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" I believe your ancestor to have been Colonel John Campbell of Shanks- ton. If, however, this is the case he must have been more than 71 years of age at the time of his death I should suppose, and this is not improbable as the family is very long lived. My reason for believing in this identity is the disappearance of said John Campbell from a family history where the minutest details of all the other members are chronicled. I believe he must have got into political troubles and have been obliged to fly the country. The visit of the Earl Loudown (his nephew?), a proud and austere man who was unlikely to have visited a private individual merely because his name was Campbell, would thus also be accounted for. But the most cogent reason of all is that Sir John Campbell of Lawers (afterwards 1st Earl of Loudown) had only two descendants named 'John,' viz. : John 4th Earl of Loudown and John Campbell of Shankston. All you write of the relations of Glenlyon, Lawers and Loudown is quite correct and shows that your traditions are true. If your ancestor was John Campbell of Shankston his heirs of line can claim the Earldom of Loudown and all the baronies granted in 1633 to Sir John of Lawers, but the estates are ' proscribed,' i. e., having been held with- out challenge for upwards of 40 years the right of the present possessor can
1 On that occasion, according to unquestiona- ble tradition, the visitor was entertained, not at Mr. Campbell's house but at that of Josiah Wolcott, his son-in-law, for the reason, per- haps, that his residence was, from its appoint- ments, best adapted to the reception. It has been said the meeting was at the stone bridge,
now standing, over the brook which runs about midway between the two houses. This would have been very natural if Loudon came by way of Worcester, as at this point the road from Mr. Campbell's residence intersected the main high- way. Thence they proceeded together, it is said, to Wolcott's where they spent the night.
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no longer be disputed. They are held by the present Earl of Loudown of the Hastings family to which they went by the marriage of Flora Campbell, only child of the 5th Earl, to the Earl of Moira, afterwards Marquess of Hastings. If you can follow up the clue I have given you and prove the identity of your ancestor there can be no doubt of the claim of his heirs of line, for although your ancestor dying before John, 4th Earl, could of course, never have claimed the titles and estates, and having no exact account of who he was, his descendants never did so when the succession opened to them. Yet the fact remains that they must succeed before the heirs of their ancestor's younger brother. I think you will understand it by referring to the annexed pedigrees.
"My father is the representative of the original house of Loudown, for although the estate went to the granddaughter of the first baron by marriage to Sir John of Lawers yet the chieftainship of the house remained with the heir male of the family, the first baron's cousin, Sir Hugh Campbell of Cessnock, my direct ancestor. All branches acknowledge my father as chief of the House of Loudown, as you will find by referring to Burke's ' Armory County Families' and ' Robertson's History of Ayrshire,' wherein he is styled ' Chief of the Campbells of Loudown and Cessnock.' I annex pedigrees and will be very glad to hear that this reaches you in safety. A century ago there seems to have been no stigma attaching to illegitimate branches of great houses (in many cases peerages being granted to them), so you will have thoroughly to sift all the evidence. The House of Loudown has several branches of this kind here possessing large estates. You will understand, Madam, that I find it necessary to caution you on this point, disagreeable though it is to me to do so. I am, Madam,
" Your obedient servant,
"W. H. CAMPBELL, Captain."
PEDIGREES.
In 1620 Sir John Campbell of Lawers, eldest son and heir of Sir James Campbell of Lawers, married Margaret Campbell, co-heiress of Hugh, 1st Baron Campbell of Loudown. They had (with daughters) two sons, James, who succeeded, and George died unmarried.
James, 2nd Earl (his father having been created Earl of Loudown, Baron Faryman, etc., in 1633), married Lady Margaret Montgomery. They had three sons : 1st, Hugh, who succeeded; 2nd, Col. JOHN of Shankston; 3rd, James, afterward Sir, and to whom his father left the estate of Lawers.
Hugh, 3rd Earl, married Lady Margaret Dalrymple and died in 1731. They had one son, John, who succeeded (and two daughters).
John, 4th Earl, a distinguished military commander. [Visited Rev. John Campbell, at Oxford]. He died unmarried in 1782, when his estate and titles devolved upon James Mure Campbell (son of his uncle Sir James). He suc- ceeded as 5th Earl and had an only child, Flora, who took the estates by marriage into the " Hastings Family," where they still remain.
