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( afterwards Rev. Dr. ) Seth Payson of Rindge, a graduate of Harvard University, who did not reside here. Mr. Payson sold the place, Apr. 11, 1806, to BENJAMIN MAYO, who came here from Marlborough, but was formerly of Princeton, Mass. His wife was a sister of Mrs. Amasa Brown, who lived on the farm next south. See the next paragraph. Mr. Mayo only lived here a short time. One of his children died on this place. He sold the farm, a portion May 2, 1807, and a portion Apr. 4, 1808, to Thomas Spaulding, who lived at 255. While Mr. Spaulding owned it, his son-in-law, DANIEL BROWN BROOKS, came here to live and remained several years. Mr. Brooks bought the place of Mr. Spaulding, Apr. 12, 1820. He had eight children, five sons and three daughters, five or six of whom were born here. He sold back this place to his father-in-law, Thomas Spaulding, Oct. 20, 1826, and moved to Pennsylvania with all of his family. The buildings remained many years unoccupied and finally disappeared. We know of no one else who lived here. The farm was joined to the Spaulding farm, but parts of it were sold to other men later. We cannot trace the sales of the pieces.
258. Site of old Enos Bailey house, where Amasa Brown lived a short time; also the site of the excellent house built later by Amasa Brown. This was on the south half of the land which had come into possession of Lt. Daniel Wright, as we saw in the preceding paragraph, which land he sold to Smith and Belding, and is the part which Belding took at the time of division, May 23, 1793. ENOS BAILEY (sometimes spelled Bayley) of Sterling, Mass., bought this south part of the original Wright land of Stephen Belding of Winchester, May 23, 1793, on the same day that Smith and Belding divided the land between them. Bailey's sister married Fortunatus Eager, who lived at 257. Mrs. Bailey was Patience Kendall, a sister of Jonathan, Jr., and Ebenezer Kendall. Bailey had one child born here and two more on the old Hastings farm, at 142, where he moved from here and remained a few years as a tenant. AMASA BROWN, who came from Princeton, Mass., bought this small farm of Bailey, June 6, 1795. He lived a short time, about three years, in the old Bailey house which was on or very near, this spot. Two days after Brown bought the place, the town laid a road from this place, past 257, to the Gulf Road, so called. On Feb. 1, 1796, Brown purchased of Dr. Isaac Hurd of Concord, Mass., the east end of lot three in the sixth range and the north-east part of lot two in the same range. This was formerly a part of the Dewey farm (later Spaulding farm). The con- veyances by which Hurd secured his title to this piece of land are not on record. In 1798, Mr. Brown built a new house upon this latter purchase, at 259, and moved there. On the twenty-seventh of September, in the same year, the town laid a road from near the Proctor place (at 252) to this house at 259. In 1824, Mr. Brown abandoned the house at 259 and built a fine mansion at 258, which was on or very near, the old Bailey house site, where he had lived himself two or three years. This house was very thoroughly built. The cellar walls and the bulkhead are still in perfect condition, although large trees are growing from the bottom of the cellar. In 1825, the town laid the road from 259 to 258. Mr. Brown moved to Keene in 1842 and this house was sold to Abijah Hastings, who used it to construct his new house at 141. Mr. Brown was a deacon in the Baptist church. He had nine children all born in Sullivan. Four daughters
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and a son died unmarried, after reaching maturity. A daughter married Joseph Thurston, the blacksmith, who lived at 237 a few years. Another daughter married Obed Dort of Keene. Amasa, Jr., lived in Keene. William built the house at 235, where Rev. J. Peabody lived. He built the first Sullivan hearse. He moved to Keene in 1841 and died there, Excepting two aged maiden daughters of William Brown, the Amasa Brown family is now extinct. Mr. Brown sold a part of this place to Thomas Spaulding, July 1, 1843, and the remainder to Dauphin Spaulding, Feb. 5, 1847. The land has principally remained in the Spaulding family. The farm was never inhabited after the Browns left it in 1842.
259. Site of the house which AMASA BROWN built in 1798, and in which he lived until 1824 or 1825, when he built the mansion at 258. See the preceding paragraph.
SUPPLEMENT TO DISTRICT NO. 2.
260. Site of the first house built by Daniel Wilson, who lived later at 64. It was a log house and used four years, from 1791 to 1795, when the first framed house at 64 was built. We accidentally omitted to mention this site when we were describing the estates of District No. 2, and supply the omission here.
CHAPTER XXII.
EXPLANATION OF THE OUTSIDE NUMBERS.
Around the margin of the town map accompanying this volume will be found several numbers, marking house spots, houses, or localities. As these fall out- side of the Sullivan limits, we shall not undertake any elaborate history of the places described, but shall simply indicate what they are, for the convenience of readers and historians. We will arrange them in five groups, according to the towns in which they are found. By far the greater number belong to the Gilsum group. We find that few Sullivan persons were aware that the north-west corner of our town was really at the village of Gilsum.
GILSUM NUMBERS.
I. The parsonage of the Congregational society in Gilsum. George W. Newman built the house and lived here from 1849 to 1863. George S. G. Porter lived here, 1863-66. In another part of the house lived, at different times, Josiah G. Rowell, one or two years, Alden Green from Stoddard, about five years, Stephen L. Parker, James S. Carpenter, and possibly others. In 1866, it was purchased by the Congregational Church, and has been occupied by Rev. Horace Wood, Rev. Sylvanus Hayward, and other ministers of the society to and including Rev. Mr. Field.
2. George W. Newman built this house and lived here, 1845-49. Roswell W. Silsby, the manufacturer, followed, 1849-52. He was followed by Wesley Austin, who lived here until 1878, then moved to Keene. Next came Adolphe
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C. F. Laurent, who moved into this house in 1865 and lived in it many years. George B. Rawson lived here twenty years; also, in the same house, have lived Alden Green, Henry Morse, Magloire Loiselle, and Gustav Polzer. Albert F. Adams, the last tenant, has recently moved to the Alexander Cuthbert house, on the main street of Gilsum.
3. Francis Ashley Howard built this house in 1865. It passed into the possession of Alexander Cuthbert. Leonard Gove lives in the house.
4. Rev. Andrew Jackson Howard built this house in 1874. He preached in the denomination of the Christian Connection, but later united with the Congregational Church of Gilsum. He was a brother of F. A. Howard, who built the house noted in the preceding paragraph. Mrs. Martin V. B. Bates now lives here and her son-in-law, F. A. Wilder.
5. This house was built by F. A. Howard and Allen Hayward in 1868. It afterwards belonged to the tannery company. A Frenchman, known in English as Peter Lapham, lived here several years ; then came Valire Langlois, who also remained several years. George F. Newell is now living here.
6. This house was built in 1870, from the ell and wood-shed of the old Amherst Hayward house. George N. Hayward lived here six years, and Mrs. Harriet D. Pierce lived here a year. It was afterwards occupied by the widow Stevens. Mrs. Miriam Mclaughlin now lives in the house.
7. The residence of George E. Downing.
8. This house was built by N. A. Hayward in 1872. The tenants have been Frank L. Webster, Mrs. James Downing, Eugene P. Nash, Joseph B. Bing- ham, Lawrence A. Gravlin, James A. Nichols, Herbert E. Gates, John M. Hill, and Frederick Bowker. It is now owned by Mrs. J. A. Smith, and occupied by Michael Pletzner.
9. This is the store between the buildings numbered 4 and 5, and con- nected with 4. It is operated by F. A. Wilder.
IO. This house was built by Eugene Carpenter, a blacksmith, who came from Surry. It was built in 1879. The house is now occupied by Lawrence A. Gravlin.
II. This house was built by Levi Barrett in 1867. Among the tenants of this house have been Rev. James Fitch, Mrs. Mary Mark, Eugene Carpenter, and Thomas Charmbury. This place is now the residence of John S. Collins, who has put it in excellent order.
12. This house was built by Claudius B. Hayward in 1868. It was occupied for a few years by Albert R. Corey, a shoemaker, who worked also in the tannery. Other tenants were Francis C. Minor, William H. Coy, John Coy, George A. Stevens, a blacksmith, Julius A. Pletzner, J. Q. Pickering, George Byron Alexander, and David Y. Kenion. Mrs. Leander Pratt now resides here.
13. This house was built in 1869 by Mrs. Sarah F. Hayward, the third wife and widow of Amherst Hayward, also the mother of Rev. Sylvanus Hayward, the historian of Gilsum. Her daughter, Sarah Jane Hayward, became the third wife of George Learoyd. She now occupies this house.
14. The new schoolhouse in Gilsum.
15. George N. Hayward built this house in 1876. The second floor has been rented to Frederick Bowker, also to Charles A. Hubbard. It is now the residence of John Laing.
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16. This house was built by George Barrett in 1872, who lived here seven years, then moved to Keene. Other occupants of this house have been A. F. C. Laurent, Louis Bourrette, Willard S. Tinker, Hervey E. Rawson, and Robert Polzer. The house is now occupied by Miss Vienna E. Mack and Mrs. Urbana M. (Mack) Stevens (Mrs. George Almon Stevens).
17. A blacksmith-shop built in 1876 by George Almon Stevens, afterwards used several years by Eugene Carpenter, and now owned by Lucius Roscoe Guillow.
1712. A store built within a few years and now unoccupied. It was operated for a time by F. A. Wilder.
18. This house was built by William Campbell in 1837. He lived here until 1847, then moved to Peterborough, and finally became a Mormon and started for Salt Lake. He and his wife died of cholera in St. Louis and their children were educated by Freemasons. Three sisters, Mrs. Artemas Hathorn, Mrs. William Miller, and Miss Deborah Ann Kidder (afterwards Mrs. O. Taylor of Acworth) lived together here a short time. Stephen Collins, the manufac- turer, settled here about 1867, and was succeeded by his son, John S. Collins, who now lives across the road, at No. 11. He still owns this place, but Thomas Donlan, his superintendent, now lives here. Here also have lived Solon W. Eaton, Rufus Guillow, Richard Kimball Metcalf, Kendall Nichols, Ebenezer Jones, Edward (or Edwin) Birkenshaw, and Michael Wall. Mr. Jones operated the woolen mill. The present occupant, Thomas Donlan, succeeded the Collinses.
19. Solomon Mack built this house in 1835 and lived here a short time. John Thurston lived here, while he operated the woolen mill with Lyman Gerould. He died here in 1838. William Harnden lived here five years. John C. Guillow moved to this house in 1847 and lived here the remainder of his life (with a brief absence, in the mean time, from the place). Other tenants were David M. Smith, Calvin C. Bingham, Stephen L. Parker, and Henry Morse. Ben. E. Guillow succeeds his father in this house.
20. Lucius Roscoe Guillow built this house in 1865 and, in 1878, built a shop upon the opposite side of the road. He is by trade a carpenter. He still lives here.
21. The Collins mill. A small mill was built on this site, in 1832, by Solon W. Eaton, for wood-turning. His partner was Zenas D. Metcalf. In 1833 Alfred Beckwith put a shingle-mill into the same building. It was converted into a flannel mill by John Thurston and Lyman Gerould, in 1836. Two years later, Isaac Wallis and Arnold B. Hutchinson were added to the firm. In 1840, the mill passed into the hands of Faulkner & Colony of Keene, superintended by Charles S. Faulkner. In 1842, it was acquired by Gerould & Wetherby. In 1845 they removed the old mill across the road to No. 25. They then built the present mill on the site of the old one. In 1848, they suspended business for financial reasons, and Parks, Baldwin & Parks of Boston took the property and hired Lyman Gerould and Kendall Nichols to work up the stock on hand. In 1849, Ebenezer Jones bought the mill and operated it until 1857. In the latter year, Joshua and Thomas Ward bought it, but soon failed and sold to Seth and William Ward, who kept on for three years under the name of the Ashuelot
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Manufacturing Co., when it fell into the hands of D. Henshaw Ward of Boston. During the war, army blankets were made here by Lewis Wright. In 1867, the Wards sold to Stephen Collins & Sons. They manufactured doeskin, beaver, and tricot cloths, to the amount of $100,000 annually. Since 1872, the mill has been operated by John S. Collins, son of Stephen.
22. Office of the mill of J. S. Collins.
23. Store-house of J. S. Collins.
24. Solou W. Eaton built this house in 1833. He was born in Sullivan, at 215. He built the first mill at No. 21. See preceding paragraph. He made awls and turned the handles in his mill. Lyman Gerould was the next occupant, he and his partner having bought this house with the mill. He moved to Caven- dish, Vt., in 1850. Other tenants have been Kendall Nichols, George H. Temple, Alfred Hoyle, John Bahau, John Brennan, John Collins, Michael Dynan, Frank L. Webster, B. H. Horton, Thomas McEvoy, Michael McCaffery, Merton Kenion, a Mr. Converse, and George K. Nichols, the present tenant. Since Eaton sold it, it has belonged to the factory property.
25. The factory boarding house. Ebenezer Jones lived here for a short time. Harvey Towne kept the boarding house a year and a half, from 1855. Other tenants have been Francis Phillips, Kendall Nichols, John Carpenter, John R. Willard, Michael Bowen, William Barr, George B. Fiske, Mrs. Eugene P. Nash, Sylvanus L. Guillow, and a Mr. McCaffery.
26. This was built for a small hammer shop, between the road and the canal, and moved here by John C. Guillow in 1846. He lived here a year. Various factory hands, too numerous to mention, have lived here. In 1873, a small shanty temporarily occupied by George Barrett, in another place, was moved here and fitted up for the west part of this house. Daniel Hickey lived here, also George B. Fiske. The present occupant is George A. Bingham.
27. A sugar-house stood here, in which Louis Bourrette and others lived at different times. It is not now standing.
28. This is the house built by Israel B. Loveland in 1830. He spent the rest of his life here. He had previously lived with his father (Israel Loveland, Jr.,) on the site numbered 32 on this map. While the widow Loveland lived here, there also lived in the house, Sidney Barrett, who later lived in Sullivan, at 253; Kendall Nichols ; Samuel Bruce, a peddler ; and Gustav Polzer. Harvey L. Bates now lives upon the place. Israel B. Loveland's father had first lived in a log house just west of this house site, on same side of road.
29. Benjamin H. Horton built this house in 1877. He is dead. His family still live here.
30. Benjamin Corey built this house in 1876. His grandson, Woodbury Corey, now lives in it.
31. This house was built in 1878 by Charles A. Nichols, a son of Chester and L. Caroline (Downing) Nichols. It passed into the possession of G. H. Leach, who occupied it. Sylvester L. Nash was a tenant for a time. Louis Langlois is now living in it.
32. Site of the house built by Israel Loveland, Jr., and in which he lived until his death. It disappeared many years ago. He had first lived in the log house just west of the house here numbered 28.
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33. House where Lund Barrett lives.
34. House where Mrs. Emma Dinsmoor lives.
35. Present residence of Sylvester L. Nash. This house was built by James Chapman in 1877. It was eventually occupied by Mrs. Maria P. Russell, who had been divorced from Eugene P. Nash. Mr. S. L. Nash had lived on a farm in Gilsum, also at 31 of the outside numbers. He recently moved here.
36. House of Martha Guillow, where Cora Burpee lives.
37. This house was built by Willard S. Cady about 1852, but he did not finish it. Truman Bill bought it and lived here till his death in 1860. His brother, Otis Bill, lived with him several years. John Bahan lived here two years from 1869. He then went to Harrisville for a few years, then came back to Gilsum and lived at 24 of the outside numbers for a certain time. Charles E. Crouch lived here a short time, leaving in 1877. Lawrence A. Gravlin settled here in 1879, and now lives at 10 of the outside numbers. Other residents have been Joseph S. Bingham and John Pletzner. It is now the residence of Charles Leach.
38. This house was made of an old shop moved here in 1861 for Otis Bill. Mr. Bill was crippled by an accident when a school-boy. He made the shop into a house and died here in 1878. Daniel Carley Guillow, a shoemaker, came here to take care of Mr. Bill, and died here in 1876. John L. Foss next moved here, and died in 1879. The place is now occupied by George Byron Alexander.
39. This house was first built by Jacob D. Nash, near the old John Guillow place. Mr. Nash moved it to this place and lived in it a few years. Henry C. Lawton came here in the sixties, and died here in 1865. Simeon A. Mason bought the place in 1870 and moved here from Keene. He afterwards moved to Marlow and rented this house to Daniel Nevers. Solomon M. Howard lived here many years, and his widow, Mrs. Lura Alfreda (Nash) Howard, still lives here.
40. The old Thompson house. Benjamin Thopmson came from Alstead and settled here about 1798. He lost his right hand in a corn mill, but could work successfully at all kinds of farm work. John Thompson lived here with his father until his death in 1840, when still a young man. He was the father of Mrs. Francis C. Minor of Gilsum. Levi Barrett moved here in 1841, and remained until he moved to the village in 1867. He married a daughter of Benjamin Thompson, and was the father of Marshall J. and Sidney E. Barrett, both of whom settled in Sullivan. James L. Bates, who had lived at 180 several years, came here in 1871 and remained eight years. The house is now occupied by August Lassman.
41. The site of a mill which was begun by Joseph Foster of Sullivan, in 1830-31, but never finished. The remains of the old dam may also be seen. Mr. Foster intended it for an organ factory.
42. The old Dean house. It was built by David Dean, Jr., who lived here many years. Later occupants were Samuel Frost, Warren Farrington, James William Bates, and Harvey L. Bates, who lived here many years and recently moved to 28 (of the Gilsum numbers).
43. The old Corey place. Samuel Corey settled first at 189 in Sullivan.
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In a short time he moved across the town line and built a house here. His son, Benjamin Corey, succeeded him on the farm, and built this house in 1823. He lived here until 1876, when he built the house at 30 (of the Gilsum numbers). He moved to the latter house and died there. He was succeeded on the farm by his grandson, Woodbury Corey, who has now moved to the house at 30 (Gilsum number), and this house is unoccupied.
44. The " mines " of Daniel H. Corey. The reddish, stony soil in this locality is full of glittering iron pyrites, which Mr. Corey mistook for gold. In his insanity, he would dig for " gold " by the hour, and the holes which he dug are still visible. For his murder of Mrs. Nash, see pages 360-61.
45. Site of the old Daniel Nash house. Mr. Nash built the house about 1818 and died in 1830. His second wife was the widow of Ezra Bridge of Keene, and the mother of the late Nahum Bridge of East Sullivan. She moved from this house to Keene, Oct. 21, 1831, and the farm was soon sold and pastured and not inhabited again.
46. The old Stephen White place. James Kingsbury, who had lived at several places in Sullivan, began a house here in 1801-2. In 1802 Stephen White bought the place and lived here until his death, at the age of 99, the oldest person who ever died in Gilsum. His son, Alvin White, succeeded him here. The house is now occupied by Andrew J. Heath.
47. The " Bear Den," just west of the town line in Gilsum. In addition to the cave, Mr. John Bliss has recently discovered near here a very remarkable natural curiosity which he calls the " Indian Profile." A curious formation of rocks, superimposed one upon another, creates the appearance of a surprisingly perfect profile of an Indian, which is even more wonderful than the " Bear Den " itself. This place is difficult of access. It can be reached by a route northerly from the house of M. J. Barrett (255) in Sullivan, or one can go to the old Henry Bingham house on Bingham Hill in Gilsum, near the Keene road, and take an old road leading easterly, then diverge southerly to the "Den." In any case, strangers should have a guide.
KEENE NUMBERS.
48. Site of the old house where Elisha Ellis lived, also Abiah Ellis, after him. The cellar is still quite distinctly traced. Elisha Ellis was a son of Joseph Ellis, who lived in what is now Sullivan, on or near the site of 102, and the brother of Benjamin, Joseph, Jr., Simeon, and Nathan Ellis, all of Sullivan, also an uncle of Asa Ellis of Sullivan.
49. Lanmon Nims built this house about 1838 and lived here about six years. It was purchased in 1845 by A. Seward Wood, who lived here three years and sold it, in 1848, to Caleb Winch, a native of Sullivan, who lived here a short time, then sold it to Jerome Lebourveau, who now lives in Walpole, a native of Swanzey. Mr. Lebourveau sold it to Orlando and Alfred Seward. It was finally purchased by Nahum Wright, who lived here until his death. His widow (who was his second wife) still lives in the house.
50. Site of the saw-mill built by Lanmon Nims and operated, after him, by A. Seward Wood, Caleb Winch (in partnership with S. N. Fifield), Mr. Lebourveau, and the Sewards, all of whom lived at 49. It is many years since it ceased to be operated and it has now disappeared.
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51. The old Wood house. Joshua Wood settled in a house upon this site. This house replaces the former house, which was burned. Joshua Wood died here in the early twenties, and his son, Amos, purchased the place at an auction in 1822 and lived here many years. William Nims bought the farm and lived here for a time, then sold it to Joseph Seward of Sullivan, who placed his daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Lyman P. Petts, upon the farm, who spent their lives here and raised a large family of children. It has passed into possession of J. Fred Price who lives upon the place.
ROXBURY NUMBERS.
52. Site of a shanty erected for wood-choppers. Sherman H. Howard of Gilsum once lived here for a short time. Other occupants were obscure foreign- ers, employed by others, and with no local attachments.
53. The old William Stoddard Buckminster farm. Mr. Buckminster was the father of Franklin and David W. Buckminster, both of whom lived in Sullivan, the former many years at 24, the latter for a few years at 14 in the village of East Sullivan. David W. Buckminster succeeded his father upon this place and lived here many years and eventually moved into Keene, where he died very suddenly. The place passed into possession of Elbridge Kingsbury, who still owns it. Mr. Kingsbury lived here several years, then moved to Keene. He has rented the house for several seasons to parties of young ladies, some of whom are painters and artists of different kinds, others of whom are their pupils.
54. A cottage owned by Elbridge Kingsbury and which he has rented to many different persons who have remained for short lengths of time. Recently it has been rented to Willis Cunningham and his mother, and still more recently to William Mark and Elwyn W. Wilcox. J. Byron Holt now lives in the house.
55. Site of a house occupied for several years by Zopher Wright, a native of Sullivan, and a son of Reuben Wright, who lived at 201 and 202.
56. Site of a house occupied for a short time by Franklin Buckminster and, later, by Samuel Parker, more generally known as " Sammie " Parker.
NELSON NUMBERS.
57. The so-called G. S. Lawrence place, still in use. Arthur Newcomb has been living here a few years. Further west is the Hermon Wheeler house, where Cassius Phillips lives. West of this is the old Goodnow house now owned by Mr. Ruggles. Still further west is the old Phillips house where Henry Nims lived a long time, also Charles W. Buckminster.
58. Here is where Capt. Jonathan Lovejoy lived, the father of Mrs. Silas Black and of Mrs. Jeremy Morey. The house is not standing.
59. Site of the house where Alpheus Davis lived. He was the brother of Isaac Davis, Sr., of Roxbury. One of his sons married a daughter of Reuben Morse of Sullivan. No other family lived here and the house disappeared more than 75 years ago.
60. The site of a house in which Tilly Moors Davis lived, a son of Alpheus mentioned in the preceding paragraph. Tilly was a fiddler and fiddled for dancing parties. He had a son who was drowned, when a lad, in Woodward Pond. Another son, John Merrill Davis, lived in the family of Reuben Morse. Tilly finally moved to Langdon. No other family lived here. The house dis- appeared early in the nineteenth century.
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