BIOGRAPHIES AND SOME GENEALOGIES OF EARLY SETTLERS AND PROMINENT FAMILIES OF HAVERHILL, GRAFTON COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE ---------------------------------- Information located at http://www.nh.searchroots.com On a web site about GENEALOGY AND HISTORY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE and its counties TRANSCRIBED BY JANICE BROWN Please see the web site for my email contact. ---------------------------------- The original source of this information is in the public domain, however use of this text file, other than for personal use, is restricted without written permission from the transcriber (who has edited, compiled and added new copyrighted text to same). ======================================================== SOURCE: Gazetteer of Grafton County, N.H., 1709-1886 by Hamilton Child, Syracuse, N.Y.: H. Child, June 1886 [History of the Town found under a different file on the same site] BIOGRAPHIES AND PARTIAL GENEALOGIES OF THE EARLY SETTLERS AND PROMINENT RESIDENTS OF HAVERHILL NH JOHN PAGE moved with his parents to Rindge NH, helped build a log house, performed settler's duty and thus secured a lot of land there. He moved to the Coos meadow in September 1762, wintered on the Great Ox Bow, took charge of General Bailey's cattle, in company with one other man and a boy, worked for General Bailey, and thus paid for a right of land in Haverhill. He went to Lancaster, worked for his uncle David and paid for another right of land in Haverhill. He then came back to this town, built a log house on the meadows, and married Abigail Saunders, daughter of the first settler south of him, and who died twelve years after marriage, without issue. He married for his second wife, Abigail Hazeltine, of Concord NH, who died without surviving children, and then married, for his third wife, Mrs. Hannah Green, daughter of Samuel Rice of Landaff, who bore him four sons, namely, John, William G., Samuel and Stephen R. John, the eldest, was born in Haverhill, May 21, 1787, was fitted for college in his youth, but just as he was about to enter, his father became embarrassed through having become bondsman for another party, and was likely to lose his farm. His son therefore relinquished his high ambition, turned his attention to saving the homestead, which was done, and which afterwards came into his possession. When twenty-five years of age he married Hannah, daughter of Maj. Nathaniel Merrill, of North Haverhill, who bore him nine children, namely Frederick, William, John Alfred, Henry Harrison, Nathaniel Merrill, Stephen Rice, Sarah Hazen, George Washington, George Brackett and Edward Livingston. All of these, with the exception of George W., grew to adult age. John Page was elected governor of New Hampshire in 1839 by a Democratic vote of 30,518, and re-elected in 1840 and 1841. Edward L. Page succeeded his father in the ownership of the homestead, was a successful farmer, and held various local offices. He served as selectman several years, during the civil war, when his patriotism and activity in securing recruits caused the burning of his buildings. He married Laura M. Batchelder, of Franklin in 1855. For seventeen years he suffered with consumption, and died November 4, 1878, aged forty-six years. His widow survives him. This Page farm has remained in the family longer than any other in Haverhill. Henry H., the third son of Gov. John Page, was born in Haverhill, June 3, 1816, educated at Haverhill academy, married Eliza Southard, in September 1842, and had born to him two daughters. He spent one year of his early life in the West, but returned to this town, and lived here until his death, at the early age of thirty-two years. He was captain of the militia, but his early death cut short his public usefulness. William H. Page, son of Samuel, was born in Haverhill, February 4, 1824, following farming all his life, and has also been a merchant for twenty-seven years. He moved to Piermont in 1878 and, in the autumn of 1882 was chosen town representative, and was re-elected in 1884. He married Mary E., daughter of Jesse Poor, of Orford in 1854, and has two sons, who are engaged in the mercantile business with him. JAMES KING was the original settler on the farm now occupied by L.H. Chase and C.H. Cummings, on road 7. In 1781, at the age of sixteen years, he enlisted in the Continental army from Sutton NH where he was born. He served until the close of the war, when he came to Haverhill, and made a pitch on the farm which he cleared. He early espoused the cause of Christ, and was a life long supporter of the Methodist church. He married Hannah Young, of Landaff, and had born to him nine children, all of whom lived to raise families. He died in December 1850, aged eighty-five years. The children of C.H. Cummings now live on the farm, are the descendants of James King, of the fifth generation. WILLIAM CROSS, a native of Methuen, Mass., served as Revolutionary soldier, married Abigail Ladd, and came to Haverhill NH from Haverhill, Mass, in 1788. He brought with him his family of five children, settled near where the Haverhill depot now is, and had born two more children, David and Eliza. Eliza only is now living in Haverhill. Lydia, the eldest daughter, married Jacob Woodward, son of Judge James Woodward, and reared a family. CAPTAIN DANIEL AND DEACON JOHN CARR, were the first of the family who came to Haverhill. They came from West Newbury, or Newburyport, Mass., about 1797. John Carr settled where his son Joshua now lives. He was a member of the Congregational Church at Horse Meadow, married Hannah Worth, of West Newbury, Mass., and reared twelve children, of whom three sons and one daughter are still living. He was a carpenter and a farmer, and died in 1859, aged eighty-five years. His youngest son, Joshua, has always resided on the homestead, is a farmer, was elected one of the selectmen in 1861 and 1862, and has acquired a local reputation by his poetical gifts. His wife is Mary, daughter of George Cary, of Rochester VT, and they have two children, one of whom is Mrs. Roselle E. Gale. John E. Carr, son of Michael B., was born in Haverhill, in 1840, was chosen one of the selectman in 1872, 1874, 1875, to the State legislature in 1878, 1880, and 1881, and has been a member of the State board of agriculture, for Grafton county, two years. CAPTAIN DAVID CARR came here with his brother Deacon John, and made his first settlement upon the farm where Daniel E. Carr now lives. He married Elizabeth Worth, and brought up three sons and three daughters, and had two children, who died in infancy. He was a member of the Congregational church at Horse Meadow, was captain of the militia after his settlement there, and died at the age of seventy-eight years. His daughter Melinda was born September 12, 1796. His eldest son, Daniel was born in the old part of D.E. Carr's present house in 1798. He became a member of the Baptist church at North Haverhill, about the time of its organization, in 1830, and was appointed deacon in May 1842. He held various town offices, married twice, first Rhoda Bagley who became the mother of nine children, of whom, Nathan lives in Madison, Wis.; Charles F. in Haverhill, and Frank B. in Bath. Mr. Carr married for his second wife Hannah Sawyer, who survives him, and had four children, of whom, Samuel E., moved to Michigan, and Daniel E. owns the homestead. OBADIAH SWASEY, born August 20, 1775, moved to Newbury VT from Haverhill, MA at the age of eighteen years, and learned the carpenter's trade with his brother Moses, who had preceeded him several years. He married Nancy Merrill, of Haverhill, in 1798 or 1799, moved into this town a few years after, and, in company with Richard Gookins, purchased a tract of land known as the Fisher farm, which was six miles long and one mile wide, extending from the present village of North Haverhill, to the eastern line of the township. He went into the lumbering business, and had a saw-mill where J.G. Blood's saw-mill now stands. His mills were burned about 1820, and he built the present mill on the same site, and a grist-mill on the opposite side of the stream. He did the largest lumbering business ever done in Haverhill, and though never having had a liberal education, was an able, active man up to nearly the day of his death, which occurred at the age of sixty-one years. He was the father of thirteen children, six of whom are now living, all having borne well their part in the affairs of life. Samuel, now a resident of Belvidere, IL, was speaker of the New Hampshire House of Representatives in 1842. John H. has been in business in Boston since about 1832. Nathaniel Merrill Swasey has spent his life in his native town, following generally the pursuit of farming, but giving considerable attention to the fire insurance business for over twenty-five years. He held the office of town clerk, was town treasurer in 1845 and 1846, has served as selectman several years, and represented Haverhill in the legislature in 1872-73. He married Mary M. Angiers and has one child, Mrs. Mary B. Brooks, of Montpelier VT. PAUL MEADER came from Durham NH and settled upon the mountain in the nortwestern part of Warren, near a small lake, which still bears the name of Meader's pond. His family consisted of four sons, Elisha, George, Joseph and Moses, and four daughters. The sons all settled in Grafton County. Elisha married twice, first Susan Smith, who bore him four sons and three daughters, namely, Samuel K., Joseph S., Paul N., Elisha, Betsey, Mahala and Deborah. He married for his second wife, Abigail Foss, and reared three sons, Daniel W. and Moses B., of this town, and Elisha K. who moved west. Daniel W. spent seven years of his early life as a contractor with his brother Samuel K., building railroads, then kept a hotel in Pennsylvania, spent two years in California, and in 1865 returned to Haverhill and engaged in farming. A few years after he engaged in the manufacture of starch as a member of the North Haverhill Starch Co. He was one of the selectmen of Haverhill in 1876, 1877 and was elected one of the supervisors in 1884. Mr. Meader married Lydia Swartz, at Pittston PA, and has had born to him two sons, both of whom died in infancy. Elisha Meader died in March 1876, aged ninety years. He was a brick-maker by trade. THOMAS HIBBARD, the first of the family in Haverhill, was born in England, came to America, and served in the commissary department in the Revolution. After the close of the war he settled in the Coos country, and, being well educated, taught school. He married Lucy Sylvester, and reared three sons, Samuel, Elisha, and Simson, and three daughters, who maried men respectively named Wood, Ryder and Bliss. The sons became residents of North Haverhill, where several of their descendants now live. Lucy Sylvester moved, with her parents, to Newbury VT, when she was eleven years of age. They came with a part of thirty men and fourteen women, from Charlestown, or No. Four, in canoes. CHARLES WETHERBEE was born in Weathersfield, Mass, between 1790 and 1794, and when seventeen years of age, came to Haverhill to work for Mr. Bradish, who was engaged in lumbering, rafting lumber down the Connecticut, to Hartford. He married three times, first, Nancy Ralph, who bore him six children; second, Nancy Hale, who died without issue, and third, Abigail, daughter of Jacob, and granddaughter of Judge James Woodward. She was the mother of six children, four of whom are living, and the eldest, Dr. Myron S. Wetherbee, lives in North Haverhill. CAPTAIN DAVID MARSTON, son of Samuel, who moved to Conventry, now Benton, before 1789, was born in Chichester NH in 1781, and died in 1860. He married Susanna Brunson, and, with William Witcher, was a pioneer in the clearing and settlement of North Benton. He owned large tracts of land and employed a large number of men in clearing. He became one of the foremost men of the town, was town clerk for many years, and collector of taxes about twenty years. He had born to him one son and two daughters, all now living. William C., son of David, has spent most of his life in Haverhill, was selectman in 1875 and 1876, and represented the town in 1881-82, associated with J.E. Carr. He married Lucy Frary, and has one son and three daughters. JONATHAN MARSTON, son of Samuel, was born in Coventry, where he lived until seventy-one years of age. He then went to live with his son, Jonathan H. of Canton NY, where he died, aged seventy-two years. His wife was Phebe Howe, of