A history of the town of Sullivan, New Hampshire, 1777-1917, Volume I, Part 80

Author: Seward, Josiah Lafayette, 1845-1917
Publication date: 1921
Publisher: [Keene, N.H., Sentinel printing Co.]
Number of Pages: 888

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17, 1892. His body was buried in Sullivan, which town was always dear to him. Mr. Wilson had sold this farm, Sept. 6, 1888, to George H. Nims of Keene, a native of Sullivan. Mr. Nims sold the portions of the farm west of the main highway and south-west of the road leading to 154, Mar. 8, 1899, to Charles A. Brooks. All of the old farm east of the main highway, including the part where the buildings stood, he sold to Marcus V. Damon of Keene, June 18, 1901. This part contains about 120 acres. The farm, when Mr. Wilson left it, was much larger than the farm which he took into his possession at his marriage. He had made several purchases of land.

165. Site of the old Jonas Stevens house, where Benjamin Kemp, Jr., lived for many years. Like the farm described in the preceding paragraph, this farm was carved from the " right " of Hon. Theodore Atkinson, which passed to George Atkinson, and eventually to George King Sparhawk. On the same day, Oct. 7, 1794, that Sparhawk sold the lower part of the " right " to Zadok Nims, he sold the upper part (containing 150 acres) to Jonas Osgood of Keene. The dividing line between the two parts did not run directly from side to side. Nims received the western part of the central section, and Osgood the eastern half of the same section. JONAS STEVENS, who came from Townsend, Mass., bought much of the eastern part of Osgood's portion of this "right," Sept. 23, 1797. He owned the farm for seventeen years and was the first to settle it and clear it. He built the house upon it. His daughter married Alpheus Nims, who lived a short time at 160. A son married a daughter of Abel Allen, who lived at 232. Stevens increased the size of his farm by a purchase of some of Zadok Nims's land in the same " right," Apr. 2, 1814. BEMJAMIN KEMP, JR., purchased this farm of Jonas Stevens, June 20, 1815. Mr. Kemp lived here many years. His eight children were all born here. One died on the day of its birth. Another died when a young lady. The other two daughters were accomplished ladies and married well. The four sons all became professional men, one a clergyman, one a dentist, and two physicians. See pages 591, 600, 601, and 604. In 1835 (see page 667), Mr. Kemp moved to 80, where he resided many years. After he left this house, it was rented for a few years to Edmund Nims, who had one child born here in 1842. This was Susan, who married Mr. Purcell. The house stood empty for many years and was finally removed. On Dec. 26, 1863, Mr. Kemp sold to D. W. Wilson, who lived at 164, the part of the farm west of the old Roxbury road, which formerly contained the buildings. He had already sold the part east of the aforesaid highway, Mar. 17, 1851, to George Wardwell, who sold it, Feb. 20, 1856, to C. F. and D. W. Wilson, who sold it, Apr. 3, 1880, to M. W. and C. W. Hubbard, who now own it.

166. Site of the old Houghton house. The farm, so far as it lay in Sulli- van, was a part of the old "right" which the town of Keene set off Dec. 12, 1769, to Hon. Benning Wentworth, formerly the royal governor of the Province of New Hampshire, and to whom such a " right " was guaranteed by the charter. He was the Governor Wentworth whose romantic marriage to Martha Hilton has been commemorated by historians and rendered forever famous by Long- fellow's poem entitled Lady Wentworth. Hon. Benning Wentworth died, Oct. 14, 1770. He left his estate to his widow, who married Col. Michael Wentworth, a retired British officer, who thus came into possession of her estate, and sold