FORMULATED PEDIGREE OF THE CAMPBELL FAMILY.
SIR JOHN CAMPBELL of Lawers=MARGARET CAMPBELL, Married 1620, created Earl of Loudown 1633, died 1663.
co-heiress of Hugh, Ist Lord Campbell of Loudown.
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JAMES C., 2nd Earl of Loudown=LADY MARGARET MONTGOMERY. Died 1684.
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COL. JOHN of Shankston. Supposed to have left no issue or his descend- ants would have suc- ceeded before the son of Sir James of Lawers. This I suppose to be [JOHN CAMPBELL, of Oxford]. He has quite disappeared from the family records.
SIR JAMES of Lawers=LADY JEAN BOYLE.
JAMES MURE CAMPBELL, 5th Earl. Succeeded his cousin Jolin, 4th Earl, and his descendants hold the title.
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Miss Mary Butler Campbell. Since the printing of the notes on the Camp- bell family, page 428, Miss Campbell, a much honored and beloved member, has deceased. Her father died when she was eight years of age and soon thereafter the family removed to Dudley that the children might receive the benefit of the Academy. Here we find Miss Mary at 11 years of age among the brightest of its pupils, contemporary with Peter C. Bacon and Samuel C. Paine, and taking a prominent part in a public exhibition of the school. When about 16 she began her career as teacher in the district school at Oxford centre. Later she for a short time was under the tuition of Rev. Mr. Phelps (father of Prof. Phelps, Andover), at Brookfield, and went thence to Miss Fiske's school at Keene, N. H. Miss Porter, her intimate friend, wrote " probably no other person beside her noble mother had so happy an influence in determining her aims and character as Miss Fiske." In 1829 she went to Springfield as teacher in the popular and " attractive " school of Miss Hawkes. Two years later Miss Hawkes removed to Philadelphia giving the Springfield institution into the charge of Miss Campbell and Miss Porter (later at the head of the celebrated Farmington school), which arrangement continued about a year, and the school was given up. The winter of 1833-4 Miss Campbell spent at Charleston, S. C. She next joined her old friend, Miss Hawkes at Philadelphia as assistant, continuing about two years, going thence for a year or more to Wilmington, Del., into the family of Hon. Richard H. Bayard, as governess.
Miss Helen L. Campbell, her niece (to whom we are indebted for many of the facts of this sketch), writes : "It must have been in the autumn of 1838 that Miss Campbell and her sister Celia opened their school in University Place, New York." Here, to quote Miss Porter, "under the auspices of excellent friends (and there, as always before, they made firm and valuable friends), the school was happy and prosperous." But the mother, who resided with them, and also Miss Celia, preferred country life, and at their solicitation, buildings having been fitted for the purpose at the mansion at Oxford, in the spring of 1843 the school was removed thither. Here it was only moderately successful, and in the autumn of 1844 another removal was made at the urgent invitation of old friends, to Springfield, where until the marriage of Miss Celia in the fall of 1849 the institution was conducted with marked success. That event terminated operations at Springfield, and Miss Mary removed to Boston, where she remained until after the decease of the wife of her brother James B. at Charleston. In the fall of 1851 she went to that city to take charge of the bereaved household, entering upon a new but no less important sphere, "presiding with dignity and grace over an elegant home, entertaining many of the distinguished people of the day, always welcoming with cordial hospitality all who found their way to the ever open door, interesting herself in every charitable work and always ready with sympathy, counsel and money to help the sick, the suffering and the needy."
At the breaking out of the war most of the teachers of the Normal School at Charleston returned to their homes in the North, and Miss Campbell, that the work might not cease, engaged with characteristic efficiency in the service, thus "for a year filling a wide gap " in the institution. At the bom- bardment of the city, while other members of the family, in common with a large portion of the people, left for places of safety she remained in the mansion to protect the property, and with the help of a faithful Union sol- dier detailed for the purpose, did so effectually amid great danger from fire and freebooters.
