HISTORY OF ASHLAND, 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 page 123+ HISTORY OF ASHLAND NH Ashland lies in the eastern part of the county, in lat 43 degrees 43' and long. 71 degrees 41', bounded north and northeast by Holderness, south by New Hampton, in Belnap [sic Belknap] county, and west by Plymouth and Bridgewater. This is the smallest township in the county, having only about 3,853 acres of improved land, and was set off from the southwestern part of Holderness, and incorporated into a separate township, July 1, 1868, being given the name of Ashland, in honor of the home of Henry Clay. The surface of the town is generally rought and broken, though so diversified as to present some very charming scenery. Through its center, from north to south, extends a ride of highland called Church Hill, from which the land slopes to Owl Brook, a tributary of the Squam River, and west to the Pemigewasset, which washes its western border. Little Squam Lake, a handsome sheet of water, extends into the township from Holderness, greatly enhancing the beauty of the scenery. Squam River, its outlet, flows a wouthwesterly direction, falling into the Pemigewasset, and affording, in its course, some excellent mill privileges. The soil is hard, but, when properly cultivated, produces good crops. The Boston & Lowell Railroad crosses the southwestern section of the town. DESCRIPTION OF TOWN in 1885 In 1880 Ashland had a population of 969 souls. In 1885, the town had three school districts, four common schools, and four graded schools. Its five school houses were valued including furniture, etc., at $15,125.00. There were 149 children attending school, seventeen of whom were pursuing the higher grades, taught during the year by one male and eight female teachers, the former at an average monthly salary of $48.00 and the female teachers at an average monthly salary of $24.57. The entire amount raised for school purposes during the year, was $1,708.30, while the expenditures were $1,724,38, with H.C. Dearborn, superintendent. VILLAGES ASHLAND is a thriving, brisk post village, located in the southwestern part of the town, on Squam River, and on the Boston & Lowell railroad. It has two churches (Baptist and Episcopal), one hotel, four dry goods stores, a shoe-store, millinery store, grocery, etc., one hotel, a bank, public school, two woolen-mills, three paper-mills, leather-board mill, two glove factories, two tanneries, machine shop, blacksmith shop, two wagon shops, two saw-mills, and several other small mechanical shops. Aside from these manufactories, the village has about 200 dwellings, and is situated in the midst of wild, romantic and beautiful scenery. *** BUSINESS & MANUFACTURES *** ASHLAND SAVINGS BANK, with Frank Scribner treasurer, has 285 depositors, with an aggregate deposit of $47,676.00. The bank was organized in 1872 with Nathaniel Batchelder, president, and J.F. Keyes, treasurer. THE SQUAM LAKE WOOLEN-MILL was built by James Briggs & Bros., in 1840. They operated the mills about eight years and from that time until September 1, 1881, when the present proprietors leased it. The property changed hands several times, and for several years the mills were idle. The mills have 1,500 spindles and the capacity for manufacturing 150,000 yars of flannels and cloakings per year. J.F. DRAPER & CO's GLOVE FACTORY was built by them in 1880, they having moved to Ashland from Plymouth, where they were engaged in the business a number of years. They employ 200 hands in the manufacture of buckskin and kid gloves. THE ASHLAND WOOLEN-MILLS were built in 1880, by A. Scribner, who used them for manufacturing paper until 1883, when they were taken by the present firm, Carter & Rogers, and converted into woolen mills. They have 720 spindles. E.F. BAILEY'S LEATHER-BOARD MILL--Mr. Bailey came here from Lawrence, Mass., in the autumn of 1863, and purchased a paper-mill of Simeon L. Gordon, and began the manufacture of straw-board. In 1868 he changed the manufacture to that of leather-board--the first manufactory of this kind established in the State. In January 1870, his mill was burned, and in July following he built the present structure. He manufactures about one ton of leather-board per day. CHARLES T. WILDER & CO.'s PAPER-MILL was originally built by George Mitchell, about 1850, and subsequently re-built by the present firm. They also built mills known as No. 2 and No. 3, which were destroyed by fire in 1844, and upon whose site they have just built another large mill. The firm does an