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under the command of General Butler. After participating in the engagements at Drury's Bluff, Bermuda Hundred, and Swift Creek, it was transported. to White House Landing, and was with General Grant at the battle of Cold Harbor. It was also present at the siege of Petersburg, where Mr. Evans was promoted to the post of principal musician, and at the capture of Richmond. On June 21, 1865, it was mustered out of the service. After his re- turn from the army Mr. Evans resumed his connection with the printing business in Con- cord, first entering the employ of William Butterfield, publisher of the New Hampshire Patriot. Afterward he was in the employ of the Independent Democrat, People, and Indepen- dent Statesman. His political affiliations have been with the Republican party since reach- ing his majority, and his vigorous advocacy of its principles has been exceedingly valuable to it in this part of the State. He was elected to the legislature for the years 1895 and 1896. He was also public printer during the years 1891 and 1892.
On August 3, 1865, Mr. Evans wedded Helen G. Rowe, a native of Concord. Of the four children born to them, two are living- Mabel F. and Ira Leon. Mr. Evans is a mem- ber of Eureka Lodge, No. 7, F. & A. M. ; of White Mountain Lodge, No. 5, I. O. O. F. ; of Concord Lodge, No. 8, Knights of Pythias, of which he is a Past Chancellor; and of the A. O. U. W. He is a Past Commander of E. E. Sturtevant Post, No. 2, Grand Army of the Republic; was delegate at large to the National Encampment at San Francisco in 1884; and he has served as Aide-de-camp upon the staff of the department commander. He was for five years connected with the National Guard; and he is the publisher of the Veterans' Advocate, which was established in 1884, and which is the only newspaper issued in New
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Hampshire devoted to the interests of the Grand Army of the Republic and its auxil- iaries.
ILLIAM CLARK, formerly Judge of Probate for Sullivan County, was born in Claremont, March 6, 1819, son of Moses and Fanny (Patterson) Clark. His ancestors on both sides were pioneer set- tlers of Londonderry, N. H. Moses Clark, a native of Londonderry, came when a young man to Claremont, and settled upon a farm situated on the old road to Newport. He fol- lowed agriculture with success for the rest of his life, and was one of the able farmers and useful citizens of his day. In his religious views he was a Universalist. He was the father of ten children, six sons and four daughters.
In his boyhood William Clark attended the district school for several months each year. He assisted upon the farm until he was twenty-one years old. Then he apprenticed himself to Rufus Carlton to learn the butcher- ing and meat business. A year later he went to work in the same business for Philemon Tolles, with whom he remained three years. After this he engaged in business for him- self, and built up a large trade, which he maintained alone for eight or nine years, and for three years in partnership with Henry C. Cowles. In this period for some time he drove a meat wagon through the surrounding towns, and each winter his route extended as far as Concord. Selling out to his partner in 1857, he was afterward engaged in the whole- sale grain and flour trade with Albert H. Dan - forth for about fifteen years. In 1871 he re- tired after an active business career of thirty years, and devoted his attention to other in- terests. He was employed in probate affairs for many years, acting as administrator for
some of the largest estates in Sullivan County. From 1853 to 1868 he was a member of the Board of Selectmen, and he was Chair- man of the Board for ten years of that time. In 1863 he was appointed United States Deputy Assessor of Internal Revenue for this district, and afterward held that position for nine years. He was Town Clerk in 1871, 1872, and 1873, during which time the town records were kept in a manner that reflected the highest credit upon him. In 1876 he was appointed Judge of Probate, a position which he held until his death. The Supreme Court never reversed a single decision of his from which appeal had been made. He was a Di- rector of the Claremont National Bank for fourteen years and of the Sullivan Savings Institution for twenty-nine years.
