HISTORY OF LITTLETON, GRAFTON COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE
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SOURCE: Gazetteer of Grafton County, N.H., 1709-1886 by Hamilton Child,Syracuse, N.Y.: H. Child, June 1886

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HISTORY OF LITTLETON NH

Littleton is the most northerly town in Grafton county. It is bounded on the
north by Concord, Vermont, northeast by Dalton, southeast by Bethlehem, south 
by Lisbon, Lymand and Monroe, and northwest by Waterford and Concord, 
Vermont. It is irregular in form. Its longest line, extending from the 
southwesterly corner of Dalton to the northeasterly corner of Monroe, is more 
than thirteen miles in length and is washed by the Connecticut river, whose 
turbulent course along the entire distance is known as "Fifteen Mile Falls."  
Its area is 26,000 acres. From the line of Dalton to Littleton village rises 
a series of high hills, some of them more than two thousand feet above the 
sea level.  Another ridge, the eastern face of which runs parallel with the 
Ammonoosuc river, extends westward to the line of Monroe, where the northern 
spur of Mt. Gardner terminates within a few hundred feet of the Connecticut 
river. There is a large but not valuable intervale at North Littleton. The 
Ammonoosuc meadows, extending from a short distance below the village to the 
mills of the Littleton Lumber Company, are productive and valuable. The 
principal elevations are Black mountain (Mt. Misery), Morse hill, Wheeler 
mountain (Rice's hill), and Mann's hill, forming the chief peaks in the ridge 
extending from Dalton to the Ammonoosuc valley; Mt. Eustin, south, and Parker 
mountain, west of the village.

THE FIRST CHARTER - CHISWICK
  The territory now constituting the town of Littleton was originally 
embraced in the charter of Chiswick.  This included also what is now known as 
Dalton. The charter of Chiswick was granted by Governor Benning Wentworth, 
November 17, 1764, to James Avery and forty-four others, most of whom were 
his relatives and residents of Groton, Conn.  The grant contained the usual 
reservations for the benefit of the Church of England, for the first settle 
minister, for schools, for the governor, Theodore Atkinson, for Mark H. 
Wentworth, and one share for James Nevin Esq.

SECOND GRANT - APTHORP
  The grantees under the Chiswick charter failed to comply with its 
conditions. The only attempt at a settlement was the erection of a rude log 
barn on the Ammonoosuc intervale, now a part of the farm owned by Noah Farr. 
This barn was built in the summer of 1769 and filled with wild grass from the 
surrounding meadow.  About this time, Avery, who had secured the title of the 
other Groton proprietors, disposed of his interest to MOSES LITTLE, of 
Newbury, Mass., Moses Little of Newburport, Mass., Israel Morey of Orford and 
ALexander Phelps of Hebron, Conn.  The new proprietors sought a renewal of 
the grant and obtained it January 18, 1770. In the new charter the township 
bore the name of Apthorp, in honor of one of the grantees, George Apthorp, 
Esq., of London, England.

Nathaniel Carter, Benjamin Harris and TRISTRAM DALTON, of Newburyport, and
Samuel Adams, of Boston, Mass., were assigned an interest of four hundred 
acres each, "The Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Part" 
was also given a similiar interest, the township, in the language of the 
charter, "Containing by admeasurement only forty thousand, eight hundred and 
fifty acres and forty-eight rods."


LITTLETON AND DALTON CREATED
COL. MOSES LITTLE, of Newbury, and Mr. DALTON gradually acquired by purchase 
the interest of their associate grantees and in June 1784, they agreed upon a 
division of Apthorp.  In November the following they secured the passage of a
bill by the General Cout, ratifying their agreement and constituting the 
towns of Littleton and Dalton, each receiving the name of its principal 
proprietor.

DESCRIPTION OF WATERWAYS
The town is well watered, and the Ammonoosuc furnishes an abundant 
water-power, only a small part of which is utilized. Of the more important 
streams, Hopkinson, Cow, Caswell's, Rankin's and Ainsworth's flow into the 
Connecticut, in the order named; the Palmer and Parker into the Ammonoosuc.  
Patridge pond lies principally in Littleton, the lesser part being in Lyman.

POPULATION
The census of 1880 places the population at 2,936. This is manifestly 
erroneous, the method of enumeration excluding from the list of residents 
many whose homes were in the town but whose temporary absence caused their 
enrollment elsewhere.  The number of inhabitants at the present time is 
computed to be 3,400.

EARLY SETTLEMENT
The original grantees of Chiswick were most of Groton, Conn.  Of the 
forty-five, twelve were Averys and a majority of the others were their uncles 
and cousins. The charter seemed to have been a family affair, with James 
Avery as principal manager.  This James Avery was a man of some importance in 
his day. He was interested in the charters of Landaff and other towns in 
Grafton county, "for speculative purposes only."  His method was to associate 
a sufficient number of his relatives to secure the charter from Gov. 
Wentworth, paying the small fee required therefor, and then to dispose of the 
charter either to those who proposed to become actual settlers or to another 
set of speculators.  None of them ever settled within the limits of the 
territory covered by the charters, on the backs of which their names 
appeared.   

Of the grantees of Apthorp, COL. MOSES LITTLE, of Newbury, Mass., was the 
leading  spirit. He was a man of high character and of great executive 
capacity. He had acquired a landed interest in New Hampshire and was the 
owner of many thousand acres in Maine and Vermont. He commanded a regiment at 
the battle of Bunker Hill and acquired a reputation for bravery and skill as 
an officer. Advancing age and failing health compelled him to withdraw from 
the army before the close of the war, but he continued to serve his county in 
many ways.

Of his associates, COL. ISRAEL MOREY, of Orford, was for a time the most 
active in the township. He was a man of affairs, and for many years one of 
the most prominent in the Upper Connecticut valley. About the time the 
charter of Chiswick was issued, Col. Morey emigrated from Hebron, Conn. to 
Orford, N.H. He was accompanied among others by a man who was destined to 
become the first settler of Littleton.  NATHAN CASWELL was at that time a 
little past his majority, short of stature, of sanguine temperament, and 
undoubted courage. He was well fitted physically and mentally to endure the 
hardships and privations incident to frontier life.  Mr. Caswell was born in 
New London Connecticut in 1740. When quite young, he was apprenticed to a 
tailor, with whom he served his time, and was married to Hannah Bingham when 
about twenty years of age. He lived at Hebron, Conn., for a short time before 
coming to New Hampshire. When Col. Morey became interested with the Littles 
in Apthorp, he induced Caswell to make the first settlement in the town. In 
April 1770, Caswell broke up his home in Orford, and, accompanied by his 
family, then consisting of a wife and four children, set out for his new home 
in the wilderness with all his worldly possessions packed upon the back of a 
horse. One night was passed at Bath, where the horse was left and the journey 
resumed the following day. He reached the barn built by Avery about 
nightfall, on the eleventh day of April. He found unmistakable evidence of 
the recent presence of Indians, but it was too late to think of retreating to 
a place of greater security that night. They dare not kindle a fire, but, 
cold and weary, the mother and children made their couch upon the wild 
grass, while the father, flint-lock in hand, kept watch and ward at the open 
door of the hut until morning dawned. These first hours of the settlement of 
the town were signalized by an important event. During the night Mrs. Caswell 
gave birth to a male child. This child was appropriately christened Apthorp, 
and in accordance with the custom then prevalent the proprietors gave him a 
lot of land, which his father located on the Connecticut river, and which is 
now known as the Hudson place.  An examination in the morning revealed 
further indications of the presence of Indians in the valley, and the family 
decided to join the settlers in Lisbon until the dangers surrounding their 
new home should disappear.  Accordingly a dug-out was hewn from the  protrate 
form of a giant pine, and the family, together with a scant store of 
household goods, were placed in it.  They floated down the river to the 
Salmon Hole in Lisbon (then Gunthwait), where they joined the settlers in the 
fort, which was situated on the rising ground a few hundred yards northwest 
of the landing place.  Their journey down the Ammonoosuc must have been a 
perilous one as the river was high and filled with floating ice.
  A few days later Caswell returned to Apthorp, and found the hut burned to 
the ground by the Indians.  As they had evidently left the region, the work 
of re-building was at once entered upon and in a short time a cabin stood 
upon the site of the barn.  The family returned and here made their home, 
until the hostile attitude of the St. Francis Indians, during the Revolution, 
forced them for a time to seek safety within the walls of the fort at the 
mouth of the Upper Ammonoosuc, in Northumberland.  Soon after the war Caswell 
sold his meadow farm to Ephraim Bailey, son of General Jacob Bailey, of 
Newbury, VT and moved to the Hudson place, on the Connecticut river, where he 
continued to reside until the infirmities of advancing age compelled him to 
make his home with his children.  For a time he lived with Nathan Jr. in 
Stratford, but passed the last years of his life with Apthorp and his married 
daughters, who lived in Canada.

Nearly five years after Captain Caswell settled on the Ammonoosuc meadow, 
there came into town, probably from Rhode Island, four brothers named 
HOPKINSON. The Christian names of two of them are certainly known, David and 
Caleb.  Another was A.M., and it is probable that the name of the fourth 
brother was William.  They entered the wilderness and made the first clearing 
on the meadow formed by the great bend of the Connecticut, at North 
Littleton. With the Caswells they were several times forced by hostile 
Indians to flee to the fort at Northumberland, but remained on their farms in 
this town most of the time.  After the close of the war David settled in 
Guildhall VT, Caleb alone continuing to reside in town for any length of 
time.  The Hopkinsons kept an inn for the accomodation of man and beast 
passing between the Lower and Upper Coos.

In 1781 CAPTAIN PELEG WILLIAMS and ROBERT CHARLTON were added to the list of
settlers.  Captain Williams joined the Hopkinsons on the Great Bow meadow, 
taking the upper end.  Charlton pitched his lot in the west part of the town,
on the farm now occupied by Russell Steere.  He remained on this place until
he traded with Colonel Little for the trace which included the Howard farm,
how owned by Thomas J. Albee.

LUKE HITCHCOCK came into town in 1783, and located on the farm now owned by
Dr. Tuttle, in the northern part of the town.

In 1784 the years in which Apthorp was divided and Littleton and Dalton 
created, there were but twelve polls and eight families in Littleton. These 
were the Caswells, Peleg Williams, Caleb Hopkinson, Luke Hitchcock, Mr. Nash, 
Samuel Learnard, and John Chace.  Robert Charlton and John Wheeler were
unmarried.  In that part of the town which was subsequently incorporated into
Dalton, there were but two families, Walter Bloss, who lived near the Sumner
farm, and Moses Blake, at the ferry, above John's river.

There are no reliable data respecting the number of inhabitants of Apthorp.
The number of polls in 1783 was nine, and in 1784 twelve.  Mr. Caswell's
family consisted of fourteen persons.  There were four in the family of Peleg
Williams, whose daughter was espoused by Caleb Hopkinson about this time.
Nothing certain is known of the remaining families, but it is probable that
the population at no time exceeded forty.

TRISTRAM DALTON and NATHANIEL TRACY, in 1783, purchased of Hon. John Hurd, of
Haverhill, the ten thousand acres deeded him by the proprietors of Apthorp,
at the time the charter was granted.  John Hurd was the most influential
resident of the Coos county, and possessed the confidence of Governor 
Wentworth in the largest degree.  It is supposed that the tract was deeded to 
him in payment for his "influence" in securing the charter from the Governor. 
These ten thousand acres, together with the six thousand purchased of Messrs. 
Little, constituted the town of Dalton.  The rest of the grant owned by the 
Littles, became Littleton.  Although legislative sanction of the division of 
Apthorp was not obtained until November 1784, the proprietors had 
substantially consummated the work the last day of June in that year, and the 
birth of Littleton may well be ascribed to that date.

The new town progressed rapidly, the population increasing one hundred per 
cent in the next six years.  The close of the Revolutionary war caused a 
large influx of people into all of the New Hampshire grants, and Littleton 
gathered her full share. 

SARGENT CURRIER came into town in 1785, locating on the Great Bow meadow.
THOMAS MINER, with a large family of children, came the following year and
made the first clearing on the farm now owned by Curtis L. Albee.  The same
year SARGENT CURRIER married Mr. Miner's daughter, and moved to an adjoining
lot.  In 1787 Jonas and John Nurs came from Keene.  Jonas made the first 
break in the wilderness at the junction of the county raods, on what is now 
the Wheeler farm at North Littleton.  John settled with him and afterwards 
built a log cabin on the bluff above the Parker brook on the Isaac parker 
farm, a mile and a half below the village. The Nurs brothers were large and 
vigorous men and left a numerous progeny, many of whom still reside in town.  
The next three years added considerable new blood to the population. Among 
others came Henry Bemis, who bought the betterments on one of the lots 
abandoned by the Hopkinsons; Jonas Lewis, who also took one of the meadow 
farms on the Great Bend.  In 1789 James Williams came from Providence, R.I., 
settled on the farm still known by his name, at the north part of the town; 
the same year Ebenezer Pingree and Jonathan Eastman, Mr. Pingree taking a lot 
near James Williams, while Mr. Eastman settled near the mills, on what is now 
known as Rankin's brook.  James Rankin, with a grown-up family of seven sons 
and daughters, moved into town in 1791, from Thorton.  The previous year he 
had exchanged with Col. Little a tract of land in Thornton for eleven hundred
acres of land in Littleton, and the mills on the brook which was to bear his
name.  He gave each of his children a farm of one hundred and fifty acres
With the exception of the mill property the land lay in a compact tract, and 
for agricultural purposes was one of the most valuable in town.  In 1792 came
David Lindsay, Jacob and Ephraim Bailey, Whitcomb Powers, Silas Symonds
and Nathan Applebee.  The Cushmans, Paul, Saul and Parker, came in 1793,
and also Elisha Mann, who settled on the hill which still bears his name.
Joseph Hatch, about this time, pitched alot in the vicinity of Partridge 
pond.  Vespatian and Silas Wheeler came in 1794.  Joseph W. Morse in 1795,
Eliphalet Carter in 1796, and was followed by his brothers Moses, Eben,
Thomas and Daniel within the next two years. The brothers located at the west
end where some of their descendants still reside. David Goodall, who was to
leave his impress on the town, came in 1798 or 1799, as did also Douglas
Robins.  Noah Farr about the same time, a little later, perhaps, settled on
and gave his name to Farr hill.

Many of the settlers who came prior to 1795 afterwards went to Canada, 
whither they were drawn by the cry of "cheap land."  A number of the 
Caswells, Learned, Smith Williams, James Rankin Jr., James Jackson, a partner 
of Learned, and Levi Aldrich, were among the number.  The Hopkinsons went to 
Guildhall VT, and Lancaster NH, and John Wheeler returned to Charlestown.  
There are at present time living in Littleton descendants of Nathan Caswell, 
Thomas Miner, Robert Charlton, Henry Bemis, Jonas and John Nurs, Jonathan 
Eastman, James Williams, Joseph W. Morse, David Goodall, Douglas Robins and 
Noah Farr.

At the close of the century each of the natural divisions of the town had 
been settled.  For twenty years the pioneers were surrounded with 
difficulties and discouragements.  Their life, under the most favorable 
circumstances was necessarily one of hardship and privation, and these were 
augmented by the neglect of the proprietors to fulfill the terms under which 
the settlements had been made.  Among other stipulations, the proprietors had 
agreed to build mills and roads, but it appears that eighteen years after the 
first settlement was made, these promises had been substantially disregarded. 

It is true that in 1781 Gen. Jacob Bailey for the proprietors had thrown a 
few logs across the brook subsequently to be known as Rankin's, and had 
erected a rude grist-mill, but it was such a primitive affair that seven 
years later it was entirely useless, and the inhabitants had to travel  fifteen miles over a road that was little better than a bridle-path to have 
their corn and wheat ground.  The condition of the people at this time was 
graphically described by Capt. Peleg Williams in a petition presented to the 
General Court, June 16, 1788, in which he ssaid that they were "under such 
poor and difficult circumstances that we cannot live in said town nor move 
out of the same unless your honors will interfere in our behalf."  There was 
no blacksmith in the settlement, no school, no church, and a score of years 
was yet to pass before the struggling hamlet was to be blessed with a lawyer 
or doctor.
  After the organization of the town, an earnest and successful effort was
made to secure from the proprietors a fulfillment of their promises in regard
to building mills, and Captain Peleg Williams was chosen an agent to petition
the General Court for the passage of an act to enable the town to assess and
collect a tax for the purpose of building a road through the town. An act was
passed authorizing the selectmen to levy the tax and make the road, but for
some cause they did nothing but assess the tax. It was not collected until
additional legislation was secured and a committee of non-residents appointed
by the General Court to lay out and construct the road. This was done in 
1793. This highway followed very nearly the course of the existing road from 
Dalton Line to the Gilman Wheeler farm where it diverged to the left, passed 
over the hill back of the residence of C.W. Bedel and Porter W. Bean, 
 crossing the line of the present road just before reaching Theron Allen's 
house; thence up the hill to the sight of the old meeting house; thence west 
of Elijah Fitch's along Parker mountain to the present residence of Nathaniel 
Flanders, whence it followed the course of the existing road to the line of 
Gunthwait (now Lisbon).  A branch of this road, also called the County road, 
had been built from Lyman line past the Foster, Charlton, C.L. Albee, Adams 
and William Wheeler farms, forming a junction with the former road on the 
Connecticut river near the farm now owned by George W. Richardson.  Other 
roads were constructed from time to time as the demands of the growing 
population required, without exciting more than the usual amount of 
controversy.

MILLS AND MANUFACTURING
The first settlers found the town covered with a dense growth of primeval
forest.  In the natural order of things, they first built log cabins and then
began the labor of clearing the land for cultivation. As this work 
progressed, large quantities of ashes accumulated and this gave rise to the 
first manufacturing industry.  Poasheries were erected in the several 
sections of the town and the crude salts manufactured for exportation. The 
work of converting the timber, much of it white pine, "clear as a hound's 
tooth," into ashes  went on for some years--indeed, it was not until 1800 
that the timber could be profitably marketed.