Landaff, and he had born to him eight children, four of whom died young. Orrin, the eldest son, lives in Franconia. Bartlett, another son married Anna S. Brown, and has six children, four living in Grafton county. He is sixty-eight years of age and lives in town. AMOS KIMBALL born in Haverhill, Mass., married Abigail Corliss, of that town, and moved to Barnet, VT where they lived until the close of the Revolution. He afterwards purchased a tract of land in Haverhill, including the present homestead of his grandson, Ezra S. Kimball. He was captain of the militia, and brought up nine or ten children. His eldest son, John, born in 1775, exhibited great pride in military affairs. He rose in the ranks to be colonel of militia, and during the civil war, when nearly ninety years of age, often wished himself younger, that he might participate in its duties. He was often called to assist in town affairs, and held various town offices. He married Mehitable Carleton, who bore him twelve children, nine of whom grew to maturity. Dudley C., the oldest now living, is eighty-four years of age and resides in Newbury VT. Benjamin F. resides with him. Isaac B. is a resident of Concord NH, and Cynthia E. White is in Washington, D.C. RUSSELL KIMBALL born in Kingston NH, Decembe r7, 1798, came to Haverhill when about eighteen years of age, and was employed as a clerk for Capt. Benjamin Merrill, receiving as compensation $25 per year and board. This sipend was increased, year by year, until he was admitted as a partner in the firm. He carried on the mercantile business through various firm changes until his death, which occurred January 15, 1862. He was a thorough business man, attending closely to his trade, and not seeking or accepting office. In the early years of his business career he was engaged in the manufacture of potash, and nearly lost his sight from an accident, while in the ashery, stirring the boiling liquid. He married Louisa Bean, a native of Lyman, and had born to him four children, three of whom died in childhood, and Peabody W., lives in this town. The latter, at one time engaged in trade here, was town reprsentative in 1864-65. He married Jane, daughter of George Pearson of Lyme, in 1865, and has one son and one daughter, George R. and Ellen L. DEA. JAMES, EZEKIEL, SAMUEL, JOHN, DAVID and JONATHAN LADD, brothers, were the first settlers upon the present highway for a mile or more north of Oliverian brook. They were sturdy men, reared families, and became successful and substantial farmers. Ezekiel became a judge. All their descendants are now scattered, and nothing now commemorates their name excepting the street on which they lived, and which is known as Ladd street. Dea. James Ladd was a lieutenant in the Revolution, served over three and a half years, and died at the ge of eighty-four years. He reared four sons and seven daughters. Mrs. Roxanna Martin, of Corinth VT,, born in 1800, is the only one of the childen now living. JOSEPH, JAMES and JACOB BELL, three brothers came to Haverhill from Bedford NH. Joseph was a lawyer and opened an office in this town about 1808, removed to Boston after 1840, and died about 1851. Jacob Bell came here in 1811, taught school where Luther Butler now lives, and afterward became clerk in a store. He bought General Montgomery's store after the latter's death, and with his brother James, who came to Haverhill later, carried on the mercantile business, the manufacture of leather and lumber, the foundry business, shoe manufacture and the blacksmith trade, in Oliverian Village. He was quartermaster on the staff of the general of militia, with the rank of major, and James Bell was captain of militia. Jacob Bell, born in 1795, married Laura, daughter of Dr. Ezra Barlett who came here from Warren in 1812, and granddaughter of Gov. Josiah Bartlett. The only one of Jacob Bell's four sons now living is Jacob LeRoy Bell, who was born in Haverhill in November 1839, brought up on a farm, and educated at Haverhill academy. He helped enlist Co. G., 11th NH Vols in 1862, went out with it, served until June 1865, when he returned as captain of the company. He has married twice, first Sarah E. Fling, and second, Harriet, daughter of Moses Weeks of Haverhill. DAVID MERRILL, born in Haverhill, Mass., in 1771, first purchased land in Haverhill in March 1804, and erected a saw-mill in company with Chester Farman on Poole brook, where he manufactured lumber until his death in 1824. He was a lieutenant in the militia of Peacham VT, when he moved to Haverhill. He was selectman of this town, and reared a family of six sons and two daughters. His eldest son, Schuyler, aged eighty-two years, resides here with his daughter, Mrs. Wesley P. Glover. His other children are Mrs. Harry M. Partidge and John H. of Haverhill, David C. of Mission Ridge, Tenn., and Samuel Merrill of Clearwater Bay, Fla. JOHN MERRILL, son of Daniel, was born in Warren NH December 12, 1810 and received an academic education at Haverhill. He went to Boston when twenty-three years of age, became a broker and for sixteen years carried on the business in one office. For nearly fifty years he was a broker in that city, and died there, September 29, 1881. He maried Mary C.S. Wells, of Plymouth, March 15, 1831, and their fiftieth anniversary was celebrated in Haverhill in 1881. His widow now resides in Haverhill. His eldest daughter, Ann Eliza, was the first wife of George P. Preston,, and died in Mobile, Ala., October 17, 1867. Three of John Merrill's children are now living, namely, Charles H. a merchant in Boston, Fannie M. (Mrs. George P. Preston) of Medford, Mass, and John Motley, a farmer in Haverhill. ABEL MERRILL, a descendant Nathaniel Merle, who came to American, from France about 1635, came to Warren, from Plaistow NH some time before 1790. He located about a third of a mile south of where the meeting-house now is, was a small farmer, but was prospered so that he gave each of his sons $500. and his five daughters $250.00 when they became of age. He died in March 1838, aged seventy-five years. His oldest child, Capt. Benjamin, was born in October 1784, married Sarah Haines, of Rumney, became a merchant in Warren, and came to Haverhill in the spring of 1814. He was one of the selectmen of Haverhill, a man of strong character, excellent judgement and good habits. He reared nine children, and continued in trade until his death, November 28, 1835. Dea. Abel, eldest son of Benjamin, was born in 1809, became a merchant, and with Russell Kimball, formed the firm of Kimball & Merrill. He was the leader in the Congregational church, and reared three sons, Rev. JOhn L. of Marlboro, Rev. Benjamin, and Rev. Charles H. of Brattleboro, all Congregational clergymen. Dea. Abel Merrill died in November 1878. Henry, the second son of Capt. Benjamin, was born October 29, 1820, has been engaged in trade for sixteen years, has been station agent of the B.C. & M.R.R. about the same length of time, and has all the time been more or less interested in farming. He studied engineering at Andover, Mass., but has not practiced it. He has been postmaster at Haverhill twelve years, and has also held other offices. He married twice, first, Mary J. Weeks, who bore him five children, four of whom are living, namely, William H., Harriet L., Durland, John W. and Charlotte J. Johnston. He married for his second wife, Helen C. Currier, who has borne him one son, Arthur K. NATHANIEL WILSON, born May 14, 1777 came to this town from his native place, Pelham about 1800. He as the ninth of the sixteen children of Jesse, who settled in Pelham in 1751, and who in turn was of the fourth generation from William Wilson, who emigrated from England to Boston in 1635. Nathaniel married Sarah, daughter of Capt. Joseph Pearson of Haverhill, reared three children, and died September 1, 1808, aged thirty-one years. His eldest son, Isaac P., was born February 13, 1805, and married Rhoda Brainard in 1826. Of his four children, George L. resides in Haverhill and Edward B. in SOmerville Mass. Nathaniel Jr., brother of Isaac P. was born in this town September 18, 1808, fitted for college at Haverhill academy, and graduated from Dartmouth college in 1829. He taught the academy at Lancaster and at Augusta ME, for three years. He studied law with Hon. George Evans of Gardiner, was admitted to the bar in 1834, and began practice at Orono, where he has since resided. He has married twice, first Adeline Boardman, July 16, 1834, and second, Abbie A. Colburn. Six of his ten children are living. George L. Wilson is a farmer, married Marion M. Morrison, December 1, 1857, and has two daughters, Carrie S. and Lillie M. He was the station agent of the B.C. & M.R.R. at Haverhill, for eighteen years. ASA BACON, the eldest son of Dea. Abner Bacon, of Putney, was born in 1796, and came to Haverhill from Putney VT about 1824. He married ROxana M. Perry, was a farmer and built the house in which his son-in-law, W.H. Lewis now lives. He died in August 1882, aged eighty-six years, leaving two children, Caroline M. Lewis and Fayette of Haverhill. Timothy R. Bacon, brother of Asa, came to Haverhill in 1840, with a family of seven children. He was a clothier in his early days, but afterwards became a farmer. His children are Abner, a carpenter at Lebanon, Elmore C. a wholesale dealer in lightning rods in Cleveland Ohio, Sumner P. a dealer in pig iron, Lusena (Mrs. T.C. Haynes) of St. Johnsbury VT, Mary (Mrs. Moses Meader) of Haverhill, Caroline E. (Mrs. E. Haywood) of Michigan, and Martha (Mrs. C.M. Carleton). THE MORSE FAMILY is an old and honorable one in the annuals of New England, and many bearing the name have been prominent in science and literature. CAPTAIN EDWARD MORSE, and STEPHEN his brother, were among the early settlers of Haverhill, coming from Reading, Mass., and locating there within ten years after the first settlement of the town, which was in 1763. STEPHEN MORSE made his home on what is now called Morse Hill, which took its name from him. He was born in Bradford, Mass., and married Sally Kay, an English woman. They had twelve children. Ten sons of this large family lived to maturity. The oldest, Bryant, was a Methodist clergyman, and at one time the brothers held a re-union in the house of John C., when Bryant preached a sermon, the others sang, and their worthy parents were gratified and happy listeners. Stephen Morse was a blacksmith; he also engaged in merchandising for some years, at Horse Meadows. He was an Orthodox Congregationalist in his relgious views, and both he and his wife were people who possessed the strong common sense, practicality, industry and sterling integrity so necessary to pioneers. They lived to an advanced age, and died on Morse Hill. John C., their third son, was born in North Haverhill, April 4, 1874, [note this is an error, should read 1787] and died February 8, 1853. He married Nancy Wheelock. They had nine children, three sons and six daughters, eight living to maturity. Sarah (dec.) married Amasa P. Niles, now of Hartford Conn; Louisa K. (dec) married Moses W. Burnham of Bethlehem; Mary Ann (dec) married W.S. Cobleigh; Isaac L.; Martha L. married L.T. Whitcomb, resides at Savannah, GA; Alfred (dec); John N., Nancy B. resides at Savannah GA; and Harriet N. married Warren J. Fisher of New London NH. JOHN C. MORSE was a blacksmith, and manufactured the old-fashioned wooden mold-board plows, and also the primitive stle of carriages and sleighs then in vogue. He owned a farm of one hundred acres built a house at North Haverhill, and for over a quarter of a century, kept a hotel and was known to the community as an active and popular host, possessing the social, pleasing manners of the inn-keeper of the old school. In those early days the inn-keeper was looked upon as one of the "solid men." of the town. Whatever Mr. Morse did, he did well; his farm was productive, his other business prospered by his energy and activity, and his kind, genial disposition gained him many friends, who valued him for his good qualities. He was a Whig and Republican in politics, but never an office-seeker, preferring the quiet walk of the private citizen, and was liberal in his religious views. JOHN NELSON MORSE, son of John C. and Nancy (Wheelock) Morse, was born in the house he now occupies in North Haverhill, October 24, 1818. He experienced the usual fortune of the son of New Englanders who came upon the stage of life in the early part of this century--a maximum of work, and a minimum of schooling. He was the home boy, and