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October 31, 1879. It is said of him as of Richter, "He loved God and little children." He married, May 18, 1828, Harriet, daughter of Charles Vaughan, of Hallowell, Maine, who was the mother of his six children, and after giving birth to the sixth child in September, 1843, she died September 12 of that year. In November, 1853, he married Mrs. Mary Dana Woodbury, who died in April, 1866. The children of Jacob and Harriet ( Vaughan) Ab- bott were: Benjamin Vaughan, born in Bos- ton, Massachusetts, June 4, 1830; Austin, Bos- ton, December 18, 1831; Frances Elizabeth, Boston, May 31, 1834, died December II, 1834; Lyman, Roxbury, Massachusetts, De- cember 18, 1835; Edward, Farmington, Maine, July 15, 1841 ; George, Farmington, Maine, in September, 1843, died in infancy.
(VII) Lyman, third son of Jacob (3) and Harriet ( Vaughan) Abbott, was born in Rox- bury, Massachusetts, December 18, 1835. He was prepared for college largely by his father, and he was graduated at the University of the City of New York, A. B., 1853; studied law under the tuition of two older brothers, Ben- jamin Vaughan and Austin Abbott, and on be- ing admitted to the bar in 1855 practiced law in copartnership with his brothers, the firm becoming Abbott Brothers. He withdrew from the firm in 1857, and took up the study of theology under the instruction of his uncle, John Stevens Cabot Abbott, and in 1860 was ordained to the Congregational ministry at Farmington, Maine. He removed to Terre Haute, Indiana, where he had charge of the First Congregational Church, 1860-65. He came east in 1865 to accept the position of secretary of the American Union Commission, organized to protect and care for the freedmen in the late slave states. He had resigned the pastorate of his church in Terre Haute, not satisfied that his field was being well worked, but on revisiting his congregation in 1866 he was convinced that his teaching had been ef- fective and this knowledge induced him to ac- cept the pastorate of the New England Con- gregational Church in New York City, and he remained pastor of that church up to 1869. He was elected pastor of Plymouth Church, Brooklyn, in May, 1888, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Henry Ward Beecher, and he continued as pastor of the Plymouth congregation up to November 27, 1898, when he resigned to devote his entire time to literary pursuits. Outside of his duties as pastor, he was secretary of the American Union Com- mission, 1865-68; edited a department of Har- per's Magasine known as "Literary Record,"
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1868-79, and edited for a time the Ilustrated Christian Weekly, published by The American Tract Society. He resigned his editorship of the Christian Weekly in 1876 to associate with Henry Ward Beecher in editing the Christian Union, published by J. B. Ford & Company, and upon the death of Mr. Beecher in 1881 he became editor-in-chief of that periodical, which soon after was issued in magazine form as The Outlook, published by a joint stock com- pany, in which two of his sons were associated. His first book, "Jesus of Nazareth," was pub- lished in 1869. His successive books include : "Old Testament Shadows of New Testament Truths" (1870), "Illustrated Commentary of the New Testament" (1875), "Dictionary of Religious Knowledge," collaborated with Rev. Dr. F. J. Conant (1876), "Hints to Home Reading" (1880), "How to Succeed" (1882), "Henry Ward Beecher" (1883), "A Study of Human Nature" (1886), "In Aid of Faith" (1886), "St. John" (1888), "Paul to the Ro- mans" (1888), "Signs of Promise" (1889), "The Evolution of Christianity" ( 1892), "So- cial Problems" (1896), "The Theology of the Evolutionist" (1897), "The Life and Letters of Paul the Apostle" (1898), "The Life that Really Is" ( 1899), "Problems of Life" (1900), "Life and Literature of the Ancient Hebrews" (1900), "The Rights of Man" ( 1901), "Henry Ward Beecher" ( 1903), "The Other Room' (1904), "The Great Champion" (1905), "Christian Ministry" (1905), "Personality of God" (1905), "Industrial Problems" (1906), "Christ's Secret of Happiness" ( 1907). His interest in questions of universal human con- cern is best expressed by naming the associa- tions and organizations with which he is af- filiated, and in the objects of which he takes a direct personal. interest : American Board of Commissions for Foreign Missions, Amer- ican Institute of Sacred Literature, American Peace Society, American Forestry Association, Association for Improving the Condition of the Poor, Aldin Association, Armstrong Asso- ciation, New York Bar Association, New York State Historical Association, New York Asso- ciation for the Blind, New York University Alumni, New York Child Labor Committee, New York State Conference of Religion, Na- tional Civil Service Reform League, National Conference of Charities and Correction, In- dian Rights Association, Ramabai Association, Maine Society, Religious Education Associa- tion, Universal Peace Union. His theory as a political economist is the application of the relation of partnership between capital and labor maintained by a generous assistance from
the general government through well directed industrial restraints and encouragement. He is a Christian Socialist, as illustrated and ex- emplified in the spirit and teachings of Jesus Christ. His academic degrees are confined to those bestowed by his alma mater who hon- ored him with that of Doctor of Sacred The- ology in 1877, and that of Doctor of Laws later, Howard University, which ancient insti- tution gave him the honorary degree of S. T. D. in 1890, and the Western Reserve Uni- versity which made him an honorary LL.D. He was elected, to membership in the National Arts Club and the Union League Club of New York, and Saint Botolph Club of Boston.