We have alluded to the Bailey mill as the first erected in the township. It 
was a poor apology for a grist-mill and did not last but a year or two, 
perhaps, because every man who bought a grist was his own miller.  Andrew 
Caswell  attempted to repair it in 1786, and succeeded in operating it for a 
few months. In 1789 the proprietors induced Jonathan Eastman to move into 
town and build a saw and grist-mill.  They gave him the Sargent Currier farm 
now known as the Steere place, with the improvements, and, in 1790, he had 
built a new grist-mill, and the saw-mill though not covered, had a board saw 
in running order.  These mills were built on the site of the mills now 
standing on Rankin's brook.  During the winter of 1790, 1791, James Rankin 
came from Thorton and traded with Col. Little for the mills and other 
property as before stated.  Under his energetic supervision and that of his 
son, David, these mills did a large business for the next half century.  The 
surrouding country was covered with a magnificent growth of white pine, and 
many thousand feet found its way to this mill, and thence to the landing 
below McIndoes Falls, where it was sold, the best quality bringing four 
dollars and fifty cents a thousand.
  After the death of James Rankin in 1802, his son David managed the mills 
for forty-two years.  They have since been owned by George and Sylvanus 
Mulliken, Solomon Whiting and others.

SOLOMON MANN, who came from Newbury, VT., began the erection of a dam at the
falls of the Ammonoosuc, and before the close of the year 1798 had a saw-mill
and grist-mill in operation, but they were not considered suitable objects 
for taxation the following year.  Mr. Mann went away after a few years, 
selling the mills about 1802 to Asa Lewes, who owned them until his death in 
1816 when a grist-mill was purchased by Noah Farr and Moses Hazen, and the 
saw-mill by Noah and Joseph Farr.  The Farrs disposed of their interest about 
1819.  Since then the grist-mill has been woned successively by John Gile, 
Timothy Gile, John and Ida Hodge, Eastman, Tilton & Co., Samuel A. Edson, and 
by C.& C.F. Eastman.  It has been several times rebuilt, and is now a large 
and excellent mill, operated by EZRA B. GATES, under a lease.  The saw-mill, 
after passing through several hands, became the property of John Bowman, who 
operated it upon quite an extensive scale.  It was demolished in 1867.

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In 1799 Peter Bonney and Pennel Leavens purchased lot No 11 in the eighth
range, where the business part of the village now stands, and Mr. Leavens,
in 1801 or 1802, erected the first carding-mill on the site of the sash and
blind shop of Fitzgerald & Burnham. Leavens sold out in a short time, but was
employed in the mill until 1808.  Ebenezer Cushman bought it in 1811, but
sold to David Richardson in 1814.  In 1815 the mill was destroyed by fire,
and Eben Richardson and Freeman Palmer lost their lives in the flames. It was
rebuilt and run by Ebenezer Cushman until 1824, when it was purchased by
Timothy A. Edson and Josiah Kilburn. Mr. Kilburn sold his interest to
Jefferson Hosmer, who sold to Sylvanus Balch.  Joseph Roby afterwards owned
the property and sold to Bellows & Stevens in 1835.  About 1841 it passed
into the possession of John Gile, and in 1851 James Hale removed the custom
machinery and put in a set for manufacturing flannel. The building was
subsequently used as a bedstead factory and as a foundry, but is now owned
by Tilton & Goodall manufacturers of under-wear, who began the business in
1883.  THey employ a dozen hands and are able to turn out about 1,000 dozen
pieces annually.

A tannery was built on the site of the present one by Peter Bonney, who came
from Charlestown, N.H. in 1799.  The tannery was in operation the following
year and Mr. Bonney was connected with it until 1829, when he sold to
Sewell Brackett, who had been his partner for a few years.  In less than two
years it passed back into the hands of Otis Batchelder, who operated it
until 1865, having Rufus Whipple and Roswell H. Curtis as partners for a
brief time. He was followed by Calvin J. Wallace who sold to Silas Parker.
His partners were his son Ira and James and W.F. Parker. This tannery is now
owned and run by R.D. Rounsevel.
  
Early in the century saw-mills were built in various locations, but were
mostly small and inconsequential affairs.  One was built in 1802 by
Samuel Learned Jr., and was managed by him until he went to Canada. It was
also operated by Smith Williams for a time, but had tumbled to decay long
before 1860.  Another was built on Caswell (Lewes) brook in 1824 and
disappeared about 1850.  It was owned by Moses Lewis.  A few years later
a small mill was erected on the Ainsworth brook and used for custom
business; also one on the Palmer brook log known as the Pepper mill. THese
mills were never much of a factor in the business of the town.
  In 1812-13 a mill was built by Michael Fitzgerald, for the Littles, on
the Ammonoosuc near the line of Concord (now Lisbon).  It was situated
on the opposite side of the river from the mill now owned by the Littleton
Lumber Company, and was operated for the proprietors by Mr. Fitzgerald.
It was subsequently purchased by Capt. Isaac Abbott, later by Peter 
Paddleford and his son Philip H., who erected just below it a shop for the
manufacture of all kinds of mill machinery. This mill, while managed by
Messrs. Fitzgerald and Abbott, did an extensive business. It was demolished
about twenty years ago.
  The next mill of consequence was the one now operated by George W.
Richardson, at the Scythe factory village.  It was built by Edmund Carleton,
Esq., and Dr. Adams Moore, in 1832. This was extensively operated by Calvin
and Benjamin F. Cate until they went out of business in 1874.
  William Brackett and Isaac Abbott built a mill in the village below the
woolen-mill in 1820, where a large amount of pine and other lumber was
manufactured until 1865.  This mill has, within a few years, been converted
into a carpenter's shop.

H.C. REDINGTON & CO. built a mill and box factory where the old schythe 
factory formerly stood on the Ammonoosuc, and have operated it from 1869 
until the present time. They employ a dozen hands.

LITTLETON LUMBER COMPANY'S MILL, on the east side of the river, at 
Willowdale, manufactures between 3,000,000 and 4,000,000 feet of lumber
annually.  Charles D. Tarbell is the agent of the company. The first mills
were erected in 1870. New buildings have been erected as the growth of the
business demanded, until they number about twenty, including a general store
and a grist-mill recently added.  A postoffice called "Willowdale" has been
established here and a flag-station upon the B. & L. R.R.  Their commodious
yards are accomodated with side tracks from the railroad.  The company
employs from forty to fify hands.

The woolen-mill was bought by a stock company in 1838. Bellows & Stevens,
and John Farr were among the principal stock-holders.  The machinery was
put in and manufacturing began in 1840.  John Herrin was agent.  The company
failed, and in 1846 the property passed into the possession of E.J.M. and
Joseph W. Hale, of Haverhill, Mass., J.W. Hale becoming the resident partner.
Additional machinery was added from time to time until the mill contained
seven sets.  J.W. Hale sold to his partner in 1860, and in 1862, Rufus B.,
son of E.J. M. Hale, became partner and manager. While owned by the
Messrs. Hale, the business was very successful. IN 167 the mill was purchased
by a firm consisting of Leland, Allen & Bates, of Boston, and Mr. Townsend,
of Milton NH.  They sold to Jordan, Marsh & Co. of Boston, Mass, who used it
for the manufacture of woolen blankets as well as flannels.  For a time it
was occupied by Joseph and Robert H. Whittaker, but, after lying idle for
several years, it was changed into a glove shop and is now owned and 
occupied by Ira Parker & Co. (The Littleton Saranac Buck Glove Company) who
employ two hundred hands and turn out 20,000 to 40,000 dozen pairs of
gloves annually.
  The first scythe factory was built below the Carlton mill by Ely, Farr & 
Co., (George W. Ely, John Farr and George B. Redington) in 1835. It was three
times destroyed by fire.  The manufacture of scythes was carried on here for
years, a larger part of the time by H.C. Redington & Co. The N.H. Scythe &
Axe Company invested a large amount of capital in an attempt to establish a
permanent business. They built the mill and dam now known by their corporate
name on the river below the Redington mill, but it is now idle, the company
having gone into liquidation.

C.F. CHANDLER & CO. have carried on the manufacture of paper boxes on Mill
street since May 1883. From the employment of two hands, in the beginning,
the business has grown so as to necessitate the employment of ten hands.
They turn out $7,0000 worth of goods annually.

RANLETT & HARRIS carry on the only shop in town, exclusively devoted to the
manufacture of carriages and sleighs.  This business has been carried on
in the same building for twenty-five years.  The firm of Ranlett & Harris
was formed in 1880. They use both steam and water-power.  Employ a dozen
hands, and turn out $15,000.00 worth of goods per annum.

The EUREKA GLOVE MANUFACTURING COMPANY, Nelson Parker, president, was
established in 1876, located in the Union block, where they remained six
years.  In January 1882, they removed to their present quarters, in 
Tilton's Opera block. Their tanning process is patented. They employ fifty
hands, their annual production reaching 12,000 to 15,000 dozen pairs.

THE WHITE MOUNTAIN GLOVE WORKS, Alonzo Weeks, treasurer, and Robert Miner,
manager, commenced business in 1880, manufacturing all kinds of gloves and
mittens of oil-tanned Saranac stock.  They employ fifty hands in their
shops and give work to many outside, producing 5,000 dozen pairs yearly.

THE GRANITE STATE GLOVE COMPANY, the youngest of the four large glove
manufacturing establishments of this town, was established in 1881. They
began business with one cutter, in a room 20x30 feet, making in 1881,
550 dozens.  In 1883 their facilities for work were increased six-fold,
while their present shop is 28x60 feet, three stories high.  A sixty
horse-power boiler gives heat, and steam for their fifty horse-power engine,
which, with a forty horse power water-wheel gives them ample power at all
seasons of the year.  Their shops is one mile from the center of the
village, having telephone and stage communications.  They employ sixty-five
hands, their product in 1884 being 6,000 dozen pairs.

THE AMERICAN SLATE COMPANY'S QUARRY--On road 38, there is a large slate
quarry, which will probably be worked extensively. The company was first
organized under the laws of the state of Massachusetts, taking the name
of the American Slate Company.  There had been expended about seventy
thousand dollars in opening and developing the quarry, erecting buildings,
etc.  Experts pronounce the slate equal to the Welch, and there is a 
probability of its being profitably worked at no very distant day.

THE LITTLETON HONE-STONE COMPANY was formed in 1883, for the purpose of
making hones, scythe-stones, and stones for sharpening all kinds of edged
tools. The stone is procured in part from a quarry at North Lisbon, and
partly from North Littleton, the latter yielding the material for hones.
They use water-power from the Apthrop reservoir, and with a fall of 280
feet, a half inch stream with the Backus motor equals a twelve horse-power
engine.  The company employs five hands, and have facilities for turning
out $15,000.00 worth of goods annually.

M.A. BOWLES & SON carry on the manufacture of bobbins, at Scytheville. The
business was establishes in 1883. They use both steam and water-power,
employing five hands, and they turn out annually about 1,500,000 bobbins.

OTHO CARTER'S GRIST-MILL, on road 16, was established thirty years ago. It
is wholly a custom mill, with two runs of stones, and does considerable
work, both for the farmers of this town and from across the river in
Vermont. The building is of stone, and the power is supplied by water from
Rankin's brook.

KILBURN'S STEROSCOPIC VIEW MANUFACTORY.--The Kilburn brothers commenced the
manufacture of stereoscopic views in 1868, on a small sacle, on the north
side of the river, in the village of Littleton. The business has steadily
increased, until now their successor, Benjamin W. Kilburn, carries it on
very extensively, in a three-story building on cottage street, on the south
side of the river.  He employs an average force of sixteen hands, mostly
women.  During the last year he turned out 600,000 views.

DOW & FOGG, contractors and builders, manufacture stair-rails, balusters, &c
located on Saranac street. They employ four hands.

FITZGERALD & BURNHAM'S SASH, DOOR & BLIND MANUFACTORY on Mill street, was
established in 1852.  They both use steam and water.  

Among other articles of manufacture which have at different times been 
prosecuted by citizens may be mentioned potato whisky, starch, pails and 
tubs, hats, chairs and furniture, matches, and a foundry which was for
thirty years conducted by Josiah and Benjamin W. Kilburn.

The manufactures of the town of Littleton, according to the census of 1880,
were as follows:
  Number of establishments.............33
  Capital invested.....................$258,450.00
  Average Number of male employees above sixteen years of age... 238
  Average number of female employees above fifteen years of age.. 73 
  Average number of children and youth employed.................. 1
  Amount of wages paid.................$103,297.00
  Cost of materials used...............$485,339.00
  Value of product.....................$786,196.00

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BANKS
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LITTLETON NATIONAL BANK was incorporated in 1871, with a capital of
$100,000.00 and the first bills issued November 15 of that year. About a 
year later the capital was increased to $150,000.00.  The present surplus
and undivided profit is about $50,000.00  The bank was located in Tilton
block until 1877 when the present commodious brick building was erected,
provided with strong vaults, time locks and other modern improvements.
The first officers were John Farr, president, W.B. Dennison, cashier.
Mr. Dennison resigned a year later when Oscar C. Hatch became cashier.
A few years later Henry L. Tilton was elected vice-president. The same
gentlemen have held their offices since.

LITTLETON SAVINGS BANK was established in 1871.  John Farr was president.
W.B. Dennison was treasurer during the first year, when he resigned and
O.C. Hatch became treasurer. In January 1880, Mr. Farr resigned the 
presidency and Judge George A. Bingham was elected to that office. The
president deposits due depositors amount to over $650,000.00 besides which
there is a healthy surplus of $20,000.  The office is in apartments of
the National bank building, the upper story of which is occupied as law
offices.

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SCHOOLS AND EDUCATION
******
Among the early settlers were to be found many who possessed an excellent
education for that day.  Capt. Caswell, Peleg Williams and Thomas Miner were
among that number.  Robert Charlton had been educated at private schools in
England and was an accomplished scholar.  James Rankin received an education
in Scotland, while James, William and Ebenezer Pingree were men of thorough
business ability and scholarship.  These men naturally took a warm interest
in the education of the young.  While we find no records of any action
on the part of the town in regard to the establishment of schools until
1791, schools were kept in private houses and during the summer in barns,
as early as 1782.  Robert Charlton was the first teacher, and continued to
keep a private school until 1791, when we find the first public record in
reference to schools.  At the annual meeting of that year it was "voted that
sixteen bushels of wheat be raised for the use of schools next winter."
Wheat was then the circulating medium of the town and was not considered so
much of a drug in the transaction of business in the infant settlement as 
its silver at the present day.  Robert Charlton kept the school this year
and also in 1792 and 1793.  The same amount of wheat was appropriated in
1792 and twenty bushels in 1793.  The first division of the town into
school districts was made at the annual March meeting in 1792, when it was
"voted that the town be divided into three districts, and that the division
be at the parting of the roads at the Wheeler place, so-called (the
Geo. W. Richardson farm)."  The districts thus created were identical with
the highway districts and were called the upper, middle and lower.  There 
have been additional districts established as the increasing population
required, until they numbered nineteen in 1865.
  The first school-house was built near the site of the present building,
in district No. 3.  It was a log structure, the interior being fitted with
seats and benches of the rudest description.  The earliest account we
have of the proceedings of a school meeting is found in the records of the
town, where it was placed by Robert Charlton.  The meeting was for the
lower district, and was held at the house of Capt. Thomas Miner, 
November 8, 1794.  It was "Voted to build a school-house between Mr. Miner's
and Mr. Eastman's in some convenient place near the causeway.  Agreed that
each of the Inhabitants shall pay or work their proportional part towards
Building a House finding Glass, Nails etc.  Agreed that each Inhabitant
shall respectively assist in Building, another School House at the lower
part of the District nigh Mr. Blake's Post-Ash. To be built in the month of
June.  Agreed to give Robert Charlton eight bushels of wheat per month & to
begin in about the last of December and keep two months."
  The house first provided for was erected at once, but the other was not
erected for some years.  At a meeting for the same district, held exactly one
year later, it was voted to divide the district at a point midway between the
"crotch of the roads at the Wheeler place and Lyman line nigh Lunt's."
Capt. Thomas Miner, Levi Aldrich and Joseph Hatch were chosen district
committee.  Ansel Hatch was elected teacher of the new district, "to keep for
three months at nine bushels of wheat per month."  The school was to be
kept at the house of th teacher.
  In 1805 the town was divided into eight school districts.  The 
superintending school committee of to-day were then known as school
inspectors.  Rev. David Goodall, Dr. William Burns and Robert Charlton
constituted the first board, elected in 1809.
  Prior to 1866 the village was divided into three district numbered 8, 15
and 17 respectively.  In 8 and 15 there were two schools each.  The union of
these districts had been agitated for some years, but no concerted action
had been taken to accomplish the desired result, until the spring of
1866, when each of them voted to unite.  They were first organized under
the Somersworth act and re-organized under the Concord act in 1868.  The
district is governed by a board of education consisting of nine members.
A new school-house, one of the best in the state, was finished in 1869,
which cost $32,000.
  The district schools of Littleton have been well up to the average of the
schools in the state.  Fifty years ago the school in district No. 3 was noted
for the attainments of its pupils, and in the fifties that on Mann's hill
was regarded as among the most advanced in New Hampshire.  A alrge number
of teachers have been graduated from the common school of the town, who
have achieved a fame in their chosen profession which has extended
beyond the limits of New England.  Among the most noted may be mentioned
Nelson E. Cobleigh, D.D. LL.D., for a time president of McKendee university
and afterwards of the East Tennessee Wesleyan university; Melinda Rankin,
daughter of General David, who has devoted a life time to the instruction
of youths in this and other lands; Mrs. E.M. Walton, nee BOnney, now at the
had of the ENglish department of Mine Zeitska's institute, San Francisco,
California; Mrs. L.M. Wilson, the present superintendent of schools at
Des Moines Iowa, was for some years a teacher in Union school district.
  Outside of Union school district, there are at present 251 pupils.  The
average number of weeks schooling during the year has been twenty-four;
amount of school money $2,055.65; cost per scholar, $8.19.  In union school
district there are 364 pupils; amount of school money $4,274.40; cost per
scholar, $11.74.  Total number of puplis in town, 615; amount of school
money exclusive of that raised for building and repairs, $6,330.05
  Since the establishment of the high school the following principals have
presided for the time specified: Charles E. Harrington, 1868; Frank J.
Burnham, 1869; John J. Ladd, 1870, 1871, 1872; Frank D. Hutchins 1873;
Frank P. Moulton 1874, 1875, 1876; Benjamin F. Robinson 1877, 1878;
Austin H. Kennerson, 1879; Harry H. McIntire, 1880; A.G. Millen, a part of
1881; and Dana P. Dame from 1881 to the present. Rev. G.M. Curl is
superintendent of school.

