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TOWN HALL
THE
HISTORY OF NEWPORT,
NEW HAMPSHIRE,
FROM 1766 TO 1878,
WITH A
GENEALOGICAL REGISTER.
ILLUSTRATED With Steel and Wood Engravings.
BY
EDMUND WHEELER.
CONCORD, N. H. :
PRINTED BY THE REPUBLICAN PRESS ASSOCIATION.
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PREFACE.
An article was inserted in the warrant for the annual town- meeting in the spring of 1870, upon the suggestion of Baron S. Crowell, son of Samuel Crowell, Jr., " To see what action the town will take in regard to a History of the town of New- port." The town voted to publish a history. A committee of nine, consisting of Edmund Wheeler, Dexter Richards, Ed- mund Burke, Amasa Edes, A. S. Wait, Levi W. Barton, Shep- herd L. Bowers, William F. Newton, and Lyman J. Brooks. were appointed to take charge of the matter. This committee. shortly after, assigned the labor of preparing the work to the writer. The result of his efforts is now given to the public. How well he has performed the duties given him in charge the reader must judge.
Had we been fully aware of the responsibility of the work. and the amount of labor involved in preparing a History, and especially a Genealogy, of Newport,-however much we may glory in the record of the town, and delight, as we do, in re- counting the successes of the past, and in dwelling upon the grand achievements of its sons and daughters, in trade, in finance, in literature, in law, in medicine, in divinity, in agri- culture, and all the various pursuits of life,-we should have been slow to embark in the enterprise. We are prepared by our own experience to endorse the remark of the eminent Dr. Albert Smith, M. D., LL. D., the author of the History of Peterborough, a town much like our own, when he says .- " It has proved a work of great labor. It has now, for five years, engaged almost my entire attention." In addition, it should be remembered that distinguished doctors of law and di- vinity assisted him nearly all the way in carrying along his load.
The reader will perceive that we have assigned several im- portant subjects to some of our best writers, who have kindly wrought them out. This we have done for two reasons : first, because it would relieve us of a part of our labors, and thus
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enable us to turn our thoughts in other directions ; and, second, we believed a variety of styles would relieve somewhat the sameness, and impart an additional interest to the work.
The steel engravings, costing in the aggregate several thou- sand dollars, were mainly contributed by the individuals repre- sented, or by those having a direct personal interest in them ; and to their generosity we are indebted for the additional value they give to the volume. A few not otherwise provided for, that could not well be omitted, were inserted at the expense of the historian. The Hon. Dexter Richards contributed the views of the town hall and the South church and parsonage, in addi- tion to his own dwelling, block, and mill, and E. L. Putney, Esq., that of the Newport House.
It is with pleasure that we acknowledge our obligations for the encouragement and sympathy which have been extended to us during the entire progress of the work, and especially for the patience which has endured these seemingly prolonged la- bors. We trust that each month's delay has added materially to the value of the volume.
We have endeavored faithfully to gather up all the more im- portant facts and events of the town, and to preserve in the Genealogy a brief record of all its various families.
In laying down the pen, we can but exclaim, - Such is the past ! During the comparatively brief period which has intervened since the settlement of the town, a howling wilder- ness has given place to cultivated fields and happy homes ; a beautiful village has been built up ; and the hills are echoing the hum of business and the noise of passing trains. And now, turning our thoughts forward, we ask, What shall the future be ? When another century shall have rolled away, and three other generations shall have come and gone, and another historian shall resume the pen, what will be his story? Will he say the people of that century have been as virtuous, as frugal, as hap- py, and have made as grand progress in all the arts of civilized life, as the people of the century we have chronicled? Will the inhabitants of this town and this country then be citizens of a model republic, with its multiplied millions enjoying all the blessings of liberty and equal rights, the glory and the wonder of the world? Let the future historian reply.
TABLE OF CONTENTS.
CHAPTER I .- DESCRIPTION. 9
PAGE. Location ; Boundaries ; Area; Soil; Mountains; Rivers and Brooks; Ponds ; Mineral Springs; Mines; Trees; Animals ; Birds ; Fishes ; Villages.
