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the stomach, in consequence of which he died the next day. His children were: 1, Aaron, born Jan. 25, 1801, died Jan. 6, 1818; 2, Joel, born March 30, 1803, mar- ried Thirza Baker Nov. 20, 1828, is now living on the farm formerly owned by William Barker; 3, Jotham Howe, born Feb. 22, 1805, married Miriam Bartlett, lives on the farm formerly owned by Joseph Cutting ; 4, Dorothy, born Sept. S, 1807, died in 1812; 5, Moses Wheeler, born July 6, 1810, died Sept. 21, 1813; 6, William, born Oct. 13, 1812, married, lives at the West ; 7, Amos, born Dec. 20, 1814; 8, Dorothy, born Feb. 28, 1816, married John Pool of Jaffrey, died April 18, 1840; 9, Betsey, born March 16, 1819, married Eri J. Spaulding of Troy, died Aug. S, 1847; 10, Aaron, born July 15, 1821; 11, Lydia, born Nov. 16, 1825, married - Maynard of Holden.
This year Daniel Farrar, Jr., second son of Daniel before mentioned, married Lucena, daughter of Daniel Millin of Fitzwilliam, and located where Jonathan Cap- ron formerly lived. He occupied the old house till after the death of his father, but eventually built the brick- house now on the premises. He has been a very indus- trious man, and is much esteemed by the people of the town. His children are : 1, Hannah, born Oct. 11, 1807, died Sept. 14, 1824; 2, Lucena, born May 15, 1810, died Dec. 12, 1855; 3, Betsey, born April 22, 1813, lives with her parents ; 4, Daniel M., born Oct. 6, 1815, married - Keith, lives in Fitzwilliam ; 5, Leonard, born Sept. 20, 1817, is now living with his parents ; 6, James, born June 29, 1820, married Clara Brown of Warwick, lives in Adrian, Mich .; 7, Hannah, born April 25, 1825, died Jan. 30, 1826.
In 1807, Joshua Harrington, Jr., married Nelly Gates of Dublin, and lived with his father two years. In 1809, he built the old part of the house now owned by Mrs. Sarah Goddard. The year previous he and his brother
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Elijah, built a carding-mill near the pail-shop recently owned by Charles Coolidge, and they were in business there together several years; but in 1820, Joshua sold his house to Solomon Goddard, and his interest in the mill to his brother Elijah, and moved to Alstead, where he resided till 1850; then moved to Pittsford, New- York, where he is now living. He has had the follow- ing children : 1, Sally, born May 6, 1809, died at the age of twenty-three; 2, Lyman, born May 5, 1811, married Mary Wilbur, is now living in Troy ; 3, Elenor, born May 23, 1813, married Josiah Bridge of Lowell ; 4, Joshua, born Aug. 26, 1815, married R. M. Wright of Winchester, died in California Sept. 4, 1849; 5. Leonard B., born March 7, 1818, married Eunice Grant of Lyme, lives in New-Alstead; 6, Charles, born May 9, 1820, married Rachel Evans, lives in Ohio ; 7, Lucy Ann, born July 22, 1822, married Nathaniel Adams of Marlow, who died Oct. 15, 1856; 8, George F., born June 10, 1824, married his brother Joshua's widow, lives in California ; 9, Mary Jane, born Aug. 27, 1826, mar- ried Stephen Adams, lives in New-York.
Samuel Lawrence, second son of Jonathan, settled here not far from this time, although we cannot fix the date with much confidence. He married - Pratt and lived a few years in Royalston, and, on coming here, he purchased the house in which John Rogers had re- sided, and made it his abode. He was a carpenter, and the most of his time was devoted to his trade. In the great freshet of the winter of 1810, he was employed with others, by the proprietors of the Turnpike, to re- move a large body of ice which was obstructing the pas- sage of the water under the bridge below Aldrich & Barnard's scythe-shop, and threatening its destruction. While standing upon the ice the obstruction suddenly gave way, and he was precipitated with considerable vi- olence into the stream, and carried rapidly down the cur-
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rent. Although considerably injured by the shock he crawled upon a fragment of floating ice, and in this con- lition neared the rapids below, and, before assistance could be rendered him by those on shore, he was hurried. with his slippery raft, down the foaming torrent, where he disappeared forever. The following summer a femur (thigh-bone) of a man was found some distance below, and this was, no doubt, a part of his frame. His chil- dren were: 1, William, born Feb. 23, 1800, married Sarah E. Hiscock, died in Marlboro' Jan. 8, 1852; 2, Almon, born 1802, married first, Louisa Lawrence, who died in 1835: second, Mary Ranfield, and is now living in Cambridge, Mass .; 3, Danforth, born 1804, married Mary Newman, settled in Medford; 4, Jonas, born 1806, married Lydia Coburn, settled in Hillsborough.