Judge Clark married Esther A: Bosworth, who survives him. She was born in Royal- ton, Vt., daughter of Jarvis and Bershey (Crowell) Bosworth. Jarvis Bosworth, who was a native of Rehoboth, R.I., settled in Royalton, Vt., where he resided for the rest of his life. An able, upright, and fair- minded business man, possessing excellent judgment and a thorough knowledge of finan- cial matters, Mr. Clark was especially well fitted to preside over the Probate Court. He was a member of the Masonic fraternity and of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He died at his home in Claremont, May 30, 1883.
LIVER P. WILSON, a retired busi- ness man and a prominent resident of Dunbarton, was born in this town, October 17, 1836, son of Thomas and Mary (Mills) Wilson. The grandfather, John Wil- son, who was the first of the family in this town, was reared upon a farm, and acquired the trade of shoemaking. An industrious and
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thrifty man, it was his custom to attend to the farm duties through the day, and make or repair shoes for the farmers in his locality until late at night. He was for many years a Deacon of the Congregational church, and he lived to a good old age. He married Anna H. Kimball, of Hopkinton, and reared a fam- ily of eleven children.
Thomas Wilson, who was also a native of Dunbarton, attended school until he was seven- teen years old. Afterward for a time he assisted his father upon the farm. Later he served an apprenticeship at the carpenter's trade, which he followed as a journeyman for a few years. Then, relinquishing that calling, he engaged in a mercantile business in Dun- barton, and carried on a prosperous trade for several years. The profits of this business, together with the income of a large farm which he conducted at the same time, had placed him in very comfortable circumstances before his death. This event, which occurred when he was seventy-five years old, was the result of an accident. He rendered faithful and effi- cient. service as Town Treasurer and Collector for a number of years, and he was active in the Congregational church. His wife, Mary, who was a daughter of Reuben Mills, of Hamp- stead, had eight children, of whom five are living.
Oliver P. Wilson acquired a common- school education, and at the age of sixteen began life as a farm assistant. After follow- ing the latter occupation for two or three years, he went to Manchester, where he learned photography, and worked at the busi- ness for three years. Then, returning to Dunbarton, he entered his father's store as a partner, and opened a photograph gallery. Upon the death of his father he became the sole proprietor of the store, which he prosper- ously conducted for twenty-five years. In
1890 he sold out to his son-in-law, and retired from active pursuits. For a number of years he and his father acted as agents for the Olzendam Hosiery Company of Manchester, during which time they supplied some fifty families with work in that line. He has also been an extensive dealer in real estate, having bought and sold a large number of farms in this section.
In 1856 Mr. Wilson was united in marriage with Nancy F. Chamberlain, daughter of Thomas and Eliza Chamberlain, of Goffstown, N. H., and has reared two children. In 1873, 1874, 1875, and 1876 Mr. Wilson was elected Town Treasurer, and Collector in 1874, 1875, 1878, 1882, 1883, 1884, 1889, 1891, and 1897; and for twenty-five years he served as Post- master, the office having been located in his store. He has also acted as Constable and Justice of the Peace. Prominently identified with the First Congregational Church, he has . been its treasurer and collector as well as the treasurer, superintendent, and librarian of the Sunday-school.
REEMAN CUTTING, a prosperous farmer of Newport, was born in Croy- don, N. H., July 19, 1821, son of Fran- cis and Keziah (Hudson) Cutting. His grandfather, Benjamin Cutting, one of the first settlers of Croydon, was an energetic and successful farmer; and he served his country in the Revolutionary War. Benjamin and his wife, Anna Bemas Cutting, died at the re- spective ages of eighty-eight and ninety years. Of their thirteen children none are now living. Francis Cutting, who was next to the young- est, followed his father's occupation, that of farming. He was also an extensive stock dealer, in fact, doing, it is claimed, the largest business in that line in Sullivan
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County. His property consisted of eight hun- dred acres of land. In religion he was of the Methodist Episcopal belief, and in poli- tics he was a Democrat. On his seventy- eighth birthday he died on the farm where he was born. His wife lived to be seventy-six years of age. They had nine children - three daughters and six sons. Five of these children are now living, the subject of this sketch being the eldest. The others are: Shepherd Cutting, of Newport; Addison Cut- ting, of Croydon; Mrs. Diantha Young, the wife of Israel Young, of Newport; and Mrs. Philinda Pike. The others were: Alfred, Irena, Morrill, and Elan.