CHAPTER II .- PROPRIETARY HISTORY. 15 Town Charter ; Grantees ; Proprietors ; First Meeting in New- port; Charter extended ; Proprietors' house ; Clerks.
CHAPTER III .- EARLY SETTLEMENT. . 21
First settlers came in 1765; Settled in 1766; Their names; Where settled.
CHAPTER IV .- REVOLUTION .- WAR OF 1812 .- MEXICAN WAR 2.4
CHAPTER V .- CIVIL WAR. 28
Officers and soldiers in ; Money raised for, by town.
CHAPTER VI .- STATE MILITIA. 37
Musters ; Training days ; Officers in.
CHAPTER VII .- MEDICAL.
40
Sketch of the physicians who have practised in the town ; Prac- tised elsewhere.
CHAPTER VIII .- NECROLOGICAL. 56 Diseases; Longevity ; Deaths in town from 1824 to 1876, age and sex.
CHAPTER IX .- NEWSPAPER PRESS IN NEWPORT .. 60
The New Hampshire Spectator; Argus and Spectator; Farm- ers' Advocate and Political Adventurer; Northern Farmer and Horticulturist; Sullivan Republican; Insurance Four- nal.
CHAPTER X .- BANKS. 67 Sugar River Bank; First National Bank; Newport Savings Bank.
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PAGE.
CHAPTER XI .- COUNTY 69
Formation ; Court-house ; New court-house; Jail ; Safes ; Clerks ; Solicitors ; Sheriffs ; Treasurers; Commissioners ; Registers of Deeds; Registers of Probate ; Jailors ; Judges of Probate.
CHAPTER XII .- MILLS 72 Grist-mills ; Saw-mills.
CHAPTER XIII .- HOTELS. . 76
First Hotel; Early Hotels; Rising Sun; Newport Coffee House ; Newport House ; Eagle Hotel ; Phenix Hotel ; Sugar River House.
CHAPTER XIV .- TRADERS. 80
General merchandise ; Commission dealers ; Poultry dealers ; Drugs ; Books; Clothing; Harnesses; Boots and Shoes ; Stoves and Hardware; Watches and Jewelry ; Milk.
CHAPTER XV .- TRAVEL. 84
Early ways ; Roads ; Turnpikes ; Bridges ; Canals ; Railroads ; Road steamer ; Stages ; Livery stables : Teams ; Job Teams. CHAPTER XVI .- MANUFACTURERS, WOOLLEN. 90 Early Manufacturers ; Newport Mills ; Eagle Mills ; Sunapee Mills ; Diamond Mills; Sugar River Mills; Granite State Mills.
CHAPTER XVII .- OTHER MANUFACTURERS AND ARTISANS. . ...... 90 Alphabetical list of those in town; account of.
CHAPTER XVIII .- RELIGION. 109
. Baptist church ; Congregational church ; Free Will Baptist ; Methodist; Universalist; Unitarian ; Catholic; Millerism ; Spiritualist ; Advent ; Clergymen town has furnished ; Mis- sionaries.
CHAPTER XIX .- LITERATURE. ... .125 Brief account of the labors of some of those who have contrib- uted to literature ; Poems.
CHAPTER XX .- LIBRARIES ; LYCEUM ; READING CIRCLE; PERIOD- ICAL CLUBS 148 Social Library ; Northville Library ; Sabbath-school libraries ; Circulating; Private ; Lyceum ; Reading circle ; Periodical club. CHAPTER XXI .- FREE-MASONRY. 151
Corinthian Lodge ; Mount Vernon ; Officers in ; Chapter of the Tabernacle ; Odd Fellows ; Knights of Honor.
CHAPTER XXII .- EDUCATION. .... .. ... 158
First school ; Teachers ; Districts ; Union districts; Board of Education ; Academy ; Principals; List of graduates.
INDEX. 7
PAGE.