February 22, 1807, Daniel Cutting, Jr., eldest son of Daniel, married Sarah, daughter of Jonathan Lawrence, and settled on the farm east of the school-house in Dis- trict No. three, which farm he purchased of the heirs of Hezekiah Coolidge. He appears to have inherited much of his father's business capacity, was an upright man and took a deep interest in the business affairs of the town. and was elected to numerous offices of trust ond respon- sibility. For some years a large proportion of his time was employed in trading in cattle and sheep, and he did very much towards supplying the Brighton market. He died Nov. 16, 1855. Their children were: 1, Per- melia, born April 17, 1807, married Abner Stanley, lives in Troy; 2, Caroline, born Dec. 5, 1808, married Chester Lyman; 3, Adaline, born Sept. 10, 1810, mar- ried Samuel Garey; 4, Albert, born Aug. 20, 1812, lied Oct. 30, 1828; 5, Sarah, born June 12, 1814, died Sept. 29, 1815; 6, Daniel Wise, born March 7, 1816, married and lives in Vermont; 7, Sarah, born Feb. 19, 1818, married Charles Coolidge, located in Boston; 8, Clarissa, born Feb. 23, 1820, married Hale
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Wetherbee, lives in California; 9, Abigail, born Jan. 4, 1822, married James R. Stanley, lives in Jaffrey ; 10, Arvilla, born Nov. 25, 1823.
At this period Levi Maxcy bought of Jonas Robinson, the house in which the latter had resided some years previous to his removal to Fitzwilliam village. Mr. Maxcy was a native of Attleborough, where his grand-
father, Alexander Maxcy, settled in 1721.
Levi, the
second son of Josiah, married Ruth, daughter of Jacob Newell, and settled in his native town, where his children were born. When quite advanced in life he came here, most probably by the solicitation of his daughter, Mrs. Josiah Morse, where it was thought that his interests could be more carefully looked after. He resided here until the time that his son-in-law left the tavern, then returned to Attleborough. Three of his sons, Jonathan, Milton, and Virgil, were graduates of Brown University, and eminent in literary and professional life. Levi, an- other son, who possessed superior talents, though not liberally educated, died at the South.
The following year Easman Alexander married Lucy Garfield and settled on the home farm with his father, where he is still living. He is emphatically a home man, having never been in a car or stage-coach, and very seldom going beyond the limits of the town; but unlike many other home men, he knows the way to the church. His children are: 1, Mary, born May 13, 1805, mar- ried Russell Waters of Fitchburg; 2, Elizabeth, born Dec. 20, 1808, died March 8, 1830; 3, Elinor, born July 25, 1810, died Feb. 21, 1838; 4, Annis, born June 12, 1812, died March 12, 1834; 5, Hannah, born July 10, 1814, died Dec. 22, 1833; 6, Lucy born April 12, 1817, married Levi Whittemore April 12, 1841, died Aug. 10, 1841; 7, Easman, born Sept. 5, 1819, married Dorothy Ann Lawrence, June, 1842, lives in Gardner; 8, John C., born March 17, 1822,
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married Laura Bayard, Dec., 1852, lives on the home- stead; 9, Abigail, born Feb. 26, 1824, married Luther Whittemore, Dec. 31, 1846, lives in Troy; 10, Sarah, born Oct. 4, 1825, married Levi Merrifield, Oct. 10, 1848, lives in Troy.
In 1809 or '10, Robert Fitts of Royalston, came here with his widowed mother, and resided several years in the Whipple house. He was a mechanic, and is repre- sented as having been a very ingenious man, and given to new inventions. Soon after coming here he built a shop where Thomas Goodall's shoddy-mill now stands; and in this he constructed several machines which were propelled by water. This shop was burned in 1825. In 1821, he married Tryphena Farrar, and continued to reside here until 1827, then moved to Mason, where he stopped a few years, but is now living in New-Ipswich. Mrs. Fitts died in 1842. Their children were: 1, Rob- ert, lives in Ashburnham; 2, Mary, married - White of New-Ipswich; 3, Kezia, married Kenyon, lives in Ashburnham; 4, Samuel, lives in Ashburnham: 5, Lucy, lives with her father; 6, Georgiana, died in ear- ly life.
Josiah Amadon of Fitzwilliam, came into what is now Troy, in 1809, and worked at shoe-making. The fol- lowing year he married Lydia White, and resided in the house which he built between the two houses built by Mr. Nurse. This house was removed some years since. Their children were: 1, Mary, married Gideon Bemis of Vt .; 2, John, married Betsey Putney, lives in Marl- boro'; 3, Leander, lives in Bellows Falls; 4, Josiah, died in Troy; 5, Sarah, married Daniel Perkins of Bel- lows Fall; 6, Esther, married Elbridge Aldrich of Wor- cester; 7, Hannah, married David Damon of Brattle- boro. After the birth of his children, Mr. Amadon re- moved to Fitzwilliam, where Mrs. Amadon died, and he married second, Polly White, sister of his former wife.
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Nathan Winch, third son of Caleb, married first, Pol- ly Davidson and lived on the homestead several years, but his wife died and he married second, Asenath David- son, a sister of his first wife. Sometime after the death of his aged father, Mr. Winch sold his farm to Derby and bought of Luke Harris, the situation in the village since known as the "Winch place." He resided here until his death in the fall of 1850. His children were: 1, Nathan, married, and resides in Marlboro'; 2, Mary, married Joseph Putney, lives in Massachusetts ; 3, Calvin, married Flood, lives at the West; 4, Arethusa, married Bucklin of Swanzey. Mrs. Winch died Feb. 11, 1858.
In 1810, Elijah Harrington, third son of Joshua, married Prudence Newell and settled on the homestead with his parents. For a few years his time was mostly devoted to farming, although he frequently assisted his father in the care of the grist-mill, but after the death of the latter, he had the sole charge of the mill. In 1808, he and his brother Joshua, erected a carding-mill which has already been referred to, and they carried on busi- ness together a few years; afterwards Elijah bought his brother's share of the mill and continued business alone in the season for carding until 1840, when he sold the mill to Charles Coolidge, who took it down, as it inter- fered with the operation of the pail-mill which he owned on the opposite side of the stream. Mr. Harrington is now living upon a valuable farm which he inherited from his honored father, and from this he obtains his livelihood. Mrs. Harrington died in 1827, and he married Mrs. Tabitha Tolman. The children are: 1, Nelson Finney, born Jan. 4, 1811, died at sea; 2, John, born March 5, 1812, married Emily Capron of Jaffrey, is living in Boston; 3, Alonzo Brigham, born April 9, 1815, mar- ried Betsey Lawrence, lives in Troy; 4, Daniel, born Jan. 20, 1817, married, lives in Leominster; 5, Patty,
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born March 31, 1819, lives in Boston; 6, Elizabeth, born April 16, 1823, married - - Ford of Concord, died in 1857; 7, Jacob Newell, born Jan. 4, 1827, married Betsey Fife, lives in Troy.
Caleb Perry purchased the farm formerly owned by Dea. Silas Fife and removed there in May, 1810. Mr. Perry was born at Fitchburg, Mass, about the year 1773, and was married to Deborah Fairbanks of Hollis- ton, in 1798. He resided in Troy until 1829, when he sold his farm to his son-in-law, Abel Baker, and remov- ed to Alstead. In 1833, his wife and four sons were attacked with typhoid fever, and all died except one son. Mr. Perry subsequently removed to Temple, and after a residence there of about ten years, he removed to Athol, Mass., where he died in October, 1849.
