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145. The original proprietor of this lot had neglected it and it was sold, Sept. 22, 1787, for non-payment of taxes, by James Scott, the Stoddard tax collector, to MICHAEL SARTWELL, who came from Wilton. He was a tailor by trade and built a log house on the place for which he was taxed for two years. In those days, tailors went from house to house and carried their pat- terns and cut and made clothes for men and boys. These duties were, however, more frequently performed by women. JOSEPH MORSE, who came here from Gilsum, bought the place of Sartwell, Aug. 20, 1789, and sold Sartwell, in return, 86 acres of land in Gilsum. Morse was a farmer and had perhaps intended to settle upon this lot, but he suddenly changed his mind, and, in a month after the purchase, he sold the place to EBENEZER KENDALL, Sept. 23, 1789. Mr. Kendall was a native of Leominster, Mass., and came here directly from Lan- caster, Mass. On the same day, Sept. 23, 1789, Mr. Kendall bought of Samuel Seward thirty acres from the north side of this farm, which Mr. Seward had bought, June 15, 1789, in consequence of the non-payment of taxes, of William Towne, the Stoddard tax collector. Mr. Kendall also bought the eastern end
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of the fourth lot in the fifteenth range, of Stephen Burnham, Feb. 17, 1795. He also bought of Nathan Bolster, Apr. 15, 1820, the third lot of the fourteenth range, next south of his homestead. These three purchases constituted the permanent farm, which, at certain periods, also included other lots of land. A barn upon this farm was raised, June 18, 1794. The framed house was built in the fall of 1794. The ell still stands and is the oldest dwelling in that part of the town, excepting the Preckle house at 128, which Nathan Bolster built in 1788. HARRISON RUGG went to live with the Kendalls at seven years of age, about 1798. His mother died the same year, at 127, and his father returned to Lancaster, Mass. Harrison's father was a first cousin of Ebenezer Kendall. Mr. Rugg bought this farm of Mr. Kendall, March 19, 1822, giving the custom- ary bond to maintain Mr. and Mrs. Kendall. The latter two were both members of the First Congregational Church and highly esteemed in town. They both died in the forties upon this farm. Mr. Rugg had owned the farm 37 years at his death, May 25, 1859. He had been a captain in the militia, but had declined the promotion to major. He was a very honest, industrious man, greatly respected by all who knew him. He was one of whom it could truly be said that " his word was as good as any law." He was a man of generous impulses and a kind, obliging neighbor. His wife was a very useful woman. She was thoroughly trained in all the manifold duties of a housewife of her time. She was a member, and faithful attendant upon the services, of the First Congrega- tional Church. She was a particularly good nurse and many a sick person had occasion to bless her for her timely assistance in sickness. After the death of Mr. Rugg, his children, at different dates in 1860 and 1863, deeded their rights in the farm to Mrs. Rugg. DANIEL WILLARD RUGG, son of Harrison, was married to his former wife in the last part of 1858 and lived upon the homestead nearly eleven years. Arthur H. Rugg, Esq., the town clerk of Sullivan, his son and only child, was born here in 1863. Hon. D. W. Rugg was the only person ever elected to the state senate while a resident of Sullivan. For a fuller account of him see page 611. In 1869, D. W. Rugg built the house at 41, near East Sullivan, and has since lived in that neighborhood. See 41, 26, and 22. This house was not used much after D. W. Rugg left it. Quincy B. Nash lived here a short time. H. Melville Osgood was living here in 1875, and his son, Fred Wheeler Osgood, a graduate of Dartmouth College, was born here. The eldest daughter of Harrison Rugg married Daniel Towne. See 135 and 26. The elder son, Horace K., was a soldier in the Civil War. So also was the second son, Gardner H., whose home, after his marriage, was in Illinois, where he died. The youngest son, Ellery E., lived here a time, also at 39, which house he built. He is a blacksmith and carpenter, now living at Keene. See page 621, for a fuller account of him, The younger daughter, Edna A. L. Rugg, was a young lady of rare beauty of character, amiable in disposition, lovely in manner, and kind to the sick and needy. Her early death was a severe blow to her mother, from which she never recovered. Hon. D. W. Rugg purchased this old home- stead of his mother, Feb. 24, 1880. The house stood empty for many years. Within a few years, Mr. Rugg and his brother, Ellery E., have removed the main part of the house, repaired and restored the ell, so that it can be occupied by several persons, and placed a bowlder, suitably inscribed, upon the founda-
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tion of the old chimney, to indicate to future generations who have lived upon the spot. After these changes had been made, Mr. Rugg invited his kindred and old neighbors to assemble at the old farm, where a day, crowded with reminiscences of the past, was most happily spent by all who were there.
