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THOMPSON, AHIAL .- Came to N. L. in 1848; res. on the Greene French place, and later on the Moses Haskins place at Scytheville ; from there he removed to Grafton. He is said to have come here from Lowell, Mass.
TODD, ASA NELSON .- The oldest representative of the fami- lies descended from the five Todd brothers of the preceding period, now living in N. L., is Asa Nelson, son of Eli Todd [387], whose substantial farmhouse and broad acres constitute one of the finest farms in the Low Plain district. (This is one of the few locations from which a view of the summit of Mount Washington, seventy miles away, can be obtained on a clear day.) Bluff and hearty in manner, plain and direct of speech, Nelson Todd is a man who rings true as steel in the test of time. In the positions of trust to which he has been chosen by his fellow-citizens, he has honored himself and them by the faithfulness with which he has discharged his duties. He has a true helpmeet in the wife who has shared with him the joys and sorrows of nearly forty years of married life. Maroa (Harvey) Todd is the dau. of Dea. Joseph and Mehitable (Watson) Harvey of Sutton, b. Aug. 19, 1840. Deacon Har- vey was a man whose influence always tended for good, and was a leading citizen in the community. He d. at the home of his dau. April 24, 1887. Children of Nelson Todd :
I. Charles A., b. May 2, 1862 ; m., Nov. 9, 1885, Harriet Deb- orah Sargent ; res. in N. L.
2. Grace Abby, b. Dec. 4, 1868 ; studied at Colby academy, and has been very successful in teaching ; m., Aug. 16, 1894, Henry J. Hall of Milford, b. 1865. Recently Mr. and Mrs. Hall have res. at the homestead, and both are active mem- bers of the New London grange. They are excellent musi- cians, and welcome additions to the church choir.
3. Elizabeth Nelson, b. Feb. 7, 1872 ; m., April 10, 1897, Ralph H. Keil ; res. in N. L.
TODD, AUSTIN R .- Austin R., oldest son of Robert Todd [390], res. after his marriage in the Jacob Todd house. He d. Oct. 6, 1875, leaving no descendants. Sarah (Farwell) Todd, dau. of Dea. Thomas Farwell [467], m. (2), Sept. 2, 1878, Abel F. Boynton, and res. at Scytheville.
TODD, HENRY M .- Henry M. is the youngest son of Robert Todd, and res. in the cosey cottage southwest of the bridge at
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the outlet of Lake Pleasant. He is a skilled tanner and cur- rier, and since the closing of the Jones tannery in 1888 has been employed in the tannery at Wilmot Flat. His wife, Maria (Buswell) Todd, b. Nov. 2, 1851, is a granddaughter of David Buswell [450], and of Robert Pearce [371]. Children :
I. Edwin Leroy, b. June 17, 1874 ; m., Oct. 18, 1894, Kittie N. C., dau. of John Jones of N. L. ; res. in Antrim. Child : (1). Edwina F., b. Aug. 25, 1896.
2. Sherlie B., b. March 31, 1875 ; res. at home.
TODD, JACOB H .- The second son of James Todd [388], Jacob Horace, followed the famous advice of Horace Greeley, and " went West" soon after reaching his majority. After a brief stay in Ohio he returned home, then went to Wis- consin, where he m. a fair dau. of N. L. who was visiting rela- tives in that section. Abby (Shepard) Todd, dau. of Samuel Shepard [384], is a woman whose sterling worth of character and kindly sympathy have made her beloved by all, and it was a happy turn of fortune that brought the young couple back to their childhood home. At Osborn, Wis., Jacob was station agent on the Sandusky, Dayton & Cincinnati railroad for several years. Returning to N. L., he res. with his father four years, then settled on his present location at " Todd cor- ner." He was employed in the scythe works nearly ten years, until one hand was badly injured, and since then has carried on his farm. Honest as the day, simple-hearted as a child, his friendship is valued by those who know his genuine worth. Children :
I. James, b. Oct. 4, 1865 ; m., July 7, 1890, Edith M., dau. of Charles Bradford of South Boston ; res. in South Boston, and is a machinist by trade. Child :
(1). Ruth Bradford, b. April 24, 1895.
2. Ralph S., b. Oct. 20, 1874 ; res. at home, and is a clerk in the general store at Elkins.
3. Martha S., b. Feb. 4, 1878.
4. Julia Emma, b. Dec. 4, 1881.
TODD, NATHANIEL C .- Nathaniel C., son of William Todd [390], was in his earlier years remarkably successful as a schoolteacher, and later was superintending school committee in the town where most of his life has been passed. The family res. for several years on the Elder Seamans place, then
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removed to Manchester, where they kept a boarding-house, and are now living in Concord. Delia (Morse) Todd is the youngest of the ten children of John and Patty (Cheney) Morse of Newbury. Her brother, Benjamin R., m. Eunice, dau. of Capt. John Pike [273]; and a sister, Mary Marilla, m. John, son of Jonathan B. Haynes [351], and res. in New- bury. Children of N. C. Todd :
I. Arthur Morse, b. June 18, 1872.
2. Emma Shepard, b. Jan. 24. 1875.
3. Mabel Ella, b. April 16, 1876.
4. George Elbridge, b. June 23, 1877.
5. John William, b. May 24, 1880.
6. Sherman Leland, b. March 17, 1891 ; d. April 26, 1892.
TOWLE, ELIJAH .- Elijah, son of Isaac and Nancy (Pills- bury) Towle of Chester and Francestown, and brother of David Towle [391], came from Francestown to N. L. in 1860, and res. on the Miss Whittemore place. He was b. in Chester, April 13, 1805 ; m., June 20, 1839, Apphia Philbrick, a sister of Samuel J. Philbrick [371]. Apphia was b. at Gilford, July 22, 1809, and d. at N. L., Aug. 30, 1877. Elijah d. March 28, 1869. Children :
I. Sarah J., b. Aug. 11, 1840; was a tailoress in Manchester, where she d. Oct. 6, 1880.
2. Isaac J., b. March 31, 1848; was a farmer; d. at N. L., March 19, 1881.
3. Samuel P., b. Oct. 4, 1851 ; was a teamster; res. in the ladies' boarding-house, and later in the Hanaford cottage ; now living in Bedford.
4. Laura A., b. Feb. 6, 1854; res. with her brother.
WAITE, JACOB N .- Jacob Waite came from Dorchester, Mass., to N. L. in 1866, and res. on the Abel Hobbs place. He d. in 1870, and the farm was carried on by his widow, Elizabeth (Richardson) Waite. Since her death, Aug. 15, 1889, the house has been used as a summer home by the family connections. Children :
I. Jeannie Elizabeth, b. Hallowell, Me., Sept. 21, 1836; m. (1) Upham ; m. (2) - Waite (her cousin), and had Bessie, Polly, and Sally.
2. Annie S., m., May 16, 1888, Rev. Horace Brown.
3. Abbie, m. - French, and res. in Chicago, Ill .; deceased.
4. Theodore, res. in California.
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5. Jessie L. P., b. 1844 ; m., Dec. 16, 1879, Rev. Horace F., son of Langdon and Catharine (Peirce) Brown. (Charles H. Brown, youngest son of Langdon, occupied the Waite house several seasons ; taught school very successfully, and preached as supply at Otterville and other places.) Rev. Horace Brown was b. in Hopkinton, Aug. 20, 1850; graduated Colby academy 1872, Brown university 1876, Newton Theo- logical seminary 1879 ; ordained at Antrim in 1879, stationed at Rumney 1884 to 1887, and since that date at Athol, Mass., and Greenwich, R. 1. Jessie (Waite) Brown d. Jan 29, 1886, and Mr. Brown m. (2) her sister Annie S. Children, by Jessie : Reginald Langdon, Horace Theodore.
WHIPPLE, DR. SOLOMON M .- For thirty-five years a skilful physician and a loyal citizen of his adopted town, is the epito- mized record of Dr. Whipple's connection with N. L., but the fulness of a life given over to the arduous effort called forth by a thorough devotion to his profession, is summed up in these few words. Dr. Whipple was the son of David and Sally (Cutting) Whipple of Croydon, b. July 28, 1820. His great- grandfather, Moses Whipple, was one of the three pioneer settlers and original proprietors of Croydon, a man whose judgment was so respected by his fellow-townsmen that his word was law in all local matters, and he himself regarded " as a Washington in the sphere in which he moved." Dr. Whipple inherited much of the energy and decision of charac- ter for which his ancestor was noted, yet from sheer force of circumstances the goal of his ambition, a professional life. was attained only by a long and laborious struggle. Added to this was a physical weakness which gradually but surely under- mined his health. Yet the strong will of a man who strives to forget his own sufferings in the kindly ministry of his calling, enabled him to meet the exigencies of life with an unwavering fortitude. Those who knew him best saw beneath the stoicism and apparent sternness of his manner the tender, courageous heart of the true man.
By the home lamp and a few terms at Lebanon and Unity academies, he prepared to enter the collegiate department of Norwich university, from which he was graduated in 1846. He pursued his medical studies at Dartmouth, and the Wood- stock Medical school at Burlington, Vt., graduating from the latter in 1849, and beginning practice in N. L. the same year.
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Here, through the changing scenes of a generation,-a longer period by far than that of any other of the town's physicians- he did his life-work ; and when called to lay aside active duties, endured the wearisome tedium of a long illness and met ap- proaching death with the calm consciousness of a well-spent life. His death, from pulmonary hemorrhage, occurred Jan. 16, 1884. Dr. Whipple became a member of the New Hamp- shire Medical society in 1852, and served as its president in 1876. The occasional contributions to the medical and politi- cal journals of his time which his busy life would permit, attest the literary culture and calm judgment of the careful student and deep thinker. June 9, 1850, he m. Henrietta Kimball Hersey, dau. of Amos K. and Dorothy (Hersey) Hersey of Sanbornton, b. Oct 10, 1830. The ancestor of the Hersey family in Sanbornton, like Moses Whipple of Croydon, was a sturdy pioneer, and a highly respected citizen. The union of the descendants of two families with such strongly marked characteristics, could not fail to leave its impression on the children, and each of the three sons born to Dr. and Mrs. Whipple has won distinction in his chosen field. Children :
I. Ashley Cooper, b. Feb. 4, 1852 ; graduated Colby academy in 1870, and at once commenced the study of medicine with his father. In 1871 he had charge of a ward in the state asylum for the insane at Concord, in 1872 took his first course of lectures at Dartmouth Medical college, and in 1874 passed a successful examination at the University of New York, but took his degree of M. D. from Dartmouth. Locat- ing in Ashland, he gave himself up to his profession with unsparing zeal, and merited well the success which at once attended him. He was highly esteemed both as a physician and citizen, was a Mason and an Odd Fellow, and held in high repute by his medical brethren. His early death, from typhoid fever, April 4, 1880, when he fell a victim to his professional devotion and fidelity, was lamented greatly. Dr. Granville P. Conn of Concord, in an address before the New Hampshire Medical society, said of him,-
"In his death the profession and the society has lost an " enthusiastic member. His zeal in his work for his patients "and his love of the profession was commendable, yet had "he had more thought of himself in caring for his own " health,-both in the present and future-allowing himself " some relaxation after long periods of careful watching and
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" great anxiety for those under his charge, it is possible he "might have been spared to do greater work for those "around him. When admonished by his friends that a " physician's vital power could not endure a constant strain "any more than other people's, he never seemed to have a " thought that such reasoning in any way applied to him- " self, but labored on as one who never knew fatigue. With " his characteristic power of endurance and indomitable " will, he continued to keep about the house and see a few "patients long after a majority of men would have taken " their beds."
On Christmas day, 1876, Dr. Ashley C. Whipple m. Frances Anna, dau. of George Hoyt of Ashland, who with his two children now res. at Andover, Mass. Children :
(1). George Hoyt, b. Aug. 27, 1878; graduated Phillips- Andover academy ; member of class of 1900, Yale uni- versity.