In 1869-70, she with her two nieces travelled a year or more in Europe, and again in 1887 she spent a winter in Rome, and the following spring and a part of the summer in England. In the summer of 1889 some of the strongest
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ties which bound her to the city of her adoption having been broken, she, with many regrets, left Charleston, thereafter to make a home with Northern friends. The summer of 1890 was passed at the homestead in Oxford, during which time she had much enjoyment in renewing old acquaintances, but her home for most of the time after leaving the South was with her nephew, Cecil Campbell Higgins, in or near New York city. At his summer residence at Pound Ridge, N. Y., in the last days of June, 1891, she was taken seriously ill, and after two months, in which there was a gradual decline, died peace- fully on the 24th of August.
The Charleston News and Courier soon after her decease printed an obitua- ry notice which contained the following :
"Endowed with a strong intellect and fixed intensity of purpose, Miss Campbell reaped all the advantages afforded by the best New England schools, though she did not consider her education completed when she left the school-room as a pupil or afterwards as a teacher, but kept abreast with the thought and discoveries of her time, being a bright examplar of general cul- ture up to the last year of her invaluable life. Gentle and winning in manner, affectionate in disposition and with a singularly sweet and attractive face, her clear and strong, though not bigoted, religious convictions, completed the character and suggested to all the realization of the
' Perfect woman, nobly planned.'
"Miss Campbell was one of the original board of ladies who, in 1867, organized in this city the 'Home for the Mothers, Widows and Daughters of Confederate Soldiers.' She was the soul and guiding spirit of the educational feature of this excellent institution, and was at the time of her death Vice- President of the Home Association. The loss the Home suffers in her death is irreparable, and hundreds of its alumnæ, girls and young matrons through- out the State, will read with deep sorrow of the death of their beloved guide, counsellor and friend.
"Miss Campbell's gentle yet ardent spirit and many benefactions bring to mind the lines which mark the tomb of Gunfreda de Warren, a noble woman of medieval times :
" A Martha to the homeless poor, a Mary in her love,
And though her Martha's part be here, her Mary's gone above."
"The House of Rest," Charleston, S. C. Miss Celia, daughter of Hon. James B. Campbell, was a devoted Christian and gave largely of her means as well as personal effort to charitable work. In cooperation with a kindred spirit, Miss Wagner, she rented a large house in Charleston, where in March, 1874, was opened the "House of Rest," an asylum or retreat where sick and destitute orphan children were received and cared for. This institution sup- plied a long felt want in the city and was a real boon to the poor. To its interests Miss Campbell was unsparingly devoted and was at her post of duty there when stricken with the illness which ten days later terminated her life, 28 Feb., 1887.
Ancestry of Benoni Twitchell. PAGE 729. BENJAMIN of Dorchester re- moved probably before 1663 to Medfield. Of his children were Mary, who m. Josiah Rockwood, Bethia, who m. John Rockwood, and Abiel, b. 1663 at Medfield. The latter " and her child," in 1683 lived with her brother-in-law, Josiah Rockwood, at Medfield. This child is supposed to have been Benoni -the son of my sorrow.
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The Will of Cyrus Kidder. Mr. Kidder died 27 Aug., 1891. His will was dated 17 Sept., 1879, extracts from which follow :-
"Third. I give and bequeath to the First Congregational Church of Oxford the sum of one thousand dollars, in trust, nevertheless, to the follow- ing uses and purposes, to wit, to invest the same permanently as a fund, and to use the income thereof in relieving such worthy members of the Church as are in indigent circumstances through sickness or misfortune of any kind, and especially in providing such persons with the comforts of life in their last sickness, and a suitable burial and headstone.
"Fourth. I give and bequeath to the inhabitants of the town of Oxford the sum of five hundred dollars, the income of which shall be appropriated so far as may be necessary and proper for taking care of my lot in the north ceme- tery of said town and the two lots which my brother and I may hereafter purchase in said cemetery, and for the keeping of said lots in perfect order, and if there shall be any of said income remaining annually, said balance shall be applied and appropriated for the general care and improvement of said cemetery."
In November, 1891, steps were taken to contest in the Courts the validity of this will.
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GENERAL HISTORY.
Abbott, Abijah, scythe maker 207. Alvan, Rev., Universalist 77. Zebina, clothier 194. Aborn, R. Alonzo, store 241.
Acker, Elbridge, soldier 178. Ackland, Major, wounded 143.
Ackley, Lucius O., manufacturer 209. Acworth mill 206.