Freeman Cutting grew up on the old farm in Croydon, receiving his education in the town schools. . At the age of twenty-one he purchased one hundred and twenty-one acres of land adjoining his father's property in New- port. After living on this estate for eleven years, he sold it and bought another in Clare- mont, on which he resided for eight years. At the end of that time he moved back to Newport, and in 1871 he bought the property on which he now resides. It contains four hundred acres, which, taken with what he owns elsewhere, makes about nine hundred acres belonging to him. He has one of the best sets of farm buildings in the town, and the appearance of thrift and progress is visible everywhere. He has worked with untiring energy, made a great many improvements, and keeps up well with the times. In this lies the secret of his success. He deals extensively in cattle, and is a leading stock-raiser. At present he has seventy-five head of cattle on his farm, and he makes a specialty of the milk industry. Giving his personal attention to all the details of the farm management, the best results are in this way secured.
Mr. Cutting was married in 1843 to Emily
A. Hubbard, who, born in Charlestown, N. H., in 1823, daughter of Oliver Hubbard, died April 17, 1894. Their ten children are all living; namely, Dennison, Emily, John, Belah, Louis, Achar, Zilpha, Sarah, Abbie, and Viola.
Mr. Cutting takes an interest in the welfare of the community. He was First Selectman of Newport for several terms, Overseer of the Poor for the same length of time, and he served acceptably in the capacity of Tax Collector.
LLEN FRANCES EVANS, of Frank- lin, whose intelligence and worth com- mand the highest esteem of her large circle of friends and acquaintances, was born June 27, 1845, in Sanbornton, N. H., daugh- ter of Edward and Phoebe (Morrison) Evans. Her ancestors were prominent among the pioneers of Belknap County. Miss Evans's father, a native of Sanbornton, generally known as Master Evans, for a number of years successfully taught schools in Andover and Sanbornton; and many of his pupils have at- tained prominence in business and professional life. For thirty-seven years Mr. Evans re- sided at the Morrison farm in his native town. He died of apoplexy, September 14, 1872, aged seventy-seven years. Having done much for the general good of the community, he was generally mourned. His wife, Phœbe, who was also a native of Sanbornton and a daugh- ter of David Morrison, died August 16, 1875, aged seventy-five years. Her noble and un- selfish character was demonstrated in her every-day life, and her charity was dispensed liberally among the needy and suffering. While residing with her son in Boston, she suddenly became conscious of her approaching end, and, at her desire, was brought to her old home in Sanbornton. Here her last days were
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peacefully spent in waiting for the final moment, of which she had no fear. She had formerly sung in the church choir, and in this period the singing of sacred songs seemed to revive her memories of the past and was a source of much consolation.
Edward and Phœbe (Morrison) Evans were the parents of eight children; namely, Ran- som Flagg, Edward Dustin, Lucy Ann, Mary Jane, Sarah, Susan, George Sullivan, and Ellen Frances. Ransom Flagg Evans, born January 9, 1824, who became a member of the firm Sands, Furber & Co., and was connected with the wholesale and retail produce business in Faneuil Hall Market, Boston, for over forty years, died suddenly in 1896. He not only improved the old homestead, but generously provided for the comfort of his relatives in Sanbornton. The Evans family monument in the new cemetery in Franklin, placed there by him in 1880, is one of the most costly and imposing shafts erected in this vicinity. Ed- ward Dustin Evans, born May 16, 1826, mar- ried Frances Perley, of New Bedford, Mass., and resided in that town until a year previous to his death, which occurred December 25, 1859, at the age of thirty-three years. Lucy Ann Evans, born October 19, 1831, on March 12, 1865, married Jacob Fottler, who was born August 19, 1839, and is now a member of the firm of Sands, Furber & Co. Mr. and Mrs. Fottler, who reside at 57 Chestnut Street, Boston, have two children : Frances Belle, born July 16, 1866; and Milton Evans, born April 14, 1869. Mary Jane Evans, who was born June 9, 1834, married Nathaniel M. Colby, an extensive farmer of Franklin, N. H. Sarah Evans, born April 9, 1836, on Novem- ber 16, 1870, married Beniah B. Davidson, who was born in Holderness, N. H., July 31, 1835. They reside at the old homestead, and have one of the finest residences in Sanborn-
ton. Susan Evans, born April 22, 1838, died March 2, 1854; and George Sullivan Evans, born November 1, 1840, died June 23, 1857. Ellen Frances Evans, the subject of this sketch, spends much of her time with her sisters in Boston and Sanbornton, and she also makes frequent visits to Mr. and Mrs. S. P. Thompson in Franklin.