his childhood was passed assisting his father in the stury farm labor, and thus acquiring a healthy physique. He has always remained on the homestead which he inherited, and has been a "tiller of the soil." He possesses about four hundred acres of land, of which two hundred and fifty fertile acres comprise the home farm. In connection with agriculture he is largely interested in cattle and sheep raising, and in company with James P. Webster, under firm title of "Morse & Webster," he conducted a stock business for thirty-five years, buying cattle and sheep in Canada in the fall, feeing them through the winter, and in the spring shipping them to Boston, and some years doing a business of $150,000. Since the death of his partner Mr. Morse has been no less active, and is now engaged in the same line. Mr. Morse married, January 19, 1865, Kate, daughter of Aaron and Jane (Finley) Southard. (For ancestry see the biography of S.F. Southard). They have two children, Katie, born December 9, 1868, and John, born June 14, 1872. Mr. Morse is a Republican in his political affiliations, and represented Haverhill in the State legislature of 1865, and served on committees of retrenchment and reform. But tilling the soil and caring for the brute animals, while tending to strengthen and develop the physical powers, in no way dwarf the mental nature. Mr. Morse possesses sharp and remarkably well-developed business talents, a clear and practical understanding, sound judgment, broad and sterling good sense, is a strong field, a pleasant and social companion, and is a type of the successful go-ahead New England business man of the nineteenth century. Stephen Morse bought a tract of land of about 500 acres, in the eastern part of Haverhill and moved to the place where H.F. Dearborn now lives, about 1808, it is supposed. With his son Caleb he cleared a large farm, and at one time kept a hotel for the enter- tainment of travelers, as the road on which they lived was the principal thoroughfare between Concord and the north. Two of his grandson, Eben F. and Caleb, sons of Caleb, and one daughter, Mrs Charles G. Smith lived in this town. Eben F. married Laura Ann, daughter of Peter Whittaker, has two sons, Caleb M. and Ezra W., and one daughter Mrs. T.P. Blake. ISAAC, JACOB and STEPHEN MORSE, brothers, came to Haverhill, from Hebron, NH in April 1824. Isaac and Jacob bought two eighty acre lots on the hill-top, on road 26, which, with the exception of fifteen acres, was then all forest. Isaac died on his land which afterward passed through several hands, and was at last sold to William F. Prescott, the present occupant. Stephen afterward moved to Springfield, Mass., where he now lives. Jacob Morse still owns the land then purchased. At that time there was no road over the hill, and Mr. Morse drew a petition to the selectmen for a road which they neglected to build; but a second petition to the county court was successful and secured the present highway to Benton, from Haverhill Center. Mr. Morse served as representative one term, and selectman two years. He engaged in lumbering several years, took rafts of lumber to Hartford, Conn., for sale, and returned by stage. He reared one son and four daughters, of whom Marcellus J. lives in Fitchburg, Mass., Mrs. A.C. Foster and Mrs. George Wells live in this town, and Mrs. L.C. Wells lives in Lynn, Mass. Melvina married Levi Bisbee, and died, leaving three sons who reside in Bath, one daughter, Mrs. Howe of Benton, and another, Mrs. Davison of Stoneham, Mass. David Morse's old house, built in 1825, is the oldest one now standing on the road between Center Haverhill and Benton. David Cheney, cousin to the Morse brothers, settled on the farm where Mr. Titus now lives, about the same time that they came. TIMOTHY WILMOT, born in Norwich VT, came to Haverhill in 1815, when his son Haron was about six months old, and located on the place where W. F. Prescott now lives, on road 26. He sold this place to Isaac Morse in 1824, and made another clearing near the corner of roads 26 and 14. He reared a large family of children, namely, Haron of Haverhill, Harvey B. the famous clothier of Boston, Mary (Mrs. Daniel Sargent) of Cambridgeport, Mass., Betsey (Mrs. Henry Tower) of Hudson Mass., and Harriet, widow of Charles Snow of Hudson, Mass. Haron married Lydia Martin of Bradford VT. His children are Frank L. and Nellie B. of Haverhill, and George E. in the B. & L. Depot at Boston, Mass. HUMAN PENNOCK moved to Monroe, from Connecticut, in January 1808, and a few years later came to Haverhill, where he died. His ninth child, Jefferson, was born in Monroe, January 10, 1808, was a raftsman on the Connecticut, taking sawed lumber down the river for twenty years, and the next five years superintendend the Haverhill town farm. He bought his present farm about 1852. He married twice, first Ann Clark of Bath, who died i 1852, and second, Jane Crouch of Dalton. He has four children, of whom Mrs. Edwin C. Rowe and Jonathan C. live in Haverhill, Capt. William lives in Auburn near Lake Massabesic, and Ira W. resides in Goffstown. JOHN R. REDING was born in Portsmouth NH, October 18, 1805, learned the printer's trade in the office of Isaac Hill at Concord, and went to Boston in November 1826, where he remained until July 1828, when he came to Haverhill. He established the "Democratic Republican," and continued interested in it until 1884. He received the appoint- ment of postmaster in 1831, which position he held until 1841, when he was elected to Congress, and was re-elected in 1843. After two terms he returned to Haverhill, attended to his paper, took contracts, and erected the Grafton county court-house in 1845. He also erected the county record building, and in 1848 took the contract and erected the Phenix block after the burning of the stores. In 1853 he moved to Portsmouth, having received the appointment of naval storeskeeper, which he held five years. In 1860 he was elected mayor of Portsmouth, and was town representative in 1867, 1868 and 1869. He became interested in navigation in 1860, and continued a ship owner until 1882. He married twice, first Rebecca R., sister of Hon. Isaac Hill of Concord. She died in Washington in 1844. He married for his second wife, Jane Martin, of St. Johnsbury VT in 1846, and resides in Portsmouth. BENJAMIN HAYWOOD was seven years of age when he came here from Springfield VT, which was about 1830. His father, Nathaniel, died soon after, and Benjamin after living several years in town, moved west, but returned to Haverhill in 1880, and died here in 1881. His son Alvah E. Haywood is a farmer at Center Haverhill. Capt. Alvah E. Haywood, son of Nathaniel and brother of Benjamin, married Lucretia, daughter of James Jeffers, and reared three sons and three daughters. Five of these went west, leaving one, Chastina L. (Mrs. S.H. Baker) in Haverhill. Capt. Haywood died in November 1859. He was one of the selectmen for several years, was captain of militia in Haverhill, and also served as justice of the peace, for many years. BENJAMIN J. WARREN came here from Wethersfield VT, about 1830 or 1831, and located with David Cheney, Gad Bisbee, Nathaniel Haywood, Nehemiah Chase, Anson A. Smith, Joel Davis and others from the same vicinity, at what is now Center Haverhill. He took up new land and made a clearing and helped to build the Union meeting-house, now standing. He brought up two sons, Asahel L. of Haverhill, and Benjamin F. of Warren. He married Lucy Barton, and died in 1867, aged sixty-four years. His widow, aged ninety-nine years, lives with her son, Benjamin F. in Warren. Asahel L., a succesful farmer, has spent his life in Haverhill, married Lucia Heath, and has one son and one daughter. REV. BARZILLAI PIERCE was a Methodist minister, and in his early life was a circuit rider in Cheshire county. In 1826 he came to Haverhill, locating in the eastern part, where he remained about twenty years. His extreme corpulency prevented his regular preaching, his weight being about 400 pounds, and after his settlement here he supplied pulpits in this and adjoining towns. PHINEAS SPALDING, A.M., M.D., son of Reuben and Jerusha (Carpenter) Spalding, was born in Sharon VT, January 14, 1799, and is seventh in descent from the first American ancestor, the line being Edward-1, Benjamin-2, Edward-3, Ephraim-4, Reuben-5, Reuben-6, Phineas-7. Reuben-6 came from Plainfield, Conn. to Sharon VT, a lad of fourteen, with an older brother, prior to the Revolution, and was thus one of the early settlers of that town. He became a farmer, and was a man of strong character and sterling worth, a leader in civil and religious affairs, a deacon for fifty years, and a Revolutionary soldier in the Continental army. He died at the advanced age of ninety-three years. His stalwart constitution descended to his posterity, for his twelve children (nine sons and three daughters) all lived to maturity, and had families. His wife was a truly Christian woman, and "made home happy." From such stock we should expect good scions. Acquiring on the farm, by hard labor, a firmness of muscle, and a capacity of endurance, and with extremely meager advantages of education at the brief terms of common school and nine week's attendance at academies, Phineas had desire for something more than a mere taste of the fruit of the tree of knowledge, and, by praiseworthy application to his studies at night, after the wearisome day's work was ended, he kept up with his classes as well as lead in the labor of the farm, which, as his father was away much of the time, on public business, devolved on Phineas to plan and execute. This was his life until he was twenty; then he worked on a farm for a neighbor four months, his father giving him his wages. These were $15 per month, $3.00 more than the common price. When eighteen he taught a school of sixty scholars for three months, and proved himself a capital teacher. The next fall he engaged and taught a school of eighty scholars. His ability in teaching caused him to be given a school of 130 scholars, in Montpelier, the next year, and for four years he continued to teach there. Dr. Spalding had great natural talents for an educator. He says that he had a faculty which excited enthusiasm to a wonderful degree in his pupils, and it is evident that he would have done much good had he devoted his life to educational work. But his mind was attracted to medicine, and, after his first winter in Montpelier, he began the study of medicine with his brother James, a physician of that place. His time was well occupied. In connection with his medical studies, he taught the winter terms of district school, a class in the academy during the spring and fall terms, took private lessons in Latin, and attended two courses of medical lectures at Hanover. He began to practice medicine in April 1823, before his graduation, which was from Dartmouth in July 1823. He located at Lyndon VT, and for fifteen years enjoyed a successful and prosperous practice. In 1835 he received the honorary degree of A.M. from the University of Vermont. In 1841 he was appointed professor of surgery at Woodstock (VT) Medical College, the other members of the faculty being Dr. H.H. Childs, Robert Watts, Jacob Collamore, Alonzo W. Clark, B.B. Palmer and S.W. Thayer. In 1838 he attended a course of lectures at Boston Medical college, and located at Brooklyn, NY, but, by reason of the illness of his wife, he returned to this section, and finally located in Haverhill in 1839. From that time he has been connected with the town, and the much prized physician for long years, until admonished by advancing years to relinquish his duties to younger men. He was loved in his profession. He was a member, for many years, of the Washington Co. (Vt) Medical Society; of the Caledonia (Vt) Medical Society, until 1838; was the originator of the Moose Hillock Medical Society, and its second president, which office he held many years, and was twice its delegate to the American Medical Society. The Moose Hillock Medical Society in time lost its identity in the White Mountain Medical Society, of which the doctor is now a member. He has reported many cases for publication in medical journals, and wields a strong pen. In 1824 he treated and cured a case of "inter-capsular fracture of the thigh bone." A fracture of this sort had been pronounced incurable by Sir Astley Cooper, and other standard medical authorities, and the case was reported in the "N.E. Medical Journal" of October 1827. Subsequently an autopsy