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brothers, Joshua and William, came with him from Tewksbury, and a sister, Deborah, who married a Griffith of Swanzey. They all lived together at first. Joshua and William married and lived in Sullivan, at 204 and 186, respectively. Both soon moved from the town. While Samuel was building his house on the Gilsum side of the line, he boarded with Dea. Bond, three or four miles away. He made a visit to Tewksbury and brought home two dozen panes of glass on his back. He had four children born in the Gilsum house: Daniel H., Benja- min, Lucinda, and Polly Ann. The last died unmarried. Lucinda married James Hudson, a preacher in the church of the Christian Connection. Daniel H. was the author of the dreadful tragedy in which Mrs. Matilda Nash was killed. See pages 360-61. Samuel Corey died, April 2, 1841. On Feb. 6, 1819, BENJA- MIN COREY bought the place of his father, pledging the maintenance of his parents. On April 7, 1823, Benjamin raised the two-story house that now stands upon the farm. Benjamin had one son, Benjamin Woodbury Corey, who died many years ago. Benjamin died, March 4, 1884, willing the farm to his only grandchild, WOODBURY COREY, who still owns it, but is living nearer the village of Gilsum, at 30 of the outside numbers. The house on the old farm has long been empty. It was a good house. It is to be regretted that it is not in use.
18972. Site of the first house of D. H. Corey, a log house. See 190.
190. Site of D. H. Corey's framed house. This was on the eleventh lot of the tenth range, originally common land, granted by Gilsum to Samuel Gllbert of Hebron, Conn., and Jonathan Smith of Surry, June 10, 1773. Gilbert bought the interest of Smith, Apr. 22, 1777. Gilbert died and the land was divided among his heirs, Oct. 19, 1786. On Dec. 6, 1803, Israel Towne of Stoddard, a great real estate speculator, completed the purchases of the whole of this lot from the Gilbert heirs and those to whom they had deeded it. Daniel Nash of Gilsum bought it of Towne, May 26, 1812. DANIEL H. COREY of Gilsum bought the southern part of the lot of Daniel Nash, March 18, 1814. On the fourth of April, 1814, D. H. Corey raised his log house at 18972. He occupied that house two years. He raised the framed house on this site in April, 1816. Mr. Corey was insane, aggravated perhaps by drink. He fancied that he had found gold, which was really iron pyrites. His "mines " are shown in the north of his lot upon the map, near the town line, also at 44 of the outside numbers. His insanity increased in intensity as years passed. On June 13, 1829, in a condition of frenzy, he murdered Mrs. Matilda Nash. The scene of the murder is indi- cated upon the map, just north of the house site. There is a full account of the affair on pages 360-61, which we will not repeat here. On Dec. 11, 1835, D. H. Corey sold this place to his son, GEORGE W. COREY. The father had already left the state and, in the deed, is said to be of Norfolk, St. Lawrence Co., N. Y. He afterwards died in that county, a raving maniac. Jehiel Day of Gilsum bought the place of G. W. Corey, Dec. 24, 1835. Mrs. D. H. Corey and all of her children left this house, Jan. 11, 1836, to go to Mr. Corey in St. Lawrence Co., New York. The house was not again occupied. Mr. Day sold the place to I. N. Wardwell of Sullivan, Dec. 8, 1836. It remained in Wardwell's possession, as a pasture, till his death, then it passed to his son, A. N. Wardwell, then to the latter's brother-in-law, A. G. Nims, then to John Locke.