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this " right," Sept. 12, 1788, to Stephen Chase, a merchant of Portsmouth. Mr. Chase sold the northern section of this " right," Mar. 11, 1796, to Eleazar Brown, who came from Swanzey. Mr. Brown died, Aug. 30, 1798, but his widow and children continued to live many years in the house which he built at 155. Eleazar Brown willed one-half of his estate to his wife. Of the remaining half he willed to each of the three sons three-thirteenths, and to each of the two daughters two-thirteenths. OLIVER BROWN, after living for a time upon the old homestead at 155, received a deed of this place from the heirs of the estate, probably on or about Sept. 6, 1816, on which day he mortgaged it to Asa Ellis of Sullivan. He afterwards deeded it to Mr. Ellis, but the latter must have deeded it back to Oliver, for he was empowered to sell it, Oct. 20, 1823, to ARTEMAS NYE of Roxbury, a brother of Apollos Nye, who lived on Beech Hill in Keene. For a further account of Mr. Brown, see paragraph 229 in Chap. XXI. Mr. Nye lived on this place about four years. His wife was Elmina Phillips of Roxbury. His first two children, Amanda and Solon, were born here. Mr. Nye sold the farm, Aug. 11, 1827, to DANIEL W. HOUGHTON, who came here from Keene. His wife was Mireca, daughter of Calvin Nims. He had three children, two sons and a daughter. One of his sons died in infancy. The other, Rev. Charles E. Houghton, became a Congregational clergyman, and recently died in Massachusetts. The daughter married Henry O. Spaulding, then of Sullivan, now of Keene. Mr. Houghton died, on Apr. 15, 1856. His family continued to reside upon the homestead, the farm being managed by the son, CHARLES E. HOUGHTON. See page 592. HENRY O. SPAULDING was mar- ried to Miss Houghton in 1858, and came to this place to live. His eldest child, D. Minot Spaulding, was born here. See page 605. Mr. Spaulding afterwards lived a short time in Marlborough, then moved to Keene, where he has resided many years upon what is known as the Michael Metcalf farm in West Keene. On Apr. 25, 1867, Mr. C. E. Houghton deeded his half of the farm to Mrs. H. O. Spaulding, in whose family it has since remained. The house, which had become very dilapidated, long since disappeared. The old highway which led to this place and the preceding was discontinued many years ago.

167. Site of the Ezra and James W. Osgood house. The main portion of the farm consisted of land laid out as a pitch, Feb. 14, 1770, to Jeremiah Stiles, a very prominent citizen of Keene, by that town. The land was really the amount of four pitches, laid out in a single piece. Mr. Stiles sold the land to Jacob Rugg of Keene, May 4, 1774. Mr. Rugg sold it to Ephraim Wright, Ist of name, in Keene, Sept. 26, 1780. This was the Ephraim who settled the place where Frank O. Wright lives, on Beech Hill. Mr. Wright sold the land to EZRA METCALF, of Keene, June 8, 1781. Mr. Metcalf built a house on the place, which must have been a few rods west of this site. He lived here at least a year. He was called a non-resident tax payer in the spring of 1788. He was a resident and taxed for a house the next year. A recorded deed makes him a resident of Sullivan in the fall of 1788. Another deed makes him a resident of Keene a year later. He had three children all born in Keene. He was a great real estate speculator and owned much land in Marlborough. He sold this farm to Daniel Rindge of Portsmouth, Nov. 11, 1789. Mr. Rindge sold it to EZRA OSGOOD of Sullivan, Mar. 13, 1794. Mr. Osgood, also, on Jan. 12, and May 13,