verified the diagnosis and the cure, and this was reported in the "Boston Medical Journal." Dr. Spalding married in 1826, Caroline B. Lathrop. They had two children, Caroline A. and Mary G. (Mrs. James H. Tolle). In 1843 he married Charlotte Merrill of Haverhill. THey have had two children, Ada L. (Mrs. Henry D. James) and Frank M. now residing in Morrill, Kansas. Dr. Spalding organized the first temperance society in Vermont, at Lyndon in 1838, and was the president of the Caledonia County Young Men's Temperance Society, a large and useful body. He assisted in forming a temperance society in Haverhill, which soon numbered 300 members, and has ever been radically opposed to the use of liquor and tobacco. Congregational by education and sympathy, he was deacon of the church at Lyndon for over ten years, and has been one of the most valuable and active members of the church in Haverhill. In all matters of the town, church, educational and business, the doctor has been an acknowledged leader. The first meeting called to agitate the building of what is now the B.C. & M. R.R., was called by himself and Harry Stevens, of Barnet VT, at the Doctor's suggestion, and was held at his house, in Haverhill, where an organization was effected. Rev. Mr. Bittinger, his pastor for many years, gives us this estimate of Dr. Spalding's character: "Dr. Spalding would be a remarkable man in any community. His intellectual endowment is large,, and his common sense is a conspicuous trait of his make-up. His reasoning is direct and mathematical, and he always sees things in the concrete, and not as an abstraction, though he is not wanting in a certain poetical turn of imagination. Morally his ideal is high, and his sense of right and wrong is keen. His religious nature is developed more through his intellect than through the emotions, though his kindness and sympathy are tender tne deep. He takes large views of things, though a strong partisan in church and politics, and is never trivial in the treatment of questions of duty and action. What he does, he does intelligently, and from a conviction of what he sees is right. He is social, hospitable, fond of company, loves argument, and is entirely free from demagogism. He is a staunch friend of all that is good, and steadfast in purpose--full of hope, courage, energy. As a family man, he is a model." DAVID NOYES moved to Landaff from Pembroke in 1813, served in the war of 1812, and was a member of the regiment of Col. Mark Fisk, whose sister he married. His son Benjamin was born in Landaff in 1813, came with his father's family to Haverhill about 1828, located on road 38, where he has since lived. He devoted his life to farming, stock raising and lumbering. He married Mary C. Wheeler, of this town. Five of his six children are living. His eldest son, George H. was a member of the 14th Wis. Vols, and was killed at the battle of Gettysburg. ABEL WHEELER came to Haverhill from Newport NH about 1831, and located south of Center Haverhill. In his early life he was colonel of the militia, was a farmer, and was also an ordained Free Will Baptist minister. He died on his seventy-seventh birthday. Two of his daughters, Mrs. Benjamin Noyes and Mrs. J.G. Marcy, live in Haverhill. REV. MOSES ELKINS, son of Jonathan and Sally (Philbrick) Elkins, and a descendant of Henry Elkins, who was a resident of Boston in 1635, moved to Exeter prior to 1640, and settled permanently in Hampton NH in 1647, was born in Haverhill, June 20, 1801, and died at Hixton, Wisconsin in 1866. He was educated at Hampton academy (then a celebrated educational institution) and for many years was a successful teacher in Western New York and Northwestern Wisconsin. He was a man of deeply religious principles, was ordained deacon of the Methodist Episcopal church at Fredonia NY in 1843, by Bishop Soule, and for years was a faithful and useful laborer in the vineyard of the Lord. Unassuming, kind-hearted and generous to a fault, his was not a nature to accumulate wordly wealth, but the remembrance of his fame as a teacher, his many unobtrusive kindly deeds, and his earnest discharge of his clerical duties, make him one of the sons of Haverhill whose memory should be pleasantly commemorated in this volume. HON. JOSEPH POWERS, son of William and Mary (Thompson) Powers, was born in Groton NH, May 19, 1802. He acquired a common school education and was a successful teacher. He subsequently resided in Plymouth several years, where he was made sheriff of Grafton county, and, from 1845 to 1855, was a member of the governor's council. In 1853 he came to Haverhill and purchased the farm where his niece, Mrs. M.A.P. Filley, now lives, and died here March 19, 1879, aged seventy-seven years. He married Betsey Blood, March 17, 1825. JAMES P. WEBSTER, born in Landaff, was a son of Moses Webster. He was for several years in company with his brother, Moses K. in business at Lyme, where he married Rebekah M. English in 1838, and soon after returned to Landaff. He came to Haverhill in 1853, and was for many years engaged with J. N. Morse in buying cattle. He represented Haverhill in the legislature of 1859-60, was selectman and moderator many years, and died February 16, 1879, leaving a widow and one daughter, Mrs. Eliza K. Kellam. CAPT. JOSEPH MASON, of English descent, was married in Maine where he had born to him eight children. He followed the sea most of his life, and died upon the ocean. His son, Alexander, was born in Kittery, ME., learned the blacksmith trade in Exeter, and came to Haverhill when about twenty-two years of age. He married twice, first Mary N. Martin who bore him six children as follows: Mary (Mrs. Moses P. Boswell) of East Haverhill, Alexander of Exeter NH, Elizabeth T. widow of George Kimball of Black River Falls Wisconsin, Phebe (W.F. Carmon) now deceased, Lucy F. (Mrs. James Boswell) of Dakota, and Charles of Exeter NH. Mr. Manson married for his second wife Mrs. H.A. Bigelow, and had born to him one daughter Adella (Mrs. E.E. Shepherson). He died Feburary 4, 1878, aged seventy-one years. JAMES BLAKE and his five sons, Nathan, Paine, Chase, Joseph and W. Henry, came to Haverhill from Sanbornton NH in 1832, locating in the eastern part of the town, where several of his descendants now live. Nathan married Mary Tirell, of Bridgewater, and reared nine children. He died in 1872, aged sixty-nine years. STEPHEN JEFFERS moved to Benton, from Hampstead, about 1810, locating in the western part. His brothers James and Josiah located in Haverhill, and another, John, after living several years in Haverhill, located in the southern part of Benton. Stephen married Phebe, daughter of Ebenezer Whitaker who served in the Revolution, had settled in East Haverhill some years before, and had born to him three sons and two daughters, only one of whom, Stephen is now living. Mr. Jeffers died in 1870, aged eighty-three years. His son Stephen married Louisa K., daughter of Allen Knight of Benton, and has two sons, Ernest W. and Milan E. He is a farmer, and resides on road 39, where he has lived since 1849. Josiah Jeffers, who came here in 1814 or 1815, married Lydia Goodwin of Hampstead, and reared eight children, five of whom reside in the same school district, and one, James M. lives in the house his father built. Josiah was one of the selectmen in 1846, and died in 1862, aged seventy-one years. His son Silvester was born in 1817, married Roxana Elliot, and has one daughter, Mrs. G.K. Blake. He served as selectman in 1872, 1873 and 1874, is a farmer, and has been a lumber manufacturer for thirty years. JAMES AND ABIJAH CUTTING, sons of Zebulon, were born in Hanover, came to Haverhill in February 1834, and James bought a 260 acre farm of the Roswell Hunt estate, located on the hill south of Pike Station. Of his children, three sons, Joseph B., John W. and James L. reside in Haverhill, Jerusha (Mrs. Benjamin Hatch) lives in Hanover, Julia (Mrs. CHarles Bridgman) lives in New York City, and Laura (Mrs. Joseph McGreggor) is a resident of Northfield VT. John W., born October 10, 1818 has been chosen to many town offices, serving as selectman two years, was town representative in 1870-71, and is a succesful farmer. He married Eliza S., daughter of Enoch P. Woodbury of Haverhill, December 31, 1844, and has three children, namely F.P. a farmer in Haverhill, Helen A. (Mrs. J.A. Davis) of Wentworth, and John H. of Detroit Michigan. Abijah Cutting's family moved to Iowa, and one of the sons, James, became prominent as an inventor. JOHN H. LARGE, born in England in 1818, emigrated to America when eighteen years of age, coming to Haverhill in the autumn of 1836. He was a mason by trade, which business he followed until 1852, when he and Luther H. Keyes bought the farm on which he now lives. A clearing had been begun by Isaac Pearsons, but the land was mostly forest, and Mr. Keyes and Mr. Large cleared the farm and erected the buildings. Mr. Large married Emma, daughter of Luther H. Keyes in June 1856, and has had born to him three sons and four daughters. SAMUEL ST. CLAIR came to Haverhill from Sandwich NH about 1810. He was a blacksmith by trade, and worked the first season for a man in Piermont. His son John W., who came with him, worked on a farm. In the autumn of the same year, the others of the family came here, and he engaged in business at Haverhill Corner. Stephen B., son of John W., was born in the eastern part of Haverhill April 20, 1835. CHARLES GOUDEY SMITH, son of Eleazer and Anne (Peters) Smith was born in Washington VT, June 6, 1822. His maternal grandfather, Andrew B. Peters, was a prominent farmer and man of affairs in Bradford VT for over half a century, and town clerk for over forty consecutive years. Shubael Smith, paternal grandfather of Charles, was an early settler of Washington VT, a quiet farmer, who attained the age of ninety-three. Eleazer, his son, was in early life, a farmer, then a hotel-keeper for fifty years; twenty years at Haverhill, and twenty-eight in Wentworth. He was born December 27, 1797, and died October 9, 1885. He had two children, Charles G. and William Peters who was killed in 1847, by the overturning of a stage coach. Charles lived from the age of seven to fourteen at Lyndon VT, and went to Charlestown, Mass in 1836, and as clerk there for three years acquired a good practical knowledge of business, that was subsequently of much value. In April 1839 he came to Haverhill to assist his father in his hotel, and has since been a resident of the town. In 1850 he engaged in farming, which he carried on for three years, when, receiving the appointment of clerk at the Portsmouth navy yard, he removed thither temporarily and held that position three years. Returning to Haverhill he purchased the hotel of his father, and from January 1857 to April 1881, he was the genial host of "Smith's hotel," which had a well-deserved reputation as a home-like inn and pleasant stopping place. In politics, Mr. Smith has ever been a strong Democrat. He has often been called to public trusts and offices, and these have uniformly come to him unsolicited, and when elective, have often been given by more than the votes of his party. There is nothing of the demoagogue in his character, and the duties devolving on him have invariably been discharged in a plain, earnest and direct business matter. When but twenty-two he was chosen town clerk of Haverhill, but declined to serve more than one year. He was representative ffrom Haverhill in the state Legislature of 1866-67, and in 1868 was appointed by the legislature one of a committee of five to act in conjunction with the county commissioners in purchasing a county farm for Grafton county. In 1870 the finances of Haverhill were in an unsatisfactory condition. A large indebtedness had accrued; no one seemed to know definitely the amount. A high rate of interest was being paid, and a meeting was called to consider the best course of procedure. Mr. Smith suggested and advocated the funding of the debt, and was elected selectman ot carry this into execution. He served five yars and during his administration $65,000 was funded, and a sinking fund established which has practically extinguished the debt. In 1873 Mr. Smith was elected county commissioner, and served six years. The county buildings were burned while he was in office, and the principal part of the labor of planning and constructing the new ones devolved on him and his associate, George T. Crawford. It is merely justice to state, that in all these official duties Mr. Smith