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STORES, MERCHANTS AND OTHER BUSINESS
************
During the first quarter of the history of Littleton there was no store
within its limits.  At first the settlers went to Haverhill to trade and
later to Bath.  About 1785 John Wheeler, who was of Charleston, N.H. opened
a small store near the "parting of the ways" at the Wheeler place.  He kept a
small stock of goods, largely of the "wet" variety, and it is presumed that
the business was not very remunerative as he disposed of it a few years
later to Samuel Larnard Jr., who soon after took James Jackson into
partnership, and together they continued the business until about 1805.
This firm did a large business in the way of "barter," handling very little
money.  They manufactured lumber at the mill on Cow brook, dealt in cattle,
potash and all sorts of produce then raised by the farmers of the town.
They became interested in the lumber business on the Ottawa river in Canada,
and there Larnard went in 1809.  Larnard was a large, powerful man,
possessed of great energy but careless of details, which may account, in a
measure, for the general failure of his enterprises.  Jackson is described 
as a man of fine presence and gentle manners, and is said to have been
robbed of his interest in the business by his more aggressive partner.  
Tilotson Wheeler conducted this busiess from 1805 to 1814, when the
growing prosperity of the village rendered a continuance in trade at this
point unprofitable and the business was abandoned.

The first store in the village was built where the Coburn house now stands,
by Timothy Kiteridge, in 1801 or 1802, and here Maj. Curtis began business
a year or two later with William Brackett as clerk.  Mr. Kiteridge in the
meanwhile put up a building for a store on the ground where James Parker
now lives, but it was never occupied or finished.  It suffered the common
fate of all enterprises started by Mr. Kiteridge.

Major Ephraim Curtis had been in trade in Charleston before he came to
Littleton. He was a man of sound judgement and considerable business
experience.  In 1804 he erected the building long to be known as the "old
red store," and here, with Dr. Joseph Robie, also of Charleston, as partner,
he prosecuted a successful mercantile career mutually satisfactory to his
customers and by another major, Aaron Brackett, brother of William, who 
remained here until the store now occupied by Eaton & English and A.W. 
Bingham was erected in 1841.  William C. Brackett, son of William, was for a
long time his partner.  Cephas Brackett, of Massachusetts, a brother of the
Major, was also for a time a member of this firm, but never a resident of
the town.
  William Brackett, known to a later generation as "The Esquire," left the
employ of Major Curtis in 1805, and built a store on the meadow farm now
owned by Frank McIntire where he did a large business for thirty-five years,
earning the reputation of being a model business man, whose integrity was
never questions.  In 1841, he moved to the village, erecting the residence
now occupied by his son Cephas, and gave his attention to his large lumber
interest.  He died in December 1859, leaving a large estate.

GEORGE LITTLE, a grandson of Col. Moses, for whom the town was named, came to
Littleton in 1823, from Newbury, Mass., and took charge of the large landed
interest which his father had inherited.  He soon after built the store
known as the "Yellow Store" (subsequently owned and occupied by E.S. Wolson)
and he went into trade. He took great interest in the affairs of the town
and was a valued citizen. He was largely interested in other enterprises,
notably as a member of the several firms, George Little & Co., Bellows,
Redington & Co., and Truman Stevens and Co.  Mr. Little removed from town
in 1846.

An examination of the books of the earlier merchants and the traditions
relating to the character of their business, show that New England rum was
the most important article of commerce in the early days of the settlement.
Business was done on the credit system, and the item, "N.E.R.," was charged
in every account and more frequently than any other.  The stories current in
relation to the amount sold and the use and abuse to which it was put would
fill a volume.

GEORGE B. REDINGTON was born in Charleston NH, November 29, 1828, came
here and succeeded to the business of Mr. Little in 1829.  Three years later
his brother, Henry C., joined him as a partner, and his brother-in-law,
George W. Ely, was a member of the firm at this time.  The Redingtons have
been identified with the mercantile and business interests of Littleton
from that time to the present, a period of fifty-seven years, and have been
numbered among its most enterprising and public spirited citizens.  They were
the founders of the village at the scythe factory.

The firm of Colby & Eastman, founded in 1836, was the nucleous of a house
destined to fill a large space in the mercantile history of the town.
Cyrus Eastman came from Danville VT in 1836, and began busines in company
with Ethan Colby, in the "yellow store."  In 1841 the firm with which he
was connected built the store now occupied by Southworth & Lovejoy. He was
joined by his brothers Eben in 1843, and Franklin J. in 1853; his
brothers-in-law, Franklin and Henry L. Tilton, also became members of the
firm which frequently changed its title.  In 1838 it was Eastman, Mattock &
Co.; in 1843, Eastman, Tilton & Co; in 1853 C. & C.F. Eastman; in 1858,
again Eastman, Tilton & Co.; in 1867, C.C.F. Eastman.  In 1882 the last
named firm disposed of the business to Edson, Bailey & Eaton.  Of the
members of these firms, Messrs. Colby & Mattocks moved from town,
Ebenezer Eastman died in 1853, and Franklin Tilton in 1867. Hon. Cyrus
Eastman was a member from the beginning and is still active in business
affairs.  The several firms did a large and successful business, adding
materially to the prosperity of the town.

MARQUIS L. GOULD was one of the old-time merchants of Littleton. He began his
business career as clerk for William Brackett, in the store on the meadow.
For a long time after entering into business for himself, he occupied the
brick store at the corner of Main and Saranac streets.  John W. Balch was
one of his partners as early as 1845.  Afterward the business was merged
in the Farmers' and Mechanics' store, a stock company.  When the affairs of
this company were liquidated, Goold & Balch continued in partnership until
1854, when they dissolved, Mr. Balch remaining at the old stand, while Mr.
Goold opened a boot and shoe shop in the building now occupied by I.W.
Pennock.

JOHN FARR, now president of the Littleton National Bank, began his career as
a merchant with W.C. & A. Bracket.  Subsequently he was in business alone
and for a time with Mr. Goold.  Mr. Farr closed his mercantile life prior
to 1848.  Fry W. Gile, now a banker at Topeka, Kansas, began in the "brick
store," then moved to a building that stood upon the site of Thayer's Hotel.
Subsequently he built what is now known as McCoy's block, in which he opened
a shop.  A Mr. Merrill, from Haverhill, Mass., was at one time his partner.
In 1854 or 1855 Mr. Gile went to Kansas.

WILLIAM BAILEY, now of Claremont [NH] was in trade for a long time in the
store now occupied by Royal P. White.  He sold out to H.H. Southworth in 
1866.  Mr. Southworth after a time moved to the store now owned by
Southworth & Lovejoy. George Farr, Charles Taylor and F.W. English were
members of this firm at different times.

HAMILTON BAILEY sold merchandise in the building now occupied by E.T. Parker
& SOn, prior to 1840.  This was erected by E.S. Woolson for a residence and
tailoring establishment.  Mr. Woolson purchased and moved into the "yellow
store" after it was vacated by Eastman, Mattocks & CO., where he continued
in business for many years.

HENRY L. THAYER camet to Littleton, from Danville VT in 1841, and opened a
general store in this building (the Parker store).  His business flourished,
but his ambition lying in another direction, he closed his mercantile career
in 1852.  His brother, Daniel E., was afterward a merchant at the same stand
and also in the Southworth & Lovejoy store.

Among others in trade from 1840 to 1850 may be mentioned A. & J. M. Quimby,
Eri Gowin, and James and Byron Ames.  Messrs. White, Witcher & Farr occupied
a store in the Union block for a few years prior to 1870.

FRANCIS HODGMAN was the first watch-maker and jeweler to establish himself.
He began in 1831 and soon after added the sale of drugs and medicines to
his business, which was very prosperous.  He died in 1864, leaving two sons,
Charles and Francis F., who soon divided the business, the former taking the
druggist branch and the latter that of watch-maker and jeweler.  Francis
died in 1876 and was succeeded by Curtis Gates & Co., who sold to Robinson
Brothers, by whom is it now conducted.

ROYAL D. ROUNSEVEL began the sale of goods in the McCoy block in 1851. He 
subsequently built the Nelson C. Farr store, where he remained until he sold
out in 1870.  Mr. Rounsevel has been in active business up to the present
time, running a meadow farm at North Littleton, a hotel at the White 
mountains, and the tannery in the village.

ALONZO WEEKS is another Danville contribution to the citizenship of the town.
He came in 1844 and for thirty-eight years carried on the boot and shoe
business.  He disposed of his interest in that line to A.W. Bingham, and has
since engaged, as a member of the White Mountain Glove company, in the
manufacture of gloves and mittens.  Henry L. Tilton, another Danville boy,
began mercantile life as a clerk for Eastman, Tilton & Co.  Catching the
California fever, he went to that distant state for a period of two or
three years, but returning in 1854 he became associated with the Eastmans
and his brother Franklin, with whom he remained four years, when he formed
a co-partnership with Charles C. Wilder, at the corner of Main and Mill
streets.  Mr. Wilder retired in three years, and in 1871 William J. Bellows
and Charles J. Brackett became members of the firm under the title of
H.T. Tilton & Co.  This firm dissolved in 1873.  C.W. Bracket continued in
the hardware trade at the old stand, while Mr. Bellows, in company with his
sons, William H. and George S., purchased the store then lately occupied by
Sinclair & Merrill, dealing in Clothing, crockery and carpets.
  Sinclair & Merrill (Charles A. Sinclair and George W. Merrill) were in
business four years, from 1869 to 1873.  This business was inaugurated by
Mr. Sinclair in Tilton's block.  Soon after he purchased and fitted up
the unfinished building opposite the Union House and dealt in groceries and
grain.

HIRAM B. SMITH came from Danville and began the sale of stoves and tin ware,
which he continued until failing health caused him to dispose of his interest
to his sons, C.C. and Henry W.  This business is now conducted by Smith &
Lynch.

HENRY MERRILL, now of the Eureka Glove Company, conducted a tailoring
establishment in the store formerly occupied by William Bailey, from 1865 to
1875.  Subsequently he moved to the stand now owned by E.T. Parker & Son,
where he was in partnership with William H. Stevens for a time.

The completion of the railroad to this point in 1853 gave business, both in
manufactures and trade, a new impetus, and the town became a center to
which, in a large measure, the traffic of Bethlehem, Carroll, Franconia,
a part of Lisbon, Lyman, Waterford and Dalton flowed.  Although the
extension of the railroad removed the cause of this large influx, it did not
seem to diminish, but has been steadily on the increase from that date.

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PHYSICIANS
***
The pioneers of Littleton were a sturdy race and most of them lived beyond
the limit described by the Psalmist.  That they seldom required the services
of a physician is evident form the fact that nearly three decades from the
date of the settlement had passed before any member of the profession
considered it a sufficiently inviting field to warrant him in casting his
lot among her citizens.  Two or three times each year Dr. White of Newbury VT
rode into town and would bleed and blister such of the unfortunate as could
be persuaded to submit to the torture of the treatment then in vogue.  In 
1798, Calvin Ainsworth, of Claremont, a physician who had just reached his
majority, courageously located at North Littleton for the practice of his
profession.  For a short time he lived in the family of Burley Dow, but
soon married Susanna Howe, of New Ipswich, then a teacher at West Littleton,
and located at the parting of the roads, near the Wheeler place.  About 1805
he moved to West Littleton, where he resided until his death, July 12, 1839.
Dr. Ainsworth was a man of kindly disposition, who gained many friends. He
was a good physician but his usefulness was impaired by an unfortunate
appetite for strong drink.

DR. ISAAC MOORE who had been in practice at Bath, came to Littleton in
1806 and established himself in the house vacated by Dr. Ainsworth, near
Wheeler's.  He was a successful physician, of eccentric habits, and like
his contemporary, too much given to the use of intoxicating liquors.
After practicing here for about three years his health became broken and
he returned to Bath.

DR. WILLIAM BURNS occupies a conspicuous place in the history of the town.
He was born in Merrimack, N.H. April 15, 1783, of Scotch-Irish parentage,
and come to Littleton in 1806 where he passed a long, useful and
successful life. He died September 28, 1868. He was a skillful physician,
a strong temperance man and a hater of shams.  He never failed to
denounce in bitter language those who were not what they pretended to be.
Many stores are current illustrating the trait of his character. His interest
in the welfare of the town was ardent and always to be depended upon. He was
one of the first board of school-inspectors, and his regard for the success
of our schools continued through his life.  He often occupied the position
of superintending committee, at different times, his services extending over
forty years, whose duties he always discharged with fidelity and wisdom.
It was one of the dreams of his laters years to found a public library,
and to this end he had gathered a considerable number of volumes of general
literature, which were willed to the town. Vandal-like they were sold at
public auction after his death, and the proceeds converted into the town
treasury.  He was a Mason of long standing, holding to the principals of
the order in troublous times.  After the storm had spent its force, he
took an active interest in establishing a lodge in town, which was named in
his honor.  He also aided in the re-establishment of Franklin Chapter at
Lisbon.

ADAMS MOORE was born in Bedford New Hampshire, October 17, 1799. Graduated
at Dartmouth [College] in the class of 1822, he was for a time tutor in
his ALma Mater and principal of the academy at Peacham VT; in 1824 entered
upon the study of medicine with Dr. Burns at Littleton, in 1829, took his
degree at the Dartmouth medical college, and returning to Littleton,
began the practice of his chosen profession.  Dr. Moore was a learned man.
In his profession, in science, in literature, in politics, and in the 
knowledge of current events, he was abreast of the times.  Of a gentle and
retiring disposition, he never sought to impose his views upon others, but 
when he considered an important principle at stake, he entered into a
controversy in its support with energy and power.  Dr. Moore was twice
married, his wives being sisters and granddaughters of Moses Little, of
Newbury, Mass.  He was more familiar with the history of his adopted town
than any other person and during the last years of his life devoted himself
to its preparation for publication.  His death occurred in 1863, and is
supposed to have been hastened by the death of his son William, who lost
his life at the battle of Fredericksburg.

EZRA CARTER WORCESTER, born in Peacham VT, February 28, 1816, came to 
Littleton in 1839 and practiced medicine two years. During his residence
he cared for a large number of patients--larger, in fact, than the delicate
state of his health would permit him to attend. He is now a resident of
Thetford VT where he has been in practice for nearly thirty years. He is
a brother of Revs. Evarts and Isaac H. Worcester, both of whom were
pastors of the Littleton Congregational Church.

CHARLES MARTIN TUTTLE, was born at Eaton, P.Q., where his parents were
temporarily residing, February 18, 1820. He was educated at Peacham VT
academy, and pursued his medical studies with his uncle, Socrates Tuttle,
and William Nelson, at Barnet VT.  He attended a course of lectures at
Woodstock VT, and came to Littleton in March 1840, where he has been in an
active and exacting practice since that date, with the exception of two
years that he spent at New Bedford, Mass.  Dr. Tuttle is regarded as one of
the most skillful physicians in New Hampshire, and his practice, perhaps,
equals in extent that of any other practitioner in the state. He is learned
in medical jurisprudence, and is frequently called as a witness in cases
where the knowledge of a medical expert is needed.

CARLETON C. ABBEY came here from Middlebury VT, his native town, in 1849.
He was educated at the University of Middlebury VT, and received his medical
degree at Jefferson medical college, Philadelphia, in 1848. He practiced in
Littleton but one year, and then went to San Francisco, California, where
he died in 1853.  He gave promise of eminence in his chosen profession.

ALBERT WARREN CLARK was born in Lisbon, July 25, 1828. He received his
degree at Dartmouth medical college in the autumn of 1851, began practice
at North Woburn, Mass., early in 1852, remained there nine years, when he
came to Littleton. He at once acquired a large and lucrative practice,
which was cut short by his untimely death in March 1867.

RALPH BUGBEE has been in active practice in this town twenty-nine years. He
comes from a family of physicians, his father and two brothers having been
disciples of Escaulpius.  He was born in Waterford VT, December 20, 1821,
and was graduated from the medical school at Castleton VT in October 1845.
He began practice in his native town, where he remained nine years, and also
practiced three year sin Franconia, before he came to Littleotn, where his
practice has been large and successful. He stands high as a surgeon, having
made a specialty to some extent of that branch of the profession.

JAMES LANG HARRIMAN was of Peacham VT, where he was born May 11, 1833. He
began his study of medicine with Albert Winch, M.D. of Whitefield in 1853,
was graduated from Bowdoin medical college in 1857, and settled in Littleton
the same year.  At the outbreak of the war of the Rebellion, he became
assistant surgeon of the 13th Regt. of Massachusetts Vols.  He is now in
practice in Hudson, Mass., where he is highly esteemed.

The first physician of the homeopathic school to locate in town was
MARTIN LUTHER SCOTT, now of Northampton, Mass.  He was of Glover VT,
attended lectures at Dartmouth and at the medical college of the University
of Vermont. He came to Littleton in 1856 and remained one year.  He is now
in active practice in Northampton.

