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I. Agnes White, b. November, 1873; m., and res. in Provi- dence, R. I.
2. Charles Harvey, b. May, 1875.
EVERETT, MAJ. GEORGE W .- On the roll of New Lon- don's distinguished sons the name of Maj. George W. Everett deservedly occupies a high place. The son of Capt. Jonathan Everett [241], his native ability and later acquirements made him conspicuous both in civil and military life. Educated in the town schools and at Colby academy, he entered on the study of law in the office of Walter P. Flanders, one of the leading lawyers in the state at that time. He began practice in his native town, and was soon recognized as a man of marked ability. From 1856 to 1861 he served as solicitor of Merrimack county, but when the call for "three hundred thousand more" rang through the land in 1862, he cheerfully laid aside professional emoluments to devote himself to the service of his country. August 26, 1862, he accepted the commission of major in the Ninth N. H. V. On the return of that regiment from the Mississippi campaign, Major Everett was taken seriously ill during the up-river journey, and d. Aug. 27, 1863, at Cincinnati, Ohio, from poison administered by his body-servant, whose foul treachery was adequately punished. Thus perished a true and noble-hearted man, who counted not even his life too great a sacrifice for the honor of his country. The family res. in the house north of the parsonage until about 1880, when Mrs. Everett removed with her children to Massachusetts. Children :
I. Bertha A., b. April 4, 1851 ; d. Oct. 7, 1868.
2. George W., b. Nov. 22, 1853 ; m., April 29, 1886, Fannie L. Hobson of Georgetown, Mass. ; res. in Danvers, Mass., and has one child, George W., Jr.
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3. Mary L., b. Sept. 30, 1855; m., July 29, 1881, Daniel Mahoney of Rockport, Mass. ; res. Rockport, where Mary d. Sept. 20, 1893. Children : Bertha E., Daniel, George Everett, Ruth Ellen.
4. Nellie F., b. April 6, 1858; m., Oct. 27, 1892, George M. Peabody of Danvers, Mass., where they res.
5. Jonathan R., b. Nov. 5, 1861 ; m., Nov. 18, 1891, Lizzie J. Pettingill of Rockport, where they res. Child : Edward R.
FALES, H. MARSHALL .- The only representative of the Fales family now living in N. L. is Marshall, son of Horatio [343]. He was a real-estate owner here from 1856 to 1881, was in business at Montpelier, Vt., for several years, re- turned to N. L. in 1895, and is now the senior partner at the "Four Corners" store; res. in the Dr. Pierce cottage opposite the church. Louise (Burpee) Fales is the dau. of Abial Burpee [331]. No children.
FARWELL, REO A .- One of the most capable and stirring men the town has ever numbered among her adopted sons was Reo A. Farwell, first enrolled as a citizen of N. L. in 1856. He was the son of Samuel and Mary (Adams) Farwell of Nel- son and Roxbury, where Reo was b. March 21, 1827. Sam- uel Farwell was a descendant of the English emigrant Samuel, who settled in Marblehead, Mass. Mary (Polly) Adams was the granddaughter of Moses Adams of Sherborn, b. 1726, who settled in Dublin in 1763. Reo m., May 10, 1851, Augusta M., dau. of Daniel and Charlotte (Banks) Towns of Roxbury, b. June 2, 1829. Daniel Towns was the son of one of the earli- est settlers of Roxbury (a soldier of the Revolution), who es- tablished himself on a hilltop about four miles by highway from Keene Street. Charlotte Banks was a native of Massachu- setts, and heard the first gun fired in the Revolution. After his marriage Reo res. three years in Nelson, kept a livery sta- ble in Newport two years ; then came to N. L., and twice re- moved to Springfield ; owned the mill property at Otterville, and settled on the present Farwell homestead in 1873. He was a man of active temperament, earnest in purpose, gener- ous, true-hearted, and devoted to his family and friends. Reo d. Nov. 13, 1892, and his widow and youngest son now res. on the homestead. Mrs. Farwell is one of nature's gentlewomen, a lovable, consistent Christian, skilled in all housewifely arts, and an enthusiastic floriculturist. Children :
REO A. FARWELL.
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I. Jay Quincy, b. Nelson, Sept. 10, 1852 ; m., October, 1877, Ella Gardner of Gloucester, Mass. ; res. Lakeside avenue, Lynn, Mass., and is a member of the Q. A. Towns firm, shoe findings. Children : Abby, Edith, Gardner.