showed a rare executive and financial ability, fully met the expectation of his friends, and received great credit from his constituents. He married, June 3, 1847, Ruth W. Morse, whose father Caleb, was a son of the pioneer Stephen Morse, of Morse Hill. (Caleb Morse was born November 25, 1784, he married May 20, 1807 Polly Fairbanks, born May 16, 1787, died December 30, 1862. Caleb Morse died December 6, 1841). She was a woman of strong Christian character, who made many and warm friends, and after a useful life of sixty-four years, died January 16, 1836 leaving two children, William Peters Smith and Anna M. Smith. Mr. Smith is held in high esteem for his broad and accurage judgement, his unostentatious worth, and his honesty of purpose. He is careful, conservative, and prudent in his own business transactions, deals with everything entrusted to him as if it were his personal affairs, and his advice and counsel are often sought and followed in many and widely varying directions. He was a trustee of Bradford (Vt) Savings Bank & Trust Company for twelve years, and its president for three years. He has been a trustee of Haverhill academy for many years, and is now president of the board. Every effort for the improvement and betterment of society meets his hearty support. He is an active member of the Masonic order, and in every department of society enjoys the confidence and friendship of the best people. He attends the Congregational Church, of which Mr. Smith was a valued member. JONATHAN S. NICHOLS was born in Kingston NH in December 1809, and came to Haverhill when nineteen years of age to make chaise bodies for Samuel Smith. He soon began manufacture for himself, and for over thirty years has carried on the manufacture of carriages in Haverhill. For several years subsequent to 1860 he was a salesman for the St. Johnsbury Scale Company, traveling in the West and South. He married twice, first Myra M., daughter of Gen. John Montgomery, who bore him six children, two of whom are living, George E. and Nellie P., both teachers at Somerville, Mass. Mr. Nichols married for his second wife, Elizabeth S., daughter of Samuel Page, and has one daughter, Clara I., a teacher in Melrose, Mass. IRA WHITCHER, son of WIlliam, was born in Benton NH in 1815, and has been engaged more or less in the manufacture of lumber in his native town for over fifty years. In 1870 he moved to Woodsville, where he now resides, and since that time has erected twelve or more houses, over half of which he owns. He took a prominent part in all the political affairs of the town of Benton, which he represented in the State legislature in 1845-46, 1850-51, and 1863-64, and in the constitutional convention in 1851. In 1867 he was chosen one of the county commissioners, holding the office six years, and has also held various town trusts in Haverhill. He married Lucy Royce in 1843, and has two children, William, a member of the editorial corps of the "Boston Traveler," and Mary (Mrs. Chester Abbott) of Woodsville. David, youngest of the ten sons of William Witcher, was born in Coventry, June 17, 1828. He purchased his present farm in February 1853, and during the same month, married Sally A. Noyes, of Landaff. He is a successful farmer, and has one child, Hattie Blanche. JOHN L. DAVIS was born in Guilford NH, January 31, 1834, began work on the B.C. & M. R.R. when sixteen years of age, and has been in its employ ever since. He was connected with J. J. Sanborn in completing the railroad to the summit of Mt. Washington, and run the first engine ever taken to its summit. In 1876 he erected the Mt. Gardner House, which he conducted for six years. page 367 CHARLES B. SMITH was born in Belgrade, ME, December 19, 1814, became engaged in the manufacture of shovel-handles when a young man, and in company with Holman Johnson, carried on the business in Maine. In 1854 they removed to Union Village, VT, where they remained ten years, and in 1864, Johnson & Smith purchased the saw-mill formerly owned by John L. Wood, at the mouth of the Lower Ammonoosuc, at Woodsville, and erected a shop for the manufacture of shovel-handles. This business Mr. Smith carried on until 1878, when in a December freshet the mills were undermined and washed away. While preparing to rebuilt he was taken sick and died August 27, 1880. About two years before he died he gave to the Episcopal diocese of New Hampshire a lot of land, valued at $700.00 on which their church now stands. He was, however, not a communicant of that church, but a Free Baptist. He was apppointed postmaster at Woodsville May 5, 1873, and held that position until his death. His widow and two sons, George F., a conductor on the B. & L. R.R., and Henry M., reside at Woodsville. E. GEORGE PARKER, the fifth generation of a family in which the offspring has been only one child, and that a son, was born in Rumney NH in 1826, and remained there until five years of age, when his parents removed to Newbury VT. With the exception of ten years he remained in Newbury until 1873, when he purchased a dwelling in Woodsville, which he replaced with a commodious hotel, and named it the Parker House, conducting it until November 1884. He is a man of strong temperance convictions, and has conducted his business with unswerving adherence to principle, in this as well as in the various civil trusts he had been called to fill. He married Matilda P. Cook, of Lyme, in 1871, and has one son. BENJAMIN DOW was born in Bath NH and until eighteen years of age was engaged on this father's farm, and in attending district school. He went to Boston, Mass., and when twenty-five years of age engaged in business there, which he conducted about five years, employing several men. About 1860 he returned to Grafton county, purchased a farm, and engaged in the live stock business, buying, selling and taking stock to Boston market, a business he still continues on an increased scale. He represented the town of Lyman in 1874-75, and was chosen one of the county commissioners for Grafton county in 1879, 1880, 1881 and 1882. STEPHEN D. LEIGHTON was born in Sheffield VT in May 1806, and married Sarah Carbee, of Newbury VT in 1828. He resided in Newbury until 1840, when he purchased the river farm in Bath, now owned by his son Andrew. He reared eleven children, eight of whom are now living. He was a Methodist, and died in Bath in 1870. His widow died at Woodsville in 1885. His son, ALbert H., is of the firm of A.H. Leighton & Co. LUTHER BUTLER, son of Samuel and Clarissa (Buck) Butler, was born in Pelham NH in 1803, and was brought up in his grandmother's family, in Bath. He went to Boston when twenty-one years of age, and learned the stone mason's trade. He helped build the Quincy market, in Boston, in 1824, built the Ammonoosuc bridge in 1829, was the builder of the stone-work on the Bath bridge, and the McIndoes Falls bridge on the Connecticut. He bought his farm, on road 5, in 1835, was chosen selectman several times, and served as justice of the peace. He married Abigail Chamberlain, of Bath, and reared six children, three of whom are living, namely, Mira Hibbard of Brooklyn, Iowa; George C. and Clara, who live on the homestead. Luther Butler died October 2, 1885 in Haverhill. ISAAC K. GEORGE was born in Sutton NH and was made superintendent of the Grafton county farm in 1873. He filled this position acceptably for twelve years and retired in July 1885. SAMUEL JACKSON was born in England, served three years in the Revolution, settled in Coventry NH before its organization, and was the first selectman of that town. He was a mechanic, and was one of the few men of his time in town with education to do town business. His son, Robert, born in Peterborough NH, went to Lunenburg VT, acquired a farm and married May Ann, daughter of Robert Braidon. Their eldest child, Marcus B., was born in Lunenburg VT, December 4, 1809, and before he was a year old they moved to Coventry, into the house with his father, Samuel Jackson, who lived on what was called High Street. Here he erected a grist-mill. He had born to him seven children, of whom the two youngest sons are now living. His children were as follows: Marcus B was a mechanic; Dan Y. was a farmer; William W. became a physician, and located in Ohio where he died in 1849; Elizabeth W. married Samuel Bixby of Warren, where she died; Fletcher was a graudate of Newbury seminary, became a teacher, which occupation he followed for several years in Ohio, and died of cholera in 1849; Thomas B. fitted for college at Newbury, did not pursue the course, but located in Haverhill, which town he represented in the legislature, and where he now lives; and John W. was also educated at Newbury, has lived in Haverhill since his youth, and for several years has dealt largely in mowing machines and farm implements. ISAAC W. HALL was born in Francestown NH, and his father having died when he was a small boy, he went to live with his uncle, Eben Hall, in Orford about 1808. He married Lois English, and afterwards moved to Landaff. His eldest son, Damon B., lives in Haverhill, and another son, John E. resides in Landaff. Two other sons and one daughter are living, but widely scattered. Isaac W. Hall died in 1877, aged seventy years, and his wife died the same year, aged seventy-five years. GEORGE WOODWARD came to Haverhill, from Springfield VT about September 23, 1836, purchased the farm at Horse Meadow, where his son, George J., now lives, and moved there in April 1837. Henry L. an older son, resides on road 23, and Mary J. George, the oldest child, lives at West Newbury VT. Mrs. Mary A. (Lake) Woodward, widow of George is sixty-nine years of age and still lives on the home farm. STEPHEN H. CUMMINGS was born in New Hampton, May 11, 1822 and when a year old with his father, Joseph Cummings, moved to Wentworth. He has since then resided in Grafton County. The greater part of his business life has been spent in Lisbon, where he served respectively as postmaster, town clerk, and school superintendent. In April 1871 he became register of deeds for Grafton county, and moved to Haverhill to perform the duties of the office which he held three years. He has been selectman of Haverhill five years, and served as justice of the peace thirty years. Mr. Cummings married twice, first, Maria T. Newcomb, of Orford, in 1846, who bore him four children, only one of whom, Mrs. Ada M. Worthen of Brooklyn NY is living. He married for his second wife the widow of David Mitchell, of Temple ME, December 8, 1870. CHARLES H. DAY was born in Rochester NH, located in Bristol in 1863, and was deputy sheriff in 1874 and 1875, and in 1877 was elected register of deeds for Grafton county, and moved to Haverhill, where he filled that office for four years. Since then he has been engaged in private business. He married Harriet Emmons, of Bristol, in 1867, and has three children. WILLIAM R. CLARK, born in New Hampton NH, first came to Haverhill in 1849, but subsequently moved away, and returned in 1874, engaging in the business of carpenter and builder. He married Frances E., daughter of Josiah Colburn, of this town, and has one daughter, the wife of W.A. Fellow, of Lyme. DAVID WEEKS, born in 1745, moved to Bath from Greenland NH, some time previous to the Revolution, his name being amont the list of soldiers who went from Bath. He married Ruth Page, and had born to him two sons and two daughters. He was a carpenter and died in 1827 aged eighty-two years. His son David was a farmer, spent his life in Bath, where he held some minor offices, and married Matilda Childs. Of his eleven children, three of them now reside in Bath, namely, Mrs. M.C. Powers, Mrs. William Minot, and Mrs. George Chamberlain. One son, Moses M., married Sally Minot, and resided in Bath until April 1866, when he moved to his present home in Haverhill. He has two children, Hattie P., the wife of J.L. Bell, and Elbridge. LYMAN BUCK and LYMAN JR. came to Haverhill from Waterford VT in 1841, and bought the Swan Hotel, on road 36, which they conducted for several years. Lyman Buck Jr. married Lucia W. Kasson, of Newbury VT, December 21, 1758, and reared five children. Besides carrying on his farm, he was for several years a dealer in agricultural machinery. He died February 5, 1883, nearly fifty-two years of age. PETER FLANDERS, son of John,, was born in Bradford VT, where he lived until 1854, when he moved to Piermont, and two years later came to Haverhill, where he now lives. His son, Charles F., graduated from Dartmouth college in 1871, and