Dr. Abbott was married in Boston, Massa- chusetts, October 14, 1857, to Abby Frances, daughter of Hannibal and Abigail (Abbott) Hamlin, of Maine (see Hamlin). The six children of Lyman and Abby F. (Hamlin ) Ab- bott were : I. Lawrence Fraser, born in Brooklyn, New York, June 25, 1859, gradu- ated at Amherst College, A. B., 1881, and be- came an editorial and business manager on the Christian Union and Outlook. 2. Harriet Frances, born in Terre Haute, Indiana, Octo- ber 15, 1860. 3. Herbert Vaughan, born in Terre Haute, January 3, 1865. 4. Ernest H., born in Cornwall-on-Hudson, New York, April 18, 1870, and became associated with the Outlook, New York City. 5. Theodore J., born in Cornwall-on-Hudson, New York, July 20, 1872. 6. Beatrice Vail, born in Cornwall- on-Hudson, New York, February 15, 1875.
(For first generation see George Abbott I.)
(II) Benjamin, fourth son of ABBOTT George and Hannah (Chand- ler) Abbott, was born in An- dover, Massachusetts, December 20, 1661. He married, April 22, 1685, Sarah, daughter of Ralph and Alice Farnum, who sailed from Southampton in the "James" and arrived in Boston, Massachusetts, 1635. The Farnums were originally from Leicestershire, England. The farm which Benjamin Abbott made and lived on was in Andover, "near the Shoushire river." He died March 30, 1703. Among their children was a son Jonathan, born 1687. (III) Jonathan, son of Benjamin and Sarah (Farnum) Abbott, was born in Andover, Sep- tember, 1687. He married, May 6, 1713, Zerviah, daughter of Henry and Sarah (Bal- lard) Holt, and granddaughter of Nicholas Holt, one of the early settlers of Newburg and Andover, Massachusetts. She was born in Andover, March 24, 1689, died March 26, 1768. He died March 21, 1770, aged eighty-
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three. Children: I. Jonathan, born December 14, 1714, died May 21, 1794. 2. David, mar- ried, 1741, Hannah Chandler. 3. Nathan, 1718, died June 28, 1798; married Abigail Ames. 4. Mary. 5. Zerviah, married, 1745, Ephraim Blunt, of Philadelphia. 6. Job, Oc- tober 14, 1724, married Sarah Abbott. 7. Samuel, October 1, 1727, married William Stevens. 8. Jeremiah, October 10, 1733, died 1755.
(IV) Job, fourth son of Jonathan and Zer- viah (Holt) Abbott, was born in Andover, October 14. 1724. He settled in Pembroke, New Hampshire .. His wife was Sarah, daugh- ter of James Abbott, of Concord. She mar- ried (second) Deacon Richard Eastman, of Fryeburg, Maine. The children of Job and Sarah are: I. Sarah, born 1751, married Abiel Holt, of Temple. 2. Nathan, September 9, 1753. 3. Job, 1755, married, 1780, Anna Bal- lard. 4. Abigail, 1757, married Stephen Dres- ser, of Lowell, Massachusetts.
(V) Nathan, eldest son of Job and Sarah (Abbott) Abbott, was born in Pembroke, New Hampshire, September 9, 1753, died March 5, 1801. The name of his wife is not learned, but the children, as per family record, were : Amos, Paschal, Job, Joshua, Jeremiah, Ly- dia and Mary.