THADDEUS EZRA SANGER, M.D., son of Ezra and Sarah M. (Brown) Sanger, was
born March 12, 1832 at Troy VT. His father was a merchant of that place for
many years, and in 1834 removed to Honeoye Falls, NY where he died in 1840.
Thaddeus had the educational advantages of St. Johnsbury academy, VT where
he was fitted for college, but, as the fortunes of the family did not admit
of the course being pursued, he bravely relinquished his plan of a
collegiate career, but not his purpose to advance in knowledge and prepare
himself for his chosen field of future labor.  At the age of eighteen he
left school and went to Toledo, Ohio where for two years he was employed as
a clerk in a drug store, and during this time he devoted every available
moment, often taking from his hours of rest, to the study of medicine.
He then attended medical lectures in Philadelphia, after which he
regularly commenced his professional education under the supervision of
Drs. Stone and Sanborn, at St. Johnsbury VT, then studied with Dr. Darling,
at Lyndon VT.  By the exercise of will-power, and aided by his vigorous
intellect, he made rapid progress in his studies, and, in 1856, was
graduated from the Homeopathic Medical college, of Philadelphia.  Dr. Sanger
married, October 22, 1856, Ianthe C. Kneeland, of Victory VT. Their children
are Ellen I., Lillian E., and Katie F.  Dr. Sanger located first in
Hardwick VT, and remained there two years. He came to Littleton, July 12,
1858, and has since been in constant practice, mostly within a radius of
twenty miles.  He was a pioneer of his system in this section, and the first
physician of the homeopathic school in New Hampshire, north of Lake Village.
He entered into his work with great enthusiasm, and his subsequent career
has shown his natural fitness for his profession. His reputation as a 
skillful and successful practitioner was soon established and caused him
to be consulted by allopathic physicians as well as those of his own
school; he is frequently called in consultation throughout Northern Vermont
and Northern New Hampshire, and stands high in the estimation of the leading
medical men of the state.  Dr. Sanger became a member of the American
Institution of Homeopathy in 1870. He has been a member of the New Hampshire
Homeopathic Medical Society sine 1865, and has served in the higher offices;
censor for fifteen years; vice president in 1876 and 1877; president for the
years 1878, 1879 and 1880. He received the honorary degree of "Doctor of
Homeopathic Medicine" in 1867; in 1871 he was appointed by the government
pension surgeon for the Union States pension bureau, and still holds the
position.  Through his efforts the Connecticut Valley Homeopathic Medical
society of Northern New Hampshire was organized, and he was its president two
years.  He is medical examiner for the Knights of Honor, and the Provident
Mutual association of new Hampshire.  He is much interested in Free Masonry,
having connected himself with BUrns Lodge, Littleton, December 7, 1870;
received chapter degree, Franklin Chapter at Lisbon in 1881; was made Knights
Templar of the St. Gerard Commandery, January 23, 1882; took council degrees
at Omega Council, Plymouth, February 11, 1884; received the 32 degree 
Scottish rite at the valley of Nashua, December 21, 1883. He has held and
still holds important Masonic offices. He was Junior Warden in 1871; Senior
Warden in 1872 and 1873; Warden of Commander in 1882; Captain General in 
1883; Eminent Commander in 1884, and now (1886) occupies the position;
Grand Captain of the Guard of Grant COmmander of the State in 1884, and
Grand Warden in 1885.  Dr. Sanger belongs to no denominational sect, his
religion is the "Fatherhood of God, and the Universal Brotherhood of Man," as
exemplified in the Masonic order. Politically he is a Republican, but has
never aspired to office, and refuses to accept any, yet he has always been
alive to all matters of social interest. Dr. Sanger's success is a good
example of what can be achieved by having a fixed aim in life. He has 
acquired distinction and a name by means of natural talents, a genial temper,
and a life of unremitting application to the work he took in hand. The first
five years of his medical experience he established a character for his
system of medicine from an adverse starting point, and a place for
himself as a surgeon and physician worthy of high commendation. He has
become an authority for the homeopathic school in Northern New Hampshire. His
personal qualities have attached to him a large and respectable body of
adherents.  He is cool and sagacious in his battle with human infirmity,
and persistent in his belief that "like cures like." His earnestness and
sincerity, combined with successful results, have inspired and converted 
many to his faith, and under this inspiration he now enjoys a lucrative
practice, as he has done from the early days of his medical career. His
quick and brilliant intellect, his clearness of perception, his ready wit
and apt repartee, his unvarying good nature and fine conversational powers
make him a general favorite and a welcome guest at the fireside and in the
social circle.

ADAMS BROCK WILSON, born March 8, 1842 at Newbury, Vermont, was graduated at
Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut, and subsequently pursued his
medical studies with Drs. H.L. Watson and Dixi Crosby, attended lectures at
Dartmouth and Burlington, VT, medical schools and in 1866 came to Littleton.
He at once gained the confidence of the community and established a large
practice, his devotion to which developed the latent seeds of consumption,
and at the close of his second year his health was entirely broken.  He
continued, however, to attend patients six months longer, until he was
forced by the proress of the disease, which has fastened itself upon him,
to surrender.  He died at Bradford, Vermont, August 3, 1869. In 1866 he
married Lou M. Little, daughter of William Little, of this town.

HENRY LYMAN WATSON was born in Salisbury in 1811, pursued his medical course
under Dr. Leonard Eaton and Prof. R.D. Mussey, attended lectures at 
Dartmouth and Vermont medical colleges, practiced at Stewartstown, 
Guildhall and Newbury, Vermont, before coming to Littleton in 1867, where he
has since resided and is considered an excellent physician.

Among the physicians hwo have come in practice here, but not for a
sufficient length of time to be identified with the town, may be mentioned
Edward Josiah Brown, now of Minneapolis, Minn., who was here for a few
months in 1880; Leonard Marshall Eddy, son of William Eddy, who was here for
a year (1870) and died in Bartlett in November 1877; George Ralph Bugbee,
son of Ralph Bugbee MD who remained here one year and is now at WHitefield;
Harvey Edwin McIntire, son of Warren mcIntire, now at the west;
Dr. Genereux, from 1881 to 1884, and T.T. Gushman who came here after an
active practice for many years at Lunenburgh, Vermont, and remained about a
year (1868).  Of the younger members of the profession now in full
practice are Frank Tifft Moffett, son of Col. Alden Moffeet, who took his
degree at Harvard medical college in 1871, George Wilbur McGregor of
Dartmouth medical college 1878, who established himself in 1880, and
Benjamin Franklin Page who took his degree at the medical college of
Vermont University in 1867 and came from St. Johnsbury Vermont in 1881.

The physicians now practicing in Littleton are Charles M. Tutle, 
Ralph Bugbee, T.E. Sanger, Henry L. Watson, Frank T. Moffett, George W.
McGregor and Benjamin F. Page.  They are skillful physicians and each
enjoys a large and lucrative practice.

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HOTELS AND HOSTELRIES
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Littleton has always been famous for the excellence of its hostelries.
During the early years of the settlement every house was in sense an inn.
The cabins of the settlers were few and far between and the line of travel
between the upper and lower Coos passed through Apthorp for a distance of
nearly fourteen miles.  From the principal settlement at the northern part
of the town to Lancaster was fifteen miles, to Haverhill thirty-five miles.
The road was wet, stormy and often impassable, so that travelers journeying
through the settlement were usually compelled to seek rest and refreshment
with the pioneers of Apthorp.  To their credit it may be said that the
latch string was always out and the accomodation for man and beast, ample.

Before the Revolutionary war, the Hopkinsons on the "Great Bend" kept a 
tavern, the first in town. Although Caswell's cabin was large and his
hospitality generous to a fault, he never kept what ws then known as a
tavern, but his accomodations were frequently taxed to their full capability
in caring for those making the journey before alluded to.  After the war
James Williams kept a public house at the place still known by his name.
Jonas Nurs also kept an inn, that was long famous, on the Fitch place.
Samuel F. Hammond lived near the Wheeler farm and kept an inn, where in
subsequent years the town meetings were often held.  In the decade from
1795 to 1805, the county road was dotted at points a few miles apart with
these taverns.  Following it from Concord (now Lisbon) line to that of
Dalton, Elkanah Hoskins on the Brackett farm, Jonas Nurs at Fitch's,
James Williams at the Higgins place, Henry Bemis at the Chase farm were all
licensed by the selectmen to "mix and sell liquors of all kinds by the half
point or any smaller quantity for one year from this date."  At the west part
of town, Andrew Rankin and the Tifts held a similiar license. On the
Nathaniel Flanders farm was a noted inn where Mr. George and Colonel
Timothy A. Edson dispensed hospitality a few years alter.  At the village,
the Asa Lewis house, afterwards known as the Bowman place, was for a long
time the only tavern.  Jefferson Hosmer built the Union House about 1820
and JOhn Gile the Granite House shortly after.  These two houses gained
enviable reputations in after years, while kept, the former by Willard 
Cobleigh and the latter by Stephen C. Gibb and his son Joseph L.  At the
Fitch stand John Gile and John Bowman presided successively.  It was the
custom for many years for the farmers of Northern New Hampshire and Vermont
to carry their surplus products, pork, butter, cheese, etc. to the markets of
Portland and Portsmouth.  For this purpose every prosperous farmer owned what
he called a double or box sleigh, a vehicle now seldom seen. This was drawn
by two horses and hundreds of them often made the journey together, returning
laden with sugar, tea, West India molasses, fish, New England rum, and other
necessaries.  The days when the long procession of bright red sleighs filed
along the road constituted the golden age of the wayside inn.  When the
railway reached Concord and gradually approached the northern section, the
six horse team superseded the red sleigh, and the tavern gave place to the
more pretentious modern hotel.

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LITTLETON DURING THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
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The record of the town for patriotism during the Revolution can scarecely be
surpassed.  At the beginning of the struggle for independence, there were 
but three polls and two families residing within her limits, yet every male
inhabitant above the age of fourteen entered the service of the country in
some capacity.  In 1776 the Caswells and Hopkinsons moved their families
to the fort at the mouth of the Upper Ammonoosuc, in what is now
Northumberland.  With the exception of the youngest, Caleb, the Hopkinsons
probably abandoned their settlement here, for we find them soon after the
war located at Lancaster, NH and at Guildhall VT.  
  Captain Nathan Caswell was connected with the army as a scout throughout
the contest, while his sons Nathan Jr. and Osias entered the service, one
at the age of fourteen, the other at the age of fifteen. Both re-enlisted
and continued in active service until the close of the conflict.  They were
connected with Col. Timothy Bedel's regiment and with Major Benjamin
Whitcomb's company of rangers.
  At the close of the war a number of Revolutionary soldiers settled in
Littleton, among whom were Peleg Williams, Jonathan Eastman, Ezra Foster,
Caleb Huntoon, Samuel Hudson, Jonas Lewis, Naboth Lewis, Issac [Isaac] Miner,
and Henry Bemis.  It is probable that there were others, as the names
given are nearly all from the records of the pension department at
Washington and is not likely that every resident who was in the service 
became a pensioner.  

WAR OF 1812
The list of soldiers of the war of 1815 is comparatively small.  James Dow 
served through the war.  Ezra Abbott, James Lewis, Solomon Lewis and Ezra 
Foster were also enlisted.  The political complexion of the town was
averse to the principles involved in the struggle and probably had an
influence in lessening the number to enter the service.

MEXICAN WAR
The town furnished no men for service in the Mexican War.  The
contingent form this section of the state in the Ninth or New England
regiment was mostly from Bath and Haverhill.  John K. Ramsdell who
enlsited from Bath, was afterwards a resident of Littleton for many years.

CIVIL WAR
In the Civil war the number of men in the service credited to Littleton
was in excess of her quota.  While President Lincoln issued his call
for seventy-five thousand men to serve for three years, Evarts W. Farr
was authorized by the governor of the state to recruit a company for that
service, and its ranks were rapidly filled.  But the fires of patriotism
were burning with equal glow in every part of the state and the number of
recruits was largely in excess of the requirements of the call.
Consequently the Littleton men failed to secure a place in the First
regiment.  When the call for three years men was issued, ten of those who
had entered the service for three months, re-enlisted and joined the
Second regiment under Col. Gilman Marston.  Of these, Evarts Worcester Farr
was mustered into the service as first lieutenant of Company G, was
promoted to a captaincy, January 1862.  At the battle of Williamsburg he
lost his right arm.  In September, of the same year, he became major of
the Eleventh regiment and served, mostly on detailed service, until the
close of the war.  In civil life he held many places of trust and honor,
discharging the duties with fidelity and ability. At the time of his
death in December 1880, he was a member of Congress, having the previous
month been re-elected to that position. He was a brave and gallant soldier
who conferred lasting honor upon his native town.
  The town furnished the same number of recruits to the Third regiment.
The Fourth had no representatives from Littleton at the time it was
mustered in, and but one, Michael Lynch, subsequently became connected with
it.
  When the "Fighting Fifth" left the state, eleven of the sons of Littleton
were in its ranks.  Of these, Second Lieutenant William Adams Moore was
destined to achieve lasting fame for bravery and win an unknown grave on the
sanguinary heights of Fredericksburg.  Lieutenant Moore was teaching in a
private school in Brooklyn NY when Fort Sumter was fired upon, and early
in May enlisted in Duryee's Zouaves.  He was undoubtedly the first Littleton
boy to meet the enemy under fire.  His first encounter was at Great Bethel,
June 10, 1861.  He served in this regiment until the following September,
when he was commissioned second lieutenant of Company C., 5th NH Volunteers.
In February 1862 he was promoted to a first lieutenancy and was commissioned
captain of Company H in November following.  He served with marked gallantry
in every engagement in which the regiment participated up to the time he was
killed at Fredericksburg December 13, 1862.  Captain Moore was but twenty
years and eight months old at the time of his death. Though young in years,
he possessed a dignity of manner and a maturity of judgment common only to
those of advanced age and wide experience.  No finer character or nobler life
was sacrificed upon the alters [sic] of patriotism than his.
  Theron A. Farr was also a commissioned officer in this regiment. Enlisted
as a private and an original member, he served until the final mustering out
in 1865.  He was successively promoted to the position of first and
second lieutenant and captain but was not mustered in the last named
capacity.
  The Sixth regiment contained nineteen Littleton men when it was mustered,
and eight were subsequently added by enlistment, in 1864-64.  
Samuel G. Goodwin was second lieutenant of Co. B.  At the outbreak of the 
war he was in New York and had the distinction of being the first son of
Littleton to enter the service.  He enlisted April 20, 1861, in
Ellsworth's Zouaves,with which he was connected until November following,
when he received a commission in the Sith regiment. He served with 
distinction until mustered out, July 17, 1865.  He was successively promoted
to be first lieutenant, captain and major of the regiment. He was one of the
best of soldiers, fearless to the last degree, and ever ready for any duty.
He died at Manchester [NH] April 24,, 1875.
  Moses P. Bemis was a member of this regiment, and was one of its second
lieutenants at the time it left the service.
  The town's contribution to the Seventh regiment was thirteen, and to the
Eighth, nine.  In the Ninth there were three natives of the town, and a brave
array of substitutes.  The Elventh bore upon its rolls the honored names of
E.W. Farr and Captain George E. Pingree, who was credited to Lisbon, but
was a native of Littleton.  The largest contribution to any single regiment,
was to the Thirteenth, in which there were fifty-one members from Littleton,
including captains George Farr and Marshall Sanders, in whose honor the
G.A.R. Post was named, and Lieutenant Edward Kilburn.  There were two 
citizens of the town in the Fourteenth, and six in the Fifteenth, including
First-Lieutenant Charles S. Hazeltine.  In the Seventeenth two, in the
Sharp Shooters two, and in the New England and New Hampshire Cavalry,
Captain Ezra B. Parker and thirteen others.  In the Heavy Artillery there
were thirty-two, among them two second-lieutenants, Alden Quimby and
Chauncy H. Green.
  Although there went out of the town 206 of her sons, and something
more than twenty others served their county in that struggle by substitute.

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BIOGRAPHIES AND GENEALOGIES OF EARLY SETTLERS & PROMINENT CITIZENS
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PELEG WILLIAMS, a native of Rhode Island, was a soldier in the French war
and also a lieutenant in the Revolutionary War.  He was pensioned by the
first pension act passed by Congress. He married Sarah Wheeler, of
Charlestown NH, soon after the Revolution, and came to this town, settling
on the northwestern part, on the Connecticut river, the place being known
to this day as the "Peleg Williams farm."  Their domestic life did not run
smoothly, and after living together forty years a separation took place.
The trouble in the family caused their only daughter to become insane.
One feat of Mrs. Williams was a ride from their home on horseback to
Charleston, a distance of one hundred miles, in one day.  After she was
eighty-five years old she walked from this town to several miles beyond
Stanstead, Canada, in 1831.  In 1849 she obtained a pension of $240
annually as a soldier's widow, recieving also $1,100 back pay.  She lived to
be ninety-nine years and three months old.  Previous to receiving the
pension she had been for a number of years a town charge.

JAMES W. REMICK lives on road 32, near the line of Monroe, upon a farm
formerly owned by Walter Bowman, his grandfather.  His father Simeon Remick
married Hannah, daughter of Walter Bowman, who came to this town when
but three years old, among the first settlers.  There were no roads and
they came hither from Henniker on the ice of the Connecticut river.
James W. Remick married Ellen Goss, of Waterford VT and they have two
children.

JONAS NURS, father of Mrs. Samuel Goodwin, came to this town from Keene at
an early date in the settlement of the town, some time previous to 1790.
When he first came the nearest grist mill was at Bath, and it is said he
would carry two bushels of wheat to that mill on his shoulder and return,
a distance of thirty miles.  He built the house where Elijah Fitch now
lives, and kept tavern in it--the first public house in town. The sign,
"Jonas Nurs, Tavern," with a mug at one end and a bowl on the other, 
suggestive of flip and punch is still in existence.