from Andover Theological seminar in 1874. He is now pastor of the Congregational Church at Newport NH. DARIUS K. DAVIS was born in Newfield NH and came to East Haverhill in 1856. He became a partner in the store with his brothers, Abel S. and C.B., and continued in trade with them and by himself in until 1883, when he retired. During this time he owned stores at Warren, Tilton and Pike Station, and at Indianpolis, Indiana. He served two years as selectman in Benton, married Susanna E. Howe, May 10, 1854, and has one daughter, Addie D., the wife of Dr. O.D. Eastman of Woodsville. ISAAC PIKE, founder of the whetstone business in Haverhill, was born in 1799, in "Cockermouth," now the towns of Hebron and Groton, and was the fifth child of Moses and Mary (Ball) PIke, in a family of thirteen children. The Pike family came to this country as early as 1635, and settled on a farm in Salisbury, Mass., which is still in possession of descendants of the name. An early member of the family was a graduate of Harvard college, and was the first minister of the Congregational church in Dover. Nicholas Pike, author of the famous Pike arithmetic, very generally used in our schools fifty years ago, was also of this family. The New Hampshire branch of the Pike Family, consisting of several brothers, came to "Cockermouth" some time about 1785 from Dunstable, Mass, and Hon. Austin F. Pike at present a senator in the Congress of the United States, is a grandchild of the youngest of these brothers. Isaac Pike, the subject of this sketch came to Haverhill about 1818. Soon after, when less than twenty years of age, he settled in the eastern part of the town, where he cleared a piece of land and built himself a house. This house is now owned by Royal Noyes. Mr. Pike was married twice. His first wife was Irena Dole, and they had two children. His second wife was Sally Morse Noyes, and their children were six, four sons and two daughters. He was engaged in farming, lumbering and in the manufacture of scythe-stones, and also carried on the business of a merchant, and, to within a few years of his death, was one of the most active business men of Haverhill. Mr. Pike at one time lived at Haverhill Corner, and kept store in the building afterward used for the same purpose by ---- Hook. In early time the timber and lumber of the Upper Connecticut was run down the river in rafts. Mr. Pike run large quantities of logs and lumber from Haverhill to Hartford, Conn. He also transported his whetstones on his rafts, and in this way got them to market by cheap freight. An incident in connection with one of his trips down the river illustrates his frank and independent character. After selling his lumber in Hartford, he went to a clothing store to refit himself with a new suit of clothes. His appearance was not very assuring, and the clerk who was in charge of the store was not disposed to sell him a suit of clothes until he was satisfied that he had the money to pay for it. Mr. Pike drew out his money, and then allowed the clerk to show him a great many suits. After putting him to much trouble, he turned to the clerk and said, "You have seen my money, and I have seen your clothes; good-day." The suit was bought at another store. He also handled large quantities of whetstones to Burlington VT from which point they were shipped to New York. Mr. Pike was a man of great energy and enterprise, and was esteemed a thoroughly honest and trustworthy man. On several occasions he became much involved financially, and his creditos were disposed to settle with him, on a percentage of their claims, but he promptly refused their offer, and paid every dollar of his indebtedness. Prominent among the traits of his character were his courage, perseverance and industry. He was kindly in disposition and generous in his impulses. Many were those whom he befriended in their distress. He was also a public-spirited man, and helpful in all good enterprises. The ground on which the first church in East Haverhill was built was given by him, and he was a willing and constant supporter of its services. In personal appearance Mr. Pike was somewhat striking. He was more than medium in size, with dark eyes and thick black hair, broad-shouldered, erect in form, and weighed over two hundred pound. He died in 1860, of apoplexy, and is buried in the East Haverhill cemetery. ALONZO FRANKLIN PIKE is the fourth child of Isaac and Sally Morse Noyes Pike, and was born in Haverhill in 1835. He is a self-made man and early displayed the same business energy and courage of his father. Before he was of age, in 1857, he bought out his father's store and carried on the business for himself. At the time of his father's death, the whetstone business was in a very unsatisfactory condition, and the estate being much entangled, at the earnest soliciation of his mother and family, Mr. A.F. Pike consented to act as administrator of the property, and by careful and wise management he succeded in unravelling the entanglement, so that the estate payed nearly every claim in full which was brought against it. Although his plans had been formed to go to the city for the purpose of engaging in other business, he now abandoned that purpose, and entered into the business which his father had left. At that time the business of whetstones and scythe-stones was comparatively limited, but by great energy and industry, and steadfastness it has now grown to be one of the most extensive plants in the state. Mr. Pike has been an earnest and indefatigable worker in the pursuit of his business, and by close attention to his affairs, careful and prudent direction of his plans, by energy, integrity, and strict punctuality, he has steadily risen from a meagre beginning and in the course of the twenty-five years of his business life finds himself one of the most successful business men of Grafton county. He has a sound and trustworthy business judgement, and is president of the A.F. Pike Manufacturing Co., and one of its principal owners. He lives at Pike Station where he has a pleasant but unostentatious home, looking to the east one one of the finest scenes in all this section of country, having for the foreground the beautiful valley through which winds the Oliverian, with the foot-hills of Benton beyond, and bac of these the grand outlines of Moosehillock. Mr. Pike married Ellen M. Hutchins, and they had a family of six children, four of whom are living. They have a pleasant and happy home, and Mr. Pike owes much to his thoughtful and faithful wife for the large measure of success which has attended his business career. He takes a deep interest in all matters of public concern, and is a generous and public spirited citizen. He is one of the trustees of the Haverhill academy. Mr. Pike is a constant attendant upon the services of the church at East Haverhill and is a liberal supporter of the gospel. In personal looks, he somewhat resembles his father, dark complexioned, black eyes and hair, stocky in build, square shoulders, strong and firm mouth, full head, the whole man in his physique indicating energy and force of character. Mr. Pike is a most kindly and genial man, making everybody welcome and at east who comes within his home. He is still in the prime of life, just turned of fifty years of age. ISAAC PIKE, born May 15, 1829, son of Isaac and Sally, is treasurer of the A.F. Pike Manufacturing Company, and has the general oversight of the manufacturing at Pike Station. He is a man of strict honesty and of careful business habits. He has had five children, has lost two by death, one of whom being his only son, Bion W., aged 19 years. His children now living are Mr. John D. Hilliker of Littleton NH, Mrs. George Wilson of Bradford VT and an infant daughter. EDWIN B. PIKE, youngest son of Isaac and Sally, born April 7, 1845, is vice-president of the A.F. Pike Manufacturing Company, and has the active management of the business outside the office. He is full of business push and enterprise, and has the very laudable ambition of making the business second to none in the world. He married Addie A. Miner, of Salem, Mass., and their children are E. Bertram, born July 24, 1866 (the only living son of the three brothers), Winifred A., born May 21, 1869, and Archie F., born September 24, 1873. The entire family are members of the First Congregational church, Mr. Pike being an officer, and they endeavor to show by precept and example the benefits of living a simple, christian life. JOHN D. PIKE, son of Isaac and Irena, was born February 14, 1822. His living children are Mrs. George Hatch, Samuel P., a successful business man of Lowell, Mass., Mrs. George Perkins, Mrs. A.A. Knapp, Emma and Ephraim. DREWRY PIKE, born November 23, 1811, died April 30, 1884, was a son of Moses and Mary, and brother of Isaac, whom he assisted many years in the stone business. He married Louise Burbank, and their living children are Mrs. John Goodwin of Manchester, and Mrs. Robert Arnold, Mrs. E.R. Morrill, Burns H., Charles J. and Oscar B of this town. SAMUEL PIKE, born June 10, 1814, son of Moses and Mary, and brother Isaac, has living children as follows: Charles W. of Haverhill who has been selectman of the town, also county jailor; Andrew J. of Woodsville, and William E. of Haverhill. CHARLES J. PIKE, is a director of the A.F. Pike Mfg, Co., son of Drewry and Louisa, nephew of Isaac and cousin of A.F. He is general superintendent of quarries for the company at Pike Station, and an honest and successful man. He married Ellen S. Talbert and his children are Frederick, born in March 13, 1869; Harry H. born September 20, 1870, and Bertha M., born June 1, 1876. ALONZO W. PUTNAM, son of David, was born in Hanover in January 1828, and came with his parents to Haverhill when eleven years of age. He always followed farming, but besides this he dealt largely in live stock, and built a saw-mill in Piermont, which Mrs. Putnam now owns. He also bought and pressed large quantities of hay, and for many years was a member of the firm of Knapp and Putnam, lumber manufacturers in Warren. He married Hannah Cole, of Lebanon, January 1, 1850, and reared four sons and four daughters, viz: Parker A. of Tintah, Minnesota; John and Hiram M. of Haverhill; Walter E. of Laramie, Wyoming; Susie H. (Mrs. William H. Prescott); Carrie (Mrs. Thomas Morris); and Mary of Haverhill; and Nellie M. (Mrs. F.P. Winn) of Fairlee VT. Mr. Putnam died May 10, 1881, aged fifty-three years. LEVI B. HAM, a native of Gilmanton NH came to Haverhill in 1851, and engaged in the tinsmith business, which he continued until 1878, when he sold out to Mr. Facey. He has served as deputy sheriff over four years, was town representative in 1874-75, and was town clerk and treasurer from 1866 until 1874. He married twice, first, Martha A. Goodhue, of Epsom, and second, Livonia Gilman of Bethlehem. He has one son and one daughter, John F. and Hattie I. JAMES A. CURRIER, son of Chellis and grandson of Richard, was born in Enfield, December 27, 1819, and became a tanner, learning the trade of Capt. John Johnson. When twenty-one years of age he began business for himself, at East Enfield, where he continued about ten years. In 1852 he came to Haverhill, and bought the old tannery at Oliverian Village, of James and Jacob Bell, which he rebuilt, having as partner, John V. Webster. They contiued together until 1861, when F.P. Currier acquired the interest of J.V. Webster, which he held until the buildings were burned in 1871. James A. Currier was chairman of the selectmen during the first two years of the civil war, and furnished sixty-four soldiers to the service. Besides his business as a tanner, he has been largely engaged in cattle buying and the lumber business. He married Fanny Perkins, of Lyme, in December 1874, and has one son and one daughter, John Rix Currier of this town, and Luella, the wife of Eben Heath of Danville VT. CHARLES B. GRISWOLD, son of Ahira and Frances (White) Griswold, was born in Lebanon NH January 6, 1832. He was successively engaged in the mercantile business, railroading the farming until 1867, when, being chosen as register of deeds for Grafton county, he moved to Haverhill to perform the duties of his office, to which he was successively re-elected until 1871, when he was succeeded by S.H. Cummings. He then returned to Levanon with his family, and from that time until 1874 was engaged in the cotton and lumber business, at Humboldt, Tennessee. In September 1874, he received the appointment of clerk of courts for Grafton