(2). Ashley, b. July 9, 1880 ; student at Abbott Female semi- nary, Andover.
2. Amos Hersey, b. June 21, 1856. In the new era of pros- perity that has come to N. L. since 1885, Amos Whipple has borne perhaps as conspicuous a part as any one man. From early youth he exhibited as marked a talent for busi- ness as his brothers did in a professional way, and gave to his chosen calling the same energetic strength of will. For several years he carried on the drugstore established by his father, and in the winter of 1882-'83 bought out the New London and Potter Place stage line. No one else ever han- dled the reins of the big tally-ho coach with such skilful confidence, while his unvarying courtesy made him every- where popular. In connection with this he carried on a livery stable at both ends of the stage route, to meet the demands of the summer trade. It was his keen business foresight that saw the possibilities of New London as a summer resort, and to him is due the credit in large measure for first bringing its superior advantages before the public in a way to command patronage. So much had this line of business increased by 1886, that the ladies' boarding-house belonging to the old academy property, which had been unused for several years, was secured to meet the increased demand for accommodations. Mr. Whipple in company with Wilfred E. Burpee had the house thoroughly repaired, added piazzas, a spacious dining-room, and other improve- ments, and it was opened as a first class hotel for the season
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of 1887. As the "Heidelburg" the house at once came into high favor, and year after year it was crowded to the eaves. It was in Mr. Whipple's clever brain, too, that the idea of the annual coaching parade originated, and this also became famous and helped advertise the town. In 1893 his fame as a host took him to Boston, where as a landlord of the "Thorndike," "Winthrop," and "Nottingham," and the "Rockland" at Nantasket beach, his popularity is undiminished. The annual reunion of the Colby Academy association is held with " mine host Whipple" at the " Nottingham," and New London friends always meet with a hearty greeting. Mr. Whipple still retains his large property interests here, and is a frequent and welcome visitor.
3. Sherman Leland, b. March 4, 1862; m., Dec. 27, 1893, Louise Clough of Manchester; res. in Brookline, Mass. The eminent degree of success attained by Sherman L. Whipple in early manhood prognosticates a brilliant career in the profession to which he has devoted a rarely gifted and carefully cultivated mind. The scholarly bent seems to have been absolutely instinctive with him, and manifested itself from his earliest years. Throughout his academical and collegiate courses his logical, analytical, and debative powers indicated a special fitness for the law ; and his steady yet rapid rise since admitted to the bar, is but the natural fulfilment of the promise of his boyhood. He entered the college preparatory course at Colby academy when but eleven years of age, and graduated in 1877. Entering Yale college that same year, he was graduated the youngest member of the class of 1881, and was one of the eight com- mencement speakers chosen by the faculty for high scholar- ship. He taught for a year in the Boys' High school at Reading, Pa. ; was for two years at Yale Law school, and graduated from that institution in 1884 with the record of Townsend orator, one of three men ranked as speakers from recognized ability, and with the degree of LL. B. He was at once admitted to the Connecticut bar, and on returning to his native state in the fall of 1884 was enrolled among New Hampshire lawyers. The winter was spent in the office of Hon. David Cross of Manchester, but in May, 1885, he took desk room in the office of Train & Teele, Boston. Admitted to the Suffolk bar on motion of Attorney-General Train, in two years his clientage outgrew his accommodations, and he removed to offices of his own, where his practice has steadily
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increased and now occupies not only his own time but that of several assistants. To achieve in early manhood the marked success with which Mr. Whipple has been rewarded for his diligent labor, is no small distinction in these days of close competition and in a fraternity so abounding in men of brilliant intellectuality as is the legal profession of Boston. He has held numerous important positions of business trust, but leaves political aspirations to less busy men. He has been a trustee of Colby academy since 1892, and in 1896 was appointed one of the board of bar examiners for Suffolk county. Children :
(1). Dorothy, b. July 27, 1894.
(2). Katharyn Carleton, b. Nov. 30, 1895.
(3). Sherman L., Jr., b. Feb. 21. 1898.
