A history of the town of Sullivan, New Hampshire, 1777-1917, Volume II, Part 22

Author: Seward, Josiah Lafayette, 1845-1917
Publication date: 1921
Publisher: [Keene, N.H., Sentinel printing Co.]
Number of Pages: 890

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2. STEPHEN6 FOSTER, JR., son of Stephen5, 1, lived in S., on the old Reuben Wright farm, at 202, from his marriage, in 1824, until 1837; then in Gilsum, where he d., Aug. 12, 1870. He was a farmer. He m., Feb. 25, 1824, Nancy Briggs, b. in Keene, Nov. 27, 1800; d. in Gilsum, Apr. 9, 1882 ; dau. of Elisha and Nancy (Wheeler) Briggs. He had two ch .: 1. Maria Theresa7, b. in S., at 202, June 27, 1825; m. Jesse Dart, q. v. 2. George West™; b. in S., at 202, Aug. II, 1833; m., June 5, 1858, Jemima Fisk Mason, b. in S., Feb. 25, 1840; d. in Keene, Dec. 5, 1895; dau. of Ashley and Roxana (Nims) Mason. He was a good musician, res. in Keene, and taught vocal and instrumental music, organ, violin and piano, for many years. He d. in Keene, June 27, 1889. He had no ch. He edited a singing book. He also had a store in which he sold music and musical instruments.

3. EPHRAIM6 FOSTER, son of Stephen5, 1, m., Ist, May 5, 1826, Sibyl Norcross Mason, b. in Dublin (Harrisville), Aug. 25, 1803; d. in Keene, March 24, 1856; dau. of Bela and Sarah (Norcross) Mason; m. 2d, by Rev. I. P. Humphrey, in Winchester, March 16, 1858, Mary Ann Wright, b. in Win- chester (?), ab. Jan., 1814; d. in Keene, Feb. 14, 1867. Mr. Foster was a black-

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smith. He lived many years in S., at first at 237, from 1825 to 1828 or 1829, working in the shop that stood at 91 ; then he built the house, in 1829, at 196, on his father's farm, where H. C. Rawson lives, working in his father's shop at 198; then he bought the house at 97, where he lived from 1832 until 1839, work- ing again in the shop that stood at 91 ; then he lived a short time at 235, in 1839; then, 1840-1841, in the old Muzzy house, at 87 ; then, from 1842 to 1844, in the old Cummings house, at 178; then a few months, in 1845, at 101 ; after which, he moved to Keene, where he d., Aug. 5, 1889. He was an intelligent man and a very valuable citizen. He had six ch .: 1. Sarah Norcross7, b. in S., at 237, May 18, 1827 ; d. in Keene, s. p., July 31, 1869 ; m., May 4, 1846, Gilman Clifford Sanborn of Windsor, N. H., b. in Sanbornton, June 5, 1820; d. in War- ner, where they r., Apr. 16, 1855; son of Walden and Lucy (Andrews) Sanborn. 2. Mary Jane 7, b. in S., at 196, Apr. 5, 1829 ; d. in Keene, May 7, 1886; m., Aug. 30, 1848, William Bailey Downer, b., July 31, 1828 ; d. in Keene, Mar. 28, 1879; two ch. : I. Mary Ellen &, b. in Charlestown, Oct. 28, 1852 ; d. there, Mar. 16, 1861 ; 2. Anna Foster 8, b. in Charlestown, Nov. 9, 1860; m. in 1889, Homer A. Davis, M. D., of Hanover, N. H., and Dickinson, N. Dak. 3. Ellen Elizabeth 7, b. in S., at 97, June 27, 1833 ; living in 1910, at Hillsborough Bridge ; m., May 17, 1859, John Goodell, M. D., b. in Hillsborough, May 18, 1829, son of George Dodge and Rebecca (Andrews) Goodell; gr. at the College of Physicians and Surgeons (department of Columbia University) in 1859 and has been practising half a century in Hillsborough ; two ch. ; 1. May Clifford 8, b. in Hillsborough, May 1, 1860; 2. Carrie Andrews 8, b. in Hillsborough, Feb. 25, 1862 ; d. there, May 17, 1868. 4. Ephraim Sumner7, b. in S., at 97, Feb. 24, 1835; d. there, Mar. 12, 1838 ; 5. Mason", b. in S., at 235, Aug. 28, 1839 ; still living in Pittsfield, Pike Co., Ill .; m., June 10, 1868, Bessie Jane Grey, who was b., Oct. 26, 1839 ; no ch. ; 6. Sumner Carleton 7, b. in S., at 101, June 28, 1845; d. at Fabyan's, N. H., Nov. 23, 1888 ; m., Mar. 3, 1870, Eleanor Cynthia Kimball, b. in Charlestown, N. H., Feb. 12, 1846; d. there, June 1, 1882 ; dau. of Brooks and Priscilla Vinal (Bisbee) Kimball. One ch., Carl Brooks8, b. in Charlestown, N. H., Dec. 2, 1870; d. there, Feb. 3, 1871.