county, and he again returned to Haverhill, where he now resides, having held that office for eleven years. He married Alzina M. Sawyer of Malone NY, June 16, 1858, and has one son, Charles S., who is a student at law with Bingham, Mitchells and Batchellor of Littleton. THE SOUTHARD FAMILY is of English origin and the name was formerly spelled Southworth, but many of the American families spell it Southard and Souther. The family is one of the oldest in New England. Over two hundred and sixty years ago, one hundred and two passengers in the good ship "Mayflower" arrived in Cape Cod harbor, and landed at Plymouth, Mass. Among this number, the pre-eminent for her mental and personal qualities was "Mistress" Alice Southworth, a widow with children. "Mistress" ALice afterward became the wife of Gov. William Bradford of colonial fame. Her children bearing the Southworth name were in all probability the ancestors of the Southworths, Southards and Southers of the New England States. About the middle of the eighteenth century, April 11, 1750 there was born in Plainfield, Conn., one THOMAS SOUTHARD, who, when a young man, came to Acworth NH, and afterwards purchased a farm in Hanover; but losing his hard-earned property on account of a defective title, he removed to Charlestown, where he died in 1790, at the early age of forty, leaving his wife Rachel, with the care of five small children, JAMES, MOSES, and AARON twins, ELIZA, and LUCINDA. Mrs. Southard was a woman of great energy and industry, endowed with a brain fertile in resources, and by her artistic and skillful work in weaving linen of various designs, was enabled to support her fatherless children. This worthy woman died in Haverhill, November 1823, aged seventy-three years. Moses and Aaron, born in Acworth NH, in 1784, were educated at the common schools, and engaged in merchandixing in Drewsville, Walpole NH, at the time of the war of 1812. In 1822 they removed to Haverhill and purchased the Col Asa Porter farm of about four or five hundred acres. They divided the farm, Aaron reserving the homestead and Moses erecting a house, and their lives were ever after passed there on one of the finest farms on the Connecticut river. These twin brothers were so similiar in personal appearance that even people having intimate business relations with them could not distinguish one from the other. Moses married Nancy King of Acworth. They had five children, three of whom died in youth; Solon S. settled in Bristol where two of his sons now reside; Lyman M. married first Jane Bachop, second Hetty, daughter of Dudley Kimball of Newbury VT. Moses Southard died April 16, 1852, aged sixty-eight years. Aaron married Jane Taylor Finley, daughter of Deacon Samuel Finley of Acworth, a descendant of the Scotch-Irish stock of Londonderry NH. Nowhere in America have been found more honest virtues, or more sterling qualities, than were in this notable settlement. Deacon Finley was one of the great minds of his section; he transacted much public business; he settled all cases of litigation in his town during his active life, and was prominent in church and state affairs. His daughter, Mrs. Southard, inherited much of the strong personality of her father, and was a woman of ability. She died December 13, 1875, aged eighty-five years. The children of Aaron and Jane Taylor (Finley) Southard were Samuel F.; Eliza (married Henry H. Page, son of Gov. John Page); Ann Jane (married Nathianiel M. Page, also son of Gov. Page); Joseph died age nine years; Kate (Mrs. John N. Morse). Aaron Southard was one of the leading agriculturists of the county. He was successful in his business, because he was unwearied and persistent in his efforts, devoting himself exclusively to it. He was a Whig and a Republican in his political affiliations, but never held an office. He had noaspirations for official preferment, and said that "The greatest curse a man can have is an office." In religious faith he was a Congregationalist, and a liberal supporter of the interests of that denomination. He was a man much respected and esteemed in his community, and died September 20, 1857, aged seventy-two years and eleven months. SAMUEL FINLEY SOUTHARD, son of Aaron and Jane (Finley) Southard, was born in Charlestown NH, May 17, 1813. When nine years old he came with his parents to Haverhll, and has since been a resident of the town. His common school advantages were supplemented by an attendance at haverhill academy. His childhood days were passed where everything about him revealed the bountiful gifts of Mother Nature, and as he inherited from his father the characteristics of a good agriculturist, he could hardly have followed any other than that of most honorable calling among men, and has proved himself the right man in the right place. Mr. Southard is a Republican, but no office seeker, and has given his entire time and thought to his business. He throws himself with all the energy of his nature, in to the cultivation and improvement of the broad acres which he inherited from his father, and is considered one of the best farmers in town. He has been successful because he deserves to be, has a just pride in his fields, his meadows, and his sleek cattle. A citizen of sterling integrity, kind a generous feelings, and frank and manly bearing, he enjoys the friendship and esteem of the leading men of this section, and is a representative farmer of Grafton county. Socially, he is plain and unpretneding, has an active, keen, inquiring mind, and a clear and retentive memory. He is a good conversationalist, and gives accurate and graphic descriptions of the times and manners of the people of his earlier years. ROBERT ELLIOTT was among the early settlers in the southwestern part of Coventry, now Benton. He signed the petition for the first town meeting, December 11, 1801, and was one of the first of those who teamed with oxen to Boston, from this town, for goods. He lived to a very advanced age. His son, Winthrop, was born February 8, 1785, was captain in the militia, and lived most of his life in Benton. Roswell Elliott's house now stands on a part of the farm deeded by John Jeffers to Robert Elliott Jr., August 30, 1813, and by him to Noah Elliott, October 26, 1822. Noah, son of Capt. Winthrop Elliott, married Lucretia Austin, and spent his life in the improvement of his large farm, and raising of stock. He died July 7, 1860, and his widow died November 3, 1871. Three of his children are living, namely, Winthrop on road 42, Roswell on road 30, and Roxana, wife of Silvester Jeffers, on road 41. Roswell served as selectman in 1862, and as tax collector in 1879. He married Polly Blake and has two daughters. Winthrop married Mary C. Page, widow of Daniel Batchelder, and has five children, the eldest of whom, Simon W. served in the war. NEWHALL, ELI and ASHER PIKE came to Haverhill from Plymouth, before 1830, and engaged in the manufacture of brick near where North Haverhill depot now is. They made the brick for the court-house and county record buildings, at Haverhill Corner, and also for the house of their father, Perley, built in the western part of Plymouth in 1831, the brick and lime being hauled from Haverhill. Eli married Mary A. Sennott, of Saco, ME, and reared three sons and four daughters. He sold out his interest in the brick yard about 1835, and bought two lots of land in the northeastern part of Haverhill, which he cleared. He died on this farm, in Feburary 1883, aged seventy-seven years. His eldest son, Amos M., resides on the same farm. WILLIAM CLOUGH came to Lyman, from Salem, Mass. about 1785, bringing with him his family of six sons. He was in the French and Indian war for three years, was captured by the foe and carried to France, where he was kept a year or more. He entered the Revolution without enlistment, and was at the battle of Bunker Hill. He died in Lyman, and many of his grandchildren live in this section. His son Cyrus was the father of twelve children, of whom Frederick lives in Haverhill, Timothy in Lyman, Julia, widow of Reuben Moulton also in Lyman and Cyrus in Jefferson. JAMES B. CLARK, son of Jonathan, was born in Bath NH February 20, 1825, and came to this town when about twelve years of age. When twenty eight years of age he married Drusilla M. Bisbee of Haverhill, has spent several years away from this town, but has been, for fourteen years, a dentist at Center Haverhill. CAPTAIN ENOS WELLS, came to Haverhill from Canaan, when about twenty years of age, worked one year and went to the northern part of Coventry. Here he bought a lot slightly improved, bulit a house and saw-mill and carried on the manufacture of lumber. He was always a prominent man as a town officer. His father, Ephraim, spent his later life in Benton. Enos married twice, first, Lois Hibbard, and second Sally Clark of Landaff, in 1824, who bore him four sons. Of these, Caleb and George live in Haverhill, and Enos C. is a shoe manufacturer in Lynn, Mass. Caleb moved to Haverhill in 1868. He represented the town of Benton in 1867-68, has been school superintendent seventeen years, and selectman five years. He has been justice of the peace thirty years, and since coming to Haverhill has served as selectman three years in 1882, 1883 and 1884. He married twice, first Martha H. Gordon of Landaff, and second Lucy Gordon, a sister of his first wife, and has four children. George Wells was enrolled, in the militia from which he resigned after reaching the rank of major. SAMUEL POWERS CARBEE, M.D. was born in Bath NH, in 1836, the youngest son in a family of ten children. John H. Carbee, his father, was born in Newbury VT in 1791, and removed to Bath when a young man. His brothers, Moses and William, followed him at a later date. Farming was his principal occupation, though while a young man he was employed as pilot in rafting lumber down the Connecticut river, and he afterwards gave some attention to lumbering. He died in Bath at the advanced age of eighty-six years in 1877. Samuel P., the subject of this sketch, attended the district school in Bath in his youth, and subsequently pursued a course at the then flourishing Newbury (Vt) seminar, thus fitting himself to become a teacher in the public schools, an occupation which he followed for a time. Choosing the medical profession as his life work, he, in 1860, began the study of medicine with Dr. Albert H. Crosby, at Wells River VT. He continued with him and doctors Dixi and A.B. Crosby at Hanover, until into the year 1862, when in response to his country's call, he laid aside books and scalpel for a musket, enlisted as a private, under Captain J. Ware Butterfield, and went to the front with the 12th New Hampshire volunteers. For some time he was placed on detached duty in the commisary department, but being qualified by his medical studies for more important duties, he was commissioned assistant surgeon, October 26, 1863, and served in that capacity until the close of the war. Except from May to December 1864, when he was detailed for service at Point of ROcks hospital, VA., he served with his regiment, and was on duty at the battles of Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettsyburg, Front Royal, Bermuda Front, Swift Creek, Drury's Bluff, Cold Harbor, Fort Harrison, Siege of Petersburg, and capture of Richmond, and is said to have been the first Union surgeon to enter the Confederate capitol after it was taken. His discharge was dated June 21, 1865, and he was mustered out with his regiment after its return to New Hampshire. Unlike many young men just out of the army, he went diligently to work to perfect himself in his profession, returned to Hanover, and took a course at Dartmouth Medical college, from which he graduated in November 1865. He then located in Haverhill, succeeding to the practice of Dr. H.H. Tenney, and for twenty years has performed, faithfully and successfully, the duties of his calling, established a professional reputation second to none in this region, and enjoyed a wide-spread and lucrative practice. He has been for years, identified as a member of the White Mountain and the New Hampshire medical societies, and for fifteen years the accredited medical examiner of leading life insurance companies. Called to serve upon the United States examining board for pensions, a position for which he was pre-eminently fitted by his long army experience, he continued in the office for twelve years, his colleagues being Dr. E.V. Watkins of Newbury, and Dr. J.R. Nelson of Wells River VT. As a