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in 1796, made two small purchases of land of Benjamin Ellis, from the north- west corner of the old " Atkinson Right," and, on this last-named land, he built a house at 167. For the early owners of that "right," see the next paragraph. Ezra Osgood died here, Apr. 4, 1812. He had lived at 137, 58, and 108. His son, JAMES W. OSGOOD, succeeded his father upon this place. He purchased an undivided half of the place, Apr. 21, 1807, with an obligation to maintain his parents. After his father's death, the heirs, by deeds of Jan. 16, 1817, and Nov. 2, 1818, secured him in the other half of the estate. Mr. Osgood married Betsey, daughter of Daniel Wilson of Sullivan. He had seven children, all born here. One died in infancy, and a daughter died unmarried. One daughter married D. W. Nims, who lived many years at 153. Another daughter married Asahel Nims, Jr., who lived at 149, and afterwards, for several years, at 148. The other daughter married Charles Osgood, who lived at 246 a few years, afterwards in Massachusetts. She died at 153. Mr. Osgood's son, HENRY OSGOOD, usually called Harry Osgood, after living in Deerfield, Mass., spent his last years in this house and died in it, Feb. 16, 1854. Mr. Osgood's other son, MASON J. OSGOOD, was one of the most successful business men who ever left Sullivan. He was engaged in the chair business in Gardner, Mass., but removed to Indianapolis, Ind., where he manufactured brick and engaged in real estate business. At his death in 1900, he was estimated to be worth a million dollars. Mr. James W. Osgood continued to live upon the farm until 1857. On Mar. 1, 1856, he sold it to his son-in-law, Dauphin W. Nims, who was building the fine house at 153, in which Mr. and Mrs. Osgood had arranged to live also, and in which they both died. In 1857, however, before the Osgoods had moved to 153, the house at 167 was burned. Charles F. Nims, a son of Edmund Nims, had moved into the house to live for a time. His wife was insane and it is alleged that the fire originated through some unfortunate act of carelessness on her part. Mr. and Mrs. Osgood found temporary shelter in the house then standing at 168, but the house at 153 was hurriedly made ready for their use. No other house was built upon this site. The land principally belongs with the farm of C. A. Brooks.

168. House where James W. Price lives, and the site of the house built by Alexander B. Brown. The farm was a part of the "right" laid out, Dec. 12, 1769, by the town of Keene, to Hon. Theodore Atkinson, who died, Sept. 22, 1779, without children. This land, with other property, passed into the posses- sion of a young relative of Mr. Atkinson, whom he had taken into the family as a son and who assumed the name of George Atkinson. From the latter it passed to another relative, George King Sparhawk. This farm was a portion of the land which Sparhawk deeded to Jonas Osgood of Keene, Oct. 7, 1794 (date of the execution of the deed). After the nominal sale, but before the execution of the preceding deed, Sept. 29, 1794, Osgood had sold the land from which this farm was carved to Benjamin Ellis of Sullivan. Mr. Ellis sold a large part of his purchase to Erastus Hubbard of Sullivan, May 14, 1796; also twenty-five acres south of that, May 13, 1796 to Benjamin Kemp of Sullivan. Kemp sold to Hub- bard the portion north of the old Roxbury road, Sept. 12, 1811. The whole farm of Erastus Hubbard was sold to Rev. Moses Bradford, Feb. 20, 1833, and by the latter to Daniel Adams Nims, Mar. 3, 1837. ALEXANDER B. BROWN of Sullivan bought of D. A. Nims the land constituting the original farm to which

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this house belonged, Mar. 29, 1845. Mr. Brown built the former house which stood here and which was destroyed by fire. Mr. Brown was a carpenter. From 1849 to 1851, he had the contract for making the coffins in Sullivan. As an interesting comparison in prices, we may note that the price of a coffin for an adult was $2.25. The coffins were made of good boards however and were sub- stantial. On the day of his purchase, Mr. Brown had mortgaged the place to D. A. Nims and Joseph Seward. The latter, buying the interest of Mr. Nims, fore- closed and sold the farm to PERRY E. KEMP of Alstead (but a descendant of Benjamin Kemp, Sr., of Sullivan), Mar. 16, 1859. Mr. P. E. Kemp also bought of D. W. Nims portions of the former J. W. Osgood farm. Mr. Kemp lived here (or owned the place) thirty-eight years. He sold it, Mar. 13, 1897, to Maria A., wife of JAMES W. PRICE. Almost immediately the house was burned. Mr. Price has built a pretty cottage upon the site. Mr. Kemp was a good neighbor and a respected citizen. Mr. Price was a soldier in the Civil War, having enlisted at a very early age. He has a large family of children, several of whom have married and left the Sullivan home.

