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HOSEA BALLOU CARTER, the subject of this sketch, born and reared among the granite hills of New Hampshire, is an exponent of what an uncultured bucolic lad from the " back- woods " may accomplish when sustained by an equitable sup- ply of sand, if tempered with ironie silence and commonplace courtesy.
Mr. Carter was born at Hampstead, Rockingham county, New Hampshire, on Sept. 5th, 1834. The milestones mark- ing his course, route and progress from the "shoe-bench " at Hampstead, to the State House at Concord, are many and in- teresting. In fact his career marks an epoch in the political history of New Hampshire. At the age of ten years he had learned the trade of shoemaking to aid his father in furnish- ing the meagre comforts of the humble home of that industrious New Hampshire mechanic, who for more than three score years daily continued to toil at the work bench, and when at the ripe age of eighty-four years, could be found at the shoe- bench daily for eight hours, which he recognized as the proper hours for a work-day, for willing labor.
Hosea located in Boston in 1859, engaged in the sale of popular patent novelties, through travelling salesmen (young- sters to whom he had taught the practical science of street- corner commerce).
When the war of the rebellion came, the shrewd youngsters in his employ were among the first men in Boston to volunteer their service in defence of our national honor.
In 1863 Mr. Carter engaged in the business of private de- tective, in which connection he continued until 1866, receiv- ing from the start an eminent patronage, enrolling among his
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semewhat remarkable clientage many officials of high rank in the federal government, among whom we find the name of the war president, Abraham Lincoln. Mr. Carter was at the (so- called) " Peace Conference " of Colorado Jewett and Horace Greely, at the Clifton House, Niagara Falls, in 1864, and con- tinued shadowing confederate leaders at Hamilton, Toronto, St. Johns, Quebec and Montreal, during that historic fall and winter of 1864-65, covering that period when the famous " Rebel raid " upon the banks of St. Albans, Vermont, was perpetrated ; he was on duty constantly during that peculiar trial (by a Canadian court at Montreal) of the confederate col- onel Bennette H. Young and his band of infamous confeder- ate highwaymen.
Returning to Washington in June, 1865, Mr. Carter testified as witness for the United States in the trial of Mrs. Surratt and the assassination conspirators, after which he returned to his New Hampshire home where he received appointment as postmaster of his native village.
The next year he accepted a position as commercial traveller at liberal salary, and for a quarter-century he continued to fol- low the fortunes of a commercial tourist, covering Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont and Massachusetts.
He represented New Hampshire from 1876 to 1880, as com- missioner of the Boston & Maine Railway, upon the inter- state board, with the Hon. James G. Blaine of Augusta, Maine. Visiting every town in New Hampshire at all seasons of the year, and having personal, political and commercial association with prominent men in every county, it was possible for him to perform valuable service for his patrons, in legislative pro- ceedings and other matters. The varied experience he ac- quired by constant attendance upon more than twenty consec- utive sessions of the New Hampshire legislature made him an available expert, wherewith in 1890 His Excellency Gov. Goodell and his honorable council could fill a vacancy, caused by the decease of the secretary of state, to which posi- tion, they by unanimous vote selected Mr. Carter-namely,
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official editor of the State Manual for the General Court, a duty previously performed by the late secretary of state. The works of the head and hand of Mr. Carter abound. A com- plete " blue-book," covering the official succession of New Hampshire for more than two centuries (1680 to 1891), pub- lished by the state, attests his superiority as an editor, colla- tor, compiler and statistician, while the town and city atlas of New Hampshire published in 1892, edited by Mr. Carter, is perhaps the most complete publication of geological and sta- tistical information ever issued in America indorsed by state officials and educational patrons throughout the state.
From 1893 to 1899 he was in charge of the state labor bu- reau, at the State House, Concord.
On Sept. 19th, 1854, Mr. Carter married Catharine Eliza- beth Martin of Dickinson, St. Lawrence Co., N. Y., who passed into rest in 1898, leaving two children,-Nettie Belle, wife of John F. McCollister, Haverhill, Mass., and Susie Isabelle, wife of Joseph G. Norman, residing at the Carter homestead, East Hampstead.
JOSIAH CALEF EASTMAN was born in Loudon, N. H., April 22, 1811, the son of Dr. Joseph and Miriam (Calef) Eastman, grandson of Timothy and Martha (Cole) Eastman, and of Jos- eph and Miriam ( Bartlett) Calef, and a great grandson of Col. Cole of East Kingston and of Hon. Josiah Bartlett, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, who was president 1790 -91 and first governor of New Hampshire, 1892-93. Joseph Eastman was graduated from Dartmouth Medical College in 1806 and died at Meredith, N. H., at the age of thirty-three.
Josiah C. obtained a preliminary education at Kingston, Atkinson, and Saco, Me., Academies. He taught in district school; commenced the study of medicine in 1833 with Drs. L. S. Bartlett, and Thomas Bassett of Kingston, N. H., at- tended three courses from Dartmouth College and was grad- uated therefrom in 1837. He practised medicine for a time in Newmarket, N. H., and about 1839 located in Hampstead,
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where he remained until his death, except when in the military service.
In August, 1861, he was appointed by Gov. Berry, surgeon of the Fourth regiment, New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry, with the rank of major. He was in the service with the reg- iment at Washington, Annapolis, Port Royal, Hilton Head, St. Augustine and Jacksonville, until 1865, when he resigned his commission and returned to Hampstead. Soon after this he was offered the colonelcy, which was declined. When a youth he was chosen by Hon. Levi Woodbury for a cadetship at West Point Military Academy, but the opposition of his widowed mother prevented its acceptance.
Dr. Eastman was one of the oldest members of the New Hampshire Medical Society, president in 1860 ; a member of the Rockingham Medical Society ; a member of the American Med- ical Association ; and was one of the three representatives from New Hampshire to the international congress at Philadelphia in 1876. He has represented Hampstead in the Legislature in 1847 to '50, and while a member introduced the bill providing for the establishment of public libraries which became a law.
In 1845 he was county treasurer of Rockingham County, declining renomination in 1847; state senator in 1853-'54. He was twice nominated for councillor in his district, was a delegate to the national convention which nominated Gen. McClellan and Hon. Horatio Seymour for the presidency. He has held many other offices in town. He was a democrat in politics and that party was his pride. He was largely in- strumental in the building of the Nashua and Rochester Rail- road, and was a director since its completion to his death.
He married Miss Ann A., daughter of Capt. Leonard (a pensioner of 1812) and Elizabeth Cregg (Warner) Wilson of Derry. Their children are :-
I. Mary Bartlett, b. Feb. 15, 1844, m. Lavosier Hill of New York City. Children: Eugene Woodbury, b. Apr. 11, 1864, graduate Medical College; Walter Eastman, b. Apr. 8, 1865.
II. Ella Augusta, b. Apr. 11, 1846; resides at Derry, N. H.
III. Mahlon, died when six months of age.
IV. Etta Anne, b. Dec. 18, 1849, d. Mar. 14, 1863.
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Ann A., wife of Dr. Eastman, died Feb. 17, 1850.
He married, 2nd, Feb. 5, 1860, Mary Helen, daughter of Dr. Jerome and Mary (Tewksbury) Harris, of Amesbury, Mass., and had children':
v. Josiah Bartlett, b. Apr. 11, 1865, who remains on the homestead of his father which was also the birthplace of Benjamin D. Emer- son, the founder of the Hampstead High School.
VI. Susie A., b. Jan. 19, 1867, m. George S. Palmer, principal of high school in Eliot, Me.
Dr. Eastman died Nov. 27, 1897, aged 86 years.
Mary Helen (Harris) Eastman died May 23, 1891, aged 55 years.
An imposing monument has been erected in the new cem- etery to their memory.
EDMUND EASTMAN, born May 21, 1715, son of Benjamin, and grandson of Roger the Emigrant, came to Hampstead early in the settlement of the town. He married, in 1745, the widow Hannah Hill, mother of Governor Isaac Hill of New Hampshire. They resided at the old Eastman home at West Hampstead, now in a good state of preservation. They had children, of whom the third was Joshua, born August 31, 1754, married Sarah Tucker, who were the parents of four children, one of whom, Joshua, born October 24, 1787, was the father of the late Edmund Tucker Eastman, of whom a tribute is given in this book, also of Judith and Hamilton C. Eastman, whose sons John H. and Henry L. Eastman are residents of Hampstead.
Tappan, born Nov. 23, 1790, was the third son of Joshua and Sarah (Tucker) Eastman, and married Susan P. Boynton of Newburyport, Mass., resided in Newburyport a number of years, also in Woburn, Mass., where he was a prominent shoe manufacturer, upon retiring from business he returned to Hampstead, and died in 1864. Their only son, Albert L., born October 17, 1815, was educated at Pembroke Academy and Putnam Free School of Newburyport. Soon after leav- ing school he commenced his mercantile career with a clerk- ship at Haverhill, later in Boston, Louisville, Ky., and in
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Philadelphia. A number of years he was connected with Ar- nold, Constable & Co., of New York City. In 1843, he es- tablished the firm of Eastman, Townsend & Shelton, impor- ters of silks, laces and trimmings, a house that took rank among the most reliable in the country. In 1850, the firm was changed to Eastman, Bigelow & Dayton, and continued until he returned to Hampstead in 1881. He married Mrs. Mary E. (Kent) Irving, and died at the residence of his early home. He was active in politics, being a member of the Leg- islature, and also Colonel of Gov. Cheney's staff. Elector at large for the nomination of President Garfield. He died Jan. 12, 1891.
BENJAMIN E. WOODMAN, M. D., was born in Salem, New Hampshire, Nov. 13, 1802, son of Abner and Sarah (Emery) Woodman. He married Ann Clement of Salisbury, New Hampshire. He was educated at Kingston and Atkinson Academies, studied medicine with Dr. Bartlett of Salisbury, New Hampshire, graduated from Dartmouth College, settled at first in Andover, New Hampshire, removed to Strafford, New Hampshire, where he practised medicine eighteen years and represented the town in the Legislature and other places of honor. He moved to Hampstead, to reside with his daughter in 1870, and continued as a physician in town, until his de- cease, April 12, 1890, at the age of eighty-eight years. His children were :
I. Sarah Ann, b. Apr. 24, 1834, m. James H. Emerson.
II. Charles Edwin, b. June 30, 1836, d. Nov. 22, 1862, in Hampstead.
III. George Henry, b. Oct. 2, 1843, d. Sept. 28, 1851.
SARAH O. BRICKETT, born in Hampstead, Feb'y 10, 1827, daughter of Ralph, born 1795, and Sally (Ordway) Brickett, the fifth of the twelve children of James and Anna (Wheeler) Brickett, who settled on the place known in later years, as the " Brickett Place," burned in 1893, near Copps' Corner. Sally Ordway, was daughter of John and Sally (Rogers) Ordway, born 1795. Miss Brickett was educated in the
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common schools of Hampstead and Wentworth, New Hamp- shire, the Stevens Academy in Clairmont, and by private in- structors in Lawrence and Boston. She began to teach in the Oliver Grammar School in Lawrence, Mass., April, 1848, and continued there until she was called to the Bowdoin School in Boston, Jan., 1868. She resigned this position Oct. 30, 1889, and returned to Hampstead to reside. In March, 1891, she was elected a member of the Board of Education, and continued five years and a half when she resigned the of- fice. She now resides at the West Village.
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RICHARD KIMBALL BRICKETT, son of James and Hannah (Wheeler) Brickett, born in Hampstead, July 18, 1808. Married Nabbie Kimball, daughter of Dea. Jona. Kent. They resided in Hampstead, and had children.
I. Lorenzo K. d.
II. Mary Jane, m. William Fellows, resides in Hampstead.
III. William H., m. Rosa A. Morse of Manchester; dau. Mabel J. a teacher in Manchester public schools. He resided in Hampstead, where he was a member of firm "Smith & Brickett," shoe manu- facturers. He died in Methuen, Mass., 1877.
MOODY HILL BRICKETT, another son of James and Hannah Wheeler) Brickett, married Laura, daughter of Thondike and Mary (Chase) Putnam of Hampstead, resided in Hampstead on the place now owned by Miss Alice Brown, where he died. Children all born in Hampstead :
I. James T., m. Fannie Parker of Groveland, both deceased.
II. Albert C., m. Annie Adams of Haverhill, resides in Haverhill.
III. Calvin W. m. Fannie Furbush, resides in Haverhill.
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WASH POND. (G. R. Bennette, Nov., 1899.)
In far off Merry England Close by Old London town, With Finchley bridge upon the right, And Hampstead looking down, There used to be a little lake With watery arches few, Where wandering geese fed on the slugs, That in its waters grew.
Where early cocks at rosy morn, His merry clarion blows, The women from the palace came To wash the royal clothes ; And when their morning work was done And all the clothes were sloshed, They brought the royal carriage down From mud stains to be washed.
When Benning Wentworth went abroad, To counsel with the Crown, He took his nightly lodgings there Near by in Hampstead town. And every morning he would walk Close by the washing place, The cunning rascal dearly loved A pretty woman's face !
He soon came back to Portsmouth town, And then he came this way, And when he saw our lovely lake He straightway thus did say : Good-sooth, it is the very place To bring your clothes and slosh, And wash the sheep, and water cows, And so he named it " Wash."
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The water nymphs that in it dwelt, To guard its secret springs, Who loved its sylvan Indian name That still about it clings, In deep disgust, their duty lift Regardless of their bond. And so 'tis called unto this day, Just homely, plain Wash Pond.
ISAAC RANDALL, born 1858, in Chester, son of Isaac and (Sarah A. Bartlett) Randall, grandson of Jacob and Belinda (Bond) Randall, and great grandson of Isaac and Jane (Worth) Randall, who lies buried in the cemetery on the hill, at West Hampstead, as a Revolutionary patriot of fame. He married Alice H. Spollett and has children :
I. Eleanor True, b. May 5, 1893.
II. Maurice Isaac, b. Aug., 1895.
III. An infant daughter, b. Nov. 5, 1899.
He is postmaster at Center office, and general store goods dealer, taking the store from his brother-in-law, Alfred W. Foote, who succeeded the firm of Major Isaac Smith & Sons, established in about 1824.
THE RESIDENCE OF HERMON AND ETTA LEROCK is the home of the children of Jos. and Anna (Seavey) Lerock, and grandchildren of Daniel and Fannie (Harriman) Seavey, for many years a citizen of Hampstead.
LUTHER WEBBER born in Salem, New Hampshire, son of Abel, who was son of Abel, born in Pelham, New Hampshire, came to Hampstead fifty-five years ago, and settled at the Web- ber homestead in East Hampstead. He married Mehitable Hoyt, daughter of Eliphalet, son of Ebenezer, from Hoyt Corner. He died in 1898, leaving sons : Leonard E., born Oct. 6, 1848, married Ellen Frances Marsh. They reside at the old homestead in Hampstead ; and Frank P., married Rosa L. Jones, daughter of Charles and Mary J. (Moulton) Jones ;
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had children, Frankie, Flossie and Ada, all dead. They re- side in Danville.
FORREST EUGENE MERRILL, born in Georgetown, Massa- chusetts, Aug. 2, 1853, son of Moses and Laura (Watson) Merrill, graduate of Dartmouth college. Has been principal of Hampstead High school from 1879-'80, five years, and from 1891-'92 until the present date. He married Alice M. Davis of Hampstead. They had children :
I. Francis Eugene, b. in Park City, Utah, Mar. 31. 1885, d. Jan. 11, 1888.
II. Laura Eliza, b. in Park City, Utah, Jan. 30, 1887.
III. Mary Alice, b. in Provo, Utah, Oct. 16, 1888.
IV. Florence Margaret, b. Provo, Utah, Apr. 3, 1890.
V. Charlotte Ruth, b. Mar. 8, 1892, in Georgetown, Mass.
VI. Jeannette Edith, b. Oct. 21, 1893, in Hampstead.
MRS. BETSEY HOYT AYER, daughter of Joseph and Betsey (Poore) Noyes, was born in Atkinson, New Hampshire, Oct. 23, 1809, on Newbury Hill, which for the past century has been known as Brag Hill. She was granddaughter of Caleb Noyes, a Revolutionary patriot of Atkinson, also a descend- ant of Thomas Hale, one of the first owners by deed, of land in Hampstead, a portion of whose land now is a part of Mrs. Ayer's farm. She married Daniel, son of Daniel and Hannah (Ela) Ayer, a schoolmate of John Greenleaf Whittier, in 1833. He died June 3, 1891, aged eighty-seven years. They have children :
I. William, b. Dec. 20, 1833; m. Emma Chase, daughter of James and Sarah Ann (Osgood) Brickett of Hampstead, resides in Hamp- stead and has children: Orrie Belle, b. Sept. 8, 1871; Etta Es- telle, b. Nov. 14, 1872.
II. Mary Elizabeth, b. Feb. 1, 1840; at home.
III. Sylvester, b. Feb. 1, 1842, resides at the homestead of the family.
They at first resided in Atkinson, near Greenough's cor- ner, but removed to the Reuben Harriman farm in Hamp- stead, in June of 1865, where she has since resided.
Mrs. Ayer was present at the 150th anniversary exercises July 4th, in Brickett's grove, and enjoyed the day in her
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usual happy way. She was the oldest person attendant upon that occasion. She retains the full possession of all her facul- ties, with a slightly impaired hearing, taking charge of her household duties with an interest of one many years younger.
On her ninetieth birthday, Oct. 23d, 1899, she entertained her relatives, friends and neighbors, throughout the day. Cake and tea made by herself were served. Many tokens of kindly remembrance were brought her, which told that she had been the good mother to many a family in the circle of her acquaintance, at times of the joyful welcoming of the first born, as well as when sorrows were deep in their homes.
MOSES HOYT, EsQ., was born in Hampstead, August 8th, 1797, at the old homestead, at what is known as Hoyt Cor- ner, son of Ebenezer and Sarah (Nichols) Hoyt, a Revolu- tionary soldier from Hampstead. Mr. Hoyt was honored by his townsmen with every office of trust, and found at all times, faithful and equal to the place. He was married four times. First, to Hannah Williams; second, to Joan Brown ; third, to Mrs. Deborah L. Jenness (mother of Rev. George O. Jenness, many years a resident of Hampstead, and super- intendent of her schools, now at Charlton, Mass.); fourth, to Rachel Gordon of Hampstead. He had a large family of children, of whom sons Caleb J., D. Lowell and Daniel Nich- ols Hoyt, reside in town. The last named was born Aug. 15, 1834, married Martha, daughter of John and Eliza (Bailey) McDuffee of Hampstead, who was born Dec. 23, 1839, and died July 6, 1887. Children :
I. Mary Lillie, b. May 20, 1862; resides with her father. She was ap- pointed librarian of Hampstead public library, Dec. 22, 1897.
II. George A., b. Feb. 20, 1870, m. Lizzie Gilmore; resides in Hampstead.
MANORA JENNESS is a daughter of Rev. George O., son of Mrs. Deborah (Jenness) Hoyt, and Mary Abbie, daughter of Simon and Mrs. Merrill, who was a daughter of Rev. John Kelly of Hampstead. She is a teacher of vocal and instru- mental music in Charlton, Mass., and pleasingly entertained the audience at the 150th celebration.
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DAVID E. and SALLY (Fern) IRVING, married Jan. 9, 1798, moved from Londonderry, N. H., to Hampstead, May, 1809, bringing with them three children, of whom David and Hannah, were, it is said, born in Lynn, Mass., and Jacob, in Londonderry, Oct. 10, 1808, married Sarah W. Jaques, in Hampstead, Jan. 14, 1832. Children born in Hampstead were :
I. John D. b. Sept. 10, 1833, m. Mary E. Kent. He died June, 1896. Children: Nabbie and Clara, who died young, and Henry Albert Irving, who resides in Boston, Mass.
II. Martha A., b. Jan. 14, 1835, d. June 30, 1845.
III Joseph C., b. Sept. 7, 1837.
IV. Hannah E. b. July 28, 1841, m. John S. Titcomb; resides in Haver- hill.
v. Sarah E., b. May 12, 1843, m. William Cowdery, wid. Resides in Haverhill.
VI. Jacob H., b. May 1, 1846.
VII. Clara A., b. Mar. 22, 1848, m. J. Davis of Sandown; resides at Resi- dence of the late John Ordway, West Hampstead.
Jacob Irving died Mar. 10, 1879; Sarah, wife of Jacob, died Nov. 25, 1850.
The Essex Antiquarian, of November, 1899, has a descrip- tive article of " a lot laid out originally to the rights of Stephen Kent and Hugh Sherrat," situated on what is now the north- erly side of Arlington street, bordering on Main street, then known as " Bartholonew Path " in Haverhill, and says " six acres of it eventually came into the hands of Daniel Little, a yeoman, who, with his wife Abiah, conveyed it to James Mack- hard, of Haverhill, a trader, July 18, 1732." Daniel and Abiah Little purchased of Robert Ford, a tract of thirty-six acres with the dwelling house thereon, March 11, 1733, which is now known as the Daniel Mayly place. They were the first family of the name in town, and numerous descend- ants are now among us. The oldest is a great grandson, Tristram Little, born Dec. 12, 1815, son of Moses and Mary (Johnson) Little, and remained at the residence built near his father's homestead. He married Betsey Peaslee. He is kindly remembered by the company assembled at both the
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centennial and one hundred and fiftieth celebrations, for his interest in the pleasant home coming of the people of Hamp- stead. He was one of the original trustees of Hampstead High School, and still one of them. They had children :
I. Moses, b. July 26, 1840, d. Jan. 16, 1841.
II. John Tristram, b. Jan. 12, 1844, m. Emma F. Colby ; resides opposite his father's home. She died Apr. 16, 1894. Children: Arthur Herbert, b. Oct. 10, 1867, m. Ruth Ann Emerson; resides at his father's. Child: Maurice Emerson, b. May 14, 1892, d. May 31, 1892.
III. Mary Jane, b. Jan. 6, 1348, m. Moulton D. Pressey ; resides in Haver- hill. Children: Wilbert Little, b. 1870 and Carl Forrest, b. 1878, d. 1879.
IV. Albert Hazen, b. June 17, 1852, m. first, Flora J. Harris of Plaistow, second, Abbie I. Gale of Newton; resides with his father. Chil- dren: Myrla, b. 1888, and Ethel, b. 1893.
NATHANIEL LITTLE, born May 3, 1751, like his father, En- sign Little, served in the Revolution. He had his coat riddled with bullets while in the thickest of the fight at Saratoga, but escaped himself without a scratch. About the close of the war he sold his farm in Plaistow and moved to Springfield, N. H., when that place was a mere wilderness, but in later years he came to Hampstead, where he died in 1827. He mar- ried Mary Carlton. Their oldest son, Jonathan Carlton, born Jan. 27, 1769, married Phebe, daughter of David Poor, of Hampstead, and moved from Plaistow soon after his marriage. He was a man very regular in his habits. For more than forty successive years he rose every morning before the sun. He voted at every presidential election from Washington to the one preceding his death in 1856, and at every annual town meeting with four exceptions for fifty-six years. Their fourth child was Linus Lewis Carlton, born Sept. 27, 1806, married in 1832 Abiah, daughter of Ephraim and Rhoda (French) Tewksbury, who was born in Hampstead Apr. 25, 1807. He was a cooper by trade, and was for many years captain of a military company, and held town office. Their children were born in Hampstead except the oldest, who was born in Portsmouth, N. H., whence he removed to Hampstead to the farm on Kent's farm road, which has remained in the family and was originally his wife's birthplace. Their children were :
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I. Rhoda Ann, b. Aug. 13, 1833. m. Charles B. Pettengill.
II. Mary Amanda, b. July, 1836, m. John W. Tabor.
III. Henry Curtis, b. Jan. 17, 1838, died in the rebel prison at Salis- bury, N. C., Apr. 3, 1865. A post of the G. A. R. in Hampstead, organized in town some years since, was named in honor of his memory, "Henry C. Little Post," since disbanded. A stone erected to his memory in the village cemetery bears the follow- ing inscription :
" I have done my duty, I lay down my life for my country." Sergeant HENRY C. LITTLE, son of Lewis and Abiah F. Little, a member of Co. E, 11th New Hampshire Volunteers,
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