Adams' Army 150, 151. Adams, Charles W., soldier 179. Daniel V., soldier 181.
James D., soldier 179, 185.
Jedediah, soldier 137, 138.
Loring J., soldier 181. Oscar E., soldier 180.
O. W., Rev., Methodist 81. Agent, Town 271.
Agricultural products 267. Society 251.
Ainsworth, Rev. Charles W., Methodist 81. Alard, children lost 13, settler at Ox. 24. Albee, Edwin, soldier 180.
Geo. W., wounded 162, record 171. Aldrich, Amos, store N. Ox. 241. Calvin, pays for preaching 65. Calvin S., soldier 179.
Samuel, selectman 275, collector 282. Thomas, clothier 194.
Timothy, selectman 274, collector 282. Alexandria, Va., 162, 163.
Alford, James, buys N. Gore land 293. Allen, Abner, taxed 1771 261.
Amasa, taxed 1771 263, soldier 135.
Daniel, representative 13, 31, 757, lands 283.
David, taxed 1771 263.
Edward, taxed 1771 263.
Edwin H., Rubber Co. 195. E. W., Rev., candidate 70. John, soldier 135, taxed 1771 261.
John J., Agricultural Society 251.
Phinehas, soldier 134, 135, taxed 1771 263.
Pliny, corporal 160, wounded 162, record 170.
Zachariah, LL.D., Huguenot Soc. 253. Almy & Brown 191. Joseph, Oxford Bank 232.
Alton, Erastus, Agricultural Society 251. Alverson, George, finds relics 15, soldier 137, fighting hatchet 260. John, soldier 156.
Rufus G., schools 101, hist. relics 260. Amherst, General 122.
Amidon, prisoner 161, record 17[. George H., soldier 183. Amidown, Caleb, committee 285, with Dunbar 285. Ephraim, taxed 1771 261, Continental money 765.
Ephraim, Jr., taxed 1771 261.
Ethemer, pew 84.
Jeremiah, taxed 1771 261.
Philip, in Church 51, committee 52, 83, soldier 136, taxed in 1771 261, selectman 273, constable 280, sup- ports Bowman 771. Roger, soldier 122, buys land 290.
Ammunition, stock of 156.
Amptaeur, Conrad, killed 164, record 174, 185. Anderson, Prof. D.D., preaches 79. James, Oxford Bank 232. John, shoe business 218.
Andersonville 168.
Andover 198, 202.
Andrew, Rev. Samuel, preaches 49.
Andrews, Major 153. John, manufacturer 204.
Andros, Edmund 7. Angell, Charles A., committee 108, library 159, shoe business 217, 218, Oxford Bank 232, representative 272, select- man 275, treasurer 276, assessor 278, collector 282.
Nelson P., student 258.
Angier, Uriah, buys N. Gore land 293. Animals, wild 227.
Annabell, Isaac, soldier 136.
Anne, Queen, war 18, war closed 30.
Antietam 163, 164, creek 166, 169.
Appleby, George, shoe business 219.
Thomas, representative 272, select- man 275. Appleton, Nathan, power weaving 204. R. & Co., subscribe to house 93. Robert, manufacturer 209.
Meeting-
Arcade 242, 243, burned 246.
Arms for minute-men 127. Army supplies 128, 130, 131, 133, 762. Arnold, Ahab, sells mill 205. Benedict, 142, 143, in command 144. Russell, soldier 180. Willard, mill owner 205.
Ashworth, Thomas, leases mill 212. Assessors' reports 268. Association, Co. E 187.
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Association, improvement 252. Attawaugan, Conn. 205.
Atwood, Abiel, not assessed 59, Univer- salist 74, pays for Meeting-house 88, pew 89.
James, soldier 136, 137.
Joseph, subscribes 88, soldier 136.
Nathan, soldier 138.
Samuel, soldier 136.
Stephen, chair-making 208. Tisdale, soldier 156.
Augutteback Pond 2, 8, 285. Mill 197.
Austin, Rev., at Washington's funeral 155. S. J., Rev., 70, 187, school committee 279, sketch of 375.
Avery, Rev., candidate 60.
Awakening, The 53.
Ayer, Rev. Oliver, Baptist 79, school committee 279.
