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Mr. Rowe was married June 1, 1853, to Martha E. Sargent, of Pittsfield, N.H., who died May 15, 1861, aged thirty-eight. She was the mother of one child, who died in in- fancy. On August 15, 1867, he entered a second marriage, contracted with Miss Laura Bartlett, of Kingston Village. This lady, who was born March 30, 1824, is the daughter of David and Dorothy (Young) Bartlett, re- spectively natives of Danville and of Kings - ton. Mr. Bartlett was a farmer of Kingston, and he and his wife died in that town. Mr. Rowe has no children by his second marriage.
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A stanch Republican, he has never failed to east his ballot on election day, and was at one time quite active in politics, serving as Se- lectman and in other official capacities. He is well known in this section of the county, and has many friends.
EORGE P. HARVEY, one of the mnost prosperous farmers of Deerfield, was born in Nottingham, N.H., July 19, 1851, son of Jacob and Sabrina H. (Chase) Harvey. Mr. Harvey's great-grand- father, who was of English ancestry, resided in Nottingham. Eben Harvey, the grand- father, an early resident of Nottingham, was a prosperous farmer. Eben was twice married. His first wife, whose maiden name was Emer- son, had by him five children, among whom was Jacob, the father of George P. By his union with Sally Thurston, his second bride, there were no children. He died at an ad- vanced age.
Jacob Harvey, a native and a lifelong resi- dent of Nottingham, having been reared a farmer, followed that calling throughout his active period. He was known as an industri- ous man and a worthy citizen. After living to the advanced age of eighty-one years, he died June 10, 1888. In politics he was a Democrat, while he never cared to accept public office. He married for his first wife Lydia Knowlton, of Northwood, by whom he had ten children. Of these, eight are liv- ing, namely: Ruth, who is now Mrs. Abbott. of Manchester, N.H. ; Eliza, the widow of the late P. Sturtevant; Betsey, the wife of Sam- uel Thomas, of New York; Lydia, the wife of E. S. Griffin, of Malden, Mass .; Samuel P., a resident of Stratham, N.H. ; Charles G., residing in Nottingham; Susan, the wife of J. H. Winslow, also of Nottingham; and Sarah E., the wife of M. C. Tuttle, of Not- tingham. Jacob Harvey married for his sec- ond wife Sabrina H. Chase, who became the mother of four children, among whom is George P., the subject of this sketch. Both parents attended the Free Will Baptist church.
George P. Harvey was educated in the com- mon schools and at the Northwood Seminary. He started life for himself as a teamster, and
was employed in that capacity in Suncook, of Merrimack County, and Manchester, for sev- eral years. In 1880 he returned to Notting- ham, and engaged in farming for his unele, the late Mr. Chase. Succeeding to the farm after his uncle's death, he later sold the prop- erty, and leased the John D. Philbrick place in Deerfield. He eventually bought the old Phil- brick property, where he now resides. The farm contains one hundred and sixty acres, most of which is under cultivation. The residence is a substantial, suitable building, though erected over one hundred years ago. Mr. Harvey has made various improvements in the property. He carries on general farm- ing, raises some stock, and cultivates a maple grove of eight hundred trees, from which he has obtained one hundred gallons of syrup in two days and one night. In politics he was formerly a Democrat. He is now one of the active supporters of the Republican party in this town. He has rendered efficient public service as Collector and Truant Officer and Deputy Sheriff. He held the last-named office for two years.
On June 10, 1882, Mr. Harvey wedded Lizzie F. Sanborn, a native of South Berwick, Me. Having no children of their own, Mr. and Mrs. Harvey have taken several inmates from the Marcella Street Home in Boston, whom they kindly care for until able to sup- port themselves. Mr. Harvey is connected with Union Lodge, No. 32, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of Deerfield, in which he has filled the important chairs. Both he and his wife are members of the Congregational church.