2. James Trow, b. Springfield, June 15, 1854 ; went to Lynn, and learned the shoe-findings trade with his uncle, Quincy A. Towns, who established Trow and his older brother in the business. Trow m. Emma Hickman of Nova Scotia, and res. on School street, Lynn. Children : Anna, Martha Belle, Fred.
3. Abby Maria, b. N. L., Dec. 28, 1856. Endowed with rare talents of heart and mind, Abby was the joy and pride of her family and friends. She was baptized by Elder John Young when but ten years of age, and consecrated herself unreserv- edly to Christian service. She taught school in Springfield at fourteen, and the summer term at Burpee hill in 1873, fad- ing away with the flowers she loved so well until her gentle spirit passed to the better world, Dec. 14, 1873, two weeks before her seventeenth birthday.
" There was hushed on earth
" A voice of gladness ; there was veiled a face
" Whose parting left a dark and silent place " By the once joyous hearth.
" A smile had passed, which filled the home with light,
" A soul, whose beauty made that smile so bright."
4. Reo Ellsworth, b. Springfield, March 17, 1862 ; m., Feb. 19, 1885, Jennie B., dau. of William S. Carter ; res. in N. L.
5. Fred, b. Springfield, Aug. 27, 1866. Fred is one of the most influential leaders among the young men of the present gen- eration. He was educated at Colby academy and Phillips- Exeter, and since his father's death has cared for his mother with tenderest devotion and continued the extensive business interests left in his charge. In 1895 he represented the town in the legislature, has served on the board of education, and is always ready to lend a hand in any public enterprise. Gifted with a voice of wonderful compass and richness,- a talent which has been carefully cultivated,-he is chorister in the church choir and Sabbath school, and a willing helper in all lines of church work. He is a member of New Lon- don grange and of Heidelburg lodge, I. O. O. F.
FARWELL, DEA. THOMAS T .- Deacon Farwell was the grandson of Samuel and son of John and Hannah (Thurston) Farwell of Fitchburg, Mass., and doubtless a descendant of
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the emigrant Samuel Farwell referred to above. John Farwell was a scythe manufacturer, and Thomas, who was b. July, 1809, followed his father's trade. He m., Dec. 1, 1831, Sally, dau. of Jonas Keyes, and moved to N. L., July 16, 1849, where he was employed in the scythe shops and res. in the Abel Boynton house. He also owned, and for a few years res., in the Charlton Woodbury house on New London hill, which he bought of Professor Mark True. Deacon Farwell d. Jan. 10, 1891 ; Sally (Keyes) Farwell d. Feb. 2, 1879. Children :
I. Thurston, b. Sept. 29, 1832 ; m. Harriet, dau. of Joseph Chase, and res. in Wilmot, where he d. Aug. 24, 1868.
2. Sarah, b. Oct. 16, 1835 ; m., Aug. 12, 1858, Austin R. Todd ; res. in N. L.
3. Hannah, b. Feb. 21, 1838; m. Charles Noyes of Franklin, and res. at Boston, Mass. Hannah d. at Chelsea, Mass., Nov. 14, 1879. One son.
4. Stephen, b. May 9, 1840; m. Ann Maria, dau. of Charles T. Folsom, and res. at Newport. They have one dau.
5. Maria, b. July 10, 1842 ; m., Sept. 16, 1860, Sylvander A., son of Ausbon French [344].
6. Charles, b. Dec. 13, 1846 ; d. Sept. 4, 1848.
FISHER, GEORGE .- George, b. Aug. 10, 1813, was the old- est son of Seth and Mary Lydia (Stone) Fisher of Spring- field, and grandson of Seth Fisher of Francestown mentioned below. Seth, Jr., b. Francestown, Jan. 20, 1786, m. Mary Lydia, dau. of Capt. John Stone of Dublin, b. November, 1790, and was a farmer in Springfield. Their youngest dau., Feronia, was the first wife of William S. Messer of N. L., and both d. in N. L. during Messer's occupancy of the Dole farm on Morgan hill-Seth, on April 11, 1858; Lydia, Nov. 13, 1862. About 1840 George went to Boston, m. there Charlotte Smith, and soon returned to Springfield. In 1870 he removed to the house which he now occupies. This house was built in Springfield by Theodore Abbot, was moved across the line into N. L. to secure school privileges, and after passing through several hands came to its present owner. George is the oldest man now living in this town. He m. (2) Lavinia Blood of Sutton, who d. about 1870 ; m. (3), Sept. 18, 1873, Lydia Pelton of Manchester. Children :
I. George, m., and keeps a restaurant in Boston.
2. Cyrus, never m., res. in New York.
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3. Luther, m., res. in Marlborough, and is deceased.