4. DEA. JOSEPH6 FOSTER, son of Stephen5, 1, d. in Keene, Oct. 3, 1875. He was a wonderful man. He had a remarkably inventive brain. He made a telephone which connected his factory with the Town (now City) Hall and Court House before anybody had announced the famous invention. He invented a machine to spin wool from the mass, without carding, by drawing out the fibre in a continuous thread. The machine was in the shop when he died, but no one else could ever put it together. He built, in 1829, the first cabinet organ ever made, the work being done in the old Hemenway shop in S., at 209, which Mr. Foster afterwards purchased. He was experimenting with electricity, at the same time as Morse, and along similar, lines. He left in his house an instrument combining pipe organ, reed organ, and piano, but no one else could ever repair and tune it. See pages 565, 574, and 614. In S., Mr. Foster owned the house at 210 and the shop at 209, for a year, 1832-33, and he also began to build a shop, just across the town line, at 41 of the Gilsum numbers, but did not finish it. After his marriage, he lived in Winchester and Keene, in which latter place, he had a melodeon and organ manufactory, his brother Ephraim being

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associated with him a part of the time. He d. in Keene, Oct. 3, 1875. He m. Ist, June 3, 1835, Susan Stratton, b. in Northfield, Mass., Sept. 23, 1817 ; d. in Keene, Dec. 15, 1859; dau. of Harvey and Hannah (Foster) Stratton. He m. 2d, in Keene, by Rev. L. Tracy, Apr. 10, 1861, Harriet Eliza Snow, b. in West- moreland, Oct. 15, 1827 ; still living in Keene (1910) ; dau. of Martin and Lucinda (Gilbert) Snow. He was a deacon of the Baptist Church in Keene for twenty- eight years. He had six ch .: 1. Joseph Hervey7, b. in Winchester, Sept. 25, 1839; d. in Oriole, Florida, March 11, 1886; m., Oct. 17, 1865, Mary Crane, who d., Feb. 1873. They had a son, Hervey Crane8, b. in Lawrence, Kansas, Sept. 8, 1869; m., Nov. 28, 1889, Alice Cook ; has four sons and a dau. 2. Susan Augusta7, b. in Winchester, May 21, 1845; m., Dec. 25, 1868, John Henry Loomis, b. in Whitehall, N. Y., Aug. 9, 1842 ; son of Ormond and Jane M. (Cadwell) Loomis of Napoleon, Henry Co., Ohio. They res. in Chicago, Ill., where he was the principal of a school. One son, Fred. Foster8, b. in Chicago, Ill., Nov. 7, 1879; emp. in Illinois Steel Co., Chicago; m., Oct. 10, 1905, Ruth Johnson. No ch. 3. Emily Lucinda7, b. in Keene, Oct. 20, 1849; d. in Green- field, Mass., June 1, 1908; m., Nov. 2, 1874, Clarence Franklin Foster, b. at Shelburne Falls, Mass., Dec. 25, 1844; son of Dan and Maria Louise (Doty) Foster. He is a jeweller at Greenfield, Mass. One ch., Ethel Louise8, b. in Greenfield, Mass., June 1, 1876; d. there, Apr. 13, 1877. 4. Charles Edwin7, b. in Keene, Aug. 1, 1864 ; d. there, Nov. 19, 1866; 5. Grace Mary7, b. in Keene, Nov. 6, 1866; unm., res. in Keene. 6. Arthur Stephen7, b. in Keene, July 13, 1870; unm., res. in Keene.