Babb, Rev. Thos. E., called 70, address 187, school com. 279, sketch of 375. Babbitt, Erasmus, lawyer in Ox. 255, sketch of 375.
Bacon, Charles A., corporal 160, record 170, Master Mason 250.
Daniel F., soldier 178.
Edwin, loses horses 247.
George, soldier 178, tablets 184.
Hollis D. W., taverner 235.
Jonas, spools thread 195, Freemason 250, rep. 272, selectman 274.
Peter C., sells mill 199, lawyer at Ox. 255, town agent 271, selectman 274, school committee 279, sketch of 376. Badger, John M., soldier 178.
Bailey, Rev., on Mr. Dudley's council 63. C. R., Rev., Baptist 80.
Emory F., sold. missing 164. rec. 175. Baird, Rev. C. W., History of Huguenots 11, 25, Huguenot monument 253. Henry M., on Church polity 20.
Baker, Col. 161.
Estes E., soldier 180, 185.
George H., soldier 182, G. A. R. 187, assessor 278.
Henry A., war record 175.
Jacob, Rev., Universalist 77.
John, Roxbury school lands 289.
Joseph, soldier 120.
Moses, soldier 136.
Samuel, soldier 120, 134, buys mill 207, constable 280.
Thomas, soldier 136.
Z., Rev., Universalist 77.
Bakery 214.
Balcarras, Earl, in battle 144. Balch, Capt., bearer 153.
Josiah, in S. Gore 291, sketch of 378. Balcom, Myron J., soldier 186.
Baldwin, David, builds Meeting-house 86, appraises pews 86. William, survey of N. Gore 293.
Ball, Henry J., wounded 162, record 171. Ballard, Dana L., assessor 278.
Ephraim, Lieut. 123, at mill 198, tavern 233, trader 237, taxed 1771 261, selectman 273, constable 281, buys land 286, sketch of 379, licensed 773.
John, committee 59, library 105, 106, soldier 122, 134, 136, soldiers' fami- lies 129, beef 131, taxed 1771 263,
selectman 273, constable 281, Papil- lon's son-in-law 284.
Ballard, Jonathan, wolves at 9, buys mill 198, selectman 273, town clerk 275, treasurer 276, sketch of 379.
Jonathan, Jr., buys land 286. Zaccheus, soldier 135, 137, sketch of 380, supports Bowman 771.
Ballou, Rev. Hosea, Universalist 74, 75. Ball's Bluff, battle 161, 169.
Baltimore 169.
Bancroft, Miss, school 103. William, petition 40.
Bank, Land 45, wound up 760. Money 44. Oxford, 232.
Bannister, Seth, on Gen. Learned 145.
Baptists, in Charlton and Sutton 72, Church 78.
Barbut, Guillaume, Ox. settler 24.
Bardwell, Edward W., agent 217, Master Mason 250, town clerk 275, assessor 278.
Horatio, Rev., called 68, house burned 247, school com. 279, sketch of 382. Horatio F., graduate 257.
William E., trader 239.
Barker, Francis, Lieut. 151.
Barnard, Charles E., war record 171.
F. F., Agricultural Society 251.
Hiram E., Agricultural Society 251.
Joshua, Universalist 73.
Barnes, Adams G., shoe business 219.
Alfred, Rev., Universalist 77, school committee 279.
Benjamin, committee 90.
Benjamin F., soldier 179.
John, soldier 120.
Thomas, Rev., preaches 74.
Barnesville 165.
Barrett, Jacob, buys S. Gore land 289.
Oliver, buys S. Gore land 289. Reuben, inquest on 226.
Thomas, postmaster 243.
Barstow, Julius S., graduate 257.
Samuel, tanner 216.
Sumner, pew 91, cashier 232, Master Mason 249, 250, sketch of 386.
Bartholomew, A. J., address 187.
Nelson, in war meeting 159, Lieut.
160, taken ill 161, record 170, tablet 184, lawyer at Ox. 255, school com- mittee 279, sketch of 387.
Bartlett & Barrett, store 241. Benjamin B., soldier 179.
Edwin, schools 100, buys mill 204, 206, mill 211, village improvement 252, selectman 275, moderator 277, school committee. 279.
Edwin, Mrs., village improvement 252. James O., soldier 179, 185.
Phinehas T., buys mill 206, optical works 210, sketch of 388.