AZEN B. MARTIN, a highly re- spected resident of Franklin and a veteran of the Civil War, was born in Bradford, Vt., March 17, 1834, son of Ben- jamin and Sally (Barker) Martin: Both par- ents, as well as the grandfather, Levi Barker, were natives of Bradford. The latter was a farmer and a cooper. Benjamin Martin died in 1863, and his wife died in 1864. Of their twelve children, five died young. Those who lived to maturity were: Bailey, Benjamin Franklin, Alba G., the Rev. Albert H., Lydia S., Catherine, and Hazen B. Bailey wedded Mary McIntire, and died at the age of thirty- six years. Benjamin Franklin lived in Athens, Ohio. The Rev. Albert H., who married for his first wife Abigail Pickett, of Bradford, Vt., and for his second Maria Leavitt, of Franklin, and died January 19, 1895, had preached fifty-three years as a Christian minister. Lydia S. married Har- ran Wilmot, and both are now deceased. Catherine and her husband, John McIntire, have also passed away.
Hazen B. Martin was educated in the common schools, and resided at home until seventeen years old. He worked as a farm assistant until twenty-two, and then went to Manchester, N. H., where he later learned the moulder's trade.
The seventh volunteer in Manchester, he enlisted on April 22, 1861, in the Abbott's
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Guards, which were mustered into the Second New Hampshire Regiment as Company I. His active service in the Civil War began in August of the same year, when he marched with his regiment from Washington to the front. He participated in the first battle of Bull Run, and was present at the battles of . Yorktown, Williamsburg, Fair Oaks, the seven days' fight, and Malvern Hill. In August, 1862, he was taken prisoner and con- fined for six weeks in Libby Prison. After his release he was taken to Fortress Monroe, where he suffered a long illness. When re- stored to health, he was transferred to Annap- olis, Md. Later he went to Camp Falmouth ; and in March, 1863, he came home on a fur- lough. He was discharged in the following June at Concord on account of physical disa- bility. The illness contracted in the army continued with him for many months after. In 1865 he returned to Manchester, and later resumed his trade in Nashua. From that city he went to Bridgeport, Conn., where he Worked as long as his health permitted. Then he obtained employment of a less ardu- ous nature upon a railroad. An accident laid him up for six months. In 1873 he settled in Franklin, upon what is known as the Dimond farm. Since then he has followed agriculture and peddled tinware upon the road.
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Mr. Martin has been three times married. His first marriage was made with Martha Tuttle, of Manchester. His second united him to Kate Dimond, of Franklin. His pres- ent wife was formerly Mrs. Carrie Hildreth Harvey. She was born in Bethlehem, N. H., April 21, 1847, daughter of Elias and Hannah (Nourse) Hildreth, of whose seven children Sarah, Carrie, and Addie are living. Mrs. Martin's first husband was G. W. Wesley, of Bethlehem, N. H., who belonged to the third generation from Charles and John Wesley, the
founders of Methodism. He died October 20, 1867, leaving one son, George W. Mrs. Mar- tin's second husband was Daniel Harvey, who died in 1880. By his first marriage Mr. Mar- tin has three children - Roscoe, Ella F., and Amon H. By his present union he has one daughter - Minnie May, born July 29, 1886. Politically, Mr. Martin is a Republican. He is a member of Granite Lodge, No. 1, I. O. O. F., of Nashua; of the Pilgrim Fathers, the Good Templars, and the grange ; and he is a comrade of George F. Swett Post, No. 38, G. A. R., of Franklin.