OLIVER NURSE was born in this town in 1796. He was a volunteer in the war of
1812, and served as a guard at Portsmouth.  He married Polly Fitzgerald,
of Gilmanton, who bore him ten children, eight of whom grew to manhood
and womanhood, and seven are now living--JohN C. in Pelham, Albert L. in
Whitefield, Charles H., Sarah A., who married T.D. Fitzgerald, Samuel P.,
William C. and Thomas S. are residents of this town.  The latter married
Maria C. Streeter of Lisbon, and carries on the boot and shoe making
business on Cottage street.

NATHAN APPLEBEE was born in this town June 29, 1792.  He married first,
Amarintha Bemis, of Brattleboro VT who died July 21, 1848, and second,
Ruby Farnum of Lisbon. By the first wife there were eight children, only one
of whom is living, a daughter, at Manchester. The fruits of the second
marriage were one son and two daughters, of whom Emeline married
George Abbott, and is a resident of town.  Warren is a minister, near Boston.
Annette married Aaron Fisher, who lives on the Applebee homestead, and with
whom the widowed mother makes her home.  Aaron Fisher has four children.
Nellie married Henry Quimby.  One daughter is living near Boston, and two
sons are at home with their father.  Nathan Applebee died September 11, 1868
at the save of seventy-six years.

ABIJAH ALLEN, born in Hebron Conn., May 30, 1776, came to this town in 1796.
The following year he located on Mann's hill on road 33.  He cleared the
farm, and resided on it until his death in April 1864.  His son Abijah
now on the farm, married Adaline C. Cox, a native of Holderness NH. They
have two children--Charles R., who married Sophia Harriman, and lives with
his parents on the home farm, and Alice I., who married George L. Flanders,
of this town.  The senior Abijah Allen was a robust and very healthy man,
never being obliged to call a physician. He has, in early days, gone to
Lisbon, the nearest grist-mill, and worked a day for a peck of corn,
getting it ground, and returning at night with it on his back.

SOLOMON WHITING was born in Manchester [NH] in 1791.  When ten years old
he removed with his parents to this town, and has been a resident here for
eighty-three years, excepting seven years spent in Concord VT, and is now
the oldest man in town. His memory is remarkably clear, and he is able to 
walk three miles daily, and he also reads without glasses.  When he first
came to Littleton there were only three houses in what now constitutes
the village.  One of the three is still standing.  Most of his life has been
devoted to farming.  He married Maria Charlton, a native of this town, whose
father came from England and purchased wild lands in this town, clearing it,
and ever after living upon it.  None of their six children are now living.
One son, Robert, was killed in his father's saw-mill, at the age of forty-one
years, march 14, 1874.  Mr. Whiting is now living with his grandosn,
George C. Patten.

EBENEZER FARR, a native of Chesterfield, was born December 8, 1779. He came
to this town about 1803, with a family of eight, and settled on what is
known as "Farr hill," giving the name to the locality.  His son NOah
married Lydia Cobleigh, of Chesterfield NH, January 25, 1803, and they had
eleven children, of whom two are still living--John Farr, of Littleton
village, and Mrs. Phinisa, widow of M.D. Cobleigh, who resides with her
son-in-law C. F. Lewis, on road 30.  Another son, Noah, was father of
Noah and Theron A. Farr, residents of this town, and four daughters, of whom
Lydia married Martin Hatch, PHilander lived in this town and died at the
age of sixty-two, Deborah M. born August 12, 1814, died December 5, 1830,
Elizabeth married Noah Gile, Nelson C. married first Augusta Smith and second
Mrs. Sophrona Wallace. He died March 7, 1884.  The first named Noah died at
Littleton April 2, 1842, and Lydia his widow died December 8, 1856.

WILLIAM BRACKETT was born in Sudbury, Mass, and came about 1801 from
Charlestown NH, to Littleton, with Major Curtis, being then about 14 years
of age.  All the school advantages he ever received consisted of attendance
at district school for a few years, but he is spoken of as saying been
remarkably quick and accurate in reckoning.  Major Nathan Curtis opened the
first store in Littleton, the "old red store" which occupied the present site
of the M.E. church, and William Brackett was his clerk.  After several years
spent in this capacity he opened the second store in town on the meadow
road below the present village, and later another in this village, was in
trade until about eight years before his death, which occurred in 1859.
He is said to have brought the first spring wagon into town, a clumsy
contrivance supported by springs of wood, but a grand vehicle for those days,
and also the first chaise.  William C. and Charles W. Brackett, his sons,
succeeded him in business about 1850, and Charles W. Brackett is now the
only merchant in trade here who began at so early a date.  When the White
Mountain R.R. was completed in Littleton, in July 1853, the Bracketts
handled the express business at this place, doing all the conveying of goods
upon a wheelbarrow at first, but soon witnessing a growth of business which
brought teams into requisition.  W.C. Brackett died about ten years later.
C.W. Brackett disposed of his business interest, in Littleton after a time
and went to Minnesota where he remained five years. Returning in 1868 he
became a member of the firm of H.L. Tilton & Co., doing a general mercantile
business in the block he now occupies.  In 1871, when the business was
classified, the firm reorganized and Bellows, Brackett & Co., took the
hardware line which they continued at the same stand for two years, since
the first has been C.W. Brackett & Co., and the business and place the same.

DAVID MILLEN was born in this town in 1806 and has always resided here,
engaging in farming. He now lives with his son, Hollon H.  He married
Jane Aldrich, of Lisbon, and has one daughter, Mrs. George Corey of this
town.  One son, Charles W., is a Methodist Episcopal clergyman, at Brooklyn,
NY.

ARZA EASTMAN was born in this town in August 1812, the youngest of a family
of eleven children, and most of his life was spent here.  He married
Maria Winch, of Bethlehem [NH] who bore him five children, four of whom are
living--Charles B. in this town; Maria married George Bowman and resides on
road 27; Willard died at the age of thirty-three; Lewis married Mary Moore
and lives on road 17; Ina A. married Orrissa Clough, a native of this town, 
and lives at Andover, Mass.  Arza Eastman died December 5, 1884, at the age
of seventy-two years.

SAMUEL GOODWIN came from Landaff [NH] in 1817, having that year married
Martha Nurs, a native of this town, and now the oldest native resident.
Mr. Goodwin died in 1868, having always occupied the same farm, on road
22.  Mrs. Goodsin now resides on the old homestead with her son Chester M.
Four of her children are living.  Martha A. married George E. Bartlett of
this town; Samuel G. who died at Manchester, was a member of the Ellsworth
Zouaves, and afterwards was captain and brevet major of Co. B., 6th NH Regt.
Vols. Inft., the brevet being conferred for bravery before Petersburg.
Charles S. lives in Lisbon, and Olive married Charles King, of Whitefield.

AMOS WALLACE was born in Franconia [NH] in April 1797, where he lived until
1622, when he removed to this town, and has resided here since.  He first
settled on a farm on road 9, which he cleared from the primitive forest
and lived on it many years. Afterwards he removed to a farm on Mann's hill,
where he lived ten years, whence he removed to the village, and now resides
on Pleasant street.  He married Polly Hildreth, of this town, and they had
nine children, eight of whom lived to an adult age.  His second wife was
Clarinda Atherton who bore him one child, which died in infancy.  Of this
family of children six are now living.  Abigail married Erastus D. Emerson,
of Thetford VT, who died in 1883.  Mary A. married SOlomon Ladd.  Elmira
married Ephraim Rowe of Newbury VT.  Amos P. married Betsey A. Durham of
Concord VT and resides on Pleasant street.  He is the father of D.O.
Wallace, bookseller.  Cordelia married Isaac B. Hoyt, of Bethlehem, who died
in 1882.  Bernice H. married Ira Goodall, of this town.  John A. lives in
Illinois.  Andrew M. served in the 13th NH Vols Infantry and died of sickness
while in the service. Amos the subject of this sketch now in his eighty-
eighth year, resides with his son Amos P.

LEVI B. DODGE was born in this town in July 1822, and, with the exception
of nine years spent in Lydon VT has always practiced here. Farming has been
his principal pursuit, although he has practiced veterinary surgery for many
years. He married Hannah Cobleigh, a native of Chesterfield, but a resident
of Sutton VT, when married. They have one daughter, wife of Carlos P. Day,
of this town, and one son, Marshall C., who married Martha A. King of
Landaff, and resides with his father.

GILMAN WHEELER was born in this town, on the farm on which he now lives,
February 27, 1822.  He married Eliza E. Brooks, of Dalton [NH] and they have
four children, all sons--Edward O. a farmer with his father, Charles D. an
ice dealer in New York city, Galen H., a civil engineer in Montana, and
ALbert P. a student.  Mr. Wheeler, besides carrying on a large farm, also
keeps summer boarders, the name of his place being the Wheeler Hill farm.

JOSIAH KILBURN, son of Elijah and Rebecca (Genison) Kilburn, was born in
Walpole NH, January 12, 1801, and is the great-grandson of John Kilburn, the
first pioneer of Walpole, who settled there in 1749, and who so bravely
defended his family and home against four hundred Indians, on the seventeenth
of August 1755.  His house was built of logs, with loop holes in the walls,
through which persons could fire upon an attacking party.  About noon,
discovering the Indians in ambush, he, with his son John, a lad of eighteen,
and two hired men, hastened to the house and prepared for the defense.
Mr. Kilburn was also assisted and encouraged by his brave wife and daughter--
the men loading the guns, the women running bullets from the enemy's balls.
"Kilburn, who fired all the guns, took special aim and every bullet told."
At dark the Indians retreated, and, although the French and Indian war
continued until 1763, Walpole was never again molested by the enemy. John
Kilburn had all the characteristics of a successful warrior. He was endowed
with keen, ready foresight, prudence, courage, and persistency. He died at
Walpole April 8, 1789 in the eighty-fifth year of his age. The mountain
known as Fall Mountain was christened Mount Kilburn, in 1856 by Prof.
Hitchcock and others, in remembrance of the hero who so gallanty fought the
Indians from his little fort, just below the south end of the mountain.
John Kilburn died at Shrewsbury VT in 1822.
  The line of descent to Josiah is--John1, John2, Elijah3, Josiah4.  Josiah
served an apprenticeship as a clothier, and worked at this and other
laborious occupations until he was of age, when, in the spring of 1824,
he came to Littleton and engaged industriously and diligently in 
cloth-dressing, and carding wool, rising early and laboring late, often
working eighteen hours out of twenty-four.  After eleven years of such
incessant labor he purchased a farm and directed his attention to sheep
raising, and continued in this business for eleven years, when he disposed
of the farm and stock, and went to Fall River, Mass., where he passed a few
months. He then returned to Littleton and became for a short time a member
of the mercantile house of "Ely & Kilburn" at Scythe Factory village. In
1847 Mr. Kilburn established the first foundry and machine shop in Littleton,
and has connected with it until 1883, when he retired from business, having
for nearly sixty years been a producer, and not a mere consumer, in the
community where he cast his lot when a young man.  The patient industry
which characterized his early manhood, when his daily bread was earned by
the toil of his hands, the persevering energy which he manifested when
afterward he engaged in manufacturing, by which he gained financial success,
and his many excellent traits of character, have caused him to be respected
and esteemed by his fellow townsmen, to whom "his goings in and comings out"
have been as an open book for over half a century.  Mr. Kilburn married,
March 1, 1827, Emily Bonney.  Their children were Benjamin W., born
December 10, 1827; Edward born February 27, 1830 (deceased); and Emily B.,
born October 17, 1833.  Mrs. Kilburn died August 14, 1860.  Mr. Kilburn
married April 3, 1861, Mrs. Lydia A. Colby, nee Wilder.
  Mr. Kilburn has ever been a Whig and staunch Republican, and from 1827
to 1885 has been a subscriber for the 'New Hampshire Statesman,' the organ
of his political views.  He has filled some town officers; selectman for the
years 1829-30-31; justice of the peace from 1844 to 1848; and represented
Littleton in the legislature of 1843 and 1844.  He is a member of Burns
Lodge of F. & A.M. and was its chaplin for several years.  Religiously he
is an Orthodox Congregationalist, and has been a worthy and consistent
christian.  At the age of more than four-score years Mr. Kilburn has the
satisfaction of seeing his children prosperous and occupying honorable
positions in life, and inheriting traits of character from their brave
ancestor, John, of Walpole.

TRUMAN STEVENS, a native of Passumpsic village, Barnet VT, was born
September 31, 1803. He removed to St. Johnsbury VT and served an 
apprenticeship at harness making, seven years, and in 1824 he came to this
town where there were but thirteen houses in what is now the large and
thrifty village of Littleton. He has pursued the harness-maker's trade up to
the present time, with the exception of five years in the scale business with
the Fairbanks of St Johnsbury Vt, as salesman.  He married Malvina A. Carlton
of St. Johnsbury VT. Their only living child is Joan H., wife of E.D. Rand
of Lisbon.  Mr. Stevens died on Friday, January 2, 1885.

EDMUND CARLETON came to this town from Haverhill [NH] about 1825.  Locating
in the village he began the practice of law, remaining in that business until
1844, when he removed to Scytheville, where he built a large saw-mill and
carried on a lumber business for a number of years, both alone and in
company with others.  He married Mary K. Coffin, of Boscawen, and had born to
him seven children, three of whom are now living--Edmund, a physician in
New York City; Thomas, who married Carrie M. Allen of Manchester [NH], and
second, Addie Stone of Watertown, Mass., and now resides in this town; and
Alfred, who lives in Toledo, Ohio.

JOHN FOSTER was born in the town of Jefferson in 1815. With his parents he
removed to this town in 1825, locating on road 31.  He died on the farm on
which he first settled in March 1882.  He married Lovina Briggs, a native of
this town, and they had six children, four of whom are now living.  Fred
married Mary Liddell of St. Johnsbury VT, and now lives on the old homestead
and with his widowed mother.  John Foster's father was a soldier in the
Revolutionary war, going out from Andover, Mass.

ISAAC FOSTER came to this place about 1825 from Jefferson [NH] and settled
on road 31.  He married Mary Dodge of Lyman, who bore him seven children.
In 1850 Mr. Foster received an injury which resulted in his death. Returning
from Portland, Maine, with a load of salt, at Parker Hill in Lyman, while
walking by the side of his team he became entangled by a pile of wood by the
roadside and the sleigh passed over him, breaking his leg and inflicted
other serious injuries from which he died in a few days.  His son Allen
married Angeline Carter and lives on the old homestead.

SMITH E. JONES was born in Gilmanton [NH] in 1819.  When seven years of age
his parents removed to this town.  Here has been his home since that time,
excepting a few years residence in Bethlehem.  He married Sarah Kelso, of
Bethlehem [NH], who was born in 1820.  They have two children living, three
having died in infancy, and one, a daughter, who married Frank I. Parker,
died in July 1883.  Ella Z. married Amos H. Mills and resides with her
parents on road 20.  Frank H. of this town married Bertha Kittredge, of
Walden VT.

TRUEWORTHY L. PARKER was born in Chichester [NH] in 1810 and came to this
town in 1828, his father having located on a farm on road 32 a short time
previous to that date.  For a time he lived in Orleans county VT, moving 
back to the old homestead in 1858, and afterwards to Monroe [NH].  He 
married, first, Dorothea Sawyer, of Bethlehem, second, Augusta Ramsay, of
this town, and third, Mrs. Mary Turner of Monroe.  He has twelve children
living and has buried two.  Mr. Parker now occupies the farm bought by his
father.

NATHANIEL SHUTE was born in Sanbornton [NH] in 1801.  In 1828 he came to this
town and settled on road 37, where he has resided since.  He married Maria
Smith, also of Sanbornton, who bore him three children, one dying in infancy,
and one at the age of fourteen, while the surviving son, Gilman D. married
Lucy Whiting of Lyman, who died in March 1880. Mr. Nathaniel Shute died in
September of the same year.

JOHN MERRILL was born in Pembroke [NH] in September 1808.  He learned the
cabinet maker's trade at Concord [NH] and worked at the same in Lowell,
Haverhill, Methuen, Charlestown and Boston, Mass. He came to Littleton in
1832, and had been the leading one in that business, also as an undertaker
until 1873, being in active business pursuits for fifty years. He married
Hannah D. Allen, a native of Haverhill, and they had two sons and five
daughters, of whom Henry married Carrie A. Brackett, and is secretary of
the Eureka Glove Manufacturing Company; Richard B. is a commercial traveler;
Elizabeth married Edmund D. Lucas, of this town; Eleanor married William R.
Terrett, pastor of the Second Presbyterian church, Saratoga NY; Abbie
married R.E. Rockwell of East Orange, N.J.; Isabella married Charles F. Dean
of Roselle, N.J. and Hannah F. resides with her mother.  Mr. Merrill had been
deacon of the Congregational Church since November 5, 1851.  He died
May 31, 1885.

GEORGE A. FARR, son of John and Tryphena (Morse) Farr was born in this town
February 12, 1836. He attended school at home until ten years of age, when he
went to work on a farm summers and attended school in the winter, continuing
this until seventeen years ago, when he learned the carriage maker's trade,
which he continued two years, until obliged to leave it on account of poor
health. He then fitted for college at Thetford VT academy and graduated from
Dartmouth in 1862, with the intention of studying law.  During that year
he enlisted and was commissioned captain of Co. D, 13th NH Vol Infantry,
and served with his regiment until June 1, 1864, when he received a severe
wound at the battle of Cold Harbor, the bullet entering at the right
shoulder and passing through his body, was taken out near his spine. He has
the ball preserved as a relic.  He remained as a relic. He remained in the
hospital until February following, when he was put upon military commissions
and court martial duty until the close of the war. Since then he has engaged
in the manufacture of starch two years, when he entered the mercantile
business with H.H. Southworth until 1874. In 1876 he was appointed deputy
sheriff, which office he held for ten years.  In 1874 he bought the Oak hill
property and is now conducting one of the finest summer resorts of this
section--known as the Oak Hill House. He married Eliza C. Boynton, of
Hallowell, Me., and they have three children.