WHITCOMB, RUEL .- The grandfather of Ruel Whitcomb, Benjamin Whitcomb of Henniker, was one of the pioneer settlers of Newport. Benjamin and Sarah (Watson) Whit- comb had five children. Parmenas, the third child, was a farmer in Newport, and m. Rua, dau. of Samuel Hurd, who was among the earliest settlers of Newport. Of their three children, Ruel, b. Dec. 20, 1822, was the oldest. A dau., Sarah Ann, m. James Emerson of Warner, brother of Hiram Emerson [342], and d. at Newport, leaving three children. The second dau., Lydia, m. Willard Morse of Sharon, Mass., res. in Kalamazoo, Mich., and Minneapolis, Minn., and has two children. Ruel Whitcomb came to N. L. in 1848, and for forty years, until the works were closed, was scythe temperer for the New London Scythe company ; a master of his trade, and a thoroughly reliable man. In the half-century since he has been a resident of Scytheville many changes have taken place, and few are left who were work-fellows with him before 1850. He m. (1), Oct. 21, 1847, Samantha Rhoda, dau. of Gilman Crosby of Croydon, who d. at Scytheville, April 7, 1867, aged 37 years ; m. (2), Jan. 7, 1869, Lucy A., dau. of John and Nancy (Wells) Woodbury of Wilmot Flat. Their pleasant home, "Cliff House," is admirably located for the summer guest business, and commands the larger share of the patronage that comes to Elkins ; its mountain views and near- ness to Lake Pleasant, with its comfortable accommodations, being a combination that meets with the appreciation it deserve. Mr. Whitcomb's children, one by each wife, are,-
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1. Edwin R., b. Aug. 13, 1848 ; m., and res. in N. L.
2. Bernette S., res. at home ; a graduate of the musical course at Colby academy, and a successful music teacher.
WHITE, EBENEZER .- Ebenezer White came from Wilmot to N. L. in 1855 ; res. on the George Fisher farm at Otterville, and later on the Fitzgerald place at Scytheville. His wife Judith, dau. of Daniel and Mary (Jones) Emery of Sutton, was b. 1804 ; d. at Wilmot. Judith was a sister of Ezra Emery who m. Jane Dole and in 1830 was living near the Wilmot line ; also of Timothy Emery of the same neighborhood, who appears to have m. Fanny, widow of Jonathan Jones, supposed to have been the father of Ezra Jones [356]. Elizabeth (Phil- brick) Jones who m. (2) Jonah Campbell [333], was the dau. of Ezra Jones of N. L., according to the " History of Henni- ker," but this fact has not been satisfactorily established. Ebenezer White lived near the Emerys and Joneses in 1829, then for many years in Wilmot. He was b. Aug. 15, 1798, the son of David and Sally (Harriman) White and a brother of Mrs. Johnson Rolfe [377]. (David White was b. April 28, 1772 ; Sally Harriman was b. Feb. II, 1773, and they were m. Aug. 10, 1792.) Ebenezer d. N. L., May, 1861. Chil- dren :
I. Mary, never m. ; d. in Claremont.
2. Betsey, m. - White, and moved to Massachusetts.
3. Lasias, m. and res. in Bellows Falls, Vt.
4. David, d. young.
5. Helen, m. Cyrus Corning, a stable-keeper at Concord.
6. Moses E., b. Wilmot, 1835 ; enlisted from Bellows Falls, Vt., in the Third N. H. V., Aug. 23, 1861 ; appointed corporal June 21, 1862 ; wounded severely July 18, 1863, at Fort Wagner, S. C., and was promoted to sergeant ; d. of wounds Aug. 22, 1863, at Fort Schuyler, N. Y.