In 1811, Joseph Alexander, son of Gideon, married Lucretia Howe, who was born in Holden July 11, 1788. He purchased of Zalmon Howe the farm upon which he has ever since resided. Children: 1, Joseph, born Feb. 7, 1812, married Prudence Blanden; 2, Elijah, born Feb. 14, 1814, died March 20, 1822; 3, Calvin, born April 23, 1816, married Abby Ann Murphy; 4, Lu- cretia, born Sept. 11, 1818, married David Woodward of Swanzey, who died in 1856; 5, Louisa, born Oct. 13, 1820, died Oct. 20, 1826; 6, Elijah 2d, born March 14, 1823, died Sept. 29, 1826; 7, Luther, born May 1, 1825, married Lydia S. Harris, is now living in Marl- boro'; 8, Caroline, born May 3, 1827; 9, Charles, born March 5, 1831, married Ellen Aplin of Swanzey.
Early this year Elias Mann, son of Theodore, married Betsey Butler, and although he frequently changed lo- cations, spent a large proportion of his life in Troy. He died in Jaffrey March 11, 1858. Mrs. Mann is now living in Jaffrey. Children: 1, Lauren A., born July 15, 1813, died at the age of eight months; 2, Elias W., born Oct. 15, 1815, died Oct. 20, 1829; 3, Edward,
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born Feb. 16, 1817, died Oct. 15, 1819; 4, Lauren 2d, born Jan. 15, 1819, died Feb. 5, same year; 5, Edwin, born Sept. 20, 1821, died April 29, 1856; 6, Almon, born Sept. 15, 1823; 7, Eliza, born July 15, 1825, died June 27, 1826; 8, L. Jason, born July 1, 1827, died Jan 1, 1831; 9, John W., born Dec. 8, 1830.
May 24, 1812, Daniel Warren Farrar, the seventh son of Phinehas, married Eliza, daughter of Dr. Ebene- zer Wright, and resided a short time in the Maxcy house, (so called). He came here as has already been stated, in the year 1800, and was a clerk in the store of Jonas Robinson seven years, he then formed a co-partnership with his master, and they carried on business in com- pany until 1813, when Farrar bought out Robinson, and took the sole charge of the store. Mrs. Farrar died April 15, 1814, and he married second, Betsey Griffin, Aug. 17, 1815. At this time he resided in the Garey tavern, but traded in the Robinson store. In 1835, he moved the old store a little back and built the present brick-store, in which he continued business until. 1843 when he relinquished it to his son, David Warren, and since then, has devoted the most of his time to farming. The house in which he now resides was built in 1836. For the last fifty years, Col. Farrar has been one of the most enterprising men of the town, and probably no one has exerted a greater influence. His name is identified with almost every public act, and although his position at times may have been violently assailed, yet all have been willing to give him the credit for strict integrity, and of acting from the best of motives. In some res- pects he has been a remarkable man Few men with the same early advantages, would have made so conspic- uous a mark in life. He possessed good native talent, an active mind and was quick of apprehension, but his school advantages were very limited. But he had a mind for improvement and an energy which enabled him
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to overcome the most formidable obstacles, and to make up in good measure the deficiency of early school advan- tages. Every day to him was a practical school; he kept his books by his side, but instead of gathering from them, like too many of our modern scholars, a few theo- ries without a knowledge of their application, he used them, as was once said by a noted divine, as soldiers to assist him in fighting the battles of life. He made his books contribute to his business capacity, and in all his studies, "cui bono?" was his earnest inquiry. Thus, his education was highly practical, and this will account for his success in life. Children: 1, David Warren, born Jan. 30, 1817, married Hannah Wheeler, lives in Troy : 2, Eliza Wright, born Sept. 26, 1818, married Rev. Alfred Stevens, Aug. 17, and died Dec. S, 1844; 3, Helen Maria, born June 15, 1820, married Rev. A. Jenkins, June 7, 1843, and died May 22, 1851; 4, Edward, born Nov. 14, 1822, graduated at Harvard Law School 1847, is now clerk of the court for Cheshire county, lives at Keene; 5, Sarah, born Sept. 28, 1824, lied March 27, 1838; 6, Daniel, born May 29, 1S36, has recently commenced the study of medicine.