146. Site of the house built by Peter Barker, from whose first name this little hill was called Peter Hill. The land with which this house was con- nected was a small portion of the western ends of lots six and seven in the four- teenth Stoddard range. As we have already seen, Gilsum originally claimed this part of the town. Samuel Seward, on Apr. 23, 1795, bought of Obadiah Wilcox of Surry 25 acres of land, and, on Oct. 16, 1796, of Ebenezer Dewey of Royalton, Vt., 21 acres more, laid out upon these lots. Samuel Seward and his nephew, Josiah Seward, Jr., had also bought the claims of the Stoddard proprie- tors to these lots, as we shall see under 147. On Apr. 7, 1806, PETER BARKER, a negro, who came from Sterling, Mass., bought of Samuel Seward and Josiah Seward, Jr., so much of the purchase of the Gilsum proprietors as lay east of the fifteenth Stoddard range. On that day, Samuel and Josiah, Jr., did not give a deed to Peter, but bonded themselves to deed the place to Peter as soon as the latter should pay certain notes which he had given to the Sewards. Peter Barker, in 1806, built the house that stood here. He married a daughter of Ishmael Dorchester, the colored man who lived on the farm known later as the Dunn place, at 122. The Barkers had no children. They lived here about four years. Peter was very fond of chestnuts. He mourned because he could not find any in Sullivan. There are a few such trees in town known to the writer. There were two or three on the old Charles Nash farm (202). Peter declared that if ever he could go to old Sterling he would have his everlasting eat of chestnuts ; and he did. He went to Sterling about 1810, and ate so many chest- uuts while there that he died from the surfeit of them. As his notes to the Sewards were never paid, the latter took possession of the property. On Sept. II, 1810, JOSIAH SEWARD, JR., bought the interest of Capt. Samuel Seward in this place. The former had already come into possession of the sixth and seventh lots of the fourteenth Stoddard range, as we shall see under 147. Josiah Seward, Jr., moved temporarily to this house at 146, and his son, Daniel Seward, was born on this spot. The house was then moved to a new position at 147 and rebuilt and enlarged, as we shall see in the next paragraph. This small place was permanently united with the farm upon which the house at 147 stood.