5. MARY6 FOSTER, dau. of Stephen5, 1, m. in Marlow, by Rev. Seth Allen, Feb. 5, 1829, Cutler Knight, b. in Marlow, Mar. 28, 1804; d. there, Mar. 31, 1861 ; son of Joseph and Nancy (Wilder) Knight. They res. in the south- east corner of Marlow, where all their ch. were born. He was a farmer. She d. in Holyoke, Mass., Sept. 20, 1894; burial in Keene, to which place the body of Mr. Knight was brought, after having been buried several years in the cemetery in " Leominster Corner" in Stoddard. Seven ch. : 1. Elva Frances", b., Apr. 20, 1830; d., June 22, 1869; m. in 1852, Peter O. Lynde, by whom she had two ch., Joseph Edward8, b., Dec. 9, 1854, and Mary Ann8, b., Jan. 3, 1857, who m. James Bigelow. 2 and 3. A son7 and dau.7, twins, b., May 6, 1832; both d. on the day of birth. 4. Frederick", b., Apr. 22, 1834; d. in Fitchburg, Mass., July 31, 1882 ; m., Sept. 14, 1859, Emily Baird ; one ch., Frank Ewin8, b., May 31, 1860; res. in Baltimore. 5. Henry7, b., June 6, 1836; m., Aug. 22, 1865, Amanda McAdam ; res. Middletown, Ohio. 6. George Edwin7, b., July 7, 1842 ; unm., ; d. in a hospital, near Nicholville, Ky., in the army, Sept. 3, 1863, mem- ber of Co. A, 36th Mass. Vols. 7. Mary Lucina1, b., Apr. 7, 1845; m., Dec. 25, 1866, George Andrew Henry, b. in Boston (?), Mass., Aug. 10. 1843; son of Andrew and Jemima (Pope) Henry. One ch., Carrie Estella®, b. in Fitchburg, Mass., Dec. 14, 1867 ; d. there, July 25 (?), 1869.

6. HOSEA6 FOSTER, son of Stephen5, 1, lived in S., at first on the homestead, at 196, about 1833-1841 ; then in the western end of the Peabody house, at 235, about 1841-43; then in a house built by himself, upon leased land, at 101, 1843-48; when he moved to Keene, where he d., Dec. 24, 1898, at the house of his dau., Mrs. Taft, on Marlboro Street. He was several years

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town clerk of Sullivan, and the clerk of the Baptist Church. He was a carpenter, · and also made coffins, and was, for some time, the burial sexton in Sullivan, also, for several years, in Keene. In Keene, he was employed in the organ shop of his brothers, also worked in a shop as a a door-moulder. He was injured, late in life (see page 614), after which he was employed as a copyist in the office of the registry of deeds. He m., in Nelson, by Rev. C. Cummings of S., Nov. 27, 1833, Nancy Richardson of Nelson, b. in Boston, Mass .. Mar. 14, 1810; d. in Keene, Sept. 27, 1873; dau. of Matthew and Nancy (Brackett) Richardson. He had one ch., Everetta Cornelia7, b. in S., at 196, Oct. 7, 1834; m., May 7, 1874, Lucius Craig Taft, b. in Townshend, Vt., Sept. 6, 1820; d. in Keene, March 4, 1910; son of Josiah and Olive (Wilkinson) Taft of Townshend. Mrs. Taft had no ch.