ENRY EASTMAN CHAMBERLIN, the Superintendent of the Concord Street Railway, was born in New- bury, Vt., May 28, 1854, son of Charles and Ruth (Eastman) Chamberlin. His father was a native of Newbury, and his mother was born in Haverhill, N. H. ; and he is a lineal descend- ant, on the maternal side, of Roger Eastman, the founder of the family in America. He attended the public schools of Newbury, Vt., and Haverhill, N. H., until he was fourteen years old. In 1869 he went to Union City, Ind., where he entered the employ of the Belle Fontaine Railroad Company as a mes- senger boy, and rose to the position of tele- graph operator. In 1870 he took charge of the office in Anderson, Ind., and, after work- ing in a similar capacity for the company at various points along their line, he in 1873 came to Concord, and entered the train des- patcher's office of the Northern New Hamp- shire Railroad. In 1875 he was appointed station agent at Fisherville (now Penacook), and held that position until April, 1893, when he resigned in order to accept the superintend- ency of the Concord Street Railway.
On November 23, 1875, Mr. Chamberlin
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wedded Mary E. Livengood, of Union City, Ind. She is now the mother of three chil- dren; namely, Myla, Iyla, and Ruth Eliza- beth. In politics Mr. Chamberlin is a Re- publican. In 1892 he was elected a member . of the Board of Aldermen from Ward One for two years, and in 1896 he was elected member of the State legislature for two years. He is connected with Contoocook Lodge, No. 26, I. O. O. F., of Penacook; with Penacook En- campment, No. 3, of Concord; and with J. S. Durgin Camp, No. 7, Sons of Veterans. As a railway official he has won the esteem and friendship of the general public, with whom he is very popular ; and his efforts to improve the street car service are heartily appreciated by all.
ENJAMIN F. PORTER, a member of the Board of Selectmen of Plain- field, was born in this town, August 28, 1852, son of Jabez and Eliza F. (Green) Porter. The Rev. Micah Porter, the father of Jabez, was a Congregational minister, who, "after preaching in Connecticut, his native State, for some years, was called to Plainfield, where he passed the rest of his life. He was also a cancer doctor. The maiden name of his wife was Elizabeth Gallup, and his chil- dren were: Isaac, Benjamin, William, John, Jabez, Martha, and Phœbe. The five sons studied medicine, and four of them became practitioners. Isaac located in Wisconsin, where he died; and his children are residing there still. Benjamin, who was a physician in Northfield, Vt., is now deceased. William was studying medicine at the time of his death, which occurred when he was thirty years old. John settled in Duxbury, Mass., where he resided for the rest of his life, and was one of the prominent physicians of Plym- outh County. He married Ann Thomas, and
reared a family. Martha, who married a Mr. Walker and had two children, settled in a Western State. Phobe died at about the age of twenty-nine.
Jabez Porter, father of Benjamin F., was born in Connecticut, December 22, 1796. He attended the Kimball Union Academy and also studied medicine. He settled upon a farm in Plainfield, where for many years he made a specialty of treating cancers, having a sanitarium in which to board and attend to his patients. In this connection he was known throughout the New England States as a suc- cessful specialist. He was a Republican in politics, and he served for a number of years in the capacity of Collector of Taxes. Jabez Porter died in August, 1886. His wife, Eliza, was born in Cavendish, Vt., June 4, 1815, daughter of Isaac Green, of Plymouth, Vt., who was a prominent farmer of that local- ity. She bore him five children - Amos P., Jabez A., Benjamin F., Sophia E., and John. Amos P. died at the age of three years, and Jabez A. when twenty months old. Sophia E., who, born August 24, 1854, died Decem- ber 2, 1887, was the wife of the late Harrison Jordan, a well-to do resident of Plainfield. John, born February 23, 1856, who completed his education at the Kimball Union Academy, and is now occupying the old Porter home- stead in this town, married Annette Z. Rogers, daughter of Daniel Rogers, an indus- trious farmer of Hartland, Vt., and has four children - George B., John D., Edwin M., and Harland E. Mrs. Jabez Porter died Sep- tember 7, 1872.
Benjamin F. Porter acquired his education in a public school and in a private school of his native town. He assisted upon the farm until the death of his father. After managing the property for some time in company with his brother John, he bought the Spencer farm,
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where he now resides. He was formerly engaged in raising cattle and sheep, but of late he gives his attention to horse-breeding. His energy and ability as a general farmer enable him to make agriculture a most profitable employment, and he ranks among the well- to-do residents of Plainfield. Politically, he acts with the Republican party; and for a number of years he has served the town ably and faithfully as a member of the Board of Selectmen. He possesses the valuable rem- edies used by his father, and is frequently called upon to treat patients in this vicinity.
Mr. Porter married for his first wife Eliza L. Whittaker, who was born in Plainfield, March 3, 1856. She died October 21, 1877, leaving no children. His present wife, who was before marriage Jennie F. Spaulding, was born in this town January 26, 1867, daughter of Alfred Spaulding. Mr. Porter is connected with the Patrons of Husbandry, and is a mem- ber of the Congregational church.
HARLES WINCH, a Justice of the Peace and a successful farmer of Langdon, is a native of Sullivan, Cheshire County. He was born November 13, 1845, son of Thomas and Clarissa (Town) Winch. The family, which is of English origin, was founded by Samuel Winch, who settled in Sudbury, Mass., in 1670. Caleb, the great-grandfather of Charles, was born in Framingham, Mass., September 26, 1744. In 1768, when he was married, he removed to Fitzwilliam, where he resided until his death in 1826. He was a man of means, influential in town affairs and active in church work. The maiden name of his wife was Mehitable Maynard. His son, John, born in Fitzwill- iam, March 10, 1778, was a prosperous farmer and took an active interest in town affairs.
John's wife, whose maiden name was Lucy Gary, born in Leominster, Mass., died Sep- tember 13, 1851. John and Lucy Winch were the parents of ten children, born as follows : Jeremiah, February 23, 1805; Lucy, Decem- ber 5, 1806; John, September 9, 1808; Suka, July 21, 1810; Caleb, April 19, 1812; Thomas, March 2, 1814; Esther, March 11, 1817; Betsey, March 31, 1818; Nancy, Octo- ber 25, 1820; and Abbie A., September 2, 1822.
Thomas Winch was born and educated in Sullivan. In 1855 he came to Langdon, and was there for a prolonged period, extensively engaged in general farming, cattle and sheep raising, besides being very active in town affairs. He was Selectman in Sullivan and Langdon, and Chairman of the Board in each place, a Justice of the Peace for ten years, and Representative to the State legislature in 1861-62. His death occurred August 8, 1896, in his eighty-third year. His wife, Clarissa Town Winch, who was born in Stoddard, N. H., October 28, 1818, now lives in Marlow, N. H. Three sons and a daugh- ter were born of their union; namely, Charles, Thomas D., Ella M., and George. Thomas D., born in Sullivan, October 10, 1847, com- pleted his education at Kimball Union Acad- emy of Meriden, N. H., and is now living in Peterboro, N. H., being a member of the large grocery firm of Winch & Field. He married Josephine Nichols, of Peterboro. Ella M., born in Sullivan, August 28, 1849, married George C. Friend, a successful farmer of Marlow. She died January 10, 1894, sur- vived by her husband and one daughter, Blanche Ina Friend. George, born in Lang- don, July 11, 1857, attended the common schools of Langdon, and then prepared for col- lege at Kimball Union Academy and St. Johnsbury Academy of Vermont. He then
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