extensive business in the manufacture of Manila wrapping paper. C.B. FOSDICK'S TANNERY, operated by H.D. Smith, has the capacity for tanning 2,000 deer skins per annum. SHEPARD & FLETCHER'S MACHINE SHOP is the only shop of the kind in the town, and has been in the possession of this firm about five years. A.E. HARRIMAN'S LEATHER-BOARD MILL was built for a peg factory, about thirty-five years ago. SETTLEMENT OF THE TOWN OF ASHLAND NH [SEE HOLDERNESS] Ashland was so recently severed from Holderness, that the record of its settlement, etc. properly belongs to the sketch of its parent town, to which sketch, on a future page, we refer the reader. ******** BIOGRAPHIES/GENEALOGIES OF ASHLAND NH RESIDENTS ******** ROBERT HUCKINS, one of the twelve children of James Huckins of New Hampton NH, was a resident on the home farm and married three times, first, Deborah Gordon, second, Rebecca McGoon, and third Abigail Muddgett. James, one of the twelve children, married Louisa Plaisted, has two children, and now resides in Ashland. His son James F. married Mary S. Smith, of this town, has two children, and is now a dry goods merchant in the village of Ashland. Mrs. Cordelia M. Cheney, daughter of James Huckins, has one child and resides in Poughkeepsie, NY. SIMON HARRIS, a native of Bridgewater, and the first mail-carrier of that town, married Susanna Crawford, who bore him thirteen children. Rufus, son of Simon, married twice, first Violet S. Sanborn, and second Alvira Webber, and has had born to him seven children, four of whom are now living. He was been a manufacturer of paper, has resided in Ashland thirty-four years, and is now eighty years of age. William F., son of Rufus, married Electa T. Emmons, of New Hampton, and has two children. He is depot agent for the Boston & Lowell railroad, and resides in this town. JAMES AMES, a native of New Market [Newmarket] NH married Comfort Masten. Caleb, one of his eight children married Sarah, daughter of William and Sarah Burleigh. William Burleigh served in the Revolutionary War and was at the battle of Burgoyne. Daniel H., youngest son of Caleb Ames, who had seven children, married twice, first Mary M. Batchelder, and second Anna B., daughter of Alonzo and Theodate Cheney, of Boston, Mass. He has four children and resides in this town, on road 19, corner 20. CAPT. THOMAS COX, a native of Holderness, married Miriam Dearborn, of Plymouth NH, and had born to him seven children. He died March 1, 1830, aged forty-seven years. His son Daniel H. married Charlotte, daughter of David and Charlotte (Haynes) Smith. One of his eight children, Thomas H., married Ida F., daughter of George F. and Angeline (Baker) Cummings, and resides in this town. BARNETT HUGHES served in the Revolutionary war and married Jane Grimes. His son, Thomas N., one of the early settlers, was a farmer and a lumberman, was representative of Holderness in 1864, and of Ashland in 1869-70. Frank L., one of his three children, married Elizabeth A., daughter of John C. and Elmira Shepard, of this town, has one child, Elmer C., and is now a merchant of Ashland village. He served in the late war in Co. E., 12th NH Vols. STEPHEN CHASE BAKER, son of Joseph Baker, was born in Holderness in 1821. His great grandfather, Joseph Baker, when a lad of 12 or 14 years, ran away from home in England, came to America and settled in New England. His children were born in Nottingham NH. He was one of the grantees of Holderness, and his right was improved by his son Andrew, who settled in the township about 1772, and became the ancestor of the Baker family in Ashland and Holderness. Joseph A. Baker his grandson, occupies his original homestead. Andrew Baker was an only son, had two sisters, one of whom married John Shaw, from whom are descended the Shaws of Holderness. One married Levi Drew, grandfather of Asa Drew of Ashland. Andrew Baker married Anna Knowlton, and had three daughters, and six sons who reached manhood, viz: James, Andrew K., Stephen, Ebenezer, Col. Nathan and Joseph. Joseph Baker inherited his father's farm, married Hannah Piper and reared five sons and four daughters. He was a drum-major in the old militia companies. Stephen C. Baker, the eldest son, followed farming, teaching school winters until about 1845, when he became interested in the manufacture of paper, in the employ of George Hoyt. In 1854 he became a partner with Joseph W. Calley in the manufacture of straw-board, and has been identified with this business and the manufacture of leather-board. He has been superintendent of