II. FAMILY OF WARREN FOSTER.

1. WARREN3 FOSTER, son of Samuel2 and Polly (Bisbee) Foster, and grandson of Eliphalet1 Foster, was b. in Castleton, Vt., Apr. 2, 1814; d. in Keene, Sept. 11, 1886; m. Ist, Mar. 6, 1838, Sarah Colony Metcalf, b. in Keene, July 29, 1815; d. there, Mar. 15, 1841 ; dau. of Frederick and Esther (Dwinell) Metcalf. He m. 2d, June 7, 1842, Jane Sawyer, b. in Antrim, Dec. 26, 1812; dau. of Tristram and Mary Ann (Templeton) Sawyer. She d. in Fitchburg, Mass., Feb. 21, 1899; burial in Keene. He was a farmer and lived in Keene, Hillsborough, Gilsum, S., at 228, from 1860 to 1864, then in Keene. He had five ch. : 1. Charles Warren4, b. in Keene, Nov. 22, 1838, who m. Ist, Martha Bryant, who d. at Kingston, Pa., in 1876; m. 2d, July 1878, Mary Ann Temple- ton, b. in Hillsborough, ab. 1841 ; dau. of Daniel and Mary (Davis) Templeton. Three ch. by Ist w. : I. Edwin Warren5, b. in Kingston, Pa., in 1861 ; 2. Frank5, b. in same place, 1867 ; 3. Georgeo, b. in same place, Feb. 1874. 2. Mary Ellen4, b. in Hillsborough, Mar. 7, 1843. 3. Jane Frances4, b. in Hillsborough, Feb. 23, 1845 ; d. in Keene, Jan. 10, 1872 ; m. George Smith of Winchendon, Mass., by whom she had a ch., Augusta Nellies, b. in Keene, Jan. 2, 1872. 4. Elizabeth Mack4, b. in Hillsborough, Oct. 31, 1846; m., Jan. 1, 1866, Henry Levi Smith, b. in Keene, Feb. 13, 1840; d. in Keene, Sept. 11, 1868, son of Levi and Eliza (Wright) Smith. One ch., Henry Dwight5, b. in Keene, Aug. 1, 1867. 5. George Maurice 4, b. in Hillsborough, Mar. 14, 1854.

III. FAMILY OF JOHN FOSTER.

1. JOHNI FOSTER was b. in Gloucester, Mass., Aug. 6, 1812. We have not learned his parentage. His daughter was unable to give the name of his father or of his mother. He lived in 1858-59, upon the old Solomon Esty farm, at 144, formerly the Jonathan Kendall place. He was a farmer. He m., in Surry, by Rev. Z, S. Barstow of Keene, Dec 5, 1839, Harriet Palmer, b. in Richmond, N. H., Apr. 17, 1819; d. in Fitchburg, Mass., Aug. 11, 1888; dau. of Alexander W. and Betsey (Alexander) Palmer. Mr. Foster d. in Keene, Jan. 9, 1869. They had two ch. : I. Sarah Blake2, b. in Charlestown, N. H., Mar. 17, 1843; m. in S., Nov. 25, 1858, to George F. Russell, q. v. 2. George Henry2, b. in Charlestown, N. H., Feb. 21, 1845; d. in Swanzey, Feb. 2, 1853.

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The Fowlers are descended from,-I. ABNER1 FOWLER, b., in 1635, in

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Killarney, Munster Co., Ireland; through II. SAMUEL2 FOWLER, the latter's son, b. in 1660; III. JACOBS FOWLER, Samuel's2 son, b. in 1692; IV. SAMUEL4 FOWLER, Jacob's3 son, h. in 1722; V. ABNER" FOWLER, son of the preceding Samuel4, b. in 1753; VI. DAVID6 FOWLER, son of the preceding Abner5, b. in 1783; VII. REV. THOMAS7 L. FOWLER, son of David6, b. in Bridgewater, N. H., Oct. 10, 1823, who m. Ist, Aug. 20, 1844, Mary F., dau. of Rev. Benjamin Hazelton of Northfield, N. H. She d. in 1847. He m. 2d, May 10, 1848, Nancy M. Giles, b. in Windsor, Me., Feb. 25, 1827 ; dau. of Levi Giles. They had five ch. : Eugene A8 .; Herschell }8., proprietor of the large box factory on Island St., in Keene; Orrin R8 .; Orris Lee8; and Manson Lord,8 1.