147. Site of the house where William Hastings lived many years. This farm is made up of the sixth and seventh lots of the fourteenth Stoddard range, so far as they lie west of the line that divides Sullivan from Stoddard. James Dnnn, an original proprietor, had sold the sixth lot to Nathaniel Cummings of Dunstable, Mass., May 14, 1779. The latter sold the same to Capt. Samuel Seward of Sullivan, July 13, 1804. JOSIAH SEWARD, JR., the grandfather of the writer, had purchased of the Jaffreys of Portsmouth, the seventh lot, Nov. 19, 1804. He also purchased the sixth lot of Capt. Samuel Seward, July 19, 1806, excepting such portions as the latter had bonded himself to deed to Peter Bar- ker. The Barker trade collapsed and, Sept. 11, 1810, Josiah Seward, Jr., bought of Samuel Seward the latter's rights in the Barker place and then owned the whole farm. Josiah, Jr., moved the house from 146 to 147 and rebuilt and en-
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larged it. This was about 1815. David Seward, the father of the writer, was born in the house at 147. On Apr. 24, 1818, Josiah Seward, Jr., moved back to the old Deacon Seward homestead, at 139. On the same day, THOMAS SEWARD, his brother, contracted to buy the farm at 147. As the conditions were not ful- filled, the deed was never given, but Thomas lived here fourteen years. It had been the intention of Dea. Seward to settle Thomas upon the old homestead at 139, as he seemed to be the favorite son, but, like many "favorite sons ", he became very intemperate. The deacon could not bear that. Hence a change was effected and Josiah, Jr., returned to the old homestead and Thomas went to 147. His habits prevented his paying for the farm and complying with the con- ditions of the contract. His father, in his will, made certain provisions for him. He moved to a small farm in Stoddard, where he spent the rest of his life. He became a perfectly temperate man and died respected. Benjamin Hastings, who lived at 142, bought this place of the heirs of Josiah Seward, Jr., July 21, 1832. The latter had died, Sept. 14, 1831. Mr. Hastings made extensive repairs upon the house and his son, WILLIAM HASTINGS, who was married in 1836, moved into the renewed house. William purchased the place of his father, May 23, 1840, and, on the same day, purchased of his brother, Abijah, certain rights which he claimed to a portion of the farm, between the Kendall Lane and the range line. Ten of the eleven children of William Hastings were born upon this farm. The eldest daughter married Manley McClure, a successful brick manufacturer of Keene and Greenfield, Mass. Another daughter married Wil- liam Henry Preckle, who lived several years with Mr. Hastings upon this place, and is now living at Olean, N. Y., a successful machinist, who has acquired a handsome competency. Another daughter married a son of Manley McClure by his former wife. She resides in Springfield, Mass. The latter's twin sister married Quincy B. Nash. See 26. The elder son, Thomas A. Hastings, is a stirring business man at East Sullivan. See 7, 13, and 14. The younger son, William B., lived with his brother a short time at 141, but later at East Sullivan. See 7 and 39. After living twenty-one years upon this farm, William Hastings purchased the old Hastings homestead, in 1857, and moved to 141, where he died, Jan. 4, 1866. See 141. He continued to own this place for a few years. Ephraim Nash was a tenant in this house in 1857-58. On Apr. 22, 1862, Mr. Hastings sold this farm to IRA EMERSON COMSTOCK, who came here from Gilsum, but he was a descendant of William Comstock who once lived at 106 and 107. Mr. Comstock lived here ten years, until he bought the Martin Rugg place at 59, in 1872. See 59. He died, Nov. 10, 1889. Wm. H. H. Thorning was a tenant here in 1879-1880. His widow, with her son, as administratrix, sold the place, excepting a piece upon the north end which Fred J. Comstock had purchased, Oct. 3, 1890, to Mary E. Tobie of Buffalo, N. Y. The latter sold it, July 1, 1896, to a stranger named Ferdinand Fernason, who took no interest in it and did not pay the taxes. The whole was sold by the Sullivan tax-collector, Lyman Davis, in four sales, for non-payment of taxes. The part north of the highway, containing the house, was purchased by Henry Davis of Sullivan, July 21, 1902. Mr. Davis has removed the buildings. The house was a good one, needing some repairs of course. It seems a pity that this place could not have been preserved, although the farm was pretty rough and not as
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arable as some land. However, large families had got a good living upon it. The part south of the highway was purchased by Francis O. Ball, Jr., at three sales, March 16, 1903, June 14, 1904, and June 10, 1905.
There have been some portable steam-mills in this neighborhood, which we have not particularly described, as they were not located upon the map. One of these, upon the upper Great Brook, was really in District No. 5, and we shall speak of it in Chapter XX. Another was on the west side of the highway, at the bend in the road, west of the small brook, west of 122. Another was south- east of the Preckle house at 128, in the east end of that lot. There was another formerly in the west end of the eighth lot of the sixteenth range, known as the Perham lot, and another more recently in the east end of that lot. Still another, operated by the company in which Mr. Dodge is interested, is a short distance east of the Sullivan boundary, in Stoddard.