CHAPTER XXIII .- TEMPERANCE. ...... 167
Early customs; First society; Total Abstinence Society ; Washingtonian; Sons of Temperance ; Good Templars ; Re- form Club ; Catholic Society ; Women's Union.
CHAPTER XXIV .- CEMETERIES ... .170 Pine Street Cemetery; Pine Street New ; Northville; Maple Street ; Catholic; Committee for New.
CHAPTER XXV .- MAINTENANCE OF THE POOR. .172
Early customs ; Town farms ; County farm.
CHAPTER XXVI .- LAWYERS. I74 Sketch of all those who have practised in town; Names of a few natives and former residents who have practised else- where.
CHAPTER XXVII .- TOWN OFFICERS AND JUSTICES OF PEACE ... .... 202 Moderators; Town-clerks ; Representatives ; Delegates and other officers ; Selectmen ; Justices.
CHAPTER XXVIII .- MUSIC.
.213
Vocal; Instrumental Society ; Piano; Organ ; Cheney Band ; Quadrille Band; Newport Cornet; County Society; County Musical Association. CHAPTER XXIX .- WEDDINGS. .. 218
Four different styles of ; Negro.
CHAPTER XXX .- AMUSEMENTS .
221
Dancing ; Cards ; Various others ; Mammoth Cod Association.
CHAPTER XXXI .- STORIES. .224
CHAPTER XXXII .- CASUALTIES. 230
CHAPTER
XXXIII .- FIRES AND LIGHTNING
237
CHAPTER XXXIV .- AGRICULTURE.
244
Farmer's and Mechanic's Association; Town fairs ; County Society ; Sullivan Grange ; Statistics.
CHAPTER XXXV .- SPORTING .. 248
Fishing; Hunting ; Bear stories.
CHAPTER XXXVI .- RACES .. 251
Indians ; Irish ; French ; Negroes.
CHAPTER XXXVII .- SECESSION. 254 Newport joins Vermont ; Returns.
CHAPTER XXXVIII .- MISCELLANY . .255 Early Miscellany ; Proprietor's house ; California gold ; Lafay- ette, Reception of; Dress; Maps of Village; Population; Taxes ; Altitudes.
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PAGE. 262
CHAPTER XXXIX .- MISCELLANY, continued.
Village ; Common; Side-walks; Streets; Newport as a Sum- mer Resort; Business buildings ; Post-office ; Telegraph ; Sig- nal stations ; Engine Co .; Reservoirs ; Aqueducts ; Town clock. CHAPTER XL .- MISCELLANY, continued. .270 Report fixing values, 1777 ; Ten highest taxes each successive ten years.
CHAPTER XLI .- CELEBRATIONS. . . . . . . . . 275
Historical celebration ; Centennial celebration.
GENEALOGY
........ 285
ILLUSTRATIONS.
PAGE. PAGE.
LEVI W. BARTON, . · GEORGE E. BELKNAP, 301
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BARON STOW, . 108
SAMUEL M. WHEELER, 192
SHEPIIERD L. BOWERS, . 145
EDMUND WHEELER, . 141
EDMUND BURKE, . 178
LOVELL WHITE, 576
HENRY G. CARLETON, WILLIAM H. CHENEY,
323 339 JOIIN WOODS, . II6
AUSTIN CORBIN, . ISS
EDWARD P. WOODS, . . 589
SAMUEL H. EDES, 374 TOWN HALL (frontispiece). 394 CONGREGATION'L CHURCH, 112 NEWPORT HOUSE, 78
THOMAS W. GILMORE, SARAH J. HALE, . .
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RALPH METCALF, .
. 134
ELEPHANT ROCK, IO .
478
RICHARDS BLOCK, 267
AARON F. NETTLETON, DEXTER RICHARDS, . · BENJAMIN F. SAWYER, . 527
517
RICHARDS RESIDENCE, . 292
RICHARDS MILL, 92
JONATHAN M. WILMARTH, 583
CHAPTER I.
DESCRIPTIVE.