(VI) Jeremiah, fifth son of Nathan Ab- bott, was born in Andover, Massachusetts, August 15, 1790, died in Dexter, Maine, 1879. He walked with his brother, Amos, in 1820 from Andover, Massachusetts, to Dexter, Maine, looking for a mill site and purchased where the present plant now stands. It was then occupied by a small mill which was later torn down and the new mill built in 1840, known at first as "Amos Abbott & Co.," and 1899 incorporated as "Amos Abbott Co." Jeremiah married Lucy, daughter of John and Olive Safford, who was born December 30, 1802, died September 1, 1861. They had three children : Job; Hannah, born 1829; Oliver A., born 1830, resided in Dexter, Maine.
(VII) Job, eldest son of Jeremiah and Lucy (Safford) Abbott, was born in Dexter, Maine, December 15, 1827, died there January 10, 1903. He was educated at the town schools and the Westbrook Seminary. He taught school for a time and then entered his father's mill as wool sorter. Soon after the war he, in -company with his cousin, George Abbott, son of Amos, bought out their father's interests in the mill and carried it on until it was in- corporated in 1899. Job was president of the company, which position he held up to the time of his death. He was a Republican in
politics and served as selectman of the town. He was active in the support of the Univer- salist church in Dexter. Mr. Abbott married, in 1855, Amanda Field, who survived him. Children : I. Arthur P. 2. Helen Grace, mar- ried Nathan C. Buckman, of Columbia Falls, Maine, now principal of Dexter high school; have one son, Carlton Abbott Buckman. 3. Grace, who died at twenty years of age. Sev- eral others who died young or in infancy.
(VIII) Arthur Preston, eldest son of Job and Amanda (Field) Abbott, was born in Dexter in 1861. He was educated in the town schools and the Institute of Technology at Boston, Massachusetts. He then entered the mill at Dexter, where he has remained up to the present time and is treasurer and man- ager of the corporation. He is a Republi- can in politics and a Universalist in religion. He is a member of the Bedivere Lodge, K. of P., of Dexter. He married, 1889, Flora Shaw, daughter of Shepard Parkman, of Dexter, who was born at Foxcroft, Maine. They have one son, Jere, born in Dexter, October, 1897.
(For preceding generations see George Abbott I.) (III) Nathaniel (2), son of
ABBOTT Nathaniel ( I) Abbott, was born at Andover in 1696 and died in 1770, in Concord, New Hampshire. He re- moved to Penacook, Massachusetts, which was organized as a town in 1725 and became known known as Rumford, Massachusetts, in 1730, and later as Concord, New Hampshire, after the division of the provinces. His home was on the site of the present Congregational church. He was the first constable of Con- cord in 1732-33, and was a prominent and in- fluential citizen of the town. At the beginning of the French war in 1744 he was one of the famous Rogers Rangers under Major Robert Rogers, and had command of a company in the defense of the town in 1746. He was at the capture of Cape Breton in 1745 and was in many of the sanguinary conflicts on the north- ern borders of the frontier, and endured al- most incredible hardships. He held the com- mission of lieutenant in Captain Joseph East- man's company in 1755 in the expedition against Crown Point, and was lieutenant of the Rangers at Fort William Henry at the time of the massacre in 1757. He was always a brave and efficient officer, universally re- spected and beloved. There is a tradition that he was a famous hunter, and on one occasion nearly lost his life by falling through the ice of Long Pond while in pursuit of a deer ; and that he saved himself by striking with his
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hatchet in the rotten ice about him until he was able to drive its blade into solid ice with sufficient force to sustain his weight. 11c married Penelope Ballard, of Andover; and (second) Mehitable Children : I. Nathaniel, born March 10, 1727, mentioned below. 2. Dorcas, November 11, 1728. 3. Rebecca, May 27, 1731. 4. Elizabeth, July 1, 1733. 5. Mary, March 7, 1735. 6. Hannah, March 7, 1736. 7. Ruth, January 28, 1738. 8. Joshua, February 24, 1740. 9. Rachel, April 7, 1743. 10. Jeremiah, March 17, 1744. 11. Dorothy, December 28, 1746. 12. Sarah, De- cember 3, 1748, died June, 1842.