Ellery D. Dunn was born in Wilton, Me., in 1822.  In 1836 he removed to
this town and engaged in business as a contractor and builder, and has
followed the same until the present time, his work being very extensive and
profitable. He has recently erected a large hotel at Hamilton, Bermuda. He
married Susan Dow, of this town, and has one daughter.  Mr Dunn was
representative in the state legislature two terms, was chief fire warden
for six years.

COL. CYRUS EASTMAN, son of Jonathan and Sally (Heath) Eastman, was born in
Danville VT, March 15, 1814. His father was a carpenter and Cyrus  worked 
with him at that trade until he was nineteen, receiving in this a knowledge
of great value in after life, and, during this time, he attended the
good common schools of Danville, and two terms at the academy at
Brownington.  When 19, Mr. Eastman entered the service of the Fairbankses
and was in their employ, most of the time as traveling salesman of their
scales, until June 1836.  Having been successful as an employee, Mr. Eastman
concluded to engage in business on his own account, and came to Littleton,
July 5, 1836, and has since been a resident of this place, and a most
prominent business factor.  In company with Ethan Colby he at once founded
the firm of "Colby & Eastman." Their store was in the building now occupied
by Mrs. E.S. Woolson as a residence, which stood in fornt of its present
location on Main street.  In 1838 Ebenezer Eastman and Henry Mattocks
purchased the interest of Mr. Colby, and the firm became "Eastman, Mattocks
& CO."  Under various firm names, and with various partners, COl. Eastman
was actively and extensively in trade until September 2, 1882. This business
had the largest proportions of any in northern New Hampshire, and in some
years did a net business of $150,000.00.
  In 1841 Col. Eastman built the store now occupied by Southworth & Lovejoy
and traded there until 1853.  This year was a notable one for Littleton.
The railroad changed the channels of trade somewhat from the old centers
on its arrival, and, alive to every change, Col. Eastman and his partners
constructed a store near the depot, in which as well as in the store on
Main street, they carried on a large and flourishing business. The stores of
those days were the exchange bureaus of a large area of population, and to 
deal intimately and to a large amount with such a variety of individuality
year after year for such an extended period required great knowledge of human
nature, shrewdness, foresight, and a power of personal adaptation to meet
the exigencies and contingencies arising perpetually in such a life, that
would have won success in any field of commercial ability however broad. We
extract from an address delivered at the centennial celebration of Littleton,
July 4, 1884 by Franklin J. Eastman, the following: "Colby & Eastman may be
deemed the connecting link between old and modern Littleton. At the beginning
of their mercantile life they departed from the conservative practice of the
sterling old school of merchants in an almost indiscriminate credit. It was
the rush and vim of charging, trusting, taking anything for pay that had a
merchantable value. The wise shook their heads or predicted disaster, and
the hard time '37 came near making them true prophets.  Another innovation
was marking merchandise at one price and that a cash one, thus allowing the
purchaser's credit, equality with his neighbor's money. 'Large sales and
small profits' was the rallying cry, and Dalton, Lisbon, Bethlehem, Landaff,
and a potion of Vermont sent patrons, who, in their turn, advertised the
wonderful prices at which many staple goods could be obtained. The 
successors to Colby & Eastman were "Eastman, Mattocks & Co.,' 'Eastman,
Tilton & Co.,' 'F.Tilton & Co.' 'C.& F.J. Eastman & Co.' 'Eastman, Tilton &
Co.' and finally "C. & C.F. Eastman."  With the exception of Mr. Colby the
partners for the full period of nearly fifty years were natives of Vermont
or their descent.  During this time the various firms, or the individuals
composing them, were developing other industries, manufacturing, lumber,
making starch, running grist-mills, and various outside interests."
  Mr. Eastman and local partners carried on for years an extensive
manufacture of potato starch, having one mill in Littleton, one in Dalton,
one in Lunenburgh and one at West Concord, VT.  This enterprise was
abandaoned by them in this section about 1872 when "C. & C.F. Eastman"
became connected with the same branch of busines sin Aroostook county,
Maine, where they owned four mills,--one at Presque Isle, two at Washburn,
and one at Madawaska.  The annual product of these was 800 tons.  In 1883
they sold their mills, and went back from railroads to Perham, where they
erected a mill which produced 250 tons of starch in 1885.
  In 1852, Eastman, Tilton & Co., in connection with E.J. M. Hale and
James H. Carleton, of Haverhill, Mass, purchased the interest of
Thomas J. Crawford, in the Crawford House, and completed the hotel then in
progress of construction.  This was burned Saturday, May 1, 1859.  On Monday
Colonel Eastman drew the rough plan of a new hotel, to be 200 feet front,
with two wings of 200 feet each, two and three stories in height.  On
confering with his partners, they seemed to consider it a foregone
conclusion that no hotel could be put up to take the place of the burned
Crawford House until that season had passed.  Colonel Eastman's 
characteristic energy now showed itself.  "I will guarantee to have a new
house ready to receive guests in sixty days, with three days grace." The
response was "go ahead."  Colonel Eastman set to work, sent his plans to
the chosen architect for arrangement, made a flying trip to all the mills
within quite a radius, purchased all the lumber on hand, and night and day
devoted himself to the work before him. As the cars only ran to Littleton,
everything had to be hauled from that point, and in ten days time he had
150 men and 75 oxen and horses at work.  He was everywhere present,
superintended everything, averted disaster and prevented delays, and had
the pleasure of opening the new Crawford House to travelers on July 13,
when forty received dinner, and 100 were entertained for the night. This
rapid feat of construction was accomplished solely by his energy, business
push, and untiring personal labors of Colonel Eastman, who, in this 
accomplishment, showed the secret of his prosperity.  During the last two
years he has erected the Chiswick Inn, a group of these houses, which,
with the out-buildings, forms a beautiful summer hotel in the village of
Littleton.  In 1853 he built the residence on South street, where he has
since made his home and has enjoyed his leisure in the cultivation of his
farm and the gratification of his taste for fine stock, especially horses.
  In the old militia days Col. Eastman was an active and energic officer.
He organized the "Littleton Greys" in 1842, and he was elected captain of
the company.  In 1843 he received the apopintment of colonel of the 32d
Regt. N.H. militia, which, after holding one year he resigned. In business
and financial circles his advice and counsel are highly valued.  He was a
director of the White Mountain railroad, has been a director of the Littleton
National bank until his resignation in 1881, is a director of the Eastern
Banking Company of Crete, Neb., and of the Barton National bank of Barton VT.
He has been unswervingly a Democrat.  In the long years of political
adversity, as well as in the fortunate ones of success, he was true to the
principles he deemed just.  He was a representative of Littleton two years
in the State legislature, was postmaster for several years, and was a member
of Gov. Goodwin's council.  He was also a member of the last constitutional
convention.  The offices he accepted, however, in no manner were equal in
number to those he refused to accept, as he preferred giving his time and
attention to his private business.  Col. Eastman married first, November 28,
1838, Susan French Tilton, of Danville VT, who died January 20, 1866. They
had four children--Lucia W. (Mrs. H.P. Ross), Charles F., Martha A. (Mrs.
Lorenzo C. Kenney) and Laura B.  He married second, Mrs. Julia (Ross) 
Brackett, May 13, 1868.
  Another extract form the address already quoted will bring this sketch
to a fitting close:  "Col. Eastman, one of the pioneers of the new school of
merchants remained solid in the venture through all the changes of the 
long-continued business. Success being the measure of merit, he must have
possessed large ability as a merchant. After fifty years of manhood's busy
life he is still vigorous and active."

HENRY L. TILTON, son of Joseph and Sally B. Tilton, was born at North
Danville VT, May 3, 1828.  When fifteen years of age he commenced his studies
at the Phillips academy, and finished his education at the age of nineteen,
after which he taught two terms of school in his native town. When twenty
years of age his father gave him a suit of clothes, and he came to this
town and engaged as a clerk in the store of Eastman, Tilton & Co., Mr. Tilton
being a brother, for the compensation of his board and clothing for one year.
He remained witwh the firm three years, receiving a small salary the last
part of the time. By rigid economy he saved enough to pay his passage to
California, then the Eldorado of those who sought sudden wealth, and with
four others from this town, he embarked on the first of December 1850, for
the Golden Gate.  His first employment in California was selling water in
San Francisco, at ten cents per pailful.  From that business he went into a
large wholesale establishment as clerk, at a salary of $200 per month. He
engaged, after one year, with Mills Cady, under the firm name of Tilton &
Cady, in a mercantile business. His stay in California was about three years.
Returning to this town, he entered the firm of C. & F. J. Eastman & Co. 
After five years with them, he started a general mercantile business,
which he continued for ten years. He was afterwards engaged in various
business interests, in lumbering principally, flouring, and real estate.
In 1870 he built Tilton's block, on Main Street, and at about the same time,
he opened a banking house, under the firm name of Tilton & Co.  In 1871,
failing health led him to a partial retirement from business. Since that
year he has been a director and a loaning committee of the Littleton 
National Bank.  Mr. Tilton has not sought political preferment, though he
was, however, a delegate to the Republican National convention of 1880, and
an elector form New Hampshire, in the presidential campaign of that year.

JOHN C. QUIMBY was born in Lisbon [NH] July 25, 1818, where he resided
until twenty years of age, when he removed to this town, living at North
Littleton fifteen years, when he lcoated on a farm on road 22. He married
Jane Rowell, a native of Bath. They have four children, viz: Ella, who
married William B. Bowman; Sarah, who married Scott W. Powers, and Henry W.
who married Nellie Fisher.  They all live in this town.

THERON A. FARR was born in this town December 28, 1839, a son of
Gilman and Philena (Allen) Farr.  His life was spent on his father's farm
until he was fifteen years of age.  In April 1861 he enlisted for three
months, and went to Portsmouth. In October of the same year, he enlisted
in Co. C, 5th NH Inf, for three years, as a private. In 1863 he re-enlisted
as a veteran, in the same regiment. He was commissioned first lieutenant
in 1864, and captain in 1865, and was mustered out July 3, 1865. He served
in the army of the Potomac, and participated in twenty engagements, including
the seven days fight on the Peninsula, the battle of Gettysburg, in front of
Petersburg, and was with the army of the Potomac at the surrender of Lee.
He married Alice, daughter of Marcus L. Goold, and they have two sons,
Walter H. and Harry M.  Mr. Farr, since the war, has spent nine years as a
clerk in the store of N.C. Farr, and for the past two years has been 
assistant postmaster at Littleton.

JOHN STREETER was born in Landaff October 24, 1787.  When four years of age
he moved with his parents to the locality in Lisbon known as Streeter Pond.
He married Lucy Beemis of Brattleboro VT, who bore him six children who
attained an adult age.  Stephen B. married Sally Howe, of Benton [NH] in
1840, and the same year located on road 47 in this town. They had two 
daughters--Mary, who married George Colby of Warner, and Lucy, now living
with her father.  Mrs. Streeter died in 1874.  Julia, a daughter of John,
born in 1820 resides with her brother. James M. was a soldier of this town
in the war of the Rebellion, and died of measles in the hospital in Newport
News VA, March 7, 1863.  The first named John died in --? and his wife in
1852--both in Lisbon.

HENRY L. THAYER was born in Keene [NH] in 1817.  Brought up to work his
father's farm until nineteen years of age, he then entered the employ of
Mahlon Cottrell, proprietor of the Pavillion Hotel at Montpelier VT, where
he remained until of age.  From there he went to Danville VT and engaged
in the grocery business, which he disposed of at the end of one year;
in 1841 he removed to this town and carried on a general country store,
doing a large and profitable business.  In the meantime he built a hotel
which bears his name, opened it to the public January 14, 185? and has
carried it on since.  For the last seven years his son Frank has associated
with him in its management.  The hotel has acquired a wide visitation, both
as a summer resort and with the travelling public.  Mr. Thayer married
Mary Ann Cox, of Holderness, who bore him two sons--Henry who died in
February 1876, and Frank.  Mr. Thayer has been closely allied in all the
business interests in the town in the forty-five years of his residence here,
and has contributed largely to its growth and prosperity. In his years in 
town he was a major in the state militia, and was a representative in the
state legislature in 1866, and also received the appointment of justice of
the peace, which office he held for five years.

CHARLES L. CLAY was born at Andover in 1845, where he lived until --. He
began his education at New London and graduated at Colby University of
Waterville ME in 1868.  He taught school at Townshend and St. Johnsbury VT,
and at Grafton, Watertown and Belmont, in all about the same years. He came
to this town and engaged in the manufacture of gloves, which business he has
continued to the present time, being now treasurer of the Granite State
Glove Company.  He married Stella L., daughter of -- Reddington.  he was
chosen a deacon of the Congregational Church.

PHINEAS R. GOOLD, son of the late Marcus L. Goold, was born in this town in
1842. He attended the schools of the village and when fifteen years of age
went to Haverhill to learn the printing business of the proprietor of the
"Democratic Republican."  He worked at printing at Lebanon and Lynn, Mass
and in Boston.  In 1862 he entered H.L. Tilton's store as a clerk, and after
became a partner. For the past seventeen years he has held the office of
postmaster at Littleton.  In 1881 in company with B.F. Robinson, he owned the
"Littleton Journal," a weekly Republican paper, which they will run. He
married Selvia Danforth, a native of Lisbon. He has held the office of 
justice of the peace for the past twenty years.

DR. F.T. MOFFETT was born in this town March 6, 1842.  He served in the
13th NH Vols from 1862 to 1865. Prior to his enlistment he commenced the
study of medicine with Dr. Buffum, of Waterford, and after the close of the
war finished his studies with Dr. Tuttle of Littleton. He graduated at
the Harvard medical school in June 1870, and has since been in practice
in this town.

NATHANIEL FLANDERS was born in Dorchester [NH] Nov 17, 1818. After five
years of age he lived with his parents in Canaan, and in the vicinity until
1842, when he came to this town. In 1846 he married Mary Ann McMurphy of
Wentworth and settled on a farm on road 41, where he remained six years,
and for the following eight years carried on the lumber business and 
farming in Bethlehem. He has three children of whom Walter P married Ella
Remick, and lives in this town; Emma C. and George who married Alice J.
Allen of this town, and resides with her father.

BENJAMIN F. PAGE M.D. was born in this town in 1842. He graduated from the
medical college at Burlington VT in 1867. He commenced the practice of his
profession at Lisbon and afterwards was at St. Johnsbury VT.  In 1880 he
came to this town and is still in practice here. He married Caroline,
daughter of John Farr, and they have two children, a son and a daughter.

ALONZO WEEKS was born in Danville VT in 1819. In 1844 he moved to this
town, engaging in the manufacture of boots and shoes which he continued for
thirty-eight years. In 1880 he commenced the manufacture of gloves and
mittens. He has often been honored by his townsmen with political preferment.
In 1864 he was elected town clerk, and afterward was chosen selectman two
terms and has been town treasurer thirteen years. He married Caroline A.
Harris, of Danville VT and they have two children--John A., now of Yankton,
Dakota, and Mabel I. who resides with her parents.

JEREMIAH PHILLIPS was born in Bethlehem [NH] in 1813, where he resided
until 1835.  In 1843 he purchased a farm in Bethlehem, which was unbroken
forest.  This hundred acres he cleared and converted into an excellent
farm. The timber he converted largely into charcoal, which he sold at the
iron foundries at Franconia.  WHen their son Lemuel was eight years old,
and a daughter, Lucy, five, the two children were engaged in paring
turnips with an ax, when by some means the the boy cut off three of his
little sister's fingers.  The young child, on seeing what had happened,
exclaimed: "There! I can never work to get a living."  Then, instantly a
bright thought came to her, and she said, "I can teach school."  In 1870
Mr. Phillips removed to this town and settled on road 47, where he now
resides.  He married Lois Fisher, of Dalton, and they have four children,
of whom Warren lives in Nashua, Clement J. married Etta M. Bean of Lisbon,
and carries on his father's farm.  The daughter who in childhood lost her
fingers, married Charles Cole and lives in Minnesota, and Lemuel lives in
this town.

NATHAN KINNE came from Old Pomfret, Conn, in 1794, and settled in Waterford
VT.  Before leaving Connecticut he married Betsey Farrington, and one child
was born to them then and eight at Waterford. The third child, Vine, married
Roxana Gould.  He died in 1860 from an accident caused by a fall from a load
of straw at Barnet VT.  Nathan Jr. married Charlotte Hayward of Berlin VT,
and they had three children.  He removed to this town in 1850, locating
on road 31, where he now resides.

REUBEN PHILLIPS was born in Lisbon, then called Concord, in 1805. He removed
with his parents to Bethlehem in 1809, where he lived untl about thirty
years ago, when he came to this town.  When eighteen years of age he
united with the Free Will Baptist church, at Bethlehem, which then numbered
a hundred members, only four of whom are now living. When twenty-one years
of age he was acquainted with every inhabitant of Littleton village, and it
is said there are now only three living who were then heads of families.

ASA COLBURN is a native of Wheelock VT, where he resided until five years of
age, when his parents removed to Springfield.  At the age of thirteen he
had a severe attack of rheumatism, which rendered him unable to walk 
without crutches for six years, and also dislocated his right hip, causing
that limb to become much shorter than the other.  WHen of age he became an
apprentice to the harness-maker's trade, with Dea. Dexter Everett, of New
London.  When twenty-two he experience religion, and joined the Baptist
church at New London.  In 1854 he came to this town, and sine that date has
carried on the harness-making business. He married Hannah Carleton, of
Colebrook, and they have had nine children, seven of whom are living.
George C. and Charles R. reside in this town.  John is postmaster and
druggist at East Canaan.  Sarah married Wilber Clark and lives in Dakota.
Abby married a Mr. Cribbs of Wisconsin.  Clara married Sabatha Lovejoy,
also of Wisconsin.  Ida married W.P. Davis of White River Junction VT.