AZEN SANBORN, a well-known teamster and agriculturist of Au- burn, was born in Thornton, N. I.I., July 31, 1857, son of Hazen and Ann (March) Sanborn. Ilis grandfather, Shubael Sanborn, a native of Canterbury, N. H., born January 21, 1790, there followed the occupation of farmer. Grandfather San- born and his wife had twelve children, all of whom, with their parents, are now deceased. The mother's death occurred January 24, 1852. Hazen Sanborn, Sr., was a gardener as
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well as a general farmer. In the earlier por- tion of his life he resided for a number of years at Newton, Mass. Subsequently he came to Auburn, where he passed the re- mainder of his life. He received in marriage the hand of Miss Ann March, of Sanbornton, Belknap County, and afterward became the father of six children, three of whom are liv- ing. In politics he was not ambitious of dis- tinction, while he supported the Republican party. He departed this life in 1889, at the age of seventy-six years. His wife died Jan- uary 24, 1888.
Hazen Sanborn received his education at the New Hampton Seminary. He then engaged in teaming and general agriculture. He now possesses a farm of sixty aeres, on which he makes a specialty of raising garden truck for the market.
On December 23, 1886, Mr. Sanborn was united in marriage with Mrs. Grettie A. Fox Chase, a native of Auburn, and a daughter of Andrew F. Fox. They have now one child, Margaret Ann, who is in her ninth year. Mr. Sanborn does not seek social or political office or pre-eminence, nor is he connected with any of the fraternal orders of the locality. He is a stanch supporter of the principles and policy of the Republican party.
ATHANIEL P. ORDWAY, a well- known blacksmith of Greenland, was born in Milan, Coos County, May 20, 1842, son of Hezekiah and Mary (Porter) Ordway. His father, Hezekiah, who was engaged in general agricultural pursuits throughout his adult life, spent his carlier years at Shelburne, N.H., which was his birthplace. He subsequently lived in Milan and Gilead, Me .; but his last years were passed in Greenland. He united in wedlock with Miss Mary Porter, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Nathaniel Porter, of. Shelburne. They became the parents of nine children -- Diantha H., Alanson, Lysander, Malissa, Samuel T., Alma, Alvin B., Eveline G., and Nathaniel P. Diantha was given in marriage to John B. Peasley, a resident of Merrimack, Mass., to whom she has borne two children - Alfred and Ada. Alanson wedded Miss Elvira Rich-
ards, a native of Medford, Mass., and has two sons -Walter H. and Howard. He served in the Civil War as an "artificer " with the New Hampshire Heavy Artillery. Lysander joined in matrimony with Miss Elizabeth Blake, of Kittery, Me., who died, leaving three children - Frank H., Celia, and Fred. He afterward contracted a second marriage with Mrs. Mary Holt. Malissa was wedded to John H. Worthen, of Newburyport, Mass., to whom she bore four children, of whom three died in infancy, and Charles H. survives. Samuel married Miss Mary Millett, a native of Green- wood, Me., and has four children. Alvin joined in wedlock with Miss Margaret Potter, and has two sons and two daughters - Alice, Annie, William, and Herbert. Eveline be- came the wife of John D. Hunt, of Newbury- port, Mass., and has two children - Grace and Osman. The father departed this life in 1879, at the age of seventy-nine years, and his wife in 1872.
Nathaniel P. Ordway attended the district school of Gilead during three months in the winter season for four or five years. At the age of seventeen years he began to learn the trade of a blacksmith with his brother, Alan- son. He subsequently completed the period prescribed for that purpose at Haverhill, Mass., in the employment of Samuel Kim- ball. In all he was with Mr. Kimball for about two and a half years, when he returned to Gilead. After a short time he went to Portsmouth, N.H., worked for one summer; and he returned to Mainc. At this time he enlisted in Company B of the Twenty-third Maine Regiment, for service in the Civil War. His military experience this time covered ten months, for the greater part of which he was stationed at a point on the Bal- timore and Ohio Canal near Harper's Ferry. On receiving his discharge, he returned home, and conducted a blacksmith's shop at Milan for three months. He then enlisted again, this time joining Company E of the Ninth New Hampshire Regiment, which was en- gaged in guard duty on the Kentucky Central Railroad when he reached it. At Peters- burg, while the regiment was guarding exca- vation work, he sustained a gunshot wound. He was performing hospital duty when he was
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finally mustered out of the service in Decem- ber, 1865, at New York. Returning then to New England, he took up his residence at West Bethel, Me., and there worked at his trade for the ensuing seven years. After this he spent about twelve months travelling through the country, visiting Colorado and other Western States. On returning East again, he settled in Greenland, where he has since resided, prosperously occupied in his calling.