169. Site of an old distillery owned by Col. Erastus Hubbard. It was afterwards used for a cider-mill.

170. The Col. Erastus Hubbard house, long the home of Daniel Adams Nims, now the home of Allan M. Nims. ERASTUS HUBBARD, with his brother, Roswell, came to Sullivan (then a part of Keene), from Northfield, Mass., in 1784. Their farms were on the land which the town of Keene had set off to Jeremiah Hall, for which his administrator acknowledged the receipt on July 10, 1770. Mr. Hubbard lived for a time with his brother Roswell, at 171, until his marriage in 1803. He was a very prominent man both in the town and church affairs. With his brother, Roswell, he presented a communion service to the church. He was a colonel of the old twentieth regiment of militia, his title being then lieutenant-colonel-commandant. The first eight commanders bore that title. He married Abigail, daughter of David Nims, Jr., of that part of Keene which is now Roxbury, who lived on the farm now owned by David B. Nims. Col. Hubbard had seven children, all daughters but one. No one of them remained in Sullivan after marriage. Col. Hubbard sold his Sullivan farm and removed to Vernon, Vt., where he died. He sold the farm, Feb. 20, 1833, to REV. MOSES BRADFORD of Francestown, whose son, Rev. S. C. Bradford, lived with him, and supplied the First Congregational Church for a short time. See pages 595 and 413. DANIEL ADAMS NIMS, a native of Sullivan, bought the place of Mr. Bradford, Mar. 3, 1837, and lived here a little more than thirty years, when he moved to 98. See paragraph 98, While living here, a little son of Mr. Nims was killed by lightning. See an account of the affair on page 364. Mr. Nims had four sons. One of these was Rev. Geo. I .. Nims. See page 593. Another son was Alanson A. Nims, who was well educated and the superintend- ent of the Sullivan schools for a time. The other son who reached maturity was Mason A. Nims, who lives at 108. ALANSON A. NIMS, after his marriage, lived on this place and his children were born here. After his father's death, he bought the farm of the heirs, June 5, 1872. He died here, Oct. 9, 1883. The heirs sold the farm to Mason A. Nims, Mar. 29, 1884, who immediately sold it, Apr. 29, 1884, to WILLIAM W. YARDLY, a native of what is now Harrisville.

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Mr. Yardly's health failed, after he had lived here for a few years, and he sold the farm at auction, on the fourth of November, 1899. It was bid off by Mason A. Nims, to whom it was deeded, Nov. 6, 1899. The latter's son, ALLAN M. NIMS has lived upon the farm since his marriage and is still living there.