N EWPORT is the shire town of the county of Sullivan, and occupies a central position. It is north of west from Concord,-distance, forty miles, and about ninety miles from Boston. It is bounded on the north by Croydon, east by Sunapee and Goshen, south by Goshen and Unity, and west by Claremont. Area, 25,267 acres. The surface is diversified with beautiful mountains, hills, and meadows. It has three different varieties of soil :- the alluvial, or that which borders on Sugar river, its branches and tributaries : this is easy of cultivation, very fertile, and divided into valuable farms ;- the lowlands, which are dry and gravelly, and less productive ;- and the uplands, which are more moist and cold, but which have a strong soil, and yield ample returns for the labor be- stowed upon them. The soil of the town, taken as a whole, judged either by its appearance or by the record of its varied productions, is among the best in the state.
MOUNTAINS. Standing in the north-east part of the town, between Sugar river and Reed brook, is Bald mountain. It derives its name from its rocky summit, which is destitute of vegetation. At the west of this, on the north line of the town, between Reed brook and Croydon Branch of Sugar river, is Coit mountain. It commands a fine view of the surrounding country and the lovely valley below. It derives its name from a negro by the name of Vance Coit, who lived near its summit, and was the leader of a colony of blacks who once occupied the summit of the mountain and its eastern slope. Just south of Coit is a smaller elevation known as Buell hill. The swell of land between Croydon Branch and Morse brook was known as Baptist hill. It was first settled by a colony of Baptists from
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Massachusetts, who had there quite a centre of trade. Blue- berry Ledge is a part of the Croydon Mountain range, which extends along the western border nearly one half across the town, and ends in Green mountain, in Claremont. Wilmarth mountain extends from the south-western corner of the town along the southern line ; was first settled by Mr. Nathan Wil- marth. and from him its name is derived. . At the east of this is an elevation known as Pike hill. It was first settled by three families by the name of Pike. This hill commands one of the most beautiful views in town. It has near its summit an immense boulder known as Elephant Rock, which is thought to
ELEPHANT ROCK.
bear a striking resemblance to an elephant at rest, and which is visited and admired as one of the greatest natural curiosi- ties in town. Its length is some 29 feet, its height 23 feet, its circumference 90 feet, and it is fully 1,500 feet above the level of the sea. East mountain is in the south-east corner of the town, between Goshen Branch and Sugar river. It has on its eastern slope many excellent farms. Thatcher hill is a portion of this range lying south of Towner brook. Oak hill is near the centre of the town, and was known in the carlier days as " The
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Orchard," from its having in great abundance many kinds of wild fruit. Break-neck hill derives its name from this circum- stance : A wild ox, belonging to Hon. Uriah Wilcox, while rushing down this hill, stumbled, caught his horn under a root, turned a somerset, and broke his neck. Claremont hill is the elevation lying west of the village, and is so called from the fact that the road leading directly to Claremont passes over it. At the top of this hill, some sixty rods north of the road, is a rocking-stone, or loggan, which is an object of much interest. Its estimated weight is about twenty-five tons, and it stands so nicely poised as to be moved backward and forward by a sin- gle hand.
RIVERS AND BROOKS. Sugar river, and Croydon and Go- shen branches, are the principal streams in town. Sugar river is the outlet of Sunapee lake, and enters the town from the east. The Goshen Branch has its source in Lempster, Goshen, and Unity ; the Croydon Branch, in Springfield, Gran- tham, and Croydon. The two former unite near the centre of the town, at the village, and are joined by the latter some two miles at the north, near Northville, from which they flow west through Claremont into the Connecticut river. This stream takes its name from the many maple orchards found upon its banks, and those of its numerous tributaries. Wendell brook, which unites with Sugar river near the eastern border of the town, has its origin in Spectacle pond in Sunapec. Reed brook, which enters the town from the north, the waters of which were first made subservient to mechanical purposes by Stephen Reed, and which joins the river at Lily pond, comes from Long pond in Croydon. Morse brook, on which are sev- eral mills and shops at Northville, comes from the eastern slope of Croydon mountain, and the meadows which lie at its base, and takes its name from Ichabod Morse, who built a saw-mill near where it falls into the river. Kimball brook, just south, was christened for Joseph Kimball, who lived on its banks. Beaver brook, which starts on Claremont hill and flows to the west, derives its name from that animal, which had its home about its waters prior to the settlement of the town. Perry brook, the outlet of Chapin and Governor's ponds, derives its name from Timothy Perry, the father of the Perry race in
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town. Comstock brook took its name from Jonathan Comstock, whose home stood near its union with the river. Randall brook was so called from Lewis W. Randall, whose mills stood near its confluence with the river. The Unity Springs brook, entering the town from the south, has its source in Gilman pond in Unity. The Towner brook derives its name from Ephraim Towner, one of the early settlers, who had a saw- mill near the junction of Main street and Break-neck Hill road.
