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81. The meetinghouse of the First Congregational Society. The land was, deeded to the society by Benjamin Kemp, Apr. 23, 1849. The church was dedi- cated, Dec. 7, 1848, a few months before the deed of the land was given by Mr. Kemp. The bell was placed in the belfry, Oct. 27, 1860, and first rung upon that day. For a complete description of the building, see page 395. It is still used by the society and we trust that it will always be used for worship, unless replaced by a better one. It has a handsome spire which we also hope will be preserved and repaired as necessity requires.
82. The horse sheds in the rear of the meetinghouse. They were built shortly after the church was built by private individuals, in whose names, or those of their heirs or assigns, they still continue. On Jan. 1, 1850, the society passed a vote authorizing the sale to individuals of land for the purpose of build- ing horse sheds. It was a part of the land which the society had purchased of Mr. Kemp. The sheds were built that year.
83. The tomb. On Aug. 23, 1892, the town received from CHARLES FRANKLIN WILSON, a former highly respected citizen of the town, the gift of two hundred dollars to be used in the construction of a tomb near the cemetery north of the meetinghouse. The tomb was built in 1892. It was first used as a temporary place of deposit for the body of Edwin Kent Morse, who died, March 4, 1893, and whose body was placed here on the sixth of the same month. This
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body was subsequently taken to Pennsylvania for burial. See pages 156 and 352. The date on the latter page should be Aug. 23 instead of Mar. 8.
84. The hearse house at the Meetinghouse Cemetery. The cemetery was laid out and the hearse house built by authority of a vote passed in town meet; ing, May 16, 1857. Land was purchased of Samuel Locke on June 25, 1857, and of Asa Ellis and Selim Frost, July 1, 1857. The first burial in the cemetery was the body of Martin Rugg, who died Oct. 21, 1858, and the burial was on the 23d. See pages 328 to 341.
85. The Soldiers' Monument. It was dedicated, July 4, 1867. See pages 531 to 533 for a complete description of the ceremonies. The land on which it stands was deeded to the town, Apr. 27, 1867, by J. Locke and A. Farrar, who then owned the Kemp farm. 1
86. The fourth and present schoolhouse in District No. 2. It was built in 1859, in accordance with a vote of the district passed, Apr. 23, 1859. See page 496. Deeds for the land were given by Asa Ellis, June 24, 1859, and by Benja- min Kemp on Oct. 31, 1859. It was first used in the winter of 1859.
87. Parsonage of the First Congregational Society. This lot was a part of the old Griswold land (see 102) which passed successively to Joseph Ellis, Sr., Sept. 24, 1776; Joseph Ellis, Jr. (by deed of heirs of preceding), Sept. 10, 1787 ; N. Hills, Jr., of Swanzey, Jan. 26, 1790; Abel Allen of Sullivan, May 5, 1796 ; and REV. WILLIAM MUZZY (now spelled Muzzey), the first pastor of the First Congregational Church of Sullivan, who bought it of Allen, June 30, 1798. . For an account of Mr. Muzzy see pages 131, 132, 384 to 386, and 412. Mr. Muzzy severed his connection with the Sullivan church, May 22, 1827, and returned to his native town of Lexington, Mass., where he died, Apr. 16, 1835. After Mr. Muzzy's departure this house was rented for a time to Jeremiah Leland, also to Ephraim Foster. The old mansion, still well remembered by many of our readers, was a typical residence of a gentleman of that time, with spacious rooms, well finished, and, during Mr. Muzzy's ministry, well furnished with mahogany and other handsome styles of furniture, characteristic of the period. Here Mr. Muzzy took his bride, who was Anna Munroe (as they spelled it) of Lexington, soon after their marriage in 1798. The parishioners were out in full force to bid her welcome when she arrived, and she found one of them chopping a loaf of sugar on her new mahogany bureau, now carefully preserved by her granddaughter in Lexington, and still containing the scratches made by that sugar. Mr. and Mrs. Muzzy had received the best education and social culture of their time, and were regarded as " the law and gospel " of