(IV) Nathaniel (3), son of Nathaniel (2) Abbott, was born March 10, 1727, died Feb- ruary 19, 1806. He was brought up on the homestead at the Iron Works, in the house which is now owned by Ira Abbott. He mar- ried, December 4, 1748, Miriam Chandler, of Dunstable, who died in January, 1811, aged eighty-two. Children, born at Concord : I. Nathaniel Chandler, July 28, 1750, mentioned below. 2. Moses, June 19, 1752, removed to Rumford, Maine. 3. Joseph, May 24, 1754, died unmarried January 24, 1774. 4. Philip,. February 4, 1757, settled in Rumford, Maine, married, February 10, 1791, Experience Howe, died April 16, 1841. 5. Joshua, June 15, 1758, died March 4, 1831. 6. Susanna, June 21, 1761, married John Garvin; died June 24, 1852. 7. Phebe, August 8, 1764, married Na- than Abbott. 8. Levi, September 23, 1767, died December 15, 1825. 9. David, August 8, 1770, removed to Rumford, Maine; married Betsey Colsomb; died June 20, 1836.
(V) Nathaniel Chandler, son of Nathaniel (3) Abbott, was born in Concord, New Hamp- shire, July 28, 1750, and was a blacksmith and farmer of Concord. Later in life he removed from Concord to the "north part," which may have been Rumford. Maine, where several of the family had settled. He served in the revo- lution in the continental army in 1775 in Cap- tain Joshua Abbott's company, Colonel John Stark's regiment, and he was allowed seven pounds, twelve shillings, for personal losses at the Cedars. He married (first) about 1769, Betsey Farnum; (second) Hannah Farring- ton. Children of first wife: I. Jacob, born January 16, 1770: married, 1802, Betsey Knapp. 2. Henry, July 24, 1774, mentioned below. Perhaps others. Children of second wife : 3. Joseph, December 14, 1778. 4. Susy, September 25, 1782. 5. Katy, January 21, 1785. 6. Abigail. January 4, 1787. 7. David, May 6, 1789. 8. Sally, September 5, 1791.
(VI) Henry, son of Nathaniel Chandler Ab- bott, was born in Concord, New Hampshire, July 24, 1774. He was a farmer and a tan- ner by trade. He was one of the early set- tlers of Rumford, Maine, where he owned a farm of two hundred acres. He was a noted hunter in his day. He married, in 1798, Susan Hall. Children: 1. David, born September 26, 1798, married Azubah Morse. 2. Harriet, September 23, 1800; married Wesley Palmer, of Hopkinton, New Hampshire. 3. Jacob, Au- gust 28, 1802; married Prudence Puffer. 4. Judith, September 1, 1804; married True- worthy W. Chesley. 5. Nancy, September 20, 1806; married Haines Stevens. 6. Susan, September 21, 1808 : married Mark Tarbox. 7. Stephen Hall, October 12, 1810; married Sa- rah J. Small. 8. Benjamin E., September 8, 1812; married Mahala Goodwin. 9. Asa, Sep- tember 10, 1814; married Octavia Goodwin. IO. Loren, born and died 1816. II. Lydia, 1818; married Kimball Martin Jr. 12. Henry, February 8, 1823 ; mentioned below.
(VII) Henry (2), son of Henry (I) Ab- bott, was born in Rumford, Maine, February 8, 1823. He received a liberal education and taught school in his native town, besides as- sisting his father on the farm. He inherited the farm, which he made very profitable. He was selectman of the town for fourteen years, serving almost continuously as chairman of the board for more than half of his entire term of service. He married (first) March 4, 1847, Rozella W. Hall, of Rumford, daughter of Daniel Hall. He married (second) March 15, 1854, Charlotte A. Waite, daughter of Aaron and Charlotte (Chesley) Waite. Children of first wife: I. Flora E., born December 18, 1848 : married Clifford Elliott and had Mamie and Susie Elliott. 2. Wallace M., October 4, 1852; died October 24, 1864. 3. Walter (twin), October 4, 1852, married Carrie Smith. Children of second wife: 4. Carroll Waite. August 29, 1855 ; mentioned below. 5. Rose A., April 28, 1860; married Rev. R. F. Johonnot, of Oak Park. Illinois. 6. Charles H., October 9, 1864 ; resides on the homestead ; married, 1886, Lucy Kimball and had Eveline, Lydia, Madeline and Warren.