171. Site of the Roswell and Ellsworth Hubbard house. This farm, like the preceding, was a part of the Jeremiah Hall lot, set off to him by the town of Keene. The Hubbards came to town in 1784. This date is fortunately secured from the record of the lay-cut of the road from the house of Eliakim Nims, at 149, to what was then the north line of Keene, above 172, as shown on the map. From this we learn that the route led past the spot where the Hubbards had dug a well, which, of course, marks the beginning of their settlement. The exact date of their deed of this land has not been found. The two brothers, Roswell and Erastus, lived together here, nearly twenty years, until the marriage of Erastus, in 1803, when he built the mansion at 170. ROSWELL HUBBARD con- tinued to live on this site. The old Jeremiah Hall lot was divided between the brothers. Roswell Hubbard became the first justice of the peace in Sullivan, and the only one for many years. He married all couples who were joined in matrimony in the town for several years. He was one of the most influential men both in the town and church affairs for a long time. With his brother Erastus, he presented a communion service to the first church of the town. He had twelve children, eight of whom reached maturity. A daughter married Erastus Kemp, another married Benjamin Tyler, and a third, Samuel Osgood, 2d. All lived for a time in Sullivan, and all eventually moved to other towns. Of the sons, Roswell, Jr., was a merchant at the Four Corners for several years, then moved to Crown Point, N. Y. George settled at 243 and married a daughter of Dr. Cannon. Ellsworth settled on the homestead, and Hezro settled in Gilsum. After a long life of usefulness, Esquire Hubbard died here, Aug. 20, 1829. ELLSWORTH HUBBARD bought of his father an undivided half of the farm, Mar. 18, 1816, and the other half, Mar. 3, 1829, shortly before his father's death. He lived on this place until his death, Mar. 4, 1859. He was in the War of 1812. He was a musician in the old militia company. He was a valu- able and substantial citizen of the town. He had seven children, all of whom reached maturity. A daughter married George Wardwell, another married Levi F. Mason, a third married John Locke, and a fourth married Philander Howland. The first three of these lived in Sullivan. One daughter died unmarried. The elder son, George F., always lived in town; the younger son, Henry, a veteran of the Civil War, lived in Keene. After the death of Ellsworth Hubbard, this estate was sold, May 8, 1860, to CHARLES E. HOUGHTON and HENRY O. SPAULD- ING, both then of Sullivan, who had both lived at 166, and were brothers-in-law. After a year and a half, they sold the place to D. Adams Nims, Nov. 7, 1861. It was then united with the farm at 170 and the owners since may be seen in paragraph 170.

172. Site of the George F. Hubbard house. On Apr. 21, 1843, GEORGE F. HUBBARD bought an undivided half of the farm described in the preceding para- graph of his father. He built the house at 172, and was married in 1846. He lived here ten years, then moved to 25, as we saw under that paragraph. He had five children. One died young. The only daughter married Charles Winch

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of Langdon and Keene, a native of Sullivan. The eldest surviving son, John Milton Hubbard, is a merchant in Fitchburg. The two other sons, M. Wesley aud Charles W., live at 25. See that paragraph. On Apr. 14, 1851, G. F. Hubbard deeded back to his father all of his title and interest in the dwelling at 171. On Mar. 31, 1856, he deeded back to his father his undivided half of the farm, reserving only his house and the right to occupy it, with a half inter- est in the land on which it stood. On May 31, 1860, he sold this house and his interest in the land on which it stood to ROXANA (WYMAN) NASH of Keene, widow of Oliver Nash. Victor Good (as called in English) was a tenant here for a time and his wife died here. John Symonds of East Sullivan, bought the house of Roxana, then the wife of Dea. Asa Duren of Keene, July 16, 1863. Mr. Symonds sold such interest in the land as the deed conveyed to D. A. Nims, Feb. 14, 1865. He moved the house to East Sullivan. It is the one numbered 16 on the map. Mr. Symonds then needed enlarged accomodations for the help employed in his tannery.

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FAMILY HISTORIES CONTINUED.

DISTRICT NO. 5.

This district lies west of District No. 3, north of Districts 2 and 6, and is bounded north and west by Gilsum. Its territory once belonged to Gilsum and forms the larger part of the land taken from that town to make the later town of Sullivan .. Its exact boundaries may be seen on page 489.