Barton, Caleb, moves for new parish 53, son died 121, soldier 137, sells mill 189, constable 280.
Caleb, Jr., soldier 120.
David, soldier 138, Captain 183, repre- sentative 272, selectman 274, sketch of 395.
Edmund, soldier 123, taxed 1771 265. Ira M., 23, report on Webster 41, committee 67, 87, organist 90,
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pew 91, presents books 105, library 108, Ox. Bank 232, Master Mason 250, lawyer 255, graduate 257, sena- tor 271, town agent 271, representa- tive 272, moderator 276, school com- mittee 279, sketch of 397.
Barton, Jedediah, Sergt. 121. Lieut. 123, beef 132, taxed 1771 263, constable 280, supports Bowman 771.
Jennison, Baptist society 78, Baptist Meeting-house 93.
John, soldier 122, taxed 1771 261.
John, Jr., exempt from tax 59.
Joshua, sells mill 189.
Nathan, taxed 1771 263.
Nehemiah P., scythes 193.
Parley, Freemason 249.
Phinehas, soldier 138. Reuben, corporal 123.
Rice, taverner 234.
Samuel, forms Church 50, 51, buys mill 189.
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Samuel R., steward 183, buys fire engine 245, village improvement 252, selectman 275.
Stephen, Universalist 76, subscribes to Meeting-house 93, schools 99, 100, library 104, road 116, military stores 156, potash works 188, buys farm 210, supports poor 223, building committee 229, tavern 233, trader 237, Freemason 250, physician at Ox. 256, taxed 1771 261, representa- tive 272, selectman 274, moderator 276, sketch of 390, 391.
Stephen, Jr., postmaster 243, Free- mason 250, assessor 277, school com- mittee 279, sketch of 394.
Stephen & David, buy mill 210, sati- nets 210, build mill 210, mills burned 246, 247. Hill 43. Street 117, 118.
Sumner, inquest on 226. Timothy, taxed 1771 263. William S., graduate 257.
Batcheller, Rev. David, called 64, settled 65, death 66, 106, sketch of 399.
Bates, David, taxed 1771 265. John W., licensed 774. Battey, Joshua O., taverner 236.
Lafayette E., taverner 236, store 241.
Battles of the 15th Reg. 169.
Baudoin, Jean, Ox. settler 24.
Baudrit, Ox. settler 24.
Baxter, Rev. Jos., forms Church 50, 52. Reuben, J., Freemason 249.
Bayard, Hon. R. H. 784.
Bayley, Col., in command 145.
Bealton Station 166.
Beaman, Rev. H. A., Baptist 79, school committee 279.
Beattie, Charles H., war record 175, tab- lets 184.
Beckwith, Lowell A., soldier 182.
Beef for the army 131. Belchertown 197.
Belden, Rev. Wm. W., supplied pulpit 70. Bell, Church 88, to toll 89, broken 89. The Grignon 24.
Bellomont, Earl, letter 16, 18, befriends Bernon 24.
Bellows, Hezekiah, committee 129, law- suit 225, tavern 233, taxed 1771 261, buys S. Gore land 289, sketch of 401. Julius N., soldier 180, 185.
Belts in factories 214. Bemis' Heights 142.
Benedict, Rev. Amzi, called 66. & Drury, manufacturers 204.
Bennington battle 142.
Bennois, Claude, French Neutral 124, 125. Benson, Benjamin, in Cotton Co. 205.
Benoni, buys S. Gore land 289.
Willard, postmaster 243, town clerk 275.
Benway, George, soldier 182. Bergen, Luke, soldier 181.
Bernon, Gabriel, grant to 10, made Captain 18, sketch of 21, business projects 24, reverses 26, letters to Dudley 27, gives mill-stones 27, title 28, petition and letter 28, 29, sale 29, taxed 48, mills 196, plan of Ox. 757, contract for mill 757.
Berry, Henry L., war record 171.
Bethesda Church 167.
Bible, Eliot's 756.
Bidwell, Rev. Ira M., preaches at Ox. 80.
Big Bethel, 163.
Bigelow, Amos, makes hoes 197. I. B., Rev., Methodist 81. Timothy 140.
William H., taverner 234, postmaster 243, sketch of 402, licensed 774.
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