1. MANSON LORD8 FOWLER, son of Rev. Thomas7 L., VII., was b. in Marlborough, Feb. 3, 1859; still living in Keene; m., Apr. 22, 1885, Fanny Eldora Holbrook, b. in Swanzey, May 23, 1863; dau. of Simeon H. and Mary L. (Ballou) Holbrook. He bought the Ellis mill at 110, and a part of the Ellis farm, and lived at III twelve and a half years, from 1893 to 1906. He then moved to Keene and has been employed since in the box manufactory of his brother, Herschell J. Fowler. He had three ch .: 1. Josephine Mary9, b. in Winchester, June 9, 1887, living in Keene, and the cashier at the store of W. L. Goodnow & Co .; 2. Edith Helen9, b. in Dublin, June 22, 1890; d. there, Sept. 9, 1890; 3. June Alice9, b. in Keene, Mar. 27, 1892 ; d. there, July 19, 1892.

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1. PETER! FREEMAN, a negro, who lived on the old Col. White farm, before the latter's occupancy of it, at 73, a house which was last used by Fred- erick B. Nims, did not probably know his age or even his ancestry. He was one of several negroes who came to town from Sterling and neighboring towns in Massachusetts. He was m. in Packersfield (Nelson) by Rev. Gad Newell, Nov. 12, 1798, to Catherine Bozroth (as nearly as we can decipher the chirography of her last name on the S. records). In Mr. Newell's return of the marriage, she is simply called Miss Catherine. She probably did not know her age and, very likely, knew little or nothing of her parentage. Peter lived at 73 about ten years, owning the place from 1794 to 1804, when he sold to Col. Solomon White, who sold it later to his grandson, Frederick B. Nims. All of the latter's children were born here, and one of them, George II. Nims, has erected a marble monu- inent to mark the house site and to commemorate the births of the Nims children. Peter Freeman had four children that were born here: I. Electa2 (spelled Electia or Eleutia on the town records), b., Sept. 4, 1798; 2. Lydia2, b., Mar. 26, 1801 ; 3. Merrill Daniels2, b., July 4, 1803; 4. Clarissa2, b., Dec. 17, 1804.

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I. FAMILY OF JOSEPH FRENCH.

1. JOSEPH1 FRENCH became a resident of S. after his marriage to the widow of John Wright. With the exception of his daughter, Arethusa, wife of Joseph Mason, Jr., who had come to town long before he did, no one of his family, excepting himself, ever lived in S. We have, therefore, not attempted any extended notice of his children, because they more properly belong to other

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towns. We learn that his grandfather settled in Attleborough, Mass., as early as 1720. Joseph had lived in Chelmsford, Mass., before he came to that part of Marlborough which is now the north-east part of Troy, N. H., where Joseph Haskell was living in 1897. In 1808, he sold this farm to Hezekiah Hodgkins and went to Ludlow, Vt. His first wife was Ruth Farrar. He m. 2d, Nov. 24, 1817, Mrs. Phebe (Stoddard) Wright, widow of John Wright, q. v. After this, he lived, from 1817 to 1833, on the farm in S. that Mr. Wright left to his heirs, at 3. He then sold the place and went to Vermont. Phebe was the daughter of Richard and Rachel (Hill) Stoddard. We have not ascertained the place and date of her birth or of her death. We know of the following four ch. of Mr. French, by his former wife : I. Sarah2, probably the eldest, 2; 2. Bridget2, 3, probably younger than Sarah ; 3. Arethusa2, b. in Chelmsford, Mass., Sept. 14, 1778; m. Joseph Mason, Jr., q. v. ; 4. Vryling2, b. perhaps in Chelmsford, Mass., ab. 1779; d. in Fitzwilliam (now Troy), Nov. 14, 1804, ae. 25; unm.