173. Site of the Isaac Rawson house, where I. Myrick Rawson lived, also Joseph N. Nims. This lot of land was set apart by Gilsum for the first settled minister of that town, which proved to be Rev. Elisha Fish, who never lived here, but sold it, May 14, 1796, to JAMES KINGSBURY, who lived here, probably in a log house on or near the site of 174, a little more than a year. ISAAC RAW- SON, a native of Uxbridge, Mass., bought the place of Kingsbury, Aug. 21, 1797. He lived at first at 174, which is on the same farm. In 1800, an alteration in the highway left the house at 174 too far from the main road, and Mr. Rawson built the house which stood at 173. He lived in it until his death, Aug. 16, 1850. His six children were all sons. The eldest, Ara V., and the youngest, Geo. W., settled in other towns. Chauncy W. lived and died in Sullivan. Ira Myrick, James, and Charles lived in town for a few years after they were mar- ried, but all of them died elsewhere. IRA MYRICK RAWSON bought the farm of his father, giving the customary bond to maintain his parents, June 28, 1831. He lived here twenty-six years. He became involved financially. Mortgages on the place were held by the Town of Gilsum, by Joseph Seward and others. There was a foreclosure by decree of the fall court of 1857. Mr. Seward assigned his claims to the Town of Gilsum, May 24, 1858, and that town, then owning the

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farm clear from incumbrances, sold it, June 11, 1858, to JOSEPH N. NIMS, who was married that year and began his married life here, where he lived until the autumn of 1864, when he purchased the farm at 104, where he now lives. For a fuller account, see paragraph 104. The old buildings remained for a time after Mr. Nims moved. John E. Dow was a tenant here in 1878-9. Mr. Nims still owns the land. The buildings have disappeared.

174. Site of the log house of James Kingsbury and of the first house of Isaac Rawson. See the preceding paragraph.

17472. Site of the Wait mill. The land on which this mill was placed was part of a large tract of land in the " Gore," between the Patent line and the line between the tenth and ninth ranges, which came to Rev. Clement Sumner, in the partition of the lands of the Gilsum proprietorship. On the death of Rev. Mr. Sumner, Mar. 29, 1795, this land, in the division of his estate, came into possession of his son, William Sumner, then of Orford, N. H., a merchant. The latter sold it, Sept. 6, 1799, to SAMUEL HOUSTON, who was already living in Sullivan. There has been some doubt about the spelling of his last name. In town books, tax lists, and other documents, we find the various spellings, Huston, Houston, Thurston, &c. We have in our possession a deed which this gentle- man gave to Capt. Samuel Seward of land east of the Great Brook. The signa- ture is excellently and plainly written as Samuel Huston. It is likely, however, that Huston was really a variant of Houston. He is called Houston in a large number of documents. It is probable that he had a mill on this site and lived near it. He sold his Sullivan land, partly to Samuel Seward (the portion east of the Great Brook), the remainder, including this site, Sept. 28, 1801, to ASA WAIT, JR., of Fitzwilliam, who soon moved to town. Wait either built a new mill, or improved one which already stood here. Mr. Wait had both a grist-mill and a saw-mill here. He sold his land in the " Gore," Aug. 26, 1803, to Calvin Locke and J. G. White. Mr. Locke bought the interest of Mr. White in the southern half of this Wait land, Dec. 20, 1828. All the buildings ever built upon the lot were upon the part which Locke purchased of White. This lot has always continued to be the northern part of the Locke farm, now owned by Samuel S. White and his son. See paragraphs 62, 63, and 71. Mr. Wait lived a few years longer in town upon what we call the Winchester farm. See 193. He finally returned to Fitzwilliam, bought his father's farm, and died there.

17473. Site of the house in which SAMUEL HOUSTON lived during the few years that he lived in town. It was very likely a log house. No one else is known to have lived in it. For dates, see the last paragraph.

17414. Site of a house built by ASA WAIT, JR., and which he occupied for a short time, while he owned the mill on Chapman Brook. The eldest of his ten children, Zerviah, when very aged, informed the writer that she was born in this house. It was after Mr. Wait had sold the lot to Locke and White, and while Mr. Wait owned the so-called Winchester farm at 193. It is difficult to understand why he should live here after he sold the lot, but the house is said to have been well built, and may have been better than the first house at 193. Miss Wait was very circumstantial in her account of the place and was probably accurate. She said her father continued to operate the mill after he deeded the lot to Messrs. Locke and White, which probably accounts for his continuing to

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live at 1744. It is not probable that anyone ever lived here except Mr. Wait. See 17412.