It is a singular fact that of the few fires which have occurred in Sullivan five were in this district, upon farms which are successively joined together. These were the fires which destroyed the Dexter Spaulding house and shop at 120 and 121, Feb. 25, 1859 ; the one which destroyed the Dunn house, Sept. 30, 1878; the one which destroyed the barn upon the E. J. Dunn place, Apr. 7, 1907 ; the one which destroyed the Woodward cottage, in the early part of 1844 ; and the one which destroyed the Preckle barn, in 1877.
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FAMILY HISTORIES CONTINUED.
DISTRICT NO. 4.
This district is the part of the town taken from Keene. Originally, it was that part of the town south of the old Gilsum line, west of the Patent Line, and bounded south and west by Keene. A part of the first lot in the twelfth Pack- ersfield range was annexed to this district, and the old Sawyer and Joshua Osgood farms were taken from this district, and annexed to District No. 6. For the exact bounds, see page 489.
148. The Asahel Nims, Jr., place, where John H. Woodbury now lives. This farm was mostly a part of the original Eliakim Nims farm, which belonged with the house at 149. The successive owners of that farm may be seen in the next paragraph, 149. While ASAHEL NIMS, JR., owned the farm at 149, he built this house for himself, in 1851. It was the first house upon the place. He had already sold a large portion of the farm at 149 to Samuel A. and Alfred Seward, Apr. 26, 1850. He retained this southern portion for himself, which, with other land that he purchased in town, made up the new farm at 148. Mr. Nims was a capable and prosperous farmer. Mrs. Nims was a worthy helpmate, a capable, intelligent, and delightful woman, who lived to a great age and died
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recently at the house of her son, W. J. Nims, in Keene. Their children and grandchildren reside in Keene and are among the most active and influential business persons in the city. Two of the grandsons are dentists. After living in the new house about fifteen years, Mr. Nims moved to Keene in 1866. He resided at West Keene, where he died in 1869. He sold this farm, Sept. 5, 1865, to GEORGE H. NIMS, then of Keene, but a native of Sullivan; now again a resi- dent of Keene. He has been very successful financially and is a man of remark- ably good judgment with respect to values. He has traded extensively in real estate, wood, and timber. He lived here a little more than five years and sold the farm, Dec. 14, 1872, to Dauphin W. Nims of Sullivan, who lived at 153. A year later, Dec. 10, 1873, D. W. Nims sold the same farm to THEODORE S. RICH- ARDSON, who lived here nearly thirteen years, his son, EDWARD W. RICHARD- SON, acquiring an interest in the place. They were natives of Woburn, Mass., but had lived in Swampscott and Lynn. Edward W. now lives in Keene. His father is dead. They sold the place, Sept. 9, 1886, to WILLIAM E. BURDETT, who was born in Gardner, Mass., but had lived in Munsonville and Keene, and moved from here to Keene. He was the superintendent of the Burdett Chair Co., a flourishing business in Keene built up by the Burdett brothers and now owned by the Pearsons. Mr. Burdett deeded the place, Dec. 10, 1887, to Mrs. Augusta O., widow of D. W. Nims. Mrs. Nims then lived in Keene. The heirs of Mrs. Nims sold the place to JOHN H. WOODBURY, the present owner, in two deeds, dated, May 29 and Aug. 22, in 1896. Mr. Woodbury is a very thrifty farmer and a very capable business man. He has much ambition and energy. He has repaired his buildings in a very tasteful manner and everything about his premises indicates prosperity.