FRANKLIN R. GLOVER was born in Woodstock [NH] in 1825, living there until
1856 when he removed to this town and settled where he now resides on
road 48.  He married first, Phebe Streeter of Bethlehem, who died in 1877,
leaving six children, and second, Alma C. Whipple, of Lisbon. Mr. Glover,
besides farming, keeps a summer resort, his place being on an eminence in a
healthy and pleasant locality. Of his children, Charles H. is a glove maker,
married Anna Remick of this town, and resides in the village. He is a member
of the Littleton brigade band.  Joseph is also a glove-maker and a member
of the above named band.  One daughter is a tailoress, and, with three
younger children, resides with her parents.

JOHN W. ENGLISH was born in Waitsfield, June 13, 1824. WIth his parents he
removed to Hartland VT in 1829.  In 1856 he removed to South Woodstock VT
and in 1860 to this town.  Here he engaged in farming where Henry Bacon now
lives. In 1881 he removed to his present location, in the village. He
married Melissa Hubbard, of this town, and they have two children living,
Fred H., a member of the firm of Eaton & English, and Eugene G., a graduate
of Eastman's business college, Poughkeepsie N.Y.

WILLIAM HARRIMAN was born in Barnet VT.  When ten years of age he removed
with his parents to Dalton, and in 1860 he came to this town. In 1863 he
enlsited in Company I, 1st NH heavy artillery and served one year, stationed
at Fort Reno.  After returning from the war, he was a carpenter in Littleton
village for sixteen years, when he settled on a farm on road 22, where he
now resides.  He married Lucy H. Thayers, a native of Waitsfield VT, and
they have one son, Henry D. a student at the high school.

DENNIS WHEELER was born in Bethlehem in 1822, of parents who were both
natives of that town. His younger days were spent upon the farm. When of
age he went to Massachusetts and lived at South Woburn. He came to Littleton
in 1863, and lived upon a farm in the west part of the town, on the
Connecticut river.  From there he removed to the village, where he pursued
the business of painting for ten years.  For ten years previous to 1882
he was engaged in the manufacture of starch, at Presque Isle, ME. Of late
he has done considerable at settling estates.  For a number of years he
has been selectman of the town.  He married Eliza K. Blandin of Bethlehem.
They have no children.

GABRIEL G. MOULTON, born in Lyman in 1810, removed to this town in 1864 and
settled upon a farm on road 41, where he has since resided. He married
Sophia Walker, of Lyman, and after her death in 1850, he married Hannah
Hoskins, also a native of Lyman. He has five children living--two sons and
three daughters.  The eldest, Moses W., lives in McLean county, Illinois;
Ansel A., at Bellows Falls VT; Ellen S. married Joel Eastman and now
widowed, resides in Lisbon; Minerva married David Weeks of Concord VT,
and Louisa W. married Augustus Hill, of Holden IL.

MITCHELL SALWAY and his wife were both born in the Provine of Quebec. He
came to this state forty-two years ago, and his wife (Matilda R. Cushion)
came to Vermont about the same time. They were married in 1865, and have
lived in this town since that date. They have a family of six children
of their own and two orphan children.

ELISHA SMITH was born in Barnstable, but spent most of his life up to 1865
in Nantucket Mass.  He has resided in this town twenty years.  He was a ship
builder at Nantucket for thirty years, where he built the first steamboat
ever used in California.  It was built and shipped in sections to the
Golden Gate in 1849, about which time five hundred young men went out from
Nantucket to California.  He married Nancy Meader, of Nantucket, and they
have one daughter, Mary, who married Isaac R. Wilson of Trenton, N.J.

GENERAL EDWARD OAKES KENNEY, for many years a conspicuous figure in the 
social, political, education and business circles of Grafton county, was
born in Bethlehem NH November 16, 1816 and died in Littleton August 6, 1863.
He early commenced business in Bethlehem as a merchant and was very
successful. In 1852 he removed to Littleton, and engaged in the lumber
business, which he followed successfully for many years, owning and
operating mills at Whitefield.  Those acquainted with that traffic at that
time of brisk competition, uncertain land titles, and distant markets, say
that the indispensable qualifications for success were unerring judgement
in the purchase of lands and timber, care in manufacture, vigilant oversight
of many subordinates, ready appreciation and power to forecast the wants of
builders, incessent watchfulness of far away markets, and wise discretion
in sales and command of capital.  In all these, as well as the extent of
his operations, Gen. Keeney was scarcely surpassed by any of his 
competitors and contemporaries in the state, and acquired a good fortune.
In other and broader business enterprises he was known as an able counsellor,
a shrewd financier and an energetic worker.  As a director of the old White
Mountain railroad he gave valuable service in extricating it from the 
numerous difficulties in which it was involved, and received the hearty
support of both of the rival factions of the stockholders.  In political
circles he was a power to be felt.  Always an unswerving Democrat, he had a
deep reverence for the Federal constitution, which, like Thomas Jefferson,
he deemed the bulward of American liberty, and every departure from its
teachings, a wandering from the truth and a peril to the national 
existence.  He was never an office seeker. Such positions as were given him
he filled to the general satisfaction. He was appointed postmaster of
Bethlehem in 1837 and held the office until his voluntary resignation in 
1845, in spite of the partisan bitterness and prejudice in and following
the excitement of the Harrison "log cabin" campaign of 1840, and the
efforts of a few to have him removed.  He was elected representative for
Bethlehem in the state legislature in 1850 by a large majority, and 
re-electe the next year, receiving every vote cast but two.  In this
position, as elsewhere, the punctual and efficient performance of duty was
his purpose and his achievement. He also filled various town offices with
credit, both in Bethlehem and Littleton, yet, perhaps, declined more than he
occupied.  For many years he was a civil magistrate of the county and state.
As trial justice he had possibly no equal in this section outside of the
legal profession. As auditor, receiver, arbitrator, referee, commissioner of
the courts for special purposes and magistrate in preliminary trials of
civil and criminal cases, his services were in frequent demand. In this
work he gave universal satisfaction to suitors, and not one of his
judgments was ever reversed by the appellate courts.  Gen. Kenney attained
his maturity when the militia system of the state was at its prime. One of
his chief delights was in the study of military affairs, and he became
particularly proficient in the "tactics."  He was drill master of the 8th
brigade, N.H. Militia, and his efficiency in drill and natural adaptation
to the work was rewarded by his regular promotion to the rank of brigadier
general.  he assisted in organizing the first levies of three-months' men
at Portsmouth in 1861, and was in command of so much of this body as
remained after the departure of the first regiment to the front. It is
probable that he would have been made colonel of the second regiment had
his health permitted, and he consented to serve.  In educational matters
Gen. Kenney always took an especial interest. For ten years he was almost
continually identified with the schools of Bethlehem as committee and
superintendent. The latter office he held three years in Littleton. His
published reports are clear, exhaustive and valuable contributions to
education work.  He was twice married, first, in 1839, to Nancy S. Smith of
Brownington VT, who died Oct. 15, 1850, leaving one child--Lorenzo C., now
a brick manufacturer of Littleton; second to Livonia, daughter of Major Ezra
Hale of Littleton, a native of Bethlehem, who survives him. They had two
children--Edward S., now a resident of Minneapolis, Minn., and Nellis S.
(Mrs. W.H. Whiting).
  His familiy relations were harmonious and exemplary. He was devoted to
his wife and children, and always held their honor and welfare nearest his
heart. He believed that his first duty was to make the pathway of life
smooth for them, and his memory is fragrant with his children and his
children's children.

HENRY RICHARDSON was born in Lisbon, March 7, 1821, where he spent the years
of his majority.  He removed to Bethlehem in 1847, and engaged in the lumber
business. About 1855 he returned to Lisbon where he carried on the same
business, but in 1866 returned to this town, and engaged in livery business
and farming which he continues.  He married Mary J., daughter of James Clark,
also a native of Lisbon, but at the time of her marriage a resident of
Lyndon VT.  They have three sons--Israel C., who married Nellie E. Williams
of Lyndon VT, and is now in the livery business; Leroy D.H., and Albert J.
are young men still with their father.

NEWTON S. COOLEY was born in Chelsea VT in 1819. When twenty-one years of
age he went to Boston Mass and learned the trade of plasterer and stucco
worker, remaining in Boston until 1866, when he removed to this town, where
he has carried on the business incident to his trade. In 1861 he entered 
the naval service of the United States, and in 1862 he recieved the
appointment of master at arms, U.S.N., and continued in the service during
the war.  In 1856 he married Catherine York, of Boston, the marriage
service being conducted by the late renowned Theodore Parker. Their family
consists of one son and one daughter. Mrs. Cooley died in 1880.

SYLVESTER M. HURLBUTT was born in Dalton, a son of Chester Hurlbutt. He
removed to this town twenty years ago and settled on road 6 where he
has ever since resided. His first wife was Rhoda Hildreth, of Victory VT
who bore him one daughter. His second wife was Ormacinda Edmands of
Dalton who also has one daughter.

CLARISSA WALKER, widow of SIMEON, is the oldest female living in this
town, being ninety-nine years of age. She was born in Middletown, Conn.,
in 1787. She came with her husband to this town in 1866 from Cabot VT.
They have five children living, three in Massachusetts, one in Londonderry,
and one, Franklin, on road 21, with whom his mother now resides. Her health
is excellent, never having had a fit of sickness in her life. Franklin
walker married first, Caroline Colton, of Cabot VT, who left three children,
and second, Martha Gile, a native of this town, by whom he has had one son,
George E., now a school teacher.

CHARLES W. BEDELL was born in Bath, May 23, 1839. His father, Timothy
Bedell, was injured by a log rolling over him, resulting in his death,
when Charles was only three years old.  His mother took care of the family
of four children until three years after Mr. Bedell's death, when she
married John Bailey, both of whom are now deceased. Charles W. came to
this town in 1867. He married Mary Pennock of Lisbon. Mr. Bedell is
secretary of the White Mountain Grange, No 50, Patrons of Husbandry.

JOEL BRONSON was born in Landaff, November 16, 1802. In 1840 he removed to
Lyndon VT where he engaged in farming for twenty-eight years, on a farm of
200 acres.  In 1868 he removed to this town, settling on South Street.
His first wife was Ruth Hall, of Bethlehem, who died about 1874, one of
their children now living being the wife of Hollis M. Parker, of this town.
His second wife, now living, was the widow of Stillman Batchellor.

JONATHAN F. LOVEJOY was born in this town and always lived here, following
farming on road 24.  He married Laura Hubbard, also of this town, and
they had seven children, six of whom are living, one having died in
childhood.  Charles W., now of this town, was a soldier in the late war,
serving in the 1st N.H. Cavalry.  Amos H. and Warren W. live on Auburn
street.  The latter was a soldier in the 1st Rhode Island Cavalry, and
lost his right arm at Rapidan Station, VA.  Ira W was also a soldier in the
33d Mass Infantry.  He was wounded in the battle at Lookout Mountain on
account of which he received his discharge.  He is now living at Rochester
NY.  Angie married Willard Hurlburt, of California. George E. is of the
firm of Southworth & Lovejoy, merchants of this town.

JOHN PIERCE was born in Gardner, Mass, June 21, 1799.  When twelve years of
age he removed with his parents to Petersham, Mass., and at twenty he removed
to Bethlehem, where he worked at chair making, farming and lumbering,
owning and carrying on a saw-mill for twenty years.  He retained the farm
until 1870 when he came to this town, locating on Main Street.  His first
marriage was with Sarah Oakes, of Bethlehem, who died July 9, 1828, leaving
two children, John Jr., who resides in Bethlehem, and Edward, living at
Flint, Michigan.  His second wife was Rebecca Cushman, who died in May,
1876, leaving five children, four of whom are now living--Sarah married
E.D. Sawyer and lives in this town; Eliza married Horace Woodard, of
Cold Water, Michigan; Mary married John G. Sinclair, now of Florida, and
Franklin lives at Flint, Michigan.  While a resident of Bethlehem, Mr. Pierce
was for a number of years selectman, and also represented the town in the
state legislature four years. He was delegate to the new Hampshire 
constitutional convention, has been an active business man, and is now well
preserved for a gentleman of eighty-five years.

JAMES PARKER was born in Lisbon in 1806, and resided in that town until
1870, carrying on the tanning business in Lisbon village for thirty years.
He held the offices of town clerk and selectman, and also represented
Lisbon in the legislature of 1859-60.  In 1870 he removed to this town,
and here carried on the business of tanning until 1882, since which time
he has lived in retirement. He married Betsey Blakesley of Dalton, and they
have eight children, viz: Lewis H. who married Eva Aldrich; William F.;
Hattie, who married B.F. Wells, all reside in this town; J.W. at Lisbon;
Jane M. married Dr. Kelsey of newport VT who died in 1884; Esther A. married
C.M. Colburn, a druggist of Brattleboro VT; Carrie M. married G.F. Abbott,
a druggist of Bethlehem; Ellen W. married Joseph Atwood, who was killed
at the battle of Fair Oaks, VA in 1862.

WILLIAM EUDY was born in Leyden Mass in 1801, where he lived until he
attained his majority. In 1826 he removed to Bethlehem, and carried on a
farm in that town until 1871,, when he removed to this town, locating at
North Littleton. He married Nancy Swett, of Bethlehem, and has had eight
children, only three of whom are living--Sarah, who married Benjamin Bean,
and lives in Bethlehem; Alonzo, resides in Easton; and William D. who married
Maria Brown of Bethlehem, and resides with his father on road 11.

HON. JAMES J. BARRETT was born in Bethlehem NH February 8, 1823, and 
died suddenly in Littleton, AUgust 24, 1885 of neuralgia of the heart.
His paternal grandfather, Thornton Barrett, with his family, came from
Winchendon, Mass. to Bethlehem among the pioneers, and his father, Joseph,
was one of its substantial farmers.  His mother was Mary, daughter of
William Kenney, who was also an early settler of Bethlehem. The pursuit of
education occupied his early years; the advantage he enjoyed being such as
were furnished by the common schools and Newbury VT seminary. Soon after the
close of his school life he engaged in the insurance business, having a
local office in Bethlehem, and traveling extensively through the neighboring
towns, thus sowing the seed and establishing the confidence which 
contributed so largely to his subsequent success. The completion of the
railroad to Littleton, in 1853, attracted his attention this way, and in 
1855 he located in this village, which ever after was his home.  He was a
complete master of the details of his business, and by hard and persistent
labor and unremitting care for his patrons, as well as the companies he
represented, he built up the largest business of the kind in Northern
New Hampshire.  In connection with this he did much conveyancing, making
deeds, wills, drawing pension papers, etc., and acted as business adviser
of a great number of people, especially among the farming community. He was
ever found advocating the peaceable settlement of difficulties, when
possible.  It was largely through his enterprise and public spirit that
the old land monopoly--the system of holding real estate in mortmain--
was broken up in Littleton, and the section south of the river opened up
for building.  In active participation in every movement to advance the
material welfare of the town, Littleton is as largely indebted to him as
to any one man, for its growth and prosperity in the past twenty-five year.
Owning quite a tract of land east of his residence, suitable for building
sites, he laid out a street across it, planted the willows which adorn its
borders and give it its name, improved the lot, and assisted worthy people to
build houses thereon, furnishing means where they lacked allowing them to
repay in small instalments, in this way enabling many to secure homes of
their own, by the payment of sums scarcely larger than the rents would be.
Ever an unswerving Democrat, he took a deep interest in, and was a constant
and efficient worker for, the success of his party. Hardly had he attained
his majority, when he was chosen collector for his native town, serving in
1844-45-46, and in 1850-51-52-53, he was upon the board of selectmen, the
latters years as chairman. In Littleton he served as selectman, town
treasurer, and in minor offices, was chosen representative to the state
legislature in 1866-67-68, where he took an active part on various 
committees. Being re-nominated, he declined to run, and in so doing favored
the nomination of E.B. Parker, of Franconia, who succeeded him.  When the
news of the attack on Fort Sumter startled the North, the excitement in
Littleton became in tense and April 26, nine days after the momentious shot
was fired, a mass meeting was held, Mr. Barrett was chosen president, made
a vigorous Union speech, and from that time on was one of the foremost in
the work of raising men and means for the defense of the Union. An excellent
presiding officer, he was regularly chosen moderator of town meetings in
Littleton for many years.
  In the ranks of Free Masonry Mr. Barrett took a high stand. He was made a
Master Mason in Kane Lodge No 64, of Lisbon, October 22, 1858, was exalted
a R.A.M. in Franklin Chapter No 5, of Lisbon, November 28, 1859, was created
K.T. in North Star Commandery of Lancaster, July 30, 1864. One of the
petitioners for a dispensation which was granted February 12, 1859, for
establishment of Burns Lodge No 66 at Litleton (the charter for which was
granted June 9, following) he became one of its charter members and first
J.W.; and was also a charter member of St. Gerard Commandery, K.T.
established in 1868, and its first Generalissimo serving for four years.
He was representative to the Grand Lodge in 1864 and 1866. He maintained an
active connection with the Masonic order during his life, and was buried
with Masonic honors by St. Gerard COmmandery and Burns Lodge, of Littleton.
  His marriage to Lydia, daughter of Isaac Smith, a life-long resident of
Brownington VT, occurred January 3, 1845, the domestic relations then
formed proving peculiarly felicitous. Two sons and one daughter have blessed
the union--George W. Barrett, who was born July 13, 1846, married Ella M.
Taylor, and has two sons and one daughter; Alice E., born December 22, 1851,
died December 23, 1853; and Allien J., born September 7, 1857, married
Ida M. Witcher and had one daughter who died in infancy and one son living
G.W. and A.J. Barrett under the firm name of "Barretts" continued the
business established by his father.
  In Mr. Barrett were combined that sturdy independence, dislike of
ostentation and plainness of dress and manners, which proclaim descent from
the old New England stock; that ability to read character and motive which
come of travel, keen observation and wide dealings with men, and formed a
potent factor in achieving their business success; and a taste for reading
and research which found both food and expression in the well selected
library, and choice collection of curiosites which adorn the home, telling
of his life and acquirements more clearly than words of ours.