delegate to State conventions, he has acted in behalf of the Republicans of Haverhill, upon numerous occasions, and was selected as a candidate for county commissioner in 1884, being one of the nominees who led the party to success in the county, after nearly a score of years in the minority. He spent his life a bachelor until September 30, 1885, when he was happily united in marriage with Miss N. Della Buck, of Haverhill, a young lady of estimable character, and exceptional charms of person and manner. Though in the prime of a vigorous manhood, he has of late retired from medical practice to a great extent, relinquishing his office to his cousin, Dr. Moses D. Carbee, giving his attention only to such critical cases as will not be entrusted to younger hands. Few men prove themselves better adapted to the avocation of their choice, than has he. Ever ready with a cordial greeting, a kind word, and a pleasant smile, his cheerful presence in the sick-room is a tonic in itself. To the poor, as well as the rich, his services have been ever extended, often without promise or expectation of reward. The same thoughful care and unwearying attention have marked his practice in either case, and many bear testimony that he was oftener refused than demanded his pay. In official as in professional life, his faithfulness to the trusts imposed has won friends and adherents from the ranks of his political opponents, and one will look far to find a man whose prosperity and success would give greater personal or general gratification. ChARLES A. GALE was born in Gilmanton NH, December 4, 1818, and bought the present farm in Haverhill in 1850. He has followed farming, butchering, dealing in live stock, &c. He represented Haverhill in 1875-76. He married Laura G. Wetherbee, May 28, 1850 and has four sons. His son Charles A. lives at Woodsville. JESSE CARLTON, a soldier of the Revolution, moved to Bath, from Boxford, Mass. at an early day. He married Nancy Harriman, and reared five sons and five daughter. John, son of Jesse, moved to Michigan, where he married and became the father of three or four children, of whom Will Carleton the poet, residing in Brooklyn NY is the only survivor. Isaac, second son of Jesse, went as a soldier in the war of 1812, when nineteen years of age, afterwards married Abigail Merrill, and was the father of ten children. He lived twelve years in Newbury VT, where his son Chester M. was born. The latter, born January 18, 1831, enlisted in the First Missouri Engineers, and served three years in the civil war. After his discharge, in 1864, he returned to Haverhill, married Martha M. Bacon, April 18, 1865, and has four children. COL. WILLIAM TARLETON was hotel-keeper on the Grafton turnpike in the eastern part of Piermont, and was sheriff of Grafton country from 1809 to 1813. Tarleton ponds derived their name from him. He married twice, first Mary Melville, who bore him two sons and two daughters, namely, William, Amos, Betsey and Mary, all of whom, with the exception of Amos, died without descendants. His second wife became the mother of six children. He died March 26, 1819, aged sixty-six years. His son. Col. Amos became a farmer, and after the death of his father, kept the hotel where he lived over forty years. He married Theodora, daughter of James Ladd, and reared five children. He was colonel of militia, and died December 1, 1864, aged eighty-two years. His eldest son, Henry, is a farmer, spent most of his life in Piermont, but now resides in Haverhill. Horace Tarleton is engaged in the cotton trade in Brooklyn NY, and has a family of seven children. One son, Grafton, lives in Hanover NH. Arthur Tarleton lives in Columbia, California, where he went in 1849. Amos Tarleton has been successfully engaged in the hotel business about forty years, and has been proprietor of the Ocean House, Chelsea Beach, Mass. for thirty-one years. Mary J. Tarleton became the wife of Thomas A. Barstow, a farmer of Piermont, who enlisted in Co. B, 15th NH Vols and was killed at the battle of Port Hudson. ZEBULON HUNT, a Revolutionary soldier, was an early resident of Bath, and the father of a large family. His youngest son, Nathan, was born July 29, 1800, married Harriet Ricker, and died March 12, 1884. His widow resides in Bath. His son, David S. was born in Bath, on Hunt mountain, and came to Haverhill in 1860. HENRY P. WATSON, M.D. was born in Guildhall VT June 8, 1845, fitte for college at Newbury VT seminar, and graduated from Dartmouth college in 1865. He studied medicine with his father, Dr. Henry L. Watson, and with Mrs. Dixie and E.B. Crosby at Hanover. He began practice at Groveton, NH, and came to North Haverhill in 1869. He has since practiced in this town, but removed to Haverhill village in March 1884. He has been superintendent two years, married Evelyn Marshall of Northumberland NH in 1867, and has three children. CHANDLER CASS, son of Jacob, who moved to Piermont from Sanbornton, at an early day, was born in Piermont, October 12, 1813. Mr. Cass, a stone-cutter by trade, spent most of his life in Haverhill, and served as tax collector several years, the only one who ever collected every dollar assessed. He married Diana Glover. Of his children, Hosea B. lives in Haverhill, George C. was killed in the army, Ovett A. maried A.W. Newcomb of Orford, and Carrie D. married Rexford Pierce, of this town. HOSEA SWETT BAKER was born in Stoddard NH June 1, 1797, and died in East Haverhill May 20, 1885, aged eighty-five years, lacking eleven days. He was the son of Timothy and Catharine (Healy) Baker, two brothers and two sisters being older than himself. His mother died in August 1798, aged 34 years, leaving him an infant; and his father, marrying again and migrating to Western New York, there died in Pembroke December 16, 1823, aged sixty-eight years. Hosea Baker was descended from John Baker, freeman, of Charleston, Mass., 1634, through Dea. Joseph of the fourth generation, who married Hannah Lovewell, only daughter of Capt. John Lovewell, the celebrated Indian warrior, and settled in Pembroke NH. He married in 1821 Fanny Huntington, daughter of Hezekiah and Esther (Slade) Huntington, who was born in Haverhill November 15, 1801, and died in Haverhill, of apoplexy, April 16, 1874, aged seventy-two years and five months. Her family was of Connecticut origin. Of their six children, all born in Haverhill, the three oldest are deceased: Royal Huntington (Baker) born August 7, 1812 was a farmer in East Haverhill, and died August 22, 1871, aged forty-nine years, leaving two children, Martha M. and Solon H. Peyton Randolph, born September 2, 1826, graduated at Dartmouth College in 1848, was a physician in Maine, and died May 16, 1873, aged forty-seven years and eight months, leaving one son, Oliver Randolph, who is a clothing merchant in Bradford Vt. Solon Healy, born June 23, 1827, died September 19, 1828. Solon Healy born August 3, 1829 was a farmer with his father in East Haverhill, where he is still residing. Fanny Maria, born August 26, 1831, married a Congregational clergyman of Sanbornton NH in 1865, and has three daughters--one son and one daughter deceased. Oliver Harrison, born April 27, 1834 is a jeweler in Topeka, Kansas and has one son, John Huntington. During the most of his long life, Hosea S. Baker was intimately connected with Grafton county, and especially with the town of Haverhill. He was brought, soon after the death of his mother, to his uncle's in Piermont, by whom he was brought up, though "buying his time" before he was twenty-one. He then earned money to attend school in the newly established academy at Haverhill Corner, soon fitting himself to teach school, and followed that vocation for several winters at Haverhill and lastly, for a whole year continuously in the town of Rumney. Meanwhile, in 1820, he had made a long journey on foot to visit his father in Western New York, traveling upwards of 1,100 miles. After marriage he went into the lumber business, on the Oliverian brook, rafting his products down the river to Hartford, Conn. Taking up his abode at the Corner in 1825, he followed the meat business, the shoe and leather trade, and general merchandise with Bruce, Blaisdell & Co., for twenty years. In 1851 he bought a valuable farm, the old Crouch stand at East Haverhill, which with his sons, he carried on and improved until 1880. He then took up his final residence with his son Solon, at the village of East Haverhill, and there continued with an old age of remarkable vigor, geniality, and usefullness, until he was prostrated by an accident, and after three months of intense suffering, endured with a spirit of calm resignation and Christian hope, he expired as stated above. Thus, for nearly sixty seven years, Mr. Baker lived in Haverhill and always enjoyed the respect and confidence of his fellow townsmen. He was elected to almost every office in the gift of the town, and served in some of them for many years. He represented the town in the legislature one year, 1837, the opposite party coming into power the next year; was selectman for two terms, and voted in Haverhill at seventeen presidential elections, consecutively, beginning with the second term of James Monroe in 1820. He helped organized one of the earliest Sunday-schools in Haverhill i n1825, and was afterwards its superintendent, and was also one of the trustees of Haverhill academy, and secretary and treasurer of the Methodist Episcopal society at Haverhill Corner. He joined the lodge of Free and Accepted Masons in 1812, was frequently Master of the lodge, and was also a member of the Mount Lebanon Royal Arch Chapter, of Bradford VT. He was appointed deputy sheriff by Amos A. Brewster; was a captain in the state militia, postmaster ofr a time in East Haverhill, and a justice of the peace for the last forty-five years of his life. In this latter capacity, besides other duties, he solemnized numerous marriages and settled many estates in Haverhill and adjoining towns. He also conducted scores of funerals. His generosity and integrity in all these transactions were never questions, while in the varied relations of private life his kindness of heart and true Christian character shone conspicuously. Amid the busiest scenes, he was ever ready to extend his aid and sympathy to the sick and suffering. Being a devoted student of the Bible from his youth, Mr. Baker was remarkably familiar with its contents and served as the highly prized instructor of a Bible class in Sabbath-school of the East Haverhill Methodist church, until the last months of his life, with which church he also united by the ordinance of Baptism. REV. JOSEPH H. BROWN, the eldest son of James and Judith B. (Harran) Brown, was born in New Hampton NH, December 19, 1833, though brought up in Bridgwater NH. He was converted and joined the Free Baptist church at the age of sixteen years, and educated at New Hampton Literary and Theological schools, he entered the ministry in 1868. He married Hattie N. Huse, of Danville VT, May 1, 1862, and was ordained and installed pastor of the Free Baptist church at Bowe Lake, Strafford, May 29, 1862, and continued there three years. He was subsequently pastor of the Free Baptist Church at Epsom one year, Hill Center two years, and one year at Alexandria, and for two years labored as an agent of the New Hampshire Bible Society. He belonged to the Free Baptist denomination eight years as layman, four years as a Licentiate, and eight years as an elder, filling many positions of trust in that ecclesiastical body. April 9, 1870 he was received into the New Hampshire conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and since then his pastorates have been at Rumney, Lisbon, Franklin Falls, Jefferson, Stark, Manchester Center, and North Haverhill. In five towns he has served as school superintendent and represented the town of Hill in the legislature. He is a trustee of the New Hampshire Methodist Episcopal Conference, trustee of the New Hampshire Confernece Seminary and Female College at Tilton. He was the first secretary of the Winnipesaukee Camp Meeting Association, and exerted a leading influence in the purchase and building up of the camp-ground at Wiers, and is now upon its executive committee. He has also been a member of the executive committee of the White Mountain Camp Meeting Association at Groveton. As a pastor and church financier, he has not taken an inferior rank. Revivals and church growth have generally marked his labors. He is, emphatically a self-made man. (end)