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STORY OF MRS. A D E L A I D E
A N N I E EDGERLY
On
g i l l e y
' C a l d r o n
CILLEY
WALDRON.
THAYER.
the t w e n t y - t h i r d d a y of F e b r u a r y , eighteen h u n d r e d
forty-
three, to the R e v . D a n i e l P l u m e r C i l l e y , a s c h o l a r l y c l e r g y m a n , a n d
his
wife, Adelaide A y e r s
( H a i n e s ) C i l l e y , a w o m a n of
remarkable
m e n t a l i t y , a d a u g h t e r w a s born, who, as poet, a u t h o r , c o m p i l e r
j o u r n a l i s t , w a s destined to become not o n l y one of the most
and
distin-
g u i s h e d women of N e w H a m p s h i r e , b u t whose name takes a l e a d i n g
r a n k as w e l l i n the notable l i s t of v e r s a t i l e w r i t e r s of N e w E n g l a n d .
A d e l a i d e C i l l e y W a l d r o n , u s i n g a f a v o r i t e p a t h e t i c e x p r e s s i o n of
h e r o w n , " b e g a n the s a d h a b i t of e x i s t e n c e " i n M a n c h e s t e r , a n d w a s
the second c h i l d a n d elder d a u g h t e r i n a f a m i l y of five c h i l d r e n .
Her
ancestors, f a m o u s i n c o l o n i a l h i s t o r y , were among the
first
settlers of t h i s c o u n t r y , h e r g r e a t - g r a n d f a t h e r H a i n e s h a v i n g been a
lieutenant
i n the
regiment
commanded
by
her
great-grandfather
C i l l e y i n the W a r of the R e v o l u t i o n .
She
w a s , on the m a t e r n a l side, a descendant of C o u n c i l l o r R o b e r t
E l l i o t , M a j o r C h a r l e s F r o s t , the S h e r b u r n e s , a n d S i r W i l l i a m
Pep-
p e r e l l , h i s niece, S a r a h P e p p e r e l l , h a v i n g been her g r e a t - g r e a t - g r a n d mother.
Her
grandmother
C i l l e y w a s a s i s t e r to W i l l i a m P l u m e r of E p -
p i n g , who w a s f o r f o u r y e a r s governor of N e w H a m p s h i r e , a n d l a t e r
engaged i n l i t e r a r y p u r s u i t s .
H e r f a t h e r w a s a n own cousin to H o n .
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to
^be-laibe.
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X ^ a l d r o n
J o n a t h a n C i l l e y , the congressman who M-as k i l l e d i n eighteen h u n d r e d
t h i r t y - e i g h t , i n a d u e l , by W i l l i a m J . G r a v e s of K e n t u c k y , a n d also
a n o w n cousin to J o s e p h L o n g f e l l o w
C i l l e y of
E x e t e r , whose
son,
B r a d b u r y L o n g f e l l o w C i l l e y , w a s f o r f o r t y y e a r s the celebrated p r o fessor of
a n c i e n t languages
at P h i l l i p s - E x e t e r A c a d e m y ,
of
whom
D e a n B r i g g s of H a r v a r d , r e p l y i n g to the c r i t i c i s m t h a t his methods
were old-fashioned,
s a i d , " I f t h a t is so, I w i s h we h a d more
old-
fashioned t e a c h e r s . ' '
These i l l u s t r i o u s ancestors n u m b e r e d among t h e i r o w n m a n y a
brave p a t r i o t of heroic s p i r i t who, w i t h m a r v e l o u s courage,
marched
f o r w a r d to v i c t o r y , a c h i e v i n g , by reason of t h i s same u n d a u n t e d courage, honor for A m e r i c a , a n d g l o r y for the A m e r i c a n flag, i n the face
of almost c e r t a i n d e f e a t : i t w a s a g r a n d i n h e r i t a n c e , t h i s s p l e n d i d
courage,
and Adelaide
Cilley
Waldron
possessed
it i n a marked
degree.
I n her e a r l y childhood the f a m i l y removed to B o s t o n , a n d here
her education progressed
r a p i d l y w i t h a l l the advantages to be de-
r i v e d f r o m most excellent schools a n d p r i v a t e t u t o r s .
E v e n as a c h i l d , she h a d a w o n d e r f u l m i n d a n d a r e m a r k a b l e
memory, a n d a t eleven y e a r s of age was s t u d y i n g F r e n c h , G e r m a n ,
L a t i n a n d G r e e k , together w i t h other subjects t h a t were
c h i l d r e n of her o w n age.
occupying
H e r e also her m u s i c a l i n s t r u c t i o n com-
menced, although she w a s a l r e a d y f a m i l i a r w i t h the r u d i m e n t s , h a v i n g l e a r n e d the scale a t so e a r l y a n age she could n e v e r r e c a l l not
having known it.
A t this p e r i o d of her l i f e she w a s the close companion of a f a v o r i t e
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elder brother, C l i n t o n A . C i l l e y , t h e n a l a w student of H a r v a r d , who
l a t e r w o n great success i n h i s profession i n N o r t h C a r o l i n a , a n d to
t h i s i n t i m a t e association m a y possibly be t r a c e d i n a degree h e r e a r l y
manifestation
of
a n i n h e r e n t taste for
literature, music
and
the
f o r e i g n languages.
M r . C i l l e y came w i t h his f a m i l y to F a r m i n g t o n i n eighteen h u n dred
fifty-eight,
Church.
a n d w a s i n s t a l l e d pastor of the F r e e W i l l B a p t i s t
I n t h i s t o w n M r . a n d M r s . C i l l e y spent the r e m a i n d e r of t h e i r
l i v e s w i t h the exception of five y e a r s passed i n N o r t h C a r o l i n a at the
close of the C i v i l W a r .
I n eighteen h u n d r e d sixty-one he was commissioned
of the E i g h t h R e g i m e n t , N e w H a m p s h i r e V o l u n t e e r s .
as C h a p l a i n
A f t e r his r e -
t u r n f r o m a r m y service, although for a time h i s c l e r i c a l duties w e r e
resumed, M r . C i l l e y w a s
finally
compelled to resign his pastorate,
o w i n g to h e a r t trouble, f r o m w h i c h disease he died i n eighteen h u n dred
eighty-eight,
Mrs. Cilley following
h i m i n eighteen
hundred
ninety-six.
F r o m a f a s c i n a t i n g c h i l d t h e i r d a u g h t e r A d e l a i d e h a d become a
wonderfully
beautiful woman
personality.
A l t h o u g h she e a r l y evinced decided l i t e r a r y t a l e n t , i t
w a s not u n t i l she accompanied
of
brilliant
intellect and
charming
her p a r e n t s to N o r t h C a r o l i n a t h a t
h e r first verses were composed a n d pviblished i n Lippincott's
Thenceforward
zine.
she
enjoyed
a n enviable
reputation
Magain
the
l i t e r a r y w o r l d , h e r poems, sketches, short stories a n d a r t i c l e s a p p e a r ing
frequently
Youth's
i n Harper's
Companion,
the Boston
Magazine,
Transcript,
the
Atlantic
Monthly,
the
a n d i n m a n y other lead-
�ytt
e m o r l a l
ing
magazines, newspapers
to
^ 6 e l a l 6 e
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C a l d r o n
a n d r e v i e w s d u r i n g her l i f e t i m e .
contributions to our local paper, the Farmington
Neivs,
Her
were a con-
s t a n t source of e n j o y m e n t to her m a n y f r i e n d s at home a n d abroad.