In 1874 Mr. Ordway was united in marriage with Miss Mary H. Carleton, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Francis Carleton, of Newbury- port, Mass. They have had one child, a son, who died in infaney. They have now an adopted daughter. Mr. Ordway, who joined the Masonie fraternity in Maine, is a member of the lodge of Masons at Greenland. He is also a member of the American Legion of Honor Benefit Association at Greenland, and a comrade of Storer Post, Grand Army of the Republic, of Portsmouth. In politics he has been an carnest Republican since he east his first Presidential vote for Abraham Lincoln in 1864; while his religious belief is that of the Methodist Episcopalians, with whose society in Greenland he is in communion.
OHN J. CILLEY, a retired business man and well-known farmer of Deer- field, N.H., who is the representative of an old and honored name in New England, was born August 31, 1843.
Mr. Cilley is a direct descendant of Joseph Cilley, a farmer of Nottingham, who was one of the first to take up arms in defence of American liberties, being engaged in the at- tack upon Fort William and Mary in the provinec of New Hampshire, in December, 1774. A few months later he was the gallant leader of the brave soldiers from Deerfield, Nottingham, and Epsom, who marehed to Lexington on that memorable day when,
" By the rude bridge that arched the flood, Their flag to April's breeze unfurled,
. . . the embattled farmers stood
And fired the shot heard round the world."
Not long afterward Joseph Cilley was ap-
pointed Major of Colonel Poor's Second Regi- ment, and in 1776 was made Lieutenant Colo- nel. On April 3, 1777, he was appointed Colo- nel of the First New Hampshire Regiment in the place of Colonel Stark; and on January 2, 1786, he was made Major-general of the First Division of the New Hampshire Militia.
General Cilley was married November 4, 1756, to Miss Sarah Longfellow, and had a large family of children. He died August 25, 1799, aged sixty-five, leaving to his de- scendants a name which holds a high place on the list of distinguished Americans. After his return from the army he received from the citizens of his section repeated evidences of their appreciation of him, being elected to many publie offiees. He served as Represen- tative, Senator, and Couneillor; and it was a most fitting thing that he should have been elected Treasurer, Vice-President, and Presi- dent of the New Hampshire branch of the order of Cincinnati.
His son, Horatio Gates Cilley, was born in Nottingham, N.H. He married Sally Jen- ness, November 17, 1802. Of the nine chil- dren born to them, Mary, the wife of Ephraim Eaton, is the only one now living. Her brother, Horatio Gates Cilley, the second of the name, was born in Deerfield, N.H. He graduated from Dartmouth College in 1827, and then read Jaw under J. Sullivan, Exeter. He practised in the courts of New Hampshire and Maine, he having removed to Lewiston in 1853. The two children born of his marriage with Miss Deborah Jenness, of Decrfield, arc both now living: Horatio Gates, a graduate of Dartmouth in 1863 ; and John J. Cilley. Their father was a member of the Board of Select- men, a Representative in the State legisla- ture, and a man of influence. He died in 1874, aged sixty-nine years. Mrs. Deborah J. Cilley died in 1849.
John J. Cilley was edueated in the schools of Deerfield and Lewiston, Me., and Hanover, N. II., and was engaged in business in Boston from 1865 to 1883. In the latter year he re- turned to Deerfield, and he has since resided at the old Jenness homestead. October 20, 1880, was the date of his marriage to Miss Lizzie Lord, of Boston. He represented the town in the State legislature in 1889 and 1890.
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On the maternal side Mr. Cilley is also of old and honorable ancestry. Francis Jenness, the founder of the Jenness family in America, came from England in 1665, settling in New Castle, known then as Great Island, New Hamp- shire. In 1671 he married Hannah Cox, of Hampton, from which union six children were born. Mrs. Jenness died; and Mr. Jenness formed a second marriage with Salome, the widow of John White. Mr. Jenness died in 1713.
To Francis Jenness was born in 1686 a son whom he called Richard, and who was later known as Captain Richard Jenness. He took up two grants of land, which are now within the limits of Deerfield, while a third was pur- chased by him for the sum of fifty pounds in 1743. Captain Jenness was a man of promi- nence in the town, serving as Representative in the Provincial Assembly nearly forty years.
Hc married in 1710 Mary Dow, and died in 1769, leaving ten children. Richard, his fifth child, to whom he left lands in Notting- ham and other places, was born in 1717. He became an attorney and counsellor-at-law, and was twice married. By his first wife this second Richard Jenness had six children; and by his second, Abigail Sleeper, a widow, he had two sons - Jonathan and Benjamin. Richard Jenness, Esq., succeeded his father, Captain Jenness, as a member of the House of Representatives from Rye, serving till the Revolution. He was also a Justice of the Peace. Two of his sons, Richard, third, and Thomas, settled on the South Road. Rich- ard, third, born in 1747, married in 1770 Miss Betsy Berry; and he and his brother Thomas both built handsome houses for themselves in 1785. Richard, third, who be- came Judge Jenness, held many positions of importance. He was a delegate to several conventions during the time of the Revolu- tion, and was a member of the House of Rep- resentatives, and was for four years a Senator. He died on July 4, 1819, leaving a son, Thomas, who was born in 1772, and who in 1794 married Deborah Sanborn, of Dcerfield. lIe died in 1836, leaving eleven children, one being his daughter, Deborah, wife of Horatio Gates Cilley, and mother of John J. Cilley.
The memory of such a lineage as Mr.
Cilley's is worthy to be preserved as a stimu- lus for equal effort and achievement for future generations. Although long since he left Boston, Mr. Cilley still retains his member- ship in Mount Tabor Lodge, A. F. & A. M., East Boston, and also belongs to St. Paul's Chapter, Boston Council and Commandery.
ANIEL M. FOSS, a retired farmer living on his homestead in Rye, N.H., was born in this town, March IO, 1834. He is of English stock, and a direct descendant of one John Foss, who deserted from an English vessel of war, and settled on the Atlantic coast in New Hampshire. From John Foss have sprung the branch of the Foss family to which Daniel M. Foss belongs.
Robinson Foss, the son of John Foss, a fisherman of Rye, was born on August 30, 1787. He lived on the homestead farm dur- ing his life, and was favorably known through- out this section of the county as a skilful agriculturist and a most capable business man. In November, 1818, he married Widow Martha Foss Mason, who died April 1, 1827, leaving two children - Mehitabel J. and Hardison. Mehitabcl J., born February 5, 1819, was married January 14, 1841, to Joshua M. Foss, and removed to Haverhill, Mass.
Hardison Foss, born January 23, 1821, was a thorough and successful farmer, a man of in- telligence and influence, and was much inter- ested in public affairs. He was born and died on his farm in Rye, which was the original Foss homestead, and which is now owned by his two sons, Sylvanus W. and Alba R. H. Foss. On July 16, 1843, Hardison Foss mar= ried Elvira Holmes, who bore him the follow- ing children: Charlotte M .; Sylvanus W .; Ezra D., who died February 28, 1848, aged one year; Anna J. ; Ezra H., who died Janu- ary 28, 1868, aged seventeen years; Alice E .; Alba R. H .; and Susan M. Charlotte M., the first-born, married . June 13, 1861, the late James E. Seavey, and at her death, March 11, 1878, left one child, Ella M., born May 6, 1870. Sylvanus W. married April 3, 1879, Ella F. Philbrick, and their only child,
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Bertha Alice, was born February 28, 1880. Anna J. was married May 13, 1878, to Lewis E. Walker, and they have one child, Ezra H. Alice E. married Cotton W. D. Jenness, Feb- ruary 10, 1881. Alba R. H. Foss was mar- ried December 2, 1883, to Minnie Brown, who died July 22, 1887, leaving one child, Lena F., born July 4, 1887; and on November 4, 1891, Mr. Alba R. H. Foss was married to Miss Emma H. B. Hoyt, of Newington.
Robinson Foss married for his second wife on January 18, 1830, Mrs. Charlotte Holmes, of Rochester, N.H. Of this union five chil- dren were born: John H. ; Henry D .; Daniel M., the special subject of this sketch; Char- lotte D .; and Robinson, Jr. The two younger are not living, Charlotte D. having died November 15, 1837, aged two years; and Robinson, Jr., January 1, 1878, aged twenty- eight years. Mrs. Charlotte Holmes Foss died February 29, 1868; and Mr. Robinson Foss, who attained the venerable age of ninety-one years, passed away January I, 1878.
John H. Foss, the eldest son of Robinson and Charlotte H. Foss, is a resident of Ports- mouth, N.H. He was first married to Lizzie Felker, who died a few years later, leaving him two children - George and Lizzie. George, now a resident of Springfield, Mass., married Margaret E. Carter, of Connecticut. Lizzie is the wife of Hanson Seavey, of Ports- mouth, N.H. After the death of his first wife John H. Foss married her sister, Miss Augusta Felker. Henry D. Foss, the second son, who has always lived in Rye, his farm being near that of his brother, Daniel M., was married October 5, 1858, to Clara E. Mathes, a daughter of Abram and Betsey (Berry) Mathes. They became the parents of two children - Lizzie B. and Robert O. Lizzie B. Foss, a talented and accomplished young lady, giving great promise as an artist, died at the age of twenty-eight years.
Daniel M. Foss was reared and educated in Rye, and here began his active career by going into partnership with his brother, Henry D., and opening the Prospect House, then the largest hotel on the shore. In 1862 the hotel was burned. Shortly afterward Daniel M. enlisted without bounty in the
United States navy, and was sent upon the gunboat "Mahaska" as carpenter's mate. This boat was stationed on the James River, being under the command of Commodore Goldsborough. Nine months after his enlist- ment Mr. Foss was seriously wounded by an axe while repairing the pumps, it being feared for a time that amputation of the foot would be necessary. After the close of the war he worked at his trade in the Portsmouth navy yard for a time, and then returned to his farm in Rye, where he has since lived.
Daniel M. Foss was married November 28, 1858, to Miss Chalcedonia Foss, a daughter of Deacon Richard and Eliza (Shapley) Foss, of this town. Two children were born of their union - Christie C. and Arthur M. Christie C. is the wife of George Walker, of Rye Centre. After a little more than ten years of wedlock Mr. Foss suffered a severe loss in the death of his beloved wife, Mrs. Chalcedonia Foss, who passed to the life beyond May 30, '1869. Socially, Mr. Foss is a member of the Union Veterans' Union of Portsmouth; of Storer Post, No. 6, Grand Army of the Republic, of the same city; of Osgood Lodge, No. 48, Independent Order of Odd Fellows; and of the Kearsarge Naval Association, all of Portsmouth. Politically, both he and his brother, Henry D., with whom he has always been closely associated, are stanch Democrats, and both cast their first Presidential votes for James Buchanan in 1856.
MMONS B. TOWLE, an old and influ- ential resident of Hampton Falls, was born in this place, June 8, 1835, son of Caleb and Sarah (Swain) Towle. His grandfather, Caleb Towle, Sr., settled in Ilampton Falls when a young man, and there spent the rest of his life in the pursuit of agri- culture. Caleb Towle, Jr., a native of Ilamp- ton Falls, born in 1790, was reared and edu- cated here. Having learned shoemaking, he worked at it for a number of years, attending at the same time to other business. Ile was toll gatherer on the old toll road for seven- teen years. When the town purchased the road, he bought the farm on which his son is
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now living, and was there engaged in farming and shoemaking during the rest of his life. The Democratic party received his political support. He died February 6, 1873, at the age of eighty-three. His wife passed away October 23, 1872. They reared the following children : Oliver L., born February 3, 1814; Mary Ann, February 17, 1816; Sarah J., July 31, 1818; William F., March 5, 1821; Elbridge A., January 29, 1823; Elizabeth H., January 20, 1828; Elmira S., November 12, 1830; and Emmons B., the subject of this sketch. The eldest son, Oliver, was well known to the travelling public; and frequent visitors to this portion of New England looked forward with pleasant anticipations to meet- ing the genial man. He received his educa- tion in Hampton. At an early age he became the driver of the stage-coach running to New- buryport and Salem, Mass., and Portsmouth, N.H. When the coach was superseded by the steam-cars, he went to work for the Ports- mouth, Saco & Portland Railroad, with which he was connected over forty years, for the greater part in the capacity of conductor. While in the employ of the railroad, he re- sided in Portland, Me. After the death of his wife he paid a visit to his daughter in Cali- fornia, at whose home he died.
Elbridge Towle was an employee of the Eastern Railroad, beginning as a brakeman, and working his way up to the position of con- ductor, which he held for over forty years. He was in the service of the company for nearly half a century. On the day of his death, January 31, 1896, he made his usual trip. After returning home in the evening, he died at eight o'clock, while sitting in his chair, the cause being heart failure. He left five children - Walter A., Woodbury L., Annie P., Ella J., and Mira F.
Emmons B. Towle obtained his early edu- cation in a district school and at Rockingham Academy. In his youth he learned his father's trade, that of shoemaking, and worked at it for some time. On the death of his father he succeeded to the farm, where for several years past he has given his attention to market gardening. lle raises large quantities of vegetables, for which he finds market in Exeter, N. H., and in Newburyport and Ames-
bury, Mass. He has added to the estate, which in his father's day comprised thirty-two acres, until now it covers over half a hundred acres. He is one of the leading farmers of the locality, and a prominent member of Grange No. 171 of Hampton Falls.
He was married in 1861 to Miss Lydia B. Green, of Seabrook, N.H. He cast his first Presidential vote for James Buchanan, the Democratic candidate, in 1856; but he has long since then been identified with the Re- publican party. He was delegate to the County Convention in 1888, served on the Board of Selectmen two years, was Superin- tendent of Schools two years, and was chosen Trustee of the library when it was founded, and has been Librarian since its opening. He is a member of Rockingham Lodge, No. 22, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of Hampton. Both he and Mrs. Towle are members of the Baptist church.
ILLIAM HENRY ROLLINS, Sec- retary and Treasurer of the Ports- mouth Atheneum, was born in Portsmouth, September 7, 1822, son of Icha- bod and Mary Ann (Hooker) Rollins. His first ancestor in this country was James Rol- lins, an Englishman, who came to America in 1632. He spent a short time in Ipswich, Mass., was in Newbury of the same State in 1634, and in 1644 settled in that part of Dover, N.H., now included in Newington. One of the first settlers in that part of the country, he secured a grant of one hundred acres of land, and established a homestead, where he spent the rest of his life. This land is now held by his descendants. (Fuller in- formation is given in a complete history of the Rollins family, compiled by John R. Rol- lins, of Lawrence, Mass., and published in 1874.) Jeremiah Rollins, the son of James, and great-great-grandfather of William Henry, was a native of Newington. His son Ichabod, the great-grandfather, was born in that part of Somersworth, N.H., now known as Rollins- ford, July 18, 1722. Ichabod's son Daniel, the grandfather, was born in the same place in 1759. Daniel Rollins devoted his atten- tion chiefly to agriculture, but was also, to
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