manners, conversation, and culture in the town. Here were born the five children of the Muzzys. Two of these children died very suddenly, Dec. 3, 1814, of " spotted fever," as it was called, now be- lieved to have been cerebro spinal meningitis. Their sister Emily, who lived to a great age in Lexington, informed us that they caught the infection while at the funeral of little Electa Hubbard, daughter of Esquire Roswell, this child having died of the same malady. Another daughter of Mr. Muzzy married Dea. Brigham of the Unitarian church in Lexington. William M. Muzzy, the only son of the Rev. William, was an importer of glass in Philadelphia, and a very wealthy man. See page 618. The daughters of Mr. Muzzy rode good horses and were skilled in that accomplishment. Mrs. Brigham told her daughter ( who is living ) of the
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dong rides which she took with Mireca Nims, afterwards Mrs. Houghton, also with Ursula Newell, daughter of Rev. Gad Newell of Nelson. While Mr. Leland fived in this house. REV. JOSIAH PEABODY, the second pastor of the church, boarded here. He married a daughter of Mr. Leland. He afterwards lived at 235. See pages 413 and 582. The next pastor, Rev. Job Cushman, boarded at Dea. Selim Frost's, at 108. See page 413. His successor, Rev. S. C. Bradford, lived with his father, on the Col. Hubbard farm, at 170. See page 413. Asa Ellis and Dea. Selim Frost bought this fine old mansion of Mr. Muzzy, July II, 1834, and kept it in repair many years. Under their ownership, it still contin- ued to be the home of the ministers of the parish. REV. JOEL WRIGHT, the next settled pastor, lived here six years, 1834-1840 ; for exact dates and particu- lars of his pastorate see page 413. Ephraim Foster lived here, for a time, be- tween Mr. Wright and Mr. Alvord.
REV. ALANSON ALVORD was here next, about two and a half years, 1842-44. See page 413. He was succeeded by REV. THOMAS SNELL NORTON, who moved to this house in Sept. 1844, was ordained, Feb. 4, 1846, and concluded his labors, March 10, 1859. He was the minister during the youth of the writer, who remembers him better than any other occu- pant of the house. See page 413. Shortly after Mr. Norton left, Asa Ellis bought of the widow of Selim Frost, the latter's interest in this estate, May 7, 1859. REV. GEORGE W. STINSON was the next occupant, 1859-61. See page 414. REV. NELSON BARBOUR came next, 1861-63. See page 414. The next occupant of the premises was Rev. JOHN M. STOw, whose pastorate extended from Sept. 1, 1863 to Aug. 21, 1870. During his ministry, Mr. Ellis rebuilt the house. He took down the old mansion which Mr. Muzzy built and erected a one and a half-story house which has been used since as the parsonage. It was first occupied by Mr. Stow's family. It was built in 1864. The " house warm- ing " was January 3, 1865, when the parishioners left $86 for Mr. Stow. The society also increased his salary a hundred dollars a year. See page 414. Next came REV. JOSEPH FAWCETT, 1871 to 1873, respecting whom see page 414. He was followed by REV. SAMUEL S. DRAKE, 1873 to 1878. During his ministry, Mr. Ellis died, Feb. 14, 1874, and willed this house to the society for a parson- age. See pages 414 and 423. REV. HENRY W. L. THURSTON was here from 1879 to 1881. See page 414. REV. T. S. NORTON, during a short second engage- ment in town, lived in this new house in 1882-83. See page 415. Rev. George Warren Rogers lived in Gilsum. REV. F. B. PHELPS lived here, 1886-89. See page 415. Mr. O. H. Thayer, who preached in town for a time, lived at Keene. RRV. J. FAWCETT lived here again in 1892-93. See page 415. Messrs. Stuart and Woodsum boarded with parishioners. REV. L. D. PLACE occupied the par- sonage in 1893-94. See page 415. REV. HERBERT WALKER lived here after his marriage, 1898 to 1902. He had previously boarded at Mr. Arthur H. Rugg's, at East Sullivan. See page 416. REV. T. M. PATTERSON lived here during his Sullivan ministry, 1903 to 1906. He lived a winter in East Sullivan, at 16. See page 416. MR. SAMUEL C. EATON, who supplied the Sullivan pulpits from July 1, 1906 to Sept. 26, 1907, also lived here. See Appendix. This house is situated considerably further north of the road than the position indicated upon the map.
88. Site of the second schoolhouse in District No. 2, later the armory of the 8th (afterwards numbered as the 6th) Company of the 20th Regiment of the
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New Hampshire militia. On January 15, 1811, Abel Allen deeded to the town the land on which stood a schoolhouse, porch, and wood-shed. As the building had already been constructed when the land was deeded, it was probably built in 1810. For the owners of the land before Abel Allen, see 94. This building. was used for the district schoolhouse until 1838. On the first Monday in Decem- ber, 1838, the first term of school in the house at 90 began. See 90. This build- ing had therefore been used for a school twenty-eight years. As soon as this building ceased to be a schoolhouse, it was taken for an armory, and William Brown, to whom the adjoining land had passed, through a succession of owners, (see 94), that there might be no question about the title (as it might be supposed that the land would revert to the successors and assigns of the original owner, if no longer used for school purposes), gave a deed of the land to the officers of the 8th Company of the 20th Regiment, Apr. 20, 1839. For a fuller account of this old building, see page 515. From 1839 until 1851, the men of military age assembled at this armory, always once, generally twice, a year for inspection and drill. One of the earliest recollections of the writer of this history was one of those old company inspections. Active militia duties ceased, after 1851, for many years, and never since to be revived in Sullivan. During the Civil war, there were a few " rally " meetings at the Town Hall, and, in the parades which formed a feature of those meetings, the guns at the old armory were used by the older men. See pages 28, 515, and 531. Finally, at a town meeting, March 14, 1865, the town authorized the sale of the old armory. On June eighth of the same year, William Brown, then living in Keene, deeded the town all the right or title that he had in the old armory or land on which it stood. Presumably on that day, although no deed is recorded, the same was purchased by Frederick B. Nims, who was living at 94. It belonged to his estate when sold by his heirs. For all the owners of the land on which this building stood, see 94.
89. Site of the old Simeon Ellis house. This farm originally consisted of only about 41 acres on the eastern ends of lots 1, 2, and the south part of 3, in the eighth range. It was a part of the "right " in Gilsum drawn by Stephen Griswold and sold by him, Sept. 24, 1776, to Joseph Ellis, Sr., who lived at the site of 102. After the death of Joseph Ellis, Sr., his real estate was divided among his heirs, who deeded this place to SIMEON ELLIS, one of the sons of Joseph, Sr., Sept. 10, 1787. Simeon had married Lydia Comstock., Their wedding was the first which was solemnized on the soil that now consti- tutes Sullivan. They were married by Roswell Hubbard, Esq. At a town meet- ing, Apr. 24, 1788, at Hinds Reed's, it was voted to post warrants on Simeon Ellis's north door (on the highway side of the house). The first two town meet- ings were at James Rowe's. The third (Apr. 24, 1788) and several subsequent meetings (all in fact until March 10, 1789) were at the house of Hinds Reed, at 74. Beginning with a special town meeting on March 26, 1789, all town meet- ings (and there were many special meetings in those days) were held at this house of Simeon Ellis, until May 30, 1791. At least twelve town meetings, two annual and ten special meetings, were held at this house. One of the special meetings, beginning Oct. 22, 1789, to take steps for building the first meeting- house, was continued by twelve adjournments, until Mar. 13, 1792. Seven of the adjourned meetings were here, which added to the twelve make in all nine-