7. Josephine, m. (1) Eben Davis of Hill, and res. at Vineland, N. J. ; m. (2) - Eyre, and res. in Salisbury.
WHITNEY, CHARLES S .- Charles S., youngest son of Alexander Whitney [397], is the present owner of the Whit- ney homestead at Elkins, and is a most worthy citizen. He is a master mason of King Solomon's lodge, represented the town in the legislature of 1887, and has held several important local offices. His absolute probity commands the respect of his fellow-citizens, and his sturdy faithful support of the reli-
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gious services at Elkins is characteristic of the earnest purpose with which his every-day life is ordered. Mrs. Whitney was b. Sept. 16, 1841, and is the dau. of Uriah B. and Laura (Bailey) Pearsons of Sutton, and granddaughter of Joseph and Deborah (Badger) Pearsons of Warner. Her only brother, John L. Pearsons, was a corporal in the Tenth N. H. V., was taken prisoner, and d. at Salisbury, N. C., Jan. 2, 1865. Their children are,-
I. Carrie E., b. Jan. 6, 1866 ; m., July 6, 1889, Frank Reed of Unity, where they res. Children :
(1). Edgar N., b. Aug. 6, 1891.
(2). Charles W., b. Aug. 24, 1893.
(3). Albert Leroy, b. March 19, 1898.
2. George W., b. May 25, 1878 ; res. at home.
WHITTIER, ALMON B .- The youngest son of Capt. William Whittier [286], Almon B., owned one of the best residences in Scytheville. Elizabeth (Messer) Whittier is the dau. of Curtis Messer [361]. Children :
I. Hamilton M., m. Myrtie Adams ; res. at Elkins.
2. Antoinette, m., May 31, 1893, Fred Morey ; res. at Elkins.
WOODWARD, CAPT. CHARLES .- Of the thirty-eight men who went out from N. L. in Company F, Eleventh N. H. V., no one made a better record than did Charles Woodward, son of Gage and Betsey (Jones) Woodward mentioned below. He enlisted as private, and by gallant and meritorious conduct won successive promotions, receiving his commission as cap- tain Jan. 30, 1863. Captain Woodward was with his regiment continuously until its return from the East Tennessee cam- paign, and until he became physically disabled. During the most trying days of the siege of Knoxville he held the round- house at the railroad station with forty men, under orders to defend it till the last man was killed or captured-orders, it is scarcely necessary to add, which were faithfully and ably car- ried out. His men were devoted to their brave leader, whose courage never faltered under the fiercest fire, and whose cheery "Come on, boys !" was always an inspiration to do one's best. Captain Woodward was honorably discharged from the service for disability, June 23, 1864. After his return to N. L., Captain Woodward and his uncle Stephen built a mill on Big brook, near the Charles Pingree house on
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Pleasant street, and this was used for several years for the accommodation of the neighborhood. Following Stephen Woodward, Joshua Hemphill, and Deacon Littlefield were joint owners with Captain Woodward ; but finally the business was given up, the building was demolished, and only the water-wheel and ruined dam now mark the spot. He has for many years followed his trade as carpenter and house-builder, and is one of the substantial citizens of the town. He is a member of Heidelburg lodge, I. O. O. F., and of Anthony Colby post, G. A. R., and represented the town in the legisla- ture of 1885-'86. Mary Jane (Morgan) Woodward is the dau. of James Morgan [365]. She is a graduate of Colby academy, and her ability receives appreciative recognition in the various organizations of which she is a member. They have an adopted child, Josephine L., b. Oct. 21, 1880, who is a student at Colby academy.
WOODWARD, GAGE. - Gage, oldest of the eleven chil- dren of David and Ruth (Wells) Woodward of Sutton, b. Nov. 30, 1809, m., April 4, 1833, Betsey A., dau. of Amos and Betsey (Littlehale) Jones of Sutton, b. Unity, Dec. 13, 1812. He was a carpenter by trade, and accounted a skilful workman. After his marriage he res. in Lowell, and in 1857 came to N. L. to build the Jonathan Carr house. There was plenty of work for a man of his ability and industry, and in 1858 he purchased of his brother Stephen what is now the Alfred Sargent house, which was originally built for a store. April 20, 1859, he bought of Marcus Sargent the small red house which stood opposite the mouth of the Burpee hill road, and a half-acre of land, and res. there until he built the Frank Knowlton house. He went from here to the Merrill Robie place, where he res. until 1872, when he made his home with his daughter Hannah. Gage d. May 24, 1890 ; Betsey d. Nov. 6, 1890. Children :
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