the Sunday school about twenty years and chorister about nineteen years. He has filled various town offices, and has also been an earnest temperance worker for many years, and for the past two years has filled the position of Grand Worthy Patriarch in the New Hampshire Grand Division Sons of Temperance. James Baker, son of Andrew, was a farmer, married Jane, daughter of Samuel and Peggy Smith, and died at the age of seventy-two years, while his wife died at the age of eighty-three years. His second son, Samuel S., married Avis Drew, of Ashland. Seven of his eight children are living, four daughters residing in Grafton county, and two sons in Massachusetts. His third son, Daniel S., married twice, first Henrietta A. Elkins, who bore him one son, now at home, and second, Edna M., daughter of Jeremiah and Mahala (Veasie) Smith of Laconia. He now resides in this town, on a farm on road 23. His second daughter, Frances O. married Paul Perkins, a stone mason and son of Timothy and Sarah Perkins of Center Harbor NH. They have one child, Ella F., and reside here on road 23. Andrew, son of James and brother of Samuel S., married Sarah Mudgett, of New Hampton, who bore him three sons. One of them, James S., married Arabel A., daughter of Arad and Sophronia (Drew) Simonds, and has two children and resides in Ashland village. Mr. Baker served three years in the late war, enlisting in Co. E., 12th NH Vols, was at the battles of Fredericksburg, Chancellorville, Gettysburg, Cold Harbor and at the siege of Richmond. WILLIAM CORLISS, a native of Haverhill Mass, was an early settler in this country, moving to Alexandria in 1750. Willard, one of his eleven children, married Catharine, daughter of John and Mary (Fullsifer) Spiller, of Bridgewater, and had born to him six children. John Spiller was a soldier in the Revolutionary War. James, son of Willard, married Deborah H., daughter of William W. and Judith (Cross) Spiller, has had two children, only one of whom, Mrs. Garrie L. Fadden is living, and resides in this town, on road 17. DAVID CARR, of English descent, was one of the first settlers in the town of Holderness, locating upon a farm on road 9. Jacob, one of his five children, married Harriet, daughter of Thomas and Mary (Hackett) Beede. His son, John B., one of the four children now living, married twice, first Ann F. Fogg, of Franklin NH, who bore him three children, and second, Jane H., daughter of Ira and Grace (Beede) Huckins, who had borne him one child, Mrs. Cora B. Jackson. He lives in this town on a farm on road 23. His other children are Mrs. Ella M. Bryant now of Meredith NH, Fred A. of this town, and Gracie B., who resides at home with her father. WILLIAM CURRIER came to Plymouth NH from Concord about 1784, and was the first settler upon the farm where he remained until his death. His son Daniel was a life long resident of the home farm. William, son of Daniel, married Sophia R. Dow of Pembroke NH, who bore him five children. His second son, Edwin B., married Mary A., daughter of Crosley and Louisa B. (Center) Smith, has nine children, and resides in this town on road 9. His daughter, Jessie M., married Edwin B. Evens of Plymouth NH, but who now resides here. LEVI DREW moved to New Hampton from Madbury NH about 1760, married Mary Baker, and had born to him five children. His oldest son, Joseph, married ELizabeth, daughter of Nathaniel Wallace, of Moltonboro, NH and reared nine children, only one of whom, Asa, is now living. The latter married Nancy, daughter of Parker and Polly Chase, of Campton NH, has seven children, and resides in this town on road 11. Benjamin, son of Levi, married Elizabeth Greeney, of Plymouth NH, and had born to him two children. George K., the elder of his two children, married Ruth, daughter of Robert and Ruth (Martin) Carr, of North Hampton, and had born to him four children, now living. He died in 1848, aged forty-nine years. His widow still resides in town, on road 21, aged eighty-seven years. ENOCH ROGERS, a native of Byfield, Mass, was a soldier in the Revolutionary War, and was one of the men who threw tea overboard in Boston Harbor. He married Lydia Moors, of West Newbury, Mass., and had born to him ten children. His youngest son, Charles, married twice, first Mary L. Gordon, of Pittsfield NH, who bore him three children, and second Tryphena French, and had born to him one child. He resided in the town for many years, where he died at the age of Seventy-four years. His oldest son Gardner F., married Myra A., daughter of John S. and Mara (Robinson) Brown, of Groton NH, has three children, and resides in this town. NATHANIEL CUMMINGS, a native of New Hampton NH, reared a family of nine children, one of whom, Jonathan, married Nancy, daughter of Daniel Brown of Bridgewater. He had born to him five children, four of whom are living. He died in this town in 1853, aged fifty-eight years. His oldest son, Joshua F., married twice, first Lettice T. Hannaford, and second, Jane Wilkinson of Guilford NH. He has two children, S.B. and Jonathan, both of whom reside in town. ELIAS LADD, a native of Sandwich NH, settled in Holderness, where he died in 1847. William, one of his six children, married Mary, daughter of John and Charlotte Sturdevant of Moultonboro, NH and reared four children, two of whom, Hale M. and Ruel W. are living. The latter married Elizabeth, daughter of Dr. Samuel and Mary Ann (Webster) Wright, has two children, Maria F., and Adele C., and resides in this town. HON. SAMUEL LIVERMORE was an early settler of Holderness. He was born in Waltham, Mass. in 1732; graduated at Princeton college in 1751; was judge advocate of the admiralty before the Revolution; subsequently judge of the Superior Court of New Hampshire; and a senator in Congress from 1793 to 1801, when he resigned; and was president 'pro tem' of that body during two sessions. He died here in May 1803. JACOB PEASLEE was an early settler of Ashland, and reared a family of eleven children. His son John married Abigail Crawford, of Bridgwater NH, who bore him nine children. Jacob, son of John, married Ann Clement, has three children and resides in the town. Aquilla E. married Anna Taylor, has two children, and resides in Ashland village. HORATIO N. SMYTHE, son of Joshua, was an early settler in this town, upon a farm near Little Squam lake, on road 7. He married Eliza, daughter of Caleb and Abiah (Colburn) Smythe. Charles W., one of his six children, married Margaret, daughter of Dr. Charles and Mary Harris, of North Carolina, and reared five children, all living. Louis N., his second son, married Nellie, daughter of Charles W. and Mary Hebert, of Rumney NH, has one son, and is a dry-goods merchant in the village of Ashland. DAVID CALLEY was one of the early settlers in that part of Holderness which is now Ashland, upon a farm on road 1. He married for his second wife Mary Masten, who bore him eight children. His son Jeremiah M. married Mary Shepard of Holderness, and had born to him five children, all now living. Willis H., eldest son of Jeremiah M. married Harriet Smith, of Campton, has four children, and resides on the home farm. JOHN SHEPARD, an early settler of the town of Holderness, married Eleanor, daughter of Richard Shepard, who was one of the first proprietors of Holderness. George W., one of the eleven children of John, married Sarah Fowle, and had born to him three children, only one of whom is living. Robert Fowle was the first Episcopal minister in the town. Henry H., son of George W., married Mary, daughter of Jeremiah M. and Mary Calley, has one child, Martha M., and resides in Ashland, near Little Squam Lake. BENNING M. PLAISTED, son of William, resided in New Hampton, NH and married Phebe Eaton, of Candia. Benning E., one of his three children, married Nancy B., daughter of Moses and Sarah (Chandler) Merrill, of Ashland, and has three children, namely Oscar A., Mrs. Pamelia A.M. Hogdon, and Mrs. Georgeanna E. Stephens, all of whom reside in this town. Oscar A. married Ellie J. Clough and has one child, Blanche M. ROBERT DEANE, son of Benjamin, who was a native of Ireland, married Eliza Webb. His son Barnabas married Grace Deane, came to New Hampshire in 1852, and now resides in this town. His daughter Rebecca is now a prominent merchant of Ashland. Benjamin Deane, son of Barnabas, resides in this town. John, son of Robert, married Elizabeth Splain, resides in this town and has three children, two of whom, Robert and Lizzie, live at home. JONATHAN SMITH, son of Jonathan, was born in New Hampton NH and reared a family of four children. His son Jonathan M. married Elizabeth A, daughter of Caleb and Sarah (Godfrey) Mason, and reared a family of five children, only one of whom, Jonathan E., is now living. Jonathan M. Smith was a farmer and machinist for many years, but finally became a minister in the Free Will Baptist Church. He was pastor of the Holderness and Center Harbor churches, also at Jackson and at Sugar Hill, and at East Holderness. He died November 11, 1880, aged fifty-five years. Jonathan E. lives at home with his mother, who