PONDS. Lily pond, which is an expansion of Long Pond brook near its junction with Sugar river, in the eastern part of the town ; Chapin pond, in the north-west corner of the town ; and a portion of Governor's pond, in Croydon, near by it, comprise the list of ponds in town.
MINERAL SPRINGS. Newport has two mineral springs. The one on the farm of Mr. Harmon Richardson, between North- ville and Kelleyville, and between Sugar river and the railroad, has been long and favorably known for its medicinal virtues, and has often been resorted to, especially in cases of poisoning and bad conditions of the blood. When first discovered, it was pro- tected by a large flat rock ; and other evidences showed that it was known and appreciated by the aborigines. The rock was once dug up by an enthusiastic youth, in the expectation of find- ing a treasure hidden beneath it. The other spring, situated just north of it, on the farm of Mr. Augustus Wylie, was dis- covered at a later period, and is claimed to be fully equal to the former in its beneficent qualities. The springs were both purchased in 1874 by Hazen P. Huntoon, M. D., of Boston, with the view of providing suitable hotel accommodations for such as might wish to resort to them, and who has had the water carefully analyzed.
MINES. The town does not abound in mineral wealth. The plumbago or graphite mine in the north-west part of the town, which has been wrought to some extent, is the only mineral deposit in town. It has often been said that private parties have found gold on the banks of the Goshen Branch of Sugar river.
TREES. The town having different kinds of soil, had also a variety of forest trees. The meadows in their primeval state were covered with the elm, the butternut, white maple, willow,
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and alder; the gravelly and sandy portions, with pine and spruce ; while the more elevated regions bore the sugar maple, beech, hemlock, spruce, balsam, red oak, several varieties of birch, red and black cherry, basswood, and other kinds.
ANIMALS. When the early settlers first came to town they found themselves surrounded by wild animals, which were in some respects a great annoyance to them, while in others they contributed much, by their flesh and furs, to their sub- sistence and comfort. Among the more important were the moose, deer, bear, wolf, otter, beaver, fox, wildcat, catamount, woodchuck, porcupine, skunk, rabbit, mink, and gray, red, and striped squirrels.
BIRDS. The birds here were like those of other towns in this portion of New England. They were the eagle, hawk, owl, crane, crow, duck, quail, partridge, pigeon, snipe, robin, blue- bird, bobolink, and a great variety of wood warblers. The partridge, the most abundant then, and still thronging our woods, has been, during the whole history of the town, among the luxuries of its inhabitants.
FISHES. Pickerel, black bass trout, sucker, perch, cel, horned-pout, shiner, and several smaller varieties, are found in greater or less abundance in the streams and ponds.
VILLAGES. The main village is at the junction of Sugar river and the Goshen Branch. Northville, in the north-west part of the town, is where the Morse brook falls into the river. East Newport, in the east part of the town, is about the falls at the Granite Mills. Kelleyville is in the western part of the town. Southville is where the Goshen Branch falls into the meadow.
CHAPTER II.
PROPRIETARY HISTORY.
T HE following is a copy of the charter of the township of Newport from King George the Third, as granted to the original proprietors, who belonged to New London county, Connecticut, and mainly to the town of Killingworth :
PROVINCE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE.