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teen town meetings in this house, the last of which was May 30, 1791. Simeon Ellis died, January 23, 1799, and his widow's thirds were set off to her, Apr. 14, 1802. Deacon Josiah Seward, as administrator, sold the eastern portion of the farm, Nov. 28, 1814, to Rev. William Muzzy, who lived at 87. This was a piece of land about twenty-seven and a half rods in width, extending from the high- way southerly to the line of the Roswell Hubbard farm. MRS. LYDIA ELLIS, widow of Simeon, lived in the house until her decease, Nov. 4, 1828. Amasa Miller lived here with his family and did her work for a time. He was living here in r821-1822. Mrs. Ellis had bought of the administrator, Nov. 28, 1814, all of the farm immediately south of her thirds, as far as the Hubbard, or old Keene line. After her death, ASA LELAND bought of her heirs (Ira and Asa Ellis) that part of the farm (including the house) which belonged to Mrs. Ellis at her death. ' The date of purchase was May 2, 1829. At first he did the work and boarded with his father, who lived at 87. He married in 1833 and began housekeeping here. This was the last family that lived here. Mr. Leland sold the place, Feb. 21, 1835, to I. N. Wardwell, who owned it until he died and used it for a farm. The buildings were removed soon after Mr. Wardwell purchased it. The latter lived at 232. After Mr. Wardwell's death, his heirs sold it, Oct. 26 and 27, 1859, to his son, A. N. Wardwell, who, on Oct. 28, 1859, sold it to his brother-in-law, Albert G. Nims. The latter's heirs sold it, Jan, 1, 1900, to Theo- dore Frank Thomas, who sold it, Apr. 10 1900, to William A. Chapin, who still owns it. The eastern part of the farm, which was sold to Rev. W. Muzzy, after the latter's death, was sold by Mrs. Muzzy, Dec. 23, 1835, to William Brown and Ephraim Foster. William Brown bought Mr. Foster's half interest, Oct. 19, 1840. Rev. Josiah Peabody bought the same of Mr. Brown, Nov. 17, 1841. Ira W. Peabody of Binghampton, N. Y., bought the same of the heirs of Mr. Pea- body, Feb. 15, 1871; at the same time granting to Mrs. and Miss Peabody a certain annuity which is not of record.
90. Site of the third schoolhouse in District No. 2. It was a brick struc- ture of a peculiar character, built upon a terrace in the side of the hill. The school-room was reached by a flight of stairs leading from a basement which formed the lower part (or story) of the west portion of the building. The door in the west corner of the south side was painted white. For a description of the building and its teachers, see pages 496 and 497. For the successive owners of the land on which it stood, see 94. The first term of school in this building began on the first Monday of December in 1838. The deed for the land was given to the district by William Brown, Jan. 12, 1839. The last term of school here was in the summer of 1859. After this, the present and fourth schoolhouse of the district, at 86, was used. See 86. On Oct. 18, 1859, the district deeded the old brick schoolhouse property to Frederick B. Nims, who had just built the new house at 94. See 94.
91. On this site (or possibly a few feet nearer to the guidepost at the corner) stood, for many years, an old blacksmith shop, which later stood at 92. For the successive owners of the land, see 94. One such owner was Abel Allen, who bought it on May 5, 1796. He had lived at 256, with a shop at 254. After buying this land, he lived on the site of 232, and built a shop here. Allen used the shop more than twenty years. He moved to Crown Point, N. Y., and sold
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this land to Samuel Seward, (who lived at 135) and Michael Saunders (who lived at 242), Feb. 13, 1817. Saunders was something of a blacksmith. He moved to Pittsford, Vt., and sold his interest to Samuel Seward, Jan. 10, 1820. The latter sold the land to Ephraim Foster, Oct. 7, 1825. Mr. Foster lived at 237 and used this shop. Joseph Thurston bought the land of Foster, Apr. 16, 1828. He also lived at 237. He used this shop six years. He sold the land and shop to William Brown, Feb. 15, 1834, with the privilege of using the shop until Oct. I, 1834. Brown was not a blacksmith, but a carpenter. He, therefore, exchanged this shop for an old store building, belonging then to Ephraim Foster and stand- ing at 96. Mr. Foster moved the shop to 92. See 92.