JOHN C. MORRISON was born in Bethlehem in 1824 and resided there until 1840
when he removed to Gilmanton. There he worked at his trade in iron works
three years.  Afterward he took charge of Fairbank's forge shop, at
St. Johnsbury VT until 1854.  From there he went to Vergennes VT and
superintended the Sampson scale works until 1857, thence to the Amoskeag
Mills, Manchester, in charge of their forge.  In 1863 he removed to 
Yonkers NY where he was superintendent of the Clipper Mower and Reaper Co.'s
works until 1873 when he came to this town and has since that date carried
on the manufacture of carriages.  His wife was Mary P. Edwards, of Laconia.
They have two children, a daughter who married Daniel W. Ranlet of
Bethlehem, and a son, J.F. at Springfield, Mass.

MILO C. POLLARD was born in Ryegate VT in 1842 and lived there until he
was fifteen years of age, when he removed with his father to Barnet VT
and after two years they removed to Bath.  He married Climena Blakeslee,
of this town. In 1873 he removed to road 4.  They have two daughters. In
1862 he enlisted in the 15th NH Vol Infantry and served nine months.
He was afterwards in the service of the United States at Brattleboro,
eight months.

CLARK W. POWERS was born in Newfane VT, June 3, 1824. From Caledonia VT
he enlisted in the 4th Vermont regiment and served nearly three years
in the vicil war.  At the battle of Wilderness he was taken prisoner and
confined at Andersonville, Florence, S.C., and other points for about
ten months.  In the same battle in which he was taken prisoner he was
wounded in his right hand and also in his hip.  He married Clarissa E. Allen
of Burke VT, and they have had thirteen children, four of whom died in
childhood. Of the living, Scott W. is a house builder, resident in this
town.  Allen resides in California; Clark W. Jr. is a journalist; Survillan
is foreman of a foundry at Waterbury Conn; William A. is a marble-cutter
at Hardwick VT; Abel R. is a farmer with his father; Henry is a student;
Flora married John Thompson; and Rosette is unmarried and resides with her
parents. Mr. Powers removed to this town eight years ago and settled on
road 6 where he now resides.

ZELOTES STEVENS was born in Orford. Learning the marble worker's business
at Rochester, he removed to Pennsylvania, and from thence to Rutland VT.
In 1879 he came to Littleton and established marble works in the rear of
C.A. Farr's store, on Main street, where he carried on the trade in all
its branches. He married Susan M., daughter of Silas Morse.

DR. GEORGE McGREGOR was born in Bethlehem June 15, 1853. He was educated at
Tilton and New Hampton, and graduated from Dartmouth Medical College in
1878. In 1880 he located in this town to practice his profession, having
previously practiced a year and a half at Lunenburg VT. He married Augusta,
daughter of Stephen Eaton, of Franconia. During the present season he has
built a fine residence on School street, which is intended for his future
home.

Rev. Francis H. Lyford, pastor of the Free Will Baptist church, was born in Pittsfield
September 19, 1820, where his boyhood days were passed to the age of fifteen years,
when he removed to Missouri and remained in that state until twenty-two years of age.
Returnig to Pittsfield he remained there until 1846 when he removed to Barnstead, and
in 1853 to Manchester. His first marriage to Eunice T. Pickering, of Barnstead, in
1853, who died in 1851, leaving two children, one of whom died at the age of nine 
years, while the other, Ardenia, married George E. Gay, of Malden, Mass. In 1852 his
second marriage took place, to Catherine S. Cox, of Holderness, NH, by whom he has had
three children, two of whom died in childhood, and one, Kate Idell, resides with her
parents. He settled in Littleton as pastor of the Free Will Baptist church in 1880.

GILMAN K. MORRISON is a native of Bethlehem NH where he resided on a farm until his
house was burned in 1881.  In 1882 he purchased a farm in the suburbs of Littleton
village, where he now resides.  He married Mary J. Ladd, a native of Holderness, and
they have had two children, a son who died in infancy, and a daughter, Emma J. who
married Burton Minard, formerly a minister, of Boston. She died while her husband
was pastor of the Free Will Baptist Church in Littleton, November 13, 1879, in the
thirtieth year of her age, leaving a son and daughter.

JAMES WILLIAMS was born at North Littleton, and opened the hotel at Haverhill NH
known as the Grafton Coffee House. He married Candice Billings, of Waterford VT.
Their son, Franklin B., married Ellen Artler, a native of Liverpool England, and
lives on road 36.

JAMES RICHARDSON was born in Lisbon NH March 27, 1814, where he lived on a farm
until the age of seventee, when he fitted himself to enter Kimball Union Academy
at Meriden NH. In 1836 he entered Dartmouth College and graduated in 1841. Having
spent one year in teaching after his graduation, he was then principal of Hebron
academy, Canaan union academy and the academy at Lyme, for a period of four years,
when failing health obliged him to give up teaching as a profession. Since that
time he has been occupied as a lumberman and farmer. He married Jane Morse, of Lisbon,
and they have had five children, four of whom are living.

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CHURCHES
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In an article on the churches in Littleton, contributed to "The History of New 
Hampshire churches," Rev. E. Irvin Carpenter says that "the first settlers were
neither generally religious men, nor religiously inclined." The men of 1800-1810 may
not have taken much interest in theological matters, but a considerable number of 
those who came prior to 1795 and were pioneers of the town, were devout christians
and improved every opportunity to hold religious services.  Captain Caswell, Thomas
Miner and family, and Robert Charlton were of this number. It was their custom to
meet every Sunday at the house of one of them and hold a service which usually
consisted of prayer, singing, reading the Scriptures and frequently a sermon would be
read. James Rankin, who, with his wife and children was a strict Presbyterian,
generally conducted these services after he settled there. He is described as a person
gifted in prayer. The sermon was usually read by his son-in-law, Nathaniel Webster.

The first preacher to come into the settlement to remain for any length of time was
Rev. Mr. Atkinson of Portsmouth, who was in the service of a Home Missionary society.
He remained about six months, in 1790, accomplishing a good work and laying a
foundation for those who were to follow. It is said that he was a talented and
eloquent minister. In 1791 a vote was passed at the annual meeting "to hire preaching
for two months." It was also "voted that Captain Nathan Caswell and Mr. John Wheeler
be a committee to hire a minister."  It does not appear that any action was taken
under authority of this vote.  The following year it was "voted that nine pounds be
raised to hire preaching;" also, "that James Rankin and Isaac Miner be a committee
to hire said preaching."  From the next record in regard to preaching, it would
appear that Mr. Rankin went to Hanover and employed Rev. Mr. Atkinson to return,
for the town voted in 1796 to allow Mr. Rankin one pound, thirteen shillings and
eight pence for his expenses, with one shilling, four pence additional for horse
hire.  How long Mr. Atkinson remained at this time is not known. The records are
silent in this respect until 1799 when Solomon Mann, Paul Cushman and Robert Charlton
were chosen "a committee to find a centre for holding meetings, said committee to
hire a minister to preach out the money that shall be subscribed for preaching." The
question of fixing upon a place or centre for holding meetings was often agitated but
never settled until 1811, when Moses Little gave the town two acres of land to build
a church upon.  This lot was about equally distant from the three principal settle-
ments in the town. The Rev. John Lord was employed by the town to preach for a time
in 1802 and the bills due Captain James Williams and Asa Lewis therefor were paid in
accordance with a vote of the annual meeting in 1803.

In 1811 the gift of Mr. Little was accepted, and the sum of $200.00 voted by the town
for a church, with the condition that it was to be used for town meetings. The
church was dedicated in 1815. It was built with the understanding that it should be
used by the several denominations. There were Methodists and Baptists in town, but
the Congregationalists were the most numerous.  A church of this denomination was
organized in 1803, by the Rev. David Goodall, before mentioned. It had ten members,
but no settled minister until 1820.  In the mean time Rev. Mr. Goodall preached
occasionally, and the Rev. N.R. Hardy was sent here by the missionary society and
preached some three years. He died in a log cabin on the Isaac Parker place.  The
Rev. Drury Fairbanks was the first settled minister. He was called to the church in
1820, and served it faithfully until 1835, when failing health compelled him to
relinquish his pastoral charge.  He was succeeded by Rev. Evarts Worcester, a native
of Peacham VT, a young man of fine talent and great promise, who was cut down by
consumption early the following year.  His successor was his brother, Rev. Isaac R.
Worcester, who was ordained pastor of the church September 27, 1837.  After three 
years of faithful service the condition of his health compelled him to rest, and he
sought to restore his wasted strength by a visit to the South. After a year's absence
he resumed his pastorate, but was forced to relinquish it in 1842.   In December 1842,
Rev. E. Irvin Carpenter was settled, and remained with the church until January 1847.
His pastorate was a successful one. Rev. Charles E. Milliken succeeded him in
September 1860, and continued its pastor until 1878, the longest term of service in
the history of the town.  The pulpit was supplied by Rev. W.A. Hadley, the Rev. Mr.
McGowan and others, until January 25, 1881, when George W. Osgood was installed. He
resigned, and was dismissed in October 1884, and in February 1886, Rev E.C. Holman
became pastor.  The church has a present membership of 230.

The METHODIST itinerent did not neglect this field, and from 1800 to 1848, when the
church was organized, there was no year in which a minister of that denomination did
not visit the town and hold service.  Josiah Newhall, who lived on what is now a part
of the C.W. Bedel farm, was the leading Methodist among the early settlers. His house
was for many years the resting place of the itinerants who rode this circuit. 
James Rankin Jr. became a convert to Methodism in 1801, and was a local preacher of
considerable power and influence for several years. The town was include in the
Landaff circuit from 1800 to 1843.  During this period, besides James Rankins Jr.,
Father Berkley, and Joseph Robins Jr. held meetings in different neighborhoods.
The citizens who were of this denomination were most numerous in the western part
of the town, in the vicinity of Partridge pond, and on Mann's hill.  The Rev.
Daniel Wise, A.M., D.D., one of the most distinguished preachers and writers of the
church in this country, began his ministerial labors in this town in 1833. He was 
from Portsmouth, England, and came to this county via Canada, when about twenty years
old.  He started on foot for a journey through New England, without any objective
point, and in the autumn of 1833, found himself in the Briggs neighborhood, at
West Littleton. While there he attended a service conducted by Father Berkley, by whom
he was invited to offer prayer. From that hour dates his active work in the ministry.
He was soon licensed, and preached in this section, dividing his time between 
Littleton and Lyman.  The following year Bath was added to his parish, and he gave
each locality a third of his time. In 1837 he went to Massachusetts, where he preached
in the larger towns and cities until 1850, when he was assigned to editorial duty.
  In 1843 Littleton was classed with Whitefield, Rev. J.S. Loveland, pastor. This
relation was continued until 1845, when the town was joined to Bethlehem, Rev.
J.G. Johnson, pastor.  The relation thus established was continued until 1858, when
it was thought that the society could stand alone, and Rev. Charles Cowing was
sent here by the conference.  The next year Whitefield was added to Elder Cowing's
charge.  The society had become quite strong and active, and in 1850 Rev. Sullivan
Holman became pastor.  Under his energetic supervision the church prospered and a 
beautiful edifice was erected on the site of the "old red store."  Mr. Holman has been
succeeded by the following preachers: Dudley P. Leavitt, 1852-53; L.L. Eastman, 1853-
1855; J.P. Stinchfield, 1856; Geo. N. Bryant, 1857-58; L.P. Cushman, 1859-60;
Geo. S. Barnes 1861-62; S.E. Quimby 1863; H.L. Kelsey 1864; Freeman Carter 1865-66;
A.E. Drew 1867-68; James M. Bean, 1869; John Currier 1870-71; Geo. Beebe, 1872-73;
Geo. W. Ruland 1874-75-76; N.M.D. Granger 1877-78; Geo. A. McLaughlin 1879-80-81;
G.M. Curl 1882-83-84; M.V.B. Knox, 1885-86.  The membership of the church at present
in 230.

It is a singular coincidence that the church membership of the two principal
denominations in town should be the same (230) in 1886, while ten years earlier each
had a membership of 150.

The BAPTIST CHURCH never gained much of a foothold in Littleton.  Rev. Mr.
Churchill came from Lancaster in 1799 and under his labors quite a revival occurred.
He was located near Rankin's mills, but remained only two or three years.  As late
as 1822 there were nine members in town who worshipped with the church at West
Waterford.  The society was revived in 1840.  Rev. Nicholas Bray was pastor and
Anson Alexander, deacon. After two years Mr. Bray was succeeded by Rev. W.W. Lovejoy
who served as pastor until the autumn of 1844, at which time the removal of its
more active members brought about the disorganization of the society.

Since 1840 there have been a considerable number of ROMAN CATHOLICS here, but no
stated service was held until 1854, when Littleton was placed under the charge of
the priest stationed at Lancaster as a mission.  In 1874 it was attached as a mission
to the church at Lebanon.  Since 1882 it has been independent.  The first priest to
officiate was Rev. J.H. Noiseux, of Lancaster, in 1854.  Since then the church has
been in charge of the following priests: Rev. Y.X. Trudell 1876-78; Rev. J.P. Finnegan
1876; Rev. L.M. Laplante 1881-82.  Rev. Father Noiseux returned in 1882 and is still
in charge of the parish, which consists of 125 families.

In the summer of 1859 Rev. James H. Eames, rector of the PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CHURCH
at Concord held an occasional service here. His preaching awoke an interest which
gradually extended and resulted in the formation of a society in 1871-72.  Aid was
furnished by Bishop Niles, and Rev. J.B. Goodrich officiated alternated here and at
Lancaster for two years. Rev. A.R. Graves was rector from 1876 to 1880, and Rev.
Geo. C. Jones until May 1881. He was succeeded by Rev. H.M. Andrews, who, after two
years service, was followed by Rev. J.S. Kent, who also served two years.  The
present rector is Rev. H.H. Haynes. The church has a membership of 35.

It does not appear that the FREE WILL BAPTISTS established themselves in Littleton 
until 1869. Members of that church doubtless resided in town as early as 1820.
The report of that church for 1822, showed that there were six members here at that
time.  Rev. John Colby of Sutton VT preached here one Sunday in 1810, when on his
way from Waterford to Lisbon, but his reception was such that ever after he went
around, not through the town.  A church of this denomination was built at
Bethlehem and such members as resided in Littleton were connected with it. In 1869
the church at Bethlehem was transferred to this town, where it was reorganized
and Rev. Elijah Gifford served as pastor from May 1869 until his death December 27,
1873.  Rev. Burton Minard served as pastor until July 2, 1874; Rev. E.P. Moulton until
May 1876; Rev. Ira Emery until May 1878. Rev. Burton Minard then served again for
fifteen months, when Rev. F.H. Lyford was installed. He resigned in the autumn of
1885 and the pulpit has since been vacant. The membership is 127.

THE ADVENT CHRISTIAN CHURCH--The Second Advents made their first effort to establish
a society in the summer of 1884. A tent was pitched on the fair ground near the
scythe factory and services conducted by Elder Miles Grant, Elder Crouch and others.
Subsquently the society rented Grange Hall where they now hold meetings. The society
at present twenty-five members, with Rev. John A. Magoon, pastor.

THE UNITARIANS and UNIVERSALISTS each numbered a few families for many years and
ineffectual attempts have at different times been made to organize societies.
In 1884 Rev. J.B. Morrison of Lancaster, began to preach here, and as a result of
his labors the liberal Christians have united and a church is to be erected during
the present year.

The first church was, as has been stated, built near the center of the town and
dedicated in 1815.  This was a large and nearly square structure, with out
architectural ornament.  It had two entrances opening into a hallway.from which
two flights of stairs led to a gallery. The body of the church was filled with pews
constructed in the style prevalent at the time, while on each side, raised some
eight inches from the floor, was a row of square pews with seats around three sides.
Similiar pews filled the gallery, which was quite an extensive affairs, occupying
both sides and one end of the building. The pulpit was a lofty structure, from which
the preacher commanded a full view of every part of the interior.  The business of
the town gradually centered at the village and its increasing population demanded a
church at that point.  The CONGREGATIONALISTS decided to change their location and
the first village church was erected and dedicated in 1832.  This edifice, which
cost $2,000, was remodelled and enlarged in 1852 and again in 1874, and is now a
beautiful and commodious structure, and is valued, including other property at 
$10,000. A fine chapel was built in 1883 on a lot just west of the church. The old
church was used as a town house until 1866, and a few years later it was sold at
auction and demolished.

THE FIRST METHODIST CHURCH was organized in 1849. The first church building was
built in 1850, of wood, on the site of the "old red store," at the corner of Main
and Pleasant streets. Rev. Charles Cowing was the first pastor. It was considered a
fine piece of architecture, but when it was remodelled in 1881 a portion of its
beauty was destroyed. It is still a fine structure, however, will seat 360 persons,
and is valued, including grounds at $8,000. The society also has a chapel and
parsonage. The present pastor if Rev. M.V.B. Knox.

THE PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CHURCH is of brick.  It was erected in 1875, the corner
stone being laid by Bishop Niles July 22. It is situated on School Street.

THE FREE WILL BAPTISTS built an edifice in 1869, of wood, on Union Street, which
was remodelled in 1881, and is now valued, including grounds and other property,
at $10,000. It contains a vestry and lecture room and will seat 450 persons.
They also own a parsonage. Rev. Elijah Guilford is the present pastor.

In 1876, 1877, the CATHOLICS erected a church at the corner of Clay and High streets,
which is now hardly large enough for the accomodation of its increasing membership.

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