(VIII) Carroll Waite, son of Henry (2) Abbott, was born in Rumford, Maine, August 29, 1855. He was a pupil in the public schools of his native town, attended the Oxford Nor- mal Institute, and graduated from the Hebron ( Maine) Academy in 1877. He then taught in the Albion high school, and gave his leisure hours to the study of medicine under the pre- ceptorship of Dr. George H. Wilson. He en-
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tered the medical school of Bowdoin College in 1878, and was graduated with the degree of M. D. on June 2, 1881. He established him- self in Albion for the practice of his profes- sion, and was eminently successful there for a period of twelve years from 1881 to 1893. In the spring of the latter year he removed to Waterville, Kennebec county, where his excel- lent record had preceded him, and he soon ac- quired a large practice among the best fam- ilies in the city of his adoption. His profes- sional skill and high standing among the physicians and surgeons of the state made him an acceptable and appreciated member of the Kennebec County Medical Society, which hon- ored him with the highest office in its gift, and he has also served as president of the Maine Medical Society and of the Waterville Clini- cal Society. He has rendered efficient service in various important local offices-as a mem- ber of the board of education for four years, and as chairman for one year ; and as mayor of Waterville in 1898. In the latter capacity he gave the city an indisputably honest admin- istration, and an entirely capable enforcement of the laws governing the municipality. He declined further public honors, holding his first allegiance to his profession. He is well ad- vanced in the Masonic fraternity, affiliated with Central Lodge, of China, in which he is a past junior and senior warden : Teconic Chap- ter, Royal Arch Masons, of Waterville; and St. Omer Commandery, Knights Templar, of Waterville. He was formerly a member of the Christian Church of Albion, and is now. a member of the Methodist Episcopal church of Waterville. In politics he has always been a Republican. Dr. Abbott married, October 4, 1882, Georgia A., daughter of Dr. George H. Wilson, of Albion, his first medical instructor. Children of Dr. and Mrs. Abbott: I. Henry Wilson, M. D., born August 18, 1884, gradu- ate of Maine Medical School, of Bowdoin Col- lege, class of 1908: was appointed assistant physician at the Insane Hospital at Augusta in 1908. 2. Mary Charlotte, May 29, 1886, graduate of Colby College, class of 1908.
Walter Abbott, or Abbot, the ABBOTT immigrant ancestor, settled in Exeter, New Hampshire, and was in all likelihood born about 1600 in Eng- land. He was a vinter by trade, though a farmer by occupation in this country. He was first in Exeter, but soon removed to the then adjoining town of Portsmouth, where he died in 1667. His will was dated May 15, 1667, bequeathing to widow Sarah, who was
sixty-four years of age in 1681, and probably a second wife. She married second, Henry Sherburne. Children: I. Peter. 2. Thomas, mentioned below. 3. William. 4. Walter. 5. John, made his will March 19, 1721-22, nam- ing his wife Mary and children John, James (whose children were Michael, Mark and Lambeth), William Laud, Walter, Reuben, Sarah Pickering, Ruth Spriggs and Anna Bratton. 6. Sarah, married Thomas Wills. 7. Mary, married Leonard Drowne. 8. Eliza- beth.
(II) Thomas, son of Walter Abbott, was born in 1643, according to one deposition that he made, and according to another, in 1635, the latter probably being correct. He mar- ried, before 1668, Elizabeth Green, daughter of John and Julia Green. He died in Ber- wick, Maine, March 8, 1712-13. He was se- lectman several times in Berwick, and ensign of his military company there. Children, prob- ably born at Berwick: I. Thomas, blacksmith, married, about 1726, Elizabeth Emery, Jr .; deeded fifty acres of land to kinsman Thomas, October 3, 1727 ; no children. 2. Joseph, mar- ried Alice Nason, daughter of Jonathan and Sarah (Jenkins) Nason; estate was admin- istered by his son Thomas in 1726. 3. Moses, married September II, 1701, --. 4. Wal- ter, mentioned below. 5. John, married Jan- uary 3, 1694, Abigail Nason, sister of Alice; married second, January 22, 1716, Martha Littlefield. 6. Elizabeth, married Thomas Butler. 7. Patience, married, 1705, William Lord. 8. Mary, married Josiah Goodrich. 9. Hannah, married November 6, 1712, Humph- rey Chadbourne.