4. Herbert, was drowned at 16, while bathing in Otter pond, Aug. 30, 1878.
5. Alvira, m. - Lannigan of Boston, who is now deceased ; res. Malden, Mass.
6. Frank, m., and res. in Waltham, Mass.
FISHER, SANFORD .- The earliest known ancestor of the Fisher family was Anthony, who is said to have lived at Wignotte, Syleham parish, Suffolk county, England. He m. Mary, dau. William and Ann Fiske of St. James, South Elmsham, Suffolk county. The third of their six children was another Anthony, who with his wife Mary and his little ones came to New England in the good ship Rose, June 26, 1637, and settled in Dorchester, Mass. His oldest son was a third Anthony, and he m., Sept. 7, 1647, Joanna, only dau. of Thomas and Joan Faxon of Braintree, Mass., making his home in Dedham. The third Anthony's youngest son was Eleazer, b. Sept. 18, 1669, who m., Oct. 13, 1698, Mary, dau. of William and Mary (Lane) Avery, b. Aug. 21, 1674. They were the parents of David, b. June 21, 1705. David m. Deborah Boyden, and had among others Thomas, b. March 10, 1735, who m., Oct. 12, 1758, Mary, dau. of Samuel and Mary (Coney) Pettee of Dedham, b. Feb. 26, 1742. Their son Seth, b. Sharon, Mass., June 16, 1759, in company with a brother settled in Francestown in 1781. Seth served in the Revolutionary war, and was much respected in his adopted town. He m., June 30, 1785, Hannah Hewins, b. Sharon, Sept. 20, 1766. The oldest of their eight children, another Seth, b. Jan. 20, 1786, was the father of George Fisher above. Two others res. in Springfield, near the Otterville settlement in N. L.,-Betsey, who m. Enoch Collins ; and Lewis, b. July 4, 1791. Lewis m., June 2, 1818, Betsey, dau. of William and Hannah (Johnson) Campbell of Francestown. William Campbell was the grandson of David Campbell, who emi- grated from Scotland and settled in Litchfield about 1750. William was in the battle at Bunker Hill, and later in the war held the rank of sergeant. Lewis Fisher, therefore, was of Revolutionary stock on both sides, and was a man of consider- able note in his adopted town, serving in the legislature and holding numerous offices. Later he removed to Wilmot,
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where he d. Oct. 18, 1881 ; Betsey d. Wilmot, March 6, 1878. Of their eight children, three were connected with N. L., -Mason M., who m. Helen, dau. of Thomas B. Osgood [368], and res. in Warner; Lewis, Jr., b. Jan. 17, 1817, never m., res. on various locations in N. L. and Springfield ; and Sanford.
Sanford, oldest of the children of Lewis and Betsey (Camp- bell) Fisher, b. Francestown, Sept. 3, 1814, ninth in descent. from Anthony Fisher of England, was a worthy representative of his ancestors. He was a house-painter by trade, though serving for twelve years on the police force of Charlestown, Mass. On first coming to N. L., in 1855, Sanford res. on the George Fisher farm, which was sold to Kittredge Collins when he removed to the place now the home of his widow and children. Sanford m., Jan. 24, 1841, Mary E., dau. of Daniel Pierce and Mary (Flanders) Hill of Portsmouth. He d. in N. L., Sept. 11, 1884. Mrs. Fisher's gentle disposition and beautiful Christian character have been thoroughly proved in nearly forty years' residence here, and she has endeared herself to many hearts. In 1894 she gave a piece of land on the east shore of Otter pond to be used as a site for the Quackenbos Union chapel. Children :
I. Sanford R., b. Boston, July 3, 1842 ; unmarried ; house- painter by trade ; res. at the homestead.
2. Mary, b. Boston, Aug. 23, 1843 ; d. Nov. 25, 1843.
3. Lewis E., b. Charlestown, Dec. 3, 1848 ; m. Alice Anderson of Squirrel Island, Me., and res. in Lawrence, Mass. ; d. Feb. 10, 1875. No children.
