES
of D.D. from Fargo in 1910 and from
Dartmouth in 1915; m., Sept. 6, 1881,
Laura Hewitt Washburn; children,
Bertha Campbell; Park Washburn
(Dartmouth, 1908, Thayer School,
1909), civil engineer, N. P. R. R.;
George Edwin (Fargo, 1914, Chicago
Theological Seminary, 1917), pastor,
Congregational church, Burlington,
Wis., now in Army Y. M. C. A. work.
Residence, Fargo, N. D.
Farnum, Charles Henry
Farmer; b., West Concord, N. H.,
Dec. 30, 1837; s. Dea. Benjamin and
Emily (Farnum) Farnum; ed. Con
cord schools and Colby Academy, New
London, N. H.; in Jan., 1860, went to
California by way of the Isthmus,
remaining there till June, 1868, since
when he has been engaged in agricul
ture at West Concord, on ancestral
land, belonging to his great-great
grandfather, Ephraim Farnum, one of
the first settlers of Concord. He
represents one of three families in
Concord, living on land directly de
scended from the original proprietors
of "Pennycook," settled in 1725, the
others being Mr. Andrew J. Abbott, of
West Concord, his neighbor, and Miss
Eliza L. Walker, of 276 No. Main St.,
who lives in the very house of her greatgreat-grandfather,
Rev.
Timothy
Walker, the first minister; Republican;
Congregationalist,
member,
West
Concord Congregational Church; life
member, N. E. Agricultural Soc; mem
ber, N. H. Dairymen's Ass'n; Merri
mack County Grange Fair Ass'n; m.,
Nov. 29, 1870, Annie E. Farnum, d.
March 31, 1917; a daughter died in
infancy. Residence, West Concord,
N. H.
Farnum, Lewis Calvin
Railway official; b., West Concord,
N. H., Sept. 28, 1846; s. Dea. Benja
min and Emily (Farnum) Farnum; ed.
West Concord schools and New Lon
don Academy; went West in 1868;
conductor on the Chicago, Milwaukee
and St. Paul R. R. forty-three years;
Republican; Christian Scientist; mem
ber, A. F. and A. M., Blue Lodge
Chapter and Commandery, McGregor,
Iowa, Wisconsin Consistory, Milwau
kee, Wis.; m., Aug. 9, 1874, Jennie
Amelia Tiffany, Mason City, Iowa;
one child, Emma Fay, b. Oct. 28, 1875,
grad. McGregor high school, also
N. E. Conservatory of Music, Bos
ton, Mass.; m., 1894, Fred G. Bell
of McGregor, manager and owner of
the oldest grain house in Iowa, known
as Gilchrist & Co., founded by his
father, Dea. Colin Bell, who started
the business at McGregor in 1854,
coming from West Charlton, N. Y.
Residence, McGregor, Iowa.
Jones, William Safford
Clergyman; b., Exeter, N. H.,
March 10, 1879; s. Daniel Smith and
Harriet Maria (Smith) Jones; ed.
Boston public schools, private tutor,
Meadville (Pa.) Theological School,
1896, Divinity School, Harvard Uni
versity, resident graduate, 1896-7,
1899-1900; Unitarian; Minister, Channing Memorial Church, Newport,
�ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES
R. I., since November, 1905; member,
A. F. & A. M., Chaplain, St. Paul's
Lodge, No. 14, Newport; Board of
Reference, Charity Organization Soc.,
Newport; trustee, Natural History
Soc.; visiting committee, Woman's
College, Brown University; historian,
R. I. Soc. Sons of the Revolution; life
member, American Unitarian Ass'n
and Boston Young Men's Christian
Union; American Soc. for Psychical
Research; Meadville Alumni Ass'n;
Harvard Divinity Alumni Ass'n; Har
vard Club of R. I.; author of many
printed sermons and articles; collab
orator, "Getting Together: Essays by
Friends in Council, on the Regulative
Ideas of Religious Thought"; speaker
for the U. S. government under the
authority of the Committee on Public
Information as a "Four Minute Man";
m., June 30, 1902, Edith Adams
Nichols; one son, Edward Nichols
Jones, b. July 16, 1904. Residence,
"The Parsonage," 29 Kay St., New
port, R. I.
Shepard, Annie Bartlett
(Mrs. Frederick Johnson Shepard);
home-maker and club-woman; b., Not
tingham, N. H., Feb. 18, 1861; dau.
Thomas Bradbury and Victoria (Cilley)
Bartlett, granddaughter Judge Brad
bury Bartlett and Col. Joseph Cilley of
Nottingham, both serving in the War
of 1812 and the latter wounded at
Lundy's Lane, also great-granddaugh
ter Gen. Thomas Bartlett and Gen.
Joseph Cilley, officers in the American
Revolution; ed. public schools, Haver
hill, Mass., and Lasell Seminary, Auburndale, Mass.; state regent, N. H.
D. A. R., 1907-9; president, N. H.
Federation of Woman's Clubs, 191517; director in General Federation of
Woman's Clubs, 1916-18; member,
Deriy Woman's Club, Molly Reid
Chapter, D. A. R., N. H. Soc. Colonial
Dames, N. H. Historical Soc., N. E.
Historic Genealogical Soc., N. H.
Woman's Dept. Nat. Civic Fed., State
Advisory Com. on Food Conservation
(Chairman Derry District), Derry
Parent-Teacher Ass'n, Derry Red
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Cross (Chairman East Derry Auxiliary)
Congregationalist, anti-suffragist; m.,
Sept. 27, 1887, Frederick Johnson
Shepard, banker, Derry, N. H.; chil
dren, (1) Frederick Johnson, Jr., b.
Dec. 10, 1889, Mass. Inst. Tech., 1912;
m. Jan. 27, 1915, Caroline Rothwell
Clark of Boston; one child, Helen
Rothwell; commissioned First Lieu
tenant Ordnance Dept., U. S. A., Oct.,
1917; (2) Alan Bartlett, b. Sept. 5,
1891, Dartmouth College, 1913, Tuck
School, 1914; commissioned First
Lieutenant, Infantry Reserve at Plattsburg, Nov., 1917; (3) Henry Bradbury,
b. Nov. 23, 1893, Phillips Andover,
1912, Mass. Inst. Tech., 1916; com
missioned, Ensign, Naval Reserve
Ordnance Dept., Oct., 1917. Resi
dence, East Derry, N. H.
Brown, Frank Parker
Merchant and lumberman; b., Bow,
N. H., March 24, 1847; s. Parker and
Clara A. (Gault) Brown; ed. public
schools, Colby Academy, New Lon
don, N. H., Concord Business College;
�Hon. Frank P. Brown
�ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES
removed to Whitefield in 1870, where
he was long engaged in lumbering and
mercantile tusiness, but for some time
past has been a grain dealer; Baptist;
Republican, and for many years active
in party affairs; member, N. H. house
of representatives from Whitefield,
1876-7; Commissary General on the
staff of Gov. Moody Currier; delegate,
Republic National Convention, Phila
delphia; member, N. H. senate, 1899;
executive council, 1907, fish and game
commissioner 1908-13; Mason (32d
degree); I. O. O. F.; m., Aug. 20, 1874,
Kate Howard Crockett, Boston, Mass.
(Mrs. Brown has been active and
prominent in charitable and benevo
lent work, and has long served as a
member of the State Board of Chari
ties and Correction); one son, Forest
Gault, b. Aug. 7, 1885, a graduate of
the Whitefield high school, has a wife
and two children, Gault and Ruth, and
is associated with his father in the
grain business. Residence, WhiteHeld, N. H.
Hartford, Fernando Wood
Publisher; b., Chateaugay, N. Y.,
Nov. 14, 1876; s. Mark and Eliza J.
(Silver) Hartford; ed. public schools
and Morse Business College, Manches
ter, N. H. ; his first newspaper work was
done at the age of ten years, as a
carrier for the Manchester Morning
Union; at thirteen engaged with the
Union as an office boy, subsequently
serving as a bookkeeper and general
utility man until at sixteen, he was
sent to Portsmouth, at $9.00 per week,
to establish a circulation in that part
of the State; subsequently he served
for fifteen years in various clerical
capacities, at the Portsmouth Navy
Yard, attaining the position of chief
clerk to the purchasing paymaster—
this early connection accounting for
the deep interest he has ever since
taken in the Navy Yard and its work;
publisher, Portsmouth Herald, since
1891, acquiring the Daily Chronicle
and N. H. Gazette (weekly) in 1893,
all of which he has since published;
Congregationalism Republican; mem
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ber, Portsmouth city council, 1892,
school board six years; member, N. H.
house of representatives 1895; dele
gate to Republican national conven
tion, Chicago, 1912; N. E. Railroad
Conference, 1914; president and treas
urer, Chronicle and Gazette Publishing
Co.; president, Portsmouth Theatre
Co.; director, Citizens Material Ry.
Co.; member and organizer of the
Portsmouth Board of Trade; member,
N. H. Press Ass'n (ex-president), Pil
grim Publicity Ass'n; Knights of the
Golden Eagle, Knights of Pythias,
Elks and Grange; Warwick, Ports
mouth Athletic, Country and City
clubs, and Boston Press club; ac
tively instrumental in the inauguration
and establishment of the new ship
building plant at Newington, and
secretary of the corporation; m., June
7, 1890, Lizzie Hill Downing of Eliot,
Me.; children, Beatrice Elizabeth (Mrs.
A. W. Scarborough), b. Aug. 21, 1891
(Bradford Academy, 1912); Emma
Helen (Mrs. William A. Nelson), b.
Sept. 18, 1893 (Smith College, 1916);
�Mary E. Neal Hannaford
�ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES
Justin Downing, b. July 21, 1900, now
in U. S. Naval Academy. Resi
dence, Miller Ave.; office, 23 Pleasant
St., Portsmouth, N. H.
Hannaford, Mary Elisabeth Neal
Historian, club woman; b., Mere
dith, N. H., Oct. 2, 1853; dau. and
only child of Smith and Sarah Elisa
beth (Smith) Neal; ed. public schools,
Sanbornton, N. H., and Tilton Semi
nary; resided in Sanbornton, N. H.,
till 1898 when she removed to 11linois;
m., Jan. 1, 1890, John P. Hannaford,
native of New Hampton; joined sec
ond Baptist Church, Sanbornton Bay,
N. H., with her mother, in 1870, and
retains membership there; member,
board of directors, Farmers State
Bank, of Chadwick, Ill., where she re
sided a few years before removal to
Rockford, Ill., their present home; has
devoted much time to historical and
genealogical work; published in 1915,
"Family Records of Branches of Sev
eral New Hampshire Families," and is
still collecting data along this line;
active in club work and has served on
the Illinois Federation Board of
Women's Clubs; member, Chicago
chapter, Daughters of the American
Revolution, Colony of New England
Women, Chicago Chapter; N. H.
Historical Soc. and N. E. HistoricGenealogical Soc, Boston, Mass. Resi
dence, 514 N. Winnebago St., Rockford,
Ill.
Towle, Fred Scates
Physician; b., Boston, Mass., Dec.
28, 1863; s. Charles A. and Maria
(Scates) Towle; ed. Boston high school
and Columbian Medical College, 1893;
pursued post-graduate studies in New
York hospitals; practiced a short time
in Boston, and located in Portsmouth
in 1894, where he has since continued,
establishing an extensive practice;
Baptist; Republican; has served as
city physician, chairman, Portsmouth
Board of Health, surgeon for B. &. M.
R. R.; member of staff of the Cottage
Hospital, surgeon-general on staff of
Gov. George A. Ramsdell; member,
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N. H. Executive Council for District
No. 1, 1905-6; chairman, Medical Ad
visory Draft Board; member, N. H.
Medical Soc. (president, 1917-18),
N. H. Surgical Club, Portsmouth,
Strafford County, and Rockingham
County medical societies, and American
Medical Ass'n; Mason (32d degree),
I. O. O. F., R. A. (State MedicalExaminer); S. A. R.; m., March, 1885,
Martha Horne Perry, Boston; one son,
Charles Augustus, educated at Ports
mouth High School, and New York
Military Academy, Cornwall-on-theHudson; married Marion G. Roby,
daughter C. A. Roby, Nashua, N. H.,
died Oct. 2, 1916, aged 30 years. Resi
dence, Portsmouth, N. H.
Folsom, Channing
Educator, farmer; b., Newmarket,
N. H., June 1, 1848; s. Dr. William and
Irena (Lamprey) Folsom; ed. public
schools, Phillips Exeter Academy,
1866, Dartmouth College, 1870 (A.M.
1885); taught school in Durham and
Newmarket while in college; later
�Hon. Channing Folsom
�ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES
taught two years in Amesbury, Mass.,
and four years in Portsmouth; became
principal of the Belknap Grammar
school in Dover in 1874 continuing till
1877, when he went to the Eliot School
in Boston, remaining till April, 1882,
when he was made superintendent of
schools in Dover, continuing until
appointed Superintendent of Public
Instruction for the State of New Hamp
shire, in Oct., 1898, which latter office
he held till 1904; Methodist; Republi
can; member, A. F. & A. M., Rising
Star Lodge, Newmarket (past master,
Moses Paul Lodge, Dover), Belknap
Chapter and St. Paul Commandery,
Dover, N. H. Consistory, 32d degree;
prominent for a time in Patrons of
Husbandry, and first master of Dover
Grange; m., Nov. 12, 1870, Ruth F.
Sawyer of Newmarket; children,
Henry H., b. 1871, &. 1914 (Dartmouth,
1892) ; Alice Irene, b. 1873, m. George
G. Towle, Dover; Arthur Channing,
b. 1875, in business in San Francisco,
Cal.; Emily S., b. 1876, m. Perley A.
Young, Newmarket; Mary H., b. 1881,
m. Edward J. Ackroyd, Somerville,
Mass. Residence, Newmarket, N. H.;
address, Newfields, R. F. D.
Sargent, Orison Clark
Clergyman; b., Pittsford, Vt., Oct.
1, 1849; s. Leonard and Sophia (Allen)
Sargent, grandson of Junia Sargent, a
"Green Mountain" boy who fought at
Ticonderoga under Ethan Allen; ed.
Fairfax Literary and Scientific Insti
tute, Vt., Colgate Academy, Colgate
University, A.B., 1875, A.M. and B.D.,
1878; Phi Beta Kappa; filled Baptist
pulpit at Delhi, Delaware Co., N. Y.,
one year while theological student; or
dained. Jewett City, Conn., July, 1878,
Sreached there till 1884; Randolph,
lass., 1884-8 ; asst. pastor, Second Ave.
Baptist Church, New York City, 18S8
-9; Claremont, N. H., 1889-1901; gen
eral secretary and superintendent of N.
H. Baptist Convention, 1901-14; Re
publican; member, Am. Baptist Foreign
Miss. Soc. (life), Am. Baptist Home
Miss. Soc. (life), N. H. Bible Soc.
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(director), Ministers' Conference of
Boston, Concord Ministers' Confer
ence, N. H. Historical Soc, Concord
Equal Suffrage League, Anti-Saloon
League, N. H. Y. M. C. A. (hon.),
W. C. T. U. (hon.), Nat. Geographic
Soc; president, N. H. Y. P. S. C. E.
three years during Claremont pastor
ate; owner and editor of the N. H.
Evangel, a Baptist State paper, 190714; contributor to the Watchman and
Examiner (Boston), including letters
from Europe, California and Jamaica;
also to Zion's Advocate of Maine; m.,
Anne Phidelia Sears of Delhi, N. Y.,
June 25, 1878; children, Clark Sears,
b. Dec. 2, 1879, d. Aug. U, 1880;
Elizabeth Sears, b. Oct. 1, 1881, A.B.,
Mount Holyoke College, 1903, teacher
in high schools, Woodstock, Vt., 19046, Franklin, N. H., 1906-7, Concord,
N. H., 1907-; president, Concord
Woman's College Club, 1917-. Resi
dence, Concord, N. H.
�Hon. Frank P. Hobbs
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Hobbs, Frank Pierce
Railroading, hotel and livery busi
ness, lumbering, real estate and fire
insurance; b., Winona, Minn., Sept. 6,
1855; s. Ezra T. and Hannah M.
(Cogswell) Hobbs; ed. public schools
of Ossipee and Tamworth, N. H.; em
ployed by the Eastern R. R. in youth,
serving successively as brakeman, bag
gage master, telegraph operator and
station agent at Wolfeboro, until 1888,
when he resigned, and engaged in hotel
and livery business, conducting first the
"Lake Shore" and later the Wolfeboro
Hotel, which he remodelled and named
"Hobbs-is-Inn," continuing till June,
1907, when he retired to go into real
estate, lumbering and insurance; Uni
tarian; Democrat; he served forty
years as a member of the N. H. Demo
cratic state committee; sheriff of Car
roll County, 1899, 1900; deputy sheriff,
Carroll, Belknap and Strafford Coun
ties, many years; postmaster Wolfe
boro, 1894-8, 1913 and since; member,
N. H. house of representatives, 191112, 1913-14; member, N. H. constitu
tional convention, 1912; justice, Wolfe
boro District Court, 1913-15; chair
man, Carroll County War Savings
Committee, 1918; member, Morning
Star Lodge, A. F. & A. M., Fidelity
Lodge, No. 71, I. O. O. F., and Carroll
Lodge, No. 7, A. O. U. W, of Wolfe
boro; m., Dec. 6, 1882, Emily S., dau.
Otis and Shua (Libbey) Evans, of
Wolfeboro; two daughters, Shua and
Mary. Residence, Wolfeboro, N. H.
Robbins, Joseph Henry
Clergyman; b., Yarmouth, Nova
Scotia, Aug. 21, 1846; s. Chandler and
Hannah (Holmes) Robbins, greatgrandson of Joseph Robbins who
fought under Washington at battle of
Princeton and in the capture of the
Hessians at Trenton; also descended
from Isaac Allerton and John Howland,
both Mayflower Pilgrims; Acadia Uni
versity, Nova Scotia, B.A. 1873, M.A.
1883; ordained Baptist minister, Rawdon, Nova Scotia, 1873; pastorates,
1873-1902, Rawdon, Cambridge, Bear
River and Middleton, N. S., Spring
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field, Saxton's River and Chester, Vt.,
Claremont and Concord, N. H.;
Superintendent, N. H. Anti-Saloon
League and editor, N. H. Issue, 1902-;
Independent; member, N. E. Evange
listic Ass'n, Lord's Day League of
N. E., Salisbury Baptist Ass'n, N. H.
Baptist United Convention, Good Will
Farm Home Ass'n, Franklin, N. H.
(trustee), Concord Ministers' Confer
ence, Concord Equal Suffrage League,
Capital Grange, P. of H.; author of
N. H. Prohibitory law passed in 1917;
m., Dec. 24 1872, Yarmouth, N. S.,
Mary Gould Scott; children: (1)
Joseph Chandler, b. March 20, 1874,
Brown University, A.B. 1897, Newton
Theological Seminary, 1901; served
in Spanish-American War, Co. E, 1st
N. H. Vols. 1898; seven years mission
ary in the Philippines, foreign secretary
Am. Bapt. For. Miss. Soc, 1916-, m.
Erne Starkey of Troy, N. H.; children:
Mary, d. in the Philippines, Ruth
Margaret, Joseph Chandler, Louise
Mary; (2) Louise May, b. April 14,
1875, ed. Leland Stanford University,
California, d. Jan. 17, 1917. Resi
dence, Concord, N. H.
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Henderson, James William
Printer, lawyer, real estate operator;
b., Rochester, N. H., Feb. 18, 1840; s.
William Millet and Maria (Diman)
Henderson; ed. public schools, Roches
ter Academy and Franklin Academy,
Dover; taught school in Rochester
and Farmington in youth; learned the
printer's trade in the office of the
Dover Enquirer, and was subsequently
employed in the Mass. State printing
office, on the Boston Journal and
Dover newspapers; member, Dover
board of education, 1870-5; read law
in the office of George W. Stevens of
Dover; went to St. Augustine, Fla., in
1877, where he continued the study of
law, was admitted to the Florida bar,
and subsequently to the U. S. District
and Supreme Courts; appointed acting
state's attorney for St. John's Co., by
Judge J. M. Baker of the Fourth Judi
cial District; meanwhile he was also
engaged in extensive real estate opera
tions in St. Augustine, including the
proprietorship of a big hotel, upon
the site of which, after its destruction
by fire, he erected a large brick block,
now the home of the Masons, Odd Fel
lows and other fraternal orders. He
also purchased at a special Master's
sale, the St. Augustine & South Beach
Railway & Bridge Co.'s property, con
sisting of half a dozen miles of railroad
and a drawbridge, spanning the Malansas River, which some two years later
was disposed of to a Boston syndicate.
Methodist; Democrat; served several
years as a member of the N. H. Demo
cratic state committee, and was active
in local and state politics; in the state
convention of 1875, presented the name
of Capt. Daniel Marcy of Portsmouth,
for the gubernatorial nomination, in a
forceful and convincing speech; m.,
May 18, 1878, Ellen Compton, dau.
Jacob Compton of Chicago, an accom
plished woman of fine artistic tastes,
who d. April 26, 1909. (Just previous to
marriage he had purchased in Dover, the
fine old residence of the late Judge Durrell of Louisiana fame, which he occu
pied as a summer home.) Two sons:
William H., b. New York City, May 27,
1879, d. St. Augustine, Fla., March
14, 1880; J. Compton, b. Clifton House,
Niagara Falls, July 8, 1880; ed. Dover,
St. Augustine and Chicago public
schools, South Division high school,
Chicago, Phillips Exeter Academy, and
South Western Univ., Jackson, Tenn.,
LL.B.; admitted to the bar of Tennes
see and Florida. and became a partner
with his father m the firm of Hender
son & Henderson, St. Augustine and
Chicago. Mr. Henderson has impor
tant real estate interests in Dover, St.
Augustine and Chicago, and divides his
time between the three cities.
Hall, Newton Marshall
Clergyman; b., Manchester, N. H.,
Jan. 10, 1865; s. Marshall Parker and
Susan Marice (James) Hall; ed. Man
chester high school, Dartmouth Col
lege, A.B. 1888, A.M. 1891, D.D. 1908,
Andover Theological Seminary, 1891;
professor, English Language and Liter
ature, Iowa College, 1891-3; pastor,
First Presbyterian Church, Owonta,
N. Y., 1894-9; pastor, North Congre
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gational Church, Springfield, Mass.,
1899- ; Congregationalist; Republican;
member-at-large, Springfield board of
education, 19 12-; chairman, board,
1916; Vice-president, Mass. Soc.
S. A. R., 1913-15; president, George
Washington Chapter, S. A. R., 191012, Chaplain, 1900-10; president,
Springfield Congregational Union,
1914-17; president, Connecticut Val
ley Congregational Club, 1913-14;
director, Mass. Home Miss. Soc., 191218; member, Nat'l Municipal League,
Springfield Country Club, Reality Club,
Conn. Valley Congregational Club,
GAX; author, "Civic Righteousness
and Civic Pride," "The Golden Book,"
"The Bible Story," "Biblical Dramas,"
"Early Days of Israel," "Days of the
Kings of Israel," "Adult Bible Classes,"
"The Critical Study of the Bible"; m.,
Aug. 20, 1891, Louise Buffum Varney,
d. 1914; one daughter, Louise Marshall
Hall. Residence, Springfield, Mass.
Erskine, James Buddington
Physician and surgeon; b. South
Scituate, R. L, May 15, 1855; s. James
and Ellen (Cromwell) Erskine; ed.
common schools, Jencks Mowry Mt.
Pleasant high school, at Mt. Pleasant,
R. I., M.D., University of New York,
1885; spent the following year in study
in hospitals of Great Britain and Paris;
on return located in practice at Bristol,
R. I., but, two years later, removed to
Colebrook, N. H., where he continued
ten years, meanwhile attending the
New York Post Graduate School and
visiting the hospitals of that city;
studied in the Metropolitan schools of
London in 1898, and upon his return to
America, located in Tilton, N. H.,
where he has since remained, having
established a much-needed private
hospital and conducted it with much
success; has specialized in surgery, suc
cessfully performing nearly every
known operation in that line. Resi
dence, Tilton, N. H.
Metcalf, Harry Bingham
Journalist; b., Concord, N. H., Jan.
25, 1871; s. Henry Harrison and Mary
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Jane (Jackson) Metcalf; ed. public
schools of Manchester and Concord
(Concord high school, 1889); Dart
mouth College, B.S. 1893, M.S. 1896;
in high school, founder and first editor
of The Volunteer; in senior college year,
editor of The Dartmouth; on editorial
staff of the Boston American since its
foundation ; previously on Boston Her
ald and various New Hampshire papers;
Unitarian; Independent Democrat; au
thor, "Stray Notes of Song" (volume
of verse), 1906; m., Dec. 18, 1899,
Katherine A. Sheehan of Lebanon,
N. H. Residence, 87 Brantwood Rd.,
Arlington, Mass.
Hoyt, Charles Burleigh
Farmer; b., Sandwich, N. H., Dec.
12, 1859; s. Benjamin Burleigh and
Caroline Elizabeth (Quimby) Hoyt; ed.
public schools and New Hampton
Literary
Institution;
Methodist;
Republican; moderator and chairman,
selectmen of Sandwich many years
(now serving on the latter board);
member, school board, several terms;
�Rev. Roland D. Sawyer
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member, N. H. house of representa
tives, 1903, 1915; member, N. H. con
stitutional convention, 1918; colonel
on staff of Gov. N. J. Bachelder;
member, A. F. & A. M., Eastern Star,
Patrons of Husbandry, past master.
Mt. Israel Grange, Sandwich, and
Carroll County Pomona Grange; past
general deputy, N. H. State Grange;
past master, South Dakota State
Grange; m., Oct. 23, 1903, Miss
Florence Webster of Sandwich. Resi
dence, Center Sandwich, N. H.
Sawyer, Roland Douglas
Clergyman, publicist, writer; b.,
Kensington, N. H., Jan. 8, 1874; s.
Stephen and Phoebe (Blake) Sawyer;
Congregationalist; Fundamental Dem
ocrat; educated for the ministry at
Revere Lay College and Boston Uni
versity; has held pastorates at Brock
ton, Hanson, Haverhill and Ware (all
in Massachusetts); instructor, Revere
Lay College, 1900-04; organized AntiProfanity League, 1902, conducting
work until 1907, when the League had
30,000 members; helped organize Popu
list party in New Hampshire, 1894;
delegate to various political conven
tions in Massachusetts, 1904 (o 1907;
delegate to national convention, Inde
pendence League, 1908; became Social
ist in 1908; national lecturer and con
tributor to the Socialist press till 1913;
candidate for Governor of Massachu
setts, 1912; Democratic-Labor mem
ber of Mass. house of representatives,
1914-18; delegate Mass. constitutional
convention, 1917-18; author, "Making
of a Socialist," "Walt Whitman, the
Prophet-Poet," "Summer Days at
Kensington," and various pamphlets
on political and economic subjects;
contributor, Arena Magazine, New
York Call and Hearst newspapers;
affiliated with Patrons of Husbandry,
Odd Fellows and Moose; m., June 29,
1898, Mary L. Palmer of Kensington;
children, Ruth, b. June 22, 1899;
Rachel, b. May 12, 1901 ; Roland, b.
Dec. 26, 1902; Robert b. Aug. 24, 1904;
Rosalind, b. June 17, 1906; Ramona,
15
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b. Sept. 16, 1911. Residence, Ware,
Mass.; summer home, Mother-Earth
Camp, Kensington, N. H.
Morrison, Obe Gray
Manufacturer; b., Northfield, N. H.,
Oct. 15, 1851; s. Thomas L. and
Susan (Cappen) Morrison; ed. Tilton
public schools; in youth entered employ
of the Elm Mills Co. on Northfield side
of the Winnipesaukee River, where he
continued twenty years, mastering the
details of woolen manufacturing; later
engaged in business for himself, in a
new plant, with modern equipment,
but under the old name, and is today,
president and treasurer of the Elm
Mills Woolen Co., Tilton; Congrega
tionalist; Republican; member, school
board, fifteen years (chairman, six
years) ; member, N. H. house of repre
sentatives, 1885-6 and 1915-16; state
senator, 1917-18; member, Doric
Lodge, A. F. & A. M., Tilton; Knight
Templar; m., Jan. 1, 1874, Mary F.
Munsey; one dau., Edith (Mrs. Walter
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Booth), b. May 8, 1877. Residence,
Northfield; P. 0. Address, Tilton,
N. H.
Goss, Winifred Lane
(Mrs. Charles Carpenter Goss);
bank cashier and club-woman; b.,
Pittsfield, N. H., April 30, 1875; dau.
Charles Henry and Almira Lovena
(Perkins) Lane; ed. Pittsfield schools,
K. U. A., Meriden, N. H., 1894; asst.
cashier, Merchants' National Bank
(Dover, N. H.), founded by her hus
band; director, Merchants National
Bank, trustee, Farmers' Savings Bank,
Pittsfield, N. H.; member of Congre
gational Church, Pittsfield, the church
of her forbears, whose first clerk was
her maternal great-grandfather, Deacon
Jonathan Perkins, who also served as
deacon from the organization of the
church, 1789, till his death, forty years
later; her esteemed father was warden
and treasurer of this church many
years and bequeathed a trust fund
whose income is to be used for the
repair of the church buildings. Mrs.
Goss is superintendent of Junior Sun
day-school and member of Religious
Education committee, First Parish
Church, Dover; member Margery
Sullivan Chapter, D. A. R. (regent,
1905-7 and member, board of mana?ers, 1907-); state regent, N. H.
). A. It., and member, National
Board, 1913-15; regent, D. A. R.
Chapter, S. S. Rotterdam, Mediter
ranean cruise, 1914; member, state
executive board, D. A. R., 1917-18,
state executive board, Am. Red Cross;
treasurer, Dover Chapter, Am. Red
Cross, Dover Branch Woman's Civic
Fed., Dover Musical Soc, also of
N. H. Y. W. C. A. War Fund; several
years director and corresponding-sec
retary, Dover Children's Home; di
rector, N. H. Children's Aid and Pro
tective Ass'n; member, N. H. Soc. of
Colonial Dames of America, Tuesday
Study Club and Middlebrook Golf
Club (Dover), Dist. Nursing Ass'n
and other local missionary, philan
thropic and social clubs; in., June 26,
1895, Pittsfield, N. H., Charles Car
penter Goss; one child, Charles Lane
Goss, d. Feb. 24, 1903, member of
Dover High School, 1921. Residence,
74 Silver St.., Dover, N.H.
Clarke, Olive Rand
(Mrs. John B. Clarke); newspaper
and club-woman; b. Warner, N. H.,
May 26, 1841 ; dau. Joseph Noyes and
Olive (Whittier) Rand; ed. Warner
and Contoocook schools, Hopkinton
Academy, Contocook Academy, 1858;
taught school for several years; con
nected with the Manchester Mirror,
1864-86; has written extensively for
the press; letters from California
and the Northwest, 1884, afterwards
published in book form under the title
of "A Vacation Excursion"; letters
from Mexico, 1886; letters from Spain,
France, Italy, Central Europe and the
Near East, 1894; trustee of the N. H.
State Industrial School, 1888-1911,
originally appointed by Governor
Sawyer; secretary of the Manchester
Woman's Aid and Relief Soc. since its
organization, 1873-; first correspond
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ing secretary of N. H. Federation of
Woman's Clubs (declined presidency
of the Federation in 1899 and 1901);
chairman of Forestry committee,
N. H. Federation, 1905-7; chairman,
Press committee, N. H. Federation,
1907-17; founded New Century Club
of Manchester (men and women),
1898— ; president of Manchester City
Federation, 1896-8; president, Man
chester Equal Suffrage Ass'n, 1907- ;
vice-president, Warner Equal Suffrage
League; on advisory board of N. H.
Equal Suffrage Ass'n, 1917-; member,
Manchester Shakespeare Club, several
years; member, Molly Stark chapter,
D. A. R. (charter), Children's Aid and
Protective Ass'n, Soc. for Protection of
N. H. Forests, N. H. Peace Soc.; m.,
July 1, 1886, Col. John Badger Clarke,
editor and proprietor of the Manchester
Mirror (d. Oct. 29, 1891). Residence,
Manchester and Warner, N. H.
Tufts, Edith Souther
Registrar of Wellesley College; b.,
Dover, N. H., Jan. 29, 1862, dau.
Charles Augustus and Anne Blanchard
(Souther) Tufts; ed. public schools of
Dover, N. H., Wellesley College, B.A.
1885, M.A. 1895, studied at Yale
University, 1894-5; teacher at Dana
Hall School, Wellesley, 1885-94, 18958, Norwich Free Academy, Norwich,
Conn., 1898-1900, Commonwealth
Avenue School, Boston, 1900-02; in
structor in Greek at Wellesley College,
1902-3; registrar, Wellesley College,
1903-; Episcopalian; member, Boston
College Club, Boston Wellesley College
Club. Residence, Dover, N. H.
Stearns, Edward Roland
Clergyman; b., Biddeford, Me., Nov.
10, 1867; s. John Frye and Mary
(Emmons) Steams; ed. Thornton Aca
demy, Saco, Me., 1885, A.B., Bowdoin
College, 1889, Andover Theological
Seminary, 1892; minister, Congrega
tional church, New Vineyard, Me.,
1892-6, Warren, Me., 1896-1902,
Lancaster, N. H., 1902-12; field secre
tary of the N. H. Congregational Min
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isters and Widows' Fund, 1912-15;
secretary of the General Conference of
Congregational Churches of N. H. and
N. H. Home Missionary Soc., 1915-;
editor, N. H. Congregational Record,
1914- ; Independent; member, South
Congregational Church, Concord,
N. H., ,py fraternity, Mason, 32a
degree, N. H. Consistory, North Star
Lodge, Lancaster, Nat. Council Con
gregational Churches, Concord Min
isters' Union, Merrimack Ministers'
Ass'n, Central Congregational Club,
N. H. Historical Soc.. N. H. Bible Soc.
(director), Y. M. C. A., Council of
Nat. Defense; trustee, Euphrates Col
lege, Harpoot, Turkey; m., Frances
Alice Voter, Sept. 15, 1896, New Vine
yard, Me., children, Mary Everett, b.
March 10, 1898, Mt. Holyoke College,
1921; John Frye, b. Jan. 14, 1900,
Phillips Andover Academy, 1918;
Elisabeth, b. July 29, 1901 . Residence,
Concord, N. H.
�Hon. Benjamin A. Kimball
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Kimball, Benjamin Ames
Railway official, banker; b., Boscawen, N. H, Aug. 22, 1833; s. Ben
jamin and Ruth (Ames) Kimball; his
father dying soon after his birth, re
moved with his mother to Concord
when sixteen years of age; ed. Concord
high school, Hildreths Preparatory
School, Derry, Dartmouth College
Scientific Dept., graduating B.S., with
highest honors in 1854; immediately
after graduation entered the service
of the Concord R. R., as a draftsman;
two years later became superintendent
of the locomotive department; after
eleven years' service resigned as master
mechanic to attend to private business;
has been a partner in the firm of Ford
& Kimball, manufacturers of brass and
iron castings, car wheels, etc., since
1865; founder, director and president
of the Cushman Electric Co., Concord;
Congregationalist; Republican; mem
ber, N. H. house of representatives,
1872; delegate in N. H. constitutional
conventions of 1876, 1889 and 1902;
member, N. H. executive council, 1884;
alternate delegate, Republican national
convention, 1880; delgate at large,
1892; commissioner from New Hamp
shire in a convention of commissioners
from the several states arranging for
the celebration of the 100th anniver
sary of the promulgation of the Con
stitution of the United States, Sept. 15,
16 and 17, 1887, in Philadelphia, Pa.;
member of the Commission to erect the
N. H. State Library building, 1889—;
trustee and president of the old Con
cord Savings Bank; trustee Merrimack
Co. Savings Bank; director, Mechanicks National Bank, Concord, since
organization, and president since 1884 ;
chosen director of the Manchester &
North Weare R. R., in 1873; succeeded
Gov. Onslow Stearns as a director of
the Concord R. R., Jan., 1879, and
since annually elected in the corpora
tion and its successor, the Concord &
Montreal R. R., and president of the
same, and many leased roads, since
1895; incorporator and director, Man
ufacturers & Merchants Mutual Fire
Ins. Co.; member and trustee, N. H.
229
Historical Soc., and chairman of the
committee having in charge the erec
tion of its elegant new building, the
gift of Edward Tuck of Paris, to which
work he gave much time and care;
member, Alpha Omega Chapter, Dart
mouth; member, board of visitors,
Chandler Scientific School, 1890-5;
trustee, Dartmouth College, since 1895
and chairman finance committee;
member, American Social Science
Ass'n, since 1890; member, I. O. O. F.,
and South Congregational Soc. of
Concord; m., Jan. 9, 1861, Myra
Tilton Elliott of Canterbury; one son
Henry Ames (see page 141). Resi
dence, 44 So. Main St., Concord, N. H.;
summer home, "The Broads," Lake
Winnepesaukee .
Keyes, Arthur Louis
Banker, insurance; b., Wilton, N. H.,
Dec. 2, 1862; s. George H. and Abby
A. (Gutterson) Keyes; ed. public
schools, Francestown Academy (grad
uate), Tufts College; Unitarian; Re
publican; member, Milford school
board, six years, and has held various
other minor town offices; member,
N. H. house of representatives, 1897-9
and 1899-1900; N. H. constitutional
convention, 1912 and 1918; trustee
and treasurer, Granite Savings Bank of
Milford, since organization in 1899;
director and clerk, Milford Home for
Aged Women; member, I. O. R. M.;
has been engaged in fire insurance busi
ness in Milford since 1894, when he
bought out the long established agency
of the late Judge Robert M. Wallace;
m., Dec. 12, 1894, Marion H. Robbe
of Peterborough. Residence, Milford,
N. H.
Jones, Elgin Alonzo
Surveyor, real estate, probate prac
tice; b., Marlow, N. H., July 30, 1852;
s. John Q. and Cynthia (Gould) Jones;
seventh in line from Hugh Jones,
Salem, Mass., 1635-1690 (his father,
John Q. Jones, was a leading citizen of
his town and county for many years);
ed. Marlow and Mont Vernon acad
emies and Dartmouth College, 1874;
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resided in Marlow until 1911, following
the business of a civil engineer, and
taking an active part in public affairs
and in all matters pertaining to the
welfare of the community; with his
father gave Jones Hall to the town,
and after the disastrous fire of 1916,
gave the ladies of the M. E. Church a
new chapel building; Christian; Demo
crat; deeply interested in education,
having served for a time as principal of
Marlow Academy, and as superintend
ent of schools for the town, and was
instrumental in organizing the first
county school board in the state;
served for more than thirty years in
different town offices in Marlow, and
represented the town in the legislature
of 1911, in which year he removed to
Keene, though still holding extensive
real estate interests in his old home
town. In Keene he has conducted an
extensive probate business in addition
to real estate, of which he has the care
and managemen' of large amounts.
He is a trustee and auditor of Cheshire
County Savings Bank, director of
Ashuelot National Bank, and an
auditor of Cheshire County; m.,
Nov. 24, 1880, Sarah C. Boynton,
Grafton, Vt. Residence, Keene, N. H.
Cavanaugh, John Bernard
Lawyer; b. June 19, 1871; s. Thomas
J. and Mary A. (Gallagher) Cava
naugh; ed. Park St. grammar school,
Manchester high school, 1889, Boston
University Law School; studied law
in the offices of Drury & Peaslee and
George W. Prescott of Manchester
and admitted to the bar and com
menced practice in 1897; Catholic;
Republican; member, N. H. house of
representatives, 1899, 1901, 1903;
N. H. senate, 1905; constitutional
convention, 1912, 1918; executive
council, 1915-16; Manchester board
of health, 1911-14; member, Knights
of Columbus, Ancient Order of Hiber
nians, Catholic Order of Foresters,
Sons of Veterans, Manchester His
torical Soc.; m., Margaret E. McDermott, Aug. 15, 1906. Residence, Man
chester, N. H.
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Chapman, Charles E.
Educator; b., Franklin, N. H., June
3, 1880; s. Frank H. and Ella Frances
(James) Chapman; ed. Franklin high
school, Peekskill, N. Y., Military
Academy, Andover Academy, 1898,
Princeton Univ., Tufts College, A.B.,
1902, Harvard, LL.B., 1905, Univ. of
California, A.M., 1909, Ph.D., 1915,
Univ. of Seville, Spain (in residence)
1913; teacher of History in the Univ.
of California; representative of the state
and Univ. of California at the second
Serra Centenary in Petra, Majorca,
1913; representative of the Univ. of
California at the Congress of Bibli
ography and History, Buenos Aires
Argentina, 1916, and member of
permanent committee of said Congress.
Author of "The Founding of Spanish
California," "A History of Spain,"
"Catalogue of Materials in the Archivo General de Indias on the History
of the Pacific Coast and the American
Southwest," "A Californian in South
America," and numerous historical
articles; editor of the Spanish Ameri
can Historical Review; member Cali
fornia Historical Survey Commission,
American Historical Ass'n; m., June
22, 1907, Elizabeth A. Russell, Win
chester, Mass.; one son, Seville Dudley
Chapman. Residence, Berkeley, Cat.
Stacy, Thomas Hobbs
Clergyman; b., North Berwick, Me.,
July 26, 1850; s. Daniel Lowe and
Elizabeth Ann (Hobbs) Stacy; ed.
West Lebanon (Me.) Academy, pri
vate tutor, Bates College, A.B., 1876;
B.D. (Cobb Divinity School) 1879;
D.D., 1906. Taught in Bates College
three years, in Cobb Divinity School
one year; ordained to the Free Baptist
ministry, Sept. 17, 1879; pastor, Fairport, N. Y., 1879-82; Lawrence,
Mass., 1882-6; Auburn, Me., 1886-93;
Saco, Me., 1893-1902; Concord, N. H.,
since Feb., 1902. Member, F. B.
General Conference ten times; cor
responding secretary, F. B. Foreign
Miss. Soc., 1882-94; made tour of the
world as Mission Secretary, 1890-1;
member, General Conference Board,
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since 1904-, executive committee, since
1905 (recording secretary both bodies) ;
member, committee of twelve on con
ference with other Christian people.
1905-10 (now committee of five and
secretary of same); president, Minis
ters' Conference, Maine F. B. Ass'n,
1894-1902; trustee, Bates College;
trustee, New Hampton Lit. Inst.;
president, N. H. Sunday School Ass'n,
1903-4 (since member executive com
mittee); member, board of managers,
American Bap. Foreign Miss. Soc.,
191 1-; member, Federal Council,
Churches of Christ in America; secre
tary, N. H. Interdenominational Com
mission, 1906-. *BK. Author, "In
the Path of Light Around the World,"
1895; "Conditions of Spiritual Life,"
1901; "Life of O. R. Bacheler, M.D.,
D.D., Fifty-three Years Missionary
to India," 1904; "Wayside Garniture,"
1912; "Historical Sketch, Bengal Mis
sion," 1912, and many articles, prose
and poetry; m., 1st, Aug. 27, 1879,
Clara I. Farnham, Kennebunk, Me.,
d. March 20, 1884; 2d, Dec. 26, 1891,
�Mrs. Harriet G. Burlingame
�ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES
Leonora M. Harlow, Auburn, Me.;
children, Anne Clarabel, b. Jan. 5,
1881 (Mrs. Frank I. Spooner, Salt
Lake City); Elizabeth May, b. March
14, 1894. Residence, Concord, N. H.
Burlingame, Harriet Grace Boyd
(Mrs. William Burlingame); club
woman; b., Providence, R. I., Sept. 4,
1852; dau. Colville Dana and Harriet
M. (Campbell) Boyd; descendant of
Chad Brown, Gregory Dexter, Thomas
Angell and Obadiah Holmes, founders
of Rhode Island; ed. Swansea, Mass..
and Providence, R. I., schools; Congregationalist, member First Church
in Exeter; member and past president,
Exeter Woman's Club; president, N.H.
Federation Women's Clubs, 1910-11;
member Colonial Dames; Eastern Star
(Grand Matron, 1907); president,
N. H. Cent Institution and Home
Missionary Union—the oldest woman's
organization in the United States;
member, Exeter Current Events Club;
treasurer, Exeter Relief Soc; director,
Children's Aid Ass'n; Red Cross;
chairman, local committee, Woman's
Section, Council of National Defense;
m. William Burlingame, Aug. 22, 1877;
children (1) Harold Dana, b. June 23,
1879 (ed. Phillips Exeter and Worces
ter, Mass., academies), m. Mary
Henderson, Lynn, Mass.; with Stand
ard Steel Car Co., Butler, Pa.; (2)
Amy, b. April 15, 1884 (Vassar, 1906) ;
m. 1914 William J. E. Sander, lawyer of
Boston; (3) Robert Anson, b. Feb. 24,
1886 (Phillips Exeter, 1904, Lehigh
Univ., 1908), m., 1911, Estelle Walbert, So. Bethlehem, Pa. ; (4) Ella Winslow, b. Nov. 22, 1887 (Simmons Col
lege), m., 1910, Henry Lewis, banker
of Portland, Me. Residence, Exeter,
N.H.
Hough, Arthur Hugh
Banker; b., Woodstock, Vt., Aug.
28, 1882; s. Rev. Alfred James and
Celia Elizabeth (Harrington) Hough;
ed. public schools; Congregationalist;
Independent; treasurer, People's Trust
Co., Lebanon, N. H. (previously
for twelve years teller, First National
233
Bank, White River Jet., Vt.); treas
urer, town of Lebanon; president,
Lebanon chamber of commerce; vicepresident, Trust Co. Section, Amer
ican Bankers' Ass'n; director, Grafton
County Electric Light and Power Co.;
member, A. F. & A. M., P. B. O. E.,
Sunset Club; located in Lebanon in
1913 and organized the People's Trust
Co.—the first Trust Co. charter granted
in sixteen years; m., Oct. 20, 1899,
Elizabeth Irene Edson; children,
Katherine Celia, b. Jan. 22, 1911;
Alfred George, b. Jan. 22, 1913. Resi
dence, Lebanon, N. H.
Weeks, John W.
Banker, U. S. senator; b., Lancaster,
N. H., April 11, 1860; s. William D.
and Mary Helen (Fowler) Weeks; ed.
Lancaster schools and U. S. Naval
Academy, Annapolis, Md., graduating
in 1881; midshipman in U. S. Navy
two years, resigning in 1883, to take up
the profession of civil engineer; in 1885
became a member of the firm of Hornblower & Weeks, bankers and brokers,
�Hon. John W. Weeks
�ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES
Boston, Mass., continuing till 1913;
served ten years as a member of the
Mass. Naval Brigade, the last six
years as commander; served in the
volunteer navy during the Spanish
American War, as commander of the
Second Division, U. S. Auxiliary Naval
Force on the Atlantic coast; Uni
tarian; Republican; member, Newton,
Mass., board of aldermen, 1900-02;
mayor of Newton, 1903-4; member,
U. S. house of representatives, 1905-13;
U. S. senator from Massachusetts,
1913-; member, Senate Committee on
Banking and Currency and active in
the perfecting of the Banking and
Currency Act of 1914, to which he
gave his support; has been specially
active in forest preservation legislation
and the establishment of the White
Mountain Reserve: other Senate Com
mittees, of which he is a member, are
Coast Defenses, Irrigation and Rec
lamation, Library, Military Affairs,
Post Offices and Post Roads, and Pub
lic Health and National Quarantine;
member, Board of Visitors, U. S. Naval
Academy, 1896; chairman, Mass.
Republican state convention, 1895;
has served as president of the Newtonville, Mass., Trust Co., and vice-presi
dent, First National Bank of Boston;
member, Boston Chamber of Com
merce, University Club, Army and
Navy Club, Chevy Chase Club, Metro
politan Club, Exchange Club, Country
Club of Brookline, and Societies of the
Sons of the Revolution, War of 1812,
Spanish American War, Cincinnati
and Military Order of Foreign Wars;
m., Oct. 17, 1885, Martha A. Sinclair
(dau. Hon. John G. Sinclair, Bethle
hem, N. H.); children, Katharine
Sinclair, b. Aug. 19, 1889, (Mrs. John
W. Davidge) ; Charles Sinclair, b. June
16, 1892 (Harvard, 1914), 1st Lieut.
U. S. Field Artillery, in service in
France. Residence, West Newton,
Mass.; summer home, Lancaster, N. H.
Woodworth, Edward Knowlton
Lawyer; b., Concord, N. H., Aug.
25, 1875; s. Albert Bingham and Mary
(Parker) Woodworth (see page 53) ; ed.
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Concord High School, 1893, Dartmouth College, B.L., 1897, Harvard
Law School, LL.B. cum laude, 1900;
member of firm, Streeter, Demond,
Woodworth and Sulloway; counsel,
vice-president and secretary of The
Parker-Young Co.; Episcopalian; Re
publican; member, Concord Common
Council, 1907-10 (president, 1909-10);
vice-president, Dartmouth Alumni
Ass'n; trustee, St. Mary's School;
director and member, investment com
mittee, N. H. Savings Bank; member,
standing committee, N. H. Diocese of
the P. E. church, vestryman of St.
Paul's church; president, Concord
Oratorio Society; trustee, Margaret
Pillsbury General Hospital; member,
N. H. Historical Soc, N. H. S. A. R
Wonolancet, Golf, Passaconaway and
Bow Brook Tennis clubs; Knight Tem
plar; m., Clara Farwell Holt of Claremont, N. H., June 25, 1903, d. July
20, 1917; children, Constance, b. May
10, 1906; Elizabeth, b. April 9, 1909;
Margaret, b. Aug. 5, 1912; Mary, b. July
19, 1917; Residence, Concord, N. H.
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Hutchins, Harry Burns
Educator, president of the University
of Michigan; b., Lisbon, N. H., April
8, 1847; s. Carlton B. and Nancy
Walker (Merrill) Hutchins; ed. Ver
mont Conference Sem., Newbury, Vt.,
Wesleyan Univ., Middle-town, Conn.
(leaving on account of ill health);
special study in anatomy, physiology
and surgery at Vermont Univ. and
Dartmouth College; Univ. of Michigan,
Ph.B., 1871 (classorator and commence
ment speaker); supervisor of schools,
Owosso, Mich., 1871-2; instructor in
history and rhetoric, Univ of Mich.,
1872-3; asst. professor, 1873-5; in prac
tice of law, with Thomas M. Crocker,
at Mt. Clemens and Detroit, Mich.,
1875-83; Jay professor of Law, Univ.
of Mich. 1884-7; called to Cornell
Univ., Ithaca, N. Y., to organize a law
department, and continued at its head
until 1895, when it had become one
of the leading law schools of the coun
try; recalled to Ann Arbor as dean of
the law department of Michigan
Univ. in 1895, then the largest insti
tution of its class in the Union;
acting president of the University
during absence of President Angell in
Turkey, 1897-8, and again in'1909-10;
president since June, 1910; under
appointment of the supreme court of
Michigan, he revised and annotated
several volumes of the supreme court
reports; he also published in 1894 an
American edition of "Williams on
Real Property" revised, annotated, and
adapted to American Jurisdictions,
and "Hutchins's Equity Cases" in
1900. In addition to his professional
work he has given numerous addresses
before educational and other learned
bodies, including the Charter Day
Address at the Fiftieth Anniversary
of the Univ. of California, and con
tributed a biography of the late Judge
Thomas M. Cooley to the "Great
American Lawyers." Member, New
York Bar Ass'n, American Historical
Ass'n, and the Mich. Political Science
Ass'n. He received the degree of
LL.D. from the Univ. of Wisconsin in
1897 and the same degree has been
conferred upon him by Wesleyan Univ.,
Notre Dame Univ., and the Univ. of
California: m., Dec. 26, 1872, Mary
Louise, daughter of Thomas M.
Crocker, Mt. Clemens, Mich.; one son,
Harry Crocker, b. Aug. 14, 1880 (Uni
versity of Mich. B.S. in Mechanical
Engineering, 1903), civil engineer in
New York City till Jan., 1918, when
called into public service as civil engi
neer in Quartermaster General's De
partment, Washington, D. C. Resi
dence, Ann Arbor, Mich.
Folsom, William Odlin
Insurance and surveying; b., Henniker, N. H, Sept. 28, 1838 (in same
house in which Edna Dean Proctor
was born); s. John O. and Mary
(Fletcher) Folsom; ed. public schools
and Henniker Academy; reared to
farm life, and in 1861 had charge of
Horace Greeley's farm at Chappaqua,
N. Y.; taught school thirteen winters;
learned the trade of a stonecutter and
followed the same ten years; was in
trade in Henniker, 1869-71; traveled
�ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES
in the West in 1872 ; in trade at Templeton, Mass., from Nov., 1872 till fall
of 1875, when he opened a general
store in Henniker, continuing in busi
ness twenty years; Universalist; Demo
crat; selectman in Henniker, 1863; reg
ister of deeds for Merrimack County,
1867-8; postmaster of Henniker, 18937; member, N. H. house of representa
tives, 1907-8; justice of the peace for
fifty years; has been engaged in fire
insurance since 1876, and has also done
most of the surveying and civil engi
neering in town in that time; promi
nent in Odd Fellowship, being a char
ter member of Crescent Lodge of
Henniker, instituted in 1876 and
previously initiated in Rumford Lodge
of Concord; was grand master of the
N. H. Grand Lodge in 1887, and grand
representative to the Sovereign Grand
Lodge in 1888 and 1889; member,
A. F. & A. M., having passed the
chairs in Aurora Lodge and Woods
Chapter'of Henniker; m. 1st, in 1861,
Carrie F. Foster of Henniker, d. 1866;
2d, in 1869, Julia F. Whitney, also of
Henniker; one daughter, Carrie E.,
b. Feb., 1873 (Mrs. Edward K. Cogs
well). Residence, Henniker, N. H.
Abbot, Stanley Harris
Farmer, land surveyor; b., Wilton,
N. H., Oct. 20, 1863; s. Harris and
Caroline Ann (Greeley) Abbot; ed.
public schools and Cushing Academy,
Ashburnham, Mass., 1882; resides on
farm where his grandfather and great
uncle. a hundred years ago, originated
and developed the potato starch pro
cess; specially interested in forestry and
music; member or director of local
church choir for more than thirty
years; Congregationalist; Republican;
member, school board, 1906-15;
member, N. H. house of representa
tives, 1917-18, serving on agricultural
committee; member, N. H. Vocational
Education Commission, 1917-; mem
ber and director, N. E. Milk Producers
Union (president, 1905-14) ; Patrons of
Husbandry; m., Nov. 15, 1894, Mary
Kimball, Lowell, Mass.; children,
Leonard Harris, b. Sept. 19, 1895
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(Clark College and Worcester Poly
technic Inst., leaving in junior year
to accept position in Smithsonian
Institute, Washington, D. C.); Marion
Kimball, b. March 5, 1898 (grad.
Wilton high school, now in Keene
Normal school); Howard Stanley, b.
Jan. 7, 1900 (Wilton high school, now
in N. H. College, Durham); Edith
Hale, b. Nov. 7, 1901 ; Sidney Greeley,
I
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Mfe
b. Aug. 19, 1903; Charles Mack, b.
March 15, 1905; Helen, b. July 10,
1906 (the last four are now students in
the Wilton high school). Residence,
Wilton, N. H.
Chase, Russell MacMurphy
(Mrs. Charles B. Chase); musician,
b., Fond du Lac, Wis., Sept. 29, 1871;
dau. Rev. Jesse Gibson and Lucy
Stuart (James) MacMurphy; ed.,
Home School, Racine, Wis., New Eng
land Conservatory of Music (piano),
1892, Berlin, Germany, 1895-6; head
of Piano Department, St. Mary's
College, Dallas, Tex., 1892-5, 1896-7;
West Virginia University, 1897-1903;
�LOREN D. TOWLE
�ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES
piano instructor, University of Wis
consin, 1903-4, 1907; Wheaton Col
lege, Wheaton, 11l., 1906-11; president,
N. H. Federation of Music Clubs, 191518; chairman, music committee, N. H.
Federation of Women's Clubs. 191618 (member since 1912); director,
MacDowell Club School of Music,
1912-18; director, MacDowell clubs,
Wheaton College and Derry, N. H.,
and Derry, N. H., Woman's Club,
1914-17; has given piano and lecture
recitals in various states from coast to
coast during the last twenty-five years;
Episcopalian; m. Charles Burnside
Chase, Derry, Sept. 2, 1911. Resi
dence, Derry, N. H.
Towle, Loren Delbert
Real estate operator; b., Newport,
N. H., March 25, 1874; s. George H.
and Mary A. (Goward) Towle; ed.
public schools, Newport high school,
1892; Eastman Business College,
Poughkeepsie, N. Y., 1893; engaged in
real estate business in Boston in April,
1894, and has since continued; Congregationalist; Republican; member, New
ton, Mass., board of aldermen, 191011; director, International Trust Co.;
trustee, Newton Savings Bank, Newton
Hospital; member, Boston Chamber
of Commerce, Boston Real Estate
Exchange, Mass. Horticultural Soc.,
Bostonian Soc., Boston City Club,
Twentieth Century Club, Braeburn
Country Club, Newton, Common
wealth Country Club, Newton Golf
Club (president), Hunnewell Club,
Newton Improvement Ass'n (presi
dent, 1911); member and deacon Eliot
Congregational
Church,
Newton ;
trustee and director, Newton Y. M.
C. A.; director, American Congrega
tional House Ass'n; member, A. F. &
A. M., Dalhousie Lodge, Newton (life
member), Newton Chapter, R. A.,
Gethsemane Commandery, K. T. Mr.
Towle has always taken a deep interest
in the welfare of his native town, and,
on June 24, 1916, made a gift of $75,000
for the erection therein of a modern
high school building, m., June 28,
1899, Helen M. Leland; children,
239
Evelene M., b. March 18, 1902, Char
lotte F., b. May 18, 1906. Residence,
215 Franklin St., Newton, Mass.
Slayton, William Harvey
Superintendent of schools; b., Leb
anon, N. H., March 17, 1878; s. George
W. and Caroline (Thomas) Slayton;
ed. Lebanon high school, 1897, Dart
mouth College, 1904 (on editorial
staff of The Dartmouth in college);
superintendent of schools in Rochester,
1905-07 ; Franklin, 1907-13 ; Claremont,
1913-18; Portsmouth, 1918-; Congregationalist; Republican; member, Chi
Phi fraternity; N. H. State Teachers'
Ass'n (president, 1914); N. H. School
masters' Club (president, 1915); N. H.
Educational Council; instructor in
English, Keene summer school, 1915;
Institute lecturer for state department
of Public Instruction; m. July 19,
1905, Marion B. Dewey, Montpelier,
Vt., children, Rachel Dewey, b. Feb.
16, 1909; Norman Thomas, b. July 16,
1910; Marion, b. Oct. 11, 1912. Resi
dence, Portsmouth, N. H.
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ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES
Flint, William Willard
Lawyer, registrar; b., Colebrook,
N. H., Aug. 16, 1850; s. Lyman
Thomas and Hannah Wilmarth (Wil
lard) Flint; ed. public schools of Con
cord—high school, 1865, Dartmouth
College, 1871, Columbian University
Law School, Washington, D. C., 1874;
Episcopalian (lay reader); Republi
can; clerk in U. S. Treasury Dept.,
Washington, 1871-5; in law practice
at Clinton, Mass., for a short time, but
returned to Concord on account of his
father's death in 1876; became con
nected with St. Paul's School in 1878,
and has been its registrar for many
years, still continuing; member, Con
cord board of education, 1876-86;
trustee, Concord public library, since
1885; member, N. H. house of repre
sentatives, 1893-4, N. H. constitu
tional convention, 1912; trustee and
treasurer, Orphans' Home, Concord;
member, N. H. Soc. Sons of the Amer
ican Revolution, N. H. Historical
Soc; corresponding member, Nuttall
Ornithogical Club, Cambridge, Mass.;
formerly a voluntary observer of the
Weather Bureau, and furnished for the
History of Concord a chapter com
piled from weather records of nearly
fifty years; m., 1st, Jan. 4, 1888,
Caroline Chapman, Sackville, N. B.,
d. Dec. 30, 1893; 2d, July 23, 1901,
Susan Eliza Cogswell, also of Sackville;
one son, William Willard Flint, Jr. (see
next sketch). Residence, Concord,
N. H.
Flint, William Willard, Jr.
Student, war-worker; b., Concord,
N. H., July 7, 1892; s. William Willard
and Caroline (Chapman) Flint; ed.
St. Paul's School, Concord, 1908,
Dartmouth College, A.B. 1912, Prince
ton University, A.M.; at St. Paul's he
won the Ferguson Scholarship; in his
sophomore year, at Dartmouth he took
the leading part in "Oedipus Tyrannus," the Greek play given by the
classical students of the college; he
also won several scholarship prizes,
was. editor of the Dartmouth Literary
Magazine and at graduation was poet
and valedictorian of his class. He
continued classical study in the grad
uate school at Princeton, receiving his
A.M., and in December, 1913, was
awarded the Rhodes scholarship from
New Hampshire in Oxford University,
England, where, in Balliol College, for
three years from the autumn of 1914,
he was student of the classics and
philosophy, receiving the degree of
A.B. Granted leave of absence in the
winter of 1914-15, he assisted in the
work of the Belgian Relief Commission,
within the German lines. With other
Rhodes men he had the advantage of
training in the Officers' Training Corps,
and early in 1918 was given a responsi
ble position in the Quartermaster s De
partment, London, at Headquarters
of American troops in England.
Drury, Samuel Smith
Clergyman; b., Bristol, R. I., 1878;
s. Samuel Smith (M.D.) and Hannah
Wheeler (Goodwin) Drury, both de
ceased; ed. Harvard, A.B., 1901, Berke
ley Divinity School, S.T.B., 1910,
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Trinity, L.H.D., 1910, Dartmouth,
D.D., 1917; Episcopalian, deacon,
1905; priest, 1908; chaplain to Bishop
Brent, Philippine Islands, 1905-7;
rector, Calvary Church, Providence,
R. I., 1908; St. Stephen's Church, Bos
ton, 1908-10; vice-rector, 1910-fl, rec
tor, 1911- St. Paul's School, Concord,
N. H.; author, "Christian Increase,"
1910; m., Apr. 18, 1911, Cornelia Frothingham Wolcott, daughter of Gov.
Roger and Edith (Prescott) Wolcott
(great granddaughter, William H. Pres
cott, the historian) of Massachusetts;
children, Samuel Smith Drury, Jr.,
Roger Wolcott and Edith Prescott.
Residence, Concord, N. H.
Hale, William Gardner
University professor; b., Savannah,
Ga., Feb. 9, 1849; s. William Bradford
Hale of Savannah and Upton, Mass.,
and Elizabeth (Jewett) Hale of Peter
borough, N. H. His boyhood was
mostly spent in Peterborough, and
it is to this town that he has always
felt himself to belong. Graduated at
Phillips Exeter Academy, 1866, Har
vard College, 1870; appointed Tutor in
Latin at Harvard, 1874, and served
there, with a year of absence at the
Universities of Leipzig and Goettingen,
until 1880; professor of Latin at
Cornell University, 1880; head of the
Latin department at the University
of Chicago since 1892; first chairman,
1895-9, and first director, 1895-6, of
the American School of Classical
Studies in Rome; received the degree
of LL.D. from Union and Princeton
universities in this country, and from
St. Andrews and Aberdeen in Scotland ;
member of various philological asso
ciations in America and England, and
of the Archaeological Institute of
Berlin, Rome, and Athens; associate
editor of several philological journals
in America and England; member of
the advisory board of the Loeb Classi
cal Library. While Mr. Hale holds
that the preeminent value of classical
studies lies in their power to develop
the literary sense, his own published
work has been mainly on the linguistic
is
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side, and, in particular, in the field of
syntax. Nor has it been confined to
Greek and Latin. He has worked and
published in the syntax of the Romance
languages, especially French, Spanish
and Italian, and the syntax of English
and German. He is chairman of the
Joint Committee on Grammatical
Nomenclature commissioned by the
National Education Ass'n, the Modern
Language Ass'n, and the American
Philological Ass'n, to prepare a re
formed terminology for use in the
schools of the United States. The
results are being rapidly incorporated
into our school grammars, especially
of English. Mr. Hale, though brought
up a Republican, is independent in
politics. He worked for the first
election of Grover Cleveland, opposed
the Philippine War, and made the
first campaign of publication (begin
ning in the N. Y. Times, Sept. 5,
1914) in favor of the participation of
America in the war to save civiliza
tion, democracy, and herself, and to
establish a world-court with power
�Ernest M. Hopkins, LL. D.
�ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES
to enforce peace; m., June 13, 1883,
Harriet K. Swinburne of Newport,
R. I.; children, Swinburne, b. April 5,
1884; Virginia Swinburne, b. May 10,
1887; Margaret, b. Jan. 27, 1891;
Gardner, b. Feb., 1, 1894. Residence,
Chicago, Ill.
Hopkins, Ernest Martin
Educator; president of Dartmouth
College; b., Dunbarton, N. H., Nov.
6, 1877; s. Andoniram Judson and
Mary (Martin) Hopkins; ed. Wor
cester Academy, Worcester, Mass.,
1896, and Dartmouth College, A.B.
1901; secretary to President Tucker,
1901-05; secretary of Dartmouth
College, 1905-10; engaged from 1910
to 1916 in different positions having to
do with the adjustment of industrial
relations; connected with the Western
Electric Co., New York; William
Filene's Sons Co., Boston, the Curtis
Publishing Co., Philadelphia, and the
New England Telephone and Tele
graph Co., Boston; elected president
of Dartmouth College by the board of
trustees in June, 1916, and inaugurated
in October of the same year; appointed
fersonal aide to General Goethals on
ndustrial Relations, February, 1918,
and entered immediately upon work
in that capacity; Congregationalist;
Independent Republican; member,
Phi Beta Kappa, Delta Kappa Epsilon; received honorary A.M. from
Dartmouth College in 1908. Litt.D.,
Amherst, 1916; LL.D., Colby, 1916,
Rutgers, 1916; m., Feb. 2, 1911, Celia
Stone; one daughter, Dorothy Ann,
b. May 1, 1917. Residence, Hanover,
N. H.
French, Horace
Merchant and postmaster; b., Bed
ford, N. H., Feb. 16, 1837; s. Phineas
and Betsey (Foster) French; ed. public
schools and Kimball Union Academy,
Meriden, 1861; walked to White
River Junction, Vt., at outbreak of
the Civil War, and enlisted in the
Third Vermont Regiment, May 5,
1861; served four years and three
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months, engaged in twenty-two battles;
was one year in a Confederate prison,
and was mustered out as a captain;
located in West Lebanon in 1870,
where he has since resided; Con
gregationalist; Republican; member,
N. H. house of representatives, 1881,
and 1917 when eighty years of age;
postmaster at West Lebanon, sixteen
years; deacon, Congregational Church,
over forty years, and still in office;
member, A. F. & A. M., P. of H., and
local clubs; m., April 4, 1865, Mary E.
Gillette of Hartford, Vt. (golden
wedding observed in 1915 with over
four hundred people attending); chil
dren, Bessie Foster (artist), b. Jan.
1, 1866, d. May 7, 1903; Nathan and
Martin (twins), b. Sept. 18, 1867, d.
in childhood; Samuel Pingree, b. May
6, 1871 (Dartmouth, A.B., 1893, Har
vard, A.M., 1904); Frederick Reginald,
b. Sept. 25, 1872 (Dartmouth, 1896);
Robert Horace, b. June 11, 1876, d.
in infancy; Ernest Eugene, lawyer, b.
May 3, 1878 (Dartmouth, A.B., 1898,
Univ. of Cal., L.B., 1904); John Mc
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ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES
Questen, civil engineer, b. April 21, 1897
(Dartmouth, B.S., 1899), d. Aug. 26,
1906. Residence, West Lebanon, N. H.
Stevens, Jabez Howes
Fariner, traveling salesman; b.,
Newmarket, N. H., July 29, 1857; s.
Nathaniel and Elizabeth T. (York)
A. F. & A. M., I. O. O. F., B. P. O. E.,
and P. of H., being a past master of
Scam mell Grange of Durham; m., 1st,
Feb. 10, 1879, Ada J. Drew, Strafford,
N. H., d. Oct. 24, 1903; 2d, Nov. 2,
1904, Marguriete M. G. Thompson, of
Portland, Me.; one daughter, Florence
L., b. Oct. 26, 1882, m. March 17, 1902,
Walter J. Dunlap, Augusta, Me. Resi
dence, Durham, N. H.
Hayes, Charles Carroll
Real estate and loans; b., New Lon
don, N. H., May 31, 1855; s. John M.
and Susan E. (Carr) Hayes; ed. public
schools of Manchester, N. H.; Baptist;
Democrat; mayor of Manchester, 1913
-14; president, Democratic state con
vention, 1912; trustee, Mechanics Sav
Stevens; ed. Durham public schools,
Franklin Academy, Dover, Bryant &
Stratton Commercial College, Manches
ter; Congregationalist; Republican; en
gaged in the hay trade for some years
at Durham and has been a traveling
salesman for the International Har
vester Co. of America for the last fif
teen years or more; active in public
affairs, serving as tax collector, over
seer of the poor, selectman five years
(twice chairman of the board), member,
N. H. house of representatives in 1895;
deputy sheriff for Strafford County,
1895-8, resigning to take the office of
Commissioner for Strafford County, to
which he had been elected, and to
which he was re-elected two years later,
serving as clerk of the board ; member,
ings Bank, Manchester; member, A. F.
& A. M. (33d degree), Elks, Moose,
Grange, Derryfield, Calumet and Coun
try clubs, Manchester; member, Man
chester chamber of commerce (expresident and treasurer); president,
Rimmon Mfg. Co.; clerk, Manchester
Shoe Mfg. Co.; m., 1st, Jan. 1, 1885,
�ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES
Belle J. Kennard, d. July 31, 1890; 2d,
June 20, 1900, Carrie M. Anderson;
children, John Carroll, b. Aug. 7, 1886,
now in his country's service in France;
Louise Kennard, b. Jan. 16, 1888
(Wellesley 1909), Annie Belle, b. July
31, 1890; Marion, b. June 28, 1902.
Residence, Manchester, N. H.
Chapin, Bela
Printer, farmer, poet; b., Newport,
N. H., Feb. 19, 1829; s. Phineas and
Lydia (Osgood) Chapin ; learned print
er's trade in youth, in office of National
Eagle, Claremont, and worked for a
time in different offices, then pursued a
three years' course of study at Kim
ball Union Academy, Meriden; subse
quently pursued his trade for a number
of years in Concord and other places;
proprietor of the Dartmouth Press at
Hanover from 1866 to 1870; returned
to Claremont and bought a farm at the
base of Green Mountain, where he
continued its cultivation, but spending
much time in his library in writing and
study, having a fine collection of books
and many rare volumes. He has
written much meritorious verse which
has appeared in different publications;
compiled the volume known as the
"New Hampshire Poets," published
in 1883, embracing selections from
300 poetical writers of which 3,000
copies were sold; m., March 3,
1858, Sarah Clark Melendy. Resi
dence, Claremont, N. H.
Bass, Robert Perkins
Industrial counsellor; ex-Governor
of New Hampshire; b., Chicago, 11l.,
Sept. 1, 1873; s. Perkins and Clara
(Foster) Bass; ed. Boston, Mass.,
schools, Harvard Univ., A.B., 1896,
Harvard Graduate School, Harvard
Law School; in business in Chicago for
some time, but has had his residence in
Peterborough, N. H., his mother's old
home for many years past, where he
has been much interested in agriculture
and forestry, as well as general public
affairs; Progressive Republican ; mem
ber, N. H. house of representatives,
245
1905-6, 1907-8, serving as chairman of
the committee on retrenchment and
reform in the latter session, and con
ducting a thorough investigation of the
various departments of the state gov
ernment; senate, 1909-10; drafted and
largely instrumental in the enactment
of the present primary law; member,
N. H. Forestry Commission, 1906-10
(chairman the last two years); di
rector, American Forestry Ass'n (presi
dent, 1911-12); member of various
clubs; appointed in Oct., 1917, assist
ant and counsellor to Raymond B.
Stevens, vice-chairman of the U. S.
Shipping Board at Washington, in
dealing with labor problems; upon the
departure of Mr. Stevens for England
in Jan., 1918, as American delegate to
the Interallied Shipping Council, was
placed in charge of labor matters in
volved in the operation of vessels, serv
ing as chairman of the National Ad
justment Commission. His services to
the government are gratuitous, he be
ing one of the so-called "dollar-a-year"
men. m., Jan. 20, 1912, Edith Harlan
�Rev. Edwin J. Aiken
�ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES
Bird, dau. Charles S. Bird, East Walpole, Mass.; three children, Edith,
Perkins, Joanne. Residence, Peterbor
ough, N. H.
Aiken, Edwin Joseph
Clergyman; b.. Hyde Park, Vt.,
May 3, 1849; s. Orrin Livingston and
Laura (Edmunds) Aiken; ed. schools
of New York; merchant from 1870 to
1884; ordained to the Congregational
ministry, Oct. 1, 1885; pastor, East
Congregational church, Concord, N. H.,
1885-92; since then has preached in
more than six hundred churches in
nine different states; Congregationalist; Republican; member, A. F. 4
A. M., I. O. O. F., Central Congrega
tional Club, N. H. Historical Soc,
American Bible Soc, National Council
of Congregational Churches; elected
superintendent of the N. H. Bible Soc,
1892; secretary, 1898 to 1912; treas
urer, 1913, and still superintendent
and treasurer; treasurer, N. H. Con
gregational Ministers' and Widows'
Fund since 1896; president of the Asso
ciation of New England and N. Y. City
Bible Societies, the last ten years; au
thor, "First Hundred Years of the New
Hampshire Bible Society"; m. Annah
E.Greene, May 20, 1869; one daughter,
Julia Mildred, b. Nov. 3, 1871, d. Dec.
13, 1878. After traveling throughout
our homeland and the Canadas, in
1899, Mr. and Mrs. Aiken visited Great
Britain, the Netherlands, Belgium,
Germany, Austria, Italy, Switzerland
and France. During 1900 they again
visited England, Belgium, France and
Germany, also Denmark, Norway,
Sweden, Finland, Russia, Hungary,
and several of the smaller provinces
of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy.
During 1903 they visited Portugal,
Spain, Algeria, Italy, Greece, Turkey
in Europe and Asia, the historic
places of Palestine, Egj>yt and France.
During 1905 they visited the West
Indies and South America. In 1907
they again visited Spain, Italy and
Egypt, also Arabia, Ceylon, Siam, the
Malay Peninsula, China, Japan, Ha
waiian Islands and Mexico. Mr.
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Aiken attended the centennial con
ference of missions at Shanghai, was
present at the bombardment of the
city of Wu-Chang in the valley of the
Yangtze Kiang, China, and attended
the Students' Christian Federation of
the World Conference at Tokyo, Japan.
During 1909 Mr. and Mrs. Aiken
again visited England, Ireland and
Wales. In 1910 Mr. Aiken, being a del
egate to represent the American Bible
Society at the World Missionary Con
ference held at Edinburgh, spent
several weeks in Scotland, England
and Wales. During 1913 Mr. and
Mrs. Aiken again sailed for the South
Continent, visiting the Republics of
Brazil, Uraguay, Argentine and Venezula and made a second cruise of the
West Indies and Bahama Islands. He
has lectured extensively upon the dif
ferent tours, in connection with Bible
Society work. Residence, Concord,
N. H.
Gallagher, Edward John
Journalist; b., Concord, N. H., Oct.
23, 1890; s. James and Julia Martin
Gallagher (natives of Ireland); ed.
Sacred Heart School, Concord; left
school in ninth grade owing to illness
which continued three years; engaged
in newspaper work since seventeen
years of age, mainly on the Patriot, of
which he has been the owner since
1910; Catholic; Democrat; trustee
Concord public library; member,
N. H. constitutional convention, 1912;
Major on staff of Gov. Samuel D.
Felker; member, Ancient Order of
Hibernians (state secretary, 1912-14,
state president, 1914-16), also Knights,
of Columbus, Elks and other organiza
tions; executive committee, Concord
Chapter, American Red Cross; treas
urer, N. H. Patriot Co.; director,
Champion Press Ass'n, Newport; m.,
Jan. 27, 1914, Etta Gates, Loogootee,
Ind.( daughter of Hon. George W. and
Maria (Spalding) Gates, descendants
of Maryland, Kentucky and Indiana
pioneers and Revolutionary patriots.
Mr. Gates is cashier and manager of
the First National Bank of Loogootee,
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has been twice mayor of Loogootee,
chairman, Democratic state committee
of Indiana for several campaigns, and
held various important offices in Martin
County. Mrs. Gallagher is a grad
uate of Shoals, Ind., high school, and
wasfor a time a teacher; one daughter,
Alma, b. Nov. 29, 1917. Residence,
Concord, N. H.
Hall, Dwight
Lawyer; b., Dover, N. H., April 13,
1871 ; s. Hon. Joshua G. and Susan Eliz
abeth (Bigelow) Hall; ed. Phillips
(Andover) Academy, 1890, Dartmouth
College, 1894, Boston University
School of Law, 1897; admitted to the
bar and immediately commenced prac
tice in Dover, since continuing; Congregationalist; Republican; U. S. ref
eree in bankruptcy, 1898-1901; solici
tor, city of Dover, 1899-1901; solici
tor, Strafford County, 1904-10; mayor
of Dover, 1910-12; chairman, Repub
lican state committee, 1914-16; chair
man, N. H. Excise Commission, 191618; member, N. H. Soc. Sons of the
American Revolution, Soc. Colonial
Wars, Knights of Pythias; director,
Strafford National Bank; trustee, Straf
ford Savings Bank; m., Aug. 16, 1899,
Frances C. Smith, Boston, Mass. Res
idence, Dover, N. H.
Pearson, Harlan Colby
Editor; b., Webster, N. H., Nov. 24,
1872; s. John Couch and Elizabeth
(Colby) Pearson; graduate of Dart
mouth (Phi Beta Kappa) 1893; con
nected with the Concord Evening
Monitor in an editorial capacity since
leaving college; also at various times
editor of the Granite Monthly, the
National Grange Weekly, the Brown
Book and New Hampshire Farms for
Summer Homes; secretary to Senator
William E. Chandler, 1893-4, and
during their respective terms to Gov
ernors Bachelder, McLane, Floyd,
Quinby, Spaulding and Keyes; m.,
Nov. 30, 1896, Laura Prucia Metcalf
of Concord; children, Caroline (Radcliffe, 1919), Richard M. (Dartmouth,
1920), and John M.; attends the
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Universalist church; votes the Re
publican ticket; member of the Psi
Upsilon fraternity. Residence, 37
South Spring St., Concord, N. H.
Allen, Edwin Morris
Pharmacist;. b., East Middlebury,
Vt., April 2, 1866; s. Lieut. T. Wilfred
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director, People's Trust Co., Lebanon;
president, Canaan-Enfield Electric Co.;
charter member, Mt. Cardigan Lodge,
No. 31, K. of P.; member, Indian
River Grange, P. of H., Canaan
Social Club; m. Roxie L. Davis, Nov.
29, 1888; one daughter, Lena, b. Aug.
9, 1890, wife of Benjamin F. Harrigan
of the Portsmouth Navy Yard. Resi
dence, Canaan, N. H.
Metcalf, Frank Arthur
Publisher, educator; b., Acworth,
N. H., Dec. 14, 1873; s. Frank M. and
Jennie E. (Mitchell) Metcalf; ed.
Kimball Union Academy, 1896, Dart
mouth College, A.B., 1900; member,
Phi Beta Kappa and Delta Sigma Rho;
m., Aug. 7, 1901, Jennie Louise Bryant,
and Emma A. (Farr) Allen; ed. public
schools of Keene, N. H., East Middlebury and Vergennes, Vt., and Colum
bus, O., high school; learned the drug
business with John B. Coburn of
Canaan and became a registered
pharmacist in 1886, while in employ of
Dr. George E. Leet who succeeded
Mr. Coburn at Canaan; purchased
the business of Doctor Leet in 1888,
and has continued the same, enlarging
and improving it till he now has one of
the largest and best equipped establish
ments in this line in the state; Demo
crat; active in party affairs until his
appointment as postmaster of Canaan,
March 1, 1916, in which office he
continues; member, N. H. Pharma
ceutical Ass'n (president, 1908-9);
of Enfield, N. H.; Democrat; registrar,
The Home Correspondence School
Springfield, Mass., 1900-1904; presi
dent and managing director, The Home
Correspondence School, since 1904;
has organized many courses of study and
planned and projected many success
ful publications, including The Writ-
�Hon. Edward H. Wason
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er's Library ; founder and managing
editor, The Writer's Monthly. Resi
dence, Springfield, Mass.
Wason, Edward Hills
Lawyer, farmer; b., New Boston,
N. H., Sept. 2, 1865; s. George Austin
and Clara Louisa (Hills) Wason; ed.
public schools, Francestown Academy,
N. H. College of Agriculture and the
Mechanic Arts, B.S. 1886; studied
law with George B. French of Nashua
and at the Boston University Law
School, graduating LL.B., in 1890,
and in practice in Nashua since that
date; Congregationalist; Republican;
member, Nashua board of education,
1891-5 (president the latter year);
city solicitor, 1894-5; solicitor, Hills
borough County, 1902-6; sergeant-atarms, N. H. senate, 1887-9; asst.
clerk, 1891-3; clerk, 1895; president,
Nashua common council, 1897-8;
member, N. H. house of representa
tives, 1899, 1909, 1913; member,
N. H. constitutional convention, 1902,
1912; elected representative from 2d
N. H. district in the Congress of the
United States for two years from
March, 1915 to 1917, Nov., 1914; re
elected Nov., 1916; member, Com
mittee on Agriculture—an appro
priate appointment, as he is greatly
interested in agriculture, owning a
large farm in the town of Merrimack,
where registered Guernseys and other
choice lines of stock are raised; has
served as president of the New Oak
Park Fair Ass'n, and treasurer of the
N. H. Fair Ass'n of Nashua, and many
years as a trustee of the N. H. College
of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts.
He is a 32d degree Mason, Knight of
Pythias, Patron of Husbandry and an
Elk; president of the Nashua Inst. for
Savings and the Nashua Coal & Coke
Co., and a member of the Nashua
Country Club. Residence, Nashua,
N. H.
Paul, George Washington
Printer, accountant and probate
business; b., Claremont, N. H., Aug.
17, 1850; s. Jeremiah and Betsey (Full-
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erton) Paul; ed. Claremont public
schools; printer and accountant from
1869 to 1887, since then extensively
engaged in probate business, having
administered nearly two hundred
estates; attends Methodist Church;
Democrat; postmaster of Claremont
eight years, serving two terms by
appointment of President Cleveland;
collector of taxes, 1892-3; trustee,
Fiske Free Library, 1903-4; water
commissioner, 1903; selectman, 1905 to
1911 and 1914 to 1917 (chairman each
year), then declining re-election; mem
ber, N. H. house of representatives,
1905-6; delegate to N. H. constitutional
convention, 1918; member, board of
trustees for the George H. Stowell Trust
Estate for erection and maintenance of
the Stowell Memorial Hospital at Clare
mont; member, board of trustees of
town trust funds; director, People's
National Bank; m., April 20, 1876,
Mary Ann Robinson, d. July 26, 1917.
One daughter, Bessie Irene. Resi
dence, Claremont, N. H.
�Ruel W. Poor
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Poor, Ruel Whitcomb
Banker; president, Garfield National
Bank, New York; b., New London,
N. H., Sept. 29, 1860; s. William Gay
and Delina A. (Freeto) Poor; ed. pub
lic schools and Wilton (Me.) Academy;
in employ of Page Belting Co., Con
cord, N. H., 1877-81; Littleton Sav
ings and National banks, Littleton,
N. H., 1881-8; cashier of the latter,
January to November, 1888, when he
resigned to go to Garfield National
Bank, New York City, in which he be
came assistant cashier in 1891, cashier
in 1892 and president in 1902, since
continuing. He is also director and
president of the Garfield Safe Deposit
Co., trustee of West Side Savings Bank,
director of the Butterick Co., the
Butterick Publishing Co., all of New
York City, and of the Ansco Co.,
Binghampton, N. Y. He is a member
of the Chamber of Commerce of the
State of New York ; of Burns Lodge,
A. F. & A. M., Littleton, N. H., St.
Gerard Commandery, Littleton, and
Jerusalem Chapter, R. A. M., of New
York, (D. D. G. M. 5th Masonic Dis
trict N. H. 1888), of the Sons of the
American Revolution, the N. H. Soc.
of New York, the Maine Soc., Ameri
can Geographical Soc., Metropolitan
Museum of Art, American Museum of
Natural History, Union League Club,
Bankers' Club, Manhattan Club, New
York Athletic Club and the Masonic
Club; Episcopalian Republican; m.,
Oct. 18, 1884, Ida M. Sawyer of Wil
ton, Me. ; children, Helen Hilda, b. June
25, 1899; Ruella, b., July 17, 1905.
Residence, 320 West 101st St., N. Y.
City; business address, 200 Fifth Ave.
Melendy, Jesse George
Chemist, chemical plant executive;
b., Milford, N. H., Sept. 30, 1877; s.
George Lorenzo and Adelaide Esther
(Burpee) Melendy; ed. public schools,
New London, N. H., Colby Academy,
New London, 1897, Brown Univ., B.Ph.,
1901; active in undergraduate foot
ball and track athletics; taught in St.
George's School, Newport, R. I., 1901-
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2; since 1902 with General Chemical
Co., 25 Broad St., New York, starting
as analyst, becoming investigator; then
assistant superintendent, Camden, N.J.
works, 1904-8; assistant superintendent
Bayonne, N. J., works, 1908-10;
superintendent, Cleveland, O., works,
1910-13 ; superintendent, Buffalo,
N. Y., works, 1913-17; superintendent
Delaware works, near Wilmington,
1917-; Republican; Unitarian; mem
ber, Phi Delta Theta, Phi Beta
Kappa, Sigma Xi, University Club,
Buffalo, N. Y.; vice-president, Buffalo,
Eng. Soc., 1915-17; vice-president,
Western New York Section, Am.
Chem. Soc., 1914-16, president, 191617; member executive committee,
Cleveland Section, Am. Chem. Soc.,
1912-13; executive committee, Buffalo
Section, A. S. M. E., 1916-17; parish
council, First Unitarian church,
Buffalo, 1916-17; vice-president, Dela
ware Section, Am. Chem. Soc., 1918member, Visiting (advisory) Com
mittee in Chemistry, Brown Univ.;
�Dr. Benjamin F. Bailey
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m., April 20, 1904, Jessie May Cofran,
Boston, Mass.; child, Adelaide Burpee,
b. June 28, 1906. Residence, Wilming
ton, Del.
Bailey, Benjamin Franklin
Physician; president of the Dr.
Benj. F. Bailey Sanitorium, Lincoln,
Neb.; b., Littleton, N H., June 22,
1860; s. William and Marriete Andress
(Barnes) Bailey; ed. schools of Little
ton and Claremont, N. H., Boston,
Mass., and Hahnemann Medical Col
lege, Philadelphia, Pa., 1881; prac
ticed medicine in Wareham, Mass.,
from March, 1881 to March, 1882,
and in Manchester, N. H., from March,
1882 to June, 1886, when he went west
on account of ill health; in September
following he located at Lincoln, Neb.,
where he was in practice until he
opened his sanitorium in July, 1901,
which he has since conducted; Con
gregationalism Republican; member,
Nebraska State Board of Health, and
president of the same for ten years;
president, American Institute of Home
opathy; president, Missouri Valley
Homeopathic Ass'n; president, Ne
braska State Homeopathic Soc; presi
dent, American Institute of Drug
Proving; member, American Medical
Ass'n, American Endocrinology Soc,
American Ass'n for Advancement of
Science, American Soc. for Prevention
of Tuberculosis, and many others;
member, Song of the American Revo
lution, and Rotary, Commercial and
Country clubs (director of former);
m., Feb. 8, 1882, Minnie F. Bryant,
Wareham, Mass. Residence, Green
Gables, Lincoln, Neb.
Russell, Frank Webster
Soldier, merchant (retired); b.,
Plymouth, N. H., June 22, 1847; s.
William Wallace and Clara Jane
(Smith) Russell; ed. Miss Gilmore's
private school, Concord, N. H., Phil
lips (Andover) Academy, Boston Latin
School, Detroit, Mich., high school,
New Haven Commercial Institute,
255-
New Haven, Conn., U. S. Military
Academy, West Point, 1868; commis
sioned 2d lieutenant, 6th U. S. Cavalry,
serving in the South and West till
1872, when he resigned, returned to
Plymouth and engaged in general
mercantile business in the firm estab
lished by his grandfather, Moor Rus
sell, in 1798, continuing till retire
ment in 1911; served in the N. H.
National Guard as captain and aide
on staff of Brig. Gen. D. M. White,
1884; ass't, inspector general, 1885-9;
captain, Co. G, 3d N. H. Infantry,
May 3, 1898; mustered into TJ. S.
service, May 11, and promoted major,.
1st N. H. Infantry, July 2, 1898; mus
tered out, Oct. 3, 1898; continued in
state service as major, 3d Infantry;
on reorganization made major, 2d
Infantry, March 7, 1899, continuing
till expiration of commission in 1905,
then declining further service; Congregationalist; Republican; member,.
Plymouth town history committee;
N. H. constitutional convention, 1902;
N. H. Soc. S. A. R., Military Order
Foreign Wars, American Legion, Ass'n
Graduates U. S. Mil. Acad., A. F. &
A. M., 32d degree and K. T.; m., Oct.
1, 1873, Louisa Webster Hale, d. May
6, 1905; children, Clara Louise, died
in infancy; William Wallace, b. May
22, 1876 (Plymouth high school, 1891,
Holderness School, 1893), treasurer
National Life Ins. Co., Montpelier,
Vt.; George Moor, b. April 28, 1878
(U. S. Military Acad., 1901), major,
field artillery, in National Army in
service in France; Susan Carleton, b.
Oct. 31, 1879 (N. H. Normal School,
1898, Vassar College, 1904); teacher,
now living with her father; Walter
Hall, b. May 21, 1882 (Dartmouth,
1904, Mich. Univ. Law School, 1906), of
the Russell Lumber Co., Port Arthur,
Ont.; Louis Webster, b. March 22, 1885(Dartmouth, 1906), with Alexander
Hamilton Inst., of New York, located
at Akron, O.; Frank Henry, b. June
18, 1887, d. May 2, 1904; Mary Louise,
died in infancy. Residence, Plymouth,
N. H.
�John B. Jameson
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Jameson, John Butler
Mining, insurance, manufacturing
and general business; s. Nathan
Cleaves and Idabel (Butler) Jameson;
ed. public schools and college of the
City of New York; Presbyterian;
Democrat; chairman, N. H. Demo
cratic state committee, 1906-12, and
active in the management of party
affairs; delegate to Democratic na
tional convention, Kansas City, 1900;
chairman, N. H. Committee on Public
Safety, 1917-18, taking an active part
in organizing the state for work in sup
port of the national government in the
prosecution of the war against German
aggression; treasurer, United Life
and Accident Ins. Co., Concord;
director, First National Bank, Con
cord; officer and director in various
other corporations; interested in vari-ous business enterprises in New Hamp
shire, Missouri and Oklahoma; received
honorary degree of Doctor of Science
from N. H. State College, May 1, 1918;
m., Nov. 19, 1913, Marion Dudley
Eidlitz, New York City; children, John
Butler, Jr., b. Jan. 21, 1915; Robert
Dudley, b. Jan. 30, 1916; Jane, b. Nov.
20,1917. Residence, Antrim, N. H.;
business address, Concord, N. H.
Wilder, Ella Caroline Abbot
(Mrs. Arthur S. Wilder); b., Wilton,
N. H., April 22, 1862; dan. Harris and
Caroline A. (Greeley) Abbot; greatgranddaughter of Major Abiel Abbot
of Wilton, commissioned officer in
Colonial Army, great-grand-niece of
Nathan Hale, also of Rev. Abiel Abbot
of Peterboro, N. H. (see pp. 139) ; ed.
public schools; Cushing Academy, Ashburnham, Mass., 1882; Smith College,
B.A. 1889; teacher for ten years pre
vious to marriage; principal high school,
Brewer, Me. 1889-91; principal high
school, Peterboro, N. H., 1891-5; assist
ant, Sanborn Seminary, Kingston,
N. H., 1895-6; principal high school,
Sterling, Mass., 1896-8; member,
Congregational church, Smith College
Alumnae Ass'n; active in church and
war relief work; m., Aug. 9, 1898,
Arthur Silas Wilder; children, Florence
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C., b. Aug. 3, 1899; Katharine A., b.
Aug. 12, 1901; Frank H., b. April 26,
1903; Edwin A., b. March 13, 1906;
Anna Hale, b. Jan. 14, 1909. Resi
dence, Sterling Junction, Mass. [See
Dr. Florence Hale Abbot, p. 139;
Charles Greely Abbot, p. 149; Stanley
Harris Abbot, p. 237.]
Emery (William) Stanley
Clergyman; b., Portsmouth, R. I.,
May 6, 1858; s. Charles and Susan
Lavinia (Kelly) Emery; ed. St. Paul's
School, Concord, N. H., 1876; Trinity
College, B.A., 1881; General Theologi
cal Sem., New York, B.D., 1884;
ordained deacon, 1884; priest, 1887;
master, St. Paul's School, 1884-:6; in
charge, Church of St. John the Baptist,
Sanbornville, N. H., 1887-92; vicar,
Calvary Chapel, New York, 1892-7;
rector, Christ Church, Norwich, Conn.,
1897-1900; rector, Trinity Church,
Tilton, N. H., and m charge, St. Jude's
Mission, Franklin, 1900-1908; vice-rec
tor St. Paul's Church, Concord, N. H.,
1908-. Republican; member, N. H.
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house of representatives from Tilton,
1907-8; member executive committee,
N. H. State Conf. Charities and Cor
rections; standing committee, Diocese
of New Hampshire, Protestant Epis
copal Church; m., Jan. 18, 1887, Ethel
Naunton Julian, St. Andrews, N. B.;
four daughters and two sons. Resi
dence, Concord, N. H.
Otis, Edward Osgood
Physician; b., Rye, N. H., Oct. 29,
1848; s. Israel Taintor and Olive
Morgan (Osgood) Otis; ed. Phillips
Exeter Academy, Harvard College, A.B.,
1871, M.D., 1877; commenced practice
1879, in Boston in 1880, specializing in
pulmonary diseases, particularly tuber
culosis, and writing and speaking on
its prevention; sometime visting phy
sician for Free Home for Consumptives
in Boston and connected with various
medical institutions; physician to tuber
culosis department, Boston Dispensary;
professor of Pulmonary Diseases and
Climatology, Tufts College Medical
School since 1901 ; late visiting and con
sulting physician, Mass. State Sanato
rium ;delegate,Congress of Tuberculosis,
London, 1901; International Congress
on Tuberculosis, Rome, 1912; member,
advisory board, Dennison (settlement)
House, Boston; trustee, Exeter, N. H.,
Cottage Hospital, Montgomery, Ala.,
Colored School; member, American
Climatological Ass'n (president, 1898),
American Public Health Ass'n, Na
tional Ass'n for Study and Prevention
of Tuberculosis, American Ass'n for the
Advancement of Science, and many
medical societies; ex-president, Boston
Ass'n Relief and Control of Tuberculo
sis; cor. member, International AntiTuberculosis Ass'n; member, S. A. R.,
Soc. Colonial Wars, Harvard Club of
Boston; author, 1909; "Tuberculosis—
Its Cause, Cure and Prevention," 1914,
"Pulmonary Tuberculosis," 1917; and
various contributions to medical publi
cations; m., June 4, 1894, Marion Faxon;
children, Olive, John F., EdwardO., Jr.,
William F., Brooks. Residence, 381
Beacon St., Boston.
Dunlap, Roger Allen
Clergyman; b., Charlestown, N. H.,
June 10, 1878; s. George Harlan and
Mary Catharine (Folger) Dunlap; ed.
public schools, Nelson, N. H., and Rock
Island and Stanstead, P. Q., Concord
high school, 1896; Dartmouth College,
1900, Hartford (Conn.) Theological
Seminary, 1903; Congregationalist; Re
publican; pastor, Paterson, N. J., 19039; Windsor Locks, Conn., 1909—1917;
Second Parish Church, Portland, Me.,
1918; Chaplain Connecticut house of
representatives, 1915; member Phi
Beta Kappa and Phi Kappa Psi fra
ternities; m., Nov. 18, 1903, Alice Gates;
children, Esther, b. Sept. 11, 1906,
Catharine Alice, b. May 15, 1911.
Residence, Portland, Me.
Patten, Helen Philbrook
. Author; social worker; b., New Bed
ford, Mass., April 21, 1865; dau. of Rev.
Nathan Page and Hannah Hill (San
born) Philbrook; ed. Tilton Seminary,
1884, Framingham, (Mass.) Normal
School', 1888, Social Service Dept.,
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Simmons College, 1914, Social Service
crouse, Boston Univ., 1914; taught in
the Misses Patten's School, Middletown, Conn., 1889, 1891-2; Affordby
School, Baltimore, Md., 1890-1 ; active
in social service, Middletown, Conn.,
Girls Club, 1915; District Worker for
South End Settlement House, 1916-7;
author "The Year's Festivals" (Dana
Estes Co.), 1903; compiler "The Music
Lover's Treasury," 1905; compiler "In
timations of Immortality" (Small &
Maynard), 1907; contributor of many
articles and poems to various news
papers and magazines; m., Sept. 1,
1892, D. Warren Patten, Tilton, N. H.
Residence, Tilton, N. H.
Husband, Richard Wellington
Professor classical languages, Dartmouth College; b., Nov. 27, 1869, Mil
ton, Ontario, Canada; s. Richard and
Eleanor (Teeple) Husband; ed. Leland
Stanford Univ., A.B., 1895, A.M., 1896;
Univ. of Toronto, A.B., 1896; Dart
mouth College, A.M., 1915; instructor,
Mills College, 1898-9, Stanford Univ.,
1899-1900; instructor and professor,
Dartmouth College, 1900-; Episcopal
ian; Republican; office manager N. H.
District Board 1917-; secretary N. H.
Committee on Public Safety, 1917; N.
H. War Historian, 1917-; member
Sigma Phi Epsilon, Phi Beta Kappa,
American Philological Ass'n (execu
tive committee), Simplified Spelling
Board (executive committee), Amer
ican Ass'n of University Professors;
contributor of many articles on lin
guistic subjects, Roman history, and
Roman criminal law in Transactions
of the American Philological Ass'n, and
in various classical periodicals; author,
"The Prosecution of Jesus" (Princeton
Univ. Press), 1916; m., June 20, 1901,
Helene Borgman; one son, Richard B.,
b. Aug. 8, 1904. Residence, Hanover,
N.H.
Lauder, George Burns
Electrical Engineer; b., Concord, N.
H., Jan. 28, 1866; s. James Nelson and
Eliza Martha (Clark) Lauder; ed.
Concord schools, private instruction,
259
Mass. Inst. of Tech., 1889; with the
Westinghouse Electric Co., Pittsburg,
Pa., 1890; Electric Lighting Co., Den
ver, Col., 1891-3; first electrical in
spector, N. H. Board of Underwriters,
1893-8 ; manager, Concord Electric Co.,
1898-1909; consulting engineer, 1909-.
Republican; Episcopalian; life mem
ber, Humanitarian Soc, London,
Eng.; member Vivisection Investiga
tion League, New York City; Concord
S. P. C. A. (president, 1913-7); Am.
Soc. of Mechan. Engineers, N. H. Soc.
Protection of Forests, Am. Soc. for
Protection of Forests, Mass. Inst.
Tech. Club, N. H. Historical Soc,
Concord Charity Organ. Soc, Y. M.
C. A., Wonolancet, Beaver Meadow
Golf and Snowshoe Clubs; actively
connected with Red Cross work, city
and state; office manager, N. H. War
Savings Com.; with his family has
adopted French Orphan, No. 900, in
Life's French Orphan Fund; m. Eva
Belle Sanborn of Concord, June 17,
1896; children, Mildred, b. April 4,
�David E. Murphy
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1897, St. Mary's School, 1893, B.A.,
Wellesley College, 1918, at the Vassar
Training Camp for Nurses, "The
Woman s Plattsburg"; Dorothy, b.
Nov. 10, 1901, St. Mary's School,
Abbot Academy, 1920. Residence, 26
Franklin Street, Concord, N. H.
Murphy, David Edward
Merchant; b., Concord, N. H., Oct.
15, 1859; s. Bartholomew and Mary
(McCue) Murphy; ed. Concord public
schools; employed as a clerk in the
dry goods trade in Concord, at the
age of sixteen, continuing for twelve
years, when he engaged in business for
himself in which he has continued to
the present time, developing one of the
largest and most popular dry goods de
partment stores in northern New Eng
land, including Nos. 76 to 82 No. Main
St.; Catholic; Democrat; many years
member, Democratic state committee;
Democratic candidate for councilor in
District No. 5, in 1916, running largely
ahead of his ticket; trustee, N. H. In
dustrial School, 1905-13; member,
N. H. Committee of Public Safety;
State Merchant Representative, United
States Food Administration; director,
First National Bank, Concord; trustee,
Union Trust Co.; member, Knights of
Columbus, Elks, Wonolancet Club;
member, commission having in charge
the erection of a statue of President
Franklin Pierce, and marshal of the
day at dedication of the same; member,
Pierce birthplace preservation com
mission; m., April 26, 1905, Katharine
Louise Prentis, New York. Residence,
Concord, N. H.
Wason, Eugene
Physician; b., New Boston, N. H.,
April 25, 1844 ; s. Abraham and Sarah T.
(Lamson) Wason; ed. public schools of
New Boston and Cambridgeport, Mass . ;
Dartmouth Medical College, M.D.,
1872; A.M.(hon.) Norwich University,
1909; practiced medicine in Nashua, N.
H., 1869 to 1874; subsequently in Lon
donderry and Hancook; since 1894 in
Milford; Episcopalian; Republican;
member Knights of Pythias, G. A. R.
(N. H. Department Commander, 1918-
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19); city physician and member board
of health, Nashua, 1872-4; member
Milford board of health several years;
member N. H. Medical Soc; N. H.
Surgical Club; m., Aug. 13, 1866,
Hattie Wilkins, d.; one son, Arthur, b.
March 20, 1888. Residence, Milford,
N. H.
Metcalf, Henry Clifton
Merchant; b., Lempster, N. H<,
July 10, 1881; s. Clifton A. and Ma
tilda J. (Scales) Metcalf; ed. public
schools of Alstead; in trade in that
town since twenty-one years of age;
Universalist; Democrat; town clerk
since 1912; trial justice since 1915
(appointed by Gov. Rolland H. Spaulding); member, N. H. house of repre
sentatives, 1917-18, serving on rail
road committee and joining in minority
report against the reorganization bill;
member, A. F. & A. M., I. O. O. F.;
m., July 10, 1906; Mabel M. Hatch,
Alstead; children, Alma E., b. May 17,
1907; Clarence W., b. April 13, 1910;
Carroll H., b. November 29, 1912.
Residence, Alstead, N. H.
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Saltus (Amasa) Wright
Clergyman; b., Brooklyn, N. Y.,
Oct. 3, 1859; s. Nicholas and Maria
Seymour (Sanford) Saltus; ed. St.
Paul's School, Concord, N. H., 1878,
Columbia Law School, law office of
Anderson and Man, New York; ad
mitted to the New York bar, 1883,
studied divinity with Dr. Henry A.
Coit, rector of St. Paul's School; or
dained deacon, 1891, priest, 1893; in
charge of St. Mary's church, Penacook,
1893-4; curate of St. Mark's, Orange,
N. J., and House of Prayer, Newark,
N. J., 1894-8; curate at St. Paul's
Chapel, St. Paul's School, and chap
lain of Orphans' Home, 1898-1900; in
charge of St. Mary's, Penacook, 1900-;
Republican ; Episcopalian ; member,
Rumford Grange, P. of H., East Con
cord, Fish and Game Club (president,
1914-); chaplain of First Infantry,
N. H. National Guard, under Colonel
Roby, three years; m., June 6, 1886,
Bayonne, N. J., Louisa Smith Pickslay.
Residence, Concord, N. H.
Brown, Harry James
Lawyer; b., Wentworth, N. H.,
March 2, 1873; s. James B. and Eva M.
(Merrill) Brown; ed. Concord (N. H.)
high school, 1891, Dartmouth College,
1895, Columbian University Law School
(Washington, D. C.), LL.B., 1897,
LL.M., 1899; admitted to the bar in
1899, and began practice the same year
with Eastman & Hollis in Concord, N.
H., continuing with the same till 1903,
since when he has been alone; Republi
can; connected with the Department
of Agriculture in Washington from
1895 to 1899; member Concord common
council, 1905-6; secretary Republican
state committee, 1908; in general law
practice; served for several sessions
past as a legislative attorney for B. & M .
Railroad; member A. F. &. A. M. (lodge,
chapter, temple, consistory 32d degree
and shrine); Wonolancet, Snowshoe
and Bow Brook Clubs, Concord; m.,
Nov. 21, 1907, Mary K. Bride. Resi
dence, Concord, N. H.
Tutherly, Herbert Everett
Soldier; b., Claremont, N. H., April
5, 1848; s. William E. and Lorette C.
(Rossiter) Tutherly; ed. Claremont
schools, Kimball Union Academy, Meriden, U. S. Military Academy, West
Point, 1871; commissioned 2d lieut.,
U.S. Cavalry, June, 1872; 1st lieut., 1st.
Cavalry, April, 1879; captain, Dec,
1890; major, 11th Cavalry, Feb., 1901;
lieut.-colonel, 9th Cavalry, July, 1905;
retired upon his own application after
thirty-eight years service, Oct. 1, 1906;
on duty with N. H. Militia by order of
the President, 1906-10; brigadier gen
eral and adjutant general of N. H. N.
G., 1910-15; aavv much active service in
Indian Campaigns while in U. S. Army;
prof. military science, Univ. of Vt. 1881
-5; Cornell Univ., 1889-92; Univ. of Vt.
again, 1893-97; commanded squadron
U. S. Cavalry in Cuba during Spanish
American war, and recommended for
brevet as major for gallantry at battle
of San Juan Hill, July 1 and 2, 1898;
Episcopalian; Republican; engaged in
agriculture at Claremont since retire
ment; m., May 29, 1878, Mary Maroa
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Cotton of Claremont; one son, George
Cotton, d., Chelsea, Vt. Residence,
Claremont, N. H.
Beach, Amy Marcy Cheney
Composer and pianist; b., Henniker,
N. H., Sept. 5, 1867; dau. Charles Ab
bott and Clara Imogen (Marcy)
Cheney; studied first with her mother,
from whom she inherited her musical
ability; played difficult music, includ
ing Beethoven and Bach, at seven
years of age; at eight years of age
was taken to Boston, where she
studied with W. L. Whittemore,
Ernest Paraho, Junius W. Hill and
Carl Baermann; made d£but as pian
ist; played with the Boston Symphony
and Thomas Orchestras; later appeared
in many large cities, giving entire pro
grams of her own work. Among her
compositions are her "Gaelic Sym
phony," first given in Boston in 1896;
a Mass in E-flat, sung at the Handel
and Hadyn Soc, Boston, 1892; "Fes
tival Jubilate," for women's voices'
sung at the dedication of the women's
building, at the World's Columbian
Exposition, Chicago, 1893; also num
erous cantatas and piano works, and
many songs sung by leading singers
throughout the country; m., Dec. 2,
1885, Dr. Henry Harris Aubrey Beach,
a distinguished physician of Boston,
who died June 28, 1910. Residence,
28 Commonwealth Ave., Boston, Mass.
Simonds, Katherine Call
Musician, dramatic soprano, author
and composer; b., Franklin, N. H.,
Dec. 12, 1865; dau. Joseph L. and Mar
tha Ann (Severance) Call; ed. public
schools of Franklin; taught school four
years; studied voice culture with Mrs.
Gertrude Franklin Salisbury and Miss
Clara Munger of Boston; taught vocal
music to large classes; has sung in, and
directed, many church choirs; sang as
soprano in the First Baptist Church,
Concord, Franklin St. Congregational
Church, Manchester, Pilgrim Church,
Nashua, Unitarian Church, Franklin
and others; now director and soprano
of the Christian Church Choir, Franklin;
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has conducted many choruses and done
much general musical work; author and
composer of many songs several of
which have been published by C. W.
Thompson & Co., Boston; two Prohibi
tion songs, "The Nation's Going Dry"
and "The Land Where Old Glory
Waves," words and music by Mrs.
Simonds, were recently published by
the National W, C. T. U. Publishing
House, Evanston, I1l.; her latest and
most popular song, "There's a Soldier
Lad in Khaki Over There," written,
set to music copyrighted and published
this year, has been sung by her to great
audiences in many places, including
Tremont Temple, Boston, where twice
three cheers were given for the song and
singer by the vast crowd in attendance;
gives entire concert program of her
own songs; member of the Christian
church; Prohibitionist; Equal Suffra
gist; state secretary Prohibition party;
president Franklin Equal Suffrage
Club; president Franklin W. C. T. U.
president Merrimack Co. W. C. T. U.
state musical director, W. C. T. U.
�Hon. Raymond" Bartlett Stevens
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vice-president Golden Rule Farm
Homes Ass'n; Red Cross singer and
worker, responding to constant calls
for service; delegate to National Prohi
bition Convention'st. Paul, Minn. ,1916,
where she sang "The Land Where Old
Glory Waves"; also to National W. C.
T. U. Convention, Washington, 1917,
where she sang "New Hampshire
Voted Dry," written to celebrate the
prohibition victory in this state, to a
capacity audience in Poli's theatre; m.,
Nov. 25, 1885, Arthur B. Simonds, s.
of the late John W. Simonds, N. H.
Superintendent of Public Instruction.
Residence, Franklin, N. H.
Stevens, Raymond Bartlett
Lawyer, Ex-Congressman; b., Binghampton, N. Y., June 18, 1874; s.
Pliny Bartlett and Lillian (Thompson)
Stevens; ed. Harvard Univ. 2 years,
class of 1897; Harvard Law School, 3
years, class of 1899; admitted to New
Hampshire bar in 1899; in practice of
law at Lisbon, N. H., five years then, on
account of ill health, engaged in agri
culture in Landaff ; Democrat; member
N. H. house of representatives from
Landaff, 1909-10, 1911-12, 1913; chair
man Democratic legislative caucus in
1911, and member of the Judiciarv and
Ways and Means Committees, also of
the Special Committee on Railroad
Rates to whose work he devoted much
attention; elected to the U. S. house of
representatives from the Second N. H.
District in Nov., 1912, over Frank D.
Currier, Republican, but did not take
his seat in the house until his work in the
state legislature was completed, and
declined salary up to that time; mem
ber Committee on Interstate and For
eign Commerce, 63d Congress, and ac
tively instrumental in preparation and
enactment of the measure creating and
establishing the Federal Trade Com
mission; nominated in the N. H. Demo
cratic primary, in 1914, as the party
candidate for U. S. Senator, and ran
largely ahead of his ticket but failed of
election; special counsel for the Federal
Trade Commission, 1915-16; member
and vice-chairman U. S. Shipping
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Board, 1916-; appointed American
delegate to the Interallied Shipping
Council in London, 1918, and now
serving in that capacity; m., August 3,
1915, at Landaff, Mrs. Everest a Spink
Cunniff ; one son. Residence, Landaff,
N. H.
Edgerly, Joseph Gardner
Educator; b., Barnstead, N. H., Oct.
12, 1838; s. Samuel Johnson and Eliza
(Bickford) Edgerly; ed. Manchester
public schools, Dartmouth College,
A.B., 1867 (Phi Beta Kappa) ; Congre
gationalism Republican; taught school
five years before entering college;
elected superintendent of schools, Man
chester, N. H., the day after gradua
tion from college, serving eight years,
1867-75; superintendent of schools,
Fitchburg, Mass., 1875, to 1914; since
retired; member American Institute of
Instruction, N. E. Ass'n School Super
intendents (ex-pres.) ; president, N. H.
Teachers Ass'n 1874; Hillsborough Co.
Teachers Ass'n; Worcester Co. (Mass.)
Teachers Ass'n; A. F. & A. M. (K. T.);
I. O. O. F., B. P. O. E., K. of P.; m.,
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April 10, 1877, Mary J. Graves, Groton,
Mass.; one child, Louise Graves, b.
1879, d. 1901. Residence, Fitchburg,
Mass.
Abbott, Warren
Teacher, farmer, bank messenger; b.,
Webster, N. H., March 20, 1838; a.
Jabez and Eunice (Boody) Abbott; ed.
public schools and Elmwood Academy,
Boscawen, N. H. ; taught school winters
from eighteen years of age, and engaged
in farming in summer till twenty-six,
when he went to California and was
there engaged in teaching for eighteen
years, with much success, having re
ceived a life certificate as a teacher after
ten years service, and was the nominee
of his party for superintendent of
schools in Contra Costa county; re
turned to the old homestead in Web
ster and engaged in agriculture in 1882,
continuing until about twenty years
ago, when he removed to Penacook;
Congregationalist; Republican; several
years superintendent of schools in
Webster, selectman three years, and
member N. H. house of representatives
in 1891-2; treasurer of Merrimack
county, 1893-1, 1895-6, 1915-16. Pa
tron of Husbandry, and past master and
lecturer of Daniel Webster Grange,
Webster; also of Merrimack Co.
Pomona Grange, of which he was a
charter member and the first overseer;
for the last ten years he has served as
bank messenger between Concord and
Penacook; m., Oct. 12, 1891, Mrs.
Jennie A. Abbott, of Anoka, Minn.
Residence Penacook, N. H.
Smith, Jeremiah
Jurist; b., Exeter, N. H., July 14,
1837; s. Jeremiah and Elizabeth (Hale)
Smith; A.B., Harvard, 1856; A.M.,
1859; LL.D., Dartmouth, 1883; studied
law with Daniel M. Christie and at Har
vard Law School; admitted to the bar in
1861; practiced in Dover, 1861-7; ap
pointed associate justice of the N. H.
supreme court in 1867, serving till
resignation, on account of ill health, in
1874; partially resumed practice in
1882; appointed Story Professor of Law
in the Harvard Law School in 1890, and
removed to Cambridge; resigned pro
fessorship in 1910; trustee, Phillips
Exeter Academy, 1868-74, 1898-1902.
Visitor, Chandler Scientific School,
Dartmouth, 1885-92; m., April 5, 1865,
Hannah Webster, Dover, N. H., d. Dec.
19, 1904; one son, Jeremiah Smith, Jr.,
lawyer of Boston, b. Dover, N. H., Jan.
14, 1870; A.B., Harvard, 1892; trustee
of Phillips Exeter Academy; now (1918)
serving in France as captain in Quarter
masters' Department, U. S. Expedi
tionary Force. Residence, 4 Berkeley
Street, Cambridge, Mass.
Brown, Alice
Author; b., Hampton Falls, N. H.,
Dec. 5, 1887; spent her girlhood on a
farm; ed. Robinson Seminary, Exeter,
N. H.; taught school for a few terms,
but soon took up writing as a profes
sion, having removed to Boston; en
gaged for several years on staff of
Youth's Companion; author, "Fools of
Nature" (novel); "Meadow Grass,"
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collection of New England stories; "By
Oak and Thorn"—a record of English
Days; "Robert Louis Stevenson —a
study in collaboration with Imogen
Guiney; "Three Heroines of New Eng
land Romance" (with Harriet Prescott Spofford and Imogen Guiney);
"Life of Mercy Otis Warren"; "The
Road to Castalay" (poems); "Tiverton
Tales" (collection of stories); "The
Day of His Youth"; "The King's
End"; "Margaret Warrener"; "Para
dise"; "High Noon"; "The Mannerings"; "The Country Road"; "The
Court of Love"; "Rose McLeod";
"The Story of Thyrza"; "Country
Neighbors"; "John Winterbourne's
Family"; "The One Footed Fairy and
Other Stories"; "Secret of the Clan,"
"The Flying Teuton," etc. Residence,
11 Pinckney St., Boston, Mass.
Humphrey, Alice Caroline
Educator; b., Concord, N. H., Jan. 8,
1874; dau. Stillman and Mary Eliza
beth (Hoag) Humphrey; ed. Concord
high school, 1892, Smith College, 18924, Radcliffe College, 1914-5, Bureau
of University Travel, 1911, Summer
School, Middlebury College, Vt., 1913;
teacher of Greek, Latin and Ancient
History, St. Mary's School, Concord,
N. H., 1895-; Episcopalian; member
N. E. Classical Ass'n, N. H. Smith
College Club, N. H. Historical Soc,
Concord Woman's College Club (direc
tor), Concord Woman's Club (rec. sec,
1918-), Concord Music Club, Outing
Club (Camp Weetamoo), Friendly Club,
Suffrage League, Daughters of the
King, Beaver Meadow Golf Club;
author of BUT Sketches, 1912; contrib
utor of poems to Art and Archaeology
and American Story Magazine. Resi
dence, Concord, N. H.
Nute, Eugene Pearl
Shoe manufacturer; secretary, N. H.
Board of Underwriters; b., Farmington,
N. H., June 14, 1852; s. Alonzo and
Mary (Pearl) Nute; descendant of
James Nute, who came to Portsmouth,
N. H., from England in 1631, and sub
sequently settled in Dover; great-
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grandson of Jotham Nute, an early pet
tier of Milton and a soldier of the Revo
lution, serving throughout the war,
whose discharge signed by General
Washington is now in his possession;
ed. public schools, New London, N. H.,
and Phillips (Andover) Academies; en
gaged for twenty years in the manu
facture of shoes at Farmington; Congregationalist; Republican; member N.
H. house of representatives, 1883;
appointed U. S. Marshal for the Dis
trict of New Hampshire, March 4,
1898, resigned, June 30, 1914, to accept
the position of secretary of the N. H.
Board of Underwriters, which he now
holds; member A. F. & A. M., K. of P.,
Loyal Legion; m., June 4, 1881, Nellie
S. Parker of Farmington; children,
Stanley Pearl, b. Dec. 9, 1885 (Dart
mouth, 1908), in insurance business in
Detroit, Mich.; Harry A., b. March 6,
1891; Molly, b. April 7, 1893, teacher.
Residence, Farmington, N. H.
�Hon. Alvah Woodbury Sulloway
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Sulloway, Alvah Woodbury
Manufacturer; railway official; b.,
Somerville, Mass., Dec. 25, 1838; s.
Israel W. and Adaline (Richardson)
Sulloway; ed. public schools, Barre
(Vt.) Academy, Green Mountain Lib
eral Inst., So. Woodstock, Vt., Canaan
Academy; learned hosiery manufac
turing business in his father's mill at
Enfield, N. H., operating some of the
first machines made by the late Walter
Aiken; commenced business in hosiery
manufacturing in Franklin with Walter
Aiken in 1860, continuing four years;
then in company with Frank H. Daniell till 1869, after which he operated
the Sulloway Mills alone, the same
being incorporated Jan., 1888, exten
sive additions and improvements hav
ing been made from time to time till
now this is the largest woolen hosiery
manufacturing plant in the country,
employing 650 operatives and produc
ing 2,000 dozen pairs per day, nearly
allat the present time on war orders for
the U. S. government; Unitarian;
Democrat till 1896, since Independent;
member N. H. house of representatives,
1871, 1872, 1874 and 1875 (chairman
committee on manufactures, 1874);
N. H. railroad commissioner, 1874;
Democratic candidate for Congress in
Second N. H. district in 1877, and
twice renominated; member first city
council of Franklin, continuing several
years; member N. H. constitutional
convention, 1889, N. H. Senate, 1891;
delegate to Democratic national con
vention in 1876, and all subsequent
conventions, to and including 1896,
and New Hampshire member Demo
cratic Nat'l Com. for same period;
director Northern Railroad since 1880,
and president since 1885; director B. &
M. Railroad for twenty-five years
previous to 1916; president Concord &
Claremont and Peterboro & Hillsboro
Railroads since 1889; director Lake
Champlain & St. Johnsbury R. R.;
several years director Me. Central R.
R.; president and treasurer Sulloway
Mills; president Franklin Nat'l Bank
since organization in 1879; president
Franklin Savings Bank, Franklin Light
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& Power Co., Acme Machine & Needle
Co.; trustee Amoskeag M'f'g Co.;
director Monadnock Mills, Andros
coggin Pulp Co., Concord Axle Co.;
trustee Franklin Hospital, N. H. Or
phans Home; member A. F. &. A. M.
(lodge and chapter), P. of H.; m., June
5, 1866, Susan R. Daniel); children,
Alice M., b. Aug. 5, 1871 (Mrs. Fred L.
Thompson, Bellows Falls, Vt.); Rich
ard W., b. Feb., 1876; Frank J., b. Dec.
11, 1883. Residence, Franklin, N. H.
Theriault, Marcel
Lawyer; b., St. Jacques, N. B., Nov.
22, 1885; s. Adolph and Hermine
(Plourde) Theriault; ed. Nashua, N. H.,
public schools, Boston Univ. Law
School, 1914; Catholic; Republican;
member N. H. senate, 1917-8 (chair
man committee on Judiciary); State
Board Trustees of State Institutions,
1917-; member Republican state com
mittee; Secretary Hillsborough Co.,
Republican Club; Gamma Eta Gamma
law fraternity; president Montcalm
Associates; partner in Nashua Steam
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Press and Boiler Works; m., May 6,
1906, Anita Jodoin, d. Jan. 16, 1913;
children, George French, b. April 19,
1911; Albert Marcel, b. Dec. 17, 1912.
Residence, Nashua, N. H.
Foss, George Ernest
Educator; commercial secretary; s.
Horace Malvin and Abbie Hannah
(Green) Foss; b. Pittsfield, N. H., March
10, 1873; ed. Pittsfield high school,
Dartmouth College, A.B., 1897. Born
on a farm ; traveled three miles each way
to attend high school; on graduation
from college became principal of Pitts
field grammar school for one year;
principal, Meredith (N. H.) high school,
one year; principal, Dover N. H.,
grammar schools, two years; principal,
grammar school, Springfield, Mass.,
thirteen years; in latter position made
special contribution to method of
school organization by introducing the
flexible system of grading, whereby a
program is made to suit the needs of
each student who is allowed to take
work in each subject at the point where
he is ready to work, without regard to
so-called grades, and to move in each
subject as rapidly as progress is earned,
regardless of progress in other subjects;
which is merely the application of the
old district school system to a large
graded city school, and is apparently,
the first such application made in the
United States; it shortens the time
that many a pupil would otherwise
spend in public schools, and brings him
earlier through high school, college and
into his life work; Congregationalist;
Independent Republican; became sec
retary Springfield, Mass., chamber of
commerce in May, 1914, and continues;
work in this field received recognition
by appointment as director of the
National Ass'n of Commercial Organ
ization Secretaries, Sept., 1917. Mem
ber A. F. &. A. M., Educational Club,
Nayasset Club, Reality Club; m., June
28, 1899, Martha Longfellow Brown;
one son, b. May 21, 1903. Residence,
Springfield, Mass.
Brown, Alice Van Vechten
Teacher of Art; b., Hanover, N. H.;
dau. Rev. Samuel G. and Sarah (Van
Vechten) Brown; ed., private schools
and tutors; Art Students League of
New York (four years) and with vari
ous studios and artists; traveled and
studied abroad. Assistant director
and director Norwich Art School,
Norwich, Conn., 1891-97; professor
of Art, Wellesley College since 1897;
member Archeological Institute of
America and other art associations.
Residence, Wellesley College, Wellesley, Mass.
Edgerly, John Albert
Farmer, lumber dealer and summer
boarding; b., Tuftonborough, N. H.,
Sept. 11, 1856; s. Charles G. and Mary
E. (Doe) Edgerly; ed. common schools
and Tuftonborough and Wolfeboro
Academy; member 2d Christian Church
of Tuftonborough; fifteen years super
intendent of Sunday School; president,
Rockingham Christian Conference two
years; Carroll Co. S. S. Ass'n, two
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years; Republican; member school
board five years; selectman five years;
moderator twelve years; present town
treasurer; member N. H. house of
representatives, 1903, voting against
the repeal of the Prohibitory law, hav
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(Merrill) Shurtleff; ed. public schools,
flolderness school, 1887-8, Dartmouth
College, A.B., 1892; read law in office
of Drew, Jordan & Buckley, Lan
caster; admitted to the bar m 1896,
and continued with the firm, in prac
tice (now Drew, Shurtleff, Morris &
Oakes); Episcopalian; Republican; N.
H. Fish and Game Commissioner,
1902-8; ex-judge Lancaster Police
Court; U. S. Commissioner for New
Hampshire; member A. F. & A. M.r
Lancaster Club; m., June 14, 1897,
Emilie Porter, Lancaster; children,
William Porter, b. April 29, 1898;
Merrill, Jr., June 11, 1902. Residence,
Lancaster, N. H.
Demond, Fred Clarence
Lawyer; b., Freeport, Me., Nov. 13,
1875; s. George Nelson and Mary Eme-
ing always been a strong temperance
advocate (chairman State College
committee) ; member N. H. senate,
1909-10, voting for the Preston amend
ment; Patron of Husbandry, having
been lecturer, overseer and master of
Tuftonborough Grange, also of Carroll
Co. Pomona Grange, and district and
Pomona deputy of the State Grange;
m., Dec. 25, 1880, May C. Blake, d. Jan.
8, 1917; one son, Edwin B. Edgerly,
b. March 24, 1884; m. Oct. 14, 1914,
Caroline L. Crossman; their son, John
Irving, b. July 27, 1915. Residence,
Tuftonborough, N. H., Mirror Lake
P. O.
Shurtleff, Merrill
Lawyer, b., Colebrook, N. H., March
10, 1876; s. William H. and Mary J.
line (Field) Demond; ed. common and
high schools, Freeport, Me.; studied law
with Streeter, Walker & Hollis Con
cord, N. H.; admitted to the bar March,
1899, and has since been in practice in
Concord, associated with the firm with
�Elisha Rhodes Brown
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which he studied, and its successors,
the firm name now being Streeter, Demond, Woodworth & Sulloway; Uni
tarian; Republican; member, Concord
common council, 1903-4; board of alder
men, 1905-6; Concord City charter
revision committee, 1908; member state
board of bar examiners since 1913; N.
H. constitutional convention, 1918
(member committee on Judiciary de
partment); clerk Page Belting Co.;
member N. H. Bar Ass'n; American
Bar Ass'n; N. H. Historical Soc;
Wonolancet, Snow Shoe and Passaconoway Clubs, Concord; m., Jan. 16,
1906, Mary Peabody Adams, Gorham,
N. H. Residence, Concord, N- H.
Brown, Elisha Rhodes
Banker; b., Providence, R. I., March
28, 1847; s. Colville Dana and Mary
Eliza (Rhodes) Brown; descendant on
the paternal side of Rev. Chad Brown,
first pastor of the First Baptist Church
of Providence, and the first Baptist
Church in America ; and, on the maternal
side, of Roger Williams, founder of
Rhode Island; removed with his par
ents to Dover, N. H., in 1850; educated
in the Dover public schools and by
careful reading continued through life,
he having secured a large and well se
lected library; served four years as a
mercantile clerk, and on Dec. 10, 1867,
entered the Strafford National Bank
of Dover as a teller, continuing with
that institution to the present time,
having been made cashier, Jan. 1,
1876, a director, Jan. 12, 1886, vicepresident, June 30, 1890 and president,
April 26, 1897, which position he still
holds, as, also, that of president of the
Strafford Savings Bank, of which he
was one of the incorporators, March
25, 1876; a trustee March 31, 1883, vicepresident, March 24, 1890, and became
president, Oct. 21, 1891. His fiftieth
anniversary, or the golden jubilee of
his service as a banker was duly ob
served last December. Congregationalist, member First Church in Dover,
and deacon since 1885; Republican;
appointed by Gov. Charles H. Sawyer,
Commissioner for New Hampshire to
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attend the celebration of the Centennial
of the inauguration of George Wash
ington as President of the United
States, Feb. 5, 1889; delegate from
Ward Four, Dover, in N. H. constitu
tional convention, 1912; trustee, Dover
Public Library; for some years trustee
of Franklin Academy, and president of
the board; trustee Wentworth Home
for the Aged and president since 1908;
member, official board, Dover Chil
dren's Home; trustee Pine Hill Ceme
tery; member N. H. Soc. Sons of the
American Revolution, Soc. Colonial
Wars (Governor 1900-1901), Knight
Templar and 32d degree Mason,
I. O. O. F., N. H. Historical Soc,
Dover Historical Soc, National Con
servation Ass'n, National Audubon
Soc, National Geographic Soc, Amer
ican Forestry Soc, N. E. HistoricGenealogical Soc, American Civic Alli
ance, N. H. Peace Soc, N. H. Soc. for
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (vicepresident), and the Bellamy Club of
Dover; m., Oct. 18, 1870, Frances
Bickford of Dover; children, (1) Alphonso Bickford, b. Jan. 23, 1872,
Sfale, 1894, Harvard Med., 1897), d.
ct. 17, 1906; (2) Harold Winthrop, b.
Nov. 8, 1875 (Harvard, 1897), treas
urer Strafford Savings Bank; (3, 4)
Raymond Gould, Philip Carter, b.
Aug. 27, 1885—Philip graduated from
Harvard in 1906 and Mass. Inst. of
Tech., 1908; Raymond, Harvard, 1907
and from the Law School in 1910, and
is in practice in New York, while
Philip is in business in Dover. Resi
dence, Dover, N. H.
Adams, Blanche Spalding Griffin
(Mrs. William A. Adams); b.,
Thornton's Ferry, N. H., Nov. 24,
1874; dau., George Byron and Sarah
Frances (Spalding) Griffin; ed. McGaw Normal Institute, Reed's Ferry,
N. H., Wellesley College, B.A., 1898;
Congregationalist; Woman suffragist;
teacher for two years after graduation,
English department, St. Margaret's
School, Buffalo, N. Y.; m., Dec 26,
1904, William A. Adams (Harvard,
'98); children, William Byron, Mary
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Griffin, d.; treasurer Ladies Aid Soc,
Congregational church, Brookfield, 1ll.;
member and officer of Brookfield
Woman's Club; chairman Library
Com.; member Woman's Club. Resi
dence, Brookfield, Ill.
Niles, William Porter
Clergyman; b., Warehouse Point,
Conn., Nov. 29, 1869; s. William
1913 and 1916; member board of man
agers of Diocesan Missions; trustee St.
Mary's school, Concord; secretary
Convocation; Knight Templar and 32d
degree Mason; member Psi Upsilon
Fraternity, Nashua Country Club; m.,
April 30, 1903, Serena Gertrude San
ders, Laconia, N. H.; children, Serena
Olmsted, b. Jan. 16, 1904; William
Woodruff, b. Oct. 7, 1905; George
Sanders, b. Nov. 18, 1908. Residence,
Nashua, N. H.
Langdell, Samuel Frank
Manufacturer and dealer in lumber;
b., New Boston, N. H., Jan. 8, 1876; s.
George and Lydia Shaw (McNeil)
Langdell; ed. public schools, New Bos
ton, and Bryant & Stratton's Business
Woodruff and Bertha (Olmsted) Niles,
his father having been for more than
forty years bishop of the P. E. Dio
cese of N. H. ; ed. Holderness school, Ply
mouth, N. H., St. Paul's school, Con
cord, Trinity College, Hartford, Conn.,
B.A., 1893, M.A., 1896, General Theo
logical Seminary, New York, Oxford
University, England; Episcopalian;
Republican; taught at Holderness
School, Plymouth, 1893-6; ordained
deacon, 1899, priest, 1900; priest in
charge of St. James church, Laconia,
N. H., 1899-1902; rector, Church of the
Good Shepherd, Nashua, since 1902;
deputy to General Convention of Prot
estant Episcopal church, 1907, 1910,
College, Manchester; Baptist; Repub
lican; resided on the old homestead in
New Boston, which he had purchased;
having gone into the lumber business,
and the same increasing, he left the
farm and removed to Goffstown village
in 1906; and in 1913 removed to Man
chester, where in 1918 he organized the
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Langdell Lumber Co., with a capital of
$250,000, which is doing a business not
surpassed in extent in Southern New
Hampshire, the offices occupying the
entire front of the 8th floor of the
Amoskeag Bank building. In New
Boston served as selectman, and as
superintendent of the Baptist Sunday
school; has also served as superintend
ent of the First Baptist S. S. in Man
chester; member and past master of
Joe English Grange, New Boston;
president and treasurer of Langdell
Lumber Co.; m., June 6, 1900, Annie
L. Anderson; children, Merritt R., b.
Aug. 24, 1904; Ralph E., b. June 17,
1907. Residence, Manchester, N. H.
Averill, Elisabeth
Educator, b., Boston, Mass., March
31, 1861; dau. John Prescott and Abby
(Foss) Averill. (Mr. J. P. Averill
graduated from Dartmouth in 1842
and for many years was a teacher in
Boston.) Miss Averill graduated from
the Melrose (Mass.) high school, 1880,
and studied four years in France and
Germany till Dec, 1885; taught in
private schools, Atlanta, Ga., and
Nashville, Tenn., 1885-91; head of
department of modern languages,
Concord (N. H.) high school, 1891-;
member South Congregational church,
State Educational Council for many
years, N. E. Modern Language Ass'n
(Boston group), N. H. State Teachers's
Ass'n, Merrimack Valley Teachers'
Ass'n, Concord Teachers'
Ass'n,
Concord Woman's Club (serving on
various committees), N. H. Female
Cent Union, Concord Female Chari
table Soc. (founded 1812), Red Cross;
has often spoken before clubs in the
South and in New Hampshire and
Massachusetts. Residence, Concord,
N. H.
Hardy, Willis Chenery
Commercial traveler and farmer; b.,
West Cambridge (now Arlington),
Mass., Nov. 11, 1851; s. Solon and
Martha (Chenery) Hardy; removed
to Hollis, N. H., in 1867; educated in
public and high schools, West Cam
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bridge and Hollis; Congregationalist;
Republican; trustee town funds; mem
ber N. H. house of representatives,
1909-10, serving on committee on Agri
culture; N. H. senate, 1917-18, serving
on committees on Judiciary, Agricul
ture, Elections, and as chairman of
Committee on Education; member of
the Grange, Sons of the American
Revolution, Ancient Order of United
Workmen, and the White Mountain,
Cape Cod, National and United Com-
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mercial Travelers Associations; m.,
Nov. 2, 1898, Lymena Thompson,
Boston, Mass.; one son, Donald T.,
now in school. Residence, Hollis,
N. H., Nashua, R. F. D.
Stevens, Roland Eugene
Lawyer; b., Peterborough, N. H.,
Nov. 24, 1868; s. Frederick L. and
Mary E. (Kimball) Stevens; ed. St.
Johnsbury. Vt., Academy, Dartmouth
College, AB., 1895; assistant instruc
tor in psychology, Dartmouth, 1895-6;
principal Hanover (N. H.) high school,
�George Morrill Kimball, M.D.
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1896-7; studied law with Ex-Gov. S.
E. Pingree, Hartford, Vt., and at New
York Law School, completing course in
1900; admitted to Vermont bar and
commenced practice that year at White
River Junction, Vt.; Congregationalist;
Republican; president Hartford Me
morial Ass'n; incorporator Mary Hitch
cock Hospital, Hanover, N. H.; con
nected with various corporations, I. O.
O. F., Dartmouth Club, Boston, Mass.,
Graduates Club, Hanover, N. H.; m.,
Nov. 7, 1900, Annie L. Morris, Hart
ford, Vt.; four sons, Robert M., Philip
R., Roland E., Jr., and Paul. Resi
dence, Hartford, Vt.; office, White
River Jet., Vt.
Kimball, George Morrill
Physician till 1898, later in business;
b., Dardanelle, Ark., June 27, 1855; s.
Samuel Sparhawk and Hannah L. (Ma
son) Kimball; ed. public and private
schools, Phillips (Andover) Academy
1875, Yale College, A.B., 1879, Harvard
Medical School, M.D., 1884, house
pupil Mass. Gen. Hospital, July, 1883
to Feb., 1885, Boston Lying-in Hospital,
April, 1885 to Aug., 1885 inclusive;
practiced medicine in Concord thirteen
years; Congregationalist; Republican;
member Concord Board of Education,
1901-10; member Concord board of
aldermen, 1909-10; trustee N. H. Sav
ings Bank, president since 1917; presi
dent Bqscawen Mills; president and
treasurer, Concord Mutual Fire Ins.
Co., Vice-president N. H. Spinning
Mills (Penacook); director Concord &
Montreal R. R., Eagle & Phenix Hotel
Co., Abbot & Downing Co., Page Belt
ing Co., Mechanicks Nat'l Bank; mem
ber Shareholders Committee of the N.
E. Co.; life member N. H. Historical
Soc; trustee N. H. State Hospital sev
eral years, also assistant Burgeon Mar
garet Pillsbury Gen. Hospital; surgeon
general on staff of Gov. Charles M.
Floyd two years, also subsequently on
staff of Gov. Henry B. Quimby; mem
ber N. H. Medical Soc, Merrimack Co.
Med. Soc, Union Club (Boston), Army
and Navy Club (New York), Wonolancet Club, Concord; m. Oct. 14, 1886,
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Annie Louise Gage, Boston, Mass.; chil
dren, Robert Gage, b. April 15, 1888,
m. June, 1916, Natalie Allen, Pawtucket, R. I.; Louise Mason, b. June 2,
1896 (Abbot Academy, 1916). Resi
dence, Concord, N. H.
Cobleigh, Marshall Day
Lawyer; b., Littleton, N. H., Dec.
17, 1864; s. Ashbel W. and Hannah
(Montgomery) Cobleigh; ed. public
schools of Littleton; studied law with
Harry L. Heald and Hon. James W.
Remick at Littleton; admitted to the
bar at Concord, March 17, 1899; prac
ticed in Littleton till April 30, 1900,
when he removed to Lebanon, continu
ing till Dec. 1, 1911; then removing to
Nashua, where he continues, being
senior member of the firm of Cobleigh
& Theriault. Congregationalist; Re
publican; supervisor, Littleton, 189599; special justice, Littleton police
court, 1899-1900; solicitor Grafton
county, 1903-9; member N. H. con
stitutional convention from Ward 1,
�Miss Martha Smith Kimball
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Nashua, 1918; member P. of H., K.
of P., and the Langdon Club of Leb
anon; m., April 29, 1890, Alice J. Aldrich; children, Gerald F., b. Dec. 19,
1883 (Dartmouth, 1915, admitted to
the bar June, 1917) ; Neal W., b. June
9, 1901. Residence, Nashua, N. H.
Kimball, Martha Smith
Club-woman and social service
worker; b., Portsmouth, N. H.; dau.
Edward Payson and Martha Jane
(Thompson) Kimball; ed. Portsmouth
public schools, Smith College, 1892;
Congregationalist; Equal Suffragist;
president, N. H. Equal Suffrage Ass'n,
since 1913; incorporator, Portsmouth
Historical Soc.; trustee, Portsmouth
Public Library, 1915— ; member,
Graffort (Woman's) Club, Equal Suf
frage League, Y. M. C. A. Auxiliary,
Country Club, Civic Ass'n, Ports
mouth; vice-president, Woman's Re
alty Co.; director, Army and Navy
Ass'n; Guardian of Sagamore Camp
Fire and Leader of Portsmouth Guard
ians; member of County Guardians;
director, League of Women Workers;
N. H. member, Legislative Committee,
National League for Women Workers;
member, N. H. Smith College Club,
Portsmouth College Club, Smith
Alumnae Ass'n, College Club of Boston,
Ass'n of Collegiate Alumnae, Smith
Students' Aid Soc., N. H. Conference
of Charities and Corrections, Auto
mobile Ass'n of America; chairman,
Portsmouth district, Woman's Com
mittee, Council of National Defense.
Residence, Portsmouth and Wilmot,
N. H.
Drake, Nathaniel Seavey
Shoe manufacturer, real estate and
agriculture; b., Pittsfield, N. H., Sept.
16, 1851; s. Col. James and Betsey
(Seavey) Drake; grandson of Major
James Drake, one of the earliest set
tlers of Pittsfield, and a member of its
first board of selectmen, in 1782; ed.
Pittsfield public schools and Academy;
engaged in shoe manufacturing, 18801902; since then in real estate and farm
ing; Episcopalian; Democrat; member
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N. H. house of representatives 1911;
senate, 1915; delegate in N. H. consti
tutional convention, 1912; many years
town treasurer, moderator, auditor, tree
warden and member of school board;
director and clerk, Pittsfield Aqueduct
Co.; director and clerk, Pittsfield Gas
Co. ; member Ex. Com. N. H. Old Home
Week Ass'n; vice-president Merrimack
Co. Farmers Ass'n; delegate to Na
tional Rivers and Harbors Congress,
1911; with sister, Mrs. Georgia B.
Carpenter, joint donor of Drake Ath
letic Field to town of Pittsfield, 1917
member Catamount Grange, P. of H.
m., March 17, 1873, Mary A. R. Green
children, James Frank, b. Sept. 1, 1880
Dartmouth, 1902; Major Ordnance Re
serve Corps, U. S. A. (see page 94);
Agnes, b. April 2, 1883, Lasell Sem.,
1903. Residence, Pittsfield, N. H.
Nims, Harry Dwight
Lawyer; b., Keene, N. H., Jan. 9,
1875; s. Marshall W. and Ella M.
(Goodnow) Nims; ed. Concord public
�Maj. William H. Tkickey
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schools, high school, 1894; Williams
College, 1898; honorary, A.M., 1915;
studied law, and in practice of same in
New York city since 1900; Dutch Re
form Congregationalist; Republican;
counsel for U. S. Fuel Achninistration,
Aug., 1917 to May, 1918; member
A. F. & A. M., Bar Ass'n, of New York
City, University Club, St. Andrews
Golf Club; author legal treatise on
"Law of Unfair Competition," and
various magazine articles; m., Jan. 8,
1907, Emma Collier Grant; children,
Marshall Grant Nims, William Grant
Nims. Residence, Bronxville, N. Y.
Trickey, William Henry
Clergyman; b., Exeter, Me., Jan.
22, 1841 ; s. William and Abigail (Nudd)
Trickey; ed. public schools of Wolfeboro, N. H., to which town he removed
in 1856; enlisted as a private in 3d
N. H. Vols., July 29, 1861; promoted
through each rank to that of major in
same regiment; commanded his com£any in assault on Ft. Wagner, and
is regiment in the notable assault on
Ft. Fisher; four times wounded during
the war and mustered out Aug. 2,
1865; Universalist; Republican; re
moved to Dover, N. H., in 1867, and
was employed in the manufacture of
shoes; member Dover City Council,
1870-1, and served same years in N. H.
house of representatives; entered U. S.
Railway Mail Service in 1874, contin
uing several years; entered Tufts Col
lege Divinity school in 1887, graduat
ing in 1889; held pastorates in the
Universalist parishes in Newfields,
Claremont and Hinsdale, N. H., and
Danvers, Mass. June 1, 1907, he was
appointed commandant of the N. H.
Soldier Home at Tilton, which position
he still enjoys, having been in close
affiliation with his comrades since 1861;
religious services are held at the Home
every Sunday afternoon, in conducting
which he alternates with the three
other clergymen of the town. Dele
gate from Tilton in the N. H. consti
tutional convention of 1818, and in re
sponse to the request of his associates
of the G. A. R., was accorded the honor
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of calling the convention to order.
Mason, 32d degree, and member G.
A. R.; department commander for New
Hampshire, 1872; commander Mass.
Commandery, Loyal Legion of the
U. S., 1912; m., Aug. 7, 1864, Celestia
C., dau. William Deland, of Wolfeboro,
N. H., d. May 10, 1915; children, Wil
liam D., b. Nov. 17, 1866; John H., b.
Oct. 23, 1868, d. July 18, 1869. Resi
dence, Tilton, N. H.
Johnson, Martha Evelina
Tax collector; b., Laconia, N. H.,
March 5, 1876, dau. Nathan, Jr. and
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Abbie Dewey (Wiley) Johnson; ed. La
conia high school, 1895; employed in
various city offices, 1901-05; ap
pointed collector of taxes, 1905, and
reappointed thirteen successive times,
holding the office at present; member
of First Church of Christ, Scientist,
Laconia Woman's Club, Rebekah
Lodge, Laconia Suffrage League. Miss
Johnson is a greaWreat-granddaughter of Capt. Daniel Henchman of Bos
ton who served in the Continental
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Army. His daughter, Dorothy Hench
man, married Thomas Hancock,
brother of John Hancock. Capt. Dan
iel Henchman commanded the troops
who ended King Philip's War. His
son, Daniel Henchman, Miss Johnson's
great-grandfather, was the first printer
and the first school-master in Boston.
The first Bible printed in this country
was issued from his office. Residence,
Laconia, N. H.
Stearns, George Landon
Sheriff of Hillsborough County; b.
Manchester, N. H., June 4, 1864; s.
John Edward and Sarah (Woodbridge)
Stearns; ed. public schools; Manchester
high school, 1882. Baptist; Republican;
employed by P. C. Cheney Paper Co.
eighteen years, gaining business educa
tion; twelve years clerk of Manchester
Common Council; thirteen years dep
uty collector U. S. Internal Revenue;
sheriff of Hillsborough County since
1914; member I. O. O. F., and all Ma
sonic bodies including Washington
Lodge, A. F. & A. M., Mt. Horeb
Chapter, R. A., Adoniram Council,
Trinity Commandery, K. T.; N. H.
Consistory, 32d deg. and Bektash Tem
ple, M. S. Organist at Free Baptist
Church eleven years, and First Baptist
Church the last twelve years. M., Dec.
25, 1893, Alice Thompson; children,
Edith Landon, b. April 29, 1895, Man
chester high school and Simmons Col
lege, 1916, and now teacher of Domestic
Science in Manchester high school;
Elinor Eastman, b. August 9, 1900,
student in Manchester high school.
Residence, Manchester, N. H.
Foster, William Albert
Lawyer; b., Concord, N. H., Feb.
3, 1872; s. George A. and Georgia M.
(Ladd) Foster; ed. Concord public
schools, high school, 1891; Dartmouth
College, 1895; Harvard Law School,
1898; admitted to the bar in 1898,
and commenced practice in the office
of Hon. John M. Mitchell, with whom
he was associated until his elevation to
the bench, when he continued, with
Harry F. Lake, who had also been ad
mitted to the firm; Unitarian; Re
publican; member N. H. Constitu
tional convention of 1902; member
Wonolancet, Bow Brook and Beaver
Meadow Golf Clubs; trustee and
member investment committee, Loan
and Trust Savings Bank; director
State Dwelling House Ins. Co.; di
rector Stratton & Co.; director and
clerk Boston Fruit Co.; director and
clerk Contoocook Valley Paper Co.;
m., June 28, 1904, Ethel Rollins Rob
inson, Concord; children, Helen, b.
Oct. 27, 1905; Katherine, b. Nov. 4,
1910; Robert E., b., July 30, 1912.
Residence, Concord, N. H.
Clough, Joseph Messer
Machinist; soldier; mail agent; b.,
Sunapee, N. H., June 15, 1828; s.
Hugh B. and Hannah (Messer) Clough;
ed. public schools and Norwich (Vt.)
Univ.; taught school; engaged as a
machinist and mill operative in Man
chester, Suncook and Lowell, Mass.;
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commander of City Guards in Man
chester and member of Lowell City
Guards, commanded by Gen. B. F.
Butter; enlisted in 1st N. H. Vols.
April 26, 1861, and made first lieut.,
Co. H.; reinlisted in 4th N. H. regi
ment, Sept. 10, 1861, and appointed
captain of Co. H.; wounded in mine
explosion at Petersburg, July 30, 1864,
and discharged Sept. 17; appointed
lieutenant colonel, 18th N. H. Vols.,
Sept., 1864; wounded in night attack
on Ft. Stedman, March 29, 1865;
brevetted brigadier general, and mus
tered out July 29, 1865. Returned to
New London, and engaged for thirteen
years as route agent in U. S. railway
mail service; commanded First Bri
gade, N. H. N. G., for seven years
prior to 1884; Republican; member,
N. H. house of representatives, 1866,
1897; senate, 1881-2; m., 1st, Abiah
Bucklin, d. Dec. 17, 1873; 2d, 1874,
Cornelia Smith (Chase). Residence,
New London, N. H.
Johnson, Jesse
Lawyer; b., Bradford, Vt., Feb. 2,
1842; s. Elliot and Sarah (Taylor)
Johnson; ed. Dartmouth College,
1863; read law and engaged in prac
tice in Brooklyn, N. Y.; U. S. District
Attorney, Eastern District of New
York, 1889-93; member New York
constitutional convention, 1894 (chair
man committee on Cities); justice su
preme court of New York, 1897-8.
Author "Testimony of the Sonnets as
to the Authorship of the Shakespearean
Plays and Poems," 1898; "Glimpses of
Europe," 1906; m., 1st, Sarah E. Rus
sell, Brooklyn, d. 1897; 2d, 1902, Adaline Pritchard, Worcester, Mass.; re
tired some years since. Residence,
"Brookside," Orford, N. H.
Churchill, Mabel Harlakenden Hall
(Mrs. Winston Churchill); b., New
Haven, Conn.; dau. George B. and
Lucretia (Allen) Hall; ed. Mary In
stitute, St. Louis, Mo.; Miss Comegys'
School, Philadelphia, Pa.; Episcopa
lian; Woman Suffragist; member
N. H. Woman Suffrage Ass'n (Vice-
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president), National Woman Suffrage
Ass'n, Chilton Club, Boston, Mass. ;
m., Oct. 22, 1895, Winston Churchill;
children, Mabel Harlakenden, John
Dwight, James Creighton. Residences
Cornish, N. H., Windsor, Vt., P. O.
Woodbury, Elmer Ellsworth
Farmer; builder; b., Woodstock,
N. H., Feb. 27, 1865; s. David and Mahitable (Russell) Woodbury; ed. public
schools of Woodstock and Franconia;
Republican; selectman, six years, town
clerk and member of school board
several years; member N. H. constitu
tional convention, 1902 (member
committee on Legislative Department) ;
house of representatives, 1909 (chair
man committee on Elections); state
senate, 1915-6 (chairman Forestry
Committee and member Finance com
mittee) ; constitutional convention,
1918; member K. of P., P. of H., master
home Grange three years; master Po
mona Grange, one year; deputy State
Grange three years; writer of some
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note, under pen name of "Justus Con
rad" for various periodicals; a leader in
the movement for the development of
the Lost River region and securing the
construction of the Kinsman Notch
State road; m., Sept. 4, 1885, Florence
E. Chase of Concord; children, David
Eugene, b. June 21, 1886; Amos Scott,
Nov. 17, 1888; Florence Evelyn, July
17, 1905. Residence, Woodstock,
N. H.
Keenan, George William
Musician, violinist and conductor;
b., Penacook, N. H., July 11, 1890; only
s. Peter A. and Mary (Nolan) Keenan;
ed., Penacook high school, 1908.
Began study of the violin at the age of
twelve years, and two years later or
ganized Keenan's Orchestra, which did
much successful public work for the
next six years; studied for two years
1908-10 in Boston, with Joseph Emile
Daudelin of the Paris Conservatoire,
at the same time acting as teacher of
violin at Colby Academy, New Lon
don, N. H.; in 1910 went to Paris,
France, and studied for two years
under Professors Charles Huguenin and
Joseph White, and with M. Bertheliet
at the Conservatoire Nationale de
Musique; from Paris went to Brussels,
Belgium and successfully passed the
entrance examinations to the Royal
Conservatory, studying there for two
years, 1913-4, under Cesar Thomson;
returned to America at the beginning
of the war, in 1914, and accepted the
position of leader of the orchestra at
the Odeon Theatre, Marshalltown,
Iowa; since 1915 has been at the head
of the Violin Department at the Kansas
State Teachers' College, Emporia, Kan
sas, and during the time has conducted
the two orchestras of the college; has
received favorable press notices in
Paris and Brussels papers, also in
American papers and magazines, in
cluding Musical America, New York,
and has nattering recommendations
and testimonials from prominent people
of Paris and Brussels, including the
nobility of the latter city. Catholic.
Residence, Emporia, Kan.
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Doyen, Charles Augustus
Brigadier General, U. S. Marine
Corps; b., Concord, N. H., Sept. 3,
1859; s. Edward Nevins and Mary
Elizabeth (Tucker) Doyen; ed. Concord
public schools, U. S. Naval Academy,
Annapolis, Md., 1881; midshipman V.
S. Marine Corps, two years; 2d lieuten
ant, July, 4883, serving several years in
that rank and then promoted 1st lieu
tenant; successively promoted to cap
tain, major, lieutenant colonel and
colonel, attaining the latter rank in
1898; has seen service in all parts of the
world; stationed off Cuba and Porto
Rico during the Spanish War; at the
Philippine Islands 1904-6 and again in
1913-14; in command of U. S. Marine
Barracks at Washington at the outbreak
of war with Germany; promoted Briga
dier General March 22, 1917; left
Washington for France, in command of
the 5th regiment, U. S. Marines, June
7, 1917, and saw active service in the
front line trenches in the Verdun sector;
invalided home in May, 1918, and later
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assigned to command at the Marine
training camp, Quantico, Va.; in., 1st,
Lura Bell Dennison, d.; 2d, Nov. 16,
1892, Claude Fay, Annapolis, Md.; two
daughters, Alice Ruth, b. May 16,
1894; Fay Elizabeth, b. Jan. 1, 1901.
Residence, Annapolis, Md.
Buss, George Washington
Farmer and lumber manufacturer; b.,
Acworth, N. H., Feb. 22, 1856; s. Rod
ney and Almena (Huntley) Buss; ed.
Acworth town and high schools; resides
on the old homestead and is engaged in
agriculture and the manufacture of
lumber; Republican; prominent in
town and county affairs, having served
as health officer, member of the board
of education, tax-collector, selectman,
moderator, and member of the N. H.
house of representatives in 1905-6
when he was chairman of the committee
on mileage; also member of the board
of commissioners for Sullivan county
from April 1, 1905 to April 1, 1911 ; post
master at East Acworth from 1887 to
1896; active in "Old Home Day" ob
servances, and member of the committee
of arrangements for the celebration of
the 150th anniversary of the settlement
of the town, Aug. 21, 1918; m., Oct. 28,
1878, Flora E. Bailey of Claremont;
two sons, Roy H., b. Feb. 25, 1882 (m.,
Jessie B. Webster of Acworth, Nov. 6,
1906 and has two sons, Ezra George and
Herman Webster); associated with his
father in the lumber business ; Raymond,
b. Nov. 22, 1884 (Brown Univ. 1909,
m. Leah H. Holt of Providence, R. I.) ;
cashier of the Narragansett Electric
Light and Power Co. Residence, East
Acworth, N. H.
Goodell, Richard Carter
Manufacturer; president Goodell
Co.; b., Antrim, N. H., Aug. 10, 1868;
s. David H. and Hannah Jane
(Plumer) Goodell; ed. public schools,
and Colby Academy, New London,
N. H.; Baptist (treasurer and deacon
Baptist church, Antrim); Republican;
member staff of Gov. Henry B. Quimby ;
N. H. delegate Alaska-Yukon Exposi
tion, Seattle, 1909; trustee Colby
Academy, two years; chairman, trus
tees James A. Tuttie Library, Antrim;
treasurer Cemetery Ass'n; president
Goodell Co., Antrim; director Hillsboro Electric Light Co., Hillsboro;
member N. H. Manufacturers Ass'n,
and American Hardware Manufactur
ers Ass'n; vice-president N. H. AntiSaloon League; manager, for twentyfive years, Maple Grove Stock Farm,
Antrim, N. H; official judge for Holstein-Friesian Ass'n; m., 1st, Aug. 10,
1892, Una White of Concord, N. H.,
at Los Angeles, Cal., d. April 5, 1895;
2d, Feb. 22, 1899, Amy Clark Martin,
formerly of Concord. Residence, An
trim, N. H.
Wiggin, Joseph
Lawyer; b., Exeter, N. H., March 7,
1871; s. Joseph Furnald and Ruth
Hurd (Hollis) Wiggin; ed. Harvard
Univ., A.B. 1893; Harvard Law School,
LL.B. 1896; admitted to the bar and
commenced practice in Boston im
mediately after graduation and has
there continued; Congregationalist;
Republican; City Solicitor, Malden,
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Mass., 1899-1907; member school
board, 1909-13; vice-president First
National Bank, Malden, Mass. ; trustee
and member board of investments,
Malden Savings Bank; trustee and
treasurer Sanborn Seminary, Kingston,
N. H.; trustee Malden Public library;
member, American, Massachusetts and
Middlesex Bar Associations; Boston
Social Law Library; A. F. & A. M.; m.,
Jan. 2, 1901, Grace Parker Corbett,
Malden. Residence, 55 Clarendon St.,
Malden, Mass.; Office, 27 State St.,
Boston.
McColIester, Sullivan Holman
Clergyman, educator, author; b.,
Marlboro, N. H., Dec. 18, 1826; s.
Silas and Achsah (Holman) McColIes
ter; ed. Norwich (Vt.) Univ., A.B.,
1850, A.M., 1853; student Harvard
Divinity School, 1863; D.D., St. Law
rence Univ., Canton, N. Y., 1873;
Litt.D., Buchtel College, Ohio, 1908;
Universalist; Republican; principal
Walpole (N. H.) Academy, 1850-3;
Mt. Caesar Seminary, Swanzey, N. H.,
1850-8; Valley Seminary, Westmore
land, N. H., 1858-62; ordained to the
Universalist Ministry, 1853; pastor at
Westmoreland and West Chesterfield,
1857-61; principal Westbrook (Me.)
Seminary, 1862-9; pastor Universalist
Church, Nashua, N. H., 1869-73;
president Buchtel College, Akron, O.,
1873-8; pastor Bellows Falls, Vt., and
Dover, N. H., until 1885, since when
his attention has been given largely
to travel, authorship, missionary labor
and school supervision. He has visited
many foreign countries, and written
much for the press and published
several books; member N. H. house of
representatives from Marlboro, 188990; several years president N. H. Uni
versalist State Convention and life
member board of trustees of same; m.,
1st, Nov. 23, 1852, Sophia Fanny
Knight, Dummerston, Vt., d.; 2d,
Nov. 17, 1903, Emma Parker, Natick,
Mass., d.; 3d, Dec. 15, 1905, Elizabeth
E. Randall, Waltham, Mass. ; one son,
Lee Sullivan, b. Westmoreland, N. H.,
June 5, 1859. Residence, Marlboro,
N.H.
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Edgerly, James Bartlett
Banker; b. Farmington, N. H., Jan.
29, 1834; s. Josiah Bartlett and Cor
delia (Waldron) Edgerly; ed. public
schools of Farmington, Gilmanton
Academy; Congregationalist; Republi
can; served in Union Army in Civil
War, 1861-2; engaged in shoe manu
facturing in Farmington, 1863-79;
cashier Farmington National Bank
since latter date; trustee Farmington
Savings Bank, director National Bank;
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member N . H . Soc, Sons of the American
Revolution, A. F. & A. M., G. A. R.;
m., 1st, April, 1863, Maria T. Fernald,
d.; 2d, Dec. 1884, Martha E. Dodge;
two children, Agnes A. and Annie M.
(Mrs. Elmer F. Thayer). Residence,
Farmington, N. H.
Lord, John King
Educator; b., Cincinnati, O., Oct.
21, 1848; s. John King and Laura
Esther (Smith) Lord; ed. Dartmouth
College, A.B., 1868; A.M., 1871; Ph.D.,
1893; LL.D., Dartmouth and Univ. of
Maine, 1908; teacher, Appleton Acad-
�Hon. Alfred Franklin Howard
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emy, New Ipswich, N. H., 1868-9;
tutor Latin, 1869-72, associate pro
fessor Latin and rhetoric, 1872-80,
Evans professor oratory and belles
lettres, 1880-2; associate professor
Latin language and literature, 188292; Daniel Webster professor since
1892; acting president, 1892-3, acting
president. of the faculty, 1893-1909,
Dartmouth college; m., Jan. 20, 1873,
Emma Fuller Pomeroy. Residence,
Hanover, N. H.
Howard, Alfred Franklin
Lawyer, secretary Granite State
Fire Ins. Co.; b., Marlow, N. H., Feb.
16, 1842; s. Ervin and Philinda (Simonds) Howard; ed. Marlow Academy,
N. H. Conference Seminary, Tilton, N.
H.; studied law with Hon. W. H. H.
Allen and Hon. Shepard L. Bowers of
Newport; admitted to the bar, Sept.,
1868, located in practice at Portsmouth
where he has since resided; Congregationalist; Republican; city solicitor,
Portsmouth, 1869-71, deputy collector
U. S. Customs 1870-1 ; collector twelve
years; police commissioner twelve
years; delegate to N. H. constitutional
convention, 1876, 1902, 1918; secretary
and director Granite State Fire Ins.
Co., since organization in 1885; director
N. H. National Bank; trustee Ports
mouth Trust and Guarantee Co., Piscataqua Savings Bank; director Ports
mouth Fire Ass'n, Piscataqua Fire
Ins. Co.; trustee N. H. Historical Soc;
Member A. F. &. A. M. (St. Andrews
Lodge, Washington Chaper, De Witt
Clinton Commandery, Portsmouth);
Warwick Club; m., 1st, Oct., 1869, Eliza
Fiske, Marlow, N. H.. d. Aug., 1877;
2d, April, 1880, Mabel Young Smith;
one son, Arthur Fiske Howard, b. June,
1874. Residence, Portsmouth, N. H.
Stevens, Edwin Dearborn
Physician; b., Montgomery, Mass.,
s. Rev. N. Franklin and Mary E.
(Dearborn) Stevens (lineal descendant,
in 8th generation, of Sir Godfrey Dear
born who came from England in 1637,
and of Revolutionary ancestry on both
paternal and maternal sides) ; His great
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grandfather Isaac Stevens, a Revolu
tionary soldier, built and kept the old
tavern for years in Hartland, Vt.,and
was also sheriff in Windsor County; ed.
Powers Institute, Bernardstown, Mass.,
Montpelier, Vt. Seminary, Boston
Univ., M.D., 1895; after hospital clin
ical work commenced practice of med
icine in Francestown in Dec. 1895, where
he has contined, with success; Republi
can; chairman board of health, fifteen
years, member board of education six
years, justice of the peace and notary
public; member N. H. house of Repre
sentatives, 1917-18 (member committee
on public health); Sons of America
Revolution, A. F. &. A. M. .Eastern
Star, I. O. O. F., P. of H.; Am
erican Institute, Contoocook Valley
Medical Soc, N. H. Medical Soc,
Mass. Surgical and Gynecological Soc,
Mass. Medical Soc; m., Dec. 16, 1903,
Anne Elizabeth Hulme, daughter of
the late John T. Hulme, journalist,, long
prominently connected with various
New Hampshire newspapers. Resi
dence, Francestown, N. H.
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ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES
Townsend, Manley Bacon
Minister, secretary N. H. Audubon
Soc, lecturer and writer on nature
topics; b., New Britain, Conn., Oct. 8,
1868, s. Charles Henry and Laverna
(Bacon) Townsend; ed. New Britain
schools, high school, 1889, Canton, N.
Y. Theological School; ordained to
Universalist ministry, 1892; did mis
sionary work in Maine, organizing and
building churches at Machias, Dover,
Deering and Dixfield ; superintendent of
schools at Dixfield; entered the Unitar
ian fellowship in 1904, becoming pastor
at Randolph, Mass.; chairman special
committee on enforcement of liquor
laws at Randolph; pastor, Unity church,
Sioux City, Iowa, 1908-12; First Uni
tarian Congregational church, Nashua,
N. H., 1912- ; trustee, Proctor Academy,
Andover, N. H., 1913-; secretary of N.
H. Audubon Soc. since its organization,
1914; member A. F. & A. M., Royal
Arch Chapter, North Middlesex Min
isters' Ass'n, Nashua Ministers' Ass'n,
N. H. Unitarian Ministers' Ass'n, Am.
Unitarian Ass'n (life) N. H. Humane
Soc, Wilson Ornithological Club, Soc.
for the Protection of N. H. Forests, N.
H. Anti-Saloon League, Nat. Defense
League, Hillsborough Co. Game and
Protective Ass'n, Nashua Good Cheer
Soc., Patrons of Husbandry; has lec
tured extensively on topics like "Get
ting Back to Nature" and "Friendly
Visiting with the Birds"; has contrib
uted articles on bird life to the maga
zines and has a book in preparation; m.,
June 24, 1896, Dora Pennell, Machias,
Me.; children, Laverna Bacon and
Alice. Residence, Nashua, N. H.
Fellows, Nellie E. Newton
(Mrs. Frank Beldin Fellows) ; teacher:
b., East Fairfield, Vt., dau. Lyman and
Phoebe (Foster) Newton; ed. Bing
ham Academy, Bakersfield, Vt., 1884.
Taught school ten years in Vermont,
and Nashua, N. H.; chairman, school
board, Newbury, N. H., 1914-; presi
dent W. R. C. Bradford, N. H., 1912;
president N. H. Branch, Order of
King's Daughters, 1917-; member
Sunapee Lake Grange, P. of H., Red
Cross, Woman's Council of National
Defense; Methodist, member Main
St. M. E. Church, Nashua, N. H.; m.,
March 13, 1895, Frank Beldin Felows. Resided in Nashua, 1895 to
1907—since then in Newbury.
Mann, William Hazeltine Gage
Civil engineer; b., Boscawen (Penacook), N. H.j Dec. 22, 1871; s. Sam
uel R. and Mary R. (Gage) Mann; ed.
public schools, Boscawen, Concord
high school, 1889, Dartmouth College
(C. S. D.), B.S., 1893, M.S., 1896; en
gaged in engineering since 1893; with
Mississippi River Commission, 1893;
Berlin Iron Bridge Works, 1895; New
York, New Haven & Hartford R. R.,
1896 Boston & Albany R. R., 1897-8;
Rutland Canadian, 1899, 1900; O'Brien
& Sheehan, 1901; Rutland R. R.,
1902; junior member firm of Lloyd &
Mann, civil engineer, Concord, N. H.,
since 1903; Conjp-egationalist; Demo
crat; member Sigma Chi fraternity;
Boston Soc. Civil Engineers; Thayer
Soc Civil Engineers; m., April 30, 1901,
Marion L. Marvin, New York. Resi
dence, Boscawen, N. H., Penacook,
P.O.
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Allen, Fred Hovey
Clergyman; b., Lyme, N. H., Oct.
1, 1845; s. Philander and Rhoda
(Lord) Allen; ed. Boston University,
Hartford Theological Seminary, 1875;
Berlin, Vienna and Paris. Engaged in
journalism before studying for the
ministry; ordained, Congregational
ministry, 1874; acting pastor, North
Brookfield, Mass., 1875-6; pastor E.
Street and Olivet churches, Boston,
1877-80; Abington, Mass., 1894-5;
Rockland, Mass., 1895-1902; lecturer
on art topics; member Society of
American Authors, National Geo
graphic and other societies; correspond
ing member Brooklyn Inst. Arts and
Sciences.
Author, "Glimpses of
Parisian Art," 1882; "Masterpieces of
Modern German Art," 1884; "Mod
ern German Masters," 1885; "Great
Cathedrals of the World," 1886;
"Famous Paintings," 1887, and vari
ous other works, and editor of many
pulications. M. April 26, 1881, M.
Cora Bumpus, Auburn, Me. Address,
Hotel Majestic, New York.
Whittemore, Arthur Gilman
Lawyer; b., Pembroke, N. H., July
26, 1856; s. Aaron and Ariannah
(Barstow) Whittemore; descendant on
paternal side of Thomas Whittemore,
who settled in Cambridge, Mass., in
1642, and on the maternal side from
Elder William Brewster; ed. Pem
broke Academy, Harvard Law school,
1879; admitted to the bar and com
menced practice in Dover, continuing
to the piesent time; Episcopalian
(member St. Thomas' church, Dover);
Republican; water commissioner for
Dover, 13 years; mayor, 1901-2-3,
when he helped establish the Public
Library in a new building secured by
gift of Andrew Carnegie, also secured
the building of the new high school
house, on the newly acquired grounds
forming Hale Park, where the library is
also located; presided on the occasion
of the visit of President Roosevelt, in
1903; member N. H. board of railroad
commissioners, 1903-11, chairman the
last three years; many years attorney
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and vice-president, Strafford Savings
Bank; several years president of the
Dover Board of Trade; one of the
founders of the Bellamy Club of Dover;
m., June 27, 1887, Caroline B. Rundlett (Mrs. Whittemore is a past presi
dent of the Dover Woman's Club);
children, Manuel (Dartmouth College,
1911, Harvard Law School, 1914),
practicing law in New York; Caroline
(Radcliffe College, 1919). Residence,
Dover, N. H.
Wellman, James Albert
Insurance; N. H. Agent Nat'l Life;
h., Cornish, N. H., May 4, 1867; s.
Albert Erasmus and Emily Dodge
(Hall) Wellman; descendant in tenth
generation from Gov. William Brad
ford and Elder Brewster of the Ply
mouth Colony; ed. public schools,
Kimball Union Academy, Meriden,
and Dartmouth College, 1889; en
gaged as special agent of the Connec
ticut Mutual Life Ins. Co., at Burling
ton, Vt., till 1895, when he accepted
position as general agent for New
�John Williams Storrs
�ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES
Hampshire of the National Life Ins.
Co., of Vermont, locating in Manches
ter where he has continued; Congregationalist; Republican; director Man
chester Nat'l Bank, Manchester Safe
Deposit and Trust Co., Morris Plan
Ass'n, Suncook Valley R. R., Manches'ter Y. M. C. A.; president Agents'
Ass'n, National Life Ins. Co.; member
Manchester Public Safety Com.;
County agent, Northern Hillsborough,
for sale of War Savings Certificates;
Mason, 32d degree and K. T., I. O. O.F.,
Sons of the American Revolution.,
Soc. of Colonial Wars, Order of De
scendants of Colonial Governors; m.,
June 23, 1898, Florence Vincent, Bur
lington, Vt.; two daughters, Harriet
Vincent, b. Feb. 22, 1900; Dorothy
Hall, b. Oct. 30, 1901. Residence,
Manchester, N. H.
Storrs, John Williams
Civil engineer and bridge builder; b.
Montpelier, Vt., Nov. 24, 1858; s.
William W. and Elizabeth A. (Roberts)
Storrs; moved to Concord, N. H., in
childhood; ed. in Concord schools;
studied engineering with the late
Charles C. Lund; with the B. & M.
R. R., 1890-1911; since 1906 has con
ducted a private bridge engineering
business; chief engineer of Public
Service Com., 1911- ; Republican;
first state highway engineer for New
Hampshire, appointed by Gov. Bachelder, 1903-5; member, I. O. O. F.,
Am. Soc. of Civil Engineers, Boston
Soc. of Civil Engineers; author of
"Storrs: A Handbook for the Use of
Those Interested in the Construction
of Short Span Bridges," 74 p., ill.,
1918; m., Carrie Etta Dow of Con
cord, Apr. 29, 1885; child, Edward
Dow Storrs, b. Feb. 20, 1886, Concord;
m. Ethel May Foster of Concord, May
4, 1909; in partnership with his father.
Residence, Concord, N. H.
Smalley, Fred Charles
Granite and marble manufacturer ; b.,
Shrewsbury, Vt., November 18, 1866;
s. Christopher and Virginia (Guard)
Smalley; ed. Ludlow, Vt., Albany,
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N. Y. ; traveling salesman, Boston firm,
for central states, headquarters at St.
Louis, 1895-6; president S. J. Nason
Co., m'f'rs. of granite and marble, So.
Berwick, Me., 1896-1902; engaged in
same line in Dover, N. H., 1898-1903,
with partner, under firm name of
Smalley & White; sold interest in the
So. Berwick Co., in 1903 and bought
entire interest in the Dover plant,
which he has retained to the present
time; purchased granite and marble
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works in Portsmouth in 1906 and also
retains the same; his business extends
over a large territory and he is noted
for fine work; liberal supporter of all
public interests in Dover; Unitarian;
Republican; member Dover city coun
cil 1911-12, alderman 1913-14; mem
ber N. H. house of representatives
1915-16; mayor of Dover 1918-;
member A. F. & A. M., St. Paul Commandery, K. T., Olive Branch Lodge
K. of P.; Bellamy Club, Dover; m.,
1st, Aug. 9, 1899, Grace M. Hanson,
So. Berwick, Me., d. March 26, 1916;
2d, Feb. 21, 1918, Mabelle Porter
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Weeks, Greenland, N. H.; children,
Virginia G., b. May 29, 1899 (Dover
high school, 1918); Elizabeth M., b.
Sept. 18, 1904; Frederick C., b. Aug. 22,
1905; Henry R., b. Oct. 27, 1913.
Residence, Dover, N. H.
Sanders, Charles Henry
Merchant; b., Penacook (Ward One
Concord), N. H., Sept. 12, 1851; s.
Jacob P. and Sarah Ann (Dutton)
Sanders; ed. public schools, Penacook
Academy, N. H. College of Agricul
ture and Mechanic Arts, 1871, Thayer
School of Engineering, one year, Mass.
Inst. of Technology, one year; en
gaged as an architect till 1876, when
entered mercantile life with his father,
in Penacook, and has since continued
the business, dealing in boots, shoes,
and clothing; Congregationalist; Re
publican; superintendent Congrega
tional Sunday School, Penacook, many
years; for some time member Pena
cook school committee ; alderman, Ward
1, 1897; trustee Concord public library
for thirty years; trustee Loan and
Trust Savings Bank and member invest
ment committee many years; one of the
organizers of the Penacook Electric
Light Co., serving as director, treas
urer and manager; president Woodlawn Cemetery Ass'n; trustee N. H.
Orphans Home, Franklin; member
N. H. Historical Soc., Appalachian
Mountain Club, Boston (life member) ;
Mason, 32d degree and Knight Tem
plar; m., May 24, 1876, Sarah Emmeline Abbott. Residence, Penacook,
N. H.
Niles, Mary
Registrar, b., Hartford, Conn., Sept.
12, 1867, dau. Rt. Rev. William Wood
ruff and Bertha (Olmsted) Niles;
moved to Concord, N. H., in infancy;
ed. Concord high school, 1885; studied
five years at St. Mary's School, Con
cord, two years with S. B. Whitney,
organist and composer, Boston; taught
at St. Mary's School; Episcopalian;
supervisor primary dept., St. Paul's
Sunday school; corresponding secretary
and treasurer, St. Mary's Alumnae
Ass'n, 1909- (having edited two Reg
isters of the Alumna?); treasurer and
business manager of the Church FlyLeaf, 1903- ; registrar of the Diocese
of New Hampshire, 1913-; member
Concord Fem. Char. Ass'n (corres
ponding secretary, 1914-), N. H. His
torical Soc, Stratford (Shakespeare)
Club, Outing Club (Camp Weetamoo),
Wild Flower Club, Olmsted Family
Ass'n, District Nursing Ass'n, Friendly
Club, Red Cross; contributor to the
press. Residence, Concord, N. H.
Niles, Bertha
Teacher of art; b., Concord, N. H.,
Apr. 29, 1874, dau. Rt. Rev. William
Woodruff and Bertha (Olmsted) Niles;
ed. St. Mary's School, Concord, N. H.,
1891, took post-graduate course there
two years, five years at the Art Stu
dents' League, New York, supplemented
by two years of study in Paris and
Munich; elected member Art Stu
dents' League (equivalent to a de
gree), 1900; taught in St. Catherine's
�ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES
Hall, Augusta, Me., 1898-9; teacher
of art, St. Mary's School, Concord,
1900-; Episcopalian; warden, St. Anna
Guild, St. Paul's parish, 1915-16;
teacher, St. Paul's Sunday school;
member, St. Mary's Alum. Ass'n (pres
ident, 1907-9), Friendly Club (director,
1914-16, 2d vice-president, 1916-18),
Hathaway Outing Club (president two
years), Hathaway Shakespeare Club,
Concord Oratorio Soc. (on executive
committee), Wild Flower Club, Equal
Suffrage League, S. P. C. A., Con
cord Fem. Char. Soc, Red Cross;
contributor to the press; has pub
lished drawings and verse for Camp
Wyonegonic, Denmark, Mej designer
of St. Mary's School seal. Residence,
Concord, N. H.
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Sons of the American Revolution,
Conn. Historical Soc; m., Aug. 4,
1879, Abbie M. Cutler, Shrewsbury,
Mass.; two sons, Harrie C. and Aaron
C. Residence, So. Norwalk, Conn.
Sawyer, Enos Kittredge
Merchant, b., Franklin, N. H., Aug.
4, 1879; s. George W. and Louise C.
(Barnes) Sawyer; ed. public schools,
Phillips (Andover) Academy, 1878,
Dartmouth College; engaged with his
Leach, Edward Giles
Lawyer, b., Meredith, N. H., Jan.
28, 1849; s. Levi and Susan C. (Sanborn)
Leach; ed. Dartmouth College, A.B.,
1871 ; studied law and admitted to the
bar in 1874; in practice in Franklin
and Concord; member firm of Leach
& Stevens, later Leach, Stevens &
Couch; Unitarian; Republican; mem
ber N. H. house of representatives,
1893^; senate, 1901-2; executive
council, 1905-6; city solicitor, Frank
lin, 1894-1906; solicitor Merrimack
county many years; president Man
ufacturers and Merchants Ins. Co.,
since organization in 1884; member
N. H. Bar Ass'n; m., Dec. 24, 1874,
Agnes A. Robinson; two sons. Resi
dence, Franklin, N. H.
Coburn, Jesse Milton
Physician; b., Pittsfield, N. H.,
March 27, 1853; s. Rev. Jesse Milton
and Almira (Morse) Coburn; ed. pub
lic schools, Hahnemann Medical Col
lege, Philadelphia, Pa.; M.D., Boston
Univ. School of Medicine, 1874. Has
practiced in South Norwalk, Conn.,
since 1893; Congregationalist; Re
publican; mayor South Norwalk,
1889-1900; chairman board of educa
tion; secretary and treasurer Mayor's
Ass'n of Conn.; member Conn. State
Medical Ass'n, Norwalk Med. Ass'n,
father in the meat, grocery and pro
vision trade in Franklin and has con
tinued therein; Democrat; many
years chairman Democratic City Com
mittee of Franklin; elected mayor of
Franklin in 1909 and unanimously re
elected the following year; member
N. H. state senate from Dist. No. 6 in
1913 and president of the senate; can
didate for congressional nomination in
the primary in 1914 with a substantial
support; appointed Federal Director
�Will M. Cressy
�ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES
for New Hampshire and Vermont of
United States Employment Service.
1918; member A. F. & A. M. (lodge,
chapter and council), Elks, and For
esters; m., Feb. 28, 1911, Mabel E.
White, graduate of Mass. Normal Art
School, and teacher of art in Franklin
high school.
Residence, Franklin,
N. H.
Cressy, Will Martin
Actor and Playwright; b., Bradford,
N. H., Oct. 29, 1863; s. Frank and
Annette M. (Ring) Cressy; ed. public
schools, Concord, N. H., high school;
commenced active life as a traveling
salesman, but soon relinquished this
vocation for the stage, having been
known as a versatile amateur actor in
youth. His first professional engage
ment was with Frost & Fanshawe in
1889; subsequently for six years with
Denman Thompson in his "Old Home
stead" company, appearing in the
well-remembered part of "Cy Prime,"
wherein he laid the foundation for the
remarkable popularity he has since enJ'oyed. Not only is he a master in his
ine as an actor and entertainer, but
he undoubtedly leads the world as an
author of vaudeville sketches, or one
act plays, having produced about one
hundred and fifty, and is credited with
having written about half of all the
playlets now being presented in vaude
ville^ January 19, 1900, Mr. Cressy
married Blanche Dayne of Troy, N. Y.,
who was also a member of the "Old
Homestead" company, and together,
under the widely familiar name of
Cressy & Dayne, they have since been
entertaining the amusement loving
public of this and other lands, hav
ing visited England, Ireland, Scot
land, Wales, Holland, Belgium, France,
Japan, China, the Philippines, Hawaii,
and other countries, and presented their
Clays in most of them. Much time has
een devoted by Mr. Cressy in the last
three years to giving illustrated free
lectures to orphans and poor children
in the theatres on Saturday mornings,
free transportation being given them
by the Rotary Club. Since the war
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broke out he has been deeply inter
ested in all the "drives." He is the
author of about twenty popular war
poems which have been put into book
form and sold, the proceeds being sent
to some war fund. He has turned over
$5,000 to the Tobacco fund alone; has
earned thousands for the Y. M. C. A.,
Red Cross, and War Savings Stamp
drives, and, during the various Liberty
Loan drives was instrumental in selling
hundreds of thousands of dollars worth
of bonds. He is one of eight "Four
Minute Men" at large, appointed by
the President to speak on patriotic
subjects, and made twenty-nine
speeches during a two weeks stay in
San Francisco. With his wife he en
listed in the summer of 1918, to go to
France for five months for free service
in the Theatrical Over Seas League
for the entertainment of the American
troops. Mr. Cressy has written three
books that have had wide circulation,
and is a constant correspondent of
various newspapers and magazines;
he is a Christian Scientist, a Republi
can and a member of the B. P. O. E.
Permanent residence, Concord, N. H.;
summer home, "Cressy Point," Sunapee Lake, Newbury, N. H.
Emerson, Henry A.
Paper manufacturer; b., Concord,
N. H., May 1, 1837; s. Fenner H. and
Clarinda Baker Emerson; ed. public
schools and Franklin and Penacook
Academies; entered a paper mill at
Pepperell, Mass., at seventeen years of
age and learned the business; became
a member of the Contoocook Valley
Co., at West Henniker, N. H., and was
president and manager from 1880 till
retirement a few years since; Congregationalist; Democrat for many years,
latterly acting with the Republicans;
member N. H. house of representatives
as a Democrat in 1876 and 1877, and
in 1905, as a Republican; member sen
ate in 1915; member I. O. O. F., and
Wonolancet Club of Concord; m., Jan.
1, 1864, Louise M. Lydston of Litch
field, d., Feb. 7, 1910. Residence,
Henniker, N. H.
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Thorne, John Calvin
Shoe merchant, local historian, b.,
Concord, N. H., Nov. 6, 1842, a. Calvin
and Cynthia (Morgan) Thorne; ed.
Concord schools, K. U. A., Meriden,
N. H., 1864; entered into partnership
with his father, 1864, the business being
established 1835, now the oldest in
Concord under one family name; upon
his father's death, 1884, became sole
owner; when the business was incor
porated as the Thorne Shoe Store Co.,
1911, became president, retiring in
1914; Republican; president of Con
cord common Council, 1877-8; alder
man, 1883-4; member First Congre
gational church, serving r.s deacon
1891-1913, treasurer, 1879-1913, clerk
of the society at the time of the dedi
cation of the present building, 1876;
member Merrimack Valley Congrega
tional Club (president two years), Con
cord Congregational Union, N. H.
Congregational Ministers' and Widows'
Fund (treasurer 17 years during which
the fund was increased from $10,000 to
$45,000), Prisoners' Aid Ass'n (treas
urer 20 years), N. H. Bible Soc. (di
rector 1881-1918, also vice-president,
president 1918-), N. H. Historical Soc.
(corresponding secretary 1913-, also
member of standing committee), N. H.
Soc. of Colonial Wars (governor 19036) ; deputy governor-general Nat. Soc.
of Colonial Wars, 1912-18; trustee
N. H. Savings Bank since 1880; mem
ber Concord Board of Education (18828), Soc. for Protection of N. H. Forests,
Children's Aid and Protec. Soc, Char
ity Org. Soc, N. H. Audubon Soc, Red
Cross, Nat. Security League, Nat.
Geographic Soc. Contributor to
Granite Monthly, also letters from
Europe, Mexico, the West and South
to the iV. H. Statesman and Concord
Monitnr; occasional addresses before
societies and clubs.
Publications:
Rev. Israel Evans (1902), Rev. Enoch
Coffin (1902), History and Manual of
the First Congl. Church, 1730-1907
(published and presented 600 copies),
John Calvin (1909), Thorne Genealogy,
1200-1900. (1913), Chronicle of N. H.
Soc. of Colonial Wars, 1894-1914, with
Sketches of Deceased Members (1914);
m., Mary Gordon Nichols, July 8,
1873. (See following sketch.) Resi
dence, 216 North Main St., Concord,
and Thornecroft Lodge, Pembroke,
N. H.
Thorne, Mary Gordon (Nichols)
(Mrs. John C. Thorne), club-woman;
b., Tremont, Ill., dau. Nathaniel Gor
don and Lucia Jane (Lovejoy) Nich
ols; ed. Normal University, Bloomington, Ill.; has lived at Concord, N. H.,
since her marriage in 1873; member
First Congregational church; presi
dent Woman's Board of Foreign Mis
sions several years; organized Young
People's Missionary Soc. of fifty mem
bers, 1898; president Ladies' Social
Circle many years; has taught in
Sunday school forty-four years and still
continues with a class of 35 women;
organized Y. M. C. A. Auxiliary dur
ing administration of Walter B. Ab
bott (1887-90), president many years,
carrying through several large enter
tainments to raise money for a build
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ing; president Concord Female Chari
table Soc., 1902-5; life member and
trustee of N. H. Memorial Hospital for
Women and Children and a liberal con
tributor to the furnishings and repairs;
vice-president of the Hospital Asso
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Soc, W. C. T. U., Friendly Club (one
of the organizers) ; m., John C. Thorne
(see preceding), July 8, 1873. Adopted
daughter, Elsie Chandler Thorne, b.
Concord, N. H.; (St. Mary's School,
1908); student at Gordon Bible Col
lege, Boston. Residence, Concord, and
Pembroke, N. H.
Crosby, Eva May (Emery)
Hospital superintendent, b., Ossining, N. Y., Oct. 5, 1877, dau. Asa and
Hattie L. (Currier) Emery; desc. from
John Emery, who settled in Newburyport, Mass., m 1635; great great grand
daughter Noah Emery, who fought in
Revolution; Asa Emery served in both
the Army and Navy during Civil War;
ed. Taunton, Mass., and Concord, N. H. ;
Concord high school 1896; Training
ciates; president of Concord Woman's
Club, 1915—17, having previously been
vice-president and chairman of various
committees. (During Mrs. Thorne's
presidency the club co-operated with
the city authorities in "Clean-upWeek," helped establish the free
dental clinic in the public schools and
organized the Concord Red Cross, the
largest chapter in the state. (Mrs.
Thorne represented the club at the
Thirteenth Biennial Convention of the
Nat'l Federation in New York.) Mem
ber Forestry committee of N. H.
Federation; member Am. Federation
of Arts, N. H. Historical Soc, N. H.
Soc. of Charities and Corrections, Soc.
for Protection of N. H. Forests, Chil
dren's Aid and Protective Soc, Con
cord Equal Suffrage League, Dist.
Nursing Ass'n, Charity Organization
School of N. H. Mem. Hospital for
Women and Children, Oct. 23, 1900;
Episcopalian; member Concord Nurses'
Club (president, 1914-16), Graduuate Nurses' Ass'n of N. H. (pres
ident 1915-16), Red Cross Nursing
�Hon. Henry B. Quinby
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Service, Newport Woman's Club; m.,
Edgar E. Crosby, Oct. 18, 1905;superintendent of N. H. Mem. Hospital, Con
cord, Mar. 1, 1903-Oct. 1, 1905; nurse at
the lnfirmary, St. Paul's School, Con
cord, N. H., Jan. 8, 1914-Oct. 12, 1917;
superintendent of Carrie F. Wright Hos
pital, Newport, N. H., Oct. 13, 1917-.
Residence, Newport, N. H.
Quinby, Henry Brewer
Manufacturer; Ex-governor; b.,
Biddeford, Me., June 10, 1846; s.
Thomas and Jane E. (Brewer) Quinby
(grandson of Moses Quinby, a member
of the first graduating class of Bowdoin
College); ed. New Hampton Literary
Institution, Nichols Latin School,
Lewiston, Me., Bowdoin College,
Brunswick, Me., A.B. 1869, A.M.
1872, LL.D., 1909; M.D. National
Medical College, Washington, D. C.,
1880; A.M., LL.D., Dartmouth 1909;
served for some time as a special agent
of the Quartermaster's department,
U. S. A., in Washington and the West,
and took the course in medicine while
stationed in Washington; connected
with the Cole Manufacturing Co. at
Lakeport, of which he has long been
president, and treasurer for more than
forty years, and engaged in various
other industrial enterprises; Unitarian ;
Republican; member staff of Gov.
Ezekiel A. Straw, with rank of colonel,
1872-3; member N. H. house of rep
resentatives, 1887-8, taking an active
part in debate and committee work;
member N. H. senate 1889-90; execu
tive council, 1891-2 tch. state prison
com.); Governor of New Hampshire,
1909-10, the important work of the
state house enlargement being carried
out durimr his administration, also the
trunk line roads located and partly
built; active in party affairs, serving
many years as a member of the Repub
lican state committee; delegate-at-Iarge
in the Republican national convention
in 1892; president Republican state
convention 1896, delivering a notable
address; chairman committee on reso
lutions, 1902 and 1908. Trustee N. H.
State hospital, 1897-9; president La-
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conia National Bank, City Savings
Bank, Laconia Hospital; Masonic
Temple Ass'n., Laconia; trustee New
Hampton Institution, member board
of overseers, Bowdoin College, N. H.
Historical Soc, (trustee), Pepperell
Ass'n, Sons of the American Revolu
tion; Mason of the 33d degree, and
past Grand Master of the Grand Lodge
of New Hampshire; trustee Masonic
Home, Manchester; m., June 22, 1870,
Octavia M. Cole of Lake Village (now
Lakeport), N. H., dau. Hon. Benjamin
J. Cole; children, Henry Cole, b. July 9,
1872, lawyer in New York City; Candace Ellen (Mrs. Hugh N. Camp), New
York. Residence, Lakeport, N. H.
White, Eliza Orne
Author; b., Keene, N. H., August 2
1856; dau. William Orne and Marga
ret Eliot Harding White (her father
was a Unitarian clergyman, for twentyseven years, pastor of the Unitarian
church in Keene, and her mother a
daughter of Chester Harding the por
trait painter); ed. public schools of
Keene and Miss Hall's school, Roxbury, Mass.; traveled abroad in 18767 and again in 1914, having been in
England when the war broke out; has
lived in Brookline, Mass., since 1881,
where her family located after the
close of her father's Keene pastorate;
author of many novels and stories,
most of which have been published by
Houghton & Mifflin, Boston; among
the novels are: "Miss Brooks," "Winterborough," "The Coming of Theo
dora," "A Browning Courtship" and
"John Forsythe's Aunts," while her
children's stories include "When Molly
was Six, ""Little Girls of Long Ago,"
"An Only Child" and "A Borrowed
Sister." Some of her books have been
published in London and many have
had a wide sale. "William Orne White
—A Record of Ninety Years" (a trib
ute to her father's memory) was issued
last year. "The Blue Aunt," a patri
otic story for small children, is now in
press; Unitarian; member Boston Au
thor's Club; Woman's Alliance. Resi
dence, Brookline, Mass.
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ONE THOUSAN*D NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES
Fanner, James Clifton
Fanner; deputy commissioner of
agriculture; b., Newbury, N. H., April
15, 1887; s. Charles M. and Elizabeth
'Cat low; Fanner; ed. Providence, R.
L grammar school Colby Academy,
New London, N. H.; learned machin
ist's trade in youth, serving three years
as an apprentice with the Brown &
Sharpe MTg Co., Providence, R. I.,
from 1903 to 1906; since engaged in
agriculture at Newbury, N. H., mAlring
a specialty of poultry and market gar
dening, with special reference to the
summer business at Sunapee Lake;
Episcopalian; Republican; member
school board, town of Newbury, 191314, library trustee, 1915-17; member
advisory board, N. H. Department of
agriculture, 1915-17; appointed deputy
commissioner of agriculture, July 18,
1917, and now in office; Patron of Hus
bandry, including state and national de
grees; master Sunapee Lake Grange,
No. 112, Newbury, 1910, 1911, 1913;
deputy N. H. State Grange, 1912-13,
assistant steward 1914-17, steward
1917-; superintendent poultry depart
ment, Rockingham Fair, Salem Depot,
N. H., 1912-15, inclusive; frequent in
stitute speaker on poultry and market
gardening topics. Residence, Newbury
Eagerly, Winfield Scott
Soldier; brigadier-general, U. S. A.;
b., Farmington, N. H., May 29, 1846;
s. Joaiah Bartlett and Cordelia Waldron
Edgerly; ed. public schools, Effingham
Institute, Phillips Exeter Academy,
U. S. Military Academy, West Point,
N. Y., 1870; appointed 2d lieutenant,
7th Cavalry, June 15, 1870; 1st lieu
tenant, June 25, 1876; captain, Sept.
22, 1883; major 6th Cavalry, July 9,
1898; transferred to 7th Cavalry, Jan.
5, 1899; lieutenant colonel 10th Cav
alry, Feb. 19, 1901; transferred to 7th
Cavalry, March 20, 1901; colonel 2d
Cavalry, Feb. 17, 1903; brigadier-gen
eral, June 23, 1905; retired, Dec. 29,
1909; served in Indian Wars, Spanish
American War and the Philippines;
commanding Dept. of the Gulf, 1907;
Republican; member of S. A. R., Army
and Navy Clubs, Washington; New
York, Manila; Capital City, Atlanta,
Ga.; m., Oct. 27, 1875, Grace Colby
Blum, St Paul, Minn. Residence,
Farmington, N. H.
McCollester, Lee Sullivan
Clergyman; b., Westmoreland, N.
H., June 5, 1859; s. Sullivan Holman
and Sophia Fanny (Knight) McColles
ter; ed. Tufts College, A.B., 1881, B.D.
1884, D.D., 1899; ordained to the
Universalist ministry, 1884; pastor
Universalist Church, Claremont, N. H.,
1884-9, Church of Our Father, Detroit,
Mich., 1889-1912; Dean of Crane
Divinity School, Tufts College, Mass.,
1912-; president Universalist General
Convention, 1915-; trustee Buchtel
College, Akron, O.; member Sons of
the American Revolution, Soc. of
Colonial Wars, Phi Beta Kappa, Mas
ons (32d degree and K. T.), New Eng
land, University, Boston City and Min
isters Clubs; author, "Passing of theOld
Homestead," "A New Emphasis on
Four American Affirmations"; m., 1st.,
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Aug. 21, 1884, L. A. Wright, Troy, N.
H., d. Aug. 1, 1885; 2d, May 1, 1889,
Iizie S. Parker, Claremont, N. H. ; one
son, Parker McCollester. Residence.
Tufts College, Mass.
Corey, Francis A.
Magazine and newspaper writer; b.,
Fitzwffliam, N. H., Feb. 9, 1843; s.
Abram and Hannah (Perkins) Corey;
went West while a lad; graduated from
Adrian College, Adrian, Mich., 1867;
began writing for Ballou's Monthly and
True Flag while a boy in school; taught
for a short time, but soon after graduat
ing devoted his entire time to writing
for the press; wrote for most of the
leading story papers in their day, gen
erally using a pseudonym, more fre
quently that of "Rett Winwood"; a
contributor to Chimney Corner and
Frank Leslie's 11lustrated Newspaper;
wrote serials for Boston Globe, most of
which were syndicated; has written for
the McClure Newspaper Syndicate;
published a few books; Congregationalist; Republican; in., March 1, 1871,
Rebecca Elena Douds of Canton, Ohio,
who died Jan. 1873; one son, Leslie D.,
supply sergeant in Mississippi regiment;
2nd, Mrs. Ellen Medill Dilley of Can
ton, Ohio, sister of Hon. Joseph Medill
of the Chicago Tribune, who d. Feb.
1881; 3rd, Mary J. Beckley of Keene,
N. H., Feb. 1885. Residence, Keene,
N.H.
Frost, Robert
Educator; author; b., San Francisco,
Cal., March 26, 1875; s. William Prescott and Belle (Moody) Frost; ed.
Dartmouth College, Harvard Univer
sity; engaged in Agriculture at Derry,
N. H., 1900-1905; teacher of English,
Pinkerton Academy, Derry, 1905-11;
teacher of psychology, N. H. State
Normal School, Plymouth, 1911-12;
studied in England, 1912-15; now pro
fessor of English, Amherst College;
author, "A Boy's Will" (poems), 1913;
"North of Boston," 1914; "Mountain
Interval," 1916; m., Dec. 28, 1895,
Elinor M. White, Lawrence, Mass.
Residence, Franconia, N. H.
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Jones, Seth Warner
Physician and surgeon; b., Canter
bury, N. H., June 23, 1864; s. Charles
and Sarah (Pickard) Jones; ed. Lowell,.
Mass., high school, University of
Maryland Med. School 1894. In
practice at Franklin, N. H., many
years; Unitarian; Democrat; member
N. H. house of representatives, 1903,
1913 (chairman Democratic caucus
latter year); N. H. constitutional con
vention, 1912; mayor of Franklin,
1911-12; U. S. Collector Internal
Revenue since Jan. 1, 1914; Mason—
lodge, commandery and shrine; m.,
July 19, 1892, Susan Ann French,
Chichester, N. H.; children, Compton
Wilson, b. Sept. 23, 1895 (ed. Tilton
Seminary), income tax inspector, U. S.
Internal Revenue service; Warner
Edrick, b. June 17, 1897 (studied at
Phillips Exeter and Harvard), entered'
U. S. Naval Academy, Annapolis,.
June, 1916. Residence, Franklin,.
N. H. Address, Portsmouth, N. H.
�Gen. Harry H. Dudley
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Dudley, Harry Hubbard
Bfcnker; b., Concord, N. H., June 11,
1859; s. Hubbard T. and Antoinette
(Gordon) Dudley; ed. Concord public
schools, high school, 1878; private
study with Amos Hadley one year; in
employ of Concord R. R. one year as
clerk in freight department; clerk in
First National Bank several years;
subsequently for some time with E. H.
Rollins & Sons, bankers, becoming
treasurer of the corporation; chosen
cashier of Mechanicks National Bank,
Concord, in February 1894, since con
tinuing; Episcopalian; treasurer and
junior Warden, St. Paul's Episcopal
church, Concord; senior Warden, St.
Andrew's church, Hopkinton; trustee
of the Protestant Episcopal church in
N. H.; treasurer board of managers for
missions, diocese of N. H.; Republican;
member Concord board of aldermen
two years; member N. H. house of
representatives, 1901-2: N. H. senate,
1903-4; Commissary General on Staff
of Gov. Frank W. Rollins, 1899-1900;
now, and for many years, member
Concord board of education, also
board of water commissioners; presi
dent, trustees N. H. Centennial Home
for the Aged; trustee, Merrimack Co.
Savings Bank; director, Concord Gas
Light Co. and Concord Light & Power
Co.; treasurer, N: H. Public Safety
Com.; treasurer, N. H. War Relief
Com.; treasurer, Beecher's Falls Co.,
of Vermont, N. H. Spinning Mills,
Penacook, Home Realty Co., Concord;
trustee, trust funds, City of Concord;
president Board of Trade Building Co.,
Concord; treasurer Minot Cemetery
Ass'n, Concord; member N. H. His
torical Soc; Capital Grange, P. of H.;
Wonolancet Club (president when
club house was built, now treasurer);
Snow Shoe Club; Beaver Meadow Golf
Club; Beech Hill Golf Club, Derryfield Club, Manchester; m., Oct. 30,
1883, Anne Bartlett Minot, Concord;
children, Dorothea M., b. March 7,
1889, d. Dec. 13, 1902; Charles H., b.
June 26, 1892 (Dartmouth, A.B. 1916;
sergeant Medical Corps, U. S. A.);
Thomas M., b. Nov. 29, 1899; Concord
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305
High School 1916, now in Dartmouth
Med. School. Residence, Concord, N.
H.; summer home, Hopkinton.
Jewell, John Woodman
Merchant; insurance agent; b.,
Strafford, N. H., July 26. 1831; s. John
Milton and Nancy (Colley) Jewell;
eighth in descent from Thomas Jewell
who settled in Braintree, Mass., in
1639; ed. public schools, Strafford and
Gilmanton Academies; clerk in general
wX.-
H^r*s
Jm
store, Bow Lake, Strafford, 1854-64;
bought the store, and continued trade,
1864-91 ; engaged in insurance at Dover
since 1891, as general agent of the
Massachusetts Mutual Life Ins. Co.,
and continues actively in the business;
Democrat, and prominent in party
affairs in county and state for fifty
years; postmaster at Strafford, 1857-67;
member N. H. house of representatives
'from Strafford, 1862, and representa
tive tfrom Dover in 1902,—forty years
later, also in 1905; sheriff of Strafford
County, 1874-76; member N. H. exec
utive council, 1885-7; State senator,
1911-12 (elected in a Republican dis
trict by 339 majority); justice of the
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peace and quorum for 60 years; m.,
Oct. 9, 1853, Sarah Folsom Gale, dau.
of Bartholomew and Abigail (Morrison)
Gale of Gil man ton; children, Abby S.
(m. Rev. W. W. Brown, Evansville,
Wis.); John Herbert, b. Sept. 10, 1859
(m. Elona G. Manning, Nottingham);
Mertie Folsom, b. Sept. 10, 1863 (m.
Herbert Waldron, Strafford), who re
sides with her father, being the only
surviving child. Residence, Dover,
N. H.
Sherry, George Henry
Pharmacist; postmaster of Dover; b.,
Dover, N. H., June 29, 1871; s. John
and Julia (Scully) Sherry; ed. Dover
public schools; parochial schools of
Dover, Jersey City, N. J., and New
York City; became a registered phar
macist in Dover and pursued that busi
ness until 1916; Catholic; Democrat,
member board of aldermen of the city
of Dover, 1907, 1908, 1909; Democratic
candidate for State Senator, 1908;
Democratic candidate for Mayor, 1910;
member N. H. house of representatives,
1911-12, taking an active part in the
proceedings, oh the Democratic side;
delegate in N. H. constitutional con
vention, 1912; member house of repre
sentatives again in 1913, during which
session, after protracted ballotting,
Henry F. Hollis, the Democratic nomi
nee, was chosen United States Senator.
Mr. Sherry was secretary of the Demo
cratic legislative caucus, and manager
of pairs and quorum on the Democratic
side, and by his alertness and sagacity
contributed largely to the election of
Mr. Hollis; received a recess appoint
ment as postmaster of Dover in 1915
and his regular commission in March,
1916; member Holy Name Soc., and
the A. O. H., of Dover; m., Jennie
Cecelia Early; children, Malona, Marie
G, George H., Jr., and Mildred V.,
the latter died in 1913. Residence,
Dover, N. H.
Cochran, John Milton
Lawyer; b., Pembroke, N. H., April
11, 1849; s. Martin H. and Miriam
(Rowell) Cochran; ed. public schools
and Pembroke Academy; studied law
with Hon. Ira A. Eastman of Concord,
N. H.; admitted to Massachusetts bar
in 1871 and has practiced in Southbridge, Mass., since 1872; Congregationalist; Republican; town solicitor;
special justice first District Court, South
ern Worcester District since 1899;
vice-president and attorney, Southbridge Savings Bank, and attorney for
various other corporations; member
Mass. house of representatives, 1880;
Capt. Co. K, Mass. Volunteer Militia;
president, Quinabaug Historical Soc;
prominent in Masonry and past master
Grand Lodge of Massachusetts; mem
ber and ex-president Southbridge
Club; m., May 12, 1875, Lizaie Whitehouse, Pembroke, N. H.; one son,
Charles M. Residence, Southbridge,
Mass.
Dearborn, George Vann Ness
Psychologist, educator, author; b.,
Nashua, N. H., Aug. 15, 1869; s.
Cornelius Vann Ness and Louie Fran
ces (Eaton) Dearborn (9th generation
from Godfrey Dearborn; 8th genera
�ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES
tion from Thomas Eaton of Haverhill,
Mass.) ; ed. Dartmouth College, Litt.B.
1890; Columbia, M.D. 1893; Harvard,
A.M. 1896; Columbia, Ph.D. 1899;
assistant in philosophy, Harvard,
1896; assistant in physiology, Harvard
Med. School, 1899; assistant professor
and director of laboratory of physiol
ogy, 1900; professor, physiology, 190116, Tufts College; professor, philos
ophy of physical education, Sargent
Normal School, Cambridge, 1906- ;
instructor psychology, School of Eugen
ics, Boston, 1912-15, consulting phys
iologist, Forsyth Dental Infirmary,
Boston, 1913-; member Medical
Reserve Corps, U. S. A., 1918; Staff
of the Forsyth Infirmary for Children,
Boston, Theta Delta Chi, Founders
and Patriots of America, Boston
Authors Club, American Philosophical
Ass'n, American Psychological Ass'n,
Mass. Medical Soc, etc.; correspond
ing member, N. H. Historical Soc,
Institut Solvay, Brussels. Author,
"A Text Book of Human Physiology,"
"The Influence of Joy," "MotorSensory Development," "How to
Learn Easily," "The Psychology of
Clothing," "The Physiology of Exer
cise" (with F. H. G. Miner), "The
Sense of Feeling," and of about 150
scientific articles; editor of "The Life of
the Child Library," and "Our Senses
Series;" associate editor of "Medi
cine and Surgery" and "The Journal
of Abnormal Psychology," m., June
18, 1893, Blanche Velina Brown,
Bloomington, 1ll.; one daughter, Lucia
Eaton, now a junior at Wellesley
College. Residence, Mason St., Cam
bridge, Mass.
Preston, George Cutler
General merchant, lumberman and
probate business; b., Manchester, N. H.,
August 17, 1848; s. Luke Woodbury
and Mary Frances (Fairbanks) Preston,
ed., public schools, Francestown Acad
emy, 1868; has been engaged in general
mercantile business in Henniker for
the last fifty years; also quite exten
sively in the lumber business, and has
given much attention to the settlement
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of estates; one of five owners of the
Henniker Inn and president of the
company; Congregationalist; Republi
can; postmaster of Henniker 1872-84;
town clerk several years; member
N. H. house of representatives, 1891-2,
State Senate, 1893-4; trustee Loan &
Trust Savings Bank, Concord; trustee
Henniker town funds; trustee and treas
urer, Tucker Free Library, Henniker;
president Preston Bros. Co., Henniker;
member A. F. & A. M., I. O. O. F.,
Good Templars, Bear Hill Grange,
P. of H., N. H. Historical Soc, Red
Cross; m., Nov. 6, 1871, Emma Jane
Boynton, Francestown, N. H.; one
son, Harry Boynton, b. Dec 3, 1882
(Dartmouth 1905, Phi Beta Kappa),
sub master Kimball Union Academy,
Meriden. Residence, Henniker, N. H.
Burgum, Edwin Berry
Educator; b., Concord, N. H.,
March 11, 1894; s. Edwin Gannell
and Addie M. (Berry) Burgum; ed.
Concord high school, 1911; Dart
mouth College, A.B. (Phi Beta Kappa)
�Mrs. Larz Anderson
�ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES
1915; Harvard A.M., 1916; Instructor
in English and Lecturer in American
Literature, University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, Pa.; Unitarian; Demo
crat; member Modern Language Ass'n,
Dartmouth Club of Western Pennsyl
vania, Harvard Club of Pittsburgh,
American Historical Ass'n. Home,
Concord, N. H.
Anderson, Isabel Weld (Perkins)
(Mrs. Larz Anderson), writer; b.,
Boston, Mass., March 29, 1876, only
child of Commodore George Hamilton
(U. S. N.) and Anna Minot (Weld)
Perkins; ed. Miss Winsor's School,
Boston; m., June 10, 1897, Larz Ander
son, who was minister to Belgium, 1911
-12; ambassador to Japan, 1912-13;
Unitarian; member of N. H. Soc,
Colonial Dames of America and many
clubs and philanthropic organizations;
deeply interested in her father's native
state, in which she has two summer
homes, and to which she presented,
April 25, 1902, the bronze statue of
Commodore Perkins, by Daniel Chester
French, adjacent to the western front of
the State House in Concord ;has traveled
extensively and resided abroad with her
husband; first Commandant, D. C. Red
Cross Refreshment Corps; inspector of
Canteens, American Red Cross in
France; received Japanese Red Cross
Medal, Japanese Red Cross Order of
Merit; Order of Merit of Japan with 3d
Class Order of the Crown. Author of
"The Great Sea Horse," 1909; "Captain
Ginger's Fairy," 1910; "Captain Gin
ger's Playmates," 1911; "Captain Gin
ger Aboard the Gee Whiz," 1911;
"Captain Ginger Goes Traveling,"
1911; "Captain Ginger's Eater of
Dreams," 1911; "Captain Ginger's
Sun Boy," 1911 ; "every Boy and Other
Children's Plays," 1914; "The Spell
of Japan," 1914; "The Spell of Bel
gium," 1915; "The Spell of the Hawai
ian Islands and the Philippines," 1916;
"Odd Corners," 1917. George Wash
ington University, Washington, D. C.,
in recognition of her literary work, con
ferred upon her in 1918, the honorary
degree of Litt.D. Residence, "Weld,"
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Brookline, Mass.; 2118 Massachusetts
Ave., Washington, D. C.; "The Box,"
Webster, N. H., and the Perkins Home
stead, Contoocook, N. H.
Weaver, George Albert
Physician; b., Manchester, N. H.,
Aug. 5, 1868; s. George and Mary
Elizabeth (Spencer) Weaver; ed. pub
lic schools, Manchester, Phillips Exeter
Academy, 1892; Medical Dept., Yale
Univ., M.D. 1897; commenced prac
tice in Warren, N. H., in 1898, contin
uing to 1915; removed to Bradford, Vt.,
in 1916, where he continues in practice;
Episcopalian; no political affiliation—
one of the original members of the Pro
gressive party in New Hampshire and
a member to the last, unchanged and
unrepentant, each succeeding year
strengthening his belief that the course
taken by the Progressives will have the
approval of impartial history; member
Federal Board of Examining Surgeons
for Grafton Co., 1912 to 1916; candi
date of the Progressive party for Con
gress in 2d N. H. District, 1914; secre
tary and treasurer Grafton Co. Medical
Socv thirteen years, 1904 to 1916 in
clusive; m., May 4, 1904, Etta Emily
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Harrington; children, Constance, b.
Aug. 20, 1905, Sherman, b. July, 16,
1907; Residence, Bradford, Vt.
O'Leary, Thomas Mary
Vicar General of the Catholic dio
cese; b., Dover, N. H., Aug. 16, 1875,
s. Michael and Margaret (Holden)
O'Leary; ed. public and parochial
schools, Dover; B.A. 1892, Mungret
College, Limerick, Ireland; Grand
Seminary, Montreal, Canada, 1897;
ordained priest of the Roman Catholic
church, 1897; assistant priest, St.
Anne's church, Manchester, 1897-8;
assistant priest, St. John's church,
Concord, N. H., 1898-1904; chancellor
of the diocese and secretary to Bishop
Delany, 1904-15; rector of the cathe
dral, Manchester, 1910-15;' vicar gen
eral of the diocese, Dec. 1914- ; per
manent rector of St. John's church,
Concord, Jan., 19 15-; editor of The
Guidon, 1904-s contributor to the
Catholic Encyclopedia; state chaplain
of Knights of Columbus; on executive
committee War Savings Stamps; mem
ber of Bishop's Council, 1914-; dio
cesan examiner of the clergy, 1914-.
Residence, Concord, N. H.
Demers, George Arthur
Priest, b., Quebec City, Canada,
Feb. 10, 1876, s. Edward and Alma
(Couture) Demers; ed. Levis College,
Quebec, University of St. Joseph, N. B.,
Grand Seminary of the Sulpician Fa
thers, Montreal, 1901; ordained priest
by Bishop Bradley, 1901, Somersworth,
N. H.; assistant, Berlin, N. H., three
months; assistant, church of St.
Francis Xavier, Nashua, N. H., 19014; assistant, St. Martin's Church, Som
ersworth, N. H., 1904-6; adminis
trator, St. Mary's Church, Newmarket,
N. H., 1906; pastor of St. Anthony's
church, Sanbornville, N. H., building
the first church and rectory, 1907-1914;
pastor, Sacred Heart church, Concord,
N. H., 1914- ; state chaplain for
N. H., Order of Catholic Foresters of
America. Residence, Pleasant Street,
Concord, N. H.
�ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES
Nealley, John Haven
Dry goods merchant; b., So. Ber
wick, Me., August 4, 1853; s. Benjamin
Mason and Mary (Pray) Nealley
(descended from William Nealley, one
of the first settlers of Nottingham,
about 1719); ed. public schools of
Biddeford, Me., and Bryant & Stratton
Commercial. College, Boston; clerk for
some years in the dry goods store of bis
brother, the late Hon. B. Frank Neal
ley; when the latter became Mayor of
Dover he bought the establishment and
continued the extensive business until
1913, when sixty years of age, having
been successful throughout, then re
tired from active management, though
retaining an interest; Congregationalist; Republican; member Dover board
of aldermen, 1902, 1903; mayor 1904,
1905; member N. H. house of repre
sentatives 1889-90; delegate in N. H.
constitutional convention, 1902; state
senator, 1907-8; Mason, prominent in
all branches of the order, and for
twenty-seven years recorder of St. Paul
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Commandery, K. T.; m., Sept. 12 1877,
Emma C., dau. Thomas Hanson and
Caroline (Torr) Cushing. Residence,
Dover, N. H.
Anderson, George Weston
Lawyer; Interstate Commerce Com
missioner; b., Acworth, N. H., Sept. 1,
1861; s. David Campbell and Martha
Lucinda (Brigham) Anderson; de
scendant in the seventh generation
from James Anderson, one of the first
sixteen settlers of the town of London
derry, N. H.; ed. public schools, Kim
ball Union Academy, Cushing Aca
demy, Ashburnham, Mass., 1882 (vale
dictorian) ; Williams College, A.B. 1886
Boston University Law School, LL.B.
(Summa cum lavde) 1900; taught school
at intervals while obtaining his educa
tion, including two years as principal
of the Mt. Pleasant Grammar School,
Nashua; commenced law practice in
Boston, where he was for six years
partner with George Fred Williams;
counsel for the City of Boston in the
�Frederick Rot Martin
�ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES
celebrated Bay State gas investigation
in 1893; Unitarian; Democrat; member
of the School Committee, City of Bos
ton, 1895-1900; Democratic candi
date, Attorney-General, Mass., 1911—
12; Mass. Public Service Commission
for term of four years, July 1, 1913
(resigned); appointed U. S. District
Attorney, Mass., Nov. 1, 1914Oct. 1917; member U. S. Interstate
Commerce Commission, Oct., 1917-;
Mason, Phi Beta Kappa; member
Boston Chamber of Commerce, Amer
ican Bar Ass'n, Mass., Bar Ass'n,
Boston Bar Ass'n, American Statis
tical Ass'n, American Economic Ass'n;
American Association for Labor
Legislation, American Academy of
PoStical and Social Science; trustee of
World Peace Foundation, Charlesbank Homes, Cushing Academy; mem
ber Boston City, Algonquin, Twen
tieth Century, Brae Burn Country
Clubs, Boston, Cosmos Club, Washing
ton, D. C.; m., 1st, 1897, Minnie E.
Mitchell, Mason, N. H., d. 1906; 2d,
Jan. 25, 1908, Addie Earle Kennerson,
Boston; children, Clare Mitchell, b.
June 24, 1898; Robert Duncan, b.
April 18, 1900; Richard Brigham, Nov.
23, 1901. Residence, 219 Fisher Ave.,
Brookline, Mass.; business address,
Interstate Commerce Commission,
Washington, D. C.
Martin, Frederick Roy
Journalist; assistant general mana
ger of The Associated Press; b., North
Stratford, N. H. Nov. 17, 1871; s.
John Douglas and Caroline (Thompson)
Martin; ed. in public schools, Lowell,
Mass., and Harvard College, A.B.
1893; A.M., honorary, Brown Univer
sity, 1902; on staff of the Boston Jour
nal, 1893-1898; editor and publisher of
the Providence Journal, 1898-1912;
director of The Associated Press, of
which he became assistant general
manager in 1912; member of Sons of
American Revolution and Soc. of
Colonial Wars. m., Anna Frances
Wayne, Sept. 9, 1909; one dau. Nancy,
b. Jan. 31, 1911. Residence, New York
City.
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Ranney, William Bradford
Printer and publisher; b., Lynn,
Mass., June 23, 1875; s. Charles Free
man and Caroline D. (Pratt) Ranney;
ed. Newport, Vt., public schools and St.
Johnsbury Academy; engaged for a
time with his father in the printing
business at Newport, Vt.; bought the
Penacook News plant, at Penacook,
in November, 1904, and has greatly
enlarged and improved the same, carry
ing on, in connection with the paper
an extensive job printing business;
Congregationalist; clerk of the society
and deacon of the Congregational
church at Penacook; Republican;
treasurer of the town of Boscawen
since March, 1907. Mason, member
lodge, chapter, council and commandery, Past Patron Eastern Star; Patron
of Husbandry, past master Halloween
Grange, Penacook and of Merrimack
County Pomona Grange; president
N. H. Weekly Publishers' Association,
1918; m., Oct. 28, 1898, Alice M. Burbank of Webster; children, Dorothy,
b. Sept. 3, 1901; Katharine, b. Sept.
30, 1906. Residence, Boscawen, N. H.,
Penacook P. O.
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ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES
Sulloway, Frank Jones
Lawyer; b., Franklin, N. H., Dec.
11, 1883; s. Hon. Alvah W. and Susan
K. (Daniell) Sulloway; ed. Franklin
high school, St. Paul's School, Concord,
1901; Harvard University, 1905; Har
vard Law School, 1907; admitted to
Massachusetts bar, 1906, New Hamp
shire, 1907; practiced law in Boston
with Hill, Barlow & Homans from
1907 till 1911; member firm Streeter,
Demond, Woodworth & Sulloway, Con
cord, N. H. since 1911; Unitarian;
Republican; N. H. ballot law commis
sioner, 1915-; director Concord &
Claremont R. R.; chairman Concord
Chapter, American Red Cross; mem
ber B. P. O. E.; Wonolancet, Passaconway, Bow Brook clubs, Concord;
Harvard Club, Boston Athletic Ass'n,
Intervale Country Club, Boston;
Spee, D. K. E. and Hasty Pudding
clubs (Harvard), Phi Delta Phi (Har
vard Law); m., Sept. 24, 1913, Mar
garet Thayer, Concord, N. H.; children,
Gretchen, b., Oct. 10, 1914; d. Feb.
6, 1916; Alvah W. Sulloway, 2d, b. Nov.
25, 1916. Residence, Concord, N. H.
Harris, Almon Greene
Woolen manufacturer; b., Boscawen,
N. H., Jan. 24, 1870; s. Ezra Sheldon
and Sarah (Greene) Harris; ed. public
schools, Boscawen; Concord high school,
1888; Comer's Commercial College,
Boston, Mass.; Congregationalist; Re
publican; selectman, Boscawen, seven
years (chairman three years); member
board of education fifteen years, present
chairman; many years member board of
water commissioners; treasurer HarrisEmery Company, woolen manufac
turers, Boscawen, N. H.; director
Agawan Co., Agawan, Mass.; Mason,
32d degree and Knight Templar; has
served as District Deputy Grand Lec
turer, and District Deputy Grand
Master, 4th Masonic District of N. H.;
m., Oct. 3, 1912, Margaret Carroll,
Boscawen; children, Carol, b. Dec. 6,
1913; Almon Greene, Jr., b. April 1,
1917. Residence, Boscawen, N. H.,
Penacook P. O.
�ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES
Tripp, Walter Henry
Farmer; General Merchant, Insur
ance Agent; b., Epsom, N. H., April
24, 1875; s. James H. and Sarah L.
(Moses) Tripp; ed. public schools and
Pembroke Academy; Congregational-
315
Grand Lodge of N. H., 1914-1915.
Representative to Sovereign Grand
Lodge 1916; m., Oct. 12, 1898, Alice
Maud Fowler, Epsom; children, Harold
James, b. March 5, 1900; Russell
Fowler, Oct. 20, 1904; Robert Moses,
March 9, 1912. Residence, Epsom,
N. H.; Short Falls P.O.
Lamprey, Maitland Charles
Educator; b., Groton, N. H., Sept.
30, 1838; s. Ephraim and Bridget
(Phelps) Lamprey; ed. New Hampton
Institution, Dartmouth College, 1863,
A.B. 1865, A.M., later. Enlisted
while in college, Oct. 1862 in the 16th
N. H. Regiment for service in the
civil war; discharged, August 20, 1863;
teacher, Marshalltown, la., 1867-70;
professor of languages, Kansas State
ist; Democrat; selectman, Epsom, 189S
to 1903 (chairman the last year) ; mem
ber N. H. house of representatives,
1903-4, being the first Democrat
elected in the town for twenty-five
years, serving as clerk of committee
on Labor and as clerk of the Merrimack
County delegation; member Epsom
board of education, 1904 to 1910,
1914 to present time; postmaster at
Short Falls since 1905; express agent,
B. & M. R. R., since 1905; trustee Loan
& Trust Savings Bank, Concord;
trustee Pembroke Academy; treasurer,
Grange Mutual Fire Ins. Co. of N. H.;
member Patrons of Husbandry, Past
Master Suncook Valley Pomona
Grange, and for ten years an elective
officer in the N. H. State Grange;
member I. O. O. F; Grand Master
Normal School, 1870-71; principal
Berwick Academy, Me., 1873—4; prin
cipal high school, Ellsworth, Me.,
1874-5; Rochester, N. H., high school,
1876-7; Easton, Mass., high school,
1877-1901; Unitarian; Republican;
�w
"''if
William Rockwell Clough
�ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES
delegate from Ward 7, Concord, N. H.
constitutional convention, 1902; mem
ber Psi Upsilon college fraternity,
S. A. R., Eastondale Post, G. A. R.,
Mass.; delegate in National Encamp
ment, 1898; member Council of Ad
ministration, Dept. of Mass.; m.,
July 12, 1869, Abbie Colburn Davis,
Yarmouth, Me.; children, Mary
Lavinia, b. April 29, 1870 (Boston
University, 1891), librarian Ames Free
Library, Easton, Mass.; Charles Maitland, b. Feb. 15, 1872 (Dartmouth,
1892), principal General Martin
school, Boston, Mass. Residence,
Concord, N. H.
Clough, William Rockwell
Mechanical engineer, inventor and
manufacturer; b., Manchester, N. H.,
Nov. 8, 1844; s. John Chesley and
Lydia Jones (Treddick) Clough: (Mr.
Clough naturally regards Alton, his
father's home and birthplace, as his
own native town, however, as his par
ents were only stopping temporarily in
Manchester at the time of his birth);
ed. Alton public and high schools,
Franklin Academy, Dover, Eastman
Business College, Poughkeepsie, N. Y.,
1864; went to the front as a member of
the Fiftieth Massachusetts regiment in
the Civil War, serving in the Mississippi
Valley from New Orleans to Vicksburg
and at the siege of Port Hudson; return
ing home engaged as an expert account
ant in Boston, and subsequently in the
U. S. Internal Revenue Service under
William Plumer, collector of Internal
Revenue, meanwhile working on va
rious mechanical inventions, one of
which, the Gem paper clip, now in
universal use, he patented and sold;
and another the miniature or wire cork
screw he retained and developed, in
venting later, also, the automatic
machinery for its production. Remov
ing to New York he engaged in the
manufacture of these corkscrews,
under the firm name of Clough &
Williamson, with factory at Newark,
N. J. Called home by his father's
death, he there established a branch
manufactory at South Alton, the entire
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business being subsequently removed
there, and later to Alton village where
has been developed the present exten
sive business, supplying the world in
large part with its product, through
this and branch plants in various for
eign countries, in which he has traveled
extensively; Non-Sectarian; Republi
can; for some time member of Alton
board of education and justice of the
police court; member N. H. house of
representatives in 1897-8 and 18991900, and again in 1917-18, serving at
each session as chairman of the com
mittee on National Affairs, and being
instrumental, at the last session, in
securing Ambassador Naon of Argen
tina to address the House on the Ex
pansion of Trade Relations with South
America; President Rockwell Clough
Co. (inc.), Alton; former president
Clough & Williamson Co., Newark,
N. J.; Mason, 32d degree; past master,
K.T. and Shriner; past patron, O.E. S.,
member G. A. R., Ancient & Honorable
Artillery Co., and Algonquin Club,
Boston; past commander Co. H, 9th
Reg't. N G. S. N. Y.; m., April 28,
1904, Nellie Sophia Place, Alton;
children: Rockwell, Jr., b., Apr. 5, 1908;
Gertrude, daughter by a former mar
riage. Residence, Alton, N. H.
Bailey, Solon Irving
Astronomer; b., Lisbon, N. H.,
Dec. 29, 1854; s. Israel C. and Jane
(Sutherland) Bailey; ed. Tilton Semi
nary; Boston University, A.B. 1881,
A.M. 1884; A.M., Harvard, 1888;
sent to Peru, South America, m 1889,
to determine location for Harvard Col
lege observatory, Arequipa being de
cided upon, where a Southern observa
tory was established, and where he had
charge of the work for eleven years;
established, in 1893, a meteorological
station on the summit of El Misti,
19,000 feet above the sea, where obser
vations were carried on for ten years;
assistant professor of astronomy, Har
vard University, 1893-8; associate pro
fessor, 1898-1913; Phillips professor,
1913-; member American Academy
Arts and Sciences, Geographical Soc.
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ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES
of Lima, Peru; m., 1883, Ruth Poulter,
Concord, N. H. Residence, Cam
bridge, Mass.; Address, Harvard Ob
servatory,
Wright, Robert Morrill
Lawyer; b., Sanbornton, N. H., Oct.
31, 1877; s. Rev. Elisha H. and Ambro
sia R. (Morrill) Wright; born on the
farm owned in the Morrill family for
more than one hundred and twentyfive years, and which is still his
home; lineal descendant on his
father's side of Henry Wright, who
came to Dorchester, Mass., about 1634,
removing thence to Providence, R. I.,
and related on his mother's side to
Abraham Morrill, who lived in Cam
bridge and Salisbury, Mass., and died
in the latter place in 1662, and Henry
Morrill, early settler of Hawke, now
Danville, N. H.; ed. public schools;
Franklin high school, 1896, N. H. Col
lege, 1900, Boston University School of
Law; taught school for some time after
leaving college, in Hill and Belmont,
and was afterward an instructor in the
Stearns School for Boys, Hartford,
Conn. ; was in business four years in the
town of Hill and then took up the study
of law in the office of Streeter & Mollis
in Concord; attended the Boston Uni
versity Law School in 1910, and, after
the withdrawal of Mr. I lollis from the
firm continued his studies with him and
was admitted to the bar in 1912, and
engaged in practice in Concord, remov
ing to Franklin in 1916, where he con
tinues, but always held his legal resi
dence in Sanbornton ; Protestant ; Repu
blican; selectman in Sanbornton five
years (two years chairman); chairman
Republican club since 1910; member N.
H. constitutional convention, 1912,
1918; N. H. house of representatives,
1915-16 (chairman committee on in
corporations and member committee
on revision of the statutes), 1917-18,
member judiciary committee; member
A. F. &A. M.; P. ofH.;m., 1st, Aug. 30,
1911, Nettie G. Straw, d. Sept. 14, 1916
2d, Oct., 1917, Mildred H. Stearns; one
son, Robert Morrill, Jr., b. Dec. 2,
1913. Residence, Sanbornton, N. H.;
P. O. address, Franklin, N. H.
Plimpton, George Lincoln
Educator; b., Sturbridge, Mass.,
July 8, 1865; s. James Hervey and
Elizabeth (Fairbank) Plimpton; ed.
Hitchcock Free Academy, Brimfield,
Mass., 1887; Wesleyan Univ., Middletown, Conn., A.B. 1891; instructor,
1891-6, Tilton Seminary, Tilton,
N. H.; principal since 1906; member
N. H. Ass'n Classical Teachers, Head
Masters' Ass'n, Phi Beta Kappa,
Delta Kappa Epsilon, A. F. & A. M.;
Methodist; m., Aug. 10, 1892, Etta
lone Ferry, Palmer, Mass. Residence,
Tilton, N. H.
Dillingham, Thomas Manley
Physician and surgeon; farmer; b.,
Dover, Me., 1850; s. William Addison
Pitt and Caroline Price (Townsend)
Dillingham;
ed. Waterville,
Me.,
Classical Inst., Dartmouth College,
�ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES
Boston Univ. School of Medicine, 1874,
and European study; commenced
practice in Augusta, Me., removed to
New York City in 1889, and there
continued till, after 35 years of medical
practice, he bought a farm in Roxbury,
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Union Academy, 1893, Dartmouth
College, B.L., 1897; principal high
school, Middletown Springs, Vt.,
1897-9; Hillsborough, N. H., 18991901; superintendent of schools, Claremont, N. H., 1901-5; head-master
Kimball Union Academy, 1905-;
Congregationalist; Republican; dele
gate N. H. constitutional convention,
1912; treasurer board of trustees,
Kimball Union Academy; president
Meriden Electric Light and Power Co. ;
clerk Meriden Water Co.; member
P. of H., A. F. & A. M., N. H. Histori
cal Soc; m., January, 1902, Grace
It
L A
'/ jB .
'J MB
N. H., upon which he now resides; Swedenborgian; past president Swedenborgian Soc. of N. Y. ^Independent Republi
can; member N. H. house of represen
tatives from Roxbury, 1915-16; mem
ber of N. H. constitutional convention,
1918; N. Y., Mass. and Me. Medical
Societies; American Inst. of Home
opathy; ex-president International
Hahnemannian Association; Dart
mouth Chapter Theta Beta Phi; New
York City and Republican Clubs;
m., Harriet Asby Carleton. Residence,
Roxbury, N. H., Marlborough P. O.
Tracy, Charles Alden
Educator; head-master Kimball
Union Academy; b., Cornish, N. H.,
Nov. 16, 1872; s. Stephen Alden and
Agnes (Bailey) Tracy; ed. Kimball
Powell; children, Elizabeth Alden,
Stephen Powell, Charles Alden, Jr.
Residence, Meriden, N. H.
Bassett, Whitman Sears
Clergyman, Chaplain N. H. State
Prison; b., South Chatham, Mass.,
Nov. 1, 1872; s. Charles and Martha
(Sears) Bassett; ed. Nichols Latin
School, Lewiston, Me., 1895; Bates
College, 1899; Newton Theological
�Hon. Moise Verrette
�ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES
Seminary, Newton Center, Mass.,
1904; Baptist; Republican; pastor
Baptist Church, Penacook, N. H., 19041912; Chaplain N. H. State Prison,
1912-; member Bates College Club;
Bates Chapter Delta Sigma Rho; m.,
Jan. 4, 1906, Mabel T. Jordan, Lewiston, Me., d. June 28,1910; children:
Martha T., b. Nov. 9, 1906; Calvin J.,
b. June 27, 1908. Residence, Pena
cook, N. H.
Verrette, Moise
Merchant; mayor of Manchester;
b., Stanfold, Canada, March 1, 1857;
s. Moise and Elizabeth (Bourgoin)
Verrette; ed. public schools; removed
with his parents to Manchester, N. H.,
in childhood, where he has since lived;
engaged in grocery and provision busi
ness in 1885, in which he has contin
ued, building up an extensive trade,
wholesale and retail; Catholic; Demo
crat; delegate-at-large to National
Democratic Convention at St. Louis,
1916; member N. H. executive council,
1917-18 (first man of French Canadian
birth to hold the office); mayor of
Manchester, 1918-19; member CanadoAmerican Ass'n, St. John Baptist Soc,
Club Joliet, Manchester; m., July 12,
1886, Virginie Pigeon; children: Virgile
M.. b. Aug. 1, 1889 (Mount St. Louis
College, Montreal, 1908), now mayor's
secretary; Lionel G., b. Sept. 15, 1890,
manager of store; Avite J., b. July 30,
1892, now in U. S. Army serv
ice; Adrien, b. July 18, 1897, now in
St. Mary's Seminary, Baltimore, study
ing for the priesthood; Armand L., b.
Aug. 20, 1898 (Class of 1919, Assump
tion College, Worcester, Mass.). Resi
dence, Manchester, N. H.
Paul, Amasa Copp
Lawyer; b., Wakefield, N. H., Sept.
12, 1857, s. Hiram and Mary Porter
(Copp) Paul, desc. from Daniel Paul
who settled at Kittery, Me., before
1640 and from William Copp, who
came over in 1635, from whom Copp's
Hill, Boston, is named; great great
grandson of Capt. David Copp, a Rev
olutionary soldier, one of the original
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settlers of Wakefield; ed. in New
Hampshire public schools and was for
two years a member of class of '78,
Dartmouth College; taught in public
schools of Washington four years;
LL.B., National Univ. Law School,
1880; LL.M., Columbian Univ. (now
George Washington Univ.), 1882; as
sistant examiner U. S. Patent Office,
1881-4; in June, 1884, removed to
Minneapolis where he has specialized in
the law of patents and trade-marks
and is recognized as a leading authority
in these branches of the law; author
of "Paul on Trade-Marks" (1903),
which has had a wide circulation; Congregationalist; Republican; life mem
ber Minneapolis Soc. of Fine Arts and
Minn. Hist. Soc; member, Minneap
olis Athletic (president, 1901-2),
Minikahda and Automobile Clubs,
Masons (32d degree), Shriners, B. P.
O. E.; actively interested in civic af
fairs; m., May 11, 1881, Ella Morti
mer, dau. Dr. Mortimer Williams of
Moorefield, W. Va., d., Dec. 20, 1908.
Residence, Minneapolis, Minn.; office,
854 Security Building.
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Bickford, John Calvin
Lawyer; b., Brown's Ridge, Wolfeboro, N. H., Dec. 18, 1842; s. John
Wilmot and Abra Wentworth (Lord)
Bickford; ed. public schools and Wolfeboro and Tuftonboro Academy;
worked on father's farm in youth;
entered brother's store in Ossipee as a
clerk at twenty years of age, becoming
proprietor on brother's death, July
1863, and continued business four
years, then engaged three years in
insurance business, meanwhile remov
ing to Dover, N. H.; removed to Man
chester, Sept. 28, 1871, where he has
since resided; entered law offices of
Sulloway & Topliff in 1871, and ad
mitted to the bar, May 1874, since
when he has been in practice; Congregationalist; Republican; postmaster at
Ossipee two years; U. S. revenue
gauger, two years, while studying law,
moderator of his ward several years;
appointed clerk of the Manchester
Police Court in 1877, and served over
thirty-six years; member N. H. house
of representatives in 1881, 1901 and
1915; N. H. senate, 1903; Mason since
1864 and treasurer of Washington
Lodge, Manchester, with which he is
now affiliated, over thirty years; mem
ber K. of P., Golden Cross and A. O.
U. W. ; was Supreme Master Workman
of the latter organization from June,
1899 to June, 1900, during which time
over 35,000 new members were ad
mitted to the order; director and ad
visory counsel of the Home Benefit
Ass'n, of Boston; in., 1st, Jan. 1864,
Pamela S Thurston, Ossipee, d. Nov.
1878; 2d, March, 1880, Emma S.
Fitts, Manchester; one son, Charles
Wilmot Bickford, b. Dec. 20, 1865,
superintendent of schools, Lewiston,
Me. Residence, Manchester, N. H.
Batchelder, Ernest Allen
Art instructor and designer; b.,
Nashua, N. H., Jan. 22, 1876; s.
Charles and Mary (Sleeper) Batchelder;
ed. Mass. Normal Art School, Boston,
Mass.; School of Arts and Crafts,
Birmingham, Eng.; director of art,
Throop Polytechnic Institute, Pasa
dena, Cal., 1901- ; director Handi
craft Guild, Minneapolis, Minn.,
1903-8; manufacturer interior fur
nishing in tile, metal and enamel,
Pasadena, Cal., 1910- ; member
International Jury of Awards, St.
Louis exposition, 1904; American
Commission, International Congress
of Art, Dresden, Germany, 1911;
author "Principles of Design," 1901;
"Design in Theory and Practice,"
1910. Residence, 626 Arroyo Drive,
Pasadena, Cal.
Barton, Ralph Martin
Educator; b., Newport, N. H., July
21, 1875; s. Charles W. and Ida
E. (Walker) Barton; ed. Dartmouth
College, A.B. 1904; student in math
ematics, Harvard, 1907.-8; Univer
sity of Chicago, 1912; superintendent
of schools, Sunapee and Goffstown,
N. H., 1898-1902; instructor in math
ematics, Dartmouth, 1903-8, assistant
�ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES
professor, 1908-12; professor and
head of department of mathematics,
University of New Mexico, 1912-3; pro
fessor ana head of department of math
ematics and physics, Lombard College,
1914-5, dean and acting president,
1915-6; instructor in mathematics,
University of Minnesota, 1916- ;
member American Mathematical Soc,
Dartmouth Alumni Ass'n (secretary,
1908-11); Congregationalist; Repub
lican; m., 1st, Sept. 12, 1899, Verna
C. Cate, Haverhill, Mass., d. 1906;
2d, Dec. 31, 1913, Clara Belle Porter,
Duluth, Minn. Residence, 1092 15th
Ave., S. E., Minneapolis, Minn.
Beede, Joshua William
Geologist; b., Raymond, N. H.,
Sept. 14, 1871; s. Hiram Pratt and
Lydia M. (Brown) Beede; ed. Washburn
College, Kan., B.S. 1896, A.M. 1897,
University of Kansas, Ph.D. 1899;
leacher of science, Atchison County
high school, Effingham, Kan., 18991901; instructor in geology, Indiana
University, 1901-6, assistant profes
sor, 1906-9, associate professor, 190917; geologist, department of economic
geology and technology, University of
Texas, 1917- ; servea as a member of
the geological surveys of Kansas and
Oklahoma, and as an aid in the U. S.
Geological Survey in 1901-2; author of
various scientific treatises; member
Geological Soc. of America, Paleontological Soc. of America, and
various other scientific organizations;
m., Dec. 25, 1899, Frances McKee,
Narka, Kan. Residence, 404 W. 38th
St., Austin, Tex.
Madigan, Thomas Henry, Jr.
Lawyer; b., Westfield, Mass., June
29, 1872; s. Thomas Henry and
Johanna
(Bahen) Madigan; ed.
Mechanicsville
(N. Y.)
academy,
Troy (N. Y.) Business College and by
private tutors; studied law with Sar
gent, Hollis & Niles, Concord, and was
admitted to the New Hampshire bar
in 1899; practiced in Concord till
1907, when he removed to Manchester
and has there continued; Catholic;
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Democrat; secretary N. H. constitu
tional convention, 1902; secretary
Democratic state committee, 1900-4,
chairman, 1904-8; judge advocate,
N. H. National Guard, with rank of
major, 1899-1907; chairman Demo
cratic city committee of Manchester,
1914-17; city solicitor of Manchester,
1918-; chairman local draft board,
Division No. 2, city of Manchester,
1918; member N. H. Bar Ass'n, Ameri
can Bar Ass'n, Knights of Columbus.
Residence, Manchester, N. H.
Lougee, Arthur Jewett
Physician and oculist; b., Rochester,
N. H., Nov. 1, 1870; s. Isaac W.
Lougee, M.D., and Ellen (Wheeler)
Lougee; ed. public schools of Roches
ter, Dartmouth College, A.B 1893,
and at the College of Physicians and
Surgeons, New York City, M.D.
1896; engaged in medical practice in
New York City and state for several
years and for the past fifteen years at
Fryeburg, Me., with several periods
of post-graduate study and hospital
�Lawbence Grattan
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work in the lines of his specialty, the
eye and ear; Congregationalist; Repub
lican; member Me. Medical Ass'n,
American Medical Ass'n, Masonic
order, Psi Upsilon national college
fraternity, member of selective service
local board; m., Jan. 8, 1906, Lucia
Morrill, Conway, N. H. (Wellesley
College, A.B. 1890, Columbia Univer
sity, A.M. 1898). Residence, Fryeburg, Me.
Grattan, Lawrence
Actor; playwright; b., Penacook,
N. H., August 17, 1870; s. Peter and
Ann (Keenan) Gahagan; ed. Pena
cook public schools. Began stage
career in 1890; starred in repertoire;
managed several Btock enterprises;
created Parsifal in dramatic version;
played "Justice Prentiss" in Augustus
Thomas's "The Witching Hour," a
season's run in Chicago; author of
many successful one act farces; now
co-starring with his wife in vaudeville;
Christian Scientist; member National
Vaudeville Artists Ass'n; m., April 30,
1907, Eva Taylor, one step-daughter.
Address, care Joseph Hart, N. Y.
Theatre Bldg., New York City.
Peaslee, Robert James
Juris' ; b. Weare, N. H., Sept. 23,
1864; s. Robert and Persis B. (Dodge)
Peaslee, ed., public schools, Cushing
Academy, Ashburnham, Mass., Bos
ton University Law School, 1886; ad
mitted to the bar in 1886, and com
menced practice in Manchester; mem
ber firm of Drury (William H.) &
Peaslee, 1888-98; Episcopalian; Demo
crat; associate justice N. H. supreme
court, 1898-1901, N. H. superior court,
1901-8, N. H. supreme court, 1908- ;
member Washington Lodge, A. F. &.
A. M., Intervale Country club, Man
chester; director Amoskeag National
Bank, Manchester; lecturer on Munic
ipal and Constitutional Law, Dart
mouth College, 1887-9; on Domestic
Relations, Boston University Law
School, 1911- ; hon. A.M., Dartmouth,
1898; revised Manchester City laws
and ordinances, 1892; m., 1st Sept. 12,
1893, Nellie D. Kimball, d. July 16,
1915; 2d, Sarah Congdon Hazard,
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Feb. 15, 1917. Residence, Manches
ter, N. H.
Blunt, Harry Harmon
Manufacturer; b., Nashua, N. H.,
Aug. 28, 1875; s. Edward 0. and
Lucette (Harmon) Blunt; ed. Nashua
high school, 1893, and Dartmouth Col
lege, A.B. 1897; Alpha Delta Phi,
Sphinx; member of the board of edu
cation of the City of Nashua from 1907
to 1913 (president, 1909 to 1913);
Republican; Christian Scientist; mem
ber Nashua Country Club, Vesper
Country Club, Lowell, Mass., Ex
change Club, Boston, Mass.; treas
urer, Wonalancet Co., Nashua, Boston
office, 10 High St.; director, Vacuum
Co., Boston; member executive com
mittee, American Cotton Waste Ex
change; Nat'l Ass'n of Cotton Manu
facturers; m., July 21, 1910, Irene
Marion Bradbury; children; Renee
Lucette, b. Feb. 20, 1913, and Nancy,
b. Aug. 11, 1917. Residence, 110
Concord St., Nashua, N. H. (summer) ;
and 469 Walnut St., Brookline, Mass.
(winter).
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Willis, John Richard
Postmaster of Manchester; b., Man
chester, N. H7 Feb. 18, 1862; s.
Thomas and Bridget (O'Shaughnessy)
Willis; ed., parochial schools of Man
chester; Catholic; Democrat; clerk for
eleven years in wholesale grocery busi
ness; employed about three years as
clerk in the Commonwealth and Second
National Banks, Manchester; engaged
in the coal trade from 1897 to 1914;
assistant postmaster of Manchester,
under Ex-Mayor E. J. Knowlton,
1894-1897; postmaster by appoint
ment of President Wilson, since 1914;
m., Nov. 6, 1889, Lizzie M. Sullivan,
Manchester; children: John S., b. Jan.
5, 1894; Russell L., b. April 18, 1895
(draftsman Atlantic Ship Corporation) ;
Florence L., b. Aug. 16, 1897; Richard
T., b. Dec. 3, 1901; Sylvester E., b.
Feb. 27, 1905; Alice Elizabeth, b. Aug.
1, 1907. Residence, Manchester, N. H.
Drake, George Robert
Farmer, secretary N. H. State
Grange; b., Pittsfield, N. H., May 9,
1848; s. Noah W. and Mary Eliza
beth (Batchelder) Drake; descendant
of Robert Drake who settled in Exeter
previous to 1640 and subsequently re
moved to Hampton ; ed. public schools
and Pittsfield Academy; engaged in
agriculture in Pittsfield, but taught
school winters for some years in early
life; removed to Manchester in 1891,
where he has since resided; Baptist;
Democrat; member board of education
in Pittsfield; member Patrons of Hus
bandry and first master of Cata
mount Grange, Pittsfield and of Eastern
N. H. Pomona Grange, deputy N. H.
State Grange, treasurer Amoskeag
Grange, Manchester, for some years
past and secretary N. H. State Grange
since 1903; member executive com
mittee, Hillsborough County Farm
Bureau, Manchester Food Committee,
supervisor Manchester war gardens
and manager Manchester public mar
ket; m., April 14, 1875, Jane Graham
Clark, Auburn, N. H., d. Dec. 2,
1895; children, Ralph Allen, b. May
15, 1882 (now in Springfield, Mass.);
Ruth Wheeler, b. July 10, 1884
(Mrs. Charles G. Goodrich, Trenton,
N. J.). Residence, Manchester, N. H.
Shedd, John Graves
Merchant; b., Alstead, N. H.,
July 20, 1850; s. William and Abi
gail (Wallace) Shedd; ed. public
schools of Alstead and Langdon;
employed as clerk in stores in Alstead,
N. H., and Bellows Falls and Rut
land, Vt., 1867-72; entered employ
of Field, Leiter & Co., Chicago, 1ll.,
Aug. 7, 1872, since continuing with
that firm and its successor, Marshall
Field & Co., of which he is now presi
dent; director Merchants Loan &
Trust Co., Commonwealth Edison
Co., 11linois Trust & Savings Bank,
Chicago; Baltimore & Ohio, Illinois
Central, Chicago, Rock Island &
Pacific railroads; National Bank of
Commerce, New York, Baldwin Loco
motive Works, Philadelphia, and vari
�ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES
ous other corporations and societies;
Republican; member Union League,
University, Commercial and many
other clubs; m., May 15, 1878, Mary
R. Porter, Walpole, N. H. Residence,
4515 Drexel Boulevard; office, 219
West Adams St., Chicago, Ill.
Shepard, Ida Frances
Trained nurse; b., Concord, N. H.,
Dec. 10, 1864; dau. Emery Nathaniel
and Caroline (Simonds) Shepard; ed.
Concord public schools; Boston City
Hospital Training School, 1900; Episco
palian; superintendent Mary Hitch
cock Memorial Hospital, Hanover,
N. H., since June, 1901 ; member N. H.
State Board of Nurses Registration
for seven years. Residence, Hanover,
N. H.
Woodbury, Charles Edward
Physician, alienist, retired; b., Acworth, N. H., Nov. 1, 1845; s. Charles
Milon and Louise (Graham) Wood
bury; ed. Kimball Union Academy,
Meriden, 1866, Dartmouth College,
A.B. 1870; Medical Dept., Univ. of
New York, M.D., 1873; assistant
physician N. H. Asylum for Insane,
Concord, 1873; McLean Hospital,
Waverley, Mass., 1873-8; Bloomington
Asylum, New York, 1881-3; super
intendent R. I. state hospital, 1882fl; inspector of institutions, Mass.
State Board of Lunacy and Charity,
1891-9; superintendent Foxborough,
Mass., state hospital, 1899-1908; Epis
copalian; Democrat; member Boston
Soc. of Psychiatry and Neurology,
American Medico-Psychological Ass'n,
R. I. Med. Soc, Mason, Knight
Templar; m., Oct. 13, 1880, Ella
Diana Ordway, Chelsea, Vt. Resi
dence, Acworth, N. H.
Adams, Charles Darwin
Educator; b., Keene, N. H., Oct.
21, 1856; s. Daniel Emerson and Ellen
Frances (Kingsbury) Adams; ed.
Dartmouth College, A.B. 1877, A.M.
1880; Andover Theological Seminary,
1879-81; University of Kiel, Ph.D.,
1891; instructor in Greek, Cushing
Academy, Ashburnham, Mass., 1881-8;
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professor of Greek, Drury College
(Mo.), 1884-93; professor Greek lan
guage and literature, Dartmouth Col
lege, since 1893; editor The Classical
Journal, 1908-13; president Classical
Ass'n of New England, 1906-7; editor
Lysias' Selected Speeches, 1906; m.,
Aug. 24, 188 1, Julia A. Stevens, Wil
ton, N. H. Residence, Hanover, N. H.
Whitford, George Langdon
Lawyer and farmer; b., Concord,
N. H., July, 24, 1881; s. Edward L.
and Mabel (Ordway) Whitford; ed.
public schools, Waterloo, N. H., and
Washington, D. C., University of
Minnesota, Columbian University,
Columbian University Law School,
1905; Unitarian; Republican; dele
gate from Warner in Republican state
conventions, candidate in Republican
Second District primary for Congres
sional nomination in 1914; vice-presi
dent National River and Harbor
Commission; vice-president National
Republican Club, Washington, D C.;
member A. F. & A.M., Delta Tau Delta
�Hon. Frank Nesmith Parsons
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Greek letter Fraternity, Chevy Chase
Club, Washington, D. C.; m., Oct.
25, 1905, Florence Evans; children:
Harriet Stearns, b. Sept. 13, 1906;
Ordway, b. Oct. 4, 1914. Mr.' Whitford is a grandson of the late Hon.
Nehemiah G. Ordway, once sergeantat-arms of the National House of Rep
resentatives, and later Governor of
Dakota, and a nephew of the late
Governor Onslow Stearns. He re
sides at the old Ordway home, Water
loo (Warner), N. H.
Parsons, Frank Nesmith
Jurist; chief justice, N. H. Supreme
Court; b., Dover, N. H., Sept. 3, 1853;
s. Benjamin F. and Mary A. (Nesmith)
Parsons; ed. Pinkerton Academy,
Deny, N. H., 1870; Dartmouth Col
lege, A.B. 1874; LL.D. 1904; read
law with Greenleaf C. Bartlett of Deny,
Daniel Barnard and Austin F. Pike
of Franklin; admitted to the bar
in 1879 and commenced practice in
Franklin, where he continued, being in
partnership with the late Hon. Austin
F. Pike till 1886; Republican; for sev
eral years member Franklin school
board; delegate from Franklin in
N. H. constitutional convention, 1889;
State law reporter, 1891-5; member
N. H. executive council, 1893-4; first
mayor of Franklin, 1895; associate
justice, N. H. supreme court, 18951902; chief justice, 1902 and since;
director Franklin National Bank;
trustee Franklin Savings Bank, for
merly director and president Citizens
National Bank, Tilton; trustee Pinkerton Academy (president of the board) ;
trustee and president Franklin Hospi
tal; member Franklin board of Water
Commissioners since 1901; vice-presi
dent N. H. Historical Soc, 1911-17;
president 1917- ; member N. H. Bar
Ass'n; (president 1912-14); American
Bar Ass'n; m., Oct. 26, 1880, Helen F.,
dau. Hon. Austin F. Pike, d. March 6,
1914. Residence, Franklin, N. H.
Duffy, George Ernest
Manufacturer; b., Franklin, N. H.,
Sept. 5, 1870; s. Michael and Mary
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(Fawdrey) Duffy; ed. Franklin high
school, class of 1888, Tilton Seminary,
and Dartmouth College, B.L. 1894;
editor college paper and winner ora
torical prizes; after leaving college
entered the employ of the M. T.
Stevens Sons Co., becoming superin
tendent of their North Andover, Mass.,
mill; in 1900 became general manager
of the Charles River Woolen Co., with
mills at Franklin, Mass., and North
Bellingham, Mass.; in 1909 became
manager of the E. D. Thayer woolen
mill at Worcester, Mass., and in 1910
took over the controlling interest in
the property and formed the George
E. Duffy M'f'g Co., of which he is the
president and treasurer; Congregationalist; Republican; Mason, blue lodge,
chapter, Knight Templar, Shriner;
member Worcester Country Club,
Commonwealth Club, Worcester Cham
ber of Commerce, Alpha Delta Phi
national college fraternity and Phi Beta
Kappa scholarship soc; vice-president
Park Trust Co., Worcester, Mass.; m.,
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Oct. 16, 1896, Grace Mary Whipple;
children: Eunice M., Ralph E., Gladys
I. Residence, Worcester, Mass.
Woodbury, Frank Taylor
Physician (specialty, obstetrics); b.,
North Weare, N. H., Dec. 4, 1871; s.
Daniel Peterson and Mary Abbie
(Taylor) Woodbury, his ancestry on
both sides going back to the arrivals
on the Mayflower, and including nu
merous soldiers of the French and In
dian and Colonial Wars, as well a sthe
Revolution and later wars; ed. district
schools of Weare, Manchester high
school, class of 1889, Dartmouth Col
lege, and Harvard Medical School,
M.D. 1896; has practiced his profession
in Wakefield, Mass., since 1897;
selectman of that town in 1905 and
1906, trustee of its public library
since 1900 and tree warden since 1906;
fellow of the Mass. Medical Soc,
member of the Golden Rule Masonic
lodge, American Medical Soc. and
Kappa Kappa Kappa college frater
nity; m., Oct. 20, 1897, Mary Hodgdon
Whittle, Weare, N. H.; children:
Ruth Amelia, b. June 17, 1902, and
Dorcas Lydia, b. Sept. 19, 1907.
Residence, 21 Chestnut St., Wakefield,
Mass. Moulton, Warren Joseph
Educator; clergyman; b., Sand
wich, N. H., Aug. 30, 1865; s. Gilman
and Lydja Ann (Dearborn) Moulton;
ed. Boston Univ., Amherst College,
B.A., 1888, M.A. 1893; B.D., Yale,
1893; University of Got tinge n, Ger
many, 1895-8; Ph.D., 1898; teacher
Semitic and Biblical department, Yale,
1898-1902; ordained to the Congre
gational ministry, 1899; traveled
abroad, 1902-3; pastor Athol, Mass.
1903-5; professor in Bangor Theo
logical Seminary, since 1905; director
American School of Research in Jeru
salem, 1912-3; member Phi Beta
Kappa, Theta Delta Chi, Religious
Educational Ass'n, etc.; contributor
to various religious works; m., June
21, 1900, Helen Winifred Shute of
Boston. Residence, 331 Hammond
St., Bangor, Me.
Leonard, Charles Hall
Clergyman and theologian; b.,
Northwood, N. H., Sept. 16, 1822; s.
Lemuel and Cynthia (Claggett) Leon
ard; ed. Haverhill, Mass., Academy,
Atkinson, N. H., Academy and Brad
ford, Mass., Seminary; Theological
Seminary, Clinton, N. Y., 1848;
(D.D., St. Lawrence Univ., 1871;
LL.D., Tufts, 1905); ordained to the
Universalist ministry and became
pastor of the Universalist church at
Chelsea, Mass., 1848, continuing till
1871; established Children's Sunday
while in this pastorate, which became
a recognized institution for the second
Sunday in June throughout the coun
try; became Goddard professor of'
Homiletics and Pastoral Theology in
Crane Divinity School, Tufts College,
in 1869 and devoted his attention ex
clusively to the work after 1871;
made dean of the school in 1884,
continuing 30 years. Honorary mem
ber Phi Beta Kappa, and member
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Whittier Club, Haverhill, Mass.;
m., 1846, Phoebe Ann Bassett, New
York, d. 1872; Author, "Book of
Prayer for Church and Home," 1865;
"Steps in the Religious Life," 1868.
Address, Tufts College, Mass.
Dewey, Henry Sweetser
Lawyer; b., Hanover, N. H., Nov.
9, 1856; s. Israel Otis and Susan
Augusta (Sweetser) Dewey; ed. vari
ous schools and academies; Dart
mouth College, A.B. 1878, A.M. 1881;
Boston University, LL.B. 1882; ad
mitted to the bar and entered practice
in Boston; Congregationalist; Re
publican; member Republican Ward
and City Committees, Boston, 1884-8;
Boston Common Council, 1885-7;
Mass. home of representatives, 1889-91
(Chairman committee on judiciary,
and floor leader of the house, 1890-1);
private, corporal and sergeant, Mass.
First Corps Cadets 1880-9; judge ad
vocate of First Brigade, Mass. Militia,
with rank of captain, 1889-1900; judgeadvocate-general with rank of Colonel
in 1900; brigadier-general, 1900-05;
brigadier-general on the retired list
since 1911; master in chancery, 190312; member county board of bar exami
ners, 1891-7 (chairman, 1895-7); first
chairman Mass. state board of bar
examiners, 1897-1903; special justice
municipal court of Boston, 1896-9;
associate-justice, 1899-1902; member
Boston Bar Ass'n American Bar Ass'n,
International Law Ass'n, Alpha Delta
Phi, Sons of the Revolution, Soc. of
Colonial Wars, Athletic and Univer
sity clubs, Boston, Alpha Delta Phi
Club, New York City, Wissenschaftlichen Club, Vienna, Austria.
Morrill, Harley Winslow
Manufacturer; b., Penacook, N. H.,
March 25, 1872; s. George S., many
years chief engineer of the Old Colony
Railroad, and Clara (Moody) Morrill;
ed. schools of Penacook and Mass.
Inst. of Tech.; employed as an engi
neer by the Pennsylvania R. R., 18923, by the city of Concord, N. H., 18934, by the New York, New Haven &
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Hartford R. R., 1894-1901; since 1901
employed by the Ludlow (Mass.)
M'f'g Associates as superintendent,
general superintendent and agent
(since January, 1916) of their extensive
plant; Congregationalist; Republican;
chairman local exemption board for
Division Number Seven, State of
Massachusetts; member of Horace
Chase lodge of Masons, Penacook,
N. H., and of Springfield Commandery,
K. T., Springfield, Mass.; member
American Soc. of Mechanical Engi
neers; trustee Ludlow Savings Bank
and Springfield Co-operative Bank;
in., June 5, 1895, Lillian L. Sargent, of
Penacook; daughter, Mildred S., b.
Dec. 9, 1896. At the time of writing
this sketch (August, 1918) Mr. Morrill
was on his way to India on an impor
tant business mission for his company.
Residence, Ludlow, Mass.
Clark, Allan Chester
Journalist, lawyer; b., Center Har
bor, N. H., July 4, 1877; s. Malpheno
�Hon. A. Chester Clark
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C. and Sarah Libby (Bartlett) Clark
(kinsman, on maternal side, of Josiah
Bartlett, signer of the Declaration of
Independence); ed. public schools of
Center Harbor, Meredith high school;
New Hampton Literary Institution,
1901, Dartmouth College one year;
engaged on staff of Kennebec Journal,
Lewiston, Augusta, Me., 1901; en
gaged in real estate business and the
study of law in Meredith, 1903-5;
removed to Concord and engaged in
newspaper work, as correspondent of
the Boston American and other papers,
and pursued his legal studies as time
permitted, till admission to the bar,
June 27, 1913, after which he was in
practice in Concord; Unitarian; Dem
ocrat; delegate from his native town
in the N. H. constitutional convention
of 1902; clerk of the constitutional
convention of 1912; appointed Judge
of the Concord District Court by
Gov. Samuel D. Felker, Aug. 8, 1913;
Judge of the Concord Municipal
Court by appointment of Gov. Rolland H. Spaulding, March 10, 1915:
made a notable record in criminal
administration, especially in the en
forcement of the law regulating the
operation of automobiles, establish
ing precedents recognized throughout
the country; elected clerk of the con
stitutional convention of 1918; mem
ber and secretary of the N. H. Bar
Ass'n, American Institute of Crim
inal Law and Criminology, N. H.' His
torical Soc, A. F. & A. M. (lodge,
chapter, council and commandery),
K. of P. (past chancellor of Concord
Lodge and past deputy grand chan
cellor, N. H. Grand Lodge), Capital
Grange, P. of H., Wonokncet, Uni
tarian and Beaver Meadow Golf
clubs, Concord. Aside from news
paper work Judge Clark has written
many magazine articles, and is also
known as an occasional orator of more
than ordinary ability; m., June 12,
1917, Jennie A. Ross of New Bruns
wick. Residence, Concord, N. H.
McHugh, Bartholomew Franklin
Traveling salesman; b., Gorham,
N. H., June 6, 1860; s. John and Janet
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(O'Malley) McHugh; ed. public
schools; studied law for a time in
youth with M. A. Hastings, now clerk
of Court for Coos County; changing
his plans he learned the machinist's
trade, and was for a time in charge of
a machine shop at Troy, N. Y., and
later at Fitchburg, Mass., but re
linquished the business and engaged
in general insurance in the latter city
for five years, after which he again
changed and entered upon the life of
a commercial traveler, which he has
since followed with great success;
sold tea and coffee for C. A. Cross &
Co. for several years, putting the
"Red Cross," to which he gave the
name, upon the market; for the last
six years or more has been with Martin
L. Hall & Co. of Boston, the oldest cof
fee house in the country, winning wide
popularity for himself and his firm;
Catholic; Democrat; member N. H.
house of representatives, 1917, and
carried through the bill providing for
the re-survey of the boundary line
between New Hampshire and Maine;
reelected to the legislature, Nov. 1918;
member N. E. Fat Men's Club; noted
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among his associates as a conversa
tionalist and story-teller. Residence,
Gorham, N. H.
Abbott, Frederick Wallace
Physician, teacher, medico-legal ex
pert, orator; b., Dover, N. H., March
5, 1861; s. Sylvester and Elizabeth
Graves (Wortman) Abbott; ed. pub
lic schools of Dover, and Berwick and
So. Berwick, Me., Berwick Academy
and private schools of Olive Raynes,
So. Berwick; taught public schools,
Berwick, Eliot, and Kennebunk, Me.,
four years, while preparing for voca
tion; A.B., University of America,
1883; at medical department Bowdoin College, 1884-5; M.D., Eclectic
Medical College of Me., 1886; H.F. B.S.
(New York City), 1895; A.M., Taylor
University and Ph.D., National Nor
mal University, 1901;F.S.Sc. (London),
1908; F.S.P. (England), 1914; F.B.P.
(England), 1915; F.P.C. (London),
1916; D.P.H., Eclectic Medical Uni
versity, 1917; D.C.L., Potomac Uni
versity, 1918; academician of Toulouse,
France; life-member, Institut du Midi,
Toulouse; life-member, and medalist of
1st class (gold), Italian Academy of
Physics and Chemistry, Palermo, Sicily ;
censor Eclectic Medical College
of City of New York, 1892- ; pro
fessor eugenics in Eclectic Med
ical University, 1913- ; professor
medical ethics in Middlesex College
of Medicine and Surgery, and forensic
medicine in Middlesex College of
Chiropody, University of Massachu
setts, 1916- ; consulting physician to
Middlesex Hospital, 1916- ; associ
ate editor, Massachusetts Medical
Journal, 1894-1904; secretary-treas
urer alumnae soc. of Potomac Uni
versity, 1900- ; president Mass. Ec
lectic Medical Soc, 1894, New Eng
land Eclectic Medical Ass'n, 1900,
Am. Eclectic Materia Medica Ass'n,
1905-7, Boston District Eclectic Med
ical Soc, 1910; honorary member
fifteen State Eclectic bodies and five
others; active member twelve medical
societies; member Authors' Club,
London; member and examiner many
secret fraternities; Free Thinker;
Democrat; m., Sept. 2, 1886, Sylvina
Apphia Emery, Kennebunk, Me.;
children: Susan Elizabeth (Abbott)
Tubman, b. March 18, 1890, John
Frederick, b. Aug. 4, 1893; nationally
known as an orator, especially in fra
ternal, academic, and patriotic circles,
and as a medico-legal adviser and wit
ness; practiced at Taunton, Mass.,
since May 5, 1886.
Taylor, Maria Sanborn
(Mrs. John A. Taylor) teacher;
home-maker, club-woman; b., Frank
lin, N. H., Nov. 20, 1860; dau. George
Low and Martha Jane (Lane) San
born; father noted in musical circles
and cornetist in band of 1st N. H.
Reg't, 1861; mother daughter of Dr.
John S. Lan,e ajid from a prominent
Sanbornton, N. H., family; direct
descendant on paternal side of John
Sandborn (or Sanborn), first of the
grantees of the town of Sanbornton,
for whom the town was named; direct
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descendant on maternal side of Thomas
Dudley, second Governor of Massa
chusetts Bay Colony; also descended
from Henry Herrick who settled in
Salem, Mass., in 1629, and who traced
his ancestry to Ericke, a Danish chief
tain, who invaded Britain in the reign
of Alfred; ed. Franklin High school,
1879, Franklin Academy, McGaw
Normal Institute, N. H. Normal
School, Plymouth; taught school three
and a half years in Hooksett, Salis
bury, and Franklin, N. H.; Congregationalist, member O. E. S. (past
officer), U. O. G. C. (past officer),
Georgetown Literary Club, Melrose
Woman's Club, American Red Cross;
trustee, vice-president, and chairman
house com. Carleton Home, George
town, Mass., July, 1913 to Oct., 1916;
vice-president Maplewood New Cen
tury Club, Malden, Mass., 1900-3,
president 1903-5, honorary member
since 1910; secretary Woman's Club,
Georgetown, Mass., 1912-13, vicepresident, 1913-14, president, 1914-16;
m., Nov. 26, 1885, John Alvah Taylor;
one daughter, Agnes Dudley, b. Jan.
8, 1888, ed. Malden schools, Miss
Kimball's school for Girls, Worcester,
Mass., Tilton Seminary, 1908. Resi
dence, 32 Poplar St., Melrose, Mass.
Keyes, Frances Parkinson Wheeler
(Mrs. Henry W. Keyes), b., Char
lottesville, Va., July 21, 1885; dau.
John Henry and Louise Fuller (John
son) Wheeler; ed. Miss Winsor's
school, Boston, Mass., and in Europe;
passed examination for Bryn Mawr
College, but did not enter, having be
come engaged to Henry W. Keyes,
whom she married, June 4, 1904
(See sketch, p. 211.) Primarily a
home-maker and the worthy mistress of
"Pine Grove Farm" on the banks of the
Connecticut at No. Haverhill, known
as the seat of a generous hospitality
in all the north country, Mrs. Keyes
is a fine linguist, a great reader, an
entertaining conversationalist, and has
travelled extensively, both in this
country and Europe; Episcopalian;
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member and past president St. Cath
erine's Guild, No. Haverhill, N. H.,
member N. H. Soc, D. A. R., and
Colonial Dames (admitted to the
former on records of four officers, and
latter on seven), N. H. Civic Federa
tion, Woman's Committee, N. H.
Council of National Defense (vicepresident), American Red Cross (holds
instructor's certificate in Surgical
Dressing Work); worked extensively
in pushing the several Liberty Loans;
member executive committee and book
committee of No. Haverhill public
library since marriage. Of late Mrs.
Keyes has developed decided talent as
a writer, her contributions finding
place in the Atlantic Monthly and
other prominent publications, and
receiving warm commendation. Her
poem—"To the Haverhill", given at
the launching of the ship named in
honor of her home town, at Newington, Aug. 24, for which she was sponsor,
was given wide publication and was
much admired. Residence, No. Haver
hill, N. H.
�Leslie Perkins Snow
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Sanborn, Mary Farley
Author; b., Manchester, N. H.,
May 8, 1853; dau., Alden W. and
Elizabeth Hazeltinc, (Abbott) San
born; ed. Doctor Gannett's school.
Boston; afterwards studied vocal
music, for the concert stage, with.
Madame Enninie Rudersdorff; has
done much literary work in short ar
ticles, reviewing, etc.; author "Sweet
and Twenty," 1890; "It Came to
Pass," 1891; "Paula Ferris," 1892;
"The Revelation of Herself," 1904;
"Lafayette and the Congressman,"
1905; "The Canvas Door," 1909;
m., Oct. IS, 1876, Fred C. Sanborn,
Manchester, N. H. Residence, 30
Williston Rd., Brookline, Mass.
Snow, Leslie Perkins
Lawyer; b., Eaton, N. H., Oct. 19,
1862; s. Edwin and Helen M. Perkins
Snow (descendant of Nicholas Snow,
who came from England to Plymouth,
Mass., in 1623); his father, Edwin
Snow was a prominent business man
and leading Democrat of Carroll
county for many years; ed. Bridgton
Academy, No. Bridgton, Me., 1881;
Dartmouth College, A.B., 1886; Co
lumbian Law School (now George
Washington Univ.), LL.B. 1890; Congregationalist; Republican; served as
moderator in Eaton and as a member
of N. H. house of representatives from
that town in 1887-88; special pension
examiner for U. S. government, 1887W, serving in Kansas, Nebraska, Col
orado and Washington, D. C.; ad
mitted to the Maryland bar in 1890,
and the New Hampshire bar in 1891,
since when he has been in practice in
Rochester, at first as a member of the
firm of Worcester, Gafney & Snow,
subsequently alone; now senior mem
ber of Snow, Snow & Cooper; member
Rochester school board, 1899-1904;
N. H. constitutional convention, 1918;
Odd Fellow, 32d degree Mason,
Knight Templar and Shriner, Theta
Delta Chi College fraternity (Pres.
N. E. Ass'n 1886); president Roches
ter Nat'l Bank since 1902; vice-presi23
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dent Rochester Trust Co.; president
Gafney Home for the Aged president
Rochester Public Safety Com.; Chair
man Liberty Loan Com. ; County chair
man War Savings Com., and various
State and New England committees in
war activities; m., 1st, Nov. 28, 1888,
Susan E. Currier, Haverhill, N. H., d.
June 6, 1892; 2d. June 27, 1894, Norma
C. Currier; children, Conrad Edwin, b.
August 6, 1889 (A.B. Dartmouth, 1912;
Magdalen College, Oxford, Eng., 1914;
LL.B. Harvard Law School, 1917);
Lieutenant and Aide-de-Camp to Gen.
Babbitt in American Expeditionary
forces in France; Leslie Whitmore,
b. Dec. 9, 1890 (A.B. Dartmouth,
1912, B.S. Mass. Inst. of Tech., 1914),
Captain in American Expeditionary
forces in France. Residence, Roches
ter, N. H.
Snow, Norma Cutter Currier
(Mrs. Leslie P. Snow), b., July 3.
1863; dau. Franklin Pettingill and
Missouri Eliza (Whitmore) Currier;
ed., Haverhill Academy, _ Haverhill,
N. II., and Montebello Institute, New
bury, Vt.; after leaving school served
from 1883 to 1892 as cashier and book
keeper for the wholesale and retail
house of Carter & Churchill, Lebanon,
N. H.; m. June 27, 1894, Leslie P.
Snow, Rochester, N. H; organized and
conducted a kindergarten at Rochester,
from 1896 to 1900; Congregation alist
and active in religious and social work;
member (by several lines) Daughters
of the American Revolution, regent
Mary Tarr Chapter, Rochester,
1912-14, State secretary, N. H. Chap
ter, 1915-17; president Rochester
Woman's Club, 1903-5, 1912-14, secre
tary N. H. Federation Women's Clubs,
1913-15, Chairman Reciprocity Com
mittee; member Rochester School
Board, 1914 to the present time; chair
man board of managers, Gafney Home
for the Aged, Rochester, from organiza
tion in 1904 to the present time; organ
izer and vice-president Rochester Dis
trict Nurse Ass'n; director N. H. Ass'n
for Prevention of Tuberculosis; and
N. H. Parent and Teachers' Ass'n;
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Mrs. Leslie Perkins Snow
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chairman Rochester Surgical Dressings
Committee; chairman Garment and
Surgical Dressings Committee, Roches
ter Chapter Red Cross; member
National Committee for Preservation
of the Flag, and National Committee
of Children of the American Revolu
tion ; member Rochester Country Club,
president of Monday Club (two years).
Primarily a housekeeper and homemaker, Mrs. Snow has manifested a
high order of ability in the initiation
and direction of organized activities.
Sanborn, Alice Evelyn
Educator; librarian; b., Franklin,
N. H., Jan. 9, 1864; dau. George
Low and Martha Jane (Lane) San
born (for further ancestral facts see
sketch of Maria Sanborn Taylor);
ed. Franklin public schools, high
school, 1881; N. H. State Normal
School, 1885; Pratt Institute School
of Library Science, 1898; Chau
tauqua Literary and Scientific Circle,
1914; teacher in Franklin, N. H.,
1882, 1885-6; West Quincy, Mass.,
1886-8; State Normal School, Mil
waukee, Wis., 1888-96; Newton Cen
ter, Mass., 1896-7; cataloguer in a
N. Y. branch library (8 mos.) 1898-9;
in Princeton Univ. library (2 yrs.,
5 mos.) 1899-1901; librarian Wells
College library, Aurora, N. Y., 1901
to date; teacher Chautauqua Sum
mer Library School (five summers),
1908-12; member Presbyterian Church,
Aurora, N. Y.; American Library
Ass'n; N. Y. State Library Ass'n,
Graduate Ass'n, Pratt Institute School
of Library Science, American Red
Cross, Thursday Club, Aurora. Resi
dence, Aurora, N. Y.
Vamey, Charles Wesley
Insurance; b., Lebanon, Me., June
4, 1884; s. David W. and Abbie (Tibbetts) Varney; ed., public schools,
West Lebanon, Me., Academy, Bryant
6 Stratton's Business College, Boston,
Mass. ; engaged for a time in insurance
in Boston, but soon removed to Roch
ester, N. H., where he has established
a large business, representing over 60
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companies; Methodist; Republican;
actively interested in political life;
member N. H. house of representatives,
1913-14; State senate, 1915-16 (young
est man ever elected) ; executive coun
cil, 1917-18 (youngest man, also,
ever chosen councilor) ; Mason, Knight
Templar, 32d degree, and Eastern
Star; Odd Fellow; Patron of Husban
dry, Lecturer N. H. State Grange,
1913 to 1917; President N. H. Grange
Fire Ins. Co.; member N. H. constitu
tional convention, 1918, introducing
and carrying through resolution for
adjournment until after close of the
war; member Rochester City Club,
Waquoit Club; m. Oct. 13, 1906,
Matilda Webster Shepherd; children:
Charles W., Jr., b. Nov. 17, 1912;
Barbara Shepherd, b. May 1, 1915.
Residence, Rochester, N. H.
Pettee, Charles Holmes
Educator; dean N. H. College; b.,
Manchester, N. H., Feb. 2, 1853; ed.
Manchester public
schools — high
school, 1870; Dartmouth College,
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A.B. 1874; Thayer School, C.E. 1876;
instructor in Thayer School and N. H.
College (then a department of Dart
mouth), 1876-7; professor of Mathe
matics, N. H. College, 1877-1917; ap
pointed dean in 1888 and still con
tinues; received honorary degree
LL.D. from N. H. College in 1913;
member American Ass'n for Advance
ment of Science, Soc. for Promotion
of Engineering Education, Nat'l Geo
graphic Soc., Patrons of Husbandry
(Master Grafton Star Grange, Han
over, N. H., six years, ex-committee
N. H. State Grange, two years), Phi
Beta Kappa Soc, Kappa Kappa
Kappa fraternity; Congregationalist
(senior deacon Durham Congrega
tional church); Republican; town
auditor in Durham several years;
delegate in N. H. constitutional con
vention 1918. While living in Han
over Professor Pettee initiated the
movement resulting in the establish
ment of the town water works; he
was an early advocate of highway im
provement, and of state aid to towns
for such purpose; since removal to
Durham, with the college in 1893,
has been there interested in public
as well as college affairs. He served
as acting president of the college for
several months each, between the
administrations of Presidents Murkland
and Gibbs, Gibbs and Fairchild and
Fairchild and Hetzel; m., 1877, Luella Elizabeth Swett, at Hanover
(a native of Canaan); children; Alvena, b. 1881, (m. 1905, Edward E.
Nelson, mechanical engineer, Garfield,
Utah); Horace James, b. 1883, me
chanical engineer with the Decatur
Bridge Co., Decatur, Ill.; Sarah Eliz
abeth, b. 1886, dietetian, Roosevelt
Hospital War Unit, Base Hospital 15,
A. E. F., France; Charles Swett, b.
1895, first lieutenant, U. S. regular
army, 3d division headquarters, A
E. F., France. All his children are
graduates of N. H. College. Resi
dence, Durham, N. H .
Shontell, Frederick William
Investment banker; b., Montpelier,
Vt., June 11, 1862; s. Frederick and
Emilie (Amiel) Shontell; removed to
Penacook, N. H., in boyhood (his
father having been killed in the Civil
War), and commenced work at eleven
years of age in the old John Brown
woolen mill; ed. public schools of
Montpelier and Penacook; entered
employ of Amoskeag Mf'g Co., Man
chester, N. H., April 1, 1876, continu
ing two years; afterwards employed
by Plummer & Holton, merchant
tailors, Manchester; was with A. D.
Smith, druggist, of Nashua, two years,
returning to Manchester in 1895 in
service of the Manchester Traction
Light & Power Co., continuing till 1910
when he engaged in investment bank
ing (head of the firm of Shontell &
Varick); Unitarian; Independent Re
publican; Moderator Ward 4; mem
ber N. H. state senate, 1901, A. F. &
A. M., 32d degree and Knight Templar,
Derryfield and Joliet clubs, Sons of
Veterans; m., Oct. 20, 1903, Edith
Davis, Manchester. Residence, Man
chester, N. H.
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Odell, Willis Patterson
Clergyman; b., Lake Village (now a
part of Laconia), N. H., Dec. 14, 1855;
s. Joseph L. and Abbie (Swain) Odell;
ed., public schools, Tilton Seminary,
Boston University, A.B. 1880, A.M.
1890, Ph.D. 1896; D.D., Allegheny
College, 1895; entered ministry of the
Methodist Episcopal Church, 1880; pas
tor, Cliftondale, Mass., 1880-2; Wesley
Church, Salem, 1883-5; Center Church,
Malden, 1886-9; Delaware Ave., Buf
falo, N. Y., 1890-4; Richmond Ave.,
Buffalo, 1895-7; Calvary, New York
City, 1898-1903; Germantown First,
Philadelphia, Pa., 1904-6; supplied at
Congregational Church, Meredith, N.
H., 1909-10; Pastor St. Marks Church,
Brookline, Mass., 1911-16; appointed
Superintendent, Boston District, M.E.
Churches, 1917, still holding such
position. The churches named are
among the best in the denomination,
and Dr. Odell has had special success
in financing church enterprises, build
ing edifices for several and paying
debts for others; member Theta Delta
Chi Soc. in College and admitted to
Phi Beta Kappa after graduation; A. F.
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& A. M.; Incorporator of Meredith,
N. H., Savings Bank; director and vicepresident Lakeport Nat'l Bank; direc
tor Citizens Telephone Co., Laconia;
trustee Tilton Seminary, Boston Uni
versity, Boston School of Expression,
New England Methodist. Conference,
Wesley Foundation, Harvard Univer
sity. Author "Ministries of Hope."
1904, and various pamphlets on reli
gious topics; m., 1st, June 30, 1881,
Mary F. French, d. March 26, 1904;
2d, Nov. 21, 1906, Eva J. Beede,
Meredith, N. H. Dr. Odell has trav
eled widely in his own and foreign
countries and lectured much on what
he has seen. Residence, 84 Prescott
St., Cambridge, Mass.; summer home,
Sandown, N. H.
Odell, Eva Beede
(Mrs. Willis P. Odell) ; teacher and writ
er; b., Meredith, N. H., Nov. 28. 1852;
dau. John Way and Caroline Frances
(Fogg) Beede; ed. public schools, Mere
dith, Tilton Seminary, Wellesley Col
lege; engaged in teaching several years
in Methodist institutions, including
the seminaries at Tilton, N. H., Mont-
�Samuel De Wolf Lewis
�ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES
pelier and Poultney, Vt., Kent's Hill,
Me., and . the Centenary Collegiate
Institute at Hackettstown, N. J.,
where she was preceptress for six years.
She has traveled extensively in the
United States and Europe and lectured
much on the places visited; actively
engaged in Woman's Club work while
a resident of New Hampshire; now a
member of the Soc. of New Hamp
shire's Daughters in Boston; Author of
two volumes of folk lore stories, en
titled "Roxy's Good Angel and Other
New England Tales," and "Miss Prissy's Diamond Rings," also a volume of
poems entitled '^innipesaukee and
Other Poems"; frequent writer of
short articles for newspapers and
magazines, including the Granite
Monthly; frequently furnishes enter
tainment for societies and private
parties by reading her own stories and
sketches; m., Nov. 21, 1906, Rev.
Willis P. Odell, D.D. (See preceding
sketch.)
Lewis, Samuel De Wolf
Banker; b., Newport, N. H., Jan.
3, 1867; s. Frederick W. and Mary
J. (Travis) Lewis; ed. Newport high
school, Phillips Exeter Academy; Epis
copalian; Republican; selectman, town
of Newport, four years; aid-de
camp, staff of Gov. Frank W. Rol
lins, 1899-1901; cashier First Nat'l
Bank of Newport, since 1890, and
present vice-president; trustee New
port Savings Bank since 1893; pres
ident Brampton Woolen Co., Newport
and Sunapee, N. H.; member A. F. &
A. M., Newport Board of Trade,
Boston Athletic Ass'n; m., June 4,
1890, Maude I. Bibby, Providence,
R. I. (member Colonial Dames and
Order of the Crown); one daughter,
Goldina De Wolf, b. April 30, 1894;
educated at St. Mary's School, Con
cord, N. H., and Paris, France; now a
pupil of Mme. Marcella Sembrich.
Residence, Newport, N. H.
Ball, Sumner Nehemiah
Farmer and hotel-keeper; b., Wash
ington, N. H., June 3, 1854; s. Dexter
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and Hannah (Jefts) Ball; ed. public
schools and Tubbs Union Academy,
Washington; resided some years in
Antrim where he founded and published
the Antrim Reporter; returning to his
native town he has been extensively
engaged in agriculture, is an exten
sive real estate owner and proprietor of
the famous Lovewell Hotel; Baptist;
Republican; moderator, member of the
town board of selectmen nineteen
years; member school board twelve
years; commissioner for Sullivan Coun
ty six years; prominent in public affairs
in town and county; Patron of Husban
dry and for eight years Master of Lovell Grange, Washington; m., Nov. 26,
1884, Carrie B. Brooks; children:
John S., b. Aug. 30, 1886; Nina M., b.
Feb. 27, 1889; Phillips B., b. Oct. 11,
1900. Residence, Washington, N. H.
Tripp, Warren
Farmer and lumberman; b., Short
Falls (Epsom), N. H., Oct. 16, 1839;
s. Jeremiah and Chloe P. (Prescott)
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Tripp; great grandson of Richard and
Ann McClary Tripp, early settlers of
Epsom, and born and since residing
upon the old family homestead; en
gaged in agriculture from boyhood.
but for many years bought and sold
cattle extensively, and has since been
largely engaged in the manufacture
and sale of lumber, for some years in
company with the late James B. Tennant; Democrat and active in political
affairs for many years, serving as se
lectman, collector and town treasurer;
party candidate for state senator in
1894; Patron of Husbandry, first
Master of McClary Grange of Epsom;
member Suncook Valley Pomona
Grange; president N. H. Grange,
State Fair Ass'n, 1892-3, and later
general superintendent; member Jewell
Lodge, A. F. & A. M., Hiram Chapter,
Mt. Horeb Commandery, and the
Mystic Shrine; Evergreen Lodge,
I. O. O. F., Wonolancet Club; director
Suncook Bank and Mt. Washington
R. R.; m., June 8, 1862, Katie M.
Bickford, d. Sept. 4, 1910; children:
Floras W., b. Oct. 12, 1864, d. March
29, 1894; Annie M., b. March 11, 1868,
m. Blanchard Fowler. Residence,
Short Falls (Epsom), N. H.
Cottle, Marion Weston
Lawyer; b., Buffalo N. Y.; dau.
Octavius 0. and Fannie (Petrie) Cottle;
ed. St. Margaret's School, Buffalo;
Wellesley College (special student);
New York University, LL.B. 1904;
Boston University, LL.M. 1913; Re
publican; in practice of law since 1905;
member of the bars of New York,
New Hampshire, Massachusetts and
Maine, and of the Supreme Court of
the United States; lecturer on law for
the Redpath Chautauqua System,
Washington College of Law, Washing
ton, D. C., and the Brooklyn Institute
of Arts and Sciences; member N. H.
Bar Ass'n; N. Y. County Lawyers'
Ass'n; Women Lawyers' Ass'n;
Mass. Ass'n of Women Lawyers;
Tau Zeta Epsilon Soc., Wellesley Col
lege; director Carter-Crane Co. (Inc);
Associate editor Women Lawyers'
Journal; public lecturer on law and
suffrage; law offices, No. Conway, N.
H., New York City and Tremont
Building, Boston, Mass. Residence,
New York City; country home, Sylvaof-the-Pines, Intervale, N. H.
Hoyt-Stevens, Jane Elizabeth
Physician; b., Concord, N. H.,
Sept. 23, 1860; dau., Sewel and Han
nah Elizabeth (Nichols) Hoit; ed.
Concord public schools, Wellesley
College, Woman's Med. Col., N. Y.
Infirmary, 1890; University of Leipzig,
Germany; assistant N. Y. Infant
Asylum (10th Ave. and 61st St.), 188990; resident physician, Lasell Sem
inary, Auburndale, Mass., 1890-1;
interne N. E. Hospital, Roxbury,
Mass., 1891-2; commenced medical
practice in Concord, N. H., June, 1893,
continuing since except for absence in
foreign travel and study, having made
four trips abroad, one of which covered
two and a half years, in which she
traveled extensively in Europe and
Northern Africa, studying a year and
�ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES
a half at the University of Leipzig,
and visiting hospitals in many of the
great cities; Episcopalian; suffragist;
candidate for city physician of Con
cord against several male doctors in
1897, and coming within three votes
of election; consulting physician on
staff of Margaret Pillsbury Hospital,
Concord, 1896-7-8; member Amer.
Med. Ass'n; N. H. Med. Soc; Mer
rimack Co. and Center Dist. Med.
Socs., Woman's Med. Ass'n, N. Y.
City (life); delegate from N. H. Med.
Soc. to International Med. Congress,
Lisbon, Portugal, 1906; member N.
H. Historical Soc. (Necrologist); Con
cord Seaman's Friend Soc. (life, expresident) ; N. H. Bible Soc. (life); Con
cord Female Charitable Soc. (life);
Equal Suffrage Ass'n;- m., June 26,
1907, George Washington Stevens,
Claremont, d. April 28, 1916. Resi
dence, 83 No. State St., Concord, N. H.
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Hartford, Conn.; Congregationalist;
Republican ("born and bred"); mem
ber Conn. State Park Commission,
Public Market Commission, Hart
ford, Israel Putnam Memorial Camp
commission, Conn. Soc, Civil Engin
eers, National Municipal League,
American Civic Ass'n, American Soc.
Municipal Improvement, S. A. R.,
A. F. & A. M., Phi Sigma Kappa;
University Club, Hartford, Harvard
Club of Conn.; m., Dec. 6, 1876,
Bailey, Marshall Henry.
Physician; b., Lisbon, N. H., Jan.
24, 1859; s. Israel C. and Jane S. Hunt
Bailey; M.D., College of Physicians
and Surgeons, Baltimore, Md., 1893;
commenced practice in Boston, 1896;
Medical Adviser Harvard Univ.; phy
sician in charge Stillman Infirmary;
Republican; Congregationalist; mem
ber Mass. Medical Soc, Cambridge
Medical Improvement Soc, Boston
Medical. Library, A. F. & A. M.; m.,
June 13, 1894, Emma A. Jones, Con
cord, N. H. Residence, 1569 Massachu
setts Ave., Cambridge, Mass.
Parker, George Amos
Superintendent of Parks; b., Fitzwilliam, N. H., April 28, 1853; s.
George W. and Julia A. (Deeth)
Parker; ed. public schools, Mass. Ag
ricultural College, 1876, Boston Uni
versity, Harvard Univ.; headgardener, Vassar College, 1876-9; super
intendent, Cliffdale (Judge Boardman's estate), Ophir Farm (John
Roach's estate), supervisor station
grounds and approaches N. Y., N. H.
A H. R. R.; now director Keney Park
and superintendent public parks,
Jennie Waterman Richmond, Halifax,
Mass., d. 1894; children: Arthur V.,
A. Richmond, Robert L., Priscilla.
Residence, 100 Blue Hill Ave.; office,
Municipal Building, Hartford, Conn.
Sanborn, Walter Henry
Jurist; b., Epsom, N. H., Oct. 19,
1845, s. Henry F. and Eunice (Davis)
Sanborn. (Henry F. Sanborn was a
state senator and long prominent in
public life; Eunice Davis was a
granddaughter of Thomas Davis who
fought under Prescott at Bunker Hill,
served through the Revolution and was
�Hon. Walter H. Sanborn
�ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES
one of the veterans present addressed
by Webster as "Venerable Men" at
the laying of the corner-stone of the
Bunker Hill Monument in 1825);
ed. Pittsfield Academy, Dartmouth
College, A.B. 1867 (valedictorian),
A.M. 1870, LL.D. 1893; principal
Milford, N. H., high school and student
at law in the office of Hon. Bainbridge Wadleigh, Feb. 1867 to Feb.
1870; removed to St. Paul, Minn. and
was admitted to the bar by the Su
preme Court, Feb. 1871; formed a
gartnership with his uncle, Gen. John
!. Sanborn and practiced with him
until commissioned U. S. Circuit
Judge for the 8th Judicial Circuit,
March 17, 1892, in which position he
has continued, having been made pre
siding judge of the U. S. Circuit Court
of Appeals for the 8th Circuit, June 4,
1903. In his long period of judicial
service Judge Sanborn has delivered
more than one thousand opinions,
many of them involving important
and intricate questions of law, which
have commanded wide attention, and
are cited as authority in all parts of
the country; Congregationalist; Re
publican; member St. Paul City
Council, 1878-80, 1885-92; receiver
Union Pacific R. R., 1893-8; Chicago
& Great Western, 1908-9; St. Louis
& San Francisco, 1913-15; member
A. F. & A. M.; E. C. Damascus Commandery No. 1, K. T., St. Paul,
1886-8; E. G. C. Grand Commandery,
Minnesota, 1889-90; president Union
League, 1890, St. Paul Bar Ass'n
1890-1; treasurer Minn. Bar Ass'n.,
1885-92; member S. A. R., Minnesota
Historical Soc, Minnesota Club; m.,
Nov. 10, 1874, Emily F. Bruce, Milford; children: Grace (Mrs. Charles
G. Hartin), b. Oct. 1, 1875; Marian
(Mrs. Grant Van Sant), b. July 6, 1879
(Vassar College) ; Bruce W., b. July 11,
1882 (Dartmouth, 1904), (lawyer in St.
Paul) ; Henry F., b. Nov. 11, 1888 (R. R.
official, St. Louis, Mo.). Residence,
143 Virginia Ave., St. Paul, Minn.;
office, P. O. Building, St. Paul; sum
mer home, Epsom, N. H., at the old
homestead, held in the family since
1752.
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Scammon, John
Lawyer; b., Stratham, N. H., Sept.
3, 1865; s. John James and Rachel
(Jewell) Scammon; ed. Exeter high
school, Phillips Exeter Academy, Bos
ton University Law School; engaged
for a time in mercantile business, and
subsequently in railway service, but
later resumed the study of law, and
was admitted to the bar in 1898, en
tering the office of Eastman & Young
in Exeter; on appointment of John
E. Young to the Supreme Court bench
became a member of the firm of East
man, Scammon & Gardiner, and has
since continued, the firm, since the
death of Gen. Eastman, beiug Scam
mon & Gardiner; Congregationalist;
Republican; member N. H. house of
representatives, 1903 and 1905, serving
on judiciary committee each session;
member and president N. H. senate,
1907; director and president Hampton
Water Works Co.; director Union
Pub. Co., Manchester; Mason, 32d
degree; m., Nov. 27, 1890, Mary G.
Dixie, Lynn, Mass.; children: Oscar
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Jewell, b. March 27, 1892; John
James, June 22, 1893; Mariana, March
17, 1895 (grad. Wheelock School);
Henry Glover, May 16, 1897; George
Albert, Aug. 20, 1899, sons all in U. S.
government service. Residence, Ex
eter, N. H.
Ryder, Herbert Daniel
Teacher, lawyer, manufacturer; b.,
Acworth, N. H., Nov. 12, 1850; s.
Daniel A. and Elizabeth A (Brigham)
Ryder; ed. public schools, Oberlin,
O., Colby Academy, New London,
N. H.; Dartmouth College, A.B. 1876,
A.M. 1879; principal Springfield, Vt.,
high school, three years; studied law
with Hon. David Cross and Henry E.
Burnham of Manchester, N. H., and
J. W. Pierce of Springfield, Vt.; ad
mitted to the bar in 1880 and com
menced practice in Springfield, re
moving to Bellows Falls a year later
where he became principal of the high
school, continuing until 1887 when he
became connected with the manufact
uring firm of Derby and Ball for three
years; resumed the practice of law in
1890 and since 1907 has been the senior
member of the law firm of Ryder and
Graham; in 1907 became manager of
the business conducted under the name
of Derby and Ball and has continued
the connection ever since; Congregationalist; Republican; chairman Bel
lows Falls board of bailiffs, 1893-5;
president of Bellows Falls Village
corporation, 1918; deputy collector
internal revenue, 1897-1904; state's
attorney, Windham County, 1904-6;
Eresidential elector, 1908; member Vt.
ouse of representatives and chairman
judiciary committee, 1913; superin
tendent of schools, Bellows Falls,
1890-7; chairman school board, town
of Rockingham, 1889-1914; examiner
of schools for Windham county about
twenty years; member Vt. State Board
of Education (secretary and treasurer),
1913-4; member A. F. & A. M. (lodge,
chapter and council), I. O. O. F., P. of
H., and Westminster Club; m., Nov.
30, 1881, Margaret E. Ball, Spring
field, Vt.; children: Jessie E., b. Feb.
18, 1884; Margaret S., b. April 26,
1885, m. Edward H. Kenerson, 1905,
d. 1909; Helen W., b. June 27, 1887,
m. Ralph D. Gilbert, 1912; Charlotte
D., b. Sept. 4, 1889, m. Edward H.
Kenerson, 1914; Katharine F., b.
July 26, 1895; Daniel F., b. Jan. 9,
1900; Mary Scott, b. June 18, 1904.
Residence, Bellows Falls, Vt.
Gibson, Harvey Dow
Banker; b., No. Conway, N. H.,
March 12, 1882; s. James L. and Addie (Dow) Gibson; ed. Bowdoin Col
lege, A.B. 1902; entered employ of
American Express Co., and became
assistant manager of the financial
department of the company in New
York; vice-president Raymond &
Whitcomb Co, for a time; in 1912
became assistant to the president of
Liberty Nat'l Bank, New York;
elected vice-president April, 1913,
?resident since Jan. 1, 1917; director
nterborough Rapid Transit Co., Pa
cific Fire Ins. Co., Mercantile Trust
& Deposit Co., and many other corpor
�ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES
ations; appointed General Manager
American Nat'l Red Cross, July, 1917;
member War Council and War Fi
nance Com. of same; Overseer Bowdoin College; member Ass'n, for Im
proving Condition of the Poor; Theta
Delta Chi, Bankers' Club of America,
Union League, New York; Metro
politan Club, Washington, D. C.;
Presbyterian; Republican; m., June
10, 1903, Carrie Hastings Curtis,
Newtonville, Mass. Residence, 52 E,
69th St.; business address, 120 Broad
way, N. Y.
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Beal, Frank Johnson
Merchant; b., Orford, N. H., Nov.
11, 1862; s. Royal and Josephine
(Johnson) Beal; ed. public schools and
Orford Academy; engaged in furniture
business in Orford for many years;
removed to Plymouth in 1903 and en
gaged in the dry goods trade, doing
business as "The Beal Co."; Congregationalist; Democrat; member N. H.
senate from fourth senatorial district,
1913-4 (Chairman committee on rail
Albee, Ernest
Educator; b., Langdon, N. H.,
Aug. 8, 1865; s. Solon and Ellen Lucilla (Eames) Albee; ed. University of
Vermont, A. B. 1887, Clark Uni
versity, Cornell University, Ph.D.,
1894; instructor in philosophy, Cornell
University, Ithaca, N. Y., 1892-1902,
assistant professor, 1902-7; professor
of philosophy, 1907- ; member Phi
Beta. Kappa, American Philosophical
Ass'n, American Psychological Ass'n.
City Club, N. Y. City, Town and
Gown, Ithaca, Author s, London,
Eng.; editor Philosophical Review,
1903-8; Author "A History of English
Utilitarianism," 1902. M., Dec. 23,
1911, Emily Humphreys Manly.
Residence, Ithaca, N. Y.
Abbott, Leon Martin
Lawyer; b., Richmond, N. H., Aug.
28, 1867; s. Joseph B. and Lydia C.
(Martin) Abbott; ed. Keene, N. H.,
high school, 1885, Mass. Institute of
Technology, Harvard College, Harvard
Law School, 1887-90; in practice of
law in Boston since 1891, member
firm of Bates, Nay, Abbott & Dane;
Republican; member Boston and Mass.
Bar Associations, Boston City Club;
prominent in Masonry, Grand Mas
ter Grand Lodge of Massachusetts,
and active 33d degree Mason; trustee
of many Masonic and other organiza
tions; m., April 19, 1894, Florence M.
Tallman, Boston. Residence, 797
Washington St., Brookline, Mass.;
office, Tremont Building, Boston.
roads), only Democrat ever elected in
the district; N. H. Commissioner of
Fisheries and Game, 1914-7; member
N. H. constitutional convention, 1918;
examiner in charge U. S. Department
of Labor Service; member A. F. &
A. M.; m., July 8, 1891, Elizabeth
Avery, Orford; children, Ruth Carver,
b. March 15, 1893 (Plymouth high
school, 1910, Radcliffe College, 1914),
m., June, 1916, Clinton D. Wilson,
Danielson, Conn.; Gertrude, b. March
2, 1894, d. Aue. 3, 1895. Residence,
Plymouth, N. H.
�William H. Manahan
�ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES
Manahan, William Henry
Auctioneer; general business; b. ,
New London, N. H., March 31, 1840;
s. John and Lucintha (Felch) Manahan ;
kinsman of John Manahan, who was
born in England in 1744, educated for
the army, stationed in Canada, and
left with others for New England,
joined the patriot forces, fought at
Bunker- Hill, marched with Arnold
through the wilderness to Quebec, was
with Stark at Bennington, and ulti
mately located in Francestown; frdm
his younger brother, Adam, born in
Ireland about 1760, who came to
America in search of John, after the
Revolution, William Henry Manahan
is descended, his father being Adam's
eldest son. He was educated in the
public schools. at Colby Academy, New
London, and Eaton's Commercial
College, Worcester, Mass.; he learned
the machinist's trade in youth, later
became a practical draughtsman and
pursued the calling for several years.
In 1862 he located in Hillsborough,
N. H., where he was engaged in lum
bering and milling for several years,
adding furniture manufacture to his
interests; later commenced operating
in real estate, for himself and as agent
for others, and from conducting sales
necessary to the business, ultimately
took up the work of a general auction
eer, and followed the same with re
markable success, establishing a rep
utation second to that of no man in the
business in New England; Congregationalist; Republican; moderator of
Hillsborough twelve years; justice of
the peace and quorum many years,
doing a large business; member N. H.
house of representatives, 1885-6, being
the first Republican ever elected from
Hillsborough; introduced and secured
the passage of the act to prevent the
double taxation of mortgages; mem
ber N. H. constitutional convention,
1889; m., March 31, 1862, Fannie
Harriet Chaffin, Holden, Mass.; chil
dren: Josephine Emily, b. Aug. 14,
1863, ed. Worcester Conservatory of
Music; Gertrude, b., Sept. 25, 1871
(Mrs. Charles S. Adams M.D., Wol-
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laston, Mass.) , graduate Plymouth
N. H. Normal School, member Old
South Chapter, D. A. R., Boston;
William Henry, Jr., b. Dec. 28, 1877,
ed. public schools, Colby Academy
and 11linois College of Photography,
now in business in Hillsborough.
Residence, Hillsborough, N. H.
Beaton, Alexander Angus
Physician and surgeon; b., Flat
River, P. E. I., April 7, 1872; s.
Angus and Christina Ross Beaton; ed.
public schools, Dartmouth Medical
College, 1897; commenced practice in
Webster, N. H., continuing two years;
removed to Franklin in 1899, where he
has since been in active practice;
Presbyterian; Republican; member
Franklin City council three years,
1910-2; mayor of Franklin two years,
1916-7 (elected the last year without
opposition, no candidate being nom
inated against him); Past Exalted
Ruler, Franklin Lodge, B. P. O. E.;
Past Noble Grand, Merrimack Lodge,
I. O. O. F.; member Webster Encamp
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ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES
tective Order of Elks, Worcester
Country Club, Shrewsbury Club;
Roman Catholic; Republican, Roose
velt candidate for delegate to the Re
publican national convention of 1916;
a business man of executive ability
and a broad-minded, public-spirited
Linehan, John J.
citizen, who believes m helping to
upbuild his community" ; m. Aug. 29,
Manufacturer; b., Penacook, N. H.,
Oct. 9, 1866; s. Col. John C. Linehan, . 1893, Elizabeth J. Barrett. Resi
dence, Worcester, Mass.
many years state insurance commis
sioner and junior vice commander-inAyers, Joseph Gerrish
Surgeon; rear-admiral, U. S. N.,
retired; b., Canterbury, N. H., Nov.
3, 1839; s. Charles H. and Almira S.
(Gerrish) Ayers; ed. University of
Vermont and Columbia University,
New York; served in 15th N. H. Vols.,
as second and first lieutenant, 1862-3;
appointed acting assistant surgeon,
U. S. N., Dec. 17, 1864; honorably
discharged, Sept. 24, 1866; appointed
assistant surgeon, Oct. 8, 1866; passed
assistant surgeon, Oct. 12, 1869;
surgeon, Jan. 7, 1878; medical in
spector, Feb. 25, 1879; medical director,
Dec. 12, 1898; retired with rank of
rear-admiral, Nov. 3, 1901; fleet
surgeon, Asiatic station, 1895-7; m.,
July 11, 1864, Olinda H. Austin,
Sitka, Alaska. Residence, Port Jervis, N. Y.
ment, Patriarchs Militant, Colfax
Rebekah Lodge; member N. H. Medical
Soc, Merrimack Co. Med. Soc. (expresident) ; president Dartmouth Medi
cal Alumni Ass'n; unmarried. Resi
dence; Franklin, N. H.
chief of the G. A. R., and Mary E.
(Prendergast) Linehan ;ed. in the schools
of Penacook and Concord; president
and treasurer of the Linehan-Conover
Co. of Worcester, corset manufacturers;
director of the Park Trust Co., Worces
ter; director of the Corset Manufac
turers' Ass'n of the United States; cor
poration member, St. Vincent Hospital,
Worcester; member of the Worcester
Chamber of Commerce, Young Men's
Republican Club of Massachusetts,
Worcester County Republican Club,
Shrewsbury Camp, Sons of Veterans,
Worcester Lodge, Benevolent and Pro
Andrews, Herbert Marston
Clergyman; b., Enfield, N. H.,
Sept. 9, 1851; s. Randall and Rhoda
(Choate) Marston; ed. Dartmouth
College, A.B. 1876, A.M. 1881; Grand
Union Theological Seminary, 1879;
ordained deacon Protestant Episcopal
church, 1879, priest, 1880; in pastoral
work in New York, 1879-81; rector,
Littleton, N. H., 1881-3; stated supply
Congregational Church, Bethlehem,
N. H., 1883-4; pastor, Franklin, N. H.,
1884-5; Enfield, N. H., 1885-6;
Peacham, Vt., 1887-8;
Romeyn
Chapel (Presbyterian), New York,
1889-90;
Missionary Presbyterian
Church, U. S., in India, 1890-9; presi
dent Woodstock College, India, 18991915; retired. Residence, 2625 Frank
lin St., Bellingham, Washington.
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Woodward, Susan Jones (Wentworth)
(Mrs. Susan Jones Woodward), b.
Sandwich, N. H., Aug. 4, 1856, dau.
Col. Joseph and Sarah Payson (Jones)
Wentworth; descended from Elder
William Wentworth of Dover, the
first immigrant; great granddaughter
John Wentworth of Dover, member of
the Continental Congress; also great
granddaughter Col. Amos Cogswell
of Dover, who served eight years dur
ing the Revolution. was an original
member of the Order of the Cincin
nati and afterwards president of the
N. H. Branch; ed. Concord high school,
1875. Mrs. Woodward was the sec
ond woman to serve on the Concord
Board of Education, being appointed
Nov. 18, 1895 to fill out the unex
pired term of Parsons B. Cogswell,
elected by popular vote, 1896-1902,
and served as secretary, 1899-1902;
member South Congregational Church,
Concord Equal Suffrage Ass'n, Strat
ford (Shakespeare) Club (president,
1895-8), Concord Woman's Club,
serving as chairman of various com
mittees, Concord Female Charitable
Soc. (life), Hospital Associates, District
Nursing Ass'n, Charity Organization
Soc., Woman's Ass'n South church,
Red Cross; m., Charles Webster
Woodward of Concord, June 26, 1879
(he d. Sept. 24, 1900); child: Sarah
Jones Woodward, b. June 1, 1883 (see
p. 87). Residence, Concord, N. H.
Chase, Stuart
Writer, accountant; b. Somersworth, N. H., March 8, 1888; s.
Harvey Stuart and Aaronette (Rowe)
Chase; ed. Mass. Institute of Tech
nology, 1907-8; Harvard University,
B.S., cum laude 1910; member firm of
Harvey S. Chase & Co., Boston; direc
tor N. E. Stamp Co., member American
Institute of Accountants, Certified
Public Accountants of Massachusetts;
Phi Gamma Delta; Author "A Honey
moon Experiment," 1916; contributor
to the JVeto Republic, Survey, Good
Housekeeping, etc.; m., July 5, 1914,
Margaret Hatfield, Newton, Mass.
Residence, 1697 Commonwealth Ave.,
Boston, Mass.
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Child, Edwin Leighton
Farmer and butter maker; b.,
Cornish, N. H., May 15, 1867; s.
William H. and Ellen Frances (Leighton) Child; ed. public schools, N. H.
State College, University of Vermont
Dairy School, 1897; instructor in
dairy school for a time after gradua
tion; superintendent Cornish, N. H.,
Creamery,
1897-1909; Sanborn's
Creamery, Leavitt's Hill, Deerfield,
1909-12; Pembroke Creamery (pro
prietor) since 1912; Congregation alist
(deacon Pembroke church); Repub
lican; director and first president,
SuncookBank; member A. F. & A. M.,
Jewell Lodge and Hiram Chapter,
Suncook; I. O. O. F., Howard Lodge
(past Noble Grand), Hildreth En
campment; P. of H., Master Park
Grange, Cornish Flat, six years, dis
trict deputy, N. H. State Grange,
two years; president Suncook Board
of Trade, 1915; superintendent of ex
hibits, Granite State Dairymen's
Ass'n, 1908-17; received gold medal
for butter exhibited at Paris exposi
tion, 1900, and Pan-American, Buffalo,
1901 — ; only one coming to New
�Edward Tuck
�ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES
Hampshire in each case; m., Feb. 15,
1894, Ida L. Ford, Danbury, N. H.;
children: Ford Leighton, b. Feb. 2,
1895, d. Jan. 7, 1904; Roswell Towle, b.
Oct. 19, 1903 (N. H. College 1921);
Edna Lizzie, b. Oct. 19, 1903 (student
Pembroke Academy). Residence, Pem
broke, N. H.
Tuck, Edward
Retired banker, philanthropist, b.,
Exeter, N. H., Aug. 24, 1842; s. Amos
and Sarah Ann (Nudd) Tuck; ed.
Phillips Exeter Academy, Dartmouth
College, A.B. 1862, LL.D. 1903; U. S.
vice-consul, Paris, France, 1864-6;
engaged in foreign banking many
years, New York and Paris. Gave
the Amos Tuck Endowment Fund to
Dartmouth College in memory of his
father, Dartmouth, 1835, who was
also a trustee, 1857-66; erected the
building for the Tuck School of Ad
ministration and Finance, Dartmouth,
1899, also endowed Foundation for
instruction in French Language and
Literature, Dartmouth, making a total
of more than a million dollars given to
this institution; in 1903 founded and
endowed H6pital Stell, Reuil, near
Paris, greatly enlarged since the be
ginning of the war; 1911, gave to the
N. H. Historical Soc. the sumptuous
granite building at Concord, costing
nearly half a million; this will be
supplemented in the near future by a
magnificent museum on the same lot
for the housing of the valuable Tuck
collections. Has made liberal gifts
to his native town, including a com
pletely equipped cottage hospital;
also to Phillips Exeter Academy.
Officier Legion d'Honneur, laureate
Academie Francaise; member ad
visory council American Red Cross in
Europe; N. Y. clubs, Metropolitan
and Union League; m., 1872, London,
Eng., Julia Stell, dau. William Shorter
Stell of Philadelphia. She was made
Chevalier de la Legion d'Honneur,
1917, and ably co-operates in all her
husband's benevolence. Since 1914
Mr. and Mrs. Tuck have devoted their
entire time to war relief. "Since the
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days of Lafayette no American has
done more to cement the bonds of
friendship existing between France
and the United States than has Ed
ward Tuck." Residence, 82 Champa
Elysfes, Paris, Vert Mont, Reuil
France.
Baker, Benjamin Ward
Physician, superintendent N. H.
School for Feeble-Minded Children; b.,
New Boston, N. H., Aug. 6, 1874;
s. Benjamin F. and Annie (Ward)
Baker; ed. McCollum Institute, Mont
Vernon, N. H., 1895, Dartmouth
Medical College, 1898, post-graduate
work at Harvard Medical College,
and psychiatrical studies in the hos
pitals of England and Scotland; as
sistant physician and assistant super
intendent, Taunton State Hospital,
Taunton, Mass., for eleven years;
appointed superintendent of the N. H.
School for Feeble-Minded Children,
July 1, 1910; Mason; member of Bel
knap County Medical Soc, American
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ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES
Medico-Psychological Soc, American
Soc. for the Study of the FeebleMinded, N. H. Soc. Charities and Cor
rections, New England Soc. of Psychi
atry; Episcopalian; Republican; m.,
May 22, 1912, Mary Andrews of Laconner, Washington; dau., Barbara
Ward, b. Jan. 27, 1918. Residence,
Laconia, N. H.
Graves, Eli Edwin
Physician; b., Jericho, Vt., Sept.
9, 1847; s. Daniel H. and Lusetta R.
(Nash) Graves; ed. public schools,
Essex Classical Institute, University
of Vermont, Medical Department,
M.D. 1868; Post graduate work at
Post Graduate School of Medicine,
Harvard College and Massachusetts
General Hospital; located in practice in
Boscawen, N. H., immediately after
graduation, Sept. 17, 1868, and con
tinued till removal to Penacook, Oct.
20, 1897; Congregationalist; Republi
can; superintendent of schools, Bos
cawen, 1870-1; health officer from the
establishment of the office; library
trustee from the establishment of the
town library; probation officer; mem
ber N. H. house of representatives,
1888-9; chairman Boscawen water
board; moderator Boscawen school
meetings since 1870, having been ab
sent but once; member American
Medical Ass'n, American Public
Health Ass'n, N. H. Medical Soc.,
Center District and Merrimack County
Medical Soc, N. H. Surgical Club,
N. H. Historical Soc, N. H. Horti
cultural Soc, etc.; A. F. & A. M.;
I. O. O. F.; now acting medical di
rector of United Life & Accident Ins.
Co.; surgeon for B. & M. R. R. for
Concord and vicinity; m., Dec. 18,
1872, Martha A. Williams, Essex, Vt.;
d. Jan. 29, 1893; children: Robert J.,
b. June 22, 1878 (see sketch, p. 89) ;
Katharine L. (Mrs. Henry C. Rolfe),
b. March 17, 1880. Residence, Pena
cook, N. H.
Wyman, Louis Eliot
Lawyer; b., Lynn, Mass., Aug. 2,
1878; s. Louis A. and Edith E. (Merriam) Wyman; ed. Lynn public
schools, Harvard College, 1900; Har
vard Law School, 1902; removed to
Manchester, N. H., in December, 1902,
to enter the law firm of Taggart, Tuttle
& Burroughs, with which, with some
changes in membership he has since
been connected; Universalist; Re
publican; member N. H. house of
representatives, 1909-10, serving on
Judiciary Committee and taking an
active part in legislation; member
Rotary, Calumet, Derryfield and Inter
vale Country clubs; m., June 1, 1904,
Alice S. Crosby, Manchester; children:
Eliot N., b. March 26, 1905; Esther
M., b. Dec. 19, 1907; Louis C. Resi
dence, Manchester, N. H.
Lane, Edward Austin
Lawyer; b., Carroll, N. H., Nov.
27, 1852; s. Richard and Hannah
(King) Lane, reared in the town of
Whitefield; ed. public schools, Little
ton, N. H., high school; studied law
and admitted to the N. H. bar, March,
1879, and in Jan., 1905, to the Su
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preme Court of the United States;
commenced practice in Pittsfield in
1881; was counsel for respondent in
the well-known Munsey extradition
case which was twice before the N. H.
supreme court and finally went to the
Supreme Court of the United States,
and in which many mooted extradition
points were settled; Unitarian; Re
publican; member N. H. house of
representatives, 1809-10; trustee and
president Farmers Savings Bank of
Pittsfield; trustee Pittsfield Academy;
has served as trustee of the public
library, chairman of the board of edu
cation and president of the Pittsfield
board of trade; member A. F. &
A. M., Eastern Star, K. of P. and
N. H. Bar Ass'n; chairman committee
to raise Pittsfield's quota for Y. M. C.
A. war work: member Pittsfield branch
Amer. Red Cross, and chairman home
service section; member local Liberty
Loan Committee; m., May 24, 1882,
Annie A. Barter, Concord. Resi
dence, Pittsfield, N. H.
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Cain, John Leavitt
Physician; b., Goshen, N. H.,
Sept. 26, 1856; s. George W. and
Cynthia J. (Leavitt) Cain; (reared in
Croydon where he removed with his
parents in childhood); ed. public
schools, Kimball Union Academy,
Meriden, 1880; Dartmouth College
and Dartmouth Medical School, 1884;
post-graduate course in Bellevue Med
ical College, N. Y.; commenced prac
tice in Grantham in 1883, continuing
four years, when he removed to New
port where he has since remained, es
tablishing a wide practice; Liberal;
Democrat; member of board of health
for twenty years; member A. F. &
A. M., Knight Templar and Shriner;
I. O. O. F., and other orders; Sullivan
Co. Medical Soc, N. H. Medical Soc,
American Medical Ass'n.; m., Dec. 19,
1900, Lillian G. Mathews, Sunapee;
children, John Leavitt, Jr., b. Feb. 20,
1904, d. Feb. 25, 1904; William Leav
itt, b. May 29, 1905; John Haeckel, b.
July 19, 1906; Cynthia Jane, b. March
8, 1910. Residence, Newport, N. H.
�Charles W. Robie
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Robie, Charles Warren
Express manager; b., New Hamp
ton (Winona), N. H., July 28, 1866;
s. William R. and Harriet M. (Chase)
Robie; ed. public schools, Meredith,
N. H., high school; entered the
service of the American Express Co.
at Plymouth, N. H., at eighteen years
of age and continued with the company
up to July 1, 1918, when the express
companies of the country were unified
in one concern, now known as the
American Railway Express Co.; went
from Plymouth to Lowell, Mass., as
a clerk; was soon transferred to Bos
ton, as clerk in the superintendent's
office; afterward sent to Springfield,
Mass., as route agent; after five years
was appointed superintendent, with
headquarters at Boston, holding the
position ten years; in 1906 was ap
pointed assistant general manager in
charge of the New England Depart
ment, which title was afterwards
changed to manager, and on July 1,
1918, was appointed general manager,
New England Department, American
Railway Express Co., with head
quarters in Boston; Baptist; Repub
lican; member Boston Chamber of
Commerce; City, Exchange, Algon
quin, Economic clubs, Boston; Traffic
Club of New England (president,
1917); Wonolancet Club, Concord,
N. H., and others; accompanied the
Boston Chamber of Commerce party
on a tour of Europe in 1911; also
visited South America with a similar
party in 1913; m., Sept. 4, 1890,
Lizzie M. Woodward, Lowell, Mass.;
one son, Harold William, b. Somerville, Mass., July 17, 1892; ed. Mitch
ell's Military School for Boys,
Billerica, Mass., Newton Technical
high school, N. H. College, and Cor
nell University; enlisted with 14th
(Ry.) Engineers, Co. D, June 17,
1917, was with the first regiment of
American soldiers to parade the
streets of London under arms, went
into actual service Aug. 17, was with
the British a year and has since been
with the American forces. Resi
dence and summer home, Rock Ridge
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Farm, Winona, N. H.; Boston home,
City Club; office, 43 Franklin St.,
Boston, Mass.
Claggett, Fred Porter
Physician; b., Newport, N. H.,
Jan. 18, 1869; s. Rufus P. and Frances
F. (Carr) Claggett; ed. Newport high
school, Kimball Union Academy, Meriden, 1890, Dartmouth College, 1897
Dartmouth Medical College, 1897;
Boston City hospital, 1897; in practice
4lfc
in Newport since graduation; pur
sued a post graduate course at Har
vard in 1910; Congregationalist; ReEublican; member Newport school
oard; trustee Carrie F. Wright Hos
pital, member corporation Citizens
National Bank; Mason, Knight Tem
plar; member American Med. Ass'n,
N. H. Med. Ass'n, N. H. Surgical Club,
Sullivan Co. Med. Ass'n.; m., Aug. 2,
1898, Gertrude M. Tubbs, Newport;
children: Rogers H., b. Aug. 15, 1899
(Worcester, Mass., Academy); Louise
b. Sept. 12, 1903; Barbara, b. Jan. 27,
1912. Residence, Newport, N. H.
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Barnard, Charles Daniel
Lawyer; b., Bedford, N. H., Feb. 15,
1873; s. Henry T. and H. Louisa
(Hunter) Barnard; ed. public schools
of Bedford and Merrimack, N. H.,
McGaw Institute, Reed's Ferry, and
George Washington University, Wash
ington, D. C.; studied law and was ad
mitted to the bar in 1905, commencing
practice as an associate of Hon. Cyrus
A. Sulloway and Moodybell S. Ben
nett; Congregationalist; Republican;
Bailey, Irving Widmer
Educator; b., Tilton, N. H., Aug.
15, 1884; s. Solon I. and Ruth Elaine
(Poulter) Bailey; ed. Harvard Uni
versity, A.B. 1907, M.F. 1909; as
sistant in botany, Harvard, 1909-10;
instructor in forestry, 1910-12; as
sistant professor since 1912; secretary
Bussey Institution for Research in
Applied Biology; member forestry
committee, National Research Coun
cil; Fellow American Academy, Arts
and Sciences; member Soc. of American
Foresters, Soc. Naturalists of America;
Harvard Club, Boston; m., June 15,
1911, Helen Diinan Harwood, Little
ton, Mass. Residence, 42 Shepard
St., Cambridge, Mass.
Brown, Emma Elizabeth
Author; illustrator; b., Concord,
N. H., Oct. 18, 1847; dau. John F. and
Elizabeth (Evans) Brown; ed. public
schools and private instruction; author
of Lives of Washington, Grant, Gar
field, Oliver Wendell Holmes, James
Russell Lowell and others, constitut
ing a series of fifteen volumes; "Spare
Moment Series" (6 vols.) ; "From Night
to Light"; "The Child Toilers of the
Boston Streets"; "Huldah" (verse) and
many Sunday School books; frequent
contributor to magazines. Residence,
1925 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge,
Mass.
member N. H. house of representatives
from Ward 4, Manchester, 1909-10;
secretary to Senator Henry E. Burnham, 1910-13; city solicitor of Man
chester, 1913 to Jan. 1918; member
A. F. & A. M., Knight Templar and
Shriner, I. O. O. F., Amoskeag Veterans,
Derryfield and Calumet Clubs, Man
chester; nominated as Republican can
didate for councilor from the 3d N. H.
district in the September, 1918, pri
mary; m., Dec 31, 1904, Mabelle W.
Wright; one son, Charles Henry, b.
Sept., 28, 1907 Residence, Manches
ter, N. H.
Remick, Helen Lorraine Benedict
(Mrs. Charles G. Remick), b. Corn
wall, Vt.; dau. Abel Jerome and Helen
Adaline (Peck) Benedict; ed. Middlebury, Vt., high school, Petersilea
academy, Boston. Mass.; president,
Concord Music Club, 1902-5, 1914- ;
president Concord Equal Suffrage
League, 1913-6 (secretary four pre
ceding years); vice-president Concord
Oratorio Soc, 1911- ; on committee for
biennial of National Federation of
Music Clubs, held at Peterboro, N. H.,
1918; trustee of Y. M. C. A. Auxiliary;
for several years chairman of music
committee, Concord Woman's Club;
for three years on executive board of
Friendly Club; member N. H. Histori
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cal Soc., Concord Female Charitable
Soc, District Nursing Ass'n, Charity
Organization Soc, Capital Grange,
Woman's Hospital Associates, Friendly
Club, Woman's Club, Music Club,
N. H. Audubon Soc., Woman's Board
of Foreign Missions, Woman's Council
of National Defence, Red Cross,
Concord S. P. C. A., Wild Flower Club,
Equal Suffrage League, Golf Club,
Woman's Ass'n South Church, Congregationalist; Republican; m., Con
cord, N. H., Feb. 4, 1891, Charles
Granville Remick, banker; children,
Helen Lorraine, St. Mary's School,
1914, student New School of Design,
Boston, 1914- ; Pauline, St. Mary's
School, 1914, student of violin with
Jacques Hoffmann, Boston. Resi
dence, Park Ridge, Concord, N. H.
Burnham, Sylvester
Clergyman; educator; b., Exeter,
N. H., Feb. 1, 1842; s. Edwin and
Alice (Dennett) Burnham; ed. Bowdoin College, A.B. 1862, A.M. 1865;
Newton Theological Institution, 1873;
student at different times in German
Universities; ordained Baptist minis
try, 1873; pastor, Amherst, Mass.,
1873-4; teacher Greek and German,
Worcester, Mass., Academy, 1874-5;
professor Semitic languages and Old
Testament interpretation, since 1875,
and dean, 1893-1910, Theological
Seminary of Colgate University; mem
ber Soc. of Biblical Literature and
Exegesis, American Philological Ass'n,
Council of 70 of American lnstitute of
Sacred Literature; author "Manual
of Old Testament Interpretation,"
1882, "Elements of Syriac Grammar,"
1884, "Element of Biblical Hermenentics," 1916; m., June 28, 1876, Miriam
M. Tucker, Amherst, Mass. Resi
dence, Hamilton, N. Y.
Woodbury, Frank Ernest
Lawyer; b., Dunbarton, N. H.,
July 26, 1881; s. Frank C. and Re
becca A. (Merrill) Woodbury; ed.
Concord, N. H., high school, 1899,
Detroit College of Law, Detroit, Mich.,
LL.B. 1907; admitted to the New
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Hampshire bar June 1910; commenced
practice in Suncook, but removed to
Franklin in 1911, where he has con
tinued; Congregationalist; Democrat;
member, N. H. constitutional conven
tion, 1912; judge Franklin Municipal
court, 1913-14; member Franklin
Lodge, B. P. O. E., Daniel Webster
Lodge, Loyal Order of Moose, Nesmith Camp, Modern Woodmen of
America; Patrons of Husbandry, Theta
Lambda Phi law fraternity ; no . , Aug. 28,
1912, Maybelle C. Daniels; children,
Frank E., Jr., b. June 12, 1914; Fern,
b. Jan. 12, 1916; Mary, b. Sept. 6,
1917. Residence, Franklin, N. H.
Blackburne, Mary Frances Blaisdell
Author; b., Manchester, N. H., April
20, 1874; dau. Clark and Clara M.
Blaisdell; ed. public schools, Cam
bridge, Mass., training school, 1895;
taught in Brockton, Mass., 1896-1901,
Medford, Mass., 1901-1912; author
"Child Life in Tale and Fable," 1899;
"Child Life in Many Lands," 1900;
"Child Life in Literature," 1900; "The
�Rev. Lorin Webster
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ChUd Life Primer," 1901; "The Blaisdell Spellers," 1901; "The Child Life
Fifth Reader," 1902; "Boy Blue and
His Friends," 1907; "Polly and Dolly,"
1909; "Tommy Tucker's Book," 1911;
"Cherry Tree Children," 1912; "Twi
light Town," 1912; "Pretty Polly
Flinders," 1914; "Bunny Rabbit's
Diary," 1915; "Mother Goose Chil
dren," 1916; m., March 17, 1917,
Edward Best Blackburne. Residence,
West Medford, Mass.
Webster, Lorin
Clergyman and educator; b., Claremont, N. H., July 29, 1857; s. Lorin
Atkinson and Sophronia (Pierce) Web
ster; ed. St. Paul's School, Concord;
Trinity College (Hartford, Conn.),
A.B. 1880, A.M. 1883; Berkeley Divin
ity School, 1883; L.H.D., Trinity, 1908;
ordained deacon and priest, P. E.
Church, 1883; master Holderness School
for Boys, 1883-4; rector St. Mark's
parish, Ashland, N. H., 1884-92; rector
and head master Holderness School
for Boys; since 1892; proprietor and
director Camp Wachusett (for boys),
Asquam Lake, N. H., since 1903;
president N. H. Educational Council,
1908-10; N. H. Schoolmasters, 19089; president Grafton Co. Agricultural
Soc., 1893-6; president Plymouth Fair
Ass'n, 1896-9; president N. H. Music
Teachers' Ass'n, 1899-1902; member
Psi Upsilon Fraternity, Phi Beta
Kappa, A. F. & A. M. ; author of several
musical compositions, one of which has
been published in England; m., July 10,
1884, Jennie Josephine Adams, Spring
field, N. H.; children: Harold Adams,
b. Aug. 12, 1885 (See page 134); Bertha
Loraine, b. June 24, 1887; Jerome Pierce,
b. Aug. 2, 1888. Residence, Holderness
School, Holderness, N. H. (Plymouth,
P. O.).
Webster, Jennie Josephine Adams
(Mrs. Lorin Webster), club-woman;
b., Springfield, N. H., dau. Daniel
Noyes and Calista A. (Richardson)
Adams; ed. in high school and by
tutors; m. July 10, 1884, Rev. Lorin
Webster, L.H.D.; children: Harold
Adams, Bertha Loraine, Jerome Pierce;
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president Pemigewasset Woman's Club,
Plymouth, 1900-2, 1903-4; president
N. H. Federation of Women's Clubs,
1907-9; member N. H. Executive
Com., Nat. Civic Federation; N. H.
Soc. of Colonial Dames of America;
Soc. for Protection of N. H. Forests;
N. H. Board of Am. Red Cross, 1909,
1918; Am. Home Economics Ass'n,
N. H. Historical Soc, Friendly Club
(Concord), Neighbors' Friendly Club
(Holderness); Episcopalian; Suffragist;
organized Asquamchumauke Chapter,
D. A. R., Plymouth, 1911 (regent from
1911); state chairman of Com. for the
Preservation of Historic Spots,
D. A. R.
(Rev. Lorin Webster,
Harold A. and Jerome P. Webster
are recorded in this work.) Bertha
Loraine Webster was graduated from
St. Mary's School (Concord), 1905,
Vassar College, 1909; studied at the
Boston Art Museum; Art Students'
League, New York City; taught art in
the Misses Tewksbury's School, Scarsdale, N. Y.; m., William Starr, Oct. 10,
1917, and lives at Hope House, Easton,
Maryland. Mrs. Webster lives at
Holderness School, Holderness, (Ply
mouth P. 0.),N. H.
Webster, Jerome Pierce
Physician and surgeon; b., Ashland,
N. H., Aug. 2, 1888; s. Lorin and Jennie
Josephine (Adams) Webster; ed. Hol
derness School, 1906; Trinity College,
1910; Johns Hopkins Med. School,
1914; surgical interne, Johns Hopkins
Hospital, 1914; assistant resident sur
geon, 1915; appointed by Secretary Lan
sing special assistant to Ambassador
Gerard, inspecting prison camps in
Germany, March 3, 1916; returning
home with Ambassador Gerard, was
commissioned 1st lieutenant in Medical
Officers' Reserves in August, 1917,
stationed at Camp Benjamin Harrison,
Indiana, and in November transferred
to the 30th Engineers, at Camp
American University, Washington,
D. C.; in service in France since De
cember 1917; promoted 1st lieutenant
in Medical Corps. U. S. Regular
Army, and decorated with the Croix de
�Frances M. Abbott
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Guerre; Protestant Episcopal; mem
ber Psi Upsilon Fraternity (Trin
ity College), Pithotomy Club (Johns
Hopkins Med. School). Residence,
Holderness School, Holderness, N. H.
{Plymouth P. O.).
Abbott, Frances Matilda
Literary and genealogical work;
b., Concord, N. H., Aug. 18, 1857,
dau. John and Matilda (Brooks) Ab
bott; desc. from Massachusetts pioneers
(George Abbot, Andover, 1640; An
thony Morse, Newbury, 1635; Capt.
Thomas Brooks, Watertown, 1636;
Thomas Boylston, Watertown, 1635;
John Cogswell, Ipswich, 1635) ; greatgreat-granddaughter of Samuel Brooks
of Medford who was first cousin to
President John Adams, also nephew
to Dr. Zabdiel Boylston, F. R. S., who
introduced inoculation for smallpox
into America (1721); great-grand
daughter of Thomas Brooks of Charlestown, who was first cousin to Gen.
John Brooks, governor of Massachu
setts, 1816-23 ; ed. Concord schools,
high school, 1875; private instruction
with Moses Woolson; A.B., Vassar
College, 1881 (first Concord girl to
take a degree); contributor to news
papers and magazines, including, The
Forum, North American Review, The
Century, N.E'.Magazine, Popular Science
Monthly, Wide Awake, Youth's Com
panion, Frank Leslie's; wrote section
on "Domestic Customs and Social
Life" in new History of Concord, 1903;
one of the writers of The Genealogical
and Family History of New Hamp
shire, 1908; author, "Birds and Flow
ers about Concord, N. H.," 1906,
"The Simple Single," 1909; profes
sional genealogist since 1906; edited
many local memoirs and biographies;
editor of the Woman's Edition of
Concord Monitor, May 30, 1896 (first
Woman's Edition in state); life mem
ber, Appalachian Mountain Club
(Boston), N. H. Memorial Hospital
for Women and Children, Concord
Female Charitable Soc, Woman's
Auxiliary to the Y. M. C. A.; mem
ber Stratford (Shakespeare) Club
365
(president, 1898-1901), N. H. Histor
ical Soc., Concord Equal Suffrage
League, Concord Woman's College
Club, Boston Branch of Vassar
Alumnae, Ass'n of College Alumnae,
Friendly Club, Red Cross, Woman's
Ass'n of the South church; founder of
the Wild Flower Club (1896) and its
president since 1909; Congregationalist; active suffragist since 1897;
press agent N. H. Equal Suffrage
Ass'n, 1913-5; in charge of Suffrage
Headquarters, Concord, 1914-5; oc
casional speaker on suffrage and nature
topics; originator of the movement
(1910) to close the Concord retail
stores on Monday evenings, thereby
shortening the hours of saleswomen.
Residence, Concord, N. H.
Morrill, Grace
Director of Religious Education; b.,
Concord, N. H., Apr. 15. 1876, dau.
Samuel Franklin and Sarah Virgin
(Parker) Morrill, descended from
Abraham Morrill, Cambridge, Mass.,
1632, great granddaughter of Gen.
Acquilla Davis, Warner, N. H., who
served in Revolution and War of 1812,
granddaughter Deacon Caleb Parker,
Concord; ed., Concord high school,
1895, Vassar College, A.B., 1899; stu
dent Dartmouth School of Religious
Education, Hanover, N. H., summer of
1916-7; student of Religious Educa
tion, Boston University, 1917-8; sub
stitute teacher for several years, one
year ii Concord high school, 19012, and later in Pembroke Academy;
director of Religious Education, South
Congregational Church, 1915- ; mem
ber International Religious Education
Ass'n; secretary N. E. League Church
Assistants, 1916-7; chairman com
mittee of publicity, National League
Church Assistants, 19 18-; secretary
N. H. Anti-Suffrage Ass'n; member
Boston Branch Vassar Alumnae Ass'n;
N. H. Historical Soc, Concord Wo
man's College Club (president, 19157), Concord Woman's Club (member
executive board six years), Friendly
Club (executive board one year), Con
cord Female Charitable Soc, Charity
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Organization Soc, Woman's Auxiliary
of Y. M. C. A., Hathaway Outing
Club, Red Cross, South Congregational
Church, Woman's Ass'n, South Church,
N. H. Female Cent Institution (presi
dent of South Church Auxiliary two
years). Residence, Concord, N. H.
Miller, Edward Sherman
Dentist; b., Ryegate, Vt., Feb. 13,
1866; s. Edward and Eliza (Gates)
Miller; ed. Peacham, Vt., Academy,
St. Johnsbury, Vt., Academy, class of
1889, Monmouth College, Harvard Uni
versity, Dartmouth College, A.M. 1893,
University of Maryland D.D.S. 1900;
member of the United Presbyterian
church; Progressive Republican in poli
tics, but not held closely by party ties;
member of the N. H. Dental Soc, Sons
of the American Revolution, National
Geographic Soc, first president Blue
Mountain Outing Club; always much
interested in out-door life, in moun
tain climbing, and in travel, spending
several years in the West, and in 1916,
with his family, taking a 10,000 mile
tour through Canada to the PacificCoast and into Mexico; the study of
the past history of the earth and the
life upon it his favorite study; m.,
June 29, 1901, Edith B. Gibson; chil
dren: Annie B. and Carmen E., died
in infancy; Edward G., b. Oct. 10,
1904, and Elmon S. G.. b. Nov. 13,
1911. Residence, Woodsville, N. H.
Blaisdell, Albert Franklin
Physician; author; b., South Hamp
ton, N. H., Aug. 31, 1847; s. John
Harper and Lydia (Tuxbury) Blaisdell;
ed. Dartmouth College, A.B. 1869,
A.M. 1872, M.D. Harvard, 1879;
practiced medicine and surgery, Provi
dence, R. I., 1879 to 1893, when he
retired; author, "First Steps with
American and British Authors," 1879;
"Our Bodies and How We Live," 1884;
"How to Keep Well," 1885; "Child's
Book of Health," 1886; "Stories of the
Civil War," 1890; "Stories from English
History," 1897; "Practical Physiol
ogy," 1897; "The Story of American
History," 1900; "Life and Health,"
1902; "English History Story Book,"
1910; "Child's Book of American His
tory," 1913; "Heroic Deeds of American
Sailors," 1915; "American History for
Little Folks," 1917; m., Mary Atwood
Emery, Chatham, Mass., Dec. 17,
1879. Residence, Manchester, Mass.
Carr, Henry James
Librarian; b., Pembroke, N. H.,
Aug. 16, 1849; s. James W. and Jane
D. (Goodhue) Carr; ed. public schools,
Manchester, N. H., and Grand Rapids,
Mich.; served as clerk and cashier in
business and railroad offices, 1867 to
1886; studied law and was admitted to
the Michigan bar in 1870, but did not
practice; librarian Grand Rapids pub
lic library, 1886-90; organized Free
Public library, St. Joseph, Mo., 18901; Librarian public library, Scranton,
Pa., since 1891; member American
Librarian Ass'n, (treasurer, 1886-93,
recorder, 1894-5, vice-president, 1896,
secretary, 1898-1900,president, 1900-1) ;
m., May 13, 1886, D. Edith Walbridge,
Springfield, 1ll. Residence, Scranton, Pa.
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Clifford, Thomas Fellows
Lawyer; b., Wentworth, N. H., Dec.
1, 1871; s. Thomas Jefferson and Sara
Jackson (Fellows) Clifford; ed. public
schools, Concord, N. H., and Boston
University Law School; studied in the
law offices of Lyman D. Stevens and
Leach & Stevens, and admitted to the
1
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division, I. A. C.; m., Nov. 10, 1908,
Marguerite E. Tucker, dau. Dr. and
Mrs. Henry Tucker, Brattleboro, Vt.;
children: Thomas Henry, b. Jan. 25,
1911, and Paul Tucker, b. May 2, 1914.
Residence, Franklin, N. H.
Child, William Henry
Farmer; b., Cornish, N. H., Dec. 22,
1832; s. Stephen and Eliza (Atwood)
Child; ed. public schools and Kimball
Union Academy, Meriden, 1856; Bap
tist, many years deacon of the church,
Sunday School superintendent twenty
years; Republican; member Cornish
school board, 1886-96; member A. F.
& A. M., master Cheshire Lodge, 186970, District Deputy Grand Master
^^^
N. H. Bar in March, 1898; located in
practice in Franklin, September,' 1899;
Unitarian; Republican; assistant clerk
N. H. senate, 1897, 1899; clerk N. H.
senate, 1901, 1903; justice Franklin
Police Court, 1900-5; city solicitor
Franklin, 1907-11, 1913-19; solicitor
Merrimack County, 1905-13; mem
ber N. H. house of representatives,
1913-15; N. H. constitutional con
vention, 1912; secretary Republican
state committee, 1900-4; assistant
secretary Republican national commit
tee, 1916; member A. F. & A. M.,
Wonolancet Club, Concord, Derryfield Club, Manchester; Captain 1st
N. H. Volunteer Inf. 1898; on staff of
Gen. John N. Andrews, 3d brigade, 3d
Grand Lodge of New Hampshire, 18712; member Sons of Temperance many
years, Patron of Husbandry since 1873;
frequent speaker at Farmers' Institutes
and other meetings, on the advantages
of tile draining, to which he has re
sorted with great success in the im
provement of swamp lands on his own
�Col. Francis L. Town, M.D., U.S.A.
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farm; devoted much time between
1897 and 1912 to the preparation for
the press of the "History of Cornish,"
published in the latter year, and which
may be regarded as the crowning work
of his life, it having commanded great
commendation as one of the best town
histories yet published; m., Jan. 1,
1857, Ellen F. Leighton; five children
born to them, one dying in infancy and
three sons and one daughter surviving.
(See sketch of Edwin L. Child else
where in the volume.) Residence, Cor
nish, N. H.
Town, Francis Laban
Colonel, U. S. Army, retired; b.,
Jefferson, N. H., Jan. 11, 1836; s.
Barton G. and Harriet Frances (Tifft)
Towne; ed. in the schools of Lancaster,
at Dartmouth College, B.S., Class of
1856, and M.D., class of 1860; in 1859
appointed school commissioner for
Coos county and member of the state
board of education; entered the Med
ical Corps, U.S. Army, May 28, 1861,
as assistant surgeon, with the rank of
first lieutenant; served in the Army of
the Cumberland; in 1863 established
the Harvey General Hospital at Mad
ison, Wis., for the disabled soldiers of
that state, and subsequently was
assigned to other important duties;
received the brevets of major and lieu
tenant colonel, March 12, 1865, for
"faithful and meritorious services
during the war"; after the Civil War
served on the Indian frontier and with
troops at various army posts; pro
moted captain and assistant surgeon,
May 28, 1866, major and surgeon,
Oct. 20, 1866; lieutenant colonel and
deputy surgeon general, July 10, 1889;
colonel and assistant surgeon general,
June 28, 1894; retired as colonel, U. S.
Army, Oct. 10, 1896, then serving as
chief surgeon of the Military Depart
ment of Texas; Episcopalian; unmar
ried; member of the Army and Navy
Clubs of Washington and New York,
of the Military Order of the Loyal
Legion, Order of the Indian Wars, etc.
Residence, Lancaster, N. H., summers;
San Antonio, Texas, winters.
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Vaughan, Charles Woodward
Journalist; b., Laconia, N. H., June
30, 1862; s. Orsino A. J. and Mary
Elizabeth (Parker) Vaughan; ed. pub
lic schools; Congregationalist; Demo
crat; member first city council of La
conia, police commissioner of Laconia
two terms; trustee N. H. State Nor
mal School; director Laconia National
Bank; trustee City Savings Bank of
Laconia; vice-president and director
Laconia Building and Loan Ass'n,
director Winnepesaukee Telephone Co. ;
president and general manager La
conia Press Ass'n, publishing the La
conia Democrat, of which he is the
editor; member A. F. & A. M., Knight
Templar and 32d degree; Patron of
Husbandry; m., Oct. 16, 1882, Florence
Elliott. Residence, Laconia, N. H.
Shute, Henry Augustus
Lawyer; writer; b., Exeter, N. H.,
Nov. 17, 1856; s. George S. and Joanna
(Simpkins) Shute; ed. Harvard Col
lege, A.B., 1879; studied law and ad
mitted to the bar, 1882; Republican;
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police judge, Exeter, since 1882, ex
cept two years; treasurer Farmers'
Ins. Co.; author, "Real Diary of a Real
Boy," "Love Letters of Plupy Shute,"
"Real Boys," "A Few Neighbors, '
"The Country Band " "Farming It,"
"A Country Lawyer, etc.; contributor
to various magazines and newspapers;
m., 1st, Oct. 18, 1885, Amelia F. Weeks,
d. Jan. 26, 1895; 2d, Aug. 12, 1897,
Ella Kent. Residence, Exeter, N. H.
Sargeant, Frank Wadleigh
Insurance, president, N. H. Fire Ins.
Co.; b., Candia, N. H., March 7, 1860;
member Manchester Police Commis
sion; party nominee for executive
councilor in _ 1911, running largely
ahead of his ticket; president Sun cook
Valley R. R.; director Merchants Na
tional Bank, N. H. Fire Ins. Co. ; Mason,
Shriner; member Derryfield and Calu
met clubs, Manchester; m., Oct. 14,
1885, Lizzie A. French, Manchester;
children: French Philbrick, b. Feb. 16,
1888 (Mass. Inst. Tech., 1910), now
in Marine department, Worthington
Pump & Machine Co., Chicago; Paul
Emerson, b. March 2, 1892, first lieu
tenant of infantry, National Army.
Residence, Manchester, N. H.
Hadley, Charles John
Law and Real Estate; b., Weare, N.
H., Aug. 25, 1845; s. John L. and Eliza
beth L. (Cilley) Hadley; ed. public
schools; Baptist, Democrat; removed
to Iowa in 1865 where he studied law
and was admitted to the bar in 1871;
in 1877 returned to New Hampshire
and engaged in agriculture in his
native town; held various town offices
in Weare and represented the town
in the legislature of 1889; removed to
Manchester twenty-five years ago, and
was for twelve years engaged with A. J.
Lane & Co. in the real estate business,
since when he has been in the same
business individually; member Patrons
of Husbandry and Past Master Amoskeag Grange, Manchester; m., July 10,
1879, Ella M. Peaslee, Weare; children:
John L., b. April 3, 1881; Ralph, b.
March 16, 1886 (Brown University,
1907, Harvard Law School, 1910).
Residence, Manchester, N. H.
s. Jesse W. and Lydia Anne (Emerson)
Sargeant; ed. public schools, Phillips
Exeter Academy, 1881; entered the
employ of the N. H. Fire Ins. Co. in
Manchester in 1882 and has continued
his connection therewith to the present
time, having been promoted from one
position to another, including that of
assistant secretary and secretary, until
in 1905, he was made president of the
Company, in which office he con
tinues; Congregationalist; Democrat;
Jump, Herbert Atchinson
Clergyman; b., Albany, N. Y.,
July 21, 1875; s. Joseph Burnett and
Cynthia (Atchinson) Jump; ed. public
schools of Albany, Amherst College,
1896; Yale School of Religion, 1899
ordained to the ministry, Feb. 8, 1900.
held pastorates successively at Ham
ilton, N. Y., Brunswick, Me., New
Britain, Conn., Oakland and Redlands,
Cal. ; came to Manchester as pastor of
the First Congregational (Hanover
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Street) Church, Jan. 1, 1917, since con
tinuing; Congregationalist; Independ
ent; member A.F.&A.M., I.O.O.F.,
Theta Delta Chi fraternity, Appala
chian Mountain Club; m., April 20,
1908, May Brock, Somerville, Mass.;
children: Ellis Burnett, b. Dec. 6, 1909;
Laurence Atckinson, b. Oct. 17, 1913;
Cynthia, b. Jan. 6, 1915. Residence,
Manchester, N. H.
Conant, John Willis
Musician; b., Nashua, N. H., Dec.
20, 1866; s. Lucian W. and Sarah L.
(Baldwin) Conant; ed. public schools,
Medford, Mass., high school, 1883;
student with Calixa Lavallee and
Thomas Tapper, Boston, 1884-90;
teacher Meadville, Pa., Conservatory,
1890-2; studied abroad, 1892-3; orfanist St. Luke's Church, Scranton,
'a., 1894-1911; Park Street Church,
Boston, 1911-3; director of music,
National Cathedral School, Washing
ton, D. C., since 1913; teacher, concert
organist and pianist; Fellow American
College of Musicians, American Guild
of Organists; Episcopalian; m., May,
1895, Emily Agnes Hobbs, Medford,
Mass., d. 1906. Address, National
Cathedral School, Washington, D. C.
Conant, Ernest Bancroft
Lawyer; b., Enfield, N. H., May 21,
1870; s. Washington Irving and Fanny
Ann (Skinner) Conant; ed. Harvard
University, A.B. 1395; LL.B. 1898;
admitted to bar in Boston in 1898 and
practiced there till 1903; law lecturer
in Boston Y. M. C. A. evening schools,
1900-3; professor of law and dean,
Washburn College School of Law,
Topeka, Kan., 1900-7; professor of
law, University of Nebraska, 1907-13;
University of the Philippines, Manila,
1913-17; University of Michigan, sum
mer session, 1912; Washington Uni
versity, St. Louis, Mo., since 1917;
member American Bar Ass'n, Far.
Eastern Bar Ass'n, Phi Delta Phi,
Mason 32d degree; Episcopalian; m.,
June 26, 1906, Alice Widney, Alpha,
Ill. Address, Washington University,
St. Louis, Mo.
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Thorp, Louis Ashton
Lawyer; b.,Manchester, N. H., Dec .
7, 1876; s. Frank D. and Julia E.
(Boutelle) Thorp; ed. public schools of
Manchester, Boston University Law
School; admitted to the bar in June,
1902, and began practice in Manches
ter, Jan. 1, 1903; member of the wellknown firm of Thorp & Abbott (Lee C.
Abbott engaged in Y. M. C. A. work in
France); Republican; assistant clerk
of the N. H. senate, 1901-3; clerk,
ill
1905-7; assistant clerk, N. H. con
stitutional convention, 1902; member of
the Derryfield Club of Manchester;
m., April 26, 1905, Justyne Elizabeth
Burgess, New Haven, Conn.; children:
Floyd, b. Nov. 6, 1906; Frank J., b.
March 27, 1908. Residence, Man
chester, N. H.
Cole, Samuel Winkley
Musician; b., Meriden, N. H., Dec.
24, 1848; s. Converse and Mary A.
(Winkley) Cole; ed. Kimball Union
Academy and N. E. Conservatory
of Music; began musical career at
�Hon. Alvin B. Cross
�ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES
Portsmouth, N. H., 1877; organist
Clarendon Street Baptist Church,
Boston, 1882-94; teacher in and super
intendent of sight-seeing department
in N. E. Conservatory of Music since
1883; supervisor of music, Brookline,
Mass., since 1884, Dedham, Mass..
1886-1906; teacher public school
music methods, Boston University,
1906-13; produced Haydn's Creation
with Dedham high school, 1890 and
Handel's Messiah, 1891—the first suc
cessful attempt to present an orato
rio by high school pupils; conductor
People's Choral Union, Boston, 18971911; author and compiler of various
musical publications. Residence, Brookline, Mass.; office, N. E. Conservatory
of Music, Boston.
Cross, Alvin Benton
Investment banker; b., Wilmot
N. H., July 4, 1858; s. Benjamin G.
and Sarah P. (Loverin) Cross (ances
tors settled in Ipswich, Mass., in 1635);
ed. public schools, Kearsarge School of
Practice, and private tutors; taught
school several terms in youth; unani
mously elected superintendent of schools
in the town of Wilmot at 21 years of
age; entered employ of Natl State
Capital Bank, Concord, in 1882 and
soon appointed assistant cashier, con
tinuing till 1894, when he resigned
to become the representative of the
well-known banking firm of A. B.
Leach & Co., New York, in New
Hampshire and Vermont, since con
tinuing in that position; Congregationalist; Republican; member N. H.
house of representatives from Ward 5,
Concord, 1907-8 and 1909-10; chair
man committee on banks each
session; member N H. senate, 1911-12,
then also chairman committee on
banks; treasurer, N. H. Home Miss.
Soc., since 1901; City treasurer, Con
cord 1902-3; served for some time as
clerk of the Margaret Pillsbury General
Hospital, also as director and president
of the Concord Building & Loan
Ass'n, and as treasurer of the South
Congregational Church; trustee John
H. Pearson trust estate, also of the John
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E. Kimball, Martha E. and Wm. B.
Durgin and Franklin Evans estates;
director Mt. Washington R. R. ; director
and vice-president Concord Light &
Power Co. ; member A. F. & A. M., lodge,
chapter, council, commandery and
shrine; m., Nov. 28, 1882, Elizabeth M.
Gage, dau. John Chandler and Hannah
C. (Stevens) Gage of Boscawen, a grad
uate, of Penacook Academy of which
her father was an incorporator and trus
tee; descended from noted Revolution
ary ancestry, actively interested in all
that makes for progress, serving on
boards of church and civic organ
izations, as treasurer of the Concord
Woman's Club, and now chairman of
the genealogical department, D. A. R.
and member executive board Concord
Dist. Nursing Ass'n. Residence, 19
Merrimack St., Concord, N. H.
Cross, Allen Eastman
Clergyman; b., Manchester, N. H.,
Dec. 30, 1864; s. Hon. David and
Anna Q. (Eastman) Cross; ed. Man
chester high school, Phillips (Andover)
Academy; Amherst College, 1886;
Andover Theological Seminary, 1891;
ordained to the Congregational minis
try, 1891; pastor, Cliftondale, Mass.,
1891-6; Park Church, Springfield,
Mass., 1896-1901; associate minister
Old South Church, Boston, 1901-11;
travelled and studied mission work all
over the world at various mission
stations, 1912-13; pastor MUford,Mass.,
1914-; contributor to various maga
zines and newspapers, of sermons, ad
dresses, essays, poems and hymns, the
most celebrated and widely read of
which is the American Army Hymn
(1917), which has already appeared in
numerous hymnals and patriotic col
lections; received honorary D.D.,
Dartmouth College, 1906; Congregationalist; Republican; member A. F.
& A. M., Monday Club of Congrega
tional Ministers, Boston, Mass.; m.,
June 11, 1896, Ethelyn L. Marshall, Laconia, N. II.; children: Louise Mar
shall, b., Nov. 9, 1902, d. March 30,
1915: Anna Emily, b. March 1,1907.
Residence, Milford, Mass.
�Herbert A. McElwain
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McElwain, Herbert Andrew
Investment banker; b., Enfield,
N. H., April 24, 1877; s. James and
Ella R. (Gage) McElwain; ed. public
schools, Kimball Union Academy,
Meriden, 1899, Dartmouth College,
entering the latter with the class of
1903 and leaving at the close of the
second year to engage in business;
went to Springfield, Mass., in 1901,
where he became manager of salesmen
for the Home Correspondence School
of that city. In 1907 he formed a con
nection with Alonzo Elliott, investment
banker, of Manchester, N. H.; on the
death of Mr. Elliott, in 1909, pur
chased the business, which was in
corporated under the name of Alonzo
Elliott & Co., of which corporation he
is president, and has continued the
same with much success, headquarters
being established in Beacon Block,
Nos. 308-314, Elm St., Manchester;
Republican; member Derryfield, Calu
met and Intervale Country clubs,
Manchester City and Dartmouth
clubs, Boston; Nashua Country Club,
Nashua, N. H.; m., April 18, 1909,
R. Dorothy Favreau. Residence,
Manchester, N. H.
Cole, John Adams
Civil engineer; b., Westmoreland,
N. H., Dec. 16, 1838; s. John and
Elizabeth (Shaw) Cole; ed. Kimball
Union Academy, Meriden, and special
studies; in office of Thomas Doane,
civil engineer, Boston, Mass., 1856-9;
general field agent Christian Commis
sion, 1862 to close of the Civil War, in
charge of work in the armies of the
Potomac and the James, directing ex
penditure of more than $3,000,000; civil
engineer, Washington, D. C, 1867-9;
Chicago, 1873-1904; engineer Lake
View and Hyde Park, 1ll., and consult
ing engineer for many cities; designed
and constructed many water-works
and sewerage systems; secretay and
treasurer, trustee Howard University,
Washington, D. C., 1867-71; president
Chicago Tract Soc, 1911-13; member
American Soc. Civil Engineers; Pres
byterian; Republican; m., Dec. 15,
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1870, Julia Mead Alvord, Boston, Mass.
Residence, 1346 E. 53d St., Chicago,
1l1.
Fischer, Herbert Brainerd
Banker; b., Charlestown, Mass.,
July 26, 1872; s. Anson B. and Caro
line Frances (Cutler) Fischer; ed.
Eublic schools, Charlestown and Marlorough Mass.; employed several years
in early life in the service of the Boston
& Maine R. R. at Boston; removed to
Pittsfield, N. H., in 1901, where he has
since been oonnected with the Pittsfield National Bank and the Farmers'
Savings Bank of that town, of which he
is cashier and treasurer, respectively;
Congregationalist; Republican; mem
ber N. H. house of representatives,
1907-8 (secretary committee on Re
trenchment and Reform) ; state senate,
1919; Pittsfield town treasurer, treas
urer Pittsfield Aqueduct Co., Pittsfield
Gas Co., Red Cross; chairman Pitts
field Liberty Bond Committee; and
war speaker; member Corinthian Lodge
A. F. & A. M., Pittsfield; president
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ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES
Pittsfield Board of Trade; trained
musician, for several years organist
and choir-master, Pittsfield Congre
gational Church; m., Oct. 3, 1900,
Clara H. M. Goss of Pittsfield, d.
Sept. 22, 1906; children: Herbert Car
penter, b. Jan. 25, 1902, d. Jan. 31,
1902; Robert H., b. March 2, 1905.
Residence, Pittsfield, N. H.
Robertson, John Evans
Banking, mercantile and express
business; b., Warner, N. H., May 9,
1843; s. Harrison Darling and Sarah
(Evans) Robertson; ed. Pembroke
and Henniker Academies and private
tutors; engaged in produce trade in
Montreal, P. Q., in 1864 in firm of
Buck, Robertson & Co.; two years
later returned to Warner where he was
engaged in a general store till 1874,
when he removed to Concord ana
engaged in banking, as assistant cashier
of the National Savings Bank. In
1882 engaged in the coal, wood and
ice business till 1SS8, when he sold out;
later establishing the Concord Ice Co.;
also organized the Manchester &
Concord Express Co.; Episcopalian;
Democrat; served as town clerk and
selectman in Warner and as member
N. H. house of representatives from
that town in 1871-2; treasurer of
Merrimack County two years; County
Commissioner two years; Mayor of
Concord, 1887-8; treasurer Woodsum
Steamboat Co., Sunapee Lake, many
years; A. F. & A. M., Royal Arch
Chapter, Mt. Horeb Commandery,
K. T., Mystic Shrine; White Mountain
Lodge, I. O. O. F.; Concord Lodge,
B. P. O. E.; N. H. Historical Soc;
m., Aug. 15, 1864, Martha A. F. Paige
of Montreal, at Bradford, N. H., d.
Sept. 1, 1906; three children, all born
in Warner, (1) Sarah Darling, d., Con
cord, Jan. 19, 1887; (2) Shirley Louisa,
m., Concord, Oct. 27, 1892, William A.
Whitney of Claremont (one son, John
Robertson, b. Claremont, June 23,
1895, ed. Stevens high school, Clare
mont, Lehigh University, sergeant
Q. M.'s Dept., Richmond, Va.); (3)
Carlton Evans, m. Caroline E. Crockett
of Concord, Jan. 24, 1900. Residence,
Concord, and Sunapee, N. H.
Sanborn, Eugene Dana
Farmer; fire insurance; b., Fremont,
N. H., Sept. 16, 1868; s. Alvah and
Nancy (Page) Sanborn; ed. public
schools. New Hampton Institution,
Cu&hing Academy,Ashburnham, Mass. ;
Universalist; Republican; member
N. H. house of representatives, 1901,
serving on Agricultural College com
mittee; legislative messenger three
sessions; town clerk eight years; mem
ber Fremont board of selectmen twelve
years (present chairman); A. F. &
A. M. (past master Gideon Lodge of
Kingston), U. O. A. M., P. of H. (past
master Rockingham County Pomona
Grange) ; member Bockingham County
Farm Bureau; extensively engaged in
r'culture, with dairying as a specialty;
does an insurance business as
agent of the Granite State and Rocking
ham County companies; m., Dec. 12,
1893, May L. Currier; one son, Cur
tice Sherburne, b. March 16, 1901.
Residence, Fremont, N. H.
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Ladd, Fred Newton
Banker, treasurer Loan and Trust
Savings Bank; b., Concord, N. H.,
Jan. 21, 1859; s. William Dudley and
Mary Ann (Emerson) Ladd; ed. Con
cord high school, private instruction;
started in the National State Capital
Bank, 1879, soon after accepting a
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two children: Dorris, Concord high
school, Dana Hall (Wellesley), art
student, Boston and New York, m.
Emerson Davis of Concord (children,
Barbara Annalee, Rosemary); Phyllis
Baker, student St. Mary's School, Con
cord. Residence, 113 Center St.,
Concord, N. H.; Meredith Bay, N. H.
Huntington, William Spooner
Banker, treasurer Merrimack County
Savings Bank; b., Washington, D. C,
Jan. 15, 1871, only son of William
Spooner, cashier First National Bank
(Jay Cooke & Co.), Washington, D. C,
and Fanny A. (Dearborn) Huntington;
seventh in descent from Christopher
Huntington, the first male child b. in
position with the Loan and Trust,
which connection has continued ever
since; Congregationalist; Republican;
trustee Loan and Trust Savings Bank,
director Capital Fire Ins. Co., treasurer
Concord Masonic Ass'n, treasurer
twenty-four years Blazing Star Lodge,
chairman Christian Science Church
Building Fund, member executive
committee Liberty Loan Com.; Con
cord; member Mt. Horeb Commandery, K. T., Concord, N. H., Wonolancet Club, Beaver Meadow Golf
Club (secretary-treasurer), N. H. His
torical Soc, Council of National De
fense, Red Cross, Concord Board of
Trade, Boys' City Club; m., Dec. 2,
1885, Carrie I del la Sleeper of Concord ;
Norwich, Conn. (1660), who was a
grandson of Simon Huntington, the
Puritan immigrant; moved to Con
cord, N. H., 1883; ed. Concord high
school, 1889; Episcopalian; Republi
can; treasurer N. H. Historical Soc.,
treasurer and trustee N. H. Orphans'
Home, also Holderness School for
�Hon. Clarence B. Little
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Boys, treasurer Snowshoe Club, Con
cord; trustee Merrimack County Sav
ings Bank, director Phenix Mutual
Fire Ins. Co., director State Dwelling
House Ins. Co.; secretary executive
committee Concord Liberty Loan Com. ;
member Wonolancet and Snowshoe
clubs, Eureka Lodge, A. F. & A. M.,
Trinity Royal Arch Chapter, Horace
Chase Council, Mount Horeb Commandery, K. T., N. H. Consistory,
32d degree, Bektash Temple, A. A.
O. N. M. S.; m., April 17, 1900, Brad
ford, Vt., Katherine L. Parker, dau.
Harry Elwood Parker (see sketch
elsewhere); child: Parker, b. Jan. 26,
1901, Exeter Academy, Dartmouth
College, 1922. Residence, Concord,
N. H.
Little, Clarence Belden
Lawyer; banker; b., Pembroke,
N. H., Nov. 18, 1857; s. George Peabody and Elizabeth Ann (Knox)
Little; ed. Pembroke Academy, Dart
mouth College. A.B. 1881; studied
law with Chase & Streeter, Concord.
and Harvard Law School; admitted
to the bar, Sept., 1883, and com
menced practice, Bismarck, N. D.;
Presbyterian; Republican; Judge of
Probate for Burleigh County, 1884-8;
president Bismarck Board of Educa
tion, 1887-91; elected to North Da
kota State Senate, 1889, serving con
tinuously for twenty years; chairman
Judiciary Committee entire period;
president pro tem, 1897. President
First Nat'l Bank of Bismarck; pres
ident McKenzie State Bank, Sterling
State Bank, Farmers' State Bank,
Wing and Moffet State Bank, Beulah
Coal Mining Co.; vice-president No.
Dakota Historical Soc; president
Dartmouth College Alumni Council;
A. F. & A. M.; Past commander,
Tancred Commandery, K. T.; mem
ber, Minnesota, University, and
Town and Country Clubs, St. Paul,
Minn., Minneapolis Club, Rocky Moun
tain Club, New York; m. Nov. 24,
1885, Caroline Gore Little of Jamaica
Plain,
Mass.; children:
Viroque
Mabel, b. Dec. 2, 1886 (Mt. Ida
School, Newton, Mass., 1900); George
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Peabody, b. July 13, 1888. Residence,
Bismarck, N. D.
Shea, Michael Francis
Lawyer; b., Manchester, N. H.,
Nov. 15, 1875; s. Michael and Cath
erine (Galway) Shea; ed. Old Park
Street Grammar school, St. Joseph's
high school, Manchester, Manhattan
College, New York, 1898, and Boston
University Law School; studied law in
the office of Hon. J. W. Fellows, Man
chester, admitted to the bar in Decem
ber, 1901 and has since been in practice
in Manchester; Catholic; Democrat;
member N. H. house of representatives
1905-6, 1907-8; N. H. state senate,
1917-18 (member Committee on Re
vision of the Laws, chairman of Com
mittee on Soldiers' Home); member
Ancient Order of Hibernians; m.
Sept. 20, 1904, Margaret M. Muldoon
children, Francis M., b. June 16, 1905
Kathleen A., b. July 20, 1906; George
C., b. Feb. 22, 1908; Helen M., b. Nov.
16, 1909; Justin R., b. July 31, 1913;
Neil J., b. Sept. 27, 1915. Residence,
Manchester, N. H.
�Hollis F. Townb
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Towne, Hollis Frank
Farmer; b., Stoddard, N. H., Deo.
3, 1857; s. Frank A. and Melissa Ann
(Thompson) Towne; ed. in public
schools of Stoddard, in which town he
spent his early life, and later resided
several years in Vermont; in 1890
engaged m general mercantile business
in the town of Marlow, where he con
tinued until 1899, when he disposed of
his business and removed to Newport,
N. H., remaining four years. In
1904, he purchased the fine farm on the
Merrimack River in Hooksett for
merly owned by the late William F.
Head, long known as one of the best
in Merrimack County, where he has
since been actively engaged in agri
culture, his specialty being the breed
ing of registered Ayrshire cattle, of
which he has a large herd accounted the
finest of the breed in the State; Re
publican; served three years as town
treasurer in Marlow; member A. F.
& A. M.; past Noble Grand of Forest
Lodge, I. O. O. F., of Marlow, and
member Grand Lodge; in., 1st.,
June 7, 1880, Luetta J. Lowell, Mar
low; 2d, Jan. 5, 1900, Belle C. Perry,
Rutland, Vt., d. Jan. 23, 1912; 3d,
June 7, 1913, Grace R. Young, Deerfield, N. H., d. Nov. 1916. One
daughter, Winnifred E., b. Aug. 14,
1883, d. Nov. 28, 1914. Residence,
Hooksett, N. H.
Upton, Robert W.
Lawyer; b., Feb. 3, 1884; ed. pub
lic schools of Bow, N. H., Boston
University School of Law, LL.B
(Magna cum laudc) 1907; admitted to
the N. H. bar, 1907; commenced
practice in Concord as a member of
the firm of Sargent, Niles & Upton;
subsequently of Niles & Upton, and
since the withdrawal of Mr. Niles from
practice to devote his attention to the
work of the Public Service Commission,
alone in practice in the State and Fed
eral Court; Republican; member N.
H. house of representatives from Bow,
1911-2, serving on Judiciary and Ways
and Means Committees; prepared the
original draft of the bill establishing
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the N. H. Tax Commission; also pre
pared the original draft of the Factory
Inspection Act of the last legislature
and was instrumental in its passage;
delegate in N. H. constitutional con
vention, 1918; member N. H. His
torical Soc, I. O. O. F. and P. of H.,
past secretary and lecturer Merri
mack Co. Pomona Grange; member
executive committee N. H7 Old Home
Week Ass'n; m., Sept. 18, 1912
Martha S. Burroughs, Bow, children:
Helen, b. Aug. 15, 1913, d. Dec. 30,
1914; Richard E., b. Sept. 13, 1914;
Elise, b. May 4, 1916. Residence,
Bow, N. H., Concord, P. O.
Eames, George Herbert, Jr.
Wholesale and retail grain dealer;
b., Keene, N. H., Aug. 25, 1884; s.
George H. and Margaret A. (Ander
son) Eames; ed. Keene high school,
Colby Academy, New London, Tif
fin's Business College,- Keene; Uni
tarian; Republican; member Keene
City Council, 1915; Board of Aldermen,
1916; elected acting mayor by the
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Board of Aldermen, June 19, 1916, on
the departure of Mayor Cain to the
Mexican border with the First N. H.
Regiment, and since continuously re
elected by the people to that office;
member A. F. & A. M., B. P. O. E.,
and Monadnock Club, Keene; m.,
Nov. 1, 1905, Amy M. Ballou, one son,
Herbert Howell, b. Aug. 5, 1909.
Residence, Keene, N. H.
Hendrick, Nellie Towne
General Secretary, N. H. Sunday
School Ass'n; b., Keene, N. H., Jan.
being one of only three women in
North America holding this office out
of the total number of sixty-five
general secretaries. Founder and dean
of the Northern New England School of
Religious Education (inc.) at Dart
mouth College, whose fourth session
opened at Hanover in August last;
delegate from New Hampshire in all
International and World S. S. Con
ventions for the last ten years, and
speaker in all; m., Oct. 2, 1887, George
W. Hendrick, Nashua; one daughter,
Marion. (Mrs. George E. Ray, Marblehead, Mass.) b. April 22, 1889 (Tilton
Seminary, 1906; R. I. School of De
sign). Residence, 18 Wellington St.,
Nashua, N. H.
Wagner, George Augustus
Lawyer; b., Manchester, N. H.F
May 28, 1873; s. Augustus and Mary
(Bastian) Wagner; ed. public schools,
Manchester high school, 1889, Phillips
Exeter Academy, 1892, Boston Uni
versity Law School, 1895; admitted to
the bar in 1895 and since in practice in
Manchester; Unitarian; Republican;
city solicitor, Manchester, 1899-1909;
judge of probate, County of Hills
borough, 1912-; chairman Republican
city committee, 1911-13; secretary
Republican state committee, 1915;
member A. F. & A. M., lodge, chapter
and council, I. O. R. M., S. of V., In
tervale Country Club, Manchester;
director and attorney Manchester
Building & Loan Ass'n; m., Anna M.
Barndollar, Manchester, May 25,
1910; one son, Philip Augustus, b.
April 24, 1917. Residence, Man
chester, N. H.
5, 1866; dau. John S. and Lucy (Web
ster) Hendrick ; ed. Keene public schools,
high school, 1883; taught in same for
several years; Congregationalist; Re
publican; member Nashaway Woman's
Club—corresponding secretary for severalyears; member Civics Committee,
N. H. Federation of Women's Clubs;
Elementary Superintendent, N. H.
Sunday School Ass'n for the last ten
years; General Secretary N. H. Sun
day School Ass'n for the last six years,
Bingham, George Hutchins
Jurist; b., Littleton, N. H., Aug. 19,
1864; s. George A. and Eliza I.
(Woods) Bingham; ed. public schools,
Holderness School for Boys, St. Johnsbury (Vt.) Academy, Dartmouth Col
lege, A.B. 1887; Harvard Law School,
LL.B. 1881; admitted to the bar, July,
1891; entered partnership with his
father, the late Hon. George A. Bing
ham, in Littleton, in practice of law,
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continuing until the death of the" latter
in 1895; removed to Manchester in
1898 and formed a partnership with
Hon. David A. Taggart, continuing
till 1902, after which practiced alone
till July, 1902, when appointed Asso
ciate Justice of the N. H. supreme
court, serving till June 5, 1913, when
he received an appointment as Judge
of the U.S. circuit court for the Eastern
District of the United States, which
position he still holds; Episcopalian
(vestryman Grace Episcopal Church,
Manchester); Democrat; director Mer
chants National Bank, Manchester;
m., Oct. 29, 1891, Cornelia P. Hinckley,
Chelsea, Mass.; children, Elizabeth
H., b. July 22, 1892 (Mrs, Warren
McPherson,
Cambridge,
Mass.);
George H., b. Jan. 6, 1895 (ensign
U. S. Navy); Cordelia P., b. July 26,
1896 (Smith, 1919); Sylvester H.,
b. May 22, 1901 (Dartmouth, 1922);
Robert P. and Helen W., b. April 21,
1903. Residence, Manchester, N. H.
Chase, Harvey Stuart
Public accountant; b., Portsmouth,
N. H., June 18, 1861; s. R. Stuart and
Ada L. (Harvey) Chase; ed. Mass.
Institute of Technology, B.S. 1883;
superintendent and treasurer Gas and
Water Works, Great Falls (Somersworth), N. H., 1886-91; officer in
various engineering and mining cor
porations in New York and Tennessee,
1891-7; auditor and expert accountant
in Boston, Mass., since 1897, firm of
Harvey S. Chase & Co.; devised
systems of uniform reporting and ac
counting for cities, states and public
service corporations; member Presi
dent Taft's Commission on Economy
and Efficiency, 1911-12; consulting
expert accountant, U. S. Treasury,
1913; controller Liberty Loan, 1st
district, 1917; member American
Economic Ass'n, American Statistical
Ass'n, National Municipal League and
various other organizations; author of
many published works; Unitarian; m.,
Dec. 22, 1886, Nettie F. Rowe, Haver
hill, Mass. Residence, Brookline,
Mass.; Office, 84 State St., Boston.
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McQuaid, Elias Alfred
Newspaper reporter; b., Lowell,
Mass., May 10, 1873; s. Hugh and
Catherine (Connor) McQuaid. At
tended the public schools and St. Jo
seph's high school, Manchester;
learned telegraphy and at 17 joined the
reportorial staff of the Manchester
Mirror; represented the Union at
Chickamauga Park in 1898 and the
Mirror at several sessions of the legis
lature; in 1905 joined the staff of the
Boston Traveler, then under the editor
ship of John H. Fahey; secretary
Lawrence Chamber of Commerce,
1913; assistant secretary to Governor
Walsh of Massachusetts, 1915; now
with the Boston Advertiser; m., at
Epping, N. H., Sept. 11, 1907, Arethusa, younger daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. John Turtle Bean; four children:
Bernard J., b. July 15, 1908; Eileen,
b. Oct. 24, 1910; David Forrest, b.
Oct. 4, 1912 and Elias, Jr., b. April 21,
1917. Address, No. 80 Summer St.,
Boston; residence, Patten Hill Rd.,
R. F. D. No. 1, Candia, N. H.
�Rev. Rufus P. Gardner
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Gardner, Rufus Parker
Clergyman; superintendent N. H.
Orphan's Home; b., Orland Me., Sept.
14, 1858; s. Jesse and Abigail (Hatch)
Gardner; ed. Castine, Me., high
school; Bryant & Stratton's Business
College, Boston, 1876; Eastern Me.
State Normal School, 1878; taught two
years in Bucksport, Me., Seminary,
and engaged some time in evangelistic
work; entered Bangor Theological
Seminary in 1883, graduating in 1886;
pastor Congregational church, Waldoboro, Me., 1886-8, Marion, Mass.,
1888-92, Hampstead, N. H., 1896-1900;
superintendent, N. H. Orphans Home,
Franklin, N. H., since 1901; Congre
gationalism Republican; president
corporation of Sanborn Seminary,
Kingston, N. H., since 1898; secre
tary Tabor Academy corporation,
Marion, Mass.; chairman Executive
Committee, Franklin City Hospital;
member and past president Franklin
Board of Trade ; member A. F. & A. M.
and I. O. O. F.; m., 1st, Ada Myrick,
Hampden, Me., d.; 2d, June 8, 1886,
Belle Brown Clement, Freedom, Me.;
children, Bessie (Mrs. James S. Shaw),
b. Edmunds, Me., April 23, 1881;
(Hampstead High School, 1896, Ply
mouth Normal School, 1901, Emerson
Hospital Training School for Nurses,
1910); Harold Parker, b. Marion,
Mass., Dec. 23, 1891 (Phillips Ex
eter Academy, 1909, Dartmouth Col
lege, 1913, post-graduate work, New
York College, 1916), statistician New
York Central R. R. lines. Residence,
Franklin, N. H.
Sullivan, Patrick Henry
Lawyer; b., Nashua, N. H., Dec.
29, 1866; s. John D. and Julia (Sulli
van) Sullivan; ed. public schools,
Nashua high school, 1883; Boston
University Law School, LL.B. 1890;
admitted to the bar, 1890; commenced
practice in Manchester, N. H., 1891,
and has since continued; Roman
Catholic; Democrat; member N. H.
house of representatives, 1893 (mem
ber Committee on Revision of the
Statutes); solicitor for Hillsborough
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County, 1911-5, declining farther elec
tion which he might have had notwith
standing the strong adverse political
majority in the county; Democratic
candidate for Congress, 5th N. H.
District, special election, 1917; mem
ber N. H. Bar Ass'n American Bar
Ass'n, Knights of Columbus, A. O. H.,
A. O. U. W., Derryfield Club, Inter
vale Country Club, Manchester; m.,
June 15, 1898, Nellie J. Harrington,
Manchester; children, John, b. June
16, 1899 (Dartmouth, 1921- now in
Naval Unit at Yale); Robert C., b.
March 19, 1902, d. April 5, 1905.
Residence, 357 Walnut St.; office,
Amoskeag Bank Building, Manchester.
Lockhart , Burton Wellesley
Clergyman; b., Lockhartville, Kings
Co., N. S., Jan. 24, 1855; s. Nathan
Albert and Elizabeth Ann (Beganson)
Lockhart; ed. Acadia College, N. S.,
1878, Newton Theological Seminary,
Newton, Mass., 1882; A.M., Acadia
College, 1882; D.D., Dartmouth,
1894; pastor Second Baptist Church,
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Suffield, Conn., 1882-8; Third Con
gregational Church, Chicopee, Mass.,
1888-93; Franklin Street Congre
gational Church, Manchester, 1893- ;
Congregationalist; Republican; mem
ber Winthrop Club, Boston, Mass.;
m., Dec. 24, 1883, Fanny Mary Upson,
Westfield, Mass. Residence, Man
chester, N. H.
Hadley, George Plummer
Insurance; b., Goffstown, N. H.,
Sept. 30, 1846; s. Peter Eastman and
Mary (Cochran) Hadley; lineal de
scendant of George Hadley who emi
grated to Ipswich, Mass., from Eng
land, previous to 1639, and of Roger
Eastman who settled in Salisbury in
1638; ed. schools of Goffstown, Kim
ball Union Academy, 1869, non-grad
uate Dartmouth College, class of 1873;
taught successfully in New Hampshire
and Massachusetts, afterwards became
civil engineer, which profession he
practiced a number of years. In ad
dition to his insurance business he de
votes his time to probate business and
the settlement of estates involving
matters of trust and responsibility;
takes a commendable interest in all
progressive measures, and is a rec
ognized authority on matters per
taining to the history of his native
town, having devoted much attention
for several years to the collection and
arrangement of material for a town his
tory; Congregationalist; Republican;
held office of selectman, collector,
member of school board, N. H. house
of representatives, 1885, constitutional
convention, 1912; justice of the peace
and notary public; member I. O. 0. F.,
P. of H., N. H. Historical Soc, New
England Historic-Genealogical Soc. ;
m. June 10, 1875, Edna V. Carr
of Goffstown. Residence, Goffstown,
N. H.
Taylor, Amos Leavitt
Lawyer and Lecturer; b., Danbury, N. H., Feb. 22, 1877; s. Frank
Leavitt and Nellie J. (Martin) Taylor
(descendant of Anthony Taylor, first
of the family in America, at Ports
mouth, N. H., 1636, of Anthony
Taylor, founder and first settler of the
town of Danbury (1770), fifth genera
tion in America, of Amos Taylor,
trial justice at Danbury and many
times representative in the legislature,
of Moses L. Taylor, trial justice at
Danbury, seventh generation, who
was his grandfather); ed. public
schools of Danbury and Franklin,
N. H., Phillips Andover Academy,
Brown University, A.B. 1901; Bos
ton University Law School, LL.B.
(cum laude and special mention for
graduation thesis) 1903; Unitarian;
Republican; member law firm of
Adams & Minn. Boston; lecturer Pace
Institute of Accountancy, Boston;
Author of "Corporation Law in Mas
sachusetts; member Republican town
committee, Belmont, Mass., six years;
town counsel for Belmont nine years;
delegate, Mass. Republican state con
vention, 1914, 1916; clerk American
Water Supply Co. of New England;
member corporation and counsel, Bel
mont (Mass.) Savings Bank; clerk
and director London Sponging Works
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(inc.); director Pace Agency for Place
ments; director Waverley (Mass.) Co
operative Bank; member Boston Bar
Ass'n, Middlesex Bar Ass'n, Mass. Bar
Ass'n, American Bar Ass'n, Bostonian
Soc, Economic Club of Boston, Acad
emy of Political Science, N. Y., Oakley
Country Club, A. Z. & A. U. Belmont,
Phi Gamma Delta (Biown Univ.)
Gamma Eta Gamma (Boston Univ.);
m., June 16, 1906, Myra Fairbank;
children: Amos L. Taylor, Jr., born
June 20, 1912; Elizabeth Fairbank
Taylor, b. Aug. 2, 1915. Residence,
117 School St., Belmont, Mass.; busi
ness address, 40 Court St., Boston.
Bell, Charles Upham
Jurist; b., Exeter, N. H., Feb. 26,
1843; s. James and Judith A. (Upham)
Bell; ed. Kimball Union Academy,
Phillips Exeter Academy, Bowdoin
College, A. B. 1863; studied law with
Charles H. Bell and admitted to the
bar in Exeter, February, 1866; prac
ticed in Exeter five years, removing to
Lawrence, Mass., in 1871; Congregationalist (member South Congrega
tional church, Andover, Mass.); jus
tice superior court of Massachusetts
since Sept. 16, 1898; member Mass.,
Soc. Cincinnati, Mass. Soc. Colon ian
Wars, G. A. R. (having served as a
private in the 42 Mass. Vols. in the
Civil War); m., 1st, Nov. 21, 1872,
Helen M. Pitman, Laconia, N. H., d.
March 28, 1888; 2d, Elizabeth W.
Pitman, April 10, 1894, d. June 17,
1916; children, by first wife, Alice L.,
Mary A., Joseph P., Helen P., wife of
Rev. George H. Duver. Removed from
Lawrence to Andover, Mass., Decem
ber, 1900.
Allen, John Eliot
Jurist; b., Claremont, N. H., June
26, 1873; s. Judge William H. H. and
Ellen E. (Joslin) Allen; ed. Clare
mont public schools, Dartmouth Col
lege, A.B., 1894; Harvard Law School,
LL.B., 189S; admitted to the bar and
commenced practice in Keeoe, N. H.,
in 1897; Republican; instructor, Dart
mouth College, 1900-3; Judge of Pro
bate for Cheshire County, 1900-6:
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City Solicitor of Keene, 1900-9; mem
ber of board of education, 1909- ; as
sociate justice N. H. superior court,
1917; director Keene Nat'l Bank;
member A. F. & A. M., Lodge of the
Temple, Cheshire Royal Arch Chapter,
Hugh de Payen's Commandery, K. T.;
m., June 10, 1901, Amy L. Abbott.
Residence, Keene, N. H.
Parker, Harry Elwood
Editor and publisher; b., Lyman,
N. H., June 11, 1853; s. Charles and
Amelia E. (Bennett) Parker; ed. pub
lic schools, Lisbon Academy; studied
music in youth and was leader of a
military band at Marion, Va., at 16
years of age; later learned the print
er's trade and established the Lisbon
(AT. H.) Globe; removed to Bradford,
Vt., in 1881, where he consolidated the
two local papers and has since suc
cessfully conducted the United Opiririon, being now the dean of Vermont
journalism; Congregationalist; Repub
lican; engrossing clerk, N. H. legis
lature, 1878-9; postmaster, Bradford,
Vt., 1890-4; member Vt.
Re-
�Hon. David Arthur Taggart
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publican state committee, 1894-8;
colonel on staff of Governor Fuller,
1892-4; member Vt. house of rep
resentatives, 1916; president Capital
City Press, Montpelier, Vt.; treasurer
and manager Opinion Press, Brad
ford, Vt.; vice-president Woodstock
(N. H.) Lumber Co.; director The
Parker-Young Co., Lisbon, N. H.;
member A. F. & A. M.—Lodge, Chap
ter, Council, Commandery, Shrine,
and 32nd degree—I. O. O. F., all
branches, 20 years secretary Grand
Lodge of Vermont; B. P. O. E.;
P. of H.; A. O. A. M.; m., Sept. 24,
1873, Anne M. Weston, Nashua, N. H.;
children; Leslie Weston, b. Apr. 26,
1877, d. Feb. 28, 1878; Katherine
Louise (Mrs. W. S. Huntington), b.
July 9, 1879; Sara Knowles, b. Dec. 3,
1881; Charles, b. July 1, 1884; Levi
Houghton, b. Jan. 5, 1891, d. Oct. 7,
1918 in service. Residence, Bradford,
Vt.
Taggart, David Arthur
Lawyer; b., Goffstown, N. H., Jan.
30, 1858; s. David M. and Esther
(Wilson) Taggart; ed. Manchester
high school, 1874, Harvard Univer
sity, A.B. 1878; studied law with the
late Hon. David Cross of Manchester;
admitted to the N. H. Bar, Sept. 1,
1881, and has since been engaged in
practice in that city; at first for several
years in partnership with Judge Cross,
many years past head of the firm of Tag
gart, Tuttle, Burroughs & Wyman (now
Taggart, Tuttle, Wyman & Starr) ; Congregationalist; Republican; member N.
H. house of representatives from
Goffstown, 1883; N. H. senate (pres
ident), 1889; Republican candidate
for Congress, first N. H. District,
1890; member A. F. & A. M., 32d deg-ee and Knight Templar, N. H.
ar Ass'n and American Bar Ass'n;
m., Nov. 11, 1884, Mary Elbra, dau.
Dr. A. B. Story, Manchester; children,
Esther M., (Mrs. Ernest R. Cooper),
b. March 31, 1886; Ruth Story,
(Mrs. Stanley C. Whipple), b. July
23, 1891. Residence, Manchester,
N.H.
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Norwood, Charles Miles
Box manufacturer; b., West Brookfield, Mass., Oct. 23, 1844; s. George
and Eliza (Baker) Norwood; ed. public
and private schools in Massachusetts
and Winchester, N. H.; Unitarian;
Republican; engaged in manufacture
of boxes in Keene for twenty-five
years; six years superintendent of
Beaver Mills, also doing business in
his own name, and later as C. M. Nor
wood & Son; sold out in June, 1918 to
New England Box Co. ; member Keene
city government as councilman and
alderman fifteen years; member N. H.
house of representatives, 1893-4, 1907
-8, 1911-12; N. H. constitutional con
vention, 1912: member board of com
missioners for Cheshire County since
1914; membeT A. F. & A. M., lodge,
chapter, council, 32 degree, command
ery and shrine; Unitarian Club, S. of
V.; m., Sept. 12, 1866, Louisa M.
Taft, Swanzey, N. H.; one son, Leon
C., b. March 16, 1871, partner with
his father in business. Residence,
Keene, N. H.
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Africa, Walter Greenland
Gas engineer; b. Huntingdon, Pa.,
April 11, 1863; s. John Simpson and
Dorothea (Greenland) Africa; ed. public
schools and Huntingdon Academy
(now Juniata College); clerk First
National Bank, Huntingdon, a year
and a half, then for a time with Elk ins
& Widener, gas operators; subse
quently leased and operated the Hunt
ingdon Gas Works, 1885 to 1887; re
moved to Manchester, N. H., in the
spring of 1887, and became superin
tendent of the People's Gas Light Co.
of which he is now treasurer and man
ager; director Amoskeag Nat'l Bank,
Elliott Mf'g Co., American Guild of
Gas Managers of New England (presi
dent), American Gas Institute (direc
tor), N. E. Association of Gas Engi
neers (president), and actively identified
with various other corporations; A. F.
& A. M., Past Commander Trinity
Commandery, K. T., Commander in
Chief, N. H. Consistory, Past Poten
tate, Bektash Temple, N. M. S.; mem
ber Supreme Council, 33d degree,
Northern Masonic Jurisdiction, U.S.A.;
m., Nov. 17, 1887, Maude E. Cun
ningham, Huntingdon, Pa.; children.
Dorothea C., b. Nov. 18, 1888 (Lasell
Seminary); Esther Elizabeth, b. Jan.
22, 1890; Walter Murray, b. April 22,
1892; Maude Isabel, b. April 8, 1907.
Residence, Manchester, N. H.
Chamberlin, Edson Joseph
Railway president; b., Lancaster,
N. H., August, 1852; s. Joseph Mark
and Roeann C. Chamberlin; ed. public
schools and Montpelier (Vt.) Semi
nary; served as timekeeper and clerk
in railway office at St. Albans, Vt.,
1871-5; secretary to general superin
tendent, Central Vt. Ry., 1875-6;
private secretary to general manager,
1877-84; superintendent Ogdensburg
& Lake Champlain, 1886-1905; vicepresident and general manager Grand
Trunk Pacific Ry., at Winnipeg, Man.,
1909-12; president Grand Trunk Ry.
System, and Grand Trunk Pacific,
1912-7, resigned as president Grand
Trunk Pacific, 1917, but continued as
president Grand Trunk System and
director Grand Trunk Pacific; presi
dent Central Vt. Ry., 1912-17, now
director; m., 1876, Sara G. Place, St.
Albans, Vt. Residence, Montreal,
Canada.
Bell, Louis
Electrical engineer; b., Chester,
N. H., Dec. 5, 1864; s. Gen. Louis and
Mary A. P. (Bouton) Bell; ed. Dart
mouth College, A.B., 1884; graduate
student Johns Hopkins Univ., 1884;
fellow in physics, 1&85-8; Ph.D. 1888;
professor applied electricity, Purdue
Univ., 1888-9; editor Electrical World,
New York, 1890-2; chief engineer elec
tric power transmission department,
Gen. Electric Co.; consulting engineer
in relation to electric power transmis
sion since 1895; lecturer on power
transmission, Mass. Inst. Tech., 18951905; lecturer on public lighting,
Harvard Univ. and on illumination,
Harvard Med. School, since 1914; Uni
tarian; Republican; Fellow American
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Academy Arts and Sciences, American
Institute of Electrical Engineers, Na
tional Electric Light Ass'n., and nu
merous other organizations and clubs;
m., Dec. 3, 1893, Sarah G. Hemenway,
Somerville, Mass. Residence, West
Newton, Mass. Office, 120 Boylston
St., Boston.
Beckley, Chester Charles
Physician; b., Plainfield, N. H.,
Jan. 25, 1876; s. Charles C. and Kate
E. (Daniels) Beckley; ed. public
schools, Univ. of Vermont, College of
Medicine, M.D. 1898; post graduate
work in New York Post Graduate
Med. School, Dartmouth Med. School,
Clark Univ. and Harvard School of
Medicine; located in practice in Lan
caster, Mass., in 1899 and there con
tinues; visiting physician to Clinton,
Mass., Hospital, and Lancaster State
Industrial School for Girls; member
board of health and school physician,
Lancaster; director Clinton Anti-tuber
culosis Ass'n, Lancaster Social Serv
ice Ass'n, member Mass. Med. Soc,
American Med. Ass'n, Boston Soc.
Psychiatry and Neurology, National
Ass'n for Study and Prevention of
Tuberculosis; Unitarian; Republican;
member A. F. & A. M., 32d degree,
and Shriner, and Boston Athletic Ass'n.
Residence, Lancaster, Mass..
Barber, Daniel Fletcher
Hardware merchant; b., Antrim,
N. H., Aug. 9, 1855; s. Rev. Darnel W.
and Adeline (Haven) Barber; ed.
public schools; clerk with A. M. Gard
ner & Co., and Gardner & Chandler,
hardware, Boston, Mass., 1869-88;
partner Chandler & Barber, whole
sale hardware, 18&8-1914, since Chand
ler & Barber Co. (Inc.) ; made his resi
dence in Newton, Mass., in 1871;
alderman, Newton, 1902-4; member
Boston Chamber of Commerce; vicepresident Nat'l Retail Hardware Ass'n;
director N. E. Hardware Dealers
Ass'n (president 1896-7, 1910), presi
dent Newton Y. M. C. A., 1888-90;
member A. F. & A. M., Boston City
Club, Newton Civic Club; m., Oct. 10,
391
1888, Artena Olivia Mansfield, East
Saugus, Mass.; three children. Resi
dence, 131 Newtonville Ave., Newton,
Mass.
Faulkner, Philip Handerson
Lawyer; b., Keene, N. H., May 30,
1883; s. Francis C. and Martha B.
(Ripley) Faulkner; ed. Keene schools,
Phillips Exeter Academy, 1901, Har
vard College, A.B. 1905; Harvard
Law School, LL.B. 1907; admitted to
the bar and commenced practice in
Keene in 1907, with Hon. John E.
Allen now associate justice N. H. Su
perior Court; Republican; member
N. H. house of representatives, 1911-12;
city solicitor, Keene, 1911-15; solicitor
Cheshire County, 1915-19 (resigned
April, 1917), member Keene city. gov
ernment, 1918; member staff of Gov.
Holland H. Spaulding, 1915-17; secre
tary Republican state committee,
1912-14; chairman, 1916-18; director
Citizens Nat'l Bank; trustee Cheshire
County Savings Bank, Keene; trustee
and vice-president Standard Securities
�Rt. Rev. George Albert Guertin, D. D.
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Co., Boston, Mass., director Conn.
River R. R. Co., president trustees of
Keene Public Library, director Keene
Gas & Electric Co., Laconia Gas &
Electric Co.; treasurer and director
Greenfield, Mass. Gas Light Co.; gov
ernment Appeal agent Cheshire County
Draft Board; chairman Community
Labor Board, Keene; president Keene
Chapter, American Red Cross; m.,
June 22, 1916, Katherine H. Kingsbury
Keene. Residence, Keene, N. H.
Guertin, George Albert
Roman Catholic Bishop of the Di
ocese of Manchester; b., Nashua,
N. H., Feb. 27, 1869, s. George and
Louise (LeFebvre) Guertin; ed. St.
Aloysius' School, Nashua; St. Charles'
College, Sherbrooke, Canada; St.
Hyacinthe College, Canada; St.
John's Boston Ecclesiastical Seminary,
Brighton, Mass., 1892; ordained priest
of the Roman Catholic Church by
Bishop Bradley in St. Aloysius'
Church, Nashua, Dec. 17, 1892;
assistant priest at St. Augustine's
Church, Manchester, 1893-7; as
sistant priest, Sacred Heart Church,
Lebanon, 1897-1900; pastor St. An
thony's Church, Manchester, 1900-7;
consecrated bishop of the Diocese of
Manchester, in St. Joseph's Cathedral,
Manchester, by His Excellency, the
Most Rev. Diomede Falconio, apos
tolic delegate to the United States,
later Cardinal Falconio, March 19,
1907; doctor of divinity, Laval Uni
versity, Quebec, 1908; spokesman for
Catholic schools at Semi-Centenary of
Manchester, 1896; member of French
Historical Soc. of the United States,
1914; etc., etc. Residence, Manchester,
N. H.
Bartley, William Tenney
Clergyman; b., Concord, N. H.,
Nov. 7, 1868; s. Joseph D. and Mary
A. (Tenney) Bartley ; ed. public schools,
Yale, A. B. 1891. Ph.D. 1895; Andover
Theological Sem., 1897, S.T.B. 1899;
ordained Congregational Ministry,
1897; pastor, Salem, N. H.. 1896-1902,
Bennington, 1902-7, Bethlehem, 1907
393
-11, First Church, Hadley, Mass.,
1911-13, Middlefield, Mass., since 1913;
member North Berkshire Ass'n, Con
gregational Churches, North Berkshire
Ministerial Union; m., Feb. 6, 1900,
Carrie Belle Webster, Salem, N. H.;
one son, Irving Dana. Residence,
Middlefield, Mass.
Babbidge, Paul Freese
Superintendent Water, Sewer and
Drain Department, Keene, N. H.; b.F
Milford, Me., Jan. 17, 1858; s. John
and Angeline (Jellison) Babbidge; ed.
public schools and Oldtown (Me.)
Academy, 1876; Episcopalian; Re
publican; engaged for some time in
civil engineering in Minnesota, and
subsequently for seven years with
George E. Waring, the eminent sani
tary engineer, Newport, R. I.; located
in Keene, N. H., June 18, 1888, as
superintendent of the city's water,
sewer and drain department which
position he has since held continu
ously; has always been interested in
military affairs, served four years in
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early life as a member of the First
Reg't, Me. Volunteer Militia, and
member of N. H. National Guard
from 1888, holding all ranks up to
brigadier general with which rank he
retired, Dec. 1, 1913; captain, 1st,
N. H. Vols, in Spanish War, 1898;
Colonel N. H. State Guard, May 3,
1917-; member A. F. & A. M., lodge,
chapter, council and commandery;
Knights of Pythias and Red Men; m.,
Aug. 7, 1883, Kate M. Barrett, Keene.
Residence, Keene, N. H.
Parker, Samuel Sewall
Lawyer; b., Wolfeboro, N. H., May
9, 1855; s. Harry Stanley and Hester
A. (Stevens) Parker; descendant of
William Parker (Portsmouth, 1699)
and Judge William Parker of anteRevolution days; ed. public schools,
Wolfeboro Academy and New Hamp
ton Institute; studied law with George
N. Eastman of Farmington, Joshua G.
Hall and Robert G. Pike of Dover; ad
mitted to the bar and began practice
in Farmington in 1890, and there con
tinuing; Congregationalist; Republi
can; member N. H. state senate from
District No. 5, 1904-5; trustee Farm
ington Savings Bank; member N. H.
Historical Soc, N. H. Forestry Ass'n.,
Henry Wilson Grange, P. of H. (treas
urer), Woodbine Lodge, I. O. O. F.,
N. H. Bar Ass'n; m., May 10, 1879,
Mary E. Horne. Residence, Farmington, N. H.
Johnson, Thomas Franklin
Lawyer; b., Pittsburg, N. H., July 3,
1848; s. David and Mary (Washman)
Johnson; ed. public schools and Colebrook Academy; went to Iowa in
search of health ; studied law with Hon.
L. L. Ainsworth, admitted to the bar
and practiced one year at Postville,
la.; returned to New Hampshire and
located at Colebrook, where he has
continued in practice; Republican;
member N. H. constitutional conven
tion, 1902, 1912, N. H. bank commis
sion, 1911-13; m., March 1, 1877, Abi
gail Lovering. Residence, Colebrook,
N. H.
Bachelder, Thomas Cogswell
Lawyer; b., Gilmanton, N. H., Nov.
6, 1860; s. Samuel F. and Mary B.
(Cogswell) Bachelder; ed. Gilmanton
Academy, Harvard College, A.B. 1883,
A.M. 1886; Harvard Law School, LL.B.
1886; in practice of law in Boston since
1886; Congregationalist; Republican;
member Boston City Council, 1894-5;
Mass. house of representatives, 1896-7;
director American Stave and Cooper
age Co., Harvard Improvement Ass'n;
member Mass. Militia three years,
Colonial Club, Dorchester; m., Nov.
18, 1893, Claudia Wilma Crosby,
Boston; two children. Residence, 39
Gleason St., Dorchester, Mass.
Bailey, Charles Hardy
Phvsician; b., West Svvanzey, N. H.,
Sept."21, 1856; s. Clark and Carolyn C.
(Davis) Bailev; ed. Winchester, N. H.,
high school, N. H. College, B.S. 1879,
Dartmouth Med. College, M.D. 1S81;
located in medical practice in Gardner,
Mass., 1881, and has there continued;
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Republican; member staff Henry Hayward Memorial Hospital; school com
mittee, Gardner, since 1903; Mass.
Med. Soc, Worcester North District
Med. Soc, Gardner Boat Club; m.,
Aug. 14, 1884, Clara E. Morse, Win
chester, N. H.; three children. Resi
dence, Gardner, Mass.
Young, John Edwin
Jurist; b., Stratham, N. H., Jan. 26,
1855; s. Mark Fernald and Olive
Light (Piper) Young;
ed. public
schools, Coes Academy, Northwood
N. H., Dartmouth College, A.B., 1878;
engaged for a time in farm labor
studied law with Marston & Eastman
some time; was variously engaged in
the West and South until 1889 when he
returned East, resumed his legal study,
was admitted to the bar in 1890, and
commenced practice with Marston &
Eastman, continuing till after the
death of Gen. Marston, and later in
the firm Eastman, Young & O'Neill, and
Eastman & Young till August, 1898,
when he was appointed an associate
justice of the supreme court of New
Hampshire; April, 1901, associate
justice superior court; January, 1904,
again associate justice of the su
preme court, since continuing; Con
gregationalist; Republican; m., Jan
16, 1895, Bertha J. Hobbs, Newfields,
N. H., d. 1906; one adopted daughter
Priscilla Bertha Young. Residence
Exeter, N. H.
Barney, Charles Oscar
Editor and publisher; b., Orange,
N. H., July 21, 1846; s. Aaron and
Sarah Ann (Chase) Barney; ed. public
schools, Grafton select school, and
Canaan Union Academy; established
the Canaan Reporter, a weekly news
paper, in 1867 and has continued its
publication from that time, being the
oldest newspaper publisher in contin
uous service in the state; Methodist;
Republican; member N. H. house of
representatives, 1901 ; constitutional
convention, 1912; many years special
justice Canaan police court; clerk and
director Crystal Lake Water Co.,
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Canaan; member N. H. Press Ass'n
(president), K. of P. (Grand Chancel
lor, N. H., 1901), P. of H.; m., July,
1874, Mary E. Wilmarth. Residence,
Canaan, N. H.
English, Fred Hubbard
Merchant (retired); b., Hartland,
Vt., Jan. 8, 1857; s. John W. and
Melissa (Hubbard) English; ed. public
schools, Littleton high school; en
gaged for forty years in grocery trade
in Littleton, recently retiring; CongregationaUst; Democrat; member Lit
tleton board of health, 1892-4; board
of education, 1891-6; member N. H.,
house of representatives, 1919-20
(Chairman Committee on banks) ; vicepresident and director Littleton Nat'l
Bank; secretary Littleton Musical
Ass'n., 1893-5; director Littleton Shoe
Co.; member A. F. & A. M. to and
including 32d degree, and past E.
Commander St. Gerard Commandery,
K. T.; m., July 31, 1882, Claribel
Richardson, Littleton. Residence, Lit
tleton, N. H.
�Hon. Edmund Sullivan
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Sullivan, Edmund
Lawyer; b., Lancaster, N. H., April
19, 1865; s. Florence and Margaret
(Shea) Sullivan: ed. public schools,
Lancaster Academy, Law Depart
ment Univ. of Mich., LL.B. 1890;
admitted to the Michigan bar, but
returned to Lancaster and located in
practice there in 1892, where he was
for several years in partnership with
the late William H. Shurtleff, but in
1901 removed to Berlin and formed a
partnership with Daniel J. Daley,
which has continued, the firm doing an
extensive business; Catholic; Demo
crat; auditor, Coos County, 1900-14;
member N. H. constitutional conven
tion, 1912; chairman N. H. License
Commission from August 7, 1913,
until legislated out of office on partisan
grounds, August, 1915; clerk BerlinShelburne Power Co.; appointed mem
ber District Draft Board, July 21,
1917; chairman Berlin District Fuel
Committee, Oct. 17, 1917; member
Community Labor Board, August,
1918; member Speakers' Bureau for
War Work from organization in 1917
and frequently speaking during the
war; member Catholic Order of Fores
ters, Knights of Columbus and Elks;
m., Nov. 29, 1894, Mary Kenyon;
children, Harold C., b. Aug. 25, 1895,
in U. S. Navy from the commencement
of the war with Germany; Miriam, b.
Jan. 25, 1897, at home. Residence,
Berlin, N. H.
Madden, Charles Augustus
Lawyer; b., Feb. 4, 1881: s.
Thomas and Honora (Cain) Madden;
ed. public schools of Keene; studied
law with his brother, Joseph Madden
and was admitted to the bar July 13,
1909, since practicing in Keene; Re
publican; member Keene City Coun
cil, 1908; special justice Keene Mu
nicipal Court. appointed March 10,
1915; succeeded L. W. Holmes as
justice, April 25, 1918; member N. H.
constitutional convention, 1918; mem
ber Lodge of the Temple, A. F. &
A. M.; m., March 14, 1908, Winnifred
Comer. Residence, Keene, N. H.
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Sawyer, Herbert Noyes
Dairy farmer; b., Atkinson, N. H..
July 6, 1860; s. Jesse Augustus and
Elizabeth Bradley (Noyes) Sawyer;
ed. public schools and Atkinson Acad
emy; Universalist; Republican; mem
ber Atkinson school board since es
tablishment of the present system and
chairman for ten years, also chairman
joint boards of Atkinson, Hudson,
Salem and Danville since the forma
tion of the supervisory district; four
years member of board of selectmen
of Atkinson (chairman two years);
member N. H. House of Representa-
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tives, 1917-18, having received all but
five votes cast; vice-president N. H.
Dairymen's Ass'n; member N. E.
Milk Producer's Ass'n, serving as chair
man of county and state organiza
tions; member I. O. O. F., J. O. U.
A. M. and P. of H.; five years master
of Atkinson Grange; four years dis
trict deputy N. H. State Grange, four
years general deputy; Overseer N. H.
State Grange 1917-; m., Oct. 17, 1886
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Nettie Grace Pettengill; children,
Arthur Herbert, b. March 8, 1889 (N.
H. College, 1912); Clifford Augustus,
Aug. 30, 1894 (N. H. College, 1915)!
On Nov. 1, 1915, the two sons took
charge of the farm, and have since
managed it under the name of H. N.
Sawyer & Sons. Residence, Atkinson,
College, A.B., 1910; Episcopalian;
member Boston Woman's College
Club, St. Mary's Alumnae Ass'n,
Radcliffe Alumnae Ass'n; began train
ing as a secretary in the Associated
Chanties of Boston; graduated from
the Mass. General Hospital, Feb.,
1916; became night supervisor in that
hospital till the U. S. Army Base Hos
pital, No. 6, to which she belonged,
Fletcher, Lucy Nettie
left for France, June, 1917; became
Red Cross nurse; b., Grouville, Isle of head nurse in one of the medical wards;
Jersey, England, Feb. 18, 1886; dau. contracted cerebro-spinal meningitis
and died May 6, 1918; buried with
full military honors in the first grave in
the officers' cemetery. She was the
first Red Cross nurse in General
Pershing's army to meet death in the
performance of duty. Born in Eng
land, reared in America, died in France,
she gave her life for humanity. The
Spiker of June, 1918, a monthly
magazine for the American Army,
says: "Miss Fletcher was highly
esteemed by all soldiers, especially the
Eighteenth Engineers. It was her
tireless work and devotion to duty that
resulted in her death." Miss Parsons,
the chief nurse of the Base Hospital,
writes: "She was wonderfully brave
and patient and uncomplaining. If
all of us could be like her, heaven would
come on earth. It was a privilege to
have known her. ' '
Adams, James Meade
Journalist; b., Nashua, N. H.,
June 26, 1862; s. James P. and Anna
G. (Page) Adams; ed. public schools,
Weare, N. H.; engaged in newspaper
Charles George Ellis and Nettie Mur- work from early life; associate editor
dock (Binet) Fletcher; granddaughter American Young Folks, Manchester,
Rev. William and Lucy Antoinette N. H., 1884; editorial writer, Daily
(Murdock) Binet. Miss Fletcher's Telegraph, Nashua., N. H., 1889-99;
father and grandfather were English, member pioneer American colony in
but on her mother's side she is de
Cuba, 1900; associate editor, N. E.
scended from old Massachusetts fam
Farmer, 1910-11; contributor in prose
ilies, Mason, Dedham, and Robert and verse to many papers and maga
Murdock, Roxbury, Mass., 1692. In zines; Unitarian; Republican; mes
1902 she came to Concord, N. H., to senger, N. H. Senate 1887-90; ser
make her home with her aunts, the geant at arms, 1895-7; statistical
Misses Eliza M., Alice L. and Maude agent for U. S. Dep't of Agriculture
B. Binet; ed. St. Mary's School one for New Hampshire, 1890-3; member
year, high school, 1902, Radcliffe N. H. Press Ass'n, Unitarian Men's
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399
Club,
Brattleboro',
Vt.; author,
"Pioneering in Cuba," 1901; m.,
Sept. 22, 1890, Maria Dame, Lynn,
Mass.; children, James Greenleaf,
b. March 4, 1892; Constance May,
March 10, 1894; Leon Mitchell and
Lincoln Dame, May 16, 1898. Resi
dence, Brattleboro, Vt.
ciated Charities, Haverhill, Mass.,
1910-15; president board of trustees,
Haverhill, Y. M. C. A.; Congregationalist; Republican; m., Nov. 12,
1879, Alice Goodhue Safford, Cam
bridge, Mass.; two children. Resi
dence, 50 Merrimack St., Haverhill,
Mass.
Aldrich, George Isaac
Educator; b., Manchester, N. H.,
Dec. 1, 1853; s. Charles and Ann
(Bowen) Aldrich; ed. public schools,
Dartmouth College, A.B. 1875 (Phi
Beta Kappa); Unitarian; Repub
lican; principal Adams Grammar
School, Quincy, Mass., 1875-8, super
intendent of schools, Canton, Mass.,
1878-80; Canton and Milton, 1880-3,
Milton and Quincy, 1883-92, Newton,
1893-9; acting superintendent, Spring
field, 1900; superintendent schools,
Brookline, Mass., 1900- ; mem
ber Mass. State Board of Educa
tion, 1890-1908; member N. E. A.
Council of Education, Mass. State
Teachers Ass'n, Mass. Schoolmasters
Club; m., 1st, Oct. 27, 1880, Evelyn
L. Holbrook, Hopkinton, Mass., d.
1885; 2d, March 31, 1887, Elsie M.
Holbrook; one daughter, Evelyn
Hope. Residence, 122 Kent St.,
Brookline, Mass.
Wentworth, Joseph
Lawyer; b., Sandwich, N. H.,
Jan. 29, 1877, on the place occupied by
his ancestors for three generations; s.
of Paul and Ellen Tilton (Dunklee)
Wentworth, grandson of Col. Joseph
and Sarah Payson (Jones) Wentworth,
descended from Elder William Went
Anthony, Francis Wayland
Physician; neurologist; b., Great
Falls (Somersworth), N. H., Aug. 25,
1858; s. Rev. George Nelson and Abbie
Clark (Stuart) Anthony; ed. Harvard
Univ., A.B. 1879; teacher Patten (Me.)
Academy, 1879-80; Weston, Mass.,
high school, 1882-5; M.D., Harvard
Med. School, 1888; house officer, Hav
erhill, Mass., City hospital, 1888-9;
physician for same, 1895-1900;
physician Hale Hospital; associate
medical examiner 4th Essex Mass.
District; consulting physician, Danvers, Mass., Insane Hospital; member
corporation Waverly School for Feeble
minded; Mass. Med. Soc, Mass. Soc.
Examining Physicians (president,
1915); Essex North District Med. Soc,
Haverhill Med. Club; president Asso
worth of Dover, N. H., the first immi
grant; ed. Holderness School for Boys,
N. H., Phillips Andover Academy,
Mass., Dartmouth College, 1900
Harvard Law School, 1903; member
of firm of Choate, Hall & Stewart,
Boston; Episcopalian; Republican;
member of Alpha Delta Phi and Sphinx
at Dartmouth; member Dartmouth
Club of Boston, Boston Chamber of
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Alfred W. Abbott, M. D.
�ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES
Commerce, Boston Bar Ass'n. Busi
ness address, 30 State St., Boston,
Mass. Residence, Boston and Sand
wich, N. H.
Abbott, Alfred Wells
Physician; b., Concord, N. H., May
7, 1842; s. Alfred Chandler and Judith
(Farnum) Abbott; ed. Boscawen Acad
emy, 1863, Dartmouth Med. College,
1867; commenced the practice of
medicine in Kansas, but returned to
New Hampshire, locating in Sanbornton, whence, after ten years, he re
moved to Laconia and has there con
tinued in practice; he has written
many articles along medical lines,
some of which have appeared in lead
ing medical periodicals. As an expert
witness he has been called to testify in
court cases in all parts of the state.
He is the owner of the Alfred Abbott
farm in West Concord, on the shore of
the Merrimack, near Sewall's Falls,
which contained one of the finest tim
ber lots in the state, and has been
owned by Abbotts in direct lineal de
scent since the first settlement; it is
now used by the family as a summer
residence; Republican; president Citi
zens' Telephone Co.; trustee Laconia
Savings Bank; m., Dec. 30, 1869,
Julia A. Clay; children, Clifton S.,
physician; Blanche Newell, teacher of
Latin, Laconia high school. Resi
dence, Laconia, N. H.
Aldrich, Walter J.
Physician; b., Lyman, N. H., Nov.
3, 1866; s. Albert H. and Rula R.
(Tucker) Aldrich; ed. public schools
and St. Johnsbury (Vt.) Academy,
1888; taught in Kansas in 1889;
graduated M.D., from Bellevue Hos
pital Med. School, New York, 1893,
and immediately commenced practice
in St. Johnsbury, Vt., since continu
ing; member Vermont house of repre
sentatives, 1912-3; Progressive party
candidate for governor of Vermont,
1914; member Caledonia County and
Vermont Med. Soc. and American Med.
Ass'n; m., Nov. 1, 1893, Flora Folsom,
St. Johnsbury: one son, James F.
Residence, St. Johnsbury, Vt.
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Mason, Wallace Edward
Educator; b., North Conway, N. H.,
June 24, 1861; s. John E. and Lizzie
W. (Randall) Mason; ed. Fryeburg,
Me., Academy, Bowdoin College, 1882;
Harvard and Clark University and
Hyannis Summer schools; principal
Thomaston, Me., high school, 1883-8,
admitted to the bar in Colorado in
1889; practiced law in Tennessee, 188991; principal high schools, Orange,
Mass., 1892-7; Leominster, Mass.,
1879-1902; district superintendent of
schools, Leicester and Charlton,
Mass., 1902-6; superintendent of
schools and principal high school,
North Andover, Mass., 1906-11; di
rector Keene, N. H., Normal School
since 1911; Congregationalist; Repub
lican; member N. H. constitutional
convention, 1918; A. F. & A. M.; past
Patron, O. E. S., S. A. R., P. of H.,
Phi Beta Kappa, Alpha Delta Phi;
member National Educational Ass'n,
American Inst. of Instruction (presi
dent); director Keene Commercial
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Club; m., June 30, 1887, Nettie Rob
inson; children, Harold Elliot, b. Sept.
13, 1888, architect in Keene; Donald
Robinson, b. March 28, 1891, U. S.
Navy; Wallace E., Jr., b. Feb. 9,
1894, farmer in Connecticut. Resi
dence, Keene, N. H.
McFarland, Annie Avery
Born, Concord, N. H.; dau. Deacon
Asa and Clarissa Jane (Chase) Mc
Farland, granddaughter Rev. Asa and
Elizabeth (Kneeland) McFarland.
Rev. Dr. McFarland was the third
minister of the First Congregationalist church of Concord, 1798-1825.
Mrs. E. K. McFarland founded the
N. H. Female Cent Institution, 1804,
and the Concord Female Charitable
Soc, 1812, probably the oldest philan
thropic societies in the country founded
by a woman. Miss McFarland was
educated in private and public schools,
graduated from Concord high school;
treasurer of N. H. Female Cent In
stitution since 1875; president Con
cord Female Charity Soc, 1904-10;
secretary Nat. Woman's Home Mis
sionary Federation, 1905-8, 191013; president Avon (Shakespeare)
Club, 1902-7; on executive committee
N. H. Anti-Suffrage Ass'n; monthly
visitor, N. H. Orphans' Home; mem
ber South Congregational church of
which her parents were among the
founders (1837) in whose memory she
has given a window of Tiffany stained
glass; member Woman's Board of
Foreign Missions, American Defence
Soc, Am. Forestry Ass'n, N. H. Histor
ical Soc, N. H. Audubon Soc, Soc.
for Protection of N. H. Forests, Nat.
Geographic Soc, N. H. Ministers'
and Widows' Fund (memorial), N. H.
Home Miss. Soc. (life), Concord
Woman's Club, Concord Friendly
Club, District Nursing Ass'n, Charity
Organization Soc, S. P. C. A., Red
Cross, Woman's Ass'n, South church,
South Church Relief Soc. (president
several years).
Abbott, Harlan Page
Surgeon; b., Antrim, N. H., July 10,
1860; s. John Rand and Hannah Os
good (True) Abbott; ed. Phillips Exe
ter Academy, 1881, Brown Univ., A.B.
1885, A.M. 1S89, Harvard Med. School
M.D. 1889; in practice in Providence,
R. I., since 1889; engaged in hospital
service; now surgeon for ear, nose and
throat, Rhode Island Hospital; Bap
tist; Republican; member Providence
Med. Ass'n, Rhode Island Med. Soc,
American Med. Ass'n and various other
medical societies and organizations;
Delta Upsilon (Brown Chapter), Medi
cal Improvement, Providence Art and
University Clubs of Providence; m.,
June 25, 1898, Cornelia Seabury Cook,
New Bedford, Mass.; two daughters.
Residence, 152 Angell St., Providence,
R.I.
Allen, Glover Morrill
Naturalist; b., Walpole, N. H.. Feb.
8, 1879; s. Rev. Nathaniel G. and Har
riet Ann (Schouler) Allen; ed. Harvard
Univ., A.B. 1901, A.M. 1903, Ph.D.
1904; graduate student, 1906-7; secre
tary and librarian Boston Soc. Nat
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ural History, 1901- ; connected with
department of Mammals, Harvard
Museum of Comparative Zoology,
since 1907; member expedition to
Bahama Islands, 1904, British East
Africa, 1909, Grenada, British West
Indies, 1910, Sudan, 1912; Republican;
Episcopalian; member Boston Soc.
Natural History, American Ornitholog
ical Union, Biological Soc, Washing
ton, D. C., Phi Beta Kappa, Travelers' ,
Naturalists' and Harvard Clubs; m.,
June 26, 1911, Sarah Moody Cushing,
Salem, Mass.; one daughter. Resi
dence, 126 Pleasant St., Arlington,
Mass.
Jackman, Samuel Hason
Teacher; farmer; b., Enfield, N. H.,
July 20, 1831, s. William and Lucy
(Eaton) Jackman; ed. public schools,
Andover (now Proctor) Academy,
Kimball Union Academy, Dartmouth
College, A.B. 1860; taught school and
engaged in farm labor in early life;
went to Bureau Co., 11linois, in 1861
and taught there till 1863, when he
joined an emigrant train for California
where he has since resided, teaching in
public schools for twenty years, except
for three years—1872-3-4:—when he
was superintendent of schools for the
city of Sacramento; in 1884 abandoned
teaching and purchased and operated a
ranch till 1909, when he retired; poli
tically a Democrat, then Republican,
next a Progressive, now a Prohibition
ist; member A. F. & A. M., joining in
1860, Social Lodge, No. 50 of Enfield,
and demitted to Tehoma Lodge of
Sacramento in 1865; Patron of Hus
bandry, since 1883, holding the princi
pal offices in subordinate and Pomona
Granges; m., Aug. 13, 1870 Ann
McDaniel. Residence, 2819 E St.,
Sacramento, Cal.
Parker, Charles Sullivan
N. H. Manager Aetna Life Ins. Co.,
b., North Andover, Mass., Oct. 21,
1845; s. Deacon Stephen Hall and
Anne Matilda (Abbot) Parker; eighth
in descent from Dea. Thomas Parker,
Reading, Mass., 1635; great great
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grandson of John Parker and great
grandson of Lieut. John Parker, Jr.,
both of whom were in the battle of
Lexington (the latter served through
out the Revolution); grandson of
Rev. Joshua Abbot of Concord, N. H.,
and great grandson of Capt. Joshua
Abbot who commanded a New Hamp
shire company at Bunker Hill; ed.
Punchard Free School, Andover and
Phillips Andover Academy; in early
years in mercantile life, Boston, Lowell
and Lawrence, Mass. ; with Page Belt
ing Co., Concord, N. H., 1876-86;
insurance business, Concord, 1886- ;
member
First
Congregationalist
church (deacon since 1908); Repub
lican; member Common Council;
director Page Belting Co.; on Ceme
tery Commission several years; mem
ber Wonolancet Club (charter, 1891),
N. H. Historical Soc, S. A. R., Parker
Genealogical Soc, I. 0. O. F. (joining
in 1867), Blazing Star Lodge, Trinity
Chapter, Horace Chase Council,
Mount Horeb Commandery, A. F. &
�Ira Francis Harris
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A. M., Concord, N. H. (Past Master
of Lodge, Past Commander Mount
Horeb), N. H. Consistory, Scottish
Rite, 32d degree; m., May 24, 1870,
Lawrence, Mass., Kate Maria Shetler;
children, (1) Alice Frances, Concord
high school, 1894, N. E. Conservatory,
Boston, 1896, also post graduate
course; m. Albert Britton Smith,
Sept. 19, 1905, now living in Marion,
Ind.; their children, Francis Parker,
Katherine Belle, Elsbeth, Charles
Sumner, Harriet Evelyn; (2) Elisa
beth Abbot, Concord high school,
1900 (valedictorian), A. B., Smith
College, 1904. Residence, 238 North
Main St., Concord, N. H.
Harris, Ira Francis
Banker, traveller, author, lecturer;
b., Nashua, N. H., Nov. 9, 1855; s.
Robert and Mary (Glines) Harris;
descendant in seventh generation from
John Harris of Charlestown, Mass.
(1658): ed. public schools of Nashua:
went West and was variously engaged
after leaving school, but returned home,
and in 1877 entered employ of Indian
Head National Bank of Nashua;
promoted assistant cashier in 1886,
and cashier in 1895, which position he
still holds; Congregationalist; Demo
crat; cashier Indian Head Nat'l
Bank; president Edgewood Cemetery
Ass'n; trustee Nashua public library;
director Pennichuck Water Works;
treasurer Nashua Development Co.;
member American Bankers' Ass'n
(vice-president for New Hampshire);
treasurer of Nashua Board of Trade,
and New Hampshire Board of Trade
many years previous to 1916; ad
ministrator of many estates; traveled
extensively in this country and Mexico,
and made a tour of the world in 1913;
has prepared and delivered many il
lustrated lectures, depicting the coun
tries and scenes through which he has
traveled, having an unusually fine
collection of views; has also devoted
much time to the study of local history,
his lectures on "Historic Nashua,"
"Colonial Homes" and the "Merri
mack Valley," no less than those on
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Mexico and "Around the World,"
proving deeply interesting, and fre
quently called for; author of "Breezes
from the Orient" (travel volume), 1914,
and various monographs and historical
papers; member A. F. & A. M. in
cluding 32d degree, Knight Templar;
m., June 7, 1881, Mary C. Proctor,
Nashua. Residence, Nashua, N. H.
Hall, Harriet James
Social worker; b., Manchester, N. H.,
May 24, 1869; dau. Henry Nason
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and Nancie (Crombie) Hall; ed.
private and public schools of Man
chester, high school, 1886, St. Mary's
School, Concord, N. H., School for
Social Workers, Boston, Mass., 190910; secretary St. Mary's Alumnae
Ass'n, 1893-5; secretary Molly Stark
Chapter, D. A. R., 1906-8; visitor for
Associated Charities, Boston, 1909-11;
trustee St. Mary's School, 1909- ;
superintendent St. Stephen's Neighbor
hood Club, Boston, 1910-11; secretary
Manchester District Nursing Ass'n,
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1911- ; chairman Girls' Club, Man
chester, 1912- ; visitor Home Seivice
Section Red Cross, 1918- ; communi
cant and S. S. teacher, Grace church,
Manchester (P. E.); member Molly
Stark Chapter, D. A. R., N. H. Soc.
of Colonial Dames, Manchester Fed
eration of Clubs, Graduate Club of
School of Social Workers (Boston),
Monday Evening Club (Boston), N. H.,
Historical Soc, N. H. Settlement
Ass'n, Manchester Historic Art Club.
Residence, 289 Merrimack St., Man
chester, N. H.
Tuck, Edward Arthur
Clergyman; field secretary Lord's
Day League; b., Milford, N. H.,
Feb. 6, 1860; s. Eben Baker and Lydia
(Frye) Tuck; ed. Milford high school,
McCollom Inst., Mont Vernon, N. H.,
Worcester Academy, Brown Univ.
(one year), Amherst College, A.B.
1885, studied law in Milford one year,
Chicago Theological Sem., Newton
(Mass.) Theological Sem., Rochester
(N. Y.) Theological Sem., 1889;
ordained Baptist minister, Newburg,
N. Y., 1891, pastor there till 1896;
Nantucket, Mass., 1896-9; traveling
evangelist two years; minister Congre
gational church, Otisfield and Casco,
Me., 1901-3; missionary among lum
bermen, Maine and New Hampshire,
1904; state missionary, N. H. Home
Missionary Soc, 1905; minister at
West Stewartstown, N. H., 1906-7;
minister Congregational Church, West
Concord, N. H., 1908-13; field sec
retary, Lord's Day League, 1913- ;
Independent; member A. F. & A. M.,
Phi Beta Kappa, Theta Delta Chi,
N. H. Historical Soc, N. H. Home
Missionary Soc, Anti-Saloon League
(director), A. B. C. F. M., South
African General Mission (director),
China Inland Mission, Concord Equal
Suffrage League, W. C. T. U. (hon.),
Red Cross, N. H. Audubon Soc,
Central N. H. Congregational Club,
Merrimack Ass'n Congregational Min
isters; trustee Golden Rule Farm,
Franklin, N. H.; m., Feb. 19, 1897,
Grace Evelyn Whitson, Newburg, N. Y.
Residence, Concord, N. H.
Madden, Joseph
Lawyer; b., Central Bridge, N. Y.,
July 1, 1866; s. Thomas and Honora
(Cain) Madden; cd. public schools of
Keene, N. H.; studied law with Don
H. Woodward of Keene; admitted to
the bar March 13, 1889 and since in
practice in Keene; Catholic; Demo
crat; member Keene City Council and
board of aldermen, and N. H. house of
representatives in 1907-8 and 1909-10,
on committee on Revision of Laws in
former and judiciary in latter session;
member N. H. National Guard and
captain of Co. G, six years, retiring in
1916; member A. O. H., B. P. O. E.,
and Foresters of America; m., June
27, 1894, Eugenie Chalifour of Keene.
Residence, Keene, N. H.
Alexander, Thomas Branch
Physician; b., Grantham, N. H..
Nov. 12, 1875; s. Thomas Branch and
Mary Frances (Maxfield) Alexander;
ed. Newport, Vt., high school, Mont
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pelier Sem., Baltimore Med. College,
M.D. 1901; Maryland Univ., 1913;
commenced practice in Scituate Har
bor, Mass., in 1901 and has there
continued; Methodist; Republican;
school physician, Scituate; medical
examiner for New York Life and many
other insurance companies; member
Mass. Med. Soc, American Med.
Ass'n, Hatherly Med. Club; m., Oct.
15, 1907, Marion Collier Welch, Scit
uate, Mass. Residence, Scituate Har
bor, Mass.
Turner, HuffmanGeorge
Farmer; hotel keeper; b., Bethle
hem, N. H., July 29, 1859; s. James
N. and Mary A. (Hall) Turner; ed.
public schools of Bethlehem and Lit
tleton high school; Congregationalist;
Republican; selectman of Bethlehem
twelve years; treasurer of Grafton
Co. four years; county commissioner
fifteen years; member N. H. house of
representatives, 1907-8, state senate,
1909-10, Executive Council, 1911-12;
resides on the farm settled by his
great grandfather in 1798, and which
has descended in the family from that
date; has managed the same and con
ducted a summer hotel business since
the beginning of his active career;
manager Bethlehem Electric Light
Co.; trustee Littleton Savings Bank;
administrator and trustee of many
estates; Mason (K. T.); m., June 17,
1881, Susan R. White, Bethlehem;
children, Mary (Mrs. Walter S. Noyes),
b. Sept. 9, 1882, Dow Academy, 1900;
Helen Esther, b. May 8, 1885, Bethle
hem high school, 1902; James A., b.
Dec. 15, 1888, Bethlehem high school,
1908, superintendent Bethlehem Elec
tric Co.; Gertrude, b. Nov. 8, 1890,
Plymouth Normal School, 1912,
teacher in Bethlehem graded schools.
Residence, Bethlehem, N. H.
McCollister, Lee Sullivan
Clergyman; educator; b., West
moreland, N. H., June 5, 1859; s. Rev.
Sullivan Holman and Fanny Sophia
(Knight) McCollister; ed. Nashua
public schools, Buchtel College, Ohio,
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Tufts College, A.B. 1881, Tufts Theo
logical School, B.D. 1884, London
College, London, England; D.D.,
Tufts, 1892; Universalist; Independent;
ordained to the Universalist Minis
try, 1894; pastor Universalist church,
Claremont, 1884-8, Church of Our
Father, Detroit, Mich., 1889-1912;
Dean Crane Theological School, Tufts
College, 1912- ; member trustees
Universalist Gen. Con. (president
since 1913); president Universalist
Gen. Con., since 1915; Sons of the
American Revolution (Chaplain-Gen
eral National Soc); Soc. of Colonial
Wars (past Chaplain Michigan Soc);
A. F. & A. M. 32d degree and K. T.
(Detroit Commandery No. 1); Phi
Beta Kappa, Phi Delta Theta; Bos
ton City Club, University Club, Twen
tieth Century Club; m., May 1, 1889,
Lizzie S., dau. Hon. Hosea W.and
Caroline L. (Southgate) Parker, Clare
mont, N. H.; children, Parker, b.
Sept. 5, 1890, Detroit, Mich. (Tufts,
1911, Harvard Law School, 1914);
�Hon. John Henry Bartlett
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lawyer, legal department N. Y. C.
R. R., 1914-7; lieutenant in Transgortation Dept., headquarters A.E.F.,
irest, France; Catharine, b. Claremont, July 4, 1893 (Smith College,
1915); government service, General
Hospital, No. 6, Fort McPherson,
Ga., 1918-. Residence, Tufts College,
Mass.
Bartlett, John Henry
Lawyer, Governor of New Hamp
shire; b., Sunapee, N. H., March 15,
1869; s. John Z. and Sophronia A.
(Sargent) Bartlett; ed. Colby Acad
emy, New London; Dartmouth Col
lege, A.B. 1S94; taught school in
Portsmouth four years after gradua
tion, as principal of the Haven and
Whipple grammar schools and the
Portsmouth high school, meanwhile
studying law in the offices of John W.
Kelly and Hon. Calvin Page; ad
mitted to the N. H. bar in June, 1898,
and immediately engaged in practice
as a partner with Judge Page under
firm name of Page & Bartlett; after
wards Page, Bartlett & Mitchell;
Methodist; Republican; postmaster of
Portsmouth four years, by appoint
ment of President McKinley and four
years by appointment of President
Roosevelt; aide-de-camp on staff of
Gov. John McLane, with rank of Col
onel, and active in making the local ar
rangements for the Russo-Japanese
Peace Conference in Portsmouth in
1908; president Republican state con
vention, 1916; member N. H. house of
representatives, 1917-18, member Judi
ciary Committee, and introduced the
"54 hour act," "free employment
agency act," act removing the criminal
record of minora, a child welfare act
and other reform measures. In 1912,
by appointment of Governor Bass,
he represented New Hampshire at the
sixth annual meeting of the American
Academy of Political and Social
Science. He is a director of the N. H.
Nat'I Bank of Portsmouth, Portsmouth
Trust & Guarantee Co., Granite State
Fire Ins. Co., Piscataqua Fire Ins.
Co., president Allied Theatres Co.,
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Union Theatre Co.; trustee R. O.
Treadwell estate; member A.F.&A.M.,
K. T., I. O. O. F., B. P. O. E., P. of H., K.
of P., Amoskeag Veterans, N. H. Vet
erans Ass'n (honorary), Warwick Club,
Portsmouth Athletic Club, Yacht Club,
Country Club, Wonolancet Club, Con
cord, Denyfield, Manchester; many
years prominent as a public speaker
and occasional orator and in constant
service during the late war in patriotic
work ; unanimously nominated for Gov
ernor of New Hampshire in the 1918
primary and elected in November by
6,000 majority; m., June 4, 1900, Agnes,
dau. of Hon. Calvin Page; one son,
Calvin Page, b. Oct. 8, 1901, now a
student at Phillips (Andover) Acad
emy. Residence, Portsmouth.
Atherton, Ella Blaylock
Physician and surgeon; b., Ulverston, Eng., Jan., 1860; dau. William
and Margaret (Schollick) Blaylock;
removed to America in infancy; ed.
McGill Normal School, Montreal, Can.,
1880; Woman's Med. School, Queen's
Univ., Kingston, Can., 1887; student
N. Y. Post Graduate Med. School.
1896; teacher, 1880-2; commenced
practice of medicine, Newport, Vt.,
1887; removed to Nashua, N. H.,
1888, and has continued in practice
there; member staff of Nashua Emer
gency and St. Joseph's hospitals, at
tending physician Home for Aged
Women; member Nashua Med. Ass'n
(president, 1908), Hillsboro Co. Med.
Ass'n, N. H. Med Soc, American Med.
Ass'n, N. H. Surgical Club, Orleans
Co., Vt., Med. Soc', Fortnightly Club,
Nashua; Episcopalian; m., Sept. 8,
1898, Capt. Henry B. Atherton,
Nashua; two children. Residence, 31
Fairmount Heights, Nashua, N. H.
Cummings, Milon David
Head of Cummings Brothers monu
mental business; b., Acworth, N. H.,
March 5, 1844; s. Alvah and Polly
(Grout) Cummings, grandson Col.
Ebenezer Grout, also Rev. David Cum
mings, Baptist minister of Acworth;
seventh in descent from Isaac Cum
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ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES
mings, Topsfield, Mass.; ed. town
schools and Tilton Sem.; engaged in
monumental business since 1863, old
est man in business on Main street,
Concord; Republican; member of
Legislature, 1911; member First Bap
tist church, Rumford Lodge, I. O. O. F.;
m., Nov. 19, 1868, Concord, N. H., Sarah
Ann Sawyer; children, (1) Ralph
Cochran, d. March 15, 1879; (2) Alvah
Cochran, high school, 1892, B.S., Dart
mouth College, 1896, Harvard Med.
School, 1901, physician, Newton, Mass.,
m. Jeannette Harris, one child, Ann;
(3) Maude; (4) Edward Sawyer,
high school, Philadelphia Dental Col
lege, 1900, in practice, Concord,
N. H., m. Fannie Stimson, one child,
Edward Sawyer, Jr.; (5) Samuel
Quincy, high school, Boston Univ.
Law School one year, associated with
his father in business, m. Mary Agnes
Donovan; (6) Ralza Milon, high school,
1905, A.B., Dartmouth College, 1909,
in charge of infant shoe department,
Filene's, Boston, m. Genevieve Warner,
one child, Jean. Residence, 1 Fiske
St., Concord, N. H.
Holden, Arthur James
Lawyer; postmaster of Keene; b.,
Townshend, Vt., Nov. 22, 1863; s.
Hollis J. and Ardilla (Puffer) Holden;
ed. public schools, Leland and Gray
Sem., Townshend, and Glenwood
Classical Sem., West Brattleboro, Vt.
(1887), meanwhile teaching school in
South Windham, Brattleboro and
Grafton; commenced study of law in
the spring of 1888, with Carpenter &
Towle, Boston, Mass.; employed as
clerk for the assessors of Malden,
Mass., three seasons, also as a teacher
in the evening schools of that city;
attended Albany Law School, fall
term of 1889, and Harvard Law School
as special student, fall and winter,
1890-1; engaged in general insurance
with Edward L. Walker at Bellows
Falls, Vt., spring of 1891, countinuing
till summer of 1894, when he entered
the law school of the Univ. of West
Virginia, at Morgantown, graduating
LL!b. in 1895, and admtted to the
W. Va. bar in June of that year; ad
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mitted to the N. H. bar on examina
tion, Feb., 1896, when he located in
practice in Keene, continuing in prac
tice till commissioned postmaster,
Feb. 11, 1914, which position he still
holds, having been reappointed in
1918; Baptist; Democrat; several
years auditor for Cheshire County;
twice Democratic candidate for Mayor
of Keene, being defeated first by a
Elurality of fifty-nine votes and the
ist time by only ten; member, A. F. &
A. M., P. of H.; m., Oct. 9, 1895,
Mrs. Stella M. (Bemis) Martin of
Athens, Vt. Residence, Keene, N. H.
Cram, Ralph Adams
Architect; author; b., Hampton
Falls, N. H., Dec. 16, 1863; s. Rev.
William A. and Sarah Elizabeth (Blake)
Cram; ed. schools of Augusta, Me.,
Westford, Mass., and Exeter, N. H.;
Litt.D., Princeton, 1910; LL.D., Yale,
1915; practising architect since 1889;
supervising architect, Princeton Univ.;
professor of architecture, Mass. Inst.
Tech;. chairman Boston City Planning
Board; member American Academy,
Arts and Sciences, Nat'l Institute Arts
and Letters; ex-president Boston Soc.
of Architects; member Royal Geograph
ical Soc. of London, etc.; author,
"The Ruined Abbeys of Great Britain," 1906; "Impressions of Japanese
Architecture and the Allied Arts,"
1906; "The Gothic Quest," 1907;
"The Ministry of Art," 1914; "Heart
of Europe," 1915, etc.; m., Sept. 20,
1900, Elizabeth Carrington, of Virf'nia. Residence, 52 Chestnut St.,
oston, and "Whitehall," Sudbury,
Mass. Office, 15 Beacon St., Boston
and 33 West 42d St., New York.
Sampson, Cassander Cary
Clergyman; b., Harrison, Me., Sept.
2, 1850; s. Thomas Roby and Harriet
(Cary) Sampson; ed. public schools of
Harrison; North Bridgton, Me., Acad
emy, Bowdoin College, A.B. 1873; Andover Theological Sem., 1878; or
dained to the ministry, May 18, 1881;
pastor at Gilmanton Iron Works, N. H.
1878-9; Pembroke, 1879-85; Tilton,
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; Oongre
trustee N. H. Conference of Congre
gational churches; N. H. Home Mis
sionary Society; N. H. Congregational
Ministers' and Widows' Fund; director
N. H. Bible Soc. Residence, Tilton,
N. H.
Robie, Samuel Hastings
Journalist; b., New Hampton,
N. H., Aug. 9, 1862; s. William R. and
Harriet H. (Chase) Robie; ed. public
schools, Meredith high school; en
gaged for nearly twenty years with
Omar A. Towne in the printing and
publishing business, issuing the Frank
lin Transcript, at Franklin, N. H.;
since 1902 editor and publisher of the
Chelsea Evening Record, Chelsea, Mass.;
Republican; City Marshal, Franklin,
N. H., 1894-98; chairman Board of
Excise, Chelsea, Mass., since 1917
(appointed by Gov. Samuel W.
McCall); trustee County Savings
Bank, director Chelsea Co-operative
Bank, Chelsea, Mass.; member I. O.
�Rev. Jonothan S. Lewis
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O. F., Massachusetts Press Associa
tion; m., September, 1881, Olive L.
Mills. Residence, Chelsea, Mass.
Lewis, Jonathan Snow
Clergyman; State Commissioner of
Law Enforcement; b., Boston, Mass.,
Nov. 14, 1864; s. Luther and Almira
Horton (Smith) Lewis; ed. public
schools of Boston, Everett and Eastham, Mass., Newton Theological In
stitution, Newton Center, Mass., B.D.,
1911 (class president); Baptist; Re
publican; pastor Baptist church, Am
herst, N. H., 1908-18; member N. H.
house of representatives, 1915-16, 191718; father of the so-called "Lewis Bill,"
the passage of which gave the state of
New Hampshire her present Prohibi
tory law; N. H. constitutional conven
tion, 1918; appointed State Commis
sioner of Law Enforcement by Gov.
Keyes, May 1, 1918; president N. H.
Anti-Saloon League; director AntiSaloon League of America; director
N. H. United Baptist Convention;
prohibition candidate for Secretary of
State in Massachusetts, 1906; chair
man Prohibition State Committee,
Massachusetts, 1907-8; nominee for
Lieutenant-Governor, 1907; delegate
from Massachusetts to National Pro
hibition Convention, and member
committee on resolutions, 1908; m.,
1st, March 31, 1886, Jessie A. Harris,
Charlemont, Mass., d. Oct. 30, 1900;
2d, July 27, 1910, Pearl Luella Wood
ward, Tyngsborough, Mass. (Simmons
College, 1908); children, three daugh
ters by first marriage, Elsie M., Ruth
E., Ethel J.; one son, F. Woodward,
by second marriage. Residence, 62
Church St., Concord, N. H.
Brown, John Henry
Public official; b., Bridgewater,
N. H., May 20, 1850; s. James and
Judith B. (Harran) Brown, ed. public
schools and New Hampton Literary
Inst., 1870; engaged as railway mail
clerk in early life, and later as railroad
freight and claim agent; Congregationalist; Republican; served as se
lectman, deputy sheriff, and post
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master in the town of Bristol, and rep
resented the town in N. H. house of
representatives in 1891; postmaster,
Concord, N. H., 1905-1917; commis
sary general, staff of Gov. Charles A.
Busiel, 1895-6; delegate Republican
National Convention, 1896 (original
McKinley man); presidential elector,
1900; member N. H. constitutional
convention, 1918; chosen member
N. H. executive council at special elec
tion, Sept. 3, 1918, to fill unexpired
term of late Hon. E. H. Carroll; elected
for full term of two years, November,
1918, by majority of 2,129; member Un
ion Lodge, A. F. & A. M., Bristol; Pemigewassett Chapter, Plymouth; Horace
Chase Council, Mt. Horeb Commandery, Concord; N. H. Consistory (32d
degree); Bektash Temple, N. H. His
torical Soc, Wonolancet Club, Con
cord; m., June 10, 1872, Marietta
Sanborn Lougee, Laconia, N. H.
Residence, 49 South Spring St., Con
cord, N. H.
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ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES
Freeman, Zoheth Sparrow
Banker; b., Hyannis, Mass., Dec.
31, 1875; s. Timothy Alden and Mary
Helen (Sparrow) Freeman; tenth gen
eration from Edmund Freeman, Lynn,
Mass., 1635, chief founder of Sand
wich, Mass., the first town on Cape
Cod; and eighth in descent from Major
and Judge John Freeman of Sandwich,
who married Mercy, dau. of Gov.
Thomas Prence and granddaughter of
William Brewster of the Mayflower;
ed. public schools of Concord, N. H.;
commenced business as a clerk in a
private banking house in Concord,
and later filled a minor position in
Hanover Nat'l Bank, New York; later
returned to Concord and held different
positions in the Mechanicks Nat'l
Bank of that city; removed again to
New York and took up the work of
the Credit Department in the Han
over Nat'l Bank; in 1906 elected
cashier of the Merchants Nat'l Bank of
that city, afterwards becoming a direc
tor and vice-president, which positions
he resigned in 1908 when he was made a
director and chosen vice-president of
the Liberty Nat'l Bank, continuing.
till 1915, when he resigned to go into
private life. In the fall of 1917, Mr.
Freeman volunteered his services to
the U. S. government and became
identified with the Alien Property
Custodian's office, in the liquidation of
various German concerns doing busi
ness in this country and finally was
made president of the Translantic
Trust Co., formerly an enemy institu
tion in New York, which position he
now holds; Episcopalian; Republi
can; president Transatlantic Trust
Co. ; director Bank of Alaska, at Skagway, Anchorage, Wrangell and Cor
dova, Alaska; trustee, under the will
of the estate of Samuel L. Clemens
(Mark Twain); member Union League
Club, New York, Bankers' Club of
America, New England Soc, Sons of
the American Revolution, Hahnemann
Hospital, New York; m., Nov. 30,
1899, Grace Watson Hill, dau. Rev.
Howard F. and Laura S. (Tebbetts)
Hill (see p. 186), great granddaughter
Gov. Isaac Hill of New Hampshire;
children: Laura, Mary. Residence,
39 West 55th St., New York City.
Hayes, Frank Lincoln
Superintendent N. H. State House;
b., Dover, N. H., Dec. 18, 1865; s.
Washington Paul and Amanda S.
(Hall) Hayes; ed. public schools,
Dover and Phillips Exeter Academy;
engaged for many years in Dover in
interior decoration and remodelling;
Episcopalian; Republican; member
Dover City council, 1898-1900;
board . of aldermen, 1901-2; mem
ber N. H. house of representatives,
1903; superintendent N. H. State
House, 1915- ; member A. F. & A. M.,
to and including 32d degree, Knight
Templar and Shriner, K. of P.; m.,
July, 1885, Ida M. Winkley. Resi
dence, Concord, N. H.
Copp, Owen
Physician; b., Salem, N. H., Jan.
12, 1858; s. Millet Goodwin and Row
�ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES
ena (Wentworth) Copp; ed. Dart
mouth College, A.B. 1881, Harvard,
M.D. 1884; assistant physician Taun
ton (Mass.) Insane Hospital, 1885-95;
superintendent Mass. Hospital for
Epileptics, Monson, Mass., 1895-9;
executive secretary, Mass. Board of
Insanity, Boston, 1899-^1911; physi
cian-in-chief and superintendent Pa.
Hospital for Insane, Philadelphia, since
September, 1911; member American
Medico-Psychological Ass'n, N. E.
Soc. Psychiatry and Neurology, etc.;
m., June 15, 1886, Hattie Grace Sar
gent, Methuen, Mass. Address, 44th
and Market Sts., Philadelphia, Pa.
Crocker, Herbert Samuel
Civil engineer, b., Haverhill, N. H.,
June 20, 1867; s. Samuel Hooker ana
Abiah W. (Morse) Crocker; ed. public
school and academies, Univ. of Mich.
B.S. in Civil engineering, 1889; drafts
man, Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Ry., 1889-91 ; assistant engineer, North
ern Pacific Ry., 1891-4; bridge eng'neer, Toronto, Hamilton & Buffalo
y., 1895-6; assistant engineer; Den.
ver, Col., Board of Public Works,
1897-1901; assistant manager, Ameri
can Bridge Co., Chicago, 1901-6;
bridge engineer, Denver City Tramway
Co., 1906-7; in private practice since
Dec., 1907; supervised construction of
all important viaducts in Denver;
member for Colorado board of directors
for Industrial Preparedness; m., April
15, 1905, Edna Louis Mitchell. Res
idence, 1333 Fillmore St., Denver, Col.
Loveland, Israel Albert
Physician; investment banker, real
estate and insurance; b., Gilsum,
N. H., Nov. 3, 1850; s. Israel B. and
Sarah (Thompson) Loveland; ed.
Marlow Academy, Dartmouth Med.
College, M.D. 1874; practiced his
profession in Westmoreland and Gilsum; removed to Keene, N. H., in
1909 and gave up the practice of medi
cine, but retained his membership in
county, state and national medical
societies; in Westmoreland he was
physician to the Cheshire County
Almshouse, and superintendent of
schools; in Gilsum he was postmaster
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and executive officer of the board of
health; since coming to Keene he has
devoted his attention to fire insurance
under the name of Loveland & Hop
kins, the real estate business, and
especially the handling as owner of
extensive timberlands,the selling of high
grade securities and legal and corpora
tion work; Republican; a Freemason
and Granger; official member Grace
M. E. church; president York Corpora
tion Trust and Law Co.; eastern man
aging director Realty Bond Co. of
Minneapolis, Minn.; senior trustee
Securities Co. of Wisconsin under a
trust deed securing a large bond issue,
and holds other important positions
of trust; m., 1st, Oct. 21, 1875, Lucy
Mahala, onlv child of the late Gen.
Daniel W. Bill, d. Nov. 17, 1910, leav
ing two daughters, Fannie V., who
married Don W. Felch of Brattleboro, Vt., and Ada M., wife of W.
Bridge Jones of Keene; 2d, Dec. 11,
1912, Miss Mary Elizabeth Gunn.
Residence, Keene, N. H.
�Hon. Calvin Page
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Page, Calvin
Lawyer; banker; b., North Hamp
ton, N. H., Aug. 22, 1845; s. Simon D.
and Judith (Rollins) Page; ed. Phillips
Exeter Academy, 1863; Harvard Col
lege; studied law with the late Hon.
Albert R. Hatch; admitted to the
N. H. bar in 1868, and commenced
practice in Portsmouth, continuing till
1910, when he retired, as head of the
firm of Page, Bartlett & Mitchell, hav
ing been identified with much impor
tant litigation; Unitarian; Democrat;
chairman Portsmouth high school com
mittee 1883- ; mayor of Portsmouth,
1883- 4, 1899; member of N. H. consti
tutional convention, 1889; member
N. H. state senate, 1893-4, 1917-18;
U. S. Collector of internal revenue,
for Maine, New Hampshire and Ver
mont, eight years, under President
Cleveland; president N. H. Nat'l
Bank, Portsmouth Trust & Guarantee
Co., Granite State Fire Ins. Co., Man
chester & Lawrence R. R., Concord &
Portsmouth R. R., and director Upper
Coos R. R.; member Inter-State
Bridge Commission of Maine and New
Hampshire; president N. H. Bar
Ass'n, 1905, Rockingham Co. Bar
Ass'n, 1917—; member A. F. & A. M.,
K. T. Eminent Commander De Witt
Clinton Commandery, Portsmouth,
three years; Warwick Club; m., Jan.
6, 1870, Arabella J. Moran, Ports
mouth; one daughter, Agnes (Mrs.
John H. Bartlett), b. Aug. 21, 1871.
Residence, Portsmouth, N. H.
Knox, William Franklin
Journalist; b., Boston, Mass., Jan. 1,
1874; s. William E. and Sarah C.
(Barnard) Knox; ed. public schools,
Grand Rapids, Mich.; Alma College,
Mich., A.B„ 1898; employed on Grand
Rapids (Mich.) Herald, 1898-1901;
publisher Sault Ste. Marie (Mich.)
News 1901-12; Manchester, N. H.,
Leader 1912-13; Manchester Union and
Leader since 1913; Congregationalist;
Republican; President Union-Leader
Publishing Co.; member A. F. & A. M.,
32d degree and Shriner, Derryfield and
Tntervale Country clubs, Manchester;
2S
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private 1st U. S. Volunteers (Rough
Riders) in Spanish American War;
major in Mich. N. G., 1908; member
board of U. S. Indian Commissioners by
appointment of President Taft; Chair
man Mich. Republican State Com
mittee, 1910-2, on staff of Gov.
Samuel D. Felker of New Hampshire,
1913; in service in U. S. Army in war
with Germany, major horse section,
battalion of 303d ammunition train,
attached to 78th division; had three
months of front line activity and was
in St. Mihiel, Argonne Forest and
Verdun battles; m., Dec. 28, 1898,
Annie Reid, Alma, Mich. Residence,
Manchester, N. H.
Curtis, Warden Allan
Journalist; author; b., in New Mex
ico, February, 1867; s. Capt. Charles
Albert (U. S. A.) and Harriet Louise
(Hughes) Curtis; ed. University of
Wisconsin, A.B. 1889; engaged on
various newspapers in the West and
South for many years; removed to
Ashland, N. H., some ten years ago,
some time contributor to the Boston
Transcript, and later several years
special correspondent of the Boston
Herald; author, "Strange Adventures
of Mr. Middleton," 1903. Residence,
Ashland, N. H.
Cummings, Edward
Clergyman; b., Colebrook, N. H,
April 20, 1861; s. Edward Norris and
Lucretia Frances (Merrill) Cummings;
ed. Harvard college, A.B. 1883, A.M.,
1885; Harvard Divinity school, 1883-5;
Graduate School (Robert Treat Paine
fellow in social science), 1888-91;
studied sociology in Great Britain,
France, Italy and Germany; instructor
in Sociology, Harvard, 1891-2, asso
ciate professor, 1893-1900; minister
South Congregational Church (Uni
tarian), Boston, since 1900, succeeding
the late Edward Everett Hale; lecturer
on social science ; president Mass. Civic
League, Benevolent Fraternity of Uni
tarian Churches; director Mass. Prison
Ass'n, Watch and Ward Soc, Industrial
Aid Soc, etc.; general secretary World
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Peace Foundation; member Twentieth
Century Club, Boston City Club; m.,
June 25, 1891, Rebecca Haswell Clarke,
Roxbury, Mass. Residence, 104 Irv
ing St., Cambridge, Mass.
Brinley, Godfrey Malbone
Clergyman; educator; b., Perth
Amboy, N. J., Nov. 22, 1864; s.
Edward and Andrewetta Sims (Rowlett) Brinley; ed. The Pingrey School,
New Jersey, St. Paul's School, Con
cord, N. H., Trinity College, Hartford,
Conn., B.A. 1888, A.M. 1895; engaged
in teaching at St. Paul's School, Con
cord, since 1888; Episcopalian; Demo
crat; ordained deacon, Protestant
Episcopal church, 1893; priest, 1897;
chaplain Orphans' Home, Concord,
1915-6; trustee, 1917—. In charge of
the Mission of the Holy Spirit, Danbury, N. H.; founder and president
of St. Paul's School Camp, Danbury;
director of the Missionary Soc. of St.
Paul's School; member Psi Upsilon
Fraternity, University Club, N. Y.
City, Church Club, Manchester, N. H.
Morris Country Club, New Jersey; m.,
June 17, 1902, Elizabeth Agnes, dau.
George Macculloch and Elizabeth
(Hoffman) Miller, New York City;
one daughter, Elizabeth Malbone.
Residence, St. Paul's School, Concord,
N.H.
Davis, Nathaniel French
Educator; b., Lake Village (now
Laconia), N. H., June 11, 1847; s. John
and Rhoda French (Maxfield) Davis;
ed. Brown Univ., A.B. 1870, A.M.
1873; studied at Univ. of Gottingen,
1892-3; LL.D., Colby Univ., 1894; in
engineering department, Providence
Water-Works, 1870-1 ; instructor Riverview Military Academy, Poughkeepsie,
N. Y., 1871-3; vice principal and pro
fessor mathematics, Keystone State
Normal School, Kutztown, Pa., 1873-4;
instructor in Mathematics, Brown
Univ., Providence, R. I., 1874-9,
assistant professor, 1879-89, associate
professor, 1889-90, professor pure math
ematics, 1890-1915, professor emeritus,
1915-; secretary N. E. College En
trance Board, 1902-13, president,
1913-5; member American Mathemati
cal Soc, Mathematical Ass'n of Amer
ica, N. E. Ass'n of Colleges and
Secondary Schools, American Ass'n of
University Professors; fellow American
Academy of Arts and Sciences; Con
gregational Club of Rhode Island,
(president 1901-2), Economic and
University Clubs, Providence; m.,
Dec. 23, 1878, Lydia Martin Bellows.
Residence, 159 Brown St., Providence,
R.I.
Davis, Charles Thornton
Lawyer; judge; b., Concord, N. H.,
Jan. 12, 1863; s. Charles Augustine and
Mary (Thornton) Davis; e<i. Harvard,
A.B. 1884; studied law at Harvard Law
School and office of Bacon, Hopkins &
Bacon, Worcester, Mass. Admitted to
Massachusetts bar in 1887, and in
general practice in Boston till 1892; in
Worcester, Mass., 1893-8; chief exam
iner of titles, Metropolitan Water
Board, 1895-8; appointed Judge of
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Massachusetts Land Court upon its
creation in 1898, since continuing;
Episcopalian; Democrat; member A. P.
& A. M., St. Botolph Club; author
"Massachusetts Land Court Decis
ions," 1909; m., Sept. 12, 1888, Frances
P. Anderson, Portland, Me. Resi
dence, Brooklme, Mass.
Currier, Charles Francis Adams
Educator; b., E. Kingston, N. H.,
March 17, 1862; s. Ezra F. and Isabella
T. (Webster) Currier; ed. Harvard,
A.B. 1887, A.M. 1888; studied two
years in Berlin and Paris; professor of
History and Political Science, Mass.
Inst. of Tech. since 1891; chairman
school board, Winchester, Mass., 190112; member American Historical Ass'n;
magazine writer; m., Dec. 26, 1892,
Florence M. Morton, Somerville, Mass.
Residence, Winchester, Mass.
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Education; m., Dec. 25, 1899, A.
Louise McClure, Syracuse, N. Y. Res
idence, Kingston, R. I.
Foote, Arthur Lowell
Lawyer; b., Lewiston, Me., Dec. 25,
1863; s. William Lowell and Elizabeth
Ann (Meserve) Foote; ed. public
schools, Great Falls (Somersworth)
high school, 1883; studied law with
George E. Beacham at Somersworth,
admitted to the bar March 11, 1887,
Cram, William Everett
Farmer; author; b., Hampton Falls,
N. H., June 22, 1871; s. Rev. William
Augustine and Sarah Elizabeth (Blake)
Cram; brother of Ralph Adams Cram;
author, "Little Beasts of Field and
Wood," 1900; "American Animals"
(with Witmer Stone), 1902; "More
Little Beasts of Field and Wood,"
1912; m., June 30, 1909, Esther L. San
born, West Roxbury,Mass. Residence,
Hampton Falls, N. H.
Dickinson, Leonard Perley
Educator; b., Hill, N. H., May 3,
1876; s. Benjamin F. and Margaret
(Wilson) Dickinson; ed. Manchester
high school, 1892, Mass. Inst. Tech.,
1896; instructor in electrical engineer
ing, Univ. of Maine, 1898-9; Manual
Training School, New Haven, Conn.,
1899-1900; Armour Inst. Tech., Chi
cago, 1900-2; assistant professor phy
sics and electrical engineering, Lafay
ette College, Easton, Pa., 1903-9;
professor physics and electrical engi
neering, R. I. State College, since
1909; member Alpha Chi Rho, Ameri
can Institute Electrical Engineers,
Society for Promotion of Engineering
and commenced practice at Sanbornville, N. H., where he has continued;
Episcopalian; Republican; member
Wakefield school board; solicitor for
Carroll County, 1892-4; member N. H.
constitutional convention, 1918; mem
ber A. F. & A. M., I. O. R. M., B. P.
O. E.; trustee Wakefield pub. library;
member legal advisory board and
chairman war instruction board, Car
roll Co.; chairman for Wakefield and
Brookfield Liberty Loan Campaign,
and Carroll Co. chairman for Relief in
the Near East and Red Cross Home
�Hon. Albert O. Brown
�ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES
Relief; m., June 15, 1888, Carrie Belle
Sanborn; d., June 13, 1913; one son,
Lowell Sanborn, b. June 2, 1891 (Bowdoin College, 1912), manager Library
Bureau, Denver, Col., m. Grace Mara
Allen, dau. Lewis F. Allen, Salem,
Mass., June 4, 1917, and has one daugh
ter, Grace Shirley. Residence, Sanbornville, N. H.
Brown, Albert Oscar
Lawyer; banker; b., Northwood,
N. H., July 15, 1853; s. Charles O.
and Sarah E. (Langmaid) Brown; ed.
Coes Northwood Academy, 1874;
Dartmouth College, A.B. 1878, A.M.
1911; Boston University Law School,
LL.B. 1884; admitted to N. H. bar
in 1884, and in practice in Manchester
till 1912, having been a member suc
cessively of the firms of Burnham &
Brown; Burnham, Brown & Warren, and
Burnham, Brown, Jones & Warren;
special counsel for New Hampshire in
railroad tax appeals in Supreme Court,
1910-11; Congregationalist; Repub
lican; chairman, N. H. Tax Commis
sion since 1911; president N. H. con
stitutional convention, 1918; president
Amoskeag Savings Bank, 1905-12;
treasurer and secretary since 1912;
director Amoskeag Nat'I Bank, Man
chester Traction Light & Power Co.,
clerk, John B.Varick Co. ; member N. H.
Bankers Ass'n, Nat'I Tax Ass'n, Ass'n
N. E. Tax Officials, executive commit
tee, U. S. Council of State Banking
Ass'ns., N.H.Bar Ass'n, A. F.&A.M.,
PsiUpsilon, Derryfield Club, Manches
ter; trustee Dartmouth College, Coes
Northwood Academy, president; m.,
Dec. 20, 1888, Susie J. Clark, Ayer,
Mass. Residence, Manchester, N. II.
Mead, Edwin Doak
Author; lecturer; b. Chesterfield,
N. H., Sept. 29, 1849; s. Bradley and
Sarah (Stone) Mead; ed. public schools
and academies; worked in youth on a
farm and in a store; entered employ of
Ticknor & Fields, publishers, Boston, in
1866; studied in Europe, 1875-9; since
engaged in lecturing and literary work;
editor New England Magazine several
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years; some time president Mass. Good
Citizenship Soc, also of American Free
Religious Ass'n, and Twentieth Cen
tury Club; director World Peace
Foundation; delegate American Peace
Soc. to Congresses of Glasgow, Rouen,
Lucerne, Munich and London ; chairman
executive committee, 13th International
Peace Congress, Boston, 1904; author,
"Martin Luther—A Study of the
Reformation," "The Philosophy of
Carlyle " "The Roman Church and the
Public Schools," "Organize the World,"
"The Influence of Emerson," "The
Principles of the Founders," etc.; re
ceived honorary A.M., Dartmouth,
1913; m., Sept. 29, 1898, Lucia True
Ames. Residence, 19 Euston St.,
Brookline, Mass.
Mead, Lucia True Ames
Author; lecturer; b., Boscawen,
N. H., May 5, 1856; dau. Nathan P.
and Elvira Ames; conducted classes in
Nineteenth Century Thought in Bos
ton, and lectured on economic and
social questions and international arbi
tration, for many years; delegate to
several peace congresses; national secre
tary Woman's Peace Party; member
Twentieth Century Club; author,
"Great Thoughts for Little Thinkers,"
"Memoirs of a Millionaire," "To
Whom Much is Given," "Primer of the
Peace Movement," "Patriotism and
the New Internationalism," "Swords
and Ploughshares," etc.; m., Sept. 29,
1898. (See preceding sketch.)
Dixon, Frank Haigh
Educator; b., Winona, Minn., Oct. 8;
1869; s. Alfred C. and Caroline Dixon;
ed. Univ. of Mich., Ph.B., 1892, Ph.D.
1895; instructor in history and assist
ant professor of economics, Univ.
of Mich., 1896-8; assistant professor
economics, Dartmouth College, 18981908; professor since; secretary Amos
Tuck School of Administration and
Finance, Dartmouth, 1900-4; expert
U. S. Interstate Commerce Com.,
1907-8; chief statistician Bureau
Railway Economics, 1910- ; member
American Economic Ass'n; American
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Statistical Ass'n, etc.; executive com
mittee public safety, 1917-; author
"State Railroad Control," 1896; m.,
April 17, 1900, Alice L. Tucker, Han
over. Residence, Hanover, N. H.
Greer, Benjamin Fuller
Merchant and lumberman; b., Goffstown, N. 11., Jan. 20, 1864; s. Benjamin
and Elizabeth M. (Fuller) Greer; ed.
public schools and Pinkerton Academy,
Derry, N. H.; engaged on farm till
twenty-one years of age; merchant in
general store for eighteen years; since
then extensively engaged in lumbering;
Baptist; Progressive Republican ; super
visor, member school board six years;
appointed postmaster at Grasmere
(Goffstown) in 1887, holding till 1904
when he resigned; member N. H. house
of representatives from Goffstown
1901-2, serving on committee on in
corporations; N. H. state senate, 190910, on same committee; executive coun
cil, 1911-2, chairman committee on
finance; candidate for U. S. Senator on
Progressive ticket, 1914; delegate to
Progressive national convention, 1916,
N. H. constitutional convention, 1918;
member A. F. & A. M., I. O. O. F. and
P. of H.; m., June 8, 1892, Florence A.
Chappell, Manchester; children, two
sons living, Benjamin Fuller, Jr., serv
ing with A. E. F. in France, and Ray
mond Chase, Corp. U. S. T. D., Han
over. Residence, Grasmere (Goffs
town), N. H.
Nichols, William Theophilus
Journalist; author; b., Cincinnati, O.,
March 31, 1863 ; s. William N. and Isabel
M. (Blackman) Nichols; ed. Cincinnati
high school, Yale College, A.B., 1884;
on editorial staff New Haven Morning
News, 1884-7, New York Times, 188793, Cincinnati Tribune, 1894; manag
ing editor Manchester Union, 18961910; engaged in literary work till 1915;
managing editor Manchester Union
since; author, "The War for the Island,"
"Making Good " "The Safety First
Club," "The Safety First Club and the
Flood"; Congregationalism Democrat;
member Derryfield and Intervale Coun
try clubs, Manchester; m., Nov. 18,
1896, Helen F. Hull, Cincinnati, O.;
two children, Florence Hull, b. Oct.
18, 1897 (National School of Domestic
Arts, Washington, 1918) ; Leverett Hull,
b. Oct. 14, 1901 (Norwich University
and U. S. Naval Academy, Annapolis,
Class of 1922). Residence, Manches
ter, N. H.
McDougall, Henry C.
Clergyman; b., Ypsilanti, Mich.,
Nov. 22, 1850; s. George and Mary
(Muir) McDougall; ed. Mich. State
Normal School, Ypsilanti, 1872; Univ.
of Mich., A.B., 1877; Harvard Di
vinity School, 1886; principal high
school, Kalamazoo, Mich., 1878-9,
Princeton, Ill., 1879-82; ordained to
the ministry, Rockland, Mass., Oct.
6, 1886; held pastorates at Rockland,
Mass., 1886-90, Madison, Wis., 1891;
Marblehead, Mass., 1892-9, Frank
lin, N. H., since 1899; Unitarian, In
dependent Republican; minister at
large for New Hampshire since 1907;
secretary N. H. Unitarian Ass'n since
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1899; member boards of education in
Rockland, Mass., Marblehead, Mass.,
and Franklin, N. H.; president Board
of Trustees, Proctor Academy; m.,
July 23, 1890, Marion H. Gleason
Abington, Mass.; children, James G.,
captain coast artillery, U. S. service in
France; Kenneth, lieutenant aviation
corps, U. S. service in France. Resi
dence, Franklin, N. H.
Emerson, Benjamin Kendall
Geologist; b., Nashua, N. H., Dec.
20, 1843; s. Benjamin F. and Elisabeth
(Kendall) Emerson; ed. Amherst Col
lege, A.B. 1865; Universities of Gottingen and Berlin, Ph.D. 1870; LL.D.
Amherst, 1914; instructor in geology,
Amherst 1870-2, professor of Geology
and mineralogy, 1872-1917, since then
professor emeritus; professor same in
Smith College, 1878-1912; assistant
geologist, U. S. Geological Survey,
1890-6, since then geologist; member
International Geological Congress, St.
Petersburg, 1897 (vice-president) fellow
American Academy Arts and Sciences,
(vice-president 1896); American Geo
logical Soc, American Philosophical
Soc, Washington Academy Sciences;
m., 1st, April 2, 1873, Mary Annette
Hopkins, d. July 31, 1895; 2d, Sept. 4,
1901, Anna H. Seelye, Amherst, Mass.
Residence, 529 West 11th St., New
York City.
Ferry, Edwin Sidney
Physicist; b., Croydon, N. H., June
14, 1868; s. Harvey S. and Hattie W.
(Eastman) Ferry; ed. Cornell Univ.,
B.S". 1889; graduate student, 1891-3;
fraduate student and fellow in physics,
ohns Hopkins, 1893-4; graduate stu
dent, Upsala, Sweden, 1897-8; pro
fessor of physics, Purdue Univ., In
diana, since 1899; member Delta
Kappa Epsilon, Signa Xi, American
Physical Soc, American Electro
chemical Soc, etc.; author "Elemen
tary Dynamics," 1906, "Practical
Physics, 1907; "Pyrometry," 1917;
m., Aug. 21, 1900, Ruth M. White,
Ithaca, N. Y. Residence, Lafayette,
Ind.
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Meader, John Levi
Manufacturer; b., Gonic (Rochester),
N. H., Sept. 11, 1878; s. John E. and
Clara E. (Varney) Meader; ed. public
schools, Rochester, and Moses Brown
School, Providence, R. I.; after leaving
school. entered employ of. the Gonic
Mfg. Co., learning the practical end of
the business in the different depart
ments; seven years superintendent
previous to July, 1915, when he be
came agent, now holding that position;
in religion affiliated with the Friends;
Republican; member N. H. house of
representatives, 1907-8; mayor of
Rochester, 1917; member N. H. senate,
1919-20; member Republican State
Committee and chairman Rochester
City Committee since 1915; director,
clerk and agent Gonic Mfg. Co.;
director Peoples Building and Loan
Ass'n; director and treasurer Gonic
Cemetery Ass'n; member A. F. & A. M.
lodge, chapter, council, commandery
and shrine; U. O. A. M.; m., Oct. 18,
1900, Lila Anna Malvern, Chicago,
Ill. ; children, Lois Julia, b. Oct. 2, 1901 ;
�Hon. Arthur M. Heard
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Clara Lola, Oct. 31, 1902; Ann Lela,
Aug. 23, 1916. Residence. Gonic,
N.H.
Heard, Arthur Marston
Banker; bu Sandwich, N. H., Feb.
13, 1866; s. William Andrew and Emily
(Marston) Heard; ed. Tilton Seminary,
1884; Amherst College, 1888; clerk
First National Bank, Arkansas City,
Kan., 1889-93; national bank examiner,
1893-5; cashier Merchants National
Bank, Manchester, 1896-1901 ; Cashier
Amoskeag National Bank, 1902-5;
president since July, 1905; president
Peoples Gas Light Co. ; director Federal
Reserve Bank, Boston, N. H. Fire
Ins. Co. (finance committee); Man
chester & Lawrence R. R., Concord &
Montreal R. R.; trustee Amoskeag
Savings Bank, Peoples Savings Bank,
member executive committee, N. H.
Committee on Public Safety, 1917-;
Massachusetts Commandery Loyal
Legion; A. F, & A. M. (32d degree),
Exchange and Union Clubs, Boston;
Derryfield and Intervale Clubs, Man
chester; Country Club, Nashua; Congregationalist; Democrat; m., June 12,
1895, Ora B. Farrar, Arkansas City,
Kan. ; children, Marston, b. Dec. 2, 1897
(Harvard, 1920) 2d lieuV U. S. Field
Artillery; Carlton Farrar, b. March 24,
1900 (Amherst, 1921). Student Army
Training Corps. Residence, 726 Chest
nut St., Manchester, N. H.; office, 875
Elm St.
Rainie, Herbert Williamson
Lawyer; b., Aberdeen, Scotland,
March 28, 1884; s. William and Jane
(Michie) Rainie; came to America with
his parents in 1891; ed. public schools
of Concord, N. H., Dartmouth College,
A.B. 1906; Harvard Law School, LLS.
1910; admitted to the bar and settled
in practice in Concord, where he con
tinues; Methodist; Republican; clerk
of Union School District, Concord,
1916-; elected solicitor of Merrimack
County for two years in November,
1918, secretary Concord Board of
Trade, 1918-; treasurer Concord
Charity Organization; member Wono-
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lancet Club; m., Sept. 29, 1915, Ruth
Mildred Garland. As an avocation
Mr. Rainie has been greatly interested
in music, both vocal and instrumental
and is well known as a baritone singer
and cornetist; is choir director at the
Baker Memorial M. E. church of
Concord, a member of the Capital
Quartette, and a composer of some note.
Residence, Concord, N. H.
Fairbanks, Arthur
Educator; art director; b., Han
over, N. H., Nov. 13, 1864; s. Prof.
Henry and Annie S. (Noyes) Fair
banks; ed. Dartmouth College, A.B.,
1886; Yale Divinity School, 1887-8,
Union Theological Seminary, N. Y.,
1888-9; Berlin and Freiburg, 1889-90,
Ph.D., Freiburg, 1890; Litt.D., Dart
mouth, 1909; instructor in Greek and
logic, assistant professor German,
Dartmouth, 1890-2; lecturer on social
science and the philosophy of religion,
Yale 1892-4, instructor in compara
tive religion, 1894-9; acting assistant
professor ancient philosophy, Cornell,
1899-1900; professor Greek literature
and archeology, Univ. of Iowa, 19006; professor Greek and Greek arche
ology, Univ. of Mich., 1906-7; director
Boston Museum of Fine Arts since
August, 1907; member American Phil
osophical Ass'n, Archeological Insti
tute of America, etc.; author various
sociological and philosophical treatises,
and contributor to religious and
philosophical publications; m., May 2,
1889, Elizabeth L. Moody, Hanover,
N. H. Residence, 26 Elmwood Ave.,
Cambridge, Mass.
Blakely, Quincy
Clergyman; b., Campton, N. H.j
April 12, 1872; s. Rev. Quincy and
Gertrude (Sykes) Blakely; ed. Dart
mouth College, A.B.j 1894 (Phi Beta
Kappa), Yale Divinity School, B.D.
1898; ordained and installed pastor
Congregational church, South Glaston
bury, Conn., Nov. 4, 1898; pastor
Farmington, Conn., since 1905; mem
ber Delta Kappa Epsilon, Casque and
Gauntlet fraternities; Twentieth Cen
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tury Club, Hartford, Conn; m., Oct.
10, 1900, Mary Twitchell. Residence,
Farmington, Conn.
Lee, William Andrew
Plumbing and heating contractor; b.,
Concord, N. H., April 10, 1861; s.
John J. and Kate (Coughlin) Lee; ed.
public schools of Concord; learned the
plumber's trade in early life and has
been extensively engaged as a contrac
tor in plumbing and heating for many
years past; Catholic; Democrat; mem
ber Concord city council two years,
board of Aldermen eight years, assessor
ten years, under the old city charter
member N. H. house of representatives
1913-14, 1915-16, 1917-18, 1919-20
N. H. constitutional convention, 1918
president and treasurer Lee Bros. Co.
member Concord Board of Trade
m., Oct. 10, 1883, Johannah Kelley
Northfield, Vt.; one son, John J., b
Nov. 4, 1893 (ed. Concord public
schools and business college), deputy
collector U. S. Internal Revenue,
Portsmouth. Residence, Concord, N.H.
Fisk, Daniel Moses
Clergyman; educator; b., New Hamp
ton, NY H., April 10, 1846; s. Rev.
Ebenezer and Miriam A. (Gordon)
Fisk; ed. Brown Univ.; Ph.B. 1869,
A.M. 1876; Ph.D., Findlay College,
1890; D.D., Hillsdale, 1897; ordained
to the Congregational ministry, 1886;
professor biology, Hillsdale College,
Michigan, 1872-86; pastor Jackson,
Mich., 1886-91; First Church, Toledo,
O., 1891-7; Compton Hill church,
St. Louis, Mo., 1897-9; First Church,
Topeka, Kan., 1899-1902; professor
sociology, Washburn College, Top
eka, Kan., 1899-; dean department
of Bible and social service, 1913-;
author, "Introduction to Sociology,"
"Rise of Democracy in Church and
State," etc.; member American Socio
logical Soc; m., 1st, Aug. 29, 1870,
Alma H. Moore, Wilton, N. H.,
d.; 2d, June 15, 1911, L. Louise Fox,
Topeka. Residence, 1516 College Ave.,
Topeka, Kan.
Crafts Albert Barnard
Lawyer; b., Milan, N. H., Sept. 4,
1851; s. Frederick A. and Maria L.
(Soule) Crafts; ed. Wesleyan Univ.,
A.B. 1871, A.M. 1874; taught school
in Connecticut, 1871-2; studied law;
admitted to the R. I. bar 1875; prac
ticed first in Westerly, R. I.; in Provi
dence since 1906; Republican; member
R. I. house of representatives, 1904-6;
member Alpha Delta Phi, R. I. Bar
Ass'n, Edgewood Yatch Club; m., 1st,
Oct. 1, 1881, Jennie Louise Blake, d.
Nov. 19, 1884; 2d, Dec. 17, 1892,
Mary A. Stark. Residence, Edgewood, Providence, R. I.
Fiske, Amos Kidder
Journalist; author; b., Whitefield,
N. H.. May 12, 1842; s. Henry and
Lucinda (Keyes) Fiske; ed. Harvard,
A.B. 1866, A.M. 1869; associated with
George Ticknor Curtis in preparation
of Life of Daniel Webster; on editorial
staff of N. Y. Times, twenty-two
years, N. Y. Mail and Express, 19002; associate editor N. Y. Journal of
Commerce and Commercial Bulletin
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since January, 1903; author "Mid
night Talks at the Club," 1890;
"Beyond the Bourn," 1S91; "The
Jewish Scriptures," 1896; "The Myths
of Israel," 1897; "The Story of the
Philippines," 1897; "The Modern
Bank," 1904; "Honest Business,"
1914. etc.; m., Oct. 27, 1870, Caroline
Child. Residence, 144 East 45th St.,
New York City.
Farley, Frank Edgar
Educator; b., Manchester, N. H.,
April 25, 1868; s. George W. and
Lucina C. (Baker) Farley; ed. Harvard
Univ., A.B. 1893, A.M. 1894, Ph.D.
1897; assistant in English, Harvard,
1893-5; Radcliffe, 1894-7; instructor
in English, Haverford College, 1897-8;
instructor, associate professor and pro
fessor of English, Syracuse Univ.,
1898-1903; professor of English, Sim
mons College since Oct. 1, 1903;
author "An Advanced English Gram
mar," 1913; m., Aug. 5, 1903, Mrs.
Amy Elwell Crane, St. Louis, Mich.
Residence, 108 Fuller St., Brookline,
Mass.
Ferguson, Frank William
Architect; b., Portsmouth. N. H.,
Nov. 3, 1861; s. Stephen and Martha
M. (Marden) Ferguson; ed. public
schools and Dartmouth College, scien
tific department; member firm of
Cram & Ferguson, architects of build
ings at U. S. Military Academy, St.
Thomas church, New York, Rice
Institute, Texas, Princeton Univ.,
Williams College, etc., fellow American
Institute of Architects, Boston Soc. of
Architects, Beta Theta Pi; m., Oct. 28,
1891, Elizabeth Clark Gardner, Ports
mouth, N. H.; d. 1896. Address, 15
Beacon St., Boston, Mass.; 33 West
42d St., New York.
Ernst, Clayton Holt
Journalist; b., Franconia, N. H.,
Dec. 29, 1886; s. Frederick William
and Emeline (Holt) Ernst; ed. Har
vard, A.B., 1910; Congregationalist;
member Delta Upsilon; district com
missioner Boy Scouts of America;
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author (with Norman B. Cole, M.D.)
"First Aid for Boys," 1917; short
story contributor to magazines; assist
ant editor, The Youth's Companion,
Boston, since 1911. Residence, 34
Harrington St., Newton, Mass.
Young, James Burlington
B., Glasgow, Scotland, March 4,
1864; s. Alexander and Arabella (Mc11roy) Young; came to America in
early life; ed. Rochester public schools;
engaged in teaming and advertising;
Methodist; Republican; member Roch
ester City council six years; com
missioner for Strafford county since
1915; Mayor, Rochester, 1918; mem
ber Humane Lodge, No. 21, A. F. &
A. M.; Rising Sun Lodge, No. 7,
K. of P., Chancellor Commander four
terms; Rochester Commandery, Golden
Cross, No. 50, past commander;
Rochester Grange, No. 86, master
three terms; district deputy N. H.
State Grange four years; m., August
29, 1890, Lillian J. Evans. Residence,
Rochester, N. H.
�Fred Williams Story
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Story, Fred Williams
Telephone business; b., Hopkinton,
N. H., Dec. 9, 1861; s. David Burnham
and Sarah J. (French) Story; ed. public
schools, Hopkinton, Lake Village and
Laconia, N. H.; Unitarian; director
N. E. Telephone & Telegraph Co. of
Massachusetts and assistant to the
president, director Southern Mass.
Telephone & Telegraph Co.; president
Aroostook Telephone & Telegraph Co.,
Moosehead Telephone Co., Maine Tele
phone & Telegraph Co. (all in Maine),
Coos Telephone Co., Winnepesaukee
Telephone Co., N. H., Franklin County
Telephone Co., Vt.; vice-president
White Mountain Telephone Co., and
Carroll County Telephone Co., N. H.
Gramill Telephone Co., N. Y. Heath
Telephone Co., Mass., Connecticut
Valley Telephone Co. and White River
Valley Telephone Co., Vt.; member
Mt. Lebanon Lodge, A. F. & A. M.,
N. H. Consistory, S. P. R. S., 32°;
Union Royal Arch chapter, Pilgrim
Commandery, K. T., Mt. Washington
Chapter, O. E. S., Bektash Temple,
N. M. S.; Exchange Club, City Club,
Chamber of Commerce, Boston, Mass. ;
m., Dec. 6, 1887, Dolly Frances Wentworth, dau. Col. Joseph and Sarah
Payson (Jones) Wentworth, Concord,
N. H. Residence, Boston, Mass., and
272 Pleasant St., Laconia, N. H.
Goddard, Christopher Marsh
Engineer; b., Claremont, N. H., April
16, 1856 ;s. Edward L. and Elizabeth P.
Marsh Goddard; ed. Episcopal Acad
emy, Cheshire, Conn. ; Dartmouth Col
lege, B.S. 1877; teacher Natural
Sciences, Episcopal Academy, 18771880; with Hatch & Foote, bankers,
New York, 1880-5; electrical engineer,
Plainfield, N. J., 1885-90; active in
promoting adoption of the Nation
al Electrical Code and insurance
rating fire prevention work; Congregationalist; Republican; member
Council Underwriters' Laboratories,
Chicago; National Fire Protection
Ass'n (president 1908-9, executive
committee. 1902-15); American In
stitute Electrical Engineers; Mass.
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State Fire Protection Ass'n; m., Feb.
14, 1882, Emillie Georgette Brandner,
Brooklyn, N. Y. Residence, Newton
Center, Mass.
Gage, Walter Boutwell
Educator; b., Nashua, N. H., April
21, 1872; s. Minot Gardner and Ellena
(Boutwell) Gage; ed. Phillips Exeter
Academy, 1890; Harvard, A.B. 1894;
Unitarian; Republican; instructor
Huckley School, Tarrytown, N. Y.,
1900-8; headmaster since 1908; m.,
June 28, 1900, Florence Davis, Syra
cuse, N. Y. Residence, Tarrytown,
N. Y.
Foster, Joseph
Rear Admiral, U. S. N. (retired);
b., Gloucester, Mass., June 7, 1841;
s. Joseph and Adelaide Coues (Spald
ing) Foster; ed. public and private
schools, Portsmouth, N. H.; entered
U. S. Navy, Oct. 3, 1862; appointed
acting assistant paymaster, Oct. 19,
1863; transferred to the regular navy,
Oct. 10, 1866; advanced through vari
ous grades and made pay-director with
rank of captain, Aug. 27, 1901; ap
pointed rear admiral and retired after
40 years service, Dec. 9, 1902; served
during the Civil War in South Atlantic
Blockading Squadron; Republican;
member Portsmouth, N. H., Board of
Instruction, 1909-13; member N. H.
Historical Soc, N. E. Historic-Gen
ealogical Soc, G. A. R.. S. A. R.,
Loyal Legion, Soc. of Colonial Wars,
etc.; m., 1st, Oct. 1, 1875, Helen
Dickey, Lowell, Mass., d. March 27,
1904; 2d, March 17, 1906, Josephine
Hunt, Broxbourne, Eng. Residence,
298 Middle St., Portsmouth, N. H.
Gallagher, Thomas
Congressman; b., Concord, N. H.,
June 6, 1850; s. John and Margaret
(Tighe) Gallagher; ed. public schools;
removed to Chicago in 1886; engaged
in mercantile business: Catholic;
Democrat; member Chicago City
Council, 1893-7; board of education
1897-1903 (vice-president, three years) ;
ex-chairman Cook County Democratic
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Central Committee;
representative
from 8th Illinois District, U. S. house
of representatives, since 1909; m.,
Oct. 12, 1886, Margaret Barsh, Chi
cago. Residence, 522 South Sagamon
St., Chicago.
Winslow, Sherburn J.
General business; b., Nottingham,
N. H., March 16, 1834, but removed
to Pittsfield in infancy; s. Josiah and
Ruth (Tucker) Winslow; ed. public
schools and Pittsfield, Pembroke and
New London Academies; engaged in
farming and teaching until forty years
of age, after which engaged extensively
in lumbering and contracting; con
structed the water-works for Merri
mack County at Boscawen, also had
charge of construction of the Pittsfield
and Tilton water-works; in 1894, when
the concern was in financial straits,
became treasurer of the Exeter Mfg.
Co., and raised the necessary funds to
put it "on its feet," paying the first
dividend for years in 1896; treasurer,
without bond, of the Crockertown
Lumber Co., spending 9200,000 an
nually; Episcopalian (warden and
treasurer of St. Stephens Church,
Pittsfield, for years); Republican (last
survivor of the organizers of the party
in Pittsfield, and has voted for every
Republican candidate for President);
member N. H. house of representatives,
1899-1901 ; chairman selectmen, 19056, town treasurer, 1909-13; member
school board many years; president
Pittsfield Aqueduct Co., Pittsfield Gas
Co.; director Sun rook Valley and
Peterboro & Hillsboro R. R.; treasurer
Pittsfield Savings Bank since 1897,
deposits doubling in the time; member
Corinthian Lodge, A. F. & A. M.,
Pittsfield; Wonolancet Club, Concord;
m., March 19, 1860, Margaret Dennison; two daughters, Cora and Nellie—
Mrs. James L. Hook and Mrs. Frank
H. Sargent, M. D. ; one granddaughter,
Margaret L. Hook. Residence, Pitts
field, N. H.
Foster, Herbert Darling
Educator; b., West Newbury, Mass.,
June 22, 1863; s. Davis and Harriet
Louisa (Darling) Foster; ed. Dart
mouth College, A.B., 1885; Harvard
Graduate School, 1891-3, A.M. 1892;
Univ. of Geneva, Switzerland, Litt.D.
1909; professor English and history,
Worcester, Mass., Academy, 1885-91;
professor of history, Dartmouth Col
lege since 1894, having spent a year
previous in European study; editor
"A History Syllabus for Secondary
Schools," 1904; "The Records of the
Town of Hanover 1761-1818 " 1905;
"A Syllabus of European History"
(with S. B. Fay), 1916, etc.; m.,
July 7, 1897, Lillian Darlington Smith,
Liverpool, Eng. Residence, Hanover,
N.H.
Flanders, James Greeley
Lawyer; b., New London, N. H.,
Dec. 13, 1844; s. Walter Powers and
Susan Everett (Greeley) Flanders;
ed. Yale, A.B. 1867; Columbia Law
School, 1869; located in practice in
Milwaukee, Wis.; member Milwaukee
school board, 1875-7; Wisconsin As
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sembly, 1877; delegate Democratic
National Convention, 1896; president
Yale Alumni Association of Wisconsin,
1899-1904; member Milwaukee Bar
Ass'n, Wisconsin Bar Ass'n (president
1909-10), American Bar Ass'n; presi
dent Milwaukee Public Library, 19117, University Club, 1900-2; m., June
18, 1873, Mary C. Harvey. Residence,
161 Prospect Ave., Milwaukee, Wis.
French, Leigh Hill
Physician; soldier; capitalist.; b.,
Dover. N. H., Oct. 1, 1863; s. George
F. and Clara Shackford (Hill) French;
ed. Portland, Me., high school, Univ.
of Minn., M.D. 1894; practiced med
icine in Washington, 1897; captain
and inspector of rifle practice, 1898;
major 3d Cavalry, U. S. N. (Rough
Riders), 1898; studied law and ad
mitted to the bar 1902; engaged in
development of Alaska through build
ing of railways and hydraulic running
water-ways; president New Rochelle
Home for the Aged; member Loyal
Legion, Arctic Brotherhood, American
Institute Mining Engineers; Athletic,
Larchmont and Huguenot Clubs, New
York; Cosmos, Chevy Chase and
Army and Navy, Washington; author,
"Home Nuggets," 1902; "Seward's
Land of Gold," 1905: appointed lieu
tenant commander U. S. N., and as
signed to American embassy, Paris,
France, as naval attache^ 1918; m.,
June 27, 1893, Blanche W. Culbertson,
Louisville, Ky. Residence, 116 East
58th St., New York, N. Y.
Emery, Natt Morrill
Educator; b., Suncook, N. H.,
April 16, 1875; s. Natt B. and Abbie
H. (Sargent) Emery; ed. Pembroke
Academy, 1891; Dartmouth College,
A.B. 1895; M.A. Lehigh Univ.,
1899; Litt.D., business college, 1916;
instructor, Tilton Seminary, Tilton,
N. H., 1895-6; instructor in English,
Lehigh Univ., Bethlehem, Pa., 18961902; registrar, 1899-1912; assistant
to president, 1907-10; vice-president,
1910-; member Phi Beta Kappa;
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m., June 23, 1904, Bertha Elizabeth
Snyder. Residence, 137 East Mar
ket St., Bethlehem, Pa.
Emerson, Abraham Fitts
Banker; b., Candia, N. H., June 19,
1864; s. Moses Fitts and Abbie (Patten)
Emerson; ed. public schools; entered
employ of First National Bank and
Merrimack River Savings Bank, Man
chester, October, 1884; trustee Merri
mack River Savings Bank since April,
1893; secretary of the board since
April, 1895; assistant treasurer Mer
rimack River Savings Bank since
April, 1916; acting treasurer N. H.
College of Agriculture and Mechanic
Arts, 1895-8; treasurer Northern Tel
egraph Co. of New Hampshire; di
rector of Manchester Y. M. C. A.,
1902-13; member and treasurer Man
chester Food Committee, 1917-18;
member Manchester Board of Com
merce, Historic Ass'n, Institute of
Arts and Sciences; interested in agri
culture and forestry, and was among
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the first to recognize the importance of
conservation and reforestation; set
out, under the direction of State
Forester Hirst, a large number of
white pines on the family estate at
Candia, N. H.; Congregationalist
Republican; member A. F. & A. M.
m., May 29, 1895, Emma Etta Smith
children, Howard Patten, b. Dec. 21
1901; Walter Robie, Sept. 10, 1903
Marion, May 27, 1908; Richard Lane,
March 12, 1912. Residence, Manches
ter, N. H.
Durrell, Jesse Murton
Clergyman; b., Boston, Mass., June
26, 1843; s. WOliam Henry and Sarah
(Averill) Durrell; descendant of Philip
Durrell, who emigrated from the Isle
of Guernsey and settled in the Piscataqua region previous to 1679, and
of his son, Maj. Benjamin Durrell, of
Revolutionary fame; ed. Eliot School
and Boston Latin School, Boston,
Mass., Tilton Seminary, 1869; Boston
Univ. School of Theology, 1873. Pre
vious to his course at Tilton and the
Divinity school, studied dentistry and
practiced for four years, then, feeling
a call to the ministry, prepared as be
fore noted; while studying at Tilton
preached as supply for the Methodist
churches in Tilton and Runiney, and
for the Allen St. Church in New Bed
ford, Mass., while a student in Boston;
joined the N. H. Conference in 1869;
ordained deacon in 1871 and elder in
1873, spending a year following in
European travel and study; pastor,
Bristol, N. H., 1874-6, Wesley Church,
Haverhill, Mass., 1877-8, Rochester,
N. H., 1879-81; travelled in the East,
1882; pastor St. John's Church, Dover,
1883-5; Garden St. Church, Lawrence,
Mass., 1886-8; St. Paul's, Manchester,
N. H., 1889-90; President N. H. Con
ference Seminary and Female College
(Tilton Seminary), 1891-5; pastor
Main St. Church, Nashua, 1896-1900;
Grace Church, Keene, 1901-2; super
intendent Dover District, N. H. M. E.
Conference, 1903-4; field agent, Tilton
Seminary, since 1905, having com
pleted the task of raising a fund of
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$150,000 for the seminary, with an
excess of $30,000 in the spring of
1918; Methodist; Republican; member
Nashua school board, 1899-1900; pres
ident trustees of Tilton Seminary;
member Olive Branch Lodge, A. F. &
A. M., Plymouth, N. H.; Temple
R. A. Chapter, Rochester; St. Paul
Commandery, K. T., Dover; Israel
Hunt Royal and Select Masters,
Aaron Hughes Lodge of Perfection
14th degree A. A. S. R.; Oriental Coun
cil of Jerusalem 16th degree; St. George
Chapter Rose Croix, 18th degree; N. H.
Consistory 32nd degree, Nashua; Peabody Chapter, O. E. S., Tilton; VeteranAss'n,A.F.&A.M., Concord; Chap
lain Grand Chapter R. A. M., Grand
Council R. & S. M., St. George Chap
ter Rose Croix, and Veteran Masons
Ass'n m., July 23, 1878, Irene Sarah
Clark, Plymouth, N. H.; d. Nov. 9,
1914. Residence, Tilton, N. H.
Gerould, John Hiram
Educator; b., Stoddard, N. H., Oct.
2, 1868; s. Rev. Samuel L. and Laura
Etta (Thayer) Gerould; ed. Dart
mouth College, Litt.B. 1890; Harvard
A.B. 1892 A.M. 1893, Ph.D. 1895
traveled and studied in Europe, 1898-9
teacher natural sciences, Burr and Bur
ton Seminary, Manchester, Vt., 1890-1,
associate professor zoology, Dart
mouth 19-; Congregationalist; mem
ber American Genet c Ass'n, American
Soc. Zoologists, American Soc. Natu
ralists, American Ass'n for Advance
ment of Science, Kappa Kappa Kappa;
m., July 2, 1902, Adah May Hasbrook,
Minneapolis, Minn.; children, May Fos
ter, b. Aug. 13, 1903; Elizabeth,
Sept. 20, 1904; Virginia, Dec. 10, 1908.
Residence, Hanover, N. H.
Rotch, William Boylston
Journalism and Insurance; b., Am
herst, N. H., June 6, 1859; s. Albert A.
and Helen (Boylston) Rotch; descend
ant of the Boylston family who were
among the early settlers of Boston,
Mass.; ed. public schools of Amherst;
learned the newspaper business in
youth in the office of the Farmers'
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Cabinet at Amherst, since removed to
Milford, of which he has been editor
and publisher since 1891; also engaged
in insurance business; Congregationalist; Republican; member N. H. house
of representatives from Amherst, 1895,
also town clerk and collector, and first
president Amherst Improvement Soc.
which he organized; since removal to
Milford president Milford improve
ment Soc, secretary and president
Milford Republican Club; member
N. H. constitutional convention, 1902;
director City Guaranty Savings Bank,
Nashua; three years secretary to
Congressman Currier at Washington;
member Republican State Committee
since 1912, and member executive
committee; I. O. O. F.; m., Oct. 10,
1884, Grace Marston Burrell, Wey
mouth, Mass.; one son, Arthur Boylston, b. March 24, 1887, (Dartmouth,
1908) now in the publishing business
with his father, m. April 9, 1910,
Serena H. Elliman, New York; one
son, William Boylston, 2d. Residence,
Milford, N. H.
Gerould, James Thayer
Librarian; b., Goffstown, N. H.,
Oct. 3, 1872; s. Rev. Samuel L. and
Laura Etta (Thayer) Gerould; ed.
Dartmouth College, A.B. 1895; as
sistant librarian General Theological
Seminary, New York, 1896-7; depart
ment chief, Columbia Univ. Library,
1897-1900; librarian Univ. of Mo.,
1900-6; Univ. of Minn., 1906—; Fellow
American Library Institute; member
Bibliographical Soc. of America,
American Library Ass'n, Delta Kappa
Epsilon; director of Chapters, northern
division, American Red Cross; director
Minneapolis Associated Charities;
Episcopalian; Democrat; m., Sept.
18, 1900, Mary A. Chamberlain, Ches
ter, N. Y. Residence, 2022 Second
Ave., S., Minneapolis, Minn.
Gerould, Gordon Hall
Educator; b., Goffstown, N. H.,
Oct. 4, 1877; s. Rev. Samuel L. and
Laura Etta (Thayer) Gerould; ed.
Dartmouth College, A.B. 1899; Litt.
B., Oxford Univ., England, 1901;
instructor in English, Bryn Mawr Col
lege, 1901-2; associate professor Eng
lish philosophy, 1902-5; assistant pro
fessor English, Princeton Univ., 190516; professor English since 1916;
author, "The North English Homily
Collection," 1902; "Sir Guy of War
wick," 1905; "The Grateful Dead—
the History of a Folk Story," 1908;
"Saints' Legends," 1916; "Peter San
ders, Retired" (novel), 1917; m, June
9, 1910, Katharine Fullerton, Brock
ton, Mass. Residence, 341 Nassau
street, Princeton, N. J.
Dow, George Francis
Secretary Essex Institute; b., Wake
field, N. H., Jan. 7, 1868; s. George
Prince and Ada Bingham (Tappan)
Dow; ed. public schools and private
i utors; in trade in Boston from 1886 to
1897; secretary of Essex Institute,
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Salem, Mass., and editor of its publica
tion since July, 1898; Congregationalist; Republican; member Mass. house
of representatives from Topsfield,
1900; chairman board of trustees.
Topsfield town library; founder ana
secretary Topsfield Historical Soc,
and editor of its publications; member
Essex Institute, American Historical
Ass'n, N. E. Historic-Geneological
Soc, American Antiquarian Soc,
A. F. & A. M. Residence, Topsfield,
Mass. Business address, Salem, Mass.
Duncan, George Henry
Druggist; manufacturer; b., Leo
minster, Mass., Dec. 23, 1876; s. George
C. and Mary E. (Coolidge) Duncan; ed.
Murdock School, Winchendon, Mass.,
Amherst College, Amherst, Mass.,
class of 1899, leaving at the middle of
senior year on account of father's
death, whose business as a druggist at
East Jaffrey, N. H., he took up and
continued; Democrat; selectman, Jaf
frey, 1904; member school board,
1907-8, N. H. constitutional conven
tion, 1912, 1918, house of representa
tives, 1915 (committee on revision of
laws) ; post-master, East Jaffrey, 1915
-17; treasurer Annett Box Co.; mem
ber Charity Lodge, A. F. & A. M.,
P. of H., Jaffrey Board of Trade (presi
dent three years); an earnest advo
cate of the Single Tax and the Initia
tive and Referendum and active in
organizations promoting the same; in.,
Nov. 19, 1900, Helen Prescott; one son,
George Prescott. Residence, East
Jaffrey, N. H.
McLaughlin, Agnes Winifred
Lawyer; law stenographer; b.,
Groveton, N. H.; dau. Patrick ana
Elizabeth (Hopkins) McLaughlin; ed.
Lancaster Academy, Burdett's Busi
ness College, Univ. of Maine Law
school; studied with Hon. George A.
Wagner of Manchester; admitted to
the N. H. bar, June 3, 1917, first
woman admitted in the state on exam
ination; Catholic; in academy inter
ested in elocution, debates and athlet
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ics; while attending business college
in Boston member of the Halcyon
Club, and identified with the social ac
tivities of the Cathedral of the Holy
Cross parish; in Gorham, active in
club life, serving on important com
mittees, locally and in the state fed
eration. Residence, Gorham N. H.;
office, Sheridan Building, Berlin, N. H.
Shedd, Charles Gale
Pharmacist; b., South Wallingford,
Vt., May 18, 1865; s. Capt. Charles
W. and Sarah Frances (Doty) Shedd,
his mother being a direct descendant of
Edmund Doty, of the M ayflower party ;
removed with parents to Keene, N. H.,
in early life; ed. Keene public schools,
high school, 1881; entered the phar
macy where he has since remained,
and in which he later became a partner,
in 1886, and for many years past has
conducted the business, under the
name of "The Bullard & Shedd Co.,"
with an extensive wholesale and retail
trade; Unitarian; Republican; ten
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Hon. Charles Gale Shedd
�Mrs. Charles Gale Shedd
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years member Keene board of health work of Keene Chapter, American Red
(sometime president); member Keene Cross, and chairman of the same for the
city council (president); member first two years. Three children. (See
N. H. house of representatives, 1900; preceding sketch.)
N. H. state senate, 1907, mayor
of Keene, 1911-3; secretary and Donovan, John Joseph
treasurer trustees Glencliffe sanitorCivil engineer; b., Rumney, N. H.,
ium; vice-president Keene Commercial Sept. 8, 1858; s. Patrick and Julia
club; president Keene Forestry Ass'n., . (O'Sullivan) Donovan; ed. Plymouth,
N. H., Normal School, 1877; Worcester,
Keene Park Corporation, Peoples In
stitute, Keene Chatauqua, Unitarian Mass., Polytechnic Inst., B.S. 1882;
civil engineer Northern Pacific R. R.,
club, ten years; member N. H. His
torical Soc., Keene Country club, Keene 1882-8; chief engineer Fairhaven and
Chorus club (treasurer), A. F. & A. M. Southern Ry., 1888-91; chief engineer
up to and including 33d degree (past and manager Bellingham Bay and
Grand High Priest Grand Chapter of Eastern R. R., 1891-2; chief engineer
and general superintendent Belling
N. H.), Sons of the American Revolu
tion (past president N. H. Soc), S. of ham Bay and British Columbia R. R.,
V., K. of P., I. O. R. M., N. H. N. G., 1898-1906; since 1906 engaged exclu
serving four years as hospital steward sively in lumber business; Catholic;
in the 2d Regiment; organized the Republican; member city council,
N. H. League for National Defense in Fairhaven, Wash., 1890-2; member
1915; engaged in voluntary service of committee of fifteen framing charter of
the American Red Cross, at the central the city of Bellingham, Wash.; alter
pharmacy in Paris in 1918; m., Sept. nate delegate Republican National
Committee, 1912; member and past
23, 1891, Rhoda Jane Colburn; chil
dren, Gale Colburn and Paul Wesley, president Bellingham Chamber of
b. July 14, 1892 (Phillips Exeter and Commerce; eight years trustee Belling
M. I. T.), the former serving as first ham State Normal School; vice-presi
lieutenant in 146th Field Artillery, dent Bloedel-Donovan Lumber Mills,
Columbia Valley Lumber Co., First
A. E. F., and the latter as first lieu
tenant in the Aviation Corps; Charles National Bank of Bellingham; presi
Herbert, b. Feb. 7, 1907. Residence, dent Washington State Catholic Ass'n;
member American Soc. Civil Engineers,
Keene, N. H.
National Civic Federation, American
Irish Historical Soc, American His
Shedd, Rhoda Jane Colburn
(Mrs. Charles Gale Shedd); b., torical Ass'n, National Municipal
Shrewsbury, Vt., Aug. 17, 1867; dau. League, and numerous other organiza
Leonard and Mary P. (Martin) Shedd; tions and clubs; m., April 29, 1883,
ed. public schools, and Black River Clara Isabel Nichols, Melrose, Mass.
Academy, Ludlow, Vt., 1886; taught Residence, Bellingham, Wash.
school several terms, before marriage,
in Swanzey, Troy and Fitzwilliam, Clow, Fred Ellsworth
Physician, b., Wolfeboro, N. H.,
N. H. ; united in marriage with Charles
Gale Shedd of Keene, Sept. 22, 1891, Oct. 25, 1881 ; s. Stephen W., and Car
and has since resided there, taking an rie (Canney) Clow; ed. Brewster Free
Academy, Wolfeboro, Harvard Med
active part in the social life and chari
table work of the city; member Ashue- ical School, 1904; commenced prac
tice of medicine in Wolfeboro, after
lot Chapter, Daughters of the Ameri
can Revolution (regent), Colonial graduation and has since continued;
Club, Fortnightly Club, Country Club Congregationalist; Republican; mem
(secretary for the last eighteen years), ber state board of registration in med
Hospital Aid Soc. (secretary for twenty icine, local board for Carroll County;
years); active in the organization and trustee and physician Huggins Hos
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ratal, Wolfeboro; lieutenant Medical
Reserve Corps, U. S. Army; member
A. F. & A. M. (Morning Star Lodge)
Knights of Pythias, Patrons of Hus
bandry; m., Oct. 25, 1905, Bessie
Frances Beless, Waltham, Mass.; chil
dren: Ethel Alma, b. Aug. 22,
1906; Mildred Beless, b. May 24, 1908;
Stephen Ellsworth, b. June 9, 1910;
John Hildreth, b. March 5, 1913.
Residence, Wolfeboro, N. H.
Wheeler, Bertrand Thorp
Civil engineer; b., Lempster, N. H.,
Nov. 25, 1863; s. Daniel Bingham and
Maria (Thorp) Wheeler; ed. Dart
mouth College, B.S. 1884; pursued the
profession of civil engineer for many
years in Boston and vicinity; street
commissioner of Boston under Mayors
Curtis and Hart; assistant engineer of
construction, N. Y., N. H. & Hartford
R. R.; chief engineer Me. Central R. R.
and Portland Terminal Co. since 1912;
Unitarian; Republican; member Amer
ican Soc. Civil Engineers; m., March
27, 1888, Mabel A. Cole, Fitchburg,
Mass.; three sons and three daughters.
Residence, 35 West St., Portland, Me.
Dudley, Albeitus True
Teacher; author; b., Paris, N. Y.,
June 18, 1866; s. Rev. Horace Franklin
and Josephine (Lamson) Dudley; ed.
Harvard, A.B. 1887, and German study;
teacher Phillips Exeter Academy, 188795, Noble & Greenough's School, Bos
ton, 1896-1917; Republican; antisuffragist; secretary N. H. Public Li
brary Commission, 1917-; N. H. house
of representatives, 1919-20; author,
"Following the Rail," 1903; "Making
the Nine,'7 1904; "In the Line," 1905;
"With Mask and Mitt," 1906; "The
Great Year," 1907; "The Yale Cup,"
1908; "The School Four," 1909; '!At
the Home Plate," 1910; "The Pecks
in Camp," 1911; "The Half Miler,"
1913, etc.; m., July 2, 1890, Frances
Perry, Exeter. Residence, Exeter,
N. H.
Page, Charles Tilton
Manufacturer (retired); b., Woburn,
Mass., Aug. 5, 1846; s. Moses Webster
and Mary Ann (Ayer) Page; ed. public
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schools and Eastman's Commercial
College, Poughkeepsie, N. Y.; engaged
with his brother, George F. Page, in.
the manufacture of leather belting at
Franklin, N. H., after leaving school,
under firm name of Page Bros. ; business
removed to Concord in 1871, when the
now extensive and widely known Page
Belting Co. was formed, of which he
became treasurer, continuing in that
position until 1913, serving also for
three years, 1872-5, as Boston agent of
the firm, during which time he resided
in Medford, but since then in Concord;
Congregationalist; Republican; active
in Y. M. C. A. work and some time
president of the Concord Ass'n; presi
dent N. H. Congregational Ministers
and Widows Fund; trustee General
Conference Congregational churches
of New Hampshire; moderator, 1910;
president Concord Board of Trade,
1910-12; m., June 2, 1870, Almira, dau.
Oliver H. and Sarah F. (Bergen) Booth
of Lebanon, N. H.; children, Grace
Farnum, wife of Dr. H. H. Amsden, b.
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Aug. 4, 1872; Elwic Lawrence, b. Feb.
22, 1876 (Williams 1900), lawyer in
Concord: Wilbur Jewell, b. Jan, 4,
1883 (Williams 1906), in employ of
U. 8. Department of Commerce.
Residence, Concord, N. H.
Tobey, Charles William
Banker; b., Roxbury, Mass., Julv
22, 1880; s. William A. and Ellen H".
(Parker) Tobey; ed. Roxbury Latin
school; engaged in banking in Boston;
established his home in Temple, N. H.,
in 1903, where he purchased a farm and
engaged in agricultural pursuits; since
1916 has conducted business as an in
vestment banker in Manchester, with
office in Amoskeag Bank building, re
taining his legal residence in Temple;
Baptist; Republican; chairman select
men and school board in Temple;
member N. H. house of representatives,
1915-16, member committee on revision
of the laws; 1919, speaker; delegate in
N. H. constitutional convention, 1918;
chairman N. H. Liberty Loan Commit
tee, 1918- ; member Miller Grange, P. of
H., Temple; director Rotary Club, Man
chester; in.. June 4, 1902, Francelia
M. Lovett, Roxbury, Mass.; children.
Russell B., b. June 10, 1903; Louise
Cone, b. July 6, 1907; Francelia M.
Cone, b. June 22, 1908; Charles W.,
Jr., b. Jan. 26, 1911. Residence,
Temple and Manchester, N. H.
Elliot, John Wheelock
Surgeon; b., Keene, N. H., October,
1852; s. John H. and Emily Ann
(Wheelock) Elliot; ed. Harvard, A.B.
1874; M.D. 1878; Mass. General Hos
pital, 1878; studied in Europe, 1879-80;
began practice in Boston, 1881; physi
cian to Boston Dispensary, 1882;
assistant surgeon Free Hospital for
Women, 1883-7; surgeon, 1894-1907;
lecturer on surgery, Harvard Med.
School, 1900-5; retired from practice,
1913; Fellow American Surgical Ass'n;
chairman N. E. Surgical Dressings
Com., American Red Cross; director
Sullivan Machinery Co. ; member Tav
ern Club, Boston; frequent contributor
to medical journals; m., May 8, 1883,
Mary Lee Morse of Boston. Resi
dence, 124 Beacon St., Boston, Mass.
Ellis, Carleton
Chemist; b., Keene, N. H., Sept. 20,
1876; s. Marcus and Catharine (Goodnow) Ellis; ed. public schools, Mass.
Inst. Tech., B.Sc. 1900; instructor
Mass. Inst.« Tech., 1900-2; engaged
extensively in the field of oils, fats,
waxes, paints, varnishes, illuminating
gas, etc., and has taken out more than
200 patents; president Ellis-Foster Co.,
Hydrogenated Oil Co., N. J. Testing
Laboratories; vice-president Chadeloid Chemical Co.; Charter member
Inventors Guild; member American
Chemical Soc, American Institute
Chemical Engineers, Society Chemical
Industry, London, Eng., International
Congress of Applied Chemistry, etc.;
awarded gold medal for inventions at
Jamestown exposition, 1907; author
various scientific and technical works
and contributor to technical journals;
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m., Nov. 28, 1901, Birdelia M. Wood,
Dayton, O. Residence, 143 Gates
Ave., Montclair, N. J.
Hall, Walter Perley
Jurist; b., Manchester, N. H., May
9, 1867; s. James Perley and Catherine
(Willev) Hall; ed. Worcester, Mass.,
high school, 1885; Brown Univ., 18858; Harvard Law School, 1888-90;
honorary A.M., Brown, 1910; admitted
to Massachusetts bar 1891; Unitarian;
Republican; town solicitor, Clinton,
Mass., city solicitor Fitchburg; assist
ant district attorney middle Massa
chusetts district, 1905; first assistant
attorney-general, Massashusetts, 19067; chairman Mass. R. R. Commission,
1908-11; justice superior court Massa
chusetts, Aug. 9, 1911- ; formerly cap
tain Mass. Vol. Mil.; member Repub
lican state committee; presidential
elector 1904; member Mass. Bar Ass'n;
St. Botolph Club, Boston; m., Dec. 4,
1893, Anna Bigelow Davis, Worcester,
Mass. Residence, Fitchburg, Mass.
Brown, George Henry
Optometrist; b., Hill, N. H., June
1, 1847; s. Samuel and Nancy C.
(Swain) Brown; ed. public schools,
New Hampton Institution, Detroit Op
tical Institute; engaged in the specta
cle business, as it was formerly called,
in youth, and has been in the lead in
all movements that have made optom
etry the great profession it now is;
charter member of the N. E. Optical
Ass'n, the first optical organization in
the United States, and went to New
York by request to assist in the organ
ization of the second; regent for two
years of the N. E. Optical Institute,
Boston ; charter member of the Ameri
can Optometrical Ass'n, and two years
regent; many years president of the
Granite State Optometrical Ass'n;
chairman N. H. board of examiners in
optometry from its establishment in
1911 to the present time; instrumental
in establishing courses in optometry in
several universities; pioneer in ad
vanced eye sight work in New Hamp
shire, and used the first special
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sight-testing apparatus in the state;
Congregati onalist (member Hanover St.
Congregational Church, Manchester);
Republican; member N. H. house of
representatives in 1878-9, from Tilton;
president Tilton & Northfield Fire Ins.
Co. several years, and director of Til
ton Nat'l Bank; corporate member of
Amoskeag Savings Bank of Manchester;
member Manchester Chamber of Com
merce and three years president of
same; always interested in agriculture
as an avocation, and while a resident of
Tilton, whence he removed to Man
chester over twenty years ago, pro
prietor of the famous "Brook Hill"
farm; since residing in Manchester has
continued his interest, acquiring a large
amount of land which he has greatly
improved, and adapted to the use of
modern farm machinery, and for a
number of years has been one of the
largest growers of hay and potatoes for
the local market, with extensive crops
in other lines; member A. F. & A. M.,
Knight Templar and Shriner;. m., Dec.
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25, 1870, Laura E. Thompson; one
daughter, Maude E. Brown. Resi
dence, Manchester, N. H.
Huntress, Frank
Merchant; b., Lowell, Mass., Feb.
7, 1847; s. Leonard and Lydia Ann
(McKenna) Huntress; ed. public
schools and Philips Andover Academy;
engaged in the wholesale dry goods
trade in Boston many years, and, later,
established a train of retail stores in
New England to whose interests his
attention has been devoted, one of
these being located in Keene, N. H.,
where he has made his home; Repub
lican; member N. H. house of repre
sentatives, 1907, 1909, 1911 (chair
man committee on appropriations);
senate, 1913 (chairman committee on
banks); executive council, 1915-16;
house of representatives, 1917; con
stitutional convention, 1918; director
Cheshire National Bank; trustee Eliot
City Hospital; member A. F. & A. M.,
32d degree and Shriner, Red Men,
Elks and Grange; m., 1st, Feb. 3,
1885, Minnie E. Hen ton, Ogdensburg,
N. Y., d.^Nov. 25, 1885; 2d, Oct. 15,
1891, Birdia A., dau. Hon. W. P.
Chamberlain, Keene; children, Carroll
Benton, b. Nov. 25, 1885 (St. Paul's
School and Williams College) ; William
Chamberlain, b. Sept. 5, 1892, (Dartmouth 1917) lieutenant, Motor Truck
Transport Corps, A. E. F.; Frank
Chamberlain, b. Aug. 4, 1894 (Dart
mouth 1917), lieutenant 11th machine
gun battalion; Harriet Chamberlain,
b. Oct. 12, 1898. Residence, Keene,
N. H.
Evans, Ira Hobart
General business; b., Piermont,
N. H., April 11, 1844; s. Dr. Ira and
Emeline (Hobart) Evans; ed. public
schools and Barre (Vt.) Academy,
1862; enlisted in Co. B 10th Vt. Vols.
in the Civil War, July 28, 1862; pro
moted first lieutenant, captain and
brevet major; awarded Medal of Honor
by Congress "for distinguished brav
ery" at Hatcher's Run, Va., April 2,
1S65; honorably mustered out Jan.
31, 1867; assistant assessor and deputy
collector U. S. Internal Revenue,
2d District, Texas, 1868-9; member
and speaker Texas house of representa
tives. 1870-1; general manager Texas
Land Co., 1872^-80; secretary Houston
& Great Northern R. R. Co., 1874-80;
president N. Y. & Texas Land Co.,
Ltd., 1880-6; director Austin National
Bank since 1890; director and presi
dent Austin Electric Ry. Co., 1902-3;
president board of trustees Tillotson
College, Austin, since 1909; director
Austin United Charities Ass'n, since
1910; member Texas Soc, S. A. R.
(president six years), first vice-presi
dent general National Soc, S. A. R.
1903-4; Soc. Colonial Wars, Military
Order Loyal Legion; American His
torical Ass'n, Soc. Army of the Potomac,
Texas Historical Soc, N. H. Historical
Soc, National Economic League,
American Sociological Soc, American
Social Science Ass'n, University Club,
Austin, Army & Navy Club, New
York; Congregationalist ; president
trustees, First Congregational church,
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Austin, since 1909; moderator North
Texas, Congregational Ass'n, 1883-6;
vice-president American Missionary
Ass'n, 1817-18; member National Serv
ice Commission, Congregational church
es 1917-; m., June 13, 1871, Frances A.
Hurlbut, Upper Alton, Ill. Residence,
209 West 7th St., Austin, Tex.
Hanscom, Charles Ridgley
Shipbuilder; b., Portsmouth, N. H.,
June 6, 1850; s. Pierpont and Eliza J.
(Philbrick) Hanscom; ed. public schools
and private tutors; draftsman, U. S.
Navy Yards. New York, Philadelphia,
Boston and Washington, 1873-80;
draftsman and naval expert, U. S.
Navy Department, Washington, 188090; superintendent Bath, Me, Iron
Works, 1890-6; general superintendent,
1896-1900, building government and
merchant vessels; president Eastern
Shipbuilding Co., New London, Conn.,
1900-6 (retired); designed and built
the Aphrodite and many other notable
steam yachts, and numerous large
steamers; Universalist; Republican;
director Union Bank & Trust Co., New
London; member Soc. of Naval Archi
tects and Marine Engineers; Mason,
K. T.; Thames Club, New London;
m., 1st, Feb., 1874, Eva L. Pettigrew,
Kittery, Me., d. June. 1874; 2d, Jan. 8,
1879, Adah L. Fernald, d. June, 1908.
Residence, 335 Pequot Ave., New Lon
don, Conn.
Griffin, Appleton Prentiss Clark
Librarian; b., Wilton, N. H.; s.
Moses P. and Charlotte Helen (Clark)
Griffin; ed. Boston public schools and
grivate tutors; custodian of shelves,
oston public library, 1871-90, keeper
of books, 1890-4; preparing catalogue
of books in Boston Athenaeum, 18957; assistant and librarian, Library
of Congress, Washington, 1897-1900,
chief bibliographer, 1900-8, chief assistant librarian since Aug. 14, 1908;
author of various publications relating
to bibliography; contributor to Appleton's Cyclopedia of American Biograghy; member Soc. Colonial Wars,
■unker Hill Monument Ass'n; m.,
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Oct. 23, 1878, Emily C. Osgood, Cam
bridge, Mass. Residence, 2150 Florida
Ave., Washington, D. C.
Alexander, J. Grace
Banker; b., Winchester, N. H.,
Oct. 26, 1848; dau. Edward and Lucy
M. (Capron) Alexander; ed. public
schools of Winchester; Universalist;
Republican; taught school several
years; entered the Winchester Na
tional Bank in 1871 and soon became
assistant cashier, and treasurer of the
savings bank, being the first New
Hampshire woman to occupy such
responsible position; active member
Winchester Universalist Church and
Sunday School; treasurer, N. H.
Universalist Sunday school conven
tion many years; member, Electa
Chapter O. E. S. (first Worthy Matron),
Arlington Grange, P. of H., Current
Events Club, Winchester; treasurer
school district; trustee public library.
Miss Alexander occupies the old
Colonial family home in Winchester,
�Hon. Guy W. Cox
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where on the evening of her 70th
birthday anniversary, she was visited
by a host of friends from Winchester
and adjoining towns, who extended con
gratulations upon the happy occasion.
Cox, Guy Wilbur
Lawyer; b., Manchester, N. H.,
Jan. 19, 1871; s. Charles E. and Eve
lyn M. (Randall) Cox; descendant of
Edward Cox, a Scotch-Irish settler of
Londonderry, N. H., and Charles Cox,
one of the first settlers of Holderness;
ed. Manchester schools, Dartmouth
College, A.B. 1893 (valedictorian)
A.M. 1896; Boston Univ. Law School,
LL.B. (Magna cum laude) 1896; ad
mitted to the Suffolk bar and com
menced practice in Boston the latter
year, there continuing; member firm
of Butler, Cox & Murchie; Congrega
tionalism Republican; member Bos
ton City council from Ward Ten, 1902;
Mass. house of representatives, 1903,
1904 (chairman committee on probate
and chancery); senate, 1906, 1907
(chairman committees on elections,
metropolitan affairs and taxation);
chairman Mass. state tax commission,
1907; chairman Massachusetts delega
tion to National Tax Conference; dele
gate in Mass. constitutional conven
tion, 1917-18 (chairman committee on
taxation); member Putnam Lodge, I.
O. O. F., Boston Bar Ass'n, Social Law
Library, University Club, Algonquin
Club, Boston, etc. Residence, Hotel
Westminster; office, 77 Franklin St.,
Boston, Mass.
Guernsey, Alice Margaret
Editor; b., Rindge, N. H., April 16,
1850; dau. Rev. J. W. and Lucy Ann
(Tucker) Guernsey; ed. Salem, Mass.
Normal School, 1871; student at
Wellesley College, 1879-80; teacher
1872-87; editor books and papers for
Woman's Temperance Publicity Ass'n,
1887-94; editor and business manager
of general publications for Woman's
Home Mission Soc, M. E. Church;
author "Under Our Flag," 1903; "Home
Mission Reading," 1905; "Citizens of
To-morrow," 1907; "A Queen Esther
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Round Robin," 1911; "Lands of Sun
shine," 1916; "Under the North Lights,"
1917. Residence, East Orange, N. J.
Sleeper, Charles Martin
Physician; b., Lakeport (now Laconia,) N. H., June 20, 1856; s. Alvah
and Rebecca Gould (Davis) Sleeper; ed.
public schools, Bowdoin Med. School,
Brunswick, Me., M.D. 1883; located in
medical practice at South Berwick,
Me., in 1883, and has there continued;
Free Baptist; Democrat; member
school board and superintendent of
schools many years; member board of
trustees of Berwick Academy; York
County board of pension surgeons,
1893-7; chairman York County Demo
cratic Committee; incorporator South
Berwick Savings Bank; cUrectorSanford
Savings Bank; member Me. house of
representatives, 1909, 1911, 1912; ex
ecutive council, 1915-16; York County
Med. Soc, Strafford District Med.
Soc, Maine Med. Soc:, A. F. & A. M.,
32nd degree, National Geographical
Soc; m., June 25, 1884, Julia Florence
Uniacke; children, Bertha Mildred, b.
May 4, 1890; Roger Davis, Feb. 16,
1893. Residence, South Berwick, Me.
Sleeper, Alvah Guy
Lawyer; b., Franklin, N. H., Oct. 23,
1872; s. Charles Wellington and Clem
entine (Thompson) Sleeper; ed. Frank
lin high school, Tilton Seminary, Dart
mouth College, 1899, Harvard and
Boston University; LL.B.. Boston
Univ., 1902 (cum laude); admitted to
the Massachusetts bar in 1902 and in
practice in Boston since then; asso
ciated with the late Alfred S. Hayes
till his death in 1912; alone since; has
been counsel in many important cases
including the Hiram Barker and H. W.
Berry will cases, Bromfield St. Church
case, and the Margaret Galbraith
Chatfield litigation, all involving large
amounts; Congregationalist; Republi
can; member Somerville Lodge, A. F.
& A. M. (Junior deacon); Mt. Vernon
R. A. Chapter, Roxbury, Mass.
(King); Boston Council, De Molay
Commandery, K. T. Residence, Som
erville, Mass.
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McAllister, George Isaac
Lawyer; b., Londonderry, N. H.,
Dec. 11, 1853; s. Jonathan and Caroline
(Choate) McAllister; ed. Pinkerton
Academy, Derry; Kimball Union Acad
emy, Meriden, N. H., 1873; Dartmouth
College, B.S. 1877; studied law with
Hon. David Cross and Hon. Henry
E. Burnham; admitted to the bar in
March, 1881, and since in practice in
Manchester; member of the firm of
Burnham & McAllister for several
years; Baptist; Republican; deputy
collector Internal Revenue, November,
1885 to December, 1889; member
N. H. constitutional convention,
1902, 1918; A. F. & A. M., Grand
Master Grand Lodge of New Hamp
shire, 1900; Grand Commander Grand
Commandery K. T., 1900; received the
33 degree (honorary) Ancient Accepted
Scottish Rite, 1900; A. O. U. M.;
I. O. O. F.; vice-president and chair
man trustees, Masonic Home, Man
chester; member N. H. Bar Ass'n,
Hillsborough County Bar Ass'n, Thayer
Soc. of Engineers, Dartmouth College:
Manchester Institute of Arts and
Sciences, Manchester Historic Ass'n;
m., Dec. 22, 1886, Mattie M. Hayes,
dau. Hon. John M. and Susan E.
Hayes, Manchester; children, Bertha
Hayes, b. Sept. 27, 1887 (Mrs. Harry
F. Hawkins, Manchester), Harold
Cleveland, b. March 28, 1893 (first
lieutenant U. S. Army, who m. Meribah
O. French, dau. of Mr. and Mrs.
George A. French, Aug. 16, 1917).
Residence, Manchester, N. H.
Harrington, Karl Pomeroy
Educator; b., Somersworth, N. H.,
June 13, 1861; s. Calvin S. and Eliia
Chase Harrington; ed. Wesleyan Univ.,
Middletown, Conn., A.B. 1882, A.M.
1885; studied at Univ. of Berlin, 18879; Yale, 1890-1; teacher, Westfield,
Mass., high school, 1882-5; professor
Latin, Wesleyan Academy, Wilbraham, Mass., 1885-7; tutor in Latin,
Weslyan Univ., 1889-91; professor
Latin, Univ. of N. C., 1891-9; Univ. of
Me., 1899-1905; Wesleyan Univ.,
since 1905; greatly interested in music;
organist and director in M. E. churches,
where located; now in Middletown,
Conn.; member Phi Beta Kappa, Psi
Upsilon, N. E. Ass'n Schools and Col
leges; Classical Ass'n of N. E., National
Geographic Soc, etc.; author many
educational works; lecturer on classical
subjects; m., Nov. 25, 1886, Jennie
Eliza Canfield. Residence, Middletown, Conn.
Hanson, Charles Lane
Educator; b., South Newmarket
(now Newfields), N. H., May 22, 1870;
s. John Clinton and Annie (Lane)
Hanson; ed. Phillips Exeter Academy,
1888; Harvard, A.B. 1892; teacher of
English, Worcester, Mass., Academy,
1892-5; English high school, Wor
cester, 1895^7; Durfee high school,
Fall River, Mass., 1897-8; Mechanic
Arts high school, Boston, since 1898;
head of the department of English,
since 1907; president N. E. Assn of
Teachers of English, 1905-7; author
and editor of various works pertaining
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to English composition; m.. June 25,
1902, Bertha Winthrop Flint. Resi
dence, 28 Linnean St., Cambridge,
Mass.
Goodall, Louis Bertrand
Manufacturer; b., Winchester, N. H.,
Sept. 23, 1851; s. Thomas and Ruth
(Waterhouse) Goodall; ed. public
schools and Kimball Union Academy,
Meriden, N. H.; engaged in Woolen
Manufacturing business in the Mousam
River Mills, Sanford, Me., in 1874
director Sanford Mills since 1886
director Mousam River R. R. Co.
organizer Goodall Worsted Co. in
1899, and since then treasurer and
agent; treasurer Harriman & North
eastern R. R. Co. (Tenn.), Sanford &
Cape Porpoise Ry., Sanford Power
Co., Goodall Matting Co.; Unitarian;
Republican; member staff of Gov.
Fernald 1909; member U. S. house of
representatives, first Maine district,
since 1917; m., July 21, 1877, Rose V.
Goodwin, Saco, Me., d. April 15, 1894.
Residence, Sanford, Me.
Goodrich, Nathaniel Lewis
Librarian; b., Concord, N. H., Feb.
9, 1880; s. Arthur Lewis and Mary
Eastman (Bachelder) Goodrich; ed.
public schools; Amherst College, A.B.
1901; B.L.S., N. Y. State Library
School, 1904; Dartmouth, A.M. 1916;
reporter Utica, N. Y. Press, 1901-2;
in charge of order section N. Y. State
Library, 1904-7; librarian West Vir
ginia Univ., 1907-9; Univ. of Texas,
1909-11, Dartmouth College since
1912; Congregationalist; Democrat;
member American Library Ass'n, Ap
palachian Mountain Club, Theta Beta
Pi; m., June 30, 1908, Alice Lyman,
Albany, N. Y. Residence, Hanover,
N. H.
Newton, Earl Frank
Telephone business; b., Fairfield,
Vt., Aug. 8, 1879; s. Frank and Estella Josephine (Croft) Newton;
moved to Nashua, N. H., 1888; ed.
Nashua high school, 1898, private in
struction the next year under l'Abbd
Man-hand of Laval University, Que
bec City, Que"; on staff of L'Impartial
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a French tri-weekly paper, Nashua,
1899, 1900; assistant teacher, Milford,
N. H., high school, 1901; entered tel
ephone business fall of 1901 ; moved to
Concord, N. H., 1905; since 1914, di
vision toll wire chief in charge of 10,000
miles of wire, the toll circuits of the
state; since 1915 also in charge of the
city plant, Concord; Republican;
member Methodist church, Eureka
Lodge, A. F. & AM.,. Concord Ora
torio Soc, N. H. State Guard (bugler,
Co. M); for several years choir singer
(basso); m., Plymouth, N. H., June
17, 1909, Ethel Susanna Mitchell
(M.D. Tufts Med. College, 1903);
children, Nyleen Eleanor, b. Feb. 12,
1912; Janice Edith, b. Feb. 12, 1914.
Residence, 50 North Spring St., Con
cord, N. H.
Warren, George Herbert
Lawyer; b., Shirley, Mass., Oct. 15,
1860; s. N. Lafayette and Mary (Bar
nard) Warren; ed. public schools, Law
rence Academy, Groton, Mass., 1882;
Williams College, Williamstown, Mass.,
1886; studied law with Burnham &
�Hon. George H. Warren
�Mrs. George H. Warren
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Brown, Manchester, N. H., 1886 to
1889, admitted to the N. H. bar on
examination in August of the latter
year; employed in the office of Burnham & Brown until Sept., 1> 1890, when
he became a member of the firm of
Burnham, Brown & Warren, which
continued till January, 1902, when
Judge Burnham retired, and Edwin F.
Jones was admitted, the firm name
continuing Burnham, Brown, Jones &
Warren; later Allan M. Wilson and
Robert L. Manning entered the firm,
with no change in the name; when in
March, 1912, Albert O. Brown retired
to become treasurer of the Amoskeag
savings bank, the firm became Jones,
Warren, Wilson & Manning, continuing
until the death of Mr. Jones, Oct. 6,
1918; in January, 1919, De Witt C.
Howe of Concorcf was admitted and the
firm is now Warren, Howe & Wil
son; Unitarian; Republican; chairman
Board of Trustees, State Industrial
School, August, 1907 to June, 1913;
chairman Board of Trustees of N. H.
Public Institutions, June, 1915 to
June, 1917; member Derryfield and
Intervale clubs, Manchester; Country
Club, Nashua; Boston City Club; Wil
liams Club, New York; N. H. Bar
Ass'n; American Bar Ass'n; m., Nov.
19, 1891, Mary Hale Palmer; children,
Helen E., b. Aug. 2. 1895; Louise, Oct.
19, 1896; Mary B., May 26, 1901;
Robert P., Oct. 24, 1902; Elizabeth H.,
Dec. 24, 1906. Residence, Manches
ter, N. H.
Warren, Mary Hale Palmer
(Mrs. George H. Warren), club
woman; b., Groton, Mass., Oct. 9, 1864;
dau. Moses Poor and Martha G.
(Eaton) Palmer; ed. public schools
and Lawrence Academy, Groton, 1884,
taught school several years before mar
riage; has traveled extensively over the
United States, Cuba, Panama, Alaska,
South America, and was on her sixth
trip to Europe when the war broke out
in 1914; m., Nov. 19, 1891, at Groton,
Mass., George H. Warren, since when
her home has been in Manchester (for
children see Bketch of George H.
Warren); Unitarian; president Man
chester Woman's Alliance, New Eng
land Associate Alliance (Unitarian),
has also served as regent of Molly
Stark Chapter, D. A. R., president
Manchester Federation of Women's
Clubs, president Historic Art Club and
New Century Club, Manchester; mem
ber art committee and Bureau of Pub
lic Speakers, N. H. Federation of
Women's Clubs, Elliot Hospital Asso
ciates, District Nursing Ass'n, Man
chester Institute Arts and Sciences,
Red Cross, Navy League, Anti-Suf
frage Ass'n; president and director
Calumet Club, Woman's Auxiliary;
speaker in Liberty Loan campaigns.
Residence, Manchester, N. H.
Rundlett, Louis John
Educator; b., Bedford, N. H., March
14, 1858; s. William Ayers and Louisa
(McPherson) Rundlett; ed. Bedford
common schools, Manchester public
schools, Dartmouth College, A.B., 1881,
A.M., 1887; principal, Penacook gram
mar school, 1881-5; superintendent of
schools, Concord, since 1885; financial
agent, Union School District; Uni
tarian; Democrat; Mason, Horace
Chase Lodge, Trinity Chapter, Mt.
Horeb Commandery; member, Wonolancet and Passaconaway clubs and
Capital Grange; P. of H., Concord;
m., Sept. 5, 1891, Carrie Belle Copley,
who d. Sept. 30- 1915; children, Copley
McPherson b. April 22, 1893 (Dart
mouth, 1916), enlisted March, 1918,
in Co. B, 42d corps U. S. Engineers,
and served in France. Lois, b. Sept. 4,
1904 (Concord high school, 1919).
Residence, Concord. N. H.
Morrison, William H.
Clergyman; b., Farmington, Me.,
Nov. 4, 1850; s. William and Esther
(Allen) Morrison; ed. Farmington,
Me., Normal School; Wilton Academy;
Westbrook Seminary, 1871; Tufts
College, A.B. 1875, A.M. 1878, B.D.
1878, D.D. 1914; ordained in the Universalist ministry, 1878; pastor, War
ren, Mass., 1878-80; Wakefield, 18805; Manchester, N. H., 1885-99; Brock
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ton, Mass., 1899-1909; Nashua, N. H.,
since 1909; Republican; member I. O.
O. F., A. O. U. W., A. F. & A. M.,
K. T.; prelate St. George Commandery,
Nashua; m., June 24, 1879, Alice W.
Beckford, Salem, Mass. Residence, 8
Auburn St., Nashua.
Masseck, Frank Lincoln
Clergyman; b., Milford, N. H.,
March 19, 1865; s. Joseph Sewall and
Sarah Frances (Hurd) Masseck; ed.
public schools, Manchester, N. H.; St.
Lawrence Univ., Canton, N. Y., B.D.
1886; summer courses, Harvard and
Clark Universities; special courses,
School of Social Economics, New York;
ordained in the Universalist ministry,
1888; pastor Universalist churches in
Huntington, Brooklyn, Mt. Vernon
and Potsdam, N. Y., North Attleboro,
Spencer, and Warren, Mass., and
Brattleboro, Vt.; now, and for some
years past, pastor at Arlington, Mass. ;
king of the international order Knights
of King Arthur, 1902-15; member
A. F. & A. M.; author (with William
Byron Forbush) "The Boys Round
Table," 1906; m., April 17, 1889,
Luella Mary Clark, Potsdam, N. Y.;
one dau., Carol Luella. Residence,
Arlington, Mass.
Hackett, Frank Warren
Lawyer; b., Portsmouth, N. H.,
April 11, 1841; s. William H. Y. and
Olive (Pickering) Hackett; ed. Har
vard College, A.B. 1861, A.M. 1864;
studied law at home, with B. H. Brews
ter of Philadelphia and at the Harvard
Law School; acting assistant pay
master, U. S. N., 1862-64; admitted
to the bar in 1866, and opened a law
office in Boston; private secretary to
Caleb Cushing, senior counsel Geneva
Arbitration Commission, 1872; in
practice at Washington, D. C., since
1873; Republican; assistant secretary
of the Navy April, 1900 to December,
1901; member N. H. Historical Soc.
(president 1912-13); author "Memoir
of W. H. Y. Hackett," 1878; "The
Geneva Award Acts," 1882; "A
Sketch of the Life and Public Services
of William Adams Richardson," 1898;
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"The Gavel and the Man," 1900;
"Deck and Field," 1909, etc.; m.,
April, 1880, Ida, dau. Rear Ad
miral Thomas T. Craven. Residence,
"Craighfen," New Castle, N. H.; of
fice, 1211 A. Connecticut Ave., Wash
ington, D. C.
Niles, Harold Herbert
Clergyman; b., Salem, Mass., Dec.
26, 1892; s. Charles H. and Henrietta
(Parkhurst) Niles; ed. public schools,
Marlboro, Mass., St. Lawrence Univ.,
Canton, N. Y., B.D. 1915; ordained
to the Universalist ministry at Hender
son, N. Y., 1914; pastor at Henderson
and Ellisburg, N. Y., 1913-15; Lyndonville, Vt., 1916-18; Concord, N. H.,
1918-; president N. H. Universalist
Sunday School Convention 1918-;
president N. H. Young Peoples Chris
tian Union 1918-; secretary Concord
Ministerial Ass'n; chaplain N. H.
house of representatives, 1919; spoke
extensively in the Red Cross, Liberty
Loan and other war work campaigns;
member Sons of Veterans, P. of H.,
�452
ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES
I. O. O. F.; m., Aug. 4, 1915, Hildred
Irene Orr, Enosburg Falls, Vt.; chil
dren, Albert C., b. June 24, 1916;
Nathan O., b. May 3, 1918. Resi
dence, 98 School St., Concord, N. H.
Thompson, Willis Duer
Merchant, hardware, wholesale and
retail; b., Alton, N. H., Oct. 13, 1853;
s. John S. and Charlotte A. S. (Wood
man) Thompson; moved to Concord
in childhood; ed. Concord public
schools; treasurer Thompson & Hoague
Co.; director Nat'l State Capital
Bank;
vice-president
Merrimack
County Savings Bank; director Page
Belting Co., State Dwelling House
Ins. Co., Concord Mutual Fire Ins.
Co.; Capital Fire Insurance Co.
Trustee Margaret Pillsbury General
Hospital, Concord public library; for
some years park commissioner, also
member Concord board of education;
on examining board Concord branch of
Red Cross; Democrat; member South
Congregational church, N. H. His
torical Soc, Wonolancet Club; m.,
Concord, N. H., Oct. 27, 1887, Abby
Morris Whiton; children, (1) Ray
mond Whiton, b. Concord, Aug. 8,
1888; ed. Concord schools, Lawrenceville school, N. J., 1906, two years
Dartmouth College; with the firm of
Thompson & Hoague nine years; m.,
Margaret Carpenter, Oct. 12, 1914;
entered the service, June, 1917; seven
weeks' training at Tuck School of
Military Stores, Dartmouth College,
July, August, 1917; Camp Johnston,
Jacksonville, Fla., December, 1917June, 1918; commissioned Second
Lieutenant, Q.M.C.; d. Sept. 13, 1918,
Boston depot, Q. M. C.; (2) Willis
Duer, Jr., b. May 26, 1895; ed. Con
cord schools, A.B., Dartmouth Col
lege, 1917; enlisted Naval Flying
Corps, Flight A, April, 1917, training
at Mass. Inst. Tech.; Norfolk, Va.,
Naval Base, September, 1917-January, 1918; commissioned ensign, Pensacola, Fla., Feb. 25, 1918; convoying
ships in English Channel and patrol
work overseas, March 9-December 1,
1918. Residence, Pine street, Concord,
N. H.
Hoitt, Charles William
Lawyer; b., Newmarket, N. H.,
Oct. 26, 1848; s. William K. A. and
Sarah C. (Swain) Hoitt; ed. Dartmouth, A.B. 1871 ; taught school three
years in Nashua and Boston; studied
law with Hon. Samuel M. Wheeler of
Dover and Gen. Aaron F. Stevens of
Nashua, and was admitted to the bar
in 1877, locating in practice at Nashua;
Republican; police justice of Nashua,
1889-1907; member N. H. constitu
tional convention, 1889, N. H. house
of representatives, 1901, N. H. senate,
1903 (president); U. S. District At
torney for New Hampshire, 1907-13;
m., Jan. 14, 1875, Harriette Louise
Gilman. Residence, Nashua, N. H.
Holden, Gerry Rounds
Surgeon; b., Concord, N. H., Sept.
12, 1874; s. Benjamin F. and Sarah E.
(Rounds) Holden; ed. public schools;
Yale Univ., A.B. 1897; M.D., Johns
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Hopkins, 1901 ; special student, Berlin,
1901; house surgeon, Roosevelt Hos
pital, New York, 1903; resident gyne
cologist, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Bal
timore, 1905; attending gynecologist,
St. Luke's Hospital, Jacksonville, Fla.,
1906- ; Florida State Hospital of In
sane, 1910- ; Presbyterian; Fellow,
American College of Surgeons; member
American Med. Ass'n, Southern, Med.
Ass'n, Southern Surgical Ass'n, A. F.
& A. M.; m., Nov. 8, 1905, Anne
Ridgeway Milliken, Summit, N. J.
Residence, 205 Goodwin St., Jackson
ville, Fla.
Hayes, Francis Little
Clergyman ;b., New Hampton, N. H.,
Jan. 5, 1858; s. Benjamin Francis
and Arcy (Cary) Hayes; ed. Nichols
Latin School, Lewiston, Me.; Halle,
Germany; Bates College, A.B. 1880;
A.M. 1883; Cobb Divinity School,
B.D. 1885; D.D., Bates, 1902; in
structor in Greek, Hillsdale College,
Mich., 1880; professor of Greek lan
guage and literature, 1881-3; general
secretary Y. M. C. A., Lewiston, Me.,
1884; ordained Free Baptist minis
try, 1885; pastor First Church, Bos
ton, 1885-90; First Church, Minneap
olis, Minn., 1890-4; Congregational
Church, Manitou, Colo., 1896-1902;
First Congregational Church, Topeka,
Kan., 1902-11 ; California Ave. Church,
Chicago, 1911-14; Western secretary,
Congregational Board, Ministerial Re
lief, 1914- ; president Evangelical Al
liance, Boston, 1889-90; Western Free
Baptist Pub. Co., 1890-4; lecturer on
homiletics, Biblical Department, Wash
burn College, 1909-10; trustee Wash
burn College, 1902-11; director Chi
cago Theological Seminary, 1905-11;
life member American Bible Soc; m.,
June 26, 1884, Cora Walker, Washing
ton, D. C. Residence, 5415 University
Ave., Chicago.
Kidder, Daniel
Mechanical engineer; b., Lowell.
Mass., June 15, 1838; s. John and
Betsey (Metcalf) Kidder; removed
with parents to Groton, N. H., in 1844,
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where he had his home and legal resi
dence till 1908; learned the trade of
machinist in youth, and has followed
the profession of mechanical engineer
most of his life; master mechanic and
superintendent Aiken's Knitting and
Machine Shops, 1862-70; master me
chanic Mt. Washington Ry., 1870-3.
Brown's Lumber Co., Whiteneld, and
Whitefield & Jefferson R. R., 187388; afterward engaged in his profession
in different localities until 1909, when
he removed to Rumney, N. H., and is
now practically retired; Universalist;
Democrat; held most town offices in
Groton for 36 years; member N. H.
house of representatives 1891 and
constitutional convention 1902, also
representative from Rumney 1915,
1917, 1919; member G. A. R., having
served as a private in the First N. H.
Vols.; vice-president and director Na
tional Veterans Ass'n; member A. F.
& A. M., Maccabees and P. of H.,
director Union Grange Fair, Ply
mouth, and associated in the manage
�Hon. Daniel J. Daley
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ment of all fairs at Plymouth since
1870; m., 1st, May 27, 1862, Emeline
Hardy, Groton, d. Jan. 5, 1908; chil
dren, Fred, b. April 16, 1864, farmer
in Groton (m. Sept. 18, 1887, Ida M.
Dunklee, one daughter, Lena G.);
Ada, b. July 22, 1868, (m. Nov. 28,
1900, Henry W. Blanchard, one daugh
ter, Helen M., b. Sept. 8, 1902); 2d,
March 1, 1909, Carrie Abbott, Rumney.
Residence, Rumney, N. H.
Daley, Daniel James
Lawyer; b., Lancaster, N. H.,
July 27, 1858; s. John and Bridget
(Dougherty) Daley; ed. public schools
and Lancaster Academy; taught school
winters and engaged in farm work in
summer to meet his educational ex
penses; studied law with William and
Henry Heywood of Lancaster and was
admitted to the bar in March, 1885,
and on Nov. 9 of the same year located
in practice in Berlin, where he has since
remained; was for a time a partner
with Herbert I. Gobs, Edward C. Niles
being later admitted to the firm.
Since 1906 Mr. Daley has been asso
ciated in practice with Edmund Sulli
van; Catholic; Democrat; supervisor,
Lancaster, 1882-3; treasurer, Berlin,
1886-7; solicitor, Coos County, 188993; member Berlin city council, 19012-3; board of education, 1907-8-9
(chairman in 1909); member N. H.
constitutional convention, 1902; mayor
of Berlin, 1910, and four times suc
cessively re-elected by large majorities,
though the city is strongly Republican;
member N. H. senate, 1917, and re
elected for 1919—the only senator re
elected; now director of Berlin Na
tional Bank (president several years)
and of the Fidelity Savings Bank; was
also for some time president of the
Peoples Building & Loan Ass'n; and
the Berlin Water Co.; trustee Y. M.
C. A., member Berlin Yacht Club; m.,
May 8, 1886, Ardelle A. Cowan, Lan
caster; one daughter, Helen J., trained
musician (studied in Boston and
Quincy, Mass.) and teacher of the
pianoforte. Residence, Berlin, New
Hampshire.
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Noyes, Charles Hermon
Educator; b., Atkinson, N. II., Dec.
30, 1867; s. Hermon and Harriet A.
(Bailey) Noyes; ed. Atkinson Acad
emy, Dartmouth College, B.L., 1892;
Congregationalist; Republican; teacher
in Nashua since graduation; principal
high school for eleven years previous to
1918; acting superintendent of schools,
1918-19; during absence of Superinten
dent Fassett on year's leave; president
Oak Grove Realty Co.; m., June 22,
1898, Caroline R. Bemis, Burke, Vt.;
children, Hermon Bemis, b. March 18,
1899 (Dartmouth, 1921); Rebecca, b.
July 15, 1901 (Nashua high school,
1919); Beatrice Ellen, July 1, 1903.
Hartshorn, William Newton
Publisher; b., Greenville, N. H.,
Oct. 28, 1843; s. George and Mary
A. (Putnam) Hartshorn; ed. public
schools, Milford, N. H., Appleton
Academy, Mont Vernon, N. H.; Bap
tist; president of the Priscilla Pub. Co.,
publishers of the Modern Priscilla, Bos
ton, Mass.; chairman executive com
mittee International S. S. Ass'n, 1902
-11; president 1911-14; vice-president
World's S. S. Ass'n; ex-president Bos
ton Baptist Social Union, and vari
ous state and local, denominational
and charitable institutions; m., Oct.
28, 1875, Ella S. Ford, Boston, Mass.
Residence, 1 1 Fresh Pond Lane, Cam
bridge, Mass.
Harris, Thomas Jefferson
Physcian; b. Claremont, N. H.,
July 26, 1865; s. Thomas J. and Myra
(Beaumont) Harris; ed. public schools,
Dartmouth College, A.B. 1886; Univ.
of Pa., M.D. 1889; post graduate
work, Univ of Berb'n, 1890-1; prac
ticed in Philadelphia two years, since
then in New York City; adjunct pro
fessor, diseases of the nose, throat and
ear, N. Y. Post Graduate Med. School;
junior surgeon Eye, Ear and Throat
Hospital; trustee Jennie Clarkson
Home for Children; member N. Y.
Med. Soc, American Med. Ass'n,
Theta Delta Chi, etc.; Baptist; m.,
Oct. 21, 1896, Lena Breed, Lynn,
Mass. Residence, Scarsdale, N. Y.
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Greeley, Harry Parker
Lawyer; b., Nashua, N. H., March
21, 1874; s. Onslow S. and Gertrude
E. (Parker) Greeley; ed. Nashua high
school; Amherst college, 1898; Bos
ton Univ. Law school, LL.B. 1900;
admitted to the bar in 1900 and in
practice in Nashua since; Congregationalist; Republican; city solicitor
Nashua, 1900, 1901, 1915-19; member
N. H. house of representatives, 1907,
serving on Committee on Revision of
Statutes, N. H. constitutional conven
tion, 1912; counsel for Nashua Build
ing and Loan Ass'n; member Rising
Sun Lodge, A. F & A. M. Residence,
24 Manchester St., Nashua, N. H.
Hartwell, Edward Mussey
Statistician; b., Exeter, N. H.,
1850; s. Shattuck and Catherine
Stowe (Mussey) Hartwell; ed. Am
herst College, A.B. 1873, A.M. 1876;
Ph.D., Johns Hopkins, 1881; M.D.,
Miami Med. College, Cincinnati, 1882;
LL.D., Amherst, 1898; vice-principal
Orange, N. J., high school, 1874; teacher
Boston Latin School, 1874-7; asso
ciate in physical training and director
gymnasium, Johns Hopkins Univ.,
1883-91; director physical training,
Boston, Mass., public schools, 1891-7;
secretary statistical department, city
of Boston since establishment in 1897;
chairman Mass. State commission for
the blind, 1906-8; special expert agent
U. S. Department of Labor m Europe,
1888-9; author of many pamphlets
and articles upon physical training,
school hygiene, the condition of the
blind, etc.; member numerous asso
ciations and clubs; m., July 25, 1889,
Mary L. Brown, Baltimore, Md. Res
idence, 24 Burroughs St., Jamaica
Plain, Mass.
Britton, Arthur Harvey
Hardware merchant; b., Surry,
N. H., Sept. 28, 1865; s. Georg:e W.
and Sarah (Harvey) Britton; ed. public
schools, Newport, and EastmaVs Na
tional Business College, Poughkeepsie,
N. Y., 1883; removed to Concord with
his father and engaged in the hardware
trade in the establishment of Scribner
& Britton, his father being the junior
member of the firm, and succeeding to
the business on the death of Mr.
Scribner; upon the death of his father
the business passed into his hands and
he has conducted the same for the last
twenty years; Universalist (member
prudential committee First Universa
list Soc. of Concord); Republican;
member N. H. house of representatives,
1901-2; commissioner for Merrimack
County since 1905 (eight times elected;
chairman of the board); director
Mechanicks National Bank; member
A. F. & A. M.; I. O. O. F. (colonel First
Reg't, N. H. Patriarchs Militant);
P. of H.; B. P. 0. E.; Wonolancet
Club; m., Feb. 14, 1895, Myrta M.
Chase, Newport, N. H. Residence,
Concord, N. H.
Gale, Stephen Henry
Shoe manufacturer; b., East Kings
ton, N. H., March 23, 1846; s. Elbridge
Gerry and Ann Maria (Barnes) Gale;
ed. public schools, Kingston Academy,
Boston Ci numerical College; at the age
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of sixteen went to Haverhill, Mass., to
learn the shoe manufacturing business,
engaging first in the factory of William
M. Chase and later with his brother,
John E. Gale; soon started out on a
small scale for himself: was then, for a
time, a partner with Samuel L. Blaisdell, but in 1869 joined his brother in
business under the firm name of Gale
Bros., with factory in Haverhill, also
building, and subsequently greatly en
larging one in Exeter, N. H., where he
removed, later, serving as president and
treasurer of the company, whose busi
ness—the manufacture of women's
shoes—became one of the most exten
sive in New England, another factory
also being established at Portsmouth;
Congregationalist; Republican; mem
ber city council and Republican city
committee while residing in Haver
hill; commissary general on staff of
Gov. John B. Smith of New Hamp
shire, 1893-5; member N. H. Senate,
1895-7; alternate delegate Repub
lican National Convention, 1896;
member N. H. executive council, 18991900; N. H. house of representatives,
1905-6, 1907-8; Republican Club,
Exeter; Derryfield, Manchester; A. F.
& A. M. to and including 32d degree;
m., Nov. 22, 1866, Anna M. Brown,
Haverhill, Mass. Residence Exter,
N. H.
Fiske, Abby Oilman
Philanthropy and club work; b.,
Concord, N. H., dau. Francis Allen
and Abby Gilman (Perry) Fiske, greatgreat-granddaughter, Rev. Timothy
Walker, first minister of Concord
(1730-82); grand-daughter of the elder
Dr. William Perry of Exeter; tenth in
descent from Edward Gilman, Hingham, Mass., 1638, who later settled
in Exeter, N. H. Miss Fiske's line
includes her great-grandfather, Col.
Nathaniel Gilman, state treasurer,
1805-14; his father, Nicholas Gilman,
state treasurer, 1775-82; and the
latter's grandfather, Judge Nicholas
Gilman, b. 1672; ed. schools of Con
cord, Bradford (Mass.) Academy,
1880-2; member board of lady man
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agers of Rolfe and Rumford Homei
Concord, founded by her grand
mother's cousin, the Countess of Rumford; president. Concord Female Char
itable Soc, 1916-19; president, N. H.
Branch of International Order King's
Daughters, 1910-14 and member of
Central Council; charter member of
N. H. Branch, King's Daughters,
1886; president, Concord Diet Kitchen
since organization, 1900; member First
Congregational church and for thirty-
five years teacher in the Sunday
School; Concord Woman's Club (secre
tary 1901-5); Concord District Nurs
ing Ass'n; Concord Friendly Club
(vice-president upon organization);
Country Club (charter, 1897); Waxwick (Shakespeare) Club (1890-1900);
Charity Organization Soc, N. H.
Home Mission Soc. and Cent Institu
tion, Woman's Board of Missions;
active Red Cross worker in surgical
dressings department. Residence in
home built by her grandfather, Francis
N. Fiske, Concord, N. H.
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Thomas, Edwin Herbert
Editor and publisher; b., Lawrence,
St. Lawrence County, N. Y., Nov. 19,
1857; s. Harris J. and Lucy D.
(Wright) Thomas; ed. public schools,
Nicholville, N. Y., and St. Albans, Vt.;
learned the printer's trade with the
St. Albans Messenger; subsequently
foreman and superintendent of a Mon
treal, P. Q., printing establishment;
served five years, from 1887, on the
reportorial staff of the Rutland, Vt.,
Herald; later assisted in establishing
the Rutland Daily Evening News; in
November, 1899, purchased the Farmington, N. H., News, removing there;
in charge of that paper till 1917 when
he retired; Episcopalian; Republican;
member N. H. house of representa
tives, 1915-16, 1917-18, serving on ap
propriations committee each session;
delegate Republican national conven
tion, 1916; secretary and treasurer
Strafford County Republican Club
president Farmington Board of Trade
trustee Farmington Savings Bank
member N. H. Pilgrim Tercentennial
committee. 1917-, Fraternal Lodge,
A. F. & A. M., Columbian Chapter,
O. E. S., Harmony Lodge, K. of P.;
m., February, 1880, Jennie I. Shi pin an,
Hardwick, Vt.; two sons, Carl S., b.
June 3, 1883, now proprietor FarmingIon News; Guy E., b. Feb. 8, 1889,
now associated with the Du Pont Mfg.
Co., Portland, Me. Residence, Farm
ington, N. H.
Rich, George Frank
Lawyer; b., Bethel, Me., Dec. 1,
1868; s. James Frank and Sarah Ellen
(Bean) Rich; ed. public schools;
Gould's Academy, Bethel, Me.; Univ.
of Me., 1892; Univ. of Mich., law de
partment, LL.B. 1893; admitted to
N. H. bar, 1894; member firm of
Chamberlin & Rich, Berlin, 1894-1904;
Rich & Marble, 1905-17; since then
alone in practice; Congregationalist;
Republican; judge Berlin municipal
court, 1894-1913; member city council,
Berlin, 1914; mayor of Berlin, 1915-19;
member Republican state committee,
A. F. & A. M., 32d degree and Shriner;
Knights of Pythias; m., June 10, 1896,
Persis M. Mason, Berlin; two children,
Robert, b. March 25, 1897 (in U. S.
Navy); Barbara, b. Aug. 2, 1904.
Residence, 143 Prospect St., Berlin,
N. H.
Goldthwaite, James Walter
Educator; b., Lynn, Mass., March
22, 1880; s. James W. and Olive J.
(Parker) Goldthwaite; ed. Lynn, Mass.,
classical high school, 1898; Harvard,
A.B. 1902, A.M. 1903, Ph.D. 1906;
assistant professor geology, North
western Univ., 1904-8; assistant pro
fessor geology, Dartmouth, 1908-11,
Hale professor geology since 1911;
engaged in summers in field work for
geological surveys of Wisconsin and
11linois, for the U. S. Geological Survey,
and Canadian Geological Survey; Fel
low Geological Soc. of America, Amer
ican Academy of Arts and Sciences,
etc.; author various geological reports
and publications; Congregationalist;
m., June 25, 1906, Edith Dunnels
Richards, Newtonville, Mass. Resi
dence, Hanover, N. H.
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Jenks, Arthur Whipple
Clergyman; b., Concord, N. H.,
Aug. 9, 1863; s. George E. and Ella J.
(Grover) Jenks; ed. public schools,
Dartmouth College, A.B. 1884, A.M.
1887; B.D., General Theological Semi
nary, 1896; D.D., Dartmouth 1911:
ordained deacon Protestant Episcopal
Church, 1892; priest, 1893; rector St.
Luke's Church, Woodsville, N. H.,
1892-5; professor ecclesiastical history,
Nashotah House, Wis., 1895-1901;
Trinity College, Toronto, Can., 190110; General Theological Seminary, New
York, 1910- ; mem., Phi Beta Kappa,
Alpha Delta Phi, American Historical
Ass'n; author "Beatitudes of the Psal
ter," 1914; "Use and Abuse of Church
History," 1915, etc. Address, General
Theological Seminary, New York.
Kendall, John Chester
Agriculturist and dairy expert; b.,
Harrisville, N. H., March 13, 1877; ed.
public schools, N. H. College, Durham,
B.S. 1902; post graduate work, Ohio
State Univ.; instructor and assistant
professor, in charge of dairying, North
Carolina Agricultural College, 1902-7;
state dairy Commissioner, Kansas,
1907-8; director N. H. Agricultural
Experiment Sta., 1910- ; director of
extension work; Unitarian; Republican;
member Ass'n for Promotion of Agri
cultural Sciences, Official Dairy In
structors Ass'n, etc.; A. F. & A. M.,
Kappa Sigma, Alpha Zeta; m., Oct. 2,
1912, Marjorie Louise Foster, Malden,
Mass. Residence, Durham, N. H.
Ross, Winfred Smith
Teacher; scholar; b., Somersworth,
N. H., Dec. 3, 1865, in the eleventh
generation from Thomas Dudley, num
bering among ancestral relatives John
Winthrop, Simon and Anne Bradstreet, John Hancock and Israel Put
nam; s. Jonathan Smith Ross, M.D.,
Surgeon-in-chief Ninth Army Corps,
Civil War, and Martha Ann, dau. Aaron
Brackett, a maker of Littleton, N. H.,
and cousin to William Baldwin, Bos
ton philanthropist; A.B., Dartmouth,
1887; A.M., Harvard, 1892; two years
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Andover Theol. Sem. Learned teach
ing under William H. Ladd, 3d prin
cipal Chauncy-Hall School since 1828;
taught twenty years, some in famous
schools. Student from childhood;
expert engrosser and illuminator;
verbatim shorthand writer; journalis
tic experience as reporter, proof-reader,
editor; speaks or reads fluently ten
languages; owns large library master
pieces of literature in many languages,
rare works of reference, seventy dic
tionaries and enclycopaedias, astronom
ical observatory, five and nine-inch
telescopes, microscopes, polariscope,
spectroscopes and chemical laboratory;
several months trustee Somersworth
public library; member Theta Delta
Chi, Phi Beta Kappa, I. O. O. F.,
Deutscher Orden der Harugari; an
officer in Libanus Lodge 49, A. F.
& A. M., Somersworth; on two oc
casions recently ran fourteen miles
and walked fifty miles without stop
ping; m., 1st, Aug. 8, 1893, Mary
Frances Allen, Honeoye Falls, N. Y.,
divorced, 1901; 2d, Feb. 19, 1912,
�Huntley N. Spaulding
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Hila Maria Guptill, Berwick, Me.,
d. Nov. 21, 1917, leaving children—
Jonathan Smith, b. Aug. 26, 1913,
and Martha Brackett, b. May 26,
1916. Mr. Roes is at present
teaching in Lawrence and Methuen,
Mass., doing expert work in higher
accountancy and preparing literary
work. Residence, Somersworth, N. H.
Spaulding, Huntley Nowell
Manufacturer; b., Townsend, Mass.,
Oct. 30, 1869; s. Jonas and Emeline
(Cummings) Spaulding; ed. public
schools of Townsend, Phillips (Andover)
Academy, 1889; entered business after
graduation in the firm established by
his father and since continued as
Jonas Spaulding & Sons Co. (Inc.),
manufacturers of leather-board, count
ers, novelties, etc., at Townsend Har
bor, Mass., Rochester, North Roches
ter, and Milton, N. H., and Tonawanda, N. Y.; Congregationalist;
Republican; Federal Food Admin
istrator for New Hampshire, 1917- ;
president N. H. League of Free Nations
Ass'n. ; member J. Spaulding & Sons Co. ;
treasurer Kenebunk Mfg. Co. ; president
International Leather Co., president
Atlas Leather Co., director Spaulding &
Sons (Ltd.), London, England; mem
ber Algonquin Club, Boston, Country
Club, Brookline, Mass., Country
Club, Rochester, N. H., Beaver
Meadow Golf Club, Concord, N. H.;
Sc.D.. New Hampshire College, 1918;
m., Aug. 11, 1901, Harriet Mason,
St. Paul, Minn. Residence, North
Rochester, N. H.
King, Charles Francis
Geographer; b., Wilton, N. H., Jan.
30, 1843; s. Sanford and Susan (Burnham) King; ed. Dartmouth College,
A.B. 1867; commenced teaching in
1867; principal Dearborn grammar
school, Boston, 1887-1913; lectured
for many years on methods of teaching
geography before educational associa
tions and institutes; founder and mana
ger National School of Methods,
Saratoga and Glenns Falls, N. Y.;
pres. Mass. Geographical Club; mem
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ber and secretary Committee of ten on
Geography; author "Methods and Aids
in Geography," 1888; "Picturesque
Geographical Readers for Home and
School/' 1889; "This Continent of
Ours," 1890; "The Land We Live In"
(3 vols.), 1892; "Rocky Mountains,"
1894; "Northern Europe," 1896;
"Round About Rambles," 1898; "Ele
mentary Geography," 1903; "Advanced
Geography," 1906, etc.; retired, 1913;
m., 1st, Aug. 1, 1867, Elizabeth Boardman, Lowell; 2d, July 6, 1897, Gratia
Cobb, Philadelphia. Residence, 107
Elm Hill Ave., Boston, Mass.
Keyes, Homer Eaton
Educator and business director; b.
Brooklyn, N. Y, Dec. 21, 1875; ed.
Pratt Institute, Brooklyn; Dartmouth
College B.L. 1900; traveled and studied
in Europe; Princeton, A.M. 1912; in
structor in English, Dartmouth, 1900-3;
assistant professor Modern Art, 190613; business director, 1913- ; Congre
gationalist; member Phi Beta Kappa,
Psi Upsilon, N. H. Historical Soc,
Archaeological Institute of America,
College Art Ass'n; editor Dana's "Two
Years Before the Mast," 1908; contrib
utor to various publications; m., April 2,
1903, Caroline Gardner Abbott, Cleve
land, O. Residence, Hanover, N. H.
Kimball, Herbert Harvey
Meteorologist; b., Hopkinton, N. H.,
Feb. 13, 1862; s. Elbridge Gerry and
Mary (Butler) Kimball; ed. public
schools, N. H. College, Durham, B.S.,
1884, M.S. George Washington Univ.,
1900. Ph.D. 1910; fellow Uruv. of Pitts
burgh, 1912-13; Meteorological Observ
er, U. S. Meteorological Service, Wash
ington, D. C., 1884-5; clerk at central
office, 1886-1900; assistant editor
Monthly Weather Review, 1901-3;
librarian, 1904-8; professor of meteor
ology in charge of solar radiation in
vestigations, since July, 1908; member
National Geographical Soc, Philo
sophical Soc, Washington, Academy of
Arts and Sciences, American Astronom
ical Soc, etc.; Baptist; Independent;
author many papers on meteorological
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subjects; m., Nov. 14, 1891, Margaret
Gertrude Cowling, Washington. Resi
dence, 1819 Monroe St., N. W., Wash
ington, D. C.
Ledoux, Henri Toussaint
Lawyer; postmaster of Nashua; b.,
St. Albans, Vt., Nov. 4, 1873; s. Tous
saint and Elmire (Bourgeois) Ledoux;
ed. public and parochial schools,
Nashua, N. H. ; Theresa Classical Col
lege, Quebec, 1893; Boston Univ. Law
School, LL.B. 1896; admitted to the
bar and commenced practice in Nashua
in the latter year, there continuing;
Catholic; Democrat; member Nashua
common council, 1895, N. H. house of
representatives, 1897-9; N. H. consti
tutional convention, 1902; member
Nashua board of Public Works, 1903-6;
collector of taxes, 1907-13; Democratic
candidate for Congress, 2d N. H.
district, 1906; delegate to Democratic
national convention, Baltimore, 1912;
postmaster of Nashua since April 16,
1917; National President L'Union St.
Jean Baptiste D'Amerique, since 1911;
director American Historical Soc.;
vice-chairman Nashua Chapter Ameri
can Red Cross; secretary-treasurer
French American Chamber of Com
merce for New England; director
Citizens Guaranty Savings Bank,
Nashua, First National Bank, Van
Buren, Me.; director and treasurer
Union Novelty Co., Leominster, Mass.;
m., June 6, 1904, Agnes A. Manseau,
Nashua. Residence, Nashua, N. H.
Thayer, Lucius Harrison
Clergyman; b., Westfield, Mass.,
Nov. 28, 1857; s. Lucius Fowler ana
Martha A. (Harrison) Thayer; ed.
Westfield public schools; Amherst
College, A.B. 1882; Yale Univ., B.D.
1888, Dwight Fellow, 1889; D.D.,
Dartmouth, 1909; ordained to the
Congregational ministry, 1891; pastor
North Church, Portsmouth, N. H.,
since 1890; Congregationalist; Pro
gressive Republican; president N. H.
Home Missionary Soc; member Pru
dential Committee, American Board
C. F. M.; member Psi Upsilon college
fraternity, Winthrop Club, Boston,
Mass.; m., June 29, 1892, Helen Chadwick Rand; children, Dorothy Goldthwait, b., Aug. 29, 1893 (Smith Col
lege, A.B. 1916), Lucius Ellsworth, b.
June 19, 1896 (Amherst, A.B. 1918);
Sherman Rand, b. Sept. 28, 1904. In
youth Dr. Thayer served for two years,
1876-8 as supercargo on the ship Lucy
S. Mills, and after leaving college was
engaged for a time with the Franklin
Foundry & Machine Co., Providence,
R. I. Residence, Portsmouth, N. H.
Thayer, Helen Chadwick Rand
(Mrs. Lucius H. Thayer); philan
thropist and social worker; b., Morisania, N. Y., Oct. 3, 1863; dau., Albert
Tyler and Sophia Anna (Chadwick)
Rand; ed. private schools, Brooklyn,
N. Y.; Adelphi Academy; Burnham
School, Northampton, Mass.; Smith
College, A.B. 1884; student of his
tory Newnham College, Cambridge,
Eng., 1886-7; a founder, in 1889, of
the College Settlement, Rivington St.,
New York City; president College
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Settlements Ass'n, since 1907; vicepresident Smith College Alumnae
Ass'n (secretary, 1888-92); alumnae
trustee Smith College 1901-07; mem
ber advisory board N. H. Equal Suf
frage Ass'n, College Equal Suffrage
League, Ass'n of Collegiate Alumnae,
National Congress of Mothers; director
N. H. Children's Aid Soc, N. H. Soc.
Charities and Corrections; member
State Commission for Belgian Relief,
Ass'n for Labor Legislation, chairman
Smith College Unit war work com
mittee, and active in various other
philanthropic and civic organizations;
m., June 29, 1892, Rev. Lucius H.
Thayer (see preceding sketch). Resi
dence, 664 State St., Portsmouth,
N.H.
Lane, Francis Ransom
Educator; b., Manchester, N. H.,
Dec. 23, 1858; s. John G. and Caroline
(Anderson) Lane; ed. public schools,
Dartmouth College, A.B. 1881; M.D.
George Washington Univ., 1885; A.M.
(hon.) Lafayette College, 1907; princi
pal Franklin School, Washington, D. C,
1881-2; head of English Dept., Wash
ington high school, 1882-8; principal
Central high school, 1888-94; director
high schools, Washington, 1894-1902;
principal Polytechnic Preparatory
School, Brooklyn, 1902-6; director
Jacob Tome Institute, Port Deposit,
Md., 1906-8; principal Worcester,
Mass., State Normal School, 1909-12;
headmaster Brooklyn Polytechnic
Preparatory school since 1912; m., 1st,
June 23, 1891, Elinor Macartney, d.
March 17, 1909; 2d, June 12, 1915,
Kathleen Langton. Residence, 3456
Broadway, N. Y.
Marshall, Roujet DeLisle
Jurist; b., Nashua, N. H., Dec. 27,
1847; s. Thomas and Emeline M.
Marshall; removed with parents to
Delton, Sauk County, Wisconsin, in
1854; ed. Delton Academy, Baraboo
(Wis.) Collegiate Inst. and Lawrence
Univ., LL.D. 1904; Univ. of Wisconsin,
1905; admitted to Wisconsin bar 1873;
county court judge, 1876-82; circuit
court, 1889-95; supreme court, 1895-
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1917; Republican; m., 1869, Mary E.
Jenkins, Baraboo. Residence, Chip
pewa Falls, Wis.
Amey, Harry Burton
Lawyer; b., Pittsburg, N. H., Dec.
21, 1868; s. John T. and Emily
(Haynes) Amey; ed. Public schools,
Lancaster Academy 1890, Dartmouth
College, 1894; taught school nine
years while securing education ; studied
law with Ladd & Fletcher at Lancaster,
admitted to the bar in 1898, com
menced practice that year in Milton,
N. H., removing thence to Island Pond,
Vt., where he has since remained in
practice; Unitarian; Republican; mem
ber Vt. house of representatives,
1910; state's attorney for Essex
County, 1904-8, 1910-2; state senate,
Essex County, 1918-9; attorney
Grand Trunk Ry., 1902-10; general
counsel, Central Vt., Ry., 1910-13; di
rector Island Pond National Bank;
A. F. & A. M., Knight Templar and
Shriner; m., April, 1896, GraciaJJN
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Norton; children, Henry T., b. Nov.
21, 1898; Alpa N, b. Sept. 20, 1900.
Residence, Island Pond, Vt.
Hodsdon, Ervin Wilbur
Physician; b., Ossipee, N. H., April
8, 1863; s. Edward Payson and Emma
B. (Demeritt) Hodsdon; ed. Dover
high school, Phillips Exeter Academy,
Washington Univ., St. Louis, Mo.,
M.D. 1884; interne St. Louis City
hospital two years; practiced in Dover
and at Center Sandwich before locating
in Ossipee twenty-three years ago,
where he has since remained in prac
tice; Methodist; Republican; member
Ossipee board of health since residing
in town, town clerk, selectman four
years, member school committee twelve
years, postmaster seventeen years, phy
sician to Carroll county farm, medical
referee, Carroll county, twelve years;
member N. H. house of representatives,
1915-16, 1917-18, 1919-20; chairman
committee on state hospital each ses
sion; member A. F. & A. M. (past
master); I. O. R. M. (P. S. S.), A. O.
U. W., P. of H., K. of P.; N. H. His
torical Soc, N. H. Med. Soc, American
Med. Ass'n; m., Feb. 25, 1917, Mary
L. Price. Residence, Ossipee, N. H.
(Mountain View, P. 0.).
Hill, Joseph Adna
Statistician; b., Stewartstown, N. H.,
May 5, 1860; s. Rev. Joseph B.
and Harriet (Brown) Hill; ed. Har
vard, A.B. 1885; A.M. 1887; Ph.D.
Halle, Germany, 1892; lecturer, Univ.
of Pa., 1893; instructor, Harvard Univ.,
1895; went to Europe for the Mass.
Tax Commission, to investigate
European systems of taxation, 1897;
statistician, U. S. Census Bureau, since
1898; appointed chief statistician,
1909; member American Economic
Ass'n, American Statistical Ass'n (vicepresident), Cosmo Club; author "The
English Income Tax," 1899; prepared
many important reports for the last
census; contributor to various eco
nomic journals. Residence, 8 Iowa
Circle, Washington, D. C.
Chellis, Frank Otis
Lawyer; b., Meriden (Plainfield),
....
N. H., Aug. 7, 1858; s. Otis H. and
Betsey M. (Morrill) Chellis; ed. New
port high school, 1878; Kimball
Union Academy, Meriden, 1880; Dart
mouth College, A.B. 1885; studied law
with Albert S. Wait of Newport three
years; admitted to the bar 1888 and
entered practice as a partner with Mr.
Wait; taught district schools in Croy
don and Enfield before entering college,
and was principal of the Newport high
school for nine years after admission to
the bar; interested in athletic sports
while in college, and played two years
on the Varsity baseball, and two years
on the football team; Unitarian; Demo
crat ; has served as town moderator, and
two terms as solicitor for Sullivan
County (1907-8 and 1913-4), the only
Democrat elected to the office in fifty
years; several years a member of the
Newport school board and superinten
dent of schools; member Newport fire
department over twenty years and six
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years member N. H. Firemen's Ass'n;
has taken an active part in local politics
in his party's interest, and labored for
the promotion of the civic, social and
educational welfare of the community;
gave much time to war work, serving
as secretary of the Sullivan County
draft board; trustee Sugar River Sav
ings Bank, Carrie F. Wright Hospital;
member Mt. Vernon Lodge, No. 15,
A. F. & A. M. (historian at its 100th
anniversary), Chapter of the Taber
nacle. No. 19, and Sullivan Commandery, K. T.; Sugar River Lodge
No. 1236, Loyal Order of the Moose,
Alpha Delta Phi, Newport Playground
Ass'n, Outing Club, Board of Trade;
m., Dec. 8, 1892, Emma G. Wilmarth;
children, Bernice Louise, b. April 20,
1894 (Newport high school, 1912,
Wellesley College 1916); Robert Wil
marth, b. Dec. 6, 1898 (Newport high
school, 1915,- Dean Academy, 1916).
Residence Newport, N. H.
McDonald, Etta Austin Blaisdell
(Mrs. James R. McDonald) ; author:
b., Manchester, N. H.; dau. Clark and
Clara M. Blaisdell; ed. public schools,
Mass. State Normal School, Framingham, 1891 ; taught school in Massa
chusetts, 1892-6; supervisor primary
schools, Brockton, Mass., 1896-9;
author (with Mary Frances Blaisdell)
"ChQd Life," 1899; "Child Life in
Many Lands," 1900; "The Child Life
Primer," 1901; "The Blaisdell Spell
ers," 1901; "The Child Life Fifth
Reader," 1902; "Boy Blue and His
Friends," 1907, and many child books
of travel; member Boston Authors
Club, Women's City Club, N. E.
Women's Press Ass'n; m., Aug. 3,
1899, James Richard McDonald.
Residence, West Medford, Mass.
Stoddard, Edward Percy
Insurance and Real Estate, b., Ports
mouth, N. H., Jan. 2, 1877; s. D. Fox
and Mary Joy (Pendexter) Stoddard;
ed. Dover and Portsmouth schools and
Dartmouth College; reporter for Ports
mouth Times and Manchester Daily
Union, 1900-3; U. S. deputy marshal at
31
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Concord, 1903-8; in general insurance
and real estate business at Portsmouth
since latter date; Congregationalist;
Republican; member Portsmouth city
council, 1910; N. H. house of rep
resentatives, 1911-12; 1913-14; cham
pioned the movement for the Ports
mouth armory in the former session;
Republican candidate for state
senator in District No. 24, 1918; mem
ber A. F. & A. M., 32d degree, Knight
Templar and Shriner, B. P. O. E.,
K. of P., Derryfield Club, Manchester;
Athletic Club, Warwick Club, Country
Club, Portsmouth. Residence, Ports
mouth, N. H.
Richardson, Henry Sturtevant
Lawyer; probate judge; b., Brandon,
Vt., Sept. 19, 1873; s. Sidney K. and
Ella I. (Sturtevant) Richardson; ed.
public schools, Kimball Union Acad
emy, 1892; Dartmouth College, 1896.
studied law in office of Smith & Smith
at Woodsville, N. H.; admitted to the
N. H. bar, June 18, 1903; located in
practice in Claremont; Unitarian; Re-
�Hon. Horatio Colony
�ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES
publican; judge Claremont police
court, 1912-13; member school board,
1915-17; solicitor, Sullivan County,
1917; judge of probate, 1917- ; trustee
Fiske Free Library, 1911- ; member
A. F. A A. M. (lodge, chapter, commandery and shrine), Sons of Veterans
(past commander N. H. division); m.,
June 12, 1906, Valina J. Darling; one
dau., Barbara. Residence, Claremont,
N.H.
Colony, Horatio
Lawyer; manufacturer; b., Keene,
Nov. 14, 1835; s. Josiah and Hannah
STaylor) Colony; descendant of John
olony, Wrentham, Mass., 1640; ed.
public and private schools, Keene
Academy, Albany (N. Y.) Law School,
LL.B. 1860, having studied in the
office of Hon. Levi Chamberlain; ad
mitted to the bar in New York and
New Hampshire in 1860, and practiced
in Keene till 1867, when, having ac
quired an interest in the firm of Faulk
ner & Colony, woolen manufacturers, of
which his father had been a member,
he relinquished his profession and de
voted himself thereafter to the interests
of the firm, of which he became presi
dent and treasurer upon its incorpora
tion; subsequently interested in the
Cheshire Mills, Harrisville, N. H., and
president and treasurer of the same;
Unitarian; Democrat; member first
N. H. board of labor statistics, ap
pointed by Governor Weston; first
mayor of Keene, 1874-5; member
N. H. house of representatives, 1877;
Democratic nominee for speaker and
member judiciary committee; delegate
Democratic National Convention, New
York, 1868; some time president Keene
Steam Power Co.; director Cheshire,
Ashuelot and Citizens' National banks
of Keene, and Winchester National
Bank; president Cheshire County
Humane Soc; trustee Thayer public
library and president of the board;
member A. F. & A. M., K. T., P. of H.;
m., Dec. 10, 1863, Emeline Eames Joslin of Keene; d., Oct. 11, 1907; children,
John Joslin (see page 135); Charles
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Taylor, b. April 20, 1867; Kate (Mrs.
James A. Frye). Residence, 104 West
St., Keene, N. H.
Merrill, Charles Clarkson
Clergyman; secretarial worker; b.,
Marlboro, N. H., March 3, 1873; s.
John L. and Mary L. (Murphy) Mer
rill; ed. Cushing Academy, Ashburnham, Mass., 1890, Dartmouth College,
A.B. 1894; B.D. Yale Divinity School,
1897; ordained Congregational min
istry, 1897; pastor First Church Steubenville, O., 1897-1902; North Church,
Winchendon, Mass., 1902-11; secre
tary National Council Apportionment
Commission, Congregational Churches,
1911-14; N. E. secretary Laymen's
Missionary Movement, Boston, 191417; secretary Vermont Domestic Mis
sionary Soc, 1917- ; Independent Re
publican; trustee Cushing Academy;
member Phi Beta Kappa, Delta Kappa
Epsilon; m., Oct. 8, 1907, Bessie Louise
Nichols, Winchendon, Mass. Resi
dence, 112 Loomis St., Burlington, Vt.
Abbott, Sewall Wester
Lawyer; b., Tuftonboro, N. H.,
April 11, 1859; s. George and Phebe
Jane (Graves) Abbott; ed. public
schools of Ossipee; Hebron (Me.)
Academy, 1878; Union College of Law,
Chicago, 1883; admitted to 11linois bar
same year; practiced one year in Chi
cago; returned East and commenced
practice in Wolfeboro, N. H., Dec. 18,
1885 and has there continued; Unita
rian ; Republican ; moderator,Wolfeboro.
twenty-two years; member school board
twelve years; solicitor for Carroll
County, 1903-7; judge of Probate since
Dec. 27, 18S9; chairman Legal Ad
visory Board, Carroll County, 1917- ;
chairman fuel committee, Wolfeboro
district 1917- ; president Wolfeboro
Woolen Mills; president trustees Huggins Hospital since foundation, Dec.31,
1907; trustee Brewster Free Academy
since 1895; member A. F. A. M., lodge,
chapter, commandery and 32d degree
(Past D. D. G. M., N. H. Grand Lodge.
and member committee on trials and
appeals), O. E. S. ; I. O. O. F., Rebekahs,
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P. B. O. E., P. of H., Sons of the Ameri
can Revolution; m., June 10, 1893,
Elma King (Hodgdon). Residence,
Wolfeboro, N. H.
MacMurphy , Mary L. Stuart James
(Mrs. Jesse G. MacMurphy.)
Teacher; lecturer; b., Deerfield, N. H.,
Sept. 1, 1846; dau. Joseph Warren ana
Harriet Neeley (Hoyt) James; ed.
Pinkerton Academy, Derry, N. H.,
Salem, Mass., Normal School, first
course, 1864; advanced course, 1866;
special work Vassar College and Chi
cago University; in the autumn of
1866 became head of the Senior de
partment of the Albany, N. Y., Female
Academy; later at request of Eben S.
Stearns, principal, accepted the posi
tion of preceptress at Robinson Fe
male Seminary; on April 22, 1870,
united in marriage with Rev. Jesse G.
MacMurphy, and became a resident of
Racine, Wis., where she soon became
principal of a college preparatory
school, and lecturer to the Avon Art
Club; in 1895 she was called to Chicago
as head of the history department in the
Waller High School, remaining until
1911, when she returned to New Eng
land, but has retained a deep interest
in the work to which her active life has
been devoted and for which work she
had prepared herself by foreign travel
and close study. She was a member of
the Woman's Club and Avon Art Club,
Racine, Wis. (president of the former
1894-6; director of latter, 1879-94) -the
Chicago and Oak Park Woman's Clubs
and The Glaux Syntelia, Chicago. She
is a member of the D. A. R. and the
Derry Woman's Club, in both of which
organizations as well as the Red Cross
she is an active worker; she served as
chairman of the Art Department, N. H.
Federation of Women s Clubs, 191517. Two children. Residence, Derry
Village, N. H.
Marvin, Winthrop Lippitt
Journalist; b., New Castle, N. H.,
May 15, 1863; s. Thomas E. O. and
Anne (Lippitt) Marvin; ed. public
Schools, Tufts College, A.B. 1884;
Litt.D. 1903; reporter and night editor
Boston Advertiser, 1884-6; on Boston
Journal in various capacities, 18861903; member Mass. Civil Service
Commission, 1901-4; secretary Mer
chant Marine Commission, Washing
ton, 1904-5; secretary-treasurer Na
tional Ass'n Woolen Manufacturers
since 1908; associate editor Marine
Journal, New York City; member Phi
Beta Kappa, Theta Delta Chi; Universalist; Republican; m., June 17,
1885, Nellie Meloon, Portsmouth,
N. H. Residence, Marvin's Island,
Portsmouth, N. H.
McDaniel, Allen Boyer
Civil engineer; b., Exeter, N. H.,
Sept. 5, 1879 ; s. Benjamin F. and Mary
E. (Wellman) McDaniel; ed. Mass.
Inst. Tech., B.S. in architectural
engineering, 1901; structural engineer,
N. E. Structural Co., Boston, 1901-2;
Fort Pitt Bridge Works, Pittsburgh,
Pa., 1903-5; instructor in civil engi
neering, Case School of Applied
Science, Cleveland, Ohio, 1906-7;
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professor civil engineering, Univ. of
South Dakota, 1907-12; assistant
frofessor civil engineering, Univ. of
Uinois, 1912-16; professor civil engi
neering, Union College, Schenectady,
N. Y., 1917- ; fellow American Acad.
Arts and Sciences; member Amer.
Soc. Civil Engineers, etc.; m., Oct. 21,
1903, Amanda Fowler, Boston, Mass.
Residence, Schenectady, N. Y.
MacGreggor, Henry Frederick
Railroading and real estate; b.,
Londonderry, N. H., April 25, 1855;
s. Lewis Aiken and Augusta (Watts)
Blodgett; ed. Pinkerton Academy,
Derry, and Bryant & Stratton Commerical College, Manchester; removed
to Texas in youth; secretary Galveston
City R. R. Co., 1879-83; vice-president
and general manager, Houston Rail
way System, 1883-1903; engaged in
real estate operations since 1903; vicepresident and director, State Land Oil
Co.; director, South Texas National
Bank, Houston Printing Co., Glen
Park Co.; Presbyterian; Republican;
chairman, state executive committee,
1894-6; Texas member Republican
National Committee since 1912; m.,
Dec. 10, 1885; Elizabeth Stevens.
Residence, 3530 Fannin St., Houston,
Texas.
Howes, Benjamin Alfred
Engineer; b., Keene, N. H., Aug. 4,
1875; s. Benjamin Thomas and Maria
Adelaide (Holt) Howes; ed. public
schools, Mass. Institute Technology,
B.S. 1897; with Frank Sprague,
Sprague Multiple Unit System, New
York, 1897-1900; with Randfontein
Estates, mining equipment and con
struction, South Africa, and Thomas
Robins, Paris and London, 1900-3; in
research and construction work, 19035; in private practice in New York
since 1905; advisory to various ship
building undertakings in concrete,
1918; member American Soc. Mining
Engineers, American Concrete Insti
tute, American Soc. Civil Engineers,
etc.; author "Building by a Builder,"
1914, and various technical articles on
concrete and building construction;
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m., Aug. 5, 1908, Ethel D. Puffer,
Framingham, Mass. Residence, Scarsdale, N. Y.
Hoyt, Louis G.
Lawyer; probate judge; b., Exeter.
N. H., Feb. 23, 1856; s. Gilman B. and
Marianna (Jewell) Hoyt; ed. Phillips
Exeter Academy, 1873; Dartmouth
College, 1877; studied law and com
menced practice at Kingston, N. H.,
1878; member banking firm of E. H.
Rollins & Sons, Boston, 1888-1900;
Universalist; Republican; superintend
ent of schools, Kingston, 1880 to 1886;
solicitor of Rockingham County, 18921900; judge of probate, Rockingham
County, since September, 1902; trus
tee Union Five Cent Savings Bank,
Exeter; Sanborn Seminary, Kingston;
Brown's Academy, East Kingston;
secretary, Republican state committee,
1899-1901; member Gideon Lodge,
A. F. & A. M.; author "Hoyt's Probate
Practice," "Hoyt's Law of Adminis
tration in New Hampshire," "Hoyt's
Homestead Right"; m., March 30,
1893, Mary S. Towle. Residence,
Kingston, N. H.
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French, George Barstow
Lawyer; b., Tuftonborough, N. H.,
Nov. 27, 1846; s. James and Eveline
A. (Moulton) French; ed. Tilton Sem
inary, 1868; Dartmouth College, 1872;
principal Milford, N. H., high school,
1872-4; studied law with Judge Rob
ert M. Wallace of Milford and at Bos
ton Univ. Law School; admitted to
Suffolk County, Mass., bar in May,
1876, and N. H. bar, September, 1876,
since when he has been in practice in
Nashua; Congregationalist; Republi
can; member Nashua board of educa
tion several years, N. H. constitu
tional convention, 1889; chairman
Legal Advisory Board under Selective
Service Act, 1918; member Lincoln
Club; president non-partisan Civic
League; formerly president Nashua
Trust Co., and director Pennichuck
Water Works; D. K. E. frater
nity, Dartmouth College; Rising Sun
Lodge, A. F. & A. M.; m., Dec. 24,
1879. Sarah F. Burnham. Milford,
N.»H.; children, Ruth H., b. Oct. 17,
1880 (Smith College, 1902, Teachers
College, Columbia Univ. in Domestic
Science, 1910), member of Nashua
board of education, and for over a year
past in Bureau of Military Intelligence,
U. S. War Department, Washington;
Robert A., b. Sept. 13, 1882 (Dart
mouth, 1905, Harvard Law School,
1908), lawyer in practice in Nashua
till commissioned captain, Bureau of
Military Intelligence, War Depart
ment, Washington, August, 1918;
served three terms in N. H. house of
representatives, and was associate jus
tice Nashua police court; d. in the serv
ice at Washington, Dec. 17, 1918; Helen
B., b. Sept. 5, 1884 (ed. in Nashua
high school, Abbott Academy and
Smith College one year); George M.,
b. May 2, 1888 (Dartmouth, 1911,
Boston Univ. Law School, 1914) ; prac
ticed law in Springfield, Mass., till
June, 1917, when he enlisted in the
104th infantry regiment, 26th division,
went to France in October, was made
a sergeant, served till Oct. 29, 1918,
when he was sent to a hospital and
was invalided home in November.
Residence, Nashua, N. H.
Merrill, William Bradford
Journalist; b., Salisbury, N. H., Feb.
27, 1861; s. Horatio and Sarah B.
(Whitman) Merrill; ed. Boston Latin
School, 1874-6; finished studies in
Paris, France, 1876-8; reporter on
Philadelphia North American, 1879;
telegraphic editor, 1880, Philadelphia
Press; dramatic and Sunday editor
1881-5; managing editor 1886-91;
managing editor New York Press,
1891-5; financial manager New York
World, 1901-7; managing editor New
York American since February, 1907;
author Guide to Railways of the
United States, 1881; m., Sept. 12, 1882,
Sara Louise Taylor, Georgetown, D. C.
Residence, Great Neck, L. I.
Messer, Loring Wilbur
Y. M. C. A. secretary; b., Somersworth, N. H., March 1, 1856; s. Charles
and Emily A. (Leathers) Messer; ed.
public schools; A.M. Northwestern
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Univ., 1908; with B. & M. R. R., Bos
ton, 1872-4; in dry goods trade, Read
ing, Mass., 1874-81 ; general secretary
Y. M. C. A., Peoria, Ill., 1881-3; Cam
bridge, Mass., 1883-8; Chicago, Ill.,
since April, 1888; director and instruc
tor, Y. M. C. A. College, Chicago;
trustee International Y. M. C. A. Col
lege, Springfield, Mass. ; director United
Charities; member State executive
committee, Y. M. C. A. ; member execu
tive committee National War Work
Council of Y. M. C. A. ass'ns; Union
League University Club; Republican;
m., Sept. 14, 1887, Elizabeth I. Garcelon, Lewiston, Me. Residence, 5729
Blackstone ave., Chicago, Ill.
Morrill, Albro David
Educator; b., Tilton, N. H., Aug.
29, 1854; s. Smith and Mary (Clark)
Morrill; ed. Dartmouth College, B.S.
1876, M.S. 1879; studied in Univ. of
Mich., 1876-7; teacher of science,
Lewiston, Pa., 1878-83; professor of
chemistry, physics and higher mathe
matics, Belmont College, 1883-8;
professor biology and geology, Ohio
Univ., Athens, Ohio, 1888-92; profes
sor chemistry and biology, Hamilton
College, 1892-6; professor biology
since 1896; fellow American Acad.
Arts and Sciences; member Amer. Soc.
Naturalists, Amer. Soc. Zoologists,
Boston Soc. Natural History; Pres
byterian; Republican; m., Dec. 23,
1879, Lena E. Carver, Binghampton,
N. Y. Residence, Clinton, N. Y.
Gould, Robert Truman
Dairy and fruit farmer; b., Hopkinton, N. H., May 23, 1861 ; s. Charles
and Ruth (Hill) Gould; ed. public
schools and Contoocook Academy;
Methodist; Democrat; selectman, Hopkinton, 1907, 1914-15 (chairman of the
board); member N. fl. house of rep
resentatives, 1917-18, serving on Com
mittee on railroads, and joining in
the minority report against the "re
organization" bill; member Committee
of Public Safety; chairman War Sav
ings Committee, local food representa
tive, member Liberty Loan committee
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and in Red Cross and Red Triangle
drives; member Harris Lodge A. F. &
A. M.; Patrons of Husbandry (past
master Union Grange, No. 56 and
Contoocook, No. 216). Mr. Gould re
sides upon the farm on "Gould Hill"
in Hopkinton, owned and occupied by
the Goulds for four generations; his
great-great-grandfather, Joseph Gould,
was one of the original proprietors of
Hopkinton; Thomas Hill and Moses
Hill, his maternal great-grandfather
and grandfather were both soldiers of
the Revolution and fought at Bunker
Hill, and the latter was a member of
the Committee of Safety in Hopkinton
during the Revolution, as was Robert
T. Gould during the recent war. The
Gould Hill farm is noted for its first
class fruit and excellent dairy prod
ucts; m., April 3, 1894, Mary M.
Currier; one dau., Jessie, b. May 12,
1900, graduate of Hopkinton high
school. Residence, Hopkinton, N. H.
(Contoocook, P. 0.).
�Hon. J. Duncan Upham
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Upham, James Duncan
Manufacturer; banker; b., Claremont, N. H., Nov. 7, 1853; s. James
Phineas and Elizabeth Walker (Rice)
Upham; ed. public schools, Claremont;
Kimball Union Academy, Meriden,
1870; Dartmouth College, Cornell
Univ., B.S., 1874; entered employ of
Sullivan Machine Co., Claremont, as
clerk and paymaster, continuing until
chosen treasurer and manager of the
Brandon (Vt.) Italian Marble Co..
July, 1886, which position he held until
July, 1891, when he returned to Clare
mont to become treasurer and director
of the Sullivan Machine Co., serving
as such till April, 1892, when the con
cern was reorganized and he became
treasurer and director of the Sullivan
Machinery Co. of Claremont, N. H.,
and Chicago, Ill., in which position he
continues, also member executive com
mittee of said corporation; president
Brandon Italian Marble Co., May,
1895, until sale of same in December,
1909; director, Claremont National
Bank since Jan. 10, 1893; vice-presi
dent same from Nov. 10, 1896, to
Sept. 19, 1905; president since Sept.
19, 1905; director B. & M. R. R. since
October, 1913; director United Life
and Accident Ins. Co.. Concord, N. H.,
since 1913; first president N. H. Man
ufacturers' Ass'n, 1913-14 and director
in same till 1918; vice-president for
New Hampshire American Bankers'
Ass'n, 1916-17; member and former
director, vice-president and president
Claremont board of trade; Episcopal
ian; Progressive Republican; trustee
town of Claremont trust funds since
1903; member N. H. executive council,
1907-8; constitutional convention 1912;
member N. H. public safety committee
of one hundred; chairman Claremont
public safety committee; chairman
Claremont Liberty Loan Committee;
member N. H. League for National
Defense, Red Cross, N. H. Children's
Aid and Protective Soc, N. H. Ass'n
for Prevention of Tuberculosis, N. H.
Soc. for Prevention of Cruelty to Ani
mals, Soc. for Protection of New Hamp
shire Forests, Lincoln Club, 1906-10;
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N. H. Historical Soc, Claremont
Country Club; Zeta Psi (Cornell Univ.),
Cornell New England club; m., Oct. 25,
1882, Katharine Hall Deane of Clare
mont; children, Katharine Duncan
(Mrs. Roy D. Hunter) and Sarah
Elizabeth (Mrs. Percy R. Brooks).
Residence, Claremont, N. H.
Miller, Charles Ransom
Journalist; b., Hanover, N. H., Jan.
17, 1849; s. Elijah T. and Chastina
(Hoyt) Miller; ed. Dartmouth College,
A.B. 1872, LL.D. 1905; Litt.D.
Columbia, 1915; on staff of Springfield
Republican, 1872-5; New York Times
since 1875; editor in chief since 1883;
director N. Y. Times Co.; director
Tidewater Paper Co. ; Century, MetroSolitan and Garden City Golf clubs,
Tew York; m., Oct. 10, 1876, Frances
Daniels, Plainfield, N. H. Residence,
21 East 9th St., New York.
Mitchell, Harry Walter
Physician; b., Plymouth, N. H.,
Nov. 6, 1867; s. Harris B. and Frances
(Blair) Mitchell; ed. Peacham (Vt.)
Academy, Univ. of Vermont, M.D.
1896; ass't physician, State Farm,
Bridgewater, Mass., 1896-9; Danvers
(Mass.) State Hospital, 1899-1907;
superintendent Eastern (Me.) State
Hospital, 1907-10; Danvers (Mass.)
State Hospital, 1910-12; State Hospital
for Insane, Warren. Pa., 1912- ; mem
ber American Med. Ass'n, Pa. State
Med. Ass'n, Mass. State Med. Soc,
Boston Soc. Psychiatry and Neurology,
etc.; Unitarian; m., Aug. 16, 1902,
Mary Paulsell, San Francisco. Resi
dence, Warren, Pa.
Melville, Henry
Lawyer; b.. Nelson, N. H., Aug. 25,
1858; s. Josiah H. and Nancy R. (Nesmith) Melville ; ed. Dartmouth College,
A.B. 1879; Harvard, A.M. and LL.B.,
cum laude, 1884; admitted to the bar
in 1885, and since in practice in New
York City; partner of Roscoe Conkling,
1885-8; captain Co. A, 8th N. Y. Vol
unteers, Spanish American War; presi
dent State Board of Managers, Elmira
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and Napanoch reformatories; member
N. Y. Bar Ass'n, Naval and Military
Order, Spanish American War, Soc. Co
lonial Wars; Republican. Residence,
69 East 55th St., New York City.
Wellman, Justin Owen
Educator; head master Colby Acad
emy; b., Belgrade, Me., Sept. 19, 1875;
s. Owen Rogers and Ella (Russell)
Wellman; ed. public schools, Augusta,
Me.; Colby College, 1898; principal
Paris Hill (Me.) Academy, 1898; mas
ter of mathematics, Bangor (Me.)
high school, 1899-1901; principal
Ricker Classical Institute, Houlton
(Me.), 1901-5; headmaster Colby
Academy, New London, N. H., 1905
to date; Baptist; Republican; town
auditor, New London, 1907-10, 1914
to date; delegate N. H. constitutional
convention, 1912; war historian for
New London, 1918- ; chairman town
War S. S. committee, 1918- ; four
minute speaker in war work cam
paign; trustee New London Hospital
Ass n; trustee N. H. United Baptist
Convention; member National Edu
cational Ass'n, N. E. Ass'n of Colleges
and Secondary Schools; N. H. Teach
ers' Ass'n; N. E. Ass'n of Mathematics
Teachers; collaborator of National
Institute for Moral Instruction; A. F.
& A. M. to and including 32d degree
and K. T., O. E. S. (past Grand Pa
tron); I. O. O. F., P. of H., American
Red Cross, Phi Beta Kappa, Delta
Upsilon; m., Aug. 14, 1901, Caroline
Blanch Walker; children, Eleanor
Blanch, b. Feb. 19, 1907; Muriel Jus
tine, b. Sept. 9, 1912. Residence, NewLondon, N. H.
Gove, Charles Augustus
Naval officer; b., Concord, N. H.,
July 5, 1854; s. Col. Jesse A. and Maria
Louise (Sherburne) Gove; ed. public
schools, U. S. Naval Academy, Annap
olis, 1876; promoted ensign, March
29, 1879; lieutenant, Aug. 4, 1891;
lieutenant commander, July 1, 1899;
commander, May 6, 1905; cap
tain, Jan. 9, 1909; rear admiral, July
11, 1914; served on all principal sta
tions and at sea twenty-one years and
six months; on U. S. S. Topeka during
Spanish American War, 1898; com
mandant of midshipmen at U. S. Naval
Academy, 1908-9; commanded the
new dreadnought, Delaware 1910, mak
ing the trip around Cape Horn and,
later in the naval review off Spithead
at the Coronation of King George V,
it being the largest warship there;
commander U. S. Naval Training
Station at San Francisco, 1912-3;
retired, Dec. 11, 1914; Episcopalian;
A. F. & A. M., member Army and
Navy Club. Washington, D. C., Bo
hemian Club, San Francisco; m., May
23, 1887, Minnie Webster. Residence,
San Francisco, Cal.
Cavis, Kate Chandler
(Mrs. Harry M. Cavis); b., Balti
more, Md.; dau. Maj. George Henry
and Elvira Sargent (Coffin) Chandler;
niece of Senator William E. Chandler
(see p. 1); granddaughter of Capt.
Samuel Coffin, Concord, N. H. (Maj.
George H. Chandler, A.B., Dartmouth,
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1860, *BK, LL.B., Harvard, 1867;
served in the 9th N. H. Volunteers
during the Civil War and was wounded
in the battle of Spottsylvania) ; Mrs.
Cavis was educated in the schools of
Concord, N. H., and at the Oldfield
School, Baltimore, Md., 1887-9; spent
much of her youth in Washington,
D. C.; became a permanent resident
of Concord, N. H., upon her marriage;
communicant of St. Paul's Protestant
Episcopal Church, warden of Guild,
St. Anna Branch, and active in church
work; member board of managers,
Orphans' Home at Millville, Stratford
(Shakespeare) Club (president, 190811), N. H. Historical Soc., Concord
Female Charitable Soc., Country Club,
Beaver Meadow Golf Club (charter,
1897), Friendly Club, District Nursing
Ass'n, Charity Organization Soc., Hos
pital Associates, S. P. C. A., N. H.
Children's Aid and Protective Soc.; m.,
Washington, D. C., May 12, 1897,
Harry Minot Cavis, lawyer of Con
cord, who d. July 8, 1915; one son,
George Chandler Cavis, b. Feb. 14,
1898; ed. St. Paul's School, Concord,
N. H., 1916, Yale Univ., 1921; in
training, Plattsburgh, N. Y., summer
of 1916; served as ambulance driver in
France (Yale Unit), five months in
1917; second lieutenant, Field Artil
lery, Camp Jackson, Columbia, S. C,
1918. Residence, Concord, N. H.
Runnells, Everett Hazen
Farmer and contractor; b., Con
cord, N. H., June 7, 1851; s. Deacon
Hazen and Sarah E. (Corliss) Runnells;
sixth in descent from Sergt. Samuel
Runnells, of Bradford, Mass., before
1710; fifth in descent from Lieut.
Samuel Runnells and fourth in descent
from Lieut. Samuel Runnells, Jr., of
Boxford, Mass., both of whom served
in the French and Indian Wars, 1755-6;
grandson of Joseph Runnells, who
served in the Revolution; ed. Concord
schools; one year (1868), at Oberlin Col
lege, Ohio; Congregationalist; Repub
lican; supervisor of check list, Ward 4,
several years; m., Oct. 20, 1880, Clara
FVances Potter of East Concord, N. H.,
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descended from Robert Potter, Lynn,
Mass., 1630, great-granddaughter of
Richard Potter, who served in the
Revolution under Gen. Sullivan, niece
of Gen. Joseph H. Potter, U. S. A.
(West Point, 1843); children, (1) Clar
ence Everett, b. Dec. 10, 1881; ed.
Concord high school; employed by
Lynn, Mass., Electric R. R.; m. June
15, 1904, Katharine Isabel McClure,
Maynard, Mass.; their children, John
Franklin, b. Jan. 29, 1909; Maude
Frances, Dec. 14, 1915; (2) Maude
Edith, b. Nov. 10, 1886, d. Feb. 12,
1897; (3) Morrill Potter, b. Jan. 28,
1892; ed. Concord schools; foreman in
machine shops, U. S. Navy Yard,
Portsmouth, N. H.; m. April 8, 1917,
Blanche Evelyn Moran, Lowell, Mass.;
(4 and 5) twin sons, Ernest Potter and
Ellsworth Potter, b. April 7, 1894 (see
succeeding sketches). Residence, 6
Lyndon St.., Concord, N. H.
Runnells, Ernest Potter
Soldier; b., Concord, N. H., April 7,
1894; s. Everett Hazen and Clara
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Frances (Potter) Runnells (see preced
ing) ; ed. Concord high school; employed
National State Capital Bank; Episco
palian; Republican; entered tie U. S.
service, July 25, 1917; sailed for
France, Oct. 3, 1917; in the Medical
Corps of the 26th Division, later in the
101st Ambulance Corps; cited for
bravery by Major-Gen. C. R. Edwards
in the second battle of the Marne, July
18-26, 1918, "for rescuing wounded
comrades under heavy enemy fire";
cited by Major-Gen. C. R. Edwards
Episcopalian; Republican; member
White Mountain Lodge, I. O. O. F.;
employed in the People s Market, 1912—
17; entered the U. S. service, July 25,
1917; sailed for France, Oct. 3, 1917;
in the 103d Machine Gun Battalion,
26th Division, 52d Brigade, Co. B;
decorated with the Croix de Guerre,
Dec. 17, 1918, standing beside his
twin brother who received the Ameri
can Cross at the same time (this is
believed to be the only instance where
twin brothers were simultaneously
for "exceptionally meritorious service
and gallant conduct under a terrific
enemy artillery bombardment," Sept.
25 and 26, 1918; decorated with Dis
tinguished Service Cross (American),
Dec. 17, 1918 (see succeeding). Resi
dence, 6 Lyndon St., Concord, N. H.
decorated with French and American
crosses during the Great War); m.,
May 14 1917, Amy Isabel Milton,
Penacook, N. H. Residence, 6 Lyndon
St., Concord, N. H.
Runnells, Ellsworth Potter
Soldier (twin brother to preceding);
b., Concord, N. H., April 7, 1894; s.
Everett Hazen and Clara Frances
(Potter) Runnells; ed. Concord schools;
Gove Aaron
Educator; b., Hampton Falls, N. H.,
Sept. 26, 1838; s. John Francis and
Sarah Jane (Wadleigh) Gove; ed. pub
lic schools, I Hi in lis Normal Univ., 1861;
honorary A.M., Dartmouth, 1878;
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L,L.D., Univ. of Colorado, 1888; served
in Union Army Sept., 1861 to
Aug., 1864, when honorably discharged
as brevet major; superintendent of
schools, Normal, 111, 1864-74; superin
tendent of schools, Denver, Colo., 1874
-1904; representative of the beet sugar
industry m the arid states 1905- ; com
mander Loyal Legion, Colorado Commandery, two years; A. F. & A. M., 33d
degree; Grand Commander K. T. of
Colorado, three years; president Na
tional Educational Ass'n, three years;
Congregationalist; Republican; m.,Feb.
13, 1865, Caroline Spofford, North Andover, Mass. Residence, Denver, Colo.
McLaughlin, George Asbury
Clergyman; b., Nashua, N. H., Oct.
13, 1851; s. John and Mary A. (Towle)
McLaughlin; ed. public schools, Wesleyan University (Conn.), A.B. 1873;
A.M. 1875; D.D. Taylor Univ., 1903;
ordained M. E. ministry, 1875; pastor,
Franklin Falls, N. H., 1875-7; Whitefield, 1877-9; Littleton 1879-82; First
Church, Haverhill, Mass., 1882-5;
Laconia, N. H., 1885-8; Exeter, 188892; in evangelistic work, Chicago,
1892-1912; editor Christian Witness,
Chicago, 1901-17; author of several
commentaries and pamphlets; Pro
hibitionist; m., 1st, Oct. 27, 1875, Mary
Ella Henshaw, Middletown, Conn.;
d., Jan. 21, 1910; 2d, Oct. 20, 1914,
Mrs. Jennie Reeves Walker. Resi
dence, Los Angeles, Cal.
Marden, Orison Swett
Author and editor; b., Thornton,
N. H., s. Louis and Martha (Cilley)
Marden; ed. public schools, Boston
Univ., B.S. 1877; A.M. and Bachelor of
Oratory, 1879; LL.B. 1882; M.D.,
Harvard, 1881; author "Rushing to
the Front," 1894, and about fifty
other books; founder of the Success
Magazine in 1897, and editor of the
same to 1912; editor Consolidated
Encyclopedic Library (10 vols.), 1901;
editor New Success Magazine; presi
dent Aldine Club; president League for
the Larger Life; m., May, 1905, Clara
L. Evans, Louisville, Ky. Residence,
Sea Cliff, L. I.
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Rogers, William Nathaniel
Lawyer; b., Wakefield, N. H., Jan.
10, 1892; s. Herbert E. and Lilian A.
(Sanborn) Rogers; ed. public schools,
Wakefield, Brewster Free Academy,
Wolfeboro; Dartmouth College; Uni
versity of Maine School of Law, 1916;
admitted to the N. H. bar in 1916 and
practiced that year at Sanbornville and
Wolfeboro; since July, 1917, in Con
cord ; member firm of Streeter, Demond,
Woodworth & Sulloway; Episcopalian;
Democrat; member N. H. house of rep
resentatives, 1917-18, 1919-20; mem
ber judiciary committee both sessions;
Democratic candidate for Congress,
1st N. H. District, 1918; for speaker of
the house in the legislature of 1919;
member Phi Kappa Psi, Dartmouth;
Phi Alpha Delta, Univ. of Maine,
Knights of Pythias, A. F. & A. M.,
K. T., N. H. Bar Ass'n; m., Aug. 31,
1912, Winnie E. Stevens, Farmington.
N. H.; children, Pauline E., b. April
29, 1913; Una C., b. July 3, 1915.
Residence, Sanbornville, N. H.; bus
iness address, Concord, N. H.
�Daniel Webster Perry
�ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES
Perry, Daniel Webster
Paymaster, Nashua Mf'g Co.; b.,
Dublin, N. H., June 21, 1852; ed. pub
lic schools, Peterboro high school, 1873;
freight cashier, C. R. R., at Nashua,
1873-81; in employ of Fisk Mf'g Co.,
Springfield, Mass., 1881-4; assistant
paymaster, Nashua Mf'g Co.. Nashua,
N. H., 1884-1903; succeeded the late
Webster P. Hussey as proprietors' clerk
and paymaster in the latter year, con
tinuing until the present time, making
thirty-five years of continuous service
for this corporation; Universalist;
Democrat; member Nashua board of
education, 1906-12; treasurer First
Universalist Society, Nashua, from
1898 to the present tune; superintend
ent First Universalist Sunday School,
1894-1914; treasurer N. H. Univer
salist State Convention, since Sept.
1907; member A. F. & A. M., I. O. O. F.;
m., Oct. 8, 1879, Emma Augusta Cook
of Nashua; children, Grace M., b.
Springfield, Mass., 1882 (Nashua high
school, 1901, Teachers' Training School,
1903, teacher in Nashua public schools
four years; m., 1907, Edward Otis
Brown, South Weymouth, Mass);
Fanny Gertrude, b. Nashua, N. H.,
1890; Nashua high school, 1909,
Massachusetts Normal Art School,
1914; supervisor of drawing, Milford,
N. H., schools, 1914-15; Barre, Vt.,
schools, 1916-17; now teacher of Art
in Rhode Island State Normal School,
Providence. Residence, Nashua, N. H.
Weeks, Albert J.
Pharmacist; b., Exeter, N. H., June
12, 1866; s. John W. and Caroline A.
(Colcord) Weeks; ed. public schools,
Exeter; Unitarian; Republican; mem
ber N. H. house of representatives,
1909-10, serving on the committees on
normal school and public health;
trustee Robinson Female Seminary,
Exeter Public Library; director Exeter
Co-operative Bank; member A. F. &
A. M. flodge, chapter, council and
commandery), O. E. S., I. O. R. M.
(past Great Sachem), A. O. U. W.
(past Master) ; Royal Arcanum, Grand
treasurer, N. H. Grand Council;
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Foresters of America; Sportsman's
Club, Exeter; m., June 20, 1893,
Gertrude R. Towle, Exeter; children,
Harold J., b. Dec. 12, 1894 (Dart
mouth, 1917), second lieutenant, ord
nance department, U. S. A., Middletown, Pa.; Laura T., b. Dec. 4, 1897
(Robinson Female Seminary, 1916).
Residence, Exeter, N. H.
Marshall, Harold
Clergyman; b., Kingston, N. H.,
June 8, 1866; s. James F. and Mary
Miranda (George) Marshall; ed. pubhc
schools and Tufts College; ordained to
the Universalist ministry, 1891 ; pastor
successively at Beverly, Swampscott
and Melrose, Mass., 1891-1917; now
manager Universalist Publishing House,
Boston and Chicago; president Mass.
Universalist state convention, Boston
Flower Mission; founder Marshall Hall
Forum; secretary National Open Fo
rum Council; joint author "Democ
racy in the Making," 1915; magazine
writer; m., Sept. 11, 1893, Bertha Hills,
Boston. Residence, Melrose, Mass.
Carter, William Scott
Manufacturer; b., Warner, N. H.,
Sept. 28, 1842; s. William and Hannah
(Badger) Carter; descendant of Thomas
Carter, a graduate of St. Thomas
College, Cambridge, who came from
St. Albans, Hertfordshire, England, in
1635, and settled in Dedham, and later
in Watertown, Mass., and became the
first minister of Woburn; ed. Warner
public schools, Henniker Academy and
Dartmouth College, leaving the latter
in his freshman year and enlisting as a
private in Co. D, 11th N. H. Volun
teers, for service in the Civil War; ap
pointed commissary sergeant and
served with his regiment at Fredericks
burg, Vicksburg, Jackson, Miss., and
elsewhere; spent some time in hospital
with chills and fever, and subsequently
served as quartermaster at a convales
cent camp at Annapolis, Md.; later
returned to his regiment and served in
Grant's campaign up to the battle of
Petersburg; after discharge, in 1865,
entered the employ of H. W. Carter of
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Lebanon, conducting a large mercantile
business; five years later started in
business himself, subsequently forming
a partnership with Frank C. Churchill
which continued till 1898, when the
latter withdrew; since then Mr. Carter
has been president and manager of the
corporation known as the Carter &
Churchill Co., engaged in the manu
facture of shirts, lined coats, overalls,
jumpers, etc., in addition to this busi
ness he is also interested in manufac
turing in Pawtucket, R. I., and in the
South; Republican; has held various
town offices and served in the N. H.
state senate in 1891-2; auditor state
treasurer's accounts, 1S91; appointed
by Governor Jordan, in 1901, member
of commission to determine the position
of N. H. regiments in the siege of Vicksburg, and by Governor Bachelder, in
1903, to select a monument in com
memoration of their service; president
Lebanon Electric Light Co. for eight
years previous to 1906; director Leb
anon National Bank; trustee public
library; president 11th N. H. Reg"t
Building Ass'n; member James B.
Perry Post G. A. R., and past com
mander N. H. Department; member
A. F. & A. M., lodge, chapter, commandery and shrine; m., Aug. 20,
1868, Theodora Bugbee, Lakeport, N.
H. Residence, Lebanon, N. H.
Blaisdell, Bertram
Lawyer; b., Meredith, N. H., April
13, 1869; s. Philip and Jane (Leavitt)
Blaisdell; ed. public schools, Tilton
Seminary, 1888; Brown Univ., A.B.
1892; teacher in Meredith, 1892-5;
studied law and admitted to the N. H.
bar, July, 1897; in practice at Meredith;
Congregationalist; Democrat; chair
man Meredith school board; special
justice Laconia district court, 1913-15;
member N. H. house of representatives,
1915; Phi Beta Kappa, Delta Upsilon,
A. F. & A. M. to and including 32d
degree; past grand patron O. E. S. of
New Hampshire; trustee Meredith
Village Savings Bank; president Mere
dith Casket Co.: member N. H. Bar
Ass'n; m., April 25, 1893, Georgia
Moulton; children, Beatrice, b. Dec.
14, 1898; Dorothy F., b. Jan. 19, 1901.
Residence, Meredith, N. H.
Hamlin, Frank Wilbert
Merchant; banker; b., North Charlestown, N. H., June 14, 1863; s. George
Washington and Ellen L. Hamlin; ed.
public schools of Charlestown; proprie
tor of the Hamlin Department Store,
Charlestown, N. H., since 1887;
Episcopalian (treasurer and junior
warden St. Luke's Church); Republi
can; justice municipal court; trustee
town trust funds, trustee and treasurer
Silsby Free Library; member N. H.
house of representatives, 1903; Senate,
1909; constitutional convention, 1918;
president and director Connecticut
River National Bank, Charlestown;
member I. O. O. F., Charlestown
Lodge, No. 88; Evening Star Encamp
ment, No. 25, Claremont; Canton
Oasis, No. 18, Claremont; Rebekah
Lodge, No. 77; m., Dec. 26, 1887, Ada
E. Perry. Residence, Charlestown,
N. H.
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Prescott, Charles Henry
Editor; banker; b., Barnstead, N. H.,
Aug. 3, 1857; s. James Lewis and
Harriet Morrill (Tripp) Prescott; ed.
Berwick (Me.) Academy; Boston
Univ.; studied law and admitted to
the Maine bar, 1880; founder and sole
proprietor Biddeford (Me.) Daily Jour
nal, 1884- ; Republican; member Me.
house of representatives, 1883-4; sen
ate, 1895-6; member governor's staff,
1893-7; executive council, 1901-6;
treasurer York County, Me., 1887-90;
delegate at large Republican National
Convention, 1888; president York
County Savings Bank, First National
Bank, Biddeford; director North Ber
wick Mfg. Co., Union Mutual Life
Ins. Co., Portland; m., Jan. 17, 1882,
Ellen S. Hobbs, No. Berwick, Me.
Residence, Saco, Me.
Porter, John Lincoln
Surgeon; b., Alstead, N. H., June 2,
1864; s. Samuel H. and Harriet (Emer
son) Porter; ed. public schools; North
western Univ., M.D. 1894; interne,
St. Luke's Hospital, Chicago, 1894-5;
frofessor orthopedic surgery, Univ. of
Uinois Med. School, 1900-17; same
in Northwestern Univ. Med. School,
since 1917; attending orthopedic sur
geon, St. Luke's Hospital; appointed
member advisory board on orthopedics,
U. S. A., Aug., 1917; member American
Med. Ass'n, American Orthopedic
Ass'n (president, 1918-19, 11linois State
Med. Soc.); Republican; member Uni
versity, Quadrangle and Flossmoor
Country clubs; m., Feb. 9, 1899, Ethel
Quigg. Residence, 51 16 Kenwood Ave.,
Chicago.
Lord, Harry True
Lawyer; b., Manchester, N. H., May
7, 1863; s. Harrison Dearborn and
Juliette (True) Lord; ed. Manchester
public schools (high school 1882);
Dartmouth College, A.B. 1887; stud
ied law with Hon. David A. Taggart
and admitted to the N. H. bar in
1894, since when he has been in prac
tice in Manchester; Episcopalian; Re
publican; president Manchester Com32
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mon Council, 1899-1902; member
N. H. constitutional convention, 1902;
N. H. house of representatives, 19056, 1907-8; N. H. Senate (president),
1909-10; executive council, 1911-12;
member local Draft Board, Div. No. 1,
city of Manchester, 1917-19; member
A. F. & A. M., Knight Templar and
Shriner; I. O. R. M.; N. H. Soc., Sons
of the American Revolution (vicepresident); Manchester Historical Soc.
(treasurer); Calumet Club, Manches
ter (secretary, 1893-1914); m., 1st,
Sept. 29, 1897, Flora I. Cooper, Man
chester, d.; m., 2d, Oct. 16, 1912,
Florence M. Stanley; one daughter,
Elizabeth, b. July 13, 1899, now in
school of Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
Residence, Manchester, N. H.
Lund, Fred Bates
Surgeon; b., Concord, N. H., Jan. 4,
1865; s. Charles C. and Lydia (French)
Lund; ed. public schools, Phillips Andover Academy; Harvard College,
A.B. 1888 (summa cum laude, Phi Beta
Kappa); A.M. 1892; M.D., Harvard
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Med. School, 1892; interne Mass. Gen
eral Hospital, 1900-3; in practice in
Boston since latter date; established
wide reputation for surgical skill; in
U. S. Medical Service in France during
war with Germany. Address, 529
Beacon St., Boston.
Kimball, William Henry
Farmer; lumberman; b., Columbia,
N. H., Nov. 18, 1853; s. Edward Walter
and M. Jannette (Lucy) Kimball; ed.
public schools of Stratford, N. H.;
engaged in agriculture in early life, and
has since carried on extensive lumber
ing operations; Methodist; Democrat;
member Stratford school board sev
eral years ; selectman twenty-five years ;
member N. H. house of representa
tives, 1901-2, 1909-10, 1917-18; com
missary-general of New Hampshire
1913-14; member Democratic state
committee since 1910; member Knights
of Pythias; director Coos County
National Bank, Groveton; m., Dec. 31,
1885, Emma J. Bass of Stratford;
children, George Marden, b. March 27,
1891 (Shaw's Business College, Port
land, Me., 1908); Lina Jannette, b.
Sept. 1, 1897. Residence, Stratford,
N. H.
Peterson, Oscar William
Clergyman; b., Lingdal, Wardnas
Parish, Ostergolland, Sweden; s. Peter
Johan Johanson and Johanna (Andersdotter) Peterson; ed. public schools in
Sweden, Rice Collegiate Institute,
Paxton, Ill.; Bangor Theological Sem
inary, 1902; Bowdoin College, Bruns
wick, Me., 1906; Congregationalist;
Republican: pastor Congregational
churches, Phillips and Strong, Me.,
1902-4; Cornish and East Baldwin, Me.,
1904-9; principal Parsonfield (Me.)
Seminary, 1909-10; pastor Congrega
tional churches, Brownfield and Den
mark, Me., 1911-13, Newcastle, Me.,
1913-17, Claremont, N. H., 1917- ;
member A. F. & A. M., Phi Beta
Kappa; published, 1909, patriotic
hymn, "God Save the President"; in
1910, "Songs and Lyrics," translated
from the Swedish; in 1917, "Abigail
Goodhue Bayley," a memoir; exten
sively engaged as a speaker for various
war causes; m., 1905, Emma Augusta
Stubbs, Strong, Me.; children, Alma
Stubbs, Hilda Stubbs. Residence,
Claremont, N. H.
Chutter, Frederick George
Clergyman; b., Chard, Somerset,
England, Sept. 12, 1857; s. George and
Hannah Chutter; ed. Phillips Andover
Academy, Colburn Institute, Colby
College (A.B. and A.M.), Andover
Theological Seminary (B.D.). Oxford
University, Edinburgh and Paris;
preached m various places in Maine and
New Hampshire while pursuing his
studies; ordained in the Congrega
tional ministry and installed pastor of
the church at Littleton, N. H., Sept. 9,
1887; resigned on account of ill health,
Sept., 1890; traveled in Europe ana
the East two years; later for several
years in mercantile business in Little
ton; resumed ministerial work as pas
tor of the Congregational Church at
Norwich, Vt., and later at Lebanon,
�ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES
N. H., where he is now engaged; Re
publican; member Littleton board of
education, 1888-90; 1895-8; president
trustees Littleton public library sev
eral years; has lectured on various
topics suggested by his travels, and
published a book on the "Art of the
Lagoons"; m., Oct. 19, 1887, Caroline
Clark, Newton, Mass.; two children,
Mildred Caroline, b. Aug. 29, 1892;
Reginald Frederick, b. Aug. 23, 1893.
Residence, Lebanon, N. H.
Riley, Phil Madison
Editor; writer; b., Belmont, N. H..
Sept. 25, 1882; s. James Francis and
Elizabeth L. (Williams) Riley; ed. pub
lic schools, Burdett's Business College;
secretary and director, Laconia, N. H.,
Lumber Works, 1899-1904; teacher,
Waltham, Mass., public schools, 19045; associate editor, Photo Era, Boston,
1905-10, 1913-16; architectural editor,
Country Life in America, 1910-3; on
editorial staff, India Rubber World,
New York, since 1916; Congregationalist; Democrat; co-author, "The Wood
Carver of Salem," 1916; "The Colonial
Architecture of Salem," 1918; con
tributor to various magazines on archi
tecture and photography; m., Dec. 24,
1910, Caroline Mabell Sanderson,
Springfield, Mass. Residence, 6 Dear
born St., Dorchester, Mass.
Tilton, George Henry
Clergyman; b., Nashua, N. H., Jan.
31, 1845; s. William Wells and Sarah
Ann (Morrill) Tilton; ed. Williston
Seminary, Easthampton, Mass., 1866;
Amherst College, A.B. 1870; Andover
Theological Seminary, 1873; ordained
to Congregational ministry, Hopkinton, N. H., 1874; pastor, Attleboro
Falls, Mass., 1874-5; Wolfeboro, N. H.,
1876-7; Rehoboth, Mass., 1878-91;
Lancaster, N. H., 1891-6; Woburn,
Mass., since 1896; Republican; mem
ber Rehoboth school board, 1885-6;
founder and first president Rehoboth
Antiquarian Soc; interested in his
torical matters and botanical study ; m.,
June 6, 1876, Ella Minerva Mann,
Attleboro Falls, Mass.; two children.
Residence, 41 Elm St., Woburn, Mass.
483
Brehaut, James William
Educator; b., Murray Harbor, P. E.
Island, July 7, 1863; s. Thomas S. and
Janet (Clow) Brehaut; ed. Prince of
Wales College, Dalhourie Univ., Har
vard Univ., A.B. 1892; Congregationalist; Republican; principal high school,
North Attleboro, Mass., 1894-8; super
intendent of schools, same town, 18981907; proprietor Bryant & Stratton
Business College, Manchester, N. H.,
since Aug. 1, 1907; Local War Historian
of Manchester; member I. O. O. F.,
P. of H.; m. Dec. 27, 1894, Annabel!
Hawkins; children, Wilfred Hawkins,
b., Oct. 22, 1895 (Phillips Exeter, 1914;
Harvard, 1918), first lieutenant 56th
Regiment Coast Artillery Corps, at
front from July to Oct. 18, 1918; Ellerton James, b. April 6, 1897 (Harvard,
1918), corporal in S. O. S. of the
Quartermaster's Dept., went to France
in June, 1918. Residence, Manches
ter, N. H.
�Charlotte Stewartson Smith, M.D.
�J. Brodie Smith
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ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES
Smith, (Joseph) Brodie
Electrician; b., Richville, St. Law
rence County, N. Y., April 6, 1861; s.
William Priest and Sarah (Hungerford)
Smith; ed. public schools of Richville,
N. Y., and special course in higher
mathematics m Manchester, N. H.,
fitting himself to become an expert
electrician; came to Manchester in
1880 and engaged in the drug business
with his brother Amasa D.Smith, Ph.C.,
becoming a registered pharmacist in
both New Hampshire and New York;
retired from the drug business in 1885
to devote his time to electrical work;
in 1886 elected the first superintendent
of the Ben Franklin Electric Light Co.
of Manchester, N. H., which was after
ward consolidated with the Manchester
Electric Light Co., and, later, purchased
by the Manchester Traction, Light &
Power Co.; Republican; vice-president
and general manager, Manchester Trac
tion Light & Power Co.; general man
ager Manchester St. Ry., Manchester
& Nashua St. Ry., Manchester & Derry
St. Ry.; trustee Manchester Savings
Bank; president Elliot Hospital trus
tees; director Manchester Chamber of
Commerce; member Manchester Water
Board, member N. H. Pharmaceutical
Ass'n; Associate Member American
Institute of Electrical Engineers; secre
tary and treasurer of the Association of
Public Utilities of New Hampshire;
member council of Manchester Insti
tute of Arts and Sciences; vice-president
for New Hampshire, New England
Street Railway Club; appointed, April
3, 1918, associate member and N. H.
director U. S. Naval Consulting Board;
president N. H. Ass'n for Prevention of
Tuberculosis, 1917-18; member Ridgely
Lodge, I. O. O. F., also Wonolancet
Encampment and Canton Ridgely;
member Washington Lodge A. F. &
A. M.; Mount Horeb Royal Arch
Chapter, Adoniram Council and Trinity
Commandery, K. T.; past master Ado
niram Council and past grand master
Grand Council of New Hampshire;
member Bektash Temple, A. A. O. N.
M. S., Concord, N. H.; member
Scottish Rite bodies of Nashua, N. H.,
32d degree; received 33d degree in
Scottish Rite Masonry at Indianapolis,
Ind., in 1905: trustee Masonic Home,
Manchester, N. H.; member Rotary,
Derryfield, Calumet and Intervale
Country clubs, Manchester, and
Nashua Country Club, Nashua, N. H. ;
m., July 14, 1909, Charlotte Dodd
Stewartson, M.D. Residence, Man
chester, N. H.
Smith, Charlotte Stewartson, M.D.
Physician; b., West Medway, Mass.,
Jan. 22, 1864; dau. Robert E. and Sylvia
F. (Bisbee) Stewartson; descendant
of Charles Bisbee, the seventh pioneer
of Sumner, Me., a soldier of the Revo
lution and a direct descendant in the
5th generation from Thomas Besbedge
(the original spelling) who sailed from
Sandwich, England, in the ship,
Hercules, and landed at Scituate Har
bor in 1634; from Charles the descent
is traced through his son, Elisha, a
lieutenant in the Revolution, and his
wife Molly Pettingill, their son, Daniel,
and his wife Sylvia Stevens, their
daughter Sylvia F. Bisbee and her hus
band, Robert E. Stewartson; ed. in the
West Medway schools and special
courses in Manchester, N. H.; grad
uated M.D., Tufts Medical College,
1900; externe one year, Mass. Home
Hospital, Boston; interne, one year,
Woman's Charity Club Hospital, Bos
ton; in practice of medicine, in Man
chester, N. H., since 1902; member
Mass. Med. Soc, N. H. Med. Soc,
Hillsborough County Med. Ass'n,
Manchester Institute Arts and Sciences;
m., July 14, 1909, J. Brodie Smith,
Manchester. (See preceding sketch.)
Richardson, William Cummings
Architect; b. .Concord, N. H., March
12, 1854; s. David Cummings and
Henrietta G. (Barnard) Richardson;
ed. Lawrence, Mass., high school, 1872;
special course in architecture, Mass.
Inst. Tech., 1873-5; spent several
years as assistant in architecture offi
ces and made several trips abroad for
observation and study; m practice in
Boston since 1881; member firm of
�ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES
Hartwell & Richardson many years;
now Hartwell, Richardson & Driver;
designed Youth's Companion building,
Boston; First Church, Plymouth;
Springfield, Mass., high school; Abbot
Academy buildings, Andover, Mass.,
Cambridge, Mass., Latin School and
other notable structures; Swedenborgian; Republican; fellow American
Inst. of Architects; Boston Soc. of
Architects; A. F. & A. M., K. T.; m.,
Oct. 5, 1882, Frances Shippen Webster,
Northampton, Mass. Residence, Newtonville, Mass.
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Thurber, Lester Freeman
Manufacturer; banker; b., Washing
ton, Vt., Aug. 24, 1858; s. Liberty Free
man and Sarah E. (Chapman) Thurber;
ed. public schools and Goddard Semi
nary, Barre, Vt.; private secretary to
Gov. Roswell Farnham of Vermont,
1880-2; removed to Nashua, N. H.,
in 1882, where he has since been ac
tively engaged in business; Congrega-
Quincy, Josiah Hatch
Lawyer; b., Rumney, N. H., March
8, 1860; s. Samuel Hatch and Sarah
Ann (Webster) Quincy ; ed. New Hamp
ton Institute, Phillips Exeter Academy,
Dartmouth College, B.L., 1884 (Phi
Beta Kappa), Boston Univ. Law
School, LL.B. 1887; admitted to the
bar in 1887, and in practice in Boston
since; Episcopalian (senior warden
Emmanuel Church, West Roxbury);
Republican; director Boston Y. M.
C. A. sixteen years; director Mass.
S. P. C. A., Wells Memorial Ass'n;
member Mass. and American Bar
Ass'ns, Social Law Library, Boston
City Club; m., Oct. 11, 1899, Irene
Margaret Brown. Residence, 37 Strat
ford St., Boston.
Ladd, William Palmer
Clergyman; b., Lancaster, N. H.,
May 13, 1870; s. William Spencer and
Mira Barnes (Fletcher) Ladd ; ed. public
schools, Dartmouth College A.B., 1891;
studied two years in Europe; B.D.
General Theological Seminary, New
York. 1897; A.M., Harvard, 1903;
ordained deacon, P. E. Church, 1897;
priest, 1898; rector St. Barnabas
Church, Berlin, N. H., 1897-1902;
professor church history, Berkeley
Divinity School, Middletown, Conn.,
since Sept., 1904, acting dean, 1917-18;
dean, 1919; examining chaplain, Conn.,
since 1905, N. H. since 1913; m., Jan.
17, 1916, Ailsie Taylor, London, Eng
land. Residence, Middletown, Conn.
tionalist; Republican; served in both
branches Nashua city government, six
years member board of education
(president one year); member N. H.
house of representatives, 1895, serving
on railroad committee; delegate to
Republican national convention, Chi
cago, 1908; member executive commit
tee N. H. committee of public safety,
1918- ; president Second National
Bank, City Guaranty Savings Bank,
and Wonalancet Co., Nashua; treasurer
and manager White Mountain Freezer
Co., Nashua (president, 1914); mem
ber N. H. Bankers' Ass'n, A. F. & A.
M., 32d degree and Knight Templar;
Nashua Country Club and Derryfield
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ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES
Club Manchester; m., April 25,
1885, Lizzie Ellen, daughter of George
P. and Elizabeth A. Little, Pembroke,
N. H.; children, George Freeman, b.
Feb. 5, 1888 (Dartmouth, 1911),
Dorothy (Mrs. Frederick W. Cox), b.
April 25, 1892. Residence, Nashua,
N. H.
Lamb, Fred William
Machinist; journalist; b., Manches
ter, N. H., Jan. 22, 1876; s. Franklin
Lee and Josephine Augusta (Savory)
Lamb; ed. Manchester public schools;
employee of the Amoskeag Mf'g Co.,
and associate editor of the Amoskeag
Bulletin; Congregationalist ; Republi
can; member N. H. house of represen
tatives, 1911-12 and 1913-14, serving
in both terms on education and state
library committees, being clerk of the
former committee in the Tatter session;
during the sessions of 1915 and 1917
served as library messenger of the house
of representatives of which he was again
a member for 1919-20, serving on the
Normal School and School for FeebleMinded committees and clerk of the
former; former member and past presi
dent, N. H. Soc., S. A. R.; former mem
ber and past commander W. W. Brown
camp S. of V.; member Amoskeag
Textile Club, Franklin St. Congrega
tional Church and the Manchester
Historic Ass'n, of which he is curator,
corresponding secretary and librarian,
being deeply interested in historical
pursuits; has written much upon the
early history of Manchester and vicin
ity, and also several historical and gen
ealogical monographs, particularly one
upon the "Great Tornado in New
Hampshire," in 1821; has a fine his
torical library specially covering the
Indian, Colonial, Revolutionary and
Civil War periods. Residence, Man
chester, N. H.
Robinson, Maurice Henry
Educator; economist; b., Meredith,
N. H.; s. Joseph Wadleigh and Eliza
Frances (Weld) Robinson; ed. public
schools, Dartmouth College, B.L. 1890;
Yale, Ph.D., 1902; superintendent of
schools in North Dakota and Minne
sota, 1890-6; assistant in political
science, Dartmouth, 1896-8; instructor
in economics, Yale, 1899-1902; profes
sor of economics, Univ. of 11linois,
since Sept., 1902; special expert Census
Bureau, 1903, in valuation of railways;
expert on supervision of corporations,
11linois efficiency and economy commis
sion, 1914-5; author various economic
treatises, including a "History of Tax
ation in New Hampshire"; Episco
palian; m., Sept. 10, 1890, Elinor
Corse, West Dover, Vt. Residence,
Urbana, 11l.
Robie, Virginia Huntington
Writer; b., Salmon Falls, N. H.;
dau. Rev. Thomas Sargent and Vir
ginia Dare (Pendleton) Robie; ed. pubBe and private schools, Boston, Mass.,
School of Decorative Design, Museum
of Fine Arts, Boston, Art Institute of
Chicago; associate editor, "The House
Beautiful," 1903-13; editor, 1913-15;
author, "Historic Styles in Furniture,"
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1905, 1916; "By Paths in Collecting,"
1912; "Quest of the Quaint," 1916;
member Pen and Brush Club, New
York; Woman's Club, Chicago. Resi
dence, East 29th St., New York; Yar
mouth, Me. (summer).
Richardson, Leon Josiah
Educator; b., Keene, N. H., Feb. 22,
1868; s. Josiah Crosby and Isabel J.
(Chamberlain) Richardson; ed. public
schools, Univ. of Mich., A.B. 1890;
studied in Europe, 1895-7; teacher,
Greek and English literature, Jackson,
Mich., high school, 1890-1 ; assistant in
Latin, Univ. of California, 1891-2;
instructor, 1892-5 and 1897-8; assist
ant professor, 1898-1907; associate
professor since 1907; dean Univ. of
California summer school several years ;
president board of trustees, Berkeley
fublic library; adjutant Intercollegiate
ntelligence Bureau, Univ. of Cali
fornia, 1917- ; author several educa
tional works; member Berkeley, Fac
ulty and Claremont Country clubs;
m., April 26, 1900, Maud Wilkinson.
Residence, Berkeley, Cal.
Learned, Henry Barrett
Educator; writer; b., Exeter, N. H.,
March 31, 1868; s. John C. and Lucelia
(Wakefield) Learned; ed. Harvard
Univ., A.B. 1890; A.M. 1897; Univ. of
Chicago, A.M. 1894; Ph.D., Yale,
1909; studied at the Univ. of Leipzig,
1899-1900; principal private school,
Plymouth, Mass., 1890-2; teacher of
history, University School, Chicago,
1892-3; head of department of history,
Armour Institute of Technology,
Chicago, 1894-6; assistant in history,
Harvard, 1897-8; literary editor Hart
ford Couranl, Hartford, Conn., 1900;
instructor in history, Sheffield Scien
tific School (Yale), Hartford, 1900-6;
lecturer on history, Wesleyan Univ.,
1909-10; in Bureau of Investigation,
Dept. of Justice, 1917- ; member Dis
trict o f Columbia Board of Education,
1917-20; member American Historical
Ass'n, American Political Science Ass'n;
trustee. All Souls (Unitarian) Church,
Washington; author "The President's
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Cabinet," 1911 ; "The Vice-Presidency,"
1918: m., June 14, 1899, Emily Cheney,
South Manchester, Conn. Residence,
2123 Bancroft Place, Washington, D. C.
Putnam, George Martin
Dairy and fruit farmer; b., Hopkinton, N. H., Jan. 18, 1864; s. Charles
and Almira (Eastman) Putnam; ed.
public schools and Contoocook Acad
emy ; proprietor of the M t. Putney dairy
farm, on Putney Hill, upon which he
was born, and for which he has estab
lished a reputation as one of the best
dairy farms in New Hampshire, and
which is also noted for fruit production;
Unitarian; Democrat; member N. H.
house of representatives, 1899-1900,
serving on committee on agriculture;
N. H. constitutional convention, 1902;
N. H. board of agriculture, 1912-13;
member Agricultural Advisory Com
mittee, appointed by Governor Bartlett; member and first president Merri
mack County Farm Bureau; president
Merrimack County Farmers' Exchange;
president N. H. State Farm Bureau
�Hon. True L. Norris
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Federation; member State Emergency
Food Production Committee, 1918;
president West Hopkinton Telephone
Co.; member Patrons of Husbandry
(past master) ; m., Jan. 19, 1899, Flora
E. Clough, Hopkinton. Residence,
Hopkinton, N. H. (Contoocook, P.O.).
Norris, True Livingston
Lawyer; editor and publisher; b.,
Manchester, N. H., May 4, 1848; s.
Arthur F. L. and Olive (Wallace)
Norris; ed. public schools; served as a
private in the 5th Mass. Vols, in the
Civil War, 1864-5; studied law and
admitted to the bar in 1868; practiced
in Boston. 1868-72; Washington, D. C.,
1872-6; Concord, N. H., 1876-80; on
staff of New York Herald, 1883-5,
Boston Globe, 1885-8; editor Ports
mouth Times daily, and States and
Union, weekly, from 1888, and editor
and proprietor from 1893 to 1918;
Democrat; member N. H. executive
council 1893; resigned to accept ap
pointment as Collector of Customs for
the District of New Hampshire, which
he held till 1898; New Hampshire mem
ber Democratic national committee
1896-1908; delegate at large from New
Hampshire to the Democratic national
convention at Kansas City in 1900, and
St. Louis, 1904; member N. H. con
stitutional convention 1902; trustee
N. H. state normal schools, by ap
pointment of Gov. Samuel D. Felker,
1913-18; member St. John's Lodge,
A. F., & A. M., Portsmouth, Ports
mouth Lodge, No. 9, B. P. O. E., and
Storer Post, G. A. R., Portsmouth; m.,
May 20, 1890, Lillian G. Hurst, Eliot,
Me. Residence, Portsmouth, N. H.
Pillsbury, Arthur Judson
Editor; b., Londonderry, N. H..
Jan. 31, 1856; s. Josiah Hobart ana
Frances Alnora (Pervier) Pillsbury;
ed. public schools; Kansas Agricultural
College; studied law and admitted to
Kansas bar, but went into journalism
and published the Tulare Register,
1883-1903; editorial writer Oakland
Herald (Cal.), 1903-4; secretary Cali
fornia State Board of Examiners, 1904
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-7; editor Sacramento Union, 1907-8;
founder California Weekly, organ of
Progressive Republicans, and editor
same till its merger in the California
Outlook, 1911; chairman Industrial
Accident Board of California 1911- ;
Unitarian; m., Sept. 15, 1881, DeEtta
Warren, Lawrence, Kan. Residence,
224 Pala Ave., Piedmont Station, Oak
land, Cal.
Hoyt, Deristhe Lavinta
Teacher; lecturer; b., Wentworth.
N. H.; dau. Dr. Peter Livingston ana
Elizabeth (Aspinwall) Hoyt; ed. Kim
ball Union Academy, Meriden, 1864;
teacher Appleton Academy, New Ips
wich, N. H., 1865-7; Reading, Mass.,
high school, 1869-70; studied in South
Kensington, Art School, London, Eng.,
1872-3; teacher Mass. Normal Art
School, 1874-91; lecturer in same on
history of painting, 1891-1913; author
"Historic Schools of Painting," "The
World's Painters and Their Pictures,"
"Barbara's Heritage." Residence,
Malden, Mass.
Pollard, John William Hobbs
Physician; educator; b., Brentwood,
N. H., Feb. 22, 1872; s. Francis Dow
and Mary Jane (Gray) Pollard; ed.
Dartmouth, B.L. 1895; M.D., Univ.
of Vermont, 1901 ; student in physical
culture, Harvard summer school, 1896,
1902; post-graduate work in medicine,
Harvard, 1905-6; physical director
and instructor, Union College, Schenec
tady, N. Y., 1897-1900; physical di
rector, Lehigh Univ., 1901-2; Univ. of
Rochester, 1902-5; professor of physi
cal education and lecturer on hygiene,
Univ. of Alabama, 1906-10; professor
of physical education and associate
professor of biology, Washington and
Lee Univ., 1910-15; professor of hy
giene and physical education, 1915-;
president South Atlantic Intercolle
giate Athletic Ass'n, Virginia State
Public Health Ass'n; member Ameri
can Ass'n for Advancement of Physical
Education, etc., A. F. & A. M., K. T.
and 32d degree, N. H. Historical Soc.;
commander First Reg. Med. Res.
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Corps, 1917—on active duty at Fort
Rodman, Mass.; m., Dec. 8, 1898,
Kate Marion Blunt, Haverhill, Mass.
Residence, Lexington, Va.
Setzer, William Judson
Minister; b., Johnson City, Tenn..
Nov. 10, 1889; s. Daniel Monroe ana
Margaret Bell Dora Kate (McNees)
Setzer; ed. public schools, Johnson
City; Carson-Newman College (Jeffer
son City, Tenn.), A.B. 1913; Newton
Theological Institution (Newton Cen
ter, Mass.), B.D. 1916; ordained to the
Baptist ministry, Jefferson City, Tenn.,
1911; preacher to rural churches in
Tenn., 1911-13; preached at Centerville C. E. chapel, Beverly, Mass.,
1913-16; minister of Pleasant St.
Baptist Church Concord, N. H., since
Feb. 1, 1916; appointed chaplain with
rank of lieutenant for overseas service,
October, 1918, but prevented from
going by the signing of the armistice;
member Concord Ministers' Ass'n,
Y. M. C. A., United Baptist Conven
tion of New Hampshire, Salisbury
Ass'n, Newton Theological Institution
Alumni Ass'n, N. H. Soc. for Charities
and Corrections, Anti-Saloon League,
Red Cross, North End Tennis Club.
Residence, Concord, N. H.
Sawyer, Frederick W.
Banker; b., Milford, N. H., April 16,
1862; s. Frederick T. and Sarah (Lovejoy) Sawyer; ed. Milford high school,
Chauncey Hall school, Boston; assist
ant cashier Souhegan National Bank,
Milford, 1883-98; cashier, 1898-1919;
vice-president,
1911-9; president,
1919-; Congregationalist; Republican;
member N. H. house of representatives,
1901-2, 1903-4 (chairman banking
committee) ; treasurer town of Milford,
Milford school district and Milford
Board of Trade many years; member
N. H. Bankers' Ass'n (chairman execu
tive committee), A. F. & A. M., Grand
Master Grand Lodge of N. H., 1908-9;
m., Oct. 26, 1893, Bertha M. Wilkins,
Amherst, N. H.; three children. Resi
dence, 18 Myrtle St., Milford, N. H.
Sawyer, Edward Allen
Physician; b., Acworth, N. H., Nov.
7, 1857; s. Edward J. and Orpha J.
(Allen) Sawyer; ed. Amherst College,
A.B. 1881, A.M. 1886; M.D., N. Y.
Univ. Med. College, 1883; in practice
in Gardner, Mass., since latter date;
Episcopalian; Republican; consulting
physician, Henry Heywood Memorial
Hospital; medical examiner, Worcester
North Dist., since 1890, and various
insurance companies; local surgeon
B . & M . R. R. ; member board of health,
and school board, 1885-1905, Mass.
Med. Soc. (councilor), A. F. & A. M.
(lodge, chapter and commandery); m.,
Myra B. Tebault, Norfolk, Va.; two
children. Residence, 402 Elm St.,
Gardner, Mass.
Howland, Fred Arthur
Lawyer, b., Franconia, N. H., Nov.
10, 1864; s. Moses N. and Sylvia Ann
(Howland); ed. Phillips Andover Acad
emy, Dartmouth College, A.B. 1887;
studied law with Hon. W . P. Dilling
ham, Waterbury, Vt.; member firm of
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Dillingham, Huse & Howland, 18921903; counsel National Life Ins. Co.,
Montpelier, 1893- ; vice-president,
1909; president, 1918; Republican;
clerk, Vermont house of representa
tives, 1896; state's attorney, Washing
ton County, Vt., 1896-8; secretary of
state, 1898-1902; chairman committee
to revise banking laws of Vermont,
1910; secretary Vt. Historical Soc.;
member Dartmouth College alumni
council; m., 1st, Sept. 24, 1894, Rena
Forbush, Lancaster, N. H., d. Oct. 24,
1894; 2d, Feb. 1, 1899, Margaret
Louise Dewey, Montpelier, Vt.; four
daughters. Residence, 120 State St.,
Montpelier, Vt.
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cago. Residence, 1325 No. Cascade
Ave., Colorado Springs; Newport,
N. H.
Preston, Frank Wesley
Educator; b., Barrington, N. H.,
Jan. 2, 1855; s. Nathaniel and Margaret
Jane (Horne) Preston; ed. Franklin
Academy, Dover, N. H.; New Hamp
ton Literary Institution, 1877; A.M.,
Dartmouth, 1887; special study in
science and law, Cornell Univ., 1893;
Barry, William Henry
Lawver; b., Nashua, N. H., March
13, 1878; s. Patrick and Honor (Moran) Barry; ed. parochial and pub
lic schools, Nashua; Holy Cross Col
lege, A.B. 1898; Boston Univ. Law
School, LL.B. 1901; admitted to the
bar and in practice in Nashua to the
present time; Catholic; Democrat;
city solicitor, 1907-9; mayor of
Nashua, 1911-14; director Nashua
Coal and Coke Co.; member Fra
ternal Order of Eagles, B. P. O. E.,
A. O. H., Knights of Columbus. Resi
dence, 104 Palm St., Nashua, N. H.
Richards, William Francis
Manufacturer; banker; b., Newport,
N. H., Jan. 28, 1867; s. Dexter and
Louisa (Hatch) Richards; ed. Phillips
Andover Academy, 1885; Harvard Col
lege, A.B. 1889; traveled in Europe,
1889-90; president Dexter Richards
Sons Co., Newport, since 1910; presi
dent First National Bank, Newport;
trustee Newport Savings Bank; vicepresident Colorado National Bank,
Colorado Springs, Col.; Congregationalist; Republican; member N. H. house
of representatives, 1902-3; colonel on
staff of Gov. Chester B. Jordan, 1901-2;
member A. F. & A. M., K. T., S. A. R.,
N. H. Historical Soc., Penowan Club,
Newport; Harvard Club, Boston, El
Paso Country Club, Colorado Springs;
m., April 4, 1914, Leora Moore, Chi
teacher, New Hampton Literary Insti
tution, 1878-86; associate principal,
1887-97; principal, 1898-1919; now
president; Baptist.; Republican; mem
ber N. H. house of representatives,
1909 (chairman committee on educa
tion), 1911 (chairman committee on
education), 1915 (chairman committee
on education and member committee
on appropriations); author of the
famous "Preston Amendment," pro
hibiting transportation of spirituous
liquors from license into no license
towns; member Social Fraternity, New
Hampton Literary Institution; m.,
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Hubbard;
Margaret
Residence,
1879, Adrietta Goodwin
children, Nathaniel M.,
L., Frank P., Lovell H.
New Hampton, N. H.
Powers, Jennie B. Carter
Humanitarian; b., Brattleboro, Vt.,
Jan. 5, 1869; dau. Capt. E. W. and
Isabel Bigelow Carter (Capt. Carter of
the Fourth Vt. Vols, in the Civil War,
participated in many battles, and re
ceived wounds which made his case one
of the most famous in the history of
medical science. Nursed by his wife,
who left their daughter, a few weeks
old, in charge of her sister, and re
moved to a private hospital from one
in which every patient died of gangrene,
he recoveredf and was subsequently
commander of the famous Ransom
Post, G. A. R., at St. Louis, and was
buried with full military honors, in Jef
ferson Barracks); ed. public schools in
Canada and Brattleboro, Vt., with a spe
cial course at Mass. Agricultural College,
Amherst; Unitarian; agent for Cheshire
County Humane Soc., and special
deputy sheriff since 1903; previously
for seven years agent of the Vt. State
Humane Soc., which position she still
holds, but goes into that state only in
extreme cases; honorary life member
Mass. Soc. for Prevention of Cruelty
to Animals, and Animal Rescue
League of Boston; charter member
Audubon Soc., Vt.; has investigated and
attended to over 5,000 cases of cruelty,
neglect and crime; arrested about 100
Eersons, and shot about 300 suffering
orses and cattle and many smaller
animals; has also cared for hundreds
of neglected children, for many of
whom good homes have been secured;
m., 1881, Frank A. Powers (divorced).
Residence, Keene, N. H.
Richards, Charles Herbert
Clergyman; b., Meriden (Plainfield),
N. H., March 18, 1839; s. Cyrus S. and
Helen D. (Whiton) Richards; ed. Kim
ball Union Academy, Yale College,
A.B. 1860, Andover Theological Sem.,
1865; served on Christian Commission
in Civil War; pastor Congregational
Church, Kokomo, Ind., 1866-7; First
Church, Madison, Wis., 1867-90; Cen
tral Church, Philadelphia, 1890-1903;
secretary Church Building Soc., since
1903 ; president Wis. Home Missionary
Soc., 1885-90; trustee National Coun
cil Congregational Churches, 1901-7;
president Penn. Evangelical Alliance,
1890-3; trustee Howard Univ., Wash
ington, D. C.; author many religious
books, and editor sons books and
hymnals; m., 1868, Maria M. Miner,
Charles City, Ind. Residence, Montclair, N. J.
Sanderson, Henry Stephen
Mining engineer; b., Rochester,
N . H., Aug. 25, 1878 ; s. Stephen Francis
and Nellie (Strout) Sanderson; ed.
public schools; Univ. of Minnesota,
Metallurgical Eng., 1901; U. S. min
eral surveyor, 1901- ; consulting engi
neer; director Pingrey Mine Co. ; Meth
odist; Republican; A. F. & A. M., 32d
degree; m., Sept. 29, 1903, Margaret
Ella Jamieson. Residence, 642 Cor
ona St., Denver, Col.
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Brown, Edmund^Towle
Physician; b., Bridgewater, N. H.,
July 18, 1871; s. Josiah and Sarah
(Towle) Brown; ed. public schools,
New Hampton Literary Institution,
Univ. of Vt. Med. College, M.D. 1897;
postgraduate work, New York, 1898;
Univ. of Vienna, Austria, 1909; in
practice in Burlington, Vt., since 1909,
specializing in diseases of eye and ear;
fellow Amer. Med. Ass'n, Vt. State
Med. Soc., A. F. & A. M., K. T. and
Shriner; m., Sept. 5, 1899, Mollie J.
Hardacre, Winooski, Vt. Residence,
381 South Union St., Burlington, Vt.
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sity, City and other clubs; m., Jan. 12,
1899, Juliet Barrett, Chicago. Resi
dence, Cornish, N. H.
Mann, Hosea Ballou
Railroading and mercantile life; b.,
Benton, N. H., May 27, 1858; s. George
W. and Sarah (Bisbee) Mann (George
W. Mann was long prominent in the
public and political life of Northern
New Hampshire, an active Democrat
and many years representative in the
Burbank, Charles E.
Lawyer; b., Claremont, N. H., July
5, 1866; s. Jason and Edna M. (Willey)
Burbank; ed. public schools, Boston
Univ. School of Law, LL.B. 1894;
admitted to bar same year and since
in practice in Boston; member firm
of Stebbins, Storer & Burbank since
1903; Progressive; member Mass.
state senate, 1914; Mass. Bar Ass'n,
Economic Club; m., Oct. 10, 1906,
Lilly Owen Baker, Boston. Residence,
East Bridgewater, Mass.
Rublee, George
Lawyer; b., Madison, Wis., July 7,
1868; s. Horace and Kate (Hopkins)
Rublee; ed. Groton, Mass., 1886, Har
vard, A.B. 1890; LL.B. 1895; in
structor, Harvard Law School, 1896; in
practice in Chicago—Rublee & Burl
ing, 1897-8; removed to New York
City in 1898, and there in practice;
appointed member Federal Trade
Commission by President Wilson,
March 5, 1915; member commission to
report on operation of Adamson eighthour law, 1916; member Commercial
Economy Board, appointed by Coun
cil of National Defence, 1917; special
counsel for Treasury Dept., 1917; ap
pointed to represent U. S. Shipping
Board and Emergency Fleet Corpora
tion on Priorities Committee of War
Industries Board, 1917; Progressive;
Trustee Groton School, Mass.; member
Bar Ass'n, City of New York; Univer
state legislature); ed. public schools
and, like several of his brothers long
known to the traveling public, engaged
in early life in railway service; conduc
tor on White Mountain Division, B. &
M. R. R., for eighteen years previous
to 1898, when he retired and engaged
in the furniture trade in Littleton where
he had removed from Woodsville in
1886, continuing till 1916; Liberal;
Democrat; member N. H. house of
representatives, 1919-20, serving on
Committee on Public Improvements;
member Littleton Board of Trade;
m., Oct. 6, 1886, Ida E. Ladd. Resi
dence, Littleton, N. H.
�Gen. Joab N. Patterson
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Patterson, Joab Nelson
Soldier; public official (retired); b.,
Contoocook (Hopkinton), N. H., Jan.
2, 1835; s. Joab and Mary (Lovering)
Patterson; ed. public schools, Contoo
cook Academy, Dartmouth College,
1860; taught school winters while
securing education; on the outbreak of
the Civil War opened a recruiting
office at Contoocook and raised a com
pany; was commissioned lieutenant
of Co. H, 2d N. H. Regiment, June 4,
1861, and promoted to captain May
23, 1862 (wounded at Gettysburg July
3, 1863); lieutenant-colonel, June 21,
1864; colonel, Jan. 10, 1865; brevetted
brigadier-general for courage and good
conduct, to date from March 13, 1865 ;
mustered out, Dec. 19, 1865; Episco
palian; Republican; member N. H.
house of representatives from Hopkin
ton, 1866-8; appointed U. S. Marshal
for the district of New Hampshire in
1867, serving nineteen years; com
mander First Regiment N. H. Militia,
1866-8 and brigade commander 186871; colonel 3d Regiment N. H. N. G.,
1878; brigadier-general in command,
1889; second auditor, U. S. Treasury,
Washington, four years from 1889;
captain First Regiment N. H. Volun
teers, in Spanish War, on staff of Gen.
J. P. Sanger; superintendent of public
buildings in Havana, Cuba, three
years; U. S. pension agent at Concord,
May, 1908, to Jan., 1913; agent for
the state of New Hampshire for trans
portation of soldiers of the state to
attend fiftieth anniversary of the Battle
of Gettysburg, 1913; member N. H.
Soc. O. A. R. (president, 1917), A. F.
& A. M., K. T. and 32d degree, Wonolancet Club, Concord; m., Nov. 12,
1867, Sarah Cilley, dau. Rev. Nathaniel
and Elizabeth Ann (Cilley) Bouton;
children, Louis Marston, b. Nov. 11,
1869 (treasurer Me. Central R. R.;
m. Alice Harriman Osborn and has two
daughters): Julia Nelson, b. Oct. 26,
1872, m. Edward Warren Guyol, four
children; Allan Bouton, b. Jan. 27,
1875 (formerly in United States Forest
service; now in Napa, Cal.). Resi
dence, Concord, N. H.
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Harriman, Alice Stratton
Teacher; clubwoman; b., Mattawamkeag, Me., July, 9, 1874; dau.
Guilford Dudley and Eva (Wing)
Stratton; ed. public schools, Gorham,
N. H. (high school, 1892); private
training school for kindergartners,
Portland, Me., 1895; N. H. State Nor
mal School, Plymouth, 1903; principal
of a private kindergarten in Brunswick,
Me., two years; public kindergarten
in Paterson, N. J., one year; assistant
in kindergarten and primary depart
ment, Plymouth Model School, two
years; teacher in Laconia graded
schools two years; Unitarian; member
Laconia Woman's Club (president,
1908-9), Laconia Parent-Teacher Ass'n
(president, 1913-5), Woman's Alli
ance, Unitarian Church, Laconia (pres
ident, 1909-10); president N. H. Fed
eration Women's Clubs, 1917-19;
president N. H. State Parent-Teacher
Ass'n, 1916-19; member executive
committee N. H. Civic Federation,
women's committee, Council of Na
tional Defense, N. H. War Savings
Stamp Committee, N. H. Womarvs
Liberty Loan Committee, N. H.
League of Free Nations (executive
committee), Children's Aid Protective
Soc. (executive committee), Mt. Wash
ington Chapter, O. E. S. (Matron 191 1),
Interlaken Grange, P. of H., Daughters
of the American Revolution, Laconia
Park Commission, 1915-20; m., Oct.
4, 1904, Alpha H. Harriman, physician,
Laconia; one dau., Louise, b. Dec. 17,
1906. Residence, Laconia, N. H.
Sanborn, Frank Berry
Engineer; b., Hampton Falls, N. H.,
Jan. 15, 1865; s. Albert J. and Sarah
Ann (Johnson) Sanborn; ed. Dart
mouth College, B.A. 1887; Thayer
School (Dartmouth), C.E. 1889; Har
vard, M.S. 1898; expert in fire protec
tion engineering; assistant professor,
civil engineering, Tufts College, 18991901, professor, 1901- ; substitute
professor, Univ. of Illinois, 1908-9;
author, "Mechanics' Problems for
Engineering Students," 1902; "Public
Health Survey," 1912; inventor of
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many engineering appliances;- pro
prietor Sanborn Company, manufac
turers scientific instruments; m., Sept.
21, 1892, Grace Adelaide Cobb, Boston.
Residence, 8 Buena Vista Park, Cam
bridge, Mass.
Crowley, James Benedict
General insurance; b., Nashua, N. H.,
Nov. 19, 1866; s. Timothy B. and Mary
F. (Danahy) Crowley; ed. Nashua
public schools, high school, 1883;
actively engaged in general insurance in
Nashua for more than thirty years;
Catholic; Democrat; member Nashua
board of police commissioners twelve
years; mayor of Nashua since Jan. 1,
1915; member Knights of Columbus
(past state deputy), Foresters of
America, Ancient Order of Hibernians,
Sons of Veterans; treasurer O'Donnell
Memorial Ass'n, Nashua Hospital
Ass'n; president Nashua Oratorio
Soc.; director Second National Bank;
trustee City Guaranty Savings Bank;
member Nashua Country Club. Resdence, Nashua, N. H.
Burley, Benjamin Thomas
Physician; b., Epping, N. H.,
Nov. 26, 1874; s. Joseph Cilley and
Sarah Elizabeth (Haley) Burley; ed.
Phillips Exeter Academy, 1893; Har
vard, A.B. 1897, M.D. 1901; post
graduate work in hospitals of Boston,
Worcester, Vienna and London, 19014; in practice in Worcester since 1904,
specializing in diseases of the nervous
system; visiting neurologist, Worcester
City and Memorial Hospitals; mem
ber American Med. Ass'n, Mass. Med.
Soc., American Academy Arts and
Science, etc. Residence, 25 High
St., Worcester, Mass.
Burton, George Dexter
Inventor; b., Temple, N. H.,
Oct. 26, 1855; s. Dexter L. and Emily
F. Burton; ed. Appleton Academy,
New Ipswich, N. H., and Comer's
Commercial College, Boston, Mass.;
editor and publisher New England
Star, New Ipswich, 1873-7; inventor
of the Burton Stock car, and of a
Erocess of heating and welding metals
y an electric current, and of various
other electrical processes for different
purposes; president American Elec
tric Forge Co., Electro-chemical Pulp
and Paper Co., Reno, Nev.; Re
duction Works; the Burton Co.,
yarns and fibers, Clinton and Holliston, Mass.; lecturer on electrical sub
jects before various societies, etc.;
has received over 500 patents, and a
dozen gold and silver medals for his
different inventions and processes;
m., Jan., 1894, Frances C. James,
Newton, Mass. Residence, New Ip
swich, N. H.
Campbell, Alfred Hills
Educator; b., Litchfield, N. H.,
Sept. 28, 1850; s. Smith and Sophia
(Hills) Campbell; ed. Bridgewater,
Mass., Normal School, 1870; McCollum Institute, Mount Vernon,
N. H., 1872: Dartmouth College,
A.B. 1877, A.M. 1880; Ph.D., Univ.
of Vt., 1888; Universities of Leipsig
and Jena, 1895-6; principal Kingston,
N. H., Academy, 1877-9; associate
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principal Cushing Academy, Ashburnham, Mass., 1879-84; principal John
son, Vt., Normal School, 1884-95;
principal Plymouth, N. H., Normal
School, 1896-1900; superintendent
schools, South Hadley, Mass., 19004, Glastonbury, Conn., 1904-7; prin
cipal Campbell School for Girls since
1903; principal Normal Dep't, Home
Correspondence School, Springfield,
Mass., since 1907; manager American
Teachers Agency since 1908; presi
dent Vt. State Teachers Ass'n, 1892,
N. E. Normal Council, 1893; Congregationalist; Republican; member Phi
Beta Kappa, Theta Delta Chi; life
member Soc. Science Literature and
Art, London, England; Royal Arch
Mason. Residence, Windsor, Conn.;
office, Myrick Building, Springfield,
Mass.
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officer of various other clubs and organ
izations; contributor of zoological def
initions to Webster's International
Dictionary. Address, Field Museum
of Natural History, Chicago, Ill.
Glessner, John George Macbeth
Trustee of State Institutions; b.,
Chicago, Ill., Oct. 2, 1871; s. John J.
and Frances (Macbeth) Glessner; ed.
Chicago schools, Harvard Univ., 1894;
came to New Hampshire with his
Busiel, John Tilton
Manufacturer; b., Laconia, N. H.,
Oct. 12, 1847; s. John W. and Julia
Maria (Tilton) Busiel; ed. public
schools; Phillips Exeter Academy,
1864; Harvard, A.B. 1868; Congre
gationalism
Republican;
member
N. H. house of representatives, 1883,
constitutional convention, 1902, 1912;
trustee Laconia public library (presi
dent); president Peoples' National
Bank, Laconia, Laconia Savings
Bank; m., July 6, 1870, Marian Pinkham, Schaghticoke, N. Y. Residence,
Laconia, N. H.
Osgood, Wilfred Hudson
Naturalist; b., Rochester, N. H..
Dec. 8 1875; s. Marion Hudson and
Harriet Amanda Osgood; ed. public
schools and Leland Stanford Jr. Univ.,
A.B. 1899; biologist in U. S. Depart
ment of Agriculture, 1897-1909; in
charge U. S. biological investigation
in Alaska, 1899-1909; studied in Eu
ropean museums, 1906, 1910; special
investigator for U. S. government in
fur seal question, 1914; member Amer
ican Academy Arts and Science, Amer
ican Ornithologists Union; founder and
first president Cooper Ornithological
Club of California and member and
parents as a summer visitor, in 1877,
and spent a part of each year for many
years at Bethlehem, where his father
established a summer home and devel
oped one of the finest estates in North
ern New Hampshire, long well known
as "The Rocks," and here he has
resided permanently since 1906; en
gaged with his father in the Harvest
ing Machine business in Chicago from
1894 to 1906; Republican; town audi
tor Bethlehem, three years; member
N. H. house of representatives, 1913-14,
1915-16; member board of trustees of
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state institutions from 1915 and secre
tary of the board; president Littleton
Hospital Ass'n; trustee Littleton Sav
ings Bank; member Passaconaway,
Wonolancet and Bow Brook clubs,
Concord, and St. BotolphClub, Boston;
m., June 7, 1898, Alice Hamlin; children,
Elizabeth, b. Sept. 12, 1899; Frances,
Dec. 7, 1900; John J., 2d, April 27,
1902; Emily F., May 3, 1904. Resi
dence, Bethlehem, N. H. (Littleton
P. O.).
Chandler, William Dwight
Editor and publisher; b., Concord,
N. H., Feb. 3, 1863; s. Hon. William
sole owner same since April 1, 1918;
trustee N. H. State Library, 1896-1914
(chairman 1902-14), 1918- (chairman):
member all Masonic bodies up to ana
including 33d degree A. A. Scottish
Rite, having been presiding officer in
most subordinate bodies, and now an
officer in the Grand Council, Chapter
and Commandery and 2d lieut. com
mander, N. H. Consistory; member
Capital Grange, P. of H. and Wonolan
cet Club, Concord; m., Feb. 9, 1885, Lil
lian M. Porter, Winona, Minn.; child
ren, Clark P., William Dwight, Jr.,
Horton L. (see following sketches),
Katharine, b., Jan. 1, 1902. Residence,
121 School St., Concord, N. H.
Chandler, Clark Porter
U. S. Army Officer; b., Winona,
Minn., March 30, 1886; s. William
Dwight and Lillian M. (Porter) Chand
Eaton and Ann Caroline (Gilmore)
Chandler; ed. St. Paul's School, Con
cord, 1882 and by travel and study in
Europe, 1882-3; Episcopalian; Repub
lican; assistant cashier First National
Bank, Winona, Minn., 1883-92; vicepresident and treasurer, Republican
Press Ass'n, 1892-S; publisher Concord
Evening Monitor and Independent
Statesman, and treasurer Monitor and
Statesman Co., 1898-1918; editor and
ler ; oldest grandchild of the late Senator
William Eaton Chandler; ed. Concord
high school and U. S. Military
Academy, West Point, 1907; in contin
uous service since graduation, with sue
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cessive promotions, present rank being
lieutenant-colonel, in Tank Corps;
present chief of staff, Nantes, France;
Unitarian; A. F. & A. M., lodge and
chapter; m., Jan. 4, 1908, Shirley
P. Walker, Boston, Mass.; children,
William Eaton, 2d (oldest great grand
child of the late Senator William Eaton
Chandler); b. Oct. 28, 1908; Thomas
Walker, b. Dec. 3, 1911 ; Stuart Penn, b.
Jan. 21, 1915.
Chandler, William Dwight, Jr.
U. S. Naval Officer; b., Winona,
Minn., May 30, 15,90; ?. William
Dwight and Lillian M. (Porter) Chand
ler; grandson of late Senator William E.
Chandler; ed. public schools, U. S.
Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md., 1911;
in continuous service in U. S. Navy
since graduation, with regular pro
motion, present rank being lieutenant
commander; engaged four months in
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U. S. S. Huntington; Unitarian; A. F.
& A. M., lodge and chapter; m., April
24, 1912, Amy Richardson, Washing
ton, D. C.; children; Amy, b. June 15,
1913; Betty, b. May 1, 1916; Charles
R., b. Jan. 19, 1918.
Chandler, Horton Lloyd
Student; b., Concord, N. H., May 1,
1898; s. William Dwight and Lillian M.
(Porter) Chandler; grandson late Sen
ator William E. Chandler; ed. Concord
high school, 1914; Dartmouth College,
A.B. 1918; in training at Camp Zachary
Taylor (Kentucky) 1918-19; commis
sioned 2d lieutenant, U. S. F. A. R. C.J
Jan. 29, 1919; Unitarian; member Sigma
Chi fraternity, Dartmouth College.
Residence, Concord, N. H.
convoy duty this side the Atlantic, at
the opening of the late war, and four
teen months in overseas duty with the
destroyer force; now navigating officer
Perin, Florence Hobart
(Mrs. George L. Perin); author; b.,
Brookline, N. H., Aug. 17, 1869; dau.
George W. L. and Lydia Maria (Sawtelle) Hobart; ed. public schools,
Salem, Mass., Normal School; author
"The Optimist's Good Morning," 1907;
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"The Optimist's Good Night," 1910;
"Sunlit Days," 1915; m., Nov. 6, 1901,
Rev. George Landor Perin. Resi
dence, 23 Naples Road, Brookline,
Mass.
Aldrich, Edgar
Jurist; b., Pittsburg, N. H., Feb. 5,
1848; s. Ephraim C. and Adeline Bedel
(Haynes) Aldrich; ed. public schools,
Colebrook, N. H., Academy; Univ. of
Mich. Law Department, LL.B. 1868;
admitted to the New Hampshire bar
in the latter year, and practiced in
Colebrook from 1868 to 1881, serving
as solicitor of Coos County, 1872-4 and
1876-9; associated for four years of
this time with the late William H.
Shurtleff, and three years with James
I. Parsons, and alone the balance of the
time; removed to Littleton, Jan. 1,
1881, where he formed a partnership
with the late Judge George A. Bing
ham, which continued until Judge
Bingham's second appointment to the
bench of the N. H. supreme court, the
late Daniel C. Remich having been
previously admitted to the firm, which
continued as Aldrich & Remich, until
Mr. Aldrich's appointment as U. S.
district judge for New Hampshire,
Feb., 1891; Republican; member N. H.
house of representatives from Littleton,
1885, and speaker of the house; mem
ber N. H. constitutional convention,
1902; U. S. district judge for New
Hampshire since 1891, serving also,
extensively, on the bench of the U. S.
Circuit Court of Appeals for the First
Judicial Circuit, under the act of
March 3, 1891; author of many his
torical papers and addresses; m., Oct.
7, 1872, Louise M. Remick; children,
Florence M„ b. July 1, 1874 (Mrs.
Howard S. Kniffin, Cedarhurst, Long
Island, N. Y.), ed. Tilden Seminary,
West Lebanon, St. Mary's School,
Concord, and Abbott Academy, Andover, Mass.; Ephraim Fred, b. June
9, 1878 (Phillips Andover Academy,
Boston Univ. Law School, LL.B.
1902), in practice of law in Boston,
who d. in Littleton, Sept. 13, 1916.
Dartmouth College conferred upon
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Judge Aldrich the honorary degree of
A.M. in 1891, and the Univ. of Michi
gan that of LL.D. in 1907. Residence,
Littleton, N. H.
Bullock-Mahan, Lillian Gertrude
Physician; b., Manchester, N. H.,
May 13, 1867; dau. Silas Warren and
Cynthia Annie (Eaton) Bullock; ed.
Manchester public schools (high school
1886); Eclectic Med. College, New
York City, 1895; in practice in Man
chester since graduation; Episcopalian;
examiner for Fidelity Life Ins. Co. and
N. E. Life Ins. Co.; member Hills
borough County Med. Soc., N. H. Med.
Soc., American Med. Ass'n, Medical
Women's National Ass'n; member and
ex-vice-president National Eclectic
Med. Ass'n; first woman member and
first woman president (1902) Mass.
Eclectic Med. Ass'n; member and expresident Boston District Eclectic
Med. Soc.; member and state chairman
American Women's Hospitals (for war
service); member Manchester Infant
Aid Ass'n (past two years in charge of
baby clinic—now under control of
Board of Health); member N. H. Me
morial Hospital Ass'n for Women and
Children; member and secretary N. H.
Animal Rescue League; member and
department superintendent W. C.
T. U.; member American Red Cross,
Woman's Relief Corps, Daughters of
Veterans, Florence Nightingale Club,
Manchester Federation of Women's
Clubs, Manchester Institute of Arts
and Sciences, N. H. Settlement Ass'n,
N. H. Children's Aid and Protective
Soc., Manchester College Women's
Club; m., July 30, 1912, James Henry
Mahan. Residence, Manchester, N. 11.
Paul, Sarah Woodman
Educator; b., Tamworth, N. H.,
Feb, 8. 1859; dau. Samuel and
Eliza A. (Hidden) Woodman; ed.
public schools, Wellesley College, A.B.
1881; studied in Cambridge, England,
1895; teacher, Washington, Dec., 18837; instructor Wellesley College, 188890; secretary same, 1890-5; principal
Kent Place School for Girls, Summit,
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N. J., since 1896; Presbyterian; mem
ber Women's University Club, New
York; Fortnightly Club, Summit,
N. J.; m., June 23, 1887, Edward A.
Paul, Washington, D. C.; d., 1888.
Residence, Kent Place, Summit, N. J.
Harris, Sarah Neal
(Mrs. Augustus G. Harris); teacher
of literature and elocution; b., Ports
mouth, N. H., May 4, 1841; dau.
George W. and Minerva (Neal) Jeffts;
grand dau. Capt. Joseph and Polly
(Dearborn) Neal; ninth in descent
from Godfrey Dearborn of Exeter,
N. H., 1639, later of Hampton; ed. in
private schools, Hampton and Ports
mouth, Hampton Academy, N. E.
Conservatory, Boston; m., Dec. 14,
1864, Augustus Gray Harris of Con
cord (d., Dec. 20, 1906); children, (1)
Edward Neal, b. Sept. 10, 1865, d.
Sept. 10, 1867; (2) Arthur Henry, b.
Dec. 5, 1866, d. June 24, 1903; (3)
Julia Atherton, b. April 29, 1874, m.
June 23, 1910, Robert Whiting Har
rington of Newton, Mass., artistdesigner, graduate of Eric Pape Art
School, Boston, 1904; their children,
Robert Whiting, Jr., b. Concord, N. H.,
April 14, 1911; Richard Bartlett, b.
Concord, N. H., Nov. 1, 1912; Edward
Neal, b. Medford, Mass., May 4, 1914.
Upon her marriage Mrs. Harris moved
from Hampton to Concord, which be
came her home till 1913, when she
moved to Massachusetts with her
daughter; in 1876 began her teaching
career which continued for twenty
years; classes at Gray's English and
Classical School, Concord; Pembroke
Academy; Hampton Academy; Miss
Morgan's School, Portsmouth; Sauveur
Summer School of Languages, Exeter;
special classes at Dartmouth College.
Hundreds of private pupils in Concord,
Manchester and other New Hampshire
cities and in Newburyport, Mass., have
profited by the inspiration of her
teaching; communicant of St. Paul's
P. E. Church, Concord, charter mem
ber of the Shakespeare Club, founded
in 1877, the oldest literary society in
continuous existence in Concord; pub
lication, "Voice, Gesture, Expression,"
188 pp. Concord, N. H., 1891. Resi
dence, 73 Perkins St., West Newton,
Mass.
Osgood, Etta Haley
(Mrs. Edward S. Osgood); journalist
and club woman; b., Chatham, N. H.,
Jan. 21, 1853; dau. Thomas Jewett
and Lucretia Eaton (Colby) Haley;
ed. Mt. Holyoke Seminary (now col
lege), special course in German later,
and graduate work, Univ. of Washing
ton, Seattle; some time correspondent
at Bar Harbor, Me., for Boston Globe,
New York Herald and other papers;
special writer for Portland Argus, Ex
press and Telegram; correspondent
Philadelphia Public Ledger; founder
and first president Civic Club, Port
land, Me.; life member Portland,
Maine State, and National Woman
Suffrage Ass'ns; first president Maine
Federation of Women's Clubs (now
honorary president) ; officer and parlia
mentarian, General Federation of
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Women's Clubs from organization till
1904; member Livingston Manor
Chapter, D. A. R., Washington, D. C.;
m., Oct. 20, 1877, Edward Sherburne
Osgood, Portland, Me.; Congregationalist. Residence, 37 West Louden
St., Philadelphia, Pa.; summer home,
"Rippling Waters," Stone Harbor,
N.J.
Pattee, Fred Lewis
Educator; author; b., Bristol, N. H.,
March 22, 1863; s. Lewis F. and Mary
P. (Ingalls) Pattee; ed. public schools,
Dartmouth, A.B. 1888; A.M. 1891;
professor of English Literature, Penn
sylvania State College, since 1894;
author, "The Wine of May and Other
Lyrics," 1893; "Pasquaney—A Study,"
1894; "A History of American Litera
ture," 1896; "Reading Courses in
American Literature," 1897; "The
Foundations of English Literature,"
1900; "Mary Garvin," 1902; "Elements
of Religious Pedagogy," 1909; "The
Breaking Point," 1911; "Compelled
Men," 1913; "History of American
Literature since 1870," 1915; m.,
March 9, 1889, Mary L. Plumer, Bris
tol, N. H. Address, State College,
Center County, Pa.
Orcutt, William Dana
Author; typographic expert; b.,
West Lebanon, N. H., April 18, 1870;
s. Hiram and Ellen (Dana) Orcutt;
ed. Harvard Univ., A.B. 1892; as
sociated with the Plimpton Press,
Norwood, Mass.; lecturer on the
higher phases of printing as an art;
author, "Good Old Dorchester—A
Narrative History of the Town," 1893;
"The Princess Hallisto," 1902, 1911;
"Robert Cavelier," 1904; "The Flower
of Destiny," 1906; "The Spell," 1908;
"The Lever," 1911; "Writer's Desk
Book," 1912; "Madonna of Sacrifice,"
1913; "The Bachelor," 1915; "Bur
rows of Michigan and the Republican
Party" (2 vols.), 1917; m., 1st, 1893,
Alice Wilson, Cambridge, Mass., d.
1894; 2d, 1896, Louie Thompson, St.
Louis, Mo. Residence, 333 Common
wealth, Ave., Boston. Mass.
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Peavey, George Smith
Farmer and cattle broker; b., Green
field, N. H., Feb. 14, 1835; s. Zebadiah
and Mary B. (Patterson) Peavey; ed.
public schools, Tubbs Union Academy,
Washington, N. H., and Hopkinton
Academy, under Dyer H. Sanborn;
large landholder in Greenfield and
vicinity, and extensively engaged in
cattle dealing since early life, being
now the oldest man in the business of
sending cattle to the Boston markets;
taught penmanship in early life, and
served in state militia; his land holdings
include two fine parks in Greenfield,
open to the public—Lake & Mountain,
and Otter Lake parks; Congregationalist; Democrat; has served many
times as moderator, town clerk, select
man, school committee and highway
agent in Greenfield; member N. H.
house of representatives, 1867-8; con
stitutional convention, 1902; state
senate, 1893^4; house of representa
tives again, 1919-20 (oldest member
of the body, receiving an ovation on
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his 84th birthday); member com
mittee on banks and ways and means;
member Altamont Lodge, A. F & A. M
Peterboro; m., June 16, 1872, Sarah
Patch of Greenfield; one son, George
Frederick, b. May 13, 1890, auto
mobile dealer in Milford. Residence,
Greenfield, N. H.
Tilton, Frank Pierce
Lawyer; judge of probate; b., Little
ton, N. H., March 4, 1880; s. Frederick
A. and Hattie G. (Sawyer) Tilton; ed
public schools, Spokane, Wash. ; Boston
University Law School; admitted to
N. H. Bar in 1902; member law firm of
Shannon & Tilton, Laconia, until the
death of E. H. Shannon in 1918; since
then alone in practice; Congregationalist; Republican; solicitor, Belknap
County, 1907-13, judge of probate
since 1912; member school board since
1914; member Belknap County Selec
tive Service Board; clerk and counsel
for various corporations; member A. F.
& A. M., lodge, chapter, commandery,
shrine and 32d degree; B. P. O. E.,
P. of H.; m.. Jan. 30, 1906, Leonora B.
Gould; children, Frederick A., b. Oct.
24, 1906; Richard G., b. March 15,
1909; Frances B., b. Feb. 29, 1912
Sarah W., b. May 22, 1913; Robert P.,
b. May 11, 1917. Residence, Laconia,
N. H.
Varick, Thomas Rice
Merchant; b., Manchester, N. H.,
Oct. 3, 1863; s. John Barnes and Jane
Isabella (Rice) Varick. (Descendant
of Richard Varick, lawyer of New York,
who joined the Revolutionary Army
in 1775, and was appointed captain in
the 1st N. Y. Continental Infantry,
made deputy muster-master general,
Northern Department, April 10, 1777,
was present at the surrender of Burgoyne, served as inspector general at
West Point, and later as recording
secretary of the official and private
correspondence of General Washing
ton, the commander-in-chief; was re
corder of the city of New York in 1783,
speaker of the N. Y. Assembly in 1787
and 1788, attorney general in 1789 and
elected mayor of New York city in
1790, serving till 1801; president of the
New York Soc. of the Cincinnati, which
he founded in 1800, till his decease,
July 30, 1831 ; also grandson of Thomas
Rice, Jr., of Newton, Mass., for whom
he was named, who was an extensive
paper manufacturer and eminent citi
zen, an elder brother of Gov. Alexander
H. Rice, and served in both branches
of the Mass. legislature and the execu
tive council, and other positions of
responsibility); ed. Phillips Exeter
Academy, 1883; Harvard College, 1887;
Episcopalian; Republican; member
Manchester police commission, 191013; president People's Savings Bank;
vice-president People's Gas Light Co.;
treasurer John B. Varick Co.; director
Amoskeag National Bank, N. H. Fire
Ins. Co., Manchester Traction, Light
and Power Co., all of Manchester, and
of the Franklin and Tilton R. R.;
hereditary member of the New York
State Soc. of the Cincinnati, succeeding
in the right of Col. Richard Varick,
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above mentioned; m., June 26, 1889,
Mary Miller. Residence, Manchester,
N.H.
Patrick, Mary Mills
Educator; b., Canterbury, N. H.,
March 10, 1850; dau. John and Harriet
(White) Patrick; ed. Lyons College, la.,
1866-9; A. M., Univ. of Iowa, 1890;
Universities of Heidelberg, Zurich,
Leipzig and Berlin, 1892-5; Ph.D.,
Univ. of Berne, 1897; LL.D., Smith
College, 1914; president American
College for Girls, Constantinople, since
1890; member Psychological Con
gresses, Munich, 1896, Paris, 1900;
Philosophical Congresses, Paris, 1900,
Bologna, 1911; author "Sextus Empiricus and Greek Skepticism," 1899;
"Sappho and the Island of Lesbos,"
1912; contributor to Hastings Diction
ary of Religion. Address, Constanti
nople College, Constantinople, Turkey.
Norris, Harry Waldo
Educator; b., Pittsfield, N. H., Sept.
11, 1862, s. Moses Leavitt and Lydia
Ann (Joy) Norris; ed. public schools,
Iowa (now Grinnell) College, A.B.
1886, A.M. 1889; Cornell Univ., 188890; Univ. of Nebraska, 1890-91; Univ.
of Freiburg, 1901-2; instructor, natural
history, Grinnell College, 1888; pro
fessor biology, 1891-1903; professor
zoology since 1903; Congregationalist;
fellow Iowa Academy of Science,
American Academy Arts and Sciences;
American Soc. Zoologists; American
Ass'n of Anatomists; exchange lecturer,
Harvard Univ., 1913-14; author (with
M. L. Macy), "Physiology for High
Schools," 1899; engaged in research on
comparative anatomy of the nervous
system; m., June 14, 1893, Harriet
Victoria Ruliffson, Lincoln, Neb.
Residence, Grinnell, Iowa.
Hadley, Elbridge Drew
Lawyer; banker; secretarial work;
b., Deering, N. H., Sept. 16, 1842; ed.
New London Literary and Scientific
Institution (now Colby Academy),
New London, N. H.; Appleton Acad
emy, Mont Vernon, 1862; enlisted in
507
Co. D, 14th N. H. Vols., Aug. 15,
1862, first sergeant; promoted to
second lieutenant Co. F ; first lieutenant
Co. H; brevet captain of volunteers,
for gallant and meritorious service in
the Battle of Winchester; discharged
as of Dec. 29 for disability from wound;
studied law with Judge David Cross of
Manchester; admitted to the bar at
Nashua, Sept. 20, 1869; in practice
at Manchester until Dec, 1871; re
moved to Iowa, and practiced at De-
Witt until January, 1873; removed to
Luverne, Minn., and practiced there till
1880, when he became a partner in the
Bank of Luverne, and later, after its in
corporation, cashier and vice-president,
continuing till 1887, when he returned
to DeWitt continuing till 1896, since
when he has resided in Des Moines;
Congregationalist; Republican; taught
school in Weare two winters before
enlistment; taught in Manchester
while studying law, and served on the
school board in that city in 1868, also
as clerk of the common council several
years; county attorney and judge of
probate for Rock County, Minn., while
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located at Luverne, also president of
the school board, and editor of the Rock
County Herald; member A.F. &. A. M.,
lodge and chapter; G. A. R. ; Sons of the
American Revolution (secretary Iowa
Soc. continuously since 1898); Loyal
Legion (recorder Iowa commandery
since 1909) ; author of many historical
articles, published in Granite Monthly
and elsewhere; m., Jan. 30, 1873, Mary
Elizabeth Bourne, DeWitt, la. Resi
dence, Des Moines, la.
Frost, Stephen A.
Manufacturer; b., Halifax, N. S.,
Jan. 15, 1862; s. John Lewis and Mary
Ann (Winters) Frost; removed with
parents to Massachusetts in childhood;
ed. public schools of South Natick and
Shirley Village, Mass.; commenced
work in the leather-board factory of
Hill & Cutter at Shirley, Mass., going
later into that of Jonas Spaulding at
Townsend Harbor, Mass., where he
continued till removal to Fremont,
N. H., where Mr. Spaulding had es
tablished a large cooperage plant of
which he assumed the management,
and has there continued, with the ex
ception of four years at Gloucester,
Mass., where he was associated with
Mr. Spaulding in a similar enterprise
which was disposed of in 1893, when
the Fremont concern was reorganized
and incorporated as the Spaulding &
Frost Co., with Mr. Frost as clerk,
treasurer and manager, in which
capacity he has continued, the busi
ness having become one of the most
extensive of the kind in New England;
Universalist; Republican; has served as
member of the school board, town audi
tor, trustee of town trust funds; dele
gate in N. H. constitutional conven
tion, 1918; A. F. & A. M., I. O. O. F.,
P. of H.; m., June 13, 1885, Catherine
G. Fertig, Cleveland, O.; four daugh
ters, two of whom, Lillian E. and
Lizzie J., survive. Residence, Fre
mont, N. H.
Oakes, Frederick Warren
Clergyman; b., Troy, N. H., Sept.
28, 1860; s. Appleton and Lucy J.
(Stickney) Oakes; ed. public schools,
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Bates College, Lewiston, Me., A.B.
1888, A.M. 1893; Yale Divinity School,
B.D. 1891; ordained deacon P. E.
Church, 1893; priest, 1894; rector,
Church of All Saints, Denver, Col.,
1893-7; founder, in 1894, and superin
tendent since, Oakes Home (church
home for invalid strangers), Denver;
chaplain Church of Our Merciful
Saviour; Republican; member A. F. &
A. M., lodge and chapter; Denver
Country Club; m., June 16, 1891,
Mabel Underhill, Yonkers, N. Y.
Residence, 2903 West 22d Ave., Den
ver, Col.
Brown, Fred Herbert
Lawyer; b., Ossipee, N. H., April 12,
1879; s. Dana J. and Nellie (Allen)
Brown; ed. Dow Academy, Franconia,
N. H., Dartmouth College, Boston
University Law School; student at
law in office of James A. Edgerly; ad
mitted to the N. H. bar in 1907, and
commenced practice in partnership
with Mr. Edgerly, continuing until the
death of the latter in 1908, since when
he has been alone in practice; Demo
crat; city solicitor of Somersworth,
1908-14; mayor of Somersworth, 1914
to present time; U. S. district attorney
for New Hampshire since July, 1914;
delegate in N. H. constitutional con
vention, 1912; presidential elector,
1912; member A. F. &. A .M., lodge,
chapter and commandery; K. of P.
Residence, Somersworth, N. H.
Fassett, James Hiram
Educator; b., Nashua, N. H., Jan.
11, 1869; s. James Boutelle, and Ellen
Maria (Morrill) Fassett; ed. public
schools, Dartmouth College, A.B. 1890;
principal Mount Pleasant grammar
school, Nashua, 1890-3; superintend
ent schools, Nashua, since 1893; Uni
tarian; Republican; trustee N. H. State
Normal School; author, "Colonial Life
in New Hampshire," 1899; "History of
Education in New Hampshire," 1900;
"The Beacon Series of School Readers,"
1914; m., June 23, 1897, Bertha Chester
Smith, Northampton, Mass.; one son,
James Adams. Residence, 14 Abbott
St., Nashua, N. H.
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Prentiss, John W.
Farmer and lumberman; b., Walpole, N. H., Nov. 20, 1857; s. John W.
and Emetine (Slade) Prentiss; ed. pub
lic schools, Boston, Mass., and Walpole
Academy; resided in Walpole till 1910,
when he removed to Alstead, purchas
ing a large farm near the village, where
he has been extensively engaged in
agriculture, which pursuit he has
always followed, though teaching school
to some extent in youth; interested in
breeding Morgan horses and Berkshire
swine, but more particularly noted for
his superior herd of pure-blooded
Holstein-Friesian cattle; also largely
interested in lumbering; Unitarian;
Democrat; tax collector in Walpole
three years, road agent four years,
selectman ten years; member N. H.
house of representatives, 1907-8, 190910; N. H. Senate, 1911-12, 1913-14,
serving as chairman of the judiciary
committee the latter term; member
I. O. O. F. and P. of H.; m., Dec. 1,
1883, Katie M. Fisher, of Alstead;
children, Flora May, b. March 26,
1885 (Mrs. W. R. Long, Walpole;
three daughters); John W., Jr., b. July
17, 1889 (took two years course at
State College; married Minnie Clark of
Alstead, and has a son and daughter;
is associated with his father in business
under the name of J. W. Prentiss &
Son) ; Ethel M., b. Sept. 26. 1890 (Mrs.
R. M. Galloway of Walpole; three
sons). Residence, Alstead, N. H.
Nelson, Edward William
Naturalist; b., Manchester, N. H,.
May 8, 1855; s. William and Nancy M.
(Wells) Nelson; ed. public schools,
Cook County, IE, Normal School,
1875; engaged in scientific explorations
in Alaska, 1877-81; naturalist of the
U. S. S. Corwin, on the search for the
Jeannette, 1881; with Bureau of Bio
logical Survey, U. S. Department of
Agriculture, 1890- ; member Death
Valley expedition, 1890-91; several
years engaged in scientific explorations
m Mexico; chief field naturalist, 1916;
president American Ornithologists'
Union, 1908-9, 1912-13; president
Biological Soc., Washington, 1912-13;
member Washington Academy of
Sciences; author many scientific mono
graphs and reports. Address, U. S.
Department of Agriculture, Washing
ton, D. C.
Morrill, Charles Henry
Banker; real estate operator (re
tired); b., Concord, N. H., July 14,
1843; s. Ephraim and Mahala Morrill;
ed. public schools and Colby Academy,
New London, N. H., private, 11th
N. H. Vols., 1862-5; emigrated to
Nebraska; private secretary to Gov.
Nance, 1879-83: president Stromsberg
(Neb.) Bank, 1883-90; Farmers' and
Merchants' Bank, Stromsberg, 1890-2;
president Lincoln (Neb.) Land Co.,
since 1895; also president Lancaster
Land Co., So. Platte Land Co. and
Boston Investment Co.; collector of
customs, 1897-1901 ; regent Nebraska
state university and president board
of regents, 1891-1901 ; twice chairman
Republican State Committee of Nebras
ka, and member Republican National
Committee from Nebraska, 1904-8;
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founder Morrill Geological expeditions
from Univ. of Nebraska: Morrill
County, Neb., was named in bis honor;
m., 1863, Harriett Currier, Nashua,
N. H. Residence, Stromsberg, Neb.
Nichols, Herbert
Civil engineer; author; b., Walpole,
N. H., Feb. 7, 1852; s. Amos and Lydia
Nichols; ed. public schools, Worcester,
Mass., Polytechnic Institute, B.S. in
architecture, 1871 ; Ph.D., Clark Univ.,
1891; civil engineer, Pennsylvania R. R.
1871-85; instructor in psychology,
Harvard, 1890-3; lecturer, Johns Hop
kins, 1896; author, "The Psychology of
Time," 1891; "Our Notions of Number
and Space," 1894; "A Treatise on
Cosmology," 1904; also many mon
ographs and magazine articles; m., Oct.
1, 1900, Jenny L. Clark, Somerville,
Mass. Residence, 219 Commonwealth
Ave., Chestnut Hill, Mass.
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N. Y., 1899-1903; president, Poughkeepsie, N. Y., board of education,
1909-11; member American Economic
Ass'n; author, "French Revolution in
San Domingo," 1891; "Practical Eco
nomic Problems," 1893; "Labor Prob
lem," 1895; "Outlines of Economics,"
1906; m., July 30, 1890, Mary Louise
Sansbury, Palmyra, N. Y. Resi
dence, 106 Academy St., Poughkeepsie,
N. Y.
Dearborn, Burt Stephen
Contractor and merchant; b., Thorn
ton, N. H., Feb. 18, 1881; s. Clarence
Morse, Edward Leland Clark
Educator; b., Dover, N. H., June 12,
1855; s. Moses L. and Louisa (Clark)
Morse; ed. public schools, Harvard,
A.B. 1877; LL.B., Lake Forest Univ.,
1893; post-graduate work, Univ. of
•Chicago ; principal Phil Sheridan School,
Chicago, since 1892; member American
Historical Ass'n, American Political
Science Ass'n, Modern Language Ass'n
of America, Illinois Bar Ass'n; Epis
copalian; member Harvard Club, Chi
cago; author, "Spanish American Life,"
1917; m., April 27, 1897, Louisa Penn
Weaver. Residence, 7650 Saginaw
Ave., Chicago.
Mills, Herbert Elmer
Educator; b., Salem, N. H., Aug. 8,
1861; s. Edward and Esther (Butterworth) Mills; ed. Univ. of Rochester,
A.B. 1883; A.M. 1886; Ph.D., Cornell
Univ., 1890; principal Marion, N. Y.,
Collegiate Institute, 1883-4; Union
School, Palmyra, N. Y., 1884-6; in
structor in history, Cornell Univ.,
1887-90; associate professor, history
and economics, Vassar College, 18902; professor economics since 1892;
president board of managers, State
House of Refuge for Women, Hudson,
and Torrie Bryant (Broad) Dearborn;
ed. public schools; Laconia high school
commercial department; engaged in
business with the late William Wallace
of Laconia, and is now head of the con
cern—The Wallace Building Co., con
tractors and builders and dealers in
building supplies, wood and coal;
Congregationalist; Republican; super
visor of check list; member N. H.
house of representatives, 1915-16
(chairman Belknap County delega
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tion); N. H. Senate, 1919-20 (chair
man committee on roads, bridges and
canals, clerk committee on finance and
manufactures, and member claims
and forestry committees); member
A. F. & A. ML, to and including 32d
degree shriner, and O. E. S.; Knights of
Pythias (all bodies), P. of H., Laconia
Gun Club, Board of Trade, etc.; m.,
Feb. 8, 1905, Clara Bessie Wallace,
dau. William Wallace, Laconia; three
daughters. Residence, Laconia, N. H.
Hurd, Henry Norris
Lawyer; b., Manchester, N. H.,
March 6, 1871-; s. Irving Austin and
Caroline (Norris) Hurd; ed. Claremont public schools (Stevens high
school 1890), Dartmouth College,
A.B 1894; studied law with Thomas
F. Johnson of Colebrook; attended
Harvard law school 1896-7; admitted
to N. H. bar July, 1897, and later to
the Federal courts of the N. H. Dis
trict and First Circuit; practiced in
Exeter from 1877 to 1879, in the office
of the late Attorney General Eastman ;
succeeded Hon. Robert J. Peaslee as
partner of the late William H. Drury
in Manchester. 1899-1901, and con
tinued practice in Manchester till
May 9, 1910, when he removed to
Claremont, and has there continued in
practice; Episcopalian; Republican;
member N. H. house of representa
tives from Ward 2, Manchester, 1907-8,
1909-10; delegate Republican state
convention, 1908; delegate in N. H.
constitutional convention from Clare
mont, 1912; solicitor Sullivan County
1915-17, 1919-20; water commissioner,
Claremont, 1912-15; trustee Fiske
Free Library, 1916- ; member Stevens
high school committee, 1919- ; member
Hiram Lodge, A. F. & A. M., Sullivan
Lodge, I. O. 0. F., Claremont Grange,
P. of H., David R. Roys Camp, S. of
V., Claremont, N. H.; m., Nov. 14,
1902, Zoa Mildred Plummer, Mon
mouth, Me. Residence, Claremont,
N. H.
French, Daniel Chester
Sculptor; b., Exeter, N. H., April 20,
1850; s. Hon. Henry F. and Anne
(Richardson) French; ed. Mass. Inst.
of Tech.; studied under Dr. William
Rimmer of Boston and Thomas Ball,
Florence, Italy; hon. A.M. Dartmouth,
1898; Yale, 1913; Columbia Univ.,
Litt.D. 1913; had studio in Washing
ton, D. C., 1876-8; Boston and Con
cord, Mass., 1878-87; in New York
since 1887; among notable works pro
duced are "The Minute Man of Con
cord," at Concord, Mass.; Statute of
Gen. Cass in the Capitol at Washing
ton; Rufus Choate, in Boston court
house; John Harvard, at Cambridge,
Mass.; "Dr. Gallaudet and his first
Deaf Mute Pupil," the Milmore
Memorial; collossal statute of "The
Republic,"at Chicago Exposition, 1893;
bronze doors of Boston public library;
four groups—Europe, Asia, Africa
and America—in front of New York
custom house; statute of E. Rockwood
Hoar at Worcester, Mass., of Abraham
Lincoln, at Lincoln, Neb., etc.; mem
ber National Commission of Fine Arts,
1910-15 (chairman 1912-15); trustee
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Metropolitan Museum of Art; member
National Sculpture Soc., Architectural
League, American Academy of Arts
and Letters, Academia di S. Luca,
Rome; m., Mary French, Washington,
Dec., 1888. Residence, 12 West 8th
St., New York; Stockbridge. Mass.
Quimby, Charles Elihu
Physician; b., New Ipswich, N. H.,
June 21, 1853; s. Elihu and Nancy A.
(Cutler) Quimby; ed. Dartmouth
College, A.B. 1874; A.M., 1877; N. Y.
Univ. Med. College, M.D., 1878; Bellevue Hospital, 1879; in practice in New
York City since 1882; assistant pro
fessor practice of medicine, Univ. of
New York, 1889-90, adjunct professor
1890-5, clinical professor since 1895;
visiting physician N. Y. City Hospital
since 1895; trustee Mary Fletcher
Hitchcock Hospital, Hanover, N. H.;
member Amer. Med. Ass'n, New York
Academy of Medicine, etc.; m., Sept.
28, 1881, Julia M. Cobb, Hanover,
N. H. Residence, 278 West 86th St.,
New York, N. Y.
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resentatives, 1900-1-2-3 ; president
and director Union Trust Co., Alpha
Investment Co.; trustee and mem
ber finance committee, Melrose,
Mass., Savings Bank; director Melrose
National Bank; vice-chairman Mass.
State Board of Charity; Melrose His
torical Soc., Malden Historical 'Soc.,
Boston Art, City and Press clubs.
Residence, 66 Orient Ave., Melrose,
Mass.
Lang, Walter Monroe
Real estate and insurance; b., Fulford, P. Q., Jan. 20, 1867; s. Henry and
Putnam, Stephen Greeley
Artist; wood engraver; b., Nashua,
N. H., Oct. 17, 1852; s. Abram and
Clarissa (Greeley) Putnam; pupil of
H. W. Herrick, Frank French and E. J.
Whitney; student at Brooklyn Art
School, and New York Art Students'
League; received bronze medal for
wood engraving, Paris Exposition,
1889; Chicago Exposition, 1893; Paris,
1900; Buffalo, 1901; m., May 21, 1881,
Fanny Vetter, New York. Residence,
College Point, Borough of Queens,
N.Y.
Adams, Charles Henry
Journalist; b., Rochester, N. H.,
April 22, 1859; s. Samuel and Hannah
W. (Lord) Adams; ed. public schools;
went to Boston at seventeen years of
age and entered employ of Boston
Advertiser and Record, continuing with
same through various positions to that
of manager, which he held up to union
of Advertiser with the Herald; Repub
lican; member Mass. house of rep34
Mary E. (Wright) Lang; ed. schools of
Magog, P. Q.; came to Manchester.
N. H., in early life, and was engaged
for several years in connection with
different mercantile enterprises, after
which he commenced business in the
line of real estate and insurance, in
which he has been highly successful;
became, in 1893, state manager for the
Prudential Life Ins. Co., continuing
for several years, until his real estate
business so demanded his attention
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that he relinquished this position,
though continuing as district manager.
He is agent for other important com
panies, including Aetna of Hartford,
Conn.; has attended many important
insurance conventions in all parts of
the country; Christian Scientist; Re
publican; member Manchester city
council, 1900; member N. H. house of
representatives, 1907-8 (chairman
committee on insurance); member
I. 0. O. F. (encampment and Patri
archs Militant), White Mountain
Travelers' Ass'n, Calumet Club of
Manchester; president and treasurer,
Walter M. Lang Realty Co., Manches
ter; m., Dec. 18, 1889, Clara E.
Magoon; one dau., Marion E. Lang,
b. Sept. 15, 1893. Residence, Man
chester, N. H.
Streeter, Thomas Winthrop
Corporation law and business; b.,
Concord, N. H., July 20, 1883; s.
Frank Sherwin and Lilian (Carpen
ter) Streeter (see their sketches else
where); ed. St. Paul's School, Con
cord, 1900; Dartmouth, B.L., 1904;
Harvard Law School, LL.B., 1907;
admitted to Massachusetts bar, 1907;
in practice in Boston; member firm of
Streeter & Holmes, Shawmut Bank
building; Unitarian; Republican; treas
urer American International Corpor
ation, New York City; president
Contoocook Mills Corporation, Mex
ican Investment Co.; chairman execu
tive committee Mascoma Light &
Power Co.; member Wonolancet Club,
Concord, N. H.; Tennis & Racquet
Club, St. Botolph Club, Harvard
Club, Brookline Country Club, Bos
ton, Mass.; m., July 23, 1917, Ruth
Cheney, dau., Mrs. William H. Schofield (see sketch elsewhere); one son,
Frank Sherwin Streeter, 2d, b. March
25, 1918. Residence, 112 East 74th
St., New York City.
Pratt, Louise
Educator; b., White River Junc
tion, Vt.; dau. Myron Jefferson and
Jennie Louise (Currier) Pratt; niece of
Hon. Frank D. Currier of Canaan;
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moved in childhood to Concord, N. H.;
ed. Concord high school, 1895, Radcliffe College, 1897-8; instructor in
history, Bishop Thorpe School, South
Bethlehem, Penn., 1900-2; head of
department of history at the Castle,
Tarrytown, N. Y., 1902-10; instructor
in French and German, St. Mary's
School, Concord, N. H., 1910-18;
appointed a Y. W. C. A. secretary for
overseas work, Feb., 1918; stationed
at Lyons, France, returning Feb., 1919,
this being her fifth trip abroad; Epis
copalian; official visitor Orphans'
Home, Millville; secretary Modern
Language Section of the N. H. Teach
ers' Ass'n; member Radcliffe Alumnae
Ass'n, N. H. Children's Aid and Pro
tective Soc, Beaver Meadow Golf
Club, S. P. C. A.; letters from France
in N. H. papers; speaker on war work
before woman's clubs. Residence,
Concord, N. H.
Kivel, John
Jurist; b., Dover, N. H., April 29,
1855; s. Patrick and Catherine Kivel;
ed. public schools, Dartmouth College,
A.B. 1876; studied law with the late
Frank Hobbs; admitted to the bar in
1879, and engaged in practice in Dover;
Catholic; Democrat; solicitor for
Strafford County, 1887-93, member
State Board of License Commissioners,
1903-13; appointed associate Justice
N. H. Superior Court May 26, 1913;
chief justice, Oct. 4, 1917; m., Oct.
12, 1879, Eva G. Ennis. Residence,
Dover, N. H.
Cole, Anna B. Taylor
Physician; b., Sugar Hill (Lisbon),
N. H., dau. Joseph L. and Laura
(Gove) Taylor; ed. public schools,
Whitefield, N. H.; Western Mass.
Normal School; Boston University
School of Medicine, M.D. 1884; com
menced practice in Charlestown, Mass.,
but removed to Somerville in 1890,
and has there continued, specializing
in diseases of women; Universalist;
member Mass. Homeopathic Med. Soc,
Boston Med. Soc, Boston Surgical and
Gynecological Soc, Woman's College
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Club, Professional Woman's Club,
N. H. Club of Somerville; m., March
31, 1894, Herbert A. Cole. Resi
dence, Somerville, Mass.
Lewis, Homer Pierce
Educator; b., West Claremont, N. H.,
July 28, 1849; s. George Gilbert and
Adeline (Labaree) Lewis; ed. public
schools, Kimball Union Academy, Meriden, N. H., Dartmouth College, A. B.,
1874; principal Pinkerton Academy,
Derry, 1874-5; grammar school, Dav
enport, la., 1876-80; high school,
1880-83; Omaha, Neb., high school,
1883-96; Worcester, Mass., English
high school, 1896-1901, South high
school, 1901-3; superintendent schools,
Worcester, Mass., 1903-1918; member
Phi Beta Kappa, Psi Upsilon, National
Educational Ass'n; American Institute
of Instruction, etc.; founder Worcester
Economic Club; m., 1st, 1878, Kate
Roberts (Vassar, 1875); 2d, 1891, Elisa
beth Goodson (Univ. of Mich.), 1878).
Residence, 82 Elm St., Worcester, Mass.
Rice, George Samuel
Mining engineer; b., Claremont,
N. H., Sept. 8, 1866; s. George Samuel
and Abby (Parker) Rice; ed. public
schools, College of the City of New
York, two years; Columbia Univer
sity School of Mines, 1887; assistant
engineer, Colorado & Utah R. R., 1887 ;
mining engineer with Colorado Fuel
Co., 1888-90; mining engineer, Whitebreast Fuel Co., Ottumwa, la., 1890;
chief mining engineer same and allied
companies, Chicago, 1897; consulting
mining engineer, Atchison Topeka &
Santa F6, and Chicago, Milwaukee &
St. Paul Rys., 1900-08; chief mining
engineer, U. S. Bureau of Mines since
formation in 1910; Episcopalian; mem
ber American Institute Mining En
gineers, American Academy Arts and
Sciences, etc.; in., Dec. 23, 1891, Julia
Sessions, Kalamazoo, Mich. Resi
dence, Woodley Road and 35th St.,
Cleveland Park, Washington, D. C.
Bradley, Mark Spaulding
Physician; b., East Jaffrey, N. H.,
Jan. 16, 1868; s. Dr. Oscar H. and
Julia A. (Spaulding) Bradley; ed. pub
lic schools; Columbia College Physi
cians and Surgeons, N. Y., M.D., 1892;
interne, N. Y. City Hospital, 1892-4;
in practice in Hartford, Conn., since
1894; aurist, American School for the
Deaf since 1908; visiting physician,
Hartford Hospital; assistant medical
director, Conn. Mutual Life Ins. Co.;
director Glazier Woolen Mfg. Co.,
Williams Bros. Mfg. Co., Glaston
bury, Conn.; Baptist; Republican;
member Hartford Med. Soc., Conn.
State Med. Soc., American Med. Ass'n;
m., July 5, 1904, Jessie E. Goodnow,
East Jaffrey, N. H. Residence, 956
Asylum Ave., Hartford, Conn.
Prescott, Samuel Cate
Bacteriologist; b., South Hampton,
N. H., April 5, 1872; s. Samuel M. and
Mary E. (Cate) Prescott; ed. Mass.
Inst. Tech., B.S. 1894; post-graduate
study in Europe; assistant in biology,
Mass. Inst. Tech., 1895-6; instructor,
1896-1903; assistant professor indus
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trial biology and bacteriology, 19039; associate professor, 1909-14; profes
sor industrial microbiology, 1914- ;
instructor bacteriology, Simmons Col
lege, 1902-9; director Boston Bio
chemical Laboratory, 1904- ; fellow
American Academy Arts and Sciences;
member American Chemical Soc.,
American Soc. Naturalists, etc.; m.,
June 30, 1910, Alice Durgin Chase,
Brookline, Mass. Residence, 79 Cy
press St., Brookline, Mass.
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Maurice P., b. March 29, 1899; Bar
bara, Sept. 24, 1904. Residence, Westfield, Mass.
Randolph, William J.
Printer and editor; b., London,
England, June. 15, 1859; s. William
F. and Lucy Randolph; ed. Twyford
Hall school, London; learned the
printers' trade in the office of the
Bristol, N. H., Enterprise; afterward
employed on the Laconia Democrat
Pulsifer, Harry Bridgman
Mining engineer; b., Lebanon,
N. H., Dec. 23, 1879; s. Charles Ed
ward and Ellen Diantha (Bridgman)
Pulsifer; ed. public schools, Mass.
Inst. Tech., B.S. 1903; post-graduate
work, Univ. of Munich, 1906-7; in
structor in chemistry, N. H. State
College, 1903-4; assayer and mining
engineer, Sonora, Mex., 1905; superin
tendent placer mine, Oregon, 1907; in
structor in metallurgy, Armour Inst.,
Chicago, 1911-15; assistant professor,
1915-17; professor metallurgy, Mon
tana State School of Mines, 1917- ;
member American Inst. Mining Eng'rs,
American Academy Arts and Sciences,
etc.; m., Sept. 9, 1909, Sarah C. Canthon, Salt Lake City, Utah. Residence,
Butte, Mont.
Chadwick, Henry Dexter
Physician; b., Boscawen, N. H.,
Jan. 2, 1872; s. Jeremiah C. and
Eliza A. (Austin) Chadwick; ed. public
schools, Harvard Med. School, M.D.
1895; house officer Boston City Hos
pital, 1895-6; began practice in Waltham, Mass., 1896; in charge private
sanatorium, Rutland, Mass., 1903-6;
superintendent Vt. Sanatorium, Pittsford, Vt., 1907-9; superintendent
Westfield, Mass., State Sanatorium
since March, 1909; acting assistant
surgeon, Spanish American War; as
sistant surgeon 5th Reg. M. V. M.,
1899-1900; member National Ass'n
for Study and Prevention of Tubercu
losis, American Med. Ass'n, Mass. Med.
Soc.; m., May 24, 1898, Edith Nichols
Clark, Cambridge, Mass. ; two children,
and in the government printing office
at Washington; later in the Courier
office at Lowell, Mass., removing to
Plymouth, N. H., in 1886, where he
was employed on the Record; for
four years editor and manager of the
Meredith News; for twenty years
regular correspondent of the Boston
Globe and Manchester Union and now
temporarily doing that work for his
successor who is absent some months
in the year; Methodist; Republican;
selectman in Plymouth, 1904; census
enumerator in 1900; school committee,
1907-8; auditor, 1918; register of
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deeds for Grafton County since 1908;
member A. F. & A. M., K. T.; m.,
Nov. 30, 1885, Ardella Bagley, dau.
Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Eastman
Bagley, of Plymouth. Residence,
Plymouth, N. H.
Sanders, Loren Addison
Surgeon; b., Grafton, N. H., July
5, 1874; s. George S. and Prudence
Sargent (Parker) Sanders; ed. public
bury General Hospital, N. H. Memorial
Hospital for Women and Children;
some time deputy medical referee for
Merrimack County; fellow American
College of Surgeons, member N. H.
Med. Soc, Merrimack County Med.
Soc, N. H. Surgical Club; A. F. &
A. M.; m., 1st, Sept. 29, 1898, Marga
ret A. Clough of Warner, N. 6.; d.
Sept. 7, 1916; 2d, Oct. 18, 1917, Mad
eline Currier. Residence, 22 West
St., Concord, N. H.
Clark, George Langdon
Teacher; real estate; b., Sandwich,
N. H., March 11, 1844; s. Langdon
Goddard and Maria (Beede) Clark;
ed. Beede's Private Academy, Sand
wich Center, N. H., New Hampton
Literary Institute, 1866; taught dis
trict schools in Sandwich; teacher
Highland Military Academy, thirteen
years; treasurer and business manager,
twenty-four years; steward State
Hospital, seven years; in real estate
business since 1912; trustee Pinkerton Academy; treasurer Hospital
Cottages for Children, Baldwinsville,
Mass.; auditor Worcester State Hos
pital and Asylum; Congregationalist;
Republican; member Worcester City
government two years; A. F. & A. M.;
m., July 1, 1885, Caroline Aiken
Pinkerton, Derry, N. H. Residence,
12 Schussier Rd., Worcester, Mass.
schools, Latin-Scientific Course, Tilton Seminary; University and Bellevue Hospital Med. College, New York,
M.D. 1899; associated with the late
Dr. Granville P. Conn, in medical
practice in Concord, N. H., from grad
uation until death of the latter; since
then alone; Baptist; Republican;
member Concord city council four
years; board of aldermen two years;
board of health several years; member
N. H. house of representatives, 191112; attending surgeon Margaret Pills-
Child, Samuel Mitchell
Lawyer; b., Temple, N. H., Sept.
10, 1862; s. Nahum Abbott and
Ellen (Sargent) Child; descendant
William Child, Watertown, Mass.,
1630; ed. Phillips Exeter Academy,
1886; Harvard College, one year,
Harvard Law School, LL.B. 1890;
admitted to the bar in 1890 and prac
ticed in Boston since; Democrat;
member N. H. constitutional conven
tion, 1889, from Temple; member
executive committee Young Men's
Democratic Club of Massachusetts,
1892-5; appointed assistant corpora
tion counsel, Boston, 1895, resigned
Jan., 1907; member Boston Bar Ass'n;
Mass. Bar Ass'n; A. F. & A. M. (32d
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degree, K. T.); Harvard and Univer
sity Clubs; m., Aug. 14, 1901, Margaret
I. Rea, Boston. Residence, 57 Ver
mont St., Boston, Mass.
Collins, Clarence Morton
Shoe manufacturer; b., South Dan
ville, N. H., Aug. 12, 1858; s. Leonard
W. and Aletha J. Collins; ed. public
schools and New Hampton Literary
Institute, New Hampton, N. H.; Free
Baptist; Republican; has held most
town offices; member N. H. consti
tutional convention, 1912; State sen
ate, 1917-18; house of representa
tives, 1919-20; A. F. & A. M., K. T.,
32d degree and O. E. S.; m., in 1883,
Ada F. Coffins, Saugus, Mass. Resi
dence, South Danville, N. H.
Marble, Thomas Littlefield
Jurist; b., Auburn, Me., Dec. 24,
1876; s. Dr. Henry and Mercy (Littlefield) Marble; ed. Edward Little high
school, Auburn, Me., 1894; Bowdoin
College, 1898; Harvard Law School,
1904; admitted to the N. H. bar and in
practice at Berlin, until appointed
associate justice of the superior court by
Governor Keyes, Oct. 4, 1917; Universalist; Republican; member Phi
Beta Kappa, Delta Kappa Epsilon,
A. F. & A. M., K. T.; m., Aug. 15, 1906,
Harriet E. Fuller. Residence, Gorham, N. H.
Branch, Oliver Winslow
Jurist; b., New York City, Oct. 4,
1879; s. Oliver E. and Sarah (Chase)
Branch: ed. Manchester high school,
1896; Phillips Andover Academy, 1897;
Harvard College, A.B. 1901, A.M. 1902;
Harvard Law School, LL.B. 1904:
admitted to the bar and commenced
practice in Manchester, in partnership
with his father, continuing until ap
pointment as associate justice of the
superior court by Gov. Samuel D.
Felker, November, 1913; Congregationalist; Democrat; president Man
chester Y. M. C. A.; m., Nov. 27, 1910,
Isabel Dow Hoyle, Rochester, N. Y.;
children, Jane Montgomery, b. April
II, 1913; Oliver Winslow, Jr., b. Aug.
2, 1914. Residence, Manchester, N. H.
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Yantis, Erne Earll
(Mrs. Arnold S. Yantis); illustrator;
lecturer; social worker; b., Skaneateles,
N. Y., June 28, 1869; dau. John Mur
ray and Julia Brown Earll; ed. Skan
eateles Academy, 1886; Clinton Liberal
Institute, 1886-8; Cornell Univ., 1893;
m., 1st, 1893, Mark Vernon Slingerland, professor economic entomology,
Cornell Univ., teacher, writer and lec
turer, who died in March, 1909, leaving
one daughter, Kathryn Lillis, b. Ithaca,
N.Y., June 2,1895 (Ithaca and Auburn,
N. Y., high schools, Smith College,
1918; fellow Cornell Univ., 1919, and
candidate for degree of M.A.); m., 2d,
in Ithaca, 1912, Rev. Arnold S. Yantis,
Universalist clergyman of Auburn,
N. Y., native of Harper's Ferry, W. Va.,
graduate of Western Maryland Col
lege and George Washington Univ.,
who practiced law for a time in Wash
ington, but has been in the ministry the
last twenty-five years, holding pastor
ates in Brooklyn, Fort Plain and
Auburn, N. Y., and in Manchester,
�Edward W. Rollins
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N. H., since 1915 (member A. F. &
A. M. and B. P. O. E.)j before mar
riage to Mr. Yantis she did illustrating
for scientific books and made lantern
slides for colleges and universities;
organized the Housekeeper's Club in
Auburn, N. Y., and in Manchester the
Homemakers' Club, of which she is
president; during the late war worked
on the Woman's Committee, Council of
National Defense, organizing food com
mittees and lecturing throughout the
state; lectured under the War Work
Council of Y. W. C. A., and served on
the State Speakers' Bureau, and Food
Conservation Committee; put on the
War Pageant" Awakening of America";
member N. H. Sunday School Ass'n,
Universalist State Sunday School
Board, Elliott Hospital Associates,
Universalist Church, N. H. Federation
of Women's Clubs (on Economics Com
mittee in both state and city federa
tions). Residence, Manchester, N. H.
Rollins, Edward Warren
Banker; b., Concord, N. H., Nov.
25, 1850; eldest child Edward H.
(U. S. Senator, 1877-83) and EUen
(West) Rollins; ed. Concord high
school, B.S. 1871, Mass. Inst. of Tech.;
civil engineer, Col. Central R. R.,
1871-6; banking business, Denver,
Col., 1876-99; president E. H. Rol
lins & Sons, investment bonds, 18911908; succeeded by his brother,
Frank W. Rollins (governor of New
Hampshire,
1899-1901),
1908-15,
meanwhile serving as chairman of the
board; on the death of the latter again
became president, 1915- ; helped start
Denver Electrical Light Co., 1881, be
came its president, serving till 1899
when he moved to Boston; Episcopa
lian; Republican; active in promoting
the Denver Country Club, the Denver
Club, Denver Athletic Club (president
of latter seven years) ; member Univer
sity Club, New York; University
Club, Boston; Brookline Country
Club; Midwick Country Club, Los
Angeles; Technology Clubs of New
Hampshire and New York; Old Col
ony Club of Boston, New York, etc.;
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Press Club of Boston; Middlebrook
Golf Club, Dover, N. H.; president
N. H. Ass'n of Technology; in 1919
gave $25,000 to the Wentworth Hos
pital, Dover, for a Nurses' Home in
memory of
his daughter-in-law,
Gladys B. Rollins; m., 1st, Feb. 27,
1878, Jessie V. Witter, Denver, Col.;
child: Ashton, m. Gladys A. Brown,
Wellesley Hills, Mass., Sept., 1908,
who d. July 19, 1917, leaving Jessie,
b. Sept. 22, 1909; Edward, b. Sept. 4,
1911; Ann, b. Sept. 17, 1913; Eliza
beth, b. Nov. 18, 1915; m., 2d, Nov.
25, 1891, Clara S. Sherwood, St.
Louis,
Mo.;
child:
Sherwood,
m., Oct. 20, 1917, Lucia Goldsmith
Russell, Somersworth, N. H. Resi
dence since 1901, Three Rivers Farm,
Dover, N. H., in which town his an
cestor, James Rollins, settled in 1644;
business address, 200 Devonshire St.,
Boston, Mass.
Sulloway, Richard Woodbury
Manufacturer of hosiery; b., Frank
lin, N. H., Feb. 15, 1876; s. Hon. Alvah
W. and Susan (Keith) Sulloway; ed.
St. Paul's School, Concord, and Har
vard College, 1898; engaged in the
Sulloway Mills, manufacturers of hos
iery at Franklin, since graduation;
Unitarian; Democrat; member Frank
lin city council, six years; trustee N. H.
State College, nine years; treasurer and
manager Sulloway Mills corporation;
vice-president Franklin National Bank;
m., Oct. 31, 1914, Bertha, dau. the late
Hon. Albert S. Batchellor of Littleton;
one daughter, Mary Jeannette, b.
Feb. 19, 1917. Residence, Franklin,
N. H.
Cox, Channing Harris
Lawyer; b., Manchester, N. H.,
Feb. 28, 1879; s. Charles E. and Eve
lyn (Randall) Cox; ed. public schools;
Dartmouth College, 1901; LL.B., Har
vard Law School, 1904; in practice in
Boston since graduation; Congrega
tionalism Republican; member Mass.
house of representatives, 1910-18
(speaker three years) ; lieutenant-gov
ernor of Massachusetts, 1919- ; mem
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ber Boston and Mass. Bar Ass'ns,
A. F. & A. M.; Lincoln, City, Univer
sity and Country clubs, Boston; m.,
Feb. 18, 1915, May Emery Young,
Brookline, Mass. Residence, 91 Westland Ave., Boston; office, Tremont
Bldg.
Cox, Louis Sherburne
Jurist; farmer; b., Manchester, N. H.
Nov. 22, 1874; s. Charles E. and Evelyn
M. (Randall) Cox; ed. Manchester
public schools, Dartmouth College,
A.B. 1896; Boston Univ. Law School,
LL.B. 1899; admitted to the bar and
located in practice in Lawrence, Mass.,
continuing until his appointment as
justice of the Mass. Superior Court in
1918; Congregationalist; Republican;
member Mass. state senate, 1906; post
master of Lawrence, 1906-14; district
attorney, Eastern Mass. district, 191418; justice superior court, 1918-; mem
ber A. F. & A. M. to and including 32d
degree and K.T., I. O. O. F., B. P. O.
E., P. of H., Mass. Republican Club,
Essex Republican Club, Salem Club,
Home Club, Merrimack Valley Coun
try Club, English Social Club, Con
gregational Club; m., Oct. 16, 1902,
Mary I. Fieles, Lawrence, Mass.;
children, Randall T., b. March 16,
1904; Dorothy, b. Nov. 25, 1908;
Judge Cox has a fine dairy farm outside
the city in attention to which he finds
his chief recreation. Residence, Law
rence, Mass.
Carpenter, Georgia Butters Drake
(Mrs. Josiah Carpenter); philan
thropist and social worker; b., Pittsfield, N. H., Jan. 15, 1836; dau. Col.
James and Betsey (Seavey) Drake;
ed. public and private schools; Pittsfield Academy; Episcopalian; organ
ist St. Stephen's Episcopal Church,
Pittsfield, for many years; m., Sept.
1, 1858, Josiah Carpenter, grandson of
Josiah Carpenter, first minister of
Chichester, and descendant of William
Carpenter, freeman of Weymouth,
Mass., 1640. Mr. and Mrs. Carpenter
had two children—a daughter, Georgia
Ella, wife of Frank M. Gerrish, de
ceased some years since, and a son who
died in infancy. They resided in
Pittsfield, after marriage, where Mr.
Carpenter was cashier of the bank,
until March, 1877, when they removed
to Manchester, where Mr. Carpenter
was active in the organization of the
Second National Bank, and the Me
chanics Savings Bank of which he was
cashier and treasurer, respectively.
He died May 22, 1913. Mrs. Car
penter was State Regent of the Daugh
ters of the American Revolution for
New Hampshire from 1895 to 1901 and
has since been Honorary State Re
gent; during her regency fourteen
chapters were organized; charter
member National Soc. Colonial Dames
of America, in the State of New Hamp
shire; corresponding secretary of same,
1913-16; historian, 1916- ; treasurer
United Offering, for P. E. Diocese of
N. H., 1895-1916; president Man
chester Children's Home since 1895;
vice-president Woman's Aid and Re
lief Soc., Manchester, since 1881;
president Woman's Auxiliary, Grace
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Church, Manchester, 1902-13; hon
orary president since 1913; director
Manchester District Nursing Ass'n
since 1914. Among her many bene
factions may be mentioned the fol
lowing memorial gifts: For her hus
band, a brick gymnasium and $5,000
scholarship fund at Holderness School
for Boys; for her father a splendidly
equipped Athletic Field of thirteen
acres, in Pittsfield; for her mother a
fund for a course in Domestic Science
at Hampton Academy; for her brother,
Frank James Drake, $5,000 scholarship
fund at Dartmouth College; with her
husband, in memory of their daughter,
a beautiful stained glass window and
a stone parish house to Grace Episcopal
Church, Manchester, and to the town
of Pittsfield, a library building of
brick and stone construction. Mrs.
Carpenter has traveled extensively at
home and abroad, and holds her in
terest in national and international as
well as social and community affairs.
Residence, 1667 Elm St., Manchester,
N. H.
Copeland, Elmer Humphrey
Physician; b., Acworth, N. H.,
March 1, 1861; s. Hezekiah and Olive
S. (Nichols) Copeland; ed. public
schools; Amherst College, A.B. 1889,
A.M. 1897; M.D., N. Y. Homeopathic
Med. College, 1893; in practice at
Northampton, Mass., since 1893; Congregationalist; Republican; member
staff Cooley Dickinson Hospital,
Northampton, since 1907; director
Y. M. C. A. since 1900; member Mass.
Homeopathic Med. Soc. (orator 1904);
president Seth Pomeroy Chapter, S.
A. R., A. F. & A. M. ; m., Aug. 23, 1893,
Anna Covell, Shelburne Falls, Mass.;
four children. Residence, 168 Elm St.,
Northampton, Mass.
Doyle, Jeremiah Joseph
Lawyer; b., New Boston, N. H.,
Jan. 23, 1861; s. John and Julia
(O'Neill) Doyle; ed. public schools;
studied law and admitted to the bar in
1884, and has since practiced in
Nashua, N. H.; Catholic; Democrat;
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delegate Democratic National Conven
tion, Chicago, 1896; member N. H.
house of representatives, 1887-8, 188990, 1903-4; mayor of Nashua, 1903-4;
A. O. H. (having held all offices), For
esters of America; Knights of Colum
bus; m., Luella J. Lucier. Residence,
Nashua, N. H.
Carpenter, Dumont Hamilton
Electric railway inspector; b., Con
cord, N. H., Oct. 26, 1867; s. Henry
Harrison and Mattie (Cotton) Car
penter (H. H. Carpenter served
three years in the 6th Maine Vols,
during the Civil War) ; ed. Concord
schools; employed on Boston & Lowell
R. R., 1887-1901; superintendent
Concord Electric R. R., 1901-2; in
spector Concord Electric R. R., 1902- ;
Republican; Congregationalist (South
Church); Knight Templar, A. F. &
A. M.; member I. O. O. F., Sons of
Veterans, Veteran Railroad Men, N. E.
Street Railway Ass'n, Charity Organi
zation Soc., N. H. Children's Aid and
Protective Soc., Fish and Game
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Spaulding, Daniel Minot
Teacher; farmer; b., Sullivan, N. H.,
Sept. 10, 1859; s. Henry O. and Sarah
college both sessions and also on banks
and state library in latter session);
A. F. & A. M. (past master), P. of H.,
past master Cheshire Grange, Keene,
and of Cheshire County Pomona
Grange and past D. D. N. H. State
Grange; secretary Cheshire County
Farm Bureau; president Monadnock
National Farm Loan Ass'n; in., April
14, 1891, Kate M. Barker; one son,
Earl Barker, b. Feb. 16, 1892. Res
idence, Keene, N. H.
E. (Houghton) Spaulding; ed. public
schools, Keene high school, 1878,
Amherst College, A.B. 1884, Phi Beta
Kappa; engaged in teaching for sev
eral years—instructor in French and
Science, Arms Academy, Shelburne
Falls, Mass.; principal, high school,
Methuen, Mass.; farmer in Keene since
1894; Congregationalist; Republican;
member Keene board of education since
1911, Keene city council, 1916; member
N. H. house of representatives from
Ward 5, Keene, 1917-18, 1919-20
(member committee on agricultural
Estabrook, Fred Watson
Manufacturer; financier; b., Graf
ton, Mass., Sept. 23, 1852; s. John
W. and Julia (Howe) Estabrook;
ed. public schools of Grafton and Marl
boro, Mass.; Bryant & Stratton Busi
ness College, Boston, Mass.; com
menced work as bookkeeper in a shoe
factory, and at 23 years of age was
made manager of the factory of Crane,
Leland & Moody at Nashua, N. H.;
in 1879 organized the firm of Esta
brook & Anderson Bros., manufacturers
of shoes, whose product gained high
reputation; with greatly increasing
business the concern was incorporated
as the Estabrook-Anderson Shoe Co.
in 1895, Mr. Estabrook continuing till
1912, when he retired to devote his
attention to other interests, including
extensive mining enterprises in the
West;
Episcopalian; Republican;
member Republican national com
mittee for New Hampshire, 1908-20;
director General Development Co.,
Miami Copper Co., N. Y.; National
Shawmut Bank, Boston; Second Na
tional Bank, Nashua; Nashua Sad
dlery Hardware Co.; president and
director White Mountain Freezer Co.,
Telegraph Publishing Co., Nashua;
director and vice-president Sioux City
Stock Yards Co. ; director and treasurer
Estabrook Gold Dredging Co., Boston
& Idaho Gold Dredging Co.; director
Manchester Traction Light & Power
Co., Wonolancet Co. Nashua; trustee
Protestant Episcopal Church, St.
Mary's School, Concord, N. H • mem
ber Nashua City Club, Vesper Country
Club; Union League, New York;
League, Concord Gun Club, Council
of National Defense, Red Cross, Pro
hibitionist, Suffragist; in., Oct. 25,
1898, Eva May Stevens of Concord;
one dau., Martha Phyllis, b. June 7,
1901, Concord High School, 1919.
Residence, Pleasant St., Concord,
N. H.
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Algonquin and Boston Athletic Clubs,
Boston, Mass.; m., Nov. 5, 1879,
Alice, dau. Judge Geo. Y. Sawyer of
Nashua (deceased); one son, Winthrop Howe, who served as captain of
engineers during the late European
war. Residence, Nashua, N. H.;
office, 201 Devonshire St., Boston,
Mass.
Bowman, George Ernest
Editor; b., Manchester, N. H.,
Jan. 5, 1860; s. George A. and Ernestine
(Lord) Bowman; ed. public schools,
Hartford, Conn., Yale College, A.B.
1883; has long been engaged in com
piling the history of the Mayflower
passengers and their descendants;
founder and editor of the Mayflower
Descendant, quarterly magazine, and
Pilgrim Notes and Queries, monthly;
founder Boston Chapter, S. A. R.,
first secretary and second president of
same; life member Mass. Soc., May
flower descendants; Soc. Colonial
Wars; order Colonial Governors, N.E.
Historic Genealogical Soc., etc.; com
piler various volumes of vital records;
Congregationalist; Republican; A. F.
& A. M. Residence, 81 Pinckney St.,
Boston, Mass.
Sweet, William Isaac
Clergyman; b., Throop, N. Y., June
6, 1863; s. Vaughan and Julia Ferris
Sweet; ed. Union College, Auburn,
N. Y., Theological Seminary, 1887;
ordained to the ministry May 7, 1887,
PennYan, N. Y.; pastor Presbyterian
Church, Fair Haven, N. Y., 1887-8 ; Con
gregational Church, Farmington, N.H.,
1888-92; Passaic, N. J., 1892-7; Ever
ett, Mass., 1897-1911 (church member
ship increasing from 250 to 700 during
pastorate)) Pittsfield, N. H., 1911- ;
Congregationalist; Independent; al
ways interested in civic affairs; head of
Boy Scout movement in Pittsfield, also
chairman Red Cross; member West
N. H. Congregational Club, A. F. &
A. M., I. O. O. F.; m., Aug. 6, 1884,
Jennie E. Johnson; three daughters,
Harriet M., Elizabeth J., E. Louise.
Residence, Pittsfield, N. H.
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Amey, John Tillotson
Lumberman; member, N. H. Tax
Commission; b., Pittsburg, N. H., Oct.
16, 1858; s. John Tillotson and Emily
(Haynes) Amey; ed. public school,
Pittsburg; employed at eighteen years
of age by one of the large lumber
operators of that region, and has fol
lowed that business most of the time
for forty years, having been associated
with the Van Dyke interests for several
years; Democrat; elected to the N. H.
house of representatives for 1889, from
the town of Stratford, where he was
then conducting a lumber business for
a Massachusetts corporation ; sheriff of
Coos County, 1893-4; chairman N. H.
Democratic State Committee, 18941902; appointed minority member
N. H. Tax Commission when the board
was created, and has continued a
member of the same; delegate from
Lancaster in N. H. constitutional con
vention, 1918; member A. F. & A. M.,
lodge, chapter, commandery and shrine,
m., 1st, 1S81, to Emeline Higgins of
Pittsburg, to whom one son and two
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daughters were born, all of whom are
living, married and have children; 2d,
Feb. 28, 1897, to Elsie Dolloff of Lan
caster, who died Aug. 13, 1912; 3d,
June 30, 1915, to Katherine O'Dowd,
Lancaster, now living. Residence,
Lancaster, N.H.
Tenney, George Amos
Banker; cotton manufacturer; b.,
Claremont, N. H., Feb. 11, 1864; s.
Edward J. and Frances M. (Hall)
Tenney; ed. public schools of Clare
mont, Stevens high school; engaged
for a time as clerk in the auditing de
partment of the Boston & Lowell R. R.,
Boston; went through the various de
partments there, and later was located
in Concord, N. H., in charge of the
Northern R. R. freight account; in
1888 went West and engaged in bank
ing business in St. Joseph and Kansas
City, Mo., Ellsworth, Kan., and
Nebraska City, Neb.; upon organiza
tion of the People's National Bank
in Claremont, N. H., in 1892 he re
turned home to accept the position of
cashier, in which he has continued and
is also vice-president and director; in
1907 became treasurer and general
manager of the Monadnock Mills of
Claremont, of which he is also a director,
as well as of the Claremont Gas Light
Co., of which he is treasurer and general
manager; director, also, of the Sugar
River Savings Bank of Newport and
the Sullivan Co. R. R.; Episcopalian;
Republican; member staff of Gov.
Charles M. Floyd with the rank of
colonel; member Algonquin Club of
Boston, and of the Triton Fish and
Game Club of the Province of Quebec;
m., June 2, 1891, Sarah E. Ballou,
No. Adams, Mass.; two sons, Edward
Ballou, b. May 4, 1892 (ed. St. Ste§hens College and Philadelphia Textile
chool); George P., b. Nov. 17, 1900
(ed. St. Paul's School). Residence,
Claremont, N. H.
Boynton, Roy J.
Physician; b., Hillsboro, N. H.,
July 31, 1881; s. David E. and Lydia
(Roberts) Boynton; ed. public schools,
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Dartmouth College; M.D., College of
Physicians and Surgeons, Boston,
1904; began practice in Boston same
year; professor materia medica and
therapeutics, and theory and practice
of medicine, College of Physicians and
Surgeons since 1901; secretary and
professor materia medica and thera
peutics, Middlesex College, Medicine
and Surgery; consulting physician,
Middlesex Hospital; president N. H.Vt. Lighting Co., American Electric
Light & Power Co.; Mass. Gas &
Electric Co.; m., Nov. 20, 1911,
Beatrice H. Underwood, Providence,
R. I. Residence, Framingham, Mass.
Crossfield, Frederic S.
Physician; b., Keene, N. H., July 29,
1854; s. Kendall and Rebecca (Martin)
Crossfield; ed. Dean Academy, Frank
lin, Mass., Bellevue Hospital (N. Y.)
Med. College, M.D. 1878; in practice
in Hartford, Conn., since latter date;
Episcopalian; Republican; larvngologist to Hartford Hospital and Wildwood Sanatorium; consultant to Cyril
and Julia Johnson Memorial Hospital,
Stafford Springs, Conn., and Isolation
Hospital, Hartford; member American
Med. Ass'n, Conn. and Hartford Co.
Med. Socs., etc.; m., July 21, 1898,
Mary Evelyn Affleck, Brooklyn, N.Y.;
one son. Residence, 148 Kenyon St.,
Hartford, Conn.
Dearborn, Sam Starrett
Physician; b., Milford, N. H., Jan.
30, 1872; s. Sam Gerrish and Henrietta
(Starrett) Dearborn; ed. Phillips Exe
ter Academy, 1890; A.B., Harvard,
1894; M.D. 1898; in practice in
Nashua since 1899; member visiting
staff Nashua Emergency Hospital and
St. Joseph's Hospital; city physician,
Nashua, 1900-2; chairman board of
health; member board of education;
director Second National Bank, Wonolancet Co.; member Nashua Med. Soc,
Hillsboro County Med. Soc, N. H.
Med. Soc, N. H. Surgical Club, A. F.
& A. M. (32d degree); Unitarian; Re
publican; m., Oct. 12, 1898, May H.
Chandler. Residence, 6 Concord St.,
Nashua, N. H.
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Livingston, Frank Channing
Lawyer; b., Manchester, N. H.,
Nov. 10, 1858; s. Charles F. and Carrie
E. (Guild) Livingston ; ed. Manchester
public schools, high school, 1877;
studied law with Hon. Joseph W. Fel
lows; admitted to the bar in 1881 and
since in practice in Manchester; Uni
tarian; Republican; treasurer H illsbo ro County, 1893-1905; associate
justice Manchester municipal court,
1910-12; delegate N. H. constitutional
convention, 1918; chairman Commu
nity Labor Board, replacement com
mittee for returning soldiers and sailors ;
director Manchester Safe Deposit &
Trust Co.; Mason 32d degree, past
commander Trinity Commandery, K.
T.; member Grand Commandery of
New Hampshire, Bektash Temple,
N. M. S.; Ridgley Lodge, I. 0. O. F.,
past chief patriarch Wonolancet En
campment; m., Nov. 13, 1890, Minnie
A. Campbell; children, Carolyn Guild,
b. Nov. 4, 1891 (Simmons), m. Daniel
D. Chase; Alice Carey, b. Feb. 27,
1893 (Simmons); Allen Campbell, b.
Feb. 27, 1893 (Dartmouth), sergeant
1st class, U. S. Engineers; one and a
half years service with American Ex
peditionary Forces in France. Resi
dence, Manchester, N. H.
Taylor, Frederick Wellington
Educator; b., Wooster, O., Jan. 25,
1876; s. Samuel and Susan (Albright)
Taylor; ed. public schools and Wooster
College; Ohio State Univ., B.Sc. 1900;
in service of the Ohio Experiment Sta
tion, 1896-1901; U. S. Department of
Agriculture, Bureau of Soils, 1901-3;
professor of agriculture, N. H. State
College, since 1903; now dean of the
Agricultural Department and agrono
mist for the Experiment Station;
"Methodist by birth, Congregationalist by adoption, Republican always" ;
selectman of Durham, 1916; member
Alpha Zeta, Sigma Xi and Alpha Tau
Alpha college fraternities, American
Academy of Arts and Sciences, Amer
ican Breeders' Ass'n, etc.; Farm Insti
tute lecturer and author of many bulle
tins and circulars; m., Dec. 23, 1903,
Jessie L. Stocker; three children, Ralph
S., Julia A. and Samuel F. Residence,
Durham, N. H.
Merrow, Lyford A.
Manufacturer; b., Center Ossipee,
N. H., Sept. 8, 1865; s. Daniel and
Maria Elizabeth (Brewster) Merrow;
descendant of Henry Merrow, Read
ing, Mass., 1661; direct descendant on
maternal side of William Brewster of
the Mayflower; ed. public schools, New
Hampton Literary Institution; engaged
in manufacture of oils, paints and var
nishes since 1882; president and man
ager New England Oil, Paint and Var
nish Co.; president Burbank & Ryder
Varnish Co., Hoffman Paint & Varnish
Co.; director Hildreth Varnish Co.,
George T. McLauthlin Co.; Congregationalist; Republican; colonel on
staff of Gov. Charles A. Busiel, 1895-6;
member N. H. executive council, 190910; delegate at large from N. H. in Re
publican National Convention, 1912;
member N. H. board of trustees of
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state institutions, 1915-17;N. H.Home
Missionary Soc, Boston City Club; m.,
Dec. 17, 1902, Elizabeth Rena McLauthlin; one son, Parker McLauthlin.
Residence, Malden, Mass.; Mountainview (Ossipee), N. H.
Floyd, Charles Miller
Clothing and lumber dealer; b.,
Deny, N. H., June 5, 1861; s. Sewall
and Sarah J. (Sleeper) Floyd; ed.
public schools and Deny Academy;
engaged in clothing trade in Manchester
since 1886; Congregationalist; Repub
lican; member N. H. senate, 1901-2;
executive council, 1905-6; governor
of New Hampshire, 1907-9; director
Manchester National Bank, Manchester
Building & Loan Ass'n, Manchester
Traction, Light & Power Co.,
Derryfield Lumber Co.; partner in
Batchelder & Floyd Lumber Co.; m.,
June 16, 1886, Carrie E. Atwood,
Haverhill, Mass. Residence, Manches
ter, N. H.
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Keyser, Frank Nathaniel
Railway conductor; b., North Haver
hill, N. H., Sept. 12, 1866; s. Scott W.
andMaryE. (Stocker) Keyser; ed. pub
lic schools; entered railway service in
1888, and has continued to the present
time, having been for many years past
one of the best known passenger con
ductors on the White Mountain divi
sion of the Boston & Maine R. R.;
Methodist; Republican; member N. H.
house of representatives, 1915-16,
Straw, Herman Foster
Manufacturer; b., Manchester, N. H.,
Dec. 31, 1849; s. Ezekiel A. and
Charlotte Smith (Webster) Straw; ed.
St. Paul's School, Concord, N. H.,
Harvard Univ.; associated with his
father in the management of the
Amoskeag Mfg. Co.'s establishment at
Manchester, after leaving school, con
tinuing to the present time ; agent since
1885; m., Sept. 18, 1873, Mary O.
Parker of Boston. Residence, Man
chester, N. H.
Spalding, James Alfred
Surgeon; b., Portsmouth, N. H.,
Aug. 20, 1846; s. Lyman Dyer and
Susan Parker (Parrott) Spalding; ed.
public schools, Dartmouth, A.B. 1866;
Harvard, M.D. 1870; in practice in
Portland, Me., since 1873; ophthalmological and aural surgeon, Me.
General Hospital, 1881-1914 (now
consulting); member American Acad
emy of Medicine, Me. Medical Ass'n,
etc.; m., Nov. 16, 1882, Sarah Chase
Shepley, Boston, Mass. Residence,
627 Congress St., Portland, Me.
serving on Fish and Game committee,
and 1917-8, when he was a member
of the same committee and that on
Liquor Laws, from which the state
prohibitory law was reported; member
N. H. senate, 1919-20, being chairman
committee on Labor, and a member of
the Incorporations, Railroads (clerk),
Towns and Parishes and Fisheries and
Game (clerk) committees; member
A. F. & A. M., 32d degree, K. T., and
Shriner; Railway Conductors of Amer
ica and Anchor Club of Boston; m.,
May 1, 1894, Addie M. Kimball.
Residence, North Haverhill, N. H.
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Donahue, John Joseph
Insurance; b., Keene, N. H., Aug. 7,
1859; s. James and Margaret (Quintan)
Donahue; ed. Keene public schools;
engaged in early life in mercantile pur
suits in Keene and Peterboro, N. H.;
in insurance business since 1890, in
Keene and Manchester, removing to
the latter city nearly twenty years ago;
Unitarian; Republican; member N. H.
house of representatives, from Ward 2,
Manchester, 1903-4, 1905-6 (chairman
Insurance Committee each session);
U. S. pension examiner, 1907-14; dep
uty sheriff, Hillsboro County, 191719; member N. H. senate (District No.
16), 1919-20; chairman committee on
Revision of the Laws; clerk committee
on State Hospital ; member committees
on Judiciary, Education and Towns and
Parishes; appointed Insurance Com
missioner for N. H., April 2, 1919, to
succeed the late Rufus N. Elwell;
member Republican state committee,
and executive committee for Hillsboro
County; chairman Republican [city
committee of Manchester; member I.O.
R. M. (past Great Sachem for )New
Hampshire), K. of P., Amoskeag
Grange, Amoskeag Veterans, tlNew
Century Club, Manchester Institute
of Arts and Sciences; m., Jessie E.
Rice. (See following sketch.) Resi
dence, Manchester, N. H.
Donahue, Jessie Edith Rice
(Mrs. John J. Donahue) ; clubwoman,
social worker and literary pursuits; b.,
Jaffrey, N. H., Nov. 7, 1873; dau.
George Laban and Lucy Harriet (Bald
win) Rice; ed. Keene schools; school
teacher for some time; later had practi
cal experience in life insurance and as
secretary and claim adjuster for a
health and accident insurance com
pany; Unitarian; for six years director
National Alliance of Unitarian Women:
vice-president and director National
Unitarian Sunday School Soc; director
Star Island Summer Meetings Ass'n;
past president Manchester Federation
of Women's Clubs (during her term of
office introduced playgrounds to Man
chester); chairman Art Committee,
N. H. Federation of Women's Clubs;
past president Manchester New Cen
tury and Shakespeare clubs; vice-pres
ident National Shakespeare Federation ;
vice-president Manchester Institute of
Arts and Sciences, and president of its
literature section; member Historic Art
Club; director Settlement Ass'n of New
Hampshire; state superintendent of
Americanization of W. C. T. U.; regent
Molly Stark Chapter, D. A. R.; vicepresident Manchester Equal Suffrage
League; member Amoskeag Grange,
P. of H., Boston Arts and Crafts Soc,
Haverhill, Mass., Arts and Crafts Soc.,
and instructor in wood carving in the
latter organization in which art she is
an experienced teacher, and skilled in
various other handicrafts; has also con
ducted classes in Americanization for
some years; special correspondent of
the Boston Transcript, and frequent
contributor to other newspapers and
periodicals; m., John J. Donahue;
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children, Helen Rice, b. May 17, 1895
(Radcliffe 1916); Esther, b. Oct. 24,
1901.
Fairbanks, Charles Albert
Physician; b., Portsmouth, N. H.,
Dec. 17, 1849; s. Albert A. and Lydia L.
(Brock) Fairbanks; ed. public schools,
Dartmouth College Scientific Depart
ment, 1871; Harvard Med. School,
M.D. 1877; commenced practice in
Dover, N. H., in 1878 and has there
continued; Republican; city physician,
Dover, 1882-98; U. S. pension exam
iner, 1897-1913; mayor of Dover, 18981900; member school committee, 18821917 (chairman, 1909-17); member
board of water commissioners, N. H.
house of representatives, 1907-8, 190910, 1919-20, A. F. & A. M., I. O. O. F.,
I. O. R. M.; Strafford County Med.
Soc., N. H. Med Soc. Residence,
Dover, N. H.
Currier, Clinton Harvey
Educator; b., Manchester, N. H.,
Jan. 1, 1876; s. Harvey L. and Eliza
True (Kenny) Currier; ed. Manches
ter public schools; Brown Univ., Ph.B.
1898, A.M. 1899; Univ. of Gottingen,
1910-11; instructor in mathematics,
Brown Univ., 1899-1914; instructor in
mathematics and astronomy since
1914; instructor at R. I. School of De
sign, 1901-9; member Ass'n of Math
ematics Teachers of N. E., American
Mathematics Soc, etc.; m., June 4,
1910, Theresa M. Connolly, Residence,
311 Wayland Ave., Providence, R. I.
Hamblett, Charles Judson
Lawyer; b., Nashua, N. H., Jan.,
1862; s. Judson A. and Mary A.
(Perkins) Hamblett; ed. Francestown
Academy, 1883; LL.B., Boston Univ.,
1889; hon. A.M., Dartmouth, 1900;
admitted to the bar in 1889 and since
in practice in Nashua; Republican;
assistant clerk N. H. senate, 1887-89;
clerk, 1891-3; city solicitor, Nashua,
1901-4; U. S. district attorney for
New Hampshire, 1898-1907; m., 1st,
Oct. 4, 1894, Georgie Ellen Stevens; 2d,
Dec. 23, 1914, Mrs. Belle F. (Small)
Fletcher. Residence, Nashua,\N. H.
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Young, Harrie Minot
Civil engineer ; b., Manchester, N. H.,
Sept. 26, 1866; s. Hiram P. and Mary
S. (Ayer) Young; ed. public schools of
Manchester—high school, 1884; civil
engineer for the city of Manchester
many years; Universalist; Republican;
member N. H. house of representatives,
1895-6, 1897-8 (chairman committee
on Military Affairs), 1899-1900 (chair
man Appropriations) ; ass't clerk, house
of representatives, 1902-4, 1905-6;
clerk, 1907-8 and since; president
Realty Investment Co., Manchester,
N. H.; director The Real American;
clerk Manchester Institute of Arts and
Sciences; clerk and treasurer Amoskeag
Veterans; clerk of trustees of Pine
Grove Cemetery; chief of records,
Agawam Tribe, I. O. R. M.; member
Minnehaha Council Degree of Poca
hontas, and the Great Council of N. H.,
D. of P.; great chief of records of the
Great Council of N. H., I. O. R. M.;
member and reading clerk of the Great
Council of the U. S., I. O. R. M.; mem
ber Manchester Lodge, B. P. O. E.,
�Mrs. William H. Schofield
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Amoskeag Grange, P. of H., Union
Pomona Grange, and has received the
state and national degrees of the order;
member N. H. Good Roads Ass'n,
Manchester Cadet Veteran Ass'n,
Manchester Y. M. C. A., Manchester
Historical Ass'n, Manchester Turn
Verein and Calumet Club; m., July
8, 1911, Idella Frances Corser, Contoocook, N. H. Residence, 277 Concord
St., office City Hall, Manchester, N. H.
Schofield, Mary Lyon (Cheney)
(Mrs. William H. Schofield) ; b., New
Britain, Conn., Dec. 24, 1869; dau. Dr.
Edwin Bradbury and Charlotte M.
(Ward) Lyon ; special student at Wellesley College, 1888-90; m., 1st, April 27,
1893, Charles Paine Cheney of Boston,
A.B. 1892, Harvard, who d. 1897; chil
dren, (1) Charles Ward, b. April 28,
1894, Lieut. Engineer Corps, A. E. F.;
(2) Ruth, b. Oct. 2, 1895, m. Thomas
W. Streeter (see sketch elsewhere) ; (3)
William Halsall, b. Jan. 15, 1897,
Lieut. Aviation Corps, A. E. F., killed
in Italy, 1918; m. 2d, Sept. 24, 1907,
Prof. William Henry Schofield, Ph.D.,
head of Department of Comparative
Literature, Harvard Univ. Mrs. Scho
field has always been greatly interested
in civic and economic problems and has
spoken throughout New Hampshire on
Preparedness (before the United States
entered the war) ; on the Liberty Loan,
especially women's new financial obli
gations; and on Opportunities for
Women in Agriculture; has established
training courses for women at her estate
in Peterborough and was instrumental
in the establishment of a Dairying
Course for Women at the N. H. State
College, Durham; chairman N. H.
Woman's Liberty Loan Committee,
1917-19; president Woman's Land
Army of America; member new board
of trustee of N. H. Schoo for Feeble
minded Children; chairman committee
on training courses, N. H. Woman's
Committee, Council of National De
fense; chairman N. H. Committee,
Woman's Committee of National Civic
Federation; chairman committee on
war relief, N. H. Soc. of Colonial Dames
533
of America; member N. H. Council of
Americanization; Lyceum Club, Lon
don, England; Chilton Club and May
flower Club. Boston; Episcopalian;
Residence, Boston, Mass., and East
Hill, Peterborough,N. H.
Minot, Lena Margaret
Bank clerk; b., Concord, N. H., July
9, 1873; dau. George Edward and Mary
Jeannette (Floyd) Minot; grand dau.
George Minot, president of the Mechamcks Bank, 1854, and treasurer of
the B. C. & M. R. R.; tenth in descent
from Elder George Minot, one of the
first settlers of Dorchester, Mass., and
representative, 1635-7; ed. Concord
high school, 1891; clerk for A. J. Shurfrlen, clerk of Supreme Court, later for
J. S. Matthews; clerk in Mechanicks
National Bank, Feb., 1901-17; clerk
in Merrimack County Savings Bank,
1917- ; communicant St. Paul's P. E.
Church and assistant treasurer of St.
Paul's parish; member St. Anna
Branch and St. Agnes Chapter of
Guild of St. Paul; treasurer Woman's
Auxiliary of St. Paul's parish; treasurer
Concord Chapter of American Red
Cross; member Woman's Council of
National Defense and active in war
work; charter member (1896) of Outing
Club (Camp Weetamoo) and president
several years; charter member Hatha
way Shakespeare Club (secretarytreasurer. 19 17-); charter member
(1904) Hathaway Outing Club (presi
dent, 1919-); charter member (1911)
Concord Friendly Club (treasurer 1911
-14); member N. H. Historical Soc.,
Concord Woman's Club, District Nurs
ing Ass'n., Concord Female Charitable
Soc., S. P. C. A. Residence, Concord,
N.H.
Wyman, William D.
Insurance; b., Hillsboro Bridge,
N. H., April 24, 1859; engaged in em
ploy of Mass. Mutual Life Ins. Co.,
at Chicago, 1883, becoming general
agent; appointed state manager Berk
shire Life Ins. Co. of Pittsfield, Mass.,
1889; now president; president Chi
cago Life Underwriters' Ass'n, 1892-3,
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1897-8; National Ass'n Life Under
writers, 1901-2. Residence, Pittsfield,
Mass.
Barnes, George Washington
Farmer and general business; b.,
Lyme, N. H., March 18, 1886; s. Hiram
and Esther B. (Gillett) Barnes; ed. pub
lic schools, Thetford, Vt., Academy,
St. Johnsbury Academy, 1891 ; Meth
odist; Republican; member school
board of Lyme; selectman nine years
director Connecticut & Passumpsic
Rivers R. R. and Connecticut Valley
Telephone Co.; member N. H. Public
Safety Committee, and National De
fense League; local food administrator;
war historian; district chairman War
Savings Stamp work, etc.; trustee
estate of the late Herbert H. Barnes,
with large holdings in Boston, where he
has an offica and spends much time;
has a large farm in Lyme, specializing
in the raising of Hereford cattle, sheep
and poultry; also has extensive real
estate interests at White River Junc
tion, Vt.; member A. F. & A. M., P. of
H., N. H. Historical Soc., and Boston
City Club; m., 1897, Laura A. Smith.
Residence, Lyme, N. H.
Snow, Alpheus Henry
Lawyer; b., Claremont, N. H., Nov.
8, 1859; s. Alpheus F. and Sarah Maria
(Dean) Snow- ed. Trinity College,
1876-7; A.B., Yale, 1879; LL.B., Har
vard, 1883; in practice of law at
Hartford, Conn., 1883-7; Indianapolis,
Ind., 1887-95; engaged in literary work
at Washington since 1895; lecturer on
Colonial Government, George Wash
ington Univ., 1908-9; member board of
trustees, George Washington Univ.;
executive council American Soc. In
ternational Law; American Bar Ass'n;
American Political Science Ass'n;
American Historical Ass'n, and various
clubs; m., June 29, 1887, Margaret
Maynard Butler, Indianapolis. Resi
dence, 2013 Massachusetts Ave., N. W.,
Washington, D. C.
and present chairman of the board;
trustee town trust funds; member
N. H. house of representatives, 1915-16,
also 1917-18 (chairman committee on
Public Improvements); N. H. senate,
1919-20 (chairman committee on Pub
lic improvements, also serving on
State Library, Forestry, Public Health,
School for Feeble-minded [clerk] and
State Hospital committees); trustee
Dartmouth Savings Bank, Hanover,
and North Thetford church funds;
Whipple, George Hoyt
Pathologist; b., Ashland, N. H.,
Aug. 28, 1878; s. Ashley Cooper and
Frances Ann (Hoyt) Whipple; ed.
Yale, A.B. 1900; M.D., Johns Hop
kins, 1905; assistant in pathology,
Ancon Hospital, Panama, 1905-6;
pathologist, Bay View Hospital, Bal
timore, 1908; associate professor path
ology, Johns Hopkins, 1911-14; pro
fessor research medicine, Univ. of
California, and director Hooper Foun
dation for Medical Research since 1914;
member American Med. Ass'n, Inter
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national Ass'n of Medicine, etc.; m.,
June 2, 1914, Katherine Ball Waring,
Charleston, S. C. Residence, 2085 9th
Ave., San Francisco, Cal.
Weston, Robert Spurr
Sanitary engineer; b., Concord,
N. H., Aug. 1, 1869; s. Lon and Mar
tha B. (Greenman) Weston; ed.
Brockton, Mass., high school, 1887
Amherst College, B.S. 1891 (A.M
1900); Mass. Inst. of Tech., 1894-5.
Univ. of Berlin, 1897-8; assistant
chemist Louisville Water Co., 1895-8
Superior Water, Light & Power Co.
1898-9; in private practice since
assistant professor public health en
gineering, Mass. Inst. Tech. since 1913,
member American Soc. Civil Engineers,
American Chemical Soc, American
Public Health Ass'n, etc.; member
Boston Chamber of Commerce, Twen
tieth Century, City, Engineers and
Appalachian Mountain clubs; m.,
Dec. 21, 1909, Josephine Fitz Randolph,
Plainfield, N. J. Residence, 81 Griggs
Road, Brookline, Mass.
Wright, George E.
Lawyer; b., Brookline, N. H., Jan.
20, 1867; s. William and Eliza A.
(Elliot) Wright; ed. Lawrence Acad
emy, 1884; Phillips Exeter, 1885;
Harvard, A.B. 1889; A.M. and LL.B.
1892; in practice in Seattle, Wash.,
since 1893; Congregationalist; Demo
crat; ex-president Seattle Public Li
brary; Seattle Bar Ass'n, Municipal
« League of Seattle; member Phi Beta
Kappa, Delta Upsilon, Phi Beta Phi,
University Club; m., July 16, 1895,
Mary Estelle Wyckoff, Seattle. Res
idence, 1227 38th Ave. N., Seattle,
Wash.
Turtle, George Thomas
Physician; b., Northwood, N. H.,
March 18, 1850; s. Thomas and Olive
Furber (Garland) Tuttle; ed. Dart
mouth College, A.B. 1872; M.D.,
Harvard, 1878; commenced practice
in Boston, 1878; second assistant
physician, McLean Hospital, 1879-80;
first assistant, 1880-1904; medical
535
superintendent since Jan. 1, 1904;
Republican; member Mass. Med.
Soc, American Medico-Psychological
Ass'n, Boston Soc. Psychiatry and
Neurology, etc. Address, McLean Hos
pital, Waverly, Mass.
Ayer, Frank M.
Merchant; b., New Durham, N. H.,
Aug. 25, 1873; s. Joseph F. and Har
riett (Downs) Ayer; ed. public schools
of New Durham and Farmington; in
mercantile business at Alton (dry goods
and automobiles) ; Liberal; Republican;
selectman, 1907-8, 1910-12, 1917-18
(chairman four years) ; town treasurer,
1909; justice Alton municipal court
since March, 1915; member Republi
can town committee seven years;
member N. H. house of representatives,
1919-20, serving on Railroads and
Education committees; member and
past master Winnipesaukee Lodge,
A. F. & A. M., Alton; past patron
Alpha Chapter, O. E. S.; past grand
patron O. E. S. of New Hampshire;
member Cocheco Lodge, I. O. O. F.,
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ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES
and Merry Meeting Grange, P. of H.;
m., March 3, 1909, Stella Francis.
Residence, Alton, N. H.
Jones, Andros B.
Shoe manufacturer; b., Pownal, Me.,
Aug. 5, 1846; s. Sewall L. and Mary A.
(Libby) Jones; ed. public schools;
engaged in shoe manufacturing in
Massachusetts for some years after
haying served three enlistments in the
Union Army, during the Civil War, in
the Fifth and Sixty-Second Mass.
Vols, and Battery I., 5th U. S. Artillery;
removed to Nashua, N. H., thirty
years ago, and has there continued,
serving first as superintendent of the
Brackett shoe factory and later, as
foreman for Estabrook & Anderson;
Congregationalist; Republican; mem
ber Nashua city council, 1891; alder
man, 1892; member N. H. house of
representatives, 1893-4; N. H. senate,
1901-2; police commissioner, 1903-5;
mayor of Nashua, 1905-6; police com
missioner, 1916-18; member N. H.
house of representatives, 19 19-20; mem
ber A. F. & A. M., K. of P., G. A. R.;
m., Nov. 2, 1871, Lizzie J. Young; one
son, Fred A. (see sketch p. 150). Resi
dence, Nashua, N. H.
Atwood, Charles Edward
Journalist; b., Waltham, Mass., Jan.
11, 1858; s. Luther and Katherine L.
(Marsh) Atwood; ed. Exeter public
schools, Phillips Exeter Academy,
1877; Harvard Univ., 1880; engaged
now, and for many years past, with
John Templeton on the Exeter News
Letter, long known as one of the best
managed and finely printed weekly
newspapers in New England; Congre
gationalist; Republican; trustee Ex
eter Public Library ; member Swamscott
Club. Residence, Exeter, N. H.
Smith, Archibald Lavender
Real estate business and service in
France; b., Hillsborough, N. H., Feb.
1, 1889; s. John Butler (governor of
New Hampshire, 1893-5) and Emma E.
(Lavender) Smith; ed. Hillsborough
grammar school, Noble and Greenough's preparatory school, Boston;
Harvard Univ., A.B. 1911; Republican;
Congregationalist, uniting with the
Hillsborough Church, Sept. 10, 1905;
member Pi Eta Soc., Harvard College,
and the Harvard Club; enlisted in the
Quartermaster's Department, U. S. A.,
Aug. 7, 1917, and attached to the 301st
Co., Motor Supply Train 401 ; m., Made
leine Fellows of Manchester, N.H., Nov.
1, 1916; child, John Butler, b. Aug. 2,
1918; Lieut. Archibald L. Smith died at •
Tours, France, while serving in the U.S.
Army, Aug. 21, 1918. A lieutenant's
commission was announced almost sim
ultaneously with his death. At the
memorial service at the Smith Mem
orial Church in Hillsborough, named in
honor of Gov. John B. Smith, Rev. E.
D. Towle said: "In Archibald Smith
flowered the finest traits of New Eng
land culture. . . . Modest, rev
erent, teachable, respecting the rights
of others, but never self-assertive, he
grew in wisdom and power until the
end. ... A beautiful courtesy
lent distinction to his bearing. . . .
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His innate refinement kept him from
the coarser things, but pure democracy,
for which he died, was also something
by which he had always lived. . . .
Concerning the part he played in this
critical period of the world's life, a
soldier-friend in Europe wrote: 'He
is doing a wonderful work and doing it
well.' . . . He had much to give
and he gave all, for he had learned that
service of humanity crowned with love
to God is the sum total of life's mean
ing."
Morrill, Ellen Rebecca (Bryant)
(Mrs. Ezekiel Morrill); b., Canter
bury, N. H., April 27, 1843; dau. John
Joseph and Harriet Maria (Hoag)
Bryant; moved to Concord in child
hood; ed. Concord high school, 1861;
m., Sept. 21, 1863, Dr. Ezekiel Morrill,
a prominent Concord physician, surfeon in the 13th N. H. Vols, and 1st
[eavy Artillery during the Civil War;
he d. April 18, 1908; children, (1) Ed
ward Dewey Bryant, b. Concord,
N. H., Oct. 2, 1864; d. Aug. 26, 1881;
(2) Alpheus Baker, b. Salem, Mass.,
Dec. 25, 1867; ed. Dummer Academy,
Byfield, Mass., Dartmouth College,
1891, M.D. 1895, Hahnemann Med.
College, Philadelphia, post-graduate
at Johns Hopkins Univ., N. Y. Med.
College and N. Y. College of Physi
cians and Surgeons; practising physi
cian, Concord; d. July 12, 1908; (3)
Annie Stickney, b. Concord, May 26,
1877; d. April 6, 1879. After her mar
riage Mrs. Morrill lived at Portsmouth,
Va'., while her husband was in camp,
then at Salem, Mass., returning to
Concord in 1874 upon the death of Dr.
Alpheus Morrill, Dr. E. Morrill's
father. She has spent many months
in California at seven different times,
and in 1896 visited Egypt, Palestine,
Greece and modern Europe; in 1881
she founded the club which in 1883 was
formally organized as the Stratford
(Shakespeare) Club, the second oldest
literary society in town; president,
1889-92; charter member of Concord
Woman's Club, 1893, and chairman of
various committees; life member, Home
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for the Aged; member Friendly Club,
Woman's Alliance, Unitarian Church,
Red Cross; Suffragist, Republican.
Residence, Concord, N. H.
French, Frank
Artist; b., Loudon, N. H., May 22,
1850; s. Hiram W. and Lydia W.
French ; at a very early age he showed
aptitude for drawing and in this was
encouraged by an elder sister, Clara,
who was a painter of some prominence;
went to Manchester when about
twenty and had charge of the art de
partment on the Manchester Mirror
under John B. Clarke; became a pupil
of Henry W. Herrick; two years later
went to New York where he made a
name for himself with the Tract Soc.;
later was a partner of the engraving
firm of Smithwick and French at 70
Fifth Ave.; m., Alice Hendricks,
Brooklyn, April 22, 1875; made resi
dence in East Orange, N. J., and New
York City until about ten years ago
when the longing for New Hampshire
decided the family to remove to
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Manchester. Mr. French has received
the highest honors for his work at
notable exhibitions; medal at Colum
bian Exposition, Chicago, in 1893;
Pan American Exposition, Buffalo, in
1901; Paris Exposition, 1900; gold
medal, St. Louis Exposition, 1904.
his specialty is portraits; member of
Artists Fund Soc, Kit Kat Club,
Salmagundi Club of New York; author
of "Home Fairies and Heart Flowers,"
and other works. While acting as
secretary of the Soc. of American Wood
Engravers he caused to be completed
the "Portfolio" of fine original wood
cuts by the foremost engravers and
published by Harper and Brothers.
Mr. French now maintains his studio
in the Odd Fellows Building, Manches
ter, 81 Hanover St.; is president of the
Studio Shop and has associated with
him his daughter, Mabel Edna and son
Frank A., the latter assuming the
active management of the business.
Young, Oscar L.
Lawyer; attorney general; b., Ossipee, N. H., Sept. 11, 1874; s. Timothy
B. and Isabel S. (Buzzell) Young; ed.
Brewster Free Academy, Wolfeboro,
N. H., 1895; Boston University Law
School, LL.B. 1900; admitted to the
N. H. bar, 1900, and commenced prac
tice in Wolfeboro, removing to Laconia
in 1901, where he has since remained in
practice; now member law firm of
Young & Cheney (Thomas P. Cheney),
with office in BaldiBldg., Laconia; Free
Baptist; Republican; justice Laconia
police court, 1903-13, Laconia munici
pal court, 1915, 1917; clerk Board
of Railroad Commissioners, 1909-11;
chairman Republican state committee,
1908-10; attorney general of New
Hampshire since April 15, 1918;
trustee Laconia Savings Bank, Brew
ster Free Academy, Wolfeboro, N. H.;
president Lake City Club, Laconia;
member A. F. & A. M., I. O. 0. F.,
P. of H.; m., July 11, 1909, Anna M.
Paris, Wolfeboro, N. H. Residence,
84 Whipple Ave., Laconia, N. H.
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Hetzel, Ralph Dora
Educator; b., Merrill, Wis., Dec. 31,
1882; s. Henry Clayton and Sadie
(Dorn) Hetzel; ed. Merrill, Wis., public
schools; Univ. of Wisconsin, A.B. 1906;
LL.B. 1908; LL.D., Dartmouth, 1918;
instructor in English, Oregon State
College, 1908-9; assistant professor,
1909-11 ; professor English and political
science, 1911-3; director of Extension
Service, 1913-17; president N. H. Col
lege of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts
since August, 1917; admitted to the
Wisconsin bar, 1908; Oregon bar, 1910;
member Delta Upsilon, Phi Delta Phi,
Gamma Sigma Delta, American Ass'n
Agricultural Colleges and Experiment
Stations (chairman Extension Section,
1915); m., Aug. 4, 1911, Estelle Helene
Heineman, Merrill, Wis. ; four children.
Residence, Durham, N. H.
Whoriskey, Richard
Professor of modern languages; b.,
Cambridge, Mass., Dec. 2, 1874; s.
Richard and Anne (Carroll) Whoriskey;
ed. Harvard College, 1897; Harvard
Graduate School, 1897-8; professor of
modern languages, N. H. College of
Agriculture and Mechanics Arts, Dur
ham, since 1899; former president mod
ern language section, N. H. Teachers'
Ass'n; former president, N. H. School
masters' Club; member Modern Lan
guage Ass'n of America, Kappa Sigma;
author of various monographs; chief of
the division of cooperating agencies on
the staff of Huntley N. Spaulding,
federal food administrator for New
Hampshire; speaker for the League of
Nations. Residence, Durham, N. H.
Weston, George Franklin
Educator; b., Hancock. N. H., Oct.
3, 1853; s. Ephraim and Almira H.
(Gates) Weston; ed. New London
Literary and Scientific Inst., New
London, N. H., 1874; Brown Univ.,
1878, A.M. 1881; principal, Elmwood
grammar school, Providence, R. I.,
1878-95; principal, Technical high
school, Providence, since 1895; mem
ber R. I. Institute of Instruction, R. I.
Ass'n Mech. Eng'rs, R. I. Historical
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Soc., etc.; m., Oct. 14, 1879, M.
Louise Stewart, Keene, N. H. Resi
dence, 89 Oriole Ave., Providence,
R. I.; summer home, Hancock, N. H.
Foster, William Hamilton
Vice-rector, St. Paul's School; b.,
Concord, N. H., Aug. 27, 1861; s.
Judge William Lawrence and Harriett
Morton (Perkins) Foster; grandson
Judge Hamilton E. and Clara B.
(George) Perkins; eighth in descent
from John Foster, one of the early set
tlers of Salem, Mass.; ed. St. Paul's
School, 1883; honorary M.A., 1885,
Dartmouth College; master St. Paul's
School, Concord, N. H., 1883-1911;
vice-rector St. Paul's School, since
July 1 , 19 1 1 ; Episcopalian ; Republican ;
member N. H. Historical Soc, N. H.
Soc. of Colonial Wars, Wonolancet
Club; m.. June 28, 1888, Alcina E.
Gordon, dau. Nathaniel and Alcina E.
(Sanborn) Gordon of Exeter, N. H.;
child: Harriett Evelyn, m. Frederick
Merrick Gardiner of Philadelphia,
Sept. 22, 1913; their children, Evelyn,
b. 1915; Isabel, b. Nov. 2, 1917. Resi
dence, St. Paul's School, Concord,
N. H.
O'Kane, Walter Collins
Entomologist and writer; b., Colum
bus, O., Nov. 10, 1877; s. Henry and
Catherine (Van de Water) O'Kane; ed.
Ohio State University, A.B. 1897;
A.M. 1909; engaged in newspaper and
magazine work, 1897-1909; circula
tion manager Farm and Fireside, Wom
an's Home Companion and Twentieth
Century Farmer; professor economic
entomology, New Hampshire State
College, 1911- ; deputy commissioner of
Agriculture, state of New Hampshire,
1911- ;Congregationalist; member Beta
Theta Chi, Sigma Xi, American Ass'n
for Advancement of Science, Entomo
logical Soc. of America; president
American Ass'n Economic Entomolo
gists; author books relating to agri
culture; m., Dec. 30, 1902, Clifford
Hetherington; two sons and two daugh
ters. Residence, Durham, N. H.
Neal, John Herbert
Physician; b., Parsonfield, Me.,
March 20, 1862; s. John and Sarah Jane
(Lord) Neal; ed. public schools, North
Parsonfield, Me., Seminary, Bowdoin
Medical College, Brunswick, Me., and
Long Island College Hospital, Brook
lyn, M.D. 1886, having also studied
with Dr. J. M. Leavitt of Effingham,
N. H.; commenced practice at Sanford,
Me., in 1886, removing to Rochester,
N. H., in 1894, thence to Portsmouth, in
1907; Republican; member boards of
health in Sanford and Rochester; mem
ber Rochester board of education
three years; member N. H. state
senate, 1903-4; promoter of the law
abolishing the office of coroner in New
Hampshire and establishing that of
medical referee; first medical referee of
Strafford County ; U. S. examining sur
geon for pensions ten years; chairman
N. H. State Board of Arbitration and
Conciliation; chairman Portsmouth
board of health; ex-president Strafford
and N. H. Med. Socs.; member Amer
ican Med. Ass'n, A. F. & A. M., 32d
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degree and K. T.; m., Nov. 28, 1888,
Lula E. Clark, Sanford, Me.; son,
Cecil M., b. Oct. 25, 1890. Residence,
Portsmouth, N. H.
Smith, John Warren
Meteorologist; b., Grafton, N. H.,
Sept. 21, 1863; s. John R. and Mary
E. (Wadleigh) Smith; ed. public
schools, N. H. College, B.S. 1888;
M.S. 1900; Lawrence Scientific School,
Harvard, 1891-2; summer school,
Ohio State Univ., 1902; entered
service U. S. Weather Bureau, 1888;
director New England section, 18906; Montana section, 1896-7; Ohio
section, 1898-1909; district forecaster,
St. Louis, 1909-10; professor meteor
ology and director Ohio section, 191015; professor meteorological science,
Ohio State Univ., 1910-15; chief
division of agriculture, meteorological
Weather Bureau, Washington, 1916- ;
president Ohio Academv Science,
1914-15. Residence, 10 E."Oxford St.,
Chevy Chase, Md.
Stone, Winthrop Ellsworth
Educator; b., Chesterfield, N. H.,
June 12, 1862; s. Frederick L. and
Ann (Butler) Stone; ed. Mass. Agri
cultural College, B.S. 1882; Boston
Univ., B.S. 1886; Ph.D. Gottingen,
1888; LL.D., Mich. Agricultural Col
lege, 1907; assistant chemist, Mass.
Agricultural College Experiment Sta
tion, 1884-6; chemist, Tenn. Agri
cultural Experiment Station, 1888-9;
professor chemistry, Purdue Univ.,
1889-90; vice-president, 1892-1900;
president since 1900; member Ind.
State Board of Education, and various
associations and societies. Residence,
Lafayette, Ind.
Tilden, George Thomas
Architect; b., Concord, N. H.,
March 19, 1845; s. Rev. William
Philips and Mary J. (Foster) Tilden;
ed. Phillips Exeter Academy, Mass.
Institute Tech.; in architectural offices
of Ware & Van Brunt, Boston; studied
in Paris under Emil Vaudremer;
associated in practice with Arthur
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Rotch, as Rotch & Tilden, Boston,
1880-94; since alone; designed and
erected many church, library and
school buildings; fellow American In
stitute of Architects; member Boston
Soc. Architects, etc. Residence, 55
White St., Milton, Mass.
Billings, Warren Tracy
Newspaper writer and advertising
specialist; b., Cambridge, Mass., Jan.
11, 1868; s. Emilius G. and Lillieore
(Tracy) Billings; lineal descendant of
Lieut. Thomas Tracy, born in Tewksbury, Gloucestershire, England, in
1610, who crossed to the Massachu
setts Bay Colony about 1630, was in
Salem till Feb. 23, 1634, and in 1660
became one of the proprietors of Nor
wich, Conn., removing to that town,
where he died Nov. 7, 1685; also lineal
descendant of Nathaniel Billings who
crossed to Boston and was in business
there in 1630; ed. public schools, leav
ing at thirteen years of age, and at
seventeen becoming entire support of
a family of four, continuing several
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years; Liberal; Republican; engaged for
twenty years as reporter and traveling
correspondent of the Boston Herald
and other newspaper enterprises; estab
lished industrial departments on Bos
ton & Maine and Maine Central Rail
roads in 1907, retiring voluntarily on
change of managements 1911; Mem
ber Sons American Revolution; m.,
1st, July 19, 1890, Lucy L. C. Bigelow;
2d, Dec. 11, 1908, Marina A. H. Whit
ney; children, Constance, b. Dec. 4,
1894; Warren Dudley, b. Sept. 20,
1897. Residence, Gilford, N. H.
Cogswell, John Ross
Physician; b., Landaff, N. H., April
18, 1840; s. George W. and Harriett
(Taylor) Cogswell; ed. public schools.
Lisbon, N. H7, New Hampton Literary
and Scientific Institute, 1859 (one
year of college course), Dartmouth
Medical College, M.D. 1864 (post
graduate course in Harvard, 1869);
practiced at Franconia, N. H., 186474; removed to Warner, N. H., in
1874, and since in practice there: Congregationalist; Democrat; superintend
ing school committee in Franconia five
years; member school board in Warner
three years; high school superintendent
three years; member A. F. & A. M.,
lodge, chapter and commandery; I. O.
O. F. (district deputy grand master,
15th district, five years) ; P. of H. (past
master Warner Grange, No. 90; past
lecturer Merrimack County Pomona
Grange); member White Mountain
Medical Soc. (secretary), Center Dis
trict Medical Soc. (past president),
N. H. Medical Soc, holding various
offices; m., 1st, July 9, 1867, Ella M.
Knight, Lisbon; d. Aug. 31, 1869,
leavmg one son, Edward K., b. Aug.
30, 1869, now in mercantile business in
Keene; 2d, Sept. 18, 1872, Ellen L.
Hildreth, Lisbon, d.; one son, Lloyd H.,
b. Dec. 7, 1879, now physician in War
ner. Residence, Warner, N. H.
Smith, George Albert
Physician; b., Wakefield, N. H.,
Nov. 9, 1858; s. Alfred F. and Susan
E. (Mordeaugh) Smith; ed. public
schools, Bellevue Hospital Med. Col
lege, Univ. of N. C., M.D. 1881;
physician, assistant superintendent
and superintendent N. Y. Asylum for
the Insane, Hart's Island, 1882-95;
medical superintendent Central Islip
State Hospital for the Insane since
1895; member Med. Soc. State of
N. Y., American Medico-Psychological
Ass'n, Associated Physicians of Long
Island, etc.; Republican; m., Dec.
8, 1886, Amelia M. Kaus, New York.
Address, State Hospital, Central Islip,
L. I., N. Y.
Smith, William Clarke
Educator; b., Manchester, N. H.,
Feb. 22, 1857; s. Judge Isaac W. and
Amanda W. (Brown) Smith; ed. pub
lic schools, Dartmouth College, Univ.
of Berlin, M.A. 1894-5; instructor,
Univ. of Wyoming, 1887; master and
part owner, St. Luke's School, Wayne,
Pa.; Episcopalian; Republican; mem
ber Alpha Delta Phi, Soc. of Philadel
phia; author, "About Us and the
Deacon," 1911; "The Vigil," 1912;
"Songs from the Foot-hills," 1915, etc.
Residence, Wayne, Pa.
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Morrill, Sibley Gage
Physician; b., Oct. 3, 1873, Concord,
N. H.; s. Luther Sullivan and Mary
Agnes (Gage) Morrill; grandson Dr.
Charles P. Gage, who began practice
in Concord in 1838; grandnephew Dr.
Alpheus Morrill, who began practice in
Concord in 1848, being succeeded by
his sons, Drs. Ezekiel and Shadrach C.
Morrill and his grandson, Dr. Alpheus
Baker Morrill, making a period of over
seventy years that the Morrill name
has stood at the head of the medical
profession in Concord; ed. schools of
Concord and Harvard Univ.; M.D.
1898, Harvard Med. School; specialty,
internal medicine; physician to and
president of staff of Margaret Pillsbury
General Hospital; consulting physician
to N. H. Memorial Hospital for Women
and Children and to Pembroke Sana
torium for Consumptives; member
N. H. State Board of Health and City
of Concord Board of Health, Fellow
American Medical Ass'n, member N. H.
Medical Soc. and Center District Soc. ;
Independent Republican; member St.
Paul's (P. E.) church, Sons American
Revolution, Blazing Star Lodge, A. F.
& A. M., Mount Horeb Commandery,
Knights Templar and Bektash Temple,
Mystic Shrine; publications in medical
journals, especially on the subject of
Acidosis; m., Oct. 16, 1905, Georgia
Sherman, dau. Roger and Mary (Gilman) Sherman of Lincoln, Mass., who
d. Oct. 6, 1918; children, Sibley Sher
man, b. May 13, 1908; Roger Sherman,
b. June 8, 1913. Residence, Concord,
N.H.
Parker, Walter Matthew
Banker; b., Manchester, N. H.,
July 18, 1850; s. Nathan and Charlotte
M. (Riddle) Parker; descendant of
Capt. James Parker, Woburn, Mass.,
1640; ed. private tutors, Dartmouth
College, A.B. 1871; entered employ of
Manchester National Bank, of which
his father was president, after gradua
tion, later becoming cashier, and
succeeding his father as president in
1894; Congregationalist; Republican;
served on Manchester school board and
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as a member of the common council;
member N. H. house of representatives,
1883; vice-president N. H. Fire Ins.
Co.; director and treasurer Manchester
Gas Light Co.; director Concord &
Montreal R. R.; m., July 29, 1896,
Christina Holmes, Cape Breton, N. S.;
one dau., Charlotte, b. June 4, 1897.
Residence, Manchester, N. H. .
Conant, Charles Sumner
Musician; b., Greensboro, Vt., July
2, 1860; s. E. Tolman and Mary J.
(Fisher) Conant; descendant, on pater
nal side, in the ninth generation, from
Roger Conant, who settled Salem,
Mass., in 1623; on maternal side de
scendant of Dea. Samuel Fisher, early
settler of Londonderry, N. H.; ed.
public schools of Greensboro and St.
Johnsbury, Vt., Academy; devoted his
attention from youth to vocal music,
studied under private teachers in St.
Johnsbury, Boston, Mass., New York
City and London, England (under the
tutelage of William Shakespeare in the
latter city); taught singing in the
schools of St. Johnsbury, Vt., in 1886,
and in various places in Northern New
Hampshire ana Vermont, in 1887; re
moved to Concord, N. H., in 1888, to
accept the position of teacher of music
in the schools of the city, in which posi
tion he has continued; spent two days
per week in Laconia, for four years—
1888 to 1892—introducing music into
the schools of that city; has been direc
tor of the Concord Oratorio Soc, since
its organization in 1899; director of
church choirs in Concord and Man
chester twenty-four years in all; has
taught hundreds of private pupils, and
still continues the work; member and
past president N. H. Music Teachers'
Ass'n; member and former vice-presi
dent National Music Teachers' Ass'n;
member Eureka Lodge, A. F. & A. M.,
Concord; Congregationalist; Republi
can; m., Jan. 22, 1883, Martha P.
Burnham, St. Johnsbury, Vt.; one son,
Roy W., b. May 4, 1885, now in auto
mobile business in Kansas City. Resi
dence, Concord, N. H.
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Bartlett, Benjamin G.
Lawyer; b., Haverhill, Mass., Nov.
9, 1872; s. Thomas B. and Victoria E.
Williams (Cilley) Bartlett (descendant
of Gen. Joseph Cilley and Gen. Thomas
Bartlett); ed. Dean Academy, Frank
lin, Mass., 1891, Williams College,
A.B. 1895, Boston Univ. Law School,
LL.B. 1898; in practice of law at Derry,
N. H., since latter date; member of
firm of G. K. & B. T. Bartlett; Universalist; Republican; member N. H.
house of representatives, 1915-16 and
chairman Committee on Revision of the
Laws; N. H. senate, 1919-20; chair
man judiciary committee and member
committees on military affairs, elec
tions, State Prison, Industrial School
and Soldiers' Home; justice Derry
police court, 1906-13; member N. H.
Bar Ass'n, N. H. Historical Soc, A. F.
& A. M., K. T. and Shriner, I. O. O. F.,
Eagles, Derryfield Club, Manchester,
N. H.; m., June, 1907, Lillian G. Nel
son, Haverhill, Mass.; four children.
Residence, Deny, N. H.
Dolloff , Amy Josephine Babb
Physician's assistant; social worker
and writer; b., Lowell, Mass., Aug. 30,
1870; dau. John William and Josephine
(Damon) Babb (direct descendant on
maternal side of John Hancock, min
ister in Lexington, Mass., in 1696,
grandfather of Gov. John Hancock,
and on paternal side of John Mason,
grantee of New Hampshire in 1629);
ed. public schools, Lakeport, N. H.,
and Providence, R. I., and private in
struction in college branches at Han
over, N. H.; m., May 5, 1888, Albert
Simeon Dolloff, M.D. (Dartmouth Med.
College, 1891), a native of Meredith,
N. H., b. Aug. 19, 1862, who practiced
some time in Beverly, Mass., and, later,
for fifteen years, at New Hampton,
N. H., removing to Lewiston, Me., in
1916; but retaining a summer home in
New Hampton. Dr. Dolloff, who is on
the staff of the C. M. G. Hospital at
Lewiston, holds a captain's commis
sion in the U. S. Medical Service, did
relief work in France during the war,
and after its close was sent on a Red
Cross expedition to Montenegro, where
he established a hospital and dispen
sary at Niksitck and has charge of re
lief work in a district embracing 55,000
people. Mrs. Dolloff has been physi
cian's assistant and nurse for more than
twenty years, and was actively en
gaged in her husband's sanatorium at
New Hampton; in Lewiston she has
been police matron since Feb. 22, 1918;
Baptist (superintendent Sunday school
at New Hampton nine years); mem
ber Cosmos Guild, W. C. T. U., Red
Cross, Y. W. C. A., Hospital Aid Ass'n,
Housewives League (treasurer); poeti
cal writer of note and frequent mag
azine contributor; One son, Albert
Franklin, b. Nov. 23, 1896; graduated
from New Hampton Literary Institu
tion 1915; entered Bates College in
class of 1919; enlisted in U. S. Coast
Artillery, April 19, 1917; in active
service as corporal one year in France,
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returned in March, 1919, and will com
plete his college course. Residence,
Lewiston, Me.: summer home, New
Hampton, N. H.
Leighton, George Bridge
General business; b., St. Louis, Mo.,
July 19, 1864; s. George Eliot and
Isabella (Bridge) Leighton; ed. Har
vard Univ., A.B. 1888; Episcopalian;
Republican; member N. H. Republi
can State Committee; colonel on staff
of Gov. Henry B. Quinby, 1909-10;
member N. H. Forestry Commission ; N.
H. Conservation Commissioner; pres
ident Los Angeles Terminal Ry. (Calif.);
Leighton & Howard, 1889-1900; Steel
Company, St. Louis, 1899-1903; Lone
Star Ship Building Co., Allegheny By
product Coke Co.; vice-president N.
H. Historical Soc., Copper Exploration
Co.; director, American Steel Foun
dries, Emerson-Brantingham Agricul
tural Implement Co., New York Rail
ways Co.; member Committee on
Safety Appliances, Amer. Ry. Ass'n,
1898-1903; Master American Railway
Guild, 1899-1900; chairman Committee
on Geology, Harvard University;
founder and first president Associated
Harvard Clubs; member Cincinnati,
Loyal Legion, Society of Colonial
Wars, S. A. R., Pepperell Ass'n, Lewisburg Memorial Ass'n (honorary trus
tee), Somerset Club, Boston, Mass.;
Union and University clubs, New
York; Harvard Clubs, Boston, New
York, Chicago, New York Farmers;
owner of Monadnock Farms, Dublin,
N. H., and strongly interested in agri
culture; m., April 12, 1893, Charlotte
Kayser, St. Louis; children, George
Elliot (Harvard, A.B. 1917), Ensign
U. S. N. R.; John Langdon (Harvard,
A.B. 1919), ensign U. S. N. R.; Henry
K., U. S. N. R. Address, Monadnock,
N. H.; Ill Broadway, N. Y.
Scott, Clarence Watkins
Educator; b., Plymouth, Vt., Aug.
20, 1849; s. Hon. Charles A., M.D.,
and Betsey E. (Watkins) Scott; ed.
Vermont State Normal School, Ran
dolph, 1867; Black River Academy,
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Ludlow, Vt., Kimball Union Academy,
Meriden, 1870, Dartmouth College,
A.B. 1874, A.M. 1877; LL.D., N. H.
College, 1913; librarian, Dartmouth
College, 1874-8; instructor N. H. Col
lege, 1876-81 (admitted to Vermont
bar, 1879); professor English, N. H.
College, 1881-94; professor history and
political economy, 1894-1913; profes
sor history since 1913; Congregationalist; Republican; member Phi Beta
Kappa, Kappa Kappa "Kappa, Ameri
can Historic Ass'n; m., 1888, Harriet M.
Field, Duluth, Minn.; three children,
Charles Field (B.S.), b. Jan. 23, 1891;
Sue H. (A.B.) July 30, 1895; Alice H.,
Aug. 12, 1899. Residence, Durham,
nTh.
Jackson, Andrew
Lawyer; b., Littleton, N. H., Jan. 8,
1882; s. James R. and Lydia (Drew)
Jackson; ed. Littleton high school,
Dartmouth College, A.B. 1903; in
structor at Lyndon Institute, Lyndon,
Vt., 1904; instructor in the Rochester
(N. H.) high school, 1905, and later
elected superintendent of schools in
that city; in 1908 entered Boston Univ.
Law School, graduating with highest
honors. Upon his admission to the
Massachusetts bar in 1910, he became
associated with the firm of Hurlburt,
Jones & Cabot, remained with this
firm two years, then formed a partner
ship with Paul Hurlburt, son of Hon.
Henry F. Hurlburt of Boston, and
opened an office in Rochester, N. H.,
under the firm name of Jackson &
Hurlburt. The success of the new
firm was immediate and during the
next five years there was little litiga
tion of importance in Strafford county
in which it was not engaged on one
side or the other. On the entry of this
country into the war, he enlisted in the
1st N. II. Reg. of Infantry, and was en
rolled in Company C as a private; his
two brothers, Harry B. Jackson and
William M. Jackson having enlisted in
the same organization. He went over
seas in the 103rd Infantry. In the
Second Battle of the Marne, in an at
tack on Hill 190, north of Chateau
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Thierry, he was wounded in the left
wrist by a machine gun bullet and for
his conduct in refusing to be evacuated
and continuing in action and rescuing
the wounded under heavy fire till over
come by loss of blood, was cited for
bravery, recommended for the Dis
tinguished Service Cross and pro
moted to Sergeant-Major. His regi
ment on this occasion lost 770 of 890
men engaged, and of 234 men in his
company but ten remained unscathed
after the attack; following the cessa
tion of hostilities he was designated by
the government for a course of in
struction at the University of Can.
Pearson, Edward Nathan, Jr.
Investment banker; b., Concord, N.
H., March 4, 1884; s. Edward N. and
Addie M. (Sargent) Pearson; ed. Con
cord high school and Dartmouth Col
lege (class of 1906, non-graduate);
member of the firm of Schwabacher &
Company, investment bankers, San
Francisco, Cal.; m., July 6, 1910, E.
Jean Povor; dau., Jane, b. May 31,
1914. Residence, Oakland, Cal.
Pearson, Robert Houghton
Engineer; b., Concord, May 30,
1885; s. Edward N. and Addie M.
Pearson; ed. Concord high school,
Dartmouth College (class of 1907) and
Thayer School of Civil Engineering;
engineer on Panama Canal, June, 190710; assistant foreman of construction
on the Gatun Locks, laid the first con
crete in that structure; d., Medford,
Mass., Jan. 5, 1911.
Stone, Harlan Fiske
Lawyer; educator; b., Chesterfield,
N. H., Oct. 11, 1872; s. Frederick Lauson and Ann Sophia (Butler) Stone;
ed. Amherst College, B.S. 1894; A.M.
1897; Columbia Univ. Law School,
LL.B. 1898; lecturer on law, Colum
bia Univ. Law School, 1899-1902;
professor of law, 1902-5; dean since
1910; member firm of Satterlee, Canfield & Stone, New York City; I di
rector Atlantic & Charlotte Air Line
Ry., Woman's Hotel Co.; president
Ass'n American Law Schools; member
American Bar Ass'n (com. on legal
�ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES
education), etc.; m., Sept. 7, 1899,
Agnes Harvey, Chesterfield, N. H.
Residence, 2 Chestnut St., Englewood,
N.J.
Pearson, John Walter
Investment banker; b., Concord,
N. H., Nov. 6, 1888; s. Edward N. and
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field municipal court since 1902; mem
ber board of education; treasurer
Lancaster & Jefferson Electric Co.;
member A. F. & A. M., lodge, chapter
and commandery; S. A. R., P. of H.;
m., Aug. 30, 1904, Marie Halligan,
Boston. Residence, Whitefield, N. H.
Morrison, Howard A.
Manufacturer; b., Jersev City, N. J.,
March 30, 1891; s. Henry K. and
Emma M. Morrison; removed in child
hood with his parents to Concord,
N. H., and prepared at the Concord
high school for the Massachusetts In
stitute of Technology (class of 1914);
superintendent of transportation, Scoville Manufacturing Co.; m., Oct. 14,
Addie M. Pearson; ed. Concord high
school and Dartmouth College (class
of 1911); with Bonbright, Herrick &
Co., investment bankers, Cleveland,
O.; assistant paymaster, with rank of
ensign, in U. S. Naval Reserve, July,
1917-March, 1919; m., Margaret
Withee of Grand Rapids, Mich., July
3, 1917. Residence, Cleveland, O.
Bowker, Edgar Marshall
Lawyer; b., Lisbon, N. II., April 18,
1876; s. Mitchell H. and Laura P.
(Brooks) Bowker; ed. Whitefield,
N. H., high school, 1893; George
Washington Univ. Law School, 1903;
admitted to N. H. bar, 1905, and
in practice in Whitefield, N. H., since;
Baptist; Republican; justice White-
1916, Mildred, daughter of Edward N.
and Addie M. Pearson of Concord,
N. H.; s. Howard A. Morrison, Jr., b.
March 5, 1919. Residence, Waterbury, Conn.
Metcalf, Henry Harrison
Journalist; b., Newport^N. H., April
7, 1841 ; s. Joseph P. and Lucy (Gould)
Metcalf; ed. public and private schools,
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ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES
Mt. Caesar Seminary, Swanzey, N. H.,
Law Department of the Univ. of Mich
igan, LL.B. 1865; studied law in the
office of Hon. Edmund Burke, New
port, N. II.; admitted to the Sullivan
County bar, Sept., 1866; engaged in
journalism as editor of the White
Mountain Republic, Littleton, N. H.,
1867-8; editor of The People, Concord,
N. H., 1868-72; editor of the White
Mountain Republic, 1872-4; founded
The Democratic Press, Dover, N. H.,
1874, and edited and published the
same till 1879: meanwhile founded The
Granite Monthly, which he removed
to Concord in the spring of 1879; in
November of that year sold the maga
zine to John N. McClintock and en
gaged in the service of Stilson Hutchins
as managing editor and editorial
writer for the Manchester Daily Union,
then established as a morning paper,
continuing till 1882, when he returned
to Concord as editor of The People and
New Hampshire Patriot, continuing ten
years in that position; purchased The
Granite Monthly in 1892 and published
the same for two years, then sold it to
the Republican Press Ass'n; many
years N. H. correspondent of the New
York World, Herald and Times, and of
the Boston Post; editorial writer for
the Portsmouth, N. H., Times, twelve
years and for the Cheshire Republican,
Keene, N. H., five years; regained con
trol of The Granite Monthly again in
1906 and continued its publisher till
1919; received hon. A. M., from Dart
mouth College, 1913. Member First
Universalist Church, Concord, N. H.,
moderator parish four years, superin
tendent Sunday school seven years;
vice-president N. H. Universalist state
convention, 1906-15; member board of
trustees, 1918- ; Democrat; secretary
N. H. Democratic state committee,
1869-70; delegate Democratic Nat'l.
Conv., 1876; president N. H. Demo
cratic state convention, 1900; chairman
Democratic city committee, Concord,
several years; Democratic candidate
for representative in Congress, Second
N. H. District, 1910; appointed editor
of State Papers (state historian) July
1913; member board of education,
Littleton Union Dist. 1873-4; auditor
Union School District, Concord, since
March, 1906; member N. H. Constitu
tional Convention, 1918; Concord
Board of Trade (secretary, 1893-8,
1900-13) ; secretary N. H. State Board
of Trade, 1907-16; member N. H. Soc.
S. A. R., serving as necrologist; member
board of managers and vice-president
at different times (president, 1918-19);
member executive committee N. H.
Old Home Week Ass'n, 1899-1914,
president since 1914; member N. H.
Historical Soc., Patrons of Husbandry,
(first lecturer and past master Capital
Grange ; lecturer Merrimack County Po
mona Grange eleven years; N. H. State
Grange, 1897-1903; m., Dec. 18, 1869,
Mary Jane Jackson, Littleton: children,
Harry Bingham, b. Concord, N. H.,
Jan. 25, 1871 (Dartmouth, 1893);
Edmund Burke, b. Littleton, N. H.,
July 7, 1872 ; Laura Prucia, b. Littleton,
N. H., Feb. 4, 1874 (m. Harlan C.
Pearson). Residence, Concord, N. H.
�ALPHABETICAL INDEX OF SUBJECTS
NAME
Abbot, Charles Greeley
Abbot, Florence Hale
Abbot, Stanley Harris
Abbott, Alfred Wells
Abbott, Frances Matilda
Abbott, Frederick Wallace
Abbott, Harlan Page
Abbott, Leon Martin
Abbott, Sewall Wester
Abbott, Warren
Adams, Blanche Spalding Griffin
Adams, Charles Darwin
Adams, Charles Henry
Adams, James Meade
Adams, Wesley
Africa, Walter Greenland
Ahern, William Joseph
Aiken, Edwin Joseph
Albee, Ernest
Aldrich, Edgar
Aldrich, George Isaac
Aldrich, Walter J
Alexander, J. Grace
Alexander, Thomas Branch
Allen, Carl Addison
Allen, Edwin Morris
Allen, Fred Hovey
Allen, Glover Morrill
Allen, John Eliot
Allison, Henry Darracott
Amey, Harry Burton
Amey, John Tillotson
Amsden, Charles Hubbard
Anderson, George Weston
Anderson, Isabel Weld Perkins . .
Andrews, Herbert Marston
Anthony, Francis Wayland
Aspinwall, Ada Mae
Atherton, Ella Blaylock
Atwood, Charles Edward
Averill, Elisabeth
Ayer, Frank M
Ayers, Helen McGregor
Ayers, Joseph Gerrish
Ayers, Philip Wheelock
PAGE
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139
237
401
365
334
402
349
467
266
273
327
513
398
162
390
33
247
349
503
399
401
443
406
23
249
291
402
387
10
463
525
123
311
309
352
399
46
409
536
275
535
118
352
191
NAME
Babbidge, Paul Freese
Bachelder, Nahum Josiah
Bachelder, Thomas Cogswell. . . .
Bailey Benjamin Franklin
Bailey, Charles Hardy
Bailey, Irving Widmer
Bailey, Marshall Henry
Bailey, Solon Irving
Baker, Benjamin Ward
Baker, Dana Wingate
Baker, Walter Smith
Ball, Sumner Nehemiah
Ballard, William Preston
Bancroft, Charles Parker
Bancroft, Susan Cushing Wood. .
Barber, Daniel Fletcher
Barnabee, Henry Clay
Barnard, Charles Daniel
Barnard, Harry Everett
Barnes, George Washington
Barney, Charles Oscar
Barry, William Henry
Bartlett, Benjamin T.
Bartlett, Edwin Julius
Bartlett, John Henry
Bartley, William Tenney
Barton, Jesse Morton
Barton, Ralph Martin
Bass, Robert Perkins
Bassett, Whitman Sears
Batchelder, Ernest Allen
Baynes, Ernest Harold
Beach, Amy Marcy Cheney
Beal, Frank Johnson .
Bean, Edwin Curtis
Bean, George Fremont
Beaton, Alexander, Argus
Beckley, Chester Charles
Beckwith, Hira Ransom
Beede, Joshua William
Bell, Charles Upham
Bell, Louis
Benton, John Edwin
Bickford, John Calvin
Billings, Warren Tracy
PAGE
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178
394
255
394
360
345
317
355
98
142
343
169
171
173
391
134
360
190
534
395
493
544
135
409
393
105
322
245
319
322
67
263
349
21
24
351
391
174
323
387
390
57
322
541
�550
ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES
NAME
Bingham, George Hutchins
Bingham, Harry
Black Archibald
Blackburne, Mary F. Blaisdell. .
Blaisdell, Albert Franklin
Blaisdell, Bertram
Blaisdell, Carlyle W
Blake, Amos Jewett
Blakely, Quincy
Blanchard, Grace
Blunt, Harry Harmon
Boutwell, Harvey Lincoln
Bowker, Edgar Marshall
Bowman, George Ernest
Boynton, Roy J
Brackett, Charles Albert
Brackett, John Q. A
Bradley, Mark Spaulding
Branch, Oliver Winslow
Brehaut, James William
Brennan, James F
Brennan, Vincent John
Bridge, John Davis
Bridgman, Don Seavey
Brinley, Godfrey Malbone
Britton, Arthur Harvey
Britton, William John
Brooks, John Graham
Brown, Albert Oscar
Brown, Alice
Brown, Alice Van Vechten
Brown, Calvin Luther
Brown, Edmund H
Brown, Edmund Towle
Brown, Elisha Rhodes
Brown, Emma Elizabeth
Brown, Frank Herbert
Brown, Frank Parker
Brown, Fred Herbert
Brown, George Henry
Brown, Harry James
Brown, Henry Currier
Brown, John Henry
Bugbee, Marion Louise
Bugbee, Perley Rufus
Buuock-Mahan, Lillian Gertrude
Burbank, Charles E
Burgum, Edwin Berry . .
Burleigh, Alvin
Burley, Benjamin Thomas
Burlingame, Harriet Grace Boyd
Burnham, Sylvester
Burnham, William Henry
PAGE
382
18
166
361
366
480
109
79
425
89
325
65
547
525
527
163
71
516
519
483
119
137
90
151
418
456
95
206
421
266
270
121
34
495
273
360
151
213
509
441
262
37
413
83
155
503
495
307
45
498
233
361
110
NAME
PAGE
Burroughs, Sherman Everett. ...
Burton, George Dexter
Busiel, John Tilton
Buss, George Washington
Buxton, Willis George
35
498
499
286
105
Cain, John Leavitt
Campbell, Alfred Hills
Carlton, Charles Elijah
Carpenter, Dumont Hamilton. .
Carpenter, Frank Pierce
Carpenter, Georgia Butters Drake
Carpenter, Philip
Carr, Clarence Edgar
Carr, Henry James
Carroll, Annie Wilkins
Carter, Solon Augustus
Carter, William Scott
Cavanaugh, John Bernard
Cavis, Kate Chandler
Chadwick, Henry Dexter
Chamberlin, Alonzo Laban
Chamberlin, Edson Joseph
Chamberlin, Henry Eastman. ...
Chandler, Clark Porter
Chandler, Fred Gray
Chandler, Horton Lloyd
Chandler, William Dwight
Chandler, William Dwight, Jr. . .
Chandler, William Eaton
Chapin, Bela
Chapman, Charles E
Charron, Henry Emery
Chase, Arthur Horace
Chase, Charles Parker
Chase, Harvey Stuart
Chase, Ira Arthur
Chase, Levin Joynes
Chase, Olin Hosea
Chase, Russell MacMurphy
Chase, Stuart
Chase, William Martin
Chellis, Frank Otis
Cheney, Elias Hutchins
Cheney, Harry Morrison
Child, Edwin Leighton
Child, Samuel Mitchell
Child, William Henry
Churchill, Mabel H. Hall
Churchill, Winston
Chutter, Frederick George
Claggett, Fred Porter
Clark, Allan Chester
357
498
155
523
93
522
19
77
366
175
1 15
479
230
474
517
154
390
28
500
137
501
500
501
3
245
231
190
51
158
383
95
39
27
237
353
19
464
127
12
353
518
367
283
193
482
359
331
�ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES
NAME
Clark, George Langdon
Clarke, Olive Rand
Clay, Charles Leonidas
Clifford, Thomas Fellows ...:...
Clough, Clarence Edward
Clough, Joseph Messer
Clough, William Rockwell
Clow, Fred Ellsworth
Cobleigh, Marshall Day
Coburn, Jesse Milton
Cochran, John Milton
Cogswell, John Ross
Colby, Frederick Myron
Colby, Ira Gordon
Colby, James Fairbanks
Cole, Anna B. Taylor
Cole, John Adams
Cole, Samuel Winkley
Collins, Clarence Morton
Colony Horatio
Colony, John Joslin
Conant, Charles Sumner
Conant, Ernest Bancroft
Conant, John Willis
Conn, Charles Fuller
Cook, Charles Fred
Cook, George
Copeland, Elmer Humphrey ....
Copp, Owen
Corey, Francis A
Corning, Charles Robert
Cottle, Marion Weston
Couch, Benjamin Warren
Cox, Channing Harris
Cox, Guy Wilbur
Cox, Louis Sherburne
Crafts, Albert Barnard
Cram, Ralph Adams
Cram, William Everett
Creasy, Frank
Cressy, Will Martin
Crocker, Herbert Samuel
Crosby, Eva May (Emery)
Cross, Allen Eastman
Cross, Alvin Benton
Crossfield, Frederic S
Crowley, James Benedict
Cummings, Allen Curtis
Cummings, Edward
Cummings, Milon David
Currier, Charles Francis Adams .
Currier, Clinton Harvey
Currier, Frank Dunklee
PAGE
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226
157
367
203
282
317
438
277
295
306
542
4
153
138
515
375
371
519
467
135
543
371
371
195
13
5
523
414
303
7
344
6
521
445
522
426
411
419
78
297
415
299
373
373
527
498
186
417
409
419
531
154
NAME
551
PAGE
Curtis, Wardon Allan
Cutter, Guy Henry
417
29
Daley, Daniel James
Danforth, Mary Shepherd
Davis, Charles Thornton
Davis, Nathaniel French
Day, Arthur Kehew
Day, Harry Brooks
Dearborn, Burt Stephen
Dearborn, George Vann Ness . . .
Dearborn. Josiah Greene
Dearborn, Sam Starrett
Dearborn, Sarah Frances Stevens
DeMeritt, Jennie Mabelle
DeMeritt, John
Demers, George Arthur
Demond, Fred Clarence
Dewey, Henry Sweetser
Dickinson, Leonard Perley
Dillingham, Thomas Manley. . .
Dixon, Frank Haigh
Doe, Haven
Dolloff, Amy Josephine Babb . .
DollofT, Charles Hall
Donahue, Jessie Edith Rice
Donahue, John Joseph
Donovan, John Joseph
Donovan, Michael Henry
Douglas, Orlando Benajah
Dow, George Francis
Doyen, Charles Augustus
Doyle, Jeremiah Joseph
Drake, George Robert
Drake, James Frank
Drake, Nathaniel Seavey
Drew, Irving Webster
Drury, Samuel Smith
Dudley, Albertus True
Dudley, Harry Hubbard
Duffy, George Ernest
Duncan, Charles
Duncan, George Henry
Dunlap, Roger Allen
Durrell, Jesse Murton
Dutton, Samuel Train
455
94
418
418
Ill
138
511
306
74
527
101
87
165
310
271
331
419
318
421
126
544
90
530
530
438
54
85
434
285
523
326
94
279
149
240
439
305
329
98
435
258
433
107
Eames, George Herbert, Jr
Eastman, Clarence Willis
Eastman, Samuel Coffin
Edes, Samuel Harcourt
Edgerly, James Bartlett
381
158
37
30
287
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ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES
NAME
PAGE
NAME
PAGE
Edgerly, John Albert
Edgerly, Joseph Gardner
Edgerly, Winfield Scott
Elliot, John Wheelock
Ellis, Carleton
Elwell, Rufus Newell
Emerson, Abraham Fitts .
Emerson, Benjamin Kendall ....
Emerson, Charles Franklin
Emerson, Charles Sumner
Emerson, Francis Patten
Emerson, Henry A
Emery, Fred Parker
Emery, Natt Morrill
Emery, (William) Stanley
English, Fred Hubbard
Ernst, Clayton Holt
Erskine, James Buddington
Estabrook, Fred Watson
Evans, Alfred Randall
Evans, Ira Hobart
Everett, Frederic Elwin
270
265
302
440
440
7
431
423
107
15
202
297
143
431
257
395
427
223
524
207
442
31
Floyd, Charles Miller
Folsom, Channing
Folsom, William Odlin
Foote, Arthur Lowell
Foss, George Ernest
Foster, George J
Foster, Herbert Darling
Foster, Joseph
Foster, William Albert
Foster, William Hamilton
Fowler, George Winthrop
Fowler, William Plumer
Freeman, Zoheth Sparrow
French, Daniel Chester
French, Emma Blood
French, Frank
French, George Barstow
French, Horace
French, James Edward
French, Leigh Hill
Frisselle, Frank Monroe
Frost, Robert
Frost, Stephen A
529
217
236
419
270
150
430
429
282
540
58
147
414
512
137
537
470
243
181
431
191
303
509
Fahey, John H
Fairbanks, Arthur
Fairbanks, Charles Albert
Fairbanks, George Arlington ....
Farley, Frank Edgar
Farmer, James Cliiton
Farmer, William Parker
Farnsworth, Kate Maria Sheldon
Farnum, Charles Henry
Farnum, Lewis Calvin
Farrand, George Edward
Fassett, James Hiram
Faulkner. Philip Handerson
Felch, Albert Dustin
Felker, Andrew Llewellyn
Felker, Samuel Demerritt
Fellows, Nellie E. Newton
Fellows, William Bainbridge ....
Ferguson, Frank William
Fernald, Josiah Eastman
Ferry, Edwin Sidney
Fischer, Herbert Brainertl
Fisk, Daniel Moses
Fiske, Abby Gilman
Fiske, Amos Kidder
Flanders, James Greeley
Fletcher, Lucy Nettie
Fletcher, Robert
Flint, William Willard
Flint, William Willard, Jr
61
425
531
65
427
302
159
186
212
212
38
509
391
73
21
157
290
35
427
57
423
375
426
457
426
430
398
131
240
240
Gage, Walter Boutwell
Gale, Stephen Henry
Gallagher, Edward John
Gallagher, Thomas
Gallinger, Jacob Harold
Gardner, Rufus Parker
Gay, George Washington
Gerould, Gordon Hall
Gerould, James Thayer
Gerould, John Hiram
Gerrish, Frank Lawrence
Gibson, Harvey Dow
Gile, John Martin
Glessner, John George Macbeth .
Goddard, Christopher Marsh. . . .
Goldthwaite, James Walter
Goodall, Louis Bertrand
GoodelL Richard Carter.
Goodrich, Nathaniel Lewis
Gordon, George Henry
Goss, Winifred Lane
Gould, Alfred Josiah
Gould, Robert Truman
Gove, Aaron
Gove, Charles Augustus
Grattan, Lawrence . . .
Graves, Eli Edwin
Graves, Robert John
Greeley, Harry Parker
429
456
247
429
15
385
23
434
434
433
143
348
66
499
429
458
447
286
447
205
226
102
471
476
474^
325
356
89
456
�ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES
NAME
PAGE
Green, Henry Francis
Greenleaf, Charles Henry
Greer, Benjamin Fuller
Griffin, Appleton Prentiss Clark .
Guernsey, Alice Margaret
Guertin, George Albert
Gunnison, William Towne
5
139
422
443
445
393
47
Hackett, Frank Warren
Hackett, Wallace
Hadley, Charles John
Hadley, Elbridge Drew
Hadley, George Plummer
Hadlock, Albert Emerson
Hale, William Gardner
Hall, Daniel
Hall, Dwight
Hall, Harriet James
Hall, Newton Marshall
Hall, Walter Perley
Halloran James Ambrose
Hamblett, Charles Judson
Hamlin, Frank Wilbert
Hammond, Otis Grant
Hannaford, Mary Elisabeth Neal
Hanscom, Charles Ridgley
Hanson, Benjamin Frank
Hanson, Bert
Hanson. Charles Lane
Hardy, Willis Chenery
Harriman, Alice Stratton
Harriman, Walter C
Harrington, Karl Pomeroy
Harris, Almon Greene
Harris, Ira Francis
Harris, Sarah Neal
Harris, Thomas Jefferson
Hartford, Fernando Wood
Hartshorn, William Newton ....
Hartwell, Edward Mussey
Hatch, Albert Ruyter
Hayes, Charles Carroll
Hayes, Francis Little
Hayes, Frank Lincoln
Haynes, Martin Alonzo
Hazelton, Gerry Whiting
Hazlett, Charles Albert
Heard, Arthur Marston
Henderson. James William
Hendrick, Nellie Towne
Hening, Crawford Dawes
Herbert, John
Hering, Hermann Siegfried
451
142
370
507
386
101
241
101
248
405
222
441
31
531
480
51
217
443
142
146
446
275
497
193
446
314
405
504
455
215
455
456
106
244
453
414
67
83
130
425
222
382
77
166
178
NAME
Hetzel, Ralph Dora
Hill, Frank Pierce
Hill, Howard Fremont
Hill, Joseph Adna
Hirst, Edgar Clarkson
Hobbs, Frank Pierce
Hodgman, Burns Plummer
Hodsdon, Ervin Wilbur
Hoitt, Charles William
Holden, Arthur James
Holden, Gerry Rounds
Hollis, Abijah
Hollis, Allen
Hollis, Henry French .... .\ ... .
Holt, Hermon
Hook, Andrew Jackson
Hopkins, Ernest Martin
Hough, Arthur Hugh
Howard, Alfred Franklin
Howard, Charles Danforth
Howard, Charles Woodbury ....
Howes, Benjamin Alfred
Howland, Fred Arthur
Hoyt, Charles Burleigh
Hoyt, Deristhe Lavinta
Hoyt, Horace F
Hoyt, Louis G
Hoyt-Stevens, Jane Elizabeth . . .
Humphrey, Alice Caroline
Hunt, Edwin Sumner
Huntington, William Spooner . . .
Huntress, Frank
Huntress, Harriet Lane
Hurd, Henry Norris
Husband, Richard Wellington. . .
Huse. Raymond Howard
Hutchins, Harry Burns
Hutchins, John Corbin
Ives, Henry Goodson
Jackman, Charles Lyman
Jackman, Samuel Hason
Jackson, Andrew
Jackson, James Robert
Jackson, Lydia Drew
Jackson, Robert
Jameson, John Butler
Jenks, Arthur Whipple
Jewell, John Woodman
Jewett, Stephen Shannon
Johnson, Jesse
Johnson, Martha Evelina
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30
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43
464
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49
81
189
33
243
233
289
127
59
469
492
223
491
163
469
344
267
43
377
442
17
512
259
181
236
74
59
203
403
545
71
81
58
257
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305
119
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281
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ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES
NAME
PAGE
Johnson, Perley Albert
Johnson, Thomas Franklin
Jones, Andres B
Jones, Edwin Frank
Jones, Elgin Alonzo
Jones, Fred Andros
Jones, Seth Warner
Jones, William Safford
Jump, Herbert Atchison
Junions, William Oliver
16
394
536
193
229
150
303
212
370
99
Keeler, Irad Eugene
Keenan, George William
Kellom, Franklin Pierce
Kempton, Elisha Moody
Kendall, John Chester
Keyes, Anson L
Keyes, Arthur Louis
Keyes, Frances Parkinson W. . . .
Keyes, Henry Wilder
Keyes, Homer Eaton
Keyser, Frank Nathaniel
Kidder, Daniel
Kimball, Benjamin Ames
Kimball, George Morrill
Kimball, Henry Ames
Kimball, Herbert Harvey
Kimball, Martha Smith
Kimball, William Henry
King, Charles Francis
Kingsbury, Edward Newell
Kingsbury, William Josiah
Kivel, John
Knowlton, Edgar Jay
Knox, William Franklin
25
285
85
38
459
91
229
335
211
461
529
453
229
277
141
461
279
482
461
202
182
515
109
417
Ladd, Fred Newton
Ladd, William Palmer
Lake, Harry Foss
Lamb, Fred William
Lamprey, Maitland Charles
Lane, Edward Austin
Lane, Francis Ransom
Lang, Walter Monroe
Langdell, Samuel Frank
Lauder, George Burns
Laycock, Craven
Leach, Edward Giles
Learned, Henry Barrett
Ledoux, Henri Toussaint
Lee, William Andrew
Leighton, George Bridge
Leonard, Charles Hall
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Leonard, Henry Barrett
Lewis, Homer Pierce
Lewis, Jonathan Snow
Lewis, Samuel De Wolf
Linehan, John J
Little, Clarence Belden
Little, Cyrus Harvey
Livingston, Frank Channing ....
Lockhart, Burton Wellesley
Lord, Harry True
Lord, John King
Lougee, Arthur Jewett
Loveland, Israel Albert
Lund, Fred Bates
Lyford, James Otis
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MacGreggor, Henry Frederick . .
MacMurphy, Mary L. S. James .
Madden, Charles Augustus
Madden, Joseph
Madigan, Thomas Henry, Jr.. . .
Manahan, William Henry
Mann, Hosea Ballou
Mann, William Hazeltine Gage . .
Marble, Thomas Littlefield
Marden, Orison Swett
Marshall, Harold
Marshall, Roujet DeLisle
Martin, Frederick Roy
Martin, Nathaniel Everett
Marvin, Winthrop Lippitt
Mason, Ellen McRoberts
Mason, Nathaniel Robert
Mason, Wallace Edward
Masseck, Frank Lincoln
Matthews, Joseph Swett
McAllister, George Isaac
McCollester, Lee Sullivan ....
McCollester, Sullivan Holman. . .
McCrillis, John
McDaniel, Allen Boyer
McDonald, Etta Austin Blaisdell
McDougall, Henry C
McDuffee, Willis
McElwain, Herbert Andrew
McFarland, Annie Avery
McGregor, George Wilbur
McHugh, Bartholomew Franklin
Mclntyre, Daniel
McLane, John Roy
McLaughlin, Agnes Winifred. . . .
McLaughlin, George Asbury. . . .
McQuaid, Elias Alfred
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NAME
PAGE
Mead, Edwin Doak
Mead, Lucia True Ames
Meader, John Levi
Melendy, Jesse George
Melville, Henry
Merrill, Charles Clarkson
Merrill, Robert Josiah
Merrill, William Bradford
Merrow, Lyford A
Messer, Loring Wilbur
Metcalf, Frank Arthur
Metcalf, Harry Bingham
Metcalf, Henry Clifton
Metcalf, Henry Harrison
Miller, Charles Ransom
Miller, Edward Sherman
Miller, Ida Farr
Mills, Herbert Elmer
Minot, Fanny E. Pickering
Minot, Lena' Margaret
Mitchell, Abram Whittemore ...
Mitchell, Harry Walter
Mitchell, John Lewis
Mitchell, William Hugh
Moore, Herbert Fisher
Morrill, Albro David
Morrill, Arthur Putnam
Morrill, Charles Henry
Morrill, Ellen Rebecca (Bryant) .
Morrill, Grace
Morrill, Harley Winslow
Morrill, Osma Caroline Baker . .
Morrill, Sibley Gage
Morris, George Franklin
Morris, James Henry
Morris, Lula J. Aldrich
Morrison, Henry Clinton
Morrison, Howard A
Morrison, Obe Gray
Morrison, William H
Morse, Edward Leland Clark . . .
Morse, Harris A
Moses, George Higgins
Moulton, Warren Joseph
Murchie, Alexander
Murchie, Robert Charles
Murphy, David Edward
Musgrove, Frank Abbott
Musgrove, Mary Donker
Myers, Walter Crane
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Nash, John Barzillia
Nason, William Francis
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555
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Neal, John Herbert
Nealley, John Haven
Nelson, Edward William
Newton, Earl Frank
Nichols, Herbert
Nichols, William Theophilus
Niles, Bertha
Niles, Edward Cullen
Niles, Harold Herbert
Niles, Mary
Niles, William Porter
Nims, Harry Dwight
Nolin, William Peter
Norris, Harry Waldo
Norris, True Livingston
Norwood, Charles Miles
Noyes, Charles Hermon
Nute, Eugene Pearl
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511
422
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389
455
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Oakes, Frederick Warren
Odell, Eva Beede
Odell, Willis Patterson
Odlin, Arthur Fuller
O'Kane, Walter Collins
O'Leary, Thomas Mary
Orcutt, William Dana
Osgood, Etta Haley
Osgood, Wilfred Hudson
Otis, Edward Osgood
Owen, Ellery Scott
509
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341
149
540
310
505
504
499
258
146
Page, Calvin
Page, Charles Tilton
Parker, Charles Sullivan
Parker, Edward Melville
Parker, George Amos
Parker, Harry Elwood
Parker, Hiram
Parker, Hosea Washington
Parker, Samuel Sewall
Parker, Walter Matthew
Parks, Isabel Merial
Parsons, Frank Nesmith
Patrick, Mary Mills
Pattee, Fred Lewis
Patten, Helen Philbrook
Patterson, Joab Nelson
Paul, Amasa Copp
Paul, George Washington
Paul, Sarah Woodman
Pearson, Edward Nathan
Pearson, Edward Nathan, Jr. . . .
Pearson, Harlan Colby
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PAGE
Pearson, John Walter
Pearson, Robert Houghton
Peaslee, Robert James
Peavey, George Smith
Pender, John
Perin, Florence Hobart
Perley, George Edmund
Perley, Mary Elizabeth
Perley, Sir George Halsey
Perry, Daniel Webster
Peterson, Oscar William
Pettee, Charles Holmes
Pike, Edwin Bertram
Pillsbury, Albert Enoch
Pillsbury, Arthur Judson
Pillsbury, Rosecrans William. ...
Pingree, Samuel Everett
Plimpton, George Lincoln
Plummer, John Wesley
Plummer, William Alberto
Pollard, John William Hobbs ...
Poor, Ruel Whitcomb
Porter, Eleanor Hodgman
Porter, John Lincoln
Powers, Jennie B. Carter
Powers, Samuel Leland
Powers, Wilbur Howard
Pratt, Louise
Prentiss, John W
Prescott, Charles Henry
Prescott, Samuel Cate
Preston, Frank Buchanan
Preston, Frank Wesley
Preston, George Culler
Proctor, Edna Dean
Pulsifer, Harry Bridgman
Putnam, George Martin
Putnam, Stephen Greeley
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516
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153
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489
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Quimby, Charles Elihu
Quimby, Frank Pierce
Quimby, Fred Elihu
Quimby, Henry Brewer
Quincy, Josiah Hatch
513
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126
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Ramie, Herbert Williamson
Rand, John Prentice
Randolph, William J
Ranney, William Bradford
Ray, Robert Allen
Reed, George Harlow
Remick, Helen L. Benedict
Remick, James Waldron
425
114
517
313
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NAME
PAGE
Remick, Mary Pendleton
Rice, George Samuel
Rich, George Frank
Richards, Charles Herbert
Richards, William Frances
Richardson, Albert James
Richardson, Ellen Ruddick
Richardson, Henry Sturtevant .
Richardson, Leon Josiah
Richardson, William Cummings
Ricker, Marilla Marks Young. . .
Riley, Phil Madison
Robbins, Joseph Henry
Roberts, Ernest Porter
Robertson, John Evans
Robie, Charles Warren
Robie, Edward
Robie, Samuel Hastings
Robie, Virginia Huntington
Robinson, Maurice Henry
Rogers, Fred Ashley
Rogers, William Nathaniel
RoSe, Jennie Clapp
Rollins, Dillwyn Sidney
Rollins, Edward Warren
Rolofson, Mary Currier
Roote, Charles Burgess
Ross. Winfred Smith
Rossiter, William S
Rotch, William Boylston
Rowe, Stewart Everitt
Rublee, George
Rundlett, Louis John
Runnells, Ellsworth Potter
Runnells, Ernest Potter
Runnells, Everett Hazen
Runnells, John Sumner
Russell, Frank Webster
Ryder, Herbert Daniel
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Sampson, Cassander Carv ......
Sanborn, Alden F
Sanborn, Alice Evelyn
Sanborn, Eugene Dana
Sanborn, Frank Berrv
Sanborn, Jeremiah Wilson
Sanborn, John Page
Sanborn, Mary Farley
Sanborn, Walter Henry
Sanders, Charles Henry
Sanders, Loren Addison
Sanderson, Henry Stephen
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Sargeant. Frank Wadleigh
370
Sargent, Orison Clark
219
Sawyer, Edward Allen
492
Sawyer, Enos Kittredge
295
Sawyer, Frederick W
492
Sawyer, Herbert Noyes
397
Sawyer, Roland Douglas
225
Sawyer, William Henry
187
Scales, Burton True
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Scales, John
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Scammon, John
347
Schofield, Mary Lyon (Cheney) . 533
Scott, Clarence Watkins
545
Setzer, William Judson
492
Shea, Michael Francis
379
Shedd, Charles Gale
435
Shedd, John Graves
326
Shedd, Rhoda Jane Colburn .... 438
Shepard, Annie Bartlett
213
Shepard, Ida Frances
327
Shepard, Joseph Eastman
42
Sherman, Lillian A. Tourtelotte . 146
Sherry, George Henry
306
Shockley, Alice Porter
45
Shontell, Frederick William. ... 340
Shurtleff, Merrill
271
Shute, Henry Augustus
369
Sibley, Mary Matilda Putnam . .
17
Silver, Ernest Leroy
199
Simonds, Katherine Call
263
Slayton, William Harvey
234
Sleeper, Alvah Guy
445
Sleeper, Charles Martin
445
Smalley, Fred Charles
293
Smith, Archibald Lavender
536
Smith, Charlotte S., M.D
486
Smith, Edward M
50
Smith, Ezra M
63
Smith, George Albert
542
Smith, Jeremiah
266
Smith, John Warren
541
Smith, Jonathan
174
Smith J. Brodie
486
Smith, William Clarke
542
Snow, Alpheus Henry
534
Snow, Leslie Perkins
337
Snow, Norma Cutter Currier. . . . 337
Spalding, James Alfred
529
Spaulding, Daniel Minot
524
Spaulding, Huntley Nowell
461
Spaulding, Oliver Lyman
187
Spaulding, Rolland Harty
21
Spaulding, William Waldemar. . .
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PAGE
Stacy, Thomas Hobbs
Stearns, Edward Roland
Stearns, George Landon
Stevens, Edwin Dearborn
Stevens, Henry Webster
Stevens, Jabez Howes
Stevens, Raymond Bartlett
Stevens, Roland Eugene
Stickney, Edward Huntington. . .
Stoddard, Edward Percy
Stone, George Weare
Stone, Harlan Fiske
Stone, Winthrop Ellsworth
Storrs, John Williams
Story, Fred Williams
Straw, Herman Foster
Streeter, Frank Sherwin
Streeter, Lilian Carpenter
Streeter, Thomas Winthrop
Sullivan, Dennis Edward
Sullivan, Edmund
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Sullivan, Patrick Henry
Sulloway, Alvah Woodbury
Sulloway, Frank Jones
Sulloway, Richard Woodbury . . .
Swart, William Dumond
Sweet, William Isaac
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Taggart, David Arthur
Taylor, Amos Leavitt
Taylor, Frederick Wellington ...
Taylor, Levi Colby
Taylor, Maria Sanborn
Tenney, George Amos
Thayer, Helen Chadwick Rand. .
Thayer, Lucius Harrison
Thayer, William Fiske
Thayer, William Wentworth ....
Theriault, Marcel
Thomas, Edwin Herbert
Thompson, Edward Payson
Thompson, Willis Duer
Thorne, John Calvin
Thorne, Mary Gordon (Nichols) .
Thorp, Louis Ashton
Thurber, Lester Freeman
Tilden, George Thomas
Tilton, Frank Pierce
Tilton, George Henry
Tobey, Charles William
Towle, Fred Scates
Towle, Loren Delbert
Town, Francis Laban
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Towne, Hollis Frank
Towne, Omar Alvah
Townsend, Manley Bacon
Tracy, Charles Alden
Trickey, William Henry
Tripp, Walter Henry
Tripp, Warren
True, Reuben Cutler
Tuck, Edward
Tuck, Edward Arthur
Tucker, William Jewett
Tufts, Edith Souther
Tufts, James Arthur
Turner, George Huffman
Tutherly, Herbert Everett
Tuttle, George Thomas
Tuttle, James Patterson
381
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319
281
315
343
190
355
406
162
227
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Upham, James Duncan
Upham, Warren
Upton, Robert W
473
123
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Varick, Thomas Rice
Varney, Charles Wesley
Vaughan, Charles Woodward . . .
Verette, Moise
506
339
369
321
Wadleigh, Fred Tilton
Wagner, George Augustus
Walker, Charles Rumford
Walker, Reuben Eugene
Wallace, Ellen Alfreda
Wallace, James Burns
Warren, George Herbert
Warren, Joseph
Warren, Mary Hale Palmer
Wason, Edward Hills
Wason, Eugene
Wason, George Butler
Waterman, Thomas Palmer
Watson, Irving Allison
Weaver, George Albert
Webster, Harold Adams
Webster, Jennie Josephine A. . . .
Webster, Jerome Pierce
Webster, Lorin
Weed, Charles Frederick
Weeks, Albert J
Weeks, John W
Welch, John Tapley
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Wellington, Leonard
Wellman, James Albert
Wellman, Justin Owen
Wells, Christopher Henry
Wendell, Caroline R
Wentworth, Joseph
Weston, George Franklin
Weston, Robert Spurr
Wheeler, Bertrand Thorp
Whippen, Frank Warren
Whipple, George Hoyt
Whipple, Henry Chandler
Whipple, Sherman Leland
Whitcher, William Frederick. ...
White, Eliza Orne
Whitford, George Langdon
Whittemore, Arthur Oilman ....
Whoriakey, Richard
Wiggin, Joseph
Wilder, Ella Caroline Abbot. . .
Willis, Eben Marston
Willis, John Richard
Winchell, F. Mabel
Winslow. Sherburn J
Wood, George Albert
Wood, Leonard
Wood, Mary Inez Stevens
Woodbury, Charles Edward ....
Woodbury, Elmer Ellsworth. . . .
Woodbury, Frank Ernest
Woodbury, Frank Taylor
Woodbury, Gordon
Woodman, Frederic Thomas ....
Woolson, Augustus A
Woodward, Nellie F. Tupper
Woodward, Sarah Jones
Woodward, Susan Jones W
Woodworth, Edward Knowlton .
Woodworth, Mary Parker
Worthen, Thomas Wilson Dorr. .
Wright, George E
Wright, Robert Morrill
Wyman, Louis Eliot
Wyman, William D
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Sargent, Mr. H. C. Pearson, Mr. Edward O. Lord, and Mr. H. B. Carter,
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��S O closely is Hon. John B. Smith connected with New
Hampshire
and her interests that one is loath to credit another state with his
birth; yet it was in Saxton's River, Vt., April 12, 1838, that he was
born. At nine years of age, with his family, he removed to Hills
borough, where he was educated in the common schools, supplemented
by a course at Francestown academy. In 1854 he became a shop hand
in a peg-mill at Henniker, afterward was employed in Manchester, was
then a clerk in a country store at New Boston, and afterward became
proprietor of a drug store in Manchester, a year later establishing a
small factory at Washington for the production of knit goods. Soon
after he leased the Sawyer woollen mills at Weare. Encouraged by
his success in these ventures, he went to Hillsborough Bridge in 1866
and built a small mill that was the beginning of the extensive plant of
the Contoocook Mills Co., of which he is president. Until 188o Mr.
Smith made his residence in Manchester; since then he has lived at
Hillsborough Bridge, where he has just built a residence that is ranked
among the finest in the state. His wife is Emma E., a daughter of
Stephen Lavender, of Boston. In politics Mr. Smith has always been
an active Republican, though it was not until 1884 that he held office,
being in that year a member of the electoral college. Two years later
he was elected a member of the executive council, and in 1888 was a
candidate for the gubernatorial nomination, missing the honor by a
slight margin. In 1892 this honor came to him by acclamation, and
was followed by his election by the people, being the first governor
thus chosen since 1884.
GOV. JOHN B. SMITH.
As a business man, his career has been
marked by success. As an employer of labor, he has never met a
difficulty, though his employés are numbered by the hundreds. In
politics, his record is bright, and New Hampshire may well waive the
credit of his birth, since to her belong the fruits of his manhood's
endeavor.
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ON. TRUE. L. NORRIS, member of Governor Smith's council
from the First district, was born in Manchester. He was edu
cated in the public schools of New Hampshire and Massachusetts, and
fitted for Harvard college, but the call of his country echoed the voice of
duty, and he forsook a college course to enter the army, and saw service
with the Fifth Massachusetts volunteers.
At the conclusion of his mili
tary service, the youthful soldier took up the law as a student in the office
of his father, Col. A. F. L. Norris, in Boston, and was admitted to the
bar on the day that he attained his majority. Several years of practice
followed, until the allurements of a newspaper career drew him away
from the law to follow a more jealous mistress, journalism. With the
zest of a born journalist, Colonel Norris entered upon his work. For
several years he was stationed at Concord, where he represented the
AVew York //erald, the Boston Globe, and the l/anchester (7tton.
HON. TRUE L. NORRIS.
His
correspondence for these papers during the years of his service ranks
among the most brilliant of newspaper productions in the last ten years
in New England. The years covered by Colonel Norris at Concord,
were exciting in politics, and crowded with important events. In hold
ing up a daily mirror to this panorama, Colonel Norris displayed a ver
satility, a piquant originality, and a correctness and minuteness of de
scription that called attention to his work as among the best of its kind.
In 1887, Col. Charles A. Sinclair bought The Daily / vening Times,
and weekly States and (Whion, and Mr. Norris at once assumed the po
sition of editor and manager of both papers, thereupon transferring his
residence to Portsmouth. As an editor, he sustained the reputation he
had made as a correspondent; and as a manager, he has developed bus
iness qualities equal to his journalistic skill. As a result of this rare
combination, Colonel Norris has the satisfaction of presiding over a
bright paper, that in point of circulation and influence is second to.
none.
�ON. JOHN C. RAY of Manchester, member of Governor Smith's
council from the Second district, was born in Hopkinton, and is
66 years old, and through all the years of his life has been an active,
influential, and honored citizen. His parents removed to Dunbarton
when he was but seven years of age, and from this town, when he had
but barely become of age, he was sent as representative in the legisla
ture. His youth did not prevent his influence, however, and he was
gladly elected a second and a third time. His fellow-citizens afterward
honored him by election as chairman of the board of selectmen, and
superintendent of schools, and here, too, his service was eminently sat
isfactory. He was chosen superintendent of the state industrial school
at Manchester, July 2, 1874, and succeeding years have witnessed his
unanimous re-election by the trustees, despite his desire for release from
the duties. Mr. Ray's administration of this important public institu
tion has been marked with great success. A rigid disciplinarian, he
has tempered justice with mercy, yet never relinquishing his firmness.
Compelling respect, he has won also affection, and in dealing with those
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thrown under his care he has continued to make the influences of his
own personality a factor in the formation of the character inculcated
by the training of the school. Under him the state industrial school
has become a reformative, not a penal, institution. In addition to the
duties of this position, Mr. Ray also sat in the legislature during
HON. JOHN C. RAY.
the session of 1881 as a representative from Ward 2, Manchester, and
served as a trustee of the state normal school at Plymouth. He is
greatly interested in stock raising, and at Dunbarton he owns one of the
best stock farms in New Hampshire. On taking his seat in the council
he resigned his position as superintendent of the industrial school, but
the trustees of the institution, with full recognition of the value of Mr.
Ray's services, have steadfastly declined to accept his resignation.
�H E family of Hon. Edward O. Blunt have been honored in
In that city, Mr. Blunt was
born, forty-five years ago. He was educated in the public schools and
became a member of the firm of J. G. Blunt & Son, a firm that suc
ceeded to a business established by Mr. Blunt's grandfather in 1836.
T Nashua through three generations.
Of this business Mr. Blunt became owner in 1883, when his father died,
HON. EDWARD O. BLUNT.
after forty-nine years of active mercantile life. Mr. Blunt's great interest
in public affairs in the city of his birth and residence led him soon to
office, and he was made a member of the board of aldermen during the
administrations of Mayors Williams and Holman, being with one excep
tion the only man that has ever served three years as alderman from
Ward 6. In this position Mr. Blunt's years of service were given to
various important committees, and under his championship and direc
tion a part of the present sewerage system of Nashua was built. In a
larger field of politics Mr. Blunt has also won renown. For many years
he was a member of the Republican state committee. In 1881 he was
a representative in the legislature. In 1886 he was elected to the state
senate, serving in the session of 1887 as chairman of the committees
on labor and incorporations, and as a member of others. The first
named committee was an especially important one during the session of
1887, by reason of the large amount of labor legislation that was pro
posed or enacted in that year. In 1892 Mr. Blunt was again called to
office by an election to Governor Smith's council, where he sits as the
representative from the Third district, elected by a large majority on the
popular vote. His knowledge, gained by a varied experience in local,
municipal, and legislative bodies, and state administration, is gauged by a
personal acquaintance that extends over all New Hampshire, among
which acquaintance there are none to gainsay the honor, the courtesy,
the ability, and more than all, that unfailing and modest liberality that
endears him most to those who know him best.
�ON. FRANK N. PARSONS of Franklin, member of Governor
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Smith's council from the Fourth district, is one of the later gen
eration of New Hampshire men who have achieved prominence through
the modest brilliance of ability. He was born in Dover, September 3,
1854, and was educated wholly in New Hampshire, taking a degree at
Dartmouth College in 1874. Immediately following his graduation
from college he took up teaching as a profession. He read law with
Hon. Daniel
Barnard, and later in the office of Hon. Austin F.
Pike, and upon becoming admitted to the bar he forsook teaching and
became a partner of Mr. Pike, the firm of Pike & Parsons continuing
until the death of the senior member in 1886. As a lawyer, Mr. Par
sons displayed remarkable scholarship. His preparation of a case is
careful, and his presentation of it is masterly. He has been frequently
engaged in cases of magnitude, and in the celebrated proceedings in 1890
for a mandamus against the clerk of the house of representatives with
relation to the roll of the next legislature, Mr. Parsons, as counsel for
the “if entitled ' ' members, raised the successful issue that caused the
full bench to render its decision of “no jurisdiction.” In 1891, Judge
William S. Ladd, reporter of the decisions of the supreme court, died,
and the court, in choosing his successor, selected Mr. Parsons as pre
eminently the member of the bar best fitted by taste and by learning to
fill the position. Governor Smith's council is composed largely of
young men. In point of youth, Mr. Parsons takes precedence; in point
of ability, he yields to none.
HON. FRANK N. PARSONS.
�N the council of Governor Smith, Herbert B. Moulton, of Lisbon
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has exhibited the strong traits that have characterized his straight
forward life. Mr. Moulton was born in Lyman, July 5, 1846, and his
education was obtained in the common schools. His early life was one
of toil, and he came finally to embark in the lumber and live-stock busi
ness, in which he has built up a large and lucrative trade. He resided
in Lyman in the early years of his business life, and in that town re
ceived many honors at the hands of his associates. In 1876, and again
in 1877, he represented Lyman in the legislature, and after a few years'
residence in Lisbon, to which place he removed in 1878, he was chosen
to the same position, sitting in the legislature of 1885. As a partisan,
Mr. Moulton has been active, and his nomination to the council from
the largest of the councillor districts came with substantial unanimity,
and he was elected by a gratifying majority. His place upon important
committees has given him an opportunity for the display of his energy,
and he has acquitted himself with credit in all that he has undertaken
in the public service. In private life Mr. Moulton is greatly esteemed:
a man of sound judgment, his advice is often sought, and as a man of
wide experience his counsels are readily followed.
HON. HERBERT B. MOULTON.
�G'. AUGUSTUS D. AYLING, adjutant-general of New Hamp
shire, was born in Boston, Mass , in 1840.
He was educated at
Lawrence academy, Groton, Mass., and in the public schools of Lowell,
and was employed in the office of J. C. Ayer & Co. when the war broke
out. April 16, 1861, he enlisted in the Richardson light infantry, an
unattached company that afterward became the Seventh Massachusetts
battery. January 4, 1862, he was appointed second lieutenant in the
Twenty-ninth Massachusetts volunteers, and was made first lieutenant,
December 6 of the same year.
GEN, AUGUSTUS I). AYLING.
He was mustered out, May 26, 1864.
April 25, 1865, he became a first lieutenant of the Twenty-fourth Mass
achusetts regiment, and was made adjutant of the regiment. He was
also aide-de-camp and judge-advocate on the staff of Maj. Gen. R. S.
Foster, who commanded the First division, Twenty-fourth corps. He
was mustered out of the service January 20, 1866. In the fall of that
year he went to Nashua, and for three years was a travelling salesman,
For ten years following, he was the confidential clerk of Charles A.
Gillis. During his residence in Nashua, he served as inspector of
check-lists, assessor, and assistant city marshal. He was senior vice
commander of John G. Foster post, G. A. R., and mustering officer
for the department of New Hampshire. In 1877, when Company F,
Second Regiment, N. H. N. G., was formed, he was elected first lieu
tenant and succeeded to the command of the company, retaining it un
til July 15, 1879, when, by Governor Head, under the new law, he
was commissioned adjutant-general of New Hampshire, and has held
the position ever since, being by virtue of his long service the ranking
state adjutant-general in the United States. He is a Mason, a Knight
Templar, a member of the G. A. R., of the Loyal Legion, and of sev
eral military-social organizations. General Ayling's term of service has
seen great improvement worked in the National Guard of New Hamp
shire, most of which may be directly traced to his keen foresight.
�EN. JERRY P. WELLMAN, inspector-general on the staff of
G Governor Smith, was born at Hinsdale, October 22, 1843.
He
is a citizen of Keene, and has held many municipal positions with dig
nity and credit, serving always to the best of his ability, and receiving
and meriting the approval of his friends and constituents. In his selec
tion for his present position, no mistake was made, for he has been
long and conspicuously identified with the National Guard in New
Hampshire, his service in that body dating from April, 1878, when he
enlisted in Company H, Second regiment. His first six years of ser
vice saw him wearing a sergeant's stripes. At the end of that time he
was made a second lieutenant, his commission bearing the date of De
cember 15, 1883.
On July 16, 1884, he rose to be first lieutenant,
and was made a captain, August 1, 1885.
Five years from that date
he was discharged by reason of the expiration of his term. But his
connection with the military of the state did not cease then, for on
February 17, 1891, he was appointed inspector of rifle practice with the
rank of major on the brigade staff, leaving that office to accept his
present position. General Wellman has won a just recognition in his
connection with military affairs in New Hampshire, and his appoint
ment as inspector-general is a reward of merit as well as a compliment.
By reason of his years of service in every grade of military activity, he
has acquired a thorough and accurate knowledge of the necessities of
the brigade. By training and by desire he is enthusiastic for the better
ment of the service. He has but to follow in his new position the
course that he has pursued in other places of trust and responsibility,
and the results that he desires, the ends that he aims at, will be secured
GEN. JERRY P. WELLMAN.
permanently and positively.
�EN. WILLIAM D. SAWYER of Dover, quartermaster-general
G on the staff of Governor Smith, is a son of ex-Governor Charles
H. Sawyer, and was born in Dover, November 22, 1866. He was ed
ucated in the public schools, and attended Phillips academy, Andover,
graduating there in 1885. He pursued his studies in Yale college, and
received his degree from that institution in 1889, immediately taking
up a business career in connection with the Sawyer woollen mills in
Dover. In this corporation General Sawyer holds the highly responsi
ble position of treasurer, and as a collateral business interest he is a
member of the firm of F. A. & J. Sawyer, selling agents for the Sawyer
woollen mills. Other positions of trust held by him embrace a member
ship in the directory of the Portsmouth & Dover railroad, and a similar
position in the Somersworth Machine company. General Sawyer is a
Mason, and a Knight Templar. In politics he has taken an active in
terest and has seen service, being now a member of the Republican
state committee. General Sawyer married Susan G., daughter of Hon.
Joshua G. Hall of Dover, and has one child. General Sawyer is one
of the leading young men of the state. In religious matters he is a
Congregationalist.
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D. SAWYER.
�EN. STEPHEN H. GALE, commissary-general on the staff of
He attended the
public schools, and finished his education at Kingston academy and
at Comer's Commercial college at Boston. In 1864 he embarked in
G Governor Smith, is a native of East Kingston.
business at Haverhill, Mass., as a manufacturer of boots and shoes.
This business he carried on for five years, until, in 1869, under the
firm name of Gale Brothers, he became associated with his brother,
John E. Gale, in the same line of business in the same city.
This
firm continued at Haverhill until 1884, when a branch establishment
GEN,
STEPHEN H.
was set up in Exeter, and General Gale went thither to assume charge
of it, his brother, with John H. Sanborn, who had been admitted to
the firm, taking charge of the Haverhill factory. The two factories at
Exeter and Haverhill were conducted in this manner until 1891, when
the plant at Exeter was enlarged, and the two branches were consoli
dated at the latter place. This factory is now one of the largest in New
Hampshire, and contributes not a little to the energy and prosperity of
Exeter. Around it have sprung up the homes of its operatives, and by
its pay-roll each month many thousands of dollars are put into circula
tion. Its output is constantly increasing, and its reputation is wide and
favorable. General Gale during his residence in Haverhill, was a member
of the city government, serving in 1874. He was a member of the
Republican city committee, and was also a director in the First National
bank of Haverhill. General Gale, during his residence in Exeter, has
become actively and intimately connected with the enterprise of the
town. He has been public-spirited and benevolent. He has contrib
uted not a little to the success of his party. He has labored for the
interests of those associated with him in business. He is modestly
self-assertive, kindly, genial, hospitable,—a rare man of rare quality
GALE.
frank, earnest, and successful.
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�G'. H. ADAMS, judge advocate
GEN. GEORGE
general on the staff of
Governor Smith, is a native of Campton, where he was born
May 15, 1851. After the usual training in the public schools he
entered Kimball Union academy at Meriden, and fitted for college,
entering Dartmouth in 1869. Four years later he was graduated, and
at once became principal of the high school at Middleboro, Mass..
where he remained only 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 prolonged and somewhat turbulent session with
great display of zeal and skill. In 1890 he was appointed a deputy
collector of internal revenue for this district, and has just now received
his appointment on the governor's staff. He is a director in the Pemi
gewasset National bank of Plymouth, where he practises law as the
partner of Hon. Alvin Burleigh. General Adams is eminently qualified
for the positions that he has held. He is one of the most genial men
in disposition, a merry, laughter-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 the bar and that fit him to adorn a high
place in the esteem of associates and acquaintances. General Adams
has long since given promise of success and has long since honored its
draft. His law practice has covered every portion of preparation and
pleading and his social duties, calling him into every field of activity,
have developed the gentlemanly qualities that needed no nurture.
H. ADAMS.
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�EORGE COOK, M. D., surgeon-general upon the staff of Gov
G ernor
Smith, was born at Dover, November 16, 1848, the son
of Solomon Cook and Susan Ann Hayes. At the age of seven he re
moved with his parents to Franklin, where his education was begun in
the Franklin academy, and was completed in the high school at Concord
in which city his parents had taken up their residence, and in Dart
mouth medical college, receiving his degree in 1869. Dr. Cook be
gan the practice of his profession in Henniker, but soon removed to
Hillsborough, and after a few years came to Concord, where he has since
resided. In medical circles Dr. Cook has taken a high rank, due
largely to his studious habits and care. For seven years he was city
physician and member of the board of health of Concord; is a member
of the New Hampshire Medical society, and has been president of the
Centre District Medical society. Since 1889 he has been a member of
the United States pension board of examining surgeons, and on the
staff of the Margaret Pillsbury General Hospital, and medical officer at
the Odd Fellows Home.
GEN. GEORGE COOK, M.
Dr. Cook has also been visitor from the New
Hampshire Medical society to Dartmouth medical college. His ap
pointment as surgeon-general came almost in the line of promotion, as
for different years he was connected with the medical branch of the
military service as assistant surgeon, and surgeon of the Third Regi
ment of New Hampshire National Guard, and as medical director with
the rank of lieutenant-colonel of the First brigade under Gen. D. M.
White. General Cook's membership in secret societies embraces
Masonry, Odd Fellowship, and the Sons of Veterans. In religion, he
is an Episcopalian, and is a member of the vestry of St. Paul's church.
General Cook as a man is esteemed no less highly than as a physician;
for his sterling qualities, the unerring exercise of his keen perceptions,
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and the unaffected manner of his intercourse with his associates have won
him esteem as much as his professional skill has won him admiration.
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�OL. CHARLES H. DUNLAP of the governor's staff was born
He
is the son of Archibald H. Dunlap, a famous seed-grower, and is asso
C at Nashua, June 17, 1853, and has always lived in that city.
ciated with his father in business.
COL. CHARLES H.
He was educated in the public
schools of his native city, and as a boy was one of the most popular of
Nashua's ingenuous youth. Arriving at manhood, he lost none of his
hold upon his associates, and in every field of endeavor that he has en
tered he has found on every hand scores of friends who have been at
tracted to him by his winning qualities. In the conduct of his business,
Colonel Dunlap has been rarely successful. Colonel Dunlap's extensive
commercial relations extend into every state and territory. From the
day of attaining his majority, Colonel Dunlap has been deeply interest
ed in politics, and beginning in his own ward, among those who had
known him from birth, he has worked upward, first holding office as
selectman, and then passing through other local and municipal offices,
through the common council and the board of aldermen, and coming in
1889 to a seat in the house of representatives, where he made many
warm personal and political friends, and was a deservedly popular and
efficient legislator. Colonel Dunlap is one of New Hampshire's repre
sentative young men. Connected by blood with one of the best and
oldest families in the state, his natural ability has been such as to win
for him many places of honor and responsibility. By education and
taste, he is a business man, yet the increasing cares of large interests
have not been permitted to dwarf the sunny side of his social nature,
and to all circles he is an eagerly welcomed addition.
DUNLAP.
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�OL. FREDERICK C. DOW, aide-de-camp on the staff of Gov
C ernor Smith, is a resident of Manchester, and was born in Pem
broke in 1847. He attended the public schools of the town, took a
course in Pembroke academy, and when seventeen years old went to
Manchester, where he has since resided and where he began life as a
clerk in a shoe store. Three years as a clerk had given him such a
knowledge of the business, and had rendered him so valuable to the
firm, that he was admitted to partnership, and a year in this relationship
enabled him to purchase his partners' interest. At the age of twenty
one, therefore, he was in sole ownership of the store in which four
years before he had found employment as a clerk. This business has
grown under the personal supervision of Colonel Dow, and is now the
largest boot and shoe store north of Boston, and its proprietor is
ranked among the leading men of affairs in the metropolis of the state.
He is a trustee of the Manchester Savings bank, and a director in the
Manchester National bank.
Colonel Dow is married, and has two
children. His home in Manchester is one of the most elegant in the
city. Colonel Dow's connection with Governor Smith is a long one,
having begun when each was a young man laying the foundations of
future success. Nor is the connection a personal one only, for they
have jointly erected in Manchester an extensive block of apartment
houses. Colonel Dow's qualities are attractive. Through energy he
has compelled success. Through frankness he has won respect.
Through tact he has made friends. Through honor he has kept them.
COL.
FREDERICK C.
DOW.
�OL. BENJAMIN F. DRAKE, aide-de-camp on the staff of Gov
New Hampton, October 8, 1844.
When he was two years old his parents removed to Lakeport, where
C ernor Smith, was born in
he was educated in the public schools and French's select school.
At
the opening of the war he entered the government employ at the Spring
field armory, where he learned a machinist's trade. He was afterward
superintendent of two manufactories in Massachusetts, and later was
master-mechanic of the Mount Washington railway. In 1878, return
ing to Lakeport, he became a member of the firm of J. S. Crane & Co.,
retiring in 1885 to assume charge of the construction of the Lakeport
& Laconia water-works, resuming the partnership at the completion of
the contract, this time organizing the Crane Manufacturing Co., build
ers of knitting machinery. Of this corporation Colonel Drake is treas
urer, a director, and a moving spirit. Colonel Drake has not limited
his attention to his private interests solely, but has been much in pub
lic and corporate service. He has been a selectman, sat in the general
court in 1883, and was a member of the constitutional convention of
1889. He is a director in the Lakeport water-works, of the National
bank of Lakeport, of the Lake Village savings bank, president of the
Mutual Building and Loan association, a trustee of the public library,
and a member of the Lakeport board of trade. In 1887 he was appoint
ed steamboat inspector by Governor Sawyer. Colonel Drake is a mem
ber of the New Hampshire club, of the Lincoln club, of the Home
Market club, and of the White Mountain Travellers association. In
secret society life, Colonel Drake has been and is prominent. He is a
Mason, a Knight Templar, and has reached the thirty-second degree:
he is an Odd Fellow, a Patriarch Militant, a Red Man, a Knight of
Pythias, and present grand vice-dictator of the New Hampshire Knights
COL, BENJAMIN F. DRAKE.
of Honor.
Laconia.
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Col. Drake is member from ward six, first city council of
�OL. WALTER S. SCRUTON of Hillsborough, aide-de-camp
C on
Governor Smith's staff, is a
native of Rochester, and
was born January 26, 1865. In the public schools of his native city
he obtained his preliminary education, graduating from the high school
in 1883. In the fall of that year he entered Dartmouth college and
took his degree with the class of 1887. Almost immediately following
his graduation he went to Hillsborough, where he assumed charge of the
high school, succeeding a college classmate who had died. For two
years he retained this position, and then resigned to enter business as
a druggist, purchasing a store in Hillsborough. This calling he has
since followed. For two years he has served as town clerk of Hills
borough, and has been a member of the board of education. No sketch
of Colonel Scruton's life would be complete without reference to his
college career, in which he was a conspicuous member of a brilliant class,
and was prominent and active in all the varied social and athletic life.
He was a member of Psi Upsilon fraternity, and of the Sphinx senior
society. In athletic life he was especially prominent. He was a mem
ber of the college base-ball nine for three years, and during his senior
year was pitcher on the first championship team that Dartmouth ever
boasted, to his work more than to any other being due the winning of
the pennant of the American College Base-Ball association. Colonel
Scruton has entered actively into the enterprises of Hillsborough. His
ready companionship has won for him merited friendships, and he has
reaped the reward in prominent business successes. Progressive intel
ligence has marked his mercantile career, and successive honors await
him.
COL. WALTER S. SCRUTON.
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�ON. EZRA S. STEARNS, secretary of state, came to that office
1891, richly endowed with the character and attainments
necessary to sustain the exacting requirements of the position. He was
born in Rindge, Sept. 1, 1838, and has always resided there, being edu
cated in the public schools, by private tutors, and in Chester, N.J., where
he studied and taught at the same time. For several years he was man
ager and editor of a newspaper at Fitchburg, Mass., and before that
H in
was connected with publishing houses in Boston, New York, and Phila
delphia. Mr. Stearns, in 1876, published a history of Rindge, follow
ing it in 1877 with a history of Ashburnham, Mass., works of great
value in point of historical accuracy and literary skill. Mr. Stearns has
always been actively, ardently, and prominently a Republican. In 1864,
1865, 1866, 1867, and 1870 he represented Rindge in the legislature.
He served in the state senate in 1887 and 1889, and in 1891 was holding
a seat in the house of representatives when he was elected secretary
of state. For more than twenty years Mr. Stearns has been moderator
in Rindge. In the legislature, Mr. Stearns could not fail to take an
active part. In debate he was keen, incisive, ready, with a wealth of
satire that was both dreaded and admired. His committee assign
ments were always laborious, and therefore important; but he shirked
none, winning credit in the committee-room equal to that attained upon
the floor. Among the duties of Mr. Stearns's first term as secretary of
state, was the inaugurating of the Australian ballot system, an arduous
task.
HON.
EZR.A. S.
Its completion without an error was a rare tribute to the secre
tary's methodical and careful conduct of the office. Mr. Stearns is a
widely read, scholarly man, and the degree of master of arts, which he
received from Dartmouth college, in 1887, was a merited tribute to a
studious, cultured gentleman, who assumes nothing that is not won,
and who concedes nothing that is not due.
STEARNS.
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twenty-one years, with the exception of 1874–75, a year of
Democratic control, Colonel Solon A. Carter has been treasurer of
the state, his renominations in Republican caucuses coming as a matter
of course, without dissenting voice. Why, then, multiply words?
That fact speaks too plainly for amplification. Colonel Carter was born in
Leominster, Mass., June 22, 1837; since 1859 he has been a resident
of this state, first making his home in Keene, where he was superin
tendent of the Keene gas-works. In September, 1862, he went out as a
captain in the Fourteenth New Hampshire regiment. His service lasted
till the close of the war, and he was mustered out in August, 1865,
with the rank of captain of staff, having served, however, in 1864, as
assistant adjutant-general of volunteers. Colonel Carter's service was
a brave and active one. He fought in many of the most severe engage
ments of the war, among them being Petersburg, the campaign before
Richmond, the Fort Fisher expeditions, Baylor's Farm, and the capture
of Wilmington. This service was not unrecognized, for, after the
close of the war, he was brevetted by President Johnson, for gallant
and meritorious conduct on the field, major and lieutenant-colonel of
volunteers.
At the close of the war he returned to Keene and was en
gaged in clerical work until called, in 1872, to the office that he now
holds.
In addition to his service as state treasurer, Colonel Carter has
seen public life as member of the legislature in 1869 and 1870. Col
onel Carter's conduct of the treasury has been a creditable life-work.
The burden of his labor has been always great, and for much of the
period of his incumbency he performed the work of the department
unaided, or nearly so, with no thought of lightening his load. In 1891
the legislature provided him with a deputy,–a mark of appreciation too
long delayed.
COLONEL SOLON A. CARTER.
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�T is a marked honor to succeed while yet young to important pub
lic position. This marked honor belongs to Fred Gowing, super
intendent of public instruction, who was born in Medford, Mass.,
December 6, 1860, the son of James Gowing, Jr., and Elizabeth Jane
Caswell. He was educated in the public schools of Medford, and
entered Tufts college in 1877, receiving the degree of bachelor of
arts in 1881. He immediately entered the ranks as a teacher, begin
ning first in the district schools at Barrington, and coming thence to
the high school at Wilmington, Mass., and then to the Cottage Grove
College Preparatory school, at Poughkeepsie, N. Y., then as principal
of a grammar school at Lawrence, Mass., and at Haverhill, Mass.,
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until he was called to the head of the Mount Pleasant school in Nashua,
where he achieved a pronounced success as an educator and a disci
plinarian, and in 1890 was selected to be superintendent of the schools
of Nashua, remaining in that position until the winter of 1893, when
he was unanimously selected by Governor Smith and his council to
succeed Hon. James W. Patterson as superintendent of public instruc
tion. Mr. Gowing's family is one that for two centuries has been
identified with New Hampshire, and he is thoroughly in touch with
the public school movement in the state. By his youthful enthusiasm,
no less than by his solid attainments and experience, he is qualified to take
up the work of his eminent predecessor, and to carry it forward even
more symmetrically than before. Mr. Gowing, though elevated to a
very important position, yet retains that innate modesty that has been
the charm of his life. A distinctly self-possessed man, possessing a
marked courtesy and gentleness, he is eminently qualified, aside from
his mental gifts, for the office to which he has been chosen, and the
FRED GOWING.
earnestness with which he has laid hold of his new work is the most
happy promise of the success that is to follow him in years to come.
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�T is a divided allegiance that Hon. John C. Linehan gives to the
land of his birth and the state of his residence, yet neither can
complain, for to one he bears the tender loyalty of a son, to the other
he yields the fruits of his activity. Colonel Linehan was born in Ire
land in 1840, and came to this country in 1849, residing since 1852 in
Penacook. At that time he began to earn his own living in the cotton
mill at Penacook, and in five years time he passed through nearly
every department of cotton manufacture. Then he assumed charge of
the box department of Rolfe's sash and blind factory in Penacook,
remaining there from 1857 to 1861, when he entered the army and
enlisted in the Third New Hampshire. He returned home in 1866,
engaged in the grocery business at Penacook, continuing—with partner
or alone—until 1890. Colonel Linehan was always a Republican, and
his activity caused him to be elected to the city government, where he
served in both branches, and in 1886 he was chosen a member of the
executive council, serving till June, 1889. In 1890 he was an agent of
the eleventh census to compile the manufacturing statistics of Concord
and vicinity, and in September of that same year he was appointed by
Governor Goodell insurance commissioner, to succeed Hon. Henry H.
Huse. Since the close of the war, Colonel Linehan has been greatly
interested in Grand Army matters. He was first commander of the
post at Penacook, and department commander of the state in 1883-'84.
He was president of the New Hampshire Veterans' association in
1885–86, was a member of the national pension committee from 1884
to 1888, was junior vice commander-in-chief of the national G. A. R.
in 1887, and is a director of the Gettysburg Battlefield Memorial asso
ciation.
HON. JOHN C. LINEHAN.
Colonel Linehan's first term as insurance commissioner was
marked by the enactment of the Barber law, directed against the opera
tion of the so-called endowment orders in New Hampshire.
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�AMES OTIS LY FORD, son of James and Mary I. (McLane)
Lyford, was born in Boston, Mass., June 28, 1853. He was edu
cated in the Boston public schools and at the New Hampshire Con
ference seminary at Tilton. He read law in the office of Sanborn &
J
Clark, of Concord, and was admitted to the bar in 1880.
He practised
two years at Tilton, when he was appointed law clerk in the Interior
Department at Washington. He resigned his position in that depart
ment to become the confidential clerk of General R. N. Batchelder of
the U. S. army, which place he held until appointed bank commis
sioner of New Hampshire, by Governor Sawyer, in 1887. In 1889,
upon the reorganization of the bank commission, he was appointed its
chairman, and served until 1892, when he was re-appointed by Gover
nor Tuttle for another term of three years. In addition to these posi
tions, Mr. Lyford was elected a member of the constitutional conven
tion of 1876 from the town of Canterbury, being one of its youngest
members. He was a member of the legislature of 1893 from Ward 4,
Concord, served upon the judiciary committee, and was the leader of
his party in the house. This summary conveys no idea of Mr.
Lyford's work: for aside from his highly creditable career in office, he
has made himself prominent in the journalistic field by his editorial
connection with the leading newspapers of New Hampshire, and as
political editor of the National Republican at Washington. He is an
interesting speaker, and his services are always in demand in political
campaigns, upon the stump, or in service in the committee head
quarters. This sketch would be incomplete not to contain at least a
reference to his work upon the bank commission, and to the creditable
manner in which he has discharged the duties of his office. He found
the commission at the date of his first appointment without method,
without records, without influence; and he has brought it into the
confidence of the people and of the banks.
JAMES OTIS LY FORD.
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�WILLIAM
ANDREW
ILLIAM ANDREW HEARD was born at Wayland, Mass..
August 25, 1827, the son of William and Susan (Mann) Heard.
A sturdy constitution and a vigorous mind were his only inheritance,
and at the age of fifteen, after limited schooling, he began life for him
self as a clerk in the store of Timothy Varney, at Center Sandwich,
and in 1849 embarked for himself in general trade, retiring from mer
cantile pursuits after nearly twenty-eight years of service, and after sev
eral profitable business ventures. In August, 1862, Mr. Heard enlisted
in the Fourteenth New Hampshire Volunteers, and upon the organiza
tion of the regiment was commissioned quartermaster, becoming brig
ade quartermaster in November of the same year, and resigning in
September, 1863, on account of ill health. During the long years of
his residence in Sandwich, Mr. Heard has held many public trusts and
offices. From 1859 to 1861 he was town clerk, in 1873 and 1874 he
was representative in the legislature, from 1872 to 1887 he was treas
urer of the Sandwich Savings Bank, and from 1874 to 1887 he was
clerk of the courts of Carroll county. His high reputation as an able
financier, gained by his many years of successful business experience,
led to his appointment as national bank examiner for Maine and New
Hampshire in December, 1886, and he embarked upon the duties of
that position to resign them in 1889, when, upon the reorganization of
the bank commission, he was appointed a member of the board by
Governor Goodell, and was reappointed in 1891. Mr. Heard has had
a life of great activity, and has been followed by success. A kind,
hearty, mild-mannered, genial gentleman, wise yet modest, his honors
have come as a merited recognition of his ability; and the half century
that he has spent in Sandwich, to say nothing of the years of his pub
lic service, have stamped him as a noble, trustworthy, upright man.
HEARD.
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�MONG the influential men of New Hampshire, men who are
A trusted, men whose opinion is quoted, men whom the people find
find pleasure in honoring, none is better known or more respected than
Alpheus W. Baker, of Lebanon. He was born in that town May 22,
1834; but aside from the years of childhood, his residence was else
where until after the war. When fourteen years of age he was appointed
a page in the New York assembly, which position he held during the
session of 1848 and 1849. Two years later he was clerk in a commis
sion house in New York city, where he remained until 1856, when he
emigrated to Wisconsin and settled there. In 1862 he enlisted in the
23d Wisconsin regiment as a private. By faithful and meritorious ser
vice he won a commission; but impaired health compelled him to resign
in 1864. After leaving the army, he returned to his native town, where
the remainder of his active and busy life has been spent. He was
elected to the legislature from Lebanon in 1873, and re-elected in 1874.
He was made assistant clerk of the house two years later, which posi
tion he held for two sessions.
He was then twice elected clerk of the
house, and might have held that position indefinitely had he been dis
posed to accept continued re-elections. He was also assistant secretary
of the constitutional convention of 1876. He was appointed postmaster
of Lebanon by President Hayes in 1881, reappointed by President Ar
thur in 1885, and served until the second year of President Cleveland's
administration. In 1890 he was appointed a member of the board of
bank commissioners, an office he now holds. In the various positions
of honor and trust in which he has been placed, he has invariably
acquitted himself with credit. It was, however, as clerk of the New
Hampshire house of representatives that he was most widely known.
ALPHEUS. W. BAKER.
What Charles P. Sanborn was to the speakership of that body, Alpheus
W. Baker was to the clerk's position. Neither has been surpassed by
any of their honorable and worthy successors.
�RVING ALLISON WATSON, of Concord, a son of Porter B.
I
and Luvia E. (Ladd) Watson, was born at Salisbury, September
6, 1849; received his preliminary education in the common schools
of New Hampshire and at Newbury (Vt.) Seminary and Collegiate
Institute; commenced the study of medicine in 1868 with Dr.
Cochrane, of Newbury, Vt., and continued with his uncle, Dr. H.
L. Watson, and later with Dr. A. B. Crosby, of New York; at
tended medical lectures at Dartmouth college and at the Medical
Department of the University of Vermont; graduated from the latter in
1871. The same year he located and commenced the practice of medi
cine at Northumberland, N. H., remaining there ten years. During
his residence in that town, he was several years superintendent of
schools, and twice (in 1879 and 1881) was elected to the state legisla
ture. He was largely instrumental in securing the passage of the law
creating the state board of health, and was appointed one of its mem
bers, and at its organization in September, 1881, was elected secretary
and executive officer of the board. In October of that year he removed
to Concord, where he has since remained, still holding the posi
tion of secretary and executive officer of the state board of health. In
1889 the state board of health was made also a state board of lunacy,
and the executive work of the latter board has devolved upon him since
its creation. He is also registrar of the vital statistics of the state and
president of the state board of cattle commissioners. He has four times
been elected secretary of the American Public Health association, hav
ing held the office continuously since 1883. He is a member of the
American Medical association, American Public Health association,
White Mountain Medical association, Centre District Medical society,
New Hampshire Historical society, and several other societies and
organizations.
IRV ING ALLISON WATSON.
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�EW Hampshire has no fitter son in this generation than Edward
Nathan Pearson, who was born in Webster, September 7, 1859,
the son of John C. Pearson and Lizzie S. Colby. Mr. Pearson was
educated in the Warner high school and at the Penacook academy, and
graduated from Dartmouth college in the class of 1881. Immediately
following his graduation he was employed as city editor of the Concord
Evening Monitor, and has retained his connection with that paper ever
since, with the exception of one year spent in the schools of Wash
ington, D.C., as principal of one of the grammar departments. Mr.
Pearson in 1882, upon his return from Washington, became associate
editor of the Monitor and Independent Statesman and in 1890 was
made managing editor. In 1892 he assumed also the duties of business
manager of the Republican Press association, and as such was the can
didate of his party for public printer in January, 1893, and was elected.
He was married December 8, 1882, to Miss Addie M. Sargent, of Leb
N
anon, and has four children.
Mr. Pearson's life has been one of modest
yet incessant activity. In every position that he has been called upon
to fill he has considered the best fruits of his power none too great to
be yielded. His connection with the Monitor and Statesman has been
marked by a versatile solidity of achievement. Vigorous, honest, out
spoken, graceful, he has contributed to every department with a lavish
hand, and has impressed a worth of style and reliability upon their
columns. No man ever had a better friend than he: untiring in his
courtesy, gentle, impulsive, frank, true, the symmetry of a genuine
gentlemanliness makes perfect the meed of his praise.
EDWARD NATHAN PEARSON.
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�HILE NAHUM J. BACHELDER retains his present rela
tions to New Hampshire agriculture, that industry will not lan
guish, for to him, as to no other, are the farmers of the state indebted.
VV
Mr. Bachelder was born and has always lived in East Andover.
He was
educated in the schools of that town, at Franklin academy, and at New
Hampton institute, supplementing this course with such extensive pri
vate reading and study as to receive, in 1891, the degree of A. M. from
Dartmouth college. Mr. Bachelder has always been a farmer, and has
been for many years connected with grange interests in New Hamp
shire. In 1883 he was elected secretary of the state grange. The
office of secretary of the state grange he held until 1891, in one of the
years intervening declining an election as master, accepting the chair in
the latter year, and still holding it. He was the first secretary of the
Grange State Fair association, and to him is due the success that has
attended the annual meetings of the association at Tilton. In 1887 he
was chosen secretary of the state board of agriculture, and in that
capacity has done valiant service for the farmers of the state. In
1889, as a just recognition of the man who first conceived the idea.
Mr. Bachelder was appointed commissioner of immigration, and at
once set at work to populate the abandoned farms of the state, working
with such energy and so much to the purpose, that the first year of his
service saw more than 3oo farms reclaimed. By the legislature of 1891
this office was consolidated with that of secretary of the board of agri
culture, and Mr. Bachelder has carried on the work along both the old
and new lines, yet always with success. In April, 1891, he was
appointed a member of the newly created board of cattle commissioners,
and by his activity has succeeded in nearly extirpating tuberculosis
from among the herds of the state. Mr. Bachelder is a progressive
NAHUM J. BACHELIDER.
thinker in a position requiring progressive thought.
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�ON. ALBERT STILLMAN BATCHELLOR was born at Beth
H
lehem, April 22, 1850. Immediately upon graduation from
Dartmouth, in 1872, he entered the office of Hon. Harry Bingham, at
Littleton, and was admitted to the bar in 1875. He soon became a
member of the firm of Bingham, Mitchell & Batchellor, and the con
nection still continues. Twenty years association with Mr. Bingham,
as pupil and partner, is a voucher for a good lawyer and an honest one,
and Mr. Batchellor has never discredited his credentials.
The business
of the firm has been varied and extensive, and Mr. Batchellor has had
a professional experience that is accorded to few men of his years. In
the realm of politics Mr. Batchellor has achieved an enviable reputa
tion, and ranks with the younger leaders of the Democratic party of
New Hampshire. A liberal share of such honors as the party has had
to bestow have been conferred upon him, and they have been modestly
and worthily borne. As solicitor of Grafton county for two years,
representative in the legislature for Littleton during three successive
sessions, and as a member of the governor's council in 1887–88 he
performed much valuable public service. Notwithstanding the great
demands of his professional and public life, Mr. Batchellor has found
time to devote to literary pursuits, becoming especially interested in
the history of our state during the provincial period and the early years
of statehood. It is safe to say that few men are so well versed in the
history and traditions of those stirring times. That he was appointed
by a Republican governor to the very responsible position of editor of
the provincial papers is a worthy compliment to the learning and re
search of the one, and to the discernment and fairness of the other.
As a trustee of the state library he has performed invaluable service to
the state, while his influence has at the same time been felt in educa
HON. ALBERT STILLMAN BATCHELLOR.
tional matters as an active alumnus of Dartmouth college and in other
directions.
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�HARLES ROBERT CORNING was born in Concord, Decem
ber 20, 1855, and was educated in the schools of that city, at Phil
lips Andover academy, and by private tutors. He read law with
Anson S. Marshall and with William M. Chase and Jonathan E. Sar
gent and attended lectures in the Harvard law school, and was
admitted to the bar in March, 1883. Mr. Corning's tastes, however,
inclined rather to literary pursuits, and he has won more than passing
fame as a student and author. He has three times visited Europe,
and his journeys have provided material for interesting lectures in addi
tion to having furnished the inspiration for a most charming and viva
cious work of travel under the title of “Aalesund to Tetuan.”
HON. CHARLES
He is
also the author of valuable historical and biographical pamphlets and of
numerous lectures and magazine articles upon historical subjects. In
politics Mr. Corning is a Republican, and as such was a member of the
house of representatives in 1878, declining re-election because of failing
health. In 1883, however, he again sat in the house, and in 1889 was
a member of the state senate. In 1891 he was appointed an assistant
attorney in the department of justice at Washington. Mr. Corning
also served for six years on the board of education of the city of Con
cord and is a trustee of the state library and of the Fowler Public
Library. As a man of letters, Mr. Corning is among the most promi
nent in New England, his careful and acute knowledge giving weight
to his work. Mr. Corning, before he was called to his present posi
tion, was for some years secretary of the New Hampshire Historical
society, and was among the most efficient and valuable working mem
bers of that organization. Added to his rare mental characteristics,
Mr. Corning possesses a charming conversational power, a fascinating
grace of expression, and a warm geniality of manner.
ROBERT CORNING.
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�EORGE CLINTON GILMORE, a descendant on both sides
from the Scotch-Irish of old Londonderry, New Hampshire,
is a typical son of the state, born in Bedford, September 25, 1826;
son of William Gilmore and Matilda (Eaton) Gilmore; educated in the
public and private schools; was connected with the manufacturing cor
porations of Manchester and Milford for 37 years, from bobbin boy to
agent; married, in 1853, Miss Lucy A. Livingston, born in Walden,
Vermont, March 1, 1830; one child living, Waldo Eaton Gilmore,
born April 28, 1854; member of both branches of the city council of
Manchester, and of the house of representatives in the years 1856, '67,
'72, '75, 76, '79, '80, 85, '86, and '93, and a member of the state senate
in 1881–82; was chosen colonel of the Amoskeag Veterans for 1875-'76;
member of the constitutional conventions of 1876 and 1889; one of
the trustees of the state library since 1888. As president of the New
Hampshire Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, Colonel
Gilmore has labored industriously for the revival of patriotism, and is
proud of the history of New Hampshire and has contributed not a little
to its pages, having compiled and published the “Manual of the
New Hampshire Senate from 1784 to 1894,” and the “Roll of New
Hampshire Soldiers at the Battle of Bennington, August 16, 1777,”
and by his own life and labors has set an example for those who will
follow him, an example luminous in its integrity and fidelity to the tra
ditions and history of the state, in the love of its past, and the hope of
its future.
HON. GEORGE CLINTON
�LLIOTT BRAINARD HODGE, chairman of the board of fish
and game commissioners of New Hampshire, was born in Eaton
in the province of Quebec, November 14, 1839, the son of Berzillia
Brainard Hodge and Sarah Elliott, and was educated at the Cookshire
high school and at Colebrook academy. At the age of twenty-one Mr.
Hodge began life as a professional photographer, following that calling
in various localities until 1881. June, 1882, he was appointed superin
tendent of the state fish-hatching house at Plymouth, and entered upon
what has proved to be the work of his life, for in 1883 he was appointed
by Governor Bell a member of the fish and game commission, and was
re-appointed in 1888, being at present chairman of the board. As fish
and game commissioner, Mr. Hodge has been at the head of the move
ment for placing the New Hampshire commission abreast, if not in the
lead, of similar organizations in other states. How successful that
movement under his leadership has been, the testimony of the sports
men of New England will best prove. The restocking of the lakes and
streams of New Hampshire with food-fish, the extinction of poaching
in the game-producing forests of the state, and the creation of a senti
ment favorable to the sportsman and discrediting the pot-hunter, have
been carefully fostered and developed by Commissioner Hodge. Not
only has Mr. Hodge proved himself an organizer, but he has also
shown himself to be a student. His reports have been models of excel
lence and compendiums of information. Thoroughly conversant with the
needs of New Hampshire and delicately in touch with the pulse of
improvement, Mr. Hodge is carrying out the great work which he
began and will not suffer to lag. Mr. Hodge is prominent in Masonic
circles, having held nearly all the minor offices, has been high priest of
Pemigewasset Chapter, thrice illustrious master of Omega Council, and
for two years was most illustrious grand master of the Grand Council
of New Hampshire.
ELLIOTT BRAINARD HODGE.
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�HE New Hampshire fish and game commission numbers as one of
T its devoted members Willard Henry Griffin, of Henniker, who was
born in Groveland, Mass., April 28, 1857, and is the son of Henry
Dustin Griffin and Sabrina Knight Carr. Mr. Griffin attained his edu
cation in the common schools of Groveland, his native town, and at the
high school in Georgetown, Mass. His present occupation is that of a
manufacturer of shoes at Henniker, this industry ranking at the head in
the industries of the town. Mr. Griffin has served upon the board of
fish and game commissioners but few years, though in that time he has
given evidence of his devotion to the interests committed to his charge,
of his ability, and of his foresight. In the town of Henniker Mr. Griffin
is justly one of the most popular men. A genial good-fellowship easily
wins friends, but the solid qualities of his character more readily retain
them. His friendships are cemented by the strongest possible ties.
At the head of the leading industry in the community, he could not fail
to be prominent, yet he would be prominent in any community were he
wholly without business connections, for such a man as he could not
fail to win and retain the esteem of all who admire integrity in business,
in common friendly intercourse, and the fruits that can come only from
such integrity when constantly and consistently displayed.
WILLARD HENRY GRIFFIN.
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�ATHANIEL WENTWORTH, member of the fish and game
commission of New Hampshire, was born in Brighton, Mass.,
December 8, 1833, and is the son of Nathaniel Wentworth and Lydia
N
Lord.
Like most of the successful men of whom this book treats Mr.
Wentworth secured his education in the common schools and began at
an early age to solve for himself the problem of existence. How suc
cessfully that problem has been solved the record of his life will tell.
The beginning of the war found Mr. Wentworth successfully engaged
in the business he had chosen, a contractor for masonry, yet he aban
doned his business prospects and enlisted in the 11th Massachusetts
battery and served through the war, being mustered out after the sur
render at Appomattox. Returning to his duties he took up the thread of
his life where he had laid it down, and the success that has attended
his efforts showed no signs of interruption because of his service for his
country, perhaps indeed it may have been increased thereby, for Mr.
Wentworth, in the years that have followed, has stood at the front in
his line of work.
In the town of Hudson, where he resides, Mr.
Wentworth has naturally been prominent. His marked ability as a
business man, his uprightness, his fidelity, have caused him to be
called to various positions of confidence and honor. In 1887 he was a
member of the legislature from his town, serving his constituents faith
fully and well. Mr. Wentworth is an enthusiastic sportsman in the true
sense of the word. Realizing the necessity of the prevention of the
indiscriminate destruction of the fish and game of the state, he has
always been actively identified in the work of securing the enforcement
of the game laws, hence it was but natural that, with the retirement of
Mr. Riddle from the state board of fish and game commissioners, Mr.
Wentworth should have been chosen to succeed him. In this position
Mr. Wentworth is showing marked capabilities for his work.
NATHANIEL WENTWORTH.
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�ON. CHARLES H. AMSDEN, president of the New Hamp
shire World's Fair commission, is a native and life-long resident
of Penacook. He was born July 8, 1848, and was educated in the
public schools, and at Appleton academy, New Ipswich. He began
his career in the office of his father, Henry H. Amsden, furniture manu
facturer, and was later with his brother, a member of the firm of H. H.
Amsden & Sons, a name that is yet retained though both his father
and brother are dead.
Mr. Amsden's other business interests comprise
the presidency of the Concord Axle Co., and a membership in the
directory of the Mechanicks National Bank, Concord, the Portland &
Ogdensburg railroad, and the Granite State Fire Insurance Co.
But
Mr. Amsden has another prominence in New Hampshire afforded by
his political career. Beginning in 1874, he was an alderman of the city
of Concord, and was reëlected by a unanimous vote. In 1883 he was a
member of the state senate, being chosen from among a Republican
constituency by a majority of 376. In 1888 he was the Democratic
candidate for governor, making a run that merited the renomination
that was tendered him in 1890. That campaign was fought by Mr.
Amsden with such a persistent brilliancy that the result was left so much
in doubt that many people believed him to have been elected. The days
intervening between the election and the assembling of the legislature
that was to settle the mooted question were trying ones. But they brought
out the true character of Mr. Amsden who comported himself with a
HON.
CHARLES
H.
quiet dignity that won for him the hearty esteem of his opponents and
added to the affection of his supporters. The balance dipped against him
and he calmly accepted the result—a result that brought no discredit to
him, since he left the field without the prize, though supported by a
larger vote than has ever been polled for any other Democratic candi
date for governor.
�EORGE F. PAGE is thoroughly a “New Hampshire man.” He
G was born in Pittsfield in 1844, but early in life moved to Frank
lin, passed through the public schools of that town, graduated from
the Franklin academy, and supplemented this training by a course at the
Eastman Business college at Poughkeepsie, N. Y. In 1860 he started
in to learn the art of leather making, beginning work in Franklin and
continuing his researches and experiments in Europe. As a result of
this training he has given to the product of the Page Belting Co., of
Concord, of which he is president, a national reputation for excel
lence, and caused that corporation successively to outgrow its plant at
Franklin and Concord, and to cause the erection of the present hand
some and thoroughly equipped buildings that it now occupies. Mr.
Page was a prime mover in the establishment of the Concord Commer
cial club, serving several years as its president. He was also one of
the first to advocate the establishment of a state board of trade, and
in 1891 he was elected its first president. In 1890 Mr. Page was
elected to the house of representatives from Ward 4, Concord, and in
that body distinguished himself by his championship of a bill, of which
he was the author, providing for the Australian ballot, which he intro
duced and pressed to a final and successful issue with signal ability and
force. In 1891, Mr. Page was appointed a member of the board of
World's Fair commissioners and served in that position with fidelity and
credit. The fertility of Mr. Page's mind led him early to a belief in
the development of the water-power adjacent to Concord, and he organ
ized in 1892 the Concord Land & Water Power company for the pur
pose of putting in at Sewall's Falls a plant to utilize water-power in
GEORGE F.
PAGE.
the production of electricity, this in turn to be distributed to centres
of industry for light and power.
�ON. FRANK MARTIN ROLLINS, treasurer of the New Hamp
shire World's Fair commission, was born in that part of Holder
ness, now Ashland, fifty-two years ago, and for more than twenty-five
years resided in Lakeport. He was educated in the schools of his native
town and at the academies in New Hampton and Sanbornton. In
H
Laconia where he lived until 1876, when his home was annexed
to the town of Gilford, Mr. Rollins was a prominent citizen and was
HON.
FRANK MARTIN ROLLINS.
selectman in 1871 and 1872. In Gilford he was equally prominent
and served as overseer of the poor in 1878 and 1879. In 1882 and
1883 he was selectman of Gilford, and also served as member of the
Lake Village school committee. In 1879 he was elected one of the
county commissioners of Belknap county and was reëlected two years
later. In 1874 he represented Gilford in the legislature, and in 1887
was member of the state senate. In the legislature Mr. Rollins was a
consistent member of his party, yet his action was characterized by no
narrow spirit. For several years past he has been connected with the
Manchester Union, being at the head of the counting-room in that
establishment and as such being a constant and valuable factor in the
paper's success. This position Mr. Rollins but recently resigned and
he has acquired newspaper property in Denver, Col., to which city he
will remove upon the completion of his duties as World's Fair com
missioner. In this latter capacity Mr. Rollins has added greatly to his
reputation. Upon the organization of the board he was chosen its
treasurer, and in that office has displayed much administrative force.
Mr. Rollins has made his way in so many directions, and has made so
many friends in the state, that his removal to another community will
be marked by regret. Yet his love for the state of his birth will make
her the sharer in all the honors and prosperity that may await him in
the new field.
�HOMAS J. WALKER, of the New Hampshire World's Fair
commission, was born in Bellville, Ill., March 12, 1856,
received a common-school education, and studied law at the Columbian
university, Washington, D. C. He was a page in the Forty-second
congress, was engaged as a railroad accountant in St. Louis from
1874 to 1879, and for one year thereafter was eastern manager of the
St. Louis Journal of Commerce, with offices at New York city. In the
fall of 1880 he returned to Washington and became chief clerk of the
agricultural division of the tenth census, remaining there until March,
1883, when he was appointed clerk to the United States commissioner
of railroads. That office he resigned in 1886, and came to
Plymouth and founded the Plymouth Record and a year later ob
tained control of the Northern Herald published at Lisbon, adding
to those papers in 1892 the New Hampshire Advertiser, a new
project in New Hampshire journalism. In newspaper circles in New
Hampshire, and in New England as well, Mr. Walker has become a
recognized factor. His columns teem with bright, trenchant, pertinent
matter, and have given him a prestige and a standing second almost to
none. Mr. Walker has persistently advocated the promotion of the
summer resort interests of New Hampshire, and since his appointment
as secretary of the board of World's Fair managers, which occurred
at the organization of the commission, he has devoted his attention
largely to the advancement and development of this branch of the
state's resources, giving to an old and hackneyed subject a brightness
and a versatility that have called renewed and valuable attention to its
possibilities.
In 1883, Mr. Walker married Grace E. Parker, daughter
of the Hon. Charles Parker of Lisbon.
THOMAS J.
WALKER.
He is a member of Olive
Branch lodge of Masons, of Pemigewasset chapter, and of Pilgrim com
mandery.
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�ON. EDWIN G. EASTMAN was born in Grantham, Novem
ber 22, 1847, and was educated in the common schools, at
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Kimball Union academy, Meriden, and at Dartmouth college, being a
member of the class of 1874 in the latter institution.
He studied law
in the office of Judge A. P. Carpenter at Bath, and in March, 1876, was
admitted to the bar. Since September of that year, Mr. Eastman has
practiced his profession at Exeter, having been the partner of the late Gen
eral Gilman Marston.
In 1876, Mr. Eastman was a member of the house
of representatives from Grantham, and in 1889 sat in the state senate.
From 1883 to 1887, Mr. Eastman was county solicitor of Rockingham
county. In 1891, upon the death of the late Daniel Barnard, Mr. Eastman
was appointed attorney-general of the state, and still holds that posi
tion. Mr. Eastman is a typical New England lawyer. His education
for the law was not obtained without a struggle, and his position at
the bar is merited, and has been accorded him, from the first, because
of acknowledged ability. As a public prosecutor, both as county
solicitor and as attorney-general, Mr. Eastman has been called to
serve in many important and famous cases, and his service has been
direct and positive, leaving no stone unturned to reach his desired end.
As an advocate, Mr. Eastman has proved himself vigorous and suc
cessful, his natural honesty so impressing itself upon the jury as in
stinctively to prejudice its members in his favor. As a counsellor, Mr.
Eastman is sagacious, keen, and conservative; he never leads astray.
Frank, almost impulsive, in judgment, his advice is relied upon with
the utmost confidence. In his legislative service he has won equal
credit, occupying a prominent and honorable position. As a citizen he
is enterprising and respected, and his labors for the advancement of
the interests of the community have been earnest and progressive.
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�ON, JOHN J. BELL, of the state library commission, was
born in Chester, October 30, 1827, and is the son of Samuel
Dana Bell and Mary Healey. He was educated in the common
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schools of Exeter, Concord, and Manchester, at Concord and Man
chester academies, and pursued his professional studies in the Dane
law school, at Harvard university. He was admitted to the bar of
Hillsborough county, in April, 1848, and practised his profession at
Nashua, Milford, at Carmel, Me., and at Exeter, where he was judge
of the municipal court. In 1876 he was a member of the constitu
tional convention.
In 1882 he was chairman of the commission to exam
ine into the condition of the insane poor in New Hampshire.
In 1883,
1885, 1887, and 1891, he was a member of the house of representa
tives.
In
1885 he was appointed a member of the commission to
determine the boundary line between New Hampshire and Massachu
setts, and still retains the position; and upon the formation of the state
library commission, in 1892, Judge Bell was made a member of the
board. Judge Bell's business and financial interests are very exten
sive. He is president of the Exeter Mfg Co., of the Suncook Valley
R. R., and of the Exeter R. R.
He is also a director in the Concord
& Portsmouth R. R., in the New Hampshire Fire Insurance Co., in
the New Hampshire Life Insurance Co., and is president of the New
Hampshire Historical society, of the New Hampshire library associa
tion, and of the New Hampshire state board of trade. Judge Bell's
active practice of his profession ceased with his retirement from the
bench, in 1883, yet it will be seen that his retirement is not an idle
one. Probably no man in New Hampshire has a more extensive or
more ardent interest in the various enterprises that have tended to
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build up the state. As president of the state board of trade, an or
ganization of which Judge Bell was one of the founders, he has been
untiring in his efforts to increase the usefulness of the institution.
�ENRY M. PUTNEY, the oldest of the eight children of Henry
and Abigail Putney, was born in Dunbarton, N. H., March
22, 1840. He fitted for college at New London academy, graduated
at Dartmouth in the class of 1861; was principal of the Dunbarton
high school, and at Manchester grammar school, read law in Concord,
and New York city, and was admitted to the Hillsborough county bar.
January 1, 1873, he became a member of the editorial staff of the
Manchester Mirror, to the columns of which he had formerly been a
contributor, and has ever since been employed in that capacity. In
1867–68, he represented Dunbarton in the state legislature. He was
appointed collector of internal revenue for the district of New Hamp
shire by President Arthur, and removed by Cleveland for offensive
partisanship. In 1886, Governor Currier appointed him chairman of
the railroad commission of New Hampshire, and he was reappointed
by Governors Goodell and Tuttle. His third term expires January 1,
1896. He has a wife and two daughters, and resides in Manchester.
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HENRY
M.
PUTNEY.
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�O be twice president of the New Hampshire senate is an honor
that has fallen to but one man in forty years. That man, Hon.
John McLane of Milford, was born in Scotland, in 1852. When two
years of age he came to this country with his parents, and has been a
resident of Milford for nearly a score of years, where he is engaged in
the manufacture of postoffice furniture, in this line of work ranking
among the first in the country. Mr. McLane's business success has
been won by fidelity and capacity. He has always taken a lively
interest in the development of his town and is president of the Souhe
gan National Bank, a trustee of the Milford Savings Bank, and a
director of the building and loan association. In 1885, Mr. McLane
was a member of the legislature from Milford, and also again in 1887.
The first term of his service saw him placed on the judiciary committee
and on the committee on towns.
In 1887 he was chairman of the in
surance committee and a member of the committee on the revision of
statutes. In 1891 he was a member of the senate and was elected to
the presidency of that body, presiding with marked dignity and urban
ity. In 1892 he was again chosen to the senate, and in 1893 he was
again made president, an honor almost unprecedented. Mr. McLane's
public and private life has been characterized by the most rigid and
uncompromising honesty of purpose, of deed, and of word. By this
characteristic he has achieved his present standing; by it he will win
yet more renown. Faithful, conscientious, able, he has carved out
already an enduring record in the annals of the state, and the future
can add but little to his credit.
JOHN McLANE.
Above all that could be added in
honors would yet stand the man in all the virility of his integrity, in
all the honesty of his judgment, in all the nobility of his purpose.
�HE past ten years have brought to the front in New Hampshire
Among these may be numbered
Charles J. Hamblett of Nashua, who was born in that city in 1862.
His parents removed to Milford when he was five years old, and in the
public schools of that town he followed the usual course, graduating
from the high school in 1881, and subsequently attending a private
school and the academy at Francestown, from which he graduated in
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1883.
He read law with Robert M. Wallace of Milford, and entered
the law school of Boston university in 1887, graduating therefrom two
years later, having, however, taken the full three years course. He
immediately opened an office in Nashua, where he soon won an envia
ble reputation among his associates in the matter of ability and patron
age. Shortly after beginning his practice he was elected city solicitor
of Nashua, and was reëlected for the years 1891, 1892, and 1893. In
1883, before he had become a law student, he was elected messenger
of the New Hampshire senate, and was reëlected in 1885. In 1887
he was advanced to be assistant clerk of that body, holding the same
position during the session of 1889 also. In 1891 he succeeded to
the clerkship, and was reëlected in 1893. A young man of ability, he
has forced his way forward and upward by his own exertions.
CHARLES J. HAMBLETT.
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�ON. PEARSON GOULD EVANS, member of the senate of
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1893 from the First district, was born in Shelburne, August
9, 1838, the son of Fletcher Ingalls Evans and Abigail Wiggin Gould.
In the common schools of Shelburne and Gorham he
obtained his
education, and his youth was that of the ordinary New Hampshire
farmer's boy. From his seventeenth to his nineteenth year he worked
in a saw-mill, and in 1857 began railroading in the employ of the At
lantic & St. Lawrence railway, now the Grand Trunk, and has contin
ued in the employ of that corporation until the present time. During
that length of time Senator Evans has been actively employed, and is
now a locomotive engineer on the Portland division of the Grand
Trunk railway, covering the road from Gorham to Portland; and to
his remarkable credit it is said that for thirty-three years he has covered
his route, averaging one hundred miles a day, without an accident, a
record unmatched by any man in railroad circles. Mr. Evans, in 1871
and 1872, was elected to the legislature.
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His course during the ses
sions of those two years was highly commendable, and the long interim
between that service and his next in the legislative line was due wholly
to the fact that he was unwilling again to serve. In 1889, however,
he again came to the house and sat through the session of that year
and through the extra session of the year following. He was nom
inated to the senate in the fall of 1892, and was elected by a vote which
clearly indicated his popularity. Senator Evans is one of the most
reliable of men; his judgment is rarely at fault; the long years of
responsibility have made him cautious, yet they have not made him
timid. With all the principles of progressive legislation Senator Evans
is in hearty accord, and as a legislator renders the same valuable
service that has made his life in other respects so highly respectable
and so thoroughly reliable.
PEARSON (SOULD EVANS.
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�ON. EDWARD WOODS, member of the New Hampshire senate
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from the Second district, is a native of Bath, the town in which
he now resides. He was born October 24, 1835. He was educated
in the schools of his native town, was fitted for college at Phillips
Exeter academy, and graduated from Dartmouth college in the class of
1856. He studied law with Hon. Andrew S. Woods, and was admit
ted to the bar in 1859. In addition to his legal duties Senator Woods
is interested in the Lisbon Savings Bank and Trust company, of which
he is president, and holds the same office in the Bath Lumber company.
In politics Senator Woods is a Democrat, and as such was chosen a
member of the legislature from Bath in 1873 and was reëlected in 1874.
In the latter year he was selected by Governor Weston as a member of
his staff, serving as aide-de-camp with the rank of colonel. In pas
sing, it is worthy to note that nearly every member of this staff has
since attained an enviable prominence in the various walks of life pursued
by each. As an evidence of the esteem and confidence reposed in Senator
Woods by his townsmen, it will be enough to say that for twenty-five
years he was treasurer of Bath. Among other honors that have come
to him was an election as solicitor of Grafton county, his term includ
ing the years 1889 and 1890. Senator Woods as a legislator displays
the qualities that have marked him in other capacities.
In him con
stituents and clients find a faithful and conscientious friend, adviser,
and servant.
HON.
EDWARD WOOI)S.
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�HE career of Hon. Newton S. Huntington is symmetrically
T rounded out by a seat in the senate of New Hampshire, after
years of service in the lower branch of the legislature. Mr. Hunting
ton was born in Lebanon, August 9, 1822, and for sixty-eight years has
been a resident of Hanover, where until his thirty-third year he was
engaged in agricultural pursuits, at that time embarking in trade, contin
uing for seven years. In 1865 he organized the Dartmouth National
Bank, of which he was chosen cashier, and was elected treasurer of the
Dartmouth Savings Bank, holding both of these positions for fourteen
years, when he resigned and accepted the presidency of both institu
tions. Mr. Huntington has been signally honored by the citizens of
the town in which he has lived so long. He has held every office
within their gift. For more than thirty years he has occupied the
moderator's desk, has filled every town office, has been called upon in
positions of trust and responsibility, and was elected to the house of
representatives in 1858, 1859, 1885, 1887, 1889, and 1891 and came to
the senate from the Third district with a reputation for legislative integ
rity almost unexampled. Mr. Huntington is a man of wide experience
in life, having traveled extensively in this country and in Europe. In
local affairs he has always been a leader. Mr. Huntington is a man of
scholarly as well as business tastes, and in recognition of this the degree
of master of arts has been conferred upon him by Dartmouth college.
Mr. Huntington's life has been marked by a most intense integrity.
His successive return to office by the almost united voice of the people
of his town, speaks louder and truer than any words of eulogy. The
confidence reposed in him has never been violated. Called frequently
to serve in matters requiring the closest, and at times the most delicate,
of judgment, he has met each responsibility with fidelity and has acquit
HON. NEWTON S. HUNTINGTON.
ted himself with credit.
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�ON. CHARLES HAVEN DAMON, member of the senate of
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1893 from the Fourth district, was born in Lowell, Mass., Sep
tember 16, 1851, the son of Warren Damon and Adeline F. Blaisdell.
He was educated in the common schools of Campton, in which town he
now resides, and when seventeen years of age, began work in a retail
grocery store at Lowell, Mass., serving there in different capacities for
ten years; then going to Boston, where he entered the wholesale
grocery business as a travelling salesman, in which capacity he is at
present employed by the firm of John F. Nickerson & Co. Mr.
Damon's residence, as has been noted, is in Campton, where he has
received many substantial tokens of the esteem of his fellow-citizens.
In 1889 he was chosen a member of the constitutional convention and
his work during the session of that body was so meritorious as to
secure for him an election to the house of representatives in 1890
where Mr. Damon was arrayed upon the right side of every question,
taking a prominent part in the work of the session, speaking infre
quently but always forcibly, and making himself a factor in all the pro
ceedings of the session. In 1892 he became a candidate for the state
senate for the remodelled Fourth district, and after a spirited campaign,
in which were opposed to him some of the strongest elements of the
party, Mr. Damon was nominated and his nomination was followed by
a ready election. Coming to the senate, the advantage of his previous
legislative experience was at once noticed, and his work has been of
great value to his constituents. He has kept a watchful eye upon the
proceedings of the session and has been found always ready to speak
promptly and efficiently upon the subjects that lie close to his heart.
Senator Damon in the course of his business career has been brought
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HAVEN
in contact with men in
all parts of New England, the experience thus
gained giving him a wonderful knowledge of human nature. He is a
IDAMON.
Mason and Odd Fellow.
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�ON. FRANK K. HOBBS, who sits in the New Hampshire
senate of 1893 as the member from the Fifth district, is a native
and life-long resident of Carroll county. He was born in Tamworth,
November 4, 1841, but is now a resident of Ossipee. He was edu
cated at Wolfeborough and at the New England Masonic institute at
Effingham. During the war for the preservation of the Union, Senator
Hobbs saw service in Company F, Eighteenth New Hampshire volun
teers, and was mustered out as an orderly sergeant. Since the war he
has been variously employed. For one year he travelled as salesman
for Stowe, Richardson & Parker, dry goods merchants of Boston;
and has been engaged in the lumber business, and as a merchant. He
is now occupied in farming. Senator Hobbs was always a Democrat,
and as such has been elected by his fellow-townsmen to hold every
office in their gift, serving as member of the school committee and as
selectman for three years. In 1875 he began his legislative service as
a member of the house of representatives. In 1877 he was returned
by his constituents and again in 1878. In 1880 he was elected again
to the same position, but was unseated. In 1881, however, and again
in 1885 he was in his place as representative from Ossipee. Through
all these years of service in the lower house, Senator Hobbs has
become remarkably well equipped for the duties of the senate chamber.
There are few measures of public importance that have not, in some
form or other, passed beneath his legislative eye in the lower branch.
Hence his services are doubly valuable. His vote records the decision
of a well balanced judgment strengthened by years of experience in
matters of public import relating to the common welfare.
HON.
FRANK
K.
H() BBS.
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�ON. GEORGE ALBERT HATCH, member of the senate of
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1893, from the Sixth district, was born in Meredith, July 17,
1848, the son of David P. Hatch and Adeline N. Swain.
He was
educated in the common schools of his native town, and in early life,
following the completion of his school days, he spent a considerable
time in New York city as a collector of bills, and since that time has
been engaged as a druggist in Laconia, and in Boston, Mass., though
he is now retired from active commercial life and is engaged in real
estate business in the thriving city by the lake. Since Mr. Hatch was
twenty-one years old he has maintained a legal residence in Laconia,
and has always taken an active part in the politics of the community.
At present he is chairman of the Democratic city committee, a position
that he has filled with remarkable fidelity and ability. In 1876 and
1877 he held his first office, that of town clerk, and in the two years
following was a member of the legislature. Since then he has declined
proffered candidacies for office although he was placed upon the ticket
in 1892 as candidate for senator and was elected. Senator Hatch is
prominent in Masonic circles, being a Knight Templar and a thirty
second degree Mason. He is a past presiding officer in Union Chapter
and Pythagorean Council at Laconia. He received his commandery de
gree in Mt. Horeb commandery at Concord, and was made a thirty
second degree Mason in the Edward A. Raymond consistory at Nashua.
In the senate Senator Hatch was a working senator, serving his constit
uents with remarkable industry. As the senator from the district
embracing Laconia, much of the important legislation of the session
had a deep interest for his constituents and Senator Hatch carefully
guarded those interests. He was infrequently heard in debate; yet in the
councils of the senate, in the committee-room, and in personal conver
sation, he was one of the influential members of the body.
HON. GEORGE ALBERT HATCH.
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�ON. SHEPHERD L. BOWERS of Newport, who represents
the Seventh district, in the New Hampshire senate of 1893, is
a native of Acworth, and was born December 13, 1827. In the two
towns named has always been his home. He was educated at Kim
ball Union academy, Meriden, at Thetford academy, Vermont, and at
Dartmouth college. He read law with Hon. Asa Fowler at Concord,
and immediately established himself in practice at Newport, where he
has ever since been actively engaged in the practice of his profession.
From 1861 to 1871 and from 1876 to 1882 he was registrar of probate
for Sullivan county, and from 1886 to 1890 was county solicitor. In
1864 he was a delegate to the Republican national convention and in
1884 was alternate in the Republican national convention, in Chicago.
In 1866 and in 1885 he was a member of the house of representatives,
and at each session was a conspicuous member, serving at the latter
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date as chairman of the committee on revision of statutes.
In the
senate Senator Bowers is chairman of the judiciary committee, and
takes an active and leading position in debate. Mr. Bowers has always
been a Republican and has always taken a high place in the councils
of his party, serving for many years as a member of the state com
mittee and as member of the executive committee for Sullivan county.
He is deeply interested in the growth and development of Newport
and is president of the Newport Improvement company. Mr. Bowers
has found time in the midst of an active professional career to gratify
a cultivated literary taste, and as a result of wide reading many pleasing
essays and lectures have sprung from his pen. As a debater many an
antagonist has felt his steel in the rush of parliamentary discussion or
at the bar.
HON.
SHEPHERD L.
BOWERS.
Senator Bowers has been twice married, his first wife
dying in 1861. He has three children, two sons and a daughter, the
oldest son being at present a member of Dartmouth college.
�HE member of the New Hampshire senate from the Eighth
district, Hon. George S. Peavey, was born in Greenfield, Feb
ruary 14, 1835, and was educated in that town and in the academies at
Washington, Hopkinton, Pittsfield, and Hancock. Senator Peavey
has always resided in Greenfield since the close of his school days, and
has been actively and prominently identified with the progress of the
town, having been for many years member of the firm of C. F. & G.
S. Peavey, which is largely interested in the real estate business and
handles thousands of cattle and sheep throughout the season, and
which has an interest in almost every concern of the community. In
all that has pertained to the town of Greenfield, Senator Peavey has
had more than a proportional share, having been willing himself to ad
vance the town's interests by any means within his power. He has
held all the offices in the gift of the town, and in the councils of his
party has been prominent, having been its candidate for senator on two
occasions. He, with his brother, was one of the promoters of the
First National Bank of Francestown and both were directors and held
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GEORGE S.
a tenth part in the stock of the bank at the time it was voted to close
it up in 1891. Senator Peavey's legislative experience has been marked
by a long lapse of years, he having first come to the legislature in 1867,
accepting a reëlection in 1868. From that time, until his present
appearance upon the floor of the upper house, his increasing business
cares have precluded his acceptance of political office that would de
mand so large a share of his attention as would a faithful performance
of senatorial duties. Yet with his increasing years has come increasing
confidence, and that Senator Peavey has been enabled at last to lay
aside for the time being the pursuit of private interests in order to serve
his constituency, is a result more gratifying to them than to him.
PEAVEY.
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�HON.
GEORGE C.
PRESTON.
ON. GEORGE C. PRESTON, member of the senate of 1893
from the Ninth district, was born in Manchester, August 17,
1848, and for more than twenty years has been a resident of Henniker.
His education, beyond that allowed by the public schools, was secured
in the academy at Francestown; and all his active business life has been
passed in Henniker, where during all the years of his residence he has
been engaged in general business under different commercial relations
and firm names, at present being associated with his brother under the
style of Preston Brothers, their interests not being confined to purely
commercial pursuits but branching out into real estate and fruit broker
age, having built up in each of these lines an extensive and lucrative
patronage. In all the circles of activity in his town Senator Preston
has been prominent, and has entered into many organizations having
for their object the benefit of humanity, his liberal views of life endors
ing all societies that tend to elevate the human race. To this end
Senator Preston has become prominent in the Masonic fraternity, as an
Odd Fellow, and as a member of the Grange. In politics Senator Preston
has always been an ardent Republican, and has served his party faith
fully and well, nor has his service gone unrewarded. For four years
he was postmaster of Henniker and for six years held the office of town
clerk. In 1891 he was a member of the house of representatives, and
was elected in 1892 to the state senate by a vote largely above his
party associates on the ticket. As a legislator Senator Preston has
been constantly faithful to the interests of his constituents. Beginning
with his service in the house of representatives, he has lent his efforts
chiefly to the securing of the rebuilding of the North Weare & Henni
ker railroad, and that at last the desire of the people of Henniker has
been consummated is largely due to his earnestness and assiduity.
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�ON. JOSEPH BURBEEN WALKER was born in Concord,
H June 12, 1822, and was educated at Phillips Exeter academy,
and at Yale college, graduating in 1844.
He studied law in the office
of Hon. Charles H. Peaslee and at the Harvard law school, and was
admitted to the New Hampshire bar in 1847, though he has never been
an active practitioner, giving his attention to general business, which
has embraced directorships in several New Hampshire railroads, sav
ings and other banks, and a continuous service for forty-six years as
trustee for the New Hampshire Asylum for the Insane, trustee of Phil
lips Exeter academy, and member of the board of agriculture. Mr.
Walker, although but little in political life, has been a member of the
house of representatives in 1866 and 1867, when he was active in his
efforts for the incorporation of the New Hampshire College of Agricul
ture and the Mechanic Arts, of which institution he has always been a
warm friend. In 1889 he was a member of the constitutional conven
tion, and is a member of the senate of 1893 from the Tenth district.
Mr. Walker has written many agricultural and historical monographs,
among them being a history of the New Hampshire Federal convention
of 1788, and he has delivered many agricultural addresses at meetings
of the board of agriculture, every volume of the board's reports
with one exception containing some contribution from his pen. Mr.
Walker has developed a high taste for forestry and was a member of
the state forestry commission of 1885, and was president of the com
mission formed in 1889 and continued in that office until 1893. For
many years he was a member of the school board in Concord. Mr.
HON. JOSEPH BURBEEN WALKER.
Walker lives the quiet life of a country gentleman upon his ancestral
farm and in the oldest house in Concord, which Rev. Timothy Walker,
the first minister of the town, built in 1734 and occupied until his
death in 1782.
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HE senator from the Eleventh district, Hon. John Whitaker,
a native of Hopkinton, having been born in 1835, a
child of Revolutionary stock. For a number of years he was engaged
in the livery business in Penacook, and remained in that business until
1865, when in company with Caldwell & Amsden he went into the
lumber business, continuing therein until 1887 with his partners, and
since that year conducting the business for himself. In 1860 Senator
Whitaker was married to Frances Caldwell and for more than forty
years has been one of the prominent citizens of Penacook. He was
foreman of the “Pioneer Fire Engine company” in its palmy days and
for five years was assistant engineer of the Concord fire department.
His first political office was held in 1859, when he was elected assessor
of his ward; and in 1862, despite the fact of an adverse party majority,
he was elected to the legislature and voted faithfully for a vigorous
prosecution of the war. He has also represented his ward in both
branches of the city government, and is a recently appointed member
of the board of water commissioners. He has but recently retired from
the active conduct of the lumber business, and is now engaged in a new
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enterprise as manager and proprietor of a fleet of pleasure-boats upon
the beautiful Contoocook river, and in this connection has been instru
mental in opening up and developing one of the most lovely of New
Hampshire's suburban pleasure resorts. Senator Whitaker is a marked
specimen of New Hampshire's manhood,—a magnificent physique and
a power of endurance, combined with the hardihood of severe good
sense, have enabled him to undertake and carry forward successfully
many an enterprise of magnitude. He has had ample experience in
business affairs to prove his ability, and in public life he has served
with the same measure of fidelity that has brought success to his own
private endeavors.
HON. JOHN WHITAKER.
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�ON. WILLIAM E. WATERHOUSE of Barrington, member
of the New Hampshire senate from the Twelfth district, was
born in Barrington, January 31, 1845, and has always been a resident
of that town. He was educated in the common schools, at the high
school, and at Franklin academy, Dover, and has been engaged in
agricultural pursuits and general business since first entering upon the
active arena of life. Coming early to prominence in the town of his
birth and lifelong residence, Senator Waterhouse has held almost every
office within the gift of his neighbors. For four years he was town
clerk, for six years he was selectman, for two years he was county com
missioner, and has been honored with repeated continuous elections
to the moderator's desk. In the general detail of political activity he
has also taken a prominent part, having been for eighteen years a mem
ber of the Republican state committee, where his services have been
valued and efficient for the success of the party whose principles he has
espoused. Senator Waterhouse has become identified with all of the
enterprises of note in his community, and as a member of the house of
representatives in 1871 and 1872, he vigorously presented the views
of his constituents. Upon the organization of the Concord & Roches
ter railroad he was chosen director, and is a director and president of
the Barrington Creamery association. His election to the senate was
hailed with joy by the citizens of his native town, irrespective of party,
and in the business of the session Senator Waterhouse gave a vast
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measure of faithful devotion to the interests of the district which he
was chosen to represent. He has taken broad views of life and has
formed correct and impartial judgments upon men and affairs. In pub
lic and private work he has observed a scrupulous honor in his dealings
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with his fellow-men and the united esteem of those who know him is
the due reward of his probity.
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�ON. CLEMENT J. WOODWARD, member of the senate
from the Thirteenth district, was born in Roxbury, September
7, 1850. His parents moved to Keene when he was six years old,
and both have since resided there.
Mr. Woodward received his educa
tion in the public schools of Keene, completing a course at the high
school and at Colby academy, New London. He is treasurer and
manager of the Sentinel Printing company, of which corporation he is
one of the principal stockholders, and publisher of the daily Keene
Evening Sentinel and weekly New Hampshire Sentinel, journals whose
probity, sturdy uprightness, and wide influence but mark the make-up
of the publisher.
As a financier Mr. Woodward is a man of excellent
judgment, and in business matters he is keen, energetic, and far-sighted.
His executive ability is of a high order. He is a director of the Keene
National Bank, and has been a member of the Keene city government.
In politics he has always taken an active interest, all his life having
been an ardent Republican. Honors have not been withheld from him
by his party associates. For many years he has been a member of
the Republican state committee. In 1887 he was chosen to a seat in
the house of representatives, and served upon important committees,
his membership embracing a seat in the railroad committee, the most
important in that stirring session. His election to the senate of
1893–'94 was a merited one, and his services were such as to prove the
faith of his fellow-citizens. He attends the St. James' Episcopal church.
He was married October 3, 1877, and has one son now in his sixth
year.
HON. CLEMENT J. WOODWARD.
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�ON. WALTER LUCIUS GOODNOW, member of the senate
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of 1893 from the Fourteenth district, was born in Winchendon,
Mass., March 1, 1851, the son of William E. and Abigail Beaman
Goodnow. The family removed to New Hampshire three years later.
He was educated in the public schools of Dorchester, Lyme, and Jaf
frey, and at the age of eighteen years entered the store of Spaulding &
Perry at Fitzwilliam, as a clerk. In 1873 he established the firm of
W. L. Goodnow & Co., at East Jaffrey, continuing as senior partner
and business manager in the firm until 1891, when a corporation—The
W. L. Goodnow company,– was organized and he was chosen presi
dent and treasurer. The corporation has stores at East Jaffrey, West
Swanzey, and Keene. Senator Goodnow has other large business
interests, and is a director of the Monadnock National Bank at East
Jaffrey, and of the New Hampshire Trust company, at Manchester.
He is also a member of the Boston Chamber of Commerce.
He was
a member of the house of representatives, from Jaffrey, in the legisla
ture of 1889 and 1890, and was elected to his present position in
1892. Senator Goodnow's success is largely due to his upright busi
ness methods, his close attention to, and thorough knowledge of, his
business, and his capacity in perceiving and seizing a commercial
opportunity. Entering mercantile life at an early age, he became
acquainted with the most minute particulars of modern business require
ments, and has shaped his course in accordance with the trend of
modern commercial life. As a legislator, Senator Goodnow, both in
the house and senate, has been faithful to every interest with which he
has been identified, and has given the same careful attention to affairs
of the state, that he has given to his personal affairs. He is one of
the bright, active, successful business men of Cheshire county.
HON. WALTER LUCIUS GOODNOW.
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�N the New Hampshire senate of 1893, as member from the Six
teenth district, sat Hon. Freeman Higgins, of Manchester, who
was born in Standish, Maine, January 11, 1830, the second son in a
family of eleven children and a descendant of one of the pioneers of the
Pine Tree state. Mr. Higgins in his early life endured the same limi
tations that have attended so many of the successful men of New
England. Mr. Higgins enjoyed but few educational advantages, and
at the age of fifteen went to Lowell, Mass., where he attended school
for a few terms and later went to Lawrence, Mass., and obtained em
ployment in the Essex Machine shop, where he mastered the principles
of mechanics and remained until 1860, when he came to Manchester
and entered the employ of the Amoskeag Co., which was at that time
under contract to supply a large quantity of United States government
rifles, and Mr. Higgins was placed in charge of the most intricate por
tion of this work, where he was so successful that at the close of the
war he was promoted to be master mechanic of the corporation, and
has since had charge of the mechanical department of the Amoskeag
Co. Mr. Higgins is a stockholder and director of the First National
Bank, Manchester, also of the Nashua Trust Co., Nashua, and trustee
HON.
of the Merrimack River Savings Bank, Manchester. His life has been
a modest one. Each of his successes has been accepted in the same
quiet spirit in which it has been achieved. His activity, by reason of the
calls made upon him by his increasing duties, has not permitted him
to step aside from the path of his calling, yet by the earnest fidelity with
which he has discharged his duties, he has won the approbation of
those who know him. In calling him to his present position, the
united voice of his party associates selected Mr. Higgins as a faithful
representative of the interests of his district, nor was their selection
FREEMAN HIGGINS.
made in error.
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�ON. ALFRED G. FAIRBANKS, member of the New Hamp
shire senate of 1893 from the Seventeenth district, was born
in Francestown, January 16, 1822, and was educated in the common
schools and at the academy in that town. Senator Fairbanks is
engaged in mercantile life, and in his especial calling ranks among
the first in the city of Manchester Through all his life he has been
actively identified with public affairs, having been honored by appoint
ment and election to various positions entailing responsibility, and he
comes to the senate, after many years of experience in different official
capacities, well equipped to perform the legislative duties that fall to his
lot. Senator Fairbanks first held office in 1865, when he was appoint
ed deputy sheriff; serving also as jailer until 1874. He was elected
a county commissioner in 1883, and served in that capacity for six
years. In 1881 he was elected to the house of representatives. Sen
ator Fairbanks, though one of the oldest members of the senate, is one
of the most vigorous. His long experience in public affairs enables
him to secure a prominent position in the proceedings of the senate.
As a conscientious and faithful legislator, Senator Fairbanks stands
preeminent. His voice is seldom heard in debate, but is never heard
without respect and influence. Constant in his attendance upon his
public duties he wins the esteem of his constituents, and faithful in his
guardianship of their interests, he adds to his reputation for integrity.
In the city of Manchester, where Senator Fairbanks has resided for
nearly fifty years, he is justly regarded as one of her leading citizens
in all good works. His charity is unostentatious, yet liberal; his
friendship is not boastful, but cordial. Thrown constantly into asso
ciation with all classes of society by reason of his business duties,
Senator Fairbanks has developed the most sterling qualities of man
hood, benevolence, sympathy, and tact.
H
HON. ALFRED G.
FAIRBANKS.
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�ROM the city of Manchester, under the recent apportionment of
F the senatorial districts of the state, come
three members of the
state senate. From the Eighteenth district, Leonard P. Reynolds is
the representative, being the first Manchester Democrat to sit in the
senate for many years. Mr. Reynolds was born in New Boston, Sep
tember 12, 1852, and was educated in the public schools of that town,
and at Manchester. He is engaged in mercantile life as a wholesale and
retail dealer in tobacco, and is worthily reckoned among the most pub
lic spirited of Manchester's citizens. Mr. Reynolds has been actively
interested in public affairs in Manchester and represented a con
stituency in the city council of 1879 and again in 1880, and was
elected to the board of aldermen in 1882, 1884, 1886, and 1888. His
present position follows up his other honors as a compliment well
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P.
earned by faithful service to the party that has honored him, and to
the citizens whose interests he has had in charge. Though coming
to the senate without previous legislative experience, Mr. Reynolds has
not found that a bar to his influence. His committee assignments
have been important, and although his party is in the minority in the
senate, his work has not failed to be marked by positive results. Mr.
Reynolds is a type of the New Hampshire man who wins success by
his own efforts. His business achievements have been reached by
degrees, and have been rendered permanent by application to business
and by the most scrupulous honor in mercantile transactions. Resid
ing in Manchester during most of his life, Mr. Reynolds has kept
closely in touch with the growth and progress of the metropolis of
New Hampshire, and to this fact may be attributed much of the suc
cess that attended his efforts. Thoroughly reliable, his counsel is
sought by many, his advice is received with respect, and his course is
REY NOLIDS.
emulated and admired.
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�HE member of the senate of 1893 from the Nineteenth district,
Hon. Joseph Woodbury Howard, was born in Washington,
November 22, 1844, and was educated, in addition to preliminary
study in the public schools, at Colby academy, New London. Mr.
Howard is a business man, and has been for many years identified with
the business interests of the city of Nashua, where he was at the head
of Howard, French & Heald, furniture manufacturers and dealers, until
the dissolution of that co-partnership in the present year, and is now
engaged in the same line of business. In the city of Nashua, Mr.
Howard has easily ranked among the foremost citizens, and has been
frequently honored with election to political office, where his eminent
business qualities have served him and his constituents in good stead.
As selectman of his ward he merited promotion and was elected to the
common council, and from there was promoted to be alderman of the
city and thence came to the house of representatives in 1887, followed
by an election in 1892 to his present position. He has been deeply
interested in the educational welfare of his city, and for twelve years
was an active member of the board of education, serving during the
time when the modern school system was supplanting the methods of
other days and lending his voice and vote to the support of the educa
tional methods now in vogue. Mr. Howard as a business man has
experienced the satisfaction of constantly increasing success. In addi
tion to the conduct of large warerooms in the business portion of the
city of Nashua, his firm has many factories in that city and also at Mil
ford, handling the product for themselves both as wholesalers and as
retailers.
Yet Mr. Howard's success has not been unattended by mis
fortune. He has seen valuable properties consumed by fire, yet he has
never permitted himself to be daunted by such adversities. This spirit
has buoyed him up and this spirit yet sustains him.
HON, JOSEPH WOODBURY HOWARD.
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�ON. GEORGE FRANKLIN HAMMOND, member of the sen
ate of 1893 from the Twentieth district, was born, and has
always lived, in Nashua. He is the son of Evan B. Hammond and of
Sarah A. Adams, and was born June 8, 1858. He was educated in
the high school of Nashua, and at the Bryant & Stratton commercial
college in Boston. Senator Hammond has large business interests in
the city of his birth and residence, being a member of the firm of F.
D. Cook & Co., lumber dealers, and is one of the most prominent
young men of Nashua. He has been active in the business world, and
first came forward in political life in 1891, when he was chosen to the
house of representatives, his service there winning for him the nom
ination as senator in 1892, a nomination that carried with it no assur
ance of election, because of the recent readjustment of the lines of the
senatorial districts. Yet Senator Hammond entered upon the campaign
with vigor and met his opponent in the very strongholds of his political
faith, and wrested victory from him almost in the very face of an adverse
majority. Coming to the senate Senator Hammond brought to the
discharge of his duties those business-like qualities that had won for
him success in the commercial world.
He was not idle upon the floor,
and in the committee room his service was of marked value.
The
legislation of the session in many particulars bore witness to his dis
Cernment.
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(, E() RGE
FRANKLIN
HAMM()
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HON. JOHN D.
LYMAN.
ON. JOHN D. LYMAN, member of the senate of 1893, was
born in Milton, July 3, 1833, and since 1869 has resided in
Exeter. He has served the public faithfully and constantly in various
capacities, and the mere enumeration of his service is replete with sug
gestion. He has served as school committee in three towns, in 1865
was visitor to West Point Military academy; he has been trustee of the
normal school, of the state college, and the New Hampshire Orphans'
home; for several years he sat in the house of representatives and in
the senate, and was in the constitutional convention of 1889; he has
served as bank cashier and as bank commissioner; has been president
of the state temperance society, and for fifteen years was lecturer of the
state grange; for three years he was secretary of state; he has been
and is a member of the board of agriculture, and has been delegate to
various national bodies of economic and agricultural societies. He was
the first bank commissioner to learn by test the actual amount of sav
ings-bank deposits, and was the author of the law requiring savings
banks to lay aside a guaranty fund. He has travelled extensively and
spoken frequently in behalf of agriculture, and has addressed farmers'
meetings in this state, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, New York city,
New Jersey, Wisconsin, and Canada. To him the increasing value of
the corn crop in New Hampshire is due by reason of the interest
awakened by his personal offer of premiums. Many of the laws bene
ficial and necessary to the farming interests of the state were introduced
by him or enacted through his influence. Mr. Lyman's industry,
sagacity, discernment, and enlightenment have been to him a constant
source of power, and have given him an ample equipment for oratory.
He is a most popular man, and his election to the senate came by a
majority of 663 in a district where 3oo has been a handsome margin.
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�ON. JOHN CURTIS TASKER, member of the senate of 1893
from the Twenty-second district, was born in Rochester, August
17, 1844, and is the son of Thomas Jefferson Tasker and of Comfort
Bickford.
His education was obtained in the schools of his native
city, and in Meaderborough academy at Rochester. His time un
til his nineteenth year was spent upon the farm; he then entered a
shoe factory at Dover, where he was employed for three years, and was
then for four years clerk in a grocery store in the same city. For eight
years thereafter he was engaged in the grocery business for himself,
and at the expiration of that time entered the railway mail service, con
tinuing there for several years, and is now employed as a commercial
traveller. Senator Tasker has been prominent in the city of Dover,
in political as well as in business circles, and has been for several years
a supervisor of the check-lists of the city. In 1881 he was chosen to
the house of representatives, and was accorded in 1883 a reëlection.
In the senate he served as chairman of the committee on labor, and
gave to the measures presented to that body careful and studious atten
tion. This chairmanship was an eminently proper one for Senator
Tasker to hold, as through all his life he has been accustomed to hard
labor and is in deep sympathy with the efforts of the laboring man
to secure the legislation necessary to keep pace with this enlightened
age. Moreover, the city of Dover may be fittingly termed the parent
city of the labor movement in New Hampshire, and Senator Tasker
by his long residence there was well qualified for his important chair
manship. Aside from the duties laid upon him by this position, Sen
ator Tasker's work during the session was marked by his faithful adher
ence to duty. A well balanced mind, fortified by the experience of
previous sessions of legislative work, made him an invaluable member
of the senate, and he added much to his already honorable record.
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�ON. ANDREW KILLOREN, member of the New Hampshire
senate from the Twenty-third district, was born in Cincinnati,
Ohio, thirty-eight years ago, and received a common school education.
Mr. Killoren has been a resident of New Hampshire for many years,
and has been engaged in business at Dover during the greater part of
his life in the state.
Mr. Killoren, as a business man, drew about
himself a large circle of friends, and by his great popularity won an
influence in politics that placed him in the house of representatives in
1887, where in the legislation of that long and important session he
took a prominent part, and was honored with a reëlection in 1889 and
again in 1891, followed in 1893 by a seat in the state senate. During
Mr. Killoren's legislative career covering four sessions of the general
court, he has distinguished himself as a friend to the labor element in
his constituency, not only in his own locality, but throughout the state.
Much of the labor legislation of 1887 was urged by him in the
debates in the house, and his activity on the floor, before the commit
tees, and in general among the members of the legislature, was largely
instrumental in securing the passage of so much legislation favorable to
the laboring man. In 1891 Mr. Killoren still further distinguished
himself in this direction by introducing the bill to make Labor Day a
legal holiday, and by his championship succeeded in placing this meas
ure upon the statute books of the state. Though Mr. Killoren is an
intense partisan and his legislative record has never shown desertion
of his principles, he has yet taken broad ground upon the important
non-political legislation of the various sessions in which he has repre
sented a constituency. His advanced stand upon the question of labor
legislation is but an index of his position upon other public matters.
Mr. Killoren has frequently participated in the debates of the legislature,
and has always been heard with respect by the body in which he has
Sat.
�ON. CALVIN PAGE was born in North Hampton, August 22,
1845, and was educated in the common schools and at Phillips
Exeter academy. He entered Harvard college as a sophomore in 1864,
but left college to take up the study of the law. Since 1865 he has
resided in Portsmouth where he studied and has practised law, standing
in the front rank in his profession. In the city of Portsmouth Judge
Page has been preeminent in official circles, having served as city solic
itor, judge of the municipal court, member of the board of water com
misioners, of the board of education, and mayor. From 1885 to 1889
H
he was United States collector of internal revenue for the district of
New Hampshire, and in 1889 was a member of the constitutional con
vention. He at present represents the Twenty-fourth district in the
State Senate.
HON. CALVIN PAGE.
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�O characterize the life of Hon. William E. Chandler needs no
T miniature painter's brush.
The barest outline of his life denotes
a career of intense activity. Born in Concord, December 28, 1835, at
the age of seventeen he had completed the course of study in the public
schools and in the academies at Thetford, Vt., and Pembroke, and was
a law student. At twenty he had graduated from the Harvard Law
School with prize honors, and before becoming of age he was a mem
ber of the bar. Evincing an eager interest in politics, he assisted in
the formation of the Republican party, and has since grown gray in its
service. In 1859 he received his first public office—reporter of de
cisions of the New Hampshire supreme court. In 1862 he was a
member of the state house of representatives; in the two succeeding
years he was its speaker, his second term of office being marked by the
most stormy session in legislative annals. In 1864 and in 1865 he
was chairman of the Republican state committee, previously serving as
its secretary. In November, 1864, he was appointed by President
Lincoln special counsel to prosecute the Philadelphia navy-yard frauds,
and became, March 9, 1865, first solicitor and judge advocate general
of the navy department. From June 17, 1865, to November 30,
1867,—the date of his resignation, —he was assistant secretary of the
treasury. In 1868 he was a delegate to the convention that nominated
President Grant, and served as secretary of the national committee
from that year until 1876, when he declined reëlection. In the prepa
ration of the Republican case before the electoral commission, Mr.
Chandler was one of the active counsel. April 17, 1882, he assumed
the office of secretary of the navy, retiring from that position with the
Arthur administration in 1885. In June, 1887, he was elected to the
United States senate to fill the unexpired term of Hon. Austin F. Pike,
and two years later was chosen to succeed himself for a full term.
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�ROM the printer's case to the United States senate—this, in brief,
Gallinger, of New
Hampshire. Born at Cornwall, Ontario, March 28, 1837, he had only
limited educational advantages at home, and he was at an early age
thrown upon his own resources to make his way in the world. His
remarkable success is due to an untiring industry, which has enabled
him to attain distinction in his profession, and rapid advancement in
political life. The printing-office was at one and the same time his
source of revenue and his preparatory school in fitting himself for his
later public career. While learning his trade as a printer, his even
ings were devoted to the study of medicine. After the completion of
his apprenticeship, he took a medical course at Cincinnati, Ohio, where
he graduated at the head of his class in 1858. For the next three
years he worked at his trade, practised medicine, studied and travelled,
and in 1861 settled in New Hampshire. He rose rapidly in his pro
fession, and soon acquired a large practice. He early became interest
ed in politics. He was elected to the house of representatives of New
Hampshire in 1872, 1873, and 1891, and to the constitutional conven
tion of 1876. He was a member of the state senate in 1878 and 1879.
and was made president of that body in the latter year. He was a
member of the national house of representatives in the Forty-ninth
and Fiftieth congresses, and declined a re-nomination in 1888. In
1891 he was elected by the legislature, of which he was a member, to
the United States senate, to succeed Henry W. Blair for the term of
F is the story of the life of Senator Jacob H.
six years.
He was also surgeon general of the state in 1879 and 1880.
In 1882 he was made chairman of the Republican state committee and
was three times reëlected, serving until 1890, when he voluntarily retired.
In 1888 he was chairman of the state delegation to the Republican
national convention at Chicago, which nominated Benjamin Harrison.
�N EW
Hampshire has never withheld honors from her deserving
sons, and to few has she accorded richer laurels than to Hon.
Henry W. Blair, who was born in Campton, December 6, 1834. Left
fatherless when two years old, and motherless at the age of twelve, his
boyhood was passed in farm work. His winters he passed at school,
and in 1856 he began the study of law, being admitted to the bar three
years later, and becoming solicitor of Grafton county in another year.
When the war broke out he was refused admission to the Twelfth New
Hampshire regiment by the surgeon, as he was previously rejected at
the organization of the Fifth New Hampshire volunteers. He after
ward enlisted as a private in the Fifteenth, and was chosen captain of
Company B. Before leaving the state he received a major's commis
sion, coming in command of the regiment soon after its arrival in
Louisiana. He was promoted to be lieutenant-colonel and commanded
his regiment most of the time while it was in the service. His ser
vice in the army had shattered his health, and his discharge was
followed by months of sickness and the loss of six years of active life.
He was elected a member of the house from Plymouth in 1866. In 1867
he came to the state senate, and again in 1868. As his health im
proved he again took up his profession, and in 1874, he was selected
in the old Third congressional district as a Republican candidate to
turn a Democratic majority into Republican victory. He did, and was
reëlected in 1876.
HON.
HENRY W.
In 1878 he declined a third nomination, and was
elected to the United States senate in 1879, and again in 1885, nar
rowly losing a third term in 1891, after which he was appointed
minister to China but was rejected by the imperial government on ac
count of his opposition to Chinese immigration to this country. In
1892 he was again called to face a Democratic majority, this time in
the First congressional district, and he repeated his victory of eighteen
years before, being triumphantly elected.
�ON. HENRY M. BAKER is the son of Aaron W. and Nancy
(Dustin) Baker and inherited most heroic New England blood.
Among his paternal ancestors were Captain Joseph Baker and Hannah,
his wife, daughter of Captain John Lovewell, the famous Indian fighter.
On his mother's side, he is a descendant of the heroine, Hannah Dus
tin.
He was born in Bow, January 11, 1841.
His preparatory educa
tion was in the schools of his town and at the academies in Pembroke,
Hopkinton, and Tilton. He graduated at Dartmouth in 1863, and
received the degree of A. M. in 1866. In 1864 he was appointed to
a departmental clerkship at Washington, D. C., and, continuing the
law studies begun at home, graduated from the Columbian college law
school in 1866, and was admitted to the bar. In 1882 he was
admitted to the United States supreme court.
In politics he has
always been a Republican.
In 1886-'87 he was judge advocate general
on the staff of Governor Currier.
He was elected senator in the
Ninth district in 1890. In the senate he was chairman of the judiciary
and a member of other important committees and took a prominent
part in its proceedings. He was elected representative in congress
from the Second district in 1892, by a good plurality, reversing the
Democratic victory in the preceding election. General Baker has been
an extensive traveller at home and abroad, and at all times a close
student and keen observer.
The cultivation of a natural taste for liter
ature has been to him both a pleasure and a recreation.
HON.
HENRY
M.
BAKER.
He has
made valuable contributions to the New Hampshire Historical Society,
of which he is a member, and has given to Dartmouth College two
prizes, one for the best words and the other for the best music for an
original college song. Mr. Baker has achieved success because he
has earned it. He is a good organizer, is not discouraged by oppo
sition, and possesses executive ability to a high degree.
�F'
PIERCE, the only president New Hampshire has
given the nation, and the last to come from New England, was
born in Hillsborough, November 23, 1804. He was fitted for college
in the academies at Hancock, Francestown, and Exeter and graduated
from Bowdoin in 1824, ranking third in his class. He began the
practice of law in 1827, and in 1829 was sent from Hillsborough to the
legislature, where he remained four years, the last two as speaker. In
1833 he was chosen to congress and remained four years. In 1837
he was chosen United States senator, and in 1842 he resigned his
seat and devoted himself to his law practice. In 1845 he declined an
appointment to the United States senate; he declined also the nomin
ation for governor of New Hampshire and also a seat in President
Polk's cabinet. In 1846 he enlisted in the Mexican War as a private,
and was soon appointed colonel. In 1847 he was commissioned briga
dier-general and distinguished himself in the campaign that followed as
a man of great personal bravery and a soldier of great skill. In 1850
he was a member and president of the constitutional convention. In
1852 he was chosen president of the United States, receiving 254
electoral votes to his opponent's 42. His administration was a credit
able one and after its close he made an extended foreign tour. After
this he lived quietly in Concord until his death, October 8, 1869.
General Pierce's was a brilliant career. In nearly all that he under
took he stood preeminent. As a lawyer his life was filled with suc
cesses, and the allurements of his profession were sufficiently bright to
induce him to resign a United States senatorship and to decline high
places in political life. As a legislator he made a mark, and as a sol
dier he achieved favor sufficient to have enriched one career. As presi
dent he brought to his state an honor that no other has given it, and
enriched his own life with the highest honor of earth.
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�ARON H. CRAGIN was born at Weston, Vt., February 3, 1821;
A received an academic education;
studied law in Weston, Vt.,
and at Albany, N.Y.; was admitted to the bar in New York city in
1847, and practised at Lebanon, New Hampshire; was a member of
the state house of representatives, 1852 to 1855; was elected a repre
sentative from the Third district of New Hampshire to the Thirty-fourth
congress,—as an American and a Republican, receiving 12, 126 votes
against 8,640 votes for William P. Wheeler, Democrat; and was
reëlected to the Thirty-fifth congress as a Republican, receiving 10,938
votes against 9,841 for William P. Wheeler, Democrat, serving from
December 3, 1855, to March 3, 1859; resuming practice, was a dele
gate from New Hampshire to the national Republican convention at
Chicago in 1860, which nominated the immortal Abraham Lincoln for
president; was elected United States senator as a Republican, to suc
ceed John P. Hale, Republican ; and was reëlected, serving from
March 4, 1865, to March 3, 1877; was appointed at the close of his
second term, by President Hayes, one of the commissioners for the
settlement of land titles, for laying out the town into lots and blocks,
and for laying out new streets and widening old ones, in the town of
Hot Springs, Ark., and deciding who among the occupants should be
entitled to buy lots, etc.; was made chairman of said commission, and
spent three years in discharging the duties pertaining thereto. For
nearly ten years last past he has resided in Washington, D.C., engaged
in the practice of law. In the senate Mr. Cragin was chairman of the
committee on naval affairs. The esteem with which he was regarded
by his colleagues is shown by the fact that at the inauguration of
General Grant he was made chairman of the committee of arrange
HON. AARON H. CRAGIN.
mentS.
�HE laurels of oratory have been but just now torn from New
and the silver tongue of Hon. James W.
T Hampshire's brow,
Patterson, so lately silenced, will win no new honors for his native
state.
Mr. Patterson's eminence was not attained at a bound.
Born
on a farm in Henniker, July 2, 1823, his youth was not an idle or an
easy one. In childhood he passed a few years in Lowell, Mass., return
ing there in 1838, after two years of alternating work and study in New
Hampshire. At that time he began work in the counting-room of the
Lawrence mills, resigning two years later to resume his studies in
preparation for college, studying Greek at Manchester under the guid
ance of Hon. Moody Currier, afterwards governor of the state. In
1844 he entered Dartmouth college, graduating four years later with
high honors. The succeeding two years found him a teacher at Wood
stock, Conn., at the same time busily engaged in reading law, a pur
suit that he abandoned at Henry Ward Beecher's request, and turned
himself to the ministry, studying at Yale Divinity school in 1852.
From here he returned to his alma mater, this time as an instructor,
becoming successively tutor and professor of mathematics and pro
fessor of astronomy. In 1862 he came to the legislature, and won
the hearts of his colleagues by his eloquence, going thence in the fol
lowing year to congress, and winning a reëlection in 1865. In 1864 he
was appointed a regent of the Smithsonian Institution. The comple
tion of his term of service in the national house of representatives
saw him transferred to the senate, where he ably sustained himself in
debate and committee. He retired from the senate in 1873. His life
was quiet until 1881, when he was called by Governor Head to be
come state superintendent of public instruction. In 1893 he returned
to Dartmouth as Willard professor of oratory, where his work was
cut short by death May 4, 1893.
�N the senate of the United States, Edward Henry Rollins sat as
New Hampshire's representative, and honored himself and his
state. He was born in Rollinsford, October 3, 1824, passing his boy
hood and youth in labor upon the farm, in attendance upon the dis
trict school, and at South Berwick academy and at Franklin academy in
Dover; in his seventeenth year coming to Concord, where he became
employed as a druggist's clerk.
In Boston for a few years (until 1847)
he was similarly employed, and in that year entered upon business for
himself in Concord, where undaunted by reverses he compelled success
and amassed a competence. In 1854 political events caused Mr. Rol
lins to sever his party ties and join the American or Know-Nothing
movement. In 1855 he was chosen to the legislature and served effi
ciently. The next year saw the birth of the Republican party in New
Hampshire and Mr. Rollins stood by its cradle. In 1856 he was
again elected to the house, this time as a Republican, and was chosen
speaker and was reëlected in the following year. He was chosen
chairman of the first Republican state central committee and served
until 1861, when he took his seat in congress. In 1863 Mr. Rollins
was reëlected to congress, and again in 1865. In 1869 he was chosen
secretary and assistant treasurer of the Union Pacific railroad, having
for some time previous, after the expiration of his terms in congress,
acted as agent of the company at Washington. In 1871 he was elected
secretary and treasurer, with an office at Boston, serving until March,
1877, when he again entered public life as a member of the United
States senate. From 1868 to 1871 was again chairman of the state
committee. For six years, until 1883, Mr. Rollins was a member of
the United States senate.
HON,
EDWARD
After Mr.
Rollins's retirement from the
senate he founded the banking institution of E. H. Rollins & Sons,
which has grown to be one of the soundest of fiscal institutions in
New England. Mr. Rollins died July 31, 1889.
H. ROLLINS.
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�USTIN F. PIKE was born in Hebron, October 16, 1819, and his
A education was obtained in the schools and in the academies near
by his home. The ambitious young man studied law at Franklin with
the late Judge Nesmith, and was admitted to the Merrimack county bar
in July, 1845, becoming at once the partner of his preceptor, the rela
tionship terminating with the elevation of Judge Nesmith to the bench,
and followed by a partnership with the late Hon. Daniel Barnard, and
with Hon. Isaac N. Blodgett, now a justice of the supreme court,
which last in turn was ended and followed by a partnership with Hon.
Frank N. Parsons, now of the governor's council. In 1850–52 Mr.
Pike won his first political laurels as member of the house of represent
atives, coming again to that body in 1865, and 1866, when he was
speaker. In 1857 and 1858 he was a member of the New Hampshire
state senate, and president of the senate in the latter year. In 1858–60
he was chairman of the Republican state committee, displaying marked
executive ability and political sagacity. In 1856 he was a delegate to
the national Republican convention, and in 1873 became a member of
congress, serving for two years. Following his retirement from the
national house of representatives, Mr. Pike returned to Franklin and
resumed the practice of his profession, which was broken in upon in
1883, when, after a prolonged struggle in the legislature, he was elected
to the United States senate to succeed Hon. E. H. Rollins. Taking
up his duties in the senate, Mr. Pike brought to them the qualities
that had marked his career in other walks of life. The chairmanship
of an important committee was his, and as a member of the senate Mr.
Pike's duties were greatly enhanced. The arduous duties of this posi
tion wore upon him, however, and October 8, 1886, he fell dead, ex
hausted by the intense application and ceaseless industry which were the
-
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AUSTIN F. PIKE.
habit of his life.
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�ON. JAMES FRANKLAND BRIGGS was born in Bury, Lan
H cashire county, England, October 23, 1827, and when less than
two years old was brought to this country by his parents, who came at
last to be residents of Ashland, where he spent his early boyhood at work
in a mill. At the age of fourteen, however, he attended school at New
bury, Vt., and afterward at Tilton, continuing his studies until 1848,
when he began the study of law with Wm. C. Thompson of Plymouth
and Joseph Burrows of Holderness, finishing with Judge Nehemiah
Butler of Boscawen.
He was admitted to the bar in 1851, im
mediately establishing himself in practice at Hillsborough Bridge, where
for twenty years he was an honored resident, thence removing to Man
chester in 1871, where greater honors awaited him. In 1857–59 Mr.
Briggs was a member of the legislature from Hillsborough, and at the
outbreak of the war entered the service, becoming quartermaster of
the New Hampshire volunteers. In 1874 he was elected member of
the house of representatives, and in 1876 sat in the constitutional
convention and also in the state senate. A year later he was nomi
nated for congress, and was twice reëlected, each time by an increased
majority, serving with conspicuous ability. In 1883 he again sat in
the legislature, in 1889 was once more a member of the constitutional
convention, and in 1891 was again found in the lower house of the
general court. Aside from the duties of his profession, which a large
and devoted clientage have rendered increasing, Mr. Briggs has found
an outlet for his activity as a promoter in many an enterprise. He is
president of the Hillsborough National Bank, of the Granite State
Trust Co., Manchester, and of the Queen City Land and Building
association, and is a director of the Citizens Building and Loan asso
ciation, the People's Gas Light Co., and the Elliott Manufacturing Co.,
no field of activity being too wide for his versatile talent.
HON. JAMES FRANKLAND BRIGGS.
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�ON. OSSIAN RAY was born in Hinesburg, Vt., December 13,
1835, the son of George and Hannah (Greene) Ray. He was
educated in the common schools, and at Derby academy, and studied
law with Jesse Cooper at Irasburg, and afterward at Lancaster with
Saunders W. Cooper, where, January 1, 1857, he formed a partnership
with the late Hon. Jacob Benton. He was admitted successively to
the bars of Vermont and of New Hampshire, and, January 25, 1872, to
the bar of the supreme court of the United States. In 1867 Mr. Ben
ton was elected to congress, and Mr. Ray was thereafter associated
with Hon. William S. Ladd and others until 1883. From then, except
for one year, until his death, he had no partner.
In 1868 and 1869
Mr. Ray was a member of the legislature from Lancaster. From 1862
to 1872 he was solicitor of Coös county. In 1872 he was a delegate
at-large to the Republican national convention at Philadelphia. From
February 22, 1879, to December 23, 1880, he was United States attor
ney for the district of New Hampshire. This office he resigned to
accept a nomination to congress to succeed Hon. Evarts W. Farr, who
had died in office. Mr. Ray was chosen to fill the vacancy for the
unexpired term to March 4, 1881, and was also elected to succeed him
self. In 1882 he was again elected, this time from the Second district,
the state having been redistricted since his first election. In congress
Mr. Ray served upon the committees on invalid pensions and claims.
He took advanced ground on public questions, and was indefatigable
in his efforts for the interests of his district, the public buildings in
Concord and Manchester being largely the results of his efforts. As
counsel for leading corporate interests, his efforts before courts and
judges were followed with a large measure of success. To the town
OSSJAN
RAY.
of Lancaster he was of inestimable value as a citizen, and his death,
January 28, 1892, was a stroke of grief, widespread and personal.
�ARTIN ALONZO HAYNES was born in Springfield, July 30,
1842, the son of Elbridge G. Haynes and Caroline R. Knowl
ton. He was educated in the public schools of Manchester, and when
not quite nineteen years of age enlisted in the Second New Hampshire
regiment, with which he served until June, 1864, with a record of faith
ful and arduous military service. At the close of the war he resumed
the printer's trade, and after a time established the Lake Village Times
of which journal he was for many years editor and proprietor, and
while there attracted public attention, and was chosen first to be clerk
of the courts of Belknap county, then served in the legislature as a rep
M
resentative from Gilford, and for two terms sat in the lower house of
the congress of the United States, where he was prominent in the New
England delegation. At the close of his congressional term he returned
to his professional duties, and in 1890 was appointed special agent of
the internal revenue bureau, with stations first at Cincinnati, Ohio, and
now at Boston, Mass., where he has been detailed for two successive
years in charge of the New England division. Colonel Haynes is one of
the brightest of New Hampshire's sons: a genial, sunny nature makes
him welcomed everywhere, and has won for him an immense popularity
that he has found of advantage in his various political campaigns. On
the stump he is a power, and is called into service in every campaign.
As a newspaper writer he evinces more than ordinary ability, and in all
the callings in which he has served he has brought a full measure of
ability.
HON. MARTIN ALONZO
HAYNES.
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�ON. ALONZO NUTE was born in Milton, February 12, 1826,
and received a common-school education.
Until he was sixteen
years old he lived in Milton and then removed to Natick, Mass., where
he remained until 1848. He then returned to Farmington, where he
commenced the manufacture of boots and shoes in 1849, in company
with his brother, Jeremy O. Nute. After four years they dissolved
partnership and he continued business alone until 1875, when his sons,
Eugene P. and Alonzo I., became partners in the business as A. Nute
& Sons. He was married, April 14, 1850, to Mary, daughter of Joseph
Pearl, of Milton. At the outbreak of the war, in the spring of 1861,
he entered the army in the Sixth New Hampshire volunteers, and
served on the staffs of Gen. Simon G. Griffin and Gen. Rush Hawkins.
He was incapacitated for service by reason of failing health, and he
retired from service.
After the close of the war he was drawn into
public life, and was sent to represent the town of Farmington in the
legislature of 1866. The next session saw him promoted to the state
senate, and serving in 1867 and 1868. In 1876 he was a delegate to
the Republican national convention, at Cincinnati. He was always an
enthusiastic member of his party and enjoyed an immense personal
popularity. In 1888, when it became necessary to overcome an adverse
majority in the First congressional district, Mr. Nute was put forward
as his party's candidate, and was elected by a handsome plurality. In
the Fifty-first congress Mr. Nute served upon the committees on terri
tories and invalid pensions. He was a valuable representative and
served his district and his state with untiring zeal. He declined to
become a candidate for a second term on account of his enfeebled
health, and at the close of his term he returned to his business duties
at Farmington. Increasing infirmity, however, compelled him to sur
render his cares, and he died December 24, 1892.
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�UTHER FRANKLIN MCKINNEY, for many years well known
L as an eloquent, forceful, and popular preacher of the Universalist
denomination, and subsequently prominent in politics and public life,
was born near Newark, Ohio, April 25, 1841. He spent his early life,
when not attending school, in farm labor; commenced teaching in
the winter at the age of eighteen; enlisted in the Union army in
August, 1861, serving as sergeant in Company D, First Ohio cavalry,
until discharged for disability in February, 1863. In 1865 he went to
Iowa, where he spent two years in teaching and farming. In 1867 he
entered the theological department of St. Lawrence university, Canton,
N. Y., graduating in 1870, and immediately entering upon the work of
the ministry in the state of Maine, whence he removed to South New
market, N. H., in 1873, and to Manchester in 1876, where as pastor
of the Universalist church for ten years he labored with great zeal and
fidelity. Politically an earnest Democrat from principle and conviction,
he accepted the nomination of that party in the First district for con
gress, in 1884, reducing the Republican majority nearly one half, and
securing an election two years later. Defeated by a small plurality in
1888, he was again elected in 1890 by a decisive majority. In 1892
he was summoned by his party to leadership in the gubernatorial can
vass, and made a characteristically vigorous canvass, his opponent,
John B. Smith, being elected by a majority considerably less than that
of the Republican electoral ticket. April 25, 1893, he was appointed
by President Cleveland U. S. minister to Colombia. Mr. McKinney
is a strong debater, an effective stump speaker, and made several not
able speeches in congress, one million copies of that on pensions, deliv
ered in August, 1888, having been distributed for campaign purposes
by the national Democratic committee. He has been prominent in
HON. LUTHER FRANKLIN McKINNEY.
Odd Fellow and G. A. R. circles, and was for several years chaplain
of the First regiment, N. H. N. G.
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�HE record of the career of Hon. Warren Fisher Daniell would
T read like a romance were it not so full of the varieties of life.
He was born in Newton Lower Falls, Mass., June 26, 1826, the son
of Jeremiah F. Daniell and Sarah Reed, and with his father came to
Franklin in 1836, where his father established himself as a paper man
ufacturer. Mr. Daniell's life as a boy was filled with toil. After his
removal to New Hampshire he was sent to Concord, where he worked
upon a farm for his board and clothes and the privilege of a few weeks'
schooling in the winter. At the age of fourteen this advantage was
denied him, and he was called home and entered his father's mill as an
apprentice, thence to rise to the proprietorship, though not until he
had for ten years worked in every department of the mill at Franklin,
and had, after that, been employed at Waterville, Me., and Pepperell,
Mass., as superintendent of paper mills. In 1854 he returned to
Franklin and became his father's partner, this relation continuing for
ten years, when he bought his father's interest and was sole proprietor
of the mills at Franklin until 1870, that date marking the establishment
of the Winnipiseogee Paper company, as successors to the firm of J. F.
Daniell & Son. Mr. Daniell then became connected with a large paper
house in Boston, but soon afterward returned to Franklin, securing
a large interest in the Winnipiseogee Paper company, and becoming
its resident agent and manager, which relation he sustained until
recently, when he became president of the corporation. In the face of
an adverse majority he has frequently represented Franklin in the legis
lature, and twice sat in the state senate as member from a district
that no Democrat but he could have carried. In 1872 he was a dele
HON.
VVARREN
gate to the national Democratic convention, and has declined time
without number other political honors. In 1890, however, he was
elected to congress, in a Republican district by a pronounced plurality.
FISHER DANIELL.
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�H' NATHANIEL SPRINGER BERRY, the oldest living ex
governor in the United States, was born in Bath, Me., Septem
ber 1, 1796, a descendant of patriotic Revolutionary stock. At the age
of six he lost his father, and his educational advantages were very lim
ited.
At sixteen he was apprenticed to a tanner in Bath, N. H., and
in 1818 removed to Bristol, where he has since resided, and where, in
1820, he engaged in the manufacture of leather, in which he continued
for thirty-five years. For two years he was colonel of the Thirty-fourth
militia, and from 1841 to 1850 was judge of the court of common pleas,
and for five years, to June 5, 1861, was judge of probate. In 1828,
1833, 1834, and 1837 he sat in the legislature from Bristol, and in
1854 was the representative from Hebron. In 1835 and 1836 he was
a state senator from the Eleventh district. For twenty-two years he
was a Democrat, and was a delegate to the national convention in 1840.
The action of this convention caused Mr. Berry's withdrawal from the
Democracy, and he became a leader of the Free-soil movement in New
Hampshire. At its first state convention, in 1845, he was nominated
for governor and received votes enough to prevent an election by the
people. He was four times renominated. In March, 1861, he was
elected governor as the Republican candidate, and was reëlected in
March, 1863. He was indefatigable in his efforts toward the suppres
sion of the Rebellion, and enlisted, equipped, and sent forward to the
seat of war more than sixteen thousand troops. He was one of the
northern war governors who signed the letter to President Lincoln,
upon which he made the call of July 1, 1862, for three hundred thou
sand volunteers. Governor Berry has been a life-long Methodist, and
in 1872 was a delegate to the general conference.
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�HOUGH New Hampshire has given freely to other states, she
T has not hesitated to borrow, and from Vermont she took Joseph
Albree Gilmore, who was born in Weston, June 10, 1811, the son of
Asa Gilmore and Lucy Dodge. He was educated in the common
schools, and when a young man went to Boston and engaged in mer
cantile pursuits with success. He afterward removed to Concord and
became prominent in the construction and management of the railroads
of the state. Entering a political career, he was elected to the state
senate, and in 1859 was its president. For the two years from June,
1863, to June, 1865, he was governor of New Hampshire, and in that
position was most active in the prosecution of the war.
His untiring
efforts secured the completion of New Hampshire's quota. To the
patriotic work devolving upon him he gave the most energetic and
devoted attention, and retired from office, after the close of hostilities,
followed by the plaudits of his fellow-citizens. But the arduous labors
of the governorship during the critical period in the nation's history,
and the anxiety that he felt because of his position as governor of a
loyal state, had made their inroads upon his rugged constitution, and
his shattered health never revived. For the two years following his
retirement from office, Governor Gilmore lived quietly, but his span
was not lengthened, and April 17, 1867, at the age of fifty-five years,
ten months, and seven days, he laid down his life, mourned as the
“War governor" of New Hampshire, a patriotic, a faithful, an efficient
Servant.
�ON. ONSLOW STEARNS
was born in
Billerica, Mass.,
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August 30, 1810, and for seventeen years lived upon his father's
farm, attending the common schools. At that age he went to Boston
and was engaged in a clerical capacity for three years, and then joined
his brother, a famous railroad contractor, who was at that time engaged
in the construction of the Chesapeake & Ohio canal. Subsequently he
became interested with his brother in the construction of various rail
HON.
ONSLOW STEARNS.
roads in Pennsylvania, New York, and New Jersey, until the summer of
1837, when he returned to New England and soon after became engaged
in the work of completing the Nashua & Lowell railroad, being made its
superintendent in the fall of 1838, resigning in 1846 to become agent
of the Northern railroad, being connected with the corporation from its
very inception, securing the necessary legislation and personally super
vising its construction, becoming manager of the road upon its com
pletion and holding that position until 1852, when he was elected pres
ident, continuing his service in that capacity until his death, Decem
ber 29, 1878. His other railroad connections embraced the superin
tendency of the Vermont Central, directorship in the Ogdensburg, in
the Nashua & Lowell, in the Northern Pacific, and the presidency of the
Old Colony and Concord railroads, and the Old Colony Steamboat Co.
In addition he served most faithfully and acceptably as a state senator
in 1862 and in 1864, being president of the senate in the latter year.
In 1864 he was delegate to the Republican national convention. In
1867 he was unanimously nominated for governor of New Hampshire
and was elected by a decided majority. Though declining a renomina
tion, the convention in the following year declined to accept his refusal
and again he was called to the gubernatorial chair. During his admin
istration Governor Stearns, by a display of the eminent business quali
ties that had made him so signally successful in private life, added to
his renown and greatly benefited the state.
�X-GOVERNOR JAMES ADAMS WESTON was born in Man
chester, August 27, 1827, the son of Amos Weston, Jr., and Betsy
Wilson. His youth was passed in farming, and in securing a substantial
education at the district school and at the local academies.
Endowed
with a strong mathematical bent, Mr. Weston studied civil engineering,
and at the age of nineteen he was appointed assistant-engineer of the
Concord railroad, and was promoted in 1849 to the position of chief
engineer, which he held for many years, discharging also the duties of
road master and master of transportation of the Concord and Manches
ter & Lawrence railroads, superintending the construction of the Con
cord & Portsmouth line, and also the Suncook Valley railroad. In
1867, Mr. Weston was elected mayor of Manchester, and in 1869
again held that office, being reelected in 1870 and 1873 also. In 1871
he was the candidate of the Democratic party for governor of the state,
and received a plurality of votes and was chosen governor by the legis
lature, being the only Democrat thus elected since 1855. In 1872 Mr.
Weston was defeated for reëlection, but in 1874 was again the candidate,
and was once more chosen governor. Since his retirement from the
executive chair Governor Weston has held no political office, though he
served as chairman of the New Hampshire Centennial commission, and
as a member of the Centennial board of finance. Since the organiza
tion of the board he has been a member of the state board of health.
He was for some time one of the trustees of the Amoskeag Savings
bank, and is now president of the Merchants' National bank, having
succeeded to that office in October, 1880.
HON. JAMES ADAMS WESTON.
He is clerk and treasurer
also of the Guaranty Savings bank of Manchester, and is president of
the New Hampshire Fire Insurance company. Governor Weston has
served as president of the New Hampshire Trust company, and in rail
road circles he holds important places of trust.
�H ON. P. C. CHENEY was born in Holderness, February 25, 1828,
the sixth child of Moses Cheney and Abigail Morrison. His
early days were passed in Holderness, and his boyhood and young man
hood at Peterborough, where, after having secured an education in the
academies at Peterborough and Hancock and at Parsonsfield, Me., he
was engaged in the management of a paper mill. In 1853 he became a
member of a firm engaged in the manufacture of paper at Peterborough,
and remained there until 1856. During his residence in Peterborough
he entered actively into politics, and was twice a member of the legisla
ture. In August, 1862, he entered the army, and was appointed quar
termaster of the Thirteenth New Hampshire regiment, rendering faithful
service until August, 1863, when he was honorably discharged because
of failing health. In 1864 he was chosen railroad commissioner, and
served three years. In 1866 he removed to Manchester, to engage in
business as a paper manufacturer, and has since continued there, being
now president of the P. C. Cheney company. He soon became promi
nent in Manchester, and in 1871 was elected mayor of the city, declining
reëlection. In 1875 he was made his party's candidate for governor,
and under his lead the party succeeded in wrenching from the Demo
crats the control of the state. In 1876 he was reëlected by an
increased vote. Upon his retirement from the chief magistracy of the
state he did not lose his interest in politics, and has been an active and
influential factor in every campaign that has followed. In 1886 he was
appointed a member of the United States senate, to succeed the late
Austin F. Pike. In 1888 he was elected a member of the Republican
national committee, and was reëlected in 1892, and in December, 1892,
he was appointed by President Harrison envoy extraordinary and
minister plenipotentiary of the United States to Switzerland. From
this post he has just now returned.
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�X-GOVERNOR BENJAMIN F. PRESCOTT, though boasting
He was
born in Epping, February 26, 1833. He was educated at Phillips
Exeter academy and at Dartmouth college, graduating with honors in
1856. Teaching and the study of law engaged his attention for the
next four years, and he practised his profession until 1861, when he
entered journalism, remaining five years. He held office from 1865 to
1869 as special agent of the United States treasury department, was
secretary of the Republican state committee for fifteen years, from
1859, and was elected secretary of state in 1872, and was three times
reëlected. In 1877 he was elected governor of New Hampshire, and
was reëlected in 1878. In 1887 he was appointed a member of the
railroad commission, and was reappointed in 1890. In 1880 he was
chairman of the New Hampshire delegation to the Republican national
E. an extended lineage, has won fame by his own merit.
convention.
HON. BENJAMIN F. PRESCOTT.
Governor Prescott is a man of literary and scholarly
tastes, which have been recognized by his election as fellow of the
Royal Historical society of Great Britain, and as vice-president of the
New Hampshire Historical society, and as president of the Bennington
Battle Monument association, and as trustee of many institutions of
learning, including the state college and Dartmouth college, the latter
position coming to him in 1878 by the vote of the alumni of the college.
Governor Prescott has been often before the public as an orator, notably
at the inauguration of President Bartlett of Dartmouth, and at the laying
of the corner-stone and the dedication of the Bennington monument.
On all of these occasions he acquitted himself with scholarly credit and
oratorical dignity. Governor Prescott has firm faith in New Hamp
shire, and a just pride in her institutions, and it is largely due to his
efforts that the portrait galleries in the state house, in the rooms of the
New Hampshire Historical society, at Phillips Exeter academy, and at
Dartmouth college were collected, 230 portraits in all.
�ON. NATT HEAD was born in Hooksett, May 20, 1828, and
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received his education in the common schools and Pembroke
academy. When he was but eight years of age his father died, and
several years later he succeeded to the business of the manufacture of
bricks, adding an extensive lumber trade, and associating his brother as
partner. The firm, Natt & W. F. Head, became very generally
known throughout New England, and was, perhaps, excelled by no
individual enterprise in the state. He was early interested in the mil
itary of New Hampshire, and was promoted through various offices
to be chief of staff of Governor Gilmore, by whom he was also com
missioned quartermaster-general, fulfilling the duties of that office with
conspicuous ability during the years of the war, adding also those of
inspector and adjutant-general. In 1875 he was elected to the state
senate, but was unseated by a technicality. He was, however, reëlected
in 1876 and 1877, being chosen president of the senate by a large vote.
In 1878 he was nominated for governor for the biennial term under the
new constitution. He was triumphantly elected, and his administration
ranks among the purest and most brilliant in our history. During
the war his services were most valuable, and in the years following,
when as adjutant-general of the state he made up the record of New
Hampshire's valor in the War of the Rebellion, his work was thorough
and complete. During his official career he travelled extensively, speak
ing on many public occasions, enhancing his own and the state's repu
tation.
HON. NATT
HEAD.
After his retirement from
office he returned once more to
business. His health, however, was soon impaired, and after several
months of weakness and illness he died November 12, 1883, in the
full glow of the love and respect of an entire state. He is remem
bered as the courteous, genial, generous Natt Head—the friend of
everybody.
�splendid and impressive example of the possibilities for the
A American youth is taught by the career of Hon. Moody Currier,
who has attained to eminence in many fields of lofty endeavor. Born
in humble circumstances in Boscawen, April 22, 1806, he early mani
fested those qualities of genius which paved the way to the greatest
honors within the gift of the state. Although limited to six weeks of
schooling per year, his application was such that he mastered the Eng
lish studies, and was enabled, when not at work upon the farm, to take
up teaching. He graduated from Dartmouth college, class of 1834,
with the distinguished honor of having the Greek oration. His subse
quent rise was rapid. He was principal of the Hopkinton academy one
year, and of the Lowell high school five years. In the meantime he
found time to study law, and, removing to Manchester in 1841, was
admitted to the bar and practised in the state and United States courts
with conspicuous ability. As time went on, he became identified with
the organization and management of nearly all of the prosperous finan
cial and industrial institutions of the city, filled all of the intermediate
offices leading up to governorship, and was governor in 1885–86.
Distinguished for what he has accomplished in public life, and in the
building up of large financial and industrial interests, he is also a
remarkable man in scholarship, easily ranking first in the state in litera
ture. He has fluent command of many languages, is versed in the
sciences, and is a poet of recognized ability, who has given to the
world many beautiful productions. He has devoted much time to the
study of ancient as well as modern religions, and while not assenting
to creeds and dogmas, is an earnest believer in a Supreme Being. Mr.
Currier has carved for himself a name on the highway of success which
New Hampshire can never forget when she calls her roll of fame.
HON. MOODY CURRIER.
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�X-GOVERNOR CHARLES
HENRY SAWYER is the eldest
E son of Jonathan Sawyer and Martha Perkins, and was born at
Watertown, N. Y., March 30, 1840. At ten years of age his father
moved to Dover, and after six years in the public schools of that city,
he began as an apprentice in the Sawyer woolen mills, and passed
through every branch of the concern, in 1866 becoming superintendent,
and in 1873, upon the incorporation of the company, being admitted to
the firm, and advanced successively to the posts of agent and director
to president. The Sawyer mills, over which he presides, rank among
the strongest and the largest woolen manufacturing corporations in the
country, and the credit of this position in no small measure is due to
the capacity and ability of the man who is at their head. The citizens
of Dover early came to appreciate Governor Sawyer's qualities, and he
was chosen to serve in both branches of the city government. In 1869,
187c, 1876, and 1877, he was a member of the house of representa
tives, and held positions upon important committees, being a working
member of the house.
In 1881 he was a member of Governor Bell's
staff, was delegate at large to the Republican national convention in
1884, and in 1886 was elected governor of New Hampshire, serving
in that high office with conspicuous fidelity to the dictates of his con
science, and with scrupulous regard for the interests of the state,
retiring with a record for diligence, for honor, and for sagacity that
has placed him among the noblest of New Hampshire's rulers. Gover
nor Sawyer, by reason of his prominence in Dover's business circles,
has been connected with other interests than the corporation which
bears his name, and is a director in the Strafford National Bank and
HON.
trustee of the Strafford Savings Bank, director in the Somersworth
Machine company, and Dover Gas Light company, president of the
Elliott Bridge company, and was for many years a director in the Ports
CHARLES HENRY SAWYER.
mouth & Dover railroad.
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�X-GOVERNOR DAVID H. GOODELL is a typical son of
New Hampshire, in that he is persistent, earnest, and successful.
He was born in Hillsborough, May 6, 1834, the only child of a farmer.
In 1841 his parents removed to Antrim, and that town has since been
his home. Though his parents had enjoyed limited advantages, they
determined that their son should have them all, and the boy was sent
to school at Hancock academy, at New Hampton, and at Francestown,
afterward entering Brown university in the fall of 1852. He left college
in his sophomore year on account of ill health, and returned to his
father's farm.
With renewed health, he left the farm and devoted him
self to teaching, quitting that calling, however, again to return to farm
ing as a life-work. But it was not to be, for he became treasurer of
the Antrim Shovel company upon its organization, and in 1858 became
its general agent. In 1864 this industry was removed to North Easton,
Mass., and its plant was occupied by D. H. Goodell & Co., in the
manufacture of apple-parers, a business that steadily increased. In
1867 fire consumed the factory, but six weeks' time saw another in
operation. In 1871 Mr. Goodell bought the interest of his partner.
In 1872 he helped organize the Wood Cutlery company at Bennington,
and in 1875 he united it with his business and organized the Goodell
company, to whom he transferred both plants. The Goodell company
to-day has factories at Antrim and Bennington, employs 200 hands,
and has a pay-roll of more than $120,000 yearly. In 1876 Mr. Goodell
entered politics by overturning a Democratic majority in Antrim, and
was sent that year to the legislature, returning again in 1877 and 1878.
In the house he made a mark as a leader in debates and in legislation.
In 1882 he was elected to the executive council, and in 1888 he was
nominated and elected governor, taking his seat in June, 1889, and
serving to January, 1891.
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�HE town of Barnstead has given many men to the service of the
Hiram A. Tuttle, just now retired from office
with the proud knowledge of a popularity merited by his worth. Gov
ernor Tuttle was born fifty-six years ago. His boyhood and youth
were spent in labor as a farmer and a shoe-maker. When he was
seventeen years old he entered a clothing house, and some years later
became manager of a branch house for the firm in Pittsfield, soon after
ward becoming proprietor. During all the years of his residence in Pitts
field no public enterprise has gone forward without his active and cheerful
coöperation. He is a trustee of the savings bank, a director in the National
bank, and a trustee of Pittsfield academy. In 1873 and 1874 Governor
Tuttle represented Pittsfield in the legislature; in 1876 he served on
Governor Cheney's staff with the rank of colonel. In 1878 he was a mem
ber of the governor's council, and a year later was reelected under the
new constitution for a term of two years. Governor Tuttle was always
prominent in his party, and in 1888 his name was presented to the
T state, among them
state convention as a candidate for governor.
HON.
HIRAM
A.
Failing to receive the
nomination that year it was accorded him in 1890 with practical una
nimity, and he took his seat in January, 1891, after a most spirited
contest. The duties of the governorship were discharged by him with
marked fidelity and credit. His administration was marked by many
events of more than ordinary public importance, and through them all
Governor Tuttle was conspicuous for his unswerving steadfastness of
purpose. Few men have so grown in public esteem as did Governor
Tuttle during his term of office. Governor Tuttle's life has been busy,
honorable, and happy. At home and abroad, in public and private
life, he is the same unassuming, kindly, sympathetic gentleman that all
TUTTLE.
have ever found him to be.
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�N recommending Gen. Richard N. Batchelder, of New Hampshire,
for appointment as quartermaster-general of the army, that dis
criminating military critic, Gen. Francis A. Walker, the historian of
the Second army corps, said: “No other man's services can exceed
his in the claims they make upon the consideration and gratitude of his
countrymen.” It is impossible in this brief sketch to give even a
synopsis of General Batchelder's military career, a career which won for
him the confidence and affection of the commanders of our armies,
which advanced him in the volunteer service by rapid promotion from
the rank of quartermaster of the First New Hampshire regiment to the
responsible position of chief quartermaster of the Army of the Potomac;
which carried him over the heads of six seniors in the regular service,
and all of them West Point graduates, when President Harrison was
called upon to appoint a quartermaster-general of the army, and which
secured for him indorsements and recommendations for that position
unsurpassed in the history of the regular army. One of the first of
New Hampshire's citizens to volunteer at the outbreak of the Rebellion,
he has reached the highest rank in the regular service of any volunteer
from this state, and it is not too much to say of him that he is the
most efficient quartermaster-general the army has ever had. General
Batchelder is the son of Nathan and Peace (Clifford) Batchelder, and
was born in the old town of Meredith, July 27, 1832.
GEN.
RICHARD N.
BATCHELDER.
His parents
moved to Manchester in his youth, and he was educated in the public
schools of that city. He started out in life in business with his father,
and was well advanced upon distinguished civil career when the first
call came for troops to put down the Rebellion. With a genius born
to command, he has adorned whatever position he has been called to
occupy. His life is filled with successes and honors. Loyal in his
friendships, his achievements have been without envy among his
associates.
�J'
GRIMES WALKER was born in Hillsborough, March 20,
1835. After the death of his mother he came under the care of his
uncle, Governor Grimes, of Iowa, and entered the naval academy from
that state in 1850. He graduated at the head of his class, and at the
breaking out of the War of the Rebellion was a lieutenant. He served
with distinguished gallantry at the taking of New Orleans and Vicks
burg, and in almost all the battles on the Mississippi river and its trib
utaries during the years 1862 and 1863, commanding various expedi
tions in which several vessels were engaged. His conduct at Arkansas
post, during the siege of Vicksburg, and on the Yazoo river was men
tioned with great praise by Admiral Porter in his reports to the navy
department. He also commanded the gunboat Shawmut at the taking
of Wilmington, N. C., in 1865, and was engaged in the closing opera
tions of the war on James river. He was always commended for cool
ness, sound judgment, and integrity, and was specially promoted to the
rank of commander for gallant and meritorious service. In 1866 he
was made assistant superintendent of the naval academy at Annapolis,
and in 1873, after a cruise, was appointed secretary of the lighthouse
board. This place he filled most acceptably for five years, bringing the
work to a high state of efficiency. During a two years leave of absence,
from 1878 to 1880, he occupied himself in the management of the
Chicago, Burlington, & Quincy Railroad, but the autumn of 1881 found
him—after more sea service—again in Washington as chief of the
bureau of navigation in the navy department, with the rank of commo
dore. Here he served eight years, performing the duties of an onerous
position with honor to himself and great benefit to the navy. In 1889
he was assigned as rear-admiral to the command of the squadron of
evolution, in which our new ships were collected. This squadron was
in 1892 merged in the North Atlantic squadron, which Admiral Walker
ADMIRAL JOHN GRIMES WALKER.
now commands.
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�EN. OLIVER LYMAN SPAULDING, son of Lyman and
Spaulding, was born at Jaffrey, New Hamp
shire, August 2, 1833. He entered Oberlin college in 1851, and grad
uated in 1855, in which year he removed to Michigan. He studied
law, was admitted to the bar in 1858, and in the same year was elected
a regent of the University of Michigan. In July, 1862, he raised a
company for the Twenty-third Michigan infantry, of which he was made
captain, successively being made major, lieutenant-colonel, and colonel,
and brevetted brigadier-general at the close of the war. In 1866 he was
elected secretary of state of Michigan, and reëlected in 1868. In 1875
he was appointed special agent of the treasury, and made a study of
customs matters, and while holding this office was elected to the Forty
seventh congress, serving on the committees on military affairs and
Indian affairs, but failed of election to the Forty-eighth congress in a
Democratic district by less than fifty votes. In 1883 he was chairman
of a commission sent to the Sandwich Islands to investigate alleged
violations of the Hawaiian reciprocity treaty. On his return he resumed
the practice of law, and subsequently was reappointed special agent,
resigning the office in December, 1885. He was reappointed in 1889
by Secretary Windom, and upon the selection of Assistant Secretary
Tichenor as one of the general appraisers, he was appointed assistant
secretary of the treasury, and given complete charge of customs matters.
In this position he was called upon to decide intricate and important
questions under the McKinley tariff law, and was also called upon to ex
amine other important questions requiring the exercise of sound judg
ment as well as the possession of superior legal abilities. During the
absence of Secretary Foster he was almost invariably designated as
acting secretary, and in the discharge of the various duties he was called
on to perform, enjoyed the full confidence of the president and the
secretary of the treasury.
G Susan (Marshall)
GEN.
OLIVER LYMAN SPAULIDING.
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�HE long lines of the boys in blue, who fought so bravely and
T died so nobly, if need be, for their country, are fast thinning
out; and it becomes highly desirable to preserve in permanent form
the record of their valiant service. Very few can boast a longer or
more honorable “following of the flag” than General Joab Nelson
Patterson. Born in Hopkinton, January 2, 1835, the son of Joab and
Mary (Lovering) Patterson, he was educated at Hopkinton academy
and the New Hampton institute, and Dartmouth college, where he grad
uated in the class of 1860. Enlisting as a private, April 22, 1861. he
served the Union cause faithfully and well until mustered out, December
19, 1865. He was in twenty-four engagements, from the first Bull Run
to the taking of Richmond, and rose rapidly through the different
degrees of rank until March 13, 1865, he was appointed brevet briga
dier general for “courage in battle and good conduct throughout the
war.” Upon the establishment of peace General Patterson took up his
permanent abode in Concord, and represented the capital city in the
legislature of 1866. From March, 1867, to December, 1886, he served
as United States marshal for the district of New Hampshire. In June,
1889, he was appointed second auditor of the United States treasury, a
position which he filled with credit until the change of administration
brought him a successor. He is now successfully engaged in the life
insurance business at 1,326 F street, Washington, D. C. After the
close of the war General Patterson held a brigadier's commission in the
state force. When the militia was reorganized, however, he retired
and had no active connection with the citizen soldiery again until April
18, 1879, when he was commissioned colonel of the Third regiment.
His valuable service in that position, and later as brigadier-general of
the First brigade, N. H. N. G., is still fresh in the minds of all.
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�ARROLL DAVIDSON WRIGHT was born in Dunbarton,
July 25, 1840. He was educated at Tubbs's Union academy, at
Washington, the Cold River academy, at Alstead, and the academy at
Chester, Vt., and also in the High school at Reading, Mass. In 1860
he began the study of law with Wheeler & Faulkner of Keene, but
concluded his studies in Boston. In September, 1862, he enlisted at
Keene as a private in the Fourteenth New Hampshire regiment, but
was made a second lieutenant of Company C in that regiment just
before it departed for the seat of war in October. In December, 1863,
he was made adjutant of the regiment, and in December, 1864, was
commissioned as its colonel.
On account of illness he resigned in
March, 1865, and later on returned to the study of law, and was admit
ted to the New Hampshire bar in October, 1865. He did not com
mence practice until August, 1867, and then at Boston. In the same
year he was admitted to the bar in Massachusetts; also to practice in
the United States courts.
He was elected to the Massachusetts sen
ate in 1871, and served during the sessions of 1872–73. In June,
1873, he was appointed chief of the Massachusetts bureau of statistics
of labor, and served until September, 1888. He was a presidential
elector in 1876. He took the state census of Massachusetts in 1875
and 1885, and was also supervisor of the United States census of 1880 for
the state. In 1885 he was commissioned by the governor to investi
gate the public records of towns, parishes, counties, and courts, and in
January, 1885, he was appointed United States commissioner of labor.
Mr. Wright still holds this position. He was lecturer during 1879 on
phases of the labor question at the Lowell institute, in Boston, and in
1881, at Harvard, was university lecturer on the factory system. He
has been university lecturer on statistics and other subjects at Johns
Hopkins and other prominent American universities.
COL. CARROLL DAVIDSON WRIGHT.
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�J'
RICHARDS
DODGE
was born in New Boston, New
Hampshire, September 28, 1823. His education was obtained in
common schools and academies, in Richard Boylston's Farmers'
Cabinet office in Amherst, in teaching, in journalism, and in technical and
scientific investigation. Though not a college graduate, he received in
1880 an honorary degree of A. M. from Dartmouth college. From
1845 to 1849, inclusive, he taught an academy in Mississippi, and
during the five years following he was editor and co-proprietor of the
Nashua Oasis, and afterwards editor and publisher of the Ameri
can Ruralist, at Springfield, Ohio. In 1861 he went to Washington,
and through the long session of the first war congress was senate
reporter for the National Republican and also for the National Intelli
gencer, which was still under the management of Colonel Seaton. On
the organization of the department of agriculture he was offered a posi
tion, at the suggestion of the Ohio delegation in congress, including
Senators Ben Wade and John Sherman. For four years following, he
was employed in editorial and statistical work, and was also connected
with the New York Associated Press as congressional special; he
became statistician of the department, May 6, 1866, in which position
he remained until March 31, 1893, except about three years in which
he was in charge of the agricultural statistics of the tenth census, and in
expert service in the bureau of statistics of the treasury department.
In 1873 he spent the summer in Europe, on an investigation of the
statistical methods of the principal governments, and as honorary com
missioner to the Vienna World's exhibition, appointed by direction of
President Grant. In 1887 he made a supplementary investigation in
London, Paris, Brussels, Berlin, Vienna, and Rome, attending in the
latter city the sessions of the International Statistical institute, of which
he is an original member.
�ON. FRANK D. CURRIER. In the line of alert, progressive,
and brilliant young men of the later generation in New Hamp
shire, Hon. Frank D. Currier occupies a prominent position. He was
born in Canaan, October 30, 1853, and educated in the public schools
H
of that town, Kimball Union academy at Meriden, and Dr. Dixon's
school at Lowell, Mass. He first studied law in the office of Pike &
Blodgett at Franklin, but was admitted to the Grafton county bar from
the office of George W. Murray of Canaan in November, 1874. Imme
diately entering upon the successful practice of his profession in his
native town, he continued there until May 19, 1890, when he was
appointed naval officer of customs for the district of Boston and Charles
town by President Harrison. Mr. Currier during his professional
career in New Hampshire was conspicuously prominent in the politics
of the state. He was a member of the house of representatives in
1879, clerk of the state senate from 1883 to 1886, was elected a mem
ber of the senate in the latter year, presiding over that body through
the session of 1887; was secretary of the Republican state committee in
the four campaigns from 1882 to 1888, and a delegate to the Repub
lican national convention in 1884.
Mr. Currier is a Mason, a member
of St. Andrew's Royal Arch Chapter and of Sullivan Commandery
Knights Templar. Mr. Currier possessed, to a remarkable degree, the
model qualities for a vigorous and honorable career. Called, at an
early age, to a prominent position in the councils of his party, the
duties devolving upon him were most faithfully executed. As a public
official and a legislator he has displayed the brilliant qualities that have
marked him in other fields of endeavor. A winning and graceful
orator, he has frequently appeared upon the political stump and as an
after-dinner speaker, and achieved renown no less marked than that
which has distinguished him elsewhere.
HON.1 FRANK D. CURRIER.
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�H
ON. JAMES E. FRENCH, collector of internal revenue for
the district of New Hampshire, was born at Tuftonborough,
February 27, 1845, and is the son of James French and Evaline A.
Moulton.
In 1851 he removed with his family to Moultonborough, and
has made his residence in that town since that time.
He was educated
in the common schools of Moultonborough and at the seminary at Til
ton.
School days over, Mr. French was a clerk in the store of his
father for several years, and was also employed as clerk in the years 1864
to 1869 at Plymouth, Centre Harbor, and Great Falls. In 1869 he
returned to Moultonborough to enter upon trade for himself, continuing
therein until 1884, in the meantime occupying several positions of trust
and responsibility. Having been active in politics, Mr. French was
rewarded with many positions of honor and dignity, serving as post
master of Moultonborough from 1873 to 1884. Under the old statutes
he was elected railroad commissioner of the state of New Hampshire
and served from 1878 to 1883. He sat in the legislature as a member
from Moultonborough in 1878 and again in 1879. In 1882 he was
appointed a deputy collector of internal revenue and served until 1886.
In 1887 he was a member of the New Hampshire state senate, and in
November, 1889, was appointed to his present position, his district
covering the states of Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont. Mr.
French has a remarkably acute mind, trained by constant intercourse
with human nature in almost every phase of its existence. His intuitive
perception is remarkably keen, and indeed this may be called his chief
characteristic. Rapid in thought, quick to seize upon an emergency,
Mr. French has lifted himself to successive high positions, and in each
of them he has acquitted himself with credit. His present position is
meritoriously bestowed, and in it Mr. French is serving with the same
HON. JAMES E, FRENCH.
ability that has won for him his successive promotions.
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�HOMAS P. CHENEY.
It is no small matter to have been
T prominent in a state of prominent men for a generation, and Col.
Thos. P. Cheney boasts of that distinction. Colonel Cheney was born
in Holderness, February 24, 1833, and was educated in the Holderness
high school and the New Hampshire Conference seminary at Tilton.
He was actively engaged in business until the outbreak of the war, when
he enlisted in the army of the United States and served in Company A
of the Sixth New Hampshire volunteers, being mustered out as a lieu
tenant. After the termination of his military service, Colonel Cheney
was appointed deputy sergeant-at-arms of the United States house of
representatives, and served in that position until he was appointed super
intendent of the railway mail service in the New England states, which
position he held for fifteen years. Retiring from this position, Colonel
Cheney was appointed by President Arthur to be pension agent at Con
cord, and held the position until 1886, when he was removed by President
Cleveland. In the fall of that same year Colonel Cheney was elected to
the house of representatives from Ashland, and served through the
exciting session of 1887, taking a prominent part in the deliberations
of the house. In 1889 he sat in the senate from the Plymouth district,
and in that body his eminence in political and legislative work was by
no means diminished by his record there. In 1890 Colonel Cheney
again returned to the pension office, this time by appointment from
President Harrison, and now holds the position. Colonel Cheney's
earlier political career was crowned with honors won by great activity
for his party, and in 1859 he first held office as door-keeper of the state
house of representatives. Under President Lincoln, Colonel Cheney
served as postmaster at Holderness. He was a member of the house
of representatives, representing Holderness, in 1865 and 1866, and
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delegate to the Republican national convention in 1868.
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�ONVERSE J. SMITH, special agent of the United States treas
C ury department, and in charge of the New England special agency
district with official station in Boston,
is a native of Plainfield.
CONVERSE J. SMITH.
His
early life was spent in Meriden, and he was educated at Kimball Union
academy, graduating in the class of 1866. Mercantile business was
selected as an avocation and in 1868, after a year's service in the country
store of Converse Cole of Meriden, a clerkship was obtained with
Messrs. Warde, Humphrey & Co., leading hardware merchants of
Concord. After several years of service, upon the death of the senior
member, Hon. David A. Warde, a new copartnership was formed under
the firm name of Humphrey Dodge & Smith, which continued until
1889, when Mr. Smith retired. During the twenty-one years Mr. Smith
was the travelling salesman of the firm, and naturally acquired a wide
acquaintance, which extended far beyond his native state. In the years
of 1884 and 1885 he was a member of Gov. Samuel W. Hale's staff, with
rank of colonel, and was a member of the legislature in the years 1889
and 1890, representing in part the city of Concord. Colonel Smith has
given considerable attention to journalism, and for two years was the
regular New Hampshire correspondent of the Boston Daily Traveller.
In the fall of 1890 the honorable secretary of the treasury appointed
Colonel Smith a special agent of the treasury department, and six
months later promoted him to the charge of the district, one of the
largest territorially and considered one of the most important in the
country, a position requiring great executive ability and a thorough
knowledge of customs laws. Special agents of the United States treas
ury department, who have represented New Hampshire in the past, are
ex-U. S. Senator Aaron H. Cragin, ex-Gov. B. F. Prescott, and Hon.
Harry Bingham.
�OL. JAMES A. WOOD was born at Alstead, May 24, 1832,
C and is the son of Amasa and grand-son of Benjamin Wood, a
soldier of the Revolution. He was educated in the East Alstead high
school, the South Acworth high school, at Marlow academy, and at
Kimball Union academy, Meriden. He taught several terms of district
school, and was engaged when a young man as an auctioneer, convey
ancer, administrator, and executor of estates in Acworth and vicinity.
In 1871 he became connected with the Republican Press Association
as general agent, and for nearly twenty years continued with that cor
poration, visiting in that time every town in New Hampshire and
acquiring an intimate personal acquaintance with nearly every business
and professional man in the state. In politics Colonel Wood has been
one of the most active Republicans in the state. For thirty years he
was a member of the Republican state committee, and for seventeen
years, with the exception of one campaign, represented Sullivan county
in the executive committee and took an active part in the management
of the campaigns. For twenty years he has been moderator in the
town of Acworth, and has held the office of selectman. For eleven years
he was postmaster at South Acworth, and in 1875 and 1877 was a mem
ber of the state legislature. In 1875 and 1876 he was a member of the
staff of Gov. P. C. Cheney. In March, 1890, he was appointed con
sul of the United States at Sherbrooke, Canada, and was succeeded in
July of the present year.
COL. JAMES A. WOOD.
�F' the past few years Concord, a small city, has enjoyed a metro
politan postal service. This is due entirely to Hon. Henry Robin
son, the postmaster, who was born in Concord, July 14, 1852. He was
educated in the schools of the city and studied law at the Boston law
school and with Minot, Tappan & Mugridge. He was admitted to the
bar in 1875, and by his talents won a high place in its membership.
In 1879 he was a member of the legislature, and his youth did not pre
vent him from exerting great influence in the house. In the next session
he also had a seat, being the only member from Concord to be reëlected.
This session he served as chairman of the railroad committee.
In
1885 he was a member of the state senate, and, although the youngest
member of that body, was chairman of the judiciary committee. The next
years of his life he devoted to his profession and to general literary
work. In the summer of 1890 he was appointed to his present posi
tion. As postmaster, Mr. Robinson brought to the discharge of his
duties the generous enthusiasm that has marked his life. His ideal was
the best in point of efficiency and completeness. His quick perception
sought many points for improving and diversifying the service, and he
has given to Concord postal facilities far beyond those enjoyed by any
other community of like size and importance, not hesitating to draw
largely upon his own resources to supply what he deemed to be
demanded. Mr. Robinson is a highly gifted man, turning his endeav
ors easily into various channels with uniform success. Suave and
graceful and eloquent, he has frequently been heard upon the platform as
a political orator and on other occasions, always acquitting himself with
marked credit. A polished man of the world, a skilful raconteur, he is one
of the most companionable of men. Mr. Robinson was married in 1878,
to a daughter of the late United States Senator Edward H. Rollins,
and has five children.
I O2
�LIAS H. CHENEY was born at Holderness, now Ashland,
January 28, 1832, and is the son of Moses Cheney and Abigail
Morrison. He was educated in the Holderness high school, New
Hampton institute, and at Phillips Exeter academy. Having ended his
school days he served an apprenticeship in the office of the Peter
borough Transcript, and in 1853, when his apprenticeship was ended,
became editor and proprietor of the paper. In 1855 he removed to
Concord and became publisher of the New Hampshire Phoenix and
was subsequently engaged in the office of the New Hampshire Sentinel
at Keene and the Sullivan Republican, at Newport. In 1861 he pur
chased and has since owned the Granite State Free Press at Lebanon.
Mr. Cheney as a newspaper man has been foremost in the great histori
cal movements that have taken place during his editorial career. A
fearless and able exponent of the truth, he has stood for the right in
many a fiercely contested battle, and in the field of politics has achieved
many a notable triumph. He has held office infrequently, because of
his disinclination.
In 1867 and 1868 he was a member of the house
of representatives, and in 1885 was a member of the New Hampshire
senate from the Third district. January 6, 1892, he was appointed con
sul of the United States at Matanzas, Cuba, and still holds that position,
HON.
ELIAS H.
his paper being conducted by his younger son. As a journalist, Mr.
Cheney has figured nobly, because of the intense virility and breadth of
his conceptions. To him no task has been too arduous, no duties too
severe when, as always, he has espoused the right. Puritanically con
scientious, he has achieved his prominence by the sheer weight of his
intellect, by the uncompromising rectitude of his conscience, and by the
severe logic of the situation which he has oftentimes created in
behalf of the cause that he has championed.
CHENEY.
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�HARLES M. DORR was born at Somersworth, May 31, 1845,
C and with the exception of ten years spent in Berwick, Maine, has
always resided there.
He was educated in the public schools of
his native city and in the academies at Berwick and West Lebanon,
Maine, and has been engaged in the dry goods business during most of
his life, first as partner in the firm of Dorr & Hobson and since Febru
ary 1, 1892, as sole proprietor. Mr. Dorr has been a director in the
Somersworth National Bank since 1880, and is also one of the trustees
of the Somersworth Savings Bank; he is a prominent Mason and
served as secretary, junior and senior warden of Libanus Lodge; is a
past high priest generalissimo of St. Paul Commandery, Knights
Templar, of Dover, N. H. For two years he was town clerk of
Somersworth and for six years one of its supervisors. He has served
as moderator and for three terms sat in the house of representatives.
He has been a prominent member and president of the Somersworth
Republican club and for three years was a member of the Republican
state committee. In February, 1890, he was appointed United States
bank examiner for New Hampshire by President Harrison, and still
retains that position. Mr. Dorr is fully entitled to the success that he
has won; he has worked hard and honestly to achieve it, and the credit
due him covers the whole range of his endeavor. In business life he is
reckoned as prompt, ready, energetic, honorable; as a member of the
legislature he served with sufficient credit to merit two reëlections; and
as United States bank examiner he has followed the prescribed line of
his duty with fidelity and renown. He is one of the most enterprising
of citizens, one of the most companionable of men, one of the most
CHARLES M.
IDORR.
faithful of officers.
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�N the front rank of the eminent practitioners of the New Hampshire
bar stands Hon. Henry P. Rolfe of Concord, who was born at
Boscawen, February 13, 1821. He was educated in the district schools,
at New Hampton institute, and at Dartmouth college, where he was
graduated in the class of 1848. He studied law with Hon. Asa Fowler
of Concord, and was admitted to the bar in 1851. Immediately open
ing an office in Concord, he maintained himself with credit, advancing
in professional reputation and influence, and winning in 1869 an appoint
ment as United States district attorney for New Hampshire, and hold
ing the office for five years. During the years 1852 and 1853 he was
a member of the board of education for Concord, serving as chairman
during one year, and was a representative in the legislature, as a Demo
crat in 1853, returning as a Republican during the stormy years of
1863 and 1864. He has also received other political honors, among
them being an appointment as postmaster of Concord from Andrew
Johnson. And he served on the lake commission in 1878–89 by
appointment of Governor Prescott. He was Democratic candidate for
state senator in 1859 and 1860, and Democratic candidate for the electoral
college on the Douglas ticket in 1860. He has always been a strong
prohibitionst and a total abstainer from the use of tobacco and intoxicat
ing liquors. Mr. Rolfe is one of the Nestors of the New Hampshire
bar. His practice extends over the years when intellectual giants stood
before the tribunals of the state, and among those men Mr. Rolfe easily
maintained himself with credit. In all the branches of his professional
service Mr. Rolfe has won conspicuous success.
As a counsellor he is
unerring and sagacious; as an advocate his career has been marked
HON.
HENRY
P.
ROLFE.
with triumph.
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�RED A. BARKER was born in Westmoreland, September 16,
He
secured his education in the town schools, taking a high school course,
and at the age of eighteen left home to become an express messenger
for Fiske & Co., running from Boston to Burlington. For twenty-five
years thereafter he was with the United States & Canada Express Co.,
with Thompson & Co.'s Express, and with the American Express Co.,
serving all three companies as agent at Keene. Always an enthusiastic
Democrat, he has been advanced in political honors. In 1871 he served
on the staff of Governor Weston, with the rank of colonel, and in 1876
was a delegate to the Democratic national convention at St. Louis. In
1883 he was elected a member of the legislature from a strong Repub
lican ward, and for three years was a member of the city council, and
for the same length of time served as assessor. During President
F 1835, the son of Col. Tileston A. Barker and Semira Albee.
Cleveland's first administration, Colonel Barker served as United States
marshal for the district of New Hampshire, and upon retiring from that
position became freight agent of the Boston & Maine R. R., with an
office at Keene. In 1861 Governor Berry appointed Colonel Barker
recruiting officer at Keene, and he enlisted several hundred men for the
war.
In 1877, when the state militia was reviewed, Colonel Barker
took a great interest in naming and organizing the Keene Light Guard
Battalion, Companies G and H of the Second regiment, N. H. N. G.
He was elected first lieutenant Company G, and promoted to be quar
termaster and major. Colonel Barker is a man of eminently solid quali
ties and he has displayed in the various positions that he has filled a
marked degree of adaptability. In public office he has served faith
fully, and in political campaigns his worth has been time and again
manifested. His genial disposition has attracted numerous friends, and
MAJOR FRED A. BARKER.
the worth of his character has retained them.
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�OL. JOHN PENDER of Portsmouth was born of Scotch de
Pender and Margaret Lenox Paton, at
Southbridge, Mass., June 7, 1843. His parents removed to Ports
mouth when their son was but three years of age, and in the com
mon schools of that city Colonel Pender was educated. His parents
were poor, but the undaunted courage of the Scotch lad gave him a
prestige even in his school days. In 1853 he began work as a factory
boy in the Portsmouth mills, and from that time until now has steadily
advanced in the world. He was a member of the Portsmouth city
council in 1867 and 1868, of the board of aldermen in 1869 and 1870,
and in 1871 and 1872 was a member of the legislature. He entered
the Portsmouth custom house in 1873 and remained there until 1885,
C scent, the son of Hugh
the advent of the Cleveland administration.
Since then he has been
engaged in a general insurance business in Portsmouth, classing among
his clients the most prominent and best known and wealthiest people
of the state.
Colonel Pender was a member of Governor Hale's staff,
and there received his military title. In 1890 Colonel Pender pur
chased the Portsmouth Evening Post, and has since that time been its
proprietor and publisher.
He has for many years been a member of
the Republican state committee and has been a wheel-horse of his
party in all the stirring campaigns that have been fought in and around
old “Strawberry Bank.” Colonel Pender has won his success by his
indomitable courage. Handicapped in his youth, he has overcome
obstacles and climbed the pathway of competence. His life has been
one of advance, which is not checked as years go on.
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�I)ANIEL
M. WHITE was born at Peterborough, May 4, 1844,
and is the son of Isaac D. White and Timnah Mansfield.
He
was educated in the common schools of Peterborough, at the Peter
borough academy, and at the McCollom institute, and had hardly
finished his education when he enlisted as a private in Company E of
the First regiment, New Hampshire cavalry, and was promoted to be
lieutenant, bearing that rank at the expiration of the war, when he
returned home and became a teacher in the public schools of the state,
continuing for ten years in that capacity. During the last three years
of this time he was engaged in the study of law in the office of Hon.
E. M. Smith of Peterborough, and was admitted to the bar in Hills
borough county in May, 1874. In addition to the duties involved by
the practice of his profession, he took a deep interest in the develop
ment of the New Hampshire National Guard, and for seventeen years
held a commission as an officer in that body. For seven years he was
colonel, commanding the Second regiment, and for five years was a
brigadier general, commanding the First brigade. And, as a result of
his zeal, ability, and untiring efforts in the discharge of his duties,
New Hampshire could boast of as good and well disciplined military
organization as any state in the Union at the time he retired from
the command of the brigade. In 1877 he was appointed by Governor
Prescott a member of a commission to revise or draft a new military
code for the reorganization and government of the state militia.
General White retired from military service in 1889. In 1878 he sat
in the state senate, serving with distinction. In August, 1887, Gen
eral White was appointed consul of the United States at Sherbrooke,
Canada, and served until March 13, 1890, when he was relieved.
then General White has practised law at Peterborough.
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�RTHUR
LIVERMORE
MESERVE
was born in Bartlett,
A April 18, 1838.
He was named for Judge Arthur Livermore of
Plymouth, who was a friend of the older members of the family. He
was educated in the common schools and at home, both of his parents
being teachers. He has been a merchant and connected more or less
with railroads. He is possessed of literary taste and has written very
much for the press. He is one of the leading citizens of his section of
the state and has filled all the various town offices many times. He
was representative in 1873–74, and was a member of Governor Wes
ton's staff, with the rank of colonel. He was county commissioner of
Carroll county from 1875-'78 and was a member of the council of Gov
ernor Bell, being elected from his district by a large majority. He has
had much to do in building up the village of Bartlett, and has seen it
grow from a little farming community to a lively, bustling place. He
belongs to the Odd Fellows and Masonic fraternities, being a member
of the North Star commandery at Lancaster. He is also a member of
the Sons of the Revolution, being eligible by the Revolutionary ser
vice of his great grandfather on his mother's side. On his father's side
is numbered George Meserve, who before the Revolution was a collector
of both the ports of Portsmouth and Boston. He was also the one
who brought over the stamps from England which his neighbors in
Portsmouth compelled him to burn, and also hung him in effigy.
Colonel Meserve, who commanded a regiment at the siege of Louis
burg in the old French War, was also of the family. Mr. Meserve is
not a member of any church, but is inclined to the Episcopal church,
whose services he attends.
HON. ARTHUR LIVERMORE MESERVE.
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�N the front rank of the men engaged in the fundamental industry of
New Hampshire, agriculture, stands Hon. Warren Brown of
Hampton Falls, who was born in that place August 11, 1836, the son
of John Berry Brown and Sarah Murch Leavitt. He was educated in
the common schools of the town, at Rockingham academy at Hampton
Falls, and at the Phillips Andover academy. During all his life he has
been engaged in farming and success has followed his efforts, yet Mr.
Brown may boast of honors in another field. Having turned his atten
tion to politics, Mr. Brown was elected to the legislature in 1871 and
followed this with a seat in the New Hampshire senate in 1872 and
again in 1873. His next advance was to the executive council, where
under the revised constitution he sat for the two years embraced in
Governor Head's term. In 1884 he was a delegate to the Republican
national convention. Mr. Brown as a farmer has been among the first
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to recognize the value of associated effort, and as president of the New
Hampshire Agricultural Society he served for eleven years with un
wavering success, the society under his administration reaching its
acme of usefulness and grandeur. As trustee of the New England
Agricultural Society he has served for twenty-four years, and is now its
treasurer and one of the most valued members of the executive board of
that sterling, old-time, yet ever young and vigorous, organization.
Mr.
Brown realized, too, the value of education to the farmer, and has always
been deeply interested in the growth and development of the state col
lege. Serving as trustee of that institution, he did much for its advance
ment during the earlier years of its existence; and later, as the scope of
the institution widened, Mr. Brown, as member of the board of control
of the experiment station, keeping closely in touch with the scien
tific progress of the age as related to agriculture, has been largely
instrumental in placing the work of the station upon a high, practical,
and scientific plane.
�YMAN DEWEY STEVENS was born in Piermont, Septem
ber 20, 1821, and is the son of Caleb Stevens and Sally Dewey.
His preparatory studies were pursued in the academy at Haverhill and
he graduated from Dartmouth college in 1843. He became principal
of the Stanstead (C.E.) academy, where he remained for two years,
and later was assistant for a short time to Jonathan Tenney, principal
of the academy at Pembroke. While a teacher at Stanstead he deter
mined to study law, and began his studies in the office of E. C. John
son, Esq., at Derby, Vt., subsequently pursuing them with Hon. Ira
Perley in Concord. In October, 1847, he was admitted to the bar and
at once opened an office in Concord. In 1868 and 1869 he was
mayor of the city. Since 1865 he has been a director in the National
State Capital Bank, and has been president of the Merrimack County
Savings Bank since its organization. He was also president of the
board of trade during that organization's existence. Governor Gilmore
appointed Mr. Stevens commissioner to adjust the suspended war
claims of New Hampshire against the United States and he was also
a commissioner of the state of New Hampshire to attend the dedica
tion of the National cemetery at Gettysburg. He has been deeply
interested in religious and philanthropic work, and has been a promi
nent member of the South Congregational church, is vice-president
and treasurer of the New Hampshire Home Missionary society, and
trustee of Kimball Union academy, of Boscawen academy, member of
the board of education in Concord, and trustee and president of the
New Hampshire College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts. Polit
ical honors have come to Mr. Stevens in the form of the city solicitor
ship in 1855 and 1856, membership in the house of representatives in
1860, 1861, 1866, and 1867, presidential elector in 1872, member of
the governor's council in 1881, and of the state senate in 1885.
HON. LYMAN DEWEY STEVENS.
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�ON. JOHN W. WHEELER of Salem stands easily as one of
the foremost men of the state, his prominence being due to
activity, service, and success in the various walks of life. Mr. Wheeler
was born in Salem, August 19, 1826, and has always lived there.
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There he has attained his success and his honors.
He was educated
in common schools, supplemented by attendance at Northfield academy.
He early came before the public as the incumbent of various town
offices, and in 1868 he first came to the legislature and was reëlected
the following year. In 1875 he was again in the house, and in the next
session he again represented his town. In 1877 he was found in the
state senate, and the following year was for a second term a member of
that body. In 1881 he entered the executive council under Governor
Charles H. Bell and served until 1883. During all these years of pub
lic service Mr. Wheeler sustained himself with credit.
He was a faith
ful legislator, and the wishes of his constituents and the doctrines of his
party found in him a willing executor. Since his retirement from
office Mr. Wheeler has been by no means idle. Added to the cares of
his business he has assumed the leadership of his party and has repre
sented his town in every Republican convention and has been a mem
ber of the Republican state committee. He has enjoyed the fullest
confidence of the party counsellors and his energy and sagacity have
been formidable factors in many a well fought and hard-earned vic
tory. Mr. Wheeler is easily the leading citizen of Salem, and full of
years, full of honors, is yet in the arena, as young in soul and as alert
in temperament as ever.
HON, JOHN W. WHEELER.
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�ON. JOHN A. SPALDING of Nashua is one of the self-made
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men of New Hampshire. He was born in Wilton, May 29,
1837, and attended the common schools and Crosby's academy, Nashua,
securing there his only education aside from that contained in the vast
school of human nature. When but nineteen years of age he embarked
in business for himself as a clothing dealer at Nashua, continuing in
that line until he was chosen cashier of the First National Bank of
Nashua, and entered upon his duties with the organization of the bank,
having been its only cashier during the thirty years of the institution's
existence. Mr. Spalding's work as a banker naturally has drawn him
into other financial enterprises, and he has been a director in the Con
cord railroad and is now a director in the Wilton railroad and in the
Worcester, Nashua & Rochester railroad, trustee in City Guaranty
Savings Bank, and, in addition, has dealt extensively in real estate.
He has also found time to make for himself a prominent place in
the political history of the state, beginning in 1865 and 1866, when he
represented Ward seven, Nashua, in the legislature of the state. Under
the old constitution he was a member of the state senate of 1878, that being
the last senate chosen with but twelve members. In 1883 and 1885 he
served as member of the governor's council, and in 1885 was elected
mayor of Nashua. In 1880 he was a presidential elector upon the
Republican ticket, and is at present chairman of the police commission
of the city of Nashua, having been appointed by Governor Tuttle upon
the organization of that body. Mr. Spalding has faithfully followed his
career to success; becoming at an early age identified with a prominent
fiscal institution, he has carried along its development upon progressive
lines; yet his progressiveness has ever been conservative. In politics
Mr. Spalding has also represented a substantial element in his party,
and the gratifying majorities that have greeted his efforts as a candidate
sufficiently attest the weight of his reputation.
HON. JOHN A. SPALDING.
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�ATHANIEL HAVEN CLARK was born in Plaistow, February
26, 1826, and is the son of Col. Nathaniel Clark and Betsey
Brickett. He was educated at Atkinson academy and in the academy
at Pembroke and has spent his life as a farmer and an old-time country
miller. Mr. Clark has, however, not been allowed to give his whole
attention to the demands of his calling. By the wish of his towns
people he has filled every office in their gift. In 1876 he was a mem
ber of the constitutional convention, in 1878 and 1879 he was a member
of the house of representatives, in 1885 he sat in the state senate, and
in 1887 was a member of the executive council, firmly declining and
almost sternly forbidding his friends to work for his further political
advancement. In 1885 Mr. Clark was appointed by Governor Currier
a member of the commission to establish and define the boundary line
between New Hampshire and Massachusetts, and under his direction
this much mooted question has been thoroughly examined in all its
bearings and many valuable historical results have been achieved. By
his tact he prevented a possible quarrel with our neighboring common
wealth, yet, by his firmness, he secured to New Hampshire what justly
belonged to her. The work of this commission is not yet completed
and Mr. Clark gives to it his untiring labors for securing the rights of
his state. The establishment of the true boundary between New Hamp
shire and Massachusetts is a work of no small import. Carrying with it so
much of possibility, and freighted also with a delicacy of manipulation,
the problem has called to its solution the rare qualities that Mr. Clark
has so clearly displayed in the discharge of his duties. In his hands
the state's rights will not be over-ridden, yet his inherent sense of jus
tice will not permit him to seize more than is due.
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HON. NATHANIEL HAVEN CLARK.
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�ROM the town of Sutton many men have gone forth to make
mark in life, among them is William S. Pillsbury of Lon
donderry. He was born March 16, 1833, the son of Rev. Stephen
Pillsbury, a Baptist minister. He was the sixth lineal descendant from
William Pillsbury who came from Straffordshire, England, and settled
at Dorchester in 1641. Colonel Pillsbury passed his youth in Sutton,
and at the outbreak of the war enlisted in the service of his country in
Company I of the Fourth New Hampshire volunteers, in which com
pany he was first lieutenant, and served also in Company A of the
Ninth New Hampshire regiment. His last year of military service was
passed in the capacity of ordnance officer in the first brigade of Hard
ing's division, engaged in the defence of Washington, with headquarters
at Fort Reno. His title of colonel comes to him from having served on
the staff of Governor Prescott. For more than twenty years Colonel
Pillsbury has been engaged in business at Derry Depot as a shoe man
ufacturer, where from year to year he has seen a gratifying yet deserved
increase in the business of his firm. In politics Colonel Pillsbury has
always been a Republican, and as such served as county commissioner
for Rockingham county, and was elected to the house of represen
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tatives in 1874.
In 1888 he was chosen a member of Governor
Goodell's council from the Third district, where his business training,
his cool, clear, calm, and considerate judgment, made him a valuable
adviser in the administration of state affairs. Colonel Pillsbury's
career falls nothing short of unqualified success, due wholly to his own
efforts, based wholly upon his own sagacity, and conserved wholly by
his own prudence. These qualities stamp a successful man in any
capacity, and through all the experiences of his life, in his private
business and in public business, Colonel Pillsbury has displayed these
qualities with conspicuous consistency.
COL. WILLIAM S. PILLSBURY.
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�T was in the town of West Fairlee, Vermont, August 2, 1850, that
Col. Frank C. Churchill, of Lebanon, was born.
He lived in that
town until 1868, and for two years after that was a resident of Lyme,
N. H., and since 1870 has lived in Lebanon.
Colonel Churchill was
educated in the common and select schools and at Thetford academy.
His business career was begun as a travelling salesman, and in this
capacity he continued for many years, even after he had embarked in
business in company with Hon. William S. Carter in the manufacture
of shirts and overalls. While engaged as a commercial traveller, Col
onel Churchill visited nearly every state in the Union, and acquired an
acquaintance with men and affairs, and above all with human nature, so
extensive and varied that, united with his innate sagacious qualities, it
has enabled him to compel success in whatever he has undertaken.
Though evincing a lively interest in public affairs, though always a
Republican and always acting, Colonel Churchill persistently declined
preferment until 1888, when he yielded to the solicitation of his friends
and was nominated to the executive council, being elected by a phe
nomenal majority. As an adviser of Governor Goodell during the term
of his administration, Colonel Churchill's counsel was prudent and was
always heeded. He served upon all the important committees of the
council, and was secretary of the commission appointed to superintend
the erection and dedication of the statue to Gen. John Stark. During
Colonel Churchill's term in the council, he was chosen chairman of the
Republican state committee, though not a member of that body, and
conducted the campaign of 1890 with a brilliancy and shrewdness,
with a capability and fidelity, and an integrity that has been rarely
equalled in the political annals of the state.
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�ON. SHERBURNE R. MERRILL was born in Newbury, N.
January 2, 1810. When he was eight years old his
father removed to Croydon, and in 1825 to Peeling (now Woodstock),
N. H. The following year his father died suddenly, and the boy was
thrown upon his own resources at sixteen years of age. For three
years he worked upon farms in Croydon and vicinity, and at the age of
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nineteen set out for Boston to seek his fortune.
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SHERBURNE
He remained in that
city seven years, attaining there by industry and frugality his first start
in life. For the next sixteen years he resided in Woodstock, N. H.,
where he was engaged in farming and manufacturing. In October,
1852, he removed to Colebrook, where he had previously had large
business dealings, and resided there until his death, which occurred
April 9, 1891. During his residence in Colebrook, Mr. Merrill was
extensively engaged in many important business enterprises. Although
not robust in health his temperate and regular habits enabled him to
accomplish an immense amount of work. As manufacturer, merchant,
and financier, he was uniformly successful. In early life he was con
nected with the old state militia, serving as captain of a company from
1841 to 1849, and afterward was promoted to the rank of major and
colonel. In politics he was a life-long Democrat. He represented the
town of Woodstock in the legislatures of 1850 and 1851, and Colebrook
in 1872 and 1873. For two terms he was a member of the state senate,
and in 1889 was elected a member of Governor Goodell's council, the
only Democrat to sit in that body. Mr. Merrill was a man of strong
convictions and rugged honesty of opinion. In him his party had a
tried and true representative. The blunt honesty of his nature sought
frank expression, nor would he be satisfied with less from his oppo
nents. To the town of Colebrook he was a tower of strength. For
many years he was a trustee of Colebrook academy, and a trustee of the
Methodist society from the building of its church.
R. MERRILL.
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�ENRY BREWER QUINBY was born in Biddeford, Me.,
June 10, 1846, and is the son of Thomas Quinby and Jane
E. (Brewer) Quinby. He was educated first in the city schools of
Biddeford and then fitted for college at the Nichols Latin school at
Lewiston, Me. He graduated from Bowdoin college in the class of
1869, afterward graduating at the National medical school at Washing
ton, D. C. During his residence in New Hampshire Colonel Quinby
has lived at Lakeport, where engrossing business cares compelled the
relinquishment of his professional pursuits. His business interests
comprise a directorship in the Cole Manufacturing company, in the
Laconia Car company, in the New Hampshire Life Insurance company,
and in the Laconia National Bank; and trusteeship in the Laconia
Savings Bank, and the presidency of the Mutual Building and Loan as
sociation of Lakeport. He gives his chief attention, however, to the
duties of superintendent and assistant treasurer of the Cole Manufac
turing company, manufacturing car axles, castings, and machinery.
Colonel Quinby derives his military title from service on the staff of
Gov. E. A. Straw in 1872. In politics Colonel Quinby has won con
secutive advancements from membership in the house of representatives
in 1887, through a chair in the state senate in 1889, to a seat in the
executive council during Governor Tuttle's administration. Colonel
Quinby is an officer in the Grand Commandery, Knights Templars of
New Hampshire, and a Mason of the thirty-third degree. Colonel
Quinby may be justly ranked as one of the ablest of New Hampshire
men. Sound, native ability has been increased by the judicious use of
a liberal education, and at every emergency in his life he has called upon
a mental reserve force for the needed support to success.
His business
life has demanded and developed rare executive ability, and his political
success has been brought about by integrity, by solidity of opinion, by
earnestness of purpose, and by honesty of expression.
COL. HENRY BREWER QUIN BY.
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�ON. DAVID A. WARDE was one of New Hampshire's most
distinguished and promising sons in many lines of activity. He
was born February 1, 1828, at Henniker and was educated in the
private and public schools of the town and at Professor Ballard's noted
school for young men at Hopkinton. At the age of sixteen he began
mercantile life as a clerk in the hardware store of Messrs. Porter &
Rolfe, in Concord, and in 1852 he was made one of the proprietors of
the firm and continued to his death, May 14, 1874, at the head of the
house, giving it a high reputation through his enterprise and ability.
Mr. Warde aside from the increasing duties of his extensive business
found time to win many laurels in other fields. He was a prominent
and active Republican, and represented his ward in the legislature in
1867 and 1868, and was a member of the state senate in 1872 and 1873,
in the latter year presiding over the deliberations of that body with
remarkable tact and urbanity. He served as an aid upon the staff of
Governor Smyth, with the rank of colonel, and was, for a long time,
a member of the Republican state committee, and for the last few years
of his life a member of the executive committee directing the work of
the campaign. Mr. Warde married Martha S. Cleaves and had two sons
and three daughters. Mr. Warde's death in the full bloom of a fruitful
existence was a sad loss to many branches of New Hampshire's activity.
As a business man he had won success by the strictest probity and
fidelity. In social circles he was prominent by the rare cordiality of his
spirit. In political life he had ranked high because of the unfailing
trust of his fellow-citizens. In beneficent organizations he was a lead
ing spirit, actively identified with all good works and exemplifying to a
high degree in his own life the ideal which he wished to impress upon
others. Colonel Warde's death was followed by most lasting regret.
DAVII) A. WARDE.
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�ON. JOHN KIMBALL was born in Canterbury, April 13,
1821, and in infancy went with his parents to Boscawen, where
in his youth he attended the schools of the town and for one year
studied at Concord academy, after which he was apprenticed to learn the
trade of constructing mills and machinery. As a millwright in 1842
his first work after attaining his majority was to rebuild the grist mill
near Boscawen Plains, and until 1848 he was similarly employed at
Suncook, Manchester, Lowell, and Lawrence. In the year men
tioned he was employed by the Concord railroad to take charge of the
new machine and car shops then building at Concord, and in 1850 was .
appointed master mechanic of the Concord railroad, serving for eight
years, when he resigned. In 1856 Mr. Kimball was elected to the
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common council of Concord, and in 1857 was reëlected and chosen
president of that body. In the two years following he was a member
of the legislature, serving in the latter year as chairman of the com
mittee on state prison. From 1859 to 1862 he served as collector of
taxes and city marshal of Concord, and in 1862 was appointed collector
of internal revenue for the Second district of New Hampshire, holding
this office for seven years. In 1872 he was elected mayor of Concord,
and was reëlected in 1873, 1874, and 1875. During Mr. Kimball's
incumbency of the mayorship many important public works were begun
and carried forward to a successful completion. In 1876 he was a
member of the constitutional convention, and in 1877 was appointed
chairman of the commission to erect a new state prison.
In 1881 he
was a member of the state senate and was elected president of that
body. Mr. Kimball has won an enviable fame in the world of finance,
having been, since 1870, treasurer of the Merrimack County Savings
Bank, and for many years treasurer of the New Hampshire Bible society
and of the Orphans' Home at Franklin. He was also treasurer of the
Republican state committee from 1863 to 1890.
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�N' outline can portray the life of Gen. Charles H. Bartlett.
recital of dates can describe his career.
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He was born in Sun
apee, October 15, 1833. His boyhood was spent on his father's farm,
but a precocious mind, spurred by the desire of a broader activity, led
him to professional pursuits and he began the study of law after com
pleting his education at Washington academy and New London. In
1858 he was admitted to the bar and began practice at Wentworth,
removing to Manchester in 1863. In 1861 he was clerk of the New
Hampshire senate. In 1865 and 1866 he was private secretary to Gov.
Frederick Smyth.
GEN.
CHARLES
H.
BARTLETT.
In 1866 and 1867 he was treasurer of the State
Industrial school. In 1867 he was appointed clerk of the United States
district court, serving until 1883. In 1867 he was chosen city solicitor
of Manchester, declining a reëlection for the following year. In 1872
he was elected mayor of Manchester, resigning the office February 18,
1873, in accordance with a Federal ruling forbidding United States
officials to hold state or municipal office. In 1872 he was appointed a
United States commissioner, and still holds that position. His resigna
tion as clerk of the district court was called forth in 1882 by his election
to the state senate, presiding at the session of 1883 over the body of
which he had been clerk twenty-one years before. In 1890 he was
appointed a trustee of the State Industrial school, and in 1891 was ap
pointed judge advocate general upon the staff of Governor Tuttle.
In 1890 and 1891 he was major of the Amoskeag Veterans. General
Bartlett is a man of marked capability, a fact attested by the conspic
uous success that has attended him in all the various positions of an
active public career. As an official he was tactful, faithful, and honor
able. Fertile in resource, remarkably equipped for positions of
distinction, he has won and held fame in many walks of life. Possessing
oratorical gifts of rare power, his voice has often been heard from the
platform in political campaigns and on numerous public occasions.
�ON. DAVID ARTHUR TAGGART was born at Goffstown,
June 30, 1858. He graduated at the Manchester high school
and at Harvard college, graduating from the latter institution in the
class of 1878. He studied law with Judge David Cross of Manchester,
and upon his admission to the bar became a partner of Judge Cross,
continuing that relation until 1885. In 1883 he was elected to the
house of representatives from Goffstown, and though a young man and
a new member served as chairman of the committee on elections and on
HON.
DAVID ARTHUR TAGGART.
the committee on the revision of the laws, and took an active part in
the spirited debates of the session. In 1889 he took his seat in the
state senate and was chosen president of that body, serving with marked
distinction as a parliamentarian, with great dignity, and with unex
ampled affability. In the summer of 1890, by reason of the continued
and serious illness of Governor Goodell, Mr. Taggart, by command of
the supreme court, assumed the office of governor, serving until Governor
Goodell's recovery with modest fidelity and decided ability. In the fall
of the same year Mr. Taggart received his party's nomination for con
gress, in the First district. Mr. Taggart is a young man of whom New
Hampshire may well be proud, and of whom New Hampshire is proud,
as is amply attested by the honors that have been bestowed upon him.
In his profession Mr. Taggart has achieved pronounced prominence by
reason of his marked ability as a counsellor and an advocate. As a
public speaker he has won many laurels. Fluent yet concise, rigid in
thought yet graceful in utterance, and always uncompromising in his
convictions, he has appeared upon many a platform as an orator and a
political speaker, always with unvarying success. Called while yet
young to assume the duties of the highest offices in the gift of the
commonwealth, Mr. Taggart has filled each position with credit to his
constituents that has reflected upon himself most favorably.
�H
ENRY ABBOTT was born in Keene, October 5, 1832, and is the
son of Daniel Abbott and Polly Brown. When he was an
infant his family moved to Surry, where his boyhood was spent upon
the farm, his schooling being received in the common schools and at
the academies in Marlow and Westminster.
When Mr. Abbott was
eighteen years old he went to Virginia, intending to become a school
teacher, but three months of travel over different parts of the “Old
Dominion ” satisfied him with life in the South, and he returned to the
North with its free institutions. For two years thereafter he was
engaged in western Pennsylvania as clerk for a large lumber firm, and
the next ten years were spent in a store at Keene, with the exception of
one year, when he lived in Illinois and Wisconsin. In 1863 Mr. Abbott
joined the United States Sanitary Commission and was stationed at
Washington in the special relief department, looking after the pay of
sick and wounded soldiers in the hospitals of that city. He was after
wards placed in charge of the sanitary supplies of the Ninth army corps
at Annapolis, and was with that corps in its march and battles from the
Rapidan to the James, retiring from the service because of failing health
and returning to New Hampshire. September 5, 1864, Mr. Abbott
was chosen cashier of the Winchester National Bank, which position he
has held ever since.
Mr. Abbott in 1866 was elected town treasurer
of Winchester, and has been reëlected every successive year. In 1869
and 1870 he was a member of the legislature, and 1873 and in 1874 was
a member of the New Hampshire senate. In 1889 he sat in the consti
tutional convention. Mr. Abbott is justly esteemed. The integrity of
his life is amply attested by his long continuance in offices of import
ance, responsibility, and trust.
HON. HENRY ABBOTT.
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�IRAM KING SLAYTON was born at Calais, Vt., August 19,
1825, the son of Bucklin Slayton and Sallie Willis. He was
educated in the common schools of Calais and at Montpelier academy,
and for three years was himself a teacher. In 1843 he went to Boston
and entered mercantile life, and for three years was engaged in a count
ing-room, returning to Calais, where for ten years he owned a general
store and bought farm produce. During his residence in Vermont Mr.
Slayton was for seven years elected justice of the peace, and represented
his town in the legislature in 1857 and 1858. In 1856 he was a dele
gate to the national convention at Philadelphia which placed in nomina
tion the first Republican ticket, and in 1860 was a delegate to the
convention that nominated Abraham Lincoln. In 1863 he came to
Manchester and established a wholesale produce and provision house,
which has since passed into the hands of the E. M. Slayton company.
of which he is president. The people of Manchester chose him for
their representative in the legislature in 1871 and 1872, and elected him
to the state senate in 1877 and again in 1878, he being the last senator
from Manchester under the old constitution. Mr. Slayton was a dele
gate to the first meeting of the Sons of the American Revolution, held
in New York city in April, 1887, and was made vice-president general
of that organization. As a writer upon economical topics Mr. Slayton
has won the hearty endorsement of the keenest minds in the circle of
political economy and finance. His writings in favor of honest money
and against the passage of the Bland silver bill, and also in favor of the
resumption of specie payment, were widely copied by the press through
out the country. Mr. Slayton was the author of the resolutions adopted
by the New Hampshire legislature in opposition to the passage of the
Bland bill, and of a resolution of the same tenor passed by the legisla
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HON. HIRAM
KING SLAYTON.
ture of Vermont.
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ON. JAMES FRANK SEAVEY, of Dover, was born in Roch
ester, N. H., August 14, 1838, and was educated in the common
schools of that city, at Miss Caroline Knight's private school in Roch
ester, and at the Franklin academy in Dover. The first nineteen years
of his life were passed at Rochester upon a farm. At that age, however,
he embarked in a business career by becoming a clerk in a dry goods
and grocery store at Dover, where he remained for eight years until he
was enabled to begin business for himself by the establishment of a
clothing house under the firm name of James F. Seavey & Co. Mr.
Seavey has found time as personal director or projector to enter into
numerous other enterprises of business or financial concern, being one
of the directors of the E. H. Rollins & Sons corporation, bankers;
member of the firm of Charles N. Seavey & Co., manufacturing lumber
dealers; director in B. F. Haley & Co., Newmarket, N. H., whole
sale clothiers; one of the managing committee of Dover Navigation
company; director Dover Improvement association; trustee Dover Five
Cent Savings Bank; president and director Dover Coöperative Savings
Fund and Loan association; and proprietor of a livery and hack stable.
In secret society circles Mr. Seavey has arisen to a high rank in
Masonry, being a Knight Templar, and in the Knights of Pythias
having been grand chancellor of New Hampshire in 1876, and in 1878
and 1879 having been the state's representative in the grand lodge of
the world. In politics Mr. Seavey has had an eventful and honorable
career. In 1867 he was elected member of the common council of
Dover, for two years he was selectman of his ward, and for the same
length of time ward clerk. In 1869, and the two years following he was
county treasurer of Strafford county, and in 1878 and the three years
thereafter he was a member of the legislature. In 1881 he was
elected to the state senate, and in 1883 was honored with a reëlection,
a distinction as rare as it was merited.
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HON. VIRGIL CHASE GILMAN.
ON. VIRGIL CHASE GILMAN was born in Unity, May 5,
1827, the son of Emerson Gilman and Delia Way. He was
educated in the public schools of Lowell and removed to Nashua in
1843, and for twenty-one years was engaged as a manufacturer of
printers' cards and paper. In 1865 he was elected mayor of Nashua and
in 1879 was a member of the legislature, and in 1881 he sat in the
state senate and was honored with the chairmanship of the judiciary com
mittee. For several years he was a member of the board of education
of Nashua, and for twenty-five years has been a trustee of the public
library in that city, at present being treasurer of the board. He is a
director in the Nashua Iron & Steel Co., president of the Nashua
Saddlery and Hardware company, and director in the Indian Head
National Bank. Upon his retirement from business as a paper manu
facturer, Mr. Gilman was called to the position of treasurer of the old
Nashua Savings company, and assumed the duties of that position on
the first of January, 1879, and still retains it. Mr. Gilman is one of
Nashua's most honored citizens: the frequency with which he has been
called to positions of trust, and the long terms of service that he has
given to them, indicating the esteem in which he is held by the people
among whom the active years of his life have been spent. In all good
works he is foremost. Prominently identified with the religious, the
social, and the literary life of the city, no less than with its financial and
commercial interests, he is a man of marked eminence. He is devotedly
attached to agricultural interests, and is the owner of a fine farm a short
distance from the city of Nashua, where he maintains a magnificent herd
of Jerseys. Mr. Gilman is a gentleman of broad culture with discrim
inating taste, he has read widely and retentively, and is a gentleman to
the manner born. Called to high position, he has never lost the true
courtesy that has characterized his every act.
�EORGE G. DAVIS was born at Roxbury, August 28, 1842, and
He was educated in
the schools of Roxbury and at Keene. Until eighteen years of age
Mr. Davis was a farmer boy, and at that period of his life he enlisted as
a private in Company A of the Second New Hampshire volunteers, and
was severely wounded at the Battle of Williamsburg, Va., retiring from
the war in 1863, when he settled in Marlborough and was engaged in
manufacturing boxes and toys until the first of March, 1870, since
which time he has been occupied in mercantile pursuits and other bus
iness interests. Mr. Davis for fifteen years was town clerk of Marl
borough and for twenty years was its treasurer. In 1879 and in
1881 he was a member of the house of representatives and in 1883 sat
in the state senate. In 1885 he was appointed an aide-de-camp on
G is the son of Joshua Davis and Eliza Rice.
Governor Currier's staff, with the rank of colonel, and in Cheshire
county has been elected three times as county commissioner, his present
term expiring in 1895. Mr. Davis, in addition to his personal business
interests, is also trustee of the Keene Guaranty Savings Bank. January
1, 1866, Mr. Davis was married to Maria L. Collins, daughter of J. T.
Collins of Marlborough. In politics Mr. Davis is a Republican and by
religious preference is a Congregationalist. Mr. Davis is justly reckoned
as one of the most prominent men in Cheshire county, though it would
be unfair to him to insinuate that his reputation is confined to the limits
COL.
GEORGE G.
of that county. By reason of his service in the legislature, and by
reason of his career upon the governor's staff, Mr. Davis has made hosts
of acquaintances and friends through all the state, who have come to
esteem him as he is, an honorable, upright gentleman, frank and fear
less in his dealings with his fellow-man.
DAVIS.
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�ANSON S. BROWN was born in Bridgewater, November 30,
1835, and is the son of James Brown and Judith Harron. His
boyhood and youth were spent upon the farm, and his education was
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attained in the common schools and at New Hampton institution.
In
1859 he commenced work at Campton as a blacksmith, and continued
therein until the summer of 1863, when he enlisted in Company C of the
Thirteenth New Hampshire volunteers, under Col. Aaron F. Stevens
and served with credit, being wounded at the Battle of Fredericksburg
and at Cold Harbor. Mr. Brown was with his regiment in all its
skirmishes and battles with one exception, and was promoted by suc
cessive steps to become principal musician of the regiment, and as such
led the musicians of the First brigade into the city of Richmond, April
3, 1865, when that city capitulated to the Union army. At the close
of the war Mr. Brown took up his residence in Plymouth, returning to
his old trade and continuing his work until the spring of 1870, when he
was commissioned deputy sheriff of Grafton county and several other
counties of the state. In 1874 he was commissioned high sheriff of
Grafton county, and served in that capacity and as deputy sheriff under
different high sheriffs for several years. In 1885 Mr. Brown sat in the
state senate as a Republican, being elected from the Fourth district, and
was appointed state liquor commissioner December 26, 1886, and still
holds that position. Mr. Brown has had extensive business relations
in connection with real estate, both in the East and West, always with
unvarying success. Mr. Brown's home in Plymouth is on a large farm
overlooking the beautiful valley of the Pemigewasset, and among his
HON. MANSON
S.
BROWN.
neighbors he is classed with high esteem, and as one among those who
by their probity and honor have added solidity to the reputation of the
Granite State.
�RANCIS TILTON FRENCH, member of the legislature from
He
F East Kingston, was born in that town, September 2, 1835.
is the son of Enoch Sanborn French and of Permelia Tilton, and his
education, like that of many another of New Hampshire's men, was
found only in the common schools, to be supplemented with the broader
course afforded by the great university of active life. He spent his
boyhood and youth upon the farm, and became inured to hard labor.
At the age of twenty he forsook agriculture, and entered into business
in company with G. W. Sanborn, as a cattle-dealer and butcher. For
twenty-five years this partnership existed, and the same business is
still carried on by Mr. French. In those years he was often elected by
his fellow-citizens to various town offices. In 1865 he was first elected
to the house of representatives, in 1879 he came again, and in 1880
was once more a member.
HON. FRANCIS TILTON
FRENCH.
In 1883 he sat in the state senate, and in
1892 was again his party's candidate for the house of representatives,
carrying his contest from the polls to the floor of the house where,
after a ten weeks struggle, he was awarded his seat on the ground that
he had been illegally declared defeated in November. Mr. French is
one of those successful men who have become so through industry,
and careful attention to the details of business which have enabled him
to command hearty and deserved support in his undertakings. When
elected to office he has followed the same rule, and his constituents have
done well in repeatedly reëlecting him. The years of his service as a
legislator cover an interesting period in New Hampshire's history, and
embrace two changes of the organic law, yet Mr. French is always
abreast of the times and to-day, as a member of the legislature, is
as active, as progressive, and as interested as when he first sat in that
body twenty-eight years ago.
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�ALTER SCOTT DAVIS was born at Warner, July 29, 1834,
his parents being Nathaniel Ambrose Davis and Mary Clough.
He was educated in the schools of Warner, Gilmanton, Washington,
Thetford academy, Vermont, and Colby academy, New London. At
the age of fourteen he began to earn his living as a mill boy, and so
labored until 1854, when he engaged in business with Samuel H. Dow,
dealing in lumber and hemlock bark, remaining with him until 1865.
In that year the firm of W. S. Davis & Co. was formed to engage in
lumbering and had an existence until 1872, when the firm of Dow &
Davis came into being as manufacturers of straw board and continued
until 1878, being succeeded by the firm of Davis Bros., who were
located at Davisville, a thriving community named from the many
descendants of General Aquila and Capt. Francis Davis, who had settled
there and been identified with its industries.
Mr. Davis moved
to
Contoocook in 1874, purchased the mills and water-power there in
1887, made extensive improvements and additions to them, and erected
HON.
WALTER S.
the large silk factory in 1890. Here he has a machine shop where he
materializes his inventions, his latest being an automatic machine
capable of making forty boxes per minute from rolls of pasteboard sus
pended on the machine. He has always been an enthusiastic believer
in the Bell telephone, being one of the large stockholders in that com
pany, and has erected an elegant residence from the profits in that
enterprise. Mr. Davis is a Mason, has been master of Harris lodge
at Warner, is a member of Woods chapter of Henniker, and of Horace
Chase council of Concord. In politics Mr. Davis has taken an active
part, having been always prominent in his party councils, was a member
of the house of representatives in 1878, of the state senate in 1885, and
of the constitutional convention of 1889. In all of Mr. Davis's life, and
DAVIS.
amid all the successes that have followed him, he has been always the
same genial, unassuming, honest gentleman.
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�DWARD HARRISON GILMAN, the son of Joseph Taylor
E. Gilman and Mary Elizabeth Gray, was born in Exeter, May 13,
1855. He was educated in the schools of Exeter and in the Chandler
Scientific department of Dartmouth college, graduating in 1876. From
1879 to 1882 he was employed at Albany, N. Y., in various capacities
in the offices of the Boston & Albany railroad. From Albany he
went to Boston, where he became a dealer in mill supplies, and was thus
engaged until 1887, when he became interested in the Somersworth
Machine company of Dover, and was made treasurer of the corporation,
a position that he has since retained, adding to his duties as treasurer
those of manager. Under his direction and supervision the business of
the corporation has been greatly increased, and not only has it outgrown
its original but it has also absorbed the business of other concerns, and
stands today in the front rank of like institutions in New England.
Aside from his business career Colonel Gilman has been prominent in
public life, first by his service upon the staff of Governor Bell, where he
served as aide-de-camp with the rank of colonel. In 1885 he was a
member of the legislature from Exeter, and was promoted in 1887 to the
state senate, serving in both bodies with credit.
In 1888 he was a
delegate to the Republican national convention, and in that same ye"
was member of the executive committee of the Republican state commit
tee from Rockingham county, adding to his party service another term
in the same position during the campaign of 1890. Colonel Gilman,
the bearer of an honored name, has allowed this heritage to lose none
of its lustre.
His own efforts have been rewarded with a success suffi
cient to have made him prominent, and when this is added to his family
record it will be by no means the dullest of its pages.
�ON of an honored sire, and not a whit less sturdy and honored
Hon. Lycurgus Pitman, of North Conway, was born
in Bartlett, April 9, 1848, the son of Hon. George W. M. Pitman.
He attained his education, as did so many of the prominent sons of
New Hampshire, in the common schools, and himself wielded the birch
and directed the studies of the rising generation for many terms of
school. Entering upon a business career at North Conway, he has
pushed forward steadily, not only in his own line of endeavor but has
embarked successfully in many issues calling for enterprise, public
spirit, and sagacity. In politics Mr. Pitman has always been a Demo
crat and for twenty years has held a place in the councils of his party.
In 1880 he was a delegate to the national convention and in 1887 was
a member of the state senate from the Second district. In 1889 he
S himself,
was a member of the constitutional convention.
Mr. Pitman's enter
prise has already been spoken of. He is one of the projectors of the
North Conway & Mount Kearsarge railway and is a director and
clerk of that corporation. He was one of the promoters of the North
Conway system of water-works and is manager and treasurer of the
company owning the property. In connection with the work of the
state board of trade Mr. Pitman has been of incalculable service upon
important committees, and in the work of developing the summer resort
business of New Hampshire he stands second to no man.
He has lent
no idle hand to any enterprise, his whole soul has entered into the
work that he has endeavored to accomplish, and the vigor of his labor
has been rewarded by the measure of its results. In the development
of the East Side mountain region Mr. Pitman has been especially active,
and particularly so in his own town.
HON.
LYCURGUS
As president of the North Con
way board of trade he has led the way to municipal improvements that
have been prominent and alluring additions to the many attractions of
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that beautiful town.
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�DMUND ERSKINE TRUESDELL, superintendent and pay
E. master of the China, Webster, and Pembroke mills at Suncook, is
one of the stalwarts of New Hampshire. Strong in all the points that
go to make up a noble and successful manhood, he is admired for his
outspoken opinions, liberal views, and unfaltering friendships. A man
of earnest convictions, he never hesitates to stand up and be counted in
defense of those convictions. Of Scotch ancestry, he has all the te
nacity of purpose of that hardy race. The architect of his own fortune,
he has builded grandly and well. Generous, public spirited, honest,
and with no hesitating notions of right and wrong, his is a strong char
acter, well rounded in all its parts. He is the son of Thomas and Mary
(Boyden) Truesdell, and was born in Jewett City, Conn., March 3,
1845. Banking on no other capital than a common-school education
and a vigorous constitution, he worked his way from the humblest
beginning as a boy in a cotton mill to the position of superintendent of
three corporations, employing 2,000 operatives. As has been well said
by a leading newspaper of the state, the man who at the age of thirty
two had worked his way from a poor boy, earning a living selling
newspapers at a profit of one-half a cent each, to the control of three
great manufacturing corporations “does not require a certificate of
ability.” He has not only been appreciated by his employers, but by
his fellow-townsmen and fellow-citizens of the state.
He was town
treasurer of Pembroke for four years, from 1878 to 1882. He was a
member of the lower branch of the New Hampshire legislature in 1879
and 1880; and state senator in 1887 and 1888.
HON.
Mr. Truesdell
belongs to the Masonic fraternity. He is past master of Jewell lodge,
member of Trinity Royal Arch chapter, Horace Chase council, R. and
S. M., Mount Horeb commandery at Concord. He is a member of the
supreme council, having taken all the Scottish rites up to the Thirty
third degree.
EDMUND ERSKINE TRUESDELL.
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�ON. JOHN C. PEARSON was born at West Boscawen,
H May 25, 1835, the son of Nathan and Eliza (Couch) Pearson.
He was educated in the district, village, and select schools, at Kimball
Union academy, Meriden, and in the Merrimack Normal institute at
Reed's Ferry. He was born and reared a farmer, and was occupied in
that pursuit and as a wool-grower until 1871. His grandfather was
one of the pioneers in the settlement of the town, and one of the first
to introduce Spanish merino sheep into the state, and his son and
grandson continued to breed them on the same farm until 1874. From
1871 to 1876 he was engaged in mercantile pursuits at Webster, and
since that date has lived at Penacook, to which place he removed for
the purpose of giving his children better educational privileges. He
had served the town of Webster as selectman for three years, and
represented that town in the legislature in 1871 and 1872; has served
as deputy sheriff, county commissioner, moderator, and selectman of
Boscawen ten years; representative in the legislature in 1887, and
member of the state senate from the Ninth district in 1889. In all of
these official positions, coming to him with successively increased
honor, Mr. Pearson has exhibited marked traits of courageous honesty.
As a member of the legislature he was frank-spoken in his views, and
the cause that he espoused found in him a never-failing friend. He
has won the confidence of all who have been associated with him in any
capacity and has known the respect and esteem of varying constituencies.
He is a man of great public spirit and has clearly evinced it in his advocacy
of enterprises for the benefit of the community in which he lives, and
notably, by his activity in procuring for the village of Penacook its
present abundant and pure water-supply. It is not enough of him to
say that he has lived a good life, for he has impressed it upon others
and has made his influence speak for the best in every field in which
he has been found.
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�ON. CHARLES TRACY MEANS was born in Manchester,
January 20, 1855, and is the son of William Gordon Means and
Martha Allen.
He was educated in the common schools at Andover,
Mass., where as also in Boston he has resided as a youth. His
present position, paymaster of the Manchester Locomotive Works, he
has held for several years past, his connection with that corporation
following naturally by reason of his father's interest in the company.
In the city of Manchester Mr. Means is justly ranked as one of her
most noble men. In social life he stands without a peer, in politics he
has received frequent and ample honor, in business life, by reason of the
importance of his position, he takes a prominent stand. Mr. Means in
1883 was a member of the New Hampshire house of representatives and
in 1889 sat in the state senate, his services in those two bodies being
marked by intelligent application to legislative duty and by faithful con
sideration of the needs of his constituents. In 1892 he was chosen a
delegate at large to the Republican national convention at Minneapolis,
yet these offices do not mark the limits of his political activity, for as
the counsellor of his party and as a liberal contributor to its success,
Mr. Means is among the most active and prominent of the men of Man
chester. One of the most charming of men personally, Mr. Means's
friendship embraces hundreds. The unaffected modesty of his bearing
stamps him a true gentleman, while the frank and open warmth of his
friendship marks the genuine character of the man. Alert and vigorous,
he occupies a commanding position on an eminence in life, entrenched
by the vigor of his intellect and sagacity, secured in a position meriting
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honor and esteem.
�ILLIAM S. CARTER was born in Warner, September 28,
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HON. WILLIAM S. CARTER.
1842, the son of William Carter, Jr., and Hannah Badger.
He was educated at the common schools and at Henniker academy,
and entered Dartmouth college in 1862. In August of that year, how
ever, he enlisted in Company D of the Eleventh New Hampshire vol
unteers, and finished his college course in the army, serving under Col.
Walter Harriman, by whom he was appointed regimental commissary,
and was mustered out May 27, 1865. At the close of the war he went
to Lebanon and took charge of the store of his uncle, Henry W. Carter,
with whom he remained for five years. In 1877 he formed a partner
ship with Col. Frank C. Churchill, in the manufacture of working
men's goods, employing hundreds of hands and keeping corps of
travelling agents constantly upon the road, and maintaining a wholesale
office in Boston. Mr. Carter has been a tower of strength in the com
munity in which he resides, while his clear, careful judgment and his keen
business insight have caused him to be frequently called to positions of
responsibility. He is a director in the First National Bank and of the
Lebanon Savings Bank. He is president of the Business Men's asso
ciation of Lebanon and of the Lebanon Electric Light and Power
company. In 1890 he was appointed state auditor, serving until 1892.
In 1890 Mr. Carter was chosen member of the state senate and served
his constituents with remarkable zeal during the session of 1891. Con
stantly in his seat, the course of legislation was closely marked by him,
and his voice was never heard in the senate chamber without carrying
with it the weight of influence springing from solidity and honesty.
Mr. Carter is a Mason and for more than twenty-five years has been a
member of Franklin lodge and Sullivan commandery. He is also a
member of James P. Berry post, G. A. R.
�N the eighth American generation of a good old English family,
Hon. Dexter Richards was born in Newport, September 5, 1818,
one of the eight children of Seth Richards. His youth was spent in the
schools of Newport and Lebanon, where, under the tuition of Professor
Edmund R. Peaslee, he enjoyed two terms in the high school. Leav
ing school he embarked in business at Newport with his father, contin
uing there until 1853, when Richards & Son became interested in a
flannel mill, which passing from father to son is still conducted with
increasing success. Aside from the demands made upon him in the
conduct of this business, Mr. Richards has become embarked in many
financial enterprises of great extent and variety. He was one of the
foremost projectors of the building of the Concord & Claremont railroad,
and through his instrumentality the wires of the Western Union Telegraph
company were brought to Newport. The First National Bank of New
port and the Newport Savings Bank owe their inception to him, and he
is a director in the Eastern Railroad in New Hampshire, of the New
Hampshire Fire Insurance company, of the Concord Street railway, and
of the West End Street railway corporation in Boston. His benevolence
has been wide and deserving, a scholarship at Dartmouth college, bene
factions to the Kimball Union academy at Meriden, to the Congre
gational church at Newport, to the Orphans' Home at Franklin, Abbott
academy at Andover, Mass., and the erection of the beautiful Richards
free library at Newport are instances of his generosity. In public life
Mr. Richards has held the offices in the gift of his town, in 1865, 1866,
and 1870 representing Newport in the legislature. In 1871 and 1872
he was a member of the governor's council, in 1876 of the constitu
tional convention, and in 1887 sat in the state senate.
Mr. Richards
HON. DEXTER RICHARDS.
is a widely successful New Hampshire man, pushing forward, not without
obstacles, to high eminence in business and social circles.
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�AMUEL E. PAINE, fifty-seven years old, a native of Sweden, Me.,
S and for a half century a resident of Coös county, is one of the most
prominent business men in all the north country, where his entire com
mercial career, with the exception of five years in Pennsylvania, has been
spent. Mr. Paine was born in Sweden, Me., and for twenty-six years
was a resident of Milan, where, after securing a common-school educa
tion, he embarked in business and afterward removed to Berlin, where
he has been an influential factor in the development of that thriving,
hustling, almost western town, and in all the various movements which
have gone forward to make Berlin's prosperity what it is. The national
bank, real estate improvements, educational progress—all claim him as
a friend and coadjutor. Mr. Paine is not without honor in political as
well as commercial circles. He has served Berlin in almost every town
office. In 1877 and in 1885 he represented that constituency in the
house of representatives, and in 1887 he was a member of the state sen
ate. In all these positions Mr. Paine served with credit, his record
being that of the business man called into affairs of state—sagacious,
honest, persevering.
�ICHARD M. SCAMMON was born at Stratham,
December
6, 1859, and is the youngest son of Richard and Abigail
(Batchelder) Scammon. He was educated at the Stratham public
schools, Exeter high school, and Cornell university, and has since resided
in his native town, where he is one of the largest real estate owners.
His integrity and ability have given him a high place in the esteem of
the community and he has filled an active and honorable part in the
affairs of his state. He was elected town treasurer when twenty-one
years old, and has since served as superintendent of schools, moderator,
and was elected chairman of the board of selectmen but declined to act.
He was a member of the house in 1885 and 1886. He is a Democrat, both
by inheritance and conviction, and is one of the recognized younger
leaders of the party, has served several years as chairman of the town
Democratic committee, and has been a member of the state committee
and secretary of the county committee for six years and done effective
work on the stump. He was the unanimous choice of the nominating
convention of his senatorial district in 1890, and was elected by a flat
tering majority largely ahead of his ticket, especially in his own town,
and was the youngest member of the senate of that year. He served
ten years in the New Hampshire National Guard, enlisting in Company
D, First regiment, in 1882, and was successively promoted corporal,
sergeant, and lieutenant of the company, captain and aide on the brigade
staff, and lieutenant-colonel of the First regiment, holding the last posi
tion from 1886 till his resignation in 1892. Company E, First regiment,
adopted the name of Scammon Rifles in honor of his services.
COL.
RICHARD
M. SCAMMON.
Colonel
Scammon was appointed by Governor Sawyer as the state representative
on the staff of General Schofield at the Washington centennial in New
York city, May, 1889. He has been an interested student of the local
history of his section and is a member of two historical societies.
�ON. GEORGE A. CUMMINGS, of Concord, is descended
from a rugged parentage and ancestry, his family dating back to
early colonial history. He was born in Acworth, June 13, 1833. His
education was secured in the public schools of Acworth and the South
Acworth academy. He then moved to Franklin, where in company
with his brother he formed a co-partnership in the marble business that
has since existed, though the firm removed from Franklin more than
thirty years ago, and is now located at Concord in its own block, and
covers with its product nearly all the New England states, and having
branch shops at Pittsfield and Franklin. Mr. Cummings has found time,
aside from caring for his own growing business, to become interested in
many public and private enterprises. He has served as a trustee of the
Merrimack County Savings Bank and of the Orphans' Home at Frank
lin; and is a director and member of the executive committee of the
Concord Street railway. He is also president of the Concord Shoe
Factory association and, with his son, Frank G. Cummings, has exten
sive property interests at Haverhill, Mass. Mr. Cummings has been a
prominent member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and has
been honored by that body in New Hampshire with all the gifts of
official position that it could bestow, and is now vice-president of the
Odd Fellows Home, and president of the Odd Fellows Hall association.
Naturally so energetic a man would be called into public life, and we
find Mr. Cummings receiving civic honors at the hands of his fellow
citizens in great abundance. He was twice elected to the board of
aldermen from his ward. He was honored with three years in the
mayoralty of Concord. He was twice sent by his associates to the
house of representatives, and in 1890 he was chosen a member of the
New Hampshire senate from the Concord district. In all of these posi
tions Mr. Cummings was a leader.
�ON. JOHN G. TALLANT was born in East Concord, March
22, 1846, and has always resided upon the homestead farm.
He was educated in the common schools of his native village and at the
academy at New London, and has given his attention since leaving
school to agricultural pursuits, developing later the breeding of fine
Jersey cattle, his herd, the “Crystal Spring,” being reckoned among the
best in New England and having been decorated time and again with
the much desired “blue ribbon.” In the concerns of the community
Mr. Tallant has taken an important part, and has been especially active
in the political field, having served as selectman, member of the school
board, assessor, councilman, alderman, and member of the legislature.
In 1890 he was the candidate of his party for the state senate, and was
elected by a large majority, serving through the session of 1891 with
great credit, his legislative record being marked with a conspicuous
honesty of purpose and frank avowal of position. Mr. Tallant's interest
in agriculture and his prominence in that pursuit, led him to be selected
in 1891 as trustee of the New Hampshire College of Agriculture and
Mechanic Arts, a position of great importance at that time, because of
the impending removal of the institution from Hanover to Durham.
To the duties of this office Mr. Tallant has given marked attention, and
has been largely instrumental in the reforms that have been set on foot
with regard to the management of the institution. To him must be
given the credit of having aroused his associates on the board to the
necessity for more advanced ground in the field of agricultural educa
tion, and he has labored unceasingly to secure the adoption of measures
of still greater benefit to the institution. Mr. Tallant in all his dealings
with men has been conspicuous for his outspoken honesty, and to this,
perhaps as to no other characteristic, he owes the measure of his
advancement.
�H
ON. JACOB B. WHITTEMORE was born in Hillsborough
and has always resided in that town with the exception of the
years from 1877 to 1880, when he lived in Antrim upon the Whittemore
homestead farm. He was educated in the common schools, at Frances
town academy, and at Phillips Exeter academy, and his life in Hillsbor
ough has been full of activity. He has held many public positions,
serving as superintendent of schools for three years, as town clerk for
two years, and was secretary of the Democratic state committee from
1880 to 1882. He held a commission as lieutenant of the Carter Guards,
Hillsborough, and was promoted to be captain, then paymaster of the
Second regiment of the New Hampshire National Guard with the rank
of major. In 1883 he was a member of the house of representatives
and from 1885 to 1889 was a United States post-office inspector. In
1891 he was a member of the state senate and in that body served with
faithful assiduity. Mr. Whittemore is a member of Harmony lodge of
Masons at Hillsborough, of Woods chapter at Henniker, and of Mount
Horeb commandery, Knights Templar, at Concord. Mr. Whittemore is
one of New Hampshire's most popular men. Having been brought by
virtue of business and official relations into contact and acquaintance
with almost every community in New Hampshire, his genial character
has readily made friends for him and his friendships are as extensive as
his acquaintance, and that covers the entire state. To his party he
has been of valuable service in many hotly contested campaigns, both
as a candidate and as an officer of the canvass, yet his political activity,
however vigorous, has not resulted in personal animosity, his genial
good nature discounting attack and disarming criticism. In public
positions Mr. Whittemore has been equally successful, displaying the
same qualities of tact and good humor. His advancement has resulted
not only to his own benefit but has been a source of gratification to
HON. JACOB B. WHITTEMORE.
the hundreds who have known him and admired him as a friend.
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�ON. SAMUEL D. FELKER was born in Rochester, April 16,
1859, and is the son of William H. Felker, a wealthy farmer
residing in the village of Gonic, where Mr. Felker's boyhood was spent.
He was educated in the public schools of Rochester, at New Hampton
institute, and at Dartmouth college, whence he was graduated with high
honors in 1882, being one of three brothers who graduated from that
institution in three successive years. He studied law in Dover with
Hon. Joshua G. Hall, and at the Boston university law school, from
which he graduated in 1887 and was admitted to the bars of New Hamp
shire and Massachusetts in the same year. At the law school Mr.
Felker took the three years course in one year and received his degree
“cum magna laude,” ranking among the highest in his class. He also
H
stood at the head of the class of candidates for the New Hampshire bar
and began immediately the practice of his profession in Rochester. In
1889 he was a member of the constitutional convention from Rochester
and in 1890 was nominated and elected to the state senate from the
Somersworth district, after a most exciting campaign. In the senate
Mr. Felker took a prominent part in the deliberations of the session.
He was a member of the judiciary committee and also of the joint com
mittee on the revision of the laws. The important measures of the
session were ardently championed by him, and his entire legislative
course was marked by a freedom of mind untrammelled by political con
siderations and characterized solely by an earnest desire to labor for
what his conscience deemed the right. In 1891, upon the incorporation
of the city of Rochester, Mr. Felker was made his party's candidate for
mayor, and the vote that he received at the polls was large and gratify
HON.
SA
ing. In 1892 he was his party's candidate for county solicitor of
Strafford county, and again the support of his friends was his in full
MUEL D, FELKER.
neaSure.
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�ON. GEORGE.
R.
ROWE, the son of Robert Rowe and
H Sally Sinclair, was born February 22, 1849, in Brentwood, and
in that town has always made his home. He was educated at the
public schools of his native town and at the academies at Kingston and
Tilton. When he became of age he entered into a partnership with his
father and brothers in the firm of Robert Rowe & Sons, manufacturers
of carriage woodwork, and since the death of his father in 1882, the
business has been continued under the name of Robert Rowe's Sons,
employing a large number of workmen. In politics Mr. Rowe was
always a Republican, and for several years was town clerk of Brentwood,
and was selectman for two years, being chairman of the board during
one term. In 1889 he was a member of the house of representatives
and in the following session of the legislature held a seat in the senate
from the Rockingham district. Mr. Rowe was married, July 3, 1870,
to Betsey J., daughter of Lewis B. and Mary Robbins Gordon, and has
two sons, George Russell, a graduate of the Manchester Commercial
college, and Robert G. In religion Mr. Rowe is a Congregationalist;
he is a member of Gideon lodge of Masons, of St. Albans chapter at
Exeter, and of De Witt Clinton commandery at Portsmouth. Mr.
Rowe is a thoroughly reliable man. In business circles the name of
his firm has been synonymous with the utmost honesty. In official life
Mr. Rowe has displayed the same characteristics. Thoroughly com
panionable, he has hosts of friends, and all who know him know him
only to respect him for the admirable qualities that have made his life
what it is.
HON.
GEORGE
R.
ROWE.
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�ON. NAPOLEON BONAPARTE BRYANT was born at East
Andover, February 25, 1825, and passed his boyhood upon his
father's farm, attending the infrequent terms of the district school, with
one term at a private school and a few terms at the academy at Frank
lin. At the age of fourteen he assumed the burden of his own support,
and upon borrowed money secured a term of school at Boscawen acad
emy, and by teaching himself each winter was enabled to secure the
necessary preparation and to take a college course at Waterville college.
At the age of twenty-two he began the study of law with Nesmith &
Pike at Franklin, and was graduated from the Harvard law school in
1848, entering upon practice at Bristol in the fall of that year. At the
age of twenty-five he was one of the commissioners of Grafton county
and at twenty-nine had become county solicitor. From 1853 to 1855
he resided at Plymouth, and few cases graced the docket in which he
did not appear on one side or the other. In the latter year Mr. Bryant
removed to Concord and formed a partnership with Lyman T. Flint.
In 1856 he entered political life by espousing the cause of the new-born
Republican party, firing his constituents by his magnetic eloquence on
the stump in all parts of the state. In 1857 he was elected to the legis
lature, and was reëlected in the two years following, serving as speaker.
In 1860 Mr. Bryant was a delegate to the Chicago convention, but
following the election in that year removed from New Hampshire to
take up the practice of law in Boston, where he attained remarkable
success in his profession, giving but little time to political affairs except
by appearing at rare intervals upon the stump in state and national cam
paigns. A few years since, Mr. Bryant retired from active participation
in practice, and has of late made his home at East Andover beneath the
shadow of grand old Kearsarge. He is a member of the forestry com
mission, created by act of the last legislature.
HON. NAPOLEON BONAPARTE BRYANT.
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�EN. S. G. GRIFFIN was born August 9, 1824, at Nelson,
Brought up on a farm, with little opportunity for school,
yet at the age of eighteen he became a teacher, and afterwards repre
sented his town in the legislature. Practising law at Concord in 1860,
at President Lincoln's first call he volunteered as a private, was chosen
captain of Company B, Second New Hampshire volunteers, mustered
into the service June 4, 1861, commanded his company at the first
G N. H.
battle of Bull Run, was promoted to be lieutenant colonel of the Sixth
New Hampshire volunteers, and joined Burnside's expedition to North
Carolina.
In April, 62, he was commissioned colonel, and commanded
his regiment at the battles of Camden, N. C., Second Bull Run, Chan
tilly, South Mountain, and Fredericksburg. With the Ninth corps he
was transferred in 1863 to Kentucky, and thence to aid Grant at Vicks
burg, where he commanded the First brigade, Second division.
Returning to Kentucky, Colonel Griffin led the Second division over
the mountain to East Tennessee, and afterward commanded the import
ant post of Camp Nelson. He commanded the Second brigade, Second
division of the Ninth corps, in all the battles of Grant's campaign of
'64, winning his star at Spottsylvania, being promoted to be brigadier
general by recommendation of Generals Burnside and Grant, made on
the field of battle. He led the charge that broke through the lines on
the Jerusalem plank road April 2, 1865, and gave us Petersburg and
Richmond. For gallantry in that action he was brevetted major general
of volunteers, and commanded the Second division of the Ninth corps
at the surrender of Lee, at the grand review at Washington, and as
long as it remained in service. August 24, 1865, he was mustered out
of the service. After the war General Griffin represented Keene in the
legislature three terms, two of which he served as speaker of the house.
Since then he has engaged in manufacturing, and has had large interests
in Texas land and cattle.
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�MONG the sons of New Hampshire whose abilities have been
A signally rewarded with honor and success, may be counted Hon.
Chester B. Jordan of Lancaster, who was born at Colebrook, October
I5, 1839, and who passed his boyhood and youth upon the farm until
1860, when his ambition to secure an education led him to enter Cole
brook academy. From this time until 1866 he attended school, gradu
ating in the latter year from Kimball Union academy, and becoming at
once a popular teacher of public and private schools, being also super
intendent of schools of Colebrook in 1865 and 1866. He was always
a Republican, and during the early years of that party's existence was a
prominent factor in the successes it achieved. In 1868 he was appointed
clerk of the Coös county court and because of his intense partisanship
was removed in 1874 by a Democratic administration, although his
retention had been asked by every attorney in the county. While yet
clerk of the court Mr. Jordan began the study of law, and was admitted to
the bar in November, 1875, forming a partnership which, with various
changes, still continues under the name of Drew, Jordan & Buckley. In
1870 Mr. Jordan purchased the Coös Republican and became its editor,
fearlessly and forcibly supporting the position of the Republican party.
In 1880 Mr. Jordan was elected to the house of representatives, of which
he was chosen speaker in 1881, presiding with impartiality, ease, and dig
nity. In 1882 he was chosen chairman of the Republican state conven
tion, and his tact greatly aided the deliberations of that body all through
a stormy and bitter contest. In 1867 Mr. Jordan declined a position
upon the governor's staff, but in 1872 accepted a similar offer from
Governor Straw. He is also a member of many historical, literary, and
social organizations. Mr. Jordan has received noted recognition of his
abilities in many circles. In all that he has undertaken he has acquitted
himself with credit.
�ON. AUGUSTU S A. WOOLSON, son of Amos and Hannah
(Temple) Woolson, was born at Lisbon, June 15, 1835. He
made the most of the educational advantages of his native town until
the age of sixteen, after which he attended for a few terms the acad
emies at Meriden, and at Newbury, Vt. At the close of his school
life, on attaining his majority, he went to Minnesota, where he remained
about a year and a half, afterwards returning to Lisbon, where he has since
continued to reside, an acknowledged leader in every public enterprise.
His life has been an honorable as well as a busy one. He was town
clerk several years, soon after reaching his majority; has been moderator,
with the exception of the few years of Democratic ascendancy, since
1866. He is at present, and for years has been, town treasurer and
chairman of the board of supervisors. As chairman of the Republican
town committee he has directed the Republican politics of the town
since 1865. He was elected to the legislature in 1875, and reëlected
in '76, 77, and '78. He was chosen speaker in 1877 and reëlected in
1878, receiving almost the unanimous vote of the Republican legislative
caucus the first year and being nominated by acclamation the second
year. He performed the duties of the chair with credit to himself and
honor to his town. He has served for many years as a member of the
Republican state central committee, and was for some time a member
of the executive committee and chairman of the Grafton county commit
tee. He has been a delegate to nearly every Republican state convention
for more than twenty years, was a member of the Garfield convention at
Chicago in 1880, and headed the Harrison electoral ticket for New
Hampshire in the presidential election of 1892. Mr. Woolson was
also, some years ago, a deputy sheriff for Grafton county, deputy United
AUGUSTUS A. WOOLSON.
States marshal, and assistant assessor of internal revenue.
He is at
present a director in the Lisbon Savings Bank and Trust company.
�ON. ALVIN BURLEIGH was born in Plymouth, December
19, 1842. He secured his education at Kimball Union academy,
Meriden, and at Dartmouth college, whence he was graduated in 1871.
The year following his graduation he was principal of the Woodstock
(Vt.) high school, and then entered upon the study of law with Hon.
Henry W. Blair at Plymouth, and was admitted to the bar in November,
1874. He formed a partnership with Mr. Blair, which existed from
1875 to 1879, when Mr. Blair was chosen to the United States senate;
and since then has been associated with George H. Adams, under the
firm name of Burleigh & Adams, practising in the state and United
States courts. In 1887 he was speaker of the New Hampshire house of
representatives, and filled that arduous position during the long and try
ing session of that year with remarkable fidelity and impartiality. For
several years he has been president of the Plymouth school board, is a
trustee of the Methodist church in Plymouth, of the Plymouth Guaranty
Savings Bank, and of the State Normal school. When a boy Mr.
Burleigh learned the tanner's trade, and from the age of fifteen has
supported and educated himself. He forsook the tanner's bench in
1862 to enlist in Company B of the Fifteenth New Hampshire regiment,
and served until it was disbanded, being one of four children descended
from a Revolutionary grandfather, who fought in the Rebellion. Mr.
Burleigh is a member of the Grand Army, has been commander of the
H
Penniman post, twice judge advocate of the department of New Hamp
shire, and a member of the national staff. Mr. Burleigh is one of the
most reliable of men. He has been called as counsel in some of the
most noted cases that grace the records of the bar, and as an advocate,
as well as a counsellor, his fame is secure; a large practice attests his
success, but above all that rests the knowledge of the confidence of
HON. ALVIN BURLEIGH.
those who know him, a dearer and sweeter reward than can come from
any measure of honor.
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�NE of the busiest of New Hampshire's young men is Hon. Hiram
D. Upton, of Manchester, whose activity knows no bounds. Mr.
Upton was born in East Jaffrey, May 5, 1859, the son of Hon. Peter
Upton, who for fifty years has been one of the leading bankers of the
state. Mr. Upton was educated at Appleton academy, New Ipswich,
at Kimball Union academy, Meriden, and was graduated from Dart
mouth college in 1879, immediately entering the financial world as clerk
in the Monadnock National Bank at East Jaffrey, being chosen cashier
in the following year as soon as he had reached his majority. In 1883
he began to operate for himself in the investment business, and in that
same year was chosen president of the Northwestern Trust company
of Fargo, North Dakota, from which concern has grown the New Hamp
shire Trust company, which was organized two years later. In the New
Hampshire Trust company Mr. Upton was chosen treasurer upon its
organization, and was promoted to the presidency in January, 1892.
Mr. Upton's prominence in the financial world has led to his engage
ment in other enterprises than those represented by the company of
which he is president, ranking also as one of the largest real estate
owners in Manchester, in this respect being alert and progressive.
Mr. Upton is a staunch Republican, and in 1889 he represented his ward
in the legislature of New Hampshire, and was chosen speaker of the
house, with one exception the youngest man who ever held that posi
tion, and the only one not a lawyer to be so elected in ten years.
H()N.
HIRAM
D. UPTON.
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�HE age of young men has dawned in New Hampshire.
The
T exigencies of the public service within the past decade have called
for the vigor and enthusiasm of youth. Among those whom this call
HON.
has brought to the front is Hon. Frank G. Clarke of Peterborough, who
was born in Wilton, September 10, 1850, and who was educated at
Kimball Union academy and at Dartmouth college, and who entered
upon the practice of law at Peterborough in 1875. From the first Mr.
Clarke's career was full of promise, that was amply fulfilled by his
achievements, as he successively passed in the public service to places
demanding the exercise of mental qualities beyond the average.
Mr. Clarke became a member of Governor Hale's staff in 1883, with the
rank of colonel, and in 1885 first came before the public as a member
of the house of representatives, where his quick and vivacious intellect
ual qualities gave him a prominence beyond his years, and an influence
commensurate with his prominence. In this session Mr. Clarke won
many a laurel in the hotly contested debates that clustered about the
legislation of that year. Returning to the practice of his profession
after this interim of public duty, Mr. Clarke was again called in 1889 to
legislative work by an election to the state senate, where he added to
his reputation as a young man of exceptional brilliancy, and in 1891
again sat in the house of representatives, being elevated to the speaker
ship by a handsome majority in his party's caucus. In this position
Mr. Clarke won additional honors by his bearing as presiding officer
through the troublesome session of the legislature, and at the close the
tributes of esteem that were paid to him by the members of the majority
and minority parties were hearty, numerous, and genuine. In the cam
paign of 1892 Mr. Clarke again came before the public, this time as a
campaign orator, and his service for the party candidates on the stump
was vigorous and enthusiastic.
FRANK G. CLARKE.
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�OBERT N. CHAMBERLIN, speaker of the house of represen
tatives, was born in Bangor, N. Y., July 24, 1856, and is the son
of Antoine Chamberlin and Electa B. Sears.
He was educated in the
common schools and at Colebrook academy, and at the academy at
Derby Centre, Vt. He studied law with George W. Hartshorn at
Canaan, Vt., and was admitted to the bar of Essex county in March,
1881, and in July of that year became a practitioner in New Hampshire,
being admitted to the bar at Concord in March, 1883, and taking up his
residence in Berlin. Mr. Chamberlin has rapidly advanced to distinc
tion. In 1887 he was chosen a selectman of the town and was reëlected
in 1888, resigning his office, however, before the completion of his
second term. In that same year he was elected to the legislature by a
large majority, and served through the session of 1889 with positions
upon the judiciary committee, and the chairmanship of the committee of
elections. Through this session Mr. Chamberlin was especially prom
inent in the work of the house. He spoke frequently upon the many
important questions coming before the legislature, and always to the
point. He achieved a notable success in the legislative field, and upon
his reëlection to the house in 1892 was spontaneously advanced as a
candidate for the speakership, to which position he was nominated by
an overwhelming vote in the party caucus. His election followed as a
matter of course, and as speaker Mr. Chamberlin added to the reputa
tion he had already attained. With skill he directed the deliberations
of the session, with courtesy he smoothed the pathway of legislation,
with force he impressed his personality upon the house. Upon the .
formation of the municipal court of Berlin, Mr. Chamberlin was appointed
its judge, and although resigning that position to assume legislative
duties, the position was held open for him during the session.
HON. ROBERT N. CHAMBERLIN.
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�OL. STEPHEN SHANNON JEWETT, the son of John Glines
Jewett and Carrie E. Shannon, was born in Laconia, Sep
tember 18, 1858.
He was educated in the public schools of his native
place and at the old Gilford academy. He read law with Charles F.
Stone, and in March, 1880, was admitted to the bar. In the same year
he established himself in practice, and has since continued at Laconia,
having now a partner, the firm being Jewett & Plummer. Early in
his career Colonel Jewett attracted the attention of his associates, and in
1884 he was appointed clerk of the Belknap county court. This posi
tion he held but a short time, however. In 1883 he was engrossing
clerk of the New Hampshire legislature and in 1887 he was elected
assistant clerk of the house of representatives and was reëlected in 1889.
In 1890, at the extra session of the legislature, he was advanced to the
clerkship of the house, and in 1891 and 1893 was reëlected. For several
campaigns Colonel Jewett was a member for Belknap county of the exec
utive committee of the Republican state committee, and in 1890, he was
chosen secretary of the committee, and in 1892 he was advanced to the
chairmanship. In these positions Colonel Jewett displayed unusual
energy and an uncommon amount of executive ability. Upon him fell
almost unknown tasks and in hitherto unknown quantities, yet they
were all faithfully discharged. In 1893, upon the chartering of the city
of Laconia, Colonel Jewett was chosen city solicitor, and upon him
devolved the duty of preparing the entire ordinances of the new munici
pality. Colonel Jewett is a Mason in the Thirty-second degree, and is a
member and past commander of Pilgrim commandery. He is director
and counsel of the Laconia Building and Loan association. Colonel
Jewett's title comes from service upon the staff of Governor Goodell,
1889–91. Colonel Jewett is easily a leader in his native state, and in
his leadership is no disparagement, his youthful enthusiasm rather
pressing him on.
COL. STEPHEN SHANNON JEWETT.
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�ILLIAM TUTHERLY was born in Claremont, June 3, 1866,
the youngest of six children born to William E. and Lorette C.
(Rossiter) Tutherly. He was educated in the public and high schools
of Claremont, the University of Vermont, and the Boston University
law school. During the academic years of 1887–88 he was a cadet in
the United States military academy at West Point, leaving on account
of injuries received at the institution. He studied law under the direc
tion of Hon. Ira Colby of Claremont, graduated at the Boston Univer
sity law school in June, 1892, and was admitted to the bar in July of
the same year. The following year he removed to Concord, where he
is engaged in the practice of his profession. He served as assistant
secretary of the constitutional convention of 1889, and at the extra ses
sion of the legislature in 1890 he was elected assistant clerk of the
house of representatives. This position he now holds, having twice
won a reëlection at the sessions of 1891 and 1893. Upon the reorgan
ization of the Republican state committee in 1892, Mr. Tutherly was
chosen secretary of that organization, and served with marked fidelity
and ability through the successful campaign of that year. His interest
in military affairs did not cease with his retirement from West Point,
and in May, 1889, he was commissioned paymaster of the Third regi
ment, N. H. N. G., on the staff of Col. True Sanborn, a position which
he still holds. Mr. Tutherly is one of New Hampshire's brightest
young men, and has brought to the discharge of his official and quasi
public duties a vigorous, mental alertness, combined with a remarkable
facility of execution, which have attained for him a prominence not often
accorded to men of his years. Thrown in contact with the best men in
the state, he has in nowise suffered by the comparison, and has given
promise and performance indicating a high degree of capability and
pointing the way to further advancement and success.
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WILLIAM TUTHERLY.
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�O name is more widely known or more justly honored in the
northern valley of the Connecticut river than that of Keyes. The
present representative of that family, Henry Wilder Keyes, was born
May 23, 1863, the son of Henry and Emma Francis Pierce Keyes.
He was born in Newbury, Vt., and received his earliest education there.
Removing to Boston upon the death of his father in 1870, he fitted for
college at the Nichols Latin school and at Adams academy, Quincy,
Mass. Entering Harvard university in 1883, he graduated with “cum
laude " honors in 1887, having gained distinction in society, athletics,
and scholarship alike. Besides playing on the football team, he rowed
for three years on the university crew, the last year (1887) being cap
tain and coach, and succeeding in turning out a crew that lowered all pre
vious records for four miles. At graduation his class honored him with
an election as first marshal, the highest social distinction in Harvard
life. After leaving college Mr. Keyes travelled extensively abroad, and
upon his return, in spite of tempting business offers, decided to locate
permanently on the farm in Haverhill which his father had owned and
which he had managed while in college. This estate comprises a thousand
acres of land in both New Hampshire and Vermont and is acknowledged
to be one of the finest in the Connecticut valley. Here are located a
herd of Holstein cattle and a flock of Shropshire sheep whose fame is
international, as well as other imported stock. Mr. Keyes also owns
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farms in Kansas and Dakota and has taken much interest in the improve
ment of stock and the establishment of coöperative creameries.
Besides
holding various town offices he represented Haverhill in the legislature
of 1891 and again in 1893 in which year he was also the Democratic
candidate for secretary of state.
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�LEXANDER. M. BEATTIE, member of the house of represen
A tatives from Lancaster, was born in Ryegate, Vt., July 29, 1830.
He was a son of James Beattie and Margaret Gillespie, who after
their marriage in 1808, settled in Ryegate. He was educated in the
public schools of his native town, Newbury seminary, and St. Johns
bury academy. After leaving school, he moved to California, spend
ing nearly seven years in gold mining. May 8, 1861, he enlisted
in the Third Vermont; was mustered into service July 16, 1861, as
second lieutenant; promoted to captain November 13, 1862. Captain
Beattie was in all the principal battles in which his regiment was en
gaged. While in command of the Second division, Sixth corps sharp
shooters, which was given him in the spring of 1864, he did efficient
work in tearing up the rails and breaking the enemy's line of communi
cation, June 23, and in quick and skilful work on the skirmish line in
front of Petersburg, and at Fort Stevens, July 11. Absolutely fear
less, always on the alert, and quick to catch the situation and to
act, Captain Beattie never lost an opportunity, and never failed, with
courage and decision, to make the most of it. In 1866-'67, he was
interested in the oil regions in Bothwell, Canada, with success. In
1868 he bought large tracts of wild lands in New Hampshire and Ver
mont, and commenced a lumber business, in which he has been suc
cessful.
In 1869 he married Celest, daughter of Gen. A. J. Congdon,
and has one child, Mabel Alexander.
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ALEXAN IDER M.
BEATTIE.
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�HOMAS JEFFERSON COURSER, member of the legislature
T of 1893 from the town of Webster, was born in Wilmot, July 20,
1837, and is the son of William Barnard Courser and Nancy Morey.
He was educated in the common schools of Warner and began at the age
of nine years to earn his own living, finding time, however, to attend a few
terms of school at Contoocook academy. Mr. Courser's parents were
not wealthy, and at an early age the boy began farming, coming at the
age of twenty-one to enter the employ of Dr. Robert Lane of Sutton,
remaining there for eight years. Being fore-handed, as the New Eng
land expression has it, Mr. Courser in time had laid up a little capital
and moved to Webster where he engaged in farming on his own account,
continuing that occupation until the present time and scoring in it a
pronounced success, adding, however, to his occupation that of dealer
in cattle and stock. Mr. Courser has given some attention to politics,
and for two years served as deputy sheriff of Merrimack county and for
four years held office as county commissioner, being elected upon the
Democratic ticket. In 1892 he was chosen to his present position, and
has taken a high stand among the working members of the house for
his practical common sense and judgment. His genial nature has won
him friends in every direction.
THOMAS JEFFERSON COURSER.
�MOS NOYES BLANDIN, member of the legislature, was born
A in Landaff, September 6, 1864, the son of Willis Barrett Blandin
and Jane Noyes. He was educated in the schools of Bath and at Phil
lips Exeter academy, his parents having removed to Bath when he was
three years of age. Until his eighteenth year he worked upon his
father's farm, and has since then been engaged in lumbering on his own
account, having through his own efforts built up an increasingly prosper
ous and lucrative business.
In the town of Bath he is esteemed as one
of its citizens, and has already been honored with election to many of
the town offices, serving as representative in the legislature during the
last session with credit to himself and with honor to his constituents.
He is at present engaged as treasurer and manager of the Bath Lumber
company, and under his direction are cut six to eight million feet of
lumber annually, he personally superintending the cutting of the timber.
Mr. Blandin is, by recent appointment, a member of the commission to
appraise the timber land in unincorporated places in the state. In addi
tion to these duties Mr. Blandin serves as director in the Woodsville
Loan and Banking company, and is a director in the National Bank of
Commerce at Pierre, South Dakota. Mr. Blandin is an active young
man, and to his activity he owes his success. In this hustling quarter of
the nineteenth century, such men as he bear off the palm. No enter
prise too vast, no obstacle too severe, no task too arduous, presents
itself to the young, enthusiastic men of the present, and among them
Mr. Blandin ranks as one of those who never falters, never shirks, and
A MOS NOYES
BLANDIN.
always succeeds.
�DWARD H. EVERETT was born at Henniker, November 23,
1854, and is the son of Charles W. Everett and Laura Soule.
His father was a veteran railroad conductor but his son chose another
line of work and served an apprenticeship in the apothecary store of
George E. Hall at Manchester, although he in turn came into railroad
life, serving for several years as cashier in the Concord railroad office
at Nashua. He resigned that position, however, on the death of John
J. Whittemore and purchased the drug business which that gentleman
had conducted, and is now engaged in carrying on the store. In his
ward Mr. Everett has attained a prominent position by his constant
display of a “Bourbon Democracy” that has advanced him in political
circles. Twice he sat in the legislature, first in 1885 and again in 1893,
and during each session he was prominent in the debates of the house,
his speeches stamping him as an original and courageous legislator.
Mr. Everett's mind is distinctly unconventional. He is a pronounced
atheist and, though never obtruding his views, stands ready always to
give answer for his lack of faith. In the city of Nashua he commands
an increasing clientage. In business circles he is popular, in political
circles he has won honors and should he aspire he may hope with
encouragement for better and more honorable gifts to come.
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EDWARD H. EVERETT.
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�DWARD H. CARROLL was born in Sutton, October 31, 1854,
Hale. Since
his thirteenth year he has resided in Warner, where at the age of eighteen
he entered into business with his father, and has for twenty-five years
continued as clerk and partner in the same store. In 1877 he was appointed
postmaster of Warner, and resigned in 1884 voluntarily, and is said to be
the only postmaster in New Hampshire who resigned without request but
because of a belief in rotation in office. In 1885 and 1886 he was town
treasurer, and from 1886 to 1889 he was a member of the school board.
He was elected treasurer of Merrimack county in 1890, and has but now
relinquished the duties of that office. In 1893 he was a member of the
legislature from Warner and was one of the most prominent figures of
the session, through his connection with the Carroll highway bill,
relieving towns and cities from liability for accidents upon highways.
Upon this bill all the parliamentary struggles of the session concentrated,
yet Mr. Carroll, with supreme confidence in the wisdom of his measure,
and with remarkable sagacity, rallied about him an enthusiastic corps of
supporters and pushed the bill to a brilliant and successful issue. Mr.
Carroll was chairman of the committee on incorporations during this
session of the legislature, and to the important duties of that position
gave careful and conscientious heed. Mr. Carroll is New Hampshire
E. and is the son of Alonzo C. Carroll and Mercy A.
born and bred.
He was educated in the common schools and in the
high school at Warner, and while yet in his teens began the active
work of life. The enthusiasm with which he then entered upon his
duties has never left him, but remains still a constant factor in his suc
cess. Mr. Carroll is an active, earnest, enterprising citizen, to whom
the community owes much, and for whom the community is always
ready to do much.
�J
ONATHAN THORNE DODGE, member of the legislature from
the new-born city of Rochester, was born in that city, June 23,
1844, and bears the same name as his father, his mother having been
Sarah Hanson.
He was educated in the common schools of his native
city, in Boston, and at Phillips Andover academy.
Following the
course of his father, who was possessed of extensive business and real
estate interests in Rochester, Mr. Dodge became clerk in Dodge's hotel,
a famous stand in olden times which still maintains its well-earned repu
tation. As clerk in this hotel Mr. Dodge passed many of the years of
his life, succeeding to the proprietorship of the property upon the death
of his father. Mr. Dodge could not fail to be prominent in the various
local concerns by virtue of his extensive interests in the city, but more
by virtue of his personal interest in the prosperity of Rochester. He
has become actively identified with nearly all of the public organizations.
He is a director in the Cold Spring Agricultural society, is vice-presi
dent of the Rochester Savings Bank, is a director of the Rochester
board of trade, and has been chief engineer of the fire department.
When the new city of Rochester was chartered in 1891 and came to
elect its first city government, Mr. Dodge naturally was chosen to serve
in the council, where his keen insight won for him merited appointment
upon the leading committees and his work during the first, the crucial,
year of the city's existence, was faithful, careful, reaching permanent
results, and merited the election to the house of representatives which
he received before his term of office in the city council had expired.
Mr. Dodge has become so thoroughly identified with Rochester as to
be one of its constituent parts, and the figure is not exaggerated, for in
all that Rochester implies, in its bustling, progressive, prosperous activ
ity, Mr. Dodge typifies in his own career the essentials that have made
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it so.
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�J'
HERBERT FELLOWS was born in Brentwood, August 29,
1850, and is the son of Stephen and Narcissa Gale (Sinclair) Fel
lows. He was educated in the schools of Brentwood, at Kingston
academy, and at Tilton seminary. He has been engaged for several
years in business at West Brentwood where he built up a large estab
lishment for the manufacture of wood and paper boxes. Nothing but
the energy of the proprietor has made this establishment successful, for
in addition to its unfavorable location it has also suffered from the rav
ages of fire, requiring not only diligence and patience, but also courage
in a large degree. Mr. Fellows has found time, however, to devote him
self to other interests than those of his immediate business.
For
example, he has held office as postmaster at West Brentwood, and for
two years was a selectman of the town of Brentwood. In 1893,
he was sent by his fellow citizens to represent them in the legislature,
and was one of the most industrious and capable of the members of the
house of representatives. Mr. Fellows is a man of much worth of char
acter and the quiet fortitude of his manner, no less than the well-under
stood uprightness of his honor, has enabled him to push forward through
obstacles to success.
JOHN HERBERT FELLOWS.
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�HARLES H. HOYT was born in Concord, July 26, 1860, the
son of George W. Hoyt, a famous hotel man of Concord who
afterwards served in the railway mail service. Mr. Hoyt was educated
at a private school in Charlestown, where his family residence has been
since 1868, and later at the Boston Latin school.
He read law in the
office of Chief Justice Cushing, and abandoned that profession for jour
nalism, being first connected with the St. Albans Advertiser, and later
with the Boston Post where he conducted the “All Sorts” paragraphical
column for five years, in addition assuming the work of dramatic, musi
cal, and sporting editor. Mr. Hoyt, during the period of his news
paper work, wrote more or less for the Boston local stage, but his first
important production, “A Bunch of Keys,” was not brought out until
1883. So marked was the success of this comedy, that a year later Mr.
Hoyt abandoned journalism for active theatrical work as manager and
playwright, producing in company with Charles W. Thomas, “A Rag
Baby.” The partnership then formed with Mr. Thomas has since con
tinued, the firm now managing Hoyt's Madison Square theatre in New
York and also controlling the travelling companies now producing Mr.
Hoyt's plays. In all Mr. Hoyt has written fourteen plays, none of which
has failed of winning popular favor. In 1887 Mr. Hoyt married Flora
Walsh of San Francisco, who died January 22, 1893. Mr. Hoyt in
1892 was elected representative from Charlestown, and was his party's
candidate for speaker. As New Hampshire's only playwright, Mr.
Hoyt enjoys a unique distinction yet he bears his honors modestly.
The sparkling briskness of his plays is the characteristic of the man.
CHARLES
H.
HOYT.
Keenly satirical yet never wounding, good humoredly witty, frank and
genial, Charles H. Hoyt, like his own plays, is a New England produc
tion and New Hampshire proudly claims him as her own.
�EORGE FREDERICK MATHES, member of the house of
G representatives
from Wolfeborough, was born in Rochester,
March 25, 1856, and is the son of Stephen Meserve Mathes and Louisa
Fish Davis. Mr. Mathes was educated in the public schools at Roch
ester, and upon leaving these institutions entered upon what has been
his life work, railroading. He began in the freight office of the Boston
& Maine railroad at Rochester, serving in a subordinate capacity and
gradually being promoted through the different grades of service until
he finally left the office to become a conductor on the northern division
of the Boston & Maine railroad, in which capacity he has served for
thirteen years, with unvarying success, winning the praise of his
employers and the friendship of his patrons. Mr. Mathes has been
chosen to public position as a mark of trust on the part of those who
know him. He was elected to the constitutional convention of 1889
and to the house of representatives of 1893 by the citizens of Wolfe
borough, a constituency that has always been represented in the legis
lature by men of ability and integrity. Mr. Mathes is one of the
pushing young men of his section of the state. In his chosen line of
work he is deservedly one of the most popular employes and numbers
his friends by the hundreds. He is a sample of the vigorous and earnest
young manhood of New Hampshire, and the fact that he has made his
mark in the community in which he was born and educated and has
always lived, speaks much for his credit and standing before the most
critical of audiences, one's lifelong friends and neighbors.
GEORGE FREDERICK MATHES.
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�RANK I. MORRILL, member of the legislature of 1893 from
He
was educated at New Hampton Literary and Scientific Institution and
graduated from the Boston University law school in 1873 and was
admitted one year later to the Suffolk county bar, and began the prac
tice of his profession in the courts of Boston, following it for eight
years, when he returned to New Hampshire and took up his residence in
Contoocook, engaging as a lumber manufacturer and dealer, since fol
lowing this calling. During Mr. Morrill's residence in Massachusetts
his residence was in Newton though he practiced law in Boston. In
the former city he was prominent in various social and political matters,
serving as a member of his ward and city committee, and giving always
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to the use of his constituents the best of his time and talents.
After
taking up again his residence in the state of his birth Mr. Morrill evinced
the same interest in public affairs and has been frequently honored by
his fellow citizens in Hopkinton with elections to town offices, all of
which he has filled with sufficient ability and credit to merit repeated
returns.
Mr. Morrill is a member of the Masonic Order and also of
the Odd Fellows.
In 1892 he was chosen a member of the legislature
and became one of the most prominent members of that body, taking
an active part in the work of the session both in committee rooms and
upon the floor of the house.
�YRUS SARGEANT, the descendant of revolutionary stock and
C coming from a good old English family, was born in Candia, August
24, 1824, and spent his earliest years on the farm, in the district school,
and in the country store. Leaving the state at the age of sixteen, he
engaged in a larger field of activity in Boston, where for twenty-two
years he became prominently identified with the mercantile interests of
the city, retiring from personal participation in business in 1862. The
next ten years of his life were spent in travel both in Europe and Amer
ica, the cultured taste and wise discrimination of Mr. Sargeant leading
him into all parts of the world. Mr. Sargeant was first married in 1855,
his wife dying three years later, leaving one child. In 1873 he was
again married to Mary E., the daughter of his lifelong friend, James
McQuesten. His wife's parents dying while he was in Europe, he returned
to America to take up his residence in Plymouth upon the homestead of
Mrs. Sargeant, a house with a history, having been the shelter of George
Thompson, the noted abolitionist, during his memorable visit to this
country. Mr. Sargeant's oldest child is the wife of Dr. Robert Burns
of Plymouth and his two youngest, a son and daughter, are now at
school. During his residence in Plymouth Mr. Sargeant has become
identified with the best interests of the town, his broad spirit, his
wide culture, his unceasing vigor, leading him into all channels of activ
ity. He is a trustee of the Normal school and was one of the most
active in securing the erection of the new and elegant building which the
school now occupies. In 1891 Mr. Sargeant came to the legislature
from Plymouth, and so excellent was his record as to merit reëlection.
In the house of 1893 he excelled even his former work as a faithful,
capable, conscientious legislator. His vote has never been cast except
for conscience sake; his voice has never been raised except in behalf of
honesty; his sturdy character repels deceit; the vigor of his mind courts
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combat.
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�LONZO IRVING NUTE, member of the house of representatives
from Farmington, is the second son of the late Hon. Alonzo
Nute, who represented the first congressional district in the Fifty-first
congress. Mr. Nute was born at Farmington, September 21, 1853.
He was educated at the Farmington high school and at Phillips And
over academy, and immediately entered a business life in company with
his father and elder brother under the firm name of A. Nute & Sons,
and engaged in the manufacture of shoes.
This business is still con
tinued since the death of the senior member of the firm.
Mr. Nute is
one of New Hampshire's keenest business men. He has served in
various quasi-public positions and in 1887 was appointed by Gov. Charles
H. Sawyer to become a member of the New Hampshire bank commis
sion. In this capacity under the old statute, Mr. Nute remained until
the summer of 1889, when by legislative act the commission was remod
elled, its duties increased, and its membership enlarged. Mr. Nute was
at that time chosen to become one of the new commission and in this
position he was invaluable. At the expiration of his term of service he
returned to his business at Farmington, and has been actively engaged
therein since that time, being now treasurer of the A. Nute & Sons
Shoe Co. In 1891 he was elected chairman of the board of town offi
cers in Farmington by almost the entire Democratic majority and at the
last election he was made his party's candidate for representative, and
though the town is normally Democratic by a large majority, Mr. Nute
was chosen with two Democratic colleagues. In the house he served
with the same fidelity, the same courtesy, the same efficiency, that have
marked him in his various capacities. His experience in public life
rendered him valuable as a legislator, his insight quickening his judg
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ment and execution.
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�RANKLIN P. ROWELL, of Newport, was born in Weare and
F was educated in the schools of that town and in the academy at
Francestown, starting out at the age of eighteen to earn his own living
and to achieve, if possible, success. He began by learning the machin
ist's trade in the Amoskeag shops at Manchester, after which he worked
in Blood's locomotive works and was sexton of the Franklin street church
FRANKLIN P. ROWELL.
in the same city. In 1874 he removed to Newport and engaged in the
grain and flour business, and has succeeded in building up and main
taining a clientage that brings to him a competence. In 1875 he mar
ried Eliza I. Young of Manchester and has five children, Arthur,
Stephen, Lena, Irving, and Jessie. Mr. Rowell is a keen and aggres
sive business man, and opportunities that have come to him have been
quickly seized upon and exhaustively expanded. He early developed the
possibilities of extensive advertising and much of his success in life has
been due to the unique manner in which he has placed himself before the
public in the endeavor to obtain their patronage, which has followed in
increasing amounts. Mr. Rowell is a public spirited citizen, and aside
from the engrossing cares of his increasing business has found time to
become interested and instrumental in the development of many of the
public enterprises of his town. In public and private life he is scrupu
lously honest; from each he has exacted his due and to each he has
cheerfully rendered an equivalent. He has won the esteem of his
acquaintances by his cheerful, ready honesty, and has won the respect
of all by his manly demand for the rights that are due him. Mr. Rowell
was elected to the legislature of 1893, and was an influential member of
that body, taking part in the debates of the session with ease and fluency
and appearing before the committees of the house in advocacy of many
important measures which he either introduced or championed in the
progress of the legislative business of the session.
�ENNIS O'SHEA was born at South Ashburnham, Mass., Octo
ber 23, 1851, and at the age of six moved to Laconia where he
has since resided. He was educated in the public schools, at Gilford
academy, and at Holy Cross college. He early began to care for him
self and at the age of eight worked in a mill during the vacations. At
the age of thirteen he was one of the organizers and captain of the
Laconia Zouaves, a boys' military company that won high renown and
was invited to Concord to parade in 1864 by the governor and council.
While attending school at Gilford academy he was office boy in the
Belknap Mills, from 1864 to 1867, and in 1867 began the dry goods
business as clerk for Folsom & Smith, with whom he remained until 1875
with the exception of one year spent in college. In 1875 he entered
the dry goods business with his brother, John, under the firm name of
O'Shea Bros., a firm that has built up the largest trade in northern New
Hampshire, embracing more departments, employing more salesmen,
and calling for more capital, more enterprise, and more sagacity than
any other firm in the state. In addition to the duties devolving upon
him as member of this firm Mr. O'Shea is sole proprietor of the Laconia
Knitting company, employing about one hundred and fifty hands in the ,
manufacture of hosiery. He is a director and the first president of the
Laconia Electric Lighting company, director of the Laconia Board of
Trade, and in 1893 was elected a director of the Laconia National waw.
He is one of the charter members of the Merchants Guarantec
saving:
Bank. In 1893 he was a member of the legislature from Laco"
and
served with the same quick, unerring sagacity that has characterized his
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business career.
�HOMAS H. VAN DYKE, who represented Stewartstown in the
T legislature
of 1893 as a Republican, and who served in that
body upon the committee on railroads, is one of the most active young
men in the Coös country. He is engaged in the lumber business at
West Stewartstown in connection with the Connecticut River Lumber
company, and in politics has been his party's nominee for many offices,
and has often succeeded in wresting victory from a firmly entrenched
and vigorously supported opponent.
THOMAS H. VANDY KE.
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H. LOCKE of Zealand represented the town of Carroll in
the legislature of 1893 as a Democrat, and served on the commit
tee on incorporations. Mr. Locke is engaged in lumbering at Zea
land as resident manager for the Van Dyke company, and before that
was in the same business at McIndoes Falls, Vt., and with the same
company. Before that he was for some time proprietor of the Valley
hotel at Hillsborough Bridge, where he made many firm friends whom
he has retained in his new positions.
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�OL. CHARLES SCOTT, a native, a life-long resident, and an
son, of Peterborough, was born April 14, 1829, his
C honored
parents being William and Phylinda (Crossfield) Scott. He is a
grandson of Hon. John Scott, who served several years in the Revolu
tionary War, and is a great-grandson of Maj. William Scott of Revo
lutionary fame. He attended the common schools of his native town,
and until he was sixteen years of age was at home upon the farm. For
four years he was a clerk in a store in Peterborough, and for three
years he was publisher of the Peterborough Transcript. He gave up
this work when he was appointed high sheriff of Hillsborough county,
and for eighteen years he filled that position, a longer term than any
other incumbent, and since his retirement from the high shrievalty he
has been a deputy sheriff of the county. Upon the organization of
the Sixth regiment of New Hampshire volunteers he was appointed
major, and before his service in the army was ended he was promoted
to be lieutenant-colonel. Colonel Scott is now justice of the Peter
borough police court, and in the legislatures of 1889, 1891, and 1893.
was a valued working member. Colonel Scott is also a familiar figure
in political conventions. His shrewd advice has been constantly asked
and given in his party's councils, and in many a contest he has been no
inconsiderable factor. He is a debater of firmness and decision, and
never talks without listeners, and never closes without converts. His
long years of official service have given him that prominence attainable
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only by constant, indefatigable, honest methods. The sheer force of
his character has fixed his position in the minds of those who know
him beyond the power of place to add or to detract.
�HOMAS LANG WADLEIGH was born and has always lived at
Meredith. He is the son of Nathan Batchelder Wadleigh and of
Sarah Whitten Lang, and first saw the light October 21, 1858. As a
boy he attended the schools of Meredith, and as a youth he studied at
the New Hampshire Conference seminary at Tilton, beginning his busi
ness career in 1880, when he engaged in lumbering in company with his
father, however, to cast his fortunes with the Meredith Shook & Lum
ber company, Dodge & Bliss Co., proprietors. He became general
manager in the manufacture of box shooks for the Dodge & Bliss Co.,
of New York. In this line of work Mr. Wadleigh has been remarkably
enterprising and successful, the increase of his business annually
attesting to his ability. Under Mr. Wadleigh's direction the business
of his company has steadily grown until today it is the chief industry in
the town of Meredith. This success is largely, indeed it is no stretch
of fancy to say that it is wholly, due to Mr. Wadleigh's careful super
vision. Under his father's instruction his training had been careful and
complete. The results of that training are now daily exhibited by the
development of his own business. In the affairs of the town of Mere
dith Mr. Wadleigh has naturally taken a prominent part. The enter
prises of that town, its efforts for its own betterment, have all received
his cordial approbation and many of them owe their originating to him.
Mr. Wadleigh was elected to the legislature of 1893 and to his constit
uents during that session gave most careful and conscientious service,
characterizing his efforts there by the same tireless zeal, the same care
ful and correct habits, the same courtesy and sagacity, that had won him
success in previous efforts.
THOMAS
L. WADLEIG. H.
�G'
ALBERT B. WOODWORTH.
and Louisa (Hovey) Woodworth were the father and
mother of seven sons and five daughters. The family was poor,
and the children were obliged to work for the common good at an early
age, but both parents possessed a vigorous intellect and it was a home
where such books as the Bible, Shakespeare, Gibbon's Decline and Fall
of the Roman Empire, and Dickens's works were not only read but
digested. All the children grew up to manhood and womanhood, and
all have prospered, but no one more deservedly so than Albert Bingham
Woodworth, the sixth son, born in Dorchester, April 7, 1843, three
years before the family moved to Hebron. The only schooling available
for the lad was that afforded by the district school, supplemented by a
short course at Boscawen academy. He early developed a marked taste
for business, and after serving four years as clerk in a general mer
chandise store, in 1866 began business at Warren, two years later suc
ceeding Parker & Young of Lisbon. At that time Mr. Woodworth
had only a small capital, but friends who had watched his career stood
ready to lend a helping hand, and his own indomitable energy supplied
the rest. In 1873, in company with his brother Edward, he entered
the retail grocery business in Concord, and in 1875 bought the whole
sale and jobbing business of Hutchins & Co., which they have since
carried on with ever-increasing success. Never seeking political prefer
ment, Mr. Woodworth's abilities have been appreciated by his fellow
citizens, and as alderman from Ward 5 from 1885 to 1889, and as
representative from the same ward in the legislature of 1893, he has
done credit to their judgment. Mr. Woodworth was one of the founders
of the Parker & Young Manufacturing company at Lisbon, and has served
continuously as director. In 1880 he purchased an interest in that
famous hostelry, the Tip-Top House, and has been interested in Breezy
Point since the building of The Moosilauke in 1886. Early and late
he has been diligent in business; and, deserving success, has attained it.
�A.J. GEORGE RUSSELL LEAVITT, of Laconia, was born
in that town November 30, 1857, the son of Almon Curtis and
Mary Freeman (Russell) Leavitt. He was educated in the public
schools of his native city, at the New Hampshire Conference seminary
and Female college at Tilton, and at the Gaskell commercial college
at Manchester. For sixteen years to 1890 he was employed by the
Boston, Concord & Montreal railroad as telegraph and ticket agent at
Laconia, and in the latter year he embarked in the wood, coal, and
lumber business at Laconia, and is still engaged in that pursuit. Major
Leavitt has been for many years an enthusiast in military affairs, and
since 1878 has been connected with the New Hampshire National
Guard, enlisting first as a private in Company K of the Third regiment.
In 1880 he became quartermaster-sergeant and was afterward promoted
to be paymaster. In 1889 he was made brigade quartermaster, and in
1893 was promoted to be assistant inspector-general with the rank of
major. In the latter year he was chosen engrossing clerk of the house
of representatives, and in that position made a record for speed and
accuracy which no incumbent of the office of late years has even ap
proached. Major Leavitt is one of the active young men in an active
M
young city.
He counts each acquaintance as a friend, made so by his
unaffected good nature and his generous impulses.
MAJ. GEORGE RUSSELL LEAVITT.
I75
�VERETT FLETCHER, son of Hiram Adams Fletcher, for
forty-five years a prominent member of the Coös bar, and Persis
Everett Hunking, daughter of Dr. Benjamin Hunking, and grand
daugter of Hon. Richard C. Everett, was born in Colebrook, Decem
ber 23, 1848. He obtained his education at the Lancaster academy,
and at the University of Michigan; read law with Fletcher & Heywood,
at Lancaster, and was admitted to the bar November 18, 1870.
He
established himself in practice at Lancaster, and June 11, 1873, formed
a partnership with his father under the firm name of Fletcher &
Fletcher. This connection continued four years, when the firm of
Ladd & Fletcher was formed, his partner being the Hon. William S.
Ladd, who at that time had retired from the supreme bench.
HON. EVERETT FLETCHER.
This
partnership continued until the death of Judge Ladd in 1891, the firm
name, however, being renewed by the admission of Fletcher Ladd,
Judge Ladd's son, to partnership. Immediately upon his admission to
the bar Judge Fletcher obtained a large practice, which has continued
to the present day. In 1883 he was appointed judge-advocate-general,
with the rank of brigadier-general, upon the staff of Governor Hale, and
served two years. In 1885 he was appointed judge of probate for
Coös county, and still holds the office. In politics he is a Republican,
and has served efficiently as a member of the Republican state com
mittee. He is one of the best read lawyers in New Hampshire, a man
of sound judgment, untiring industry, and unquestioned integrity.
When the last vacancy occurred in the supreme court, his name was
prominently mentioned in connection with the position, and had the
appointment gone to the northern section of the state he would un
doubtedly have received it. He has filled the important office of judge
of probate, to the universal satisfaction of the bar and public. Only
one of his decisions has been carried to the supreme court on appeal.
and in that instance his views of the law were sustained by that tribunal.
�J'
D. YOUNG of Madbury was born in Barrington, Decem
ber 28, 1823, and was the son of Aaron and Lydia (Daniels) Young.
He received his education in the common schools of his native
town and at Durham academy. After completing his education he
taught school several years in the towns of Barrington, Strafford,
Dover, and Madbury. At the early age of twenty-two he was chosen
superintendent of schools of Barrington, and subsequently was elected
for several years selectman and town treasurer. He represented the town
in the legislature three sessions. He was twice elected county treasurer
for Strafford county. In 1868 he moved to Madbury, where he served
the town as selectman and town treasurer four years, and in 1888 was
chosen a delegate to revise the constitution. In 1876 he was appointed
judge of probate for Strafford county by Governor Cheney, which office
he still continues to hold. He was a delegate to the first Republican
state convention, and has always been a firm believer in the principles
of that party, serving fifteen years on the state committee. Judge
Young, previous to his appointment to judge of probate, did a large
share of the probate business in his section of the county. He has,
through his long term of service as judge, undoubtedly gained a larger
circle of acquaintances than any other man in Strafford county, and he
enjoys the confidence of the entire community.
HON. JACOB D. YOUNG.
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�LIPHALET SIMES NUTTER, the second son of Eliphalet
E. and
Lovey (Locke) Nutter, was born in Barnstead, Belknap
county, N. H., November 26, 1819, and is a grandson of Major John
Nutter, who in the War of the Revolution served in the regiment of
Colonel Reid. The subject of this sketch passed his boyhood days on
the farm of his father, in the town of Barnstead, where he acquired
those habits of industry and thrift, which he has so fully exemplified
throughout the period leading up to manhood's ripe fullness of years.
His life represents one continuous chain of successful application. In
1839 we find him captain in the state militia, then proprietor of a
country store in 1844, and postmaster from 1847 to 1855, upon which
date he removed to Concord, the capital of his native state, where he
established a home and residence, which has been maintained to date
(1893), yet during that period he has engaged in business in New
York city and Boston, also in Lawrence, Mass. Mr. Nutter was pres
ident of the New Hampshire Central railroad, also of the Franconia
Iron company, a large owner in the Atlantic & Pacific Railway
Tunnel, at Denver, Col., and is also president of the National Railway &
Street Rolling-stock company. Mr. Nutter has found opportunity,
even amid the cares of his busy life, to closely identify himself with
many patriotic deeds, thereby keeping in touch with the public, one of
which was the erection of a monument to commemorate Hannah
ELIPHALET S. NUTTER.
Dustin and her rescue from cruel captivity, which now stands upon
that historic island near the mouth of the Contoocook river. His gen
erous and untiring exertion was a prominent and most essential contri
bution. In 1845 Mr. Nutter married Sylvania M. Blanchard, of
Lowell, Mass., and now at their charming home in Concord, they enjoy
the fruitful accumulation of a successful life, whose measure of pros
perity is but the honorable reward of sagacious, earnest, and persever
ing activity.
�HE high sheriff of Merrimack county, James F. Fellows, was
born in Salisbury, September 26, 1855, and bears his father's
name.
He attained his education in the town schools of Henniker and
at Henniker academy, and at a commercial college in Boston, beginning
life as a lumber-man in Andover, gradually extending his business in that
line until it now covers Merrimack, Sullivan, and Grafton counties,
numbering his enterprises by the score. Mr. Fellows early in his life
came into prominence by reason of his alert temperament. His quick
discernment, schooled each day by added experience, enabled him to
grasp opportunities that had lain unused for years in the path of other
men, and he has succeeded in demonstrating, in the face of seeming
difficulties, that New Hampshire yet bristles with opportunities for the
sagacious and industrious man. This success in business life attracted
the attention and the admiration of his townsmen, and though residing
in a sterling Democratic community Mr. Fellows has been repeatedly
chosen to be selectman of Andover, a testimonial to his worth and
efficiency the more highly valued because of its source. Into the larger
field of politics Mr. Fellows came in 1892, when he was nominated by
acclamation to be the Republican candidate for sheriff of Merrimack
county. Entering upon the canvass with the same spirit that had
animated his business course, Mr. Fellows conducted a remarkable cam
paign, and though his opponent was strongly entrenched in the position
and was supported by the patronage of the office, Mr. Fellows was
enabled to win by a minute organization of his forces and a careful
attention to the detail work of the campaign, born from the fidelity
with which he had attended to his private business. Mr. Fellows by
reason of this success has become a man of mark in politics, though he
JAMES F. FELLOWS.
was before prominent in the business world. Yet he will not allow the
allurements of the one to draw him from the more substantial rewards
of the other.
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�OHN TILLOTSON AMEY was born in Pittsburg, October 16,
1858, and bears the same name as his father.
Emily Haynes.
His mother was
His educational advantages were limited to the
schools of Pittsburg, which he attended in winter, and worked on a
farm summers. He followed that line of study and industry until
1873, and in that year became engaged in lumbering operations in
northern New Hampshire and Vermont, and up to 1885 was con
nected with the Hilliards, Weekses, Beatties, and other large operators
in the business in that section. From 1885 to 1890 he was manager
for the Turner Falls Lumber company, and assumed the personal
superintendency of their extensive lumber business in New Hampshire,
including large drives of logs driven down the Connecticut, and the
running of their mills at Stratford. It was as a representative from that
town that he came to the legislature of 1889, in which he was an
active and useful member, both in general routine work and debate.
Mr. Amey retired from the lumber business in 1890, and opened a
general insurance office in Lancaster, where he has since that time
made his home.
His removal from Stratford to Lancaster did not
debar him from activity in political circles, however, and in November,
1892, he was elected high sheriff of Coös county, and assumed the duties
of the office April 1. Mr. Amey is a bright, keen business man and a
sharp, shrewd politician. While with few early advantages he has
fought his way along in all the various occupations of his life, he has
found in each something to carry him forward; each task undertaken has
TILLOTSON
been an incentive to another.
�O public official in this state is more widely known or more uni
versally popular than Ed Coffin, high sheriff of Rockingham
county. He was born in Portsmouth, March 31, 1831, the son of
N
James and Nancy (Scriggins) Coffin.
He was educated in the public
schools of his native city, graduating from the high school during the
principalship of Prof. Israel Kimball. When he was thirteen years of
age he began to work at printing, and continued until, as he says, he
“took an impression on the third finger of his left hand,” when he
concluded that he had had enough of the art preservative of all arts.
He then went to Boston and learned there the trade of a painter, a
business which he afterwards carried on with great success for
more than twenty years at Portsmouth. Mr. Coffin served on the
board of aldermen of the city by the sea for two terms; was a member
of the state legislature for two terms; and is now serving his fourth
term as sheriff of Rockingham county. As indicating his potency as
a political factor, and his wide-spread popularity, it may be said that
Mr. Coffin is at present the only Democrat upon the long list of Rock
ingham county officials. He was a member of a cavalry regiment in
the New Hampshire National Guard from the formation of the brigade
until 1883, and in 1878 was promoted from first lieutenant to captain
of a company.
Whole-souled, hearty, and honest, Mr. Coffin makes
many friends and keeps them.
His eminent qualifications for the place
he now holds he has proved on many trying occasions.
ED COFFIN.
18 I
�PRUNG from generations of sturdy pioneers, Hon. Daniel Hall
His youth was spent
upon the farm with brief intervals for schooling. He fitted himself for
college and was graduated from Dartmouth in 1854 at the head of his
class. In the fall of that year he entered the public service, as a clerk
in the New York custom house, a post from which he was removed in
1858 because of his outspoken avowal of a change in political beliefs.
S was born in Barrington, February 28, 1832.
He then studied law in Dover, and served as school commissioner for
HON. DANIEL
Strafford county. He was admitted to the bar in 1860. In 1861 he
became private secretary to John P. Hale, but resigned to enter the
army, receiving a captain's commission in March, 1862. Colonel Hall's
army record is a bright one. Assigned to staff duty he served with
distinction, particularly in the engagements at Fredericksburg, Chan
cellorsville, and Gettysburg. Failing health compelled his retirement
from the field, and he served as provost marshal of New Hampshire
until October, 1865. Then he returned to his profession. In 1866 he
was appointed clerk of the supreme court for Strafford county, and in
1868 he became judge of the Dover police court. In 1874, however,
he was removed from these positions by a Democratic legislature. In
1876 and 1877 he was state law reporter, producing volumes 56 and
57 of the N. H. Reports. In 1877 he was appointed naval officer at
the port of Boston, and was reappointed in 1881. Colonel Hall has
always been prominent in Grand Army circles, and “passed the chairs”
in that organization in 1892. A man of rare ability, he has often ap
peared as a public speaker, the most notable of his productions being
the oration at the dedication of the Hale statue, in August, 1892,
which was a most finished, logical, and eloquent review of the great
statesman's life and work. In it, rather than in this meagre outline,
Colonel Hall finds characterization as a ripe student and rigid reasoner.
HALL.
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�ENJAMIN FRANKLIN NEALLEY was born in South Berwick,
B Me., October 24, 1839, the son of Benjamin Mason Nealley and
Abbie Pray. He was educated in the common schools of his native
town, and at South Berwick academy, and at the age of nineteen re
moved to Dover, where he engaged in the dry goods business, follow
ing it with marked success until 1893, when he retired from active par
ticipation in business life. In the city of Dover Mr. Nealley has
become identified with many of its most prominent enterprises, having
been a director in the Dover National Bank, and a trustee of the Straf
ford Savings Bank. In 1878 he assisted in the organization of the
Dover Navigation company, and has been its secretary and treasurer
since its incorporation. Mr. Nealley has been prominent in Masonic
circles, being in 1886 and 1887 Worshipful Master of Strafford lodge.
He is a member of Orphim Council and St. Paul's
HON. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN NEALLEY.
Commandery
Knights Templar. In 1883 Mr. Nealley was a representative in the
legislature from Ward 4, Dover, and in 1887 was elected to the state
senate from the Twenty-third district. In 1889 and 1890 he was
mayor of the city of Dover, and in 1890 and 1891 served as chairman
of the City Hall Building committee, under whose direction Dover's
magnificent municipal building was erected. By religion Mr. Nealley
is a Congregationalist, and is a member of the First Parish Church.
In all the years of his residence in Dover, Mr. Nealley has been follow
ed by the continuous favor of his fellow-citizens, who have repeatedly
placed him in positions of trust and have frequently elevated him to
places of honor and responsibility. In whatever position he may have
been placed, as a business man, as a financier, as chief magistrate of a
city, or as legislator, Mr. Nealley has had but one purpose, faithful, con
scientious performance of his duty to his constituents. In his hands
their views and wishes have found a faithful exponent, a valuable cham
pion.
�ROM Croydon, the birthplace of so many good men, Hon. Still
He was born November 15,
1833, son of John and Charity (Darling) Humphrey, and was educated
in the common schools of Croydon and Marlow academy. For a short
time he was a school teacher, and in 1852 he came to West Concord
and worked for one year in a kit factory. For three years he was clerk
in a store at West Concord, and in 1856 he removed to the city proper,
where he engaged as clerk in a hardware store with the late Col. David
A. Warde. For two years he remained in that position, and since then
F man Humphrey came to Concord.
has been in business for himself in the same store.
This firm has
passed through several changes of name, yet Mr. Humphrey has always
retained his connection with it and his name has led the rest.
Since
the death of Mr. Warde in 1874, Mr. Humphrey has been frequently
honored by calls to positions of high official responsibility, and has
served his ward in the legislature, in the common council, and the board
of aldermen. He was mayor of Concord for two years, from 1889 to
1891, and for thirty-three years has been clerk of Union school-district.
In 1882 he was elected a member of the state board of railroad com
missioners, and in 1893, upon the formation of the board, he was ap
pointed police commissioner for the city of Concord. Mr. Humphrey
is also president of the Centennial Home for the Aged, and is vice-pres
ident of the Concord Commercial Club. Mr. Humphrey is one of the
best known of Concord's residents.
He is a man who has worked his
way upward gradually and always meritoriously.
He is a man of gen
erous instincts, kindly, sympathetic, genial. He bears an honored
name and has added to its honor by his own efforts.
�ON. HENRY W. CLAPP passed the first eighteen years of
his life in Massachusetts, having been born in the town of
Easton, in that state.
He then came to Nashua, where for fourteen
years he was engaged in the foundry business. More than thirty
years ago he removed to Concord, where he has since resided. His
first charge in Concord was the old Cooper foundry, at that time a
broken-down concern, but under his management it became a remuner
ative piece of property for its owners, Messrs. Ford & Kimball, with
whom he remained until 1882, when he began business for himself
under the firm name of H. W. Clapp & Co., and erected a foundry on
Chandler street. No insignificant factor in Mr. Clapp's success in busi
ness life has been his ingenuity, as a large part of the output of his
firm has been the various devices of which he is the patentee—the well
known Clapp grates, sewer castings, and fountains. In 1879 Mr. Clapp
held his first public office as an alderman from Ward 6, Concord. In
1880, and again in 1881 he held the same position, and in 1885 the
same constituency had him for their representative in the legislature.
In 1890 he was the Republican candidate for mayor of Concord and
was elected, serving during the years 1891 and 1892. Mayor Clapp's
administration was a busy, useful, and productive one for the city.
No mayor, during a single term of office, has seen the beginning and
completion of more important public enterprises than he. Under his
chief magistracy was witnessed the dedication of that noble benefac
tion, the Margaret Pillsbury General Hospital; the erection and dedi
cation of the soldiers' memorial arch that stands at the entrance to
the state-house park; the beginning, the completion, and the use of
the present efficient high-pressure water service; the building of the
new lower bridge; the purchase of land for the state library park; the
acceptance of Rollins park as a gift to the city; and a large extension of
the sewerage system.
�ARSONS
BRAINARD COGSWELL was born at Henniker,
January 22, 1828, the son of David Cogswell and Hannah Has
kell. His boyhood was spent upon the farm and his education was
obtained in the common schools, supplemented by an occasional term
in the academy and a short attendance at the Clinton Grove school.
In the fall of 1847 he entered the office of the Independent Democrat
in Concord, remaining there until the spring of 1849, when he began a
three years service in the office of the New Hampshire Patriot. From
1852 to 1854 he was employed at his trade, and in March of the latter
year formed a partnership with A. G. Jones, as a book and job printer,
afterward conducting the business alone until February 1, 1864. May
23, 1864, in company with George H. Sturtevant, he established the
Concord Daily Monitor, the first permanent daily paper published in
Concord, which was afterward consolidated with the Independent Dem
ocrat and New Hampshire Statesman, and is now published by the
Republican Press Association. From the establishment of the Monitor
Mr. Cogswell has been connected with the paper, as local, associate,
and managing editor and editorial writer, wielding a vigorous editorial
pen, yet contributing with grace and vivacity to all the departments of
the journal. In 1858 he was elected a member of the school commit
tee of Union school-district, and in 1859, upon the reorganization,
became member of the board of education and has been continuously
a member of the board ever since, serving as president for several years
and for eighteen years as financial agent. In 1872 and 1873 he was
a representative in the legislature. From 1881 to 1885 he was public
printer, has been an auditor of state printer's accounts, and was one of
the board of trustees of the state library at the time that institution
began its later development. He is a member of the New Hamp
shire Historical society, and was for four years its secretary.
HON. PARSONS B. COGSWELL.
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�OR twenty years Hon. E. J. Knowlton has waged for himself the
battle of life, counting among his honors at thirty-six triumphs
that others have achieved only by a life-time of exertion. Mr. Knowl
ton was born in Sutton, August 8, 1856, the oldest of eight children.
In 1873 he went to Manchester and entered the office of the Manchester
Union as a printer, passing thence to a reporter's desk and rising to be
city editor whence he was called to another field of activity in Feb
ruary, 1890, to become secretary of the board of trade. In this posi
tion he displayed a marvellous grasp of affairs, a remarkable analytic
scope of execution, followed by phenomenal results. So prominently
indeed did his work call him to public attention, that in the fall of the
same year he was called by the Democratic party, to which he had always
given his allegiance, to become its standard-bearer in the approaching
mayoralty contest. This call was too unanimous to be disregarded,
and he accepted the duty implied by the nomination. So faithfully was
HON. E. J.
this duty done that he was triumphantly elected in a city overwhelm
ingly Republican and his first term was followed by a renomination
and a reëlection. As chief magistrate of the Queen city Mayor Knowl
ton has shown himself unspoiled by place. For him public or private
position had but one watchword—duty. And this has been the main
spring of his life. By absolute fidelity he won his successes, aided not
a little by a personal popularity engendered by that noblest of attributes
a frank and genial honesty. It is perhaps out of place to speak here
of possibilities, yet Mayor Knowlton is a marked man. With the
golden years before him and a stainless record behind, he has won
the right to press forward and upward. The fond hopes of his friends
centre about him too persistently to be disregarded, and he may look
eager-eyed into the future, assured that it can hold for him higher
place and great power no worthier tribute to his ability than that
already written down in the hearts of those who know him best.
KNOWLTON.
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�ON. FRANKLIN N. CHASE was born in Andover, Massa
H
chusetts, November 16, 1865, the son of Seth Chase and Mary
Spellman. He was educated in the public schools of his native town
and in the Carney Commercial college of Lawrence, Massachusetts, be
ginning life in 1880 as a telegraph operator and serving in that capacity
for two years. From 1883 to 1885 he was a station agent, and in the
latter year became manager for the Baltimore & Ohio Telegraph com
pany at Haverhill, Massachusetts. In 1886 he came to Great Falls as
ticket agent of the Boston & Maine railroad, and in 1891 was promoted
to be New England passenger agent for the same corporation. In
1892 he received another promotion to be assistant general passenger
and ticket agent of the road. In 1889 and 1890 he was treasurer of
the town of Somersworth, and from the same town was sent to the
legislature in 1891 and 1893. When the town of Somersworth was
incorporated as a city Mr. Chase was made the candidate of the Dem
ocratic party for its first mayor and was elected, being not only the first
mayor of the youngest city of the state, but one of the youngest of
mayors in any city of the state. Mr. Chase has won his present posi
tion in the business and political world by steady, sturdy application
to work.
Promotion has come to him in the line of his chosen career
by reason of his merit, and his popularity has advanced him along the
political path. He has been called upon to fill important positions for
one so young, and he has acquitted himself with credit at each advance.
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�H
ON. JOHN J. LASKEY, whom the citizens of Portsmouth
have delighted to honor, was born in that city December 25,
1840, the son of William and Martha (Jones) Laskey. He was edu
cated in the schools of Portsmouth, and after a brief mercantile experi
ence in his native city he caught the western fever and went to Detroit,
where he found employment, first as clerk and then as travelling sales
man. It was during his residence in the West that he was for a short
time a soldier of the United States. With the fund of experience
gained by several years of life in the West, Mr. Laskey returned to his
native place and embarked in business.
There honors awaited him.
In 1883 he was chosen a member of the city's board of education, and
served for several years upon its most important committees. Under
President Cleveland's first administration he was appointed assistant
postmaster of Portsmouth, and served two years, resigning because of
failing health. For one year he was a member of the common council,
and in 1888 he was chosen city treasurer and tax collector. From this
office he was called, three years later, to become mayor of Portsmouth,
and was re-elected in 1892. His term expired August 8, 1893, and
during it he saw begun and completed many important public works.
Mr. Laskey is a prominent member of the Odd Fellows, and numbers
his friends by hundreds. He was a worthy man in all the positions
which he was called upon to fill and by his industry, no less than by
his integrity, added to his reputation as a reliable, trustworthy man,
faithful to every obligation and trust laid upon him.
HON. JOHN J. LASKEY.
�UCH of the muscle that has developed the mighty West came
no doubt from across the water; but New England claims with
justice the credit of furnishing the greater part of the brains that
directed the undertaking. A typical western Yankee's career is that
of the Hon. George Martin Dewey, who was born in Lebanon, Febru
ary 14, 1832, the son of Granville and Harriet Byron (Freeman)
Dewey. He was educated in the public schools of New Hampshire, at
the Lowell (Mass.) High school, and at the Lebanon (N.H.) Liberal
institute. Removing at an early age to the then far West of the state
of Michigan, his work since that time may be classified under the three
heads, teacher, editor, and platform speaker. His work in the first
named capacity was mostly done in the years up to 1857. In 1854 his
editorial life began, and has continued uninterruptedly up to the present
time. During most of that period his services have been rendered the
Republican party through the columns of its press, though he is now
connected as editor and publisher with The Odd Fellow, Owosso,
Michigan. Mr. Dewey's devotion to his party has also manifested
itself in much of his platform speaking, and nearly every state east of
the Mississippi can testify to his brilliance and worth as a campaign
orator. Here in New Hampshire we have heard him before every
presidential election since 1860. He has also spoken considerably
in the interests of temperance reform and Odd Fellowship. The offices
Mr. Dewey has held show the varied interests with which he has iden
tified himself: Deputy state superintendent of public instruction,
1857–58; six years in the postal service; five years state agent of the
board of charities: state senator, 1873-'74; alderman of Hastings
four years; six years a member of the board of education; grand mas
ter of the I. O. O. F. of Michigan; grand representative to the S. G.
L.; and grand councillor, R. T. of T. for Michigan, and supreme vice
HON. GEORGE M. DEWEY.
councillor, R. T. of T.
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STEPHENS ABBOT was born in Albany, Me., Feb
ruary 22, 1804, and losing his parents in infancy spent his school
days and youth in Salem, Mass., where he was apprenticed to
Frothingham & Loring, chaise builders, and was afterward induced to
settle in Concord, where, in partnership with Lewis Downing, he pro
duced the first coach bodies ever constructed in the state of New
Hampshire. This was in 1828, and from the partnership then formed
sprang up the greatest coach-making industry in the United States,
passing through various firm names, though never with a change of
ownership, until the present day, when it exists as the Abbot-Downing
company. The Concord coach, the product of this company alone,
was the development of Mr. Abbot's ingenuity. Schooled in the old
time trade of coach-building, his work possessed the old-time charac
teristics of strength and solidity. In 1847 Mr. Downing retired, and
Mr. Abbot admitted his son, Edward A., to the partnership. In 1865
the firm was again changed by the admission of Lewis Downing, Jr.,
the son of Mr. Abbot's old partner, and the new firm began the manu
facture of the celebrated Concord wagons, manufacturing in addition to
the specialties of their own invention many vehicles built upon private
specification and order. Mr. Abbot being thoroughly conversant with
the rudiments and developments of his trade, his judgment and skill
were almost stamped upon every individual product of his factory. This
ripe judgment he carried into all the affairs of life. In Concord, where
he lived so many years, he enjoyed the intimate friendship of the best
and foremost citizens. March 16, 1871, after a short illness, he died,
bequeathing to his children the substantial rewards of industry, yet
more than that, the priceless gift of a good name the synonym for rug
ged, virtuous honesty, uncompromising rectitude, modest benevolence,
JOSEPH STEPHENS ABBOT
and constant frieudship.
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�N the line of an ancient and honorable family of the state, Joseph
Henry Abbot, the son of Joseph Stephens Abbot and Grace
Stevens Wiggin, was born in Concord, February 6, 1838, and was
educated in the schools of that city, at the “Little Blue” school,
Farmington, Me., and at Phillips Andover academy. At the conclusion
of his school days Mr. Abbot became connected with the Abbot-Down
ing company of Concord, a corporation of which his father was one of
the founders and which is engaged in the manufacture of Concord
coaches and carriages known the world over, whose stamp is the syno
nym for thorough construction, the sign-manual of honesty and the
guaranty of service, of sturdiness, of solidity, of worth. The products
of the Abbot-Downing plant equipped the first of the stage lines in
California and Australia, and from this same establishment came the
great twelve-horse coaches traversing the Transvaal gold field in South
Africa. The operations of the Abbot-Downing company reach every
continent, and to many a foreign land the Concord coach is the only
evidence of the great republic beyond the seas. Of this corporation
Mr. Abbot has been vice-president for the past fifteen years and in that
capacity has had not a little to do with the development of the extensive
business that has been done.
It would be unfair to attempt to trace
in detail his connection with the upbuilding of the Abbot-Downing cor
poration, yet it is but just to say that in every branch of its develop
ment his hand has been felt, his judgment has been demanded, and his
advice has been followed.
JOSEPH HENRY ABBOT.
As a witness of the esteem in which Mr.
Abbot's reliability is held, may be instanced the fact that he is a mem
ber of the board of water commissioners for Concord, having succeeded
in that position the Hon. James R. Hill. Personally Mr. Abbot is
one of the most popular of men, for his sunny, genial, kindly disposi
tion naturally wins friends and his honest uprightness retains them.
�RANCIS LEWIS ABBOT, who represented Ward Six, of Con
English
F cord, in the legislature of 1893, comes from a line of
ancestors that settled in Andover, Mass., A. D. 1643, who were of that
sturdy and valiant race of pioneers who laid the foundation of this great
Anglo-Saxon nation. He is a son of J. Stephens Abbot, the original
builder of the world-renowned Concord stage-coach, and the founder
of an industry unrivalled in the history of manufacturing establishments
in America, and was born at Concord, May 20, 1843, and was educated
in the public schools of that city, and afterward at St. Paul's school,
where he was one of the first pupils. After leaving school he entered
the office of the Abbot-Downing Co., with which the name of his family
is indissolubly connected, and afterward became secretary of the corpo
ration upon its formation, and still holds the position, devoting his time
almost exclusively to his duties there, though he serves the Margaret
Pillsbury hospital as secretary of its board of trust, having been, from
the first, prominent in the movement for the establishment of the city
hospital in Concord. Mr. Abbot is a prominent layman in the Epis
copal church, and is a vestryman of St. Paul's church, Concord. Mr.
Abbot, by his life-long residence in Concord, by his activity in the
business world, and by his various interests of a quasi-public nature, no
less, however, by his courtesy, gentleness, and true worth of character,
is justly recognized as one of the leading men at the state's capital.
�HROUGH two generations the name of Lewis Downing has
been borne among New Hampshire men. The first to bear it
was born in Lexington, Mass., June 23, 1792, and in 1813 he came to
Concord and commenced the carriage business at the spot now occu
pied by his successors, the Abbot-Downing Co. The first wagon was
turned out by Mr. Downing in November, 1813, and in the spring of
1827, in company with J. Stephens Abbot, he turned out the first
coach ever built in New Hampshire. This first Concord coach was
followed by thousands of others, and for fifty-eight years Mr. Downing
remained actively connected with the business, seeing it grow—in repu
tation as well as size—and watching its various gradations of title in its
course from individual to corporate ownership.
His retirement took
place in 1865, and in that same year and in 1866 he was a representa
tive in the legislature, a slight return for what he had done to benefit
his fellow-citizens.
He died March Io, 1873.
To his son he left his
name, a greater bequest than wealth, and to the Unitarian church of
Concord he bequeathed his entire estate, to be used, upon the death of
his children, in spreading the liberal Christianity represented in the
writings of William Ellery Channing, whose philosophy had soothed
the generous testator's mind, whose cheerful logic had quickened his
hope, and in whose faith he had died, conscious of the reward which fol
lows him whose life is lived in peace and love, and in trust in God.
LEWIS DOWNING.
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�AJOR LEWIS DOWNING, Jr., of the Abbot-Downing Co.,
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was born in Concord, December 6, 1820, and attended school
in Concord and at the Burr seminary in Manchester, Vt. For a short
time thereafter he was employed in a store in Concord, and he then
entered the establishment of Downing & Abbot to learn the coach
maker's trade. With that firm he has been for fifty-six years, and is
now president of the Abbot-Downing Co., the corporate successors of
the firm. Major Downing has almost equally long been promi
nently identified with the most important financial interests of the city
of Concord.
Since 1867 he has been a director in the National State
Capital bank, and since 1878 he has been its president. In 1872,
upon the organization of the Loan and Trust savings bank, he was
chosen a trustee and a member of the investment committee, and is
now vice-president of the institution. For seventeen years he has been
a director in the Stark mills, Manchester, and almost no benevolent
enterprise in Concord has been attempted without his co-operation and
assistance. In the days of the old militia system, Major Downing
acquired his title. The legacy of his father's name, with its generous
reputation, Major Downing may leave with added credit, while as a
rare type of the old-school business man, punctual, courteous, exact,
Major Downing, vigorous, though full of years, stands at the head of
large business and financial interests, keenly alive to all the require
ments of latter-day commercial development.
MAJ. LEWIS DOWNING, JR.
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�HE development of the newer New Hampshire has been due to
Among them is George White
field Abbott, who was born at Webster, March 13, 1837, and is the
son of Nathaniel Abbott and Mary Fitts. He was educated in the town
schools and at Salisbury academy, and when nineteen years of age
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went to Boston to become a clerk in a store, where he remained until
1860, when he opened a grocery store of his own in Norwich, Conn.
In 1862 he disposed of his business to enter the service, coming to
Penacook and enlisting in the Seventh New Hampshire regiment, serving
until the close of the war in 1865. Mr. Abbott's war record was a credit
able one. He followed the fortunes of his regiment, and was severely
wounded at the Battle of Olustee, Fla., on Feb. 20, 1864, and was con
fined to the hospital for more than a year, rejoining his regiment in
North Carolina early in 1865. On his return to Penacook he at once
entered upon a mercantile career, and followed it until 1870, when fail
ing health compelled him to seek an out-door line of work, which he
followed for two years, by building blocks and houses at Penacook,
then accepting the position of selling agent for H. H. Amsden & Sons,
furniture manufacturers.
In 1882 he commenced the manufacture of
furniture for himself, under the firm name of J. E. Symonds & Co.,
which business he rapidly developed, until it demands the employment
of about forty men in the manufacture of tables, desks, bookcases, etc.,
which is now one of the largest of its kind in New England. In addi
tion to the engrossing duties of his own business, Mr. Abbott is
a director in the First National bank and the Concord Street railway,
of Concord, also director and manager of the Penacook Electric Light
Co. He was presidential elector on the Republican ticket of 1892.
Mr. Abbott is one of those sons of New Hampshire whose enterprise
and activity have entered so largely into the development of the state's
resources, and is classed among New Hampshire men in the front rank.
GEORGE W. ABBOTT.
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�REPUTATION for sagacious prudence and conservative wisdom
is one much to be desired by a banker of to-day, in a time of
financial distrust. And it is precisely that which is universally ren
dered to Harley Benjamin Roby of Concord. Mr. Roby was born in
the capital city December 13, 1867, and is one of the youngest bank
ers in the state, a fact which makes his success the more noteworthy.
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His parents were Benjamin F. and Ella L. (Sargent) Roby, and his
education was gained in the public schools of Concord, supplemented by
two years under the private instruction of Professor Amos Hadley.
Upon the completion of his education he at once entered the widely
known banking-house of E. H. Rollins & Son, with whom he
remained for six years. During three years of this time he was a mem
ber of the firm, and after its incorporation as a company, served as
secretary and director of the corporation. Severing that connection
about three years ago, he has since been engaged in the banking busi
ness independently, and has achieved marked success. Active, self
reliant, and public-spirited. Mr. Roby gains and holds the respect and
confidence of all with whom he has relations.
He has been a director
in the Capital Fire Insurance company since its organization, and is
now president of the Concord Commercial club.
HARLEY B. ROBY.
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�HE third son of Hon. Wm. E. Chandler was born at Washing
ton, D.C., August 17, 1869, and in that city and in Water
loo, N.H., his life was passed, attending private schools in Washing
ton and the district school at Waterloo, until September 4, 1884, when he
entered the United States Naval academy at Annapolis, and was graduated
in June, 1888, ranking thirteen in a class graduating thirty-five members.
He was at once assigned to the U.S. S. Roston, one of the cruisers of the
new navy that had been built under the administration of his father as sec
retary of the navy, and in September, October, and November of that
year made a cruise on that vessel, which was then under the command
of the now Commodore Francis M. Ramsay. May 16, 1890, he was
detached from the /Sos/on, and ordered to Annapolis for final examina
tions, and passing them, ranked ten in the class, which by that time
had been reduced to twenty-eight members. June 19, 1890, he was
detached from the Naval academy, and placed on waiting orders. July
I he was commissioned an ensign in the United States navy, with the
rank of nine in the class, and October 28, 1890, reported for duty on
board the United States training ship Portsmouth, one of the old wooden
sailing vessels, built at Portsmouth, N.H., and then acting as one of the
training squadron for apprentices. On board the Portsmouth he served
until June 15, 1892, and on July 10, 1892, he reported for duty on the
gunboat Concord, under Commander Edwin White, then attached to
the North Atlantic Station, where he remained until March, 1893, when
he was detached, and granted leave of absence for three months, at the
expiration of which he reported for duty in the United States coast and
geodetic survey, on board the U. S. S. Zagre, then occupied in sur
veying Boston harbor.
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LLOYD H. CHANDLER.
�ILLIAM DWIGHT CHANDLER, the second son of Hon.
William E. Chandler, was born in Concord, February 3, 1863,
and was educated at St. Paul's school, Concord, where he was a pupil
for six years, and in Europe, where he spent a year and a half in travel
and study. Upon leaving school Mr. Chandler became city editor of
the Concord Evening Monitor, retiring from that position in 1882 in
order to visit Europe, at which time he made the tour before mentioned,
covering in his travels nearly every part of the continent, being present
in Russia at the ceremonies incident to the coronation of the present
czar. In 1883 Mr. Chandler returned to America, and immediately went
to Winona, Minn., and joined the clerical force of the First National
bank in that city, remaining there until March, 1892, passing in that
time through all the grades of the fiscal service, and being at the time of
his resignation assistant cashier of the bank. During Mr. Chandler's
residence in Minnesota he became a Mason, and took the degrees in
that order, up to and including that of Knight Templar.
Mr. Chand
ler's return to his native city was made in order that he might assume
the position of vice-president and treasurer of the Republican Press
association, publishers of the Independent Statesman and Concord
Evening Monitor, a corporation in which he had acquired a large
moneyed interest. Mr. Chandler entered upon his work in the East
with the same vigor that had characterized his career in Minnesota, and
with the same enthusiasm that had won him such success in the latter
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state. In the few months that have elapsed since he assumed his pres
ent position, Mr. Chandler has developed a remarkable capacity in the
new field. Under his direction new departments have been added, and
the business has been extended in many directions, bringing to the cor
poration the energy that the latter-day business development demands.
CHANDLER.
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LARENCE JOHNSON, of Pittsfield, is a native of that town.
He was at one time city editor of the Concord Evening Monitor,
and is now connected with that paper and the Independent States
man as associate editor.
While Senator W. E. Chandler was chair
man of the U. S. Senate committee on immigration Mr. Johnson served
as its clerk.
CLARENCE JOHNSON.
Since then he has been clerk to Senator Chandler.
�OBERT HENRY ROLFE, the son of Henry Pearson and Mary
R. (Sherburne) Rolfe, was born in Concord, October 16, 1863,
After fitting for college he graduated from Dartmouth, in the class of
1884, and immediately entered the office of the Northern railroad, at
Concord, and was employed there until August, 1889, when he removed
to Zylonite, Mass., but shortly after returned to Concord, where he became
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connected with the Republican Press association, first in the circulation
department, afterward being promoted to cashier, in which position he
still remains. For nearly ten years he has been a member of the
New Hampshire National Guard, and that organization has no more
zealous member than he. Twice he has been an enlisted man, returning
to the ranks after having held a captain's commission, which his removal
from the state compelled him to surrender. For two years he was ser
geant-major of the Third regiment, and his first commission was as
first lieutenant in Company C. He was also captain of the same com
pany, and resigned as indicated above. He was afterward a private in
the same company, and was taken from the ranks to become adjutant
of his regiment, and from that position he was called, by the vote of
his fellow-officers, to become senior major of the Third regiment, in
command of the First battalion. Major Rolfe was appointed, in 1893,
a member of the commission to revise the military law of the state, and,
by virtue of his rank, is recorder of the board. Major Rolfe is the best
type of a citizen-soldier; an enthusiast, a student, he has mastered the
service in every detail; and more than that, has imparted his own spirit
to his command. Destined for yet higher honors, he wears his present
laurels modestly, but as one ready to defend that which he has won.
MAJ. ROBERT HENRY ROLFE.
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�J'
I. EASTMAN, of Philadelphia, though not born in New
Hampshire, is credited as a New Hampshire man, because the
early years of his life and the first fruits of his activity were
given to the Granite state. Mr. Eastman, the son of Robert Eastman
and Sarah (Lee) Eastman, was born in Middleboro, Mass., February
16, 1831, and when he was one year of age his father moved to Con
cord, where the boy was educated in the common and private schools
until his sixteenth year, when he went to Lowell, Mass., and learned
the machinist's trade at the Lowell Machine shop, afterward returning
to Concord and entering the gun business, manufacturing chiefly rifles.
The first company of sharpshooters, from New Hampshire, that entered
the service of the Federal government in the War of the Rebellion, was
equipped with the Eastman rifle, by order of Governor Berry, and the
weapon had high renown for efficiency and durability. In 1873, Mr.
Eastman sold out his business in Concord and left the city and the state,
going to Philadelphia, where he embarked in the business of manu
facturing perfumery and toilet soaps, which under his management has
been built up until now it is the largest of the kind in the state of Penn
sylvania, controlling a business of a quarter of a million dollars yearly.
Of this company, the Eastman & Bros’. Co., Mr. Eastman is president.
Mr. Eastman's success has been shared in by the state of New Hamp
shire, because of the pride of the state in the success of one of her sons.
That Mr.
Eastman's success
has been so merited, has been the source of
so much the more pride. Amid it all he has not lost sight of the
Granite state, and his appearance here among the sons of New Hamp
shire justifies his reciprocation of the esteem and affection in which the
state has always regarded him.
JOHN I. EASTMAN.
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�ILVESTER PRENTICE DANFORTH was born in Boscawen,
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August 14, 1838, the son of Nathan Courser Danforth and
Sophia Brown. He was educated at the Fisherville and Boscawen
academies, and at the age of seventeen began work in Caldwell & Ams
den's furniture factory, remaining there for eleven years, and in that
time becoming thoroughly familiar with every part of the business. At
the age of twenty-eight he engaged for himself in the manufacture of
furniture at Concord, and remained in that business until 1871, when
he began the manufacture of exterior and interior finish stock with a
partner, under the firm name of Kimball & Danforth, this relationship
existing until 1888, when the firm of Kimball, Danforth & Forrest was
formed, and engaged in general contracting and building. To this
firm Mr. Danforth has given the most faithful endeavor, and through
his efforts has raised it to the front rank among similar business enter
prises, their operations extending over a large part of New Hampshire,
and their contracts each year amounting to many thousands of dollars.
Mr. Danforth is a remarkably popular man, and has been his party's
candidate for many an important office, and has always run far ahead
of his ticket.
These honors, however, have come to him unsolicited,
for he is too busy a man to give heed to the demands of politics. In
business circles Mr. Danforth is justly ranked as one of the most con
servative and solid business men in the community. He never under
takes that of which there can be the slightest doubt of complete fulfill
ment, and in fulfilling all that he undertakes no labor is deemed by
him to be too severe. Mr. Danforth is a most pleasant gentleman,
and numbers his friends by the hundreds. His genial manners have
been a constant aid to him in business and political life, and his true
and sterling worth has never failed him. In all that he has been called
upon to do he has displayed marked qualities of honesty and integrity,
of complete and unequivocal steadfastness.
SILVESTER PRENTICE DANFORTH.
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�I HEREVER in New Hampshire or New England good music is
loved and appreciated, the name of Henri G. Blaisdell is well
known and honored. From earliest youth he has been an ardent wor
shipper at the shrine of melody, and the ability and experience of
maturity are now consistently and successfully devoted to raising the
standard of musical taste in this part of the country. Mr. Blaisdell was
born in Dorchester, October 23, 1849. His musical talents were evident
from a remarkably early age, and when nine years old he became the
delighted possessor of a violin. Since he was twelve he has devoted
his entire life to the cause of music, and boasts to-day a record along this
line unequalled by few New Englanders and certainly by none in New
Hampshire. The orchestra which bears his name ranks among the
finest in America, and its services are in demand throughout a widely
extended territory. As a conductor, Mr. Blaisdell's merit and success
are unquestioned, and many of the principal musical festivals of New
England furnish the best of testimonials to that effect. The high repu
tation achieved by the Concord Choral Union is in a large measure due
to his efforts, while the annual meetings of the New Hampshire Music
Teachers' association at The Weirs owe no small measure of their suc
cess to his unremitting energy as conductor. He has been for many
years choir master of St. Paul's Episcopal church, Concord. Mr. Blais
dell is a writer as well as a musician, and some of his contributions to
the periodical press are models of trenchant style and vigorous diction.
As musical editor of the Granite Monthly, Mr. Blaisdell has made his
department both interesting and valuable.
�EORGE LAWRENCE BROWN was born in Dunbarton, May
G 29, 1852, and is the son of James H. Brown and Nancy Chase
Ray. He was educated in the common schools of his native town and
New London, also taking a course at Colby academy, the “alma
mater” of so many of the successful business men of New England.
At the age of eighteen Mr. Brown came to Concord, where he entered
the employ of C. H. Martin & Co., wholesale druggists, and became
thoroughly familiar with every branch of the business. In 1878, so
marked had become his proficiency and so great his aptitude,
he was admitted to the firm, the name, however, continuing the same as
before, and this relation he still maintains.
Mr. Brown has felt the
cares of an increasing business, yet he has found time on one occasion
to serve his party by accepting an election to the house of representa
tives in 1881, where as a member from Sutton he was one of the most
prominent members of the minority on the floor of the house.
In bus
iness life Mr. Brown is one of the most careful of men, his calm, con
siderate judgment, fortified by his accurate knowledge of the details
and necessities of his business, making him a power in the mercan
‘tile world, and the wide advance of his firm's trade over all sections of
the state has been due in no small measure to his foresight and energy.
In private life Mr. Brown is highly esteemed. He is a member of the
Baptist church, and has won the respect of all those who admire ster
ling worth wherever displayed, and who especially admire the success
that attends the exertion of natural integrity and acquired ability.
GEORGE LAWRENCE BROWN.
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�EMAN FISHER ELDREDGE was born in Chatham, Mass.,
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April 13, 1852, the son of Heman and Mary (Harding)
Eldredge. He was educated in the schools of Chatham, and of Ports
mouth, to which city his parents removed during his childhood. He
early became connected with the well known Eldredge Brewing com
pany, in which his father, and his brother, Hon. Marcellus Eldredge,
were large owners, and he has now become the sole owner of the stock
of this corporation, and is its president, treasurer, and manager, and
devotes all his time to its vast business. Mr. Eldredge has no desire to
hold office, and though he has been repeatedly urged to allow his friends
to elect him senator from his district, and mayor of his city, he has
firmly refused to allow his name to be used. Against his wishes he was
elected to the legislature from his ward, in 1889, and made a creditable
record. He is connected with many enterprises of a public nature, in
Portsmouth and elsewhere, is a director of the New Hampshire National
bank and the Portsmouth Gas-Light company, in both of which he
takes a deep interest. He is a man of genial manner, of unaffected gen
erosity, and deserving of the many friends which he has all over New
England.
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�EORGE A. LEIGHTON was born in Manchester, March 23,
At the
age of six he removed with his parents to Concord, where he attended
the public schools until the age of fourteen. Then he went to work on
a farm, and remained there until his eighteenth birthday, when he
returned to Manchester and entered the Amoskeag Machine shop to
learn the trade of a machinist. Here he remained for several years.
He enlisted in the army of the United States in 1863, and was hon
orably discharged the same year. He was appointed foreman for the
Forsaith Machine company in 1867, and remained with them three
years. A number of important patents were granted him in 1881, and
he established the business of the manufacture of knitting-machines
the following year. In February, 1887, he established the Everett
Knitting-Works, since removed to Lebanon, and became president of
the corporation, a position that he resigned in August, 1892. and is
now engaged in the manufacture of knitting machinery, the product of
his shops being largely machines of his own invention or development, and
sold throughout America. In May, 1890, he purchased the Kelley's Falls
G' and is the son of Alexander and Lydia Leighton.
property at Manchester, and organized the electric company, of which
he became the treasurer, still retaining that position. He is a member
of Louis Bell post and of the Amoskeag Veterans. A man of Mr.
Leighton's activity can but turn his attention to public affairs, and
though increasing business cares forbade, he accepted a seat in the state
legislature, and served through the memorable session of 1887, since
then declining public office in justice to increasing business responsi
bilities. As a business man, Mr. Leighton has displayed marked enter
prise and sagacity. The projects with which he has been connected
have always been advanced under his direction. He is thoroughly
abreast of the times, and has sought for the exercise of his endowed
ability, fields of activity demanding special study and attention.
GEORGE A. LEIGHTON.
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OBERT M. WALLACE, associate justice of the supreme court
of New Hampshire, was born in Henniker, May 2, 1847, the son
of Jonas Wallace and Mary Darling. He was fitted for college at Hen
niker academy, and graduated from Dartmouth with the class of 1867.
He studied law with the Hon. Mason W. Tappan, late attorney-gen
eral of New Hampshire, and in January, 1872, commenced the practice
of his profession at Milford, as the partner of Hon. Bainbridge Wad
leigh, and has made his home in Milford since that time. In 1877, and
the year following, he represented Milford in the house of representa
tives, and in 1889 was a member of the constitutional convention. In
1883 he first took office as solicitor of Hillsborough county, and by
repeated re-elections held that position until April of the present year.
Mr. Wallace's practice, aside from that entailed by his official duties,
was extensive, and at the time of his appointment to the bench he
maintained an office in Nashua in addition to the one so long es
tablished at Milford. In February of the present year he was appointed
judge-advocate-general on the staff of Governor Smith, and in the fol
lowing April received the appointment of associate justice. He has been
prominent among the alumni of Dartmouth College, especially in the
new movement for alumni representation upon the board of trustees,
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and was one of the candidates for alumni trustee selected for the first
balloting, and received a handsome support. As a private practitioner,
no less than as a public prosecutor, Mr. Wallace met with great success.
His legal acquirements are broad and flexible. As a prosecutor he has
been zealous for the state, yet tempering his zeal with mercy, and has
won marked success in this branch of professional pursuits. He ex
celled as an advocate as well as an examiner. Diligent preparation ren
dered him an effective opponent, and a ready mastery of the law, obtain
ed by deep study and minute retention, added to his legal equipment.
HON. ROBERT M. WALLACE.
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�NE of the most commendable features of the administration of
() President Harrison was the excellence of his judicial appoint
ments. Upon the decease of Judge Daniel Clark, it became his duty to
select a successor from the bar of this state. The singular unanimity
of the members of the bar in recommending Hon. Edgar Aldrich of
Littleton opened the way for a most satisfactory exercise of the appoint
ing power. With but two years of service in his high office, Judge
Aldrich has developed an exceptional aptitude for its duties. So plainly
has this been impressed upon his associates in the United States
courts for the Eastern circuit, and so welcome to the bench of the cir
cuit and district courts of other states has he become, that the fact that
he is nominally the district judge in the comparatively limited juris
diction of New Hampshire, is obscured by the abundance of his labors
in the midst of the most important litigation that finds what may be
termed the legal “storm centre” in the United States courts in Boston.
He is a native of Pittsburgh, born February 5, 1848, the son of
Ephraim C. and Adeline B. (Haynes) Aldrich. At an early age he
had acquired an academic education, principally at the Colebrook
academy, and entered upon the study of law with Ira A. Ramsey at
Colebrook. He was a student and graduate of the law department of
the University of Michigan, and was admitted to the bar at Colebrook
at the August term, 1868. He remained in practice at that place until
January, 1881, when he located at Littleton, which has since been his
residence.
He was solicitor of Coös county from October Io, 1872,
to June 4, 1879, with the exception of an interim from 1874 to 1876,
and representative from Littleton, and speaker of the house in 1885.
Among his notable arguments before the law courts was that in the
HON.
Olcott Falls case, involving the constitutional right of trial by jury in
equity cases. He was nominated to be judge of the district court
February 16, 1891, and confirmed February 20.
EDGAR ALDRICH.
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�ON. JAMES WALDRON REMICK, already one of the most
Hardwick,
Vt., October 30, 1860, and attended the common schools. When
nineteen years of age he began the study of law under the tuition of
B. F. Chapman, at Clockville, N. Y., later pursuing his studies in the
office of Aldrich & Parsons at Colebrook, and Bingham & Aldrich at
Littleton. He attended lectures at the Law school of the University of
Michigan, and was admitted to the bar in 1882 following his gradua
H prominent of New Hampshire lawyers, was born at
tion from the Law school.
For two years he practised at Colebrook,
and was subsequently in the office of Aldrich & Remick at Littleton.
In 1885 he formed a partnership with Hon. Ossian Ray, of Lancaster,
taking charge of an office for the firm in Littleton. In 1890 Mr.
Remick was appointed United States district attorney for New Hamp
shire, the youngest man ever to hold the position, though by no means
the least able.
In the brief decade since Mr. Remick came to the bar
he has shown himself to be a diligent student, a faithful counsellor,
and an eloquent advocate. A man of literary tastes, he has gratified
HON. JAMES WALDRON REMICK.
his inclinations with wide reading, and has varied the monotony of legal
pursuits by frequent appearance upon the lecture platform, where he has
won an enviable reputation. Upon the stump in succeeding campaigns
Mr. Remick has been invaluable to his party, his youthful enthusiasm,
his rare eloquence, and his brilliant presentation of the claims of his
party, making for him a reputation second to that of no political orator
in New Hampshire. As district attorney Mr. Remick has faithfully
applied himself to the duties of his office, and has been a painstaking
officer of justice, seeking single-minded to do his duty. As an earnest
advocate of all the principles of right living Mr. Remick has been of
great service in the field of social reform, giving freely of his time and
labor to advance the interests of the community in this regard.
�W W
7 ILLIAM LAWRENCE FOSTER was born at Westminster,
Vt., June 1, 1823. His great grandfather, Abraham, was a
soldier of the Revolution, participating in the Battle of Bunker Hill.
His grandfather, while a freshman at Yale college, joined the minute men
of Reading, Mass., and fought at Lexington. His father removed to
Fitzwilliam, and thence to Keene, dying in 1854. When about seventeen
years of age he commenced the study of law with Levi Chamberlain, and
in 1844 and 1845 attended the Harvard law school. In the latter year
he was admitted to the bar in Keene, and practised in partnership with
John J. Baxter, and afterward with Mr. Chamberlain. From 1845 to
1849 he was postmaster at Keene, from 1849 to 1853 he was clerk of
the New Hampshire senate, and was a member of Governor Dinsmore's
staff, and by that executive in 1850 was appointed state law reporter,
holding that position until 1856, and editing volumes 17–19, 21–31,
inclusive, of the New Hampshire reports. In 1853 he removed to Con
cord, and formed a partnership with Col. John H. George, Hon.
Charles P. Sanborn being subsequently admitted to the firm, from which
Colonel George retired in 1867, and which was continued by Messrs.
Foster and Sanborn until 1869. In 1854 Colonel Foster was appointed
commissioner of the circuit court of the United States, which he held
until 1862, when he was elected a member of the house of representa
tives, and was reëlected in 1863. October 1, 1869, he was appointed a
judge of the supreme court, and October 1, 1874, he was appointed chief
justice of the circuit court. October 1, 1876, he was again appointed
judge of the supreme court, and resigned that office, July 1, 1881, to
resume the practice of law. In 1884 he was appointed United States
commissioner. His legal attainments are of the highest order, adding
to a profound knowledge of the law a ready adaptability, a keen
perception, a graceful and winning manner, presenting in all a complete
equipment for the forensic and other conflicts of the court room.
HON, WILLIAM L. FOSTER.
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�legislative service of
distinguished
party
THE firstwas in the state house thisrepresentatives lawyer and Since
leader
of
in 1861.
that day his character and service have been universally recognized.
He has in his thirty years well earned the distinction of being the intel
lectual leader of the New Hampshire Democracy. A representative or
senator in eighteen legislatures, and his party's nominee for United
States senator in every legislative election, save two, since 1866, his
name has become eminent, in an age of great men and great events, as
an exponent of Jacksonian Democracy. In five great national conven
tions he has been a delegate from New Hampshire, and in four he has
taken part, as a member of the committee on resolutions, in formulat
ing the statement of principles on which the national Democracy has
gone before the people for judgment and finally prevailed.
A graduate
of Dartmouth under the administration of President Lord, his intellect
ual life is characteristic of the precepts and example of that great educa
tor. Such a man, endowed with great and well balanced mental and
physical powers, in a life-time of deep, critical, and well directed study
of men, books, institutions, and all the concerns with which a lawyer
and statesman is inevitably thrown in contact, cannot fail to mould the
opinions of mankind, and to make a deep and lasting impression upon
political movements, legislation, and jurisprudence.
That he did not
commence a career in the great forum of national affairs when he might
HON.
HARRY BINGHAM.
have been sent to Congress by giving the word in 1855, was because
he refused to pay the price of a temporary and secret espousal of a
political movement which his honest judgment condemned. What he
would have been in the senate or on the bench of the highest court
can only be conjectured from what he has been in the less conspicuous,
but possibly not less exacting positions, in which he has served his
clients, his party, and his state. He was born at Concord, Vt., March
30, 1821, son of Hon. Warner and Lucy (Wheeler) Bingham.
�ON. GEORGE AZRO BINGHAM was born in Concord, Vt.,
H April 25, 1826, and was educated in the schools of that state.
He studied law with Hon. Thomas Bartlett, at Lyndon, Vt., and was
admitted to the bar in December, 1848. He practised his profession at
Lyndon until July, 1852, when he came to Littleton, in this state, and
became associated with his brother Harry in business, under the firm
name of H. & G. A. Bingham, which firm continued until 1870, ex
cepting three years, when the two brothers associated themselves with
Hon. Andrew S. Woods and his son Edward of Bath, with offices at
Littleton and Bath. The brothers dissolved partnership in 1870, and
Mr. Bingham continued in practice alone until 1876, when he was ap
pointed a justice of the supreme court, which position he occupied
until October 1, 1880. He then resigned and formed a partnership
with Hon. Edgar Aldrich and D. C. Remick, under the firm name of
Bingham, Aldrich & Remick. In December, 1884, Mr. Bingham was
reappointed and served as a member of the court until March, 1891,
when he again resigned, and forming a partnership with his son,
George H., resumed the practice of his profession at Littleton, under
the firm name of Bingham & Bingham. Judge Bingham is a Demo
crat and was elected a delegate to the national Democratic convention
in 1860, twice to the state senate, and the same number of times a
member of the house of representatives, and was his party's candidate
for congress in 1880. He has been a member of the Littleton board
of education, and a trustee of the state normal school.
He is a
director of the Littleton National Bank, and president of the savings
bank in that town. His clear and keen scrutiny discovers his oppo
nents' errors, and his ready self-possession enables him to take advan
tage of them. Upon the bench he administered justice with admirable
impartiality, patience, and industry. At the bar he is an effective
advocate, and in private life a most estimable citizen.
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�ON. CHARLES H. BURNS, a leader of New Hampshire's
bar, was born in Milford, January 19, 1835. The public
schools and Appleton academy at New Ipswich gave him his early
training, and after reading law with Col. O. W. Lull he graduated from
the Harvard law school, becoming a member of the Suffolk bar in May,
of that year, and beginning his practice before New Hampshire courts
in October. His first clientage was won in Wilton, where he has
resided since 1859, but he now has offices at Nashua. Early in his
career Mr. Burns attracted attention by his varied gifts, and in 1864
and 1865 he was chosen treasurer of Hillsborough county; in 1873
and again in 1879 he sat in the state senate, serving each time as
chairman of the judiciary committee; in 1876 he was appointed solic
itor for Hillsborough county, and was reëlected until his service cover
ed seven years. In 1876 he was a delegate-at-large to the Republican
national convention. In 1878 he presided over the Republican state
convention. In 1879 he was appointed judge advocate general on the
staff of Governor Head; in 1881 became United States district attorney,
receiving reappointment in 1885, and resigning in 1887 to devote him
self to his private practice that was rendered more exacting by increas
ing duties as general counsel of the Boston & Maine railroad. Mr.
Burns is also counsel for many other important corporations. He is a
director in several banking institutions, is a member of the New Hamp
shire Historical society, and of the New England Historical and Gen
ealogical society. In 1874 he was made a master of arts by Dartmouth
college. In all Mr. Burns's life it has been marked by one character
istic and no sketch of him could be complete without a reference to it:
he is a superb orator. Before juries, on the stump, in legislative halls,
at the bar, on the lyceum platform, and on memorable public occasions
Mr. Burns has delighted thousands with his polished periods, facile
expression, and graceful dignity of delivery.
HON. CHARLES H. BURNS.
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�ON. DAVID CROSS was born in Weare, July
of David Cross and Olive Kimball. He was
at Hopkinton and at Phillips Andover academy, and
Dartmouth college in 1841. He studied law in the
Raymond at Troy, N. Y., with Hon. Daniel Clark at
5, 1817, the son
fitted for college
graduated from
office of Willard
Manchester, and
in the Harvard law school, and was admitted to the bar in 1844 and
has since continued in active practice. At the bar Judge Cross soon
took a high stand. In 1852 and 1853 he was city solicitor of Man
chester. In 1848 and 1849 he was a member of the house of represen
tatives, and also in 1856, 1876, and 1877. In 1856 he was appointed
judge of probate for Hillsborough county, and held office until 1874.
From 1865 to 1872 he was United States pension agent, at the same
time maintaining his position at the bar. From 1855 to 1865 he was
a director of the Merrimack River State Bank, and has been a
director and vice-president of the First National Bank of Manchester
since its organization. He has also been for more than thirty years a
trustee of the Merrimack River Savings Bank. Judge Cross has con
ducted his practice at times in partnership, but for the most part alone.
For forty years he has been a guide and friend to many a youthful
aspirant for legal honors. He is the president of Hillsborough county
bar and in 1892 was president of the Southern New Hampshire Bar
association. Dartmouth college in 1891 conferred upon him the
degree of LL.D.
HON. DAVID CROSS.
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�LIVER E. BRANCH was born at Madison, Ohio, July 19,
()
1847.
His father, William W. Branch, and his mother, Lucy
J. Bartram, were of New England stock and early pioneers of the
Western Reserve. Born and reared in the country, working on the
farm in summer and fall, he attended district schools and academies
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OLIVER E. BRANCH.
until he was nineteen, when he began teaching. He finished his prepa
ration for college at Whitestown (N.Y.) seminary, and graduated with
the highest honors and most brilliant record of his class at Hamilton
college in 1873. He was principal of the Forestville free academy for
two years; graduated at the Columbia college law school in 1876; was
at once admitted to the bar, and joined his brother in business at 1 oz
Broadway. He soon came into the front rank of trial lawyers, and had
a large litigated practice, being general counsel for two of the great
sewing machine companies. He married Sarah M. Chase of Weare, only
daughter of John W. Chase, in 1878, by whom he has three sons and
one daughter; moved to Weare in 1883, and was employed to edit the
National Series of Speakers; was elected to the legislature in 1886 and
became widely known for his remarkable speech on the “Hazen bill.”
In the session of 1889, he was Democratic candidate for speaker and
again distinguished himself, particularly in his efforts to secure the
adoption of the Australian ballot law, which he then first brought
before the legislature. In the litigation which involved the organiza
tion of the legislature in 1891, he was one of the counsel employed by
the Democrats and made the principal argument at the law term. Since
coming to New Hampshire he has had a large and lucrative practice,
and has won many notable victories. He is an accomplished lawyer,
equally at home in the trial of causes and the argument of questions of
law, studious, diligent, thorough, persistent, a polished orator, and a
debater of rare powers of analysis and expression.
�HARRY G. SARGENT.
ARRY G. SARGENT was born in Pittsfield, and is thirty-three
years of age. Almost all of his life has been passed in Concord,
where he attended the public schools, graduating from the high school
in 1878. He then entered the office of W. T. & H. F. Norris as a law
student, and later attended the law school of Boston university for a
year. Returning to Concord he resumed his studies with Hon. John Y.
Mugridge and was admitted to the bar in 1881. After his admission to
practice he was for a time in the office of Jackman & Larkin, but he
soon returned to the office of his old preceptor, Mr. Mugridge, and re
mained there until the latter's death. Mr. Sargent early made a favor
able impression upon the public by his first professional work, and pub
lic confidence in him was attested by his election as county solicitor in
1886, followed by an election as city solicitor of Concord, which latter
office he has since held by continuous reëlections. Mr. Sargent's prac
tice is an extensive one, calling him constantly before courts of all
classes of jurisdiction both within and without the state. As counsel be
fore legislative committees he has often appeared in behalf of various
clients and interests, and has had a marked influence before every tribunal
that he has addressed. During the session of 1891, he made an argu
ment in Representatives hall in opposition to the Mount Washington
bill, and since that time, he has been engaged as counsel for Coe &
Pingree in the suits in the state and circuit courts which involve the
title to the summit of Mount Washington. During the same session of
1891, when Austin Corbin was seeking to buy for a million dollars the
state's interest in the Concord railroad, Mr. Sargent, as counsel for
Mr. Corbin, was associated with Hon. Wayne MacVeagh, ex-attorney
general of the United States. These were rare honors for so young a
man, yet deserved; for Mr. Sargent is a thoroughly equipped lawyer,
with a richly stored mind, a quick perception, a readiness and resource
that have won him just successes and will win him more in days to come.
�N the fulness of the vigor of his young manhood, already reaping
I
the fruits of his industry, Frank S. Streeter stands in the front
rank of New Hampshire lawyers. Mr. Streeter was born in Charles
ton, Vt., August 5, 1853, but his youth was spent in St. Johnsbury,
Vt., where he was fitted for college in St. Johnsbury academy, and
entered Dartmouth as a sophomore, graduating in 1874, and during
the following year was principal of Ottumwa (Ia.) high school.
He
read law in the office of Hon. A. P. Carpenter at Bath, and was admit
ted to the bar in March, 1877. For six months he practised his pro
fession at Orford, but seeking a wider field, he came to Concord and
formed a partnership with J. H. Albin, continuing in this relation for
one year, at that time forming a partnership with Hon. Willliam M. Chase
which continued until 1891, when Mr. Chase was appointed to the
supreme bench, and the firm now became Streeter, Walker & Chase,
by the admission of the son of the former senior partner and R. E.
Walker. Mr. Streeter's life has been so filled with urgent demands of
large professional duties, that he has been able to give little time to
other interests. Yet, he has found opportunity to serve his party in
the legislature, sitting as a member from Ward 4, Concord, in the
session of 1885, and presiding at the Republican state convention of
1892. He has always been deeply interested in the welfare of Dart
mouth college, and his election to the board of trustees of the college
by the vote of the alumni was a deserved reward for his labors in bring
ing about the desired result. Mr. Streeter is a legal specialist, dealing
almost wholly in cases involving large corporate interests, though the
general practice of his firm is wide and varied. He is one of the gen
eral counsel for the Concord & Montreal railroad, and in this capacity
has carried through to a successful issue nearly all the road's important
litigation of the past five years.
FRANK. S. STREETER.
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�DWARD B.
S. SAN BORN of Franklin was born in Canter
bury, August 11, 1833, and was graduated from Dartmouth
college in 1855. He read law with Hon. George W. Nesmith, and
was admitted to the bar in 1857. His practice has always been a suc
cessful one, and its allurements have been enticing beyond the proffers of
engrossing political position. Yet Mr. Sanborn has not been without
political experiences. He represented Franklin in the legislatures of 1873,
1874, 1879, 1881, 1883, 1889, and 1891, and sat in the constitutional
convention of 1876. In 1883, upon the reorganization of the railroad
commission, Mr. Sanborn was appointed a member and was chosen
clerk of the board. This position he held for five years. He has
always been interested in educational matters and was for a brief time
a trustee of the State Normal school. For many years he served on the
board of education in Franklin, and during his years of service that
town went to the front rank in matters regarding completeness and
efficiency in school work. Mr. Sanborn is a man of large intellectual
powers. At the bar he is a most effective advocate, and his practice
is such as to command the highest order of remuneration. Upon the
floor of the house he was an
acknowledged
leader, and in all the affairs
of men in which he has a part he is a pronounced force. A well stored
mind is to him a constant source of power, and the natural character
istics of the man have been reinforced by an observant culture.
EDWARD B. S. SANBORN.
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�N the city of his birth and lifelong residence, Edwin F. Jones has
been honored in a degree that speaks more highly for his merit than
can any perfunctory words. Mr. Jones is the son of Edwin R. Jones
and Mary A. Farnham, and was born in Manchester, April 19, 1859.
He was educated in the public schools of Manchester and at Dartmouth
college, graduating in the class of 1880. He studied law in the office
of Judge David Cross and was admitted to practice in August, 1883,
establishing himself in Manchester as the partner of William J. Cope
land, this relationship terminating by the death of Mr. Copeland in
August, 1886. Mr. Jones early came into public notice by his election
as assistant clerk of the New Hampshire house of representatives in
1881. He was promoted to the clerkship in 1883, serving in that
capacity during the session of that year, and again in 1885, where by
his thorough capacity, his intricate knowledge of legislative details, his
quick perception, and his unfailing urbanity, he won for himself the
deserved praise of those with whom he was associated. The city of
Manchester, quick to recognize his worth, elected him a member
of the school board, and he served in that capacity for several years. In
June, 1887, he was elected city solicitor, and has been reëlected at each
successive municipal change of administration, his seventh term begin
ning in June of the present year. In July, 1887, he assumed the
duties of treasurer of Hillsborough county, and by continued reëlec
tions still holds the office.
He was married, December 21, 1887, to
Nora F. Kennard of Manchester. Mr. Jones is one of the busiest of
Manchester's busy young men. In his general practice and as city
solicitor he is constantly called before the courts, where the qualities
that have won him his success in other fields, stand him in good stead.
In the councils of the Republican party Mr. Jones is a valuable coãd
jutor. No campaign in recent years has passed without his active
service on the stump, where he has added to his reputation.
EDWIN F. JONES.
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�EW Hampshire is proud to reckon among her younger sons
Henry Webster Stevens, who was born in Concord, March 5,
1853, the son of Lyman D. Stevens and Achsah Pollard French. He
was fitted for college at Phillips Andover academy, and graduated from
Dartmouth college in the class of 1875. He took his degree in law at
the Boston University law school in 1877 and immediately began the
practice of law in Concord, in partnership with his father, with whom
he had studied law, having been admitted to the bar in 1878. This
partnership continued until June, 1879, when he became a partner of
N
Edward G. Leach, which relation still continues.
In addition to the
demands of a growing clientage, Mr. Stevens has become identified
with many other enterprises. He has been a trustee of the city library,
and during the years 1885-86 was city solicitor of Concord. In 1887-88
he was a member of the house of representatives, and at the present
time is an alderman of the city of Concord. He is a trustee of the
Margaret Pillsbury general hospital, vice-president of the Mechanicks
National bank, trustee of the Merrimack County Savings Bank, treasurer
of the Firemen's Relief association, and of St. Mary's school. Mr.
Stevens has cast his fortunes in with those of his native state, and has
reflected his own measure of credit upon New Hampshire, who holds
dear those who make the state of their birth the state of their residence,
and who withholds no honors from those who win them.
HENRY W. STEVENS.
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�ON. JOHN PAIGE BARTLETT was born in Weare, Feb
ruary 4, 1841, the son of John Bartlett and Lurena (Bailey)
He was educated at the academies in Francestown, Deering,
Meriden, and Mont Vernon, and at Dartmouth college, taking his
degree in 1864. He read law at Manchester with Morrison, Stanley
& Clark, and was admitted to the bar, beginning his practice in the
Bartlett.
West, where he served as United States circuit court commissioner for
Dakota in the years 1867 and 1868. Removing thence to Omaha,
Neb., he became eminent in his profession and was chosen city solic
itor for the years 1869, 1870, and 1871. Returning East, he estab
lished himself in Manchester, where he at once attained a high rank
in his profession, being chosen city solicitor in 1875 and being ap
JOHN PAIGE
BARTLETT.
pointed judge of the municipal court and serving in the years 1875
and 1876. Mr. Bartlett has been prominent in the political field, and
served with great credit, execution, and ability as chairman of the Dem
ocratic state committee in the campaigns of 1890 and 1892. He is
prominent also in social life, and is now judge-advocate of the Amos
keag Veterans; is a Mason, having been master of Washington lodge,
and holding high positions in the Benevolent and Protective Order of
Elks, being now in his third term as district deputy grand exalted ruler.
Mr. Bartlett was the first president of the Granite State Club, the lead
ing Democratic social organization of the state, and was one of the
organizers of the Southern New Hampshire Bar association. He was
the first attorney to be admitted to the bar in the state of Nebraska,
and in 1867 was chosen first president of the bar association at Chey
enne, Wyoming. Judge Bartlett is richly endowed with talent, his
laurels have been won on many a field, and that, despite the allurements
of other states, he has yielded the trophies of his endeavor to the state
of his birth, endears him the more to those who are jealous of the
name and fame of New Hampshire.
�J'
BURNHAM was born in Dunbarton, N. H., November 8,
1844, and is a descendant of the eighth generation from John
Burnham who came from Norwich, England, in 1635, and is the
son of Hon. Henry L. Burnham. His early youth was spent upon his
father's farm; he fitted for college at Kimball Union academy, and
entered Dartmouth in 1861, at the early age of seventeen, and gradu
ated with high honors in 1865. His college life gave promise of the
brilliant professional career for which he is distinguished, and fore
shadowed the fine oratorical powers he has since displayed with so
much credit to himself, and to so great advantage to his numerous
clientage. He studied law with Minot & Mugridge at Concord, and
with E. S. Cutter, Esq., and Judge Lewis W. Clark at Manchester, and
was admitted to the bar at the April term, 1868, in Merrimack county.
He at once opened an office in Manchester, where he has since prac
tised his profession with great energy, severe application, and eminent
success.
He is now the head of the law firm of Burnham, Brown &
Warren, whose extensive business extends into several counties, and is
one of the largest and most lucrative law practices in the state. He
filled the office of judge of probate for Hillsborough county, for the
years from 1876 to 1879. He was a member of the house of represen
tatives in 1873–74, and of the constitutional convention in 1889.
Judge Burnham has taken a deep interest in Masonry, and after filling
all the offices in Washington lodge of Manchester, received the highest
honors of the Grand lodge of the state, serving as M. W. Grand
Master in 1885.
He has also long been a prominent member of the
Independent Order of Odd Fellows.
In 1874 Judge Burnham married
Elizabeth H. Patterson, who with his three daughters and venerable
HON. HENRY E. BURN HAM.
parents constitute his present family circle. Judge Burnham is an
orator of rare gifts and attainments, and as such is widely famed.
�HE subject of this sketch is one of the best known of the young
He
was born at Wheelock, Vt., September 18, 1856. His academic educa
tion was obtained principally in the Derby, (Vt.) academy, and the Little
ton high school. He became a student of law with Hon. Harry Bingham
T er men now in active business in Northern New Hampshire.
in 1877, and was admitted to the bar in 1880.
Since that time he has
been a hard-working and successful practitioner, doing his full part in
maintaining the prestige of the law office which his distinguished pre
ceptor opened in Littleton nearly fifty years ago. In these twelve years,
he has made an enviable reputation as a lawyer. He acts upon the sound
principle that the thorough preparation of a case for trial is the essen
tial of success in the profession of law. The public know how well
this was exemplified in the two important state cases with which his
name has been associated. In every-day affairs, he is accurate, reliable,
and energetic, and in emergencies he has an abundance of that quality
which in familiar parlance is called “sand.” He has acquitted him
self handsomely in all the public offices which he has been called to
administer. For many years he has been at the head of the school
board which gives the village of Littleton one of the best high and
graded schools in the northern part of the state. In the legislature he
secured the enactment of the free text-book law, which has opened
the schools to hundreds of boys and girls, who, without that assistance,
would remain illiterate.
The Normal school and the soldiers' home
have received yeoman service from him on occasions when such assist
ance was all important to those institutions. The delicate and labori
ous duties of the office of county solicitor have been performed by him
for several years in a manner which has commanded the approval of all
W. H. MITCHELL.
parties.
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�IGH standing at the New Hampshire bar, always strong, is
Among the leaders of the
lawyers in the state stands John M. Mitchell. Mr. Mitchell is a native
of Plymouth, his birthday being July 6, 1849. His school days were
passed in Vermont, finishing at Derby academy, Derby, Vt., where he
also began the study of law, completing his course at Littleton in the
office of Judge Harry Bingham, with whom he formed a partnership
that still exists. Mr. Mitchell now makes his home in Concord, though
for the eleven years preceding 1881 he was a resident of Littleton,
where he was for several years a member of the board of education, and
for two years was chairman of the board of education. In 1878 he
was appointed by the court solicitor of Grafton county, to fill the vacan
cy caused by the resignation of Major E. W. Farr, who had been
elected to congress. Following this he served the full term of two
years in the same position by election. In 1869–70 Mr. Mitchell was
superintendent of schools at Salem, Vt. In 1888 Mr. Mitchell was ap
pointed by Governor Sawyer a member of the state board of railroad
commissioners, and resigned that position in April, 1891, to become
one of the general counsel of the Concord & Montreal Railroad. At
the election of 1892, Mr. Mitchell was elected a representative from
Ward 4, Concord, though he is an ardent Democrat and the ward has
always been strongly Republican. Mr. Mitchell has long been a mem
ber of the Democratic state committee, and was president of the state
convention that met in 1888 to choose delegates to the national con
vention. Mr. Mitchell is a lawyer in all that that implies. As a coun
H not attained or held by mediocrity.
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sellor, he is sagacious and clear-visioned; as an advocate, he is winning
and gracious. In the preparation and trial of causes he is painstaking
and successful. His best praise may be read in the reputation of his
firm and in the character of his clientage.
�AMUEL BERKELEY PAGE of Haverhill, a leading lawyer of
S the state, was born at Littleton, June 23, 1838.
He was educated
in the academies at Kingston, Lyndon, Vt., and McIndoe's Falls,
Vt., and at the Albany law university. He has practised his pro
fession at Warren, Littleton, Concord, and Woodsville, and served on
the boards of education in Warren, Haverhill, Concord, and Woods
ville. From 1864 to 1869 inclusive, he was a member of the house
of representatives, and also in 1871, 1887, 1889, and 1893. In 1876
he was a member of the constitutional convention. Mr. Page is a
fluent speaker, and has been heard upon the stump in this and other
states during many successive campaigns. As a member of the legisla
ture he easily ranked as its ablest parliamentarian, and has marshalled
both the majority and minority in many a stubborn legislative contest.
For many years Mr. Page has been counsel for some of the leading cor
porations of New England, and has enjoyed a large and lucrative
general practice. Of late he has become deeply interested in temper
ance work, and has given freely of his time to advance the cause of that
reform. Mr. Page is a man of great natural ability, is well read, is of
a studious nature, and his earnestness challenges respect. As a mem
ber of the house he has been thrust frequently into the thick of heated
debate, but he has never failed to command aitention.
His is a nature
of infinite variety, yet there is nothing superficial in his makeup.
is a direct, vigorous, penetrating character.
SAMUEL B. PAGE.
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�OL. FRANK GARDNER NOYES was born at Nashua, July
1833, the son of Leonard White Noyes and Anna Sewall
Gardner. He was educated at Phillips Andover academy, at Williams
and Union colleges, taking his degree in 1853, and at the Law school
of Harvard university, from which he graduated in 1856, studying also
in the law offices of Sidney Bartlett and Rufus Choate in Boston, and
being admitted to the bar of Massachusetts in June, 1856. In that
year he went to Clinton, Iowa, and formed a partnership with Nathaniel
B. Baker, who had been governor of New Hampshire in 1854. He
practised law in Iowa from 1856 to 1861, when, after the attack on Fort
Sumter, he was appointed aide-de-camp with the rank of colonel of
cavalry on the staff of Samuel J. Kirkwood, the famous war governor of
Iowa, and served one year in Iowa, organizing troops for the United
States service. In 1862 he was commissioned captain and C. S. of
the United States volunteers by President Lincoln, and was assigned
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to duty in the field with the Thirteenth army corps. He served through
the war, and was mustered out November 9, 1865, with the rank of
lieutenant-colonel, having been assigned to duty by the president as
chief C. S. of the Thirteenth army corps. March 18, 1867, he was
appointed United States consul to Panama. In 1869 Colonel Noyes
returned to Iowa, where for about ten years he was engaged in
manufacturing, as proprietor of the Clinton Iron Works. Of late he
has resided in Nashua, where his family have always been prominent,
and has retired from the active practice of his profession, and is engaged
chiefly in literary pursuits. February 9, 1893, after passing through the
chair of senior vice-department commander, Colonel Noyes was elected
by the twenty-sixth annual encampment to be commander of the
Department of New Hampshire, Grand Army of the Republic, and
established his headquarters at Nashua. Since 1866 he has been a
member of the Loyal Legion, commandery of New York.
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�ORACE STUART CUMMINGS was born in Southborough,
Mass., where his father, a Congregational clergyman, at that
time resided. Receiving a call from the church in Hillsborough,
the son removed thither with the family, remaining until 1856, when
he removed to Exeter, which is still his legal residence. Here he
prepared for college at Phillips academy. He entered Dartmouth in
the autumn of 1858, and was graduated four years later. During his
college vacations Mr. Cummings had begun the study of law under the
instruction of Hon. Charles H. Bell, and continued the study at the
Albany Law school and in New York city, where he was admitted to
practice. For a few years subsequently he lived in Exeter, until an
appointment in the treasury department at Washington was offered to
him and accepted. In this responsible position he remained for several
years. The years 1870–71 were spent in travelling in Europe, and at
the capitulation of Paris he was one of the first civilians to enter the
starving capital. Soon after his return to Washington he began the
practice of his profession, and quickly gained a large and profitable
clientage. Mr. Cummings has always taken a lively interest in New
Hampshire politics, and when a young man served for four sessions as
clerk and assistant clerk of the state senate.
In 1876 and 1877 the
town of Exeter elected him as one of her representatives to the general
court. During these legislatures he was honored with the position of
permanent caucus chairman, and discharged his duties to the accept
ance of all. In the business work of the house he took an active part,
serving as chairman of the committee on elections, whose work during
the sessions was of more than ordinary importance and interest, owing
to several exciting contests over seats. In 1876 his warm friend,
Governor Cheney, commissioned Mr. Cummings as an aide-de-camp on
his staff, with the rank of colonel. Few men entertain a deeper affection
for the Granite state and its institutions than the subject of this sketch.
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�N the historic old town of Bath, famous for having been the scene
of bitter contention, fierce litigation, of prosperity, of decay, and of
all the vicissitudes of an old-time ‘‘hill town,” General Philip Carpen
ter, the son of Judge A. P. and Julia R. Carpenter, was born March 9.
1856. After a preliminary course he entered Dartmouth college, and
was graduated in the class of 1877. He studied law, and was admitted
to the bar in due season, and engaged in practice at Lancaster in
partnership with Maj. Irving W. Drew and Hon. Chester B. Jordan.
In 1885 he withdrew from this partnership, and removed to New York
city, where he is engaged in practice at 38 Park Row, at present being
alone in business, though he has had since going to New York a
partner. In 1885, before he removed to New York, he was appointed
judge-advocate-general on the staff of Governor Moody Currier, a
position which he resigned upon his removal from the state. General
Carpenter's success in his new field of labor has not caused him to
forget his native state, and the summer months see him a happy and
welcome visitor at his birth-place and in other communities endeared
by old associations.
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�J'
WARREN TOWLE, son of General Joseph Towle and
Nancy Ranlett Towle, was born at Epping, N. H., August 15,
1825. His father was a gentleman of the old school, and was high
sheriff of the county in the days when that personage, resplendent in
gold lace and uniform, would open court, the observed of all observers.
Mr. Towle entered Phillips Exeter academy in 1840, where he
fitted for Harvard university. Upon the completion of his course at
the latter institution in 1851, he received the degree of A. B. He at
once began the study of law in the office of Col. Seth J. Thomas of
Boston, and in the year following attended the Harvard Law school.
He was admitted to the Suffolk county bar, Boston, Mass., July, 1853,
and in the fall of that year began the practice of law in the office of the
Hon. Ichabod Bartlett of Portsmouth, N. H.
After Mr. Bartlett's
death, Mr. Towle continued the practice of the firm alone for some six
years, when he removed to Exeter, and has since known no other
home. Democratic principles were an inheritance to him, and he has
ever been true to the faith, having served for over 30 years as a member
of the state Democratic committee, and attended every Democratic
state convention since 1853, with one exception. Although repeatedly
urged to allow his name to be used, he has never been a candidate for
public office, but always comes to the front whenever aid can be
rendered to the party. As a lawyer, Mr. Towle is brilliant, witty, and
polished, and his commanding appearance, clear voice, and keen
searching eye seldom fail to carry conviction to the minds of the jury.
In 1858 Mr. Towle was married to Abbey H. Lord of Cambridge,
Mass.
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�H
ERMAN W. GREENE, of Hopkinton, was born in that town,
April II, 1836, and was educated in the public schools and at
Pembroke and Gilmanton academies. He entered upon the study of law
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with George & Foster at Concord, continuing it with the firm of Beard
& Nickerson in Boston, and on his twenty-first birthday was admitted
to the Suffolk county bar, successfully passing the examination, and en
tered upon the practice of his profession in Boston where he was
actively engaged before the municipal court in all branches of legal pro
cedure. Following this, he returned to his native town, where he now
resides and where he has been in the active practice of his profession
ever since. In local political circles, Mr. Greene has taken an active
part, having served as moderator of the town of Hopkinton since 1863,
and as superintendent of schools for five years, and having been fre
quently elected to the legislature, serving in the sessions of 1881, 1889,
and 1891, taking a brilliant and conspicuous part in the debates of the
session, and serving with credit upon various important committees.
Mr. Greene was county solicitor of Merrimack county for five years, an
unprecedented period of service in these later days of rotation in office.
Mr. Greene in early life was a Democrat, but at the outbreak of the
war became identified with the Republican party and has served it ever
since, upon the state committee and in whatever way his versatile talent
could find an outlet for his partisan enthusiasm. Mr. Greene as a pub
lic speaker possesses the traits necessary for success, and has been
called on various public occasions to serve as the orator of the day,
always acquitting himself with remarkable credit. In the debates that
have occurred in the house during his terms of service as a legislator,
Mr. Greene has always been prominent, not only by reason of his im
portant committee assignments, but by reason also of his quick percep
tion of the drift of legislative affairs and of his zealous enthusiasm for
the cause that he had espoused.
�AVID RUSSELL PIERCE was born in Lexington, Maine, Feb
ruary 4, 1848, the son of Simon D. and Sarah A. (Parsons)
Pierce. He was educated at the Bloomfield academy, Skowhegan, and
at the Edward Little institute at Auburn, Maine. After leaving school
he was a teacher in California for three years, and in 1869 was admit
ted to the bar in that state. For six years he was engaged in news
paper work in Poston, and was connected with the Commercial Bulle
tin and the Boston Post. For the past six years he has been in the
practice of law in Somersworth, where he has built up a fruitful busi
ness. He served in the Seventh Maine battery during the war, and
made a creditable record. He has been a member of the Grand Army
for sixteen years, and is now the senior vice-commander of the depart
ment of New Hampshire. He has always been an ardent Republican
and was a delegate from the First district to the National convention
at Minneapolis in 1892. He is easily ranked as one of the prominent
men of the state, his diverse occupations having given him a versatility
of intellect and a facility for labor that are telling in his professional
work.
He is a finely cultured lawyer, and as a public speaker has
made his mark. He is already in the line of promotion in various di
rections, and has only to live hereafter in accordance with his past to
secure the abundant rewards that follow upon the exercise of such
characteristics as he has shown himself to possess.
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�J' was born in Wolfeborough, N. H., on the(Wedgwood)
Edgerly,
15th day of
A. EDGERLY, son of James and Nancy H.
May, 1846; was educated at the public schools and at the Wolfe
borough and Tuftonborough academy; lived upon his father's farm in
Wolfeborough until twenty years of age, then removed to Great Falls,
now Somersworth, N.H., where he has since resided. After teaching
school for several years, he studied law in the office of William J. Cope
land, and was admitted to the Strafford county bar in 1874, and at
once became a partner with Mr. Copeland under the firm name of Cope
land & Edgerly, which partnership continued until the death of Mr.
Copeland, August 1, 1886. He was a member of the New Hampshire
legislature in 1883, and again in 1885. Was a candidate for speaker in
1885, but withdrew before the caucus in favor of Hon. Edgar Aldrich,
who was subsequently nominated and elected. Since that time he has
devoted himself exclusively to his profession, and has a large practice
in this state and western Maine. As a criminal lawyer he has had an
extensive practice, having been engaged in the defense of twelve mur
der cases, some of them being among the most celebrated trials in this
part of the country. His law library is said to be the largest private
law library in the state, and he also has a large collection of rare his
torical works. He was married to Annie A. Wood, November 19,
1874, but has no children.
JAMES A. EDGERLY.
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LANGDON SPRING was born at Newport, January 14,
1830, and is the son of John Clark Spring. His education was
obtained in the common schools, supplemented by such self-sought
instructions as he was able to secure. He began the study of law with
Hon. Thomas Wentworth and Hon. C. W. Woodman at Dover, and
was admitted to the bar at Manchester in 1860. He began practice at
Wilton and was there engaged for a part of one year, then removing to
Milford, where he was established as a lawyer until 1870, when he
moved to Lebanon and has since resided there.
In the course of his
practice Mr. Spring has been very successful, having enjoyed at one
time the partnership of his son and always having commanded a consid
erable part of the docket. Among his brethren at the bar Mr. Spring
has always been held in high esteem, and has been a vice-president of
the American Bar Association. He is a Royal Arch Mason and is
very prominent in Odd Fellowship in New Hampshire, having served
for four years as grand representative in the Sovereign grand lodge.
In 1875 Dartmouth college made Mr. Spring a Master of Arts. He
sat in the constitutional convention of 1876, and in 1891 was elected
to the house of representatives, and was again chosen in 1893, serving
in each session as a member of the judiciary committee, and taking an
important part in the debates of the session, espousing many successful
measures and taking a decided stand against encroachments upon the
people's rights. Mr. Spring has coöperated in many of the enterprises
that have sprung up in Lebanon, and has favored from the first the
liberal policy that has made that town so thriving. In the house of
representatives Mr. Spring's career was highly creditable. He fre
quently spoke upon the important questions presented, and never with
out the respect of his colleagues nor yet without influence. He is a
man of bold and vigorous mental parts, with a fluent command of lan
guage, a rapid and logical flow of thought, and of impressive presence.
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He was educated
at the Stevens High school in Claremont, at the Highland Military
academy, Worcester, Mass., at Dartmouth college, and at the law
school of Boston university. Admitted to the Suffolk bar in 1876, he
practised a short time in Boston, afterward in Concord, and now is in
practice in Claremont. Scholarly in tastes and habits, a reader, a
thinker, as well as a man of affairs, Mr. Brown ranks high among the
coming men of New Hampshire. Able in debate and a tactician of no
mean ability, quick of comprehension and courageous of action, the
stump, the platform, and the field of politics furnish him with a
congenial theatre of action. Representing Claremont in the legislature
of 1891, and again in 1893, he early won the respect and recognition
of his colleagues. An easy and fluent speaker, eloquent and able on
the platform, strong in debate, fanciful and charming as an after-dinner
talker, Mr. Brown holds an enviable place among the orators of the
Granite state. Honest and fearless, with high aims and purposes, his
democratic good-fellowship has given him a large acquaintance and
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many friends among all classes and conditions of men throughout *
state. A courteous and honorable gentleman, of fine sensibilities, w
eral in thought and action, his career already successful is yet fruitful
with possibilities.
FRANK HERBERT BROWN.
�OL. THOMAS J. WHIPPLE was born in Wentworth, January
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30, 1816, and read law with Josiah Quincy, of Rumney, and
was admitted to the bar in 1840.
He enlisted in the Mexican War,
serving as first lieutenant, Company H, United States infantry, and
landed at Vera Cruz, June 21, 1847; was taken prisoner July 13, and
exchanged at Jalapa, September 1, of the same year. After his
exchange he served as aide-de-camp and assistant adjutant-general under
General Scott, until the close of the war. In 1849 he opened an office
in Laconia, where he continued the practice of law until his death,
December 21, 1889. At the breaking out of the Rebellion he responded
with characteristic promptness to the call for soldiers, and went into
service as lieutenant-colonel of the First New Hampshire regiment. A
born soldier, his nature resolute and intensely patriotic, he was the
embodiment of courage. He commanded the Fourth New Hampshire
regiment until he resigned, March 18, 1862. Unanimously chosen colonel
by the men of the Twelfth regiment, New Hampshire volunteers, he had
every known qualification for leadership; the only reason why he was
not a great leader was because he was not commissioned and allowed
to command the brave men who had volunteered to serve with him; and
thus the military career of this accomplished soldier was closed forever.
In religious matters Colonel Whipple was charitable to others, while he
entertained very strong and positive views of his own. He fearlessly
approached the close of life, and when the warfare was ended he con
fidently went to his rest, having outlived the world's superstitions and
childish fears. His matchless power of expression, his blistering sar
casm, his vivid and impressive description, cannot be delineated. His
gems of thought and expression are strewn all along the pathway of his
career, but it is as impossible to preserve their brilliancy and point as
it is to preserve the sparks struck from flint and steel.
�ON. CHARLES F. STONE, of Laconia, was born in Cabot,
Vt., May 21, 1843, and his early days, like those of many
prominent professional men of to-day, were passed on a farm. After
passing through the common schools of his native town, he decided to
study a profession, and took a preparatory course for Middlebury col
lege, which he did in 1885, at Barre (Vt.) academy, graduating from
Middlebury college, class of '69. He defrayed the expenses of his college
course by teaching school, and began the study of law in the office of
Hon. J. W. Stewart at Middlebury, at the same time filling the position
of principal of the graded school. In 1870 he went to Laconia, where
he continued his legal studies in the office of Hon. E. A. Hibbard, and
was admitted to the bar in 1872. He began the practice of law in
company with Geerge W. Stevens, and later he conducted a lucrative
business alone till 1880, when he formed a partnership with E. P.
Jewell, with whom he is now associated in a large and successful prac
tice.
Mr. Stone was chairman of the Democratic state committee, from
1882 until 1890. He served in the legislature in 1883–84; also in
1887–88, where he was conspicuous in the great railroad fight, opposing
the “Hazen bill” and advocating the antagonistic measure, the “Ath
erton bill.” He was first president of the Laconia board of education.
In 1892 he was nominated a candidate for congressman by his party.
He is a member of the Laconia grange, and of the Belknap County
Pomona grange, Patrons of Husbandry, and since he attained his
majority has been a member of the Masonic fraternity. Mr. Stone is
an able, sound lawyer, an eloquent pleader, and easily holds a place in
the front rank of his profession.
�DWARD G. LEACH of Franklin was born in Meredith, June
28, 1849, and has made Franklin his home since 1871. He was
educated at Kimball Union academy and at Dartmouth college, gradu
ating from the latter institution in 1871. While yet at school in the
fall of 1864, Mr. Leach, fired by the example of his father and only
brother, the latter of whom died in the service of his country, sought to
enlist in a company of heavy artillery then being formed at Laconia,
but was prevented by his relatives. During his college course he
taught school at several places in New Hampshire, and passed his
summers as clerk at various summer hotels. After graduation he read
law with Hon. Daniel Barnard and E. B. S. Sanborn at Franklin, and
was admitted to the bar in 1874, being partner with his preceptor, Mr.
Barnard, until 1879, at which time he formed a partnership with Henry
W. Stevens of Concord, which relationship still exists. Mr. Leach
has been known in many fields of endeavor. He is president of the
Manufacturers and Merchants' Mutual Insurance company, of the
Franklin Building and Loan association, and of the Franklin Board of
Trade.
He has also been clerk and one of the trustees of the Unitarian
society in Franklin for the past ten years, and a member of the board
of water commissioners for the same term.
Mr. Leach was elected
county solicitor of Merrimack county in 1880, serving four years. In
his long career in public and private life Mr. Leach has won many
laurels by his own efforts. His activity has been great and his success
has been commensurate with it. As a member of the present House
he takes a leading rank, and he has but to view the future with unfail
ing eyes, as the past is ample security that his prospect is brilliant.
EDWARD G. LEACH.
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ELLERY BARNARD was born in Franklin, January 29,
1863, the son of Daniel Barnard and Amelia (Morse) Barnard.
His preliminary education was obtained in the Franklin High school,
and at the Holderness school for boys. He entered Dartmouth college
in the class of 1884, but failing health compelled him to relinquish his
college course, and at the end of his sophomore year he made an ex
tended tour in the Orient, returning in 1884 to enter the Franklin
National bank, where he was employed for two years; then going to the
National Bank of the Republic, in Boston, whence he was called, by the
death of his elder brother, to the study of law in the office of his father,
the late Hon. Daniel Barnard, and was graduated from the Boston Uni
versity Law school in 1890, being admitted to the bar in the same year.
From that time until the death of his father he was a member of the
firm of Barnard & Barnard, and succeeded to the practice of the firm
upon his father's death, in 1892. Upon the formation of the municipal
court in Franklin, Mr. Barnard was appointed its first judge, and has
but now entered upon the duties of the position. The academic honors
relinquished by Mr. Barnard because of failing health came to him in
1888 when, honoris causa, he was granted the degree of A. B. by the
trustees of Dartmouth college. In the few years that have passed since his
admission to the bar, Mr. Barnard has made a name for himself inde
pendent of that bequeathed him by a brilliant parent. As an active,
energetic young lawyer, he has commanded the respect of an increasing
clientage. Applying himself with diligence to the tasks set before him,
he has succeeded already in securing a foothold in the pathway to suc
cess. To his advantage has been turned a rare social temperament, and
an extended circle of friends rejoice no less than he at the evidences
already given of a future marked with success.
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�A' the younger members of the
New Hampshire bar, there
is no one who has attained a higher measure of success in an
equal number of years, and certainly none with higher promise for the
future, than Nathaniel Everett Martin, of Concord, junior member of
the firm of Albin & Martin, which ranks second to no law firm in Mer
rimack county, either as regards extent of business or reputation for
successful work. Mr. Martin is a son of Theophilus B. and Sarah L.
(Rowell) Martin, and was born in the rural town of Loudon, August 9,
1855. He received his education in the common schools of Loudon
and Concord, and the Concord High school, and, deciding to follow the
legal profession, pursued the study thereof in the office of Sargent
& Chase, in Concord, where he was admitted to the bar on August
14, 1879, and has since been actively engaged in practice, having been
associated with John H. Albin since May, 1885. For two years, from
July 1, 1887, to July 1, 1889, he held the office of solicitor of Merri
mack county, and distinguished himself therein by strict regard for the
letter and spirit of his official obligations. Although heartily identified
with the Democratic party, and at present holding the position of chair
man of the Democratic city committee, Mr. Martin has not sought pro
motion at the hands of his party, and has never neglected his profes
sional and business interests for partisan or political work. A thorough
lawyer, keenly delighting in the labors and contests incident to the pro
fession, he has not forgotten his early associations, and takes an
active interest in agricultural pursuits, particularly in stock breeding.
He is also quite extensively engaged in real estate and other business
operations, bringing thereto the same aptness and sagacity, as well as
tireless energy, which characterize his professional life.
NATHANIEL E.
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�OHN HENRY ALBIN was born at West Randolph, Vt., October
17, 1843, and is the son of John Albin and Emily White. He
was fitted for college in the high school at Concord, and graduated
from Dartmouth in the class of 1864, beginning at once the study of
law in the office of Judge Ira A. Eastman of Concord, and was admit
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ted to the bar in October, 1867, becoming in April, 1868, a partner of
Judge Eastman.
In December of the same year Samuel B. Page from
Warren was admitted to the firm, which was reckoned one of the
strongest in the state and was dissolved in 1874, at which time Mr.
Albin became associated with Hon. Mason W. Tappan, this part
nership being broken by the appointment of Mr. Tappan as attorney
general of New Hampshire; upon the repeal of the statute which pre
vented the attorney general from practice in cases to which the state
was not a party, it was renewed. Later Mr. Albin formed a partner
ship with Nathaniel E. Martin which still exists under the firm name
of Albin & Martin, and is extensively occupied with general practice.
In 1872 and 1873 Mr. Albin was a representative in the legislature
from his ward in Concord, serving as a member of the judiciary com
mittee during his first term, and as chairman of the committee on rail
roads during his second term. In 1875 he took up his residence in
Henniker, and in 1876 represented that town in the legislature, his
committee service being important and valuable. In Odd Fellowship
Mr. Albin has taken a high rank. He has held all the official posi
tions of the Grand lodge, being elected Grand Master in 1879, and in
1881 and 1882 represented the state in the Sovereign Grand lodge at
its sessions in Cincinnati and Baltimore.
In September, 1881, he was
appointed a member of the committee which was to prepare a degree
JOHN HENRY ALBIN.
of uniformed patriarchs.
In 1884 Mr. Albin was chairman of the
patriarchal branch of Odd Fellowship, and since that time has been
prominently identified with its development.
�ALTER SCOTT PEASLEE was born at Wilmot, November
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14, 1854, and is the son of George Washington Peaslee
and Caroline Taylor (Burbank) Peaslee. He was educated in the
common schools of his native town, at Colby academy, New London,
and at Wolfeborough academy, and read law with Col. Thomas J.
Whipple, at Laconia, being admitted to the bar in July, 1885, and im
mediately entering upon the practice of his profession at Laconia, where
he still resides. Mr. Peaslee gave diligent attention to his profession,
and won success. In 1890 he was nominated and elected solicitor of
Belknap county, upon the Democratic ticket, and his service in this
capacity was painstaking and creditable. Mr. Peaslee boasts, not vain
gloriously, that he is a self-educated man. With a rare fondness for
books, he has followed along the pathway of culture with diligence.
Widely read, he has attained the broadest of equipments for the practice
of his profession, has given much attention to the study of the languages,
and as a writer has evinced no mean ability, his productions both in
prose and verse reaching a high plane of merit. As a lawyer, Mr.
Peaslee has been singularly fortunate, though his good fortune has
come, not as the result of any stroke of luck, but as the due reward of
faithful, intelligent application, and of a sturdy, upright integrity that
merits and receives approbation in every walk of life. Possessing the
qualities of New England manhood—acuteness, firmness, uprightness,
—Mr. Peaslee has developed those qualities in the practice of his pro
fession, and their development has redounded, not only to his own ben
efit but to the benefit of his friends and clients. Both as a public official
and in his private practice, Mr. Peaslee has given evidence of great latent
power, the reserve force of his nature being sufficient to meet and con
quer any emergency.
�AMES F. BRENNAN was born in Peterborough, March 31, 1853,
and received his preliminary education in the common schools and
academy of his native village. In 1880 he commenced the study
of law in the office of Charles Poe, Baltimore, and after a three years
course in the law school of the University of Maryland, graduated in
the class of '84, receiving the degree of Bachelor of Law. He was ad
mitted to practice at the New Hampshire bar, August 28, 1884, the
United States circuit court bar the next year, and establishing an office
in his native town, has attained an excellent law practice. Mr. Brennan
is a Democrat in politics, and has done good work for his party on the
stump in all recent campaigns. In the November election of 1886 he
ran largely ahead of the general ticket, as Democratic candidate for
county solicitor, this being the only time he has allowed his name to be
used as a candidate for a political office. He has an extended acquaintance
throughout the state, possessing a host of friends. He was chairman
of the Second district Democratic congressional convention in 1888, and
has served on the board of auditors, library committee, and school board
of his native town. He is a lover of books, and possesses a very fine
law library.
JAMES F. BRENNAN.
�HOMAS E. O. MARVIN was born at Portsmouth, December
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18, 1837, and is the son of Capt. William Marvin and Marianna
(Martin) Marvin. He was educated in the public schools of Ports
mouth, and at the Portsmouth academy, under the tutelage of the famous
master, William Harris. After finishing his school days, he became
prominent in the city of his birth, and has held various city offices. For
two years, 1872 and 1873, he was mayor of Portsmouth, and in the
latter year presided at the meeting of the Sons of Portsmouth, upon
their return, welcoming them with a proper address. In 1872, at Boston,
during the big fire, he rendered effective service in charge of the fire
department of Portsmouth, and is credited with having saved the Old
South Church from destruction. He is now associate-justice of the
municipal court of Portsmouth, and military instructor in the public
schools of the city. He also holds many private positions of trust, and
was a member of Governor Cheney's staff. Since 1872 he has been
president of the New Hampshire Society for the Prevention of Cruelty
to Animals, and in that position has rendered the most effective and effect
ual service in behalf of humane sentiment. This society Colonel Marvin
was active in organizing, and has been more than active in sustaining;
indeed the noble work of this organization in New Hampshire has been
almost entirely accomplished by him personally. He is also president of
The New Hampshire Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children.
Colonel Marvin's tastes and occupation inclined him to the study of the
law. His counsel has been eagerly sought by a large clientage, and the
rare tact and common sense that have characterized him have been useful
to his friends who have sought and followed his advice.
In the city of
Portsmouth, where he was born and has always resided, Colonel Marvin
is held in the highest esteem, which is shared by the people of New
Hampshire, who have come to know him through his activity in a just
THOMAS E. O. MARVIN.
and noble cause.
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�RA ARTHUR CHASE was born in Bristol, March 25, 1854, and
is the son of Ira Stephen Chase and Cordelia Page Simonds. He
was educated at the Bristol high school and at the New Hampton Lit
erary institution, graduating from that institution in 1872, and from
Dartmouth college in 1877. The interim between his graduation from
New Hampton and his entering college, Mr. Chase passed as a school
teacher, being principal of Orleans Liberal institute at Glover, Vt.
Upon leaving college Mr. Chase again resumed teaching, following that
occupation one year, and then began the study of law at Bristol with
Hon. L. W. Fling, and was admitted to the bar in March, 1881. He
at once began the practice of law at Bristol, and has ever since achieved
success in his calling. In 1883 Mr. Chase was chosen assistant clerk
of the state senate, and was reëlected to that position in 1885, being
promoted to the clerkship in 1887 and reëlected in 1889. Mr. Chase
has been and is interested in many business enterprises, and all of the
projects looking to the development of the town of his birth and resi
dence have received his cheerful support and hearty coöperation. In
his profession Mr. Chase has justly achieved a large measure of success,
due to his unexampled fidelity and honor. A rare degree of foresight
enabled him to take a high rank in his profession as a counsellor, while
the studious care with which he prepared his cases and the vigor with
which he prosecuted his cause have but added to his reputation as a
lawyer in the field belonging especially to an advocate. The recogni
tion of these qualities that Mr. Chase has so conspicuously and con
stantly displayed, has brought him respect, esteem, and emolument. In
receiving them he has not lost sight of the modesty of his honest man
hood, nor has he allowed them by their allurements to take him from
the path in which he first found the way to success.
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IRA ARTHUR CHASE.
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�EW, indeed, among New Hampshire's numerous band of lawyers
and politicians are more widely known or more universally
liked than Samuel T. Page, of Manchester. His smiling face and genial
personality are familiar from Coös to the sea, and his every acquaintance
is a friend. Mr. Page was born in the good old town of Haverhill,
from which many distinguished sons have gone forth, February 14, 1849.
He was educated at the Haverhill academy, and at Kimball Union acad
emy, Meriden, for Dartmouth college, from which institution he grad
uated with honors in the class of 1871. He took up the practice of law
as a profession, and in this line has achieved great success, both in
consultation and as an advocate. During most of his life he has resided
at his native town of Haverhill, and has there practised his profession.
Having large real estate interests needing his attention, he removed to
Manchester a few years ago, and continues to hold an honorable posi
tion among the members of the Queen city bar, among whom he pur
sued the study of his profession, and was admitted to practice in 1874.
Mr. Page has always been active in politics, and there are few in the
state whose knowledge of the workings of legislative and other machin
ery, is more intimate and practical. He was private secretary to Hon.
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James A. Weston during the latter's service as governor of the state,
and thus gained a fine initiation into political life. He served as super
intendent of schools at Haverhill, and was register of probate of Grafton
county for eight years, surrendering that office to his successor in 1885.
He was a member of the house of representatives in 1877, in 1878, and
again in 1887. His service in this body, on the floor and in committee
rooms alike, was useful and indefatigable. Mr. Page is a steadfast
Democrat, a member of the Congregational church, and happily married.
SAMUEL T. PAGE.
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�NE of the sons of Coös county, Alfred Randall Evans, has found
enough field for the exercise of his
talent. He was born at Shelburne, March 21, 1849, the son of Otis
() New Hampshire a broad
Evans and Martha Pinkham.
He was educated at Lancaster academy,
at the Nichols Latin school, Lewiston, Me., and at Dartmouth college,
graduating in the class of 1872. After leaving college he studied law,
and before his admission to the bar was elected to the house of repre
sentatives from Shelburne, in 1874. He was admitted to the bar in
April, 1875, and immediately entered upon practice at Gorham, where
he has since maintained himself. In all the north country there are
few men who take a higher rank in all departments of life than Mr.
Evans. In 1875, and again in 1888, he was elected to the house of
representatives from Shelburne, and has always taken an active part in
every enterprise that would inure to the benefit of the community
in which he has lived. He is a Republican in politics, and although
his party is in the minority in Coös county, he has never hesitated to wage
political battles with vigor and zeal, giving to the party the best services
that in him lie, and even leading the forlorn hope always with credit,
and generally with brilliant distinction. Upon the organization of the
Berlin National bank at Berlin, February 21, 1891, Mr. Evans was
chosen president of the corporation, and still retains that office. He
is one of the busiest of men. His varied talents have sought and
found a field for exercise in many departments of activity. Calling
always upon himself for the highest degree of capacity, he has never yet
called in vain. Responding nobly to every call, yielding cheerful
acquiescence in every public decision, Mr. Evans is a model citizen and
ALFRED
RANDALL EVANS.
a gentleman of culture and of strength, a valued member of New Eng
land society.
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�ERBERT IRVIN GOSS, son of Abel B. Goss and Lucy S.
His
early education was secured in the common schools, and later in the St.
Johnsbury academy, from which he graduated in June, 1880. He spent
the first year thereafter as a school-teacher. In 1881 he began the
study of the law in the office of Hon. Elisha May at St. Johnsbury, and
remained with Mr. May after that gentleman had formed a partnership
with Hon. Henry C. Bates, until June, 1883, when he was admitted to
the bar of Caledonia county. In October, 1883, Mr. Goss formed a
partnership with F. B. Wright in Minneapolis, Minn., but relinquished
the practice of the law in the West in October, 1884, the last six
months of that time having been in practice by himself. In 1885 he
opened an office in Guildhall, Vt., and a few months thereafter went to
Lancaster, where he became a partner of the late Hon. Jacob Benton
for the two succeeding years, being admitted to practice in New Hamp
shire courts in July, 1885. In October, 1887, Mr. Goss formed a
partnership with Gen. A. S. Twitchell, and resided in Gorham until he
H Ross, was born in Waterford, Vt., December 4, 1857.
moved to Berlin, which was in November, 1888.
Mr. Goss's next
partnership was formed February 1, 1891, with Daniel J. Daley, of
Berlin, and to the firm as thus constituted was afterwards added another
HERBERT
partner, in the person of Edward C. Niles, under the firm name of
Daley, Goss & Niles, the firm enjoying one of the largest and most lu
crative practices in Coös county. Mr. Goss is a young lawyer of
marked ability; a frank and easy manner makes him a winning advocate;
in the conduct of cases he displays remarkable skill, and his knowledge
of the law is extensive and ready. To his firm his services have been
of great value, and as years pass will become more and more valuable.
In the bustling town of Berlin, Mr. Goss has made himself a power
by the earnestness with which he has entered into the projects that
have contributed to the upbuilding of the community.
IRVIN GOSS.
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�D' J.
DALEY was born at Lancaster, January 27, 1858,
and is of Irish extraction, being the son of John and Bridget
Daley, who now reside at Lancaster. He was reared upon his father's
farm, and received a common-school and academical education. At the
age of sixteen he began teaching school, teaching in the winter and
working upon the farm during the summer, and applying his earnings
toward the payment of the expense incurred in securing his education.
At the age of twenty-two he chose the law for a profession, and entered
the office of William and Henry Heywood, pursuing his legal studies
under their direction until March, 1885, when he was admitted to the
New Hampshire bar. November 9, of that year, he established himself
at Berlin, and took up the practice of his profession, following the law
alone until February 1, 1891, when he formed a partnership with Herbert
I. Goss, which continued until September 15, 1892, when Edward C.
Niles, son of Right Rev. W. W. Niles, Episcopal bishop of New Hamp
shire, was admitted to the firm, which then became Daley, Goss & Niles.
In politics, Mr. Daley is a Democrat. In 1882 he was a member of the
board of supervisors of Lancaster, and in 1883 was chairman of the same
board. In 1884 and in 1888 he did remarkable service on the stump for
his party, and in 1886 and 1887 served as town treasurer of Berlin. In
1888 he was nominated and elected, by a large majority, to be county
solicitor of Coös county. In 1889 he was elected moderator in Berlin,
serving also at the fall election in 1890, and at the March meeting in
1891. In 1890 he was again nominated to succeed himself as county
DANIEL J. DALEY.
solicitor, and was elected by a majority of 751, running far ahead of his
ticket. In 1892 he declined a re-nomination, from business considera
tions. Mr. Daley has been prominent in the upbuilding of that lively
town of Berlin, and is now president of the People's Building and Loan
association of that place, and a director in the Berlin Heights Addition
Land company, and in the Berlin Aqueduct company.
�HARLES CHESLEY was born in Wakefield, April 12, 1827.
C He was graduated at Bowdoin college, Me., in 1852, and studied
law with Hon. John Hickman of West Chester, Pa., and with Hon.
Chas. Doe, the present chief-justice of New Hampshire, at Dover. He
commenced the practice of his profession in his native town and for
several years was solicitor of Carroll county. He was chief clerk of the
United States board of enrollment for the First district of New Hamp
shire from June, 1863, to June, 1865. He resigned that place to accept
a clerkship in the office of the United States commissioner of internal
revenue at Washington, D.C., where he remained until June, 1872, when
he resigned to accept an appointment in the office of the United States at
torney general. In October of that year, without solicitation from him or
from any one else in his behalf, he was appointed United States solicitor of
internal revenue by President Grant. Soon after the inauguration of Presi
dent Cleveland in March, 1885, at the request of Mr. Garland, the new
attorney general, Mr. Chesley sent his written resignation to the president,
in which he said he had “always believed in the principles of the Repub
lican party, and desired its success in the recent election.” Two days
thereafter he received an autograph letter from the president, in which
he was requested to remain as solicitor “at least sixty days longer.”
To this he replied that he would continue to discharge the duties of his
office to the best of his ability, until his successor should be appointed
and qualified. In June, 1888, his resignation, tendered more than
three years before, was accepted, to take effect on the 1st of July.
About that time Mr. Chesley met with successive severe domestic afflic
tions. Acting upon the urgent advice of friends, he made an extended
trip through Europe, accompanied by his step-daughter, the only re
maining member of his own immediate family. He returned to Wash
ington in the fall of 1892, where he now resides.
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�LETCHER LADD, born in Lancaster, Coös county, December
F 21, 1862, a son
of Mira Barnes (Fletcher) Ladd and the Hon.
William Spencer Ladd, who was one of the most distinguished lawyers
of northern New Hampshire, and for many years a judge of the supreme
court, comes from that old rugged New England stock who have fur
nished so many pioneers and statesmen for the country at large, and
who have supplied every state in the Union with pillars and ornaments
to uphold and adorn the bar and the bench. There is no prouderances
try of which any man can boast. His education was obtained at Phil
lips academy, Andover, Mass., Dartmouth college, the Harvard Law
school, and Heidleberg university, Germany. He received the degree
of A. B. from Dartmouth, and LL.B. from Harvard. In 1889 he was
admitted to the New Hampshire bar, and to the Massachusetts bar the
same year, and to the United States supreme court bar, at Washington,
in 1892. He practised law from 1889 until 1892, in Boston, when, upon
the death of his father, he went to Lancaster, and entered the firm of
Ladd & Fletcher, and has since continued his professional labors there.
Mr. Ladd is a young man of evenly balanced mind, studious habits,
and superior judgment. From his father he inherited a taste for legal
pursuits, and his large mental resources, together with his careful
training in the duties of his profession, have made him in every sense
a splendidly equipped lawyer, whose comprehensive abilities are already
highly appreciated by an extensive clientage.
FLETCHER LADD.
�EN. PAUL LANG is a native of Bath, where he was born July 1,
When he was very young the family residence was
changed to Orford, and there the subject of this sketch has made his
home during practically all his life. He was educated, after passing
through the public schools, at Orford academy and at St. Johnsbury
academy, and entered Dartmouth college with the class of 1882, re
maining there but one year. After leaving college, following the course
of his father, the late Judge David R. Lang, a distinguished jurist of
Grafton county in an earlier generation, he studied law, reading in the
office of George W. Chapman at Haverhill. His studies were com
pleted in 1882, and in March of that year he was admitted to the bar.
He at once established himself in practice by forming a partnership
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with his preceptor, Mr. Chapman, a relation that still continues, the
firm having offices at Haverhill and Orford.
General Lang's practice
was marked with success, and attracted attention so that he became at
torney for the Boston & Maine railroad, ranking high among that cor
poration's valued and able counsel. With a natural inclination toward
political life, General Lang was active in the service of his party, and in
1885 he was chosen a member of the Republican state committee, and
has since been a member of that body. In the campaigns of 1888 and
1890 he was the member of the executive committee from Grafton
county. Though active in politics, General Lang never was an office
seeker, his only public position being that of a member of the constitu
tional convention of 1889. In that same year, however, he was ap
pointed judge advocate general on the staff of Gov. David H. Goodell,
with the rank of brigadier general. General Lang's acquaintance with
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New Hampshire men and affairs is wide and valuable.
He has been a
factor in many a political and legislative struggle, always espousing his
friend's cause with zeal, yet never wounding his opponent by aggres
siveness or animosity.
GEN. PAUL LANG.
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�MONG the New Hampshire men of this generation, James R.
Jackson, of Littleton, claims prominence by reason of a life of
varied and successful activity. Like many another of the successful
men of the Granite state, Mr. Jackson is the native of a neighboring
commonwealth, having been born in Barnet, Vt., in 1838. He has
made his home in Littleton since 1846, and in that town he was educated
in the common schools, and in private schools, attending the latter eight
terms in all. He chose the law for a profession, and studied in the office
of Harry and George A. Bingham. He was admitted to the bar in
1867, and took up his practice in Littleton, but abandoned it after abrief
period. For four years he devoted himself to newspaper work, being
for that length of time connected with the editorial staff of the Dover
Press. Always a Democrat, always active, and always prominent, Mr.
Jackson has, nevertheless, held office infrequently. In 1871 he was
clerk of the house of representatives through a session remarkable in
the political annals of the state, and in 1889 he was secretary of the
constitutional convention. He was for several years a member of the
board of education in Littleton, and is a trustee of its public library.
He is fond of books, and owns a large and well selected library.
Mr. Jackson has, however, occupied a quasi public position for some
years, having been secretary of the Democratic state committee during
the campaigns of 1888, 1890, and 1892. And it is in this position that
he has won his laurels. To him his party's call has been as law; to him
his party's service has been a pleasure; to him his party's success has
been a solace, and to him its defeat has been a sorrow, chastened, how
ever, by the thought that his efforts have been unhesitatingly put forth,
with no higher prize than that he, as a member, might share in the good
fortune of all. He married, in July, 1879, Miss Lydia Drew of Dover.
JAMES R. JACKSON.
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�VILBUR HOWARD POWERS, one of a famous New Hamp
shire family, was born in Croydon, the birthplace of many em
inent men, January 22, 1849, and is the son of Elias and Emeline
(White) Powers. His preliminary education was obtained in the dis
trict schools and at Olean academy, New York, and at Kimball Union
academy, Meriden. From this latter institution he graduated in 1871,
and four years later took his degree from Dartmouth college. He at
tended lectures at Boston University Law school, graduating in the
class of 1878, and on January 22, 1879, he began the practice of law
in Boston, where he has met with excellent success.
In the Massachu
setts house of representatives, in 1890, 1891, and 1892, he represented
the town of Hyde Park, and was an acknowledged leader on the floor.
In the house of 1890 his service was especially conspicuous, as he had
in charge the bill to re-divide the state into congressional districts.
The bill which was presented for the endorsement of the house was in
large part the work of Mr. Powers, and this bill had the honor of being
the first non-partisan re-districting measure ever presented to any leg
islature. He also introduced and advocated a bill for the equalization
of taxes for one purpose, especially aiding the poorer municipalities.
Mr. Powers has amply sustained the family name in his life-work, and
has given ample credit to the state of his birth. The cases in court,
and the causes before the legislature with which he has been identified,
stamp him as a man of broad attainments, of keen, practical insight,
and of great power. The confidence of his fellow-citizens, which he
has won in high degree, speaks louder for his worth than any other
tribute, and he would not be the man he is if he did not find in that
WILBUR
HOWARD
POWERS.
the highest reward for all of his endeavors.
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�HE subject of this sketch is one of New Hampshire's sterling
business men.
He is a native of the Green Mountain state, and
is the son of the Hon. Hiram King Slayton and Amanda (Mitchell)
Slayton, and was born in the town of Calais, Washington county, Vt.,
September 5, 1851. When about ten years of age he removed with
his parents to the city of Manchester, and received his education in the
public schools of that city, graduating from the high school in the class
of 1868. At the conclusion of his school life he entered the employ of
his father, who at that time was carrying on the produce business which
he had founded in 1865. The business proved to be to Mr. Slayton's
taste, and he entered most heartily into its prosecution, so much so
that in 1873 he assumed entire charge, and from that time until April,
1892, he carried on the business for himself. In April of that year the
business was merged into a stock company, with a capital of $1oo, ooo.
This move was made for the reason that many of the employés of Mr.
Slayton had been with him many years, and he as well as they desired
that they be interested in the business financially.
The E. M. Slayton
Company, Manchester, thus founded, deals in eggs, butter, cheese,
evaporated apples, potatoes, and all sorts of country produce, its
customers being found throughout the length and breadth of New
England. In 1873, when Mr. Slayton assumed charge of the business,
the yearly receipts footed up $67,ooo. The business of this house for
the year ending March 31, 1893, exceeded the sum of $1,000,ooo.
This surprising increase of business is due as much to fair and honorable
E. M. SLAYTON.
dealing as to enterprise and sagacity, and is a gratifying testimonial to
Mr. Slayton's business methods. Mr. Slayton is a director in the
Amoskeag bank, and is also president of the Manchester Board of
Trade.
�ILLIAM
HENRY DEARBORN COCHRANE was born in
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North Chelmsford, Mass., December 29, 1838. He was edu
cated in the public schools of his native town, Leicester academy,
Tilton seminary, and Manchester high school. April 19, 1861, then
a student in the law office of the late Hon. William C. Clarke of
COL. W.
H. D. COCHRANE.
Manchester, he enlisted in the First regiment, New Hampshire (three
months) volunteers, and was discharged with the regiment August 9;
he was appointed quartermaster's clerk by Capt. R. N. Batchelder,
A. Q. M., U. S. Vols., and served until August 20, 1862, when he
was commissioned first lieutenant, Company E, Tenth New Hamp
shire volunteers; he was promoted to captain A. Q. M., U. S. Vols.,
May 5, 1863; major, July 4, 1864, and brevet lieutenant colonel, March
13, 1865; served in the Second and Ninth Army corps, in the Army
of the Potomac from Ball's Bluff to Appomattox, being wounded at the
Battle of Suffolk, Va. After the capitulation he was stationed at
Richmond, Va., as depot quartermaster, in charge of transporting troops
and unused munitions of war to the North, until December, 1865,
when he was transferred to a similar duty at the depot at Brazos,
Santiago, Texas, where he was honorably discharged June 15, 1866.
Shortly after his muster out he was appointed an agent of the quarter
master's department in the regular army, and was stationed at Louis
ville, Ky., New Orleans, La., Little Rock, Ark., Jackson, Miss., and
Jeffersonville, Ind. In April, 1874, he was appointed superintendent
of the Nashua, Acton & Boston railroad, and returned to New Hamp
shire, settling in Nashua, He was for several years the New England
agent of the Hoosac Tunnel line and Nickel Plate Fast Freight line,
and is now agent of the Old Colony railroad, with office at Nashua.
In October, 1886, he was appointed by President Cleveland United
States disbursing agent of pensions for the district of New Hampshire
and Vermont, holding the office three and one half years.
�VERY smoker in New Hampshire knows Roger G. Sullivan, at
Mr. Sullivan was born in Bradford, December
18, 1854, the son of Michael and Julia (Kean) Sullivan. He was
E. least by name.
educated in the schools of his native town and in the Park Street
grammar school at Manchester, where his parents removed when he was
a child, and in that city he began and built up the business which has
brought him success and fame. Mr. Sullivan is the largest manu
facturer of cigars in New Hampshire, and in addition carries a large
line of smokers supplies. He early saw the benefits to be derived from
honest workmanship and fine material, and he has been careful to see
to it that no brand put upon the market in his name should fall short
of the standard demanded by the tastes of the day. From small stand
ing he built up his business, and from small rented quarters he passed
successively to larger ones, until now, in a building of his own, especially
adapted for his purpose, he carries on the work which he has seen grow
in his hands.
Mr. Sullivan is highly esteemed by the citizens of Man
chester, and in his ward has served as moderator.
He has modestly
declined further honors, on the just plea that the increasing demands of
his business forbid him embarking in anything else. He has recently
built for himself a beautiful home in Manchester, where he enjoys the
benefits of success, and no one begrudges them to him who has shown
himself a whole-souled, hearty, honest, upright business man and
citizen.
ROGER G. SULLIVAN.
�PERCIVAL STEWART, president of the Granite State Provi
association, comes from a sturdy Scotch family which
came to the United States about 1650. In the few years that Mr.
Stewart has been a resident of New Hampshire he has identified him
self with its most agressive and enterprising activity. Mr. Stewart was
born in Portland, Me., about thirty years ago, and is the oldest son of
Professor William P. Stewart, special actuary and instructor of agents
of the Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York. His early years
were passed upon the farm in Maine, and in 1872 he went to New York
and while yet a youth organized a manufacturing business employing
G. dent
two score hands, and upon disposing of this business became identified
with various enterprises, always, however, confining his main attention
to real estate, in this calling becoming familiar with the building
and loan associations then springing up in New York. His keen per
ception, however, led him to formulate new plans for the development
of this work, and the Granite State Provident association was the out
come of his labors. In the fall of 1890 he took up his residence in
Manchester, to give his entire attention to the work of the association,
joining with him a number of the most prominent business men of the
state. In the brief space since then, Mr. Stewart has bounded into
prominence in Manchester, taking a leading position in social as well as
in business circles. He is a member of the Amoskeag Veterans, of the
Manchester lodge of Elks, of the Masons, the Knights of Pythias, and
the Derryfield club in Manchester, and retains his membership in the
famous Lotus club of New York. Young, energetic, popular, Mr.
Stewart has already attained an enviable prominence in New Hamp
shire affairs.
�FRANK MORSE, expert accountant and secretary of the
Granite State Provident association, was born in Loudon,
March 9, 1849, the son of Harris E. and Sarah Ann (Eaton) Morse.
H.
He was educated at the New Hampton institution, and soon after leav
ing school developed a system of double entry book-keeping, which at
that time was new and practical, and which has now lost nothing of its
novelty and effectiveness. This system he taught with great success
to a large number of pupils in various parts of the country, and he is
also employed as an expert accountant in unravelling the tangled skein
of many mazy partnerships. His expert testimony on handwriting is
also recognized by attorneys and the courts. In the pursuit of his
profession he travelled extensively, and became widely acquainted with
men and affairs in all parts of the country. His present position he
has held since October, 1890, yet he has impressed his associates with
his value. A large part of the executive work of the great institution
with which he is connected has fallen to his share, and the steadily
mounting assets of the concern may be justly said to be due in a great
measure to the care with which the office work under his supervision
has been administered. Mr. Morse is a member of a profession with
few associates in New Hampshire, yet among those he easily leads,
and among the many in other states with whom he has been associated
he has proved himself the peer, at least, of them all.
H. FRANK MORSE.
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�HE name of Pillsbury, made conspicuous in former generations,
Rosecrans
W. Pillsbury, son of Col. Wm. S. Pillsbury, was born at Londonderry,
September 18, 1863, and was educated in the public schools and at
Pinkerton academy at Derry, and entered Dartmouth college with the
class of 1885, remaining there for one year, when he was compelled by
ill health to retire from a scholastic occupation. Upon regaining his
strength, Mr. Pillsbury entered his father's counting-room and assumed
charge of the book-keeping of the large business of the Derry shoe
factory. Finding this distasteful, however, he began the study of law
in the office of Drury & Peaslee at Manchester, continuing it at Boston
university, and was admitted to the bar, and is now practising his pro
fession with the firm of Crawford & Pillsbury at Derry Depot. Mr.
Pillsbury has been actively interested in politics, and has been honored
by the Republican party with repeated elections to the state central
committee, and in 1889 sat in the constitutional convention, the
youngest member of that body. He has frequently served as modera
tor in his town, and was tendered by Governor Smith an appointment
as judge advocate general upon his personal staff, an honor that Mr.
Pillsbury declined. In addition to his law practice Mr. Pillsbury is in
terested in various manufacturing enterprises, and gives some of his
attention to agriculture, being devoted to the breeding of high-class
trotting stock, his farm “Woodmont,” beautifully situated in Lon
donderry, numbering in its stud some of the finest and best bred colts
in the state. Mr. Pillsbury was married December 10, 1885, to Annie
T loses none of its lustre in passing from father to son.
E. Watts of Manchester, and has two children.
ROSECRANS W. PILLSBURY.
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�OL. FRED ALBERT PALMER, of Derry, is a native of that
He is the son of William
C. Palmer and Mary A. Hanson, and was educated at Pinkerton acad
emy, Derry, the “alma mater” of so many of New Hampshire's most
noted men. He began his business career.as a clothing dealer, and for
twelve years followed that occupation with marked success, being at the
close of that period at the head of one of the most extensive and remuner
ative stores in southern New Hampshire, and retiring from that business
only to seek a larger field for his efforts as general agent of the Granite
C town, and was born February 2, 1855.
State Provident association of Manchester, with whom he has been
engaged for the past few years, and for whom he has done an incalcul
able service in presenting the claims and the merits of the organization
in many parts of the land. Colonel Palmer's military title is due to the
fact that he was a member of Governor Goodell's staff, serving as aide
de-camp, with the rank of colonel. Colonel Palmer is one of the bright,
alert, agressive young New Englanders of the day. Carrying with him
into every branch of endeavor the honest fearlessness of youth and the
intense practicability of a man of sense, Colonel Palmer has merited the
measure of good fortune that has fallen to him.
�RED NELSON CHENEY is another of those young men who
Mr. Cheney
was born in Arcola, Washington county, Minnesota, July 9, 1858, and
is the son of Frederick Porter Cheney and Louisa Hill. He was edu
F have come to New Hampshire from another state.
cated in the Orleans Liberal institute at Glover, Vt., and in the Barton
academy and graded school at Barton, Vt., and until the age of eighteen
worked upon a farm and attended school. He then began as clerk in
a country store, and for five years was thus employed. For the next
five years he was engaged as manager of a clothing store, and in 1887
entered the service of the Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York
at Manchester, in the firm of R. H. & F. N. Cheney, engaging with
his brother as the special agent, and working up a large and valuable
clientage, which he still retains, although in 1889 he assumed, still in
partnership with his brother, the general agency of his company for the
district covering the territory embraced by the states of New Hampshire
and Vermont. Mr. Cheney possesses all the requisites for a successful
insurance man, keen and alert, progressive, persistent, popular, he
maintains himself with ease amid the fierce competitions of insurance
circles. Fully in touch with the requirements of his calling, aided by
a bright and cheerful courtesy, supported by unflagging zeal in the
pursuit of new business and the maintenance of old alliances, he has
made for himself a position in the front rank.
FRED NELSON CHENEY.
�EUBEN HOWARD CHENEY, reversing the general practice,
R came to New Hampshire from the West.
He was born in Ar
cola, Washington county, Minnesota, February 14, 1856, the son of
Frederick Porter Cheney and Louisa (Hill) Cheney. He was educated
at the Orleans Liberal institute at Glover, Vt., at Barton academy, and
the graded schools at Barton, Vt. Prior to his sixteenth year he worked
upon a farm and attended schocl. For two years after he was clerk in
a country store, and then held a clerkship in a railroad office, resigning
to be freight division agent of the Northern, the Concord, and the
Boston & Lowell railroads. In 1886 he resigned these duties to accept
a position as special agent for the Mutual Life Insurance company of
New York, making his headquarters in Manchester. In 1869, upon the
death of the company's manager for this state, Mr. Cheney's capacity
had so impressed itself upon the officers of his company, that he was
appointed general agent, which position he now shares with his brother,
Fred. N. Cheney, under the name of Cheney & Cheney, supervising not
only the work of the company for New Hampshire, but also that tran
sacted in Vermont. Mr. Cheney is a man of careful habits of business.
A long clerical training has fitted him for the minute duties of a super
intending insurance agency, although in the active work of the insurance
world he has but few equals, as may be judged from the rapid promotion
that has attended his efforts in this line of work. He was a young man
when he came to his present responsible position, and the vigor of his
young manhood at once exerted itself, and impressed itself upon those
under his supervision. Hence the rapid growth of his business is not
to be marvelled at. It is the logical result of the earnest and conscien
tious endeavor of a young man, ambitious for himself, yet devoted to his
employers, for such a man is Mr. Cheney.
REUBEN H. CHENEY.
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�NOCH L. C. COLBY was born in Henniker, January 15, 1854,
Study
ing first in the common schools, he later attended the Henniker and
Francestown academies, taking a regular course in the latter institution
and graduating with credit. Following his graduation he engaged as a
teacher in the public schools. When he was nineteen years of age he
began a mercantile career in a country store at Henniker, and for five
years was thus employed, and then engaged in farming, lumbering,
buying and selling cattle, and later on returned to mercantile life in
E. the son of Benjamin Colby and Martha Cleveland Childs.
Manchester and afterward in Laconia, where he now resides.
For the
past four years he has been engaged in the insurance business, as special
and supervising agent for the Hartford Life and Annuity Insurance
company. In this latter calling, Mr. Colby has found what has proven
to be his opportunity, and he has grasped it with all of its possibilities,
developing them to the utmost and achieving in the few years that he
has followed his new pursuit a remarkable success, rising to a command
ing position among his competitors and growing constantly in the es
teem of the corporation to whose interests he devotes his labors. Dur
ing Mr. Colby's residence in Henniker he was honored with an election
to several town offices, and discharged the duties of the same always
with fidelity to the people whom he represented. Mr. Colby's profes
sion is one in which success can be attained only by the most con
stant and faithful labor. It permits no laggards within its ranks, and
those who win must win by force of character as well as of intellect.
That Mr. Colby has been enabled to achieve the present successful re
sult, is attributed to the symmetry and perfection of his qualities.
ENOCH L. C. COLBY.
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�OL. JOHN J. DILLON was born in London, England, October
C 25, 1841, and at the age of twelve years became a sailor, follow
ing the sea for about ten years, and visiting during that time nearly
every country on the globe. In the course of his travels in 1863 he
found himself in the United States, then in the midst of war, and he
volunteered as a private in the Fourth regiment of New Hampshire vol
unteers. His term of service lasted two years, one year of which was
spent in Libby prison, Andersonville, Florence, and other rebel prison
pens.
COL. JOHN J. DILLON.
At the close of the war he settled in Manchester, where he has
lived practically ever since. Upon being mustered out of the federal service
Colonel Dillon entered the New Hampshire National Guard, serving
in various capacities and companies until 1884, when he was com
mander of the First regiment, and in that year resigned his commission.
During nearly all of the years from the close of the war until 1880,
Colonel Dillon was employed by the Amoskeag corporation, and in the
year last mentioned became local agent at Manchester for the Northwestern
Mutual Life Insurance company, of Milwaukee, Wis., being promoted
one year thereafter to be its general agent for the state of New Hamp
shire, which position he now maintains with increasing success each
year, being considered one of the most conservative managers, and at
the same time most progressive, in this hotly contested field of activity.
He also represents the American Casualty Insurance Company, of Bal
timore, Md. In politics, Colonel Dillon is a pronounced Republican, and
in religion is a Universalist. He is an active member of the Grand
Army of the Republic, is an Odd Fellow, and a Granger, and in all parts
- of the state is known and welcomed for his unflagging good nature and
urbanity.
�HARLES CARROLL DANFORTH was born in Amherst, April
C
12, 1831, and is a son of Joel C. and Betsy P. (Andrews) Dan
forth. His parents removed to Concord and he was educated in the
schools of that city. At sixteen years of age he went to Nashua, and
there attended an academy and was engaged as a clerk in the post-office
by his uncle. In 1858 he went West, and for several years was in the
employ of the Milwaukee & St. Paul railroad. He returned to New
Hampshire in 1871, and has since resided at Concord, being engaged in
the general insurance business, and is now, as for several years past, a
member of the firm of Morrill & Danforth. In Freemasonry he first
saw light in Rising Sun lodge, No. 39, Nashua, N. H., February 17,
1859; was exalted to the degree of Royal Arch Mason in Madison
chapter, No. 4, Madison, Wis., May 17, 1859; created a select master in
Madison council, No. 3, Madison, May 21, 1859; created a Knight
Templar in Robert Macoy commandery, No. 3, Madison, June 3, 1859;
and received the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite degrees, 4 to 32 in
clusive, in Wisconsin consistory, Milwaukee, at the time of its organiza
tion, August 7, 1863. He was created a sovereign grand Inspector-gen
eneral (33°) and elected an honorary member of the Supreme council of
the northern Masonic jurisdiction at New York, September 18, 1889. He
also received the Royal Order of Scotland, at Boston, in 1891. During
his residence in Wisconsin he was the incumbent of several state offices
in Masonry. On his return to New Hampshire he affiliated with lodge,
chapter, council, and commandery of Concord, filling several offices in
chapter and council. In Mount Horeb commandery, after serving in
subordinate offices, he was elected commander in 1884 and 1885.
After several years of service in various offices of the Grand command
ery he was elected grand commander in 1889. In the Grand lodge
he has been grand steward and chairman of the committee on creden
tials.
�HE life of Charles E. Staniels is a record of great activity.
T He was
born in Lowell, Mass., December 27, 1844, the son
of Edward Langmade Staniels and Ruth Bradley (Eastman) Staniels.
He was educated in the Boston public schools, at Pembroke academy,
and at the Roxbury (Mass.) Latin school, and in 1861 began a business
career with a mercantile house in Boston. In 1865 Mr. Staniels became
a commercial traveller, following that occupation for twenty years, trav
elling throughout the United States and Canada in the interests of one
of the largest firms in the country, and winning a thorough acquaintance
with men and affairs in all parts of the land. In 1886 he retired from
this calling to become district superintendent of agencies for the Con
necticut Mutual Life Insurance company, establishing his headquarters
at Concord.
In this field of endeavor, despite Mr. Staniels's few years
of service, he has already won honor and enviable fame, and has taken
a high rank annong the brilliant and brainy men who have devoted their
lives to the insurance business.
As an evidence of the esteem with
which Mr. Staniels is held by his associates, may be mentioned the fact
that he has been chosen president of the New Hampshire Life Under
writers association, and for two years was a member of the executive
committee of the National Life Underwriters' association
Mr. Staniels
has also been president of the White Mountain Travellers' association,
the largest of its kind in the United States, is a member of the
advisory board of the life insurance department of the Auxiliary Congress
of the World's fair, and has just been chosen president of the New
Hampshire Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. He was
also invited to address the National
CHARLES E. STANIEI.S.
Life Underwriters convention
at Cleveland, in September, 1893, upon technical subjects. As an in
surance man Mr. Staniels is thoroughly posted in all the details of the
profession. His facile pen contributes frequently to the columns of
business and secular journals.
�EW HAMPSHIRE counts among her adopted sons Dr. Henry
Marble of Gorham, who is the son of Barnard L. Marble and
Lucy Trask Abbott, and who was born at Dixfield, Me., September 5,
1848. Passing through the schools of Dixfield, Dr. Marble finished
his education at Norwich university and at the Bowdoin Medical college,
taking his degree of doctor of medicine (M.D.) in 1870, and immedi
ately settling down in the practice of his profession at Auburn, Me.,
removing thence to Gorham, where he has since resided and been ac
tively engaged in practice. Dr. Marble's life as a physician has been
highly successful. His practice has covered the entire range of the
profession and has been limited in extent of territory only by Dr.
Marble's physical endurance, yet upon all that experience Dr. Marble
may look back with no sense of professional or personal regret. His
genial presence, his professional skill, the magnetism of his person,
have brought relief to so many that it would be idle to attempt to de
scribe it. Dr. Marble's prominence in his profession is such as to have
merited the attention of the incorporators of the Northeastern Life In
surance company, and upon the formation of that corporation he became
its medical director, and the success of the company has been in no
small measure due to his personal efforts consistent with his well earned
reputation. Dr. Marble has morever exerted an active influence in the
councils of his party. Though residing in a community overwhelmingly
Democratic, he is frequently appointed opposition candidate for high
office, and despite the disadvantages of political environment, he has
always polled a handsome vote, running in every instance far ahead of
his ticket, and in 1887 the Democratic town of Gorham sent him to
IDR. HENRY MARBLE.
represent it in the legislature.
�EORGE A. McKELLAR is a native of South Thomaston, Me.,
where he was born October 25, 1852. With his parents he re
moved to Rockland, Me., in 1857, and obtained his education in the
common schools of that town, and at the Maine Wesleyan seminary, at
Kent's Hill. After leaving school, Mr. McKellar was engaged in the
express business at Lawrence and Boston, and was after that engaged
as book-keeper for the Corporation Supply company, of Lawrence.
Then he went into railroading, and was a station agent for the Boston
& Maine railroad for about fifteen years. From railroading he went
into insurance, and for three years he held the general agency of the
New York Life Insurance company, having his office in Concord. In
1893 he abandoned this branch of the business, and entered the field as
a general insurance broker, but devoting a large share of his time to the
duties of the special agency for the Granite State Provident association,
a position which fell into his hands at that time. Mr. McKellar is one
of the best known and most highly esteemed insurance men in New
Hampshire. It may also be added that he is on that account one of the
most successful. He possesses the very qualities best needed in his
line of work, and by the constant exercise of these qualities he is daily
advancing himself in his profession. In the estimation of those who
are associated with him, as well as those who know him either pro
fessionally or personally, he is a remarkably successful life insurance
broker.
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�LARENCE HERBERT WILKINS, the youngest of four children
C of Rodney Wilkins and Harriet Lewis Ellinwood, was born in
Deering, May 12, 1855, and was educated in the public and private
schools of Hillsborough Bridge and at the Gaskell Business college in
Manchester. His early business experience was had at Hillsborough
Bridge, where, his father having died, he paid his school expenses by
working during vacations for the village merchants and printer. In
1874 he graduated from the business college and entered the office of
the New Hampshire Fire Insurance company, and was promoted through
the clerical departments to be manager of the local department and in
spector. The outdoor work of inspecting having its charms, in 1885
he became surveyor for insurance maps, gaining valuable experience.
Upon the organization of the New Hampshire Manufacturers' Mutual
Fire Insurance company at Concord, in 1886, he was elected secretary
and served until near the end of that year, when he resigned to become
assistant secretary of the Granite State Fire Insurance company at Ports
mouth. In 1887 he was appointed special agent of that company for New
York and southern New England, resigning in 1889 to take a similar posi
tion with the British America Assurance company of Canada, for New
England, and in 1892 became special agent and adjuster of fire losses
in New England for the United States Fire Insurance company of New
York, which position he now holds. He is a member of the New Eng
land Insurance Exchange, and holds chairmanships of important com
mittees. During his residence in Manchester he became a member of
Washington lodge, Mt. Horeb R. A. chapter, and Adoniram council,
A. F. and A. M., was an active member and an officer of the Manchester
cadets, and chief consul of the New Hampshire division League of
American Wheelmen in 1883. He married, June 1, 1889, Alice, second
daughter of the late Hon. David A. Warde, of Concord, and has two
CLARENCE. H. WILKINS.
children.
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�RA N. BLAKE, the son of Ira Blake and Dorothy (Sanborn)
Blake, was born in Kensington, October 11, 1832. He attained
his education in the common schools of Kensington, and at an early age
began to carve out for himself the fortune that he has so successfully
won. Mr. Blake has been steadfast in his occupations. He has been
engaged in the shoe business during the entire course of his commercial
life, beginning, after mastering the details of the business, as a manu
facturer of ladies' boots and shoes at Seabrook, removing thence to
Hampton Falls, thence successively to Pittsfield and Northwood, where
he now resides. Each of Mr. Blake's successive changes of location
was made solely for the purpose of securing the increased capacity needed
by the ever increasing demands of a steadily growing business. Under
his careful supervision, aided not a little by his own labor, always sup
ported by an intricate knowledge of the business that he had taken up,
Mr. Blake has reaped the reward due to care and sagacity; no man could
more honestly boast that he had wrought out his own fortune. Mr.
Blake, aside from his honors in business circles, has achieved some
measure of fame in political life. He was a member of the legislature
in 1881, and ten years later sat once more in the same body. In 1892
he was elected a delegate to the Republican national convention at Min
neapolis, and there he was proud to record his vote for James G. Blaine.
In financial circles he has always stood high in the community, and was
president of the Farmers' Savings bank for four years. The relations
existing between Mr. Blake and his associates and subordinates, in a
business capacity, have always been the most pleasant, a fact largely due
to his own tact in his intercourse with men. Thoroughly honest him
self, he has brooked no attempts at deceit on the part of those asso
ciated with him, and has impressed the integrity of his own nature upon
IRA N. BLAKE.
the men with whom he has to deal.
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�EORGE LITTLE was born in Boscawen, now Webster, August
He was educated in the public schools and at Pem
broke and at Meriden. During all his life he has taken a lively interest
in all affairs pertaining to the good of the town, and for many years has
been counted one of the most prominent and public-spirited of her citi
zens. His early life was spent on the farm where he was born. Later he
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left the old homestead on “Little Hill,” and was a merchant on Corser
Hill, at first as a member of the firm of Pearson & Little, and later under
the firm style of George Little. For many years he took a prominent part
in the political affairs of the town of Webster. He became a Republi
can when that party was formed and was president of the first Repub
lican club of the town in 1856.
He served on the board of selectmen
in 1861, 1862, 1863, and again for one year in 1874. He represented
the town in the state legislature in 1864 and 1865. During the succeed
ing years, in which he held no office, he continued to take an active
interest in political affairs, and was always prominent in the councils of
his party. He has always been interested in the cause of education, and
in addition to his contributions for the support of schools, served as a
member of the school board the first year of the adoption of the town
district system. He is a member of the Second Congregational church,
to which he has always given liberal support. His business is broader
than that of the country merchant, and for many years he has been
almost constantly engaged in the settlement of estates. He was a justice
of the peace for many years. His unquestioned integrity of character,
added to sound business sense, led many of his townsmen to entrust
these important matters to him. For many years he was secretary and
treasurer of the Granite Mutual Fire Insurance Company, positions
GEORGE LITTLE.
which he filled to the satisfaction of all associated with him in the
management or interested in the success of the corporation.
�LL the manhood days of Dr. Graves have been spent in New
Hampshire. His mother's family were among the pioneers of
Vermont, going there from Killingworth, Conn., his father's from
Greenfield, Mass. He was born at Jericho, Vt., September 9, 1847.
His father died when he was only six years old, but his mother was a
woman of great energy and perseverance, as well as skill and ingenuity,
and he being the eldest child was not only her constant companion but
chief help, and early knew something of many kinds of work. His grand
mother was famous for her knowledge of roots and herbs, and skill in
their use, and from her he inherited a love of medicine, and never desired
to be any other than a doctor. At fourteen he began a course of study at
Essex Classical institute, and an anatomy was always among his books.
He studied medicine with Dr. F. F. Hovey, of Jericho, two years, and
two years with Profs. Thayer and Carpenter, of Burlington, doing labo
DR. E. E. GRAVES.
ratory work for four months with Prof. Peter Collier, now of New York.
Graduating from Medical department of University of Vermont, June,
1868, he immediately entered the office of Dr. Walter Carpenter of
Burlington. Dr. E. K. Webster, of Boscawen wishing a young man
to take his place, he came there in September, 1868, just after he was
twenty-one, and Boscawen is still his home. In the winter of 1876-77
he took a private course in surgery at the Harvard Medical school,
Boston. He is an ex-president of the Centre District Medical society,
member of the New Hampshire and American Medical societies, and of
the American Public Health association. For nearly seventeen years
out of the twenty-five of his practice, he has been the physician at the
Merrimack county almshouse, and for several years consulting physi
cian at the Margaret Pillsbury hospital, Concord. In no sense is Dr.
Graves a politician, but in 1889 he represented his town in the legisla
ture. His interest in archaeology is a pastime, and he has one of the
largest private collections in New England.
�OSHUA P. ABBOTT, though far away from his native town, yet
retains a warm affection for New Hampshire.
He was born in Bos
cawen, March 3, 1840, and until eighteen years of age he assisted
his father on the farm, and attended the public schools. He fitted for
college at Boscawen academy, and entered Dartmouth college. In 1863
he went to California, where he taught school one year, and in 1864
engaged in a speculative enterprise which called him to Idaho, the trip
being made on horseback, though not completed, an Indian war com
pelling him to return after six months in the hostile country, he being
the only one of five companions who escaped alive. He read law in the
office of Thomas J. Tucker in Napa City, and was admitted to the bar
in 1866, and the year after removed to Antioch, Cal., where he has
since resided. For ten years he was editor and proprietor of the Antioch
Ledger. He is now a member of the law firm of Hartley & Abbott,
and enjoys a lucrative practice. He is the owner of one fourth interest
in the Antioch Land and Lumber company, doing a business of $1 oo, ooo
a year, and for twenty years has been prominent in political affairs—
always as a Republican. He was elected state senator from the Fifteenth
senatorial district in 1887, and has held, besides other positions, the
office of deputy collector of internal revenue. For twenty years he was
a delegate to every state convention, and has frequently appeared on the
stump during political campaigns, where he ranks among the foremost
of platform speakers in California.
HON. JOSHUA P. ABBOTT.
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�M. KILBURN was born in Webster in 1842, and received the
_. usual education of the New Hampshire farmer's boy, viz., the
advantages of the district school in winter, supplemented by a few terms
at the excellent New Hampshire academies, with plenty of hard work
interspersed between terms. This is the school which has developed
the manhood of the Granite state. He taught a few terms of district
school in winter, and while a student at Elmwood institute enlisted in
Company E, Sixteenth New Hampshire volunteer infantry, for service
in the War of the Rebellion; was with the regiment during its full term
of service. He emigrated to Iowa in 1868, and located in the sparsely
settled new county of Adair, where, after teaching for a couple of terms,
he settled upon a farm, and engaged in the business of stock-raising and
general farming, to which he has closely given his attention ever since.
He has seen his adopted county and state rapidly develop into a country
of beautiful farms and happy homes of a progressive and intelligent
people. He has helped plant and maintain the standard of New Eng
land morality and virtue, which have so much to do in moulding character
among the plastic materials, from all the world, which go to make up the
society of our new states. He has been prominent in local circles, in
temperance, alliance, and Grand Army work, and helped to organize and
make successful an insurance association which is doing good work in
that community. Born of a race of reformers, he has kept abreast of
all the progress of the age in reform movements. In his home relations
he has been very fortunate. He was married, in 1870, to Elizabeth H.
Peet, daughter of a New England minister then engaged in church work
in Iowa, and has three children, who will take up his work when he leaves
LUCIAN M. KILBURN.
it, and carry it on to higher and better planes when he “shall rest from
his labors.”
�ARREN ABBOTT, of Webster, was born in that town March
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20, 1838, and was educated in the public schools and at Elm
wood institute. Until twenty-six years of age he lived upon the farm,
beginning at the age of eighteen as a school teacher, and thus occupying
his winters. In February, 1864, he went to California and was a teacher
in that state for eighteen years, where his success was very great, receiv
ing from the state department of public instruction a life diploma. So
pronounced was his ability that he was nominated by the Republican
party for county superintendent of schools in Contra Costa county and
was defeated, although he received a full party vote. On account of
ill health and for private reasons, he returned to the old homestead in
Webster in 1882, where he has since resided. He early became a mem
ber of the grange in this state, and has held the offices of lecturer, treas
urer, and master of the sub-grange, and for two years was lecturer, and
for the same length of time master, of the Merrimack County Pomona
grange.
For several terms he was superintendent of schools in his
town and was selectman for three years. In 1891 he was a member of
the house of representatives and was one of the most prominent legisla
tors of that session, being especially active in the formation of the
farmers' council and equally prominent in the championship of all meas
ures looking toward the betterment of the agricultural condition of the
state. Mr. Abbott was married, October 12, 1891, to Mrs. Jennie A.
Abbott of Anoka, Minnesota. He is one of the most prominent
agriculturists in New Hampshire, being well versed in both theory
and practice. A man of wide experience, of broad culture, and far
seeing views, he has been enabled to seize upon and to hold and to
improve each point of vantage as it has appeared in his life.
WARREN ABBOTT.
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�7 ILLIAM WIRT BURBANK was born in West Boscawen,
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now Webster, September 13, 1842, and has spent the whole
of a useful and successful life in his native place. He succeeded his
father, the late Friend L. Burbank, in the general manufacture of lum
ber, and has extended the business until it has become the chief indus
try in the town. Mr. Burbank has not let his business cares interfere
with his duties as a public-spirited citizen, and his fellow-townsmen
have shown their appreciation of his ability and integrity by repeatedly
electing him moderator, making him a member of the board of select
men for ten years, and sending him as their representative in the legis
lature in 1881. He is deeply interested in the work of the grange, and
at the organization of Daniel Webster grange was chosen worthy master,
serving for four years. For one year he was the master of Merrimack
County Pomona grange, and for five years served on the executive com
mittee of the New Hampshire state grange. He assisted in the institu
tion of the New Hampshire Grange Fair association; for four years was
its general superintendent, and for two years was its president. He is
a director in the Merrimack County Fire Insurance company, and in the
Blackwater Valley railroad. Mr. Burbank's usefulness has been mani
fested in other ways than in those enumerated. As a friend of good
schools, and as a member of the Congregational church and superinten
dent of its Sunday-school, his influence has always been along the lines
of highest endeavor. He was married, in 1865, to Ellen M. Dow of
Concord.
WILLIAM WIR
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WILLIAM O. TUTTLE was born in Meredith, October 21, 1837,
the son of Bradbury C. Tuttle and Betsey C. (Wallace) Tuttle.
He was educated in the common schools and in the high school of his
native town, and worked with his father at home until he was twenty-one
years of age, during which time he learned the mason's trade. He then
went to Lowell, and served as a clerk in a dry goods store, and after
wards engaged in the dry goods business at Lakeport, in partnership
with H. J. Odell. For four years this partnership existed. Mr. Tuttle
then went to Boston and went into the real estate and building business,
where he remained for two years. He next entered the employ of G. D.
Dows & Company, manufacturers of soda apparatus and bottlers, with
whom he served as cashier for nine years. Then, in company with O. A.
Atkins, he went to Reading, Penn., where he embarked in the extract
business, and until 1885 resided in that state. In the latter year he
returned to Boston where, with the same partner, under the firm name
of W. O. Tuttle & Company, he established himself in business as a
bottler and extract manufacturer. Mr. Tuttle's business training had
been such as to give him the lead at once, and the knowledge that he
brought to his new relation served him in good stead. The business of
the firm has been built up to large proportions. In the prosperity that
it shares, and which he shares, New Hampshire, as the state of his birth
and education, may claim no small part, for the affection for his home
is still strong within him.
WILLIAM O. TUTTLE.
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�ELCOME JENCKS, one of the prominent young business meri
of the Spindle city, was born at Providence, R. I., December
11, 1854. He is the son of Welcome Jencks, for many years prom
inently identified with the manufacturing interests of Manchester. From
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his father, who was a successful inventor, and his mother, Clarissa
Billington, Mr. Jencks inherited the sterling qualities, so characteristic
in his personal make-up, and to these in no small degree is due his pres
ent standing in the business and commercial world in which he moves
to-day. Early removing with his parents to the Queen city of the
Granite state, he was placed in the public schools of that city, and there
his education was acquired, for following his graduation from the higher
grades of the same he entered the mill business with his father, learning
the same in all of its many details. His education in his chosen line of
labor was a thorough one, and becoming thoroughly conversant with the
business in all its many details, he went upon the road in 1879, looking
after the patent business which his father had established, and in this
particular line he has followed up to the present time. Early in life he
took an active interest in political affairs, and has been for many years
a prominent figure in both city and state conventions. Taking his
business and political career together, it can well be said that of the New
Hampshire men of to-day, few are better known the length and breadth
of the state, and he is rated among the enterprising and pushing men of
the city, for whose welfare he is always solicitous. January 4, 1880, he
married Georgie W., the daughter of Lafayette Robinson, and one
child, Bessie, now twelve years of age, is the result of this union. He
can well be claimed among the leading men of the state, for there are
none who know him but who are pleased to class him within the circle
of their business and social acquaintance.
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�USTAVUS WALKER was born May 7, 1830, at Amoskeag,
where his father, William Walker, was a tavern-keeper of renown,
keeping three different hotels, two in Amoskeag and one in Piscataquog.
When he was an infant, his family removed to Andover Centre, where
he lived until December, 1835, when his father removed to Concord and
became proprietor of the Washington tavern, and a year later of the
famous Eagle Coffee House, where the Eagle hotel now stands, which
he kept until the fall of 1849, when he retired from business. Gus
tavus was educated in the schools of Concord, at Hopkinton under the
tuition of John O. Ballard, at Portsmouth under Master Harris, at Phil
lips Andover academy, under “Uncle Sam ” Taylor, and at Northfield
seminary. His familiarity in boyhood with the guests at his father's
hotels, gave him an extensive acquaintance, and he added to this while
express messenger for Cheney & Co. from 1846 to 1849 and clerk of
the steamer Lady of the Lake during the seasons of 1850 and 1851.
March 1, 1852, he engaged with the late Hon. David A. Warde in the
hardware business in Concord, under the firm name of Warde & Walker,
and in 1855 he embarked in the same business in Phenix block under
his own name, and for twenty-eight years thereafter was one of Con
cord's most honored and active merchants.
Since his retirement from
mercantile life, on account of sickness in his family, Mr. Walker has
devoted himself to the care of his own and his brother William's es
tates, which embrace some of the most desirable pieces of property in
Concord. He is deeply interested in giving his city the best possible
railroad connections; was largely instrumental in securing the building
of the Peterborough & Hillsborough, and is an ardent advocate of the
building of the Concord & Rochester railroad, of which he is president.
Mr. Walker's life has been an active one, and to him is accorded a rep
utation for honor, unsurpassed by any. Mr. Walker's wife is a daugh
ter of the late John D. and Mary C. B. Butler of Bennington.
�ILLIAM WALKER, JR., the son of William and Betsey (Gay)
Walker, was born in Chester, September 18, 1810, and was
educated in the public schools of that town, and at Amoskeag village,
to which place, when William, Jr., was twelve years of age, his father
moved, becoming proprietor of a famous old-time stage tavern. The
subject of this sketch was for a time employed in the Amoskeag mill,
meeting there the young lady whom he subsequently married,—and was
next engaged in driving a stage between Hopkinton and Piscataquog.
In 1830 the family moved to Andover, and young Walker drove a large
freight team for a time, a little later resuming staging, and driving
between Wilmot and Concord, Concord and Lowell, and Concord and
Nashua, respectively. As a stage-driver he was noted for his courtesy, and
the good condition in which his fine horses were kept was often remarked.
Forming ideas of the express business through his acquaintance with
Harnden, the pioneer, Mr. Walker embarked in a similar enterprise, with
B. P. Cheney and Nathaniel White as partners, under the name of Walker
& Co.'s express, which in turn became Cheney & Co., United States & Can
ada, and finally a part of the American system. Mr. Walker was one of
the pioneers in the navigation of Lake Winnipiseogee, and a projector and
builder of the Lady of the Lake, and for several years its popular com
mander, his first experience having been gained on a steamer plying be
tween Haverhill and Newburyport. Mr. Walker married Mary E. Goss,
November 22, 1831, and the celebration of their golden wedding in
Concord in 1881 was an important social event. Mr. Walker died on
the following anniversary of his marriage, in 1882. His widow sur
vives, at the age of eighty-four years.
WILLIAM WALKER, JR.
�W' AUGUSTUS GILE,
now residing and practising his
profession at Worcester, Mass., was born at Franklin, June
5, 1843. His father, Alfred A. Gile, was a native of Northfield, in
which town the family had lived for two generations, the original home
stead having been built by Jonathan Guile (which was the former way
of spelling the family name). The family first came from England to
Dedham, Mass., about 1630. The subject of this sketch, Maj. William
A. Gile, was reared upon the farm in that part of Franklin on the east
side of the Merrimack river, nearly opposite the Webster place, which
was formerly a part of Northfield, and which became a part of Franklin
before the Civil War, and the homestead has always been the place of
rest and recreation for Major Gile and his family, since he has lived in
Massachusetts. His family consists of Mrs. Gile, formerly Clara A.
Dewing, of North Brookfield, Mass., whom he married in 1878, and five
children—William Waitt Gile, the eldest son, and Minnie Helen Gile,
WILLIAM AUGUSTUS GILE.
the eldest daughter, whose mother was Major Gile's first wife, and
whose maiden name was Mary Green Waitt; Alfred Dewing Gile, eld
est son of Clara A. Gile, Margaret Lucinda Gile, her eldest daughter,
and Lawrence Bliss Gile, the youngest son, and two infant sons who
died, constitute the rest of the children. Major Gile went to the war
when nineteen years of age, with his brother Frank, who is now a phy
sician in East Orange, N.J., serving in the Sixteenth and Eighteenth
New Hampshire volunteers, being captain of Company E in the latter
regiment. After the war he studied law with Hon. Austin F. Pike and
Hon. Isaac N. Blodgett, then co-partners in law at Franklin. There
after he finished his studies for the legal profession at Harvard Law
school, and, having been admitted to the bar in Massachusetts in 1869,
began the practice of law at Greenfield, Mass., as a co-partner with the
Hon. Whiting Griswold, of that town, and since 1871 has been practis
ing law in Worcester, Mass.
�ON. HENRY H. HUSE was born in West Fairlee, Vt., May
30, 1839; died in Concord, September 7, 1890.
Early in life
he removed to Barnstead, where he was residing when the Civil War
broke out. On the formation of the Eighth New Hampshire volun
teers, he was elected and commissioned captain of Company G, on De
cember 20, 1861. For gallant conduct during the siege of Port Hud
son he was promoted to major of the Eighth regiment. He was with the
regiment up to September 22, 1863, when, broken down by the hardships
of two years service in the malarious districts of Louisiana, he was
obliged to resign his commission, and received an honorable discharge.
Major Huse read law at Pittsfield and Manchester, and was for a time in
partnership with Hon. Lewis W. Clark. When Mr. Clark went upon
the bench Major Huse went into partnership with Hon. James F. Briggs.
He represented his ward three terms in the legislature, serving as speaker
of the house in 1879. He was for a time chairman of the state
committee of the Republican party. He was commander of the Amoskeag
Veterans in 1876. Major Huse was appointed insurance commissioner
by Governor Sawyer in March, 1888. He gave his best endeavors to
the duties of his office, and made an honorable record. As a public offi
cer he was “faithful and efficient, ever discharging all public duties with
signal ability; a lawyer of large experience in his profession, of well
balanced judgment and discretion, well grounded in the fundamental
principles of the law, faithful alike to the court and his client; a citizen
patriotic and public-spirited, and in private life a pleasant, kind, and
genial companion.” Major Huse was a man of fine presence, and in a
marked degree possessed unmistakable traits as an organizer, being sys
HON. HENRY H. HUSE.
tematic and decisive in all his actions.
�ARON YOUNG was born in Barrington, N. H., June 16, 1827.
A His father was Aaron Young, a man of uncommon natural ability,
and very prominent in the affairs of the town and party to which he
belonged. The subject of this sketch spent his early years on his
father's farm and in the public schools of the town. In 1851 he went
to Manchester, where, in 1853, he married Miss Louisa B. Paige,
daughter of Deacon Osgood Paige, and for a few years following was
engaged in business in Manchester and Dover. Mr. Young was by
birth and family traditions a Whig, and became an earnest Republican
at the birth of the party. He held a position eight years in the custom
house at Portsmouth, and was deputy collector of internal revenue
13 years. In 1889 he was appointed a special agent of the treasury
department for New England. He is still engaged in that business, and
has the reputation of a vigilant, painstaking, and capable officer, whom
violators of the law find it hard to deceive or evade. Mr. Young has a
natural taste for politics, and no man is better known as an unswerving
Republican and skilful manager of party affairs. He generally knows
what is going on, and nothing of importance escapes his attention and
influence. His shrewdness as a manager and thorough understanding
of the currents and cross-currents of human nature cause his counsels
AARON
and advice to be held in the highest respect by all who aspire to office
or influence in the party. Of amiable disposition, agreeable address,
great fidelity to friends, and wide acquaintance with public men and
political history, he is always an important factor in New Hampshire
calculations. Mr. Young is a brother of Hon. Jacob D. Young, of
Madbury, and George W. Young, Esq., of Dover, and a twin of
the late Col. Andrew H. Young. He resides in Portsmouth, and
has a daughter, Alice R., who presides over his house, and a son,
Philip, of Dartmouth college. Mrs. Young, a most estimable woman.
died March 14, 1893, greatly lamented by a large circle of friends.
YOUNG.
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�NDREW H. YOUNG was born in Barrington, June 16, 1827. He
A was a son of Aaron Young, a man of ability and prominence in town
affairs. He spent his early years on his father's farm, gaining a good prac
tical education in the town schools, of which he was superintendent when
only twenty-three years of age. He took an early interest in politics, and
was one of the leaders of the movement which made New Hampshire a
. ANDREW H. YOUNG.
Republican state in 1855, and has kept it so till this day. He was reg
ister of deeds and clerk of the supreme court in Strafford county till
1861, when he entered the military service as quartermaster of the
Seventh New Hampshire volunteers, was promoted to captain and as
sistant-quartermaster United States volunteers in 1862, to major and pay
master United States army in 1864, and to lieutenant-colonel by brevet
in 1866. Appointed internal revenue collector for New Hampshire by
President Grant in 1869, he served till 1881, collecting and disbursing
large sums of money. In 1885 he was appointed quartermaster in the
regular army, and in that capacity rendered valuable service to the gov
ernment, especially in constructing the new United States barracks at
Newport, Ky. In that malarious climate he contracted a heart disease,
and died at his home in Dover, December 10, 1890. Colonel Young
was a man of uncommon ability and public spirit, and exerted a strong
influence in the affairs of the state and nation. He will long be remem
bered by hosts of friends for noble qualities of head and heart, for his
genial presence, agreeable manners, and a fund of information, wit, and
anecdote which made him a delightful associate. He married Miss Susan
E. Miles, of Madbury, in 1854. Mrs. Young survives him, as do also
a daughter, Mary Hale, and two sons, Haldimand Putnam and Richard
Batchelder, both actively engaged in business.
�AJOR CHARLES A. YOUNG was born at Barrington, Septem
ber 22, 1842, the son of William Hale Young and Sarah
(Daniels) Young. He was educated in the private and public schools of
his native town, and remaining on the home farm until twenty years of age,
in 1862 removing to Boston, where he became identified with a large and
successful business. For more than thirty years he has held his resi
dence in one locality, where the impress of his character, both in public
and private life, has been markedly beneficial. He possesses a genial and
social nature, and is a member of many organizations. For three years
he was commander of the Roxbury Horse Guards, and for three years
commander of the First battalion of cavalry, and for many years com
mander of the “Old Guard ” of Massachusetts. He stands high in
military circles. He was the originator and first president of the
Harvard Improvement association at Dorchester.
He has an at
tractive and impressive manner, and occupies a position in whatever
circle he enters, flattering to himself and enviable to his associates.
As a citizen he is a recognized leader; he is graceful and winning
in debate, courteous to his opponent, and pronounced in his convic
tions. A New Hampshire Republican, he holds the respect and
esteem of the men of all parties, and has frequently come before the
people as a candidate for public office. Although loyally attached
to the city of his adoption, his love for his native state has never dimin
ished, and among the sons of New Hampshire who have gone forth to
win for themselves success in neighboring states, none turns more fondly
to the home of his birth than Major Young.
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MAJOR CHARLES A. YOUNG.
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�W' HENRY
HARRISON YOUNG, of Boston, Mass.,
son of William Hall and Sarah (Daniels) Young, was born in
Barrington, May 15, 1837. After receiving his education at the town
schools and at South Berwick academy, he taught school in Great
Falls and Rollinsford till 1858, when he went to Boston and engaged
in contract work.
In 1862 he returned to his native town to enlist as
a private in a company then forming. Shortly after he was appointed
recruiting officer for the state, and September 27, 1862, was commis
sioned first lieutenant in the Thirteenth New Hampshire regiment,
which he helped to organize, and was appointed judge advocate. Dur
ing the Fredericksburg campaign and General Dix expedition up the
peninsular, he was disabled, and although recommended for promotion
to captain, was obliged to resign after spending five months in a hospi
tal, receiving his discharge February 2, 1864. He returned to Boston,
where he has since resided. His wife, Susan Tappan, was the daughter of
Thomas Jefferson Cook of Boston, a native of Milton, N. H. Mr.
Young is a member of the New Hampshire club and of the Loyal Le
gion. In politics a staunch Republican, he has never missed a chance
to vote. In business he has always been held in high esteem by those
who know him for his sound and practical sagacity. As a representa
tive of one of the most noted families of the state, and coming from one
of the most noted towns, he has ever been true to his birthright, and
the honor and integrity of each have been well maintained.
WILLIAM H. H. YOUNG.
�EORGE. T. CRAWFORD was born in Alexandria, December
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1828, the son of Col. William Crawford and Joanna
Sleeper. He was educated at Hebron academy, at New Hampshire
Conference seminary, and at Andover academy. He was a farmer
until 1865, and has been a surveyor of land since his boyhood.
In 1854 and in 1865 he represented his town in the legislature.
In 1856 he removed to Bristol and engaged in the flour and grain
business, remaining there until 1872. Since then he has been en
gaged in the lumber business. During the years of his residence in
Grafton county, Mr. Crawford was honored by his fellow-citizens by an
election as treasurer of the county in 1868 and 1869, and as county com
missioner from 1870 to 1877.
In 1880 he removed to Boston, where he
has since resided, being engaged as agent of the Fall Mountain Paper
company of Bellows Falls, Vt. Mr. Crawford still retains his interest
in the state of his birth that was for many years his abiding-place.
Deeply interested in all of its concerns, the years of his residence in
another state have not dulled his perception of New Hampshire's
progress. Mr. Crawford is keenly alive to all that goes on in New
Hampshire. The recent movements with relation to the preservation
of the state forests has awakened in Mr. Crawford a lively sympathy and
has won from him a hearty encouragement, yet he has believed that to
nature may be left the work of repair that cannot be safely taken up by
man. Mr. Crawford is large and broad in his perceptions. A man of
parts, he has acquitted himself with dignity in many positions requiring
varying degrees of skill and aptitude. A sound, earnest, and unfailing
common sense has characterized his career, and a rigid, incorruptible
honesty has marked his course. Mr. Crawford has impressed himself
upon those who know him as a man of force, a man of weight in argu
ment, and of power in example.
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GEORGE T. CRAWFORD.
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�AITH FUL persistence in an honorable calling has certainly led to
distinguished rewards in the case of James N. Lauder. He was
born in Topsham, Vt., May 29, 1838, the son of George and Jean
(Laird) Lauder, and was educated in the public schools of Vermont.
When but fifteen years of age he began his life-long career of railroad
service, from whose toils and dangers he has never shrunk, and the lau
rels of whose success he has repeatedly plucked. In 1865 he was
appointed master mechanic of the Northern railroad, and held that posi
tion until 1881. For the eight months ensuing he was superintendent
of motive power on the Boston & Lowell railroad, and subsequently
held the same position for a year on the Mexican Central system. Dur
ing the last ten years he has been a valued member of the staff of the
Old Colony road, serving as its superintendent of rolling stock. Mr.
Lauder's residence is in Ward Four, Concord, and he has creditably
represented that portion of the Capital city in the state legislature. He
served as one of the judges of awards in the transportation depart
ment of the World's Columbian exposition, having received that
appointment from the fair commissioners.
N. LAUDER.
�MONG the most distinguished educators who have gone from
New England is Sylvester Waterhouse, who was born in Bar
rington, September 15, 1830. Disqualified by the loss of a leg for
mechanical pursuits, to which his natural tastes inclined him, he was
obliged to follow a literary career. He was fitted for college at Phillips
Exeter academy, and graduated from Harvard in 1853, where he took
honors in Greek. In 1855, he received the degree of LL.B. from the
Harvard Law school, and was soon after appointed professor of Latin
in Antioch college, Ohio. In 1857 he took charge of the Greek
department in Washington university, St. Louis, and has just com
pleted thirty-six years of professional service in that institution. Pro
fessor Waterhouse entered the university soon after its inauguration,
and is now the senior member of its faculty. During the war he was
an earnest advocate of the Union, and, though incapacitated for mili
tary service, was a voluminous and effective writer for the cause. He
has always been deeply interested in the development of the West, and
has actively coöperated in many of the movements for the advancement of
that section. In 1867 he declined an appointment as superintendent
of public schools for Missouri. Since 1870 he has held many impor
tant trusts, including official positions in the Missouri Bureau of Geology
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and Mines, the St. Louis Board of Trade, the National Railroad con
vention, and the Mississippi River Improvement convention.
He was
a United States commissioner to the Paris exposition of 1878, honor
ary commissioner to the New Orleans World's fair, and to the Ameri
can exposition in London in 1887, and to the Nicaragua Canal conven
tions. In the latter he was selected to speak for the state of Mis
souri. His labors in behalf of Washington university have been
no insignificant element of its prosperity. The breadth of his learning,
the versatility of his talents, his rare practical judgment, and his tire
less energy have been potent factors in the growth of this institution.
�HE subject of this sketch, Alonzo Shaw Weed, was born in Sand
wich, March 13, 1827, the son of Elisha and Mary Ann (Shaw)
Weed.
He attended the district schools of his native town, and the
academy at “Sandwich Corner.” In 1844 he began life for himself, as
clerk in a mercantile house at Bangor, Me., and continued in that posi
tion for eight years. Having thoroughly mastered the principles of
trade, he set up in business for himself, and during his mercantile life of
twenty years maintained a reputation as one of Bangor's successful and
honorable business men. In 1871 he changed his residence from Ban
gor to Newton, Mass., having been elected by the Wesleyan association
to the responsible position (which he now holds) of publisher and
business manager of Zion's Herald, Boston, which is the oldest Meth
odist newspaper in the world, and is the special organ of New Eng
land Methodism. The financial success of that sterling religious
publication, Zion's Herald, has been largely due to the fostering care,
and efficient and careful business management of its present publisher.
Mr. Weed has always been actively interested in moral and religious
and educational affairs, and has done much work in these lines which
does not appear upon the surface. Conscientious and steadfast in his
political convictions, he styles himself “always a Republican and a firm
believer in the principles of that party.” Among his public offices are:
Trustee and treasurer of Bucksport (Me.) seminary for twelve years;
alderman and common councilman in city government of Bangor, Me.,
seven years; councilman and school committeeman of the city of New
ton, Mass., five years. Has been treasurer of the New England Educa
tion society over fourteen years; also one of the directors of the Home
Savings bank, Little Wanderers' Home, and Young Men's Christian
association, Boston, for eight or ten years past.
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�AMES FLYNN was born in Portsmouth, January 6, 1847, but has
been identified with Boston commercial circles since 1870, and for
sixteen years has been engaged in the manufacture of architectural
ironwork in that city, utilizing complete facilities, and giving employ
ment to many men and manufacturing prominent specialties, among
them being an invention of his own, a patent folding fire-escape ladder,
which has had the honor of being adopted for use in many of the prin
cipal hotels and business blocks of the large cities. Mr. Flynn is at
the head of a prosperous business house, and his prosperity is in no
small measure due to the sturdy integrity that he took away with him
from New Hampshire as a part of his birthright. The talents given to
him have been entered upon, and through years of faithful, con
scientious endeavor, he has pushed his way forward and upward to
prosperity and success. He does not forget his native state: frequently
he returns to renew the acquaintances of his boyhood, he keeps closely
in touch with the scenes of his youth, is well versed in the events that
are daily transpiring in New Hampshire, and holds through the varying
routine of a busy man's life his youthful affection for the state that gave
him birth, and that claims him now as one of her own though he has
gone out from among her citizens. Among the business men of Bos
ton, Mr. Flynn ranks as a solid and conservative merchant. He con
trols a special line of business, and with that is satisfied; yet his rewards
have not been insignificant, and he daily is adding to the measure of
his success and daily notes the increase that comes from the exercise
of honest judgment, careful supervision, and unswerving integrity.
JAMES FLYNN.
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| "HE mechanic who wins honorable place deserves notice equally
with the winner in commercial and professional life. Charles
Albion Langley, the oldest son and child of Moses and Sarah (Gear)
Langley, was born at Dover, in March, 1850. He is now among the
leading residents of Washington, D. C. Mr. Langley received his
early education in the public schools, and left home at sixteen to make
his way in life. He worked in New London, Conn., and Brookline,
Mass., at anything that offered, and at nineteen years of age entered
his apprenticeship as a carpenter at the latter place. Worked as a
journeyman at Cambridge and Brookline, Mass., until 1875, when he
came to Washington, where for four years he was still a journeyman,
though most of the time acting as foreman. In 1879, Mr. Langley
formed a partnership with a fellow-workman, and the firm rapidly
forged to the front as builders of fine private houses. The partnership
ceased in 1889. Among the houses built under Mr. Langley's super
vision are those of Chief Justice Richardson, United States court of
claims, the house of Senator Hearst of California, that of Capt. A. C.
Tyler, which is on the site of the house in which Harrison's secretary
of the navy, A. T. Tracy, met the horrible loss of his wife and daugh
ter through fire, and the Army and Navy club building, by far the
handsomest club house in Washington. Considerable of this work
has been done on the percentage plan, and such is Mr. Langley's
standing for probity that he has never been required to give bond or
had his accounts questioned. Recognizing the value of fraternity and
sociability among working-men, Mr. Langley has always been an earn
est promoter of social organizations. He has filled all the chairs in
the Odd Fellows lodge of which he is a member, as well as those of
the encampment. He was one of the original nine members of the
Mysterious club, an organization to promote social relations among
CHARLES A. LANGLEY.
business men and their families, which now numbers 260 members.
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�RED P. VIRGIN was born at East Concord, January 25, 1853,
He was educated
F the son of Rufus Virgin and Mary A. Stevens.
in the schools of East Concord and pursued an academic course in the
Penacook academy and at Pinkerton academy, Derry. At sixteen
years of age he began life for himself, and at that time went to Boston
and entered the employ of Martin L. Hall & Co., wholesale grocers.
For three years he worked in the store of this firm, and at the age
of nineteen engaged as a travelling salesman for them and followed that
vocation for ten years. For the past twelve years he has been a member
of the firm. Mr. Virgin won a rapid and deserved promotion by the
display of the true qualities of a New Hampshire character. With
genuine enthusiasm he began work while almost a mere boy, and with
pluck, with persistency, with stoutness of heart, and with honesty he
faithfully observed the rules of mercantile life. Studying his employers'
advantage no less than his own, he came naturally to the success that
awaited him. Mr. Virgin's life has been an active one, yet his activity
has met its reward.
The cares of his business have demanded his entire
attention, yet the acquaintances that he has cultivated bear witness to
his worth. The years of his life upon the road have quickened his per
ceptions, and the daily calls of his present labor cause them to be exerted
to the utmost. Vigorous, alert, and progressive, though young in years,
he has achieved a measure of success that would do credit to the exer
tions of a lifetime.
FRED P. VIRGIN.
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�H
ENRY A. EMERSON, of Henniker, has risen to a position of
success in the business world in New Hampshire through his
own efforts.
He was born at Concord, May 1, 1837, the child of Fen
ner H. Emerson and Clarinda (Baker) Emerson. He was educated in
the common schools, and in the academy at Franklin, and at Fisherville
academy. His family was poor, and at eleven years of age he went
away from his home to work upon a farm, laboring also in a shingle
mill and cotton mills, at Franklin, Fisherville, and Manchester, until he
was seventeen years old, when he went to Pepperell, Mass., to work in
a paper mill, and has followed that calling ever since,—beginning at the
bottom and working his way up to the head without assistance. After mas
tering the details of the paper trade, Mr. Emerson went to Henniker in
1871, where he began business with the Contoocook Valley Paper com
pany, of which corporation he is now president and treasurer, having held
that position since 1886. Mr. Emerson in his business career has
mastered all the essentials; by care and attention to his business he has
achieved an enviable reputation in the commercial world; and among
those who come daily in contact with him, Mr. Emerson is ranked
high in esteem. His only official position he held in the '70s, when
for two years he was a representative to the legislature from Hen
niker. This lack of political honor, however, is due to Mr. Emerson's
own desire, since he never sought without receiving. Mr. Emerson's
life has been purely commercial: beginning with nothing, he has won
much; without influence, he has exerted his own influence; beginning
without capital, through the capital of honesty, Integrity, and fidelity,
the capital of every New Hampshire boy, Mr. Emerson has entered upon
his talent and improved it.
HENRY A. EMERSON.
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�LBERT C. LORD was born at Tilton, July 30, 1852, and has
always resided in that town. At the age of sixteen he began
to learn the trade of watchmaker and jeweller. When nineteen years
old he engaged in that business for himself, which he continued till
1887. In 1875 he, in company with his brother, began the manufacture
of optical goods, under the firm name of Lord Brothers January 1,
1893, the new firm of the Lord Bros. Mfg. Co. was organized—a stock
company with a capital of $50,000, of which he is president, and which
now manufactures and supplies to the trade by travelling salesmen an
annual output of $75,000. This business has been largely built up
through Mr. Lord's personal industry and oversight. The careful train
ing which he experienced in his early days gave him a practical knowl
edge of the business which has stood him in good stead in his enlarged
relations; to this he has added, moreover, a personal acquaintance with
the trade which he aims to supply, and from this he has drawn his
highest incentive to perfection. The magnitude of his firm's operations,
the extent of their sales, and the breadth of territory covered by their
agents, has made him through his wares known far and wide, and by
those wares known as a sterling, upright, honorable, business man.
This is high praise, but to it must be added the record of the esteem in
which Mr. Lord is held at home by his employés and business asso
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ciates.
ALBERT C. LORD.
�EW Hampshire's progress in the next few years must inevitably
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be to a large extent northward. Coös and Carroll counties
have long been comparatively undeveloped. Only recently have their
latent resources in mountain, stream, forest, and meadow been to any
extent made productive. Now, however, the movement has fairly
begun, and a genuine western “boom” exists at many points in the
north country. It is to the beautiful scenery of this part of the state
that New Hampshire owes her title ‘‘the Switzerland of America,” and
it is the yearly influx of visitors from the four corners of the globe that
has largely contributed to give Coös and Carroll their present position
in the line of progress. The north land, however, has been remarkably
fortunate of late in the character of its leaders. Like all pioneers, they
have been strong, bold, and aggressive. But they have been more than
that. They have united the westerner's enterprise with the Yankee's con
servative prudence. They have built broadly, but firmly and well, and
future generations in northern New Hampshire will have just cause to
remember the wisdom and foresight of the men of to-day. A typical
member of the younger class of these leaders is Walter Pitman of Bart
lett. He was born December 25, 1855, the son of Joseph and Sarah
Charles Pitman of Bartlett, and received an education in the public
schools of that town, which he has since materially supplemented by
travel, observation, and experience. The measure of confidence with
which he is regarded by his fellow-citizens, is shown by the fact that he
served as selectman of the town in 1885, and in 1887 was chosen repre
sentative to the state legislature. So efficiently valuable was his service
in that body, that he was returned for a second term, serving with
WALTER PITMAN.
similar credit in the house of 1889.
�RA WHITCHER of Haverhill (Woodsville) was born in Coventry
(now Benton), December 2, 1815. His father, William Whitcher,
was one of the first settlers of the town, where he reared a family
of sixteen children, the subject of this sketch being the seventh.
His grandfather, Chase Whitcher, was one of the early settlers of
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Warren, and was active as a soldier in the War of the Revolution,
serving for quite a period as one of the committee of safety for the
northern part of the state. Mr. Whitcher received only a limited com
mon-school education, and engaged in the lumber business in his
native town, a business which he has since carried on extensively in
Benton, Warren, and at Woodsville, he having removed to the latter
place from Benton in 1870.
Mr. Whitcher has filled various town
offices in both Benton and Haverhill. He represented Benton in the
New Hampshire legislature in 1845, 46, '50, 51, ’63, and '64, and
Haverhill in 1891–92. He was a member of the constitutional con
vention of 1850, and was chosen by the legislature of 1864 one of the
commission to supervise the rebuilding of the state house. He served
for six years, 1867–73, as one of the county commissioners of Grafton
county, the county almshouse being constructed during his term of
service. He was largely instrumental in securing the removal of the
county-seat to Woodsville, and was one of the special commission
which built the present handsome court-house at that place. Mr.
Whitcher was married, November 27, 1843, to Lucy Royce, and two of
his four children, William F. Whitcher, editor of the Boston Daily
Traveller, and Mrs. Chester Abbott of Woodsville, are still living.
IRA. WHITCHER.
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�HARLES PARKER was born May 21, 1826, in Lisbon. He
was educated in the common and high schools in Lisbon, New
bury seminary, and Phillips academy, Danville, Vt. After completing
his education, in 1851 he moved to Lyman, where he, in connection
with James R. Young, formed the business firm of Parker & Young,
and entered into mercantile and manufacturing pursuits. In 1856 the
firm established another store in Lisbon. In 1864 they disposed of
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their Lyman business, Mr. Parker moving to Lisbon, where he has since
resided.
In 1884 the partnership was terminated by the death of Mr.
Young, and the Parker & Young Manufacturing company was formed,
Mr. Parker being its treasurer and general manager. In the affairs of
Lyman and Lisbon Mr. Parker has been prominent, having represented
both towns for two years each in the house of representatives. He has
been a justice of the peace and quorum throughout the state for more
than thirty years. His business success has been great, although he
has suffered large losses in several disastrous fires. But he has faced
and braved all such reverses, which would have overcome men of a less
determined and resolute character. Throughout the entire north coun
try, few men are better known or more highly esteemed than Mr. Parker.
His genial presence, his endowed vigor of body and intellect, have won
for him a high place in public affection, while his unflagging enterprise
and indomitable zeal have made him known throughout the business cir
cles of New England.
To him, perhaps as to no other man, the town
of Lisbon, with its varied and progressive enterprises, owes much of its
prosperity. He was one of the first directors in the Lisbon bank, and
as a member of the legislature was very instrumental in securing that
CHARLES PARKER.
institution's charter.
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�AMES N. MCCOY was born in Thornton, December 11, 1848,
and is the son of Nathan McCoy and Mary A. (Cilley) McCoy.
During the childhood of Mr. McCoy his parents moved to Con
cord, and in the public schools of that city the subject of this sketch
was educated, finishing his education at Newbury (Vt.) academy, where
he was a classmate of Col. Charles A. Sinclair. After leaving school,
for the two years from 1862 to 1864, Mr. McCoy was employed in the
Sinclair House, Bethlehem, and in 1866 he went to Iowa, where he
became agent for the Walter A. Wood harvesting machines, achieving
in this line of work marked success, until his return East a few years
later, when he embarked in the roofing business in New York city, fol
lowing this until 1880. He then returned to the state of his birth, and
became engaged in lumbering and real estate business in northern New
Hampshire, in which he has continued until the present time, now giv
ing his services to the Winnipiseogee Paper company, of Franklin,
having charge of that corporation's extensive interest in the Pemige
wasset valley and throughout the entire north part of the state. Mr.
McCoy is a sturdy son of New Hampshire; genial but unassuming, he
nevertheless has worked his way forward to a competence, and the
responsible position that he now occupies is due solely to his capability,
his steadfastness, his fidelity, and his energy.
JAMES N. McCOY.
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�IDNEY BENJAMIN WHITTEMORE was born at Colebrook,
July 21, 1839, the son of a farmer, Benjamin Whittemore, and
of Elmira (Chandler) Whittemore. His boyhood was passed upon his
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father's farm, and he attended the common schools of Colebrook, and
Colebrook academy, and yet resides upon the old Whittemore home
stead, where he carries on the farm bequeathed to him by his father,
and is engaged as a shipper of country produce. Mr. Whittemore is a
man of rare good judgment, and in the affairs of Colebrook and Coös
county, and even of the state, has been an active factor in shaping
events. In 1875 and 1876 he was treasurer of Coös county; in 1885
he was a member of the legislature, and served his state faithfully. For
three terms he was a member of the board of agriculture, and co-oper
ated heartily in all the progressive matters of the board during his term
of service. In 1885 he was appointed a member of the board of trustees
of the New Hampshire College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts,
and by re-appointment still holds that position. To the duties of this
position Mr. Whittemore has given much attention. He is deeply
interested in the work of the college, and was one of the warmest advo
cates of its removal from Hanover to Durham; and in the work of
establishing the college in its new home, Mr. Whittemore has been
prominent. Mr. Whittemore was a member of the New Hampshire
National Guard during the period of the reorganization of that body,
and at the time of his retirement from military service was captain of
Company I, of the Third regiment. Mr. Whittemore is one of the solid
farmers of the state. Bringing to agricultural pursuits the advantages
SIDNEY B. WHITTEMORE.
derived from study and observation, he has been enabled, in his work as
a shipper of country produce, by closely following the markets, to attain
success not always given to endeavor, and the permanence of that suc
cess is justified by the care with which its results have been attained.
�T is a characteristic of New Hampshire men that they readily turn
their hands to almost any occupation. This characteristic in a
successful degree belongs to Frank Parker Brown of Whitefield, who
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was born in Bow, March 24, 1847, and is the son of Parker Brown and
Clara A. Gault.
He was educated in the common schools of his native
town, at Colby academy, New London, finishing with a course at
the commercial college in Concord, and immediately entering upon a
business career as merchant, following that calling for ten years, since
which time he has been variously engaged in lumbering, farming,
banking, and milling, and always with an unequivocal measure of pros
perity. Mr. Brown is a Republican in politics, and his natural activity
has led him to prominence in his party. In 1876 and 1877 he was a
member of the legislature, and from 1885 to 1887 he held a commission
as commissary general on Governor Currier's staff. During the recent
campaign he was his party's candidate for sheriff of Coös county, and
made a most gallant and so nearly successful fight as to win the plaudits
of his party associates all over the state. Mr. Brown's zealous activity
has led him to take an intense interest in the development of the town
in which he resides, and no public institution has been formed in recent
years without his earnest personal coöperation. He has held many
town offices, at present holding the position of town treasurer, and is
president of the Whitefield Banking and Trust company. He is also
president of the Whitefield Aqueduct company and treasurer of the
Whitefield Manufacturing company. Mr. Brown has made himself a
factor in whatever he has undertaken.
In none of the enterprises in
which he has embarked has he failed to assume a prominent place,
either at the outset or as the institutions have become developed.
His
nature would permit no other result. Modestly ambitious, Mr. Brown
has made his future secure by the record of his past.
FRANK PARKER BROWN.
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�O be the highly popular manager of the most successful hotel in
Chicago in this Columbian year, 1893, is an enviable distinction,
and it belongs to a New Hampshire man, Oscar G. Barron, of the Ray
mond & Whitcomb Grand hotel. He was born in Quechee, Windsor
county, Vt., October 17, 1851, the son of Asa T. and Clarissy (Dem
mon) Barron.
His education was gained in the schools at White
River Junction, Vt., and in the Williston (Vt.) and Thetford (Vt.)
academies. His lifelong occupation has been hotel-keeping, with every
department of which he is thoroughly acquainted, and in the pursuit of
which he has gained a success that is almost unrivalled. The mere
mention of the houses over which he has exercised a guiding care, tells
the story of his remarkable career. The list includes the Senate restau
rant at Washington, D.C.; Putnam hotel, Palatka, Florida; the great
Eastman hotel, Hot Springs, Arkansas; Raymond & Whitcomb Grand,
Chicago, Illinois; Twin Mountain House, Crawford House, Fabyan
House, Mount Pleasant House, and Summit House in the White
mountains.
In addition to these business cares, Mr.
Barron has
found time and opportunity to enter extensively into public life. He
has held about all the offices in the town of Carroll, including chair
man of the board of selectmen for many years, justice of the peace,
and member of the house of representatives. He acquired the title
of colonel by service upon the staff of Gov. Charles H. Sawyer, and
has held the office of postmaster through all changes of administra
tion since he was 20 years of age. A Chicago writer, speaking of
the Grand hotel, says: “The management of this unique hotel was
entrusted by its promoters to Mr. Oscar G. Barron. The result is a
splendid organization, excellent service, and a fine cuisine. Mr. Bar
ron, who is a bluff New Englander of fine physique, gives his personal
attention to every department of this unique hotel, his alertness and
indefatigability being proverbial among those who know him.”
OSCAR G. BARRON.
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�DSON JAMES HILL, the son of James Riggs Hill and Sophia
Pickering, was born in Concord, October 19, 1857, and was
educated in the schools of that city and at St. Paul's school. At the
age of seventeen he became book-keeper for J. R. Hill & Co., manu
facturers of the Concord harness, and until 1884 was employed in that
capacity. He then became landlord of the Phenix hotel, which had
been for half a century one of the leading hostelries of the state, and
maintained his relations with it until the organization of the Eagle &
Phenix Hotel Co., in 1889, of which he became treasurer and man
aging director, and is now the moving spirit of the corporation, which,
by lavish expenditure of money, has remodelied the Eagle hotel, making
it, in equipment, appurtenances, cuisine, and advantages, among the
leading hotels in New England. Mr. Hill, in addition to his duties in
connection with the management of this property, is also a trustee in the
Union Guaranty Savings bank, and a director in the Capital Fire
Insurance company. Mr. Hill is the principal owner and manager of
the J. R. Hill estate, and his rent-roll covers many of the finest of the
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stores for which Concord has of late become noted.
As a financier Mr.
Hill has developed remarkable sagacity, and with unerring acuteness
has placed himself in the van of public progress in his native city.
Improvement has waited rather upon him than he upon it; justly proud
of his reputation as a landlord, he has increased his holdings in real
estate, and has in each case improved the property that has come into
his possession. Mr. Hill is a quiet, cultured gentleman in private life,
suave and courteous in manner; in him the reputation of an honored
name maintains itself, and the wisdom of a sagacious sire is perpetu
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�ALTER M. ROGERS was born at Plymouth, and is the son
of John Rogers, a merchant of that place, who was a man of
more than ordinary abilities, of fine presence, cultured literary taste,
—in short, a true gentleman of the old school. Mr. Rogers's family is
one of the best. His uncle, Nathaniel P. Rogers, was one of the early
Abolitionists, and was associated with George Thompson, William Lloyd
Garrison, and Wendell Phillips. He was the editor of The Herald of
Freedom, an anti-slavery paper of those days. As a newspaper writer
he was considered by his contemporaries unequalled by any in the jour
nalistic field. Mr. Rogers himself has been in mercantile life since the
age of seventeen, and for fully thirty years has been connected with the
Bradley Fertilizer company, of Boston, the leading fertilizer company
of America, whose representative he now is. In this capacity Mr. Rogers
has visited every quarter of New Hampshire, and in each community that
he has visited he numbers his friends by the score, winning them with
ease, and retaining them with permanence. A lover of fine horses, Mr.
Rogers has made his numerous tours through New Hampshire behind
some of the finest roadsters that have ever pressed the highways of the
state. His genial, sunny nature has endeared him to all with whom he
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has come in contact, in both a business and a social manner.
His rela
tions have been not only those of a business associate, but of a friend,
—firm, enduring, substantial. Mr. Rogers is ardently in love with the
beautiful scenery of his native state, and interested in all the measures
looking to its preservation. Keen, clear in his perceptions, rapid in his
conclusions, honorable in his dealings with all men, aided by the warmth
of his sunny character, he has achieved a remarkable success for himself
and his employers, a success that finds its more enduring encomium in
his long years of service, in his increasing number of patrons, in the
deepening of his fraternal ties.
WALTER M. ROGERS.
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LARK FERRON ROWELL was born in Goshen, February 20,
1834, and was educated in the common schools and Tubbs’s
academy at Washington, under Prof. D. H. Sanborn. For many
years he has resided in Keene, and has held municipal offices; was six
years a member of the board of education, and has sat in the common
council. During the administration of Governor Weston he was ser
geant-at-arms of the New Hampshire legislature, and has been the
candidate of his party for state treasurer at several different elections.
In Keene he holds several positions of trust, having been a trustee in the
Keene Five Cents Savings bank since its organization, treasurer of the
Keene Humane society, and member of the board of health. For the past
ten years he has been travelling agent of the Cheshire and Fitchburg
railroads, numbering his acquaintances and friends by the hundreds, and
having been second vice-president of the White Mountain Travellers'
association. In Masonic circles Mr. Rowell stands high, having received
all the degrees, up to and including the thirty-second, in regular order.
For several years he was treasurer of the Hugh De Payens commandery,
Knights Templar, of Keene, and is a member of the grand chapter of
New Hampshire. Mr. Rowell is a most urbane gentleman, his occu
pation naturally bringing him into contact with thousands of men
annually. He has so delicately and tactfully conducted his business as
to make each of those thousands of men his friend.
The soul of honor.
the positions of trust to which he has been chosen, and for which he has
been made his party's candidate, but emphasize his integrity, and the
various official positions which he has held serve only to call attention
to his ability. In the city of Keene, in the state of New Hampshire.
indeed through all New England, Mr. Rowell finds ready welcome by
the unostentatious merit of his life, by the cordial friendliness of his
greeting, and by the warm depths of his comprehensive friendship.
CLARK F. ROWELL.
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�EORGE ALVIN SANDERS was born in Laconia, December Io,
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1846, and was educated in the public schools of that place and
at Appleton academy at New Ipswich. He began his business career
by entering his father's store as a clerk, but shortly after, in 1864, he
removed to Boston, where he became book-keeper for a wholesale house,
relinquishing this a year later to enter the employ of Abram French &
Co., by whom for twenty-one years he was employed as a travelling
salesman, canvassing almost the entire New England states in his routes.
In 1886 his father's failing health drew him back to his old home in
Laconia, where, in company with his brother, he assumed the manage
ment of his father's business, under the firm name of Sanders Brothers,
a partnership which terminated in 1892, when Colonel Sanders assumed
sole charge. As a Republican, Colonel Sanders has been prominent.
In the legislature of 1889–90 he headed a successful legislative ticket
in Laconia. In 1891 he was made an aide-de-camp on the staff of Gov
ernor Tuttle, with the rank of colonel. In 1892 he was chosen a com
missioner of Belknap county. Colonel Sanders was active in the
formation of the White Mountain Travellers association, and serves it
as secretary and treasurer. In the new city government of Laconia he
holds the position of chief engineer of the fire department. He is a
trustee of the Belknap Savings bank, and a director in the Laconia Gas
company. In secret society circles he takes rank as a thirty-second degree
Mason, eminent commander of Pilgrim commandery, Knights Templar,
a Knight of Pythias, and a Red Man. And everywhere he takes rank
as a whole-souled, genial, companionable, active man, the best of
COL. GEORGE A. SANDERS.
friends, the truest of comrades.
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�R. GRAN VILLE P. CONN was born in Hillsborough, January
25, 1832, of mingled Scotch, Irish, and English ancestry. He
resided at home until the age of sixteen, attending the common schools
and working upon the farm, following this with a few months of school
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at Francestown and Pembroke academies, and with two years at the
Military academy at Norwich, Vt., preparing himself for the profession
of civil engineering, which ill-health compelled him to relinquish. He
then studied medicine with Dr. H. B. Brown of Hartford, Vt., at the
same time teaching school. He attended two courses of medical lec
tures at Woodstock, Vt., and at Dartmouth Medical college, receiving
his degree from that institution in 1856, and immediately began the
practice of his profession in East Randolph, Vt., continuing it at Rich
mond, in the same state, until August 19, 1862, when he was commis
sioned assistant-surgeon in the Twelfth Vermont volunteers, serving
with this regiment in the field; was mustered out of the United States
service in 1863. In the fall of that year he came to Concord, where
he has since remained in the practice of his profession, advancing until
he stands in the lead in the medical profession in the state. Dr. Conn,
as a physician, has given much attention to matters of public health,
and has served as city physician of Concord, as president of the state
board of health, and as vice-president of the National Association of
Railway Surgeons. In all of these positions Dr. Conn has taken advance
guard upon sanitary problems. The health laws of New Hampshire
were largely drafted by him, and the present efficiency of the state board
of health is largely due to his efforts during his years as president. Dr.
Conn's ability has been recognized by the trustees of Dartmouth Med
ical college, who honored him with a position upon the faculty of that
DR. GRAN VILLE P. CONN.
institution; and he is a member of numerous medical and scientific
associations.
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�F' A. STILLINGS was born at Jefferson, March
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1849, the son of Anson Stillings and Phoebe de Forest (Kenison)
Stillings.
His preliminary education was secured in the high and pri
vate schools, and he took a degree in medicine from Dartmouth Med
ical college in 1870, and completed his professional studies at the
Rotunda in Dublin, Ireland, from which he graduated in 1874. After
graduating from Dartmouth, he was assistant physician at the McLean
hospital in Somerville, Mass., for three years; then he went abroad,
where he studied in Dublin, Paris, and London, returning to this
country in 1874, and settling in Concord, where he has since resided,
and has secured a prominent position among the medical fraternity of
the state, and has built up an exacting practice, which extends to wide
territorial limits. During his residence in Concord, Dr. Stillings has
served as United States pension examining surgeon, and as chief sur
geon for the Concord division of the Concord & Montreal railroad. He
has been connected with the hospital service in Concord since its incep
tion, and is now a visiting physician and surgeon on the staff of the
Margaret Pillsbury general hospital. From 1891 to 1893 he was sur
geon-general of the New Hampshire National Guard, by appointment
from Governor Tuttle. Dr. Stillings, though still young, may recount
many a weighty professional achievement. A solidity of learning, a
brilliancy of execution, a readiness of diagnosis, and a skilfulness in
treatment, have combined to win him professional standing and success,
and among his fellows in the profession, as well as among those who
know him, he is hailed as a genial, cultured, and welcome companion.
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�New Hampshire
A MONG the prominentC.physicians ofwho was born at
classed Dr. Anson
Alexander,
must be
Littleton,
October 10, 1855, and was educated at the New Hampton institute and
Colby academy, New London. His parents were among the pioneers
of northern New Hampshire. Both great grandfathers were Revolu
tionary soldiers, and fought at Bunker Hill. His medical education
was obtained in Philadelphia, at the Hahnemann Medical college, Phil
adelphia school of anatomy and surgery, and the Pennsylvania hospital,
receiving his diploma from that institution in 1881. Dr. Alexander's
career in the medical college was characterized by high scholarship. In
1880 he won the one hundred dollar gold medal for superior scholarship
in all branches, the first honor of that degree ever taken by a New
England student. In September following his graduation from the med
ical college, Dr. Alexander began the practice of his profession at Pen
acook, where he has since resided, each year adding to his success. His
practice, from the first, was large, and in later years he has come to be
almost a specialist in diseases of lungs, and in that peculiarly New Eng
land disease, the scourge consumption. This disease Dr. Alexander
has made a special study, and as years have gone on and opportunities
increased he has given more and more attention to the alleviation and
cure of it, and his success has been very gratifying. As a physician in
general practice also, his skill has been called constantly into requisition
by the demands of a practice covering territory of miles in extent. In
the community in which he lives Dr. Alexander stands high in every
circle. He is a Mason, a Knight Templar, a member of Mount Horeb
commandery. The enterprising physician has been also a good citizen,
his time has been freely given in reply to public demands, and to the
extent of his power he has served the community well. He is yet young,
and his successes lie before him. Some are past, yet those that have
gone are such as to indicate that greater ones are yet beyond.
�was born July 29,
H.,
D IXI CROSBY, M.D., Alpheus Benning 1869, at Hanover, N. sur
son of the late Prof.
Crosby, professor of
gical anatomy at Bellevue hospital, New York city, and grandson of the
late Prof. Dixi Crosby, the celebrated physician and surgeon who was
dean of Dartmouth's medical faculty for thirty years. His preparatory
studies were pursued at Holderness school, Holderness, N. H., and at
Tufts college, Somerville, Mass. He received his medical education at
Bellevue Hospital Medical college, New York city, and at the Dartmouth
Medical college, at which institution he graduated with high honor
and distinction in 1890. Prior to his graduation he was appointed
demonstrator of anatomy and prosector at Dartmouth Medical college.
In 1890 he commenced the practice of his profession in New York city,
where he was appointed clinical assistant in the genito-urinary class, out
patient department of Bellevue, and also to a similar position in the
Vanderbilt clinic. At the same time, he received the appointment of
clinical assistant in the throat department of Bellevue.
In 1891 he was
appointed assistant visiting surgeon, O. P. D., of St. Mary's hospital,
which position he filled until March, 1892, when he removed to Exeter,
N. H., where he is now engaged in his profession. In the same year
he graduated at the Broome-street Midwifery dispensary in New York
city. He is a member of the New York County Medical association,
and fellow of the New Hampshire State Medical society. In 1895 he
was elected a member of the American Academy of Social and Political
Advancement, and also appointed pension examiner by President Cleve
land. By reason of his interest in the Humane society, he was appointed
by Sheriff Coffin deputy sheriff to enforce the laws for prevention of
cruelty to animals, in 1893. In 1891 he presented to the profession the
DR. DIXI CROSBY.
“Crosby Surgical Needle Holder,” an improved and valuable instrument
in the practice of surgery. He is unmarried.
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�HE name and fame of Dr. J. Alonzo Greene, like good wine
T “needs no bush.” He was born in Whitingham, Vt., October 5,
1845, the son of Reuben and Lydia (Wasto) Greene, and was educated
in the schools of Boston and at the Ohio Medical institute at Cincin
nati, from which he graduated in 1867. Dr. Greene's education was
preceded by hardship, for in 1861 he set out from Boston with three
dollars and brought up at Pike's Peak, Colorado, where he enlisted in
Company H, First Colorado cavalry. He was wounded in battle at
Sand Creek, but served throughout the war and was mustered out at
Fort Leavenworth in 1865. After his graduation from the Medical
college, Dr. Greene for several years was engaged in private practice,
but the fortunate discovery of “Dr. Greene's Nervura,” a vegetable
remedy of great merit, turned him from the path of private practice to
that of a dispenser of patent medicine, and he built up a business which
is bounded only by civilization. Now, however, he has in a measure
retired from the exacting cares of his large business, and at Long
Island in Lake Winnipiseogee he has established a poultry and stock
farm, the largest and most beautiful in the world, where with lavish
hand he entertains and enjoys the goods which the gods have provided.
Dr. Greene is prominent in Masonry, Odd Fellowship, and the Knights
of Pythias, and is a member of the Amoskeag Veterans and the Grand
Army of the Republic. The doctor organized and is the president and
principal owner of the Winnipiseogee Transportation company, as well
as other enterprises about the lake region.
DR, J. ALONZO GREENE.
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�D". EDWARD BOYNTON DAVIS, secretary of the New Hamp
shire board of registration in dentistry, was born in Concord,
April 2, 1854, and is the son of Charles W. Davis and Helen M.
(Boynton) Davis.
He pursued a course of study in the public schools
of his native city, and entered the dental office of Cummings & Young,
in March, 1873, remaining there for nearly six years, during which time
he also attended the Boston Dental college, graduating with the class of
1879. Immediately upon his graduation Dr. Davis returned to his native
city and established himself in practice, where, with constantly increas
ing success, he has since remained.
His patients have grown yearly
more numerous, and his standing among his professional associates has
been annually enhanced, as is attested by the fact that he is now vice
president of the New Hampshire Dental society, and vice-president of
the Alumni association of the Boston Dental college, and member of
the New England Dental society and of the National association of
dental examiners. His position as secretary of the New Hampshire
board of registration in dentistry was assumed in 1891, by appointment
of Governor Tuttle, upon the formation of the board. Aside from his
prominence in his profession, Dr. Davis has been active in other walks
of life, having been one of the promoters of the Young Men's Christian
association in Concord, and is at present one of its most active coad
jutors. Though never holding office, Dr. Davis has evinced a warm
interest in politics, taking a prominent part in successive municipal cam
paigns. Dr. Davis is a most courteous gentleman, well schooled in the
amenities of life; in him one finds a warm friend, to whom is yielded
the credit of worth, and for him the future presents inspiring views of
hope crowned with the reward that follows faithful, meritorious work in
any line of life, especially when measured, as in the present case, with
the “golden rule.”
DR. EDWARD BOYNTON DAVIS.
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�ON. GEORGE W. PIERCE was born in Winchester, April
24, 1833. He was educated in Townshend, Vt., at the New
England Institute in New York city, and at Shelburne Falls, Mass.
H
He studied medicine with his father, Hosea Pierce, a famous old-time
physician, and was graduated from the Berkshire (Mass.) medical col
lege in 1854. He established himself in practice in his native town
and has since resided there, with the exception of a year and a half
spent in the service of his country as assistant surgeon and surgeon of
the First New Hampshire cavalry. Dr. Pierce's military experience
was filled with excitement.
In November, 1864, he was wounded and
made prisoner, and was confined until the following March in Libby
prison. During his incarceration he was promoted to be surgeon for
meritorious and gallant conduct on the field. His military service em
braced participation in fifty-two battles and he was wounded five times.
Following his service in the army he took up his practice in Winches
ter, and served until 1875 as pension examining surgeon, being again
appointed in 1893 and was removed by the Cleveland administration.
He served upon the staff of Governor Moody Currier as surgeon-general,
and in the Grand Army of the Republic has held the position of com
mander of E. N. Taft post. For twenty-five years he has been a jus
tice of the peace. He has always been an active partisan, and for
twenty years was a member of the Republican state committee. In
1875 he was a member of the house of representatives, and in 1891
represented his district in the New Hampshire senate. In the medical
profession Dr. Pierce takes a high rank, his practice being both exten
sive and lucrative, and is followed with a remarkable measure of success.
In all public affairs he takes an ardent interest, and in private life his
kindly disposition endears him to an ever-increasing circle of friends.
HON. (EORGE W. PIERCE.
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�EN. CHARLES W. STEVENS, of Nashua, was born in Caven
dish, Vt., in 1844. For more than forty-six years he has resided
in New Hampshire, and here has won his success in life, a success
ustly entitling him to be ranked among the leaders of the state. In
business life, General Stevens is a builder and contractor, the owner of
extensive quarries, and a director or stockholder in many manufacturing
corporations. During the war General Stevens served with the First
New Hampshire cavalry, and has been a prominent member of the
Grand Army of the Republic since the formation of the order. He is
a past commander of John G. Foster post, Nashua, and in 1892 he was
an aide-de-camp on the personal staff of Gen. John Palmer, com
mander-in-chief of the Grand Army of the Republic. In 1889, upon
the erection of the New Hampshire Soldiers' home at Tilton, General
Stevens was selected by Governor Goodell as one of the first board of
managers, and by re-appointment from Governor Tuttle he still holds
the position. From Governor Tuttle also he was honored with an
appointment as quartermaster-general on his staff. General Stevens has
always been a Republican, and as such has been valuable to his party
as a leader or a counsellor. His fellow-citizens repeatedly elected him
a member of the Nashua common council, of which body he was presi
dent for one term; and for four years he was a member of the board of
education in his city. In 1885 he was a member of the house of rep
resentatives, and in the campaigns of 1888 and the four years following,
he was the efficient chairman of the Republican city committee. General
Stevens, though born in Vermont, has lived so long in New Hampshire
as to have assimilated the characteristics of the state.
He is indus
trious, therefore successful; he is genial, therefore popular; he is hon
orable, therefore respected.
�A.J. HARRY B. CILLEY was born in Manchester, May 13,
1862, and is the son of the late Jacob G. and Martha B. Cilley,
his mother being the daughter of the late Rev. Nathaniel Bouton,
D. D., of Concord, for more than forty years pastor of the North church
and first state historian of New Hampshire. At the age of eight years
Major Cilley went to Europe, where in the schools of Germany and
Switzerland he laid the foundation of his education, completing his
course of study in the public schools of Manchester after his return to
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America, and in St. Paul's school, Concord, where he remained four
years.
Following this, he was a student at the Cambridge (Mass.)
High school, and afterwards studied in the law school of Harvard
university. For two years thereafter, Major Cilley was connected with
a broker's firm in Boston, and was for a year engaged in mercantile pur
suits with his cousin, Bradbury J. Cilley, at Buffalo, N. Y. During the
three years following these employments he resided at Concord, where
he gave much of his time to his official duties in connection with the
New Hampshire National Guard, with which organization he began his
connection in May, 1882, when he became commissary-sergeant in the
Third regiment. May 24, 1884, he was promoted to be first lieutenant
and regimental quartermaster, and May Io, 1889, was again promoted
to be major and inspector of rifle practice in the First brigade, holding
this position until February 6, 1891, when he took up his residence in
Washington, D.C., whither he was called by appointment as private
secretary to the second auditor of the treasury. On November 2, 1891,
Major Cilley was commissioned first lieutenant and adjutant of the
Sixth battalion of the District of Columbia National Guard, and was
MAJ. HARRY B. CILLEY.
promoted to the position of captain and adjutant of the Second regi
ment in the same organization in the following December, holding that
position at the present time.
�J'
GANNON, JR., now residing in Manchester, was born in
Maine, forty-one years ago, and has resided in Manchester for many
years, where he has followed the business of an interior decorator,
being renowned for the remarkably fine work that he has turned out,
decorating many of the most important public buildings, churches, halls,
business places, and the finest residences throughout the state, among
them being the Rockingham House, at Portsmouth, and Governor
Smith's elegant residence at Hillsborough Bridge, Mr. Gannon has
served meritoriously in the New Hampshire National Guard, as adjutant
of the First regiment, for three years, serving also under Generals White
and Patterson as brigade commissary for four years. He is at present
adjutant of the battalion of Amoskeag Veterans, and is also connected
with the military affairs of the state as captain of Company C, Man
chester, the Upton light infantry. Mr. Gannon is a Mason, and a
Knight Templar. He is also a member of the Red Men, having served
as a district deputy in that order, and having passed through the chairs
in Agawan's tribe, No. 80. Mr. Gannon is a genial, companionable
man, numbering his friends throughout the state by hundreds, and his
prominence among New Hampshire's citizens is due to his own manly
qualities, that have won for him the approbation of those about him.
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�HERE is a man in Manchester who has seen the entire develop
ment of the city thus far, and who has typified in himself the in
dustry, skill, honesty, faithfulness, liberality, goodfellowship, loyalty,
and readiness which have been the characteristics of her people. He
was one of her best mechanics. He was for sixteen years her popular
postmaster. He has always been one of her best citizens. He is
everybody's friend and helper. He was one of the founders of the Re
publican party and no other has done more to promote its success. He
is honest above suspicion, generous to a fault, genial, unassuming,
genuine everywhere and at all times. Joseph L. Stevens was born
upon what is now the city farm in Manchester, January 15, 1827. He
was the son of Ephraim and Olive Leach Stevens. He attended the
district school at Manchester Centre until he was fifteen years old, and
then received instruction two terms in a private academy kept by John
G. Sherburne, which completed his school education. In 1846 he en
tered the Amoskeag machine shop, where he remained until February 2,
1849, when he started for California via Panama. After two years
spent in mining and other Pacific coast pursuits, he returned to his
lathe in the machine shop in Manchester. In 1854 he was employed a
few months in Lawrence, and then went to Boston, where he worked at
JOSEPH L. STEVENS.
his trade four years. In 1858 he again settled in Manchester, and
built the pump for the first Amoskeag fire-engine. He continued to
construct pumps for those engines until 1870, when he was appointed
postmaster, a position which he filled so acceptably that he was re
appointed again and again, and a fourth time, and served until the place
was wanted for a Democratic partisan in 1886, when he retired. He
has since been engaged to some extent in the insurance business and
the management of the Manchester Street railway.
�WO of the sons of the late John Farr have been prominently
T identified with
general affairs in this state. These are Evarts
W. Farr, who died while a member of congress, and George Farr, who
easily holds a position among the most prominent and useful citizens in
his locality.
His mother was Tryphena (Morse) Farr.
He early
learned the lessons of self-reliance, under circumstances which required
steady industry, and forbade him the ordinary recreations which to the
modern youth are regarded as a necessity. He was prepared for col
lege at the Thetford academy, in Vermont, and passed honorably
through a full college course at Amherst and Dartmouth, graduating at
the latter in 1862. Soon after he enlisted for a three years term,
assisted in raising Company D, of the Thirteenth regiment, at Littleton,
and served as its captain through the war. He was severely wounded,
June 1, 1864, at the Battle of Cold Harbor, and was unable to partici
pate in the further campaigns of his regiment, but did good service on
courts-martial and military commissions, at Norfolk, Va., until mustered
out in 1865, as the senior captain of his regiment, which was the first
organized body of Union troops that entered the rebel capital. Captain
Farr prepared himself for admission to the bar, but the condition of his
health prevented the gratification of his purpose in this direction. He
engaged in trade and manufacturing for some five years; was deputy
sheriff nine years, selectman two years, collector two years, and justice
of the police court of Littleton since 1880. Several years ago he pur
chased the Oak Hill House, and has made it a famous summer hostelry.
For several years he was master of Northern Pomona grange.
He was
for many years a member of the board of education, trustee of the public
library, and chairman of the committee on town history.
He was active
CAPT. GEORGE FARR.
in instituting a post of the Grand Army at Littleton, was one of its early
commanders, and was commander of New Hampshire G. A. R. in 1886.
�RA PARKER, the founder of the glove business in Littleton, the
general manager and treasurer of the Saranac Glove Co., was born
at Sugar Hill, October 7, 1846. He is the son of the late Silas Parker
and Eliza Stevens Parker. While attending the common school and
the academy at Lisbon, he devoted his evenings to the making of
gloves and mittens. When nineteen years of age he came to Littleton.
Bringing his ingenuity to bear upon the tanning business in its relation
to the making of gloves and mittens, he was soon manufacturing leather
with the grain on, a process for glove stock unknown to the world up
to that time. With push, sagacity, and hard work, he laid the founda
tions for a successful business career, and the working out of his ideas
has led to the industry of which Littleton is justly proud. He conducted
the business alone until 1875, when the firm of Ira Parker & Co. was
formed. This firm continued, under the successful management of Mr.
Parker, until all the glove interests of the town were combined in the
present stock company on December 31, 1889. As a citizen Mr.
Parker is liberal and public-spirited. He is a generous contributor to
the support of the religious interests of the town, is a member of the
Masonic bodies, represented the town in the legislature of 1887, and is
a director in both the Littleton National and Savings banks. He has
recently purchased a mountain, lying beyond his extensive farm lands,
about two miles from the village, and by a liberal expenditure of money
has an excellent road to the top, which commands one of the finest
mountain views in the state. November 23, 1869, he was married to
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Miss Louise R. Bronson of Littleton, N. H., with whom he lived until
IRA
PARKER.
her death January 7, 1879. June 1, 1882, he married Miss Mandane
A. Wright of Boston, Mass., with whom he is now living. To them
have been born two interesting children, a son and a daughter.
�HE paternal ancestry of Mr. Corning was of English origin.
The maternal line was
Irish-Presbyterian.
His father was Nathaniel Corning, and his
T That branch settled at Beverly, Mass.
mother, Mary (McMurphy) Corning.
Benjamin H. was born at Litch
field, July 15, 1835. His early education was in the schools there and
at Manchester. Developing aptitude for mechanical pursuits, he had
thoroughly covered the machinist's trade in the Amoskeag locomotive
works before he had fully come to manhood. With this tuition he entered
the employ of the Grand Trunk railroad at Gorham. He was with this
corporation several years. Subsequently he engaged in trade at Grove
ton, and was made postmaster there by appointment of President Lin
coln.
In 1866 he was made sheriff of Coös county by commission
from Gov. Frederick Smythe, and served a full term of four years. Mean
time, President Lyon of the B., C. & M. railroad was preparing to ex
tend his railroad system on two branches into Coös county and the
White mountains. Mr. Corning became associated with him in this
work in 1869, and was ever after one of his most trusted assistants. In
the last years before the transfer to the Boston & Lowell
was superintendent of the northern division.
company, he
In 1869 he made his res
idence in Lancaster, and in 1882 at Littleton, where he found a more
central location for attention to his duties as superintendent. From
1885 to 1889 he again held the office of sheriff, having been the first
Republican elected to it under the changed constitution. His insurance
agency, established at Littleton in 1885, is one of the most reliable and
best conducted in northern New Hampshire. He has earned a repu
tation as a most capable man of affairs, and in the management of
those large interests which are involved in the great industrial and me
chanical undertakings of the present time, he stands in the front rank.
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�HE town of Littleton has drawn liberally on the strong and pro
T gressive families of the Green Mountain state for leaders in its
business and professional circles. A representative of this region is
Charles C. Smith, president of the board of trade. He was born in
Danville, Vt., August 18, 1832, his parents being Hiram B. Smith and
Catharine (Colby) Smith. They came to Littleton long before it had
attained any such importance as a commercial or manufacturing centre
as it now enjoys. Their sons were educated in the local common and
high schools. Both adopted the occupation of their father, hardware
and tinware manufacturing. The subject of this sketch has devotedly
pursued this business for forty years, seven (from 1856 to 1864) at Gor
ham, and the remainder at Littleton. In that period he has accom
plished a large success. In the full possession of his physical and
mental powers, with the record of a long, profitable, and honorable
business career behind him, he now retires to a well earned respite from
business responsibilities. Mr. Smith has been repeatedly an incum
bent of public office, but never from his own seeking of it. He was
town clerk in 1865, '66, '67, and '68; selectman at Gorham, in 1863;
representative in the legislature, from Littleton, in 1869 and 1870; and
for three successive terms he has been elected chairman of the board
of supervisors, irrespective of the partisan result of the election on
other parts of the ticket. His conection with Freemasonry goes
almost back to the date of the establishment of Burns lodge at Littleton,
in 1859. He has always been zealously devoted to this institution.
He is a member of Franklin chapter, of Lisbon; Omega council, of
Plymouth; Aleppo temple, of Boston, and he has received the thirty
second degree in the consistory at Nashua. He was a charter member
of St. Gerard commandery of Knights Templar, of Littleton, and its
CHARLES C. SMITH.
eminent commander in 1888.
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�M
R. GREENE became a resident of Littleton in his youth, and
has ever since remained prominently identified with the affairs
of the town.
His parents were Josiah Greene and Rebekah Cram
(Bailey) Greene.
He was born in Weare, N.H., July 17, 1836.
He
received an academic education in the Green Mountain Liberal institute
at South Woodstock, Vt. For some years he followed a mechanical
trade, but gradually his adaptation to broader business pursuits became
recognized, and he was called to manage important undertakings. He
was a Republican in politics at the time of the formation of the party,
and has consistently adhered to its principles and policies. He early
identified himself with the Masonic institution, and was master of Burns
lodge at Littleton for several years.
He was made a chapter Mason at
Lisbon, and in 1868 became a charter member of St. Gerard command
ery and its first eminent commander. He was also master of Omega
council while it was located at Littleton. He is a 32 degree member of
the consistory at Nashua. He was grand commander of Knights Tem
plar of New Hampshire in 1877. Mr. Greene entered the army in Sep
tember, 1864, as orderly sergeant of Company I, First New Hampshire
heavy artillery, and December 26, 1864, was promoted to second lieu
tenant of Company I. He served faithfully to the end of the war, when
he entered the federal government service as route agent in the railway
mail. After ten years in this employment he resigned, and accepted
the office of indexer of records in the New Hampshire state treasury,
December, 1889. He was occupied on this work two years and two
months.
This laborious and difficult task covered the archives in one
department for the whole period of our state and provincial existence.
He was appointed postmaster at Littleton by President Harrison in
March, 1891. The same painstaking industry, and unostentatious de
votion to duty that have always marked his career, have placed him
among those who are justly regarded as model postmasters.
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�HARLES FRANKLIN EASTMAN is one of the solid men of
C northern New Hampshire.
Born in Littleton, October 1, 1841,
the son of Hon. Cyrus Eastman and Susan French (Tilton) Eastman,
he was educated in the local public schools, the Kimball Union acad
emy, and the Business college of Poughkeepsie, N. Y. When he
entered their employ as book-keeper, in 1858, the Eastmans were vet
eran merchants.
CHARLES
He became a member of the firm of Eastman, Tilton
& Co. in January, 1866, and upon the decease of Franklin Tilton the
firm was reorganized, Colonel Eastman remaining at the head, with
C. F. Eastman as the junior partner. For many years C. & C. F.
Eastman were unquestionably the foremost merchants in the White
mountain region. They occupied the “depot store,” one of the land
marks of trade in Littleton. In 1882 they sold the business to Edson,
Bailey & Eaton. Meantime, Charles F. Eastman had married Mary Ida
Taft, daughter of Richard and Lucinda (Knight) Taft, who had made the
Profile House a famous hostelry. Mrs. Eastman deceased in 1887, and
he married Mary R. Colby in 1891. His children are a son and a daugh
ter. He is averse to holding public positions, but some way or other
his neighbors manage occasionally to get the benefit of his sagacious
administration of responsible offices. He has served as a member since
1882, and treasurer since 1885, of the school board in Union district;
trustee and treasurer of the public library; selectman three terms;
each time enjoying the special compliment of a unanimous election;
member and treasurer of the committee on town history; national bank
director and vice-president of the Littleton Savings bank, and a mem
ber of the present legislature. His church relations are with the Con
gregationalists. Littleton has two strong local Masonic organizations,
a lodge and a commandery. Mr. Eastman is a working member of
both bodies, and is serving at the present time as master of Burns lodge,
and is a 32 degree Mason.
FRANKLIN EAST MAN.
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�MONG the rising young men in the profession of medicine in
A northern New Hampshire, is Dr. McGregor, of Littleton.
a native of Bethlehem, born June, 1853.
He is
His parents were Willard A.
McGregor and Almira G. (Blandin) McGregor. Dr. McGregor was
educated in the common and high schools at Bethlehem, and in the
seminaries at Tilton and New Hampton.
His medical preceptors were
Dr. Geo. S. Gove, of Whitefield, and Dr. L. B. How, of Manchester.
He was graduated in medicine at the Dartmouth Medical college in
1878. His first location in practice was at Lunenburg, Vt., where he
remained from October in the year of his graduation till August, 1880.
Since that time he has been located at Littleton, and has in that vicinity
built up an extensive and lucrative practice. His characteristics as a
practitioner are thoroughness in diagnosis, skilful appreciation of the
necessities of the case in hand, and wisdom and courage in the applica
tion of remedies. Dr. McGregor, besides keeping himself in close
touch with the best medical thought, as it is reflected in the current
technical and periodical literature of the profession, takes time to re
vise and perfect his acquirements in the medical arts by courses in the
best post-graduate medical schools and hospitals of the metropolis. He
is an authority in preventive medicine, and has served repeatedly as
health officer. His administration of this duty has always been wise
and efficient, and his reports are terse and instructive. Always one of
the most active members of the White Mountain Medical society, he
has often contributed papers and addresses in its proceedings, and in
1889 was its president. His biographical notices of Drs. Tuttle and
Moody were especially commendable. He is a member of the New
Hampshire Medical society, and one of the board of censors. He is a
Free Mason, is identified with the Congregational church, and is
a sturdy Democrat in politics, and influential in the councils of that
DR. GEORGE W. MCGREGOR.
party.
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�GRADUATE of the old bank of Newbury, Mr. Hatch came
the service of the Littleton National and Savings banks
when he had just passed his majority. He had, however, already
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attracted favorable attention as a successful cashier of the Bank of Chel
sea, Vt. The Littleton banks were then but little advanced beyond the
state of financial experiment. In his twenty years of service as their
chief executive officer, he has seen the deposits in the National bank
advanced from $30,000 to $250,000, and those in the Savings bank
increased from $40,000 to $1,130, ooo.
As treasurer of the one,
and president of the other, of these institutions, he is now recognized as
a man who has won an enviable position in business and finances on his
merits. In the prime of life, he now stands before the public with a
character unspotted by any vice of act or habit, with a business career
unmarred by failure, and with the respect and confidence of his fellows, not
limited by party divisions, personal associations, or immediate constitu
encies. Though always persistent and unlagging in devotion to the respon
sible business offices which he has accepted, Mr. Hatch has never been
unmindful of the duties devolving upon him as a citizen. In the affairs of
the church, in municipal progress, in social organizations, and in all legis
lative work assigned him, and as a square party man in fair politics, his
associates have learned to rely upon his judgment, because it is seldom at
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fault, and to expect certain results from his efforts, because, though unos
tentatious, they are none the less wisely directed. He is a representative
of that class of men whose advice is oftenest sought by the people in all
conditions. He is a genial companion, and a faithful friend. His home
life is the centre of the most agreeable domestic relations, and a rational
and kindly hospitality. This is his first service in the legislature, but
he takes his place by the law of “natural selection” at the head of the
committee on banks in the house of representatives, and he is a con
spicuously useful and successful legislator.
HATCH.
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�HE three sons of Adam and Sally Chandler of Bedford have each
In the finan
T attained prominence in an especial line of activity.
cial circles of New Hampshire each ranks with the leaders.
The oldest
of these sons, Henry Chandler, was born in Bedford, October 30, 1830,
and his education was acquired in the district schools. At the age of
twenty-one, Mr. Chandler left the farm of his father and removed to
Nashua, where he began a business career as clerk in a grocery and
hardware store. In October, 1854, he removed to Manchester, and en
tered the employ of Plumer & Bailey, clothing dealers, with whom as
employé and partner he remained until March 1, 1870, when he sold
his interest and went to Boston to become a member of the firm of
Sibley, Cumner & Co., wholesale dealers in tailors' trimmings, retain
ing his interest there until 1879. During his business residence in
Boston, Mr. Chandler still made his home in Manchester, and at the
conclusion of his relations with the firm last mentioned he became con
nected with the Amoskeag Savings bank in the latter city, and was made
its treasurer in 1884, still holding the position. In addition to his
duties in connection with the bank, Mr. Chandler is treasurer of the
Manchester & Lawrence railroad, in which position he succeeded his
brother, Hon. George Byron Chandler, is president of the Brown Lum
ber company at Whitefield, and member of the board of water commis
sioners of Manchester, and is the oldest director in point of service
of the Amoskeag National bank Mr. Chandler, as a business man,
has displayed through all his life the family characteristic, the art
of winning success. Following in the same line of work in which his
brothers have also achieved renown, it is rather remarkable that so
HENRY
many members of one family should have become so conspicuous, yet
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the success of each may be clearly traced to the exercise of the natural
ability with which each is endowed.
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�LONZO ELLIOTT was born in Augusta, Me., July 25, 1849.
A and is the son of Albert Elliott and Adeline Waterman (Black
burn) Elliott.
He completed his education at the New Hampshire
Conference seminary at Tilton, and began life as a clerk in a country
store in Coös county, then becoming telegraph operator and clerk in
Tilton and Wentworth, and in 1869 going to Manchester to become
telegraph operator and ticket clerk of the Concord railroad with James
R. Kendrick, succeeding to the position of ticket agent in 1870, and
holding it until 1893. Yet Mr. Elliott's reputation has been made in
other walks of life than that afforded by his duties in the railroad
office. He is a director in the Garvin's Falls Power company, the
New Hampshire Life Insurance company, and the Guaranty Savings
bank: is clerk of the People's Gas-Light company, and is secretary of
the Citizens Building and Loan association, and is treasurer of the
Elliott Manufacturing company and the Bank of New England, and
president of the Manchester Electric Light company. Mr. Elliott is
prominent in the ranks of Trinity commandery, Knights Templar, and
is one of the charter members of the Derryfield club, the leading social
organization of Manchester. Mr. Elliott has many business connec
tions, making him one of the Queen City's most hustling citizens. He
has never aspired to political office, although his name has been prom
inently mentioned among Democratic candidates for mayor of the city.
He is in hearty sympathy with the wage-earner, the manufacturer, and
the merchant, and deeply interested in matters pertaining to the
advancement of Manchester.
ALONZO ELLIOTT.
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�RANK WEST ROLLINS was born in Concord, February 24,
He
was educated in the schools of Concord, by Moses Woolson, at the Massa
chusetts Institute of Technology, class of 1881, and at the Harvard
law school. His law preceptor was Hon. John Y. Mugridge, and he
was admitted to the bar in August, 1882. For one year he practised
his profession and then entered the banking business, establishing the
firm of E. H. Rollins & Sons, becoming vice president of the house
after its incorporation. To the work of the house he has given his close
personal attention and is now in charge of its Boston office, though still
residing in Concord. For relaxation he has turned to literature and the
military. In the New Hampshire National Guard he has served in
various capacities, from private in the Rollins Guards to position on the
brigade staff as assistant adjutant-general with the rank of lieutenant
colonel. In literature Colonel Rollins has made his name known by
fragmentary contributions to the periodical press, and by more pretentious
publications, which have been received with favor. Colonel Rollins is a
F 1860, the son of Edward Henry and Ellen (West) Rollins.
careful man, careful in his work, in his business, careful with his friend
ships, and above all careful of the good name which he bears so modestly
and so well.
FRANK WEST ROLLINS.
�ENRY OAKES KENT, a gallant son of New Hampshire, and
a son of Richard Peabody Kent and Emily Mann Oakes, was
born in Lancaster February 7, 1834.
He was educated at Lancaster
academy and at Norwich Military university, graduating in the class of
1854. He studied law with Hon. Jacob Benton, was admitted to the
bar in 1858, and for twelve years was editor and proprietor of the Coös
Republican, conducting that newspaper with rare ability until 1870, in
which year he became engaged in office business and also turned his
attention to banking and manufacturing, as treasurer and a director of
the Lancaster savings bank, and as manager and one of the owners
of the Lancaster paper mill. During the war he was appointed aide
to the adjutant-general, to organize the recruiting service in April,
1861. He was made assistant adjutant-general of the state April 30
of the same year, and colonel of the Seventeenth regiment, New
Hampshire volunteer infantry, October 23, 1862, his rank and service
being recognized by special act of congress July 21, 1892. He has
held numerous positions of political importance and personal responsi
bility, serving as bank commissioner in 1866, 1867, and 1868, as pres
idential elector in 1864, moderator at Lancaster over twenty years,
assistant clerk of the house of representatives in 1855, 1856, and clerk
in 1857, 1858, and 1859, as member of the house in 1862, 1868, 1869,
and 1883, as state senator in 1885, as delegate to the Chicago conven
tion of 1860, the Cincinnati convention of 1872, and the national Dem
ocratic convention in 1884, as naval officer at the Port of Boston from
1885 to 1890, as president of the Lancaster Trust company and as
a director in sundry railroad, insurance, and banking companies. He
rode as colonel of the Governor's Horse Guards, has been grand com
mander of Knights Templar, post commander of the Grand Army of the
Republic, three times the candidate of his party for congress, and a
commissioner to adjust the eastern boundary of the state.
. HENRY O. KENT.
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�ILLIAM F. THAYER was born in Kingston, March 13, 1846,
where his grandfather, Rev. Elihu Thayer, D. D., was for more
than thirty years the pastor of the village church. Mr. Thayer's parents
removed to Meriden in 1855, and there in Kimball Union academy he
secured his education, coming in 1865 to Concord to become a clerk in
the post-office where, soon after being promoted to chief clerk, he remain
ed four years. He then spent a few months in the West, and returned
to Concord, serving for a brief time in the counting-room of the Elwell
Furniture company and then entering the employ of the First National
bank, and coming through successive promotions to be assistant cashier,
cashier, and president. His other financial connections embrace mem
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bership in the directories of some of the most eminent and soundest
WILLIAM F. THAYER.
fiscal institutions. In 1892 Mr. Thayer was chosen treasurer of the
Republican state committee and still holds that position. Since 1879
he has been treasurer of the city of Concord. Mr. Thayer is a Mason
and a Knight Templar. In the little more than twenty years of Mr.
Thayer's connection with the First National bank the patronage of the
bank has largely increased, the amount of its surplus has been multiplied,
it has moved into the most spacious and elegant quarters of any New
Hampshire fiscal institution, it has established itself in new lines of
financial enterprise; it has been progressive in all directions. In the
city of Concord Mr. Thayer has won an enviable place in the esteem of
the people. Though enterprising he has not been rash, and his judg
ment has been sought in matters of great financial import to the city
and its investors. His hand is ever ready to assist those who are below
and is never reached out to drag down those who may, perchance, be
above.
�ON. MATTHEW GAULT EMERY was born in Pembroke in
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1818, was one of six brothers, and of a patriotic ancestry, both
his grandfathers having been prominent officers in the New Hampshire
contingent of the Continental army. Mr. Emery attended the best
schools and academies in his native town, and then, deciding to enter an
active business life, left the home farm in 1837, coming to Baltimore,
where an elder brother was then living. Choosing the occupation of
builder and architect, he apprenticed himself as a stone mason. In
1840 Mr. Emery received his first public contract, cutting the stone for
the post-office department building. In 1842 he made his permanent
residence in Washington, and from that time until 1872 was actively
engaged in the execution of public and private contracts, doing much
of the stone work on the Capitol, and all of the public buildings. Dur
ing all these contracts, Mr. Emery never had any trouble with his work
men, his liberality to them always securing the best mechanics. Mr.
Emery held many official positions under the city government of Wash
ington, being for many years a member of the board of aldermen, and
in 1870 was elected mayor as a “citizens candidate,” receiving a
majority of 3, 194, every ward giving him a plurality. His inaugural
address contained the following sentences: “I am a Republican, but
my Republicanism is based on principle, and is not mere partisanship.”
“I claim no right which I am not willing to accord to all Americans,
without regard to race or religion.” In the religious, charitable, and
business life of the national capital Mr. Emery has been and still is a
conspicuous leader. The limits of this article will not permit an enum
eration of the many enterprises covered by these heads in which he is
ON . MATTHEW GAULT EMERY.
an officer or director.
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�ORACE G. CHASE is a native of Hopkinton. He was born
July 9, 1827, and was educated in Hopkinton academy. His
father, the Hon. Horace Chase, was a lawyer and for many years judge
of probate for Merrimack county, and postmaster, but on account of his
professional and judicial duties could give to the office but little personal
attention, and installed our subject, who was then but twelve years old,
as deputy postmaster. At the age of sixteen Horace became an appren
tice in the mathematical instrument store of Samuel Thaxter & Son,
Boston, and remained there until his health failed, when he returned
home, and in 1852 followed his brothers to Chicago. In 1855 he
became a partner in the firm of Rees, Chase & Co., examiners of real
estate titles. A few years later, Mr. Chase, with his brother, bought
out the Interest of Mr. Rees and continued the business till the time of
the great fire in 1871, which destroyed every vestige of the county and
court records. Having saved most of their indices to the lost records,
Mr. Chase effected a consolidation of his own firm with that of two
others engaged in the same occupation, when the business of furnishing
abstracts of titles was resumed, confidence in real estate titles fully
restored, and the rebuilding of Chicago commenced. The consolidated
firms were true to their trust and loyal to Chicago, refusing to sell their
indices at any price to a syndicate, who would have withdrawn them
from their legitimate uses, and made them solely a source of personal
profit. The result can be imagined, when it is remembered that these
books contained the sole and only evidences of titles to real estate
worth more than seven hundred million dollars.
Mr. Chase has been
closely identified with the history and growth of Chicago for the past
forty years, and with unlimited faith in its future, has improved his
opportunities and been very successful as a business man.
HORACE G. CHASE.
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�W' LUNT MELCHER was born in Gilford (Ward 6.
of Laconia) October 7, 1832, and was fitted for college at Gil
ford academy, graduating from Bowdoin in 1856. For two years he
was principal of Gilford academy, and then read law with the Hon.
E. A. Hibbard. He was admitted to the bar in 1862, and began prac
tice; soon after relinquishing his professional duties because of failing
health, though he has always retained his connection with the legal fra
ternity, and is now treasurer of the Belknap County Bar association.
In 1861 he was appointed register of probate, five years later he was
reappointed, and resigned in 1871, in order that he might give his atten
tion to the settlement of his father's estate, of which he was executor.
In 1864 he was chosen treasurer of the Laconia Savings bank, and held
the position until July, 1885, when he resigned, though he has since
consented to act as a trustee and member of the finance committee. He
is also a director and vice-president of the Laconia National bank.
He
served on the school board of Gilford and Laconia for most of the time
from 1862 to 1890, when he declined further election. For several
years he was president of the Laconia board of education. He was
active in promoting the street railway and the water-works, two enter
prises that have added greatly to Laconia's prosperity, and is now a
director in the water-works company. For several years he has been
at the head of an insurance agency in Laconia and is a director in the
Capital Fire Insurance company, and vice-president of the Merchants'
and Manufacturers' Mutual Insurance company, of Concord. Mr.
Melcher is a Republican, and as such sat in the constitutional conven
tion of 1889. In religion he is a Unitarian, and is a Mason, a Knight
Templar, and a member of the Grange.
�ENJAMIN PIERCE CHENEY was born at Hillsborough,
August 12, 1815, and at the age of ten years began to earn his
living. At the age of sixteen he was driving a stage between Keene,
Nashua, and Exeter and while thus engaged the Boston & Lowell rail
road was opened, and in 1842, when the line was extended to Concord,
Mr. Cheney embarked in the express business, first as a local agent be
tween Boston and Concord. But from that arose great connections,
and the absorption of the companies which he created by the American
Express Co., led him into positions of responsibility and trust in the
inauguration of some of the greatest and most widely extended express
lines and railroads in the country, among them being the Overland
Mail, Wells & Fargo's express, the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fé, the
Northern Pacific, the Mexican Central, the Vermont Central, and the
Northern railroads. Mr. Cheney has lived in an age of great opportu
nities and has been able to take advantage of them. Yet in his success
he has been generous. To the state of New Hampshire he presented
a statue of her greatest son, Webster; to Dartmouth college he gave
$50,000 for the endowment of a chair, and his other benefactions have
been numerous and valuable. His summer haunts are found among the
hills and vales of his native state, and she has no small measure of grat
ification in the successes of his life, which he has shown himself so
ready to share with others.
BENJAMIN PIERCE CHENEY.
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�HE story of the career of Andrew Bunton is that of life-long de
T votion to the service of a great company; a devotion so brilliantly
successful, as well as thoroughly sincere, as to be rewarded with high
position and the entire trust of his employers. Mr. Bunton was born
in Manchester, August 6, 1842, the son of Andrew and Lettice
(McQuesten) Bunton. He was educated in the public schools of the
Queen city, leaving the High school before graduation, however, to go
into business. December 1, 1856, he entered the employ of the express
company, then Cheney & Company, and has remained in its service ever
since, a record of steadfastness and mutual appreciation seldom sur
passed. Beginning as clerk, in 1856, Mr. Bunton rose steadily through
all grades of the service, learning every branch of the business with a
thoroughness that has been invaluable to him in later life. Upon the
death of Col. James S. Cheney, in February, 1873, he succeeded to
the position of agent at Manchester, and held it until February 1, 1889,
when he was appointed superintendent of the New Hampshire division
of the American Express company. This is his present station, and he
discharges its manifold duties with an accurate precision and brilliant
rapidity that are nothing less than wonderful. Outside of his business
duties Mr. Bunton is known far and wide as one whose social tastes are
as pronounced as his accomplishments are distinguished. He has been
president of the New Hampshire club and is a prominent Knight Templar.
Deservedly popular among a large circle of friends and acquaintances,
Mr. Bunton's life, whether looked at from its business or its social side,
is almost ideal.
ANDREW BUNTON.
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�YRON J. PRATT, superintendent of the American Express
company at Concord, was born at Braintree, Vt., March 1,
1831. In early manhood he engaged in mercantile business at Ran
dolph, managing stores in two villages of that town. He left the
Green Mountain state in 1849, and became a produce merchant in
Faneuil Hall square, Boston, and continued that business until 1857,
when he took up his abode in “the wild-woolly west,” locating at Wy
andotte, Kansas, as a real estate broker. In 1859 he returned to New
England to accept a position with the Cheney & Co. express, and has
followed the fortunes of that company through the years of its wonder
ful development, including consolidation with the United States &
Canada Express company, and with the American Express company,
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a continuous service of more than a quarter century. As a messenger
he travelled many thousands of miles, having intrusted to his care,
upon railway trains, stage lines, and in the offices of the company, un
told millions of dollars in current funds.
From 1867 to 1881, with
headquarters at White River Junction, as superintendent for the United
States & Canada Express company, there were 1,300 miles of territory
under his supervision. The United States & Canada Express company
in 1881 located Mr. Pratt at Concord, as superintendent of the affairs
of that corporation in New Hampshire, where by honest business
methods, and courteous treatment of patrons and those officially con
nected with him, he has won a remarkable increase of patronage for
the corporation he has so faithfully served for the past thirty-two years.
Mr. Pratt is thoroughly Republican in politics, and prominent in the
councils of his party, notwithstanding the fact that he has ever declined
public office. He is secretary of the Lincoln club of New Hampshire,
and manifests a lively interest in everything that is conducive to the in
terests of Concord, the capital city of the state of his adoption, to
which he is ever loyal.
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�ANY men have gone out from New Hampshire to find their
sphere of usefulness and eminence in every walk of life. Among
those who have added renown to the state of their birth is Rufus Blodg
ett of Long Branch, New Jersey. He was born in Dorchester, Octo
ber 9, 1834. Mr. Blodgett received a common-school and an academic
education, and at the age of eighteen was apprenticed to the Amoskeag
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Locomotive Works, at Manchester, where he learned the trade of loco
motive builder. In 1866 he removed to New Jersey and engaged in
railroad business and is so occupied at present. He has won eminence
in the business world and is now president of the First National bank
of Long Branch. In 1878, 1879, and 1880 he was a member of the
New Jersey legislature, house of assembly, and in the latter year was a
delegate to the Democratic National convention at Cincinnati. In 1887
he was elected to the United States senate, to succeed Hon. W. J.
Sewall, and retired from that body March 4, 1893. In the senate Sen
ator Blodgett was conspicuous for the fidelity with which he performed
his duties; a man of eminent attainments in a business sense, he was one
of the most energetic members of the senate. His service upon impor
tant committees on the fisheries, manufactures, pensions, post-offices
and post-roads was most valuable. Senator Blodgett is a member of
one of New Hampshire's most distinguished families and his own
achievements in adding to its fame are by no means the least important
in the steps by which it has been led to prominence in the genealogies
of the state.
. HON, RUFUS BLODGETT.
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�EMARKABLE business success, achieved through honest and
R legitimate methods, is the record to which Joseph Albert Walker
of Portsmouth can proudly point. He was born in that quaint old city
by the sea August 13, 1839, the son of Nathaniel K. and Sarah Ann
Walker. His education was gained in the public and high schools of
his native city, and under the private tuition of Professor William C.
Harris. Upon leaving school he went to sea, and during a year's voyage
served before the mast.
Then he entered the hat and fur store of his
father and engaged in that business for several years.
He left it to
enter the wholesale coal trade, to which he has ever since devoted his
energies.
JOSEPH ALBERT WALKER.
Beginning modestly at Portsmouth, his natural adaptation to
the business, and his persevering devotion to its interests, caused a natural
but remarkable increase in its extent. To-day, Mr. Walker's transactions
spread all over New England, and his reputation for integrity and ster
ling business qualities is as firmly founded as it is widely extended.
The large fortune which he has accumulated Mr. Walker has not
allowed to lie idle and profitless, but has turned it into fresh channels of
industrial enterprise. Prominent among the offices which he holds in
connection with various corporations, is that of treasurer of the Manches
ter Mills. Mr. Walker has found little time to spare from his manifold
business cares in which to engage in the pursuit of politics. He has,
however, served as a presidential elector, being chosen on the Repub
lican ticket, and during the past few years his name has often been prom
inently mentioned in connection with the gubernatorial nomination of
that party. A genial gentleman, an energetic business man, brilliant,
brainy, and forceful, Mr. Walker deservedly ranks as one of New
Hampshire's most prominent and most successful business leaders.
�EORGE DEXTER BURTON, the distinguished electrician and
G mechanician, was born in Temple, October 26, 1856, the son of
Dexter L. Burton and Emily F. Ward. The common schools, three
years at Appleton academy at New Ipswich, and a course at Comer's
Commercial college in Boston, finished his education so far as schools
were concerned, and he at once gave promise of the future by turning
his attention to mechanical contrivances, and has since taken out
patents upon the Burton stock car, -the best of its class, –the electric lo
comotive headlight, the Burton system of working metals by electricity,
and numerous other letters-patent on different devices. For four years
he was treasurer of the Burton Car company, and is now assistant gen
eral manager. He is also president of the Electrical Forging company.
In recognition of Mr. Burton's acknowledged ability as an inventor, he
has been awarded six gold and four silver medals for improvements in
mechanics and electricity, and has had issued to him more than two
hundred letters-patent. As an inventor he ranks among the first, and
is a fitting successor to that pioneer of electricians who went forth from
New Hampshire years before him, but who did not in his field accom
plish more than Mr. Burton in his. Mr. Burton has studied from a
humane stand-point, and all of his devices bear the mark of a mind
alert to lighten the labors of his fellow-men, or to ameliorate the hard
conditions that surround existence in any form.
GEORGE DEXTER BURTON.
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�EW Hampshire is prodigal of her most noted product, men,
many of whom have become the statesmen, orators, and finan
ciers of other commonwealths. The present governor of Vermont,
Levi Knight Fuller, was born in Westmoreland, February 24, 1841, the
son of Washington Fuller and Lucinda (Constantine) Fuller. Leaving
home at an early age, he attended the High school and learned tel
egraphy at Brattleboro, Vt., and the Roxbury (Mass.) institute, and later
served an apprenticeship as a machinist in Boston. In 1860 he became
mechanical engineer of the Estey Organ works at Brattleboro, and a
member of the firm in 1866; then superintendent of manufacturing,
patent expert and inventor, for many years has been vice-president of
the Estey Organ company, and aided in establishing and building up its
large foreign trade. Through his influence, an international pitch for
musical instruments was recently adopted by all the leading makers. In
1874 he organized, and, until his inauguration as governor, commanded
the Fuller light battery, Vermont National Guard, the first to receive
the new-model United States breech-loading guns, and which regular
army inspectors have repeatedly pronounced second to none other in the
country. He has held the various town and village offices, sat in the
state senate in 1880, was lieutenant-governor of Vermont in 1886. He
is a member of various societies—scientific, mechanical, and astronom
ical, having a fine private observatory; is a trustee of religious, benev
olent, and educational institutions, which he liberally maintains, and his
election as governor of Vermont is a just tribute to the sterling qualities
of his character, his brilliant attainments, his eminent political worth;
an honor coming to few sons of New Hampshire, but to none more
worthily. Governor Fuller carried from his home in New Hampshire
the basis of a rare manhood, and in the years of his success has dis
played the development of a self-made American citizen to a very
marked degree.
HON. LEVI K. FULLER.
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�ERHAPS one of the most widely known New Hampshire men in
is George A. Bartlett. Having held the position
since 1881 of disbursing clerk of the treasury department, paying out
some $6,000,ooo yearly, many people have a most pleasant recollection
of him. Mr. Bartlett is the second son of a family of four children of
Richard and Sally (Fellows) Bartlett, and was born at Kingston, April
23, 1841. His ancestors on the paternal side date back to the time of
“William the Conqueror,” and on the maternal side were prominent in
New Hampshire affairs, his uncle, Moses Fellows, having been the first
mayor of Manchester. Mr. Bartlett supplemented his district-school
training with a course at the Kingston academy, the principal being
Thomas W. Knox, afterward war correspondent of the New York
Herald. When sixteen years of age Mr. Bartlett left home to go to Law
rence, Mass., as an apprentice to E. W. Colcord, who had gone there
from Kingston and established a belting business. At the breaking out
of the war he enlisted with the second company of the Fourteenth
Massachusetts infantry, on May 20, 1861, for three years. Mr. Bartlett
participated in all the battles of the regiment, being recommended for
promotion for bravery on two occasions, but declined promotion, pre
ferring, as he expressed it, to “stay with the boys.” His life in Wash
ington commenced in 1866, when he entered the paymaster-general's
office. Some two years later he resigned. In 1871, he again entered
government service as a clerk in the treasury department, soon rose to
the grade of $1,800, and in 1881 was appointed by Secretary Windom
to the responsible position he now holds. Mr. Bartlett is a 32 degree
Mason, and a member of the Mystic Shrine. He also takes great interest
in the District militia, having organized the Treasury guards, and hold
ing the rank of major of the department battalion. He is a member
of the various veteran organizations, and is always actively interested
in all gatherings of New Hampshire people in Washington.
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�ROF. GEORGE H. BROWN was born in Hill, June 1, 1847,
P and secured his education in the public schools of Hill, at the
New Hampton institute, and at the Detroit Optical college, in which
institution he received his professional training. Professor Brown's
early life was spent on a farm, and he has always retained a great love
for progressive agriculture, having put into practical operation the
tenets of his faith as owner of the well known stock farm in Tilton, the
“Brook Hill” farm, where he demonstrated that agriculture as a pur
suit, even by proxy, is not without its reward in New Hampshire. De
spite his present retirement from active participation in agricultural
pursuits, Professor Brown is still the owner of a number of high-bred
promising horses, the mementoes of his devotion to practical agricul
tural development. In Tilton Professor Brown stands among the lead
ing citizens. It was largely through his efforts that the Tilton and
Northfield Fire Insurance Co. was formed, and of that institution he
was president for a number of years. He has held several town offices,
including a seat in the legislature in 1878 and 1879, and for several
years has been a director in the national bank at Tilton. In profes
sional pursuits he is justly ranked as one of the most skilful in New
England; from his first entrance into the professional field as an opti
cian, he has commanded the highest patronage, and upon his prescrip
tion books are found the names of the best families of New Hamp
shire.
PROF. GEORGE. H. BROWN.
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�I
T is a great debt that the bar of Massachusetts owes to New Hamp
shire, for a remarkably large number of its most illustrious lights
own and love the Granite state as the scene of their birth and educa
tion. Prominent in the long line is the name of Stephen Gordon Nash,
son of John and Abigail Ladd (Gordon) Nash, who was born in New
Hampton, April 4, 1822. He was fitted for college at the local institu
tion and graduated from Dartmouth in the celebrated class of 1842,
having entered at the early age of 16. He engaged in teaching after
leaving college, first at New Hampton, where he had charge of the
classical department, and later at Franklin, as principal of Noyes acad
emy. Here he began his law studies with that celebrated gentleman of
the old school, Judge George W. Nesmith. Subsequently he removed
to Boston and entered into general practice there, being admitted to the
Suffolk bar in 1845. In 1855 the superior court of Suffolk county was
credited with a jurisdiction higher than that of common pleas, and Mr.
Nash was appointed one of its first judges. This position he held for
four years, until the formation of the present superior court, when he
resumed general practice. He is now the only survivor of the judges
of the superior court of Suffolk county, who were Messrs. Nelson,
Abbott, Huntington, Charles Allen, and Morton. Judge Nash was a
member of the Massachusetts house of representatives in 1855, and
travelled extensively in Europe in 1859–60 and again in 1883. He
was married in 1860 to Mary, daughter of Edward Upton, Esq., of
Wakefield. Their two sons died in childhood. The story of Judge
Nash's life is that of long years entirely devoted to the diligent and
successful prosecution of a noble profession. Both as a member of the
bench and of the bar, he has constantly shown himself the possessor of
qualities that win admiration and esteem. The hoary head of old age
is surely, in his case, a crown of glory.
HON. STEPHEN GORDON NASH.
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�EVI WOODBURY is among the sons of New Hampshire who
have achieved a marked and merited business success at Wash
ington city. He comes of an ancestry of honorable distinction in the
state, his grandfather Israel having enlisted in the Revolutionary army at
seventeen years of age, having a military career of seven years, and
subsequently serving the state in civil capacity, in its legislature, for
thirty-one consecutive years. Levi Woodbury is the son of Israel and
Eliza (Graham) Woodbury, and was born at Salem, October 17, 1834.
That he has not lost interest in early associations and the state, is evi
denced by the fact that he has purchased the old homestead, and makes
it one of his outing-places during the summer; and also by the fact
that, though he has become a Knight Templar, he has never dimitted
from his mother lodge, St. Marks, No. 44, of Derry. Mr. Woodbury's
early life was passed upon the farm, and his education was obtained in
the public schools. His first fixed business engagement was in 1860,
when he entered the service of the Manchester & Lawrence railroad, as
station agent at Windham. Here he remained eight years, besides his
duties as station agent engaging in the lumber business, at which he
he was very successful. In 1869, having disposed of his business, he
resigned from the railroad service, and going to Washington engaged
in the hotel business, since which his fame as a successful hotel man
has extended to all parts of the country. Mr. Woodbury is also well
known as one of Washington's busy business men, being identified with
several interests for the benefit of the city. He is vice-president of the
new line of steamboats to Old Point and Norfolk, is a director in the
Central National bank, and largely interested in Washington real estate.
LEV I WOODBURY.
He is a man of affairs, who conducts whatever he undertakes with abil
ity, and to a successful issue.
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�ARLON S. WILLIS was born in Cambridgeport, Mass., July
H 18, 1843, the son of Rev. Lemuel and Almanda R. (Simmons)
Willis.
He was educated in the common schools at Westmoreland and
Warner, and in a select school in the latter town.
When twenty years
of age he entered the mail service as a mail agent, and for many years
was connected with that department of the governmental employ. He
was promoted to be full postal clerk, and for several years was employed
in the office of the superintendent of railway mail service at Boston,
where his work is pronounced to have been most efficient, painstaking,
and valued by his superior officer. During the administration of Presi
dent Arthur he was appointed a postoffice inspector, and after an inter
regnum, occasioned by the Democratic administration, from 1885 to
1889, he again came to that office, and still holds it. In these duties Mr.
Willis has been indefatigable. Being called to various parts of the
country in pursuit of his official duties, he has displayed a remarkable
knowledge in their fulfilment. In the legislature of 1883 Mr. Willis
represented the town of Warner, and was a valuable and consistent
member. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, and of the Grand
Army. August 19, 1861, he enlisted in Company E, of the First reg
iment, Berdan's sharpshooters, and was mustered in September 16; dis
charged, and sent home to die, on November 23, of the same year, on
account of disability resulting from pneumonia. From that disability,
it is needless to say, he recovered, and still enjoys fairly good health,
devoted to his work, and winning in it the commendations of those who
view its results in either an official or a friendly capacity.
HARLON. S. WILLIS.
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�EORGE FREMONT BEAN was born in Bradford, March 24,
S. Bean and Nancy E. Colby. He
was educated in the Simonds Free High school at Warner, in Colby
academy, New London, at Brown University and at the Boston Uni
versity Law school, and in 1885 was admitted to the Suffolk bar, open
ing an office in Boston, where he has since practised his profession
with unvarying success. In 1886 he married E. Maria Blodgett of
Watertown, Mass., and has two children, Esther and Stephen Sibley.
He makes his home at Woburn, Mass., in which city he has won
the confidence of his fellow-citizens to a marked degree, having been in
1891 elected mayor of Woburn, one of the youngest men ever to attain
that honor. Mr. Bean is a type of the successful young men who are
each year going out from New Hampshire. To him, perhaps, success
has come more freely and readily than in most cases, yet his success is
typical of that son of the Granite state who carries with him the ideals
of his birth-place and finds in them the true guide to his life and efforts.
Mr. Bean has been early called to high position, yet he has brought to
his duties a measure of conscientious ability commensurate with the
tasks set before him, and has rendered a service to the city that has
honored him second to none of those who have gone before. Other
honors may await him, to which if they come he will bring the same
high degree of ability which has characterized already his service
wherever he has been placed.
G 1857, the son of Stephen
GEORGE. F. BEAN.
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�X-JUDGE HOSEA BALLOU MOULTON comes of good stock.
E. He was born in Vermont in 1844; his father, Capt. David Moulton,
and his mother, a member of the Hale family of which Hon. John P. Hale
was a descendant. Judge Moulton's early school-days were spent in
New Hampshire. He was still a boy when he left his studies, in 1861,
and enlisted as a private soldier in the New Hampshire sharpshooters.
When mustered out, in 1863, he was assigned to a position in the labo
ratory of the Washington arsenal, where he was foreman for three
years; then he became an examiner in the treasury department. Now
it was that he resumed his studies, attending lectures at Columbia col
lege, Georgetown university, and National university, from which latter
institution he graduated in law. Resigning his government position,
Judge Moulton at once began the practice of his profession in Wash
ington. From this on, his advancement in business, social standing,
church work, and reform leadership has been marked, until he has come
to be one of the conspicuous figures among the larger men at the national
capital. His specialty, however, is law and equity practice, and
trials in the supreme court and court of final appeal. He is author
ity in many legal matters, having compiled local laws for two National
Digests, and other works. For years he was one of the justices of the
District of Columbia. To a clear, strong, legal mind, he adds the
fortunate quality of oratory of a high order.
He is recognized among
the foremost speakers of the District. Judge Moulton is the accepted
leader of the temperance and prohibition cause at the national capital.
He has firmly and fearlessly stood for this cause before congressional
committees, in all organized movements, in the enactment and execu
tion of temperance laws, both local and national.
HON. HOSEA. B. MOULTON.
He was a candi
date for congress in the Sixth Maryland district, on the Prohibition
ticket, making a vigorous, if not successful, fight.
350
�EN. GEORGE WILLIAMSON BALLOCK was born at Clare
mont, December 3, 1825, and was the son of George Williamson
and Amanda (West) Ballock. The family is of Scottish descent.
His early life was passed in Cornish, between the district school and
farming. Later, he attended two terms at the New England seminary
at Windsor, Vt., and spent part of three years as a cadet at the Nor
wich university, Vt., paying his expenses by teaching and farm work.
In 1847 he joined the engineer corps of the Sullivan railroad, remaining
till 1850, then entered the employ of the Boston & Maine as agent at
Wakefield, Mass. He went from there to Andover, Mass., as freight
agent, and thence to Great Falls, where he remained until 1858, when
he formed a partnership with George Moore in the drug business. He
was town clerk of Somersworth in 1857-59, and the town's first police
justice. In August, 1861, he opened a recruiting office for the Fifth
New Hampshire regiment, and entered the service as first lieutenant of
Company D. The regiment was assigned to General Howard's brigade,
by whom he was detailed as brigade commissary of subsistence. He
served in the subsistence department during the entire war, being pro
moted successively to captain and lieutenant-colonel, and was mustered
out as brevet brigadier-general. He served with Generals Howard,
Hooker, Slocum, and others of note. In June, 1865, he was assigned to
duty in the Freedmen's bureau as disbursing officer, remaining till 1871,
disbursing during that time over $20,000,000. In 1871 he was made
superintendent of streets under the board of public works of the District
of Columbia, and served until the board was abolished.
GEN. GEORGE W. BALLOCK.
Since that
time he has been engaged in business at Washington as a patent attor
ney and insurance agent. He is a Republican in politics; in his church
relations, a Congregationalist, being an original member of the First
church. He is a zealous Freemason, having received all the degrees.
�MMONS STOCKWELL SMITH is a native of New Hampshire
honorable place...among the business men at the
national capital. Mr. Smith is the son of William H. and Eudora
(Weber) Smith, and was born at Lancaster, February 3, 1859. At
the age of fourteen he commenced active business life in a store in his
native village, which he erected entirely from money he had earned in
various ways, keeping a confectionery and notion store. Here he re
mained until he reached twenty-one, at which time he had quite a
property for that section. Having voted for James A. Garfield for
president, he came to Washington to see him inaugurated. Thinking
he saw an opening for success, he started the Boston variety store, oc
cupying one building. This business has grown until now three build
ings and a large outside storage-room are required. The Christmas trade
is something enormous. Mr. Smith is a director in the Traders' Na
tional bank, and also of the U. S. Electric Light company. Charitable
in private life, he is also a promoter of public charity, being a director
of the Eastern Dispensary and other charities. Mr. Smith is an active
member of Lafayette lodge, F. and A. M., also Lafayette chapter, and
Washington commandery, and in rank has attained the 32d degree.
Genial, of ready wit, Mr. Smith is no less popular socially than he is
E. who has an
successful in business, reflecting credit by his life on his family and
State.
EMMON'S STOCKWELL SMITH.
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�EORGE ALPHEUS FERNALD, broker and member of Boston
G stock exchange, was born in
East Concord, February 13, 1850,
the son of Josiah and Mary E. (Austin) Fernald, and was educated
in the public schools and at Penacook academy. He then entered the
banking business with the National State Capital bank, and was later
with the Loan and Trust Savings bank. For sixteen years and a half
he was continuously connected with these banks. He was first a clerk
in the National bank, beginning his duties as such in May, 1869.
August 1, 1872, upon the formation of the Loan and Trust Savings
bank, he was chosen its treasurer, and served the bank in that capacity,
and also as a trustee and as clerk, until November 28, 1885, when he
went to Boston and engaged in business for himself, under the firm name
of George A. Fernald & Co., and has since continued there, residing
meantime at Winchester, Mass.
Mr. Fernald is a director in the Shoe
and Leather National bank, and a trustee of the Home Savings bank in
Boston, and a director in the Mount Washington railway. Mr. Fer
nald's removal from Concord was the occasion of much regret to his
business associates, and suitable action was taken by them at that time,
to express their high appreciation of his services and of his character.
Of his services, it is enough to say that during his years as treasurer of
the Loan and Trust Savings bank he saw its deposits grow from $5oo to
$1,800,000. And of his success in a new field, it is enough to say that
confidence followed him.
GEORGE A. FERNALD.
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�HARLES ALFRED PILLSBURY was born in Warner, October
3, 1842, the son of George A. Pillsbury and Margaret S. (Carle
ton) Pillsbury. He was educated in the Concord High school, at New
London academy, and at Dartmouth college, graduating in 1863. He
at once entered upon a business career, first at Montreal, which he soon
abandoned, however, and betook himself to Minnesota, where he em
HON. CHARLES
A. PILLSBURY.
barked in the milling business, under the firm name of C. A. Pillsbury
& Co., in connection with his father, Hon. George A. Pillsbury, and
his uncle, Hon. John S. Pillsbury, adding, later on, his younger brother,
Fred C. Pillsbury, and building up the largest milling establishment in
the world, adopting first the most improved processes, and winning the
most faithful and ingenious service of their employés by a practical sys
tem of profit-sharing, the first to be adopted upon any large scale in
America. To this enterprise Mr. Pillsbury has been the guiding spirit.
His sagacious brain foresaw the possibilities of his business, his unerr
ing commercial instinct has led him to seize the advantages as they
have appeared, and to him, more than to any other, is due the credit for
having made his firm known throughout the world, a power upon every
wheat exchange. Such a man as Mr. Pillsbury could not but become
prominent in other lines than those connected with his own business,
and we find him a prominent factor in many other enterprises; railroads,
banks, parks, real estate, elevators, all find in him a warm and generous
friend and supporter. In politics, too, Mr. Pillsbury has made his mark,
and for ten years, ending in 1887, he sat in the state senate of Minne
sota. Yet in the midst of all his success he has not forgotten the place
of his birth. His native town remembers him with gratitude and re
counts his benefactions; the church that he attended during his life in
Concord calls him blessed, and hundreds of isolated interests throughout
the country attest the benevolence of his nature.
�ON. WALTER
H
HENRY SAN BORN
of St. Paul, Minn.,
judge of the United States circuit court of appeals in the
Eighth judicial circuit, which has jurisdiction over the ten states, Minne
sota, Iowa, Missouri, Arkansas, Colorado, North Dakota, South Da
kota, and Wyoming, and the four territories, New Mexico, Utah, Okla
homa, and the Indian Territory, was born in Epsom, October 19, 1845,
and is the son of Hon. Henry F. Sanborn of that town.
He was edu
cated at Epsom and Pittsfield, and at Dartmouth college, where he was
graduated in 1867 at the head of his class, although he had taught
school five terms during his college course. From 1867 to 1870 he
was principal of the high school at Milford, and studied law with Hon.
Bainbridge Wadleigh. In March, 1870, he removed to St. Paul, was
admitted to the bar, and formed a partnership with his uncle, Gen.
John B. Sanborn, in 1871, which continued until he was elevated to
the bench, on February 10, 1892, by President Harrison. In 1874 he
married Emily F. Bruce of Milford.
In his twenty-one years of prac
tice he was an attorney in more than four thousand law suits and rose
to the highest rank among the lawyers of the Northwest. He was a
member of the city council of St. Paul for nine years, and it was under
his leadership that the rapid transit system of that city was established
and developed. He was treasurer of the state bar association from its
foundation until 1893. In 1890 he was president of the St. Paul Bar
association and of the Union League of St. Paul. He is one of the
most eminent Masons in the state of Minnesota and was elected grand
commander of the Knights Templar of that state in 1889. His high
intellectual endowments, untiring energy, and genial temperament ren
dered him eminent in all his undertakings and have already elevated
him at the early age of forty-six to a judicial position inferior only to
that of justice of the supreme court of the United States. The sons of
New Hampshire win no laurels she does not share.
HON, WALTER H. SAN BORN.
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�H ON. JOHN WOODMAN JEWELL was born in Strafford, July
26, 1831, the son of Milton Jewell and Nancy (Colley) Jewell.
His educational advantages were limited, and he early learned to labor.
When but five years of age he was at work in his father's tan-yard, and
at the age of eighteen, having thoroughly learned the trade, began life
for himself, expending the first money that he earned for tuition at Gil
manton academy. He then, through the summers, worked for three
years in a steam saw-mill, and taught school during the winters, attend
ing school at Strafford seminary in the intervals. In 1853 he entered
the employ of S. A. & B. F. Haley, of Newmarket, and remained there
a year, and then returned to his native town to enter the employ of Hon.
B. W. Jenness, whom he succeeded in business in 1864, and since that
time has been a leading business man of the town. He has been very suc
cessful, and is wonderfully popular. His counsel has been sought on
every important topic, and his sagacious advice has been followed in
political and business matters. He has been for years one of the wheel
horses of the Democracy in this state, and has been honored with many
a political office. He has filled every position within the gift of the
people of Strafford. For two years he was sheriff of Strafford county,
for ten years he was postmaster of his town, and for several years was
a member of the Democratic state committee. In 1885 he took his
seat in the executive council, and served until 1887, having previously
sat in the legislature in 1862. Mr. Jewell was married, in 1853, to
Miss Sarah Folsom Gale, of Upper Gilmanton (now Belmont), N. H.,
HON. JOHN W. JEWELL.
by whom he has three children, two daughters and one son. The son,
John Herbert Jewell, is a very popular, energetic, and capable young
man, who for the past twelve years has been associated with his father
in business, under the firm name of J. W. Jewell & Son.
�D' LYMAN JEWELL was born in Tamworth, January 26,
1837, the son of Bradbury and Lucinda (Chapman) Jewell. His
father died when young David was four years of age, and his mother
soon after removed to the factory village of Newton Upper Falls, Mass.,
where he attended the common schools, beginning at the age of nine,
however, to work in the factory. Having familiarized himself with the
details of mill work, he at the age of seventeen entered a machine shop.
and his mechanical taste and ingenuity were rewarded by rapid advance
ment.
His educational limits, however, caused him to leave this
work to attend school, first at Wesleyan academy, Wilbraham, Mass.,
and afterward in the Normal school at Bridgewater. Following his
graduation, he was for three years a school teacher in New Jersey and in
New York, at the same time pursuing the study of engineering and sur
veying. At the outbreak of the war he laid aside the theodolite to
become manager of the Newton mills, where as a boy he commenced
his life-work, and while employed here he was engaged by the Pembroke
mills as a draughtsman in the erection of the Webster and China mills,
at Suncook. While he was thus engaged, the agent of the mills died,
and Colonel Jewell was chosen to take his place, and has followed the
fortunes of the corporation ever since. In social life, Colonel Jewell
stands high; he is a member of the New Hampshire club, was aide upon
Governor Head's staff, was elected, in 1888, commander of the Amos
keag Veterans, is an active member of the Ancient and Honorable Artil
lery company, of Boston, and of the New Hampshire Veterans associ
ation. He is a man of wide culture, of artistic tastes, with a rare
combination of great executive ability and ardent ethical impulses.
Colonel Jewell possesses a charming combination of characteristics, and
through them all shines the pure light of a gentlemanly soul; his pres
COL. DAVID L. JEWELL.
ence is eagerly sought in all circles, and always graciously welcomed.
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�ILLIAM FERNALD HEAD was born at Hooksett, Septem
ber 25, 1832, and is the son of Col. John Head and Anna
Brown.
His education was obtained in the schools of Hooksett and at
the Pembroke Gymnasium, and at the age of twenty he went into busi
ness in partnership with his brother, Gov. Natt Head, in the manufac
ture of brick, which partnership continued for more than thirty years
and was terminated only by the death of his brother. It is pardonable
to speak more fully of this business which, under the name of W. F.
Head & Son, now manufactures annually from the celebrated Head clay
bank from six to ten millions of the famous Hooksett brick.
In addi
tion to the cares entailed by this business, Mr. Head is also a director
in the Merrimack River Savings bank, and of the First National bank
at Manchester; is a director in the Suncook Valley railroad, and is
vice-president of the Head & Dowst company, Manchester, builders
and contractors. In politics, Mr. Head has held few offices, his busi
ness cares compelling him to withold attention from political allure
ments. In 1870 and 1871 he was a member of the state house of rep
resentatives, and in 1876 was a member of the constitutional conven
tion, since which time he has held no office. Mr. Head has been for
WILLIAM FERNALD HEAD.
many years prominent in Masonic circles. In 1863 he became a mem
ber of Eureka lodge, Concord, and was a charter member of Jewell
lodge of Suncook. He is also a member of the council, the chapter,
and the commandery at Manchester. Mr. Head is a representative
business man of New Hampshire. His success has lain in his ability
to perceive and develop the natural opportunities offered by the state,
nor has his success been less marked by his ability in studying the
market. Though producing a staple, he has yet been careful in its
production, has regulated the supply by the demand, and has looked to
it that for integrity and honor neither he nor his firm should be outdone.
�UMBERED among the busiest of New Hampshire's young men
N
is Eugene S. Head, of Hooksett, who was born in that town,
June 1, 1863, the son of William F. Head and Mary H. (Sargent)
Head. Mr. Head was educated at Pembroke academy and at Dartmouth
college. Upon the completion of his education Mr. Head entered upon
an active business career as a member of the firm of W. F. Head &
Son, brick and lumber manufacturers, one of the largest concerns in
the state, and in addition to the increasing duties placed upon him by
reason of his connection with this firm, also maintains an interest in
various other financial enterprises—as a director in the People's Fire
Insurance company, the Head & Dowst company, of Manchester, and
the savings bank department of the Merrimack Mortgage company, of
the same city. In 1891 Mr. Head sat in the legislature as a member
from his town, and was reckoned among the most faithful members of
that body. Mr. Head has been a member of the Republican state com
mittee for some time, giving to his party such service as to merit the
praise of his friends.
He is a 32° Mason, and a member of Aleppo
temple, Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, and of the Amoskeag Veterans.
He was married, November 19, 1884, to Hattie M., daughter of Amos
and Harriet Hoit, of Allenstown, and has two children.
Mr. Head's
life has been filled with reward won by his activity. His business inter
ests, though extended and varied, meet careful attention from him, by
reason of his capacity. In all positions that he has been called upon to
fill, Mr. Head has never failed to score a distinct success, and his youth
insures to him still greater success in the future.
EUGENE. S. HEAD.
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�APT. NORRIS COCHRAN GAULT was born at Hooksett,
C May 11, 1838, the son of Matthew Gault and Dolly Doe (Coch
ran) Gault. He was educated in the schools of Hooksett and at
Pembroke academy, and passed his youth until his sixteenth year upon
the farm of his father. The next five years saw him employed in a brick
yard, and in February, 1862, he went to Chicago, where he became a
clerk in the employ of the Galena & Northwestern railroad. Three years'
railroading sufficed, however, and he returned to his homestead in
Hooksett in 1865, and for nine years again busied himself with farming.
In 1867 he represented his town in the legislature. From 1874 to
1884 he was employed as an expert brick-burner, in New Hampshire,
Maine, and Massachusetts, and in 1884 began the manufacture of
brick at Barrington, where he has developed a business of 2,5oo. ooo
annually. Mr. Gault comes of sturdy New Hampshire stock.
The farm
on which he lives was taken up by Samuel Gault, in 1721 or 1722.
The “Gault Garrison” was the first house built in the vicinity. The
farm has always remained in the Gault name. He joined the New
Hampshire National Guard in 1866, and served through the different
gradations until he was commissioned captain of Company A, Amos
keag Veterans, February 22, 1871. In the town of Hooksett, where he
was born, and where most of his life has been spent, the Gault family
has made its mark. In 1858 he married Annie H., daughter of Nathan
iel Mitchell, of Hooksett, and has a family of two sons and two daugh
ters. His oldest son, Matthew, is a graduate of Dartmouth college,
and is now chief engineer in the sewer department of Worcester, Mass.
Youngest son, John, is a student at Dartmouth college. Oldest daugh
ter, Emma C., married A. S. Paine, and lives at Glenwood, Mass. Young
est daughter, Clara G., married Robert W. Skelton, and lives at Mil
CAPT. NORRIS C. GAULT.
waukee, Wis.
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�J'
E. RANDLETT, architect, was born Sept. 5, 1846, in
Quincy, Mass., his parents being James S. and Abbie O. (Chase)
Randlett, who moved when he was nine years of age to a farm in
beautiful Gilmanton. He enjoyed the regular school advantages of
Quincy and Gilmanton till the War of the Rebellion absorbed his interest,
and August 15, 1862, he joined Company B, Twelfth New Hampshire
volunteers, as a drummer boy, when only fifteen years of age; was mus
tered into United States service Aug. 30, 1862, as a private. He served
three years and participated in the battles of Fredericksburg, Va., Dec.
13, 1862, and Chancellorsville May 1 and 4, 1863. At the close of the
war he learned the carpenter's trade and engaged in business in Con
cord, N. H., where he has since resided for eighteen years. He was
the first mail carrier appointed when Concord was awarded the free de
livery system, and was keeper of the state house for four years. This posi
tion he resigned in 1890 and accepted a partnership with the well known
architect, Mr. Edward Dow, under the firm name of Dow & Randlett.
Mr. Randlett is ranked among the progressive men of the capital city,
and his practical ability and executive force are very largely felt in the
promotion of his firm's affairs. Plans for many public buildings, including
the New Hampshire Agricultural college, have been furnished by his firm
the past two years, and as an architect his work has more than a state
reputation. Mr. Randlett has been prominent in military and fraternal
circles, a Republican, a Baptist, a man of earnest convictions, possesses
hosts of friends, and has proved himself worthy of important public and
private trusts.
E. RANDLETT.
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�EORGE LYMAN THEOBALD was born at Warrensburg, N.Y.,
1851, the son of Joseph Peter Theobald and
Samantha Marsh. His early educational advantages were limited and
his boyhood and youth were not exempt from hardships. The days
that he would gladly have spent at school he was compelled instead to
give to work, finding no task too hard to be undertaken and displaying
even in those early days the vigor and energy, and most of all, the deter
mination, of his later years. At the age of nine he began service in a
hotel at Luzerne, N. Y., and until he was fourteen years old was em
ployed variously as office boy, steward, and assistant clerk. He then
engaged in the express business for himself, and in one year forsook
that for travel as a canvasser for the sale of fruit trees and cutlery
through New York and New England, until 1876. In that year he came
G on February 6,
to Concord, and now that he finds himself able to look back with mirth
upon those early days, he laughingly tells how he came on foot into the
city with little money and few friends. He soon found work and shortly
became a mover of buildings, adding to that business, as years went by,
general contracting, teaming, and an extensive trade in horses, hay, and
straw. Mr. Theobald has been in life a shrewd and highly discerning
man and has wonderfully prospered. His business has not been confined
to Concord but has extended all over New Hampshire, and he has become
GEORGE L. THEOBAL.D.
largely interested in real estate. Mr. Theobald has been active in poli
tics and interested in all the concerns of his ward and city, and has held
various offices conferred by his fellow-citizens, his last public position
being a seat in the legislature in 1887. As a secret society man he
maintains membership with the Odd Fellows, the Patriarchs Militant,
the Red Men, and the Grangers. He has worked untiringly through
his whole life, and his intense energies are in no respect abating; but
the daily increasing returns of his labor give him ample satisfaction for
his years of toil.
�OREN S. RICHARDSON was born in Waitsfield, Vt., August
1843, and is the son of Elisha Benton Richardson and
Betsey (Cutler) Richardson. He secured his education in the com
mon schools, attending the district school in his native town both
summer and winter. Being one of eight children, he spent his youth
upon the farm, and at the age of twenty enlisted in Company H, of the
Second United States sharpshooters. In June, 1864, he was severely
L Io,
wounded in the left shoulder, at the Battle of Cold Harbor, and was
mustered out with his regiment in July, 1865, having served with mer
itorious fidelity. At the close of his military service he went to St.
Albans, Vt., and engaged as a salesman in a clothing house. For two years
he remained there, and in 1867 he came to Concord, where he began
business for himself, and has since continued, being now senior member of
the firm of Richardson & Adams, the largest clothing house in the city.
Honors have come to Mr. Richardson in the political field; for four
years he served his ward as selectman, and for two years as alderman.
In 1891 he was elected a representative in the legislature—having held
all these offices as a Republican, to which party he has devoted a great
amount of his time and energy. He is prominent in Odd Fellowship
in all its branches, is a member of the Knights of Pythias, of the Grand
Army of the Republic, and of Eureka lodge of Masons. Mr. Richardson
is one of the most active and enterprising of Concord's citizens; ever on
the alert to seize and hold a new advantage, he has contributed to the
prosperity of the city at the same time that he has advanced his own
interests.
LOREN S. RICHARDSON.
A sunny nature has made him a genial companion, strong
integrity has given him commercial standing, and real worth has con
tributed in no small measure to his success.
�SCOTT LOCKE, the efficient city marshal of Concord, was
G. born in Chichester forty-four years ago, but has lived in Con
cord for the greater part of his life, where he was for twelve years
engaged in the wood and ice business. It was while he was engaged in
this business that he first became an officer of the law, by appointment
under Sheriffs Dodge and Pickering as deputy sheriff. He was also jailer at
the county jail. In 1883, however, he removed to Texas, where he still
has large landed interests, and for three years was engaged in the cattle
business. In 1886 he returned to Concord, and in 1888, though a
Republican, he was appointed to his present position by Mayor Robert
son, a Democrat. He was repeatedly re-appointed, and upon the appoint
ment of a police commission for Concord in 1893, Marshal Locke was
retained in office. His administration of the police department has been
singularly successful.
He has introduced new methods of discipline, of
drill, of work among his men, and has brought the execution of the law
to a high state of perfection. Marshal Locke is married and has one
son who bears his father's name.
Marshal Locke is an enthusiastic
sportsman and his name and fame are familiar to the race-track, where,
as an officer of the course, as a driver, or as a patron of the turf, he has
been prominent for many years. Marshal Locke is a member of Blazing
Star lodge of Masons and is ranked high in the esteem of the citizens of
Concord.
G. SCOTT
LOCKE.
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�G'. PERLEY WARDE, the son of Hon. David A. Warde
and Martha S. (Cleaves) Warde, was born in Concord, February
17, 1866, and was educated in the public schools of that city, graduat
ing from the Concord High school in the class of 1885. In the fall of
that year he entered the employ of the Boston & Lowell railroad, leaving
them soon after to accept a position with the Concord railroad, serving
with the latter corporation from the spring of 1886 until 1889, when he
went south and became connected with the American association of Lon
don, England, and the Middlesboro Town company, two corporations
owning large tracts of mineral and timber lands in Kentucky, Tennessee,
and Virginia. During Mr. Warde's three years of residence in the South,
having returned to Concord in 1892, he was actively identified with the
marvellous development about Cumberland Gap, having been no insig
nificant factor in the peopling of the magic city of Middlesboro, one of
the few southern boom towns that attained permanence. Mr. Warde
returned to Concord in order that he might be with his family, and his
activity would not suffer him to remain idle. In that year he organized
the Northern Electrical Supply company, and was chosen its general
manager, which position he now holds. He at once saw the possibil
ities enveloped in the work of the corporation, and through his efforts
his company has extended its business, has increased its capacity, and
has won success. Mr. Warde inherits many of the business and per
sonal traits of his father, who was one of New Hampshire's most suc
cessful business men. Young, eager, enthusiastic, Mr. Warde is des
tined to make his mark in business life. The severe tests and criticisms
GEORGE P. WARDE.
which he is compelled to undergo, by reason of his having embarked
upon a business career among those who have watched his course from
childhood, have not deterred him from pressing forward in the work
that he has undertaken.
�HERE are some men in every community who, by reason of their
T constant devotion to the general welfare, fully deserve the title,
“public-spirited.” To secure to them some meed of recognition from
future as well as present generations, is one of the objects of this work; and
for this purpose it could have no worthier name upon its list than that of
Isaac Kimball Gage. Born in Boscawen, Oct. 27, 1818, the son of
William H. and Polly (Morrison) Gage, he was educated at the district
schools and Boscawen and Franklin academies. In 1841 he engaged in
trade in Fisherville, in partnership with Luther G. Johnson, leaving in
1850 to enter the employ of the Essex company at Lawrence. Return
ing in 1854, from that year until 1882 he was a member of the firm of
Gage, Porter & Company, saw manufacturers. Since 1857 he has been
actively engaged in the insurance business, and is now senior member of
the firm of Gage, Buxton & Company, agents for the leading fire com
panies. Aside from these duties, those of an extensive farmer and
dairyman at present occupy his time. Mr. Gage's public relations have
been so numerous and varied that their mere summary almost exceeds
our space limits: ensign in the state militia 1839, member of the first
-
Lawrence (Mass.) common council 1852 and president of it 1853, treas
urer of the New England Agricultural society 1865–69, member of the
constitutional convention 1876, postmaster at Fisherville 1846–5o,
justice of the peace since 1846, notary public since 1883, trustee of
Penacook academy during its existence, secretary of the New Hamp
shire Orphans' Home, is but an incomplete list. He has been a member
of the New Hampshire Historical society since 1872, and in 1876 was
given the degree of A. M. by Dartmouth college. Perhaps his most
recent public service was his promotion of the now highly successful
Penacook and Boscawen Water Works. In October, 1892, Mr. Gage
celebrated the golden anniversary of his marriage to Miss Susan John
son, by whom he has four children, three daughters and one son.
ISAAC KIM BALL GAGE.
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�O become a successful lawyer and the holder of important public
positions while still a young man, is a sufficient test of ability
and integrity as well as of popularity. That is the success which Willis
George Buxton of Penacook has achieved. Mr. Buxton was born in
Henniker, August 22, 1856, the son of Daniel M. and Abbie A.
(Whittaker) Buxton.
He attended Clinton Grove and New London
academies and graduated from the Boston University Law school in the
class of 1879. He was admitted to the bar in March of the same year
and practised his profession for a short time at Hillsborough Bridge.
Removing to Penacook in 1882, and becoming the worthy successor of
the late Judge Butler, Mr. Buxton has enjoyed from the first a large
practice, which is constantly upon the increase. In consultation and in
the active prosecution of cases he is alike successful. In politics Mr.
Buxton is recognized as one of the potent forces in his adopted town.
For six years he was a member of its board of education and has served
as town treasurer and in other local positions. In 1889 he represented
Boscawen in the constitutional convention, and for many years has
been a member of the Republican state committee. Prudent and saga
cious, yet determined and persevering, Mr. Buxton has a future before
him in the law and politics of New Hampshire.
WILLIS G. BUXTON.
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�ON. HORACE A. BROWN was born in Cornish, N. H., Octo
H
ber 3, 1823. His early life was spent on a farm in Windsor,
Vt., and at the age of thirteen years he entered the office of The Dem
ocratic Statesman, and subsequently that of The National Eagle, of
Claremont, where he served an apprenticeship of four years. In 1844
he was employed by the Claremont Manufacturing company; in 1847, in
partnership with Joseph Weber, was publisher of The Northern Intel
ligencer; again for three years in The National Eagle office; in 1851–52,
pressman for the Claremont Manufacturing company, and in the latter
year entered the employ of the New Hampshire Statesman, in Concord,
and, with the exception of four years, has been a member of its force ever
since.
In 1866–67 Mr. Brown was assessor for Ward Four, Concord,
alderman in 1868–69, representative in 1875-'76, mayor in 1878–79,
commissioner of highways for the same years, and was for many years
secretary of the Republican city committee. In fraternal life Mr. Brown
has been highly honored. In Odd Fellowship he passed through the
various positions of honor and trust, to the office of grand master,
which position he held in 1883. In Masonry, he was master of
Blazing Star lodge from 1871–75, inclusive; high priest of Trinity
Royal Arch chapter in 1873, grand high priest in 1891–92, and
is now prelate of Mount Horeb commandery, Knights Templar. He is
also a devoted member of St. Paul's Episcopal church–was a member
of the choir for thirty-five years, has been secretary of the annual dio
cesan convention continuously since 1857, is a member of the standing
committee of the diocese, and has been a licensed lay reader of the diocese
for years. Mr. Brown was married, May 29, 1845, to Miss Sarah S.
Booth, daughter of Col. Hosea Booth,
now living.
of Claremont, and has one son
His life has been one of great activity, honorable alike to
himself and to the state.
�OHN W. BOURLET, commissioner of labor, was born in New York
City, March 7, 1850, and is the eldest son of the late John W. and
Dorothy True (Batchelder) Bourlet. In 1859 he became a resident
of Concord, in the suburbs of which he lived for seven years on a farm,
receiving such education as the public schools gave in the limited time
he was privileged to attend them. In 1866, at the age of sixteen years,
he became apprenticed to the Monitor office, and with the exception of
a few months, was in its employ until May, 1893, when he was placed
at the head of the newly-created bureau of labor by Governor Smith.
He is widely known as a printer, and at that time was foreman of the
job printing department, which position he had held since 1879.
Apart
from these duties he has been, since 1884, editor of the Odd Fellows
department of the Monitor and Statesman, has been a member of the
New Hampshire Press association for several years, and is now secre
tary and treasurer of the National Odd Fellows Press association. In
1887 he was a member of the legislature from Ward Four, Concord,
and served as chairman of the committee on printers' accounts, and
as clerk of the committee on labor.
He was also clerk of the Mer
rimack county convention and was one of the county auditors for two
years. As an Odd Fellow Mr. Bourlet has had exceptional prominence.
The highest honors of the subordinate and grand bodies have been con
ferred upon him, he having been grand master in 1891–92, and grand rep
resentative to the Sovereign grand lodge in 1892–93. He is also secre
tary of the Merrimack County Odd Fellows Relief association, and edi
tor and publisher of the Popular Odd Fellow, a monthly review of the
literature of Odd Fellowship. In all the walks of life he has reflected
honor upon himself and the state.
JOHN W. BOURLET.
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�ON, FRANK JONES, of Portsmouth, was born at Barrington,
Strafford county, N. H., Sept. 15, 1832. At the age of seven
teen he engaged as clerk in the hardware and tin business, at Ports
mouth, where by patient industry and honest methods, he opened the
pathway to fame and fortune. He soon became partner, and later sole
proprietor of the establishment. His life has been one of remarkable
prosperity, making him a conspicuous example of “self-made” New
England men. In 1858 Mr. Jones became interested in the brewing
business, which has under his sagacious management attained to first
rank among the breweries of America.
Born with the germ of Democ
racy within him, he is always true to its principles. A leader and direc
tor in his party, he was twice elected mayor of Portsmouth, and was a
member of the forty-fourth and forty-fifth congresses. Mr. Jones is
closely identified with banks, insurance companies, and railroads. He
is a director of the Lancaster Trust Company, of the Wolfeborough Loan
and Banking Company, and of the National Bank of Portsmouth. He
is president of the Portsmouth & Dover railroad, of the Granite State
Fire Insurance Company, and of the Portsmouth Fire Association, and
has through late years devoted much time to the active duties of the
presidency of the Boston & Maine railroad. Mr. Jones is largely inter
ested in hotel property, north, south, east, and west. The luxurious
Rockingham at Portsmouth, and the magnificent Wentworth at New
castle, both marvels of modern hotel architecture, are structures of his
own design, erected and equipped under his direction. The homestead
residence of Mr. Jones, “The Farm,” (one mile from the Rockingham),
with its thousand acres inclosed, its hedges and charming grounds,
conservatories, etc., is by his courtesy the “Public Garden" of Ports
mouth. His home is New Hampshire, its prosperity his pride, and his
life-work has been in aid of its growth and influence.
HON. FRANK JONES.
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�ON, JOHN W. SAN BORN, born in Wakefield, Carroll county,
16, 1822, was educated in the schools of that town, and
passed his boyhood upon the farm of his father. When twenty-four
years of age he began buying, selling, and shipping cattle, also became
largely interested in the lumber business. Although never a lawyer, he
was frequently called into counsel by his neighbors and citizens of his
county, and had an extensive practice in the settlement of estates. He
represented his town in the legislatures of 1861 and 1862; was a mem
ber of the executive council in 1863. In politics a Democrat, he was
elected to the state senate in 1874 and 1875, and president of that body
the latter year, and was a member of the constitutional conventions of
1876 and 1890, and has held many official positions connected with the
state institutions. He is a director in several railroad corporations,
banks, and insurance companies, also the president of the Wolfeborough
Loan and Banking Company. During the Civil War he believed in and
aided its vigorous prosecution in organizing troops and seeing that his
locality seasonably furnished its quota. Financially and otherwise, he
contributed toward the raising and equipment of Company A, Thirteenth
New Hampshire Volunteers. Mr. Sanborn became interested in the
extension of the Portsmouth, Great Falls & Conway railroad, and the
building of the Wolfeborough railroad. In 1874 he was appointed
superintendent of the Conway division of the Eastern railroad, and
upon its consolidation with the Boston & Maine, he became a division
superintendent of that great railway system, and in 1892 he was chosen
general manager of the system, which position he now holds. Mr.
Sanborn is a genial and true friend, whose rugged personality has im
pressed itself upon many an important bit of legislation, as recorded in
the history of the business enterprises of New Hampshire.
H June
HON. JOHN W. SAN BORN.
�ANY of New Hampshire's most noted men are natives of other
M
states. Such a man is Alvah W. Sulloway who was born in
Framingham, Mass., Dec. 25, 1838, and he has resided in Franklin
since 1860.
He was educated in the common schools, at the Green
Mountain Liberal Institute at Woodstock, Vt., at Barre (Vt.) academy,
and at Canaan academy. A considerable portion of his time between
the ages of ten and twenty-one was spent in his father's hosiery mill at
Enfield, and at the age of twenty-one he came to Franklin and formed a
partnership with Walter Aiken, which continued four years, when Mr.
Aiken was succeeded by Frank H. Daniell who continued until 1869, since
which time Mr. Sulloway has been sole proprietor and principal owner
in the Sulloway Mills corporation which has been recently formed. Mr.
Sulloway has had an active career in railroad circles, having been since
188o a director in the Northern railroad corporation, and its president
since 1885, and a director in the Boston & Maine railroad since 1889.
Since 1879, the year of its organization, he has been president of the
Franklin National bank. In politics he has been more than ordinarily
prominent also, beginning in 1871 as a member of the legislature, fol
lowed by a reëlection in 1872, 1874, and 1875, and by a position as
railroad commissioner from 1874 to 1877, membership in National con
ventions since 1876 and of the Democratic National Committee since
1876 and in the New Hampshire Senate in 1891. To speak of Mr.
Sulloway one must mention always his immense energy. Few men in
New Hampshire would have been able to cope successfully with the vast
amount of business that he has undertaken, and few men could have
dealt so promptly and so correctly with the details of all the various
interests.
No brief record of his career can show that career.
To
understand and to measure its success would require an intimate knowl
edge of the most important political and financial transactions in New
Hampshire for a score of years.
HON.
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�HARLES A. SINCLAIR was born in Bethlehem, Aug. 21, 1848,
and is the son of Hon. John G. Sinclair. He was educated in New
bury, Vt., at Sanbornton Bridge, and prepared for college at Phillips
Exeter academy. He entered Dartmouth with the class of 1871, but
did not graduate. From 1869 to 1873 he made his residence in Little
ton, and since the latter date has lived in Portsmouth, where he has
been actively engaged in business, coming in later years to be closely
identified with the railroad corporations of New England, having been
president of the Worcester, Nashua & Rochester railroad since 1884,
president of the Manchester & Lawrence railroad since 1887, and direc
tor of the Boston & Maine railroad for a number of years. He is, more
over, a director in many other financial institutions of great importance.
In 1871 he was a member of the staff of Gov. James A. Weston, and
in 1873 served in the legislature as a representative from Littleton. In
1889 and in 1891 he was a member of the New Hampshire senate, and
in the latter year was his party's candidate for United States senator.
In 1893 he was again returned to the house of representatives. In
addition to his other business connections, Colonel Sinclair has been
for several years proprietor of the Portsmouth Evening Times, and
has cordially approved the enterprise of that paper's managers in forcing
it to the front among New England newspapers. Colonel Sinclair is one
of the busiest as well as one of the most successful of men.
His whole
time is taken up with his multifarious business connections. As presi
dent of railroads, as a hotel proprietor, as a business man in general, as
financier, as a manufacturer, Colonel Sinclair's business interests cover
the whole of New England in their scope; yet so deftly does he manage
them, and so closely has he organized their various interests, that their
burdens sit lightly upon him. Colonel Sinclair is a genial man, and has
HON. CHARLES A. SINCLAIR.
attached to himself a host of devoted friends, who have made his inter
ests their own.
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�ORACE E. CHAMBERLIN was born in Newbury, Vt., Novem
ber 20, 1834, and is the son of John E. Chamberlin and Laura
Willard. His education was obtained at Bradford (Vt.) academy and
at Newbury seminary, and his entire life, since leaving, has been spent
in railroad service, beginning first as agent of the Boston, Concord &
Montreal railroad at Littleton, where he remained for seven years, fol
lowed by service in a similar capacity at Burlington, Vt., for one year,
and then for six years at Rutland, Vt., as general freight agent of the
Rutland railroad, followed by nearly twenty years of service as superin
tendent of the Concord railroad, following the consolidation of that rail
road with the Boston, Concord & Montreal railroad with two years ser
vice in a similar capacity. Then he resigned, becoming a year later act
ing superintendent of the Concord division of the Boston & Maine rail
road, during the absence of Hon. George E. Todd in Europe, and after
six months of service, succeeding the latter gentleman as superintendent
of the division. In all the years of Mr. Chamberlin's devotion to one
calling he has developed a remarkable degree of ability in railroad work.
Holding almost from the first a position requiring the display of executive
judgment, he has gone on with increasing success and ease of execution.
The smallest details of railroad management are known to him and the
larger necessities of traffic are met and overcome. Mr. Chamberlin is
HORACE. E. CHAMIBERLIN.
one of the group of men who have watched almost the entire growth and
development of New Hampshire's railroad systems; to him its railroad
history is an open book and from its pages he has conned the lesson of
experience and has applied it in daily life as exemplified by his conduct
of the interests committed to his charge.
�ON. GEORGE E. TODD, whose life for forty-five years was
devoted to railroad business, was born in Cambridge, Mass.,
February 6, 1830, the son of Moses Todd and Rebecca Turner. He
was educated in the public schools, and when barely eighteen years of
age came to Lebanon as a clerk in the office of the Northern railroad,
removing in July, 1848, to Concord, where he held various positions in
the same employ, and became in 1866 superintendent of the road.
This position he held until 1884 when the Northern railroad became
part of the Boston & Maine railroad system, and Mr. Todd was then
appointed division superintendent and held that position until November,
1891. His health failing him at that time he was granted a vacation
and spent several months in Europe, returning home only to die Novem
ber 16, 1892, sincerely and devotedly mourned by those whom his faith
ful service, constant friendship, and untiring zeal had taught to value
him at his true worth. Mr. Todd from 1879 until his death was a
director in the Northern railroad, and was also a director in the Con
cord & Claremont and in the Peterborough & Hillsborough roads.
He was elected to the house of representatives in 1872 and 1873, and
was a senator of the state of New Hampshire in 1874 and 1876.
Through the years of his service to these railroads Mr. Todd saw the
growth and development of the railroad systems of New Hampshire and
under his direction the Northern railroad was kept fully abreast of
modern progress. Thoroughly devoted to the interests of his road Mr.
Todd was always eager to enhance its prosperity. In touch with the
modern idea of concentration, he was interested in bringing about its
consolidation with the Boston & Maine railroad system, and his reten
tion as division superintendent in the employ of that corporation indica
ted the value of his services and the esteem set upon them by those
familiar with railroad management in New Hampshire.
HON. GEORGE E. TODD.
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�UT few young men are better known in New Hampshire than John
Demeritt. He is a descendant of Huguenot ancestry and was born
in the old historic town of Madbury, Strafford county, August 8, 1856,
and has always lived in that town. He is the sixth John in direct
descent, and amply sustains the worth of his name. Like all farmer
boys, he received the first rudiments of his education in the district
school, and afterward attended Coe's academy at Northwood, and Phillips
Andover academy from 1875 to 1877, and later was a student at Colby
academy, New London. During his school years he developed a de
cided taste for business pursuits, in preference to a profession, and at the
close of his studies he entered the employ of the Boston & Maine rail
road, serving in various capacities continuously up to this date, Novem
ber, 1893. In recognition of his earnest and faithful service, he was
advanced, step by step, to the highly responsible position of city pas
senger agent at Boston, with headquarters on Washington street,
which position he now holds. Mr. Demeritt was chosen to represent
his native town in the legislature of 1887, where he served with marked
distinction upon the committee on finance, and with characteristic en
ergy he won renown for his zeal in general legislative work. In all the
walks of life he is honest, conscientious, upright and faithful to a
remarkable degree, and has earned the honors which have come to him
by his own untiring industry. There may be other and brighter posi
tions to which he may aspire, and in which his friends would wish him
success, but he fully recognizes the measure of credit that is recorded
for him. The career of Mr. Demeritt furnishes a most happy illustra
tion of the recognition of faithful service, modestly and courteously
JOHN DEMERITT.
rendered.
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�MAN in a mask.
A brave and battle-scarred soldier, who has
A never been heard, since the war closed, to mention his connection
with the army. A sound and successful lawyer, who never talks law or
practises outside his office and the court-room; a tireless worker, who
never appears to be busy; a man of excellent judgment and rare sagac
ity, who proclaims no opinions and forces advice upon no one; a stanch
friend, who never advertises his friendship for anybody; a generous
giver, who never promises to give anything; a man whose sincerity,
sympathy, and earnestness are so cloaked in the exuberance of his good
nature that few know how genuine and strong they are; whose greeting
is always a laugh, who parries all attacks with jests, illustrates all points
with parables, and demolishes opponents contentions by exploding
against them grotesque imaginings; who quarrels with no one, allows
no one to quarrel with him, and yet generally has his own way,
was born at Ossipee, September 17, 1843. When but eighteen years of
age, he was enrolled in Company A, Thirteenth New Hampshire vol
unteers, and was mustered in as a lieutenant. He served in that posi
tion until he was severely wounded at Petersburg, June 15, 1864, by a
bullet which he carried in his body for many years. When his wound
had partially healed he returned to the front, and was aide to Generals
Raulston and McCullom, of the First division, Eighteenth army corps,
and General Ripley, of the First brigade, Third division, Twenty-fourth
army corps. Subsequently he was commissioned captain, and was mus
tered out at the close of the war. He was then clerk in the treasury
department at Washington, and for eight years clerk of the naval com
mittee of the United States senate. He read law at Ossipee, and Dover,
and graduated at the Law school of Columbian college, at Washington.
CAPT. CHARLES B. GAFNEY.
He resides at Rochester, and is a member of the law firm of Worcester,
Gafney & Snow, of that city. For the last few years he has been sec
retary to the president of the Boston & Maine railroad.
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�ON. EDWARD FOSTER MANN, born in Benton, Grafton
county, September 7, 1845; died in Concord, August 19, 1892.
Upon a rugged New Hampshire farm, within the shadows of her granite
hills, he passed his boyhood days; and while compelling her reluctant
soil to yield the fruits of earth, acquired those habits of industry and
steady perseverance that so well stood him in hand in later years.
Breathing her pure air amid the grand scenery of her majestic moun
tains, his mental strength and bodily vigor grew together. In the
midst of these stimulating surroundings his youthful ambition was
aroused, and he early conceived the idea of gaining that honorable dis
tinction which he afterwards attained.
Educated in the schools of his
native town and the N. H. Conference seminary at Tilton, he, upon
leaving his mountain home, entered the service of the Boston, Concord
& Montreal railroad, where he filled the various positions from brakeman
up to superintendent and in 1892 became general superintendent of the
entire railway system of the Concord & Montreal railroad. During the
years of his railway service the phenomenal village of Woodsville devel
oped, and most of its local enterprises matured under his watchful care.
He was director in the Woodsville Aqueduct and Electric Light company,
and in the Woodsville Guaranty Savings bank. Reared in the faith of
Democracy, he was ever an earnest worker in its cause, representing
his native town in the legislatures of 1871–72, and was a member of
the state senate of 1879–81. He was a member of Burns lodge of F.
& A. M. in Littleton, and of Franklin chapter, Royal Arch Masons, at
Lisbon. The religious convictions of Mr. Mann were broad and liberal
—a firm believer in the universal fatherhood of God and brotherhood
HON. EDWARD F. MANN.
of man. He was frank, sincere, earnest, and outspoken, faithful and
true in all relations of life, and loyal to every obligation of manhood
and citizenship.
�LIFETIME of persistence has placed John H. Pearson in the
front rank of New Hampshire business men. Mr. Pearson was
born at Sutton, N. H., March 17, 1818. With scanty advantages he
started out in life and sturdily exchanged blows with the world. He
did not gain his present eminence at a bound. Men are not born into
the centre of great financial institutions, nor do they inherit the manage
ment of great railroads, or stumble upon mastery in finesse if occasion
requires it. They win supremacy in all these, and Mr. Pearson won his
supremacy in all these by his persistence; so, too, he has mastered all
the obstacles in his life. How many these obstacles have been, and their
nature, none can testify so well as he who overcame them all. But what
they taught him his daily habit of life reveals. They taught him the
chief secret of all success—perseverance. They taught him the noblest
attribute of man—honesty. And perseverance and honesty have no
better exemplars than he. These characteristics he brought into his
earliest business enterprises—into his mills, later, as if for a trade-mark;
into his newspaper, as if for a motto; into his railroad, as if for a code of
rules. And in these signs he has conquered. In them he has fought
his way to the front and has maintained his place against both sedition
and attack. The tumultuous years of his life sit easily upon him. He
has shaken off disease and laid a firmer hold on the responsibilities of
his existence, finding care almost a tonic and labor a balm.
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�ENJAMIN A. KIMBALL, railroad man, manufacturer, and
banker, was born in Boscawen, August 22, 1833, and was gradu
ated from the Chandler Scientific department of Dartmouth college in
1854, at once entering the employ of the Concord railroad as a
draughtsman. After two years he became foreman, and at twenty-six
was master mechanic of the road, resigning in 1865 to engage in busi
ness under the firm name of Ford & Kimball. In 1879, he returned
to the railroad as a director, to succeed Governor Onslow Stearns, and
has since been actively connected with the road's management, becom
ing, in 1889, a member of the executive committee of the Concord &
Montreal railroad. During nearly all his residence in Concord, Mr.
Kimball has been prominent in public affairs. For six years he served
as a member of the water board, was for four years its president, and
was chiefly instrumental in procuring the construction of the city's
water-system. He was trustee of the old Concord Savings bank, and
is president of the Mechanicks National bank. He is president of the
Franklin & Tilton railroad, and a director in a number of similar corpo
rations. In 1870 he was a member of the legislature, and declined a
second term. From 1885 to 1887 he was a member of the governor's
council, and for some years has been chairman of the board of visitors
to the Chandler Scientific department of Dartmouth college. In all
the affairs of the community he has had a prominent part, and his
activity has always been for good. His rise in life has been due to
his own prudence and foresight, and in his successes he has not lost
sight of the sound principles which guided his struggles.
BENJAMIN A. KIM BALL.
�H
ON. CHARLES ALBERT BUSIEL, the first mayor of Laconia,
was born in Meredith (Village), November 24, 1842, the son
of John W. and Julia (Tilton) Busiel. When he was but four years of
age his family removed to Laconia, and there he has since resided.
There he was educated, and there, upon coming of age, he embarked in
the hosiery business, which he had first practically learned in his father's
mill. In 1868 he disposed of his first plant and became interested with
his brother, John T., under the firm name of C. A. Busiel & Co. This
continued until 1871, when the brothers' father was admitted to the firm
and the name became J. W. Busiel & Co. Mr. Busiel's only political
office, prior to 1892, had been a membership in the legislatures of 1878 and
1879, yet when the new city of Laconia cast about for its first mayor,
no name was so spontaneously mentioned as Mr. Busiel's. His nomin
ation was followed by a triumphant election, and that by a wise and care
ful administration, the mayor's directing hand and warning voice being
of great service to the new city in its first days. Besides the attention
claimed by his private business, Mr. Busiel's time is filled with the work of
the affairs of life.
He is a director of the Concord & Montreal railroad and
a member of the executive committee of that road.
He is also a director
of the Boston, Concord & Montreal, the Meredith & Conway, the New
Boston, the Franklin & Tilton, the Moosilauke, and the Profile &
Franconia Notch railroads, and is president of the Lake Shore railroad.
Mr. Busiel is a man of large business interests. He is, moreover, a
man of large friendships. Few men are more winning; and none hold
their friends more closely.
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HON. CHARLES A. BUSIEL.
381
�EW Hampshire men have gone out to win their way in every
field of endeavor, and among those who have won the highest
rank in the commercial field claiming New Hampshire as their birth
place may be named Charles E. Morrison, who was born at New
N
Hampton, August 14, 1833, the son of Thomas W. Morrison and
Dorothy Gordon. He was educated in the schools at New Hampton
and Franklin, and forty years ago, under the firm name of Charles E.
Morrison & Co., established himself in business, in Boston, as a com
mission merchant and dealer in foreign and domestic fruit and produce
in the Faneuil Hall market.
This house from the start has won and
held an enviable reputation; its trade area covers the entire country,
and its export business is among the heaviest in Boston commission
circles. The promptitude with which it has conducted its affairs is in
no small measure due to Mr. Morrison's active and untiring efforts, his
personal attention being given to almost every detail of the business.
Mr. Morrison has grown in another world than the commercial also,
and at the present time is a director in the Faneuil Hall National bank,
in the North American Fire Insurance Co., in the Concord & Montreal
railroad, and his rectitude is affirmed by a position as trustee of Tufts
college. He also holds many other positions of responsibility and
trust. Mr. Morrison has fought his way to the top almost unaided.
His extended business relations draw him frequently to his native state,
and his affection for the interests of New Hampshire still glows bright
and warm within his breast.
CHARLES E. MORRISON.
382
�IRAM N. TURNER has won prominence in two distinct lines
of work, as will be seen from the outline of his career. Mr.
Turner was born at Bethlehem, December 20, 1839, and very early in
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life entered upon a railroad career, and served in it until 1889. From
subordinate places he rose to become successively travelling agent
of
the Worcester & Nashua railroad, freight and passenger agent of the
Portland & Worcester road, manager of the Quebec, Ottawa & New
England air line, general freight agent of the Boston & Lowell rail
road, and general traffic manager of the same system. Thus he was
occupied until his fiftieth year. He then stepped aside from the path
in which he had so steadily mounted and turned himself to a manu
facturing pursuit. With most men the change would have been dan
gerous or even disastrous; but the ability that had carried him successively
and successfully forward in railroad life, was his reliance now, and in
his new position, as general manager and a director of the E. & T. Fair
banks & Co. scale manufactory at St. Johnsbury, Vt., he found new
victories. In the village of St. Johnsbury Mr. Turner became prom
inent, and now holds the position of president of the board of trade in
that place. His connection with the railroads of New England did not
cease with his entrance upon another field of continuous application, and
he is now a director of the Concord & Montreal system, where he is a
valued and effective officer. Mr. Turner was married, January 12, 1861,
to Miss Ellen Brewster, of Whitefield. The record of his life is the
story of enterprise, and each step marks renewed appreciation by the
world. That appreciation Mr. Turner's native state shares in, and does
not hesitate to express.
HIRAM. N. TURNER.
383
�HE development of the railroad interests of New Hampshire has
T carried with it into prominence many sons of the state who have
devoted themselves to this greatest of nineteenth century industries.
Among them is Frank Eugene Brown, the son of Hon. Horace A. Brown
and Sarah S. Booth, who was born at Claremont, July 15, 1850, and
who was educated in the public schools of Concord, to which city his
parents removed while he was yet a small child. Upon finishing his
school course Mr. Brown, at the age of eighteen, in August, 1868, en
tered the employ of the Concord railroad, continuing with that corpora
tion and its successor, the Concord & Montreal railroad, until the present
time, and passing in that time through the various branches of clerical
work and superintendencies until he has reached his present position
of general passenger agent of the road last mentioned. Such a record
is Mr. Brown's proudest boast, betokening as it does the confidence
and esteem of those who have known and watched him in his business
life. This confidence and esteem have been given in large measure to
Mr. Brown by all who have known him in any capacity, and have been
communicated by his election to various positions in social and other
organizations, and by his choice in 1882 to a seat in the New Hamp
shire house of representatives. Mr. Brown through all his life has
amply deserved the success and honor that have come to him. His
unflagging zeal, his rare discretion, his unmatched courtesy, have been
to him the greatest sources of his success. Added to this is the ut
most integrity, joined to an infinite capacity and industry, making a
remarkably symmetrical equipment for the work that he has so success
fully carried out. Mr. Brown is a man of highly refined tastes and a
musician of more than ordinary ability. Combining, as he does, the
courtliness of the old school with the energy and the sprightliness of
the new, Mr. Brown is a most charming acquaintance, a most stead
fast and loyal friend, a zealous and honorable citizen.
FRANK E. BROWN.
384
�ANIELS CARPENTER PRESCOTT was born at Somerville,
D Mass., May 2, 1853.
His parents were Samuel Dana and Mary
Abigail (Carpenter) Prescott, and he was educated in the public schools
of Malden, Somerville, and Foxboro, Mass.
At the age of twenty
he entered a railroad office and in a railroad office he has since been.
When he began he was with the Boston, Clinton & Fitchburg road;
now he is with the Concord & Montreal. For five years he remained
with his first employers, and from 1878 to 1886 he was with the Old
Colony railroad. He then became assistant general freight agent of the
Boston & Lowell railroad, and became in 1887 general freight agent.
In 1889 he went with the Boston & Maine as assistant general freight
agent and in 1891 he came to the Concord & Montreal as general freight
agent, Mr. Prescott, it will be seen, has pushed steadily upward in the
work which he took up at twenty, and at forty his position in the rail
road world is marked by the great confidence reposed in his ability and
fidelity. His has been a painstaking department of railroad administra
tion, requiring careful foresight, a lively knowledge of details, accuracy,
and rapidity. Mr. Prescott's possession of these qualities is best
attested by his record, a record of advancement that could not have been
possible except under the complete possession and daily exercise of all
these characteristics.
385
�OHN FRANCIS WEBSTER was born
in Dorchester, Mass.,
November 18, 1837, the son of Nathaniel F. Webster and Miriam
(Couch) Webster, both of whom were born in Salisbury.
He was
educated at Chatham academy, Savannah, Ga., and at Professor Barnes's
academy at Concord, obtaining a commercial education with Rodney
G. Cutting. In 1856 he was book-keeper for Moore, Cilley & Co.,
in Concord, and March 14, 1857, became local freight cashier for the
Concord railroad. He was appointed cashier of the Concord railroad
system May 1, 1865, and retained that position until October, 1889.
He was appointed cashier of the Manchester & Lawrence railroad,
August 1, 1867, and remained with that company until its absorption
by the Boston & Maine railroad. Upon the formation of the Concord
& Montreal railroad, in 1889, he was elected treasurer of the system,
and now retains that position. In 1889 and 1890 Mr. Webster served
in the legislature as a representative from Ward Four, being chairman
of the finance committee.
In addition to his services as treasurer of
the Concord & Montreal railroad, Mr. Webster holds a similar position
with relation to the Profile & Franconia Notch, the Lake Shore, the
Manchester & North Weare, and New Boston railroads. He is also a
director of the Mechanicks National bank.
Mr. Webster is one of the
most prominent members of the Masonic fraternity in New Hampshire,
having taken the thirty-third degree, and having held almost every office
in the gift of his jurisdiction. Mr. Webster is a courteous business
man. A remarkable knowledge of detail, and a careful application of that
knowledge, have enabled him to rise in the confidence and respect of the
corporation with which he has been so long connected. A conscientious
devotion to principle has won for him also the respect of his acquain
tances, and his genial qualities have added, moreover, the unfaltering
friendship and affection of those who have come to know him inti
JOHN FRANCIS WEBSTER.
mately.
386
�RANK P. QUIMBY was born in Concord, September 22, 1856,
and is the son of John and Lydia Quimby. He was educated in
the public schools of his native city and at the Bryant & Stratton business
college at Manchester. All his life, since his fifteenth year, has been
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devoted to railroading, having begun, in 1871, service with the Concord
railroad as section-hand, passing through the various positions of switch
man, yard brakeman, fireman, and clerk in the treasurer's office, retain
ing his position with the road after the organization of the Concord &
Montreal railroad, and occupying now the position of chief clerk and
paymaster of the last named corporation. Mr. Quimby has made a
steady advance in railroad life through faithful devotion to the interests
of those with whom he has been associated and for whom he has labored.
The measure of his service has never been too severely strained, for no
additional duty has been too onerous for him to undertake. In all
that he has undertaken Mr. Quimby has displayed a remarkable cheer
fulness of disposition, and has readily won friends who have advanced
him in political life at the same time that he has been advancing in bus
iness circles.
He was alderman from Ward Seven, Concord, for four
years, and was elected in 1892 a member of the house of representatives
from that same ward. In the house Mr. Quimby's service has been
quiet but valuable, and he has been closely connected with some of the
most important legislation of the session. In social life Mr. Quimby is
deservedly popular; an unaffected frankness of manner, a winning affa
bility, and a decided honesty of expression endearing him to many. Mr.
Quimby is successful because of his incessant attention to whatever con
cern is immediately before him, and winning successive promotions by the
minute and faithful care that he has devoted to the concerns always
immediately at hand.
FRANK P. QUIMBY.
387
�VERY intelligent farmer in New Hampshire has often heard the
and nine cases out of ten it has
been mentioned in connection with some progress or improvement in
agricultural craft. George Austin Wason, born in New Boston, Sep
tember 13, 1831, was the youngest of the nine children of Robert and
Nancy (Bachelder) Wason. He was educated in the regular town
E. name of George A. Wason;
schools and in a select school at New Boston, and also at Francestown
academy. Born and reared upon ancestral acres, he became their man
ager and proprietor at an early age, through the death of his father. For
thirty years now he has cultivated his old homestead, constantly intro
ducing improvements, and fully determined to keep abreast of the times.
His interest in agriculture has manifested itself, also, in other than per
sonal ways. For three years he was president of the Hillsborough
County Agricultural society, and for the same period was at the head of
the Piscataquog Valley Fair association. The members of the state
grange united in honoring him with an election to the office of master
for two terms, and he thus became a member of the National grange
for four years. Four terms he has been appointed by different govern
ors and councils a trustee of the New Hampshire College of Agriculture
and the Mechanic Arts, and twice the same authority has made him a
member of the state board of agriculture. An easy transition brings us
to his distinguished political services. For six years he acted as county
commissioner for Hillsborough county, and for four years represented
the town of New Boston in the legislature. The success that attended
his efforts in the house of representatives led to his elevation to the
higher body, and in the state senate of 1883 and 1884 he represented
the Amherst district, No. 16, very efficiently. In whatever sphere of
action he is placed, Mr. Wason is faithful, capable, and persistent; and
his eminent devotion to agriculture has not hindered his usefulness in
GEORGE A. WASON.
various other directions.
388
�RISTRAM A. MACKINNON, general manager of the Concord
T & Montreal railroad, is a native of Ireland, where he was born
July 7, 1844, his parents being James and Mary J. (Allen) Mackinnon.
His education was received chiefly at St. Francis college at Richmond,
Quebec, and in December, 1868, he began a railroad career in the em
ploy of the Passumpsic railroad at Lyndon, Vt., and holding the various
positions of shop clerk, superintendent's clerk, and acting superinten
dent. His connection with the Passumpsic road ceased in August,
1873, when he went to Brockville, Ontario, and became superinten
dent of the Brockville & Ottawa, and Canada Central railways. Here
he remained until 1880 and in that year he went with the South-eastern
railway as manager, with head-quarters at Montreal. He occupied this
post until 1886, and then was made general superintendent of the On
tario & Atlantic division, and later, manager of transportation of the
Canadian Pacific railway. In this place he served until 1890, when he
assumed his present position, coming to the Concord & Montreal road
soon after its formation by the uniting of the old Concord, and Boston,
Concord & Montreal systems.
TRISTRAM. A. MACKINNON.
389
�HE rise of George Edgar Cummings from the lowest to the highest
position on the staff of a railroad corporation has been marked
by the steady advance that always follows meritorious labor. Mr.
Cummings was born October Io, 1853, in Rumney, and is the son of
George Spaulding Cummings and Mariette Vinton. In 1854 his parents
removed to Woodsville, where his father is now the oldest settler in the
place, and in the district school their son was educated. At the age of
fifteen Mr. Cummings began work as an engine cleaner for the Boston,
Concord & Montreal railroad at Woodsville, and passed successfully and
successively through every branch of the train service, becoming in 1882
wood agent of the road and entering the service of the Boston & Lowell
railroad when that corporation secured control of the Boston, Concord
& Montreal railroad, his position then being that of transfer agent and
stationed at Concord. In 1884 he was appointed train master of the
White Mountain division of the Boston & Lowell railroad.
His next
promotion came in 1891, when he was appointed assistant superintend
ent of the Concord & Montreal railroad, Northern division, with head
quarters at Woodsville, rising in the year following to be superintendent
of the division, which position he still holds and fills to the eminent
satisfaction of the road and its patrons. Mr. Cummings has devoted
his life to railroad business and with success.
His advance has been
both steady and merited and came as the reward of solid approbation of
solid, faithful work. In every position that he has filled, and those posi
tions have been many, Mr. Cummings has brought to his new duties
the best of his ability in their execution. Such a spirit could not fail to
win reward, and that it has is as much a source of pleasure to Mr.
Cummings's friends as to that gentleman himself, for no more deservedly
popular man has worn the uniform of a train man or has sat at a super
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GEORGE E. CUMMINGS.
intendent's desk.
390
�O successful has been the brief span of the life of William Griggs
S Bean, that it is a matter of regret that New Hampshire may not
claim him as a son as well as a resident.
Mr. Bean was born in Dav
enport, Iowa, October 20, 1861, the son of John P. Bean and Eliza
beth Fitts. His education was secured, after the public schools, at
Knox college, Galesburg, Ill., and at Dartmouth college, being at the
latter institution a member of the class of 1883. He was engaged as
civil engineer at Olcott's Falls, Vt., in 1882, and in 1883 was similarly
engaged with a railroad in northern Vermont, becoming in 1884 con
nected with the St. Johnsbury & Lake Champlain road, and in 1886
entering the employ of the Boston & Lowell railroad on the White
Mountain division, passing from that corporation to the employ of the
Concord & Montreal, where he has won frequent and rapid promotion
through the various gradations of service, being at the present time
superintendent of the Southern division of the Concord & Montreal
system; one of the youngest men in New England ever to hold such an
important position. But rapid as Mr. Bean's rise in life has been, it
has not come unworthily. Each of his many promotions has been won
by constant fidelity and signal ability. As a railroad man he has be
come thoroughly familiar with the needs of his calling, and this familiar
ity with the details of his profession has enabled him in each of his
successive positions to grasp the completed details of the necessities of
public service.
Mr. Bean has shown himself equal to every emergency.
His youthful vigor has not permitted him to grow dull or slothful as he
has advanced in prominence. He has not been content with duties
done, but looks forward with hope to future responsibilities, with a con
fidence that he will be equal to the demand made upon him.
WILLIAM G. BEAN.
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�ILLIAM H. ALEXANDER was born in Tunbridge, Vt., No
vember 24, 1836, the son of William and Ednah Alexander.
Though a native of another state, he has been a resident of New Hamp
shire for more than thirty-seven years, and has, during all that time, been
employed by one corporation, having been for thirty-four years with
the Concord railroad in various capacities, continuing his services when
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the road became united with the Boston, Concord & Montreal, and be
coming supply agent of the new corporation, the Concord & Montreal
railroad, which position he now holds. Mr. Alexander has risen to his
present post after many years of varied experience in railroad life. Root
and branch he knows it, and in the special department with which he is
connected he ranks with the leaders. Trusted by his superiors, and re
spected by his subordinates, he fills his office with ease and credit. As
a man, few can count more friends. His generous temperament has
made him readily congenial to all; his worth has deeply impressed itself
upon his circle of acquaintances, and among those who know him only
by casual contact he is known as he is in his business — a firm, honor
able, kindly man, doing no man wrong, and permitting none to be
done.
392
�AMES T. GORDON, of Concord, member of the house of repre
sentatives from Ward Six in that city, was born in Meredith, August
4, 1833. His education was that of every New Hampshire boy,
and in May, 1854, he entered the employ of the Boston, Concord &
Montreal railroad as a locomotive fireman, retaining this position until
1856. He then entered the shops of the company, and learned the
machinist's trade, going then to the employ of the Concord railroad, in
1865, in the meantime having served his country in Company A of
the Fifteenth regiment, New Hampshire volunteers, in which he enlisted
September 15, 1862.
He was appointed third sergeant, and served
until April 30, 1863, when he was promoted to first sergeant, serving
in this capacity until August 15, 1863, when his term of service expired,
and he was mustered out. In 1869 he left the machine shops of the
Concord railroad, and became a locomotive engineer, relinquishing his
hold upon the lever, however, in April, 1873, when he was appointed
foreman of the machine shop. In August, 1878, he was appointed
acting master mechanic, and succeeded to the full duties and responsi
bilities of that office in June, 1879, retaining the position until July,
1889, when the Concord, and the Boston, Concord & Montreal railroads
were united, and he was then appointed superintendent of motive power,
which position he now holds. Mr. Gordon is a Mason and a Knight
Templar, and was Democratic candidate for mayor of Concord in 1882
and 1884. His election to a seat in the house of representatives is a
deserved compliment, and the tidal wave that carried him into office was
due not a little to his efforts.
JAMES T. GORDON.
393
�OHN HENRY HAMILTON was born in Melbourne, Province
Quebec, March 28, 1847, the son of John A. and Mary A. (Stimp
son) Hamilton. When five years of age he came with his parents
to Concord, and has since resided there, and in the schools of that city
secured his education. When fifteen years of age he entered the ser
vice of the Northern railroad in the freight department, and afterward
became yardmaster at Concord for the Concord railroad, continuing in
that position for eighteen years from 1865; and being promoted lost
freight agent of the Concord railroad, is now serving in that capacity
for the Concord & Montreal railroad system. In 1892 he was made
joint station master at Fabyan's for the Concord & Montreal and Maine
Central systems, which position of responsibility placed in his hands
the care of the whole volume of White Mountain trains which cross
that famous railroad section during the summer months. The onerous
and taxing duties of that position he filled with great success. Mr.
Hamilton is prominent in the Odd Fellows fraternity, being a past
grand of Rumford lodge, and past chief patriarch of Tahanto encamp
ment. He is a member of Blazing Star lodge of Masons, of Trinity
Chapter of Royal Arch Masons, of Horace Chase Council, Royal and
Select Masters, of Mount Horeb Commandery of Knights Templar,
and has taken all the Scottish Rite degrees up to the Thirty-third.
Mr. Hamilton is a man of wide friendships, his various positions have
placed him in contact with the world at large, and in the great school
of human nature he has developed tact and courtesy. The long years
of his service attest his growing worth, and he has become in the rail
road circles of New Hampshire a man to be depended upon in any
JOHN HENRY HAMILTON.
emergency.
394
�I
RVIN LYMAN BOSS was born in Valley Falls, N. Y., No
vember 13, 1863, and is the son of James E. Boss and Fannie M.
(Sheldon) Boss.
In the schools of Fitchburg, Mass., he received his
education, followed by a course in the Eastman Commercial college at
Poughkeepsie, N. Y. At the age of fifteen, however, he was employed
as shipping clerk for the Walter Heywood Chair company at Fitchburg,
and was then engaged as book-keeper for the S. Hess Publishing com
pany, of New York, being stationed at their Boston office, in Pemberton
square. He was afterward engaged in the photograph business with A.
Marshall, at No. 147 Tremont street, Boston, and in 188o became a
commercial traveller for Charles Rosenfield, of Boston, fancy grocer.
In 1881 he was engaged by the Railway Clearing House association of
New England, and for nine years served with that company, becoming,
July 15, 1890, car accountant of the Concord & Montreal railroad, which
position he now holds. Mr. Boss has come through natural steps to
his present position; a mind fitted by nature for intricate combinations
has been trained by long years of business, and has developed that readi
ness which responds to every emergency. In the position that he now
holds, Mr. Boss superintends the work of numerous subordinates, yet
the grand total is ever in his mind, and few of the minor details are
lacking from his mental inventory of a day's labor. In addition, Mr.
Boss's department looks after the mileage accounts of the cars of his
own and other roads; their earnings, their positions, their loads, in
short, everything in connection with them. Mr. Boss is among the
leaders in his work.
He is a member of the International Association
of Car Accountants, and of the New England Association of Officers in
Charge of Car Service. In a position demanding unusual qualities,
he has developed those qualities to an unusual degree, and ranks easily
in the fore-front of railway officials in New England.
IRVIN LYMAN BOSS.
395
�ANY of the leading railroad men of the country own New
Hampshire as the land of their nativity or of their residence;
but the Granite state never had within her borders a brighter student of
the class than one who has recently come from the queen's dominions,
William Joseph Callaghan. Born in Montreal, Canada, July 23, 1872,
the son of James J. and B. Helen (O'Brien) Callaghan, he received
his education at private schools and at St. Ann's school, then consid
ered one of the leading educational institutions in Canada. Graduating
there in 1886, he served for a time as book-keeper for Callaghan &
Foley, wholesale pork dealers. He soon discovered his true vocation,
however, and, January 11, 1887, entered the office of the car service de
partment of the Canadian Pacific railway as a clerk. November 13, of the
same year, he was promoted to the general superintendent's department
as private secretary to the general superintendent. March 19, 1890, he
was appointed chief clerk in the superintendent's office of the Canadian
Pacific railway, a position which he filled with remarkable success until
he relinquished it, November 10, 1890, to become private secretary to
General Manager Mackinnon of the Concord & Montreal railroad. Mr.
Callaghan at present is chief clerk in the general manager's office of the
same road, and is perhaps the youngest man holding a position of this
kind, but at the same time one of the keenest and best posted men in
his branch of the business. Although a resident of the state but a few
years, he possesses a wide and influential acquaintance, and is very pop
ular among railroad men. Meeting so many different characters in his
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profession, his disposition has readily accommodated itself to changing
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conditions, and he has filled with ease positions of increasing responsi
bility and usefulness.
CALLAG HAN.
396
�OHN TAPLEY WELCH was born at Dover, December 15, 1856,
and was educated in the public schools of that city and at Dart
mouth college. Mr. Welch has been engaged during most of his life in
journalistic work, as an editorial writer upon the Whiteside Sentinel at
Morrison, Ill., upon the Dover Daily Republican and the Dover Daily
Times, and also as special correspondent for the Boston Daily Globe.
Mr. Welch is an ardent Republican, and has attained more than ordi
nary prominence by reason of his activity. He has been a delegate to
nearly every state convention since he became of age. He was a mem
ber of the New Hampshire legislature in 1889, was for five years register
of probate for Strafford county, and has held positions in political com
mittees, both state and local. He is a member of many historical,
secret, and other societies, and is married and has one son. Mr. Welch
at present is chief time clerk in the government printing office, having
been appointed to that important position February 3, 1890. As a
journalist, Mr. Welch has contributed to many important and influential
sheets, writing always with force, grace, and fluency. Under his direc
tion the journals to which he was an editorial contributor ranked as
leaders of political thought in their locality, while his special work as a
newspaper man rose even to brilliancy. Though removed from the state
by reason of his office, Mr. Welch still retains his residence in Dover,
and is frequently at his home. In official life Mr. Welch has won the
same distinction that attended his efforts in the journalistic field. He
has fulfilled the duties assigned him with prominence and credit. He is
one of New Hampshire's worthy sons, and that the field of his endeavor
lies without her border does not remove him beyond the reach of the
many friends in the Granite state who rejoice in his success as if it were
their own.
JOHN TAPLEY WELCH.
397
�EV. WILLIAM JEWETT TUCKER, president of Dartmouth
His boy
hood was largely spent in New Hampshire, and he was graduated from
Dartmouth in the class of 1861. From then until 1863 he was a
school-teacher, and in the latter year he entered Andover Theological
seminary, from which he was graduated in 1866. In 1867 he became
pastor of the Franklin-street Congregational church at Manchester, and
remained there until 1875, when he was called to the pastorate of the
Madison-square Presbyterian church, New York city. From this pul
pit he was called, in 1880, to the chair of homiletics at Andover Theo
logical seminary, and on May 1, 1893, he left that post to become pres
ident of Dartmouth college, a position which had been tendered to him
more than a year before, and which he accepted at last in a conscien
tious belief that it was his duty. Dr. Tucker, before his election to the
presidency of the college, had been for some years a trustee of the insti
tution, and upon his accession to the chair had nothing to learn of the
needs, or traditions, or ambitions of the college. The brief months of
his administration are already filled with a marked measure of good for
Dartmouth. New courses, new chairs, new equipment, greater endow
ment, and an increased student-body have already come to encourage
Dr. Tucker's labors. Dr. Tucker, while at Andover, became prominent
in special departments of Christian work, and the Andover House in
Boston looks to him as its projector. His scholarly attainments have
met with wide recognition, and are attested by the thoughtful excellence
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of his occasional addresses and sermons.
His own alma mater has
conferred upon him the degree of Doctor of Divinity, and Williams
college, at its recent centennial, decorated him with the degree of
REV. WILLIAM J. TUCKER, D. D.
Doctor of Laws.
398
�EV. CHARLES SUMNER MURKLAND, president of the New
Hampshire College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts, was
born in Lowell, Mass., May 20, 1856, the youngest of fourteen children
born of Scotch parents, of whom seven are now living. He passed
through the regular course in the schools of Lowell, and graduated from
the High school in 1872. For the next five years he was at work in the
mills in the engraving department, and in 1877 he entered Middlebury
college, and graduated in 1881, the valedictorian of his class. Three
years later he took his master's degree, and at that time he was selected
to deliver the master's oration. During these last three years he occu
pied himself by supplying the pulpit of the Congregational church at
Ferrisburgh, Vt. In 1883 he took the degree of bachelor of divinity,
from Harvard Divinity school, and for the next year was engaged in
post-graduate study at Andover Theological seminary. From June,
1884, to 1886, he was pastor of the Congregational church at Chicopee,
Mass., and from there he came to Manchester as pastor of the Franklin
street Congregational church, whose pulpit he filled until June of the
present year, when he was called to the presidency of the agricultural
college by the unanimous voice of its trustees. He was inaugurated in
August, 1893, at the same time the new college buildings at Durham
were dedicated. Dartmouth conferred upon him the honorary degree
of doctor of philosophy, in 1893. Dr. Murkland is also chaplain of the
First regiment, New Hampshire National Guard, with the rank of
captain.
REV. CHARLES S. MURKLAND, PH. D.
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�TILSON HUTCHINS was born in Whitefield, November 14, 1838,
educated in Hopkinton and in Cambridge, and in 1856
went to the new state of Iowa, bent on his early formed purpose of
making himself a name in the journalistic world, and in that purpose
few Americans have ever accomplished greater results. Bred from ster
ling New Hampshire stock, with ancestors that fought at Bunker Hill,
the young man soon made his mark. His quick mind and expressive
pen made him a leading editor of the state, and a worthy competitor for
newspaper honors in a larger field; consequently he removed to St.
Louis, and buying the Times, speedily made it the most successful
newspaper property in that city. With an instinctive genius for the call
ing, he left St. Louis in the late seventies, and went to Washington,
where, founding the Washington Post, he conducted its manage
ment up to the day when it passed into the possession of its present
proprietors. New Hampshire has no son more devoted to her beau
ties, or prouder of her annals. Governor's island, in Lake Winnipise
ogee, has felt the influence of his devotion to beauty, for there he has
expended large sums in adorning and beautifying the landscape. Mr.
Hutchins's winter home is on Scott circle, in Washington, and there
he entertains his friends in a manner as charming and simple as his
surroundings are superb. His picture gallery is one of the richest of
the private collections in the country, and is so acknowledged by crit
S was
ics and connoisseurs.
With the true tastes of the scholar, Mr. Hutchins
has given time and labor to autographs, and his collection is enriched
by original letters from the famous men and women of history. In the
portfolios is a complete set of autograph letters of Napoleon and Jose
phine, and all the marshals of France. In politics Mr. Hutchins is a
Democrat, and as such he has been a member of the Missouri and of
S.
the New Hampshire legislatures, being a member of the latter during
the session of 1881.
4oo
�ON. JAMES I. CHRISTIE, of Dover, born in that city, May
9, 1842; died at Washington, D. C., April 6, 1889, was a
noted national character who, at the time of his decease, was nominally
the assistant-doorkeeper of the United States senate, an office created
expressly for him, but virtually he was the major-domo of that body.
He was the great master of ceremonies, and his death resulted from la
grippe, contracted while standing uncovered in the rain, superintending
the inauguration of President Benjamin Harrison. The senatorial,
official, and other excursions, and funerals, for many years were under his
personal charge and direction. He grew to be the most efficient, pop
ular, and valuable officer of that body. While yet a lad, in 1857,
Senator John P. Hale took him to Washington, to be a page in the
senate, and continuously afterward, until the day of his death, he re
mained connected in one capacity or another with that dignified organ
ization. Mr. Christie had a happy faculty of doing favors for others,
and his life became a round of cheerful, generous self-sacrifice. He was
so bright and willing, so apt and affable, that he won the friendship of
the leading members of each succeeding senate. He was a handsome
commander, whatever the occasion, without ostentation or any show of
pomposity, conducting public exercises and ceremonies with remarkable
grace, ease, and dignity unequalled. He had a great noble heart, and a
nature that delighted in pleasing others, and he had a noiseless way of
helping those around him, and an intuitive knowledge of their wishes and
doubts, that made him almost invaluable in the place where he served so
long and faithfully. No man in Washington had a more wide ac
quaintance throughout the nation, and no man there had more personal
friends throughout the several departments of the government, during
the successive administrations of Abraham Lincoln to that of Ben
HON. JAMES I. CHRISTIE.
jamin Harrison.
4o I
�OWARD PERRY MERRILL, the son of Joseph S. and Irene L.
Merrill, was born in Concord, June 4, 1860, and after a course in
the public schools in that city, graduating from the High school in 1879,
he entered a printing office at Haverhill, Mass., returning to Concord,
however, in September, 1880, to engage in journalism, which has since
grown to be his profession. He was first employed as a reporter on the
Concord Daily Blade, and afterward went, in August, 1881, to Springfield,
Mass., where for four years he was proof-reader on the Evening Union,
and afterward was employed as New England editor. For a short time
he did special work for the same paper, and afterward was city editor,
managing editor, and telegraph editor of the same paper, in the order
named. In 1892 he came to Nashua, and was employed as managing
editor of the New Hampshire Republican during that journal's brief
career. Upon its demise he at once returned to his old mistress,
The Union, and now is engaged as day editor. The year 1887 Mr.
Merrill spent in California, in an editorial capacity on the Los Angeles
Times and Tribune. June 25, 1885, Mr. Merrill married Nellie A.
Currier, daughter of James M. Currier, a noted architect of Springfield.
Mr. Merrill is one of the best of young newspaper men to whom New
Hampshire claims parentage. His long connection in so many capa
cities, with a single journal, has made him a factor of great force in
newspaper circles in western Massachusetts, and his continued success
H
is a sufficient testimonial of his merit.
HOWARD PERRY MERRILL.
402
�UICK, accurate, painstaking; having a practical knowledge of the
printer's trade, an understanding of the niceties of the English
language and its punctuation, a familiarity with legal, medi
cal, and scientific phrases and authorities; poised, courteous, forbear
ing; alert to discover errors but keeping himself and others in good
EDWARD
OLIVER
LORD.
temper during their correction, and above all, possessed of the executive
ability to keep each of many books, pamphlets, and magazines moving
rapidly toward completion:—such are some of the characteristics re
quired of the man at the head of the Republican Press Association's
book department, and it pleases the subject of this sketch to know
that he performs satisfactorily the manifold duties of the position.
Edward Oliver Lord was born in Somersworth, March 1, 1856, the
youngest child of Oliver H. and Mary (Stevens) Lord. His early educa
tion was received at the Great Falls high school and Phillips Andover
academy. He was matriculated at Harvard in 1874, graduated from Colby
university in 1877, and received the degree of master of arts in 1880.
A teacher in the Great Falls high school in 1877–78, editor and busi
ness manager of the Great Falls Free Press from August, 1878, to
February, 1883, farmer and breeder of Holstein-Friesian cattle in New
London from 1883 to 1890, and book proof-reader for the Republican
Press Association in 1891, his life has been one of incessant activity.
In November, 1892, he was called to the business management of the
New Hampshire Republican at Nashua. After a careful examination of
the books and prospective business of the “new morning daily,” and a
thorough investigation of the political support which could be obtained
for it, Mr. Lord recommended the purchase of the Nashua Telegraph as
a solution of the political and financial difficulties of The Republican. But
The Telegraph could not be bought at a satisfactory figure, so The
Republican was sold in February, 1893, and Mr. Lord accepted his
present position.
�HE county solicitor of Merrimack county, Daniel Bartholomew
was born in Concord, October 6, 1855, the son of
Daniel and Mary Donovan, who emigrated to the United States, from
Ireland, in 1847, and has always lived in that city, where he was edu
cated in the public schools. In 1878 he was admitted to the bar, and
has since been actively engaged in practice, at first as partner of Samuel
B. Page, but of late years without a partner. For eight years he was a
T Donovan,
member of the school board of Union school district in Concord, and
for some years was secretary of the board. He served as clerk to the
superintendent of construction of the Federal building in Concord, and
in 1890 was elected, as a Democrat, to the solicitorship of Merrimack
county, receiving a re-election in 1892, being the first Democratic solic
itor in the county to receive that honor. He took an active interest in
the National Guard, and for nearly ten years was a member of that or
ganization, first as an enlisted man and later as an officer, holding seven
different commissions, among them being as assistant-inspector general,
judge advocate, and inspector of rifle practice of the First brigade, New
Hampshire National Guard, each with the rank of major. In addition
to his professional duties, Major Donovan has become known in news
paper circles as the faithful agent of the Associated Press at Concord,
for many years, and as the active correspondent of the Boston Globe
since 1890. Major Donovan in 1886 received the honorary degree of
A. B. from Dartmouth college, a rare honor, yet merited by his attain
mentS.
�JOURNALIST whom everybody in New Hampshire knows,
whom everybody likes, whom politicians trust with party secrets,
and who never wrote a malicious article of anybody or anything, is
Allan Hazen Robinson of Concord. Born at Salisbury, July 11, 1848,
he was educated in the public schools of that town and of Concord,
completing his education under the tutorship of the late Rev. Dr. J. H.
Eames of St. Paul's church, Concord.
In 1861 he entered the business
department of the New Hampshire Patriot, under the late Hon. William
Butterfield, where he remained for six years. He was for ten years the
New Hampshire agent of the Associated Press, and for four years city
editor of the New Hampshire Patriot, under the control of Edwin C.
Bailey. For a time, in addition to his newspaper work, he was con
nected with the Boston & Lowell and Concord railroads.
In 1881 he
was appointed New Hampshire correspondent of the Boston Herald,
which position he still holds. Since 1887 he has been telegraph editor
of the People and Patriot. His newspaper connections have brought
him into close personal relations with leading men of the state, whose
confidence he has never violated, and whose esteem he has ever
held.
When his name was suggested for appointment to the position of immi
gration commissioner under the present administration, he was
cordially
endorsed by prominent men of both parties in the state, and his *.
tion for that office by President Cleveland is the most popular appoint
ment in New Hampshire. Mr. Robinson is an industrious and discr1m
inating newspaper writer, respected by the public and his associa".
Invariably courteous, he wins friends as he makes acquaintances, and the
men who know and trust him are the solid and influential citizens of
New Hampshire.
ALLAN HAZEN ROBINSON.
405
�ON, JOHN HATCH, of Greenland, member of the New Hamp
shire bank commission, was born in Portsmouth. January 1, 1849,
in a family of long line and much distinction. He was educated in the
public schools of his native city and at St. Paul's school, Concord, and
was for some time connected with the latter institution in an adminis
trative capacity. He afterward studied law and established himself in
practice at Portsmouth, taking up a residence at the old family home
stead in Greenland, where he has lived for nineteen years. From this
town in 1879 he was sent to the legislature, and again, also, in 1881.
During both these sessions, Mr. Hatch was a prominent member of the
house. He served upon its most important committees, and though a
member of the minority party, was a forceful factor in legislation. In
1885 he sat in the state senate, as member from the Newmarket dis
trict, and added to his credit the record of faithful service in that body.
He was a member of the constitutional convention in 1889, and has
served his town as a member of the school board and town treasurer
for a number of years. In August, 1893, he was appointed member
of the bank commission, succeeding William A. Heard, and has entered
upon his new duties with earnestness and vigor. Mr. Hatch is one of
the most active laymen in the Episcopal church in New Hampshire, and
has become a familiar figure at diocesan and other church conventions,
numbering also among his services to the church several years of mem
bership on the standing committee of the diocese.
406
�OAH S. CLARK, one of the most successful business men of
N
Manchester, was born in Quincy, Mass., May 17, 1830, and
when but five years of age removed with his parents to New Hampshire,
making their home upon a Rockingham county farm in the old historic
town of Chester, where he passed the days of his boyhood as a farmer
lad, and received the rudiments of his education in the public schools of
that town; afterward he went to Manchester, where he graduated from
the High school, when it was located upon Lowell street, and under the
tutorship of John W. Ray. Having a taste for mercantile pursuits, he
immediately upon leaving school began clerking in the dry goods and
fancy goods business in Boston, New York, Chicago, and Cincinnati.
In 1856 Mr. Clark returned to Manchester, and opened a dry goods store
in what was then known as the “Old Ark,” located on Elm street.
The phenomenal success attending that venture induced him, the next year,
to remove his place of business to Hanover street, where he continued
until the great Hanover street fire. Undaunted by calamity, he erected
a substantial brick block upon the lot where his fancy goods emporium,
the “Big 6,” now stands, and has continued there to this date. Mr.
Clark is a thorough and practical business manager, and has won a
merited success by constant personal attention to the management of his
business affairs. He is not a member of any secret organization, and
his motto has ever been, “Live and let live.” Mr. Clark has, even in his
busy life, found time to serve his city upon the board of aldermen, and
his ward as representative in the state legislature. He is one of the
directors of the Manchester National bank, and is also one of the direc
S. CLARK.
tors of the Concord & Montreal railroad. On December 1, 1893, his
excellency the governor and the honorable council appointed Mr. Clark
to the responsible position of police commissioner, upon the newly con
stituted board of police commissioners for the city of Manchester.
�OSEA BALLOU CARTER, of Concord, was born at East
Hampstead, Rockingham county, September 5, 1834, and has
ever since been irrepressibly pushing. His few weeks of schooling
taught him, what he afterward learned better in the wide school of
experience, that, to achieve success in the world, a man must hustle;
furthermore, if the early worm had essayed more live dignity and less
languor, its final morning interview with previous poultry could un
doubtedly have been postponed indefinitely. The mile-stones marking
the course of the route of “ Hozee” from the shoe-bench at Hampstead
Peak to the state house at Concord, are many and interesting; in fact,
his career marks an epoch in the political history of New Hampshire.
Hozee has histled as a cyclopedia canvasser, a patent-medicine manu
facturer, a sewing-machine agent, a safe salesman, a desk drummer, a
typewriter expert, an editor, a statistician, a detective, a railroad com
missioner, a publisher, a politician, a candidate, and an office-holder;
even now he is hustling as chief clerk of the newly created New Hamp
shire Bureau of Labor, a position in which his epigrammatic wisdom
finds many a chink for its overflow. He is also a philosopher, and “if
there are anythings in heaven and earth that are not dreamed of" in his
pungent philosophy, they must be paltry and insignificant. The works
of his head and hand abound; a complete blue-book of New Hamp
shire, from 1680 to 1891, published by the state, attests his superiority
as an editor, collator, compiler, and statistician. The Town and City
Atlas of New Hampshire, a larger and more pretentious work, pub
lished in 1892, does his talent credit. And so on through life he
has gone, cheerfully turning his hand to whatever came next, ungrudg
ingly “paying the freight,” and always serving modestly and efficiently
to some good purpose, now placing his “phiz" last in the work, in
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order (to quote his own language) “to keep the others from falling
out.”
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New Hampshire Men: A Collection of Biographical Sketches, With Portraits, Of Sons & Residents Of The State Who Have Become Known In Commercial, Professional, & Political Life
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A 413 page collection of indexed portraits & bios, from various NH men, from different walks of life, from the late 1800's. This collection contains several men from Farmington NH.
They are: page 74-Hon. Alonzo Nute, page 167, Alonzo Irving Nute, page 192, Joseph Henry Abbot
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George Higgins Moses
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�Entered according
to
Act
of Congress, in the year 1839,
by
JOHN HAY WARD,
in
the
Clerk's Office
of the
District
Court in Massachusetts.
STEREOTYPED AND PRINTED BY
WILLIAM WHITE,
CONCORD, N.H.
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PREFACE.
The preparation
patronage of
its
of a Gazetteer ot
New
England, worthy the
no easy task
those only who
can form a just conception of its difficulties. Long
enlightened citizens,
is
:
have attempted it
and wearisome journeys must be performed ; hundreds of volumes and
local histories must be consulted, and thousands of letters must be written.
Although a kind Providence has blessed the editor with health, and
with numerous friends, in all parts of New England yet, after a long
period of devotedness, he is mortified that his work is not more complete.
;
It will
be perceived that there are
many
towns, particularly in the
New
England, whose names are merely mentioned
and that notices of others, in many cases, are exceedingly deficient. Had
eastern section of
our means permitted,
fair
representations of the character and resources
of those towns might have promoted individual and public interests
enhanced the value of our volume.
northern and eastern parts of
New
;
and
There are lakes and rivers in the
England, whose beauty, volume of
water, and hydraulic power, might vie with the Winnepisiogee and Merrimack ; but whose locations and even names are but indistinctly known.
But we have the
land, perfect in
try
is
new
:
rather desii-ed than expected.
large portions of the territory of the
are yet a wilderness, and
New
EngOur counEngland States,
consolation to believe that a Gazetteer of
all its parts, is
new
New
counties and towns are very frequently
constituted.
The
progress of agricultural science, and of the mechanic arts
advancement of commerce, both
at
home and
;
the
abroad, and the increasing
success of the fisheries, united with the determination of the people of
New England to connect the trade of the western oceans with their
Atlantic borders,
by
roads of iron,
which
frosts
cannot impede, are so
great and strong, that the most devoted geographical and statistical writers
must be satisfied with following at a distance, rather than keeping pace
with the rapid car of improvement in New England.
Al
�—
PREFACE.
In the performance of our work
valuable maps and books on
New
we have
derived assistance from
Among
England.
many
number a
the
re-
Belknap's History of New
Hampshire; Williamson's Maine; Dwight's Letters; Savage's
spectful tribute
due, particularly,
is
Thacher's
Winthrop;
to
Folsom's Saco and Biddeford;
Plymouth;
Hale's Map of New England;
Benton
Statistics:
Stevens' Rhode Island; CArrigain's New Hampshire and Greenleaf's Maine:— to Worcester's Gazetteer; Thompson's Vermont;
Pease and Niles' Rhode Island and Connecticut; Spofford's Massachusetts, and Farmer and Moore's Gazetteer of New Hampshire.
From the latter work, and from its authors, the lamented John Farmer, Esq., a celebrated antiquarian and writer, and Jacob B. Moore,
and Barrey's
;
N. H., author of several valuable
Esq., of Concord,
we
cellaneous works,
in regard to
are indebted for
much
of that
and mis-
which
valuable
is
Hampshire.
a beautiful volume, entitled " Connecticut Historical Collec-
From
tions,"
New
historical
by John
Warner Barber,
Esq.,
we have been
permitted to
enrich our pages with some of their most valuable and interesting
ar-
ticles.
To Heads of Departments
at
Washington, and
to the Secretaries of the
which the work refers, for valuable public documents;
and to numerous other friends who have kindly assisted
to Postmasters
us in our labors whose names we should feel proud to mention, were it
we tender the acknowledgments of a
in accordance with their wishes
several States to
;
;
;
grateful heart.
For the purpose of enlarging our work,
our editions will he designedly small
:
as well as for its correction,
contributions are therefore respect-
fully solicited.
While
it is
our determination
to
devote our time and humble talents to
render our publications worthy of general approbation
with the assurance of co-operation from eminent
country
;
and
we
trust
with confidence
to
men
;
we
are gratified
in all parts of the
receive that patronage, which
home and abroad, invariably bestow on every
whose obvious design is usefulness.
Yankees, both
at
effort
���;
NEW ENGLAND
In
presenting the public with a Gazetteer of
proper
to
make
character of
its
a
New England, it has
few introductory remarks of
inhabitants.
They may with
seemed
a general nature, on the
great propriety be called
a peculiar people : and perhaps New England and Pennsylvania are the
only parts of the new world, which have been colonized by a class of
men, who can be regarded in that light. The whole of Spanish and Portuguese America was organized, under the direct patronage of the mother
countries, into various colonial governments, as nearly resembling those at
home
as the nature of the case
admitted.
The adventurers who sought
their fortunes beyond the sea, in those golden tropical regions, carried the
vices and the virtues with the laws and the manners of their native land,
along with them, and underwent no farther change than was unavoidably
new
physical and political condition in which they
were
same force, may
be made of the Virginia colonists they differed from Englishmen at
home in no other way, than a remote and feeble colony must of necessity
differ from a powerful metropolitan state.
Pennsylvania was settled by
a peculiar race but its peculiarity was of that character which eventually exhausts itself; and would speedily perish but for an amalgamation,
necessary though uncongenial, with the laws, the manners, and institutions of the world.
If all mankind were Friends they might subsist and
prosper.
A colony of Friends, thrown upon a savage shore and environed
incident to the
placed in America.
The same remark, with nearly
the
:
;
by
from foreign colonial establishments, would perish,
by forces and principles different from its own. In the settlers of New England alone we find a peculiar people ;
but at the same
time a people whose peculiarity was founded on safe practical principles
if
hostile influences
not upheld
—
reconcileable with the duties of
life
;
capable of improvement in the pro-
gress of civilization, and of expanding into a powerful state, as well as of
animating a poor and persecuted colony.
�NEW ENGLAND.
Had
ed
America been discovered and
not
English colonization
for
such an uninviting spot
fortunes, the world
;— nay,
as furnished
would have
which the
fathers of
have made
it
class.
A
to
men
of prosperous
noble developement of character
A
tropical climate would
would have filled it up
gold mine would have been a curse
exhibit.
uninhabitable to Puritans
with adventurers of a different
upon our continent reservit not been precisely
no temptation
lost that
New England
a tract
further, had
;
or rather
Had the fields produced cotton and sugar, they
have produced the men whom we venerate as the founders of
to the latest generation.
would not
the liberties of
New England.
Puritanism sprang up in England, but there it could not develope itself
with vigor or consist with happiness.
The conflict with the hostile institutions of society was too sharp, and admitted of the cultivation of none
but the militant or patient elements of character.
To struggle with
temporary success and to bow in permanent subjection was the necessary
fate of the persecuted sect.
So it was wisely ordained.
Had Puritanism permanently mastered the church and the throne in England, it
would have been corrupted.
It would have picked up and worn the
trampled diadem
it would have installed itself in the subjected church.
Regarding Cromwell and the Rump Parliament as the gift of Puritanism
to
:
English liberty,
most
to sigh or smile.
it is
a bequest
The
at
which we know not whether
fell by the way side
seed sown in England
and the fowls came and devoured it up. The cause of political and social
reform, which was conducted with self-denying wisdom and moderation
in the outset,
by single-hearted, honest men, degenerated
In the moment of
triumph
as
it
prospered.
sunk under the corruptions of selfishness, as a noble vessel which has braved the tempest in mid-ocean sometimes goes
to
its
it
pieces on the rocks as it'approaches land.
But the precious seeds of liberty, civil and religious, which were sown
New England, fell upon a genial soil, and brought forth worthy and
abiding fruit.
Undertaking the same work which was undertaken by
in
their brethren in England, our fathers conducted
small things, through hardships,
It is true there
trial,
it
and disasters,
were greater obstacles
to
through the days of
to a
triumphant issue.
be encountered in England, in
the resistance of established institutions.
Deep rooted errors were to be
up the towers of feudal oppression, which had stood for centuries,
were to be overthrown. But the influence of these formidable institutions
was not limited to Old England,
The rod of arbitrary power reached
torn
;
The little colonies had to struggle with the crown
and the hierarchy, with the privy council and with special commissions,
with writs and acts of parliament and they had besides to struggle with the
across the Atlantic.
;
�NEW ENGLAND.
savage foe, of a sterner
hardships of the wilderness, the dangers of the
the privations of a settler's life,
climate than that of their native land,
mother country ;— but they
the alternating neglect and oppression of the
of abuses in England, as
struggled successfully with all. The reformers
scattered a house
they claimed to be called, brought a king to the block,
with all the powers
clothed
of lords, and saw their great military leader
and in twelve years the son of that king returned to the throne,
state
of
amidst a jubilee of nanot merely by an unconditional restoration, but
All the while the
rejoicing and without one security for liberty.
;
tional
New
fathers of
extravagance
England held on
when
their cause at
their
home
even Avay
(as
;
not betrayed into
they fondly called Old Eng-
in despair at the miserable relapse which enand
not indeed live to reap the fruit of their principles
They did
sued.
reflects but the greater honor upon them that they
and it
their sacrifices
great work from a sense of duty, deep-seated, con-
land)
was triumphant; nor
;
persevered in their
while they lived, unretrolling, fearless, and not the less so although,
warded by worldly success.
actuated by the only prinIn fact the founders of New England were
It need not be said that this was
ciple sufficient to produce this result.
How easily it is uttered of our Pilgrim fathers that
principle.
religions
little in these prosperthey were actuated by religious principle ; how
description of their
all that is wrapped up in that
ous days do we realize
comprehend of others what we have not
is dithcult to
character
It
!
experienced in ourselves.
a highly
capaWe
That easy frame of mind which prevails among
is scarcely
favored people, in periods of halcyon prosperity,
with the moral heroism, the spirof being placed in sympathy
truly animated
courage, the sublime equanimity of a generation
persecution, and purified by hardby the relio^ious principle, exalted by
of the
such a period we can, by diligent contemplation
itual
ship.
Happy if in
men of
conceiving
other days, exalt our imaginations, till by
proportion as we do this,
In
form a desire to imitate their virtues
success. They did all
realize the secret of their perseverance and
venerated
we
we
!
shall
What cannot man do when
things through Christ strengthening them.
this life as a preparatory
he has learned habitually and distinctly to regard
introductory to an eternal
a brief hour,— nay a fleeting moment,
scene,—
being'?
The
means and
fathers of
New
England were enabled, with
their scanty
institutions
feeble powers, to establish the foundation of
which
hutliat they regarded
will last to the end of time, for the very reason
moral naman interests and delights as transitory. That paradox in our
triumph out of self-denial,
tures which educes strength out of weakness,
out of a stern preference of things not of
all
worldly power and success
�NEW ENGLAND.
this world, received its
pilgrim fathers of
New
most illustrious confirmation in the career of the
England.
This principle of our natures
success which attended the
There
these shores.
is
the key to the great problem of the
forlorn
hope of humanity that landed on
indeed a fanaticism, which violates
is
all
the laws
which belong
and the humbler influences which grow from the
an
of our nature, alike the higher ulterior principles
to
immortal
rela-
spirit,
It leads to surprising
tions of ordinary life.
which dazzle us with
deeds;
brilliant eccentricities.
it
forms characters
near allied
It is
to
mad-
But the religiousness of the fathers of New
It
England was a far different principle.
It was eminently practical.
allied itself with wise institutions of government; it sought the guidance
ness
;
often runs into
of education
;
it
it.
encouraged the various pursuits of industry;
for the public safety
and defence
;
it
provided
and with chaste discrimination admit-
It is difficult to say what sort of a
ted the courtesies of polished life.
commonwealth George Fox would have founded, had circumstances called him to assume the province of the legislator. It is most certain, that
in setting up an immediate divine inspiration as the guide of every man,
he maintained a principle at war with the very idea of a political system
and all its institutions nor is it less certain that the constitution which
was actually granted to Pennsylvania, by its pure and noble-spirited pro;
possessed
prietor,
little
of the
peculiarities
But the
peaceful, and equitable temper.
ped short of the point where
They pursued
of his sect but their mild,
fathers of
New
England
stop-
solemn conviction passes into enthusiasm.
the ordinary occupations of
life,
planted the
vessels and navigated the sea, and carried on the usual
field, built
mechanic
arts.
They made provision for protection against the Indians and the French.
They organized a plan of civil government; they established by law a
system of common school education, for the first time in the history of the
world, and they founded a college for the avowed purpose of training up
men, well
a class of educated
and pious ministers
grims.
who had
qualified to take the place of the learned
emigra-ted with the
These are the doings of
first
generation of
intelligent and practical
pil-
men, not of en-
and yet they are the doings of men so resolutely
thusiasts or fanatics
bent upon the exercise of the right of worshipping God according to the
;
dictates of their consciences,
home,
fortune, and
To say
all
that the fathers of
to say that
they were
that they
that the mass of
men
;
New
to
were willing
men
to sacrifice
to it
hold dear.
England were not
faultless, is
merely
say that they established no institutions,
the object of which was to bind the consciences of their successors,
praise asjust as
it is
high.
If they adhered with
undue tenacity
is
to their
�NEW ENGLAND.
own
opinions, and
least left
failed in
charity towards those
who
differed,
they
at
beforehand
their posterity free, without the attempt to secure
the control of minds in other ages by transmitted symbols and tests.
Hu-
manity mourns over the rigors practised towards Roger Williams, the
Quakers, and the unhappy persons suspected of witchcraft but let it
;
was executed at Wurzburg,
and that even in 1760 two women were thrown into the water in Leicestershire, in England, to ascertain by their sinking or swimming whether
they were witches. Above all, it may deserve thoughtful enquiry, before
we condemn the founders of New England, whether a class of men less
stern in their principles and austere in their tempers, could have accomnot be forgotten that, as late as 17.49, a witch
plished, under all the discouragements that surrounded them, against all
the obstacles
which
dence called them,
stood in their
way, the greal work
— the foundation of
to
which Provi-
a family of republics,
under
a constitution of free representative
reason
to
government.
confederated
There
is
every
believe, great and precious as are the results of their principles,
world, that the quickening power of those
more and more displayed, with every leaf that is turned
hitherto manifested to the
principles will be
in the book of Providence.
That
ses
part of the United States denominated
SIX STATES, SIXTY
EIGHTY TOWNS.
New
Eivglazvd, compri-
ONE COUNTIES, and TWELVE HUJVDRED AND
Their extent, divisions, and population
periods, are as follows
:
at several
�NEW ENGLAND.
New England
In 1830, there were in
798 blind, and 18,668
dumb
1,112 persons deaf and
The number
aliens.
;
of colored persons in 1820,
was 20,782—1830, 21,310. See Register.
New England increased in population, from 1790,
per
to 1800, 22.1
cent: from 1800, to 1810, 19.3 per cent: from 1810, to 1820, 12.7 per
cent: from 1820, to 1830, 17.7 per cent; and from" 1830,
When
cent.
it is
nally peopled by
considered, that most of the western states were origi-
New
Englanders, and that vast numbers annually emi-
grate to those states, this increase of population
with other Atlantic
is
1S37, 12.4
to
stated at 120,000
The
states.
;
in 1755, at 345,000
BouJVDARiEs AND EXTENT.
;
and in 1775,
This territory
compared
favorable,
is
New
population of
is
England
in 1700,
at 714,000.
bounded north and
northwest by Lower Canada, about 375 miles, and east by the Province of
New Brunswick, 275 miles.
Its
whole eastern, southeastern and southern
borders are washed by the Atlantic ocean and the waters of
Sound, a distance of about 600 miles.
of
New York, 280 miles.
New England is situated
Its
It is
Long
Island
bounded west by the
circumference
state
about 1,530 miles.
is
between 41°, and 48° 12' north hitiJude, and
Greenwich.
Its greatest
length is between the sources of the Madawaska, Me., and Greenwich,
Ct., about 575 miles; and its greatest breadth is between Machias, Me.,
and Highgate, Vt., 300 miles.
Its narrowest part is between Boston
and West Stockbridge, Mass., 135 miles^
65°
and 74°
55',
Name.
10'
west longitude from
During the unsuccessful attempts of
Sir
Walter Raleigh
to
plant colonies within the territory of North America, from 1584 to 1587,
the whole country was called Virginia, in honor of
was then on the
into
two
In 1606, James
British throne.
sections, JVorth
Queen
I.
Elizabeth,
who
divided the country
and South Virginia; but
the French having
taken possession of the Canadas, and founded Quebec, in 1608, and the
Dutch having established colonies at New York and Albany, in 1613,
the
intermediate
New
England,
in
to his native land,
New
the
to its
New
England
States,
who visited
first settlers
this coast in 1614.
We
England people are frequently called Yankees.
warranted in stating, from the best authority, that of the
Heckewelder,
that the
Lena Lenape,
nounced the word English, Yengees.
but in the course of years, in
Indian names and phrases,
it
late
are
learned
a tribe of Indians belonging to
the Six Nations, on the arrival of our forefathers to
spelt,
was called
luxuriance and beauty, and in honor
by the celebrated John Smith, one of the
of Virginia, in 1607; and
The
now
territory,
compliment
these shores, pro-
The word was thus
common
originally
with thousands of other
became corrupted
to
Yankee.
The
first
•
�—
NEW ENGLAND.
land
Englanders
honorable
ply
—
were English,
or
Englishmen, from Old Eng-
the term Yankee, or English,
and however
;
New
New England
of
settlers
themselves, and reproachful only
to
may be
applied to
the descendants of the Puritans consider the term
who
those
to
misap-
it.
New
Surface, Soil and Productions.
ed for
Mountains
varied surface.
its
and solitary eminences
intervales
is
distinguishspurs,
beautiful swells, extended valleys, and alluvial
;
meet the eye
England
immense ranges, bold
in
in
Large
every direction.
rivers, unrivalled for
courses and hydraulic power; brooks, rivulets, expansive
their rapid
more than
lakes, countless ponds; and a sea coast of
hundred miles,
six
decorated with delightful bays, harbors, and romantic islands, form and
beautify the outline of a picture of
The
New
soil of
sand exist in
all
England
New
fitted, in
;
a light
is
The
soij
clay, and
most gener-
brown loam, mixed with
different degrees of moisture
common
production
Loam,
as varied as its surface.
is
their varieties and mixtures.
ally diffused through this country,
gravel
England.
and dryness,
for
every
to the climate; and capable, with proper culture,
of the highest fertility.
The agricultural productions of this country are exceedingly numerThe staple articles, and such as are cultivated in all
ous and valuable.
their varieties, are grass, Indian corn, wheat,
hemp, broom corn,
peas, flax,
rye, barley, oats, beans,
potatoes, onions,
millet,
beets,
carrots,
trinips, squashes, melons, &c.
The
New
fruits of
England, both wild and cultivated, are
merous and abundant.
ces, grapes, in
butternuts
all
&c.
tiful in
New
their varieties;
walnuts, chesnuts, Madeira nuts,
This
is
but the
commencement
England, and remarkable
The forests
of
New
Among the
so great
list
of the fruits, plen-
and
flavor.
a noble variety of trees, not only
all
that a catalogue
the uses of man.
of
The number
them would cover pages.
most valuable are the varieties of the pine, cedar, oak, wal-
nut, spruce, maple, beech, birch, ash
fir,
of a
for their richness
England exhibit
delightful to the eye, but valuable for
is
nu-
strawberries, whortleberries, blackberries, mulberries, rasp-
;
berries,
of these
also
Apples, pears, peaches, plums, cherries, quin-
;
the hemlock, hacmatack, elm,
&c.
The botanical
resources of
section of our country.
New
Among
England are not
the
inferior to
any other
most beautiful native flowering
shrubs are the laurel, rose, honeysuckle, and woodbine.
MiJVERALOGy.
New
England unquestionably possesses a vast and
�NEW ENGLAND.
rich variety of minerals
but until recently
;
ploughing the ocean, or digging
in
o:i its
people have been too busy
its
surface, to search for ti'easures
its hills and valleys.
A spirit of exploration, howLearned
which promises the most favorable results.
and indefatigable men are in the fieldj and the wisdom of our legislatures
will keep them there.
within the bosom of
ever, has arisen,
Granite or sienite, in
all its
Varieties,
marble of various hues, varying
polish,
pected
is
is
abundant; coal
no wood
and
;
it is
abundant
to exist,
but
for roofing
abundant.
is
New
not.
buildings
;
Gold and silver are said
Fine clay, sandstone, manganese
and various other
Garnets, cobalt, rock
been discovered
Copper
forests.
England; and iron ore, of a pure quality,
in various sections of the country.
we hope
states:
abundant on Cape Cod, where there
found in meadows surrounded by
exists in various parts of
is
in all the
most of which, bearing a fine
found in various places, and strongly sus-
is
Peat
to exist in others.
common
is
in quality,
in various parts of
articles for
crystals,
New
;
slatestone,
necessary use are
and other minerals
have
England, and which are men-
tioned under their localities within the volume.
Climate.
The
above.
and
to
New
England is exceedingly various:
below the zero of Fahrenheit to 95°
The mercury has been known to descend from 20° to 30° below,
climate of
the temperature ranges from
102° above
;
15'^
but such cases rarely occur.
European philosophers have imagined that the coldness of this part of
America was caused by our northwest winds, proceeding, as they have
thought, /rom the great lakes, which are situated in the interior of North
America: but since it has been discovered that the great lakes lie westward of the true N. W. point, that opinion has been exploded.
A second cause to which the coldness of these winds has been attributed, is a chain of high mountains running from southwest to northeast,
in Canada and New Britain, at a great distance beyond the St. Lawrence.
A
third opinion
is
that of the
venerated Dr. Holyoke, of Salem,
supposed that the numerous evergreens in this country are the
of the peculiar cold
which
it
experiences.
coldness of these winds proceeds from
i\\e
A
fourth opinion
is,
who
source
that the
forested state of the country.
all those we have menwhich generate the peculiar cold of this
Dr. Dwight entertained an opinion different from
tioned,
viz: that the winds
country descend, in most cases,
phere.
The N. W. wind
gree of cold
is
increased.
from
the superior regions of the atmos-
rarely brings snow, but
The deepest snows
fall
when
it
does, the de-
with a N. E. wind, and
storms from that quarter are most violent and of longest duration.
the mountains, the snow
falls earlier
On
and remains later than in the low
�NEW ENGLAND.
On
grounds.
those elevated sun^.mits, the winds have greater force in
driving the snow into the long and deep gullies of the mountains, where
is
it
are seen on the south sides of
the highest
monly
it
not to be dissolved by the vernal sun.
so consolidated, as
snow
till
A
July.
southeast storm
shorter, than one from the
A
soon changes to rain.
One
common
in
its
is
If
com-
begin with snow,
it
duration
W. with snow
S.
very short.
is
Squalls of
March.
by the inhabitants
of our
derived from the frequent changes in the state of the atmos-
The temperature
phere.
Spots of
May, and on
often as violent, but
is
northeast.
of the greatest inconveniences suffered
country,
as late as
wind from the W. or
brisk
or rain, sometimes happens, but
this kind are
mountains
Changes
Changes from wet
hours.
are
to dry,
known
has been
change 44°
to
though seldom
frequent,
and from dry
to
twenty four
the same
in
wet, are
in
at
degree.
times unpleasant,
and probably unhealthy.
There is no month in the year which is not
sometimes very pleasant, and sometimes disagreeable.
In a series of
years, our most pleasant months
Often the
tember
are,
is
the 20th of September to the
The temperature
delightful.
Summer.
Some persons
be a more pleasant month than either September or October.
there are
usually a few days of intense
In
heat.
except the brilliancy and beauty of the heavens,
confessed to have the superiority over
tation
is
wonderful
literal sense,
;
and
renewing
richness and splendor.
rejoice
on every
side.
its
it
seems
all
as
others.
if
the
This
is
think June
In June,
all
other respects,
this
month must be
The
progress of vege-
creative
hand was,
in a
original plastic efforts, to adorn the
All things are alive and gay.
The
pastures are
world with
" The little hills
clothed with
valleys are also covered with corn, and shout
same time prevails
mild,
is
sweet, and the sky singularly bright and beautiful.
is
the period denominated the Indian
to
From
however, very warm.
20th of October, the weather
the air
September and October.
first three weeks in Sep-
are June,
two, and not unfrequently the
first
for
joy."
The
flocks.
Health
at the
The
in a peculiar degree.
Spring is often chilled by
by rains. The Winter months,
mantle of snow, is the season for relaxa-
easterly winds and rendered uncomfortable
when
tion
the earth
is
clad with
its
and pleasure.
The number
three to one.
of fair days in a year compared with the cloudy,
is
as
We
have had but few meteorological journals kept. For
several years past they have become more frequent, and it is hoped, that
from the increasing attention to the subject, comparative results of the
weather will become more numerous and exact.
Navigation- and Commerce.
from the
first
1*
The
people of
New
England,
settlement of the country to the present time, have been
�;
NEW ENGLAND.
celebrated for their fine ships, nautical prowess, and commercial
Their extended Atlantic sea
give them as great,
can be found in
any other country.
vessels built in the United States in 1833,
New
tonnage, 161,626 tons; of which there were built in
The number
tonnage, 95,146.
the
spirit.
forests of ship timber,
not greater facilities for these enterprises, than
if
this or
The number of
and their noble
coast,
of
seamen employed
in
was 1,188;
England 590:
navigation in
United States, was 67,744, of which 37,142 belonged
to
New
England.
In consequence of the absence of both natural and
to the fertile countries
artificial
channels
on the borders of the great lakes, and west of the
Alleghany mountains, the exports and imports of New England, compared with the whole of the United States, appear small but it must be
borne in mind that a large proportion of the ships and seamen employed
in this commerce belongsto New England, and that a vast amount of the
;
exports from other states consists of the j^roducts of the manufacturing
industry and fishery of that section of the country.
The value
of the imports of
New
England, during the year ending
SO September, 1837, was $22,052,414.
total
value cf the imports of
Exports, $11,878,324.
the United
States, in that
period,
The
was
$140,989,217; of exports, $117,419,376.
During that period the American tonnage of New England, entered,
compared with that of the United States, was as follows New England,
:
1,944 vessels, 393,877 tons: United States, 6,024 vessels, 1,299,720 tons.
During
that time there
tonnage, 122,987 tons
;
were 949 vessels built in the United States
which 389 were built in New England, meas-
of
uring 51,983 tons.
Fishery.
This important branch of industry, and one of the great-
rial,
to the American people, has, from time immemobeen almost exclusively cairied on by New England vessels, men,
and
capital.
wealth
est sources of
In 1837, there were 508 vessels in the United States engaged in the
was 127,239 tons of which number
Nev/ England states measuring 115,194 tons. The
same year there were 127,678 tons employed in the cod and mackerel
126.963 tons of which were owned in New England.
fishery
whale fishery
459 belonged
;
the total tonnage
;
to the
;
;
Manufactures.
From
the
mercial country.
the U. S.
first
settlement of the country, to the
New
England was emphatically a comDuring the long wars in Europe, when the flag of
general peace in Europe in 1815,
was the only passport among
England ships became the
the belligerent nations.
carriers of almost the
New
whole of the eastern
�NEW ENGLAND.
The change from war
continent.
land to
its
centre.
It
however
to
peace, in Europe, shook
stood firm.
During
New
Eng-
a pause, in wliich
conflicting interests in regard to the tariff on imports
resources
of
were settled, the
were examined, and it was found that a large porwhich had been accustomed to float on every gale, and
the country
tion of the capital
subjected to the caprice of every nation, might profitably be employed at
home, in supplying our own necessities, and placing our independence on
a more sure foundation.
A manufacturing spirit arose in New England,
whose power can only be excelled by the magnitude and grandeur of innumerable streams on which
it is
seen
to
move.
See Register.
�ITEMS
There
to the
are several items in this
volume which do not strictly pertain
Some of them are here noted.
general character of the work.
White Mountains,
Distances on Long Island Sound and Hudson
Routes
Saratoga and Ballston Spi'ings,
Troy, N. Y.,
-
-
Firmness of mind,
A venerable
-
-
...
...
....
-
-
N. Y.,
minister,
-
-
....
....
....
Curious Courtship,
Sound.
Maine.
briefly stated,
Sharon, Ct.
Long
Island Sound.
Hancock, Mass.
Stamford, Ct.
-
Catskill Mountains,
Bay
-
Lebanon Springs, N. Y.,
I.
White Mountains.
«
«
-
....
Confidence in God,
Long
river,
-
-
Lake George, N. Y.,
Whitehall, N. Y.,
The North Eastern Boundary Question
New
See White Mountains.
to the
Long
Island Sound.
Hartford, Ct.
Lyme,
Ct.
Fundy,
Fundy, Bay.
St. John's, N. B.,
A Congregation made Prisoners,
Darien, Ct.
Brave Women, Dustan's Island, Gorham, Me., and Dorchester, Mass.
A good shot,
Dalton, JV. H.
Goffe and Whalley,
Hadley, Mass., and Woodbridge, Ct.
Peddling,
Alexanders' Lake, and Berlin, Ct.
of
The "Old Black Bull,"
-
-
...
Faithful Missionaries,
Burning of
-
-
Fairiield,
Mount Auburn Cemetery,
-
Transplanting
-
Obookiah,
-
.
Large Apple Tree,
Thermometrical observations,
Fortunate Stageman,
Tribute
to
-
female character,
Large Pines,
-
Generals Allen and Stark,
Fairfield, Ct.
Epping,
-
-
JV*.
H.
Belchertown, Mass.
-
-
-
-
Ledyard, Ct.
Liberty and JVorridgewock, Me.
-
General Putnam and the Wolf,
Tornadoes,
•
-
Cambridge, Mass.
Fairlee and Whiting, Vt.
.
Cornwall, Ct.
Duxbury, Mass.
-
...
...
fish,
Colchester, Ct.
Gorham, Me.
Roxhury, Mass., and Haddam, Ct.
Prices of sundry articles in 1750,
Litchfield, Ct., and
-
Warner and JVew London,
-
JV. H., and
Manchester,
JV.
H.
Pomfret, Ct.
Winchendon, Mass.
�ITEMS.
See Weston, Ct.
Meteoric Stones,
Windham,
Story of the Frogs,
Smart Old Men,
A
modest
Stratford, J\\
office seeker.
Lyme,
Land Title settled by combat.
The " Devil's Den," a good ice house,
Large Trout,
-
Montville, Ct.
Village,
Ashford, Ct.
relic of olden times.
The
*'
Farmington, A^. H.
Middlebo rough, Mass.
.
_
_
Dorchester, Mass.
-
Turtle well marked,
Mohegan
A
-
Fryeburgh, Me.
.
_
.
.
Poised Rock,
New
JVew Market,
Hampshire Giant,
Purgatory Cavern,"
Ice Beds,
WJiitingham, Vt.
Wethersfield, Ct.
Singular motive for marriage,
" Lovevvell's Fight,"
Curious Epitaphs,
Strong, Me.
-
Atkinson, JV. H., and
-
H.
Ct.
Sterling, Ct.
-
-
Floating Islands,
A
Ct.
TVhitingham Vt., and Shutesbury, Mass.
.
.
J\''.
H.
Sutton, Mass.
Wallingford, Vt.
.
JVew Hartford, Ct.
Kingdom,"
JVorth JBridgewater, Mass.
Names of Towns,
Plympton, Mass.
A " South Shore" White oak,
Tiverton, R. I.
Tak, a slave, the captor of a British General,
«*
Satan's
Horrible butchery of a family,
Penobscot Indians,
"The
Wethersfield, Ct.
.
.
Orono, Me.
.
Oxford, Ct.
Pool,"
Shrewsbury, Mass.
First mail stage in the United States,
Indian
George
Mound,
III.
.
.
_
.
Roxbury, and Webster, Mass.
-
-
_
-
'
.
-
Taunton, Mass.
-
.
Wethersfield, Ct.
-
_
-
An atrocious murder,
A New England Clergyman
of 1G86,
Plymouth, Mass
Ancient Epitaphs,
runaway pond,
Lake scenery,
-
.
A worthy maiden Lady,
A Connecticut river lawsuit,
A
Mass.
White Mountains.
Stafford, Ct., and Hopkinton,
-
.
Foliage,
The Drum Rock,
Ridgefield, Ct.
-
Mineral Springs,
Avalanches,
H.
Quincy, Mass.
and John Adams,
.
The Hermitess,
Tough words for stammerers.
Autumnal
Ossipee, JV.
_
-
-
-
_
-
Warwick, R. I.
Washington, Ct.
Wenham, Mass.
and Windsor, Ct.
Glover,
Vt.
Winnepisiogee Lake^
�ITEMS.
The « Charter Oak,"
-
-
See Hartford, Ct.
-
Augusta, Me., Charlestown, Mass., Hart-
Retreats for the Insane,
ford, Ct.
Large Elm Tree,
-
-
Chocorua's Curse,
-
Volcanic Eruptions, indications
Ct.,
Gay Head,
Hardships of
and
_
_
Chesterfield, JV. H".,
of,
.Albany, JV. H.
East Haddam,
of Shoals.
Isle
first Settlers,
Relics of ancient
Hatfield, Mass.
.
>
Johnson and Hartland, Vt.
Sanbornton, JV.H.,
-
JkfoM/fon6oro' and
Indians,
and Kent, Ct.
Kilkenny, JV. H.
Sagacity of a Dog,
Ladies' Shoes,
The "
-
_
Lynn, Mass.
_
Cat Hole,"
Meriden, Ct.
White Fish,
Madison and Saybrook,
Town,
Deaf and Dumb,
Relics of an ancient
Asylum
do.
for the
for
The "
Hartford, Ct.
the Blind,
Indian Camp,
Boston,
-
-
-
Deerfield, JV.
Pool of Neipsic,"
A fruitful Rock,
A brave Man,
Glastenbury
Antrim,
-
Ancient Family Record,
Notable
First
Cost of " Victuals
_
-
Hourly Coaches
in
to last
Copperas, manufacture
one
Rock,
Strafford, Vt.
-
First Sacrifice of
An
old Frog,
human
-
Distance of the Sound of Cannon,
-
JV.
H.
ditto.
Ct.
JVorwalk and Stamford,
Ct.
American
_
-
JVew Milford,
,
_
Life for
-
-
_
_
_
White Mountains,
.
»
Ct.
Winchester, Ct.
•
.
_
_
Woodbury,
-
-
.
Indian Bargains,
_
.
-
-
Me.
Waterbury, Ct.
Wilmington, Mass.
-
-
.
Indian Palace,
Saco,
Year,'
_
-
Rogers' Rock,
a
Roxbury, Mass.
-
The « Green Woods,"
Split
Man
.
Bethel Rock,
Marlboro^ and Salisbury, Vt.
_
New England,
.
Culture of Hops,
Mass.
Roxbury, Mass.
Leicester,
of,
Good Elbow-Room,
H,
ditto.
of,
...
Women,
JV.
Saybrook, Ct.
Saybrook Platform, origin
Joseph Warren,
H.
Ct'.
,
Charlestown, JV. H.
-
-
Jewish Synagogue,
Ct.
Me.
Bristol,
_
liberty
-
Providence, R.
I.
Bridgewater, Vt.
Barnard^ Vt.
�NEW ENGLAND
Abljot,
vvock.
man.
Acton, Me.
Me.
This town lies
Piscataquis co.
76 miles N. by E. from Augusta,
130 N. by E. from Portland, and
about 40 N. N. E. from Norridgeson, E.
GAZETTEER.
It is bounded N. by Monby Guilford and S. by Park-
The
Piscataquis river passes
nearly through its centre.
It was
Population,
incorporated in 1827.
1837, 649.
An
interior town, in the
county
of York, recently taken from Shapleigh.
It lies near the head waters
of Salmon river, by which it is divided, on the W., from New-Hampshire.
It is
107 miles
S.
W.
from
Augusta, and 15 W. from Alfred.
Population, 1837, 1409.
Actoii, Vt.
Windham
This town was
1782
It has some
Plymouth co. This town is on it v/as incorporated.
the high land between Massachu- fine brooks, but no important mill
Three streams. It lies about 15 miles N.
setts and Narraganset bays.
rivers rise here, two of which emp- of Newfane, and about 90 S. of
Population 1830, 176.
ty into the Taunton, the other into Montpelier.
It Ues 19 miles S. S. E.
the North.
Acton, Mass.
from Boston, 22 N. W. from PlymMiddlesex co. This is a pleasouth, IS N. N. E. from Taunton,
and 8 S. of Wej^mouth landing. ant farming town of good soil. The
This town is noted for its manufac- Assabet river passes through it. It
tures of boots, shoes, and tacks. The is 5 miles N. W. by W. of Concord,
Incorpototal value of its manufactures, in and 21 N. W. of Boston.
one j'ear, was ,<6;S47,294, of which rated 1735. Population 1837, 1071.
Al>ingtOBi, I^Iass.
first
co.
settled in 1781, and in
the amount of .$82,000 was for tacks,
and .$746,794 ior boots and shoes.
Ac-*vortli,
Sullivan co.
There were 847 males and 470 females employed in the manufacture agricultural in
IV.
H.
This town
its
is
pursuits.
chiefly
The
Cold river,
generally good.
which rises from Cold pond in this
town, affords some good mill seats.
This town was formerly noted for
etmooskeagin.
the culture of flax, which was manAcoakset River,
ufactured by some of the inhabitants
Rises on the border of the town into the finest linen, equal to any
imported from Ireland. The town
of Fall River, and meets an arm of
Buzzard's bay, at Westport, 12 miles was settled in 1768, and incorporated in 1771. Population 1830, 1401.
S. W. of New Bedford, Mass.
of the latter.
Population, 1337,
This town was incorporated
3,057.
in 1712. Its Indian name was Man-
soil is
�—
NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
It lies 13 miles S. of
44
W.
Addisou, Me.
Newport, and
of Concord.
Washington
Adaxns, Mass.
Berkshire co. This is a flourishing agricultural and manufacturing
township, comprising two villages,
north and south, whose trade goes
It is 40 miles E. of
to New York.
Troy, N. Y., 120 W. N. W. of Boston, 29 N. of Lenox, and 7 miles S.
E. of Williamstown college. The
Hoosack river passes through this
town, and affords a great water
power. There are in this town 19
cotton mills, 4 satinet factories, and
2 calico printing establishments.
co.
This town was
incorporated in 1797.
Population,
It lies 14 miles W. by
1837, 901.
S. from Machias, and 135 E.by N.
from Augusta. Addison lies between Pleasant and Indian rivers,
and near the south entrance into
;!ispe ky reach.
Addison Point,
or Cape Split, jutting out into the
sea, off which are several small
islands, is the principal harbor and
place of trade.
Addison
Coiiiitj'',
Vt.
Mlddlehury is the chief town.
There are also in this town large This county is bounded on the N.
machine shops, 4 tanneries, 3 air and by Chittenden county; E. by Washcupola furnaces, and manufactories ington and Orange counties, and a
S. by
forks, part of Windsor county
of shovels, spades, hoes,
The total Rutland county, and W. by Lake
chairs and cabinet ware.
value of the manufactures of this Champlain. It was incoiporated in
;
place in the year ending April 1,
1837, amounted to $1,045,417.
Between the years 1746 and 1756,
this town was the scene of much
Traces of old
Indian warfare.
Furt Massachusetts are still found.
Saddle .Mountain, the summit of
which is called Gray Zoc/c, the highest of Massachusetts mountains, lies
chiefly in this town, and, although
it is 3,600 feet above the level of
the sea, is of easy ascent.
view
from Gray lock probably gives " an
idea of vastness and even of immensity" better than any other
landscape in New England, Mt.
Washington, in N. H. excepted.
The natural bridge on Hudson's
A
Brook,
worthy
in
this
town,
is
a curiosity
the notice of travellers.
The waters of this brook have worn
a fissure from 30 to 60 feet deep and
30 rods in length, through a body
of white marble, or limestone, and
formed a bridge of that material, 50
feet above the surface of the water.
1787, and contains about 700 square
Large quantities of white
miles.
and beautifully variegated marble,
which receives a fine polish, are
found in this county, and large
quantities of it are quarried and
transported to various markets.
This county is admirably well watered by Otter Creek, which rises
near its southern boundary, and extends nearly through its centi-e
by Mad and White rivers and by
Lake Champlain, wliich affords it
many navigable privileges. The
;
;
good, particularly in those
the mountains, and
bordering the lake and rivers. This
county contains 22 towns. Population, 1820, 20,469—1830, 24,940.
Inhabitants to a square mile, 35.
soil
is
towns below
Addis oil, Vt.
Addison co. This is supposed to
be the first place settled by the
whites, in this state, west of the
a cavern in this town, 30
feet long, 20 high, and 20 wide.
mountains. The town is pleasantly
located on the east side of lake
Champlain, and nearly opposite to
Incorporated 1778. Population 1820
Crown
1,836—1830, 2,648—1834, 3,000—
and in 1837, 4,191.
York. At this place the lake is
about 3 miles broad. The French,
There
is
Point, in the state of
New-
�—
NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
it is said, commenced a settlement
here in 1731 ; the same year that
they erected a fort at Crown Point.
The English came here about 1770.
mill
privileges.
These streams
were once the residence of num-
bers
of
the
beaver, otter, &c.
There are several
lofty hills and
town, 'the highest
of which is called Chocorua, and is
visible from a great extent of country.
It received its name from
Chocorua, an Indian, who was killed on the summit by a party of
hunters in time of peace, before
from Middlebury, and 40 V.'. S. W. •the settlement of
the place.
The
from Montpelier. Population 1830, predominant rock
of these hills is
Otter Creek passes into the town,
but affords no important mill sites.
The surface of the town is low and
level.
Mil4 and Pike rivers, are
small streams, which fall into the
lake opposite to Crown Point. This
town lies about 12 miles AV. N. W.
mountains in
1,306.
granite
—a
this
decomposing variecrystals and grains
of feldspar are very large. The soil
So called, being three elevations is fertile, being a sandy
loam, mixof land in York, Me., about 4 miler ed occasionally
with coarse gravel.
from the sea, and a noted land mark There are some fertile
intervale
for those on the coast to the north- lands on the
borders of Swift river.
ward and eastward of Portsmouth This town has been considerably
Agameuticus Mountain,
The highest summit is 673
above the ocean. It is said
that Saint Aspinquid died on this
mountain, in 1682, and th.l his
harbor.
feet
was celebrated by tl- Inby the sacriiice of 671". wild
funeral
dians,
animals.
The Indian name of a river in
Wareham, and of a part of Westfield
river; and the name of a village on
Westtield river, 2 miles S. W.'^from
Springfield.
Albany, Me.
CO.
This town was incor-
porated in 1803.
It lies about 17
miles W. by N. from Paris, and 58
W. from Augusta. It is the source
of Crooked river, which empties into
Sebago Lake.
Population, 1837,
598.
Albany,
]V.
H.,
Strafford co., lies 60 miles
N. by
soft,
which the
retarded by a peculiar disease which
afflicts neat cattle.
Young cattle
cannot be reared, nor can cows or
oxen be kept here for a series of
years, without being attacked by a
singular and fatal distemper.
It
commences with a loss of appetite
the animals refuse hay, grain and
salt
become emaciated an obstinate costiveness attends, but the abdomen becomes smaller than in
health, and is diminished to one third
its original bulk. After these symptoms have continued for an indefinite period, a brisk scouring comes
on, and the animals fall away and
—
Aga^vani, Blass.
Oxford
ty, in
die.
—
Though
;
superstition
may have
found a reason in the dying curse
of the murdered Chocorua, philosophy has not yet ascertained a satisfactory cause for the disease.
It is
probably owing to the properties
contained in the waters. This town
was granted Nov. 6, 1766, to Clement March, Joseph Senter and others, and until the 2d July, 1833, it
bore the name of Burton.
Popula-
E. from Concord, and 67 N. N. W.
from Dover. The principal river tion in 1830, 325.
in Albany, is Swift river, which
Albany, Vt.
passes from W, to E. into the Saco,
at Conway.
There are several
Orleans co. This town was grantsmall streams in different parts of ed in the year
1781, by the name
the town, furnishing convenient of Lutterloh
in 1815 itwas chang;
2
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
present name. It is water
by a number of ponds, and by
Black river and its branches. Albany lies 34 miles N. from Montpelier, and 9 S. of Irasburgh. Pop-
ed
to its
6(1
ulation, 1830, 683.
person gained his wealth in a manner which illustrates the antiquity
of the propensity of the inhabitants
of this state to the once honored,
yet now despised employment of
peddling, we will give the reader
a short
Albion, Me.
notice of his history.
He
came from Scotland, with a great
Kennebec co. This fine farming number of other emigrants, in a
town lies on the stage road from ship which was to land them at
Augusta to Bangor; 24 miles N. Boston. Just before leaving the
E. from the former, and 44 S. W.
Population, 1837,
from the latter.
This town produced 10,728
1609.
bushels of wheat, in 1837.
ring
Albwrgli, Vt.
Grand
Settlements com-
Isle co.
menced here by emigrants from
This town
Canada, in 1782.
lies at
N. W. corner of the state and
England 10 miles N. from
North Hero, and 79 miles N. W.
from Montpelier. It is bounded by
the waters of Lake Cham plain, except on the north, where it meets
the Canada line, in north latitude
the
of
New
;
ship he discovered a gold ring upon deck, for which he could find no
owner. Thus fortunately provided,
after his arrival he pawned the gold
for
small
articles
of trade,
which he peddled in Boston and
Roxbury. He was very prosperous, and finally became able to redeem the author of his success, and
pursue his business without embarrassment.
After a few years of
constant activity, he acquired sufficient property to purchase a planta-
of 3,500 acres in Killingly.
gold ring was transmitted as a
t.ort of talisman, to his only son
45^.
The soil is good and finely JYell, who transferred it to his only
It has a mineral spring, son JVell ; v/ho is now living at an
ti^nbercd.
of some repute in scrofulous cases. advanced age, and has already plaPopulation, 1830, 1,239.
ced it in the hands of his grandson
A^cll ; and fo it will doubtless conAlexasidePj Ble.
tinue from JYell to JVell, agreeably
Washington co. About 25 miles to the request of the first JVell,
N. by W. from Machias, and S. of until the " last knell of the race is
Baileyville, and Baring, which bor- tolled!"
der on the river St. Croix.
In this
singular tradition has been
town are some ponds, which, with handed down to iis by the aborithe large pond in Baring and Alex- gines concerning the origin of this
ander, produce a large stream which lake.
empties into Cobscook bay. PopuIn ancient times, when the red
lation, 1837, 457.
men of this quarter had long enjoyed prosperity, that is, when they
Alexainler's Lalice.
had foiind plenty of game in the
This beoAitiful sheet of water, of Avoo ls,and fish in the ponds and rivabout a mile in length and half a ers, they at length fixed a time for
mile in breadth, lies in the town of a general powwow, a sort of festival
Killingly, Ct., and was formerly for eating, drinking, smoking, singknown to the Indians by the name ing and dancing. The spot chosen
Its present name
of Mashapaug.
for this purpose was a sandy hill, or
is derived from Nell Alexander, a
mountain, covered with tall pines,
man who settled at Killingly in occupying the situation where the
1720, and became proprietor of a lake now lies. The powwow lasted
large portion of the town.
As this four days in succession, and was to
tion
The
A
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
continue longer had not the Great well
watered by the higher sources
enraged at the licentiousness of Mousum
river, which meets the
which prevailed there, resolved to sea at
Kennebunk. In this town
punish them.
Accordingly, while is a society of those
neat and industhe red people in immense numbers
trious horticulturists and artizans,
were capering about upon the sum- denominated *'
Shakers."
mit of the mountain, it suddenly
Spirit,
Alford, Mass.
"gave way" beneath them, and
sunk to a great depth, when the
Berkshire co. On the line of the
water from below rushed up and state of
New York, and watered
covered them all except one good by
branches of Green river. Some
old squaw, who occupied one of
manufactories of leather and
the
peaks, which now bears
of Loon's Island.
name
shoes.
the
Mr. Barber
in his admirable work
" Connecticut Historical
Collections," from which this account is taken, observes, " whether
entitled
the tradition
entitled to credit or
not, we will do it justice by affirming that in a clear day, when there
125 miles W. from Boston, 14 S. by
W. from Lenox, and 24 E. of Hud-
N. Y.
Population, 1837, 441.
Incorporated, 1773.
son,
AlleiistOAvn, N.
is
no wind and the surface of the
lake is smooth, the huge trunks and
leafless branches of gigantic pines
may be occasionally seen in the
deepest part of the water, some of
them reaching almost to the surface,
in such huge and fantastic forms
as
to cause the beholder to startle!"
IS
Alexandria, N. H.
Merrimack
co.
On
H.
the Suncook
river, 11 miles S. E. from
Concord,
Portsmouth, The
land generally is of an ordinary
and 38
W. from
quality, though there are some fine
farms.
The town is principally
covered with a growth of oak and
pine timber; and^great quantities of
lumber are annually taken down
the river.
Allenstown is well watered, though no large stream passes through it.
Great Bear brook
furnishes the principal mill seats.
Catamount hill is the highest land
in town.
At the E. end of this hill
is a precipice of 70 feet nearly
perpendicular, at the footof wljich is a
cavern of some extent, inclining
corporated, 1782.
On Fowler's and wards. The first settlers wei-e upllob't
Smith's rivers and several other
Buntin and others. In 1748, while
smaller streams are about 2000 acres
at work on the western bank
of the
of intervale land, which produce
Merrimack river,opposite the mouth
flax, potatoes and grass in
abund- of the Suncook, in company
with
ance. Other parts "of the town
are James Carr, Mr. Buntin and
his son,
favorable for wheat and maize.—
ten years of age, were surprised by
This town was first settled by Jona party of Indians.
Carr attempted
athan, John M. and WilHam
Cor- to escape, and was shot down.
Bunliss, in 1769.
A
Grafton co.
small part of Newfound lake lies in this town. Alexandria is 30 miles N. W. from
Concord, and 40 S. E. from Haverhill.
Population, 1830, 1,0S3.
In-
tin
Alfred, Mc.
and his son, making no
resist-
ance, were not harmed; but taken
through the wilderness to Canada,
One of the shire towns of York and
sold to a French trader at Montcounty.
It lies 24 miles N. from
real ; with whom they remained
York, 35 S. from Portland and 86
about eleven months, escaped, and
S. W. from Augusta.
Incorpora- fortunately reached home
in safety.
ted, 1808.
Population, 1837, 1,360. Andrew,
the son, continued on his
This is a good farming town and is
father's farm until the commence-
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NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
Alton, N. H.
ment
of the revolution, when, entering the service of his country,
he died in her defence at White
Plains, Oct. 28, 1776,
Incorporated
July 2, 1831. Population, 1830, 421.
Alna, Me.
This town lies 22
N. E. from Concord, and 25
Strafford co.
miles
N. W, from Dover, and is bounded
N. by Winnepisiogee lake and bay.
The town is rough and uneven the
;
hard and rocky, but productive
when well cultivated. The growth
of wood is chiefly oak, beech, maple
and pine. The principal elevations
are Mount-Major and Prospect Hill
Merrymeeting bay extends S. about
1800 rods into this town, where it
receives the waters of Merrymeeting river.
Half-moon pond, between Alton and Barnstead, is 300
rods long and 150 wide.
This town
soil
This town
is
situated in the coun-
10 miles N. from
Wiscasset, 54 N. E. from Portland,
and 20 S. S. E. from Augusta. Incorporated 1794.
Population, 1837,
This is a pleasant town and
1,138.
well watered by Sheepscot river.
ty of Lincoln,
Alstead, N. H.,
Cheshire co., is 12 miles S. E.
from Charlestown,14 N.from Keene was originally called JVeia Durand 50 W. by S. from Concord. ham Gore, and was settled
in 1770,
This town is well watered by small by Jacob Chamberlain and others.
streams.
Cold river passes through It was incorporated Jan.
15, 1796.
the N. W. part; and some of the Population
in 1830, 1,993.
This
branches of Ashuelot river have town has 2000 sheep.
their sources in this town.
There
Aiiieslbury, Mass.
are a number of ponds, the princiThis town is situated on the
pal of which is Warren's pond
length, 250 rods, breadth, 150. side of Merrimack river, in the
Perch and pickerel are here caught county of Essex, 40 miles N. E.
in great abundance.
The soil is from Boston, 6 N. W. from Newstrong and productive, and the farms bvu-yport, and 7 N. E. from Havergenerally well cultivated.
Manu- hill. Population, 1837, 2,567. It
factures flourish in this town, and was taken from Salisbury in 1668,
great attention is paid to education. and is separated from it by Powow
Alstead was originally called New- river, a navigable stream for vessels
pond, covering
ton, and was granted by charter, of 300 tons.
August 6, 1763, to Samuel Chase about 1000 acres, back of the town,
and 69 others. General Amos Shep- 90 feet above the sea, serves as a
ard, who was for many years a reservoir for a constant and extenmember of the General Court of sive water power. The manufacthis state, and President of the Sen- ture of flannel and satinet is very
ate from 1797 to 1804, resided in extensively pursued.
The amount
this town, and was one of its prin- of those articles manufactured in
cipal inhabitants from 1777 to the the year ending April 1, 1837, was
time of his death, Jan. 1, 1812. By $425,000. Many vessels are built
his persevering industry, his econ- here of superior timber, and the
omy and correctness in business, manufacture of boots, shoes, leathand at the same time, by a rigid ad- er, chairs, phaetons, gigs, and carherence to uprightness and integri- ryalls is very considerable.
The
ty in his dealings with his fellow total amount of the various manumen, he acquired a handsome for- factures of this place is about $500,tune, and was in many things, a 000 annually. About half the poppattern worthy of imitation.
Pop- vilation of the town is engaged in
ulation in 1830, 1,552.
This town mechanical labor. Josiah Bartlett,
has 6000 sheep.
M. D. one of the signers of the
N
;
A
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NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
declaration of independence
born here, ia 1729. He died
19, 1795.
Amberst,
was
May
!EIe.
Hancock co. This town is hounded on the S. by Mariaville. The
head waters of Union river pass
through it. It Ues about 25 miles E.
Population, 1837, 198.
of Bangor.
was 120, of whom a considnumber belonged to Salem,
Mass. The town was incorporated
prietors
erable
Jan. 18, 1760, when it assumed the
name of Amherst, in compliment to
Among
Lord Jeffrey Amherst.
the worthy citizens of Amherst
deserve remembrance, may be
mentioned Hon. Moses Nichols, a
native of Reading, Mass., who was
a colonel under Gen. Stark in the
Amlierst, X. H.
Battle of Bennington: Hon. Samuel
An important town, and the seat Dana, a native of Brighton, Mass.
William Gordon, eminent
of justice in Hillsborough county, Hon.
It in the
profession of the law.
is situated on Souhegan river.
is 23 miles S. from Concord, about
Hon. Robert Means, who died Jan.
the same distance from Hopkinron, 24, 1823, at the age of SO, was for
47 N. W. from Boston, 40 E. from a long period of time a resident in
Keene, 60 S. E. from Windsor, Vt. Amherst. He was a native of IreIn 1764, he came to this
and 4S4 from Washington. Souhe- land.
gan is a considerable and very im- country, where by his industry and
portant stream, and in its course application to business, he acquired
to the IMerrimack river from this a large property, and great respect.
Amherst did its duty manfully
town, affords some of the finest waBab- during the revolutionary contest.
ter privileges in the county.
boosuck, Little Babboosuck and Jo During the farst four years of that
English ponds are the largest col- war about one in seventy of its
In some parts, people died in the service. The
lections of water.
and particularly on Souhegan river, expenses of that war, to this town,
the soil is of an excellent quality, " in addition of any bounties, travel
producing abundant crops. In oth- or wages given or promised by the
er parts, on the hills elevated above State or the United States, was
the village, the soil is of a good found to he in specie, £3,511."
quality, and several valuable farms Population, 1830, 1,657.
are found under good cultivation.
Anilierst, Mass.
The village is pleasant and contains
Hampshire co. The college and
many handsome buildings. There
village in this town are on elevated
is a spacious common between the
two principal rows of houses, which ground and command a very beautiful prospect of the surrounding
is often used for public purposes.
There is what is termed a mineral country. Amherst was taken from
spring, about 1 1-2 miles E. of the Hadley, and incorporated in 1759.
The water has Population, 1837, 2,602. It lies 7
meeting house.
been found useful in rheumatic miles E. by N. from Northampton,
complaints, and in scrofulous and 108 S. from Dartmouth college, and
scorbutic habits; for poisons by ivy, 82 miles W. from Boston. There are
This town was good mill sites in this town on two
dog-wood, &.C.
granted in 1733, by Massachusetts, streams, which empty into the ConIts manufacto those persons living and the heirs necticut at Hadley.
of those not living, who were offi- tures are various, consisting of
cers and soldiers in the Narragan- woollen cloth, boots, shoes, leather,
set
war of
l.')75.
It
was
called A^ar-
raganset ^V(9.3, and afterv/ards Souhegan- IVest. The number of pro-
who
hats,
paper, chairs, cabinet
\vp.rc,
ware, axes, ploughs, palm-.'o::f
hats, carriages, wagons, (large and
tin
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
1-2 miles from the Notch of the
White Mountains, where the de
scent is 50 feet, cut through a mass
small) joiners' planes, stoves, steel
pistols, and bowie knives.
Total annual amount of manufacSee jRe^tures, about $200,000.
6
ister.
Amoskeag Falls t& Village, 'N. H.
hammers,
Amity, Me.
Wasliington co.
Township No.
10, first range of townships from the
east line of the state,
about 100
Incormiles N. E. from Bangor.
porated 1836.
Population, 1S37,
130.
This town has fine soil for
wheat.
of stratified granite.
These falls are in the Merrimack
between Goffstown on the
river;
W. and
IManchestcr on the E. The
of the river, within the
distance cf half a mile, is 54 feet,
producing a great hydraulic powcompany, with a large caper.
ital, have commenced forming canals and erecting buildings for manAiiioiioosii.ck. !RivcrS; N. H.
ufacturing purposes on a very exUpper and Lower. The Upper tensive scale. Their plan provides
Amonoosuck rises in the ungranted for 37 mills, each containing 6000
Two canals, 2 factories,
lan-ds north of the White Mountains, spindles.
and passing N. E. into Dummer, a number of dwelling houses, maapproaches to within a few miles of chine shops, &c. are now nearly
the Androscoggin; thence turn- completed. The canals are each a
ing abruptly to the S. W. it pursues mile in length, and will, when comthat direction and falls into Connec- pleted, be equal to any works of the
The village
ticut river near the centre of North- kind in our country.
Its whole length is is in Gofl'stown, 16 miles below Conumberland.
about 50 miles. The valley of the cord and 18 miles above Nashua ;
Upper Amonoosuck is 7 or S miles delightfully situated on the banks
Amoskeag
in breadth, and more than 20 in of these majestic falls.
length it is scooped out with great is already a place of considerable
beauty, the surface gently rising to business, and must eventually bethe summits of the mountains on come the mart of large manufacThe vicinity of
the N. The Lower Amonoosuck turing operations.
rises on the W. side of the White these falls was much fiequented by
—
whole
fall
A
:
Mountains, and
after
running a
course of 50 miles, falls into the
Connecticut just above Haverhill,
by a mouth 100 yards wide. At
the distance of two miles from its
mouth, it receives the Wild Amonoosuck, a stream 40 yards wide,
and, when raised by freshets, very
swift
and
furious in
of the
The waters
its
course.
Amonoosuck
pure, and its bed clean; the
current lively, and in some places
rapid.
The valley of the Lower
Amonoosuck is about half a mile
in width, and was probably once
the bed of a lake, its S. W. limit
being the rise of ground at its foot,
over which the waters descended
in their course to the Connecticut.
There is a fine fall in this river about
are
The Sachem Wonothe Indians.
The tribe unlanset resided here.
der him was sometimes molested by
the Mohawks, who carried terror
to the hearts of all the eastern InIn time of war between
dians.
these hostile tribes, the Indians living in the neighborhood of the falls,
concealed their provisions in the
large cavities of the rocks on the
island in the middle of the upper
They entertained
part of the fall.
an idea that their deity had cut out
these cavities for that purpose.
Aiidovcr, Me.
Oxford
CO.
This town was incor-
Population, 1837,
porated in 1804.
551.
It lies about 30 miles N. W.
from Paris, 61 >V. N. W. from Au-
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
gusta, and 70 N. W. from Portland.
It is finely watered by Ellis' river, a
branch of the Androscoggin. This
town is an extensive glebe of upland and intervale of excellent
quality, surrounded by White Cap,
Bald Pate, Blue and Cone mountains.
by
The town was
first
settled
industrious and intelligent farm-
Essex county, Mass., in
1790, and most of its present population maintain the characteristics
of their fathers.
ers from
Audover,
IV. II.
Merrimack co. It lies 20 miles
N. W. from Concord, and about 18
PopulaE. by N. from Newport.
The Blackwa-
Sept., 5, 1772; settled in Andover
in 1796; died Jan. 10, 1818.
possessed respectable poetical tal-
He
ents; was a writer on political subjects in the public papers, and was
eminent in his profession. Jonathan
^\'eare, Esq., a civil magistrate,
highly respected for his integrity,
died in 1816.
Mr. Joseph Noyes
was much honored for his charitable
disposition.
In 1782 a congregational church was formed and the
Rev. Jos.siah Babcock, of Milton,
Andover,
Mass., was ordained.
is well adapted for
grazing. It feeds about 4,000 bheep.
though rough,
Andover, Vt.
Emigrants from Enmade a permanent
stream
but nu- settlement in this town, in 1776. It
is the principal
merous rills and brooks find their was organized, as a town, in 1781.
way down the hills into the ponds It is a mountainous township. MarkThere are six hum and Terrible mountains lie in
or Blackwater.
ponds in Andover, the largest of the western part. The land is unewhich are Chance and Loon ponds, ven, the soil is hard, and the town
both picturesque, and their wa- possesses but few water privileges.
ters pure.
The surface of this Population, 1830, 975. It lies 20
town is extremely uneven, and miles S. W. from Windsor 37 N.
in some parts rocky and barren. E. from Bennington, and 68 S. from
The Ragged Mountains pass along Montpelicr. The number of sheep
the N., and the Kearsarge extends in this town is about 4,500.
tion, 1830,
1,324.
ter in the S.
W.
part of the town,
Windsor
field,
co.
Ct., first
;
,
ba5e along the W.
The soil is
parts of good quality, and
pleasant villages are formed in diferent parts of the town.
This town
was granted in 1746, and was called
JVcw Breton, in honor of the captors
of Cape Breton in 1745; in which
expedition several of the grantees
It retained this
were engaged.
name until June 2.5, 1779, when it
was incorporated by its present
name. The first inhabitant of Andover was Joseph Fellows, who movhe died
ed into the place in 1761
March 14, 1811, aged 84. Among
the deceased citizens who are remembered with respect by the inhal)itants, we may mention Dr. Silas
Barnard, the first phj'sician in town,
a native of Bolton, Mass., who died
June 25, 1795 Dr. Jacob B. Moore,
its
in
Andover, Mass.
many
:
:
a native of
Georgetown, Me., born
This town lies on the
south side of the Merrimack river,
and is well watered by the Shaw-
Essex
CO.
sheen river; and by Great Pond
and Haggett's Pond, covering an
area of 721 acres.
It is 20 miles
N. by. W. of Boston, 15 N. N. W.
of Salem, 10 E. of Lowell, and 43
This
S. S. E. of Concord, N. H.
town was first settled in 1643. Incorporated, 1646. Population, 1837,
This town has a valuable
4,878.
water pov.er, which is used for
manufactuiing purposes to a great
extent.
The value of its manufactures, for the year ending April 1,
1837, amounted to ,$624,450. They
consisted of woollen goods, boots,
shoes, leather, flax, soapstone, machinery, tin and cabinet wares.
�•
NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
This is a very
chairs and hats.
beautiful town of fine soil and unIt is on
der excellent cultivation.
high ground and commands a variThe
ety of beautiful landscape.
access to Andover from Boston by
the railroad, is easy and very pleasThis town has long been celant.
ebrated for its literary and theologiThere is no place
cal institutions.
England better situated
in
See
for seminaries of learning.
Hegister.
New
Androscoggin Hiver,
Its most northerly branch is the Margallaway
river which receives the waters of
Dead and Diamond riverSjand unites
with those flowing from Umbagog
lake, about a mile distant from its
From this junction, the
outlet.
confluent stream pursues a southerly course till it approaches near the
White Mountains, where it receives
several considerable tributaries, and
passes into Maine,N. of Mount MoIt there bends to the E. and
riah.
S. E. ; in which course, through a
fertile country, it passes near the
sea-coast, and turning N. runs over
falls at Brunswick, not far
the
from Bowdoin College, into Merrymeeting bay, forming a junction
with the Kennebec, 20 miles from
the sea.
Or Ameriscoggin.
Ann, Cape, Mass.
See Gloucester, Mass.
Anson, Me.
Somerset co. Anson lies about
10 miles N. E. from Norridgewock,
112 W. from Portland, and 40 N.
Incorporated,
E. from Augusta.
Population, 1837, 1,894.
1798.
It
lies at the junction of Seven Mile
Brook with the Kennebec, on the
western side of that river.
Here
are fine farms and good husbandmen. In 1837, 12,713 bushels of
wheat was
raised.
co.
It is
S.
W.
from Concord, and 67 from Boston.
The E. part of Antrim lies on Contoocook river; and though somewhat hilly, is a tract of productive
land, a considerable proportion of
On the river
which is arable.
there are valuable tracts of alluvial land. The North Branch river,
so called, a small stream originating from several ponds in Stoddard,
furnishes several valuable mill seats
and in some parts of its course, it
is bordered by tracts of intervale.
The W. part of the town is mountainous, but suitable for grass, and
affords an extensive range of good
pasturage.
There are six natural
ponds well stored with perch and
curiosity has been dispike.
covered in the middle branch of
Contoocook river, a rock, about 10
feet long and 8 feet wide, covered
with a shallow coat of moss, affording sustenance to 21 different kinds
of plants and shrubs, three of which
produce edible fruit. Antrim was
incorporated March 22, 1777. The
A
first settlement was made by Dea.
James Aiken about the year 1768.
Dea. Aiken was a native of Londonderry, where he was born in
17S1.
He died July 27, 1817. He
a professor of the christian religion more than 60 years, and
adorned it by a serious and exemplary life. Population, 1830, 1,309.
Antrim has about 4,400 sheep.
was
Appleton, Me.
Waldo
CO.
This town
lies
20
miles S. W. from Belfast, 84 N. W.
from Portland, and 35 E. by S. from
Incorporated, 1829.
Augusta.
It is situaPopulation, 1837, 839.
ted between the head waters of
the Muscongus and St. George's
rivers. Considerable wheat is grown
here.
—
Argyle, Me.
This is a new
Penobscot co.
town, but fertile, and flourishing
Antrim, N. H.
Hillsborough
N. W. from Amherst, 30
20 miles
in its agricultural pursuits.
It pro-
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—
NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
3,320 feet above the level of the
sea.
It consists of granite and is
nearly destitute of vegetable cov;
From Windsor, to the base,
ering.
ArLuigton, Vt.
Its ascent is generally
is 4 miles.
Bennington co. This town was steep, but travellers who delight
The time of to view rich and variegated scenefirst settled in 1763.
ry, will be amply rewarded for the
its organization is not known, as one
Bisco, a tory, the town clerk in toil of a pilgrimage to its summit.
It lies
duces the best of wheat.
89 miles N. E, from Augusta.
Population, 1S30, 326 in 1837, 601.
1777, destroyed the records.
Jt is
watered by Green river. Mill
and Warm brooks, and Roaring
branch which fall into the Battenkill, at the north part of the town.
AslilburuUaui, Mass.
finely
These streams
afford excellent mill
and on their banks are large
sites,
bodies of
superior
meadow
land.
West and Red mountains extend
This township
Tileston and
others of Dorchester, for services
in an expedition against Canada, in
For many years it
the year 1690.
was called " Dorchester Canada."
Worcester
was granted
It
co.
to
Thomas
was incorporated
as a
town in
Ashburnham lies on the
through the west part of the town 1765.
and supply a great variety of good height of land between the ConExcellent marble is found necticut and Merrimack rivers. It
timber.
considerable quantities of is watered by large ponds which
here
which are wrought and transported. furnish good mill seats. Its manuHere is a medicinal spring, and a factures consist of cotton goods,
cavern of large dimensions. The boots, shoes, leather, chairs, cabinspring is not of much note, but the et ware, fur and palm-leaf hats ; the
cavern is a great curiosity. This annual value of which is about
$100,000. This town is 30 miles
is a flourishing town in both its agricultural and manufacturing pur- N. from Worcester, 50 N. W. from
The number of sheep in Boston, and 35 W. from Lowell.
suits.
;
—
town in 1836, was 10,077. It
15 miles N. from Bennington,
106 S. W. from Montpelier, and 40
N. E. from Troy, N. Y. Population, 1830, 1,207.
this
Population, 1837, 1,758.
lies
Axoostook River.
This river rises in the interior
part of Penobscot county, Me., and
after traversing more than 100 miles,
and receiving many and powerful
tributaries in that state,
the river St. Johns in
it falls
into
Aslil>y,
Concord, 42 W. N. W. from Boston
and 8 S. E. from New Ipswich, N.
H. Population, 1837, 1,201. It has
some manufactures of palm-leaf hats
boots, shoes, chairs, wooden ware,
and curled hair.
New
Brunswick. The lands on this river and
its branches are very fertile, and are
said to be equal to the celebrated
Genesee lands
for the
culture of
AscTitiiey
Aslifield,
Moimtain, "Vt.
This mountain is situated in the
towns of Windsor ?nd Weathersfield.
It is 3,116 feet above the
Connecticut river, at Windsor \ and
Mass.
This town was
Franklin co.
settled in 1754, and, until
its
first
incorcalled
1764, it was
Population, 1837,
1,656. This town is on elevated land
between Deerfield and Westfield
rivers, to each of which it sends a
It has small mansmall tributary.
ufactures of leather, scythe snaiths,
spirits
and essences, and about
poration,
in
Huntslown.
wheat.
Mass.
a pleasant town, in the
This
county of Middlesex, on the line of
N. H. It is 25 miles N. W\ from
is
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It is 105 miles W. from
Boston, 12 S. ^Y. IVom Greeniicld,
and 15 N. W. from Northampton.
8000 sheep.
AsJiforcl, Ct.
Windham
co.
first settled in
ington termed him, in a general order after his death, "the gallant and
brave Col, Knowlton, who would
have been an honor to any coun.
try,"
This town was
Incorporated,
watered hy several
Asliiielot liiver,
1710.
1714.
It is
small streams which afford a water
power for one cotton and three
woollen factories. The surface of
the town is rough and stony, hut
excellent for grazing. The number of sheep in this town is about
5,000.
It lies 31 miles E. from
Hartford, and 14 N. W. from Brooklyn.
Population, 1S30, 2,GG0. The
following is said to have occurred in
this town, and is told to illustrate the
manners and customs of ancient
*'
concourse of people
times.
were assembled on the hill in front
of the meeting house, to witness
the punishment of a man who had
been convicted of neglecting to go
to meeting on the Sabbath for a peAccording
riod of three months.
to the existing law for such delinquency, the culprit was to be pubJust as
licly whipped at the post.
the whip was about to be applied,
a stranger on horseback appeared,
rode up to the crowd of spectators,
A
and enquired
GAZETTEER.
for
what purpose they
Jf. II.,
Or Ashwillet, a river in Cheshcounty, which has its source in
a pond in Washington.
It runs in
ire
a southerly course through
Marlow
Keene, where it reconsiderable branch issu-
and Gilsum,
to
ceives a
ing from ponds in Stoddard,
From
Keene it proceeds to Swanzey,
where it receives another considerable branch which originates in Jaffrey and Fitzwilliam,
It pursues
course southerly and westerly
through Yvlnchcster into Hinsdale,
where, at the distance of about 3
miles from the S. line of the state,
it empties into the Connecticut.
its
Assabet River, Mass.
This river rises in the neighborhood of Westborough
it passes
through Marlborough, Northborough and Stow, and joins Sudbury
river at Concord.
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Alliens, Me.
Somerset
co.
This town was
incorporated in 1803.
Population,
1837, 1,424.
It is about 18 miles
N. N. E. from Norridgewock, 114
N. N. E. from Portland and 45 N.
were assembled. Being informed
of the state of the case, the strange
gentleman rose upright in his stirIt is watered by a
rups, and with emphasis addressed from Augusta.
the astonished multitude as follows
tributary of Kennebec river.
' You
men of Ashford, serve God
Atliens Vt.
as if the D...1 was in you
Do you
think you can whijj the grace of
Windham co. This town lies 14
God into men ? Christ will have miles N. from Newfane, 98 S. from
none but volunteers,' The people Monlpelier, 10 W. from Bellows'
stared, while the speaker, probably Falls, and about 40 N. E. from BenPopulation, 1830, 415.
not caring to be arraigned for con- nington,
tempt of court, put spurs to his This town was first settled in 1780,
horse, and was soon out of sight; by people from Rindge, N. H., and
nor was he evermore seen or heard Winchendon, Mass. They encoun" The snow
of by the good people of Ashford." tered great hardships.
Col. Thomas Knowlton was a na- was four feet deep when they came
tive of this tov/n.
He was at the into town, and they had to beat
battle of Bunker Hill, and fell at their own path for 8 miles through
small yoke of oxen
Heerlem Heights, in 1776. Wash- the woods.
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were
the
only domestic animals
This
that they took with them."
is a good township of land, particularly for grazing. It has 2000 sheep.
Here are productive orchards, pine
timber, and a small mill stream.
Athol; Mass.
Worcester
The Indian name
co.
This
of this town was Paquoig.
pleasant place lies 60 miles W. N.
W. from Boston, 28 N. W, from
Worcester, and about 24 W. from
Fitchburg. Miller's river is a fine
stream, and affords Athol a great
water power.
The manufactures
of Athol consist of cotton goods,
hoots, shoes, leather, paper, iron
castings, scythes, ploughs, cabinet
ware, machinery, straw bonnets,
palm leaf hats, shoe pegs, harnesses,
shoe and hat boxes, pails, sashes,
annual amount
doors and blinds
about $175,000. Incorporated, 1762.
Population, 1837, 1,603.
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Atldnson, Me.
Piscataquis co.
and served as chaplain in
the regiment under Col. Poor, stationed at Winter-Hill.
TllU academy in this town is one of the oldest
and most respectable institutions in
the state ; it was incorporated Feb.
" In a large meadow in
17, 1791.
this town, there is an island, containing 7 or 8 acres, which was formerly loaded with valuable pine
timber and other forest wood. When
the meadow is overflowed, by means
of an artificial dam, this island rises
in the same degree as the water
lution,
rises,
which
is
sometimes
six feet.
Near
the middle of this island, is a
small pond, which has been gradually lessening ever since it vva.s first
known, and is now almost covered
with verdure. In the water of this
pond, there have been fish in plenty ; Vviiich, when the meadow hath
been flowed, have appeared there,
and when the Avater hath been
drawn off, have been left on the
meadow at which time the island
settles to its usual place."
Population, 1830, 555.
;
This township
was incorporated in 1819. It lies
Attlelioi'ovigli, Mass.
about 35 miles N, N. W. from Bangor, 132 N. E. from Portland, and
This town lies at the N. W. cor79 N. E. from Augusta. Popula- ner of the county of Bristol
12
tion, 1837, 557.
It is bounded on miles N. from Providence, R. I., 8
the N. by Piscataquis river.
This N. W. from Taunton, and 28 S.
town has a fifood soil. Wheat crop, from Boston.
A branch of the
1-^37, 5,16S^bushels.
Pawtucket rises here, and several
;
Atl^Lnsou, N. H.
Rockingham
co.
It
is
situated
80 miles S. W. from Portsmouth,
and 32 S. E. from Concord. The
surface of Atkinson is uneven the
soil of a superior quality, and well
;
The cultivation of the
apple has received much attention
here, and the finest fruit is produced. Incorporated Sept. 3, 1767,
by its present name, in honor of
Theodore Atkinson.
Several of
the first settlers lived to a great age.
The Rev. Stephen Peabocly was the
first settled minister in Atkinson.
He was a native of Andover, Mass.
He took an active part in the revocultivated.
other rivers pass through the town.
It possesses a fine water power.
It
was first settled, 1644, and incorporated in 1694.
Population, 1837,
2,396.
The value of the manufactures at this place, for the year
ending April 1, 1837, amounted to
about^ $500,000.
That of cotton
goods alone to $229,571. The other manufactures consisted of boots,
shoes, leather, metal buttons, combs
jewelry, clocks, planing machines,
carpenter's tools, straw bonnets,
chairs and cabinet ware. This town
suffered much during the reign of
the celebrated Indian King Philip.
In 1675, Attleborough was a. frontier settlement.
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NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
AwTjiirn, Mass.
Worcester
co.
town had been
Until
must pass
1837, this
Ward,
called
in
hon-
or of General Ward, of the revoluIt was incorporated
tionary army.
Population, 1837, 1,183.
in 1778.
Auburn is a pleasant agricultural
town. French river passes through
it.
It lies 5 miles S. by W. from
W.
Worcester, and 45
S.
W.
from
Boston.
;
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;
;
tained 6,300 inhabitants.
Its Indian name w^as Cushnoe.
There
was, in its early settlement, a fort,
and four block houses built of timber, to afford protection to the inhabitants from the Indians, who
were then very troublesome. The
was
is still
Fort Western, and
standing on the east bank of
passage
The Kennebec bridge,
uniting the
river to a level surface ; it is well
laid out, neatly built, and contains
many handsome dwelling
houses.
of the streets are decorated
—
trees, planted on each side ;
striking evidence of the good taste
of the inhabitants.
The State House is a spacious and
elegant structure, located upon a
beaviliful eminence about half a
mile from the village, on the road
towards Hallowell, and commands
an extensive and very delightful
prospect.
It is built of hammered
granite, or rather gneiss of a white
color,
and
very
much resembles
The materiof which it was built, was quarried from the spot on which it stands.
It has a spacious hall for the Representatives ; two of convenient size
for the Senate and the Executive
Departments, and rooms for all the
marble,
at a distance.
al
offices
immediately connected with
the Government.
In front is an extensive commor? 5 adorned with trees
tastefully arranged, which, when
grown into shades, will afford a delightful
promenade.
called
the river, and is
dwelling house.
now occupied
as a
This is already a
town, not only in
its agricultural pursuits, but in its
commerce and manufactures. The
tonnage of the place is about 3000
very
its
by
This delightful town, the Capital of the state, and chief town
of the county of Kennebec, is in
N. Lat. 44° 18' 43" and W. Lon.
69° 50'.
It lies 146 miles N. E.
from Concord, N. H.; 182 E. N. E.
from Montpelier, Vt. 163 N. N. E.
from Boston, Mass. 203 N. N. E.
from Providence, R. I. 260 N. E.
from Hartford, Ct. and 595 miles
N. E. from Washington. Augusta is
situated at the head of sloop navigation on Kennebec river, 43 miles
from the sea.
The town lies on
both sides of the Kennebec, and
contains an area of 8 by 6 miles.
It was first settled in 1771, and incorporated in 1797. In 1836 it con-
fort
on
east and west parts of the town is
a fine structure.
It was built in
1799; is 520 feet in length, and
The town rises by
cost $28,000.
an easy ascent on both sides of the
Many
Angiista, Me.
this place
market.
to
flourisliing
The
United
States''
Arsenal
buildings are situated upon the east
bank of the
river, in viev/ of the village, and are chiefly constructed of
stone, and present a very fine ap-
The Government has
expended large sums of money in
pearance.
Its exports are lumber of all their construction, and it is expectkinds, oats, peas, beans, hay, pota- ed that soon the Government will
toes,
wool, cider, apples, &,c.
make it an Arsenal of ConstrucWhen the extent and resources of tion. There are at present about
the noble Kennebec and its tributa- 2000 stand of arms deposited here,
ries, above tide water, are considbesides cannon and other munitions
ered, some idea may be formed of of war.
The Post is commanded by
the vast quantity of lumber that a captain of the Ordnance Depart-
tons.
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ment, aided by a Lieut, of the same
GAZETTEER.
new era is opened to AuThe mighty waters of the
Kennebec have been arrested in
But
a
gusta.
corps.
The State Insane Hospital. This their course. That proud stream,
splendid granite edifice, an honor
which, for ages, has rolled its rapid
to the state and to humanity, occucurrent to the ocean, unimpeded by
pies a plat of elevated ground, of
the devices of man, is destined for
seventy acres, on the east side of
ages to come, to pay perpetual
Its situation is unrivalthe river.
homage to Yankee perseverance
ed for the beauty of its scenery.
and skill, and to lend its gigantic
This building was commenced in
strength to aid the arts and sciences
1836, and will probably be completin supplying the wants of millions.
ed and prepared to receive patients,
We may perhaps, be suspected of
in 1S39.
It will cost the state, and
partiality towards this lovely Vilgome beneficent individuals, who
lage of the East, for giving it so exhave made liberal donations towards
but, as accounts
tended a notice
its erection, about $100,000.
It is
of works of great public utility are
of the model of the Lunatic Hosinteresting to most of our readers,
pital at Worcester, Mass., and is
both duty and inclination prompt us
much admired for its external arch- to give a brief desciiption of the
itecture and internal arrangement.
Keivivebec Dam; a magnificent
The centre building and wings are structure; bold in its design curilong the centre building
262 feet
ous in its workmanship, and probis 82 feet in length, 46 feet wide, 4
ably unrivaled by any work of simstories high, besides the basement
ilar character and for'similar purand attic, having a chapel in the attic
poses, in this or an\^ other country.
80 by 40.
The wings are 90 feet
Although Augusta enjoys the
long in front, and 100 in the rear,
pleasure of seeing this noble enter38 feet wide, and 3 stories high, diprise accomplished within its own
vided into 126 rooms, 120 of which
borders, and by the energy of its
are designed for patients, the reown people yet improvements of
maining 6 for water closets and oththis character are by no means loer purposes, with halls between the
The benefits
cal in (heir effects.
rooms 12 feet wide running the enof this undertaking will be felt, not
each wing, and comtire length of
only in the valley of the Kennebec,
municating with the dining rooms
but throughout the state.
in the centre building.
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The Augusta High
School,
an
elegant brick building, situated upon a beautiful eminence, 2 stories
high, 65 feet long by 50 wide, having a pediment front supported by
doric columns, and contains two
large school rooms, beside a laboratory and four recitation rooms, and
cost about $7,000.
is
The above is a brief sketch of the
prominent features of this beautiful and flourishing town
such as
;
—
has become by the common efof an intelligent and enterprising people, joined to the natural advantages of the place.
it
forts
3
These woi-ks were commenced
1836, by the Kennebec Locks
and Canals Company, and com-
in
pleted in September,
cost
1S37.
was about $300,000.
Tlie
They
are about half a mile above the cenof the A'illage, and were constructed under the supeiintendence
BoARDMA]v,of
of Col.
tre
William
Nashua, N. H., as chief engineer,
from whose report many of the following facts are elicited.
The
length of the
Dam,
exclu-
abutments and
Lock, is 584 feet— the base, 127
the height ^5 feet above orfeet
It is built
dinary high watei mark.
with cribs of timber, bolted and
sive
of the
—
stone
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NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
trenailed strongly together, and is
filled with ballast, to the very top.
The upper slope is covered with
five inch pine plank, jointed and
perfectly tight ; the lower with live
and three inch hemlock plank.
The crest, terminating at the sluice,
near the middle of the overfall, is
level, and covered entirely with
stone eisfht feet in length, and
strongly secured with iron straps
and bolts. The sluice, sixty feet
in length, is covered in the same
manner, and is about twenty inches
lower than the wings. The walls
Lock are 170 feet in length,
chamber 101 feet by 2S 1-3 feet
of the
its
with a single lift; the
west wall serves as the eastern
abutment of the Dam it is 23 feet
in the clear,
—
including, the guard gates.
The
gates are of great strength, built of
heavy oak timber, and in the most
substantial manner, revolving in
stone coins, with which stone and
sheet-piling is connected, extending
across and 25 feet into each bank,
and driven 10 feet below the bottom
of the Canals.
The walls on the banks of the
river, above and below the Dam,
extending about 500 feet, are of the
same height as the Canal walls,
and 8 feet thick at the base. On
the upper side of the Dam is a
sheet of timber-piling, tongued and
grooved, and either resting on the
bare ledge, or driven as far as they
could be made to penetrate into the
solid bed v/hich covers a portion of
thick at the base, graduated to 25 its surface, and is connected with
at the top.
The head and east wails the piling which passes under and
are of corresponding strength.
acro"<s tbe Lock into the east bank,
Both are built wholly of granite. and also with that which is driven
The face courses hammered, bed in the west bank of the I'iver.
and joint, rabnitted, and laid in ce- Above this, and extending to the
ment, and the rabbit filled with top of the Dam, so as to cover the
cement. The floor of the Lock is entire planking of the upper slope,
constructed of timber fifteen inches is a mass of gravel from 20 to 30
deep, and covered with five inch feet deep.
pine plank, tongued and grooved,
2,500,000 feet of fimber and about
with an additional flooring of five 25 tons of iron have been used in
inch hard wood plank, commencing constructing the Dam, and about
at the head of the Lock and ex- 75,000 tons of ballast have been detending fourteen feet. The main posited in it.
gates of the Lock, and guard gates
The Lock, Piers, River and Mill
of the Canals, are of white oak from walls, with the Canal walls, exthe Chesapeake, and the wicket tending to and including the guard
gates of cast iron.
The large stone gates, contain about 800,000 cubic
piers above the Dam, for the pro- feet of stone.
tection of the Lock and abutments,
During the progress of the work,
are each 30 feet square on the base, and especially while the course of
graduated to 25 feet on the top, and the river was contracted to a space
about 34 feet high, and built of of 17 feet wide by 24 deep (a time
granite, clamped and strapped with peculiarly favorable for forming an
iron.
estimate, and rarely offered in a
The Canals on each side of the stream of this magnitude) repeated
river are 50 feet wide in the clear, observations were made upon the
carrying 10 feet of water from the velocity of the current, and at no
level of the top of the dam.
The time was there found a less quantiwalls are 22 feet high, 7 1-2 feet ty than 2,500 cubic feet per second.
thick at the base, and 5 feet at the It is proper to add that the seasons
top. They are finished as far as, and of 1836 and 1837, were both re-
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NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
markable for the small quantity of
water running in all the streams in
this vicinity.
The pond formed by
this
Dam
covers 1200 acres. It is 16 1-2 miles
in length, and its average depth is
16 feet.
Augusta presents advantages
for manufacturing establishments,
equal, if not superior to any in New
England. It is located in the heart
of a large and powerful state, rapidly increasing in population and
wealth
;
surrounded by a
—
at
very low prices.
The
facilities afforded at this
place, for transportation, are of inestimable value to a large manufac-
Cotton and other raw
materials, and manufactured goods,
may be transported by water, to and
from the very doors of the mills.
At no distant period the great eastern railroad from Boston and Portland will pass through this town,
in its course to Bangor.
At this
tiaie, steamboats pass from Augusta to Boston in eleven hours.
November to
July.
Preparations are making for the
erection of buildings for extensive
manufacturing operations.
See Ap.
Aurora, Me.
Hancock
co.
This town
lies
106
miles from Augusta. With a population of only 140, this town produced, in 1S37, among its agricultural products, 855 bushels of wheat.
Avcrill, Vt.
Essex
Canada
CO.
line,
Guildhall.
This town lies on the
about 30 miles N. of
It has several
large
ponds and a branch
river.
'of
Nulhegan
Some
of these waters pass
to the Connecticut, and some to the
river St. Francis. The soil of Averill is cold and broken, with few cultivators.
turing town.
Avon, Me.
Franklin co. Avon lies 35 miles
from Norridgewock, and
50 N. N. W. from Augusta. It
W. by N.
was incorporated
in
1802.
Popu-
watered by
some of the head branches of Sanlation, 1837, 767.
It is
dy river. In 1837, this town produced 3,220 bushels of wheat.
The greatest consideration, however, in regai-d to Augusta, as a
manufacturing town, is its unfailing suppli/ of water.
branch of tb.e Kennebec
surplus power from
inexhaustible
fertile
country, rich in every necessary
agricultural product, and stored with
granite, clay, lumber, lime, iron
ore
every building material ; all
of which are found near the spot,
and
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Avon,
Ct.
Hartford co.
The main en
fi-om
This town was takFarmington, in 1830. Pop-
ulation, 1,025.
It lies between two
mountainous ridges and has considerable rich level land on the borders of Farmington river.
This is
of water.
On its passage to Augus- a handsome agricultural town and
ta, Dead river. Seven Mile Brook,
possesses some very beautiful scentlie Sandy, Sebasticook, and many
ery.
The view from Monte Video,
other less powerful streams pay their on Talcott mountain, nearly 1000
tribute to it.
Indeed, all the waters feet above the waters of the Conis the outlet
lake, with numerous powerful tributaries, connected
with other lakes or large reservoirs
of an inunense
of the extensive valley of the Kennebec, above the Dam, meet at this
place.
It may be said with safety,
that this place possesses a water
power amply sufficient to drive
200,000 spindles, day and night,
throughout the year; and an almost
necticut,
is
quite
enchanting.
"Wardsworth's Tower," or Monte
Video, is much resorted to by parof pleasure in summer months.
is 6 miles N. from Farmington, and 9 W. N. W. from Hartties
Avon
ford.
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NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
Baclielder, Me.
Oxford
This township lies
between two moinUains on the line
of New Hampshire, 20 miles W.
by N. from Paris, and 60 W. from
Augusta.
CO.
Baileyville, Me.
Washington
This town is on
the line of New Brunswick, about
45 miles N. by W. from Machias,
and 80 E. N. E. from Bangor. Inco.
corporated, 1828. Population, 1837,
331.
BaileyviJle is watered on the
E. by the St. Croix, and on the N.
by the outlet of Schoodic lakes.
Baker's River, N. H.
Baker's river, a considerable
stream in Grafton county, is formed of two branches. The N. branch
has its source near Moosehillock
mountain in Coventry.
It runs
southerly through Warren into
Wentvvorth, where it unites with
the S. branch which originates
in
Orange. After the union of these
branches, the river pursues a S. E.
and an easterly course through the
S. part of Rumney and the N.
part
of Plymouth, where it forms a junction with Pemigewaset river
just
above Plymouth village.
It was
on this river, in the township of
ber of ponds, affording fish of various kinds.
Baldwin was incorporated
in
1,133.
1802.
It
is
Population, 1837,
26 miles W. S. W.
froju Portland.
Ealtiniore, Vt.
Windsor co. This town was taken from Cavendish in 1793. Hawk
mountain is the division line. The
soil iswai-m but stony.
1,200 sheep.
An abundance of gneiss and granite
is found here.
It'is 10 miles^N. W.
from Windsor and about 65 S. from
Montpelier. Population, 1830, 179.
Eaiigor, Me.
This
is
the chief town of Penob-
scot county.
It lies in N. lat. 44°
47' 50"., W. long. 6S° 47'.
It lies
66 miles E. N. E. from Augusta,
120 N. E. by E. from Portland, 230
N. E. from Boston, Mass., 115 S.
from Easlport, and 675 N. E. fj-om
Washington. The first settlement
in this place, by the whites,
was
made in the winter of 1769 1770,
In 1772,the Piantation,Kenduskeagj
as it was then called, consisted
of
twelve families. In 1790, the population of Banoor was 169
in 1800
277; in 1810,850; in 1820, 1,221;'
in 1830, 2,868, and in 1837,
9,20l!
This place is situated at the head ol
Rumney, that General Stark was navigation on the
v/est side of Pecaptured by the Indians, on the 28th nobscot
river, 30 miles N. by E.
of April, 1752.
from Belfast bay, 60 to Matawamkeag Point, 120 to Houlton, and
Bakersiield, Vt.,
about 60 miles from the open sea.
Franklin co., lies 30 miles N. E. The compact
part of the population
from Burlington, 38 N. N. W. from reside
on both sides of Kenduskeag
Montpelier, and 15 miles E. from stream,
about 190 yards in width at
St. Albans.
Branches of Missis- its mouth, over which are
three
que river pass through it.
This bridges, and on which, at the foot
town is well timbered with hard of the falls,
about a mile from the
wood the land is warm, but some- city, are
numerous mills.
The
what broken. 4,000 sheep. First bridge across
the Penobscot, 100
settled about 1789.
Population, rods above the mouth of the Ken1830, 1,087.
duskeag, is about 440 yards in
length. It cost $50,000. The basin
Ealdwim, Me.
at and below the mouth of the KenCumberland co.
This town is duskeag, where the shipping
lie
bounded E. by Sebago pond and W. to receive their
cargoes, is 80 rods
by Saco river. It contains a num- in width, and
affords good anchor,
;
J
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
age.
The tide generally rises about
Ship building is extensively pursued at this place
but
commerce in lumber, of all the va17
feet.
;
rious kinds in use, is the principal
occupation of the inhabitants. An
immense amount of that article is
annually rafted down the rivers,
and transported to almost all parts
of the world.
Bangor is the greatest depot for lumber on the continent of America.
On the Penobscot river and its
tributary streams, above Bangor,
are more than 250 saw-mills, capable of cutting at least two hundred
million feet of boards a year; all
of Vv'bich, except what is used in
building, must be shipped at the
harbor of Bangor.
The value of
the boards, timber, clapboards, shingles, oars, scantling, wood, &c.,
shipped at this port, varies from a
million to a million and a half of
dollars, annually.
About 1200 vessels of about 110 tons burthen are
annually employed during the season of navigation, in freighting lumber, timber, &c., to various places.
There are belonging to this place,
about 100 sail of coasting vessels,
50 engaged in foreign commerce,
and 15 or 20 other vessels engaged
in the tisheries.
boats ply to and from Portland and
Boston, during the season of navigation, which generally continues
eight months in the year.
The
great eastern railroad from Boston
will doubtless reach this eastern city
before the lapse of many years.
On the banks of the Penobscot,
within the city, three miles above
the mouth of the Kenduskeag, is
what is called " Fort Hill," the site
of a fortification, supposed to be the
ancient "Negas," destroyed by Captain Heath, with a party of men,
in 1725, who, it is said, " fell on a
village of about 50 Indian houses,
and committed them to the flames.
The Indians becoming alarmed, deserted them."
Bangor is on one of the noblest
rivers in the Northern States ;
the
product of an almost innumerable
number of tributary streams. Na-
—
ture has seated Bangor at the natural outlet of these mightj' waters,
as the mart of one of the most extensive, and one of the richest alluvial basins east of the Ohio valley.
It is true that this section of
country is in a high degree of latitude, and that the icy chains of
winter are felt with greater force
and for a longer period than in more
southern climes. But this seeming
town disadvantage is more than compensated by the unrivalled purity of
two of the inIts government is under a Mayor the air and water,
and seven Aldermen, who consti- dispensable requisitions of health
and twen- and longevit3^ There is probably
tute the upper Board
ty-one Common Council men, who, no portion of counti-y in the world
when they have elected a Presi- where the great staples of wheat,
Bangor was incorporated
in 1791.
In 1S34
it
as a
became
a city.
—
;
dent, constitute the lower Board.
city court sets every Monday.
The site of the city is pleasant,
commanding fine views of the rivers and the adjoining country. The
buildings, both public and private,
are constructed with neatness and
taste, and some in a style of supe-
A
elegance.
Conveyances for
travellers from the city are frequent
and comfortable ; both by land and
water.
railroad is in operation
to Oldtown, 12 miles, and steamrior
A
s'
beef and wool can be produced with
greater
facilitj^
duce can
;
where surplus pro-
market at less expense, or where the industrious agriculturalist can reap a more sur©
When the present popureward.
lation of this immense territory,
find a
extending from tide water to Madawaska, is compared with that of
older settlements of a less fertile
soil, of less navigable facilities, and
in nearly as high a degree of latix
tude, the mind is favorably sti'uck
�—
NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
with the flattering prospects of the
valley of the Penobscot, and with
pleasing anticipations of the prosSee Register.
perity of its city.
Baring, Me.
izens of other towns, similarly situated, and of all toicns, who may
wish more full descriptions of their
i-esources, &c. than we are able, at
present, to give, are also requested
to
Washington co.
This town is
hounded N. by the St. Croix river,
E. by Calais and Robinston, and W.
by a large and beautiful pond which
empties into the
Croix.
Incorporated, 1825.
Population, 1837,
286.
The railroad froni Calais, 4
miles, will soon be completed to
this place.
209 miles N. E. by E.
St.
from Augusta.
Barkliaiifipsteail, Ct.
Litchfield CO.
This town is watered by branches of Farmington
river.
The soil is more particularconsiderable
ly adapted to grazing
beef and the products of the dairy
are sent to market.
It is 26 miles
N. W. from Hartford, and 20 N. N.
Population,
E. from Litchfield.
First settled, 1746.
1830, 1,715.
Incorporated, 1779.
Granite, iron
ore and limestone are found here.
The hilly part of the town presents
:
some
fine scenery.
HitchcockviUe,
north of the centre of the town, is
a flourishing; manufacturina: vi!lag;e,
with great water privileges.
Barnard, Me.
All the knowledge we can obtain
in regard to this town is, that it lies
in the county of Piscataquis, 108
miles from Augusta
that in 1837,
there were 132 people in the town,
and that they raised 444 bushels of
wheat, the same year;- that this
town received ^264 of the surplus
;
—
—
revenue;
forward their communications.
Barnard, Vt.
Windsor
W. Walker
act of the legislature for quarrying
slate, and that Stephen Palmer is,
or was, Postmaster.
Now, the good people of Barnard
are hereby respectfully requested
to give the editor their latitude and
longitude, and other necessary infoiTnatiQii for future editions.
Cit-
First settled, 1774.
Population,
1778.
watered by
Broad Brook which empties into
White river in Sharon and by Locust Creek, which also empties inIt
is
;
to
White river
in Bethel.
On
this
Creek, during the revolutionaiy war,
there was erected a Fort, where
the militia of this and other towns
were stationed as a defence against
Indian depredations they having
surprised and carried to Canada a
—
number
of its first settlers, in 1780.
In the centre of this town is the
village, and a beautiful pond, from
which issues a stieam on which
On this Creek is
there are mills.
an establishment for the manufacThis
ture of starch from potatoes.
stream joins its waters with the
Creek one mile from the pond. The
The
surface of this town is hilly.
soil is well adapted to grazing; and
there are but few towns that turn
otT yearly more cattle, butter and
cheese, sheep and wool. The number of sheep is about 6,000. It lies
10 miles north of Woodstock, and
40 miles south of Monlpelier.
It is stated as a singular fact, that
the firing on Bunker Hill, on the
17th of June, 1775, was distinctly
heard in this tov/n, 130 miles N.
W.
— that in
1837, Augustus
and others, obtained an
co.
Incorporated,
1830, 1,881.
from Charlestown.
Barnet, Vt.
Caledonia co. This town lies on
Connecticut river, at the 15 mile
falls, and opposite to Lyman, N. H.
It has a good soil, and is an excellent farming town, with slate and
iron ore.
It lies 35 milos E. from
Montpolier, 10 S. by E. from Danville, and 65 N. by E. from Windsor.
Population, in 1830, 1,764.
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NE\7 ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
Many of
First settled, about 1763.
the inhabitants are of Scotch descent. This town has a great waier
power on Passuaipsic and Stevens'
On
rivers.
the
latter, are falls of
100 feet, in the distance of 10 rods.
This vvater power is improved by
three ilannel and other manufacto-
There area number of pleas-
ries.
ant and
fertile
islands in the river
between this place and Lyman, and
some beautiful ponds in Barnet,
which afford tish of various kinds.
quite a romantic place, and
lies at the head of navigation on
In 183o,
the Connecticut river.
the product of the farms, carried to
market, amounted to $26, 3S1. One
farmer sold 3,000 lbs. of butter, and
There are about
3,000 ibs. of pork.
4,000 sheep in the town.
This
is
Barustal>le County, Mass.
Barnstable is the chief town.
This county was incorporated, 1685.
Population* 1820, 24 046—1330, 23525— and in 1837, 31,109; area,
about 330 square miles. This county includes the whole of Cape Cod,
extending E. and N. into tlie Atlantic ocean, and which Gosnold
discovered in 1602.
It is bounded
N. W. by Plymouth county, and
W. by Buzzard's bay. Cape Cod
lies in the form of an arm, half open
the elbow is at Chatham, 20 miles
the hand, the
E. of Barnstable
wrist inclining inward, is at Race
Point, 23 miles N. by V.'. of ChatThe whole length of the
ham.
Cape is 65 miles, and the average
This count}" is
breadth about 5.
principally diluvium.
Below the
town of Barnstable the county is
quite sandy, so much so that the
people are generally dependant on
Boston and other towns for a large
proportion of their meats and breadThis deticit is amply comstuffs.
pensated by the unrivalled privileges enjoyed, and well improved
by them, in the cod, mackerel and
other fisheries.
This county has
but little wood, but it is well stored
;
;
with peat.
About two
millions of
dollars are invested in the
manufac-
ture of salt.
There were manufactured in this county in the year
ending April 1, 1837, 669,064 bushels of^salt, valued at .$219,870. The
manufactures of cotton and woollen
goods, boots, shoes, iron castings,
glass, cabinet and tin wares, cordage, &c., amounted to $496,602.
There are in this county 370 vessels employed in the whale, cod
and mackerel iisher5\ The tonnage,
24,373 tons. The value of the fishery, in one year previous to April,
Tonnage of
1837, was $557,737.
the District,' 1836, 30,278 tons. "The
annual amount of tonnage of vessels
built is about 1,000 tons; value,
Total annual value of
$63,318.
the fisheries and manufactures, $1,The number of sheep in
337,527.
the county in 1837, was 7,332.
Barnstable county is noted for its
fine sailors and men of superior nau-
The
tical talents.
brated for their
ladies are cele-
fair
and good housewifery
;
complexions
but are pe-
culiarly subject to the vicissitudes
pertaining to a maritime situation.
By a statement recently made, it
appears that there were in this
county nearly a thousand widows
living, who had lost their husbands
by the dangers of the sea. In two
towns, (Harwich and Wellfleet,)
there were 223 widows who had
This
lost their companions.
county has 13 towns and 91 inhabitants to a square mile.
thus
;
Barnstable, Mass.
This
the chief tow^n of Barnand a port of entry.
It is 65 miles from Boston.
Sandy
JVeck, on the N. side, forms a good
harbor for vessels of 8 feet of water.
Hyannis, on the S. side, 6 miles S.
E. of Barnstable C. H., is now a
is
stable county,
good harbor but by an expensive
Breakioater, constructing at that
place by the U. S. government, it
will soon become perfectly safe
fix)m all winds, for all classes of
;
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NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
vessels navigating the Sound, and
passing round the Cape. The " Pilgrim Fathers" landed here, Nov.
11, 1620, and borrowed some corn
The
of the Mattacheeset Indians.
celebrated patriot, James Otis, was
born here, Feb. 5, 1725. He died
at Andover, May 23, 178.3.
The
manufacture of salt was commenced
here as early as 1779. It then sold
There were made
for ,$6 a bushel.
27,125 bushels of salt in this town
Between 50 and 60 sail of
in 1837.
fishing and coasting vessels belong
This town has nuto this place.
merous ponds, a considerable water
power, some
fine upland,
and wooden ware, amounted in one
year to $56,562. Pop. 1837, 4,017.
'N.
H.
Belknap co. This town lies 26
miles W. by N. from Dover, 36 N.
W. from Portsmouth, and 20 N. E.
from Concord. Incorporated, 1767.
Population, 1830, 2,047. Barnstead
is not mountainous, but has large
swells of land, good for grazing.
About 2,500 sheep are kept here.
The soil is easy and productive.
There are several ponds in this town
the largest are the two Suncook
ponds, which lie near each other,
Brindle pond, and Half-moon pond,
on Alton line. These waters are
stocked with fish, and are discharged into the Suncook.
Barnstead
was granted May 20, 1727, to the
Rev. Joseph Adams and others.
Settlements commenced in 1767.
—
Barre, Vt.
A
branches of Onion river, which afford
Inexhaustigood mill privileges.
ble quantities of granite are found
here, of the excellent quality with
which the capitol at Montpelier is
built.
This is a great thoroughfare
for travellers, particularly for large
teams from the north to Boston, by
the Gulf road.
A large number of
these noted six and eight horse
teams are owned here. Barre was
first settled in 1788.
Present population, about 2,500.
Barre, Mass.
and ex-
The manutensive salt marshes.
facture of vessels, salt, boots, shoes,
hats, leather, cabinet ware, chairs,
Barzistead,
7,000 sheep are kept here.
It is
well watered by Stevens' and Jail,
pleasant and flourishing town
in Washington county, six miles
S. of Montpelier, and 48 N. by W.
This is considered
of Windsor.
one of the best farming towns in
the state. Large quantities of pot
and pearl ashes, beef, pork, butter
and cheese, are annually taken from
this place to Boston market. About
Worcester
This excellent agis on high land,
and is well watered, particularly by
Ware river, on which are many
mills.
The manufactures of Barre
for the year ending April 1, 1837,
amounted to about '$365,000. The
articles manufactured were woollen
and cotton goods, ($161,600) copper
CO.
ricultural township
pumps,
boots,
shoes, carriages,
leather, paim-leaf hats, ($167,200)
straw bonnets, axes, scythes, and
gunpowder.
Large quantities of
beef, butter, cheese, &c., are an-
nually sent from this town to Boston market.
It was incorporated in
1774.
Population, 1837, 2,713.
It
lies 65 miles W. by S. from Boston,
24 N. by W. from Worcester, and
15 N. E. from Ware. Barre took its
name in honor of Col. Barre, an eloquent friend of America in the
British Parliament.
Earriiigton, N. H.
It lies 20 miles N.
from Portsmouth, 10 W. from
Dover, and 30 E. from Concord.
The surface of Barringlon is somewhat broken and rocky, the soil be-
Strafford co.
W.
ing principally a gravelly loam.
The town is abundantly supplied
with ponds, of which there are no
less than thirteen of considerable
magnitude, from whence issue
streams affording excellent mill
seats.
At one of these mill seats.
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NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
on the
perpen-
I«in2;lass river, is a
of 30 feet.
There is,
about two miles from the centre of
the town, a remarkable cavern, or
fissure in a rock, commonly called
the DeviVs den.
The entrance is
on the side of a hill, and is sufficiently large to admit a person in a
stooping posture.
Having entered
5 feet in a horizontal direction,
there is a descent of 4 or 5 feet, on
an angle of 45'-', lai-ge enough only
to admit the bodj- of a middling sizdicular
fall
ed man.
After squeezing through
passage, you enter a chamber
60 feet in length, from 10 to 15 in
height, and from 3 to S in width.
Communicating with this, are several other fissures of equal height,
and from 10 to 15 in length. Barrington was incorporated May 10,
1722, and the settlement commenced in 1732.
Population, 1830,
this
1,895.
BarriiigtoU; R.
Bristol CO.
cord, and 85
N. N. W. from
mouth.
lies
Portsthe foot of the
White Mountains, on the eastern
side.
Its soil is various, and, on the
This
Saco, in some parts, good.
river meanders through the centre
of the town.
Bartlett was incorporated June 16, 1790.
Population,
1830, 644.
Bai'toii, Vt.
by Barton
and by an inlet of Warren river, over which is a bridge.
er's
river,
The
soil
of the
town
is
of
a fertile,
river,
which
rises
in
Glover, and empties into Memphremagog lake.
Here are several
ponds containing good fish. Barton
is a thriving town, with a good hydraulic power, and about 3,000
sheep.
It lies 9 miles S. E. from
Irasburgh, and 40 N. E. from Montpelier. "Population, 1830, 729.
Basin
IIai-1>or,
Vt.
See Ferrishurgh.
about 8 square miles, originally belonged to Massachusetts. It was
attached to Rhode Island in 1746,
and incorporated in 1771.
It is
bounded southerly by Narraganset
bay, and is well watered by Palm-
at
Orleans co.
This town derived
its name from Gen. William Barton,
of R. I., and was first settled in
1796.
The town is well watered
I.
This small town, of
It
Baskaliegau River, Me.
This
i-iver rises in a large lake of
the same name, in the county of
Washington, near the line of New
Brunswick it passes westerly 15 or
20 miles, and falls into the Matawamkeag, a tributary of the Penobscot.
;
sandy loam, and quite productive.
Batli, Me.,
Large quantities of sea-weed are
collected on its shores.
A large In the county of Lincoln, is situtract in Barrington, called " the ated on the west bank of Kennebec
cove," now covered with water to river, 12 miles from the sea, 32 N.
a considerable depth, is supposed to E. of Portland, and 31 S. from Auhave once been a forest, as timber gusta. It is bounded E. by Kenand fuel are obtained from its bot- nebec river, S. by Phipsburg, W.
tom.
Some salt is made in this by New Meadows river and Brunstown, and shell and other fish are wick, and N. by Merry meeting
abundant. Barrington lies 8 miles
E. S. E. from Providence, and
about 7 miles N. by W. fiom Bristol.
Population, 1830, 612.
Bartlett, N. H.,
Coos
45 miles S. E. from
Lancaster, 82 N. N. E. fi-om ConCO., is
Population, in 1830, 3,773;
and in 1837,4,523.
Incorporated, 1780.
An attempt
was made by a missionary to settle
this place, and preach to the fishermen, as early as 1670. But the Inperdians would not permit it.
manent settlement was made in
bav.
in ^^1835, 4,200,
A
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
The
1756.
principal business of
verhill,
Mass.
Population, 1830,
commerce, trade and shipbuilding, for which it is admirably
There belonged to
well located.
1,627.
ships 32''brigs,
51 schooners, and smaller vessels.
Tonnaoe of the distiict of Bath, ineluding the waters of Kennebec
Total
river, in 1S37, 41,728 tons.
number of vessels belonging to the
district of Bath, in 1835, 37 ships, 94
brigs, 195 schooners, 10 sloops, and
This river is about 45 miles in
length. It rises in Dorset, and passing Manchester, Sunderland and
Arlington, it
receives
Roaring
Brook and other tributaries in Vermont; it then passes into the state
of
York, and falls into the
Hudson, three miles below Fort
Miller, and about 35 miles N. from
Bath
is
this port in 1835, 26
1
steam-boat.
Total, 337.
The
harbor of Bath is seldom obstructed
Regular lines of steamby ice.
boats ply between this place and
Portland and Boston, about threefourths
of the year.
Batli, N. H.,
Battenltill River.
New
Albany, N. Y.
Bays and Harbors.
The bays and harbors in
Camp River, N. H.,
formed of several branches rising on the south side of Sandwich
The two
and Albany mountains.
principal branches unite in Ossipee,
and fall into Ossipee lake on its
western border.
Bear
Grafton co., on Connecticut river,
is 32 miles N. of Dartmouth College, 82 N. W. of Concord, and 9
N. of Haverhill. Bath is pleasantly situated in the vale of the Connecticut, between the Green moun-
on the W., and the White
Mountains on the E., by which it is
effectually shielded from high winds
and long storms. The Amonoosuck
Is
tains
river waters the S. E. part, affording many fine mill seats and water
The Amonoosuck has
privileges.
a very convenient fall at the village,
macalculated to accommodate
chinery to any extent. Two mills
for the manufacture of cassimere,
and other machinery, are already
erected. -At the principal village,
(which is very pleasant,) there is a
considerable bridge over the Amonoosuck, of 350 feet in length, built
The soil on the hills is
in 1807.
generally a reddish loam, on a bed
In the valof marl, or hard pan.
leys, it is alluvial. About one-sixth
part of the whole town is intervale
land.
in
Bear River, Me.,
Rises in the highlands, near Umpasses Newry, and
empties into the Androscoggin, opposite to Bethel,
bagog lake,
Beclcet, Mass.,
An elevated farming townsliip
oh the Green mountain range, in
Berkshire county. Westfield, Farmington and Housatonick rivers receive the waters of several ponds in
It has some small manthis town.
ufactures, and about 7,000 sheep.
The town was
agriculture of this
place 5,550. sheep are kept here.
The town was granted, 1761, and
the first settlement was made in
the
:
Ha-
incoiporated in 1765,
and lies 110 miles W. from Boston,
15 E. S. E. from Lenox, and 23 W.
Population,
from Northampton.
1837, 957.
Beddingtoii, Me.
Much improvement has been
made
1765, by John Herriman from
New
England are generally mentioned
under the places pertaining to them.
Washington
co.
There are sev-
ponds in this town, which are
among the head waters of Pleasant
and Narraguagus rivers. Incorpo-
eral
rated, 1833.
Population, 1837, 169.
�NL.V^
ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
35 miles N. W. from Machiand about 40 E. tVom Bangor,
It lies
as,
Bedford,
This
]V.
H.
town
a pleasant
in Hills3 miles N.
S. b> E. from
Concord. Merrimack and Piscataquoag are the only rivers in this
town. The latter passes through
its N. E. corner, where there is the
pleasant and flourishing village of
is
borough county. It
E. from Amherst, 20
is
Piscataquoag. This town has considerable very productive intervale
land.
It has been noted for the
cultivation of hops and for its fine
domestic manufactures. On the W.
line of Bedford, are a remarkable
gulf and precipice, which are objects of curiosity.
considerable
brook passes over the precipice, and
falls about 200 feet within the distance of 100 yards. Here are found
several excavations in solid stone,
which are sufficiently large to contain many persons.
In mineralogy,
this town aifords a great variety of
specimens.
Iron ore is found in
different places, and in several vari-
A
eties.
Sulphuretof
iron,
imbedded
in common granite, and red oxide
of iron, combined with alumine, are
common.
Black lead, pyritous cophornblende, epidote,
talc, mic?i, black, yellow and green
gneiss, crystallized quartz, &c. are
found here. The first child born in
town was Silas Barron, sonof Capt.
.per,
schorl,
Population, 1837, 858.
It lies 15
miles N. \V. from Boston, and 5 N.
E. from Concord. Bedford is bounded N. by Concord river. It has
some manufactures
;
principally of
boots and shoes.
Belcliertoira, Mass.,
A
beautiful
town
in
Hampshire
county, originally called " Cold
Spring," 75 miles W. from Eo.-,ton,
11 E. from Northampton, and 27 E.
from Pittsfield. Population, 1837,
2,593.
First settled, 1732.
Incorporated, 1761.
The soil of the
town is of an excellent quality, and
well improved. Large quantities
of wool are grown in this town.
It
is separated from Ware by Swift
river, on the N.
The principal
manufacture is that of pleasure
wagons, of which about 600 are annually made. Mr. A, Shumway, of
this place, has driven the sta^re be.
•
tween Belchertown and Northampton 25 successive years.
In that
period he made 15,000 trips, travelled 218,400 miles, and carried at
least 124,000 passengers; yet, although his hours of travelling were
early in the morning and late in
the evening, he never broke a limb,
overturned his coach, or met with
any serious accident whatever, during his whole career.
Belfast, Me.,
town of Waldo counMoses Barron, in 1741. The town ty, and a portof entr}% and is beauwas incorporated. May 19, 1750. tifully situated on Belfast bay, on
Bedford was the residence of many the W. side of Penobscot river. It
Indians in former times.
Near lies 40 miles E. from Augusta, SO
Goffe's falls is a spot of ground, S. from Bangor, SO N. from Thomabout ten rods long and four wide,
which is supposed to have been an
Indian burial place.
Population,
1S30, 1,554.
Bedford, Mass.
This is a pleasant town in Middlesex county, and the source of Shawsheen river. This town was formerly parts of Concord and Billerica, and was incorporated in 1729.
Is the chief
aston, and, across Belfast bay, 12
from Castine.
The town was
W.
in-
corporated in 1773, but not permanently settled until about the year
17S5.
There is considerable good
land in Belfast.
In 1837 it produced 3,492 bushels of as good
wheat as ever grew on the prairies
the "boundless West."
The
Paasaggassawakeag river passes
near the centre of the town, and
of
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NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
much to
The
the appearance of the
harbor is very good
it is guarded hy Long and Sears'
islands, and has anchorage for a
adds
place.
great
numberof vessels of the
The proximity of
est class.
larg-
Bel-
fast to the sea, its site in relation to
Penobscot river, and its excellent
which was never known to
have been obstructed by ice, but
twice, (1780—1815,) give it peculiar advantages for foreign commerce, the coasting trade, and the
harbor,
fisheries.
Considerable ship building is carj'ied on at this place. The
tonnage of the district of Belfast in
1837, was 29,342 tons. The principal
exports are lumber and fish.
Population, 1810,1,259; 1820, 2,026;
1830, 3,077, and in 1837, about
Belfast, although irregular4,000.
ly built, is a pleasant town, and is
an important winter mart of the
trade of Penobscot river.
Belgrade, Me.
Kennebec
co.
In this town are
of three large and beautiful
ponds or lakes, well stored with tish.
They are connected v^'ith each other, and find an outlet at Waterville.
The scenery on the borders of these
waters is truly delightful.
It produced in 1837, 6,340 bushels of
wheat. Belgrade was incorporated
in 1796.
Population, 1837, 1,4S3.
It lies 10 miles N. W. from Augusta, and 69 N. by E. from Portland.
The village at Belgrade Mills, 6
miles from the centre of the town,
and 16 miles from Augusta, is a
very flourishing place.
parts
Bellaiiay
A
river,
Bank, N.
II.
one branch of which
is-
sues from Chesley's pond, in Barrington, and the other fi-om low and
marshy lands in the vicinity ; these
unite in Madbury, and after meandering through the town, the waters fall into the Piscataqua, on the
W. side of Dover Neck, where the
stream
is
called
Back
river.
Belliiigliam, Mass.
Norfolk CO. The soil of this town
light and sandy, and not very
good for agricultural purposes. It
is finely watered by Charles river,
and has a good hydraulic power.
Its manufactures, consisting of cotton and woollen goods, straw bonnets, boots and shoes, amounted, in
one year, to $127,837. It Hes 18
miles S. W. fiom Dedham, 17 N.
by W. from Providence, R. I., and
28 S. W. from Boston.
Population,
Incorporated, 1719.
1837, 1,159.
Iron ore is found here.
is
Bellows' Falls.
See TValpole, JV. H.
Bclnioiit,
Me.
This tow^n is well watered by the
Paasaggassawakeag, which rises
there in a pond of that name, and
empties at Belfast, about 6 miles N.
It lies 34 miles E. by N. fi-om Augusta.
In 1837, Belmont produced
3,435 bushels of wheat, and considerable wool. Waldo county.
Belvidere, Vt.
Lamoille co.
A mountainous
township on the west side of the
Green ^fountains, 32 miles N. E.
from Burlington, 32 N. from Montpelier, 27 E. by S. from St, Albans,
and watered by branches of Lamoille i-iver.
Incorporated, 1791.
Population, 1830, 185.
Eeiiaiiisgtoii
Bennington
Comity, Vt.
Sim]
the chief towns.
Manchester are
This
is
the oldest
county in Vt., on the west side of
the Gi'een Mountoins.
It is bounded on the north by Rutland county,
on the east by Windham county,
on the south by Berkshire county,
Mass., and on the west by the state
of New York.
It is 39 miles long
and 20 wide.
Area, 610 square
Population, in 1820, 16,125 ;
1830, 17,468. Inhabitants to square
mile, 28
The low lands are excelmiles.
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NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
lentjand produce good crops, but the
largest portion of the county is
mountainous, and fit only for grazMany streams rise in the
ing.
mountains and descend to the ocean,
some by the Hudson and some by
the Connecticut, affording a great
hydrauhc power. Lead and iron
ores of good quality are found in
this county, and large quarries of
beautiful white marble.
The number of sheep in this county in 1837
was
69,823.
Beuniiigtoii; Vt.
One
of the chief towns of Ben-
nington county. It lies 120 miles
S. W. by S. from Montpelier, 25 S.
from Manchester, and 30 east from
Troy, N. Y.
Population, 1330,
Present population, about
3,419.
4,200. First settled, ITGl. The town
is situated high above the great rivers and the ocean, yet we find it of
good alluvial soil, delightfully encircled by ever-green mountains. It
abounds in iron ore, manganese,
ochre and marble.
The streams
are numerous and afford excellent
mill sites.
The products of the
soil consist
mon
to
of
New
all
the varieties com-
England.
Great
at-
the rearing of
sheep about 7000 of those useful
animals feed on the hills and valleys.
There are in Bennington, 6 cotton
and 3 woollen factories, a very extensive iron foundry, 2 furnaces, a
tention
is
paid
to
:
paper
mill, flouring mills, &.c.
The
public schools justly sustain an elevated rank. Bennington is finely
On the borlocated for the muses.
der of this town, about 6 miles W.
of the court house, the gallant
Stark, with a small band of " Northern
Yeomen," celebrated for
their bravery, gained an important
victory over the British, August 16,
1777.
The fame of that battle is
as imperishable as the mountains
which overshadov/ the ground.
Shame to the country
there is
not a stone to mark the spot
:
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Benson,
.Vt.
Rutland co. This town, on Lake
Champlain, was first settled in 1783.
Population, 1830, 1,493.
It lies 75
miles S. W. from Montpelier, 20. W.
N. W. from Rutland, and opposite
to Putnam, N. Y.
The lake at this
place
is
The
about a mile in width.
town has some streams
affording
but none of great importance. The waters are generally
brackish and unpleasant.
stream
issues from a swamp in this town,
and after running a short distance,
passes through the base of a high
hill, a distance of more than half a
Benson has good pine, mamile.
ple, walnut, oak and beech timber,
and a bog of marl resembling fuller's earth.
There are about 14,000
mill sites,
A
sheep in
this
town.
Bci-'kley, Pilass.
Berkley lies 37 miles
from Boston, 18 E. from Providence, and 5 S. from Taunton. Population, in 1837, 873.
Taken from
Dighton in 1735, from which it is
Bristol CO.
S.
separated by Taunton river.
Some
coasting vessels belong to this place,
and some ship building is carried on.
Assonet village, on Taunton river,
at Dighton and
Berkley bridge,
is
the principal place of business.
Berkshire County, Mass.
Lenox is
countv was
the chief town.
incorporated in
This
1770.
Population, 1820,35,666; 1830,37area, 860
825, and in 1837, 39,101
square miles. Bounded N. by Bennington county, Vt., V/. by Rensselaer and Columbia counties, N. Y.,
S. by Litchfield county, Ct., and
E. by Franklin, Hampshire and
Hampden counties. This county
;
is
rough and hilly
but
it
in
many
affords considerable
parts,
very
fine
produces much wool,
all sorts of grain, and exports great
quantities of beef, pork, butter, &c.
The number of sheep in this counBerkshire
ty in 1837, was 136,962.
land,
and
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
is
the most elevated county in the
to
1829, was called Maynesborough.
The Green and Taughkannic The
state.
Mountains
cross
it
from N.
to S.;
the average height of which is about
1,200 feet above the level of the
The Housatonick and Hooits chief rivers.
The former empties into Long Island Sound;
29
the latter into the Hudson
sea.
Androscoggin and Amonoosuck rivers pass through it. It is
about 20 miles E. from Lancaster,
and 125 N. fiom Concord. Population, 1830, 73.
sick are
Berlini, "Vt.
This is a pleasant town in Wash45 inhabitants to a square ington county, watered by Onion and
" This county possesses, in Dog rivers, Stevens' branch, and a
mile.
rich and inexhaustible abundance, number of ponds, furnishing good
three of the most important articles mill sites, and excellent fishing.
of the commerce of the world, Iron, The land is somewhat broken, but,
Marble and Lime, and its wood and of strong soil and good for tillage.
water power are fully sufficient to Considerable manufactures are proenable it to fit them for the pur- duced in this town, and about 6,000
There is a mineral spring
poses of life." The tonnage of this sheep.
county to its marts of trade, princi- here of little note. First settled in
Population, 1830, 1,664.—
pally on the Hudson, amounted, in 1786.
1834, to no less than 34,075 tons. Berlin is bounded N. by MontpeAt the present time it probably ex- lier and E. by Barre.
ceeds 40,000 tons. The enterprize
Berlin, Mass.
of a railroad from Boston to Albany
Worcester co. T'aken from Bolwill soon be accomplished, and canPopulation, 1837,
not fail of being exceedingly benefi- ton, in 1784.
It lies 15 miles N. E. from
cial, not only to this county, but to 724.
Worcester, 31 W. by N. from Bosthe commonwealth at large.
ton, and 7 S. E. from Lancaster.
BerJtslili'e, Vt.
branch of the Assabet affords
Franklin co. Elihu M. Royce, this town good water privileges.
son of Stephen Royce, was the first Large quantities of hops are prosome wool, and some
child born in this town. That event duced here
On Missisque baskets.
occurred in 1793.
and Trout rivers, which water this
Berlin, Ct.
town, is some fine intervale land.
Hartford co. Taken from FarPike river, from Canada, atFords
•Berkshire a great water power. mington, inl785. Population, 1830,
This town lies 11 miles S.
This town lies 50 miles N. W. from 3,047.
Montpelier, 22 N. E. by E. from from Hartford, and 23 N. from New
Haven.
The surface of Berlin
St. Albans, and 31 N. E. by N.
from Burlington. Population, 1830, is hilly, but productive of grass,
grain and fruits.
There are in the
About 3,000 sheep.
1,303.
town about 2,000 sheep. The vilBerlin, Me.
lages of Worthington and JVew
Oxford CO. This town is bounded Britain are very pleasant, and the
E. by Phillips, S. by Weld and W. manufactures of brass, tin and othby Byron. It lies 100 miles N. er wares, there pursued, are very
from Portland, 45 N. W. from Au- extensive and flourishing. The first
gusta, and about 40 N. from Paris. manufacture of tin
ware in this
Population, 1837, 470. Wheat crop, country was commenced
at this
same year, 2,175 bushels.
place, in about the year 1770, by
Berlin, N. H.
Edvt^ard Patterson, a native of IreCoos CO. This town, from 1771 land. Mr. Patterson peddled his
:
towns
;
A
;
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v
NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
ware about the country, on foot, in
baskets ; his successors in the manufacture did the same, until the uses
and value of the article becoming
known, and the demand increasing,
horses and wagons were employed
and thus this important manufacture of New England v/as transported to all parts of the country.
;
Bei'iiardstoii,
Franklin
co.
This
Mass.
a township
is
of
superior land for agricultural
purposes, considerably elevated, between Fall and Connecticut rivers.
Bethany and Naugatuck
sents some
features.
river, pre-
wild and picturesque
Bethel, Me.
Oxford CO. Incorporated in 1796.
Population, 1837, 1,864.
Bethel
lies 18 miles N. V*^. from Paris, 61
N. W. from Portland, and 63 W.
from Augusta. This town is bounded N. and W. by Androscoggin river, and S. by Greenwood.
This is
a fine farming town, and produced
5,214 bushels of wheat in 1837.
Betliel, Vt.
It was formerly called Fall Toicn.
Windsor CO. This town was first
There was a fort here in 1746,
when this part of the county was settled in 1780, and was the fir^t
peopled mostly by Indians. It was town chartered by the governr i"i;L
incorporated, by its present name, of Vermont.
It lies 31 miles S.
W. from Montpelier, and 30 N. Vv
in 1764.
It lies 96 miles W. by N.
from Boston, and 7 N. from Green- from Windsor.
Population, 1830,
l-
Population, 1S37,S7S. Bald
and West mountains afford delightful scenery
the former is 630 feet
above the waters of the Connectifield.
:
cut.
Here
—
are springs
containing
magnesia, sulphur and iron. Bernardston produced, in one year,
16,000 bushels of corn and rye, and
5,000 barrels of cider.
There are
3,022 sheep in this town, and some
manufactures of shoes, leather,palmleaf hats, and scythe snaiths.
Berwicic, Me.
York
This town
porated, 1713.
Population, 1837,
Betliaiiy, Ct.
co.
Woodbridge, in 1832.
miles N. by ^^\ from
the largest.
lies
1,799.
New Haven
:
is
on the
E. side of Salmon river, about 14
miles S. S. W. from Alfred, 45 S.
W. from Portland, and 9S S. W.
from Augusta. Berwick has considerable trade in lumber.
IncorCO.
1,240.
Bethel is watered by
branches of White river, and possesses good mill sites.
Soap stone
is found here in groat quantities
and of good quality much of it is
sawed and transported. Garnet in
small, but perfect crystals, is also
comm^on. The surface of Bethel is
broken and mountainous, but the
soil is warm and good for grazing.
It has about 8,000 sheep.
Considerable business is done at both villages. East and West ; the latter
Taken from
It
lies
New
10
Hatown
ven. Some portion of this
is good land and well cultivated,
but a large part of it is mountainous, and fit only for the growth of
wood. Beacon mountain, between
Betliel, Ct.
Fairfield co.
This is a pleasant
and flourishing village, in the town
of Danbury, and about 3 miles N.
W. from
the centre of that town.
There are about fifty dwelling houses in the village, and about thirty
work shops or factories. The manufacture of hats and combs is the
principal business of the place, and
large quantities of both are annually transported to Boston,
York and other places.
New
Betlileliem, N. H.,
Grafton co., is bounded N. by
Whitefield and Dalton, E. by Car-
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NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
by Fran- the " Flower of Essex," a compaN. W. by- ny of young iiien from this county,
It is watered by Great and who were, with their leader,
Littleton.
Amonoosuck river. The soil pro- almost wholly cut off" by the Inroll
and ungrauted land,
S.
conia and Lisbon, and
duces good crops of grass and grain. dians, at Bloody Brook, in 1675.
There is plenty of pine timber and
Biddeford, Me.
sugar maple. Iron ore, both of the
mountain and bog kind, has been ocYork CO. On the S. side of Saco
casionally found.
Two mineral river, and connected with the town
springs have been discovered.
of Saco by a bridge.
The town
Bethlehem was settled in 17.90. extends down the river to the sea,
It was incorporated Dec. 27, 1799. and includes a point of land called
" Fletcher's Neck," off" which are
Population, 1830, 665.
several small islands; on one of
Hetlileliem, Ct.
which. Wood Island, is a revolving
Litchfield co.
This town is 38 light. This is a good township for
miles W. S. W. from Hartford, 32 agricultural pursuits, the coasting
N. W. by W. from New Haven, trade, ship building, and the fishand 8 S. from Litchfield.
It was ery.
It lies 38 miles N. E. from
taken from Woodbury in 1787. It York, 15 S. W. from Portland, and
is hilly, with a gravelly loam, and
69 S. W. from Augusta.
First
Incorfit for grazing and the growth of permanently settled, 1630.
rye.
Popu- porated, 1718.
It lias 2,000 sheep.
Population, 1837,
lation, 1830, 906.
The town is wa- 2,278. See Saco.
tered by Pomperaug river, a branch
Billerica, Mass.
of the Housatonick.
Middlesex co. This town is waBeverly, Mass.
tered by the Concord and ShawEssex CO. This tov»rn lies N. of sheen rivers, and has a pleasant vilSalem, a-nd is united to it by abridge lage, on high ground, near the cenacross the North river, built in 1783, tre.
Its soil is good and well imThe people proved. The Middlesex canal and
1,500 feet in length.
of this town are noted for their en- the Boston and Lowell rail road pass
terprise in commerce and the fish- through the easterly part of the
eries.
There are some merchant town. First settled, 1653. IncorPopulation, 1837,
vessels belonging to this place, porated, 1655.
about 50 sail of fishermen, and 20 1,498. Here are some manufactures
coasters.
The annual value of the of woolen cloth, boots, leather,
fisheries at Beverly is about $100,- wooden ware, straw bonnets, shav000. The manufactures, consisting ing and splitting knives, bed bindBillerica
of Britannia ware, tin and cabinet ing, soft soap, and spirits.
wares, chairs, hats, boots, hair, mus- fies 18 miles N. W. from Boston,
tard and bricks, amounted in one 7 S. S. E. from Lowell, and 7 N. E.
year to about $120,000. The pros- by N. from Concord.
perity of this town has not suffered
the growth of luxury or excess of
trade ; its fisheries and manufacturing concerns are steady and progressive.
First settled, 1626.
Incorporated, 1688. Population, 1830,
4,079—1837, 4,609. Among many
distinguished men who have lived
and died at Beverly, was Captain
Bimgliaian,
Thomas Lothrop, who commanded
Me.
On
by
the
Somerset co.
bank of Kennebec
river,
eastern
opposite
Concord, 26 miles N. from Norridgewock, 118 N. N. E. from Portland, and 55 N. from Augusta. In-
to
corporated, 1812. Population, 1837,
701.
In 1837, 2,548 bushels of
wheat was raised in this town.
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
Black Rivers.
Blaiidford, Mass.
Hampden co. Branches of WestBlack river, in Windsor county,
Vt. is 35 miles in length.
field river rise in this town and give
It rises
Blandford
in Plymouth, passes Ludlow, Cav- it a good water power.
endish and Weathersfield, and falls was incorporated in 1741. It was
into the Connecticut at Springfield. originally settled by a company from
This river passes through many nat- the north of Ireland. It lies 114
ural ponds, and affords a great num- miles W. by S. from Boston, and 15
W, by N. from Springfield. Popuber of mill seats.
Black river, in Orleans county, lation, 1837, 1,443. The manufacVt. is about 30 miles in length. It tures of the place consist of woolen
Annual
rises in some ponds in Craftsbury, cloth, paper and leather.
and passing through Albany, Iras- amount, $50,500.
The agricultuburg, and Coventry, it falls into ral products sent to market in 1836,
amounted to ^22,340. There were
Memphremagog lake at Salem.
Black river, in Somei'set county. in the town 1,535 cows and 1,822
Me. is one of the head branches of merino sheep.
the Walloostook.
Block Islaud, R. I.
Blackstoiie River, Mass.
The most
river rises
Bloody Brook, Mass.
between Paxton and Hol-
den.
It passes Worcester, and tlie
ponds in Shrewsbury pay it the tribute of their waters. After passing Auburn, Grafton, Millbury,
Sutton, Northbrido;e. Uxbrid2;e and
Mendon, it passes into the state of
Rhode Island, where it changes its
name to Pawtucket, and meets the
tide
See JVew Slioreham.
inland branch of this
waters in Providence river.
See Deerfield.
BloomHeld, Me.
Somerset
fine
BlacltAvater River,
Blackwater
from
river,
Bf.
N. H.
H.
This town was
in-
township of land, and produced
in 1837 5,080 bushels of wheat.
so called
dark appearance, is formed
by two small streams, one of which
rises in Danburj^ and the other issues from Pleasant pond, in New
London.
These branches unite
soon after crossing the W. line of
Andover, and form the Blackwater,
which passes through the S. W. part
of that town
from thence through
the W. part of the towns of Salisbury and Boscawen into Hopkinton,
where it empties into Contoocook
co.
corporated in 1814, and lies on Kennebec river, 33 miles N. from Augusta and 7 below Norridgewock,
opposite to Skowhegan.
Population, 1837, 1,053.
Bloomfield is a
Blooniiield, Vt.
its
Essex
W.
CO.
Bloomfield
lies
on the
side of Connecticut river, and is
watered by branches of the
Nulhegan. Population, 1830, 150.
It is about 20 miles N. from Guildhall, and 60 N. E. from Montpelier.
also
BloomHeld,
Ct.
;
river,
Blaucliard, Me.
This was formerly
Windsor, called Wintonbury. It derived its name from the
circumstance of the parish being
formed from Windsor, Farmington
and Simsbury the name Win-tonbury being a part of the name of
each of those towns. It was incorHartford co.
a parish in
;
Piscataquis CO. This town lies 116
miles from Augusta.
In 1837, 795
bushels of wheat was raised here.
Population, same year, 261.
See
Barnard, Me.
4*
porated into a town in 1835.
The
inhabitants enjoy a fine soil, and cultivate it with great industry, pro-
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
ducing large crops of grass and
grain, with an abundance of choice
tween Concord and Nashua rivers.
Here are good limestone, and small
about six miles N.
Population, about
manufactures of boots, shoes, leather and combs.
fruit.
It
lies
from Hartford.
1,400.
Bolton, Ct.
Eliie Hill
Hancock
and Bay, Me.
co.
The town
lies
at
the head of a large bay, of the same
name, 12 miles E. from Castine,
and 78 E. from Augusta. There
are several large ponds in Blue Hill,
and a hill of 960 feet in height, from
which
delightful marine scenery
is
presented. Incorporated 1789. Population, 1837, 1,808.
The bay has
Long and other islands inside and
outside, Burntcoat, and a group of
smaller islands. Blue Hill bay is
;
connected with Penobscot bay and
river by a passage between the
islands and main land, of about 12
miles.
It lies about 16 miles W.
from Frenchman's bay.
Blme
Hills.
Tolland co. This town lies 14
miles E. from Hartford, and 10 milep
S, by W. from Tolland.
Popula-
The soil is a coarse,
hard, gravelly loam, fit only for
grazing.
It is within the granite
region of the eastern section of the
tion, 1830, 744.
The Bolton
state.
Stone Quarry
is
" Tlie stone is a spequite noted.
cies of slate, of a brilliant light
gray color, composed of mica and
quartz, and is excellent for flagging
and other purposes. It is extensively used in the principal cities of the
United States. For strength it exceeds any other known in this country, and the demand for it is rapidly
increasing." The supply is inexhaustible.
Boon
Island, Me.,
The first range of mountains on
the eastern coast of
Hampshire and Maine ; and the elevated
lands in Milton, Mass. are thus denominated, in consequence of their
blue or cloud-like appearance, at a
distance, on the ocean.
ledge of rocks, with a lighthouse thereon ; about 9 miles E.
from Kittery. Near this island the
steamboat New England, on her
passage from Boston to Gardiner,
Boar's Head, W. M.
contact with a loaded coaster, on the
night of the 28st of May, 1838, by
New
See Hampton.
Bolton, Vt.
Chittenden co. Population, 1830,
452,
17 miles S. E. from Burlington, and 17 N. W. from Montpelier.
Incorporated, 1763.
Bolton lies on
the western side of the Green
Mountains.
Onion river passes
through the town, on the banks of
which most of the inhabitants reside.
Bolton, Mass.
A
good farming town in the county of Worcester, 31 miles W. by N,
from Boston, and 15 N. N. E. from
Worcester.
Incorporated,
1738.
Population, 1837, 1 ,185.
It lies be-
A
met
'a
fatal disaster,
by coming
which many valuable
lives
in
were
jeopardized.
EootliTSjay,
Me.
co.
This town is boundby the mouth of Sheepscot
river, N. by Edgecomb, E. by
Damariscotta river, and S. by the
ocean.
It is nearly surrounded by
Lincoln
ed
W
.
water, and is noted for its excellent
harbor.
Its maritime situation renders it a place of considerable business in the coasting trade and fisheries.
This town lies 39 miles S. S.
E. from Augusta, 12 E. N. E. from
¥/iscasset, 60 E. N. E. from Portland, and about 40 miles S. W. by
W. from Owl's Head, by water.
Boothbay is a fine watering place.
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
and many visit it, in summer months,
for health or pleasure.
Here may
be found all the enjoyments of sea
fishing and fowlair and bathing
ing; ocean and island scenery; for
which JVahant, in Massachusetts
bay, is justly celebrated. Incorpo;
rated, 1764. Population, 1837, 2,5(32.
BoscaAveu, N. M.
Merrimack
co.
Boscawen
is sit-
uated between Concord and Salisbury, on the W. side of Merrimack
river.
Bo'cawen is 3 miles N. W.
from Concord. Besides the J^.Ierrimack, the west part of this town is
watered by Blackwater river, running nearly parallel with the former, through the whole extent of
the town, and about five miles distant from it. It is not a large stream,
but very important, both on account
the fertile fields of champaign
borders, and the numerous water privileges it affords.
There are
tw^o ponds of some note. Great pond,
near the centre of the town, Long
pond, in the west part, and mill seats
at the outlet of each.
Boscawen is
of a deep, productive soil, affording
many excellent farms delightfully
situated.
The surface, when view-
of
on
its
ed from its highest parts, appears
uncommonl}'^ level. From the numerous streams of living water, and
from the peculiar direction of the
swells of the hills, this town probably derives that pure air and uniform temperature which are so conducive to health.
The principal
village is in the east section of the
town.
It is situated on a spacious
street nearly two miles in length,
very straight and level. Here the
eye of the traveller
is
attracted and
delighted by the fertile intervales
and windings of the river Merrimack. There is another village on
a pleasant eminence near the west
meeting house.
Boscawen was
granted by Massachusetts in 1733.
The proprietors gave to it the name
of Contoocook, after the Indian
name of the river. It received its
present name when it was incorporated, April 22, 1760, from Edward
Boscawen, a celebrated English admiral then on the American station.
The first settlement commenced
early in the season of 1734.
Abigail Danforth was the first child
born in the town.
The Indians
made frequent predatory incursions
on the inhabitants. See Duston's
Island.
Among the deceased citizens of
this place entitled to respectful notice, are, Geoi'ge Jackman, Esq.,
the first town clerk, who continued
in office 36 years.
He was appointed a justice of the peace under
Geo. II. and continued in that office
during air successive changes down
to ISIS.
Rev. Samuel Wood, D. D., for
more than half a century the minister of Boscawen, was distinguished for his learning and piety.
Hon. Ezekiel Webster, a native
of Salisbury, resided here many
years.
He was an eminent barrister at law, of extraordinary talents,
and great private worth. He died
in the court house, at Concord,
April 10, 1829, aged 49, beloved
and lamented by
character.
all
who knew
his
Population, 1830, 2,093.
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NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
County of
dom,
The
Suffolk.
sachusetts, and of
New
ancient city of Bostgiv, the capital of Mas-
England, and the birth place of Aiaerican Free-
Old Boston, South Boston,
naturally divided into three sections
is
and East Boston, situated
western extremity of Massachusetts
The peninsula on which Old Boston is built, extends from Roxbu-
Bay.
ry, on the south, to
at the
Winnesimet Ferry, on the north, and
rounded by the waters of Boston harbor on the
on the north and west.
Its
breadth about one mile.
length
is
east,
is
nearly sur-
and Charles river
nearly three miles, and
its
average
contained about 700 acres, but
It originally
its
been greatly extended, by filling up around its borders. Its
quite uneven.
It has numerous eminences, rising from 50 to
territory has
surface
is
110 feet above the sea, affording admirable
to
it
a peculiarly romantic appearance.
sites for building,
It is in
north Lat.
W.
and giving
42^^ 21'
23"
Me.
N. H. 160 S. E. by S, from Montpelier, Vt.
158 E. (19' S.) from Albany, N. Y. 40 N. N. E. from Providence, R. I.
97 E. N. E. from Hartford, Ct.
207 N. E. by E. from New York, and
432 miles N. E. by E. from Washington.
Its Indian name was Shawmut. It was called by the first settlers Tramount, Tremont, or Triand west Lon. 71°
63
S. S.
4' 9".
It lies 163 miles S. S.
E. from Concord,
from Augusta,
;
;
;
mountain, from three hills nearly in its centre. It took its present name
on the 7th of Sept., 1630, in honor of the Rev. John Cotton, second minister of the first church, who came from Boston, in England.
The original proprietor of this territory
was John Blackstone, who, soon
after its
settlement by Winthrop and others, removed to Rhode Island.
was incorporated
as a city,
Boston
February 23, 1S22.
South. Boston.
This part of Boston was set off from Dorcheste'r, by legislative enactment, March the 6th, 1804. It is bounded south by Dorchester Bay,
and spreads about two miles on the south side of the harbor, above the
forts.
It contains
squares.
The
about 600 acres, and
is
laid out into
surface of this part of Boston
is
reguJar streets and
exceedingly picturesque.
In about the centre of this tract, and about two miles from the City Hall,
the memorable " Dorchester Heights" rear their heads 130 feet above
the sea, from which is presented a splendid view of Boston, its harbor,
and the surrounding country.
It is
bridges.
This part of Boston
wealth.
The Washington House,
near the "Heights,"
is
is
connected with Old Boston by two
rapidly increasing in population and
now
the
Asylum
for
the
a noble building, and a delightful residence.
blind,
�NEW ENGLAND
GAZETTEER.
East Boston.
This section of the city, until recently, had been called A'^oddle's IslIt lies about 660 yards N. E. from Old Boston, and about the same
and.
distance from Charlestown.
It is
divided from Chelsea by Chelsea Creek,
which
600 feet wide, over which
is
road to the Salem turnpike.
The Eastern rail-road,
East Boston. The island
commences
ryport, &c.,
at
a bridge, and from
acres of land, and a large body of
ny
of enterprizing
1833, and the
A
ing
is
first
is
between
established
each side every
A
and Charlestown.
a
compa-
ferry
The
is
this place
and Old Boston,
in cross-
about being established between
surface of the island
is
pleasingly va-
dwelling houses and gardens
for
manufactories of vari-
particularly for ship building, and
;
all
those branches of
This place
is
The Maverick Hotel
commpdious
site.
is
me-
See Appendix.
chanics connected with navigation.
who owned
was purchased by
well located
moderate prices.
ous kinds
Newbu-
contains about 660
The time occupied
five minutes.
riegated, and affords delightful sites for
at
an excellent
They were incorporated in March,
house was commenced in October of the same year.
about three minutes.
this island
is
Salem,
gentlemen in 1832.
steam-boat ferry
starting from
It
flats.
to
a large and splendid building, occupying a
This house
is
named
in
honor of Samuel Maverick,
the island and resided there in 1630, and
who
is
said to
have
—
made " some figure in the history of after times a man of very loving
and courteous behavior, and very ready to entertain strangers."
Boston Harbor,
Extends across Light House Channel and Broad Sound, from Point Alderton on Nantasket, to Point Shirley in Chelsea, a distance, between the
islands, of about 4 miles.
est navy.
It is safe,
The most important
and of ample capacity
part of this harbor
is
for the larg-
entered by a narrow
between two and three miles below the city and Navy Yard; and is
well protected by two powerful forts Independence and Warren. The
outer harbor, below these forts, will shortly be protected by a very powerful fortress now erecting on George's Island, at a great expense, by the
pass,
—
government of the United
of great beaut)', and
is
States.
Boston harbor contains
many
islands
the reservoir of the Mystic, Charles, JVeponset,
Manatiquot and other rivers. Its borders are environed by the towns
Hingham, Weymouth, Braintree, Quincy, Dorchester, Roxbuand the numerous
ry, Brookline, Cambridge, Charlestown, and Chelsea
of Hull,
;
small bays, coves and inlets, indenting their shores, give great variety,
much to the scenery of this delightful harbor.
Owing to the almost insular situation of Boston, and
and add
its
population appears small.
But
it
must be
its
limited extent,
couvsidered that the neigh-
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borini?
towns of Quincy, Dorchester, Milton, Roxbury, Biookline, BrighCambridge, Charlestown, Medford, Maiden, and Chel-
ton, Watcrtovvn,
sea, although not included in the city charter, are
and are as
city,
turing, literary,
much
and
associated with
social
it
in all
component parts of the
commercial, manufac-
relations and feelings, as
New
and Harlem are with the city of
hattanville,
its
Greenwich, Man-
York; or Southwark
and the Northern Liberties with Philadelphia.
The
population of Boston in 1700,
was 7,000—1722, 10,567—1765,
15,520—1790, 18,033—1800, 24,937—1810, 33,250-1320,43,298-1830,
61,391—1837, 80,325, and in 1840, 93,470.
Avenues.
The
many
peninsular situation of Boston requires
and from the surrounding country.
Boston and Roxbury, one mile and 117 feet in
sage
to
it
by
land..
On
was incorporated, March
breadth,
bridge by
to
Charlestown, was opened
9, 1735.
avenues
This bridge
is
Charles
Rwer
for travel.
It
1,503 feet in length, 42
and cost $50,000.
its
to
Neck," between
length, was the only pas-
the 17th June, of that year, the
Bridge, leading from Boston
in
artificial
Until 1736, the "
Net revenue in 1834, $9,383.
charter becomes state property in 1856.
This
West Boston Bridge, leading to Cambridge, was opened on the 23d
November, 1793. It was incorporated March 9, 1792. Length of
the bridge, 2,758 feet— abutment and causeway, 3,432— total
length,
6,190 feet. Cost, $76,667. Net revenue in 1834, $12,928. This bridge
of
become
will
state property in 1879.
South Boston Bridge, leading from Boston Neck to South Boston,
was
March 6, 1804, and opened for travel in July, 1805. Length,
1,550 feet— width, 40.
It cost the proprietors about
incorporated
city property
$50,000.
— free.
It is
now
Canal Bridge, from Boston to Lechmere Point, in East
Cambridge,
was incorporated February 27, 1807, and opened for
travel in August,'
1809.
this to
Net
Length, 2,796 feet— width, 40. A lateral bridge
extends from
Prison Point, Charlestown. Length,
1,820— width 35 feet
receipts in 1834, $3,173.
1879.
This bridge will become state property in
^
^
The Western Avenue, leading from Beacon
in Brookline,
was
was incorporated June
14, 1814,
street to SeivelVs Point,
and commenced in ISls'
opened for travel, July 2, 1821. This
avenue is a substantial dam
across Charles river bay, about
a mile and a half in length, and from
60
to 100 feet in width.
This dam encloses about 600 acres of
flats over
winch the tide formerly flowed from
7 to 10 feet.
partition dam divides this enclosure, and forms,
by the aid of flood and ebb gates, a full
It
A
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and receiving basin; thereby producing, at all times, a great hydraulic
power. The cross dam also forms an excellent avenue from the main
dam
The
to
Roxbury.
by
4,
receipts in 1834, $6,133.
avenue claim a perpetual franchise.
Boston Free Bridge, from Sea
March
Net
Cost, about $700,000.
proprietors of this
1826— completed,
proprietors of lands in
street to
South Boston.
Length,
1828.
the vicinity.
500— width,
Incorporated,
38 feet.
Built
City property.
—
Warren Bridge, leading to Charlestown. Length, 1,390 feet width,
Incorporated March 12, 1823, and opened on the December follow44.
The net receipts of this bridge in 1834,
ing.
It is now state property.
were $16,427.
All the above avenues are lighted with lamps,
make
when
necessary, and
a beautiful appearance.
Public Buildings.
Some of those of the most prominent character only can be mentioned.
The City Hall, or " the Old State House," on State and Washington
streets, now occupied by the city government, Post-Office, Reading-Room,
&c.,
is
110 feet in length, 38 in breadth, and 3 stories high.
ings on this spot have been destroyed by
tire.
the second in 1714, and the present in 1748.
The
first
was
Two
build-
built in 1659,
Until the erection of the
present State Flouse, this building had ever been used for governmental
purposes, both colonial and state.
Faneuil Hall, or the "Cradle of Liberty," in Dock Square, is three
by 80, and was the gift of Peter Faneuil, Esq. to
The building was enlarged in 1805, and until the
the town, in 1742.
new Market was built the lower part of it was used for meat stalls. It is
stories high, 100 feet
now improved
for stores.
The Hall
patriots, warriors
is
76 feet square, 28 feet high, and
It is
has deep galleries on three sides.
adorned with superb paintings of
and statesmen.
The
This building
on an open square, on Eeacon-street,
third story
is
improved
for
armo-
ries.
State House.
is
common. Its foundation is 110 feet above the level of the sea.
It was commenced in 1795, and completed and occupied
Cost, $133,333.
Length, 173 feet— breadth, 61. On the area
in 1798.
of the lower hall stands the beautiful Statue of Washington, by Chantry.
From the top of the dome on this building, 52 feet in diameter, and
fronting the malls and
230 feet above the level of the harbor, the
with
all its
crooked streets,
its
""vhole city
extended avenu'^s,
its
appears beneath,
splendid buildings,
and the malls and common, crossed Avith romantic walks, and shaded by
centurian elms.
sents
its
On
numerous
the north and west the county of Middlesex pre-
villas,
and a rich array of agricultural
taste
and beau-
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ty.
Here
field of
granite
are
viewed the hallowed
liiils
Harvard, and the sacred
the south the county of Norfolk appears, with
On
Bunker.
halls of
its
and luxuriant vales, chequered with a thousand farm houses,
On the east, the city, with its lofty
splendid mansions.
cottages, and
harbor and the ocean,
spires, the
all
conspire to render this the most en-
chanting scene, west of the Bay of Naples.
The Massachusetts Hospital
at the
western part of the
feet in length, and
on the banks of Charles river.
Commenced
54 in breadth.
This building
1821.
city,
on an open plot of ground of 4 acres,
is
of granite, and
is
is
It is
16S
181S, completed in
in
a beautiful
monument
of taste
and beneficence.
Faneuil Hall Market.
The corner
of
stone
superb granite
this
building was laid on the 27ih of April, 1S25, and completed in 1827.
^150,000, exclusive of land.
square, 536 feet, and
ing, 74
77 feet
fish
ranged
The
50 feet in width.
is
The
to
lov/er floor
The upper
and vegetable market.
rises
feet,
exclusively appropriated as a
is
be divided into compartments
Cost,
Dock
centre part of the build-
by 55, projects two o-r three feet on the north and south, and
from the ground, to a beautiful dome. The wings are 31
and two stories high.
meat,
extends east of Faneuil Hall, on
It
story
is
one vast
ware-rooms and
for
hall, ar-
lara-e sales.
On the sides of this building are JVorth Market street, 65, and South
Market street, 102 feet in width on each of which is a range of spacious ware-houses, with granite fronts.
On the east, across Commercial
street, is a commodious wharf, belonging to the city.
The hall in the
;
centre of the building
L.L. D., the
late
is
called
indefatigable
Quincy Hall, in honor of Josiah Quincy,
mayor of the city, and now president of
Harvard University.
Tremont House. This superb hotel,. on Tremont and Beacon streets,
was commenced on the 4Lh of July, 1828, and completed 16th of October,
182J)..
Its granite front
The wings
on Ti-emont street
are four stories high
;
that on
is
160 feet, and 3 stories high.
Beacon
and that on the south, fronting an open square,
building contains 180 rooms.
high.
The dining
hall
street
is
is
is
84 by 34 feet;
110 by 40
feet.
This
70 by 31, and 14 feet
Cost, $68,000, without the land.
JVew Court House. The corner stone of this building, in Court
square, between Court and School streets, for the accomm-odation of all
the couits of law for the county, city, and the United States, offices of
record, &c.,
was
laid Sept. 28, 1833.-
the Quincy quarry.
10 inches,
and
Its
length
is
It is of cut, or
hewn granite, from
;— width, 53 feet
175 feet 10 inches
height 57 feet 3 inches.
A
portico of nearly the
same
model of the Doric portico at Athens, adorns its north and south fronts.
There are four columns of fluted granite at each of these porticos, meas-
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uring 25 feet 4 inches in length, and 4 feet 5 inches in diameter. They
The interior contains four court rooms, 50 feet by
tons each.
weigh 25
40, and large and
commodious
departments.
offices for all the respective
Houses of Industry, Correction, and Reformation.
These houses are
delightfully situated on a plot of ground of about 61 acres, situated at
South Boston, on the margin of the harbor, and near the brow of Dorchester Heights.
Trinity Church, in
Summer
Paul's Church and the Ma^
Washington Bank, in Washingerected by the Suffolk Bank, the
street, St.
sonic Temple, in Tremont street, the
ton street, the granite building lately
United States Bank, in State street, and the Steeple of Park street
Church, are some of the best specimens of architecture in Boston.
Schools aud Institutions.
The
civil
New
of
first settlers
England were exceedingly tenacious of their
knew that knov;ledge was an
preserve those rights, and transmit them to their
and religious rights, and they well
all-powerful engine to
They
posterity.
which
schools, of
therefore very early laid the foundation of those /ree
all
the sons and daughters of
New
England are justly
Exclusive of Infant and Sabbath school scholars, about a quar°
proud.
ter part of the population of Boston
is
kept
brated for
its
schools, but for
its
institutions for moral, religious,
throughout the
school
at
year, at an annual expense of about $200,000.
Boston
is
not only cele-
munificent donations in support of
and literary purposes.
its
Since the year
1800, not less than two millions of dollars have thus been appropriated
by the
citizens of Boston.
NeAV England Institution for the Education of the BUnd.
This Institution was incorporated in 1S29
until 1832,
when
Dr.
Howe
;
but,
little
was accomplished
accompanied by a
returned from Europe
blind teacher; manifesting that zeal in the cause of the blind
distinguished his philanthropic labors, in another sphere,
He opened
land.
of those children
a school with six blind
was
so great,
young
interested.
By
gift of a
progress
citizens,
generally,
became
public and private donations, particularly by the
influence of ladies in several parts of
cent
The
and the value of an Institution of the
kind so apparent, that legislatures and
much
scholars.
which had
in a distant
New
England, and by the munifi-
splendid building in Pearl street,
by the Hon. Thomas H.
Perkins, the Institution has increased, both in reputation and funds, with
unparalleled success.
common
The
in other schools,
literature.
Music
is
scholars are instructed in
the study of
and enjoyed by the pupils.
5
all
those branches
and some of them in the higher branches of
all.
Mechanical labors are taught
Musical instruments of
all
kinds, and other
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
A printing
Implements are provided for their convenience and use.
press is established, and several books have been printed in embossed
It is exceedingly delightletters, which are superior to any in Europe.
ful to see these interesting
youth, whose lives once seemed a dreary
waste, and to witness their improvement in acquiring useful knowledge,
partaking of
all
those recreations, natural and proper for their age, sex,
and condition, and
Institution
is
fitting
themselves
managed by
governments of
all
the
a
for useful stations in society.
board of trustees, and
is
The
patronized by the
New England States.
Eye and Ear
Infirmary.
This Institution was commenced in Boston, by Drs. Jeffries and Reynolds, in 1824, from a conviction of
its utility
and importance, derived
from what they had seen and known of similar establishments in Europe.
Those gentlemen conducted the establishment at their own expense for
some time, during which large numbers received the most important
benefits.
In 1827, by the philanthropic exerlions of those, and other
gentlemen, an act of incorporation was obtained, and some funds wer©
raised.
As early as 1828, 2,610 cases were treated at the Infirmary, of
which about five-sixths were cured. Of these cases about one-sixth
were for diseases of the ear. Since that time the number of applicants
has increased annually; and this Institution, whose merits are not surpassed by any other in the city, has now a beautiful and commodious
building in Bowdoin square for the reception of patients.
Theatres.
The Boston Theatre, on Federal and Franklin
streets,
was burnt, February 2, 1798
and re-opened on the 29th of October, the same year.
ed February
3, 1794.
It
;
was first openwas re-built,
it
It is of brick,
152
now denominated
*' The Odeon," and is consecrated
to the worship of God.
A huge w ooden building was erected on Tremont street, and opened as the " HayMarket Theatre," December 26, 1796. The citizens in its neighborfeet long, 61 wide,
and 40 high.
hood being fearful of
its
This building
conflagration, caused
its
is
demolition,
by subscrip-
and the block of elegant brick dwelling-houses, near, and north of
Eoylston street, now occupy the spot.
tion,
The Tremont
Tlieatre, on
Tremont
with a granite front 135 feet by 79.
opened September 24, 1827.
The
streets,
ing was
It
street, is a
very neat building,
was commenced
J^Tational Theatre, at the junction
of Portland
near the Warren bridge, was constructed in 1831.
first
in July, and
Cost, about $120,000.
used for equestrian performances.
and Traverse
This build-
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Boston Common.
This
is
considered one of the most delightful promenades in the world.
It comprises
about 75 acres of land, of variegated surface, beautifully
shaded by trees of various kinds, particularly in
which surround
dred years ago.
Some of
The malls
it.
those trees
t?i8
malls, or walks
were planted more than a hun-
are wide, beveled, graveled, and
the waters of Charles river, and the romantic scenery beyond
prospect.
which
The whole
by
common
the city, that
it
are in
enclosed by an iron fence, on the outside of
is
The
are wide streets and beautiful buildings.
the malls and
smooth;
it,
is
about a mile.
can never be appropriated
to
around
distance
This plot of ground
is
any other than
so held
its
pres-
ent healthful and pleasing purposes.
The
foundation of a large
laid in 1837,
by
and splendid
Botanic GardejV was
the subscription of funds for that purpose.
It is located
on the city lands, on the west side of the Common. This will be a
great ornament to the city, and an honor to the taste and judgment of its
projectors.
Finances.
The
public debt of the city of Boston on the 1st of
$1,497,200.
The
1836, to 30th
April,
May,
1837, was
receipts, during the financial year, from the 30th of
April,
1837,
was $926,350— the expenditures,
Besides the public property in public buildings, city and other
$904,065.
wharves, &c. &c., both improved
for city purposes,
and rented, the city
has about 7,000,000 square feet of land on the Neck, exclusive of
streets,
public squares, and malls, and a very large property in other lands in
various parts of the city, which are rapidly increasing in value.
amount of
this property
cannot be stated, but
it is
ceed the city debt, exclusive of that part which
known
is
The
greatly to ex-
wanted
for the uses
of the city.
Commerce.
The
citizens of Boston
mercial enterprise.
have ever sustained a high rank
for their
com-
After whitening every sea with their canvass, and
extending their commerce with
all
nations of the globe, they are
now
westward and northward, and constructing new and artificial
channels, to enable them not only to compete with other Atlantic cities
for the already immense commerce of the western world, but to intercept it on its passage down the St. Lawrence.
The number of vessels entered at this port the year ending September
30, 1837, was 1,544— tonnage, 242,277 tons— crews, 11,503 :— cleared,
1,367, tonnage, 184,373 tons
crews, 9,177. The registered, enrolled and
licensed tonnage of this port, the same year, was 201,005 tons. A large
amount of tonnage, owned at Boston, is registered at southern ports.
looking
—
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GAZETTEER.
Commercial Accommodations.
There
probably no place in the world better accommodated for
commercial operations than Boston. The whole length of
the harbor on the
east and north is lined with about 200 docks
and wharves.
few of
them only can be noticed,
is
A
India Wharf, at the foot of Fort Hill, was constructed in
1805.
It
extends into the harbor 980 feet, and is 246 to 2S0 feet
in width.
In the
centre is a range of 39 stores, 22 by 80, and 4 stories
in height.
Central Wliarf, between India and Long wharves, was built
in 1816.
.54 ware-houses, 23 by 50, 4 stories high.
It is 1,379
feet in length, and 150 in width.
Over a spacious hall in the centre of
this range of stores, is one of the best
observatories in the United States.
In the centre are
North of
this is
Long Wharf,
at the foot of State street,
commenced
in 1710.
This wharf extends into the harbor 1,800 feet, is 200
feet in
width, and has 76 spacious ware-houses. About
(he centre of th s wh-.rf
IS a well of fresh water, 90 feet in
depth.
Passing the City wharf on the north, we come
to
Commercial Wliarf
1,100 feet in length, and 160 in width.
On the centre of this wharf is
a range of 34 granite ware-houses, 25 by 60
feet, and are unequalleJ by
any thing of the kind in the United States for
convenience
or grandeur
Cost, $500,000.
On the west, and in front of this tier of wharves,
which run into the
harbor nearly parallel to each other, are
India and
Commercial
streets,
having the east end of Faneuil Hall Market
nearly in the centre. These
streets are wide; they serve as wharves,
and their west sides are covered with large and convenient stores. It
is contemplated to extend India
street, on the south, to the Free Bridge
on Sea street; and Commercial
street, on the north, to Winnesimet
Ferry.
(See Hale's Map of Boston.)
The Marine Raihoays,
city, afford great
established in
accommodations
new and splendid Custom House
Long and
is
1820, at the north part of the
to those
now
A
engaged in navigation
erecting on India street, between
An Exchange, for the accommodation of
City Hall, are contemplated.
Central wharves.
merchants, and a
new
Manufactures.
Although Boston has never been
considered a manufacturino-
city
yet, since the general peace in
Europe, in 1515, and the passage of the*
present tariff laws, in 1833, its
manufacturing interests have considerably
•'
increased.
The
following are
the manufactures of Boston
for the year ending
1837, with the value of each, the
number of hands employed!
and the amount of capital invested,
so far as can be ascertained.
It may be proper to observe,
that the following account is
doubtless
April
1,
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accurate, as far
it
extends, but
chusetts the whole amount
it is
known
that in
some towns in Massabeen stated by
of their manufactures has not
the assessors.
I
Value.
ARTICLES.
$102,641
228,000
Boots and Shoes,
Leather,
Hats,
Iron Castings,
Combs,
Tin Ware,
194,673
372,000
7,500
48,000
148,100
41,000
112,032
Spirits,
926,8.56
Axes,
Glass,
Chairs and Cabinet Ware,
Straw Bonnets,
Vessels, (average for 5 years,)
Axletrees,
Beer,
Soap and Candles,
Whale
Oil,
Copper and Brass,
Organs and Piano-fortes,
Brushes,
Gold and Silver Leaf,
Carriages and Harnesses,
Refined Sugar,
Silver Ware and Jewelry,
Chain Cables,
Umbrellas,
Saddles, Trunks and Whips,
Granite, Marble, &c.
Machinery,
Blank Books and Stationary,
Gas,
Looking Glasses and Frames,
Lasts,
Neck
Stocks, &c.
Types and Stereotypes,
Printed Books,
Clothing,
Hard Ware,
Baskets, &c.
Totals,
Hands employed
iMales-lFemales.
304
50
95
289
8
77
164
25
116
19
Capital Invested.
55
$60,000
68
665,000
2,000
47,000
16
121,000
438
182,450
124,400
10,000
12,000
93,000
135,000
756,754
302,700
93,000
43,000
318,805
976,454
228,100
60,000
65,000
177,000
336,000
326,000
78,000
100,000
147.500
40,000
122,000
157,000
925,000
1,887,666
40,000
93,000
200
220
79
22
298
92
88
20
37
120
400
287
43
40
42
29
$10,010,631
4,655
17
6
8
29
16
21
185
500
542
29
138
59
14
26
17
435
30
400
2402
6,000
30,000
125,000
100,000
316,300
163,500
38,000
11,200
82,200
303,653
111,050
75,000
36,500
83,000
165,500
183,775
49,000
375,000
55,600
18,000
58,200
140,000
850,000
769,094
18,000
38,000
•
3,967
Fisheries.
The
city of Boston
is
so limited, in regard to territory, as to
be exclud-
Much capied, in a great measure, from participating in the fisheries.
ports, in this imis, however, invested, at the out
tal of the Bostonians
During
portant branch of the resources of the wealth of New England.
5*
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
the year ending April
1, 1837, there were belonging to this city
four vesengaged in the whale fishery, and 152 in the cod
and mackerel fisheries, employing 1,919 hands.
Total tonnage, 11,253
sels
tons.
ceeds, $824,898.
Total pro-
its bills
of mortality,
Capital employed, $748,200.
Health.
To judge
of the health of a city
we must compare
for a series of years,
with those of some other city. We have ever
believed
that the climate of Boston, and of New
England generally, was as conductive to health as any portion of our country;
but having heard it
often asserted that the climate of Boston
was more favorable to some
diseases, particularly those of a pulmonary
character, or what is commonly called consumption, than that of our sister
city New York, we
have examined with great care the authenticated
bills
each city
of mortality of
for five successive years,
(1830— 1834, inclusive.) The population of Boston, in 1830, was
61,391— of New York, 202,589— a fraction less than 3 1-3 in New York to 1 in
Boston. From 1820 to 1830, the
average increase of the population of Boston was
a fraction less thin 4
annum— that of New York a fraction less than 6 1-3 per
cent, per annum.
The aggregate number of deaths in Boston during
per cent, per
those
five years,
New
m
York
Boston,
was 7,340-New York, 35,087 :-a
to 1 in
fraction
more than 4 2-3
in
Boston. In that period, the aggregate
by consumption, was 1,128— in
New York to 1 in Boston.
than 5 1-3 in
New
number of deaths
York 6,124 :— more
Fires.
common with all large towns which are chiefly
built
suffered very much by fire.
Fifty years ago the buildings
Boston, in
wood, has
of
in
the town were principally of that material;
but by efficient measures
adopted by the citizens, particularly the law
of 1803, prohibiting the construction of wooden buildings of a greater
height than 10 feet, a large portion of the old buildings have been
taken down, and their places
with
thousands of others on new sites, now present
to that destructive element
solid walls of brick and stone.
few of the most memorable fires are
here given. In October 1711, a fire broke
out in Williams' Court and
destroyed most of the buildings on both
sides of Cornhill, now Washing.
ton street, from School street to Market
square.
On the 20th of March
1760, 174 dwelling-houses, 175 warehouses,
shops, &c. were burnt
This fire was in the centre of the town,
(Cornhill,
A
State and Congress
and the amount of property consumed,
was estimated
at £100,000 sterling.
April 24, 1787, a fire commenced in
Beach street
and extending south, destroyed about
60 dwelling-houses, 40 other buildings, and the church in Hollis street.
July 30, 1794. Seven rope-walks
between Pearl and Atkinson streets, and
about 90 other
streets to Fort Hill,)
buildings in that
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Loss estimated at more than $200,000.
On the 3d of November, 1818, the Boston Exchange Coffee-House,
This building covered 12,fire.
in Congress-square, was destroyed by
high, and from the floor to the top of
753 feet of land. It was 7 stories
apartments, and cost about half
the dome was 83 feet. It contained 210
The conflagration occurred in the evening, and the
dollars.
neighborhood were destroyed.
a million of
was awfully sublime.
sight
almost a gale,)
the 7th of July, 1824, at noon, (the wind blowing
Charles and Chesnut
15 costly dwelling-houses were burnt, on Beacon,
On
streets.
commenced on Doane street, April 7th, 1824,
ware-houses, in that part of the city, with a great amount
53 large
A very destructive fire
when
of merchandize,
were destroyed.
of buildings, containing about 35 lawyers' offices, and 20
1825.
stores and shops, on Court street, were burnt, Nov. 10,
inclusive, there were 226 fires^—the
years, 1830—1834,
A
number
During five
was
amount of property destroyed was $274,278 :— of which $140,943
In that year 71 fires
The most destructive fires were in 1833.
insured.
occurred, $89,970 value of property was destroyed, of which $57,040
was insured.
The present Fire Department was organized
in 1826.
It is
always in
to this dethe most perfect state of preparation for service. Attached
By the most powerful
are 24 engines, and 16,000 feet of hose.
partment
thrown over the
of these engines, with 250 feet of hose, water can be
grasshopper, on the cupola of Faneuil Hall, 84 feet above the pavement
Water.
The
subject of pure water
for all
the various uses of
life
has ever been
one of the first and most important considerations with settlers in all counfor comIt frequently happens that those places most suitable
tries.
ready acquirement of that indispensable element consequently the ingenuity and skill of man have devised
and executed those stupendous aqueducts, and tanks or reservoirs, both in
ancient and modern times, which have made some of the most desolate
merce are the
least favorable to the
;
parts of the globe the greatest marts of trade and most splendid cities.
Governor Winthrop and his associates located themselves at Charlestown,
and would have continued there had not the waters of Shawmut been
more agreable to their tastes. Their change of situation, on that account,
is
no compliment
town
influenced them
**
to their
chemical knowledge,
are decidedly the best.
;
for
for the
waters of Charles-
Possibly " the magic of a name'* might have
Shawmut,
in the Indian language,
is
said to
mean
springs of living waters."
The
city council, in 1834, took the long neglected subject of introduc
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
ing
soft
and pure water in+o the
city, into consideration.
By
analyses of
the waters of Boston, one of the best wells in the city was found to contain
3.6 grains of the salts of sulphate of lime, muriate of soda and muriate of
on the side of a
above
An
The well is 30 feet deep, and is situate high
Some wells were found to contain 7.5 grains of the
pound of water.
lime, to the
hill.
and many others a
salts,
much
greater quantity of noxious matter.
were 2,767 w.ells in
which number 2,085 were drinkable, and 682 bad and that
only 7 of the whole number were occasionally used for washing. The
engineer also stated that " all the dug or Artesian wells of Boston, are
in strata of different materials in very irregular position, so that whatever
may be the success in making one well, no certain result can be predicaThe wells in
ted upon another trial at a short distance from the tirst.
town are polluted by the dirty water at the surface being absorbed, setor are adulterated by mixture
tling and mingling with the veins below
able engineer stated that in October 1834, there
the city
of
;
;
;
with
little
streams of sea-water."
The Boston Aqueduct
commenced
Corporation
operations for convey-
ing water into the city from Jamaica pond, in Roxbury, in 1795.
distance from Boston to the pond
logs laid in the city
is
is
four miles, and the
72,000, or about 18 miles.
The
number
The
of feet of
greatest quantity
of water that can be supplied from this source
is
50,000 gallons daily, and
can be raised in the city
is
49 feet above tide-water.
the greatest height
According
to
it
the estimates of the quantity of water used in
London and
Philadelphia, about 28 gallons daily would be required for every person
This includes
in the city.
that is
all
ing streets, the extinguishment of
The
purposes.
is
therefore about 2,500,000
;
dollars.
in Natick, 16 miles
with
soft
all
other
;
Spot pond in Stoneham, 8
Charlestown and Medford, 7 miles
in
;
or the waters of Charles river, taken at
would almost inundate the misnamed
at an expense of about a million of
city,
and pure water,
by her incomparable water works, has added a
name New York is following her noble example,
Philadelphia,
lustre to her bright
;
by bringing the Croton
expense of
river,
45 miles,
five millions of dollars
main insensible
its
gallons, daily.
Mystic pond
Watertown, 7 miles from the
Shawmut
for stables, wash.-
manufacturing, and
quantity of water necessary for the present population
miles from the city
Long pond,
commonly used
fires, for
;
to
the
centre of the city, at an
and Boston cannot
much
longer re-
of the value of pure water, to the health and comfort of
people.
Antiquities.
Boston was described by Johnson in his " Wonder Working Provi-
dence," about the year 1663, in the following words
" Invironed
it is
with brinish
floods,
:
saving one small Istmos, which
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GAZETTEER.
gives free access to the neighboring towns by land, on the south side, on
northwest and northeast.
the
Two
The form
of this
constant fairs
are kept for daily
town is like a heart, naturally sithaving two hills on the fi-ontier part there jt next
uated for fortifications,
the sea, the one well fortified on the superficies thereof, with store of
tralique thereunto.
great artillery well mounted.
The
other hath a very strong battery built
of whole timber, and filled with earth
;
at the
descent of the
extreme poyut thereof betwixt these two strong arms
on which the chief part of
jiill
this
town
is
built,
hill, in
the
a cove or bay,
overtopped with a third
these like overtopping towers, keep a constant watch to see the
all
;
lies
approach of foreign dangers, being furnished with a beacon and loud
babbling guns
to
give notice by their redoubled echo
The chief
towns.
edifice of this city-like
town
and large, some
fairly set forth
with brick
all
the sister
crowded on the sea-
;
the buildings beau-
tile,
stone and slate, and
hanks, and wharfed out with great labour and cost
tiful
to
is
orderly placed with semely streets, whose continual enlargement pre-
But now behold the admirable
sageth some sumptuous city.
Christ, at this his people's landing
were such
all
;
up their young from the- eyes of
where the streets are full of girls and
that wolves and bears nurst
beholders, in those very places
boys, sporting up and
down with continued concourse
store of shipping is here yearly built,
town
here
is
acts of
the hideous thickets in this place
and some very
of people.
fair
ones.
the very mart of the land; Dutch, French, and Portugal Is
Good
This
come
to trafique."
Present condition of Boston.
Perhaps at no period since the settlement of Boston has its prosperity
been so flattering as for the last seven years. It is true that Boston increased in population and wealth with great rapidity during the wars in
Europe, from 1794
gent
;
it
to 1807.
But that growth was unnatural and contindepended solely on the caprice of the belligerent powers, who
viewed us rather
The
peace.
as servants to their necessities, than
present state of things
We
is
altogether diiFerent.
with respect.
The world
is at
look for no besieged city to supply with bread, neither do
we
seek to run the gauntlet of a blockading squadron to furnish a starving
country with the growth and produce of its own colonies. We now rely
—
on our own resources agriculture, manufactures, the fisheries, and commerce with all nations with whom we can exchange our commodities at
fair prices.
So long as we are blessed with union, good schools, good
laws, and with all those moral, religious and charitable institutions, which
make mankind wiser and better, our city, under Providence, will
continue on in the forward path to prosperity and happiness.
tend to
The
location of Boston always
gave
it
the
command
of a greater coast-
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ing trade than any other port in the United States
;
but the great arteries
to an immense, wide-spread and rapidly increasing interior commerce
were never opened
until the rail-roads to the north, the west, the south,
and the east were constructed and in operation. By thesQ devices of human wisdom, and by the continuance of the two former crossing the wa-
—
ters of our
own Connecticut
tre of a large
and
to the
noble Hudson, and piercing the cen-
great western
Lawrence, Boston, with its enterprize and
country, to the outlet of the
fertile
oceans on the banks of the
St.
wealth, located 160 miles nearer the British capital than
not
any
fail
New
York, can-
of sustaining a fair and successful competition for this trade with
American
city on the
continent.
Motto of the City.
Sicut patj'ibus sit
Deus
nobis.
As God was with our fathers,
WITH
Bow,
Merrimack
ar.
co.,
H.,
now
poi'tion
originally
compre-
of the ter-
Pembroke
bounded N. E.
by Merrimack river, which divides
it from Pembroke, S. E. by
Hooksett, S. W. by Dunbarton, N. W.
by Concord and a part of Hopkinton.
The soil is very uneven and
ritory
constituting
and Concord.
hard, but
It is
productive
may he
be
US.
Samuel Welch,
was
laid out nine miles square,
hending a great
so
when
well
the oldest native
died in
Bow on the 5th of April, 1823, at
the age of 113 years.
He was born
at Kingston, Sept. 1st, 1710, where
he spent the early part of his life
he lived subsequently a while at
Pembroke ; but for 50 years preceding his death he resided at Bow,
in an obscure corner, and steadily
cultivated his little farm, till the
frosts of a century had whitened
his locks, and the chills of a huncitizen of
New Hampshire,
managed.
There is but one pond
of any size, called Turee pond. dred winters had benumbed his
Turkey river empties into the Mer- frame. His life was marked by no
rimack at Turkey falls, near the N. extraordinary vicissitude he was
E. part of Bow. About a mile be- never in battle, or in any public
low are Garven's falls, now passable service he was a man of industry
—
;
locks on Bow side.
Bow canal
is
situated on the Merrimack, 3
miles below Concord ; the perpendicular measurement around which
it is carried is 25 feet
its length
1-3 of a mile.
It passes through
a ledge of granite, and is for the
most part imperishable.
Its cost
was $13,860 ; and about $2,000 of
its first income were appropriated
towards clearing channels through
Turkey falls, &c. Pop. 1830, 1,065.
by
—
and temperance.
Bowbacic Mountain.
See Stratford, JV. H.
BoTvdoin, Me.
Lincoln co.
This agricultural
township is bounded on the S. E.
by Bowdoinham, and S. by Tops-
ham. It was incorporated in 1788,
and lies 17 miles W. from Wiscasset, 37 N. N. E. from Portland, and
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20
W. from Augusta.
S. S.
Popu-
lation, 1837, 2,173.
BoAvdoiuliam, Me.
A
Lincoln co.
pleasant town
on the west side of Kennebec river,
Here is
and north of Topsham.
considerable business in the lumber trade and ship building. Twenty miles S. by W. from Augusta,
Population,
and 12 N. from Bath.
Incorporated, 1762.
1837, 2,218.
on which
are two pleasant and
flourishing villages, Bozrahville
and Fitchville, at both of which
are manufactories for cotton.
This town experienced a terrible
hail storm on the 15th of July, 1799,
by w^hich much property was lost
and many cattle injured. The hail
fell in immense quantities, someparticles of which measured six
inches in circumference. Population, 1830, 1,073.
Boxborougli, Mass.
Middlesex
Incorporated, 1783.
Population, 1837, 433. Some shoe-s,
palm-leaf hats and straw bonnets
co.
are manufactured in this town, and
large quantities of hops are grown.
It lies 25 miles N. W. by W. from
Boston, and 9 W. by N. from ConGood lime-stone is found
cord.
here.
Boxford, Mass.
This town lies 28
CO.
N. from Boston, 13 S. W.
from Newburyport, and 10 W. by
N. from Ipswich.
The annual
amount of manufactures of cotton
Essex
miles
wicking, boots, shoes and ploughs
is about
Population,
$100,000.
1837, 964.
Incoi-porated, 1685.
Boylstoii, Mass.
Worcester co. Incorporated, 1786.
Population, 1837,821.
It lies 40
miles W. from Boston, and 8 N. by
E. from Worcester.
Boylston is
watered by Nashua river, and has
iron ore and a ledge of crystalized
Fr-re are some manufacquartz.
tures of c .nbs, palm-leaf hats,
boots and shoes ;
several ponds
—
and
fine fish.
Bozrali, Ct.
New London co.
This town was
taken from Norwich in 1786. It
was formerly called New Concord.
It lies 33 miles E. S. E. from Hartford, and 5 W. from Norwich. The
soil is a gravelly loam, rich and fertile.
It is watered by Yantic river,
Bradford, Me.
Penobscot co.
This town lies
87 miles from Augusta. 4,944 bushels of wheat was raised here in
1837, with a population of 770.
See Barnard, Me.
Bradford, N. H.
Merrimack co. Situated about midway between the Merrimack and
Connecticut rivers, bounded N. by
Newbury and Sutton, E. by Warner,
S. by Henniker and Hillsborough,
W. by W^ashington \i 31 miles from
Amherst, 25 from Concord, and 80
from Boston. This town is watered
by small streams, which principally
issue from ponds,
of which the
;
—
Todd's pond, lying in
Bradford and Newbury. This pond
is supplied with water from the
hills and mountains in Newbury.
In it are a number of floating
largest
islands,
is
which
are
deemed
objects
forms the
northern branch of Vrarner river.
Pleasant, or Bradford pond, is on
the E. side of the town.
It is about
550 rods long and 150 wide.
It
communicates with Warner river
by an outlet at the N. end of it.
In this pond are several islands,
which, with the rugged declivities
on the E. bank, the waters below,
and the cottages and cultivated
fields on the west bank, present to
view, in the summer season, a wild
Many
and variegated landscape.
parts of Bradford are hilly. A large
proportion of the town, however,
lies in a valley, about thr»o dalles
of curiosity.
Its outlet
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in width.
Near
moun-
the Sunapee
on the N. W.,is an extensive
plain, more than a mile long and
The soil
about half a mile wide.
tains,
differs in quality.
It is light,
loamy
In the easterly part are
Bradford
valuable stone quarries.
was granted to John Peirce and
or rough.
This town lies
28 miles N. from Boston, 10 W. S.
W. from Newburyport, 18 N. by W.
from Salem, and about IS miles N.
branch of the
E. from Lowell.
Boston and Lowell rail-road passes
through Bradford to Haverhill.
ulation, 1837, 2275.
A
Bradley, Me.
George
Its first
Jaffrey, in 1765.
settlement was made in 1771, by
Dea. William Presbury and his
They were soon followed
family.
by several inhabitants from Bradford in Mass., from which circumIt was
stance it derived its name.
incorporated Sept. 27, 1787, and is
mentioned in the act as including
New Bradford, Washington Gore,
and part of Washington.
Popula-
tion in 1S30, 1,285.
Bradford, Vt.
This town lies on
the W. side of Connecticut river,
25 miles S. E. from Monrpelier, 7
S. from Newbury, and 15 E. N. E.
from Chelsea.
Population, 1830,
1,507.
Bradford is a pleasant farming town, of good soil, and is well
watered by Wait's river.
About
4,500 sheep.
Orange
CO.
This
town on the south
is
a very pleasant
side of
Merrimack
and united to Haverhill by a
bridge of 650 feet in length. The
surface of the town is uneven and
the soil various
but much of the
land is of a superior quality.
Sevriver,
;
of the hills exhibit beautiful
scenery.
Bradford is celebrated for
its excellent schools and seminaries
of learning. Here are several ponds,
good fishing, and a pleasant stream
of water.
Some bricks are made
here, and considerable leather tanned but the principal manufacture
of the place is of boots and shoes, of
which, during the year ending April
1, 1837, the value of $381,748 was
made. Total amount of manufactures
that year,$394,448. Hands employed, 1,096. Incorporated, 1G75. Poperal
;
co. First settled, 1796.
Incorporated, 1835.
Population,
See Barnard, Me.
1837, 338.
Bradleyvale, Vt.,
An
unincorporated township in
Caledonia county, chartered in 1791,
containing about 4000 acres. Moose
river passes through it. It is bounded on the west by Kirby.
Most of
the land is on a mountain. It never
had more than 21 inhabitants.
Braiutree, Vt.
co.
Bradford, Mass.
Essex
Penobscot
Orange co. This is a good farming town, and produces considerable
butter, cheese, beef and pork.
It
lies 21 miles S. from Montpelier,
and 14 W. by S. from Chelsea. Population, 1830, 1209.
Branches of
White river pass through the town.
Braiutree, Mass.
Norfolk CO. This town formerly
included Quincy and Randolph, and
was first called Mount Wollaston.
It is celebrated for the antiquity of
its settlement, (1625)
and for the
eminent men it has produced, both
in church and state.
The surface
of the town is variegated by hill
and dale, presenting many delightful views of Boston, its harbor and
the adjacent country.
The soil is
a strong gravelly loam, and very
Excellent
productive.
granite
abounds here, of which large quanannually quarried and
tities are
transported
and some of the best
;
merchant ships are built of native
white oak and cedar.
The
holley
tree (Ilex aquifolium) is indigenous.
Indications of coal have been so
strong as to warrant an attempt at
mining.
The
Manatiquot river,
�NEV/
ENGLAND GAZETTEEH.
after
ia Randolph,
meanderino- through this town and
and
receivins; the waters of Great
ponds, meets the tide waters
Little
which
Braiiford, Ct.
rises
landof Boston harbor, at Braintrec
11
ia^, on Wevaiouth Fore river,
Bonon. At this place
miles from
there is considerable trade in lumber and bread stuffs, and some navigation is employed in the coasting
New Haven
New
by E. from Boston, and 12
from Dedham.
1,752
;
Population,
islands
and
The town
in the fishery.
in 1644.
Population,
beautiful pond,
1S30, 2,332.
called Saltonstall's lake, lies between Branford and East Haven.
wa's
settled
A
Brattletooroiigli, Vt.
Vrindham
co.
This town
is situ-
ated in the southeasterly quarter of
is bounded
the state and county
by Connecticut river, S. by VerE.
non and Guilford, W. by aMarlboro',
;
and N. by Dummerston.
town
At the
section of the town is the
military
site of the once famous
Fort Dummer, nothing of
post,
which is now retained but the
N. E.
excellent mill site- ; some of which
and are
lie near ship navigation,
Brain+ree was invaluable.
very
It lies 10 miles
corporated in 1640.
S.
Haven. Thimble
gaged
endin:? April 1, 1837, amounted to
$371,987. The value of boots and
shoes amounted to $202,333, and
gave emplovment to 830 persons.
affords this
An uneven
Indian islands lie within the limits
Here are fish of vaof the town.
rious kinds, a small stream of waenter, a harbor, and some vessels
The manufactrade and tisheries.
tures of Braintree consist of boots,
shoes, cotton and woolen goods, paper, leather, .nails, axes, cotton
ginns, chocolate, carriages, granv/are, and
ite, straw bonnets, tin
The value of these artivessels.
cles of manufacture, for the year
The Manatiquot
co.
township, of strong soil, on Long
Island Sound, about 7 miles E. from
At
name, Dummer Meadows.
the mouth of Whetstone brook is a
commodious landing place for river
E.
1830,
S.
1S37, 2,237.
Brattleborough is connected
with Hinsdale and Chesterfield by
a handsome covered bridge, spanning the Connecticut, and terminatthe
ino-"at its western abutment in
craft.
Bran tl on, Vt.
This
is
town
a flourishing
in Rut-
land county, 40 miles S. W. from
Montpelier, IS N. by W. from Rutland, and 16 S. from Middlebury.
and orIt was first settled in 1775,
ganized in 17S4. Populauon,1330,
linely watered
by Otter creek. Mill river, and
Spring pond ; on which streams are
l,9iO.
Brandon
is
good mill seats. Some of the land
soil, but
is level, with rather a light
that on Otter creek is the best alluBog iron ore, of an excellent
vial.
quality, is found here copperas and
;
marble are also found. There are
two curious caverns in this town.
The largest contains two apartments, each from 16 to 20 feet
It is entered by descendsquare.
ing from the surface about 20 feet.
They are formed of limestone.
1
I
I
the
east village, where the north,
south, the east, and the west lines
The
of mail stages concentrate.
town and vicinity are noticed for
salubrious air, pure water,
and fine mountain scenery. It is
watered on the east by the Connecticut, and is intersected by West
river. Whetstone brook, and nume-
their
rous smaller streams.
There are
water power on tho
larger streams, unoccupied, and in-
many
sites for
The east vilvitfng to enterprize.
lage is the general business mart
Of its
for the surrounding towns.
own internal business and industry,
one instance is given of many of
"The Brattleboro*
less amount.
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
Typof^ranhic Co." was incorporated
Capital, $150,000.
Oct. 2J, "1338.
Tlie Company is extensively cngao-e<i in the manufactare of paper
and books. Their paper mill is furnished with the bast machinery,
and is capable of turning out from
40 to 50 reams of the largest printing paper, or from 150 to 200 reams
of letter paper per day.
Their
printing oliice contains eight power
prer.sc3.
There are employed in
the estalilishment from (iO to 70
male and female operatives.
So
great are their facilities, that they
have taken rags and manufactured
them into paper, and printed it, on
the same day.
Probably there i? no
esta!)li3hment in the count.-y which
combines so many facilities for carrying on the book business as this.
The Company publish a variety of
bibles and other valuable works.
The value of business done at this
estaMi.:hment, in 1S36, is stated to
Kingston. The soil is better adapted to grass than grain, although
some
made
none
in
to its size,
is
second
have been
Exeter river
qualities.
its
passes nearly through the centre
of the town, and there are other
streams of less magnitude connect-
Pick-pocket falls, on
town, and
near them are situated an extensive cotton factory, and a number
of mills.
card i'acory has been
established here, which promises
to be of great utility
and also an
iron furnace for casting machinery.
ing with
Exeter
it.
river, are in this
A
;
Quantities of iron ore have been
found, and it was formerly worked
with success.
Vitriol, combined
in masses with sulphur, has also
been found here, lirentwood was
incorporated June 2G, 1742.
Population, in 1830, S91.
Erewcr, Me.
Penobscot co. Brewer lies on
the Penobscot river, opposite to the
city of Bangor.
It was taken from
have amounted to .|;.500,000.
It i< presumed that this village,
according
improvements
in
Orin2;ton in
1337, 1,622.
to
the state foi- business or
The surface of the town
1812.
Population, in
It is
watered by the
diversified by hills, vales, and
plains ; is of good soil, and generally well improved.
It is 12 miles
Segeunkedunk, on which are mills
Considerable
of various kinds.
quantities of lumber, hay, potatoes,
tanners' bark and wood, are annu-
S. E. from Newfane, 96 S. from
Montpelier, 90 W. of Boston, and
16 E. N. E. from Albany. Popu-
town was named in compliment to
Col. Jolin Brewer, one of the first
wealth.
is
lation, 1320,
2,017— 1S30',
ISremeii,
ally exported from this town.
2,141.
Worcester,
M.ass.
privileges at this
place are equal to those at Bangor.
settlers,
The navigable
Me.
Lincoln co. This town was formerly a part of Bristol. It is bounded N. by Nobleborough, west by
Bristol, south by Pemmaquid point
in Bi-i<tol, and east by Muscongu?
Erewster, Mass.
island in Muscongus bay.
It lies
iabout -40 miles S. E. fvam Augusta,
and 15 E. S. E. from Wiscasselt, and
possesses great navioable privileges.
Population, 1837, 773.
Brentwood, N, H.
Rockingham co. Brentwood is
bounded E. by Exeter, N. by Eppiiig, W. by Poplin, and S. by
from
The
i
Barnst.'ble co.
This town was
the Indian Saivkatucket.
It was
taken from Harwich, in 1830, and
took its name from Elder,Brewster,
one of the first settlers of Plymouth ; a man of great learning and
piety, who died, 1044.
In common with all the towns on Cape
Cod, a large number of ship-masters, sailing to foreign ports, belong
here.
From three ponds in this
town, coverin,"; about 1,000 acres, a
aever-ioiling stream of water is pro-
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
of which a very large amount is annually made and transported.
rail-road from this place is in contemplation, to pass up the Housatonick river, and meet the Boston
and Albany rail-road at West StockThe populatioa
bridge, in" Mass.
of the borough of Bridgeport, in
The present pop1830, was 1,800.
ulation of the city exceeds 4,000.
E.
Bridgeport lies 62 miles N.
York, 17 S. W. from
from
Haven, and 4 E. by N. from
The distance from this
Fairfield.
place to Setauket, on Long l^land,
across the Sound, is about IS miles.
duced; on which are a cotton mill,
carding inili, luacliino sliop and othThe value of the
er small mill?.
manuf.ictures of cotton gooils, boot's,
A
shoes, leather, axes, chairj, cabinet
and tin warej, laiupblack, Ep>om
and
common
salt>,
amounted,
in
one
Product of the
year, to $52,072.
cod and mackerel fishery, $9,050.
Brewster lies on the north side of
the Cape, IG miles E. by N. from
E;irnstable, and G
New
N. N. W. from
New
Population, 1S37, 1,534.
are about 1,000 sheep.
Chatham.
Here
Bridgeport, Ct.
The town of Bridgewas formerly a part of Stratford, and was incorporr ud by its
it contains
present name in 1821.
Fairfield co.
Ericl^^ctou, Die.,
port
Cumberland
co.,
is
pleasantly-
situated on the border of Long pond,
and near the head of navigation to
about 10 square miles, of a strong
and fertile soil, under excellent culThat part of Bridgeport
tivation.
Portland, by the Cumberiand and
The distance fio-m
canal.
this place to Portland, by navigable
The toil
waters, is about 50 miles.
of Bridgeton is good, and produced
in 1837 4,000 bushels of wheat.
Its location affords it great fnoiliMes
Oxford
the city now stands was
called the village of Newfield, until 1800, when it was incorporated
as a borough by its present name.
In 183() it became a city. This is
one of those beautiful and flourishEngland, the
ing places in
where
for
inland
trade.
Long
poi;d
is
about 10 miles in length and 1 in
It empties into Crooked
breadth.
New
pride of Yankees and the admiraIt is located on
tion of strangers.
an elevated plain, on the west side
of an arm of Long Island Sound,
which passes into Scbago
This town lies 74 miles S.
W. by W. from Augusta, and 40
N. W, from Portland, by the road.
river,
pond.
and commands extended views oi
Long Island and the surrounding
country. The city is built in a style
of great neatness and some elegance. The harbor is safe, but the
naviijation for large vessels is impeded by a bar at its mouth, of
about 13 feet draught of water at
large business is
high tides.
done here in the coasting trade
son\e in foreign commerce, and
some in the whale and other fish-
A
;
Population, 1837, 1,863.
Eridge^vater, N. H.
Originally part of
Grafion co.
New Chester; now Hill, wa-< incorIt is bounded N.
porated, 1738.
by Plynjouth and Hebron, on the E.
by Pen.igewa-^set river, dividing it
from part of Holderness and New
Hampton, on
the S. by
(he W. by
which separates
on
Bri'ii^tol,
and
Newfound pond,
it from Alexandria.
watered by the
some water The soil is well adapted to grazPequanork, affording
There is a commodious ing, and few townships in this vipower.
in this respect.
bridge across the harbor, 412 yards cinity exceed it
Mayhew turnpike pa-ses
for the The
in length, with a draw
This is an im- throujrh the W. part, near Newpassa2;e of vessels.
manufacturing city, par- found pond, and the main road from
portant
Plymouth through the
ticularly of saddlery and carriages. Concord to
eries.
The
city
is
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
E.
part near
The
first
Pemigewasset
settlement wo.s
river.
made
in
1763, by Thomas Crawford, Esq.,
the tract comprised the whole
of Nev/ Ciiester, Bridgewater, and
Bristol.
Population, in 1S30, 783.
when
Bridgewater, Vt.
Windsor co. This town is bounded E. by Vfoodstock, and lies 45
miles S. from Montpelier, 17 N.
W. from Windsor, and 60 N. E.
from Bennias-ton. Population, 1820,
1,125; 1830; 2,320.
The settlement of the town commenced in
1780.
In 1785 the town was organized.
There are many good
mill seats in this town, on Waterqueechy river, and considerable
fine intervale lies on the borders of
that stream.
The high lands are
good, and produce valuable crops.
It feeds about 6,000 sheep.
Here
are found iron ore, garnets, rock
mica slate, gneiss, limestone, quartz, and excellent soapstone.
In 1822, a living frog was
crystal,
taken from 26 feet below the surface of the ground, about 30 rods
from the river. ^
Bridge^vater, Mass.
Plymouth co.
was formerly very
This township
large.
It is
now
divided into four distinct towns.
Not content with attaching the cardinal points of the compass to the
names of three divisions of this
ancient and respectable town, this
remnant of the old territory is often
improperly called South Bridgewater.
The Indian name of thi^ township was JWmketest.
Bridgewater contains some very good land,
and is well watered by branches of
Taunton river.
It lies 27 miles S.
by E. from Boston, 20 S. S. W.
from Plymouth, and 17 S. from
Weymouth
landing.
Population,
This
1,855; 1837, 2,092.
town was first settled in 1651, and
incorporated in 1656.
The settlements were nearly all destroyed by
1830,
the Indians, in 1676.
Manufactur
ing operations commenced here at
an early period.
Hugh Orr, an
eminent Scotchman, carried on the
manufacture of cannon and small
arms duj-ing the revolutionary war.
The present manufactures consist
of boots, shoes, hats, paper, anchors,
bar iron (from native ore,) iron
castings, nails, tacks, axes,
cotton
ginns, straw bonnets, &c.
The
va^ue of these manufactures, in
one year, amounted to about $250,000, and gave employment to 400
hands.
Bridport, Vt.
Addison
co.
Bridport
was
first
and organized as a
town in 1785. It is bounded on the
W. by lake Champlain, and is op-
settled
in 1768,
posite to
Crown
Point, in the state
New
York.
It is 12 miles W.
by S. from Middlebury, 37 S. from
Burlington, and 45 S. W. from
Montpelier. Population,1830, 1,774.
The surface is nearly level, with
a loamy soil and sandstone.
The
water is bad to the taste, and contains Epsom salts.
It has a harbor
on the lake, and the business of the
town is considerable.
Across the
lake to Crown Point is about 2
of
A
miles.
visit to the ruins of this
ancient fortress, so renowned in the
annals of the revolutionary war, and
elevated 47 feet above the level of
the lake, is a great treat to the
contemplative traveller, or the lo\'er
of splendid scenery.
From these
warlike ruins to those of Ticonderoga, is 15 miles, S.
BrigJiton, Me.
This town is situated in the
county of Somerset and boundIt was ined by Athens on the S.
corporated in 1316, and is 120 miles
N. N. \N. from Portland, 50 N.
from Augusta, and about 30 W.
from Dover.
Population, 1837,
798.
The same year it produced
5,203 bushels of wheat.
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
Brigliton, Vt.
tion, 1830, 105.
miles E.
by N. from
Springfield, 50
W. N. W. from Providence,
and 70 W. by S. from Boston.
See Barnard. Me.
A town in Essex county.
Popula-
ulation, 1837, 1,599.
Briglxtoii) Mass.
Middlesex co. This was formerly a part of Cambridge, and called
"
Little
Cambridge"
poration
until its incor-
It lies 5 miles
in 1807.
S. W. from Boston, 13 S. E. from
Concord, 35 E. from Worcester, 8
N. by E. from Dedham, and 15 N.
W. by N. from Weymouth landing.
Population, 1830, 972
1837, 1,337.
The western and northern bounda;
ries of this
Store do.
Sheep,
Swine,
13,685,
132,697,
19,639,
203,788,
1837.
Beef
154,564.
215,618.
70,971.
$1,419,143.
Value.
J\ro.
cattle,
Store do.
Sheep,
Swine,
32,664,
16,210,
110,206,
17,052,
$1,567,872.
486,480.
275,515.
119,364.
I.,
Pop-
First settled,
1714.
Incorporated, 1731. This is
a fine farming town, with a good
and is well watered by Chickopee and Quinebaugh rivers. The
articles manufactured in this town,
in one year, amounted to $105,262.
The manufactures consisted of cotsoil,
ton
goods,
boots,
shoes,
leather,
palm-leaf hats, chairs and cabinet
ware. The value of wool grown,
in one year, was $4,067.
town are washed by
Charles river. The soil is excellent and highly cultivated, and, in
common with all the towns in the
vicinity of Boston, Brighton has become the residence of many people of wealth and taste, who possess
beautiful country seats and splendid gardens.
Winship's garden
is noted throughout the country for
its nursery of fruit-trees and shrubbery, and for its grand display of
plants and flowers of every variety.
Brighton is the largest cattle market
in New England.
Monday is the
market day,when sellers and buyers
meet in throngs to traffic in live
stock, both for slaughter and domestic use.
The sales in 1830 and 1837
are here given.
1830.
JVo.
Value.
Beef cattle, 37,767,
$977,990.
R.
Bristol County-) Mass.
Taunton and JVew Bedford
the county towns.
The surface of
somewhat
level.
Its
this
county
are
is
broken, but generally
soil in many parts is of
an inferior quality. There are 12,468 sheep. Area, 600 square miles.
It has a maritime coast of considerable extent, audits people are extensively
engaged
The tonnage
in
of the
navigation.
two
districts
county (New Bedford and
Dighton) is 94,163 tons. This county gives rise to many important
streams that fall into Massachusetts
and Narraganset bays, and its water power is abundant in almost every town. It abounds in excellent
iron ore, and in no section of our
country, of its extent, are more extensive manufactures of that matein this
almost all the uses of man.
This county is bounded N. by Norfolk CO., E. by Plymouth co., S. E.
by Buzzard's bay, and W. by the
counties of Providence, Bristol,
and Newport, R. I. In king Philip's time this part of the country
rial, for
was called Pawcunnawcutt.
It
was incorporated in 1685. Population, in 1820,
40,908
1830, 49,474 ;
and in 1837, 58,152 97 inhabitants
to a square mile. Value of the manufactures, for the year ending April
1 1837, $7,929,479. Product of the
;
:
176,132,
$2,449,231.
,
Brimiieltl, Mass.
Hampden
co.
This town
6*
lied
19
fishery, $2,188,656.
The TauntoQ
and Pawtucket are its chief rivers.
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
Bristol County, R.
Bristol
is
I.
the chief town.
The
county in
New England, except the county
of Suffolk, in Massachusetts, belonged to the colony of Massachusetts until 1746.
It is bounded on
the N. by Bristol county, Mass.,
E. by Mount Hope bay, and S. and
W. by the upper waters of Narraganset b-ay. Area, 25 square miles.
The location of this county, on the
beautiful waters of Mount Hope
and Narragansetbays, affords it unterritory of this smallest
rivalled
for navigation.
generally a deep gravelly
loam and very fertile, producing various kinds of grain and fruits ; and
has about 4,000 sheep. The rocks
are mostly granite.
Bristol county
affords some of the best scenery in
New England, and is otherwise interesting as being, for many years,
the residence of the brave and cruel
Philip.
Population, 1830, 5,466:
218 inhabitants to a square mile.
The
facilities
soil is
Bristol, Me.
Lincoln co. This town is bounded N. by Nobleborough and Bremen, W. by Damariscotta river, S.
by the sea, and E. by Muscongus
bay. " Bristol Mills," so called, is
the centre of the town, or the chief
of business.
The town is
finely watered by the Damariscotta
and Pemmaquid, and possesses great
place
hydraulic power and navigable
cilities.
There are
a
number
fa-
of
islands in the waters around Bristol,
which make a beautiful appearance;
some of them are quite large, and
inhabited.
The surface of Bristol
not mountainous, but elevated,
"with a good soil.
number of
square rigged vessels belong to this
town ; about 20 sail are engaged in
the coasting trade, and a great number of smaller vessels are employed in the bank and shore fisheries.
Bristol lies 15 miles S. E. from Wiscasset, GO N. E. from Portland, and
32 S. E. from Augusta. Populais
A
tion, 1837, 2,788.
This town was
incorporated in 1765. There was
a temporary settlement here as early as 1625.
In an old fort, on the
banks of the Pemmaquid, once called William Henry, and afterwards
Frederick George, built of stone, in
1692, and taken by the French in
1696, " are found grave stones of a
very early date, and streets regularly laid out and paved, in the vicinity of the fort.
On the side of
the river, opposite to the fort, tan
pits have been discovered, the plank
remaining in a state of preservation..
In other places coffins have
been dug up, which bear indubitable evidence of a remote antiquity."
"A considerable portion of
the inhabitants of Bristol are of
Irish extraction, a small part of
Scotch, a few of German and English.
The predominant characteristics of the inhabitants are frankness and hospitality, a generous liberality of sentiment, and an ardent
love of liberty and independence.
There are few of that class of men
who are esteemed opulent. The
most wealthy are those who labor
daily with their hands, and raise by
their own individual exertions the
bread they consume. On the other
hand, the population of the miserably poor is very small, and the
town
is
burthened with but few
Bristol was the resiCommodore Samuel Tuck-
paupers."
dence
oi
er, distinguished for his bravery in
the revolutionary war.
Bristol, N.
H.
Bristol, in the S. E. part of Graf-
N. by Bridgewater, E. by Pemigewasset river,
and W.by Hill. It is 16 miles S.from
Plymouth, and SON. from Concord.
The land is hilly, but has, in genNewfound pond,
eral, a good soil.
about 6 miles in length and from
2 to 3 miles in width, lies in Ibis
town and in Hebron. Its waters
are discharged through Newfound
river, a stream about 2 miles long
ton county, is bounded
�GAZETTEER.
NEW ENGLAND
and 100 feet wide, into Pemigewasof
set river. At the confluence
these rivers is a pleasant village,
of
a cotton factory, and a number
Bristol was
mill seats.
valuable
a deep, gravelly loam, very
and productive. Great quanfertile
tities of onions are produced here;
the cultivation of which gives a
soil is
lucrative
employment
to
a
great
number of the inhabitants. Poputaken from Bridgewater and New
lation, in 1830, 3,054.
Chester, and incorporated .June 24,
Mount Hope lies about 2 miles
settlement was
tirst
The
1819.
N. E. of the court house. It is of
made in 1770. Population, in 1830,
a conical form, and though not more
799.
than 300 feet above tide water, preBristol, Vt.
sents a view of great interest and
Addison co. It is 25 miles S. W.
from Montpelier, 11 N. from Middlebury, and 25 S. E. from BurlingThe town is mountainous;
ton.
some parts of it, about the " Hog's
Back" and " South Mountain," are
On the west
unfit for cultivation.
the mountains is some fine
side of
About 2,200 sheep are kept
land.
Bristol is watered by New
here.
Haven river, Baldwin and Lewis'
beauty.
Mount Hope bay is an arm of
Narraganset bay it extends N. E.
from Bristol to Fall river and Somerset, and receives the waters of
;
Taunton
river.
Bristol, Ct.
Hartford co. This town was taken from Farmington in 1785. It
which
is watered by some streams
and
natural flow into Farmington river,
creek, and some beautiful
within its limits
Here is a good water pow- there are found
ponds.
Pop- iron and copper ores, and granite.
er, and some manufactures.
The copper mine is very rich and
ulation, in 1830, 1,247.
productive, and will probably beBristol, R. I.
come a source of great wealth.
" The surface of the town is uneThis is the chief town of Bristol
a gravPocanocket of the In- ven and hilly, and the soil is
county the
;
dians.
It
is
delightfully
situated
on the waters of Narraganset and
lat. 41° 39'
Mount Hope bavs,
53" N., Ion. 71° 19' W. It lies 15
miles S. from Providence, 15 N.
from Newport, and 56 S. S. W.
from Boston. Its navigable advan-
m
The comtages are unrivalled.
merce of this place is not so extenstill there is consive as formerly
It has
siderable maritime trade.
engaged in the whale
IS vessels
fishery, 15 or 20 sail in the merchant service, and a lar^e number
;
The amount
in the coasting trade.
of tonnage in this district in 1837,
was 16,627 tons. Much of the capmanital of this town is employed in
ufacturing concerns at other places.
The town comprises an area of
about 12 square miles, including
Mount Hope, once the residence of
the celebrated king Philip. The
elly loam, and considerably fertile,
producing all kinds of grain, grass
and fruit, common to this region.
is a manufacturing town, and
inhabitants are distinguished
for their enterprize and industry.
There are at present sixteen clock
factories, in which nearly 100,000
brass and wooden clocks have been
manufactured in a single year.
The manufacture of buttons is also
Bristol
carried on in this place."
Hartford,
is 16 miles W. by S. from
This
the
and 28 N. from
ulation,
1830,
New Haven.
Pop-
1,707; 1837, about
2,500.
Brookfield, N. H.
It is 45 miles from
Strafford co.
Concord, and 90 from Boston ; was
originally a part of Middleton, from
which it was separated and incor-
porated Dec. 30, 1794.
The
soil is
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
good.
of the
Cook's pond
is the source
of Salmon-Fall
river.
There is also another small
pond, covering about 15 acres, directly on the top of Moose mountain, which has always about the
same quantity of water, and a variety of fish in it.
Population, in
1830, 679.
W. branch
springs, but has no important mill
privileges.
This is a fine grazing
town, and feeds about 10,000 sheep.
The products of the dairy are considerable.
Here are some manufactures, and an inexhaustible bed
which lime
first
is
made.
settled in 1779,
and organized in 1781.
Brookiield, Ct.
Fairfield co.
This town
Population,
1880, 1,677.
lies
33
W. from New Haven, 24
N. by W. from Fairfield, and 6 N.
miles S.
from
Orange co. On the high lands
between Onion and White rivers
40 miles N. by W. from Windsor,
16 S. from Montpelier, and bounded
by Chelsea on the S. E. It is watered by a number of ponds and
The town was
silk.
by E. from Danbury.
Brookiield, Vt.
of marl, from
These manufactures, for the
year ending April 1, 1837, amounted to $248,502, exclusive of the
legs.
It
New
was taken
Milford, Danbury, and
Newtown, in 1788, and named after the first minister. Rev. Thomas
Brooks, who was ordained when
the church was organized, in 1758.
The surface of the town is somewhat broken, but the soil is strong,
and well adapted to the culture
of grain.
The rocks in many parts
of the town are limestone, and afford marble.
The N. E.^^boundary
is washed by the Housatonick river, over which is a bridge to Milford ; and Still river passes nearly
through its centre. Fish, particularly shad, are taken in its waters.
Population, 1830, 1,261.
Bi-ookfield, Mass.
Brookline, N. H.
Worcester co. The Indian Quaboag, a large, fertile and beautiful
township, in two parishes, well wa-
On the S. line
7 miles from Amherst, 35 from Concord, and 43 from
Boston.
Nisitissit is the only river
in Brookline.
It rises in the N. E.
part of Mason
passes through the
S. part of Milford into Brookline,
pursuing a S. E. course to Potanipo
pond. From the pond it runs S. E.
to Hollis, passing through the S. W.
corner of that town into Pepperell,
where it empties into Nashua river.
Potanipo, or Tanapus pond, is situated near the meeting house.
It is
about a mile long and one third of a
mile wide. Brookline formerly belonged to Massachusetts. It wag
incorporated March 30, 17(59, by
the name of Baby.
In Nov. 1798,
the name was altered by an act of
the legislature to Brookline.
Population, in 1830, 627.
tered by several large ponds, which
give rise to a principal branch of
Chickopee river. For about forty
years after its first settlement, in
1660, this town suffered exceedingly by the Indians.
The ponds afford fine fish of various kinds, and
in this town is a mineral spring of
some celebrity. It lies 58 miles
W. from Boston, 18 W. from Worcester, and 7 E. from Ware.
Incorporated, 1673. Population, 1830,
2,342; 1837,2,514. The agricultural products of this town are butter, cheese, wool, and fine beef cattle.
The manufactures consist of
boots, shoes, leather, iron castings,
ploughs, chairs, cabinet ware, palmleaf hats, silver plate, shoe makers rolling and shingle machines,
sleighs, carpenters' hammers, coach
wrenches, sewing
silkj
and wooden
Hillsborough
of the state.
co.
It is
;
Brookline, Vt.
Windham
co.
Set off from Put-
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
of this brave man. Dr.
ney and Athens in 1794. The east- Speaking
observes," During the gayDwight
erly part of the town is elevated
A
deep valley
and unproductive.
runs through the town, in which
Its principal
is some good land.
stream is Grassy brook, a branch of
West river. An exten-^ive bed of
Popporcelain clay is found here.
35 miles S.
ulation, 1830, .376.
from Windsor, 10 N. E. from Newfane, and IS N. from Brattleborough.
and most thoughtless period of
he regarded religion with
profound reverence, and read the
scriptures with the greatest atten-
est
his life,
tion."
Brooks Me.
;
Waldo CO. This town is 11 miles
N. N. W. from Belfast, and 45 N.
It produced in
E. from Augusta.
1837, 3 ,475 bushels of wheat. From
Paasaggassawakeag pond issues a
Brool^Lae, Mass.
of the same name, which
Norfolk CO. This delightful town stream
setby the passes into Belfast bay. First
is connected with Boston
Incorporated, 1816.
1798.
tled,
mill-dam across Charles river bay
1837, 800.
one of the most beautiful and ex- Population,
pensive avenues leading to the city^.
Brooksville, Me.
5
It is distant from Boston about
Hancock co. On the E. side of
miles S. W., and from DedhamS
Penobscot bay, opposite to Islesbomiles N. N. E. Incorporated, 1705.
This town rough and Casline. It is bounded
Population, 1837,1,083.
bay,
surface, on ^he N. by an arm of that
is remarkable for its varied
This
includes cape Rosico.
state of cultivation, elegant and
high
well located for navigation
country seats and gardens, excel- town is
fisheries. It lies 80 miles E.
roods, and for its rich and pic- and the
lent
Many gentle- from Augusta, and about 25 S. E.
turesque scenery.
Population, 1837,
men of taste and fortune make this from Ellsworth.
;
i
1,192.
their residence.
Brooklyn,
Shire town of
Bro\^'nlielcl,
Ct.
Windham
This
co.
town is finely watered by Quinnebaug river, and Blackw^elTs stream.
CanIt was taken from Pomfret and
;
Incorporated,
1837, 1,178.
44 W. from Providence, R. I.,
and about 20 N. by E. from Norwich. Population, 1S30, 1,451.
Good landscapes are obtained from
the Gray Mare and Tetnuck hills.
Here is" a cave called the Lion's
Ben, and a mineral spring of some
ford,
The
171S.
He
died
Chartered, 1790. Population,
It is divided from Iras1830, 412.
burs, on the W., by Barton river.
In this town are about 1,500 sheep.
ton.
celebrated hero.
May
29,
1790.
Population,
Orleans co. Willoughby river, a
branch of Barton river, furnishes
this town with a good mill stream.
MontIt lies 45 miles N.^N. E. from
pelier, and 57 N. E. from Burling-
.
General Israel Putnam, lived many
He
year? and died in this town.
was born at Salem, Mass., Jan. 7,
1802.
BrOAvnington, Vt.
the varieties common to
This
a fertile erazing country.
lies 30 miles E. from Harttown
all
notoriety.
Me.
Oxford CO. Bounded E. by Sacc
river, and contains several ponds
and streams 81 miles S. E. from
Augusta, and 30 S. W\ from Paris.
terbury in 1786. The land is uneven, and somewhat stony; but the
abundsoil is strong, producing in
ance
Incorporated, 1817.
BroAViiville,
I
Me.
Bounded on the
Piscataquis co.
N. and E. by Pleasant river, S. by
Williamsburgh, and
W. by Vaug-
�NEW ENGLAND
han.
Incorporated, 1824.
lation, 1S37, 532.
It lies
Popuabout 20
miles N. from Dover, 97 N. N. E.
from Augusta, and 171 N. N. E.
from Portland. This is a good township of land, and produced, in 1837,
o,252 bushels of wheat.
Brujis^vicls,
descend the Androscoggin to this
place, and lumber of all kinds is
sent to Bath in gondolas, or transported by land to the sea board.
rail-road, of about 4 miles in length,
is contemplated, for the transportation of lumber. There are 30 board
saw mills at this place, exclusive of
those in Topsham. Two cotton and
woolen factories were erected here
but they were both burnt in 1824.
Another factory was built in JS34,
calculated for 4,000 spindles.
It is
of stone, five stories high, and 174
by 45 feet. Other factories are contemplated.
This place, possessing
A
;
such an eshaustless water power,
and situated on navigable waters,
and on a large and beautiful river,
extending 140 miles info the heart
of a fertile and healthy country,
cannot fail of very soon becoming
one of our largest manufacturing
towns.
Bi-unswick was first settled in
1627, and incorporated in 1739.
It
has been the scene of much savage
aggression.
See Register.
This town was
Oxford CO. This town is finely
watered by a branch of AndroscogIt is bounded on the W.
gin river.
by Paris, and is 34 miles W. by S.
from Augusta, and 50 N. by W.
Population, 1837,
from Portland.
1,618. The soil of this town is very
Among its agricultural progood.
duct-, in 1837, it yielded 5,613 bushels of wheat.
Euclcland, Mass.
This is a pleasant
Franklin co.
town and is separated from Charle-
mont by Deerfiehi river.
It lies
102 miles W. by N. from Boston,
10
W. from
S. E.
1779.
Greenfield, and 20 E.
Incorporated,
Population, 1837, 1,051.—
from Adams.
This is a good farming town, and
produces a considerable quantity of
wool.
Biiclcsport,
Hancock
Me.
This town lies on
the E. side of Penobscot river, 15
miles below Bangor, 61 N. E. by
E. from Augusta, and about 18 W.
by N. from Ellsworth.
It has a
fine harbor for vessels of the largest class, and which is seldom obco.
structed by ice.
The soil is good,
and the town is watered by a number of ponds and streams. Considerable shipping belong to this place,
and the trade is quite extensive,
particularly in the lumber business.
has some manufactures.
From
1792 to 1816, Bucksport was called
Buckstoion. Ths is a very beautiful town, elevated, healthy, and
It
Brunswick, Vt.
CO.
BuckJield, Me.
co.
substantial bridge. It is 27 miles N.
E. from Portland, 30 S. of Augusta,
and 3 W. from Bath. Population, in
1830, 3,747; and in 1837, 4,136. It
lies at the head of the tide waters,
where vessels of 400 tons are built.
Vast quantities of timber and logs
Essex
Nulhegan river, and Wheeler
There are
and Paul's streams.
some beautiful ponds in town, and
a mineral spring said to contain medicinal virtues. It is 55 miles N. E.
from Montpelier, 14 N. from Guildhall,
and opposite to Stratford,
of
N. H.
Me.
This town is on
the S. side of Androscoggin river,
and connected with Topshajn by a
Cumberland
GAZETTEER.
first
settled in 1780.
Population, 1830,
160.
It lies on the W. side of
Connecticut river, and has some
excellent mill sites on the waters
flourishing.
It
is
situated
just
above the head of Orphan's island.
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
a Ibrt is to be erected.
PopuIation,lS30, 2,237; 1837,2,825.
on wLich
Biu-ke, Vt.
about the year 1786. The
surface of the township is agreeably diversified, and is so much elevated above the lake that the air is
officers
A mountain, 3,500
pure and wholesome.
This town is not surpassed in
beauty of location by any one in
New England. It lies on the east
shore of Burlington bay, and occupies a gentle declivity, descending
towards the west and terminated by
The prinstone (novacuUte) is found on an the waters of the lake.
cipal streets, running east and west
in Memphremagog lake.—
island
and these
stones are brought in their are one mile in length,
Caledonia co.
divides this town
from Victory, on the E. Branches
of Passumpriic river pass through it,
and afford a good water power.
This is a phice" of some manufacturcs,pa;-ticularly of oil stones. Tiiis
feet in height,
The
and their quality is
said to equal those from Turkey.
The soil of the town is good, and
abounds with hard-wood and ever-
rough
state,
A
large number of sheejj
greens.
Burke was tirst setare kept here.
Population, 1S30,
tled in 17S0.
8fi8.
It lies 40 miles N. E. from
Montpelier, and 19 N. E. from Danville.
co.
and St. Johns and between this
and Plattsburgh, besides numerous
of
arrivals of irregular boats, sloops,
in 1837,
Three extensive wharves,
&c.
with slore-hou-es, have been constructed and most of the merchandize designed for the north-eastern
The number
town
inhabitants in
was 277. They produced the
year 2,106 bushels of wheat.
this
same
See
Barnard, Me.
Burlington, Vt.
This is the chief town in the
county of Chittenden. It is delightfully situated upon the tongue
of land formed by the confluence
of the Winoo>ki,or Onion river, with
This is the most
lake Champlain.
It
important town in Vermont.
lies in lat. 44° 27' N. and in Ion.
73=* 15' W.
It is 38 miles W. N.
W. from Montpelier, 62 S. by E.'
from St. Johns, L. C, 80 S. S. E.
from Montreal, 70 N. from Whitehall, 22 S. E. from Pittsburgh, 10
miles across the lake to Port Kent,
N. Y. and 440 from Washington.
Although some beginnings were
made before that event, no permanent settlement was effected in this
township till about ihe close of the
revolution in 1783.
A
the business on lake Champlain
centres at this place, and the town
is rapidly increasing in wealth and
There are regular
consequence.
daily lines of steam-boats between
this place and Whitehall, between
this
Burlington, Me.
Penobscot
are intersected at right angles by
streets running north and south,
and cutting the whole village into
lai-ge share of
regular squares.
The town was
organized by the election of town
section of Vermont is landed here.
The trade is principally with the
York, although Montcity of
For
real and Troy have a share.
the safety of the navigation, a light-
New
house has been erected on Juniper
island, at the entrance of Burlington bay, and for the security of the
harbor, a breakwater has been commenced here at the expense of the
There are
oencral t!;overnmcnt.
of mail stages which arrive and depart daily, besides three
ifour lines
or four others which come in and
go out twice or thrice a week.
The public buildings are six
churches, the University of Ver-
mont, the Episcopal Institute, the
court house, two banks, the Academy and two female seminaries.
The University consists of four
spacious ediljces, located upon the
summit at the eastern extremity of
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER,
villasfe, more than 250 feet
above the level of the lake, and commands one of the finest prospects
in the United States.
The village,
the lake, with its bays and islands
its steam-boats and sloops,
the
Winooski river, dashing through
frightl\il chasms and then winding
among the beautiful meadows, and
the distant and lofty mountains
which form the great outline,
render the view from the dome of
the University one of the most variegated and interesting to be met
with in our country.
As a part of Burlington may be
mentioned the village called "Win-
the
—
—
ooski City."
It is situated on both
sides of the Winooski river, partly
in Burlington and partly in Colchester, and is one mile from the
village of Burlington.
The water
power here
is
some purpose.
mills, a large
Besides two saw
grist mill, a
machine
shop and numerous smaller works,
there is a large satinet factory and
extensive block factory now in
successful operation, and a woolen
m
factory of the
first
class is to
com-
mence running
the present season.
substantial covered bridge connects the two sides of the river; a
handsome church, and several stores
have been erected, and 'Winooski
City' bids fair to become a place of
business and importance. See Reg-
A
ister.
Burlington, Mass.
Middlesex co. This town is watered by Vine brook, a branch of
the Shawsheen river.
It lies 11
miles S. E. from Lowell, 10 N. E.
from Concord, and 1.3 N. W. by N.
from Boston.
Population, 1837,
522,
Some shoes are made here.
The soil is light, and suitable for
the growth of rye and hops.
Eurliiigtoii, Ct.
Hartford co.
An
agricultural
Me.
Biirjiliani,
Waldo
CO.
It lies 37 miles N.
E. from Augusta, and about 30
N.'
W. from Belfast.
W. by Sebasticook
It is
bounded
river,
Troy.
s!
and E. by
Incorporated, 1824.
Popu1S37, 602.
It produced
2,297 bushels of wheat in 1837.
lation,
Eiiriiliain's
See
sufficient for propel-
ling almost any amount of machinery, and is beginning to be employed
to
township, with a soil of gravelly
loam, pleasantly diversified by
hills
and vales, 17 miles W. from
Hartlord, and .3G N. from New
Haven
Population, 1830, 1,301. It is water
ed by Farmington rivei-,and was
taken from Bristol in 1806. This
town
has some manufactui-es. and
has
been noted for the equality of its
inhabitants, in regard to property.
Lyman,
River, W. H.
JS''.
H.
Burnt Coat Island, Me.
Hancock
co.
A
large island, surolhers of a smaller
size, lying off Blue Hill bay,
E. by
S. from Deer island about
13 miles,
and about 6 miles S. by W. from
the town of Mount Desert.
It has
a light-house and good harbors,
and
is a fine location for the
shore fishery.
rounded by
Biirrilville,
R.
I.
Providence co. This town was
taken from Gloucester in 1808. It
is finely watered by
Branch river,
with many branches; one branch
of which lises in Allum pond,
partly in this town and partly in Douglas,
Mass. This river is an important tributary \o the Blackstone.
Manufacturing villages are scattered over this farge town in almost
every direction, and a vast amount
of manufactures of various kinds
is
annually produced. The face of
the town is rough, but the soil
is
adapted to grazing, and produces
large quantities of^beef, pork,
butter,
cheese, &c.
Herring and Ed-
dy's ponds are pleasant "sheets
of
water.
Burrilville lies 24 miles
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
N. W. from Providence, and 27 S.
by E. from Worcester. Population,
1830, 2,196.
1830, 1,304.
Buxtou, Me.
York
on the
CO.
S.
This town
W. by Saco
mathematician. Cabot lies 12 miles
N. E. from Montpelier, and bounded E. by Danville. Population,
is
At
the Saco falls about SO
and produces a great hydraulic power, which is partly improved for manufacturing establishments.
It lies 8 miles N. W. from
Saco, 16 N. E. from Alfred, 18 W.
from Portland, and 71 S. AV. from
Augusta. Incorporated, 1772. Population, 1837 2,SS8.
this place
feet,
Calais,
bounded
river.
Me.
Washington co. At the head of
navigation on the Schoodic, or St.
Croix river, nearly opposite to
St.
The Ujyjjer village, or Mill Town, is about two
miles from tide water.
At the
Lower village, below the falls, is a
Andrews, N. B.
Calais
bridge lo the British side.
lies 28 miles above Eastport, about
35 N. by E. from Machias, and 204
This is a
E. N. E. from Augusta.
Blizzard's Bay, Mass.
great mart for lumber of all kinds.
This bay lies N. W. from Dukes About 40 saw mills and other macounty, W. from Barnstable county, chinery are in operation by the
and S. by E. from the counties of great fall of the river. The tide
Plymouth and Bristol. The length rises here about 20 feet, and large
of the bay is about 30 miles from vessels ascend to the lower village.
rail-road is in operation between
N. E. to S. W., and its average
breadth about 7 miles. From the the two villages; it is to extend to
head of this bay, across Cape Cod Baring. Incorporated, 1809. Popto Massachusetts bay, (the place
ulation, 1830, 1,686; 1837, 3,027.
proposed for a canal,) is 5 miles.
Calais, Vt.
Bjrfleld, Mass.
A
Washington
See JVewhury.
Byraiu River.
See Greenwich, Ct.
lock
Abijah Whee-
co.
and others
first
settled
this
town in 1737. It lies 36 miles E.
by S. from Burlington, and 12 N. E.
from Montpelier. Population, 1830,
Calais has a number of
1,539.
Oxford CO. See Barnard, Me.
streams, branches of Onion river,
and several fine ponds. Two thouCaljot, Vt.
sand pounds of trout have been takCaledonia co. On the height of en in a season. There is some manland between Onion and Connecti- ufacturing carried on in the town,
cut rivers. " The Plain" is delight- and it feeds about 6,000 sheep.
fully situated, having the Green
Caledonia Comity, Vt.
and White mountains in prospect.
Several branches of the Onion rivDanville is the chief town.
er water this town, and afford it Bounded E. by Connecticut river
some water power.
Here is Jo and Essex county S. by Orange
and Molly'' s pond, and a sulphur county W. by Washington counspring.
The surface is broken and ty, and N. by the county of Orleans.
hard, but good for sheep, of wliich It contains about 700 square miles.
about 6,000 are reared. The town Population, 1820, 16,669; 1S30,
was first ssttled in 1785. The first 19,943.
Inhabitants to a square
females who came here came on mile, 28. Incorporated, 1792. The
snow-shoes. This is the birth place eastern range of the Green mounof Zerah Colhurn, the celebrated tains extends through the western
Byron, Me.
;
;
.
�NEW ENGLAND
part of the county.
It is watered
fine streams, but the Connecticut and Passumpsic are its
chief rivers.
large part of the
by many
A
county
is
high and good land
;
that
GAZETTEER.
bridge- Port is a coTnpact, flourishing village, about midway between
the University and the bridge. East
Cambridge is of newer growth, and
is
very tlourishing place.
a
It is
along the rivers is excellent. It the
seat of the county courts, and
produces wheat and other grain, is immediately
connected with Bosbeef cattle, horses, and about 60,- ton by
Canal bridge and the viaduct
000 sheep. There are some sul- of the
Boston and Lowell rail-road,
phur springs in this county ; lime- over Charles
river.
This town was
stone and granite are abundant.
incorporated by the name of New-
Cajiitoi-itlge,
ton in 1630.
Me.
It
took the
name
of
Cambridge
in 1638. The first printing press in America was establish-
Somerset co. In the year 1S37
the town had a population of 431, ed here, by
Stephen Day, in 1639.
and raised, the same year, 2,890 The first work
printed was the
bushels of wheat. See Barnard. " Freeman's Oath."
In this town
Me.
are various and extensive
manu-
Cambridge,
Coos
CO., is
K".
H.,
an uninhabited town-
ship, of 23,160 acres, granted
19, 1773, to Nathanier Rogers and
others.
It is bounded N. by the
May
township of Errol and
Umbagog
by the state of Maine, S.
by Success and Milan, and W. by
lake, E.
Dummer.
This tract has an une-
ven surface, but might be advantageously cultivated. Several streams
and fall into the Ameriscoggin, which passes through the
N. W. part of the town.
rise here,
Caiifil>i*idg-e,
Vt.
Lamoille co. It lies 30 miles N.
W. from Montpelier, and about 16
W. from Hydepark. Population,
1830,
1,613.
First
settled,
17,83.
The Lamoille and
other streams
affoi-d this town a good
water power.
There is some good intervale
in the town, but the land is rough,
and chiefly valuable for grazing
it feeds about 7,000 sheep.
blacking, tin ware, chairs and cabinet ware, rail-road cars, chaises,
coaches, and other carriages; iron
axletrees, harnesses, organs, carpenters' tools, clothing, pumps and
blocks, cigars, brass and britannia
ware, bricks, ropes and twine, soap,
brushes,
varnish,
confectionary,
stamped and stained paper, stoves,
sheet iron, glue, pocket books, and'
m.edicine. The value of these manufactures the year ending April
1,
1837, amounted to $930,6G6.
The'
amount of glass, which is considered of admirable quality, exceed-
ed $450,000.
This tov/n
may
be
divided into three parts
Old
Cambridge, the seat of the most
ancient and best endowed college,
in the LTnited States, is 3 miles
from'
:
West Boston bridge, whirh
Cambridge from Boston.
divides
Cam-
is
very
Besides the buildings of the University, it contains" the
United
States' arsenal, other handsome public buildings, and many very
elegant private residences. Pop.^1830,
1,072 1837, 7,631. See Re^/ater.
;
about a mile
co.
Cambridge
pleasant, although not so elevated
as some of the neighboring towns.
Mount Auburn
Cambridge, Mass.
Middlesex
factories.
They consist of glass,
hats, leather, boots and shoes,
shoe
Cemetery,
lies
W.
of the University, in the towns of Cambridge and
Watertown. It contains about 100
acres of land, and is laid out with
gravelled walks, and planted and
embellished with all the varieties
of trees, shrubbery, and flowers.
Lots of ground, of 300 square feet.
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
at
suitable
distances
along
the
winding passages, are appropriated
as family burial places, with the
perpetual right to purchasers of
enclosing, decorating, and using
them for that purpose. Numerous
monuments of exquisite workmanship are already erected, which
add, if possible, to the melancholy
grandeur of the scene. It is an enchanting spot ; a magnificent restThis cemeing place of the dead.
tery was dedicated Sept. 24, 1831.
We cannot deny ourselves the
gratification of quoting a few lines
from the descriptive part of Judge
Story's admirable address on that
—
occasion.
*'
rural cemetery seems to combine in itself all the advantages
which can be proposed to gratify
human feelings, or tranquilize human fears; to secure the best religious influences, and to cherish
all those associations which cast a
cheerful light over the darkness of
the grave.
" And what spot can be more appropriate than this, for such a purpose ? Nature seems to point it out
with significant energy, as the favorite retirement for the dead.
There are around us all the vai'ied
features of her beauty and grandeur the forest-crowned height
the abrupt acclivity ; the sheltered
valley; the deep glen; the grassy
glade, and the silent grove.
Here
are the lofty oak, the beech, that
' wreaths
its old fantastic roots so
high,' the rustling pine, and the
drooping willow, the tree, that
sheds its pale leaves with every
autumn, a fit emblem of our own
and the evertransitory bloom
green, with its perennial shoots, instructing us, that ' the wintry blast
of death kills not the buds of virtue.'
Here is the thick shrubbery,
to protect and conceal the newmade grave ; and there is the wildflower creeping along the narrow
path, and planting its seeds in the
upturned earth. All around us
A
—
—
;
there breaths a solemn calm, as if
we Avere in the bosom of a wilderness, broken only by the breeze aa
it murmurs through the tops of the
forest, or by the notes of the warb-
pouring forth his matin or his
evening song.
" Ascend but a few steps, and
what a change of scenery to surprise and delight us.
We seem, as
it were, in an instant, to pass from
ler,
the confines of death to the bright
and balmy regions of life. Below us
flows tke winding Charles, Avith its
rippling current, like the stream of
time hastening to the ocean of eternity.
In the distance, the city,
at once the object of our admiration
and our love, rears its proud emi-
—
nences, its glittering spires, its lofty
towers, its graceful mansions, its
curling smoke, its crowded haunts
of business and pleasure, which
speak to the eye, and yet leave a
noiseless loneliness on the ear.
Again we turn, and the walls of
our venerable University rise before
us, with
happy
many
a recollection
passed there in the
interchange of study and friendof
daj-s
many a grateful thought
affluence of its learning,
ship, and
of
the
which has adorned and nourished
literature of our country.
turn, and the cultivated
farm, the neat cottage, the village
church, the spai-kling lake, the rich
valley, and the distant hills, are before us through opening vistas ; and
the
Again we
we
breathe amidst the fresh and
A'aried labors of
"There
man.
therefore, within our
reach, every variety of natural and
artificial
is,
scenery, which is fitted to
of the highest and
awaken emotions
most affecting character. We stand,
as it were, upon the borders of two
worlds and as the mood of our
minds may be, v/e may gather lessons of profound wisdom by contrasting the one with the other, or
indulge in the dreams of hope and
ambition, or solace our hearts by
melancholy meditations."
;
�NEW ENGLAND
Camden, Me.
This sea-port is finely located for navigation, with two
beautiful harbors, on tlie W. side of
Penobscot bay, 10 miles N. from
Thomaston, 17 S. from Belfast, and
40 E. S. E. from Augusta. Population, 1837, 2,991.
this place has
"Waldo CO.
GAZETTEER.
brook on the W. The land in the
is generally good, and there
is some good intervale.
The high
land is good for grazing. The forest trees are mostly deciduous. No
white oak or pitch pine is found N.
of the centre of the town.
Iron
ore of an inferior quality is found
valleys
The towns of
engaged in the in some places.
coasting trade and fisheries, and Campton and Rumney were both
considerable ship building is carri- granted in Oct. 1761, to Capt. Jabez
ed on but the principal business Spencer, of East Haddam, Conn.,
but he dying before a settlement
is the manufacture of lime from inexhaustible quarries of marble, or was effected, his heirs, in conjunclime stone. About 200,000 casks tion with others, obtained a new
The first
of lime is annually shipped from charter, Jan. 5, 1767.
this place to all parts of the United settlement was made in 1765, by
States.
This lime is noted for mak- two families of the names of Fox
ing a cement of a superior quality. and Taylor. The proprietors held
The Megunticook river waters a their first meeting Nov, 2, 1769,
part of the town, and gives it a and the inhabitants theirs, Dec. 16,
From the circumstance of
great water power, which might 1771.
be well applied to manufacturing the first proprietors building a ca?np
purposes.
From a mountain in the when they went to survey Camprear of the town a beautiful pros- ton and Rumney, this town derives
In the revolutionary
pect is presented of Penobscot bay its name.
and its numerous islands. Camden war, this town, though in its infanis a pleasant
retreat in summer cy, furnished nine or ten soldiers,
i\ve of whom died in the service,
months.
and three were living in 1822. PopCamel's Bacic aioiiiatain, Vt.
ulation, in 1830, 1,318.
some navigation
;
This most elevated summit of the
Green mountains
ton, 17 miles
lies
in
Huuiing-
W. from
Montpehel-,
25 N. E. from Middlebury, and 20
S. E. from Burlington.
It is 4,188
feet above the sea.
Camptoii, W. H.,
Grafton co., Is bounded N. by
Thornton, E. by Sandwich, S. by
Holderness and Plymouth, W. by
Rumney; is 50 miles from Concord, and 75 from Portsmouth.
Its
surface is broken and uneven,
abounding with rocky ledges, and
Canaan, Me.
Somerset
This town was first
and incorporated in
1788.
It formerly embraced the
territory of Skowhegan and Bloomfield.
It is a good farming town,
and produced, in 1837, 5,444 bushels
of wheat.
It lies on the east side
of Kennebec river, 13 miles E. from
Norridgewock, and 34 N. from Auco.
settled in 1774,
gusta.
Population, 1837, 1,347.
Canaau, N. H.
Grafton
Bounded N. by
which separates it
from Dorchester, E. by Orange, S.
by Enfield, and W. by Hanover,
Dame's
co.
gore,
having several mountainous tracts.
Besides Pemigewasset river, running N. and S. through nearly the and is
situated on the height of land
centre of the town, it is watered by
between the rivers Connecticut and
Mad and Beebe's rivers, which fail Merrimack. It is 16 miles
E. from
into the Pemigewasset on the E.,
Dartmouth college, 30 S. E. from
and by West Branch river and Bo<^ Haverhill,
25 S. W. from Plymouth,
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
and 40 N, W. from Concord. The
only stream of consequence is the
rises in the N.W.
part of Dorchester, and after a meandering course of 8 or 10 miles,
falls into Mascomy pond in Enfield.
Indian stream river rises in the S.
E. corner of Dorchester, and running about 8 miles, mingles with
the waters of Mascomy, near the
Mascomy, which
centre of the town. Heart pond,
so called from its figure, is situated
in the centre of the town, and upon
a swell of land so elevated that
at a distance it presents the appearance of a sheet of water on a hill.
It is about 500 rods in length and
200 in width, and the only natural
cuiiosity of any note, is the mound,
or bank of earth, which nearly surIt is from 4 to
rounds this pond.
5 feet high, and from its uniforju
height and regular construction
would seem to be the work of art
but from frequent annual observation, it is found to have been produced by the drifting of the ice
when breaking up in the spring.
there are Goose,
Besides this,
Clark's, Mud and Bear ponds. The
land is not so broken as in some of
There is but
the adjoining towns.
little
not capable of cultivation.
The soil is tolerably fertile, and
produces wheat, rye, corn, flax, &c.
Canaan was granted by charter,
July 9, 1761, to 62 persons, all of
whom except ten belonged to Connecticut.
It derived its name from
Canaan in that state. The first permanent settlement was made in the
winter, in 1766 or 7, by John Scofield, who conveyed what effects
he possessed the distance of 14 miles
over a crust of snow upon a handsled.
Among
settlers,
others of the
first
were George Harris, Tho-
mas Miner, Joshua Harris, and
Samuel Jones. The first proprietors' meeting was held July 19,
1768.
Population, in 1830, 1,428.
Canaau, Vt.
Essex
CO.
Bounded N. by Can-
7*
ada, and E.
by Stewartstown, N,
31 miles N. from Guildhall,
and 112 N. E. from Montpelier.
First settled, 1785.
Population,
The land in this town
1830, 373.
H.
;
broken and cold. Leed's pond
produces an abundance of fish.
Canaan produces more fish than
is
grain.
Canaan,
Ct.
First settled in
Litchfield CO.
1738. Incorporated, 1739. Canaan
lies 41 miles N. W. from Hartford,
and IS N. N. W. from Litchfield.
Population, 1830, 2,301. The town
lies on the E. side of Housatonick
river, opposite to Salisbury.
ledge of limestone rocks crosses the
river at this place, about 30 rods in
length, causing a perpendicular fall
The river is rapid, both
of 60 feet.
above and below this beautiful cataract.
The whole descent of the
A
Canaan, is about 130 feet,
" nobly arranged and distributed,
and comprehending a remarkable
variety of beauty and grandeur."
The township is mountainous, with
river, in
some arable land along the streams
About 4,000 sheep are kept hei-e.
This section of country is noted for
its
excellent mutton. Limestone
and iron ore are abundant the latter is of a very fine qualit^^
Iron
works, on an extensive scale, are
established here
a satinet factory
and other machinery.
;
;
Canals in Ne^v flugland*
See Register.
Candia, N. H.)
Rockingham co.. Was detached
from the N. part of Chester and incorporated, 1763. The soil is naturally hard of cultivation
but the
industry of the inhabitants has made
it fruitful.
It was originally covered with a thick growth of oak, ash,
maple, birch, &c. The site of this
town is elevated, and commands
an extensive view of the rich scenery of the adjacent country the
;
—
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
White Hills, the Wachusett, and
other mountains, the lights on Plum
island, and the ocean being visible.
In the W. part of the town is a
ridge of land extending from N. to
S., which is the highest elevation
between JMerrimack river and the
ocean. On the E. side of this ridge,
two branches of Lamprey river
take their rise.
Cantlia lies 15
miles from Concord. This town
among others contributed largely
to the attainment of independence
and the names of 69 soldiers of the
revolution are found on its records.
The inhabitants are mostly industrious farmers, many of whom are
wealthy. Population, 1830, 1,362.
;
Canterbury, N. H.
Merrimack co.
Canterbury,
though an uneven township, is not
mountainous. The soil is generally
good
the more uneven parts af;
fording excellent pasturage. There
are no large streams in this town
but several ponds give rise to smaller streams, furnishing good mill
sites, and near which are cut great
quantities of hay. Two bridges over
the Merrimack connect this town
with Eoscawen. The town was settled about 1727, and for a long time
the inhabitants were exposed to the
inroads of the savages.
The husbandman cleared and tilled his land
under the protection of a guard,
uncertain whether the seed he committed to the ground might not be
watered by his blood, or that of an
enemy. Canterbury lies 8 miles
N. from Concord.
Population,
1836, 16G3.
The Hon. Ariel. Foster deserves a particular notice. He possessed in a great degree the esteem
and confidence of the people ; and
soon after he left the pastoral care
of the church, he was called to arduous duties as a magistrate and
In 1783, he was elected
legislator.
and for three years
to Congress
was a member of that body under
tho old cunfederation. He was suc;
cessively returned a member for
all
the time until 1804;
when he retired to private life and
nearly
domestic traquillity.
He was an
ardent lover of his country, and
faithfully served his constituents—
by whom his memory will long be
cherished.
He died in Feb., 1806.
Canterbury, from its elevated situation, lias ever been a healthy town.
In the S. E. part of this town,
on an elevated and beautiful site, is
the village of the "Shakers." At
present it consists of more than two
hundred members.
They have a
meeting-house open at all times of
public worship, where any discreet
and decent spectator is allowed to
attend.
They have a " Trustees'
Office," where all their public business is transacted, and where strangez's are at first received on their visits to the society.
They have also
neat dweliing-houses, of two and
three stoiies, and several workshops both for men and women.
Their mills and various kinds of
machinery are moved by water on
an artificial stream.
They manufacture many articles for sale,
which are remarkable for neatness
and durability. Their gardens are
perhaps the most productive of any
in the country ; and indeed all their
improved lands exhibit the pleasing
eflects of industry and rural economy. They cultivate garden seeds
and take much pains to propagate those of the best kind.
They occupy more than 1,500 acres
of land, lying principally in a body,
which they have consecrated to
the Lord,' and which they enjoy
They cheerfully pay
in common.
their proportion of public taxes,
and share all the burthens of government, except the bearing of
arms, which they deem to be contrary to the gospel ; and in return
they claim from government only
that protection and support guarantied to other citizens. The income
of their manufactures, together
with their agricultural products.
'
�NE W ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
yields their temporal support
and
;
possessed ot
what they become
more than is necessary
to
their
wants, they devote to charitable
purposes, agreeably to their church
It should be mentioned
covenant.
practice highly creditable
as a
sect, that the
of their societies never
to
this
It lies on
Population, 1837, 827.
both sides of the Androscoggin rivAuer, 32 miles W. N. W. from
gusta, and 24 N. E. from Paris.
Canton produced, in 1837, 3,114
bushels of wheat.
Canton, Mass.
members
make use
Norfolk CO. Neponset river and
several large ponds give this town
It lies 15
a great water power.
S.
miles S. W. from Boston, and -5
by E. from Dedham. Incorporated,
Another
Population, 1830, 1,517;
trust- 1797.
imitation i.^, they refuse to be
manufactures of
sum. They 1837, 2,185. The
ed even in the smallest
of
Canton' the year ending 1st
with
transact their secular concerns
amounted to $695,they April, 1837,
great uprightness ; and though
They consisted of cotton and
180.
may have suffered reproach from woolen goods, shoes, palm-leaf hats,
mantheir singularity of life and
thread, candlefor copper, wicking,
ners,they have become a proverb
trying
sticks, hoes, iron castings,
industry, justice and benevolence.
" shapes." The bells
account of the re- squares, and
For a particular
place are of
singular peo- manufactured at this
lio-ious tenets of this
This
metal and sound.
and Sta- superior
pfe, see Religious Creeds
the
place is easily approached from
tistics.
Provicapital by the Boston and
The viaduct, or*.
Canterbury, Ct.
dence rail-road.
this place,
settlers bridge, on that road at
Windham co. The first
the company about $80,000.
from cost''
of this town were principally
600
of massive hewn granite,
Dorchester, Mass. and its neighbor- It is
above the
the feet in length ; 63 feet
They came here about
hood.
sucfoundation, on 6 arches, with a
year 1690. The soil of the town is
It is an
fertile cession of arches at top.
a gravelly loam, generally
piece of workmanship.
It lies 40 miles admirable
and productive.
in cases of
of ardent spirits, except
being aware of the evils
sickness,
intemperance brings upon society.
practice not unworthy of
S
E. by S. from Hartford, and 6
Population, 1830,
from Brooklyn.
The Quinnebaug is here
1,SS1.
It
a'large and beautiful stream.
annually overflows
its
banks, and
borfertilizes a large tract upon its
Bates'
ders. There is fine ti shin g in
Considerable excitement
pond.
manifested itself in this town, in
1832, in consequence of a Miss
Crandall proposing to open a school
for the instruction
of "
Young
la-
misses of color.''—
Although no one seemed to question
the purity of Miss Crandall's mothe
tives, yet the people doubted
dies and
little
expediency of the measure.
Cautoii, Me.
Oxford
CO.
Incorporated, 1821.
Canton,
Ct.
Hartford co. First settled, 1740.
Population,
Incorporated, 1806.
CoUinsville is the
1830, 1,437.
at
principal village in the town,
which a large amount of axes, of a
superior quality, are annually made.
16 miles N. W. by W. from
Hartford, and 16 N. E. from Litcha beaufield. This village presents
a noble
tiful appearance, and is
specimen of individual enterprize.
The soil of Canton is coarse and
It lies
Farmstony, and the surface hilly.
river passes through its S.
ington
W. corner.
Carlisle, Mass.
Middlesex
co.
This town
lies
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
20 miles N. W. f,om Boston, and
5
Concord.
Incorporated,
some of the best harbors ih
the
world.
It is said that Casco
bay
1837, 596.
It
contains as many islands as
IS bounded S. E. by
there
Concord river. are days in the
year ; however
1 his IS a poor town, and
its manumay be, we know that they that
lactures are very triflino-.
are
^evy numerous, some very
lar^e
fertile, and well
Carmel, Me.
cultivated; and
that a survey of them from
the hiffh
Penobscot co. Population,
1837 grounds in Portland,
Falmouth,
""^ '''^^^^' «^"^« year,'
(.umberland, or Yarmouth, afford*
iSon K
1,890 bushels.
a
71 miles from Autreat of island and ocean
gusta.
ii\r^
Population,
1805.
rJ^
See Sowadabscook Stream
Carroll,
.
^
ing
]V.
Castiiie,
base of the White
Moun-
on the N. W., having Jefferson and Whitelield N.,
Whitefield
and Bethlehem W.,and the
un-ranted lands, and Nash and
Sawyer's
Location on the S. It was
granted
Feb. 8, 1772, to Sir Thomas
Wentworth, Bart., Rev. Samuel
Lana-don
and 81 others. Its surface
is uneven and its appearance
dreary.—
tains,
Population, in 1S30, 108.
Cartilage, Me.
Franklin co. Incorporated,
1826
Population, 1837, 455.
46 miles
|rom Augusta, and 73 from
Port
land.
See Barnard, Me.
Carver, Mass.
Plymouth
transcendent beauty.
H.
township in Coos county, ly-
at the
scenery
ot
Hancock
name Irom
Me.
co.
Castine derived its
a French baron of
that
name, who resided here
upwards of
twenty years after 1667.
This
peninsula, jutting out into
Belfast
hay, at the mouth of
Penobscot
nver, was formerly called
"Major
Biguyduce,"
duce
The
pronounced, J^agapeninsula embraces
2,o00 acres of land, and
was first
settled by the English,
in 1760
The British occupied this place
in
both ot the wars with the
U. S
It
was the shire, or chief town,
of the
county from 1789 to 1838,
when
the courts were removed
to Ellsworth.
Castine possesses an excellent maritime position,
but its trade
Irom the country is limited,
being
cut off by the more inland
towns
however, is considerable.
Ihe lumber and coasting
Tn^^^Jo
trade,
with the fisheries, give active
and 8 S. W. by S. from
emPlymouth. ployment to its
people.
Ihere are a number of
78 miles
pleasant i^. Irom Augusta,
and about 25 S.
ponds in this town. The
soil is not
W. from Ellsworth.
very productive.
Population '
The manufac 1830,l,li55;
CO.
^^^^-
Setoff from PlvPopulation, 1837,
tures of Carver consist
of iron cast
ings, boots, shoes, boxes,
and wil-
Wbaske.,;
annual amount abou,
Casco Bay, Me.
This
the
is
one of the finest bays on
American coast. Its western
boundary is Cape Elizabeth;
its
eastern. Cape Small
Point.
The
distance between those
capes is
about 20 miles.
Its indentation
not exceed 15 miles.
Within
does
it
are
Its trade,
1837, 1,168.^
Castleton, Vt.
Rutland, CO. This is a flourishing town, watered by a river
of the
same name; 11 miles W. from
Rutland, 72 S. W. from
Montpelier.
and 14 E. from Whitehall.
Populahon, 1830, 1,783.
First settled,
17/0.
The surface of the town is
rough and hilly, but there is
some
rich land.
It feeds about
9,000
sheep.
Mill shrTiH)'! abound in
Castleton, on which are
a woolen
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
«nd other manufacturing establishments. Lake Bombazine, 7 miles
settlements were made by Ebenezer Chamberlain, in 1765, and
PopCol. Joseph Senter, in 1767.
first
chiefin len2;th and 2 in breadth, is
It is stored with
in this town.
ly
cenfish, and has an island near its
The vilof exquisite beauty.
lage of Castleton is elevated, neatly built, and presents a great variety of rich and beautiful scenery.
ulation, in 1830, 577.
Ciiaiiiplain. Ijake.
ti-e
Cavendisli, Vt.
"Windsor co. There are two flourishing villages in Cavendish, Button's village and Proctorsville. It
Twenis watered by Black river and
good
ty Mile Stream, which afford a
hydrauUc power. Here are in op-
is
tenden, Addison, and a part of Rutland, in the state of Vermont, lie
on the E. At the N. it extends a
few miles into Lower Canada, and
receives the waters of Pike river.
Lawrence
It discharges into the St.
by the Richelieu, Sorcl, or Chambly
excellent; the high land is
good, but best adapted to grazing.
Here are about 6,000 sheep. The
channel of Black river, at the falls,
has been worn down 100 feet. The
effects of the water, at this place,
soil is
town from
Balti-
ulation, 1830, 1,498.
Centre-Harljor,
is
IV.
H.,
pleasantly situa-
and
ted between Winnepisiogee
Squam lakes distant from Concord,
Boston
39 miles, Portsmouth 60,
this
104. Measley pond is partly in
Squam lake furnishes fine
town.
valutrout, and has several islands
The soil is very
able for grazing.
Centre
good, mostly a rich loam.
;
a dehghtful resting place,
during the warm season, of tourists,
and the
to the White Mountains,
great resort of those, visiting the
Winnepisiogee lake and the great
Harbor
is
Among
river.
its
tributaries from
are the Missisque, LamOnion, Otter, and Pawlet rivoille,
Vermont
New
York it receives
From
the waters of the Chazy, Saranac,
Sable, Bouquet, and Wood rivers,
and of Lake George. Its length is
about 130 miles its breadth varies
ers.
:
average breadth
It abounds with
about 3 miles.
salmon, trout, pickerel and other
It is navigable for vessels
fish.
of 90 tons burthen, and splendid steamboats are continually plying, in the season of navigation,
from Whitehall, along its beautiful
shores, to St. John's in Canada.—
This lake contains about 60 islands,
splendid sceneis remarkable for its
and
ry, and renowned in ancient
modern stories for its scenes of warLake Chamlike achievements.
buis a great resort, both for
plain
Hawk's moun- from
more. Cavendish, in common with
most of the towns in Vermont, presents a great variety of mountain
scenery. It lies 10 miles S. W.
from Windsor, and 60 S. from MontPopFirst settled, 1769.
pelier.
Strafford co.,
New
York and Vermont. Vermont embraces about two thirds of its surNew York is on the W. side,
face.
and the counties of Frankhn, Chit-
eration 4 large woolen factories,
iron works, manufactures of tin,
and many other branches of meAlong the streams the
chanics.
are very curious.
tain separates this
This delightful expanse of water
the boundary line between
1 to
12 miles
:
siness and pleasure.
In the Register, under Burlingmay be found some notes for
ton,
travellers.
Cliaplin, Ct.
Windham co. Taken from MansHampton and Windham, in
field,
It is watered by Natchaug
which passes nearly through
The town is small, but
the adjoining its centre.
The the soil is good, and populated by
natural curiosities in
town of Moultonborough.
1832.
river,
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
industrious farmers, who, by their
practice of keeping a large number
of sheep, seem to be convinced of
the fact that wool is one of the most
important staples of
England.
It lies 10 miles W. by N. from
Brooklyn, and 30 E. by N. from
Hartford.
bushels.
Cliia-rlestoii,
New
Cliai'lemosit, Mass.
Franklin co. Deerfield river meanders through this town, and 2;ives
!t a good water power.
Garrisons
were erected here in 1754, against
the savage French and Indians.
Their remains are now visible. Incorporated, 1765. Population, 1837,
994.
It lies 110 miles W. N. W.
from Boston, and 14 W. by N. from
Greenfield.
Although this is a
mountainous township, it contains
much valuable land. It maintains
about 5,000 merino and other sheep.
Its manufactures consist of boots,
shoes, leather, iron castings, axes,
hoes, palm-leaf
hats,
saddlery,
scythe snaiths, and lather boxes.
Cliarles Rivers.
Charles river, in Massachusetts,
the Quinobequin of the Indians.
This river rises on the borders of
Hopkinton and Milford, and after
is
meandering through
Bellingham,
Medfield, Sher-
Franklin, Medway,
burne, Dover, Dedham, Needham, Natick, Newton, Waltham
and Watcrtown, it meets the tide
waters, and forms a part of Boston
harbor.
It is navigable to Watertown, 7 miles W. from Boston.
Charles river, in R. I., has its
source in Warden's pond, in South
Kingston, and empties into the
Pawcatuck, at Westerly.
Incorporated, 18.11.
Pop-
ulation, 1837, 1,140.
Vt.
Echo pond, the
Orleans co.
out-
Seymour, waters this
town.
Lake Seymour is a large
slieet of water, and passes N. into
of lake
let
Memphremagog. Charleston
about 35 miles N.E. from Hydepark, 55 N. N. E. from Montpelier,
and 15 S. of Canada line. Population, 1830, 564.
lake
lies
Cliarlesto-vyja, N. H.,
Sullivan co., is situated on Connecticut river, 51 miles from Concord, 100 from Boston, 100 from
Albany, 110 from Hartford, Conn.,
and 13 miles from Windsor, Vt.
The only rivers in Charlestown
are the Connecticut and Little Sugar rivers.
In the former, there
are three islands within the limits
of this town, the largest of which
contains about ten acres, and is called Sartwell's island. The others
contain about six acres each, and
have a rich loamy soil. Sartwell's
is under a high cultivation
There are no falls in this river within the limits of Charlestown which
island
interrupt the
boat navigation, al-
though some
is experienced
little
inconvenience
low water from
what are called " Sugar river bars."
Little Sugar river waters the north
part of Charlestown, and empties
into Connecticut river about two
in
miles south of the S. line of Claremont. This town has but few factory or mill
is
extremely
privileges.
various.
The soil
West of
the great road leading from Walpole to Claremont, are not less than
1,500 acres of fine intervale land,
Cliarlcston, Me.
generally of a deep, rich and loamy
Penobscot co. At the source of soil, and favorable for the culture
Pushawlake. Bounded W. by Gar- and growth of most of the various
land.
It lies 25 miles S. W. from kinds of grass and grain.
In the
Belfast, and 73 N. W. from Augus- E. and N. E. parts of the town, the
ta.
This township is fine wheat soil of the upland is good the natland ; it yielded, in 1S37, 7,606 ural growth of wood, consisting
—
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
Indians were at peace but a small
From their
portion of that time.
infancy, the settlers had been lamiliar with danger, and had acquirparts stony, land, east of the river
to posteralmost the whole ed a hardihood unknown
road, extending
When they attended pubUc
ity.
is
length of the town, and which
worship, or cultivated their lands,
considered unfit for settlements.
prepared
town appears they sallied from the fort
The south part of the
of beech, birch, oak,
and hemlock. There is a
maple
ridge of hard, broken, and in some
principally
have a
to
diiferentsoil,
and
is
favor-
for battle,
and worshipped or labor-
ed under the protection of a sentiable for yielding the lighter grains.
In their warfare, the Indians
parishes, nel.
Charlestown contains two
prisoners to scalps, and
are divided by a line run- preferred
which
those who atbridge S. 87=' few were killed but
ning from Cheshire
tempted to escape, or appeared too
and
E., to the corner of Ac worth
formidable to be encountered with
Unity. In the south parish, there
The first child born in
delightfully success.
is a handsome village,
Charlestown was Ehzabeth, the
at the distance of about
situated,
daughter of Isaac Parker. She was
half a mile from Connecticut river,
born 1744, and died in 1806.—
and parallel with it. In the north
favored with
meeting-house and a Charlestown has been
parish is a
a number of eminent men, only
Cheshire bridge,
small village.
about 2 miles N. of the S. meetinghouse, connects this town with
From this bridge
Springfield, Vt.
Cheshire turnpike leads southerly
the
through
principal
village, to
Keene. Charlestown was granted
by Massachusetts, Dec. 31, 17.35,
by
is
the
name
of J\''iunber 4,
sometimes applied
to it
which
at the
present day.
On the 2d July, 1753, No. 4 was
incorporated by the name of Charlestown. The charter was granted by
Gov. Benning Vv'entworth to Joseph Wells, Phinehas Stevens and
others, v/ho were purchasers under
the old grantees. In 1754,the French
war commenced and the inhabitants were obhged to take up their
residence in the fort. The first settlers of Charlestown, like the first
inhabitants of almost every frontier
—
New
England, were, prior
savage cruFor twenty years after the
elty.
on
first settlement, their neighbors
the N. were the French in Canada,
on tlie W. the Dutch, near the
Hudson, on the E. the settlements
on Merrimack river, and on the S.
fev/ were found until arrived at
Norlhfield, in Massachusetts, a distance cS more than 40 miles. The
town
in
to 1760, the victims of
one of which
we have room
to
men-
Capt. Phinehas Stevens
one of the first settlers. The
was
town when in its infancy was pro-
tion.
He was
tected by his intrepidity.
a native of Sudbury, Mass., from
whence his father removed to RutAt the age of 16, while his
land.
father was making hay, he, with
three little brothers, followed him
meadows. They were ambushed bv the Indians, who killed
to the
of his brothers, took him prisoner, and were preparing to kill his
younaest brother, a child four years
Indians,
old. "He, by signs to the
tvv^o
made them
understand
if
they
would spare him, he would carry
him on his back— and he carried
him to Canada. They v/ere redeemed and both returned. He received several commissions from Gov.
Shirley, and rendered important
services in protecting the frontiers.
In 1747, when Charlestown was
abandoned by the inhabitants, he
was ordered to occupy the fort with
SO men. On the 4th of April, he
was attacked by 400 French and Indians, under Mens. Debeline. The
Indian
assault lasted three days.
stratagem and French skill, with
combustible
fire applied to every
.
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
about the
fort, had not the desired
of leather, was $390,000. The ar
The heroic band were not tides manufactui-ed
appaJled.
They refused to capitu- lows: soap, candles, were as folboots, shoes,
late.
At length an interview be- hats, morocco,
chairs, cabinet ware,
tween the commanders took place. vessels,
combs, tin ware, and spirits.
The Frenchman shewed his forces,
and described the horrid massacre'
The United States' JVavy Yard
-
elTect.
that
must ensue unless the
surrendered.
"My
afraid to die," w^as the
men
fort
was
are
not
answer made
was
first
established in this
town
about the year 1798. The yard is
situated on the N. side of Charles
river, on a plot of ground of
about
60 acres.
It is enclosed by a high
wall of durable masonry, and contains several ware-houses, dwelling-houses for the officers, and a
large amount of naval stores, live
oak and other timber. It also contains three large ship-houses,
in
which are the Vermont and Carolina of 74, and the Cumberland
frigate of 44 guns.
These ships
can be launched and ready for sea
by Capt. Stevens. The attack continued with Increased fury until
tlie end of the third day,
when the
enemy returned to Canada, and left
Capt. Stevens in possession of the
fort.
Capt. Stevens, for his gallantry on this occ-asion, was presented
by Sir Charles Knowles with an elegant sword; and from this circumstance the township, when it was
incorporated, in 1753, took the name
of Charlestown.
Population, in
1830, 1,778.
in a very short time.
The dry dock at this place is of
Cliarlestown, Mass.
hewn granite, and of unrivalled
Middlesex co. The Indian name masonry.
It is 341 feet in length,
of this town v/as Mishaimm.
First SO in width, and SO in
depth.* It
settled, 1628.
Incorporated, 1629. cost $670,089.
This dock was comPopulation,
1820, 6,591
1830, pleted and received the
Constitu8,787; 1837,10,101.
Charlestown tion on the 24th of June,
1833.—
is a peninsula, formed by Charles
Connected with this establishment
and Mystic rivers, and is united are
a naval hospital and magazine,
to Boston by Charles and Warren
at Chelsea, and a large ropewalk
in
bridges.
It is also united to Boston
the yard ; other additions are conas a port of entry, and in its various
templated.
This is considered one
commercial and manufacturing pur- of the best
naval depots in the Unisuits.
This town is noted for its ted States.
sacrifices in the cause of liberty
and its soil will ever be dear to the
McLean Asylmn. This estabpatriot's bosom.
The town is not lishment is located on a
beautiful
so regularly laid out as Philadelrise of ground, in Charlestown, near
phia, yet it is neatly built, and conEast Cambridge, and about a mile
tains many elegant public and priand a half from the City Flail, in
vate edifices.
The streets are wide Boston. The buildings
are large,
and airy, and many of them have and
exceedingly well adapted " to
recently been planted with trees
their philanthropic design.
They
for shade.
Considerable shipping cost about
$186,000. This House
is owned here, engaged in foreign
was opened for patients on the 6th
and domestic commerce. The an- of
October, 1818.
nual value of the cod and mackerel
Belonging to, and surrounding
fisheries is about $40,000.
The tins Asylum, are about 15 acres of
value of the manufactures, in laud,
appropriated to courts and garCharlestown, the year en-Ung April dens. These
are laid out wilh grav1, 1837, exclusive of a large amount
elled walks. The former are furnish;
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
summer
houses, and the the vocal and instrumental music
ornamented with groves of the occasion a part of this numof fruit and ornamental trees, shrub- ber also attend church on the Sabbery and tlowers. Surrounding the bath, in company with the nurses
lower garden and within the enclo- and attendants, and dine with the
ed with
latter are
sure,
is
tients
;
a carriage path, where pataken to ride. In the
are
centre is a small fresh water pond,
containing several hundred gold and
silver tish, and immediately contiguous is a summer house, where the
patients at times resort for games
and amusements.
The system of moral treatment
adopted and pursued, is founded upon principles of elevated benevolence and philanthropy, and an acquaintance with hunian nature and
the capabilities and wants of the
The previous tastes, habinsane:
its and pursuits, and the present inclinations and feelings of each individual, are habitually consulted.
library for the use of the patients
has been purchased, and those of
them who are disposed to read, are
permitted at stated periods to send
in their names and the number of
the book desired ; the list is examined and approved by the physician,
and the books are distributed by the
In the same way, writlibrarian.
ing materials are distributed, and
patients are engaged in keeping
journals writing sketches of their
A
lives
—
— poetry — addressing letters
to
Some
their friends, drawing, &c.
engage in games, as bowling
throwing the ring battledore grachess
ces ^jumping the rope
draughts back gammon, &c., or
are occupied in walking and riding
into the country, or in making lishing excursions in the company of
their attendants ; while others are
working on the farm and in the
garden.
The female patients, besides being employed in various
kinds of needle and ornamental
work, are engaged in various do-
—
—
—
——
mestic labors. The quiet and convalescent patients regularly attend
the religious exercises of the family, and a portion of them join in
family.
A
regulated
intercourse
with the family and society is regarded as an important auxiliary in
the means of cure, and on suitable
occasions they are invited into the
house, where parties are made for
their special amusement and benefit.
John" McLlean, Esq., late of
Boston, an eminent merchant, bequeathed a large amount of property to this institution ; hence its
name.
Bunker Hill Monument. On the
17th of June, 1825, the corner stone
of an Obelisk was laid on the heights
in this town, by the illustrious La
Fayette, to commemorate the battle
between the Americans and British on the 17th of June, 1775.
In
449 Americans and
were slain. Charlestown was bui-nt by the British the
same day. The site of the Monument is 62 feet above t4ie level of
that
battle,
1,055 Britons
the sea.
It is of hewn granite,
and, when completed, will be 30
feet square at the base, 15 feet
square at the top, and 220 feet in
height.
It is now raised about 60
and will probably be completed in one or two years.
The cost
of it will be about $100,000.
feet,
The State Prison. This instituwas founded in 1800, and soon
tion
located on a point of land in
town, near East Cambridge,
and which is connected with Canal
after
this
bridge by a lateral bridge of 1,820
feet in length.
After having struggled with manj' and great difficulties attendant on the establishment
of an institution so entirely new,
the state, by the agency of suitable
men, have so placed it as to effect
all the objects proposed, without
any expense to the commonwealth.
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
Cliarlestown, R.
Washington
i.
Charlestown lies
on the sea, opposite to Block Ishind.
co.
has five large ponds, which cover an area of 7 square miles.—
It
Charlestown and
Conaquetogue
ponds are salt water, and Posquissett,Watchaug and Cochumpaug are
fresh water.
These waters afford a
great variety of
sea, the land
rior of the
is
fish.
Near the
is
growth of wood.
romantic appearance.
Cliarltott,
Worcester co. Charlton was set
from Oxford, 1754.
It lies 53
miles S. W. from Boston, and 12
W. N. W. from Worcester. Population, 1837, 2,469.
There is a
cotton mill in this town, and
some
This town con-
manufactures of leather and shoes.
more
fit
dreaded Naraganset Indians.
They
possessed a considerable tract of
land in this town, but owing
to
a dislike to agricultural pursuits,
and by intermarriages with the
whites and negroes, their race as a
distinct people has long since
become extinct.
Charles river passea through the town, and gives
it
mill privileges.
Charlestown lies
about 8 miles W. S. W. from South
Kingston, and 40 S. W. from Providence. Population, 1830, 1,284.
Cliarlotte,
Me.
Washington co.
Incorporated,
1825. Population, 1837,612. About
25 miles N. W. from Machias, and
184 E. by N. from Augusta. Charlotte contains a pond, the
waters
of which pass through Dennysville
Cliatliam, N. H.,
Strafford co.,
E. side of the
Cliarlotte,
a pleasant
"Vt.
town, in Chit-
county, on lake Chamand opposite to Essex, N.
Y. In Essex, about 3 miles across
the lake, is Split Hock, a great
natural curiosity.
Charlotte lies 49
plain,
miles W. of Montpelier, 11 S. of
Burlington and 21 N. W. of Middlebury.
part of this town gradually slopes toward the lake,
and
is very productive.
Its trade is
chiefly with Canada.
From the
principal village, " The Four Cor-
A
is
situated on the
White Mountains,
and adjoining the line which divides
this state from Maine.
It has Con-
way on the S., Bartlett and Jackson
on the W., Mount Royse on the
N. Chatham was granted to Peter
Livius and others, Feb. 7, 1767.
There are several ponds in Chatham, and some considerable streams.
The surface is mountainous and
rocky, and can never sustain
a
great population.
Betv/een Chatham and Jackson, Carter's mountain rises so high as to prevent
the
opening a road between the two
towns so that in holding an intercourse with the rest of the county,
;
the inhabitants
are obliged to pass
through part of the state of Maine.
Population, in 1830, 419.
and empty in Cobscook bay.
is
Mass.
off
tains the graves of the
remnant of
the tribe of the once powerful and
This
tenden
Population,
in 1830, 1,702.
for the
arable, but the inte-
town
ners,'^ the lake, and the
mountains
that skirt its borders, present a
very
CliatJiam, Mass.,
Barnstable co., lies on the elbow of Cape Cod, south side. Pleasant bay, inside of Chatham beach,
forms a good harbor.
Chatham is
20 miles E. from Barnstable, and
32 S. S. E. from Pit)vincetown.
Incorporated, 1712.
Population,
1837, 2,271.
The value of the cod
and mackerel fisheries, for the year
ending April 1, 1837, was $'56,100; value of salt made, $8,220;
value of boots and shoes made'
—
—
$1,500.
this place,
men
There
are, belonging to
sail of fisher-
about 20
and 30 coasters.
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
covered
Cliatliani, Ct.
earth.
Middlesex co. The township of
Chatham embraces Chatham par-
feet of
as
many
twelve hands have been sometimes
Vessels come to this
employed.
and the above quarry, and load from
The bed of stone in
the bank.
which these and the smaller openings in the neighborhood have been
made is immense, and lies at different depths from the surface in difIt has been discovferent places.
ered in sinking wells, for half a
mile in northern and southern directions, and has been opened at a
(formerly East Middletown,)
the greater part of Middle Haddam
parish, the parish of East Hampton
and a part af the parish of West
It lies 16 miles S. from
Chester.
Hartford, and opposite to Middletown, from which it was taken in
Population, 1830, 3,646.
1767.
ish,
is watered by Salmon and
Pine brooks and several ponds.
Chatham
about 2 miles in circumference, has no outlet. It rises
and falls about 15 feet. It rises for
six or twelve months, and then falls
It is highabout the same period.
Job's pond,
est in the driest season of the year,
and lowest when there is most rain.
with about ten
In this opening as
j
greater distance eastward. Whereever found, the stone possesses the
same general properties, but varies,
like the freestone in Middletown,
in the fineness of its texture."
Clielmsford) Mass.
60 feet deep. ChatMiddlesex co. On the south side
for its valuable quarham
of Merrimack river, and connect" For forty years
ries of freestone.
ed with Dracut by a bridge.
past it has been extensively improvIncorporated,
settled, 1753.
depth of First
ed, and the stone, to the
Population, 1837, 1,613. It
1655.
thirty feet from the surface, are now
lies 25 miles N. W. from Boston,
removed over an area of an acre and 4 S. W. from Lowell. Chelmsand a half, back from the river. ford abounds in limestone and granThe stone in this quarry is covered ite ; considerable of the latter is
in some places with four or five
transported to Boston by the Midfeet of earth, and in others with
dlesex canal, which passes through
four or five feet more of shelly rock.
The manufactures of
the town.
lies in
It is not perfectly solid, but
this town, during the year ending
blocks, eight or ten feet thick, and
April 1, 1837, amounted to about
It is
from 40
is noted
to
and sixty feet long. The seams
$100,000 ;— principally of glass and
and joints facilitate the process of
ironremoving these from their beds;
Chelsea, Vt.
they are reducand when removed,
ed by the wedge and chisel to any
County town of Orange county.
In
size or form which is wished.
Chelsea is a
hands have been First settled, 1785.
this quarry thirty
pleasemployed for several years, eight township of good land, with a
is wathe year, and from four ant village in the centre. It
months in
by the head branches of White
to six teams. The quantity of stone tered
hydraulic powprepared for market, and sold to the river and has a good
Its manufactures consist of
and the neigh- er.
inhabitants of this
leather, iron, &c.
boring towns, and exported to dis- cassimere, satinet,
all the various
tant parts of the country, has been Chelsea produces
yielded a hand- commodities common to the climate,
very great; and has
It lies
Fifty rods south of and feeds about 6,000 sheep.
some profit.
quarry an opening was made 20 miles S. by E. from Montpelier.
this
fifty
about 1783,
half an acre.
now
spreading
Here the
over
stone
is
Population, 1830, 1,958.
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
Chelsea, Mass.
Suffolk CO.
This town was
for-
merly a ward of Boston.
Incorporated, 173S.
Population, 1837,
The centre of the town lies
1,659.
from Boston about 3 miles N. E.,
across Charles river, and 3 miles
E. of Charlestown.
The manufactures of Chelsea consist of upholstery, stone ware, snuff, segars,
wood and copper engravings,
carriages, bricks, vessels, salt, boots,
shoes, &c. ;
annual value, about
—
$90,000.
The United States Marine Hospital in this town, is on a large plot
of ground, in a delightful and airy
situation, and affords a comfortable
retreat for sick and disabled seamen.
Point Shirley, extending southeasterly, forms the northern "part of Boston harbor. Winnesimet Ferry, leading from the foot of Hanover street,
in Boiton, to this town, is probably
the oldest establishment of the kind
in America.
The first grant was
setts, and W. by Vermont.
This
county contains 727 square miles.
Throughout the whole extent on
the west, it is watered by the Connecticut, the western bank of which
forms the boundary line between
New Hampshire and Vermont.
Ashuelot river is a considerable
stream, and is tributary to Connecticut river.
It has its source from
a pond in Washington, and after receiving two branches in Keene and
Swanzey, and several smaller
streams in Winchester, empties
iu'o Connecticut river at Hinsdale.
Spafford's Lake, a beautiful collec-
tion of water, of about 8 mile? in
circumference, is situated in Ches-
There
terfield.
is
a pleasant island
in the lake, containing about eio-ht
acres.
The Grand Monadnock^in
Dublin and Jafficy, is the highest
mountain, its attitude having been
repeatedly found to be more than
3,000 feet above the level of the
sea.
Bellows' Falls' in Connecticut river, at Walpole, have been
given to Thomas Williams, in 1631. regarded as one of the
greatest natThe distance across Charles river is ural curiosities in this county.
about a mile and a half. Neat and
The earliest settlement in this
commodious steam-boats are con- county was made about the
year
tinually running across this delight- 1732, at
Hinsdale, then a part of
ful stream, making the
Winnesi- Northfield, and under the governmet of the Indians the Hoboken of ment of Massachusetts. The counBoston.
ty was formed March 19, 1771, and
it probably received its name from
Clierryfield, Me.
Cheshire, one of the western counWashington co. At the head of ties in England.
The population
tide water, on both sides of Narra- of Cheshire
county in 1790, was
guagus river, with a handsome vil- 19,665, in 1800, 24,288, in
1810,
lage, and considerable trade. Incor- 24,673, in
1820,
porated, 1815.
Population, 1837,
1,000.
116 miles E. by N. from
Augusta, and about 35
Machias.
Clieslxire
W.
from
County, N. H.
Cheshire is one of the western
counties in this state.
Its length
is 31 miles
its greatest breadth 26
miles and its least breadth 15. It
is bounded N. by the county of
Sullivan, E. by Hillsborough county, S. by the state of Massachu:
:
26,843, in 1830,
27,016.
It has 22 towns :— 39 inhabitants to a square mile.
Keene,
the chief town, is nearly in the
centre of the county, and lies in
N.
lat.
42°
57'.
Cliesliire,
Mass.
Berkshire co. Cheshire has rendered itself worthy of its name by
its production of cheese of fine flavor and quality.
In 1801, the good
people of this place sent a cheese
to Mr. Jefferson, weighing about
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
1200 pounds. The value of wool,
the growth of 1836, sold for $5,522.
The Hoosack river passes through
the town. Although a mountainous township, the soil has been
rendered productive by the industry
It has some manuof the people.
125
factures of leather and shoes.
miles W. N. W. from Boston, and
16 N. by E. from Lenox. Population, 1837, 924. Incorporated, 1793.
CliesliLre , Ct.
New Haven co. Taken from
Wallingford in 1780.
It lies 14
miles N. from New Haven, and 25
Population,
S. E. from Hartford.
The Quinnipiac river
1880, 1,780.
and Farmington canal pass through
Cheshire has an unthe town.
even, but good soil, with a very
pleasant village, and an Episcopal
academy, 54 by 34 feet; a brick
building of considerable taste. Agriculture is the chief occupation of
—
the inhabitants.
Cbester, Me.
none in the state. There are several large and valuable meadows. In
this town are two caves, sometimes
visited by strangers.
That which
was earliest noticed,
Mine hill, near the
situated in
east side of
is
Massabesick pond.
The entrance
about 5 feet high and 2 1-2 wide.
The cavern extends into the hill, in
a northern direction, about 80 feet,
of sufficient dimensions to admit a
person to pass. Its form is very irregular, and its height and breadth
various, from 2 to 12 feet. The other is in the westerly side of Rattlesnake hill, in the S. W. part of the
town, in a ledge of coarse granite,
It has two
nearly 40 feet high.
entrances.
The north entrance is
about 11 feet high and 4 broad.
Native sulphur is found in this town
in small quantities, imbedded in
Granite and gneiss are
tremolite.
the prevailing rocks, and handsome
specimens of graphic granite are
The village in
sometimes found.
this town is pleasant, and stands
chiefly on a long street.
It is the
is
Penobscot CO, Incorporated, 1834.
Population, 1837, 323.
See Bar-
principal place of business in this
part of the county, and is situated
nard, Me.
on an elevated rise, commanding
one of the most extensive prospects
From this hill,
in New England.
the ocean, though more than 20
Chester, X. H.,
Rockingham
co., is
17 miles
W.
S.
W.
from Exeter, 30 W. S. W. from
Portsmouth, 17 N. W. from Haverhill, and 23 S. E. from Concord.
A branch of Exeter river, called
"The Branch," flows through the
E. part of Chester, beside which
there is no stream deserving menMassabesick pond is the largtion.
est body of fresh water in the county, and contains about 1,500 acres.
N.
The
line between
Manchester passes
town and
more than 2
this
miles through the westerly part of
The Indians had a setthis pond.
tlement of 10 or 12 wigwams on an
island in this pond, vestiges of
it is said, may still be seen,
considerable portion of the town
possesses a good soil, and many of
the large swells yield in fertility to
which,
A
8*
miles distant, may, in a clear day,
Population,
be distinctly seen.
1830,2,039. Incorporated, 1722.
Cliester, Vt.
Windsor
First settled, 1764.
Population, 1830, 2,320.
Three
considerable streams form William's
river and give Chester a good water
power.
The land is uneven, but
fertile and productive.
This is a
very pleasant town, with two handsome villages, manufactures of various kinds, and about 10,000 sheep.
This is a great thoroughfare for travellers from the eastern part of New
England to the Hudson river, near
Troy, N. Y. The passage over the
Green
co.
JNIountains, from Chester to
is considered the best
Manchester,
�NEW ENGLAND
in
tliis
lies 16
part of the state.
Chester
miles S. S. W. from Wind-
79 S. from Montpelier, and
about 30 E. N. E. from Manchester.
sor,
Chester, Mass.
Hampden
co.
Thi^s is a mountainous township, but good for grazing.
In 1837, it had 3,720 sheep
their wool weighed 10,325 pounds,
and sold for $5,818.
There are
2 cotton mills in Chester, 3 tanneries, and a window blind foctory.
Total amount of manufactures, in
one year, $47,975.
Branches of
Westfield river pass through the
tov/n.
Incorporated, 1765,
Population, 1S37, 1,290.
115 miles W.
by S. from Boston, and 20 N. W.
from Springfield.
;
Chesterfield, N. H.,
Cheshire co., is 11 miles S. W.
from Keene, and 65 S. W. from
Concord. Few towns on Connecticut river have so little intervale
land.
For the whole six miles that
it lies upon the river, the hills approach near the river's side. There
much good
upland, well adapted
grazing and the production of
Indian corn.
The chief articles
is
for
carried to market are beef, pork,
butter and cheese.
Cat's Bane
brook is a stream of great importance, as it furnishes many mill seats.
SpafFord's lake is a beautiful collection of water, situated about one
mile N. from the meeting-house.
it contains a surface of about 526
acres.
It is fed by springs in its
bosom. Its waters are remarkably
clear and pure, its bed being a white
sand.
In this lake there is an island of about six acres, which forms
a delightful retreat.
On its E. side
issues a stream called Partridge's
brook, sutTiciently large to cai-ry
the machinery of a cotton factory,
saw-mills, &c.
West river mountain lies in this town and Hinsdale.
It
is
supposed
to
have been once
subject to a volcanic eruption, and
GAZETTEER.
there is at present a considerable
quantity of lava near its crater.
It
is said by those who live near the
mountain, that it frequently trembles, and a rumbling noise is heard
in its bowels.
Chesterfield has 3
villages.
The principal one, leading from Hartford to Hanover, is situated near the centre of the town,
and 3 miles E. from Connecticut river.
Here are several dwellinghouses, the meeting-house and a
flourishing academy, which was
opened Aug. 14, 1794. The first
settlement was made Nov. 25, 1761,
on the banks of the Connecticut, by
Moses Smith and William Thomas,
with their families.
od, the river afforded
At
that peri-
abundance of
shad and salmon, and the forests
were well stocked with deer, bears
and other game, so that the inhabexperience those privations so common in new settlements. Population, 1830, 2,040.
itants did not
Chesterfield, Mass.
A
Hampshire co.
township of
rough, elevated land, 97 miles W.
from Boston, and 11 V/. N. W. from
Northampton watered by a branch
of Westfield river.
It has a good
;
power, 1 woolen mill, 2 tansome curious minerals, and
a water course, worn very deep
through solid rock.
Population,
There were sheared
1837, 1,158.
Vv^ater
neries,
Chesterfield, in 1837,
7,100
sheep, producing 20,800 pounds of
noble
wool, valued at $12,480.
in
A
example.
Chesterville, Me.
Franklin
co.
W^ilson's
stream
passes through this town, and empties below the falls of Sandy river.
Incorporated,
First settled, 1782.
Population, 1837, 1,040.—
1802.
This is an excellent township of
land. It yielded, in 1837, 4,046
bushels of wheat. It lies about 24
miles N. E. from Augusta, and 12
N. E. from Farmins;ton.
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
this
town,
Gay Head, in
yard.
of the island; it
is the south point
is
the sea, and is
the county of Piscataquis,
is 150 feet above
In
sheet of water through crowned with one of the five hghta lar-e
river passes
houses in this county.
which' the Penobscot
receives the Kahkoguamook
Gay Head is about 60 miles E
It also
Ihis
rivers.
E of Montauk, on Long Island,
and Umbazookskus
long and S and bears marks of having been
lake is about 25 miles
country around subject to volcanic eruptions. Ihe
miles wide. The
ot minfertile, and as
place abounds in specimens
this fine lake is very
wool
of geoloadapted to the growing of
erals worthy the notice
well
ot the
This part of the island is ingists.
and wheat as any portion
of the
is about
Its central point
habited by some descendants
elobe.
W. N. W. from Augusta. native Indians, who own part ot the
130 miles
Cliesuucoolc
Lialte,
Me.,
N
miles
co., is situated 8
Concord. It was granted
salt
manutac-
Gookin
was
Cliina,
e
the cultivator. There
any considerable
land, nor are there
The east part of the
elevations.
Suncook
town is watered by the
which affords its mill seats
is little
in-
Population,
corporated in
It lies 92 miles S. b.
700.
1S37,
Nantucket,
from Boston, 33 W. from
Bedford,
23 S E by S. from New
Edgarton.
S. W. by S. from
and 12
1714.
;
The
Chilmark was
sheep are kept.
20, 1727, to Nathaniel
was
others but the settlement
and
until 175S, when
not commenced
the woods.
Paul Morrill settled in
repays
ffood, and richly
soil is
May
some
is
about 7,000
tured at this place, and
Merrimack
E. from
There
lands.
Cliicliester, N. H.,
river,
intervale.—
and some productive
In variPopulation, 1830, 1,081.
the town are still to be
ous parts of
settlements
seen traces of Indian
;
Me.
Kennebec co. This is a townwhich proship of excellent land,
bushes of
in 1837, 12,953
duced,
la.ie,
is watered by a
wheat. China
Pond," a fine
or " Twelve Mile
Skaneminiature of the beautiful
New\or.v.
ateles,in the state of
into the
\t the outlet of this pond,
are excellent mill priv-
stone, chisels, Kennebec,
and implements of
the pond
frequently been ileges. On the bank of
axes. &c., have
once the is a very flourishing village, a steam
was
found. The vicinity
A vistribe, the saw-mill, and an academy.
residence of a powerful
Albion, Clinton,
plantations ot
to this place,
it
Penacooks, and their
neighboring
on the banks Dixmont, and the
corn, &c., were made
a doltowns, where wheat is worth
of the Suncook.
barn,
and a half a bushel in the
lar
Cliicltopee River, Mass.
against the ivestis a good specific
A trip from Boston to
Lei- ern fever.
river rises in Spencer,
This
back again may be perreceives the China and
cester and Paxton, and
number of hours
Broo*<- formed in the same
of Quaboag pond, in
waters
either ot the
it takes to go up
Warren. that
It passes through
field
miles, towards an unwaters canals 100
At Palmer it receives the and en- seen country. China lies 20 miles
and Swift rivers,
of Ware
from Augusta, 48 S. W. from
at the N. part N E.
ters the Connecticut
Boston. PopSouth Bano-or, and 138 from
from
S.
of Springfield, 7 miles
Hadley.
Cliilmark, Mass.
Dukes CO.
S.
and
W.
This town lies on the
part of Martha's Vine-
ulatfon, 1837, 2,641.
Chittenden County, Vt.
Burlington
This
county
is
is
the chief town.
bounded N. by
�NEW
ENiJLAND GAZETTEER,
Franklin county, E. by Washino-by Addison county
and W. by Champlain lake. Area'
500 square miles. Population, 182o'
16,055; 1830, 21,765.
Population
to a square mile, about
44.
ton county, S.
A
few settlements commenced in this
county before the revolution, but
they were all abandoned durinothe
war.
Incorporated, 1782.
vanes from rich
to
and
light
beautiful
Its soil
meadows
The
alluvial
sandy plains.
Champlain
washinoit great
western boundary gives
its
fa-
rivers are rich and luxuriant.
The
agricultural products are large
and
valuable.
The houses and buildings present a very favorable
appearance, and indicate the wealth
and prosperity of the town. In
this
town are a number of manufactories of cloth, paper,
leather, &c.
Claremont was granted in 1764.
In this town are "fine beds
of iron
ore and limestone.
It received
its name from the
country seat of
Lord Clive, an English
general.
Ihe
first
settlement
was made
in
cilities for trade to New
York and 1762, by Moses Spafford and
David
Canada. Its agricultural and manLynde. Many eminent men have
ufacturing products are considerresided in this town. The Hon.
Caable.
In IS37 there were in this leb
Ellis came to reside in
Clarecounty about 80,000 sheep.
La- inont about 1800. In
1804, he was
moille river passes through its N.W.
chosen a member of congress
from
corner, and Onion river pierces
its
this state
in 1S09 and ISIO, a memcentre. These streams, with severber of the executive council:
in
al others of smaller size,
afford the
1812, an elector of president and
county a good water power.
vice-president of the U. S. In
1813,
he was appointed judge of the
Cliittemleii, Vt.
;
su-
Rutland
in this
co.
town
lie
Most of the lands
on the Green moun-
Some of the branches of
river pass through it.
Near
the head of the Philadelphia branch,
so called, is a mineral spring,
said'
to contain some good
qualities.—
tains.
perior court, in
Manganese
oi an excellent quality
found here. In 1837 there were
in Chittenden about 700 people,
and
3,000 sheep.
About 12 miles N.
by E. from Rutland, and 40 N. by
E. from Montpelier.
Sullivan co., is 12 miles N. from
Charlestown, 8 W. from Newport
47 N. N. W. from Concord, and 97
W. N. W. from Portsmouth. This
town is watered by Connecticut and
summits.
on the
miles
from Boston, and 27 N.
from Lenox.
Incorpora-
W. by N.
by E.
ted, 1798.
hills are sloping
intervales
A
branch of Hoosick river passes through this
moun
tainous township.
It fies 125
Population, 1837, 386.
Clarksburghhas a small cotton mill,
5 saw mills, and 255 sheep.
crowned with elegant
The
soil is a gravelly loam,
with considerable alluvial meadow along
its
streams.
There are some manufacturing establishments in
Clai-ksbiirgli, Mass.
rivers,
besides numerous
brooks and rivulets.
Claremont is
a fine undulating tract of territory,
covered with a rich gravelly loam,'
converted into the best meadows'
The
ClarciitlcM, Vt.
Rutland CO. Otter creek. Mill
and Cold rivers and several
brooks
give this town good mill
privileges.
Here are good marble, a mineral
spring, and a curious cave.
The
Berkshire co.
Sugar
and pastures.
he re-
Clarenden, and about 13,000 sheep.
Pop.
ulafion, J.S30, 1,585. It lies 55
miles
S. from Montpelier, and
7 S. from
Rutland.
Claremont, N. H.,
acclivities,
office
mained till his death. May 9,
1816,
aged 49. Population, 1830, 2,526.'
White
is
which
,
�NEW ENGLAND
GAZETTEER.
have only to add that Cape Cod light
42° 2' 22"; W. Ion
i> in N. lat.
Clarksville, N. H.
This town was incorporated in 70^ 4' 22".
It liad before that lime borne
1S32.
Cape Cod bay is in Massachuthe name of tlie First College setts bay, and is formed by the half
Grant. It was granted to the trus- extended arm of the cape. See
tees of Dartmouth Coileoe, Feb. 5, Barnstable county.
It contains 40,li60 acres, and
17S9.
Colxasset, Mass.
river, in
is situated on Connecticut
Coos county, N. of Stewartstown.
town on MassaNorfolk CO.
88.
Its population, in 1830, was
chusetts bay, noted for its rocky
6
coast and numerous shipwrecks.
Clintou, Me.
miles E. from Hingham, 20 E. by
Kennebec co. This iine town- S. from Dedham, and about 16 SIncorship is hounded on the E. by Ken- E. from Boston, by water.
A
nebec river. The Seba-iicook passes through the town, and, at the
great
falls on that river, ahords it a
It has a neat and
hydraulic power.
pleasant village on the bank of the
manufactures,
Sebasticook, fome
and large agricultural products. In
1837 this town produced a considerable quantity of wool, and 10,807
Incorporated,
bushels of wheat.
1837, 2,642.
Population,
1795.
Clinton lies 24 miles N. by E. from
Augusta, and about 12 S. by E.
fiom Skowhegan.
Cobbessecontee "Waters, Me.
The pond is a fine sheet of walying
ter,
VV.
of Hallowell,
and
connected with smaller ponds in
Monmouth, Winthrop, Readfield,
The outlet
and Mount Vernon.
same
of the pond is a river of the
into a beautisee on the stage road
and empties into the
name, which passes
ful
pond
we
Richmond,
Kennebec
at
Gardiner.
m
These wa-
power,
ters afford a great hydraulic
an abundance of fish, and much delightful scenery.
Cobscook Bay, Me.
A
large bay, the recipient of a
number of large ponds, on the S.
W. side of Eastport, in Passamaquoddy bay. See Eastport.
Coa, Cape and Eay.
Having brietly described this
cape, under Barnstable county, we
porated,
1770.
Population,
1837,
This place has about 40 sail
of merchant, coasting and fishing
vessels, and a large tide-water powCob asset has become a great
er.
resort for citizens and strangers, in
summer months, to enjoy the maand
rine scenery, exhilarating air,
JVaall those pleasures for which
The value of
hajit is celebrated.
the fisheries, for the year ending
April 1, 1837, was $75,536. The
value of salt, vessels, boots, shoes,
and wooden ware manufactured,
1,331.
was $35,920.
Colcliester, Vt.,
Chittenden CO., is pleasantly situated at the head of a bay on the
E. side of lake Champlain, 36 miles
N. W. from Montpclier, and 6 N.
from Burlington. This town is well
watered by Onion river, and some
Colchester has
smaller streams.
some good and some poor land, some
trade on the lake, and about 4,000
First settled by Gen. Ira
sheep.
Allen, in 1774. Population, 1830,
1,489.
Colcliester, Ct.
New
London co. This is a pleatown the site of Bacon academy. It lies 20 miles N. W. from
sant
;
London, and 23 S. E. from
Hartford. First settled, 1701. PopThe surface
ulation, 1830, 2,068.
of the town is uneven, with a strong
New
�NEW ENGLAND
gravelly soil.
is found here.
Excellent iron ore
GAZETTEER.
a watchful guard over the
Devil^
the old black bull, who has done so
much hurt of late. All perceived
the wisdom and fitness of Mr. Bulkley's advice, and resolved to be
gov-
Rev. John Bulkley, a grandson
of president Chauncy, was the
first
settled minister in this place.
Mr.
Bulkley was a very distinguished
scholar.
He died in 1731. He
published a curious treatise, in
vvhich he contended that the
Indians had nojust claims to any lands
erned by
all
improved by their own
labor.
afflicted
told in
church."
Coletorook, N. H.,
an old book.
is
The consequence was,
animosities subsided, and
harmony was restored to the long
but such as they had subdued and
following story
it.
the
The
Coos CO., on Connecticut river
about 35 miles N. of Lancaster.
It
" The Rev. Mr. Bulkley of Colchester, Conn., was famous in his
day as a casuist and sage counsel-
watered by the Mohawk river
and Beaver brook. The soil here
is rich, and capable
of culture.
Inlor.
church in his neighborhood tervales of
good quality stretch
had fallen into unhappy divisions along
the Connecticut.
Colebrook
and contentions, which they were
was originally granted to Sir George
unable to adjust among themselves.
Colebrook
They deputed one of their number corporated and others, and was inDec. 1, 1790. There is
to the venerable Bulkley,
for his an academy in this
town, incorposervices, with a request that he
rated in 1833.
Population, 1830,
would send it to them in writing. 542.
The matters were taken into serious
consideration, and the advice, with
Colebrook, Ct.
much deliberation, committed to
Litchfield CO. An elevated townwriting.
It so happened, that Mr.
ship of a hard gravelly soil and
unBulkley had a farm in an extreme
even surface, on the line of Maspart of the town, upon which
he sachusetts 31 miles N. W.
from
entrusted a tenant.
In superscrib- Hartford, and 18
N. E. from Litching the two letters, the one for the
field.
The eastern part of the town
church was directed to the tenant,
is watered by Farmington
river.
and the one for the tenant to the
Here are a number of good mill
church. The church was convenseats, and a manufactory of
broaded to hear the advice which was to
cloth.
The village is very pleasettle all their disputes.
The mod- sant, having Mount Pisgah
in the
erator read as
IS
A
i
I
;
follows : You will see
to the repair of the fences, that they
be built high and strong, and you
loill take special care
of the old
black bull.
This mystical advice
puzzled the church at first, but an
interpreter
among
the
more
dis-
cerning ones was soon found, who
said, Brethren, this is the very
advice we most need ; the directions
to repair the fences is to admonish
us to take good heed in the admission and government of our members we must guard the church
by our Master's laws, and keep out
strange cattle from the fold. And
:
we must
in a particular
manner
set
rear.
First settled,
lation, 1830, 1,332.
1765.
Popu-
Coleraine, Mass.
Franklin co. This town was first
settled by a colony from the
north
of Ireland, about the j'^ear 1736.
It
lies 105 miles N. W. from
Boston
and 9 N. W. from Greenfield. It
IS watered by a branch of
Deerfield
river, which produces a water
power for 3 cotton mills and
several
other manufactories. The manufactures consist of cotton goods,
iron
castings, leather, hats, chairs,
cabinet ware, ploughs, spades, shovels,
forks,
and hoes
j
total
valucj in one
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
for the instruction
He removed his
of Indian youth.
family and pupils to Hanover, N.
H., in the autumn of 1770. The
opened a school
This is a fine graztownship, and produced, in
1837, 16,123 pounds of wool, valued at $9,133, the fleeces of 5,754
Population, 1837, 1,998.
sheep.
year, $91,000.
ins;
snow was very deep, and Hanover
" Sometimes
was a wilderness.
Colleges in Ne^v England.
standing in the open
air, at
the head
of his numerous fami'ly, Dr. Wheelock presented to God their mornthe suring and evening prayers
rounding forests, for the first time,
reverberated the solemn sounds of
See Register.
Colmu'bia, Me.
:
Washington co. At the head of
tide water, on the W. side of PleaIt is a very large townsant river.
ship, well provided with mill seats,
and was settled soon after the revIt lies 15 miles W.
olutionary war.
from Machias, and 120 E. by N.
from Augusta. Columbia has con-
siderable trade, particularly in lumPopulation, 1837, 793.
ber.
Colimiljia,
IV.
H.,
In the county of Coos, lies on the
E. bank of Connecticut river, 30
miles N. of Lancaster, and 147 N.
The surface of the
of Concord.
town is quite uneven, the mountains of Stratford lying along the
S. From these a number of streams
descend north-westerly into the
Connecticut, furnishing many fine
mill seats.
There arc
also several
small ponds in town. On the borders of one, called Lime pond, vast
quantities of shells are found, from
which a species of lime is made
answers for some uses. It
was incorporated 1797. Population,
that
1830, 442.
Colimi'bia, Ct.
Tolland co. Taken from LebaIt is 22 miles E. from
non, in 1800.
Hartford, and about 14 S. by E.
Population, 1830,
from Tolland.
Columbia is watered by a
branch of the Willimantic, and has
a satinet factory, and other ope962.
rations
by water.
The
surface
is
the soil hard and gravelly,
In this
but excellent for grazing.
place, about the year 1741, the Rev.
Dr. Eleazar Wheelock, the first
president of Dartmouth College,
uneven
;
supplication ajid praise." This good
man died in 1779, aged 69.
Concord, Me.
Somerset
co.
Incorporated
in
1821. Population, 1837, 524. Concord lies on the V*'. side of Kennebec river, 55 miles N. from Augusta, and about 20 N. from Norridgewock. This is a good township,
and produced, in 1837, 3,121 bushels of wheat.
Concoi'd, W. H.,
capitolof the state, and shire
of the county of Merrimack.
It lies on both sides of the INIerrimack river, in N. lat. 43° 12' 29",
The
town
W. Ion. 71° 29'; and is 146
miles S. W. from Augusta, Me.
97 S. E. from Montpelier, Vt.; 153
N. E. from Albany, N. Y. 65 N.
N. W. from Boston, Mass. 103 N.
from Providence, R. I. ; 139 N. N.
E. from Hartford, Conn., and 474
N. E. by E. from Washington.
There are five ponds in Concord,
the largest of which are Turkey, in
the S. W., and Long pond in the
N. W. parts of the town, on the
streams passing from which are
some valuable mills and privileges.
The Contoocook river enters the W.
corner of the town, and uniting
with the Merrimack on the N. W.
line, forms at its junction the celebrated Buston's Island. On the
borders of the Merrimack, which
is the principal river of this region,
are rich intervale lands, highly valued by the inhabitants, and well
Soon after «nt6ring
cultivated.
and
;
;
�NEW ENGLAND
Concord, the river passes over Sewor rapids, below which is
Sewall's island. Fro:a thence the
river has no natural obstruction until it reaches the falls at the S. E.
extremity of the town, where is a
fill's falls,
water power, now owned by the
Amoskeag Manufacturing Company, almost sufficient to move the
machinery of another Lowell.
Locks are here constructed, and
navigation by boats lias been open
since 1815 during the boating seasou, adding much to the business and
importance of the place. The river is aliout 100 yards wide opposite
the town
but during the great
;
freshets which sometimes occur
here, the river rises 20 feet above
the ordinary level, presenting to
the eye a body of water a niilc in
width. There are two handsome
bridges thrown across the river.
The principal village, and seat
of most of the business of the town,
is on the western side of llie river,
extending nearly two miles between
the two bridges
and is one of the
most healthy and pleasantly situated villages in Ncav England. The
state house, state prison and court
Louse, and five very comn:iodiou3
and handsome structures for public
worship, are in this village. The
state house occupies a beautiful site
in the centre of the village, and is
;
GAZETTEER.
will create a vast and valuable wapower at this village, that must
ultimately prove of immense imter
portance to the town.
Another
handsome village has grown up iu
the west part of the town.
The
intercourse with Lowell and Boston,
by way of the canal on the Merrimack, has been open since 1815,
and a very large amount of business in freights has been tlone on
The Concord rail-road,
the river.
to connect with the Lowell railroad, has also been sui-veyed, and
will doubtless soon be put in progress.
This is a link in the great
chain of noithern lailways, which
must ultimately extend fiom Boston
to connect with the western waters
at the outlet of lake Ontario.
The
importance of extending the railroad to the heart of New Hampsliire has by no means been fully
estimated by the public.
Concord
is the great thoroughfai-e for travellers from the north, and the freight
by horses and baggage wagons is
immense.
The
roil
of this
town
is
gcnei'al-
and the intervales very
productive.
Large masses of gianite suitable for the purposes of building exist here, the most important of
ly good,
The J\'ew Hampshire
name by which in an act of
incorporation an immense mass of
which
Ledge,
is
a
constructed of hewn granite.
It is
126 feet in length, 49 in width, 50
feet of the centre of the buildinghaving a projection of 4 feet on
granite in the N.W. part of the tow^n
has been designated. This ledge is
situated about 1 1-2 miles N. ^V of
the state house, and about 200 rods
each front.
It rises two stories
above the basement. The height
from the ground to the eagle on the
distant froni
top of the cupola is 120 feet.
The
cost of the building and append:iThe state prison is
ges, $80,000.
also a solid structure of nmssive
granite.
On the east side of the
river is the second principal village,
where the Sewall's f alls Locks and
Canal Company, recently chartered,
their
have commenced
works,
which, by taking the waters of the
river in a canal from Sewall's falls,
.
Merrimack
river, which
navigable to (his place with boats.
The course of the ledge is from N.
E. to S. W. and its rise about 45°
fiom a plane of the horizon, and its
height about 350 feet.
It pjesents
a suiface of massive
primitive
granite, of uiore than 4,500 square
is
The rift of this stone is very
perfect, smooth and regular; splits
are easily made to the depth of 12
rotls.
20 feet, and of almost any required length. And unlike much
of the building stone now in the
to
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
it has been ascertained by
a recent examination (made by Mr.
A. H. Hayes, of Roxbury, Mass.,
market,
and
other eminent
chemists and
geologists,) that the stone from this
quarry is perfectly free from those
oxides, or other mineral substances,
which on exposure to the atmosphere, mar the beauty of much of
This
England granite.
the
stone quarries easily ; the great elevation and dip of the ledge, and its
proximity to the river, giving it facilities of working and transportation,
it is believed unequalled. From the
base of the ledge to the bank of the
New
name
of Rumford, which name
retained until 7th June, 1765,
when the town was incorporated
by its present name. This town
suffered much from incursions of
the savages. Several of the inhab-
it
were
itants
into
killed,
captivity,
and
otiier?
taken
between the years
1740 and 1750. The manufactures
of Concord are numerous and viluable.
They consist of books, furniture of all kinds, boots, aiioe?,
granite, lumber, and a variety oi
other articles.
The manufacture
of books is very extensive, and annually increasing.
Population in 1775, 1,052 ; in 17S0,
Merrimack, a rail-way is contemplated, the proprietors of the ledge 1,747; in ISOO, 2,052; in ISIO,
having already obtained a charter 2,393 in 1820, 2,838 and in 1830,
for that purpose.
As the great fa- 3,727. The present population is
cility of transportation by way of between 4 and 5 thousand.
Among the early inhabitants and
the river to the markets, becomes
known, together with the fact, that distinguished citizens of this town,
the upward freight would, during a may t)e mentioned the following
great portion of the j'ear, go far
Hon. Timothy Walker, son
towards remunerating the cost of of the first minister of Concord, an
ti-nnsportation of this stone to the active patriot during the revolution,
seaboard the situation, extent, and member of the convention of 1784,
value of this quarry will be seen a legislator, and judge of the comand appreciated. On several large mon pleas. He died May 5, 1822,
perpendicular faces of the ledge, aged 85.
protected by shelving rocks from
Dr, Philip Carrigaik, an
vegetable stains, but exposed for eminent physician, who died iu
ages perhaps to the atmosphere, the 1806,
stone is found to be entirely free
Hon. Thot-ias W, Tkompsox,
from any coloring or stain, preserv- a distinguished lawyer and politiing its natural color.
The amount cian, who died 1 Oct., 1S21, aged
of the whole mass, when wrought, 57.
can scarcely be estimated.
This
Sir
Ben-jamin Thompson
representation is derived from gen- (known to the world as Coun^t
tlemen of Concord not at all in- Rumford) settled and married
terested in the quarry, and is here here in early life.
given, with the sole qualification,
Joii:\' Fart.ier, Esq,, an eminthat if the quality of the stone is as ent antiquary and genealogist, repure as is stated, there is no danger sided here for the last seventeen
of over-estimating the value of the years of his life, and died 13 Aug.,
quarry.
specimen of this granite 1838, aged 49. Mr. Farmer's health
is with the editor for examination.
was always exceedingly delicate
Concord, originally called Pena- he therefore, partly of necessity and
cook, was granted by Massachu- partly of clioice, adopted a very
setts to a company of settlers, 17th sedentary roode of life.
He colJan., 1725, and the settlement began lected around him books of ancient
the year following.
In 1733, the date gathered together earlj'^ recplantation was incorporated by the ords of towns notices of the first
;
;
:
—
A
:
—
9
—
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settlers
—
the country inquired
names, ages, characters,
of
into the
and deaths of distinguished men of
every profession entered into extensive correspondence with men
v/ho might be able to furnish him
with facts rehitive to the subjects of
his inquiry.
In short, Mr. Farmer
—
known as an Antiquarian, distinguisiied far beyond
soon became
fellow
his
al!
knowledge of
for exact
and events rel-
citizens,
facts
New
ative to the history of
England.
His mind was a wonderful
repository of names and dates and
particular incidents, not stored up
indeed for private gratiiication, but
always open for the benefit of othSo general and well established was his reputation for accuracy,
er?.
that his authority was relied on, as
decisive in historical and genealogical facts.
Feelings of personal attachment
and obligations for numerous invaluable tokens of friendship, received
editor, v/ould seem to require
a full length portrait of the character of this distinguished man and
estimable christian even in a work
of this kind ; and it should be given, had not an abler pen performed
that act of justice.
See American
by the
—
Quarterly Register.
Coiicord, Vt.
Essex
First
17SS.
the
Vv\ side of Connecticut river: 38
miles E. by N. from Montpelier,
and 18 S. V/. from Guildhall. Moose
river, a branch of the Passumpsic,
waters the north part of the town.
Hall's and Mile ponds are beautiful sheets of water, and afford a
variety of fish. The soil of the town
is pretty good, and keeps about 3,000
CO.
Population,
1830,
settled,
l,Ora.
On
sheep.
Co5icor«3, Mass.
One
of the
cliief
towns of Mid-
This town is situdlesex county.
ated on the river of the same name,
17 miles W. N. W. from Boston,
14 S. S. W. from Lowell, and 30 E.
N. £. from "Worcester, incorpo1635.
Population,
rated,
1820,
1,788
1837,2,023. This town was
the first inland settlement in the
colony of Massachusetts Bay. The
township was originally six miles
square, and derives its name from
the harmony in which it was purchased of the natives.
Its Indian
5
Musketaquid. It took an
active part in the prosecution of the
war against king Philip, in 1675-6,
and in April of the latter j'^ear, 10
or 12 of its citizens were killed, in
the attack made by the Indians on
the neighboring town of Sudbury.
title viTd.s
The general court has frequently
held its sessions in this town, and
in the year 1774 the provincial congress selected
On
meeting.
it
as their place of
the
li)th of April,
1775, a detachment of Bi'itish troops,
sent X3ut by Gen. Gage for the purpose of seizing a quantity of military stores which were deposited
here by the province, were met at
the North bridge by the citizens of
Concord and the neighboring towns,
and forcibly repulsed. It was at
this spot that the first regular and
effectual resistance was made, and
the first British life was taken, in
the war of the revolution.
The
graves of two of the British soldiers,
who Vfere killed at this place, are
still
marked, and a suitable monu-
ment
is erected near the site of the
bridge, to commemorate the event.
The monument is of granite, in the
form of an obelisk ; its height about
25 feet; the base, which is square,
is a large block 5 1-2 feet broad,
and about 3 in height. On the west
side of the next block, is inlaid a
i'lab of white
Italian marble, on
which is engraved the following in-
scription
:
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER^
consist of cotton goodSj satinet and
flannel, hoots, shoes, hats, ploughs,
Here,
On the
19th of April,
)77o,
Was made
The first forcible resistance
To British aggression.
On the opposite Bank,
lead pipe, chairs and cabinet ware.
value, in one year, exclusive of cotton goods, amounted to
The whole
$156,012.
Stood the American Militia.
Concord River.
Here stood the invading Array,
And on
this spot
of the enemy fell
In the War of that Revolution
Which gave
The
first
Independence
To
these United States,
And
In the love of freedom,
This Monument
Was erected
A. D. 1836.
of
:
'.-
In gratitude to God,
The manufactures
This river is formed by the union
Assabet and Sudbury rivers at
Concord after passing through the
towns of Bedford, Billerica, and
Chelmsford, it fails into the Merrimack between Lowell and Tewk?bury. This river furnishestheM'
dlesex canal with most of its ,> ..-
of
Concord
C5j-'i2'<
ters.
Counaiiicut Island*
See Jamestown, R.
I.
iTiCiCT.
-is bounded N. by ^Massachusetts, E. by Rhode Island,
Situated between
by Lung Island Sound, and W, by New York.
40° 58' and 42° 1' N. lat. and 72° 37' and 71° 43' W. Ion.
This state
S.
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
The
territory of Connecticut
The colony
and A''ew Haven.
was formerly two
Connecticut
colonies
was planted by
of Connecticut
citizens
of Massachusetts, at Windsor, in 1633, and at Hartford and Wethersfield,
The colony
in 1635 and 1636.
men,
till
was
settled
by English-
This charter was the basis of the gov-
granted by Charles the Second.
ernment
New Haven
of
In 1665, the two colomes were united by a charter
in 1638.
1818,
when
the present constitution
was formed.
The executive power of this State is vested in a Governor, and a Lieutenant-Governor, who is also President of the Senate.
The legislative power is vested in a Senate and a House of RepresenThe Senate
tatives, which together are called T7i,e General Jtssemhiy.
lowns may choose two Representatives
;
the others one each.
All the
Monday
of April.
above are elected annually by the people on the
The General Assembly has one
first Wednesday in May.
first
commencing
stated session in each year,
on the
the years of even numbers at
Most of the
more than 24 members.
consists of not less than 18 and not
These
New
sessions are held alternately, in
Haven, and in the years
of odd
num-
bers at Hartford.
The electors
who have
age,
are
the
all
white male citizens, of twenty-one years of
resided in the
town
in
which they vote
months next
six
preceding, and have a freehold estate of the value of seven dollars
who have performed
previous to the voting
Those
voting.
;
or
regular military duty in said town for one year next
;
or
who shall have
paid a tax within a year of his
entitled to be electors, before voting
must be qualified by
taking the oath prescribed by law.
No
person
one he
port.
is
is
liable
He may
obliged to join any religious society
by law
to
;
but having joined
pay his proportion of the charges
separate himself from such society
for its sup-
by leaving with the
clerk thereof notice of his determination to close his connextion with
them.
The
judicial
department of the government embraces the Supreme
Court of Errors, the Superior Court, a County Court in each county, a
City Court in each city, a Court of Probate in each probate
as in other states in
New
district,
and
England, an indefinite number of Justices of
the Peace in each county.
The Supreme Court
pointed
of Errors
consists of five
by the General Assembly, and hold
behavior, but not after seventy years of age.
Judges,
who
are ap-
their offices during good
They
are
subject to re-
moval by impeachment, and by the Governor, on the address of two thirds
of the members of each House of the General Assembly.
This court
has
final
and exclusive jurisdiction of writs of error, brought
to revise
the judgment on decrees of the Superior Court, in law or equity, wherein
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
the errors complained of appear from the
term
in
Though
each county annually.
nizance only of writs of error, yet, as
all
the
It holds
and records.
files
this
one
body, as a court, has cog-
members
are Judges of the
Superior Court, a convenient opportunity is afforded, while they are
thus assembled, for hearing argumencs on motions for new trials and cases
stated.
The
These, of course, occupy a considerable portion of the term
them are given by waj?^ of advice to
opinions of the Judges upon
the Superior Court, in
which the cases
are respectively pending.
This
being understood as settling the law.
is always followed, it
Judge of the Superior Court of Errors, designated by that court
the purpose, constitutes the Superior Court; two terms of which are
advice
A
for
This court has cognizance of
held in each county annually.
civil actions
law brought by appeal from the County, City, and Probate Courts,
and of suits for relief in chancery, wherein the value of the matter in
at
demand exceeds $335.
In criminal causes
it
has exclusive jurisdiction
of Oifences punishable with death or imprisonment for
rent with the
County Courts, of
Peace.
of the
jurisdiction of the Justices
and of
for divorce,
petitions for
new
and, concur-
It
has also cognizance of
;
of
of scire facias, audita querela, and
v.'rits
trials relative
;
decisions of inferior tribunals
writs of error brought to revise the
petitions
life
other offences not committed to the
all
matters in or issuing from the court.
to
In capital cases, the Judge holding the court
is to call to
his
assistance
one or more of the other Judges.
The County Courts
Judges,
who
Chief Judge and two Associate
This
consist of one
are appointed
annually by the General Assembly.
court has original jurisdiction of
all
civil
actions at law,
wherein the
value of the matter in demand exceeds $35, and appellate jurisdiction
It has
of all such actions wherein the value in demand exceeds $7.
also original
and
final jurisdiction of suits for relief in equity,
demand does not exceed ,$335, except
judgment rendered on a cause depending at law
the value in
a
wherein
suits for relief against
in the Superior
Court.
In criminal jurisdiction,
it
has cognizance of
all
ofTences above the
jurisdiction of a Justice of the Peace, and not exclusively within that
of the Superior Court.
It is also
vested with powers relative to the
granting licences, the appointment of
laying out of roads,
survey-
ors, &.C.
Justices of the Peace have cognizance of
nature, wherein the value in
offences and crimes punishable
onment not exceeding
In each of the six
demand does
by
fine not
all
actions at
law of a
civil
not exceed .$35, and of
exceeding
i^l, or
all
by impris-
thirty days, or both.
cities
— Hartford,
9#
New
Haven,
New
London, Nor-
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
"
wich, Middletown, and Bridgeport— there is a City Court, consisting of
Mayor and two senior Aldermen, having cognizance of all civil
the
wherein the
actions
of land
title
is
not concerned.
Succession of Governors since the Union of the Colonies under
the Charter in 1G65.
John Winthrop, 1665—1676.
Treat, 1683-1693.
Fitz-John
William Leet, 1676—1683.
Winthrop, 169S— 1707.
Robert
Gurdon Sal-
1708—1724.
Joseph Talcott, 1725—1741.
Jonathan Law,
Roger Wolcott, 1751—1754. Thomas Filch, 1754—1766.
William Pitkin, 1766—1769.
Jonathan Trumbull, 1769—1784. Matthew Griswold, 1734—1786. Samuel Huntington, 1786—1795. Oliver
Wolcott, 1796,1797. Jonathan Trumbull, 1798-1809. John Treadwell,
1809—1811. Roger Griswold, 1811, 1812. John Cotton Smith, 1813—
1817.
Oliver Wolcott, 1317—1827.
Gideon Tomlinson, 1827—1831.
John S. Peters, 1831—1833. Henry \V. Edwards, 1833, 1834. Samuel
A. Foot, 1834—1836. Henry W. Edv/ards, 1836—1839. William W.
tonstall,
1742—1751.
Ellsworth,
1839—
Succession of Chief Justices.
Eliphalet Dyer, 1789—1793.
Andrew
Richard Law, 1785—1789.
Adams, 1793—1797. Jesse Root, 1798-1807. Stephen M. Mitchell,
1807—1814.
Tapping Reeve, 1814, 1815.
Stephen T. Hosmer, 1819—1833.
1319.
Thomas
S.
WilUams, 1835—
Connecticut
New
Haven,
is
divided into the eight following counties
New
The
and Tolland.
valleys.
Zephaniah Swift, 1815—
David Daggett, 1833—1835.
— Hartford,
London, Fairfield, Windham, Litchfield, Middlesex,
face of the state
In general
it is
so
greatly diversified
is
by
hills
exceeding undulating or uneven, as
sent an everchanging variety of objects.
the north, which terminate near
New
The ranges
Haven,
and
to pre-
of mountains from
are not remarkable for their
is finely watered by the noble river
name, by the Thames, Housa'.^nick, NaugaThe soil varies from a gravelly loam
tuck, and other smaller streams.
elevation in this state.
fi-om
which
on the
former
it
derives
hills, to a rich
is
Connecticut
its
and exceedingly
more particularly adapted
lands, in possession of an industrious
abundance,
all
The mineral
class of
the varieties of products
resources of the
state are
freemen, yield,
common
to a
celebrated.
These
in
The mineral waters
at
;
great
northern climate.
not yet fully developed
iron and copper ores of excellent qualities are found
marble and freestone.
The
fertile alluvial in the valleys.
to grazing, the latter to tillage.
;
but
also, lead, cobalt,
Siaffbrd
are the
most
Manufacturing establishments are scattered over the state.
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
on
its
numerous delightful streams
trade, and
fisheries,
;
and foreign commerce, the coasting
enjoy an enviable position on the waters of Long
Island Sound.
Blessed with a salubrious climate and
Connecticut probably enjoy as
of
Her
any part of the
human
her domain
not extensive, no Atlantic
is
family.
fertile
much
country, the
happiness as
population
is
state
always
is
full,
has sent so
children, or so large a share of intellectual wealth,
people
allotted
to
and although
many
to the
of her
western
country, as Connecticut.
If the
love
of liberty, literature
and the
arts,
moral worth has an asylum on earth, Connecticut
to
be found within her bosom.
Connecticut River.
feeling and
boast that
it is
of Queechy, just below the
mouth of Waterqueechy river the
White river falls, below Hanover,
and the Fifteen Mile Falls, in N. H.
and Vt.; the falls at Montague and
falls
;
head, north of latitude 45°, it falls
Long Island Sound, in latitude
41° 16'. The breadth of this river,
at its entrance into Vermont, is
about 150 feet, and in its course of
60 miles it increases to about 390
feet.
In Massachusetts and Connecticut, its breadth may be estimated from 450 to 1,050 feet. It is
navigable to Hartford, 45 miles, for
vessels of considerable burthen, and
to Middletown, 30 miles from the
sea, for vessels drawing 12 feet of
water. By means of canals and other improvements, it has been made
navigable for boats to Fifteen Mile
Falls, nearly 250 miles above Hartford.
The most considerable rapids
in this river, are Bellows' Falls, the
into
may
See Register.
This beautiful river, the Quonektacut of the Indians, and the pride
of the Yankees, has it sources in
New Hampshire and the mountainous tracts in Lower Canada. Its
name in the Indian language is said
to signify Long River, or, as some
render it, River of Pines.
Its
general course is north and south.
After foi-ming the boundary line
between New Hampshire and Vermont, it crosses the western part of
Massachusetts, passes the slate of
Connecticut, nearly in its centre
and, after a fall of 1,600 feet, from
its
of social
;
—
South Hadley, in Mass., and the
Enfield, in Ct., where it
The perpentide water.
dicular height of the falls which
falls
at
meets the
have been overcome by dams and
locks
between Springfield, in Mass.,
in N. H., a distance
and Hanover,
Bars of
is 240 feet.
sand and gravel extend across this
river in various places, over which
boats with difficulty pass in low
The most important tribuwater.
taries to the Connecticut, in New
of 130 miles,
Hampshire, are Upper and Lower
Amonoosuck, Israel's, John's, Mascomy, Sugar, and Ashuelot rivers:
in Vermont, Nulhegan,Passumpsic,
Wells, Wait's, Ompomponoosuck,
W^hite, Waterqueechy, Black, Williams, Sexton's, and West rivers
:
in
Massachusetts,
field,
Agawam,
V/estfield rivers
;
DeerChickopee, and
and the FarmingMiller's,
ton, in Connecticut.
The intervales are generally
spread upon one or both sides of the
river, nearly on a level with its
banks, and extending from half a
mile to five miles in breadth ; but
its borders are in some places high.
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
1-ocky
and
spring
it
In the
banks, antl,
through its winding course of" nearly
400 miles, forms and fertilizes a
In point
vast tract of rich meadow.
of length, utility, and beauty, this
river forms a distinguished feature
of New England.
Large quantities of shad are taken
in this river, but the salmon, which
lormerly were very plenty, have
entirely disappeared.
Connecticut
river passes through a basin or valley of about 12,000 square miles
it is decorated, on each side, with
towns and villages of superior
beauty, and presents to the eye a
wonderful variety of enchantingscenery.
Con-ivay, N. H.,
precipitous.
overflows
its
;
Connecticut
laalce,
The source of one of the principal branches of Connecticut river,
is situated in latitude 4.5° 2' ; and is
5 1-2 miles in length, and 2 1-2 in
width.
It is supplied by several
small streams, rising in the highlands north of the lake.
Contoocook River, W.
II.,
Carroll co., on Saco river, is 72
miles N. N. E. from Concord, 60
N. by W. from Dover,and 57 N. W.
from Portland, Me. Swift river, a
considerable and very rapid stream,
Pequawkett river, and a stream taking its rise in Walker's pond, the
two
last
affording mill
privileges,
discharge themselves into Saco river in this town.
Saco river here is
from 10 to 12 rods wide, and about
2 feet deep ; its current rapid and
broken by falls.
This river has
been known to rise 27 and even
.30 feet in the course of 24 hours.
The largest collections of v/ater in
Conway are a part of Walker's
pond, and Little Pequawkett pond,
which lie in the south part of the
town. There is a detached block
of granite on the southern side of
Pine hill, the largest perhaps in the
state.
spring near the centre of
the town,on the bank of Cold brook,
strongly impregnated with sulphur,
has been viLsited frequently by the
infirm, and in many instances found
A
There are also in this
town large quantities of magnesia
beneficial.
A stream of considerable length and fuller's earth. The intervale
and importance, waters most of the
along the river is from 50 to 220
towns in the W. part of the county
rods wide.
The plain, when propof Hillsborough.
It has its origin
produces large
erly
cultivated,
from several ponds in JafFrey and
crops of corn and rye.
Conway is
Rindge, and in its course north requite a resort for travellers from the
ceives numerous streams from Dubeast and south to the White Mounlin,
Peterborough, Sharon, Neltains.
From Conway village to
son, Stoddard, Vv'ashington, Antrim,
Crawford's house, at the Notch, is
Deering, and Hillsborough.
In 34 miles N. W. Daniel Foster, in
Hillsborough it takes a N. E. and
1765, obtained a grant of this towneasterly direction, and proceeds
ship, containing 21,040 acres, on
through Henniker to Hopkinton,
condition that each grantee should
where it receives Warner and Black- pay
a rent of one ear of Indian corn
water rivers.
From Hopkinton, annually for the space of ten years,
it pursues a
meandering course if demanded. Pop. IbSO, 1,601.
through Concord, and discharges
Con^tvay, Mass.
itself into the Merrimack between
Concord and Boscawen. Near the
Franklin co. This town is dividmouth of this river is Dustoti's ed from Shelburne, on the north,
Island, celebrated as the spot where by Deerfield river. It lies 100 miles
Mrs. Duston destroyed several In- W. by N. from Boston, and 7 S. W.
dians, in
from Greenfield.
Incorporated,
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
A
Population, 1837, 1,4-15.
1767.
tributary of Deerfield river passes
The manuits northern border.
factures of Conway consist of cotton
and woolen goods, leather, boots,
shoes, hats, chairs and cabinet
Total amount, year ending;
ware.
and Kilkenny; Pilot and Mill mountains in Stark
Cape Horn in Northumberland, and Pondicherry, S. W.
;
of JeiFerson, are all of considerable
magnitude, and partake of the grandeur of the While Hills. In the
neighborliood of high mountains are
April 1, 1837, $22,475. The value generally found the ioupces of our
of wool grown, the same j'car, was greater rivers.
Three of the prinEngland, the
^5,072, comprising 4,830 fleeces, cipal rivers of
weighing 14,490 pounds.
Connecticut, Androscoggin and Saco, take their rise in this county.
Cooper, Me.
There are numerous other streams
Washington co. Denny's river, which become tributary to these
emptying into Meddybemps lake, rivers, the principal of which are
and both discharging into the river the Mohawk, Amonoo-uck, Israel's
St. Croix at Baring, water the north and John's rivers.
The Margallapart of this town.
It lies 164 miles way, after receiving the waters of
E. N. E. from Augusta, and about Dead and Diamond rivers, unites
Popu- with the Androscoggin, near Um3fi miles N. from Machias.
lation, 1837, 571.
bagog lake. This lake lies principally in Maine.
Lake ConnectiCoos County, N. H.
cut is situated north of the 45th deCoos is the largest county in
gree of latitude, and is one of the
Hampshire, and within its limits sources of Connecticut river. The
are situated the contested Indian largest pond in this county lies N.
Stream territory and the greater of lake Connecticut, and is connectpart of the ungranted lands. Large ed with it by an outlet.
portions of this county are exceedThe first settlement in the coun-
New
New
was made at Lancaster in 1763.
The county was incorporated Dec.
settled.
This county extends from 24, 1803, and the name is of Indian
lat. 43^ 58' to the extreme north
origin, although the same name ocbeing 76 miles in curs in the New Testament. The
part of the state
length, and having a mean width population in 1820 was 5,549
and
The area of in 1830, 8,3&0. Coos contains 23
of about 20 miles.
ingly mountainous, cannot be cultivated, and will probably never be
ty
—
;
county is estimated to contain
1600 square miles, or, in round
this
towns, and five inhabitants to a
square mile. Lancaster, Shiretown.
numbers, 1,000,000 of acres. It is
Corin.ua, Me.
bounded N. by Lower Canada, E.
Situated 53 miles
Somerset co.
by Maine, S. by the county of
Sti-afFord, W. by Grafton county
N. E. from Au<rusta. and about 35
and the state of Vermont. Besides E. N. E. from Norridgewock. Inthe stupendous pile of the Vv'hite
Mountains, which distinguishes this
county, there arc several other
mountains of no inconsiderable
height.
Those in Shelburne, Jackson and Chatham, on the east side
of the White Mountains, are bold
and abrupt. The Peak and Bowback mountains in Stratford the
elevations in Dixville, Columbia
;
corporated, 1816. Population, 1837,
1,513.
In 1837, 8,864 bushels of
wheat were raised in this valuable
township.
Corintli,
Me.
This delightful
Penobscot co.
81 miles IS.
E.
township lies
from Augusta, and about 25 N. W.
It is watered by
from Bangor.
�\
NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
Kentluskeag stream, and produced,
1837, 9,017 bushels of wheat.
in
Population, same year, 1,232.
Corintli, Vt.
Two branches of
water this town. It is
20 miles S. E. from Montpelier, and
10 N. E. from Chelsea.
First setOrange
co.
way
of experiment, raised 7000
bushels of wheat.
Incoi-porated,
1793.
Population, 1837, 2,112.
Bounded S. by Skowhegan: 38 miles
N. from Augusta, and about 13 N.
E. from Norridgewock.
"Wait's river
tled, 1777.
Population, 1S30, 1,953.
pleasant, with a rough,
Corinth is
strong soil, and very healthy; it
has some water power and keeps
about 7,000 sheep.
Coriiisli,
York
CO.
Me.
Bounded N. by the Saeo
and Great Ossipee rivers. 83 miles
S. W. from Augusta, 32 W. by N.
from Portland, and 25 N. from Alfred.
Incorporated, 1794. Population, 1337, 1,130.
Cornish produces
§ood crops of wheat and some wool.
Coin wall, Vt.
Addison
This is a level townCO.
ship of excellent land, watered by
Otter creek and Lemonfair river, but
without any good mill sites.
Notwithstanding there is a very large
swamp in this town, the people are
healthy, and many live to a very
great age.
Veiy beautiful calcareous spar, in rhomboidal crystals, is
found here.
The population of
Cornwall, in 1830, was 1,264. The
number of sheep, in 1337, was about
16,000.
It lies 75 miles S. W. from
Montpelier, and bounded N. E. by
Middlebury. First settled, 1774.
Covnisli, W. H.,
Coi'n^vall, Ct.
Sullivan co., is 17 miles N.
from Charlcstown, 50 N. W. by W.
from Concord, and 12 N. W. from
Ne wpoj-t. Connecticut river waters
the west part of this town, and by
means of a bridge connects Cornish
This mountainous
township lies on the east side of
Housatonick river, 38 miles W.
from Hartford, 48 N. from New Haven, and 13 N. by W. from Litch-
with Windsor, Vt.
The
soil is
gen-
erally fertile.
The town is hilly,
with the exception of that part
which lies on the river. Blow-me-
down and Bryant's brooks are the
only streams of any magnitude
these aiford good mill privileges,
which
are improved for a woolen
factory, a large number of saw, and
other mills.
The agricultural products of this town are very considerable.
Cornish was granted June
21, 1763, to Rev. Samuel McClintock, of Greenland, and 09 others.
The town was
settled in 1765.
Population, 1330, 1,687.
much choice
land in Cornville.
in 1837,
First settled, 1740.
A
by
Popu-
1830, 1,714.
The scenery
about the south village is very beau" The cheerful appearance
tiful.
of the church and the little cluster
of white buildings surrounding it,
at the bottom of a deep valley, is
uncommonly pleasing. The mounlation,
and lofty hills which rise immediately on almost every side,
shutting out, in a sense, the most of
the world from this apparently retired spot, present a bold and most
striking feature in the landscape."
This village is the place where a
Foreign Mission School was estabtains
lished in 1318.
Comville, Me,
few of the inhabitants,
field.
"This school had
from the attempt to qualify
Obookiaa, a pious Owyheean youth,
and others, for missionaries to their
native lands, Obookiah was brought
to this country in 1308, and came to
New Haven. Vf bile here, Samuel
J. Mills, a student in Yale Colits rise
Somerset co. This town is well
watered by the Wessaransett river,
a branch of the Kennebec.
There
is
Litchfield co.
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
revolutionary
Population, 1330, 441.
commencement of the
pious persons, comlege, and other
instructed
miserating bis condition,
the Christian '-f'^-^o"-him in
war.
Coventry, Vt.
hopeluby
Ooookiah soon became
advocated a mispious, and strongly
Other nasion to his countrymen.
and
island were found
tives of his
for their
a school was established
In 1^20 the
benefit at Cornwall.
was
number of pupils in this school
19 were American In2y, of wbom
islands ot tne
dians, and 6 from the
This is a good townBaris watered by
Black rivers, two good
ton's and
north into
mill streams, running
Orleans co.
ship of land, and
Memphremagog
First
lake.
set-
Population, 18o0, /-.».
tled 1800.
lies in
The south part of the lake
and gives it some trade
Coventry,
Here are abou 2,o00
Obookiah sicKeiiod to Canada.
ocean.
Pacific
Coventrv lies 47 miles JN.
sh-eo
be
and died in Cornwall in 1S18. 1
Montpelier, and has Irason his by E. from
following is the inscription
burgh on the south.
grave
monument in the village
yard.
Coventry, K.
^,
a native of
.
.
a very large
of
rise to the l-or
country gave
which he
ei-n Missimi School, of
this
was
a
worthy member.
He was
designed
once an Idolater, and was
Priest but by the grace
for a Pa-an
and inGod, and bv the prayers
;
of
became
structions of pious friends,he
He was eminent tor
a Christian.
VV
zeal.
piety and missionary
I.
^
Henry Oooolao.t,
Owyhee. His arrival in
"In memory
hen
return to his naalmost prepared
the go?pel, bod
tive isle to preach
In his last
to himself.
him
Kent CO. This is
the nor h
township, extending to
and admirably
line of Connecticut,
and by
watered by numerous ponds
important branch ol
Vlat river, an
Coventry has long
the Pawtucket.
vafor the number and
been noted
manufactures, particuriety of its
1 he soil
wool.
larly of cotton and
well adapted to agriof the town is
pursuits it is well i.nprovcultural
:
of the proed and a large amount
&c., is annually
ducts of the dairy,
took
There are a number ot
and prayed :ov produced.
Coventry, all
sickness he wept
we nlpa.ant villages in
both
Owyhee, but was submissive,
Lf'which are ^flourishing
a heavenly
i hjs
died without fear, with
and ti-ade.
and glory manufacturing
for its pat..mile on his countenance
was distinguished
1818, aged town
revolutionaiy
in his soul, Feb. ITtb,
,io^-m during the
26."
Coventry was incorporacontest.
\.
It lies 10 miles fe.
Coventry, N. H.,
ted in 1742.
Providence, and 8 N.W.trom
N. N. fPom
Grafton co., is 70 miles
Population, iboO,
t. b. £.. East Greenwich.
from Concord, and 12
town is wa- 3,851.
from Haverhill. This
Oliverian broo^i
co"i'«-i^*i'y> ct.
tered bv branches of
Amonoosuck rivers. In
Wangombog, a
and Wild
Tolland CO. The
is Moosethe S. E. part of Coventry
and the Skungamug,
Owl-head moun- beautiful pond,
give
hillock mountain.
and Willimantic rivers,
W. part of this town Hop
power. In
tain lies in the
a good water
rough and Coventry
Coventry presents a
town are two
the south part of the
and the soil
to
m
W
m
mountainous aspect,
several parts
tivation.
is
not capable
ol
cul-
ed
This town was gran
Theopbi us Fi ch
Jan. 31, 1764, to
and others, and was settled
after the
manufacto-
cotfon and two woolen
and otncr imries a machine shop
operations by
portant mechanical
gut ot a
This town was the
water.
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
Mohegan Sachem, and was first setThe surface is un-
tled in 1700.
even, and the
Coventry
soil a
lies
gravelly loam.
18 ^niles E. from
Hartford, and bounded N. by
Tolland. Population,
1830,2,119. This
town is celebrated as the birth
place
of Capt.
Nathan Hale,
unteered his services
who
vol-
Washino-ton
to discover the position
of the
my on Long Island. He fell a eneto
mar-
tyr to American liberty.
Sent 22 '
^
1776, aged 22.
LoRKjvzo Dow, an itinerart
preacher, celebrated for his
eccentricity was born in Coventry,
October, 16, 1777. It is said
that durinthe 38 years of his ministry he
travel
1
duction of fruits and vegetableg
than for grain.
Some parts of the
town are very fertile, but considerable of the land is rough and
uneven.
Providence market
is
suppUed with
a considerable amount
of the products of the town.
The manufacture of cotton is very
extensively
of the
Pawtuxet and Powchasset are constant and abundant.
Cranston is a
very pleasant town, and its
proximity to Providence, (only
five miles
south west) gives it peculiar
privileges.
Population, 1830, 2,653.
pursued.
The water power
Cra-%vfoi-tl,
Washington
Me.
m this and foreign countries two 1828. This is a
good township of
hundred thousand miles. He died
at land, and was foi-merly
called AdGeorgetown, D. C, Feb. 2, 1834
ams. A large pond in
Crawford
and apart of another are the
Craftstowry, Vt.
sources ol a branch of East
Machias
Orleans co. Col. Ebenezer Crafts
river.
Population, 1837, 311. Lowas the father of this little
led
co.
Incorporated,
repub- cated about 30 miles N.
from Mahonored, in chias and 140 E.
N. E. from AuCraftsbury was gusta.
It lies 25 miles S
of the Canada line, 25
Crooked River, Me.,
miles N. from
Montpelier, and about 15 S. S
Rises in ponds in Oxford county:
from Irasburgh. Population,
1830^ passes through Harrison,
Otisfield
^^^^ *°^^" ^"^ ^"^ly watered and
Raymond, and joins the outlet
? Black
by ;„
river, Wild Branch, and
ol Long poad into
Sebago lake.
5 large natural ponds well stored
witn trout. The village in
Cross Island, Me.
the cen-
^^
^'^^'
1810, aged 70.
settled in 1789.
,o*
™"^h
W
tre
of the town is elevated,
coma delightful prospect.
manding
Craitljei-2-y
A
Islands.
Hancock co. These islands were
^tached to the town of
Moun^
large island, off
Machias bay,
attached to the town of Cutler.
Croydon,
Siillivan co.,
is
li,
44
M.,
m.iles
N. N.
W. from Concord, and 8 N. from
when thev were Newport. The N.
branch of Suincorporated. They lie a
few miles gar river waters this town.
On this
i^. by S,
from Mount Desert and
stream is a woolen
pesert unlil 1830,
embrace Great and
Little
ry
Cranber-
Sutton's and Baker's
islands.
islands afTord good harbors
and are well located for
the shore
tishery.
Population, 1837, 183.
These
Cranston, R,
Providence
town
is
co.
The
more favorable
I.
of thi'^
for the prosoil
factory and other
mills.
Croydon mountain is of considerable elevation, on which
are
two small ponds. The soil of Croydon is moist and rocky, and pioduces valuable ciops.
Croydon was
granted by charter to Samuel Chase,
and others. May 31, 1763. It
was
settled in 1766.
1,057.
Population, 1830.
*
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
Cumberland County, Me.
Portland, chief town. Bounded
N. by Oxford county, E. by Lincoln county, S. by the Atlantic
ocean, and W. by York county and
Area about 990
a part of Oxford.
Population, 1820,
square miles.
49,445; 1330,60,113; 1837,67,619.
This is an excellent county of land,
and under good cultivation. The
commerce and manufactures of
Portland and neighboring towns
Casco bay is
is very extensive.
within the county, and affords it
unrivalled privileges for navigation
and the fisheries. It is watered by
several large mill streams and the
Cumberland and Oxford canal to
Sebago lake, within the count\%
gives to its chief town considerable
inland trade.
In 1837 there were
37,803 bushels of wheat raised in
the county, and it contained 71,000
sheep.
;
Cuuiberlaiid, Me.
Cumberland co. Setoff from the
westerly part of North Yarmouth
in 1821.
Population, 1837, \,51o.
54 miles S. Vv\ from Augusta, and
10 N. from Portland.
Cumberland
is pleasantly situated on Casco bay,
and enjoys many navigable facili-
Westfield river. It is a mountainous township but excellent for grazing.
It produced, in 1837, 12,486
pounds of merino wool, the weight
of 4,162 fleeces, valued at $7,492.
The manufactures of Cummington
consist of cotton and woolen goods,
leather, palm-leaf hats, and scythe
snaiths.
Total value, in one year,
J^9S,000.
Iron ore and soapstone.
Lincoln co.
Situated on Saint
George's river, opposite to the town
of St. George
45 miles N. E. from
Augusta, and about 12 miles S. from
Warren. This place was settled by
emigrants from Ireland, as early as
;
1733.
Here was the celebrated
stone fort, erected by Maj. Burton.
Incorporated, 1789.
Population,
1837, 732.
Cutler, Me.
Washington
co.
Cumberland, R.
Providence
I.
The manufac-
co.
ture of cotton and boat building
i
-
extensively puisued in this town.
Pawtucket, Mill and Peter's rivers,
and Abbot's run, afford the town
a good hydraulic power.
There is
some good land in Cumberland,
producing a variety of articles for
Providence market from v/hich it
is distant 8 miles N.
Population,
1830, 3,675. See Smithfield.
;
Cummiugtan, Mass.
Hampshire
co. Located 110 miles
from Boston, and 20 \V. N. W.
from Northampton. Incorporated,
1779.
Population, 1837, 1,204. In
this town are cood mill seats oa
W.
10
S.
by
Little river, and is bounded "W, by
Machias bay.
Cutler has a good
harbor, and a population of 667
164 miles E. by N. from Augusta,
and 10 S. E. from Machias.
Dalton,
ties.
Bounded
the Atlantic Ocean, and about 20
miles S. W. from Yv'. Quoddy Head.
It contains Little Machias bay and
-X.
H.,
Coos CO., lies between Lancaster and Littleton, on Connecticut
river, and is 110 miles N. by Y/.
from Concord. The Great, or Fifteen Mile Falls, on Connecticut
river, commence in Dalton, and
rush tumultuously along its northwest boundary. The town is also
watered by John's river and several large brooks.
The western and
southern parts of this town are hilly.
Along the borders of John's river
the majestic white pine abounds.
The soil on the highlands is deep,
and well adapted to grazing is
generally good, and in some parts
easy of cultivation. Blake's pond,
the only one in town, lies at the S.
E. corner.
Moses Blake and Wal-
—
�NEW ENGLAND
were the first settlers of
Dalton, and, with their families, for
a long time the only inhabitants.
Dalton was incorporated Nov. 4,
17S1.
Population, 1S30, 532.
iJlake was a famous hunter, and
the moose which frequented the
GAZETTEER.
ter Bloss
pond called by his name often fell
by the accuracy of his shots. Blake
and Capt. Bucknam, (one of the
of Lancaster,) on a
hunting excursion, fiied at a mark,
settlers
first
on asmdlbet. Bucknam fired hist,
and cut, at the distance of twenty
rods, near the centie of a mark
not larger than a dollar.
Blake
then fired, and on going to the tree
on which the mark was made, no
trace of the ball could be discovered.
Bucknam exulted: "Cutout
your ball," said Blake, " and you'll
find mine o'top on't."
The operation being performed, the two balls
were found, the one safely lodged
upon the other,
IPaltoii,
boots and shoes.
Total amount in
one year, $47,813. In 1837, the
product of 4,2.38 sheep was 11,852
pounds of wool, valued at $5,725.
Me.
This river has its source in ponds
in Jefferson and Nobleborough
its
general course is southerly between
Newcastle, Edgecomb and Boothhay, on the west, and Bristol on the
east.
It is navigable for vessels of
any burthen 16 miles, to the bridge
;
crosses
it
between
New-
and Nobleborough. Large
quantities of lumber descend, and
many merchant ships arc built on
this broad and navigable arm of the
castle
sea.
Woi'ccster co. Dana lies 65 miles
from Boston, and 27 W. N. W.
from \Vorcester.
branch of Swift
river passes through the town.
Some leather is tanned in Dana;
and 70,000 palm-leaf hats were
A
made
in
1836',
Inccporated,
1837,
valued
1781.
$10,500.
Population,
at
6()0.
Danbiiry, W. H.,
Is in the S. part of
and
It is
Grafton county,
the form of a diamond.
IG miles S. by W. from Ply-
lies
in
mouth, and 30 N. W. from Concord.
This town is generally hilly, although thei-e are some intervales.
In the N. E. part is a large hill.
eastern section is watered by
Smith's river.
The first settlement was made in Nov. 1771, and
incoiporated June 18, 1795.
Population, 1830, 786.
The
DaiilJiiry, Ct.
consist of woolen cloth, iron castings,
paper, ($37,500,) leather,
I5am«i.-lscotta Hiver,
Mass.
W.
Mass.
Berkshire co. Dalton lies 120
miles W. from Boston, and 13 N.
by E. from Lenox. Incorporated,
17S4.
Population, 1837, 830.
It
is watered by the E. branch of Housatonick liver.
Its manufactures
which
IDaiia,
One
of the shire towns of Fair-
county.
Danbury, the Pahqvioque of the Indians, was first
settled in 1684.
The soil of the
town is good, and agreeably diverfield
sified by hills and valleys.
The
borough or village is vei-y pleasantly situated in a valley, and is me-
moi-able for its sacrifices in the
revolutionary war.
It was nearly
destroyed by the British, with a
large amount of continental stores,
April, 1777.
It lies 22 miles N.
from Norwalk, 86 S. S. W. from
Litchfield, and 55 S. W. by W.
from Hartford.
Robert Sandemaat, the founder of a religious sect,died at Danbury in 1771, aged 53. See Bethel, Ct.
Daiiby, Vt.
Rutland co. Situated near the
head waters of Otter creek, 17 miles
S. from Rutland, and QS S. S. W.
Fii-st
from Montpelier.
settled,
Population, 1830, 1,362.—
176S.
The surface of the town is rough
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
and mountainous, but productive
of
extraordinary feed
Some
of
the
country are
in
best
cattle.
for
dairies
Danby.
in
the
of butter and cheese, of supeare annually sent to
There are some curious
market.
caverns in this town, one of great
rior quality,
—
depth.
This flourishing town
N. W. from Salem, to
which it was attached until 1757,
and called " Salem Village." It is
very pleasant, and has some mill and
The manunavigable privileges.
Essex
CO.
miles
factures, for the year
ending April
amounted to $354,300.
articles manufactured were
1837,
The
Chief town of Caledonia county.
Danville village is very pleasantly
situated near the centre of the town,
and is suirounded by a beautiful
farming country first settled, 1784.
Charles Hacket brought the first
woman into town, in 1785. PopuIt lies 28 miles
lation, 1830, 2,631.
N. E. from Montpelier. Here is a
and Jo's pond,
medicinal spi-ing
covering 1,000 acres, lies mostly
Several tributaries of
in the town.
the Passumpsic give the town a good
This is a place of
water power.
considerable manufactures and domestic trade.
:
Daiivers, Mass.
1,
Pop-
Danville, Vt.
Large quan-
tities
lies 2
cord, and 10 S. W. of Exeter.
ulation, 1830, 528.
boots and shoes ($435,1)00,) leather,
($264,400,) nails, bricks, pottery
ware, glue, lasts, morocco, chocolate, shoe pegs, shoe and soap boxes,
soap and candles. Population, 1830,
4,228 ; 1837, 4,804.
Danville, Me.
;
Darien, Ct.
Until 1820, Darien
Fairfield co.
was a parish in the tOAvn of Stam-
The soil is excellent, and well
adapted to tillage and grazing. It
lies 5 miles W. from Norwalk, and
42 S. W. from New Haven. Population, 1830, 1,201.
ford.
Cumberland co. This town, forDuring divine service, on Sunmerly called Pejepsco, was set off
from the westerly part of North day, 22d of July, 1781, a party of
Population, British troops surrounded the meetYarmouth, in 1802.
ing house at this place, and made
the whole congregation prisoners.
Farming is the principal The males were tied, two and two,
land.
they and the Rev. Moses Mather, D. D.,
business of the inhabitants
raised, in 1837, 1,218 bushels of a man distinguished for his learning
and piety, placed at their head.
wheat.
They were marched to the shore,
Danville, ]V. H.
taken to Long Island, and afterBockingham CO. It was incorpo- wards to New York, where they
rated February 22, 1760 ; formerly suffered a cruel imprisonment.
a part of Kingston, and until re- Some of them never returned.
cently known by the name of
Dartnioutli, Mass.
Hawice. The soil is uneven, but in
The Aponiganset of
Bristol CO.
some parts good. Acchusnut river
sea-port on Buzpasses over the north west corner. the Indians.
Long pond lies in the east part, and zard's bay, on the W. side of AcThe cushnet river, 56 miles S. from BosCub pond on the west side.
ton, and 3 W. from New Bedford.
first settlements were made by JonPopulation,
athan Sanborn, Jacob Hook, and Incorporated, 1664.
There are 5 vessels
others, between 1735 and 1739. 1837, 3.958.
Danville lies 33 miles S. E. of Con- belonging to this place engaged in
It lies 32 miles S. W.
1837, 1,282.
from Augusta, and 29 N. from Port-
;
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A
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
the whaling business, and a number ia coasting;, and other fisheries.
The pioduct of the whale, cod and
mackerel fisheries the year ending April 1, 1837, amounted to
^93,103. The value of wool grown
was $2,110.
The value of salt
manufactured, of vessels built, of
leather tanned, and of boots and
shoes made, was $27,910.
Population,
river, in
Maine,
Hancock
is
an im-
;
Dead
river, in
New
co.
Incorporated, 1837.
bounded on the W. by Ellsworth. Union river passes through
In 1837 it had
its N. W. corner.
a population of 427, and produced
It
is
1,550 bushels of wheat.
Dedliam, Mass.
portant tributary to the Kennebec.
It rises on the border of Lower
Canada, in the county of Franklin.
It passes in a S. E. direction 40 or
50 miles ; then N. about 10 it then
changes to the E., and after passing
about 15 miles it falls into the Kennebec, about 20 miles below Moose
Head lake. The lands on Dead
river and its numerous tributaries
are very fertile and heavily wooded.
Dead Stream, in Maine, is a considerable tributary to the Penobscot, from the west.
It empties at
Orono, opposite to the Indian village.
rises in the
15 miles
Dedliam, Me.
Dead Rivers.
Dead
1837, 799.
N. from Augusta.
Hampshire,
N. W. corner
of the
Coos county, and after receiving several tributaries it falls
into the Margallaway.
state, in
Deanfield, Me.
at the
N. W. corner
Hancock county, between Passadumkeag river and Olammon
stream.
See Barnard, Me,
Located
of
Dearborn, Me.
Norfolk CO. County town. This
town is on Charles river, with a good
water power. It is 10 miles S. W.
from Boston, 35 E. from Worcester,
35 N. W. from Plymouth, 26 N. by
W. from Taunton, and 30 N. E.
from Providence. It has a beautiful court house of hewn granite.
railIts Indian name was Tiot.
road from the centre of the town
meets the Boston and Providence
rail-road, about two miles at the
eastward.
The manufactures of
Dedham the year ending April 1,
1837, amounted to $510,755. They
consisted of cotton and woolen goods,
leather, boots, shoes, paper, mar-
A
bled paper, iron castings, chairs,
cabinet wares, straw bonnets, palmleaf hats, and silk goods.
The value of silk goods manufactured was
$10,000. Dedham village is very
pleasant, and possesses every inducement to render it a desirable
residence for the mechanic or man
of leisure. Population, 1837, 3,532.
Deerfield,
]V.
H.,
Rockingham
co., is 18 miles E.
E. from Concord, and 30 W. by
N. from Portsmouth. This town
has a number of very pleasant ponds
which afford fish of various kinds.
Moulton's pond is situated at the
W. part of the town. This pond,
although small, is noted on account
S.
Kennebec co. The soil of this
town is excellent, particularly
around Great pond, which covers
a large portion of the surface, and
has a number of islands of great
beauty. This pond is connected
with other large sheets of water
in Belgrade, Mount Vernon, and
Rome, which render this part of
the county highly picturesque.
Dearborn was incorporated in 1812.
of its having no visible inlet, and
therefore is supposed to be supplied
by a subterraneous passage, as the
water is always of nearly an equal
depth. The outlets of the pond run
�WEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
This pond
remarkable on account of
having been often sounded witliIn
opposite directions.
is
also
A
out discovering any bottom.
branch of Lamprey river passes S.
and S. E. through Deertield. The
surface of this town is uneven, the
and fertile, although
soil durable
hard
to cultivate.
The Tuckawaj^,
and a place of considerable commerce.
The manufactures of this
place, for one year, amounted to
$147,190. They consisted of leather, boots, shoes, cutlery, ($100,000)
chairs, cabinet w' are, palm-leaf hats,
lead pipe, hair cloth and beds, wagons and carriages, pocket books,
wallets, and corn-broorns. The value of wool grown, the same year,
between Deertield and NottingFrom the
ham, the Saddleback,between Deer- (1836) was $2,708.
tield
and Northwood, and Fort mountains in this vicinity, delightmountain on the
V/., are the prin-
In the W. part
of this town, on the southerly side
of a ridge of rocks which extend
3-4 of a mile, is a natural formation
in the rock, for sixty years designated as the " Indian Camp." Its
sides are irregular, and the top is
covered by a canopy of granite
projecting about 14 feet, affording
a shelter from the sun and rain.
cipal elevations.
On
the E. side of this camp is a
natural tlight of steps, or stones
resembling steps, by w'hich persons may easily ascend to the top
of the rock.
Deerfield was once
a place of favorite resort for deer,
great numbers of which were taken.
While the petition for the
town was pending, a Mr. Batchelder killed a deer, and presenting it
to Gov. Wentworth, obtained the
act under the name of Deer-field.
The town was
and
Robertson, Benjamin Batchelder and others. During the Indian wars the inhabitants
lived in garrisons, but no serious
mischiefs were experienced.
Population, 1830, 2,086.
settled in 1756
1758, by John
Deei'iield, Mass.
Franklin co. At the junction of
Connecticut and Deerfield rivers,
on the west side of the former, and
on both sides of the latter.
The
Pocumfuck
of the Indians.
It is
95 miles W. by N. from Boston, 4
S. from Greenfield, and 17 N. from
Northampton.
First settled, 166S.
Incorporated, 1G82.
Population, in
1837, 1,952.
very pleasant town,
A
10*
ful
views are obtained.
Deerfield
Mountain is 700 feet above the
plain. Sugar Loaf Mountain rears
conical peak of red sandstone 500
above the river, and overlooks
the ground of many sanguinary
battles between the whites and InThis is a place of great indians.
While the traveller lingers
terest.
here, enjoying the beautiful scenery, and hospitality of the people of
tills quiet town, he cannot fail of
contrasting the present scenes with
those of former j'cars ; particularly
its
feet
Bloody Brook, xn 1675,
of 90 young men
from, the county of Essex were slain
by ruthless savages. A monument,
commemorating this event, was
with \h^{
when
a
Vit
company
erected in 1S38.
Deerfield River.
This beautiful and important Indian stream joins the Connecticut between Greenfield and Deertield.
It rises in the liigh grounds
of Windham county, near Stratton, Dover and Somerset, Vermont; and proceeding in a S. E.
course, it passes through Monroe,
Florida, Rowe, Charlemont, Hawley, Buckland, Shelburne and Conway. The most important tributaries to this stream are Cold river;
a river from Heath and Coleraine
one from Leyden, via Greenfield,
and a river from Conway. Its whole
length is about 50 miles. In some
places Deerfield river is rapid, and
Its pasits banks very precipitous.
sage through the mountains is verv
curious and romantic.
;
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
Deering,
K". 11.^
23 miles S. "W.
Hillsborough
from Concord, and 22 N. W. from
It is diversified with
Amherst.
hills and valleys ; is well watered,
and its soil is favorable to the several purposes of agriculture. There
are tliree ponds, Dudley, Pecker'?,
and Fulton's. The two former are
sources of the N. branch of Piscatco.,
aquog" river.
There are some man-
ufactures in this town, and bricks
are mads in a considerable quantiDeering was incorporated Jan.
ty.
The name was given by
17, 1774.
several beautiful ponds.
The principal business of the inhabitants is
agricultural, for which they have
a fertile soil,
and which produced,
wheat.
in 1S37, 2,560 bushels of
Deiaiiis,
Mass.
Barnstable co. This town crosses
the cape, and was token from Yai"Population, 1837,
mouth in 1793.
It hes 8 miles E. by N.
2,750.
from Barnstable, and 7 W. from
Harwich. The first salt produced
by solar evaporation in this country
was made in this town, by John
Sears and others, in 1776.
About
whose maiden name was 7,000 tons of shipping belong to this
Dering. The first permanent set- town, principally engaged in fishtlement was made in 1765, byAIex- ing and coasting, and all manned by
Bass river,
ander Robinson. Population, 1S30, natives of the town.
Gov. John Wentwortb, in honor of
his wife,
1,227.
from a pond, affords a small
water power. 150 ship-masters belong to this town, sailing from various ports in the Union, The products of the cod and mackerel tishing, in one year, amounted to $50,899.
The manufacture of common salt, Epsom salts, vessels, and
lampblack, amounted to ,4p25,975.
ri.--ing
Beer
Hancock
co.
Isle,
Me.
This town
is
con-
stituted of three principal Islands
Deer Island, Little Deer Island,
and the Isle of Haut, They com-
prise about 17,000 acres, and v/ere
inhabited before the revolutionaiy
war. Incorporated, 1789.
Population, 1S37, 2,473.
The principal
island lies about 2 miles S. W. from
Sedgewick harbor, and 95 miles E.
by S. from Augusta. These islands
have good harbors, and are well located for the shore fishery.
Although they are situated near the
sea they produce good crops and
Deiiaiysvillc,
Washington co.
This town is
bounded on the S. by Cobscook
bay, and watered by a river of the
same name.
It lies 172 miles E.
N. E. from Augusta, and 22 N. E.
from Machias.
wheat.
Islaiatis,
W. H.
In Connecticut river, between
and Barnet, Vt., are five
in number,
The largest contains
38 acres.
Lyman
DesiaiarSi, Ble.
Oxford CO.
Incorporated, 1S07.
Population, 1837, 1,0»2.
It lies S5
miles S. W. by W. from Augusta,
about 28 S. W. from Paris, and 47
N. W. from Portland. Denmark is
finely
Population, 1837,
Dei-lby,
Beer
watered by Saco river and
Me.
Orleans co.
Vt.
First settled, 1795.
bounded on the N. by Lower
Canada, and on the W. by Memphremagog lake. Clyde liver, the
It is
Salem pond, affords it a
This town is
good water power.
very pleasant, level and fertile ;
the
it
has some manufactures
farmers are industrious and rear a
outlet of
;
—
number of sheep. Derby is
50 miles N. N. E. from Monfpelier, and 15 N. N.E. from Irasburgh.
Population, 1830, 1,469.
large
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Derby,
New Haven
Ct.
township, taken from Londonderry
The
co.
Indian
name
It
of this town was Paugasset.
was purchased of the Indians,
and incorporated in 1675. The suris uneven, with
some fertile meadow on the banks of
the rivers. Derby is watered by the
Housatonick and Naugatuck rivers.
Derby Landing, Smithville and
Humphreysville, are the principal
face of the t-own
places of business.
The Landing is on the east side
of the Housatonick, just below the
junction of that river with the
Naugatuck, and is 8 miles N. W.
from
Haven, and 14 from the
mouth of the river at Stratford, on
Long Island Sound. Vessels of 10
feet draught of water can pass to
New
the Landing, fi-om which wood and
other commodities are transported
by water.
Smithville is located in view of
the Landing, and commands a beautiful prospect.
It has extensive
manufactures of copper, in sheets
and wire, augurs, carriage springs
and-'asletrees, nails and tacks, flannels, satinets, and other operations
by the waters of the Naugatuck,
passing through a canal of about
a mile in length. This village was
commenced
in
1S34, and
is
very
flourishing.
Hiwiphreysville is located in a
valley, on the Naugatuck
river, about 4 miles from the Landsmall
GAZETTEER.
The principal manufaclinen thread and cloth,
palm-leaf hats and shoes.
The
village is very handsome, and a
great thoroughfare for travellers.
The soil is very productive, and the
inhabitants are remarkable for their
industry, general wealth and longevity.
Derry lies 18 miles W.
in 1828.
tures are
S. W. from Exeter, and 25 S. E.
from Concord.
Population, 1830,
2,176.
Dexter, Me.
Penobscot
first
co.
settled in 1801.
This town was
Incorporated,
67 miles N. E. from
Augusta, and 35 N. W. from Ban1815.
It lies
Population, 1S37, 1,401. Dexa valuable township of land.
The farmers reap a rich reward for
their labors. In 1837, 7000 bushels
of wheat was raised.
In this town
is a pond covering 500 acres,
at
the outlet of which are mills and a
beautiful village.
gor.
ter
is
Diamond River,
N. H.
Diamond river has its
source in Diamond pond,
artstown.
From thence
principal
in
Stew-
passes
through Dixville, and after receiving several tributaries, falls into the
Dead river near its junction with
the Margallaway.
it
Digliton, Mass.
A
Bristol CO.
port of entry, on
The Humphreysville Manuthe west side of Taunton river, oppofacturing Company was incorporated in 1810.
The building is 4 sto- site to Berkley. Population, 1837,
In this 1,453. 40 miles S. from Boston, 8
ries high and 100 feet long.
S. from Taunton, and 20 N. W. by
village and around it is some of the
W. from
Bedford, There are
most beautiful and romantic scenein this place three cotton factories,
ry in
England. This village
a woolen mill, a furnace, and other
derived its name from the Hon.
David Humphreys, a native of iron works. Tonnage of the dis"
Derby, a poet, an aid to Washing- trict, 9,032 tons. The noted Dighton Rock," so called, on which are
ton, and a minister to Spain.
He
inscriptions difficult to decypher,
died at New Haven, February 21,
in fact lies on the Berkley side of
1818, aged 66.
the river.
The value of cotton and
Derry, X. H.
woolen goods, boots and shoes,
Rockingham co.
fine grazing pig iron and wooden ware manu-
ing.
New
New
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factured, and vessels huilt in Dighton, in one year, was $30,000.
Dixneia, Me.
Oxibrd CO. This is a good farming
town on the north bank of ths Androscoggin river, 42 miles N. W.
by W. from Augusta, and 25 N. by
Incorporated, 1S03.
E. from Paris.
Population, 1837, 1,148.
In 1837,
5,522 bushels of wheat was raised
in Dixfield.
Dixmout, Me.
This town derived its nam.e from Dr. Elijah Dix,
late of Boston, one of the original
propi-ietors, and from a hill or mountain in the town, beautifully wooded to its summit. It is on the height
of land between the Kennebec and
Penobscot.
The surface of the
town is undulating the soil excellent and of easy cultivation.
It annually produces large quantities of
hay, some corn, rye and wool.
In'l837, a bounty "of $649 40 was
obtained for raising 932 1-2 bushels
of wheat.
There is a pond in the
town and some mill privileges.
Dixmont lies 44 miles N. E. from
Augusta, and 24 S. W. from Ban-
Penobscot
co.
;
gor.
Incorporated,
1807.
Popu-
lation, 1830, 1,323.
Dixville, N. H.,
was granted in 1805,
Col.
Timothy Dix,
jr., of Boscawen.
comprises
It
31,023 acres of uneven land. Numerous streams meander through
this town
from the surrounding
Coos
to
the
CO.,
late
heights.
Dixville lies about 40
miles N. N. E. from Lancaster.
[n 1810 it had a population of 12
and in 1830, of only 2.
;
Dorcliester, N.
Grafton
highlands
co.,
is
II.,
situated on the
between Connecticut
and Merrimack rivers, 12 miles
from the former, and 8 from the
latter.
It is 23 miles S. by E.
from Haverhill, 50 N. W. from
Concord, and 90 N. \V. by W. from
Portsmouth. The piincipal streams
are the S. branch of Baker's river,
a branch of Mascomy, and Rocky
branch. There are two considerable ponds, both in the W. part of
The soil in some parts
the town.
vei-y fertile ; paiticularly the intervales on the branch of Baker's
river.
The highlands are very uneven, and the greater part rocky.
First settled about the year 1772.
Population, 1830, 702.
is
Dorcliester, Mass.
Norfolk CO.
This ancient and
respectable town lies on Dorchester bay, in Boston harbor, 5 miles S.
from Boston, and 7 N. E. from Dedham. Population, 1837, 4,564. It
was first settled by a party of Puritans from England. These pilgrims
landed from the ship Mary and
John, at Nantasket, on the 11th of
June, 1630, and on the 17th day of
that month they located themselves
at the Indian Mattapan, and called
it Dorchester, in honor of their pious and learned friend, the Rev.
John White, of Dorchester, 120
The town
miles W. from London.
was incorporated on the 7th of
September following, and included
most of the territory of the towns
of Milton, Canton, Stoughton, Sharon, and that part of Boston on which
stand " Dorchester Heights," memorable for their sudden conversion
into a fortress, for the protection of
Boston harbor, by order of Washington, on the night of March 4,
These lands were obtained
1776.
fjom the Indians by purchase, not
by combat. The present limits of
the town are about 6 by 3 1-2
Dorchester furnished piomiles.
neers for the settlement of many
party from
parts of ihe country.
this town crossed the trackless wilderness in 14 days, and settled Hartford, on Connecticut river, in 1635.
In 1695, another party emigrated
from this place, and settled Dorchester, in South Carolina, and af-
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�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
terwards Medway, in Georgia. The
but vesoil of Dorchester is rocky,
of
ry fertile and under a high state
It is exceedingly procultivation.
ductive, particularly of vegetables,
Its surface is
and flowers.
greatly variegated, presenting a
continual succession of picturesque
and delightful views of the coun-
fruits
try, city, and sea. Its hill-tops and
valleys"^are decked with farm houses and tasteful villas, and no where
can be found the union of town and
country enjoyments more complete.
beautiful Neponset washes the
whole of the southern border of
The
the town, and besides its navigable
privileges, affords it a large and val-
uable water power.
The
first
wa-
ter mill in America was erected in
this town, in 1633 ; and here, about
the same time, the cod fishery, the
New England, was first
commenced. There are now 4 vessels employed in the whale, and 16
boast of
Toin the cod and other fisheries.
Capital
tal tonnage, 2,210 tons.
Product, in
invested,^ $190,000.
The manuone year, $138,349.
factures of Dorchester consist of
cotton goods, boots, shoes, hats, paper, cabinet w^are, block tin, tin
ware, leather, wearing apparel,
soap, candles, chocolate, and playing cards ; the aggregate amount of
which, in one year, was $457,400.
The first settlers of Dorchester
''Here
lies
Suffolk
A
our Captain and Major of
was
witlial,
Godly Magistrate was he and Major General,
troops of horse with him here
came, such worth his love did crave,
Ten companies of foot also, mourning
Two
to his grave.
that read be sure to
faith as he has done 5
marched
Let
keep the
all
With Christ he lives now crowned,
name was Humphrey Atherton."
his
the grave of three brothers, by
the name of Clarke.
"Here lies three Clarks, their accounts
are even.
Entered on earth, carried up to heav-
On
en."
Johnson, in his " Wonder Working Providence," thus speaks of
Dorchester in 1654.
" The forme of this Towne is almost like a Serpent turning her
head to the Northward ; over
against Tompson's Island, and the
c'astle,
her body and wings being
chiefly built on, are filled somewhat thick of Houses, onely that
one of her Wings is clift, herTayle
being of such large extent that
Shee can hardly draw it after her.
Her houses for dwelling are about
one hundred and forty Orchards
and Gardens, full of Fruit-trees,
plenty of Corne Land, although
much of it hath been long in tillage,
yet hath it ordinarily good crops ;
came a regularly organized church, the number of trees are near upon
They 1500. Cowes and other Cattell of
with its pastor and officers.
Thus hath
soon erected a house of public wor- that kinde about 450.
ship but it is a singular fact that the Lord been pleased to increase
" none can tell the precise spot his poore dispersed people, whose
where the first meeting-house was number in this Flock are n.ear about
Their first Pastor called to
located, nor does a single stone re- 150.
main to designate the site of the feede them was the Reverend and
There godly Mr. Maveruck."
original burying ground."
Among the first settlers of Dorare, however, some mementos of
The earliest date in chester was George Minot, a rulolden times.
the present ancient cemetery that ing elder of the church for thirty
can be distinctly traced,is 1644. We years. He erected a dwelling-house
copy the following from among ma- in that part of Dorchester where
ny singular effusions, found on the the pleasant village of Neponset
grave-stones in that cemetery, in now stands. That house is now
standing, and is doubtless one of
commemoration of the dead.
;
;
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the oldest houses in the country.
It is in good repair, and has ever
remained in possession of Mr. P^Iinot's lineal descendants.
Mr. Minot died December 24, 1671, aged
This house is more celebrated
78.
for the female heroism displayed
within its walls, than for its anti-
A
quity.
pai'ty of Narraganset Indians, hunting on the borders of Neponset river, stopped at elder Minot's house and demanded food and
drink.
On being refused they
threatened vengeance, and the sachem, or chief of the party, left an
Indian in ambush to watch an op-
portunity to effect
in the absence of
except a young
it.
all
Soon
the
woman
after,
family,
and two
small children, the Indian attacked
the house and fired at the young-
woman, but missed
his
mark.
The
placed the children under two
brass kettles and bade them be siShe then loaded Mr. Minot's
lent.
gun and shot the Indian in the
shoulder.
He again attacked the
house, and in attempting to enter
the window, the girl threw a shovel
full of live coals into his face and
lodged them in liis blanket. On
The next day
this the Indian fled.
he was found dead in the woods.
The Indian's name was Chickataubut, but not the Narraganset sachem of that name. The government of Massachusetts bay presented this brave young woman with a
silver wristband, on which her name
was engraved, with this motto,
«< She slew the JVarrhaganset hungirl
terr
There
is
a
cavern in the south part
town of some note.
It is
entered by an aperture nearly 10
feet square, " which opens into a
spacious room nine rods in length
and four wide. At the further end
of this apartment are two openings
which are about 30 feet apart. The
of the
one on the right is three feet from
the floor, and is about 20 inches by
six feet in length.
It leads to an
apartment 20 feet long, 12 wide and
From
12 high.
this
room there
is
an opening sufhcient to admit a man
to pass through sideways about 20
feet, when it opens into a large hall
80 feet long and 30 wide. The
other aperture from the first room
is about as large as a common door,
and leads to an apartment 12 feet
square, out of which is a passage to
another considerable room, in which
is a spring of water.
This cavern
is said to have been explored 40 or
50 rods without arriving at the end."
Dorset lies 26 miles N. from Bennington and 91 S. S. W. from Montpelier.
Population, 1830, 1,507.
Douglas, Mass.
Worcester co.
This town lies
47 miles W. S. W. from Boston, 17
S. E. from Worcester, and 21 N.
W. from Providence. Population,
Here is good mead1830, 1,742.
ow land, iron ore, and valuable
water privileges on Mumford river.
In this town was manufactured, in
1836, $55,000 value of cotton goods;
leather,
boots and shoes, $5,250
$1,500 and $116,400 of axes and
;
;
hatchets besides large quantities
of hatchet handles and shoe lasts.
Incorporated, 1731.
;
Dorset, Vt.
Bennington
co.
This town was
1768, and organized
Paulet and
the following year.
Battenkill rivers rise in this town,
and, with the waters of Otter creek,
which pass the northern part, afford
some mill privileges,which are used
for manufacturing purposes. There
are two mountains partly in this
town, the Dorset and Equinox.
Dover, Me.
first settled in
Bounded N. by
Piscataquis co.
Piscataquis river, S. by Garland,
W. by Sangerville and E. by Atkinson. It lies 77 miles N. by E. from
Augusta, and about 35 miles N. W.
from Bangor. Incorporated, 1822.
Dover is
Population, 1837, 1,042.
the shire town of this new county.
�NEW ENGLAND
and remarkable for its beauty. It
produced, in 1837, 10,290 bushels
of wheat.
Dover, N. H.
This is one of the roost interesting and important towns in New
Hampshire. It is one of the county
towns of Strafford county, and lies
40 miles E. from Concord, 12 N.
W. by N. from Portsmouth, and 45
Population,
S. W. from Portland.
1830, 5,549. The principal streams
of Dover, are the Cocheco, and
Bellamy Bank, or Back
river.
They
a S. E. course through the
town, and unite with other waters
to form the Piscataqua.
Cocheco, or Quochecho river,
has its rise from several small
take
streams in
New
Durham, which
unite in Farmington, whence the
river meanders through Rochester,
there receiving the Isinglass, a tributary, and thence passes through
Dover into the Newichwannock,nr
Salmon Fall river, the principal
bianch of the Piscataqua.
The
Cocheco is a beautiful river, and
very important to the inhabitants of
Rochester and Dover. Passing over
town in any direction, the traveller finds no rugged mountains, nor
extensive bariyin plains, but occasionally ascends gentle swells of
land, fro.m the height of which the
eye meets some delightful object;
this
a w'inding stream, a well cultivated
farm, or a distant village.
In the
S. part of the town is a neck of
land about 2 miles long and half a
mile broad, having Piscataqua on
one side, and Back river on the
other.
From the road on either
hand, the land gradually descends
to the rivei's.
It commands a very
delightful, variegated, and extensive prospect of bays, adjacent
shores, and distant mountains.
On
this neck the first settlement of
the town was made, in 1623, by a
company in England, whose dt-ign
it was to plant a colony, and estab-
GAZETTEER.
a fishery around the Piscatafor which purpose they sent
over, with several others, Edward
and William Hilton, fishmongers,
of London. These men commenced
their operations on the Neck at a
place by the Indians called Winilish
qua
;
chaJianat ,whichthey caWed jYortham, and afteiwards Dover,
For
several years, this spot embraced
the principal part of the population
of the town
here was erected the
first meeting-house, afterwards surrounded with an entrenchn^ent, and
;
remains of which are
here the people assembled to worship, and to transact
their public business.
In process
of time, the business and population of the town began to centre
around Cocheco falls, about 4 miles
N. V/. from the neck. These fit! Is
are in the river whose name they
bear, and give to the water that passes over them a sudden descent of
32 1-2 feet.
Situate at the head of
navigation, about 12 miles from the
ocean, having a fertile country on
the north, west, and south, they are
considered among the most valuable in New England.
Around
flankarts, the
still
visible
these
falls
;
the beautiful village of
Dover is situated, containing many
handsome buildings.
The Dover "Cotton Factory Companj," at Cocheco falls,- was incorporated in 1820.
They have one
brick mill of 420 feet by 45, 7 stories
high, and two otlier mills of the
same material, 154 by 43 feet, one
5 and the other 6 stoiies high.
These mills contain 25,040 spindles
and 768 looms, and manufacture annually 5,000,000 yards of cotton
cloth
the principal part of which
is bleached, and printed into calico
by the company.
This company
employ a capital of more than a
million of dollars, and about 1,000
persons.
There are other manufacturing establishments at Dover,
but this i? the principal.
society of Friends was estab;
A
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lished here at an earlj^ period, and
formerly comprised about one third
of the population.
congregational church was organized in 1638.
Mr. Leverich,
a worthy puritan, was their first
minister, and probably the first ordained minister that preached the
gospel in
Hampshire.
Mr.
Leverich soon removed, and until
the settlement of the pious Daniel
Maud, in 1642, the church was
much oppressed by the bad character of their ministers.
A
A
New
The Rev. Jeremy Belkt*^ap,
I).
D. the celebrated historian of
GAZETTEER.
23 persons svere killed, and
prisoners.
The Indians
were soon overtaken and nearly the
whole party destroyed.
affair,
made
29
Dover, Vt.
Windham
co.
This town was a
part of Wardsborough, until 1810.
It lies 12 miles N. Vv. from Brattle-
borough, 17 N. E. from Bennington, and 120 S. by W. from Moutpelier.
The land in Dover is high
and uneven
more fit for pasturage than tillage.
It is the source
of several branches of VVest, and a
branch of Deerfield river.
Serpentine and chlorite slate are found
;
iMew Hampshire, was ordained in
this town in 1767.
He removed to here.
Boston, and was settled there April
He died in Boston, June
4, 1787.
20, 1798, aged 54.
This town in its early years was
greatly frequented by the Indians
and experienced many sufferings
in their repeated attacks upon the
inhabitants.
In 1675, Maj. Waldron by a stratagem secured about
200 Indians
at
Dover,
who had
at
times exhibited signs of hostility.
Seven or eight of them, who had
been guilty of some atrocities, were
immediately hanged, and the rest
sold into slavery.
The Indians
abroad rega-ded this act of Waldron
—
Population, 1830, 831.
Bover, Mass.
Norfolk CO.
Dover lies 5 miles
from Dedham, and 14 S. S. W.
from Boston.
It was taken from
Dedham in 1784. This town is
bounded northeily by Charles river,
and in it are manufactures of nails,
iron hoops and rods, ploughs, brushes, boots and shoes.
Total amount
of manufactures in 1836, $99,658,
Vy\
The surface of Dover is uneven,
and a large part of it covered Vvitu
wood. Population, 1837, 518.
EJo«-ii East, Tile,
breach of faith, and swore
TVe crave the facor of a letter
against him implacable revenge.
In 1689, after a lapse of 13 yea^rs, frcra our friends " Down East."
they determined to execute their See Barnard, Me.
project.
Previous to the fatal night
I>raciit, Mass.
(27th of June) some hints had been
thrown out by the squaws, but they
Middlesex co. Dracut is united
were either misunderstood or dis- to Lowell by a bridge over Merriregarded and the people sufiered mack river. The town is pleasantthem to sleep in their garrisons as ly situated on the N. side, on the
usual.
In the stillness of night the line of N. H., with a tolerable soil
doors of the garrisons were opened, and some water power, by Beaver
and the Indians, at a concerted sig- river. It lies 27 miles N. fiom Eosnal, rose from their lurking places, ton, and 16 N. by E. from Concord.
and rushed upon the defenceless in- Incorporated, ITOl.
Population,
habitants. Waldron, though 80 years 1837, 1,898.
The manufactures of
of age, made a gallant defence, but Dracut consist of woolen goods,
was overwhelmed by the superior leather, cutlery, boots and shoes.
numbers of his adversaries, who Annual amount, exclusive of woolliterally cut hirn to pieces.
In this en goods, about ^'25,000.
as a
;
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Dresden, Me.
Lincoln co. On the E. bank of
Kennebec river, near the head of
Swan Island, 9 miles N. W. from
Wiscasset, 14 S. from Augusta, and
59 N. E. from Portland, This is a
large agricultural township, with
some trade on the river. Previous
to the division of the county, in
1789, Dresden was the shire town
or place where all the courts in
Maine were holden, E. of Kenne-
bec
Dresden was incorpo-
river.
Popula-
rated as a town in 1794.
tion, 1S37, 1,570.
TValjiole,
Dviljlin,
who shall statedly preach in
Dublin. The first settlements were
in 1762, by John Alexander, and
others. Population, 1S30, 1,218.
ister,
Dudley, Mass.
Dre%vsville, N. H.
See
land in general is much better for
grazing than tillage. The late Rev.
Edward Sprague bequeathed nearly 8,000 dollars for the support of
public schools, the annual interest
of which is to be applied to this obHe also left the town $5,000,
ject.
the interest of which, paid quarterly, is to be applied to the support
of an ordained congregational min-
Worcester co. This good farming town was called by the Indians
Chahanaknngkomwn.
H.
It is finely
by the Qiiinnebaug and
excelCheshire co. It is 10 miles E. other stream?, and possesses
During the
S. W. lent mill privileges.
by S. from Keene, and 50
trie valfrom Concord. Dublin is situated year ending April 3, 1837,
Dudley
heio-htof land between Con- ue of the nian'.if.ic'ures of
on the
The artinecticut and Merrimack rivers. Its amounted to $346,826.
were woolen
streams are small those on the W. cles manufactured
]^f.
watered
;
side run into the Ashuelot, those on
The
the E. into Contoocook river.
rain which falls on the roof of the
goods, leather, sIjoos, scythe snaiths,
The valchairs, and cabinet ware.
ue of wool grown was .$1,585.
Dudley lies 55 miles S. W. from
church is shared by the rivers.
and
There is a pond near the middle of Boston, IS S. from Worcester,
pond, one 34 N. W. from Providence. Incorpothe town called Centre
1837, 1,415.
mile in length and about the same rated, 1731. Population,
A
large portion of the
lies in the N. W.
part of Dublin, and near the centre of the town is Breed's mounMonadnock was formerly cotain.
vered with a growth of small tim-
in breadth.
Grand Monadnock
ber and shrubbery, but tires having run over it at different times,
than ragged
it presents little more
Between the rocks, howthere are low whortleberry
bushes, which produce great quantities of fruit of a very rich flavor.
The season for ripening is the latter part of August, and to those
rocks.
ever,
who
son
ascend the summit at this seathey are peculiarly grateful.
This mountain is not difficult of acThe view from its summit
cess.
Its height is 3,718 feet
is sublime.
above the level of the sea. The
11
Duke's County,
Ma ,s.
Edgarton is the county town.
This county is formed of the islands
of Martha's Vineyard, ChappequidIslands, and No
dic, Elizabeth
latter of which
the southern extremity of MasThese islands lie off
sachusetts.
and S. of Barnstable county and
Buzzard's bay, and contain about
120 square miles. The principal
island, Martha's Vineyard, the In-
Man's Land— the
is
dian J\"ope, or Capaivock, was first
settled by the whites, at Edgarton,
in 1641, and is 21 miles in length
and 6 in breadth. Although a large
portion of this county is Avoodhmd,
and many of the people engaged
in the fisheries and coasting trade,
yet considerable exports are annu-
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
made of wool, v/oolen cloth,
and grain. This county suffered much during the revolutionnry
war.
In 1778, the people were
compelled to surrender their lire
arms and 2,300 head of cattle to the
British.
Incorporated, l(>y5. Population, 1S20, 3,2</2; 1830,3,518;
1837, 3,735: 32 inhabitants to a
square rnile. There were on these
ally
salt
islands, in 1S37, 11,281 sheep.
©miinier, K.
II.,
ants of Scotch Irish, so called, from
the North of Ireland.
Their posterity still retain many traits of
character peculiar to that people.
Dunbartcn was granted in 1751, to
Archibald Stark and others.
Its
present name is deiived fiom Bumbarton, in Scotland, from whence
Stark emigrated.
The lirst settlement was made about 17-19.
William Stinson, born in Ireland, came
to
Londonderry with
his father.
He
was much respected and was a useCoos CO., is bounded N by Mills- ful man. James Rogers was
from
field and Errol, and comprises 23,Ireland, and father toMajor Robert
040 acres.
it was granted March
Rogers.
Me was shot in the woods,
8, 1773, and is watered by the Ambeing niistaken fo!' a bear.
monoosuck and Androscoggin.
Bxiniiioi-e Italic, Vt.
Population, 1830, G5.
See Salisbury.
UiisiaMicrstosi, Vt.
Windham
co.
Biiii3tal>le, JJass.
"West river passes
through this town and gives it a
Middlesex co. Nashua river wagood v/ater power. The surface is ters the N. W. part
of the town,
rough and hilly, but adapted to graz- and passes into Nashua, N.
H. The
ing. Black mountain, near tiie cen- surface
of the town is level
some
tre, is a vast body of granite. Good
part of it is good land, but generalslate for buildings, and primitive
ly it is light and sandy.
It has no
liineslone ai-e found.
There are in manufactures, and only 315 sheep.
Dummerston some manufacturing Popuhition, 1837, 570. Incorporaconcerns. and a considerable nuxiiber ted, leSo.
Dunstable lies 27 miles
;
of sheep.
Population, 1330, 1,592:
90 miles S. from Montpelier, and 8
S. E. from Newfanc.
N. W. from Boston, IS N. by W.
from Concord, and 6 S. from Nashua.
Diii-Iiani,
UiiiiUjartcii,
Merrimack
K. H.
This town lies
W. from Concoid, and 7
Hopkiajon.
Population,
co.
9 miles S.
S. E. fj'om
1830, 1,0G7.
The situation of the
toAvn is somewhat elevated, though
there are but fav/ hiiis, nor anv
The air is clear, the
good, and the health of its
inhabitants is seldom interrupted by
sickness.
The soil is good, peculiarly suited for corn, wheat and orcharding. Almost every lot in town
is capable of m.aking a good farm.
mountains.
water
is
The farmei-s here have good buildings and are excellent husbandmen.
The advantages in point of water
privileges arc not great.
The inhabitants are principally Uviscend-
—
Me.
Cumberland co. Located on the
Androscoggin river, and
S. side of
united v.ith Lisbon by a bridge.
This is a township of good land, and
farming is the piincipal occupation
of the
inhabitants.
Durham
lies
25 miles N. from Portland and 31
S. W. from Augusta.
Population,
1837, 1,832.
Incorporated, 1789.
is 32 miles E. by
from Concord, 11 ?/. N. W. from
Portsmouth, and 7 S. fiom Dover.
Population, 1830,1,606.
The situation of this town, upon tlie Piscataqua and its branches, is very favorable both as to water power and
transportation. Oyster river, one of
Stratford co.,
S.
•
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
the branches of the Piscataqua, issues from Wheelwright's pond, in
Lee, and after running nearly its
whole course in Durham, furnishing
in its progress several convenient
mill seats, falls into the
main river
near Piscataqua bridge. This bridge
is 2,600 feet in length and 40 in
width.
It cost $65,400.
The tide
flows in this branch of the river up
to the falls near the meeting-house
in the village,
amount
where business
to a
annually transacted.
This village is a very central depot
for the lumber and produce of the
adjacent country.
Lamprey river,
another branch of the Piscataqua,
runs through the westerly part of
this town, over several falls remarkably well adapted for mill seats, into
the town of New Market, wheie it
falls into the Great Bay.
Upon both
sides of Oyster river, a deep argillaceous loam prevails, which is peculiarly favorable to the production
large
is
of the grasses, of which very heavy
crops are cut, and hay is an article
of considerable export.
Extensive
ledges of excellent granite, with
which
this
town abounds, have been
much profitable em-
the source of
ployment
A
to the inhabitants.
large block of detached granite in
the southeast part of this town was
formerly placed in a very singular
situation.
Its weight was 60 or 70
tons, and it was poised so exactly
upon two other stones as to be visibly moved by the wind.
It was
some years since dislodged from
this extraordinary position by the
barbarous curiosity of some visitors.
Durham was originally a part
of Dover; but soon after its settlement was formed into a distinct parish by thf. name of Oyster river,
from the stream which passes
thi-ough it.
From the abundance
of excellent oysters found in its
waters, this river probably derived
its name, and it was a famous rendezvous of the Indians. For many
years this place suffered exceedingly by Indian depredations and mur-
ders.
In 1694, when a large part
of the inhabitants had marched to
the westward, the Indians, who
were dispersed in the woods about
Oyster river, having diligently obseived the number of men in one
of the garrisons, rushed upon eighteen of them, as they were going
to their morning devotions, and having cut oil" their letreat to the house,
put them all to death except one,
who fortunately escaped. They
then attacked the house, in which
there were only two boys, beside
the women and children.
The
boys kept them off for some time
and wounded several of them. At
length the Indians set fire to the
house and even then the boys would
not surrender till the Indians had
promised to spare their lives. The
however, perfidiously murthree or four children, one
of whom they fixed upon a sharp
stake in the view of its mother.
The next spring the Indians narrowly watched the fiontiers, to determine the safest and most vulnerable points of attack.
The
settlement at Oyster river was selected for destruction.
Here were
twelve garrisoned houses, amply
sufficient for the reception of the
inhabitants; but not apprehending
any danger, many of the families
remained in their unfortified houses,
and those who were in the garrisons
latter,
dered
were
siege,
indifferently
as
powder.
they
prepared for
were
a
destitute of
The enemy approachc'
the place undiscovered and halted
near the falls.
One John Dean,
whose house stood near the falls,
happening to rise very early for a
journey before the dawn of day,
was shot as he came out of his
door.
The attack now commenced
on all points where the enemy was
ready.
The enemy entered the
house of a Mr. Adams without
resistance, where they murdered
fourteen persons, whose graA'cs can
still be traced.
The house of John
Buss, the minister, was destroyed
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
together with his valuable library.
He was absent at the time, and his
wife and family fled to the woods.
Many other cruelties were perpetrated, when the Indians, fearing
that the inbabitantsfrom the neighboring settlements would collect
against them, retreated, having
killed or captured between 90 and
100 persons, and
destroyed 20
houses, 5 of wliich were garrisoned.
Minute accounts of these disasters
are given in Belknap's valuable History of New Hampshire, to which
the reader is referred.
Tbe first
preacher
who
statedly officiated in
Durham was John Buss; but he
never was ordained. He died 1736,
at the age of 108.
Rev. Hugh
Adams
settled
Maj. Gen.
March
28, 1718.
John Sullivan",
of
the revolutionary army, was a resident of this town, and died here
Jan. 23, 1795.
He was a native of
Berwick, Me. ; was a distinguished
commander during the war was
president of the state three years,
and afterwards district judge of
New Hampshire. On all occasions
he proved liimself the firm supporter of the rights of the country.
;
!Dur3iai», Ct.
Middlesex
first
settled
This town was
Its Indian
co.
in
1698.
name was Coginchaug.
It lies 7
miles S. by W. from Middletown,
and 20 S. from Hartford.
Population, 1830, 1,116.
Agriculture is
the principal employment of the
people of JDurham, for which they
have rather an uneven but fertile
" This town has been distinsoil.
guished many years for a very fine
breed of cattle.
Two oxen, presented by some of the inhabitants to
General Washington, furnished a
dinner for all the officers of the
American army
and
all
at
Valley Forge,
These oxen
hundred
their servants.
were driven almost
five
miles, through a country nearly exhausted of its forage
yet one of
them, a steer, five years old, weigh;
ed two thousand two hundred and
seventy pounds."
Capt. Israel Camp, a noted psalmodist died in Durham, in 1778.
Duston's
Islaiitl, ]^.
H.
This small island in the Merrimack
at the mouth of Contoocook river,
between Concord and Boscawen,
has become celebj-ated on account
of an exploit of a lady whose name
it
bears.
On the 15th March, 1698,
made a descent on Ha-
the Indians
verhill,
Mass. where they took Mrs.
Hannah Duston, who was
confined
her bed witii an infant only six
days old, and attended by her nurse,
Mary NifT. The Indians took Mrs.
Duston from her bed and carried
her away with the nurse and infant.
They soon despatched the latter by
dashing its head against a tree.
When they had proceeded as far as
this island, which has been justly
called Duston's island, on their way
to an Indian town situate a consid1o
erable distance above, the Indians
informed the women that they must
be stripped and run the gauntlet
through the villaoe on their arrival.
Mrs. Duston and her nurse had
been assigned to a family consisting of two stout men, three women,
and seven children, or young Indians, besides an English boy who
had been taken from Worcester.
Mrs. Duston, aware of the cruelties that awaited her, formed the
design of exterminating the whole
family, and prevailed upon the
nurse and the boy to assist her in
A
their destruction.
little before
day, finding the whole company in
a sound sleep, she awoke her confederates, and with the Indian
hatchets despatched ten of the
twelve. One of the women whom
they thought they had killed made
her escape, and a favorite boy they
designedly left. Mrs. Duston and
her companions arrived safe home
with the scalps, though their danger from the enemy and from famine in travelling so far,
must have
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
with some lakes of smalThe general court of connected
general outlet is north
grant of ler size. The
14
Massachusetts made her a
by Chipquedopskook river, about
many other
£50, and she received
the river St.
been
great.
miles in length, into
valuable presents.
John.
taken
Dwxl>Tiry, Vt.
co.
Duxbury
vation.
and was,
a branch of Taunton river,
1S23, a part of the ancient
until
It is 24 miles S, by
Brido-ewater.
First settled,
from Montpelier.
Population, 1S30, 651.
17S6.
W. from
E. ir^m Boston and 17 S.
Population, 1830, 1,653
Plymouth.
DuxlJiiry, Mass.
Plymouth
This town
co.
Massachusetts bay
bor
in
lies
on
Plymouth har-
East Bridge water
1,927.
good water power, and manhas a
ufactm-ed the year ending April 1,
goods. 1 he
1837, .$414,044 value of
—1837,
29 miles S. E. trom Bos-
It is
N. from Plymouth. Duxa good
bury aflTords some good land,
variety ot
water power and a great
was Matscenery. Its Indian name
ton and 6
\ al$69,543.
The
of vessels built, $169,048.
ue
cloth, leather,boots
value of woolen
to
castings and
shoes, salt, iron, brass
tinware manufactured, amounted
to
Some attention is paid
4il05 787.
manhere to rearing sheep, and the
cordage.
ufacture of
tree
in Duxbury an apple
There
noted
ness.
is
for its
It is
a^e, size and fruitfulof a hundred
forty feet in height,
upwards
It is
years old.
goods,
articles consisted of cotton
iron, nails,
boots, shoes, leather, bar
lead pipe, chaises, window
tacks,
boxes.
blinds, sashes and shoe
coasting
aheeset. Ship buikling, the
busiand fisheries is the chief
trade
In 1837, it had
place.
ness of the
cod and
46 vessels employed in the
fishery, the product ol
mackerel
which amounted
inches
and itscircuiT'l-ercnce, eight
Its
feet.
from the around, is 16
barin one year, has made 10
fruit,
hushels for
of cider, besides 30
Eastljrooli,
Plancock co.
See " Down East."
East
number of vessels are owned
and
here, and the coasting trade
give employment to many
t^^heries
The town is
of the inhabitants.
A
watered by Maskachug and Hunt s
nulls
rivers, on which are cotton
soil
and other manufactories. The
tovm is rather rough and
of the
of
stony, but it yields good crops
East
corn, barley and potatoes.
is noted for excellent
and cider.
The " Kentish Guards" was esproved
tablished here in 1774, and
officers,
a nursery of distinguished
General
of which the celebrated
Nathaniel Greene was one. Across
Greenwich
fruit
Me.
in the
county
Aroosof Penobsc'ot, between the
took and St.
John's rivers.
11*
It is
I.
bay, 13 miles S. from Providence, and comprises an excellent
harbor for ships of 500 tons burthen.
See Steuhen.
is
R.
set
Dyer's Bay, Me.
This large lake
GreciiAvicli,
This
Shire town of Kent co.
and
town was incorporated in 1677,
on Narraganis pleasantly located
1S37,2,7&J.
the cellar. Population,
Lalce,
Me.
Incorporated, 1837.
rels
Eagle
Brunswick.
East Briilgewatev, Mass.
Plymouth co. This town lies on
12 miles \\.
lies
New
to
This town lies
river, and is
S. side of Onion
on the
of its branches.
watered bv several
good,
The land along Onion river is
greater part of the township
hut the
and unht for cultiis mountainous
Washington
Great quantities of logs arc
sawed and sent
to this outlet,
^
milos.
the bay, to Bristol, is about 8
1,591.
Population, 1830,
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
East Haddam,
^
Middlesex
co.
A
Ct.
1,059.
First settled, 1644.
Incorporated, 1646.
The product of the
cod and mackerel iisbery in 1836,
was $30,900. The value of salt,
boots, shoes and palm-leaf hats
manufactured, was {jJ!l0,561.
town of con-
siderable trade and manufacturing
enterprise, on the east side of the
Connecticut, and at the outlet of
Salmon river. It lies 18 miles above
the moutli of Connecticut river, 14
below Middletown, and 30 S. S. E.
from Hartford. The soil is hilly and
rocky, and more fit for grazing than
tillage.
Considerabie" business is
done here in the shad fishery. It is
supposed that more leather is made
in this than in any other tov/n in the
state.
This place has line water
privileges, both for navigation and
manufactures.
short distance from
the centre of the town is a pond
covering 1,000 acres. On the river
EastliaiiiptoM, Mass.
Hampshire co.
This is a pleastown on the YV. side of Connecticut river.
The Hampshire and
ant
Hampden canal passes through it.
In the year ending April 1, 1837,
$40,000 worth of lasting buttons
were manufactured; also cotton
goods, leather, boots and shoes, to
the amount of $15,300
5 miles
A
formed by the outlet of
pond,
is precipitated over rocks
nearly 70 feet perpendicular. The
scenery around these falls is beautiful, and Vv'orthy of particular
no-
East Hartford,
this
the water
There are 6 cotton mills in East
of which manufac-
Haddam, two
ture twine.
Leesville, on
Salmon
Mechanicsville, on
river,
Moodus
and
river,
a branch of Salmon river, are very
flourishing settlements.
This place, the Indian Mackiis remarkable for frequent
slight shocks of earthquakes, producing singular noises, which the
moodus,
Indians attributed to the anger of
their gods towards the white^men.
It is said that some valuable
geological discoveries have recently been
made in
was first
Hartford co.
this quarter.
The town
settled in lG85,but not in-
corporated until 1724.
Population,
in 1835, about 3,000.
This is the
birth place of many distinguished
men.
The venerable Nathaniel
Emmons, D. D., of Franklin, Mass.
was born here.
Eastliani, Mass.,
Barnstable co., on a narrow part
of the cape, 23 miles E. by N. from
Barnstable.
Population in 1837,
Ct.
This town
is
situa-
ted opposite to Hartford, and
connected with it by a bridge across
Connecticut river.
is generally
town
lice.
S.
:
from Northampton. Pop. 1837, 793.
alluvial
meadows
The
of the
but the
on the border of
soil
fertile,
the river, of which there is a large
tract, is of a superior quality.
The
agricultural products of this town
are very considerable.
Hackanum
river furnishes the town with
a
good water power,on which are valuable manufacturing establishments
particularly of paper.
East Hartford is noted for its manufactures
in
former years.
The first powder
mill in this country, it is said,
was
erected here in 1775.
Anchors,
mill screws, nail rods, gunpowder^
paper, snuff and glass were manufactured here in 1784.
The ea?-ly
settlers found the ferocious
and war-
Podunk Indians in this
neighborhood.
One sachem commanded two hundred bowmen. This
is a very pleasant town.
The main
street, which is very long and v/ide,
like tribe of
delightfully shaded '"by stately
elms.
East Hartford was taken
from Hartford in 1784.
Population, 1830, 3,537.
is
East Haven, Vt.
Essex
CO.
Moose
river rises in
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
the easterly part of this town and
the Passumpsic passes through the
westerly part. The land is mountainous and most of it unfit for cultivation.
It lies 45 miles N. from
First settled, 1790.
Montpelier
Population, 1S30, 33.
ilBast
Haven,
Ct.
New Haven co. This town was
taken from New Haven, in 1785, and
is connected with New Haven by
abridge. Population, 1830, 1,229.
It has good navigable privileges,
and is watered by Qaianipiac river.
It has some trade, but the principal
employment
of the inhabitants is
agriculture and fishing.
This was a great resort for the
Indians in former years. On Grave
Hill was an Indian fort and cemeBones of Indians of a large
tery.
size, and domestic and warlike implements for savage use, have been
found here. The Indian Well, in a
granite rock, on an island in Stony
river, is a curiosity.
It is about 30
inches in diameter, very smooth at
the bottom.
It is now about 5 feet
in depth, but formerly it was deepIt was evidently formed by
er.
the attrition of sand and pebbles
which passed over this rock, it being
at some former period, the bed of
East Haven is pleasantthe river.
ly located, and commands a fine
prospect of Long Island Sound.
Kast Kingston, N.
Rockingham
co.
II.
Its soil is
of an
excellent quality, and well adapted
to the cultivation of grain and grass.
Powow river crosses the S. W. part
of this town, having its sources in
the ponds of Kingston.
The town
was incoi-porated Nov. 17, 173S.
Rev. Peter Cothn was
settled
here
Population, 1S30, 442. It
lies 40 miles S. E. by E. from Concord, and 20 S. S. W. from Portsin 1739.
mouth.
East
Washington
Slaciiias, 5Ie.
co.
This
is
a flour-
town on navigable waters.
was incorporated in 1S26, and is
ishing
It
eastern part of Old Machias.
on both sides of East Machias river, 149 miles E. by N. from
Augusta. Population, 1837, 1,282.
East Machias has a great water
power, a large number of mills, and
a very pleasant village.
It is extensively engaged in the lumber
the
It lies
trade.
Elaston, Mass.
Bristol CO. Two branches of Taunton river water this town, on which
arc a woolen and 4 cotton mills,
and various iron works. The manufactures consist of cotton and woolen goods, pig iron, iron castings,
wire, boots, shoes, shovels, sp ides,
forks, hoes, cutlery, palm-leaf l.ats,
straw bonnets, surveyors' instruments and shoe pegs
the value
of which in one year (exclusive of
woolen cloth, boots and shoes,)
amounted to 207,100.
The manufacture of shovels, spades, forks and
hoes, amounted to ^108,000.
Easton lies 22 miles S. from Boston and
10 N. by W. from Taunton.
Incorporated, 1725. Population, 1837,
1,976.
:
—
.
Eastport,
7»ic.
"Washington co.
The township
of Eastport embraces and is constituted of Moose, Dudley's, Frederick and Patmos islands, the chief
of which, whereon the village of
Eastport stands, is Moose island, in
sight of, and but a short distance
from, Indian and Campo Bello islands, belonging to the British. Eastport is a beautiful harbor in Passamaquoddy bay, on the eastern boundary of the United States, and noted for smuggling adventures by
strangers visiting the place during the embargo and war.
It is
about 7 miles N. by W. from West
Quoddy Head, 176 E. by N. from
Augusta, and about 30 E.N. E. from
Machias.
The tide is very rapid,
and rises 25 feet.
There are two
�NEW ENGLAND
long bridges connecting Moose island with Dennysville and Perry
each cost $10,000.
Eastport and
Lubec are the chief towns in Passamaquoddy bay, and are extensively engaged in the fisheries, and the
trade of the extensive waters of the
river St. Croix and Bay of Fundy.
Tonnage of Passamaquoddy bay,
Cobscook Bay und its trib10,712.
utary waters, on the west, give to
Eastport a large trade in lumber.
Moose Island contains 2,150 acres
;
of rough land.
It was first settled
in 1780.
In 1790 it contained only
244 inhabitants. There are now on
the Island a handsome village, containing 60 wharves, 80 stores, 5
meeting-houses, a United Slates
garrison, and 5,000 inhabitants.
East Windsor,
Ct.
Hartford co.
First settled IfiSO.
Taken from Windsor, 176S. This
is an excellent townsliip of land.
Its extensive meadows on the cast
side of Connecticut river are of
uncommon fertility and beauty.
Among the
various agricultural products vv'ith which thii town abounds,
tobacco has been cultivated with
success, and manufactured.
It is
said that 70,000 bushels of rye has
Scantic
been raised in a season.
river, a considerable mill stream,
passes through the north part of
the town, and gives it the name of
Scantic. The vilhige of iVapping
is in the S. E. section of the town.
The principal street, about a mile
back of the river, is the village,
running the whole leno;th of tlie
town, wide, neatly built and beautifully shaded.
East Windsor lies 8
miles N. from Hartford.
Population, 1830, 2,129.
Eatoia, K.
II.,
Strafford co., lies 60 miles N.
E. from Concord and 55 N. N. E.
from Dover, and is bounded E. by
Population, 1830, 1,432.
Maine.
The soil of the uplands, which are
quite uneven, is moderately good.
GAZETTEER.
and
the plains furnisli excellent
pine timber.
There are several
small ponds in this town.
Eaton
was granted Nov. 7, 1776, to Clement March and 65 others.
Eddingtoii, Me.
Penobscot
co.
This town
lies
on
the east side of Penobscot river, 6
miles above, and N. N. E. from
Bangor, and 70 N. E. by E. from
Augusta. The village is pleasantly
situated at the " Bend " of the river.
Tiie soil of the town is good and well
wooded. It produced, in 1837, 2,414
bushels of wheat. Population, ISS"?
558.
Eden, Me.,
Hancock
on the north
part of the island of Mount Desert,
and taken from the town of Mount
co., situated
Desert (which formerly comprised
the whole island) 1795.
First settled, 1763.
Eden lies 92 miles E.
from Augusta, and about 18 S. by E.
from Ellsworth. Population, 1837,
1,024.
The town has a good soil,
good harbors, and possesses great
advantages for the shore fishery.
It is said that 500 bushels of cranberries have been picked in Eden
in a season.
Cranberry isles lie
on the coast, about 3 miles south.
Eden, Vt.
Lamoille co. This township was
granted to " Col. Seth Warner and
his associates, our worthy friends,
the officers and soldiers of his regi-
ment
in the line of the continental
army," August 28, 1781.
" Our
friends," for their patriotic services,
certainly deserved a better township than this, for it is mountainous,
rocky and cold ; it is however good
for grazing, and produces some fine
beef cattle and sheep. It is watered by Green river and Wild Branch.
Several ponds in the town afford
Eden lies 30 miles
good fishing.
N. from Montpelier, and is bound-
ed S. by Hydepark.
1830, 461.
Population,
�NEW ENGLAND
Edgartowiij Mass.
Dukes
County town and
CO.
GAZETTEER.
Population, 1837, 205. See "
East."
Down
port of entry on the island of ]\Iar-
—
91 miles S. E. from
tha's Vineyard
Boston, 20 N. W. by W. from Nantucket, 28 S. E. by E. from New
Bedford, 20 S. from Falmouth, and
First set495 from "Washington.
Incorporated, 1671.
1641.
tled,
Population, 1837, 1,625. Edgartown
(Old Town) harbor is on the east
side of the town, in lat. 41° 25' N.;
This township inIon. 70° 25' W.
cludes the fertile island of Chappequiddick, on the southeast, on which
some Indians.
This island
5
miles in length and 2 1-2 in breadth.
are
is
very pleasant and forms Old
Eight whale ships
harbor.
belong to this place, and a number
This is said to
of coasting vessels.
be the only place in the state where
grouse are native. The value of
sperm oil imported, in the year endIt is
Town
1837, was ^65,598.
of salt, oil casks, ])oats
and hats manufactured the same
The value of
year, was $7,260.
wool, the product of 2,150 sheep,
ing April
The value
1,
was $1,590.
^Cdgecoml), Me.
Lincoln co. This town is bounded by Damariscotta river on the E.
and Sheepscot river on the W., and
lies nearly opposite to Wiscasset
26 miles S.
across the latter river.
Population,
S. E. from Augusta.
This town enjoys
1837, 1,282.
great facilities for navigation, the
fisheries, ship building and the lumber business. It is a place of considerable trade. First settled, 1744.
There are several
Strafford co.
mountains of considerable elevation
in this town.
The Ossipee river
passes through the town, over which
is a toll-bridge.
Province pond lies
between Effingham and Wakelield.
Etfingham was settled a few years
prior to
the
revolution.
vitt's
Penobscot
Me.
Incorporated, 1835.
See " Down
Population, 1837, 89.
East."
co.
fidmouds, Me.;
Washington co., situated between
Cobscook bay and East Machias.
wag
Effingham borders W.
18, 1773.
on Ossipee lake and E. on Maine.
It lies 58 miles N. E. from Concord
and 25 N. E. by E. from Gilford.
Population, 1830, 1,911.
I^gremout, Mass.
A
mountainous
Berkshire co.
township, watered by branches of
Incorporated,
Housatonick river.
140 miles W. from Boston
1760.
and 15 S. S. W. from Lenox. Population, 1S37, 968.
The manufdc-
tures of Egremont consist of wheat
flour, leather, boots, shoes, harnesses, stone, (sawed,) chairs and cabTotal amount in one
inet ware.
Value of 1,790
year, $29,100.
fleeces of wool, $2,770.
Eliialbeth.,Cape, Me.
This celebrated cape
lies in
the
town of Cape Elizabeth, and forms
the
western limits of Casco bay.
the point of the cape is a
Near
light-house,
50 feet in height, in
N. lat. 43° 33', W. Ion. 70° 11'.
For the toicn of Cape Eliza-
beth,
see Register.
Elixalieth. Islands,
Ediiibiirgli,
It
known by the name of LeaTown. Incorporated, Aug.
then
These
islands
are
Mass.
attached to
and lie between
Buzzard's bay and Vineyard sound.
Dukes county,
They are 16 in number. The largest, Nashawn and Nashawenna, are
inhabited.
Gosnold, the discoverer
of Cape Cod, spent the Avinter of
1602-3, on one of these islands.
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
Ellington, Ct.
Tolland CO. Ellington was taken
from East Windsor in 17S6, and was
that part of East Windsor called the
streams which again unite,
into the Saco at Bartlett.
it
fall*
Elligo Fond, Vt.
This beautiful sheet of water,
Great Marsh. The soil is light
two miles in length and half a mile
and dry, but considerably fertile.
in breadth, lies partly in Craftsbury
It is generally level, but the eastand partly in Greensborough, Orern part is hilly and mountainous.
leans county.
Its northern outlet
Foi-merly the lands in this town
passes to Black river
its southern
were held in low estimation, but by
There are two
to the Lamoille.
the industry of the people in their
small islands in the lake.
This was
cultivation they have risen in char" The scenery in a favorite resort for the Indians, and
acter and value.
;
this
town embraces considerable va-
uncommonly interesting
and beautiful." The " Ellington
riety and
is
School" for boys, situated in a very
neat village, is in high repute. PopEllington lies
12 miles N. E. from Hartford, and
ulation, 1830, 1,455.
is
bounded
S. E.
by Tolland.
Me.
Elliot,
York CO. This town lies on the
N. W. of Kittery of which it constituted a part until 1810.
It adjoins Salmon Fall river on the S.
W. by which
it
New
is
—
separated
fiom
now attracts numerous lovers of tine
trout and delightful scenery to it3
borders.
EIlsAVortli,
Me.
Chief town of Hancock co. This
a pleasant and flourishing town
on boih sides of Union river, at the
head of navigation. The village is
principally on the E. side, where
there is a good bridge across the
river, 3 miles above the entrance
of the river into the waters connected with Blue Hill bay. The
tide rises at the bridge 10 or 12 feet,
and Ellsworth possesses an enviable
position for maritime and inland
trade.
The location of the courts
is
Hampshire and is bounded
N. by South Berwick, and E. by
York. It is a good farming town
for this
and probably contains
Castine to this place in 1838.
great a
proportion of valuable tillage land
as any in the county according to
its size.
Population, 1837, 1,859.
Elliot is 108 miles S. W. from Auas
gusta.
Elliotsville,
Somerset
co.
Me.
This place
See "
miles from Augusta.
East."
is
81
Down
Maine,
house
The
eligibly situated on
the W. side of the river.
Ellsworth
is quite an agricultural township.
It has a good soil, and considerable
attention is given to the growth of
coui-t
is
wheat and wool. It lies 81 miles
E. by N. from Augusta, and 30 N.
E. byE. from Bangor.
Population,
1830, 1,385—1837, 2,195.
Ellsvvortli, N. H.,
Ellis' Rivers.
Ellis' river, in
county was changed from
is
a tribu-
tary to the Androscoggin.
It rises
N. of Rumford, in the county of
Oxford, and passes through that
town. Ellis' river, in JVeto Hamjjshire, rises on the E. side of the
White mountains, in several small
streams, near the sources of Peabody river, and separating into two
Grafton co., is 52 miles N. N.W.
from Concord and 20 S. E. from
Haverhill.
It is
Population, 1830, 234.
a mountainous tract of territo-
The most prominent elevation
small stream
Carr's mountain.
issues from West Branch pond and
runs into the Pemigewasset at
ry.
A
is
Campton.
parts
The
sterile,
soil, though in some
produces wheat, rye
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEEn.
Maple sugar
and corn.
is
made
here, and clover seed is raised in
considerable quantities. This town,
formerly called Trecothick, was
granted May 1, 1769, to Barlow
Trecothick.
Slmore, Vt.
Lamoille
co.
First settled, 1790.
I
|
one above another for some disAlong the western bank,
between the pond and Mont Calm,
within a few rods of the water, ex-
rise
tance.
tends the turnpike road, the whole
distance through a beautiful village, shaded to the N. on either
side
my
by a growth of trees. Mascoriver empties into this pond in
N. W. part. This pond is supposed to have once been much higher than it now is, and the plain and
five ponds in this town, the waters villages to the south are supposed
of which, the town beinsj very high, to have been the bed of it.
This
descend partly to Lamoille and part- fact is suiTiciently evident from the
ly to Onion rivers.
Some cattle and ancient shore still remaining round
some wool are sent to market.
the pond, about 30 feet above high
water, and from logs having been
iHnilsdeii, Me.
frequently found 12 feet below the
Somerset co.
fine township surface of the plain once flowed.
of land with two pleasant villages, On the W. bank, near the southern
on the W. side of Kennebec liver. extremity, is the Shakers' settleSeven Mile brook passes through ment, situated on a fertile plain.
the S. W. corner of the town.
The structure of the buildings, tho'
Embden produced, in 1S37, 6,400 not lofty, are neat and convenient.
bushels of wheat and considerable They occupy about 1,000 acres of
wool.
Incorporated, 1804.
Popu- land, and their number consists of
lation, 1837, 1,043.
about 240. They are agriculturalIt is 46 miles
N. N. W. from Augusta and about ists and mechanics. Garden seeds
13 miles N. by W. from Norridge- arc grown, and Vvooden v/arc, whips,
wock.
corn broon^s, leather, and various
other articles, are manufactured by
Enfield, Me.
them with peculiar neatness. See
Penobscot co.
Incorporated, Canterburt/.
1S35.
See " Down East."
r^Iountain pond, on the summit of
Mont Calm, is 200 rods long, and
JEnlield, N. II.
100 wide. At the outlets of ths
Grafton co.
Enfield comprises ponds are mills of various kinds.
24,060 acres, of which about 2,500 The town was formerly called lielacres arc water.
It is 10 miles S.
han, and was incorporated by charE. from Dartmouth College and 40 ter, granted to Jedcdiah Dana and
N. W. fi-om Concoi'd. Its surface others, Julv 4th, 1761. Population,
is diversified with hills and valleys,
1830, 1,492.
and watered by a vaiiety of ponds
Enfield, Mass.
and streams, stored with lish of every species coinmon to tlie country.
Hampshire co. Swift river passJ.iascomy pond, which has acquir- es through this town, and adds much
ed from travellers the appellation to its beauty and importance.
of Pleasant pond, is a beautiful col- The manufactures of this place, the
lection of water, 4 miles in length year ending April 1, 1837, amountand of various breadth, interspersed ed to $182^669.
The articles conwith islands and checkered with sisted of cotton and woolen goods,
inlets.
Its eastern banks are covleather, boots, shoes, hats, hoes,
ered with trees ; the hills gradually shingle machines, palm-leaf hats.
lies 16 miles N. from Montpelier and 10 S. from Hydepark.
Population, 1830, 442.
There are
Elmore
A
the
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
wool cards, cotton batting and wickThe value of wool grov/n
ing.
miles N. by E. from Montpelier,
and 20 N. E. from St. Albans.
was $1,090.
Enfield lies 71 miles
Boston, and 15 E, from
Northampton.
Population, 1837,
W.
1,053.
JSnlielfl, Ct.
This tov/n M'as
Hartford co.
settled, 1631,
first
:
necticut river was built in ISOS,
connecting Enfield with Sufficld.
The surface is genei-ally level and
The
the soil moist and fertile.
street, where most of tlie inhabitants reside, is very pleasant, wide
and well shaded. The village near
the river was commenced about
1831, at which the manufacture of
carpeting is extensively pursued.
About 120 looms are employed,
making about 800 yards daily. The
manufacture of ploughs is also an
important pursuit in Enfield. It is
watered bv Scantick river.
Population, 1S30, 2,129.
It i-: 18 miles
N. from Hartford, and 8 S. from
Springfield, Mass.
EiiglisliiKiaia's I?ny, Tile.
few miles W. of
Washington counIt receives the waters of Chand-
This bay is
Machias bay,
a
in
considerable stream
contains a number of islands, and
Head
furnishes many fine harbors
haibor, an island otf Jonesborough,
ler's river, a
:
it
is its
western
limits.
EiiosTSjiirsli,
t.
Franklin co.
Missisquo Trout
and other streams give this town
excellent water privileges, and
manufacturing establishments flour-
The surface of the town is
pleasantly diversified by hills and
valleys, and well ad.ipted for grazThe products of the town are
ing.
cattle, buttei', cheese and wool.
Population,
First settled, 1797..
Enosburgli lies 43
1830, 1,560.
ish.
Ilockingham co., lies 29 miles S.
E. from Concord, 20 W. from Portsmouth, and 8 N. W. from Exeter.
It was formerlj^ a part of Exeter,
and was incorporated Feb, 12, 1741.
by emigrants from Sa- The
lem, Mass.
it formerly belonged
to Mass. and was a part of Springfield.
The first bridge across Con-
ty.
E^jping, N. H.,
I'rom
tov/n contains 12,760 acres,
being nearly 20 square miles. The
soil, in general, is very good, and
well suited to j-aise the various pro-
ductions
Lamprey
grow
that
in the
state.
river, at tiie west, receives
the Patuckaway, and runs through
the whole length of the town.
Another river runs through the N.
part of the town, and from that circumstance is called North river.
Py observations taken at 6 in the
forenoon, at 1 and 9 o'clock in the
afternoon, from Fahrenheit's thermometer placed in the open air, 13
feet from the ground, and where
the sun does not shine on the thermometer, the annual average of
heat for 10 years in succession, was
44 1-12^.
During that period the
annual average of rain that fell, was
2 feet 10 inches, and of snow, G feet
7 inches.
William Plxjmer, one of its
most distinguished and estimable
citizens, resides in this town.
(on-iderable portion of his life has
been employed in the service of the
people, in the several stations of
representative and senator in the
legislature, president of the senate,
speaker of the house of j-epresentatives, representative and senator in
congress, and for four years as chiefmagistrate of the state.
Population, 1S30, 1,208.
A
Merrimack
co.
This town
lies
12 miles E. from Concord.
Population, 1830, 1,418.
The surface of
the town is generally uneven. The
eminences are
called
M'Coy's, Fort, Nat's, and Notting-
pi'incipal
ham aiountains.
The
soil is in
gea-
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eral good, and well adapted for grazing or grain. Great and Little Suncook are the only streams deserving
Here are three
the name of rivers.
ponds, Chesnut, Round, and Odiorne's.
Brown oxide, and suiphuret of iron are found, the lattermost
frequently in its decomposed state.
Varieties of quartz, feldspar and
schorl are also found.
An alluvial
deposite has been discovered, which
has been ascertained to be terra de
senna; it constitutes a very handsome and durable paint for cabinet
work.
Epsom was granted May
IS, 1727, to Theodore Atkinson and
others.
Like all other frontier
towns, Epsom was exposed, in its
early settlement, to the Indians.
Maj.
AivBREW M'CL,ARY,ana^
tive of this town, fell
at the battle
June 17, 1775.
Like the illustrious Roman, he left
his plough on the news of the masof
Breed's
Hill,
sacre at Lexington, and in the action when he lost his life displayed
great coolness and bravery.
Srrol,
Coos
]V.
H.
This town
situated
on (he W, of Umbagog lake.
It
contains about 35,000 acres,of which
2,500 are water.
Several considerable streams here unite with the
Androscoo-gin.
Errol was granted
Feb. 28, 1774, to Timothy Ruggles
and others.
Population, 1330,82.
CO.
is
It lies about 30 miles N. N. E. from
Lancaster.
Erving, Mass.
This township reuntil April
Previously it had been
17, 1838.
known by the name of " Erving's
Grant." It is bounded S. by Miller's and W. by Connecticut rivers.
Erving contains some excellent
land, and a great water power. The
year previous to its incorporation,
the manufactures of the town, consisting of satinet, boots, shoes, palmFranklin
co.
mained unincorporated
&c., amounted to
Population, 1837, 292.
leaf hats,
185.
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Er-
ving lies 95 miles N. N. W. from
Boston, and 10 E. from Greenfield.
Essex County,
"Vt.
Guildhall is the county town.
This county is bounded N. by Lower Canada, W. by the counties of
Orleans and Caledonia, and S. and
E. by Connecticut river.
Area
680 square miles.
This is considered the poorest county in the state ;
but although much of the land is
hilly and mountainous, there is considerable good soil, and a large portion of it is well adapted for grazing.
There were, in 18.36, about 8,000
sheep in the county, and a considerable number of beef cattle and
horses were sent to market.
The
principal streams are the Nulhegan,
which is exclusively in Essex county
the Passumpsic, Moose and
Clvde. Incorporated, 1792.
Population, 1820,3,334; 1830,3,981.
About 6 inhabitants to a square
;
—
mile.
Essex
Coxuitj',
Mass.
Salem, Jpsu-ich, and jYewhuryThis
port are the shire towns.
county is bounded N. W. by Rockingham county. New Hampshire,
S. W. by Middlesex county, E. and
N. E. by the Atlantic ocean, and
S. E. by Massachusetts bay. There
is much good
land in this county,
but its surface is rocky and uneven.
It has an extensive sea coast, indented with numerous bays, inlets,
and capacious harbors.
It is more
densely populated than an}- county
of its size in the United States.
It
has great wealth, and its commerce
and fisheries ai-e unrivalled by any
section of country, of its extent, on
the elobc. Population, 1820, 73,930;
1830, 82,8S7, and in 1837, 93,689.
This county comprises an area of
360 square miles ; the numbei- of
inhabitants to a sqi.are mile is 2G0.
Essex county, although of stubborn
soil, has many very delightful farms,
and furnishes great quantities of
—
hay and vegetables
for
market.
It
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
has
many
manding
board
is
beautiful ponds and comelevations, and its seathe delight of every beHowever fruitful the cit-
coasting trade and the fisheries.
The manufactures of vessels, leather, boots, shoes, bar iron, barrels,
coidage, pump^> and blocks, in the
yeai ending April 1, 1837, amount-
holder.
izens may have rendered the soil
by their industry, this county is essentially a commercial and manufacturing section of
England.
The tonnage of the tive districts, in
1837, was 85,933 tons. The amount
of manufactures, for the year ending April 1, 1837, was $10,21(i,.300 ;
and the amount of the whale, cod
ed to ^102,271. The tonnage employed in the cod and mackerel fishery was 878 tons. Population, 1837,
Essex is a pleasant and
1,402.
flourishing town.
New
Etna, Me.
Penobscot co. This is an excel
lent farming town with no important streams.
It lies 63 miles N. E.
from Augusta, 17 W. from Bangor,
and bounded by Dixmont on the
S.
Incorporated, 1820.
Population, 1830, 362—1837, 626.
Etna
is fine wheat land
it produced, in
and mackerel tisheries, amounted
The principal riv$1,378,144.
ers in Essex county are the Merrito
mack and Shavvsheen. Essex counwas incorporated in 1643, and has
to some of the most distinguished merchants in the United
ty
given birth
Among many
:
may
be mentioned William Gray,
Israel Thorndike, and Wil-
1837, 2,421 bushels.
liam Parsons.
co. Exeter is 65 miles
E. from Augusta, and 25 S.W.
from Bango!'. It was incorporated in
1811.
Population, 1830, 1,438—
1837, 1,920.
At the "Four Corners," in the northerly pai-t of the
town, is a pleasant village with considerable trade and some mills. The
people of Exeter in 1837, with a
soil not above mediocrity, proved
without effort, by raising 12,058
bushels of wheat, that the state of
States.
others
Exeter, Ble.
Penobscot
N.N.
Essex, Vt.
Chittenden co. This town is fineby Onion river on the
S. and Brown's river, a branch of
the Lamoille, on the N,
It is also
watered by other smaller streams.
At Hubbell's falls, on Onion river,
are admirable mill sites, at v>'hich
are manufactures of some extent.
ly watered
The
surface of the town is level
a considerable portion of the soil is
dry and somewhat sandy, but produces good crops of corn and rye.
Alqng Onion river are some tracts
of beautiful intervale.
Essex was
first settled in 1783.
It lies 31 miles
N. W. from Montpelier, and 8 N.
N. E. from Burlington.
Population, 1830, 1,664.
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|
i
\
i
Maine
j
I
is abundantly able, by means
within itself, to supply the whole
family of Yankees with bj-ead stuffs,
and have some to spare to their^
western brethren.
Exeter, N. H.
Rockingham co.
town lies 40 miles
This beautiful
E. by E. from
W, from Ports-
S.
Concord and 14 S.
mouth. The compact part of the
Essex CO. This town lies at the town lies about tiie falls, which sephead of Chebacco river, running in- arate the fresh from the tide water
to Squam bay, 13 miles N. E. from of a branch of the Piscataqua, callBoston, and 5 miles S. E. from Ips- ed by the natives Swamscot, and
wich, from which it was taken in now known by the name of Exeter
Bssex, Mass.
1819.
Many vessels of 50 to 120
tons are built in this town, and many small vessels are employed in the
Above the falls this stream
assumes the name of Great river,
to distinguish it from one of its
river.
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
smaller branches, called Little rivGreat river has its source in
er.
Chester, whence it runs through
several towns before it meets the
tide water in the centre of Exeter.
On thi^ river are many valuable
mill privileges.
and the improve*
the style of husbandry
tially agricultural,
ment
in
has been very great. The number
of industrious and enterprising mechanics, to whom Exeter is indebted for her prosperity, is very rapidly increasing.
See Register.
Phillips' academy, in Exeter, was
The Exeter Cotton ManufacturCompany commenced opera- founded by the liberal donations of
ing
tions April 1, 1830.
Their principal building is of brick, 175 feet by
They have 5,000 spindles, employ 212 girls and 40 men and boys.
They manufacture annually about
1,400,000 yards of sheeting. They
consume about 1,200 bales of cotton, 300 cords of wood and 22,500
pounds of potatoe starch annually.
They have a steam engine, 40 horse
power, to operate when the water
power fails.
This probably consumes annually about 150 chaldrons
45.
LL. D.,in 1781, who
death, in 1795, bequeathed to
the institution a large portion of his
John
Phillips,
at his
estate.
Bejvjamix Abbott, LL. D.
of Sidney coal.
The capital invested in lands, buildings, machinery,
has discharged the duties of principal with distinguished ability for
more than fifty years. The building stands on a plain, near the centre of the town, and is well provided with accommodations for the
ditferent branches of instruction,
and a large iiall for declamation and
the annual exhibitions.
The settlement of Exeter com-
&c.
menced
about $210,000.
mill has been in operation about two years, and will
manufacture from 130 to 150 tons
of powder annually.
A
is
powder
The manufacture
was commenced
of potatoe starch
in 1824.
The
es-
tablishment has been twice burnt,
but is rebuilt with brick, and starch
is now manufactured from wheat as
well as from potatoes. The amount
of sales of starch and gum is about
$10,000 annually.
In the westerly part of the town
is a paper mill, which manufactures
paper to the value of ,-^20,000 annually.
The manufacture of books,
blank books, &c. in Exeter, is very
extensive.
About $100,000 value
of shoes and boots are made annually, and a large amount of leather.
There are also establishments far
the manufacture of morocco leather, cairiages, of various kinds,
brushes, tin and pottery wares.
The soil of Exeter is in general
good, though comprehending every
variety, from that of the best quality to tiie least productive.
Like
most towns in the state, it is essen-
in
1638, by John
Wheel-
wright and other3,who formed themselves into a body politic, chose their
magistrates, and bound the people to
obedience.
Their laws were made
in popular assemblies
and the combination thus entered into subsisted
about three years.
From 1675 to
1712, Exeter, like most of the early
settlements, suffered from the at;
tacks of the Indians.
Hon. Samuel Tenn^ey, M. D
was an original member of the N.
H. Medical Society, its vice president several years, and a member of congress in 1800 and 1804.
Gen.
Nathaniel Peabody
was an original member
H. medical society; was
of the
a
N.
member
of the old congress; a senator of
the N. H. legislature in 1792 ; and
speaker of the house in 1793.
Hon. Nicholas
a
member
Gilman was
of the old congress, and
a senator in congress from
his death in 1814.
Gen.
1805
Nathaniel Folsom
member
to
was
of the old congress, and
a valuable revolutionary officer.
Hon. Jeremiah Smith, a naa
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of Peterborough, was one of
representatives to congress
under the Federal government, was
appointed Judge of S. C. of N. H.
in 1802, was chief justice, and continued such till 1809, when he was
elected governor.
He was appointed chief justice of S. J. C. in 1813.
live
the
first
Hon. John
Taylor Gilmajv,
a descendant of
one of the princi-
was an active
supporter of the revolution a member of the old congress
filled at
times the offices of representative
and state treasurer; and for fourteen years, between 1794 and 1816,
wss governor of the state.
Exeter has at all periods of its
history possessed eminent and useful men ; and some of the first lawyers and jurists, antiquarians and
scholars, have received their early
education at its literary institution.
Population, 1830, 2,759.
on Lamoille river, at this place,
are singular and worthy of the tra
veller's notice.
The land is generally level and of a good quality.
considerable amount of agricultural products is sent to market, and
about 6,000 sheep are reared. There
are some manufactures at the falls.
Fairfax is a place of considerable
business.
falls
A
pal settlers at Exeter,
Fairfield,
Me.
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Exeter, R.
I.
Washington co. This is an agricultural and manufacturing town,
situated 24 miles S. W. from Providence, and from its centre about 10
miles N. W. from South Kingston.
The town is very large, being 12 by
5 miles.
The
versified
by
surface
hills
is
much
and valleys
a gravelly loam, and
productive of all the varieties
soil
is
mon
;
di-
the
very
com-
the clitaate.
The products
dairy are considerable.
Branches of Wood river give this
of
to
the
town
a good water power, which
well improved by cotton mills and
other manufactories.
Exeter was
incorporated in 1743.
Population,
1830, 2,383.
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Fairfax, Vt.
Bounded S. by La37 miles N. W. from
Montpelier, and 12 S. E. from St.
Albans. First settled, 1763. PopFranklin
co.
Somerset
CO. This beautiful townlocated on the W. side of
Kennebec river, and S. of Bloomfield.
Fairfield is the most southern township in the county.
It is
watei-ed by a small stream running
into the Kennebec, and by a branch
of Waterville river.
This town is
ship
is
favored with a fine soil, and navigable privileges to Augusta.
It has
a pleasant
village,
considerable
trade, and, in 1837, produced 11,-
531 bushels of wheat, and a large
quantity of wool. Population, 1837,
2,203.
Distant from Augusta, 26.
miles N., and from Norridgewock,
10 S. E.
Incorporated, 178S.
Fairfield, Vt.
This town was first
It is well watered
by Smithfield pond, Fairfield river.
Black creek, and branches of Missisque river, and abounds in mill
Fairfield has a good strong
sites.
soil and generally suitable for cultivation. It is a pleasant place, with
some trade and considerable manufactures.
It produces good beef
cattle and horses, and pastures about
Franklin co.
settled in 1789.
7,000 sheep.
By Parme1830, 1,729.
lee's and Stone's brooks. Brown's
river, and the Lamoille, this town
enjoys a good water power. The
N. W.
from Montpelier, 27 N. N. E. from
Burlington, and is bounded W. by
St. Albans.
,noille river:
ulation,
Population, 1830, 2,-
Fairfield lies 45 miles
270.
Fairfield County, Ct.
Fairfield and
Danhury
are the
shire towns. This county is bounded N. by Litchfield county, N. E.
and E. by Housatonick river, S. E.
and
S.
by Long Island Sound, and
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state of New York. This
fanning section of country, asjreeably diversified in regard
to surface, with a strong fertile soil,
and possesses great natural agriculFairlieid county
tural resources.
extends nearly 40 miles on longIsland Sound, and enjoys great facilities for navigation and the tishThe beautiful Housatonick
eries.
washes its noi-theastern boundary,
and the Saugatuck, Norwalk, Mill,
Pequonuck and other rivers afford
The manit an ample water power.
ufacturing interests of the county
It
are valuable and increasing.
W. by the
is
a tine
contains
many
villages of superior
beauty, and abounds in scenery of
an interesting character. First settled, l(>3y. Area, 630 square miles.
Population, 1820, 42,73.9; 1S30,
75 inhabitants to a square
46,950
In 1837 there were in this
mile.
county about 22,000 sheep.
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Fairlieid, Ct.
Shire town, Fairfield co.
This
ancient and patriotic town comprises three parishes, Fairfield, the
seat of justice. Green's Farms and
Greenfield.
Fairfield lies 21 miles
S.
W.
New Haven, and 5S N.
New York. Population,
fi-om
E. from
1S30, 4,243.
Its
Unquowa.
The
Indian name was
surface of the
town is undulating and very pleasant.
The soil i^ fertile, well cultivated and productive of wheat and
rye, and a great variety of fruits
and vegetables for New York market.
Black Rock harbor is safe and
easy of entrance for vessel? drawing 19 feet of water at common tides.
The tide usually rises in Long Island Sound about 5 feet. There is
but little water power in Fairfield,
except that produced by the tide.
The tonnage of Fairfield district,
in 1837, was 11,983 tons. The principal business in navigation is the
coasting trade.
In the year
the tract of
forms the town
of Fairfield was discovered by cap-
country which
1637,
now
12*
tain
Mason and
the troops of
Mas-
Connecticut under
his command, when they pursued
the Pequots to the swamp in this
town, bearing the name of " Pequot
Swamp." This is the spot made
sachusetts and
memorable by the great fight that
took place there, between those
troops and the Pequots, terminating
in the almost entire destruction of
that once powerful and warlike nation of savages.
There are no In-
dian
marks
left
by
which
this
swamp can be
traced as the place
of their extermination, except a
mound of earth in the centre of it,
considered as a place of safety, evidently the effect of art, with a raised foot path leading from it to the
surrounding high grounds. In that
expedition this region attracted the
notice of adventurers.
In the year
1639 a few families removed hither
from Windsor, commenced a settlement, and, in a short period afterwards, were joined by several perWatertown and Concord,
Mass. After Connecticut obtained
her charter, the general assembly
2:ranted these people a patent, then
including the towns now Reading
and Weston.
Fairfield is distinguished for its
ardent attachment to American liberty, and for its sacrifices during the
contest for independence.
In 1779,
when Tryon, a British governor, demanded a surrender of the town,
sons from
under a threat of its destruction,
the answer of the inhabitants was,
" We will never voluntarily lay
down our arms till we have obtained
the object for which they have been
taken up. The village is in your
power plunder and burn it if you
will, and take along with your plunder the infamy of which it cannot
;
be divested."
" On the 7th July, 1779, goverernor Tryon, with a large and
vengeful army, sailed from New
Haven to Fairfield ; and the next
morning disembarked upon the
beach.
few militia assembled to
A
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oppose them ; and, in a desultory,
scattered manner, fought with great
intrepidity through most of the day.
They killed some ; took several priBut
soners; and wounded more.
the expedition was so sudden and
unexpected, that the efforts, made
in this manner, were necessarily
The town was plundered ; a great part of the houses, together with the two churches, the
court house, jail, and school houses,
were burnt. The barns had been
just filled with wheat, and other
produce. The inhabitants, therefore, were turned out into the world,
almost literally destitute.
fruitless.
" While the town was in flames,
a thunder storm overspread the heaThe
vens, just as night came on.
conflagration of near two hundred
houses illumined the earth, the
skirts of the clouds, and the waves
of the Sound, with an union of
gloom and grandeur, at once inexawful and magnificent.
pressibly
The sky speedily was hung with
the deepest darkness, wherever the
clouds were not tinged by the melancholy lustre of the flames. At
intervals the lightnings blazed with
The
a livid and terrible splendor.
Beneath,
thunder rolled above.
the roaring of the fires filled up the
intervals with a deep and hollow
sound, which seemed to be the pro-
murmur
of the thunder, reverberated from one end of heaven
Add to this convulto the other.
sion of the elements, and these
dreadful effects of vindictive and
wanton devastation, the trembling
of the earth ; the sharp sound of
muskets, occasionally discharged;
the groans, here and there, of the
wounded and dying ; and the shouts
of triumph: then place before your
eyes crowds of the miserable sufferers, mingled with bodies of the
militia, and from the neighboring
hills taking a farewell prospect of
their property and their dwellings,
their happiness and their hopes;
and you will form a just but impertracted
burning of Fairneeded no great effort of
fect picture of the
field.
It
imagination
day
to
believe that the final
had arrived
amid
morning
would speedily dawn, to which no
night would ever succeed; the
graves yield up their inhabitants
and the trial commence, at which
;
and
that
this funeral darkness, the
was
to
be finally settled the destiny
of man.
" The next morning the troops
re-embarked
and, proceeding to
Green's Farms, set fire to the
church, and consumed it together
with fifteen dwelling houses, eleven barns, and several stores."
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Fairliaveu, Vt.
Rutland
co.
First settled, 1779.
Population, 1830, 675. The soil is
generally productive, particularly
along the banks of the streams. It
is watered by Castleton and Poultney rivers, the former of which receives the waters of lake Bomba-
a large pond between FairCastleton.
On these
streams are considerable falls, and
mill sites.
Fairhaven lies 16 miles
W. from Rutland, and 9 N. E. from
zine,
haven and
Whitehall, N. Y.
Fairliaven, Mass.
Bristol CO.
This pleasant town
was taken from
1812.
river,
New
Bedford, in
across Acushnett
about a mile east of
It lies
New
united to New Bodford by abridge 3,960 feet in length,
and is associated with it in many of
First settled, 1764.
its enterpi-ises.
Population, 1830,
1837,
3,034;
There are 37 vessels be3,649.
longing to this place engaged in
the whale fishery, the tonnage of
The value
which is 11,564 tons.
of whale oil and bone imported into this place the year ending April
The num1, 1837, was $322,272.
ber of hands employed in the fishCapital invested,
ery was 945.
The Acushnett produ$957,000.
ces some water power,on which ara
Bedford.
It is
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QAZETTEEft.
two cotton millg, a paper mill, and
The
other operations by water.
value of cotton goods, leather, boots,
est ships.
shoes, tin ware, vessels, salt, wooden ware, chairs and cabinet ware
ing vessels.
marine rail-way wa3
constructed here in 1834.
This town has an abundance of
fine granite, equal to the Quiucy.
A rail-road is in progress to meet the
manufactured, amounted
to
§40,363.
Fairlee, Vt.
Orange
co.
A rough and
moun-
tainous township, with very little
productive land, on the west side of
Connecticut river, and connected
with Orford, N. H. by a bridge
across that river.
First settled,
Population, 1830, 656. This
176S.
town lies about 17 miles E. S. E.
from Chelsea, and 31 S. E. from
Montpelier.
Fairlee pond is two miles in length
and about three fourths of a mile
wide.
It formeily had no fish.
Some years ago a gentleman placed
some pickerel in it, and the legislature passed a law protecting the
fish from molestation foi- two years.
Since that time the pond has had
an abundance of pickerel of good
size
Fall River, Blass.
of Troy, in 1S03. It was formerly a part of Freetown. In 1834,
the name was changed to that of
the river within its borders, at the
union of which and Taunton river
the town is very pleasantly situa-
This tov/n is without a paralon the continent of America, in
regard to the union of hydraulic
powers and navigable facilities.
Fall river rises in Wattuppa ponds;
one of which is 11 miles in length
and 1 in breadth. These ponds are
produced by perpetual springs, and
lie about two miles east of the town.
The descent of this v'witv is 136
The volume of water is confeet.
stant, not liable to excess, and of
ted.
lel
power for the
largest
A
Boston and Providence, at Seekonk,
13 miles.
The Pocasset Hotel, belonging
to a company of gentlemen, is a
splendid building, constructed in
1833.
No house in the country affords better accommodations.
regular steamboat line is established between this place and Piovidence
distance, by
water, 28
A
:
—
miles.
The value
of the manufactures
for the year ending
April 1, 1837, amounted to ^2,863,378, exclusive of large nianufactures of machinery, iron hoops and
rods, stoves, brass, copper, and tin
The ten cotton mills prowares.
duced 7,767,614 yards of cloth, val-
of Fall River
The
valued
This town took the
name
sufficient
It
ued at $668,028. The woolen mill
produced 150,000 yards of cloth,
and quality.
Bristol CO.
Six ships from this port
engaged in the whale fishery.
has also some merchant and coast-
are
man-
at
ticles
manufactured consisted
other arof
leather, boots, shoes, iron castings,
hats, nails, chairs, cabinet ware
and vessels. The two print ivorks
printed twelve millici yards of calThe number of hands emico.
ployed in all the factories Avas 1,819.
The product of the whale fi.shery,
the same year, was $68, TOO. Hands
employed in the fishery, 120.
Fall River lies 49 miles S. from
Boston, 17 S. from Taunton, 14 W.
Bedford, IS S. E. from
from
Providence, R. I. and 190 E. from
New York. Population, in 1820,
1,594; 1830, 4,159; 1837, 6,352.—
The surface of Fall River is elevated, rough and uneven, and considered a healthy location for a manufacturing town.
New
ufactories.
Falmoutli; Me.
The harbor on Taunton
river is
safe and easy of access, and of sufficient depth of water for the larg-
$180,000.
Cumberland co. This is a pleastown at the head of Casco bay.
ant
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
6 miles N. from Portland, and 47 S.
W. {"roin Augusta. It is watered
by Presumscut river, and has a number of vessels employed in coasting
and fishino;. The soil on the whole
coast of Maine is not so fertile as in
the interior parts of the state, yet
Falmouth comprises a considerable
quantity of good land.
The town
was incorporated as early as 1718,
and included the territory of the
city of Portland until 1783.
Population, 1837, 2,0(JS.
Falnioutli, Mass.
Barnstable co. A pleasant town on
Vineyard Sound. There are belongin:^ to this towri 9 whale-ships, and
about 40 sail in the coasting trade and
fi-^hery.
Two streams afford a watei- power, on which are two woolen mills and other manufactories.
There are about 40 ponds in this
town, some salt and some fresh
these, with the views of the islands
in the Sound, form a variety of
:
—
agreeable scenery. "Wood's Hole"
harbor, at the S. W. extremity of
the town, is a good harbor and
much frequented by vessels, and by
invalids in search of health.
The
value of oil imported into Falmouth,
the year ending April 1, 1837,
amounted to $146,600. The value
of vessels, salt, woolen goods, boots,
shoes and leather, manufactured the
same year, was ,"158,657. Falmouth
lies 71 miles S. E. by E. from Boston, and 22 S. W. from Barnstable.
*' Woods' Hole " is 4 miles W. from
the centre of
the
town
and
«' Holmes'
Hole" harbor, on Martha's Vineyard, is 6 miles S.
Population, 1837, 2,580.
Incorporated,
1688.
;
Parmiugtou; Me.
of justice.
Farther up the Sandy,
about 5 miles, is anothei' beautiful
village, the seat of a nourishing
academy. The soil of Farmington
being of a superior quality, the
inhabitants are induced to devote
much attention to agricultural pursuits yet it is a place of some manufactures, and considerable trade in
lumber and other merchandize.
The agricultural products of Fai-mington are various and valuable.
in 1S37 it produced 12,400 bushels
of as good wheat as ever grew on
Incorporatthe banks of the Ohio.
ed, 1794.
Population, 1837, 2,507.
;
Farmington,
'N.
H.,
Strafford co., was formerly a part
of Rochester, but was incorporated
a? a distinct town, Dec. 1, 1798.
It lies 36 miles E. N. E. from Concord, and 17 N. W. by ,N. from
Dover.
The
through the N.
The Blue hills
extend nearly
under different
Cocheco
meanders
E. partof the town.
or Frost mountains
through the town
names. From the
summit of the ridge in the S. E.
part, ships may be seen by the na-
ked eye off Portsmouth harbor ;
while to the N. and W. the White
Plills and the Monadnock, with hundreds of smaller mountains, meet
the eye of the beholder.
Thei-e is,
not far from the village in Farmington, a rock supposed to weigh
from 00 to 80 tons, so exactly poised on other rocks, that it may be
caused to vibrate several inches by
the hand.
At the bank of the Cocheco, a little more than a mile S.
E. from the principal village, is a
place
called
the Dock,
so
named
from the circumstance that the
settlers usually deposited their
ber here
to
be floated
down
first
lum-
the riv-
County town of Franklin CO. This er. This name is some times ignovery beautiful town lies 29 miles rantly applied to the village.
Hon. Aaron Wingate, for maN. W. from Augusta, and is watered by Sandy and Little Norridge- ny years a member of the legislarivers.
At the union of these
rivers are excellent mill privileges,
and a delightful village, the seat
wock
ture, a counsellor from 1797 to 1803,
and for sometime chief-justice of
the
common
pleas in Strafford, died
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
here in 1S22, aged 78 years.
Pop-
Farmiugtou,
Hartfoi'J
The
CO.
Ct.
first
settlers
of this town were from Hartford,
being emigrants fVom the neighborhood of l^oUon, Mass. They located themselves, in 1640, on the luxui-iant meadows of the Tunxis, or
Farmington river, 10 miles W. from
The township was purHartford.
chased of the Tunxis Indians, a numerous and waiiike tribe. At its
incorporation, in 1615, the township
comprised hfteen miles .square ;
since which the pleasant towns of
Southington, Berlin, Bristol, Burlington and Avon have been taken
from the original territory of Farmingfon.
Farmington river rises in the high
lands in the N. part of Litchtield
county, and after meandeiing delightfully through the towns of
New Hartford and Burlington, in a
S. E. direction, it changes its course
at Farmington to the N., and passing Avon and Simsbury to the border of Granby, it again turns abruptly to the E. and meets the ConThis is a
necticut at Windsor.
beautiful and fertilizing stream, and
gives to the towns through which
it passes, but particularly to Farmington, large tracts of rich alluvial
meadows.
Farmington
village
is
which covered the whole of the
present n^.eadows. The population
of Farmingron has varied but little
from 2,000\vithin the last 30 years.
ulation, 1330, 1,465,
a delight-
on an elevated plain, surrounded by high hills. The street
is about two miles in length, beaucontains, betifully shaded, au
sides two churches and an academy, about 100 neat dwelling houses,
some of which are tasteful and eleThe Farmington canal passgant.
es through the village.
Fayette, Me.
This town conco.
some beautiful ponds and is
the source' of a branch of Sandy
It lies 17 miles W. N. W.
river.
from Augusta, and is bounded E. by
Kennebec
tains
Incorporated, 1795.
Readtield.
This is a
Population, 1837, 1,006.
good township of land ; it produced,
in 1837, 4,438 bushels of wheat and
some wool.
Fayston, Vt.
Washington
co.
Fayston
is
gen-
erally too mountainous to be much
Along the borders of
cultivated.
some of the branches of Mad river,
here, is some arable
l6 miles W. S. W.
from Montpelier, and 25 S. E. from
First settled, 1793.
Burlino-ton.
Population, 1830, 458.
which
land.
rise
It lies
Ferdinand, Vt.
Essex
tered
square
CO.
This town was charand contains 23
1761,
miles;
in
it
is
bounded
S.
stream
affords it a good water power, but
the land is ?o mountainous, rocky,
cold and swampy that people do not
choose to cultivate it.
E.
by Maidstone.
Paul's
Fei'risburgli, Vt.
ful place,
i
Round
Hill,
near the village,
osity.
It
rises
in
is
the
meadows,
a natural curi-
abruptly,
to
the
height of 60 feet, is nearly circular
It
in its form and covers 12 acres.
is thought that this hill was formerly an island in the centre of a lake,
Addison
co.
This township pos-
sesses a good soil, an excellent water power by Otter, Little Otter
and Lewis creeks ; and navigable
privileges on the waters of the outlets of those creeks and lake ChamBasin Harbor in this town
plain.
from
is deep and well protected
winds, and is a place of considerable navigation and comm.ercial importance. Across the lake to Essex,
N. Y. is about t\vo miles. Large
crops of grain are produced here,
and Ferrisburgh is noted for its fine
butter, cheese, pork, and fat cattle.
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
There
are some woolen and other
Fitz William, W. H.
mnnufactures on its streams, and
Cheshire CO. Fitzwilliam lies 13
about 10,000 sheep graze in its pasmiles S. E. from Keene, 60 S. W,
tures.
Large quantities of fish are
from Concord, and 65 N. W. from
annually taken in the season of
Boston.
Camp and Piiest brooks,
spring.
First settled, 17S4.
Pop- running
in a S. direction, are the
ulalion, 1S30, 1,822.
Ferrisburgh
principal streams.
South pond, 230
lie^ li) miles S. from Burlington,
rods long and of various width
16 N. W. from Middlebury, and 34
Sip's pond, 200 rods long and 100
W. from Montpelier.
wide Rockwood's pond and Col;
FitcSibiirgli,
"Worcester co.
first granted
wa?
Mass.
This township
by " the Great
and General Court of His Majesty's
Province of Massachusetts Bay,
Nov. 4, 1719." The township thus
granted included the territory of
gome of the neighboring towns.
The town was
A
incorporated in 1764.
large branch of the
pond, are the only natural collections of water.
The surface of
this town is hilly
the foil is rocky.
There is a con;-iderable quantity of
very productive and highly valualin's
Nashua and
:
ble meadow land.
The soil is suitable for grazing and tillage.
Beef,
pork, butter and cheese are the sta-
The farmers have of late turned their attention to the raising of
sheep. Near the centi-e of the town
is a large hill, remarkable for the
beautifully I'omantic prospect it afples.
two smaller streams pass through
the town, and afford it an extensive
and constant water power.
Over fords.
Gap mountain, which at a
the Nashua, in the distance of two
distance, appears to be a part of the
miles, are eleven dams for the acMonadnock, and on which are found
commodation of manufactories. This
various kinds of stones suitable for
is a very ilourishing town, and exwhetstones, lies partly in Troy and
hibits in a striking
manner the
ef-
water power on the increase,
wealth and respectability of many
of our interior towns.
There are
fect of
many
valuable
place
still
mill
sites
unimproved.
at this
In
the
in^.mediate vicinity of the principal
village is an immense quarry of ex-
cellent granite.
This town
lies
47
miles W. N. W. from Boston, 24 N.
from Worcester, 30 W. by S. from
Lowell, and 60 N. E. from Spring-
There
are in Fitchburgh 4
cotton, 3 woolen, and 2 paper mills.
The manufactures for the year endfield.
ing April
1,
1837,
amounted
to
^4-29,640.
The manufactures consisted of cotton and woolen goods,
paper, leather, boots, shoes, hats,
scythes, bellows, palm-leaf hats,
straw bonnets, chairs, tin and cabinet wares.
The surface of the
town
is hilly, but the soil is strong
and productive. Population, 1830,
2,169; 1837,2,662.
partly in the N. E. part of 'Fitzwilliam.
Population, 1830, 1,229.
Flctclier, Vt.
Franklin co.
There are some
small streams in this town and some
manufacturing operations. The soil
is broken, hard, and not very productive.
It lies 22 miles N. N. E
fi-om Montpelier,and about 18 S. E
from St. Albans. Population, 1830,
793.
Florida, Mass.
A
Berkshire co.
mountainous
township, 125 miles W, by N.from
Boston, 27 N. N. E. from Lenox,
and 7 E. from Adams. Florida is
watered by Deerfield river, and exhibits some fine Alpine scenery.
Population, 1837, 457. Inc. 1805.
Foster, R.
I.
Providence co. This is a large agricultural and mauufacturing town.
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
bank
by Hemlock brook, very pleasantly located on the
Moo^up rivers. of the rfver, and has the appearance
Poaongansett and
Foxcroft lies 77
The sm-face of the town, in many of prosperity.
Augusta.
rough and uneven, but the niile^ N. N. E. from
parts, is
finely watered
I
|
well calculated for the proIn the westductions of the dairy.
ern part are extensive forests of valuable timber. There are a number
of pleasant villages on the borders
of the numerous streams, most of
soil is
Population, 1830, 677; 1837,907.
Incorporated, 1812.
Fox
See Vinalhaven.
Framingliam, Mass.
are largely engaged in manufacturing operations, particularly of
cotton. "'Foster was tirst settled in
which
1717;
named
incorporated
in
in
compliment
1781,
to the
A
large and flourMiddlesex co.
ishing manufacturing town, v*ith a
20
fine soil, and pleasant ponds:
miles W. S. W. from Boston, and 13
—
and
Hon.
W. from Concord. The ponds
and Sudbury river give this town a
The value of
o-ood waterpower.
The maauiactures, the year ending
April 1, 1837, amounted to $i21,S. S.
formerly a
senator of the United States. It lies
15 miles W. by S. from Providence,
and 50 E. froin Hartford, Ct. Pop-
Theodore Foster,
ulation, 1830, 2,672.
The
111.
Foiborongli, Blass.
Norfolk CO. This town was
It is
en from Dorchester in 177S.
watered by Rumford and Cocasset
rivers, branches of the Taunton, on
which are milh of various kinds.
The manufactures of Foxborouidi
the year ending April 1, 1S37,
amounted to $231,136 :— they consisted of cotton and woolen goods,
valued
ful
lies
at
cloth,
$311,800; boots, shoes,
town, and a'pproached by the
It has
rail-road with great case.
become an agreeable resort forfishing, fowling^and other rural sports.
Population, in
Incorporated, 1700.
I
1
1
1
j
1830, 2,313
i
24
miles S. S.W. from Boston, 15 S. from
Dedham, and 13 E. N. E. from
Providence. Pt. I. Population, 1830,
1,099; 1837,1,416.
This town
Piscataquis co.
uated on the north side of PiscataThe
quis river, opposite to Dover.
of prosoil of the town is capable
ducing all the varieties common to
A part of Sebec pond
the cUmate.
in the north parj*: of tiie town.
lies
1837, 2,831.
i
Hillsborough co.
It is
12 miles
N. W. from Amherst, and 27 S. V/.
from Concord. The two S. branches
j
of the Piscataquog rise in this (own ;
the largest branch from Pleasant
Poxcroft, Me.
is sit-
;
Frasicestown, K. H.
|
Foxborough
manufactured
leather, hats, paper,($48,000) straw
bonnets, chairs, tin and cabinet
wares. Framingham is a delight-
boots, shoos, leather, iron castings,
straw bonnets, shovels, spades, hoes
forks.
articles
were 2GS,640 yards of woolen
tak-
and
Islands, Me.
i
pond, the other from Haunted pond.
The former branch passes near the
Pleasant
village in Franceslown.
and Haunted ponds are con;nderablc
The land is
collections of water.
uneven, and in many parts stony,
but the quaUties of the soil are
warm and moist. There are some
very
of wheat was small intervales, which are
In 1837, 5,574 bushels
About 7,000 she^p
This i^. a fine section of productive.
raised.
The streams of wacountry for the growth of beef and are kept here.
settled in ter are not large, and almost every
Foxcroft was first
wool.
situated on rivers that take
1305, and was named in compliment mill is
withE. Foxcroft. their rise from hills and ponds
to the Hon. Joseph
The
limits of the town.
with an academy, is in the
The
village,
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
highest land is Crotched mountain,
the summit of which is more than
600 feet above the level of the
common in the centre of the town.
One
of the
summits of
this
moun-
covered with wood ; the other
is almost a solid ledge of rocks, affording a very extensive prospect to
tain
is
W. There is in the easterly part of this town a very extensive and valuable quarry of freethe S.
It is of a dark greyish coland when polished strongly resembles the variegated marble of
Vermont.
In the N. part of this
town black lead has been found of
a good quality
and in the S. part
some beautiful specimens of rock
crystal.
The common garnet is
On
met with in various places.
the N. side of Haunted pond, there
stone.
or,
—
bar of 20 rods in length, 6 feet
high, and .3 or 4 feet through ; but
for what purpose or by what means
is a
this barrier
was
raised,
is
a
matter
of conjecture only.
The local situation of this town is very eligible
for business, being near the centre
of the county, and on the great
thoroughfare from Windsor to Boston, and on a leading road from the
S. ¥>''. part of the state to Concord.
The village is very pleasant, neatly
huilt and flourishing. Francestown
derived its name from Frances, the
wife of the last Gov. Wentworth.
The fir.-t settlement was made about
1760, by John Carson, a Scotch-
man.
Mr. James
Woodbury, who
died March 3, 1823, at the age of
85, closed his life in this town. He
Was an active soldier in the old
French war, and engaged by the
side of Gen. Wolfe, when he was
killed at the memorable siege of
Quebec. He was one of the truly
inviiieible rangers under the immortal Stark, and discharged CA^ery
duty in a prompt and courageous
manner. Population, 183'0, 1541.
JPraiiconia,
Grafton co.
It is
'N,
H.
28 miles N* E.
from Haverhill, and 74 N. from
Concord.
large proportion of
this town is mountainous.
Its
streams are branches of the Lower
Amonoosuck river, and rise on the
A
mountainous
tracts to the east.
are several ponds
one of
which, called Ferrin's pond, is the
source of the middle branch of Pem-
Here
igewasset river.
:
The mountains
adjoining the Notch, through which
the road passes, are most conspicuous.
These are called Mounts La
Fayette and Jackson.
On the latter is the celebrated " Profile, " or
" Old Man of the Mountain." It is
situated on a peak of solid rock,
1,000 feet in height and almost perpendicular.
On this peak, nature,
in her wildest mood, exhibits the
profile of the human face, of which
every feature is delineated with
W'onderful exactness.
The Franconia mountain pass presents to the
traveller some of the wildestscenery in our country, and must ever remain a great thoroughfare between
the upper waters of the Connecticut river and the ocean.
There are two iron establish-
ments in this town.
The lower
works are situated on the S. branch
Amonoosuck river, and are owned by the New Hampshij-e Iron
Factory Company; incorporated,
Dec. 18, 1805, which was composed
of
principally of gentlemen in Salem
and Boston.
Their establishment
is very extensive, consisting of a
blast furnace, erected in 1808, an
air furnace, a forge and trip-hammer shop. There are also near, or
connected with the establishment,
grain and saw-mills, a large store,
several shops, and other buildings,
vv'hich make a small village.
The
ore is obtained from a mountain in
the east part of Lisbon, N. H., three
miles from the furnace, and is considered the richest in the United
States, yielding from 5G to 63 per
cent ; and the mine is said to be inexhaustible.
First settled, 1774.
Population,1830, 447.
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
Franlvfort, Me.
Waldo
CO.
;
This excellent town-
ship of land is situated on the W.
side of Penobscot river, 57 miles
N. E. by E. from Augusta, 12 S.
from Bangor, and IS N. from BelIt is well watered by Marsh
on which are two beautiful
fast.
river,
The
villages.
largest
village
is
near the Penobscot, on Marsh bay.
The other village is at the head of
the tide, on Marsh river, about 4
miles S. W. from the Penobscot, and
with excellent
is accommodated
The
location of
Frankfort is exceeding favorable to
the navigation and trade of Penobscot river, particularly so in the
winter season, a? it is the highest
point on the river to which vessels
can ascend during the icy season of
The prospects of Frankthe year.
fort in its commercial and agricultural pursuits are very promising
indeed it bids fair to become an important depot on one of our largest
rivers.
Among the agricultural
products of this town, in 1837, was
9,33v0 bushels of wheat.
Populamill
privileges.
tion, 1830, 2,487
;
1837,3,223.
In-
corporated, 1789.
Fraulvliii
of Oxford and Industry, NewVineyard, Strong, Avon, Pliillips, Freeman, Salem, Kingfield, townships
numbered four in the first range
west of Kingfield, three and four
in the second range, and the south
half of township numbered four in
the third range of the Bingham
Purchase, in the county of Somerset, be and hereby are, &:c."
This county is therefore bounded
N. by Lower Canada, E. by the
county of Somerset, S. by Kennebec and Oxford counties, and W. by
County, Me.
Oxford county. This county has
no navigable waters, but is interspersed with numerous ponds and
mill streams.
Its surface is generally undulating, with some mounIts soil, for the most
tainous tracts.
part, is excellent, and cannot fail
in remunerating the industrious farmer by its products of wheat, beef,
and wool.
FTaiiklln County, Vt.
St. Albans, county town.
This
county is bounded N. by Lower
Canada, E. by Orleans count}', S.
E. and S. by Lamoille county, S.
by Chittenden county, and W.
by lake Champlain. Incorporated,
1792.
Population,
The Missisque
Farmington is the county town.
This'county was incorporated March
the
20, 1S3S.
section.
The following is the legislative
description of its territory:
" The towns of
Sharon,
Chesterville, Wilton, Temple and
Farmington in the county of Ken-
New
nebec
;
and Jay, Carthage, Weld,
Berlin, Madrid, townships numbered six, letter E. and D. in the county of Oxford, thence extending
northerly from the north.-west corner of letter D. on the line betwixt townships numbered three
and four, through the several ranges of townships to Canada line, so
a'* to include three tiers of townships west of the west line of the
Bingham Purchase in said county
J3
1830, 22,034.
river passes through
part of the county,
northern
and the Lamoille
The
its
most southern
principal part of the
trade of this county goes to Canada,
by lake Champlain, which
it
many
facilities in
affords
transportation.
Although the surface
is
somewhat
broken and in some parts mountainous, yet the soil
wheat and
grass.
is
productive of
JNIany cattle are
annually taken from this county to
market, and in 1837 it had 63,000
sheep.
In this county, marble and
iron ore of excellent qualities are
found.
Fraukliii County, Mass.
Greenfield, county town. Bounded N. by Windham county, Vt.,and
a part of Cheshire county, N.
H
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
E. by Worcester county, S. by
Hampshire county, and W. by Berk-
Area, 650 square
shire county.
The Connecticut river passmiles.
es nearly through the centre of this
county. It produces, in great abundance, all sorts of grain, fruits and
vegetables common to its climate ;
and exports considerable quantities
of beef, pork, and products of the
dairy.
Manufactures are increasing in value and importance ; and
this county yields to no other in the
state in the extent of its hydraulic
powers, or in the richness and variety of its scenery. There are 44
inhabitants to a square mile. Chief
rivers, Connecticut, Deerfield, and
Taken from Hampshire
Miller's.
county in 1811. Population, 1820,
29,268; 1830, 29,344; 1837,28,655.
The value of the manufactures of
this county, for the year ending
April 1, 1837, was $787,900. The
value of wool grown, the product
of 55,713 fleeces, was $70,513.
Franklin, Me.
Hancock
co.
Franklin
lies at
the
head of Taunton bay, the most
northerly waters of Frenchman's
It is bounded S. by Sullivan,
bay.
and contains several large ponds
and good mill sites. Franklin is
about 15 miles E. from Ellsworth.
Population, 1837, 474. Incorporated, 1825.
streams an extensive and valuable
water power. It is probable that
within a few years the river will
be rendered navigable, by means
of locks and canals, as far up as
Franklin, in which event it would
become one of the most flourishing
inteiior
co.
in
New
Hampshire.
Vt.
Fraiiltliii,
This town was formerly called Huntsburgh, and was
tirst settled in 1789.
It lies 50
miles N, W. fiom Montpelier, 17
N. N. E. from St. Albans, and
bounded N. by Canada. The surface of the town is rough, but the
soil is tolerably well adapted for
sheep, of which about 3,500 are
Franklin
kept.
co.
Population, 1830, 1,129.
Franltlin, Mass.
Norfolk CO. Charles river and
its branches afford Franklin a good
water power. It was taken from
Wrenthamin 1778. There are live
cotton mills in the town, and manufactures of straw bonnets, shoes,
boots, boxes and boats total amount
of manufactures in one year, $210,472, of which $160,186 were for
;
straw bonnets, for which this town
celebrated. Franklin lies 27 miles
S. W. by S. from Boston, and 17 S.
Population,
S. W. from Dedham.
1837, 1,696.
is
Franlclin, N. H.
Merrimack
towns
Population, in 1830, 1,370.
Fraiililiiij Ct.
This town was
New
London
CO.
Shetucket
riv-
incorporated in 1S2S, from parts of
the towns of Salisbury, Andover,
is 18
Sanbornton, and Nortbfield
miles from Concord, 63 from Portsmouth, and 73 from Boston. Franklin is a place of considerable and
incz-easing business; has a cotton
factory, two paper nulls, an iron
foundry, and other manufacturing
The junction of
establishments.
er separates tliis town from Lisbon.
The surface of Franklin is uneven;
the soil a gravelly loam, more fit
he
ford,
:
Winnepisiogee and Pemigewasthis town, foitu the
noble Merrimack, creating on both
set rivers, in
for
grazing than
tillage.
There
is
a woolen factory on Beaver brook,
a branch of the Shetucket, but the
chief business of the people is rearing sheep, and other agricultural
Population, 1830, 1,194.
pursuits.
It lies 34 miles E. S. E. from Hart-
and 7 N. by W. from Norwich.
Franklin was taken from Norwich
in 1786.
�NEW ENGLAND
FreetoTrn, Mass.
Freedom, Me.
Waldo
CO.
Previous
I
to its incor-
poration, in 1313, the territor}^ of
Freedom was called " Beaver Hill."
It i^ a
It was first settled in 1794,
good township of land, and bound-
Albion, and E. by Knox.
about 20 miles E. S. E. from
Belfast, and 25 N. E. from AuicusFreedom, in 1837, with a popta.
ulation of 1,058, produced 6,084
bushels of wheat.
ed
W. by
It is
Freedom, X. H.
This town, formerStrafford co.
ly JVorih Ejfingham, was incorporated by its present name, Dec. 6,
It is an uneven township,
1832.
It is
but has some good farms.
bounded
in part
by the Ossipee
lake,
and river, which discharge eastwardly into the Saco. Distant 60
miles N. N.E. from Concord. Population, in 1833, about 900.
Freeman, Me.
Franklin co. This small town
of only 17,000 acres, most of which
woodland, with a population
is
of 805, produced 6,485 bushels of
wheat
in
1337.
Freeman
is
the
source of a small branch of Sandy
It lies 62 miles N. W. from
river.
Augusta, and 15 N. from Farmington.
Freeport, Me.
Cumberland CO. This is a respecttown with a plea'-.nnt village,
able
and small harbor at the head of Casco bay, on the road from Portland
to Brunswick, 18 miles N. by E.
from the former, 9 S. W. from the
latter, and 36 S. S. W. from AugusFreeport was taken from North
ta.
Yarmouth in 1789, and was formerly called the Harrasecket Settlement, from the name of the river
This is a
that passes through it.
place of some navigation, ship building, and agricultural enterprize.
Population, 1S37, 2,659.
GAZETTEER.
Bristol CO.
This tow^n
lies
on the
E. side of Taunton river, 8 miles
S. from Taunton, 12 N. by W. from
New Bedford, and 40 S. from BosIncorFirst settled, 1659.
ton.
Population, 1837,
porated, 1633.
It is watered by a branch
1,779.
of Taunton river, and has some navigation. The manufactures of Freetown consist of iron castings, cut-
axes, shovels, spades, hoes,
nails, leather, boots, shoes,
vessels, chairs, and cabinet ware.
Total amount, in one year, $43,820.
The soil is light, and keeps, among
other cattle, about 1,000 sheep.
lery,
forks,
French. River.
This river rises in Leicester, Mass.
It passes through Auburn, Oxford,
and Dudley; it then enters the state
of Connecticut and joins the Quin-
ebaugh
at
Thompson. Some French
protestants settled on this river in
1635.
Frencliman'8 Bay, Me.
This important bay, in the county
of Hancock, containing a number
of excellent harbors and beautiful
is bounded W. by Baker's
one of the Cranberry islands,
and E. by a peninsula in Goldsborough, on the W. side of which is
islands,
island,
The distance
INIusquito harbor.
across this bay, from Baker's island
to Goldsborough point, is 10 miles.
This bay juts in from the Atlantic
ocean about 20 miles, and is environed by the towns of Eden, Trenton,
Hancock, Franklin, Sullivan,
and Goldsborough, and is the recipIt
ient of many valuable streams.
is easy of access, never obstructed
by ice, and is one of the best retreats
in a storm on the American coast.
Friendsbip, Me.
Lincoln co. This is an Atlantic
town, containing several islands, at
head of Muscongus bay. It
was formerly called the Meduncook
the
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
Settlement, as lying between a rivname and the Muscongus.
Friendship is a place of considerable navigation and trade.
It lies
48 miles S. E. from Augusta, and
10 miles S. W. from Vv^arren. Population, 1837, 662.
er of that
Fryelmrgii, Me.
Oxford CO. This interesting and
pleasant town lies on both sides of
Saco river, on the line of
Hampshire.
The uplands are not
remarkable for their fertility, but
the intervales on the Saco are of the
choicest kind.
Fryeburgh is only 6
miles square, yet the Saco here is
so fantastic in its course that it winds
itself between .30 and 40 miles within its limits.
This town, the Indian
Pequawket, lies 75 miles W. N. W.
from Augusta, 47 N. W. from Port-
New
land, and 28 S.
W.
from Paris.
Population, 1837, 1,444.
Incorpo-
rated, 1777.
The principal village
is situated on a plain, surrounded by
lofty hills, and watered by the Saco it bears evident marks of anti:
quity, and has an academy *' with
a cabinet of rare curiosities, collected with much diligence."
Lovewell's pond lies a short distance
This beautiful
from the village.
sheet of water, now the resort for
innocent amusements, was once the
scene of bloody combat, and of the
overthrow of a powerful Indian
They fought
till Lovewell and Paugus were killed, and all Lovewell's
men but nine were either killed or
wounded dangerously.
The savages having lost, as was supposed,
60 of their number out of 80, and
being convinced of the fierce and
determined resolution of their foes,
at length retreated and left thera
masters of the ground. The scene
of this desperate and bloody action,
took place in the town which
called Fryeburgh, is often
visited with interest to this day,
and the names of those who fell,
and those who survived, are yet repeated with emotions of grateful
exultation."
which
is
now
Fundy, May
of.
This bay washes a part of the
Maine and as it
is an important channel of commerce between the United States
and the British provinces of New
Brunswick and Nova Scotia, it may
be useful to notice it. This large
and important bay sets up N. E.
round cape Sable, the most southern point of Nova Scotia, in N. lat.
43° 24', W. Ion. 65° 39', and crosseastern shore of
;
es to the shore of Maine a little W.
of Frenchman's bay.
From the
mouth of Frenchman's bay to Cape
Sable is about 150 miles ; from
Eastport to St. John's, N. B. is 60
miles from St. John's to Annapolis, in a bay of that name, on the
tribe.
The story of LoveiveU's Fight Nova Scotia side, is 40 miles from
has been told thousands of times, thence to Halifax, by land, is 80
From Eastport direct to
but as it is identified with the town miles.
of which we treat, we quote a brief Annapolis, across the bay, is about
The Bay of Fundy is
notice of the event from the North 70 miles.
divided near its head by cape ChigAmerican Review.
" It was on the 18th of April, necto. The N. W. part is called
1725, that Capt. John Love well, of Chignecto bay ; the S. E. part the
Dunstable, Massachusetts, with 34 Basin of Mines. From Eastport to
men, fought a famous Indian chief, Cumberland, at the head of Chignamed Paugus, at the head of about necto bay, is about 170 miles; to
80 savages, near the shores of a V/indsor, at the head of the Basin
From
Lovewell's of Mines, is about 150.
pond in Pequawket,
men were determined to conquer Windsor to Halifax in N. lat. 44°
or die, although out-numbered by 39' 20", W. Ion. 63° 36' 40", is 45
the Indians more than one half. miles.
;
;
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
good
bay with prevail, and the absence of
ha-bors between Eastport and St.
our friends and neighbors, the EngWhile John's, and from St. John's to cape
lish, is very considerable.
The commerce on
this
Chignecto, render the navigation
they receive bread stuffs and other
difficult and often dangerous.
productions of our soil, we are inThe harbor of St. John's is easy
vast quantities
debted to them for
exsharp- of access, safe, and of sufficient
of grindstones and gypsum to
fleet of any draught
and renovate the soil. panse for a large
en our tools
The city of St. John's
The gypsum is principally from the of water.
contains about 15,000 inhabitants.
Basin of Mines;— it lies embedded
the
shores It is located at the outlet of
in elevated masses along the
of the bay
;— it
is
whose name
great river
easily quarried
it
bears, in
45° 20', W. Ion. 66°. This
It
city is a very flourishing place.
largest resource for timber and
is the
lumber that Queen Victoria has in
N.
and taken on board of vessels by
the sides of the cliffs. This gypsum
doubtful
is of a tine quaUty, and it is
whether any has been discovered
in our own country as good.
The grindstones from Cumberland, or Chignecto bay, are every
lat.
her possessions.
St. John's river rises in Canada
and the northern part of Maine. It
Madawaska, St. Franwhere celebrated. The source is receives the
many other valthe manufacture cis, Aroostook, and
inexhaustible, and
uable tributaries, from Maine; it
immense.
portion of its northThe tides in the bay of Fundy waters a large
many valua greater ern territory, and bears
are supposed to rise to
productions of that state to its
height than in any other part of the able
" This river is 350 miles
Their elevation increases mouth.
world.
long the tide flows up about 80
At Eastas you ascend the bay.
for boats 200
at St. John's miles ; it is navigable
port they rise 25 feet
Windsor, miles, and for sloops of 50 tons 80
80 at Cape Split, 55 at
This river and its branches
miles.
60, and at Cumberland, at the head
excellent
they rise to the water a large tract of
of Chignecto bay,
country. About 30 miles from its
enormous height of 71 feet. These
commences a fine level countides announce themselves some mouth
by a try of rich meadow lands,well clothtime before their approach,
The river furnishsound resembling that of a rushing ed with timber.
bass
dash against es a great quantity of salmon,
wind in a forest they
About a mile above
sturgeon.
the shore with a reddish hue, the and
city of St. John's is the only
color of the clay bottom over which the
entrance into this river. It is about
violence
they pass, with frightful
80 or 100 yards wide, 400 yards
at tirst, to the height of from 8 to
of the river.
all within long, called the falls
10 feet, overwhelming
It being narrow, and a ridge of rocks
their reach.
bottom of the
There are but few islands with- running across the
and a channel, on which there are not
Grand Menan,
in this bay.
feet of water, it is not sufcluster of small islands round it, off above 17
;
;
;
;
:
;
ficiently spacious to discharge the
the river above.
near Eastport, are the principal. fresh waters of
The common tides here rising above
belong to the British.
They
waters of the river at
small island about 5 miles off the 20 feet, the
water are about 20 feet higher
S. W. part of cape Chignecto, call- low
of the sea ; at high
ed Isle de Haut, contains beauti- than the waters
water the waters of the sea are
ful specimens of asbestos.
of
The rapidity of the tides within about 5 feet higher than those
frequently the river so that at every tide there
this bay, the fogs whicJi
West Quoddy Head,and Campo Bello,
A
:
13*
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
are
two
falJs, one outwards
and one
inwards. The only time of
passing with safety is when the
waters
of the river and of the sea
are
superior architecture.
Population
1837, .3,709.
The present^popS
tion is about 5,000.
lev-
el, which is twice
in a tide, and
continues only about 20
minutes
each time."
Frederickton, the capital of New
Brunswick,
iTiiles
S',
from
W.
Ion.
Gardner, Mass.
Worcester co. Otter river, a
congiderable stream, a branch
of Miller's river, rises partly
in this town,
and affords good mill seats.
On this
river is some good intervale
land •
the high lands are rough,
but good
or grazing.
The value of palm-
on this river, 80
mouth, in N, lat 46°
6G° 45'.
lies
its
Gardiaei", Me.
ieat
Kennebec co.
Gardiner was formerly a part of Pittston, and lies
on the W. side of Kennebec river,
6 miles S. from Au.crusta, and 4 below Hallowell. It is located at the
hats,
straw bonnets, chairs
wooden wares, leather, boots and shoes,
manufactured
in one year, amounted
to $132,272.
The cabinet ware and chairs
amounted to $109,000.
Gardner
was incorporated in 1785, and
lies
54 miles N. W. by W. from Boston
and 23 N. W. by N. from
Worcescabinet and
head of large navigation, and in regard to its commerce, manufacturing and agricultural interests,
it is
considered one of the most flourishter.
Population, 1837, 1,276.
ing towns in Maine. It was
incorchurch was formed here
porated in 1S03, and was named
in
in
and the Rev. Jonathan Osgood
honor of Dr. Sylvester Gardi- 1786,
was ordained. He died in 1825
KER, one of the proprietors of the
af-
A
old
Plymouth
ter sustaining the vocations
of
patent.
The Cobbessecontee waters meet
the Kennebec river at this
place,
and produce a water power of
usefulness and extent.
mills for sawing
lumber of
are
all di-
mensions, and here are vessels of
from SO to 120 tons burthen, lading
It
for transportation to
its various
are also manuf\ictures of various other kinds.
This
markets.
Here
town, Hallowell and Augusta,lie in
a most favored section of our
country.
What we have said in regard
to the location of Hallowell
and
Augusta, may be applied to Gardiner.
These towns are on the same
side of a noble river, united
by the
interests and feelings, and will
same
soon be connected by a rail-road
passing between them. The
village of Gardiner is very
pleasant
The business part lying on the river, 13 full of activity
and enterprise.
buildings, on a gentle rise from
the river, are beautifully located.
They command a delightful prospect, and some of them are
of
The
Gariaiid, Me.
g-reat
Here
jms-
tor,2^hysician and school master,
30
years,
Penobscot
CO.
Garland is watered by some of the head
branches
ot Kenduskeag stream.
It lies 74
miles N. E. by N. from
Augusta,
and 27 N. W. from Bangor,
fucorporated, 1811.
Population, 1830
621 ; 1837, 932. This is an excellent township of land
it produced
1837, 6,521 bushels of wheat. '
;
m
Gay Head, Mass.
See Chilmark.
Georgetown, Me.
Lincoln
Georgetown is contwo considerable islands
lying at the mouth of Kennebec
river.
These islands have Kennebec river on the W., Sheepscot rivco.
stituted of
er on the
E., and separated
from
Woolwich on the N. by a navigable passage between those two
rivers.
It is a Httle
the opposite
shore.
below Bath, on
This is one
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
Gilead, Me.
of the most ancient settlements in
Maine. The town was incorporatedinl716. Population, 1S37, 1,355.
Oxford CO. Between two mounon both sides of Androscoggin
There is some good land on
river.
tains
46 miles S. from Augusta,
W. from Wiscasset. This
has excellent harbors, and postown
It lies
and 12
the river, but the chief part of the
township is fit only for grazing.
The expense of transportation of
S.
sesses peculiar privileges for
all
oc-
cupations connected with navigation and the fisheries.
fuel
71 miles W. from Augusta, and
25 S. S. W. from Paris. IncorporaPopulation, 1837, 374.
ted, 1804.
Georgetown was the
It was called
W.
JS'ew Rowley for some years, unCO.
part of Rowley".
til
its
the mountains, in a slipGilead
is very trifling.
lies
Georgeto^vii, Mass.
Essex
down
pery time,
Gilford,
]V.
H.,
One of the four shire towns for
Straflbrd county, is situated on the
side of Winnepisiogee lake.
S.
incorporation as a separate
town, in 1838. Georgetown is watered hy a branch of Parker's river, and is almost entirely engaged
in manufactures and the mechanic
It is a pleasant town and higharts.
This town lies 26 miles^N. N. E.
from Concord, and 48 N. W. from
Portsmouth. The soil is generally
There are two ponds
productive.
in this town, Little and Chattleborough. Gunstock and Mile's rivers,
rising in Suncook mountains and
Population, about
ly flourishing.
It lies 30 miles N. from
1,500.
Boston, and 10 S. W. from NewbuThe people of Georgetown
ryport.
flowi'ng N. into the lake, are the
The N. source
principal streams.
of the Suncook river is on the S.
are probably more extensively engaged in the manufacture of boots
and shoes than at any other place,
of these mountains, which extend
in a lofty pile over the E. part of
the town, from Gilmanton line nearly to the lake. There are seven islands in the lake, belonging to GilGeorgia, Vt.
ford, one of which has been connected to the main land by abridge
Population, 1S30,
Franklin co.
This town,
30 rods in length.
1,897." Georgia lies 40 miles N.
which was formerly a part of GilW. from Montpelier, and 8 S. from manton, was incorporated June 16,
First settled, 1784.
St. Albans.
It was settled in 1778.
1812.
The soil of Georgia is various but Here are manufactories of cotton
It feeds about
generally fertile.
goods, besides other useful mills
11,000 sheep. The Lamoille pass- and machinery.
Four bridges
es through the S. E. corner of the across the Winnepisiogee connect
toAvn, which, with other streams,
The vilthe town with Meredith.
give it an ample water power. This lage at this place is thriving and
trade and
is a place of considerable
Population, 1830, 1,872.
pleasant.
The
population, in America.
value of boots and shoes manufactured, and leather tanned, is said to
exceed $500,000 annually.
of
its
Over Stone
some manufactures.
Bridge brook is a stone bridge,—
a curious piece of nature's mechanGeorgia is washed on the ^\
ism.
by Lake Champlain the village is
.
:
pleasantly located, and commands
some very pretty lake and mountain scenery.
Gill,
Mass.
A mountainous
Franklin co.
township on the W. side of Connecticut river 86 miles W. by N.
from Boston, and 5 E. N. E. from
;
Greenfield.
Gill contains a
fine
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
tract of rich intervale on a bend
The people
of the Connecticut,
are generally engaged in farming.
The town is divided from Greenfield
It has some manuby Fall river.
factures of combs, wooden ware,
leather and palm-leaf hats.
The
fleeces of 1,809 sheep weighed
5,627 pounds, and were valued, in
Population, 1837,
1837, at $2,214.
809.
Taken from Deerfield in
1793.
Gilmaiitoii; N.
II.
One
of the shire towns in Strafford county, 17 miles N. N. E. from
Concord, and 45 W. N. W. fi-om
Portsmouth. It is bounded N. and
N. E, by Gilford and Alton. Population, 1830, 3,816.
Beside the
Winnepisiogee, this town is water»ed by the Suncook and Soucook
theological seminary at this place
is connected with the academy, and
is a flourishing institution.
Oilsum, N. H.
A
small township in Cheshire
county, situated about 10 miles E.
from the Connecticut. The soil is,
many parts, fertile, and produces
good crops of grass and grain.
Ashuelot river runs through this
town and affords a good supply of
water for mills, which is improved for cotton and other manufactures.
Gilsum was granted July
13, 1763, to Messrs. Gilbert, Sumner and others.
From the comin
bination of the first syllables of the
names of these men, it derives the
name of Gil-sum. The first settlement was made in 1764.
Gilsum
lies 55 miles S. W. by W. from
which have their sources in Concord, and about 9 N. from
Gilmanton. The Suncook rises in a Keene. Population, 1830, 642.
rivers,
pond near the top of one of the
Suncook mountains, elevated 900
Gleuburn, Me.
feet above its base.
The water of
Penobscot co.
This territory
this pond falls into another at the
was called Dutton, from 1822 to
foot of the mountain, of 1 mile in
1837.
It lies 76 miles N. E. from
length and 1-2 mile wide. Passing
Augusta, and 10 N. N. W. from
from this, it falls into another, covBangor.
Population, 1837, 717.
ering about 500 acres, from which
Glenburn is situated on both sides
it meanders through the town, reof the great bend of Kenduskeag
ceiving several streams in its course.
The Soucook rises from Loon, stream. It has a water power, but
Rocky and Shellcamp ponds,
town.
S. part of the
in the
This town
is
The soil is wheat
when properly
very hilly and rocky.
hard, but fruitful,
cultivated.
the inhabitants are mostly farmers.
soil is good, and considerable
The
The geology
of
is
raised.
GlastenTbury, Vt.
this
Bennington co.
This is a towntown presents many varieties.
There are several springs in Gilman- ship of 40 square miles of mounton, termed mineral one of which tainous land, more fit for the resi;
has proved efficacious in cutaneous dence of wild beasts than human
It is 9 miles N. E. from
and bilious affections.
This town beings.
was granted May 20, 1727, to 24 Bennington. Population, 1830, 59.
persons of the name of Gilman, and
Glastenlmry, Ct.
152 others.
In Dec. 1761, Benjamin and John Mudgett, with their
Hartford co.
This town, prefamilies,
settled here.
Dorothy
first child, was born here
"Weed, the
Oct. 13, 1762.
An academy
was
founded here in 1764. Its productive funds are about $11,000. The
incorporation in 1690,
to Wethersfield.
It lies Oft the east side of Connecticut river opposite to Wethersfield,
8 miles S. from Hartford.
It has
vious to
its
had been attached
�NEW ENGLAND
GAZETTEER.
on Connecticut rivis rough
vessels.
The lights on Thatcher's
island bear about northeast 6 miles
About
but generally productive.
a mile and a half from Connecticut
river, and 8 miles from Chatham
freestone quarry, in a romantic spot
from East Point, the eastern boundary of Gloucester harbor.
As
early as 1794 the exports from this
place, in one year, amounted to
ij^230,000. Here are immense quarries of light and grayish granite,
which is split with great ease, and
in large regularly formed blocks.
This stone is of a fine grain, is easily dressed, and can be put on board
of vessels with little expense. The
some
er.
fine land
The
face of the uphvuds
between the
hillji,is
a beautiful vil-
lage connected with
the Hartford
Manufacturing Company.
Roar-
ing
passes
brook,
at
this
place,
through a very narrow
defile, afford-
ing a great and constant water powCotton ii manufactured here
er.
to a considerable extent, and the
From
village is very flourishing.
the hills around this village a great
variety of delightful scenery is observable.
Population, 1S30, 2,980.
" In the eastern part of the town
there is a pond of about a mile in
circumference, called ' Diamond
pond,' from the circumstance of
there being small pebbles or stones
around its margin, having a peNear the cenculiar brilliancy.
tre of the town there is a mineral
spring, which, though it has acquired no celebrity abroad, has been
thought by men of science who
have examined it, to possess valuable medicinal qualities ; and for
more than one hundred years has
been known by the name of the
'
Pool of Neipseic' "
Gloucester, Mass.
Essex CO.
This is a maritime
township, comprising the whole of
Cape Ann, and celebrated for the
enterprise of its people in the fisheries and commercial pursuits.
It
is one of the oldest fishing establishments in the state.
Tliis cape
extends about 8 miles into the sea,
and forms the northern boundary of
Massachusetts bay.
Its harbor is
capacious, easy of access at any
season, and of sufficient water for
ships of great burthen. Gloucester
harbor and the chief settlements
are on the south side.
Sandy and
Squam bays lie on the north side,
about 4 miles fi-om the south harbor, and afford harbors for small
demand
for this stone is rapidly increasing, and the quarrying, hammering, and transporting it gives
employment to many men and vessels.
The canal across the neck
of the cape has failed of that success which was anticipated.
The
manufacture of palm-leaf hats,
boots, shoes, hats, vessels, chairs,
tin and cabinet wares, in the year
ending April 1, 1837, amounted to
In that year there were
$46,726.
221 vesrels employed in the cod
and mackerel fishery, the tornage
of which was 9,824 tons.
They
took 55,181 quintals of cod fish, and
43,934 barrels of mackerel
113,760 bushels of salt was used, and
1,580 hands employed. The value
of the cod and mackerel taken was
There are belonging to
$;522,082.
this place a great number of vessels
engaged in foreign and domestic
trade.
The total tonnage of the
district in 1837 was 18,802 tons.
:
This town lies in N. lat. 42° 36',
W. Ion. 70° 40', and was incorpora1639.
Population, 1820,
1830, 7,513; 1837, 8,822.
It lies 29 miles N. E. from Boston,
and 16 N. E. by E. from Salem.
Gloucester is a very pleasant town,
and a delightful retreat in summer
ted
in
6,-384;
months,
Gloucestei*,
R.. I.
Providence co.
This large and
respectable manufacturing town
lies 16 miles W. S. W. from Providence, and 50 E. by N. from Hartford. First settled, 1700.
Incorpo-
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
rated, 1730.
town
is
but the
The
surface of the
somewhat broken by
soil is
well adapted
hills,
to agri-
cultural purposes, particularly to
grazing. Gloucester furnishes large
supplies of various products for
market.
There are tine forests in
several parts of the town, and large
quantities of ship and other timber
are conveyed to Providence and
other places. The Chepachet and
ning in a northerly direction.
It
happened that the northern barrier
of the pond consisted entirely of
quicksand, except an encrusting of
The sand
clay next the water.
was immediately removed by the
current, and a large channel formed.
The basin formed by the encrusting
of clay was incapable of sustaining
the incumbent mass of waters, and
it brake.
The whole pond immesome smaller streams give Glou- diately took a northerly course, and,
cester a good water power.
Man- in fifteen minutes from this time, its
ufacturing establishments are very bed was left entirely bare. It was
numerous, and Gloucester yields to discharged so suddenly that the
but few towns in
England in country below was instantly inunthe value of this branch of indus- dated.
The deluge advanced like
try, particularly in the manufac- a wall of waters, 60 or 70 feet in
ture of cotton.
Population, 1830, height, and 20 rods in width, leveling the forests and the hills, and
2,522.
filling up the valleys, and sweeping
Glover, Vt.
off mills, houses, barns, fences, catOrleans co. Glover was first set- tle, horses and sheep as it passed,
tled in 1797.
It lies 33 miles N.
for the distance of more than ten
N. E. from Montpelier, and 12 S. miles, and barely giving the inhabby E. from Irasburgh,
The town itants sufficient notice of its apis hilly, and the soil is more fit for
proach to escape with their lives ingrazing than tillage.
There are to the mountains.
rock, supposabout 3,200 sheep in the town. ed to weigh more than 100 tons,
There are in the town branches of was removed half a mile from its
Barton's, Passumpsic, Lamoille, and bed.
The waters removed so rapBlack rivers, and several ponds. idly as to reach Memphremagog
On these streams are some manu- lake, distance 27 miles, in about
factures, but none of any great six hours from the time they left
Nothing now remains
importance. Population, 1830,902. the pond.
copy an account of the run- of the pond but its bed, a part of
ning off of Long Pond, from which is cultivated and a part overThompson's valuable Gazetteer of grown with bushes and wild grass,
Vermont.
with a small brook running through
"Long pond was situated partly it, which is now the head branch
The channel
in this township and partly in of Barton river.
Greensborough.
This pond was through which the waters escaped
one and a half miles long, and about is 127 feet in depth and several
pond, some dishalf a mile wide, and discharged its rods in width.
waters to the south, forming one of tance below, was, at first, entirely
the head branches of the river La- filled with sand, which has since
moille.
On the 6th of June, 1810, settled down, and it is now about
about 60 persons w^ent to this pond one half its former dimensions.
for the purpose of opening an outMarks of the ravages are still to be
Jet to the north into Barton river, seen through nearly the whole
that the mills, on that stream, might course of Barton river."
receive an occasional supply of waGoffstown, N. H.,
small channel was excavater.
Hillsborough co., is 12 miles N.
ted, and the water commenced run-
New
A
We
A
A
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
by E. from Amherst, and 16
S. from
Piscataquog river, the
tributary branches of which unite
near the W. line of the town, runs
through its centre in an E. direction, and falls into Merrimack river at Piscataquog village in Bed-
Concord.
gusta, 27 S. E. from Ellsworth, and
bounded by Sullivan on the N.
Incorporated, 1789.
Popula';ion,
1830, 880; 1837, 1,047.
is
Gorliam, Me.
Cumberland
co.
This town li
Large quantities of lumber watered on the N. E. side by Preare annually floated down this riv- sumpscut river, and the Cumberland
er to the Merrimack, and most of and Oxford canal. It is 9 miles W.
the mill privileges are derived from N. W. from Portland, and 63 S. W.
this valuable stream.
There are from Augusta. Gorham was first
two considerable elevations in the settled in 1736, bj"^ John Phinney
S. W. part of the town, which ob- and others from Barnstable county,
tained from the Indians the name iSIass.
jNIaine was at that time
of Un-can-nu-nuc.
On the rivers almost a wilderness. Portland, Saare considerable tracts of valuable co and Scarborough were very feeintervale.
Back from the rivers ble in consequence of the depredacommence extensive plains, easy of tions of the Indians.
These peocultivation, and producing abun- ple endured great privations, and
dant crops of Indian corn and rye. for many years were in constant
ford.
From
apprehension of attack by the sav" The wives and daughages.
into large swells.
In this town ters of the first settlers of Gorham
there is an extemive cotton factory. shared in all the toils and wants of
The Goffstown Manufacturing Com- their husbands and fithers ; they
pany are erecting a large woolen used to labor in the field, carry burfactory at a flourishing village, in dens, go to mill, and aid in defence
the W. part of the town, on Piscat- of their property.
One time when
aquog river.
Population, 1S30, most of the men were away, the
Indians attacked the fort, and the
2,213.
Dr. JoxATHAr^j- Gove, a man wife of Hugh McLellan rallied the
distinguished for his urbanity, his women in the garrison, shut the
talonts and professional skill, resid- gates, mounted the walls, fired uped in this town.
He was one of on the Indians, and by her courage
the oldest practitioners of medicine and activity baffled the enemy till
in the county. He was many years succor arrived."
an active member of the legislaRev. Solomon Lombard, a native
of Truro, Mass., was the first setture.
tled minister.
His annual salary
Goldsboroiigli, Z5Ie.
was £53, 6s. Sd. He was ordained
Hancock co.
This is a large Dec. 26, 1750.
One hundred and
township, on the Atlantic ocean, twenty dollars were raised to defray
containing a number of excellent the expenses of the ordination.
harbors, and nearly surrounded by
copy the following from the
water.
It is admirably located for list of supplies for that occasion, to
all the various pursuits in navigashow the prices of some articles at
tion.
Goldsborough harbor, on the that period.
E. side of the town, is capacious and
1 barrel of flour,
£14 7s. 6d.
easy of approach by almost any
3 bushels of apples, 2 8
wind.
Frenchman's bay extends
2 barrels of cider,
9
on the W. side of the town and af2 gallons of brandy, 5
fords it many commercial advanta5
1 bottle of vinegar,
ges.
It lies 99 mileg E. from Au2 cheeses, 6d. per lb.
these
plains the land
rises
on each side of Piscataquog river
We
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
lbs. of pork, 7J, per lb.
6 candles,
£0 Is. Od.
1 oz. of nutmegs,
8 fowls,
1 16
29 lbs. sugar,
8 14
1 tea pot,
1 10
4 gallons of rum,
5 4
2 bushels cranberries, 2
1 lb. of tea,
10
1 lb. of ginger,
2
6 gals, molasses, 2s. 8<^. per gal.
4 oz. of pepper,
6
54^
10
Gorham
is
very pleasantly loca-
its soil is of a superior qualited
it has a flourishing academy, on
ty
a solid foundation
it is a place of
considerable trade, and of extensive manufactures of cotton, wool,
leather, starch, and gunpowder.
Gorham has produced many men of
:
:
:
among which were eminent
and statesmen. It is noted
attachment to the principles
talents,
jurists
for its
of the revolution.
From 1807 to 1834, twenty persons died in Gorham, whose average age was 94 years. Population,
1837, 3,022.
Gorliani,
K".
H.,
rough and unproductive township lying on the northCoos
CO., is a
erly base of the
and bounded E.
by Berlin, and
and
is
V.
bite mountains,
ny small streams, which unite
The
Goslieii, N. H.,
co., is bounded N. by
Newport and Wendell, E. by Newbury, S. by Washington, and W. by
Sullivan
Lempster and Unity. It is 42 miles
W. by N. from Concord. Croydon
turnpike passes through Goshen.
From Sunapce mountain, lying in
the E. part of this town, spring ma-
|
particularly calculated
for the production of grass.
It was
The
incorporated Dec. 27, 1791.
first settlement was made about the
year 1769, by Capt. Benjamin Rand,
William Lang, and Daniel Grindle,
whose sufferings and hardships were
very great. The crops of the first
settlers were greatly injured, and
sometimes entirely destroyed by
early frosts.
In such cases they
procured grain from Walpole and
other places.
At a certain time of
scarcity, Capt. Rand went to that
place after grain, and being detained by a violent snow storm, his
family was obliged to live without
provision for six days, during which
time Mrs. Rand sustained one of
his children, 5 years old, by the milk
from her breast, having a short time
before buried her infant child. Population in 1830, 772.
soil is
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Croslieu, Vt.
Addison
First settled, 1800.
co.
Goshen lies
Population, 1830, 555.
30 milc3 S. W. from Montpelier,
and 15 S. E. from Middlebury. Leicester and Philadelphia rivers supply the town with mill privileges.
The lands along the rivers are very
good, but in general they are too
by Shelburne, N.
W. by Randolph,
96 miles N. from Concord. mountainous
Several streams descend from the
mountains through this town into
the Androscoggin.
It was formerly called Shelburne Addition, but
was incorporated by its present
name June 18, 1836. Population
in 1830, 111.
in
forming Sugar river. Rand's pond
is in the
N. E. part of the town.
tion.
this
cultivaare found in
for profitable
Some minerals
town.
Goslieu, Mass.
Hampshire
A
co.
mountainous
town, 103 miles W. by N. fj-om Boston, and 12 N. W. from NorthampSome valuable minerals are
ton.
found here, such as emeralds, lead,
and tin. The manufactures of Goshen are small, chiefly of boots and
The value of 3,048 fleeces
shoes.
of wool, produced in 1837, was sold
Population, 1837, 560.
for $4,500.
GoslicH, Ct.
Litchfield co.
First settled, 1738.
_
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
Incorporated,
1830, 1,734.
1749.
Goshen
Population,
miles
lies 6
N. from Litcliiield, 42 N. N. W.
from New Haven, and 32 W. from
Great attention is paid
Hartford.
in this town to the education of
Ivy mountain, in Goshen,
youth.
is considered the most elevated point
of land in the state ; its summit presents an extensive and delightful
" Goshen is the most elepro'jpect.
vated township in the state,' but not
been much celebrated
for its pic-
turesque beauties. Its numerous
angular projections, the variety of
its islands covered with wood, and
the vicinity of lofty mountains, render it an object peculiarly interest-
There are numerous elevaing.
tions which come under the name
Those of the most
of mountains.
importance are Gardner's in Ly-
generally mountainous ; the surface
being undulating, aflbrding an in-
njan, Peaked in Bethlehem, Moosehillock in Coventry, Cushman's and
the Blue mount in Peeling, Carr's
in Warren and Ellsworth, Moose in
teresting diversity of hills and vales.
Hanover, and Cardigan
The
soil
is
a gravelly loam, deep,
strong and fertile, admirably adapted for grazing. This is one of the
best towns for the dairy business in
the state. Large quantities of cheese
are annually made, the fame of
which is V, idely and Justly celebrated, and the inhabitants are generally in prosperous circumstances. In
neatness, in and about their dwellings, and in the appearance of general comfort and prosperity, they
are not exceeded, if equalled, by
any tov»*n in the state."
Gosport,
See
Isles
]V. II.
of Shoals.
Grafton Coimty, K. H.
IlaverhUl and Plymouth are the
county towns.
This county extends from lat. 43°
N.
58 miles in
length, and its greatest breadth is
SO miles. It contains 828,623 acres,
besides a large tract of ungranted
land. It is bounded N. by the coun27' to 44=" 22''
ty of Coos, E.
A
was made
Strafford, S.
by
Orange.
at
Lebanon, and
this
was
settlement on Connecticut
It was
river north of Charlestown.
constituted a county, wlarch 19,
1771, and received its name in
honor of Augustus Henry Fitzroy,
Duke of Grafton. Population in
1775, 3..597; in 1790, 12,449; in
1800, 20,171; in 1810,28,402; in
and in 1830, 38,691.
1820, 32,989
the
first
;
It is
by
in
Grafton county
is mouniainous and hilly, but this
circumstance does not prevent its
It presents fine
productiveness.
tracts for pasturage, a large proportion of arable land, and on the rivers, extenjive and fertile intervales.
This county is emphatically a
wool growing county, and there
were, in 18.37, more"^ than 120,000
sheep within its borders.
The first settlement in this county
larsre portion of
Graft OM, N. U.,
Grafton co., is bounded N. E. by
Orange, S. E. by Banbury, S. W.
by Springfield, and N. W. by EnIt is 36 miles N. W. from
field.
Concord, and 13 S. E. from Dart-
Merrimack, and V.'. by the state
It is watered by
of Vermont. Grafton county is wa- mouth college.
tered by Connecticut river, on branches of Smith's and Mascomy
which are several pleasant and rivers. Heard's liver, a small tribby Pemigewas- utary to Smith's river, waters the
flourishing towns
There are 5 ponds.
set, and Lower Amonoosuck rivers, S. E. part.
Tb.e largest, containing from 200 to
and by many smaller streams.
;
Squam and Newfound
300 acres,
largest
Two
lakes are the
The
collections of water.
former, of which a considerable
part lies in Strafford county, has
14
is
called Grafton
pond.
The
are named Mud ponds.
surface of Grafton is very hilly, in
some parts very mountainous ; and
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
the soil is so rocky as, in many
places, to be unlit for culiivation.
There
however, some
are,
tracts of land.
good
The Gi-afton turnfrom Andover to Or-
pike, leadingford bridge, passes through the E.
part, and the 4th N. H. turnpike,
from Concord (o Hanover, tiirough
the V/. part.
In this town there is
a remarkable ledge, called the Pinnacle, on the S. side of which the
ground rises by a gradual ascent to
the summit; but on the N. side, it
falls nearly 150 feet, within the disIsinglass, as
tance of 6 or 8 feet.
it
is
commonly
called,
is
found in a
state of great purity in Glass Hiil
mountain. It adheres in the form
of lamina to rocks of white and yellow quartz. The usual size of these
lamina is about G inches square, but
some have been found much larger.
It requires much labor to obtain
which, when prepared,
transported to Boston, and from
this glass,
is
variety of mineral treasure.
Its
surface is uneven with a strong and
productive soil. Grafton was first
settled, 1780.
Population, 1830,
It lies 90 miles S. from
1,439.
Montpelier, and 18 N. from Newfane.
Grafton, Mass.
Worcester co.
This important
manufacturing town, the Hassanamiseo of the Indians, was incorpoIt lies 36 miles S.
Boston, and 9 S. E.
from ^\'orcester. Population, 1830,
1,839; 1837, 2,910. Blackstone river and several large ponds give this
town a constant and valuable water
power. There are 5 cotton and 1
woolen mills. The total amount of
the manufoctui-es of Grafton, the year
ending April 1, 1837, was $1,052,
448.
The manufactures consisted
of cotton and woolen goods, boots,
shoes, leather, scythes, chairs, tin,
cabinet and wooden wares, shoe
rated in 1735,
W. by W. from
thence exported to England. It is
found on the E. side of the mountain, which is 200 feet high. Gnifton was granted Aug. 14, 1761,
to Ephraim Sherman and others.
The first permanent settlement was
and bricks.
The manufacture of boots and shoes amounted
to ^614,141, employing 1,392 males
and females.
Grafton has a fine
soil, is beautifully located, and ex-
made
ceedingly nourishing.
in J^Iay, 1772,
by Capt. Jo-
seph Hoyt, from Poplin.
Capt.
Alexander Pixley and wife we-c
the second family who settled here.
Incorporated in 177S.
Population
Essex
allied to
This town is nearly
Ferdinand, both in loca-
CO.
and the character of the soil.
lies the next town S. of it,
and 97 people, it is said, reside within the limits of Granby.
Granby
Grafton, Vt.
Grafton
co.
is
finely
watered by Sexton's river, which is
formed in the town by the union of
several streams
and by a branch
;
of Williams' river. On these streams
are manufactui-es of woolen and
other goods.
Soap-stone of an excellent quality is very abundant in
this place.
It is man-ifactured by
water power for various uses to a
great extent
it is bored for aqueducts and sold at a very low price.
This town contains two pleasant
and flourishing villages, and a great
:
Giranljy, Vt.
tion
in 1830, 1,207.
Windham
tools
Oraiiby, Mass.
Hampshire co.
This town lies
90 miles W. by S. from Boston, and
9 S. E. from Northampton.
Incorporated, 1763.
It has good fish
ponds and two small streams. There
are two woolen mills in the town
and 2,067 sheep.
The wool, in
Population,
1837, sold for $3,670.
1837, 922.
It is said that copper
ore of a good quality is found in
Granby.
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
Granby,
Ct.
all sides by Lake Champlain except on the S., where it is
bounded on
Hartford co. This town was
corporated in 1786, and \vns that
part of Simsbury which contains
the famous Simsbury mines the old
The
state prison of Connecticut.
cavern, once occupied as a prison,
is now worked, as formerly, as a
copper mine. This odious place,
unlit for the residence of the worst
of criminals, is 16 miles N. N.
W. from Hartford. The pit or cavern is more than 50 feet in depth,
The worst
dark, damp and dismal.
stigma that can be cast on the good
people of Connecticut is, that this
infernal region was suffered to remain nearly 40 years the abode
There are
of their fellow beings.
some hills in Granby of considerain-
;
Barn door hills rise
ble elevation.
between four and five hundred feet,
and have the appearance of having
been separated by some convulsion
Turkey hills and Salof nature.
mon brook are pleasant villages, and
have the appearance of prosperity.
Farmington river w-aters the former, and a branch of that river, the
Population, 1830, 2,722.
latter.
Grand Isle County, Vt.
JVorth Hero is the county town.
This county comprises a group of
islands in Lake Champlain, and a
bounded by South Hero, from which
taken in 1809.
it was
It lies 50
miles N. W. from Montpelier, and
18 N. by W. from Burlington.
Population,
of the town is
very fertile ; it produces fine crops
of grain and an abundance of fruit
and cider. Marble, lime-stone, rock
crystals. Sec, are found here, and
Grand Isle contains the only water
This is a fine
mill in the county.
place for fishing and fowling.
First
settled,
1830, 643.
17S3.
The
soil
Grand Lake*
is a large collection of walying partly in the county of
This
ter,
Washington, Me., and partly in
New Brunswick. It contains a large
number
it receives the
small lakes and
is the chief source of the
Croix.
It lies about 90
E. from Bangor.
of islands:
waters of
rivers, and
river St.
miles
N.
many
Gi'antliam.,
]V.
H.,
Sullivan co., is bounded
Enfield, E. by Springfield,
Croydon,
and
which separates
W. by
N. by
S. by
Plainfield,
from Connecticut
It is 12 miles S. E. from
river.
Dartmouth college, and 45 N. W.
from Concord. There are 7 or 8
it
ponds, the largest of which lies in
the S. E. part of the town and is
called Eastman's pond, containing
nearly 300 acres. Another, lying
near the centre of the town, contains nearly 200 acres.
Croydon
mountain extends through the westing and tillage. This county has erly part of Grantham in a direcno considerable streams, but its nav- tion from S. W. to N. E. The soil
It is productive, especially on the "VV.
igable facilities are very great.
was first settled about the close of of the mountain. It seems to be
Incorpora- more favorable for wheat than any
the revolutionary war.
It contained, in 1837, other species of grain.
ted, 1802.
The mounabout 16,000 sheep.
Population, tain affords good pasturage, and the
1820, 3,527; 1830, 3,696.
Popula- lower land yields grass in abundtion to a square mile, 46.
ance.
On the E. side of the mountain is a spring supposed to possess
Grand Isle, Vt.
medicinal qualities, visited by hunGrand Isle co.
This town is dreds of valetudinarians in the sum-
point of land jutling into the N.
part of that lake on the S. side of
the Canada line, on which Alburgh
This county contains
is situated.
about 80 square miles most of the
land is level and excellent for graz:
�NEW ENGLAND
mer
GAZETTEER.
On
the summit of variegated marble, and a good mill
a natural pond, stream.
The soil on the banks of
containing about 5u acres. This the Housatonick is fertile and the
town was first granted July 11, uplands are well adapted for graz1761, but the proprietors not fuifill- ing.
The manufactures consist of
ing the conditions of the charter, it cotton and woolen goods, boots,
was forfeited. In 1767, it was re- shoes, leather, hats, pig iron, lasts,
granted to Col. William Symmes and tin ware, bevils and guages.
To63 others, by the name of Gran- tal amount of manufactures in one
tham. Incoi'poraied in 1761. Pop- year, $122,369.
This town the
same year (1837) produced 2,657
ulation, in 1830, 1,079.
fleeces of merino wool, valued at
season.
Croydon mountain
is
Gfi-aiivllle,
Vt.
SP"3
Addison
co.
See Barnard, Me.
Graiaville, Mass.
Hampden
The
This is a mountainous township, 110 miles W. S.
W. from Boston, and 14 W. from
Springfield.
It contains good soapThe wool
stone and 1,500 sheep.
There are
sold in 1837 for $2,572.
some manufactures in Granville of
pocket books, hoots, shoes, leather,
Although the
and silver ware.
co.
high, the soil in many parts
The
is very good and productive.
village is very pleasant. IncorporaPopulation, 1837,1,439.
ted, 1754.
land
Gr«at-]Says, N. H.
is
largest is that lying E. from
Market, formed by the united
v/aters of Swamscot, Winnicut, and
Laniprey rivers. It is 4 miles wide,
and at some seasons is picturesque
as connected with the surrounding
scenery.
This bay has Newington
on the E., Greenland and Stratham
on the S., and New Market and
New
Durham W, its waters pass N. E.
through Little bay, where Oyster
river unites with the current which
:
passes into the Piscataqua.
Great-Bay, between Sanbornton
and Meredith, is a body of water, connected with Winnepisiogee
Cumberland co. This is a fine farm- lake, and dischai-ging its waters ining town, watered by branches of to Winnepisiogee river. Round and
North Yarmouth and Presumpscot Long bays are situated between the
rivers, and containing a large part of lake and Great Bay, and there are
Little Sebago pond. It lies 17 miles two small bays on the river below
N. by W. from Portland and 44 S.
Great Island, N. H.
W. from Augusta. Incorporated,
Population, 1337, 1,671.
1778.
See JVew Castle.
Gi-ay is a pleasant town and a place
Great IVorks Stream, Me.
of considerable trade and some manufactures.
This stream has anumber of tributaries, and is an important branch
Great Earriiigtoii, Mass.
of the Penobscot.
It has many sites
Berkshire co.
very pleasant for mills, and falls into the Penobtown in the valley of Housatonick scot, on the E. side, opposite to the
river, 12.5 miles Y*.^ by S. from Bos- Indian settlement at Oldtown.
At
ton, and 14 S. from Lenox.
Incor- its confluence with the Penobscot
Gray, Me.
A
porated,
2,440.
1761.
Population, 1837,
Monument mountain,
there
is
a considerable village.
some wild and picturesque scenery.
There is another stream of this
name, which rises in York county,
and passes to Salmon Fall river, at
Here
South Berwick.
this
town,
is
quite lofty
:
it
in
presents
are good iron ore, beautifully
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
Greene, Me.
Kennebec
CO.
a favorite
Greene has several
ponds, but no good mill privileges.
It lies on the E. side of Androscoggin river, 6 miles above Lewiston,
and 22 S. W. from Augusta. It is
an excellent farming town, and
produced, in 1S37, 3,27S bushels of
wheat. Incorporated, 178S. Population, 1837, 1,366.
Greeiil)us!i,
Penobscot
CO.
This territory was
the Olammon Plantation,
until its incorporation in 1834.
Olammon stream, one of the most
beautiful tributaries of the Penobscot, joins that river, on the E. side,
in Greenbush, affording an extensive hydraulic power.
Greenbush
is a flourishing place, and lies about
25 miles N. by E. from Bangor.
Population, 1830, 333; 1837, h'oQ.
Greenfield, Me.
co.
five
Greenfield, Mass.
Me.
called
Hancock
sons of the
ponds ; the
largest about one mile in length,
and one third of its length in width.
The first settlement commenced in
1771, by Capt. Alexander Parker, Slajor A. Whittemore, Simeon
Fletcher, and others. It was incorporated June 15, 1791. Population,
in 1830, 946.
spot of the
There are
forest.
This town was in-
corporated in 1834.
It was No. 38
on the Bingham Purchase. See
" Down East."
Greenfield, N, H.,
Hillsborough co., is bounded N.
by Francestown and Society-Land,
E. by Francestown and Lyndeborough, S. by Lyndeborough and
Temple, and W. by Peterborough
County town, Franklin co. This
town lies on the W. side of Connecticut river, and is washed by Green
an excellent mill stream, a
branch of the Deerfield. The village is situated about 2 miles from
Connecticut liver, and is very beautiful and flourishing.
There is a
woolen mill in Greenfield with four
sets of machinery
and manufacriver,
;
tures of boots, shoes, leather, hats,
iron castings, chairs, cabinet and
tin wares, saddles, harnesses,trunks,
stove and lead aqueduct pipe, iron
work, guns, pistols, rifles, coaches, wagons, books, &,c.
The total
amount of manufactures, for the
year ending April 1, 1837, was
,$164,844. ^The'value of wool, the
pioductof 2,153 fleeces, sheared in
There is an
1837, was $3,404.
academy
for
young
ladies in this
town, a farming school for young
men, and some iron and copper ores.
Greenfield lies 95 miles W. by N.
from Boston, and 22 N. from Northampton. Incorporated, 1753. Pop-
and Hancock. It is 14 miles W.
N. W. from Amherst, and 33 S. AV.
from Concord.
Contoocook river ulation, 1S30, 1,540; 1837, 1,840
forms part of the W. boundary, and
Greenland, N. H.,
separates this town from Hancock,
The
generally fertile.
The
excellent pasturage the
valleys and plains are favorable for
grain.
Hops are raised in great
abundance.
part of Crotchcd
mountain rises from the N. part,
soil is
hills afford
;
A
Rockingham
co., is situated five
miles W.S.W. from Portsmouth, and
45 E.S.E. from Concord it is bounded N. by the Great-Bay and Newington, E. by Portsmouth and Rye,
:
S. by North-IIampion, and "\V. by
and part of Lyndeborough mountain Stratham. The soil is remarkably
from the S. and E. sections of this good. The orchards and gardens
town.
There are some valuable of this town are valuable, and yield
meadows in one of them have annual profits to the farmers.
been found many Indian relics, from Greenland, originally a part of Portswhich it is conjectured that it was mouth, was incorporated as a dis;
14*
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
tinct
town
in
1703,
commenced early, and
were 329
Settlements
1705 there
in
inhabitants.
Samuel M'Cl,intock,
Rev.
D. D., who died in the 48th
of his ministry, was hoi-n at
Mass.,
year
Med-
May
1, 1732; graduaJersey college in
1751; ordained in 1756; and died
April 27, 1804, aged 72. His fa-
ford,
ted at the
New
ther was a native of Ireland.
Dr.
M'Clintock was a sound divine, eminent as a preacher, and distinguished for his attachment to the cause
of his country.
He served as a
chaplain in tlie army of the revolution.
Population in 1830, GSl.
Green Momiataiais.
For his good fortune in
respect, the proprietors of the
township gave him 100 acres of
" Beautiful lake " and seveland.
ral other lakes and ponds in this
town, form a part of the head waters of the river Lamoille.
This
town is v/ell timbered
the surface is not very elevated
the soil
in general is good, particularly for
grazing.
It produces some fine catthis
town.
tliis
:
;
tle, and keeps about 4,000 sheep.
Population, 1830, 784.
Greenville, BIc.
The " Haskell
Piscataquis co.
Plantation," incorporated in 1836.
109 miles from Augusta.
Population, 1837, 132.
See " Down East."
This range of mountains rises in
Lower Canada.
pass nearly
through the centre of Vermont,
from N. to S., and the westerly
parts of the states of Massachusetts
and Connecticut, and terminate near
NcAV Haven, on Long Island Sound.
From their green appearance they
give the name to Vermont, and decrease in height as they approach
The
north peak, in Mansfield, Vt., is the greatest elevation,
being 4,279 feet above the surface
of lake Champlain.
the south.
Green
Kivei-s.
river, in Massacliit setts,
high lands at the N. W.
corner of Berkshire county it passes N. W. through Williamstovvn,
and the S. W. corner of Vermont,
and joins the Hoosick in N. Y.
There are several smaller streams
rises in the
;
in
New England
of the
Hampshire
co.
same name.
Greeaislsoi'oiigla, "Vt.
Orleans oo. Vf'^illiam Scott Shepard, born March 25, 1789, was the
first white child brought forth in
There are anum-
ponds in this town, by which,
and Swift river passing through it,
a good water power is acquired.
There is a woolen mill in the town,
and manufactures of shoes, boots,
palm-leaf hats, and scythes.
In-
bei- of
corporated, 1754. Population, 1837,
842.
Greenwich lies 75 miles W.
fi'om Boston, and 17 N. E. from
Northampton.
Greeii^vicli, Ct.
Fairfield co.
Green, or Quodotchquoik river,
in the N. E. part of Penobscot county, Maine, is an important branch
of the St. John's, and joins that river about 24 miles W. from the line
of New Brunswick.
Green
GrceiiAvicli. Mass.
They
The settlement
of
town commenced in 1640, and
was incorporated by Stuyvesant,
the Dutch governor at New York,
in 16G5. Greenwich comprises three
parishes or villages,
West Greenwich, Greenwich on the E. and
Stanwich on the N. West Greenwich, on Horse JYech, so called
from a peninsula on the Sound forthis
—
mei'ly used as a horse pasture, is the
largest and most important part of
Greenwich is watered
the town.
by By ran river, the boundaiy line
between the town and state of
York, and the most southern part of
England.
At the outlet of
York side,
Byran river, on the
is a place called Satvpits, a noted
landing place on the Sound, 28 miles
New
New
New
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
New York. Miannus
and other smaller streams
water the town.
N. E IVom
number
handsom« buildings.
of
said to be very
manufacturing and
It lies 8
concerns.
great battle took place between commercial
and 46
Dutch and Indians at Horse miles N. E. from Norwich,
the
There are
action was E. S. E. from Hartford.
The
Neck, in 1646.
manufactories of cotton in
long and severe, both parties light- other
The this town, and some of wool. The
much obstinacy.
ing with
its soil
is hilly
Dutch with much dilhculty kept suiface of Griswoid
some produce is
o-raveliy loam
field, and the Indians with- a
the
and about 3,000
drew. Great numbers were slain sent to "market,
Population, 1S30,
on both sides, and tlie graves of the sheep are kept.
dead, for a century or more, appeared like a number of small hills.
Grotoii, K. H.,
" Putnam's Hill is situated in
Grafton co., is bound N. by RumWest Greenvvdch, about five miles
Orange,
W. from Stamford, on the main road ncy, E. by Hebron, S. by It is 10
York. This place is cele- and W. by Dorchester.
to New
W. from Plymouth, 45 N.
brated for the daring exploit of Gen- miles S.
Vr. from Concord, and 15 S. E. from
eral Putnam, who descended this
The north part is v. aprecipice when pursued by the Brit- Hanover.
tered by a branch of Baker's river,
ish dragoons."
has sevGreenwich is a rough and uneven and the southerly part
creek
This
little
city
prOL-perous in
is
its
A
;
:
township, with
productive
a
soil.
some wild scenery along
and many beautiful views
It presents
the road,
of Long Island Sound.
miles W. S. W. from
It
New
and 20
W.
S.
W.
lies
48
Haven,
from Fairfield.
Population, 1830, 3,S05.
Greeu^ivood, Ble.
Incorporated, 1815.
Oxford
It lies 53
Population, 1837, 754.
miles W. by S. fiom Augusta, and
CO.
This is a
7 N, W. from Paris.
The
township of excellent land.
inhabitants are generally engaged
eral
which fall into
There is but one
small streams,
Newfound
lake.
pond of any consequence lying wholly in thistown, and that is situated
about a mile N. E. of the meetingGroton was granted July
house.
8, 1761, to George Abbot and others
It
by the name of Cochernioutk.
was re-granted, about five years afterwards, to Col. John Hale and others, and the first settlement was
commenced in 1770. Incorporated
by the name of Groton, Dec. 1796.
Population, in 1830, 639.
Groton, Vt.
in agricultural pursuits.
Caledonia co.
First settled, 1787.
Griswolcl, Ct.
Wells river and its branches afford
town this town a good water power.—
New London co. This
number of ponds in
was taken from Preston in 1815, There are a
Lisbon by Groton, well stored with excellent
and is separated from
large and
Quennebaugh river. The Pochaug, fish, some of which are
of the town is
stream, passes through handsome. The soil
a sluggish
the town.
The
principal village,
very neat and pretty, containing about yOO inhabitants, is
which
is
called Jeii^ett City.
The
city lies
on the east side of the Quonnebaug,
at this place a very powerful stream,
and contains three extensive cotton
factories, a church, bank, and a
generally hard, but there is some
choice land along the streams, and
good timber.
The wife of a Mr. Page, of this
town, in the year 1819, produced
four lusty " green mountain boys"
Svhen domestic manu-
at a birth.
factures
of
this
description
and
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
amount, are adduced as evidence
of the prosperity of a town, it is
useless to talk about water power,
cotton factories, or wool growing.
Groton lies 16 miles E. by S. from
Moutpelier, and 15 S. by W. from
Danville.
Population, 1830, 836.
Ciro'toa,
Mass.
Middlesex co. This is a delighttown, with an extraordinary good
soil; 32 miles N. W. from Boston,
and 13 W. by S. from Lowell.
Groton was settled soon after
Concord.
It was for some years a
frontier settlement, and much exful
posed
to
the Indians.
In 1G7G, the
town was attacked by 400 Indians,
and all the buildings plundered and
burnt, except four garrison houses.
A
ty into Long Island Sound.
number of whale ships and coasting vessels are owned in this town.
This
is a place of some trade, and considerable quantities of the produce of
the county is shipped to
York
market. Ship building is carried
on to a considerable extent, on
the Mystic, wiiich is navigable for
large vessels about tu'o miles from
the Sound.
About 300 men and
boys are employed in navigation.
Previous to its incorporation, in
1705, Groton was a part of NewLoadon. Population, 1830, 4,705.
" Groton will ever be memorable as the theatre of the most important
and interesting military
transactions which have taken place
in the state.
In the early settlement of the country, the fate of
New
The town is finely watered by
Nashua and Squanecook rivers Connecticut was decided by the
and a number of beautiful ponds. sword on Pequot hill, within the
The buildings are in a style of lin:iits of this town, and the Pequots,
the
great neatness and taste, and some
of elegance.
Tliis town has a female seminary of high reputation,
and a number of moral and religious institutions.
The local beauties of Groton and its facilities for
education are so great as to induce
many wealthy families to made it
their residence. The manufactures
of Groton consist of paper, axletrees, soap-stone pumps, mathematical instruments, clothing, palmleaf hats, chairs, cabinet ware,
leather, boots and shoes.
Incorporated, 1655.
Population, 1830,
2,057.
CJrotosi, Ct.
New
London
co.
Groton
lies at
the mouth of the river Thames, in
the harbor of New London, and opposite to that city, on the E.
The
lands are generally hilly and rocky,
with some fertile tracts on the margin of the Thames.
There are several villages, Groton Bank, opposite
London, Portersville, on
New
Mystic
river,
the most haughty and warlike tribe
of savages in
England, efFectually crushed by a single blow,
and their existence as a nation annihilated.
In the war of the revolution, another of the
high places
of Groton became an Aceldama',
and the tiower of her sons were sacrificed to the vengeance of an infuriated enemy.
" On the 6th of September, 1781,
a body of British troops, about 800
in number, under the command
of Lieut. Col. Eyre, landed on the
Groton side, opposite the light-
New
'
house, and having found a lame boy
collecting cattle, compelled him to
show them the cart path to the fort.
They landed about 9 o'clock in the
morning of a most delightful day,
Fort Griswold was
clear and still.
under the command of Lieut. Col.
William Ledyard, brother of the
celebrated traveller of the same
name. He resided on Groton bank,
New
opposite
London,
and
was
much beloved and respected by his
and Pequonnuck. neighbors. On the advance of the
The Pequonnuck and Mystic
ers pass through the town, and
riv-
emp-
enemy,
Col. Ledyard,
about 150
men
having but
with him in the fort.
�NEW ENGLAND
sent out on officer to get assistance,
as tljoie w^i-c a nuuiber of hundreds
of people collected in the vicinity
:
GAZETTEER.
some
parts of the
parade ground.
wagoQ
was loaded with wounded AmeiiSoon
after the suriender, a
by drinking too much, cans, and set off down the hill ; it
intoxicated, and no rein- struck an apple tree with great force,
forcement \vas obtained. On the and knocked several of these bleedrejection of a summons to surren- ing men out, and caused their inder, the I3rilish extended their lines, stant death.
One of these distress60 that they were scattered over the ed men having been thrown ouc of
fields, and rushed on to the attack the wagon, and while crawling towith trailed arms, under the lire of wards the fence on his hands and
the Americans, to the assault of knees, was brutally knocked on the
Having head by the butt end of a musket,
the fort on three sides.
effected a lodgment in the ditch, by one of the refugees who were
they cut away the pickets, and hav- attached to the British army. The
ing scaling ladders, they entered British embarked at the foot of the
the fort and knocketl away the gate hill, near the ferry, and took off a
on the inside. While tiie British number of prisoners with them.
were in the ditch, they had cold As they left the fort, they set fire
shot thrown on them, and as they to a train, intending to blow up the
were entering the embrazures, the magazine, in which were about 100
garrison changed their weapons and barrels of powder.
Fortunately it
fought desperately with spears or was extinguished by our people,
pikes, 15 or IG feet in length, which who entered the fort soon after the
did considerable execution. Unfor- enemy left it.
It is stated that the
tunately they had lent the greater enemy lost in the attack on the for*^
part of the pikes belonging to the 54 killed and 143 wounded, several
fort to a privateer a few days before.
of whom afterwards died of their
Major Montgomery was hoisted up wounds. The killed of the enemy
on the walls of the fort by his sol- were buried by their comrades at
diers.
As he was flourishing his the gate of the fort, and were so
sword on his entrance, he was mor- slightly covered that many of their
tally wounded by Jordan Freeman, legs and
arms remained above
a colored man, who pierced him ground. Our people who were killthrough witli a spear. Another of- ed at the fort, were stripped, and so
ficer was killed by a musket ball, disfigured, covered with blood and
while in the fort. As he fell, he ex- dust, that with the exception of
claimed ' Put every one to death, tvvo or three, they could not be redoii't spare one.'
Col. Ledyard, cognized by their friends, except
finding further resistance useless, by some particular marks on their
this officer,
became
:
presented his sword to an officer,
who asked liim who commanded the
'I did,' said
fort.
'
Col.
you do now.'
but
Ledyard,
The
officer
(Capt. Bloomfield) took his sword
and plunged it into his bosom. Col.
Ledyard fell on his face and instantly expired. An indiscriminate mas-
sacre
now
took place,
till
a British
exclaimed ' ]\Iy soul cannot bear such destruction,' and ordered a parley to be beat.
Such
had been the butchery in the fort,
that it was over shoes in blood in
officer
:
persons."
The monument onGroton Heights,
in
commemoration
of Groton and
of the destruction
London by the
New
Arnold, " has its foundation
stone at an elevation of about 1.30
feet above tide v/ater: the monutraitor
ment itself is one hundred and twenty seven feet in height.
The pedestal rises about eighteen or twenty feet, and is twenty three feet
square
on the pedestal rises an
obelisk square, ninety two feet in
height, twenty two feet square at its
:
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
eleven feet at the top.
ascended by one hundred and
Giiilfoi'd,
base, and
It is
sixty five stone steps, inserted into
tlie outer wall, rising in a circular
form, their inner ends supported by
an iron rail and bannister. The monument is constructed of granite, of
which there is an abundance in the
vicinity.
The expense of its erec-
was eleven thousand dollars
amount was raised by a lottery,
granted by the state for this pur-
tion
this
Me.
Piscataquis CO. This town is finewatered by the Piscataquis and
some of its upper branches. It is
of fine soil, and produced in 1837,
4,965 bushels of wheat.
It has a
pleasant village, a number of mills,
and considerable trade.
Guilford
is 71 miles N. by E. from Augusta,
45 N. W. from 'Bangor, and 12 N.
W. from Dover. Incorporated, 1816.
Population, 1837, 799.
ly
pose.
Guilford, Vt.
The
following is the inscription,
on marble, placed over the entrance
of the monument.
" This Pvlonument
was erected under the patronage
of the
State of Connecticut,
A. D. 1830,
and in the 55th year of the Independence of the U. S. A.
In memory of the brave Patriots
who
fell
massacre at Fort Griswold,
near this spot,
on the Gth of September, A. D. 1781,
in the
when
the
under the command
of the traitor, Benedict Arnold,
burnt the towns of
New London and Groton,
and spread desolation and woe
throughout this region."
British,
Gnildliall, Vt.
County town of Essex
co.
W.
1,760.
The people of this town
took an active part in defending the
rights of Vermont against the claims
of jurisdiction set up by the state
of
Yoi'k, about the years
1783-4.
Guilford produced a number of patriots in this as also in the
revolutionary cause. The soil of
the town is warm and fertile, exceedingly productive of grain, fruits,
maple sugar, butter, cheese, pork,
sheep, horses, and beef cattle.
It
has good mill seats on Green river
and branches of Broad brook, a
number of manufactories, a medicinal spring, and various kinds of
minerals.
New
Guild-
situated on the
Windham co. This town was first
permanently settled in 1760. It lies
125 miles S. from Monlpelier, 15
S. by E. from Newfane, and 30 E.
from Bennington. Population, 1830,
side of
hall
is
Guilford, Ct.
New Haven co. This town, the
Menunkatuc of the Indians, was
wa- first settled in 1639. The town was
Connecticut river, and is united to
Lancaster, N. H., by two bridges
across the river.
The town is
tered by several small streams.
The soil of the town is quite uneven
and stony, except a tract of intervale on the river.
Cow and Burnside mountains are considerable elevations, and afford excellent views
of the meanderings of the ConnecGuildhall lies 50 miles N.
ticut.
E. from Montpelier, and 90 N. by
First settled,
E. from Windsor.
Population, 1830, 481.
1789.
by a party of Non-Conformfrom England, at the head of
which was the Rev. Henry Whitfield.
Mr. Whitfield's house, built
settled
ists
is now standing,
occupied, and in good repair. The
cement used in building it, is said
to be harder than the stone itself.
This building was used by the first
settlers as a fort and place of refuge
against the attacks of the natives.
of stone, in 1640,
�NEW ENGLAND
The
first inarriasje
in the
Menunkatuc. The buildings in the
borough are neat, but somewhat
antiquated in their appearance.
Guilford is a place of resort for sea
air and bathing. The accommodations are very good.
The scenery
in the vicinity of
Sachem's Head
wild and picturesque. The soil
of Guilford is well adapted to agricultural pursuits, to which, and some
coasting trade, the principal part of
the inhabitants are devoted.
It lies
16 miles E. from New Haven, and
36 S. from Hartford.
Population,
1830, 2,344.
is
Maddaiu,
river.
Haddam Society, on
the W. side, is the largest part of
the town, and the seat of justice.
That part of Haddam on the E. side
ticut
called
is
but
Haddam Neck.
little
The
dam.
township is
If the greatness of a character
be estimated by the object it
pursues, the danger it braves, the
difficulties it encounters, and the
purity and energy of its motives,
David Brainerd is one of the greatest characters that ever appeared
in the world.
Compared with this
standard of greatness, what little
things are the Alexanders, the Caesars, the conquerors of the whole
earth.
nobler object no human
or angelic mind could ever propose
to itself than to promote the glory
of the great Governor of the Universe, in studying and laboring to
diffuse purity and happiness among
his unholy and miserable creatures.
" His life and diary among the
Indians,' says a celebrated English
divine, ' exliibits a perfect pattern
of the qualities which should distinguish the instructor of rude and
barbarous tribes the most invincible patience and self denial, the
profoundest humility, exquisite prudence, indefatigable industry, and
such a devotedness to God, or rather such an absorption of the whole
soul in zeal for the divine glory
and the salvation of men, as is
scarcely paralleled since the age of
"
the apostles.'
This faithful servant of Christ
died at the house of the Rev. Jonathan Edwards, at Northampton,
Mass., October 10, 1747, aged 30.
is
to
A
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Ct.
One of the county towns of Middlesex CO. Incorporated, 166S. This
town lies on both sides of Connec-
is
"
town was
solemnized in this building. The
treat on the occasion was pork and
peas. Guilford borough was incorporated in 1S15.
It is handsomely
located two miles from Long Island
Sound, on a tract of alluvial plain,
and near a small stream called the
GAZETTEER.
There
land in Hadprincipal part of the
hilly and stony, with
alluvial
considerable forests.
There are
valuable quarries of granite on both
sides of the river. About 150 men
are annually employed in quarrying it, and about $70,000 worth of
There
stone is annually exported.
are many vessels built at Haddam.
The timber in this quarter of the
county is well adapted for that purpose.
The village of Haddam is
pleasant, and has a good prospect
of the river.
It lies 23 miles S.
from Hartford, and 8 S. E. from
Middletown. Population, 1830, 2,830.
David Braixerd, the devoted
missionary among the Indians, first
drew his breath in Haddam.
Hatllcy, Mass.
Hampshire co. This is
sant town on the E. bank
a pleaof Connecticut river, and unites with
Northampton by a beautiful bridge,
1,030 feet in length.
It was first
settled in 1647. Incorporated, 1661.
Population, 1837, 1,805.
It lies 88
miles W. from Boston.
Two small
streams afford the town some water
power. Hadley contains a lai-ge and
tract of alluvial meadow.
village, situated on the river,
is pleasant, and contains many neat
and valuable buildings.
Hadley was a retreat of the celefertile
The
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
about ,fUoO,000.
Halifax was incorporated in 1734.
Population,
heated Goffe and Whalley, two of
the judges who condemned Charies
They remained
I. for execution.
secluded here more than fifteen
Goffc
years, when Whalley died.
died and was buried at New Haven, Ct., some years after.
The manufactures of Hadley consist of leather, boot.?, shoes, hats,
glue, palm-leaf hats, wire, chairs,
cabinet ware, brooms, and brushes.
Total value the year endino- April
This town is
1, 1837, $117,850.
celebrated for raising broom corn.
1837, 781.
Ilallo-well,
Kennebec
al
to
W.
This town?hip
is
rather elevated, but of good soil,
finely adapted for grazing.
It is
a place of considerable trade, and
of manufactures on its numerous
streams.
Its principal streams are
Green river and a branch of the
Deerfield.
There are some handsome falls of \Ajater in Halifax, and
a curious cave called Dun''s Den.
)(' the
The produotlc''
tov;n are
butter, cheese, pork, sheep and othThe cause of education
er cattle.
flourishes here, and the people are
generally independent cultivators
of the soil.
Halifax lies 125 miles
S. from Montpelier, and 15 S. from
Nev/fane.
First settled, 1761.
Population, 1830, 1,562.
Plymouth co. The Indian name
of this place was Monponset.
It
lies 28~^mile3 S. S. E. from Boston,
and 12 W. by S. fj-om Plymouth.
The surface of the town is generally level, with considerable good
soil.
Monponset and other ponds
are large collections of water, and
the sources of valuable mill privileges.
There are a cotton and woolen mill in the town, and manufacture > of shoes and straw brold
streets
number of vessels are engaged in
the freighting business, and others
run as packets to various places.
The principal exports are lumber,
granite, and all the common productions of a fertile northern cliThe gr;initc quarries at
mate.
a
;
annual amount of maaufactuics
The
sented from the high grounds on
each side of the village, form an exhibiiion of scenery of uncommon
excellence.
Hallowell is about 3
miles in width, and extends back on
each side of the river 5 miles. It
was incorporated in 1771, and included all the territory of Augusta
and a part of Gardiner. From this
place the brave but traitorous Arnold marched on an expeullion
against Canada, in 1776.
There is one water mill in the
town ; tv/o saw mills, an iron foundry and machine shop, worked by
steam.
Steam boats ply from this
place to Poi-tland and Boston, during the sca'^on of navigation. There
is considerable tonnage at this place:
Halifax, Mass.
total
side of the river.
pally of brick.
Most of the dwelling houses are on the back or elevated streets: they are built, as are
the churches, with great taste, and
being surrounded by beautiful
groves, make a fine appearance.
The varied views of the river, the
neighboring towns, and of a fertile country of hills and vales, pre-
other places.
co.
de-
run parallel with the river, and the
ground ascends 200 fr,^et from the
lower street, or burliness part of the
village.
On this street are 60 commodious stores, constructed princi-
Halifax, Vt.
Windham
is
and Gardiner, two miles below the
former and four miles above the latter.
The principal village is on the
unmanufactured materi-
was scut
Kallowell
lightfully situated on both sides of
Kennebec river, between Augusta
The value of brooms manufactured
was $Sy,248. A considerable quantity of the
co.
Me.
I
Hallov/fU have i)Ci'n vvorki^il for
years with great success.
iifteen
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
Whitneysville, about two miles
from New Haven, is admirably located for manufacturing opperations.
The manufactures at the Cannel
of a light color and
in some years
it hasheen trans"Vessels drawing 9 feet of
ported.
water can come to the wharves in
The
granite
is
wrought:
^100,000 worth of
easily
tvorks, consist of paper, carriages,
coach and elipfic springs, steps,
the centre of the village.
As Ilallowell and Augusta are
so closely united in all their various interests and pursuits, a repetition of what we have said of the
favorable position of Augusta, and
of its future prospects, is unneces-
Mount
axletrees, brass work, &c.
Carmel, a noted elevation, 8 miles
Haven, exhibits an
N. from
New
extensive prospect.
1830, 1,669.
Population,
j
With common success in our
sary.
national aflflurs, and with a continuation of that spirit of enterprize,
Hamilton, Mass.
This is a beautiful
Essex CO.
farming town, and most of the in-
employed in cultivatevery day manifested on the banks habitants are
There are some vessels
ino- it.
of the Kennebec, it requires no
Mormon siiectacles to foresee that hmlt here, and some manufactures
The
boots, and shoes.
within a very few years there will of leather,
Population,
quite small.
be a continuous village from the town is
Ipswich in
Kennebec dam to the mouth of the 1837, 827. Taken from
It lies 8 miles N. by E. from
1793.
Cobbessecontee. Population, IS20,
The present Salem.
1830, 3,964.
2,919
population is about 5,009.
Haniptieii, Me.
Hallowell was, for many years,
Penobscot co. Hampden lies on
the residence of Be^tjamin Vaugthe west side of Penobscot, below
HAN, LL. D. a gentleman highly
It is also
Bangor.
distinguished for his learning, pub- and adjoining
rivvirtues. watered by the Sowadabscook
lic benefactions and private
large and valuable mill stream.
er, a
Hall's stream, ?I. II.,
This is an important township in its
on the Penobscot, its
Rises in the highland? which sep- commerce
manufacture of lumber, and its agthat state from the British doarate
It is one
productions.
minions, and forms the N. W. boun- ricultural
most tlourishing towns on the
dary between New Hampshire and of the
quantity of wheat proLower Canada, from its source to river. The
duced by the farmers, in 1837, was
at
its junction with the Connecticut
Population, 1830,
5,664 bushels.
Stewartstown.
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2,020
Haniileii, Ct.
New Haven co. This
New Haven
taken from
from which
It is
town was
in 1786,
about 6 miles N.
between the East and
it lies
situated
West Rock ranges of mountains,
the southern terminus of the Green
The soil in many
mouiiiain range.
parts is easy of cultivation, but in
general it is more adapted to grazr>Iinerals are
ing than tillage.
found here, among wiiich are specimens of very pure copper. Mill
liver affords
numerous
ter works.
15
;
1837, 2,520.
6'niiles S.
sites for
wa-
Hampden
from Bangor, and 62 E.
N. E. from Augusta.
Hampden County, Mass.
Springfield is the chief town.
This county is very fertile and well
cultivated, and in common with all
the counties on Connecticut river,
presents a rich array of delightful
Its rivers afford an abunscenery.
dant water power; and this county
has become noted for its various and
Much
exten'^ive manufactures.
inland trade is brought to the banks
of the Connecticut,and large exports
it
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are made from tliis county, the product both of the soil and mechanical labor.
This county was taken
from Hampshire county in 1812.
Population, 1820, 28,021 1830, .31,6 10 18-37, 33,627. Area, 585 square
miles.
Bounded S. by Tolland and
Hartford counties, Connecticut W.
;
;
;
by Berkshire county
;
N. by Hamp-
GAZETTEER.
the
er,
Merrimack through Spiggot rivwhich flows from Wash pond,
near the centre of the town. Anglypond is in the N. E. part of the
town, the waters of which pass into
Powow river. Island pond, in the
S. W, part of the town, contains a
valuable farm of 300 acres.
The
town was granted by Gov. Benning
shire county, and E. by Worcester
county
57 inhabitants to a square
mile.
The Connecticut, Westlield,
named by him
19, 1749, and
after a pleasant vil-
lage live miles
N.
Chickopee, and Quinebaugh are
land.
:
its
chief rivers.
The value
of the manufactures
county, the year ending
April 1,1837, v/as $3,056,302. The
value of wool, the product of 29,950
sheep, was f 44,786.
of
Wentworth, January
of London,
Eng-
He
reserved the island before mentioned for his own farm.
Population in 1830, 913.
this
Mampsliire Comity, Mass.
Mamptoii,
See "
Down
Ble.
East."
Ilainptosi, N. H.,
Rockingham co., lies on the seathe chief town. coast, bounded N. E. by NorthThis ancient county, although its Hampton, S, E. by the Atlantic, S.
limits have been greatly reduced by W. by Hampton Falls,
N, W. by
the production of Franklin and Hampton Falls and part of Exeter
Hampden counties, is still increas- Distant 13 miles S. W. from Portsing in agricultural, commercial and mouth, 7 S. E. from Exeter, and 50
manufacturing strength.
Located S. E. from Concord. The soil is
In the centre of the alluvial basin well adapted to tillage and
mowing,
of the noble Connecticut; blessed and about one fifth of the territory
with a rich and variegated soil, and is a salt marsh. Hampton is pleasgreat water power, this must ever antly situated ; many eminences in
remain one of the most independ- the town affording romantic views
ent counties in New England.
of the ocean. Isles of Shoals, and
Area, 532 square miles. Popula- sea-coast from Cape Ann to Portstion, 1820, 26,447; 1830,30,210; mouth.
Its beaches have long been
1837, 30,413.
Incorporated, 1662. the resort of invalids and parties of
This county is bounded S. by Hamp- pleasure, and are little inferior to the
den, W. by Berkshire, N. by Franlt- famous Nahant beach near Boston.
lin, and E. by Worcester counties
Boar's Head is an abrupt emi57 inhabitants to a square mile. nence extending into the sea, and diThe Connecticut, Westlield, and viding the beaches about halfway
Swift, are its chief rivers.
The between the rivei-'s mouth and the
manufactures of this county, the N. E. corner of the town. On the
year ending April 1, 1837, amount- N. beach are numerous tish-houses,
ed to $2,335,052.
The value of from which the winter and summer
wool, the fleeces of 64,274 sheep, fisheries have been carried on with
amounted to f 103,751.
much success. Great quantities of
the winter fish are carried frozen
Hampstead, N. H.,
into the interior, and to Vermont
Rockingham co., lies partly on and Canada.
the height of land between MerriThe Indian name of this town
mack and Piscataqua rivers. Most was Winnicumet ; it was first setof the waters descend S W. into tled in 1638, by emigrants from
the
JVorthampton
is
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The islands of great beauty, some of
county of Norfolk, England.
which are large, fertile and well
first house was erected in 1635, by
Nicholas Easton, and was called the cultivated
it comprises also nuBound-house.
The town was in- merous bays, and a vast number of
corporated in 1636, and then inclu- coves, inlets and spacious harbors.
Perhaps there is no district of its
ded within its limits what now constitutes the towns of North Hamp- extent on the American coast, that
ton, Hampton Falls, Kensington and offers greater facilities for navigation, in all its various branches, than
Scab rook.
This town was formerly the scene the county of Hancock. The tonof Indian depredations. On the 17th nage of Frenchman's bay, in this
;
county, in 1837, was 13,184 tons.
soil of the county is generally
"whom was a widow Mussey, cele- of an excellent quality, particularly
brated as a preacher among the in the interior. There are a great
number of ponds in the county evFriends.
The Hon. Chuistopher Top- ery section of it is watered by mill
pan died here in Feb., 1819, aged streams, and Union river, nearly
84 he was a very useful and dis- in its centre, affords the interior
tinguished citizen.
Population in part great facilities for transportation.
This county contains an area
1830, 1,103.
of about 1,850 square miles.
PopHampton, Ct.
ulation, 1830, 24,347; 1837, 28,120.
Windham co. This town was Population to a square mile, 15.
taken from Windham and Pomfret This county produced, in 1837, 21,The people are generally 446 bushels of wheat, and containin 1786.
agriculturalists, with a good strong ed 38,870 sheep.
soil of an uneven surface.
The
Hancock, Me.
village is pleasantly situated on high
ground, 33 miles E. from Hartford
Hancock co. This town was takand 6 from Brooklyn.
Hampton en from Sullivan and Trenton in
has good mill seats on a branch of 1828. It is situated between those
Shetucket river. Population, 1830, towns, and is nearly surrounded by
1,101.
the head waters of Frenchman's
bay.
It is a place of some navigaHampton. Falls, N. II.,
tion ; 85 miles E. from Augusta,
Rockingham co., is situated 45 and bounded easterly by Ellsworth.
miles S. E. from Concord, and 16 Population, 1837, 653.
S, W. from Portsmouth.
The soil
Hancock, Hi. H.
is generally good.
Hampton Falls
was originally a part of Hampton,
Hillsborough co.
It is 35 miles
from which it was separated and from Concord, 22 from Amherst,
incorporated, in 1712.
Population, and 19 from Keene.
The W. part
1830, 582.
of the town is mountainous, but affords excellent pasturing and many
Hancock County, Me.
good farms. The other parts of the
Ellsworth is the chief town. This town are agreeably diversified with
county is bounded N. by Penobscot plains, hills and valleys.
On the
cnunty, E. by Washington county, Contoocook, and some of its tribS. by the Atlantic ocean, and W. utary streams, there are several
by Penobscot bay and river, and a tracts of excellent intervale. There
part by Penobscot county.
Its exare two considerable ponds, one of
tent on the ocean is between 50 and which is in the centre, a few rods
60 miles: it comprises numerous N. of the meeting-house.
There
Aug.
1703, a party of Indians
kill-
ed 5 persons in Hampton, among
The
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:
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a cotton factory, a paper mill, and
several other manufacturing establishments here ; also a flourishingacademy. Hancock was incorporated Nov. 5, 1779.
It was named
after Gov. Hancock, of Boston, who
was one of the original proprietors.
The first settlement was begun in
1764.
Population, 1830, 1,316.
is
ship,
which
highly improved by
and cuTheir village is about
is
this industrious, hospitable,
rious people.
two miles southeast of the springs.
The Springs
are on the side of a
and are so abundant as to supply a small water power. The waters are tasteless, pure as crystal,
and appear to differ in no respect
from other pure mountain waters,
Haucoclc, Vt.
except in temperature, which is
Addison co.
Several branches always at 72° of Fahrenheit.
of Otter creek rise in this town.
This is a great resort for visitors
Hancock is wholly on the moun- from all directions
some to enjoy
tains, and most of the land fit only the romantic scenery with which
for grazing.
First settled, 1778. this region abounds, and others the
Population, 1830, 472.
benign influence of the waters. The
It lies 30
miles S. W. from Montpelier, and public resorts are well located, and
15 S. E. from Middlebury.
afford excellent accommodations.
New Lebanon is 134 miles W. from
Hancock, Mass*
Boston, 24 E. from Albany, 25 N.
Berkshire co.
This is a moun- E. from Hudson, 7 W. from Pittstainous township, on the line of the field, 23 S. by W. from Williamsstate of New York, the source of town, 156 N. by E. from New
the Housatonick, and the residence York, and 68 N. W. by W. from
of a family of " Shakers."
It lies
Hartford. Ct.
129 miles W. from Boston, 15 N.
Hanover, ]V. H.
by W. from Lenox, and 5 E. from
New Lebanon, New York. IncorGrafton co.
The Connecticut
porated, 1776.
Population, 1S37, river separates it fiom Norwich,
975.
Vermont.
It is 53 miles N. W.
There are one cotton and three from Concord, and 102 from Portswoolen mills in the town, and some mouth.
In this town there is no
manufactures of leather, boots, river nor any considerable stream
shoes, iron castings, and wooden besides the Connecticut.
Mink
ware.
The value of 5,445 fleeces brook, running in aS. W. direction.
of wool, sheared in 1837, amounted Slate brook in a W. course, and
Goose-Pond brook in the N. E. part
to $11,544.
of the town, are among the princiAs we are so near the lovely val- pal streams. Neither of them is
hill,
:
New
Lebanon, its tepid
ley of
springs, and a large family of our
friends, the Shakers, we must be
permitted to cross the line a moment, "just to take a look."
JVew Lebanon,
New
York,
is
in
the county of Columbia, and situated in a delightful valley, surrounded by cultivated hills, which
present scenery greatly variegated
and peculiarly pleasing.
community of Shakers, of between 500 and 600, own about 3,000
acres of excellent land in this town-
A
—
large enough for permanent mill
privileges. There are several small
islands in Connecticut river within
the limits of Hanover, the largest
of which is Parker's island, containing about 20 acres. There are no
natural
Hanover
with
hills
ponds.
The
surface
of
agreeably diversified
and valleys, and the greatis
est part is suitable for farms.
There
but a small proportion of waste
land; less, perhaps, than in any other
It is estown in Grafton county.
timated that ntarly one half is un-
is
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der improvement.
Moose moun-
a considerable elevation, extending across the town from N.
to S., at the distance of about five
tain
is
tacks,
180 feet above the level of its waVegetable substances are
ters.
found in different parts of this plain
at a depth of from 50 to 80 feet.
The principal houses are erected
round a square, level area, of 12
The remainder stand on
acres.
different streets, leading from the
green in all directions.
In this pleasant village
is
may be mentioned
the following
Rev.
D.,
Eleazar Wheelock, D.
who
died April 24, 1779, aged
69.
Hon. John Wheelock, LL. D.,
president of the college 35 years,
who died April 4, 1817, aged 63.
Hon. Bezaleel.
boots,
shoes,
and
annual amount,
Pop. 1837, 1,435.
total
Hanson, Mass.
Plymouth co. This town is waby a branch of North river
and several ponds. It was taken
from Pembroke in 1820, and lies in
tered
the vicinity of large beds of excel-
The manufactures
lent iron ore.
of Hanson consist of ship anchors
and knees, nails, carriage springs,
iron castings, leather, shoes, sawed
total annual
boxes and shingles
amount, about $70,000. Population,
It lies 24 miles S. S.
1837, 1,058.
E. from Boston, and 15 N. N. W.
from Plymouth.
:
Hard^viclc, Vt.
located
Dartmouth College.
See Register.
Among the worthy men who
have finished their earthly career
in this place,
:
about $75,000.
A
miles from Connecticut river.
handsome bridge connects the S.
W, part of the town with Norwich.
The principal village is in the S.
W. corner of the town, on a beautiful and extensive plain, half a
mile from Connecticut river, and
leather,
woolen cloth
Woodward,
Caledonia co. Hardwick is finely watered by Lamoille river, which
gives the town valuable mill sites,
and v/hich are well improved for
manufacturing purposes. The soil
of the town is generally very good,
and produces a variety of exports.
Between six and seven thousand
sheep, and many other cattle, are
kept in the town, a large amount
of which are annually fattened and
sent to market.
Among
the
first
settlers of the
town, in 1790, was Mr. Gideon SaAug. 1804.
Rev. John" Smith, D. D., who bin, whose wife became the mother
who
died
died April, 1809.
Hon. John
Hubbard, who died
in Sept. 1810.
Francis Brown, D. D.,
died July 27, 1820, aged 36.
These gentlemen were all connectPopulation,
ed with the college.
Rev.
who
1830, 2,361.
Hauover, Mass.
Plymouth co. Hanover is bounded S. by North river, which furIt was innishes good mill sites.
corporated in 1727. It lies 23 miles
S. E. from Boston, and 12 N. AV.
from Plymouth. The manufactures
of Hanover consist of bar iron, iron
castings, anchors, ploughs, vessels,
15*
Population, 1830,
of 26 children.
Hardwick lies 20 miles N.
1,216.
N. E. from Montpelier, and 13 N.
W.
from Danville.
Hard^vick, Mass.
Worcester co. Ware river and a
smaller stream pass through the
S. part of this town, and furnish
It lies 62
good mill privileges.
miles W. from Boston and 22 W. by
N. from Worcester. Incorporated,
Population, 1837, 1,818.—
1738.
There are 2 paper mills in the town,
and manufactures of straw bonnets,
palm-leaf hats, boots,shoes, ploughs,
leather, chairs and cabinet ware
annual amount about $ 50,000.
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Hardwick
good
soil,
is
town, of
a pleasant
with
a tine fish
pond.
Harmony, Me.
Somerset co.
This town has an
excellent soil, and is well watered by
a large and beautiful pond, and b3'
other sources of Sebasticook river.
In iS37 it had a population of 1,048,
and produced 6,836 bushels of
wheat.
It
was incorporated in
1803, and lies 53 miles N. by E.
from Augusta, and 23 N. E. from
Norridgewock.
IlarpsTvell,
Me.
Cumberland co. This township
comprises a promontory in Casco
bay, formerly Jllerryconeag, and
several islands surrounding it, the
largest of wiiich is called Sebascodcgaji.
The waters which enclose
this
territory are so situated, at the
northern and eastern extremity of
Casco bay, that a canal of about a
mile in length would unite them
with Kennebec river, near Bath.
The
of Harpswell is very ferand the location delightful in
susnmer. It is a resort for invalids
and parties of pleasure. The peosoil
GAZETTEER.
Long pond are its
western boundary. Tbis is a good
township of land, and produced, in
1837, 3,180 bushels of wheat.
In
the waters of
corporated, 1805. Population, 1837,
Harrison has Otisiield on
1,161.
the E., and is 75 miles W. S. W.
from Augusta, and 45 N.
W.
from
Portland.
Hartford, Me.
Oxford
CO.
This excellent town-
ship is watered by ponds and small
streams, and produced, in 1837, 9,318 bushels of wheat. It lies 31
miles W. from Augusta, and 15 N.
E. from Paris.
Population, 1830,
Incorporated, 17.98.
1,453.
Hartford, Vt.
Windsor co. This town is on the
west side of the Connecticut, and is
otherwise finely watered by White
and Waterqueechy rivers. It lies
42 miles S. S. E. from Montpelier,
and 14 N. from Windsor. First settled, 1764. Population, 1830, 2,044.
The
town is uneven,
warm, and very
The two principal vil-
surface of the
tile,
but the
engaged in farming and fishing.
It lies 22 miles
N. E. from Portland by water, and
4 miles S. E. from Brunswick. Incorporated, 1753. Population, 1837,
productive.
lages are pleasantly located on the
banks of the rivers that meet the
Connecticut at this place, both of
which are flourishing in manufactures and trade. Many cattle, beside
pork, butter, cheese, &c., are sent
to market from Hartford.
In 1837
it had 13,207 sheep.
ple are principally
1,344.
Harrington, Me.
Washington co.
This town is
bounded on the S. and E. by the
waters of Narraguagus bay, and W.
by the river of that name. It has
good mill privileges, excellent harbors, considerable navigation and
trade,
incorporated, 1797.
Popu1837, 1,354.—
Harrington lies 118 miles E. from
Augusta, and 25 W. S. W. from
Machias.
lation, 1830, 1,118;
Harrison, Me.
Cumberland
co.
Crooked river
passes the E. side of this town, and
soil is rich,
Hartford Connty,
Ct.
Hartford is the chief town. This
county is bounded N. by Hampden
count j^ Mass., E. by Tolland county, S. by the counties of Middlesex
and New Haven, and W. by the
county of Litchfield. This is considered the most important and valuable county in the state, in regard to the variety and richness of
its soil, and the high state of culture it has attained.
It was constituted in 16G6, since which, Tolland county and parts of Middlesex, Windham, Litchfield, and New
�NEAV
ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
Its
London have been detached.
present limits compiise an area of
Besides
about 727 square miles.
the Connecticut, which traverses
its whole length, the Farmington,
Hackanum, Podunk, Scaniic, and
otlier streams, water the county in
On these
almost every direction.
streams important manufacturingestablishments have sprung up, and
unite with the agricultural interest
and river trade in rendering tiiis
county the centre of a large and
flourishing business. In 1S37 there
were in the county 29,o7(> sheep.
Population, 1820, 47,261 ;
1830,
51,141: 70 inhabitants to a square
.^ile.
Hartford, Ct.
Tht
first
English settlement in
was commenced in 1635,
by Mr. John Steel and his associates
from Newtown, (now Cainbridge)in
Massachusetts. The main body of
the first settlers, with Mr. Hooker
Hartfori}
at their head, did not arrive
till
had no guide but their compass,
and made their way over mountains,
through swamps, thickets and rivers, vvhich were not passable but
with great difficulty. They had no
cover but the heavens, nor any
lodgings but those that simple naThey droA^e
ture afforded them.
with tliem a hundred and sixty head
of cattle, and by the way s'.ibsisted
Mrs.
on the milk of their cows.
Hooker was borne through the wilThe people
derness upon a litter.
carried their packs, arms, and some
utensils. They were nearly a fortnight on their journe^^
This adventure was the more remarkable,
many
of the
company were
A
Samuel Stone and William Goodwin, who appear to have acted in
behalf of the
first settlers.
The town
N.
of Hartford is bounded
by Windsor and Bloomfield, E.
by Connecticut river, S. by Wethersfield, and W, by Farmington and
Avon.
It is about six miles in
length from north to south, and aveThe
rages about five in breadth.
western part of the town has a soil
of red gravelly earth, very rich and
That part near the
productive.
river is covered with a strong clay,
The latter
or a rich black mould.
is principally in the valuable tract
of meadow adjacent to Connecticut
river.
the
following year.
"About the beginning of June,
(says Dr. Trumbull,) Mr. Hooker,
Mr. Stone, and about one hundred
men, women and children, took
their departure from Cambridge,
and traveled more than a hundred
miles, through a hideous and trackThey
less wilderness, to Hartford.
as
sons of figure, who had lived in
England, in honor, atHuence and
delicacy, and were entire strangers
to fatigue and danger."
The Indian name of Hartford was
Suckiag.
deed appears to have
been given by Sunckquasson, the
sacJiem of the place, about 1636, to
per-
Hartford City,
incorporated
over a mile in length
upon the river, and about three
The
fourths of a mile in bi-eadth.
in 17S4,
is
alluvial flat
upon the river
is
nar-
row, being from 40 to 100 rods, and
is connected with the upland by a
very gradual elevation. It is situated on the west side of Connecticut river, 45 miles from its mouth.
It is in N. lat. 41° 45' 59'', ^Y.
Ion. 72° 40'.
It is 260 miles S.
W. from Augusta, Maine ; 139 S.
S. W. from Concord, New Hampshire ; 205 S. from Montpelier, Vermont; 97 W. S. W. from Boston,
Massachusetts ; 64 W. from Providence, Rhode Island; 110 N. E.
from the city of New York, and
335 E. from Washington.
The
legislature of the state as-
sembles alternatel}^ at Hartford and
New Haven, the odd years at Hartford.
The
city
is
ratlier irregular-
ly laid out, and is divided at the S.
part by Mill, or Little river. Across
this
stream a fine bridge of free-
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stone has been thrown, which connects the two parts of the city.
This structure is 100 feet wide,
supported by a single arch, 7 feet
in thickness at the base, and 3 feet
3 inches at the centre, the chord or
span of which is 104 feet; elevavation from the bed of the river to
the top of the arch, 30 feet 9 inches.
Another bridge, across Connecticut river, 1,000 feet long, and
which cost over $100,000, unites the
city with East Hartford.
Hartford
very advantageously situated for
business, is surrounded by an extensive and wealthy district, and
communicates with the towns and
villages on the Connecticut above
by small steam-boats, two of which,
for passengers, ply daily between
Hartford and Springfield. The remainder are employed in towing flat
bottomed boats, of 15 to 30 tons
is
burthen, as far as Wells' river, 220
miles above the city.
The coasting trade is very considerable, and
there
on.
is
some foreign trade carried
A daily line of steam-boats pass
between Hartford and
The manufactures
New
York.
of this city ex-
ceed $900,000 per annum among
these are various manufactures of
tin, copper, and sheet iron
block
tin and pewter ware ; printing presses and ink ; a manufactory of iron
machinery ; iron foundries, saddlery, carriages, joiners' tools, paperhangings, looking-glasses, umbrellas, stone ware, a brewery, a web
manufactory,
cabinet furniture,
boots and shoes, hats, clothing for
exportation, soap and candles, manufactories of machine and other
wire cards, operated by dogs, &c.
More than twice as many books, it
is stated, are published here, annu;
;
are manufactured in any
other place of equal population in
ally, as
the United States.
The city is well built, and contains many elegant public and private edifices. The state-house, in
which are the public offices of the
state, is surmounted by a cupola.
and
is
a
very handsome and spa-
cious building.
The
city hall, built
purposes, is also spacious
and elegant ; it has two fronts, with
supported each by six
porticos,
for
city
—
massive columns. The American
Asylum for the deaf and dumb, the
Retreat for the insane, and WashCollege, are all beautifully
located, in the immediate vicinity
The population withof the city.
in the city limits, in September,
1S35, was nine thousand and eight
ington
hundred.
" The American Asylum
for the
education and instruction of deaf
and dumb persons, was founded by
an association of gentlemen in HartTheir attenford, Conn., in 1S15.
tion was called to this important
charity by a case of deafness in the
family of one of their number.
An interesting child of the late Dr.
Cogswell, who had lost her hearing
at the age of two years, and her
speech soon after, was, under Providence, the cause of its establishment.
Her father, ever ready to
sympathize with the afflicted, and
prompt to relieve human suffering,
embraced in his plans for the education of his own daughter, all who
might be similarly unfortunate.
The co-operation of the benevolent
was easily secured, and measures
were taken to obtain from Europe
a knowledge of the difficult art,
unknown in this country, of teach-
ing written language through the
mediixm of signs, to the deaf and
dumb. For this purpose, the Rev.
Thomas H. Gallaudet visited England and Scotland, and applied at
the institutions in those countries
system but
meeting with unexpected ditficulties, he repaired to France, and obtained, at the Royal Institution at
Paris, those qualifications for an
instructor of the deaf and dumb,
which a selfish and mistaken policy had refused him in Great I3ritain. Accompanied by Mr. Laurent
for instruction in their
;
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Clerc, himself deaf and dumb, and
years a successful teacher under the Abbe Sicard, Mr. Gallaudet returned to this country in
August, 181f). The Asylum had,
in May preceding, been incorporaSome
ted by the state legislature.
months were spent bj' Messrs. Gallaudet and Clerc in obtaining funds
for the benefit ot the institution,
and in the spring of 1S17 the Asylum was opened for the reception of
those for whom it was designed, and
the course of instruction commenced
for several
with seven pupils.
" As the knowledge of the
in-
extended, and the facilities for obtaining its
advantages
were multiplied, the number of pupils increased from seven to one
hundred and forty, which for several years past has not been much
above the average number; and
since its con)meucement, in lS17,to
1837, instiuctioH has been imparted
to four hundred and seventy-seven
deaf and dumb persons.
" In 1819, Congress granted the institution a township of land in Alabama, the proceeds of which have
stitution
been invested
as a permanent fund.
principal building was erected
in 1820, and the pupils removed to
it in the spring of the following
year.
It is one hundred and thirty
feet long, fifty feet wide, and, including the basement, four stories
The
Other buildings have been
subsequently erected, as the in-
high.
creasing number of pupils made it
necessary; the principal of which
is a dining hall and workshops for
Attached to the
the male pupils.
institution are eight or ten acres of
land, which afford ample room for
exercise, and the cultivation of vegetables and fruits for the pupils.
" The system of instruction adopted at this institution is substantially
the same as that of the French
school at Paris.
It has, however,
been materially improved and modified
by Mr. Gallaudet and his asThis system, and indeed
sociates.
GAZETTEER.
other rational system of
teaching the deaf and dumb, is based upon the natural language of
every
signs.
By this we mean those gestures which a deaf and dumb person will naturally use to express his
ideas, and to
make known
his
wants
Tiiese
previous to instruction.
gestures and signs are rather />/cforial, that is, an exact outline of the
object, delineated by the hands in
the air; or descriptive, giving an
idea of an object by presenting
some of its prominent and striking
features ; or conventional, such as
may have been agreed upon by a
deaf and dumb person and his associates.
As there are very few
objects which can be expressed
with sufficient clearness by the delineation of its outline alone, a descriptive sign is usually connected
with it.
Thus, in making a sign
for a book, the outline is first delineated by the fore finger of both
hands. To this is added the descriptive signs of opening a book, placing it before the eyes, and moving
It may
the lips as in reading.
therefore simplify the classification
of natural signs if the first two divisions be united
and it will be
sufficiently accurate to say that all
the signs used by the deaf and dumb
are either descriptive or conventional.
By far the greater part of
these signs belong to the former
class; as it includes the signs for
;
most
common
A
objects, actions
and
emotions.
deaf and dumb child
constructs his language upon the
same principle as the child who can
hear ; that of imitation.
" In the school-room, the instructor makes use of natural signs to
communicate ideas to his pupils, of
systematic signs to enable them to
translate their own into written language ; of the tnanual alphabet^
or signs of the hand, corresponding
to the letters of the alphabet ; and
of v^ritten symbols to express the
grammatical lelations of words.
" The pupils usually remain at
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
the
Asylum
four or five years, in
which time an intelligent child will
acquire aknowiedgeof the common
operations of arithmetic, of geography, grammar, history, biography,
and of written language, so as to
enable him to understand the Scriptures, and books written in a familiar style. He will of course be able
to converse with others by writing,
and to manage his own affairs as a
farmer or mechanic.
There are
workshops connected with the institution, in which the boys have
the opportunity of learning a trade,
and many of them, by devoting four
hours each day to this objeci.. be-
" This site was selected as one
pre-eminently calculated to attract
and engage the attention, and soothe
and appease the morbid fancies and
feelings of the
ulties are not
patient Vvhose fac-
sunk below or raised
above the sphere of relations that
And if he is
originally existed.
not beyond the reach of genial sen-
connected with external
he will undoubtedly feel the
conscious evidence that this situa
tion most happily unites the tranquilizing influence of seclusion and
retirement, wiih the cheering eftect
of an animated picture of active
life, continually passing in review
come skillful workmen, and when before his eyes, while himself is
they leave the Asylum find no dif- remote, and secure from the annoyficulty in supporting themselves. ance of its bustle and noise.
" The edifice for the accommodaThe annual charge to each pupil is
one hundred dollars.
tion of the patients, and ihose who
'* The department
of instruction have the care of them, is constructis under the control of the principal
ed of unhewn free-stone, covered
of the institution, who has also a with a smooth, whrte, water-proof
general oversight of the other de- cement.
Its style of architecture
partments. The pupils ars distrib- is perfectly plain and simple, and
uted into eight or nine classes^ the interesLs only by its symmetrical
immediate care m wnich is com- beaut}', and perhaps by the idea ii
mitted to the same number of as- impresses of durability and strength,
sistant instructotv.
Wiien out of derived from the massy solidity of
school, the pu ils are under tne care its materials.
Yet notv/ithstanding
of a steward and matron.'*
these, its general aspect is remarkably airy and cheerful, from the
Retreat for the Insane. " This amplitude of its lights, and the brilinstitution is situated on a command- liant whiteness of its exterior. The
ing eminence> at the distance of a whole building is divided into commile and a quarter, in a southwest- modious and spacious apartments,
erly direction, from the State House
in Hartford.
It was opened April
The elevation overlooks
1, 1824.
an ample range of fertile country,
presenting on every side a most interesting landscape, adou^ed with
every beauty of rural scenery,
that can be found in rich and cultivated fields, and meadows of unrivalled verdure 5 in extensive groves
and picturesque groups of forest,
fruit and ornamental trees ; and
above all, in the charming diversity of level, sloping and undulating
surfaces, terminating by distant
hills, and more distant mountains.
sations,
objects,
adapted to various descriptions of
cases, according to their sex, nature
and disease, habits of life, and the
wishes of their friends. The male
and female apartments are entirely separated, and either sex is completely secluded from the view of
the other.
Rooms are provided in
both male and female apartments
for the accommodation of the sick,
where they are removed from any
annoyance, and can continually receive the kind attentions of their
immediate relations an'' friends.
Attached to the building are about
seventeen acres of excellent land.
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
" Sir Edmund Andros being appointed the first governor-general
Bosover New England, arrived in
From this place
ion in Dec. 16S6.
he wrote to the colony of Connectiwithcut to resign their charter, but
met
out success. " ' The assembly
October, and the govLs usual, in
ernment continued according to
month.
charter, until the last of the
is laid
the principal part of which
walks, ornamental grounds
out in
each
and extensive gardens. With
wing and block of the building is
connected a court-yard, encompassed by high fences, and handsomely
the benlaid out,''designed to afford
and fresh
efit of exercise, pastime
safely be
air, to those who cannot^^
range abroad."
allowed to
The mode of treatment at this
adopted
institution is similar to that
Charlesat the McLean Asylum,
with
this time. Sir Edmund,
sixty reguhis suite and more than
Harttord when
lar troops, came to
About
and dethe assembly were sitting,
manded the charter, and declared
town, Mass.
« Washington College. This inIt
stitution was founded in 1826
has two edifices of free stone one
sto143 feet long by 43 wide, and 4
the
hi"-h, containing 48 rooms;
ries
stories
other 87 feet by 55, and 3
;
librahigh, containing the chapel,
mincralogical cabinet, philoryt
and
sophical chamber, laboratory
See Register.
rooms.
recitation
be
dis-
The assembly were
ex-
the o-overnment under
solved.
it
to
retremely reluctant and slow with
surrender
spect to any resolve -o
to any
the charter, or with respect
The trait forth.
motion to bring
Treat strongis, that governor
dition
expense
ly represented the great
in
and hardships of the colonists
planting the
and treasure
country;
the blood
which they had ex-
it, both against
This tree pended in defending
Charter Oalc.
savages and foreigners to what
the
stands on the beautiful elevation
exhardships he himself haa been
which rises above the south meadthat it
posed for that purpose anu
ows, a few rods north of the ancient
now to
The was like giving up his life,
seat of the Wyllys family.
privileges
and surrender the patent and
tree is still in a vigorous state,
so long enjoycentury. so dearly bought and
Tlie
:
;
may
fiourisli
for
another
"That venerable
tree,
which
concealed the charter of our rights,"
ylsays a daughter of Secretary ^\
Wyllys
lys, "stands at the foot of
The first inhabitant of that
hill.
name found it standing in the height
The important affair was deed
until the
bated and kept in suspense
when the charter was
evening,
table
brought and laid upon the
where the assembly were sitting.
By this time great numbers of peomen suthhave ple were assembled, and
bold to enterprise whatever
ciently
Age seems to
of its glory.
not
curtailed its branches, yet it is
exceeded in the height of its colorThe
ing, or richness of its foliage.
measures twenty one feet in
trunk
circumference, and near seven
was
diameter. The cavity, which
near
the asylum of our charter, was
to adthe roots, and large enough
of
mit a child. Within the space
closed,
eight years, that cavity has
m
as^if
it
had
fulfilled the divine pur-
pose for which
The
is
it
had been reared."
story of the " Charter
thus told by Mr. Barber.
Oak"
might be necessary or expedient.
The
lights
were
instantly
extin-
guished, and one Capt. V/adsworth,
and
of Hartford, in the most silent
manner, carried off the charsecret
large holter, and secreted it in a
Hon.
low tree, fronting the house of
Wyllys, then one of the
Samuel
Ihe
magistrates of the colony.
peaceable and
all appeared
people
The candles were offiorderly.
patent
ciously re-lighted, but the
and no discovery could
was gone,
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
be made of it, or the persons
canied it away.' "
who
bushels of wheat in 1837, some
wool and other valuable commodities,
it was incorporated in 1820.
Population, 1837, 890.
It lies 42
miles N. by E. from Augusta, and
18 N. E. from Norridgewock.
West Hartford, or, as it was
formerly called, West Division, is
a fine tract of land. The inhabitants are mostly substantial farmers,
Hartland, Vt.
and the general appearance of the
place denotes an unusual share of
Windsor co. Timothy Lull was
equalized wealth and prosperity. the father of this flourishing reThe venerable Nathan Per- public.
He took his family from
kins, D. D., still continues his la- Dunimerston, up Connecticut river
bors in the ministry in this place. about 50 miles, in a log canoe, in
In 1S33, his sixtieth anniversary 1763. He landed at the mouth of
sermon was published. In that ser- a beautiful stream, called Lull's
mon he says, " I am now the oldest Brook. His nearest neigh Ijors were
olficiating minister of the gospel in more than 20 miles distant.
He
this state, and, as far as I can learn, commenced a settlement on laull's
in the United States.
And I can- Brook, and, after acquiring a handnot learn, from the history of church- some property, died there at the
es in Connecticut, that there has age of 81.
Timothy Lull, jr., was
ever been an instance of one of its the first child born in the town.
ministers preaching for sixty years On the occasion of his birth, a miduninterruptedly to the same con- wife was drawn 23 miles on a hand
sled.
^l^gregation."
Dr. Perkins stated, as we are informed, that from the commence-
ment
of his
ministry,
that in his
church there had been one thousand deaths and one thousand baptisms that he had delivered four
thousand written sermons, and three
thousand extemporaneous ones, on
other occasions of worship that he
had attended sixty ordinations and
installations, and had preached 20
ordination sermons, twelve of which
had been published by request that
he had attended one hundred eccle-
—
—
;
siastical councils, to heal difficulties
in the churches, and that he had
fitted for college one hundred and
fifty students, and more than thirty
for the gospel ministry.
Hartland, Me.
Somerset co.
This excellent
township is watered on its eastern
boundary by one of the principal
branches of Sebasticook river. The
inhabitants are principally engaged
in agricultural pursuits, and the soil
richly rewards them for their industry.
Hartland produced 4,836
This is a rich farming town, pleasantly diversified by hills and valleys.
Hartland produces
many
cat-
ten thousand sheep graze in
its pastures.
It lies on the west
bank of Connecticut river. Waterqueechy river, at the N. part of the
town, and Lull's Brook, at the S.,
give it a water power of great value.
On these streams are neat villages and flourishing manufacturing establishments,
Hartland lies
50 miles S. S. E. from Montpelier
and 9 N. from Windsor.
Population, 1830, 2,503.
tle
:
Hai'tlaiid, Ct.
Hartford co.
This town is 22
miles N, W. from Hartford,
It lies
in a mountainous part of the state
most of the land is cold and fit only
for grazing.
branch of Farmington river passes through the
town, and forms M'hat is called
Hartland holloiv, a deep ravine,
presenting some bold and picturesque scenery. Hartland was incorporated in 1761.
First settled,
1753.
Population, 1830- 1,221.
A
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
Harvard, Mass.
Worcester co.
This town was
taken from Stow, Groton and Lancaster, in 1732.
It is washed on
situated on high ground, abounding
with granite rocks and more fit for
grazing than
tillage.
Hatfield, Mass.
by Nashua river. It
Hampshire co. This is a weallies 30 miles N. W. from Boston,
thy agricultural township, noted
20 N. E. from Worcester, and 13
W. from Concord. Here are two for its good soil and fine beef cattle.
the
W.
side
large ponds with fine fish, and quarries of slate used for monuments.
About 200 of that industrious sect,
called shakers, reside here, and own
a considerable tract of excellent
land.
They live about 3 miles N.
E. from the centre of the town, and
supply the market with a great variety of wares, fruits, seeds, herbs,
&.C. &c., the product of their mechanical ingenuity and horticultural skill.
There are three paper mills in
Harvard, and manufactures of palmleaf hats, boots, shoes, leather and
grave stones: annual value about
Large quantities of hops
$40,000.
have been raised in this place.
Population, 1837, 1,566.
Har^vicli, Mass.,
Barnstable co., on the S. side of
Cape Cod, 14 miles E. from Barnstable.
Incorporated, 1694.
Population, 1830, 2,464; 1837,2,771.
On Herring river, the outlet of
Long pond, are cotton and other
mills.
Some vessels are built here
and some salt manufactured.
The
product of the cod and mackerel
fishery the year ending April 1,
1S37, was $33,000.
Harwich is a
the village makes
pleasant town
a good appearance from the sea.
:
Harwinton,
Ct.
Litchfield co.
Har-win-ton derived its name from three syllables
taken from the names of Hartford,
AVindsor and Farmington.
It was
first settled in 1731
incorporated,
1737.
Population, 1830,1,516.
It
lies 23 miles W. from Hartford, 40
N. by W. from
Haven, and 8
;
New
E. from Litchfield.
16
Harwinton
is
on the W. side of Connecticut river, 5 miles N. from Northampton, and 95 W. from Boston.
Incorporated, 1"')70.
Population,
The manufactures of
1837, 937.
the town consist of corn brooms,
boots, shoes, palm-leaf hats, and carriages annual value about $50,000.
There is an elm tree in Hatfield
It lies
;
which
is said to measure, two feet
from the ground, thirty four feet in
circumference.
Haverliill, N. H.,
Grafton co., is one of the shire
towns.
It lies 31 miles N. W. from
Plymouth, and 70 N. N. W. from
Concord.
It is watered by OliveHaverhill
rian and Hazen brooks.
The soil is suitis a pleasant town.
ed to every species of cultivation.
There is a quarry of granite suitable for mill stones and buildings,
and a bed of iron ore, on the W.
side of Coventry, bordering this
town.
The
principal village
is at
the S.
W.
angle of the town, and known
by the name of Haverhill Corner.
is a beautiful common in this
village, laid out in an oblong square,
There
around which the buildings regu-
The site is a handsome
larly stand.
elevation, overlooking the adjacent
many miles N. and S., and
not less than 6 or 7 miles E. and W.
From the street, the ground slopes
with unusual elegance to the W.,
country
and
is
vales.
succeeded by broad interThe prospect here is de-
There is another village
AV. angle of the town, on
a street nearly a mile in length,
straight and very level.
lightful.
at the
N.
Haverhill was granted, 1764. Its
settlement was made in 1764,
first
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
by Capt. John Hazen, who settled
on the Little Ox Bow, near where
there had formerly been an Indian
and burying ground, and where
Indian skulls and relics have
been found. Several of the early
settlers were from Newbury and
Haverhill, Mass., and from the last
place, this town derived its name.
Its former name was Lower Coos.
Hon. Moses Dow was one of the
most distinguished citizens of this
fort
many
place.
Hon.
Charles Johnston, who
died March 5, 1813, aged 76, resided here.
He was a valuable officer in the revolution, and was many years judge of probate in Grafton county.
Haverhill is so situated as to command an extensive inland trade it
is easily approached from Boston
:
by the Andover and Wilmington
rail-road, which is extending to Exeter,
N. H., and from thence
to
Maine.
Haverhill, the Indian Pentuckwas first settled in 1641 it was
a frontier settlement for nearly half
a century and suffered great calamities by savage depredations.
It was incorporated in 1645.
Population, 1820, 3,070; 1830, 3,896; 1837, 4,726.
ett,
:
Hawley, Mass.
Franklin co. Hawley is on elevated ground, and watered by
Hon. James Woodward and Hon. branches of Deerfield river. The
Ezekiel Ladd were among the early soil is good for grazing, and feeds
considersettlers, and were judges of the old about 3,000 sheep.
county court. Population, in 1S30, able quantity of leather is tanned
Incorporated, 1792.
in this town.
2,153.
Population, 1837, 995.
Hawley
Haverliill, Ma&s.
has good iron ore and some iron
Essex CO. This ancient, respect- works. It lies 107 miles W. by N.
able and flourishing manufacturing from Boston, and 14 W. by S. from
town, lies on the N. side of the Greenfield.
A
Merrimack river, at the head of
navigation, and united to Bradford by
two beautiful bridges. It is 30 miles
N. from Boston, 31 N. N. W. from
Salem, 12 W. by S. from Newburyport, 18 N. E. from Lowell, 30
S. W. from Portsmouth, N. II. and
40 S. E. from Concord, N. H. Little river passing through the town
affords a good hydraulic power, on
which are manufacturing establish-
ments of various kinds. The manufactures consist of woolen goods,
leather, boots, shoes, hats, shovels,
spades, forks, hoes, chairs, cabinet
ware, combs, ploughs,
tin
ware,
vessels, pahn-leaf hats, shoe lasts,
spirits, morocco leather, chaises and
harnesses: total amount the year
ending April 1, 1837, $1,357,526.
Haverhill is delightfully located,
handsomely built, and has been the
birth place and residence of many
of the most valuable and distinguished citizens of New England.
Haynesville, Me.
Washington county. See "
Down
East."
Heatli, Mass.
A
mountainous
Franklin co.
township good for grazing sheep, of
which 2,312 were kept in 1837.
There are
in
Heath some manufac-
tures of leather, boots, shoes and
palm-leaf hats. Incoiporated, 1785.
It lies 125
Population, 1837, 953.
miles W. N. W. from Boston, and
13 W. N. W. from Greenfield.
Hetiron, Me.
Oxford CO, This is a good farming town, lying S. E. from Paris
about 7 miles, and 42 W. S. W.
from Augusta. Incorporated, 1792.
Population, 1837, 972.
Ilelbvon, N. H.,
Grafton co.,
lies
9 miles S.
W
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
Henniker was granted in 1752,
under the name of JVumber 6. Its
from Plymouth, and 40 N. W. from
A considerable part of
Concord.
Newfound
lake
lies in
part of this town.
It
the S. E.
has no river,
nor any important streams. Nearincluly one half of this town was
ded in the grant of Cocke rmouth,
now Groton. The remaining part
was taken from Plymouth. It was
Population in
incorporated, 1792.
It
settlement commenced in 1761.
was incorporated in 1768, when it
received its present name from Gov.
in honor of his friend
Henniker, probably John Henniker, Esq., a merchant in London and
Wentworth,
member of
a
at that time.
1,725.
1830, 538.
Ilenuon, Me.
Heljroii, Ct.
Tolland co. Hop river, a branch
town.
of the Willimantic, waters this
The village of Hebron, with its
Gothic church, 20 miles S. E. from
Hartford, and 14 S. from Tolland,
a good
is pleasant and commands
There
prospect.
are in the
town
2
Penobscot
ulation, 1837, 535.
Higligate, Vt.
;
The
ufactories.
is
pond in the
S.
surface
of
fertile.
handsome sheet of water. Hebron
was first settled, 1704. Incorporated, 1707. Population, 1830,1,939.
Heiiu.ik.er, N.
Franklin CO.
the
North
part of the town is a
hillv, but
H.
Merrimack co. It is 23 miles N.
TV. from Amherst, and 15 W. from
Contoocook river passes
Concord.
easterly through its centre, and divides the town into nearly equal
portions of territory and population.
Its course is rather circuitous, and
in many places presents scenes of
considerable interest and beauty.
Few places afford better prospects
of wafor the successful operation
Long pond
is
This town
lies
on
the E. side of Lake Champlain, at
Engthe N. W. corner of
It
land, and of the United States.
Montpeis 60 miles N. W. from
Albans.
lier, and 12 N. from St.
The soil
First settled, about 1784.
some parts
is generally sandy, in
New
Bog iron ore, of a good
There are
quality, is found here.
many mill privileges in Highgate,
particularly at a fall of the river
Missisque, where are iron works,
swampy.
The
and other manufactories.
scenery at this place is quite wild
and picturesque. Population, 1830,
Highgate is a place of con2,038.
siderable trade with Canada, and
down
There
ter machinery than this.
are several ponds of considerable
size.
A good township
A
co.
of land, 7 miles W. from Bangor.
large pond and the Sowadabscook
In
river water its S. W. corner.
1,870 bushel of wheat was
1837,
PopIncorporated, 1814.
raised.
cotton, 1 woolen, and 1 paper, mills
a large iron furnace and other man-
town
the British parliament
Population, in 1830,
the lake.
Hill, N.
H.
This town is 24 miles
Grafton
N. N. W. from Concord, and 44 S.
S. E. from Haverhill. It is watered
by Pemigewasset and Smith's
co.
the largest, be-
ing between 1 and 2 miles in length,
and from 40 to 80 rods wide— situated 1 mile N.of the centre village.
and several small streams.
Eagle pond is the only one of note.
Ragged mountain is a considerable
elevation, and but little inferior to
Kearsarge. Viewed from the suinhills, this
produce good mit of tlie neighboring
wheat— the valleys
appears very uneven, yet
town
rivers,
the principal elevation, and embraces a large portion
of territory on the S. of the town.
It is mostly in a state of cultivation.
The soil of the hills is favorable for
Craney
hill
is
crops of corn.
;
�NEW ENGLAND
there are many fine tracts converted
The soil in
into productive farms.
some parts is rich and fertile it is
—
GAZETTEER.
lake, the Massabesick, on the E.
boundary of Manchester. Besides
these there are numerous ponds,
There is at the S. interspersed through the whole exgenerally good.
Some of the
E, section of the town, a flourish- tent of territory.
ing village, situated on a spacious largest of these are Gregg's pond,
in Antrim, Pleasant pond, in Franstreet 1 mile in length.
This town was granted Sept. 14, cestown, Babboosuck pond, in Am1753, to 87 proprietors, who held herst, and Potanipo, in Brookline.
their first meeting at Chester, and as There are several mineral springs
the greater part of the inhabitants which have been found serviceable
belonged to that place, it was called in cutaneous affections, but no one
New Chester; which name it retain- has yet acquired general celebrity.
ed until Jan. 1837, when it was Minerals have been found in varichanged to the name of Hill, in ous places, but not in great abuncompliment to the then governor dance.
Hill.
The first settlement was in This county possesses many advan1768.
In Dec. 1820, six children of Mr.
William Follansbee were consumed in the flames of his house, while
he and his wife were absent. Incorporated, 1778. Population, 1830,
1,090.
Hillslboroiigli
County, N. H.
Amherst is the shire town. Hillsborough has Merrimack county on
the N., Rockingham on the E., the
state of Massachusetts on the S.,
and Cheshire county on the W.
The surface of this county is gensrally uneven, though there are but
Lyndebofew lofty mountains.
rough mountain, in the township of
Lyndeborough, the Unconoonock,
in Goffstown, Crotched, in Francestown and Society Land, are of considerable altitude.
This section of
New
The
Hampshire
noble and majestic Merrimack passes its southeastern border.
At Nashua, the
Nashua, a beautiful stream from
Massachusetts, discharges its waNorth of
ters into the Merrimack.
the Nashua, the Souhegan and Piscataquog,streams of much value and
consequence to the manufacturing
interests, discharge themselves into the Merrimack ; the former in
the township of Merrimack, the
Part of a large
latter in Bedford.
collection of vyater, denominated a
is
well watered.
tages for manufacturing establishments, and it is gratifying to find
that many of its citizens are turning their attention to this branch of
national and individual wealth.
The settlement of this county
was made at Nashua, lately Dunsome years before the war
with king Philip, in 1675.
It was
constituted a county by an act of
the General Assembly, 19 March,
1771.
It received its name from
stable,
the Earl of Hillsborough, one of
the privy council of George III.
The population, in 1775, was 13,132; in 1790, 24,536; in 1800, 31,260; in 1810, 34,410; in 1820,
In
35,761; and in 1830, 37,762.
1837, there were 45,511 sheep in
this county.
Hillslborougli, N.
Hillsborough co.
It is
H.
23 miles
N. W. from Amherst, 24 W. S. W.
from Concord.
This town is well
Contoocook river passes
watered.
through the S. E. corner, and affords
several excellent water privileges.
Hillsborough river has its source
from ponds in Washington runs in a
S. E. course through the whole extent of Hillsborough, receiving the
outlets of several ponds on the E.,
and forms a junction with the Contoocook, on the S. line of this town.
The land here is uneven, but it affords many good farms.
There is
;
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
New
2(1
a pleasant village on the
Hampshire turnpike, which passes
through this town, contain-
N. W.
number
ing a
stores, mills,
of dwelling houses,
and a cotton and wool-
en
Hillsborough was formerly known
factory.
of vessels belong to
are engaged in
the cod and mackerel fishery, and
coasting trade ;— aggregate tonnage
About 80
this place,
sail
which
about 5,000 tons.
In this town is an iron foundry,
considerable ship building, a steam
and large quantibucket factory
name "of .Vumber 7 of fronwooden wares are
The tirst settlement ties of other'
tier towns.
manufactured, and some salt.
tirst chilThe
was made in 1741.
The amount of manufactures of
born in Hillsborough were
by
;
the
dren
JNIary Gibson,
intermarried, and received as
John M'Calley and
who
prina gift a tract of land, from the
It was incorpocipal proprietor.
Population, 1830,
rated in 1772.
1,792.
Hiiiesl>urs'->
"*"*•
Chittenden co. Piatt river and
Lewis creek water this town.
part of the town is mountainous,
but the soil is generally very good,
A
About
grazing.
and
9,000 sheep are kept here,
products of the farms are exsome
Hinesbureh contains a
ported.
for
particularly
pleasant
and
village,
numerous
manufacturing operations are found
First settled about
on its streams.
It
Population, 1S30, 1,669.
1785.
Burlinglies 13 miles S. S. E. from
ton,
and 26
W.
from Montpeher.
Hiiis'^a»»> Mass.
Plymouth
co.
A
pleasant tov/n
on Boston harbor, and an agreeable
strangers.
resort for citizens and
miles S. E. from Boston,
It lies 11
by water, and 14 by
land.
Hing-
cove is 5 miles S. W. from
Nantasket beach, about 6 W. trom
W.
Cohasset harbor, and 24 N. N.
Plymouth. First settled, 1633.
from
ham
Population, in
Incorporated, 1635.
1830,3,357; 1837,3,445.
Major-general
coln, was born
Benjamin Lin-
in
this
town, Jan.
1810.
23, 1733; he died May 9,
its
This town is remarkable for
Durhealthiness and longevity.
in one
ing 50 years, 8 persons died
was 84
ho^ise, whose average age
years.
for the year ending April
1337, was $237,078. They coniron
sisted of leather, boots, shoes,
tin
castings, hats, ploughs, cabinet,
and wooden wares, silk, salt, vesblocks,
sels, umbrellas, spars and
Hino-ham,
1,
cordage, carriages, hammers, and
The product of the cod
hatchets.
and mackerel tir-hery, the same
Total amount
year, was $1 13,700.
the
of
fishery
and manufactures
$350,773.
Derby Academy,
a tree
school,
and the JVillard Private Academy,
seminaries,
are highly respectable
and promise great privileges to parents.
A commodious steam-boat phes
between this and Boston, in summer months, two or three times a
and
The hotels are large,
day.
furnish excellent accommodations.
and
Baker's Hill presents extensive
harbor.
delightful views of Boston
An
excursion
to
Hingham
is
very
pleasant.
Hiusdale, N. H.
It is 75 miles S.
Cheshire co.
It is well
from Concord.
with springs and rivulets
watered
W. by W.
The Connecwashes its western border;
and the Ashuelot runs through the
of the purest water.
ticut
the
centre, forming a junction with
a little below the great
Connecticut,
Kilcalled Cooper's point.
*end,
burn brook
Pisgah mounAshuelot
Ash-swamp brook rises |a
river.
West river mountain, runs a S. V.
Connexticourse, and tails into the
tain,
rises in
runs S. and
falls into
Hinsdale's fort
cut, near the side of
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
There are several islands in the Connecticut in thii town.
On the N.
line of Hinsdale, is West river
mountain, which extends from the
bank? of the Connecticut, E. across
the whole width of the town.
Its
greatest elevation
Pre-ident
is
D wight
at the
W.
end,
states the height
above low water mark to be from
80a to 900 feet. In this mountain is
found iron ore, and some other minerals and fossils.
South of AshueJot, is Stebbins' hill, a tract of
excellent land, and principally in a
high
state
of cultivation.
The intervales here are extensive, and
of an excellent quality.
On the
point of a bill, not far from Connecticut river, there is to be seen
the remains of an Indian fortitication, constructed prior to the settlement of the town.
There is a
deep trench drawn across the hill,
to separate it from the plain back,
an
continued to the river.
Hinsdale was incorporated
1
is
in
It
The former name
as 1633.
W.
Hiram, Me.
Oxford
CO.
This town
lies
on
both sides of a branch of Saco river, 88 miles W. S. W. from Augus-
and 40 S. W. from Paris.
The
township is fertile and productive
of wool and wheat.
Incorporated,
ta,
1807.
Population, 1830, 1,148.
Hotlgdoii, Me.
Washington
co.
Incorporated,
179 miles from Augusta. In
1837, with a population of 552, it
produced 3,iS4 bushels of wheat.
:See " Down East."
1S32
:
Holden, Mass.
Worcester
co.
This town
is
fine-
ly watered by branches of Blackstone and Nashua rivers.
It has a
valuable water power on QuinipoxIt has some good meadow land on the borders of the
streams.
There are 5 cotton and
et river.
was originally a part of
North field, ^ind was settled as early
1753.
Vv", from Boston, and 15
N. N.
from Lenox.
of this
2 woolen mills in the town, and
manufactures of leather,boots,shoes,
straw bonnets, and palm-leaf hats
p!ace was Fort Bummer and Bridg;
m'ln's Fort.
This town encoun- total amount of the manufactures
tered all the difficulties of the In- for the year
ending April 1, 1837,
dian wars, and struggled with oili- $201,960.
Holden is 43 miles W.
er hardships incident to frontier fi-om Boston, and
6 N. W. from
settlements, begun in the wilder- Worcester.
Incorporated, 1740.
ness and remote from cultivated Population, 1837,
1,789.
lands.
Population, 1830, 937.
Holdemess, N. H.
Hinsdale,
3Ia!$s.
Berkshire co.
Hinsdale is the
source of a branch of Housatonick
river.
It is an elevated township,
and well adapted for grazing.
There
are
Hinsdale,
two woolen joills in
and manufactures of
hoots, shoes, leather, hats, chairs,
and cabinet ware
one year $86,550.
:
amount
in
The value
of
total
11,020 fleeces of wool, sheared in
Hinsdale in 1837, v/eighing 32,116
pounds, was $19,266.
This town
was incorporated
tion, 1837,
832.
in 1804.
It lies
Popula125 miles
Grafton co.
It is 65 miles N. W.
from Portsmouth, and 40 N. fioni
Concord. The soil is hard and not
easily cultivated, but when sub-
dued
is tolerably productive.
From
the sap of the sugar maple, a considerable quantity of sugar is made.
The Pernigevvasset ijnparts a portion of its benefits to this place, and
there are various other streams
which serve to fertilize the soil, and
to furnish mill seats.
Squam river,
the outlet of Squam ppnds, runs in
a S. W. direction and empties into
the Pemigewasset near the S. W.
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
an^le of the town. This stream
excellent mill privileges,
having on it 2 paper mills and other machinery.
There are 3 ponds
ponds.
There is a pieasant village
near the centre of the town, on a
site somewhat elevated.
The original name of Hollis was J\lsUissit, its Indian name.
The first
settlement was made in 1731.
It
was incorporated in April, 1746.
The name is either derived from
Thomas Hollis, a distinguished benefactor of Harvard college, or from
the Duke of
Castle.
Population, 1830, 1,501.
affords
or lakes.
The road from
Plymouth through
place to Winnepisiogee lake,
and along the horders of that lake
tliis
to Wolfeborough is highly interesting displaying scenery which is
scarcely equalled in this part of
our country. Holderness was first
granted in 1751. The tirst settlement was made about the year
1763.
Population, 1830, 1,429.
;
New
Holliston, Mass.
Middlesex co. First settled, 1710,
Incorporated, 1724.
Population in
1837, 1,775.
It lies 24 miles S. W.
by W. from Boston, and 21 S. from
Hollaud, Vt.
Orleans co. This is an excellent
township of land, producing in great
Concord.
There is a woolen mill
town, and some manufactures
the varieties common
to the climate.
Previous to the
year 1800, it was a wilderness. It
is bounded N. by Canada
56 miles
N. N. E. from Montpelier and 20
N. E. from Irasburgh. Population,
1830, 432.
abundance
in the
all
of boots, shoes, leather, chairs and
cabinet ware, combs, ploughs, straw
bonnets, books, clothing, wagons
:
and harnesses
total value in one
year $335,948. The value of boots
and shoes amounted to $241,626,
employing 461 hands.
Holliston
is watered by a small branch of
Charles river.
:
Holland, Mass.
Hampden co. Holland was taken from Brimfieldin 1785.
It lies
70 miles S. W. by W. from Boston,
and 20 E. by S. from Springiield.
Population, 1837, 495.
Holland
has several ponds, and
is
Holmes' Hole, Mass.
See Tishury.
Hooksett, N. H.
otherwise
Merrimack
watered by Quinnebaugh river.
There is a cotton mill in the town,
and 658 sheep.
Hollis, Me.
York CO. This town lies on the
W. bank of Saco river, and contains
numerous mill sites. Incorporated,
A
1812.
Population, 1837, 2,374.
It
72 miles S. W. from Augusta,
lies
and 30 N. from York.
Hollis, N. H.
Hillsborough co. It is 8 miles
S. from Amherst, and 86 S. from
Concord. Nashua river waters the
S. E. part, and Nisitissit crosses
the S. W. extremity.
There are 4
ponds, known by the name of
Flint's, Penichook, Long and Rocky
co.
It lies nine miles
E. from Concord.
The river
Merrimack, whose course here is
nearly N. and S., passes through
this town a little W. of the centre.
Here are those beautiful falls,known
by the name of Hooksett Falls.
The descent of water is about 16
feet perpendicular in 80 rods.
high rock divides the stream, and a
smaller rock lies between that and
the western shore.
There is a
pleasant village on the W. side of
the ri^er.
There is a strong and
well built bridge over Merrimack
river.
Hooksett canal is in this
town. It is 1-4 of a mile long rthe
fall is 16 feet perpendicular.
Hooksett was detached from Chester,
Goffstown and Dunbarton, and inS. S.
—
]
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
Merrimack river at Concord.
these streams are some valuable
tracts of intervale and meadow lands
owned by the Amoskeag Company. The principal village in Hopkinton
Population, 1830, 880.
is 7 miles from the state-house in
this town the county
Hoosack Rivei* and Mountain. Concord. In
In the W. part of
jail is located.
Two branches of the Hoosack, the town is a thriving village on
Hosick, or Hoosick river, rise in the Contoocook river, known as
England
one in the high HilVs Bridge, or Contoocookville,
lands in the county of Berkshire, where is a valuable water power,
Mass. ; the other in the mountain- and several mills. Hopkinton was
ous tracts of Bennington county, granted Jan. 16, 1735, lo John Jones
These branches unite near and others, and was called jYianber
Vt.
Hoosack Falls, in the state of New 5, and afterwards JVew- Hopkinton.
York, about 3 miles W. of the cel- The first settlement was made about
ebrated Bennington battle ground. 1740, by emigrants from Hopkinton,
Hoosack river meets the Hudson Mass. This town suffered from InPopulation in
at Schagthicoke, 15 miles N. of dian depredations.
Troy, N. Y. This stream, in many 1830, 2,474.
places, is exceedingly rapid in its
Hopkinton, Mass.
course, and affords a great number
of mill sites,
Middlesex county. Branches of
Hoosack 7lioiintain lies princi- Charles and Mill rivers rise in this
pally in Clarksburgh and Berkshire, town, on which are manufacturing
Mass., and is the source of a branch establishments. There are 3 cotIts elevation is ton mills in Hopkinton, and manuof Hoosack river.
from 1,500 to 2,000 feet from its factures of boots and shoes, ($152,base.
300,) leather, ploughs, and straw
bonnets total value, the vear endHope, Me.
ing April 1, 1837, $217,550. The
Waldo CO. Hope is a township town was incorporated in 1715.
of choice land, having Camden and Population,
1830, 1,809 ;
1837,
Megunticook lake on its south-east- 2,166.
The mineral spring in this town
ern border.
It lies 44 miles E. S.
It conE. from Augusta, and 16 S. by W. has become celebrated.
from Belfast, Hope produced in tains carbonic acid, and carbonate
1837, 3,142 bushels of wheat. Pop- of lime and iron. It is situated near
Incor- White Hall pond, which abounds
ulation, same year, 1,733.
The
in fine fish of various kinds.
porated, 1804.
Boston and Worcester rail road
Kopkinton, N. H.
passes within 3 1-2 miles of it, at
Merrimack co. It is 28 miles N. Westborough, and it is 7 miles from
from Amherst, 7 W. from Concord, the Blackstone canal, at NorthIt is 30 miles W. S. W.
46 N. E. from Keene, 30 S. E. from bridge,
Newport, 50 W. fron» Portsmouth, from Boston, 14 E. by S. from Worand 65 N. N.W. from Boston. Con- cester, and 30 N. by W. from ProThere is a large and
toocook river flows from Henniker vidence, R. I.
into the south-westerly part of this convenient hotel at this place, at
town, and meanders in a N. E. di- which visitors for health or pleatrip
In its course it receiv^s sure are kindly entertained.
rection.
Warner and Blackwater rivers, and to Hopkinton springs is both pleaseveral large brooks, and empties sant and fashionable.
corporated
as a separate
town
in
June, 1822. On the E. side of tlie
river is an extensive cotton factory,
New
into
On
:
:
,
A
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
Hopkiiiton, R.
Fred-
week.
rickton, three times a
I.
80 miles N. N. W. from
erickton
good road betweea
St. Johns.
Houlton and Calais, on the river
distant, is
•<it. Croix, about 90 miles
now open for travel. This town is
well watered by branches of Meduxnekeag river, which empties
is
Washington
Wood
co.
river, a
A
valuable mill stream, passes through
cotton and
this town, on which are
woolen mills, iron works, and varisoil
ous other manufactories. The
adaptof the town is generally well
cultivation into the St. John's.
The garrison is
*>d for grazing, and the
of grain. It produces large quanti- located about a mile north of the
cider.
village, and has generally containties of fruit and excellent
Shad and alewives are taken in ed four companies of infantry. In
Pawcatuck river. There are seve- this town the courts of probate are
Con- held, and the office of registry of
ral ponds within the town.
wood and timber are sent deeds kept for the northern district
siderable
to market from this place.
of Washington county.
Hopkinton City, at the south
The soil of Houlton and its vicinpart of the town, on the Tommaquaug branch of Charies river, is
very pleasant and flourishing. It
lies 35 miles S. W. from Provi-
dence, and 15 W. from South
Kingston. Hopkinton was first setIncorporated, 1757.
Population, 1830, 1,777.
tled in 1660.
Hoiaton, Me.
Washington
co.
Twenity is of a superior quality.
ty-five bushels of wheat to the acre
is
an average crop
is
situated on the east line of the state
and of the United States, on the
border of the Province of
New
40 bushels to
year 1837.
We have heard it is said that persons might go so far " down east"
,
"jump
jumping
as to
This town
:
acre is^frequently obtained.
Houlton, with a population of 667,
raised 5,869 bushels of wheat in the
the
the
If Houlton is
off place, we advise
off."
some of our western brethren
and view the precipice.
Ilousatoniclc River.
to
go
Brunswick. It lies 120 miles N_.
The sources of this river are in
N. E. from Bangor, and about 75
and
the the towns of Lanesborough
W. N. W. from Frederickton,
Windsor, Berkshire county, Mass.
The
capital of New Brunswick.
branches meet at Pittstown was first settled in 1803, and The two
then
cut field, where the river forms it
for twenty years it was entirely
south, through Berkshire
the passes
off from all communication with
and enters the state of Conwestern part of the state by a dense county,
necticut. After meandering through
miles in
;
wilderness of neariy 100
extent.
In 1829, a military post, the "Hancock Barracks," was established
the
county of Litchfield, in that
state,
it
separates the counties of
and Fairfield, and
meets the tide water at Derby, 14
miles above its entrance into Long
The source of this
Island Sound.
mountain stream is more than 1,000
the ocean; and in its
The great thoroughfare between feet above
150 miles, it afStates and the British course, of nearly
the United
fords numerous mill sites, and preis
Province of New Brunswick
pleasant and well culthrough th^"? town. The roads be- sents many
of waHoulton are ex- tivated towns. The volume
tween Bangor and
large
ter of this river is not very
cellent: stages pass and repass from
when
Houlton to Frede- except in seasons of freshet,
Bangor through
government, and
here by the U.
roads
in 1334 the military and state
Bangor and Houlton were
between
completed and opened for travel.
S.
New
Haven
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the rains from the mountains that
environ its borders, inundate the
valleys and greatly fertilize the soil.
The scenery on the Housatonick
ir
exceedingly beautiful in some
places it is enchanting. The romantic cataract at Canaan, Conn., of 60
feet perpendicular, is well worthy
;
the notice of travellers.
The Indian name of this river, signifies
over the mountains.
vocabulary of Indian names, so beautiful and
expressive, would be not only curious but valuable.
A
GAZETTEER.
on elevated ground, and the source
of several branches of
There
power
:
at
the
mouth
of the for-
are several saw mills.
The
banks of the river are low and veHowland was incorry beavitiful.
porated in 1S26.
It lies 117 miles
scot,
N. E. from Augusta, and 34 N. from
Bangor.
Population, 1830, 329;
1837, 507.
Hubbardston, Vt.
Rutland co. Elizabeth Hickok,
the daughter of Elizabeth and Uriah
Hickok, was the first white child
born in this town. This event occurred in 1774. The face of the
town
is uneven, and in some parts
mountainous. It is watered by several ponds, the largest of which,
lying partly in Sudbury, is Grego-
ry's pond, the outlet of which is
called Huhhardston river.
This
river empties into Lake Champlain
West Haven, and
stream. The
is
an excellent
village at the
northwesterly part of the town is
it conpleasant and flourishing
tains mills for the manufacture of
mill
:
various articles.
Huhhardston lies 50 miles S. W.
from Montpelier, and 10 N. W. from
Rutland. Population, 1830, 865.
Ilubbardston, Mass.
Worcester
co.
river.
wooden wares. Hubbardston lies
54 miles W. from Boston, and 22
S. from Worcester.
Hudson, N. H.
mer, about 50 rods from the Penob-
at
Ware
much unimproved water
in the town.
There are considerable tracts of valuable meadow land, and the uplands are good
It was incorporated
for grazing.
Population, 1837, 1,780.
in 1767.
The manufactures of the town consist of copperas, leather, boots, shoes,
palm-leaf hats, chairs, cabinet and
Howland, Me.
Penobscot co. This is a large
township of good land, in which the
Piscataquis and Seboois rivers form
a junction
is
Huhhardston
is
Hillsborough
co.
This town
lies
17 miles S. E. from Amherst, and
38 S. from Concord. The land here
is of easy cultivation.
On the river
are fine intervales, of a deep rich
Distant from the river, the
land is hilly and somewhat broken.
There are two ponds, known by the
name of Little Massabesick, and
soil.
Otternick ponds. This town was
included in the grant of Dunstable,
and was settled as early as 1710.
The first settlements were made on
the banks of the river, where the
Indians had cleared fields for cultivating corn. The first inhabitants
While the men
lived in garrisons.
were abroad in the fields and forests,
the women and children were lodged in these places of security.
Near the Indian cornfields have
been found cinders of a blacksmith*s
forge, which have led to the conjecture that they employed a smith
to manufacture their implements of
war and agriculture. Incorporated,
1746, by the name of NottinghamWest, which it retained until July
1, 1830, when it was changed to
Hudson. Population in 1830, 1,282.
Hull, Mass.
Plymouth co. Hull was first setIncortled about the year 1625.
Populi^tion, 1837,
porated, 1644.
This town comprises the pen180.
insula of Nantasket, which forma
the S. E. side of Boston harbor. It
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advantageously
5 some of which is
extends N. by W. from Cohasset,
The soil is generally of
for its beau- improved.
miles, and is celebrated
and easily cultivain length, and a good quality
tiful beaeb, 4 miles
The ted. It lies 24 miles N. from Montfish and sea fowl.
for its shell
pelier, and 32 N. E. from Burlingtown lies between two hills of fine
Population, 1830, 823. First
opposite ton.
land, near point Alderton,
It lies 9 miles settled, 1787.
Boston light-house.
water, and
Indian Rivers.
E. S. E. from Boston, by
On one
via Hingham.
22 by land,
Indian river. Me., Washington
a well
of the hills in this place, is
county, is a small stream in the town
90 feet in depth, which is frequently
Capital in- of Addison.
almost full of water.
/utZmw sfrcam, N. H., Coos counsalt,
vested in the manufacture of
most northty, is the principal and
$12,500.
of Connecticut river,
for the una- erly source
Hull is remarkable
the N.
among rising in the highlands near
nimity which always prevails
the state, and pursuing aldeliberative limit^of
its inhabitants in their
most a direct S. W. course to its
assemblies, and for a spirit of comjunction with the E. branch flowpromise manifest on all occasions in
ing from lake Connecticut.
pubUc servants.
their selection of
Huntington, Vt.
First
co.
Chittenden
Ru'^Indian river, Vt., rises in
and falls into the Pawlet. AnVt.,
other stream of this name, in
into Colrises in Essex, and falls
pert,
settled,
Population, in 1830, 929.
Huntington lies 20 miles W. from
Montpelier, and 15 S. E. from BurlHuntington river passes
ington.
1786.
through this town; it is a branch
course,
of Onion river, is rapid in its
several towns an abundaffording
The soil of Hunant water povv'er.
tington is poor its surface is gen:
erally
hilly for cultivation.
Back mountain lies in the
too
Camel's
chester bay.
Indian Stream Territory.
of
Lake Connecticut and
363 acres.
several considerable ponds are
uated within this
to agricultural
purposes, to
Fairfield,
Haven.
and 12
This town borders
river, and is a
It lies 32
valuable tract of land.
is
miles N. W. from Augusta, and
bounded S. W. by Farmington.
Industry w^as incorporated in 1803:
village, and raised,
it has a pleasant
6,078 bushels of wheat,
in 1837,
Franklin
which
dethe inhabitants are principally
Huntington was incorporavoted.
It lies 4 miles W.
ted in 1789.
Derby Landing, 12 N. E. from
from
Population, 1830, 1,371.
Hyannis IlarTbor, Mass.
See Barnstable.
Vt.
County town. The
Lamoille CO.
Lamoille, Green, and other rivers
give this town a great water power,
co.
N. W. on Sandy
W. from New with
Hyde Park,
sit-
tract.
Industry, Me.
Ct.
This is a township
Fairfield co.
uneven surface, but well adapt-
ed
N
New
Hampshire
Is a tract in
British
of lat. 45°, extending to the
It was
possessions in I-. Canada.
surveyed in 1805, and contains 160,-
eastern part of the town.
Hnntington,
i
a population of 1,014.
IpsAvich, Mass.
This is one of the
Essex CO.
towns of the county, and a
shire
of the
port of entry, on a river
same name, sometimes called Aga-
wam, the
Indian
name
of the place.
Ipswich village is very pleasant,
is well
and the country around it
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cultivated, and beautifully variegated.
There is a cotton mill in
the town, and a number of vessels
are engaged in the coasting trade
and fishery.
The manufactures
consist of cotton goods, hosiery,
vessels, leather, boots, shoes, chairs,
—
and cabinet ware
total annual
amount, about $120,000. Ipswich
is 12 miles N. by E. from Salem,
10 S. from Newburyport, and 26
First
N. E. by N. from Boston.
:
Incorporated, 1634.
Population, 1820,2,553: 1837, 2,855.
settled, 16o3.
Ira, Vt.
Rutland
This township
co.
is
elevated it contains good land for
rearing cattle it has about 5,000
sheep.
Castleton river and Ira
brook wash a part of the town, but
afford no valuable mill privileges.
Ira lies 60 miles S. S. W. from
Montpelier, and 8 S. W. from Rutland.
Population, 1830, 442.
:
:
Population,
settled in 1799.
1830, 860.
It lies 40 miles N. by
E. from Montpelier, and 30 N. by
W. from Danville. The surface of
the town is undulating, with an
easy soil to cultivate, and generalBlack and Barton rivly fertile.
ers water the town, but move too
sluggishly to produce any valuable
first
power.
Isinglass lilver, N. H.,
rise
from Long pond
Barrington, and Bow pond in
Strafford, and, after receiving the
w^aters of several other ponds, unites
with the Cocheco near the S. part
of Rochester.
in
Isles
and
Star, Duck, White,
Londonner islands.
Hog
its
contains 350 acres of rock, and
greatest elevation is 57 feet above
high water mark.
Smutty Nose
contains about 250 acres of rock
and soil greatest elevation 45 feet.
—
Star island contains about 180 acres
of rock and soil, and its height is 55
feet.
These islands, as a town, are
called Gosport.
Star and Smutty
Nose are inhabited by fishermen,
who carry on considerable business
way supplying Portsmouth
and the neighboring towns with
fresh fish, and sending large quantities of cured fish to Boston and
in their
;
other places.
The
celebrated
dun
found here, which have
heretofore been considered a disfish
are
tinct
species of
differ
the cod.
They
however from the common
only in the circumstance of
being caught and cured in
winter.
Star island and Smutty
Nose are connected by a sea wall,
cod
their
expense of government,
purpose of breaking a strong
south east current passing between
them, and forming a safe anchorage on the north west side of it.
for the
Shire town of Orleans county.
This township was granted to Ira
Allen and others, in 17S1. It was
its
Malaga,
built at the
Irasbiii'gli, Vt.
Takes
Smutty Nose,
of Slioals.
These islands, 8 miles from the
mouth of Portsmouth harbor, N. H.
Hog,
are seven in number, viz
:
These objects have been attained,
and the miniature fleet of the Shoalers, riding at anchor in this artificial harbor, is no unpleasant sight.
Smutty Nose and Malaga are connected by a sea wall, built at the
expense of Mr. Haley, " the King
This wall, 14 rods
of the Shoals."
in length, 13 feet in height, and
from 20 to 30 feet in width, effectually secures Haley's inlet and
wharf from the easterly storms,
although the waves not unfrequently break over it in a severe storm.
islands are composed of ledges
of gneiss, bearing evidence of their
igneous origin, as they are often
traversed by veins of quartz, trap,
and iron stone.
There are a few spots of dry soil
upon them under cultivation. The
Shoals are a pleasant resort for
water parties, and their delightful
These
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bracing air, cannot be otherwise
than advantageous to those who are
The
in want of pure sea breezes.
present population is about 100.
These islands were discovered
by the celebrated John Smith, in
1614, and were named by him
The line between
Smith's Isles.
Maine and New Hampshire passes
through these islands, leaving the
largest on the side of Maine.
Up-
them are chasms in the
having the appearance of
being caused by earthquakes. The
most remarkable is on Star island,
(Gosport) in which one Betty Moody
on
all
of
rocks,
secreted herself when the Indians
visited the island and took away
many female captives and thence
;
called to this day " Betty Moody's
hole."
For more than a century
previous to the revolution, these
islands were populous, containing
They had
from 300 to 600 souls.
a court-house on Haley's island
a meeting-house, tirst on Hog island, and afterwards on Star island.
From 3 to 4 thousand quintals fish
were annually caught and cured
here, and 7 or 8 schooners, besides
;
numerous
boats,
were employed
in
the business.
The business has
since very greatly decreased.
William Pepperell and a Mr. Gibbons, from Topsham, England, were
among the first settlers at the Shoals;
the former an ancestor of the celebrated Sir William Pepperell.
woman, of the name of Pulsey, died in Gosport, in 1795, aged
90.
In her life time she kept two
The hay on which they
cows.
fed in winter, she used to cut in
summer, among the rocks, with a
Her
knife, with her own hands.
GAZETTEER.
and several islands in its
This island has excellent
harbors, and is much frequented by
fishermen and coasters. The inhabitants are independent farmers and
fishermen, who are accustomed to
render their insular situation a
place of comfort to the wayfarer,
or the invalid in pursuit of ocean
scot bay,
vicinity.
breezes. Islesborough lies 10 miles
E. from Belfast, and 56 E. from
Augusta.
Incorporated, 1789.
Population, 1837, 674.
S.
Israel's River, N. H.,
CO., is formed by the waters
which descend in cataracts from the
summits of Mounts Adams and Jefferson, and running N. W. it passes
through Randolph and Jefferson,
discharging itself into the Connec-
Coos
near the centre of Lancaster.
stream, and received its name from Israel Glines, a
hunter, who with his brother frequented these regions, long before
the settlement of the county.
ticut
It is a beautiful
(Fadsson, Me.
Waldo
A
cows, it was said, were always in
good order. They were taken from
her, but paid for, by the British, in
1775, and killed, to the no small
grief of the good old woman.
IslesborongK; Me.
Waldo CO. This town comprises
a large and fertile island, in Penob*
17
CO.
An
interior
township
of good land that produced, in 1837,
4,898 bushels of as fine wheat as
can be raised in Tennessee. PopJackson
ulation, same year, 523.
is 49 miles N. E. from Augusta, and
Incor15 N. N. W. from Belfast.
porated, 1818.
Jackson,
7i. II.)
Coos CO., situated on the E. side
The surof the White mountains.
face of the town is uneven, but the
It is
is rich and productive.
watered principally by the two
branches of Ellis' river, passing
from the N. and uniting on the S.
border near Spruce mountain.
soil
The
principal elevations are called
Black, Baldface, and Thorn mountains.
settler;
Benjamin Copp was the first
he moved into Jackson in
1779, and with his family buffeted
the terrors of the wilderness four-
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teen years, before any other person
The town was
settled there.
in-
corpoiated December 4, 1800, by
the name of Adams, which name
it retained until 1829, when it was
Population,
changed to Jackson.
in 1S30, 515.
JafTrcy,
Z&. II.
This town lies 62
miles N. W. from Boston, and 40 S.
W. by S. from Concord. The Grand
Cheshire
Monadnock
part of this
co.
situated in the N. W.
in Dublin.
streams of water issue
is
town and
Innumerable
from the mountain. Those which
issue from the western side discharge themselves into the Connecticut river; those from tiie eastern form the head waters of ConThe largest stream
toocook river.
rises about 100 rods from the summit, and descends in a S. E. direction.
With
and fatigued
brook, the thirsty
this
visitors of the
moun-
most pleasing re-
tain associate the
collections.
The
Jaflrey, affording
uneven soil of
numerous metul-
ows, and early and rich pastures,
is peculiarly adapted to raising catThere are several ponds in
tle.
Out of 3, issue streams
this town.
sufficient to carry mills erected near
their outlets, in the largest, which
is 400 rods long, and 140 wide, is
an island comprising about 10 acres.
About 1 1-2 miles S. E. from the
mountain is the " Monadnock mine-
The spring is slightly
ral spring."
impregnated with carbonate of iron
and sulphate of soda. It preserves
so uniform a temperature as
to
have
Where
been
known
never
freeze.
the spring issues from the
to
earth, yellow ochre is thrown out.
In this town are a cotton and woolen factory, and various mills. The
first
permanent settlement was made
Jaffrey was incorporated
in 1758.
in 1773,
receiving
its
West river waters
co.
town, and gives good mill seats.
At a pleasa.it village near the centre of the iwvvn are valuable manufacturing establishments. The surface of the town is very uneven
in some parts mountainous, but the
soil is generally good and producLime-stone of a good qualitytive.
Jamaica was first
is found here.
Population, 1830,
settled in 1780.
It lies 90 miles S. from
1,523.
Montpelier, and 14 N. W. from
Newfane.
(famesto^x'ii,
Newport co.
H.
I.
This town compris-
es Connanicut, a beautiful island
in Narraganset bay, about 8 miles
length
its average breadth is
about a mile. The soil is a rich
loam, and peculiarly adapted for
grazing and the production of Indian corn and barley.
in
:
The
inhabitants of this island are
for their industry and
agricultural skill, which, united
with the fertility of the soil and the
location of the island, renders it a
delightful place. The distance from
the town or island to Newport and
remarkable
South Kingston is about a nale each
to each of those places a fer;
way
ry
is
established.
The
island
was
purchased of the Indians in 1657.
was incorporated
Population, 1830, 415.
Jamestown
1678.
in
Jay, Me.
Jay lies at a bendAndroscoggin river, 29 miles W.
by N. from Augusta, and 12 S. S. W-.
from Farmington. There is much
Franklin co.
of
valuable land in Jay.
The inhab-
are principally farmers, and
cultivate the soil with much indusitants
The town produced, in 1837,
try.
name from 8,129 bushels of wheat, and con-
George Jaffrey, Esq., of Portsmouth,
one of the original proprietors. Population in 1830, 1,354.
Windham
this
Population, 1830,
siderable wool.
Incorporated,
1,276; 1837, 1,685.
1795.
•
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Jay, Vt.
Orleans co, A part of this town
Jay's p-3ak
is very mountainous
lying in the S. W. part; the other
part is good arable huid, and would
produce good crops if well cultinumber of streams issue
vated.
from the mountain and produce an
ample water power. Jay was chartered in 1792, but it was not permanently settled until about ISIG.
It lies 50 miles N. from Alontpelier, and 15 N. ^V.. from Irasburgh.
Population, 1S30, 196.
—
A
Jefferson, Me*
embracer
a large body of water.
otherwise watered by several
ponds producing streams for mill
seats, which give to Jefierson great
facilities for sawing and transporting lumber. This is a flourishing
town in its trade and agricultural
pursuits; it produced 3,361 bushels
of wheat in 1837.
Incorporated,
1807.
Population, 1837, 2,246. It
lies 28 miles E. S. E. from Augusta, and 15 N. E. from Wiscasset.
It is
Jefferson, X. H.
Coos CO. Pondicherry pond, in
this town, is about 200 rods in diameter, and is the principal source
of John's river.
Pondicherry bay
is abouc 200 rods wide and 100 lony.
Mount Pliny lies in the easterly
part of this town, and around its
base there is excellent grazing and
tillage land.
On
the S.
mountain are several
W.
is
a pleasant village at the falls,
Brown's
river,
side of
fine farms,
on
and some manufac-
tories.
Jolinsoii, Vt.
Johnson was first
by a levolutionary
hero, of the name of Samuel Eaton.
Mr. Eaton frequently passed
Lamoille
Lincoln co. This town lies at
the head of Damariscotta river, and
this
Population, 1830, 1,654. Jerico lies
25 miles N. W. from Montpelier,
and 12 E. from Burlington. This
town lies on the N. side of Onion
river, and is otherwise finely supplied with mill seats by Brown's
river and other streams.
The soil
varies in quality, from good intervale, on the streams, to common
grazing pastures, on the hills. There
co.
settled in 1784,
through this township, while scouting between Connecticut river and
lake Champlain
and several times
encamped on the same flat which
he afterwards occupied as a farm, it
being a beautiful tract of intervale.
Like many other settlers of this
;
state,
he had many
encounter.
difficulties
and with a numerous family,
he loaded his little all upon an old
horse, and set out in search of that
favorite spot which he had selected
ces,
in
his
had
more youthful days.
rael's
river passe.^ throiigii Jeffer-
Jerico, Vt.
Chittenden
CO. First settled, 1774.
He
nearly 70 miles through
the wilderness, guided by the trees
which had been marked by the
scouts, and opening a path as he
passed along.
He depended, for
some time after he arrived at Johnson, entirely upon hunting and fishing for the support of himself and
to travel
familj-.
which command a iiiost delightful
The river Lamoille enters
view of the White mountains. Is- township near the southeast
son from S. E. to N. W., and here
receives a considerable branch. The
town was first settled about the year
1773. Jefferson is 77 miles N. from
Concord, and 9 S E. from Lancaster.
Population, 1«30, 495.
to
In indigent circumstan-
this
cor-
and running westerly about
two miles, through a rich tract of
ner,
intervale, falls over a ledge of rocks
about 15 feet in height into a basin
below. This is called J\r ConiicVs
falls.
Thence it runs northwesterly over a bed of rocks, about 100
rods, narrowing its channel and in-
creasing its velocity, when it forms
a whirlpool and sinks under a bar-
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which extends across
the river.
The arch is of solid
rock, is about eight feet wide, and
at low water is passed over by
Jonesborougli, Me.
rier of rocks,
footmen with safety.
The water
below through numerous apertures, exhibiting the appearance of
rises
the boiling of a pot.
The suiface of this township
is
uneven, being thrown into ridges,
which are covered with hemlock,
spruce and hard wood. The soil is
a dark, or yellow loam, mixed with
a light sand, is easily tilled, and
very productive. The alluvial flats
are considerably extensive, but back
from the river the lands are, in
some parts rather stony.
In the
northeastern part has been discovered a quantity of soapstone.
The village, in Johnson, is very
pleasant, and contains a number of
mills, for the manufacture of various
Johnson
articles.
lies
28 miles
N. by W. from Montpelier, and 6
N. W. from Hyde Park. Popula-
Washington co. This town hag
Chandler's river and the head of
Englishman's bay on the E., Joresport on the S., and the town of Addison on the W. Incorporated, 1809.
Population, 1837, 435.
It lies 134
miles E. by N. from Augusta, and
12 S. W. from Machias.
Joiiesport, Me.
Washington co. Taken from Jonesborough in 1836, and is bounded N.
by Jonesborough, E. by Englishman's bay, S. by Mispeeky reach,
and W. by Addison bay and harbor.
This place has an excellent
harbor, and is finely located for ship
building, the fisheries and coasting
trade.
It lies 138 miles E. by N.
from Augusta, and 16 S. W. from
Machias.
Population, 1837, 581
Beal and Head islands lie off S.
from Jonesport.
Judith Point, R.
tion, 1830, 1,079.
Jolinston, R.
I.
Providence co. This town lies
5 miles W. from Providence, from
which it was taken in 1759. It is
pleasantly variegated by hills and
vales, with a soil adapted to the culture of corn and barley, and particularly to
and
all
fruits, of
vegetables
sorts of
which large
quantities
annually sent to Providence
market. The quarries of freestone
they supin Johnston are valuable
ply the wants, not only of the city
and immediate vicinity, but distant
places, with that useful material.
The Wonasquatucket and Pochasset
rivers with their tributary streams
give this town a good hydraulic powBeautiful manufacturing viler.
lages are scattered along the banks
of these waters, presenting to the
are
;
eye of the traveller the pleasant
union of our agricultural and manufacturing interests.
1830, 2,113.
Population,
I.
A noted headland in South Kingston, 11 miles S.
in
N.
lat.
41°
S.W. from Newport,
24',
W.
Ion.
71°
35'.
A
light-house was erected here in
1810, the tower of which is 3.^ feet
in height.
This point opens to the
ocean about midway between Vineyard and Long Island Sounds.
When off this place, travellers unaccustomed to the sea frequently
experience some little inconvenience for a few miles. From this
light, Montauk, on Long Island,
bears about S. W. 30 miles, and Gay
Head, on Martha's Vineyard, about
E. by S., 35 miles.
K^atalidiu Mountain, Me.
celebrated mountain, the
greatest elevation in the state, lies
between the eastern and western
branches of Penobscot river, in the
county of Piscataquis, about eighty
miles N. N. W. from Bangor, and
120 N. N. E. from Augusta. Dr.
Jackson has ascertained its height
This
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
be 5,390 feet above the level of
The Indians had a notion
the sea.
that this mountain was the abode
It is steep
of supernatural beings.
and rugged, and stands in almost
to
It may be seen
solitary grandeur.
Tho,-c
in a clear day from Baugor.
who have visited its summit pro-
nounce the scenery um-ivalled
in
sublimity.
level,
and
is
well ornamented with
The
buildings are good and
well arranged
some of them are
elegant.
Keene is a place of considerable business.
It has 2 glass
houses, a woolen factory, iron foundry, and manj' other valuable manuficturing establishments.
Its first
settlement commenced about the
year 1734, by Jeremiah Hall and
trees.
;
name was Upwas incorporated
In the county of Merrimack, sit- with its present name, April 11,
uated between the towns of J^^ntton 1753, which is derived from Sir
and Salisbury, extending into both Benjamin Keene, British niinister
towns. The line between \\ ihuot at Spain, and contemporary with
and Warner passes over the sum- Gov. B. Wentworth.
Kearsarge ZTomitain, N. H.,
Kearsarge is elevated 2,481
mit.
feet above the level of the sea, and
is the highest mountain in Merri-
mack
county.
Its
summit
is
now
a bare mass of granite, presenting
an irregular and broken surface
the sides are covered with a thick
growth of wood. The prospect from
this mountain, in a clear sky, is
very wide and beautiful.
Keene, K.
II.,
Chief town of Cheshire co., is one
most flourishing tov.ns in
N. H. It is 80 miles W.^N. W. from
Boston, (10 S. from Dartmouth college, 43 S. S. E. from Windsor, Yt.,
40 W. from Amherst, and 55 W. S.
W. from Concord. Tb.e soil is of various kinds and generally good.
Ashueloi river has its source in a
pond in Vv'ashington. and discharges
itself into the Connecticut, at Hinsdale, 20 miles distant from Keene.
Keene has been called one of the
" prettiest villages" in New England; and president Dwight, in his
travels, pronounces it one of the
pleasantest inland towns he had
of the
seen.
The
principal village
is sit-
uated on a flat, E. of the A^huelot,
nearly equidistant from that and the
upland.
It is particularly entitled
to notice for the extent, width, and
uniform level of its streets. The
main street, extending one nule in
a straiaht line, is almost a perfect
17*
others.
Its original
per Ashueloi.
It
In 1786 the settlement had so
increased, that a meeting-house was
erected and in two years after, a
minister was settled. But the usual
scourge, which attended the frontier settlements, visited this town
In 1745 the Indians killed Josiah
Fisher, a deacon of the church
in 1746, they attacked the fort, the
only protection of the inhabitants.
They were, however, discovered
by Capt. Ephraim Dorman in season to prevent their taking it.
He was attacked by two Indians,
but defended himself successfully
against them, and reached the fort.
An action ensued, in which John
:
BuUard was killed ; Mrs. M'Kenney, who being out of the fort, was
stabbed and died and Nathan Blake
taken prisoner, carried to Canada,
where he remoincd two years. Mr.
Blake afterwards returned to Keene,
where he lived till his death,in 1811,
at the age of 99 years and 5 months.
Vv'henhewas 94 he married a widow of 60. The Indians burnt all the
;
buildings in the settlement, including the meeting-house.
The inhabitants continued in the fort until April, 1747, when the town was
abandoned.
In 1753 they returned, and re-con. menced their settlements.
In 1755 the Indians again
Their number
attacked the fort.
was great, and the onset violent,
but the vigilance and courage of
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
Syms successfully defended
After burning several buildings, killing cattle, &c., they withThey again invaded the
drew.
town, but with little success.
Col. Isaac Wyman, an active
and influential man, marched the
tirst detachment of men from this
town, in the war of the revolution,
and was present at the battle of
Breed's Hill.
Population, in 1830,
is more than 1,000 feet,
hydraulic power, with that
Capt.
of this river
it.
and
2,371.
lieiidiiskeag Streain, Me.
This stream rises in Dexter and
Garland, and after meandering very
circuitously through Corinth, Levant and Dutton, it falls into the
Penobscot river, at the centre of
the city of Bangor.
This is a valuable mill stream; it has numerous
its banks are
romantic and beautiful.
tributaries
;
KeiiiieTjec River,
The
first
fertile,
Me.
source of this import-
Moose Head lake, of
the outlet. From thence
it passes in a S. W. course nearly
20 miles, where it receives the waters of Dead river ; it then proceeds
S. to Starks, about 40 miles, where
it receives the v/aters of the Sandy :
here it changes its course easterly,
about 12 miles, passing Norridgewock and Skowhegan : it then again
changes its course to the S. till it
receives the waters of the Sebastlcook, about 15 miles it continues
to descend in nearly a S. course to
Hallowell, tibout 20 miles ; here
it inclines to the E. a few miles,
and then resuming a S. course, and
passing through Aierrymeeting bay,
where it receives the Andi-oscoggia river, it passes Bath and meets
the ocean.
The wliole lenglli of
this river, from Moose Head lake
to the
sea, is about 150 miles.
The tributaries already named are
the most considerable ; but there
are many others that would be considered important rivers in other
sections of country. The whole fall
ant river
which
is
it is
:
of
its
tributaries, is incalculable.
its
We
are enabled to state that the
average, or mean time, of the closing of this river by ice, at Hallowell, for 45 successive years, was
December 12th, and of its opening,
April 3d.
The most remarkable
years were, 1792, when the river closed November 4th, and opened April Ist, the following year
and 1831, when it closed January
10th, and opened April loth, 1832.
Since the \ear 1786 the Kennebec
has not been obstructed by ice in
any spring after the 20th of April.
IveniieTSjec Cowiity,
Me.
Augusta is the shire town. This
county is bounded N. by Franklin,
Somerset, and Penobscot counties,
E. by Waldo and a part of Lincoln
counties, S. by Lincoln county, and
W. by Oxford county. This county
is watered by numerous ponds and
rivers, but principally by the noble
Kennebec,
which passes nearly
centre, from which the
name of the county is derived. The
i'ace of the county is undulating,
not hilly; its soil is of a superior
quality, producing, in great abundance, all the variety of grasses,
grains, vegetables and fruits common to its climate. The union of
through
its
hydraulic power with navigable
waters, which this county enjoys
its fertility, locality, and other natural advantages, render it a highly
favored section of our country.
Area, about 1,050 square miles. In
1837 this county contained 101,238
sheep, and produced 186,876 bushels of wheat. Population, 1837,62,375 59 inhabitants to a square mile.
:
Kemielnmlc, Me.
York
on the
bunk
This town
CO.
S.
W.
river,
side
and
is
is
situated
of the
Kenne-
regarded as one
New
of the pleasantest towns in
England. Population, 1837, 2,343.
In former ve3r<« the business of the
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
town was mostly of a commercial
character, there being a large number of vessels owned here, which
were engaged in the West India
trade.
But this trade is now nearly abandoned, and the navigation is
engaged in the freighting, coiisting,
Ship buildand iishing business.
ing has been carried on here to a
great extent, for about seventy
years, and some of the finest ships
in the country have been built in
this place within the last fe v.' year-.
There is one large cotton factory in
operation, and other privileges for
hirge manufacturing establishments
on the Kennebunk, and the Mousum, a pleasant stream which meets
Kennethe ocean in this town.
bunk is a port of entry tonnage of
the district, in 18.3?', 6,964 tons.
Incorporated, 1820. It lies SO miles
:
S.
W.
from Augusta, 25 S. W. from
and 15 N. N. E. from
Portland,
maritime pursuits, and both enjoy
a good harbor for shipping.
Population, 183.7, 2,730.
Ixeusington, N« H.,
co., is 45 miles N.
from Boston, 15 S. W, from Portsmouth, and 40 S. E. from Concord.
This town has no streams of any
note; its surface is pretty even.
Kensington was settled at an early
period, and was originally a part of
Hampton, from which it was detached in 1737. Population, 1830,
Rockingham
717.
Ivent County, R.
I.
East Greenwich is the county
town. Kent county is bounded N.
by Providence county, E. by Providence bay, S. by Washington
county, and W. by the state of ConThe surface of the counnecticut.
ty is generally rough and uneven:
in the eastern part are tracts of leThe soil is either a gravel land.
York.
I£enue1>iink: Port, Me.,
ve Ih- or Fandy loam, and very productive of Indian grain, rye, fruits,
The grazing busiE. side of the Kennebunk river. and A-egetables.
This town was formerly extensive- ness is extensively pursued in this
ly engaged in the Vvest India trade, county.
The Pawtuxet and Flat
^ut its navigation is now employed rivers are the principal, but a numin the freighting, coasting, and iish- ber of large ponds produce smaller
ing business. The extensive gran- streams in abundance. The manuite quarries here are likely to befacturing interests of this county,
come a source of considerable busi- particularly of cotton and wool, are
ness.
The stone, bearing a strong very extensive, and probably purresemblance to the Quincy, finds sued with as much spirit and suca ready market where granite is cess as in any portion of the state.
made use of in building. Thirty Some navigation is employed on the
years ago, this town, and Kenne- bay in tlie coasting trade and fishbunk, on the opposite side of the ery.
Kent county comprises an
river, were the niost active and busy area of 186 square miles.
Populabut the tide of tion, 1820, 10,228; 1830, 12,789.
ports in Maine
emigration has carried off most of Population to a square mile, 69.
the young men, leaving a surplus
Kent, Ct.
of girls; so that v.-hatever activity
there now is in the place, is of a
Litchfield co. First settled, 1738.
Population,
domestic character, not creating Incorporated, 1739.
that noise and bustle incident to the 1830, 2,001.
Kent is 50 miles W.
operations of the other sex.
Ken- from Hartfoi-d, 50 N. W. from New
nebunk Port lies about 4 miles N. Haven, and 15 W. from Litchfield.
E. from Kennebunk.
This town This is a mountainous township,
and Kennebunk are much united in with some fine land on the banks
York
CO., is
situated on
;
the
N.
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
of the Housatonick,
which passes
western border. Good
iron ore is found here.
There are
three furnaces in town, but the
manufacture of iron is not so extensive as formerly.
The Housatonick, cahii and still, winding gracefully at the foot of a high and rugged mountain, renders the scenery
from the neat and quiet village,
highly picturesque and beautiful.
•• There is in this (own," says
Dr.
Trumbull, " convincing evidence
that it was a grand seat of the nathrough
stantly return.
Willard being, on
the second or third day, nearly exhausted with fatigue and hunger,
its
inhabitants of this counti-y,
before Indians, who more lately inhabited it, had any residence in it.
There are arrow heads, stone pots,
and a sort of knives, and various
kinds of utensils, frequently found
by the English, of such curious
workmanship as exceeds all the
skill of any Indians since the Engtive
put himself under the guidance of
who in a short time conducted him in safety to his camp.
his dog,
liillingly, Ct.
Vvindham
I
co.
This town
lies
45
miles E. from Hartford, 25 W. from
Providence, R. I., and 5 N. E. from
Brooklyn.
First settled in 1700.
The first white person known to
have been bui-ied here was Mr.
Nell Alexander's great-grand-moLake.) This
town is rough and hilly, but there
is a great deal of beauty about it,
and its history is full of romantic
ther. (See jilexonder's
stories relating to the first settlers
and the red men.
The town is
well watered by the Quinnebaugand
its branches.
There are three villages. Pleasant Valley, Daysville,
and Danielsonville, all pleasant and
lish came into this country, and
became acquainted with them.
These were not only found when flourishing manufacturing places.
the town was first settled, but they They contain 14 cotton and 3 wool-
are still found on the sides of
tonic river."
Kousa-
Killingly contains excellent quarries of freestone, and of a slate rock
Kilkenny, N. H.
This place was granted
and contained, in 1830, but
27 inhabitants. They are poor, and
for aught that appears to the contrary, must always remain so, as they
may be deemed actual trespassers
on that part of creation destined by
its author for the residence of bears,
wolves, moose, and other animals
Coos
CO.
in 1774,
of the forest.
An exception, however, may possibly be mace in favor of a narrow strip of land along
Pithe S. boundary of the town.
lot and Willard's mountains, so called from a dog and his master, cover a considerable part of this town.
Willard, a hunter, had been lost
two or three days on these mountains, on the east side of which his
camp was
situated.
en mills, a furnace, an axe factory,
and other mechanical operations.
Each day he
observed his dog Pilot left him, as
he supposed in pursuit of game
but towards night he would con;
resembling granite,
wrought;
soft,
and easily
also of a slate rock
com-
posed of granular quartz, almost
lich bed of porcelain
white.
clay is found on Mashentuck hill,
said to equal French or Chinese
Population, 1S3G, 4,000.
clay.
A
KiilingtoM Peak, Vt.
This noted elevation of the Green
Mountain range, .3,924 feet above
the ocean, lies ip Sherburne, 10
miles £. from Rutland.
ICilliiigivortli, Ct.
Middlesex
Indian
settled
co.
This town, the
Hammoimasset, was
The central
in 1663.
first
part
of the town is 38 miles S. E. from
LonHartford, 27 W. from
New
17 S. by E. from MidPopulation,' 1830, 2,484.
Long Island
lies on
tov.'n
don, and
dletown.
This
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
Sound with
seis.
a harbor for small v^esvessels are built at
Many
There is 1,000 acres
this place.
of good salt meadow in Killingworth, and the soil of the uplands,
although hard and uneven, are rendered productive by industry and
called the Great hill and Rockrimon are the highest. The soil of
The
is generally loamy.
charter of Kingston was granted,
1694.
The grant also comprehended what now forms the towns of
East Kingston, Danville, and SanKingston
management. The village down. This town suffered in comvery pleasant, with a wide street mon with others in the vicinity, from
Many Indian
a mile and a half in length, crossed Indian depredations.
about midway by Indian river, a implements, with some ancient
small stream which enters the har- French coin, have been ploughed
This was a great resort for up in the vicinity of the ponds.
bor.
Immense masses
the Indians.
Maj. Ebejvezer Stevens, one
of mouldering shells still point out of the early settlers, was a very
the places where they dwelt." distinguished and useful citizen.
Killingworth is a healthful, interThis town was also the residence
skillful
is
'•'
of the Hon. Josiah Bartlett,
one of the first worthies of the state,
and an eminent physician.
His
esting place.
Kiliuarnoclc, Me.
This town is
Piscataquis co.
well watered by Piscataquis river
and the outlet of Scootum lake. It
lies 103 miles N. E. from Augusta,
and 22 N. N. E. from Dover. Incorporated, 1824. Population, 1830,
138; 1837, 313.
lixa.sS.eld,
Me.
public career
Kingsbury, Me.
Incorporated, 1836.
East."
See
ica.
He was
This town is
distant from Concord 37 miles S. E.,
from Exeter 6, and from Portsmouth
20.
There are several ponds in
this town.
The largest is Great
pond, which lies on the W. of the
village, and contains upwards of
300 acres, with an island of 10 or 12
acres, covered with wood.
There
are no high hills in Kingston ; those
co.
the
first
Amer-
governor of
the state under its free constitution.
He died in 1795, aged 65. Population, 1830, 929.
Kingston, Vt.
Addison
co.
A mountainous town-
ship settled soon after the revolutionary war. Population, 1830, 403.
White river is formed in Kingston
by the union of several streams.
Here is a beautiful v/ater fall of
100 feet, 50 of which is perpendicular.
At the bottom of the fall the
water has worn a hole 10 feet in
Kingston lies 21 miles S.
depth.
"Down W.
Kingston, N. H.
Rockingham
in 1765,
supporter of the liberties of
A
Franklin co.
fine farming
township, east of Mount Abraham,
and watered by Seven Mile brook
and one of its tributaries. It lies
55 miles N. W. by N. from Augusta, and 25 N. from Farmington.
Population, 1837, 614.
Incorporated, 1803.
Wheat crop of 1837,
3,877 bushels.
commenced
and from that time to his death he
was an unwearied advocate and
from Montpelier, and 14 E. from
Middlebury.
Kingston, Mass.
Plymouth co.
This town lies
within Plymouth harbor, 4 miles
N. W. from Plymouth, and 31 S.
E. from Boston.
Kingston has a
good harbor, a considerable stream
of water and some excellent land.
There are a number of vessels engaged in the coasting trade, and
some in foreign commerce. Many
vessels are built here of the south
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
shore white oak, noted for its
During
strength and durability.
the year ending April 1,1837, there
were 19 vessels engaged in the cod
and mackerel fishery.
They
took
14,214 quintals of cod fish, and 886
barrels of mackerel, the value of
which amounted
to ,^48,590. There
mill in Kingston, and
manufactures of bar iron, nails, axes, cutlery, anchors, leather, shoes,
pa!ra-leaf hats, and shingles
total
is
a
cotton
:
value inone year $105,.302. Monk's
hill presents an excellent vievt' of
Plymouth harbor.
Kingston was
incorporated in 1726.
Population,
1837, 1,371.
Kii'ljy, Vt.
Caledonia co. First settled, 1799.
Population, 1830, 401.
There are
some tracts of good land in Kirby,
but the township is generally either
wet and
cold, or too
mountainous
for
ing trade and fishery, and formerly
considerable trade was carried on
with the West Indies from this
place
but there is little or none
;
—
at present.
Kittery point was the residence
of Sir William Pepperell, who commanded the
England troops in
the celebrated expedition to Cape
Breton, in 1745, which resulted in
the captu!-e of Louis'hurg.
It is
divided from Poi-tsmouth, N. H. by
the Piscataqua.
bridge connects
it with that place.
Another bridge
New
A
connects
it
with Badger's island, on
the United States Navy
Yard. Kittery lies 103 miles S. W.
from Augusta, and 50 S. W, from
Incorporated, 1653.
Portland.
Population, 1837, 2,322.
which
is
I^nox, Me.
A
Waldo CO.
beautiful farming
town, named in honor of Gen. Hen-
ry Knox, a patriot of the revoluwho died at Thomaston, 1806,
This is one of the many
N. aged 53.
cultivation.
It has a number of
springs, brooks, and a good fish
pond.
The town lies 36 miles
E. from Montpeher, and 14 N. E.
from Danville.
lOrklaiid, Me.
Penobscot CO. Kirkland is finely
watered by Dead stream, Pushavv
lake and its principal tributary river.
It lies 83 miles N. E. from
Augusta, and 15 N. N. W. from
Bangor. Incorporated, 1823. Population, 1837, 258.
Kittery, Me.
A
York CO.
sea port town on
the N. E. bank of the Piscataqua
river, being the extreme southwestern boundary of the state on the
Atlantic, adjoining York on the N.
It is
E. and Elliot on the N. W.
one of the earliest settlements in
the province, or state, and had its
share of trial and suffering with
others of their days, from repeated
incursions of the Indians.
The
river or inlet, called Spruce creek,
affords a convenient harbor for vessels usually employed in the coast-
tion,
in Maine fast rising in wealth
and respectability, by the fertility of
the soil and industry of the people.
It lies 32 miles N. E. by E. from
Augusta, and 14 S. W. from Belfast.
Incorporated, 1819.
Popu-
towns
lation,
1837,
815.
Wheat
crop,
same year, 4,037 bushels.
liagraiige,
Me.
Population, 1837, 287.
Wheat
same year, 1,749 bushels.
See " Down East."
crop,
liamoille Cowiity, Vt.
Hyde Park
is
the shire
town.—
This county was established in 1836.
It is bounded N. by Franklin and
Orleans counties, E. by Orleans and
Caledonia counties, S. by Washington county, and W. by Chittenden
and a part of Franklin counties.
This county lies on the Green mountain range, and is the source of maThe river Lamoille
ny streams.
passes nearly through its centre,
and, with its tributaries, give the
,
�NEW ENGLAND GAZKTTKER.
hydraulic power.
The elevation of the county renfor grazders the soil more adapted
tillage, yet there are
ing than for
meadow
lar<re tracts of excellent
county a
2;reat
Manufacstreams.
and the exports ol
beef cattle and the products of the
annually
dairy are valuable, and
In 1837, there were
increasing.
Population, 1830,
sheep.
boi^dering
tures
its
flourish,
meadow hills; and the land in
the S. E. part lies too high up the
tin
soil
along the Connecticut is alluvial,
the meadows extending back nearat
ly three-fourths of a mile ; and
the mouth of Israel's river much
farther.
The village, or
28,677
8,930.
most compact part
of the town, lies on a street extendu)g from the bridge across Israel's
river northwardly :— it is pleasant,
manufacturis the site of some
ing estabhshments. Lancaster was
granted and settled in 1763. The
war of the revolution tended to retown.—
tard the settlement of the
After the war closed, the town setand
tled with considerable rapidity,
in
has since aradually increased
Population,
wealth and "business.
and
liainoille
River, Vt.
This river is formed in Greensborough. Its general course is N.
W. It passes through Hardwick,
Wolcott, Morriston, Johnston, Camand
bridge, Fairfax and Georgia,
Champlain at Milfalls'into Lake
N. from Burlington.
numerous tributaries:
has several falls, which produce
ton, 12 miles
This river hai
it
The
for cultivation.
mountains
1830, 1,187.
Ijaacaster, Mass.
banks
Its
a valuable water power.
fertile.
in many parts are very
It
was discovered by Champlain
in
1609.
Lancaster, K. H.
Coos CO. Shire town of the counsoutheastern
ty, and situated on the
bank of Connecticut river, which
forms and washes its N. W. boundIt hes
ary, a distance of 10 miles.
distant 110 miles W. from Portland,
130 N. from Portsmouth, 95 N.
from Concord, and 75 above DartBesides the Conmouth College.
necticut, which is deep and about
22 rods in width while it passes
Worcester
This town, the
co.
J\''asav;ogg of the Indians, is the
was
oldest town in the county ; it
years a frontier settlement,
for m.any
and greatly harrassed by the na-
In 1676. the town was at1,500 Indians; many
were killed on both sides the town
was destroyed, and a number car-
tives.
tacked
by
;
ried into
v.-a5
Mrs.
Lancaster
celebrated
Roivlandson.
both sides of
a
among whom
captivity,
the
remarkably
Nashua
fine,
river,
Mary
on
and has
lies
alluvial soil, in
Per-
a high state of cultivation.
hapAhere
is
no inland town
New
in
England that possesses more natuthrough Lancaster, the town is wathe eye
and several ral beauties, or that strikes
tered by Israel's river,
the traveller more agreeably.—
Across this of
considerable brooks.
it is
are The village is very beautiful
river a bridge and several dams
water neatly built on an alluvial plain,
thrown, forming a valuable
hills, and watered by
There are several ponds surrounded by
power.
There
stream.
of which a large and placid
in Lancaster, the largest
in
are 3 cotton and 1 woolen mills
pond, from
is called Martin-meadow
manufactures of
This communi- the town, and
Martin, a hunter.
forks,
leather, boots, shoes, hats,
cates with Little pond.
palm-leaf hats, tenon maLancaster is situated near lofty combs,
copper pumps, piano-fortes,
mountains, but is not itself moun- chines,
:—-annual
in chairs, and cabinet ware
There are three hills
tainous.
$100,000. Some min^e S. part of the town, called Mar- value about
:
—
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
eral substances are found
here.
Lancaster was first settled, 1643.
Incorporated,
1653.
Population^
1837,1,903.
It lies 35 miles W.
N. W. from Boston, and 15 N. N.
E. from Worcester.
liandaflf, H6.
Grafton co.
Its distance from
Haverhill is about 12 miles N. E.,
and from Concord 90 N. by V/,'
Amonoosuck
.
and 11 N. from Lenox.
liaiigdom,
]V.
H.
Sullivan CO.
by
S.
Langdon is 18 miles
W. from Newport, and 50 W.
from Concord.
The princi3 miles E. from Connecticut river, and 6 from Bellows
Falls.
considerable branch of
Cold river passes S. W. through
the
pal village
rjver,
tain in the E.
was incorporated,
Population, 1837, 1,090. It
125 miles Vv by N. from Bos-
S. S.
E. to N. W. through the S. part
of the town.
Through the northwesterly extremity passes the Great
con-
fish.
1765.
ton,
Wild Amonoosuck river runs from
There is a
town
slate.
parti v in this
Pittsfield : it
Lanesborough
I
S.
pond
and partly in
tains trout and other fine
lies
H.
and graphic
ble,
delightful
part.
it
A
Landaif mounCobble hill in
the centre, and Bald hill in the W.,
whole extentof this town, and unites
vyith the main branch near
the S.
soil is fertile.
LandaiT was granted line.
Langdon, named in honor
in 1764, to James Averv and^others.
of^ Gov. Langdon,
was incorporated
Population,
are the principal elevations.
The'
in 1830, 95l.
1787.
1773.
liautlgrove, Vt.
Bennington
co.
This town
is
settlement commenced in
Population, 1830, 667.
Its
liebanon, Me.
on
elevated land at the N. E. corner
York CO.
This town is bounded
of the county, 33 miles N. E.
from W. by Salmon Fall river,
on the
Bennington, and about 30 S. W. line
of New Hampshire.
It is a
from Windsor.
Some of the head large agricultural
township, with
branches of West river have their
some trade and manufactures.
It
sources here.
The lands are too lies 99 miles S. W. from
Augusta,
rough and high for much improve50 S. W. by W. from Portland, and
ment. First settled, 1769. Populis. W. from Alfred.
Incorporalation, 1830, 385.
ted, 1767.
Population, in 1837,
I/auesljoroMgli, Mass.
j
|
Berkshire co. This township lies
on elevated ground, the sources of
some of the head branches of Housatonick and Hoosack rivers.
It is
situated on two hills, with an intervening valley.
The lands in the
valley are very luxuriant, and the
hilly parts are admirably adapted
I^elianoii, N.
Grafton co.
H.
This pleasant town
on Connecticut river, is 4 miles
S.
from Dartmouth College, 49 N. W.'
from Concord, and 90 N. W. fioni
Portsmouth. Besides the Connecticut on its W. border, this town
is
watered by Mascomy river, runninofor grazing.
Lanesborough is a from E. to W. through
its centre^
beautiful town, under good cultivaand atibrding many valuable mill
tion, and very productive.
The in- seats and a constant supply of v/ahabitants are principally firmers,
ter.
The soil here is alluvial, the
who make agriculture a business, intervales
on the Connecticut exand reap its rewards. In 1837 there
tending back from the river about
were in this town 12,333 sheep, halfamile.
There are meadows or
whose fleeces weighed 42,489 lbs.' intervales
on Mascomy river. The
estimated at ^26,100.
Limestone principal village is situated
on a
abounds here ; also beautiful mar- plain
near the central part, at the
\
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
head of the falls of Mascomy rivThere are falls in the Connecticut in this town, which have been
jlocked and canalled by a company,
called the White River Company.
Lyman's bridge connects this town
with Hartford, Vt. A medicinal
A
spring has been discovered.
lead mine has been opened, and
there has been found on Entield line,
er.
the
as Governor of Connecticut ;
faithful page of History will record.
Full of years and honors, rich in benevolence, and firm in the faith and
hopes of Christianity,
9th, 1785, iEtatis 75."
This tomb contains the ashes of two
governors, one commissary general,
and a signer of the Declaration of
Independence.
near the outlet of the Great pond,
a vein of iron ore.
This is a place of
considerable
manufactures, and of extensive
Lebanon was granted 1761.
trade.
It was the first town settled on Connecticut river to the N. of Charles-
town.
The first settlers were a
hardy, brave people, tenacious of
their principles
most of them were
men of strong minds, good habits,
correct principles, and good common education. Population, 1830,
:
he died August
licdyard, Ct.
New London co. This town was
taken from Groton in 1836. It was
formerly called North Groton.
It
is 7 miles N. by E. from New London, and 8 S. from Norwich. There
a pretty village, of some thirty
houses, at Gale's ferry, on the
Thames.
The population of the
town, in 1836, was about 2,000.
About twenty of the Pequot tribe
a miserable
of Indians reside here
remnant of a great and powerful
is
:
1,868.
nation.
liebanon, Ct.
New
This town was named
London
Lebanon
co.
lies
30 miles S. E. from Hartford, and
10 N. W. from Norwich.
First
settled about 1700.
Population, in
The
1830, 2,554.
uneven
town
is
The
soil is
surface of the
— moderately
hilly.
of a chocolate color;
a rich deep mould, very fertile, and
well adapted
for grass.
Husbandry
the principal business of the inhabitants. The village is on a street
more than a mile in length, wide,
pleasant and interesting it was the
residence of the
family, celebrated for their genius and
patriotism.
On the family tomb, in
the village, is the following inscription to the memory of the first govis
:
Trumbull
ernor Trumbull.
" Sacred to the memory of Jonathan
Trumbull, Esq. vvho, unaided by birth
or powerful connexions, but blessed
with a noble and virtuous mmd. arrived
to the highest station in government.
His patriotism and firmness during 50
years employment in public life, and
particularly in the very important part
he acted in the American Revolution,
18
in
honor
of two brothers, natives of Groton
Col. Led vARD, the brave defender of Groton Heights, in 1781 ;
and
John Ledyard,
the celebra-
ted traveler, who died at Cairo, in
Egypt, in 1789, aged 38. John Led-
yard was probably as distinguished
a traveler as can be found on re" Endowed with an original
cord.
and comprehensive genius, he beheld with interest, and described
with energ3', the scenes and objects
around him; and by comparing them
with what he had seen in other regions of the globe, he was enabled to
give his narrative all the varied effect of contrast and resemblance."
This accurate observer of mankind pays the following tribute to
female character.
" I have always remarked," says
he, '• that women in all countries
are civil and obliging, tender and
humane that they are ever inclined to be gay and cheerful, timorous and modest ; and that they do
not hesitate, like men, to perform
:
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
Not
a generous action.
hauglity,
nor arrogant, nor supercilious, tliey
are full of courtesy, and fond of
society ; more liable in general to
err than man, but in general also
more virtuous, and performing more
good actions, than he. To a woman, whether civilized or savage, I
never addressed myself, in the lan-
guage of decency and friendship,
him
to follow.
treated.
The enemy
also to-
Lee is 28 miles E. S. E. from
Concord, and 12 S. W. from Dover.
From the N. E. extremity of Ep-
Lamprey river enters Lee,
and after a serpentine course of
about 7 miles, it passes into Durham.
Other parts of the town are
watered by Little, North, and Oys-
ping.
Lee was originally a
part of Durham, and was incorporated, 1766.
Population, in 1830,
1,009.
without receiving a decent and
With man it has
friendly answer.
In wanderoften been otherwise.
ing over the barren plains of inhospitable Denmark, through honest Sweden and frozen Lapland,
rude and churlish Finland, unprincipled Russia, and the wide spread
regions of the wandering Tartar;
if hungry, dry, cold, wet, or sick,
the women have ever been friendAnd
ly to me, and uniformly so.
add to this virtue, so worthy the
appellation of benevolence, their
actions have been performed in so
free and kind a manner, that if I
was dry, I drank the sweetest
draught, and if nungry, I ate the
coarsest morsel, with a double rel-
ter rivers.
ish."
boots, shoes, bar iron, iron castings,
Liee,
Berkshire co.
Mass.
This
is
town on the Housatonick
mirably located
purposes.
for
a pleasant
river, ad-
manufacturirig
contains a cotton and a
woolen mill, 12 paper mills, and various other manufactui-es by water power.
The amount of manufactured goods ibi- the year ending
April 1, iS37, was $405,000. The
It
paper manufactured, amounted to
The articles manufac,$274,500.
tured, besides paper, cotton and
woolen goods, were leather, hats,
axes, shovels, spades, hoes, forks,
Me.
Wheat crop, 1837, 8,450 bushels
It
population, the same year, 5oG.
See
lies 125 miles from Augusta.
" Down East."
:
Liee, KT.
liCe,
H.
StrafTord co.
In the N. part of
the town lies V/heelwright's pond,
containing about 165 acres, and
forming the principal source of Oyster river.
is memorable for the
which was fought near it in
1690, between a scouting party of
Indians, and two companies of ran-
ploughs, chairs, tin, cabinet and
wooden ware, carriages, chair stuff,
&c. The soil of the town is good,
particularly for grazing.
of 2,000 sheep, in 1837,
ued
is
an abund-
.
This pond
and wounded, drew off and obliged
There
ant supply of iron ore and marble
of excellent qualities.
Lee was
incorporated in 1777.
It lies 130
miles \V from Boston, and 5 S, E.
Population, in 1830,
fiom Lenox.
1,825; 1837, 2,095.
JLicet'is,
battle
gers, under Capts. Floyd and WisThe engagement lasted two
wall.
Wiswall, his lieutenant,
hours.
sergeant, and 12 men were killed
Floyd conand several wounded.
tinued to fight til! his men, v/earied
at ,^4,500.
The wool
was val-
Me.
Kennebec co.
This is a large
and flourishing agricultural town,
finely watered by a large and beauTiie outlet of this pond
pond.
the Androscoggin, gives the
town a good water power, for saw
mills and other manufactories.
The villages in Leeds are very
neat and pleasant. The soil is fartiful
into
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
and productive. Wheat crop,
Leeds was
1837, 5,421 bushels.
It lies 30
incorporated in 1802.
miles W. S. W. from Augusta.
Population, 1837, 1,743.
tile
liCicester, Vt.
Addison
Leicester is waterco.
river of its own name, by
Otter creek, and by a part of lake
These waters are too
Dunmorc.
ed by
a
sluggish to afford the town
water power.
The
soil
is
a
much
sandy
loam, interspersed with some flats
Along the rivers the soil
of clay.
The high
is rich and productive.
lands are hard and fit for grazing.
About 4,000 sheep are kept here.
Leicester lies 36 miles S. W. from
INIontpelier, and 10 S. by E. from
Middlebury.
First settled, 1773.
Population, 1830, 638.
liCicester,
Mass.
This town is on
the height of ground between Boston harbor and Connecticut river.
It lies 46 miles W. from Boston, 6
W. S. W. from Worcester, 42 E. S.
E. from Northampton, and 44 N. W.
from Providence.
It was first settled in 1713, and incorporated about
Its Indian name
the year 1721.
Population, 1837,
was Towtaid.
This town is well watered
2,122.
by French river, and branches of
the Connecticut and Blackstone,
which rise here, and afford mill sites
Worcester
co.
They were much esteemed.
The families of Denny, Earle anl
Henshaw, have been numerous in
1783.
Leicester, and highly respectable.
lienuiiiugtou, Vt.
Essex CO. A mountainous township, on the W. side of Connecticut
river, with a small portion of inter-
There are several brooks in
the town, and a beautiful cascade
of 50 feet.
There is a mountain in
the town called " the Monadnock
of Vermont," from which may be
discovered that this town, generalIt lies
ly, is not fit for cultivation.
vale.
64 miles N. E. from Montpelier,
and 24 N. from Guildhall. Population, 1830, 183.
liempstei', N. II.
Sullivan co.
It is 40 miles W.
from Concord. The surface is, in
general, uneven, and the eastern
part is mountainous.
The soil is
moist, and better suited for grass
The town is well
than grain.
watered, although its streams are
small.
One branch of Sugar river,
and the S. and W. branches of Cold
river afford conveniences for water
machinerj".
Near the W. boundary line is a pond 320 rods long
and 80 wide. Sand pond lies in
Lempster
this town and Marlow.
was granted 1761. It was settled
about 1770, by emigrants from Connecticut.
numerous manufactories.
Leicester Academy was founded
for
has considerable funds,
commodious buildings, and is highly
respectable.
It accommodates 100
pupils throughout the year.
The surface of the town is uneven
in 1784.
cards,
machine cards,
chairs, cabi-
net ware, scythes, leather, boots and
shoes: total value the year ending
April 1, 1837, $531,939.
society of Jews built a synagogue, and resided here from 1777 to
A
lienox, Me.
See " Dow^n East."
It
There
with a strong, deep soil.
are 5 woolen mills in the town, and
manufactures of machines, hand
Population, in 1830, ddd.
Lieuox, Mass.
Berkshire co. Shire town. This
an excellent township of land,
watered hy Housatonick river, and
surrounded by beautiful mountain
scenery.
It lies 130 miles W. from
Boston, 25 N. E. from Hudson, N.
Y., and 55 N. W. from Hartfbrd,
Ct.
Lenox is accommodated with
a water power, and contains mines
of rich iron ore, and quarries of
There are some
beautiful marble.
is
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER,
manufactures of iron, leather, marble, &,c., in the town, but agriculture is the chief pursuit of the in-
some wild scenery, worthy of the
notice.
Incorporated,
Population, 1837, 902.
traveler's
1774.
habitants. Incorporated, 1767. Population, 1837, 1,277.
Lieomiiister, Mass.
A
beautiful town,
and great water power, on both sides of a principal branch of Nashua river, 42
Worcester
co.
of an excellent
soil,
miles N. \V. from Boston, and 20
N. from Worcester. This town was
taken from Lancaster in 1740, and
shared with that town in the sufferings occasioned by Indian hostilit}^
The manufactures of Leominster,
for the year ending April 1, 1837,
exclusive of the product of 5 paper
The articles
mills, was $111,505.
manufactured were leather, boots,
shoes,
hats,
chairs, cabinet
axes,
ware, combs, tin ware, straw bonnets, palm-leaf hats, chaises, carPopulation,,
riages, and harnesses.
lie-wiston,
falls.
The waters of that river
descend 47 feet in the distance of
12 to 15 rods, and pi-oduce a valuable hydraulic power.
The town
extends on the river about 13 miles,
and is connected with Minot by a
the
bridge, at the foot of the falls, of
1,000 feet in length. Thisisatownship of good land, with some manufactures of woolen and cotton goods,
and a number of saw mills. Wheat
crop, 1837, 1,920 bushels.
Incorporated, 1795.
Population, 1830,
Lewiston is
1,549; 1837, 1,737.
28 miles S. W. from Augusta, 34
N. by E. from Portland, and 25 N.
W.
from Bath.
liexmgtMi, Me.
1037, 1,914.
A
Me.
Lewiston lies on the
E. side of Androscoggin river, at
Lincoln co.
alum rock has been found
Somerset co. This town lies 57
in this town which is said to be a miles from Augusta.
Population,
It condecomposed mica slate.
Wheat crop, same year,
1837, 457.
tains an abundance of beautiful 2,346 bushels.
See " Down East."
rich
plumose, or feather form alum, like
that of Milo, one of the Grecian
isles, mixed with the green crystals of
copperas, or sulphate of iron.
Ijevant, Me.
This town lies
Penobscot co.
principally on the S. W. side of
Kenduskeag stream, by which and
it is well watered.
its tributaries
The soil is good and productive.
The wheat crop of 1837 was 3,432
bushels. Levant lies 78 miles N. E.
from Augusta, and 10 N. W. from
Bangor. Incorporated, 1813. Population, 1830, 747
1837,1,081.
licxiugton, Mass.
co. This pleasant town
10 miles N. W. from Boston,
and 7 E. from Concord.
Incorpo1712.
Population, 1837,
rated,
There are some excellent
1,622.
farms in this town, large tracts of
meadow on some of the branches
of the Shawsheen, which rise here,
and some valuable woodland. The
Middlesex
lies
manufactures consist of boots, shoes,
caps, clocks, cabinet ware, and calannual value, about
ico printing
:
$100,000.
Lexington will ever be an inter-
;
liieverett, Ma^ss.
A
good grazing
Franklin co.
town, on high ground, 85 miles W.
N. W. from Boston, and 10 S. E.
from Greenfield. The town is watered by Roaring brook, a rapid
stream, on which is a cascade, and
esting place, as here the
was shed in the cause of
Independence.
British soldiers
first
blood
American
" A detachment of
were sent at day-
on the mornina; of the 19th of
April, 1775, to take or destroy a
quantity of military stores collected
lisfht
at
Concord.
They were under
the
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
command
Pitcairn.
a militia
of Col. Smith and Maj.
On reaching this place,
company were exercis-
A
British olliing on the common.
them to
ceT- rode up and ordered
disperse, but not being instantly
obeyed, he discharged his pistol
rated, 1827. Population, 1837, 804.
short time since a pine tree
was cut in Liberty, which measur-
A
ed 7 feet in diameter, at the stump.
The tree
It had three branches.
was sound, and 10,610 feet of square
edged boards were made from it.
and ordered his men to fire, which
Ijiiuericlc, Me.
they did, and eight of the AmeriLittle Ossipee river
York CO.
The
cans fell dead on the spot!
It lies 28 miles
British waters this tov/n.
militia retreated, and the
Portland, 85 S. W. from
proceeded to Concord, and in part W. from
and 15 N. by W. from
succeeded in destroying the stores, Augusta,
This is a good farming
Alfred.
but were so harassed on their rewith a pleasant village, and
turn, that they would inevitably town,
1812.
they not an academy, incorporated in
have been cut off, had
1737
strong The town was incorporated in
been met at this place by a
detachment of artillery under Lord
Population, 1837, 1,484.
The party suffered exPercy.
liiininston, Me.
tremely by the tire of the AmeriYork CO. This town is bounded
cans, aimed with deadly effect from
the S. by Limerick, and is wathe buildings, trees, and fences; on
and
65'"
180 tered by Saco river on the S.
killed, and had
and left
50 W. The town has a good soil, very
wounded. The Americans had
There is productive of hay, wheat and other
killed and 34 wounded.
It lies 89 miles S. W. from
where the grain.
a monument on the spot
the Augusta, and 28 W. S. W. from
first victims fell, to perpetuate
Incorporated, 1762.
memory of the slain, and of this Portland.
I
Population, 1837, 2,223.
event.''
liiucolu County, Me.
licydeu, Mass.
Wiscasset, Topsham and Waris watered
Lincoln
and several small ren are the county towns.
by Green river
county is bounded N. by the counstreams. It is 100 miles N. W. from
of Kennebec and Waldo, E.
Boston, and 7 N. by W. from Green- ties
town- by Waldo county and Penobscot
It is a mountainous
field.
bay, S. by the Atlantic ocean, and
ship, more fit for grazing than tillCasnumber of sheep in the Vv'. by Cumberland county and
The
age.
Area about 950 square
their co bay.
town, in 1837, was 3,142;
This county is bounded on
miles.
fleeces weighed 9,326 pounds; valThe town the ocean nearly fifty miles, and
ue of the wool, $5,129.
county of Hancock in this
was incorporated in 1809. Popu- like the
state, comprises an almost innumer658.
1837,
Franklin
co.
Leyden
lation,
in Leyi-^ a romantic spot
called " the Glen," a curious
den,
place, worth looking at.
There
Liberty, Me.
Waldo CO. This town is 29 miles
E. from Augusta, and 18 ^Y. S. W.
It is watered by
from Belfast.
large ponds and small streams. The
soil is good and produced, in 1837,
Incorpo2,022 bushels of wheat.
18*
able
number
of bays, coves, inlets,
commodious harbors and
fertile isl-
The waters of the Musconands.
gus, Damariscotta and Shecpscot
pierce its centre, and the noble
Kennebec finds all its Atlantic harbors in the county of Lincoln.
Considerable attention is paid to
agriculture, for the
suit
;
soil j°
generally
and well adapted to the purbut this county is essentially a
fertile
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
maritime section of New England,
possessing every requisition for foreign commerce, the coasting trade
Uncoln, Tt.
Addison co.
Lincoln was first
by a number of "Friends,"
in 1790.
The town is on high
three districts, Bath, Wiscasset and
ground with an uneven surface. It
Waldohorough, in 1837, was 93,347
lies 21 miles S. W. from Montpetons.
This county contained, in
lier, and 15 N. E. from Middlebury.
1837, 84,000 sheep, and
and
The tonnage
fisheries.
raised 37,-
963 bushels of wheat. Population,
1820, 53,189
1830, 57,181
1837,
60,226 63 inhabitants to a square
;
settled
of the
Population, 1S30, 639.
liincolu, Mass.
;
:
mile.
Itiucoln,
Penobscot
large town,
common
Me.
co.
This is a very
more than double the
size.
It lies
on the E. side
of the Penobscot, at the
Matanaucook
river,
mouth
where is
of
a
pleasant and flourishing village, 45
miles N. by E. from Bangor, and
114 N. E. from Augusta. Lincoln
has recently been incorporated, and
possesses a soil of remarkable fertility.
Population, 1830,414; 1837,
1,045.
Wheat crop, 1837, 4,263
bushels.
I<iucolii, N. H.,
Middlesex CO. Lincoln is bounded W. by Sudbury river.
It lies
16 miles N, W. by W. from Boston,
and 3 S. from Concord. Incorporated, 1754.
Population, 1837, 694.
It has some good farms and a large
lish pond.
The manufactures of
the
er,
town
consist of clothing, leath-
straw bonnets, boots and shoes.
laiicolnville,
Waldo
CO.
Penobscot
Me.
the W. side of
bay, 10 miles S. from
On
N. from Camden, and 51
E. from Augusta.
Incorporated,
1802.
Population, 1837, 1,999.—
This township has a good soil for
grass, grain and potatoes.
Wheat
crop of 1837, 4,212 bushels.
The
town is well located for any branch
of navigation.
Duck Trap is an excellent harbor, and a busy place in
the coasting trade.
Belfast, 7
Grafton co., a mountainous townN. from Concord.—
The middle branch of the Pemigewasset passes through nearly the
centre of the town.
It has its
source in Ferrin's pond, in the S.
part of Franconia.
There are sevliinneus, Me.
eral ponds, viz
Bog, Fish and Loon
ponds.
There are many elevations,
Washington co.
This town is
of which Kinsman's mountain is the source of a branch
of the Matthe most considerable.
In the N. tawamkeag and of a branch of the
part of the town are two large gulfs, Meduxnekeag, flowing
into the St.
made by an extraordinary discharge John's. It lies 8 miles S. W.
from
of water from the clouds in 1774. Houlton.
Population, 1837, 208.
numerous "slips," as they are Wheat crop same year, 2,514
bushcalled, from the mountain are wor- els.
Incorporated, 1836.
thy of notice.
They commence
liisboii, Me.
near the summit of the mountain,
and proceed to its base, forcing a
Lincoln CO. Lisbon lies on the
passage through all obstructions. E. side of Androscoggin
river, and 6
The soil here is poor. Wild ani- miles below Lewiston Falls. There
mals, such as bears, raccoons, foxes, are falls in the river at
ship 70 miles
:
;
The
this place,
sables, otters, deer, &c., are
very
numerous. Lincoln was granted in
1764, to James Avery and others.
Population, 1830, 50.
called the
"Ten
mile falls.'" Lisbon has some manufactures of cotton and wool, a number of saw mills,
and is united with Durham by a
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
Wheat crop 1837, 3,781
bridge.
Population, same year,
bushels.
It lies 30 miles S. S. W.
2,660.
from Augusta, and 22
from Wiscasset.
liislbou,
W. by N.
ted 10 miles S. W. from Gardiner,
and the source of some of the Cobbesseecontee waters. Litchfield lies
W. from Augusta, and
formerly a part of Lincoln
Incorporated, 1795. Popcounty.
16 miles S. S.
was
N. H.
20 miles N. E.
Grafton co.
from Haverhill, and 90 from ConIt is
watered by Amonoosuck river, running through the
Avhole extent of the town, and by
ulation, 1837, 2,341.
Wheat
crop,
same year, 5,123 bushels.
liitclxfield,
N. H.,
It is
cord,
Hillsborough co., is a small fertownship on the E. bank of
tile
There
several smaller streams.
are several ponds, the most noted
of which is called Mink pond, lying in the S. part of the town, af-
Merrimack river. It is 8 miles E.
from Amherst, and 30 S. by E. from
Concord. This town has an excel:There are two ferries,
lent soil.
fording mill seats at its outlet. The
soil admits of three divisions; the
meadows or intervales on Amonoosuck river, which are generally
very productive; the plain land, of
a light, thin soil, requiring consid-
above.
Thornton's, near the meeting house,
on the post road from Amherst to
Portsmouth; and Read's, 3 miles
Litchfield was taken from DunIt was originally
1734.
known by the Indian name of JVatticott, and by the English one of
stable in
manure to make it producand the uplands, of a strong
Farm. The settlement
deep soil, which afford many good Brentoii's
commenced about 1720.
is the
Blueberry mountain
farms.
The Hon. Wysemaint Clagett
Large quanprincipal elevation.
He
town.
and limestone are closed his life in this
tities of iron ore
was a native of England, came to
Maple sugar is manfound here.
country before the revolution
ufactured and clover seed is raised this
This commenced, and sustained several
in considerable quantities.
He was attorneyoffices.
town was called Concord until 1824. important
general under the provincial and
Population, 1830, 1,485.
state governments, and filled the
Ltisbon, Ct.
office with dignity and honor. Poptown is 7 ulation, 1830, 505.
New London co. This
miles N. from Norwich, from which
liitcliSeld County, Ct.
erable
tive
;
'
It is waterwas taken in 1786.
ed by Quinnebaug and Shetucket
it
rivers,
which unite
in the S. part
The soil is a gravelof the town.
ly and sandy loam, with some allu-
This
Litchfield, county town.
the largest and most elevated
county in the state. The surface
is
parts mountain-^
chiefly a gravelly"
loam, under good cultivation, and
very productive of butter, cheese,
beef and pork. It abounds in iron
is
hillV
an excellent
the inhabitants are
generally industrious and independent. In that part of the town called Hanover, is a woolen and silk
Lisbon is 45 miles S. E.
factory.
from Hartford. Population, 1830,
ore,
vial
meadow.
farming town
is
:
1,161.
liitclifield,
Me.
An
excellent
township of land, pleasantly situa-
Kennebec
co.
and
The
ous.
This
which
in
some
soil is
is
extensively manufac-
tured. This county contains an area
Population,
of 885 square miles.
1820, 41,267; 1830, 42,855; containing 48 inhabitants to a square
This county is watered by
numerous ponds; by the beautiful
Ho'usatonick, and by many rivers
mile.
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
rising in the high grounds.
streams give a valuable v/ater
The Tom
pow-
and nourishing manufacturing
establishments are found in almost
every town. The number of sheep
in this county, in 1S37, was 72,832.
er,
was incorpoi-ated
bounded N.by Berkshire county, Mass., E. by HartLitchfield county
in 1751.
It is
New
ford and
Haven counties, S.
the counties of
Haven and
Fairtield, and W. by the state of
New
by
New
York.
liitcliileld, Ct.
Litchfield co., chief town.
This
the Indian Bantam, comprising, as it was supposed, ten miles
square, was valued at £300 in the
year 1718. Bantam was first settled in 1720, and incorporated by
its present name in 1724.
It was
a frontier town for many years, and
during the wars between England
town,
and France was much harassed by
the Canadians and Indians.
Litchfield is an elevated township, and
its
surface
presents a diversity of
and valleys. The soil is a gravelly loam, deep, strong, and admirably adapted for grazing. Great
pond is a beautiful sheet of water
it comprises an area of 900 acres,
and is the lai-gest pond in the state.
hills
The v/aters of the Naugatuck,
Shepung and Bantam give the town
a good water power, and manufactuj-es of cotton, wool, ii'on, and other articles are in successful operation on their banks.
Li icii field village, on " Litchfield
Hiii," was incorporated in 1818. It
is a delightful place.
It is situated
on an elevated plain, surrounded by
iu'cj-esling scenery,
teu ive prospects.
and affords ex-
The two
prin-
each other nearly
at ria;ht angles ; they are wide, well
shaded, and built upon with great
taste and elegance.
It lies 30 miles
W. from Hartford, and 35 N. W.
from New Haven. Population of
the town, 1830, 4,458.
In the W. part of the town Mount
cipal streets cross
rears a front of 700 feet ahovo
the Naugatuck, presenting a panoramic landscape of great beauty and
Near this mountain
vast extent.
is a mineral spring " which is satuThe
rated with iron and sulphur.
water issues from the E. side of the
mountain inconsiderable quantities.
The mud fi-om the bottom of the
spring burns with a blue flame, and
the principal part of it consumes."
law school of great respectability was established in this town,
by the Hon. Tapping Reeve, in
1784.
The Hon. James Gould
was associated with Judge Reeve,
This
as inst)-uctor, for some years.
A
institution continued
nearly thirty
years, and furnished instruction to
many of our most eminent jurists.
Oliver Wolcott, one of the
signers of the Declaration of Independence, resided here. He was
the son of the Hon. Roger Wolcott.
He died December 1, 1797, aged
72.
He was distinguished for integrity, decision of character, and
for his love of order and religion.
Oliver Wolcott, son of tlie
born in 1760.—
he lent his aid to
he was
the cause of his country
present in the engagement with the
British at the time of their invasion
preceding, was
When
a lad of 17,
:
of Danhury.
On the formation of
the U. S. Government, in 17S9, he
was appointed first auditor of the
treasury ; arud in 1794 he succeeded
Gen. Hamilton as secretary of the
treasury.
In 1317 he was elected
governor of Connecticut, which ofHe was the
fice he held till 1827.
last survivor of the administration
He died in
of Washington.
York, June 2d, 1833, aged 74.
New
Benjamin Tallmage, a
colo-
nel in the revolutionary army, was a
He was an
resident of this town.
ardent patriot and sincere christian.
He was honored with the confidence
of Washington in several hazirdHo died
ous and important trusts.
at Litchfield, March 7, 1835, aged
'
81.
•
'
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
Ethan Allen, a brigadier-general in the
American
service, dis-
tinguished for his daring and intrepid spirit, was a native of this town.
" While he was young, his pa-
At
rents emigrated to Vermont.
the commencement of the disturbances in this territory, about the
year 1770, he took a most active
part in favor of the Gi-een Mountain boys, as the settlers were then
called, in opposition to the government of
York. An act of
outlawry against him was passed by
that state, and 500 guineas were offered for his apprehension but his
New
:
party was too numerous and faithful to permit hira to be disturbed by
any apprehensions for his safety.
In all the struggles of the day he
was successful
and he not only
proved a valuable friend to those
whose cause he had espoused, but
;
he was humane and generous towards those with whom he had to
contend.
When
called to take the
he showed himself an able
leader and an intrepid soldier.
" The news of the battle of Lexington determined Col. Allen to engage on the side of his country, and
field,
inspired him with the desire of demonstrating his attachment to liberty
by some bold exploit. While his
mind was in this state, a plan for
taking Ticonderoga and
by
Crown Point
which was formed by
several gentlemen in Connecticut,
was communicated to him, and he
readily engaged in the project.
surprise,
Receiving directions from the genassembly of Connecticut to
raise the Green Mountain boys, and
conduct the enterprise, he collected
230 of the hardy settlers and proceeded to Castleton. Here he was
unexpectedly joined by Col. Arnold, who had been commissioned
by the Massachusetts committee to
raise 400 men, and effect the same
object, which was now about to be
accomplished. As he had not raised the men, he was admitted to act
as an assistant to Col. Allen.
They
eral
reached the lake opposite Ticonderoga on the evening of the 9th of
May, 1775. With the utmost difficulty boats were procured, and 83
men were landed near the garrison.
The approach of day rendering it
dangerous to wait for the rear, it was
determined immediately to proceed.
The commander in chief now addressed his men, representing that
they had been for a number of years
a
scourge
famed
to
arbitrary power, and
and concludpropose to
advance before you, and in person
conduct you through the wicket
gate; and you, who will go with
for their valor,
ed with saying,
'
I
now
me voluntarily in this desperate attempt, poise your firelocks.'
At
the head of the centre file he
marched instantly to the gate, where
a sentry snapped his gun at him,
and retreated through the covered
way he pressed forward into the
fort, and formed his men on the
parade in such a manner as to face
:
two opposite barracks. Three huzawaked the garrison. A sentry,
zas
who asked quarter, pointed out the
apartments of the commanding officer and Allen with a drawn sword
over the head of Capt. De la Place,
who was undressed, demanded the
surrender of the fort.
By what
authority do you demand it ?' inquired the astonished comm.ander.
I demand it (said Allen) in the
name of the great Jehovah and of
;
'
'
the
continental
summons could
and the
congress.'
The
not be disobeyed,
with its very valuable
49 prisoners was immediately surrendered.
Crown Point
was taken the same day, and the
capture of a sloop of war, soon afterwards, made Allen and his brave
party complete masters of Lake
Champlain."
Gen. Allen possessed strong powers of mind, but they never felt the
fort,
stores and
Though
influence of education.
he was brave, humane and generous, yet his conduct does not seem
to have been much influenced by
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
considerations respecting that holy
and merciful Being, whose character and whose commands are disclosed to us in the scriptures."
Gen. Allen died at Colchester,
Feb. 13, 17S9, aged 52.
liittle
Androscoggin River,
In Maine, has its sources in ponds
in the towns of Woodstock, Greenwood, and Norway: it passes in a
southeasterly direction through Oxford, and falls into the Androscoggin between Minot and Danville,
opposite to Lewiston.
liittle
Conipton, R.
I.
Newport co. This very pleasant
town, the Indian Seacoymet, lies on
the ocean, at the eastern entrance
into Narraganset bay, 9 miles E. by
N. from Newport, 30 S. S. E. from
Providence, and 12 S. from Fall
River, Mass. The soil of the town
is uncommonly fertile, and being
cultivated by an industrious class
of men, is very productive of corn
beef, pork, butand other grain
ter, cheese, and wool.
Seaconnet Rocks, at the southeastern extremity of the town,
where a break-water has been
erected by government, is well
known to sailors, and memorable as
;
the place where a treaty was made
between the English and the Queen
of the powerful Seaconnet tribe, in
That tribe is now extinct:
1674.
Seaconnet Mocks is their only mon-
ument.
Little
Compton
is
becoming
cel-
ebrated as a place of resort, in summer months, for sea air and bathing; and very justly so, for very
few parts of our coast exhibit a
more interesting
liittle
Macliias
L.ittle
Rivers.
See Cutler.
liittlcton, N.
extending the whole length of Littleton, runs in foaming waves for
miles together, which render it impossible to ascend or descend with
boats in safety.
There are three
bridges over the Connecticut in Littleton.
Amonoosuck river waters
the S. part, having on its banks small
The
tracts of excellent intervale.
principal village is o-n this river, in
the S. part of the town, and is called
Glynville. Raspberry, Black, Palmer's and Iron mountains are the
Near
most prominent elevations.
Amonoosuck river, there is a mineral spring, the water of which is
said to be similar to the Congress
spring at Saratoga. The land comprehending Littleton was tirst granted in 17(54, by the name of Chiswick.
It w^as re-granted in 1770,
by the name of ^/)^/jorf). In 1784,
Apthorp was divided, and the towns
of Littleton and Dalton incorporated.
Population, 1830, 1,435.
liittleton,
n.
Grafton co. On Connecticut rivIts extent on Connecticut river
er.
It is 30 miles
is about 14 miles
Mass.
Middlesex co. The Indians called this town JVashahah.
It is 27
miles W. N. W. from Boston, and
Incorpo10 N. W. from Concord.
rated, 1715. Population, 1837, 876.
There are several beautiful ponds
The
in the town, and limestone.
soil is tolerably good, and adapted
for the growth of rye and hops.
There are some manufactures of
boots, shoes, and straw bonnets.
liivermore, Me.
Oxford
location.
«S&
N. by E. from Haverhill, and 80
N. N. W. from Concord. Connecticut river, in passing down the
rapids called Fifteen Mile FallSf
CO.
An
excellent town-
ship of land, on both sides of the
Androscoggin river, 25 miles W.
from Augusta, and 18 N. E. from
Incorporated, 1795.
PopParis.
ulation, 1830, 2,456; 1837, 2,631.
There are three pleasant villages
in the town, fine falls on the river,
saw
mills
and other manufactures.
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
Wheat
crop of 1837, 8,472 bush-
els.
liOiidouderry, N.
II>
Rockingham co. Adjoining the
E. line of the county of Hillsborough. This town contains very little waste land, and it is believed,
has as extensive a body of fertile
soil as any town in the E. section
of the state.
It lies 25 miles S. S.
E. from Concord, and 35 S. W. from
Population, in 1830,
Portsmouth.
1,4G9.
Londonderry, which formerly included the present town of Derry,
was settled in 1719, by a colony of
Presbyterians, from the vicinity of
the city of Londonderry, in the N.
of Ireland, to which place their ancestors had emigrated about a cenThey
tury before from Scotland.
were apart of 120 families, chiefly
from three parishes, who with their
New
religious instructors came to
England in the summer of 1718.
In October, 1718, they applied to
the government of Massachusetts
for the grant of a township, and
received assurances that a grant
should be made them when they
should select a place for its location.
After some time spent in viewing
the country, they selected the tract
afterwards composing the town of
Londonderry,
at first
known by
the
name
of JWitfield.
In 1719, sixteen families, accompanied by Rev.
James McGregore, one of the clergymen who had emigrated from
Ireland with them, took possession
of the tract, and on the day of
their arrival attended religious services and a sermon under an oak
on the east shore of Beaver pond.
The
inhabitants of Londonderry in
1720, purchased the Indian title,
and although it was long a frontier
town, were never molested by the
Indians.
They introduced the culture of the potatoe, a vegetable till
then unknown in New England,
and the manufacture of linen cloth,
which, though long since declined,
was for many years a considerable
source of their early prosperity.
Rev. Matthew Clark, second minister of Londonderry, was
a native of Ireland, Avho had in
early life been an officer in the
army, and distinguished himself ia
the defence of the city of Londonderrv, when besieged by the army
of King James II. A. b.,16SS-9.
He afterwards relinquished a military life for the clerical profession.
He possessed a strong mind, mai-ked by a considerable degree of ecHe died January 25,
centricity.
1735, and was borne to the grave,
at his particular request, by his former companions in arms, of wiiom
there were a considerable number
among the early settlers of this
town several of whom had been
made free from toxes throughout
the British dominions by King William, for their bravery in that memorable siege.
company of 70 men from this
town, under the command of Capt.
George Reid, were in the battle of
Breed's hill, and about the same
;
A
number were
ton, in
in that at Benningwhich Capt. David M'Clary,
one of their citizens, a distinguished and brave officer, was killed.
Major-general John Stark and Col.
George Reid,
officers
of the revolution,
this
of the
army
were natives of
town.
liOiidonderry, Vt.
Windham
though
this
co.
W^cst river passes
town and receives sev-
The
land on
the
uplands are good for grazing, except those parts that are mountainFirst settled, 1774.
Populaous.
tion, 1830, 1,302.
It lies 28 miles
S. W. from Windsor, and 30 N. E.
eral tributaries in
the streams
is
it.
rich and fertile
;
from Bennington.
liOiig Island Soiuid.
This inland sea washes the whole
southern boundary of Connecticut,
and is formed by Long Island, in the
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
of New York.
This island
extends from Montauk Point, off
Stonington, to tlie harbor of New
York.
Its
length is 120 miles.
The widest part, 20 miles, is off
New Haven; the nariowest parts,
on the border of New England, are
off the mouth of Connecticut river,
about S miles, and off Greenwich,
state
Saw
or
Pits, 7 miles.
is
a
narrow
— 68 —
:
to
strait of difficult
the
London harbor, 8--76
:
mouth of New
— to the mouth
—
New
:
—
6—132 ;— to Norwalk, S— 140
to Greenwich, or Saw Pits, 15
15ii :— to Throg's Point, 14—169 :—
:
—
—
—
Hurl Gate, 6 175
to New
York, 8 miles, making the distance
from Providence to New York, by
water, 183 miles.
As
:
the rail-road from Boston to
Albany, although in good progress,
is not completed; and as many of
our friends
at the north visiting the
interior of the state of
York
find it more agreeable to pass
New
Long and New through the city
At half tide the up the Hudson
New
of
York
river, rather
current runs 7 or 8 miles an hour.
It contains
numerous whirlpools,
is
rocky and bears a threatening aspect; but good pilots navigate it
with ease when the tide is favorable.
Steam-boats press through at
Through this
times of tide.
passage a vast amount of the productions of Connecticut and Rhode
Island pass to New York market.
survey for a ship canal, uniting
these waters and Narraganset bay
with Boston harbor, was commenced by the government of the UniFrom a tide
ted States in 1827.
lock at Braintree, in Boston harbor,
to a tide lock at Somerset, Mass.,
on Taunton river, the distance is 36
all
A
The summit
miles.
level
at
is
Randolph, Mass., 1.34 feet above
high water mark at Boston. A ship
canal in this direction, or one across
Cape Cod, at Sandwich, would save
many lives, and a vast amount of
property.
Some of the distances from Providence, and along the northern coast
of this Sound, to the city of New
York, are here given.
From Providence to Newport, 30
miles:
41
to Judith Point, 11
to the mouth of Stonington har-
—
—
:
:
bor,
passage between
Islands.
—
of Connecticut river, 13 89
to
the mouth of
Haven harbor,
27— 116:— to Stratford Point, 10—
126
to the mouth of Fairfield har-
to
This Sound, as far as Hurl Gate,
is navigable for vessels of any burthen, and the passage to and from
the sea round Montauk, is remarkably easy at any time of tide, and
in all weather.
See Judith Point.
Hurl Crate, sometimes called Hell
Gate, but properly Horll Gatt,
a Dutch term, signifying a whirlpool,
bor, 27
York and
than
cross the country, we think it may
be useful to give some of the distances on that noble river, from the
city of
York to the city of
New
Troy.
Note.
— w. denotes
zvest side, e.
east side.
New
From
2 miles
8 :— to
:
—
York
to
Hoboken,w.
Manhattanville, e. 6
Fort Lee, w. 2—10 :— to
to
King'sBridgc,3— 13:— (The
Palisadoes, perpendicular cliirs of great
elevation, on the west bank of the
commence at Hobcken, and
extend 20 miles to Tappan bay) to
Fort Independence, e. 2 15:
to
Tarrytown, e. 12—27 :— to Sing
Sing, e. 5—32 :— to Stony Point
light-house, w. 8
40
to Fort
Fayette, Verplanck's Point, e. 1
Dunderburgh Mountain,
to
41
(Here
w. and Peekskill, e. 2 43
river,
— —
—
:
—
:
—
— —
celebrated
:
we
enter
the
justly
Highlands, pronounced by every
honest Yankee to be equal if not
superior to any scenery of the kind
in his own country) to St. Anthony's Nose, e. and Foi-ts Montgome46
to ButI'y and Clinton, w. 3
to West
termilk Falls, w. 4 50
Point Fort Putnam, w. 2 52:
to West Mountain, w. and Cold
— —
— —
—
:
:
—
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4 — 5S —
Newbui-o-h,
— Hamburgh, 7
4 — 72:
Poughkeepsie,
68: —
Spring,
w.
5
e.
61
:
to
:
e.
to
e.
to
to
Hyde
Park,
e.
9— SI :— to Lew-
is' Landiag, e. and Esopus, w. 5
86: to Kingston Landiag, w. and
Rhiiiebeck Landing, e. 4 90
to Upper Red Hook Landing, e. and
Ulster, w. 11—101 :— to ^Catskill
Landing, w. 9 110: to Hudson,
and Athens, w. 6 116:— to
e.
124
Cox-sackie Landing, w. 8
127:
to Kinderhook Landing, e.3
the
to
to Ccemans,
w. 5 132
141 :^—
Overshiugh, (sand bars) 9
144:
to Troy,e.
to Albany, vv. 3
6
150.
The whole distance from
Boston to Troy, by this ro.ite, is 357
—
—
—
:
—
—
—
—
— —
—
— —
:
:
—
miles.
At Catskill Landing, visitors to
Pine
the Catskill mountains stop.
Orchard Hotel, a splendid building,
This Mountain
is 12 miles distant.
House is 2,274 feet above the tide
few yeai-s ago
of the Hudson.
this enchanting spot wa::'. a wilderness.
A
" From
this
lofty
eminence
all
inequalities of surface are oveilookseemingly endless succesed.
farms
sion of woods and waters
and villager, towns and cities, are
spread out as upon a boundless map.
Far beyond rise the Taakannuc
/nountains, and the highlands of
A
—
Conn ;>.cticut and Massachusetts. To
the Ijft, and at a still greater distance, tiie Green mountainsof Vern:ont stretch away to the north, and
their blue summits and the blue sky
The beautiful
mingle together.
Hudson, studded with islands, appears narrowed in the distance,
with steam-boats almost constantly
in sight; while vessels of every
description, spreading their white
canvas to the breeze, are moving
rapidly over its surface, or idly
loitering in the calm.
These may
be traced to the distance of nearly
seventy miles with the naked eye
and again at times all below is enveloped in dark clouds and rolling
;
19
which, driven about by the
is constantly assuming new,
wild, and fantastic forms.
From
the Pine Orchard a ride or walk of
a mile or two brings you to the
mist,
wind,
Kauterskill falls.
Here the outlet
of two small lakes leaps down a
perpendicular fall of 130 feet then
glides away through a cliannel
woi-n in the rock, to a second fall
of 80 feet.
Below this it is lost in
the dark ravine through which it
finds its WAj to the valley of the
Catskill."
—
Troy
is
a beautiful city.
It lies
on the east side of Hudson river,
in the county of Rensselaer, New
York, at the head of navigation,
and at the junction of the northern
and western canals with that noble
river.
The city is on an elevated
plain, regularly laid out
the streets
are wide and well shaded
the
buildings are uniformly neat, and
many of them in a style of superior
elegance.
St, Paul's churcii, and
the new Presbyterian, are splendid
edifices, and di'^^play great taste in
their construction.
The city of Troy is abundantly
:
:
supplied with excellent water froiu
the neighboring hills, at an expense
of $150,000.
The source of the
water is 75 feet above the level of
the city.
At the corner of every
street are hydrants, and a hose placed on these sends the water up
higher and with greater force than
a fire engine.
The squares and private gardens
are ornamented with perpetual water fountains.
In JVashington Square
is
an Ital-
ian marble fountain, chaste and classic in its construction, in the centre
of the city.
It sends up the witer
ten or fifteen feet, and in its descent
resembles the weeping willow
This sianificant emblem of purity
gives this beautiful square an addi-
—
tional
charm.
Two
streams, affording
immense
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
empty
the
of the
city, and one of them rolls down a
beautiful cascade, a short distance
from Washington square ; an object worthy of a visit from the curi-
water
facilities,
Hudson within
the
into
limits
ous traveler. These streams move
the machinery of numerous mills.
About a quarter of a mile from
the centre of the city, Mount Ida
rears its head three or four hundred
feet in height, from whose summit
every building in the city, 4he
windings of the canals and river,
the foaming of the Mohawk, and
the neighboring towns of Albany,
Vfaterford, and Lansingburgh, are
Troy in 1821, since which time a
commodious building, on a pleasant site, has been erected, 130 feet
The number of scholarg
by 40.
They come
varies from 200 to 275.
from every state in the union, the
Canadas, tiie AVest Indies, and even
from Europe, but chiefly from the
state of New York and New England.
Mrs. Willard's plan of education has received the approbation
distinctly seen.
of some of the wisest men in Europe.
Dr. Combe quotes it, in his
essay on education, with unqualified approbation. This institution is
conducted almost entirely by females it is, in fact, a female college, and many are the degrees of
Troy was incorporated as a vilIt then liad a populage in 1801.
Population, 1810,
lation of 2,000.
In 1S16 it became a city.
3,895.
5,264;" 1825,
1820,
Population,
usefulness conferred by its learned
principal on its numerous and lovely graduates.
The institution is incorporated,
and it cannot fail of receiving the
7,875; 1830,11,405; 1836,13,000.
Troy has risen to its present state
of opulence and population by its
favorable position for trade, but
more especially the enterprize and
economical habits of its people.
Many of the first settlers of Troy
came from New England in humble
Some of those who
circumstances.
thus came have amassed princely
fortunes, and acquired a name more
recent
than gold.
valual)le
Mayor of the city came from the
best
wislies
May
no event occur
A
east as a
day
laborer.
The
late
chief magistrate of the justly styled
" Empire State," a Nev/ Englander,
was found in 1822 soliciting the
patronage of the Trojans as an attorney at law. Troy v/as formerly
called Vanderheyden, in honor of
a worthy Dutchman whose farm
comprised the most compact part of
:
of the community.
to m.ar its prosperity and usefulness.
The traveler will visit the "Fountain City" again, on his way from
Champlain Lake. See Burlington,
Vt., in the Register.
liOng
town
male Seminary must not be omitted
account of the "FounCity," as it is an institution of
rare excellence, conducted by a
lady of extraordinary attainments.
This school was commenced at
in this brief
tain
co.
This
is
a beauti-
on the E.
side of Connecticut river, 97 miles
S. W. by W. from Boston, 5 S. from
Springfield, and 22 N. from HartIncorporated, 1783. Popford, Ct.
ful
vfith a fine soil,
There are
several tanneries in the town, and
some other njanufactures, but the
inhabitants are generally engaged
The Indian
in cultivating the soil.
name of the place was Massacsick.
ulation, 1837, 1,251.
LiOiig I^afee,
the city.
A notice of Mrs.Willard's Fe-
Meadow, Mass.
Hampden
Me.
This is a sheet of water at the
northern part of Piscataquis county,
about 15 miles in length and 2 in
width, which empties by Namjamskillecook river into Temiscouata
lake, the head waters o' Madawas-
ka
river.
It
lies
about 210 miles
N. by E. from Augusta.
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
liongPoud, Me.
See Bridgeton.
ILoudou, IV. K.
Soucook river
Merrimack co.
passes from Gilmanton S. through
Loudon, furnishing valuable mill
There is some good inprivileges.
tervale on its borders.
Loudon was
originally a part of Canterbury
was incorporated, 1773.
Loudon
lies 7 miles N. E. from Concord.
Population, 1830, 1,642.
liOvell,
Me.
Oxford CO. This town embraces
Kezer pond, a large sheet of water,
and other ponds whose outlet is into
Lovell
the Saco, at Fryeburgh.
lies 10 miles N. fiom Fryebui-gh,
20 W. S. W- from Paris, and 67 W.
S. W. from Auiiu:^ta.
IncorporaPopulation, 1837, 876.
ted, 1800.
" In this town are Lovell's Falls,
which are an object of great natural curiosity.
Where the water
makes over into the tremendous babelow,
perpendicularly
there is
a chain of eight ponds, partly in
Lovell and partly in Waterford, connected by small natural dams one
or two rods in width, through which
there are sluiceways, which will
admit the passage of a common sail
boat.
The scenery of the mountains and ascending lands in the vicinity is rural and beautiful."
sin
40
feet.
it
falls
Above
tlie falls,
liO-well,
Me.
Formerly called
Huntressville.
Incorporated by its
present name in 1838. " See Down
Penobscot
co.
East."
liowell, Vt.
Orleans
co.
This town was
settled in 1806, and
first
was
called Kelof years.
It
leyvale for a number
lies 36 miles N. from Montpelier,
and 10 S. W. from Irasburgh. Population, 1830, 314.
This "township
is mountainous, and the fountain
head of Missisque river.
liOivell, Mass.
Middlesex co. County town.—
This city, tiie American Manchester, is remarkable for the extent of
its water power, its rapid growth,
and the height to which it has rais-
ed the American character, by the
perfection of its manufactures.
Lowell has risen to eminence by
the remai-kable energy and skill of
a few individuals ; among whom
Patrick T. Jackson, Esq. of
Boston, and the late Kirk BooTj
Esq. were distinguished.
It lies on the S. side of Merri-
mack river, below Pawtucket Falls,
and at the union of Concord river
with the Merrimack.
In 1815, the site where the city
stands was a wilderness, with the
exception of a few lonely dwellings.
In 1824, Lowell, then a part
of Chelmsford, was incorporated as
a town.
In 1835, it became a city.
Lowell is situated 25 miles N. from
Boston, 14 N. N. E. from Concord,
37 N. E. from Worcester, and 38 S.
S. E. from Concoid, N. H.
Population, 1830, 6,474; 1837, 18,010.
The hydraulic power of this place
is produced by a canal, of a mile
and a half in length, 60 feet in
width, and 8 feet in depth, extending from the head of Pawtucket
Falls to Concord river.
This canal
has locks at its outlet into Concord
river
it also serves for the passage
of boats up and down the Merrimack. From this canal, the water
is conveyed by lateral canals to various places where it is wanted for
use, and then discharged, either into the Merrimack or Concord.
The canal is owned by " The
Proprietors of the Locks and Canals
on Merrimack river." This company was incorporated in 1792, and
have a capital of $600,000. They
dispose of lauds and mill privileges,
and own the machine shop, and
carry on the manufacture of machinery.
The first cotton mill at
this place was erected in 1822.
The whole fall of the Merrimack
;
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
this place is 30 feet, and the breadth, and from 4 to 7 stories in
quantity of water never falls short height.
of 2,000 cubic feet per second,
The Locks and Canals Machine
and is very rarely so low as that. Shop, included among the 23 mills,
This quantity of water is estimated can furnish machinery complete for
to carry 283,000 spindles, with all a mill of 5,000 spindles in four
the preparatory machiner3\
There months, and lumber and materials
is therefore an unimproved water
are always at command, with which
power at this place sufficient to to build or rebuild a mill in that
carry eleven mills of the usual size, time, if required.
When building
making the whole number of mills mills, the Locks and Canals Com89, when all the water is improved. pany employ directly and indirectTlierc are 10 corporations, with a ly fiom a thousand to twelve huncapital siock of $8,250,000
28 mills dred hands.
besides machine shops, print works,
There are also in Lowell 10
&c., all warmed in cold weather by powder mills, a tiour mill, glass
hot air or steam.
works, the Lowell bleachery, flanThere are 150,404 spindles, and nel mills, and manufactoriesof cards,
4,361 looms. There are 51,147,200 whips, planing and reed machines,
yards of cloth manufactured per an- boots, shoes; bras?, copper and tin
num ; 12,220,000 yards dyed and \vares, carriages, harnesses, iron
printed, and 16,161,600 lbs. of cot- castings, &c. &c.
the annual proton used annually, besides a large ceeds of which amount to about
quantity of wool.
$500,000, employing about 2U0
There are annually used in these hands.
manufactoiies, 11,000 tons of AnLowell is finely situated in regard
thracite coal, 4,810 cords of wood, to health
it is surrounded by pleas500,000 bushels of charcoal, 63,489 ant hills and valleys, and seated on
gallons of oil, 510,000 pounds of a rapid stream.
We aie enabled to
starch, and 3,800 barrels of flour state on good authority that 6 of
for starch in the print works and the females out of 10 enjoy better
bleachery.
health than before being employed
The number of females employ- in the mills, and that one half of the
ed in the mills, is 6,295 number of males derive the same advantage.
Total number of
Lowell is very handsomely locatmales, 2,047.
hands, 8,342. The average wages ed
it is laid out into wide streets;
of females per week, clear of board, all the buildings are of recent construction, and in a style of neatness
is ^'1,75; of males, 80 cents per
day, clear of board. The average and elegance.
amount of w^ages paid per ^month
With regard to the future prosis $106,000.
perity of this interesting city, nothThe goods manufactured in these ing need be said to those who know
mills consist of sheetings, shirtings, that it was founded, and is princidrillings, calicoes, broadcloths, cas- pally sustained, by the most emisimeres, carpets, rugs, negro cloth
nent capitalists of Boston a city
machinery for mills, and for en- renowned for its enterprize, wealth,
gines and cars for rail-roads.
The and public spirit.
quality of these goods is generalTo strangers we would say visit
ly superior to those imported.
The it. It is a pleasant ride of about an
annual amount of goods manu- hour from Boston, by the rail-road.
factured by these mills is about Foreigners view Lowell with ad$8,000,000.
miration and every American who
at
:
;
:
:
:
;
;
;
The
mills are built of brick, and
are about 157 feet in length, 45 in
sees it feels proud that such a city
exists on this side of the Atlantic,
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
liubec, Me.
Washington
es a
Lubec compris-
co.
township of good land, lying
at the
the surrounding country.
Some
valuable minerals have been discovered here.
northeasterly corner of the
and contains a point of land
extending easterly on which West
liiidloAv,
state,
Quoddy Head
light-house is situated, at the western entrance into
Passamaquoddy bay.
This place
possesses an admirable harbor for
vessels of any draught of water it
is easy of access and never obstructed by ice.
There are also within
the town a number of bays, coves,
and several islands. Grand Menan
stretches off the mouth of the harbor on the E. 5 or 6 miles distant,
and Campo Ballo, another English
island, lies very near and protects
the harbor on the north.
This
town was taken from Eastport in
1811, and contained 3S0 inhabitants. Population, 1820, 1430; 1S30,
2,081; 1S37, 4,161.
Lubec, in common with Eastport,
enjoys a very extensive trade with
the Bay of Fundy and the great
waters of Passamaquoddy bay.
The village, or principal place of
business, is beautifully located on a
point of land jutting out into the
;
it makes a fine appearance,
commands an active trade, and is
harbor
;
flourishing in its navigation and
fishery.
It lies 3 miles S. from
Eastport, 30 E. from Machias, 173
E. by N. from Augusta, and 31 S.
E. from Calais, at the head of navigation on the St. Croix river.
liWdloA^', "Vt.
Windsor
Black and Williams'
town a good water
power.
It is likewise watered by
a number of large ponds well stored with fish.
Ludlow w^as first setCO.
rivers give this
tled in 1784.
It
lies
61 miles S.
from Montpclier, and 18 S. W. from
Windsor. Population, 1830, 1,227.
The town is mountainous, but
contains good land for the grazing
of sheep and other cattle.
The
village is very pleasant, and the
centre of considerable trade with
19*
Mass.
Hampden
co.
This town lies N.
Wilbraham, and is separated from
it
by Chickopee river.
It is 84
miles W. by S. from Boston, and 10
of
N. E. from
Springfield.
Incorporated, 1774.
The Chickopee here
is a large stream, and adds much to
the beauty of the place.
There
are two cotton mills in the town,
and manufactures of palm-leaf hats
and ploughs total value, in one
year, $160,850.
Population, 1837,
i,329.
:
liuuenliurgli, Vt.
Essex CO.
On the west side of
Connecticut river, and watered by
Neal's branch and pond, and Catbow branch
good mill streams.
Some of the land is very good, but
the most of it is stony, appearently
;
—
of diluvial formation, consisting of
rounded masses of granite embedded in clay and gravel.
This is a
good grazing town, and produces
some cattle, and butter and cheese
for market.
First settled about
Population, in 1830, 1,054.
lies 45 miles E. N.
E. from Montpelier, and 8 S. from
Guildhall.
1770.
Lunenbvirgh
liiuieulburgli, Mass.
Worcester co.
The soil of this
town is good, the surface uneven
and watered by some branches of
Nashua river. Considerable amount
of books are printed and bo nd in
this town, and there are souie manufactures of palm-leaf hats, cha'rs,
cabinet ware, leather, boots and
shoes. Lunenburgh is a very pleasant town: 42 miles N. W. from
Boston, and 24 N. from Worcester.
Incorporated, 1728.
Population,
1837, 1,250.
York
CO.
This
is
a pleasanl
�NFAV
town, watered by
which
erapt}'',
some
ENGLA?.^0
several pomb
into the Saco,
generally of good soil, but greatly
diversified in regard to surface
some parts are mountainous and
and others iato the Kenusbunk and
Mousum. It lies 87 miles S. W.
from Augusta, 5 E. from Alfred and
6 N. N. W. from Kennebunk. Pop-
rocky, while others are level, with
large tracts of salt
town
Grafton co. On Connecticut rivThis town is 13 miles above
Haverhill, 9') miles N. N. W. from
Concord. There is one considera-
There are several neat villages in the town, a cotton mill,.
ham's river has
its
2
Lyman's moun-
The N, W. branch
of Burn-
factories,
and about 6,000
Lyme was
first
settled
in
Incorporated, 1667.
It lies
40 miles S. E. from Hartford, and 40
Population,
E. from New Haven.
Its Indian name was
1830, 4,034.
1664.
source fi-om this
T!)ere are several poadi
in the E. part of Lyman, through
the largest of which Burnham's
river has its course. The lower bar
of the Fifteen Mile falls is in this
town. Carleton's falls are several
miles below, and below these is
JYeh antic.
Among
the
settlers
first
Matthew Griswold, the
was
ances-
two governors, and of a numerous and highly respected family
tor of
Stevens' ferry, which communiLyman was
with Barnet.
granted in 1761.
Population, in
1830, 1,321.
in the state.
A
tract of land, once an Indian
reservation, was for some time in
dispute between the town^5 of Lyme
cates
T-S,
woolen
sheep.
mountain.
Tiyme,
is
leges.
er.
tain.
The
meadow.
watered by several streams
and ponds, and the shores on the
sound and river are indented by
small bays and harbors, which afford the town some navigable privi-
ulation, 1837, 1,523.
ble elevation, called
GAZS'TTEE-R.
and New London. It was finally
agreed to settle their respective titles to the land in contioversy, by a
combat between t\v j champions, to
be chosen by each for that purpose.
The combatants were chosen, and
on a day mutually appointed, the
champions appeared in the field,
and fought with their fists till victory declared in favor of each of the
Lyme combatants. Lyme then qui-
11.
Grafton co.
Thi (own is 6 miles
from Orford, and 54 N. W. froin
Concord.
The soil h-ere is similar
to that of other (owns on Connecticut river, with this difference, that
there is a less proportion of intervale, and a less difference betv/een
that directly adjoining the river and
the other parts of the town. There
are three small streams passing
^
S.
etly took possession of the contro-
through Lyme and emptying into
Connecticut river. There are two
verted tract, and has held it undisputed, to the present day.
Deacon Marvin, a large land
holder and an exemplary man, was
exceedingly eccentric in some of
His courtship, it is
his notions.
Having one
said, was as follows:
day mounted his horse, with only a
sheep skin for a saddle, he rode in
front of the house where Betty Lee
small ponds, the largest of which is
called Ports pond. There is a mountain, called Smart's mountain, lying
in the N. E. part of the town.
Lyme was granted 1761. The town
was settled 1764. Population, in
1830, 1,804.
—
Xiymc, Ct.
lived,
and without dismounting re-
New
London co. Lyme is situ- quested Betty to come to him; on
ated at the mouth of Connecticut her coming, he told her that the
river, on the east side, opposite to Lord had sent him there to marry
]
Saybi'ook.
It
ia
^ pleasa&t town.
her,
Betty, without
much
hesi-
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
tation, replied.
The
Lord's will be
,
sumpsic and some of
its
tributaries.
Two
done.
The following is on the Deacon's
monument in the grave yai-d, dated,
October 18, 1737.
This Deacon aged 68
on earth from serving
May for a crown no lont^er wait
Lyme's Captain Reynold Marvin.
:
Is freed
liyiideborougli, N. H.
Hillsborough
co.
This town
is
10 miles W. N. W. from Amherst,
and 35 S. S. W. from Concord. It
is an elevated township, having a
con-iderahle mountain which divides it from E. to W.
There is, in
the N. E. part of the town, below
the mountain, a plain, where there
is a small village, pleasantly situatThe
ed near Piscataquog river.
important falls of that river
are in the town, one of 65 feet in
the distance of 30 rods
the other
;
of 18 feet.
These are called Great
and Little Falls, and afford a water
power of great extent.
Agaric
mineral, used for chalk, and a good
substitute for Spanish white, is found
here.
The principal village is very
pleasant and the seat of considerable business.
The scenery about
the
town
esting.
is
picturesque and interis probably no inte-
There
town in the state that contains
more valuable water privileges than
Lyndon.
rior
Ijynii,
Mass.
Essex CO.
Lynn is one of the
most flourishing and beautiful towns
in the state.
soil of this town, though stony, is
It lies on a plain, surdeep and strong. For grazing it is, rounded by rising ground, except
perhaps not exceeded by any town on the east, where it opens to Lynn
The streams are bay, embracing the romantic penin the county.
small, originating principally from insula of JSTahant, with its beautisources in the town, and running ful beach, and Phillips' Point, both
highly esteemed resorts for all classN. and S. from the mountain.
Lyndeborough was originally grant- es of people; the sick, the serious,
ed in 1690.
In 1758, Benjamin and the gay. The soil of the town
Lynde, Esq. of Salem, purchased a is fertile and well cultivated. It is
cou'iiderable part of the township, watered by the river Saugus, the
The
and adjoining lands.
From him, Indian name of the place.
the place, when it was incoiporated town is neatly built on wide and
pleasant streets, and contains a popin 1764, took trie name of LyndeboIt lies 9
ulation of about 10,000.
rough.
It was settled as early as
1750.
On the 15th of Nov., 1809, miles N. E. from Boston, and 5 S.
three children were burnt in a barn, W. from Salem.
Lynn has risen to wealth and
while their parents were attending
importance by the enterprise and
an installation at IVIont Vernon.
—
Population, in 1S30, 1,117.
liyndoii, Vt.
Caledonia co. First settled, 1783.
34 miles N. E. from Montpelier, and 10 N. N. E. from Danville.
Population, 1S30, 1,822.
Lyndon is one of the best townships
in the state
its surface is undulating, with a soil of rich loam, free
from stone, easy to cultivate, and
very productive of wool, cattle,
pork, butter and cheese.
It is admirably well watered by the PasIt lies
:
people, in the manushoes, particularly for
which, more than any other town
in the country, it is justly celebrated.
The manufacture of ladies'
shoes was commenced here before
the revolutionary war, and it is curious to observe the great changes
that have occurred in the fashion
industry of
facture
its
of
and manufacture of that
article.
" In olden times," says the
buryport
Herald, "ladies'
Newshoes
were made in Lynn of common
woolen cloth, or coarse curried
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
leather; afterwards of stuffs such
as cassimere, everlastinp;, shalloon
and russet some of satin and damaskjOthers of satin lasting and florentine.
They were generally cut
with straps, for large buckles,
which were worn in those days by
women as well as men. Ladies'
shoes, 70 years ago, were made
mostly with white and russet rands,
and stitched very fine on the rand
with white-waxed thread.
Some
were made turn pumps and channel
;
making, which was
once a good business, was totally
ruined."
Li the year ending April 1, 1837,
there were manufactured in Lynn
2,543,929 pairs of shoes, and 2,220
pairs of boots, valued at ^1,689,793.
In this manufacture, 2,631 males
and 2,554 females were employed ;
until the heel
total
number, 5,185.
During
that
time the manufacture of vessels,
cordage, tin ware, oil casks, morocco leather and shoe boxes amounted
pumps, all having wooden heels, to $188,409. During the same pecalled cross-cut, cot7imon,3.nd court riod there were 5 vessels employed
heels.
Then the cork, plug, and in the whale and 14 in the cod and
wedge or spring heels, came into mackerel fishery.
Besides this,
use.
The sole-leather was all 4,608,000 pounds of cod, haddock,
worked v.fith the flesh side out.
halibut and other fish were tak" Previous to the war of the revo- en in boats and sold fresh. The tolution, the market for Lynn shoes tal value of the fisheries amounted
was principally confined to New to ^170,320.
Total value of the
England
some few, however, manufactures and fisheries of Lynn,
were exported to Philadelphia. in one year, $2,048,522.
Lynn
Many individuals with small capi- was first settled in 1629 Incorpotal carried on the business in their
rated, 1637.
own families. Fathers, sons, apliysmiield, Mass.
prentices, and one or two journeymen, all in one small shop, with a
Essex CO.
The surface of this
chimney in one corner, formed the tov/n is uneven, and the soil rather
whole establishment.
hard and unproductive. It contains
"After the revolution, the business some good farms, a number of pleasassumed a different aspect. Enter- ant ponds, and is watered by Ipsprising individuals embarked in the wich river on the north.
There is
business in good earnest;
hired a woolen mill in the town, and manufactures of bar iron, ploughs, boots
a great number of journeymen
built large shops, took apprentices, and shoes ; annual value
about
1782.—
and drove the business.
Incorporated,
Master $50,000.
workmen shipped their shoes to Population, 1837, 674.
Lynnfield
the south, so that Lynn shoes took is 12 miles N. from Boston, and 9
the place of English and other im- W. by N. from Salem.
ported shoes.
Morocco and kid
;
Macliias Rivers
began
be imported from England, which
leather, suitable for shoes,
to
soon took the place of stuffs. Roan
shoes were now little called for
and the improvement of working
the sole-leather grain side out, was
now generally adopted, making
what is called dvff bottoms. About
the year 1794, wooden heels began
to go out of use, by the introduction of leather spring heels.
This
improvement progressed gradually,
The
river in
and Bay, Me.
Washington County
formed of two branches, which
receive their head waters from several ponds, at the distance of about
40 miles, in a N. W. direction.
The eastern branch passes through
These branches
East Machias.
unite near the line of Machias and
Machias Port, and in their course
produce a great and valuable hydraulic power.
is
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
Machias and
Little
Machias riv-
Penobscot countj^ are important tributaries to the Aroostook.
Their course is easterly, and their
mouths meet near each other about
30 miles W. N. W. from Mars Hill.
Machias Bay sets up from the
sea about 10 miles and meets Machias Port.
This bay is 4 oi- 5 miles
in width at its mouth, and contains
in its bosom several coves, harbors,
and beautiful islands: Cross island
ers, in
lying at
its
mouth
the largest,
is
being about 3 miles by
2.
MacSiias, Me.
Washington co.
County town.
This was a famous lodgement of the
Indians.
First settled, 1782.
was incorporated
the
first
PenoS
in 17S4,
corporate
It
and was
town between
Croix rivers.
It
compri-ed East Machias
cot anil St.
formerly
The village is
Port.
the east side of the
west branch, and near the mouth
of Middle river.
It contains the
county buihiing, numerous saw
mills, and has an extensive trade,
particularly in lumber.
Machias
lies 143 miles E. N. E. from Augusta.
Population, 1837, 1,239. this
is a pleasant and interesting town.
anil
Machias
situated on
Macliias Poi't, Ble.
Washington
Incorporated
co.
3 S. from Machias.
1837, 821.
Mailainiscontis River, Me.,
Rises in a large pond, and empties, from the N. W. into Penobscot
river, about 45 miles above Bangor.
MadaAvaslia River, Me.
This river is in the county of Penobscot, and is the outlet of Temiscouata lake, and other large bodies
of water in the northern part of the
county bordering on the line of
Lower Canada.
This river and
these lakes, with their numerous
tributaries, water a country of great
extent, and which is said to equal
any country in the world in fertility, even the luxuriant prairies of the
" boundless west." The course of
these waters is N. W. and traverse a
distance of more than 100 miles.
From the mouth of Madawaska into the St. John's to Augusta is about
240 miles N. N. E.
Madawaska, Me.
Washington
and
state
miles E. N. E. from Augusta, ?nd
by Dover,
It is
:
—
co.
This town was
incorporated in lS31,and comprises
the territory marked F. and K. on
Greenleaf's map.
It is bounded E.
by the British Province of New
Brunswick, N. near the passage of
St. John's, across the line of the
the southern part of
Old Machias, and extends northward to the union of the branches
of Machias river.
It has a great
number of mills, and is very extensively engaged in the lumber trade.
It is a port of entry
an
it has
excellent harbor, and considerable
navigation in the coasting and fishing business.
The tonnage of the
district in 1837, was 8,360 tons. In
this part of Old Machias the Plymouth Colony established a trading
house in 1630. It was subsequently occupied by the French for several years.
Machias Port lies 146
in 1826.
Population,
;
W. and
fertile territory
S. by a vast and
between the Aroos-
took and St. John's rivers ; at present but thinly inhabited. This town
was the place where the land agents
of Maine were taken, by order of
the British government, and imprisoned at Frederickton, N. B.
In
1837, Madawaska was supposed to
contain a population of 2,487.
It
about 220 miles N. E. by N.
from Augusta, and 130 N. W. from
Frederickton, N. B.
lies
Madlbiiry, N. H.,
Strafford co.,
S.
is
bounded N. E.
W. by Durham and
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
Lee, N.
W. by
Barrington.
The About
of this town is generally productive. In some parts of the town,
bog iron ore has been dug up in
considerable quantities, and in some
instances red and yellow ochre.
Bellamay bank river is the only
stream of any magnitude, and Barbadoes pond the only considerable
body of water. This pond lies besoil
tween Dover and Madbury, and
is
120 rods long, 50 wide. Madbury
formerly constituted a part of the
ancient town of Dover; but was set
off and incorporated May 31, 1755,
by its present name. Population,
in 1S30, 510.
Madison, Me.
Somerset co. This township lies
on the E. side of Kennebec river,
34 miles N. from Augusta and
bounded S. by Norridgewock. It
was incorporated in 1804. Population, 1830, 1,272
is
;
1837, 1,608.
It
watered by a beautiful pond, the
outlet of which is at Skowhegan.
There are three pleasant villages in
the people are generalthe town
:
—
husbandmen. The best compliment that can be paid to the soil is,
ly
it produced, without any extraordinary effort, 10,188 bushels of
wheat, in 1837.
that
Madison,
what
Point.
by
S.
is
called
Hammonasset
This town lies IS miles E.
from New Haven, and 33 S.
from Hartford.
Population, 1830,
The soil of the town is
1,809.
stony, and naturally hard to cultivate ; but it is made quite productive of corn, rye and potatoes by the
use of white fish, ploughed in.
These fish appear in the sound about
the 1st of June, and continue 3 or
4 months. They are taken in great
quantities and are considered an excellent manure.
They were
suit.
The Hon. Thomas ChitteivD^N, for many years governor of
Vermont, and
his brother
Ebene-
ZER Chitteivden,
a gentleman
of great mechanical genius, were
The former
natives of this town.
was born in 1730, and died in 1797.
The
following
is
the inscription
on a monument in the grave yard,
in memory of an old sea captain.
Though Boreas'
blasts
and Neptune's
waves
Have toss'd me to and fro,
In spite of both by God's decree
I harbor here below,
Where I do at anchor ride
With many of our fleet j
Yet once again I must set sail
Our Admiral, Christ, to meet.
Mad Rivers.
Mad
River in JV. H., rises
the mountains in the N. E.
part of Grafton county ; it crosses
the S. E. part of Thornton and falls
into the Pemigewasset at Campton.
River, Vt.
rapid stream,
rises in the high lands S. of Warren,
and after passing through
Waitsfield, it falls into Onion river at Moretown.
among
A
Mad
€t.
New Haven co. This town was
taken from Guilford in 1826. It lies
on Long Island Sound, and embraces
10,000 of these fish are considered a good dressing for an acre
of land.
This place has a small harbor and
some navigation. Ship building is
the most important mechanical pur-
Madrid, Me.
Franklin co. This township was
incorporated in 1836. It is watered
by some of the head branches of
Sandy river and contains a part of
Saddleback mountain. The soil is
excellent and yielded, in 1837,
3,387 bushels of wheat. PopulaIt lies 25
tion same year, 351.
miles N. W, from Farmington and
about 105 N. W. from Augusta.
Maduiiliccunk liiver. Me.
first
thus used about the year 1798.
Penobscot
co.
A
tributary of
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
the Penobscot on the W. side, about
6 miles above the Madamiscontis.
a pleasant pond and by Paul's
stream. It has some good land, but
most of it is poor. First settled,
Slaidstoiie, Vt.
1770.
Population, 1S30, 236.
It
Essex CO.
This mountainous lies 54 miles N. E. from Montpelier,
township lies on the W. side of and 8 N. from Guildhall
Connecticut
rivei-
:
it is
watered by
MAINE.
This State was originally granted by James
I. to the Plymoufh Compawas transferred to Mason and Gorges in 1624
This grant comprised all the territory between Merrimack river and Sagadahock. The territory was afterwards purchased by Massachusetts for
ny, in 1606, by
d£l,250,
who
whom
it
obtained a confirmalioa of the charter in 1691, with the ad-
Maine and Kova
dition of the residue of
called the Province of
This
state,
New
a
what
is
now
formerly the District of Maine, became independent of
By
Massachusetts in 1S20.
vested in
Scotia, including
Brunswick.
the Constitution, the legislative
power
13
Senate and House of Representatives, elected annually by
the people, on the second
ators cannot
Monday
in
September.
be less than 20, nor more than 31.
The number of SenThe number of Repre-
No town
more than 200.
more than seven Representatives.
sentatives cannot be less tlian 100, nor
Is entitled to
The executive power
is
vested in a Governor,
who
is
or city
chosen annually
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
—
His ofBcial term
by the people, on the second Monday in September
commences on the first Wednesday in Januar5^
The Legislature meets at Augusta, on the first Wednesday in January, annually, on which day seven Counsellors are elected, by joint bal:
both Houses,
lot of
The
Governor
to advise the
in his executive duties.
Supreme Judicial Court,
may, from time to time, establish.
The Judges are appointed by the Governor and Council, and hold
their oiilces during good behavior, but not beyond the age of 70 years.
The state of Maine is bounded northv/est and north by Lower Canada,
east by New Brunswick, south by the Atlantic ocean, and west by New
Hampshire. It is situated between 43° 5', and 4S° 3' N. lat. and 70°
judicial
power of the
and such other courts
55',
and 6Q^ 47'
The
W.
state is vested in a
as the Legislature
Ion.
It contains
surface of the state
is
an area of about 33,000 square
diversified
by
hills
A
and valleys.
railes.
on
tract
the west side cast of the white mountains, and a part of the north bound-
ary
est
is
The high-
mountainous, though not of extraordinary elevations.
mountains
The range
lie in
detached groups, but they are not numerous.
which
of high land
crosses
Vermont and
New
Hampsiiii-e,
enters the northwest corner of Maine, passing round Chaudiere river
and the head waters of Megantic lake,
parallel with the St.
Lawrence
in
Canada, and running nearly
river, at the
distance of about twenty
miles, terminates on tiie gulph of St. Lawrence, near Cape Rosier.
This is the " Height of Land" or the " North East Ridge," spoken of
in
the treaty of 1733, between Great Britain and the United States, and
which was never called in question until 1814, when the British plenipotentiaries at Ghent proposed to the American Commissioners to discuss
and revise the boundary, so as
They
to
prevent future uncertainty and dispute.
between Quebe-c
Americans to demand an equivalent. This
proposition was refused by the Americans, on the ground that there was
stated that they desired a direct com.municaiion
and Halifax, and
left it to
no question in regard
the
to the limits of their territory.
ritory," so called, includes
The "
disputed ter-
most of the country north of latitude 46°,
in-
New
Hampshire, and most of that large and valuable
portion of ]Maine watered by the Madawaska, St. John's, Y/alloostook,
cluding a part of
Aroostook, and other rivers.
This question involves
nearlj''
the territory of the state.
In the 2d article of that treaty are the follov/ing words
all
:
a third part of
— " Jlnd
tJuit
disputes which might arise in future, on the subject of boundaries
of the United Slates, may he prevented, it is hereby agreed and declared that the following are, and shall be, their boundaries, viz from the
t
northwest angle of A^ova Szotia, (New
that angle
which is formed by a line drawn due north from the source of St. Croix
Brunswick) viz
:
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
along the said highlands which divide those rivriver St. Lawrence from those which
ers that empty themselves into the
the northwesternmosthead of the Connecfall into the Atlantic ocean, to
river to the highlands
;
ticut river."
" Our commissioners at Ghent, having successfully resisted every attempt
agreed upon an article with the British
for the dismemberment of Maine,
treaty boundary,
commissioners, not to revise or to change the ancient
ground that very boundary, without
but to run and estoblish upon the
any
alteration,
and
to ascertain
"the northwest angle
the
fifth in
Nova Scotia;"
Under it,
of
the treaty.
place of beginning. This article is
These commissioners disagreed.
each party appointed^ a commissioner.
to the King of the
According to the treaty, the question was then referred
rejected by the United States,
Netherlands, as umpire, whose award was
according to the
because it did not even profess to decide the controversy
compromise, by a division of the
terms af the submission, but proposed a
its
Great Britian has also since anat the end of more
nounced her abandonment of this award; and now,
treaty of 1783, the quesof the
than half a century after the conclusion
involve the two nations in
only remains unsettled, but threatens to
tion not
disputed territory between the parties.
a dangerous dispute.
" The northwest angle
of
Nova
Scotia
was
a well
known
point, capa-
since the proclamation of 1763, by
ble of being easily ascertained, ever
source of the St. Croix, to insimply running a due north line from the
Province of Quebec, which consists of
tersect the southern line of the
extremity of the bay of Chaleur,
the highlands running from the western
those rivers that empty
head of Connecticut river, and dividing
to the
themselves into the river
St.
Lawrence from
those
which
fall
in o the
of nature, that these highlands,
It is certain as the laws
Atlantic ocean.
be
do flow in opposite directions, can
from tvhich we know that streams
found on the face of the country.
upon the assump" The whole argument of the British government rests
the Atlantic ocean, beinto
is not a river falling
tion that the St. John's
the Bay of Fundy
mouth in the Bay of Fundy. What is
cause it has its
bay is a mere opening of
of the Atlantic ocean ?
if it be not a part
of the uniformity of
into the land-a mere interruption
the main ocean
portions of the ocean
These
indentation of water.
the sea coast by an
A
solely to distinguish
them
fi-om the
have received the name of bays,
Would it not be the
they belong.
remainder of the vast deep to which
of Naples was not a porthat the bay
merest special pleading to contend
part of
or that the
tion of the Mediterranean,
Bay
of Biscay
was not
the Atlantic ocean ?
which
" Again, the description of the treatv U. " nvers
20
a
into the
fall intn tK«»
�NEW ENGLAND
GAZETTEER.
Atlantic ocean."
Can it be said, with any propriety, that a river does
into the Atlantic, because in reaching the
main ocean it may
pass through a bay ? And yet this is the British
argument.
not
fall
The Dela-
ware does not fall into the Atlantic, because it flows into it
through the
bay of Delaware; and, for the same reason, the St. John's
does not fall
into the Atlantic, because it flows into it through
the bay of Fundy."
It is ardently wished that this perplexing
controversy may soon be amicably settled between two friendly powers, whose
interests are so closely
united.
This will probably be the event.
dicate her rights, and the
Maine
is
Maine
is
whole country stands ready
determined
to sustain
to vin-
them.
divided into the twelve following counties: York,
land, Lincoln,
CumberKennebec, Waldo, Hancock, Oxford, Somerset, Penobscot,
Washington, Franklin, and Piscataquis.
Succession of Governors.
William King, 1820.
Albion K. Parris, 1821—1825.
E. Lincoln,
1826—1829.
Jonathan G. Hunton, 1830.
Samuel E. Smith, 1831—
1833.
Robert P. Dunlap, 1834—1837.
Edward Kent, 1838. John
Fairfield,
1839—
Succession of Chief Justices.
Prentiss Mellen, 1820—1834.
The
soil
of
Maine
is
various.
Nathan Weston, 18-34—
For some miles from the sea coast
rocky, sandy or clayey, with some
least productive part of the state.
fertile portions
Advancing
;
generally this
is
it is
the
into the interior, the soil
increases in
fertility.
The average quality of the soil is considered to be
not superior to any other portion of New
England.
In some
parts it is not exceeded in fertility by any
section of the Union.
Some
of the most fertile parts of Maine are now
almost a wilderness.
The ability of the soil of Maine to furnish an ample
supply of bread
stuffs, was fully tested in 1837, by the
production of more than a million
bushels of wheat, besides vast quantities of rye
and corn.
equal
if
The natural productions in the state, already known to
exist in exhaustless quantities, are pine and hemlock timber
granite, slate, lime,
;
iron, and all the materials in the composition
of glass.
Of the first
report of the learned and indefatigable Dr.
Jackson, on the geology of
Maine, the celebrated professor Silliman thus speaks
:
" Maine
country chiefly of primary rocks, with a large
division
of those of transition, and towards New
Brunswick it has an important
region of the lower secondary.
Every where it has alluvial and diluvial
deposits, and vast igneous formations, not only
in tlie interior, but formis
a
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEEK.
part of an «m
oeean surge along a consnlerablo
in. a barrier against the
and estuar.es almost beyond
Jnse sea coast, indented as it is by bays
gneiss,
formations of Mame, are granite,
example. Among the mineral
slate and alum
slates, including roofing
mier od talcose: and other
and brecc.ated
limestone and marble, sandstones
e- "so, soaps one,
greenstone
jasper, including the beautiful
iocks'o many varieties;
numerous and
The trap dykes are
porphyry.
tap and its varieties, and
rocks and proc«t through most of the other
"
exceedingly distinct: They
toad.those peculiar effects, which
duceu on them, most distinctly,
is gre tly
Scientific geology
igneous origin.
monst -ation prove their
"""' '"" ""^^""""""'
rdebtel 'o *- -"«y '°' ^°"<' "' "'^
lu'"e d lu
deposits, the boulders and
diluvial
„ thi head while the
inherent in
and
shells now adhering to
fur-ows n the rocks, the sea
twenty-six
coast, although elevated
rl-swhrd once formed the sea
other topics
spnng at Luhec, and many
;::ta:ove ;.,:::: hoard. . ..n
™-'
;
1
geology.
niimtrate other parts of scientific
of the in re^i
his subject, as wel, as
en'irel/master of
'"d 'jac
remarkable for
and his report is
sciences of mineralogy and chemistry,
style.'
and its attractive
^
itc, lucid clearness
. j k„
oil,,
.
The
<'^cn
great nvers, St.
^^°^';
interior, give
^^^^^.^^ i.^cing
tributaries piei^i 5 the
with their numerous
nvei^,
aiA
P^" "^^
the state, afford a water
The celebrated John Sm'th
made
to the
rrv^ooA
pvtpnt and usefulness.
to settle
u
an :l„essful attempt
^f
^^
lfthr:.ls::rr rs'Llttth!
P,ymo:.
co.ony, at V„rk.
^^
;^^^-z::s^:i^
-. ofCmerce, --;;----Lir: ::2
wool
%rfirst
settlers '^
of
in. the
soil for its
Re sister.
ultimate staples,
^heat, beef,
and
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
Maiden, Mass.
of Londonderry, a part of Chester,
Middlesex co.
A bridge over and a tract of land called HarryMystic river, 2,420 feet in length, town, and incorporated Sept. 3,
connects this town with Charies- 1751, by the name of Derryfield.
town. It lies 5 miles N. from Bos- This name it retained until 1810,
ton, and 16 E, by S. from Concord. when it was changed to ManchesFirst settled, 1648.
Incorporated, ter, by an act of the legislature.
1649.
Population, 1830, 2,010;
1837, 2,303.
It contains a large
ti-act of salt meadow, and considerable timber.
The uplands are
rough and uneven.
The manufac-
tures of Maiden consist of leather,
boots, shoes, block tin, tin ware'
twine,
lasts, and manufactures of
and dye-wood total amount,
year ending April 1, 1S37,
$351,160.
iron
the
:
The
Hillsborough
11.,
general
Johivt
had his residence in this
town, where he died May 8, 1322,
at the great age of 93 years 8 months
and 24 days.
He was born at
Londonderry, August 28, 1723;
was taken prisoner by the Indians,
while hunting near Baker's river,
Rumney, April 23, 1752.
In
1775, he was appointed a c-olonel of
one of the three regiments raised
in
in
Mancliester, N.
venerable
Stark
New
Hampshire
;
was engaged
on the heights of ChaHestown, June
17, 1775
was at the battle of Trenton, in 1776; captured Col. Baum
and 1,000 of the British at Bennington, August 16, 1777.
This event,
in the language of president
Jefferson, was « the first link in the chain
;
co., lies
on the east
Merrimack river, by which
it is bounded on the W. for
8 miles;
on the N. and E. it is bounded by
Chester, S. by Londonderry and
Litchfield.
There are several of successes
which issued in the
streams which have their origin in
surrender of Saratoga."
He was
this town, and which discharge
soon after appointed
side of
themselves into the Merrimack.
Cohass brook, issuing from Massabesick pond, is the largest.
It receives two other small streams from
the S., and empties itself at the S.
W. angle of the town. Massabesick is a large pond, at the E.
side
of the town, and partly within
its
limits.
There are several smaller
ponds.
The soil of a considerable part of
the town is light and sandy.
The
intervales on the river are easy
af
cultivation, and productive.
a brigadier-
general of the United States army,
and, at the time of his death, was
the only surviving American general officer of the revolution.
ulation, 1830, 887.
Pop-
Mancliester, Vt.
Bennington co.
One of the
county towns.
Situated between
the Green mountains on the E.,and
Equinox mountain on the W. The
latter is 3,706 feet above the
sea.
There are two neat
valley;
villages in this
the county
buildings are
by Amoskeag falls is in the south
village.
The scenein this town, and was projected
and ry here is very beautiful.
The
constructed by the ingenuity and
town is watered by the Battenkill
perseverance of the late Samuel
and its branches, and affords good
The
canal
Blodget, Esq. At these falls are
the
works of the Amoskeag Manufacturing Company, where the
foundations of another Lowell
are being
The water power is immense.
This town was formed of a part
laid.
null sites.
The
soil
along the wa-
ter courses is good, but the
principal part of the town is better
for
grazing
than tillage.
Here are
large quarries of beautiful
marble,
some manufactures, a curious cavern, and about 6,000 sheep.
Man-
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
Chester lies 22 miles N. by E. from
Bennington, and about 40 W. from
Bellows Falls, across the mounFirst settled, 1764.
Poputains.
lation, 1830, 1,525.
Manchester, Mass.
This is a flourishing
Essex CO.
town on Massachusetts bay,
26 miles N. E. from Boston, and 5
It was
S. W. from Gloucester.
Poputaken from Salem in 1645.
There are a
lation, 1837, 1,.346.
fishing
number
of vessels belonging to the
town employed in the fishing and
The value of
coasting business.
the fishery, the year ending April
1, 1837, amounted to $12,800. The
value of the articles manufactur-
ed was $96,473.
Those
articles
consisted of vessels, boots, shoes,
leather, chairs, cabinet ware, palmThe
leaf hats, and ships' wheels.
village is very pleasant, and comAlthough
mands fine prospects.
Manchester is a rocky, rough
township, it can boast a rare native
production in this climate, the
magnolia, a beautiful flowerirg
—
tree.
Maucliester, Ct.
Hartford co. An important manufacturing town on the Hockanum,
a valuable mill stream, 10 miles E.
The first cotton
from Hartford.
mill in this state was built here in
There are three pleasant
1794.
villages, six or seven paper mills,
tvio powder mills, woolen and other
The face of the
manufactures.
town is uneven, but the soil, a sandy
.ind gravelly loam, is quite producIt was called Orford, a partive.
ish in East Hartford, until its incor-
poration, in
1830, 1,576.
1823.
Population,
Manliegin Island, Me.
This island lies off Muscongus
There is a
bay, Lincoln county.
light-house on it, the tower of which
It bears S. from
is 30 feet high.
20*
the
mouth of
St.
George's river,
about 12 miles.
Mansfield, Vt.
Lamoille co.
There is some
good land in this town, on Brown's
river and the branches of Waterbury river, but in general it is too
mountainous even for grazing. It
lies 20 miles N. W. from Montpelier, 20 E. by N. from Burlington,
and 13 S. W. from Hyde Park.—
Population, 1830, 279.
tled, 1799.
First set-
Mansfield Mountains extend
through the town of Mansfield from
N.toS. They belong to the Green
mountain range, and the nose and
chin, so called, from their resemblance to the face of a man lying
on his back, exhibits some of the
loftiest summits in the state.
The
nose is 3,933 feet above tide water
the chin, 4,279.
Mansfield, Mass.
Bristol
CO.
This town
lies
26
miles S. S. W. from Boston, 18 N.
E. from Providence, and 11 N. N.
W. from Taunton. It was taken
from Norton in 1770, and is watered
by several branches of Taunton rivThe soil is thin and the surer.
face level. Population, 1837, 1,444.
There are 6 cotton and 1 woolen
mills in the town, and 2 nail factoThe manufactures consist of
ries.
cotton and woolen goods, nails,
straw bonnets, palm-leaf hats, and
total annual amount, about
baskets
:
$110,000.
A
mine of anthracite coal was
discovered in this town a few years
since, near the Boston and Providence rail road, Avhich promises to
be of inestimable value to the community. It was discovered in digging a well. An incorporated company has purchased the right of
mining on that and several adjoining farms. They sunk a shaft which
struck a vein five feet in thickness,
at the depth of 20 feet, running N.
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to the N.
was continued
E. and S.W., and dipping
W.
The
52°.
shaft
44 feet further, to another vein,
which exceeded 5 feet in thickness,
and which afforded coal of a better
quaUty than that found above.
Subsequent operations have shown
that the veins are numerous, and
the
quantity inexhaustible.
The
coal is of an excellent quality, more
easily broken than the Pennsylvanian, and has less polish on its surface.
Mausfield, Ct.
Tolland co. Mansfield, the Indian JYawhesetuck, was taken from
Windham in 1703. It lies 27 miles
E. from Hartford, 12 S. E. from Tolland, and 19 N. N. W. from Norwich. Population, 1830, 2,661.—
The face of the town is uneven, and
town two cotton factories.
Screw augers and steelyards are
are in the
manufactured here.
Marbleliead, Mass.
Essex CO. This is a noted fishing
town, on a rocky point of land extending into Massachusetts bay,
with a hardy and intrepid crew of
fishermen and sailors. The harbor
is commodious and easy of access.
The quantity of fish exported from
this place in 1794 amounted to
$184,532. Since that time the fishing business has greatly increased,
and this place has now become one
of the largest fishing ports on the
American
coast.
There belong
to
place from 90 to 100 sail of
fishing, coasting and merchant vessels.
Tonnage of the district, in
some of the hills have considerable 1837, 10,037. First settled, 1631.
Population,
The town is watered by Incorporated, 1649.
elevation.
It lies 14 miles N. E.
AVillimantic river, and the Nat- 1837, 5,549.
chaug and its tributaries Mount from Boston, and 4 S. E. from Salem.
The value of the cod and
Hope and Fenton.
larger quantity of silk is man- mackerel fishery the year ending
ufactured here than in any other April 1, 1837, was $153,487; emThis ploying 500 hands. The manufacplace in the United States.
branch o-f industry was introduced tures of Marblehead, the same
The
into the country by Dr. Aspinwall, year, amounted to $398,565.
of this place, above seventy years articles manufactured consisted of
since, who established the raising boots, shoes, bar iron, chairs, cabiof silk worms in New Haven, Long- net and tin wares, vessels, soap,
This is a
Island and Philadelphia. At this pe- glue, cards and wheels.
riod half an ounce of mulberry seed romantic place ; nearly allied to its
only 6 miles
was sent to every parish in Con- neighbor, Nahant
necticut, and the legislature for a across the bay.
this
—
A
;
time offered a bounty on mulberry
265 lbs. were
trees and raw silk
raised in 1793, and the quantity has
been increasing ever since.
In
1830, 3,200 lbs. were raised.
Two
small silk factories have been established in this town by an English
manufacturer, with swifts for winding hard silk ; 32 spindles for doubling ; seven dozens of spindles for
throwing 32 spindles for soft silk
winding and 2 broad and one fringe
—
Margalla^vay River,
K". II.,
:
;
;
silk
and
There is machinery
keep 30 broad silk looms
hands in operation. There
looms.
enough
to
fifty
Has
its
source
among
the high-
which separate Maine from
Low^er Canada, in the N. E. extremity of New Hampshire, about
30 miles N. from Errol. After a S.
lands
course of nearly 20 miles on the
western border of Maine, it enters
New Hampshire at the S. E. part
of the 2d grant to Dartmouth college, where it forms a junction with
the united streams of Dead and
Diamond
rivers.
Thence,
after a S.
course of about 6 miles to Errol,
it
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receives the
lake.
After
Stream
is
waters of Umbagog
junction the main
this
the Androscoggin river.
Mariaville, Me.
Hancock
co.
This
is
a
townsnip
of good land, finely located on the
E. side of Union river, 8 miles N. by
E. from Ellsworth, and 89 E. N. E.
from Augusta, This town has an
extensive water power and many
saw
mills.
1836.
It
was incorporated
in
Population, 1837, 257.
by Whiting,
Population, 245.
See " Down
Incorporated, 1S34.
East."
Marlborongli, N.
IT.,
bounded N. by
Roxbury, E. by Dublin and Jaffrey,
S. by Troy, W. by Swanzey and
It is 6 miles S. E,
part of Keene.
from Keene, and 55 S. W. from
Concord, There are several ponds
which are the sources of some of
the branches of Ashuelot river.
The
co., is
rocky, but good for grazwas granted,
1751.
The first settlement commenced about 1760. Incorporated
Dec. 13, 1776. Population, in 1830,
822.
soil is
ing.
Marlborough
Marlboroiigli, Vt.
Windham
co. First settled, 1763.
8 miles S. from Newfane,
and 21 E. from Bennington, Population, 1830, 1,218, Mrs. Whittemore, the wife of one of the first
settlers, spent the winter of 1764-5
in this then wilderness, alone, her
husband being absent in the pursuit
During
of his calling, as a tinker.
It
years, officiated as midwife at more
than 2,000 births, and never lost a
patient.
The town
is
well watered by the
of
W. branch
has
Washington co. This township
bounded E. by Edmonds, and S.
Cheshire
to the settlers, both
nurse and a midwife. She possessed a vigorous constitution, and
frequently travelled through the
woods upon snow shoes from one
part of the town to another, both by
night and day, to relieve the disShe lived to the age of 87
tressed.
West river, WhetGreen river. It
stone brook, and
Marion, Me.
is
was very useful
as a
lies
winter she saw no human belittle daughter and
some hunters who happened accithis
ing, except her
dentally to pass that way. She cut
down timber and furnished browse
for their cattle, and thus kept them
alire through the winter. Mrs. W.
a
good soil, and is very producwheat, rye, and other grain,
and potatoes. Here is a pleas-
tive in
Iruit
ant village, several fine trout ponds,
various kinds of minerals and me-
Marlborough sufsome by the Indians, and did
dicinal springs.
fered
much
for
the cause of independ-
ence.
Marlljorougli, Mass.
This is a large
co.
farming town, with a soil of great
fertility and undulating surface.
INIiddlesex
The inhabitants are principally devoted to agricultural pursuits, and
by their industry and skill, have acquired a great degree of independAmong the productions of
ence.
the town, are fat cattle, pork, fruit,
and all the varieties of the dairy a
large amount of which is annually
branch
sent to Boston market.
;
A
of Concord river, and a number of
beautiful ponds, water the town.
The manufactures consist of boots,
shoes, straw bonnets, leather, chairs
and cabinet ware annual amount,
about $75,000. Marlborough, the
Indian Okamakamesit, was first
It was taken from
settled in 1654.
Sudbury in 1660 it suffered much
during the Indian wars, and was
for many years the residence of a
number of Indians who had embraced the christian religion. The
the
villages are very pleasant
richness of the soil, and surrounding scenery its excellent roads and
convenient access to Boston by the
:
;
:
;
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rail road, renders Marlborough a
desirable residence.
It is 2S miles
W. from Boston, 14 S. W. from Concord, and 16 E. from Worcester.
Population, 1837, 2,039.
MarlborougH
Ct«
Hartford co.
Marlborough was
taken from three towns which belonged to three different counties,
14 miles S. E.
surface of the
town is hilly and stony, and the
lands best adapted for grazing.
It
has a cotton factory, a bed of black
lead, and a good fish pond.
Dark
holloxv, in the western part of the
town, presents some wild scenery
of more terror than beauty.
Population, 1830, 704.
in
1S03.
It
of business in the town.
Here are
two cotton mills, an air and cupola
furnace, a nail factory, and manufactures of cotton and satinet warp.
Peregrine White, the first English child born in
England,
died here in 1704, aged 83.
Incorporated, 1640.
Population, 1837,
1,660.
New
Mars
lies
from Hartford.
The
MarloYF, N. H.
Cheshire co.
It is 15 miles N.
from Keene, and 45 W. by S. from
Concord.
Ashuelot river passes
through almost the whole length of
the town.
There are no ponds of
note, nor any mountains.
Marlow
was chartered,
1761.
Population,
1830, 645.
Me.
;
The
British
Queen seems
desir-
ous of annexing this portion of the
territory of the United States to
her wide and fair possessions. This
notion of the pretty maiden
is
alto-
gether preposterous when she has
maturely considered the treaty made
by her grandfather and the United
:
States, at Paris, in
1783,
we
trust
her good sense will deter her from
urging the claim.
The approach to this mountain is
difficult
its sides are rugged, and
its summit bold.
It has two spurs ;
one of which is 1,506, the other
1,363 feet above the waters of
Goosequill river, in New Brunswick.
:
Marslifield, Vt.
Washington
co. This town, containing 23,040 acres, was granted
to the Stockbridge Indians in 17S2,
and sold by them to Isaac Marsh,
in 1789, for £140.
part of the
soil is good and a part wet and slonj'.
The town produces considerable
wool, and some cattle are reared
for market.
It has a pleasant pond,
and Onion river passes through it.
It lies 12 miles N. E. from Montpelier.
First settled, 1790.
Population, 1830, 1,271.
Marslipee, Mass.
A
Marslifield, Mass.
Plymouth
Hill,
This celebrated mountain is situated about a mile west from the east
boundary of the United States
200 miles N. N. E. from Augusta,
and 80 N. W. from Frederickton,
New Brunswick.
co.
A
pleasant town
on Massachusetts bay, 25 miles S.
E. from Boston, and 15 N. by W.
from Plymouth. It is watered by
North and South rivers, has a tolerable harbor, and some navigation.
Ship building is an important branch
Barnstable co. An ancient Indian territory, and an incorporated
district of 10,500 acres, or about 16
It lies 12 miles S.
square miles.
E. from Barnstable, 8 S. S. E. from
Sandwich, and 8E. from Falmouth.
It is bounded on the S. by the ocean.
There are 350 colored inhabitants
on this territory, and some whites.
There now remain only seven inhabitants, of pure blood of the ti thTheir land is
ers of the forest.
good for grain of all sorts, and is
well wooded. The territory is pleasant,
and some parts of it
afford
beau-
scenery. The Marshpee and
Quashmet are considerable streams.
tiful
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W.
which, with numerous ponds and
from Concord, and 50 N.
the ocean, afford an abundant supply of tish of various kinds. These
people live by agricultural pursuits,
the manufacture of various articles
of Indian ware, by the sale of their
wood, and by fishing, fowling, and
taking deer. They are docile and
hospitable ; they appear to relish
moral and religious instruction and,
under the superintendence of a hu-
Boston.
The surface is uneven ;
the hills are chiefly large swells,
with narrow valleys between them.
The streams are rapid. There are
no natural ponds. The principal
meadows were formerly beaver
ponds.
Souhegan is the principal
stream, affording many fine mill
seats.
The small streams run into
Nashua river, and into Tanapus, or
Potanipo pond, in Brookline, The
soil in the E. part is rather light.
The W. part is mostly a strong deep
soil, red or dark loam, but stony.
It is good for grass and grain.
In
Mason village, on the Souhegan,
are cotton and woolen manufactories, and other machinery.
Mason
was granted by charter, Aug. 26,
1768.
It w^as formerly known by
The first efthe name of JVo. 1.
fort to settle this place was in 1751,
and the next year a permanent set-
;
mane and
intelligent commissioner,
appointed by the state, they are
prosperous and happy. This is the
remnant of
all the tribes of
of Penobscot river,
who, 218 years ago, were fee simple proprietors of the whole terriEngland!
tory of
largest
red
men west
New
Martlia's Vineyard, Mass.
The
principal of a cluster of
isl-
ands lying off and S. of Barnstable
county and Buzzard's bay, comprising the towns of Edgarton, TisbuSee Dukes
ry and Chilmark.
county.
Mason, X. H.
Hillsborough co. It is 15 miles
S. W. from Amherst, 43 S. S. W.
from
tlement was made by Enoch
Law-
rence, from Pepperell, Mass.
ulation, in 1830, 1,433.
Pop-
Massabesick Fond, N.
See Chester.
II.
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CiAZETTEER.
MASSACHUSETTS.
This ancient commonwealtli, the mother of
free states,
and of American liberty, was
Europeans,
at
The
every
New
first
England
colonies, of
permanently settled by
Plymouth, on the 22d of December, 1620.
is deeply interesting
it is interwoven with
history of this state
;
and moral event of important occurrence
political
in the
settle-
ment and progress of the whole of North America, which preceded or
was connected with the revolution of 1775.
The name of this state probably arose from the name of a tribe of Indians formerly at Barnstable
;
or from
two Indian words
Mos
and IVe-
tuset ; the former signifying an Indian arrow'' s head, the latter, Hill.
It is stated that the
Sachem who governed
of the landing of our forefathers, lived on a
in this region about the
hill in
time
the form of an Indian
arrow's head, a few miles south of Boston, and was called by the Indians
— Moswetiiset.
Massachusetts
is
bounded
east, southeast,
and south by the Atlantic
ocean.
It has, exclusive of the island counties of Dukes and Nantucket, a sea-coast of about 250 miles.
It is bounded south and west by the
state of
Rhode
Island, about 68 miles
;
south by the state of Connecticut,
87 miles west by the state of New Yoi-k, 50 miles ; north by the state of
Vermont, 42 miles; and north by the state of New Hampshire, 87 miles.
It lies between 41° 31', and 42° 53' N. lat., and 69° 48', and 73° 17' W. Ion.
;
from Greenwich.
Its area is
about 7,800 square miles, or 4,992,000 acres.
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
The
state
comprises 14 counties,
to
wit: Barnstable, Berkshire, Bris-
Dukes, Essex, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex, Norfolk,
Nantucket, Plymouth, Suffolk, and "Worcester.
tol,
The
legislative
power of
this State is vested in a
The Senate
Representatives.
by districts.
The executive power
is
consists of 40
Senate and House of
members, and
are chosen
vested in a Governor, Lieutenant Governor,
and a Council of 9 members. The Council is elected b y the joint ballot
of the Senators and Representatives, from the Senators and in case the
;
Council thus elected or any of them decline, the deficiency
is
By
the Constitution as
amended
in 1837,
each town or
city,
having 300
ratable polls, at the last preceding decennial census of polls,
one representative
first
for
every 450 ratable
polls, in
may
elect
addition to the
300, one representative more.
Any town
tlius
and
;
supplied
'
from among the people.
:
— The
having less than 300 ratable polls, shall be represented
whole number of ratable polls, at the last preceding valua-
tion census of polls, shall be multiplied
by
10,
and the product divided by
300, and such town
may
ten years, as 300
contained in the product aforesaid.
Any
is
city or town,
having ratable
representatives, with any
may
be represented as
plus
number by
is
number
to that
polls
enough
many
to elect
years within
one or more
of polls beyond the necessary number,
surplus number, by multiplying such sur-
and dividing the product by 450; and such city or
10,
town may elect one
ten years, as 450
elect one representative, as
additional representative, as
many
years within the
contained in the product aforesaid.
Representation.
J^'umher of Representatives to which each town is entitled forlO years,
from 1837, according to the Constitution, as amended in 1837.
in the following table marked tenths, show^s how many years in 10
the respective towns are entitled to an additional Representative.
The column
Towna.
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Tovjns.
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Towns.
GAZETTEEP^
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Senators, and Representatives,
by the people, on the 2d Monday of November, and
The Governor, Lieutenant Governor,
are chosen annually
at Boston on the 1st Wednesday of January.
The Judiciary power is vested in a Supreme Court, a Court of Common Pleas, and such other courts as the Legislature may, from time to
The Judges are appointed by the Governor and Countime, establish.
meet
cil,
and hold their
offices
during good behavior.
Succession of Governors.
John
John Hancock, 17S0— 17S4.
James Bowdoin, 1785, 1786.
Hancock, 1737 1793. Samuel Adams, 1794 1796. Increase Sumner,
1797—1799.
Caleb Strong, 1800, 1306.
James Sullivan, 1807, 1808.
—
—
Caleb Strong,
Elbridge Gerry, 1810, 1811.
Christopher Gore, 1809.
John Brooks, 1816—1822.
William Eustis, 1823, 1824.
Levi Lincoln, 1825—1833.
John Davis, 1834, 1835.
Edward Everett,
1812—1815.
1835—
Succession of Chief Justices of the Supreme Judicial Court.
William Cushing, 1776—1789.
Nathaniel Peaslee Sargent,
Samuel Sewall, 1814.
Isaac
1789—
Theophilus Parsons, 1806—1814.
Francis Dana, 1791—1806.
1791.
Lemuel Shaw,
Parker, 1814—1830.
1830The
1834,
foundation of a school fund was laid by legislative enactment, in
by appropriating "
all
moneys remaining
day of January, 1835, arising from the
ments made
to this
commonwealth by
in the treasury
sale of public lands,
on the
and from pay-
the United States, on account of the
claim for military services and disbursements during the late war,
gether with one half of
as a
all
1st
to-
future proceeds of the sales of public lands,
permanent fund for the encouragement and support of common
which fund is never to exceed one million of dollars."
schools,
A
trigonometrical and astronomical survey of the state,
general court, for the purpose of a
by order of the
new map, was commenced
in 1830,
and will soon be completed.
Surveys of the mineralogy, botany, zoology, and agriculture of the state have been commenced some favorable
reports have been made, and the researches of scientific men are continued, and promise great public usefulness.
;
The
parts
surface of the state
are found in the
is
generally undulating.
The most
counties of Plymouth, Barnstable, and
level
Bristol.
The Green and Taughkannic ranges
of mountains pass through the western counties, but in few places are they remarkable for their elevation.
The
soil
of the state
grains, fruits
is
well adapted
and vegetables common
to
to a
the growth of
all
temperate climate.
the
grasses,
In no part
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of our country
is
GAZETTEER.
agriculture more honored, or better understood
and re-
warded.
The
resources of Massachusetts in
its commerce, navigation,
manufacthey are stated under the counties and
towns, and will be given summarily, with other statistics
of New Eng-
tures and fisheries are
immense
:
land, in the Register.
Although Massachusetts cannot boast of her navigable
rivers and cacommerce of her capital yet she can boast of the
most beautiful bay on the map of the western world
of her noble
streams for water power; of her luxuriant vales, of
her granite hills,
nals, to facilitate the
;
;
of
her ships, and the material
for
who traverse every sea, and
harpoon and cannon.
building them
who
and of her gallant sailors
well understand the uses of the hook,
Massachusetts Bay.
The whole
of this bay
is
trance
within
the limits of Massachusetts.
The
exterior bounds of this celebrated
bay
Capes Cod and Ann. The
former is in N. lat. 42° 6', and W.
are
long. 70°
42°
45',
Ann
7'.
and
The latter in N. lat.
W. Ion. 70° 17'. Cape
bears from Cape Cod, N. N.
W., about 40 miles.
The length of this bay is about
G2 miles, from N. W. to S. E. its
breadth is about 2.5 miles. Numer:
;
of
Penobscot
bay.
The
principal, or Marshall's island, is a
plantation attached to the county of
Hancock.
The
bears about S.
ton, 15 miles.
light
on Matinicus
by E. from Thomas-
Maxfield, Me.
Penobscot
co.
This town was
incorporated in 1824.
It is watered by Piscataquis river and Seboois
stream.
It lies HI miles N. N. W.
from Augusta, and 25 E. by N.
from Dover. Population, 1837,'215'.
ous bays and rivers of various sizes
set in from this bay, and its whole Wheat crop, same
year, 1,304 bushcoast is lined with commodious els.
harbors, and pleasant commercial
Mayfield, Me.
towns.
This bay is noted for its delightSomerset co. On the E. side of
ful scenery, and as containing the Kennebec river
and about 10 miles
first
settlements of the Pilgrim from it.
It is 58 miles N. from
Fathers of New England.
Augusta, and about 29 N. by E.
from Norridgewock. Incorporated,
Mata^vamlceag River, Me.
1836.
Population, 1837, 224.
This is one of the most important
Medfield, Mass.
tributaries to the Penobscot.
It
unites with that river at the Indian
Norfolk CO. This town is watertownship from the E., about 60 miles ed by
Charles and Stop rivers. It
N. by E. above Bangor.
is 17 miles S. S. W. from
Boston,
Matawamkcag Plantation, on and 8 S. by W. from
Dedham.
this river, lies 128 miles N.
E. from
During the year ending April I,
Augusta.
3Iatiiiicus Islands,
A
Mo.
cluster of islands at the en-
1837, there were manufactured at
Medtield, 124,000 straw bonnets,
the value of which was $135,000.
There are also manufactures of
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
boots, shoes, leather, cutlery, and
Medfield was taken from
brushes.
Dedham, in 1651.
During
king
Philip's
war, in
1765, the town was burnt, and many of the inhabitants murdered by
Philip rode on
the Narragansets.
an elegant horse, and directed the
massacre. Population, 1837, 899.
Mcdford; Mass.
This beautiful
Middlesex co.
town is situated at the head of navigation on Mystic river, 5 miles N.
W. from Boston, and 14 E.by S. from
Concord. The Boston and Lowell
rail-road, and Middlesex canal pass
through the town. The finest ships
that float on the ocean, are built
here during the five years preceding April 1, 1837, sixty vessels
were built, the tonnage of which
was 24,195 tons value $1,112,970.
There are also manufactures of
at Saratoga,
and served with honor to
He was ap
the close of the war.
pointed Marshal of the
District
of
Massachusetts by President Washington, and after filling several important
civil and military offices, he was in the
year 18J6, chosen Governor of the
Commonwealth ; and discharged the
duties of that station for seven sue
cessive years, to general acceptance
He was a kind and skilful physician, a
brave and prudent officer, a wise, firm,
and impartial magistrate, a true patriot, a good citizen, and a faithful friend.
In manners he was a gentleman, in
morals pure, and in profession and
a consistant Christian. He
departed this life in peace on the first of
practice
March, 1825, aged 73. This monument to his honored memory was
erected by several of his fellew citizens and friends in the year 1838.
:
:
leather, spirits, linseed oil, bricks,
boots, shoes, ploughs, hats and hat
The soil of the town is
bodies.
very fertile, and in a high state of
cultivation.
The business of the
town is much associated with the
city, and many delightful country
seats are scattered over and decorate the grounds improved as a farm
by Governor Winthrop in 1633.
Winter Hill, memorable as the
place of encampment of General
Burgoyne and his army, after their
capture at Saratoga, is in this town.
It is 125 feet above tide water, and
presents a view of great extent and
beauty.
Medford was incorporated
in 1630.
Population, 1830, 1,755;
1837, 2,072.
In the old burying ground, a beautiful
granite
monument
is
erected,
Med-*vay, Mass.
Norfolk CO. Medway was taken
from Medfield, in 1713.
Charle3
river affords this town an excellent
water power. There are 6 cotton,
and 2 woolen mills in the town, 2
cotton wadding factories, and a bell
foundry. The manufactures of cotton and woolen goods, boots, shoes,
scythes,
chairs,
cabinet
ware,
ploughs, cotton wadding, and straw
bonnet?, the year ending April 1,
1837, amounted to $330,630.
Population, 1837, 2,050.
Medway
lies
22 miles S. W. from Boston, and 12
S. W. from Dedham.
Me§^uuticook River and Fond.
This river
same name,
rises in a
pond of the
in Lincolnville,
Waldo
county. The pond is about 9 miles
in length, crooked and very handsome. It affords an excellent mill
stream, which falls into Penobscot
bay
at
Camden.
bearing the following inscription
Mempliremagog
Sacred to the memory of
JOHN BROOKS,
Wh6
was born in Medford, in the
month ot May, 1752, and educated at
Town
School. He took up arms
country on the 19th April,
1775. He commanded the regiment
which first entered the enemy's lines
the
for
his
Liake, Vt.
This lake is about 30 miles in
length, and two or three miles in
width. About seven miles of it lies
in the county of Orleans, the residue in Canada. It receives the waters of Barton, Black, Clyde and
other smaller streams in Vermont,
�GAZETTEER.
NEW ENGLAND
the year ending April 1, 1837,
$629,282. This very pleasant and
flourishing town lies 32 miles S. W.
from Boston, 18 S. E. from Worces-
into the St. Francis,
On an island in this
in Canada.
or
lake is a quarry of JYovaculite,
" Magog Oil Stone." This mathe
and discharges
terial is transported
tured.
and manufac-
See Burke, Vt.
and 22 N. from Providence.
Population,lS30, 3,153; 1837, 3,657.
ter
Mercer, Me.
Menaii Islands.
Grand Menan helongs
to
the
mouth of
and Passamaquoddy
British, and lies off the
St. Croix river,
and
It is 16 miles in length,
bay.
about 5. On
its average breadth is
of islthe south side are a number
harbors.
ands, and several small
The
Somerset co. Mercer has a fine
and is watered by a beautiful
W.
It lies 32 miles N. N.
pond.
Augusta, and 6 S. W. from
from
Norridgewock. Incorporated, 1804.
The village near the pond is beau
soil,
inhabitants are principally fish-
ei'men.
,,
Little Menan, or "Petit Menan,
lies off
in Washington county, Me.
and
the harbors of Goldsborough
Steuben. It has a light house, with
It lies
a tower 25 feet in height.
tifully located.
6,863 bushels.
year, 1,525.
Wheat
crop, 1837,
Population,
same
,
about 3 miles S. S. E. from Golds-
borough harbor.
Meiidon, Vt.
Rutland
CO.
This was formerly
miles
called Parkerstown,and lies 47
W. from Montpelier, and S E.
S. S.
good
from Rutland. There is some
land in the town, but it is generally
for
too high up the Green mountains
cultivation.
Population, 1S30, 432.
Mendoii, Mass.
Worcester
co.
The Indian name
town was Quanshipauge.
from
first settled by people
It was
Roxbury, about the year 1647. In-
of this
Mendon is a
1667.
of variegated surface, extownship
state ot
cellent soil, and in a good
The products of the
cultivation.
valuable.—
dairy are large and
its
Blackstone river and canal pass
border, and Mill river
corporated,
Meredith, N. H.,
Strafford co.,
is
bounded N. by
Centre Harbor and Winnepisiogee
and
lake, N. E. and E. by said lake
Great bay, S. and S.
river, S. E. by
W. by Sanbornton, W. and N. W. by
New Hampton and Centre Harbor.
town was incorporated, in
Sa1767, and was first called J\''eu)
lies 29 miles N. from ConIt
lem.
Gilford.
cord, and 8 N. W. from
There is in this town a pond adjoinmiles
ing Centre Harbor, about 2
This
and one wide, emptying into
bethe" lake, near the village;
loner
smaller
sides this there are several
town
ponds. There is probably no
pleasantly and
in the country more
advanta2;eouslv situated, or of a betThe water soil, "than Meredith.
Winnepisiogee washing
ters of the
of the
the boundaries of a great part
town, convey
many heavy mercan-
and from almost the
inhabitants
doors of several of the
summer ; and in the winter,
in the
and easy
the ice serves as a level
Near the upper or N. w.
road.
southwestern
traveler passThese part of the town, the
traverses its whole extent.
is presented
hydrau- ino- along the road,
On
streams afford an excellent
a very beautiful landscape.
There are 8 cotton and wi^th
lic power.
the placid Winneand the E. and S. E.
in
4 woolen mills in the town,
pisiogee, the largest lake
liJmanufactures of boots, shoes, iron
tile articles to
New
straw
castings, scythes, ploughs
machinery,
bonnets, palm-leaf hats,
wagons and harnesses ; total value,
21*
Hampshire, with
its
numerous
and bounds
ands, arrests the eye,
a b. i^. uithe circle of vision in
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
On
rection.
mountain
the
N.
E., Ossipee
view.
rises boldly to
the N., the prospect
is
On
intercepted
by Red Hill, a pleasant and noted
eminence in Moultonborough, only
At Meredith
a few miles distant.
Bridge is a handsome and flourishing village, and the seat of
business.
Here
much
are 2 cotton mills,
an extensive tannery, oil mill, &c.,
in another village are also some imThe water
portant manufactures.
power
of
Meredith
is
immense.
connected with the principal
village of Gilford by a bridge over
It is
the
Wirinepisiogee.
Hon. Ebejvezer Smith, moved
into this town at an early period of
its settlement, and was as a father to
new settlers for many years.
died Aug. 22, 1807, aged 73.
Population, in 1830, 2,683.
the
He
Meriden,
New Haven
Ct.
This hilly and
somewhat mountainous township
has, in general, a fertile soil, and is
watered by Quinnepiac river.
It
lies 17 miles S. E. from Hartford,
and 17 N. W. from New Haven.
It was formerly a part of Wallingford, and incorporated in 1806.
co.
Population, 1830, 1,708.
This is one of the most flourishing and enterprising manufacturing
towns in the state. There is a considerable variety of manufactures
here, forming the chief employment
of the inhabitants.
The following
is a list of the manufactories, viz
2 for patent augers and auger bits,
3 for ivory combs, 6 for tin ware, 4
for Britannia ware, 2 iron foundries,
:
manufactory for coffee mills, 1 for
clocks, 1 for Norfolk door latches, 3
for block tin spoons, 1 for wood
combs, 1 for skates and iron rakes,
and 1 for gridirons.
The value
1
of articles manufactured yearly, has
been estimated from 800,000 to
1,000,000 of dollars.
About thirty years since a road
was constructed from the northwestern part of Meriden to Berlin,
a narrow and romantic
between two ridges of the
Blue mountains this pass, which
is more than a mile in extent, is
called the Cat Hole.
In some parts
of this glen there is but barely room
through
glen,
;
path
for a
small angular fragments
;
of rocks rise on each side, at about
an angle of forty five degrees
these rocks have been beaten
down
and covered with earth, which must
have been brought here for the
A
purpose.
few yards south of this
place, elevated perpendicular rocks
appear on the left, one of which has
very much tlie appearance of a profile of the human face, and it is
thought by some to resemble in a
slight degree the profile of WashFollowing the foot of the
ington.
mountain on the right, for about a
mile, you will find large pieces of
rocks lying upon each other in great
disorder, which have evidently fallen from the precipitous heights
Underneath these rocks ice
above.
may be
found in almost every month
spring issues from
in the year.
A
between them,
Spring, and
parties in
is
called
the
Cold
a place of resort for
summer.
Merrixiiaclc River, N. II.,
One
New
of
the
principal
rivers
of
formed of two
branches. The N. branch called
Pemigewasset, rises near the Notch
of the White mountains, and passes
southwardly through the corner of
Franconia, Lincoln, Peeling, Thornton and Carapton, forming the boundary between Plymouth and Holderness, and also the boundary line between the counties of Strafford and
Grafton from the S. corner of Holderness to near its junction with the
Winnepisiogee. It receives several
considerable branches in its course;
Mad river in Campton, Baker's in
and streams flowing
Plymouth
from Squam and Newfound lakes,
with numerous small tributaries.
The E. branch is the Winnepisiogee, through which pass the waters
England,
;
is
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
The deof the lake of that name.
scent of this branch from the lake to
its junction with the Pemigewasset,
The confluent stream
is 232 feet.
bears the name of Merrimack, and
pursues a S. coui-se, 78 miles, to
Chelmsford, Mass.
;
thence an E.
course, 35 miles, to the sea at Nevvburyport. On the N. line of Concord, the Contoocook discharges its
waters into the Merrimack. The
Soucook becomes a tributary in
Pembroke, and the Suncook be-
tween Pembroke and Allenstown.
The Piscataquog
unites in Bedford
;
the Souhegan in Merrimack, and a
beautiful river called Nashua in
Nashua. The principal tributaries
are on the W. side of the river,
mostly rising in the highlands between the Connecticut and Merrimack. There are numerous falls
in this river, the most noted of
which are Garven's, in Concord,
the falls in Hooksett, and Amos-
keag in Goffstown and Manchester.
These falls are all rendered passable by locks, and boat navigation
has for several years been extended
as far as Concord.
There are several bridges over the Merrimack,
and its principal branches, besides
of ferries.
The Merrimack, whose fountains are nearly
on a level with the Connecticut,
being much shorter in its course,
has a far more rapid descent to the
sea than the latter river. Hence the
intervales on its borders are less extensive, and the scenery less beauIt
tiful, than on the Connecticut.
is, however, a majestic river ; its
waters are generally pure and healthy ; and on its borders are situated
some of the most flourishing towns
The name of this rivin the state.
er was originally written Merramacke and Monnoniake, which in
the Indian language signified a
sturgeon. Its width varies from 50
to 120 rods ; and at its mouth it presents a beautiful sheet of half a
mile in width.
a
number
Merrimack County, X. H.
Concord
county town.
is bounded N. E. by the county of Strafford, S. E. by the county of Rockingham, S. W. by the county of
Hillsborough, and N. W. by the
counties of Sullivan and Grafton.
the
is
The county of Merrimack
greatest length is 38 miles ;
at the broadest part is
26 miles.
It contains an area of
506,000 acres. The surface is uneven, and in some parts rugged
Its
breadth
its
and mountainous; but its general
fertility, is perhaps equal to either
of the other counties in the state.
In the towns of Hopkinton, Henniker, Boscawen, Salisbury, Canterbury, Concord, &c., are seen many
extensive and well cultivated farms.
The northerly part of the county is
rough and mountainous. Kearsarge
is the highest mountain, its summit
being 2,461 feet above the level of
the sea.
It is composed of a range
of hills, running north and south
about six miles its general aspect
rugged and craggy, excepting
;
is
when
its roughness is shaded by
woody covering that darkens its
sides.
The Ragged mountains, so
the
from their appearance, lie
Kearsarge, and be-
called,
northeast of
tween Andover
a-nd Hill.
These
are nearly 2,000 feet high at the
Bear's
north points of the range.
Hill, in Northfield, Sunapee mountain, in Newbury, Catamount, in
Pittsfield, and the peak in Hooksett, are the other most considerable
elevations.
part of lake Suna-
A
pee
lies
in
Newbury
;
and there
numerous ponds interspersed
throughout the whole territory.
are
The Merrimack
river
meanders
through nearly the centre of the
county, and forms the boundary
some distance
part.
It
at the northeastern
receives from the west the
Blackwater and Contoocook rivers,
and from the east, Soucook and Suncook, and other smaller streams.
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
This county was constituted by
an act of the legislature, 1 July,
1S23 being taken from the counties of Rockingham and Hillsboborough, ten towns being separated
from the former, and thirteen from
Population, 1820, 32,the latter.
—
843; 1830, 34,619. Twenty four
towns, 44 inhabitants to a square
In 1837, there were 66,152
mile.
sheep in this county
Merrimaclc, N.
11.,
house of traffic with the InFor some time one Cromwell carried on a lucrative trade
with the Indians, weighing their
furs with his foot, till, enraged at
his supposed or real deception,
they formed the resolution to murder him. This intention was communicated to Cromwell, who buried
his wealth and made his escape.
Within a few hours after his flight,
for a
dians.
a party of the Penacook tribe arrived, and not finding the object of
their resentment, they burnt his
habitation.
Hillsborough co., is bounded N.
by Bedford, E. by Litchfield, S. by
Nashua, and W. by Amherst.
Hon. Matthew Thorntojv,
It is 6 miles S. E, from Amherst, one of the signers of the Declaraand 27 S. from Concord.
Merri- tion of American Independence,
mack river waters its E. border resided many years in this town.
through its whole extent, opening
a communication by water from
Souhegan entown from Amherst, pursues a winding course to the Merrimack, where it discharges itself
He
died in 1803, at the age of 89.
Population, 1830, 1,191.
this place to Boston.
Merrymeetiiig Bays.
ters this
one mile above Thornton's ferry.
There are fine water privileges on
this stream.
Babboosuck brook,
issuing from Babboosuck pond in
Amherst, empties into Souhegan
river, and Penichook brook from a
pond in Hollis, forms the southern
boundary. The soil in various places is very fertile, but a considerable
portion of the land is plain.
There are some fine intervales on
the Merrimack.
Some of the best
and most extensive water privileges
the county affords, about 1 1-2 mile
from the Merrimack, on Souhegan
river, lie unimproved.
This town claims the first discovery in this region of making what
are called leghorn bonnets.
They
were first made several years since,
by the Misses Burnaps.
Some of
their bonnets were sold at auction
in Boston for $50.
This town was formerly called
Souhegan East.
It was incorpo1746, having been settled
about 13 years.
The first house in this town was
erected on the margin of the river
rated,
JHerry meeting Bay, in Maine,
is
junction of the Androscoggin
with the Kennebec, about 5 miles
above Bath. It is a large expanse
of water, and contains Swan and
other islands. The passage thiough
this bay, of 10 or 12 miles in length,
at the
is
delightful.
Merrymeeting Bay, in New
is an arm of Winne-
Hampshire,
pisiogee lake, extending about 1,800
rods into the town of Alton, and is
27 miles from the navigable waters
of Piscataqua river.
Metliiieii,
Mass.
Essex CO. In this town is a beautiful water fall of 30 feet, on Spick-
which furnishes an excelhydraulic power.
Methuen
lies on the N. bank of Merrimack
river, and is 25 miles N. by W. from
Boston, and 20 N. W. by N. from
Salem. It was taken from Haverhill
in 1725.
Population, 1830,
2,011; 1837, 2,463. There are 2
cotton, and
2 paper mills in the
town, and manufactures of leather,
shoes, hats, ploughs, segars, essences, chaises, harnesses, chairs, tin
and cabinet wares, and piano-forte
et river,
lent
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
frames value, for the year ending
An exApril 1, 1837, $462,525.
cellent bed of peat has recently
been discovered. It is 14 feet in
The
depth, and very extensive.
soil of Methuen is very good, the
village is pleasant, and the scenery
around it, romantic and beautiful.
:
J. \y., 1747.
Mexico, Me.
it
let
it
go.
in
:
Middlebiiry, Vt.
This town lies on the
north side of Androscoggin river,
and is watered by two of its tribuIt has a good soil and a good
taries.
It lies 47 miles W.
water power.
N. W. from Augusta, and 20 N.
Incorporated, 1818.
from Paris.
Oxford
Thompson marked it
Elijah Clapp found
1773; William Shaw found it
in 1775; Jonathan Soule found it in
17S4; Joseph Soule found it in 1790,
and Zenas Smith, in 1791 each
marked it with his initials. Whether the critter is dead or gone to the
west, we have no account.
and
CO.
Addison co. Chief town. This i.
a large and flourishing town on both
Population, 1837, 447. Wheat crop,
same year, 1,552 bushels.
sides of Otter creek, 31 miles S.
Middletoorougli, Mass.
W.
from Montpelier, and 33 S. S. E.
The fathers of
from Burlington.
town were
this
Col.
John Chipman
and the Hon. Gamaliel Painter, who
came here and settled in 1773. The
settlement advanced but slowly un-
it
til after the revolutionary war
Plymouth co. This is the Indian then began to increase and is now
JVamasket ; formerly thickly popu- one of the most important towns in
In 1791 it became the
lated by the people of that tribe, the state.
and in
and governed by the noted sachem shire town of the county,
On the rocks, in this 1800 Middlebury college was foundTispacan.
The surface of the town is
town, are the prints of naked hands ed.
Chipman's hill,
and feet, supposed to be the work generally level.
Here are numer- 439 feet above Otter creek, is the
of the Indians.
ous ponds, several kinds of
;
fish,
and
large quantities of iron ore is found
in the ponds. These ponds, of which
the Assawamset and Long pond are
the
ter
empty
largest,
river,
into
Taunton
and produce an extensive wa-
power
This town
lies
34 miles
S.
by E.
W.
from Plyfi-om Boston, 14 S. S.
mouth, and 10 S. E. from Taunton
Population,
Incorporated, 1660.
This is probably the
1837, 5,005.
it is 15
largest town in the state
miles in length, and about 9 average breadth it has several pleasant
:
:
There are 2 cotton mills,
villages.
2 forges, an air and cupola furnace,
a nail factory, and manufactures of
spades, forks,
shovels,
leather,
nails, chairs, cab-
ploughs, wrought
inet ware, tacks, straw bonnets, and
various other articles total value,
in one year, $200,000.
In 1763, Shubael Thompson found
a land turtle, marked on the shell
:
The soil is ferhighest elevation.
tile and productive, and furnishes
large quantities of wool, beef, pork,
The town is
butter and cheese.
admirably watered by Otter creek
and Middlebury river. At the falls
on Otter creek, the site of the flourishing village, are extensive manufacturing establishments ; and large
quantities of white and variegated marble, with which the town
abounds, are sawed and polished
to
for various uses and transported
Middlebury is a very
beautiful town, and the mart of a
Population, ia
large inland trade.
See Register.
1830, 3,468.
market.
Middlebury River
rises in
Han-
cock, and passing through Riptoa
falls into Otter creek at Middlebury.
This mountain stream
is
about 14
miles in length, affords a fine water power, and is very romantic
It passes some distance
course.
m
its
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
along the road from Windsor
to
Vergennes, and presents some delightful scenery.
This place
New Haven
town
is
co.
hilly
The
worthy of
Middlesex County, M«sg.
Midtlletoury, Ct.
this
is
i'vtir'^"*
surface of
and rocky; the
soil a
/Concord, Cambridge, and
are the shire towns.
The surace of this county
is uneven and
the
Low
ell,
coarse, gravelly loam,
tit for
soil various.
grazing and the growth of
It presents a great
rye
It
lies 36 miles W. S.
W. froni Hart- variety for the admiration of the
ford, and 22 N. W. from
New Ha- patriot, scholar, farmer, mechanic,
and the painter. It
ven.
Incorporated, 1S07.
is bounded
Popu-
N
by New Hampshire
N. E. bv the
county of Essex ;S.E.
watered by Quasepaug pond,
by ChUes
which
nver Boston harbor,
empties into the Hou^satonick,
and Norfolk
and
county; and W. by
lurnishes a water power for
the county of
a satinet lactory, and other
Worcester. Area, 800
machinery.
square miles:
?°Po"rf'^"^o"^ 1820,61,476; 1830,
Middlefield, Mass.
77,968; 1837,98,565.
Population
Hampshire co. This is an eleva- to a square mile, 123. The
principal nvers in this
ted agricultural township,
county, are the
watered
by a branch of Westfield
Merrinmck, Charles, Mystic,
river
It
Sud11<^ miles W. from
Boston, 24
""^^ Nashua.
The
V,f trom
ir'T',,^''"''"'"'^'
VV.
Northampton, and 17 S E Middlesex Canal passes through
ifs northeastern
ft-om Pittsfield.
Incorporated, 1783."
section.
In 1837
Population, 1S37, 710.
There are herewere5 166 sheep in the counly.
2 woolen mills in the town, and
1 he value of manufactures for
2
tanneries.
Annual value of goods tne year ending April 1 1837
manufactured, about |75,000
amounted to $15,008,028.
Fishery'
^'
Among the productions of the
same year, $33,000.
lation,
1830,
816.
The town
is
;
soil
,
there were, in 1837,
9,724 fleeces
ot saxony wool,
which weighed
^b,741 pounds, value,
$17,382.
Middlesex Covmty,
Ct.
Shire
toxvns—Middletown and
This county is bounded
^^
county, E. by Hartf
^''il^'''^
and ford and New
London counties, S.
other streams give this
town a good by Long Island
Sound, and W. bv
water power.
It has numerous
New Haven county.
Middlesex, Vt.
Washington co. Onion river
manufacturing concerns, and
a very
pleasant village.
The soil along
the streams is good,
and that of the
uplands, generally, is
adapted for
It lies 30 miles E.
S E
Irom Burlington, and is
bounded bv
Montpeher on the S. E. First
set^^^^'
^°P"^^«°"' iS30,
pzing.
l,'l56.'"
There
is
a curious
chasm
Middlesex, on Onion river,
near More7"- ^^\ ^-iver has worn a pasin
sage through rocks 30
feet in depth,
60 feet in width, and about
80 rods
in length.
The walls on each side
are very smooth,over
which a bridge
^addam.
1
surface
The
The general
of the county
is
uneven.
soil IS
generally good, particularly adjacent to
Connecticut river
Ihere are many small
streams
which afford mill privileges,
fertilizing the soil and
giving beauty to
the county.
The waters of the
Connecticut
afford
it
an important
husiness in navigation,
especially
in the coasting trade.
The tonnagj
of the district of
Middletown, tn
1837, was 13,133 tons.
There are
numerous manufacturing
establishin the county ; large
quantitiesof fi-eestone are
quarried and car-
ments
ned
to
market, and the shad fishery
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gives employment to
people.
many
of
its
very pleasantly situated on ground
rising gradually from the river.
Middlesex county contains an
Populaarea of 342 square miles.
22,405; 1830, 24,345,
containing a population of 73 inConhabitants to a square mile.
siderable amounts of the productions
and in
of the soil are exported,
1837, there were in the county
tion, 1S20,
12,401 sheep.
Middle ton, N. H.
principal street, called Main
street, runs parallel with the river.
This and other streets, are inter-
The
sected by cross streets, leading to
the river.
The wharves are commodious for
shipping, there being ten feet of
water for all vessels that can cross
the bar at the mouth of the river.
Two high wharves are appropriated for two hues of steam-boats, of a
afford a daily comThis is a very lev- large class, which
cities of New
no high ground munication with the
el township, having
York and Hartford.
except a part of Moose mountain,
The streets and side-walks are
which separates it from Brooktield.
trees, and
ponds, and pleasantly shaded with
There are no rivers nor
side-walks are remarkably well
the
It lies 25 miles
the soil is rocky.
paved.
N. W. from Dover. Middleton was
is
Strafford co.
incorporated in 1778.
Population,
The population of the city,
of the town, above
about 3,500
;
1830,' 532.
7,000.
Middleton, Mass.
The public edifices are a courtstyle of archpleasant town on house in the Grecian
Essex CO. A
miles
both sides of Ipswich river, 19
Boston, and 7 N. W. from
N. from
Salem. This place contains a large
and expensive paper mill. This is
conthe principal manufacturing
Incorporated,
cern in the town.
1723.
Population, 1837, 671.
itecture, built
in
house handsomely
1832
;
a custom-
built of
Chatham
2 banks, and a savings
bank, &c. The places of public
worship in the city, and the princibrick,
pal houses and stores are of
which are built with great
many of
freestone
;
taste.
Middletown, Vt.
This town lies between two mountains, is watered
by Poultney river, and has a good
Rutland
co.
It keeps, among
grazing.
It
other cattle, about 4,000 sheep.
miles S. W. from Rutland.
lies 14
vilIt has a neat and flourishing
soil for
The Wesleyan University,
under the patronage of the Methofounded
dist Episcopal church, was
in 1831, and is very rapidly acquirIt has now
ing a high standing.
Its officers are a
160 students.
president and 5 professors.
The college buildings command
faclage, a woolen factory, marble
an extensive view of the surroundmanufactures.
tory, and other
ing country, as well as of the valPopulation, 1830, 919.
ley of the Connecticut, so justly
Middletown, Ct.
famed for its beauty.
The college library, with those
Chief town of Middlesex co.—
comprises
City, and port of belonging to the societies,
MiDDLETOWxV
It has maof Con- about^lO^OOO volumes.
entry, lies on the W. bank
ny rare and choice works, an entire
necticut river, 30 miles from its
and most of
Hartford, 24 N. set of the Latin Classics
mouth, 15 S. from
W. the Greek, a set of the Philosophical
E. from New Haven, 35 N.
34'
Transactions a"d all of the most
from New London. Lat. 41°
works of
city is important lati^r scientitic
The
long. T2P 39' W.
N.,
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France. There is also a collection
of bibles and testaments in 81 lan-
guages and dialects, oriental, &c.,
into which the bible has been translated.
About 70 of these
the
Tarento
old
at
philosophical and astronomical apparatus, has been lately increased at great expense.
There
is a telescope, with a six inch object
glass, a splendid altitude and Azi-
muth instrument,
formed
Archbishop of
Naples, and are of the
masters— Titian, Rubens, Tin-
toretto, Salvator
The
pictures
gallery of the
Rosa, Carlo Dolce,
Lueca, Giordano, Jordens, Spagnoletto, &c.
There is also in another
collection some very line paintings
of the old masters, and an exquisite piece of statuary by the
Chevalier P. Marchesi of Milan, repre-
so constructed as
used for meridian transits. senting Christ
when 12 years of
Russell's magnificent Orrery, an age
This is the only work of the
unrivalled instrument, and the only distinguished
sculptor, that has yet
one of the kind. There is a noble arrived in this
country.
Plate Electrical machine, with two
The township from N. to S. is
plates 36 inches in diameter, &c.
about 9 miles long, its breadth vaThe chemical department has a rying from 4 to 10
miles at its greatgood laboratory and apparatus.
est area, or about 43,520 acres.
The cabinet of minerals is becom- The Indian name
of the town was
ing extensive. In geology, besides
Mattabesett. The town is divided
specimens, there are several valu- into 4 societies
or parishes.
to be
!
able charts to illustrate the different
and many districts of Eng^
land.
In botany, there are several of the
best standard works, and for the
preservation of the science, the
richness in species of the native
plants about Middletown, is not
surpassed by any location in
There is in the city a preparatory school connected with the university, as well as several flourish-
states,
ing private schools.
The public records of this town
commenced in 1654.
incorporated in 1784.
England.
The place is also remarkable for the variety and abundance
of its rare minerals.
manufacturing capital, render Middletown equally attractive to the
traveler, the man of science, or of
business.
There are besides in this
city, several fine cabinets of shells,
insects, minerals, &c., and an Her-
barium of considerable extent, of
North American as well as of European plants, also several choice
private libraries.
The library of the Rev. Dr. Jarvis, contains 13,000 volumes of
exceeding choice books, collected by
him, during
eral years in
a
residence of
sev-
Europe, and his gallery of about 120 paintings, is regarded as being very valuable.—
city
was
The burial grounds contain many
curious, as well as antique monuments of its earliest settlers.
The burial ground at the N. part
of the city, and by the river, was
laid out in 1650.
New
The rising reputation of its university, the great salubrity of its
atmosphere, and the activity of its
The
Middletown meadows, north of the
I
I
city, contain
about 640 acres. The
height of the base of the village is
160 feet above the river, and is
from it, five eighths of a mile. Main
street is from 40 to 50 feet above the
river.
The Connecticut
river
is
here
generally closed with ice about the
middle of December, and opens
about the end of the third week in
March.
The manufactures
in this
city,
are 3 establishments on a large
scale for the manufacture of arms,
for the
United States service ;
broadcloths and cotton goods, brit-
annia and tin wares, stoves, combs,
machinery, steam engines.
tubs,
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cotton machinery, paper, powder,
jewelry, brass ware, steel pens,
buttons, looking-glasses, carnages,
carpenter's tools and locks, besides
many manufactures of minor importance.
Middletown rests on
Geology.
secondary red sandstone witliin 2
miles of tlie city, south, there is a
granite ridge, here known by the
name of the White rocks. It runs
N. N. E., and forms the straits of
the Connecticut river. This granite
ridge is from 400 to 600 feet above
the tide water. Here occurs an inexhaustible quantity of the finest
.feldspar, the material used for the
This was first
glaze of porcelain.
brought into notice in 1833, at the
recommendation of Dr. Barrett.
large quanrityof it has been sent to
Europe, as well as being used in
this country, and it has been proved
to be of the best quality.
The feldspar is often so pure at
the quarry opened on the Haddam
road, that masses of several hundrcil weight occur without any admixture of quartz and mica.
:
A
MicldletoAVii, R.
I.
Newport co. This is the middle
township on the island of Rhode
Island.
It lies 2 miles N. E. from
Newport, and 28 S. by E. from
The surface of the
Providence.
town is undulating, and affords many interesting and beautiful landscapes.
The
soil
is
a rich
loam,
very productive and under a high
state
of cultivation
;
the lands are
highly valued and command a great
The inbabitantsof the town
they are
principally farmers
distinguished for their habits of industry and cconomj', and for the
unifbrmitj', plainness, and simpliciThe
ty of their manner of living.
products of the town consist of
corn, barley, hay, and great varieties of fruits and vegetables for
price.
are
;
Newport market.
1743.
Incorporated,
Population, 1830, 915.
22
Milan,
H.,
K^.
Coos CO., is 139 miles N. by E.
from Concord, and about 22 N. E.
from Lancaster.
This tract was
granted in 1771, and was called
Paulsburgh,
per
until 1824.
The UpAmonoosuck and Androscoggin
rivers pass through this town.
are several ponds, and some
There
considerable mountains.
Popula-
tion, 1830, 57.
Milford, Me.
See "
Penobscot county.
Down
East."
Milfortl,
Hillsborough
co., is
by Amherst, and
W.
ST.
is
from Concord.
H.,
bounded E.
31 miles S. by
Millbrd lies on
both sides of Souhegan river, which
runs through the town from W. to
E., forming a rich meadow or intervale, from 1-4 to 1-2 a mile wide.
The banks of this river are annually overflowed, by which means,
the soil, which is black and deep, is
much enriched. This town has excellent water privileges, and there
is a valuable factory in the village
Population, 1S30, 1,303.
Milfard, Mass.
This town, the
Worcester co.
Indian TVopowage, is well watered
by Charles and Mill rivers. It lies
28 miles S.W. byW. from Boston, and
18 S. E. from Worcester. Incorporated, 1780. Population, 1837, 1,637.
The soil is generally fertile, and
the surface pleasantly diversified.
The manufactures of the town, for
the year ending April 1, 1837,
amounted to ^257,671. They consisted of cotton goods, leather, boots,
shoes, chairs, tin and cabinet wares,
straw bonnets, varnish, clothing,
shoe pegs, wagon irons, and whips.
Milford, Ct.
New Haven
co.
This
is
one of
towns which composed the
" Old Jurisdiction of New Haven."
the
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
The settlement commenced in 1639.
The first purchase of land was made
Indians, for the considera" 6 coats, 10 blankets, 1
kettle, besides a number of hoes,
knives, hatchets, and glasses." The
Indians made a reservation of 20
of the
tion of
acres in the town, which was sold
in 1661, for 6 coats, 2
blankets, and a pair of breeches.
by them,
Milford
is
falls into
vessels.
Poconock or Milford point is a
noted place, where are a number of
huts on the beach, occupied by
persons engaged in the oyster and
clam business.
Milford village is very pleasant,
and the scenery variegated and inPopulation, 1837, about
teresting.
2,800.
Millbiiry, Mass.
Worcester
co.
Millbury
was
Lyn-
Mille7-'s River, in Massachusetts,
Ashburnham,
in ponds in
rises
and Winchendon ; it has many triband passes through Athol,
Orange, and Wendell, and falls into
This
the Connecticut at Erving,
is a noble mill stream.
utaries,
Miiliiioliet Liaise,
bounded W. by Housa-
tonick river, and S. E. by Long
The Indian name
Island Sound.
of the place was Wepawaiig. The
town is generally level, and the
There is a quarry
soil productive.
of beautiful serpentine marble in
the town, and a harbor for small
the Passumpsick at
don.
Me.
This is a large body of water in
the county of Penobscot, the reIt is an
cipient of many rivers.
important source of the west branch
Its outlet is a
of Penobscot river.
river of the same name, and unites
with the waters of Pemadumcook
lake, near the Great falls at the outlet of the Pemadumcook.
Mill River, Mass.
See Springfield.
MillsiieM,
ET. II.,
Coos CO., is 7 miles W. from Umbagog lake, and about 35 N.from the
Clear stream
White mountains.
waters its N. extremity, and Philwith several small
river
lip's
taken from Sutton, in 1813. It lies
42 miles W. S. W. from Boston,
and 6 S.E. from Worcester. Branches of the Blackstone river rise in
the town, and the Blackstone canal
It is a very
passes through it.
pleasant manufacturing place, with
There
a valuable water power.
are 1 paper, 6 woolen, and 1 cotton
mills ; and manufactures of boots,
Here are
streams the other parts.
several ponds, the largest is about
300 rods long, 140 wide^. Millsfield
was granted in 1774, and was named after Sir Thomas Mills, a granIt had but 33 inhabitants in
tee.
shoes, leather, hats, scythes, spades,
forks, hoes, ploughs, muskets, trying
squares, levels, trowels, machinery,
black lead, tin ware, sashes and
blinds total value, the year ending
tiful
:
April
1,
1837,
$566,150.
Popula-
tion, 1837, 2,153.
Miller's Kivers.
MUler''s i?fuer, in Vermont, rises
in Sheffield, Caledonia county, and
passing through a part of Wheelock
1830.
Milo, Me.
This is a beautownship on the fertile banks
of Sebec and Pleasant rivers, at
their union with the Piscataquis.
It lies 103 miles N. E. from AugusPopta, and 15 N. E. from Dover.
1837, 640.—
ulation, 1830, 381
Piscataquis co.
;
Wheat
crop, 1837, 4,514 bushels.
Incorporated, 1823.
Milton, Me.
Piscataquis co. Population, 1837,
Wheat crop, same year, 1,323
352.
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bushels.
See "
94 miles from Augusta.
East."
Down
MUton, K.
lation, 1837, 1,772.
II.
the land
The Salmon Fall
Strafford co.
river washes its whole E. boundary, a distance of 13 miles ; and a
branch of the same river crosses
from the S. part of Wakefield, and
unites near the centre of the E.
Teneriffe, a bold and
boundary.
rocky mountain, extends along the
E. part of Milton, near which lies
Milton pond, of considerable size,
connecting with the Salmon Fall
This town was formerly a
river.
part of Rochester, from which it
was detached in 1802. It lies 40
miles N. E. from Concord, and 20
N. W. by N. from Dover.
Popu-
lation, 1830, 1,273.
Miltoii, Vt.
Chittenden co. Milton is bounded cu the W. bj^ lake Champlain,
an
is finely watered by the river
Lamoille.
It lies 12 miles N. from
Burlington, and 40 N. W. from
Population, 1830, 2,Montpelier.
100.
The soil of the town is generally good, and about 9,000 sheep
graze in its pastures. There are
some places in Milton worthy of the
i
traveller's notice.
A little
This town was taken
from Dorchester, in 1662. Popu-
ble mill sites.
distance
from the neat and flourishing village are the Great falls, on the Lamoille.
In the course of 50 rods
the whole river falls 150 feet.
About the middle of the rapid is a
small island, by which the water
passes on each side, with great violence and loud roaring. The scenery on the banks of the river is
There are
wild and beautiful.
some mills on the river, and considerable trade on the lake.
—
Milton, Mass.
Norfolk CO. This interesting and
pleasant town, the Unc.ataquissit
of the Indians, lies 7 miles S. from
Boston, and 6 E. from Dedham.
Neponset river washes its northern
border and affords numerous valua-
is
A large part of
a gravelly loam, strong
and very productive.
The manu-
factures consist of paper, granite,
leather, hats, chairs, cabinet ware,
playing cards, &c.
total annual
:
amount, about ^100,000. The manufacture of paper from beach grass
has recently been commenced, and
promises to be a good substitute for
rags, for the more common kinds.
The village called the " Mills,"
comprising a part of Dorchester, at
the head of navigation, on the Neponset, is a wild, romantic place,
and ever since the first settlement
of the country, has been the seat of
considerable trade and manufacture.
The village at the rail-road, near
the granite quarry, in Quincy,
about a mile S. E. of the " Mills,"
is very pleasant and flourishing.
By a new and beautiful bridge,
called the " Granite bridge," across
the Neponset, the distance to the
city is reduced to 6 miles.
Milton contains some elegant
country seats, and much delightful
scenery. The views from " Milton
Hill," near the head of the Neponset ; and " Blue Hill," a celebrated land mark for sailors, 710
feet above the sea, in the south part
of the town, 12 miles from Boston,
are among the most admired in our
country.
Minot, Me.
Cumberland
CO.
Minot is
a large
and excellent township of land with
The
three very pleasant villages.
Androscog2:in passes its eastern border and Little Androscoggin separates it from Poland, on the S. This
is one of the most flourishing towns
Although agriculture
the chief business of the people of
in the state.
is
Minot, yet
its
water power is
so val-
uable, that manufactures of various
kinds are springing up v.'ith promisMinot is connected
ing success.
with Lewiston, across the Andros-
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It lies 33
coggin, by a bridge.
miles S. W. from Augusta, and 35
N. from Portland. Population, in
Incor1837, 3,326.
1830, 2,908
Wheat crop, 1837,
porated, 1802.
7,266 bushels.
;
Missisque liiver,
"Vt.
This crooked river is about 75
miles in length. It rises in Orleans
county, and passes N. into Canada,
about 5 miles
it then returns to
the state at the N. E. corner of
Franklin county, and after meandering through the north part of
that county, it falls into Missisque
;
bay
at
Highgate.
There are sevwhich afford
eral falls on this river,
numerous
mill sites ; but it is generally sluggish in its course, and
being wide, is rather shallow. Its
waters fertilize a large portion of
country, and it is navigable for small
vessels, six miles from its mouth.
Molecliiiukamxniik Lake, Me.
is one of a number of large
extending northwest from
Umbagog lake, and which empty
through the Umbagog into the An-
This
lakes
droscoggin.
These lakes lie in the
counties of Oxford and Franklin
their borders are but little settled,
but those who have visited them
report that the soil is exceedingly
fertile, and that the beauties of
these little inland seas, equal that
of the celebrated Winnepisiogee.
The Molechunkamunk lies about 80
miles N. by W. from Portland.
Molumlcxis K-iver,
A
large tributary to the Matathe north. It unites
with that river about 8 miles above
The
and
direction of the ridge
S.
5 miles long from
mouth.
Moiiadnoclc Mountain, W. H.,
Usually called the Grand Monadnock, is situated in the towns of
and Dublin, in Cheshire
county, about 22 miles E. from Connecticut river, and 10 N. of the
southern boundary of this state.
Jaffrey
N.
is
N. E.
is
to S.,
about
and 3
miles from E. to W.
Its summit is
3,718 feet above the level of the sea.
Thirty years since, Monadnock was
nearly covered with
evergreen
wood of considerable growth. By
the repeated ravages of lire, it now
presents to the distant beholder,
nothing but a barren and bald rock.
But on ascending, we find plats of
eaith sufficient to give growth to
the hlueben-y, cranberry, mountain
ash, and a vaiiety of shrubs. Some
caves are discovered, which excite
curiosity.
They appear to have
been formed by large hssures, and
by extensive strata being thrown
from their pi'imitive state, and forming different angles with each other
and with perpendicular precipices.
The mountain
is
composed of
talc,
mica, slate, distinctly stratified.—
Garnet, schorl, feldspar and quartz
occur in various parts. On the E.
side, plumbago is found in large
quantities.
Crucibles and pencils
have been manufactured fiom it,
but for the latter, it proves not veiy
good.
The summit, when seen at
a distance of 4 or 5 miles, appears
rounded and destitute of those high
cliffs and mural precipices belonging to granitic mountains.
The
prospect from the pinnacle is very
extensive ; thirty ponds of fresh
water, some of which are so large
as to contain islands of 8 or 10
acres, may be seen from it, in the
immediate vicinity. Near the base
of the mountain, in Jaffrey, is the
" Monadnock Mineral Spring."
wamkeag from
its
The mountain
W.
Monkton, Vt.
This town lies 27
co.
from Montpelier, 16 N.
from Middlebury, and IS S. by E.
from Burlington.
This is a good
farming town, and the products of
v/ool, cattle, and of the dairy are
considerable.
Iron ore is found in
abundance, and a bed of porcelain
earth.
By mixing this earth with
Addison
miles
W.
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
clay, in different proporare
tions, various kinds of pottery
common
There are excellent orchards of va-
rious kinds of fruit in the town, a
pleasant village on elevated ground,
produced. This earth is very pure,
It lies 15
be manufactur- and a classical school.
and it is said might
miles W, by N. from New Haven,
The
ed into the best china ware.
The black and 12 E. by S. from Danbury.
bed is inexhaustible.
Population, 1330, 1,522.
oxide of manganese is al«o found
rich variety of mineral subThere is also a curious cavhere.
been discovered here.
after descending stances have
ern in the town
Among them, are tungsten, telluriabout 16 feet, you arrive at a room
um, native bismouth, native silver,
30 feet long, and 16 wide. From
second magnetical and common iron pythis is a passage leading to a
copper pyrites, galena, blenapartment, which is not quite so rite',
Monk- de, tourmaline, &.c.
pleasant.
large, but more
Monson, Me.
ton" is a pleasant town, 3 miles E.
from Ferrisburgh, and is frequentThis town is
Piscataquis co.
Populaly visited by the curious.
watered by Piscataquis river and
tion, 1330, i,SS4.
Monson comprisWilson's stream.
es a fine tract of land, and is settled
A
:
Kennebec
co.
This
is
a
fine
township, and beautifully watered
by some of the sources of the CobIt lies 15 miles S.
bessecontec.
W. from Augusta. The village is
very pleasant, and is the -^eat of a
\Yheat crop,
flourishing academy.
Population,
1837, 5,256 bushels.
Incorporated,
same year, 1,347.
Ina worthv class of people.
Population, in
corporated, '1822.
1S37, 565. Wheat crop, same year,
It lies 83 miles N.
2,267 bushels.
by
by E. from Augusta, and 20 N. W.
stage runs between
from Dover.
times
this town and Bangor, three
Distance from Monson to
Aveek.
a
Bangor, 60 miles; to Moosehead
A
lake, 15.
1792.
Monson, Mass.
Monroe, Me.
Hampden co. Monson was takWaldo CO. This town is watered
en from Brimfield in 1760. It lies
by Marsh river, a branch of the^Pe73 miles S. W. by W. from Boston,
from.
nobscot. It lies 59 miles N. E.
and 13 E. from Springfield. PopuAugusta, and 14 N. from Belfast.
is a pleasWheat lation. 1837, 2,179. This
1,365.
Poplilation, 1337,
surface,
ant town of variegated
year, 5,8;->7.
crop,
same
Blonroe, Mass.
Franklin co. This is an elevated
township, bounded E. by Deerfield
W.
It lies 105 miles W. N.
river.
Boston, and 23 W. by N. from
from
Incorporated,
Greenfield.
Population, 1837, 232.
Monroe,
1822.—
Ct.
This town was
co.
from Huntington in 1823.
The soil is good, and well adapted
grazing.'^but the surface is rough
Fairfield
taken
for
prinand^stonv. Agriculture is the
cipal business of the inhabitants.
22^*
good soil and well watered by Chickopee river. It contain? a flourishcotton
ing academy. There are 3
Monson, and other manumills in
goods
factures. The value of cotton
manufactured in the year ending
April
1,
18S7,
was
.$67,500.
Monta<;ue, Mass.
Franklin
co.
This town
is
on
river,
the E. bank of Connecticut
to Deerfield, and united to
opposite
Turner's
that town bv a bridge.
the
Falls, at the' northerly part of
town, are
any in the
more
state,
than
and probably as
interesting
�much
so as
any
in
The
NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
New England. by N. from Boston,
Mass.
200 N.
by W. from Providence, R. I.
205 N. from Hartford, Ct.
148 n!
E. from Albany N. Y.
and 524
canal for passing these falls, 3
miles in length and 75 feet lockage,
with an immense dam across the
river, greatly facilitates the naviga-
;
•
;
;
miles from Washington.
First seton Connecticut river.
This tled, in 1786.
Population, 1830,
place has a great water power, and
2,985.
Montpelier became the seat
promises peculiar advantages to the of
government in 1805, and the
manufacturing interest. The scene- shire town
of the county, in 1811.
ry around this place is romantic and It is
finely watered by Onion river
beautiful, and to the lovers of antiand by several branches of that
quarian lore, full of interesting as- stream.
These streams afford a
sociations.
good water power, on which are
It lies 80 miles W. by N. from
manufacturing establishments of vaBoston, and 7S. E. from Greenfield.
rious kinds.
The surface of the
Incorporated, 1753.
Population, in town is very uneven and
hilly, but
1837, 1,260.
not mountainous.
The soil is very
good along the streams, and the
Moiatgoniery, Vt,
highlands produce excellent pasFranklin co. This town lies in a turage.
The agricultural products
mountainous country, but it has a are various
and valuable.
In 1837
valuable tract of land on Trout rivthere were between 8,000 and 9,000
er, a good mill stream, a branch
of sheep in the town.
the Missisque.
It lies 42 miles N.
This township was granted Octofrom Montpelier, and 27 E. N. E.
ber 21, 1780, and chartered to Timfrom St. Albans.
First settled, in othy Bigelow and
others, August
1793.
Population, 1830, 460.
14, 17S1, containing 23,040 acres.
The Rev. Joel Clapp was the first It was
rechartered February 6,
child born in this town, September
1304.
In the spring of 1786, Joel
14, 1793.
He preached the first Frizzle erected a log
house on the
fast-day sermon, the first thanksbank of Onion river, in the southgiving sermon, and the first mcfthwest corner of this township, and
er's funeral sermon, which
were moved his family into it from Canapreached in the town.
da.
This was the first family in
fo^wn.
Early in the month of May,
Moiatgoiiiery, Mass.
17&-7, Col.
Hampden co. This is a moun- Davis, from Jacob and Gen. Pailey
Worcester county,Mass.
tainous township on the N. side
of began improvements near
the place
Westfield river, and has a good
wa- where the village now stands, and
ter power.
It lies 100 miles W. by
erected a log house, into which
S. from Boston, and 12 N. Yv.
from Col. Davis removed his family
the
Springfield.
Incorporated, 1780
winter followino-.
Population, 1837, 497.
This is a
The village of Montpelier is surgood town for grazing, and it
pro- rounded by hills of considerable
elduces considerable wool and some
evation; and although it is too lowbeef cattle.
to command an extensive
prospect,
is very pleasant, and quite
Moiitpelier, "Vt.
romantic in its appearance.
It is located
The capital of the state and shire
very near the centre of the state
town of the county of Washino-ton
It is a great thoroughfare
from all
It lies in N. lat. 44° 17',
and' w" directions, and
com^nands a large
Ion. 72° 36'.
It is 182 miles w".
and valuable interior trade.
The
from Augusta, Me.
97 N. N. W. buildings
are in good style
some
from Concord, N, H. ; 160 N.'
W.'
of which are
tion
I
:
;
;
very handsome.
���NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
We
take pleasure in presentinf^ to the
graving of the Vermont State House,
Young,
New
Esq., a native of
public a well executed en-
Montpelier
at
;
designed by A. B.
England, and executed under his imrae-'
diate superintendence.
The engraving
and
fronts,
is
which
represents a southeast front view of the building,
stands on an elevated site, about 325 feet from State street, on
to it are
large and spacious, and,
are laid out, give great importance to the building.
design, a chaste architectural character
is
preserved, which, combined
with the convenient arrangement of the interior and the
stability of its
New
construction, renders this edifice equal in every respect to any in
England, and probably
any in the United
to
it
The yard and
in the manner they
Through the whole
and execution.
alike beautiful in design
grounds pertaining
which
The
States.
building
is
in
the form of a cross, showing in front a centre, 72 feet wide, and two
wings, each 39
six
making the whole length 150 feet.
100 feet deep the wings are 50
feet,
cluding the portico,
is
;
The
feet diameter at their base,
columns of the portico are 6
centre, in-
The
feet deep.
and 36 feet
The dome
high, supporting an entablature of classic proportions.
rises
36 feet above the ridge, making the whole height from the ground 100
The
feet.
to
conform
order of architecture used
to the
the Grecian Doric, and
is
made
The
is
peculiar arrangement necessary in this building.
walls, columns, cornices, &c., are of dark Barre granite,
superior manner: the
dome and
roofs are
wrought
in a
covered with copper.
In the interior, the lower story contains an Entrance Hall, rooms for
the Secretary of State, Treasurer, Auditor, and numerous Committee
The
rooms.
second or principal story, contains a Vestibule, and
stair-
67 feet, with a Lobby, and Galleries
ways, a Representatives Hall, 57 by
a Senate Chamber, 30 by 44 feet, with Lobby and Gallery j
;
a Governor's room, 24 by 20 feet, with an ante-room, and a room for his
for spectators
Secretary adjoining
officers of the
mittee rooms.
a Library room, 18
;
by 36
feet
;
rooms
for the several
Senate and House of Representatives, and several com-
The
cost of this building, including all
expenses, was
about $132,100; of which the inhabitants of Montpeher paid $15,000.
At
the
first
session of the Legislature of
in October, 1838, the following resolution
Vermont, within this building,
was unanimously adopted
:
" Resolved, by the General Assembly of the
the thanks of this Legislature be presented to
as a testimonial of their approbation of the
State of
Ammi
taste,
B.
Vermont, that
Young,
ability,
perseverance which he has manifested in the design and execution
new
capitol of this state
talents
and
taste of
;
which
Mr. Youjvg
will abide as a lasting
as
an Architect."
Esq.,
fidelity
monument
of
and
the
of the
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER,
Moiitville,
Waldo
Me.
206.
This is a beautiful
and flourishing town, watered by
some of the head branches of Sheepscot river, 26 miles E. N. E. from
Augusta, and 15 W. from Belfast.
CO.
Incorporated, 1807.
1830,1,243;
Population, in
1837,1,987.
Wheat
crop, 1837, 8,088 bushels.
Montville, Ct.
New
London
taken from
co.
New
Montville was
London
Mohegan was then
included
in the limits
same
of that town.
At the
time there were in Stonington
237; in Groton 186; in Lyme 104^
in Norwich 61, and in
Preston 30in all, S24.
Most of these may be
considered as descended from those
who once owed some kind of allegiance to Uncas.
Dr. Holmes, who
visited Mohegan in 1803, says
that
" there were not more than 80
persons of this tribe remaining,
and
that John Cooper, the lichest
man
in the tribe, possessing a yoke
of
oxen and two cows, was then their
religious teacher."
Four years after, they were reduced in
number
to sixty nine, these being
for the
in 1786.
surface is hilly and stony; the
soil a dry, gravelly loam, strong and
fertile.
It lies on the W. side of
the river Thames, 35 miles S. E.
from Hartford, 8 N. from
most part aged persons, widows, and
London, and 7 S. from Norwich. fathei-less
children.
The town has a good water powciWithin the course of a few years
and contains 3 cotton and 2 woolen past,
an effort has been made to elfactories, and an oil mill.
Popula- evate and rescue the
remnant of
tion, 1830, 1,964.
this tribe from extinction.
small
This, and a large tract of country house
for divine worship has been
lying north and east of it, formerly
erected, and also a house for a teachbelonged to the Mohegans, a tribe er
tov/ards erecting this last buildof Indians once celebrated for their
ing the United States government
warlike prowess and fiiendship to
appropriated 500 dollars; they have
the EngUsh.
In Montville is a also allowed,
recently, 400 dollars
tract reserved by the state, for the
annually for the support of a teachmaintenance of a remnant of that er.
The school, consisting of uptribe, "on the land of their fathers."
wards of 20 scholars, at this time is
The Mohegan reservation consists under the
care of Mr. Anson G leaof about 2,700 acres.
It was holdson, who also officiates as a religious
en by them in common till the
teacher at the Mohegan Chapel.
year 1790, when it was divided to
Mr. GleasoR commenced his labors
each family by the leoislature of
among this people in 1832, and it is
Connecticut.
The Mohegans are firmly believed that his
efforts to
under the care of guardians, or overpromote the welfare of this people
seers, appointed by the legislature.
will be attended with lasting and
part ot the lands are occupied by
beneficial effects.
Mr. Gleason
the Indians themselves, and a part
says, " that he can say for a certainby white tenants, of which there
ty, that the native children are as
are as many as Mohegans Hving on
apt to learn as any children he ever
the reservation.
The rents go into taught, and bid fair for
intellio;8nt
a common fund, from which the
men and women." He also s'ays,
Mohegans derive, individually, a " This
tribe had well nigh run out
small sum annually.
by indulging in the use of ardent
In 1774, when a census of the inspirits ; but of late there is a change
habitants of Connecticut was taken,
for the better, a number of reforthere were in the colony 1,363 Inmations having taken place.
Most
dians. The number in the township
of the youth are opposed to strong
of
London was stated to be drink, and are
members of the tern-
The
New
A
;
A
'
New
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
perance reform. The greater part
of the working men follow the whale
trade, and come home only now and
We are on the increase,
then.
and hope in the course of a few years,
through the mercy of God, to rise
in point of virtue and i-espectabili.
.
.
ty."
The Mohegan church
is
between
three and four miles from Norwich
city, a few rods east of the public
road from Norwich to New London.
It is beautifully situated on an eminence commanding a fair view of
Norwich at the north, and
London at the south. It was built
in 1831, at an expense of between
six and seven hundred dollars, con-
New
tributed for the purpose mostly by
benevolent ladies in the cities of
Norwich, Hartford and
New
Lon-
designed for the
use of the Mohegans, and the white
inhabitants who reside on the re-
don,
1 his house
is
The Mohegan
schoolservation.
house is 40 or 50 rods south of the
chapel, at the foot of the hill, near
by which is the house for the teachAbout 100 rod3 west of the
er.
chapel, on the summ.it of a commanding eminence, was situated a
Mohegan fort, some traces of which
remain they also had another
near the river.
fort
;
«« Ln
wliere a sivarre fortress frown'd
Amid yon bluoil-cemenieLl srround,
!
hallowetl dome, with peaoefu'. .'laim,
Shall bear the meek Redeemer's name;
And forms liKe those that lini^ering stayed
Latrst 'i:eath Calvary's awful shade,
And p.inl!cst pierc'd the g.ther'd gloom
A
the S ivior's lowly tomb—
I'orms the Indian's ire
Have sootli'd and bade that dome aspire.
>.nd now, wh 're rose the murderous yell,
The tuneful hvmn to God shall swellWhere vengeance spread a fatal snare,
To watch
Su:h eentle
Shall breathe the red man's contrite prayer."
Moose Rivers.
Moose
river, \n
Maine,
is
a large
It
tributary to Moosehead lake.
rises in the western part of Somerset county, and after receiving the
waters of several large ponds in
that quarter, it passes through Bras-
sua lake, 4 or 5 miles ^y. of the
Moosehead.
Moose
river, in
New
Hampshire,
source on the N. side of the
White Mountains, and unites v/ith
the Androscoggin in Shelburne.
Its source is very near that of Israel's river, which passes W. into
the Connecticut.
has
its
Moose river, in Vermont, is a
it rises
branch of the Passumpsic
in Granby and East Haven, and
falls into that river at St. Johnsbury.
}
This, in many places, is a rapid
stream, about 25 miles in length.
Moose Head
Lalie,
Me.
This lake, the outlet of which
is
source of Kennebec river, lies
Its
in the county of Piscataquis.
form is very irregular. Its length
is between 40 and 50 miles, and its
breadth, in the widest part, about
the
The tributaries are numerous, and flow from almost every
12 miles.
direction.
It
contains a
islands, the largest of
number
which
is
of
Su-
gar island, containing 5,440 acres,
and Deer island, containing 2,000
acres.
These
islands are fertile, as
the whole country surrounding
the lake, except in some places
where the banks are high and preThe waters are deep and
cipitous.
abound in trout of an extraordinary
is
size.
It is remarkable that the territory
surrounding this inland sea, possess-
rich abundance all the necessary requirements for the uses
and comforts of man, and within
three hundred miles of the capital
of New England, should be left a
wilderness garden, uninhabited and
almost unexplored; while thous-
ino- in
ands of Nev.' England men are pressing to distant regions, less healthfuf, ?LnA I ess productive, \\\^Qr\ markets for surplus produce are considered.
The only settlement, of any con-
sequence, on the borders of this
beautiful lake, is HaskelVs Plantation, at the southern boundary.—
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER,
This place lies 15 miles N. from
Monson, from which town stages
A
pass to Bangor, 60 miles.
steamboat plies up and down the lake,
for the purpose of transporting passengers, more particularly those
who are engaged in felling timber;
and for the pui-pose of towing the
timber
down
to
the
Kennebec
out-
let.
The lumber business on this lake
very extensive, and doubtless lucrative
but the time is not very
distant when this and other sections
of Maine, will be as much valued
for the fruits of the soil
and, under
the wise system of geological exploration, adopted b}/ the legisla-
the north peak above tide water, ii
4,636 feet
that of the south peak,
is 4,536 feet.
Baker's river has its
source on its eastern side.
—
Mooseluc]kmaguiitic
A
lialte,
Me.
sheet of water which
empties into the -Molechunkamunk,
about 2 miles south.
large
is
;
;
ture, for the quarries of slate, lime,
granite, marble, and even coal, as
they are now for their forests of
timber.
may
This lake
two bays.
tre
of
er
A
little
be divided into
above the cen-
less
it, is
a
narrow pass of rath-
than a mile across.
At
this place, on the v/estern side, is
Mount Keneo,an
elevation of five or
over the
water.
From this height a picturesque view of the lake, its islands,
six
hundred
feet projecting
and a boundless wilderness, is presented. When the wind blows fresh
from the north, the waters of the
north bay press through this strait
with considerable force, and cause
the south bay to rise
two or three
feet.
A
dam has been
erected at the
the purpose of raisinothe lake 3 or 4 feet, so as to let the
the water off as occasion may require, to facilitate the passage of
lumber on the river.
hope,
for the benefit of our friends down
stream, that the dam is of solid materials and well constructed.
outlet,
for
We
Mooseliillock Moiintaiai, N. H.,
Is a noble and lofty eminence
in the S. E. pai-t of Coventry, and
ranks
in
among
New
the highest mountains
The altitude of
England.
"Washington co.
Mad river, a
branch of the Onion, waters this
town and gives it good mill seats.
The surface is mountainous, and a
great part of the
soil unfit for cultiFirst settled, 1700.
Population, 1830, 816.
It lies 8 miles
vation.
S.
W. from
Montpelier.
Moi-gau, Wt.
Orleans co.
First settled, ISOO.
It lies 50 miles N. E. from Montpelier, and 15 N. N.E. from Irasburgh,
Population, 1830, 331.
Knowllun's
lake, a handsome sheet of water,
containing a variety of fish, lies in.
this town.
It is 4 miles in length,
and 2 in breadth, and empties nito
Clyde
river.
Morrlsto-4vii, Vt.
Lamoille
co.
This town
lies
20
W. from Montpelier,
fi-om Hyde Park.
First
miles N. by
and 6 S.
settled, 1790.
Population, 1830,
1,315.
The surface of the town is
diversified by hills and valleys;
the
soil is good, particularly on the
banks of Lamoille river, which affords some water power.
Here is
a neat village, and considerable
The people
business.
are generaland produce cattle, butter, cheese, and a large quantity of
wool for market.
ly farmers,
Moscow, Me.
Somerset co. Moscow is watered by a pond, and by a beautiful
stream, a branch of the Kennebec,
and lies on the east side of that
river.
It is 30 miles N. from Nor-
�NEW ENGLAND
ridgewock, and 58 N. from Augusta.
This town has a good soil and a
It was incorpopleasant village.
Population, 1837,
rated in 1816.
477. Wheat crop, same year, 4,273
bushels.
Moiiltonlborouglij N.
Strafford
W.
If.,
situated on the N.
Winnepisiogee lake.
co., is
shore of
This interesting town lies 45 miles
N. from Concord, and 20 E. from PlyThis town is broken by
mouth.
mountains and ponds. Red Hill, lying wholly within this town, commands notice from the east, south,
and west and extends about 3
miles from E. to W., between Red
Hill river on the N., Great Squam
on the W., Great Squam and Long
pond on the S., terminating S. E.
by a neck of line land extending
Its suminto the Winnepisiogee.
mit is covered with the uvce iirsi
and low blueberry bush, which in
autumn give the hill a reddish hue,
from which circumstance its name
was probably derived. A number
of oval bluffs rise on its summit,
from each of which the prospect
on either hand is extensive and deThe north bluff is suplightful.
posed to consist of a body of iron
Bog ore is found in a brook
ore.
Ossidescending from this bluff.
pee mountain extends its base into
this town, and is a commanding
;
On
elevation.
the south
part of
mountain, in Moultonborough,
mineral chalybeate spring, the
waters strongly impregnated with
iron and sulphur, and efficacious
About a
in cutaneous eruptions.
mile north is a spring of pure cold
water, 16 feet in diameter, through
this
is a
the centre of which the water, containing a small portion of fine white
sand, is constantly thrown up to the
height of two feet the spring furnishing water sufficient for mills.
On the stream nearly a mile below,
is a beautiful waterfall of 70 feet
Descending on the
perpendicular.
left of this fall, a cave is found, con-
—
23
GAZETTEER.
taining charcoal and other evidences of its having been a hiding
place for the Indians.
Red Hill
river originates in Sandwich, and
passes through this town into the
Long pond
Winnepisiogee.
is
a
beautiful sheet of water, and connects with the lake by a channel
Squam and
sixty rods in length.
Winnepisiogee lakes lie partly in
Moultonborough. The soil of this
town
is
though in some
Moultonborough was
1763, to Col. Jonathan
fruitful,
parts rocky.
granted in
Moulton and others.
commenced
Settlements
in 1764.
Many
Indian implements and relhave been found indicating this
to have been once their favorite
residence.
In 1820, on a small island in the Winnepisiogee,was found
a curious gun barrel, much worn by
ics
age and rust, divested of its stock,
enclosed in the body of a pitch pine
Its butt
tree 16 inches in diameter.
rested on a flat rock, its muzzle elIn 1819, a small
evated about 30°.
dirk, 1 1-2 feet in length from the
point to the end of the hilt, round
blade, was found in a new field, one
foot under ground, bearing strong
marks of antiquity.
On the line of Tuftonborough, on
the shore of the lake, at the mouth
of Melvin river, a gigantic skeleton
was found about 30 years since, buried in a
sandy
soil,
apparently that
of a man more than seven feet high
the jaw bones easily passing over
tumuthe face of a large man.
lus has been discovered on a piece
of newly cleared land, of the length
and appearance of a human grave,
—
and
A
handsomely
rounded
with
small stones, not found in this part
which stones are
of the country
too closely placed to be separated
by striking an ordinary blow with
a crow-bar, and bear marks of being
The Ossipee tribe
a composition.
of Indians once resided in this vicinity, and some years since a tree
was standing in Moultonborough,
on which was carved in hieroglyph;
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
ics the history of tlieir expeditions.
Population, 1S30, 1,422.
Mouat
Desert, Me.
Hancock
co.
This town comwhole island of the same
name, lying between Frenchman's
bay and the watei-s of Blue Hill
bay, and Union river, until 1795,
when the north part was set off and
called Eden.
It lies 110 miles E.
from Augusta. Incorporated, 1789.
unfit for cultivation, it being so
high on the Green mountain range.
It lies 6G miles S. by W. from Montpelier, and 19 S. by E. from Rutland.
Population, 1830, 210.
is
prised the
Population, 1837, 1,783.
This town has an extensive coast,
and a number of excellent harbors.
The people of Mount Desert own
considerable navigation employed
in the coasting trade ; and the shore
fishery, is a lucrative branch of
The soil of the town is
business.
good, and abundantly able to supply
the inhabitants with bread stuffs.
In 1837, the ocean towns of Mount
Desert and Eden, produced 671
of good wheat.
We men-
busheb
show
there
must be something, other than sea
causes that valuable
air, v/hich
grain to blight on the coast of Massachusetts.
tion
this
fact, to
Mount
that
Holly, Vt.
A pleasant town
Rutland co.
lying CO miles S. from Montpclier,
and 17 S. E. from Rutland. First
settled,
1781.
Population,
1830,
The surface of the town is
1,318.
elevated, and in some ports mountainous, but the soil is well adapted
and produces considerable quantities of wool, beef, butter, and cheese.
for grazing,
Mounts Holyoke
«fc
Toin, Mass.
See JYorihampton.
Mount Hope,
And Mount Hope Bay.
Bristol, M.
See
I.
Mount
Tal>or, Vt.
Rutland CO. Otter Creek rises in
thi'? town, by a branch on each side
of a mountain.
Most oi' the land
Mount Vernon, Me.
Kennebec
This town
co.
lies
W.
of Belgrade, E. of Vienna, and
15 miles N. W. from Augusta.
Incorporated, 1792. Population, 1837,
There are three pleasant
1,503.
villages in the town
the soil is remarkably good, and is watered by
a number of beautiful ponds and
small streams.
Wheat crop, 1837,
5,888 bushels.
:
Movmt Vernon,
K".
H.,
Hillsborough co., is 3 miles N.
W. from Amherst, and 28 S. W.
from Concord. There is but one
stream of any note, and this was
called by the Indians Quohquina-
passakessananagnog.
tion is elevated,
The
situa-
and towards the E.
and S E. there is a considerable
prospect.
There is a flourishing
village situated near the highest
point of elevation.
This town was
originally a part of Amherst, from
which it was detached in 1803.
Dr.
Daniel Adams, who com-
menced and conducted
the Medical
and Agricultural Register, and is
author of a popular system of arithmetic, school geography, and a
number of useful school books, has
his residence in this place.
Popu-
lation, 1830, 7G3.
Mount Wasliington,
Mass.
Berkshire co. This town lies in
W. corner of the state, bordering on Ct. and N. Y. It is 135
miles W, by S. from Boston, 22 S.
S. W. from Lenox, and 26 S. E.
fiom Hudson, N. Y. Incorporated,
1779.
Population, 1837, 337.
These people seem to enjoy a
more elevated situation than any of
one of their hills
their neighbors
They
is 3,150 feet above the sea.
keep GOO sheep, and manufacture
the S.
:
�NEW ENGLAND
about 100,000 bushels of charcoal,
mountain stream afannually.
fords them a water power for an axe
These people,
factory and forge.
likewise, appear to be more inde-
A
pendent of the common wants of
mankind than other folks; for they
have no minister, physician, lawyer, post office, or tavern, yet they
are remarkably healthy ; and as far
as we can judge, intelligent and
kind.
Muscougus River and Bay, Me.
Lincoln
J\Tuscongus river,
rises in large ponds in the interior
of the county, and on the border of
Waldo county
it passes
through
Waldoborough, and separating Bremen and Friendship, it forms the
head waters of Muscongus bay.
This bay has a number of islands
and lies between St. George's islands off the town of St. George,
on the E., and Pemmaquid point,
co.
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in
Bremen, on the W.
Naliaut; Mass.
a part of the beautiful town of
It is a peninsula, jutting
out about 5 miles into Massachu-
is
Lynn.
bay, and forms Lynn bay on
From Boston to Nahant
the south.
hotel, on the eastern point of the
peninsula, by land, is 14 miles
from the centre of Lynn, 5; and
from Salem 9 miles. On the N. E.
side of this peninsula is a beach of
great length and smoothness.
It is
setts
so hard that a horse's foot-steps are
scarcely visible ; and, from half-tide
to low water, it affords a ride of su-
exaggeration.
ing, excellent accommodations: the
ocean scenery is exceedingly beautiful in fair weather, and truly sublime in a storm.
Nautasket, Mass.
See Hull.
Nantucket Co. Mass. and Totvu*
An
island in the Atlantic ocean
town and county.
It lies E. of
Dukes county, and about 30 miles
S. of Cape Cod, or Barnstable counThis island is about 15 miles in
length, from east to west, and about
4 miles average breadth.
It contains 50 square miles.
The town,
formerly called Shelhurne, is in
about the centre of the island, on
the north side, in lat. 41° 16' 42",
W. Ion., 70° 7' 42". It is 100 miles
S. E. by S. from Boston, 55 S. E.
Bedford, 30 S. E. from
from
ty.
New
Falmouth, and 500 from Washing
Population, 1337, 9,048.
harbor,
with 7 1-2 feet of water, at low tide,
on the bar at its mouth. This island
was formerly well wooded, but for
many years it has not had a single
The soil is
tree of natural growth.
ton.
Nantucket has a good
This celebrated watering place,
perior excellence.
said in praise of
GAZETTEER.
Much may
be
Nahant without
Its formation, situa-
and rugged shore, excites the
curiosity of all, and many thousands annually visit it for health, or
tion,
pleasure.
It is only 10 miles N. E. from
Boston, by the steam-boats, continuat
ally plying in summer months
this place are good lishing and fowl:
light and sandy;
it
however
affords
pasturage for about 7,000 sheep, 500
cows, and other cattle. In 1659,
when
this county was incorporated,
the island contained 3,000 Indians,
but now, not one.
The whale fishery commenced
here in 1690 ; and this place is,
perhaps,
more celebrated than
any other, for the enterprize and
success of its people, in that species of nautical adventure. Indeed
Nantucket is the mother of that
great branch of wealth in America,
In the year
if not in the world.
ending April 1, 1837, Nantucket
employed 74 vessels in that fishery,
the tonnage of which was 25,875
tons
1,277,009 gallons of sperm
and whale oil was imported, the
value of which was $1,114,012.
The number of hands employed,
was
1,897.
The
capital
invested.
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
fertility and beauty; the principal
of which are Connanicut, Prudence,
Patience, Block and Hope. This
bay is near the ocean ; is accessible
at all seasons
is well protected by
powerful forts, and affords some of
the best harbors in the world. The
board of naval commissioners have
recently reported to Congress that
the waters of Narraganset Bay afford greater advantages for a naval
depot, than any other unoccupied
position on the coast of the United
this includes the
;
ships and outfits only ; yet many of
the manufactories of tlie place, are
appendages of the whale fishery ;
altogether, employing a capital of
over five millions of dollars. There
are manufactures on the island, of
vessels, whale boats, bar iron, tin
ware, boots, shoes, oil casks, and
was $2,520,000
;
candle boxes. The whole amount
of the manufactures, for that year,
including oil and candles, was ^2,524,907. Total tonnage of the district of Nantucket, in 1S37, 29,960
States.
tons.
Narraguagus River & Bay, Me.
Great attention is paid to education on this island.
The men are
noted for their sedateness and daring
spirit, and the women for their intelligence and beauty.
JVantucket Shoals is a dangerous place, where many a sailor has
found a watery grave. They lie
S. E. from the island, and cover an
area of about 50 by 45 miles.
Washington co. The river rises
in several ponds in Beddington, and
passing in a southeastern direction,
falls into a bay of the same name,
between Harrington and Steuben.
The bay contains a number of islands, between which is a good passage into Pleasant bay, on the east
side.
Naples, Me.
IVastiawn Island, Mass.,
This town was
formed from Otisfield and Raymond,
and incorporated in 1S34. It is watered by Sebago and Songo ponds,
and Crooked and Muddy rivers. It
has good mill privileges, and a pro-
Cumberland
ductive
co.
W.
A beautiful stream on the S.part of
co.
N.H. has its source
Worcester county, Massachusetts.
It is formed of two branches
called the north and south branches.
The north branch is formed of two
streams, one from Ashburnham, the
other from Wachuset ponds. The
south branch is composed of Still
in
from
Portland.
'Narraganset Bay, R.
Nasliua River,
Hillsborough
Population, 1837, 722.
Naples lies 63 miles W. S. W. from
soil.
Augusta, and 27 N. N.
And Nashawejvna. See Eliz"
abeth Islands.
I.
This delightful bay lies wholly
within the limits of Rhode Island
its entrance extends from Point Juriver, issuing from the E. side of
dith on the west, to Seaconnet Wachuset mountain, and a small
Rocks on the east, and terminates stream from Quinepoxet pond in
at Bullock's point, about 6 miles Holden.
These branches are unibelow the city of Providence. The ted in Lancaster, from which the
length of this bay is about 28 miles
main river proceeds in a N. E.
its breadth varies from 3 to 12 miles.
course to Harvard, Shirley, Groton,
It receives the waters of the Taunand Pepperell in Massachusetts
ton, Providence, Pawtuxet, and and from thence into New Hampother rivers, and on its borders are shire through Hollis, and nearly
Newport, Bristol, Warren, and oth- the centre of the town of Nashua,
er large and flourishing towns.
It
where it falls into the Merrimack
is decked with many islands of great
river.
:
:
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
Nasliua, N. H.
Hillsborough
co.
This
town
originally embraced a large extent
of territory, and was called DunIt lies 34 miles
stable until 1S36.
S. by E. from Concord, 12 S. E.
from Amherst, and 12 N. W. from
Lowell. The population of Dunstable, in 1830, was 2,414. Population
of Nashua, in 1S36, 5,0G5 ; 1837,
5,G13; 1838, 5,691.
In the N. E. part of the town,
on Nashua river, is the flourishing
Village of A^'ashiia, the centre of
a considerable trade, and the seat
This
of important manufactures.
village contains 8 beautiful churches, a large number of elegant dwelling-houses, 50 stores, and 10 taverns.
The
JS^'ashiia
Coynpany was
factures on Nashua river and the
waters of Salmon brook.
The Nashua and Lowell
rail-
road was opened for travel on the
Sth of October, 1838.
The soil of Nashua has considerable variety.
It is easy of cultivation, and is generally productive.
The east part of the town, lying on
the river, presents avery level surface.
The west parts are divided
into hills and valleys, but the whole
township may be considered far
from being hilly or mountainous.
watered by the Nashua river,
a fertilizing stream, which rises in
the state of Massachusetts, and
Salmon brook, a small stream which
originates from several ponds in
It is
Both of these empty into
Merrimack river, the former at
Manufacturing Nashua village, the latter about one
incoi-porated in 1823.
Ithas three cotton mills, 155 feet in
length, 45 in breadth and six stories
in height. They contain 22,000 spindles, 710 looms, and manufacture
9,390,000 yai-ds of cloth per annum.
Their canal is 3 miles long, 60 feet
wide, and 8 feet deep.
Head and
fall, 33 feet.
Capital, $750,000.
Groton.
and a half mile below.
This was for a long time a frontier town, and the first settlers were
many
in
times annoyed by the Indians,
the successive v/ars in which
country was engaged with
them. In the war with the famous
Narraganset sachem, this town
was much exposed, and some of
this
the inhabitants fled to the older set-
In Lovewell's war, the
The Jackson Manvfacturing tlements.
Company was incorporated in 1824. company in this town under the
Capital, $600,000.
They have two brave Capt. John Lovewell, acquircotton mills, 155 feet long, 47 wide,
These mills
and 4 stories high.
contain 11,500 spindles, and 388
looms.
They manufacture 5,634,000, yards of cloth annually. Their
canal is half a mile in length, and
serves for transportation on the
Head and fall, 20 feet.
The volume of water afforded by
the Nashua river, at the dryest sea-
river.
son of the year, is 180 cubic feet
per second.
The number of operatives in all
fethe mills at Nashua is 1,448:
The
males, 1,288; males, 160.
number of pounds of cotton used is
14,500 per day, or 4,533,500 lbs. per
Their
ed an imperishable name.
successes at first, and misfortunes
afterwards, have been often repeated and are generally known.
Dunstable belonged to Massachusetts till the divisional line between the two provinces of Massachusetts and New Hampshire wms
settled, in 1741.
It was incorporaHampshire, April 1,
ted by
1746, and the name was altered to
Nashua in December, 1836.
New
NatcSiaiig River, Ct.
—
annum.
There are other valuable manu-
23*
This
is
the largest branch of the
It rises in Union and
Woodstock, and joins the Shetucket
near the line of Chaplin and Mans-
Sheiucket.
field.
�NEW ENGLAND
Watick, Mass.
GAZETTEER.
eral
river.
It contains numerous valuable mill seats.
There are in the
town 6 paper mills, a cotton factory, and manufactures of shoes,
hats, and v/indow blind hinges
with
annual value, about
Middlesex CO. Natick is a pleasant town, of good soil
it is watered
by Charles riv^er, and contains sev:
delightful ponds, well stored
fish.
This was a favorite resort of the Indians.
There are
:
Incorporated, 1711. Population, 1837,
l,4i)2.
Needham lies 4 m.iles N.
W. from Dedham, and 12 W. S. W.
fi-om Boston, by the Boston and Worcester rail-road.
some moderate elevations in the
town: the Indians used to call it
" the place of hills."
Under the advice and direction
of the apostle Elliot, the first Indian church in
England was
Neddocli, Cape, Me.
New
A
rocky, barren bluff, inhabited
by a fev.f fishermen, about 3 miles
N. from York harbor.
formed here in IfiGO, and comprised
40 communicants.
The manufactures of the town
consist principally of shoes.
Dur-
Mclson, M.
ing the year ending April 1, 1837,
250,650 pairs were made, valued at
$213,053
employing 452 hands.
This town was incorporated in 1781.
Population, 1830,890; 1837,1,221.
It lies 1() miles W. S. W. from Boston, and 12 S. from Concord.
;
River, Ct,
The best mill privileges are
furnished by streams issuing from
ponds in this town, of which there
are four, containing a surface of
1,800 acres.
There is a cotton and
other manufactories.
The inhabitants arc principally farmers of industiious habits.
It was chartered
Feb. 22, 1774, by the name of
Pachersfiehl.
In June, 1814, the
river.
This important mill stream is
ahout 50 miles in length.
It lises
in the north part of Litchfield county, and after traversing a S. course
nearly the whole length of that
county, it crosses the west part of
New Haven county, and falls into
the Hnusatonick at Derby.
Neal's Bi'ooli
and Pond,
Vt.
Neal's brook, or branch, rises in
Lunen burgh and the border of
Guildhall, and running south falls
into a pond of the same name.
It
continues its course south and meets
the Connecticut.
This is a short
stream, but valuable on account of
its water power.
JYeaVs pond, a mile in length,
and a half mile in width, is a
handsome sheet of water, and contains a variety of fish.
Needliani, Mass.
name was
altered to Nelson.
The
settlements commenced inl767.
Nelson lies 40 miles S. W. from
Concord, and 8 N. E. from Keene.
Population, 1830, 875.
first
I
K'ep onset Hiver,
Norfolk
The
Mass.
sources ot this
river are in Canton, Stoughton, and
Sharon.
It receives a tributary
from Charles river. Mother brook,
so called, and meets the tide of Boston harbor at Milton Mills, 4 miles
from Dorchester bay.
This is a
noble mill stream on its navigable
waters is the depository of the Quincy granite rail-road company, and
CO.
:
Norfolk CO. This town is nearly
surrounded by the waters of Charles
II,,
Cheshire co., is situated on tlie
height of land between Connect!
cut and Meriimack rivers.
The
surface is hilly, but good for grazing.
In the S. part^ a branch of
the Ashuelot river rises
and from
Long pond in this town, and Hancock, issues a branch of Ccntoocook
:
K'aiigat'iicls;
ie;150,00{).
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
at its
mouth is Commercial
Point, in
Dorchester, a beautiful place, with
an excellent harbor.
Ke^vaggen, Cape, Me.
with the village of Fairferry has also been established, on which it is proposed to
run a steam boat.
New Bedford was incorporated
nects
it
haven.
A
This cape is a part of the town of
Loothbay. It extends about 5 miles
into the sea, and forms the eastern
in 1787, previous
boundary of Sheepscot's bay.
was
Ne-^vai-k, Vt.
Caledonia co. The Passumpsic
river is formed in this town by a
collection of streams issuing principally from ponds.
The town is
not mountainous, but the soil is cold
and generally unproductive.
It
lies 44 miles N. E. from Montpe!ier,and 19 N. W. from Guildhall.
First settled, ISOO.
Population, in
1830, 257.
K'e^v Aslifortl,
Mass.
Berkshire co. This is a mountainous township, but the soil is
good for grazing.
In 1S37, tlie value of 2,708 fleeces of wool, produced in tliis town, weighing 7,785
pounds, was worth $3,893. New
Ash ford produces fine white and
variegated marble, and is the source
of Green river.
It lies 130 miles
W. by N. from Boston, and 18 N.
from Lenox.
Incorporated, 1801.
Population, 1837, 253.
Neiv Bedford, Mass.
This is a half shire town of Bristol
county, and port of entry, pleasantly situated on the W. side of the
a river, or more pi-opcrly an estuary, connected with BuzThe ground on which
zard's bay.
the town stands rises rapidly from
the river, and allbrds an interesting
view from the opposite side.
The upper part of the town is
laid out into beautiful streets, which
contain many costly and superb
Acushnet,
dwellings.
This harbor, though not easy of
access, is capacious and well securwooden bridge,
ed from winds.
near the centre of the town, con-
A
to
stituted a part of the
mouth.
which it contown of Dart-
In
1812, the eastern part
separate township
by the name of Fairhaven.
The almost exclusive business of
the place is the whale fishery,
which commenced before the war
of the revolution, and has gradually grown to its present importance.
The increase, however, within the
last 12 years has been more rapid
than during any former period.
The number of ships and brigs now
employed is 160.
Tonnage of the
district, in 1837, 85,130 tons.
There are 16 oil manufactories, at
which a large amount of oil and canconsiderable quandles is made.
tity of the oil imported is, however,
sold in the crude state to other plaset otf as a
A
ces.
The manufactures of the town
consist of leather, boots, shoes, hats,
iron castings, axes, chairs, tin and
cabinet wares, vessels, salt, cordage, soap, Prussian blue, paper
hangings, carriages, looking-glass
the
fiames, and carpenter's tools
total value, for the year ending
April 1, 1837, including oil and can:
amounted to .$€90,800. There
were imported, during that year,
dles,
2,472,735 gallons of oil, and 305,170
pouu'is of whale bone, the value
The
of which was $1,750,832.
capital invested in the whale fish-
The numery was $4,210,000.
ber of hands employed was 4,000.
Few places in Massachusetts have
increased in population more rapidly
than tills.
By the census of 1790,
the population of the village was
In 1830, the township
about 700.
in 1833, 9,200,
contained 7,592
and in 1837, 14,304.
;
V/ilhin a few years, the inhabitants
of this town have manifested a commendable liberality in providing the
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
There is a
means of education.
flourishing academy in the town, and
large sums are annually appropriated tor the maintenance of public
and private schools.
rail-road will soon be constructed from this place, to meet the Bos-
A
ton
and
Scekonk,
of Fall River; or to
Providence,
at
by the way
meet the Taunton
ton.
By
rail-road at Tauneither of those routes, a
Boston or New York, would
A large and
be very pleasant.
wealthy town, highly flourisliing
in its commerce and manufactures
like this, with the neighboring islands of Nantucket and Martha's
Vineyard, seem to require it.
New Bedford lies 52 miles S.
from Boston, 52 N. W. from Nantucket, 14 E. by S. fi-om Fall River,
20 S. S. E. from Taunton, and 214
N. E. by E. from New York.
trip to
Ne^v Bostoii, N.
11.,
Hillsborough co., is 9 miles N.
N. W. from Amherst, and 22 S.
by W. from Concord. It is watered by several streams, the largest
of which is the S. branch of Piscataquog river, having its source in
Pleasant pond, in Francestown.
This town consists of fertile hills,
productive vales, and some valuable
The soil is favorable for
the vai'ious productions common
to this section of the state, and there
are many excellent farms, under
good cultivation. In the S. part of
Boston, there is a considerable
elevation, called Jo English hill, on
one side of which it is nearly perpendicular.
Its height is 572 feet.
1768; died May 28, 1803, aged 67.
Population, 1830, 1,680.
New Braiiitree, Mass.
Ware river and
co.
other streams water this town, and
Worcester
afford
town
The
is
Ne^\'l>«irgli,
Me.
Penobscot co.
This is a good
township of land, 54 miles N. E.
from Augusta, and 14 S. W. from
Bangor. Incorporated, 1819. Population, 1830, 626; 1837,867. Watered by a branch of the Sowadabscook.
Wheat
bushels.
crop,
1837,
5,041
Newbury, N. H.
Merrimack
co.
This town was
caWed Dantzick ; it was
incorporated by the name of Fish-
originally
ersfield, in 1778,
and took
ent name, in 1S37.
N.
all
30
Beard's pond, and Jo English pond,
are the only ponds of note.
New
Boston was granted, 173G, to inhabitants of Boston.
It was incorporated, 1763.
The first settlement
commenced about the year 1733.
The first minister was Rev. Solomon Moor, from Ireland, who received his education at Glasgow.
In Feb. 1767, he arrived at New
Boston, and was ordained Sept. 6,
good mill privileges.
of the
:
meadows.
New
it
good, particularly for grazing
it has become celebrated for its good farmers, and for
its excellent beef cattle, butter and
cheese.
There is a cotton mill in
manufactures of
the town, and
leather, palm-leaf hats, &c.
It lies
60 miles W. from Boston, and 18 W.
N. W. from Worcester. Incorporated, 1751. Population, 1837, 780.
soil
It lies
its pres40 miles
V/. by W. from Amherst, and
W. by N. from Concord. The
S. part of
N. W.
Sunapee lake lies in the
Todd pond, 500 rods
part.
and 60 in width, affords a
branch to Warner river.
From Chalk pond issues a small
stream communicating with Suna-
in length,
small
pee lake. The land is generally
mountainous, and the soil hard and
rocky.
The first settlement in this
town was made in the year 1762,
by Zephaniali Clark, Esq. Population, 1830, 793.
Netvlrary, Vt.
This is a beautiful
Orange co.
town on the W. side of Connecticut river, and supplied with mill
privileges by Wells river^ and
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER,
Hariman'sand
Hill's brooks.
These
brooks have their sources in ponds
Newbury
of considerable size.
comprises the tract commonly called the Greai Oxbow, on a bend in
Connecticut river. This tract is of
great extent, and celebrated for its
luxuriance and beauty. The agricultural productions of the town are
very valuable, consisting of beef
cattle, wool, and all the varieties of
The town contains a
the dairy.
number of mineral springs, of some
celebrity in scrofulous and cutane-
ous complaints.
The
villages
of
JVewhury mid
Wells River are very pleasant
they command a flourishing trade,
and contain manufacturing estab:
lishments of various kinds.
Some
of the buildings are very handsome.
The scenery of the windings of the
river through this fine tract of alluvial meadow, contrasted with the
abrupt acclivities in the north part
of the town, is very striking and
beautiful.
The town
verhill,
is
connected with Ha-
N. H., by two
bridges.
It
27 miles S. E. from Montpelier,
and 20 N. E. from Chelsea. PopuFirst settled,
lation, 1830, 2,252.
lies
1764.
many
The
first
to
go
A
sandy beach and salt meadow and
is noted for the beach plum, which
ripens in September.
;
A
curious cavern, called the
" Devil's Den," contains specimens
of asbestos, limestone, marble, serpentine and amianthos. The scenery on the high grounds is rich, variegated and beautiful.
Dummer academy, founded in
1756,
is a flourishing institution: it
situated in the parish of " By-
is
field."
The manufactures of Newbury
consist of cotton goods, leather,
boots, shoes, carriages, cordage,
fishing nets, bed cords and cotton
lines
annual value about ^75,000,
:
A
large number of vessels are built
in the town, and some navigation
is owned and employed in the coast-,
ing trade and fishery.
This town is celebrated as the
birth place of many distinguished
endured men.
Theophilus Parsoivs,
For some years LL. D., an eminent jurist, was born
Charlestown to in Newbury. February 24, 1750.
settlers
hardships.
they had
pleasant streams ; the former falls
nearly 50 ft^et in the town, and affords it good mill seats.
part of
Plum island, is attached to this town.
This island, about nine miles in
length and one in breadth, extending from Ipswich river to the mouth
of the Merrimack, is comprised of
to
mill, 60 miles distant, carrying their
grain in canoes down the river, or
drawing it on the ice.
General Bailey, a patriot of the
revolution, distinguished himself in
the settlement of the town.
The state legislature held their
sessions in Newbury, in the years
1787, and 1801.
He
died in Boston, October 6, 1813.
Newbury was
first
settled,
in
1635.
Its Indian name \vas Qua/'
caciinquen.
It lies 31 miles N. by
E. from Boston, 17 N. from Salem,
and 3 S. from Newburyport. Pop
ulation, 1837, 3,771.
KTeAvbiiryport, Mass.
Newtotiry, Mass.
One of the shire towns of Essex
county. Thisis considered one of the
Essex CO. This ancient and respectable town, lies on Merrimack
river, opposite to Salisbury. It formerly comprised the territory of
most beautiful towns in New EngIt lies on a gentle acclivity,
on the south bank of the Merrimack, at the union of that river
with the ocean. In point of terri-
Newburyport and West Newbury.
The soil is of an excellent quality,
and in a high state of cultivation.
Parker and Artichoke rivers are
land.
it is the smallest town in the
commonwealth, being only one mile
square.
It was taken from New-
tory,
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
bury in 1764. Population, in 1837,
This place has been and
6,741.
now
is
considerably noted for
its
commerce and
ship building. Some
of the old continental frigates were
built here ; and in 1790, the tonnage of the port was 11,870 tons.
Of late years the foreign commerce
of the place has diminished, in consequence of a sand bar at the mouth
of the harbor.
This place has considerable inland and foreign commerce. It has four whale ships,
and a large amount of tonnage engaged in the freighting business
and the cod and mackerel fisheries.
Tonnage of the district, in 1837,
22,078 tons.
The manufactures of Nevvburyport consist of cotton goods, boots,
shoes, hats, bar iron, iron castings,
chairs, cabinet and tin wares, combs,
spirits, vessels, snuff, segars, organs, soap and candles: annual
amount about $350,000. The product of the whale fishery, the year
ending April 1, 1837, was $142,982.
During the same period, this town
and Newbury had 128 vessels employed in the
cod and mackerel
1,000 hands:
product that year, $177,700.
Newburyport lies 34 miles N. by
E. from Boston, 20 N. fiom Salem,
24 S. by W. from Portsmouth, N.
H., and 2 miles S. E. from Essex
bridge.
Lat. 42° 47' N.
Ion. 70°
47' W.
From the mouth of this
harbor. Plum Island, extends to the
employing
fishery,
;
mouth
of Ipswich river.
The Hon. William Bartlett
and Moses Brown, Esq., distinguished for their enterprise and integrity as merchants, were natives
of this town.
The celebrated George Whitefield, one of the founders of the
sect of the Methodists, and one of
its most eloquent preachers, died in
this town, Sept. 21, 1770.
A
handsome monument has been
erected to his memory, by the Hon.
William Bartlett,
lowing
is
This Cenotaph
Is erected, with affectionate
veneration, to
the fola part of the inscription
The memory
of the
Rev. GEORGE WHITEFIELD
Born at Gloucester, England,
December
Educated
IG, 1714.
Oxford University}
Ordained 1736.
at
In a ministry of thirty-four years,
crossed tlie Atlantic thirteen times,
He
And preached more
Than eighteen thousand sermons.
As a Soldier of the
Cross, humble, devout, ardent.
He put on the
Whole armor of God; Preferring
The honour of Christ
To his own interest, repose.
Reputation, and life.
New
Cauaau,
Ct.
This town was taken from Norwalk and Stamford in
1801.
It lies .5 miles N. W. from
Norwalk, 37 W. S. W. from New
Haven, and 50 N. E. from New
York. Population, 1830, 1,826.—
Fairfield co.
The
surface of
tlie
town
is
rough
and mountainous; the soil is a hard,
gravelly loam, but generally productive.
The manufacture of shoes
is carried on to a considerable extent
the annual value is about
$400,000.
An academy was established here
in 1815, and has acquired a high
reputation.
It stands on an elevated and commanding situation, having a fine prospect of Long Island
Sound and the intervening country.
Pestles and other Indian implements
have been found at the north part of
the town, which probably was the
resort of the natives.
Excavations
in solid rock, one large enough to
contain eight gallons, are found
these were doubtless Indian mor:
tars.
New
Castle,
Me.
Lincolnco. New Castle lieson the
side of Damariscotta river, about
15 miles from its mouth.
It is
36 miles S. E. from Augusta, and
8 N. E. from Wiscasset.
Incorpo-
W.
�NEW ENGLAND
Population, in 18.37,
rated, 1753.
This is a pleasant town, and
1,545.
flourishing in its trade and navigation.
New
Castle, N. H.,
Rockingham
co., is a rough and
rocky island, situated in Portsmouth
harbor, and formerly called Great
A
handsome bridge, built
Island.
in 1821, connects this town with
Portsmouth. Here is an ancient
church.
Rev. Samuel Moody
preached here previous to the commencement of the ISth century.
New Castle was incorporated in
This
1693, and contains 458 acres.
island was the seat of business,
when ancient Strawberry Bank
was the mere germ of the town of
Portsmouth.
Fishing is here pur.sued with success ; and the soil
anions: the rocks, being of good
quality, is made to produce abundantly.
Fort Constitution and the
light-house stand on this island.
Population, 1830, 850.
Ne^v Fairfield, Ct.
Fairfield co. This is a small township, rough and hilly, with a hard
and gravelly soil. It lies 64 miles
S. W. from Hartford, and 7 N. from
Danbury.
Incorporated, in 1740.
Population, 1830, 940.
New
Durliam, N. H.
of the latter is a remarkable cave,
the entrance of which is about 3
feet wide and 10 feet high.
The
outer room is 20 feet square ; the
inner apartments become smaller,
until at the distance of 50 feet they
are too small to be investigated.
The sides, both of the galleries and
the rooms are solid granite.
They
bear marks of having been once
united, and were probably separated by some great convulsion of
nature.
There is a fountain, over which a
part of Ela's river passes, which is
regarded as a curiosity. By sinking
a small mouthed vessel into this
fountain, water may be procured
extremely cold and pure. Its depth
has not been ascertained.
Near the
centre of the town is Rattlesnake
hill, the S. side of which is almost
100 feet high, and nearly perpendicular.
Several other hills in this
town contain precipices and cavities, some of considerable extent.
Durham was granted in 1749.
It was incorporated Dec. 7, 1762.
Elder Benjamin Randall, the
founder of the sect of Freewill
Baptists, commenced his labors here
in 1780, and organized a church.
He died in 1808, aged 60.
Durham lies 30 miles N. E.
New
New
from Concord, and 32 N. W. by N.
Population, in 1830,
from Dover.
1,162.
The
surface of this
town is very uneven, a portion so
rocky as to be unfit for cultivation.
The soil is generally moist, and
There
well adapted to grazing.
Durham, the
are 5 ponds in
largest of which is INIerrymeeting
pond, about 10 miles in circumference, from which a copious and
perpetual stream runs into Merrymeeting bay, in Alton. Ela's river
flows from Coldrain pond into Farmington, on which is a fine waterfall.
The Cocheco also has its source
here. Mount Betty, Cropple-crown
and Straw's mountains are the principal eminences.
On the N. E. side
Strafford co.
GAZETTEER.
New
NeM'fane, Vt.
Windham
County town.
about 100 miles S.
from Montpelier, and 12 N. W.
from Brattleborough. First settled,
The town is watered by a
1766.
branch of West river, and several
other streams.
The surface of the
town is diversified by hills and valleys; the soil is good, and produces
white oak and walnut in abundance.
There is but little waste land in the
town: the uplands are inferior to
none for grazing, and the intervales
Newfane
afford excellent tillage.
exhibits a great variety of minerals.
Newfane
co.
lies
�among which
are
NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
some of value.
New Gloucester, Me.
Perhaps no town in the state presents a more inviting field for the
mineralogist than
this.
There are two pleasant villages
town. The centre village
contains the county buildings
it is
on elevated land, and commands a
very extensive and delightful prospect. Population, 1830, 1,441.
in the
:
NeAvfoiind Pond and River,N.H.
See Bristol.
Novfield, Me.
York CO. This town is watered
by Little Ossipee river, and lies 99
miles S. W. by W. from Au2:usta,
and 15 N. W. from Alfred, "it is
a good farming town and produces
considerable wheat and wool.
It
was incorporated in 1794. Population, 1837, 1,322
Cumberland CO. This is a pleasant
and flourishing farming town, 23
miles N. from Portland, and 38 S.
W. from Augusta. Incorporated,
1774.
Population, 1837, 1,861.
It
watered by Royal's river,
on which are mills of various kinds.
The soil of the town is very fertile,
containing large tracts of intervale.
is
well
The
first
to build a
settlers
were compelled
block house
for their protection against the Indians.
In this
building the people attended public worship for a number of years.
This town has an abundant water
power, a school fund of $4,000, and
a society of about 300 of those neat
and industrious people, " whose
faith is one and whose practice is
one." See Canterbury, JV. H.
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
NEW HAMPSHIRE.
This
state is
bounded north by Lower Canada,
east
by Maine, south-
of Massachusetts, south by Massaeast by the Atlantic and the State
by Vermont. Situated between 42°
chusetts, and west and north-west
40'
and 45°
168, and
its
and 70° 35'
greatest breadth about 90 miles, and
16'
N.
lat.,
and 72°
27'
W.
it
Ion.
Its
length
is
comprises an area of
about 9,280 square miles.
and the first setThe first discovery of New Hampshire was in 1614,
and Portsmouth, in 1623;
tlements made by Europeans were at Dover
Pilgrims at Plymouth. The
only three vears after the landing of the
Hampton, in 1638. The inhabitnext settlements were at Exeter and
until after the cession of Canants of these and all the early settlements,
annoyed by the Indians, who
ada to England by France, were greatly
In the rein\rge and powerful bodies in this then wilderness.
existed
New Hampshire suffered more
peated and general wars with the Indians,
colony was twice united with that'
than any other of the colonies. This
separation did not take place until 1741,
of Massachusetts, and the final
In the revoluwhen the boundaries of the two colonies were settled.
and honorable part.
a distinguished
tionary contest. New Hampshire bore
of the
was freely shed on most of the battle fields
made a public
As early as June 15, 1776, New Hampshire
revolution.
of that year, the
Declaration^ of Ixdepei^denck, and in December
which
adopted a temporary form of Government,
The
blood of her sons
delegates of the people
was continued
24
until 1784,
when
the
first
constitution
was adopted.
This
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
beino- found deficient in
adopted in 1792, which
is
some of
now
its
provisions, a
new
constitution
was
in force.
The executive power h vested in a Governor and five Counsellors, chosen annually by the people. The legislature consists of the Senate, comprising twelve members, chosen in twelve districts, and the House of
Representatives, chosen annually in the month of March, every town
having 150 rateable polls being entitled to send one, and an additional
The legislature assembles
representative for every 300 additional polls.
Concord, on the first Wednesday of June.
annually at
All male citizens, of 21 years and upwards, except paupers and persons excused from taxes, have a right to vote for state officers
dence of
at
least three months within the town being required
—a
resi-
to entitle
the person to vote.
The
Courts of
Common
law terms once
rior
power
judiciary
Pleas.
vested in a Superior Court of Judicature, and
The
four Judges of the
Superior Court, hold
year in each of the counties; and Judges of the Supe-
a
Court are ex
is
officio
Presiding Judges in the courts of
Common
Pleas,
holden semi-annually in each county, by one of the Superior Judges
with the two Associate Justices of the
The Judges
Common
Pleas for each coun'y.
hold their offices during good behavior, until 70 years of age
but are subject
to
;
removal by impeachment, or by address of the two
houses of the legislature.
Succession of Governors.
Meshech Weare,* 1776— 1784.
John Langdon, 1785. John Sullivan,
John Langdon, 1788. John Sullivan, 1789. Josiah BartJohn Taylor Gilman, 1794-1804. John Langdon,
lett, 1790—1793.
1805-1808. Jeremiah Smith, 1809. John Langdon, 1810, 1811. William Plumer, 1812. John Taylor Gilman, 1813— 1815.
William Plumer,
1816—1818.
Samuel Bell, 1819—1822.
Levi Woodbury, 1823.—
David Lawrence Morril, 1821 1826. Benjamin Pierce, 1827. John
Bell, 1823.
Benjamin Pierce, 1829. Matthew Harvey, 1830. Samuel
Dinsmoor, 1831—1833. William Badger, 1834, 1835.
Isaac Hill, 1836
1786, 1787.
—
— 183S.
John Page, 1839—
Succession of Chief Justices of the Superior Court,
Meshech Weare, 1776—1781.
Samuel Livermore, 1782—1789. JoJohn Pickering, 1791—1794. Simeon Olcott, 1795
Jeremiah Smith, 1802— 1808. Arthur Livermore, 1809— 1812.
siah Bartlett, 1790.
—1801.
* The Chief Magistrates were styled Presideiit, until the adoption of the
Constitution of 1792, when the title of Governor was substituted.
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
Jeremiah Smith, 1813—1815.
Joel Parker,
1837.
New
Hampshire
Counties.
—
William Merchant Richardson, 1816
1838—
is
divided into eight counties, as follows
:
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
ern part of the state, are of great elevation, and afford the grandest display of mountain scenery in our country. See Winnepisio gee Lake, and
Mountains
Wliite
Hew
hy W.
N. W.
river,
Hamptoii; N.
II.j
native
co.,
town,
in
the
year
1777.
The Academical and Theologi-
30 miles N.
from Concord, and about 20
Populafrom Gilmanton.
Strafford
tion,
— also Register.
lies
cal Institution, in this town, is finely located and in a very prosperous
The average number of
condition.
male and female scholars is about
This is one of the best semi375.
naries of learning in our country.
Pemigewasset
which washes the W. bound-
1830, 1,904.
is the only stream of magnitude ; and over it is thrown the
bridge which vmites the town with
ary,
See Register.
NeAV Hartford, Ct.
Bristol.
a remarkable spring on
the W. side of Kelly's hill in this
town, from which issues a stream
There
is
Litchfield co. This town was first
settled in 1733.
It lies 20 miles N.
\Y. from Hartford, and 11 N. E.
sufficient to supply several mills. from Litchfield.
Population, 1830,
This stream is never affected by 1,766. The surface of the town is
rains or droughts, and falls into the hilly and mountainous.
The lands
river after running about a mile. are best adapted for grazing.
It is
Pemigewasset pond lies on the bor- watered by Farmington river and
der of Meredith. There are 4 other other streams, on which are several
The soil of mills.
ponds in this town.
Hampton, though the surface
" In the eastern part of
!
New
this
broken and uneven, is remarkably fertile, producing in abundance
most kinds of grain and grass. The
industry of the inhabitants has en-
is
abled them in years of scarcity to
supply the wants of other towns.
In the S. part of the town there is
a high hill of a conical form which
may be seen in almost any direction from 10 to 50 miles; the prospect from the summit of which is
very pleasant.
In 1763, Gen. Jonathan Moulton,
Hampton, having an ox weighing 1,400 pounds, fattened for the
purpose, hoisted a flag upon his
horns and drove him to Portsmouth
as a present to Gov. Wentworth.
He refused to receive any compensation for the ox, but requested
and received a charter of a small
gore of land of 19,422 acres. This
small gore received the name of
of
JYew
Hampton,
in
honor of
liis
town
rough and mountainous
district, formerly designated Satan'' s Kingdom ; and the few inhabitants who lived here were in a
measure shut out from the rest of
mankind.
An inhabitant of the
town invited one of his neighbors,
there
who
is
a
lived within the limits of this
district, to
go and hear Mr. Marsh,
the first minister who was settled in
the town.
He was prevailed upon
to go to church in the forenoon, in
the course of his prayer, Mr. Marsh,
among other things, prayed that Satan'' s kingdom might he destroyed.
It appears that the inhabitant of
this district took the expression in
a literal and tangible sense, having
probably never heard the expression used but in reference to the
district wherein he resided.
Being
asked to go to meeting in the afternoon, he refused, stating that Mr.
Marsh had insulted him ; ' for blast
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
him,' said he, "when he prayed
for the destruction of Satan's kingdom, he very well knew all my interests lay there."
range of secondary country which
extends along Connecticut river as
"Xew Haven, Vt.
that stream, crosses into this county,
Addison
is
various,
The
of this town
consisting of marl, clay
co.
soil
and loam, and is generally productive.
The waters of Otter creek,
Middlebury river, and Little Otter
creek give the town a good water
power. There are some manufactures in the town, but agriculture
the chief pursuit of the inhabiHaven lies 30 miles
W. S. W. from Montpelier, and 7
is
tants.
New
N. W. from Middlebury.
County,
Ct,
Chief town, JVew Haven.
Haven county
is
New
bounded N. by
and Hartford counties,
E. by Middlesex county, S. by
Long Island Sound, and West by
Litchfield county and the Housatonic river, which separates it from
Fairfield county. Its average length
from east to west is about 26 miles,
and its width from north to south 21
miles; containing 540 square miles,
This county, lyor 345,600 acres.
ing on Long Island Sound, has a very extensive maritime border, but
Litchfield
is chiefly confined
Its fisheharbor.
ries of oysters and clams, and other
It is intersectfish, are valuable.
ed by several streams, none of them
of very large size, but of some value for their water power and fish.
Of these the principal are the Pomperaug and Naugatuc, on the west
its
foreign trade
to
New Haven
Quinnipiac, Menunkatuc, West and
Mill rivers, on the east. The Quinnipiac is the largest, and passes
through extensive meadows. The
by
the New Haven and Northampton
canal, which passes through this
county from north to south. There
county
is
intersected centrally
is a great variety of soil in this
county, as well as of native vege-
24*
Middletown,
far as
there
The
leaves
and terminates at New Haven.
This intersection of the primitive
formation, by a secondary ridge, affords
a great
and materials
variety
of minerals,
for different soils.
The population of this county in
1820, was 39,616; 1830,43,847:—
81 inhabitants to a square mile.
The manufacturing business is quite
extensive in the county, and in
1837 it contained 23,895 sheep.
NeAv Haven,
First set-
tled, 1769. Population, 1830, 1,834.
New Haven
table and mineral productions.
Ct.
New
Haven, city and town, the
chief town of New Haven county,
and the semi-capital of the state of
Connecticut, is 76 miles N. E. from
New
York, and 300 from Washing-
ton city, in latitude (Yale College
Observatory) 41° 18' 30" N., and
W. longitude 72° 55'. It is situated on a large and pleasant plain,
around the head of a bay which
sets up four miles from Long Island Sound.
This plain is nearly
level, and is partially enclosed by an
amphitheatre of lofty hills, and bytwo bold eminences called East and
West rocks, which vary in height
from 330 to 370 feet. These rocks,
which consist of trap, terminate in
naked precipitous fronts, and are
conspicuous and beautiful objects
On the west, the
plain is limited by a small stream
called West river, and on the east
by the Quinnipiack, which is navigable for several miles.
Another
stream, called Mill river, passes
through the eastern part of the city
and enters the harbor in union with
the Quinnipiack.
Haven was planted in April,
1638, by a company from London,
under the direction of Theophilus
in the landscape.
New
Eaton and John Davenport. These
two men, in the language of Mather, were " the Moses and Aaron"
of this new settlement and what;
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTE Eil.
very many of thera adorned
with lofty elms, which in the sumdations of civilized society in this mer season contribute much to the
part of New England, must be as- beauty and comfort of the place.
cribed in a great measure to them. The number of shade trees throughThough the government which out the city is uncommonly large,
was established was extremely pop- and they constitute one of its most
Most of the
ular in its form, these men with- attractive features.
out doubt were looked up to for dwellincf houses are distino'uished
Withdevising and executing the most for simplicity and neatness.
important measures. Their " com- in a few years the style of buildpany," as it was called, appear to ing has greatly improved, and many
have had entire confidence in their private houses have been erected
sound judgment, ability and integ- and are now going up, which disrity ; and they did notning to for- play much elegance and architectural taste.
The houses are comfeit the good opinion of their followers.
Their influence in all the monly detached, and supplied with
concerns of the colony, especially court yards and gardens ornamented with trees and sbrvibbery, and
in what respected the form of government, the means of education, the eye is thus gratified with a deand the institutions of religion, lightful union of the country and
must have been constant and com- the city.
There are two principal public
manding.
In 1784, New Haven was incor- squares. The first, commonly callporated as a city, the limits of which ed the Green, is in the centre of
on the northwest fall within those the original town, and comprises
of the town, so that Westville, a in all a little more than sixteen
settlement on the foot of West Rock, acres.
It is divided into tv>'o secis excluded from the former. About
tions by Temple street, which is
one half of the village of Fair Ha- lined with ranges of stately and
ven, in the eastern portion of the over-arching elms, and is considered
town, lies within the bounds of the one of the finest streets in the city.
city.
The area of the town is about The eastern section of the Green is
eight, and that of the city about six entirely free from buildings.
On
square miles.
The harbor is well the western section, facing the S.E.,
protected and spacious, but the wa- stand 3 churches, two Congregationter is shallow.
wharf extends al, built of brick, and one Episcointo the harbor about three quar- pal, of stone: all of these buildters of a mile.
ings are of excellent appearance.
The original town is a square, In the rear of the centre church
half a mile on each side, and subdi- stands the state house. These four
vided by streets four rods in width, buildings, taken in connexion with
into nine squares, the central one the line of college edifices on the
of which is reserved for public uses. next square beyond, and with the
Most of the squares are further di- surrounding scenery, constitute a
vided by intern>3diate streets. At group not often equalled in this
the present day, this original plot country.
The state house is a
comprises less than half of the in- structure of great size and admirahabited part of the city.
Streets ble proportions.
The porticos are
and avenues have been opened on modelled from those of the temple
every side, and many of them have of Theseus, at Athens, and the
ever there was of good or evil, of
or folly, in laying the foun-
f
lar;
wisdom
A
become thickly
settled.
The
streets
are in general, spacious and regu-
building,
has
an
viewed
air
of
at a short distance,
uncommon beauty
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
The population of the town, including the city, was in 1820,
8,326 r in 1830, 10,678 ; in December, 1833, 12,199, of whom 11,567
The numwere within the city.
ber of inhabitants in 1837, was esti-
On the northern
majesty.
corner of this section stands the
methodist church.
and
Wooster Square, which
lies in
comthe eastern part of the city,
prises five acres, and has recentnumly been planted with a large
mated
various kinds.
moderate estimate, one thousand
persons from abroad are constantly
here for the purposes of receiving
situated
opposite the northern angle of the
original town plot, and encloses
seventeen acres and two thirds. It
divided bv avenues and alleys
The Public Cemetery
is
instruction.
is
length
into family fots, 32 feet in
and IS in breadth. There is a grave
and silent grandeur in this place ;
would appear more beautiful
were it shaded by native trees in
hut
it
Lomhardy poplars.
State Hospital is located at
New Haven. It is a large and
commodious building of stone, very
elevated
favorably situated on
ground, in the western part of the
stead of
The
city.
One
daily and four
weekly news-
papers, and one religious weekly
The
sheet, are published here.
Daily Herald was the earliest daily
p^per issued
in this state,
it
at 14,000.
As a seat of education. New
Haven is justly celebrated. At a
ber of native ornamental trees of
Vale College is one of the most
ancient and celebrated institutions
of learning in the country, and numbers among her academical graduates, 4,824 persons.
The Mineral Collection, well
known as the most extensive in the
country, occupies a spacious and
well lighted apartment.
The Telescope belonging to the
college was made by Dolland, and
prese'nted by Mr. Sheldon Clark,
It is an achromatic of
of Oxford.
aperture and ten feet
five inches
an
focal length, and is considered
instrument of great excellence.
having
been commenced here November
See Re£:ister.
Beside's the College libraries, there
of
are in the city several libraries
and importance.
The other periodical considerable extentbelonging to Mr.
1832.
them, that
Among
publications of the place, are the
IthielTown deserves to be particuYale Literary j\Ias;azine, edited
precious
larized. This is a large and
by the students of Yale College ;
of books, principally on
Spectator, collection
the Quarterly Christian
other fine arts,
reputation, architecture and the
a work of established
of
together with many volumes
which began as a monthly in 13iy,
It is
and rarity.
of that series gi^at antiquity
and after ten volumes
lithe most complete architectural
its
26
been completed, adopted
present form, in which it has reachthe
ed its tenth volume ; and
Journal of Science and
American
Arts, edited by Professor Silliman.
had
This important periodical was commenced in 1819, and has arrived at
outlived
the 35th volume, having
many
of
its
temporaries.
done
much
early European
con-
work which has
the advancement of
It is a
for
on
science, and reflects great honor
as
the nation and city of its birth,
well as on its distinguished editor.
It is
brary in the United States.
in
placed beyond the reach of fire,
elegant building on Hillhouse
an
in
avenue. In 1837, there were
New Haven 43 well conducted
academies and private schools,
some cf which were of an elevated
public
character for females. The
Ihe
well sustained.
schools are
is
annual expenditure for schools
$30,000. The whole number
about
of p'.jpilsis about 2,500.
There areinNe\\ Haven several
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
institutions for the promotion of the
science, industry and comfort of its
inhabitants.
New Haven
capital,
employs an extensive
and a large number of per-
sons.
The Connecticut Academy of Arts
The foreign commerce of New
and Sciences was incorporated in Haven is principally confined
to
It has published one volume the West
1799.
India Islands, with which
of Memoirs, (8 vo. 1810—1813, pp.
;) but since the establishment of
Prof. Silliman's Journal of Science,
412
their
Memoirs have appeared
in that
work.
The American Geological Society was incorporated in 1819.
Its collection of specimens is connected with the mineral cabinet of
Yale College.
The Yale JVatural History
So-
ciety has existed four years, and
has a considerable collection of
birds, shells, minerals, plants, &c.
Its transactions have hitherto been
made public through Prof. Silliman's Journal of Science.
The
a considerable trade
Tonnage of the
A
es
daily
The
many
difficulties
ments,
is
a
new
;
among which are boots, shoes, carpets, and rugs of a superior quality,
stoves, locks, paper, books, hats,
tin
iron
and
cabinet
castings,
wares, muskets,
machinery, sashes,
window blinds, &c.
The manufacturing interest of
now
Northamp-
New
A
and embarrass-
way to give
the business of
line of packet boats
in a fair
impulse
the city.
runs daily
The JVew and
New
New Haven and
ton Canal connects the waters of
Connecticut river at the latterplace,
with the harbor of this city. This
great work, having surmounted
tution of great utility.
Haven Horticultural Society and
the Orphan Asylum are well supported and highly beneficial.
The mechanics of
Haven
have long been distinguished for
their industry, intelligence and love
of knowledge.
As early as 1807
they established the Mechanics' Society, for the promotion of the useful arts, and the encouragement of
industry and merit. The society
is in a prosperous condition.
The
young mechanics have, moreover,
established for their mutual improvement, the Young Mechanics'
Institute.
The plan has been prosecuted with zeal and success.
The Institute has a cabinet of minerals
a collection of philosophical
apparatus, and several hundred volumes of books. The manufactures
of New Haven are numerous;
communication with that
city.
is
insti-
carried on.
1837,
9,559 tons.
line of packets plies between
this and New York city, and an excellent line of steam-boats furnish-
Mutual Aid Association
an
is
district, in
to
between Northampton
Haven, and promises to
be well sustained.
The
New Haven
and Hartford
Rail- Road is now in the course of
construction, and will probably be
completed during the present year.
finished it must prove of
great importance to the interests of
When
the place.
The village of Fair Haven is
built on both sides the Quinnipiack,
and about one half of it lies within
the limits of the city of
Haven.
This village has grown to its
present importance with great rapid-
New
and now carries on an extensive and thriving business.
It has
two churches, and a large and prosperous high school, known as the
Fair Haven Institute.
The village of Westville contains
about 700 inhabitants.
Manufactures and agriculture constitute the
ity,
chief business of the place.
New Haven may justly boast of
many distinguished men who made
that
city their favorite
The names
residence.
David Wooster,
of Nathan Whiting, of Roger Sherman, of James Hillof
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER
HOUSE, and many others, will never be forgotten.
How large a part of the United
States is indebted for its prosperity
genius of Eli
to the inventive
"Whitney, late a citizen of
" The commerce, the
Haven ?
business of the world, has been essentially modified and increased
through the operation of his principal invention, the cotton gin ; and
the substantial convenience and enjoyment of mankind have, by the
same means, been extended and are
extending, to a degree which no
man can calculate."
This City of Groves is a very
delightful place
it probably concentrates more charms than any
city of its age and population in the
world.
New
:
Newingtou,
Rockingham
co.
TS,
The
soil is
genex-
;
cepting near the waters, where it
yields good crops of grain and grass.
At Fox point, in the N. W. part of
the
town,
Piscataqua
thrown over the river
bridge
to
Goat
is
isl-
and, and thence to Durham shore.
The bridge was erected in 1793, is
2,600 feet long, and 40 wide ; cost
Newington was origin$65,401.
ally a part of Portsmouth and Dover,
and was early settled. It was disannexed, and incorporated in July,
1764.
Newington was among the settlements early exposed to the ravages of the Indians. In May, 1690,
a party of Indians, under a sagamore of the name of Hoophood, attacked Fox point, destroyed several houses, killed 14 persons, and
They were imtook 6 prisoners.
mediately pursued by the inhabitants, who recovered some of the
captives and a part of the plunder,
after a severe action, in which
Hoophood was wounded.
Newington is 42 miles E.
Hillsborough co.
This town is
50 miles S. S. W. from Concord, 70
W. S. W. from Portsmouth, and 50
N. W. by W, from Boston.
The
town
watered by many rivulets,
is
by the Souhegan
which is formed by the juncof two streams; the W. issu-
but principally
river,
tion
ing from a small pond on the Pasture mountain, so called
the S.
;
from two ponds in Ashburnham,
Mass., near the base of Watatick
Over this river is a stone
bridge, built in 1817.
It is 156 feet
long, 22 feet wide and 42 feet high,
resting on a single arch of split
cost $3,500.
The first cotstone
ton factory in the state was built in
There are now
this town, in 1803.
4 cotton fixctories, and in other reIpswich has become an
spects
important manufacturing town.
Pratt's and Hoar's ponds contain
Here is fine
about 50 acres each.
pasture land, and under cultivation,
Indian corn, rye, oats, barley, potatoes, beans, turnips, &c., are pro-
hill.
;
New
H.
erally sandy and unproductive
We-4v Ipswiclij W. II,
S.
E,
from Concord, and 5 W. from Portsmouth. Population, 1830, 549.
duced
The
in
abundance.
Ipswich academy was
New
incorporated June 18, 1789.
Its
funds are large.
The principal village is in the
centre of the town, in a pleasant
Many of the
and fertile valley.
dwelling-houses are of brick, and
are elegant in appearance.
New Ipswich was first settled
prior to 1749, and was incorporated
by charter, Sept.
9, 1762.
minister was the Rev.
Stephen Farrar, a native of Lincoln, Mass., where he was born
He was ordained
Oct. 22, 1733.
Oct. 22, 1760 ; died June 23, 1809,
The
first
aged 71.
New Ipswich has produced many who have become eminent as
patriots, merchants, and men of
science.
Population, 1830, 1,673.
Nov
liimei'ick,
Washington
co.
Me.
In 1837,
this
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
W. averages about 26 miles, and
has a medium breadth of about 20
miles.
This county possesses superior maritime advantages, having an
East."
extensive border on Long Island
TXew liOndon, N. H.
SoundjWhich affords numerous bays,
Merrimack co. It is 30 miles W. inlets and harbors. Excepting a small
N. W. from Concord, and 12 E. section, principally in the town of
Population, 1830, Lyme, no portion of the county can
from Newport.
Lake Sunapee separates this be considered as mountainous, but it
913.
town from Wendell, and is the is generally hilly and elevated, and
principal source of Sugar river.
comprises a small proportion of alluThere are three considerable ponds. vial. The hills and elevated tracts
Little Sunapee pond, 1 1-2 miles in are considerably rough and stony.
length and 3-4 of a mile in width, The lands in general are not adapted
to grain culture, although upon the
lies in the W. part, and empties its
Har- intervales and other tracts Indian
waters into lake Sunapee.
vey's and Messer's ponds, near the corn is raised to advantage, and to a
The princicentre of the town, are the princi- considerable extent.
They pal agricultural interests depend
pal sources of Warner river.
are about a mile in length and 3-4 very much upon grazing. The waof a mile in breadth, and are sepa- ters of the county are abundant and
On the south it is washed
rated by a bog, many parts of which valuable.
Pleas- more than thirty miles by Long Islrise and fall with the water.
ant pond, in the N. part of New and Sound, part of its western borLondon, is nearly 2 miles long and der by Connecticut river, and the
The settlements of New interior of the county is watered and
1 wide.
London are formed principally on fertilized by the Thames and its
The branches. The fishing business is
three large swells of land.
more extensively carried on in this
soil is deep and generally good.
In the N. part are several eleva- county than in any other section of
tions.
In some parts the land is the state, and is an important branch
The manufacturing
rocky, but there is little not capable of industry.
of cultivation.
New London was business is carried on to considerincorporated in 1779.
Its tirst name
able extent in the northern part of
the county, and is increasing.
was Dantzick.
The damage sustained by the inIn 1837, this county contained
habitants of this town, by the vio- 41,387 sheep.
Population, in 1820,
lent whirlwind of Sept. 9, 1821, was 35,943 ; 1830, 42,201
81 inhabitestimated at ^9,000.
large rock ants to a square mile.
The tonnage
lying out of the ground, 100 feet of the district of New London, in
long, 50 wide and 20 high, was 1837, was 41,626 tons.
rent into two pieces, and thrown
New liOiidon, Ct.
about 20 feet asunder.
One of the shire towns of New
Ne^v liondon County, Ct.
London county. The first English
JVew London and JVorwich are settlement in New London comthe county towns.
New London menced in 1646. It is situated on
county is bounded N. by Windham, the west bank of the river Thames.
Tolland and Hartford counties, E. In its territorial limits it is much
by Windham county and the state of the smallest of any town in the
Rhode Island, S. by Long Island state, being about 4 miles in length
Sound, and W.by the county of Mid- from north to south, and averages
dlesex.
Its avei-age length from E.
about 3-4 of a mile in breadth.
town was incorporated it then had
124 inhabitants and produced 1,780
See " Down
bushels of wheat.
;
to
it
:
A
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
The
city of
New London
is
situated
Long
Island Sound,
and is a port of entry.
It is 42
miles southeast from Hartford, 13
south from Norwich, and 53 east
from
Haven,
Population, in
Lon. 72° 9' W., lat.
1830, 4,356.
3 miles from
New
41°
0'
The
25" N.
city
is
princi-
pally built on a declivity, which
descends to the east and south. On
the summit of the liigh ground,
back of the most populous part of
the city, the observer has a fine
prospect of the surrounding country. The city is irregularly laid out,
owing to the nature of the ground
on which
it
is
built,
being
much
incumbered with granite rocks.
The houses are not so handsome in
their outward appearance, as might
be reasonably expected, considering
the wealth of the inhabitants.
In
the course of a few years past, however, a spirit of improvement in this
respect has taken place, and many
buildings have been erected which
are elegant in their appearance.
Some of the streets have been straitened and leveled, by blasting the
granite rocks with which they were
disfigured.
These rocks afford an
excellent material for the construction of buildings, and it is believed
that no city in this country has the
advantages of
London, in this
particular, where the materials for
erecting houses can be found in
The harbor is one of
their streets.
the best in the United States, being
New
large, safe, and
commodious, hav-
It is 3
ing five fathoms of water.
miles long, and rarely obstructed
with ice. During the extreme cold
in January, 1835, while the navigation of the harbor of New York
was closed by the ice, the harbor of
New
London remained open and
degree
as the port of Connecticut
the impediments in which
frequently prevent its being navigable for large vessels fully laden. The
whale fishery and sealing business is
an important branch of commerce.
About a million of dollars is devoted to its prosecution.
In 1834, upwards of thirty ships and 900 men
river,
and boys were employed in
this
business.
The city is defended by two forts,
Fort Trumbull and Fort Griswold.
Fort Trumbull stands on the New
London side of the Thames, about
a mile below the city.
It is situated on the rocky extremity of a peninsula extending eastward into the
river.
This fort is a station for
L'nited States soldiers.
Fort Griswold is on the E. side of the Thames,
on a commanding eminence opposite the city, in the town of Groton.
New London has been rendered
conspicuous for its sufferings during
the revolutionary war, and the theOn the
atre of hostile operations.
6th of September, 1781, a large
proportion of this town v»as laid in
The
ashes by Benedict Arnold.
following account of this transaction
is taken from the Connecticut Gazette, printed at New London, Sept.
7, 1781.
" About daybreak on Thursday
morning last, 24 sail of the enemy's
shipping appeared to the westward
of this harbor, which by many were
be a plundering party
alarm guns were immediately fired, but the discharge of
cannon in the harbor has become so
frequent of late, that they answered little or no purpose. The defenceless state of the fortifications and
the town are obvious to our readers;
supposed
to
after stock
;
few of the inhabitants, who were
advanced towards the
where the enemy were
place
unobstructed.
From the excellent maritime location of New London, the naviga-
a
commercial and fishing business, has ever been the principal
Their
pursuit of the inhabitants.
fine harbor has served in a great
thought likely to make their landing, and manoeuvred on the heights
tion,
equipped,
adjacent, until the enemy about 9
o'clock landed in two divisions, and
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
men each, one of them
Brown's farm, near the lighthouse, the other at Groton Point
about 800
at
the division that landed near the
light-house marched up the road,
keeping up large flanking parties,
who were attacked in different places on their march by the inhabitants,
to
who had
oppose
spirit
their
and resolution
The
progress.
killed and wounded,
they found that further resistance
would be in vain, and resigned the
fort."
See Groton, Ct.
their party
The
town, and set fire to the
stores on the beach, and immediately after to the dwelling-houses lying
on the Mill Cove.
The scattered
fire of our little parties, unsupported
by our neighbors more distant, galled them so that they soon began to
retire, setting fire promiscuously on
their way.
The fire from the stores
communicated to the shipping that
lay at the wharves, and a number
others swung to sinwere burnt
gle fast, and remained unhurt.
" At 4 oclock, they began to quit
the town with great precipitation,
and were pursued by our brave citzens with the spirit and ardor of veterans, and driven on board their
boats.
Five of the enemy were
killed, and about twenty wounded
among the latter is a Hessian captain, who is a prisoner, as are seven
We lost four killed and ten
others.
or twelve wounded, some mortally.
" The most valuable part of the
town is reduced to ashes, and all
the stores. Fort Trumbull, not being tenable on the land side, was
evacuated as the enemy advanced,
and the few men in it crossed the
river to Fort Griswold, on Groton
;
;
Hill,
which was soon
25th,
The
fort
having
in
only
it
about 120 men, chiefly militia hastthey defended it with
the greatest resolution and bravery,
and once repulsed the enemy but
the fort being out of repair, could
not be defended by such a handful
of men, though brave and determined, against so superior a number; and after having a number of
ily collected,
:
transitory
this
scene, February
Anno Domini,
179G, in the 68th
age, and the 12th of his
year of his
Episcopal consecration.
Ingenious without pride, learned
without pedantry, good without severity, he was duly qualified to discharge
the duties of tlie Cliristian and the
Bishop. In the pulpit he enforced Religion ; in his conduct he exemplified
it.
The poor he assisted with his charity ; the ignorant he blessed with his
instruction.
The friend of men, he
ever designed their good 5 the enemy
of vice, he ever opposed it. Christian
dost thou aspire to happiness 1
Seabury has shown the way that leads
!
to
it.
"An epitaph on Captaine Richard
Lord, deceased May 17, 1662.—
JEtatis svBe 51.
....
Bright starre of ovr chivallrie
here
To the state a covnsillovr fvll deare
And to ye trvth a friend of sweete
content
To Hartford towne a silver ornament
Who can deny to poore he was releife
And in composing paroxyies he was
lies
cheife
To marchantes
as a patterne
he might
new by
sea and
stand
Adventring dangers
land."
MeAv Market, W. H.
division that landed at the
point.
the inscription
Here lyeth the body of Samukl
after invested
by the
is
Seabury, D. D. Bishop of Connecticut and Rhode Island^ who departed
main body of the enemy proceeded from
to the
following
on Bishop Seabury's monument
Rockingham
CO.
It lies 36 miles
from Concord, and 12 W. by
from Portsmouth.
Population,
S. E.
S.
1830, 2,013.
Piscassick
i-iver
passes
through
Durham. The Lamprey river washes its N. E. boundary, as does the Swamscot the S.
The soil is good, and agriculE.
tural pursuits are here crowned
with much success.
There are
this
town
into
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
several pleasant and thriving villages, in which are large and valuable manufactures.
Market was originally a
part of Exeter, and was detached
and incorporated, 1727.
Mrs. Fanny Shute, who died in
this town September, 1819, was respected not only for her excellent
qualifies, but the adventures of her
When 13 months old, she
youth.
was taken by a party of Indians,
can-ied to Canada, and disposed of
educated in a nunto the French
nery, and after remaining 13 years
New
—
in captivity,
was redeemed and
re-
stored to her friends.
Daniel Brackett recently died in
town. He weighed 5G0 lbs.
this
Kew
Marlboroiigli, Mass.
Berkshire co. There is a large
pond in this town, and a branch of
Housatonlek liver. The surface is
uneven, and the soil best adapted
It was incorporated in
and lies 135 miles S. W. by
W. from Boston, and 20 S. by E.
Population, in 1837,
from Lenox.
for gi-azing.
175i),
1,570.
There are two caverns in this
The
town, containing stalactites.
manufactures consist of leather,
boots, shoes, chairs, cabinet ware,
and a variety of sawed lumber.
The products of the dairy are considerable, and about 1,600 sheep are
pastured.
Xew
Milford, Ct.
This township is
Litchfield CO.
hilly and broken, several mountainous ridges extending through it.
The soil is much diversified, and
where susceptible of cultivation, it
is generally good ; but on the whole
more distinguished for grain than
There are, however, large
grass.
of excellent meadow
ground, but the pasturage is, on the
whole, not abundant. It is essen-
quantities
farming town. For some
time after the white people come
here, an Indian chief, or sachem,
tially a
25
named Werauliamaug, had
a pal-
standing near the Great falls,
where he resided. On the inner
walls of this palace, (which were
of bark with the smooth side inwards,) were pictured every known
species of beast, bird, fish and insect, from the largest to the smallace
This was said to have been
done by artists whom a friendly
est.
prince at a
him
great distance sent to
Solomon.
to
Hiram did
The town of New
for that purpose, as
Milford was purchased of the Colof Connecticut by a company of
individuals chiefly belonging to JNIilford, and was first settled in 1707.
The first biidge that was ever built
over the Housatonick river, from
the sea to its source was built in this
town in 1737. The village of New
the
Milford is very handsome
streets are wide and well shaded.
It lies 36 nulesN. W. from New
Haven, and IS S. W. fron) Litchfield. Population, 1830,3,979. The
territory of this town is larger than
any other in the state it is 13 by 6
1-2 miles. The town is well watered, and has some manufactures.
There are large quantities of granite ard marble, and the town produces large quantities of grain and
wool for market.
ony
;
:
Ne"»vport, Me.
Penobscot co. This is a fine farming town, and watered by a large
and beautiful pond which empties
It lies 50
into Sebasticook river.
miles N. E. from Augusta and 24
AV. from Bangor. Population, 1S37,
1,088. Wheatci'opsame year, 5,173
bushels. This town contains a pleasant village and some mills.
Ifetvport, X. H.
Shire town, Sullivan county.
Ita
central situation and its Avater power, together with the enterpiising
spirit of its inhabitants, has rendered Newport a place of considerable
business.
It is
40 miles
W.by N.trom
Concord, about 35 N. from Keene,
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
S. E. from Windsor, Vt.
the centre of the town, and
the confluence of the E. and S.
branches of Sugar river and the
Croydon turnpike, is a handsome
village.
In general the soil is rich
ajid productive.
Sugar river flow^s
through this town, and its three
branches unite near the village,
whence it passes through Claremont
into the Connecticut.
On the eastern branch are situated, principally
near the village, large and valuable
manufacturing
establishments.
There are other mills in ditferent
parts of the town.
There are a
few eminences, designated as Bald,
and 14 E.
Near
of the island is very rich, and
under the management of skilful
farmers is made to produce in great
abundance all the varieties of gi-ains,
grasses, vegetai>ies, fruits and flowsoil
ers
common
to its latitude.
remarkable that not only this
island, but the county generally,
It is
should be so fertile.
The pooi-est
lands in New England are generally on the sea board; but as it regards this county, few sections of
the interior present a better soil.
From the earliest settlement of
the country, this county has been
engaged in commerce and the iishThese interests are now in a
evy.
set-
flourishing condition ; and manufacturing establishments are increasing, by the aid of steam power.
In 1S37 there were 37,340
sheep in the county.
tlers
were principally from Killingworth, Ct. Tliis town is noted
Newport county is bound N. by
Mount Hc<r)9 bay, and Bristol coun-
good schools and its various
charitable societies.
Population,
1830, 1,913.
ty,
Coitand East mountains, and BlueNewport was granted
berry hill.
by charter in 1761. The tirst effort towards a settlement was made
in the fall of 17G3.
The
tirst
for its
Newport, Vt.
E. by said county of
by the Atlantic ocean,
and W. by Narraganset bay. Area,
Mass.
Bristol
;
;
S.
136 square miles. Population, 1820,
1830, 16,535.
Population
15,771
to a square mile, 122.
;
This town is sepaOrleans co.
rated from Derby by Memphremagog lake, and is watered by a branch
of Missisque river. It lies 48 miles
N. by E. from Montpelier, and 10
N. from Irasburgh.
Population,
1830, 284.
NcAvport County, R.
I.
JVeivport is the chief town. This
county comprises seven towns and
a number of islands; but the most
interesting section of it is the isl-
and of Rhode Isbnd, from which
the state derives its name.
This
island is about 15 miles in length,
and has a mean breadth of two miles
and a half.
The surface presents an interesting
variety of moderate eminences and
declivities, which render the sceneValuable minery very pleasing.
rals are found on the isbind, and
fossil
coal,
difficult of
found in large
ignition,
quantities.
is
The
Newport, R.
I.
Chief town of Newport county,
and one of ihe seats of the state legIt is in N. latitude 41^ 23'
20", and W. longitude 71^ 21' 14":
5 miles from the sea, 30 miles S.
by E. from Pi-ovidence, 70 S. S. W.
from Boston, and 153 from
York, by water. The township lies
in an irregular and somewhat of a
semicircular form, about 6 miles in
In cohjlength and 1 in breadth.
rnon with the whole island of Rhoie
islature.
New
Island, on
ted,
the
which Newport
soil
is
ii
situa-
remarkably
fertile
and under good cultivation.
The
surface is undulating, presenting a
great variety of delightful scenei-y.
The waters of Narraganset bay at
this place are unrivalled for beauty
and convenience. The harbor of
Newport is considered one of the
it
best on ^the coast of America
:
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
has sufficient depth of water for the
largest class of vessels, is exceedingly easy of access iVosn (he ocean,
and sufficiently capacious to conThis harbor is
tain whole fleets.
admirably defended by forts Wolcott. Green and Adams, and wul!
probably soon become a naval de-
Newport was first settled by
William Codington and his associates
pot,
The growth
town
was so rapid for the first hundred
years, that in 1733 there were 7
in 163S.
of the
worshipping assemblies, and 100 sail
belonged to the port.
of vessels
Newport suffered severely during the revolutionary war, and was
for a long time in possession of the
Alter tlie war it revived
enenjy.
again, but the more favorable location of Piovidence for an interior
commerce, depiived it of a large
portion of its original business.
Newport
however
retains
its
former character for foreign comnumber
merce and the fisheiy.
A
of vessels are now engaged in the
whaling business, and manufacturing establishments have recently
been put into operation by steam
power, which promise success.
Ship and boat building and the manufacture of cordage are carried on
The domestic fisheextensively.
ry is to Newport an important reThere is piobably no place
sourse.
in the world where a greater variety of fish, or of a better quality, are
found. About sixty different kinds,
comprising almost every species of
fin and shell fish, fit for the table, are taken in great abundance
around the shoi-es of Narraganset.
The tonnage of the district of Newport, in 1837, was 11,498 ions.
The compact part of the town is
built on a beautiful site, facing the
harbor in a southeasterly direction.
The main street extends more than
The buildings
a mile in length.
on this and other streets and on
Washington square are neatly built,
and some of them are very handsome
The marks of aoe which
some of these buildings bear, with
the excellent
in
state of preservation
which they appear, give them a
grace not found in
of
many
of those
more modern construction.
Although this ancient town has
passed through
many
vicissitudes
and changes of fortune, still it continues to advance in the number of
its people.
Population, in 1820,
7,319; 1830, 8,010.
Newport is celebrated for its
beauty and the salubrity of its climate.
From these circumstances,
and from the numerous inviting
objects which surround it, it has
become a favorite resort for visitors
and in no
from warmer climates
;
place can
the
summer
season
be
more enjoyed than amid the charms
of Newport.
Oliver Hazzard Perry,
the
Lake Erie, Sept. 10, 1813,
was born at Newport, in 1785.
He died in the West Indies, in 1820.
victor on
A monument is erected to his memory.
TXew Portland, Me.
Franklin co. This town is finely
watered by two branches of Seven
This is one of the
Mile brook.
finest farming towns in the county.
It produced, in 1837, 10,451
Population,
bushels of wheat.
same year, 1,476. This town has a
pleasant village, a number of
mills and other manufactories.
saw
It
48 miles N. N. W. from Augusta, and 18 N. by E. from FarmingIncorporated, 1808.
ton.
lies
NcM'ry, Me.
Oxford CO. A branch of Androscoggin river waters this town, and
It
affords it good mill privileges.
lies 63 miles W. from Augusta, and
25 N. W. from Paris. Population,
1837, 412.
Incorporated, 1805.
Ne^v Salem, Mass.
This town is bounded N. by Miller's river, and lias a
good water power. It lies 74 miles
Franklin co.
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
W
N. W. from Boston, and 17 E.
from Greenfield. This is a
pleasant town of elevated surface,,
and good soil for grazing. PopulaS. E.
The manufaction, 1837, 1,255.
tures of the town, consist of palmleaf hats, boots, shoes, leather,
straw bonnets, and ploughs. Incorporated, 1753.
^ew gliaron, Me.
Franklin, co. This town is watered on the northwest side by Sandy
river, and is bounded south by Vienna. The soil is admirably adapted to agricultural purposes. PopuWheat ciop,
lation, 1S37, 1,771^
same year, 8,132 bushels.
It lies
26 miles N. W. from Augusta. Incorporated, 1794.
Charles river in this town. The
good, and
is generally very
There are 2
highly cultivated.
woolen, and 5 paper
1
cotton,
mills in the town, and manufactures
soil
of nails, rolled iron, candles, vitriol, barilla, chaises, harnesses, morocco, leather, boots, shoes, machinery, chairs, and cabinet vv aie ;
the value of which, the year end-
ing Apiil
^815,872.
co.
about 14 miles S. S. W. from Judith
Point, and 13 N. E. from Montauk
Point, on Long Island, N. Y. It is
about 8 miles in length, and varies
from 2 to 4 miles in width. It has
several ponds, which cover about a
seventh part of the island.
The
surface of the town is uneven
in
some parts elevated. The soil is a
sandy, gravelly loam, and quite
productive.
This island was once
;
and good daipeople are mostly fishermen they have no harbor, and
peat is their only fuel. Population,
1830, 1,185.
Incorporated, 1672.
Its Indian name was jyianisses.
ries.
:
Kewton, Mass.
Middlesex
co.
A
very beautiand manufacturing
town, the JSTonantum
W. by
of the In-
from Boston,
12 S. E. from Concord, and 7 N.
from Dedham. Charles river washes the borders of this town 15 miles,
and, by two fallsof considerable extent, affords it a great and valuable
water power. Nine bridges cross
dians, 7 miles
S.
to
incorpo-
;
A
Rockingham
co., lies 40 miles S.
Concord, and 27 S. S. W.
from Portsmouth.
Country pond
lies in Newtown and Kingston, and
two other small ponds connect by
outlets with its waters.
The soil
produces good crops of grain or
grass.
Joseph Barllett first settled
in this town, in 1720.
Bai-tlett was
taken prisoner by the Indians at
Haverhill, in 1708, and remained a
captive in Canada about 4 years.
E. from
Population, 1830, 510.
KcM'towii, Ct.
for its cattle
The
ful, agricultural
amounted
Kewtowii, M. H.,
This town com-
prises the island of Block Island.
The island lies in the open sea,
famous
1837,
Newton was
rated in 1691 ; it foimerly comprised the town of Cambridge, and
is noted as the birth place and residence of many distinauished men.
Population, 1830, 2,S11
1837,
Theological Seminary
3,037.
was established in this town, in
1825.
See Begister.
JSfew gSioreliam, K,. I.
Newport
1,
Fairfield co.
This town was incorporated in 1708.
It is watered
by Patatuck river, the Indian name
of the place.
It
lies
25 miles
W.
N. W. from New Haven, 10 E.
from Danbury, and 22 N. from Fairfield.
Population, 1830, 3,100.—
The surface of the town is hilly
;
many
of the eminences are extensive and continuous.
The soil is
principally a gravelly loam, generally fertile and productive.
It is
well adapted to the culture of grain,
and is also favorable for fruit, there
being many valuable orchards in the
town. The borough of Newtown
beautifully situated on high
is
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
commands an extensive
prospect, and contains some handground
it
;
some buildinos.
flourisliing village of
The
Sandy
situated about 1 1-2 miles
N. E. of the central part of Newtown, at the foot of a rocky eminence or bluff, from the top of which
Hook
is
a fine prospect of the surroundfine mill stream
ing country.
(the Patatuck) runs in a northerly
course through the village, at the
base of the cliff, which rises almost
perpendicular to the height of 160
is
A
a cotton factory, at the
Near
feet.
northern extremity of the village,
some
traces of coal
have been
dis-
covered. The village contained, in
1834, 1 cotton, 1 hat, 1 comb and
2 woolen factories. There was also
1 machine shop, and 1 establish-
ment
for
working
brass.
Kc%v Vineyard, Me.
Franklin
co.
This town
is
wa-
tered by a branch of Seven Mile
The surface of the tov.n is
brook.
uneven, but the soil, generally, is
It produced, in 1837,
productive.
Popula7,063 bushels of wheat.
Incorporattion, same year, 870.
it lies 40 miles N. W.
ed, 1802.
from Augusta, and 8 N. by E. from
Farmington.
Jfotoleljorougli,
Me.
Norfolk County, Mass.
This
Chief town, Dedham.
county is hounded N. E. by Boston
harbor, N. by Suffolk county, W.
by the S. E. corner of Worcester
county, S. by the N. E. corner of
the state of Rhode Island, and S.
S. E. and E. by the counties of BrisArea, about
tol and Plymouth.
Population, in
400 square miles.
1820,36,4.52; in 1830, 41,901; in
Taken from Suffolk
1837, 50,399.
county in 1793.
This county has a maritime coast
on Boston harbor of about 12 miles,
which is indented with many small
bays and navigable rivers. Its surface is uneven, and in some parts
Its soil is generally strong
hilly.
and rocky. Much of the dark colored granite, or sienite, is found
A large part of Norfolk
here.
county, particularly those towns
near Boston, is under a high state
of cultivation, and affords fruits and
vegetables in great abundance.
The proximity' of this county to
the capital gives it many facilities ;
and the towns in this, and in the
county of Middlesex, that border
on Boston harbor, may be called the
It contains
Gardens of Boston.
22 towns, and 126 inhabitants to a
square mile. The Charles, Neponset, and Manatiquot are its chief
rivers.
This town lies on
the east side of the upper waters
It is a
of Damariscotta river.
Lincoln
co.
Many
place of considerable trade.
ships are built here, and a large
number of vessels are employed in
the coasting trade. The soil of the
town is generally good, and considerable attention is paid by the inhabitants to agricultural pursuits.
38 miles S. E. from Augusta,
and 11 E. from Wiscasset. PopulaIncor., 1788.
tion, 1837, 1,999.
It lies
No-^Ions-Iiand, Mas-s.
A
ledge of rocks,
Dukes CO.
the most southern part of the state.
It lies 7 miles S. from Gay Head.
25*
In 1837, this county contained
The value of the
2,054 sheep.
manufactures in the county, the
year ending April 1, 1837, was
The value of the
$6,466,010.
fishery, the same year, wa§ $244,927.
Norfolk, Ct.
The settlement
Litchfield co.
It lies
of Norfolk began in 1744.
35 miles W. N. W, from Hartford,
and 17 N. from Litchfield. Population, 1830, 1,485.
This town is elevated and mounThe soil is a primitive,
tainous.
2;ravelly loam, generally cold and
stony, but has considerable depth.
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
and
good grazing. Formerquantities of sugar were
from the maple more than
ed the 23d of August, 1833, by
Bishop Fenwick, to his memory.
have been manufactured
standing on a square base of the
same material, having the following inscription
Sebastianus Rasles natione Galluse Societate Jesu missionius, per
aliquot annos Illinois et Huronibus
priinum evangelanns, deinde per
34 annos Abenaquis, fide et charitate Christi verus Apostolus, periculus arinoruui intenitus se pio suis
oribus mori paratum soepius testificans, inter arma et cocdes ac Pagi
affbrds
ly large
made
:
20,000
lbs.
but since the
a single season
land has been cleared by progressive settlements, and in consequence
of the destruction of the maple
trees by some tornadoes, the business has greatly declined.
The
dairy business comprises the principal interests of the town.
stream, called Blackberry river,
runs near the centre of the place,
and a little westward of the congregational church falls over a ledge
of rocks 30 feet in height.
This is
an excellent site for mills, of which
there are several near this spot.
in
;
A
There is a handsome village, with
an open square or green in front of
the church, which is uncommonly
neat and beautiful in its appearance.
About half a mile north is another
village, in which are 'two woolen
and three scythe factories.
Norridgewocic, Me.
Chief town of Somerset co. This
town is situated on both sides of
Kennebec
It is a plain granite
pyraoiidal shaft,
:
Norridgewock,
Nanarantsouak
et
Ecclesiae suae minas, hoc in ipso
loco, cecidit tandem optimus pastor,
die 23 Augusti, A. D. 1724, ipsi et
Christo defunctis Monuposuit Benidictus Fenwick, Espiscopus Bostoniensis dedicavitque 23 Augusti, A. D. 1S33.
A. M. D. G.
filius in
mentum hoc
Nonidgewock
village
is
situated
on the north side of the river, directly in the bend, five miles west
of Skowhegan falls.
It is one of
the most pleasant and delightful
villages, especially in the
summer,
28 miles N.
from Augusta. Incorporated, 178S.
Population, 1837, 1,955.
Its sur-
street ia
lined with ornamental trees, some
of them venerable for age and mag-
is diversified with hills of a
moderate elevation, the soil various,
but generally good and well culti-
nitude, extending their long arms
quite across the street, forming a
beautiful avenue from east to west.
On the south side of the river, connected by a bridge, is a pleasant and
rapidly increasing village.
The public buildings consist of
a church and court house, on the
north side of the river, and on the
south, a female academy, and a free
church at "Oak Hill," about 5
miles from the village.
This section of country is remarkable for its luxuriant giowth of the
few years since, one
white pine.
of these trees was cut for a canoe
the
river,
face
w;jeat"crop,
vated.
hushel'j.
the
site
1837, 10,299
This town was formerly
of the celebrated tribe
of
Norridgewock Indians. Their village was situated at the foot of Norridgewock falls, in the N. W. part
of the town, and the border of Madison.
The tribe had a church, the
bell of which was dug up a few
years since, and placed in the cabinet at Bowdoin college. The tribe
was destroyed by a party of 1G8
men, sent out from Massachusetts
for that puipose, commanded by
Capt. Moulton, on the afternoon of
August 23, 1724. Among the killed was the noted Jesuit missionary, Ralle. A monument was erect-
The main
in the state.
A
Its lergth was 154 feet and measur
ed 4 1-2 feet in diameter.
North Hampton, N. H.,
Rockingham
co.,
formerly con-
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
sfituting the parish
called
J\''orth
Hill,^n Hampton, lies on the sea
coast 50 miles S. E. by E. from
Concord, and 9 S. by W. from Ports-
mouth.
Little river rises in the low
grounds in the north part of the
town, and after running southeast
one or two miles, takes an east
course, falling into the sea between
Little Boar's head, in this town and
Great Boar's head, in Hampton.
Winnicut river rises near the centre of the town, and passes northwest into Great bay.
in 1742, the
town was incorporated. Population,
1830, 767.
]\^ortliainptoii,
Mass.
Chief town of Hampshire co. This
is a very beautiful town, delightfully situated on the west bank of Connecticut river, and united to Hadley
by a bridge. Since the first settlements on the Connecticut basin,
this town lias been an important
point of attraction.
This was the
thii-d town settled on Connecticut
river in this state.
Its Indian name
was JVonatuck. The soil of the
town is alluvial and its products exuberant.
Both before and since the
division of the old county into three,
this place has been the seat of jusThebuildings are handsome,
tice.
and the most important county offices are ^rc proof.
A tine stream
passes through the centre of the
town, possessing a good water power, on which are manufactories and
mills of vaiious kinds.
The manufactures of Northampton consist of woolen and silk goods,
boots, shoes, leather, paper, brooms,
chairs, iron, tin, and cabinet wares,
&c. ; total value the year ending
April 1, 1837, about $350,000. The
manufacture of sewing silk, ribbons, &c., is on a large scale, and
the most flourishing establishment
of the kind in this country.
In
1837, there were 3750 sheep sheared in the town ; the value of the
wool was $7,075.
This place has considerable river
and inland commerce, which will
be increa ed by the Hampshire and
Hampden canal, which meets the
Connecticut river here and terminates at
New
Haven.
This town was incorporated, in
1654 ; population, 1820, 2,854, and in
1S37, 3,576.
It is 91 miles W. from
Boston, 67 E. from Albany, 39 N.
from Hartford, 22 S.from Greenlield,
17 N. by V»'. from Spiingfield, and
376 from Washington.
There are many
institutions of a
religious character in
this town, and its schools are of the
first order.
The country aiound
the town is enchanting, and those
literary and
who visit Mount Holyoke, 830 feet
above the river, on the east side, or
Mount Tom, 1,200 feet above the
river, on the west side, will find
a wonderful variety of landscape
scenery, probably unsurpassed in
beauty by any in the New England States.
ZVorth Bervi'ick, Me.
York
CO.
This town was incor-
porated in 1831, and was taken fioni
the east side of Berwick.
It comprises a fine tract of land ; it is well
watered and very pleasant.
lation, 1837, 1,493.
S.
W.
Popu-
91 miles
from Augusta, and 13 N. W.
It lies
from York.
Nortliborougli, Mass.
Worcester co. This is a pleasant
farming town, of good soil, and watered by Assabet river.
It was incorporated in 1766, and lies 32 miles
W. from Boston, and 10 N. E. from
Worcester.
Population, 1830, 994
— 1S37, 1,224.
The manufactures of the (own
consist of cotton goods, boots, shoes,
leather, children's wagons, &,c.; annual amount about ^'75,000.
Nortlx Brauford, Ct.
New Haven
co.
This town was
incorporated in 1831, and was taken
range ot" mouufrom Branford.
A
�NE W ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
tains from the southwest to northeast passes through the central part
The inhabitants are
of the tOA^n.
gen3!ally substantial farmers, and
property is very equally distributed.
The face of the township is generally hilly, but the soil is strong and
fM-tile.
It lies 9 miles E. from
N3\v Flaven.
Population, 1832,
1,1 )0
About a mile southeast of the
No.-thford church, on Tetoket mountain, there is the appearance of having been,
at
some remote penod,
sOiUe violent convulsions in nature;
the rocks appear to have been rent
asunder, and are thrown about in
great disorder. Lead is said to have
been found near this spot, a mass
of it being discovered by a person
who was hunting, at the time of
the first settlement of the parish:
he hung up a pair of buck's horns
to designate the spot, but the place
could not be found afterwards.
RTortlibridge, I^Iass.
Vv'orcester
co.
The Blackstone
river and canal pass through
t!iis
pleasant manufactui-ing and agricultural town.
It has some excellent intervale land, and the soil of
the uplands produces grass, grain,
and vegetables in abundance. The
river here is beautiful, and produces
a great hydraulic power.
The
manufactures of the town consist
of cotton and woolen goods, cotton
and other small streams which empty into the Taunton. The surface of
the town is uneven, but the soil is
of a good quality, particularly for
Incorporated, 1821.
of the town
consist of cotton goods, boots, shoes,
hats, chairs, shoe tools, forks, hoes,
cabinet and wooden wares, &c.
total amount, the year ending April
1, 1837, $230,700.
We regret that this very pleasant town was not called Tlticut
or jYunketest, one of the Indian
names of the ancient territory.
This town was the first of the
three Bridgev^aters thathave sprung
grazing.
The manufactures
from Old Bridgewater, named after a
celebrated English Duke.
We can
see no good cause for attaching a
cardinal point of the compass to the
of any town, particularly one
of foreign derivation, when some
beautiful Indian name meets the ear
on the bank of almost every stream.
Had the noble Duke bequeathed to
good old motiier Bridgewater and
name
her three handsome daughters, (as
he did to the city of Manchester, )the
perpetual privilege of obtaining 140
pounds of coal (ov four pence, there
would appear some reason for perpetuating and extending the name.
.Some just remarks on the names
of towns appeared in the Providence Journal, which are worthy
of repetition.
"
Ijn"diajN-
Names.
The new
machinery, boots, shoes, &c. value, the year ending April 1, 1837,
Michigan has passed one
of the most sensible laws that was
$2? 1,000.
ever enacted. Its object is to preserve the noble and harmonious old
Indian names, which have been given to every river and lake and forest and mountain in our country,
and which, by a bad taste, have in
:
Northbridge lies 35 miles S. W.
by W. from Boston, and 13 S. E.
from Worcester.
Incorporated,
1772.
Population,
1337, 1,409.
1S30,
KTortli Bridge-ivater,
Plymouth
1,053;
Mass.
co.
This town lies 20
from Boston, 24 N. W. from
Plymouth, and 10 S. S. W. from
Weymouth Landing. Population,
1830, 1,953; 1837, 2,701.
It is
well watered bv Salisbury river
miles
S.
state
of
many instances, been displaced by
the hackneyed names of European
cities, or of distinguished men. The
law provides that no town shall be
named after any other place or after any man, without first obtaining the consent of the Legislature.
The consequence
is,
that
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
Michigan
Pinis and
Amsterdam
slates,
sister
she
London,
of
destitute
is
;
unlike her
boasts
neitlier
Thebe-;, Palmyra, Carthage or Troy.
No collection of log huts, wiih half
a dozen gioccry stores, has been
honored with the appellation of Liverpool, nor has any embi-yo city,
with a college or an academy, received the appropriate name of
Athens. She has no Moscow and
Morocco, in the same latitude ; and
noEdinburgh and Alexandria within
thirty miles of each other.
Babylon, Sparta and Corinth, though they
have been transplanted to other
parts of the Union, are destined never to flourish on the soil of Michigan.
No Fi'anklin or Greene or
Jefferson, no Washington, is to be
found in her borders. On the contrary, her rivers and lakes still retain the full, rich, swelling names
which were bestowed upon them by
men
towns
of the forests, and her
bear the names of the sturdy
chiefs
who once
the red
battled or hunted
Strange, when we
have such a noble nomenclature as
the Indians have left us, that we
should copy from the worn out
names of ancient cities, and which
awake no feelings but ridicule, by
the conti-ast between the old and the
new. Mohawk, Seneca, Massasoit,
Ontario, Erie, how infinitely supe-
in their streets.
rior
to
Paris,
London,
Fishville,
Buttertown, Bungtown, &c. The
feeling which prompts us to perpetuate the names of our revolutionary
heroes by naming towns after them,
is highly lionorable ; but it should
not be forgotten that frequent repcases where
unworthy of its
namesake) renders the name vulgar
etition (especially
the town
is
force of public opinion."
Xortli Brookiield, Mass.
Worcester
This town
co.
on
is
elevated ground it is of good soil,
well cultivated, well watered and
very pleasant.
It has a tine lish
pond, and lies 68 miles W. from
Boston, and IS W. from Worcester:
taken fiom Brookfield in 1802.
Population, 18.30, 1,241; 1837,1,509.
The agricultural products sent to
market are very considerable. The
manufactures of the town consist
of boots and shoes, woolen cloth,
leather, &.c., the value of which for
the year endins; April 1,1837, was
:
which $470,31G was
^525,224
;
for boots
and shoes.
of
Kortlifield, Vt.
Washington
This town
co.
lies
10 miles S. S. W. from Montpelier,
and 35 E from Burlington. Population in 1830, 1,412. First settled,
178-5.
The principal stream in this
town is Dog river, which runs
through it in a northerly direction,
and aifiTords a-great number of valuThe surface
able mill privileges.
is uneven, but the soil is generally
good and easily cultivated. In the
centre of the town is a neat, pleasant and flourishing village, containing a number of saw miils and other
mechanical operations by water.
Me.
Nortlifield,
See "
Incorporated 1838.
East."
Nortlifield,
Down
'N. II.,
in
utterly
and ridiculous. It seems, that not
content with driving the Indians
froni the soil, we are anxious to obliterate every trace of their existence.
We
Michigan will be followed, if not
by legal enactments, at least by the
of
are glad to see a better taste
beginning to prevail upon this subject, and we hope that the example
bounded N. by
Winnepisiogee river, and W. by
the Merrimack.
It is 14 miles N.
from Concord, and 10 W. by S. of
Merrimack
Gilmanton.
co., is
The
some parts good
soil
— that
here
of the
is
in
best
quality lies on the two i-idges exChestending through the town.
nut pond lies in the east part of the
town, and its waters flow into the
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
Winnepisiogce three miles fiom
extensively sand
covered with a
stratum of loam ; light but
warm, '^edv the nortiiei-n line of
its
;
jiiiiclioii
with the Pcniigewiisset.
Soiulogardy pond tiows into the
thin
Merrimack, Near V. ebster's falls,
the Winnepisiogce falls into the
and
Peinigcvvasset,
the
united
the town it is so light as, in two or
three places of small extent, to be
blown into diifts. The soil of the
hills is good, being a reddish loam.
Fiom the vicinity of this town to
streams form the Merrimack liver.
The
principal elevation, called
Bean
New
separates the town from Canterbury.
Northfield foinierly pos.sessed valuable water privileges on
the Winnepifiogee river, but this
pojtion of its territory is embraced
hy the new town of Franklin.
The first settlement was made here
hill,
in 17()0,by
warm
early vegetation, there are various
culinary vegetables, particularly
peas, cultivated for the New Haven market. But the most striking
feature in the township, is the lai'ge
and beautiful tract of salt meadows
on both sides of the Quinnipiac.
These meadows
produce large
quantities of giass, which is n:ovved and stacked upon the land, fiom
whence, when the giound is frozen
sufficiently solid in the winter, it is
removed. Upon the salt marsh the
hay is salt; but on those meadows
which are pi-otected from the salt
water by means of dikes, the giass
is fresh and of a better quality.
These are called dike marshes or
meadows. The making of brick
leceives considei-able attention in
this town.
Four and a half millions
of them are manufactured annually,
and principally sold in New Haven.
The village is very pleasant, and
was, for more than half a century,
the residence oi Dr. Trumbull,
tht, celebrated historian of Connec-
Benjamin Blanchardand
A
others.
methodist church was
fcniicd here in ISOG.
Incoi-porated
June
19,
17S0.
Population, ISoO,
BTortliiield, TSIass.
Franklin co. This is an interesting town, on bo'h sides of Connecticut liver.
It was incoiporated in
1673, and some j^^ears after desolated
by the Indians. The inhabitants
returned again in 1685, but it was
soon after destroyed a second time.
Ln 1713, it was again rebuilt.
Fort
Dumnier
w-as in the vicinity.
town was purchased
This
the Indians
in 1687, for 200 fathoms of wampum
and £57 value of goods.
Its Indian
name was Squawkea^. Most of the
land in this town is excellent, and
28 miles
the village vei-y pleasant
below Walpole, N. H., 11 N. E.
from Greentield, and 83 N. W, by
W. from Boston. Northfield produces fine cattle, and considerable
wool.
The manufactures of the
town consist of leather, boots, shoes,
ploughs, chairs and cabinet ware.
Population, 1S37, 1,605.
of
:
Nortli
New Haven
was taken from
Haven,
co.
ticut.
Ezra Stilks, D. D., president
of Yale college, was born in this
town, in 1727, and died in 1795. He
delighted in preaching the gospel to
the poor.
Among the members of
his
Ct.
North Haven
New Haven
in 1786.
The
tov/n lies on both sides of the
WallingfordjOr Quinnipiac river, and
comprises the valley and a part of
the bordering hills.
The vaiit-y is
partly rich intervale land, and more
Haven, and from its light and
soil, which is favorable for
I
church
at
Newport were seven
These occasionally met
negroes.
in his study, when he instructed
them, and falling on their knees together he implored for them and for
himself the blessing of that God
with whom all distinction excepting that of Christian excellence is
In the cause of civil
as nothing.
and religious liberty. Dr. Stiles was
an enthusiast. He contended, that
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
the right of conscience and private
judgment was unalienable
and
that no exigencies of the Christian
church could render it lawful to
erect any body of men into a standing judicatory over the churches.
He engaged with zeal in the cause
of his country.
He thought, that
the thirtieth of January, whicli was
obscr^^ftd by the Episcopalians in
commemoraiion of the martyrdom
of Charles I, " ought to be celebrated as an anniversary thanksgiving,
that one nation on earth had so much
fortitude and public justice, as to
make a royal tyrant bow to the sovereignty of the people."
He was
catholic in his sentiuVents, for his
heart was open to receive all who
loved the Lord Jesu^ in sincerity.
'H^ was conspicuous for his benevolence, as well as for hi^ learning
He was a man of low
and piety.
stature, and of a sm:iil, though well
His voice was
p.-oportioned form.
His counteclear and energetic.
nance, especially in convei-sation,
wa< expressive of benignity and
railJneis; but if occasion required,
it beome the index of majesty and
authority.
;
ISJortlx
Hero, Vt.
Chief town, Grand r>le CO. This
town was granted to Ethan Allen
an others in 1779, and the settleThe
ment commenced in 1733.
I
British erected a block house here,
at a place called Dutchman's Point,
whic"^! wa < garrisoned and not given
up till 17i>oi The soil of the township is of an excellent quality, and
pro luces grain of all kinds in abunThe county buihlings are
dan-e.
well situated, and the scenery about
it
the villa'j;c is very pleasant.
from Montpelies r»7 miles N.
lier, and 2^ N. N. 'vV. f-oti BurlingPop ilation, 1S30, G3j.
ton.
W
.
Nortli Kingston, R.
I-
Washington co. This is a w .^althy
township on the west si<le of Narragaaset bay, 21 miles S. from Prov-
idence, 10 N. W. from Newport,
and 8 N. from South Kingston.
The surface of the town is uneven ;
the soil is a gravelly loam, well
adapted for the culture of grain and
vegetables, and the productions of
the dairy.
There are some forests
in the town of good ship timber.
It is
watei-ed by several small
streams which produce a good water
power, on which are numerous manufacturing establishments.
These
streams atibrd bass and other tish in
abundance. There is considerable
navigation owned at North Kingston,
which
is
employed
in the coast-
ing trade and fishery.
IVickford villaf^e, in this town,
very pleasant and tlourishing: it
has a good harbor, and is a place of
considerable trade.
It lies abosit 2
is
miles
road.
east of the Stonington railPop. of the town, 1330, 3,037.
KortJiport, Mc.
Waldo
This town is bofindeU
CO..
on the east by Penobscot and BelIt is well watered by
fast bays.
several ponds and small stream-: the
The
soil is good and productive.
navigable advantages of the place
Cond.lerable ship buildare great.
ing is carried on here, and tijcre is
considerable trade in the lumber
and coasting business. It lies -la
miles E. from Au2:;usta and 6 S. from
Population, 1337, 1,107.
Belfixst.
K^ortli
Providence, R.
I.
Providence CO. This ancient ^nd
wealthy town was a part of Piovidenee until 17G7. Population, in
ISIO, 1,753; 1820, 2,120; 1J3J,
3,5)3.
The surface of this town U uneven, condsting of moderate ele' aThe
tions and gentle declivities.
roeks are p.-imi'ive and trand'.ioa:
some limestone is found.
The prevailing soil is a gravelly
loam, which is interspersed with
ti-acts of sandy loun, and so iie of
The forests con ist of
calcareous.
oak, walnut and so.iic
pine
;
and
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
agricuUiiral
hay, corn,
grass,
Besides the cotton business, there
productions,
of
potatoes, vegetables and Traits, many of
whicli are sent to Providence.
the
some rye,
The waters of the town consist
of the Seekonk river, which washthe Wanases its eastern bordej
are in the
;
which
intersects the interior of the
township.
These streams afford
numerous sites for hydraulic works,
some of which are almost unrivalled.
There are some valuable
shad and herring fisheries in the
Seekonk.
This town is distinguished for its
manufactures, particularly those of
cotton, which form an important
interest.
The extent of this business, having concentrated a large
capital, and an immense aggregate
of industry, has, within the last fifty years, given rise to a large and
The village of
flourishing village.
Pawtucketis situated in the northeast section of the town, four miles
northeast from Providence, on the
border of the Seekonk river its site
being principally the declivity of a
;
and it is highly romantic and
picturesque. The river hei-e affords
numerous natural silcs for manufacturing establishments, mills and
hydraulic works of almost every
description, which are scarcely rivalled, and which are occupied to a
great extent.
The rapid march of
hill,
manufacturing and mechanical
in-
dustry, which the short annals of
this place disclose, has few examples in our country, and has produced one of the mo;t con-it!erah!e
and flourishing manufacturing villages in the United States.
The
river here forms the bounJary line
between Massachusetts and Rhode
Island, and the village is built upon
both sides of it; bein?; partly in
each state. That part of the village
which is in this state is piincipally
built on four streets; and coiuprises a large number of handsome
buildings.
fui-aaces for cast-
slitting
&c.
toiies, &,c.
See Pawtucket,
Mass.
;
quatucket, which forms its western
boundary
and the Mashasuck,
town
mills, anchor shops,
cut nail factories, sci-ew manufac-
ing,
K'ortSi Stoiaingtoji, CI.
New London co. This town was
taken from Stonington in 1808. It
watered by the Pawcatuck and
branches, which afford good mill
sites.
The surface is uneven, hilly
and abounding in granitic rocks.
The soil is a gravelly loam, and
generally productive of good pastui'age.
Agriculture is the princiis
its
employment
pal
of
the
inhabit-
ants.
MUltown
some trade
is
a pretty village with
lies 50 m.iles S. E.
from Hartford, 13 N. E. from New
London, and 7 N. by E. from Stonington Borough. Population of the
town
:
it
in 1830, 2,840.
JMortSmnilierlantl, W. H.,
In Coos county, on Connecticut
river, is ISOmiies N. from Concord,
and 7 N. E. from Lancaster. The
soil along the Connecticut is very
productive, pei-feclly free iVom stone
and gravel, and originally covered
with ci growth of butternut.
portion of the upland is also good,
and covered with pine, spruce, tir,
Cape Horn, an
ash, maple, &.c.
abrupt mountain of 1,000 feet in
height, lies near the centre of the
Its north base is separated
town.
from the Connecticut by a narrow
plain, and the upper Amonoosuck
passes near its east base, as it falls
Here the
into the Connecticut.
nieadows are extensive, and are an^
nually covei-edby the spring floods,
pi-eseiiting the appearance of a»
inland sea. At the falls in the Connecticut, below the mouth of the
Amonoosuck, a handsome bridge
Northumberland with
connects
Guildhall, in Vermont.
dam is
a!-o thiown across the river at this
place, at both ends of which are
A
A
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
pleasant villages and mills of various kinds are erected.
Northumberland was incojporated in 1779.
First settled, 1767.
Population,
1830, 352.
Near the river a small fort was
erected during the revolutionary
war, and placed in the command of
Capt. Jeremiah Eames, afterwards
well known for his usefulness, wit
and pleasantry.
IVoi-tliAVOod, N.
Rockingham
co.
H.
There are
a
;
;
;
;
Suncook, Lamprey and
The
of this town is
genei-ally moist, and well suited to
soil
Northwood was
grazing.
ly a part of
oi-iginal-
Nottingham, and was
Northwood is 20
miles E. from Concord, 20 N. W.
from Exeter, and about the same
Populadistance W. from Dover.
tion, 1830, 1,342.
settled in
1763.
Nortli "I'armoiitli, Me.
Cumberland co. Thisis a pleasant
town on Casco bay, 10 miles N. from
Portland, and 42 S. E. fiom AugusPopulation, 1837, 2,782.
The
town was first settled in 1G40. In
1687 it was attacked by the Indians,
ta.
26
was not
re-settled
by them
and
;
until
1725.
It was incorporated in 1713.
About 4000 tons of navigation is
owned here, employed in the transportation of lumber and the tishery.
There is a fine stream of water in
the town, on which are a paper and
saw
mills,
and other manufactories.
The academy
in
North Yarmouth
well founded and is in a flourishing condition.
See Register.
is
Kortoii, Mass.
num-
ber of ponds in this town, and excellent
tishing.
Suncook pond,
750 rods long, 100 wide ; Jenness'
pond, 300 rods long, 150 wide Long
pond, about 300 rods long, 50 wide
Harvey's pond, 230 rods long, from
40 to 80 wide a part of Great Bow
pond is also in this town, and a part
of North river pond Pleasant pond,
and Litiie Bow pond. The north
branch of Lamprey river has its
rise in this town near Saddleback
mountain, a high ridge between
this town and Deerfield.
On the E.
side of this ridge are found crystals
and crystalline spars of various colors and sizes.
This town has an
elevated site, and commands a distant
and varied prospect. The waters
flowing from the farm of the late
Jonathan Clarke, Esq., one of the
first settlers, fall into three different
rivers, the
Isinglass.
and deserted by the whites
Norton was taken
from Taunton in 1771. It lies 30
miles S. fiom Boston, 17 N. E. from
Providence, and 8 N. W. from
Taunton. Population, 1837, 1,530.
It is well watered by Rumford, Cocasset and Canoe rivers, which
empty into the Taunton. The manufactures of the town consist of theet
copper and copper bolts, cotton
Bristol CO.
goods, boots,
shoes, leather,
iron
ploughs, shuttles, svraw
bonnets and baskets
total value,
the year ending April 1, 1837,
$397,763.
Winnicunnit pond, in this town,
was a great resort for the Indians,
castings,
:
—
whom resided in natural
caves, on its shores, and lived on lisii
and clams.
some of
XorAvalk, Ct.
This pleasant town
Fairfield CO.
on Long Island Sound, 32 miles
lies
W. S. W. from New Haven, 22 S.
fiom Danbury, and 48 N. E. from
Population,
New York.
1830,
3,792.
Norwalk originally included part
Canaof the present towns of
an and Wilton, and part of ^yestport.
In the ancient record, the
bounds are stated to be " from Norwalk river to Sauhatuck river, from
sea, Indian one day walk into the
country."
For this tract the following articles were given, viz " S
fathom wampum, 6 coats, 10 hatchets, 10 hoes, 10 knives, 10 scissors,
lOjewsharps, 10 fathom tobacco, 3
New
;
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
and 10 lookfollowing ailicles were given to the Indians lor
the tract " from Norvvalk river to
Five mile river, from sea, Indian
one day in country," viz. " 10
fathom wampum, 3 hatchets, 3 hoes
when ships come, 6 glasses, 12 tobacco pipes, 3 knives, 10 drillers,
10 needles."
The name of Norwalk is derived from the above bargain, viz ; the northern bounds of
the lands purchased were to extend
from the sea one day's "northivalk"
into the country,
The soil in this town is excellent.
The surface is uneven, being pleasantly diversified with hills
and valleys. On the border of the
Sound the hills are generally moderate, and in the interior more elevated.
" The valley which lies along
Norwalk river, and in which the
The village is built on both sides
of a small river or creek, which is
much contracted in width at the
bridge which connects the two parts
of the village, and the buildings on
each side of the stream are so near
each other, that the passage of the
river from the noith is not readily
perceived at a short distance. Vessels drawing six feet of water can
get up to the biidge in the most
compact part of the village.
The flourishing village of Old
Well is situated about 1 1-2 miles
south of the central part of Norwalk Borough, on the west side of
the creek.
There are at present in this village six or seven hat factories, three
potteiies, and a carriage makingestablishment.
This is the principal landing place for steam-boats for
Norwalk and the vicinity, there being a daily line from and to
Few
boat every other day
leaves Norwalk bridge for
kettles, 3 bauds- about,
in-J-
glasses."
town
is
built,
The
is
beautiful.
richer prospects of the same extent
can be found than that which is
presented from the neighboring emthe town
inences of this ground
built in its bosom, with its cheeiful
spires
the river flowing through
the middle
the farms on the bor:
;
;
dering hills; the rich plain that
skirts the Sound, and a ti-ain of islands fronting the mouth of the river, and extending eastward five or
six miles
together with an unlim;
ited
view
of the
Sound, and the
Long Island shore."
Norwalk contains two
New
York.
A
New
York.
There is a cotton factory and a
factory for manufacturing cai-pets
in the town.
This establishment,
called the " Patent Carpet Company," was commenced in 1834.
Their carpeting, of which they
manufacture
at this
time about 200
made without spinning or weaving, being made of
felting, the material of which hats
yards daily,
is
are composed.
This town was burnt by the Britunder Tryon, on the 17th July,
ble and flourishing villages, Nor- 1779.
Eighty dwelling houses, 2
walk Borough, and the village of churches, 87 barns, 17 shops, 4
Old Well. Norwalk Borough, (con- mills, and 5 vessels were destroyed.
stituted as such in 1836,) is a vilK'oi"»vay, Me.
lage of upwards of 130 handsome
buildings, and an extensive pottery.
Oxford CO. This is a fine townNorwalk is a place of considerable ship, well watered by several
activity and business, being a com- streams and ponds.
One of the
mercial depot and market for the ponds is large, very handsome,
northern part of the county a con- and discharges its waters into Little
siderable proportion of the staple Androscoggin river.
Norway lies
products being brought hei-e for 47 miles W. by S. from Augusta,
sale, or to be freighted for New and is bounded on the E. by Paris.
York.
Population,
Incorporated, 1797.
considera-
ish,
—
;
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
Wheat crop, same
1337, 1,791.
year, 7,272 bushels.
Nor-wicli, Vt.
Windsor
This town
co.
lies
on
the west side of Connecticut river,
is connected with Hanover, N.
H. by a bridge.
The surface of
the town is uneven, but the soil is
and
good for grain, pasturage and fruit.
Oniponjponoosuck river and other
streams water the town and afforJ
mill seats.
it eood
First settled,
1763.
Population, 1830, 2,316.—
It lies 40 miles S. S. E. from Montpelier and 19 N. from Windsor.
JVorwich village is pleasantly
situated on a plain, near Connecticut river, and contains a university
and a number of handsome buildings.
See Register.
Hampshire
is
The
river.
co.
This mountainwatered by Westfield
in
soil
many
parts
is
grazing, and many sheep
are kept here.
There is a cotton
mill in the town, and manufactures
of leather, boots, shoes, axes, and
spirits.
It lies 108 miles W. from
Boston, and 12 W. b} S from
Northampton. Incorporated, 1773.
Population, 1837, 714.
good
for
Norvricli, Ct.
One of the chief towns of New
London county.
Norwich city is
situated at the head of navigation
of Thames river, at the point of
land formed by the junction of the
Shetucket and Yantic rivers, whose
united waters constitute the Thames.
The main part of the city is built
on the southern declivity of a high
and rocky hill the houses are built
in tiers, ri-^ing one above another.
The city, as it is approached from
the south, presents one of the most
beautiful, interesting and romantic
:
pro-;pects in the state.
The buildings, which
are mostly painted
white, appear in
full
siderable distance
view
down
ed, Chelsea or Norwich Landing,)
a court house and town hall.
high school for boys, and a female
A
academy,
in
which
the
higher
branches of education are
taught,
have been in operation for a considerable time, and are in flourishing
circumstances.
About a mile eastward of the landing is situated the
flourishing village of Greenville, at
the eastern extremity of which a
dam has been constructed across the
Shetucket, which will, it is calculated furnish sufficient water power to
carry 60,000 spindles
four or five
large factories, and perhaps 40 or
50 dwelling houses, are, or are
about to be built. Among the factories there is perhaps the most extensive paper mill in the state, owned, by the Chelsea Manufacturing
:
NorATicIi, Mass.
ous town
these contrasted with the deep green
foliage covering the rocky and elevated banks of the river, give a
picturesque variety to the scene,
forming on tlie water a delightful
avenue to the city. There arc in
this city, (or as it was formerly call-
for
acon-
the river
;
Company. There are also two other paper mills near the falls, which
do an extensive business. The first
paper manufactured
in
was made
town
in
this
Connecticut
by Col.
Christopher Leffingwell.
There
are at, and near the falls, 9 or 10
establishments for manufacturing
Besides these, and those
purposes.
at Greenville, there are some more
The
in other parts of the town.
principal manufactures are those of
Norcotton, paper and woolens.
wich city is 13 miles N. from
London, 38 S. E. from Hartford, 38
New
W. from Providence, and 50 N.
Haven. Population
E. from
of Norwich, in 1830, was 5,179 of
which 3,144 were in the city limits.
Above the cove, which sets up
about a mile from the river, " the
bed of the river consists of a solid
S.
New
;
rock, having a perpendicular height
of ten or twelve feet, over which
the whole body of water falls in an
entire sheet upon a bed of rocks
�NEW ENGLAND
GAZETTEER.
below. The river here is compressed into a very narrow channel, the
banks consisting of solid rocks, and
being bold and elevated.
For a
distance of 15 or 20 rods, the channel or bed of the river has a gradual
descent, is crooked and covered
with pointed rocks.
The rock,
forming the bed of the river at the
bottom of the perpendicular falls,
is curiously excavated, some of the
cavities being five or six feet deep,
from the constant pouring of the
sheet of water for a succession of
ages." At the bottom of the falls
there is the broad basin of the cove,
where the enraged and agitated
element resumes its usual smoothness and placidity, and the whole
scenery about these falls is uncommonly beautiful and picturesque.
proprietors, the whole of Norwich,
which is about nine miles square.
The company at this time gave Un-
During the wars between Uncas
JVottingham Square is a pleasant village on an elevated site. Bog
iron ore is found here in great quan-
and the Narragansets, Uncas was
closely besieged in his fort near the
cas and his sons about £70, as a
further compensation for so large
and fine a tract."
Nottiiigliani, N. H.,
Rockingham
co., is 25 miles E.
E. from Concord, and 20 W. from
Portsmouth. Population, in IS.'JO,
There are several ponds in
1,157.
this town, mostly of small size. Little river and several other streams
rise here ; and North river passes
through the town. The soil is in
many parts good, though the surSeverface is rough and broken.
al mountains extend along the W.
part of the town, forming parts of
the range called Blue Hills.
S.
and it is said inexhaustible
masses of mountain ore exist in the
mountains. Crystals and crystalline spars are found here
and also
ochres in small quantities.
Not-
Thames, until his provisions became nearly exhausted, and he with
his men were on the point of perFortuishing by famine or sword.
nately he found means of giving in-
tities
telligence to the scouts who had
been sent out from Saybrook fort.
By his messengers, he represented
the great danger the English would
be in, were the Narragansets suffered to overpower the Mohegans.
" Upon this intelligence, one
Thomas Leffingwell, an ensign at
Saybrook, an enterprising, bold
man, loaded a canoe with beef, corn
and peas, and under the cover of
night paddled from Saybrook into
the Thames, and had the address to
get the whole into the fort. The
tingham was incorporated in 1722,
and settled in 1727.
Gen. Joseph Cilley entered
;
;
army of the revolution at
commencement and commanded
the
its
the
N. H. regiment.
He was distinguished for bravery and patriotism during the whole contest.
1st
Hon.
Thomas Bartlett was
enemy
an active revolutionary patriot ; one
of the committee of safety ; Lt. Col.
under Stark at the capture of Burgoyne, and commanded a regiment
at West Point in 1780, when the
treachery of Arnold betrayed that
was
post.
soon perceiving that Uncas
raised the siege.
For this sei-vice, Uncas gave Leffingwell a deed of a great part, if
not the whole town of Norwich.
relieved,
In June,
sons,
16.59,
Uncas with
his
two
Owaneko and Attavvanhood,
more ibrmal and authentic deed,
to said Letiingwell, John
Mason, Esq., the Rev. James Fitch
and others, consisting of thirty-five
by
a
made over
Gen.
Henry Butler
was an
army
of the revolution, and Major General of militia.
Descendants of these revolutionary
worthies now live in the town.
officer in the
Niilliegan liiver, Vt.
This river rises by several branches in the highlands, at the north
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
These
county.
of Essex
branches unite and fall into the
This
Connecticut at Brunswick.
part
after
parts rapid ; in othIt waters
ers, deep and sluggish.
about 120 square miles, and is fifty-
river
is
in
some
wide at its mouth. The head
witers of this and of the river Clyde,
feet
pass
N.
into
Memphremagog
lake,
This
near each other.
and
was formerly an Indian route between Connecticut river and Canaare
da.
Oakliani, Mass.
Worcester
co.
The
surface
passing " Winooski
falls into
Champlain lake,
city"
it
five miles
N. from Burlington village.
Winooski is the beautiful Indian
name
of this river, and had the good
people of Winooski possessed the
exquisite taste of their predecessors
they would pro!)ably have called
their
charming
little
cabbage
city
town.
Onion river, so called, has numerous tributaries, and is one of the
most romantic streams in the counThe channels which have
try.
been worn in the rocks, by its cease-
of
less
current,
are
objects of great
passage through
town is uneven some of the admiration. In its
fissures
border on the streams the mountains are found
lands which
this
that
;
into
fall
through
Cluckopee river are
are not very
There is a satinet factory in
good.
of
the town, and manufactures
bonnets, palm-leaf hats, leathstraw
er, ploughs, boots and shoes.
Oakham
1762.
W.
from
in
passage across the mountains, in
that dn-ection: it is certainly highly
picturesque and delightful.
Population, 1S37, 1,109.
Oldtowu, Me.
Penobscot
co.
See Orono.
Oqtiossak.
OldtoAVit Hartoor, Mass.
Oxford
See Edgartown.
co.
CO.
lies
a
Orange, N. H.,
Ompoinponoosuc Kiver, Vt.
about 20
near the
Orange,
Grafton co.,
I
cord.
river at
16 miles E. from
Population,
1830, 405.
In
are found many mineral
this
substances, such as lead ore, iron
There is in the S. E. part
ore, &.C.
pond, in which is found a
a small
species of paint resembling spruce
town
Ouioii River, Vt.
and
This is one of the largest
most valuable rivers in the state.—
length, and in
is about 70 miles in
It
large tracts ot
its course fertilizes
hydraulic
land and produces a great
This stream rises in Cale-
power.
county: it passes nearly
through the centre of the counties
and
of Washington and Chittenden,
is
Dartmouth college, 10 S. W. from
Plymouth, and 40 N. W. from Con-
i
Norwich.
donia
26*
Me.
maguntic. It is very irregular in its
form, and contains many islands.
See Gh-eenbush.
This good mill stream is
miles in length :— it rises
centre of the county of
and falls into Connecticut
littlie,
This large lake
few miles N. E. of the Mooseluck-
Olanuuon, Me.
Penobscot
rocks from 30 to 100
natural" bridges, curious caverns,
and delightful water-falls.
The road near the banks of this
stream, from Connecticut river to
Burlington, is said to be the best
N. W. from Worces-
was taken from Rutland
It
ter.
60 miles
lies
Boston, and 15
solid
feet in depth, with smooth perpendicular sides, 60 or 70 feet in width.
In many places on this stream are
The highlands
fertile.
|
Chalk, intermixed with
yellow.
magnesia, is said to be procured
a
from the same pond. In 1810,
species of ochre was disvaluable
abunIt is found in great
covered.
and ot a
dance, deposited in veins,
imported.—
quality superior to the
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
are annually
The surface
of Orange is uneven, but the soil
in many parts of it is productive.
Cardigan mountain lies in the E,
Orange was
part of the town.
granted by the name of Cardigan,
Feb. 6, 1769. Its settlement commenced in 1773.
Large quantities of
prepared
for
it
market.
products of the town in cattle and
wool are considerable.
Orange, Mass.
Franklin co. Orange lies 72
miles W. from Boston, and 20 E.
from
Greenfield.
Incorporated,
1783.
Population, 1830, 830 ; 1837,
1,543.
The manufactures of the
This coun-
town consist of iron castings, boots,
shoes, palm-leaf hats, card boards,
shoe pegs, chairs and cabinet ware
bounded N. by Washington
and Caledonia counties, E, by Connecticut river, S. by Windsor county, and W. by Addison and Washington counties. Area, 650 square
annual amount about $40,000. Miller's river affords the town a good
water power, and Tully hill a line
prospect.
The soil is uneven, and
better fitted for grazing than tillage.
Population, 1820, 24,169;
miles.
Population to a
1S30, 27,285.
square
mile, 42.
Incorporated,
The eastern range of the
1781.
Green mountains extends along the
northwestern part of the county.
The principal rivers, besides the
Connecticut, are the Ompomponoosuc. Wait's, branches of the White,
and Stevens' branch of the Onion.
The lands in Orange county are generally good for grazing, and supply
many cattle and all the varieties of
the dairy, of which a large amount
is annually sent to
market.
In
1837 there were 99,346 sheep within its limits.
This county contains
some excellent tracts of land on the
banks of the Connecticut. Iron and
lead ores, slate and granite, are
There
Orange County, Vt.
Chelsea, chief town.
ty
is
abundant.
Orange,
Orange
miles S.
"Vt.
This town lies 12
E. from Montpelier, and 12
co.
N. from Chelsea.
1793.
The
First
settled,
1830, 1,016.—
cold, and better suited for
Population,
soil is
grazing than grain.
tain lies in this
elevation, and
Knox's moun-
—
town
it is quite an
composed princi:
is
pally of granite.
Some of the
quarries in the town produce excellent granite for building, and here
are found plates of beautiful white
mica, several inches square. The
•
a
is
pleasant village in the
fish pond.
town, and a good
Orange,
Ct.
New Haven co. This
New Haven
taken from
ford in 1822.
town was
and Mil-
The name was
adopt-
ed in honor of William, Prince of
Orange, in commemoration of the
benetits received from him by the
colony of Connecticut; particularly for the restoration of their charter after the usurpation and tyranny
of
Edmund Andros.
about 4 miles S. W.
and is a pleasant
town with a productive soil. The
Orange
from
lies
New Haven
inhabitants are principally farmers.
Savin Rock in this town is a romanand a place of resort in the
summer. There are mines of silver and copper in the town, and asbestos is found in abundance in sertic spot,
pentine rocks.
Population, 1830,
1,341.
Orford, N. H.
Grafton co. It lies on Connecticut river, over which is a bridge,
connecting with Fairlee. Orford is
11 miles below Haverhill, 17 N. of
Hanover, and 64 N. W. from Concord.
The soil is generally of a
fertile character.
The large intervale farms, watered by the Connecticut, are particularly distinguished
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
for their beauty and fertility. There
elevations,
are two considerable
called Mount Cuba and Mount Sunday, lying near the centre of the
town. There are four or five ponds
of considerable size, one of which,
called Baker's upper pond, lies within 3 or 4 miles of Connecticut river.
This pond discharges its waters into another pond, lying partly in
Wentworth, and the waters of both
empty
lies
about
" It is built on a beautiful plain bordered by intervale on
The hills on both sides of
the W.
the river, near the centre of the expansion, approach each other so as
and with a
to form a kind of neck
similar approximation at the two
ends give the whole the appearance of a double amphitheatre, or
The
of the numerical figure 8.
greatest breadth of each division is
about 1 1-2 miles and the length of
each between 2 and 3 miles." The
buildings stand principally on a sinroad.
;
;
gle street, of 2 or 3 miles in extent.
Orford was granted Sept. 25, 1761.
In June, 1765, a Mr. Cross with his
familj^ from Lebanon, first settled
congregational
in this town.
church was gathered Aug. 27, 1770.
Rev. Oliver Noble was ordained
Nov. 5, 1771. Population, 1S30,
A
1,829.
W. from
Ellsworth. Orland is finewatered by ponds and streams
it has a good soil, a pleasant village
and great navigable facilities. Inly
:
corporated, 1800. Population, 1830,
975; 1S37, 1,244.
Orleans Coviiity, Vt.
1
A
main
co.
This toivn lies on
the east side of Penobscot river, opposite to Orphan's Island.
It lies
64 miles E. from Augusta and 12
into Baker's river.
Indian
mile west Irom
Limestone
Baker's upper pond.
found in
great
abundance.
is
It is of the primitive kind, coarse
grained, and forms astrong and hard
cement. It is found at the foot of a
mountain, about 400 or 500 feet
Soap
above Connecticut river.
stone is also found here in great
light grey granite
abundance.
rock, much used for mill stones and
for building, is found in various plaGalena, or lead ore, of a very
ces.
fine texture, containing needles of
crystallized quartz, or lead,hasbeen
found, in considerable quantities in
sinking a well.
Orford contains a
pleasant village, situated on the
pond
Orland, Me*
Hancock
This
Irasbitrgh, cliief town.
county is bounded N. by Lower
Canada, E. by Essex and Caledonia
counties, S. by Caledonia county,
and W. by Franklin and Lamoille
counties. This countj' lies between
the eastern and western ranges of
the Green mountains. The surface
is generally handsome and the soil
well adapted for wheat, rye and
grass the climate is rather too cold
for corn, and some parts of the coun:
marshy.
Orleans
is low and
county is watered by Missisque,
Black, Barton and other rivers. It
contains more ponds than any coun-
ty
Much
goes to Canada by
of
the
Memphremagog
which
ty in the state.
lake,
its
trade
of
way
lies in
county and Canada. In 1S37
there were 30,657 sheep in the
Incorporated, 1792. Popcounty.
this
ulation, 1830, 11,375.
Orleans, Maes.
Barnstable co. Orleans was takIt exen from Eastham, in 1797.
tends across a narrow part of Cape
Cod, and is indented with coves and
Stage harbor
creeks on both sides.
opens on the east through Chatham
and Nauset beaches, which extend
between which
along the coast
and the town is Pleasant bay, with
In 1837, there
several islands.
were 33 vessels belonging to Orleans
engaged in the cod and mackerel
fishery, the tonnage of which was
:
2,310 tons.
tals of cod
They
fish
—
took 20,000 quin-
and 600 barrels of
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
There were 31,000
mackerel.
bushels of salt used, and 2 64 men
The
and boys were employed.
value of fish taken, when cured and
capital inpacked, was $91,100
There are 50 esvested, $33,000.
tablishments for the manufacture
of salt in the town during the year
ending- April 1, 1837, there were
21,780 bushels made. There are
also manufactures of palm-leaf hats,
leather, boots, shoes and tin ware.
Orleans lies 20 miles E. from BarnPopulation, 1S30, 1,799 ;
stable.
1837, 1,930.
:
—
;
Or OHO, Me.
Penobscot co. This tov/n lies on
the west side of Penobscot river, and
is
watered by Dead stream and
a
It is
large part of Pushaw lake.
74 miles N. E. from Augusta. Incorporated, 1808. Population, 1830,
The soil of
1,473; 1837, 3,961.
the town is good, and produced, in
1837, 1,744 bushels of wheat. This
town borders on the Great Falls in
Penobscot river, and contains a
great number of saw nulls, which
manufacture a vast amount of lumDer annually for the Bangor market.
Orono is pleasant and uncommonly
flourishing.
A
rail-road
between Bangor and
the villages of Stillwater and Oldtotvn, in Orono, was opened for
It is 12 miles in
travel in 1836.
length, and cost $350,000.
The
Penobscot river at Oldtown, above
the falls, is 40 feet higher than at
Bangor. The village of Stillwater
is 4 miles below Oldtown.
Above the falls, and about a mile
above the village of Oldtown, near
the mouth of Dead stream, on " Oldtown Island," is the Indian Settlement. This settlement is very pleasantly located, and secure from approach except by boats or canoes.
a number of framed
It contains
houses, and a neat chapel with a
bell.
In 1837, John Neptune, the lieutenant Governor, and other officers
of the Penobscot tribe of Indians,
finished taking by families a very
particular census of all who belong
to the tiibe, for the purpose of a
just and equal distribution of the
annuities and other monies paid to
them. It was found that the families in all were ninety five
the list
exhibiting the head of each family
by name, and the number of individuals each one contains, annexed
thereto.
The whole number of
souls in the tribe was three hundred
and sixty-two. Their officers are,
a governor, lieutenant governor,
a colonel, four captains, one 'squire,
and one deacon. In religion they
are catholics.
Several of them can
read, and a few can write, though
in a poor hand.
The whole tribe is divided in politics, and on some occasions party
—
spirit rages
warmth
with almost as
much
among
the pale faces,
though generally better tempered.
No affair of honor, or rather of
murder, has ever been known to
disgrace these savages.
The
as
tribe
own,
collectivelj'', all
the islands in the Penobscot river,
beginning with that of Oldtown,
where their village is, and including
all up as far as the forks, several
miles above the Matawamkeag,
many of which are exceedingly
pleasant and fertile.
The Indians are not poor, having
sold some of their lands for large
sums.
a remnant, howevreduced a tribe anand uniformly called the
To such
er, is this tribe
—
ciently
Tarratines, who could bring into
the field more than two thousand
warriors, and who claimed the lands
on both sides of the Penobscot river from its sources to its mouth.
Orplian's Island, Me.
Penobscot co. This island, containing about 5,000 acres of excellent land, at the mouth of Penobscot river, is 4 miles in length. It is
attached to the town of Bucksport
the head or north part of it lies oppo-
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
site to
the beautiful village in that
town. This island divides the Penobsrot into two branches the westei-n
" Naror main branch is called the
rows," 'on which side a fort is about to
be constructed by the U. S. govern:
ment for the protection of the river.
The other branch is called " Eastern
river."
This beautiful island derived its
name from its having been the property of an orphan heiress who inherited it as her part of the Waldo
Patent.
Orriiigtoii,
Me.
This is a fine township of land with a handsome village on the east side of Penobscot
Penobscot
co.
The
river, opposite to Hampden.
town has a good mill stream and en-
joys great navigable facilities. PopWheat crop,
ulation, 1837, 1,126.
same year, 2,340 bushels.
Orwell, Vt.
Rutland co. This town lies on
Champlain lake opposite to Ticonderoga, N. Y. and contains Mount
Independence, celebrated in the an-
nals of the revolutionary war. The
and
lake here is about a mile wide,
Mount a delightful prosfrom the
pect is presented. Orwell was first
permanently settled in 1783. The
generally good
and productive. In 1837 it contained 21,512 sheep. There is a spring
waters of
in the town from the
soil
of the
town
which Epsom
is
salts
have been made,
animals have been
and shells
found supposed to have pertained to
There are good mill
the ocean.
streams in Orwell and a pleasant
Population, 1330, 1,598.
village.
U so elevated that
storms the winds break
over the summits, frequently causing much injury to the farms, and
Ossipee lake
buildings at its base.
it is
is in this town, and Freedom
a fine body of water, of an oval form,
in length,
and
in easterly
:
covering about 7,000 acres, having
no island, and its waters clear and
beautiful. Ossipee river flows from
this lake, from whence it passes
through Freedom into the Saco, in
Maine. Pine river passes through
the E. part of Ossipee, and Bearcamp river falls into the lake on the
N. W. There are several ponds in
Ossipee, the largest of which lies
partly in Tuftonborough, and is
about 400 rods long. Bear pond in
the S. E. part, has no visible outlet.
Near the W. shore of Ossipee lake,
or 50 feet in
is a mound of earth 45
diameter, of a circular form, and
about 10 feet high, from which have
been taken several entire skeletons,
and also tomahawks, &c. exhibiting
tribe
the strongest evidence that the
once so powerful in this vicinity
had their principal residence here.
Ossipee was incorporated, Feb. 22,
1785.
Population, 1830, 1,935.
Otis,
Hancock
was incorpobounded on the
Otis
co.
rated in 1835.
Me.
It is
west by Ellsworth. It is the source
some of the rivers which flow
Union
into Frenchman's bay, and
Popriver, passes its N. W. corner.
of
ulation, 1S37, 92.
of
Otis, Mass.
Ossipee,
Berkshire co. This township is
of
on high ground, and is the source
someV the head waters of FarmThese
ington and Westfield rivers.
handsti^eams flowfrom several very
]V.
H.,
N. N. E.
and about 15 N. E.
from Concord,
Strafford co. is 60 mile^,
The surface of the
some ponds.
uneven but the soil is protown is
pasturductive, particularly of good
from Gilford, across Winnepisiogee
The manufactures consist ol
age.
Ossipee mountain, a rough
lake.
cabileather, boots, shoes, chairs,
and broken range, lies in the N. W.
&c. It lies 130
into the net ware, lumber,
part of Ossipee, extending
by S. from Boston, and 15
It is 6 or 8 miles miles W.
adjoining towns.
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
S. E.
1,077.
from Lenox. Population, 1837,
Otisiield,
Me.
Cumberland co.
This town is
watered by Crooked river, which
empties into Sebagolake. The soil
is very good, and produced, in 1S37,
4,525 bushels of wheat. It lies 82
miles S. S. W. from Augusta and
32 N. N. W. from Portland. Population 1830, 1,257.
Otter Creek, Vt.
This stream rises on the south part
Rutland county
it traverses, in
a northern course, nearly through
the centre of that county, and waters Clarendon, Rutland, Pittsford,
Brandon and other towns; it then
enters Addison county, and passes
to Middlebury, where it falls very
ol
:
—
considerably, affording that pleasant
town an admirable water power;
it then passes Weybridge, New Haven and Vergennes, a ad falls into
Champlain lake at Ferrisburgh.
From Vergennes it is navigable for
the largest lake vessels, 8 miles.
There are no considerable falls on
this
stream except
at
Middlebury,
Weybridge and Vergennes. In many parts of its course it is sluggish.
From Middlebury to Pittsford, a
An
almost countless
number of
sels pass this place annually.
ves-
Fre-
quently live hundred pass
in a day.
15th to June 15th, 1838,
5019 sail were seen to pass in the
day time. Owl's Head is not only
a stopping place in a storm, but a
resort for great numbers of people,
for many miles around, to take passages on board of steamers and other vessels.
It is a delightful place
in summer, and has justly acquired
a reputation for possessing all the
various enjoyments which induce
thousands to visit the sea coast at
other places. It lies 4 miles E. from
Thomaston, 55 S. from Bangor, 40
S. E. from Augusta, and 79 E. N. E.
from Portland.
From March
Oxford
Coviiity,
Paris, chief town.
Me.
This county
bounded N. by Lower Canada, E.
by Franklin and Kennebec counties, S. by Cumberland and York
counties, and W. by New Hampis
shire.
It is watered by the Margallaway, Androscoggin, Saco, and numerous other rivers. In the noith-
distance of 25 miles, it is navigable
for boats.
Otter Creek has many
tributaries which afford a great wa-
ern part of the county lies a collecof large lakes v/hose waters
empty into the Umbagog, and pass
power. Its length is about 90
miles, and on its banks are large
ter
tion
tracts of alluvial meadows, some of
the best in the state.
It receives
the waters of a basin of about 900
to the ocean by the Androscoggin
and Kennebec rivers.
Although
some parts of the county are rough
and mountainous, yet a very large
part of it is exceedingly fertile, particularly on the borders of its numerous rivers, lakes and ponds.
This county contained an area of
2,684 square miles previous to the
formation of Franklin county, in
1838, which was formed partly from
Oxford county. The population of
Oxford county, in 1820, was 17,630,
square miles.
Owl's Head, Me.
Lincoln co. This noted place on
our eastern waters is a point of land
attached to the town of Thomaston,
running out three or four miles into
Penobscot bay, opposite to the island
town of Vinalhaven. Owl's Head
forms the western entrance into the
mouth of Penobscot river, and has
a light house to guide the wary
breakwater
mariner on his way.
is about being erected, which will
render the harbor at this place one
of the most commodious, as it is one
of the most important, on the coast.
A
Incorporated, 1793.
'
1830, 35,211
;
1837, 40,640.
Popu-
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
The
lation to a square mile, 15.
number of sheep in this county, in
last of the
1S37, was 76,028.
Oxford, Me.
This town is w^atered
Androscoggin river and
It contains some
several ponds.
excellent land and two flourishing
Oxford
by
CO.
little
villages. It produced, in 1837, 3,22b"
bushels of wheat. Population, same
year, 1,124. Oxford lies 52 miles
S. W. from Augusta, and 8 S. from
and murdered some of the people.
This so terrified the inhabitants that
they left the place, and most of
them settled in Boston, where a
French church was maintained by
them several years.
Paris.
Oxford, Mass.
This is an important manufacturing town, of uneven
"Worcester co.
gravelly soil; 45
miles W. from Boston and 10 S. from
Incorporated, 1773.
Worcester.
Population, 1337, 2,047. There are
surface,
strong,
5 woolen and 4 cotton
and manufactures of boots
and shoes :— total value, the year
ending April 1, 1837, $501,394.
Oxford is a pleasant town, and hne-
in the
mills,
peach trees was destroy-
ed by the gale of 1815. They had
a minister while resident here,
whose name was Bondet. These
people remained here till 1696,
when the Indians attacked the place
town
Oxford, Ct.
New Haven
en from
14 miles
and 40 S.
co.
Oxford was tak-
Derby in
N. W. trora
1798.
It lies
New Haven
W. from Hartford. It is
watered by Housatonick and Nauoatuck rivers. The surface of the
town is diversified with hills and
valleys;— the soil is generally a
gravelly loam, fertile and productive.
There are large manufacturing
establishments in Oxford, among
which are three satinet factories
hat manufactory.
watered by French river, which and an extensive
ly
place is
the Quinne- The water power at this
passes to the ocean by
excellent. Population, 1S30, 1,763.
bauz and Thames.
" Governor's Hill" a fine
The original township of Oxford From
was view of the neat village of " Quawas ei^ht miles square, and
Farms," and the surrounding
grantecf to Joseph Dudley and oth- ker
accommodation country is presented.
ers, in 16S0, for the
About one mile south of the cenof about 30 French protestant famtown is a remarkahad escaped from France tral part of the
ilies, who
" The
ble mineral spring, called
Edict ot
after the revocation of the
from the circumstance of its
Nantz, when they became exposed Pool,"
that waters being efficacious, and much
to every cruelty and hardship
for the cure of the salt rheum
catholic intolerance and religious used
" Once in a
complaints.
could invent. They were and other
bigotry
colemigration to month a yellowish scum will
their
in
assisted
upon the surface of the water,
of lect
this country by the proprietors
which in a few days runs off,
the grant, and settled here about
clear.
a hill in and leaves the pool perfectly
They built a fort on
IGSs!
coldest weather, this spring
eastern part of the town, now In the
the
never freezes in the dryest season
called Mayo's, or Fort Hill, where
was it is as full as at other times."
It
;
its
remains are
still
visible.
constructed by the rules of art, with
its
bastions, and "had a well within
another fort,
and a meeting house. The grapes,
their
ctirrants, and asparagus of
grow here, and the
still
planting,
enclosure.
They had
Palermo, Me.
Waldo CO. This town is watered
by several beautiful ponds, which
form the head waters of Sheepscot
This is a farming town of
river.
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
good soil and undulating surface,
produced, in 1337, 5,326 bushels of
wheat.
PopuLation, same year,
1,53S.
It lies 16 miles E. N. E.
from Augusta, and 24 W. from Belit
fast.
Incorporated, 1804.
Palmer, Mass.
Hampden
This town was
co.
originally settled by a colony from
Ireland.
It was incorporated in
1752.
The surface of Palmer is
hilly, but the soil is good, particularly along the
Swift rivers, by
banks of Ware and
which
it
is
finely
watered, and supplied with water
power. There are 1 woolen and 2
cotton mills in the town, and manufactures
of boots,
shoes,
scythes,
—
palm-leaf hats and wagons; total
amount, the year ending April 1,
1837, $178,556.
The value of
2,652 fleeces of wool sheared in this
town, that year, was $4,243.—
Palmer lies 70 miles W. by S. from
Boston, and 16 E.
N. E. from
Springfield. Population, 1830, 1,237;
1837, 1,810.
Palmyra, Me.
Elizabethtown, N.
lake.
V., across the
Population, 1830, G05.
Paris, Me.
Chief town, Oxford co. Paris is
well watered, and supplied with mill
privileges by Little Androscoggin
river, on v/hich are several milis^in
the town.
The
though
some parts uneven and
in
soil is
excellent, al-
mountainous.
The principal vilis well built, pleasantly located,
and the seat of considerable busilage
ness.
The town was
incorporated
Population, 1837, 2,352.
Wheat crop, same year, 10,453
bushels.
Paris lies 42 miles W. by
S. from Augusta, and 40 N. by W.
from Portland.
in
1793.
Parkman, Me.
Piscataquis co.
This town is watered by a branch of Piscataquis
river, and has an excellent soil for
agricultural purposes.
It lies 64
miles N. by E. from Augusta, and
14 W. from Dover.
Inc^orporated,
1822. Population, 1830, 803; 1837,
1,125.
Wheat crop, 1837, 6,018
bushels.
Somerset co. Sebasticook river
passes through this town, and affords it a good water power. The soil
Parsonsfield, Me.
York CO. This town lies at the
N. W. corner of the county, and is
is rich, and the surface
undulating. bounded W. by the state of
New
There are some mills in the town, Hampshire, and
N. by Ossipee rivand considerable attention is paid' er. It is
36 miles W. by N. from
to its agricultural interests.
It lies
Portland, 21 N. by W. from Alfred,
51 miles N. N. E. from Augusta, and 93 W.
S. W. from Augusta.—
and 25 E. N. E. from Norridgewock.' First
settled, 1774.
Incorporated, 1807.
Population, in
1837, 1,328.
Wheat crop, same
year, 8,523 bushels.
Paiiton, Vt.
Addison co. This town is bounded W. by Champlain lake, and
E.
by Otter creek.
passes through it
A sluggish stream
yet, although thus
does not possess a good
mill site, the country being
exceedingly level.
It lies 40 miles VV^. S.
W. from Montpelier, 13 N. W.
from Middlebury, 25 S. by V/.'froni
Burlington, and is 4 miles from
watered,
it
;
Incorporated,
Population, 1837, 2,510.—
The surface of the town is rough
and hilly, but the soil, though haixl,
is productive of good crops
of grain
and hay. Wheat crop, 1837, 3,929
bushels.
1785.
There are many good farmers
in
town, and good specimens of
iron ore, zinc and crystalized
quartz
are found here.
In this place is an
incorporated seminary, for the education of males and females.
The
institution is under the direction of
the Free Will Baptists, and is in
a
this
flourishing condition.
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
Fassadvuul^eag, Ble.
Penobscot
This town lies on
the east side of" Penobscot river, 9S
miles N. E. from Augusta, and 30
N. by E. from Bangor. The soil of
the town is fertile, and promises a
rich reward to the industrious farmco.
Population, 1837, 422. Wheat
same year, 1,070 bushels.
The village of Passadumkeag
is admirable located, and will doubtless become an important mart of
the trade of a large section of counThis flourishing village lies at
try.
the junction of Passadumkeag river
with the Penobscot. This delightful stream is about 25 miles in
length.
It rises in the north eastern part of this county, and waters
the northern part of Plancock county.
It re-enters Penobscot county,
and receives the Cold stream, two
miles from Passadumkeag village.
Both the Passadumkeag and Cold
stream afford excellent mill privier.
crop,
leges.
Passamaquoddy Bay, Me.
This bay lies partly in Maine,
and partly in the Briti-h Province
of New Brunswick.
The boundavy line between the state of Maine
New
Brunswick passes through
the western part of this bay up the
river St. Croix. Campo Bello,Deer,
and other English islands almost enclose this bay from the ocean.
At
its mouth it is about 9 miles in width,
and
and
extends from
West Quoddj^
Lubec, due north into
New Brunswick, about 25 miles.
This bay contains a great numiier of
excellent harbors it is never frozen over, and abounds with cod, herring and other fishes.
The most
important English town on this bay
is St. Andrews, a very flourishing
place, 15 miles N. from Eastport.
The Passamaquoddy Indians re-
Head,
in
;
side at Perry,
Me.
Passum^isick River, Vt.
This river rises in Caledonia,
and on the south border of Essex
27
counties.
It passes south
about
35 miles, and falls into the Connecticut at Barnet, about a mile below
the foot of Fifteen Mile Falls.
It
has a number of tributaries. This
is a valuable stream, both on
account of the numerous mill sites it
afibrds, and the large tracts of choice
intervale it forms on its borders.
It is generally deep, but in many
places it is very rapid, and forms
beautiful cascades.
Patricl£.to\\ai,
Lincoln
co.
Me.
This
plantation
contains the principal part of a large
pond, and is watered by streams
which flow into the Sheepscot and
Damariscotta. This is a large plantation, of good soil.
Population,
1S37, 465.
It lies 17 miles E. from
Augusta, and 20 N.
W.
from War-
ren.
PaAvcatuck River.
This river lises in the western
Rhode Island, and empties
into Long Island Sound, separating,
at its mouth, the towns of Westerly,
R. I., and Stonington, Ct.
It is
navigable about 6" miles from its
mouth, and Wood and Charles rivpart of
ers,
two of
are good
principals tributaries,
streams.
its
m.ill
Pawcatuck
village.
See West-
erly.
Pa^vlet, Vt.
Rutland
co.
The town
is
First settled, 1761.
Population, 1S30, 1,965.
Pawlet
lies 21 miles S. W. from Rutland,
and 27 S. E. from Whitehall, N. Y.
river,
which
lake at
river,
watejed by Pawlet
falls into
Whitehall,
which
rises
Champlain
and by Indian
from a spjing
sufficiently large to carry a mill.
The latter river was formerly
a
great resort of the natives, who frequented it for trout and other fish
with which it abounds. The territory of Pawlet is nearly divided by
a range of mountains, the highest
summit of which is known by the
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEEH.
This is a
of " Haystack."
pleasant towa, with some manufacThe soil is dry and warai,
tures.
and produces good crops of corn and
hay. It feeds about 11,000 sheep.
Slater, Esq., the
of cotton manufactures in
Anierica, resided in this village
many years. He died at Webster,
Mass., greatly respected, April 20,
1335, aged 67.
Samuel,
name
fatlier
Paivtiiclcet, Mass.
Pawtiixet River, H.
The
toivn of Pawtucket lies on the east side of the river of
the same name.
It is two miles
square, and was taken from Seekonk
in 1S2S.
The population of the
town,inlS30,was 1,453; 1337, 1,831.
The village of Pawtucket is
very pleasant; it is an important
manufacturing place, commanding
a considerable trade, and contains a
population of about 8,090.
It lies
on both sides of the river, and includes a part of the town of North
Bristol CO.
This celebi-ated river rises in the
western part of the State. It has numerous tributaries, and mingles with
the waters of the Narraganset, five
miles below Providence.
This river is distinguished for its valuable
mill sitesjand for the numerous man-
—
ufacturing establishments erected
on its banks. Pawtuxet and its
branches fertilize a large portion of
Paxtoii, Mass.
V/orcester co.
Paxton was taken from Leicester and Rutland, in
1785.
It is on high ground; its
waters descend both to the Connecticut and Merrimack.
It lies 50
miles W. from Boston, and 7 N. W.
fi-ora Worcester.
Population, 1837,
619.
This is a pleasant town, with
manufactures of palm-leaf hats,
boots, shoes, leather, carriages, &c.
The surface of the town is uneven,
but the soil is good, and well culti-
immense, and the
fall of the river
short distance, is 50 feet.
The river is navigable to the village for
vessels of considerable
burthen.
It runs 4 miles S. by W.
to Providence river, at India Point,
near the depot of the Boston and
v.'ithin a
Providence rail-road, one mile below the centre of the city of Providence.
The river, above Pawtuck-
vated by
chairs,
date of the firstsettlement of Peacham must have been near 1777, when
Henry Elkins, the first child in
town, was born. The first mill was
erected in 1731.
The town is well
watered by several ponds and
streams the surface is pleasantly
diversified the soil fertile and well
cultivated by independent farmers.
The agricultural products are conAbout 6,000 sheep are
siderable.
Peacham lies 20 miles E. by
kept.
N. from Montpelier, and 8 S. by
W. from Danville. Population,
1330, 1,351.
;
cabinet wares, &c.
total annual
value, about two millions of dollars.
The turnpike road from this place
to Pi'ovidence is probably tbj best
road of the kind in the world.
It
is very straight, wide, level, smooth,
and shaded on each side by beauti-
;
;
ful trees.
proprietors.
Caledonia co. As no town can
be considered properly peopled
without some of the fair sex, the
;
vessels,
its
PeacHiam, Vt.
Massachusetts, takes the name
oiBlackstone; below the falls it takes
the name of Seekonk.
This place
is 4 miles N.
fi-om Providence, 36
S. from Boston, 16 W. by S. from
Taunton, and 33 S. E. from Worcester.
At this place are 12 or
more cotton mills and print works,
and manufactures of cotton machinery, bobbins, spools, &e.
of boots,
et, in
carriages,
See Warivick.
the state.
Providence, in R. I.
The tirst manufacture of cotton
cloth in this countrj^, by water power machinery, was commenced at
The water power is
this place.
shoes,
I.
\
�New ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
Peeling, N.
II.
Grafton co. This town is 20 miles
N. from Plymouth, and 60 N. from
Concord. The Pemigewas^et passes through its E. section. The three
branches of this river unite in the
N. part of Peeling. There are several brooks and rivulets which supply tliis place with a number of mill
privileges.
The ponds are numerous.
Cushman's mountain, in the
S. W., Black mountain in the N.
W., and Blue mountain in the W.
Among
are the highest elevations.
these mountains, branches of the
Wild Amonoosuck and Baker's rivand Moosehillock brook, have
ers,
their sources.
On the last stream
There
there is a beautiful cascade.
are here two springs which have
Peeling
been termed medicinal.
was settled about 1773. Population, 1830, 291.
Pelliam, N. H.
This town is
Hillsborough co
37 miles S. from Concord,
and 19 S.E. fromAmherst. Here are
three ponds, called Gumpas, Island,
Beaver river
and North ponds.
On this
passes through the town.
tributary streams
river and the
there is much valuable meadow.
distant
The
inhabitants depend principally
on agriculture for the means of supMuch timber and cord wood
port.
are carried annually to the banks of
the Merrimack, and thence conveyed to Newburyport, or to Boston
The
through Middlesex canal.
first settlements were made in 1722.
The town was incoi-poratcd in 174G,
about 5 years after the state line was
established, by which a part was
separated from Dracut, Mass. Population in 1330, 1,075.
Pelliam, Mass.
Hampshire co. This town lies
80 miles W. from Boston, and 13 N.
E. from Northampton. It was incorporated in 1742.
Population, in
The surface o-f the
1837, 957.
town
elevated and uneven ; the
hard but productive. Swift
and Fort livers alford it mill privileges.
Some palm-leaf hats are
is
soil is
made here.
Some years
ago the notorious
Stephen Burroughs profaned the
christian sabbath, by imposing himself on the innocent people of Pel-
ham
as a minister of the gospel.
Peniadtmicook lL<ake, Me.,
Or the
large lake
Bamedumpkok.
This
of very irregular form,
containing a great number of islands, and lies a few miles N.from BaIt receives the
ker's mountain.
waters of numerous lakes, or collections of water, lying between it
and the eastern sources of the
Moose Head. The soil on the borders of the Pemadumcook, and the
lakes connected with it, is remarkThe Jo Mary lakes
ably fertile.
are beautiful sheets of water, and
are surrounded by some of the best
timbered land in the state. They
lie near the Pemadumcook ; and the
facilities afforded for rafting lumber
down the Penobscot, through that
lake, render that section of country
is
very valuable.
PeniTbroke, Me.
Washington
Population, in
co.
Wheat crop, same year,
1837, 86G.
It lies 178 m41es
1,216 bushels.
from Augusta.
See " Down East."
Penil>ro3ie,
K".
H.,
co., lies 60 miles N.
from Boston, and 6 S. E. from
Concord. This town is generally
well watered. The Suncook,on the
S. E. boundary, furnishes many valuable water privileges. The main
street extends nearly on a parallel
with Merrimack river in a straight
course about three miles, and is very
Merrimack
W.
pleasant.
On
this are situated the
principal village.
academy and the
Pembroke has a
mostly very
variety of soils,
productive. On the
�NEW ENGLAND
rivers are small but valuable tracts
of intervale, and from these the
land rises in extensive and beautiful swells, yielding in abundance
when properly cultivated. Pembroke is the ancient Suncook of the
Indians.
It was granted by this
name in 1727, by the government
of Massachusetts, to Capt. John
Lovewell, and his brave associates,
consideration of their services
against the Indians.
The whole
number of grantees was 60 ; 48 of
in
whom
accompanied Lovewell in
his last march to Pequawkett. The
first survey was made in 172S
and
in the following year settlements
;
were commenced. The settlements
increased slowly, in consequence
of the frequent alarms from the Indians, who committed many depredations upon their property.
Population, 1830, 1,-312.
Pembroke; Mass.
Plymouth co.
This town w^as
taken from Duxbury in 1711. Population, 1837, 1,258.
It lies 27
miles S. E. from Boston, and 12 N.
N. W. from Plymouth. North river separates this town from Hanover; and some branches of that
stream, rising from ponds in Pembroke, give it a good water power.
For more than 40 years after the
settlement at Plymouth, this town
contained the only saw-mill in the
colony.
Pembroke is at the head
of navigation on the North river,
and possesses superior advantages
for ship building ; and many noble
vessels, constructed of native white
oak, are annually launched.
The
manufactures of the town consist of
vessels, cotton goods, tacks, iron
ware, chairs, cabinet ware, &c.
The North river is very deep and
narrow, and so exceedingly crooked that it meanders 18 miles in its
course from Pembroke to Sciti;ate
harbor,
is less
when
the distance
than 6 miles.
by land
GAZETTEElv
Pemigewasset River, W. H.
This stream and the Winnepisiogee constitute the Merrimack. It
is formed of three principal branches, having their sources in Peeling,
Franconia, and the ungranted lands
S. W. of the White Mountains.
These branches unite in Peeling,
from whence the main stream passes in a S. direction through Tho'rn-
Campton, between Plymouth
ton,
and Holderness Bridgevvater, Bristol and New Hampton
Hill and
Franklin, where it unites with
Winnepisiogee river, and the main
stream becomes the Merrimack.
;
;
Pemmaquid
Lincoln
Point, Me.
This is an important
point of land, extending into the
sea between Muscongusbay on the
east, and Pemmaquid river and the
waters of Damariscotta on the west.
There is a light house on this point,
which bears W. 10 miles from St.
George's island, and about N. E. 9
miles from Bantam Ledge.
co.
Penobscot River and Bay, Me.
This large and important river,
with its numerous and extensive
branches water a large portion of
the state.
It pierces the county
which bears its name and receives
tributaries from Washington, Hancock, Waldo, Piscataquis and Somerset counties.
Below the union
of the eastern and western branches the Piscataquis and Matawam-
keag
From
are
its
largest
tributaries.
the junction
of the two
branches, or " the Forks," to tide
water at Bangor is about 76 miles.
The east branch rises at the north,
in the Schools lakes, near Aroostook
river, and on its passage to the junction, a distance of about 50 miles,
called Seboois river.
it is properly
The western branch of the Penobscot rises in the high lands on
the border of Lower Canada and
the western frontier of Maine.
It
passes through the counties of Som-
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
erset and Piscataquis in an eastern
direction, to its junction with the
eastern branch, receiving in its
course the waters of hikes Chesun-
cook, Peraadumcook, MilUnoket,
and other hxrge collections of water.
This branch passes within 3 miles
northern border of Moose
source of Kennebec river. The length of this branch
of the Penobscot, from its source to
its union with the east branch or
Seboois river, may be stated at
about 140 miles and the greatest
length of the river to Bangor,
215, and to the ocean, 275 miles.
Some of the most important
of the
Head
lake, the
;
this majestic river,
are noted under their distinctive
names; a description of them all with
their hydraulic powers and boatable capabilities, their rapid courses and beautiful cataracts, their
fertilizing qualities, and other pecuInliarities, would fill a volume.
deed, these streams and the immense
basin which they drain, are so little
known, that some years must elapse
before any thing like a fair delineation of the value and beauty of this
Enginteresting 'section of
tributaries of
New
land can be given.
Penobscot Bay. The waters of
this bay extend from OwVs Head
on the west, to Burnt Coat Island
a distance of about 30
on the E.
;
miles.
lands,
and a
It
Fox
At its mouth
Deer Isle, Isle of Haut,
number of smaller islands.
are
extends
to
Belfast
bay,
at
Is-
the
country constituting a counrather a district within the
state, to be divided into counties as
exigencies may require. Not more
than a fourth part of the territory
is settled, incorporated into towns,
With the excepor even granted.
tion of a small portion at its southern boimdary, it comprises a fertile
wilderness, densely wooded, pierction of
ty, is
ed
in
every
direction with mill
streams, and adorned with beautiful
lakes.
It contains a larger extent
of territory than the whole agricultural slate of Vermont, with its
14 large and flourishing counties ;
of no better soil, at a greater distance from the ocean, in nearly the
same latitude, and, in 1S37, with a
population of no less than 31 to a
square mile.
In 1837, before a part of this territory was set off to form Piscataquis
county, it comprised an area of 10,57S square miles. It was incorpoIn 1790,
rated as a county in 131G.
population of only
it contained a
1,154. In 1820, the population was
13,870; 1330, 31,530, and in 1837,
Population to a square^
54,961.
Increase of
mile, 5 and a fraction.
population, in 7 years, 74 per cent.
There are some mountains in this
county, but the surface is generally
undulating, containing as small a
portion of waste land as any county
in the state, in proportion to
Vv ith
regard
to its soil,
it
its
size.
is
con-
ceded by all who have traveled
through the territory and examined
producit, that its quality, for the
of Penobscot river, a distance of 20 miles N. from Owl's
Head. This bay contains a great
number of commodious harbors, and
on its borders are many large and
tion of all the comm-odities necessa-
It
flourishing commercial towns.
affords a great variety of fish, and
the scenery among the islands is de-
consist
mouth
lightful.
Pciiolbscot
County, Me.
Bangor, chief town.
27*
This sec-
the wants and comforts of
man, is better than the soil of NewEngland generally.
ry for
of this county
principally of lumber, of
The manufactures
is annuOther manufac-
which an immense amount
ally transported.
tures, however, are rising on the
banks of its rivers, and will doubtless increase with its population.
In 1837, there were 39,154 sheep
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
county of Penobscot, and its
crop, the same year, amounted to 202,143 bushels.
Large portions of the soil of this
almost wilderness county are stated
to be exceedingly luxuriant, equalling in quality the famed lands of
the Ohio valley.
There are doubt-
The surface of the
pleasant, and the soil good.
Population, 1837, 1,496.
Wheat
crop, same year, 2,074 bushels.
Incorporated, 1787.
less large tracts of land
pleasant town, with a good soil and
handsome orchards. It is watered
by the Nashua river, which gives
it a good water power.
There are
three paper mills in the town, and
in the
wheat
in the val-
Mattawamkeag, AroosMadawaska, as
and which will ultimately
leys of the
took, St. Johns, and
fertile,
become
as valuable
for their agri-
ing sea port.
town
is
Peppcrell, Masg.
Middlesex
cultural productions, as any in our
manufactures
country.
boots, shoes,
The water power of this county
unrivalled by any section of country of its extent in the world, and
the noble Penobscot furnishes it
with a cheap and convenient passage for the wants of its people
from abroad, and for the surplus
productions of the soil at home.
When the resources of this county are more fully developed and
better understood wlien the healthfulness of the climate, the purity
of its air and water, are fairly
compared with those of the western
and southern prairies, and when the
value of a surplus bushel of wheat,
or a fat ox on the banks of the Ohio,
is compared with the value of the
same productions on the banks of
the Penobscot, we trust there will
be less complaint against the soil of
England, for the want of patronage it affords to the enterprize,
comfort, and wealth of her children.
is
;
New
Pe5iol>scot,
Me.
co.
A maritime town,
on the E. side of Penobscot bay,
nearly opposite to Belfast, and i2
miles E. by N. from it.
It is 75
miles E. by N. from Augusta, 8 N.
by E. from Castine, and 17 S. W.
from Ellsworth. An arm of Penobscot bay sets up from the S. W., and
gives the town great navigable facilities.
It has a great water power,
and its manufacture of lumber, its
ship building, and coasting trade,
render it an important and flourish-
Hancock
co.
of
&c.
This
is
palm-leaf
a
very
hats,
Annual amount
about $80,000. Incorporated, 1753.
Population, 1837, 1,586.
It lies 33
miles N.W. from Boston, and 17
N. N. W. from Concord.
Col. William Prescott, the
brave
defender of Charlestown
heights, was a native of this town.
He
died in 1795, aged 70.
This town derived its name from
Sir
William Pepperell, who
about the year 1727, was chosen
one of his majesty's council, and
was annually re-elected 32 years,
till his death.
Living in a country exposed to a ferocious enemy,
h.e was well fitted for the situa-
which he was placed, for it
pleased God to give him a vigorous
frame, and a mind of firm texture, and of great calmness in danger.
He rose to the highest military honors which hiscountiy could
bestow upon him. When the expedition against Louisbourg was
contemplated, he was commissioned by the governors of New England to command the troops.
Ho
invested the city in 1745.
There
was a remarkable seiies of providences in the whole affair, and Mr.
Pepperell ascribed his unparalleled
success to the God of armies. The
king, in rcAvard for his services,
conferred upon him the dignity of a
baronet of Great Britain, an honor
never before conferred on a native
of New England.
He died at his
seat in Kittery, Maine, July 6,
I759,aged 63 years, leaving but on«
tion, in
�GAZETTEER.
NEW ENGLAND
good navigable
is favored with
considerawaters, and is a place of
busiiel Sparhawk.
enterprise in the fishing
ble
liam (son of Col.
and the coasting
The name and ness, ^bip building, It is 184 miles
iu London in 1817.
and lumber trade.
2o J^.
title are extinct.
E by N. from Augusta, and
relict ot
Incorporated,
Lady Mary Pepperel
her N. E. from Machias.
died at
Sir William Pepperell,
Population, 1837,929.
1818.
daughter, the
^^nfe Of Col. NathanilThe last feudied
Sparhawk,) \J
It
seatinKittery,Nov.25,1789^She
town,
At Pleasant Point, in this
Hirst,
river, is an
was daughter of Grove
on the margin of the
of Hon
ot
Esq. and ^rand-daughter
reservation, the residence
Her natural and Indian
Judge Sewall.
the Oiieyiangos, or
remnant of
said to be the
acquired powers were
Passamaquoddij tribe. The village
and she was much
respectable,
Catholic church,
very
sweetness
admired for her wit and
»
of manners.
William Pepperkll,
Sir William,
ther of the
native of Cornwall,
t^rst
the
la-
was
a
contains a Roman
souls.-—
about 20 cottages, and 120
about
reservation comprises
The
27,000 acres.
England, and
about the
emigrated to this country
settled at the Isles
year 1676, and
of Shoals,
said
as a
so
he was
after his
Pervi,
Me.
Peru is bounded on
CO.
and
by Androscoggin river,
It is the N
fisherman.
pleasant ponds and
contains some
poor for some time
has a good soil and
arrival, that the lady
the
paid his addresses at
to
Oxford
It
mill streams.
bushe.s of
produced, in 1837, 3,457
year,
he
Population, same
wheat.
to him.
Peru
Shoals would not hearken
Incorporated, 1821.
his 854.
However, in a few years by
W. by N. from Augusgot lies 38 miles
frugality, he
from Pans.
industry and
ta, and 17 N. by E.
out a brig, which
enouo-h to send
Peru, Vt.
lady now
he lolded to Hull. The
After his marGreen
consent.
gave her
Bennington CO. This is a
he removed to Kittery, Mountain township, high and brokriao-e,
wealthy
hsh ponds
where he became a very
It contains two large
en
merchant, and died in 1734.
which issue beautiful mounfrom
First settled, 1 73^
tain streams.
Peqiiawkett River, N. H.
It lies 3C
Population, 1830, 455.
Pequawkett, written by Belknap miles N. N. E. from Bennington,
PickWindsor.
Piswacket, and by Sullivan
and SOS. W. from
true orthography is
wocket, but the
Peru, Mass.
an Infound to be Pe-quaw-kett;
applied to a considerable
rough
dian name
Berkshire co. This is a
wherein
country, now including
whom
/
of
town,
Me., and mountainous
and W estConway, N. H., Fryeburgh,
branches of Housatonick
towns.It was formerly
and some of the adjacent
rise.
fiehl rivers
of a river flowand i^nconx)It is also the name
called Partridgefield,
ne
Saco, from two ponds
ino- into the
by that name in 1771. 1
be- rated
tract
mountain
in^Eaton; and of a
Bartlett and Chatham,
tween
merly called Kearsarge.
for
Perry, Mc.
lies
Washington co. This town
w!side of St. Croix river,
on the
Eastport,
and 5 miles
to
which
N. W.
it is
from
connected by a bridge.
«oil
The
ers.
grazing.
cold but adapted for
tarminhabitants are chiefly
In
Population, 1837, 656.
is
that year 6,127 sheep
n
wh
Sftll
were sheared
wool,
town; the value of the
was
lbs
h weighed 18,381
111 miles AV.
Peru lies
948
18 N.E. from Lenox,
this
lorn Boston,
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
and 47 E. from Albany, N. Y.
It
highest land between the
Coanecticat and Hudson rivers.
is
the
Peterljoro-ugli,
Hillsborough
co.
midway between
'X.
M,
75 miles
W.
S.
lies
Amherst
and
W.
from Ports-
mouth, 60 N. W. from Boston, and
40 S. \V. from Concord. Peterborough lies in a N. E. direction from
the Grand Monadnock,and is bounded on the E. by a chain of hills
Contoocalled Pack Monadnock.
cook river runs in a N. E. and N.
direction through the centre of the
town, affording several good pi-ivi-
The
leges for mills and factories.
N. branch, from Dublin, originating
partly from waters near the Monadnock, and partly from Long, or
Hunt's pond, lying in Nelson and
Hancock, atfords a never-failing
supply of water, and furnishes those
noble falls, on v/hich are situated
There are exseveral factories.
tensive and valuable meadows on
this branch, above these falls; and
the soil generally throughout the
town is excellent. In the centre
of the town is a high hill, formerly
the site of a meeting house, at an
elevation of 200 feet above the rivThe chain of hills on the E. is
er.
distinguished by two pi-incipal sumBetween these summits is a
mits.
depression of a quarter part of the
mountain's height. About GO rods
W. of the ridge, or summit of this
depression, on an emhenchment of
the mountain, is a pond of about
9 acres extent, very deep and replenished with fish, at an elevation
of 200 feet above the site of meetThere are rocks
ing liouse hill.
in several places which afford indications of sulphur, and ci-umbie on
exposure to the sun and air. Iron
ore of an excellent quality has been
discovered, but as yet in small
quantities. Peterborough was granted in 1733, by the government of
Massachusetts
to
settlement
In 1759 there
were 45 families, and on the 17th
Jan., the next year, the town was
Samuel Hey wood
tirst
The
incorporated.
This town
Keene, being 20 miles from each.
It is
The
and others.
took place in 1739.
tirst settlers
of
Peterborough were Scotch Presbyterians, from Ireland, or their immediate descendants. Wholly unused to clearing and cultivating of
wild lands, they endured great hardTheir nearest gristmill was
ships.
miles distant
at Townsend, 25
their road, a line of marked trees.
The tirst male child born here, was
John Richie
;
he was born Feb 22,
1751, and died in the service of his
country at Cambridge, in 1776.
Population, 1830,1,934.
Petersliam, Mass.
Worcester co. Petersham is a
very pleasant town, elevated on a
swell of fertile land, and presenting a fine prospect of many
of the neighboring towns.
It was
first settled about the year 1732, and
was called by the Indians JYashawang. Swift river waters a part
of the town, and affords a water
power. There is a Vv^oolen mill in
the town; and manufactures of
palm-leaf hats, leather, boots, shoes,
chairs, and cabinet ware
total annual value, about $60,000.
It lies
62 miles W. by N. from Boston, and
:
27 N.
W. from Worcester.
tion,
1S37, 1,731.
Popula-
Incorporated,
1754.
Pliillips,
Me.
This town is waby Sandy river. It lies 53
N. W. from Augusta, and 15
Franklin co.
tered
miles
N. W. from Farm in gton. IncorpoPop. 1830, 954; 1837,
Wlieat crop, in 1837, 6,23S
rated, 1812.
1,283.
bushels,
Pliilllpstou, Mass.
Worcester co.
There is a large
pond in this town, the source of
Burnshint river. This pleasant town
was taken from Athol and Templeton, in 1786.
It was called Gerry
until 1812.
The manufactures of
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
the town consist of cotton and
woolen goods, p;ilm-leaf hats, leath-
and shoes ; annual value,
It lies 53 miles N.
about $75,000.
W. by VV. from Boston, and 25 N.
W. from Worcester. Population,
1837, 8S7.
er, boots
Pliipsbur^^li,
Lincoln
town
at the
co.
This
mouth
of
is
Me.
a maritime
Kennebec
riv-
on the west side, 40 miles S.
from Augusta, and IS S. W. from
er,
Wiscasset. Population, 1837, 1,430.
of a peninsula of land,
of about 15 miles in length, and
from two to four miles in width, lying between Kennebec river, on
the east, and New Meadows, or
Stevens' river, on the west, and extending from Small Point, the eastern boundary of Casco bay, to the
town of Bath on the north. It conIt consists
the first governor under it.
He arrived at Boston, as governor, in 1692
In 1694, in a dispute with the col
lector of the port. Sir W'illiam so
far forgot his dignity as to descend
to blows.
He was removed from
office,
and
returned
to
England.
Pie received assurance of being restored, but before that event happened he died, in 1695, aged 44.
Phipsburgh
has
considerable
trade and navigation.
Ship building is pursued, and fishing is a
source of profit. There is no better site for fishing establishments
on the coast. It is a very pleasant
town, and an agreeable location to
court the sea breezes in summer.
Picrmont,
IS.
H.,
Grafton co., is bounded N. by
Haverhill.
miles N.
It is 65
N. W. from Concord.
The soil,
tains a U. S. fort, and Seguin and especially on the Connecticut, is
Pond islands, on which are light good. The meadows, or intervales,
houses.
are extensive, and in some instanPhipsburgh was taken from the es highly cultivated. The meadancient town of Bristol, in 1816, ows are composed of sandy loam,
and named in honor of Governor in some places inclined to marie,
Phips, who was born in Bristol. and are favorable to the growth of
Governor Phips lived in the wil- wheat, corn and every kind of grain.
derness of Maine till he was eigh- Back from the river the town is
teen years of age, and was then an made up of swells of fine giazing
apprentice to a ship-carpenter four and mowing land, well watered with
years.
He went to Boston, and brooks and springs. In the N. E.
learned to read and write. He chose part of the town are three considEastman's
called
erable ponds,
to seek his fortune on the sea, and
From these ponds issues
had the good luck to discover the ponds.
wreck of a very valuable Spanish Eastman's brook, which, passing in
vessel on the coast of Hispaniola, a S. E. direction, falls into Connecand by the aid of the British gov- ticut river, forming a number of
ernment succeeded in tishing up excellent mill seats. Indian brook,
plate, pearls and jewels, amounting on which mills are erected, is in the
in value to three hundred thousand S. part. The settlement commencPopulation, in 1830,
pounds sterling, with which he ed in 1770.
in 1687.
He obenterprise sixteen
thousand pounds, and the honor of
sailed to
England
tained by
knighthood.
his
He
returned
to
Bos-
1690, and commanded the
expedition against
Port Royal,
which place he captured. When
the new charter of Massachusetts was obtained he was appointed
ton
in
1,042.
Pilot Mountain, N. H.
See Killienny.
Piscataqna River, X. H.
The only large
course
is
in
whose entire
Hampshire, is
river
New
formed by the junction of several
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
small streams in a wide and deep
bed hollowed out partly by them,
and partly by the tide. The names
of these streams, beginning at the
northeast, are Salmon Fall, Coeheco, Bellamy bank, Oyster, Lamprey,
Squamscnt, and Winnicut rivers.
;
The
live last unite their waters in
a large and irregular bay between
Durham and Greenland, more resembling a lake than a river. The
waters of this bay meet those of
Salmon Fall and Cocheco rivers,
" That from and
day of April next,
after the
last
that portion
of territory lying north of the south
lines of Parkman and Wellington,
in the county of Somerset, and lying
north of the north lines of the towns
of Dexter, Garland, Charleston,
Bradford, and south line of Kilmarnock, in the county of Penobscot;
and bounded east by the east lines of
all
and join the ocean 2 or 3 miles
below Portsmouth; embosoming
several islands, and forming one of
the best harbors on the continent.
Milton, Kilmarnock and townships
four in the eighth and
ninth ranges; and thence bounded
east by a line running north from
the northeast corner of said township numbered four, in the ninth
range, to the north line of the state ;
and bounded on the west by the
west lines of Wellington, Kingsbury, Shirley, and township number
two in the iifth range and thence
Few
bounded west
coming from the northwest at Hilton's point, a few miles below DoAfter
ver.
ceed
east
this junction,
in a direct
they pro-
line to the
south-
;
rivers
make
a
more magnifi-
cent appearance than this ; yet the
streams by which it is supplied are
small.
Salmon Fall furnishes more
than all the rest.
This stream is
JVewicliawannock fi'om the
Berwick till it receives the
waters of the Cocheco
but the
name of Piscataqua ought to be applied to the whole of Salmon Fall
called
falls in
;
river.
Piscataquis Kivei', Me.
numbered
;
by
a line
running
north from the northwest corner
of said township number two, to the
Kennebec river; thence up and by
the southerly bank of said river to
Moose Head lake thence bounded
westerly by the westerly margin
of said lake, to the northwest angle
of said lake
and thence bounded
west by a line running north, to the
north line of the state
be and the
same is hereby constituted and
made a county by the nam.e of," &c.
This county is therefore bounded
N. W. and N. by the British possessions in Lower Canada, E. by the
county of Penobscot, S. by the
counties of Penobscot and Somer;
—
—
•The head waters of this river are
found in the high lands which separate the waters of Penobscot and
Kennebec rivers. Its length is about
65 miles, passing in a course nearly set, and W. by Somerset county
east.
It has many tributaries, of
There are numerous lakes and ponds
which Sebec and Pleasant rivers, in the county, the largest of which
and Seboois stream, from the north, are the Moose Head, Chesuncook
are the largest.
In its course it and Pemadumcook. The county is
fertilizes large tracts of country,
crossed by the Piscataquis, Penoband gives to the towns through scot and Walloomstook riveis, but
which it passes a good hydraulic most of its excellent mill streams,
power.
of which there are many, rise within the county, from its own natural
Piscataquis Cowiity, Me.
-Dover, chief town.
This county
.vas incorporated, T^Iarcli 23, 1838.
Its territory is
thus described in the
act of incorporation, to wit
There are some considersources.
able elevations, the largest of which
is Katahdin Mountain.
The character of the surface and soil of Piscataquis county is generally that of
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEEH
Penobscot and Somerset counties,
from which it was taken.
Piscataqiiog River, N. H.,
formed of two principal branches, one from Francestown, the other
from Henniker and Deering, which
unite and form the main stream near
Is
It purthe W. line of Gofistown.
sues a southeasterly course through
Goffstown and the N. E. corner of
Bedford, where it falls into Merri-
mack
Pittsfield, N.
Merrimack
co.
PiscATAQuoG Village,
on
and near its mouth, is a
thriving and pleasant village, situthis riv'er
ate in the N. E. part of Bedford. A
handsome bridge is constructed over
the Piscataquog, in this village, 60
Since the Union
feet in length.
Canal commenced operation, the
boating business to this place has
been carried on with much success.
On the S. side of the river, below
this village, is a public landing
place, extending fo the Merrimack,
and from this place lumber of all
descriptions from the circumjacent
country, is conveyed down the river to market by rafts and boats to
Newburyport,and through the ^liddlesex canal to Charlestown and
Boston. The rise and present flourishing appearance of this village is
owing in a great measure to the
enterprise and industry of V/illiam
Parker and Isaac Riddle, esquires,
who were the lirst to commence
in this
the mercantile business
place.
Pittsfield,
Me.
Somerset co. This is a town of
excellent soil, and a branch of Sebasticook river rises in the S. E.
corner.
The inhabitants are generally good and thriving farmers.
Pittsfield was incorporated in 1819.
Wheat crop, 1837, 4,869 bushels.
1837, 836.
Population, 1830, 609
It lies 38 miles N. N. E. from Augusta, and 20 E. from Norridgewock.
;
surface of
Pittsfield is pleasantly varied, with
a good soil.
Suncock river passes
through the town, affording good
mill privileges.
Catamount mountain stretches across the S. E. partot
the town, from the summit of which
delightful views are obtained. There
are a number of ponds in the town ;
west of which the magnetic-needle
varies materially. Berry's pond is on
the mountain
it is half a mile in
length, and is supplied by mountain
springs.
There is a neat and flourishing village in Pittsfield
a large
cotton mill, a scj'the factory, and an
:
river.
H.
The
—
;
academy.
This town was
first
settled in 1784.
Population, 1830, 1,271. It
miles N. E. from Concord.
is
16
Pittsfield, Vt.
Rutland co. Tweed river is formed in this tov/n, by two branches,
which afford mill seats: it empties
into
White
river,
which
passes
The
through the N. E. corner.
surface of the town is mountainous,
and the soil hard. Pittsfield was
Population,
1786.
35 miles S. S. W.
from ]\Iontpelier, and 17 N. E. from
first
settled
1830, 505.
in
It lies
Rutland.
Pittsfield, Mass.
Berkshire co. This large manufacturing and agricultural town, a
mart of trade for a large section of
country, lies 125 miles W. from
Boston, 5 N. from Lenox, and 33 E.
from Albany, N. Y. Population,
The settlement of
1837, 3,575.
this place, the
Indian Pontoosuck^
It was
in 1736.
incorporated in 1761. It was a frontier town for some years, and garrisons were erected for the protection
of the inhabitants against the in-
was commenced
The town is
roads of the savages.
finely watered by two branches of
the Housatonick, which unite near
There are in Pittsfield
its centre.
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
6 woolen and 2 cotton mills, and
manufactures of muskets, iron castings, tin ware, leather, hats, car-
ant town, on the east side of Kennebec river, opposite to Gardiner;
7 miles S. by E. from Augusta.
It
riages, prunella hutton'5,
chairs, is a flourishing town, of good soil,
corn brooms, cabinet ware, &c.
and has several ponds and mill
streams, and a considerable business
total amount, the year ending April
1,1S37, $68S,71(». The value of in the lumber trade. Incorporated,
Population, 1837, 2,121.—
12,962 fleeces of wool sheared in 1779.
the
town the same year, was Wheat crop, same year, 2,231 bushPittsfield is one of the els.
$19,443.
pleasantest towns in New England
Plaiiiiield, N. H.,
it lies 1,000 feet above the level of
Sullivan co., lies on Connecticut
the sea, in a fertile valley between
It is 12 miles S. from Dartthe Taughkannick and Green moun- river.
tain ranges.
The village is well mouth college, and N. W. 55 from
There is considerable
located, and contains many beauti- Concord.
valuable inteivale, on Connecticut
ful buildings, which, with the fine
scenery and well cultivated farms river, and in other parts are excelThere are two
that surround it, presents a great lent meadows.
At the S. W. part of this
variety to charm the eye and to ponds.
gratify the taste of the intelligent town, in CoTinecticut river, is Hart's
:
There
are in Pittsfield a medical
institution, a female academy, &c.,
which will be noticed in the Register.
Rutland co. Otter creek meanthrough this very pleasant and
floui-ishing town, nearly in its centre, and fertilizes a large part of
its territory.
Furness rivei- afrbrds
the town good pi-iviieges, on which
are large iron works and other manufactories.
Iron ore of a very fine
quality, and elastic marble, are
abundant; also, the oxide of managricultural produc-
tions are valuable.
In 1837 there
were in the town 12,363 sheep.
A
female child was born here in 17S4,
who died at the age of 9 years, and
weighed 200 pounds. Pittsford was
first settled about the year 1770.
It
was
a
frontier
Vengence
town
for a
The remains
ber of years.
are
still
of
visible.
numFort
This
44 miles S. W. from Montpelier, and 8 N. from Rutland.
town
lies
Population, 1830, 2,005.
Pittston, Me.
Kennebec
CO.
stream, flowing from Croydon mountains, waters the town.
Liituated
dei-3
The
A small
Plainiield
Pittsford, Vt.
ganese.
which contains 19 acres.
Waterqueechy falls are in this town.
A bridge was erected here in 1807.
island,
agriculturalist.
Pittston is a pleas-
has a pleasant village,
on
a handsome plain,
centi-e of which the
N. and S. On a pleasant eminence in Meriden parish is
located " The Union Academy," incorporated June 16, 1313.
It is endowed with a permanent fund of
through the
street passes
,1^40,000, the liberal
bequest of the
Hon. Daniel,
interest of which,
Kimball, the
late
directed
applied as
as
his last will, is to be
by
fol-
lows, viz !^150 annually to the
support of a Calvinistic preacher,
and the remainder for the instruction of pious young men for the
:
ministry.
This seminary is in a
flourishing
condition.
Plainiield
was granted in 1761, and was settled
Population, 1830, 1,581.
in 1764.
Plainiield,
Washington
co.
"Vt.
First settled,
1330, 874.
It
Population,
1794.
lies 8 miles E. from Montpelier, and
21 from Nev/bury.
At the junction of Onion river and Great brook,
in this town, is a neat village with
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER
some manufacturing operations by
There is a mineral spring
water.
in the town of some note, and a tine
The soil is geuenilly of
trout pond.
a good quality, and feeds about
3,000 sheep.
Flainiield, Mass.
Plaistow, N.
II.
Rockingham
co.
It lies 36 miles
from Concord, and 30 S. W.
from Portsmouth.
Plaistow was orriginally a part of Haverhill, Mass.,
and included in the purchase of the
S. S. E.
Indians in 1642.
Among the first
were Capt. Charles Bartlett,
Nicholas White, Esq., Dea. Benja-
settlers
Hampshire
co.
town
This
is
elevated on the Green mountain
range, at the N. W. corner of the
county, and watered by the upper
branches
of
Westfield river.
Although the surface is rough and
mountainous, 3et the soil is excellent for pasturage, and produces some
In 1S37, the fleeces of
fine cattle.
3,772 sheep, sheared in this town,
were valued
at $.5,379.
There are
min Kimball and
J. Harriman.
Their posterity now inhabit the
town. After it became annexed to
New Hampshire, a charter was
granted in 1749. The soil of this
town is good, being a mixture of
black loam, clay and gravel. Population, in 1830, 591.
Piatt River, Vt.
2 woolen mills, and manufactures of
This small but good mill stream
boots, shoes, leather, palm-leaf hats,
rises in a pond in Richmond
passtotal anchairs, cabinet ware, &c
es through Hinesburgh, and a cornual value about $40,000. Plain- ner of Charlotte, and falls into
field lies 110 miles W. by N. from
Shelburne bay.
Boston, and 20 N. W. from Northampton. Incorporated, 17S5. PopPleasant Rivers, Me.
ulation, 1837, 865.
Pleasant River, in Washington
county, rises from a pond in BedPlaiiifield, Ct.
dington, and passing in a N. E. diWindham CO. Mooseup river af- rection falls intoPleasant river hay,
fords this town a good water power, which lies E. from Naraguagus bay,
on which, in the pleasant villages of and is connected with that bay, at
Unionville and Centreville, are its mouth.
considerable manufactures of cotPleasant River, Piscataquis counThis town
ton and woolen goods.
mill stream
a
was incorporated in 1700 a part ty, is an important
of the Piscataquis, from
land is broken and stony, but tributary
of the
two
It receives the
the north.
in the western section there is an
branches, as they are callextensive plain, of a light sandy Ebeeme
about 15 miles from its mouth,
loam, noted for its adaptation to the ed,
in Milo.
growth of corn and other grain.
;
;
;
:
in olden times this plain was called
the Egypt of the surrounding country.
The village is on a commanding
eminence, from which there is an
extensive prospect, and in which is
one of the best academies in the
state
;
incorporated in 1783.
It lies
41 E. from Hartford, and 8 S. by E.
from Brooklyn. Population, 1830,
2,290.
28
Plimi Island, Mass.
See JVewhury.
Plymcutli, Me.
This is a fine
Penobscot co.
township of land, watered by beautiful ponds, and a valuable branch
It lies 45
river.
of Sebasticook
miles N. E. from Augusta, and 23
W. from Bangor. Wheat crop, 1337,
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER,
Population, same
4,530 bushels.
Incorporated, 1828.
year, 791.
Plymoiitli, N. H.,
The
half shire of Grafton county,
75 miles N. W. from Portsmouth,
31 S. E. from Haverhill, and 40 N.
from Concord. This town is well
watered. Besides numerous smaller streams, there are two rivers,
Pemigewasset and Baker's, both ot
which are of considerable importance.
They take their rise in the
heio-ht of land between the Connecticut and Merrimack, called the
eastern ridge.
Baker's river is 30
miles in length. The soil is tolerably good, and in general is well culis
tivated.
Holmes' academy
is
situ-
ated in this town, and is a very flourishing school. Plymouth was granted in 176.3. The first settlement
commenced in 1764. The intervales in this town were formerly the
resort of Indians for hunting.
At
the mouth of Baker's river they
had a settlement, where Indian
graves, bones, &c., have been
also
found
gun barrels, stone
mortars, pestles, and other utensils.
Here, it is said, the Indians were
attacked by Capt. Baker and a party
from Haverhill, Mass., who defeated them, killed a number and destroyed a large quantity of fur.
From him, Baker's river derives its
name.
Population, in 1830, 1,175.
:
Plymoiitli, Vt.
quite abrupt.
The soil is generally good for grazing, and considerable products of the dairy are sent
is
market.
Black
and
Plymouth lies 52 miles S. from
Montpelier, and 15 W. by N. from
Windsor. Population, 1830, 1,237.
First settled, 1776.
Plymoiitli Coujity, Mass.
Ph/mouth, chief town.
Queechy
rivers take their rise here, and afford mill privileges.
There are a
number of natural ponds in the
town, which furnish a great supply of trout and other fish.
Among
the lime stone rocks which abound
in this town are numerous caves,
some of which ars very large, and
The
soil
New
of this most ancient county in
England, is not so productive as that
of many others in Massachusetts;
yet there is considerable good land
within its limits.
It has a great
water power, which
is
more
partic-
ularly applied to the manufacture
of iron ware, of all sorts, both
wrought and cast. It has an abundant supply of iron ore, of a superior quality.
This county has a sea
coast on Massachusetts bay, of between 30 and 40 miles, and many
ships are built in its numerous ports
of native white oak.
This county
has considerable foreign commerce;
but its shipping is principally engaged in the tishing business and
coasting trade.
It is bounded N.
E. by Massachusetts bay, N. by
Norfolk county, and Boston harbor,
W. and N. W. by Norfolk county,
S. W. by Bristol county, and S. E.
by Buzzard's bay, and Barnstable
county. Area, about 600 square
miles.
This county was incorporated
in
1635.
Population,
1320,
38,1.36; 1830,42,993; 1837,46,253.
Population, to a square mile, 77.
The North
Windsor co. Two mountains in
this town rise to a considerable elevation, one of which. Mount Tom,
to
Extensive beds of soapcurious.
stone are found here.
river,
emptying
into
Massachusetts bay, and numerous
branches of the Taunton, are its
chief rivers.
In 1837, there were in this county 11,410 sheep.
The value of the
manufactures, the year ending
April 1, 1837, was $4,896,907.—
The value of the fishery, during the
same period, was ,$582,419.
Plymoiitli, Mass.
Plymouth
Chief town. This
it being the
oldesi settlement by Europeans in
New England, and the landing
place
is full
co.
of interest,
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
place of our forefathers on the 22d of
December. 1620. Its Indian name
was Fatuxet. Plymouth lies 35
miles S. E. by S. from Boston
N.
W. Ion. 70° 40'
lat. 41° 57' 30".
45". Population, 1830, 4,334 1837,
Incorporated, 1620.
5,034.
"Plymouth was the first town built
:
;
New
able fortitude, their undaunted resolution, their love to each other,
their justice and humanity to the
savages, and there freedom from all
those stains which elsewhere spotted the character even of their com-
panions in
affliction,
view them
we
cannot but
as illustrious
brothers,
England by civilized man
claiming the veneration and apand those by whom it was built plause of all their posterity.
were interior in worth to no body
The institutions, civil, literary,
of men, whose names are recorded and religious, by which New Engin
;
in history, during the last seventeen
hundred years.
kind ofvenerableness, arising from these facts,
A
attaches to this town, which may
a prejudice.
Still, it has
its foundation in the nature of man,
and will never be eradicated either
by philosophy or ridicule.
No
Englander, who is willing to
indulge his native feelings, can
stand upon the rock, where our ancestors set the first foot after their
arrival
on the American shore,
be termed
New
without experiencing emotions very
which are exby any common object of the
same nature. No New Englander
could be willing to have that rock
Let him
buried and forgotten.
reason as much, as coldly, and as
ingeniously as he pleases, he v/ill
different from those
cited
regard that spot with emotions
wholly different from those which
are excited by other places of e-qual
We
or even superior importance.
cannot wish this trait in the human
In a higher
character obliterated.
still
where
truth is universally as well as cordially embiaced, and virtue controls without a
rival, this prejudice, if it must be
called by that name, will become
useless, and may, therefore, be
But in our pressafely discarded.
ent condition, every attachment,
which is innocent, has its use, and
contributes both to fix and to soften
man. When we call to mind the
history of their sufferings on both
sides of the Atlantic, when we remember their pre-eminent patience,
state of being,
their unspotted piety, their
immove-
land is distinguished on this side the
Atlantic, began here.
Here the
manner of holding lands in free
soccage, nov/ universal in this country, commenced.
Here the right
of sufferage was imparted to every
citizen, to every inhabitant not disqualified by poverty or vice.
Here
was formed the first establishment
of towns, of the local legislature,
which is called a town meeting, and
executive,
of the peculiar town
Here the
styled the selectmen.
first parochial school was set up,
and the system originated for communicating to every child in the
community the knowledge of reading, wiiting, and arithmetic. Here,
also, the first building was erected
for the worship of God ; the first
religious assembly gathered ; and
the first minister called and settled,
by the voice of the church and conOn these simple foundgregation.
since been erected a
ations has
structure of good order, peace, lib-
knowledge, morals and religwith which nothing on this side
the Atlantic can bear a remote com-
erty,
ion,
pai'ison."
The
land in this town
is generally
but there is a
border of considerable extent on
the sea board, having been well cul-
hilly,
and sandy
tivated,
soil,
;
consisting of a rich
loamy
and capable of yielding large
crops.
The town is watered by Eel and
Wonkinqua rivers. Town, Willingsly and Double brooks, and more
than 200 ponds, the largest of which
is
called
Billington ^Sea.
" This
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
was formerly called Fresh Lake. singular rite, hut could only conwas discovered about the 1st of jecture that it was an acknowledgJanuary, 1621, by Francis Billing- ment of an invisible Being, the unwhile mounted on a tree known God whom this people worton,
It was in the shipped.
This pile was their altar.
standing on a hill.
midst of a thick forest, and when
Burying Hill, formerly Fort
It
seen at a distance, Billington supposed it to be another sea. On the
8th of January, he went with one
of the master's mates, to view the
place.
They found two lakes contiguous, separated by a narrow space;
the largest is about six miles in
circumference, and is the far famed
Billington Sea. It is about two
miles southwest from the town, and
from it issues the Town brook. In
this pond there are two small islands. The largest, containing about
two acres, having been planted
with apple-trees, produces excellent fruit.
This pond is well stocked with pickerel and perch. The
majestic eagle is frequently seen
cowering over
this
pond, and has
nest in the branches of the trees, visiting the flats in
the harbor at low tide in pursuit of
fish and birds. Loons, and the beaufor
ages built
its
wood-duck produce their young
sequestered retreats about this
pond, annually.
The fallow deer, tenacious of
their ancient place of rendezvous,
continue to visit this pond for drink,
and to hrowse on its margin. For
many years this beautiful pond was
tiful
in
a favorite resort for social parties.
house was erected on the bank, a
pleasure-boat was in the pond, and
tea-parties and tishing-parties united in the happiest enjoyments.
There are on the road to Sandwich, in the woods, two rocks called Sacrifice rocks. They are covered with sticks and stones, which
A
have been accumulating
ries.
It
for
centu-
was the constant practice
among
the aboriginals, to throw a
stone, or stick on the rock in passing.
The late Rev. Mr. Hawley,
who
spent many years among the
natives atMarshpee, endeavored to
learn from them the desigrnof this
Immediately in the rear of
the town is a hill, rising 165 feet
above the sealevel, embracing about
eight acres.
On the summit of the
southwest side, the pilgrims erected first some temporary defence,
hut, in 1675, on the approach of
Philip's war they erected a strong
fort, 100 feet square, strongly palisadoed, ten and a half feet high.
No other place could have been so
well chosen, either for discovering
the approach of savages, or for defending the town against their attacks.
The settlement was rendered perfectly secure, and springs
of water were at their command.
The whole circuit of the fort is still
distinctly visible, a watch-house of
brick was also built near the fort.
The view presented from this
eminence, embracing the harbor
and the shores of the bay for miles
around, is not, perhaps, inferior to
any in the country. Let the antiquarian come at full tide and when
the billows are calmed, and seat
Hill.
himself on this mount, that he may
survey the incomparable landscape,
and enjoy the interesting associations with which he will be inspired.
Immediately beneath the
hill lies the town in full view, and
beyond this the harbor and shipping.
The harbor is a beautiful
expanse of water, bounded on the S.
by Manomet point, and near which
commences a beach three miles in
length, breasting the rolling billows
of the bay, and serving as a barrier
to the wharves ; and on the N. E.
by a promontory extending from
Marshfield, called the Gurnet, on
the point of which stands the lighthouse.
These several points, together
with the opposite shores, compietely enclose
the
harbor, having
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
and Saquish in its
points opens
the great bay of Massachusetts,
bounded at the southern extremity
by the peninsula of Cape Cod,
which is distinctly visible, and
spreading boundless to the northClark's
Island
bosom.
Beyond these
On the N. appears the flourishing village of Duxbury, shooting
into the bay, and exhibiting a handsome conical hill, ever to be remembered as once the property and
residence of the gallant Standish.
east.
Between Duxbury and Plymouth,
the harbor and pleasant village
Having taken a surof Kingston.
vey of this magnificent group, so
exceedingly endeared to the
England antiquarian, and enjoyed a
spiritual vision of the Mayflower,
is
There are in Plymouth 3 cotton
mills, 3 nail factories, and manufactures of vessels, cordage, boots,
shoes, leather, hats, straw bonnets,
chairs, tin and cabinet wares
the
value of which for the year ending
April 1,1837, was $508,932.
During that year there were 4 vessels
engaged in the whale fishery, 45 in
the cod and mackerel fishery, and a
large number of vessels employed
in the merchant service and coasting trade. Tonnage of the district,
The product
in 1337, 26,635 tons.
of the fishery, the same year, was
:
$154,636.
The corner
New Hall
laden with men, women and children, come as founders of a mighty
empire, we are next led to view a
scene of more solemn contemplaThe whole extent of the hill
tion.
is covered with the symbols of mortality, the sepulchres of our venerWe tread on the ashated fathers.
some of those to whom we are
indebted, under Providence, for our
most precious earthly enjoyments,
all that is valuable in life, much of
principle and example which are
With what soconsoling in death.
licitude do we search for a sepulchral stone bearing the names of
Carver, Bradford, and their glorious
es of
associates.
The
cient
following
monuments
are the most an-
which
traced within this enclosure
can be
:
body of Edward Gray,
Gent., aged about lifty-two years, and
deoarted tliis life the last of June,
Here
lies the
1681.
Here lyes ye body of ye Honorable
Major William Bradford, who expired
February ye 20,
He
1703-4.,
aged 79 years.
lived long, but still
was
doing good,
And in his country's semce lost
much blood.
After a life well spent he's now
at rest
His very name and memory is blest.
28*
—
Ist of
fice is
was
stone
Pilgrim
of
laid in this
town on the
September, 1824. This edi70 by 40 feet, with walls of
unwrought
split granite the height
from the top of the foundation to
the eave cornice being about 33
The lowfeet, forms two stories.
er room is about 10 feet in the clear
and the upper to
of the ceiling
the impost moulding about 20 feet,
to which being added the curve of
It is
the ceiling is about 23 feet.
;
;
intended, as soon as the state of the
funds will justify, to form the front
by an addition of about 20 feet,
with a double tier of steps, having
entrance to the upper room and by
descent to the lower. The front to
be finished with a Doric portico on 4
columns, of about 20 feet in height,
the base of which to be from 3 to
4 feet above the level of the
The situation presents a
street.
full view of the river and outer
harbor.
An
Anniversary
Commemora-
tion of the landing of the pilgrims
commenced in Plymouth on the
22d of December, 1769, and will,
we U-aai, be continued in Pilgrim
Hall, so long as the virtues, unparalleled sufferings, and the conscientious performance of the duties of
piety and benevolence of our pil-
grim fathers are held in veneration
See Regby a grateful posterity.
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
and
Thachers
History
of 26 N. from Portland.
Incorporated,
Population, 1837, 2,251.—
Wheat crop, same year, 3,965 bushPlymoutli, Ct.
els.
This is an excellent farming
Li chfield co. Plymouth lies 22 town with good mill privileges, sevmiles W. S. W. from Hartford, 31 eral ponds, and a pleasant village.
N. by W. from
Haven, and
family consisting of about 70
12 S. E. from Litchfield.
Taken of that curious people denominafrom Waterbury in 1795. Popula- ted " Shakers," reside in Poland.
tion, 1830, 2,064.
The surface of They possess about 600 acres of
the town is rough and hilly, with a choice land.
They are attached to
strong, gravelly soil, well adapted the society at New Gloucester,
for grazing. The Naugatuck affords about a mile distant.
Their village
an ample v/ater power, which is is on a beautiful eminence.
To
improved for the manufactui-e of say that their village is neat and
cotton goods, clocks, &.c.
handsome, and that their lands and
The manufacture of small wood- gardens are well improved, would
en clocks, it is believed, originated be superfluous. See Canterbury,
with Mr. Terry, of this town, about JV.H.
20 years ago ; since that period, the
Pomfret, Vt.
manufacture of wooden clocks has
been widely extended, and forms a
Windsor co. First settled, 1770.
very important branch of the man- Population, 1830, 1,867. Pomfret
ufactures in this part of the state.
lies 45 miles N. by E. from Montpelier and 20 N. N. W. from WindPlyiKiytoii, Mass.
sor. The town is watered by W^hite
Plymouth co. This town is wa- and Queechy rivers. The surface
tered by a branch of Taunton river. is hilly, but the soil is generally
It lies 32 miles S. E. by S. from
good, particularly for grazing
it
Boston, and 8 W. from Plymouth. pastures about SOOO sheep.
PomIncorporated,
1707.
Population, fret contains a mineral substance,
1837, 835.
The manufactures of said to prove a good substitute for
the town consist of cotton and wool- paint.
en goods, nails, shovels, spades,
PomiVet, Ct.
hoes, forks, hoop rivets, shoes, leather, palm-leaf hats, chairs and cabiWindham co. Pomfret was first
net ware ; annual amount about settled in 1686. Incorporated, 1713.
$100,000.
The Indian name of Its Indian name was Masliamoquet.
Plympton was JVanatuxet.
The surface of the town is pleasantly
noble white oak was cut in this diversified by hills and valleys from
town a few years ago. It contain- some of the elevations, delightful
ed seven tons and seven feet of ship views are obtained.
The soil is
timber, and two cords of firewood. deep, strong and fertile, and, although somewhat stony, is very
Poge, Cape, Mass.
productive, and exceedingly well
This cape forms the northern ex- adapted for grazing.
consideratremity of Cliappequiddic island, a ble amount of the productions of the
part of Dukes county.
The
dairy are sent to market.
Quinnebaug and several of its
Poland, Me.
branches water the town, and flourCumberland co. Poland is situ- ishing manufacturing establishated on Little Androscoggin river, ments of cotton and other materials
6 miles above Lewiston falls.
It is
are springing up within its borders
44 miles S. W. from Augusta, and Pomfret lies 40 miles E. by N. from
isfer,
Plymouth.
1795.
New
A
:
A
:
A
—
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
N. from Brooklyn and
from Providence, R. I. Population, 1880,1,981.
Pomfret contains the ''Wolf Den,"
celebrated for the bold exploit of
and terrible appearher eyes,
snapping her teeth, and dropping
her head between her legs, was
evidently in the attitude and on the
who resided
died at Brooklyn, in this state, in 1790.
The aperture to this den or cave,
which is situated under a high ledge
of rocks, is about two feet square.
It is about forty feet in length, narrow, of uneven surface, and in no
part of it can a man stand upright.
point of springing at him.
At this
critical instant he leveled and fired
at her head. Stunned by the shock,
and sufibcated with the smoke, he
Hartford, 7
30
W.
the gallant Putnam,
here some years.
He
The
sides of this cave are of smooth
rock, which appear to have been
rent asundf^r by an earthquake. After making the necessary preparations for his venturous expedition,
Putnam entered the den, and " having groped his passage in the horizontal part of it, the most terrifying darkness appeared in front of
the dim circle of light afforded by
his torch.
It was
silent as the
house of death. None but monsters of the desert had ever before
explored this solitary mansion of
horror.
He cautiously proceeding
onward came to the ascent ; which
he slowly mounted on his hands and
knees until he discovered the glaring eye-balls of the wolf, who was
sitting at the
ern.
extremity of the cav-
Started at the
sight of tire,
she gnashed her teeth, and gave a
sudden growl. As soon as he had
made the necessary discovery, he
kicked the rope as a signal for pulThe people at the
ling him out.
mouth of the den, who had listened
with painful anxiety, hearing the
growl of the wolf, and supposing
their friend to be in the most imminent danger, drew him forth with
such celerity that his shirt was
stripped over his head and his skin
severely lacerated. After he had
adjusted his clothes, and loaded his
gun with nine buck-shot, holding a
torch in one hand and the musket
in the other, he descended the second time.
When he drew nearer
than before, the wcif assuming a
still
more
fierce
ance, howling, rolling
immediately found himself drawn
out of the cave. But having refreshed himself, and permitted the
smoke to dissipate, he went down
the third time. Once more he came
in sight of the wolf, who appearing
very passive, he applied the torch
to her nose, and perceiving her dead,
he took hold of her ears, and then
kicking the rope, (still round his
legs,) the people above, with no
small exultation, dragged them both
out together."
Poplin, N. H.,
co., is 24 miles W.
from Portsmouth, and 33 S.
S. E. from Concord. There is a small
pond in the N. part of the town called Loon pond
and the town is watered by Squamscot, or Exeter riv-
Rockingham
W.
S.
;
several small streams.
generally of a good quality, and the surface of the town is
not broken by high hills.
Poplin
was incorporated, in 1764. The iner, beside
The
soil is
habitants are
ous farmers.
principally industriPopulation, in 1830,
429.
Porpoise, Cape, Me.
This cape lies in the county of
York, and forms the N. E. boundary of Kennebunk Harbor. N. lat.
43° 22', W. Ion. 70° 23'.
Porter, Me.
Porter is bounded W.
Hampshire, and Ossipee
river separates it fiom the county
Oxford
by
CO.
New
of York.
It
lies
from Augusta, 42
Portland, and 37 S.
99 miles S. W.
W. N. W. from
W. from Pans.
Population, 1837, 1,087.
rated, 1807.
Incorpo-
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
Portland,
f
owned
Sle.
Chief town, Cumberland
This
eo.
beautiful city lies upon a peninsula
at the western extremity of Casco
hay ; its length is three miles from
east to west, and the average width
ia three
quarters of a mile ; containing about two thousand two
hundred acres of land. The settlement of this neck of land was commenced as early as 1()32, by two
individuals from England, George
Cleaves and Richard Tucker, who
purchased the whole tract in 1637,
of Gorges, the proprietor.
For the
40 years the settlement made
progress, and it was entirely destroyed in the Indian war
of 1675.
In 16S0, it vv'as revived
under more favorable auspices, the
government of Massachusetts having some years previous to that
time extended her sovereignty over
first
but
little
this part of Maine.
It had scarcely begun to gather the fruits of
prosperity, before it
was again
doomed to a second entire overthrow in 1690, by the remorseless
enemy, who spared neither dwellings nor their inhabitants.
The territory lay waste after this,
until about 1715, when a new attempt was made, and the foundations of the present city
abroad.
were
laid.
The inhabitants in the early period
of the settlement, suffered much
from the privations which awaited
them in this their remote wilderness. The Indians v/ere still hanging about them in an unquiet
state,
and occasionally visiting them with
rapine and blood.
After supplying the first necessiof their condition, the people
turned their attention to tJie lumber
business, the materials and the facilities of which, weie abundant
ties
about them. In about 20 years from
the re-settlement, it became the
principal port on the coast from
"which the English navy was supplied with masts and spars.
They
were transported in large ships
Manufactured lum-
the West Indies and
to the colonies on the continent.
At the commencement of the revolutionary war, there were owned
in Portland, 2,555 tons of shipping.
The population was about 1,900, occupying 230 houses there were
two religious societies, one congregational, the other episcopalian, and
the place was marked by enterprise
and prosperity. But it was destined
a third time to be prostrated by the
ravages of v/ar.
In 1775 it was
bombarded by a British ileet, by
which catastrophe 138 of \^i\e. principal houses were destroyed, together with a new court house, the
episcopal church, and the town
house, to the loss of the inhabitants
of over £54,000.
Froni the close of the revolutionary war, to the year 1307, the growth
of the town was almost unexampled.
The amount of tonnage,
which in 1789 was but 5,000 tons,
had increased in 1S07 to 39,000, and
the amount received for duties had
ber was sent
to
:
advanced from $3,000
to
$346,000.
During the restrictions and war, the
town suffered severely. It had been
sustained principally by foreign
commerce, which those disastrous
times wholly prostrated. After the
peace of 1815, the old channels of
trade were revisited, and new ones
opened with still increasing success.
Portland probably enioJ^s a larger
commerce with the West Indies,
than any other port in the union.
In 1830, the quantity of shipping
was 43,071 tons; in 1832, there
were owned
in this port 412 vessels,
employing 2,700 seamen in 1834
;
the tonnage of vessels belonging to
the port was 51,433 tons, and in
There arrived
1837, 53,081 tons.
in one year 484 vessels exclusive of
coastwise arrivals from ports north
of Cape Cod, of which 163 were
from foreign ports, and 321 were
The importations were
coastwise.
as follows, molasses, 30,425 hhds
flour, 65,471 barrels;
corn, 76,118
.
�NEW ENGLAND
bushels;
2-1,267
salt,
hhds
;
coal,
The
1,75S tons, &c.
principal exports are lumber, fish, beef, pork,
ashes, hay, potapot and pearl
toes, &,c.
The
population has advanced in
in 1790 it was 2,ratio
2i0; 1800,3,704; 1810,7,169; 1S20,
8,521; 1830,12,601; 1834,13,289;
and in 1837, 15,637, exclusive of
a similar
;
foreigners.
Poi-tland
was connected with Falmouth until 1786, and commonly
went by the name of Falmouth
Neck. In that year it was incorporated and received its present name.
In 1S32 a charter for a city was obtained, and a government, consisting
of a mayor, seven aldermen and
twenty-one common council men
was duly
organized
under
it
in
GAZETTEER.
observatory about 70 feet in height,
commanding a delightful view of
the
city, the harbor, the islands in
Casco bay
and, extending northwest to the elevated peaks of the
White mountains.
;
The
easy,
safe,
access to Portland by sea is
spacious
its
harbor
and
and rarely obstructed by ice.
It has a water communication with
the country to a distance of nearly
50 miles, by the Cumberland and
Oxford Canal, which was finished
in 1830 ; and it is the nearest seaboard market for the rich and beautiful country on the upper waters
of Connecticut river, through the
Franconiaand White mountain passes; and with the White mountains
over a level road to Lancaster in
N. H.
The
April, of the same year.
There are in the city 16 houses
of pubhc worship, many of which
There is also in
are very elegant.
the city a beautiful court house, a
spacious city hall, and a substantial
An athenaeum was
stone jail.
founded here in 1826, embracino; a
large reading room and library the
library at this time contains between
3,000 and 4,000 volumes of well se-
rail-road from Boston will
soon reach this place, and a rail-road
from Portland to the upper waters
of the Connecticut is in contempla-
lected books.
The public press is as flourishing
in Portland as in other parts of the
habitants.
;
There were pubUnited States.
lished in that city, in 1837,3 daily
papers, 2 tri-weekly, 1 semi-weekly and 12 weekly, embracing all
the subjects of politics, literature,
agriculture, religion and morals.
Portland is 110 miles N. N. E.
from Boston, 54 S. W. from Augusta, and 554 from Washington.
Lat. 43° 39' 26" N., Ion. 70° 20'
30"
W.
pleasantly situated between
Fore or Casco river, and Back cove.
The location is calculated to exhibvery favorably on apit the city
proaching it from the sea, as the
It is
buildings rise between two hills in
On
the form of an amphitheatre.
the site of old fort Sumner is an
tion.
There are
numerous resources
in the interior not yet brought into
activity, which will give to this
place continually increasing importance, and reward the exertions of
its intelligent and enterprising in-
Portsiuoutli, N. H.,
Rockingham
co., is the principal
in the state, and the only seaIt is situaport which it contains.
ted in N. lat. 43° 4' 54", W. Ion.
town
70°
45'.
Portsmouth
is
built on a
beautiful peninsula, on the south
side of the river; and, as seen from
the towers of tbe steeples, the river, harbor, points, islands and adjacent country, presents a delightful
assemblage of objects.
In
many
town are beautiful gardens. It was settled under the ausGorges
pices of Sir Feriinando
and Capt. John Mason, in 1623, and
was incorporated by charter in 1633.
That part of it which lies round
Church hill, extending N. and W.,
was originally called Strawberry
parts of the
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
The first house of which
we have any account, erected in
what is now the compact part of
the town, was built by Humphrey
Bank.
Chadbourne, and according to trastood near the corner of
Court and Pond streets.
It was
called the " Great house," and is
dition,
frequently referred to in early hisWithin the memory of the
present generation, a garrison house
stood in Water street, another in
Fore street, and a third at the Ferry-ways.
These were probably
the principal houses on " the Bank."
tories.
The
tirst
meeting house stood on
Pleasant street. Except the garrison houses above mentioned, the
earliest settlements were probably
on the south road.
From the peculiar advantages of its situation,
Portsmouth appears almost wholly
to have escaped the ravages of the
Indians.
Secured on three sides
by the Piscataqua, the ocean, and
an inlet, it was accessible to the
savages only by the isthmus which
connects it with the main
and
;
across that a stockade fence
was ex-
The
settle-
tended
for
ments were
defence.
compact, and the
number of inhabitants at an early
In 1822, the
date considerable.
wealthy and enterprising citizens
of this town connected Portsmouth
with Kittery, in Maine, by two
bridges, one 4S0 feet in length,
supported by 20 piers; the other
1750 feet, supported by 70 piers.
Under the long bridge, for 900 feet,
the water varies from 45 to 53 feet
in depth at low water.
The draw
is 133G feet from the island, and
the water is 21 feet deep at low
tide.
This bridge greatly increases
and facilitates the travel from Portland and its vicinity to this town
and Boston. The town is also connected with New Castle by abridge
The streets, though
built in 1821.
not laid out with much regularity,
are neat and pleasant, and contain
also
many
beautiful buildings.
raouih
Aqueduct COiiipany was
Portsin-
corporated 1797, and commenced
operations in 1799.
Water of
excellent quality is brought from a
fountain about 3 miles distant, and
conducted into all the principal
its
Portsmouth pier, 340 feet
and about 60 feet wide,
was incorporated 1795. Portsmouth
streets.
in length,
Athenaeum was incorporated, 1817,
and has a library of about 5,000
volumes and cabinets of mineralogy, natural history, &c.
The
;
is rapidly increasing in
value. The people of this town were
at an early period friendly to literaand their institutions for
ture,
learning are highly respectable.
Portsmouth is the centre of a considerable trade directed b}'^ wealthy
and enterprising citizens.
The
Piscataqua, as it passes this town,
is from 1-2 to 3-4 of a mile wide ;
and although the current is so swift
as to prevent the river from freezing, yet it forms one of the most secure and commodious harbors in the
United States, into which ships of
any size or burthen may enter with
perfect safety.
It is protected by
nature from the ravages of the N.
E. storms, and can very easily be
rendered inaccessible to enemies.
The main entrance to the harbor,
which is well protected by forts, is
Castle
on the N. E., between
and Kittery ; the other entrance,
Castle, is called
on the S. of
Little Harbor, where the water is
shoal, and the bottom sandy.
At
this place, in the spring of 1623,
the first settlers of this state made
their landing, and in the same year
commenced settlements here and
institution
New
New
at
Dover.
About one mile below the town
the navigation
what
is
by
rendered some-
rapidity of
the main body of the
river being forced through a channel only about 45 rods wide.
There are in the harbor a number
of islands, the most considerable of
which is Great island. The others
are Continental island, oa which is
difficult
the current
;
the
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
Navy yard, one of the safest
and most convenient on the coast;
which the
Badger's island, on
J\'^orth America, (the first Une of
battleship launched in the western
hemisphere) was built during the
revolutionary war.
Few town's in New England have
suffered so much from lircs as PortsOn Dec. 26, 1S02, 102
mouth.
Dec. 24,
buildings were burnt.
the
1806, 14 buildings, including St.
destroyed.
John's church, were
But the most calamitous fire broke
out Dec. 22, 1813, when 397 buildings were burnt, of which more
than 100 were dwelling houses.
The ravages extended over about
15 acres.
The United States navy yard is
admirably located for its object.
There are at present three ship
houses in the yard, in which are a
74 and a 40 gun ship. One of the
houses is 240 feet long and 131 feet
the roof is covered with
yvide
In this building
1.30 tons of slate.
the keel of the frigate Congress
was laid in 1837. The g,overnment
of the U. S. has been liberal in its
:
—
appropriations for this excellent naval depot, at which a dry dock
Portswill soon be constructed.
mouth has ever been celebrated for
compared with some othe?
commercial places.
Portsmouth lies 45 miles E. S. E,
from Concord, 56 N. E. from Bos
ton, and 54 S. W. from Portland.
streets,
Population,
8,082.
The
1830,
7,327;
1820,
present population is
The rail-road from
about 9,000.
Boston to Maine will probably pass
through this town. The proximity
of Portsmouth to the ocean, its
neatness, quietude and beauty, render it an agreeable residence, and
a fashionable resort in the summer.
Amongthe
citizens of
Portsmouth
distinguished for their talents or
public services, we may mention
William Vaughajv, the original projector of the expedition against
Louisboura:, was born at Portsmouth, Sept. 12, 1703, and died in
London, in Dec. 1746.
John Wentworth, the first
governor of that name in N. H.
He died Dec. 12, 1730, aged 59.
Beivning Wentworth, who
died Oct. 14, 1770, aged 75.
Dr. Joshua Brackett, a dis
tinguished physician and founder of
the N. H. Medical Society, died
July 17, 1802, aged 69.
lion. Samuel Hale, a native
of Newbury, Mass., who for more
than 30 years, taught a public school
He died July 10,
in Portsmouth.
white oak timber and its
1807, aged 89.
naval architects.
Rev. Samuel Haven, D. D.
Ship building for the merchant
Mass.
at Framingham,
service is extensively pursued, and was born
Portsmouth
flourish. There Aug. 4, 1727 settled at
other manufactures
1752 ; received the degree of
are 35 ships belonging to this port in
of Edinengaged in the freighting D. D. from the University
regularly
cod burgh in 1772 and died March 3,
b-'^siness; 100 vessels in the
He was eminently
79.
and mackerel fisheries, 52 in the 1806, aged
in the West India useful.
coasting trade, 3
Dr. Ammi R. Cutter, was born
and 1 employed in whal-
its fine
;
;
business,
ing.
boys
The
of men and
navigation, in
tonnage of the
number
employed
in
The
1837, was 750.
district, the same year, was 25,114
As much of the capital of
tons.
this
wealthy
town
is
employed
abroad, and much of the inland
trade passes on the river, there is
but iittle show of business in the
at
North Yarmouth, Me.
in
March
For 60 years he was an em1735.
inent practitioner, and during life a
He
firm supporter of his country.
died Dec. 8, 1820, aged 86.
Hon. John Pickering, LL. D.,
was a native of Newington. He
was appointed chief justice oi the
superior
court in 1790, and conrin-
�NEW ENGLAND
ued
in
office
He was
five years.
afterwards district judge of the
U. S., and died April 1 1,^1805, aged
Hon. John Lajvgdon, LL.D.
67.
was born
at
Portsmjutli
in V7A0.
In 1735 he was chosen president of
He was elected to the
sains office in 1788, and after the
adoption of the constitution was
governor six years. He ever discharged the duties of the offices to
which he was elected faithfully
and acceptably. Unlike many elevated to office, he remembered that
the people clothed him with authorthe state.
and his only study was
ity,
them honestly and
to
Woodbury
Hon.
Richard Evans was
Portsmouth, May 13, 1777.
died July 18, 1816, aged 39.
at
He
Jonathan M. Sewall.,
Esq.,
co.insellor at law, and a respectable
poet, was born at Salem, Mas^,., in
1748, and died at Portsmouth, March
29, ISOS.
Rev. Joseph Buckminster,
D. D. a native of Rutland, Mass.,
settled at Portsmouth,1779, and died
aiReedsborough,Vt. June 10, 1812,
aged 61. Dr. B. was a distinguished scholar and an eminent divine.
Portsinoutli, R.
Newport
co.
The
I.
soil
of this
town, in coaimon with all the lands
on the island of R. I., is uncommonly fertile, well cultivated and productive. It is bounded N. by Mount
Hope bay, E. by the Seaconnet passage from the sea to said bay, S. by
the ocean, and W. by Middletown.
The maritime situation of the town
affords the people great facilities for
the fisheries, which, v/ith a fine
soil, and industry, give them a great
degree of independence. A number
one called are attached to this town,
of which the beautiful and fertile
Prudence
the largest.
It is six miles in length, and about
three quarters of a mile average
island of
A
Poiiltiiey, Vt.
CO.
The surface of this
pleasantly diversified ; the
soil is warm and productive, particularly on the borders of the river.
First settled, 1771. Population, 1830,
There are two flourishing
1,909.
villages in the town, and manufactures of various sorts.
The productions of the soil are considerable, and 12,000 sheep are kept.
It
lies 60 miles S. W. from Montpelier, and 13 S. W. from Rutland.
Poultney river, rising in the high
lands near Middletown, and emptying into East bay, an arm of
Champlain lake, is about 25 miles
in length, and in its course affords
numerous valuable mill sites. This
stream changed its course in 1783,
by cutting a channel of 100 feet in
depth through a ridge of land near
the bay, and destroying the navigation of the bay for a time, by
nearly filling it with earth. This
obstruction has been removed.
Rutland
La.ivgdon, a
firm patriot and useful citizen.
born
A
He
died Sept. IS, 1819, aged 791
Hon.
width. In this town are the Rhode
Island coal mines, which are not
worked at the present time.
fine
bed of plumbago has recently
been discovered.
Portsmouth furnishes considerable quantities of
wool, hay, grain, vegetables, and
productions of the dairy.
In 1837
there were 16,000 sheep in the
town.
Population, 1830, 1,727.
Portsmouth lies 6 miles N. N. E.
from Newport.
stone bridge,
1,000 feet in length, connects it
with Tiverton. It received its charter from Charles II., in loG3.
serve
faithfully.
GAZETTEER.
town
is
Po^vnal, Me,
Cumberland
This is a small
and bounded N.
by Durham. It lies 35 miles S. W.
from Augusta, and 19 N. from PortIncorporated, 1808. Populaland.
town, of good
tion, 1837,
co.
soil,
1,232.
Pownal, Vt.
is
Bennington
1761.
co.
First
Population, in 1830
settled,
1,835.
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
lies 30 miles W. by S. from
Brattleborough, and 8 S. from Bennington.
The surface is broken and
hilly, but the soil is strong- and remarkably well adapted for grass,
producing all the varieties of the dairy in great abundance and of an exThe number of
cellent quality.
sheep kept in this town is about
Pownal
8,000.
Pownal
watered by Hoo-
is
sack and Walloomsac rivers, which
produce a good water power. The
village is very pleasant.
PoAvow River.
Powow river has its
and Amesbury.
this river
There are several
;
inhabitants are employed in navigation, and considerable ship timber
is taken from there down the river.
Preston City lies in the eastern
part of the town, 5 miles E. from
Poquetannuck, and 6 E. from Norwich. Near this village is "Amos
lake," a handsome sheet of water,
and a place of resort for parties of
pleasure.
principal
source in Great and Country ponds
in Kingston, N. H., and passes over
the S. W. part of East Kingston inthence into
to South Hampton ;
Amesbury, Mass., where it turns
E. into South Hampton again, and
returns into Amesbury, falling into
the Merrimack between Salisbury
falls in
1,935. Poquetannuck, an ancient
village, lies partly in Preston and
It has a water
partly in Ledyard.
power, and small vessels pass within
Many of the
a short distance of it.
those in
Ames-
bury being the most remarkable, the
water falling 100 feet in the distance of 50 rods, and presenting,
with the variety of machinery and
dams, houses and scenery on the
falls, one of the most interesting
views in the country.
Presuiiipscxit River,
Me.
is the outlet of Sebago lake.
passes through parts of Gorham
This
It
and Westbrook, and falls into Casco
bay at Falmouth, 6 miles N. from
Portland.
Princeton, Me.
Washington
1837, 207.
Population, in
East."
co.
See
"Down
Princeton, Mass.
This town, the
co.
JVachusett, is pleasantly
situated at the base of the mountain of that name, 45 miles W. by
N. from Boston, and 16 N. by W.
from Worcester. Incorporated, 1758.
Prcscott, Mass.
This is a
Population, 1837, 1,267.
Hampshire co. The surface of township of good land, and produces
The considerable quantities of beef,
this town is rough and hilly.
It is watered
principal manufacture consists of butter, cheese, &c.
palm-leaf hats, of which about by a branch of the Nashua, and has
The some manufactures. V*'achusett is
50,000 are annually made.
2,990 feet in height it is the highsoil is better for grazing than tillage.
Prescott lies 76 miles \V. from Eos- est land in the county, and presents
ton, and 16 N. E. from Northamp- a landscape exceedingly variegated
Taken from Pelham in 1S22. and beautiful. It is a place much
ton.
frequented in summer months.
Population, 1837, 788.
The manufactures of the town
Pi'estoii, Ct.
consist of shoes, leather, palm-leaf
New London co. This is an ir- hats, chairs, and cabinet ware anregular, uneven, rocky town, of a nual amount, about ^50,000.
pretty good soil for corn and grazing.
Prospect, Me.
It is bounded W. and N. by the
Thames and Quinnebaug rivers 44
Waldo CO. This is a beautiful
First town, of good soil, on the w^est side
miles E. S. E. from Hartford.
Population, 1830, of Penobscot river. It is bounded
settled, 1686.
Worcester
Indian
;
:
:
29
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
on the S. by Belfast bay 52 miles
E. by N. from Augusta, 12 N. N.
E. from Belfast, and 18 S. from
Bangor. Prospect is very flourishing
in its commercial and agricultural
;
Population, 1830, 2,381
Incorporated, 1794.
1837, 3,198.
Wheat crop, 1837, 4,416 bushels.
pursuits.
;
Prospieet, €t.
New Haven
co.
This stony and
mountainous town w^as taken from
Cheshire and Waterbury,in 1827.
Tt derived its name from its elevated situation.
There is a pretty
village in the town.
The inhabitants are chiefly farmers.
It lies
17 miles N. by W. from New
ven.
Population, 1830, 651.
Some
difficulty arose
Ha-
The commercial
Pochasset, Wonasquatucket,
and other streams, give those interests a constant operative power, the
ticut,
numerous beautiful villages erected
on their borders testify that Providence county is one of the most important manufacturing districts in
the new world.
statistical account of the resources of this county, and of all the
counties and towns in Rhode Island, is in preparation, and will appear in the Register.
A
in the con-
gregational society in this town a
few years since, in consequence of
the minister and a number of the
influential members of the church
having adopted the sentiments of
the
Perfectionists.
The stray
sheep, however, soon returned to
the fold again.
See Religious
Creeds and Statistics.
Providence Comity, H.
numerous
villages and the city.
interests of the
county are important, but are principally confined to the flourishing
city of Providence ; but the manufacturing interests, particularly of
cotton, are extended throughout the
county, and engrosses a large share
of its entcrprize and capital. Wliile
the Pawtucket, Pawtuxet, Mashanits
I.
Providence, chief town.
This
ancient and respectable county is
boundedN.and E. by Massachusetts,
S. by the county of Kent, and W. by
Connecticut.
It contains an area
of 381 square miles.
Population,
1820, 35,736; 1830,47,018.
Population to a square mile, 124.
The
surface of the county is generally
uneven ; some sections of it presents
rugged features, but no part of it
mountainous. The soil is various
some portions of the county
are alluvial, some calcareous loam,
and some of sileceous sand ; but a
strong gravelly
loam generally
is
:
prevails.
More attention is paid to agiiculture in this county than formerly
good crops of corn, barley and rye
are obtained, and all the vai-ieties
of the dairy, of fruits and vegetables are abundant for the supply of
Providence, R.
I.
Chief town. Providence co. Roger Williams was the founder of this
beautiful city.
He was banished
I'rom the Massachusetts colony for
maintaining that all denoniinations
of christians were equally entitled
the protection of the civil magthat the church of England
was no true church, and that a
patent from the king conveyed no
title to the soil.
In 1636, Mr. Williams, accompanied by
William Harris, John
Smith, Joshua Virrin, Thomas Angell, and Francis Wickes, commenced a settlement and called it Providence regarding his preservation
as a favorable interposition of heaven.
Mr. Williams sustained the
two-fold character of a minister of
the gospel and governor of the colto
istrate
;
;
ony
he formed a constitution on
;
the broad principle of civil and religious liberty, and thus established
the first Irec government on the
continent of America.
Mr. Williams was a man of learning, and
set a bright example of that toleration which he demanded from oth-
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
He was born in Wales, in 1599,
and died in 1GS;3.
Providence suffered great losses
in king Philip's war, and during
streets, delightful
the revolutionary contest it furnished its full proportion of troops, and
partook largely of the sufferings as
well as of the glory of that struggle.
On the 9th of June, 1772^ the
kind's ship Gaspee was taken possession of and burned, and the com-
views are obtain-
bays.
ers.
ed of a great extent of country, of
the city, the shipping in the river,
and of Providence and Narraganset
There are in Providence a large
of handsome churches, and
other public buildings. The Ar-
number
is one of the most beautiful
It is sitbuildings in the country.
uateu oi\ the we^t side of the river,
cade
mander, Lieutenant Duddingston,
wounded with a musket ball, in the
Only one of the persons enthigh.
gaged in taking the Gaspee is now
and fronts on two streets. It is
built of stone, 222 feet in length,
and 72 feet in width. The fronts
are ornamented, each with six mas-
Ephraim Bowen, of
sive columns, 25 feet high, the
shafts of which are single blocks,
22 feet in length. The lower part
of this building is improved for dry
goods shops, &.C. ; the upper stories
It
for offices, library rooms, &,c.
was completed in 1828, and cost
$130,000. The architecture of this
living
— Col,
Providence.
appears, tbat in that confirst blood was shed at
Providence but the first .America?*.
Thus
test,
it
the
;
blood and life was sacrificed at
Lexington, Mass., on the 19th of
April, 1775, and the first British
life, on the same day, a few hours
after, at Concoi-d, Massachusetts.
Providence formerly comprised
of a number of the
present
Its
towns.
limits contain an area of about nine
square miles. It was incorporated
as a town in 1649, and as a city in
Population, in 1820, 11,767;
1831.
The
1830, 16,832; 1836, 19,277.
most compact part of the city is divided into two nearly equal parts,
on both sides of Providence river,
and are connected by wide and subThe two princistantial bridges.
pal streets are long and irregular,
and comprise the business portion
of the city, with the exception of a
long range of large and handsome
brick ware houses on the east side
The buildings in othof the river.
er parts of the city are constructed
with taste, and many of them in a
On the
style of superior elegance.
east side of the river the land rises
On this elevation are a
abruptly.
number of streets running parallel
with the river, on the summit of
which is located Brown University,
From
established here in 1770.
the beautiful buildings on these
the territory
neighboring
is exceedingly chaste.
Providence has long been celebrated for the commercial spirit of
its citizens, and for their large investments of capital in foreign commerce, particularly with India. It
is still a flourishing mart of foreign
trade ; the tonnage of the port, in
building
Much of
1837, was 17,526 tons.
the capital of the city has, however, of late years, been diverted to
the pursuit of domestic manufactures
a pursuit probable of greater
;
and no less patriotic.
Besides the large capital employed by the citizens of Providence in
manufacturing establishments without the city,the capital thus employed within it is very great. Those
profit,
manufactures consistof cotton goods,
steam power,) machinery,
(by
steam engines, vessels, jewelry,
copper, brass, iron and tin wares,
glass, combs, oil, soap, candles, hats,
leather, boots, shoes, and numerous
About 4,000 of the
other articles.
people of Providence are engaged
in these manufactures.
The public schools in Providence
The sum of
are well sustained.
about $10,000 is annually appropri-
�NEW ENGLAND
The number
ated ^o this object.
of scholars, in 1837, was 1626.
high school has recently been established, and ^40,000 appropriated
for the erection of new school housThe athenaeum library cones.
tains 7,000 volumes.
It was incorporated in 1836.
See Register.
A
Providence
is
approached with
great ease from almost every direction.
The roads are generally excellent
that to Pawtucket is unequalled by any in New England.
:
The Blackstone
ing
canal, after wind-
course through a fertile and
manufacturing country, from Worcester, Mass., terminates at tide water in the centre of the city.
Steam
boats, of superior construction and
elegant accommodations, ply beits
tween
this
city
and
New
York,
daily.
Rail road cars between Boston and Stonington cross the lower
part of the city several times a day,
and steam boats and packets are continually passing to and from the
several important towns on the
shores of Narraganset and Mount
Hope bays.
Providence has frequently sustained heavy losses by fire, and
once by water. In 1815, during
the memorable gale of September
23d, the tide rose 12 feet higher
than the common high tides, and
spread ruin to the buildings, navigation, wharves and bridges in every direction.
The loss sustained
by this flood was estimated at a
million and a half of dollars.
Providence lies at the head of
ship navigation on Providence river, the most northern waters of
Narraganset bay ; 35 miles from
the sea, 40 S. W. from Boston, 169
N. E. by E. from New York, and
396 N. E. from Washington. N.
lat. 41° 49/ 32", W. Ion. 71° 24' 45".
Proviiicetowii, Mass*
A
Barnstable co.
noted fishing
town on the extreme point of Cape
Cod ; including Race point, which
lies 3 miles N. W. from Province-
GAZETTEER,
town
It comprises Cape
Provincetown harbor,
which opens on the S. This ocean
harbor is very large, exceedingly
easy of access, and has sutficient
depth of water for the largest ships
of war.
This is the first harbor the
"Mayflower" touched at on her
village.
Cod,
or
passage to Plymouth in 1620.
An elaborate and highly interesting report of a survey of this harbor and the extremity of Cape Cod,
by Major J. D. Graham, has recently been printed by order of congress.
The
accompanied by a
showing the result
of a long course of observations on
the tide, which are not only curireport
is
series of tables,
ous, but may be useful to those who
are in a situation for pursuing their
speculations on this subject, by
comparing them with the results of
similar observations in other places.
The fullness and precision of these
tables indicate the care and labor
with which the work has been
prosecuted. The result is of a nature to show the great importance
of this position, both as a naval and
commercial
station.
The
value of Cape Cod harbor to
our naval and mercantile marine in
time of war is inappreciable. In
possession of an enemy, it would afford
facilities
for
annoying
our
commerce, without exposure to the
gales that so often sweep along the
coast.
Fortified, and in the occu-
pancy of a portion of our navy,
it
secure retreat, accessible at
seasons, and sheltered from eve-
offers a
all
ry storm.
The soil of this town, in common
with many others on Cape Cod, is
very sandy; indeed, it may be said
to possess no soil, for its vegetable
qualities are very deficient.
During the year ending April 1st,
1837, there were belonging to
Provincetown, 2 vessels employed
in the whale, and 98 in the cod and
mackerel fishery, besides a large
number in
the freighting business.
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER
The
value of fish and oil taken was
$298,407. Hands employed, 1,113,
During- that year 48,960 bushels of
salt
were made, employing 156
hands, the value of which was
Provincetown lies 50
$18,360.
miles N. E. from Barnstable, by
land, and 50 E. S. E. from Boston,
by water. Incorporated, 1727. Population, 1830, 1,710; 1837, 2,049.
Piitixey, Vt.
Windham
co.
This town
is
fine-
ly located on the west side of Connecticut river,and embosoms a large
tract of excellent intervale land,
called the "Great Meadows. "There
is also a good tract of intervale on
Sacket's brook, a fine mill stream,
with beautiful falls, on which are
erected valuable mills for the manufacture of woolen goods, paper, and
various other articles.
Sacket's
brook is a large and constant stream:
it falls 150 feet in the course of 100
rods.
Some of the mill sites are
unoccupied.
There are various
mineral substances in the town,
worthy of the notice of the geologist.
The village is pleasant, and
bears the marks of taste and prosperity.
It lies 9 miles E. from
Newfane, and 9 N. from Brattleborough. First settled, 1754. Population, 1830, 1,510.
ceives two
considerable branches,
namely, north branch, which rises
in the north part of this township
from the north, and south branch,
which rises in Plymouth, from the
south,
both
considerable
mill
streams.
In Woodstock it receives
two other branches of considerable
size ; one rising in the northeast
corner of Bridgewater and southeast
corner of Barnard, falls into Queechy river from the north just below
the north village in Woodstock, or
" Woodstock Green," the other
rising in the soutii part of Woodstock, passes through both the villages in that town, and empties into
it fiom
the south just above the
mouth of the last mentioned stream.
Both these streams afford excellent
mill seats.
Queechy river in its
course receives numerous other
tributaries of less note.
It is a
clear and lively stream, with a gravel or stony bottom.
This stream is
about 35 miles in length, and waters about
212 square miles,
Qiiincy, Mass.
Norfolk CO.
The territory of
Qi.incy was a part of ancient Braintree, until 1792.
It lies on Braintree or Quincy bay, in Boston harbor, and is bounded on the N. W.
by Neponset river and the towa
of Milton. It is 8 miles S. by E. from
PiisliaAV Lake, Me.
Boston, and 10 E. by S. from DedThis lake lies in the towns of ham. Population, 1820, 1,623; 1830,
Orono, Button and Kirkland, Pe- 2,192; 1837, 3,049.
nobscot county. It is about 8 miles
The surface of the town is diverlong, and one mile wide.
sified by hills, valleys and plains.
It empties into Dead stream, which meets
Back from the bay about 3 miles is
the Penobscot at Orono.
a range of elevated land, in some
parts more than 600 feet above the
Qriieecliy River, Vt.,
sea, containing an inexhaustible
Sometimes called Waterqueechy, supply of granite. This is the
rises in Sherburne, runs nearly east source of the " Quincy Granite," a
to the south part of Bridgewater
building material justly celebrated
thence through Woodstock irto the in all our cities for its durability
south part of Hartford, and thence and beauty.
Vast quantities of
southeast through the northeast cor- this admirable stone are annuallyner of Hartland into Connecticut quarried and wrought in this vicinriver, about two miles above Quee- ity by the most skillful workmen,
chy falls. In Bridgewater it re- into all dimensions, both plain and
;
29*
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
ornamental ; and it is fortunate for ness and beauty. In this village is
the public that the supply is abun- a stone church, designated the "AdThis building was
dant, for the demand for it from va- ams Temple."
rious parts of the United States is dedicated, 1S28, and cost $40,000.
Within its walls is a beautiful marconstant and increasing.
By means of a rail-road from these ble monument to the memory of the
quarries to the tide waters of Ne- Hon. John Adams and his wife.
About two miles east from the
ponset river, and of a canal to the
centre of the tov/n, this stone is village is Quinci/ Point, at the
transported with great expedition junction of Town and Weymouth
There are large Fore rivers. This is a delightful
and little cost.
quantities of slate stone near Ne- spot, and contains some handsome
much of which is buildings. This point of land, with
ponset river
quarried. These slate quarries bear a peninsula near it called Gcrmantoum, are admirably located for
indications of coal in their vicinity.
In this town, between Quincy ship building, and for all the purand Dorchester bays, is a point of poses of navigation and the fishery.
land called Squantum, celebrated Here is a line harbor, a bold shore
as having been the residence of the and a beautiful country, v/ithin 10
famous Indian Sachem, C7i<'cA;a^aif- miles of the capital of New EngThis place is the Mos-'wctu- land.
but.
The manufactures of Quincy conset, " a few miles south of Boston,"
supposed by some to have origin- sist of stone, slate, vessels, salt,
ated the name of the state. Squan- leather, boots, shoes, hats, coach
tum is a rocky, romantic place, six lace, carriages, harnesses, bleached
miles south of Boston, and a pleas- bees wax, &.c. Total value, the
year ending April 1, lS37„f 470,222.
ant resort for fishing and bathing.
The soil of Quincy is generally During that period there were 10
of an excellent quality and under vessels engaged in the cod and
good cultivation. There are large mackerel iisliery the product of
Quincy is a
tracts of salt meadow in the town, which was ^31,042.
and many large and beautiful farms, place of considerable trade. Large
which, in respect to soil and skillful quantities of lumber, bread stuffs,
management, may vie with any in &c., are annually sold.
The proximity of Quincy to Bosthe state.
The .Mount TVallaston farm is ton, the excellent roads and bridgnoted as the site of an early settle- es connecting it with the city and
ment (1623,) and as the Merry surrounding countr}^ the beauty of
Mount of Thomas Morton and his the town, with the delightful scenassociates. This farm, with that of his ery around it, render it a desirable
venerated father, now belong to the residence in summer, and a pleasHon. Mr. Adams, representative to ant home.
Congress. The ancestral estate of
Quincy was named in honor of
the Quincy family comprises one Col. JoHiv QuiJYCY, a native of
of the most beautiful and well cul- the place, who for forty successive
New England. years was a member of the executivated farms in
It is the property of Josiah Quintive council of the colony, and discy, LL. D., an eminent agricul- charged many other public trusts
turist, and president of Harvard
with zeal and fidelity. He died JuUniversity.
ly 13, 1767, aged 78.
The village, in the centre of the
This has been the birth place
town, is situated on an elevated and residence of some of the most
plain, and is remarkable for its neatdistinguished sons of America.
;
;
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
Hancock
and Josiah Quincy,
Jr., will live until the death of lib-
native country, and in 1789 was
elected first Vice President of the
United States, which office he held
erty.
during the whole of Washington's
The names
of the patriots,
John
Two
presidents of the United
States, father and son, were natives
John Adams, born
of this place,
October 19, 1735. John Quincy
Adams, born July 11, 1767. The
Mr. Adams graduated at
Harvard University in 1755, and
was distinguished for his diligence
He studied law at
and genius.
Worcester, and was admitted to
senior
He commenced
practice in 1758.
the labors of his profession in Braintree, his native town, and soon obIn
tained business and reputation.
Adams married Miss AbSmith, a grand daugliter of
Col. Quincy, a lady as distinguished for her accomplishments and
virtues as for the elevated station
in society which Providence had
Mrs. Adams
destined her to fill.
died at Quincy, Dec. 28, 1818, aged
In 1765, Mr. Adams removed
74.
here he obtained an exto Boston
1764, Mr.
igail
;
tensive legal practice, and, refusing
all
offers of patronage from the
British government, espoused the
cause of his native country with an
ardor peculiar to himself, firmly resolved to sink or swim with its liberties.
He was elected a member
of Congress, and was among the
the
foremost in recomm.ending
adoption of an independent government. In 1777 Mr. Adams was chosen commissioner to the Court of
Versailles. In 1779 he was appointed minister plenipotentiary to negotiate a peace and a commercial treaIn 1780 he
ty with Great Britain.
to Holland, and in
1782 to Paris, to negotiate a treaty
of peace with Great Britain, having
received the assurance that that
power would recognize the independence of the United States. In
1785 Mr. Adams was appointed the
went embassador
first
States, which office he sustained
until the election of Mr. Jefferson,
in 1801. Soon after this, Mr. Adams
retired to his farm
at
Quincy, and
spent the remainder of an eventful
life in rural occupations, the pleasures of domestic retirement, and
those enjoyments which a great and
good mind always has in store.
The account that Mr. Adams
gives in a letter to a friend, of his
introduction to George III., at the
court of St. James, as the first minfrom the rebel colonies, is very
ister
interesting. The scene would form
a noble picture, highly honorable
both to his majesty and the republican minister.
Here stood the stern monarch,
who had expended more than six
hundred millions of dollars, and the
lives of two hundred thousand of
his
subjects in a vain attempt to
subjugate freemen
;
and by his side
stood the man, who, in the language
of Jefferson, " was the great pillar
of support to the declaration of independence, and its ablest advo-
cate and
champion on the
lioor of
Congress."
Mr. Adams says, " At one o'clock
on Wednesday, the first of June,
1785, the master of ceremonies called at my house, and went with me
to the
secretary of state's office, in
Cleaveland row, where the marquis
of Carmarthen received and introduced me to Mr. Frazier, his under secretary, who had been, as his
lordship said, uninterruptedly in
that office through all the changes
administration for thirty years.
a short conversation. Lord
Carmarthen invited me to go with
in
After
minister to the court of St.
him
After remaining in Europe
years, he returned to his
we
James.
nine
On the resignation
administration.
of Washington, in 1797, Mr. Adams
became President of the United
in his
coach
to court.
When
arrived in the antechamber the
master of the ceremonies introduc-
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
me while the
of state went to take the
commands of the king. While I
stood in this place, where it seems
all ministers stand upon such occasions, always attended by the master of ceremonies, the room was
very full of ministers of state, bishops and all other sorts of courtiers,
as well as the next room, which is
the king's bed chamber.
You may
well suppose I was the focus of all
relieved, however,
eyes.
I was
from the embarrassment of it, by
the Swedish and Dutch ministers,
ed him and attended
secretary
who came to me and entertained
me with a very agreeble conversation during the whole time. Some
other gentlemen whom I had seen
came
before,
to
me
make
their
com-
the marquis
of Carmarthen returned, and desired
me to go with him to his majesty.
I went with his lordship through
the levee room into the king's
closet.
The door was shut, and I
was left with his majesty and the
secretary of state alone.
I made
the three reverences
one at the
door, another about half way, and
another before the presence, according to the usage established at this
and all the northern courts of Europe, and then I addressed myself
to his majesty in
the following
pliments
to
until
:
—
words
The United
States have apminister plenipotentiary
to your majesty, and have directed
me to deliver to your majesty this
letter, which contains the evidence
of it.
It is in obedienc to their express commands, that I have the
honor to assure your majesty of
their unanimous disposition and desire to cultivate the most friendly
and liberal intercourse between your
majesty's subjects and their citizens, and of their best wishes for
your majesty's health and happiness, and for that of your family.
' The
appointment of a minister
from the United States to your majesty's court will form an epoch in
'
Sire
:
pointed
me
the history of England and America.
I think myself more fortunate
than all my fellow citizens, in having the distinguished honor to be
the first to stand in j'our majesty's
royal presence in a diplomatic character
and I shall esteem myself
the happiest of men if I can be in;
strumental in recommending my
country more and more to your majesty's royal benevolence, and of
restoring an entire esteem, confidence and affection ; or, in better
words, the old good nature and the
good old humor,' between people
who, though separated by an ocean,
and under different governments,
have the same language, a similar
religion, a kindred blood.
I beg
your majesty's permission to add,
that although I have sometimes before been instructed by my country,
'
was never in my whole life in a
manner so agreeable to myself.'
The king listened to every word
it
with dignity, it is true, but
Whether
with apparent emotion.
I said,
was my visible agitation, for I felt
more than I could express, that
it
touched him,
I
cannot say
;
but he
was much affected, and answered
me with more tremor than I had
spoken with, and said
" Sir: The circumstances of this
audience are so extraordinarj^, the
language you have now held is so
extremely proper, and the feelings
you have discovered sojustly adapted to the occasion that 1 not only
receive with pleasure the assurance
:
of the friendly
disposition
of the
United States, but that I am glad
the choice has fallen upon you to
be their minister. I wish you, sir,
to believe and that it may be understood in America, that I have done
nothing in the late contest but what
thought myself indespensibly
I
bound to do, by the duty which I
owed my
people.
I will be frank
with you. I was the last to conform
but the separato the separation
;
having become inevitable, I
have always said, as I now say, that
tion
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
The king then
said a
word
or
two
would be the first to meet the
friendship of the United States as
to
an independent power. The moand
I see such sentiments
language as yours prevail, and a
disposition to give this country the
and then turned round and bowed
to me, as is customary with all kings
and princes when they give the sig-
I
ment
preference, that moment I shall say
let the circumstances of language,
religion, and blood have their natural full effect."
I dare not say that these were
the king's precise words ; and it is
even possible that I may have, in
—
some particulars, mistaken his
meaning for although his pronun;
ciation
ever heard,
sometimes between
as distinct as I
is
he hesitated
members
of the
backwards,
making
;
smiling, or rather laughing, said,
There is an opinion among some
people that you are not the most at-
This beautiful stream
all
your countrymen
to
I was
the manners of France.'
surprised at this, because I thought
an indiscretion, and a descent
from his dignity. I was a little embarrassed; but determined not to
deny truth on the one hand, nor
lead him to infer from it any attachment to England, on the other, I
it
off
as
«
I must avow to
not mistaken
your majesty, I have no attachment
but to my own country.' The king
replied as quick as lightning, An
honest man will ne^ er have any
sir, is
:
'
other.'
ia
It then traverses a S.
the north.
direction about 30 miles, affording
fertility and a great hydraulic power in its course, when it joins the
Shetucket, near the city of Norwich, and takes the name of that
These three
river to the Yantic.
streams form the Thames.
timiiiepiaclc River, Ct.
This river rises in Bristol and
Farmington, and passes through
Southington, Cheshire, Meri-den,
Wallingford, and falls into Long
New
Haven. This
Island Sound at
a pleasant mountain stream, of
considerable power, and about 30
miles in length.
is
Q,\iodcly
Head, Me.,
much
gravity as I
could, and assumed an air of gaiety,
and a tone of decision, as far as was
That opinion,
decent, and said,
threw
rises
Mashapaugpoad, in Union, Ct. It
passes N. to Brimtield, Mass., then
a S. E. course to Thompson, Ct.,
where it receives French river from
'
tached of
retreated, stepping
Q,iiiiieljaus River.
less so,
jesty's meaning, as I then understood it, and his own words, as nearly as I can recollect them.
The king then asked me whether
and upon
I came last from France
my answering in the afhrmative, he
put on an air of familiarity, and,
my
I
as is the etiquette ; and
last reverence at the
door of the chamber, I went to my
carriage."
Mr. Adams died on the 4th of July, 1826, with the same words on
his lips which fifty years before,
on that day, he had uttered on the
f!oor of Congress, " Independence
forever."
period.
affected, and I
and therefore I cannot be certain that I was so attentive, heard so clearly, and understood so perfectly, as to be confident
This I
of all his words, or sense.
do say, that the foregoing is his ma-
was not
nal to retire.
He
same
much
was, indeed,
the secretary of state, which being between them I did not hear,
Or West Quoddy Head, the western entrance into Passamaquoddy
It is in N. lat. 44° 55', W.
bay.
It has a light house
Ion. 66° 49'.
See Luhec and
45 feet in height.
Eastport.
Race Point, Mass.
The N. W. extremity
of
Cape
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER;
Cod.
N.
lat. 42=* 6',
W.
Ion.
70°
1'.
See Provincetown.
Hagged
Roads iu
Nctiv ISiiglaud.
See Register.
Randolpli, N. H.
CO.
Until
1824 this town
was
It is situated
called Duri>nd.
directly under the north end of the
White mountains, its southeast corner bounding on the base of Mount
Madison, the east peak of the range.
Branches of Israel's and Moose
The soil is
rivers pass through it.
in some parts good, but the town increases slowly in its settlements.
It was granted August 20, 1772, to
John Durand and others, of LonJoseph Wilder and Stephen
don.
Jillson were the first settlers. Population, 1830, 78.
RaudolpIi; Vt.
This is an elevated
Orange co.
township of good soil, particularly
for grazing.
It is generally well
improved, and produces good butBetween
ter, cheese and mutton.
twelve and thirteen thousand sheep
graze in its pastures.
It is well watered by branches of
White river, on which are two
woolen mills and other manufactures.
W.
from
Wind
Randolx>Ii, Mass.
Moiiiitaiiis, N. II.,
points.
Coos
and 34 N. N.
sor.
So called from their rough appearance, lie between Andover and
Hill, extending in a chain about 10
miles from the Pemigewasset to the
vicinity of Kearsarge. It is a bleak
and precipitous range, and is nearly
2,000 feet high, in its northern
,Itail
sea,
There are a number of
flour-
ishing business locations in the
town: the centre village is very
pleasant, and contains an academy
of excellent reputation. This town
was first settled about the year 1778.
Population, 1830, 2,743.
Randolph lies 23 miles S. from
Montpelier, 9 S. W. from Chel-
Norfolk CO.
Randolph constituted a part of ancient Braintree until
1793, when it was incorporated. It
14 miles S. from Boston, 12 S.
E. from Dedham, and 7 S. S.
Populafrom Braintree landing.
tion, 1820,
1,546; 1830, 2,200;
1837, 3,041. Manatiquot river vibes
xn the town, which, with other
small streams, afford it a water powlies
W
Punkapog pond lies in this
er.
town and Canton. The land is elevated between the waters of Massachusetts bay and Taunton river
the surface is generally undulating
and the soil strong and productive.
There are two very pleasant and
flourishing villages in the town.
East
and West, surrounded by
and well cultivated fields.
Randolph has long been noted for
fertile
the industry of its people, in the
manufacture of boots and shoes.
During the year ending April 1st,
1837, there were made in the town
200,175 pairs of boots, and 470,620
pairs of shoes, valued at $944,715,
employing 1,475 hands. There are
manufactures of leather, &c. in the
town, but that of boots and shoes is
the principal.
Rangely, Me.
Franklin co.
This town
lies
on
the Androscoggin river, and at the
outlet of Oquossack lake.
It is
about 40 miles N. W. from Farmington.
See "Down East."
Raymond Me.
J
Cumberland co.
watered by Crooked
Raymond
is
and sevThis is a good farming
eral ponds.
town, with two villages, and some
river,
The inhabitants are principally devoted to agricultural purIn 1837 the population was
suits.
wheat crop 3,203 bushels.
1,802
lies 75
Incorporated, 1803.
It
trade.
;
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
xniles S.
W.
from Augusta and 22
N. N. W. from
water power, and
Raymond, IV. H.
This town lies
Rockinsham co.
25 miles W. by S. from Portsmouth,
25 S. E. from Concord, 13 W. by
N. from Exeter. Two branches
of the Lamprey river, from Deerfield and Candia, unite in Raymond and the waters of two ponds
;
also fall into this river as
it
passes
through the town. The Patuckaway,
from Nottingham, crosses the N. E.
The soil is
corner into Epping,
various: that of the meadows bordering on the river is productive. In
the N. part of the town, about 100
rods from the principal road leading
to Deertield, near the summit of a
about 100 feet high, is a natural excavation in a ledge, called
the Oven, from the appearance of
It is a regular arch
its mouth.
about 5 feet high and of the same
width, extending into the hill
about 15 feet, and terminating in a
hill
to
which vast
herring (alewives)
On the banks of one of
resort.
these ponds, the celebrated King
The
Philip had a hunting house.
tirst forge in America was erected
in this town, by James and Henry
The house of
Leonard, in 1652.
the Leonards, an old Gothic buildof
quantities
Portland.
is now standing, and owned by
the 7th generation.
The ?nanufactures of Raynhara
consist of bar iron, nails, iron castings, anchors, shovels, forks, cof-
ing,
and straw bonnets total
value the year ending April 1, 1S37,
fee mills,
$360,650
:
of
)
which $300,000 was
for nails.
Readfieltl, Me.
This is an excelco.
township of land, and finely
watered by ponds and small streams.
Kennebec
lent
people are generally industrious farmers, who find the cultivation of the eaith the best source of
independence. Readfield is a very
vicinity to
number of fissures. Raymond was pleasant town, and its
advanpart of Chester call- the Kennebec gives it many
originally that
It lies 11 miles W. from
tages.
It was incored "c/mrm/no- -/are.
Population, 1337, 2,019.
porated in 1765, by its present Augusta.
inhabi- Wheat crop, same year, 6,391 bushname. The names of 24
tants of Raymond are found enroll- els.
The
ed among the soldiers of the revo-
speaker of the house, and judge
of the superior court, died here May
Population, in
21, 1305, aged 80.
1330, 1,000.
This town lies on
Bristol CO.
Taunton river, and was taken from
Taunton in 1731. Population, 1837,
It is 30 miles S. from Bos1,379.
ton, 3 N. E. from Taunton, and 24
E. from Providence.
There are a number of large
this
town producing
Windsor
a good
co.
First settled, 1772.
This is an elevated township, uneven
Several small
and mountainous.
streams rise here and pass to the
This
Queechy and Black rivers.
town affords excellent pasturage,
in which about 6,000 sheep are
Reading lies 53 miles S.
kept.
from IMontpelier, and 10 W. from
Vvindsor.
RaynliaTn, JIass.
ponds in
Reading, Vt.
numbers
of the miliFour
tia engaged for short periods.
were \-illed or died in service.
Hon. JoHrf Dudley, a distinguished patriot of the revolution, member of the committee of safety,
lution, beside
Population, 1830, 1,109.
Reading, Mass.
Middlesex
co.
Reading
is
an
ancient town, 13 miles N. from
Boston, 10 W. from Salem, and 17
N. E. from Concord.
The surface of the town is uneven, but the soil is generally of a
good quality.
The
village
is
pleas-
�NEW ENGLAND
During the
ant and flourishing.
year ending April 1, 1837, the value of $184,583 of boots and shoes
were made in Reading, and $91,360
First
of chairs and cabinet ware.
Population,
1640.
settled,
GAZETTEER.
ty, and of science,
civilized world.
Red
This town was in-
Fairfield co.
corporated in 1767, and derived
name from
its
first
town
Col.
its
John Read, one of
settlers.
The
soil
of the
but the surface is
rough and hilly. The business of
the people is chiefly agricultural,
who live scattered about on their
Considerable attention is
farms.
is
good,
paid in Reading to the growing of
wool.
It lies 15 miles N. W. from
Bridgeport, 60 S. W. from HartPopford, and 9 S. from Danbury.
ulation, 1830, 1,686.
It is watered
hy Saugatuck and Norwalk rivers.
Joel Barloav, LL. D., was
born in this town, 1755. He died
in Poland, 1S12.
America has produced few men,
more justly deserving of immortaland none, it is beity than Barlow
;
who have made
their title
lived in an
sure.
eventful period, and acted a conspicuous part in both hemispheres ;
and as a poet, a man of science, a
politician, a philosopher and a philanthropist, his name will long be
lieved,
to
it
more
He
revered by the friends of
civil liber-
H.
Readsboroiiglij Vt.
Bennington
Ct.
Hill, K.
See Moult onho rough.
1837,
2,144.
Heading,
throughout the
A
co.
mountainous
township, at the S. E. corner of the
county, watered by Deerfield river,
12 miles S. E. from Bennington,
and 18 W. by S. from Brattle borough.
Much of the land in the
town is too elevated to admit of cultivation.
Population, 1830, 662.
ReliofeotSi,
This town was
Bristol CO.
settled in 1643,
el
Newman
Mass.
first
by the Rev. Samu-
and others from
Wey-
Rehoboth formerly comprised the towns of Seekonk and
Pawtucket. This ancient town suffered greatly by Indian depredations.
The surface of the town is
mouth.
pleasant,
good
for
and
the
tillage.
soil
Its
generally
manufactures
goods, leather,
consist of cotton
shoes, cutlery, ploughs, straw bonnets, carpenters' and joiners' tools,
wagons, ox yokes, bobbins, cotton
annual
batting, wooden ware, &c.
Rehoboth
value, about $60,000.
:
watered by Palmer's river. It
40 miles S. by W. from Boston,
10 S. ^Y. from Taunton, and 7 E.
Populafrom Providence, R. I.
is
lies
tion, 1837, 2,202.
was Saconet.
Its
Indian
nam«
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
RHODE
The
State of
Rhode
Roger Williams
Island and Providence Plantations
It
the mouth of Narraganset bay.
charter of Charles
It
was
settled
man remarkable for his benevolence,
derived its name from that of a beautiful
1663,
II., in
became
Its
by
justice,
in 163G, a
and pacific policy.
of the State.
ISLAND.
island at
government commenced under the
which charter is the present Constitution
of the Union May 23th, 1790.
member
a
power is vested in a Senate and Kouse of RepresenThe number of Senators cannot be more nor less than 10, 2
tatives.
from each county, and are chosen annually by the people on tiie 3d Wednesday in April. The Representatives are in number 72. No town has
Newport 6, Provless than 2, and but 4 towns have more than 2, viz.
the number for each town havidence 4, Portsmouth 4, and V.'arv/ick 4:
The
Legislative
—
ing been determined by lav/ without reference to the present ratio of
population.
They are elected semi-annually by the people, on the 8d
Wednesday
The
at
of April, and last
Legislature meet
Tuesday of August.
Newport on
at
the 1st
Wednesday
Providence and South
May, and
Monday of
of
Kingston, alternately, on the last
October annually.
The executive power
is
vested in a Governor and Lieut. Governor,
Wednesday
Wednesday in May
elected annually by the people on the 3d
official
term commences on
30
the 1st
of April.
Their
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
Succession of Governors.
Nicholas Cooke, 1776—1778.
Collins,
Lemuel
James Fenner,
Nehemiah R. Knight,
James Fenner, 1824—
John Brown Francis,
1811—1817.
William C. Gibbs, 1821—1824.
William Jones,
H.
Arnold,
1833—
The judicial power is
of Common Pleas.
The Judges of all the
— 1833.
1831
John
Henry Smith,
1789—1805.
Isaac Wilborn, (Lieut. Gov.) 1806.
(Act. Gov.) 1805.
1807-1811.
1817—1821.
1831.
William Greene, 1778—1786.
Arthur Fenner,
1786—1789.
vested in the Supreme Judicial Court and Court
Courts, Sheriffs, Notaries, Justices of the Peace,
and Clerks of the Courts are chosen annually by the Legislature in
Grand Committee. In all the towns (except Providence) the town councils are,
ex
officio.
Courts of Probate, and the town Clerks, Registers of
Deeds and Probate.
The Municipal Court
ercise probate jurigdiction, and the Clerk
city Clerk
This
towns
in the city of
is
Providence ex-
Register of Probate.
The
Register of I>eeds.
is
annually appropriates $10,000,
state
for the
to
be divided among the
support of free schools.
Providence, Newport, Bristol,
Rhode Island comprises five counties
Kent and "Washington. It is bounded N. and E. by (he state of Massa:
chusetts, S. by the Atlantic ocean, and Y^.
It lies
between 41° and 42° N.
lat.,
by the
state of Connecticut.
and between 71° and 72°
and comprises an area of 1350 square miles.
1774, 59,678; 1790, 68,825; ISOO, 69,122; 1810,75,188;
Population
1830,97,196.
The
it is
island territory.
kins'
There
Hill,
j
1820,83,059;
somewhat
peculiar.
About a
water, and of the residue of land a considerable portion
The
interior of the state, with the exception of the in-
tervales along the streams,
The most
long.
square a mile, 71.
natural features of this state are
tenth part of
is
to
W.
Population, 1755, 40,414
is
generally rough and hilly.
Mount Hope, in Bristol, HopWest Greenwich, and Woonsocket Hill, in Smithfield.
some hills of considerable elevation in Exeter. Rhode
considerable eminences are
in
are also
Island, and most of the other islands in Narraganset bay, disclose a
geological structure, of the transition character, and present a surface
generally undulating, and often highly picturesque and beautiful.
The mineral
as they are
treasures of the State have not been explored
known, they
are not extensive or valuable.
the most important mineral.
Limestone abounds
Mineral coal
is
:
but so
Iron ore
far
is
found upon Rhode Island.
in the northeastern section of the state
;
and in these
calcareous strata there are some excellent quarries of marble.
Serpen-
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
marble
tine
also found,
is
and there are in various places extensive quar-
ries of freestone.
The navigable waters
of
Rhode
Island are abundant, and mill streams
Rhode
commerce,
in 1837, was
are found in every section of the continental part of the state.
Island claims a conspicuous rank for
domestic trade, and the fishery.
its
enterprise in foreign
The tonnage of
the state
During the war with the Indian Sachem, Philip, and the
warof the revolution, Rhode Island was always found at its post. lu
these wars her soldiers were conspicuous for bravery; among whom
were found some of the most distinguished officers of the age. The rise
45,651 tons.
and progress of
this state to
It is the smallest
manufacturing
Rhode Island
wealth and reputation
is
very interesting.
republican state in the world, and the most important
An
America.
district of its size in
impartial history of
by one of its distinguished sons
that history will contain a merited eulogium on the character of its people.
Rhode Island is celebrated for its mild and salubrious climate, which is
will soon be published
thought peculiarly favorable
to
:
See Register.
female beauty.
Ricliford, Vt.
Franklin co. This is a mountainou- township at the N. E. corner
c' the county, on the line of Canada, and watered by INJissisque river
and its branches. It lies 50 miles
N. by W. from INTontpelier, and 24
N. E. from St. Albans. There is
some good land along the river
and the upland, though rough, affords good grazing.
Population,
First settled, about
1830, 704.
1790.
Xiiclnuoud} Me.
Richmond lies
Augusta and 15
N. from Topsham. Incorporated,
location pleasant.
15 miles
S.
1823.
Population,
Wheat
crop,
building and navigation.
The
town has mill privileges on a stream
which empties into Merrymeeting
bay its soil is productive, and its
stiip
:
same
1837, 1,526.
year, 1,656
bushels.
Riclimosid)
Cheshire
co.
]V. £1.
This town
is
12
miles S. from Keene, and 70 S. W.
from Concord.
It is watered by
branches of Ashuelot and Miller's
rivers, which fall into the Connecticut. The ponds are three in number, one of which is one of the sources of Miller's river. The soil here
is favorable for yielding rye, wheat,
Indian corn, and most of the productions found in this section of
New England. The land is gen-
Lincoln co. Within these limits,
on the west bank of Kennebec river,
stood an ancient fortress called Richmond hence the name of the town.
It lies between Bowdoinham and
Gardiner, and is the site of some erally level.
;
fi«om
able
There are no remarkRichmond was
1752, and was settled
elevations.
granted in
within 5 or 6 years afterwards, by
people from Massachusetts and
�NEW ENGLAND
Rhode
Island.
Population, in 1S30,
GAZETTEER.
gravelly loam, with an unThe agricultural
pi-oductions of the tov/n are very
considerable.
This is an excellent township for
grazing a large amount of wool
and of the productions of the dairy
Richmond
is annually transported.
was incorporated in 1742. It lies
30 miles S. S. W. "from Providence
and is bounded E. by South Kingston.
The Providence and Stonington rail-road passes through the S.
E. corner of the town. Population,
in 1830, 1,363.
soil is a
even surface.
1,301
niclinioiacl, Vt.
Chittenden co. Richmond is 24
miles N. W. frora Montpelier, and
Popula13 S. E. from Burlington.
tion, 1830,1,109. First settled, 1784.
The town is finely watered by Onion and Huntington rivers, on the
banks of which are good mill seats
and large tracts of beautiful meadow. The village is neat, and the
centre of considerable travel. The
several religious denominations united here in building a curious looking meeting house it has sixteen
sides.
This is a healthy place, and
noted for the longevity of its inhab-
;
Hidgeiielc!, Ct.
;
itants.
Ridgefield, or, as
Fairfield co.
the Indians called it, Caudatowa,
a word signifying high land, is
bounded W. by
New
Salem, N. Y.
N. from
Berkshire co. This town is situ- New
W. from
ated in a deep valley of excellent Danbury.
This township is very
soil, surrounded by elevated lands,
elevated, and commands extensive
and watered by Williams' river. views of Long Island Sound and of
This is an excellent farming town
the surrounding country.
The soil
the farmers' houses, extending some is a strong gravelly loam, and pro
miles on one street, are neatly built ductive of grass and grain.
It is
and make a beautiful appearance. watered by Saugatuck and Norvvalk
Iron ore of a good quality is found rivers, and by a branch of the Crohere in abundance, also marble and ton. It comprises a verj'^ handsome
lime.
The manufactures of the village, in which are manufactures
town consist of pig iron, shovels, of carriages, cabinet furniture, &c.
spades, forks, hoes, leather, boots Limestone is abundant.
Populaand shoes.
Annual value, about tion, 1830, 2,323.
Incorporated,
In 1836, there were 1709.
$50,000.
The celebrated hermitess, Sarah
4,835 merino sheep in Richmond.
They produced 14,505 pounds of Bishop, lived on the western borwool, valued at $8,703.
It lies der of Ridgefield.
She lived on
135 miles Yv^. from Boston, and 5 W. Long Island at the time of the
from Lenox.
Incorporated, 1765. Revolutionary war.
Her father's
Population, 1837, 820.
house was burnt by the Bi-itish, and
she was cruelly treated by a BritRicliiitoiicl, K. I.
She then left society
ish officer.
"Washington co.
Richmond is and wandered among the mountains
bounded on the west by Wood river, near this part of the state she found
and on the east by the river Charles. a kind of cave near Ridgefield,
Other streams water the town, where she resided till about the
which, with the Wood and Charles time of her death, which took place
give it an excellent water power. in 1810.
It is said that the wild anManufacturing establishments of imals were so accustomed to see
various kinds flourish on its streams, her, that they were not afraid of
particularly those of cotton.
The her presence.
Iiic1i2TioD.tl,
Mass.
and
31 miles W. by
Haven, and 9 S. by
lies
;
:
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
The
following account of a visit
to this hermitess,
is
taken from
a
Poughkeepsie paper.
" Yesterday I went to visit the
hermitage. As you pass the southern and elevated ridge of the mounbegin to descend the southern steep, you meet with a perpendicular descent of a rock, in the
At the
front of which is this cave.
foot of this rock is a gentle descent
of rich and fertile ground, extending about ten rods, when it instantly forms a frightful precipice, descending half a mile to the pond
called Long pond.
In the front of
the rock, on the north, v." here the
cave is, and level with the ground,
there appears a large frustrum of
the rock, of a double fathom in size,
thrown out by some unknown convulsion of nature, and lying in the
front of the cavity from which it
was rent, partly enclosing the
mouth, and forming a room: the
rock is left entire above, and forms
the roof of this humble mansion.
This cavity is the habitation of the
hermitess, in which she has passed
the best of her years, excluded
from all society; slie keeps no domestic animal, not even fowl, cat,
Her little plantation, conor dog
sisting of half an acre, is cleared
of its wood, and reduced to grass,
where she has raised a few peach
trees, and yearly plants, a few hills
of beans, cucumbers, and potatoes
the whole is surrounded with a
luxuriant grape vine, which overspreads the surrounding wood, and
On the oppois very productive.
site side of tills little tenement, is a
fine fountain of excellent water ; at
this fountain we found the wonderful woman, whose appearance it is
a little difficult to describe: indeed,
like nature in its first state, she was
without form. Her dress appeared
little else than one confused and
shapeless mass of rags, patched together without any order, which
obscured all human shape, excepting her head, which was clothed
tain, and
;
30*
with a luxuriancy of lank grey hair
depending on every side, as time
had formed it, without any covering
or ornament.
When she discovered our approach, she exhibited the
appearance of a wild and timid animal and started and hastened to
her cave, which she entered, and
barricaded the entrance with old
shells, pulled from the
decayed
trees.
We approached this humble
habitation, and after some conversation with its inmate, obtained liberty to remove the palisadoes and
;
look in ; for we were not able to
enter, the room being only sufficient
to accommodate one person.
saw no utensil, cither for labor or
cookery, save an old pewter basin
and a gourd shell, no bed but the
solid rock, unless it were a few old
rags, scattered here and there ; no
bed clothes of any kind, not the
least appearance of food or fire.
She had, indeed, a place in one corner of her cell, where a fire had at
some time been kindled, but it did
not appear there had been one for
We
some months. To confirm this, a
gentleman says he passed her cell
five or six days after the great fall
of snow in the beginning of March,
that she had no fire then, and had
not been out of her cave since the
she subsists
snow had fallen.
during the severe season, is yet a
mystery ; she says she eats but little flesh of any kind; in the summer she lives on berries, nuts, and
How
We
conversed with her for
to be of a
sound mind, a reUgious turn of
thought, and entirely happy in her
situation; of this she has given repeated proofs by refusing to quit
She keeps a Bithis dreary abode.
ble with her, and says she takes
much satisfaction, and spent much
time in reading it."
roots.
some time, found her
Riley, Me.
Oxford CO. This is a township of
rough and unprofitable land, with
few inhabitants ; near to, and south
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
of Speckled mountain, on the line
It lies 30
of New Hampshire.
miles N. W. from Paris.
Riiidge, M. H.
Cheshire co. This town is 20
miles S. E. from Keene, 50 S. W.
from Concord, and 55 W. N. W.
from Boston. The soil is productive,
lying on swells of land lor the most
There
part inclining to the south.
are 13 ponds, the largest of which
are called Manomonack, Emerson,
Perley, Long, Grassy, and Bullet.
The 3 first discharge their waters
into Miller's river in Mass., thence
communicating with the Connecticut; the 3 last discharge themselves into Contoocook river, and
from thence into the Merrimack.
These ponds abound with fish, and
were much frequented by the Indians for procuring fur, &c. There
is
a
small
elevation
of land
in
Rindge, from which the waters that
issue on one side descend into the
Merrimack, and those on the other
Connecticut.
Iron
also a species of
is found here ;
paint nearly equal to the best quality of Spanish brown. Rindge was
side, into
the
originally called Rowley Canada,
It received
or Monadnock No. 1.
its present name from one of the
proprietors, when it was incorporaThe settlement comted, in 1768.
menced, 1752, by Jonathan Stanley,
George Hewitt and Abel
Platts.
Population, in 1830, 1,269.
Hipley, Me.
Somerset co. A good farming
town, 60 miles N. by E. from Augusta, and 30 N. E. from Norridgewock. Incorporated, 1816. Population, 1837, 555.
Wheat crop,
same year, 3,512 bushels.
branch
of Sebasticook river passes through
A
the town.
Riptou, Vt.
Addison co. This is a mountainous township, the surface and soil
of which are too broken and cold
for much cultivation.
Middlebury
river and the turnpike from Royalton to Vergennes pass through it.
Ripton lies 26 miles S. W. trom
Montpelier, and 9 E. from MiddlePopulation, 1330, 278.
bury.
Eotolfiiiston,
Washington
co.
on the Schoodic or
opposite
to
St.
Me.
This town lies
Croix river,
St.
Andrews,
in
New
Brunswick. It is 16 miles N. N.
W. from Eastport, 30 N. E. from
Machias and 192 E. N. E. from AuThis place enjoys great
gusta.
navigable privileges, and is the site
of considerable ship building, and
commerce in lumber. Incorporated,
Population, 1837, 702. This
1811.
town was
settled soon after the i-evolutionary war.
The first mail
came to this place in 1796.
mail
stage now arrives three times a
week, and crosses the river to New
A
Brunswick. Robbinston was named in compliment to the Flon. Ed-
ward H. Robbins, formerly Lieut.
Governor of Massachusetts, and for
many years speaker of the House
of Representatives of that state.
Rochester,
One
M". II.,
of the county towns of Strafis
10 miles N, W. from
ford CO.,
Dover, 22 N. W. from Portsmouth,
34 E. from Concord. Besides Sal-
mon fall river, which divides this
town from Berwick and Lebanon, in
the state of Maine, the Cocheco river runs the whole length of
the town, and nearly in the middle,
and the Isinglass river crosses the
southerly corner of the town just
before its junction with Cocheco
river, at a place called Blind Will's
Both Salmon fall and CoNeck.
checo rivers afford valuable millseats; on the latter of which, near
the centre of the town, stands the
principal village, called JVorway
Plains. It is a place of considerable trade, and a great thoroughfare from the upper towns in the
county
to
Dover and Portsmouth
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
There
is another village about 2
miles S. W.from this, called Squamanagonnick, the Indian name of
the tails in the Cocheco at that
Much of the soil in Rochplace.
ester is good ; the surface is uneven,
with several swells, the principal
which is Squamanagonnick hill,
which constitutes a considerable
of
part of several valuable farms. In
the W. part of the town, is a large
tract of oak land, which is hard and
stony ; has a deep rich soil, and is
very productive when well cultivaThe town was incorporated,
ted.
in IT22.
The
first
permanent
set-
tlement was made in 172S. Until
Canada was taken by the British
and American troops in 1760, it remained a frontier town ; the people were poor and distressed, but
Their men were
not discouraged.
bold, hardy and industrious ; and
their sons were trained to the use
of arms. They early became a terIn 1748, the wife
ror to their foes.
of Jonathan Hodgdon was killed on
a Sunday morning by the Indians,
on refusing to be taken to Canada
with the party. Her husband married again, had 21 children in all,
and died in 1815, aged 90 j^ears. In
the revolutionary war, many of the
inhabitants bore a part.
Captains
David Place and John Brewster led
companies to Ticonderoga, and suffered much in their retreat from
that place in 1777.
Of the
soldiers
from Rochester, 29 were killed or
died in that contest. Pop. 1830,2,155.
RocUester, Vt.
Windsor co.
Rochester lies 30
miles S. S. W. from Montpelier, 37
N. W. from Windsor, and 20 S. E.
from Middlebury.
White
river,
It is
watered by
it with
which supplies
A
mill seats.
large partof the surface
of the township is broken and mountainous, but it contains much good
land for grazing and some tracts of
excellent meadow. It has a pleasant
village with some trade.
In 1837,
there were 9,000 sheep in the town.
First
Population,
17S3.
settled,
J
1830, 1,392.
Rocliester, Mass.
Plymouth co. A large maritime
town on Buzzard's bav, 9 miles
E. from New Bedford, and 48 S. S.
E. from Boston. Incoiporated, 1686.
Population, 1837, 3,570.
The lace
of the town is uneven and the soil
light. Mattepoiset and Sipican rivers, rising in large ponds in the
town, empty into the bay and form
good harbors.
The manufactures
of Rochester consist of vessels, salt,
bar iron, boots, shoes, &c.
value,
the year ending April 1, 1837,
,^101,811. During that period there
were 9 vessels engaged in the whale
;
fishery, and brought into port 116,928 gallons of oil, valued at $71,
A
65S.
sels
number
belong to
of
merchant vesand numer-
this place,
ous coasting and fishing vessels.
Hoclkiugliani County,
IV.
H.
Portsmouth and Exeter are the
The county of Rockchief towns.
ingham is bounded N. and N. E.
by Strafibrd county E. by the Atlantic, from the mouth of Piscataqua river to the line of MassachuW. by the counties of Mersetts
;
;
rimack and Hillsborough. Its greatest length is about 34 miles; its
greatest breadth, from the west corner of Chester to the extremity of
Rye, is about 30 miles. It comprises an area of 695 square miles.
There are no remarkable elevations
the surface, howin this county
ever, is uneven, and in the north
part, from the higher eminences,
there are some very fine views of
The
the surrounding country.
highest point is Saddleback mountain, in Northwood and Deerfield.
;
The
rivers are the
Lamprey, Exe-
Beaver, and Spiggot, which
water the east and southeast parts
Great Bay, beof the county.
tween Newington and New Market, and connecting w'ith the Piscataqua, is the largest collection of
ter,
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
M^ssabesick pond or lake tion of a number of pleasant villawater.
ges. The scenery around the falls,
is principally in Chester, and is
picturesque from its numerous isl- in Kockingham, is of a sublime
ands and the surrounding eleva- character, and perhaps no section
The other principal ponds of New England possesses a greattions.
are Islandy, in Hamsptead, Coun- er variety of minerals than are found
Kingston, and Pleasant in in this vicinity.
trj'^, in
Deerfield.
Rome; Me.
The soil of this county having
been longer cultivated than that of
Franklin co.
This is a beautiful
any other county in the slate, is farming town, watered by several
very productive ; and agricultural large ponds.
It lies 19 miles N.
pursuits have been very success- N."W. from Augusta, and 13 E. S.
ful.
In 1837, there were 23,;533 E. from Farmington.
It contains a
sheep in the county. The popula- pleasant and flourishing village.
Incorporated in 1S04.
tion, in 1S20, was 40,526; and in
Population,
Population to a 1837, 1,074.
in 1S30, 44,552.
Wheat crop, same
square mile, 64.
year, 4,177 bushels.
Roive, Mass.
liocl^ingliaiii, Vt.
Windham
This town is beauon the west side of
Connecticut river, and at the celebrated " Bellows Falls," noted under Walpole N. H. The water power afforded by these falls, with that
of Williams and Saxton's rivers,
which pass through the town, are
of vast extent; it cannot fail of becoming exceedingly useful, and of
rendering this town and vicinity
eo.
tifully situated
the
site of
immense manufacturing-
operations.
Large and expensive
manufacturing establishments have,
recently been commenced
an account of which may be expected
;
Franklin co.
This town contains the site of old fort Pelham,
erected in 1744. The township is
elevated, and in some parts mountainous, but the soil is adapted for
grazing.
Considerable wool is produced and there are manufactures
;
town of woolen goods, boots,
shoes, leather, and wooden ware.
Rovve is the source of a branch
in the
of Deerfield river, and lies 130
miles N. W. from Boston, and 22
W. by N. from Greenfield. Incorporated, 1785.
Population, 1837,
688.
Ro-wley, Mass.
in the Register.
This place lies on a navigable
river, 65 miles above Northampton,
and 85 above Springlield, Mass.,
Ill above Hartford, Ct., and 23 below Windsor, Vt.
It is 85 miles
S. from Montpelier, and 18 N. E.
from Newfane.
First settled in
1753,
Population, 1S30, 2,272.
surface of the town is uneven
but the soil is generally
strong, warm and productive.
Its
agricultural products are considerin 1837, it pastured 12,600
able
The
;
:
sheep.
The
renders
Essex CO. This town was first settled by a party of industrious and pious persons from Yorkshire, Eng. in
1G39.
They erected the first fulling mill in New England, and manufactured the first cloth in North
America.
There are a great variety of soils in the town
a large
part is salt meadow, and the residue is fertile and productive.
It
comprises a part of Plum island,
and large tracts of wood land.
It
;
watered by Rowley river, which
from several ponds in Boxford.
This river afifbrds a water power,
and before its junction with Plum
Island Sound, forms a harbor for
is
rises
location of
it a mart of
or trade, and
Rockingham
much
interi-
has caused the erec-
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
vessels of moderate draught of wawhich many vessels
ter, and in
have been built.
Ancient Rowley was divided in
183S
its
vi^estern part was detached and incorporated by the
Since this
name of Georgetown.
:
Rowley possesses but litmai.ufocturing interest, but a
valuable agricultural one, to which
its inhabitants are principally devo-
elevated between the
Onion and White
ofj
15
from IMontpelier.
Population,
1789.
It lies
W.
iniles
S.
First
settled,
S.
waters
rivers.
1830, 737.
Roxliiiry, Slass.
some good soil. Roxbury
watered by a branch of Androscoggin river.
It lies 30 miles N.
from Paris, and is bounded S. by
Rumford.
Incorporated, 1835.
Norfolk CO. This town is joined
Boston by a neck of land, over
which are broad and pleasant avenues.
Between the centre of each
town is about 3 miles. The surface
is rocky and uneven, with a strong
soil in a high state of cultivation.
It displays a great degree of agricultural taste and skill, and abounds in
country seats and pleasure grounds.
That part of this town bordering on
Jamaica pond, 4 miles S. W. from
Boston, is exceedingly pleasant.
This town and Boston were incorporated the same year, (1630 ;) and
nothing but municipal regulations
divide their interests and feelings.
Population,
ISIO, 3,609;
1820,
4,135
1S30, 5,247
1837, 7,493.
The first hourly coach from Boston commenced running to this town
Population, 1837, 182.
in 1827.
division
tle
ted.
This ancient town is very pleasand lias been the birth place
of n)any learned men.
It lies 30
miles N. from Boston, 16 N. by Vr.
from Salem, and 25 E. N. E. from
Lowell.
Population, 1838, about
ant,
1,000.
Roxbiiry, Me.
The surface of this
elevated, and well timber-
Oxford
town
is
CO.
ed, with
is
Roxl>ixi*y,
Cheshire
CO., is 5
]V.
H.,
miles E. from
waters the S. part, and empties inAshuelot at the S. W. corOn the E. side of the townner.
ship is a pond, called Roaring Brook
pond, at the outlet of which are
mills.
Roxbury presents a rough and
uneven suiface, rising into considswells, affording excellent
grazing land.
This town was formed of a part
of Nelson, Marlborough and Keene,
and incorporated in 1812. Popula-
erable
tion, 1830, 322.
Koxtoury, Vt.
This town
There are now
a large
be-
tween the two
to the
co.
;
;
number continually running
Keene, and 50 S. W. from Concord.
The N. branch of Ashuelot river
forms the boundary betv^een this
town and Keene. Roaring Brook,
on which are several small meadows,
Washington
to
is
places, and not less
than 250,000 persons pass annually.
Since that time, others of a similar
kind have been established to
Charlestown, Cambridge, Dorchester, &c., and tend greatly to promote the public convenience.
The manufactures of Roxbury
consist of leather, nails, hats, chairs,
cabinet ware, pig iron, spirits, &,c.:
annual value, about $300,000.
The Rev. John Eliot, the justly celebrated " Apostle of the Indians," was settled in Roxbury in
1632.
Mr. Eliot imbibed the true
spirit of the gospel, and his heart
was touched with the wretched
condition of the Indians. He learned their language, and translated
the scriptures into it,
This would
seem the business of a life, when
the sense of the simple e:ipression,
" Kneeling down to him," is conveyed in the Indian language
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
by JVutappessttuJi'qussunnoowehtunkquoh, a word that would puzzle a Demosthenes to pronounce,
without an extra pebble stone in his
mouth. Mr. Eliot was remarkable
for his indefatigable
labors and
charities; he endured hardship as
a good soldier of Jesus Christ, and
went to his reward in 1690, aged
86.
This was the birth
residence of
the
Warren^.
and
place
patriot
Joseph
Dr. Warren was born
in 1740. He graduated at Harvard
college in 1759.
He was an ardent
lover of his country, and sensibly
felt the weight of her oppressions.
Four days previous to the battle
of " Bunker Hill," he received a
commission in the army of Major
General.
He was within the entrenchment, and was slain on that
hallowed spot, just at the commencement of the retreat.
Dr.
Warren was an ab-le statesman, an
eloquent orator, a man of uncompromising integrity and undaunted bravery. General Warren was
the first officer of rank that fell in
that
glorious
contest for liberty.
His death shed a gloom throughout
the country
he was exceedingly
beloved for the mildness and affability of his deportment, and for
the virtues of his private life.
pleasant town, and is well watered
by Miller's river, a beautiful mill
stream.
The surface of the town
is uneven, but the soil is generally
There are
rich and productive.
two woolen
Windsor co. The surface of this
town is somewhat rough and mountainous, but the soil is good, particularly on the banks of White river,
by which it is watered.
This town was first settled in
1771, and for many years endured
great sutfering from Indian hostiliThis is an excellent township
for grazing, and its agricultural
products are considerable.
It has a
pleasant village and an academy.
Royalton is 30 miles S. from
Montpelier, and 25 N. N. Vv" from
Windsor.
Population, in 1830,
ty.
.
1,893.
Litchfield CO.
Roxbury was taken from Woodbury and incoi-pora-
from
It lies
32 miles N.
W.
New Haven, 46 W. S. W. from
Hartford, and
15
S.
by W. from
Litchfield. Population, 1830,1,122.
The town is diversified with hills
and vales.
The soil is a gravelly
loam, interspersed with some small
tracts of sandy loam.
It is water-
ed by the Shepaug, a branch of the
Housatonick.
In digging for silver, a species of iron ore, called
steel ore, was discovered.
Koyalston, Mass.
Worcester
co.
Royalston
Rtiinford, Me.
Oxford
CO.
Rumford
ship of valuable
is a townland, 51 miles W.
N. W. from Augusta, and 20 N.
by W. from Paris.
It lies on the
RoxlJiiry, Ct.
ted in 1801.
and manufactures
Royalton, Vt.
:
•
mills,
of boots, shoes, leather, chairs,
cabinet ware, palm-leaf hats and
mats, wooden ware, &c.
First
settled, 1762.
Incorporated, 1765.
It lies 70 miles W. N. W. from
Boston, and 38 N. W. from WorPopulation, 1837, 1,629.
cester.
northwestern bank of the Androscoggin, and enjoys a great water
power. Mills of various kinds are
already erected, and manufactures
on a large scale are contemplated.
White Cap mountain, rising 500
feet above the level of the surrounding country, and Glass-face, about
400 feet, present beautiful views
Population,
from their summits.
Wheat crop, same
1837, 1,382.
Incorporated,
year, 4,385 bushels.
isoo.
R-umiiey,
Grafton co.
is
a
"N.
H.
Rumney
is
8 miles
N. N. W. from Plymouth, 47 N. by
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
W.
from Concord.
by Baker's
It is
watered
of which a considerable branch flows from Stinson'spond, and is called Stinson's
brook.
The pond is 400 rods long
and 280 rods wide.
Part of Loon
pond is on the E. line of this town.
The principal elevations are Stinson's and Webber's mountains in
the E. part, and a small part of
Carr's mountain, which here oblains the
name of Rattlesnake
mountain, on its N. W. border.
Rumney was granted in 1767, and
was tirst settled in 17G5.
It was
in this town, on the 2Sth of April,
1752, that the late General Stark,
while on a hunting expedition, was
captured by a party of 10 Indians,
river,
commanded by Francis Titigaw.
He was in company with Amos
Eastman of Concord, David Slinson
of Londonderry, and his brother
William.
Stinson was slain.
Population, in 1S30, 993.
Rupert, Vt.
Bennington co.
A part of this
township is mountainous, but the
soil is generally good for grazing.
Rupert produces some fine cattle,
and keeps about 10,000 sheep. It
is watered by Pawlet river, and a
branch of the Battenkill, on which
streams, are mills of various kinds.
Rupert is 73 miles S. W. from Montpelier, and 25 N. from Bennington.
Population, 1S30, 1,313.
Russell, Mass.
Hampden
co.
Westfield river
waters this town, and affords it good
mill privileges.
There is a cotton
mill in the town and other manufac-
Russell lies 100 miles W. by
from Boston, and 14 W, by N.
Irom Springfield.
Incorporated,
1792.
Population, 1S37, 475.
tures.
S.
Rutland County, Vt.
Rutland, chief town. This county is bounded N. by Addison county, E. by Windsor county, S. by
Bennington county, and W. by the
New
York. Incorporated,
1781.
Population, 1820, 29,983;
1830, 31,294. This county contains
an area of 953 square miles.
Inhabitants to a square mile, 33. The
principal streams are Otter Creek,
Black, White, Queechy and Pawlet rivers.
There is some line land
in this county along Otter Creek,
but a large portion of it is elevated,
and some parts mountainous. The
state of
however, is generally warm
and well suited for grazing.
Many cattle are annually taken to
market, and in 1837, there were
180,984 sheep in Rutland county.
Excellent iron ore is found at the
base of the mountains, and a range
of marble quarries extends the whole
length of the county from north to
south.
This marble is of a fine
quality
much of it is wrought and
soil,
:
transported.
Rutland, Vt.
Chief town, Rutland co. This
town was settled about the year
1770, and for some time during the
revolutionary war was a frontier
town. The Green mountain hoys
erected here two small picket forts,
which were found very useful. The
soil of the town is various, but generally of an excellent quality. Iron
ore of a good quality is found clay,
lime, and a great abundance of beautifully variegated marble.
;
The
village
of Rutland
is
neat,
well built and handsomely located:
it is the centre of trade for a large
The agsection of fertile country.
ricultural productions of Rutland
in 1S37,
are large and valuable
there were within its limits 20,981
sheep. Otter Creek and its tributaries give the town a good water
:
power, "and
—
manufacturing estab-
lishments are springing up along
their banks.
Rutland lies 50 miles
S. W. from Montpelier, 52 N. by
E. from Bennington, 60 S. S. E.
from Burlington, "and 34 W. N. W.
from Windsor. Population, 1830,
2,753.
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
Rutland, Mass.
£23
lawfiil
money.
settled about the
It
year
incorporated, in 1722.
wa?
lirdt
172;),
and
51
miles W. by N. from Boston and
12 N. W. from Worcester.
branch
of W^are river waters the town, and
gives it mil! privileges.
The manufactures consist of woolen goo;is,
It
lies
A
leather,
boots, shoes,
chairs, cabi-
net and woo;len wai-es
annual value about ,^50,000.
Rutland is a
very pleasant town, of good soil and
well cultivated.
Its exports of
beef, butter and cheese are consid;
erable.
ponds.
contains some fine fish
Population, 1337, 1,205.
It
ilye, N.
Rockingham
co., is pleasantlj' sit-
and the sea, a communication
was opened by
hill is
principally composed,
supposed to have been made use of
by the natives. This town has suffered considerably in times of war
and danger. In the Amei-ican or
revolutionary war, 38 of its inhabi-
this
by sea or land
them young men. Popu-
tants lost their lives,
niost of
the inhabitants about
;
lation, in 1830, 1,172.
I-I.,
uated on the sea coast, 6 1-2 miles
S. from Portsmouth.
It was originally
taken
from
Portsmouth,
Greenland, Hampton and New
Castle, chiefly the latter; and though
it began to be settled as early as the
year 1635, it was not incorporated
till 1719. The sea coast here is about
6 miles in extent, being nearly one
third of the coast in the state.
On
the shore, there are three considerable and very pleasant beaches, viz.
Sandy, Jenness' and Wallis', to
which many persons resort in the
summer season from neighboring
towns and the country, both for
health and for pleasure.
There is
here a small harbor, near Goss' mill,
into which vessels of 70 or 80 tons
burden may conveniently enter, at
high water.
The boat fishery is
carried on to considerable advantage, particularly in the fall and
winter seasons. There was formerly a large fresh water pond, lying
contiguous to the sand bank or
bounds of the sea, covering a surface of about 300 acres.
Between
this
The waters were
discharged into the sea, leaving a
tract of marsh, which, being watered by the regular flowing of the
tide, yields annually large quantiBreakfast Hill,
ties of salt hay.
between this town and Greenland,
is distinguished as the place where
a party of Indians were surprised
at breakfast, at the time of their incursion iu 1Q9S.
There are small
circular holes in the rocks of which
a centurj^ since.
Itutlaud was formerly twelve iniles square, aii;l was
sold by the Indians, in IGS'J, for
"Worcester co.
liyegate, Vt.
Caledonia co. This town is situated on the west bank of Connecticut river, opposite to Bath, N. H.
It is 33 miles E. by S. from Montpelier, and 14 S. by E. from Danville. Ryegate is watered by Wells
river, some smaller streams and several ponds.
There
is
land on the
town, but the soil is
and very productive
vegetables and grain
tervale
not
much
river,
in-
in the
generally rich
of all kinds of
but more particularly of grass. About 3,000 sheep
are kept, and the pioducts of the
soil, annually transported to market,
;
This town
are vei-y considerable.
first settled by emigrants from
Scotland, in the year 1774.
lai-ge
part of the present population of
Ryegate are of Scotch descent, and
are said to follow, in a great degree,
the peculiar habits, in regard to diet, which Scotchmen are accustomed to in their own country. They
annually prepare large quantities
of oat meal for cakes, and lay in a
good stock of hulled barley for
broths, soups and puddings.
The
people of Ryegate are generally
frugal and industrious ; good farmers,
was
A
and good
livers.
They manufac-
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
ture their own apparel and some for
their neighbors.
Population, 1830,
sons the appearance of Saco Falls
is truly sublime.
1,119.
Saco, Me.
Saclieiu's
Head,
Ct.
York
Saco is situated on the
east side of the river of that name.
It is 71 miles S. S. >V. from Augusta, 15 S. W. from Portland, and
See Guilford.
Saco River,
Is one of the largest in New
England yet being much broken
in its course by falls, is not navigable to any considerable extent.
It
;
from three sources in the
the branch issuing from the southwest side of
the mountains, near the Notch, is
considered the main stream; next
to this is the middle branch, which
is the smallest
and beyond is the
branch called Ellis's river, which
rises on the northeast side of the
mountains, and after a course of
about eighteen miles, unites with
the main bjanch in the town of
Bartlett.
Cutler's and New rivers
are mountain torrents that discharge
springs
White mountains
;
;
into the Ellis.
The Ammonoosuck,
a branch of the Connecticut, rises
within about two rods of the Saco,
flowing in an opposite direction.
The whole length of Saco river is
estimated to be 160 miles; running
its general course S. S. E., and
discharaing into the sea in N, latitude 43° 31', W. longitude 70° 26'.
The principal falls are, the Great
Falls, at Hiram, where the water
descends 72 feet; Steep Falls, at
Limington, 20 feet ; Salmon Falls,
at Hollis and Buxton, 30 feet
and
Saco Falls, 42 feet. The latter are
about 4 miles from the mouth of
the river.
The ordinary rise of
the water, in the spring, is from
10 to 15 feet, but in great freshets
it has been knoAvn
greatly to exceed that number.
long stoi-m
which occurred in Octobei-, 17S5,
raised the river to an immense
height, sweeping away mills and
bridges, and inundating houses that
stood in its vicinity. In 1S14, there
was the greatest freshet known
since that of 1785.
At such sea-
in
;
A
31
CO.
29N.E.
Saco
from York.
a port of entry, a place of
son)e ship building, and commands
a flourishing tiade.
Population,
is
1830, 3,219; 1837, 4,229.
Saco enjoys the rare privilege of
possessing a great hydraulic power united with navigable accomnjodations.
The Saco river terminates its fantastic course at this place,
by leaping, within a short distance,
42 feet, and mingling with the
ocean.
This water power is very
valuable, and cannot fail of becoming the site of large manufacturing
operations.
From the mouth of the river a
line beach extends to the east about
5 miles, called Old Orchard beach.
This name arose from a growth of
apple trees formerly near the beach,
planted at a very early period
some of them remained as late as
1770.
Another beach of less extent, but not inferior in other respects, is found at the Pool, connecting Fletcher's Neck with the
main, and formJng the south shore
of that peninsula.
Its distance
from the Falls is about 9 miles.
The small streams by which different parts of Saco are watered,
generally derive their origin from
an immense bog, commonly called
the Heath, and flow into the river
and sea.
On one of these, Foxwell's brook, there is a fine waterfall, with a descent of about sixty
feet, surrounded by scenery of a
wild and striking character.
The lumber trade has long been
the principal branch of business on
Saco river.
In early times, the
mills were supplied with logs from
the forests in the vicinity of the
Falls
in the former part of the last
:
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
century, they were procured at the
distance of a few miles above the
mills.
In the winter of 1772, it is
said, a few persons for the first time
ascended the river as far as Frj^eburg, in quest of timber, and finding an abundance, turned the attention of millmen to that region
for their future supplies.
After
the war the number of mills was
increased.
Before the year ISOO,
seventeen saws were in operation
about the Falls.
There wei-e others on the small streams in different
parts of Saco and Biddeford.
The
quantity of boards sawed per day,
(24 hours) has been estimated at
fifty thousand feet.
There is considerable navigation
owned at Saco, employed in foreign
and domestic commerce and the
fishery.
The tonnage of the district, in 1S37, was 3,666 tons.
There are at present a large cotton mill, a rolling mill, a nail factory, and numerous saw mills; but a
great portion of the water power
remains unimproved.
The village of Saco contains many handsome buildings, and the
scenery around it is romantic and
beautiful.
petition of a number of gentlemen,
a charter was grantee by king
James
in the year 1G06, dividing
the country into two districts, called North and South Virginia, and
authorizing the establishment of
separate colonies in each district by
two distinct companies.
right of
property in the land fifty miles on
each side of their first plantations,
and extending 100 miles into the interior, was granted by this patent.
The first or Southern colony were
allowed to settle any part of the
country within the degrees of 31
and 41 north latitude; the second,
consisting chiefly of persons resident at Plymouth and other towns
in the west of England, and thence
denominated the Plymouth Company, were allowed to choose a
place of settlement between 38 and
45 degrees north latitiule.
As a
consideiable portion of the territory thus allotted was common to the
two districts, a provision was added,
that the colony last planted should
not approach within one hundred
miles of that already established.
" The next year colonies were
sent out by the two companies.
One was fixed at Jamestown, of
which Gosnold
was the prime
mover,' and Capt. Smith an active
member; the other was established
at Sagadahock, or the mouth of the
A
'
Saco and Biddeford were formerThe former was first
ly united.
1631, the latter in 1630.
a few extracts from Mr.
Folsom's valuable liislory of tho.5e
towns, as they contain some interesting information in relation to the
first settlement of this part of
settled in
We
make
New
England.
" The unfortunate termination of
Sir V/alter Raleigh's
attempts
to
colonize Virginia during the reign
of Queen Elizabeth, had effectually checked the spirit of enterprise
in England in relation to the settlement of America.
The discoveries of Gosnold and Pring, and the
shortness of their voyages, now
caused the subject to be revived,
and to excite more general interest
than had before existed.
On the
Kennebec, led by Captains George
Popham, brother to tlie Chief Jusand Raleigh Gilbert.
This
colony consisted of 108 men;
whether accompanied by their Aimilies, we are not informed.
They
arrived on the coast near the island
of Monhcagan, a few leagues east
tice,
Kennebec,
August, and soon
of the
mouth
in the
month of
after entered the
of that river, where, on the
eastern side, on an island now forming a part of Georgetown, they
commenced preparations for a permanent settlement without delay.
Monheagan was agreed upon as a
place of rendezvous for the ships
before leaving England, and al-
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
we are not directly told that
the destination of the colony was
determined before their arrival,
The
there is no doubt of the fact.
great patron of the enterprise, Chief
Jus'ice Popham, eb*;ainec' an accurate survey of the coast the year
before, and doubtless selected the
mouth of that" fair and navigable
river," as the Kennebec is styled
by Smith, as a favorable location for
the seat of the colony.
" The lateness of the season
scarcelj allowed the colonists time
to erect a fort and the necessary
places of shelter before the approach of winter, which proved
More than
excessively rigorous.
half their number returned with
the ships to England in December,
in consequence of the severity of
the cold and the scantiness of their
supplies.
Soon after those who
had remained had the misfortune to
lose the greater part of their buildCapt. Popings and stores by tire.
ham died in the course of the winter, and an arrival in the spring
brought news of the death of the
though
Chief Justice.
Raleigh Gilbert,
who succeeded Popham
as presi-
dent of the Colony, was under the
necessity of returning to England
on account of the decease of his
brother, of
which intelligence was
the river Penobscot, from whence
he carried to England live of the
natives, "three of whom," says
Gorges, " I seized upon they were
all of one nation, but of several
parts and several families.
This
accident must be acknowledged the
uieans under God of putting on foot
and giving life to all our plantations."
He retained these Indians in his family three years, and
obtained from them much information respecting their native shores
they were afterwards sent back.
Gorges hv^nceforth took a deep interest in schemes for the settlement
of North Virginia, and was rather
chagrined than discouraged by the
return of the Sagadahock colonists,
and the unfavorable reports which
they spread concerning the coun" He had too much experitry.
ence in the world," he said, " to be
frighted with such a blast, as knowing many great kingdoms and large
territories more northerly seated
;
:
ing the prejudice excited by the
" Sir Ferdinando Gorg-es, a con-
member of the Plymouth
Company, alone remained undis-
spicuous
attention
to
Wey-
of this
King James.
The
of his course,
mouth had accidently discovered
have been
;
couraged.
flailing short
and by many degrees colder, were
plentifully inhabited, and divers of
them stored with no better commodities than these afforded, if like
industry, art and labor be used."
Unable, however, to persuade the
company to undertake the planting
of a second colony. Gorges engaged
in private enterprises to this coast,
which began to be much resorted to
by English ships for purposes of
trade with the natives, and of fishing.
In the year 1616, he sent
hither a party commanded by Richard Vines, for the express object of
exploring the country with a view
to form
a settlement.
He contracted with them to remain during
the winter, with the hope of remov-
received by another arrival, and
the colonists, discouraged Jjy so many adverse circumstances, resolved
to abandon the country and return
with him.
Thus in less than one
year from the time the settlement
was commenced, the northern colony was broken up the country
was denounced as uninhabitable,
and no further attempts were made
for many years to promote its settlement by the Company to whom
it was assigned by the patent of
gentleman appears
turned to this part of America
year 1605, when Capt. Weymouth arrived in the harbor of
Plymouth where he resided, on his
return from a voyage for the discovery of the northwest pa-jstge.
first
in the
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
The
Sagadahock colonists against the
character of the climate.
" They arrived during the prevalence of a destructive disease
among the natives, which spread
er, on the western side, near the
capacious and sheltered basin now
called the Pool, but in early times
known as Winter harbor.
" Vines performed several voyages
to our coast in the service of Gorges,
and it is probable made Winter HarWhile he
bor his principal resort.
was occupied in exploring the
country and trading with the na-
New
throughout
mencing
spot v.'hich they selected for
their abode, we have reason to suppose, was at tlie mouth of Saco riv-
its
England, comravages in the west.
This pestilence is noticed by all the
writers on the early history of New
England, with some difference of
opinion as to the precise year of its
A
occurrence.
late and highly respectable writer supposes it to have
prevailed in different places at different times, but a few years previous to the arrival of the Plymouth
pilgrims. It was regarded by those
pious colonists as a special interposition of divine providence in their
favor, so great was the havoc it
made among the tribes in that quarter.
'Thus,' says old Morton, 'God
made way for his people by removing the heathen and planting them
tives,
nists
or planters.
" The husbandmen took up tracts
of 100 acres, of which they received leases on nominal or small rents,
from Mr. Vines.
Some of these
are now on record.
estate that
had been in the possession of Thomas Cole, including 'a mansion or
dwellinghouse,' was leased by Mr.
Vines to John West for the term of
lOOO years, for the annual rent of
two shillings and one capon, a previous consideration having been
paid by West.
The lease which is
partly in the latin language, was
executed, 1638. Another deed from
Vines requires the lessee to yield
An
who were engaged
war with each other when the pestilence made its appearance. In the midst of these
evils, the Englishmen passed with
safety among them, and slept in
their cabins without suffering from
the contagion.
They were in particular welcomed by the savages
whom they had seen in the family
in a destructive
in
visited
and pay an acknowledgement and
rent-charge of 5s., two days work,
and one fat goose yearly. In this
manner were
different parts of the coast,
lish
themselves
prepared to estabfor the winter.
the planters ren-
in fee simple.
at
this little party
all
dered tenants to the propiietor,
none of them holding their estates
Plymouth, and now
their native homes.
Having
met
fish-
and trade with the natives.
Most of them combined these pursuits, and were styled husbandmen
penetrated into the interior, visiting
the Indians in their villages and
wigwams, who received them with
great kindness and hospitality. Beside the ravages of sickness, they
were at this time thrown info confusion by the death of the Bashaba
or chief sachem, whom the Tarrantincs, living east of the Penobscot,
had attacked by surprise and destroyed with his family the preceding year.
Great dissensions had
immediately followed among the
Gorges
were chiefly agriculture,
ing,
" Mr. Vines and his companions
of
in
How
long he pursued this
course, we are not informed, nor do
we find him mentioned again until
several years after his early residence at Winter Harbor.
" The employments of the colo-
in the land.'
different tribes,
men were engaged
his
fishing.
|
Fishing was the most common
occupation, as it was both easy and
profitable to barter the products of
this business for corn from Virginia,
and other stores from England.
The trade with the planters of Mas-
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
8achu?etts soon became consideraIn 1636, Mr. Vines had a
ble.
consignment of bread and beef from
Jocelyn remarks that
that quarter.
•Winter Harbor is a noted place for
describes the mode of
pursuing this business in the followmanner: 'The fishermen take
He
fishers.'
in"-
yearly on the coast many hundred
quintals of cod, hake, haddock, poltheir
lock, &c. and dry them at
a
stages, making three voyages in
They make merchantable
year.
and refuse fi4i, which they sell to
Massachusetts merchants ; the first
per quintal ; the
32 ryals
travelling into the interior for this
and French
English
purpose.
goods were bartered for valuable
furs, particularly beaver."
Saddle Mountain, Mass.
See JidMms.
gaddleli>acl£
Mountain, Me.
Franklin co. This mountain is a
few miles south of Mount Abraham,
it is 25 miles N. AV. from Farmington, and about 4,U00 feet above the
level of the sea.
Sagadalioclc, Me.
($4)
for
The ancient name o( a section of
oi
sends country, at and east of the mouth
The merchant
and 2,25.)
Kennebec river. See Saco.
Marthe first to Lisbon, Bilboa,
other
St. All>ans, Me.
seilles, Bordeaux, Toulon, and
pipecities of France ; to Canaries,
Somerset co. This is a valuable
refuse
staves and clapboards; the
miles N. N.
the ne- township of land, 46
fish to the W. Indies for
E. from Augusta, and 26 N. E. by
To every shallop belong
groes.
Incorporasteers- E. from Norridgewock.
four fishermen, a master or
Population, 1S30, 911 ;
shore ted, 1S13.
man, a midshipman, and a
This town contains a
1837, 1,393.
man, who washes it out of the salt,
the outpitched large and beautiful pond ;
and dries it upon hurdles
which forms a good mill
let of
upon stakes breast high, and tends
Sebasticook
They often get in stream, a branch of pleasant and
their cookery.
share river. There are two
one voyage 8 or 9 barrels a
flourishing villao-es in St. Albans.
per man. The merchant buys of
10,294 bushels
peas, wheat, Wheat crop, 1837,
the planters beef, pork,
Indian corn, and sells it to the fishSt. Allbans, Vt.
ermen.'
This
Shire town of Franklin co.
" The expense of each planter to
by
is bounded on the west
town
provision himself was quite small,
lies 46 miles
an estimate Champlain lake. It
if we may judge from
N. Vv\ by N. from Montpelier, and
furnished by Mr. Jocelyn for the
25 N. from Burlington. First setinformation of proposed emigrants.
Populaprevi- tled about the year" 1785.
similar estimate had been
The soil of this
1S30, 2,395.
tion
ously made by Capt. Smith with
town is fertile, and under the manreference to Virginia. ' Victuals to
is renderof agement of good farmers,
last one man a year; 8 bushels
In 1837, there
productive.
two bushels of peas, 6 ed very
meal, £2:
sheep in the town, and
two bushels of oatmeal, were 8,459
shi11ino;s
the exports of wool and other pro9 shillhigs one gallon of aqua vit:e,
soil are large and
one gallon of oil, ductions of the
(brandy,^ 2s. Gil.
The water communicavaluable.
two gallons of vinegar,
refuse
for
9 and
10 shillings ($2,
A
:
:
:
3s.
6cZ.
2s.:'
:
total,
£3
3s.,
equal
to
$14.
was carA considerable
many
ried on with the natives by
of the planters, some of them visi"
ting-
°
traffic
remote parts of the
31*
coast, or
by the lake to New-York and
Canada, render St. Albans a mart
the surof considerable trade from
tions
rounding country. The first vesthat arsel from Lake Champlain,
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
New
York, by the northbuilt and owned at St. Albans.
The Village of St. Albans is
situated on elevated
beautifully
ground, and commands a fine prosrived at
ern canal,
was from,
pect.
It contains many handsome
buildings, and is a busy place in the
manufacture of various articles. It
lies three miles from the lake, and
twelve miles from the line of Canada.
St.
bounded northerly by a neck of
land adjoining Thomaston, E. by
the western waters of Penobscot
bay, S. by the Atlantic, and W. by
the waters of Muscongus bay and
St. George's river.
This town possesses, in an eminent degree, every
navigable facility. It is a place of
considerable ship building, and the
people are engaged in the lumber
trade, coasting and fishing.
There
are a number of islands on the coast
of this town
a cluster of islands
called St. Georges, are the most
considerable.
They lie off the
town S. by W. about 5 miles. St.
Geoi'ge was incorporated in 1803.
Population, 1837, 1,883.
It lies 57
miles S. E. from Augusta, and 10
:
Croix River.
This river forms the boundary
between the United States and
the British Province of New Brunswick, from the ocean to Grand
Lake. It is sometimes called Passamaquoddi/, ScJioodic and Che- S. from Warren.
putnetecook. This river rises in
St. George River is a valuable
Grand Lake and passes to the stream, both on account of its hyocean in a S. E. course. The dis- draulic power and navigable actances on this important river are commodations.
It receives its most
as follows: from Eastport to Ca- distant waters from ponds in Montlais, at the head of navigation, is 28
ville, Searsmont and Belmont in
from Calais to the mouth of the county of Waldo, and, in a
miles
Schoodic river, 21 miles, and from southerly course, passes to Union,
thence to Grand Lake is 33 miles
where it receives the waters of
Eastport to several ponds, and meets the tide at
distance from
total
Grand Lake, 82 miles. There are Wai-ren. The length of this river
many elevations in this river, and is about 40 miles it is navigable to
consequently many falls and rapids, Warren, 15 miles from the sea.
producing a great hydraulic power.
St. Greorge, Vt.
The mouth of the western branch of
Chittenden co,
A small town
the St. Croix, or Schoodic river, is
bounded W, by Shelburne, 28 miles
166 feet above tide water, at Calais
and the whole fall from Grand Lake W, by N. from Montpelier, and 8
First setS. E. from Burlington.
to sea level is 444 feet.
line
:
:
;
St.
The
Or the Peclieenegamook, rises in
*he county of Piscataquis, on the
border of Canada. It has a number
of tributaries and receives the waters of several lakes.
It is about
50 miles in length, and, parsing
nearly south falls into the river St,
John, on the line of Penobscot
count3^
St.
Population, 1830,
tled, 1784.
Francois iiiver, Me,
George, Me.
the
surface
soil
is
is
is
1.35.
high and uneven:
composed of loam, clay
and gravel.
St. J'oliii's lliver.
See Fundi/, Bay.
St. .Io3iissl>ury?
Vt.
This pleasant and
35 miles N, E.
from Montpelier, 57 N. from Hanover, N, H. and 7 E, from Danville.
The town was organized in 1790.
Population, 1830, 1,592 ; 1838, about
Caledonia co.
flourishing
town
,
Lincoln co.
This township
nearly surrounded by water
It
is
is
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
2,000.
the soil
The
surface is uneven, but
generally strong and fertile. In 1837,there were 4,546 sheep
in the town.
is
The amount
of available water
is great and
valuable, indicating its future importance as a site for large manu-
power
in St.
Johnsbury
The Passumpsic
factories.
considerable stream,
which
bined.
river
is
the estab-
lishment ofE. and I. Fairbanks, for
the manufacture of their improved
platform balances, on an extensive
scale
also iron works of various
kinds, on the other streams.
There are three handsome villages in the town: that called the
;
Plain, is on elevated ground and
near the junction of the streams.
This town commands the trade of a
considerable portion of country, and
these
which are neatly
an active business.
villages,
built, enjoy
Salem, Me.
Somerset
tered
by
a
co.
This town is v»abranch of Seven Mile
Brook, and lies 52 miles N. N. W.
from Augusta, and 23 N. W. from
Norridgewock. Incorporated, 1823.
Population, 1837, 496.
This is a
good farming town; it produced in
1837, 4,216 bushels of wheat.
Salem,
li.
Salem, Vt.
falls into
aflbrd a succession of excellent mill
seats seldom seen so closely com-
Sleeper's
tion, in 1830, 1,310.
river, a
Connecticut river at the foot of Fifteen Mile Falls, passes through the
central part of the town from north
to south.
Moose and Sleeper's rivers unite with the Passumpsic and
On
ceives in its course
numerous
branches, and waters the different
portions of the town, furnishing also
excellent mill privileges. The soil
is generally fertile, and the surface
uneven. Salem was incorporated
by charter, May 11, 1750. Popula-
H.,
Rockingham co., is 30 miles S.
from Concord, and 40 S. W. from
Portsmouth. Policy pond, partly in
this town, and paitly in Windham, is
the largest collection of water:
World's end pond and Captain pond
are in the S. E. and E. parts of the
town; and there are other small
ponds. The Spiggot river, passing
from N. to S. through the town, re'-
Orleans
co.
This
is
a
township
of level surface, and tolerable soil;
50 miles N.N. E. from Montpelier
and
lON.E. from
Irasburgh. First
1798.
Population, 1830,
230.
Clyde river passes through
the N. E. part of the town and apart
of the south bay of Memphremagog lake lies in the N. W. corner.
settled,
Salem, Mass.,
One
of the shire towns in Essex
CO.
This is the oldest and largest
seaport but one in old Massacliu-
Indian name was JS'^aIt is 14 miles N. N. E.
from Boston, and lies in lat. 42° 31'
19" N., and Ion. 70° 54^ W. Population, 1836, 15,002. Salem is nearly surrounded by water, being situated between two inlets of the sea,
called the north and south rivers.
To the main, and now inhabited part
of the town, is attached a peninsular
portion of land, called the Neck.
This was the first inhabited land,
and was formerly used for fishing
and other purposes. It ultimately
became the pioperty of the town,
and was, for a long time, used as a
public pasture.
In 1816, when the
present Alms House was built, a
setts.
Its
umkeag.
large portion of it was enclosed, and
has since been cultivated as the
Alms House farm. The finest and
most comprehensive view of Salem may be had from <' Gallows
Hill."
Its situation is low,
but
pleasant and healthy.
Its streets
are quite irregular.
Essex is the
only street which runs through the
town and is very angular and crooked.
Federal and Bridge streets are
broad, straight and regular.
Ches-
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
cut is esteemed the handsomest,
though it is not the most public
street.
It has rows of elms on either side. Winter and Broad streets
are the widest.
was made
The
tirst
pavement
Essex street, between
Court and North streets, in 1773,
and is still in use. The south chui-ch
has great architectural beauty, and
the north church is built of stone,
with a beautiful front of the gothic
in
There is a Custom House
head of Derby wharf. Salem has always been a commercial
order.
at the
1644, there was
make Salem the
a strong party to
seat of government,
but in this attempt, the
deputies
were defeated.
In 1675, Capt. Thomas Lathrop
and his company were killed by the
Indians, at Bloody Brook. He, with
Roger Conant, had removed from
Salem to Beverly, in 1668. His
company were called the " Flower
of Essex," and many of them were
from Salem.
In 1081, Major William Hawthorne died.
He was a leading and
infiuential character in his time,
It has a convenient harbor
speaker, assistant,
and good anchorage. In point of having been
Vt^calth and commerce, it has al- judge, commissioner of the united
ways ranked as the second town in colonies, &c., and having ever
showed himself able, faithful, and
New England.
worthy of confidence.
Its history is idcntiiled with that
of Massachusetts, and there is much
In 1687, William Brown gave a
Its
farm for the benetit of the schools
in it to interest and instruct.
rank, the character and number of of Salem. The Brown family were
ever great friends and liberal pat
its population, its facilities for comThey not only
merce, and the advantage of being rons of learning.
the chosen residence of many of made donations to the Salem schools,
the first and most distinguished set- but also to Harvard College for the
benefit of poor scholars.
tlers, made it earl}'' and seriously
In 1692, the witchcraft delusion
thought of as the Capital, instead
of Boston.
It was first settled in prevailed in Salem, and nineteen
1626, by Roger Conant, Peter Pal- persons were tried and lianged as
Though designated " the
fray and others, who had failed in witches.
an attempt to plant themselves at Salem witchcraft," it had pervaded
Cape Ann. In 1628, a cession of other places, previously to its apMassachusetts was made to Sir pearance here. In England, laws
Henry Roswell and others, with a had been enacted against it, and Sir
view to establish a colony there. Matthew Hale, gave to those laws
In 1648, Margaret
Of this company, Matthew Cradock his sanction.
was President, and in 162S, John Jones was condemned and hanged
Endicott was sent over to reside at at Charlestown, and in 1655, Ann
Salem as the company's agent, in Hibbins, at Boston. The imputathe same year, the first church v.as tion for a time induced a belief of
the reality of the imposition but
formed.
It has ever been remarkable for its succession of eminent, time finally detected and exposed
independent and useful Divines; the eircr.
The house, in which
among whom, are the Higginsons, the accused were tried, is still standSkelton, Roger Williams, Hugh Pe- ing at the western corner of Essex
and North streets, and the place of
ters, Noyes, Fiske, Dr. Prince, &c.
In 1634, the first general court m.et their execution is now known as
Roger Conant was " Gallows Hill." A full and interat Newton.
one of the first deputies from Salem. esting account of this delusion of
In 1643, Massachusetts was divi- the imagination has been written
ded into 4 counties; Essex, Mid- and published by Rev. C. W. Updlesex, Suffolk and Norfolk.
In ham.
place.
;
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
In 1698, a great fire broke out,
several dwelling
and destroyed
houses.
In 1718, the second or
east church was built and is still
standing. The celebrated Dr. Bentley was pastor of this church. He
"wrote a " Description of Salem,"
which is published in the " Collections of the Mass. Hist. Society."
In 1774, General Gage ordered
the removal of the general court to
Salem. At that time, Boston was a
The merchants and
closed port.
citizens
of
Salem called
a
town
meeting, at which, resolutions denouncing, in very strong terms, the
Boston port bill, were passed unanimously.
The meeting was very
full, and a copy of their doings was
communicated to their neighbors of
Boston. On the 11th of June, when
Gov. Gage was at Salem, an address,
numerously signed, was presented
to him, which reflects high honor
on the sense of justice and patriotism of this ancient town. Among
other things it said, " By shutting
up the port of Boston, some imagine that the course of trade mi^ht
be turned hither and to our benefit
but nature in the formation of our
harbor forbids our becoming rivals
in commerce to that convenient
mart.
must
And were it otherwise, we
be dead to every idea of jus-
— lost to feelings of humani— could we indulge one thought
tice
ty
all
on wealth and raise ourfortunes on the 7-uin of our suffering
neighbors."
In 1776, Feb. 26, Col. Leslie,
with a British regiment from Boston Castle, landed privately at Salem and proceeded to the North
bridge, with a view to seize on some
to seize
military stores beyond it.
The citizens were, at the time, in meeting
but Col. Timothy Pickering, with
30 or 40 men, got there in season to
raise the draw, and thus prevent
Leslie and his regiment from passing further. The British attempted
to cross the river in a gondola,
but the Americans scuttled the
;
Finally, Col. Leslie proposed
that if he should be permitted to
pass 30 rods beyond the bridge, he
would return. Having been permitted, the gallant colonel returned
peaceably to Boston.
During the revolution, there
were about 60 armed vessels fitted
out from Salem, manned by 4,000
boat.
men
and many unrecorded deeds
high daring and chivalrous adventure were performed on the sea by
citizens of Salem, during that eventful period.
Indeed, in her naval
achievements consists principally
the part which Salem bore in the
;
of
revolutionary struggle.
This seaport has been more known
for its East India trade than any
other in the United States. The
Salem engaged in
was the Grand Turk,
owned by E. H. Derby. She was
at the Cape of Good Hope in 1784,
commanded by Capt. Jonathan Ingersoll, and at Canton in 1786, commanded by Ebenezer West.
A
first
ship from
this trade
model of her, completely rigged,
in the
Museum.
is
In 1818, there
were 53 vessels employed in this
trade belonging to Salem, the tonnage of which was 14,272 tons.
Salem became a city in 1836. Its
government consists of a mayor and
six aldermen, and tv/enty-four common council men. Its public schools
are nineteen. The number of scholars in 1837, was 1,534, and the
amount paid for instruction ^8,877.
The AthencBum was incorporated
Edward A. Holyoke,
in 1810.
William Orne, Nathaniel Silsbee
and Samuel Putnam were authorised to call the first meeting of the
proprietors.
The stock is divided
into 90 or 100 shares.
Its library
contains about 9,000 volumes. The
institution, though at present rather
private, may ultimately become
more public.
The Museum is remarkable for the
extent and variety of its natural and
artificial curiosities, collected from
almost every part of the world.
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
There are 4,721 names of
articles
on the catalogue
:
they are
kept in a spacious hall built for that
purpose, and belong to the East India Marine society.
This society
consists of such only as have actually navigated the seas near the
Cape of Good Hope or Cape Horn,
as inris'eror factor,
in 1823, there
were l(jO of these enterprising men
living in Salem.
The hail is open
daily for the reception of visitors,and
vast numbers of strangers thi-ong
there.
All come with an eager and
excited curiosity, and leave with
that curiosity at least gratified, if
not satisfied.
The commerce
Salem is very
extended. There is hardly any part
of the world which her ships have
sels,
of
The number
not visited.
engaged
in foreign
of ves-
commerce,
100 or more, and 18 in the whaling business, beside the vessels employed in the coasting trade and fishez-y.
Tonnage of the district in
1837, 32,800 tons.
Many of the wharves bear the
names of their builders and owners:
as the Allen, Derby, Peabody, Forester and Phillips' wharf. This last
was recently re-built by Stephen
C. Phillips, on the ruins of the old
Crowninshield wharf, which had
is
become
dilapidated and useless. It
an admirable piece of work.
Although Salem is without any
important water power, and has ever been almost exclusively devoted
to maritime pursuits, yet its manufacturing interests are by no means
small.
During the year ending
April 1, 1837, the value of its manufactures amounted to $1,471,889.
is
They consisted of vessels, cordage,
leather, boots, shoes, hats, tin and
cabinet wares, chairs, spirits ; white,
sheet and pipe lead, carriages, straw
bonnets, sperm candles, tobacco,
alum, saltpetre refined, aquafortis,
muriatic acid,oil of vitriol, &c. The
value of its whale, cod and mackerel
fisheries, the same
year,
amounted
to
$210,843.
The Aqueduct
different
furnishes the city
with a constant supply of fresh
and soft spring water.
The fire department is under good
regulations.
Some of the societies
in the city are the " East India Marine society," incorporated in 1801
the " E. I. M. Hall Corporation," in
1824; the " Salem Charitable Mechanic Association," instituted in
1817, and incorporated, in 1822 the
" Essex Historical Society," in
1821, and the " Salem Lyceum,"
;
which was formed in 1830
The Common was reserved "
a training field
for the
as
use of Sa-
lem, "in 1713. It is a beautiful, level spot of giound, surrounded by a
double row of elm and other ornamental trees, and is designed to
have a gravel walk around it. The
alms house formerly stood upon it,
but it is now entirely unencumbered.
The City Hall was
built in 1837.
It
has a beautiful granite front, and
is
handsomely finished and furnish-
ed within.
The Rail-Road from Salem
to
Boston, was opened for travel, August 28, 1838 ; thus making Salem,
as it were, a part of Boston.
The
first stage between these cities was
run by Ezra Burrill, in 1782. It
went to Boston one day and returned to Salem the next. Now the distance can be easily passed over in
50 minutes; and at the same time,
will
ride rapidly
the traveller
through a beautiful and picturesque
country.
See Register.
Among the distinguished men, in
almost every profession, which Salem claims as among its sons, the
name
of Nathaniel
Bowditch,
LL. D.,F. R. S.,authorofthe PracJVavigator, is identified with
fame and nautical achievements.
Dr. Bowditch was born at Salem,
He was taken
March 26, 1773.
from school at the age of 10 years
and placed as an apprentice to a
ship chandler.
At the age of 22
tical
its
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
he went
to sea and spent nine years
in the capacity of captain's clerk,
supercargo, and finally as master of
a ship.
In 1804, he became president of a Marine Insurance Company, in Salem, which office he held
until 1S23, when his superior talents
called him to !)ecom8 Actuary of the
Massachusetts Hospital Life Insurance Company, in Boston ; the responsible and laborious duties of
which olfice he faithfully discharged until his death, March 16, 1S3S.
Notwithstanding his limited means
of education. Dr. Bowditch acquired, by his extraordinary genius and
economy of time, a perfect knowledge of all the modern languages,
and became the most eminent math-
ding to thy word
last words."
?'
These were
his
Salem, Ct.
New London
co.
This town was
taken from the towns of Colchester,
Lyme and Montville; but the principal part from Colchester, and incorporated in 1819.
It comprises
an area of six by five miles of fertile and productive land.
The inhabitants are generally good farmers, who live scattered about on
their farms. Population, 1830, 958.
Salem is well watered by small
streams, and is bounded on the N.
E. by a large and beautiful pond.
It lies 29 miles S. E. from Hartford,
and 13 N. W. from New London.
ematician and astronomer in AmerSalisbury, K". H.,
The Practical JVavigator, has
been translated into every EuropeMerrimack co., lies 15 miles N.
an language, and its use is co-exten- from Concord. Black water i-iver
sive with maritime adventures.
passes through the W. part of SalisAnother work of Dr. Bowditch, bury. There are 5 bridges across
places his name, as a man of science, this stream in this town.
The soil
still higher on the roil of fame.
of the upland is strong, deep and
It
is his translation of the Jilecanique
loamy the hilly land affords some
Celeste of La Place, with an elab- fine tracts of tillage, but chiefly
orate and copious commentary on abounds in excellent pasturage. On
that work, in four large quarto vol- Blackwater river, there is some veumes. This work was completed ry fertile intervale, which united
just before his death.
with the adjacent hilly land, comThe last hours of such a man as poses several very valuable farms.
Dr. Bowditch, cannot fiiil to be inconsiderable portion of Kearsargc
teresting, as they mark his charac- mountain ranges within the bounds
ter through life.
friend of his of Salisbury, the N. W. corner
who was present, says, " lie did not bound of \vhich extends nearly to
like to see those about him look sad the summit.
There are two very
and gloomy ; and he remarked, on pleasant villages in this town, situone occasion, I feel no gloom with- ated on the 4th N. H. turnpike
in me
why should you wear it in about 1 1-2 miles apart.
your faces r'
On the morning of
Salisbury was incorporated by
his death, when his sight was very charter from the government of N.
dim and his voice almost gone, he H., March 1, 1763, when it took
called his children to his bed side, the name ofSalisbury.lt was settled
and, arranging them in the order as early as 1750.
The first settlers
of age, pointed to and addressed were Philip Call, Nathaniel Meloon,
each by name, ' You see I can dis- Benjamin Pettcngill, John and Ebtinguish you all
and now I give enezer Webster, Andrew Bohonyou my parting blessing. The time non, Edward Eastman, and others.
' Lord, now
is come.
lettest thou The first inhabitants experiencod
thy servant depart in peace, accor- the inroads of the Indians. On the
ica.
;
A
A
'
;
;
�NEW ENGLAND
GAZETTEER.
1753, Nathaniel Me- tains some rough land, and some
W. part of the excellent meadows. It is watered
town, was captured, together with by Otter Creek, Middlebury and
his wife, and three children, viz
Leicester rivers. The latter river
Sarah, Rachel, and Daniel.
They atfords a good water power, which
were carried to Canada, where he propels a number of valuable manuand his wife were sold to the French facturing establishments.
Leicesin Montreal.
The three children ter river is the outlet of Lake Dunwere
kept
by
the
Indian*. more, a fine sheet of water, about
After the parents
had resided four miles in length, and three
in Montreal about a year and a fourths of a mile in width.
This
half, they had a son born, who was lake lies in Leicester and Salisbubaptized by a French friar by the ry.
There is a pleasant and flourname of Joseph Mary. Mr. Me- ishing village in the town, and a
loon returned from captivity after large cavern supposed to have been
four years and a half, to his farm in an Indian lodging place.
SalisbuSalisbury.
Sarah died with the In- ry lies 34 miles S. W. from Montdians.
Rachel, who was 9 years peiier, and is bounded N. by Midold when captured, returned after dlebury.
Population, 1830, 907.
9 years.
She had become much
Salisbury, Mass.
attached to the Indians, was about
Essex CO.
to be married to Peter Louis, son of
In 1633, this town
Col. Louis, of Cognawaga.
She was granted, by the name of Merhad the habits, and acted like an rimack, to be a plantation, unto SiIndian, understood the Indian lan- mon Bradstieet, Daniel Dennison,
guage and could sing their songs. and others. The year following it
Hon. Ebenezer Webster was was incorporated by the name of
one of the early settlers; a patiiot Colchester, and in 1640 assumed, by
of the revolution an officer of the direction of the then general court,
militia ; for several years a senator the name of Salisbury. It is seven
in the legislature, and a judge of by three miles in extent, and is
the court of common pleas till his bounded southerly by the river
death in 180G.
He was the father Merrimack, westerly by Pov/ow
of the Hon. Ezexiel and Dan- river, which divides it from the
iel, Webster, names well known town of Amesbury, northerly by
throughout the country. Popula- the New Hampshire line, which
separates it from the towns of South
tion, in 1S30, 1,379.
Hampton and Seabrook, and easterSalisbury, Vt.
ly by the sea.
Addison co. The widow of Amos
In 1G43, the plantation in
Story, with S or 10 small children, Hampshire, viz. Hampton, Exeter,
was the first family that made Salis- Portsmouth and Dover, were united
bury a permanent residence. She to Massachusetts, and, together
came here in 1775, and endured with Salisbury and Haverhill, formevery hardship incident to the life ed into a new and distinct county,
of a pioneer; chopping down tim- called Norfolk, of which Salisbury
ber, clearing the land, laboring in was the shire tov/n, and so continthe field, and sleeping in a cavern. ued to the year 1679, when New
Mr. Story, Avas killed by the falling Hampshire was again separated and
of a tree previous to the removal formed into a royal government. In
of his family. The proprietors gave August, 1737, commissioners, apMrs. Story 100 acres of land for pointed by the crown, met at Hampher manly conduct.
The soil of ton falls, for the purpose of settling
the town is generally good ; it con- a controversy, respecting the boun-
16th of
May,
loon, living in the
:
;
New
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
dary line, which had long subsisted
Salisbury) Ct.
between the two governments of
Massachusetts
On
shire.
court of
al
vened
at
and
New Hamp-
this occasion the
gener-
New
Hampshire conHampton, and that of
Massachusetts
at Salisbury.
Salis-
from Newburyport,
4 miles, from Haverhill 12, from Exeter, N, H. 10, and from Portsmouth
bury
20.
distant
is
Population, in 1837, 2,675.
There are two considerable
vil-
the largest is at
lages in Salisbury
the westerly part of the town, upon Powow river at the head of tide
water. The village is divided by
said river into two pretty equal
parts, one in Salisbury, the other
In that part of the
in Amesbury.
village that lies in Salisbury, are
;
flannel factories, one 200 feet
long and .50 feet wide, the other 100
feet by 40 feet. The establishment
is called, the Salisbury ManufacCapital $500,turing Coi-poration.
two
000.
There is also in this village
a large tannery, and manufactures
of cotton goods, shoes, combs, boats,
wherries and molasses casks.
The other village is pleasantly
situated on the bank of the Merrimack, on a point of land formed by
the junction of that river with the
generally known by
of IVehstcr's
Point. Shipbuilding long has been,
and still is, a principal branch of
business in this place and its character is well established for building excellent vessels. There are
now nine sail of vessels owned in
Powow
;
and
is
the distinctive
name
;
and employed paitly in
the coasting trade, and partly in the
cod and mackerel fishery.
The annual product of the manufactures of Salisbury, including
vessels, and of the tishery, is about
this village
$500,000.
Salisbury and Amesbury are finely located for business; the villages
are neat and the scenery around
Salisbitry
them very pleasant.
Beach is noted for its beauty, and
is much frequented.
32
The Housatonick
Litchfield co.
and Salmon rivers give this town a
great and constant water power.
The surface of Salisbury is formed
of lofty elevations and deep valleys
;
but the
soil
is
excellent for
and pasturage.
The valleys are generally limeThe
stone, and the hills granite.
number of sheep kept here in 1837,
all
sorts of
grain
was 8,999.
" Salisbury Centre," a pleasant
village, is 53 miles N. W. from
New Haven, 50 W. N. W. from
Hartford, 22 N. W. from Litchfield,
and 34 N. W. by Vv. from Hudson,
Population, 1830, 2,580.
N. Y.
The Indian name of the town was
Weatog.
It was first settled by
the whites in 1720.
Salisbury has long been celebrated for its excellent iron ore and
The guns on
manufactures.
board our favorite frigate, " Old
Iron Sides," used by "Truxton in
the capture of the L'Insurgente,
were made at the old furnace in
iron
Salisbury.
The "Old Ore Hill,'* two miles
west of Wanscopommuc lake, has
been worked since the year 1732.
Within the last 10 or 15 years, from
five to six thousand tons of ore have
The ore is
been dug annually.
One
sold at the mine for $3 a ton.
dollar and twenty-five cents is paid
to the proprietor of the mine, and
The first
the residue to the miner.
furnace in Salisbury was erected in
1762, at the outlet of Wanscopommuc, by S. and E. Forbes, Mr.
Hazeltine, and Ethan Allen, the
large
hero of Ticonderoga.
A
amount of cannon, balls, and bombshells were manufactured here during the revolutionary war.
The large and inexhaustible quantities of iron ore found in Salisbury,
and the abundant supply of wood
for charcoal, and other materials
necessary for smelting the ore, together with the superior quality
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
of iron, introduced other manufactures ; and iron has continued from
that time the staple commodity of
There are at present
the town.
in Salisbury, 4 blast furnaces, 5
forges, with 20 fires, 2 puddling
establishments, 1 screw shop, 1
anchor shop, 2 scythe manufactories, 1 hoe manufactory, 2 trip hammers, 2 cupola or pocket furnaces,
for small castings.
From
five to six
bushels of
consumed
hundred thousand
charcoal are annually
at the different establish-
ments. The puddling furnaces require from two to three thousand
ords ol wood annually. The number of workmen employed in the
different processes of preparing the
material and manufacturing the iron,
amount in all to about five hundred men.
The furnaces produce
annually from two thousand to two
thousand five hundred tons of pig
iron.
The forges and puddling establishments annually produce from
one thousand two hundred to one
thousand five hundred tons of
wrought iron, which is used for anchors, car axletrees, musket barrels, and various other kinds of
drafts.
The Salisbury iron ore is
the brown hematite, and yields
about forty per cent of pig iron.
It is
well
and stands
known to manufacturers,
as fair in the
any other iron
market
as
in the country.
Salmon Rivers.
the bank not more than three rods.
It is called the flume, and is about
four rods in length, its breadth varying from two and one half feet to
less than one foot ; but here the
water has a subterraneous passage.
In the rocks are many cavities from
one to seven feet in diameter, mostly cylindrical, and from one to four
feet in depth.
Salmon Brook.
See JVashua,
H.
Salmon river, Connecticut. This
JV.
beautiful mill stream has its source
in the high lands in Tolland county, and passing south, receiving in
its course many valuable tributaries, it meets the Connecticut at
East Haddam, producing a beautiful cataract.
There is a river of
this name in Salisbury, Ct.
Sanboriitoii, N.
II.,
Strafford co., has New Hampton
and Meredith on the N.,Gilmanton
E. and S. E., Franklin S. and W.,
and is 20 miles N. from Concord,
60 N. W. from Portsmouth, and 9
W. from Gilford.
The bay between Sanbornton and
Meredith is 3 miles in width. There
are no rivers or ponds of magnitude
in this town.
Salmon Brook pond,
in the N. part, and a brook of the
same name, its outlet, are the only
ones worth mentioning. This brook
passes through the N. W. part of
the town, and affords several mill
sites.
Salmon
river, in
Maine,
is
a trib-
utary to the Penobscot, of about 30
miles in length.
Its course is S.,
and falls into the Penobscot about 4
miles below the union of the eastern and western branches of that
river.
Maine and
See PiscataIn this river, between Roqua.
chester and Lebanon, Maine, is a
fall, which, from its singularity,
Salmon Fall
river,
JVew Hampshire.
deserves notice.
The
river is conrocks, about 25
feet high, the breadth at the top of
fined
between two
Sanbornton presents an uneven
surface, but contains no mountains.
The highest hills, with one or two
exceptions, admit of cultivation.
The soil is almost universally good,
and well rewards the labor of paThere is a gulf in
tient industry.
town extending nearly a mile
through very hard rocky ground,
3S feet in depth, the walls from 80
to 100 feet asunder, and the sides
so nearly corresponding as to favor
an opinion that they were once united.
There is also a cavern in the
declivity of a hill, which may be
this
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
entered in a horizontal direction to
the distance of 20 feet. This town
was once the residence of a powerful tribe of Indians, or at least a
place where they resorted for de-
On
I'eacc.
the Winnepisiogee, at
ted township at the S. E. corner of
the county, on the line of Connec
ticut.
It is watered by a pleasant
stream, a branch of Farmington riv
er.
The soil is generally good,
particularly for pasturage. Consid-
the head of Little hay, are found
the remains of an ancient tortifica-
cble wool
It consisted of six walls, one
extending along the river, and across
a point of land into the bay, and
ned.
tion.
the others in right angles, connected by a circular wall in the
rear.
Traces of these walls are
yet to be seen, though most of the
stones, &c. of which they were
composed have been removed to the
dam thrown
place.
across the river at this
Within the
fort
have been
found numbers of Indian relics, implements, &,c., and also on an island
When the first settlers
of Sanbornton arrived, these walls
were breast high, and large oaks
were growing within their enclosure.
in the bay.
This town was settled in 1765
and 1766, by John Sanborn, David
Duston, Andrew Rowen and othIt was incorporated in 1770.
Population, 1830, 2,866.
ers.
co.
The people
of
town
are favored with mounand with crystal streams
which even the Bostonians might
Shettarack and Bald mounrelish.
this
Sandisfield
is
124 miles
W. by
from Boston, 18 S. E. by S, from
Lenox, and 38 E. from Hudson, N.
Y. Incorporated, 1762. Population,
S.
1837, 1,493.
gaudoAvu,
IV. II.}
Rockingham co., is bounded N.
by Chester and Poplin, E. by Danville, S. by Hampstead, W.
by
Chester and Londonderry. It is 31
miles S. E. from Concord, and 26
S. W\ from Portsmouth.
The surface of this town is rather uneven,
but the soil in general is well adapted to the production of grain and
Phillip's pond, lying in the
grass.
S. part of the town, is the largest,
being about 340 rods long, 200 wide.
Angle pond, in the S. E. part of
this town, is about 200 rods long,
and 90 or 100 wide. There are several other smaller ponds.
Squam-
scot river flows from Phillip's pond,
Santlgate, Vt.
Bennington
is grown in this town,
and a laige amo'int of leather tan-
tain air,
and pursues a nearly level course
1-2 miles, where another
for 1
stream unites with it from this
junction, whenever the waters are
high, the current passes back with
considerable force towards the pond.
The settlement of Sandown was
commenced about the year 1736,
by Moses Tucker, and others.
:
N. W. part of the
town Spruce and Equinox are in
Red mountain is in the
the N. E.
S. E., and Swearing hill in the S. The town was originally a part of
W. Between these elevations is Kingston, and was incorporated,
some good land, which produces 1756. Population, in 1830, 553.
tains are in the
;
;
and which, with
grass and grain
the mountain browse, affords feed
for more than 7,000 sheep.
Sandgate was chartered in 1761.
It is
20 miles N. from Bennington, and
31 S. by W. from Rutland.
Population, 1830, 933.
;
Saudisfield, Mass.
Berkshire co.
This
is
an eleva-
Saudwicli,
Strafford
miles N. N.
and about 50
co.
TH. II.
Sandwich
is
70
W. from Portsmouth,
N. from Concord. This
town was originally granted by
Gov. Benning Wentworth, in 1763,
and comprised 6 miles square.
On
the 5th Sept. 1764, upon the representation of the grantees that the
�NEW ENGLAND
N. and W. sides thereof were " so
loaded with inaccessible mountains
and shelves of rocks as to be uninhabitable" an additional grant was
made of territory on the E. and S.,
—
GAZETTEER.
New England crown glass has
been fully tested and found to be
as clear and stronger than any other now in use. Sandwich has a good
harbor, and about 20 sail of coasting
and fishing vessels.
the
called Smidwich Addition.
Sandwich mountains are a lofty range
It is proposed to unite Massachu
extending N. E. and terminating in setts and Bi'zzard's bays
by a ship
Chocorua Peak in Albany. Squam canal through this town,
the dis-
mountain, extending from Holderness through a corner of Campton
into Sandwich, is of considerable
height. There are other mountains.
The Bearcamp river, its branches
rising in the mountains N. and W.,
passes E. into Tarn worth.
The W.
tance
miles and the route
glancs at Mr. Hale's excellent map of New England, shows
most conclusively, the immense advantages to be derived by such a
work.
five
is
A
level.
Sandy Bay,
Mai»%.
branch passes through Bearcamp
pond.
There is another pond not
See Gloucester.
far distant from this, from which issues Red Hill river, passing S. into
the Winnepisiogee lake.
small
stream passes Vv. into the Pemige-
The most northern extremity of
A
wasset river.
About one
Nantucket Island, on which
light,
is
a
60 feet in height.
fourth of
Squam lake lies in the S. W. corner
of Sandwich. This is a flourishing
town with a number of mills. Thirty thousand pounds of maple sugar
was made here
1838.
Sandy Point, Mass.
in the spring of
Population, 1830, 2,744.
SaudAvicIi, Mass.
Barnstable co. This town is very pleasantly situated on the shoulder of Cape Cod, 12 miles S. W.
from Bai-nstable, 30 E. from New
Bedford, and 53 S. E. from Boston.
Incorporated, 1639.
Population,
1830,3,367; 1837, 3,579.
Sandwich is watered by a number of
streams which afford a good water
power; and by numerous ponds,
«ome of which are large, affording
a variety of excellent fish.
The
forests afford an abundance of deer,
and to the lovers of rural sports,
Sandwich and the neighboring
towns of Barnstable and Falmouth
have justly become favorite resorts.
The value of the manufactures of
the town for the year ending April
1, 1837,
amounted to $382,248.
They consisted of glass, ($300,000)
leather, nails, vessels, salt, iron castings, stoves, &c.
The value of
Sandy River, Me.
This valuable mill stream rehead waters in the county of Franklin, near Saddleback
mountain, and in a winding course
through the southern part of that
county it enters Somerset county
aud mingles with the Kennebec at
Starks, 37 miles above Augusta.
Sandy river is a fertilizing stream;
ceiver, its
it
receives a
number
of tributaries,
and waters a beautiful portion of
the state.
Its length is about 45
miles.
San ford. Me.
York
Sanford is watered by
it has a good water
power, and an establishment for the
CO.
Mousum
river;
manufacture and printing of cotton
Incorporated, 1768.
Pop-
goods.
ulation, 1837, 2,324.
S.
W. from Augusta,
from Portland, and
W, by Alfred
It is
35
is
94 miles
W.
S.
bounded
W.
S.
Sangerville, Me.
Piscataquis co.
This beautiful
and thriving town is not mountainous, but it is so elevated between
Penobscot and Kennebec rivers tha*
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
the waters of its ponds meet the
ocean by both of those streams.
Sangerville is 70 miles N. W. from
Augusta, and is bounded by Dover
Incorporated, 1814.
on the W.
Population,
crop,
I.S37,
Wheat
1,115.
same year, 10,792 bushels.
tude and breadth aforesaid, to the
South Sea."
In 1635, they appointed Mr. John Winthrop, a son
of the governor of Massachusetts,
to build a fort on Connecticut river,
and appointed him governor for one
year.
In the
Saugatuck. River^ Ct.
summer
of 1639, Colonel
George Fenwick,one of the patentees, arrived from England, and in
See Westport.
honor of Lord Say and Seal, and
Saugus, Mass.
Lord Brook, gave the tract about
Essex CO. Saugus was taken from the mouth of Connecticut river, the
Lynn in 1815, and derives its name name of Saybrook. Colonel Fenfrom the Indian name of the river wick superintended the affairs of the
That colony until 1644, when, his associwhich passes through it.
river is exceedingly crooked in its ates having relinquished the design
course, and forms large tracts of of removal to America, sold tiie jumeadow. The uplands are uneven risdiction of Saybrook to the ConIt lies 10 miles S. W.
and rocky.
necticut colony.
from Salem, and 9 N. by E. from
The original limits of the town
Population, 1837, 1,123.
Boston.
extended upon the east side of the
The value of the manufactures river for several miles, and included
of Saugus, the year ending April 1, a part of the town of Lyme.
Tlfe
They township now comprises three par1837, was about $200,000.
consisted of shoes, (.$150,000) choco- ishes, viz
Saybrook, Westbrook,
late, morocco leather, snuff, cigars,
and Essex. Saybrook parish is the
:
wool cleaning, and
woolen dyeing.
bricks,
silk
and
Savoy, Mass.
Berkshire co. Savoy is an elevatownship, and gives rise to
branches of Deerfield and Hoosack
rivers.
The land is generally good,
and pastures a considerable number
of sheep.
It lies 125 miles W. N.
W. from Boston, and 20 N. N. E.
Incorporated, 1797.
from Lenox.
Population, 1837, 917.
ted
and tracts of rich
Middlesex co.
This is one of
the most ancient towns in the state.
Lord Say and Seal, Lord Brook and
other gentlemen in England, dissatisfied with the govej-nment of
Charles I., contemplating a removal
to this country, procured, in 1632,
of Robert, Earl of Warwick, a paall
the country "
which
lies
west from Narraganset river, a
hundred and twenty miles on the
sea coast; and from thence in lati-
32*
There are,
uneven and stony.
however, some extensive levels,
soil,
in the vicinity of
Saybroolc, Ct.
tent of
southeast section of the town.
The
Indian name for this place was Pattaqnasset.
West of this is Westbrook parish, which w^as called by
its Indian name Pochaiig, until OcNorth of these two
tober, 1810.
parishes is Pautapoug or Essex.
Saybrook is upwards of 7 miles
in length from north to south, and
averages more than 6 in breadth.
The greater part of the township is
Saybrook village,
particularly
southern part of the town.
of the hills, near Connecticut
river, have good granite quarries.
There are several small harbors on
the Sound, and on Connecticut river, at Saybrook point and Pautapoug. The bar at the mouth of the
in the
Some
Connecticut
is
an impediment
to
vessels of a moderate
draught are often obliged to pass it
The
with part of their cargoes.
depth of water at the bar, at spring
navigation;
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
Sayabout twelve feet.
brook harbor is at the mouth of a
handsome cove, making up from
Connecticut river, and extending
west almost to Saybrook village. It
is often resorted to by coasters in bad
To this place the river
weather.
is open through the winter, and it is
here that vessels are frequently
laid up, and goods deposited, while
the river is frozen over above.
Large quantities of fish are taken
in this town.
The shad fisheries
are numerous, and a source of conConnecticut rivsiderable wealth.
er shad are considered superior to
White
any other in this country.
fish are taken upon the shores of
the Sound, and are very valuable
They
for the purposes of manure.
tides, is
are afforded at a cheap rate ; the
lightest soils, enriched by them,
have produced forty bushels of rye
to the acre, and they have an equally advantageous effect upon the
growth of corn and potatoes.
Saybrook village is 40 miles S.
S. E.
New
from Hartford, 34 E. from
\V. from New
Haven, and 18
London.
Population, 1830, 5,018.
Besides the business in navigation, the fishery, ship building and
quarrying of stone, there are many
manufacturing establishments in
the several villages in this town.
Among the articles manufactured,
are augers, gimlets, hammers, steel
carriage springs, ivory and iron
combs, ink stands, sand boxes, &,c.
The Borough of Essex is about
7 miles from the mouth of Connecticut river, on the west side.
It is
a place of considerable commerce,
navigation and ship building, with
a population of about 1,000.
Ship building was commenced in
1740, on the Pochaug, and is still
a leading branch of business in the
place.
There are at present about
15 vessels owned here, principally
coasters.
It is estimated that there
are 1,200 inhabitants in its limits.
Saybrook point is a peninsula,
circular in its form, and connected
with the main land by a narrow
neck, over which the tide sometimes flows.
From this place to
the fort, on the eastern extremity
of the peninsula, the distance is
about one mile.
On the neck, a
palisado was anciently formed from
the river to the cove, to secure Saybrook point from any sudden incurIndians.
The soil oa
is light and sandy,
elevation of the highest
sion of the
the
peninsula
and the
Being
is about twenty feet.
nearly destitute of trees and shrubbery, it presents to the beholder a
bleak and naked aspect.
The land on the point was laid
out with care, as it was expected to
part
become the residence
of great
men,
and the centre of great business
and wealth.
It is said that Oliver
Cromwell, with other men then
equally distinguished, actually em-
barked in the Thames, to occupy
this ground.
Westward of the fort
a square was laid out, on which it
was intended houses should be erected for Cromwell, Pymm, Hasselrig,
and Hampden, the most illustrious
Commoners in the English annals,
who were expected from Europe ;
while a square still further west
was reserved for public uses.
About half way between the
palisado was erected the first building
designed
scliool, since
for
the
collegiate
named Yale
College.
This institution was founded in 1700,
and remained at Saybrook 17 years.
The building was one story in height,
and about eighty feet in length.
Some remains of the cellar, " over
which the ploughshare has passed,"
are
still
Fifteen
visible.
com-
mencements were held at Saybrook.
More than sixty young men were
graduated, most
the ministry, and
came characters
usefulness and
educate young
of
whom
entered
some of them be-
of distinguished
To
excellence.
men of piety and
ministry, was the
the
leading design of this institution.
It was desired by the founders and
talents for
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
others, that
have
the
churches should
a public standard or confession
of faith, agreeable to which the instruction of the college should be
conducted.
This led to the adoption of the Sayhrook Platform,
after the commencement iu 170S.
David Gardiner, was the first
white child born in Connecticut.
The following was written upon a
blank leaf of an old bible, in possgssion of John G. Gardiner, Esqr.,
of Gardiner's Island, N. Y.
" In the ye-AY of our Lord, 1635,
the 10th of July, came I, Lion Gardiner and Mary my wife from Wor-
den, a town in Holland, where my
wife was born, being the daughter
of one Diricke Willemson deureant
her mother's name was Hachir,
and her aunt, sister of her mother,
was the wife of Wouter Leanerdson, old burger Muster, dwelling
in the hostrade, over against the
Bruser in the Unicorne's head ; her
brother's name was Punce GarretWe
son, also old burger Muster.
came from Worden to London, and
from thence to New England, and
dwelt at Saybrook fort four years
it is at the mouth of Connecticut
— of
which I was commander,
and there was boi-n unto me a son,
river
named David,
1635, the 29th of
born in that place,
and 1638 a daughter was born,
named Mary, SOth of August, and
then I went to an island oi^ my own,
which I had bought and purchased
April, the
first
of the Indians, called by them Monchonack, by us Isle of "Wight, and
there was born another daughter,
named Elizabeth, the 14th September, 1641, she being the first child
of English parents that was born
there."
Saybrook is a very pleasant town,
and full of interesting associations.
S&xtou's River, Vt.,
Is formed in Grafton, Windham
county, traverses an eastern course
about 10 miles, and falls into the
Connecticut at Rockingham.
It
an excellent mill stream, and
derived its name from a Mr. Saxton, who was drowned near its
is
mouth.
Scantic River, Ct«
See East Windsor.
Scarborougli, Me.
Cumberland co. This town lies
105 miles N. E. from Boston, and
W. from Augusta. It con30,634 acres of land, and a
population of 2,244.
part of this town, called Black
point, lying upon the sea, was
granted by the council of Plymouth to Thomas Cammock, in 1631
this was soon after settled, and became of considerable importance on
the coast in the fisheries and trade.
The land is held under that ancient
grant at the present day. Another
settlement was early made by a
family of Algers, from England,
near the centre of the town, and
60 S.
tains
A
Duastan corner, which name
This was wholly debears.
stroyed in the Indian war of 1675.
It was, however, revived by a de-
called
it still
scendant in the female line, through
whom that race is still perpetuated.
Scarborough is principally an agricultural town, for which purpose
it furnishes some rich soil, and has
a large quantity of salt marsh.
Ship building, however, continues
to be pursued here, although not to
Nouthe extent it formerly was.
suck river passes through the whole
Its present
length of the town.
name was given to it in 1658, when
it submitted to the government of
JNIassachusetts ; previously the eastern side of the river and Marsh
was called Black point, and the
western. Blue point, names which
are still in familiar use.
This town has the honor of being
the birth place of the distinguished
statesman Rufus King, and his
King,
half brother,
the first governor of Maine.
William
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
Sclioodic IJakes, Me.
These are large collections of
water, of very irregular form, united together, by boatable passages,
lying principally in Washington
county, but extending west into the
Their outcounty of Penobscot.
let is by a large stream of the same
name, into the river Saint Croix,
on the west side, of about 9 miles
These lakes cover a
in length.
large surface, they are navigable for large boats, and their borders, and indeed the whole country
around them, are densely wooded.
Vast quantities of timber and lumber descend from these watei-s to the
St. Andrews, Eastport and Lubec
markets, on the Passamaquoddy.
Scitiiate,
Plymouth
North
This town, the
co.
Indian Satuit,
Mass.
lies at
the
mouth
of
Massachusetts bay,
and has a convenient harbor,defended by rocky clifts, and Ceader
Point, on which is a Light house.
The JVorth River rises near the
sources of the Taunton.
It passes
Pembroke, Hanover and Marshthe tide water
field, and meets
here. Tliis river is very deep, narrow and crooked, and is noted for
the fine ships built on its banks.
The manufactures of Scituate conriver, in
of leather, boots, shoes, tacks,
vessels, &.c.
The value of vessels
annually built is about $40,000.
Scituate is 17 miles S. E. by S*
from Boston and 20 N. W. by N.
from Plymouth. First settled, 1633,
Population,
Incorporated,
1637.
1830, 3,470 1837, 3,754.
The first settled minister in this
town was the Rev. Charles
;
Chaujvcy.
He remained here
twelve years previous to his becoming the second president of Harvard College.
Rev. Thomas Clapp, president
of Yale College, was born in this
He graduated at
town, in 1703.
Harvard College in 1722, and died
in 1767.
Scituate, R.
Providence co. This town was
of Providence until 1731,
a part
when it was incorporated. It lies
12 miles W. by S. from Providence,
and, in 1830, had 3,394 inhabitants.
The surface of the town is diversiin the
fied by hills and valleys
north part of the town the soil is a
gravelly loam, better adapted to
Pawtuxet
grazing than tillage.
river with several of its branches
give Scituate a good water power,
and large manufactories, particularly of cotton and wool are found on
There is a valuable
their banks.
quarry of free-stone in the western
part of the town.
:
gealbrook) N. H.j
sist
These vessels are of superior mechanism, and are built of native
white oak, remarkable for its durability.
sels
There are
belonging
a
number
to this
of ves-
town employ-
in the merchant service and
coasting trade.
During the year
ending April 1, 1837, Scituate had
22 vessels engaged in the fishery
they took 6,500 barrels of mackerel, valued at $46,000.
The town extends back from the
bay a considerable distance it contains large tracts of salt meadow and
some valuable upland.
ed
:
;
1.
Rockingham
co., is situated at the
E. corner of the state, 17 miles
S. S. W. from Portsmouth, and 7
S.
N. from Newburyport, bounded N.
by Hampton Falls, E. by the Atlantic, 3. by Massachusetts, W. by
South Hampton and Kensington. It
was formerly a part of Hampton
Falls, and was granted, 1768, to Jonathan Weare and others. Settlements
commenced here in 1638. The rivers are Black,
Many
Brown's and Walton's
of the rivulets abound
This town
with bog ore of iron.
derives its name from the number
of rivers and rivulets meandering
through it. Whale-boat building is
rivers.
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
most important manufacture,
and is carried on to a greater extent
than in any other town in New EngThe larger part of the male
land.
inhabitants are mechanics and seamen. Perhaps no town in the state
is better situated for carrying on
the Bay and Labrador fisheries than
Seliago,
the
this.
Population, in 1S30, 1,096.
geaconuet Rocks, R.
Searsburgli, Vt.
Searsburgh is
Bennington co.
too elevated on the Green Mounpopulation, or wool growing. It has 40 inIt is 11
habitants, and 41 sheep.
miles E. from Bennington.
tains either for cultivation,
Searsmont, Me«
Waldo
Searsmonthas a good
CO.
and some beautiful ponds. It
is a pleasant and flourishing town,
30 miles E. from Augusta, and 12
Population,
S. W. from Belfast.
soil,
Wheat crop, same
1837, 1,392.
year, 2,792 bushels.
Me.
This town was incorporated in 1838, and comprises a
part of the island and town of
Mount Desert, and Bartlett's, Robinson's, Hardwood and other smaller islands on the coast.
Hancock
co.
Sebago
Cumberland
Ijake,
Me.
This is a beauful sheet of water, about 12 miles in
length, and of various breadths. The
widest part is across from Baldwin
It reto Raymond, about 7 miles.
ceives the waters of Long and several other ponds, and of Crooked
river, at and from the north. It discharges into Casco bay, at Falmouth, by the Presumpscot. The
Cumberland and Oxford canal, completed in 1829, passes from this lake
to Portland, and is the channel of
co.
considerable inland trade.
Cumberland co. This town lies
between Sebago lake and Hancock
pond, and was taken from Baldwin
in 1S26.
It lies 87 miles S. W. by
W. from Augusta, and 30 N. W.
from Portland.
It has a good soil
and is watered by small streams.
Population, 1837, 646.
I.,
Or Point. See Little Compion.
Seaville,
Me.
Sebasticook Ri-rer, Me.
This valuable mill stream rises
in Sangerville, Dover and Dexter,
on the border of Penobscot and
Piscataquis counties; it passes S.
E. and S. through Ripley, Harmo-
ny, Hartland and Palmyra to Chandlerville it then runsS. W. through
Burnham and falls into the Kennebec between Clinton and Winslow,
opposite to Waterville. This stream
receives several tributaries ; it is
about 50 miles in length; it has num.erous falls and passes through a
delightful country.
;
Sebec, Me.
Sebec is a townPiscataquis co.
ship of good soil, and is well watered by
Sebec
Sebec Pond and
river,
outlet,
into the
its
which empties
Piscataquis, on the north side, in
This town lies
the town of Milo.
87 miles N. N. E. from Augusta,
Inand 9 N. N. E. from Dover.
corporated, 1812. Population, 1837,
987. Wheat crop, same year, 7,650
bushels.
Sebec Pond lies in the towns of
Sebec, Foxcroft and Bowerbank it
about 10 miles long, and about a
mile average breadth.
Its outlet is
a good mill stream of about 10 miles
in length.
The country around
these waters is fertile and heavily
timbered, and the scenery pictui*esque and beautiful.
:
is
Seboois Ijakes
and River, Me.
SeJboois Lakes are connected
sheets of water, of irregular form,
of about 15 miles in length, varying
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
width from half a mile to a mile
They lay near the
and a half.
Aroostook and constitute the head
waters of the eastern branch of PeSeboois River is
nobscot river.
their outlet. See Penobscot River.
eastern direction, about 35 miles,
afTording mill privileges to the towns
of Kingfield and
Portland,
in
New
and mingles with the Kennebec at
Anson, 40 miles N. E. from Augusta.
Seymour Lake,
Sedgwick, Me.
Hancock
Sedgwick
on
the west side of Blue Hill bay, 87
miles E. from Augusta, and about
25 S. by W, from Ellsworth. Incorporated, 1789. Population, 1837,
This town has good harbors
1,784.
and enjoys great privileges for navco.
Bennington co. This town lies
between the Battenkill and Walloomsac, and gives
some
;
Seekoulc, Mass.
watered
by Seekonk, or Pawtucket river,
also by Ten mile river, a good mill
SliapleigSi,
stream.
It lies 41 miles S. from
Boston, 4 E. by N, from Providence, R. I., and 14 S. W. from
Me.
York CO. Between Shapleigh and
Acton are some pleasant ponds, the
source of Mousum river which empties into the sea at Kennebunk.
A
bed of rich bog iron ore has recent-
Taunton. It was taken from Rehoboth in 1812. Population, 1837,
2,016. There are three cotton mills
in the town, which constitute the
principal manufactures; the annual value of which is about ^80,000.
ly
been discovered
in
the town,
which promises great usefulness.
The surface of the town is generand the soil favorable for
the growth of wool, grass, wheat
Here are iron
and other grain.
works and other manufactures.
Shapleigh was incorporated, 1785.
ally level,
Seven Mile Bi^ook, Me.
;
those rivers
Populafion, 1830, 2,143.
Among
the first settlers was the Hon. Jonas Galusha, late governor of
the state.
He was a captain in the
militia in 1777, and commanded a
company of the " Green mountain
boys," at the battle of Bennington.
Although the surface of Shaftsbury is elevated, the soil is generally of an excellent quality it feeds
12,000 sheep, and its products of
beef cattle and of the dairy are
considerable.
There are valuable
beds of iron ore in the town, pine
timber and quarries of beautiful
marble.
It has a number of manufacturing concerns on its small
streams, a pleasant village and a
school fund of $10,000,
New
This stream rises by several
branches in the counties of Somerset and Franklin it runs in a south-
to
West mountain
in this town and Arlington.
Shaftsbury lies 97 miles S. S. W.
from Montpelier, and 8 N. from
First settled, 1763.
Bennington.
business.
The soil of the town is
not so productive as that more distant from the sea, still it is abundantly able to supply its own people
with bread stuffs and all the varieties of fruits and vegetables comEngland climate.
mon to a
This town was named in honor
of Theodore Sedgwick, an eminent statesman and jurist, a senator
to Congress, and for many years a
judge of the supreme court of Massachusetts.
He died at Boston in
1813, aged QG, highly valued by his
friends and country.
is
tributaries.
lies
ing trade and fishery, and ship
building is an important branch of
This town
Vt.
Sliaftslt>ury,
igation.
A number of vessels are
owned here employed in the coast-
Bristol CO.
"Vt.
See Charleston.
lies
|
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
Population, 1837, 1,517.
It is 103
miles S. W. trom Augusta, and 6
N. W. from Alfred.
Sliarou, N. H.,
Hillsborough co., is bounded N. by
Peterborough, E. by Temple, S. by
New Ipswich and Rindge, and W.
by JafFrey.
It is
18 miles
W. by
S.
and 24 N. by E. from Providence,
R. I. Population, 1837, 1,093.
Sliaron, Ct.
Litchfield co.
Sharon lies on the
west side of Housatonick river,
opposite to Cornwall.
The eastern
part of the town is elevated, mountainous, and stony, but is suited for
grazing: the western part, which
borders on the state of
York,
is a fertile tract of undulating land,
and very productive of all sorts of
grain.
Agriculture is the chief
business of the inhabitants they
from Amherst, and 48 S. S.W. from
Concord. The streams in Sharon are
New
small branches of Contoocook river, and rise near the S. E. corner of
the town.
Boundary mountain lies
on the line between this town and
Temple, and has an elevation of provide for about 10,000 sheep.
200 feet above the surrounding Population 1830, 2,615.
country.
Sharon was first settled in 1739.
Sharon was incorporated,
:
1791.
Population, in 1830, 271.
co.
White
village
on one
Sliaroii, Vt.
Windsor
The
river passes
through Sharon and affords it an
abundant water power. Here are
mills for the manufacture of woolen goods, paper and other articles.
It contains a handsome and flourishing village.
The surface of the
is broken, but the soil is warm
and productive.
It keeps about
5,000 sheep.
Sharon was first settled in 1763.
Population, 1330,
It lies 22 miles N. from
1,459.
Windsor, and 34 S, by E. from
town
Montpelier.
Sliarou, Mass.
CO.
Mashapoag pond in
town is one of the sources of
Neponset i-iver. Sharon has a good
water power one woolen and two
cotton mill^^.
There are also man-
Norfolk
this
;
ufactures of axes, bed-steads, straw
bonnets, leather, boots, shoes, wool
cards, machinery, joiners' gages,
&c. annual value, about .$75,000.
Sharon is a very pleasant town the
scenery around Mashapoag, the Indian name of the place, i-> highly
pleasing.
There is good fishing in
this pond. This town was incorporated, in 1765.
It is 18 miles S. S.
W. from Boston, 8 S. from Dedham,
:
;
is
situated principally
on the eastern side of
a beautiful valley, IG miles W. N.
W. from Litchfield, and 47 W. by
N. from Hartford. There is a beautiful village called " Hitchcock's
Corner," partly in Sharon and partstreet,
ly in the state of
New
York
:
this
situated in a beautiful valley,
and rich in agricultural resources.
" Considerable numbers of the
Indians resided in the western and
northwestern parts of the town,
v/hich are watered by two large
ponds, and by the Ten Mile river,
which touches the western borders of the town.
Their principal
village was on the east side of the
Indian j)ond, so called, which is a
body of water lying partly in the
state of
York, and partly in
Connecticut.
On a romantic and
beautiful plain, lying between this
pond on the v/est, and the Indian
Mountain, on the east, was a numerous village, where the natives
continued to reside for many years
after the whites came into the town.
This tribe was visited by the Moravian missionaries, and one of them
He
died and was buried there.
died in 1749, and a plain stone was
placed over his grave, with the following inscription
" David Bruce of Edinburgh in
also
is
New
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
Scotland, Minister of The Brethren's Church among the Indians.
Depart'd 1749."
This town took an active part in
favor of the liberties of the country-
" The approach of a large British
array from Canada, under General
Burgoyne, and the expedition up
the North River, under General
Vaughan, in 1777, filled the whole
country with terror and despondency, and created strong fears and
doubts as to the issue of the controversy
the firmness and confidence of Parson Smith, however,
remained unbroken, and his efforts
to revive the drooping spirits of his
Dcople were unremitted.
In the
jnonth of October, he preached a
sermon from these words " Watch:
:
man, what of the
Watchman
eth."
night.'
The
morning Comdiscourse he dwelt
saith, the
In this
much upon
the indications, which
the dealings of Providence afforded, that a bright and glorious morn-
ing was about to dawn upon a long
night of defeat and disaster. He
told the congregation, that he believed they would soon hear of a
crowning the arms of
and he exhorted them to
trust with an unshaken and fearless
confidence in that God, who, he
believed, would yet crown with
success the efforts of the friends of
liberty in this country.
Before the
congregation was dismissed, a messenger arrived, with the intelligence of the surrender of Burgoyne's army. Par'on Smith read
the letter, conveying the intelligence, from the pulpit, and a flood
of joy and gratitude burst from the
congregation."
signal victory
America
;
SliaAvsJh.eeu
River, MasSt
This river rises in Lexington and
It passes Billerica, Wilmington and Tukesbury, and falls
Bedford.
into the
Merrimack,
20 miles N. by
W.
at
Andover,
from Boston.
Slieepscot River
and Bay, Me.
The head waters
of this river
are derived from ponds in Palermo.
Its course is south through the towns
of Whitefield and Alna.
It meets
the tide water between Wiscasset
and
Castle, and proceeds to a
bay of the same name. The length
of the river from its source to the
bay is about 35 miles.
This river
is valuable on
account of its hydraulic power and navigable facili-
New
ties.
Shecpscot Bay sets up from the
sea between Boothbay and Georgetown, and receives the waters of
the river.
It is about 3 miles wide
at its mouth, and extends about 10
miles north.
The whole of these
waters are often called " Sheepscot
River."
The mouth of this bay
or river bears about N. E., 6 miles,
from Seguin Light, at the mouth
of Kennebec river.
Slieliielcl,
Vt.
Caledonia co.
This town is 35
miles N. E. from Montpelier, and
16 N. from Danville.
First settled,
1792.
Population, 1830, 720.
This town lies on the height of
land between Connecticut river
and Memphremagog lake. Branches of Passurapsic and Barton rivers
both rise here.
It is watered by
several ponds.
The lands are generally broken and not very productive.
SlieiSeld, Mass.
Berkshire co.
This
is
a
very
pleasant town, on both sides of the
Housatonick. The river meanders
circuitously and slowly through the
town, and forms large tracts of rich
In large freshalluvial meadow.
ets the river overflows its banks to
a great extent, and forms the appearance of a large lake. The village is neat; situated in a beautiful valley, surrounded by hills, one
of which is 3,000 feet in height,
and presents a great variety of de-
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER
lightful scenery.
ufactures in the
There are mantown of leather,
hats, ploughs, and spirits, but the
principal business of the people is
In 1837, there were
agricultural.
6,892 sheep sheared in the town
:
the value of the wool amounted to
Marble andiron ore are
$11,372.
abundant.
is the oldest town in the
was incorporated in 1733.
Sheffield
county
It lies
20
S.
:
it
140 miles S. W. from Boston,
from Lenox, and 28 E. from
Hudson, N. Y.
Population, 1837,
2,308.
Slieltouriie,
war by men of those names. During the war these settlements were
abandoned, but re-established at its
Shelburn is finely watered
Piatt river, a pond covering 600
acres, and by the waters of the lake.
Shelburn Bay sets into the township about 4 miles from the N. W.,
and affords the town a good harbor,
and a depot of the interior trade on
The soil
the beautiful Champlain.
of the town is strong, fertile, and
close.
by
generally w^ell improved. About
10,000 sheep are within its limits.
Sliellbiime, Mass.
N. H.
Androscoggin river
passes through the centre of this
town, into which fall the waters
of Rattle river and some smaller
streams.
The soil on each bank of
the river is very good, producing
but
in abundance grain and grass
Coos
settled previous to the revolutionary-
Franklin
CO.
:
the
N.
co.
This town
side of Deerfield
lies
on
river op-
Conway.
It is 100 miles
from Boston, and 5 W.
from Greenfield. Population, 1837,
posite to
W. by N.
1,018.
Deertown a dis-
Incorporated, 1768.
field river falls
in this
we rise from the river, the tracts
are mountainous and unfit for cultivation.
Mount Moriah, an elevated peak
of the White Mountains, lies in the
Moses'
Shelburne.
S. part of
Rock, so called from the first man
palm-leaf
boots, shoes, scythes,
annual value about
hats, &c.
$40,000. The soil of the town is
known
generally of a good quality
as
to
have ascended
it,
(Moses
Ingalls) is on the south side of the
river, near the centre of the town.
It is about 60 feet high and 90 long,
very smooth, and rising in an angle
In 1778, David and
of nearly 50°.
Benjamin Ingalls commenced a settlement at Shelburne, and not long
afterwards, several families were
In August, 1781, a party
added.
of Indians visited this town, killed
one man, made another prisoner,
plundered the houses, and returned
to Canada in savage triumph. This
town was incorporated in 1820.
Population, 1830, 312.
Slielbrirn, Vt.
Chittenden
of
co.
On
the east side
Lake Champlain,33 miles W. by
N. from Montpelier, and 7 S. from
Burlington. Population, 1830, 1,123.
Logan's and Potter's points were
33
tance of 20 feet, and produces a valuable water power.
The manufactures of the town
consist of
woolen
goods, leather,
:
siderable wool
is
;
con-
grown, and some
and products of the dairy are
sent to market. More than common
attention is paid to mental culture.
This is a pleasant and flourishing
town the scenery about the falls
cattle
:
is
very handsome.
Slieldon, Vt.
Franklin co.
The
first
settle-
ments commenced here in 1790, by
Elisha and Samuel B. Sheldon, from
This is a
Salisbury, Connecticut.
good township of land, productive
of wool, grain, and other northern
commodities. The river Missisque
passes through the town, and Black
creek, a branch of that river, gives
Sheldon an ample water power.
The village is a thriving place, both
It
in its manufactures and trade.
lies 46 miles N. W. from Montpe-
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
32 N. by E. from Burlington,
and 10 N. N. E. from St. Albans.
lier,
Population, 1S30, 1,427.
A
of grass and grain.
branch of the Housatonick waters
Iron ore is fourwl here.
the town.
ductive
Sliepaii^ River, Ct.
Slietvicket River, Ct.
This river rises in Goshen, in the
it receives
county of Litchfield
several branches, and passes south,
through the towns of Washington
and Roxbury, and falls into the
Housatonick at Southbury. This is
a good mill stream, in some parts
rapid, in others gentle and fertiliz-
This fine mill stream receives its
head waters by several branches in
the counties of Windham and Tolland.
It passes between Lisbon
and Franklin and uniting with the
ing.
mantic.
;
Quinnebaug at Norwich, flows inIts principal branto the Thames.
ches are the Natchaug and Willi-
Slierlmrne, Vt.
Rutland
co,
Sliirley,
Killington Peak,
3,924 feet in height, several ponds,
and Thundering brook, with a handsome fall, lie in this town. Queechy
river rises in this town, and along
its banks is some good land; but the
lands are generally too elevated
even for pasturage. Sherburne was
It lies 22 miles
first settled in 1735.
N. W. from Windsor, and 10 E. from
Rutland. Population, 1830, 452.
SlicrljiiriiCj
Middlesex
co.
Mass.
This town
is
vva-
tered by Charles and Sudbury rivers.
It is IS miles S. W. by W.
from Boston, and 15 S. from ConPopulation, 1837, 1,037. Incord.
The soil of Shercorporated, 1674.
burne is very good and productive.
The village is on elevated land ; it
is pleasant,and commands good prospects.
The manufactures of the
town consist of straw bonnets, boots,
shoes, leather, axes, forks, ploughs,
muskets and whips annual value,
:
about $60,000.
Slievmaii, Ct.
Fairfield co.
Sherman was
merly the north part of
field, and
for-
New Fair-
incorporated in 1802. Pop947.
It is 60 miles S.
W. from Hartford, 13 N. from Danbury, and bounded W. by the state
There is a variety
of New York.
of soils in the town, but they are
generally strong, warm, and proulation,
IHW,
Me.
Piscataquis CO. This town was incorporated in 1834.
It was formerly No. 3 in the 4th range of the
Bingham Purchase.
It is
watered
by the higher branches of Piscataquis river, and lies about 76 miles
N. by E. from Augusta. Population, 1837, 213.
Siiirley,
Mass.
This is a very
pleasant agricultural and manufacturing town, 32 miles N. W. from
Boston, 16 N. W. from Concord,
and IS S. W. from Lowell. There
are some elevations in the town, but
of warm and fertile soil. There are
Middlesex
co.
large tracts of intervale land along
the streams, which are very fertile
and valuable.
Shirley is separated from Groton by
Nashua
river,
and from Pepperell
the Squanicook, a branch of the
Nashua. These streams afford Shirley a fine water power, which renders it an excellent location for manThere
ufacturing establishments.
are 1 woolen and 3 cotton mills in the
town, and manufactures of boots,
shoes, paper, leather, palm-leaf hats,
&c. Annual value, about $125,Population, 1837, 967.
000.
b\'
Slioreliain, "Vt.
This town lies on
Lake Champlain,
and is watered by Lemonfair river,
a o-ood mill stream.
It is 12 miles
Addison
co.
the east side of
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S.
W. from Middlebury, and 26 N.
from Whitehall, N. Y. The lake
Popuhere is about a mile wide.
consist of clothing, guns, hats,
chairs, straw bonnets, leather, boots,
shoes, &c: the value of which, dur-
lation, 1830, 2,137, The surface of
the town is level and the soil remarkably good. This is one of the
best farming towns in the state. In
1837, there was 26,534 sheep in
ing the year ending April 1, 1837,
was $211,287. The town was incorporated, 1727. Population, 1830,
1,386; 1837, 1,507.
Levi Pease, the father of mail
stages in this country, was a native
of this town. He died here in 1824,
Shoreham. There are some manufactures in the town, and a pleasant
and flourishing village on the banks
of the lake.
Most of the waters
here are impregnated with Epsom
salts.
See Bridport.
Shoreham
was
first
settled
in
1766, by a number of persons who
adopted the plan of holding all things
This mode of holding
in common.
property was, however, relinquished about the time of the revolutionary war.
Shrewsbury, Vt.
Rutland co. This town lies 22
miles W. from Windsor and 9 S.
Population, in
E. from Rutland.
This is a mountainous
1830,1,289.
township, having Shrewsbury Peak
within its limits, a summit 4,034 feet
above the sea. Mill and Cold rivers and Peal's and Ashley's Ponds
water the town, and fall into Otter
There is some good land
mountain town, and between
three and four thousand sheep graze
on its surface.
Creek.
in this
SlireAVslbiiry,
Worcester
co.
Mass.
This
is
an agri-
cultural town of a pleasing variety
of surface, and good soil, 36 miles
W. by S. from Boston and 6 E. from
Worcester. Quinsigamond or Long
Pond lies principally in this town.
It is nearly four miles in length and
from 40 to 250 rods in width. It
empties into the Blackstone river
and canal, and produces a considerable hydraulic power.
floating
bridge crosses this pond for the accommodation of the Worcester turnpike, 525 feet in length, built in
1818, and cost $6,000.
The manufactures of Shrewsbury
A
Mr. Pease was a man of
great enterprise
he projected the
first turnpike road in
England,
and to his zeal and sacrifices the
public is more indebted than to any
other man for its excellent mail establishment.
At the time Mr.
Pease started his first line of mail
stages between Boston and
York, in 1784, the mail betv.'een
those places passed only once a fortnight, on horseback, in a pair of
saddlebags.
aged SG.
;
New
New
Sliutesbury, Mass.
This town is on high land, 10
miles E. from Connecticut river, 9
N. by E. from Amherst, 16 S. S.E.
from Greenfield, and 78 W. by N.
from Boston.
Incorporated, 1761.
Population, 1837,816. Copper ore,
and soapstone, are found here. On
Swift river are three shingle mills
and a wheel factory. There is a
mineral spring of some note in this
town, containing, in solution, iron,
sulphur, &c.
There is also a pond,
covering about 700 acres, with an
abundance of fine fish.
Ephraim Pratt lived in this town
many years, and died here in 1804,
aged 116 years. He married at
the age of 21, and could count 1,500
descendants.
He was a very temperate man, so much so that for 40
years he took no animal food.
He
was a farmer, and his health was so
uniformly good that he was able to
mow a good swath 101 years in succession.
He was born at Sudbury,
1687.
Siduey, Me.
Kennebec
co.
Sidnev
is
vprv
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pleasantly situated on the west side
of Kennebec river, and watered by
a large and beautiful pond lying in
town and Belgrade. It is
bounded N. by Waterville, and is
12 miles N. from Augusta.
Incorthis
porated, 1792.
2,346.
Wheat
6,569 bushels.
Population,
crop,
1837,
same year,
Hartford co.
direction.
The
of
of
territory
town was formerly
a part
:
1830,2,221.
Tariffville, a flourishing village,
situated at the northeastern ex-
tremity of this town, on the west
bank of the Farmington river,which
at this place passes south, at the
base of a range of mountains, which
divides this part of the State from
the great valley of Connecticut
river.
This place is a carpet manufacturing village, owned principally by a company called the " New
England Carpet Company ;" they
employ 175 hands, and manufacture
yearly about 132,000 yards of carpeting.
This flourishing village is
between three and four miles south
of Simsbury mines, in Granby,near
the New Haven and Northampton
canal, and 12 miles N.W. from Hart-
local
situation of
admirable
This is the most northern and
eastern branch of the Matawamkeag.
Skootum
Tiake, Hie*
sheet of water of considerable
the outlet of which passes
through Kilmarnock.
water
fertility of
low Norridgewock and 33 N. from
Augusta. Population, 1830,1,006;
1837, 1,433.
Slaterville,
R.
I.
We regret to state that no account of the manufactures of this
interesting manufacturing village
has been received. See Smithfield.
Small, Cape, Me.
The
eastern boundary of Casco
Bay.
Smitkiield, R.
Skitticook River, Me.
A
its
the adjacent country, united with the enterprise of its inhabitants, has rendered the place, but recently a wilderness, one of the best cultivated
townships in the state, the site of
a great number of mills, and a mart
of an extensive trade. There is much
delightful scenery about Skowhegan : the village is neatly built, and
its beauty is much enhanced by the
whiteness of the houses contrasted
with the blue and green of the rivBetween Skower and its banks.
hegan and Bloomfield is a small island in the river. Across this island are noble bridges uniting the
towns. This place lies 5 miles be-
ford.
size,
The
power, and the
Windsor: its Indian name was Jl/assacoe, and was incorporated in 1670.
The surface of the town is greatly
diversified by hills and valleys
a
range of mountains pass through
the town, and there is some level
and good land within its limits
on Farmington river. Population,
is
:
Skowhegan,
Sims'biivy, Ct.
this
Skowliegan, Me.
Somerset co. This town was formerly called Milburn
it took the
Indian name of the place in 1836.
It is situated on the N. side of Kennebec river, at Skowhegan Falls.
The river runs here in an eastern
T.
Providence co.
This is a large
town, containing an area of about
10 by 6 miles, and a great variety
of surface and soil.
Smithfield has generally an undulating surface, presenting an
agreeable diversity of moderate eminences and gentle declivities; but
some sections it
rough and broken.
in
is
considerably
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The manufacture of lime is an
important and extensive business,
and affords employment to a great
number
of persons.
There is also
a quarry of white stone at what is
called Woonsocket hill, that sustains heat remarkably well, which
renders
hearths.
it
very valuable for furnace
About two miles distant
from this, there is a quarry, containing excellent whetstones, for edge
tools.
steep descent of its shores.
Cases have occurred, of persons
being drowned in attempting to
water their horses at this pond.
There is a remarkable fall of water upon the Blackstone river, called Woonsocket falls, which is con-
the
sidered as quite a curiosity.
The
fall is aboiit 20 feet, not perpendicular, but over a precipice of r^cKS
for some distance.
The fall of the
water upon these rocks through a
succession of ages, has occasioned
numerous excavations, all of which
are smooth and circular, and some
of them very large, being sufficient
to contain several hogsheads.
The beautiful village of Woonsocket is situated at these falls, on
the line of Cumberland ; the river
dividing the towns, and the village
The soil is a gravelly and sandy
loam, with some sections of a calcareous loam.
It is generally rich
and fertile, although in some places
it has been reduced by an exhausting system of cultivation.
There
are, however, some low and marshy
tracts, which are generally appropriated to mowing, and afford good
crops of grass.
Tlie agricultural into nearly equal parts.
In this
productions consist of the various village are 15 cotton and 2 satinet
articles common to the climate
factories, a large furnace, machine
Indian corn, rye, wheat, barley, shops, sash factory, &c. The Blackoats, potatoes,
flax, beef, pork,
stone canal passes through this
butter, cheese, apples, cider and village, and it is in contemplation
hay.
to construct a rail road to meet the
The waters of the town consist Boston and Providence rail road,
of the Blackstone, which washes either at Providence or at Dedham,
its northeastern border, and a branch
Mass.
This village is indeed a
of this river, nearly of equal size, beautiful place, and exceedingly
which intersects the town, dis- flourishing. It is 14 miles N. N.
charging its waters into the former, W. from Providence.
in the northern section of the town.
Slaterville is another beautiful
After the union of these streams, village in this town, on Branch
the Blackstone is from one to two river, about 2 miles W. from Woonhundred feet in width. At some socket.
seasons of the year, it overflows its
Smithfield is a large manufacturbanks, and has been known to rise ing town, containing many other
from 15 to 20 feet above its usual pleasant villages, almost exclusiveheight.
Besides these, there are ly devoted to manufacturing ob- *
numerous small streams, some of jects. The centre of the town lies
which afford valuable sites for mills 9 miles N. W. from Providence.
and manufacturing establishments, Incorporated, 1730. Population, in
which are mostly occupied.
In 1830, 6,857.
the south part of the town, within
Smith's River, Jf. H.
about 4 miles from Providence,
Grafton co. This river rises from
there is a considerable body of waseveral ponds in Grafton and Orter, called Scots Pond.
It is nearly a mile in length, about half a ange, and after pursuing a winding,
mile in width, and of great depth. but generally an east course, of
What is remarkable in this pond, is from 12 to 18 miles, through Dan-
33*
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bury and Alexandria, falls into the
Pemigewasset, between Bristol and
population, in
cent.
Hill.
The present county of Somerset
bounded N. by Lower Canada, E.
by Piscataquis and a part of Penobscot counties, S. by the counties of
Kennebec and Franklin, and W. by
Franklin county and Lower Canis
Solon, Me.
Somerset CO. Solon is a flourishing farming town, on the east side
of Kennebec river, opposite to
F-mbden.
It lies 44 miles N. by
W. Irom Augusta, and 18 N. fiom
Norridgewock.
Population, 1830,
Wheat crop,
768; 1837, 1,129.
The town is
1837, 6,567 bushels.
well watered by a pond and several
streams it has a pleasant village,
and some manufactures.
:
Somcrsj
Ct.
Tolland co.
This town lies 22
miles N. E. from Hartford, 10 N.
by W. from Tolland, and 12 S. E.
from Springfield, Mass.
tled, 1713.
It
seven years, 22 per
First set-
was incorporated by
Massachusetts in 1734, and named
in honor of Lord Somers, at the request of Governor Belcher.
Part of the town is level, and
productive of grass and grain, and
part is quite elevated, producing
good pasturage for sheep, and presenting delightful views of the valley of Connecticut river. It is wa-
tered by Scantic river.
Somei-s has a very neat village,
in which is a large establishment
for the manufacture of straw bonnets.
Population, 1830, 1,429.
Somerset County, Me.
J\rorridg€wock, chief town.
Previous to the formation of Piscataquis and Franklin counties, in
1838, for which purpose a considerable portion of Somerset was taken,
this county contained an area of
about 8,785 square miles.
Incorporated, 1809.
About one third of
this territory may be said to be setincorporated or granted, the
residue, a wilderness.
Its population, in 1820, was 21,787;
18.30,
tled,
33,588; 1837,40,963.
Population
to a square mile, 4 1-2.
Gain in
ada.
This county
is
watered by
many
ponds, some of the large tributaries of the Kennebec, and by the
upper waters of many other important rivers in Maine ; but its
chief river is the noble Kennebec,
which enters the county at its rise
from Moose Head lake, and passing
from that lake, which skirts the eastern boundary of the county, it traverses nearly in its centre about 75
miles.
This river serves, at present, as a great thoroughfare to the
ocean for an immense amount of
timber, lumber and wood, the lirst
fruits of the industry of pioneers to
a heavily timbered country ; and,
in after times, will serve for the
transportation of the productions of
a fertile soil to distant markets, and
of the wants of the inhabitants
from abroad.
The surface of this county is diversified by considerable elevations and extensive valleys, which
give it a varied and pleasing asWith the exception of the
pect.
mountain range, which skirts the
bounds of Canada, and the Bald
Mountain ridge, nearly in the centre of the county. Mount Bigelow
and Mount Abraham, on the border of Franklin count}^, are the
most lofty.
So far as the march of improvement has been made in this interior
and almost wilderness county, the
soil of the lands, generally, is found
to be fertile, as easy of cultivation,
and as productive of all the varieties of grasses, grains, vegetables and
fruits, as any portion of New England, with very few exceptions.
The more
interior portions of the
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county, those watered by the upper branches of the Penobscot and
Walloomstook, now a wilderness,
In
are said to be the most fertile.
1S37, there were in the old county
of Somerset, 77,921 sheep ; and,
during that year, it produced 239,332 bushels of wheat, being the
largest quantity of that valuable
grain produced by any county in
Maine, and probably by any
county in New England.
bold enough to attempt the cultivation of its soil.
It is watered by
the upper blanches of Deerfield
river.
Population, 1830, 245.
Somerset stands 15 miles N. E.
from Bennington, and 14 W. from
Newfane. It would put the neighboring towns into a pretty pickle if
it should turn a Somerset.
Somerset, Mass.
Bristol CO.
This town is pleasantly situated on the northern side
of Taunton river, opposite to Fall
River, and is the proposed depot of
a rail road from Fall River to Providence, R. I.
It is 16 miles S. E.
from Providence, 13 S. from Taunton, and 45 S. from Boston.
Population, 1837, 1,063.
Incorporated,
1790.
There are some manufactures of
stone and earthern wares, but ship
building is the principal branch of
mechanics in the town.
This town was formerly a part of Dover. It was inStrafford co.
fall
river,
It is bounded
N. E. by Sal-
which divides
S.
V/.
it
from
by Do-
It is 11 miles N. by W. from
Portsmouth and 45 E. from Concord.
The White Mountains may be
ver.
steeples of the meeting
falls.
The
depth,
till
falls, for
river
of
is
sutiicient
within a mile of said
vessels of 250 tons.
The
town
is
bounded on
from its confluence
with the Piscataqua to the mouth
of Fresh creek, near a mile ; and
from thence by said creek to its
head, nearly a mile and a half.
There are but two ponds of note
in this town
Humphrey's pond on
the line of Dover, 200 rods long
and 120 rods wide
and Cole's
pond, 150 rods long and 75 wide.
Red and yellow ochre, also iron
ore, have been found in this town.
The ochre has been used in painting houses, and has been found to
make a durable paint.
At Great Falls, are extensive
manufactories, and a large and
river,
:
;
beautiful village.
This town was settled between
1650 and 1700, by William WentMany of the
worth and others.
first settlers were killed or taken
captive and carried to Canada. Ebenezer Downs, who was a quaker,
was taken by the Indians at Indigo
hill, in 1724, and carried to Canada.
He was grossly insulted and abused
by them, because he refused to
dance as the other prisoners did for
the diversion of their savage captors.
Somers'wortli, N. H.
Berwick, Me., and
the
Cocheco
Windham co. Mount Pisgah
and other elevations give to the surface of this township so rough and
drear an aspect, that but few are
mon
also
houses in Portsmouth, and the masts
of the shipping in the harbor.
The soil of this town is well
adapted to Indian corn, and almost
all kinds of grain and grass.
The
tide flows on the east side of this
town, four miles to Quamphegan
S. part of this
Somerset, Vt.
corporated in 1754.
N. W. by Rochester,
seen from the summit of Otis' hill;
Nicholas Pike, author of a
popular system of arithmetic, was
born in this town, October 6, 1743.
John Wentworth, son of the
Hon. .lohn Wentworth, was born in
and was
this town, July 14, 1745
graduated at Harvard college, 1768.
He entered on the study of the law,
When apand settled at Dover.
plication was made to him to put an
;
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
action in suit, it was his practice
to see the parties or to write to them,
stating the consequences of a legal
process, and advising them to settle their differences between themselves.
By this mode of procedure
he was instrumental
in preventing
vexatious lawsuits and was
entitled to the appellation of peace-
many
;
He was
maker.
member
a
of the
continental congress in the revoluand died January 10, 1787.
tion,
Hon. Thomas Wallingford,
was born at Bradford, Mass., in
1697.
He came to this town in the
and by a diliearly part of liis life
gent application to business, from a
small beginning became one of the
richest men in the province.
;
IcHABOD EoLLiNs, was bom
Somersworth in 1721. He was
a judge of probate for the county of
Strafford, and died January 31,
Population, in 1830, 3,090.
1800.
in
Soucooli. River, N.
II.,
Has its source in three ponds in
the south part of Gilnianton, lying
near each other, called Loon, Rocky
and Shcllcamp ponds.
It passes
through Loudon, receiving several
branches, and forms the boundary
between Concord and Pembroke,
falling into the
Garvin's
Merrimack below
falls,
SonLlaegaii River, N.
H.
Originally Souhegenack, the name
of a river in Hillsborough county,
and the former name of Amherst
and Merrimack.
The principal
branch of this river originates from
issuing from Babboosuck pond. See
Amherst.
Soutli Ilamptou,
IV.
H.,
Rockingham co., is bounded N.
by East Kingston and Kensington,
E. by Seabrook, S. by Amesbury,
Mass., W. by Newtown; and is 50
miles
S. E.
from Concord, and 18
W. from Portsmouth.
The surface is generally
S. S.
even,
of a good quality. Powow river passes through this town,
affording valuable mill seats. South
Hampton was incorporated in 1742.
and the
soil
Hon. Phillips White, who
was a member of the old congress,
1792 and 1793, and
years judge of probate,
died June 24, 1811, aged 82.
Population, 1830, 487.
a counsellor in
for
many
Soutlianiptoii, Mass.
Hampshire co.
Manhan river
waters the town and affords it mill
privileges.
The Farmington canal
passes through the eastern part.
Lead in various forms and qualities
is found here, and here is a subterraneous passage leading to the lead
mine in Westhampton.
There are
some manufactures in the town,
but the people are generally employed in agricultural pursuits, and
the soil is well adapted to that purpose.
Southampton is pleasantly situated, 9 miles S. W. from Northampton, and 97 W. by S. from Boston.
Incorporated, 1753.
Population,
1837, 1,216.
Soiitli Berwick, Me.
Ashburnham, Mass.
It
passes N. through Ashby, at the
York CO. This town is situated
N. W. angle of the county of Mid- on the N. E. side of Salmon Fall
dlesex, into New Ipswich, and river, 97 miles S. W. from Augusta,
through Mason, Milford, Amherst, and 10 W. N. W. from York. The
into Merrimack, where it unites limits of the town have recently
with Merrimack river. In its course been increased by the addition of a
a
it
pond
in
receives
several
streams from
Temple, Lyndeborough and Mount
Vernon, and just before it falls into
the Merrimack, receives Babboosuck brook, a considerable stream
portion
It
of the
territory of
in 1814.
was incorporated
York.
Pop-
1830,1,577; 1837, 2,342.
Falls on the river at this
place afford an hydraulic power of
ulation,
The Great
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EN^GLAND GAZETTEER.
Mangreat magnitude and value.
ufacturing operations commenced
here many years ago, and have been
but in 1837,
gradually increasing
the " Great Works Manufacturing
Company" was incorporated. This
company have a large capital, and
are making arrangements for manufacturing on an extensive scale.
When it is considered that this place
is located on navigable waters, and
only about a dozen miles from the
beautiful harbor of Portsmouth, by
water, these operations promise a
favorable result, both to individual
enterprise and the public.
;
The
village of South Berwick is
pleasantly situated ; it is a place of
considerable trade, and in the vicinity of delightful scenery.
Soutliborougli, Mass.
Worcester co. This town was
taken from Marlborough in 1727.
It has a good soil, and is well cultivated by industrious and skillful
farmers.
It is watered by a branch
of Sudbury river, and has manufactures of woolen cloth, boots,
annual
shoes, and straw bonnets
:
and Worcester rail road passes
It
through this pleasant town.
lies 26 miles W. from Boston, and
Population,
15 E. from Worcester.
1837, 1,113.
Soutlibritlge, Mass.
taken from
co.
The principal
village in this town is pleasantly
situated on the Pamperaug, a fine
mill stream, which passes through
the town.
This village is 20 miles
New Haven, and 40
from Hartford.
The village of South Britain is
about 4 miles S. W. from the princiN. W. from
S.
W.
pal or central village
it is a flourishing place, containing a number of neat buildings, a carpet and
several hat factories.
This village
:
is
surrounded by high
Southbridge was
Sturbridge in 1814.
;
:
and
:
covered.
The northern part of the town
is
called " White Oak," from an oak
tree under which the first persons
who explored the town encamped.
Pieces of this tree are considered
Southformerly attached to
Litchfield county.
It was a part
of Woodbury, and was first settled
about the year 1672.
It was incorporated as a distinct town in 1786.
Population, 1830, 1,557.
as precious relics.
bury was
goutli Hadley, Mass.
co.
Population, 1830, 1,444 1837, 1740.
It is 54 miles S. W. from Boston,
and 19 S. S. W. from Worcester.
This town is watered by the Quinneboag, a branch of the Thames,
and a good mill stream. There are
one woolen and three cotton mills
in Southbridge, and manufactures
of boots, shoes and cutlery
the
value of which, for the year ending
April 1, 1837, was $262,212. This
town has an excellent soil and a
pleasant and flourishing village.
hills
precipices, and has a romantic and
picturesque appearance. The surface of the town is generally uneven there is some good meadow
land on Housatonick, Pamperaug,
and Shepaug rivers, and the uplands are warm and productive.
Some traces of coal have been dis-
The Boston by some
value, about $50,000.
Worcester
Soutlibury, Ct.
New Haven
Hampshire co. Nature and art
seem to have united to render this
an interesting place. The falls on
the Connecticut are 50 feet ; not
perpendicular, but in so short a
distance as to render the river very
These falls, Mount Holyoke at the north part of the town,
and Mount Tom on the west side of
the river, with the luxuriant meadrapid.
ows along
would form
character.
this beautiful stream,
a picture of no ordinary
These falls are ren-
dered passable for freight and steam
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
boats by a canal of about two miles
In this canal is a cut
in length.
tlirough solid rock, 40 feet in depth
and 300 feet in length. The hydraulic power, at this place, is very
great, having the whole volume of
Connecticut river and some smaller
streams at command for manufacMuch of the
turing purposes.
water power is yet unimproved,
but
its
local situation
is
such as
and manufactures of leather, boots,
toshoes, pearl buttons, iron, &c.
tal value, the year ending April 1,
1S37, $237,650.
South Hadley lies on the east
side of Connecticut river, 90 miles,
W. from Boston, and 5 S. by E.
:
from Northampton.
Incorporated
Population, 1837, 1,400.
Soutli Heroj Vt.
Grand Isle co. Lake Champlain
bounds this town on all sides.
The passage in the lake however, is
very narrow between the towns of
N. and S. Hero. It lies 12 miles
N. W. from Burlington, and 16 S. S.
W.
from St. Albans. The lake is
fordable a considerable part of the
year on the Vermont side. This
town was formerly a part of North
Hero, and was separated from it in
First settled, 1784.
1788.
Population, 1830, 717.
South Hero contains an area of about 9,065 acres
of level land of an excellent soil.
Its basis is limestone.
It is suppos-
ed that all the lands of this island
county were once covered by the
waters of the lake, as clam shells
are found incorporated with the
rocks in the
highest places.
The
around these islands
beautiful.
This vicinity was a
scenery
is
fa-
vorite resort for the Indians, as appears from a large number of their
implements found on the islands.
It
seems they manufactured hatch-
ets,
spear heads, chisels,
nishes a great abundance of food
for the inhabitants, and some for exabout 6,200
portation.
It feeds
sheep.
This is a pleasant stopping
place for the angler, the painter or
the geologist.
to
insure its usefulness as the manufacturing interests of New England
There are in South Hadincrease.
ley 3 paper and 2 woolen mills,
in 1753.
and a variety of other implements
place, from a flint stone not
found in this region, but brought
from a distance. This town furat this
arrows,
Soutliington, Ct.
Southington was
Hartford co.
taken from Farmington in 1779.
There are some elevations in the
town, particularly in the eastern
part
but the soil is generally very
good for all kinds of grain and the
pasturage of cattle.
It is watered
by the Quinnepiack, and the Farmington canal passes through it.
It contains a neat village, 18 miles
S. W. from Hartford and 21 N.
from New Haven.
Population,
1830, 1,844.
The inhabitants are generally engaged in agriculture ; yet several
kinds of manufactures receive considerable attention.
Peck's patent
;
machines for making tin ware,
most valuable invention, is exclusively owned in this town, and the
for
a
business of making them
sively carried on,
is
by Peck
exten&. Co.,
whose manufactory supplies almost
the whole of the United States and
the British provinces.
The manufacture of water cement is very
extensively carried on in this town,
and furnishes a supply for the wants
of the vicinity, and some for distant
There is an establishmarkets.
ment for the manufacture of lasts,
which are turned out by a machine :
this is effected by having a model
of the shape wanted, inserted into
the apparatus connected with the
Besides the above,
machinery.
there is a brass foundry ; and several other establishments, for manufacturing various articles, such as
saws of different kinds, tin ware,
combs, spoons, clocks, brushes, &c.,
are in operation, more or less ex-
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
consistofshoes,cabinet ware, chairs
shoe tools, razor straps, block tin
and tin ware annual value, about
tensively, at different times, accordino- to the demands of the market.
Copper has been discovered, in several places, in the range of mountains on the eastern border of the
:
$60,000.
This town contains a large and
beautiful pond, the source of Saugus river. The village is compact,
town.
Sontli Kingston, R.
I.
neat and flourishing.
Chief town.
Washington co.
This town was formerly a part of
North Kingston, and was first setIt is the largest town
tled in 1670.
Soiitliwicli, Mass.
Hampden
bounded
of
is
Con-
and is 100 miles W. by
from Boston, and 10 W. S. W.
Incorporated,
from Springfield.
Point Judith. It has an
uneven surface, a soil of a gravelly
loam, based on a granite foundation.
Large quantities of grain of various kinds and of the productions of
the dairy are annually sent to maralso the fleeces
ket from this town
This town
of about 7,500 sheep.
possesses great navigable advantages; its eastern and southern
bonders being washed by the Atlantic ocean and Narraganset bay.
number
town
state
S.
noted
It contains a great
This
co.
by the
necticut,
in the State, comprising 9S square
miles, and within its limits is the
;
S.
of fresh
It
Population, 1837, 1,291.
1779.
w-atered by a considerable stream,
and several ponds in the town supply water for the Farmington canal,
is
which passes through Southwick.
consist of gunpowder, leather, and distilled spirannual value, about $70,000.
its
The manufactures
:
town is elevagenerally good,
The valparticularly for grazing.
wool sheared in 1837, was
ue of
The
surface
of the
ted, but the soil
water ponds, and a large salt pond
one of the fresh water ponds, covers an area of between three and
four thousand acres.
The fisheries on the shores and
are
in the ponds of South Kingston
of considerable extent and value.
$2,125.
taken are principally bass,
Some
alewives, perch and smelts.
is
furnishino-
:
The
fish
portion of the inhabitants follow a
maritime life for a livelihood.
The principal village in South
Kingston is improperly called " Litsnug
tle Rest Hill," for it is quite a
It lies SO
comfortable place.
and
miles S. from Providence, and 9 S.
from North Kingston. Population,
1830, 3,663.
Soutli Reading, Mass.
Middlesex
co.
Tliis
town was
It
taken from Reading in 1812.
10 miles N. from Boston, 18 E.
lies
by N. from Concord, and 10 W. from
Salem. Population, 1330, 1,310;
So-vvatlaljgcoolc Rivei',
Tliis stream falls
Penobscot co.
the Penobscot at Hampden, 5
into
Within 3
miles below Bangor.
miles of its mouth it falls 120 feet,
ileges.
rises in
many valuable mill privThe main branch, which
Stetson,
The manufactures
of
the town
unites
with the
Harvey stream from Levant, and
the Kinsley stream from Etna, both
affording excellent mill sites, near
Below
the village in Carmel.
the Sowadabscook is deep
these,
and sluggish, from 15 to 25 yards in
width, flowing through extensive
and'" the Great and Little
ponds in Hermon, with very little
meadows,
m
the head of the falls
Near the east line of
Carmel, this stream comes within
about 20 rods of the Little Kendusthrough
keas;, a stream which flows
E. part of Carmel, from Lethe^N.
vant to Bangor and the two streams
to
are united by a branch from 20
descent,
to
Hampden.
;
1837, 1,488.
Me.
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
30 feet wide and 3 feet deep, called
the Cross.
rapid that
The Kenduskeag is so
it rises and falls much
quicker
than the Sowadabscook.
the streams are rising, the
curi'ent in the Cross sets towards the
When
Sowadabscook, and when falling,
towards the Kenduskeag.
The country watered hy the
Sowadabscook is generally rather
level and free from hills, though
there are many swells of very fine
farming land.
In the towns of
Hermon and Hampden is a large
tract, very little elevated above the
level of the stream, and liable to be
overflowed by freshets.
It is too
low for settlement, and is chiefly
covered with wood. The improve-
ment
of this land requires too great
an outlay of capital for a new country, but it will probably at some
time be among the most valuable
in this country for mowing.
There are on this stream, in
Hampden,
five superior saw mills,
a grist and paper mill, and the privileges are excelled by few in
England.
Upon the Kenduskeag
ai-e 9 mills below the Cross, many
of them superior double mills. The
pine timber has been cut off upon
the waters of this stream to such an
extent, as to give a high value to
that which remains, and to the hemlock timber, of which there are
great quantities of fine quality.
New
Since our
first
pages went
to
we have
received, from an
obliging fi'iend, the following information in regard to Carniel.
The township of Carmel, bordering on the Sowadabscook, is a very
level tract of land; most of it of a
press,
very light and
there
was
originally so valuable a
in which there
a quantity remaining.
The swells are large, and are covered with the rock maple, beech,
birch, &c., and are of a very supeNear the
rior quality for tillage.
streams are large tracts of intervale
of great fertility, and making very
growth of pine, or
is
so large
fine
meadows.
There
is little
waste
land in the town.
The swamps are
few and of small extent, but furnish cedars in sufficient quantities
for fencing, for which use they are
the finest and most durable material.
The settlement of this town is
rapidly progressing, and many of
the farms recently cleared are very
superior, and the buildings, fences,
and improvements, show an active,
industrious and
enterprising peo-
ple.
The village near the centre of
the town, is a very thriving and
active place of business, on the
stage road from Bangor to Skowhegan, 13 miles W. from Bangor, and
11 W. N. >y. from Hampden. Here
are four stores, two taverns, an
apothecary shop, potash, blacksmiths, coopers, shoemakers, joiners, and other shops ; an extensive
tannery, mills, &c., and a meeting
In the
house is about being l)uilt.
town are five good school houses,
five saw mills, a clapboard and shingle mill, grist mill, and clothing
mill.
are found in this town some
specimens of petrified shells,
at an elevation of 125 to 130 feet
above the Penobscot, and near the
banks of the stream, showing that
this valley was once covered by
There
fine
the ocean.
The roads in the towns watered
by this stream are exceedingly well
made, and creditable to the inhabitants, though it is remarkable, that
several of them, which were made
in the early settlement, pass over
There is probably no town in this decidedly the most inferior lands in
section of the county, in which., those towns.
This is particularly
fertile soil, free of
valleys have a fine
growth of pine timber, which has
been carefully preserved by the
owners, and may be run, by means
of the Cross, at a small expense,
either to Bangor or Hampden.
stone.
The
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
true of the road from Hampden
through Carmel and Etna to Newport and the settlement of this
:
section was formerly retarded, without doubt, by the unfavorable impression created by this circumstance.
The projected rail road
from Bangor to Augusta is surveyed to pass through this town, near
the bank of the stream
and the
level character of the country is
exceedingly well adapted for that
purpose.
;
Spafford's liaise, N. H.
See Chesierfield.
Specl£letl
Monntaiu, Me.
Oxford CO.
This mountain lies
on the line of New Hampshire,
partly in the town of Riley, and is
said to be 4,000 feet above sea
mack between Methuen and Dracut, Mass., nearly opposite Shaw
sheen river, which comes from the
S.J through Andover.
Split, Cape,
See Addison.
Springiield, Me.
Penobscot co. The Matakeunk,
branch of the Matawamkeag,
rises here, and, with several ponds,
a
gives the town a considerable wapower. The soil of the town is
fertile, and in 1837, with a population of 398, produced 9,429 bushels
of wheat.
Springfield was No. 5,
2d range N. of the Bingham Purchase, and was incorporated in 1834.
It lies about 60 miles N. E. by E.
ter
from Bangor.
gpringfieltl, N.
level.
Spencer, Mass*
Vrorcester co.
Seven Mile rivbranch of the Chickopee, waters this town.
There are two
woolen mills in the town, and manufactures of scythe snaiths, straw
bonnets, boots, shoes, leather, caber, a
inet
ware, chairs, palm-leaf hats,
harnesses, and barrels annual value, about $80,000.
This township is quite elevated
for the section of country in which
it lies.
It is stated to be the summit level between the waters of
:
Boston harbor and Connecticut river, 950 feet above the former, and
880 feet above the latter.
The
surface of the town is agreeably
varied by hills and valleys
the
soil is fertile, and cultivated by men
of industry and independence.
Spencer is 52 miles W. from Boston, and 12 Yv^. from Worcester.
Population, in 1830, 1,618 ; 1837,
2,085.
It was taken from Leices:
ter in 1753.
Spiggot River, N. H.,
Rises in Hampstead, and passes
through Salem, and into the Merri-
34
Me.
H.
Sullivan co. This town is bounded N. by Grafton, E. by Wilmot,
S. E. by New London, S. by Wendell and Croydon, W. by Croydon
and Grantham. It lies 35 miles N.
W. from Concord and 13 N. E. from
A
Newport.
branch of Sugar river has its source in this town; and
also a branch of the Blackwater
The former empties into the
Connecticut, the latter into the JNIcrrimack. There are several ponds,
viz. Station pond, about 250 rods
long, 140 wide
Cilley pond, 240
rods long, and about SO wide
Star,
Stony, and Morgan's ponds. The
land is rough and stony. This town
was granted in 1769, by the name
of Protectu'orth.
Its t\rst settlement commenced in 1772. It was
incorporated bv the name of Springfield, 1794. Population, 1S30, 1,202.
river.
;
;
Springfield, Vt.
Windsor
Springfield is situco.
the S. E. corner of the
county, on the W. side of Connecticut river, and is 70 miles S. from
ated
at
Montpelier, 24 S. from Vv^oodstock,
and 110 N. W. from Boston. Population, 1830, 1,498.
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
The land in Springfield is generally rich, with a deep soil suitable for grass or tillage ; on the rivers are extensive intervales, forming some of the most beautiful farms
The principal agriin the state.
cultural products, are corn, rye,
oats, beef, pork, butter, cheese ; and
wool, of which 17,872 fleeces were
shorn in 1837. Many hoi'ses are
raised in this town and sent to market.
The principal village is situated
Black River falls, near the
centre of the town. These falls
are about four miles from the confluence of Black river with the
Connecticut their descent is rapid
over a rocky bed, about 60 rods,
when the waters are contracted,
and precipitated 50 or 60 feet down
an abrupt ledge into a narrow chanThis ravine extends about 12
nel.
rods ; it is 60 or 70 feet deep, and is
walled by perpendicular ledges of
mica slate. Over this ravine has
been erected a bridge, from which
may be had a full view of the falls.
mist constantly arises, in which
may be seen, in a fair day, all the
colors of the rainbow.
on
;
A
There are in Springfield 1 cotton
and 2 woolen mills, a sand paper
factory,
on
an
extensive
scale,
which produces an excellent article, and manufactures of machine
cards, machinery, iron ware, lead
pipe, hats, chair'?, tin and copper
wares, scythes, leather, cabinet furniture, and various other articles.
This is a very flourishing town,
and the scenery around
handsome
village
is
its
neat and
delightful.
Sprijigfield, Mass.
Chief town, Hampden co. This
is one of the
most beautiful and
important inland towns in New
England. It is situated on the east
bank of Connecticut river, and is
supplied v/ith a good hydraulic
power by Chickopee and Mill rivers.
It is 87 miles W. by S. from
Boston, 17 S. by E. from North-
ampton, and 27 N. from Hartford,
Ct. Its Indian name
First settled, 1635.
was Agawam.
Incorporated,
Population, 1820, 3,914;
1645.
Along
1830, 6,784; 1837, 9,234.
the banks of the Connecticut are
large tracts of fine alluvial meadow,
which are very productive. Back
from the river the land rises by a
gentle acclivity to an extended pine
plain.
The village and business part )f
the town, is on a street between 2
and 3 miles in length, running parallel with the river.
This village
is very pleasant, well built, and
contains many beautiful buildings.
handsome bridge, 1,234 feet in
length, connects this town with
West Springfield.
Boats for the
transportation of passengers, and
for towing freight boats, are continually plying between this place
and Hartford, during the season of
navigation.
The rail road from
Boston to Albany will pass through
Springfield, which, with the great
natural advantages it possesses, must
render it one of the most important
commercial depots on Connecticut
A
river.
About 4 miles north
of the prinvillage, near the confluence
of Chickopee river with the Connecticut, stands the neat and enterprising village of
Chickopee,
one of the most beautifully located
manufacturing villages in
cipal
New
England.
The United
States Arsenal
is
delightfully situated on an elevated
plain about half a mile east of the
principal village.
The buildings
are arranged with great taste and
judgment, around a level square of
20 acres, and make a fine appearance.
The buildings are all of
on one
of which is a
brick
cupola, from which an extensive
and delightful view of Connecticut
and the surrounding counriver
try is presented. The water works
are situated on pylill river, about a
mile south of the arsenal. This^
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NtW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
establishment was founded in 1795,
and is considered the most important arsenal of construction in the
United States.
There are 2G0
men constantly employed in the various branches of this manufacture.
In 1837, the lands and buildings
attached to this establishment were
valued at $210,000 ; Machinery,
$50,000 170,000 muskets on hand,
$2,040,000 muskets manufactured
during the year ending April 1,
1S37, 14,000, valued at $154,000
Squam Bay and
The bay
Village, Mass.
up between Gloucester and the mouth of Ipswich harbor.
The village is on Cape Ann,
about 4 miles N. from the principal
village of Gloucester, and is the resort and residence of a large numsets
ber of enterprising fishermen.
Sqiiantanagonick, N. H.
;
;
:
The name of a village
Cocheco
ed from the Indian name of the
amount of ordnance and stock on
hand, $30,000.
An establishment for the manufacture of brass cannon, employing
25 hands, lately commenced by a
private companj^ will manufacture
cannon to the amount of $50,000
per annum.
There are in Springfield 7 cotton
and 4 paper mills, 3 tanneries, and
manufactures of iron castings, cutlery, ploughs, chairs, cabinet and
tin wares, boots, shoes, cards, hard
ware, steam boats, joiners tools, paper machinery, shuttles, bobbins, rifles, stoves, machinery, swords, &c.
The total value of the manufactures
of Springfield, for the year ending
April
1,
1S37, exclusive
of those
by
the U. S., amounted to $1,709,700.
See Register.
Squam. T^ake,
&,c.
Squam Lake, N.
at the falls on
river, in Rochester, so callfalls.
Sqiiamscot River, N. H.,
Or Swamscot,
or Exeter river.
called also Great
See Exeter.
StafForcl, Ct.
This town lies 24
Tolland co.
miles N. E. from Hartford, 6 N. E.
from Tolland, 27 N. W. from Brooklyn, 36 N. from Norwich, 14 N. E.
from Springfield, Mass., and 73 W.
S. W. from Boston.
Population,
1830, 2,515.
The surface of the town is rough
some parts mountainous, abounding with rocks of primitive formation.
Its soil is a coarse, hard and
dry gravelly loam generally not
very productive. There are several minerals in the town, but iron
As early as
ore is the principal.
1779, a blast furnace was erected
here, and cannon shot, hollow ware,
in
;
H., lies on the &.C., were cast.
borders of Holderness, Sandwich,
The town is watered by FurMoultonborough and Centre Har- nace river, and the Willimantic,
This is " a splendid sheet of which unite in Stafford, and afford
bor.
water, indented by points, arched a good water power. There are in
with coves, and studded with a suc- the town several blast and cupola
cession of romantic islands."
manufacIt is furnaces, a cotton mill,
about 6 miles long, and in its widest tures of pistols, axes, adzes, carpart, 3 miles in width.
It covers a penters'
chisels, tailors'
shears,
surface of between 6,000 and 7,000 drawing knives, and several other
acres, and is well stored with trout articles of cutlery.
There are also
and other fish.
manufactures of cotton and woolen
Squam JRiver is the outlet of the machinery, cabinet ware, brush
above mentioned lake
it passes
handles, iron card cylinders, and
through Squam pond in Holder- two forges for making wrought
ness, and forms a junction v/ith the iron.
Pemigewasset, at the S. W. corner
Stafford Mineral Springs have
of that town.
acquired considerable notice, and
:
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
are celebrated for their virtues in
curing cutaneous diseases.
" The Indians first made the settlers acquainted with the virtues of
these springs, when, in the year
1719, this part of the country be'
gan to be settled.
It has been
their practice, time immemorial,
to resort to them in the warm season, and plant their wigwams round
them.
They recommended the wa-
much
celebrity until about the year
a case occurred calculated to establish and extend their
was an effectual
reputation.
It
cure of a most obstinate cutaneous
1765,
when
complaint, which had
completely
baffled all medicinal skill, and reThe
sisted all other applications.
publicity which was given to this
case soon raised the reputation of
these springs ; and in consequence
ter as an eye water ; but gave, as
their own particular reason for
drinking it, that it enlivened their
spirits.'
It is said, that in 1766,
these springs were carefully exam-
of which they immediately became
a place of resort of persons afSicted with various diseases."
ined by Dr. Warren, who then had
thoughts of purchasing the land on
which they rise, with a view of establishing himself upon it.
Subsequent events transformed the physician into a soldier, and Dr. Warren
mountain
Bennington co.
township on the line of Massachusetts.
It is 9 miles S. W. from Bennington, and 21 W. by S. from
Stamford, Vt.
A
Brattleborough.
Population, 1830,
Branches of the Hoosack and
Walloomsack rise here. There are
several line fish ponds among the
mountains
and some good land
but the lands in Stamford are gen663.
the first great struggle of the
Revolution. Dr. Willard afterwards
put Dr. Warren's plan into opera;
tion, by building a large hotel for
the reception of patients and oth- erally too elevated for culture.
The establishment is at presers.
Stamford, C't.
ent owned by Mr. Jasper Hyde,
and its former reputation is fully
Fairfield co. This beautiful town
sustained, and it is a place of much is bounded on the S. by Long
resort for the purposes of health or Island Sound, and on the N. W. by
pleasure during the summer season. the state of New York.
Its Indian
There are two distinct springs, the name was Rij)powams, and was
medical qualities of which are con- purchased of the natives for " twelve
sidered as essefltially different. One coats, twelve hoes, twelve hatchets,
of them contains a solution of iron, twelve knives, two kettles and four
The
sustained by carbonic acid gas, a fathom of white wampum."
portion of marine salt, some earthly soil of Stamford is a rich gravelly
substances, and what has been call- loam, well cultivated and very proed natron, or a native alkali. This ductive. The surface is undulaspring has been known and used for ting, presenting a great variety of
a length of time, and has been pro- delightful prospects.
The town is
nounced by chemists to be one of well supplied with mill sites by
the most efficacious chalybeate Mill and Miannas rivers, and, withsprings in the United States.
The in its bay, between Shippan and
other spring, the medical virtues of Greenwich points, are good harbors
which were not known till about for vessels of 8 1-2 feet draught of
the year 1810, contains, according water.
There are a number of
to the opinion of Professor Silliman, vessels owned here, and Stamford
(who examined it in that year) a is a place of an active trade with
large portion of hydrogen gas, of the surrounding country and New
sulphur, and a small proportion of York. There are within the limits
iron.
These springs did not acquire of the town an iron foundry, a rollfell in
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
ing mill, a wire factory, and two
large boot and slioe manufactories.
Stamford Borough is a neat village, beautifully situated near the
Sound, and surrounded by a country full of interesting scenery.
This was the residence of the
Hon.
Abraham
Daveivport,
for
many
years one of the Counsellors
of the colony, and afterwards of the
state.
He was the son of the Rev.
John Davenport, the second minister of Stamford, and grandson of the
Rev. John Davenport, the father of
New Haven colony. Mr. Davenport was distinguished for his vigorous mind. Christian integrity, and
for his uncommon iirmness of charAn instance of his firmness
acter.
is here quoted.
"The 19th of May, 1780, was a
Candles
dark day.
remarkable
were lighted in many houses ; the
birds were silent and disappeared,
and the fowls retired to roost. The
legislature of Connecticut was then
very
in session at Hartford.
general opinion prevailed, that the
day of judgment was at hand.
The House of Representatives, being unable to transact their business,
adjourned.
proposal to adjourn
the Council was under consideration.
When the opinion of Mr. Davenport was asked, he answered, 'I am
against an adjournment.
The day
of judgment is either approaching,
If it is not, there is no
or it is not.
A
A
cause for an adjournment if it is, I
choose to be found doing mj' duty.
I wish therefore that candles may
be brought."
:
Standisli,
Mc.
Cumberland co. This township
is bounded on the N. and N. E. by
Sebago Lake, and S. AV'. by Saco
river.
It lies
6S miles S.
W.
from
Augusta, and 16 N. W. from Portland.
This is a good farming town
with two pleasant villages. Incorporated, 1785.
2,270.
34*
Population,
1837,
gtarks, Me.
Somerset co.
Starks is very
pleasantly situated on the W. side
of Kennebec river, and is also watered by the Sandy, which unites
with the Kennebec at this place.
This town possesses great resources
in the fertility of the soil, its locaand its mill privileges.
37 miles N. N. E. from Augusta, and 6 W. by N. from Nortion for trade,
It lies
1795.
ridgev/ock.
Incorporated,
Wheat
Population, 1837, 1,424.
crop same year, 7,614 bushels.
•
Stark, N.
II.
Coos CO. This town was named
Piercy, until a few years since.
It was then altered to compliment
the memory of Gen. Stark.
It contains about 20,000 acres, most of
which is broken and extremely uneven. It was settled in 17SS, but
the progress of the settlement has
been very slow.
Population, 236.
It lies 10 miles N. E. from Lancaster.
Starlcsljorougii, Vt.
Addison co. This town is watered by Lewis creek and Huntington river, which are good mill
There are three springs
streams.
in the town, not more than 20 rods
a
apart, which unite and form
stream of sufficient power for a
number of mills, and is thus imThe town is rough and
proved.
Hog's Back mounwestern border, and
East mountain passes through its
centre, and divides the waters of
the rivers.
There is some good
land in the tovirn, but a large portion
mountainous.
tain skirts its
of the territory is too elevated for
cultivation.
Here are 2 villages,
and the manufactures of iron are
considerable.
Starksborough was first settled in
178S. It is 22 miles W. by S. from
Montpelier, and 18 N. by E. from
Middleburv. Population, in 1830,
1,342.
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
Sterling, Vt.
Sterling Peak, in
Lamoille co.
the South part of this town, ranks
among the most elevated summits
of
the
Green
Mountain
range.
i?sue from this mountain town.
It was first settled in
1799, and contains 23,040 acres of
land.
The quality of the soil maybe known by the number of its inhabitants, 183 ; and by the number
of its sheep, 350.
It lies 24 miles
N. by Vi. from Montpelier.
Some streams
Sterling, Mass.
co.
This town was
about the year 1721.
It was taken from Lancaster, in
1781.
It lies 40 miles W. from
Boston, and 12 N. from Worcester.
Worcester
first settled
watered by Still river. Its
surface is uneven, and its soil light.
It
is
Population, 1837, 1,650.
The manufactures of the town consist of
boots, shoes, leather, straw bonnets,
palm-leaf hats, scythe snaiths,
chairs and cabinet ware
total
amount, for the year ending April
1, 1837, $76,528, of which §^53,
228, was for chairs and cabinet
:
ware.
Sterling, Ct.
Windham co. This town lies 10
miles S. E. from Brooklyn, and 44
from Hartford. It was
E. by S.
taken from Voluntown in 1794.
Population, 1830, 1,240.
The soil
is a light gravelly and sandy loam,
and produces good grain. Sterling
is
watered
by two branches of
Moosup river, a good mill stream,
on which are four cotton mills.
" Near the centre of this town,
there is a cavern, called the " Devil's Den," possessing very singular
and curious features. It is situated
within a ledge of rocks, and has a
circular area of about 100 feet in
diameter.
The
rock
is
cleft in
two
places, forming at each a chasm or
fissure
about 50 feet in depth.
through one of which there runs
water the other
communicates with a room about
a small stream of
;
12 feet square, at the interior part
of which there is a fire place, and
a chimney extending through the
rock above, forming an aperture of
about 3 feet square. In another
part of the rock there is a natural
stair case, winding around it from
the bottom to the top.
In the cold
season of the year, a large mass of
ice is formed in the room above described, by the dashing of the water
down ihe chimney, which continues there through nearly the whole
of tlie warm months, the sun being
almost excluded from this subterranean recess."
Stetson, Me.
Penobscot co.
This town is
bounded N. by Exeter, and S. by
Etna and Carmel. It is 63 miles
N. E. from Augusta, and 18 W. N.
W. from Bangor. It is watered by
branches of the Sebasticook and
Sowadabscook, Avhich rise here. It
was incorporated in 1831. Popula114; 1837,437. The surface of the town is undulating, and
the soil excellent.
Wheat crop,
1837, 3,704 bushels.
tion, 1830,
Steiil>en,
Washington
Me.
This is a maritime township, and comprises Dozer's Bay, which sets up from the
sea about 9 miles, and contains a
number of good harbors. This bay
lies
co.
between Little
Menan Point
and Goldsborough harbor.
It is
about a mile wide at its mouth.
Steuben is a place of considerable ship building, and a number of
vessels are owned here, employed
in the coasting trade and fishery.
Narraguagus river passes its northeastern border.
Steuben lies 107 miles E. from
Augusta, and about 35 W. by S.
fiom Machias. Incorpoi-ated, 1795.
Population, 1837, 802.
�—
NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
Stevens' River, Vt.
Still-^vater,
This excellent
Peacham and
Ryegate.
It received its name in
compliment to Captain Phineas Stevens, the bravedcfender of CharlesThe waters of this
town, N. H.
river are remarkably clear, and its
banks luxuriant and romantic.
It
meanders about 15 miles, and in its
course through Barnet it receives
Harvey's lake, a pellucid sheet of
water, covering an area of 300
acres.
This beautiful river mingles its crystal waters with those of
the Connecticut, at Barnet, by a
leap of 100 feet in the distance of
ten rods, as it were in joy to meet
a sister stream on its passage to the
Caledonia co.
mill stream rises in
bosom
of the ocean.
Stewai'tstowii, N.
II.,
Coos CO., lies on the E. side of
the Connecticut, which washes its
W. boundary, a distance of 7 miles.
It lies 150 miles N. W. from Portland, 150 N. from Concord, and
is
bounded N. by Canada.
The Connecticut river is about
15 rods in width at this place.
Bishop's brook,
a
considerable
stream, rises in this town, and falls
into the Connecticut at the N. W.
Dead water and Mohawk
corner.
rivers have their sources here.
Hall's stream, also, unites with
the Connecticut in Stewartstown.
There are two ponds in the E. part
of this town, called Little and Great
Diamond ponds, both well stocked
There are no
with salmon trout.
large mountains in Stewartstown,
although there are many elevations.
The
soil
of the intervale
is
rich,
and the uplands productive.
Stewartstown was incorporated
Penobscot
co.
A
Me.
very flourish-
ing village, on the lower
falls
of
Penobscot river, in the town of Orono.
An immense amount of lumber is sawed at this place, and rafted down to the Bangor market. See
Orono.
Stockbridge, Vt.
Windsor co.
This town lies 3G
miles S. by W. from Montpelier,
and 26 N. W. from Windsor. First
settled, 1783.
Population, 1830,
1,333.
White river passes through the
town, and at a place called the
" Great Narrows," it is compressed
into a channel of but a few feet in
width, and, affords the only good
mill seat in town.
The soil of the
town is better for pasturage than
tillage.
It feeds
about five thousand five hundred sheep.
Stockbridge, Mass.
Berkshire co.
This is a fine
farming town on both sides of the
Housatonick river, 130 miles W.
from Boston, and 6 S. from Lenox.
Incorporated, 1739.
Population,
1830, 1,580; 1837, 2,036.
The soil of this town is adapted
to all kinds of culture
much of it
is rich alluvial meadow, and the
uplands produce excellent feed for
;
cattle.
Here is an excellent hydraulic
power, and a pleasant village on an
extended plain, surrounded by delightful scenery.
There arc one cotton and two
woolen mills in the town, two tanneries, and manufactures of pig
house or
iron castings, chairs, boots,
shoes, and machinery for boring
total amount of the
iron and wood
manufactures, for the year ending
ulation, 1830, 529.
Marble
April 1, 1837, $380,765.
is abundant.
tribe of Indians had a reservation of 6 miles square in this town.
iron,
in
During the late war a block
fort was erected in this
town for dei"ence by a company of
militia, and occupied until August,
1S14, when it was destroyed.
Pop1799.
:
A
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
from the
val to
year 1735
to their rerao
New
county, New
Stockbridge, Oneida
York. In 1735 there
were 90 adult Indians in the tribe,
of whom 52 were baptized by the
Rev. John Sargent, a faithful missionary, and their first spiritual
guide.
Stoddard, N. H,
Cheshire CO. This town is bounded N. by Washington, E. by VV^indsor and Antrim, S. by Nelson and
Sullivan, and W. by Gilsum and
Marlow.
It is 14 miles N. N. E.
from Keene, and 42 W. S. W. from
Concord.
This town is situated on the lieight
of land between Merrimack and
Connecticut rivers. It is mountainous and very rockJ^
The soil is
better adapted to grazing than tillage.
The south branch of Ashuelot river has its source near the centre of the town.
The streams in
the cast section, fall into the Merrimack those on the west, into the
Connecticut.
There are fourteen
ponds, some of which are of considerable magnitude.
;
to
Fryeburgh Academy.
Popula-
tion, 1837, 290.
Stoiieliani,
Mass.
Middlesex co.
This is a small
town, rocky and uneven.
It has
some good soil and much wood. Incorporated, 1725. Population, 1837,
932.
During the year ending April 1,
1837, there were made in this town
380,100 pairs of shoes; valued at
$184,717,
half
more
employing
inhabitants.
Spot Pond, a beautiful
than
its
sheet of
and pure water, lies in this
town, 8 miles N. from Boston. It
covers an area of 283 acres, and is
143 feet above high water mark,
soft
at Boston.
StoiiiiigtoiJj Ct.
Nev\r London co.
This town is
situated at the eastern extremity
of Long Island Sound
at the S. E.
corner of the state, and on the line
of Rhode Island.
It contains an
area of about six square miles. The
;
is rocky and uneven, but fertile
and productive.
A considerable
land
This town was formerly called amount of agricultural products is
Limerick. It was incorporated in annually sent from this town to
1774, v/hen it received the name of Nantucket and other places.
It is
Stoddard, from Col. Samson Stod- watered by the Mystic and Paucadard, of Chelmsford, to whom with tuck,
considerable
streams, on
several others it was granted.
The which are cotton, woolen and other
settlement commenced in June, factories.
Stonington was first set17G9.
The first family was that of tled in 1649, and incorporated in
John Taggard, whose privations 1658. Population, 1830, 3,101.
and hardships were very great.
This place was bombarded by
Their grain was procured at Peter- British ships during the revolutionborough, at the distanceof 20 miles, ary war, and again on the 10th of
which was conveyed by him on his August, 1814, and gallantly deback through the pathless wilder- fended.
ness.
At one time, they had nothThe harbor of Stonington sets up
ing, for six days, on which to sub- from the Sound, opposite Fisher's
sist, but the flesh of the moose.
island, and is well protected by an
Population, 1837, 1,159.
expensive Breakwater.
This place is noted for the comStoiaeliam,
Me.
Oxford
CO.
Stoneham was
mercial enterprise of
incor-
porated in 1834.
It lays westerly
of Albany, and comprises the grant
its
people.
Large capitals are employed in the
whale, seal, and cod fisheries. Five
whale ships recently arrived, bring-
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
ing each, on an average, 3,100 barrels of oil, and 25,000 pounds of
The sealing business in the
bone.
Pacific Ocean, has been conducted
here, very extensively, for many
Many
years, with great success.
ships are built, and a large number
of coasting vessels, and some in the
"West India trade, belong to this
This place is accommodated
port.
with a marine rail way, and a light
house at the entrance of the harbor.
Stoningtoii Borough is located on
a narrow point of land, extending
into the Sound about half a mile.
It is
It was incorporated in ISOl.
their
Dorchester, a resi-
lands in
dence was established for them at
this place, and called Punkapog.
There were 12
families of ChrisIndians here in 1674.
Mr.
Elliot, the apostle of the Indians,
had the chief agency in their removal.
There are two cotton and a woolen mill in the town, and manufactures of boots, shoes, shoe tools, and
boot forms
total value of manufactures, the year ending April 1,
1837, exclusive of cotton goods,
,$525,940 ; of which $487,390 was
tain
:
Hands emboots and shoes.
ployed in the various manufactures,
for
handsomely
laid out, is well built,
and contains about 1,200 inhabitants.
928.
Many
1736.
Stoughton was incorporated in
It lies 20 miles S. from BosPopton, and 10 S. from Dedham.
strangers visit this place in
summer months to enjoy the marine
It lies
air and delightful scenery.
54 miles S. E. from Hartford, 12 E.
from
London, and 62 E. from
ulation, 1830, 1,591
New
New
See "
Haven.
an important point
on the New York, Providence, and
Boston Rail Road.
The distance
from New York to Brooklyn, on
Stonington
25 from Stonington to Providence,
47 ; and from Providence to Boston
41 miles. Total distance from New
York to Boston,by this route, 211 1-2
.;
miles.
Until the completion of the rail
road on Long Island, passengers arc
conveyed
daily, by
to
Down
is
Long Island, across the ferry, is
half a mile; from Brooklyn to Greenport, at the easterly part of Long
Island, is 9S miles ; from thence,
across the Sound, to Stonington,
and from New York,
and splendid steam
safe
boats.
1837, 1,993.
;
Stow, Me.
East."
Stow, Vt.
Waterbury river
Lamoille co.
and its branches give this town a
good water power, and by which
several mills are put into operation.
between the Mans-
Stow
is
field
and Hog's Back mountains,
situated
and contains a large tract of level,
which appears to have
been of alluvial formation. This
valley contains some very beautiful
Between
and productive farms.
five and six thousand sheep are
kept, and the exports of agricultuStow is
ral products are valuable.
a flourishing town, and contains a
neat and pleasant mountain valley
fertile land,
village.
Stop River) Mass.
This stream
rises
from ponds in
"W'rentham, and joins Charles river
at Medfield.
Stougliton, Mass.
Norfolk CO.
Some of the head
waters of Neponset river rise in
this town.
When the Indians sold
This town was
first
1793. It lies 15 miles
settled
in
N. N. W. from
Montpelier, 12 S. from Hyde Park,
and 26 E. from Burlington. Population, 1820, 957 ; 1830, 1,570.
Sto^v, Mass.
Stow is watered
Middlesex co.
by the Assabet river, and possesses
The soil is
a good water power.
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
and good for the
It lies 24 miles
W, by N. fi-om Boston, and S \V.
by S. from Concord. Incorporated,
light and sandy,
growth of hops.
1683.
Population, 1837, 1,134.
There are two woolen
the town,
and
mills in
manufactures
of
leather, boots, shoes, straw bonnets,
and palm-leaf hats: total value,
year ending
$231,611.
the
April
Strafford County,
1,
BT.
1837,
H.
Dover, Gilmanton, Gilford and
Rochester, are the shire towns.
Strafford county is bounded N. by
the county of Coos, E. by the state
of Maine, S. and S. W. by Rockingham and Merrimack counties,
W. by the Pemigewasset river,
which separates it from parts of the
counties of Grafton and Merrimack,
and N. W. by Grafton county. It
63
length, from the
mouth of Lamprey river to the N.
line of Albany
33 miles wide at
the centre.
Its shape, like that of
all the other counties in the state, is
irregular.
It contains an area of
1,345 square miles. This county,
which extends to the neighborhood
of the White mountains, has several considerable mountains within its
is
Great bay, Long bay and
bay, are connected with the Winnepisiogee lake.
Smith's pond, in Wolfeborough
Sixmile,in Eaton, Merrymeeting,
in New Durham, and Lovewell, in
Wakefield, are the principal ponds.
county.
Merry meeting
The
larger rivers, are the Piscataqua, Salmon Falls, Cocheco, Saco
and Swift rivers.
The soil of
Strafford county, though presenting
a great variety, is generally good.
The lands are generally hard of
cultivation, but the patient laborer
finds an
Chocorua Peak, in Albany,
Sandwich mountain in the same
range, Ossipee and Effingham mountains, Gunstock mountain, in Gilford, Moose, in Brookfield and Midlimits.
dlcton, TenerifFe, in Milton, and the
ridge denominated Blue Hills, are
the most elevated.
Red Hill, in
Moultonborough, has a commanding elevation, and has long attracted
visitors.
Below, the waters of the
Winnepisiogee lie open to the eye,
and its numerous islands and bays
present a fine appearance. This
lake is much the largest body of
water in the state, being 22 miles
long, and varying from one to eight
miles in width. Sullivan orSquam
lake, lies partly in this county, and
is 6 miles in length, and nearly 5 in
width. Ossipee lake is also in tbis
for his in-
Strafford county.
miles in
;
ample reward
dustry.
This county possesses a
large hydraulic power, and manufacturing establishments are constantly increasing on its streams.
Population, 1830, 58,916.
Populalation to a square mile, 44.
In
1S37, there were 53,602 sheep in
StraiTord, N.
H.
This town
lies 15
miles N. W. fi-om Dover, and 25
E. N. E. from Concord, and is about
7 miles in length, 6 1-2 wide. Bow
pond is in the S. W. part of the
town, and is about 650 rods long,
400 wide ; its waters form one of
the principal branches of the Is-
Strafford co.
inglass river.
The range of Blue
hills crosses the N. W. part of the
town.
The
soil
here
is
generally
of a good quality.
Strafford was
formerly a part of Barrington, and
was incorporated in 1820. Population, 1830, 2,200.
Strafford, Vt.
Orange co. This town is watered by a branch of Ompomponoosuc river, and lies 30 miles S. S. E.
from Montpelier, 30 N. from Windsor, and 11 S. S. E. from Chelsea.
Population, 1830, 1,935.
The surface of the town is rough,
but the soil is productive. It feeds
The
a large number of sheep.
manufacturing interests of Strafford
are quite extensive.
" In this township is an extensive
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
bed of the sulphuret of
iron,
which immense quantities
from
of
copperas are manufactured. The ore is
situated on the east side of an elevation, and the bed is about half a mile
in length, and from two to three
Its depth has not
rods in width.
company was
been ascertained.
incorporated by the name of the
A
" Vermont Mineral Factory Company," in October, 1809, which im-
Here it is
2,.500 pounds each.
boiled and evaporated to a certain
extent, and suffered partially to
cool.
It is then transferred to the
crystalizers, where the copperas
continues to crystalize, while cooling, and when the crystalization
ceases, the water is again returned
to the boilers, mixed with water
from the leaches, and again evaporated."
mediately commenced the manufacture of copperas, at this place.
In 1822, 180 tons of copperas were
manufactured here, and in 1823,
158 tons; since that time the manThe ore is
vifacture has increased.
covered to the depth of about three
Befeet with a stratum of earth.
low this is a stratum of ferruginous petrifactions, which exhibits
forms of buds, leaves, limbs of
trees, &c. in admirable perfection.
This stratum varies from two to
three feet in depth.
Below this
lies the bed of sulphuret of iron.
Its colors are
It is very compact.
brilliant, varying from that of steel
to a bright yellow, and its appearance is occasionally diversilied by
small quantities of green copper
It is also traversed in many
ore.
parts by small veins of quartz. The
ore is detached from the bed in
It is
large masses, by blasting.
then beaten to pieces with hammers and tiirown into heaps several
rods in length, about 12 feet in
width, and seven or eight in height.
Here it is suffered to lie exposed
to the action of the air and moisture until a spontaneous combustion takes place, and the whole
heap is converted from the sulphuret to the sulphate of iron, which
After
usually takes several weeks.
the process of burning is completed, the residue is removed to the
leaches, where water is passed
through it which dissolves the copperas and leaves the earthy matter
behind.
The water is then conveyed to the boilers, which are
made of lead, and weigh about
Stratford, N. H.
This town lies on the
Coos CO.
E. bank of Connecticut river, 16
The town
miles above Lancaster.
is large, extending 10 miles on the
river, with a fertile intervale of 1-4
This meadow is
to 1 mile wide.
skirted in many places by a narrow
plain, succeeded by the mountainous regions, covering the whole E.
and N. divisions of the town. The
soil, except along the river, is rocky,
The Peaks,
gravelly and cold.
tvv'o mountains of a conical form,
situated in the S. E. part of the
town, are seen at a great distance.
They are discovered immediately
on entering Dalton, 30 miles below,
and stand as land marks in front or
to the right, till, on nearer approach,
they are lost beliind the intervening
hills.
Bog brook and several smaller streams, here fall into the Connecticut; and Nash's stream crosses the S. E. part of the town into
There is a pond
the Amonoosuck.
in the S, E. part of the tovv^n, the
waters of v.'hich pass into the AmoStratford was incorporanoosuck.
Population, in 1830,
ted in 1779.
443.
Thomas Burnsidc,
of this town,
one of Rogers' Rangers in the
Some years afterFrench war.
wards, he was desirous of becoming
w^as
peace.
He procured Colonel Barr to assist his views,
and carrying with him, by his dia justice of the
rection, as a present, a firkin of
butter and a piece of linen, waited
upon Gov. Went worth, at Ports-
mouth.
He
stated to
tlie
governor
�NEW ENGLAND
GAZETTEER.
He was a brave and good
an ardent patriot, and in his
various public and private relations,
sustained a character distinguished
for integrity, benevolence and vir-
that the inhahitants of his town
could not live peaceably any longer
without a magistrate.
The governor enquired how many inhabitants
belonged to the town, and who was
the fittest man for the office. Thom-
in 1711.
answered that himself and his
neighbor were the only inhabitants,
a skirmish
as
and himself the only man qualified
for the appointment; for his neighbor was no more fit for a justice of
the peace than the d
1 was.
The
governor gave him his commission,
and was highly amused with the
singularity of the application.
Stratford, Ct.
Fairfield co. This town was first
settled in 1639, by persons from
Boston,
Roxbury
Mass. and
Indian
and Concord,
Wethersfield, Ct.
Its
name was Cupheag.
is
about 6 miles in
length from north to south, and its
breadth from east to west is between 2 and 3 miles. It is bounded north by Huntington, west by
Trumbull and Biidgeport, east by
the Housatonick, dividing it from
Milford, and south by Long Island
Sound.
The central part of the
town is 13 miles S. W. from NewHaven, and 8 E. by N. from Fairfield.
The township is mostly level
and free from stone, and there is a
Stratford
very rich alluvial tract of meadows on the river and harbor. The
principal street in the town, is one
mile in length, running north and
south, parallel to the Housatonick;
it is level, pleasant, and ornament-
ed with shade trees. On this street,
and others, in the immediate vicinity, there are about 200 dwelling houses, and 4 houses for public worship.
This place lies at the mouth of
Housatonick river, and has considerable inland and coasting trade.
Stratford Point, jutting out into
the Sound, is very pleasant, and a
noted landing place for passengers.
Gen.
David Wooster, was
native of this town, and
a
was born
officer,
tue.
He was
mortally
wounded
in
with the British troops,
the time of their incursion to
at
Danbury, in 1777.
Stratliaiii,
Rockingham CO.
N. K.
This town
lies
39
miles S. E. by E. from Concord, 3 E.
N. E. from Exeter, and is situated
on the E. side of the W. branch of
the Piscataqua river.
Stratham is
distant about 8 miles from the sea.
The land is even, and well calculated
for agricultural
purposes.
Farming is so exclusively the employment of the people, that although a navigable river adjoins it,
there is little attention given to any
other pursuit.
In the east part ot
the town, in a swamp, is perhaps
the largest repository of peat in the
state.
This town was a part of the
Squamscot patent, or Hilton's purIt was
made a town by
chase.
charter, P/Iarch 20, 1716.
Population, in 1830, 838.
Strattoii, Vt.
Windham
A
co.
mountainous
township in the west part of the
county, 18 miles N. E. from Bennington, and 22 N. W. from Brattleborough.
Branches of Deerfield
and Winhall ]-ivers rise here from
two ponds. The soil is cold and
generally unprofitable.
Population, 1830, 312.
Strong, Me.
Franklin co.
This excellent
township lies on both sides of Sandy
river, 45 miles N. Vi. from Augusta, and bounded South by FarmingPopulation, in 1837, 1,091.
is a large body of intervale
land on the Sandy, very fertile and
Strong
contains
productive.
a
pleasant and flourishing village,
some mills on the stream, and sevton.
There
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
The
eral very beautiful ponds.
able water privileges.
ter's
generally a warm loam and productive the surface is elevated, and, in
the centre of the town, mountainous.
There are about 5,500 sheep
in the town.
Sudbury is 43 miles
S. W. from Montpelier, 47 S. by E.
from Burlington, and 17 N. W. from
Rutland. Population, 1830, 812.
In Porpond, about two miles long,
a salmon trout was taken, which
weighed twenty seven and a half
pounds.
Strong was incorporated in 1801,
and named in honor of Caleb
Stroxg, LL. D., formerly a
Senator
to
Congress, from
Ptlassa-
soil is
:
chusetts, and Governor of that state
He died at Northampton,
9 years.
Mass., his native town, Nov. 7,
1819, aged 74 years.
Sudbury River, Mass.
This river rises in Hopkinton
and its neighborhood, and after
passing Franiingham, Natick, SudSturtoridge, 3Isss.
bury, V» aylond and Lincoln, it
Worcester co. This is a very joins the Assabet at Concord.
pleasant town, and is well watered
by Quinebaug
W.
W.
W.
Sudbury, Mass.
river.
It
lies
(JO
This ancient
Middlesex co.
town is situated on the west side
porated, 173S.
Population, 1830, of a river of the same name, 19
1,688 1837, 2,004. The surface of miles W. by N. from Boston, and
Populathe town is uneven and hilly, and 8 S. W. from Concord.
It is watered by
the soil hard to subdue
but it has tion, 1837, 1,388.
become productive by good man- a small stream, a branch of Sudbuagement. There are some good ry river. There is a paper mill
in the town, a plough factory, and
tish ponds in the town, which serve
to swell the Quinebaug.
There manufactuies of boots and shoes*
miles
18 S.
S.
from
from Boston, and
Worcester. Incor-
;
;
are 6 cotton mills in Sturbridge and
manufactures of boots, shoes, leather, chairs, cabinet ware, clothing,
palm-leaf hats, trunks harnesses,
chairs, wagons, sleighs and pocket
rifles; total value, the
April
year ending
1837, $182,415.
1,
Success, N.
Coos
CO.
siderable
II.
There are several conmoun^aius in
this tract,
and two or three ponds. Narmarcungawack and Live rivers rise
here, and pass westerly into the
Androscoggin. Success was granted Feb. 12, 1773, to Benjamin
Mackay and others
and is 143
miles N. by E. from Concord. Pop;
ulation, 1830, 14.
Sudbury, Vt.
Rutland co. A part of Hubbardston, and Hinkum's ponds lie in this
town, neither of which, nor Otter
Creek, which passes through the
eastern part, produce any consider-
annual value about
Sudbury was
,'j?20,000.
1635.
1676, about 70 men, on theii
march for the relief of Marlbotirst settled in
In
rough, fell into an ambuscade with
the Indians: twenty six of the English were ]eft dead on the field ;
the residue were captured, and many of them afterwards tortured and
slain.
is
a
West of Sudbury causeway,
monument erected to their
memory, by president Wadsworth,
Harvard College, a son of the
of
Captain of the Band.
Suffield, Ct.
Suffield lies on the
Hartford co.
west side of Connecticut river, and
is bounded N. by Massachusetts, to
which state it was attached until
This territory, 8 by 5 miles,
1752.
was purchased about the year 1670,
of two Indian Chiefs, for one hun-
The surface on the
banks of the river, are elevated,
and althoush the town is without
dred dollars.
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
much alluvial meadow, the soil being of a strong deep loam, is very
Suffield
fertile, and
productive.
contains some of the best farms in
the state.
It lies 16 miles N. from
Hartford, and 10 S. from SpringPopulation 1S30, 2,690.
field.
The principal village is pleasantly located on rising ground it
contains many handsome buildings ;
it is the site of the " Connecticut
Literary Institution," and commands delightful views of the river and circumjacent country.
GiDEo^r Granger, post master
general of the United States from
1801 to 1814, was born in Suffield,
He died at Caaandaigua,
in 1767.
N. Y., in 1822.
Oliver Phelps, Esq., " a man
of extraordinary enterprise and extensive business, was for many
He
years a resident of this tov/n.
was the 'maker of his own fortunes.'
He was a native of Windsor, but
;
was bred
in this
town, and received
He ena mercantile education.
gaged in business in Granville,
Mass., and soon became a very enterprising, sagacious and successful
During the revolutionary
trader.
war, he was employed by the state
of Massachusetts, in the commisWhilst in this
sary department.
situation, his transactions were of
a most extensive and responsible
nature, and his own paper formed
Afa kind of circulating medium.
terwards he purchased a large esIn
tate, and returned to this town.
1789, he, in connection with the
Hon. Mr. Gorham, purchased of
the commonwealth of Massachusetts, a tract of land in the western
part of the state of
York, in
what is commonly called the Genesee country, comprising 2,200,000
This is probably the greatacres.
est land purchase, or speculation,
ever made by two individuals in the
United States. This is a very excellent tract of land, having a mild
climate, and fertile soil, and an
abundance of waters, and is now
New
comprised in the extensive counties
and Steuben. In 1795,
Mr. Phelps, together with William
Hart and their associates, purchas
ed of Connecticut, the tract of land
in the state of Ohio, called the
Western Reserve, comprising 3,300,000 acres."
of Ontario
SiifFolk: CoTiiiity,
Mass.
See Boston and Chelsea.
Sugar
R,ivcr, W.
H.
This river originates from Sunapee Lake it passes through part of
Wendell, the whole of Newport,
and nearly through the centie of
Claremont, where it meets the Con;
Red
necticut.
Claremont,
is a
Water brook, in
tributary of Sugar
river.
Sullivan, Me.
Hancock co.
This
maritime
town is situated at the head of
Frenchman's bay, 93 miles E. from
Augusta, and 17 E. by S. from
Ellsworth.
Population "l837, 611.
Sullivan has mill privileges, and is
finely located for ship building, and
other branches of business connected with navigation.
This town was incorporated in
1789, and received its name in honor of John Sullivan, LL. D.,
a major general in the revolutionary war ; afterwards member of
congress, president of New Hampshire, and district Judge of the U.
He was born in Maine,
S. Court.
and died in New Hampshire, 1795.
James Sullivan, LL. D., a
brother of Gen. Sullivan, was born
He early esat Berwick, in 1744.
poused the cause of his country,
and sustained the officesof member
of the provincial congress, attorney
general and governor of Massachusetts, with great talents and faithfulness.
He died
while governor, in 1S08,
at a period of great political excite-
ment, honored and beloved by
parties.
all
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
Sullivan County, X. H.
JVewport, chief town.
This
county is bounded N. by Grafton
county, E. by Memmack and a part
of Hillsborough counties, S. by
Cheshire county, and W. by Connecticut river, or the state of Vermont. It was taken from Cheshire
county in 1827, and contains an
area of about 533 square miles.
PopulaPopulation, 1830, 19,687.
The surtion to a square mile, 37.
face of the county is elevated, but
not mountainous: Croydon mounthe highest.
Along the streanis,
tain
is
particularly
on Connecticut river, the soil is
rich and exceedingly productive.
The uplands produce good grain,
and afford excellent pasturage for
which many are reared
market. Although this is the
smallest county in the state; in 1837,
it had 71,076 sheep, whose wool,
cattle, of
for
being partly Saxony, would average as good as full blood Merino.
Besides the Connecticut, which
waters its whole western frontier,
the Ashuelot,Cold, Sugar, Little Sugar rivers, and other streams furnish
the county with an abundant water
power, and Sunapee Lake and numerous ponds give beauty to its
otherwise varied and picturesque
scenery.
Augusta, and 8 N.
IS.
H.
Paris
name from
Sumjver, who was
Increase
governor of Massachusetts in 1798,
when
was incorporated.
the town
Gov. Sumner was a native of Roxbury, Mass. He died in 1799, aged
52 years.
Sunajjee
This lake
ILalce,
N. H.
W.
the
situated in
is
part of Merrimack county, and the
E. part of Sullivan, in the towns of
Wendell,
New
London and New-
bury.
It is 9 miles long, and about
Its outlet is
1 1-2 miles in width.
on the W. side through Sugar river.
The waters
more than 800
of this
feet
lake are
higher than the
Connecticut or Merrimack,
at the
nearest points.
Suucook River, N. H.
This river rises in a pond beGilmanton and Gilford, near
the summit of one of the Suncook
mountains, elevated 900 feet above
its base.
The water from this pond
passes through two others at the
foot of the mountains, and thence
through a flourishing village in the
S. E. part of Gilmanton, into Barntv,'een
stead, where it receives several
tributaries; thence through Pittsfield
Sullivan,
from
Population, 1837,1,190.
This town derived its
and Epsom, and between Aland Pembroke, into the
lensiovvn
Merrimack.
Cheshire
Keene
co.
The
distance from
6 miles, from Concord, 42
The S. E. part of this
S.
town is watered by Ashiielot river.
This town was incorporated in 1787,
and received its name from President Sullivan, the chief magistrate
Population in
of N. H. that year.
1830, 555.
W.
Suuderlanfl, Vt.
is
W.
Sumner, Me.
Oxford CO. Thi"s town is well
watered by a branch of Androscoggin river it has a fine soil, and
produced in 1837, 7,144 bushels of
wheat. It lies 44 miles W. from
Bennington
first
S. S.
co.
This town was
settled in 1765. It lies 87 miles
W. from
Montpelier, and
15
N. by E. from Bennington. Poputhe town is
lation, 1830, 463.
watered by several ponds. Battenkill river and Roaring brook. There
some
fine land along the streams,
Sunderland, excellent mill sites,
and lead ore in granular limestone.
is
in
Sunderland, Mass.
;
Franklin
co.
the east side
This town
lies
of Connecticut
on
riv-
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
er, 90 miles W. from Boston, and
9 S. b}"^ E. from Greenfield. It was
taken from Hadley in 1718. Population, 1S37, 729.
The settlement
in this town is principally on a
street running parallel
with the
river.
Between the street and the
river is a tract of fertile meadow
on the other side of the village is a
more elevated plain, and back of
that, Mount Toby rears its lofty
Surry, N. H.
This town lies 54
Concord, and 6
N. W. from Keene.
It is watered
by Ashuelot liver, on which there
Cheshire
miles
S.
oo.
W. from
a tract of valuable meadow
land, extending almost the whole
is
:
This mountain
front.
is
composed
of pudding stone, and the small
stones within it are round and
smooth as though washed by the
ocean they are of various sizes,
and of every color. On one side is
a cavern 60 feet deep ; and many
other ruptures seem to indicate some
great change in this mountain since
its formation.
This village is very
pleasant, and the scenery around it
is of a fascinating character.
The
people here are good farmers, and
are noted for their good schools and
philanthropic disposition.
;
Sunkliaze; Me.
Sunkhaze stream meets
the Pefrom the east, about 15
miles above Old Town village, in
Orono. The plantation of Sunkhaze lies on this stream, 82 miles
N. E. from Augusta. The popula-
nobscot,
tion of the plantation, in 1830,
was
250.
Surry, Me.
Hancock
W.
side of
co.
Surry
Union
lies
on the
river, 6 miles S.
Irom Ellsworth, and 87 E. by N.
from Augusta.
This town is accommodated with
navigable privileges, and water
power
There
of superior excellence.
are some manufactures in
the town, but the inhabitants are
generally independent farmers.
Many of the farms are rendered
very
fertile
by an inexhaustible bed
of shell marl, of a very fine qualIncorporated, 1803.
ity.
Population, 1830, 561; 1837, 735.
length of the town.
On
the east
Ashuelot river is a steep
and high mountain, on the summit
of which is a pond of about 3 acres
in extent, and about 25 feet depth
side
of
of water.
Surry was originally a part of
Gilsum and Westmoreland. It was
incorporated in 1769, deriving its
name from *SMrry in England. The
first settlement was made in 1764,
by Peter Hayward.
Population,
1830, 539.
Sutton,
]V.
H.
Merrimack co.
This town lies
25 miles W. N. W. from Concord.
The southerly and largest branch
of Warner river enters this town on
the south, runs a short distance,
and passes off into Warner again.
The northerly branch of this river
runs nearly through the centre of
the town from north to south, and
affords several good mill seats. Stevens' brook, another considerable
branch of Warner river, has its
source on the W. side of Kearsai-ge,
and runs about 4 miles in this town,
in a S. E. direction.
There is also
a large
branch of Blackwater
which has
riv-
source about the
western confines of Kearsarge, and
flows through this town in a N.
On the
E. course about 3 miles.
margin of this stream, there is some
er,
rich
its
meadow and
intervale
land.
There are several ponds, the most
important of which are Kezar's
pond, situated towards the N. part
of the town, which is about 190
rods square ; and Long pond, situated at the south part of the town.
Kearsarge mountain extends more
than half the length of Sutton ou
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
the E. side.
King's Hill is situated
on the W. part of Sutton. On the
most elevated part of this hill, which
rises within a few feet as high as
Kearsarge, there is one of the most
extensive landscape views in the
country.
On the W. is seen the
Sunapee lake, the Ascutney, and
highlands in Vermont to the Green
mountains; on the S. the Sunapee
and Monadnock
on the E. you
almost overlook Kearsarge, and on
the north the Cardigan and White
;
hills.
Sutton was granted in 1749.
It
called Perrys-toion, from Obatliah Perry, one of its Oi-iaiual and
was
principal
The
proprietors.
tirst
settlement was made in 1767. Population, 1S30, 1,424.
On the W. bank of Kezar's pond,
were several acres of land, which
fippeared to have been cleared of
their original forests.
Here were
found several Indian hearths, laid
with stone, and with much skill and
ingenuity.
Indian burial
Here was found an
Gun
barrels
and arrows have been found
in this
place.
sacred repository.
Near the pond,
have been found stone pestles, mortars
and tomahawks.
Sutton, Vt.
Caledonia CO.
This town
is
wa-
by
several ponds and by
hranches of Passumpsic river.
It
lies IS miles N. E. from Montpelier. and 13 N. from Danville. First
settled, 1791.
Population, 1830,
1,005.
7'he surface of the town is level,
and in some parts so low as to render the soil cold and unproductered
tive.
Sutton, Mass.
Worcester co.
This is a very
pleasant and flourishing town, 44
miles W. by S. from Boston, and 9
S. by E. from Worcester.
Incorporated, 1715.
Population, 1830,
2,186; 1837, 2,457.
Sutton is watered bv BUickstone
05*
river, and the Blackstone canal
passes through the town.
There
are in the town four cotton and two
woolen mills, two scythe factories,
and manufactures of boots, shoes,
shuttles and spindles: total
year
$309,578.
the
ending April
1,
value,
1837,
The surface of the town is agreeably diversified, and the soil capable of producing good crops. Granite and soapstone are abundant.
" Purgatory Cavern," in this town,
is a great curiosity.
It is a fissure
in gneiss, nearly half a mile long,
in most parts partially filled by the
masses of rock that have been deThe sides
tached from the walls.
are often perpendicular, and some
times 70 feet high being separated
from each other about 50 feet.
;
Swanzey, N. H.
Cheshire co.
This town lies 6
S. from Keene, and 60 S.
W. from Concord.
The principal
streams are the Ashuelot and the
South Branch rivers.
The former
passes through Swanzey in a S. W.
direction, and empties into the Connecticut at Hinsdale.
This is a
stream of much importance, and is
made navigable for boats as far up
as Keene, excepting a carrying
place about the rapids at WinchesThe South Branch unites
ter.
with the Ashuelot about one mile
north from the centre of the town.
The surface here is somewhat diversified with hills, valleys, and
swells of upland.
There is one
pond in the S. W. part of the town,
the source of the South Branch.
There is a mineral spring, the water of which is impregnated with
miles
sulphate of iron.
Some iron ore
has been discovered.
Here are 2
cotton factories, 1 cotton and woolen
factory, and other machinery.
Swanzey was
first
granted by
After the
run, it was
Massachusetts, in 1733.
divisional line was
granted in 1753, by
shire.
New Hamp-
Until that time
it
had been
�NEW ENGLAND
called
Indian
was
Lower Ashuelot, from the
name of the river, which
originally Ashaelock.
From 1741 to 1747, this town suffered much from Indian depredaSeveral of the inhabitants
tions.
and many were made
After Massachusetts
withdrew her protection, the settlers collected together their household furniture, such as chests, tables, iron and brass ware, and concealed it in the ground, covering
of concealment with
the place
leaves, trees, &c., and left their
were
killed
prisoners.
plantation to the disposition of the
Indians, who were not tardy in setting fire to their forts, which, with
every house except one, they reduced to ashes.
Most of the people went to their former places of
residence in Massachusetts.
They
returned about three years afterwards, and nothing about their former habitation Avas to be seen, but
ruin and desolation.
Population,
1830, 1,816.
Swanzey, Mass«
Bristol CO.
This town lies between Somerset, and Bristol, R. I.
An arm of Mount Hope bay sets
up some miles into the town, on
which is some navigation and ship
building.
There are two paper mills, a cotton and a woolen mill in the town,
and manufactures of vessels, boots
and shoes:
annual
value,
about
$50,000.
Swanzey
is a very pleasant town,
interesting as the scene of
much savage aggression. Here it
was that Philip commenced his war,
in 1675, by plunder and murder.
and
GAZETTEER.
on the east side of Lake
Champlain, opposite to North Hero
and Alburgh. It is 50 miles N. AV.
from Montpelier, 28 N. from Burlington, and is bounded by St. Albans on the south, and Highgate on
situated
Population, 1830, 2,158.
first settled by the
whites in 1787. At that time the
St. Francois Indians had about fifty
cabins here, and large plantations of
the north.
Swanton was
corn.
Missisque river passes through
Swanton, and fertilizes a considerable portion of its territory.
This
river
is
navigable for lake vessels to
falls, six miles from its
Swanton
mouth.
These
46 miles S. by W. from Boston, and 14 S. W. by S. from Taunton.
Incorporated, 1667.
Population, 1837, 1,627.
descend twen-
feet,
and an abundance of beautiful marThis marble is of various colors, and large quantities of it ig
ble.
wrought into all desired patterns,
polished, and transported.
The surface and soil of the town
is favorable to agricultural pursuits,
with the exception of a part bordering the lake, which is low, wet and
cold ; and which is the favorite
abode, in summer, of wild geese,
ducks and other water fowls.
The village of Swanton is pleasantly located, and is the site of a
number of manufactories, and of
an increasing trade from the interior
country, and to
New
York and
Canada.
of
Swanton may boast of the purity
its air and water, and of a Wal-
is
It lies
falls
and, with other smaller
streams, give to Swanton a water
power of great value.
Bog iron ore is found in this town,
ty
who
ter Scott,
died in 1815, aged
110 years.
Swanville, Me.
Waldo CO. This town lies 8 miles
N. from Belfast, and 46 E. by N.
It was incorporafrom Augusta.
It is watered by
ted in 1818.
Paasaggassawakeag lake and
Sivantoia, Vt.
river,
and possesses a pleasant surface and
Franklin
co.
This township
is
fertile soil.
Population, 1837, 794.
�—
NEW ENGLAND
Wheat
crop,
same year, 2,556 bush-
esque appearance.
The town lies
ridges and valleys, generally
rocky and fertile.
The princ-ipal
in
els.
Svredeu, Me.
rivers are
Oxford CO. The waters from Kezer pond in Lovell, pass through
this town, and give it mill privi-
Sweden
9 miles N. E.
from Fryeburg, 19 S.W. from Paris,
and 62 W. S. W. from Augusta.
Population, in
Incorporated, 181.3.
Wheat crop, same year,
1837, 621.
1,485 bushels.
leges.
GAZETTEER.
lies
S>vift Rivers.
Bearcamp, which passes
through the town in an easterly direction, and discharges its waters
Swift river,
Ossipee lake ;
rises near the N. W. corner
of the town, and passing through
its centre, mingles its waters with
into
which
the Bearcamp ; and Conway river,
proceeding from Conway pond, near
Albany ; and crossing the S. line
of Tamworth, near the S. E. corner
of the town, near which it empties
Swift river, in Maine, is a branch
of the Androscoggin, from the N.
These rivers unite at Mexico.
Swift river, in J\^ew Hampshire,
rises among the mountains in the
ungranted lands N. W. of Albany,
and passes through the town from
west to east with great rapidity, and
Its
falls into the Saco in Conway.
whole course is rapid, and in one
place it falls 30 feet in the distance
of 6 rods, through a channel in the
solid rock of about 12 feet wide
the sides being from 10 to 30 feet
At the upperpendicular height.
per part of these falls, are found
several circular holes worn perpendicularly into the rock, several feet
in depth and from 6 inches to 2 feet
in diameter. There is another small
river in Tamworth of the same
into
name.
Plymouth, Mass.,
Bearcamp
river.
By
these
and other small streams, the
town is uncommonly well watered.
On these streams is a great number
rivers,
Tamof excellent mill privileges.
worth was granted in 1766, and
Population,
was settled in 1771.
1830, 1,554.
Tariffville, Ct.
See Simsbury.
Taughkaunic Mountains.
This range of mountains skirt the
western border of New England,
and separate the waters of the
Housatonick and Hudson.
Taunton River.
This river rises in the county of
and falls into
Swift river, in Massachusetts, Mount Hope Bay. The Taunton
and its branches, water the towns
it
rises in a pond in New Salem
passes through the towns of Pres- of Abington, Hanson, Halifax, and
the Bridge waters,
cott, Greenwich and Belchertown, Plympton, all
and joins the Chickopee at Palmer. Raynham, Taunton, Berkley, Dighton, Freetown, Fall river, SomerTam^vortli, N. H.
It is navigable
set and Swansey.
This town is situa- to Taunton, for small vessels, and
Strafford co.
contemplated improveted on the post road from Concord with its
enabled
to Portland, about 58 miles from ments, steam boats will be
to run to Taunton, and thus become
each, and 30 N. from Gilford.
There is no mountain situated another channel of conveyance beOn the N. tween Boston and New York. This
wholly in this town.
mountains of Albany, and river is celebrated for the great and
are the
the S. the line crosses a part of Os- widely distributed water power it
The mountains to produces, and for the multitude of
sipee mountain.
the N. have a romantic and pictur- alewives within its waters.
:
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
founder was Miss Elizabeth Poole
following i* on her grave stone :
Tarnitou, Mass.
The
One
of the cliief towns in Bristol
This very beautiful town is situated at the junction of Canoe,
Rumfoi-d and Taunton rivers, and
possesses an excellent water power.
CO.
There
is
some excellent land in
town, and
this
proprietors display
much taste in its cultivation. The
business of the place is, however,
rather in manufactures than agriculture.
There are 8 cotton mills
and a print works, in the town ; also
a paper mill, 3 nail factories, a forge,
a furnace, and manufactures of
boots, shoes, leather, hats, chairs,
brick, vessels, straw bonnets, and
britannia, stone and cabinet wares
total value of the manufactures, the
year ending April 1, 1837, exclusive of cloth printing and iron castings, ^1,425,552.
The number of
hand.* employed in these manufactures was 1,308.
There is some
navigation owned in this town,
which is employed in the coastwise
trade, and domestic fishery.
The manufacture of britannia
ware at this place, is of recent origin in this country, and proves sucits
" Here rest the remains of Elizabeth
Poole, a native of Old England, of
good family, friends, and prospects,
all which she left in the prime of her
life, to enjoy the religion of her conscience, in this distant wilderness ; a
great proprietor of the township of
Taunton, a chief promoter of its settlement, and its incorporation in 1639
10 3 about wliich time she settled
near this spot, and having employed
the opportunity of her virgin state in
piety, liberality, and sanctity of manners, died May 21, 1G64, aged 65."
—
Temiscouata Lake, Me.
See
Madawaska
River.
Temple, Me.
This was formerly
Kennebec county. It lies
40 miles N. N. W. from Augusta,
and is bounded N. by Farmington.
PopIt was incorporated in 1803.
ulation, 1837, 871.
Wheat crop,
same year, 5,793 bushels.
Franklin co.
a part of
Temple,
Hillsborough
co.
'N.
H.
Temple
is
12
W. by S. from Amherst, and
manufactur- 40 S. S. W. from Concord. The
cessful.
The articles
ed, are tea sets, castors, urns, and
all the varieties of that description
of ware.
The quality of the metal,
and beauty of the polish of this
ware, is said to equal any imported from " Britannia."
The
village contains a large
num-
ber of handsome public and private
buildings, tastefully located around
a beautiful enclosure, called "Taunton Green."
This public walk
is ornamented
with trees, which
heightens the beauty of this de-
lightful village.
Taunton
is
32 miles
S.
from Bos-
by N. from Providence,
and 32 N. E. from Newport. A
rail road connects this town with
ton, 20 E.
Population, 1820, 4,520;
Boston.
1830, 6,042
1837, 7,647.
The settlement of this place commenced ia 1637.
Its principal
miles
several streams which empty inSoiihegan river at Wilton, rise
among the mountainous tracts on
the W., and generally from sources
within the limits of Temple. This
town is of considerable elevation.
The prospect towards the E. and S.
is very extensive, and presents a
rich and diversified scenery. From
the highest point of elevation, in a
clear atmosphes-e, about 20 meetinghouses may be seen by the naked
eye. The surface is uneven and
pleasant.
The soil is tolerably
good.
Temple is the easterly part
of what was called Peterborough
Slip.
It was incorporated in 1768.
Population, in 1830,641.
to
Templeton, Mass.
;
Worcester
co.
Several streams,
affording good mill seats, water this
�NEW ENGLAND
town, and pass to the Connecticut,
by Miller's and Chickopee rivers.
The surface of the town is uneven,
but not mountainous; the elevated
parts afford good pasturage, and the
excellent crops of grain
valleys,
and hay. Tlie manul'actures consist of woolen goods, boots, shoes,
leather, iron castings, shoveb, hoes,
spades, forks, palm leaf hats, chairs,
carriages, and cabinet, tin and wooden wares: value, the year ending
April 1, 1S37, $145,400. The village is very pleasantly located, and
presents some beautiful landscapes.
This town lies 60 miles W. N. W.
from Boston, and 26 N. N. W. from
Worcester.
Incorporated in 1762.
Population, 1837, 1,690.
Tewlisbury, Mass.
Middlesex
co.
The
Indians call-
Wamesit. It lies on
the south side of Merrimack river,
19 miles N. W. by W. from Boston,
ed
this place
and 6 E. S. E. from Lowell. Incorporated, 1734.
Population, 1337,
907.
The surface of the town is
level, and the soil light and sandy.
Tlxames River,
Ct.
This river is formed by the union
of Quinebaug, Shetucket and Yantic rivers, near Norwich, and is
navigable from that place to New
London, 14 miles. The banks of
this river are romantic and beautiful, and possess great interest, as
the residence of the once powerful,
noble hearted and brave Mohegans.
Thatch.er's Island, Mass.
See Gloucester.
Thetford, Vt.
Orange
town is pleasantly situated on tlie west side of
co.
Tl)is
an elevation, the base of which is
only 4 rods from Connecticut river,
and 100 feet in height. It is very
deep ; it has neither inlet or outlet,
and contains large quantities of
perch and other tish. The surface
of the town is generally rocky and
uneven; it has but little intervale,
but the soil is strong and productive.
It feeds between 7 and 8,000 sheep.
There are some manufactures
Mi branches, give the town an excellent water power.
There are
several ponds in Thetford, one of
which is worthy of notice. It covers about 9 acres, and is situated on
in
the town, a rich vein of galena, and
three neat villages.
Thetford was
first settled in 1761. It lies 34 miles
S. S. E. from Montpelier, and 18 S.
E. from Chelsea.
Population, in
1830, 2,113.
Tliomastou, Me.
Lincoln co. This is a very flourishing maritime town, situated between the western entrance of Penobscot Bay and St. Georges' river,
and comprises the celebrated peninsula of OwVs Head.
It lies 36
miles S. E. from Augusta, 37 E.
from Wiscasset, and is bounded N.
W. by AVarren. Incorporated, 1777.
Population, in 1820, 2,651; 1830,
4,221 ; 1837, 5,272.
Thomaston is the site of the State
prison, which is
located on the
bank of the St. George. The buildings occupy a plat of 10 acres, including a marble quarry ; they are
all of stone, and are surrounded by
a high stone wall.
The convicts
are principally employed in cutting
granite into various forms for building, and which, when prepared, is
transported by water.
The granite
is of an excellent quality, and is
found in large quantities on the
river.
Thomaston
is
a place of consider-
maritime commerce and ship
building; but the most important
able
to Lyme, business of its people,
The Ompomponoosuc and rying and burning of
Connecticut river,opposite
N. H.
GAZETTEER.
the quarlime, from
inexhaustible ledges of limestone
within its limits.
There are annually made at this place, no less than
350,000 casks of lime, the same in
quality and reputation as that preis
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
pared at Camden, 10 miles distant.
This manufacture, united with
those of granite and marble, give
employment
constant
number
'
of
men
Thomaston
is
to
a
large
a beautiful Atlantic
Tliompsoji, Ct.
This town lies 47
from Hartford, 14
N. from Brooklyn, 27 W. N. W.
from Providence, R. I., and 53 S.
W. from Boston. It is bounded N.
by Massachusetts, and E. by Rhode
Island.
It was formerly a part of
Killingly, and was first settled
about the year 1715. The surface
of the town is hilly, but not mounco.
miles E. N. E.
presents a pleasing vaelevations and valleys.
The soil is a gravelly loam, strong,
and productive of good crops of
corn and hay, and affords excellent
pasturage. French river meets the
Quinnebaug near the centre of the
town, and Five Mile river, issuing
from several ponds, waters the easttainous
riety of
:
it
These streams give
ern part.
to
the town a valuable water power,
and on their banks are the pleasant
and thriving villages of Masonsville,
Fishersville
and
Boston.
These are manufacturing villages,
and contain 10 cotton and woolen
mills, and a number of other manu-
New
.
This town
factures.
very pleasant
;
it
is
large,
contains a class
and mechanics.
The
population of Thompson, in 1837,
was about 4,100. The Indian name
of the place was Quinnetessett.
The plantations of the natives are
still apparent.
Tliorndilte, Me.
"N. II.,
Grafton co., is bounded N. by
Peeling and Lincoln, E. by ungranted land, S, by Campton, and W.by
Ellsworth and Peeling.
It is 12
miles N. from Plymouth, and 58 N.
by W. from Concord.
It is watered by Pemigewasset river, passing
through the town from N. to S., by
Mad river at the S. E. extremity,
and by several small brooks.
On
Mill brook, there is a cascade, at
which the water falls 7 feet in 2
rods, and then falls over a rock 42
feet perpendicular.
The intervales
on the Pemigewasset are productive.
There are many elevations,
but none distinguished
for a remarkable height.
Thornton was granted in 1763.
It was first settled in
1770.
Thornton was incorporated
in 1781.
Population, 1830, 1,049.
Tinmoutli, Vt.
Rutland co.
This town is sepafrom Wallingford by Otter
Creek.
Furnace brook rises from
a pond in the south part of the town,
and passing through Tinmouth and
Clarendon, falls into Otter Creek,
at Rutland.
This stream has been
rated
noted
a
The
in
is
for
great quantities of fish of
remarkable large
and
of enterprising and intelligent agriculturalists
Tliomtou,
and vessels.
town, and commands a great variety
of marine scenery.
Windham
ted in 1819. Population, 1837, 763.
Wheat crop, same year, 6,975
bushels.
size.
surface of the town
is
hilly,
some parts mountainous. There
some good land on the streams,
and a large portion of the high land
good for the pasturage of sheep,
of which between 3,000 and 4,000
are kept.
There are several quarries of beautiful marble in the town,
iron ore in abundance, and several
iron works.
Tinmouth was first
is
settled in 1770.
It lies
8 miles S.
Waldo CO. This is an agricultural from Rutland. Population, 1830,
town of pleasant surface and fertile 1,049.
soil, 59 miles N. E. from Augusta,
Tisbury, Blass.
and 17 N. W. from Belfast. It is
watered by a branch of Sebasticook
Dukes CO. Tisbury lies on the
Thorndike was incorpora- north side of Martha's Vineyard,
river.
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
and contains tho noted harbor of
This harbor is
large and safe, and of a sufficient
depth of water for the largest merchantmen.
It is much frequented
by vessels passing through Vineyard Sound particularly when the
winds are contrary.
From this
harbor, across the Sound, to Falmouth, on Cape Cod, is 6 miles.
A number of small vessels belong
to this place, and one of 33S tons
Is employed in the whale fishery.
There are some manufacture3 of
salt, boots, shoes, leather, and hats
"Holmes' Hole."
;
;
1S37, there were 2,655
sheep in the town.
Tisbury is 77 miles S. S. E. from
Boston, S W. from Edgarton, and
23 S. E. from New Bedford.
Incorporated, lo71. Population, 1S37,
and,
in
sachusetts until 1746. It is 24 miles
S. E. from Providence, and 13 N.
Population,
E. from Newport
1830, 2,905.
The captor of the British General Prescott, was a native of Tiver-
His name was Tak,
ton.
a slave,
the property of Thomas Sisson. a
" During the
wealthy farmer.
Revolution, Tak was sent by his
master into the army, to serve as a
substitute for another man who was
drafted.
When Col. Barton took
Gen. Prescott on Long Island, Tak
was one of Col. Barton's chosen
men and the one on whom he
;
most depended.
Having entered
the house where Gen. Prescott
was quartered, Col. Barton,
ed by Tak and two or three
proceeded silently
to
the
followothers,
door of
chamber where General Prescott was sleeping.
The colonel
the
1,461.
Tiverton, R.
I.
finding the door fastened, turned
Newport co. Tiverton is bounded N. and E. by Massachusetts, S.
by Little Compton, and W. by the
eastern passage into Mount Hope
and whispering to Tak,
I w;ish
that door opened, General Prescott
taken, and carried by tlie guard to
the boat, without the least noise or
and Narraganset bays.
It is connected with Portsmouth, on the island of Rhode Island, by a stone
bridge at a place called " Howland's Ferry."
disturbance.'
The
surface of the town is varied
and valleys. Its structure
is granite, and the land, in some
The soil is principarts, is stony.
pally a gravelly loam, and capable
There
of producing good crops.
are valuable forests of timber in
the town, and a considerable number of sheep.
The navigable privileges of Tiverton are of a superior kind
and
are improved, to some extent, in
the fishery, and foreign and domesThere are large ponds
tic trade.
in the town, well supplied with
by
hills
;
These ponds produce a water
power which is applied to the manfish.
ufacture of cotton and other mate-
" Tak stepped back two or three
paces,
then plunging violently
against the door, burst it open, and
rushed into the middle of the room.
At the same instant General Prescott sprang from his bed and seized
his gold watch, hanging upon the
wall.
Tak sprang upon him like a
tiger, and clasping the general in
his brawny arms, said in a low,
stern voice, 'One word, and you
area dead man!'
Then hastily
snatching the general's cloak and
wrapping it round his body, and at
same time telling his compan-
the
ions to take the rest of his clothes,
he took the general in his arms, as
if a child, and ran with him by the
guard towards the boat, followed by
Colonel Barton and the rest of his
company."
Tak was more than
little
six
feet in
height, well proportioned, and re-
rials.
This town was attached
'
to
Mas-
markable
for liis
shrewdness,
agil-
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
and strength.
He attained
great age, and was never known to
taste of any kind of meat.
ity
Tollancl, Mass.
Hampden
co. Tolland is situated
on the border cf Litchtield county,
Connecticut, and is watered by the
upper branch of Farmington river.
The
surface is elevated, but the
lands are finely adapted for graz-
ing.
There
town of
are manufactui-es in the
shovels, spades, forks,
hoes, and wooden ware ; and here
is a large tannery, but the inhabitants are chiefly farmers.
Tolland was incorporated in 1810.
Population, 1830, 570.
It lies 110
miles W. S. W. from Boston, and 20
W. from Springfield.
Tolland County,
Ct.
Tolland is the chief town. This
county was taken from Hartford
and Windham counties in 17S6. It
is bounded N. by Massachusetts,
E. by Windham, S. by New London, and W. by Hartford counties.
Its greatest length from N. to S. is
30 miles. It covers an area of 337
square miles.
Population, 1820,
14,330 1830, 18,700.
Inhabitants
to a square mile, 56.
The western part of the county
lays within the great valley of the
Connecticut
it is generally free
from stone, undulating, fertile and
productive
the eastern section is
within the granitic range which
extends through the state much
of this portion of the county is covered with forests; that part which is
cleared affords good grazing.
In
1837, there were in the county
23,096 sheep. The Scantic, Willimantic, Salmon, Hockanum and
Hop rivers, with their tributaries,
afford the county a good
water
power, and manufactures flourish
within its limits.
;
:
:
:
Tolland, Ct.
Shire town of Tolland county.
This town has a population of 1,700
inhabitants, and is situated on the
nearest mail route from Hartford to
Boston.
Its products are English
It congrain, grass, potatoes, Sec.
two small woolen manufactowith water power sutficient to
operate a greater number with corresponding machinery.
It lies 1.8
miles E. N. 11. from Hartford, 17
N. from Windham, 27 W. N. W.
from Brooklyn, and 30 N. from Norwich.
The land is rather sterile,
mountainous and uneven. The inhabitants are industrious and inteltains
ries,
ligent,
Topsiield, Me.
Washington co.
This township
was number eight in the second
range north of the Bingham Penobscot Purchase.
It was incorporated
We guess that
year 1838.
lies about 25 miles N. N.
E. from the mouth of MatawamWe should like to
keag River.
^•notfj " how the land lies."
See
" Down East."
in the
this
town
Topsiield, Mass.
Essex
CO.
This
is
a very pleas-
by Ipswich river
branches.
The surlace is
ant town, watered
and its
agreeably diversified by
hills
and
valleys. There are some fine tracts
of intervale in the town, and the
uplands possess a strong soil, ren-
dered productive by industrious and
farmers.
skilful
manufacture
is
The
that of
principal
boots and
shoes,in which between 500 and 600
hands are employed, making annually about $100,000 in value. This
town lies 21 miles N. by E. from
Boston, and 9 N. by W. from Salem.
Population, 1837, 1,049.
Topsfield was first settled about
the year 1642.
It was incorporated
in 1650.
Among the names of the
first settlers
were Peabody, Per-
Cummings, Bradstreet,
Gould, Town, Easty, Smith, and
Wildes many of whose deseeni,-
kins, Clark,
;
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
ants now cultivate the soil of their
progenitors.
menced
the kind,
Topsliatn, Me.
manufacture of brass
the
establishment of
believed, in the Uni-
kettles, the first
it is
ted States.
One of the shire towns of Lincoln
WolcottviUe owes its rise, prinCO.
Topsham is pleasantly situated cipally, to Oliver Wolcott,
on the N. side of Androscoggin riv- secretary of the United States
er, opposite to Brunswick.
This is
a good farming town, and, in common with Brunswick, enjoys a great
hydrauhc power, and accommodabuilding and naviga-
tions for ship
tion.
It
is
a place of considerable
trade, and mucli
ly shipped.
lumber
is
Topsham was
;
This town is on elewith a rocky, strong
adapted to grazing.
It contains much granite, and is watered
by the upper branches of Wait's
which propel a number of
The town was first settled
Population
in 1781.
1830, 1,384.
from j\Iontpelier, 47 N. from Windsor, and 15 N.
E. from Chelsea.
It is
19 miles S. E.
Torrington,
Litchfield
first settled in
diversified
the
soil is
by
co.
1737.
Middlesex co. The surface of
town is rather level some parts
this
Ct.
This town was
Its surface is
and valleys, and
better adapted to grazing
hills
than the culture of grain. There
are many sheep in the town, and
the products of the dairy are con-
productive,
trees.
south part of the
26 miles W. N. W. from
Hartford, 40 N. by W. from New
Haven, and 7 N. by E. from Litch;
This vilhigc is situated in a
and contains an extensive
woolen factory, a church, an academy, and a number of handsome
dwelling houses. Near this village,
a good bed of copper ore has recently been discovered
and ^Ir.
Israel Coe, the proprietor, has com-
field.
valley,
;
36
watered by
a
of
it is
fruit
branch
ot
"Townsend Harbor," on
wich. N. H.,
is
to
New
Ips-
an active, pleasant
The manufactures of this
consist of leather, palm-leaf
hats, boots, shoes, ploughs, straw
bonnets, fish barrels, nail kegs, and
village.
town
dry casks;
annual value,
about
This town was incorpo,^75,000.
rated in 1732.
Population, in 1830,
1
,506
;
1837,
1
,749.
It lies
38 miles
N. from Boston, and 22 N. W. from
Concord.
Toii'iislieutl, Vt.
Windham
first
town
gener-
some sections
the road from Groton
branches of Naugatuck river meet at WolcottviUe, a beautiful village, in the
soil is
particularly
It is
erations.
first
Two
The
the Nashua, a beautiful mill stream,
on which are divers mechanical op-
Population, 1830, 1,654.
siderable.
;
are pine plains.
ally light, but in
soil,
river,
mills.
To-ivnsencl, Mass.
in
Topsliani, Vt.
Orange co.
vated ground
;
annual-
incorporated
Population, 1837, 1,778.
1764.
Treasury, during the administrations of Washington and John Adams and governor of Connecticut
10 successive years.
He was born
at
Litchfield, and died in New
York, 1833, aged 74.
settled
co.
in
This tov.n was
1761.
Among
the
was Gen. Samuel
Fletcher, who was a sergeant at
the battle of Bunker Hill, in 1775,
settlers,
and a captain at Ticonderoga, in
1777.
He afterwards rose to the
rank of inrijor general of the militia
was high sherifTof the county
18 years, and finally became judge
of the court.
Lie was formerly a
blacksmith
but having welded
himself to a buxom lass, he came to
thi^-, then wilderness spot, and, with
his axe cut his way to fortune, usefulness and renown.
;
;
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
West
river passes
through the
town with considerable rapidity
along its banks are some tracts of
good intervale
but the surface of
is generally hilly, and the
soil more
calculated for grazing
than tillage. There are some manufactures in the town, a high school
of good reputation, and two pleas;
the town
ant villages.
Townshend lies 12
miles N. N. W. from Brattleborough, 23 N. E. from Bennington, 95 S. from Montpelier, and is
bounded S. by Newfane. Population, 1830, 1,38G.
was then called Montgomery, and
changed again in 1827, to its present name.
If these Trojans are
name of their town,
they are good farmers, and produced in 1837, 9,194 bushels of wheat.
The surface of the town is undulating and fertile
a large part of it is
covered with heavy timber. It is
watered by a branch of the Sebasticook, from
v/hich river it lies
about 6 miles S. E. It is 39 miles
N. E. from Augusta, and 25 N. W.
from Belfast. Population, in 1830,
803; 1837, 1,110.
fickle about the
;
Trenton, Me.
Hancock
Trenton
Troy, N.
11.
advantages
Cheshire co. This town is bounded N. by Marlborough, E. by Jaffrey, S. by Fitzwilliam, and W. by
Richmond and Swanzey.
It is
about 60 miles S. W. from Concord,
and 12 S. E. from Keene. The in-
large
habitants are principally agricultu-
co.
is
situated
on a navigable passage between
Frenchman's bay on the E., Union
river on the W., and N. of the island
town of Eden. It possesses great
and a
for navigation,
portion of its people is engaged in ship building, the coasting
trade and tishery.
Incorporated in
1789.
Population, in 1S37, 924.
Trenton is 7 miles S. by E. from
This town was taken from
Marlborough and Fitzwilliam, and
ralists.
incorporated in 1815.
Ellsworth.
Troy,
Ti-escott,
Washington
co.
Me.
This
is
an At-
and bounded N. E. by
comprises Moose cove,
Bailey's mistake and Haycock harbors, and is flourishing in its trade
lantic town,
Lubcc.
It
and navigation.
It was incorporated in 1827.
Population, in 1830,
480; 1837, 713.
Trout River, Vt.
Population,
in 1830, 676.
"Vt.
Orleans co. Troy lies 47 miles
N. from Montpelier, 51 N. E. from
Burlington, 11 N. N. W. from
Irasburgh, and is bounded N. by
Canada.
First
settled
Population, 1830, 608.
in
1800.
During the
war for "sailors' rights," most of
the inhabitants left the town, which
greatly retarded its growth.
It is
finely watered by Missisque river,
and its tributaries
the surface is
generally level, and the soil productive, particularly on the sides of
:
Franklin
co.
This river
is
form-
ed in Montgomery, by sevei-al
branches it runs in a N. W. direction and falls into the Missisque
on the border of Enosburgh and
Berkshire.
This is a good mill
stream, and with its tributaries, fertilizes considerable tracts of coun;
try.
Troy, Me.
Waldo
This territory was
from 1812 to 1826 it
CO.
called Joy
:
the streams.
The Falls on the Missisque, produce a great water power, and proThese falls
pel some machinery.
pass down a ledge of rocks about
70 feet.
rock projects over them,
120 feet in perpendicular height.
From this rock, the falls, the deep
still water in the gulph below, with
the romantic scenery around the
place, present a spectacle of great
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NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
to the curious traveller.
rocks here are chlorite, serpentine, "limestone, soapstone and
interest
The
mica
slate.
Trumljiill, Ct.
This territory was
Fairfield co.
formerly called North Stratford, and
was taken from Stratford and incorThis
porated as a town, in 1798.
is a small town of about 5 by 4 1-2
miles.
It lies 5 miles N. from the
It is watered
city of Bridgeport.
by the Pequannock which empties
The surinto Bridgeport harbor.
face is varied by hills and valleys
the soil is a gravelly loam, productive of good crops of grain and hay.
Population, 1830, 1,242.
Tamtashua hill, in the north part of the
town, is the first land seen, in this
direction, from the ocean.
men
of noble daring in all her enon the ocean. In 1837,
there were 63 vessels owned at
Truro, employed in the cod and
terprises
mackerel fishery, measuring 3,437
tons; the product of which, in one
year, was 16,950 quintals of cod
fish, and 15,750 barrels of mackerel,
valued
$145,350.
at
The
hands employed was
The value of salt manufac-
number
of
512.
tured, annually, is about $20,000.
There are also, manufactures of
palm-leaf hats, boots, shoes, &c.
No one would suppose that this
was much of a wool growing place ;
and it is not so in regard to the
quantity grown, but much so as it
In 1837, the
regards its means.
people of Truro sheared 400 sheep
If the sinof their own rearing.
gle county of Penobscot, in Maine,
would produce as much wool, in
Truro, Mass.
proportion to its territory and the
Barnstable co.
Truro lies on quality of its soil, as the town of
Cape Cod bay, between Welfleet Truro, there would be no cause of
and Provincetown ; it is nearly sur- strife about the tariff on wool or
for the quantity
rounded by water ; by Pamet riv- woolen cloths
er, which sets in from Cape Cod bay
would be sutficient to clothe all the
on the south, and by Cape Cod har- inhabitants on the globe.
Truro was
Truro was incorporated in 1709.
bor in Provincetown.
the Pamet of the Indians, and after It lies 41 miles below Barnstable,
and 106 from Boston, by land. Popits settlement, in 1700, was called
Dangerfield for some years. Pam- ulation, 1830, 1,.549 3 1837,1,806.
et river affords a good harbor for
Tiiftoiii>oroiigli, N. II.,
fishermen ; it lies about 5 miles S.
Strafford co., is about 50 miles E.
Provincetown harbor. There
E.from
by N. from Concord, situated on
is in this town, near the lighthouse,
a vast body of clay, called the " Clay the N. E. shore of Winnepisiogee
Pounds," which seems providen- lake ; bounded N. E. by Ossipee,
S. E. by Wolfeborough, S. W. and
tially placed, in the midst of sand
W. by the lake, and N. W. by Moul
hills, for the preservation of this
Although there tonborough.
part of the cape.
There are several ponds in this
is but little vegetation at Truro, and
the people are dependent almost en- town, together with many small
streams running into the lake.
tirely for their fuel, and most of
their food on other places ; yet there There are several arms of the lake
are but few towns in the state stretching far into the town, and
where the people are more flour- presenting to the spectator, from the
ishing, and independent in their elevated parts of the town, a succircumstances.
To such towns as cession of beautiful views.
Tuftonborough was originallythis old Massachusetts looks with
pride for one of her chief resourc- granted to J. Tufton Mason, and
It was
es of wezdth the fishery ; and for took its name from him.
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settled about 17S0, and incorporated
Population, 1830, 1,375.
in 1795.
Tunbriclge, Vt.
Orange
co.
A branch
of
White
river passes through this town, on
are mills of various kinds.
The soil is generally a rich loam
on the stream the intervale land is
extensive and valuable.
In some
parts of the town the surface is elevated.
Tunbridge contains a medicinal
spring of some notoriety in cutaneous diseases.
Considerable quantities of the products of the farms
are sent to market.
Many sheep
are reared
in 1837, the number in
the town was 8,260.
which
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Tunbridge was
first
settled in
26 miles S. by E. from
Montpelier, 7 S. from Chelsea, and
SO N. by W. from Windsor. Popu1776.
It is
from Lowell, and 29 N.
W.
Incorporated, 1789.
ulation, 1837, 870.
Boston.
from
Pop-
The river here is wide, placid,
and majestic, and adds much to the
beauty of the place. There is not
much water power in the town, and
the soil is light and sandy.
Large
quantities of granite are quarried
here, hammered and fitted for various uses, and taken down the river.
Here are also manufactures of
brushes, barrels, boots and shoes.
Tyriiigliam, Mass.
Berkshire co. There are several
ponds in this town, from which issues a branch of Housatonick river.
Tyringham lies 125 miles W.
from Boston, 14 S. E. from Lenox,
and 35 E. from Hudson, N. Y. Incorporated, 1762.
Population, in
18.37, 1,288.
The manufactures
lation, 1830, 1,920.
Oxford CO.
A tributary of the
Androscoggin meets that river in
this town, and finely waters it. The
soil of Turner is good, and its surface pleasant.
There are a number of thriving villages in the
town: there is considerable trade,
and some manufactures; but the
business of the people
is
of the town
of paper, iron castings,
boots, shoes, leather, forks, rakes,
palm-leaf hats, chair stuff, and
wooden ware annual value, about
consist
Tursier, Me.
generally
agricultural.
Turner was incorporated
in 1786.
38 miles W. S. W. from Augusta, and 14 E. from Paris.
Population, 1830, 2,218; 1837, 2,435.
Wheat crop, in 1837, 7,081 bushIt is
els.
Turtle Kiver, Me,,
:
$35,000.
The surface of the town is uneven, and in some parts mountain" Hop Brook Valley," is a
ous.
beautiful and romantic spot. There
is
a society of
ringham.
"Shakers"
in
Ty-
See Canterbury JV. H.
,
Umlbagog Lake,
body of water, situathe state of Maine,
and extending about 300 rods in
width along the east of the townships of Errol and Cambridge, in
New Hampshire. This lake is very
imperfectly known is said to be
about 18 miles long, and in some
being but little inparts 10 wide
ferior to the Winnepisiogee, in exIts outlet is on
tent and beauty.
the west side, in Errol, its waters
flowing into the Androscoggin.
Is a large
ted mostly in
;
Or the Meriumpticook, a branch
of St. John's river, which empties
about 7 miles S. W. from the mouth
of the Madawaska.
Tyngsljorougii, Mass.
Middlesex co.
This is a pleastown on both sides of Merri-
ant
mack
river, 8 miles
N. W. by W.
;
Uncouoonook Mountain, N. H*
See Goffstown,
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
Undeihill, Vt.
co. The head branchBrown's river water this town.
The surface is hilly and broken,
and the soil hard but tolerable for
sheep, of which a considerable
Chittenden
es of
;
number
are reared.
was
Underbill
first
settled
in
1786.
It lies 15 miles N. E. from
Burlington, and 26 N. W. from
Population, in ISSO,
Montpelier.
1,052.
Uuioii River, Me.
Hancock
co.
The head
waters
of this river proceed within a few
aiiiles from the Passadumkeag.
It
flows south through tlie towns of
Hampton, Amherst,
and Mariameets the tide water at
Ellsworth, and passes to the ocean
by Blue Hill bay.
This stream
has numerous tributaries, the recipville
:
ients of a great number of ponds,
are scattered over the interior parts of the county.
This
beautiful river is in some parts
gentle and fertilizing, in other parts
rapid, producing a valuable
for
Ellsworth,
mills.
is
between
water
length, from
Its
forty
and
fifty
miles.
Union, Me.
Lincoln
This pleasant and
town is watered by
Muscongus and St. George rivers,
and by several beautiful ponds.
co.
flourishing
The
soil is fertile, and the surface
generally swelling.
Union was incorporated in 1786.
It is 28 miles S. E. from Augusta,
and 7 N. by W. from Warren. Population, 1837, 1,750.
Wheat crop,
same year, 4,249 bushels.
Union,
Tolland
Union
1734.
It is
First settled, 1727.
Stafford, and is 33
bounded W. by
miles N. E. from Hartford, and 14
Population,
N. E. from Tolland.
1830, 711.
Unity, Me.
Waldo
This
CO.
is
a flourishing
farming town, 33 miles N. E. from
Augus"ta, 22 W. S. W. from Be.
fast, and bounded S. W. by Albion.
It is well watered by a branch of
Sebasticook river, which passes N.
W., about 9 miles distant.
Unity was incorporated
in 1804.
Wheat
1837, 1,520.
crop, same year, 11,099 bushels.
Population,
it
which
power
A branch of
Quinnebaug river.
the Natchaug also rises here.
The town was incorporated in
co.
€t.
The
surface
of
hilly,
Breakneck
ponds,
lying
in
this
town, are the principal sources of
36=*
This town
is
bound-
ed N. by Claremont and Newport,
E. by Goshen, S. by Lempster and
Acworth, and W. by Charlestown.
It is 43 miles W. by N. from Concord, and 9 S. from Newport.
Little Sugar river has its source
in Whortleberry pond and Beaver
meadow,
in
the
N.
part of the
town, passes through its centre,
and empties itself into the Connecticut at Charlestown.
Cold pond,
the head of Cold river, is partly in
this town.
From Gilman's pond,
in the E. part of Unity, proceeds
a branch of Sugar river, flowing
through Newport. Perry's mountain is in the S. W. part, and partly
in Charlestown.
Unity is an uneven township, but
the soil is highly favorable for
grazing.
few towns
It is
excellent for flax,
in the
state
producing
a greater quantity.
It
Unity was granted in 1764.
from the happy
termination of a dispute which had
w^as called Unity,
with a hard and unproductive soil.
Mashapaug and
is
Unity, N. H.
Sullivan CO.
long subsisted between certain of
the inhabitants of Kingston and
Hampstead, claiming the same tract
of land under two different grants.
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
The
settlement was made in
Population, 1830, 1,258.
first
1769.
Upton, Mass.
ton,in 1735.
The
surface of the
plain land, and partly rough
and hilly, with a strong soil capable
of yielding good crops of grain and
hay.
Much attention has been
paid to fruit trees in this town, and
many fine orchards of various kinds
of fruit have been the result. West
river, a branch of the Blackstone,
rises from a pond in Upton, and
furnishes a power for a number of
mills.
The manufactures consist
of woolen goods, boots, shoes, leather, straw bonnets, sashes and blinds
is
annual value, about $175,000.
This pleasant town lies 35 miles
W. S. W. from Boston, and 15 S. E.
from Worcester.
Population, in
Uxbridge, Mass.
delightfully situated, in valleys sur-
rounded by picturesque elevations.
There are 5 woolen and 3 cotton
mills in the town, and manufactures
of yarn, straw bonnets, boots, shoes,
leather, chairs, cabinet and tin
wares total value, the year endingApril 1, 1S37, $402,450.
Uxbridge was formerly a part of
Mendon.
It was incorporated in
1727.
Population, 1830, 2,086;
1837, 2,246.
Iron ore is found
here, and an abundance of beauti:
ful granite.
co.
is
the other of the Kennebec.
This is a place of considerable
interior trade, and business on the
river.
Vessels of considerable burthen pass to the ocean from Vassalborough, by means of the Ken-
nebec Dam.
The valleys are very pleasant
and the surface and soil of the town
varied and fertile.
Vassalborough
was incorporated in 1771. Population,
1837,
2,929.
Wheat
crop,
same year, 10,272 bushels.
Vergennes, Vt.
Addison
settled
in
co.
Vergennes was fi' jt
The
1766.
territory,
It lies
12 miles
N. W.from Middlebury and 21 S.
by E. from Burlington. Population,
1830, 999.
Vergennes is beautifully located on Otter creek, at the
falls on that stream, and is 7 miles
from Lake Champlain. Otter creek,
at this place, is about 500 feet wide,
and, at the falls, is separated bj' two
islands, which form 3 distinct falls,
of 37 feet.
These falls produce a
great hydraulic power, rendered
more valuable by being situated in
the heart of a fertile country, and
on the navigable waters of the lake.
The creek or river, between the
city and the lake, is crooked, but
navigable for the largest lake vessels.
During the late war, this was
an important depot on the lake.
Here was fitted out the squadron
commanded by
the gallant
McDo-
nough, who met the British fleet
otf Pittsburgh, N. Y. on the 11th
of September, 1814, and made it
his.
Me.
This
miles
There
are several large and beautiful
ponds in the town, from which issue two excellent mill streams
one a branch of the Sebasticook,
privileges in 1788.
Worcester co.
This very handsome and flourishing town lies 40
miles S. W. from Boston, 17 S. by
E. from Worcester, and 24 N. N.
W. from Providence, R. I. It receives an excellent water power
from Mum ford and West rivers,
and the Blackstone canal passes
through it.
The manufacturing villages are
Kennebec
river, 12
which comprises an area of 480 by
400 rods, was invested with city
1830, 1,155; 1837, 1,451.
Vassallijoroiigli,
Kennebec
N. by E. from Augusta.
Worcester co. Upton was taken
from Mendon, Sutton and Hopkin-
town
and flourishing town on the east
side of
This
a large
for ship
a very favorable position
building it now possesses
is
:
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important manufactories and considAlthough the terrierable trade.
tory of this city
is
quite small,
its
GAZETTEER.
peculiarly favorable location, and
the enterprise of its people, warrant
it a great degree of prosperity.
VERMONT.
The
people of the territory
now
called the state of
Vermont, having
been connected with New York, and having experienced great dissatisfaction with their connexion with that state, assembled in convention and
on the 15th of January, 1777, declared themselves independent, and
ganized a government
The hardy
for
mountaineers,
who had become
impatient under their con-
nexion with and dependence on the great state of
ance of their
own
Some
of
Their government
tive,
New
York, in pursu-
peculiar views of the rights and duties of a free and
independent people, adopted
constitution.
or-
themselves.
many
them
singular and peculiar provisions in their
are herein stated.
consists of three parts
;
the legislative, the execu-
and the judicial.
The Supreme
tatives,
Legislature consists of a Senate and
chosen annually by the freemen of the
day of September.
The
House
state,
of Represen-
on the
Senate consists of 30 members
;
first
Tues-
each county
being, entitled to at least one, and the remainder to be apportioned accord-
ing to
population.
The House
of
Representatives
is
composed of
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
member from each
one
age
The
town.
and the Lieutenant Governor
;
Senators are to be thirty years of
is ex-officio
President of the Senate.
The body so chosen is called The General Assembly of the
State of Vermont. The General Assembly meets annually on the
second Tuesday of October. They hav^e power to choose their own officers, to meet on their own adjournments, to terminate their sessions at
pleasure
And,
to
;
enact laws, grant charters, to impeach state criminals, &.c.
with the council, they annually elect the Justices of
in conjunction
the Supreme, County and Probate Courts
;
also the Sheriffs,
High
Bailiffs,
when occasion requires, they elect MaThe General Assembly have full and am-
Justices of the Peace, &c.; and,
jors and Brigadiers General.
ple legislative powers, but they cannot change the constitution.
The supreme
executive power
is
vested in a Governor, Lieutenant
Governor, and twelve Counsellors, chosen annually by the people on the
They meet at the same time with the
first Tuesday of September.
General Assembly, prepare and lay before them the business apparently
necessary
;
examine the laws
in the progress of legislation, and approve
amendments. They cannot negative
Assembly, but can suspend the operation of any
They commission all
act till the next annual meeting of the Assembly.
have power to grant
officers; sit as judges in all cases of impeachment
or disapprove of them, and propose
act of the General
any
;
pardons and remit fines in
treason, in
which
all
cases, excepting in cases of
cases they can grant reprieves
session, and excepting also cases of
bargoes for thirty days,
when
The General Assembly,
cil,
till
They may
impeachment.
the assembly
is
murder and
the next legislative
lay
em-
not in session.
meeting with the Governor and Coun-
in joint
annually elect the Judges, Justices of the Peace, Sheriffs,
High
Bai-
&c.
liffs,
The Governor
unless
by advice
is
command in person,
The Lieutenant Governor is Lieuten-
Captain-General, but he cannot
of
his council.
ant General of the forces.
judicial power is vested in a Supreme Court and Court of
County Court in each county, consisting of one of the
a Probate
of the Supreme Court, and two Assistant Justices
each District; and Justices of the Peace, who have a limited
The
ry, a
;
and
Justices
Court in
criminal
civil jurisdiction.
The Judges
and High
The
of Probate appoint their
Bailiffs
several
appoint their
Town
own
own
Registers,
and the Sheriffs
deputies.
Clerks are Registers of deeds of conveyance of lands
in their respective towns
;
and
if
be recorded in the County Clerk's
A
Chance-
council of 13 Censors
is
there be no town clerk, the deeds shall
office.
chosen by the people once in 7 years, on the
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
Wednesday
last
;
if
March, and meet on the
Their duties are,
lowing.
ted
of
inquire
to
Wednesday
first
if
the legislature, &c. have performed their duty
been justly levied and collected
They may
pass public censures
peal of laws
tions to act
;
;
and
if
fol-
}
if
the taxes have
have been obeyed.
the laws
order impeachments
;
of June
the constitution has been viola-
;
recommend the
re-
propose amendments in the constitution, and call conven-
Their power expires in one year after their election.
on them.
Succession of Governors.
Thomas Chittenden, 1791—1796.
el
Smith, 1807.
Isaac Tichenor, 1797—1806.
Chittenden, 1813, 1814.
Isra-
Jonas Galusha, 1309—1812.
Isaac Tichenor, 180S.
Jonas Galusha, 1815—1819.
M.
Richard Skinner,
1820—1822. C. P. Van Ness, 1823—1825. Ezra Butler, 1826, 1827.
Samuel C. Crafts, 1823—1830, William A. Palmer, 1831—1835. Silas H. Jenison, 1836—
Succession of Chief Justices.
Samuel Knight, 1791—1793. Isaac Tichenor 1794, 1795. Nathaniel
Chipman, 1796. Israel Smith, 1797. Enoch Woodbridge, 1798—1800.
Jonathan Robinson, 1801—1806. Royal Tyler, 1807—1812. Nathaniel
Chipman, 1813, 1814. Asa Aldis, 1815. Richard Skinner, 1816. DudRichard Skinner,
C. P. Van Ness, 1821, 1822.
ley Chase, 1817—1820.
1823—1828. Samuel Prentiss, 1829. Titus Hutchinson, 1830—1833,
Charles K. Williams,
1834—
The state is bounded N. by Lower Canada, E. by Connecticut river, S.
by Massachusetts, and W. by New York. Situated between 42° 44' and
45 ^N. Latitude, and 73° 16' and 71° 20'
Vermont
is
W.
Longitude.
divided into 14 counties, to wit
:
Bennington, Windham,
Rutland, Windsor, Addison, Orange, Chittenden, Washington, Caledonia,
Franklin, Orleans, Lamoille, Essex and Grand Isle.
the state in 1790,
764; 1830, 230,657.
miles.
population of
This state contains an area of about 10,212 square
Population to a square mile, in 1830, was
of sheep in the state, in 1837,
The
The
was 85,539; 1800, 154,465; 1810,217,895; 1820, 235,27-^.
The number
was l,099;0ll.
important enterprise of a
rail
road from Boston to the outlet of the
An
great lakes, on St.
Lawrence
enterprise of this
kind, well worthy the consideration of the intelligent
river, will doubtless
citizens and capitalists of Massachusetts,
will greatly benefit those states, and
powerful competitor with
New
northern and western trade.
New
make
York,
be accomplished.
for a
Hampshire and Vermont,
New England a
large portion of the immense
the capital of
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
was not admitted into the union until afwas over, yet she vigorously resisted British
oppression.
A range of mountains covered with spruce, hemlock and
other evergreens divides this state nearly in its centre hence its name ;
and hence the epithet " Green Mountain Boys," celebrated for their
bravery in the war of independence.
Although
this fourteenth state
ter the revolutionary contest
;
From
these mountains
are. Otter Creek, Onion,
many
rivers take their rise
;
the most important
Lamoille and Missisque, which empty into Lake
Champlain, on the west; and West, White and Passumpsic, which pass
the Connecticut on the east.
sorts of grain in great
This state
is
very
fertile
and produces
to
all
Cattle of various kinds are raised here
abundance.
with great facility. Wool is an important staple. Manufactures flourish
on many of the delightful streams of Vermont, and its hills produce marble, granite
state is
and iron ore of superior excellence.
very romantic and beautiful
;
the air
is
The scenery
of this
pure and healthful
;
the
people industrious, intelligent, hospitable.
The
trade of this state, on the west, passes to
plain, the northern canal
Some
icut river.
goes
to
Montreal.
and Hudson river
Windham
co.
New York by
lake
Cham-
that on the east, to Connecti-
of the trade of this state reaches
Boston, and some
See Register.
until 1S02,
Vernoii, Vt.
west
;
Vernon
Vernon was
called Hins-
dale.
lies
on the
side of Connecticut river, op-
posite to Winchester, N. H.
That
river bends abruptly at this place,
but in consequence of its elevated
and rocky shore, affords this town
but litle intervale land. The surface is generally mountainous, rocky
and unproductive. There are in
the town, fine forests of oak and
chesnut timber, and quarries of
slate. Vernon was settled at an early period, and for many years was
subject to Indian depredations. The
remains of an old fort built in 1740,
are now seen
many persons M'ere
killed and carried into captivity
among the latter was the celebrated
Mrs. Howe.
From its settlement
:
;
Vernon is 18 miles S. E. from
Newfane, and is bounded S. by
Brattleborough.
Population, 1830,
681.
Vernon,
Ct.
Tolland co. This town lies 12
miles E. N. E. from Hartford, and
7 S. W. from Tolland. Rock village, and Tankerooson are pleasant
and flourishing manufacturing villages, containing 18 cotton and
woolen mills. The former is 14,
the latter 10 miles from Hartford.
The Hockanum, and a branch of
that river, the Tankerooson, are the
principal streams.
It
Vernon was first settled in 1716.
was a part of East Windsor and
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
Bolton until 1808. The surface of
the town is varied by hills and valleys the soil is a gravelly loam and
sandv, but £;ood for grain and grass.
Population,"l830, 1,164.
;
Vei'sliire,
Vt.
Orange co. The surface of
town is uneven and stony, but
this
fur-
nishes pasturage for a large number
of sheep, horses and neat cattle.
Bi-anches of Ompomponoosuc river
rise here, but give the town no val-
Vershire was
first settled in 1780. It lies 25 miles
S. E. from Montpelier, 35 N. from
Windsor, and 6 E. by S. from ChelPopulation, 1830, 1,260.
sea.
uable water power.
Victory, Vt.
Essex
CO.
the domestic fishery.
These privileges arc well improved by the inhabitants of Fox Islan(^
they also
make their soil tributary to their
wants. In 1S37, their crop of wheat
was 1,611 bushels. So long as the
sea island towns of Mount Desert,
:
Eden and Vinalhaven,
afford wheat,
and Truro, wool, in such abundance there seems, at present, no
great cause for the Yankees going
west to escape either nakedness or
;
starvation.
These islands are finely located for summer excursions,
The
either for health or pleasure.
between the
are delightful ;
passages
islands,
around
scenery
Population, 1837, 1,768.
Vineyard, Vt.
This township was
Moose river, a
chartered in 1781.
branch of the Passumpsic, passes
through it. It lies 10 miles W.
from Guildhall, and, in 1830, had
53 inhabitants.
Vienna, Me.
A
Franklin co.
branch of Sandy
river and several ponds water this
fertile and pleasant town.
It lies
25 miles N. W. from Augusta, and
10 S. E. from Farmington.
Incorporated, 1802.
Population, 1837,
793. Wheat crop,
bushels.
Grand
Vinalliavcn, Me.
to 1838,
the county of Hancock.
It is situated 12
miles S. E. fi-om Camden, 6 E. from
Owl's Head, and is formed of the
Fox Islands, at the mouth of Penobscot bay, about fifty miles below Bangor.
There are three
islands of considerable size, belonging to this group, besides several
smaller islands on their coast. This
island town possesses in an eminent
degree all those advantages to be
derived from a bold shore and good
harbors, in the centre of an extensive maritime commerce, and of
Isle co.
This town, com-
prising an island in Champlain Lake,
covering an area of 4,620 acres, was
chartered in 1799, by the name of
La
Motte.
Its name was
Vineyard in 1802.
It
lies about 4 miles W. from North
Hero, and was first settled in 1785.
It is a very pleasant island, fertile
and abounding in excellent cedar
Pop. 1830, 459.
and limestone.
Isle
changed
to
Vineyard. Sound, Mass.
same year, 4,068
Waldo CO.
Previous
this town was attached to
them
principal
and the
beautiful.
This
a great thoroughfare for
is
bound along the coast between Cape Cod and the mouth of
It lies between
Buzzard's bay.
the island of Martha's Vineyard
and the islands of Nashawn and
The tides in this
Nashawenna.
Sound are rapid, and the passage
vessels
dangerous, without a good
VoluntOAvn,
Windham
co.
pilot.
Ct.
This town was
It derived
incorporated in 1719.
name from the circumstance
that most of its territory was granted, in 1696, to Volunteers in the
The surface is,
Narraganset war.
in some parts, hilly; but the prevailing character of the surface and
soil is a sandy and gravel Ij'^ loam.
its
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
Voluntown
Norwich, and
Island on
is
14 miles E. from
bounded by Rhode
east, and North Ston-
tflle
is
Population, in
in2;ton on the south.
The town
1830, 1,304.
is
watered
branch of the
Pawcatuck, on which are one woolen and two cotton mills.
by Wood
river, a
Waeliiisett Moiiiitaia, Mass.
Worcester
co.
See Princeton.
co.
Branches of
this
Topsham, and
they meet at Brad-
river rise in Orange,
W^ashington
ford, and fall into the Connecticut.
This river, and the streams that
;
are rather rapid in their
course, and furnish many valuable
Below the falls,
mill privileges.
compose
:
ter the war,
he was made
a
briga-
general of militia, and was
high sheritr of the county of Winddier
General Wait,
seven years.
having lived to see the town he
had phmted in its wilderness state,
covered with fruitful fields, and
peopled by independent yeomen,
died in 1822, aged 86 years.
sor
"Wait's River, Vt.
Orange
difficult service with grea"
At the age
bravery and success.
of 25 he had been engaged in forty
his clothes
battles and skirmishes
were several times perforated with
musket balls, but he never received
In 1776, he entered the
a wound.
revolutionary army as captain, and
Afacquired the rank of colonel.
much
•Walcciieltl,
N. H.
it,
in Bradford, this river is more gentle, and in its course it fertilizes
Its longest
a tract of intervale.
Its
branch is about 20 miles.
Strafford co.
miles
N.
This town
lies
50
E. from Concord, and 30
N. by W. from Dover; bounded
N. W. by Ossipee and Effingham,
E. by Maine, S. E. by Milton, W.
by Middleton and Brookfield.
Lovewell's pond, in the S. part of
the town, is about 700 rods long, 275
100 feet in width.
Province pond lies between
wide.
"Waitsiield, Vt.
Wakefield and Effingham, and is
Mad river, a 450 rods long, 400 wide. Pine
Washington co.
passes circui- river pond is the source of the river
small, rapid stream,
flowing N. W. into Ostously through this town, fertilizing of that name
The principal branch
sipee lake.
soil, and affording it good mill
the
in
a deep of the Piscataqua has its rise
The uplands are
seats.
between Wakefield and
loam, fertile, and productive of all East pond,
The soil of
Maine.
the varieties of a northern climate. Newfield,
this town is generally good.
Here are line pastures, and between
The town' was formerly called
5,000 and 6,000 sheep.
in East-foion, and was incorporated
There are some manufactures
its present name.
the town, but the people are gener- in 1774, by
There are several cotton mills in
and make a good
ally farmers,
Good clay for mak- this town, and various other manubusiness of it.
earthern ware, iron ore, and factures.
ing
Lovewell's pond, in this town,
This
rock crystal are found here.
Captain John
town lies 11 miles S. W. from Mont- derived its name from
who, on
and 30 S. E. from Burling- Love we 11, of Dunstable,
pelier,
20th February, 1725, surprised
the
Population, iS30, 985.
ton.
of Indians
The settlement of Waitsfield was and destroyed a party
General encamped on the side of the pond.
commenced in 1789, by
for
Benjamin Wait, from Sudbu- Ptobert Macklin, distinguished the
General Wait lonsevity, died here in 1787, at
ry, Massachusetts.
He was born in Scotentered the service of his country age"of 115.
Population, 1830, 1,470.
at the age of 18, and performed la°nd.
mouth, on the Connecticut,
is
about
1
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
Walden, Vt.
Caledonia co.
This is an elevated township between the head waters of Onion and Lamoille rivers.
Cole's pond, a large sheet of water,
lying in the town, produces a small
mill stream, called "Joe's Brook."
The surface is generally rough, but
the soil in some parts of the town
produces good crops. Walden was
first settled in 17S9.
It lies 22 miles
N. N. E. from Montpelier, and is
bounded
S. E.
by Danville.
Popu-
lation, 1830, 827.
Waldo County, Me.
and its numerous j)onds give it a
varied and picturesque appearance.
Waldo county was, as it were
but yesterday, a desert; at present
not more than two-thirds of its territory may be said to be settled.
In 1837, it produced 109,140 bushels of wheat, and contained 55,000
sheep, with a population of 45 to a
square mile.
Waldo, Me.
Waldo
CO.
This is a Plantation,
high time it was incorporated with town privileges, for its
surface is pleasant, and its soil fertile
it abounds with mill sites, and
but
it is
:
Belfast is the shire town. This
maritime and agricultural countyis bounded N. by Penobscot and
Piscataquis counties ; E. by Penobscot bay and river; S. by Lincoln county, and W. by the county
of Kennebec.
It contains an area
of about 812 square miles.
Its
population in 1830, was 29,290 and
increase of population, for the
seven years, was 35 per cent.
Waldo is 44 miles E. N. E. from
Augusta, and 7 W. N. W. from
Belfast.
Population, 1837, 718.
Wheat crop, same year, 1,903
bushels.
in 1837, 36,817.
Lincoln co.
This is a large,
pleasant, and flourishing commercial
its
last
Waldoborougli, Me.
;
On
the eastern side of the counPenobscot spreads its
ty, the noble
broad bay and river, embosoming
Belfast and other beautiful bays,
and indented with numerous capacious harbors, affording this county
every desirable facility for navigation and the fisheries. The relative
position of this county with the
great basin of the Penobscot, is
such as to give to it a large share of
the commerce of that fertile and
rapidly increasing section of
New
England.
Waldo county possesses
vrithiu
itself great resources of agricultur-
The surface is generwealth.
ally undulating: no portion of the
county is too elevated or too low
It is heavily timfor cultivation.
bered and abounds in limestone, of
which large quantities are annually
manufactured and transported. The
soil is fertile, and congenial to the
growth of every northern staple
commodity.
This county is interspersed with excellent mill streams,
al
37
town; a port of entry, situated on
both sides of Muscongus river, and
at the head of navigation on Muscongus bay.
This town, surrounded by a fertile
country, enjoying navigable accommodations, a great water power,
and peopled by an enterprising and
industrious class of agriculturalists,
mechanics and
sailors,
cannot
fail
of advancing in wealth and population.
The tonnage of this district,
in 1837, was 39,960 tons.
The surface of the town is agreeably diversitied the soil of a quality just hard enough to promote a
proper circulation of the blood of
;
its
cultivators,
with
as pleasant, as pure,
and water
and as favora-
air
able to health and longevity, as
those of any prairie, of which we
have any account, west of the Alleghany mountains. It is true that
these people have to encounter the
dangers of the seas, in the navigation of their numerous vessels en-
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
gaged in foreign*and domestic commerce; to accidents attendant on
launching their trig ships, brigs,
and schooners, and in preparing
various kinds of lumber for their
cargoes
and that they sometimes
get drowned in crossing their rapid
streams, and break their limbs by
riding too faston their wintry snows;
;
yet they are perfectly satistied witli
their location and condition, and
have no hankering for the balmy
hreezes of the south, nor thirst for
the sweet waters of the west.
Waldoborough is an ancient town
for this section of country
it was
incorporated in 1773.
It lies 37
miles S. E. from Augusta, and 22
PopuE. N. E. from Wiscasset.
lation, 1820, 2,449; 1830, 3,113;
1837, 3,420.
:
IVales, Me.
Lincoln Co. There is a beautiful pond lying partly in Wales and
partly in Lisbon
its outlet meets
the Androscoggin a few miles above
Topsham. Wales is an agricultueven
ral town of good soil and
surface, 20 miles S. W. from Augusta, and 26 N. W. from WiscasIncorporated, 1816.
Populaset.
;
Wheat crop, same
tion, 1837, 667.
year, 2,232 bushels.
Wales, Mass.
Hampden
co.
This town is wabranch of Quinnebaug
river, and has a considerable water
power. The surface of the town is
uneven, but the soil affords good
pasturage.
Here is a woolen mill,
and manufactures of leather, boots,
shoes, axes, hatchets, palm-leaf
hats. Sic.: annual value, about $70,000.
Wales is 67 miles W. S. W.
from Boston, and 17 E. by S. from
tered by
a
Springfield.
Population, 1837,738.
Wallingford, Vt.
acres, lies on very elevated ground,
and is one of the principal sources
of Otter creek.
The other ponds
are of
less
size,
and
less
eleva-
These mountain ponds are
very handsome, and contain fish.
The soil of the town is generted.
ally good
that on the banks of
Otter creek, is very fertile and
Wallingford produces
productive.
all the varieties of grain, grass, &c.,
and feeds a large numbei- of sheep.
"
range of primitive limestone
passes through the western part of
the township, in which have been
opened several quarries of excellent marble.
Green hill, situated
near the centre, is composed almost
entirely of quartz.
part of
White rocks, belonging to the Green
Mountain range, appears to be
granite, the rest quartz.
At the
foot of White rocks, are large cavities formed by the fallen rocks, called the icebeds, in which ice is found
in abundance through the summer
season."
There are some valuable
manufacturing establishments in
the town, and a flourishing trade.
The village is pleasantly located on
the banks of Otter creek, near one
of the ponds.
It contains some
handsome buildings, and presents a
variety of picturesque scenery.
Wallingford was firstsettled in 1773.
It lies 10 miles S. by E. from Rutland and 42 N. N. E. from Bennington.
Population, 1830, 1740.
;
A
A
"WalliiagfoJi:!!, Ct,
New Haven co. " Wallingford
bounded N. by Meriden, W. by
Cheshire, E. by Durham and Middletovvn, and S. by North Bradford
and North Haven. Its length fiom
east to west is nearly 7 miles, and
is
its
breadth about
The
6.
part of Wallingford
is
central
13 miles N.
New
Haven, 23 S. from Hartand between 11 and 12 miles
S. W. from Middletown.
The prefrom
ford,
Rutland co. This town is watered by Otter creek. Mill river, and
by three ponds, one of which, Hiram's pond, covering an area of 350
vailing surface
is
pleasantly diver-
with moderate hills and dales
the eastern extremity of the townsified
�»
NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
ship is mountainous.
The soil is
generally excellent, excepting a
tract called Wallingfbrd plain, consisting of coarse sand, situated on
the eastern bank of the Quinnipiac.
It is nearly 4 miles in length, and
about I of a mile in breadth. It is
the most extensive tract of level
land in the state, and one of the
most sterile and barren. The town
is watej-ed by the Quinnipiac, a
valuable mill stream, which passes
through the extent of the town,
upon which are several mills and
manufactories.
Yaleville is a little manufacturing village in the
northern section of the town, where
britannia and tin ware is manufactured to some extent.
There is an
establishment westward of the
main street, on the Quinnipiac, for
the manufacture of wood screws,
of which there are about 1,000
groce manufactured daily. The
principal village of Wallingford is
beautifully situated on a fine elevation upwards of a mile east of the
river, on two parallel streets entending along the ridge of the hill.
The western street, on which the
principal part of the village is situated, is upwards of a mile in
length."
Wallingford originally belonged
New Haven, and
New Haven Village.
to
was called
It was first
settled about the year 1669.
Pop-
ulation, 1830, 2,418.
"Walloostook River, Me.
This is the western or main
branch of St. John's river.
Its
head waters are in the counties of
Somerset and Franklin, and on the
border of Canada.
It receives the
waters of many lakes, ponds and
rivers, and drains a large section of
"wilderness country.
This river is
called
the Walloostook until it
meets the waters of the St. FranThe lands on the borders of
cois.
this river are said to be fertile and
heavily timbered. See St. John's
river under Fundy, Bay.
VValoomsack River, Vt.
This good mill stream is formed
in Bennington, by several branches
it passes
N. W. and joins the
Hoosack,
Between the Waloomsack and Hoosack the famous " Ben
nington Battle " was fought.
:
Walpole, N. H.
Cheshire co. This place lies 60
miles S. W. by W. from Concord,
13 N. W. from Keene, and 90 N.
W. from Boston. Population in
1830, 1,979.
The face of this town
is beautifully diversified by hills
The soil is similar to
that of other towns on Connecticut
river.
The intervales afford excellent tillage ; the uplands are inferior to none in the state.
Cold river
passes through the north part, and
forms a junction with the ConnectiThere is a lofty hill, called
cut.
Fall Mountain, a part of the range
of Mon.nt Toby
the highest parts
of which are about 730 feet above
the level of the river.
The village
of Walpole is situated at the foot of
this hill, on a plain ; the margin of
the intervales. The principal street
and vales.
;
runs N. and S. and is bordered on
both sides w'ith dwelling houses,
stores and shops.
Drewsville, in this town, is a
pleasant village, romantically situa
ted near the falls
it is a place of
some trade, and considerable manu:
factures.
Bellows Falls, on Connecticut rivtown from Rockingham, Vt. At the bridge, which
er, separates this
crosses the river at this place, built
and 365 feet in length, the
traveller is presented with a most
interesting and sublime view. The
river here is compressed into a
narrow strait, between steep rocks,
and for nearly a quarter of a mile is
hurried on with great rapidity and
in 1785,
loud roaring.
In no place is the
perpendicular, to any considerable extent ; but in the distance of
half a mile the waters descend 42
fall
�NEW ENGLAND
GAZETTEER.
feet.
Waltliam, 3Iass.
A canal, with 9 locks, passes
round these falls on the west side.
Middlesex co. This is one of the
Col. Benjamin Bellows was one of
many beautiful towns which environ
the first settlers of this town, in
the capitol of
England.
1749.
He was a man of great en- 10 miles W. byNewfrom Boston, It is
N.
and
terprise and bravery.
His descen- 9 S E. from Concord.
It was indants are numerous and highly recorporated in 1737.
spectable.
Bellows'' Falls village, is in
Rockingham, Vt., opposite toDrewsville.
"Walpole, Mass.
Norfolk CO.
This town is finely
watered by three branches of the
Neponset which meet
face of the town
The
at this place.
rough, but
capable of producing good crops.
There are three cotton, two woolen and two paper mills in the town,
is
and manufactures of iron castings,
hoes, hats, leather, straw bonnets,
and twine total value, the year
ending April 1, 1837, $240,364.
This pleasant and flourishing town
was taken from Dedham in 1724.
Population, 1837, 1,592.
It is 20
miles S. W. from Boston, 10 S. W.
from Dedham, and 21 N, by W.
:
from Providence, R.
I.
W^altliam, Me.
Hancock co.
Population, 1837,
Wheat crop, same year, 356
207.
bushels.
See " Down East."
Addison
CO.
Buck mountain lies
this
town, and as
the highest land in the county,
west of the Green mountains, its
summit exhibits a good view of a
delightful section of country.
Waltham lies on the east side of
Otter Creek, which separates it from
Panton. Otter Creek, at this place,
is sluggish in its course, and affords
it is
no mill privileges. The soil is generally good
that along the stream
is excellent.
The number of sheep
;
Waltham, in 1837, was 3,890.
Population, 1830, 330. It is 9 miles
in
N. W. from Middlebury, and 24
from Burlington.
" Prospect
with some elevations.
Hill," 470 feet above the level of
the sea, presents a delightful view
of Boston, its harbor, and the adjacent towns and country.
The soil
is generally not very fertile, but is
rendered productive by industry.
" Waltham Plain " is a beautiful
tract of land, under a high state of
cultivation.
It is about two and a
half miles in length, and a mile in
width.
On the road over this plain
is a continuous village, containing
many handsome dwellings and beautiful gardens
among the number,
;
Hon. Theodore Lyman
is pre-eminently beautiful.
Mr.
Lyman's garden, of many acres in
extent, decorated with almost every
variety of fruit tree, shrub and
that of the
flower, both native and exotic, is
probably unsurpassed, in costliness
and splendor, by any private establishment of the kind in the United
States.
In this town the
Waltham, Vt.
near the centre of
Population,
1830, 1,859; 1837,2,287.
The surface is moderately level,
S.
first
cotton mill,
on an extensive scale, was erected,
in 1814. The capital of the compa-
ny was $600,000. By extraordinary
and good management, through
skill
the various commercial changes,
establishment proved lucrative
to the proprietors and highly beneficial to the public.
The waters of
Charles river, which glide through
the town, being fully improved,
the proprietors extended their manufacturing operations at Lowell.
There are in Waltham three cotton mills, a bleachery, a machine
shop, a paper mill, and manufactures of boots, shoes, hats, carriages, wagons, chairs, cabinet and tin
wares total value, the year endall
this
:
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
The
1, 1837, $348,067.
roads in this and the neighboring
towns, are uncommonly excellent.
Perhaps in no section of country
in the world, are the roads better
than within 10 miles of Boston.
ing April
sheet iron, starch, carriages, hartotal value, the
nesses, and boxes
year ending April 1, 1837,$645,121.
:
Wareliani, Mass.
The surface of
Plymouth co.
town is generally level, with
this
AVardstoorougli, Vt.
a light, sandy
soil,
not very produc-
Windham co. This town is 15 tive. It is favorably situated for
miles N. W. from Brattleborough, manufacturing purposes, being wa20 N. E. from Bennington, and 10
N. W. fromNewfane.
wasiirst
Population, 1830,
settled in 1780.
It
1,148.
The
surface of the
town
is
hilly,
and in some parts rocky the soil is
hard, but rendered productive by
:
Wardsthe industry of its people.
borough is watered by West riv'er,
and contains a number of minerals,
of which tremolite and zoisite are
the most important, and of which
line specimens are found.
There
are some mills in the town, but the
water power is not extensive.
"Ware River, Mass.
tered by two fine mill streams, and
for ship building, the fishery, and
foreign and domestic commerce,
having a number of good harbors
at the head of Buzzard's bay.
Wareham lies 50 miles S. S. E.
from Boston, 16 S. from Plymouth,
Bedford.
and 15 E. N. E. from
PopIt was incorporated in 1739.
ulation, 1830, 1,885; 1837, 2,166.
There are in this town six nail factories, six air and cupola furnaces,
two rolling mills, 2 cotton mills,
a paper mill, and manufactures of
vessels, salt, nail casks, chairs,
cabinet ware, leather, boots, shoes,
&c. the total value of these manufactures, the year ending April 1,
The num1837, was $1,260,637.
ber of hands employed in these manufactures, was 682.
One whale
ship, of 374 tons, belongs to this
place
the cargo of oil, in 1837,
New
:
Branches of
this large
erful mill stream rise in
ton, Barre
and pow-
Hubbards^
and Oakl)am.
It passes
through Hardwick, New Braintree
and Ware, and joins the Chickopee
at Palmer.
"Ware, Mass.
Hampshire
co.
Ware
possesses
an admirable water power by Ware
The surface of
and Swift rivers.
the town is rough and hilly, and the
soil more fit for grazing than tillage.
In 1837, there were 1,380 sheep in
the town: value of wool, $1,667.
Ware is 66 miles W. by S. from
Boston, 22 E. by S. from Northampton, and 23 N. E. from Springfield.
Incorporated, 1761.
Population,
1830, 2,045; 1837, 2,403.
Ware
contains a beautiful village
which commands an active and
flourishing trade.
There are two
cotton and two woolen mills in the
town, and manufactures of boots,
shoes, leather, hats, tin ware, straw
bonnets, palm-leaf hats, augers,
37*
:
amounted
to $78,286.
In 1836, there arrived and cleared at Wareham, 2 ships, 7 brigs, 86
schooners, and 193 sloops
aggreDuring
gate tonnage, 20,140 tons.
that year there were exported from
this place 7,107 tons of nails, 421
tons of iron hoops, 1,969 tons of
hollow ware, 144 tons of iron castings, 98 tons of nail rods, 386 dozen of shovels, and 4,180 bushels
:
of salt.
The number
manufactured
year,
was
iron,
of tons of
exported that
9,765.
Warner, N. H.
Merrimack co.
This town is
bound N. by Sutton and Salisbury,
E. by Boscawen, S. by Hopkinton
and Henniker, and W. by Bradford.
The distance of Warner
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
from Hopkinton is 8 miles, and from
Concord, 15. It is watered by Warner river, a handsome streani, which
rises in the Sunapee mountain in
Newbury. It passes through Bradenters Warner at the N. W.
corner, and running in an E. and
S. E. direction, divides the town
ford,
nearly two equal parts, and
Contoocook river in Hopkinton.
The lands, though broken,
have, in general a good soil. Mink
hills lie in the W. part, and furnish
fine orchards and good pasturage.
There are four ponds, viz
Tom,
Bear, Bagley and Pleasant ponds.
Pleasant pond, the waters of which
are clear and cold, deep, and of a
greenish cast, has no visible outlet
or inlet, and overflows its banks in
the driest seasons.
This town was granted in 1735,
by the general court of Massachusetts, to Dea. Thomas Stevens and
others. It was incorporated in 1774,
by the name of Warner. The first
settlement was made in 1762, by
David Annis and his son-in-law,
Reuben Kimball, whose son Daniel
was the first child born in town.
Population, 1830, 2,221.
into
falls into
:
The following account of a terrible tornado, in this section of country, is by the Rev. John Woods,
published in Professor Silliman's
Journal, Vol.
No. 2.—
January, 1839.
Mr. Woods says, " The event
occvirred about half past 5 o'clock,
Sunday evening, September 9th,
1S21.
The wind, I suppose, was a
proper whirlwind, precisely such
as occasion water-spouts at sea.
very intelligent woman in Warner, who, at a distance of two or
three miles, observed its progress,
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compared its appearance to a tin
trumpet, the small end downward,
also to a great elephant's trunk let
down out of heaven, and moving
majestically along.
She remarked,
that its appearance and rr.otion gave
her a strong impression of life.
When
it had reached the easterly
part of the town, she said the lower end appeared to be taken up from
the earth, and to bend around in a
serpentine form, until it passed behind a black cloud and disappeared.
Its course was southeasterly.
It
was attended with but little rain in
some parts of its course, more in
others.
The rain, or what appeared like it, was in my opinion taken
from bodies of water which it passed over.
It was said, that it lowered the water in a small pond in
Warner, about three feet. To people near Sunapee lake, in New
London, I was told, it appeared as
if the lake was rushing up towards
heaven.
The appearance of the
cloud to beholders at a little distance, was awfully terrific.
It
commenced its desolating progress
east of Grantham mountain, in
Croydon. In Wendell, beside other buildings, it demolished a dwelling house, and carried a child who
was asleep upon a bed, into Sunapee lake.
In New London and
Sutton it did considerable damage,
but met with few dwelling houses
and destroyed no lives. From Sutton it passed over the southwest
branch or spur of Kearsarge mountain, with a gore of land belonging
Warner, called Kearsarge gore.
the foot of this mountain, it entirely demolished five barns, unroofed another, and utterly destroyed two dwelling houses and so rent
to
At
another
as to
render
irrepara-
it
ble.
" The houses wholly destroyed
belonged to two brothers, Robert
and Daniel Savary. They contained fourteen persons. In the house
of the latter were their aged parents, seventy years old, I should
think, or upwards.
The old gentlemen, as he saw the cloud coming,
went
into a
chamber
a window, and was there
v/ind struck the house.
carried four
or five
to
close
when
the
He was
rods,
upon the rock, and instantly
dashed
killed.
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NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
A
part of his brain was left upon
His wife
the rock where he fell.
was very badly wounded, and it was
thought would not recover.
child of Daniel Savary, in the same
In the
house, was also killed.
house of Robert Savary, several
of the mountain, and fell with great
violence on the buildings of Peter
were much wounded and bruised,
The houses and
but no lives lost.
barns and other buildings at this
place were not only levelled with
the foundation, but the materials
and contents were dashed in ten
thousand pieces, and scattered in
Carts, wagons,
every direction.
sleighs, ploughs, and sleds which
were new and strong, (one ox-sled,
was entirely new,)
I recollect,
two of whom were instantly
Mr. F. and wife were very
badly wounded, but at length recovered.
In Mr. T.'s house were
7, all of whom were most wonder-
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were carried
considerable disto sixty rods
and so broken and shattered as to be
Stone walls were
fit only for fuel.
levelled, and rocks, weighing two,
three, or four hundred pounds, were
turned out of their beds, apparently by the bare force of the wind.
tance
to a
— from twenty
Their
Flanders and Joseph True.
houses, which were but a few rods
distant, one in Warner, the other in
Salisbury, were utterly demolished.
In Mr. F.'s house were nine persons,
killed.
fully preserved, except that 2 children, 10 or 12 years old, were badly burnt by hot bricks, the oven
having been heated and the bread
then in it ; one of whom lingered
several wrecks in extreme sufferThe father and
ing and then died.
mother of Mrs. T., who lived about
half a mile distant, were visiting
They had just left the tea
there.
table.
Mr. T. and his father-in-law
went out at the door and saw the
cloud, but thought at first they
were so under the hill it would pass
also, two feet or more
which were bedded into the ground, and were fifty or sixty
feet long, were not sufficiently
weighty to retain their location.
In one instance I recollect to have
seen one large log lying upon an-
But they
harmless over them.
were soon convinced that its track
was marked with desolation. Mr.
T. just gave an alarm to his family,
then ran under the end of his shop,
other in such a condition, that it
was thought by good judges, that
ten yoke of oxen could not have
moved the lower one from its bed ;
but both were removed by the
wind several feet.
An elm tree
to
Large
logs,
in diameter,
near where old Mr. Savary fell,
which was one foot at least in diameter, and too strongly rooted to
yield, was twisted like a withe to
the ground, and lay prostrate across
Not
the path like a wilted weed.
an apple or forest tree was left
One barn was seen to be
standing.
taken up whole, with its contents
After being
of hay, grain, &,c.
carried several rods,
pieces, and flew like
it
came
to
feathers in
every direction.
From the neighborhood of the
Savarys,
it
passed over another spur
which happened
the violence
beyond
wind so as not
His father-in-
to stand
of the
be demolished.
law, (Jones,) stood his ground unthe barn, a few
til the wind struck
rods to the northwest of him, and
he saw the fragments of it flying
thick in the air over his head. He
then threw himself flat upon the
ground by a heavy
pile of wood.
Instantly a rafter fell endwise close
by him, entering the ground a foot
or two in depth, and immediately
a beam grazed down upon the rafter and lay at his feet.
He and
Mr. T. were entirely unharmed.
In a moment they saw, instead of a
new and strong and very comfortable dwelling house, a perfect desolation.
Not even
a
sill
remained up-
Even the cellar
foundation.
stairs, and the hearths, which were
of tile or brick eight inches square.
on
its
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
were taken up and removed.
The
bricks of the chimney lay scattered
along, partly covering Mrs. T., and
covering to a considerable depth
two of the children. Mrs. T. was
soon taken up with but little injury.
The shrieks and cries of the
two children, under a weight of
hot bricks, next pierced the heart
of their father.
In removing them,
he burnt his hands to the bone.
They were at length taken out
alive, but in a state of great suffering, one of whom, as I have mentioned, after a few weeks, died.
All were now found but the babe,
had swept over it, up
Near
well as down.
boundary, between Warner
ty torrent
hill
the
as
and Boscawen, the desolation ceasIt was taken up from the earth,
but spruce floor boards, which
were taken from New London,
were borne upon its bosom and
dropped in the Shaker village in
Canterbury, a distance of about
thirty miles.
In following its track
in Kearsarge gore, I came to a
considerable stream of water, across
Avhich had been a bridge, covered
with large oak logs, split in the
ed.
middle, instead of planks.
These
about one year old. Supposing it half logs were scattered in every
direction, some carried, I should
to be under the bricks, Mr. T. renewed his labor ; but soon it was think, ten rods in the direction from
heard to cry in the direction of the which the wind came, others sixty
wind. Such as could run, ran in rods in the direction it went, and
search of it, and soon found it ly- others were dropped near the maring safe upon the ground beneath gin at the right and left.
a sleigh bottom, 10 or 15 rods from
One remarkable fact is, that the
where the house had stood. When same day, and about the same time
the wind came, the sleigh was in in the day, two other similar whirlthe barn, six or eight rods north or winds were experienced, which
northwesterly from the liouse. The moved in nearly parallel lines, one
two last mentioned houses were passing through Warwick, Mass.,
one story, well built, and well fur- and the other about the same disnished dwellings. Their materials tance to the northeast."
were not merely separated, but
"^Varreii, Me.
broken, splintered, reduced to kindling wood, and scattered like the
One of the county towns of LinThis town is situated
chaff of the summer thrashing coln county.
floors.
It was the same with fur- on both sides of St. Georges' river, at
bedding, bureaus, the head of the tide waters, and is
niture, beds,
chairs, tables, and the like.
loom bounded N. by Union, S. by Campwas, to appearance, carried whole den and Thomaston, S. by Gushing,
about forty rods, and then dashed and W. by Waldoborough. Incorin pieces.
The width of the deso- porated, 1776.
Population, 1830,
lation here was about twenty or 2,030; 1837,2,143.
It is 34 miles
twenty-five rods.
On the higher S. E. from Augusta.
grounds over which it passed it
The location of this town is very
was forty, fifty, or sixty rods. The favorable for manufactures and
deeper the valley, the narrower navigation.
The lumber business
and more violent was the current. is not so large as formerly, yet conFrom the last mentioned neighbor- siderable quantities are now sawed
hood it passed on to the east part and shipped.
Ship building is an
of Warner, but met with no other important branch of business, and
dwelling houses, and did but little the manufacture of lime, from a
damage, except to fences and for- superior quality of limestone, with
ests. The appearance of the ground
which this section of country
where it passed, was as if a migh- abounds, is carried on extensively,
A
�:
NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
The
and is annually increasing.
village is well located and pleasant
it contains a well conducted acadeor hi^h school, for youth of
both sexes; in which all the languages and other branches of education may be obtained, and such
my
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the town, is about $75,000.
large
portion of the lands in Warren are
uneven and hilly, but the soil is
warm, and favorable to the growth
of grain, and the support of sheep,
of which 1,110 were kept in 1837.
The village is quite pleasant.
as are necessary to prepare them
for future usefulness in society.
Warren, N.
II.
Grafton co. This town is 10 miles
from Haverhill corner, and 63
N. by W, from Concord. It is watered by the N. branch of Baker's
river, which has its source on the
E. side of Moosehillock mountain.
S. E.
direction to WentS. line of Warren, furnishes several valuable mill
seats.
The S. E. part presents a
mountainous aspect, liaving a large
portion of Carr's mountain on its
southeastern border.
Warren was
granted by charter, in 1763. Population, in 1830, 702.
It
passes in a
N.
worth, and, near the
AVarren, Vt.
Washington
co.
This town was
about the year 1797, by
Samuel Lard and Seth Leavitt. It
lies 16 miles S. W. from Montpelier, and 31 S. E. from Burlington,
Population, 1330, 766.
This town
first settled
watered by Mad river, and although between the two Green
mountain ranges, the surface is not
much broken; it has some good mill
sites, and some mechanical operations by water.
Many cattle are
reared in the town, and about 4,000
sheep are kept.
is
"Wari'en, Mass.
Worcester co. This town was
called Western from 1741 to 1834.
It lies 60 miles W. by S. from Bos-
W. S.W from Worcester.
Population, 1837, 1,196.
It is watered by Chickopee river, and con-
ton, and 23
tains one
cotton
and two woolen
manuThe
goods annually made in
a scythe factory and
factures of palm-leaf hats.
mills,
value of
AVarreu, R.
I.
Bristol CO.
This small town, comprising an area of only about 2,600
acres, is situated on the E. side of
Narragansetbay, and is bounded N.
and W. by Palmer or Warren river,
E. by Massachusetts, and S. by
Bristol.
It is 11 miles S. E. from
Providence, and 19N.by E. Irom
Newport. Incorporated, 1746. Population, 1830, 1,800.
The
surface of
Warren
is
undu-
with a soil of rich mould,
very fertile and productive. Great
lating,
attention is paid in this place to agriculture, and particularly to horti-
and all the varieties of
and culinary vegetables are
produced in abundance and perfection,
Warren has a safe and commodious harbor for vessels of 300
tons burthen
a number of vessels
culture
;
fruits
:
owned here, engaged
commerce, the coasting
are
in foreign
trade and
fishery.
Ship building has been
pursued here to a great extent, and
some vessels are now built, but not
so many as formerly.
This place
has produced a great number of excellent sailors and ship masters, as
well as ship builders.
The village is delightfully situated on a rise of ground fronting the
harbor: it is neatly built, and is
surrounded by a variety of interesting scenery.
This town is noted
for the healthiness of its climate,
and the longevity of its inhabitants
In 1834, there were only 19 deaths
in the town, and the average age
Warof 7 of those was 85 years.
ren is a fine resort in summer, and is
much frequented.
Warren,
Litchfield co.
Ct.
Warren was taken
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEEU.
from Kent, in 1786. It is bounded
on the E. by Litchfield, and is 38
miles W. from Hartford. The town
watered by Shepaug river, a
is
branch of the Housatonick, and by
a large and handsome pond, called
Raumaug.
Warren is hilly and
rocky, and in some parts mountainous.
It however produces butter,
cheese, beef, pork, some grain, and
considerable
1830, 986.
wool.
Population, in
Warwiclc, Mass.
Franklin co. This town is elevatedj and contains Mount Grace,
from which a delightful prospect is
presented. The soil is strong, warm,
and produces excellent pasturage.
There are no considerable streams
in the town, and its manufactures
consist only of leather, scythes and
palm-leaf hats.
Moose pond, a
pleasant sheet of water, furnishes
an abundance of fine trout, pickerel and perch.
Warwick was incorporated in
1763.
Population, 1837, 1,111. It
W. from Boston,
is 78 miles W.
and 1-1 E. by N. from Greenfield.
N
Wartviclc, R.
Kent
CO.
©n
5
t'lie
W.
niiles S.
is
town
;
but
all
we
can at present state is, that but very few villages in our country can
boast of a more valuable manufacturing interest, particularly in cotton goods.
As early as 1822, there
v/ere 15 cotton and 2 woolen mills
in
Warwick.
Warwick is
the birth place of two
distinguished patriots and warriors.
Christopher Green was
He was in the illupon Quebec, in which
born in 1737.
situated
Narraganset bay,
from Providence. Popside of
a manufacturing
Col.
I.
This important town,
Shawomet,
the Indian
Cranston. An arm of the bay extends westward, giving to Warwick
and East Greenwich a number of
Vessels of 50
excellent harbors.
tons burthen pass to the flourishing
village of Apponaug, between 4
and 5 miles from the bay. This village is pleasantly located; 10 miles
S. from Providence, and is the site
of considerable enterprize in ship
building, the fishery, and the coasting trade.
Paivtuxet village is at the mouth
of Pawtuxet river, a port of entry,
and lays partly in Warwick, and
partly in Cranston.
This beautiful
village, 5 miles S. from Providence,
is celebrated for its great hydraulic power on navigable waters. Warwick is eminently distinguished as
fated attack
the brave Montgomery fell.
He
was afterwards selected by Washington to take charge of Fort Mer-
3,443
1830, 5,529. cer, or Red Bank, N. J.
For his
an area of 54 square gallant defence of tliat Fort against
miles.
The surface of the town, a superior force, in 1777, he acalong the bay, is generally level, quired the reputation of a brave,
but the westerly part is hilly, so judicious and faithful officer. He
much so that from some of the el- was assassinated in the most bru
evations, a large part of the state tal manner, in 1781, by a part)*may be seen in a clear day. The of American royalists, while staprevailing soil is a gravelly loam, tioned on the border of Croton river.
strong, and
productive of grain, New York.
grass, fruits and vegetables.
The
Major General Nathaniel
town is well supplied with a great Green was born in 1741. He died
variety of fish, and forests of wal- in Georgia, in 1786. General Green
nut, oak and chesnut.
early received the particular favor
Pawtuxet river washes the north- of Washington.
This favor was
ern part of the town, and meets continued throughout the war, and
the waters of the Narraganset at was strengthened by his ardent
this place, separating Warwick from patriotism, undaunted courage, pruulation,
1820,
It contains
;
•
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
dence, and superior military know-
wooded wilderness.
ledge.
ter of the surface
" Within a mile from the village
of Apponaug may be seen a huge
rock, so completely balanced upon
another, and its equilibrium so exact, that a boy 14 years of age may
set it in such motion that the contact
or collision caused thereby, produces a sound somewhat like that of
a drum, but more sonorous, which
in a still evening may be heard'a
county,
distance of 6 or 8
miles.
from time immemorial,
it
Hence,
has gone
by the name of the Drum Rock.
the ponderous weight of that
part which is thus nicely balanced,
From
generally believed that no oththan the hand of nature ever
could have done it. Yet some are
inclined to believe, that it was thus
placed by the herculean labor of
some tribe of the nath^es. There
remains no doubt, but that this was
a place of their resort or encampand that the Drum Rock
ment
served them either to give an alarm
in case of danger, or to call the tribe
together from their daily avocations.
This rock is considered as a great
curiosity, excites much attention,
an<l consequently is at the present
day a place of much resort, particularly in the pleasant season of
the year.'
it is
er
;
of the
Its
interior
part,
for
but 14 miles
in breadth
that part near the sea
This
is about 50 miles in width.
is
:
bounded N. by Lower
Canada, E. by New Brunswick, S.
bj' the ocean, and W. by the counties of Hancock and Penobscot.
It
territory
is
an area of about 4,150
square miles. About a third part
of this county may be said to be
settled ; the residue is a densely
contains
adjacent
soil of this
the same as that
counties of Han-
people, who, though undor different
governments, hav,e the same language, a similar religion, a kindred
blood."
The tonnage of the two districts
in this county, Machias and Passamaquoddy, in 1837, was 19,072 tons.
In 1837, the number of sheep in
the same
the count}- was 19,008
year it produced 27,014 bushels of
wheat. The population of the counin 1830,
ty in 1820, was 12,744
21,294; and in 1837, 28,495: increase in 7 years, 34 pr. ct., and in 17
years, 123 pr, ct. Pop. to sq. m.,7.
:
;
Wasliington, Me.
Macliias is the shire town. This
county is of a singular form. It
extends from the Atlantic ocean to
the border of Lower Canada, a distance of more than 3 1-2 degrees
more than 175 miles,
much
cock and Penobscot. In common
with all the Atlantic counties in
Maine, Washington county possesses its numerous bays, inlets, capacious harbors, and pleasant islands,
so admirably adapted to foreign and
domestic commerce, the fisheries
and ship building.
The St. Croix is its most important river.
The banks of this noble stream are rapidly settling, by
Yankees on one side and Englishmen on the other; and long may it
be a channel, not only of individual and national wealth, but of " good
nature and good humor, between
Washington County, Me.
of latitude.
is
The charac-
and
Lincoln co. This town contains
several ponds, and some branches
Damariscotta and Musof the
congus rise here. It lies 35 miles
E. from Augusta, and 25 N. N. E.
from Wiscasset. Population 1837,
Wheat crop, same year,
1,378.
Incorporated, 1811.
2,269 bushels.
It
was formerly caHed Putnam.
AVasKington, N. H.,
22 miles N.
S. from
Charlestown, and 35 W. from Concord.
This town is hilly, but not
Lovewell's mounmountainous.
Lovetain, so called from Capt.
Sullivan
co.,
lies,
N. E. from Keene, 20 E. by
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
well's killing 7 Indians near it, is
conical shape, about 3-4 of a
mile in diameter, and may be seen
at a considerable distance.
Washington abounds with springs, rivulets, and natural ponds, of the last
of which, there are no less than 16,
and some of them of considerable
magnitude. Island pond, so called
from its being full of islands, is 2
miles long, and 1 1-2 wide.
Half
moon pond is 1 1-2 miles in length.
Ashuelot pond is 1 1-2 miles long,
and 1 mile wide, and is the source
of one of the principal branches of
Ashuelot river. Brockway's pond,
a beautiful sheet of water, lying on
a white sand, is 1 mile long and 1-2
a mile wide.
Long pond, lying in
this town and Stoddard, is 5 miles in
length.
These ponds abound with
a variety of fish.
branch of
Contoocook river has its source from
several small ponds in the E. part
of the town.
The soil is generally
deep and moist, better for grass than
ot a
A
tillage.
in 176S.
Washington was settled
was first called Monad-
It
nock, JVo.
it
was
8.
called
ber 13, 1776,
rated
by
its
settlers
first
each
for
mountainous region.
of the county is
uneven, hilly, and in some parts
mountainous, but there is much
flourish in this
The
surface
valuable land
which
along
the streams,
in man}'- parts are sluggish,
and form large tracts of excellent
intervale.
The agricultural productions consist of neat cattle, horses, hogs, wool, and of the producIn 1837, there
tions of the dairy.
were 60,025 sheep in Washington
There are large bodies of
county.
beautiful granite, in the county,
and slate of various kinds. Popu14,113; 1830, 21,378.
Since 1830, there have been some
small changes in Washington counWe will
ty, in regard to territory.
thank any of our Green Mountain
friends to give us all the necessary
information respecting it, for future
editions.
The rail roiid from Boston to Ogdensburgh will probably
pass through this county, but we
beg them not to wait for that event.
lation, 1820,
From its settlement,
Wasliington, Vt.
Camden, till Decemwhen it was incorpoOrange co. Branches of Onion,
present name.
The Wait's and White rivers rise in this
had 150 acres of land
settling.
Population, in
1330, 1,135.
Wasliiugton County, Vt.
MoNTPELiER is the
chief town.
nearly in the centre
of the state, and the principal part
of it lies between the two ranges
of the Green Mountains.
It is
bounded N. by Lamoille and parts
of Chittenden and Caledonia counties, E. by Caledonia county, S. by
Orange and Addison, and W. by
Addison, and Chittenden, counties.
It was incorporated in 1810, by the
name of Jefferson, and took its present name in 1814.
The county is
finely wd^ered by its chief river,
the Winooski, or Onion, and many
of its important branches.
These
streams afford the county an abun-
This county
dant water power, and manufacturing establishments increase and
is
town, but afford no considerable
water power. The two former are
called Jail Branches, from the cir-
cumstance that the proprietors were
required by their charter, of 1781,
within the limits of
the town, at an early period. There
is some excellent land along the
streams, and the uplands are generally arable, and afford good pasturage.
There is a neat village in
the town, some trade and manufacto erect a jail
between 3,000 and 4,000
sheep are annually sheared. Washington is 15 miles S. by E. from
Montpelier, and is bounded S. by
tures, and
Chelsea. Population, 1830, 1,374.
"Wasliington, Mass.
This mountainous
watered by branches of
Westfield and Housatonick river*^^
Berkshire co.
town
is
�;
NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
The
soil is well adapted for grazing.
In 1837, 5,209 sheep were sheared in the town, producing 15,627
pounds of wool, principally merino.
There is found in this town a porous quartz, which is used as buhr
stones, for mill stones
and is remarkable for resisting heat. Washington was incorporated in 1777. It
is 122 miles W. from Boston, and 8
Population, 1837,
E. from Lenox.
;
758.
Washington County, R. I.
South Kingcton is the shire town.
This is a maritime county situated
in the southwestern section of the
bounded on the north by
east by Narraganset bay, on the south by the
Atlantic ocean, and on the west by
state
;
Kent county, on the
The avthe state of Connecticut.
erage length of the county, from
east to west, is about 20 miles, and
it has a mean breadth of more than
18 miles, comprising about 367
square miles. The geological character of this county is primitive
the rocks consist of granite and oth-
The suroriginal forniations.
face is generally diversified with
moderate hills and narrow dales;
there are, however, some considerable eminences in the northwest
section of the county, and some
flats of considerable extent in the
south section, bordering upon the
The prevailing soil is a
Atlantic.
primitive gravelly loam, strong and
fertile ; there are some considerable tracts of sandy loam, and some
considerable section
of alluvial.
of this county was formerly called
ej
A
the Narraganset country, and was
celebrated for an excellent breed
the other section
of pacing horses
was called the Shannock country,
and was equally distinguished for
a valuable breed of neat cattle.
This county still maintains a high
reputation as a grazing district, and
aflbrds many extensive and valuable dairies.
But the agricultural
interests are not confined exclu;
38
sively to the objects of the grazing
business ; in some sections of the
county considerable attention is paid
to the cultivation of grain, particularly Indian corn and barley ; some
rye also is raised. The inhabitants
are distinguished for their habits of
industry and frugality, and in general enjoy their necessary results,
health and competence.
The waters of the county are extensive and important, possessing a
maritime border upon the Atlantic
ocean and the Narraganset bay, of
more than 50 miles extent. There
are, however, but 2 or 3 harbors ;
the principal of which is Wickford,
in the northeastern section of the
county the next most important is
The principal inthe Pawcatuck.
terior waters of the county are embodied in the Pawcatuck river,
which forms part of the western
boundary of the state. The principal branches of the Pawcatuck
are the Wood and Charles rivers;
which, with their tributary streams,
water a large portion of the western section of the county, and af;
ford
numerous
sites for mills,
and
other hydraulic works.
There are, in the county, several
salt and freshwater ponds, which
are well supplied with fish.
The fisheries of the county are
extensive and valuable, affording
employment to considerable industry, which is usually well rewarded.
The fish taken, not only supply the home consumption, but constitute an article of exportation.
Although the commercial business carried on within the county
yet its
is not very considerable,
maritime situation has had its natural influence upon the habits of
the people ; a considerable portion
of whom are employed in seafaring
business.
The manufacturing
the
interests of
county are considerable, and
consist principally of the woolen
and cotton manufactures, and the
Besic'^s
business of ship building.
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
these, there is considerable mechanical industry in the other departments of mechanical business.
In 1S37, there were 81,619 sheep
in the county. Population, in 1800,
in 1820,
16,135; 1810, 14,983;
Population
15,687; 1830, 15,411.
to a square mile, 42.
From this
statement of the population, it appears that this county must have
suffered greatly by emigration.
Wasliingtoii, Ct.
Litchfield co.
Judea, the first
society in this town, was a part of
Woodbury until 1741. It was first
settled in 1734.
It was incoi-porated as a town in 1779.
This town is 40 miles S. W. from
Hartford, and 10 S. W. from Litclifield.
Population, 1830, 9S6.
large part of this town is el-
"A
mountainous.
evated and
stone abounds in
Lime-
many
of the valleys.
Several quaj-ries of marble
have been worked, from which considerable quantities have been raised.
Iron ore has been found in various places.
Ochre, fuller's earth,
and white clay, have also been
found.
The town is watered by
the Shepaug river, a branch of the
Housatonick, wh.ich passes tlirough
the whole length of the town, di-
viding
it
two nearly equal parts.
divided into two soJudea and New Preston.
into
The town
cieties,
is
There
is in
as
called,
Judea, or ^V'ashington
about two miles S.
W. of the centre of the towa, a
place called " Steep Rock."
From
the top of this eminence, which is
easy of access, the beholder has
one of the most interesting and
it is
beautiful
prospects in the state.
presents an area in the
form of an amphitheatre, the sides
of which are covered with a dense
forest.
The Shepaug river is seen
flowing in a beautiful circle at the
base of the bluff.
Within the circle of the river, there are several
cultivated fields, affording a beautiful landscape to the beholder.
The scene
" This town has been the theatre
of one of the most atrocious murEngders ever committed in
land.
The murderer was a man or
rather fiend, by the name of Barnett
Davenport. From his own confession, it appears that his parentage
and early education were exactly
New
produce his wicked life and
Untutored and
unrestrained by parental government, he was left to grow up at
In the morning of life,
random.
no morality was inculcated upon
him, and no sense of religion, either
On the
by precept or example.
contrary, he was, from early years,
unprincipled, profane, and impious.
Befoi-e he was 9 years old, he was
expert in cursing and swearing, and
an adept in mischief. At 11 years
he began to pilfer. At 13 he stole
money.
At 15 he entertained
tlioughts of murder, and rapidly
waxed harder and bolder in wickedness.
At 19, he actually murdered a family in cold blood. As a
friendless wandering stranger, he
was taken into the house of Mr.
Caleb Mallory, and treated with
the utmost kindness, in December,
1779.
Scarcely two months had
fitted to
his
tragical end.
elapsed, before the
murder was de-
termined on. The night of February 3d, 1780, was fixed on to exe-
With a
cute the horrid purpose.
heart hard as adamant, he lighted a
candle, went into the lodging room
of his benefactors, and beat them to
little grand
death with a club.
child being with its gi-and parents
shared the same fate, and two others
were left in a sound sleep to perish
Having kindled a
in the flames.
fire in three of the rooms, he fled,
after robbing the house of its most
But from an acvaluable articles.
cusing conscience, and from the
hand of justice, which followed
hard upon his steps, he was unable
He was taken, and executo flee.
ted at Litchfield in the May ensu-
A
ing-."
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
W'aterljorougli, Me.
York CO. This town is watered
by a large and pleasant pond, which
empties into Little Ossipee river,
a branch of the Saco, and by the
head branches of the Mousum, a
stream which meets the ocean at
Kennebunk. This is a flourishing
town, with a pleasant surface and
It lies 81 miles S. W.
good soil.
from Augusta, 24 W. from Portland,
and is bounded S. by Alfred. IncorPopulation,
porated, 17S7.
1,816; 1837, 1,953.
1830,
Waterbiiry, Vt.
Washington co. The surface of
Waterbury is generally level, with
The soil is
some pleasant swells.
and fertile the meadow lands
on the livers, of which there are
warm
:
large tracts, are not excelled, in
richness, by any in the state.
This town is separated from
Duxbury by Onion river, which,
with Waterbury river and other
streams, afford the town a good
It was first settled
water power.
Population, 1830, 1,650.
12 miles N. W. from Montpelier, and 24 E. S. E. from Bur-
in 1784.
It lies
lington.
In the southwest corner of the
township, the passage of Onion river through a considerable hill, is
considered a curiosity. The stream
has here worn a channel through
the rocks, which in times past, undoubtedly, formed a cataract below
of no ordinary height, and a considThe chasm is
erable lake above.
at present about one hundred feet
wide, and nearly as deep. On one
side the rocks are nearly perpendic-
form several caverns or caves, some
which have the appearance of
rooms fitted for the convenience of
Several musket balls and
man.
flints were found in the extreme
part of this cavern, a few years
since, with the appearance of havof
ing lain there many years, which
makes it evident that it was known
to the early hunters.
Waterbury River,
rises in
Mor-
ristown, and runs south through
the western part of Stow and WaIn Stow,
terbury into Onion river.
it receives
one considerable tributary from the east which rises in
Worcester, and two from the west
It also
which rise in Mansfield.
receives several tributaries from
west, in Waterbury, which
the
The whole
originate in Bolton.
length of the stream is about 16
miles, and it affords a number of
good mill privileges.
"Waterbury, Ct.
New Haven co. The Indian
Mattatuck, a territory comprising
this and some of the neighboring
towns, being IS miles in length and
10 miles in width, was sold by the
red men to the whites,, in the year
1684, " for divers good causes and
This piece
thirty-nine pounds."
of ground was supposed by the
white men, to afford sufficient room
and accommodations for thirty famThe
ilies.
8,000 people
territory
and
;
now
if its
contains
population
dense as that of England, in
would contain no less than
20,r)I0, or of Belgium, 35,370 souls.
There are some good lands on
the borders of the streams, within
was
as
1831,
it
ular, some of which have fallen
across the bed of the stream, in such
a manner as to form a bridge, pas-
the present limits of Waterbury ;
but the surface of the town is generally rough, and the soil difficult
however, only at low water.
the same side the rocks which
appear to have been loosened and
moved by the undermining of the
water, have again rested, and become fixed in such a posture as to
of cultivation.
sable,
On
This town lies 28 miles S. W.
from Hartford, and 20 N. by W.
Population,
from New Haven.
1830, 3,070.
"
The
site
upon which the bor-
�NEW ENGLAND
of Waterbnry stands, is situated in a valley which is washed by
Mad river on the east, and the Naugatuck on the west ; and in its central partis about a mile in breadth.
ough
The main street runs east and west
but since the increase of the manufacturing establishments within the
last twelve years, a large share of
the new buildings have been erected in their vicinity, which is in the
southeast part of the village.
On
either side of the village, hills
gradually rise to a considerable
elevation, presenting to the eye
the galleries of an amphitheatre, the village forming the area.
The number of houses is about one
hundred and fifty, and the population
hundred
fifteen
;
which
it is
calculated has doubled itself during the last twelve years; most of
the factories having been established
within that time.
Some of the
private dwellings may be called
splendid, and a majority of them
neat, convenient, with handsome
court yards in front.
" Of the articles manufactured
in the village, those of gilt buttons
and the rolling of brass and copper
metals for a great variety of uses,
constitute the greatest business.
There are three factories of this
kind upon an extensive scale, two
in the village, and one about two
miles north, connected with which
is a gold refinery.
There are likewise two factories of gilt buttons
upon a considerable scale, uncon-
nected with rolling mills.
One
extensive rolling mill connected
with the brass wire and tubing
manufacture, two satinet factories,
one woolen factory, besides a great
number of minor establishments, in
which buttons of various kinds and
other articles are manufactured to a
considerable extent.
The number
of persons in the village, of both
sexes, who are employed in the
manufacturing establishments, is
between
It is
not
six
and seven hundred.
precisely
known what
GAZETTEER.
amount
manufactured yearly,
is
but it has been estimated by good
judges to exceed a million of dollars,
and is upon the increase.
The
route has been surveyed by a practical engineer, for constructing a
canal to bring the Naugatuck on to
bank at the west end of the
town, which will, when completed,
afford n supply of water power, cathe
pable
more
employing
of
capital than has
as
much
or
been already
invested."
Samuel
Hopkijvs, D. D., the
founder of a religious sect, denominated Hopkinsians , was born in
this town, in 1721.
He died at
Newport, R. I., in 1803. See JReligious Greeds, and Statistics.
Dr. Lemuel Hopkins, a poet,
and an eminent physician, was born
in Waterbury, in 1750.
He died
at Hartford, in 1801.
"Waterford, Me.
Oxford CO. This town is watered by a number of beautiful ponds,
and Crooked river passes through
northeast border.
The surface
generally level and the soil good.
It produced in 1837, 5,545 bushels
of wheat.
Waterford was incorporated in
1797.
It lies 57 miles W. by S.
from Augusta, and 10 W. by S.
from Paris.
Population, in 1837,
its
is
1,297.
1\ aterford, Vt.
Caledonia co.
This town wag
chartered in 1780, by the name of
Littleton,
until 1797.
which name it retained
It was first settled in
It lies on the west side of
1787.
Connecticut river, 32 miles E. N.
E. from Montpelier, and 12 E. S. E.
Population, 1830,
from Danville.
The west part of the town
1,358.
is watered by the Passumpsic, and
the north border by Moose river.
Here is a water power, and some
manufactures, A part of the town
borders on Fifteen Mile Falls, in
Connecticut river.
The banks of
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
pal village, the
United States Arse-
that river are steep at this place,
and form but little intervale. The
uplands are rough and stony, but
good for sheep, of which 3,500 are
munitions of war, occupies a site
At the
of 40 acres of ground.
kept.
commencement
Waterford,
nal, containing a large
amount
of
of the revolutionary war, this place was the chosen
seat of the continental congress.
Ct.
New London co. This town That body of patriots was in session
was taken from New London in at Watertown on the day of the
battle of " Bunker Hill."
1801.
It is washed on the east side
There are two paper mills in the
by the river Thames and on the
south by Long Island Sound, from town, a cotton mill, print works, an
which a bay or inlet extends, be- establishment for finishing woolen
tween IMillslone and Black Points, goods, and manufactures of soap,
;
candles, boots, shoes, boxes, &.c.
Large quantities of beef, pork,
bacon, &c., are annually packed at
this place for the Boston market,
In 1837,
and for transportation.
three soap and candle manufactories
used 300 tons of tallow, 350 tons of
barilla, 50 tons of palm-oil, 1,750
barrels of rosin, 2,000 casks of
lime, and 1,000 bushels of salt.
quite into the centre of the town,
affording a harbor for small vessels.
This is a resort for fishermen on the
Sound, and many species of the
finny tribe are taken captive.
There are a number of ponds in
the town, three considerable mill
streams, and two woolen factories.
The surface of the town is rocky and
uneven, with a gravelly loam, productive of corn, vegetables, fruits,
and feed for cattle. In 1837, it contained 2,532 sheep.
Waterford lies 37 miles S. E. from
LonHartford, and 4 V/. from
Population, 1830, 2,463.
don.
Watertown was
first
settled
Saltonstall
and others.
in
Richard
1630, by the sons of Sir
It
was
in-
Popucoiporated the same year.
lation, 1830, 1,641; 1837, 1,739.
Its
It is 7 miles W. from Boston.
Indian name was Pigsgusset.
New
AVaterqiieeclxy Kiver, Vt.
"Waterto^via, Ct.
See Qucechy River.
This town lies
from Hartford,
26 N.by W. from New Haven, and
Popu10 S. E. from Litchfield.
Litchfield CO.
30 miles S. S. W.
Wa,tertowi\, Mass.
Charles river
Middlesex co.
this town a v^aluable water
power, which is well improved.
gives
1,500.
lation, 1830,
river is navigable to the centre
of the town for vessels of 6 or 7
feet draught of water.
The surface of the town is diversified by hills and valleys, which is
rendered very beautiful by a high
state of cultivation, and by the nu-
Watertown was formerly a parish
in Waterbury, by the name of West-
merous
S.
The
cottages,
villas,
and
bury.
incorporated as a
Vt'as
It is
bounded N. by
E. by the Naugatuck
river, separating it from Plymouth,
W. by Bethlem and Woodbury, and
neat farm houses,
gardens
by Middlebury and Waterbury.
about 6 1-2 miles in length, and
The township is genbut
erally uneven, or rather hilly
It is
4 in breadth.
A
38*
in 17S0.
Litchfield,
delightful
Avhich meet the eye in every direction.
part of the beautiful sheet
of water, called " Fresh Pond,"
and apart of the celebrated Mount
Auburn Cemetery lie in this town.
On the north bank of the river,
a short distance below the princi-
It
town
;
some sections are
1
level.
The
pre-
vailing soil is a dry gravelly loam,
and best adapted to grazing, but
the different grains common to this
part of the country are cultivated
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
Steel's brook, a sprightly stream,
passes through the central part of
the town, and for a mile below and
some distance above the centre of
the town, a chain of rich meadows,
though small in extent, border the
sides of this stream.
This is tbe birth place of Johjv
Trumbull,, the celebrated author
of " McFingal."
He graduated
at Yale College, and studied law
with John Adams, in Boston. The
first part of his McFingal appeared
in 1775.
It was completed in 17S2.
He was a judge of the Superior
Court of Connecticut from ISO! to
1819.
In 1825, he removed to
Detroit, where he died, in 1831,
aged 81 years.
The people of this town make
some boast of the size of their forest trees.
It is said, as an extraordinary fact, " that one of the first
settlers, having no shelter for the
night, peeled off the bark of one of
the trees he had felled, and la}^
down upon the inside.
In the
morning when he awoke, he found
the bark rolled up so closely that it
was with some difficulty he could
extricate himself."
This story will do to tell as far
west as Connecticut, but the ' Down
Easters'
would
laugh
at
it.
It
take Dame Nature more
than a night to screw up the bark
of one of their common pines even
to the circumference of the
Hampshire Giant.
The Maine
folks willingly grant to Connecticut the tallest poets, but claim to
their state the biggest trees.
would
New
V/atevville, Me.
Kennebec
co.
This town
is
situ-
ated on the west bank of the Kennebec river, 13 miles N. from Augusta.
It was incorporated as a
part of Winslow in 1771, and as
a separate town in 1802.
Population in
1820, 1719; in 1830,
2,216; in 1837, 2,905.
It contains
80 square miles, mostly of the
best quality of farming land of the
Kennebec region.
of the population
Seven twelfths
is
estimated
be
to
agiicultural. The principal village,
of about 180 houses, is on the Kennebec, at Ticonic Falls.
These
falls are 18 feet in height, extending
quite across the river.
In the town,
there are 17 saws, four grist mills,
carding machines, three plaster
mills, two extensive tanneries and
a machine shop.
One iron found ty,
a branch of the celebrated Fair-
banks establishment
in
Vermont,
supplies a great portion of the interior of the state with ploughs. The
public structures are 4 meeting
houses, an Academy, and the Liberal Institute, a Seminary founded
by Universalists. This latter edifice, though small, is one of the
most beautiful specimens of architecture in the state. Ticonic bridge,
crossing the Kennebec, 550 feet in
length, is a fine specimen of Col.
Long's plan of construction.
Watervilie College is pleasantly
situated near the village, on the
bank of the river. There are 2 edifices for rooms, a chapel, and a
commons
This
hall.
was founded
Institution
Theolo1821 it was converted into a College, and has 143
founded by
graduates.
It was
Baptists, but is open to all denomiin 1813, as a
gical school;
nations,
and
manual
in
labor.
affords
Its
President, three
tv/o Tutors.
facilities
Faculty
Professors,
for
is
a
and
From Augusta,
the head of sloop
goods are transported
large flat-boats,
to Waterville in
some of which carry 40 tons. This
renders the place an important depot
of merchandise for an extensive
country above, and of produce and
navigation,
manufactures brought down to be
shipped for a market: great quantities of oats, shingles and other lumber, leather, potash and potatoes, are
thus transported from this place.
The
is
dam at Augusta,
have improved the
erection of a
thought
to
navigation, and
afifords facilities
for
�NEW ENGLAND
making Waterville the centre
of
country above.
A
steam boat now runs between this
place and the lower towns.
The village of West Waterville
is on Emerson stream, atributary of
the Kennebec.
Here is a remarkble cascade, the highest known in
the state, and is much resorted to for
its picturesque scenery.
At this
village are manufactories for cutting out last blocks, which are extrade
for the
ported in great quantities to Massachusetts, and a scythe factory of
high reputation, which made 300
dozen scythes in the year 183S.
The water power at Waterville
and in the vicinity, is singularly
great.
circle described from the
Ticonic falls, before named, as a
centre, with a radius of live miles,
includes two falls across the whole
Kennebec, at Kendall's mills, two
miles above Waterville; two falls, 5
miles distant, on the Sebasticook, a
large tributary stream ; and an indefinite series of falls upon the
Emerson stream, from the cascade
to its confluence, besides numerous
rapids, v/hich could easily be dammed, on all these streams. It is believed that no similar circle of 10
miles diameter in New England,
comprehends £0 large and convenient water power. But a very small
part of this power is yet occupied,
and situated as Waterville is, in the
centre of these manufacturing facilities, enjoying convenient boat
navigation to the sea ports, with an
extensive region of the best agricultural advantages in the rear, it
A
promises to become a thrifty and
populous town.
Waterville, X. H.
Grafton co. This town comprises the territory called GiJIis and
Foss' Grant, until its incorporation,
in 1S29.
It is bounded N. by ungranted land, E. by Albany, S. by
Sandv/ich, and W. by Thornton. It
was granted June 29, 1S19, to Joeiah GHlis,
Moses Foss,
jr.
and oth-
GAZETTEER.
ers.
watered
It is
b}'
Mad
river,
among the mountainous
tracts on the N.
runs S. W. about
20 miles, and falls into Pemigewaswhich
rises
;
set river in Campton.
Swift river
has its source in this town, pursues
an E. course through Albany, into
Conway, wliere it unites with Saco
river.
There are 2 ponds, and several considerable elevations.
Moses Foss, jr. commenced the settlement some years since. It has 96
inhabitants.
Waterville, Vt.
Lamoille co. This town is environed by mountains, and is itself
mountainous. It is watered by a
branch of Lamoille river, and is
bounded E. by Belvidere, W. by
Fletcher.
It lies about 25 miles S.
E. from St. Albans.
Population,
1830, 4S8.
Wayland, Mass.
Middlesex co. The name of this
town was East Sudbury, from 17S0
to 1835.
It lies
on the east side of
Sudbury river, and is bounded east
by Weston.
The surface of the
town is pleasant the soil is generally good, and contains some well
cultivated farms.
There are 4 for;
ges in this town, and manufactures
of chairs and cabinet ware
but the
principal manufacture is that of
boots and shoes ; the annual value
of which is about $25,000.
Wayland is 16 miles W. from Boston,
and 7 S. from Concord. Population,
1837, 931.
;
Wayne, Me.
Kennebec co. Wayne
lies
N.
of Leeds, and is situated a little below the centre of a chain of beautiful lakes or ponds, Avho^e outlet,
which passes through the town,
falls into the Androscoggin.
The
centre of the town is about 4 miles
east of the Androscoggin, and 16
W. from Augusta. The surface of
the town is undulating, and the soil
fertile. It was incorporated in 1798.
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
Wheat
Population, in 1837, 1 ,170.
same year, 3,268 bushels.
and superior farm, and has greatly
benefited this section of country by
crop,
the introduction
of new modes
of agriculture, and more valuable
breeds of stock. The agricultural
Weare, N. H.
Hillsborough
co.
The only
riv-
er in Weare, is the N. W. branch
of Piscataquog, which enters the
products of Weathersfield are very
valuable
about 15,000 fleeces of
fine wool are annually sheared.
This town is large, and contains
a number of pleasant villages.
It
is watered by several ponds, and by
Black river, which gives it a water
power, and which is applied to
manufacturing operations to some
extent.
In common with all the
towns on Connecticut river, Weathersfield has its share of delightful
scenery and there is no better
place to find it, in all its richness,
than on the Ascutney, at the north
part of the town.
:
west boundary from Deering, and
meanders through the N. and E,
sections of the town, and passes
the S. line about half a mile from
the S. E. corner.
This river affords
the best mill seats in the town.
There are three small ponds in this
town. Rattlesnake hill, nearly in
the centre of the N. line of the
town, abounds with shelving rocks,
abrupt precipices, forming dens and
caves.
Dui'ing the summer season,
the reptile from which the hill
takes its name, is frequently found.
The town, though rather broken, is
not mountainous.
It has small
;
Webster, Mass.
swamps, and some good meadows.
It is
its
Worcester
now
and wealthy husbandmen.
It
was
incorporated in 1764, and received its name in honor of Meshech
Weare, chief justice of the province of N. H.
VV^eare is 15 miles S. W. from
Concord, and 17 N. N. W. from
Amherst. Population, 1S30, 2,430.
co.
[Those
who
lation, 1837, 1,210.
Avish
There are in operation in this
town two woolen and four large
course and distance to
the onion fields in Connecticut, or
to their f^\ir cultivators, will please
see Wethersfield, Ct.]
Weathersfield was first settled
about the year 1778.
It is bounded
to find the
cotton mills, a cotton thread mill,
1 machine shop, 1 bleachery, a tannery, and a manufactory of tin
ware total value of manufactures,
the year ending April 1, 1837,
:
by Springfield, N. by Windsor,
and is 61 miles S. by E. from MontS.
Population, in 1830, 2,213.
This town lies on the west side of
Connecticut river, at the " Bow,"
so called from a bend in the river.
It contains
large tracts of rich
meadow land, and the uplands are
of a good quality.
William Jarvis, Esq., for many
years a resident here, owns a large
This town was
Douglas,
Thompson, in
S. by
Connecticut, and W. by Dudley.
It is 46 miles W. S. W. from Boston, 16 S. from Worcester, 45 E.
by S. from Springfield, and 28 N.
W. from Providence, R. I.
Popu-
Weatliersfielcl, Vt.
Windsor
co.
incoiporated in 1832, and named
in conipliment to Hon. Daniel
Webster, including a part of
Dudley and Oxford, and a tract of
land previously unincoi-porated. It
is bounded N. by Oxford, E. by
settled and cultivated to
extreme limits by industrious
$312,277.
French river and a pond give this
place a large and unfailing water
power. The original name of this
pond, as appears from ancient deeds,
was Chabanako7igkomo 171, the same
pelier.
name by which Dudley was known,
though the
latter probably borrowfrom the former.
Some records and maps of New England
ed
I
it
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
have given the name of Chargog-
gagoggmanchoggagogg. The
at the outlet of this
pond
is
24
fall
feet,
which is increased after it empties
into French river to about 90 feet
the Cape
it is neatly built, and
although it is surrounded by sand
hills, and almost entirely destitute
:
of vegetation,
it
makes
a
handsome
for the late Samuel Slater to concentrate here a large portion of his
Wellfieet bay sets
into the town from the south, and
is separated from Cape Cod bay by
several islands, which form a good
harbor, at a place called " Deep
manufacturing capital
Hole."
it passes
into Connecticut.
This afforded ample water power
before
and it is to
Father of
American manufactures,' that this
place is indebted for most of the
the
enterprise of this
;
which it at present enwas his favoiite residence,
and where his remains now rest.
A remnant of the Dudley, or
more properly of the Nipmuck InIt
They
are about
40 in number, though but few of
them are of pure blood.
These
Indians formerly owned a considerable tract of reserved land in the
centre of Chabanakongkamon or
Dudley. This was sold by order of
the legislature, and the proceeds
appropriated to their support, and to
the purchase of about 30 acres, on
which they now reside. This money is now expended, and they are
dependent on the bounty of the
dians, reside here.
In 1837, there were 120 vessels,
'
prosperity
joys.
appearance.
state for support.
Weld, Me.
Franklin co. This town contains
a large and beautiful pond, the outlet of which forms a considerable
river, which passing south falls into
the Androscoggin at Mexico.
The surface of the town is remarkably pleasant, and the soil fertile.
Wheat crop, 1837, 6,039 bushels.
Weld lies 53 miles W. N. W.
from Augusta, and 14 W. from
Farmington.
Population, in 1830,
766 ; 1837, 953.
Wellfleet, Mass.
measuring about 6,000 tons, belonging to this place, employed in the
cod and mackerel fisheries, and a
number engaged in the coasting
trade.
The fishermen took 3,100
quintals of cod fish, and 17,500 barrels of mackerel
the value of
which was $128,500. The quantity
of salt used was 29,350 bushels the
number of hands employed was 496.
During that year there were 39 establishments for the manufacture
of salt in this place ; the quantity
made was 10,000 bushels.
There are several ponds and
streams in the town, which afford
water power sufficient for a large
cotton mill.
There are some manufactures of leather, boots and
shoes but the people are principally employed in the fishery, coasting trade and manufacture of salt.
Wellfleet was incorporated in
1723.
Population, 1830, 2,044;
1837, 2,303.
Dr. Morse stated in 1797, that
" since the memory of people now
living, there have been in this small
town thirty pai" of twins, besides
two births that produced three
:
:
;
each."
This is one of the most thriving
towns in the state. One of its forresidents. Col. Elisha Doane,
have acquired a fortune of
120,000 pounds sterling on this sandy
spot. The Indian name of the town
mer
is
said to
Barnstable co.
This township
lies on both sides of Cape Cod
it is
hounded N. by Truro, S. by Eastham, and is 33 miles below Barn-
was Rinonakannil.
stable.
bounded E. by Parkman, S. by HarIt is
mony, and W. by Brighton.
:
The town
is
on the west
side of
Wellinglom, Me.
Piscataquis co.
Wellington
is
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
watered by one of the head branches of Sebasticook river, and lies
about 22 miles N. by E. from Skovvhegan.
part of the town is elevated, but its surface, generally,
is undulating, with a productive
A
Wheat
soil.
Population, 1837, 721.
crop,
same year, 4,290 bushels.
Wells, Me.
York CO. Wells lies on the sea
coast between York and Kennebunk, and is 85 miles S. W. by S.
from Augusta, and 30 S. W. by S.
from Portland.
The first settlers
came from Exeter, N. H., about
the
A
year 1640.
chief,
noted Indian
Wawwaw,
lived here about
one hundred years ago, pretending
to claim this and some adjoining
towns. There is no evidence of any
purchase of Indian
tle
pond, which
in Marshfield.
It runs nearly
southeast about two miles, and falfs
into Long pond in Groton, which is
about two miles long and 100 rods
wide. From this pond it continues
its southeasterly course half a mile,
and falls into another pond, which
is about half a mile long and a
quarter of a mile wide.
It then
runs a mile and a half, and meets
the south branch, which rises near
the southwest corner of the town,
and runs nearly east to its junction
with the main stream ; it then runs
east southeast about a mile, and
receives the north branch, which
has its source near the southeast
corner of the town.
Continuing
the same course, it passes through
the northwest part of Ryegate into
Newbury, and running near the line
ship
somewhat
ous.
A
difficult.
Ogunquit
riv-
in the
southerly part of the
town, forms a harbor for small
coasting and fishing vessels.
The town contains about 35,000
acres, of which one fifth may be
considered waste land, or unfit for
cultivation. It contains large tracts
er,
of salt
meadow.
exported
to
Wood
for fuel is
the north-
it
title to the soil.
charter from Thomas
Gorges is dated Sept. 27, 1643.
There are a number of small
streams or brooks running through
the town in various directions, on
which are 1 fulling, 16 saw and 10
grist mills.
The principal river
near the middle of the town, and
was called by the Indians Wehhannet, but is now generally called the
" Town river."
sand bar at the
entrance renders the navigation
The town
lies at
west corner of Groton and a part of
between Newbury
and Ryegate
about 4 miles, falls into Connecticut river about half a mile south
of the northeast corner of Newbury.
This is generally a rapid
stream, furnishing many excellent
mill privileges.
W^ells, Vt.
Rutland
is
co.
level,
The
A part of this townand a part mountain-
soil is
generally
good,
and productive of grain, and of pasturage for sheep, of which between
three and four thousand are kept.
The principal stream in the town issues from W^ells or St. Augustine
lake or pond, a beautiful sheet of
water, partly in Poultney, 5 miles
in length, and covering 2,000 acres.
Boston and other places,
in considerable
At the outlet of this pond is a snug
Some village, with some water power
West In- machinery.
quantities.
trade
is carried on with the
and vessels of various size are
built from timber in the town.
In-
dies,
corporated, 1653. Population, 1837,
3,042. This town furnished a large
number of revolutionary officers.
Wells River, Vt.
This river has
its
sour"" i" Ket-
Wells was
first settled in 1768.
65 miles S. S. W. from Montpelier, and 13 S. W. from Rutland.
Population, 1830, 880.
It lies
W^endell,
Sullivan co.,
Springfield, E.
]V.
H.,
bounded N. by
by Sunapee lake.
is
�;
NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
it
from New London
and Newbury, S. by Goshen, W.
by Newport and Croydon. It is 35
miles N. W. from Concord, and 7
E. from Newport. A conside^abie
part of lake Sunapee, a noble sheet
separating
The
of water, lies in this town.
surface of this lake is said to contain 4,095 acres, of which 2,720
Here is the
acres are in Wendell.
principal source of Sugar river,
which flows from the lake near its
centre from north to south ; passes
through the centre of the town into
Newport, from thence into Claremont, where it unites with the Connecticut.
There are three small
ponds, containing an area of about
This town was granted
300 acres.
by the name of Saville in 176S. It
was settled in 1772, and was incor-
when it received its
name from John Wendell, one of
porated in 1781,
the principal proprietors.
tion, 1830, 637.
Popula-
Wendell, Mass.
Franklin
Wendell
is
co.
The
surface
uneven, and
but the soil
in
of
some
is strong
;
Miller's river
productive.
passes through the north part of the
town, giving mill privileges, fertility and beauty in its course. There
is a curious kind of stone found
here, embedded with mica slate
and Chalk pond furnishes a substance from which chalk is made by
parts hilly
and
burning it.
The manufactures of this pleasant town consist of palm-leaf hats,
boots, shoes, leather, cabinet ware,
chairs. &c.
Wendell was incorporated in
17S1, and named in honor of Oliver
Wendell, Esq., a very worthy man,
for many years president of Union
Bank, in Boston, the second institution of the kind in Massachusetts.
Mr. Wendell was a great patron of
this town, and frequently visited it.
Wendell
is
bounded
north
by
Erving, east by Phillip'^ton, south
by Salem, and west by Montague.
The mill privileges on Millers
river in this town are very valuable ; many of which remain unimproved.
Wendell lies 80 miles W. by N.
from Boston, and 14 E. from Greenfield.
Population, 1S37, 347
'Wciiliaiu,
Mass
Essex CO. This town is 20 miles
N. by E. from Boston, 6 N. from
Salem, and 16
S.
from
Newbury-
IncorFirst settled, 1639.
Population, 1837,
porated, 1643.
698.
Wenhara or Enoii pond is a beautiful sheet of water, about a mile
port.
square, and affords an
of excellent iish.
It is
The
ted.
this place
first
abundance
much
visi-
sermon preached
was on the border of
in
this
Hugh PeSalem, about the
His text was, " At
year 163G.
Enon near Salem, because there
was much water there."
Mr. Peters went to England, as
agent for the colony, 1641 ; engaged in the civil wars on the side
of the parliament, and was executed after the restoration of Charles
pond, by the celebrated
ters, minister of
II.
The surface of the town is pleasant
the soil is generally of a good
quality, and well cultivated oy industrious and independent farmers."
:
John Duntan, an Englishman who
travelled in this country in 1686,
and on his return
to
England pub-
lished a journal of his travels, gives
the following account of Vv'enham,
and of its minister, Joseph Gerrish,
who was ordained Feb. 13, 1675,
and died Jan. 6, 1719.
" Wenham is a delicious para-
abounds with rural pleasI would choose it above
all other towns in America to dwell
in
the lofty trees on each side of
it are a sufficient shelter from the
winds, and the warm sun so kindly
ripens both the fruits and flowers,
as if the spiing, the summer, and
the autumn had agreed together *o
dise,
it
ures, and
;
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
thrust the winter out of doors.
It
were endless to enter on a detail of
each faculty of learning Mr. Gerrish is master of, and I therefore
take his character in short hand.
The philosopher is acute, ingenious
and subtle.
The divine, curious,
orthodox and profound.
The man
of a majestic air, without austerity
or sourness; his aspect is masterly
and great, yet not imperious or
haughty. Tlie christian is devout
without moroseness, or starts of holy frenzy, and enthusiasm.
The
preacher is primitive without the
occasional colors of whining, or
cant, and methodical, witliout intricacy or affectation
and which
crowns his character, he is a man
of public spirit, zealous for the
conversion of the Indians, and of
great hospitality to strangers.
He
gave us a noble dinner, and entertained us with such pleasant fruits,
;
as
I
must own, Old England
is
a
stranger to."
1Veiilocl£, Vt.
Essex
CO.
gives rise to
Nulhegan
water sufficient for several valuable
mill seats.
In the east part of the
town, lies part of Carr's mountain,
covered in its natural state with a
heavy growth of forest trees.
part of the elevation called Mount
Cuba lies in the W. part of Wentworth. This mountain contains inexhaustible quantities of the best
limestone, of which a constant supply of good lime is made, and sold
Iron ore is found
at a low price.
A
in A'^arious parts.
governor
The
The
lands liere
are loo elevated for cultivation.
Wenlock lies .53 miles N. E. from
Population, in 1S30,
Montpelier.
24.
Weiitwortli,
I^.
H.
Grafton co. This town is bounded N. by Warren, E. by Rumney,
S. by Dorchester, and W. by Orford.
It is 15 miles N. W. from
Plymouth, and 52 N. N. W. from
Concord. This town is watered by
Baker's river, on which is a fall of
13 or 20 feet, affording an excellent
privilege for all kinds of water machinery.
The South branch of
Baker's river passes through the
southerly part of this town and joins
the main branch near Rumney line.
There are but few ponds. Baker's,
situated on Orford line, is the most
considerable
the outlet of which
is called Pond brook, acd affords
;
soil
is
gen-
Benning
Wentworth.
settlement commenced a
few years before the revolutionary
war. Articles of subsistence, potatoes and seeds for the propagation
of vegetables,
were transported
thither from the lower part of the
state on pack horses, hand-sleighs
and in knapsacks. Population, in
1830, 624.
first
Wesley, Me.
This mountain town
a principal branch of
river.
The
erally good; the lands in the vicinity of the rivers are of the first
Wentworth was granted
quality.
in 1766.
It received its name from
Washington
co.
We
should like
know
the particular circumstances of Wesley, which doubtless
was named in honor of one of the
Johiv
best of men that ever lived
Wesley. It must be a thriving
town, for its population, for the
last 7 years, has increased from 80
But ver}'^ little information
to 232.
can be obtained respecting a town,
from merely its act of incorporation.
to
Westliorougli, Mass.
Worcester
co.
This town
lies
on
the route of the Boston and Worcester rail road, 32 miles W. from Boston, 10 E. from Worcester, and 3 1-2
N. W. from Hopkinton Springs.
It was taken from Marlborough in
Population, 1830, 1,438; in
1717.
1837, 1,612.
As several persons were engaged
in a field spreading flax, in 1704,
the Indians rushed upon them from
the woods. ^^'^ ^'^ized 4 boys, and
�NEV/ ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
one, named Nahor Rice,
about 5 years of age, who was the
first
white person buried in the
town. The men made their escape
to the house.
One of the boys was
redeemed, the others remained and
mixed their posterity with the
French and Indians. Timothy Rice,
the youngest, 7 years of age, when
killed
taken,
nawaga
became
a chief of the Cogvisited West-
He
Indians.
borough in 1740, and remembered
the house where he had lived, and
the field where he was captured,
and some aged people. He had
lost the English language, and was
accompanied by an interpreter. He
w^as sent for and visited Gov. Belcher, at Boston, but chose to return
to his Indian habits.
years.
He died, and was buried in
the city of
Haven.
The following is inscribed on his monu-
New
ment.
Eli
Whitney,
the inventor of the
Cotton Gin.
Of
useful Science
and Arts,
the efficient patron
and improver.
Born December
8th, 1765.
Jan. oth,1825.
In the social relations of
a model of excellence.
While private
Died
life,
weeps at his tomb, his
country honors his
affection
memory.
See A^ew Haven, Ct.
West Boylstou, Mass.
town consist of
Worcester co.
This territory
some of the sources of Concord and
Blackstone rivers, which furnish a was a part of Boylston until 1808,
good water power. There are sev- and was first settled about the
It is 42 miles W. from
eral handsome ponds in the town, year 1720.
The waters of
w^ell
this
stocked with
The
fish.
manufactures
consist
boots, shoes, leather, axes,
of
chairs,
cabinet and tin wares, ploughs,
straw bonnets, sleighs, and harnesses
total value, the year ending
April 1, 1837, .$169,476, of which
;
amount $148,774 was
for boots
and
shoes.
This is a very pleasant town
the surface is diversified by hills
and valleys the soil is good, and
appears to be cultivated by men
who understand their business.
brief statement of the products of
Mr. Samuel Chamberlain's farm of
about 100 acres, in 1833, is here
given.
Butter,
3,486, lbs.
$767.
Cheese, 3,836,
221.
Beef,
603.
.
Pork,
652.
Veal,
152.
,
:
:
A
Total,
This is the native
$2,395.
place of Eli
Whitney. Soon after he graduated at Yale College, he went to
Georgia, where he resided many
39
Boston, and S N. from Worcester.
Population, in 1830, 1,053; 1837,
The surface of the town is
1,330.
very pleasant; the soil good, and
well cultivated. The Quinepoxet
and Stillwater rivers meet the Nashua in this town. These streams fertilize a large portion of the town,
and afford a water power to propel
a number of mills.
There are in the town 7 cotton
mills, and manufactures of boots,
shoes, leather, palm-leaf hats, cotton machinery, baskets, boxes, straw
braid, hatchets and school apparatus
annual value about $200,000.
The venerable Robert B. Thomas,
author of the Farmer's Almanac, is
a resident of this town.
There are
some mineral treasures in West
Boylston, and a spring, the waters
of which are strongly impregnated
;
with iron.
West
Bridge-^vatei',
Mass.
Plymouth co. This is the second daughter of the venerable
Bridgewater, who found it difficult
to find names for her progeny. This
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
daughter was born in 1822, and although not so stout as her sisters, is
healthy, comely and industrious.
The manufactures of West Bridgewater consist of iron castings, shovels, forks, hoes, ploughs, boots and
shoes: annual value, about $100,-
West Bridgewater is supplied with mill privileges by a branch
of Taunton river; and is 25 miles
S. from Boston, 19 N. W. from
Plymouth and 9 N. N. E. from
Taunton. The number of her children in 1837, was 1,145; increase
000.
m 7 years,
103.
In 1820, ancient Bridgewater
contained 5,662 children the whole
family, in 1837, consisted of 7,865
:
members.
IVestbroolc, Me.
Cumberland co. Thi^ flourishing
t6wn was taken from Falmouth in
1814.
It is
52 miles S. S.
Vv'.
from
Population, 1830,
is very pleasant.
3,238; 1837,3,755
West Cambridge, Mass.
Middlesex co. This was a parof Cambridge, called " Menotomy," until its incorporation, in
1807.
A part of the lands are low
and swampy, but the general feaish
tures
of
the
town are
pleasant.
Spy, Little, and a part of Fresh
ponds lie in this town they abound
with fish, and add much to the
beauty of the place. These ponds
cover an area of about 200 acres,
and furnish large quantities of ice
In this town are
for transportation.
some very pleasant villages, numerous country seats, and well cul;
Large quantities of
tivated farms.
milk are daily taken to the Boston
market, and this place is a considable mart for cattle from the interior
country.
bounded E. by
The Presumpscot river
Portland.
passing through the town from west
Sucker brook, though a small
stream, furnishes a good water pow-
with rich intervales, and numerous valuable mill
The Cumberland and
privileges.
Oxford canal also passes through
the town. This town is noted for
so great,
Augusta, and
is
to east, furnishes
its
working
cattle
it
which
are said to
equal any in the country.
The
principal pl;ice of business
in Westbrook,is at the pleasant village of Saccarappa, vi^here are large
operations in the manufacture of
lumber, and where has recently
been erected, by citizens of Portland, a large brick cotton mill, containing 2,900 spindles, and 104
looms, and which is in successful
operation.
Stroudvvater, another village, has
some navigation employed in the
fishery and coasting trade, and has
been celebrated lor the line ships
In Westbrook are exbuilt there.
tensive manufactures of tin ware
and combs, which are sent to all
parts of the United States.
The scenery along the canal, and
about the
falls
on the Presumpscut,
The descent
of this stream is
that dams are erected in
the town for appropi-iating its waThe meter nine different times.
chanical operations of West Cambridge consist of dying and printing
er.
pulverizing drugs, medicines and dye-stuffs, a turning and
sawing mill, and the manufacture
of saws, cards, boots, shoes, cabinet ware and chairs; total value,
the year endirig April 1, 1837,
$312,V>00.
West Cambridge is 6
miles N. W. from Boston, and 12 E.
by S. from Concord. Population,
calico,
1830, 1,308.
^Vesterly, R.
I.
Westerly is
Washington
washed by the Atlantic ocean on
the south, and Pawcatuck river,
which separates this state fvom
This
Connecticut, on the west.
maritime town has its principal harbor at the mouth of the Pawcatuck,
in which vessels are built, and in
which some navigation is employed
in the fishery and domestic trade.
co.
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
The Pawcatuck affords a great variety of scale and shell fish.
The surface of the town is generally uneven ; in some parts it
presents rugged features.
Its soil
varies from good to bad, but its average quality is well adapted to the
culture of all the varieties of grains,
grasses, fruits and vegetables common to the climate. The business
of the dairy is extensive and lucrative.
The village of Pawcatuck is very handsome it is finely located 6
miles from the sea, at the head of
navigation on the Pawca<^uck, and
at the falls on that stream.
This
village is the site of valuable manufactures, and of a large interior
trade.
It is crossed by the Providence and Stonington rail road, and
lies 40 miles S. S. W. from Providence, 5 N. N. E. from Stonington,
and 35 W. by S. from Newport.
There are a numl)er of pleasant ponds in the town, well stored
with fish.
Westei-ly was incorporated in 1669.
Population, 1830,
Its Indian name was Mis1,904.
;
quamicut.
West
1830, 353.
Westfield River, Mass.
This river, often called the Aga-
wam,
rises
Berkshire
north part of
It has many
exceedingly wild
in the
county.
tributaries, and is
and romantic in many places.
Its
main branch traverses the towns
of Plainfield, Cummington, Goshen,
Worthington, Chesterfield, Norwich, Montgomery, Russell, and
Westfield, and meets the Connecticut at West Springfield, 30 miles
N. from Hartford, Ct.
Westfield, Mass.
Hampden
of
co.
river.
It lies in a valley or basin
of about 4 miles in diameter, sur-
rounded by high hills, and is supto have been the bed of a
posed
lake
whose waters burst the Mount
Tom
range of mountains and discharged itself into Connecticut riv-
The Hampshire and Hampden
Orange co. This town is watered by Ompomponoosuc river, and
by a part of Fairlee pond.
The
surface is rough and mountainous,
but capable of sustaining a consid-
canal passes through this town, and
promises great advantages to its
trade and hydraulic power.
About a third part of the population of the village is engaged in
making whips. The annual amount
erable
in
connexion with Fairlee, in 1761;
dnd incorporated as a distinct town
in 1797.
It lies 28 miles S. E.
from Montpelier, and 12 E. by S.
from Chelsea.
Population, 1830,
841.
of that article manufactured here is
about $160,000.
There are also
three powder mills in the town, and
manufactures of tin ware, ploughs,
boots, shoes, leather, cigars, palmleaf hats, chairs, cabinet and wood-
en wares total annual value, about
$250,000.
The Westfield academy is in
hig;h standing
it has considerable
funds, and its annual number of
scholars is about 400.
Westfield was first settled in 1659.
It lies 99
Incorporated in 1669.
miles W. S. W. from Boston, 9 W.
by N. from Springfield, and 16 S.
:
Westfield, Vt.
A
Orleans co.
number of the
branches of Missisque river meet
in (his town, and afford a good water power.
part of the surface of Westfield is mountainous;
through which is the pass in the
Green mountains, called Hazen's
A
This is a place
on Westfield
singular beauty,
er.
Pairlee, Vt.
namber of cattle.
West Fairlee was chartered
Notch. Westfield was first settled
about the year 1800.
It lies 42
miles N. from Montpelier, and 44
N. E. from Burlington. Population,
:
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
by W. from Northampton.
Popu-
Hopkin's Hill,
valleys.
affords
an
tionary war, by Hezekiah Parmelee and others.
It lies 13 miles N.
N. E. from Burlington, and 32 N.
agreeable view of the surrounding
country.
The waters of the town
consist of the south branch of the
Pawtuxet, which rises here ; and of
the upper branches of Wood river,
which pass through it. There are
some manufactures in the town,
but the people are generally en-
W.
gaged in agricultural pursuits.
lation, 1837,3,039.
Westford, Vt.
Chittenden
was
co.
This township
settled soon after the revolu-
from Montpelier.
Westford is well watered by
Brown's river, a branch of the Lamoille.
The surface is rough, and
the soil good for grazing. Between
3,500 and 4,000 sheep are kept.
Population, 1830, 1,290.
Westford, Mass.
Middlesex co. This is a good
farming town, on elevated ground,
26 miles N. W. from Boston, and 10
N.W. from Concord. Incorporated,
1729. Population, 1837, 1,451. The
surface and soil of the town are
well adapted to the growth of grain,
grass and fruit, and large quantities of hay and vegetables are annuall}'^ sent to Boston and Lowell.
Quantities of fine granite, commonly called " Chelmsford granite," are
found here, quarried and transported.
Westford is watered by several beautiful ponds, and by Stoney
brook which rises in the town and
gives it mill privileges.
The manufactures of Westford,
consist of bar iron, shoes and leathannual value, about ^25,000.
er
The village is handsomely situated on a swell of fine land, commanding a beautiful prospect, of
great extent, and contains an Academy of ancient date and respectable standing.
:
West Greenwicli, R. I.
Kent
CO.
This town was taken
from East Greenwich in 1741, by
which it is bounded on the east. It
lies 18 miles S. W. from Providence.
Population, 1830, 1,818.
This town possesses a primitive geological character, and its surface
presents a diversity of hills and
'^Vestliampton, Mass.
Hampshire
co.
This township
is
generally good,
particularly for grazing.
There
is a valuable lead mine in the town ;
about 1,000 merino sheep are kept,
and some hats and leather are manufactured. It lies 8 miles W. by S.
from Northampton. Incorporated,
1772.
Population, 1837, 818.
rough, but the
soil is
West Haven,
Vt.
Rutland co.
This town was set
from Fair Haven in 1792.
It
lies 19 miles W. from Rutland, and
is bounded W. by lake Champlain,
and S. by Whitehall, N. Y.
This town is well watered by
Hubbardston and Poultney rivers,
and Cogman's creek on the foroff
;
mer
of which are handsome falls
and mill sites. The soil is productive of grain and grass
there is
much limestone and clay in the
town, and a large number of sheep
are annually sheared.
The site of the village is pleasant; it is a place of some trade,
navigation and manufactures. Population, 1837, 724.
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Westminster, Vt.
Windham
This town is
co.
bounded N. by Rockingham, E. by
Connecticut river, and S. by Putney. It lies 82 miles S. from Montand 13 N. E. from NewPopulation, 18.30, 1,737.
This town was one of the first
settled townships in the state, and
being situated near a fort for the
protection of the country, it prospered rapidly. For some years the
pelier,
fane.
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NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
courts of law were held here
here
the legislature of the state held
several sessions, and here the massacre of the 13th of March, 1775,
was perpetrated.
The surface and soil of this town
are favorable for agriculture
and
various articles of produce are annually sent to market.
In 1837,
13,766 sheep were sheared in Westminster
;
;
The
principal and oldest village
delightfully situated in the east
parish, on the bank of Connecticut
is
river.
The main
street,
which
water power, which have so much
contributed to the rapid growth of
some of the neighboring villages.
IVestmiiister, Mass.
co.
This town
lies
on
the range of high lands which
separate the waters of the Connecticut and Merrimack.
From the
village a prospect is presented of
lake and mountain v/ith all the varied scenery which renders a New
England town peculiarly delightful.
Several streams, rising from large
ponds in this town and its neighborhood, produce a considerable
water power, which is improved
for manufactures of various kinds.
These waters are so elevated and
constant that, with a small expense,
they might be rendered exceedingly valuable.
They deserve particular attention of those in search
39*
mill
sites
in
part
this
of the
state.
This town lies 50 miles W. N.
from Boston, 20 N. by W. from
Worcester, and 7 S. W. from Fitchburgh. Incorporated, 1759. Pop-
W.
ulation, 1830, 1,640.
The manufactures
of Westminconsist of chairs, cabinet and
wooden wares, hats, boots, shoes,
straw bonnets, palm-leaf hats, card
ster
boards, saddlery, and leather
nual value, about $60,000.
:
an-
Westiuore, Vt.
is
perfectly level, crosses a table of
land about one mile in diameter,
considerably elevated above the
river, and also above the large and
fertile meadows by which it is approached on the north and south
and the whole is enclosed by a semicircle of hills which touch the
river about two miles above and below the town.
It is this barrier
which, while it contributes to the
natural beauty of the place, has,
by turning the water coui-se in another direction, deprived it of all
those facilities of access, and of
Worcester
of
Orleans co.
Willoughby's
This town contains
lake,
a
handsome
surrounded by
mounts Hor, Pico, and other elevations.
This lake is about 6 miles in
length, and one and an half in
Branches of Barton, Clyde
width.
and Passumpsic rivers rise in this
and other ponds in the town.
Westmore appears to be too high
sheet
of
for the
water,
habitation of
many
people
in 1830, it contained 32
or sheep
inhabitants, and in 1837, 10 sheep.
:
^Vestnioreland, ]V. H.
Cheshire co.
Westmoreland is
bounded N. by Walpole, E. by Surry and Keene, S. by Chesterfield,
and W. by Dummerston and Putney, Vt.
Its distance from Concord is 65 miles S.
1830, 1,647.
W.
Population,
This town is watered by several
small streams which empty into
the Connecticut.
The one issuing
from Spafford's lake in Chesterfield
is the largest, and affords some of
the best water privileges in town.
The present charter of the town
was granted by New Hampshire,
The first settlement was
in 1752.
made in 1741. The early settlers
were several times attacked by the
In one of their excurIndians.
sions, they killed William Phips,
the first husband of Jemima How ;
and in another, carried Nehemiah
How, the father of her second husband, a captive to Canada, where
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
he
died.
land
is
The
Westmoreby mountains,
vales, rivers and
ponds, than the
neighboring towns.
:
Weston, Me.
is
the half
Hampden
academy. It lies a few miles west
from Grand Lake it is watered by
Baskahegan river, and is about 90
Popumiles N. E. from Bangor.
:
1837,
213.
Wheat
crop,
same year, 4,706 bushels.
Weston, Vt.
Windsor
through
West
co.
Weston,
Fairfield co.
river passes
town, and on its banks
are some good land, son)e manufactures and two pleasant villages. It
was set off from Andover in 1790,
and organized as a town in 1800.
Weston lies QQ miles S. by W.
from Montpelier, and 22 S. W. from
Windsor. Population, 1830, 972.
this
Weston, Mass.
tled in 1738.
Weston was taken
It was setThe town is watered
by Saugatuck and Mill rivers, and
which furnish a
good water power. There are some
a pleasant brook,
valuable mills for manafactures in
the town, but the chief business
of the inhabitants is agricultural.
The soil is a gravelly loam, with an
uneven surface.
Weston is 60 miles S. W. from
Hartford, and is bounded N. W. by
Fairfield.
Population, 1830, 2,997.
" On Monday, the 14th of December, 1807, at about the break of
day, or a little after, the weather
being moderate, calm, and the at-
somewhat cloudy
and
foggy, a meteor' or Jire ball, passing
from a northern point, disploded
over the western part of this state,
with a tremendous report. At the
same time several pieces of stony
substance fell on the earth in Fairfield county.
One mass was driven
against a rock and dashed in small
pieces, a peck of which remained
on the spot.
About three miles
distant, in the town of Weston, another large piece fell upon the
earth, of which a mass of about
thirty pounds weight remains entire, and was exhibited the same
day at town meeting.
small
mass has been sent to Yale College,
and examined by a number of gentlemen.
It was immediately perceived by Professor Silliman to
contain a metal, and on presenting
A
it
Middlesex
Ct.
from Fairfield in 1787.
mosphere
This town was
incorporated in 1835.
It
township granted to
lation,
town
:
Essex CO. This is a part of the
ancient town of Newbury, and was
taken from it in 1819.
This pleasant town lies on the S.
side of Merrimack river; 33 miles
N. from Boston, 20 E. from Lowell,
and 4 W. from Newbury port. Population, 1S37, 1,448.
This is a fine township of land,
and many excellent farms and country seats are found within its limits.
Asbestos and marble are found
here.
Although most of the inhabitants
of the town are professional farmers, still there are manufactures of
bar iron, combs, chaises, leather,
and shoes
annual value, about
$75,000.
co.
of the
consist of boots, shoes, leather, machinery, ploughs, chairs, harnesses,
annual value,
pottery ware, &c.
about $60,000. Incorporated, 1712
"West Newbury, Mass.
Washington
The manufactures
surface of
less varied
to a
magnet
a powerful attraction
This is, we
be iron.
This is a township of good land with a neat and
proved
flourishing village. It lies 14 miles
W. from Boston, 9 S. by E. from
United States, in which the substance of this species of meteor
has been found on the earth, though
it has often been found in Europe.'*
Concord, and
brook.
co.
is
watered by Stony
Population, 1837, 1,105.
it
to
believe, the
first
instance in the
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Wcstport, Me.
Lincoln co. This town is surrounded by the waters of Sheepscot
river and bay, and is bounded N.
by Wiscasset, E. by Edgecoinb and
Boothbay, and S. and W. by Sheepscot's bay and Georgetown. It is 29
miles S. by E. from Augusta. Population, 1837, 580.
Incorporated
in 1828.
Westport, Mass.
CO.
This town is pleassituated on Acoakset river,
near the mouth of Buzzard's bay,
on the line of Rhode Island ; 18
Bristol
antly
miles N. N. E. from Newport, 25
from Taunton, 10 S. by E.
S.
from Fall River, 10 S. W. from
New Bedford, and 60 S. from Eoston.
Five vessels belong- to this
place, engaged in the whaling business, and a number of small vessels are employed in coasting and
fishing.
The value
whale
imported
into Westport, the year ending
April 1, 1337, was $53,670.
The
value of the manufactures of this
town, the same year, was $69,375;
they consisted of cotton yarn, salt
and hoes. The number of sheep
sheared that year, was 2,392 ; value of the wool, ^2,551. This town
was incorporated in 1787. Population, in 1837,2,618.
of
Westport,
oil
Ct.
This pleasant town
Fairfield co.
was called Saugatuck, the name of
a river that passes through it, until 1835. It was taken from the towns
of Fairfield, Norwalk and Weston.
It is about 5 miles in length from
north to soiith, and
is
bounded E. by
by Long Island Sound,
Population,
and W. by Norwalk.
quite a business
and com-
place,
mands considerable
The Saugatuck
is
trade.
navigable
for
vessels of 7 feet draught of water
to the village, which is 6 1-2 miles
W. from Fairfield, 3 1-2 N. E. from
Norwalk, and 27
Haven.
S.
W.
from
New
About 2 1-2 miles south of the
village of Westport, is a smooth and
beautiful elevation, called CoTiipo.
It was at this place that the British
troops landed in April, 1777, when
on their expedition to Danburj,
They also returned to this place
when they embarked on board ot
their shipping.
men were
Seven
killed in
or eight
the vicinity of
the Congregational church in Westport.
Ball Mountain, a conical
eminence, covered with large trees
from its base to its summit, is situated a little south of the village, and
is a striking feature in the landscape.
West Q,uocldy Head, Me.
See Quoddy Head.
"West River, Vt.
This river rises in Weston, in the
county of Windsor, and passing S.
through the towns of Londonderry, Jamaica, Wardsborough, and
Nevvfane, in the county of Windham, it falls into the Connecticut at
the north part of Brattleborough.
This river receives many branches
in its course, which are good mill
streams
the main river is rather
sluggish, and fertilizes large tiacts
West river traverses
of meadow.
a distance of about 50 miles, and
waters a basin of 440 square miles.
:
West River Mountain,
N. H.
See Chesterfield and Hinsdale.
Fairfield, S.
1835, 1,800.
There are in the town, 2 or 3 cotton mills, 2 carriage factories, and
manufactures of shoes, hats and various other articles.
The village is
IVest Springfield, Mass.
Hampden
tifully
co.
situated
This town is beauon both sides of
its
confluence
with the Connecticut,
opposite to
Westfield river,
at
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Springfield, to which it is connected by a beautiful bridge. Some
parts of the town are rough and uneven, and in some parts are stonyplains ; but the general character
of the town in regard to soil is alluvial meadow of an excellent quali-
On the summits of the hills
and along the rivers, a great variety
of wild and delightful scenery is
ty.
exhibited.
There are 1 cotton and 2 woolen
mills in the town, and manufactures
of leather, boots and shoes; annual
value, about $100,000.
In 1837,
there were 3,374 tleeces of wool
sheared in the town, which weighed 8,512 lbs., and sold for $5,107.
Good iron ore is found in West
Springfield, and a species of limestone, used for making water proof
cement. Incorporated, 1774. Population, 1837, 3,227.
West
Stocls.'bi'iclge,
Berkshire
which
Mass.
"Williams
co.
riv-
m
Richmond, runs
through the whole length of this
er
rises
town, and gives it a great hydraulic
power.
This town is bounded W. by the
state of New York, and lies on the
route of the great western rail road
from Boston to Albany.
part of
the town is hilly
but the soil is
generally good. Along the river
A
;
a valley of tine land which gives
to the village, and value to
the town.
Mines of iron ore are
found in this town, and an inex-
is
beauty
haustible quantity of
variegated marble.
The manufactures
beautifully
of the
town
bar iron, axes, brads,
machinery, marble, leather, wooden ware, &c annual value, about
$50,000.
West Stockbrida^e lies 135 miles
W. from Boston, 9 S. S. W. from
Lenpx, 26 E. by N. from Hudson,
N. Y., and 37 1-2 S. E. by S. from
Albany, by the proposed rail road.
Incorporated, 1774.
Population, in
consist
of
;
1837, 1,244.
Wetliersiield, Ct.
Hartford co.
dian Pyquag,
This town, the In-
was one
of the
first
towns in the state. It is
supposed that most of the Wethersfield settlers came round from
Boston by water, and arrived in July, before the Windsor and Hartford
settlers, who
came through the
wilderness, and did not reach the
Connecticut until about the 9th of
settled
November.
Wethersfield is bounded N. by
Hartford, E. by Connecticut river,
S.by Middletown, and W.by Berlin.
lies 4 miles S. from Hartford.
It
Population, in 1820, 3,825
;
in 1830,
3,853.
Piper's
river and other small
streams water the town, but afford
no important mill sites.
The area of the town is about 6
miles square, containing 23,000
acres.
This is an excellent township of land, having an undulating
surface, and exhibiting a beautiful
diversity of
hill
and dale.
The
generally a rich gravelly and
sandy loam, but in the western part
of the town, argillaceous loam prevails ; and some small sections in
the centre, may be considered as a
garden mould. It is well adapted
to grass and grain, and particularly
to esculent roots. The tract of alluvial upon Connecticut river is exsoil is
tensive and beautiful, and very
productive.
Among other agricultural interests in this town, the cultivation of
onions has long held a conspicuous
rank.
This is an important agricultural pursuit, although it occupies but a small portion of land,
and the service is principally performed by females. Wethersfield
onions have long been justly celebrated, and large quantities are
exported to the southern states and
the West Indies for a market.
The changing of the bed of the
river in this town has been the occasion of much litigation respecting
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the
title
Mr. Butler,
upon which the
to the soil.
who owned
a tract
was encroaching, found after a
while, some of his land appearing
river
on the opposite side of the river,
and accordingly laid claim to it.
His claim was disputed, as he never owned land on that side of the
was a long time before
was decided. There appeared some difficulty in making
river.
It
this case
the jury who sat on the case, to understand the merits of the question.
Mr. Ingersoll, a relative of the IngersoU family in New Haven, was
the counsel employed by Mr. ButHe illustrated the case by
ler.
supposing that Mr. B. had built a
castle on the land in question. Although the ground on which it stood
might be overflowed, yet still it was
his castle, and also the ground on
which
it
stood,
and he had a right
property wherever he could
find it.
The case was finally decided in accordance with these views.
The State Prison of Connecticut
was erected in this town in 1826,
and the prisoners from Newgate
to his
prison, in Granby, were removed
here the next year. This building
is situated on the south margin of
cove, which sets back from
Connecticut river, at the north end
of Wethersfield village. The buildings of the prison form very nearly a quadrangle, on the south side
of which, stands the building which
The
is more properly the Prison.
apartments of the warden are situated in the east end of this buildsurrounds the
ing
the centre
block of cells 4 stories high, in
which the male prisoners are locked up. This hall or centre is 154
feet long, 43 feet wide, and 30 feet
high the number of cells or night
rooms is 200. The west end, is
used as the female department,
containing cells, rooms for labor,
kitchen, and apartments for the
matron. The east, north, and west
sides of this quadrangle, are formed by a wall 20 feet high. With-
the
;
;
yard are situated two ranges of shops one on the east side,
and one upon the west, in which
the convicts perform their daily labor.
The passage into the prison,
is through the warden's apartment,
into the guard room, thence into
the hall surrounding the cells,
thence into the yard. This is the
only passage, except through a
large gate on the north side of the
in this
;
yard.
Rocky
Hill, the south parish of
lies on a collection
of hills which are a continuation of
one of
the Middletown range
Wethersfield,
:
these
eminences, Rocky
given name
hill,
has
It has a
the parish.
pleasant little village on an elevated situation, 7 miles from Hartford,
with a landing at some distance,
where considerable commerce and
ship building were formerly carto
ried on.
JVewingtnn, the 2d society in
Wethersfield, was formerly called
Cow plain. The village is pleasantly situated in a fertile valley,
west of Cedar mountain the central part is 6 miles from Hartford,
and 4 from Wethersfield village.
The inhabitants are chiefly engaged in agriculture, and are distinguished for their general intelligence, and attachment to the institutions of morality and religion.
Many years since, a gentleman
of Newington, who was a very religious and conscientious man, married for a wife, one of the most ill
natured and troublesome women
which could be found in the viciniThis occasioned universal surty.
:
prise wherever he was known, and
one of his neighbors ventured to
ask him the reasons which governed his choice. The gentleman replied, that having had but little or
no trouble in the world, he was
fearful
of
becoming
too
much
at-
tached to things of time and sense.
And he thought by experiencing
some afflictions, he should become
more weaned from the world, and
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
that he married such a woman as
he thought would accomplish the
The best part of the story
that the wife hearing of the reasons why he married her, was
object.
is,
much
offended, and out of revenge,
of the most pleasant
and dutiful wives in the town, declaring that she was not a going to
be made a pack horse, to carry her
became one
husband
heaven.
Wetherstield was the scene of
one of the most horrible butcheries
ever committed ; that of the Beadle family, in 1782.
Beadle was an Englishman, and
came to this country in 1762. He
settled in Fairfield, where he married, and remained until about 10
years before this tragedy.
The
following are extracts from an account of this event, written by a
neighbor, and attached to the funeral sermon of Mrs. Beadle and her
to
children.
" When the war commenced, he
had on hand a very handsome assortment of goods for a country
store, which he sold for the currency of the country, without any advance in the price the money he
laid by, waiting and expecting the
;
the time would soon
he might
arrive
when
therewith replace his
goods, resolving not to part with it
until it should be in as good demand as when received by him.
His expectations from this quarter
daily lessening, finally lost all hope,
On
he expresses himfollowing extraordinary
manner ' If a man, who has once
lived well, meant well, and done
well, falls by unavoidable accident
into poverty, and -then submits to
be laughed at, despised and trampled
this subject
self in the
:
mean wretches as
below him as the moon is below the sun I say if such a man
submits, he must become meaner
than meanness itself, and I sincerely wish he might have 10 years added to his natural life to punish him
on, by a set of
far
;
for his folly.'
" He fixed upon the night succeeding the ISth of November for
the execution of his nefarious purpose, and procured a supper of oj'^sters, of which the family eat very
plentifully
that evening he writes
' I have prepared a noble
as follows
supper of oysters, that my flock
and I may eat and drink together,
:
:
thank God and die.' After supper
he sent the maid with a studied errand to a friend's house at some distance, directing her to stay until
she obtained an answer to an insignificant letter he wrote his friend,
intending she should not return
that evening
she
did however
return
perhaps her return disconcerted him and prevented him
for that time.
The next day he
—
;
carried his pistols to a smith for repair
it may be, the ill condition of
his pistols might be an additional
:
reason of the delay.
" On the evening of the 10th of
and was thrown into a state little
better than despair, as appears from December sojne persons were with
his writing
he adopted a plan of him at his house to whom he apthe most rigid family economy, but peared as cheerful and serene as
still kept up the outward appearusual he attended to the little afance of his former affluence, and fairs of his family as if nothing
ever to the last entertained his uncommon was in contemplation.
friends with his usual decent hospi- The company left him about nine
tality, although nothing appeared
o'clock in the evening, when he
in his outward deportment, which was urgent as usual for their stay
evinced the uncommon pride of his whether he slept that night is unheart.
His writings show clearly certain, but it is believed he went
that he was determined not to bear to bed.
The children and maid
the mortification of being thought slept in one chamber in the grey
by his friends poor and dependent. of the morning of the Ilth of De:
;
:
:
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
cember he went to their bed chamawaked the maid and ordered
ears,
and
fired
them at the same inwent through the
ber,
stant: the
her to rise gently, without disturbing the children, when she caine
down stairs he gave her a line to
the family physician, who lived at
the distance of a quarter of a mile
ordered her to carry it immediately,
at the same time declaring that Mrs.
Beadle had been ill all night, and
directing her to stay until the physician should come with her
this
he repeated sundry times with a
degree of ardor. There is much
reason to believe he had murdered
Mrs. Beadle before he awaked the
maid.
Upon the maid's leaving the
house he immediately proceeded to
execute his purpose on the children
and himself. It appears he had for
some time before, carried to his
bedside every night an axe and a
carving knife ; he smote his wife
and each of the children with the
axe on the side of the head as they
lay sleeping in their beds
the woman had two wounds in the head,
the skull of each of tliem was fractured
he then with the carving
knife cut their throats from ear to
ear; the woman and little boy were
drawn partly over the side of their
beds, as if to prevent the bedding
from being besmeared with blood
the three daughters were taken
from the bed and laid upon the floor
side by side, like three Iambs, before their throats were cut
they
were covered with a blanket, and
the woman's face with a handkerchief.
He then proceeded to the
lower floor of the house, leaving
marks of his footsteps in blood on
the stairs, carrying with him the
axe and knife, the latter he laid on
the table in the room where he was
found, reeking with the blood of his
family.
Perhaps he had thoughts
he might use it against himself if
his pistols should fail. It appears he
then seated himself in a Windsor
chair, with his arms supported by
the arms of the chair he lixed the
head in transverse directions. Although the neighbors were very
near and some of them awake,
none heard the report of the pis-
;
;
:
;
;
:
;
;
muzzles of the
pistols
into his
two
balls
tols.
" The line to the physician obscurely announced the intentions
of the man
the house was soon
opened, but alas, too late
The'
bodies were pale and motionless,
;
!
swimming
in their blood, their faces
mountain snow, yet life
seemed to tremble on their lips
description can do no more than
faintly ape and trifle with the real
white
as
:
figure.
" Such a tragical scene filled every mind with the deepest distress:
nature recoiled, and was on the
rack with distorting passions the
most poignant sorrow and tender
pity for the lady and her innocent
:
babes, who were the hapless victims of the brutal, studied cruelty
of an husband and father, in whose
embraces they expected to find security, melted every heart. Shocking effects of pride and false notions
about religion
" To paint the first transports
this affecting scene produced, when
the house was opened, is beyond
my reach. Multitudes of all ages
and sexes were drawn together by
the sad tale.
The very inmost
souls of the beholders were wounded at the sight, and torn by contending passions.
Silent
grief,
wuth marks of astonishment, were
!
succeeded by furious indignation
against the author of the affecting
spectacle, which vented itself in
incoherent exclamations.
Nature
itself seemed rufhed, and refused
the kindly aid of balmy sleep for a
time.
" Near the close of the day on
the r2th of December, the bodies
being still unburied, the people
who had collected in great numbers,
rage,
grew almost frantic with
and in a manner demanded
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
the body of the murderer: the law
being silent on the subject, it was
difficult to determine where decency required the body should be
placed many proposed it should
be in an ignominious manner where
four roads met, v.'ithout any coffin
or insignia of respect, and perfora:
ted
by a
stake.
Upon which
a
question arose, where that place
could be found which might be
unexceptionable to the neighborhood, but no one would consent it
should be near his house or land.
After some consultation it was
thought best to place it on the bank
of the river between high and low
water mark the body was handed
out of the window and bound with
cords on a sled, with the clothes on
as it was found, and the bloody
knife tied on his breast, without
coffin or box, and the horse he usually rode was made fast to the sled
the horse, unaccustomed to the
draught, proceeded with great un:
:
steadiness, sometimes running full
speed, then stopping, followed by a
multitude, until arriving at the wa-
edge, the body was tumbled
into a hole dug for the purpose, like
the carcase of a beast.
"On the 13th of December, the
bodies of the murdered were interred in a manner much unlike
that of the unnatural murderer.
The remains of the children were
borne by a suitable number of
equal age, attended by a sad procession of youths of the town, all
bathed in tears ; side by side the
hapless woman's corpse was carter's
ried in solemn procession to the
parish church yard, followed by a
great concourse, who with affectionate concern and every token
of respect were anxious to express
their heartfelt sorrow in performing the last mournful duties.
" The person of Mr. Beadle was
small, his features striking and full
of expression, with the aspect of
fierceness and determination ; his
mind
was contemplative
;
when
once he had formed an opinion, he
was remarkably tenacious
as a
merchant or trader, he was esteemed a man of strict honor and integrity, and would not descend to any
low or mean artifice to advance his
fortune.
He was turned of 52
years of age when he died.
" Mrs. Beadle was born at Plymouth in Massachusetts, of reputa:
ble
parents, a
comely person, of
good address, well bred, and unusually serene, sincere, unaffected
and sensible. She died in the middle of life, aged 32 years.
" The children, (the eldest of
which was
a son, aged 12 years,
three, daughters, the
youngest aged 6 years) were such
as cheered the hearts of their parents, who were uncommonly fond
of displaying their little virtues and
excellencies, and seemed to anticipate a continuance of growing parental satisfaction
alas, like earl}',
the
other
:
tender buds nipped by untimely
frosts, they did but begin to live
" It is more than probable, that
!
this man had for months past desired that some or all of his children
might be taken out of the world by
accident he removed all means of
security from a well near his house,
which he was careful heretofore to
keep covered.
His little boy he
often sent to swim in the river, and
has been heard to chide the child
for not venturing further into deep
water than his fears would suffer
him. He has at times declared it
would give him no pain or uneasiness to follow his children to the
grave
his
acquaintance knew
these expressions could not arise
from want of affection or tenderness for his c^iildren, but rather
imagined him speaking rashly in
jest.
He ever spoke lightly of
death as a bugbear the world causelessly feared.
It appears from his
writings, he at first had doubts
whether it was just and reasonable
for him to deprive his wife of life,
and offers against it only this reason.
:
:
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
he had no hand in bringing
her into existence, and consequently had no power over her life.
She set out on the 7th of November on a journey to Fairfield, which
he thought was by direction of
Heaven to clear him of his doubts
and remove her out of the way, at
the time the business was to be
done and his intention was to have
executed his design on himself and
children in her absence.
She proceeded no further than New Haven, and by reason of some disappointment, returned ten days earlier
than expected he appeared chagrined at her early return, and soon
began to invent some justifying
reasons for depriving her of life
also.
He finally concludes it would
he unmerciful to leave her behind
to languish out a life of misery and
wretchedness, which must be the
consequence of the surprising death
of the rest of the family, and that
since they had shared the frowns
and smiles of fortune together, it
would be cruelty to her, to be divided from them in death."
that
;
:
Addison co.
Weybridge is waby Otter Creek, which afLemonfair
fords it good mill sites.
tered
waters
Some parts of the town
the town.
are mountainous, but the soil is generally good
the basis being limestone, it yields good crops, and pastures about 6,000 sheep.
It lies 30
miles S. by E. from Burlington, and
is bounded on the S. E. by Middlebury. Population, 1830, 850.
:
Weymoutli, Mass*
Norfolk CO.
This was the second settlement made by white
men in New England. Mr. Thomas Weston, a respectable merchant
of London, who had been active
in promoting the interests of the
Plymouth
colonists, sent
and 50 or 60
men
40
two ships
colony
year 1622. The
to plant a
at this place, in the
Weymouth from a town in England,
was however permanently settled
by the Rev. William Morrill, Capt.
Robert Georges and others, in the
year 1624.
The surface of the town is pleasantly diversified by hills and valSome of the elevations are
leys.
commanding, and present delightful views of Boston harbor, Massachusetts bay and the adjacent
country. The soil is a strong gravelly loam, with a granitic super
structure.
This town was
formerl)'^
noted
particularly for its cheese of a superior richness and flavor; but little of which
now made in consequence of
is
the increased value of the lands.
Weymouth is finely watered by
large and beautiful ponds, and by
two important arms of Boston harbor, called Fore and Back rivers.
These rivers are navigable for large
vessels, and at their head are valuable mill privileges. Between these
excellent
for its
Wcybridge, Vt.
river, a sluggish stream, also
fate of the colony was as unfortunate as the designs of Mr. Weston
were philanthropic. By the unjust
and wanton conduct of his agents
towards the natives, the colony
would have been totally destroyed,
were it not for the timely assistance
afforded it by a band of men from
the Plymouth Colon}'-, commanded
The colby the gallant Standish.
ony was broken up, and Mr. Weston lost his life on the coast in atThis place,
tempting to reach it.
the Indian Wessagxisset, named
rivers,
daiine.«,
and between the towns of
and Hingham is a large
Braintree
tract
swelling land of
extending to Quincy,
of gently
good
and
soil,
is united to "Quincy Point"
by a bridge across Fore river.
Over this ground the turnpike road
between Quincy and Hingham
passes.
There are several pleasant villages in Weymouth, but the principal place of business in the town
Landing," so
is at " Weymouth
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
called,
or
Washin2;ton
Square,
at
the head of Fore riv^er, on the line
This place, being
of Braintree.
at the head of navigation for a large
and flourishing section of counti-y,
has long enjoyed, and must ever possess superior privileges as a place
of trade. About 1,000 tons of shipping is owned here, employed in
the fishery and domestic trade.
At this place are a number of
wharves, ware houses, a steam saw
mill, and manufactures of various
kinds.
Ship building is carried on
to some extent, and large quantities of lumber, flour, grain, lime,
coal, wood, &c., are annually sold.
Tliis village lies on the Ply-
mouth and New Bedford roads, 11
miles S. by E. from Boston, 24 N.
N. W. from Plymouth, 14 S. E.
from Dedham,5 W. from Hingham,
W. from
Boston Light.
south pai-t of
the town is pleasantly situated on
elevated ground, about 3 miles S.
The
from Washington Square.
people here are extensively engaged in the manufacture of boots and
and 9
S. S.
The
village
at the
shoes.
Stages pass between these villages and Boston, daily
and packets, for the transportation of merchandize, navigate the rivers about
nine months in the year.
The roads in this section of the
;
country are remarkably fine, and
many citizens of Boston make Wey-
mo ith
The
summer
residence.
manufactures of the town
are various, but those of leather,
boots and shoes, are the most conThe annual amount of
siderable.
these manufactures varies from
$.500,000 to $800,000.
Weymouth was incorporated in
IfiSo.
Population, 1820, 2,404;
1830, 2,839 ; 1837, 3,3S7.
This ancient town has been the
birth place and residence of many
men of great usefulness in society.
Among the number, the name of
CoTTOiv Tufts, M. D., M. M.
S. S.
their
A. A.
S.,
will long be
re-
membered
as a revolutionary patriarch and skillful physician.
"IVliately,
Mass.
Franklin co.
This town lies on
the west side of Connecticut river,
9 miles N. from Northampton, 11
S. from Greenfield, and 92 W. by
N. from Boston. Incorporated in
Population, in 1837, 1,140.
1771.
There are some pine plains, and a
part of Sugar Loaf mountain extends into the town from Deerfield
still there are some tracts of good
intervale land on the Connecticut,
and smaller streams, by which it is
watered.
The number of sheep in Whately,
in 1837, was 1,6.50 ; weight of wool,
value, $2,862.
There
4,9.53 lbs.
are 3 woollen mills in the town, 3
tanneries, 3 distilleries, and manufactures of gimblets, augers, hammers, brooms, brushes, palm-leaf
hats, boots, shoes, pocket-books, &c.
Annual value, about $90,000.
;
:
Wlieelock, Vt.
There is some
Caledonia co.
good land in this town, but a great
it is mountainous or hilly,
and fit only for the pasturage of
sheep, of which about 3,000 are
kept. The streams flow N. W. into
and S. E. into the
the Lamoille
Passumpsic.
This town was granted in 1785,
part of
;
to the charity
College,
school at
and named
Dartmouth
in
honor of
John Wheelock, who was,
at that
of that institution.
Wheelock lies 30 miles N. N. E.
from Montpelier, and 9 N. from
Population, 1830, 834.
Danville.
time, president
Wlieel^vriglit's
Pond, N. H.
See Lee.
^yiiite River, Vt.
This is the largest stream in the
on the east side of the Green
Mountains. It waters a basin of
about 700 square miles, and traverses in its course from Kingston, ia
state
�;
NEW ENGLAND
GAZETTEER.
Addison county, about 60 miles. It others, and soon after settled by
Populapasses through Hancock, Rochester, \Taj. Burns and others.
and Pittstield, in Rutland county, tion, 1830, 685.
and Stockbridge, Bethel, Royalton,
AVliitcliead, 3Ie.
and Sharon, in Windsor county, to
Lincoln co. An Island off the
its fall into the Connecticut at Hartford, about 5 miles above the mouth town of St. George, with a liaht
White river and tower 30 feet in height. The
of Queechy river.
receives many large tributaries
light bears about S. W. by S. 9 miles
the most considerable of which are from Owl's Head.
the three branches, so called, from
the north ; and Broad brook and
Locust creek from the south. This
\Vliite
Mountains, X.
II.
These mountains are
situated in
of Coos, in the north
stream and its branches, afford a
great hydraulic power; and large
tracts of country are fertilized by
It passes through a
»ts waters.
country of lofty mountains, deep
ravines and fertile valleys ; the
scenery of which is much enhanced by the devious course of this
the county
They extend
part of the state.
about 20 miles from S. "W. to N.
E., and are the more elevated parts
beautiful river.
20'
WTiite Cap Mountain, Me.
See Andover.
IVIiitefteld,
Me.
Lincoln co. Sheepscot river passes through this town, giving it fertility, beauty, and a good water
power. It lies 16 miles S. E. from
Augusta, and 14 N. from WlscasPopulaIncorporated, 1809.
set.
tion,
in 1837, 2,136.
Wheat
crop,
same year, 3,637 bushels.
Wliitefield, N. H.
This is an irregular
Coos CO.
township, lying S. from Lancaster,
W. from Jefferson, N. from Carroll
and Bethlehem, and E. from Dalton.
It is 120 miles N. from Concord.
Its soil is generally thin and light,
of easy cultivation and tolerably
though in the N. part low
good
spruce swamps abound. In this
town lie part of Blake's, Long,
Round and Little river ponds, be;
two other small ponds. The
second of these is a beautiful pond
of considerable size, abounding with
John's river passes through
fish.
Whitefield was granted
this town.
Jul'' 4, 1774, to Josiah Moody and
side
of a ransce extending many miles
Their base is
in that direction.
about 10 miles broad and their central latitude is
W.
The
44°
15'
N., and 71°
lono-itude.
these mounDr. Belknap,
An ancient travf^?. Agiocochnok.
dition prevailed among the savages,
that a deluge once overspread the
land, and destroyed every human
Indian
name
of
tains,
according;
beinsT,
except a single
to
powow and
his wife, who sheltered themselves
in these elevated regions, and thus
preserved the
nation.
race
The fancy
from extermiof the
natives
peopled this mountain with beings
of a superior rank, who were invisible to the human eye, but sometimes indicated their presence by
tempests, which they were believed to control with absolute authoriThe savages therefore, never
ty.
attempted to ascend the summit,
deemina; the attempt pei-ilous, and
success impossible. But they frequented the defiles and environs of
the mountain, and of cour^-e propagated many extravagant nescriptions of its appearance ; declaring,
among other things equally credible, that they had seen carbun
cles at immen-^e heiohts, which, in
the darkness of night, shone with
the most brilliant and dazzling
splendor.
President Alden states, that the
�NEW ENGLAND
White mountains were called by
one of the eastern tribes Waunibekketmethna: Waumbekket signifies it'^i^e, and methna, mountains.
GAZETTEER.
by a pretty good path, cut
purpose. The total distance
from Boston to the base of Mount
These
Washington, is 171 miles.
you pass
are very pleasant routes
through the capital of New Hampshire, a beautiful town ; you enjoy
a great variety of delightful and romantic river and lake scenery, and
are accommodated with good houses,
on
foot,
for the
:
we
Before
attempt a description
of these mountains, we shall endeavor to direct the traveller in
his course, from the east, the south
and the west, to this magnificent
exhibition of Almighty power.
gentlemanly landlords,
skillful
and
obliging stagemen.
Routes from Boston, through
Concord, JV. H.
the
road
rail
Nashua, by
to
rail
Travellers take
Lowell, pass
road, and then
to
by
stage through Amoskeag to Concord,
or take the Mammoth road at Lowell, through Manchester and Londonderry, or pass through Andover
and Haverhill, Mass. The distance
from Boston to Concord, by the
Mammoth road, is 65 miles by
Nashua, 72, and by the way of
Haverhill, 70 miles.
From Concord you pass to Meredith bridge,
either by the Shaker village in
Canterbury, 12 miles ; or Sanbornton bridge, 16 miles from Concord,
The distance from Concord to MerFrom
edith bridge is 26 miles.
:
Meredith
l3ridge
to
Meredith
vil-
from thence to Centre Harbor, at the north western
extremity of Winnepisiogee lake,
Here you have a fair
is 4 miles.
view of the lake for 15 miles, and
here you can be accommodated
with a passage down the lake, to
Alton, any day in the season of navFrom Centre Harbor to
igation.
Moultonborough is 5 miles, to Sandwich, 2, to Tamworth, 12 to Eaton,
6, to Conway, 8, to Bartlett, on the
south east side of the mountains,
10 ; to the entrance of the Notch,
12 miles; and from thence to the
" Crawford House," is 12 miles.
The Crawford house is about 9 miles
from the summit of Mount Wash-
lage,
is
9 miles
;
;
About two
thirds of this
traveled by horses, procured at the accommodation house
of Crawford the residue is traveled
ington.
distance
is
There is another route from Concord to these hills, by the way of
Plymouth, through the Franconia
Notch, that is very pleasant and
frequently traveled.
From Concord through Boscawen, FrankAndover, Hill, Bristol, and
Bridgewater, to Plymouth, is 40
miles from thence, through Campton, Thornton, Peeling, Lincoln,
to Littleton, through the Franconia
Notch, is 40 miles. From Littleton
to Crawford's, is 18 miles.
Total
distance from Boston, by this route,
163 miles.
lin,
;
From Plymouth to Littleton
roads are remarkably good,
the landscape delightful
but
scenery is not so beautiful as by
;
the
and
the
the
Winnepisiogee, nor so magnificent
as through the Notch of the White
Mountains.
The
Portsmouth and Dover
route, from Boston, is very pleasant
you exchange the beautiful scenery along the Merrimack, for a visit
to some of our most delightful Atlantic towns. On this route we pass
through the principal towns of Sa-
lem, Beverly, Ipswich, NewburyHampton, to Portsmouth, 56
miles from Boston. From thence we
go to Dover, 12 miles, to Alton,
at the southeastern extremity of
Winnepisiogee lake, 28 miles; from
thence up the lake, by steam boat,
to Centre Harbor, 20 miles, and
from thence, to Crawford's, at the
base of Mount Washington, as by
Total distance,
the Concord route.
by this route. 183 miles.
port,
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
route, from Boston, by steam boat and stage, is
another very pleasant way to reach
You
niouniainous region.
this
leave Boston in the evening, on
board one of our beautiful, seaworthy steamers, and take an early
The Portland
breakfast, the next morning, at
our friend Haskell's, at the " Elm
House," in Portland. The distance
from Boston to Portland is about 120
miles ; but distance, in this case, is
After
generally lost in sleep.
breakfast you take the northern
stage, and passing through Gorham
and other towns, to Fryeburgh, you
arrive at Conway, (the centre of all
the eastern routes,) 57 miles from
Portland, and find excellent accommodations for the night. The next
day you have ample time to go to
the Crawford house, and to prepare
excursion the next
for an aerial
morning. The distance from Boston, in this
way,
is
211 miles. This
the most expeditious route, and
has the charms of both ocean and
inland scenery.
is
The Connecticut River
route, to
the " Crystal Hills," is full of
beauty in almost all its course. You
leave Hartford and ascend one of
the most delightful rivers in the
world, to Littleton, N. H.,a disSome of this
tance of 1S8 miles.
distance may be travelled by water,
but the most agreeable mode of
travelling is by land, on either
As you pass
side of the river.
the principal towns of Springfield,
Northampton, Deerfield, Green-
Walpole, WindHanover, Norwich, Haverhill
and Newbury, you are charmed
with all the varieties of scenery,
field, Brattleboro',
sor,
which elevated mountains,
placid
and rapid waters, a wide, luxuriant
and densely populated alluvial basin
can yield. The distance from Littleton through Bethlehem to Craw18 miles. Total disford's
tance from Hartford, by this route,
House
206 miles.
40*
is
Tlie
Hudson River Route.
Ex-
these mountains from
New York by the Hudson river.
Lake Champlain, and back by the
way of Boston or Hartford, affords
cursions
to
our southern and western friends
a rich repast of New York and New
England scenery.
The distances on the Hudson
from New York to Troy are given
under Long Island Sound.
famed Minand Saraby the rail
The distance to the former
and to the latter 32 miles.
From Troy
to the far
eral Springs, at Ballston
toga, is a pleasant ride,
road.
is 2.5,
distance from Albany to Saratoga Springs, by the way of Schenectady, is 36 miles.
The waters of these springs have
long been justly celebrated for their
medicinal and exhilarating quali-
The
and a vast number from all
;
parts of the United States, and even
from foreign countries, resort to
them, either for health, or to join
ties
the gay and fashionable throng who
hold an annual festival around these
hygeian fountains.
The accommodations
at these
entertainment of
strangers, are of the first order:
no expense seems to be spared to
render them acceptable to their
villages, for the
numerous visitants.
These springs are numerous, but
generally contain the same fubstances, only in a greater or less
The most celebrated of
quantity.
them is the Congress, at Saratoga,
which has given, in analysis, 471,5
grains muriate of soda; 178,4 3-4
16,5 carbonate
carbonate of lime
3,3 1-2 carbonate of magof soda
nesia, and 6,1 3-4 carbonate of iron,
;
;
one gallon of water: carbonic
Temacid gas, 343 cubic inches.
perature through the year, 50° of
to
Farenheit.
A
few miles
east from Saratoga
village is Fish Creek, memorable
as the scene of the surrender of
Burgoyne's army, of 5,791 men,
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
to the Americans, under General
Gates, October 17, 1777.
From Troy to Whitehall, N. Y.,
is 70 miles by stage, and 72 by the
Champlain canal. In this distance
we pass Beniis' Heights, and forts
Miller, Edward, and Anne ; important stations during the revolutionary war.
JVhitehall is at the southern extremity of lake Champlain, and at
the junction of the canal with the
lake.
This place is an important
location for trade on Lake Chainplain, and of an extensive tract of
country.
The lake is navigable
here for all classes of lake vessels
and from this place steam boats ply
along the shores of this beautiful
lake to St. Johns in Lower Canada.
This is a pleasant and flourishing
town, and a great thoroughfare for
travelers in the season of navigation.
It is situated in the county
of Washington, and contains a population of about 3,500.
About a dozen miles west from
Whitehall lays Lake George, celebrated for the purity of its waters,
;
its enchanting island and mountain
scenery, its salmon trout, and above
all, for its history, as connected with
the memory of our fathers in their
glorious struggle for liberty.
This lake is about 35 miles in
length, and averages about 2 miles
in breadth.
It discharges its waters into Lake Champlain, near the
ruins of Ticonderoga, by an outlet
of 3 miles in length ; in which distance the fall is about 150 feet.
On some
of the islands in this
lake, crystals of quartz are found of
uncommon transparency and perfection of form.
Rogers^ Rock, is on the west
side of the lake, near the outlet.
It rises abruptly
between 300 and
400 feet.
It
received its name
from a Major Rogers, who, to elude
his Indian pursuers, deceived them
by asscending the rock, throwing
his pack into the lake, and changing his snow shoes heels foremost
thus inducing them to believe tha
he had leaped into the lake.
This is indeed one of the most
beautiful and romantic sheets of
water in the world.
From Whitehall to Burlington,
On this
Vermont, is 70 miles.
route we pass the memorable fortresses of Ticonderoga and Crown
Point; Mount Independence, and
a great number of beautiful towns
which skirt the lake on each side.
Opposite to Charlotte, Vermont,
11 miles S. from Burlington, in the
town of Essex, N. ¥., is Sj)lit
Rock, a great natural curiosity.
Tiiis rock projects into the lake 150
The
separated from
feet: it contains about half an acre, and is covered with trees. The height of the
rock, on each side of the opening,
is about 20
feet ; and appears to
have been rent asunder by some
great convulsion.
From the beautiful town of Burlington we cross the mountains to
Montpelier, situated in a delightful
valley amid the hills. The distance
is 38 miles.
On this route we tra/el
along the romantic banks of the
Winooski ; we listen to the rushing
of its waters down its mountain
course ; view its foaming cataracts,
and stop to admire the wonderful
Assures and fantastic mechanism,
which, in the course of ages, that
stream has wrought, by its ceaseless
current, amid these adamantine
feet.
the
point
is
main rock about 20
hills.
From Montpelier we pass to Connecticut river, and Littleton, N. H,,
a distance of 40 miles, and from Littleton to the base of Mount Washington, a distance of IS miles.
By this route from the city of
York, the distance is 386
miles from that city by the way
of Stonington, Providence, and the
nearest route from Boston, the disThis route
tance is 383 miles.
may be varied so as to enjoy the
beauties of Winnepisiogee lake,
by leaving Troy, 150 miles, for
New
:
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NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
Bennington, 30 miles, 180
;
Brat-
tleborough, 40—220; Keene,20—
240 Concord, 55—295 to the base
;
;
of the mountains,
tance, 401 miles.
106
;
total
dis-
These mountains are the highest
New England and, if we except
the Rocky mountains, whose height
has not been ascertained, they are
the most lofty of any in the United
in
;
Their great elevation has
always rendered them exceedingStates.
ly interesting both to the aboriginal inhabitants and to our ancesThey were visited by Neal,
tors.
Jocelyn, and Field as early as
1632 they gave romantic accounts
of their adventures, and of the extent and sublimity of the mountains.
:
They called them
Hills.
the
Crystal
Since that time this mountainous
region has been repeatedly explored by hunters and men of science.
Their height has been a subject of
much speculation ; but from the
best surveys, Mount Washington
the
is 6,234 feet above the level of
The following is the height
sea.
of the principal mountains above
Connecticut river at Lancaster,
to
Jefferson
of Washington.
situated between these two.
Madison is the eastern peak of
Monroe is the first to
the range.
north
is
the south of Washington. Franklin
is known by
is the second south and
LaFayette is
level surface.
its
known by its conical shape, and being the third south of Washington.
The ascent to the summits of these
mountains, though fatiguing, is not
dangerous ; and the visitant is richly rewarded for his labor and curiIn passing from the Notch
osity.
travelto the highest summit, the
the summits of Mounts
La Fayette, Franklin and Monroe.
ler crosses
he must pass
and cross several
These are neither wide
ravines.
nor deep, nor are they discovered at
In accomplishing
through a
great distance
a
wit
Adams,
««
Jefferson,
<«
Madison,
-
"
Monroe,
-
-
5,850 feet.
5,383
5,281
5,039
4,932
4,470
4,339
Franklin,
««
La Fayette,
Although these mountains are 65
miles distant from the ocean, their
<<
snow white summits
are distinctly
good weather, more than
Their ap50 miles from shore.
pearance at that distance is that of
a silvery cloml skirting the horizon.
The names here given are those
visible, in
;
for
the trees
fill
them up exactly even with the
mountain on each side, and their
branches interlock with each other
in such a manner, that it is very
difficult to pass through them, and
they are so stiff and thick as almost
Mount
to support a man's weight.
La Fayette is easily ascended. Its
extent of 5 or 6 acres,
and gradually slopes
away in every direction from its
It even has a verdant apcentre.
pearance, as it is every where covered with short grass, which grows
in little tufts to the height of four
Among these tufts,
or five inches.
top, to the
is
Mount Washington,
this,
forest,
smooth,
mountain flowers are thinly scattered, which add life and beauty to
summit
eye
is
The
prospect from this
to the N. the
dazzled with the splendor of
the scene.
is
beautiful
:
Mount Washington; N. W.
are
seen the settlements in Jefferson;
W. the courses of the Amonoosuck,
S.
as though delineated on a map
Moosehillock and Haystack
appropriated to the differ- W. the
generally
S. Chocorua peak ;
are discovered
ent summits. Mount Washington
the settlements and mounelevation, S. E.
is known by its superior
tains in Bartlett; E. only dark
and by its being the southern of
Mount mountains and forests. On descendthe three highest peaks.
a small patch of
by its sharp termi- ing this mountain,
Adams is known
water is found at its base ; from
nating peak, and being the second
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which the ascent is gradual to the
summit of Mount Franklin. After
crossing this mountain, you pass
over the east pinnacle of Mount
Monroe, and soon find yourself on
a plain of some extent, at the foot
of Mount Washington.
Here is a
fine resting-place, on the margin of
a heautiful sheet of water, of an
oval form, covering about 3-4 of an
acre.
The waters are pleasant to
the taste, and deep.
Not a living
creature is to be seen in the waters,
at this height on the hills
nor do
vegetables of any kind grow in or
around them, to obscure the clear
rocky or gravelly bottom on which
they rest.
small spring discharges itself into this pond at its southeast angle. Another pond, of about
2-3 its size, lies N. W. of this.
Directly before you, the pinnacle
of Mount Washington rises with
majestic grandeur, like an immense
pyramid, or some vast Kremlin in
this magnificent city of niountains.
The pinnacle is elevated about 1,500
feet a!)0ve the plain, and is composed principally of liuge rocks of
granite and gneiss piled together,
presenting a variety of colors and
forms.
In ascending, you must pass enormous masses of loose stones but
a walk of half an hour will generally carry 5^ou to the summit. The
view from this point is wonderfully
grand and picturesque. Innumerable mountains, lakes, ponds, rivers, towns and villages meet the delighted eye, and the dim Atlantic
stretches its waters along the eastern horizon.
To the N. is seen the
lofty summits of Adams and Jefferson
and to the east a little detached from the range stands Mount
Madison.
ISIount Washington is
supported on the N, by a high ridge,
which extends to Mount Jefferson ;
on the N. E. by a large grassy plain,
terminating in a vast spur extending far away in that direction E.
;
A
GAZETTEER.
and S. E. by a grassy plain, in summer, of more than 40 acres. At
the southeastern extremity of this
plain, a ridge commences, which
slopes gi-acefully away towards the
vale of the Saco; upon which at
short distances from each other,
arise rocks, resembling, in some
places, towers; in others, representing the various orders of architecture.
It
would be vain
in us to attempt
wonders
which here astonish and delight the
a description of the varied
To
beholder.
those
who have
vis-
mountains, our descriptions would be tame and uninteresting
and he who has never
ascended their hoary summits, cannot realize the extent and magnificence of the scene. These mountains are decidedly of primitive
ited these
;
formation.
Nothing of volcanic
origin has ever yet been discovered on the most diligent research.
They have for ages, probably, exhibited the same unvarying aspect.
No minerals are here found of much
rarity or value.
The rock which
most abounds, is schistus, intermixed with greenstone, mica, granite
and gneiss.
The three highest
peaks are composed entirely ot
fragments of rocks heaped together
in confusion, but pretty firmly fixed in their situations. These rocks
are an intermediate substance between gneiss and micaceous schistus ; tliey are excessively rough
and coarse, and grey, almost black,
with lichens. The mica in them is
abundant, of different colors, red,
black, and limpid, and though sometimes several inches in diameter, yet
most often irregularly stratified.
The granite contains emerald, tourmaline, of which are found some
beautiful specimens, and garnets,
besides
its
proper constituents.
Crystals of quartz, pyrites, actinote, jasper, porphyry, fluate of lime,
and magnetic iron ore, are someby a promontory, which breaks off times obtained.
abruptly at St. Anthony's Nose ; S.
During 9 or 10 months of the
;
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;
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year, the summits of the mountains
are covered with snow and ice, giving them a bright and dazzling appearance. On every side are long
and winding gulleys, deepening in
their descent to the plains below.
Here some of the iinest rivers
of
New
England
originate.
Saco flows from the east side
the branches of
of the mountains
the Androscoggin from the north
the Amonoosuck and other tributaries of the Connecticut from the
west and the Pemigewasset from
the south, its fountain being near
The
;
;
;
The sides of the
that of the Saco.
hills are in many parts covered with
soil ; but this is very superficial in
all cases, and every spot, that can
be reached by running water, is
left destitute of every thing but
rocks and pebbles, of v,^hich likewise the river bottoms are excluIn these cold
sively composed.
and elevated regions, the period for
the growth of vegetables is extremely brief; the mourtains must
be forever sterile. T.-oss and lichens may be found near the summits, but of meagre and scanty
growth looking as if they had
wandered from their proper zone
helow, into these realms of barren
—
desolation.
visit of
GAZETTEER.
went thither about the end of
month," (August.) They set
out, probably, a few days after the
return of Field, dazzled by visions
of diamonds and other precious
minerals, with which the fancy of
this man had garnished his story.
" They went up Saco river in birch
canoes, and that way they found it
90 miles to Pegwagget, an Indian
town, but by land it is but 60. Upon Saco river they found many
ince,
this
thousand acres of rich meadow, but
are 10 falls which hinder
From the Indian town
boats, &c.
they went up hill (for the most
part) about 30 miles in woody lands,
then they went about 7 or 8 miles
upon shattered rocks, without tree
or grass, very steep all the way.
At the top is a plain about 3 or 4
there
miles over,
all
shattered
stones,
and upon that is another rock or
spire about a mile in height, and
about an acre of ground at the top.
the top of the plain arise 4 great
each of them so much water at the first issue as would drive
At
rivers,
Connecticut river from two
the N. W. and S. W.,
which join in one about 60 miles
Amoff; Saco river on the S. E.
ascoggin, which runs into Casco
and the Kenbay, at the N. E.
a mill
heads
:
at
;
;
The
nebeck at the N. by E.
or
described by Winthrop, mountain runs east and west 30
Mountains,
40 miles, but the peak is above all
It was peris worthy of notice.
went and returned
formed in the month of August, the rest. They
company with in 15 days." This description of
1642, by him in
probably comThomas Gorges the deputy-gover- the mountains was
to Gov.
Field, who v.'as liv- municated by Mr. Vines
Darby
nor.
Winthrop. It conveys a very accuing at Exeter,1639, has the credit
idea of them, as they now
of 'being the first traveller to these rate
also is strike the traveller.
His journey
mountains.
described by Winthrop, who says it
The JVotchof the WJiite Mounwas performed in the year 1632.
tains, is a phrase appropriated to a
He appears to have returned by
" The report he very narrow defile, extending two
the way of Saco.
between two huge
brought," says Winthrop, " of shin- miles in length
A
Mr. Vines
to the
White
ing stones, &c. caused divers others
to travel thither, but they found
Mr.
nothing worth their pains.
Gorges and Mr. Vines, two of the
magistrates of Sir F. Gorges' prov-
cliffs
apparently
rent
some vast convulsion
asunder by
of nature
:
probably that of the deluge. The
entrance of the chasm on the east
side, is formed by two rocks stand-
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
ing perpendicular at the distance of
22 feet from each other: one about
20 feet in height, the other about
12.
The road from Lancaster to
Portland passes through this notch,
following the course of the head
stream of the Saco.
The scenery at this place is exceedingly beautiful and grand. The
mountain, otherwise a continued
range, is here cloven quite down
to its base, opening a passage for
the waters of the Saco.
The gap
is so narrow, that space has with difficulty been found for the road.
About half a mile from the entrance
of the chasm is seen a most beautiful cascade, issuing from a mountain on the right, about 800 feet
above the subjacent valley, and
about 2 miles distant. The stream
passes over a series of rocks almost
perpendicular, with a course so little broken as to preserve the appearance of a uniform current, and
yet so far disturbed as to be perfectly white. This beautiful stream,
which passes down a stupendous
precipice, is called by Dwight, the
Silver Cascade.
It is pi-obably one
of the most beautiful in the world.
At the distance of 3-4 of a mile
from the entrance of the chasm is
a brook, called the Flume, which
falls from a height of 240 or 250
feet over three precipices
down
the two first in a single current,
and over the last in three, which
unite again at the bottom in a small
basin formed by the hand of nature
in the rocks.
The water is pure
and transparent, and it would be
impossible for a brook of its size to
be modelled into more diversified
or delightful forms.
It is by no means strange that
the unlettered Indian fancied these
regions to be the abodes of celestial beings
while the scholar, without a stretch of fancy, in calling to
mind the mythology of Greece,
might find here a fit place for the
assemblies and sports of the Dry-
—
;
ads,
Naiads and Oreades.
Avalanches or
On
mountains.
slides
from the
the 28th of
Au-
gust, 1S2G, there occurred one of
the most remarkable floods ever
known
in this mountainous region
and which was attended by the
awful calamity of the destruction
of a whole family, by an Avalanche or slide from the mountains.
These Avalanches, as they are
termed in Switzerland, are produced
by heavy rains they commence
generally near the highest limits
of vegetation on the mountains,
which, on some of them, is near
their summits
the slides widening
and deepening in their downward
:
;
course, carrying along all the tiees,
shrubbery, loose rocks and earth
from their granite foundation. At
tbis time there were probably thousands of acres reft from the sides of
the mountains and carried to the
valley in the Notch below.
The house inhabited by Capt.
Samuel Willey and his family, stood
on the w^esterly side of the road,
in the Notch, and a few rods distant
fiom the high bluff which rises
with fearful rapidity to the height
of 2,000 feet.
Adjoining was a
barn and woodhouse in front, was
a beautiful little meadow covered
with crops, and the Saco passed
along at the foot of the easterly pre;
cipice.
Nearly
range of the house,
the extreme point of
the westerly hill came down in a
deep and horrible mass to within
about five rods of the dwelling,
where its course appears to have
been checked by a large block of
granite, which, falling on a flat
surface, backed the rolling mass for
a moment, until it separated into
two streams, one of which rushed
down by the north end of the house,
crushing the barn, and spreading
itself over the meadow ; the other
passing down on the south side,
and swallowing up the unfortunate
beings, who probably attempted to
fly to a shelter, which, it is said.
in
a slide from
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER
a few rods disThis shelter, whatever it
might have been, was completely
had been erected
tant.
rocks weighing 10
50 tons being scattered about the
place, and indeed in every direction, rendering escape utterly imThe house remained unpossible.
touched, though large stones and
trunks of trees made fearful approaches to its walls, and the moving mass, which separated behind
the building, again united in its
The house alone could
front!
have been their refuge from the
horrible uproar around, the only
spot untouched by the crumbling
and consuming power of the storm.
The family consisted of 9 persons Capt. Willey, his wife, 5 children, and two men by the names
of Nickerson and Allen.
overwhelmed
:
to
;
Travelers visiting this section of
country, in autumn, will be gratified
with the rich and varied beauties of
Autumnal foliage, common in this
country, but more particularly so
and which is thus
at the north
described by Dr. Dwight.
" The bosom of both ranges of
mountains was overspread, in all the
changed from their verdure
towards the perfection of that color,
which they are capable of ultimately assuming, through yellow, orange, and red, to a pretty deep
brown. As the frosts at!ects different trees, and the different leaves
of the same tree, in very different
degrees ; a vast multitude of tinctures are commonly found on those
of a single tree, and always on
These
those of a grove or forest.
frost
also, in all their varieties
are generally full; and in many instances are among the most exquisite, which are found in the regions
Different sorts of trees
of nature.
different deare susceptible of
colors,
grees of this beauty. Among them
the maple is preeminently distinguished by the prodigious varieties, the finish, beauty, and the intense lustre, of its hues; varying
through all the dyes, between a rich
green and the most perfect crimson ;
or more definitely, the red of the
prismatic image."
Wlxitiiig,
Me.
;
inferior regions,
by a mixture of
evergreens, with trees, whose leaves
The annual foliage
are deciduous.
had been already changed by the
frosts.
Of the
effects of this
Washington
change
perhaps, impossible for an inhabitant of Great Britain, as I have
been assured by several foreigners,
adequate conception,
to form an
without visiting an American forWhen I was a youth, I reest.
co.
This town
lies
the head of Machias bay, and is
watered by several ponds and a
It lies 152 miles
good mill stream.
E. N. E. from Augusta, and 6 N.
Incorporated,
E. from M.ichias.
Population, 1S37, 462.
1825.
at
Whiting, Vt.
it is,
Thompson had entirely oaiitted, in his seasons, this line
Upon
part of autumnal imagery.
enquiring of an English gentlemiin,
the probable cause of the omission,
he informed ine, that no such scenery existed in Great Britain. In this
country it is often nmong the most
All
splendid beauties of nature.
the leaves of trees, which are not
mar'.v'^d, that
evergreens, are by the
first
severe
W^hiting lies 40
Addison co.
miles S. W. from Montpelier, and
It is
10 S. from Middlebury.
washed on the eastern border by
Otter Creek, but is without anyvaluable mill stream.
This is a fine farming town the
soil is composed partly of marl, and
affords excellent crops of grain and
hay about 7,000 sheep are kept
here.
Some years since fish were
introduced fi-om the lake, to Otter
:
:
Creek, at this place, and have been
found to multiply exceedingly.
Whiting
It
\va- first settled in 1772.
was named
in honor of
John
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
Whiting of Wrentham,
ulation, 1830, 653.
Mass. Pop-
^^Iiitingliam, Vt»
Windham
Deerfield river
passes through this town and forms
considerable tracts of valuable intervale.
The surface of the uplands is diversified
with a good
soil for sheep, of which many are
co.
;
kept.
weight of 2,292 fleeces of
wool, sheared in this town in 1837,
was 6,110 pounds, valued at $3,669.
ers, the
There are some manufactures in
the town of boots, shoes, leather,
straw bonnets, palm-leaf hats, wagon?, &.C.
The " Wesle3^an Academy," in
Wilbraham,is an institution of great
value, and in high reputation.
It
has considerable funds, and about
240 scholars attend throughout the
Scholars are received at this
year.
seminary from ten years of age
Sawdawga pond, in Whitingham,
rather a cuiiosity.
It is a handsome sheet of water, covering
about 500 acres. For many years and upwards.
The annual cost to
past earth has been forming over a scholar, for board and tuition, is
its surface, and from 75 to 100 acres
from $80 to $90.
This institution
of land now rise and fall with the Vv^as incorporated in 1S24, and is
waters of the pond.
governed by a board of trustees.
Among the first settlers of VerGreat excitement existed in this
mont, many remarkable instances of quiet town and vicinity by the
longevity and fecundity are found. murder of Marcus Lyon, on the
Mr. Pike had 28 children 19 9th of November, 1805. The murof whom were living a few j'ears der was committed by two foreignsince ; the youngest aged 25 years. ers, Halliganand Daley, who were
Mr. Benjamin Cook died in this hanged at Northampton on the 5th
town, a few years since, aged 106 of June, 1806.
He had followed the busiyears.
V/ilbraham lies 80 miles W. S.
ness of shoemaking through life. W. from Boston, and 10 E. from
He celebrated his hundredth birth Springfield. It was incorporated
day by making a pair of shoes, in 1653. Population, 1837, 1,802.
without the use of spectacles.
"Wiliiains' Rivers.
is
A
;
Whitingham was
first
settled in
17 miles W. by S.
from Brattleborough, and 18 E. S.
E. from Bennington.
Population,
1830, 1,477.
1773.
It
lies
Wickford Village, R. I.
See JVorth Kingston.
Wilbraham, Mass.
Hampden co. Tlie people
of
pleasant town are principally
employed in agricultural pursuits,
and are remarkable for equality of
property.
This town is watered
by the Chickopee and several of its
small tributaries.
The surface is
this
agreeably diversified by hills and
valleys, and the soil is well adapted
to agricultural and
horticultural
pursuits.
The products of Wil-
braham
are
numerous
;
among oth-
Williams' river, in
Vermont,
is
formed in Chester by the union of
three considerable branches, which
originate in small streams in the
townships of Ludlow, Andover,
Windham, and Grafton.
These
three branches unite about a mile
and a half to the southeast of the
two villages in Chester, and their
united waters, after running 15
miles in a southeasterly direction,
into Connecticut river in Rockingham, three miles above Bellows'
Falls.
Along this stream is some
fine intervale, and it afibrds several
good mill privileges.
Williams'
fall
its
name from the
celebrated Rev. John Williams,
who was taken by the Indians at
Deerfield, Mass., in 1704. and who.
at the mouth of this stream, preach-
river derives
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;
NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
ed a sermon
Williams'
his fellow captives.
to
river,
Massachu-
in
See West Stockbi'idge.
setts.
Williainsbiirgli, Me.
off
and called Barnard:
the
first
to
fact
this
the editor
when
pages of this edition were
printed.
The lands in Williamsburgh and
Barnard are undulating;, heavily
wooded, with
a fertile
The
soil.
population of Williamshurgh,
1837, was 120.
in
Williamsburgh and Barnard are
present but thinly settled
;
at
but in
consequence of a vast body of slate
for rooting houses and other purposes being found within their limits,
the lands within these towns must
enhance in value and increase in
population.
These
are
quarries
common
to both towns; they lie at
an elevation of from 150 to 200 feet
above Pleasant river, a branch of
the Penobscot, which passes their
northern and eastern borders, about
two miles distant.
These quarries are inexhaustible
and are stated to be
fully equal to the celebrated Welsh
They are situated 40 miles
slate.
in quantity,
the Bangor and Piscataquis rail road, now
and in proin operation to Orono
gress from Orono to tliese quarries,
the Bangor of the new world seems
likely to become as celebrated for
its tine slate as the Bangor of the
N. from Bangor; and, by
;
See Barnard.
old.
^Villiamsl>iirgli, Mass.
Hampshire co. The suiface of this
town is elevated and uneven but
,
and has a warm and
fei-tile soil.
It is watered by a good
stream which meets the Connecticut at Northampton. It lies 8 miles
N. W. from Northampton, and 100
W. from Boston. Incorporated in
it is
pleasant,
1771.
Population, 1837, 1,345.
41
ot
the
town
punches, bitts and bitt
and japan buttons,
stocking yarn, and lather boxes
annual value, about ^200,000.
The value of buttons, manufactured the year ending April 1, 1837,
was $102,500.
In 1837, there were 2,815 sheep
sheared in this town, whose fleeces
weighed 8,362 pounds, and sold for
augers,
This town was
Piscataquis co.
In 1834 the
incorporated in 1S20.
easterly part of the town was set
was unknown
The manufactures
consist of woolen cloth, (3 mills,)
boots, shoes, leather, hats, iron casting!?, axes, gimlets, screw drivers,
stocks, flexible
5,017.
^Villianistowii, Vt.
Orange co. This town lies on the
height of land between Onion and
White rivers; 10 miles S. E. from
IMonipelier, and about the same disFii^t
tance N. Vv'. from Chelsea.
Population, 1830,
settled, 1784.
This mountain town pro1,487.
duces good crops of grain and hay.
It pastures about 7,500 sheep.
The " Gulf Road," so called,
between Royalton and Montpelier,
This
passes through this town.
mountain pass is some miles in
length, wild and picturesque. The
mountains on each side of the gulf
are very high, and the sides are
so steep as to leave only a narrow
passage for the turnpike, and a
o-urgling branch of White river on
the south side, and of a branch of
Onion river on the north.
Williamstown, Mass.
Berkshire co.
This town
ated in a large and
is
situ-
valley,
romantic elevations,
fertile
surrounded by
and watered by lioosack and Green
These beautiful streams
rivers.
unite their hydraulic powers and
fertilizing qualities, to render this
remote valley a scene of competence and peace, and a delightful
retreat for the muses.
Williamstown lies at the N. W.
corner of the state, on the lines of
Vermont and New York 135 miles
W, by N. from Boston, 27 N. fiom
;
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
Lenox, and 36 E. by N. fi'om Albany, N. Y. It was incorporated
Population, 1837, 1,981.
in 1765.
There are
1 cotton and 2 woolen
mills in the town, and manufactures of potatoe starch, cabinet ware,
chairs, palm-leaf hats, shovels, hats,
leather, &c.
annual value about
:
$75,000.
streams give Willington some exmill pi-ivileges, some of
which are profitably improved.
There are about 2,500 sheep in the
cellent
The number
of sheep in this
flourishing agricultural town, in
the year 1837, was 8,000
viz:
2,000 Saxony, 5,800 Merino, and
200 common. The fleeces of these
—
sheep
er Wolcott, Esq. and others, for
in the year 1720.
It is about
7 miles in length, and 4^ in width
There is an abundance of granite
in the town, and good ii-on ore.
The surface is uneven and the soil
hard.
The Wiilimantic and other
£510,
weighed
sold for $13,965.
The village in
23,200
lbs.,
town.
Population, in 1830, 1,305.
24 miles N. E. from Hartford,
and bounded W. by Tolland.
It is
and
town is delightfully situated on a gentle rise
from the river. The buildings are
generally tastefully constructed and
command a great variety of superb
scenery. This town contains a tepid spring, of some repute in cutaneous diseases.
this
Williams College, in this town,
IS handsomely located.
It derived
its
name from Col. Ephraim
Williams, a native of Newton,
anJ a distinguished benefactor of
Williamstown. Col. Williams was
a man of talents, brave, witty, polite and popular.
He commanded
the line of forts on the west side
of Connecticut river, in the French
and Indian wars from 1740 to 1748.
In 1755, he received the command
of a regiment, and joined general
Johnson.
He fell at the head of
1,200 men, near lake George, on the
8th of September of that year. Col.
Williams, being a bachelor, gave
the most of his estate for the establishment of a free grammar school
at this place. The school went into operation in 1791, and in 17,93
the legislature vested it with college privileges.
See Register.
l¥illiitiantic Miver, Ct.
Also Village, see Windham.
Wiliiiigton, Ct.
Tolland CO. This town was sold
by the Connecticut colonj. to Rog-
"^Villistoii,
Chittenden
Vt.
This
co.
an ex-
is
town of a rich soil,
with an uneven surface, but not
cellent farming
mountainous.
It
is
very produc-
tive of all the varieties common to
a northern climate
its product of
wool, in 1837, was 9,225 fleeces.
:
Williston is watered by Onion river,
and some smaller streams but its
water power is small. It is 27 miles
W. N. W. from ?>Iontpelier, and is
bounded on the W., by Burlington.
;
Population, 1830, 1,608.
Thomas Chittenden was the
town. He came here
in 1774.
He was a member of the
fatiier of this
convention, which, in 1777, declared Vermont an independent state,
and was active in procuring its admission into the Union.
When the
Vermont Constitution was established, in 1778, Mr. Chittenden was
selected as a candidate for governor to which office he was annually elected, with the exception of
one year, till his death in 1797. He
was 67 years of age.
;
Wilmington, Vt.
Windham co. The east and west
branches of Deeriield river unite
in this town, which, with the waters
of Beaver and Cold brooks, and
of Ray's pond, a large and beautiful sheet of water; a valuable mill
There are
power is produced.
some fine tracts of lard in the town,
and a considerable portion that is
�—
NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
rough and hard
to
till.
There are
a number of mills of various kinds
in the town, and a pleasant and
thriving village.
Wilmington was settled before
the revolutionary war, but increas-
ed but slowly until the peace. It
lies 46 miles S. S. W. from Windsor, 14 S. W. from Newfane, and
17 E. from Bennington, Population, 1830, 1,367.
Wilmington, Mass.
Middlesex co. The surface
this
town
is
of
generally level, with a
The wood is
light and sandy soil.
chiefly pine, and much charcoal is
made. This kind of soil, although
unfit for the generality of crops, is
well adapted for the growth of
hops, of which large quantities, of
a tine quality, are produced in
Wilmington, and which frequently
afford the cultivator a large profit.
of 32 years,
inclusive, there were
During the period
1806— 1S37,
inspected at Charlestown, Mass.
76,860 bags of hops, weighing
16,167,182 lbs. The price varied
from 34 to 5 cents a pound. The
highest price was in 1817, the low1-5
est, in 1819 ; average price, 13
Total value, $2,169,430.
cents.
The town
is
watered by
a
branch
the Middlesex
of Ipswich river
canal passes through it, and adds
much to the beauty of its scenery.
Wilmington was incorporated in
1730. It is 14 miles N. N. AV.from
Boston, and 10 S. E. by E. from
Lowell. Population, 1837, 795.
:
^Vilmot, K. H.
Merrimack co. Wilrnot is 30
miles N. W. from Concord, and
87 from Boston. The streams forming Blackwater river have their origin in the vicinity of Wilrnot.
They afford a number of good mill
The 4th N. H. turnpike
seats.
from Concord to Hanover passes
through this town. It was made in
1803, through an entire forest, without any inhabitants for 14 miles
and about 6 miles below
The land near the turnbut
pike appears rude and barren
the acclivities on either side are
above,
Wiimot.
;
of
susceptible
town
leys,
cultivation.
The
composed of hills and valpresenting a rough surface.
is
no large collections of
mountains, excepting
Kearsarge, whose summit forms the
It was incorsouthern boundary.
There
are
w^ater, nor any
It receivporated June IS, 1807.
ed its name in honor of Dr. Wiimot,
an Englishman, who, at one time,
was supposed to be the author of
the celebrated letters of Junius.
Population, 1830, 835.
"Wilson, Me.
This town was incorporated in
1836, as " township number 9 in
the 9th range, north of the Waldo
Patent in the county of Somerset."
We repeat, that but very little information respecting a town is gained from its act of incorporation.
We
to
beg our friends "
Down
East"
write to us.
W^ilton, Me.
Franklin co. This is one of the
most flourishing agricultural townIt has a fertile
ships in the state.
soil, a beautiful surface, and two
It lies a little
pleasant villages.
distance from Sandy river, 5 or 6
miles S. W. from Farmington, and
38
W. N. W. from Augusta.
Wilton has an adequate water
power for common purposes, produced by streams issuing from
The
beautiful ponds in the town.
people are principally agriculturalists, and tested their skill in that
delightful pursuit, in 1837, by producing 11,071 bushels of good clean
wheat.
Wilton was incorporated
Population, in 1830,
in 1803.
1,140; 1837,
2,102.
AVilton, N. H.
This town is
by Mason, and W. by
Hillsborough co.
bounded
S.
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
Temple.
It is
9 miles
W. by
S.
from Amherst and .37 S. by W.
from Concord.
Souhegan is the
principal river.
Its main branch
enters this town near the S. W.
corner and proceeds in a N. E.
course till it forms a junction with
several
branches running from
Lyndeborovgh and Temple. These
flow through the N. part, and are
sufficiently
has sprung up within a few years.
This town has neither mountains,
ponds or swamps. It is in general
of strong and excellent soil.
Good
clay is found in plenty near the
streams.
There are several quarries of excellent stone for splitting
and hewing. The first settlement
was made
1733, by 3 families
Mass., 2 by the
name of Putnam, and 1 by the name
of Dale.
Hannah, the daughter
of Ephraim Putnam, was the first
child born in town.
The town
was incorporated June 25, 1762,
and derived its name from Wilton,
an ancient borough in Wiltshire,
England.
distressing accident
occurred in raising the second
meeting house, September 7, 1773.
The frame fell, and three men were
instantly killed
two died of their
wounds soon afterward, and a number of others were badly injured.
On July 20, 1804, the same meeting house was struck by lightning
and considerably shattered. Population, 1830, 1,039.
in
Danvers,
A
;
Wilton,
Fairfield co.
Ct.
Wilton was taken
from the north part of Norwalk, in
1802.
The surface of the town is
broken by two ridges of hills, but
the soil is a gravelly loam and productive of grain and a great variety
of fruit.
Agriculture is the principal
business of the inhabitants.
The town
is watered by Norwalk
and has a satinet factory
and other mechanical operations by
river,
ered and worked in this town during the revolutionary war. Wilton
lies 34 miles W. S. W. from New
Haven, and 6 N. from Norwalk.
Population, 1330, 2,095.
large for mill streams.
On these streams are some valuable
manu factures, and a pleasant village
from
A
water.
classical school, of hioh
reputation, was established here "in
1818, by Hawley Olmstead, Esq.
This school is worth a million of'
the silver mines that were discov-
\¥iiiclieiidoii,
Worcester
Mass.
This town was
It is 60 miles
N. W. by W. from Boston, and 34
N. N. W. from Worcester. Population, 1830, 1,463; 1837,1,802.
co.
incorporated in 1764.
The
surface of the town
is
uneven
and rocky, with a strong soil, which,
when subdued, is quite productive
of grain, grass and fruit trees.
There
are fine quarries of granite
and a spi-ing tinctured
;
with iron and sulphur, but which
is less visited tlian formerly.
Miller's river rises in this town and
in the
town
Ashburnham, and affords convenient mill seats.
There are 2 pleasant villages in the town, a cotton
mill, a woolen mill, and manufactures of cotton and wool bobbins,
leather, palm-leaf hats, chairs, cabinet and wooden wares
annual
:
value, exclusive
about $100,000.
of cotton
goods,
Tinder Warner, N. H., we gave
an account of a frightful tornado in
that and the neighboring towns in
1821.
It appears that this part of
the country was visited by a similar desolation, at the same time,
more than 40 miles distant.
Worcester paper thus describes it
" About 6 o'clock, Sunday evening, September 9th, a black and
terrific cloud appeared a little south
of the centre of Northfield, Franklin county, nearly in the form of a
pjM-amid reversed, moving very rapidly and with a terrible noise. In its
progress it swept away or prostrated all the trees, fences, stone walls,
and buildings which came with-
A
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
vortex, which in some places
not more than 20 rods and in
others 40 or 50. It passed from
in
its
was
Northfteld
Orange,
to
through Warwick and
the southwesterly part
of Royalston, where its force was
broken by Tully Mountain. Its path
was strewed for the distance of 25
miles, through the towns of Royalston, Winchendon, Ashburnham and
Fitchburg, with fragments of buildings, sheaves of grain, bundles of
corn stalks, clothing, &.c.
" Several persons were killed
and wounded, numerous houses,
barns, &c. deinoiished, and many
domestic animals, in the track of the
Large
tornado, were destroyed.
trees were taken 200 feet into the
air, and logs which would require
4 oxen to remove them were swept
out of the bed of Tully river where
they had lain for more than half a
ccnturj\ The ground was torn up
from the river to the mountain,
about 40 rods, from 1 foot to 6 feet
The surface of the earth
deep.
was broken throughout the whole
course of the whirlwind, as with
the ploughshare of destruction.
Stones of many hundred pounds
weight, were rolled fro;n their beds.
Lots of wood were whirled into
promiscuous heaps, with roots and
The aptops, and top? and roots.
pearance presented by the track of
the u'hirlwind, indicated, as near as
the writer can judge from actual inspection, that the form of the cloud,
and the body of air in motion, was
that of an inverted pyratnid, drawing whatever came within its influence towards the centre of motion."
Wiiiclie^ter, N. H.
This pleasant town
N. by Swanzey and
Cheiteriield, E. by Riclituond, V*'.
by Hinsdale, and S. by Massachuis
Cheshire
bounded
setts
line.
co.
It
lies
1'^
miles S.
W.
from Keene, 65 S. W. from Concord, 80 \V. from Boston, SON. from
Hartford, Ct., and 12 E. from Brat-
41*
tlebo', Vt. Population, 1837, 2,500.
Tlie face of this town
is
diversified
with hills and valleys. The soil is
of an excellent quality, furnishing
in abundance, all the agricultural
products natural to this section of
the country.
Ashuelot river passes through the centre of this town,
affording a number of mill privileges, and is bordered on each bank
by extensive intervales, of a fertility rarely excelled.
There are other small streams running in various directions through
the town, affording facilities for water
power.
The
centre village is on the S.
E. bank of the Ashuelot, and the
principal street, running parallel
with its border, has a number of
dwelling houses, with stores and
shops, 3 meetinghouses, an elegant
district school house, saw and grist
mills, shops for turning wood and
iron, an extensive establishment
for the manufacture of musical instruments of all kinds, and 2 organ
manufactories; and, at the lower
end, the street is adorned with a
beautiful row of native ever-green
trees, which extends nearly half a
mile.
Two miles west is another considerable village, containing 1 large
woolen factory,
1
cotton factory,
1
satinet factory, saw, grist and oil
mills, two furnaces, together with
shop?, stores, meeting houses, &.c.
In the S. E. part of the town
there are saw mills, grist mills,
clothier's
works, and
1 satinet fac-
tory.
This town was sacked by the Indians, and the inhabitants taken
prisoners or driven off in 1745 or '6,
and did not return under about 5
years to resume the settlement of
The former name of the
the place.
town was Arlington, and it was incorporated by its present name in
1753.
VViiiclxcster, Ct.
Litchfield
co.
Winchester was
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
Population,
incorporated in 1771.
The geological char1830, 1,76G.
acter of the town is primitive ; the
rocks consisting of granite, mica
The soil is gravelly,
slate, &c.
it affords good
hard and coarse
grazing, and its products of butter,
cheese and wool are considerable.
:
The Borough
of Clifton
was
in-
It is a flourcorporated in 1832.
ishing village, consisting of about
sixty or seventy dwelling houses,
and 4 mercantile stores.
The village is principally built in a narrow valley, on the banks of a mill
stream, called Mad river, which is
a tributary of Farmington river.
The valley at this place is but bare-
ly of sufficient width
admit of a
street, with buildings on each side,
the ground rising immediately in
every direction.
Westward of the
ergreen district," so named fror
the forests of hemlock and othe
evergreen trees with which i
abounds. These "Green Woods'
present one of the most impressive
scenes which can be found in an
American forest.
The branches
of the trees are thickly covered
with a deep green foliage, closely
interwoven overhead, nearly excluding the light of the sun.
The
scene forcibly reminds the contemplative traveler of the words of
Thomson, in his celebrated hymn
" Oh, ta'k of
Where,
Him
o'er Ihe
Fills the
in solitary
glooms
!
rock ihe scarcely waving pine
brown shaJe with a
'Wiiidl>ani,
religious
awe."
Me.
to
main street in the vill'age, a road
passes up a steep hill for nearly a
quarter of a mile, where, upon an
elevated plain, is an interesting lake
or pond, which is one of the largest
bodies of water in the state, being
3 1-2 miles in length and 3-4 of a
mile in breadth.
The outlet of
this lake presents a novel scene
it consists of a small stream, compressed within a narrow channel,
and literally tossed from rock to
rock till it unites with Mad liver.
Most of the manufacturing establishments in the village are situated on this outlet, upon which there
arts some of the
best natural sites
for hydraulic works in the state.
In this village are four large scythe
factories, one machine shop, and
five forges.
The ore to supply
these forges is brought from Canaan, Kent and Salisbury.
Winsted, or ihe East village, is
very pleasant, and contains a large
woolen mill, an extensive clock
factory, an iron foundry, and an
axe factory. This village is 26
miles N. W. from Hartford, 49 N.
by W. from New Haven, and 17 N.
by E. from Litchfield.
Winchester lies within the " ev-
Cumberland
co.
Windham
lies
on the N. E. side of Presumpscut
river, which separates it from Gorham. It is 76 miles S. W. from
Augusta, and 14 N. N. W. from
Portland.
This is a valuable farming town, and the inhabitants are
employed in agriculBranches of the Presumpscut give the town good mill privileges.
There are 2 pleasant villages in the town, some manufactures, and several beautiful fish
principally
ture.
ponds.
Population, 1837, 2,207.
"Windliam, N.
II.
Rockingham co.
This town is
34 miles S. by E. from Concord,
and 45 W. S. W. from Portsmouth.
Policy pond lies in this town and
Salem, about one half in each.
Cabot's pond lies E. of the centre
of the town.
Golden pond is in
the south, and Mitchel's in the
northeast part of the town.
Beaver river or brook forms the W.
boundary, upon which are some
meadow
lands.
The town
is
also
well supplied with small streams.
Windham was originally a part
of Londonderry ; and was detached
ond incorporated in 1739. The inhabitants, principally derived from
the first settlers of Londonderry,
have firmly adhered to the religious
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;
:
NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
principles of their fathers, to the
doctrines and forms of the presbyterian church as originally established in Scotland, and administered in this country.
Population,
1830, 993.
AViudliam, Vt.
Windham
the
AVindliaiu County, Vt.
JVewfane is the shire town.
This county is bounded N. by Windsor county; E. by Connecticut river
;
S.
by the
of
state
Massachuof Ben-
and W. by the county
nington.
It contains an
about 780 square miles.
tion, 1810, 26,760; 1820,
setts,
1S30, 23,748.
area of
Popula28,457;
Incorporated, 1789.
For some years it bore the name of
Cumberland. Population to a square
mile, 37.
The surface
of
much broken by
hills
county is
and valleys
very elevated,
the
the western part is
and contains a part of the Green
Mountain range.
The geological
character of the county is primitive.
Immense quantities of granite are found in all parts of the
county, both in quarries and boulders, most of which is of fine grain
and very handsome.
It also contains gneiss, hornblende, serpentine, primitive limestone, and mica, talcose,
chlorite,
and argellite
slates.
The soil of the county is various
from the rich and alluvial meadows
on the Connecticut, to the cold and
rugged lands on the sides of the
mountains. The general character
of the soil may be considered as
tolerable for grain and excellent
In 1837, there were
for grazing.
Some
76,532 sheep in the county.
of the wool is of a fine quality, but
generally it is about half blood.
Windham county is finely watered by Williams', Saxton's, and
West rivers, with their branches,
and by numerous other streams.
These waters give the county a
great hydraulic power, which is
rapidly coming into use for manufacturing purposes.
;
Branches of West,
CO.
Williams' and Saxton's rivers give
this town a good water power. The
surface of the town is elevated
soil,
though strong,
is
better
adapted for grazing than tillage.
About 4,000 sheep are kept here.
Windham was formerly a part of
Londonderry.
It is 30 miles N.
E. from Bennington, and 25 S. W.
fiom Windsor.
Population, 1830,
847.
The
actynolite
embedded
in talc,
found in this town, in slender
four sided prisms of a leak green
color.
The crystals vary in size ;
some are six inches in length and
an inch in breadth.
These crystals are abundant.
Chlorite, garnets, serpentine, and steatite are
is
also found.
Winclliani County, Ct.
Brooklyn
is
county town.
uniformly hilly,
is mountainous or
the
is
This county
yet no part of
very elevated.
is
it
The
prevailing
a primitive gravelly loam.
soil
The
greatest portion of the county is
stony and considerably rough, and
the lands generally best adapted for
grazing, and many sections afford
some of the richest dairy farms in
the state.
The Quinnebaug and
Shetucket, with their branches,
intersect this county, and afford
many valuable water privileges for
mills and manufacturing purposes.
The valley of the Quinnebaug river comprises the best land in the
The inliabitants of this
county.
county are more extensively engaged in the manufacturing business
than in any other county in the
Cotton and woolen goods
state.
are the principal
tured.
articles
manufac-
Windham county originally belonged to the counties of Hartford
and New London. It was incorporated as a county in May, 1726.
This county is bounded N. by
�ENGLAND GAZETTEEPw
NEVf
Massachusetts; E. by Rhode Island
S. by the county of New
London, and W. by ToHand county.
It contains aa area of about 620
square miles.
Population, ISIO,
28,611; 1820,31,634; 1330,27,077.
Population to a square mile, 44.
In 1837, there were 26,017 sheep
in Windham county.
In
memory
;
in
and the
The
co.
John
the
to
country
Windham,
in
for
Mason, James
throne,
fled
to
where he procured a
negro servant to attend him.
But
when advertisements and pursuers
were spread through this country, to
apprehend the adherents of the Protector, he left yirgi!ua,came to New
York, and from thence to Norwich. Still feeling that he should
be securer in a more retired place,
the
to this
first cellar,
new
plantation,
dug
and with his servant,
raised in Windham the first English habitation, in the spring of
1639. The settlers, rapidly increasing, petitioned the general court,
and obtained a grant of town privileges in May, 1692.
It was made
a county town in May, 1726."
Windham is bounded N. by the
towns of Hampton, Chaplin and
Mansfield ; E. by Franklin and
Lisbon, and W. by Lebanon and
Columbia.
It contains an area of
about 8 by 6 miles.
It has an
uneven
surface,
with
a
tolerable
soil.
The
is a copy of the
Lieutenant Gates'
monument, in the village burying
ground.
following
Inscription
on
ye support of ye Poor,
and another
Legacy for ye support
of ye School
in
said
town
He
in
for
ever.
died
Windliam,
July ye IGth, A. D.
first
in Virginia,
he came
and a generous
Legacy in Land
plate,
this
He landed
for safety.
Windham.
his last
CJiurch of Christ in
territory of
Fitch and others, in the year 1675.
" Lieut. John Caies, a pious puritan, who served in the wars in
England, holding his commission
under Cromwell, wlien Charles II.
came
setteiler in the
Will and Testament,
he gave a
generous Legacy
to ye first
town, Mansfield and Canterbury, was given by Joshua, a son of
Uncas, the celebrated Mohegan
to
of
Bv
this
sachem,
England,
first
Town
Wiiidliaui, Ct.
Windham
of
Mr. John' Gates.
He was a gentleman born
1697.
Since the removal of the county
courts from this place to Brooklyn,
and the establishment of the village of Willimantic, the ancient
village of Windham has somewhat
declined in its trade and population.
It is pleasantly located, compactly
and neatly built, and contains the
charm of antiquity, in as great perfection as can probably be found in
England.
This village is 30
miles E. from Hartford, 14 N. by
New
W. from Norwich, 44 W. S. W.
from Providence, R. I., and 12 S.
W. from Brooklyn. Population of
the town, 1820,2,439; 1830,2,812.
The Borough of Willimantic
is 3 miles W. from ^Vindham village.
It is well situated on Willimantic river: it is built principally
on one street, and contains some
very handsome buildings.
In this
village are six cotton mills, containing 13,000 spindles ; a paper
mill and a satinet factory.
This
nourishing village has grown up
in the course of a few years.
The
population of this borough, in 1837,
was
2,000.
JVillimantic River rises in tlie
county of Tolland, and with the
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEEPw
Natchaug, forms the Shetucket
in
Windham.
" Much pleasantry," says Mr.
Barber, " has been indulged at the
expense of the inhabitants of Wind-
ham, on account
of a sinjxular oc-
currence vvliich happened in the
year 175S, by which the inhabitants were very much frightened.
There is probably some exaggeration in the account, though the
foundation of the story is believed
to be a matter of fact."
We copy
it as an amusing relic.
" On a dark, cloudy, dismal night
in the month of July, A. D. 175S,
the inhabitants of V»'indham, a small
town in the eastern part of Connecticut, had retired to rest, and
for several hours, all were wrapped
when suddenin profound repose
ly, soon after midnight, the slumbers of the peaceful inhabitants
were disturbed by a most terrilic
noise in the sky right over their
heads, which to manj', seemed the
yells and screeches of infuriated
Indians, and others had no other
way of accounting for the awful
sounds, which still kept increasing,
but by supposing the day of judgment had certainly come ; and to
their terrified imaginations, the awful uproar in the air seemed the
immediate precursor of the clangor
of the last trumpet.
At intervals,
—
many supposed they
could distinguish the calling out of paticular names, as of Colonels Dyer
and Elderkin, two eminent lawyers, and this increased the general
But soon there was a rush
terror.
from every house, the tumult in
the air still increasing old and
young, male and female, poured
forth into the streets, " in puris
—
naturalibus,^^ entirely forgetful, in
their hurry and consternation, of
their nether habiliments, and with
eyes upturned tried to pierce tlie
Some
almost palpable darkness.
daring " spirits,'^ concluding there
was nothing supernatural in the
hubbub and uproar over head, but
rather, that they heard the yells
of Indians commencing a midnight
attack, loaded their guns and sallied forth to meet the invading
foes.
These valiant heroes, on
ascending the hill that bounds the
village on the east, perceived that
the sounds came from that quarter,
and not from the skies, as first believed, but their courage would not
permit them to proceed to the daring extremity of advancing eastward, until they had discovered the
real cause of alarm and distress,
which pervaded the whole village.
Towards morning the sounds in the
In the
air seemed to die away.
morning, the whole cause of alarm,
which produced such distressing
apprehensions among the good people of the town, was apparent to
all who took the trouble to go to a
certain mill pond, situated about
three fourths of a mile eastward of
This pond, hereafter,
the village.
in the annals of Fame, forever to
be called the Frog Pond, in consequence of a severe drought, which
had prevailed many weeks, had become nearly dry, and the Bull Frogs
(by which
it
was densely
j^ojju-
lated) at the mill fought a pitched
battle on the sides of the ditch
which ran through it, for the possession and enjoyment of the fluid
Long and obwhich remained.
stinately was the contest maintainand many thousands of the
ed
combatants were found defunct, on
both sides of the ditch, the next
;
morning.
It
had been uncommon-
ly still, for several hours before the
battle commenced, but suddenly,
as if by a preconcerted agreement,
every frog on one side of the ditch,
raised the war cry, Col. Dyer, Col.
Dyer, and at the same instant, from
the opposite side, resounded the
adverse shout of Elderkin too, ElOwing to some pecuderkin too.
liar state of the atmosphere, the
awful noises and cries appeared
to
the distressed Windhamites to be
directly over their heads."
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
Windsor, Me.
Kennebec
some
Windsor was
co.
in-
corporated by tbe name of JVIalta,
in 1809.
In 1S21 it took the name
of Gerry, and in 1822 it received
present name.
It lies 12 miles
from Augusta, by which it is bounded on the west. Population, 1837,
Wheat crop, same year,
1,660.
5,947 bushels.
This town is watered by the upper branches of Sheepscot river,
and by several handsome ponds.
its
The
surface of the town is diversithe soil is generally good, and
its agricultural condition improving.
There are some manufactures
in the town.
fied
:
"Windsor, W. H.
Hillsborough
co.
This town con-
tains only 5,JJ35 acres.
sified
with
hills
:
its soil
mit of cultivation. The soil produces fine crops of grain, hay, vegetables and fruits
the lands are
peculiarly adapted for grazing, and
about 200,000 sheep graze on its
varied surface of hills and valleys
:
The
beautiful Connecticut, which
its whole eastern boundary,
gives to this county large tracts of
alluvial meadow land, and aftbids
it a navigable channel to the sea
board, for its surplus productions,
and for its wants from abroad.
The hydraulic power of Windsor
county is verj^ large, and its local
position is such as to induce men of
enterprize and capital to embark in
manufacturing operations, which
are annually increasing with fair
prospects of success.
washes
It is diver-
strong,
is
grazing, and for bread stufis,
of which quantities sufficient for use
at home, and some for the markets
Black pond, near the
are raised.
centre, is said to be 160 rods long
and SO broad and one near the S.
E. corner of the town, is about
SO rods long and 40 wide,
Windsor was formerly called
It was incorpoCa7n}')h€lVs Gore.
rated with town privileges in 1798.
Population, 1830, 226.
good
parts mountainous, but gen
erally, it is not too elevated to ad-
Windsor, Vt.
for
;
^?yindsor Comity, Vt.
Woodstock is the county town.
This county is bounded N. by the
county of Orange, E. by Connecticut river, S. by Windham county,
and W. by Rutland and a part of
Addison counties. It contains an
area of about 900 square miles.
Population, 1810, 34,877
1820,
38,233; 1830, 40,625: population
to a square mile, 48.
Incorporated
;
in 1781.
Windsor county is watered bj^
White, Queechy, Black, West and
Williams' rivers, and by other excellent mill streams.
The surface
of the county is uneven, and in
Windsor
co.
Windsor was
first
uneven, but there are but few parts
of it unfit for cultivation.
It consettled in 1764.
Its
surface
is
tains large tracts of alluvial meadow, and the uplands are generally
fertile.
Mill brook waters the
south part of the town, and furnishes it with excellent mill sites.
The manufactures of the town are
numerous and valuable. The agricultural interests are also valuable
10,000 sheep are annually
sheared in the town, and many
neat cattle, horses and productions
of the dairy are annually transported to its various markets.
This town has become the centre of an important commerce, both
from the river and a fertile interior
country.
The favorable position
of Windsor, as a place of trade,
was early discovered, and it has
been fortunate in possessing a succession of men, who, by their enterprise and wealth, have rendered
:
it one of the most flourishing towns
on Connecticut river.
Windsor is situated on the west
side of that delightful river, 55
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
miles S. by E. from Montpelier,
105 N. W. from Boston, 55 N. E.
from Bennington, 95 S. S. W. from
Burlington, and 127 miles above
Population, in 1820,
Hartford, Ct.
1S30, 3,134.
2,956
tine and soapstone.
It is 117 miles
from Boston, 18 N. N. E.
from Lenox, and J 2 E. N. E. from
Pittsfield.
Incorporated in 1771.
W. by N.
Population, 1837, 887.
;
The
Windsor is on elevated ground, on the bank of the
river: it is couipactly, and somewhat irregularly built, but very
beautiful.
There are but few villages in our country which make a
more delightful appearance.
It
contains a great
number
of hand-
some dwelling houses and
stores.
Some of the private houses, churches and other public buildings are in
a style of superior elegance.
This
is the site of the Vermont State
prison.
The streets are wide and
beautifully shaded.
The scenery
around Windsor is highly picturesque ; from the high lands across
the river, in Cornish, which is united to Windsor by a bridge, or on
the Ascutney at the south part of
the town, some of the best landscapes in our country are presented to view.
Windsor, Mass.
Berkshire co.
This town
is situa-
which
Housatonick and Connecticut. Branches of the Housatonick and Westfield rivers rise here.
There are
some good fish ponds in the town,
ted on the ridge of hiirh lands
divides the waters of the
but no
important streams.
The
surface of the town is much broken, but the soil is warm and linely
adapted for grazing. Thei-e ai-o
some excellent farmers in Windsor,
and the productions of the dairy
and of cattle are considerable. In
1837, there were 7,157 sheep in
the town, principally of the Saxony and Merino breeds. Their woo!
weighed 21,3S7 lbs., and sold for
$10,521.
This town
is
remarka-
longevity of its inhabitants
which is doubtless owing to
the purity of its air and water.
Windsor contains beds of serpenble for the
;
"Windsor, Ct.
village of
Hartford co.
This most ancient
town in Connecticut is situated on
the west side of Connecticut river,
6 miles N. from Hartford.
Population, 1830, 3,220.
The surface
of the town is generally level, hav-
ing some
extensive
The
plains.
various, and free from stone :
some of it is light, but a large proportion of it is fertile, containing
extensive tracts of rich meadow.
Farmington river passes through
the town, and meeting the Connecticut, gives the town a good hydraulic power.
There are in Windsor 4 paper
mills, 2 manufactories of cotton
batting, and factories of satinet,
Kentucky jean, wire, ccc. Tlie
business in these manufacturing
establishments is very considerable.
At a place called Pine Aleadow, at
the commencement of the locks on
the Enfield canal, a variety of ship
soil is
and other timber is prepared for
maiket.
Pine Meadow is opposite
to Warehouse Point, in East Windsor.
The
centre village in Windsor is
extended on the banks of
pleasant!}'
the Connecticut
:
sliaded, and
lightful prospects.
v.'ell
it
is
weU
built,
commands
de-
Poqiionnuck village is a few
miles N. from the centre.
It is a
manufacturing village, delightfully
situated at the head of navigation
on Farmington river.
" In 1631, Wahquimacut, an Indian sachem, living near Connecticut
river, made a journey to Plymouth
and Boston, and earnestly entreated the governors of each of the
colonies to send men to make setHe repretlements on the river.
sented the fruitfulness of the country, and promised the English, that
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
they would make a settlement, he
would annually supply them with
corn, and give them eighty beaver
if
skins,
" The governor of Massachusetts,
although he treated the sachem
and his company with generosity,
p^id no attention to his pi-oposals.
Mr. Winslow, the governor of
Plymouth, judged it worthy of atIt seems that soon after
that, he went into Connecticut, and
discovered the river and the adjatention.
captain, on the 25th of October
Curter protested against Hohnes,
the builder of the Plymouth house.
Some time afterwards, the Dutch
governor. Van Twiller, of Fort
Amsterdam, sent a reinforcement
to Connecticut, in order to di-ive
A
Holmes from the river.
party
of seventy men under arms, with
banners displayed, assaulted the
Plymouth house, but they found
it
so well fortified, and the men who
kept it so vigilant and determined,
cent parts. It appeared that the
earnestness with which the sachem
solicited the English to make settlements on the river, originated
from the distressed state of the rivPekoath, the great saer Indians.
chem of the Pequots, was at war
with them and driving them from
the country, and they imagined
that if the English made settlements on the river, they would assist them in defending tiiemselves
against their too powerful enemies.
that it could not be taken witho\it
bloodshed.
They therefore came
to a parley, and finally returned in
peace.
"Governor Winslow of Plymouth,
about sixty men, women and children, with their horses, cattle and
swine, commenced their journey
from Massachusetts, through the
wilderness, to Connecticut river.
After a tedious and dithcultjourney,
heing pleased with the appearance
of the country, having vinted it,
the
Plymouth people made prepar-
ations for erecting a trading house,
and establishing
a
small
company
upon the river. In 1G33, ^Villiam
Holmes, with his associates, having
prepared the frame of a house, with
boards and materials for covering it
immediately, put them on board of
a vessel and sailed for Connecticut.
Holmes landed and erected his
house a little below the mouth of
Farmington river, in Windsor. The
house was covered with the utmost
dispatch, and fortified with palisadoes.
The Plymouth people purchased of the Indians the land on
which they erected their house.
This, governor Wolcott says, was
the first house erected in Connecticut.
" In June, 1634, the Dutch sent
Jacob Van Curter to purchase lands
on the Connecticut.
He made a
purchase of about twenty acres at
Hartford, of Nepuquash, a Pequot
"
A
number
of
Mr. Wareham's
people came, in the summer of 1635,
to Connecticut, and made preparations to bring their families and
make a permanent settlement. After having made such preparations
as they judged necessary, they be-
gan
to
remove
pro])erty.
On
their families and
the 15th of October,
through swamps and rivers, over
mountains and rough grounds, which
were passed with great difficulty
and fatigue, they arrived safely at
the places of their respective des-
They were
long on
time
and pains were spent in passing the
river, and in getting over their
tination.
their journey,
and so
so
much
cattle, that after all their exertions,
winter came upon them before they
were prepared.
" About the beginning of December, provisions generally failed in
the settlements on the river, and
famine and death looked the inIn their dishabitants in the face.
tress, some of them in this severe
season attempted to go through the
wilderness to the nearest settlement
in Massacliusetts.
thirteen,
A
who made
company
the
of
attempt.
�NEW ENGLAND
one of their number, Avho, in
passing a river, fell through the
The other
ice and was drowned.
twelve were ten days on their journey, and had they not received assistance from the Indians, would
all have perished.
Such was the
general distress by the 3d and 4th
of December, that a considerable
part of the settlers w^ere obliged to
leave their habitations.
Seventy
persons, men, women and children,
were obliged, in the severity of
winter, to go down to the mouth of
the river to meet their provisions, as
the only expedient to preserve their
lives.
Not meeting the vessels
which they expected, they all went
on board of the Rebecca, a vessel
of about 60 tons.
This vessel, two
days before, was frozen in, twentj'^
miles up the river ; but by the falling of a small rain, and the influence of the tide, the ice became so
broken, that she made a shift to get
She however ran upon the
out.
bar, and the people were forced to
unlade her to get her off. She was
reladed, and in five days reached
Boston.
Had it not been for these
providential circumstances, the people must have perished from fam-
lost
GAZETTEER.
the
summer
came
following, the
settlers
companies, and the
settlements at Windsor, Hartford
and Wethersfield were firmly esin large
tablished."
The first of the four following
epitaphs is supposed to be the most
ancient monumental inscription in
the state.
Heere
Ephraim Hvit,
sometimes
lyeth
Teacher to ye chvrch of
Windsor, who
died September 4th,
1644.
Who when hee lived wee drew ovr vilall breath,
dyiii^ was ovr death,
Who when hee d.ed
Who was ye stay of s ate, ye chviches staff,
liis
Alas,
tlie lliiies
forbid an epitaph.
Here
vnder lyeth the body of
Henry Wolcot,
sometimes
aMaiestrate of this Ivrisdiction,
who died ye 30th day
of
May,
Anno
Salvtis 1G55,
iEtatis 77.
Here lyeth
the body of the
Hon. Roojer Wolcott, Esq.
of Windsor,
who
for several
ine.
" The people who remained and
kept their stations on the river, sufAfter
fered in an extreme degree.
all the help they were able to obtain, by hunting and from the Indians, they were obliged to subsist
on acorns, malt and grains. The
cattle, which could not be got over
the river before winter, lived by
browsing in the woods and meadows. They wintered as well, or
better, than those that were brought
over, and for which all the provision was made, and care taken, of
which the settlers were capable.
great number of the cattle, however, perished.
The Dorchester
or Windsor people lost, in this species of property, about two hunUpon the
dred pounds sterling.
breaking up of winter, and during
A
42
Governor of the
Colony of
years was
Connecticut, died
May
17th,
Salutis 1767,
iEtatis 89.
Anno
Earth's hishesf station enrfs in "Here he lies ;"
Aud " dust to dust" concludes her noblest soiig.
To
LL.
the memory of Oliver Ellstoorth,
D., an assistant in the Council, and
a judge of the Superior Court of the
State of Connecticut. A member of the
Convention which formed, and of the
Convention of Connecticut,
State
which adopted the Constitution of the
U. States. Senator and Chief Justice
of the U. States ; one of the Envoys
extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, who made the convention of
1800 between the U. Slates and the
—
French Republic. Amiable and exemplarv in all the relations of the domesand christian character.
tic, social
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
Pre-eminently useful in all the offices
he sustained, whose great talents under the guidance of inflexible integrity,
consummate wisdom, and enlightened
zeal, placed him among the tirst of the
illustrious statesmen who achieved and
established the independence of the
American Republic, Born at Windsor
April 2yth, 1745, and died Nov. 26,
1807.
The
ancient boundaries of Wind-
extended 46 miles in circumference, lying on both sides of the
Within these limits there
river.
sor
were ten
distinct Indian tribes cr
sovereignties.
In the year 1670
there was a large Indian fortress
at Windsor, and nineteen natives to
one Englishman
but another race
has arisen
mineralogy
still in all, but its hisfame, it has a rival at the east,
in the
Winnepisiogee of New
Hampshire.
There are more than forty differ;
toric
ent
ways
name of
was formerly written
of spelling the
this lake.
It
as though it had six syllables; but
the pronunciation which has generally obtained with those best acquainted with the region of the
lake, and the Indian pronunciation
of the name, was
Win-ne-pesock-e.
The following authorities
show this
Winnapusseakit :
:
Sherman and
Ince's Report, 1652.
Winnipesocket
Bartlett's
:
Narra-
:
tive, 1708.
:
TVinnipissocay: Penhallow's Wars,
''The chiefs of other days are departed.
They have gone without their fame.
The people are like the waves of the
ocean
Like the leaves of woody Morven,
They pass away in the rustling blast,
And other leaves lift their green heads
on
menced during
the revolutionary
The
Population, 1830, 571.
surface is rough, and the soil not
very productive.
rises in this
town
good water power.
It passes through a part of Jamaica,
and joins West river in Londonderit
Wlnncpissocay
Wmnipeshoky
TVinnej^esocket
1746.
:
:
:
:
Petition, 1733.
Petition, 1744.
Stevens' Journal,
Surveyor Clement,
Winipiseoce: Theodore Atkinson,
war.
atTords
Canterbury char-
1746.
^Viiiliall, Vt.
Winhall River
:
ter, 1727.
Winepesocky
high.'"'
W^inhall is
Bennington co.
bounded on the W. by Manchester, and is 33 miles S. W. from
Windsor.
This town was chartered in 1761, and its settlement com-
and
1726.
TVinaposaivgue
a
1746.
Winnepesacket
:
Governor Shir-
ley, 1747.
JVinipesockee
Bryant's Journal,
:
1747.
Winnapessocket : Map of New
Hampshire, 1750.
Winipisoky : Hon. George Boyd,
17S5.
Winnepisiogee
:
The
present
mode
spelling, pronounced JVinipisoky, or Win-ne-pe-sock-e.
This lake is situated in the coun-
of
However romantic and
Its form is very
ty of Strafford.
irregular.
At the west end it is
divided into three large bays ; on
the north is a fourth ; and at the
east end there are three others.
beautiful Lake George, the charmer of all travelers, appears in its
elevation, the purity of its waters,
its depth, its rapid outlet, its 365
islands which bespangle its bosom,
general course is from N. W.
length is about 22
E.
its
miles, and it varies in width from
one to ten miles.
This lake is environed by the pleasant towns of
ry-
Winiiepisiogec
This
charms.
its
lake
lialce,
possesses
mountain scenery,
its
N. H.
singular
fish, its
Its
to S.
;
Moultonborough,
Tuftonborough,
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
Wolfeboroiis;h, Centre Harbor, Meredith, Gilford, and Alton, and overlooked by other deligtful towns.
The waters
of the Winnepisiogee
are remarkably pure, and its depth
in some places is said to be unfathomable. Its sources are principally
from springs within
bosom.
its
Its
the rapid river of its own
name.
Its height above the level
of the sea is 472 feet.
It is stored
with a great variety of excellent
fish: in the summer season, steam
boats, sloops and smaller vessels
ply on its waters, and in the winter season it presents an icy expansion of great usefulness and
outlet
is
beauty.
Like Cisco bay and Lake George,
this lake is said to contain 3G5
islands.
Without supposing the
days of the year to have been consulted on the subject, the number
IS
very great
;
of
several
comprise farms of from 200
which
to
500
acres.
The beauties of this lake were
thus described, by the celebrated
Dr. Dwight, many years ago.
" The prospect of this lake, and
its environs, is enchanting; and its
beauties are seen with great advantage from a delightful elevation a
little distance from the road towards
Plymouth. The day was remarkaNot a breath disturbed
bly line.
the leaves, or rutfled the surface
The sky was seof the waters.
rene and beautiful. The sun shone
with a soft and elegant lustre;
seems peculiar to that deweather, which from the
20th of September to the 20th of
such
as
lightful
October, so often
elicits
from the
mouths of mankind the epithet of
charming. Mildness tempered the
and serenity hushed the
heat
;
The
immense
world into universal quiet.
"Winnepisiogee
which
Its borders,
an
silvered
floated on
field of glass
tre
was
;
now
in full
by the
its
lus-
surface.
view, now
dimly retiring from the eye, were
formed by those flowing lines,
those masterly
sweeps of nature,
from which art has derived all its
apprehensions of ease and grace
alternated at the same time by the
intrusion of points, by turns rough
and bold, or marked with the highest elegance of figure.
In the
centre a noble channel spread
;
twenty-two miles before the eye,
uninterrupted even by a bush or a
rock.
On both sides of this avenue
a train of islands arranged themselves,
finish,
by
as if to
adorn
it
with the
which could be given only
their
glowing
verdure,
and
graceful forms.
" Nor is this lake less distinguished by its suite of hills, and mountains.
On the northwest ascends a
remarkably beautiful eminence,
called the Red Mountain
limited
every where by circular lines, and
in the proper sense elegant in its
figure beyond any other mountain,
among the multitude, which I have
examined.
On the south ascends
Mount Major; a ridge, of a bolder
At a
aspect, and loftier height.
still greater distance in the south;
east rises another mountain, more
obscure and misty ; presenting its
loftiest summit, of an exactly semicircular form, directly at the foot
of the channel above mentioned,
and terminating the watery vista
between the islands, by which it i?
bordered, in a magnificent manner.
On the northeast the great Ossipee
raises its long chain of summits
with a bold sublimity, and proudly
looks down on all the surrounding
region.
" As we did not cross the Winnepisiogee, I am unable to determine
in what manner an excursion on its
compared with
which I made on Lake George.
That the internal and successive
waters might be
that
Winnepisiogee
beauties of the
strongly resemble, and nearly approach those of Lake George, I canThat tliey
not entertain a doubt.
exceed them seems scarcely credible.
But the prospect from the hill
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
the head of Centre Harbor is of the Piscataqua, rises in a swamp
superior to that from Fort between Hampton and N. HampGeorge; a fact of which hardly ton, and passes north into the Great
any thing could have convinced Bay at Greenland.
me, except the testimony of my
Wiuoosldl City, Vt.
The Winnepisiogee
own eyes.
See Burlington.
presents a field of at least twice
the extent.
The islands in view
Winslovr, Me.
of finer forms,
are more numerous
Kennebec co. This is a beautiThe
and more happily arranged.
The ex- ful town, opposite to Waterville it
shores are not inferior.
pansion is far more magnificent; is watered by Kennebec and Sebasand the grandeur of the mountains, ticook rivers, by several ponds, and
particularly of the Great Ossipee, by a fine stream, a branch of the
Its water power is
can scarcely be rivalled. It can- Sebasticook.
The soil
not be remarked without some sur- constant and abundant.
prise, that Lake Geoi-ge is annually of the town is fertile ; the surface
is
diversified, and rendered provisited by people from the coast of
England and that the Win- ductive by industrious and indepenWinslow is 18 miles
nepisiogee, notwithstanding all its dent farmers.
accumulation of splendor and ele- N. by E. from Augusta. It was
Population,
gance, is almost as much unknown incorporated in 1771.
Wheat crop, same
to the inhabitants of this country, in 1837, 1,557.
as if it lay on the eastern side of year, 6,910 bushels.
the Caspian." See Centre Harbor.
at
much
;
:
New
;
Wintlirop, Me.
Winnepisiogee River, W. H.,
Is the great outlet to the lake of
Kennebec
CO.
This town is finehaving a fertile soil, an
undulating surface, and comprising
six beautiful sheets of water
the
Cobbessecontee and some of its trib-
ly situated,
and issues from the
that name
It
southwest arm of the lake.
thence passes through two bays
between Meredith and Gilford, en- utaries. The largest of these lakes
tering the Great Bay in the north- or ponds is ten miles in length, and
From from one to three miles in width.
east part of Sanbornton,
thence it passes through two other These waters give to Winthrop a
bays, forming the boundary between valuable water power, and which is
Sanbornton on the northwest, and partly improved by a large cotton
Gilmanton and Northfield on the mill, a flour mill, carding and cloth
and unites with the dressing establishments, saw mills,
southeast;
;
;
Pemigewasset a short distance beThe stream
low Webster's falls.
is rapid in its course, and has a fall
of 232 feet from the lake to its
junction with the other branch of
this name being
the Merrimack
given to the confluent stream.
There are also in the town
extensive manufactures of leather,
boots and shoes.
&.C.
The principal village is delightfully located, in the form of a cres-
the union of the North
extending into Readfield,
There are numerous bridges over about six miles, with the South lake
which also extending into Monmouth, about
the Winnepisiogee
furnishes many excellent privileges the same distance. This village is
10 miles W. from Augusta.
The
for factories or other machinery.
East village likewise is pleasantly
See Merrimack River.
situated at the northern extremity
Winuicut River, W. H.,
of the large lake, and is about 6
Or the TVinniconett, a tributary miles from Augusta.
:
;
cent,
lake,
at
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
These
villages
are neatly built,
and are nourishing places of business.
The
lakes add mucJi to the
The descent
beauty of the town.
of their banks is gently sloping,
with a dispersion of acclivities,
which serve to heighten the beauty
their waters are
of the scenery
deep, clear, and ai"e stocked with
an abundance of trout, pickerel,
perch, and other fish.
There is in this town an elevated
:
of land containing an inexhaustible quantity of iron ore, or the
material from which copperas is
manufactured.
Large quantities
of copperas were made here during
the late war, and it is thought that
this ore might be advantageously
used in times of peace.
tract
Winthrop is an excellent farming
town, and the moral character of
its inhabitants is said to be uncom-
monly good.
It was incorporated
Population, 1837, 2,003.
crop, same year, 5,194 bush-
in 1771.
Wheat
els.
lumber
and ship building, this
largely and profitably engaged in the fisbery, for which purplace
it is admirably
located.
The
tonnage of this district in 1837, was
suit
11,662 tons.
The village of Wiscasset is delightfully situated on rising ground,
in view of the harbor.
The court
house, churches, stores, and dwelling houses are built with taste, and
many of them with elegance.
more beautiful village is rarely
seen.
A
"Woburn, Mass.
Middlesex
Wiscasset, Mc.
WisShire town.
casset is a port of entry, situated
on the west side of Sheepscot river, 20 miles from the sea ; 24 miles
S. S. E. from Augusta, 42 N. E.
from Portland, and 10 N. E. from
Bath.
It was incorporated in 1760.
Population, 1837, 2,24G.
Wiscasset contains a noble harbor for vessels of the largest class
it is easy of access and seldom obstructed by ice.
For many years
previous to the commencement of
the commercial restrictions, in 1807,
"Wiscasset was one of the most active and flourishing sea ports in
Maine. During the disastrous period which followed, Wiscasset suffered severely, in common with all
towns largely engaged in naviga:
tion.
Since the termination of the war
the town has been slowly but safely
progressing in wealth and prosperity.
In addition to its commerce in
42*
This town
co.
is sit-
uated 10 miles N. W. by N. from
Boston, 12 E. by N. from Concord,
and 14 W. from Salem.
It was
incorporated in 1642, and first settled in 1640.
Population, 1830,
1,977; 18.37, 2,643.
There are some elevations in Woburn which give the surface a variegated and pleasing aspect. There
considerable
is
Lincoln co.
is
wood land
in
the
town, and some pine plain land;
but the soil is generally strong,
fertile and well improved.
It contains
some beautiful farms.
The manufactures
of the town
consist of leather, boots, shoes, india rubber, chairs, door sashes,
blinds, tin, cabinet and wooden
wares
value, the year end1837, $421,042.
Horn Pond in this town is a delightful sheet of water, surrounded
:
total
ing April,
1,
by evergeens, and
is
so
remarkable
for its rural beauties as
many
to
attract
from a distance. This
pond serves as a passage for the
visitors
Middlesex canal it also furnishes
town with a water power of
The waters of this
some value.
and several smaller ponds in Woburn fall into Mystic river, through
Mystic pond in Medford.
;
the
Wolcott, Vt.
Wolcott is well
Lamoille co.
watered by Lamoille river, and by
Green and Wild Branch, its branch-
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
" Fish Pond," in Wolcott, is a
63.
pretty piece of water, and bears
There is
an appropriate name.
some good grain land in the town,
but most of the lands are fit only
There are some
for pasturage.
mills in the town, and about 1,500
sheep.
Wolcott was chartered in 17S1.
It is 22 miles N. from Montpelier,
and 7 S. E. from Hyde Park. Population, 1830, 492.
Wolcott,
Ct.
New Haven co. This is a small
town, watered by abranchof Naugatuck river
22 miles N. from
;
New
Population, 1830,
Haven.
843.
The town was incorporated
in 1796.
The territory was formerly a parish in the towns of Farmington and Waterbury and from
that circumstance was called " Farmingbury."
The lands in Wolcott are elevated, rough, stony, and
One of the
hard to cultivate.
;
highest
hills
in
state lies in this
part of
this
town
:
it
the
commands
Long
a very extended prospect of
Island Sound
country.
and
the
adjacent
Wolcottville, Ct.
See Torrington.
siderable magnitude, called Crook
ed, Rust's, Barton's, and Sargent's
ponds.
There is a bridge over
Smith's river about 60 feet long,
near its entrance into the lake
Near this bridge is a pleasant vil
lage.
The charter of Wolfeborough
was granted in 1770, to Gov. John
Wentworth, Mark H. Wentworth
Gov. Wentworth, distinguished for his enterprise and
and others.
taste, and a fondness for agricultural
improvements, erected a splendid
mansion about 5 miles east of the
bridge, and made it his summer
residence.
At the foot of a hill, near one of
the ponds in this town, is a mineral spring, the waters of which are
of a quality similar to those of Saratoga, but not so strongly impregnated.
Population, 1830, 1,928.
Wouasquatucket River, R.
Providence
This
and after passing
nearly through that town, it runs
between North Providence and
Johnston, and forms the head of
Providence river.
This stream is
celebrated for its hydraulic power
and the numerous manufacturing
establishments erected on its banks.
co.
This town
"Woodljridge, Ct.
is
45
miles N. N. W. from Portsmouth,
and 45 N. E. from Concord.
It is
bounded S. E. by Brookfield and
New
Durham,
S.
W. by Winne-
pisiogee lake and Alton, N. E. by
Ossipee, and N. W. by Tuftonbo-
rough.
The
soil is rocky, but producand the face of the country
level.
The wood is principally oak
and other hard timber. The only
river is Smith's, so called from a
hunter of that name it issues from
a large pond of the same name in
the S. E. part of the town, and
discharges its waters into the lake.
There are four other ponds of con-
tive,
:
co.
Smithfield,
in
Wolfeljoroiigli, N. H.
Strafford
I.
river rises
New Haven
co.
The
territory
of this town belonged to the towns
of
Haven and Milford, and
was called the parish of " Amity,"
from 1739, until its incorporation in
1784.
West river runs on the west
side of West Rock, a range of mountains on the eastern border of the
town.
The surface of the town is
New
but the soil is excellent for
and much butter and
cheese is annually taken to the
New Haven market, from which it
hilly,
grazing,
Population, in
6 miles S. W.
1830, 844.
The regicides, Goffe and Whalley, had a number of places of concealment in the limits of Woodlies
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
bridge, the most noted of which is
Hatchet Harbor or the Lodge, near
a beautiful spring, in a valley, about
Haven.
7 miles from
New
"Woodbury, Vt.
Washington co.
Woodbury is
watered by branches of Onion and
Lamoille rivers, and contains a
greater number of ponds than any
other town in the state.
These
ponds afibrd a great variety of fish.
Woodbury
lies 15 miles N. by E.
from Montpelier. Population, 1800,
23; 1820,432; 1830,824.
AVoodljury, Ct.
Litchfield
co.
The
Woodford contains several large
ponds, from which issue branches
of Woloomsack and Deerfield livThere is a good deal of Avild
ers.
scenery on the road in crossing the
mountains from Bennington through
Woodford and Searsburt-h: the
gurgling of the streams down the
mountain sides, allay, in a great
degree, the fatigue of the jourThe greater part of this
ney.
township is too elevated and broken
It is a good locafor cultivation.
tion for the sportsman ; for fish and
fowl are abundant, and the deer,
the bear, and other wild animals,
roam with almost undisputed sway
settlement
town commenced in the
year 1672 in 1674, it was incorpo-
Wood's Hole, Mass.
of this
:
See Falmouth.
rated.
This
a good grazing
township
the soil is generally warm and fertile.
Between four and five thousand sheep are annually sheared in
is
Woodbury.
The
village is situated in a pleasant valley, and watered by a number of small streams, which foim
the Pomperaug.
surrounded
by high hills on every side, forming
a kind of amphitheatre, which renIt is
ders it strikingly romantic.
The
village contains some handsome
buildings, three satinet, one tin and
This place lies
two nail factories.
Haven,
25 miles N. W. from
36 W. S. W. from Hartford, and 15
Population, in
S. from Litchfield.
1830, 2,049.
Bethel Rock, near the village of
New
AVood River, R.
I.
;
See Hopkinton.
AV^oodstoclc,
Me.
A
part of this townOxford CO.
ship is mountainous ; but it contains
large tracts of undulating, fertile
land.
It is
bespangled with beau-
ponds, forming mill streams,
which pass to Little Androscoggin
tiful
river.
Woodstock was incorporated
in
42 miles W. from
Augusta, and 10 N. W. from Paiis.
1815.
It
lies
Wheat
Pop\ilation, in 1837, C99.
crop, same 5'ear, 2,669 bushels.
Woodstock, Vt.
Shire town, Windsor county.
This town was first settled about
waIt is well
Woodbury, is about forty feet in the year 1768.
height, and projects over 3 or 4 tered by Queechy river and its
branches, which propel a woolen
feet, forming a kind of shelter from
There is a fine mill, a scythe and axe factory, an
the wind and rain.
This spot is fre- establishment for the manufacture
grove near it.
quently visited it excites solemn of woolen machinery, and several
smaller manufacturing works.
and pleasing impressions.
The soil of the town is gencially
Woodford, Vt.
very fertile, with a pleasant surface
Bennington co.
This mountain of hills and vales. The agricultulown is 7 miles E. from Benning- ral productions are large and valuathey consist of beef, pork, button, on the road to Brattleborough. ble
ter, cheese, apples, cider and wool.
Population, 1830, 395.
:
:
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
of which 9,000 fleeces
in 1837.
were shorn
" Woodstock Green," so
called,
is
a beautiful village. It is the seat
of a flourishing country trade, and
contains many veryhandsome buildings.
The court house, planned,
and built under the supervision of
Ammi B. Young, Esq., a native architect of great promise, is one of
the most chaste and classical structures in New England.
The south
village is neat and pleasant: it is
about 5 miles from the "Green."
Woodstock lies 46 miles S. from
Montpelier, and 11 N. W. from
Windsor. Population, 1830, 3,044.
"Wootlstocic, Ct.
Windham
co. Woodstock is bounded N. by the Massachusetts line,
E. by Thompson, W, by Union and
Ashford, and S. by Pomfret and
Ashford. It is 8 miles long, and
upwards of 7 in breadth. The surface of the town is characteristicalhilly, but not mountainous or
broken, and comprises very little
Vi^aste land, most or all of the eminences being capable of cultivation.
The prevailing soil is a deep gravelly loam, which is strong and fertile.
It is best adapted to grazing,
but generally admits of tillage ;
and considerable quantities of grain
are annually raised, consisting principally of rye and corn ; and it may
be considered one of the richest ag-
ly
ricultural towns in this part of the
state.
There are 4 woolen and 4
cotton factories in the limits of the
town. There are also about 900
persons engaged in the shoe making business, principally in the
western part of the town. The
town is divided into three parts,
viz. the old society of Woodstock,
West Woodstock or
Roxbury,
and Muddy Brook society or North
New
Woodstock.
The
villages of Thompson, North
Killingly, and Dudley in Massachusetts, on corresponding eleva-
view, from the village in Old Woodstock, which is 41
miles E. N. E. from Hartford, 32 N.
tions, are in fair
from Norwich, 32 W. N. W. from
Providence, and 12 N. by W. from
Brooklyn. First settled, in 1686.
Population, 1830, 2,915.
The village of Muddy Brook, or North
Woodstock, is about three miles
distant, situated in a beautiful valley, through which Muddy Brook,
a fine mill stream, passes.
The
village is in two parts, in each of
which is a Congregational church,
upwards of one mile distant from
each other.
village are
The houses
in
this
more clustered than
in
any other part of the town, and
viewed fi-oia the surrounding hills
present an uncommonly beautiful
appearance. The west part is called "Village corner."
General
William
Eaton", a
consul to Tunis, from 1797 to 1803,
and the hero of Derne, in 1804, was
born in tliis town in 1764. He died
at Brimlield, Mass., in 1811.
" Gen. Eaton was a very extraordinary character ; he possessed
much original genius, was bold in
his conceptions, ardent in his pas-
determined in his resolutions,
and indefatigably persevering in
sions,
conduct.
He possessed considerable literary acquirements, and
the style of his writings was characteristic of his mind ; bold, energetic and decisive.
His courage
was equalled only by his resolution, and the boldness of his enterprises, by his ability and persever-
his
ance
to
execute them."
Wooltvicli, Me.
Lincoln co. Woolwich lies a little above Bath, on the east side of
Kennebec river, 32 miles S. from
Augusta, and 7 W. from Wiscasset.
PopIt was incorporated in 1759.
Woolwich
ulation, 1837,
1,433.
has several ponds and small streams,
and its navigable privileges are
valuable.
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
'Wooiisoclcet Falls, R.
I.
factures in the county of Worcester was $11,407,790: the number
of sheep in the county was 24,901;
value of the wool, ^37,207.
See SmitJifield.
"Worcester, Vt.
Washington
co.
This town
Worcester, Mass.
is
situated 10 miles N. from Montpelier and 30 E. by S from BurlingPopulaFirst settled, 1797.
ton.
tion, 1820, 44, and in 1S30, 432.
branch of Onion river gives the
town a good water power, and
which is used for various purposes.
Much of this township is mountainous ; but there is some good land
along the stream, and the high-
County town, Worcester co. This
town was incorporated in 16S4, but
consequence of Indian hostilithe tirsttown meeting was not
held until 1722.
This part of the
country was called by the Indians,
Quinsiganiotid, and Tatmuck and
JBogachoak hills were Indian resiin
A
ties,
dences.
The
lauds afford pasturage for cattle.
Worcester County, Mass.
Worcester is the county town.
This county was incoi-porated in
try,
New
of
the
the
salubrity
of
its
climate,
1820, 2,962; 1830, 4,172;
1835, 6,624; 1837, 7,117.
There are in Worcester 8 woolen,
3 cotton and 2 paper mills ; an air
and cupola furnace, 9 woolen machinery factories, 3 tin factories,
and manufactures of coaches, chaises, boots, shoes, hats, cutlery, chairs,
cabinet ware, ploughs, straw bonnets, palm-leaf hats, wire, lead
lation,
water power is abundant in almost every town, and perhaps in
no section of New England are the
Its
commerce
and manufactures more completely
blended
nor can there be found
;
better resources for their united
support.
Its principal rivers are
the Blackstone, Quinabaug, Nashua, Ware, Millers, and Mill. There
are in this county 54 towns, and 64
inhabitants to a sqimre mile.
In 1837, the valu^of the manu-
situation
and the industry, intelligerce and
wealth of its people, have long
since entitled it to the honor of being called the chief town in " the
Heart of the Commonwealth." The
town is situated in a valley, and
surrounded by hills of gentle acclivity.
It is well built and beautifully shaded, and travellers from
every direction, are delighted with
its neatness and beauty.
A number of the streams which
form the head waters of the Blackstone meet in this town, and furnish a considerable water power,
Worcester is 40 miles W. from
Boston, 51 E. from Northampton,
38 S. W. from Lowell, and 41 N. N.
W. from Providenc«|, R. I. Popu-
1731. Population, in 1S20, 73,635;
It
1830, 84,365; 1837, 96,551.
contains an area of 1,500 square
miles.
This county crosses the state from
Hampshire on the north, to
Connecticut and Rhode Island on
the south.
It is bounded W. by
the counties of Franklin, Hampshire, and Hampden, and E. by
Norfolk and Middlesex counties.
This is the largest county in the
Its territory is larger than
state.
the state of Rhode Island, and its
population is greater than that of
Its surthe state of Delaware.
face is rather undulating than hilly.
The soil is generally strong, and
produces all kinds of grain, grasses,
fruits, &.C. common to its climate.
interests of agriculture,
central
town, both in regard to the county
and state, the fertility of its soil
and that of the surrounding coun-
pipe, paper machinery, &c.
i
:
total
value, the year ending April 1,
1837, $1,042,369.
Worcester is the centre of a large
inland trade. The Blackstone ca-
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
from Providence, R. I., 45 miles
terminates here
and
here is a permanent depot on the
great western rail road from Boston
Wortliiugton, Mass.
nal,
in
length,
;
Hampshire co. This town has a
good soil it is pleasantly situated
on elevated ground it has some
mineral treasures, and is washed by
It is
a branch of Westfield river.
103 miles W. from Boston, 55 E.
from Albany, N. Y., and 17 W. N.
W. from Northampton. Incorpora:
:
to the
Hudson
This
is
literary,
river.
the seat of
many religious,
and philanthropic
societies.
The State Lunatic Asylum,
tablished in this
town
in 1S32, is
es-
an
institution honorable to the nature
It is a beautiful building,
of man.
delightfully located, and admirably
conducted. Its plan and arrangements are so excellent as to render
it a model for similar institutions
in other states.
This institution
ted, 1763.
Population, 1837, 1,142.
The manufactures
of Worthington consist of leather, hoots, shoes,
curtains, children's wagons, and
hats: annual value, about $50,000.
In 1837, there were sheared in
the
this town 9,050 merino sheep
:
is
a receptacle
for all persons arraigned as criminals, but found to have committed
the offences in a state of insanity ;
of paupers, and of those who are
so furiously mad as to render their
continuance at large dangerous to
the community.
Although the worst cases of insanity are found here, yet experience has proved that there are very
few cases of derangement which
m?i\ not be ameliorated by the
kindly influence of humane treatment. The average recoveries, to
the present time, is about 56 pr. ct.
wool weighed 27,000 pounds, and
sold for $16,875.
Wrentliain, Mass.
Norfolk CO.
There is a large
pond near the centre of this town,
from which issue several streams
which flow to the Charles, NeponIn this town are
set and Taunton,
one woolen and four cotton mills,
an axe manufactory
boat building to a considerable extent and
manufactures of boots, shoes, hats,
hoops and straw bonnets. The total value of the manufactures of
this town, for the year ending April
The American Antiquarian So- 1, 1837, was $204,806; of which
By $77,815 was for straw bonnets,
ciety, Avas founded in 1812.
Wrentham is a pleasant town,
the liberality of the late Isaiah
Thomas, LL. D., one of its tirst with a tolerable soil and diversified
It was taken from Dedbenefactors, a spacious hall was surface.
Population, 1837,
erected in 1820, for the reception ham in 1673.
2,817,
of its large and valuable cabinet of
family of Indians once resiantiquities, and its library of about
12,000 volumes of American pub- ded in a cavern in this town, called
" Wampum's Rock," which place
lications, particularly of all works
The Indian
pertaining to American history, and is rather a curiosity.
;
;
A
name of the town was WallomaMr, Thomas was the father of pogge.
Wrentham is 27 miles S. by W.
New England printers. He pubfrom
lished the first newspaper in this from Boston, and 15 S. by W.
town, in 1775, and, a few years af- Dedham. This town is bounded S.
He E. by Mansfield, and within the reter, the first bible in America.
was a gentleman of great patri- gion of a vast bed of anthracite coal.
He was born
otism and liberality.
Yautic River, Ot.
in Boston, January 19th, 1749, and
literature generally,
died in this town, April 4, 1831.
New Lond^
co.
This stream
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
by several branches in the
northwest part of the county, and
passing- in a southeast course meets
the united waters of the Quinnebaug and Shetucket at Norwich,
where tlie waters of the three rivrises
ers fail witli
party of MoheIndians plunged themselves
down the Yantic falls, when pursued by their foes, the NarraganIt is said that a
gan
sets.
Ifarmoutli, Mass.
Yarmouth exBarnstable co.
tends across Cape Cod, and has a
There
good harbor on each side.
are several ponds in the town, from
which issue a small stream, called
Bass river, and from which a small
water power
is
derived.
The
soil
of the cape here becomes thin,
sandy and unproductive. The people of this
town are principally de-
voted to the fishing business, coasting trade, and the manufacture of
There are, however, some
manufactures of vessels, cordage,
wares,
leather, cabinet and tin
Some
chairs, boots and shoes.
sheep are kept, but the agricultursalt.
A
large
productions are small.
of vessels are engaged in
the coasting trade, and in 1837, 13
vessels, of about 50 tons each, were
employed in the cod and mackerel
fishery
the product, that year,
al
Yarmouth
Barnstable, and lies 72 miles S. E.
Incorporated, 1639.
Population, in 1830, 2,251 ; 1837,
from Boston.
2,454.
great rapidity, form-
ing the Thames, and producing a
valuable hydraulic power.
See
JVorwich.
number
:
was .$26,622.
During that year there were
in
operation in this town, 52 establishments for the manufacture of common salt, and 4 for the manufacThe quantity
ture of Ep^om salts.
of common salt made was 365,200
bushels.
The value of common
salt was $109,560; of Epsom salts,
Hands employed, 55.
$1,350.
In 1S37, there were in the state
of Massachusetts 743 establishments
for the manufacture of salt
753,392 bushels v/ere made, valued at
:
employing 708 hands.
bounded W. by
is
$246,059,
York County, Me.
Alfred is the county town. This
county is bounded N. by Oxford
county, N. E. by the county of
Cumberland, E. by the ocean, S.
by Portsmouth harbor, and W. by
Strafford county, N. H.
It comprises an area of about SIS square
miles.
Its population in 1810, was
41,877; 1820,46,233; 1830,51,722;
Population to
and in 1837, 53^781.
The surface
a square mile, QQ.
of the county is rough and uneven,
but not mountainous; its highest
elevation
is
Mount Agamenticus.
hard and rocky, particularly on the sea coast, which exThere is,
tends about 35 miles.
however, much good land within
it prothe limits of York county
duces large quantities of English
and salt liay, potatoes and other
vegetables, corn, and some wheat;
but the latter grain is not so abundant in this as in the more eastern
counties.
The quantity of wheat
grown in this county in 1837, was
but 17,795 bushels. There is much
good grazing land in the county,
and in 1837, there were 60,392
sheep within its limits.
The sea coast is lined with fine
harbors tor the fishery, and many
Its soil is
:
vessels are built of native timber.
The county contains many capes,
points and necks of land, on which
are well conducted light houses.
The tonnage of the three districts
within the county, Saco, Kenne
bunk and York, in 1837, was 11,505
tons.
York county contains many
and the
excellent mill streams
value of its hydraulic power is be;
be seen and felt.
ancient county was the
lodgement of some of the first setSee Saco.
tlers of New England.
ginning
This
to
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
York, Me.
York CO. This is an ancient maritime town, on the coast, between
Kittery and Wells,
It is bounded
W.
South Berwick.
This was
for many years the shire town, and
the place of holding the courts and
keeping the records for the whole
h-;
piovincc,
until
the
counties
of
Cumbei-hmd and Lincoln were set
off in 1730.
The town was incorporated in 1653.
York has a court house and gaol,
but all the county courts have been,
within a t'cw years past, removed to
Alfred. The principal harbor is York
river, about 6 miles from Portsmouth, N. H., with water sufficient
for vessels from 200 to 300 tons bur-
The
entrance, however, is
being narrow and crooked.
The oiher harbor is cape Neddock,
about 4 miles N. E. of the former,
navigable about a mile from the
sea at full tides only
it having a
sand bar at its mouth, sufficient to
prevent vessels of any considerable burthen from passing at low
water.
Cape Neddock and Bald Head are
the head lands.
The former is a
little to the south of cape Neddock
river.
At the end of this cape is a
small hillock called the Nubble, on
which Congress has recently authen.
difficult,
;
tb-orised
house.
the
Boon
erection of
Island lies
a
J^ight
about 9
miles southeast of this point.
Bald
Head makes the S. W. part of Wells
bay.
The settlement of this place began about the year 1630 it was
then called Agamenticus, from a
mountain of that name in the north
part of the town. This is of considerable elevation, and a noted land
mark. From its summit, there is
an extensive prospect bounded by
the great ranges of the N. H.
mountains on the N. and N. W.,
and the Atlantic on the coast from
Cape Ann to Cape Elizabeth.
This town was nearly destroyed
by the Indians and French in lfl92,
who, coming on snow shoes, surprised the unwary inhabitants at
early morning.
This calamity was
so desolating, that the few remaining inhabitants had thoughts of
abandoning the place altogetlier
but a number remained, though
suffering under severe privations
from the destruction of almost every
thing that could give them shelter
or sustenance.
The population of the town in
1830, was 3,485 ; but has been reduced since that time, by the annexation of a portion of its northern
angle to South Berwick. Its population in 1837, was 3,001.
York is situated 99 miles S. W.
:
from Augusta, 45 S. W. by S. from
Portland", 22 S. S. E. from Alfred and
9 N. by E. from Portsmouth, N. H.
�1
APPENDIX.
CENSUS OP
NEW ENGLAND— 1840.
MAINE.
York.
Acton,
1401
1408
1693
Alfred,
Berwick,
Buxton,
2687
2574
Biddeford,
Cornish,
I2()3
Elliot,
1889
2363
2435
Hollis
Kittery,
Kennebunk,
2323
Kennebunk Port. ..2770
Lebanon,
2273
Kimerick,
Limington. ^^
1509
..
Minot,
Naples,
New
Lyman
1478
IVewfield
1254
JVorth Berwick, ...1447
Parsonsfield
2442
Sanfurd,
2233
Saco,
4408
Shapleiirh,
1510
South Berwick, ...2314
Waterborough,... 1944
Wells,
2978
York,
3111
.
54.023
Gloucester,.. 1946
Baldwin,
Bridgton
Brunswick,
1134
1987
4259
Cape Elizabeth,. .. 1666
Cumberland,
1616
Danville,
1294
Durham,
1836
Falmouth,
2071
Freeport,
2662
Gorham,
3002
1740
Gray,
Harpswell,
Harrison;
1448
1243
43*
,
Stoneham,
Otisfield
Stow,
1307
Poland,.'
2360
Portland, (City).. 15.218
Sumner,
Sweden,
Pownal,
Turner,
Raymond
Scarborough,
Sebago
Standish,
Windham
Westbrook,
1210
2032
2173
707
2198
2303
4116
"687660
Oxford.
Albany,
Andover
Bethel...
Brownfield,
Buckfieid,
Bvron,
Canton,
Denmark,
Dixfield,
Fryeburg,
Greenwood,
Cumberland.
1133
227
1 444
313
376
Porter,
Roxbury,
R u mford
North Yarmouth, ..2824
.221
.
3550
758
Gilead,
Hartford,
691
551
1994
1360
1629
219
919
1 143
1166
1536
836
313
1472
945
1232
Hebron,
Hiram,
Howard's Gore, ....131
Hamlin's Grant,
80
Lovel,
Livermore,
Mexico,
Newrv,
Norway,
Township C,
2154
1002
Ill
."...29
Andover, N. Surplus, .45
Riley Township, ....51
Letter A, No. 2,
54
No. 4, first Range,. ...4
Fryeburg Acade- > .co
my
Grant,
Number two
'
3
386
Batchelder's Grant, ...3
38,339
Lincoln.
Alna,
Bath,
Boothbay,
Bowdoin,
Bowdoinham,
Bremen,
Bristol,
Gushing,
Dresden,
Edgecomb,
Paris,
Sly
.
Friendship,
Peru,
1381
No. 5, first Range,. .49
No. 5, second Range, .42
941
Oxford,
670
2479
\Vaterrord,
VV^codstock
Township B,
2745
447
463
1786
J246
1269
989
5143
2631
2073
2402
837
2946
791
1647
123o
725
Georgetown,
13.07
Jefl'e^son,...
2214
ewistown,
ItOl
1531
1713
New Castle,
Nobleborough, ....2210
I
Lisbon,
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
6
1657
1604
Bradford,
Bradley,
George,
'i094
Brewer,
Thomaston,
Topsham,
6227
Phipsburg,
Richmond.
St.
1883
1784
.3661
1133
Union,
Waldoborough,
Webster,
Warren,
Washington,
Westport,
. .
2228
1600
655
2142
2314
1416
Whitefield,
Wiscasset,
Woolwicli,
Patricktown Plan- )qqq
tation,
)
Matinicus Island, ..177
77
Monhegan,
10
Matinicus Roclv,
Matiiiic Iiland,
19
51
Muscle Ridge,
Ragged Island,
Wooden
17
Ball Island, ..9
"63^512
Kennebec.
1624
5314
1748
2675
2818
Albion,
Augusta,
Belgrade,
China,
Clinton,
168
1016
1046
Dearborn,
Fayette
Greene,
Gardiner,
Hallovvell,
5044
4668
Leeds
1736
Litchfield,
2293
1882
1475
2460
2037
987
2190
Monmouth,
Mount Vernon,
. .
Pittston
Readfield,
Rome,
Sidney,
Vassalborough,.
Vienna,
Waterville,
.
Burlington,
Carmel,
Corinna,
Corinth,
Charlestown,
Chester,
Dexter,
Dixmont,
Etna,
Eddington,
Edinburgh,
Enfield,
Exeter,
Garland,
Glenburn,
Greenbush,
Hampden,
Hermon,
Howland,
395
1 736
350
521
1702
1318
1269
277
1464
1498
745
595
52
346
2052
1065
664
260
2663
1045
312
351
336
Kirkland,
La Grange,
Lee,
Levant,
Lincoln,
Lowell,
724
1060
1121
Milford,
Newburg,
Newport,
Orono,
Orrington
Oldtown,.'
Passadumkeag,
Plymouth,
Springfield,
Stetson,
Jarvis Gore,
97
474
963
1138
1520
1580
2345
394
843
546
616
185
22
Township No. 3,
41
Township No. 4,
Township 3,Range 8, 29
Lower IndianTown-^
1201
1789
Windsor,
Winlhrop,
•Winslow,
Clinton Gore,
Wales,
Territory north of
Albion,
No. 2,
5
Hopkins Academy )
1915
1722
110
656
Wayne,
ship, west branch >37
of PenobscotRiver,^
r.
Indian Township, )
Grant,
Letter A,
Unincorporated
.2951
891
>
oo
'"
)
55.8(
4
.891
Belfast,
4194
Belmont,
Cambden,
1378
910
609
3005
Frankfort,
3603
Brooks,
Burnliam,
Freedom,
Hope,..
1153
1770
Islesborough,
778
Jackson,
652
Knox, .'.
897
Liberty,
895
Lincolnville,
2048
Monroe,
1602
Montville,
2153
Northport,
1207
Palermo,
1594
Prospect,
3492
Searsmont,
1374
Swansville,
919
Thorndike,
897
Trov,
1376
Unity,
.....1467
Vinalhaven,
1950
Waldo Plantation,.. 721
41235
185
2939
. .
A ppleton,
205
Maxfield,
Mattamisconsis,
Waldo,
1001
Hancock.
Amherst,
BJuehiil,
Brooksville,
Bucksport,
Castine
Cranberry Isle,
Isle,
155
1054
Eiiswoth,
2267
502
Franklin,
GoLildsborou.jh, ...1196
223
Greenfield,
Hancock,..
^
r.
Orland,
Otis,
29
~)
Penobscot,
Sedge wick,
Townships north > 147
Sullivan,
of Einroln
Surry
^
WcsthalfofTown-K
ship No. 6,
Township No. 7
^
3
30
45.705
Argyle,
Bangor, (City)
527
8634
1188
Eastbrook
Eden,
Deer
Mariaville,
Mount Desert,
)
3015
238
455
2841
Dedham,
Waltham,
Swan Island,
Township No.
760
275
1889
1418
88
1474
1922
650
857
232
284
33,... 34
21 ...37
"
"
2,... 27
Plantation No. 1,....88
Strip North No. 1, ..23
'^
Penobscot.
149
196
1891
1246
Aurora,
"
�APPENDIX.
Welmore
139
129
Plantation No. 7,
61
" 10, ....19
Trenton,
lOGl
Isle,
Seaville,
Bear Island,
Beach Island,
11
8
Pickeringt's Island, ...14
Spruce Head,
12
Little Spruce Head, ..6
Butter Island,
8
Eagle
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
8
Franklin.
Aroostook.
Avon,
827
442
522
Berlin,
Carthage,
Framingham,
Amity,
Belfast
169
Academy
'
c
)
Chesterville,
1098
Hodgden,
Farmington,
2613
8J8
Houlton,
Freeman,
Industry,
Jay,
King-field,
Madrid,
New
New
Sharon,
Vineyard
Phillips,
Salem,
Township No.
"
"
No.
No.
No.
No.
1,
3d
3, 1st
2, 1st
3,
2d
249
2,
,.,
)
"^"^
\
11,
311
^^
i
\
i
2198
46
i
3d Range
Township No. 1,
2d Range,....
•
6
4
Bigelovv Township, . .37
Township Letter E,.. 77
" No. 2, 2d Range, 82
" No. 1.4th " 163
"
"
^
Range, ....
Township No. 1.
^^,
4th Range. ....\"^'^
Township No. 2,
,
1045
Wilton,
3, 2d Range,
" 4, 2d
"
" 4,1st "
)'"
1st
-.953
No.
S"
2d Range,
Linnens,
Township No.
1,
,
•••i'*
|
,„
i
"^^
'
,
'
|
^,,
i
"^'
'
3d Range,....
Orient (i ore,
68
Township No. 9,
50
Township No. 3,
j,^
'"^^
2d Range,
Smyrna,
184
New Limerick, ....123
Letter A, 1st Range, 177
Williams Coll. Grant.85
Bridgewater Acad. Gr.51
\
"
52
"
7
"
9
" 216
'
i
\
20,800
2,5th Range,..
J
No. 3,5th Range,... 100
"
;
Range,
Weston,
Township No.
„
)
3d Range,
1109
Temple,
Weld,
5,
Township A, 2d
5(il
Strong,
665
1597
Township No.
1035
1750
G71
3G8
1829
927
1312
,..
141
)
r^
t
Cirant,
16
Westfield,
3
Letter A, 5th Range,. 15
No. 1, 5th Range,
22
Benedicta, or No. ; ^^^
'^^^
4,
"
. .
"
...'743
9,''
48
'•
"
Nos. 7 and
"
a',
No.
10, 5th
.294
Range J ,.^
^^^
or Masardis,....
i
No. 11,5th Range,... 45
"
13,3d
"
...66
"
...58
"
...96
Plymouth and Ea^„
""^
ton Grant,
Letter G, 2d
"
K, 2d
)
i
Letters H andJ.lst ,q,
^^*
and 2d Range,
)
Plymouth Grant, ...200
Letter G,
27
Fort Fairfield, or
)
^^
^^
Letter D,
No. 3, 6, and 7th
) .^
^
j
^^
Ranges,
j
Madawaska, South
)
ofSt.John'sRiver,
I
Madawaska,North
)
.-q.
^^^*
of St.John'sRiver,
^^-^
^^^°
)
9;4l3
RECAPITULATION.
York County,
Penobscot,
54,023
Cumberland, ....68.660
Oxford,
Lincoln,
Kennebec,
Waldo,
Hancock,
Washington,
38,339
63,512
55,804
Somerset,
45,705
41,535
28,646
28 ,.309
33,912
Piscataquis,
Franklin,
Aroostook,
13,138
20,800
9,413
501,796
NEW HAMPSHIRE.
Rockingham.
Atkinson,
Brentwood,
Candia,
Chester,
Danville,
Deerfield,
Derry,
East Kingston,
Epping,
Exeter,
Gosport,
Greenland,
Hampstead,
j
567
888
1430
2173
538
1 953
2034
551
1234
2985
115
726
890
I
j
I
!
I
I
I
I
I
I
Hampton,
Hampton
Falls,
Kensington,
Kingston,
Londonderry,
Newcastle
Newington,
New Market,
Newtown,
1320
646
647
1032
1556
742
543
2746
541
626
428
1205
1408
525
1392
Rye,
Salem,
Sandown,
Seabrook,
South Hampton,.... 462
875
Stratham,
....926
Windham,
North Hampton,... .885
Northwood,
1182
Nottingham,
1193
Plaislowe,
Poplin,
7887
989
Portsmouth,
Raymond,
45,790
Strafford.
Harrington,
..1845
�APPENDIX.
Dover,
6458
Northfield,
Durham,
1498
Pembroke,
Faiinington,
1
380
Pittsfield,
Lee,
906
Madbury,
489
483
Salisbury,
Sutton,
Middleton,
Milton
New
1322
1032
2431
Duiham,
Rochester,
Somersvvorte,
"22,248
Belknap.
2002
1945
Alton,
Barnstead,
Centre Harbor,
584
2472
Gilmanton,
3485
Meredith,
5314
IS'ew Hampton,.. .. 1812
Sandbornton;
2745
Gilford,
18,359
Carroll.
Albany,
406
553
523
Brookiield,
Chatham,
Conway,
1811
Eaton,
Effingham,
1710
1 95
Freedom,
926
Moultonborough, ..1752
Ossipee,
2170
Sandwich
2625
Tarn worth,
1716
Tuftonborough,. . . . 1281
Wakefield
1396
VVolfeborough, . ...1918
!
Bow
Bradford,
Canterbury,
Chichester,
Concord.
Dunbarton,
Epsom,
...
Franklin,
Henniker,
Hooksett,
Hopkinton,
,
455
Hillsborough.
Amherst,
Antrim,
1565
1225
Bedford,
1549
Brooklme,
652
Deering,
1 124
Francestown,
1308
Goffstown,
2366
Greenfield
834
Hancock,
1345
Hillsborough,
18U8
Hollis,
1333
Hudson
1144
Litchfield,
481
Lyndeborough, ....1033
Manchester,
3235
Mason,
] 275
Merrimack,
1113
Milford,
1455
A.ount Vernon,
720
Nashua,
6054
New Boston,
1570
New Ipswich,
1578
Felham,
1033
Peterborough;
2i()3
Sharon,
251
Society Land,
133
Temple,
576
Weare,
2375
Windsor,
Wilton,
177
1033
42,478
Alstead,
Chesterfield,
1169
1965
1001
Fitzwilliam,
1.331
Gilsum,
1643
1 028
4903
950
1205
1281
1715
1175
Dublin
. .
1454
1765
1075
1366
656
1755
863
2015
.4546
2065
26,430
Sullivan.
Acworth,
Charlestown,
Claremont,
1450
1722
3217
Cornish,
172G
958
Croydon,
Goshen,
Grantham,
Langdon,
Lempster,
Newport,
679
1034
615
941
1958
1552
1252
1218
Plaiiifield,
Springfield,
Unity,
VV'ashington,
Wendell,
1
10.3
...795
20,318
Grafton.
Alexandria,
1284
Bath
Bethlehem,
Bridgewater,
1591
Bristol,
779
747
1153
Campton,
1513
1576
Canaan,
413
Covcutjy,
Dame's Gore, .... ...54
800
Danbury,
769
Dorchester,
Ellsworth,
.300
1514
Fnfield
Franconia,
Grafton,
Groton,
Hanover,
Haverhill,
Hebron,
Hill,
52.3
1201
870
2613
2675
508
999
1528
957
Holderness,
I
andaff,
Lincoln,
Lisbon,
754
76
1682
Littleton,
1773
1141
1411
2611
831
Lebanon,
Richmond,
626
836
1165
1496
Lyman,
1785
Lyme,
Nash and Sawyer's ) .«
Rindge,
1161
Location
Orange,
Hinsdale,
Jaftrey,
Keene
Marlborough,
Marlow,
Nelson,
24M Roxbury
Loudon, ..,.,
1640
Newbury, ....,,. ...816
New London, ,,,,,1019
Westmoreland,.
Winchester,
2159
1212
Cheshire.
Merrimack.
Boscawen,
1361
Swanzey,
Troy,
Walpole,
36,282
19,982
Allenstown,
Andover,
1413
1336
1719
1332
2383
^2021
Strafford,
Warner,
Wilmot;
9
Stoddard,
Sullivan,
Surry,
286
1006
496
,481
Orford,
1
)
463
1707
057
Piermont,
1
Plymouth,
128?
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
10
Rumney,
] J
Clarksville,
Colebrook,
Warren,
4
1045
938
Waterville,
1119
Wentworth,
Woodstock,
G2
472
1
Land,
Thornton,
States
42,215
ColleiTe Grant,
Errol,
706
Cambridge,
116
5
Jackson,
Carroll,
213
Jett'erson,
Coos.
3
Columbia,
620
Crawford's Grant, ....9
Dalton,
664
Dummer,
57
Dixvilie,
4
Gorliam,
Hart's Location,
Hale's Location,
Bartlett,
Berlin,
88
743
Pittsburg,
.-.
104
156
44
6
315
584
575
Kilkenny,
Lancaster,
Milan,
19
1316
386
Millsfieid,
12
JNorthumberland, ...399
Pinkham's Grant,. . . .39
Randolph,
115
Shelburne,
350
Stark,
349
Stewartstovvn,
630
Stratford
441
Whitefield,
751
Wentworth's Locat. 25
,
9,849
REtAPITULATION.
Rockingham Co.. 45.790
Strafford,
22;248
Belknap,
18,35!)
Carroll,
19,982
Merrimack,
36,282
Hillsborough, ...42,478
Cheshire,
26,430
Sullivan,
20,318
Grafton,
Coos,
42,215
...9,849
283,951
VERMONT.
Bennington.
Arlington,
Bennington,
Dorset,
Glastenbury,
Land grove,
Manchester,
Marlboro',
1035
3129
1432
53
3-1.5
Peru,
1590
578
Pownal,
I(il3
Readsboro',
Rupert,
Sandgate,
1091
Searsboro',
Shaftsbury,
120
1885
Stamford,
Sunderland
Woodford,'.
Winhall,..
767
777
662
437
457
576
i(),o/7
1027
1403
Newfane,
Putney,
1.382
Rockingham,
2330
262
Somerset,
Stratton,
'
.341
Townshend,
Vernon,
Wardsboro"
Westminster,
Whitingham,
Windiiam,
Wilmington,
,
Acton,
Athens,
Brattleboro',
Brookline,
Dover,
Dummerston,
Guilford,
Grafton,
Halifax,
Jamaica,
Londonderry,
15-i6
Chittenden,
Clarendon,
170
Danby
.373
F'airhaven,
Wells,
1296
Windsor.
Andovor,
Barnard,
Baltimore
1403
2194
1769
644
1549
1379
Bethel,..'.
Bridgewater,
Cavendish
Chester, ..'
Hartland,
Hartford,
2624
328
729
Hubbardston,
633
719
Ludlow,
Norwich
Ira,
4.30
Plymouth,
1263
2525
1326
1399
1586
1216
Middletown,
Mendon
,
Mount Holly,
Mount Tabor,
Orwell,
Pawlet,
Pittsford,
545
1057
1356
226
1504
1748
1927
774
740
c'J.liJi
757
Rutland.
Benson,
Brandon,
West Haven,
1391
27,431
Castieton,
Windham.
1345
705
1 1 02
615
Poultney,
1880
Rutland,
2708
Sherburne, ........498
Shrewsbury,
1218
Sudbury,
796
Tinmouth,
781
Wallingford,
1608
Pittsfield,
Ponifret,
Reading,
Rochester,
Royalton,
Sharon,
Stockbridse,
Springfield,
878
1774
J55
1886
1363
1427
2305
2341
2194
1363
2218
1417
1774
1363
1396
1917
1371
1419
2626
�APPENDIX.
Weathersficld, ....2082
Weston,
Windsor
Woodstock,
10L52
2744
3315
40.359
11
Huntington,
Hinesburgh,
914
1682
1684
2136
1054
1098
Jerico,
Milton,
Richmond,
Shelburne,
St.
LTnderhill,
Addison.
Addison,
Avery's Gore,
1229
78
1233
1480
1163
Bristol,
Bridport,
Cornwall,
Ferrisburgh,
545
Goshen.
Hancock,
Lincoln
621
45,5
770
^..(302
Middlebury
31G1
1310
1503
670
Monkton,
IN'ewhaven
Panton,
Westford,
,
Ripton
3.57
Starksboro,'
1263
1675
942
1017
797
283
Shorehani,
Salisbury
,
Vergennes,
Weybridge,
Waltham,
VV'hitinir,
660
Williston,
Fairlee,
Newbury,
Oranyfe.
Randolph,
984
2o78
Strafford,
1761
Thetford,
20G5
Topsham,
1745
1811
1198
Tunbrid;,^c,
Vershire,
Washin:jton,
West
1;359
Fairlee,
824
Williamstown, ....1620
27.873
Marshfield,
Middlesex
Montpelier,
Moretown,
Monroe,
Northfield,
Plainfield,
Roxburv
Waitsfield,
Warren
Waterbury,
Worcester
4271
18
Colchester
Charlotte,
Essex,
,
470
1739
1620
1824
Swanton,
Sheldon
24.5.'^2
Orleans.
Albany,
Barton,
BrowniniTton,
Charleston,
Coventry,
Goshen Gore, by
Plaintield,
Lowell
Morgan,
Newport,
Salem
Goshen Gore, by
Walden, ......
Groton,
Hardwick,
Harris Gore,
Kirby,
Lyndon,
Newark,
Peacham,
Ryenrate,
Sheffield,
Johnsbury,
Walden,
Waterford,
Wheelock,
431
422
591
299
856
Troy..
Westfield
370
Westmore,
2G33
)
883
605
970
308
Jay, ..."
1440
Danville,
1151
1681
1119
Holland,
Irasburgh,
2030
50
997
Burke,
Cabot,
920
892
486
786
786
Craftsburv,
Derbv...."
Glover.
Greensboro,'
Caledonia.
Sutton,
Chittenden.
Richford,
St. Albans,
23.50G
Barnet,
Bradleyvale,
1014
1410
2106
2292
548
914
2702
2312
1734
Georgia
Highgate,
Montsi.mery,
2126
1598
1709
820
635
1156
1270
3725
1128
1C92
2013
880
784
1048
943
1992
587
Duxbury,
Fayston
24/18
Fletcher,
Franklin,
554
1919
Fairfield
Washington.
Barre,
Berlin,
Calais
St.
Burlington,
Buel's Gore,
Bolton,
1
2022
Fairfax
22.978
Okange.
1655
1232
1789
1959
1970
644
2579
Enosburgh,
1.352
"23,569
Bradford,
Braintrce,
Brookfield,
Chelsea,
Corinth.
Berkshire,
35
1206
1818
Bakerstield,
131
1441
17.55
Granville^
Leicester,
George,
Franklin.
Avery's Gore,
Coventry Gore,
..44
122
10
13,634
'
^
)
.142
^
928
1354
16
520
175.3
3(i0
1443
1223
821
1887
lOliS
913
1388
...881
:
Lamoille.
207
1790
Belvidere
Cambridge
Eden,
Elmore
Hydepark,
Johnson
'
Mansfield,
Morristown,
Stowe,
Sterling
Waterville,
Wolcot,
702
476
1080
1410
223
1502
1371
193
610
...824
10,388
JiSSEX.
21.891
Averill,
Bloomfield,
II
179
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
12
Brunswick,
130
157
378
1024
79
105
Brighton;
Canaan,
Concord,
Easthaven,
Granby,
470
124
Guildhall,
Lemington,
Lunenburgh,
Maidstone,
271
140
...28
Victory,
Winlock,
4,226
Grand Isle,
Isle La Mott,
North Hero,
724
435
716
664
South HerO;
3,883
Grand
Isle.
1344
Alburgh,
1130
RECAPITULATION.
Bennington Co., .16,877
Windham,
Chittenden,
Washington,
27,431
Caledonia,
30,701
Franklin,
40,359
Orleans,
23,569
27,873 'Lamoille,
Rutland,
Windsor,
Addison
Orange,'
22,978
23,506
21,891
24,532
13,634
10,388
Essex,
Grand
Isle,.
.4,226
.3,883
291,848
MASSACHUSETTS.
Middlesex.
Suffolk.
Boston,
Chelsea,
93,470
2390
"957860
Acton,
Ashby
Bedford,
Billerica,
Boxborough,
Essex.
Amesbury,
2471
Brighton,
Burlington,
Andover,
5207
Cambridge,
Beverly,
Boxford,
Bradford,
Danvers,
Essex,
..4G89
941
2225
Carlisle,
Georgetown,
1453
1540
Charlestown,
Chelmsford,
Concord,
Dracut,
Dunstable,
Gloucester,
63()3
Framingham,
5020
Hamilton,
817
Haverhill,
43.37
Holliston,
Ipswich,
3001
9375
701
1356
Hopkinton,
Lexington,
5.575
Lowell,
Lynn,
Lynnfield,
Manchester,
Marblehead,
Methuen,
Middieton,
Newbury,
Newburyport,
Rockport,
Rowley,
Salem,
Salisbury,
Saugus,
Topsfield,
Wenham,
West Newbury,
.
2251
657
3789
7161
2647
1203
15,083
2740
1098
1067
690
. . 1560
95,017
Groton,
Lincoln,
Littleton,
Maiden,
Marlborough,
Medford,
Townsend,
1121
1246
929
1632
426
1425
510
8409
556
11 483
1697
1784
2188
603
3034
2136
1782
2245
1642
686
937
20,816
Natick,
2514
2098
2478
1285
Newton,
3351
Pepperell,
1571
Reading,
Sherburne,
2193
995
Shirley,
957
South Reading,..,. 1517
Stoneham,
1017
Stow,
1230
Sudbury,
1422
Tewksbury, *...•».. 906
1892
870
Tyngsborough,
2504
Waltham,
1810
Watertown,
998
Wayland,
West Cambridge,.. 1363
Westford,
Weston,
Wilmington,
Woburn,
1436
1092
859
...2990
106,635
Worcester.
Ashburnham,
Athol,
Auburn,
Barre,
Berlin,
Bolton,
Boylston,
Brookfield,
Charlton,
Dana,
Douglas,
Dudley,
Fitchburg,
Gardner,
Grafton,
Hard wick,
Harvard,
Holden,
Hubbardston,
Lancaster,
Leicester,
1652
1589
649
2751
763
1186
797
2472
2117
691
1618
1352
2604
1260
2940
1789
1579
1874
1784
2019
1707
2069
Leominster,
Lunenburg, ....... 1272
�APPENDIX.
Mendon,
Hampden.
3524
1772
2163
752
Korthborough, ....1248
1448
Northbridge,
North Brookfield,..1485
1038
Oakham,
1742
Oxford,
671
Paxton,
1775
Petersham,
Phillipston,
918
1348
Princeton,
1667
Royalston,
1260
Rutland,
Milford,
Millbury,
INew Braintree,
Shrewsbury,
Southborough^
1481
145
2031
1604
1647
Sterling,
2005
Sturbridge,
2370
Sutton
1776
Templeton,
1466
Upton,
2004
Uxbridge,
1290
Warren,
1403
Webster,
Westborough,
1655
West Boylston, ...1187
1645
Westminster,
1754
Winchendon,
7497
Worcester,
1
Southbridge,
Spencer,
95,305
13
Blandford,
Brimfield,
Chester,
Granville,
Holland,
1425
1419
1627
1414
423
Longmeadow,
1270
Ludlow,
1267
Monson,
2151
Montgomery,
740
Palmer,
2139
Russell,
956
South wick,
1214
Springfield,
10,985
Tolland,
627
Wales,
686
\^ estfield,
3524
West Springfield,.. 3626
Wilbraham,
..1864
37,357
Charlemont,
1610
992
1081
1127
Coleraine,
1971
Conway,
Shelburne,
Shutesbury,
Sunderland,
1410
1912
309
798
1758
978
897
875
632
282
1267
1305
1673
1502
703
1022
987
720
Warwick,
1071
Bernardston,
Buckland,
Deerfield,
Erving,
Gill,
Greenfield,
Hawley,
Le verett,
Amherst,
Belchertown,
2551
Leyden,
2554
Chesterfield,
1132
1239
717
976
556
971
824
1816
932
1715
Monroe,
Montague,
Cummington,
Easthampton,
Enaeld,
Goshen
Granby
Greenwich,
Hadiev,
Hatlield
Middlefield,
Northampton,
Norwich,
Pelham,
Prescott
South Hadley,
3750
750
956
905
780
1458
Southampton,
1
Plainfield,
Ware,
Westhampton,
Williamsburg,
Worthington,
159
1380
759
1308
1198
30,886
3761
1097
Sandisfield,
1464
Savoy,
915
Shetlield,
2322
Stockbridge,
1992
1477
Tvringham,
Washington,
989
W. Stockbridge, ...1449
Williamstown,
2153
Windsor,
900
Pittsfield
Richmond,
Franklin.
Ashfield,
Heath,
Hampshire.
Great Barrington,..2704
Hancock,
922
Hinsdale,
957
Lanesborough,
1140
2428
Lee,
Lenox,
1304
Mt. Washington, ...438
227
New Ashtbrd,
New Marlborough,. 1682
Otis,
1177
576
Peru,
New
Salem,
Northfield,
Orange,
Rowe,
Wendell,
Whately,
875
...1069
41/?54
Norfolk.
Bellingham,
Braintree,
Brookline,
'.
1055
2168
Dedham,
1265
1995
1470
3291
Dorchester,
Dover,
4875
520
Foxborough
1298
1717
883
Canton
Cohasset,
Franklin....'
Medfield,
Med way,
Milton,
2043
1822
Needham,
1488
Quincy
Randolph,
Roxbury
3486
3213
9089
Sharon.
Stoughton,
2142
Walpole,
Weymoutli,
.3738
'.
Wrentham,
1076
1491
2915
53,040
2';,829
Plymouth.
Berkshire.
Adams,
3703
Alford
481
1342
65
Becket,
Boston Corner,
Cheshire
Clarksburg,
Dalton,
Egremont,
Florida,
44
985
370
1255
1038
441
Abington,
Bridgewatcr
Carver,
3514
Hingham,
3567
2131
995
Duxbury,
2798
Elast Bridgewater,. .1950
....734
Halifax,
Hanover,
1488
Hanson,
1040
Hull,
231
�14
Ni:\V
ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
Kingston,
]-]{()
Freetown,
rvJai'siitield,
i7{iU
Mansfield
New Bedford,
Norton,
INIiddleborouijh, ...dV/oo
N. Bndg'e water, ...2bi6
Pembroke,
1258
Plymouth,
oiol
Plynipton,
Sol
Rochester,
387,)
Scituate,
3886
Ware li am,
SOCi
W, Bridgewater,...120l
47,38b
1772
1382
12,087
1545
Paw tucket,
.2184
1329
2169
1996
1005
1489
Raynham,
Rehoboth,
Seekonk,
Somerset,
Swanzey,
Taunton,
Westport,
Bristol.
3584
Dartmouth,
4142
Brewster,
1378
Chatham,
2074
3952
6738
Dennis
Eastham,
Fall River,
1974
Provincetown,
Sandwich,
Truro,
2122
3719
1920
2377
2554
VVellfleet,
Yarmouth,
32,240
Duke's.
Chilmark,
Edgartown,
Tisbury,
702
1736
1520
Barnstable.
Attleborough,
Berkley,
Dighton,
Easton,
Fai- haven,
2589
2930
Orleans,
7645
2820
60.177
BSG
Falmouth,
Harwich,
Barnstable,
4302
522
2334
2942
955
3,958
1
Nantucket.
Nantucket,
9,051
RECAPITULATION.
Suffolk
Co
Essex,
Middlesex,
Worcester,
Hampshire,
Hampden,
95,860
95,017
106,635
95,305
30,836
37,357
Franklin,
Berkshire,
Norfolk,
Plymouth,
Bristol,
Barnstable,
28,829
41,754
53.040
47,386
60,177
32,240
Duke's County,.... 3958
Nantucket,
9051
737.43^
RHODE ISLAND.
Providence.
Middletown,
N e wport,
New Shoreham,
8333
...1069
East Greenwich,... 1509
Warwick,
6726
West Greenwich, ..1416
13,084
891
Cranston,
1982
2902
Cumberland,
5224
Portsmouth,
1706
Foster,
2131
Tiverton,
3183
Burrilville,
Gloucester,
2308
Johnson,
2477
North Providence.. 4207
Providence City,. 23, 172
Scituate,
4090
Smithfield,
9534
"58"',077
16,874
Washington.
Charlestown,
Bristol.
Barrington,
Bristol,
Warren,
549
3490
2438
^477
1776
Hopkinton
1726
North Kingston, ...2909
Richmond,
1361
South Kingston, . . .3718
Westerley,
1912
Newport.
Jamestown,
365
Little Compton, ...1327
14,325
Kent.
Coventry,
923
Exeter,
3433
RECAPITULATION.
Bristol,
Newport,
6,477
16,874
Kent,
Providence,
13,084
58,077
Washington,
14,325
108,837
�.
APPENDIX.
15
CONNECTICUT.
Hartford.
Avon,
1001
Berlin,
Bloomfield,
Bristol,
Burlington,
Canton
East Hartford,
East Windsor,
Enfield,
Farmington,
Glastenbury,
Granby,
Hartford City,
Hartford except
Hartland,
Manchester,
Marlborough,
Simsbury,
Southington,
Suffield,
Wethersneld,
Windsor,
3411
986
2109
1202
1735
2389
3600
2648
2041
3077
2609
9468
Cit.3325
1060
1695
713
1895
1887
2669
3824
..2283
55,627
Griswold,
Groton,
2166
2963
2195
Lebanon,
Ledyard,
1871
1052
Lisbon,
Lyme,
2856
Montville,
1990
New London,
5517
North Stonington,.2270
Norwich City,
4200
Norwich except ) onqn
^..M6J
City,
Preston,
1727
809
3898
2329
Salem,
Stonington,
Waterford,
44,458
CUy,
:.
N&vv Haven.
Bethany,
,r,-r
5^2,6
12.^5
Danbury,
4503
1080
3654
Fairfield,
1171
1323
1529
Branford,
Cheshire,
3294
)
Brookfield,
Darien,
Greenwich,
Huntington,
3054
28,057
Litchfield.
Barkhamstead, ....1573
Bethlem,
776
Canaan,
2166
Colebrook,
1234
Cornwell,
1703
Goshen,
1629
Harwinton,
1201
Kent,
1759
Litchfield,
4038
New
New
Hartford,
Milford,
1708
3974
.Norfolk,
1393
Plymouth,
Roxbury,
2205
971
2551
2407
1707
873
1622
1442
1666
1947
Salisbury,
Fairfield.
Bridgport City,
Bridgport except
Woodstock,
3921
1328
1355
>haron,
Torrington,
Warren,
Washington,
Watertown,
Winchester,
Woodbury,
40.445
Middlesex,
Derby
East Haven,
2852
Monroe,
JNew Canaan,
1382
New
Guilford,
Hamden,
2390
1797
Newtown,
Nor walk,
Madison,
Meriden,
Middlebury,
1788
1880
761
Redding,
Pudsefield,
Sherman,
9.38
Milford,
2455
Stamford,
Middlelown
Middletown
Weston,
3516
1808
1205
2561
West
1802
Westbrook,
New
Haven
City, 12,960
"New Haven except Citv..
..1430
.
North Branford, ...1016
North Haven,
1349
Orange,
Oxford,
1329
1625
548
1542
2255
3668
633
958
Prospect,
Soutnbury,
Wallingford,
Waterbury,
Wolcott
Woodbridge,
48,641
Fairfield,
Stratford,
Trumbull,
Port,
Wilton,
Bozrah,
Colchester,
East Lyme,
Franklin,
Durham,
1095
East Haddam,
2625
2598
Haddam,
1136
Killingworth,
City,. .3511
ex-
cept City,
Savbrook,
)
ncnn
3
3417
1182
24,883
Tolland.
Ashford,
Brooklyn,
Canterbury,
Chaplain,
Hampton,
Pomfret,
1063
2101
1412
1000
3413
974
1239
Chester,
Clinton,
2057
Bolton,
Windham.
Plainfieid,
London.
Chatham,
49,933
Kiliinvglv,
New
2217
956
3189
3869
1675
2474
2651
1478
1777
794
1
165
3685
2384
Sterling,
18G8
1099
Thompson,
3535
Voluntown,
1186
338i
Windham,
Columbia,
Coventry,
Ellington,
Hebron,
Mansfield,
Someis,
Stafford,
Tolland,
Union,
Vernon,
Wellington,
742
841
2017
1356
1721
2276
1621
2469
1566
667
1435
..1268
17,979
�NEW ENGLAND GAZETTEER.
16
RECAPITULATION.
Hartford
Co
55,627
New Haven,
48,641
New London,.... 44,458
Fairfield,
49,933
Windham,
Litchfield,
Middlesex,
28,057
40,445
24,883
Tolland,.
.17,979
310,023
RECAPITULATION OF STATES.
Maine,
Hampshire,
Vermont,
Massachusetts,
501,796
New
Rhode
283,951
29 1 ,848
737,495
Island,
108,837
Connecticut,
310,023
Total Population of
E
New England
90?
in 1840,.. 2,233 ,950
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