is a resident of this town. NATHAN PIERCE, a native of Francestown NH, married Jane Steele, of Windham, and had born to him five children. His son William married Dorothy, daughter of Currier and Samson Barnard, of Plymouth. Mr. Barnard was a soldier in the Revolutionary war. David, son of William, married Mary A., daughter of John and Eliza (Rogers) FUller, of Bridgewater, has one child, Clara E., and resides in Ashland. CYRUS C. PLAISTED, of this town, son of Stephen, married Eliza Rowe, and had seven children. Of these, Samuel Clark and Ai, served in the War of the Rebellion [Civil War]. Cyrus C. was also in the late war, and is now a farmer on road 21. SAMUEL BROWN, a native of Bridgewater, married Susanna, daughter of Abraham and Rachel Dolloff. Horace, the second of his four sons, married Mary A., daughter of Jesse and Patience (Hobert) Fletcher, and had born to him three children, all now living. He was a native of Bridgewater, was first selectman of that town for many years and died there in 1874. His widow and three sons, Burdette, Wilfred F. and Ora A. reside in Ashland village. REUBEN B. ROLLINS, a soldier in the Revolutionary War, married Mary Smith, and had born to him thirteen children. His son, John married twice, first, Mrs. Wiggins, and second, Ruth B., daughter of John and Nancy Sargent, of Holderness, and had born to him four children, now living. He was a farmer and mail-carrier, served in the War of 1812, and was at Portsmouth. His widow draws a pension, and resides in the town of Ashland. SAMUEL DUSTIN, a native of Haverhill, Mass, was a life-long resident of that town and reared a family of nine children. His son Ira married Nancy Hall of Thornton. Ezekiel, son of Ira, married Elsie P. Parmenter, of STerling, Mass. Five of his seven children are living. Ezekiel Dustin served in the late war, enlisted in 1862 in Co. K., 14th NH Vols, served three years, and was honorably discharged. STEPHEN N. MORSE married twice, first Elizabeth, daughter of Moses Gordon, of Gilmanton, and second, Mrs. Jane L. Drew, daughter of John and Anna Goodwin, and had born to him four children, all now living. His widow resides in this town, on road 18. Their children are Mrs. Lizzie A. Pulcifer, of Lake Village, and Amy, William, Henry, and Bertha, who live with their mother, on the home farm. JOHN HUGHES was a soldier in the Revolutionary war, was at the battle of Bennington, and was a farmer in Rockingham County, NH. He married Mehitabel Buzzel, and reared a family of eight children. His son Barnett married Jane Wilson, of Windham, and reared a family of eleven children, seven sons and four daughters. Barnett Jr. married twice, first Martha L. Clark of Franklin NH who bore him seven children, and second Esther J., daughter of Samuel S. and Adis (Drew) Baker, and has had born to him one child, Lucy Ashland, who was the first child born in this town. LEONARD MOORE, son of Jesse, and a native of Worcester, Mass., married Polly Huntington of Plainfield VT. Philander L., one of his nine children, married Nancy M., daughter of Pesson and Nancy (Green) Bancroft, has six children, and is a farmer in this town, on road 1. PAUL ABBOTT, son of Darius, who was one of the first settlers upon the farm known as the Abbott farm, on North hill, was a native of Hillsboro NH, and married Naomi Cart. Darius, one of his five children, married three times, first Betsey Prescott, second Mrs. Bean, and third Nancy Huckins. Parker P., one of his three children, married Harriet C. Smythe, has one child, Elmer E., and resides in Ashland, on road 2, corner 4. Parker P. served in the late war, enlisting in Co. G., 50th Mass. Vols, and was honorably discharged. EDWIN DEARBORN was a farmer in Lincoln NH, married a Miss Rogers, and reared a family of nine children, three of whom are now living. Of these, Washington married Abigail Cook of Campton NH. Henry C., one of his four children, married Frances M., daughter of Darwin and Laura Shepard, of Ashland, and has three children, namely Adelle C., George H., and Alice M., all of whom reside in this town. NATHAN GOSS came to this country, from England, with two brothers, at a very early day and served in the Revoltionary War. His son Nathan married Dolly Grant, of Isam, NH and reared a family of twelve children, seven sons and five daughters. His son Samuel married Christina I. Perry of Nashua NH, has one son, George S., and resides in this town. SIMEON BATCHELDER lived in Bridgewater, married Mary Martin, and reared a family of nine children. His son Caleb married