2. SARAH2 FRENCH, dau. of Joseph1, 1, was perhaps b. in Chelmsford, Mass., but we are not sure of the place of her birth and do not know the date. She d. in Alstead, March 2, 1839; she m., Jan. 1, 1800, Samuel Thurston ; b. in Marlboro, Aug. 16, 1775 ; d. in Alstead, Dec. 23, 1873 ; son of David and Eunice (Whitney) Thurston. They had six ch., whose genealogy we have traced quite fully, but shall abbreviate the record here, because the family does not strictly belong to the town. They were : I. Louisa 3, b. in Alstead, Dec. 16, 1800; d. in Gilsum, Nov. 6, 1835; m., Oct. 15, 1817, Timothy Dort of Gilsum; b. there, Nov. 6, 1797 ; d. at Butler, Ill .. Nov. 24, 1860; son of Timothy and Margaret (Taylor) Dort. She had three ch .: I. Sarah French4, who m. Levi Mansfield and had four ch .; 2. Joseph Hartley4, who m. Sabrina Huldah Mack, and had 5 ch .; 3. Mary Louisa4, b. in Gilsum, Oct. 24, 1831, who m. Claudius B. Hayward, q. v. 2. Jonas Gilman3, b. in Alstead, Oct. 8, 1802; d. there, Apr. 17, 1804. 3. Joseph3, b. in Alstead, May 30, 1804, see family of JOSEPH THURSTON in the genealogies. 4. Hartley3, b. in Alstead, Mar. 3, 1806; d. there, Feb. 13, 1880; m., June 6, 1832, Arminda Robinson, b. in Greenfield, N. H., Jan. 14, 18II ; d. in Berlin, Wis., July 3, 1879; dau. of Benjamin and Esther (Greeley) Robinson, and a cousin of Hon. Horace Greeley of the N. Y. Tribune. He had three ch .: I. Andrew Jackson4, b. in Alstead, Dec. 6, 1835; d. in the army, at Nashville, Tenn., Nov. 10, 1864; m. Jane Delzell of Manchester, Wis., and had three ch .; 2. Marian Emogene4, b. in Gilsum, Sept. 16, 1844; m. Erastus Darwin Corning, and had 4 ch .; 3. Emma Estelle4, b. in Gilsum, Dec. 18, 1850 ; m. Hon. Thomas Curran Ryan of Berlin, Merrill, and Wauseca, in the state of Wisconsin. He was a county judge and district attorney. She had four ch. 5. Alden Spooner3, b. in Alstead, Sept. 12, 1809, d. in Everett, Mass., Dec. II, 1900; m., Sept. 15, 1836, Esther Adaline Miller, b., July 20, 1812; dau. of Robert and Mary (Boyce) Miller of Marlow. She d. in Alstead, May 18, 1878. He was a veteran school-teacher, having taught from 21 to 66 years of age, 55 terms in all, and over 2000 pupils. He had five ch., all b. in Alstead : I. George Franklin4, b., Feb. 17, 1838; d., Oct. 7, 1839; 2. Charles Samuel4, b., Aug. 21, 1840; d. at Pesotum, Ill., Apr. 18, 1864, a school-teacher ; 3. Edwin Alden4, b., Nov. 5, 1843, m. Nellie Louise Reeves of Suffield, Conn., and had two ch .; 4. Lorenzo Goldsbury4, b., Jan. 26, 1847; unm .; emp. by Boston & Maine R. R .;

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5. Harriet Ellen4, b., Aug. 27, 1852, m. Edwin Emerson Roundy ; res. Everett, Mass .; two ch. 6. Franklin Robinson Thurston3, b. in Alstead, Jan. 22, 1815 ; d. in Concord, Mass., Jan. 4, 1901 ; m. Ist, May 24, 1838, Fanny Lovisa Holman of Roxbury ; b. there, Aug. 31, 1816; d. in Marlborough, Dec. 23, 1870; dau. of Dea. Charles and Polly (Converse) Holman. He m. 2d, Nov. 28, 1878, Mrs. Hannah Elizabeth (Nichols) Hoit of Concord, N. H .; b. in Boston, Mass., July 12, 1828; dau. of Luther W. and Hannah (Tompkins) Nichols and widow of Sewell Hoit. He had two ch. : I. Charles Holman4, b. in Marlborough, June 3, 1842; m. Amanda Caroline Frost and had four ch. 2. Ella Chestina4, b. in Marlborough, Dec. 4, 1848; m. Horatio S. Richardson of Concord, Mass., a druggist, and had a son, Frank Lindon Richardson5.

3. , BRIDGET2 FRENCH, dau. of Joseph1, 1, m., June 23, 1803, Jonas Knight of Fitzwilliam, b. there, Feb. 13, 1778; son of Jonas and Abigail (May- nard) Knight. She d. in Fitzwilliam. Oct. 13, 1804. We have not ascertained the place and date of her birth. She left a dau., Abigail Bridget3, b. in Fitz- william in 1804.

II. FAMILY OF REV. DAVID P. FRENCH.

1. REV. DAVID PATTEN2 FRENCH, b. in Bedford, N. H., Feb. I, 1817 ; d. in Nashville, Ill., Apr. 29, 1886, according to Carter's Native Ministry, but 1889, according to other records. He was the son of Isaac P.1 and Clarissa (Barnes) French. The record of his ministerial service may be seen on page 432. The statement there made, that he was b. in Lyndeborough, following Carter's Native Ministry, is wrong. We find that the Bedford town records record his birth as having been in that town. He was pastor of the Baptist Church in S., 1838-40, and boarded at Hosea Foster's, at 196. He m., Aug. 3, 1840, in Peter- borough, by Rev. Zebulon Jones, Mehetabel Foster, b. in S., May 2, 1813; d. at Nashville, Ill., Feb. 18, 1890; dau. of Stephen and Lydia (Nichols) Foster. They had four ch. : 1. Anne Elizabeth3, 2, b. in Marlborough, May 1, 1841 ; 2. Clarissa Barnes3, 3, b. in Swanzey, Dec. 15, 1844; 3. Maria Jane3, 4, b. in Goffstown, July 12, 1847 ; 4. George Gilman3, 5, b. in Lyndeborough, Dec. 18, 1850.

2. ANNE ELIZABETH& FRENCH, dau. of Rev. David P.2, 1, d. in Greenville, Ill., Nov. 25, 1865 ; m., May 1, 1861, Oscar Hill, b. in Carrolton, Ill., Dec. 26, 1836; son of Robert L. and Maria (Tunstel) Hill. She had two ch .: I. Herbert L.4, b. in Jerseyville, Ill., May 16, 1863; res. Chicago, Ill. ; 2. Charles French4, b. in Greenville, Ill., Nov. 14, 1865; d. at Irvington, Ill., Aug. 30, 1867.

3. CLARISSA BARNES3 FRENCH, dau. of Rev. David P.2, 1, m., Feb. 1, 1872, Walter H. Way, b. at Cool Spring, Ohio, Jan. 20, 1849 ; d. at Nashville, Ill., Jan. 6, 1886; son of Allen S. and Eunice E. (DeMoe) Way. She was a graduate of Almira College, Ill., and stands high among the teachers of that state. She had four ch. : 1. Walter Barnes4, b. at Nashville, Ill., Aug. 19, 1873 ; d. there, June 29, 1875 ; 2. Elizabeth Mabel4, b. in same place, Aug. 17, 1875 ; d. there, Mar. 30, 1877 ; 3. Eunice Hope4, b. in same place, Feb. 26, 1877 ; 4. Jessie Kathrina4, b. in same place, Dec. 7, 1881.

4. MARIA JANE3 FRENCH, dau. of Rev. David P.2, 1, d. at Cairo, Ill., Jan. 29, 1889; m., June 16, 1868, Edmund Sabin Dewey, b. in Lenox, Mass., Nov. 10, 1836; son of Oliver Dewey. His mother was a Miss Sabin. He was

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the Captain of Co. C, 77th Ill. Vols., in the Civil War. Mrs. Dewey was a graduate of Almira, Ill., College. She had seven ch .: I. William Sabin4, b. at Irvington, Ill., Aug. 25, 1869; graduated in 1889 at Sioux Falls University, and is the Judge of Alexander County, S. D .; 2. George French4, b. at Irvington, Ill., Nov. 19, 1870; educated at the Univ. of Ill., at Champaign, making a specialty of civil engineering; m. Margaret S. Clarkson; res. at Charlestown, Mo .; one dau., Frances Jeanette5, b., Oct. 6, 1896; 3. Charles Beveridge4, b. at Cairo, Ill., Nov. 27, 1872; 4. Jane Elizabeth4, b. at Cairo, Ill., Dec. 22, 1874; 5. Myra Josephine4, b. at Cairo, Ill., Nov. 2, 1877 ; 6. John Myron4, twin, b. at Cairo, Nov. 2, 1877 ; 7. Robert Edmund4, b. at Cairo, Ill., Nov. 25, 1880; d. there, Dec. 13, 1880 (both the birth date and death date correcting published Foster genealogy).