In the carly part of this year Luna Starkey, eighth son of Peter, married Hannah White, and lived a short time, in the house with his father. In 1813, he bought of Ebenezer Sanders, the farm upon which the latter had resided some years. He lived here until his death, which occurred Sept. 17, 1850. Children: 1, Luna, born May 18, 1812, died March 30, 1833; 2, Daniel, born Feb. 12, 1815, married Sarah Holbrook, lives on the Nurse farm; 3, Bailey, born Jan. 20, 1816, mar- ried Betsey Clark, lives in Troy; 4, Hannah L., born Jan. 19, 1820, married first, Jonathan Clark, Jr., who died Oct. 14, 1852: second, Daniel G. Carter of Fitz- william; 5, Stephen, born July 20, 1823, married Polly Sweetser, died March 30, 1843; 6, Ezekiel, born Nov.
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24, 1824, married Lucy Drury, is now living at the West; 7, Alanson, born Oct. 12, 1826, married Mary Rice, lives in Troy; S, Vienna, born May 15, 1829, died Jan. 30, 1848; 9, Edward, bern Oct. 14, 1831, married Mary Butler, lives in Troy; 10, Ira G., born March 4. 1834, lives with his mother on the Frye place.
This year, also, Isaac Lawrence, fourth son of Jona- than, built the house now owned by Levi L. Pierce, and resided there some four or five years, then moved to Vermont. His wife was Polly Lebourveau of Keene.
At this time, Capt. James Godfrey was living in the house which stood where Mrs. Lydia Whittemore's now stands. He was a shoe-maker, and came here from Lancaster, but at what time we have not been informed. His wife's maiden name was Goodwin, and was a sister of Mrs. Barnard. In 1813, he sold his house to Sahnon Whittemore and moved to Fitzwilliam. He had four children : Eliza, Goodwin, Sarah, and John.
Salmon Whittemore of Royalston, Mass., came here this year, and bought the farm now owned by A. S. Clark. Levi Haskell had owned the farm some years previous, but at this time he sold to Whittemore, and moved to Fitzwilliam. The latter lived here one year then bought Capt. Godfrey's house, and moved to the village. In his earlier years he had learned the cloth- ier's trade, and the 1st of April, 1815, bought, of Jona- than Wood of Fitzwilliam, the fulling-mill which had been built by Thomas Binney. For this he paid $1600, but the mill was old and the timbers so decayed that the following year he took the mill down. and built a. new one on the same spot. This was the mill that now stands there. Mr. Whittemore is said to have been a skilful workman, and that he was much esteemed by his fellow-citizens is evident from the various offices to which he was promoted by their suffrages. He died May G. 1826. Children: 1, Mary, born Oct. 11, 1806, died
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Oct. 14, 1831; 2, Sarah S., born June 28, 1808, died Jan. 21, 1832; 3, Abigail F., born Oct. 3, 1809, died Feb. 27, 1814; 4, Lydia L., born Sept. 20, 1811, mar- ried William S. Hutchins, Dec. 20, 1832, is now a wid- ow: 5, Cyrus, born March 19, 1813, married Mary D. Richardson of Greenfield, March 23, 1836, lives at the West; 6, Elijah N., born April 27, 1817, died March 6, 1820; 7, Abigail N., born May 29, 1820, married Samuel G. Whitney, May 24, 1842; 8, George, born Ang. 13, 1822, married Emily Barker, June 18, 1844, lives at Milford, Mass .; 9, Solomon, born June 29, 1826, died Nov. 24, the same year. Mr. Whittemore built the house in which his widow now lives, in 1825.
In the month of April, this year, Daniel Ball, of Marlboro', bought the Abraham Randall farm of Simcon Brooks, who had resided there a short time. Ball mar- ried Lydia Smith, of Worcester, and settled in Marl- boro' in 1786. He was a farmer, and resided on the above mentioned farm until his death, Feb. 23, 1828. Children: 1, Lydia, married John Thurston of Marl- boro'; 2, Betsey, married - Stanford of Dublin; 3, Relief, married Liebieus Rhoads of Marlboro'; 4, Olive, married Simeon Cobb of Dublin; 5, Esther, married Benjamin Boswith of Winchendon; 6, Ruth, married Stephen Rhoads of Marlboro'; 7, Lucy, married Dan- iel Woodward of Swanzey; 8, Patty, married Stephen Harris of Troy: 9, Daniel, married Hannah Bolles of Richmond; 10, Wesson, married Lydia Walker of Roy- alston, Mass.