149. Site of the old Capt. Eliakim Nims house, where Asahel Nims, Asahel Nims, Jr., William and Lanmon Nims ; also Samuel A., Alfred and Or- lando Seward had lived; also A. Nichols Wardwell. This was originally in Keene. The land in the Keene township was not divided into lots and ranges, as was the case in other towns, excepting only the land upon the two sides of the main street. The remainder of the land was drawn by the owners of these village house lots, in accordance with the terms of the original settlement of the place and the drawing of the lots. Those who drew the after divisions had the right of choice to a given number of acres anywhere in the township, in the order of the numbers drawn from a box. They obviously selected according to quality, without any regard to the shape of the pieces. These pieces were called pitches. They were recorded and mapped, and those maps are a curiosity. They resemble animals of all shapes, from coiled snakes to many-legged spiders. This Capt. Nims farm, in its original form, was a pitch drawn by Capt. Isaac Wyman and set off to him. He sold it, Nov. 16, 1773, to ELIAKIM NIMS, son of David Nims, the first town clerk of Keene. Mr. Nims immediately came here to live, erected a log cabin near the site of 149, and lived alone a few years before his marriage. His brother, Asahel Nims, lived with him, while clearing his own farm at 152. They enlisted together in the company of Capt. Wyman, marched from Keene on that eventful morning commemorated by the tablet on the " Wyman tavern ", and were both in the battle of Bunker Hill. Here young Asahel Nims lost his life. Capt. Nims lived in the house which he built at 149
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until the middle of the eighteenth century and was the last Revolutionary pen- sioner in Sullivan. For an account of his poetical talent, see pages 578-580. Capt. Nims had no children. He took into his family ASAHEL NIMS, son of David Nims, Jr., to whom he deeded his farm, Oct. 4, 1804, taking a bond for the maintenance of himself and Mrs. Nims. Asahel lived here until his death. For some reason, he deeded back the place to Capt. Nims, June 30, 1820. Asahel and his wife died, near each other, in the early part of 1831. Their sons, ASAHEL NIMS, JR., and WILLIAM NIMS, bought the farm of Capt. Nims, Sept. 4, 1835, and gave the customary bond to support Capt. Nims. Asahel, Jr., acquired the interest of William. As we saw in the last paragraph, he built the house at 148 in 1851. He sold that part of the farm at 149 which included the buildings, Apr. 26, 1850, to SAMUEL A. and ALFRED SEWARD. Samuel A. Seward sold his share of the farm, March 31, 1854, to his brother, ORLANDO SEWARD. For an account of these men and their families, see page 622. AMOS NICHOLS WARDWELL purchased the farm of the Seward brothers, Feb. 23, 1861. For an account of him, see page 625. In three years, Mr. Wardwell sold the place to George H. Nims of Keene, May 14, 1864. The buildings were at once removed to Keene. The house was rebuilt upon Howard Street in that city. After eight years, G. H. Nims sold the place, Dec. 14, 1872, to Dauphin W. Nims, then of Sullivan. The latter sold it, Dec. 10, 1873, to Theodore S. Rich. ardson, who bought the farm at 148, and it has since been united with that estate.
150. Site of the Levi Higbee house. This place was a part of the old Kemp farm. See 151. While John Dunn was the owner of that farm, LEVI HIGBEE who had married a sister of Mrs. Dunn, bought a small piece of land of the Dunns, June 24, 1851, and built a very pretty cottage house upon this site. Mr. and Mrs. Higbee had no children. Mrs. Higbee died here, and Mr. Higbee continued to own the place while he lived, and no other family ever lived here. Mr. Higbee died, July 31, 1874. His administrator, Samuel S. White, sold this little piece of land to Charles A. Brooks, who lives at 153, on Jan. 10, 1878. A year later, Asahel N. Holt bought the house and moved it to 48 and rebuilt it there.
