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(Stevens) Sanborn. