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No. 687.
Ezra Willard Pepper, b. in Washington, Vt., June 18. 1833, a son of Willard and Rachel (Taylor) Pepper of Washington. He was a carpenter and shoemaker by trade. He married Susan E. Hyde (No. 691), and died at the late Dr. Tewksbury's home, July 30, 1900. He was admitted to the church September 1, 1891.
No. 688.
Susan Everline Hyde, b. in Newmarket. Jan. 6. 1847, a daughter of Lorenzo Dow Hyde, b. in Tamworth, and his wife Mary Smith Thompson, b. in Gilford, who moved to Hampstead, about 1856, and both died here. Susan was educated in the public schools, and for several years was a member of the church choir. She married Ezra W. Pepper (No. 687), July 30, 1865. She was admitted to the church September 1, 1891, and is present member ; they have no children.
No. 689.
Annie Sophia Knight, b. in Atkinson, Sept. 16, 1857, a daughter of Joseph Kimball Knight of Atkinson, and his wife Orphia Tuthill, of Westminster, Vt. She married Herbert W. Mills of Hampstead, son of John and Sarah
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(Cowell) Mills, Nov. 29, 1878. She was admitted to the church September 1, 1891, and is a present member, and connected with the societies of the church. They have a son, Carlisle Wellington, b. Feb. 8, 1892.
No. 690.
Annie Louise Sawyer, b. in Hampstead, July 7, 1868, a daughter of Horace and Almira W. (Bailey) Sawyer (Nos. 529, 486, and p. 378, Vol. 1.) She was educated in the pub- lie and high school. She mar. John E., son of John and Sarah (Cowell ) Mills of Hampstead. She was admitted to the church Nov. 1, 1891. Dis. to unite with the Center Church at Haverhill, Mass., October, 1902. They have no children.
No. 691.
William D. Rich, b. in He was principal of Hampstead High School the year of 1891, 1892. He was admitted to the church by letter from the Con- gregational Church in Ware, Mass., Nov. 1, 1891.
No. 692.
Forrest Eugene Merrill, b. in Georgetown, Mass., August 2, 1853, a son of Moses Merrill, Jr., deceased, and wife Laura Susan Watson, living in Georgetown. He was educated in the public schools of Georgetown, and at Atkin- son Academy and Dartmouth College. Principal of Hamp- stead High School, 1879 to 1884, and from 1891-'2 to June, 1902. He mar. Alice M. Averill (No. 693). He was admitted to the church by letter from the Provo Congrega- tional Church, Utah, Oct. 6, 1892. He was elected a deacon of the church Dec. 30, 1896 (see p. 348, Vol. 1).
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No. 693.
Alice Melisse Averill, b. in Charlestown, Mass., March 3,
FORREST E. MERRILL. NO. 692.
1865, a daughter of Charles and Eliza Ann (Ballard) Averill, both now deceased, of Boston, Mass. She married
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Forrest E. Merrill (No. 692). She was educated in the common and high school of Hampstead, living for several years with Mrs. Mary A. (Garland) Pike (No. 386). "She has an enviable musical talent, and was especially pleasing at the 150th anniversary exercises." She was admitted to the church by letter from the Provo Congregational Church at Utah, October 6, 1892. They have children :
I. Francis Eugene, b. March 31. 1885; d. Jan. 11. 1888.
II. Laura E. (No. 763.)
III. Mary Alice, b. Oet. 16, 1888.
IV. Florence Margaret, b. April 3, 1890.
V. Charlotte Ruth, b. March 8, 1892.
VI. Jeanette Edith, b. Oct. 21. 1893.
No. 694.
Mary Story Fuller, b. in Dunbarton, March 12 ,1837, a daughter of Jared and Thankful (Story ) Fuller of Dunbar- ton, now both deceased. Jared Fuller was a son of Stephen Fuller, who served in the Revolutionary war, and he, with two other soldiers. in running the blockade, carrying pro- visions to our troops at Charlestown, Mass., were fired upon. One man lost his head, and the spent bullet took off the thumb of Mr. Fuller.
Mary S. Fuller was educated at Pinkerton Academy, Derry. She married Aaron Smith, who was a soldier in the civil war. He enlisted first from Worcester, Mass., in Co. E, 42 Reg. of Infantry, for nine months. The second time in the Mass. Heavy Artillery, Co. D, 4th Reg .. and served until the close of the war, being discharged at Fort Richardson, Vt., June 17, 1865. She was admitted to the church by letter from the Pilgrim Church at Dorchester, Mass., December 15, 1892, and is a present member. They had children :-
I· Harriet Davenport, b. in Bridgton, Me., Feb. 1, 1872; d. June 11, 1874.
II. Elisabeth M. II. (No. 715).
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No. 695.
Annie Imogene Wilson, b. in Deerfield, May 22, 1866, a daughter of William B. and Belinda G. (Atwood) Wilson (No. 517). She was adm. to the church by letter from the St. James M. E. Church of Manchester, Jan. 13, 1893, and is a present member.
MISS RANLETT. NO. 697.
No. 696.
Hannah True Howard, b. in Hampstead, Sept. 14, 1801, a daughter of John and Sarah (True) Howard (see No. 172. 347). She was a tailoress by trade, and made many of the
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clothes of the residents of Hampstead, in her younger days. She was adm. to the church (unable to be present at the church) at her home, Feb. 19, 1893, and d. Jan., 1895, aged 94 years. She was unmarried, and was buried in the village cemetery.
MRS. SNOOK. NO. 698.
No. 697.
Lillian Davis Ranlett, b. in Hampstead, May 9, 1876, a daughter of Charles H. and Susan P. (Tabor) Ranlett (see pp. 375, 337, Vol. 1). She was educated in the public school
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and gra luated in the high school class of 1894. She was adm. to the church July 1, 1894, and is a present member.
No. 698.
Carrie Elsie Davis, b. in Hampstead, Nov. 2, 1876, a
MRS. DAVIS. NO. 699.
daughter of William H. and Jane R. (Taylor) Davis ( Nos. 437, 699). She was educated in the public schools, and gradu- ated from high school class of 1894, and had a musical educa- tion under private teachers. She has resided in Titusville, N. J., for a few years. She was admitted to the church
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July 1, 1894, and was dismissed to unite with the church at Titusville, Dec. 7, 1899. She m. Theodore Snook, May 19, 1903.
No. 699.
Jane Rachel Taylor, b. in Washington, Vt., July 3. 1848, a daughter of David and Sophia ( Wiley ) Taylor of Wash-
H. CLINTON DAVIS, (SEE NO. 699.)
ington. She was educated at the Normal School in Ver- mont, and was a very successful teacher in Vermont and Hampstead, before her marriage to William H. Davis, June 23, 1875 (No. 437). She was admitted to the church July 1, 1894, and is a present member, and helpful in the various forms of church work. They have children :-
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I. Carrie E. (No. 698).
II. Henry Clinton, b. June 26. 1878; who was educated in the pub- lic and high school. A member of the choir.
III. Mary G. (No. 723).
MISS SPINNEY. NO. 700.
No. 700.
Helen Ethel Spinney, b. in Haverhill, Mass., May 1, 1880, a daughter of Eugene L. and Laura A. (Merrill ) Spinney (Nos. 645, 641). She was educated in the public and high school, graduating in class of 1897, and at the summer
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schools of Plymouth. She was educated in music by private teachers. She has taught school four years in Hampstead and Charlton, Mass. She was admitted to the church July 1, 1894, and is a present member.
No. 701.
Ethel Lois Sanborn, b. in Hampstead, Feb. 22, 1878, a daughter of James W. and Flora A. (Corson) Sanborn ( Nos. 548, 549). She was educated in the public and high school graduating in class of 1894, and at Northfield, Mass. She was adm. to the church July 1, 1894, and is a present member.
No. 702.
Edith Selina Griffin, b. in Boston, Mass., Dec. 29, 1873, a daughter of Rev. Calvin B. and Mary Alice ( Hoyt) Griffin of Danville, N. H. (see Nos. 664, 616). She was a graduate of class of 1890, high school. She married Will S. Griffin (No. 709). She was admitted to the church by letter from the M. E. Church at West Hampstead, July 1, 1894, and was dis. to unite with the Center Church at Haverhill, Mass., Jan. 1, 1901.
No. 703.
Grace Melvina Bassett, b. in Hampstead, Oct. 26, 1877. a daughter of Charles and Esther S. ( Morrill) Bassett (No. 620). She was educated in the public and high school of Hampstead, graduate of class of 1894, at Groton Academy and at Ilaverhill Business College, graduate of class of 1902, and in music under private teachers, both vocal and instru- mental. She has taught school in Candia seven years, and is a present teacher there. She was adm. to the church July 1, 1894, and is a present member.
No. 704.
Kimball Kent Clark, b. in Haverhill, Mass., May 31, 1878, a son of Harlan P. and Josephine A. (Silloway) Clark
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(Nos. 710, 711). He was educated in the public and high school, class of 1898, French and American College at Spring- field, Mass., and private teachers. He mar. Lillian G. George (No. 769), and was ordained as pastor of the M. E. Church at East Deering, 1901, and transferred to Fitzwil- liam, 1902. He was adm. to the church July 1, 1894, and dis. to unite with the M. E. church at Deering, July 25, 1901 ; located at Lakeport, 1903.
No. 705.
George Jay Pinneo, b. in Hampstead, July 25, 1878, a son of George Jay Pinneo, b. in Boston, Mass. ; d. in Hamp- stead, March 22, 1901, and his wife Angeline Relief Haynes of Candia, N. H. (see No. 571). He entered the Hampstead High School at the age of twelve years, and graduated in class of 1894; entered Phillips Andover Academy, and re- mained until the spring of 1896, when he entered the New Hampshire College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts at Durham, and was graduated in June, 1901, in the agricul- tural course, taking the degree of B. S. Hle mar. LuIn Warren of Lee, June, 1901. He was adm. to the church July 1, 1894, and is a present member.
No. 706.
Rev. Rufus Parker Gardner, b. in Orland, Me., Sept. 14, 1858. His early education was in the town of Orland, and from his eleventh year in the schools of Castine, where he was a graduate from high and State Normal Schools. He received a business training from Howe's Commercial School at Worcester, Mass., and was a graduate from Bry- ant and Stratton's Business College, Boston. He pursued a classical course of college work under private tutors, taught two years in the district schools, and two years as an instruc- tor in East Maine Conference Seminary at Bucksport, Me. After serving two and a half years on missionary work in
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eastern Maine, he entered Bangor Theological Seminary from which he was graduated May 25, 1886, and June 2d
REV. RUFUS P. GARDNER. NO. 706.
of that year was installed pastor of the First Congregational Church at Waldoboro, Me. He was called from there, Sept.,
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1888, to the First Congregational Church at Marion, Mass. In the midst of a very successful pastorate he was called, Oct., 1893, to the church in Hampstead. Resigned to take charge of the New Hampshire State Orphan's Home, Frank- lin, Sept. 16, 1901. Ile has served in all the church and
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MRS. GARDNER. NO. 707.
Endeavor work in Rockingham county, as moderator and scribe, and in the larger work of the state, two years as president of the State Sunday School work, and declined a third term. A member of the finance committee, and State superintendent of the junior work. Two years as president
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of the Christian Endeavor Society, and as scribe of the Con- gregational and Presbyterian Churches of New Hampshire, and in 1901 preached the annual sermon at Rochester, be- fore the state body. He has served fifteen successive years as secretary of the business committee of Tabor Academy Corporation at Marion, Mass. He is a trustee of the indus- trial school at Manassah, Va., and president of Sanborn Academy at Kingston, N. II. He was twice married, sec- ond, to Belle Clement (No. 707). His daughter (No. 708). He was adm. to the church membership from the church at Marion, Mass., July 1, 1894, and united with the Congrega- tional Church at Franklin, March 8, 1902.
No. 707.
Belle Clement, b. in Knox, Me., May 18, 1867, a daughter of George and Hannah ( ) Clement. Her parents died when she was quite young, and she was educated in the public schools and academy at Freedom, Me. She married Rev. Rufus P. Gardner ( No. 706), June 8, 1886. She was admitted to the church by letter from the Congregational church at Marion, Mass., July 1, 1894, and united with the Congregational church at Franklin, March 8, 1902. Their son :-
I. Harold Parker, b. Dec. 23, 1890.
No. 708.
Addie Besse Gardner, b. in Edmunds, Me., April 23, 1881, daughter of Rev. Rufus P. Gardner (No. 706). She was a graduate of the Hampstead High School, class of 1898, and N. H. State Normal School, June, 1902. She taught in Hampstead five terms, and at present is teaching in the third and fourth grades at Lisbon. She was admitted to the church July 1, 1894, and was dis. and united with the Congregational church at Franklin, March 8, 1902.
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HAMPSTEAD, NEW HAMPSHIRE.
No. 709.
Will Sawyer Griffin. b. in Hampstead, Oct. 6, 1874, a son of William A. and Mary E. (Stevens) Griffin (Nos. 554, 555). He married Edith S. Griffin (No. 702). He was
MISS GARDNER. NO. 708.
admitted to the church July 1, 1894, and was dis. Nov. 1. 1900.
No. 710.
Harlan Page Clark, b. in Derry in 1841, a son of
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Joshua and Eliza (Spollett) Clark, of Derry (see No. 524). Ile married Josephine A. Silloway (No. 711). He was a soldier in the civil war, in the 1st Regt. of N. H. Vol. In- fantry, for three months. He was admitted to the church by letter from the First Baptist Church. at Haverhill, Mass., Aug. 3, 1894. He died March 11, 1903, in Hampstead.
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MRS. TABOR. NO. 712.
No. 711.
Josephine Aver Silloway, b. in Haverhill, Mass., in 1847, a daughter of Luther and Sarah ( Bean) Silloway, of Kings- ton. She married Harlan P. Clark (No. 710). She was admitted to the church by letter from the First Baptist Church at Haverhill, Aug. 3, 1894, and is a present member. They have had children :-
I. Georgia, b. 1867: m. Eugene Burpee, of Haverhill.
II. Willie Westley, d. young.
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III. Sadie Eliza, d. young.
IV. Kimball Keat ( No. 704 ); m. Lillian G. George (No. 769).
V. Eddie Harland. d. young.
No. 712.
Olivia Abbie Wiggin, b. in Stratham, Nov. 16, 1838, a daughter of Ambrose and Abbie ( Brown ) Wiggin, of Strat- ham. She married, first, Charles E. Young, of Portsmouth, Sept. 15, 1862, who d. in Haverhill, Mass., Jan. 25, 1881. They had children :-
I. Alice Mary, d., aged 22 months.
II. Abbie Eloise; resides in Groveland, Mass.
III. Alice Crosby, d .. aged 4 years and 3 months.
She married, second, Job Tabor (see No. 630), Oct. 9, 1889. She was admitted to the church by letter from the First Baptist Church, Aug. 30, 1894, and is a present mem- ber.
No. 713.
Gertrude Sargent Pillsbury, b. in Sandown, Oct. 7, 1877, a daughter of Alden E. and Lizzie P. (Sargent) Pillsbury (No. 508). She was educated in the public and high school, graduating in class of 1897. She was admitted to the church Nov. 4, 1894, and is a present member.
No. 714.
Esther Belle Kent, b. in Lawrence, Mass., Jan. 25, 1879, a daughter of Charles Edwin Kent, of Lawrence, son of Jonathan, and grandson of Dea. Jona. and Clarissa (Page) Kent ( Nos. 245, 246). As an orphan, she came to live in Hampstead when about eight years of age, and attended the common schools, and one year at the high school. She then attended, with a cousin, the Northfield, Mass., Seminary, and remained three years. She now resides in Lawrence. She was admitted to the church Nov. 4, 1894, and is a present member.
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No. 715.
Elisabeth Maria Howard Smith, b. in Bridgton, Me., June 9, 1877, a daughter of Aaron and Mary S. (Fuller) Smith (No. 694). She was a graduate of the high school class of 1895, and a student at the N. H. Normal School at Ply- mouth. She has taught several terms. She has, besides the great-grandfather, Stephen Fuller (see No. 694), a great- grandfather, James Packard, who fought in the Revolution- ary war, enlisting from Bridgewater, Mass. She was admit- ted to the church Nov. 4, 1894, and is a present member.
No. 716.
Carrie E. MeNiel, b. in Hampstead. a daughter of Rufus and Christia (Graham) MeNiel (Nos. 591, 578). She was educated in the public schools, graduating from the high school class of 1897. She was admitted to the church Nov. 4, 1894, and was dis. and rec. to unite with the First Bap- tist Church at Chelsea, Mass., April 6, 1899.
No. 717.
Oliver Putnam, b. in Hampstead, March 1, 1844, a son of Henry and Meribah H. ( Aver) Putnam (No. 366). Ile married Mary E. (Mooers) Little (No. 600). He was ad- mitted to the church Feb. 28, 1895. He d. in Hampstead, Oct. 6, 1897 (see p. 332, Vol. 1). (See photo, Vol. 1).
No. 718.
Horace Walter Little, b. in Hampstead, Nov. 2, 1878. a son of William A. and S. Lizzie ( Locke) Little (see No. 460 and p. 352, Vol. 1). He was educated in the common and high school, was graduated from class of 1899, and con- tinued his studies at the college (French and American) at Springfield, Mass. He was admitted to the church Feb. 28. 1895, and is a present member. (See photo, Vol. 1).
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No. 719.
Charles F. Foote, b. in Hampstead. Nov. 20, 1874, a son of Alfred W. and Sarah F. (Randall) Foote (see No. 592). He was educated in the public and high school of Hamp-
MRS. TABOR. NO. 722.
stead. He was admitted to the church Feb. 28, 1895, and is a present member. He resides in Haverhill, Mass.
No. 720.
Edwin Leroy Corson. b. in Hampstead, Dec. 7, 1875, a son of John S. and Mary E. (Clark) Corson (Nos. 546,
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547). He was educated in the public and high school, class of 1894, and at a commercial school in Boston. He was admitted to the church Feb. 28, 1895, and is a present mem- ber. He resides in Boston.
MISS DAVIS. NO. 723.
No. 721.
Nelson Eugene Barnes, b. in Sandown, Nov. 19, 1880, a son of Carlton HI. and Dora A. (Brown ) Barnes (Nos. 672, 673). Hle was educated in the public and high school, class of 1898. He was admitted to the church Feb. 28, 1895, and dismissed Nov. 25, 1897. A clerk in Haverhill, Mass.
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No. 722.
Josephine Freeman Hyde, b. in Boston, Mass., June 9, 1877. a daughter of Lorenzo F. and Mary E. (Noyes) Hyde (see pp. 359 and 387, Vol. 1). She was educated in the public schools of South Boston and Dorchester, Mass., and
MISS SPINNEY. NO. 725.
at the Hampstead High School, class of 1895, and a teacher for a few terms. She married Ellery E. Tabor (see No. 510), October, 1897. She was admitted to the church Feb. 28, 1895, and is a present working member.
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No. 723.
Mary Garland Davis, b. in Hampstead, Aug. 9, 1880, a daughter of William H. and Jane R. (Taylor) Davis (Nos. 437, 699). She was educated in the public and high school of Hampstead, class of 1898, and had a musical education
AMASA W. HUNT. NO. 727.
under private teachers (see 150th anniversary exercises). She was admitted to the church Feb. 28, 1895, and is a present member.
No. 724.
Alice Rinda Osgood, b. in Hampstead, July 18, 1880
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HAMPSTEAD, NEW HAMPSHIRE.
daughter of Charles H. and Francella (Eastman) Osgood, of Hampstead. She married Alfred C. Davis, Aug. 25, 1898 (see No. 737). She was admitted to the church Feb. 28, 1895, and is a present member.
MRS. HUNT. NO. 728.
No. 725.
Alice Gertrude Spinney, b. in Haverhill, Mass., Jan. 20, 1883, a daughter of Eugene L. and Laura A. (Merrill) Spinney (Nos. 640, 641). She was educated in the public and high school of Hampstead, and to within a few weeks of graduation class of 1897. She was admitted to the church Feb. 28, 1895, and is a present member.
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No. 726.
Mary S. Shirley, b. in Hampstead, Dec. 13, 1886, a daugh- ter of Buchanan and Christina M. (Graham) Shirley (No. 668). She was educated in the common and high school of Hampstead, and was a teacher, student Normal School, Salem, Mass., 1902. She was admitted to the church Feb. 28, 1895, and was dis. and rec. to unite with the First Congrega- tional Church in Methuen, Mass., March 8, 1897.
No. 727.
Amasa Warren Hunt, b. in Marshfield, Mass., Feb. 5, 1856, a son of Isaac N. Hunt, a farmer, of Marshfield, and his wife, Jerusha W. Bourne, both deceased. He married Lois J. Reynard (No. 728). He was admitted to the church Feb. 28, 1895, by letter from the Baptist church in Chester, and is a present member.
No. 728.
Lois Jane Reynard, b. in Kempville, Yarmouth, N. S., Feb. 13, 1862, a daughter of Henry G. F. and Deborah (Roberts) Reynard, of Yarmouth, both deceased. She mar- ried Amasa W. Hunt (No. 727). She was admitted to the church Feb. 28, 1895, by letter from the Baptist church in Chester, and is a present member. A daughter, Pearl Mars- ton, b. Oct. 3, 1883, was educated in the public and high school of Hampstead.
No. 729.
Mercy Ann Conner, b. in Gilford, Me., April 27, 1834, a daughter of James Conner, of Cambridgeport, Mass., and wife, Esther Ford, of Montville, Me. She married Willian HI. Woods (she is a niece of No. 343). She was admitted to the church Feb. 28, 1895, by letter from the Walnut Street M. E. Church, of Chelsea, Mass., and is a present member. They have children :- -
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I. Letitia Maria, m. E. W. Otis; reside in Cambridgeport, Mass., and have children : Wilbur C., Mercy A., and Florence Marion.
II. Stephen C., m. Jennie Buck, reside in Hampstead, and have daughter, Alice J.
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MRS. WELLS. NO. 731.
No. 730.
Clara MeDonald, b. in Fourcoventon, Franklin county, N. Y., April 1, 1862, a daughter of Daniel and Harriet (McCoy) McDonald, of Franklin county. She married Benjamin O. Hart, of West Hampstead. She was admitted to the church Feb. 28, 1895. by letter from the First Pres-
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byterian Church, of Lowell. Mass., and is a present member. They had children :-
I. Walter (deceased ).
II. Ethel May, b. in 1890.
No. 731.
Lydia Maria Sargent, b. in Chester, March 28, 1827, a daughter of Abraham and widow Sarah ( Underhill) (Green- ongh) Sargent, of Chester. She married Timothy Wells, of Chester, Nov. 28, 1846, who died Dec. 9. 1872. She was admitted to the church by letter from the First Congrega- tional Church at Bradford, Mass .. Feb. 28, 1895, and is a present member. Mrs. Wells was matron at the Bradford Female Seminary, Bradford, eight years, from 1873; one year in a young ladies' parlor school at Boston : four years at the New Hampshire State Normal School at Plymouth ; one year at Tilton Seminary ; five years at St. Mary's Episcopal School, Concord, and two years at Tabor Academy, at Marion, Mass. They had children :-
I. Mary Sargent, b. Nov. 12, 1847; m. Andrew D. Norcross of Athol, Mass. ; she died leaving one child.
Mary M., m. Harry JJustin Colburn, a teacher at Wilbra- ham Academy.
II. Sarah Greenongh, b. Dec. 16, 1849; m. Amos Brown of Auburn, (deceased); no children.
III. Clement Henry, b. Oct. 20, 1852; m. Lora M. Moore; resides in Chester; they have children :-.
1. Charles Timothy, b. April 23, 1874; m. Clara A. Leigh- ton, and have Josephine Lura, b. July 25, 1899.
2. Sadie Merrill, b. Oct. 2, 1880.
3. Wilson Sargent, b. Oct. 21, 1882.
4. Annie Susia, b. Dec. 17, 1888; d.
5. Clementine Moore, b. March 25, 1893.
IV. Edson Howard, b. Sept. 16, 1854; d. young.
No. 732.
Richard Winters, b. in St. John, New Brunswick, June 22, 1875, son of Frederick and Margeret (Patchell) Winters,
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b. in London, England. He resided for a number of years in the family of Mr. and Mrs. Spinney (Nos. 640). He en- listed in the U. S. Navy, and served in the Spanish-Ameri- can war. He was at Annapolis Naval Academy two years. He is married, and has children : a resident of Chicago. He was admitted to the church by letter from the First Church at Brockton, Ill., Feb. 28, 1895, and is a present member.
No. 733.
Lizzie S. Hoyt, b. in Sandown, a daughter of Eben Hoyt of Sandown, and wife, who was widow of James Hoyt of Sandown. She was admitted to the church by letter from the M. E. Church of Sandown, Feb. 28, 1895, and was dis. May 3, 1900, to unite with the St. Paul's M. E. Church at Manchester.
No. 734.
Calvin Abner Merrick, b. in Salem, July 8, 1850, a son of Abner Merrick, of North Salem, and his wife, Eliza (Nightingale), of Roxbury, Mass. He married Annie L. Heath (No. 465), June 29, 1872, and moved to Hampstead. He was admitted to the church March 3, 1895. He resides in Hampstead.
No. 735.
Charles Henry Whittier, b. in Danville, May 12, 1850, a son of George and Eunice (Locke) Whittier, of Danville. He married Lilla H. Page (No. 736). He is a shoemaker and barber in Hampstead. He was admitted to the church June 28, 1895, and was dis. Nov. 23, 1899.
No. 736.
Lilla Hannah Page, b. in Mechanic Falls, Me., June 12, 1856, a daughter of John O. Page, of Windham, Me., and wife, Harriet Faunce, of Oxford, Me. She married Charles H. Whittier (No. 735). She was admitted to the church by
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letter from the M. E. Church at Mechanic Falls, Me., June 28, 1895, and is a present member. They have children :-
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