(III) Walter (2), son of Thomas Abbott, was born about 1670, in Berwick, Maine, and lived there and in Kittery, Maine. He mar- ried January 3, 1694, Elizabeth Key, daugh- ter of John Key. His descendants are nu- merous in Berwick. Walter, Joseph and John Abbott and nine others divided three hundred acres of land at Quamphegan, June 2, 1718. Walter sold land in Kittery August 14, 1718. (See vol. ix., York Deeds). Children : I. Moses, born January 22, 1693 ; mentioned be- low. 2. Walter, born April 25, 1698. 3. Thomas, born August 13, 1700. 4. James, born April 4, 1704. 5. Sarah, born October 27, 1707. 6. Ebenezer, born February 27, 17II-12. 7. Elizabeth, born July 4, 1715.
(IV) Moses (I), son of Walter (2) Ab- bott, was born in Kittery, or Berwick, Maine. January 22, 1693. He and probably all his brothers had sons in the revolution, some hav- ing grandsons also. James Abbott Jr., son of
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James, was in Lieutenant Colonel Smith's regiment in 1777, Captain Daniel Pillsbury's company, reported sick at Dunkertown, and probably died there. Walter Abbott was in Captain Philip Hubbard's company, Colonel James Scammon's regiment, in 1775; also in Captain Francis' company, Colonel Benjamin Tupper's regiment. Thomas Abbott Jr., of Berwick, was first lieutenant in Captain Jolin Staples' (twelfth) company, second York regi- ment, succeeding Captain Hubbard, resigned ; also in Captain Ilamilton's company, Colonel John Frost's regiment, in 1776; in Captain John Goodwin's company, Major Daniel Little- field's regiment, in 1779. John Abbott, of Berwick, was in Captain Hubbard's company also in 1775; and was three years in the Con- tinental army under Captain Dudley-1778- 80. Theophilus Abbott was also in Captain Hubbard's company in 1775. Moses Abbott himself was a soldier in 1740 from Berwick, in Captain John Hill's company. There is a tradition that there is Scotch-Irish blood in the family. If so, Moses Abbott's wife may have been Scotch.
(V) Moses (2), son or nephew of Moses (1) Abbott, was born about 1720, in Berwick, Maine. He was a soldier in the revolution, a corporal in Captain Daniel Sullivan's com- pany, Colonel Benjamin Foster's regiment, in 1777, serving at three alarms at Machias, Maine. He was in the same company (Sixth Lincoln county regiment), in 1780, called out to protect Frenchman's Bay under Colonel John Allen. He had the rank of lieutenant later.
(VI) Benjamin Abbott, of the Berwick family mentioned above, was born about 1770. He married Abiah -, and settled in the adjacent town of Shapleigh, and cleared the farm where his descendants have lived to the present time, and where two brothers of Natt Abbott are now living. Children: I. Rufus. 2. Bijah (Abijah), mentioned below. 3. Ben- jamin Jr.
(VII) Bijah (Abijah), son of Benjamin Abbott, was born in Shapleigh, Maine, about 1800. He married Dolly Weston, of Shap- leigh, and lived on the homestead. Children, born at Shapleigh: 1. Hannah. 2. Lovey Jane. 3. Almira Ann. 4. Dora May. 5. Na- thaniel Thurston, mentioned below.
(VIII) Nathaniel Thurston, son of Abijah Abbott, was born at Shapleigh, Maine, Jan- uary 28, 1828. He married, in 1856, Susan Jane Thompson, who was born at Shapleigh, February 28, 1833. He attended the public schools of his native town. In his youth he
worked on the farm with his father, and re- mained on the homestead after he reached his majority and inherited it. He was a well-to- do farmer and a citizen of influence and prom- inence. In politics he was a Republican; in religion a Methodist. Children, born at Shap- leigh: 1. Carrie Augusta, born October 6, 1859; married Stephen D. Blanchard, of Ea- ton, New Hampshire, a farmer. 2. Elmer E., resides on the homestead at Shapleigh, a pros- perous farmer ; a deputy sheriff of the county and a citizen of some note; married Agnes Stone; child : Malcom E., born 1895. 3. Natt Thurston, mentioned below.
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