151. Site of the old Kemp house, where John Dunn lived many years. This farm was principally taken from the land which Eliakim Nims bought of Capt. Wyman. BENJAMIN KEMP, SR., of Keene, bought the land which con- stituted this farm of Eliakim Nims, Apr. 15, 1783. Mr. Kemp had a large family of children, the most of whom were born here. Mr. Kemp was a deacon of the First Congregational Church twenty-six years, to his death in 1843. His wife was a daughter of David Nims, Sr., of Keene, and a sister of Capt. Eliakim and Deacon Zadok Nims. DAVID KEMP, a son of Benjamin, bought the farm of his father, Sept. 14, 1827, and lived upon the place fourteen years. He cared for his aged parents. On Aug. 9, 1841, David Kemp sold the place to his cousin, GEORGE S. KEMP. The latter took the obligation to care for the aged couple, Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Kemp, Sr. Mr. G. S. Kemp afterwards graduated from a theological seminary and became a Congregational minister. See page 591. G. S. Kemp sold the place to JOHN DUNN and SARAH KEMP (called Sally Kemp), Aug. 22, 1842, with an obligation to care for the aged Mr. Kemp, who died in 1843. Jan. 8, 1845, Mr. Dunn bought the share of Sarah, who was then Mrs.
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Eleazar Wilcox of Gilsum. Mr. Dunn continued to own the place until his death, but, soon after the Civil War, he moved his house to the lower end of Eastern Avenue in Keene and rebuilt it and lived in it until his death, June 21, 1872. His widow continued to own this place while she lived. Her executor sold it, Feb. 22, 1892, to Frank W. Nims of Keene. The latter's administrator sold it, July 2, 1900, to John P. Rust of Keene. The farm was never inhabited after the Dunns left it. Mrs. Dunn was a sister of the late George White, and an aunt of Samuel S. White of Sullivan. Some of the outlying portions of the farm had been sold to different persons, before the last sale to Mr. Rust. Mr. and Mrs. Dunn had no children. They were kind, hospitable persons and good neighbors. Mrs. Dunn left a sum of money whose income was to be used for the care of the White burial lot in the old cemetery, and for the cemetery in general. Calvin Wright, later of Gilsum, was a tenant here in 1847. He was the father of Jerome E. Wright, cashier of the Ashuelot Bank in Keene.
152. Site of the first house upon the farm of Zadok Nims. See the next paragraph.
153. House built by Dauphin W. Nims, in which Charles A. Brooks lives. This farm, like the one at 149, was a pitch. This pitch was drawn by Benjamin Hall of Keene, in virtue of the rights belonging to one of the house lots upon the main street of Keene. Mr. Hall sold this land, May 14, 1771, to ASAHEL NIMS of Keene, a son of David Nims, and a brother of Capt. Eliakim Nims. Asahel Nims had begun to clear his place and was engaged to marry. He and his brother, Eliakim, both then unmarried, lived together in a log house near 149. Both enlisted and marched with Capt. Isaac Wyman to join the forces near Boston. Both were in the battle of Bunker Hill. Asahel lost his life in this battle, June 17, 1775. This farm then passed, by law, to his father, David Nims of Keene. The latter sold it Dec. 17, 1778, to his son, ZADOK NIMS, another brother of Capt. Eliakim. Zadok was already married and living in Keene. About 1779, Zadok came to this spot and erected a log house near 152, which was replaced about 1792, by a two-story mansion at 152, which remained there until about 1857. In this old mansion Zadok Nims passed the remainder of his life. He was a large land owner. His wife, who died many years before himself, was a twin sister of Silas Brown, who lived on the old Warren farm at 56 for a time. Mr. Nims was for many years a deacon of the First Congrega- tional Church in Sullivan. He had nine children, of whom all but the first two were born on this site probably. He was the ancestor of a large number of persons. He sold the farm to his son, GEORGE NIMS, reserving maintenance for himself, wife, and unmarried daughters, Mar. 27, 1819. But George died, May 10, 1829, of tuberculosis, unmarried, and the farm reverted to his father, Zadok Nims. DAUPHIN W. NIMS, a grandson of Zadok, purchased the farm, June 20, 1835, giving a bond for the maintenance of his grandfather, who died, Jan. 31, 1842. Mr. D. W. Nims lived here many years. He was one of the most prosperous farmers in the town, acquired a handsome property, and was one of the most prominent men of the place in public affairs, having held near- ly all of the important town offices. His wife was a sister of Mrs. Asahel Nims, Jr. See 148. Their home was one of unstinted hospitality and their charities and philanthropies were appreciated by many. Late in life, they moved to
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