Hannah Moses, had born to him thirteen children and died in Sanburton. Simeon, son of Caleb, married Ann, daughter of Joseph and Fanny (James) Banks, of Newport RI, has four children, and resides on road 31, in the town of Holderness. SAMUEL SCRIBNER married Hannah Webster, who was an aunt of Daniel Webster's father, Judge Webster. Mr. Scribner was captaured while at work in the hay-field, by Indians, during the early Indian wars. He was taken to Canada, and sold for three years' servitude, but escaped and came home within a year after his capture. This happened about seventeen years before the Revolutionary war. His son, Captain Josiah, married Phebe Cross, and was a drover and dealer in stock in Andover NH. John, one of his thirteen children, married Abigail, daughter of Josiah Emery of Loudon NH, and had born to him six children, four of whom are now living. He moved here from Andover in 1864, and remained here until his death, which occurred in 1867, aged eighty-three years. His children, Franklin, John C., Asentha and Ambrose, are now residents of Ashland. The former married Marcia E., daughter of Chase T. and Susan Hackett, of New Hampton, and has three children, namely, Mrs. Ida G. Fellows of this town, Carrie A., and George E who live with their father. Franklin and his brother Ambrose, have been engaged in the manufacture of Manila paper in this town, about twenty years. The former has been treasurer of the Ashland Savings Bank, for the past six years, and has lived in the town for forty-three years. AMBROSE SCRIBNER was born in Andover NH June 13, 1817, and located in what is now Ashland in 1849, and with his brother engaged in the manufacture of shoes for a Massachusetts firm. In this he continued five years. In 1855 he bought, in company with W.P. Drake, a paper-mill of George W. Mitchell, now one of Wilder & Co.'s mills, and manufactured Manila paper and straw-board about a dozen years ago. Franklin Scriber sold out to Mr. Drake and acquired an interest in the shoe-peg mill, established by Col. Jesse Ladd and Aaron M. Gordon about 1849. He erected the present mill, operated by Carter & Rogers, in 1880, which property he now owns. He has held the office of town treasurer four years, and that of selectman one year. JONATHAN F. KEYES was born in Hancock NH and in 1828, at the age of seventeen years, went to learn the paper-making business at Bennington village, VT. He remained there until 1848, when he sold the paper-mill he then owned and removed to Holderness, bought a paper-mill and carried on the business until 1872, and operated a store from 1848 to 1857. In 1872 he led the movement which resulted in the incorporation of the Ashland Savings bank, of which Nathaniel Batchelder was the first president, J.F. Keyes, treasurer and secretary. He has held various town and county offices, among which are postmaster eight years, selectman, town treasurer, and county commissioner five years. He married Mary W. Woods in Bennington, and had ten children born to him, of whom five are living, viz: Mary E. (Mrs. Thomas P. Cheney), Lucy A. (Mrs. R.R.D. Dearborn), Alice J. (Mrs. E.G. Clapp), Fanny M., the present postmistress at Ashland, and Josephine W. (Mrs. Blakslee) of Wisconsin. Two sons grew to manhood, of whom, Capt. O.W. Keyes, the elder, was killed in the battle of Chancellorville. His brother, Henry F., was wounded in the same battle and had his arm amputated. He returned to Holderness and at the time of his death, two years after, was postmaster. **** CHURCHES IN ASHLAND NH **** THE FREE WILL BAPTIST CHURCH, located at Ashland Village, was organized in 1831, Rev. Dr. Dana being the first pastor. The church building, erected in 1834, will seat 400 persons. The society now has eighty-four members, with Rev. Daniel Davis, pastor. The Sabbath school has 145 scholars, taught by thirteen teachers. ST. MARK'S PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CHURCH--The first Episcopal church in the town, was organized by Rev. Robert Fowle, about a hundred years ago, who preached to the society about forty years, or until his death. The old church building stood at the head of Little Squam Lake, in the corner of the old burial ground. It was torn down. The present society was organized by Rev. Joshua R. Pierce, the first rector, in 1859. The building will accomodate 150 persons, cost $5,000 and is now valued, including grounds, at $8,000.00. The society has forty members, with Rev. Lorin Webster, rector. The Sabbath school has thirty scholars and six teachers. (end)