5. GEORGE GILMAN3 FRENCH, son of Rev. David P.2,1, studied at the Ill. Agricultural College and at the Harvard and Ohio Medical Schools, and is a physician, res. at Belvidere, Ill., and Lake Forest, Ill. He m., Feb. 21, 1877, Harriet Marian Pettit, b., May 18, 1849; dau. of David and Sarah (Rankin) Pettit. He has one ch., Lucile +, b. at Belvidere, Ill., Sept. 22, 1881.

FROST.

I. ELDER EDMUND1 FROST and his wife, Thomasine, came to America, from Ipswich, Eng., in 1635, in the " Great Hope." He settled in Cambridge, Mass., and was elected a ruling elder of the First Church. He d. in Cambridge, Mass., July 12, 1672. His first and second wives, Thomasine and Mary, died there. His 3d wife was Rena, widow of Robert Daniels. II. His son, DR. SAM- UEL2 FROST, b. in Cambridge, Feb. 12, 1638, m. Ist, Oct. 12, 1663, Mary Coale. He m., 2d, Elizabeth, dau. of Rev. John Miller. He moved to Billerica, ab. 1670, where he married his third wife, Ruth. He d. in Billerica, Jan. 7, 1717/8. III. JOSEPH3 FROST, son of Dr. Samuel2, b. in Billerica, Mass., Dec. 23, 1680, m. Ist, Jan. 12, 1707/8, Sarah Whittemore, widow of John. She d., Apr. 1717. He m., 2d, Hannah Estabrook. He lived in Charlestown, Mass., and moved, in 1740, to Sherborn. IV. JONATHAN4 FROST, son of Joseph3 and Hannah, b. in Sherborn, Mass., Feb. 27, 1738; d. in Marlborough, N. H., of the small-pox, Sept. 25, 1776. He m. in Sherborn, in 1760, Martha Leland. He moved to Marlbor- ough in 1775, after having seen a little service in the Revolution. His widow d. in Marlborough, Mar. 15, 1804, ae. 64. Seven of their eight ch. lived to maturity, married, and settled in Marlborough. Among them was Col. Joseph5 Frost, the grandfather of Hon. Rufus S." Frost, the benefactor of Marlborough, who pre- sented that town with its handsome stone library building.

1. ELIJAH FROST, son of Jonathan4, IV., was b. in Sherborn, Mass., Sept. 6, 1771 ; d. in Thetford, Vt., Aug. 6, 1860. He came to Marlborough with his parents and lived there until the fall of 1804, when he purchased the farm in S., at 72, which was his home for many years. He sold a half interest in this farm to his son, Benjamin6, in 1833, and Seth Nims bought the interest of both in 1837. Elijah5 Frost moved to Thetford, Vt., where he died. He m., May 22, 1794, Elizabeth (or Bessie) Farrar, in Marlborough, by Rev. H. Fish. She was b. in Newfane, Vt., Jan. 18, 1776; d. in Thetford, Vt., Dec. 26, 1841 ; dau. of Phinehas and Lavinia (Warren) Farrar. Six ch .:

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A history of the town of Sullivan, New Hampshire, 1777-1917, Volume II, Part 22

Author: Seward, Josiah Lafayette, 1845-1917 Publication date: 1921 Publisher: [Keene, N.H., Sentinel printing Co.] Number of Pages: 890

Author: Seward, Josiah Lafayette, 1845-1917
Publication date: 1921
Publisher: [Keene, N.H., Sentinel printing Co.]
Number of Pages: 890