175. The old John Chapman place, where Chauncy W. Rawson and Mer- ritt L. Rawson lived, and where Ezra Brown now resides. This lot was drawn by James Noble of Pittsfield, Mass,, as indicated on the back of the charter, although Hayward's History of Gilsum, in one place, states that it was drawn by Thomas Sumner. Deeds show that James Noble drew it. Noble sold the land, originally consisting of the seventh lots in the eight and ninth ranges, Mar. 16, 1767, to Simeon Dunham of Hebron, Conn. The next owner whom we know was Peter Covel of Brattleborough, Vt., who probably never improved the land. He probably bought it of Simeon Dunham. He sold it, June, 6, 1777, to JOHN CHAPMAN of Gilsum, who had come from Connecticut to the west part of what is now Gilsum, and moved from that farm to this. His first wife was a daugh- ter of John Dimick, Sr., who gave each of his children a farm. The farm given to Mrs. Chapman was the Gilsum farm which they sold after moving here. Mr. Chapman had a large family of sons and daughters. Three of the sons lived some years in Sullivan after their marriage, John and David upon this lot, and Benjamin upon the farm at 176. John Chapman, Jr., after living a few years at 19372, lived a few months with his father on this place before moving from town. John Chapman owned much land. He gave his name to Chapman Pond, whose shores were partly on his land. He died here, Sept. 20, 1805. He willed the farm to his son, DAVID CHAPMAN, who owned it nearly twenty-three years. He had twelve children, one of which died in infancy. No one of them settled in Sullivan. He sold the farm, Mar. 27, 1828, to CHAUNCY W. RAWSON, a son of Isaac Rawson who lived at 173. Mr. Rawson was a member of the Baptist Church. He was a valuable citizen and a man greatly respected. He had a daughter and three sons. The daughter married Elliot C. Winchester, who lived at 193. Of the sons, Merritt L. lived on the homestead, Henry C. has lived at 176 and 196, George W. was a prosperous manufacturer of boilers, and other iron goods, in Cambridgeport, one of the most successful men who has left Sullivan. See page 621. Mr. C. W. Rawson died here, Dec. 21, 1878. MERRITT L. RAWSON had purchased the farm of his father, Sept. 13, 1858, with the customary obligation to maintain his parents. He succeeded his father on the place and lived here until his death, May 26, 1889. His widow sold the farm, Sept. 7, 1889, to JOEL COWEE of Gilsum. Mr. Cowee did not live here all of the time that he owned the place. Mr. Cowee died about 1892, and his heirs sold the farm, Dec. 22, 1892, to Col. Francis O. Nims of Keene, who sold it, Aug. 14, 1893, to Mrs. Lorana E., wife of DANIEL SEWARD SMITH of Keene. Mr. Smith's family lived here several years. While he owned the place, George W. Heald was a tenant, who lived here after the Smiths moved away. Mrs. Heald and Mrs. Smith were sisters. The Healds were here when their little son was accidentally killed by the discharge of a gun, Nov 2, 1897. See page 369. Mrs. Heald could not be induced to remain longer upon the place, and the family moved at once to Keene. While the Healds were living here, Charles M. Ward was also a tenant in another part of the house. The house was empty for some time. On Aug. 1, 1902, EZRA A. BROWN purchased this farm of Mrs. Smith. Mr. Brown now resides upon the farm (1908). He has put the house in good

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A history of the town of Sullivan, New Hampshire, 1777-1917, Volume I, Part 80

Author: Seward, Josiah Lafayette, 1845-1917 Publication date: 1921 Publisher: [Keene, N.H., Sentinel printing Co.] Number of Pages: 888

Author: Seward, Josiah Lafayette, 1845-1917
Publication date: 1921
Publisher: [Keene, N.H., Sentinel printing Co.]
Number of Pages: 888