191. Site of the Silas and James Morse house, afterwards the R. C. Nurse
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place. This was on the tenth lot of the tenth range, originally common land, granted, June 10, 1773, by the town of Gilsum, to Samuel Gilbert of Hebron, Conn., and Jonathan Smith of Surry. Gilbert bought Smith's rights, Apt. 22, 1777. The lot was divided among Gilbert's heirs, Oct. 19, 1786. The north half of the lot fell to the share of Gardner Gilbert, who was living in the state of New York, from whom it passed successively to Zebina Stebbins of Spring- fleld, Mass., June 28, 1794; Luther Holmes of Gilsum, Dec. 21, 1801 ; Israel T'owne of Stoddard, Dec. 6, 1803 ; heirs of Israel Towne, on the latter's death, Apr. 28, 1813; Benjamin Towne, Israel's son, of Kingsey, District of Three Rivers, Lower Canada (now the Province of Quebec), in accordance with a division of Israel's lands made by a decree of the judge of probate, of the third Wednesday of June, 1813 ; Lemuel Towne of Stoddard, July 11, 1814 ; Gardner Towne, Esq., of Stoddard, Nov. 24, 1814; Asa Nash of Gilsum, Nov. 5, 1815; Silas Morse of Sullivan, June 18, 1818; James Morse of Sullivan, Nov. 17, 1830; and Mrs. Silas Morse of Sullivan, Feb. 13, 1833. In the division of the Gilbert estate, the south half of this lot fell to the share of Thomas Gilbert of Lyme, N. H., Oct. 19, 1786. From him it passed successively to Lemuel Chandler of Keene, Nov. 29, 1788; Ananias Tubbs, then of Sullivan, Jan. 19, 1795 (of the administrators of the estate of Lemuel Chandler), who built at 192; Abel Allen of Sullivan, March 11, 1796; James Kingsbury of Gilsum, March 31, 1803; Samuel Kingsbury of Needham, March 28, 1807; SILAS MORSE of Sullivan, May II, 1833, who, with his wife, then owned the whole lot. After Silas Morse sold his place at 182, about 1836, he built a framed house on this site and lived here some years. JAMES MORSE also lived here with his father. The latter's son, Sylvanus A. Morse, now a prominent business man of Keene, was born in this house, in the last part of 1840. The other three children of James Morse were born in other places. James lived in Vermont and Marlborough, and died at the house of his son, S. A. Morse, in Keene. The Morses sold the whole lot to Franklin Buckminster, then of Roxbury, Jan. 26, 1841. Buckminster sold it to ROSWELL CURTIS NURSE, April 18, 1842. Mr. Nurse lived here seventeen years. His daughter, Emeline M., now Mrs. Evardon, was born here. His son, Ellery A. C., was born while Mr. Nurse was temporarily living at 180. The children of Mr. Nurse were allowed to attend the school in District No. 3, for convenience. Ellery was a bright, industrious boy. Beginning life without a penny in his pocket, he became the owner of a good dairy farm in Bennington. He died comparatively young, leaving a good home for his wife and children. Mrs. Evardon resides in Keene. Her husband is a veteran of the Civil War. Mr. Nurse sold this farm, May 12, 1859, to G. W. Nims. We cannot take the space to trace all the manifold owners of the different parts of this lot. It was never inhabited after the Nurses left it. All the buildings disappeared long ago. Mr. Nurse died in Keene. Mrs. Nurse (then Mrs. Bliss) also died in Keene, at the house of her daughter.
19112. Site of the house erected by Nathaniel P. Morse, a son of Silas, and brother of James. This house was a framed house, erected in the autumn of 1834, on the land of Mrs. Silas Morse, in the north part of the tenth lot of the tenth range. A neighbor, John Davis, in his diary, speaks of making a visit to the "frame" of this house, on September 28, 1834. Nathaniel intended to
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live here, but the house was hardly completed and never occupied. It was moved and became a part of the buildings at 191.
192. Site of a house, very likely a log house, erected by ANANIAS TUBBS, who, as was frequently the case in those days, had occupied the place of his settlement about a year and a half or two years, before he received a deed of the south half of the tenth lot of the tenth range, Jan. 19, 1795. He owned that part of the lot until March 11, 1796, when he sold to Abel Allen. The owners of the whole lot, and also of this part of the lot, both before and after the ownership of Mr. Tubbs, may be seen under paragraph 191. Mr. Tubbs had nine children. The seventh and eighth, William and Polly, were born here. Anna, the second child, married Benjamin Thompson, who lived at 40 of the outside numbers. She was grandmother of Mrs. Francis C. Minor of Gilsum.
193. The Winchester house, where Miss Helen A. Peabody now lives. This is on the eighth lot of the eighth range. The lot was drawn by Abner Mack of Hebron, Conn., and sold by him, Dec. 4, 1761, to Rev. Clement Sumner of Keene, who sold it, Jan. 19, 1762, to Ichabod Fisher of Keene, who sold it, Nov. 23, 1767, to John Dimick, then living in Gilsum, before he moved to what is now Sullivan. The lot was sold for the non-payment of taxes to Israel Loveland of Gilsum, Oct. 8, 1783, who sold it, July 22, 1787, to EBENEZER BUR- DITT, from Lancaster, Mass., who had married a daughter of Mr. Loveland. Mr. Burditt was the first settler of the farm. His first wife was Hannah Rowe, who died shortly after her marriage. She was a sister of James Rowe and John Rowe, Jr. Ruth Loveland was Mr. Burditt's second wife. He had two sons born on this farm, children of the second wife. Burditt was probably a brother of Joshua Burditt, who lived at 183. Burditt sold the farm, Sept. 7, 1790, to JOSEPH WOODS, who is said, in the deed, to be of Salem, N. Y. He was a native of Keene, and a brother of Enoch Woods and Solomon Woods, who lived at 80 and 178 respectively. We know little about Joseph. He sold the farm to DAVID CHAPMAN of Sullivan, May 22, 1793. Chapman was a son of John Chapman, Sr., who lived at 175. He owned the place a year and a half before his marriage and lived here about as long after his marriage. His oldest child was born here. Chapman sold the place, Apr. 15, 1796, to ASA WAIT, Jr., who lived at 17414. Mr. Wait may have lived here a short time. He sold the farm, Sept. 5, 1805, to NATHANIEL GROVER of Fitzwilliam and took a mortgage of it. Grover lived here a few years, but was unable to pay for the place and gave up his deed. During the last part of Grover's ownership, a man named Joshua Willard lived here. He was unmarried and a Mrs. Raymore, who had several children, kept his house. They were not highly esteemed in the neighorhood. After Mr. Wait resumed possession of the farm, he sold it, Apr. 11, 1812, to SAMUEL WINCHESTER, who was a native of Ashburnham, Mass. Mr. Winches- ter lived upon this place fifty-three years, until his death, Oct. 20, 1865. He was one of the reliable and substantial men of the town. He was three times married and had eleven children. Two died in infancy and one when she was a young lady. Of the other eight, Sarah F. married John Thompson of Gilsum ; Mary M. married Hon. Charles C. Comstock of Sullivan, Westmoreland, and Grand Rapids, Mich., Sullivan's only native who was a member of congress; Harriet E. married Jacob Staples of Westmoreland and Keene; Enoch W. lived
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in Keene and Grand Rapids ; Samuel A. also lived in Grand Rapids; Alpheus B. died in Clinton Wis .; William W. lived at Saratoga Springs, N. Y .; Elliot C. succeeded his father on the farm, but moved to Grand Rapids, where he died. On Sept. 21, 1858, ELLIOT C. WINCHESTER purchased the farm of his father, pledging the maintenance of his parents. He remained here and cultivated the farm for twenty-seven years. He was an active, industrious man, and brought his farm to a high degree of cultivation. He had a valuable sugar orchard. He married Miss Eliza Ann Rawson and had seven children, two of whom died in infancy. Of the other five, Elsie E. is now Mrs. Charles H. Richardson of Hart, Mich .; Hattie E. married George W. Comstock ; Clara M. married Frank E. Comstock; Julia A. is now Mrs. Richard M. McRae of Grand Rapids ; and Charles E. lives at Port Huron, Mich. and is a carpenter and contractor. Mr. Winchester sold this good farm, Dec. 14, 1885, to EDWARD S. BRYANT of Berlin, Mass., and moved to Grand Rapids, Mich., where he died a few years later. His neighbors and townsmen regretted his departure greatly. After his death, his widow married a second time. Mr. Bryant died here, Aug. 24, 1889. He had five children. The heirs of E. C. Winchester foreclosed a mortgage upon the estate, May 16, 1890, and sold it, June 16, 1890, to C. W. Wilber, a real estate broker of Keene. Between the death of Mr. Bryant and the sale of the place by Wilber, several tenants lived here. In 1889-90, James William Karr, afterwards of Gilsum, lived here. Frank Casteau (called Castor), now of Keene, was here in 1890-91. Daniel Seward Smith came from Keene and lived here, 1892-94, and in the house, at the same time, there also lived Henry O. Esty and Frank M. Russell, the last two named living in one part of the house as a single family. ALDEN H. BARTLETT of Keene bought the place of Wilber, Mar. 10, 1894, but sold it back to Wilber Mar. 13, 1895. Charles M. Ward was a tenant here in 1894-95. He now lives at III. MISS HELEN A. PEABODY, daughter of the second pastor of the First Congregational Church, bought the farm of Wilber, June 22, 1895, and still lives in the house. This excellent farm is deteriorating and growing up with brush because of the impossibility of its being husbanded by a woman. It is to be hoped that it will come into the hands of a good farmer before it is too late.
1931/2. Site of the house of John Chapman, Jr., afterwards the Farnsworth place, where Rev. Charles Cummings also lived several years. This was on the western part of the seventh lot of the eighth range, which was drawn by James Noble of Pittsfield, Mass., and sold by him, March 16, 1767, to Simeon Dunham of Hebron, Conn. It was purchased by Peter Covel of Brattleborough, Vt., but we cannot find a record of the deed. Covel sold it to John Chapman of Gilsum, June 6, 1777. Chapman moved to the east end of the lot at 175. Mr. Chapman sold the west end of the lot, May 1, 1787, to his son, JOHN CHAPMAN, Jr., who built the house on this spot and began his married life here. He married Sarah Burditt, probably a sister of Ebenezer, who lived on the farm immediately north. His eldest daughter, Amelia Chapman, was born here. His second daughter, Ruth Chapman, was born after he sold this place, and was probably born at his father's house, at 175. Chapman sold this farm Sept. 17, 1792, to PAUL and JOHN FARNSWORTH, brothers, of Swanzey. Paul Farnsworth lived first upon the place. On Apr. 21, 1795, JOHN FARNSWORTH, then of Marlborough, bought
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his brother's interest and moved here. On March 30, 1800, John Farnsworth, still living here, sold the place to David Emery Boynton. The place was per- manently added to the Boynton farm. Rev. Charles Cummings rented this house, and probably the farm with it, for about ten years, of Mr. D. E. Boynton. Several of his older children were born here. In 1810, Mr. Cummings purchased the farm at 178, and moved there, as we saw under that paragraph. It is not known that this house was ever used again, It had been taken away so many years ago that Mr. Hosea Foster, who was born near it, had no recollection of ever seeing it. The farm was used henceforth for a pasture, as a part of the Boynton farm. The latest owners need not to be traced.
194. The site of the second schoolhouse in District No. 5. It was built about 1801. The previous schoolhouse had been at 184. That first building was moved to Gilsum for a dwelling. This second building lasted until 1821. See page 502 for full particulars.
195. The third and present schoolhouse in District No. 5. The late Hosea Foster informed us that it was built in 1821, and that Lydia B. Gray was the first teacher who taught a school in it. The old building at 194 became the shed of this. See pages 502 and 504 for further facts about this building.
196. The third and present house upon the Foster farm, where Hosea and Ephraim Foster formerly lived, also Jesse Dart, Henry Kingsbury, and G. C. Hubbard; and where Henry C. Rawson now lives. For the former owners of the farm, see paragraph 197. This house was built in 1829, by EPHRAIM FOSTER, upon his father's farm, and near his father's house, which was at 197. Ephraim had learned the trade of a blacksmith of his father and worked with him, in the shop at 198. He lived here until 1832, when he moved to the house at 97, which he had just purchased. HOSEA FOSTER was married in 1833 and began house- keeping in this house. He lived here about eight years, then moved to Rev. J. Peabody's house at 235. About 1843, he built a house on leased land, at 101, where he lived five years, then moved to Keene. See page 514 for an account of the Fosters. Rev. D. P. French, while in town, boarded with Mr. H. Foster in this house. See page 432. A man named Whittemore lived here for a short time. Rev. Tristan Aldrich of the Baptist Church lived here, 1844-45. See page 433. JESSE DART, who married a daughter of Stephen Foster, Jr., moved into this house in 1846, and bought the farm of Stephen Foster, Sr., on the 6th of April of that year, pledging the maintenance of Mr. and Mrs. Foster. This trade did not result in giving perfect satisfaction to either party to the contract, and Mr. Foster repurchased the farm, June 22, 1850. Claudius B. Hayward of Gilsum was living here in 1851. He had a child born here, which also died here. HENRY KINGSBURY from Keene purchased the whole farm of Ephraim Foster of Keene, executor of Stephen Foster, Sr., who died, Dec. 10, 1855. Mr. Kings- bury's purchase was on Jan. 9, 1856. Kingsbury was married on the first of April of that year, to Lucretia B. Hastings, daughter of Abijah, and came here to live on the same day. He remained a little more than two years. His eldest child was born here. He sold the farm, June 8, 1858, to GEORGE C. HUBBARD, who had lived at 243, and who lived, later, at 206, and also in Gilsum, and who now resides in Fitzwilliam. See page 615. Mr. Hubbard sold the farm, Dec. 23, 1863, to HENRY C. RAWSON, a son of Chauncy W. Rawson.
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He was born at 175 and has always lived in town and is one of the most promi- nent and influential men of the town. The farm is in a high state of cultivation. His son, FRANK L. RAWSON, is associated with him in the management of the farm. The writer of this volume is indebted to this family for many courtesies in the preparation of this work. The present year, (1908), will complete forty- five years of the ownership of the farm by Mr. Rawson. Only two or three men in the town have been the owners of farms for so long a time. For the earlier history of this farm, see the next paragraph.
197. Site of the Stephen Foster, Sr., house. This farm was on a lot drawn by Joshua Dart of Bolton, Conn. He sold it, Nov. 24, 1766, to John Dimick, then of Ashford, Conn., who afterwards lived at 250. Dimick deeded it, "for love and affection," to his daughter, Mrs. Hannah ( Dimick ) Thatcher, Jan. 8, 1773. Mrs. Thatcher sold it, Oct. 14, 1783, to Benjamin Ellis of Keene (not the Benjamin who lived in Sullivan). Ellis sold it, Dec. 22, 1793, to Hon. Daniel Newcomb of Keene. It was then purchased by Rev. Clement Sumner of Keene, on the division of whose estate, at his death (see 200), this lot passed to his son, Clement Augustus Sumner of Keene, who sold it, June 4, 1799, to Joseph Cummings, who lived at 256. A month later, July 8, 1799, Cummings sold it to DAVID WAL- LIS, who had already settled upon the farm and was the first to live upon it. He built the house at 199, in which he lived. STEPHEN FOSTER, Sr., bought the farm of Wallis, Oct. 16, 1800. The first house on the lot was built at 199. Mr. Foster lived there until 1808, about eight years, when he built the house upon this site in which he lived until his death, Dec. 10, 1855. He was one of the founders and original members of the Baptist Church of Sullivan. He was a quiet, but honest and useful, citizen. He was a blacksmith and nearly always at home and mingled but little in public affairs, except to attend church or the town meetings. He had nine children. A son died in infancy, and two daughters died after they became young ladies. A daughter married Cutler Knight of Marlow, and another daughter married Rev. D. P. French, an early pastor of the Baptist Church. His four sons who reached maturity, Stephen, Jr., Ephraim, Joseph, and Hosea, all lived in Sulli- van for a time. Stephen, Jr., moved to Gilsum, and the others to Keene. They were all very intelligent and influential persons in the communities where they lived. For a more complete account of them, see page 614. For the future owners of this farm, see paragraph 196. This house was taken down and removed to Keene immediately after the purchase of the farm by Mr. Kingsbury. See 196.
198. Site of the blacksmith shop of Stephen Foster, Sr., in which Ephraim Foster also learned his trade and worked for a time with his father. See 196 and 197.
199. Site of the first house upon the Foster farm. It was built by DAVID WALLIS, and occupied eight years by STEPHEN FOSTER, Sr. See 197 for the owners of the farm.
200. Site of the Charles Rice house, probably a log house. The lot was drawn by Jonathan Smith of Bolton, Conn., afterwards of Surry. Smith sold it to CHARLES RICE of Surry, Apr. 21, 1773. Rice had about five children, who were born in other places before he moved here. He settled upon this lot, the ninth of the seventh range, about 1784. He sold the eastern half of the lot the same year to Daniel Peck. See 204. He lived here, in a log house, upon the western
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half of the lot until Aug. 10, 1789, when he sold it to Hon. Daniel Newcomb of Keene. Mr. Newcomb sold it to Rev. Clement Sumner of Keene, who died Mar. 29, 1795, and his estate was divided, Oct. 10, 1798, among his heirs. His son, Clement Augustus Sumner, obtained this piece of land, which he sold, June 4, 1799, to Joseph Cummings, who lived at 256. In less than a month, July 1, 1799, Cummings sold it to ANTIPAS MAYNARD, who built the house at 201. See the next paragraph. Rice's family was the only one which used the log house on this spot. Rice was a Revolutionary pensioner.
201. Site of the Maynard house, in which R. Wright lived a short time. As we saw, in the last paragraph, ANTIPAS MAYNARD bought the farm of Rice, July 1, 1799. He built a framed house on this spot, in which he lived about two years, when he sold the farm, Oct. 28, 1801, to JAMES KINGSBURY, who had been living at 206. The second of Maynard's nine children was born here. He came here from Marlborough, Mass., and moved to 185, where he lived several years. Kingsbury added many acres to the farm, by additional purchases, and sold it, Sept. 9, 1802, to REUBEN WRIGHT, who lived here for a time and then built the house at 202. See the next paragraph.
202. The house in which Reuben Wright, Charles Nash, Alonzo Barrett, and John Locke have lived, and where Joseph Nadeau now (1908) lives. The farm was purchased by REUBEN WRIGHT, as we saw in the preceding paragraph, who built this house, which was upon the same farm, soon after his purchase. He owned the farm eighteen and a half years. He had nine children. The first two were born in Marlborough, the next six here, and the youngest in Washing- ton, N. H. The sons were Reuben, Jr .; Zophar, who lived at one time on the Concord road in Roxbury, and later in Nelson ; Almon ; John A .; and Stillman. The daughters were Roxana, who married Amos Corey, Jr., of Washington, N. H .; Olive Atwood, who married Dea. Jesse Goodell, the father of ex-Gov. Goodell of Antrim ; Daphne, who married J. Elliot Cummings; and Lydia, who married a Parsons. Stephen Foster, Sr., bought the farm of Mr. Wright, March 17, 1821. STEPHEN FOSTER, Jr., lived upon the place, and bought it of his father, Nov. 22, 1833. His two children, George W. Foster, the music teacher at Keene, and Maria T., who married Jesse Dart, were born here. Mr. Foster moved to Gilsum, and sold this farm, Feb. 25, 1837, to JOSEPH ELLIOT CUMMINGS, a son of Rev. Charles Cummings. The first five of the seven children of Mr. Cummings were born in this house. He sold the farm and moved to Lexington, Mich., where he died, and where his youngest two children were born, one of whom became the wife of Clark N. Chandler, a druggist at Keene. The farm was purchased, Oct. 19, 1843, by CHARLES NASH, who was born in Sullivan, at 211, but had lived in Gilsum and Alstead before moving here. He had nine children by the first two of his three wives, seven sons and two daughters. A son, Albert, acquired a good property at Niagara- Falls, N. Y. He was a locomo- tive engineer. Charles Nash, Jr., operated a saw-mill in Gilsum. Andrew, another son, lives in Keene. He drove the stage over the Concord Road a short time. He assisted us in locating the old " Bingham Road " from 202 to the " White Road." The other sons were Seaver, who died unmarried at New Orleans ; Geo. Hammond; Willard C .; and Roswell L. (who now calls himself George). One daughter died young and the other married Wesley Hill. CHARLES NASH,
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Jr., bought the farm of his father, March 8, 1844, but sold it back to his father, Dec. 22, 1849. He was married in 1850, operated a saw-mill in Gilsum twelve years, then moved to Marshalltown, Iowa, where he died. ALONZO BARRETT bought the farm of Charles Nash, March 31, 1859. He was a native of Nelson, a brother of John Barrett who lived at 210, also of Levi Barrett, who lived at 40 (of the outside numbers). The latter was father of M. J. Barrett who lives at 255. Mr. Barrett lived here nearly nineteen years. His son, WILLIAM WALLACE BARRETT, lived with him a portion of the time. Wm. Wallace had thirteen children. Four of them were born in Sullivan, but not all upon this place. The first five of the children died young, mostly of diphtheria. Their bodies are buried in Sullivan, in Meetinghouse Cemetery. Dr. Allston F. Barrett of Keene, also Frank J. Barrett, a barber of Keene, are sons of Wm. Wallace ; also Wilmer Barrett, who lives at East Sullivan. Alonzo Barrett sold this farm, Jan. 2, 1878, to JOHN LOCKE, of Sullivan, who had lived many years at 102. Mr. Barrett remained on the place until March 15, 1878. Mr. Locke owned this farm eighteen years and a half. He lived to be the oldest man who was a native of the town and died at the house of his daughter, Mrs. Samuel S. White. He had been one of the staunch, industrious, and substantial. citizens of the town. His son, T. Jewett Locke, resides in Keene and has the care of the city library build- ing. On Oct. 1, 1896, after his wife's death, Mr. Locke sold the farm to Mrs. Mary E., wife of FRANK HERBERT MOORE. They brought four children with them. They owned the place until Feb. 2, 1905, when they sold it to Charles W. Wilber, a real estate broker of Keene. Before they sold it, they had moved to Swanzey. In a few days, Feb. 25, 1905, Wilber sold fifty acres of this land, containing the buildings, to JOSEPH NADEAU of Keene, who moved here and is still (1908) living here. He is cultivating the farm, but did not purchase the wooded half of it.
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