92. The site of the second location of the old blacksmith shop which had stood at 91, now the site of the barn belonging to the estate at 94. As we saw in the preceding paragraph, Ephraim Foster, then living at 97, gave William Brown, who lived at 235, the old store which stood at 96, in exchange for this shop which stood at 91. Mr. Foster moved the shop to 92, in the last part of 1834, and used it until he sold his place to Daniel H. Mason, May 30, 1839. Mr. Mason used this shop eighteen years. Many readers of this volume will recall the old shop and the worthy Mr. Mason, who was also, for many years, the postmaster. Frederick B. Nims bought the premises, March 28, 1857. He removed the old shop and built his new barn upon the site of it. For the suc- cessive owners of the land on which this shop stood, see 97.
93. Site of the Baptist meetinghouse. For the successive owners of the land, see 94. See pages 424 to 437 for the general history of the Baptist church and society. They had formerly worshipped in the schoolhouse in District No. 5, sometimes, however, at the Sullivan Centre schoolhouse at 90, from 1832 to 1835 mostly in Wardwell's Hall (see 233), and sometimes at the old second meet- inghouse. At a meeting of the society, Sept. 12, 1834, they voted that if Wil- liam Brown (who had purchased the land, Feb. 15, 1834) would construct a build- ing suitable for their purpose, they would rent it of him on certain conditions which they prescribed. Mr. Brown accepted the proposition and, in 1835, con- structed the queer edifice which the Baptists used for worship for eighteen years. The ends of the building were towards the north and south, the sides towards the east and west. The lower story served for horse sheds and the upper as a place of worship. The baptistry was a tank constructed in the brook at 239. See pages 429-30 for a more complete description of the old Baptist edifice. The land on which it stood finally came into possession of Ephraim Foster, Nov. 30. 1844. See 94. In the latter part of 1852, Mr. Foster bought a lot on Union St. in Keene of William Brown, then of Keene. In 1853, he moved this old Baptist building to Keene and converted it into a dwelling. After this, the Baptists, while their society existed, worshipped in the Methodist Episcopal meetinghouse (now the Town Hall) of Gilsum.
94. House built by Frederick B. Nims, now occupied by the Theberge family. The land belonging to the estate on which this house is situated is that portion of the third lot of the eighth range north of the Stoddard road, west of the parsonage property, south of the fourth lot of the range, and east of the orig- inal Gilsum highway. It was a part of the old Stephen Griswold " right ", sold by Griswold to Joseph Ellis, Sr., Sept. 24, 1776; deeded by the latter's heirs to
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Joseph Ellis, Jr., in the division of the estate, Sept. 10, 1787; deeded by the latter to Nathaniel Hills, Jr., of Swanzey, Jan, 26, 1790; and by Hills to Abel Allen of Sullivan, May 5, 1796. The most of the parsonage property was for- merly a part of this lot, and was deeded to Rev. William Muzzy, by Allen, June 30, 1798. Mr. Muzzy bought still more land of Allen, Nov. 23, 1803. Mr. Allen also deeded the land, on Jan. 15, 1811, which was covered by the schoolhouse at 88, later used for an armory. Mr. Allen erected only one building upon the premises, which was the blacksmith shop in which he worked over twenty years. He sold this land, Feb. 13, 1817, to Capt. Samuel Seward, Sr., and Michael Saunders. The latter sold his half interest to Mr. Seward, Jan. 10, 1820. Eph- raim Foster bought it of Mr. Seward, Oct. 7, 1825, and sold it to Joseph Thurston, Apr. 16, 1828, who sold it to William Brown, Feb, 15, 1834, with the right of using the shop until Oct. 1, 1834. To this time, the only building on this sec- tion of land, west of the schoolhouse at 88, was the old blacksmith shop, for whose history see 91. After Mr. Brown's purchase of the property, changes be- came frequent. The old shop was moved away in 1834. See 92. In the same year, the old store was moved from 96 to 95 and converted into a carpenter shop for Mr. Brown. In 1835, this carpenter shop was burned. See 95. Also in 1835, Mr. Brown built the queer Baptist meetinghouse. See 93. Still again, the year 1838 brought another change, in the erection of the brick schoolhouse at 90, the land on which it stood being deeded by Mr. Brown to the district, Jan. 12, 1839. Not