George the Third. by the Grace of God of Great Britain
: [SEAL. ] France and Ireland King Defender of the Faith &c
To all persons to whom these Presents shall come GREETING
Know ye that We of our special Grace, certain Knowledge and meer Motion, for the due Encouragement of settling a New Plantation within our said Province, by and with the advice of our Trusty and Well-beloved Benning Wentworth Esqr : Our Governor and Comman- der in Chief of Our said Province of New Hampshire in New England and of Our Council of the said Province-Have upon the Conditions and Reservations hereinafter made Given and Granted, and by these Presents, for Us Our Heirs and Successors, do Give and Grant in Equal Shares, unto Our Loving Subjects, inhabitants of Our said Province of New Hampshire, and Our other Governments, and to their Heirs and Assigns for Ever, whose names are entered on this Grant, to be divid- ed to and amongst them into Sixty Eight equal Shares, all that Tract or Parcel of Land Situate lying and being within Our said Province of New Hampshire, Containing by Admeasurement Twenty Three Thou- sand and Forty Acres, which Tract is to Contain Six Miles Square and no more, out of which an Allowance is to be made for Highways and improveable Land, by Rocks, Ponds, Mountains and Rivers, One Thousand and Forty Acres free, according to a Plan and Survey thereof made by Our said Governor's order. and returned into the Secretary's Office and hereunto annexed butted and bounded as follows (viz) Be- ginning at a Stake and Stones which stands South 78 degrees East, at the distance of Six Miles and One Half Mile from the Northwesterly
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Corner of Charlestown, a town formerly Granted in this Province, and runs from the said stake and stones North Eight degrees East Five Miles and Seven Eighths of a Mile to a stake and stones, then South 60 degrees East Eight Miles and One quarter of a Mile, then South Ten degrees West six miles to a stake and stones, then North Sixty Three degrees West Six Miles and One quarter of a Mile to a stake and stones, the Bounds first mentioned, being Six Miles and One half Mile from the Bank of Connecticut River.
And that the same be and hereby is Incorporated into a Township by the Name of NEWPORT. And the Inhabitants that do or shall here- after inhabit the said Township, are hereby declared to be Enfranchised with and Intitled to all and Every the privileges and immunities that other Towns within our Province by Law Exercise and Enjoy-And fur- ther, that the said Town as soon as there shall be Fifty Families resi- dent and settled therein, shall have the liberty of Holding two Fairs. One of which shall be held on the - And the other on the annually, which Fairs are not to continue longer than the respective following the said - and that as soon as the said Town shall consist of Fifty Families a Market may be opened and kept One or more days in each Week, as may be thought most advantageous to the Inhabitants.
Also, that the first Meeting for the choice of Town Officers Agreeable to the Laws of Our said Province shall be held on the third Tuesday of November next which said meeting shall be notified by Mr. George Harris, who is hereby appointed the moderator of the said First Meet- ing, which he is to Notify and Govern Agreeably to the Laws and Cus- toms of Our said Province, and the Annual Meeting for ever here- after for the Choice of such Officers for the said Town shall be on the Second Tuesday of March Annually-To Have and to Hold the said Tract of land as above expressed, together with all Privileges and Ap- purtenances to them and their respective Heirs and Assigns forever, upon the following Conditions (viz)
1st : That every Grantce, his Heirs or Assigns shall plant and Culti- vate Five Acres of Land within the Term of Five Years, for every Fifty Acres contained in his or their share or proportion of Land in said Township, and to continue to improve and settle the same by Addition- al Cultivations, on Penalty of the forfeiture of his Grant or Share in the said Township, and of its Reverting to us Our Heirs and Successors, to be by us or them regranted to such of our Subjects as shall effectual !.. Settle and Cultivate the same.
2dly : That all White and other Pine Trees within the said Township fit for Masting Our Royal Navy, be carefully preserved for that Use. and none to be Cut or felled, without Our Special Lease for so doing first had and obtained, upon the Penalty of the forfeiture of the right of
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