T h a t h e r l i t e r a r y a b i l i t i e s were w i d e l y recognized
is p r o v e n b y the
f a c t t h a t she w a s a v a l u e d member of the N e w E n g l a n d
Woman's
P r e s s A s s o c i a t i o n , a n d the N e w H a m p s h i r e W e e k l y P u b l i s h e r s ' A s s o ciation.
S h e w a s also a c h a r t e r member
of the D a u g h t e r s of
the
A m e r i c a n R e v o l u t i o n , a state officer of the W o m a n ' s C h r i s t i a n T e m perance U n i o n , first president, a n d l a t e r h o n o r a r y p r e s i d e n t of this,
the F a r m i n g t o n F r i d a y A f t e r n o o n
C l u b , s e c r e t a r y of the O l d
Home
W e e k A s s o c i a t i o n , a member of the P a s c a t a q u a C o n g r e g a t i o n a l C l u b ,
a n d the C l u b of the N e w H a m p s h i r e D a u g h t e r s , member a n d c l e r k of
the F i r s t C h u r c h , a n d a trustee of the P u b l i c L i b r a r y .
F u l f i l l i n g the
promise of her childhood, she became a n accomplished m u s i c i a n , a n d
was organist a t the F i r s t C h u r c h f o r m a n y y e a r s u n t i l a f a l l , r e s u l t i n g i n a b a d f r a c t u r e , occasioned a confinement
her room.
of m a n y months i n
H e r aunt. Miss H a r r i o t P . Haines, a t r u l y remarkable
woman of fine i n t e l l e c t u a l endowments,
became i n h e r l a t e r y e a r s a
member of the household.
In
eighteen
hundred sixty-two Mrs. W a l d r o n
w a s m a r r i e d to
D r . N a t h a n i e l C . P a r k e r , who died a few y e a r s l a t e r .
I n eighteen
h u n d r e d seventy-one, on h e r r e t u r n to the N o r t h , she w a s m a r r i e d to
J u d g e J o h n W a l d r o n , a n d two daughters, C e c i l a n d E l i s a b e t h ,
L i l y as she w a s commonly called, perfected
the happiness
or
of t h i s
u n i o n , but l i t t l e L i l y died at the age of s i x y e a r s a f t e r a b r i e f i l l n e s s ,
and
f r o m t h i s great a n d o v e r w h e l m i n g sorrow M r s . W a l d r o n
never
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0
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to
6 & Ia i 6 e
C i I I a y
a I 6 r ow
f u l l y recovered.
W i t h e v e r y q u a l i f i c a t i o n f o r a successful p u b l i c , c l u b , a n d social
l i f e , she w a s n e v e r so h a p p y as w h e n i n h e r own d e l i g h t f u l home she
w a s s u r r o u n d e d by those n e a r a n d dear to her, a n d the gracious hosp i t a l i t y of t h i s noble w o m a n , whose v e r y presence w a s a n i n s p i r a t i o n
to a l l , w i l l ever r e m a i n the brightest i n the r o s a r y of
delightful
memories of h a p p y h o u r s counted i n the h i s t o r y of the F r i d a y A f t e r noon C l u b .
T h r o u g h o u t h e r long illness, w h i c h extended into the second y e a r ,
h e r f a i t h f u l h u s b a n d w a s ever b y her side to care f o r h e r , a n d to
do " t h e t h i n g s t h a t no one else could do quite so w e l l , " a n d i n the
l a s t f e w months w e r e g r a n t e d h e r the tender a n d u n r e m i t t i n g m i n i s t r a t i o n s of h e r devoted daughter.
O n the s i x t e e n t h of J u n e , nineteen h u n d r e d n i n e , d u r i n g the long
t w i l i g h t h o u r she, l i k e a w e a r y c h i l d , f e l l asleep, a n d t h u s r e a l i z e d
the t r u t h a n d b e a u t y of the closing s t a n z a of h e r poem w r i t t e n i n
long ago l e n t e n d a y s :
" T h e new .Terus.ilem I see,
Whence every ill shall banished be;
A n angel's voice in triumph rings,
And death is daunted as he sings
Of victory."
'
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to
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RELATIONS
WITH
(Dlll&y
FAMOUS
' ^ a l 6 r o n
PEOPLE.
LOUISE M . T . PERKINS.
M r s . W a l d r o n ' s r e l a t i o n s to f a m o u s people, both b y k i n s h i p a n d
co-operative l i t e r a r y w o r k , w e r e m a n y .
H e r k i n s h i p , though a bit remote, to the poet L o n g f e l l o w points
us to a d i r e c t i o n whence m a y h a v e come some of the t a l e n t s h o w n i n
lines signed " A . C . W . "
T h o u g h P o r t l a n d c l a i m s the b a r d L o n g f e l l o w , i t i s to a l i t t l e
liouse i n one
of
N e w E n g l a n d ' s oldest p a r i s h e s — B y f i e l d — t h a t we
m a y look for the a n c e s t r a l home.
G r a n d p a and G r a n d m a Longfellow,
i n t h e i r cottage on the h i l l b y P a r k e r R i v e r , w e r e a couple to hold i n
great respect as I remember t h e m i n m y o w n childhood.
Our A . C. W .
h a d m a n y of t h e i r delicate w a y s a n d the c l i n g i n g to the ' ' o l d . ' '
A n e w s p a p e r c l i p p i n g r e v e a l s these w o r d s i n reference to M r s .
W a l d r o n ' s v e r s e — " l i k e the sweet m u s i c of
Longfellow."
In
our
own little New H a m p s h i r e town, Mrs. W a l d r o n was friendly with
" C l a r a A u g u s t a , " of w h o m i t i s d o u b t f u l i f a n y w o m a n c o n t r i b u t o r
to p e r i o d i c a l s has received l a r g e r r e t u r n s for h e r w o r k , w i t h the exceptions of those who o w n r o y a l t i e s on p l a y s .
M r s . W a l d r o n f o r y e a r s c o n t r i b u t e d to the Granite
Monthly,
and
t h i s w o r k t h r e w h e r i n w i t h l i t e r a r y people not o n l y w i t h i n o u r state
but outside.
One of h e r co-laborers on t h i s m a g a z i n e wrote to
not long ere our t o w n s w o m a n ' s
me
decease a n d i n q u i r e d for her a n d
�e m 0 r Ig I
to
.A 6 e I a i 5 e
spoke great, words of p r a i s e .
C i l l e y
a I 6 r o R
T h i s m a n w a s George B a n c r o f t G r i f f i t h ,
as w e l l k n o w n a poet as N e w H a m p s h i r e possesses, a n d i t is to
one
of his poems t h a t H e z e k i a h B u t t e r w o r t h a t t r i b u t e s his t r i p s to S o u t h
A m e r i c a a n d the l i t e r a r y products
wrote for the Philadelphia
Press,
r e p u b l i s h e d i n the
Signal
Union
w h i c h followed.
a n d one of her a r t i c l e s i n t h i s w a s
a n d commented upon
p r a i s e by one of the n a t i o n ' s foremost temperance
E . Willard.
Concord
Mrs. Waldron
in
highest
leaders, F r a n c e s
F o r a long time J l r s . W a l d r o n w a s connected w i t h the
Monitor,
of w h i c h M r . George l i . Moses, now U n i t e d States
M i n i s t e r to Greece, w a s the editor.
M r s . W a l d r o n stood i n h i g h esteem
among members of the P r e s s A s s o c i a t i o n , a leader of w h i c h i s M r s .
Daggett, of N e w t o n , Mass.
A poem b y M r s . W a l d r o n , on Queen V i c t o r i a at time of
lee,"
caused
comment of
notables
"Jubi-
i n E u r o p e a n d even the
queen
herself ordered her s e c r e t a r y to send a note of t h a n k s to the w r i t e r ;
also a g i f t e d E n g l i s h w o m a n i n A m e r i c a sent a letter to F a r m i n g t o n .
A t a meeting of B r i t o n s i n Boston, the assemblage listened w i t h bowed
heads to the poem " V i c t o r i a , " a n d i t was p r i n t e d i n the
Journal.
papers.
Boston
T h i s shows A . C . W . ' s affiliation w i t h more people a n d
E v e n a share of f a m e i n the names m i n g l i n g to w r i t e a his-
t o r y of o u r R e b e l l i o n belongs to t h a t of our d e p a r t e d f r i e n d .
book compiled
I n the
b y S t e p h e n G . Abbott, c h a p l a i n i n regiment of
New
H a m p s h i r e V o l u n t e e r s , she wrote the c h a p t e r on " T h e W o m e n
of
N e w H a m p s h i r e i n the R e b e l l i o n , " w h i c h , to quote, " i s as v a l u a b l e a
one as the book c o n t a i n s . "
S h e ends t h i s c h a p t e r w i t h l o y a l words,
" T h i n g s of the noblest sort our own soil b r e e d s , "
w h i c h she
could
�Ml e m o r I g I
to
prove by h e r own ties.
A 6 e l a i 5 &
(T I I I a y
a 1 6 r o it
E v e n lier e a r l i e r w r i t i n g s were gathered w i t h
others to compose the book of " A m e r i c a ' s Y o u n g e r P o e t s . "
A n o t h e r poem of w i t t y v e i n is f o u n d i n K a t e S a n b o r n ' s book.
T h e a u t h o r of t h i s book i s d a u g h t e r of the late P r o f e s s o r S a n b o r n of
D a r t m o u t h College a n d grandniece of D a n i e l W e b s t e r .
T h i s author
a n d M r s . W a l d r o n were great f r i e n d s .
A n o t h e r f r i e n d , showing how M r s . W a l d r o n w a s t h r o w n w i t h college people, w a s the late P r e s i d e n t C h e n e y of B a t e s College, as sagacious
a m a n as colleges boast of.
F o r h i s college she wrote a baccalaureate
h y m n b y special request.
I n s p e a k i n g one d a y of " F l y R o d , " M r s . W a l d r o n told me of
l i t e r a r y associations w i t h h e r .
" F l y R o d " i s best k n o w n i n M a i n e ,
but other p a r t s of our c o u n t r y have r e a d her magic words, a n d she i s
a w o m a n who honors none u n w o r t h y .
" L e t m u s i c s w e l l the breeze, a n d r i n g f r o m a l l the t r e e s , " etc.,
written by
S . T . S m i t h , i n 1832, w a s a verse f o u n d
among
Mrs.
W a l d r o n ' s possessions, i n the h a n d w r i t i n g of the author, dated 1888,
w h i c h leads us to suppose t h i s a u t h o r a n d ours m u s t have been fellowlaborers w i t h the pen, w h i c h has often the name of being m i g h t i e r
t h a n the s w o r d .
T h e s e I have mentioned a r e but a v e r y f e w i n the category
of
names one m i g h t repeat.
L e t us a l l remember t h i s , t h a t one l i t t l e w o m a n dear to our h e a r t s
has -won the heads a n d h e a r t s of others a f a r a n d w i d e .
�!)tt e m 0 r I g I
to
MRS.
A d e l a i d e
C l l l & y
WALDRON, T H E
a I 6 r o n
WRITER.
MARY E . A V E R Y .
M e n a n d women are s u c h a combination
of the t r a i t s of
ancestors t h a t i f we look back f a r enough, we c a n find the
elements
t h a t produce a notable
their
different
character.
W i t h M r s . W a l d r o n i t is not necessary to t r a c e a long l i n e of
ancestors,
elements
sufficient to produce a notable w o m a n
f o u n d i n both f a t h e r a n d m o t h e r ;
could
be
a d d e d to t h i s r i c h i n h e r i t a n c e
of
b r a i n , the t r u e n o b i l i t y of b i r t h , w a s a n education
through
private
t u t o r s a n d the best schools i n N e w E n g l a n d .
A s a c h i l d she showed great fondness for r e a d i n g a n d at a n e a r l y
age she gave evidence of a b i l i t y as a w r i t e r .
prose a n d verse, h o l i d a y
H e r writings included:
books, h y m n s , stories f o r c h i l d r e n , l e t t e r s
for l e a d i n g d a i l y p a p e r s , a n d h i s t o r i c a l w o r k s .
Perhaps
among a l l of
her w r i t i n g s n o t h i n g
attracted
a t t e n t i o n t h a n her l i f e of H e n r y W i l s o n , a n d i t is d o u b t f u l
greater
i f any
person who ever wrote his l i f e , gave a better d e s c r i p t i o n of the e a r l y
l i f e of t h i s great m a n t h a n d i d M r s . W a l d r o n .
T h e paper i n which
i t was p r i n t e d l a r g e l y i n c r e a s e d its c i r c u l a t i o n a n d letters came f r o m
n e a r a n d a f a r , e x p r e s s i n g a d m i r a t i o n f o r the g i f t e d w r i t e r .
I f you
w o u l d k n o w her f a i t h f u l delineation of c h a r a c t e r a n d her p a i n s t a k i n g
i n v e s t i g a t i o n as a w r i t e r , r e a d her " H i s t o r y of F a r m i n g t o n " a n d her
" L i f e of H e n r y W i l s o n . "
�!>R e m 0 r i g I
to
^bdlaibe.
(T I H e y
a I 6 r o u
F o r s i x t e e n y e a r s she w a s a w r i t e r for h e r home paper, d e s c r i b i n g
l i t t l e events, e v e r y - d a y c h a r a c t e r s , t h e i r s m a l l j o y s a n d s o r r o w s ; she
w a s the simple, c a n d i d i n t e r p r e t e r of l i f e a n d h e r o w n u n p r e t e n d i n g
mode of l i v i n g kept her i n touch w i t h the democratic side of l i f e .
T h r o u g h a l l of her w r i t i n g s y o u w i l l find the golden t h r e a d of
sympathy.
S h e thought i n the t h o r n y intercourse of affairs, i n the
conflict of interests, i t w a s easy to b l e n d a m b i t i o n w i t h d u t y a n d w a s
ready
to
accord
to
transgressors the
benefit
of
extenuating
cir-
cumstances.
F o r t w e n t y - f i v e y e a r s she w a s a c o n t r i b u t o r to the Monitor
Statesman.
and
D u r i n g t h a t p e r i o d w h a t a g a l l e r y of figures she sketched
a n d w i t h w h a t m a r v e l l o u s d e l i c a c y of touch h e r figures were d r a w n !
l i o n . W i l l i a m E . Chandler says: " M r s . Adelaide Cilley
Waldron's
w r i t i n g s for the n e w s p a p e r press a t C o n c o r d were c o n t i n u e d f o r more
t h a n a q u a r t e r of a c e n t u r y a n d r e a d b y me w i t h delight.
T h e y were
pleasing, a t t r a c t i v e , a n d f u l l of gentle a n d g e n i a l h u m a n interest.
S h e is e n t i t l e d to a h i g h place i n the list of N e w H a m p s h i r e a u t h o r s . "
W h e n the p e n h a d d r o p p e d f r o m her w e a k fingers a n d t h e y r e f u s e d longer to hold i t , she suggested a correspondent f o r one of N e w
Hampshire's
leading newspapers
for
w h i c h she h a d long
w r i t e r , a n d received f r o m the editor the f o l l o w i n g r e p l y :
been a
" S o many
jieople k n o w y o u p e r s o n a l l y a n d e n j o y e d y o u r s t y l e of w r i t i n g t h a t
the F a r m i n g t o n letter, w h i l e y o u sent i t , w a s a n a t t r a c t i o n to a g r e a t
m a n y of our readers elsewhere t h a n i n F a r m i n g t o n ; but i t w a s y o u r
p e r s o n a l i t y t h a t made i t so, a n d I do not feel t h a t i t w o u l d so cont i n u e to be w i t h a n y other w r i t e r .
W e have now decided to drop the
�M t e m o r l a l
to
- A d e l a i d e
C i l l e y
' C a l d r o n
F a r m i n g t o n letter u n t i l y o u are able to take i t u p a g a i n .
When
time comes t h a t y o u feel t h a t y o u can w r i t e a g a i n , u n d e r s t a n d
the
that
we s h a l l be most h a p p y to renew the F a r m i n g t o n letter a g a i n i n our
columns.''
W h e n told of h e r death t h a t same editor r e p l i e d : " I do not k n o w
how
I can do
without h e r ; when
I wanted information
upon
any
s u b j e c t I a l w a y s w e n t to her a n d she n e v e r f a i l e d m e . "
She,
who
w a s so c h a r i t a b l e of f a i l u r e i n others, never
failed.
W h e n news of h e r death h a d crossed the ocean a n d reached
A m e r i c a n L e g a t i o n i n A t h e n s , f r o m our U n i t e d States M i n i s t e r
Greece, w i t h w h o m she h a d been associated
in literary work,
the
to
came
expressions of s y m p a t h y to the g r i e f - s t r i c k e n m o u r n e r s i n her home,
w i t h w o r d s e x p r e s s i n g his own personal loss.
O f her r e l a t i o n to the F a r m i n g t o n F r i d a y A f t e r n o o n C l u b , i t is
needless for me to speak.
Y o u a l l k n o w how m u c h she has g i v e n to
us of h e r self a n d how p r o u d we a l w a y s were to c l a i m h e r as a mem})er of our
club.
W o n d e r f u l l y g i f t e d w o m a n , great of h e a r t , great of m i n d !
s h a l l we find her l i k e !
VALENTINE.
ADELAIDE
^
CILIJEY
WALDRON.
What will the morning bring to me,
To make the sun more brightly shine
And touch with fire the jeweled tree
That sparkles o'er a world divine'?
Shall some sweet word of love from thee.
For which my longing heart doth pine,
Speed as a dove white-winged to me
To crown the day, my Valentine?
And as the round and radiant moon
Upon our clasping hands shall shine,
Wilt thou sigh, "Wedding bells may soon
Ring Winter out, my V a l e n t i n e ? "
Where
�ytZ
e m o r t a l
b z I a i b e.
to
MRS.
WALDRON, T H E
( T i l l e y
X y a l 6 r o n
FRIEND.
INEZ M . NOTES.
" I f stores of dry and learned love we gain,
We keep them in the memory of the b r a i n ;
Names, things and facts, whate'er we knowledge call,
There is the common ledger for them a l l ;
And images on this cold surface traced.
Make light impressions and are soon effaced.
" B u t w e ' v e a page more glowing and more bright.
On which our friendship and our love to write.
That these may never from the soul depart.
We trust them to the memory of the heart.
There is no dimming—no effacement here,
E a c h new pulsation keeps the record clear.
Warm, golden letters all the tablets fill.
Nor lose their lustre till the heart stands still."
Thus aptly
l o n g ago,
has D a n i e l W e b s t e r , i n t h i s l i t t l e poem w r i t t e n
described o u r
different methods of
preserving dull
so
facts
a n d knowledge g a i n e d , a n d the w o r d s a n d deeds of f r i e n d s s t i l l w i t h
us, a n d the p r e c i o u s memories of the d e a r ones who h a v e passed f r o m
this life.
I t h i n k each of y o u , w i t h me, c a n d r a w f r o m these tablets
of our h e a r t s ' memories m a n y recollections of the l o v i n g a n d
friendly
w o r d s a n d deeds of her whose m e m o r y we honor.
H e r b r i g h t a n d g r a c i o u s p e r s o n a l i t y , together w i t h a n e n g a g i n g
disposition, made f r i e n d s h i p w i t h her a n object to be desired, w h i l e
her presence w a s a n i n s p i r a t i o n for one to p u t f o r t h one's best efforts.
M a n y w o r d s of a p p r e c i a t i o n f r o m f o r m e r residents of
ton
Farming-
have come to me i n connection w i t h t h i s m e m o r i a l s e r v i c e — o f
her q u i c k s y m p a t h y i n times of bereavement a n d t r o u b l e , expressed
in
l o v i n g acts a n d
w o r d s of
condolence, a n d of
her
equally
ready
�e m 0 r l g I
response
in
tlie
to
A d e l a i d e
pleasant
events
of
(T 1 I I e y
life,
with
>y a I 6 r o n
hearty
words
of
i l a n y a h i g h school g r a d u a t e , s t r u g g l i n g w i t h a d r y subject
for
congratulation.
a n essay for whom the muse f a i l e d to respond, attest the i n s p i r a t i o n
received f r o m i l r s . W a l d r o n , a n d a s a t i s f a c t o r y essay was the r e s u l t
of a short c o n s u l t a t i o n w i t h her.
E l d e r l y people h a v e spoken i n f e e l i n g t e r m s , of words w r i t t e n for
the p a p e r upon the decease of some dear r e l a t i v e or f r i e n d — a l i t t l e
t h i n g i n i t s e l f , p e r h a p s , a n d y e t m e a n i n g m u c h to those afflicted.
Prom
the association
of
m a n y y e a r s i n her n e w s p a p e r
work,
w h e n i t was m y p r i v i l e g e to set i n t y p e so m a n y of her c h a r a c t e r i s t i c
a r t i c l e s , I d r a w m a n y p l e a s a n t recollections.
I n h e r v i s i t s to the office
she seldom came w i t h o u t some l i t t l e token t h a t bespoke remembrance
—sometimes
a h a n d f u l of f a v o r i t e
d a i n t y confection
of, or a household
flowers
f r o m h e r g a r d e n , often a
of h e r own p r e p a r i n g , a l i t t l e poem we h a d t a l k e d
r e c i p e ; w h a t e v e r the g i f t , i t w a s a l w a y s accom-
p a n i e d w i t h b r i g h t a n d c h e e r i n g w o r d s t h a t w o u l d l i g h t e n the busy
hours of labor a n d m a k e a d u l l d a y seem less long.
I n the c l u b w o r k so m a n y i n s t a n c e s of her f r i e n d l y deeds are
i n s c r i b e d on these tablets of o u r h e a r t s , t h a t her m e m o r y c a n n e v e r
be effaced a n d i n t h a t b r i g h t e r a n d h i g h e r l i f e to w h i c h we a l l a s p i r e ,
we t r u s t to t a k e u p t h i s f r i e n d s h i p , w h i c h has seemed s u c h a p e r s o n a l
loss to a l l , a n d u n d e r h a p p i e r conditions, e n j o y more f u l l y the b r i g h t
presence of our f r i e n d .
" F r i e n d after
Who hath
There is no
That finds
friend departs,
not lost a friend?
union here of hearts
not here an e n d . "
P > E A c n M O N T , J\IARS., F e b r u a r y
4, 1 9 1 0 .
�M l e m o r i a l
to
TZV, 6 e I a i d e
C t l l e y
a I 6 r o R
MRS. W A L D R O N , T H E MUSICIAN.
IDA M . P E A R L .
I f y o u accept A r t i t m u s t be a p a r t of y o u r d a i l y l i f e .
have i t w i t h y o u i n y o u r sorrow as i n y o u r j o y .
You will
I t s h a l l be s h a r e d
b y gentle a n d s i m p l e , l e a r n e d a n d u n l e a r n e d , a n d be as a
language
all can understand.
O u r f r i e n d accepted music
as a p a r t of her
w i t h h e r i n sorrow a n d j o y , a n d shared
daily life.
I t was
b y gentle a n d s i m p l e , l e a r n e d
a n d u n l e a r n e d , a n d i n a language a l l could u n d e r s t a n d .
as a m u s i c i a n gave c r e d i t to h e r s e l f a n d her profession.
H e r career
T h e greater
p a r t of h e r m u s i c a l education w a s obtained d u r i n g her school d a y s i n
B o s t o n , s t u d y i n g h a r m o n y a n d p i a n o w i t h some of o u r best i n s t r u c t o r s
at t h a t t i m e .
T h r o u g h o u t the whole of her b u s y l i f e m u s i c w a s ever
a t the f r o n t , m i n g l e d w i t h h e r v a r i e d duties.
h e r time a n d t a l e n t f r e e l y a n d w h e r e v e r needed.
a young
g i r l , a n d w h a t she accomplished
S h e a l w a y s gave of
She came among u s
f o r the education
of
the
p u b l i c a n d f o r the cause of m u s i c i n o u r t o w n d u r i n g those y e a r s of
service i s not
recorded i n a n y w r i t t e n a n n a l s , a n d cannot
be.
It
is a p a r t of the h i s t o r y of F a r m i n g t o n a n d of the l i v e s of h e r citizens
w h i c h she e n r i c h e d a n d made better, a n d p u r e r , a n d h a p p i e r , by i n s p i r i n g t h e m w i t h a n a p p r e c i a t i o n of the highest a n d best f o r m s
of
m u s i c a n d b y r e v e a l i n g to t h e m the ineffable beauties of the a r t to
�!?ttemorial
to
- A d e l a i d e
( T i t l e ?
> y a l 6 r o n
w h i c h she devoted a p a r t of lier l i f e w i t h noble a n d unselfish purpose.
jMrs. W a l d r o n s e r v e d as organist i n the F i r s t C o n g r e g a t i o n a l C h u r c h
until
i t w a s destroyed
i n the present one,
accident.
by
fire,
i n the
w i n t e r of
1876,
and
also
u n t i l 1896, w h e n she w a s i n j u r e d i n a coach
She began t e a c h i n g m u s i c about
1871, and u n t i l a year
or two before h e r l a s t illness t h a t w a s a p a r t of h e r d a i l y duties,
ever p a i n s t a k i n g a n d conscientious
a n d t a l e n t to others.
i n her praise.
i n transmitting her
knowledge
A s a n accompanist, too m u c h cannot be s a i d
Accompaniment
p l a y i n g i s i n its highest sense r e -
plete w i t h b e a u t i f u l influence a n d h e l p f u l n e s s .
I t is a science, a n d
u p o n i t depends the w o r k of singers a n d of s e v e r a l k i n d s of i n s t r u mentalists.
body.
I t stands f o r something a n d the accompanist for some-
T o use a homely i l l u s t r a t i o n , a n accompanist i s to the soloist
w h a t a dress i s to the w e a r e r ; though the g a r m e n t m a y look lovely
alone i n i t s richness a n d expression of taste, i t i s not a success u n t i l i t
conforms
to the s p e c i a l r e q u i r e m e n t s of the w e a r e r .
I t must round
out the a M ' k w a r d c u r v e s , a n d m a k e more b e a u t i f u l the g r a c e f u l l i n e s .
I t m u s t s i n k into t h a t of the more i m p o r t a n t one before the b e a u t y of
each i n r e l a t i o n to one another c a n be enhanced.
One who n e v e r has
s u n g c a n h a r d l y comprehend the i n s p i r a t i o n a n d a i d the p l a y e r gives
the soloist.
O u r f r i e n d gave of h e r v e r y best a l w a y s , w h e n e v e r c a l l e d
upon, m a n y times w h e n i t seemed almost a n i m p o s s i b i l i t y f o r h e r to
leave her other duties.
M a n y b e a u t i f u l poems were w r i t t e n a n d set to m u s i c b y M r s .
Waldron.
T h e y were for those i n sorrow a n d bereavement, i n j o y a n d
gladness, w r i t t e n for our own townspeople as w e l l as for the press.
�M e m o r i a l
to
' A d e l a i d e
(Tilley
>yat6rore
T h e h y m n composed f o r her l i f e - l o n g f r i e n d , a n d our honored club
member, M r s . F e r n a l d , on the death of her h u s b a n d , a n d s u n g at the
time b y M r . a n d M r s . D . W . K i m b a l l , M r s . P u t n a m a n d M r . C a r l e t o n ,
is v e r y b e a u t i f u l a n d c o m f o r t i n g .
HYMN.
BY
ADELAIDE
CILLEY
WALDRON.
Father, sore afflicted, lonely,
Trusting in Thy word.
Consolation of Thee only.
Can I ask, 0 Lord,
Through this day of pain and sorrow
When but clouds I see.
Of Thy strength O let me borrow;
Be Thou near to me.
I n my trouble Thou are grieved.
Thou wilt share my p a i n ;
And because I am bereaved.
Lord, with me remain. Amen.
E A S T B E
WRITTEN
HYMN.
FOE MRS.
IDA
PEARL.
Bright tinted butterflies, fain would I know
What life hath taught to you. Whisper it low.
Soft comes the answer down, sweetest of things.
That in our greatest need, God giveth wings.
The summer comes and goes, joyful birds take wing.
Father, Thou guidest them to the land of spring.
So I watch them in their flight, praying as I stand.
Thou wilt guide me home at last to Thy fair summer land.
�em o r i g I
to
^ 6 e l a i 6 e
C l l l e ?
>y a I 6 r o n
A sonnet to Queen V i c t o r i a , entitled " V i c t o r i a the G o o d , "
brought its author a note of t h a n k s f r o m B u c k i n g h a m palace, a n d
also a n a p p r e c i a t i v e letter f r o m a g i f t e d E n g l i s h w o m a n i n A m e r i c a .
A t a recent meeting of B r i t o n s i n B o s t o n , the assemblage listened w i t h
l>owed heads to i t s r e a d i n g a n d gave as the toast of the evening, " V i c t o r i a the G o o d , " a n d those present, t h r o u g h the c h a i r m a n of the
evening, desired to express t h e i r sincere t h a n k s to i t s w r i t e r .
So
delicate a n d y e t so fine a c o m p l i m e n t is one to be deeply a p p r e c i a t e d
by a n y author.
VICTORIA.
M A Y
T W E N T Y - F O U R T H .
I n that great day when shall begin H i s reign
Who set the stars in heavens, wide and free,
And bade the mighty billows of the sea
Responsive to their coursing wax and wane;
When stilled from strivings perilous and vain
The ancient empires of the earth shall be,
And wait H i s justice all that company
Upon whose brows the crown of Kings has l a i n —
Then shall H i s countenance upon thee shine,
O venerated Queen, and thou shalt hear
A voice pronounce thy name in tones divine
Whose music with delight shall thrill thy ear.
Proclaiming thee of royal womanhood
The flower and pride, Victoria the Grood.
Farmington, N.
H.
ADKLAIDE CILTJEY
WALDRON.
" T h e c h a r m i n g poem, ' B o a t S o n g , ' by M r s . A . C . W a l d r o n , was
o r i g i n a l l y p r i n t e d i n the Morning
Star.
M r s . W a l d r o n ' s verse is a l w a y s exquisite a n d as delicious as a d a y i n J u n e . I t has also t h a t
s p i r i t u a l q u a l i t y w h i c h is so m u c h a p a r t of w h a t L o n g f e l l o w w r o t e . "
BOAT
BY
SONG.
ADELAIDE CILLEY
WALDRON,
Dn you swing with the tide little boat, little boat.
On the crest of the wave do you sway;
At the will of the wind do you float, do you float.
Adrift on the ocean gray ?
" O T swing with the tide, as I ride, as I ride.
Oil the murmuring waves of the sea;
And I drift with the wind over waters wide,
As it seemeth God's will for me."
I f thf^ tempest awake, little bark, little bnvk,
And the clouds be black in the sky.
Do you tremble with fear, in the dark, in the dnrk.
Because of the dangers nigh ?
" O neither the night nor the storm frighteth me
As I lie in the cradling breast
Of the deep-bosomed sea. for, whatever shall be,
God permits it, and so that is best."
Let me sail with you then, little boat, little boat,
And mayhap we shall find a smooth strand,
Where is anchorage safe, in a harbor remote,
With the kingdom of joy at hand.
Farmington, N. H.,
1897.
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Memorial Booklet To Adelaide Cilley Waldron 1910
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A 1910 memorial booklet designed to honor Adelaide Cilley Waldron. The memorial exercises were held by the Friday Afternoon Club, Farmington, NH on February 12, 1910. The booklet includes Adelaide Cilley Waldron's life story written by Anne E Thayer & her relations to famous people written by Louise M T Perkins. Mary E Avery writes about Waldron as a writer, Inez M Noyes writes about Waldron from the perspective of a friend, and Ida M Pearl writes of Waldron as a musician. The booklet closes with hymns and poems.
Size: 6" x8.75"
Condition: fair-yellowing, crumpling at edges and fold, and small discoloration on cover and back likely from differing light exposure
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Likely the Friday Afternoon Club & the Waldron Family
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Likely the Friday Afternoon Club & the Waldron Family
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1910
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Donation by: Dana Ralph
Avery
booklets
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From: Gazetteer of the state of New Hampshire, by Eliphalet Merrill, Exeter, C. Norris & Co., 1817
[Excerpts]
page 131
FARMINGTON in Strafford county was formerly a part of Rochester. It was incorporated in 1722
and in 1810 contained 1272 inhabitants; bounded N.E. by Milton, S.E. by Rochester, S.W. by New
Durham, comprising 20,811 acres.
Cochecho river flows through the N.E. part of this town, and the Frost mountains extend through it
from N. to S. From the summit of this ridge, called Mount Washington, the seacoast and a large
part of the state may be seen. There is in this town a handsome meeting-house, several mills, and
trading stores.
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From: The Statistics & Gazetteer of New Hampshire, compiled by Alonzo J. Fogg, Concord NH,
D.L. Guernsey, 1875
page 156
Farmington--Strafford County. The surface of this town is broken and rugged, but the soil when
properly cultivated yields fine crops.
RIVERS. The Cocheco River passes through the north-east part of the town affording some
interval lands along its banks.
MOUNTAINS. Blue Hill, or Frost Mountain, extends in a north and south direction nearly through
the town. Mount Washington, Mount Monadnock, and hundreds of less elevations, together with
ships in Portsmouth Harbor, can be seen from its summit, in a clear day.
VILLAGE. About one mile north-west from what is called the Dock, is Farmington village. The
inhabitants are extensively engaged in the manufacture of men and women's boys and youths
boots, brogans and shoes--the number of pairs made exceeding that of any town in the States.
There are 13 manufactories with a capital of $500,000 which employ nearly 1000 males and
females, who annually receive for their labor about $300,000 and produce 1,300,000 pairs of
boots, shoes &c valued at $1,700,000. Part of these shoes are bottoms in the adjoining towns.
There are two banks, three church edifices, one large high school building, twenty-five or thirty
stores of all kinds, one job printing office, two hotels, three livery stables, post office, express and
telegraph office, three lawyers, three physicians officers, one dentist's office and about three
hundred dwelling houses. It is a very pleasant and busy villag, and as idleness is a stranger in
this place, so is poverty.
EMPLOYMENT: Manufacturing and mercantile trade are the principal employments of the
�inhabitants, although there are some very nice farms, and good farmers in the town.
RESOURCES: production of the soil, $48,498; mechanical labor, $504,000; stocks and bonds,
$10,900; money at invterest $6,500; deposits in savings banks $143,635; stock in tade $55,300;
professional business $10,000
CHURCHES and SCHOOLS: Congregational, Rev. J. Smith, pastor; Freewill Baptist, Rev. G.W.
Park, pastor; Methodist, Elder Tebbets pastor; Advent, Rev. J. Smith pastor. There are fourteen
school districts and eighteen schools in town. Average length of schools for the year, twenty-four
weeks.
LITERARY INSTITUTION. Farmingotn High School, E.J. Goodwin Principal--School Fund $3,000
HOTELS & EATING HOUSES: Elm House, Mechanics Hotel; and Bickett and Wedgewood Eating
Houses.
FIRST SETTLEMENT: Farmington was originally part of Rochester, but was incorporated as a
district town December 1798.
FIRST MINISTER Rev. james Walker, Congregationalist, 1818.
BOUNDARIES: North by New Durham and Milton, east by Milton, State of Maine and Rochester,
south by Rochester and Strafford and west by Strafford and New-Durham. Area, 21,000 acres;
improved lands 5,449 acres.
DISTANCES: Thirty-five miles north-east from Concord and eighteen north-west of Dover.
RAILROADS: Cocheco Railroad passes through this town in a north-westerly and south-easterly
direction.
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From: History of Rockingham and Strafford counties, New Hampshire : with biographical sketches
of many of its pioneers and prominent men - Hurd, D. Hamilton, Philadelphia 1882
FARMINGTON: (page 488 )
The early history of Farmington will be found principally in the history of Rochester, of which this
town originally formed a part. The early record history, Revolutionary, names of early settlers, etc
are incorporated in the history of that mother-town.
Among the first who settled in this section were Benjamin, Samuel and Richard Furber, Samuel
Jones, Benjamin Chesley and Paul Demeritt, who located near Merrill's Corners from 1770 to
1783. On the Ten-Rod road Joseph and Levi Leighton were located; on Chestnut Hill, Moses
Horne, Caleb Varney, Judge Wingate, and others in various parts of the town. Among the men
from this town who have held public positions in the state and United States legislative halls, now
deceased are Nehamiah Eastman, Esq. who held a distinguished position at the bar for many
years. He was elected State Senator and also a member of the Nineteenth Congress... Dr.
Joseph Hammond was a member of the State Legislature and also of the 21st and 22nd
Congress. George I Whitehouse was a deputy sheriff for 6 years, a judge of the court of common
pleas for the county of Strafford for 14 years and also a member of the House of Representatives.
Judge Whitehouse has also been extensively engaged in railroad surveys in this and other
counties. Jeremiah Dame, John D. Lyman, George M. Herring and Alonzo Nute were members
of the State Senate; Thomas T. Edgerly and Josiah B. Edgerly were registers of deeds. Jeremiah
Jones was the first man born in the town who was elected to the State Legislature. The late Henry
Wilson, United states Senator from Massachusetts was born on a farm about two miles south of
Farmington village.
The first meeting house was built on Robert's hill about two miles south of Farmington Village.
The first schoolhouse was built at Merrill's Corners in the southern part of the town about the year
�1791.
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EARLY MERCHANTS--One of the first merchants in Farmington was Jonas C. March who came
here from Portsmouth about the year 1780, and also built a store in what is now the lower end of
the village, on premises now owend by G.N. Eastman. Mr. March subsquently removed to
Rochester and was succeeded as the "trader" of the town by John Googin, whose stock in trade
consisted chiefly of molasses, tea, spcieberries, pepper-corns, tobacco, rum, etc.. . . In 1830
Nehemiah Eastman was the lawyer here, and Joseph Hammond the doctor. Peter and Levi Pearl
were at the head of the militia and J.H. Edgerly called the roll of names among whom were the
Nutes, Burnham and Isaac, George R. Dame, Samuel Bunker, Hiram French, etc. At that time
"Jerry" Wingate was postmaster.
How Famington Dock was named [see original document].
The village of Farmington is situated on what was formerly known as the "Old John Ham farm."
The first dwelling was a log house, occupied by one Berry. The first frame house was erected in
1781 or 1782 by John Roberts, and here he reared a numerous family. The second frame home
was built by Jonas C. March previous to 1792.
The town of Farmington was incorporated 1 December 1798, the notification for the town dated
Feb 23, 1799 and signed by Aaron Wingate. The first town meeting has held 11 March 1799 at
the house of Simon Dame, when the following officers were chosen: Moderator, Aaron Wingate;
town clerk, Jonas C. March; selectmen Ichabod Hayes, Ephraim Kimball and David Roberts;
auditors, Capt. Samuel Furbur and James Roberts; assessors Thomas Canney and paul
Demeritt; surveyors of highways, James Roberts, James Leighton, Joseph Thompson Jr., Paul
Demerett, Benjamin Furber, Joseph Emerson, Daniel Canney, Jonathan French , Edward Knight,
Samuel Jones Jr., Thomas Davis, John Downs, and George Leighton; surveyors of lumber,
Jonathan French and David French; hogreeves, Richard Furbur, Joseph Holmes, Aaron Wingate,
Jonas C. March, Ephraim Perkins, John Murray, Ichabod Pearl, Ichagod Hayes, and Paul
Demerit; tithingmen, Edward Varney, Anthony Peavey, James Nutter, Ezekiel Ricker, Samuel
Varney, Alexander Berry and Richard Rundlet; fence-viewers, John Walker, Ezekiel Ricker,
Joseph Holmes, Elijah Meder, and David French; field-drovers, James French, Benjamin
Runnals, Joseph Thompson Jr., Moses Whitehouse, Paul Twombly, Moses Varney and Samuel
Drowne. The "constable birth" was bid off by Ensign Samuel Knowles for twenty-one dollars and
twenty-five cents. At the meeting John Taylor Gilman received one hundred and thirty-tree votes
for Governor. Richard Furbur was the town's first representative to the General Court.
In 1799 licenses to retail "foreign distilled spiritous liquors" was granted to the following persons:
Joseph Holmes, Lakeman & Marsh, Benjamin Runnals and Eleazear Pearl. The following tavern
licenses were granted: Joseph Holmes, Col. Richard Furbur, Samuel Knowles, Edward Knight
and Ephraim Perkins.
page 492 Ecclesiastical History
The Congregational Church in Farmington Sept 15, 1819 with the following members, Benjamin
Furber, Peter Akerman, Noah Ham, Mary Furber, Muhitable Hayes, Mary Furber, Elizabeth
Roberts. [more info in original document]
The Free Will Baptist Society was organized Oct 21, 1854. A church was organized inside the
society or parish Nov 8 of the same year with a membership of thirteen, five men and eight
women. [more info in original document]
FARMINGTON'S SHOE MANUFACTURES
In 1836 Elijah H. Badger came to Farmington and commenced the manufacture of shoes, known
at that time as Natick Sale work, that place being then the banner town in the country for the
manufacture of this peculiar grade of goods, brogans. He continued in this business about one
year, and then became financially embarrassed, and left town not to reutn again. About this time
�Martin L. Hayes commenced in a small way in the manufacture of shoes.... About 1838 or 1848
George M. herring started in the shoe business here...Mr. J.F. Roberts, was the next to open a
shoe shop in the village. He was succeeded by two brothers, George E. and Henry L. Roberts.
Messrs Alonzo and J.O. Nute commenced business. Others identified in the business of the town
were Luther Wentowrth, H.B. Edgerley and Israel Hays. [additional manufactures and
businessmen in the original document]
http://archive.org/stream/historyofstraffo00lcscal#page/494/mode/2up
FARMINGTON NH IN THE WARS
http://archive.org/stream/historyofstraffo00lcscal#page/498/mode/2up
Farmington supplied 234 men in all departments of the service during the Civil war. Some men
held high positions, Louise Bell, capt. of Co. A, First Regiment, later promoted to colonel, killed
Jan 15, 1855; Alonzo Nute, quartermaster of the Sixth Regiment; Rev. Daniel Poor Cilley,
chaplain of Eighth Regiment; Albert W. Hayes, second lieutenant, Sixth Regiment, promoted to
captain in 1862; Ralph Carlton, captain Co. I, Third Regiment; Henry A. Flint, first lieutenant Co. F,
Second Regiment. Captain Carlton was killed July 17, 1862; the Grand Army Post of Farmington
was named in honor of his brave career. A fine soldiers monument has been erected on one of
the most valuable lots in the village, the gift of Mr. james Bartlett Edgerly, a descendant of Col.
Thomas Tash and of Col. John Waldron of the Revolution, who is a member of the Carlton post.
The Woman's Relief Corps did a large amount of work in raising funds to procure the monument.
The noble stature that surmounts the monument was modeled from a brother of Seth Low, who
was mayor of New York several years ago. The figure very appropriately faces southward, as
Farmington men faced and helped conquer the great rebellion.
As Farming was simply the Northwest Parish of Rochester during the American Revolution, the
wawr record of its citizens is given in the history of that town, but in the lesser wars of the
nineteenth century were: C.B. Roberts, Timothy Davis, J.G. Watson, G.L. Whitehouse, Asa and
Jeremiah Willey, whose graves are honored on Memorial Day by the Grand Army veterans.
Farmington has many fine buildings...the ... opera house was opened in 1881 with Sol Smith
Russell as the great attraction; since then its walls have echoed to the notes of many famous
people among them, Mr. Blaisdell of Concord, Camelia Urso, Walter Emerson, Emil Lubliny, Miss
Hall, the Fiske jubilee singers, and excellent orchestra from time to time. Mr. Tompkins of the
Boston theatre sent some of his best companies...
of FRATERNAL ORGANIZATIONS, Free Masons, Odd Fellows, Knight of Pythias, Improved
Order of Red Men and others.
In view of the immense amount of good work auxiliary to the church and state and to the fraternal
societies, special mention in terms of unqualified praise is due to several organizations of
Farmington weoman; among number are: Mrs. Adelaid Cilley Waldron, Mrs. L.H. Plamer, Mrs.
L.A. Small, Mrs. Knox and Mrs. Thayer of lodges, and Mrs. C.W. Talpey, Mrs. J.F. Cloutman, Mrs.
A.W. Shackford, Mrs. E.F. Eastman and Mrs. Larson A. Fernald of the Woman's Christian
Temperance Union and societies auxiliary to religious bodies.
The Farmington Savings Bank was chartered in June 1868 [additional info in original document]
NOTED MEN OF FORMER GENERATIONS
The State of New Hampshire has furnished one President of the United States, Franklin Pierce
and one Vice-President, Henry Wilson, both in the same generation; one of Concord, the other of
Farmington....
He (Henry Wilson) was born Feb 16,1812 in Farmington NH; he died Nov 22, 1875 in Washington
DC. His birth name was Jeremiah Jones Colbath, but after he became of age he had the
Massachusetts Legislature change it to Henry Wilson (why the change was made is not known);
when he was ten years old his parents being very poor he was apprenticed to a farmer in
Farmington to "serve his time" as was the old custom in New England. It took eleven years to
�finish that contract, which terminated Feb 16, 1833. During the time he was allowed to attend the
winter school in that district, about six weeks, each winter, a little over a year in the whole time,
but he made good use of it in reading, writing and ciphering.... [more biography in the original
document]
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OTHER BIOGRAPHIES:
Judge George L. Whitehouse, John F. Cloutman, Hon. Alonzo Nute, Dr. David Taylor Parker.
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Historical Sketch of Farmington NH from The Leading business men of Dover, Rochester,
Farmington, Great Falls and Berwick, illustrated, Bacon, George F. (George Fox), 1890, Boston,
Mercantile Publishing Company - Internet Archive
http://archive.org/stream/leadingbusinessm00bacon#page/68/mode/2up
Leading Businessmen of Farmington include: Sanitine Remedy Company (Proprietors of Blake's
Vegetable Remedy for Constipation and other items); A.F. & H.C. Waldron, Carleton & Bennett,
George W. Bailey, Blake's Pharmacy, D.E. Edgerly Dry and Fancy Goods, Groceries and
Provisions; F.J. Hanson manufacturer of Boot and Shoe Heels; J.M. Berry & Co. manufacturers of
Men and Boys Shoes; J.F. Safford, Watches and Jewelry, Silver Ware etc.; J.E. Fernald & Son
Publishers and Proprietors of the Farmington News; H.W. Roberts & Co., Steam Grist Mill; A.E.
Carter & Co. Furniture Dealers, Curtains, Carpet and Bedding; J.P. Tibbitts Furnishing Undertaker
Carriage and Sleigh Manufacturer; Thomas Pride & Son, Granite Works; C.H. Pitman, Book, Card
and Job Printer; Wallace, Elliot & Co., manufacturers of Ladies' Misses and Children's Fine Boots;
George W. Lane, Jeweler; Wilson House, E.T. Cotton, Proprietor; Amasa W. Shackford
Photographer; Farmington Savings Bank; Roberts & Peavey Druggiests and Stationers; John H.
Barker & Co. dealers in General Merchandise; L.S. Flanders & Son, manufacturers of Lasts and
Sole Patterns; E.T. Wilson, dealer in Groceries, Flour, Grain, Crockery, Paints and Oils, Shoe
Findings and Hardware; A. Nute & Sons manufactures of Men's Shoes; Mrs. L.A. Small Millinery
and Fancy Goods; Dr. J.E. Nichols Dentist; Frank E. Farwell market; Strafford House, Frank H.
McAlpine; Frank Pearl dealer in Choice Family Groceries Dry and Fancy Goods; J. Wesley Locke
Livery and Sale Stable; I. Hayes & Sons Shoe Manufacturers; W.F. Thayer dealer in Stoves,
Tinware, Pumps, Lead, Pipe, Kitchen Furnishing Goods; J.E. Fernald dealer in Groceries,
Harware, Findings, Paints, Oils, Glass, Books, Stationary, etc.; F.E. Mooney dealer in Coal and
Wood; Charles H. Berry, Fruit, Confectionery; G.A. Jones & Co., Furniture, carpets and room
paper; P.M. Frost, Dry and Fancy Goods; W.A. Elliott, Ice Cream, Fruit, Confections; M.W. Small,
dealer in Groceries, Grain, Crockery, Glas-ware and Farming Tools; H.P. Hall & Co., Druggists
and Stationers; C.W. Jenness, manufacturer of Wood and Paper Boxes, Job Sawing, Planing and
Mill Work.
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