quite two years later, Oct. 9, 1840, Mr. Brown deeded the property to David Boynton and Chauncy W. Rawson, both of Sullivan, excepting the armory and brick schoolhouse. Soon after these men purchased the estate, another change was introduced. A year (or two years) later, they leased to Hosea Foster that little spot of land on which stood the house at 101, built by Mr. Foster, and occu- pied later for many years, by Mr. and Mrs. Solomon Smith. Boynton and Raw- son, sold this estate, Nov. 30, 1844, to Ephraim Foster, excepting as before the armory and schoolhouse, and excepting the land leased to Hosea Foster. This last named small piece was sold by Messrs. Boynton and Rawson, Jan. 10, 1845, to Samuel Winchester of Sullivan, who lived at 193. Daniel H. Mason, who had been living more than a dozen years at 97, purchased this estate of Ephraim Foster, May 3, 1852. On May 6, three days later, he purchased of Mr. Winches- ter the little Hosea Foster place at 101, which he sold, Feb. 3, 1853, to Solomon Smith. The old Baptist Building was removed in 1853. FREDERICK B. NIMS, March 28, 1857, purchased all of the property of D. H. Mason at the Four Cor- ners, including this estate. The following year, he built the good house now standing at 94. In 1865, he acquired the old armory spot. See 88. In 1859, he acquired the the old brick schoolhouse property. See go. For a fuller ac- count of Mr. Nims see 73. For an account of his sons see page 620. Mr. F. B. Nims died, July 15, 1871. His heirs sold the place, March 4, 1873, to SETH NIMS, who had lived many years at 72. See 72 for a fuller account of his family. See page 602 for an account of his distinguished son, Dr. E. B. Nims. Mr. Seth Nims died here, Oct. 25, 1897. His heirs, by deeds of Oct. 13, 1899 and Nov. 4, 1899, conveyed this property to BRUNO THEBERGE (often known in Sullivan as " Joe " Brown), who had lived at 3. Mr. Theberge was a good man who had the respect of the community. His death, Nov. 10, 1905, was the result of a
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dreadful accident while he was teaming. See Appendix. He willed his prop- erty to his wife principally, including this place, upon which she is still living. Her son, PIERRE THEBERGE, lives with her. The house in which they live is now the only building left on the estate, as it was before the purchase by F. B. Nims. The little place at 10I had been purchased by Seth Nims, May 14, 1878. The house was removed later and the land was conveyed with the other land, by his heirs, to the Theberge family. See IOI.
95. Site of the building which had formerly been used for a store, at 234, later at 96. William Brown (see 94) moved it here from 96 in 1834, exchanging for it the blacksmith shop which stood at 91. Mr. Brown used it for a carpenter shop. It had not been here a year when it was destroyed by fire. While Mr. Brown was at dinner one day, in 1835, his little daughter went into the shop and struck a match and set on fire some shavings which quickly ignited the whole building. The child's life was saved with great difficulty. She was nearly suffocated by the smoke when rescued and, when brought to the air, was resuscit- ated with difficulty. For successive owners of this land, see 94.
96. The second location of the store which was built at 234. It was moved to this location in 1824 by Nathaniel Evans, who had bought the house at 97, Oct. 14, 1824. The store remained here about nine years. It was immediately to the east of the house at 97, so near the latter that one could enter it from the house at 97 without going out of doors. It was not used much after I. N. Ward- well built his store at 233, about 1831. This store at 96, as we saw in the pre- ceding paragraph, was finally disused as a store, and moved, about the last part of 1834 to 95, where it became Brown's carpenter shop and was burned in 1835. While standing at 96, the merchant was Nat. Evans, who lived at 97. After Evans moved to Keene, a young man clerked here for a time and boarded in the family of Curtis Spaulding, who lived at 97 about 1833-35. John Davis of Gil- sum, in his diary, under date of Nov. 29, 1824, writes that Evans has bought Hubbard's store. This confirms what the deed did not expressly indicate, that the purchase of the house on Oct. 14, 1824, included also the store building stand- ing at 234. The store was moved at once from 234 to 96. For successive owners of the land on which it stood, see 97.
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