4. Franklin P., b. Charlestown, Jan. 24, 1856; m., Dec. 24, 1876, Mary A., dau. of Stephen and Sarah (Johnson) Woodward of N. L .; is a physician of established reputa- tion, and res. at Enfield Centre. Two children, both of whom d. young.
5. Addie, b. N. L., Nov. 24, 1860; m., in 1881, Edwin P. Blood ; res. in N. L.
FISKE, BENJAMIN .- Benjamin Fiske, formerly of Sutton, came to N. L. in 1859, and res. on the Henry Longley place at Scytheville. His wife was Charlotte Flint. She d. June 13, 1865, aged 57 years. Children :
I. Almeda, m. Sylvester Bunker of Wilmot Centre, son of Ben- jamin Bunker [220] ; is deceased.
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2. Rachel, m., March 22, 1865, William S., son of Asa L. Haskins [349].
3. Josephine, m. (1) David Neal of Vermont, m. (2) Cyrus Cole of Grafton, m. (3) - Gage of Grafton. Four children.
4. Ebenezer, m. Ella Young of Grafton ; now living in Danbury.
FISKE, JONATHAN D .- Jonathan D. Fiske, who from 1869 to 1882 res. on the Jonathan Carr place, was b. in Waltham, Mass., Oct. 14, 1815, the son of Jonathan Fiske, b. Dec. 13, 1768, and a descendant of William Fiske of Watertown, b. 1663. Jonathan D. m., Oct. 20, 1842, Mary, b. March 29, 1817, the dau. of Daniel Clark of Weston, Mass., b. Jan. 19, 1775, and a descendant of Hugh Clark of Watertown, b. 1613. The family returned to Waltham in 1882, and Mrs. Fiske d. there Oct. 12, 1891. Children :
I. Mary C., b. Aug. 3, 1843 ; m., Aug. 31, 1870, George F. Barnes of Waltham, Mass.
2. Charles D., b. Nov. 12, 1844; m., March 31, 1868, Ella F. Haynes of Waltham.
3. Adelaide S., b. March 29, 1847 ; d. May 29, 1880.
4. Abbie B., b. July 8, 1849 ; m., Sept. 15, 1871, Alfred Warren of Waltham.
5. Lelia M., b. May 5, 1853.
6. Emma G., b. Feb. 27, 1856.
FITZGERALD, WILLIAM .- William Fitzgerald, who became a citizen of N. L. in 1864, was b. about 1835, in the parish of Kilgarvan, Kerry county, Ireland, the second son of William Fitzgerald, whose ancestors had dwelt for many generations in the Kilgarvan parish. Of the eight children William and six others emigrated to America. He m. Hannah, dau. of Nich- olas O'Brien of Kerry county, and they res. in Franklin, Andover, and Wilmot before coming to N. L., where William purchased the Jacob Dole place of Gilman Whitney. Hannah d. Sept. 12, 1871, and William m. (2) Ann, dau. of John Lovett, a ship's carpenter of Dingle, County Kerry, and Mary Hussey his wife. About 1885 he thoroughly remodelled and repaired his house, and purchased additional land. Children :
I. Mary, b. May 13, 1857 ; unmarried ; res. in California.
2. Thomas E., b. Jan. 9, 1858; m. Annie Kane ; res. in Cali- fornia, and has one child.
3. Nellie, b. Jan. 21, 1865 ; unmarried ; a skilled cook and laundress ; res. in N. L.
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4. John, b. June 24, 1867 ; unmarried ; hostler at Colby academy. 5. Elizabeth, b. May 6, 1869 ; m., Oct. 4, 1894, Allen Crane ; res. in N. L.
6. William, b. Sept. 12, 1872 ; m., June 20, 1895, Annie Allard of Boston, where they res.
FOLSOM, LORENZO J .- From 1861 to 1863, three brothers, Lorenzo J., Charles E., and Willard Folsom, were employed in the scythe works, coming here from Loudon. In 1869, Lo- renzo and Charles, with their parents, again came to N. L., and Lorenzo purchased the Fowler place at Todd corner as a home for his father and mother. Charles T. Folsom d. in N. L., May 13, 1886, aged 77 years ; Elizabeth, his wife, d. April 21, 1886, aged 77 years, and both are buried in the Elkins ceme- tery. Lorenzo m., Aug. 11, 1861, Mary Jane, dau. of Sewell B. Prescott [374]. They res. in N. L. until after 1880, and then removed to Chattanooga, Tenn. Child :