Luke Harris, son of Christopher, married Polly Whit- ney, and moved into the house with his father, about this time, and resided there a few years, then moved into the Whipple house. Mrs. Harris died Sept., 1816, and the next year he married Betsey Whitney, sister of his for- mer wife. In 1818, he bought the farm on which Isaac Lawrence first settled, and lived there five and one-half
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years, then sold this farm to William Lawrence, and moved into the Thomas Tolman house. In 1825, he built, for Salmon Whittemore, the house now owned by Mrs. Whittemore. The following year he bought the pail-mill built by Moses Curtis and commenced making pails. Shortly after this he bought the house built by Jonathan B. French and lived there until 1836, when he sold the pail-shop to Charles Coolidge, and his house to Nathan Winch, and moved into the house now owned by E. P. Kimball. This year he bought of Elijah Har- rington the grist-mill and water-privilege just below the stone-bridge. He took the grist-mill down and com- menced immediately to build the factory, which was completed the following year, and used to manufacture woollen cloth. In 1841, he moved to Stirling, Mass., and after residing there five years, he went to Rich- > mond, where he lived until 1858, then moved to Nelson, where he is now living. Mrs. Harris died soon after going to Nelson. Children: 1, James Madison, born May 24, 1812, died Feb., 1816; 2, Mary Ann, born Oct. 30, 1813, is now in Troy; 3, Martha, born March 25, 1816, married Herman Kendall of Stirling; 4; Su- san, born March 20, 1818, died 1839; 5, Sarah W., born Oct. 23, 1819, married Isaac W. Holbrook; 6. Nathan W., born March 5, 1821; 7 and 8, Ferdinand and Isabella, (twins), born March 29, 1824, both died in 1825; 9, John W., born Sept. 15, 1828; 10, Isaiah, born Jan. 13, 1831, lives at Forkner's Hill, Missouri : 11, Caroline Elizabeth, born Feb. 14, 1833, married Reuben Phillips of Nelson.
Early in the spring, Constant Weaver, from the State of Rhode Island, bought the tavern of Josiah Morse and moved here with his family. He kept the tavern about two years, and in the mean time he constructed a pot- tery, the first establishment of the kind in the town. This stood in the back part of what is now the tavern
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garden. Several unsuccessful attempts to find clay of a suitable quality for manufacturing the ware, were made before the right sort of material was obtained. In the bank near what is now Harvey Blanding's mill- pond was found a good quality of clay, and from that was obtained the requsite supply. Mr. Weaver did but little in the pottery himself, but committed the man- agement of it to his son, who proved to be incompetent to the task, consequently little was accomplished. In 1814, he sold the tavern to Elnathan Gorham and re- turned to Rhode Island.
Sylvester P. Flint, from Fitchburg, came here, also, in 1812, and bought the Ball tavern and farm of Fuller, who obtained them of Christopher Harris. He did not pretend to keep a public house, although he oc- casionally entertained travellers who had years before been accustomed to stop there. We should suppose him to have been somewhat of a business man, from the fact that he was chosen one of the selectmen of the town in the years 1815, '16, and '18, and represented the town in the Legislature of the State in 1818. In 1821, he moved to Kcene.
In 1814, Elnathan Gorham bought the tavern of Con- stant Weaver and continued the public house. When a young man, he learned the clothier's trade and settled in Chesterfield, where he worked several years, but be- ing desirous of changing his business he came here as above stated, and for a few years did quite an active business in the tavern. Shortly after this his wife died, and he married Eliza, daughter of Nathan Wheel- er. in 1816. Four years after he moved to Cincinnati, Ohio, where after a short residence his health so failed that it was deemed advisable for him to leave the city ; and he retired to Batavia, where he died in 1821. He was a man of much enterprise and public spirit, and while here he took a deep interest in the prosperity of
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the town. Children: 1, Eliza, born 1817, married first, Dr. Baker of Chelsea, Mass., who died: second, Earle Clark, and is now living in Troy; 2, Charles, born 1820, dicd near Panama, 1856.
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