I. Lottie, b. April 4, 1872 ; m. George Graves of Chattanooga, and res. in Georgetown, S. C.
FOWLER, ADNA S .- Adna Fowler was a grandson of the pi- oneer Jesse Dow [92], and son of Benjamin and Sarah (Stev- ens) Fowler of Hopkinton. His wife was Lucina, dau. of Samuel Shepard [384]. They res. on the Penuel Everett farm at Low Plain, where Adna d. Dec. 19, 1866. Since 1874, Mrs. Fowler and her children have lived on the Daniel Pattee farm at Todd corner. Mrs. Fowler d. July 29, 1898, after a brief illness. Her native energy and ability enabled her to overcome many difficulties, and her devotion to her fatherless children knew no bounds. Children :
I. Fred, b. Oct. 12, 1859 ; unmarried ; res. at home. Unwaver- ing in purpose, a steady, earnest worker, he was the strong staff and comfort of a widowed mother.
2. Alma Everett, b. June 28, 1862 ; graduated Colby academy ; m., Sept. 11, 1889, William P. Houston, D. D. S., son of Henry C. Houston of Thornton ; res. in Boston, Mass. Mrs. Houston is a thoroughly cultivated woman, with fine literary taste, and has bestowed much time and research to the com- pletion of the Shepard family records. Dr. Houston is also a graduate of Colby academy, and has been very successful in his profession.
3. Mary Emily, b. Oct. 13, 1865 ; d. Nov. 14, 1866.
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FRENCH, JOHN .- John French, a native of Hopkinton and a brother of Ausbon French [344], came from Lowell, Mass., to N. L. in 1859, and res. on the Milton Everett place near Little Sunapee. John d. Aug. 20, 1880, aged 70 years ; Catherine (Kimball) French, his wife, d. Sept. 29, 1881. Children :
I. William, b. 1833 ; d. 1834.
2. William, b. June 10, 1840; m., in 1861, Ellen, dau. of Jo- seph and Sarah Ann (Ensworth) Woodman, b. Royalton, Vt., Aug. 21, 1839. William res. on the Trussell place a few years, then removed to Springfield, and in 1897 returned to N. L., where he and his wife make their home with their dau. Luella. Children :
(1). Ada Josephine, b. Dec. 22, 1862 ; d. 1881.
(2). George A., b. Sept. 21, 1864 ; m., Sept. 1, 1891, Ger- trude Hubbard ; res. in N. L.
(3) . Luella S., b. Dec. 1, 1866 ; m., Nov. 16, 1895, Fred N., son of Benjamin and Abbie (Smith) Spofford of Chester, who d. in N. L. July 6, 1897. Mrs. Spofford purchased the Merrill Robie place in 1897.
FULTON, ROBERT .- Beginning with 1851, Robert Fulton res. on the " old " Ai Worthen place at Davis hill, and d. there Sept. II, 1865, aged 50 years. He was twice married, his second wife being the "Widow Morse." His son, Freeman F., m. Sarah, dau. of Elbridge Mitchell, paid a poll tax in 1866 and 1867, then removed from town.
GARDNER, REV. GEORGE W., D. D .- To adequately por- tray the character and life of the late Dr. Gardner, has not even been attempted in this biographical sketch; for the individual- ity of the man is too strong to be bounded by limitations, and the real history of more than forty years of earnest labor along educational and religious lines, cannot be told in the bare out- line of a career of more than ordinary scope and interest. The son of Samuel and Sophia (Greeley) Gardner mentioned be- low, he came of good English blood, and himself added new honor to the family name. Like many another farmer's boy, he was ambitious for an education; so, earning his way by teaching, he fitted for college at Thetford (Vt.) academy, and graduated from Dartmouth in 1852. In the autumn of that year he took to himself man's greatest earthly blessing, a good wife. Thus fully equipped for life's battle, he accepted the po- sition of principal at Black River academy, Ludlow, Vt.
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In the fall of 1853 he became associated with Prof. Ephraim Knight in the principalship of the New London Literary and Scientific institution. For eight years, with all the vigor and enthusiasm of his sturdy, Christian manhood, he devoted him- self to the upbuilding of the school ; striving not only for a high standard of mental discipline, but for the formation and devel- opment of true manly and womanly character; years of toil that bore fruit an hundred fold, for the school was wonderfully prospered and blessed. While he himself yielded to none in his high esteem for the pastoral office which he afterwards held, it may with reason be claimed that Dr. Gardner's most distinguished service was rendered in the class room. His Christian manliness was an inspiration to his students, and his unfailing friendliness encouraged their best endeavors ; while to his discriminating mind, invaluable for counsel, his intel- lectual insight, and love of truth, was added the natural gift of teaching-the ability to impart enthusiasm, and make the dryest theme glow with interest and reveal its hidden value.
Dr. Gardner's own Christian experience dated back to his fourteenth year, when he was baptized into the membership of the Canaan Baptist church ; and his love for the Master's cause increased with his years. He was ordained to the ministry in 1858, and in the fall of 1861 accepted a call from the First Bap- tist church of Charlestown, Mass. This pastorate, of more than eleven years' duration, was almost an ideal one in its condi- tions, for the church was vigorous and the bond between pas- tor and people cordial and strong. In 1868 he received the degree of D. D. from Dartmouth college. In 1870 his church granted him leave of absence, and in company with Rev. Dr. D. W. Faunce, then of the First Baptist church, Concord (this state), Dr. Gardner spent several months in Europe and the Orient. During most of the Charlestown pastorate he was a member of the executive committee of the American Baptist Missionary union, and from 1872 to 1876 he devoted his whole time to the arduous duties of home secretary. In 1876 he was called to the First Baptist church, Cleveland, O., and two years later returned to Massachusetts to accept the charge of the Marblehead church.
Already the insidious disease that thereafter followed him had fastened its fatal hold, and the remainder of his life-work
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was performed with heroic courage, under limitations of pain and weariness that would have daunted any but one of his in- domitable will. From 1881 to 1885, when failing health com- pelled him to give up the work to which he had set his hand, he was president of the Central university of Iowa; and even after this time he filled short pastorates at Fitchburg and Wal- tham, Mass. With increasing infirmity came the desire to rest amid the scenes of his early educational work, and in 1888 his former students bought and gave to him the home on New London hill where his last years were spent. Still the busy hand and active mind refused to be laid aside, and he wrote,. preached, and taught when and wherever he felt there was yet something for him to do. Always a lover of Colby academy, his last work as an instructor was in her service. As professor of Biblical literature he gave to her students his ripest thought and the results of his latest studies. In October, 1894, Dr. Gardner was persuaded to spend the following winter in the home of a beloved niece at Des Moines, Ia., with the hope of improved health ; but with the spring came increasing weak- ness, and an intense desire to again see his New London home. The long, wearisome journey was endured, the desire was sat- isfied, and two days later, on April 27, 1895, he entered into eternal rest.
In the pleasant home he so dearly loved his well-worn study- chair has its old, familiar place, the books and papers of the student teacher and ripe thinker lie close at hand, and a sweet- faced " mother in Israel," one whose devotion never failed, whose courage never faltered, patiently awaits the summons to the farther shore. Mrs. Celia (Hubbard) Gardner is a dau. of that Asahel Hubbard of Windsor, Vt., who in 1839 took up a quarter-section in what is now Davenport, Ia., but was then " away out West." Asahel was a descendant of George Hub- bard of Guilford, Ct., who was first in Watertown, Mass., in 1633. In England the family is a very old one, the earliest au- thentic record being of a John Hubbard, b. about 1235, who lived at Tye, Norfolk county. Tradition, however, links the Hubbards with Hubba, son of a Danish "sea-king," who landed on the Northumbrian coast in 866, and whose descend- ants in the next four centuries settled mainly in the eastern and southeastern part of England. Children :
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1. Guy Hubbard, b. March 7, 1856; m., Aug. 16, 1881, Cora, dau. of Dr. George Cutler of Cohasset, Mass. ; res. in N. L.
2. Clarence, b. Dec. 12, 1858 ; graduated M. A. at Brown uni- versity, 1883 ; d. at N. L., June 8, 1893, of meningitis.
3. Ada Grant, b. May 4, 1860 ; graduated B. A. at Smith col- lege, 1882, giving her the distinction of being the first woman b. in N. L. to receive a collegiate degree ; m., May 4, 1886, Rev. Joseph Fielden, and res. in Winchester, Mass., New- port, and Winchendon, Mass. Children :
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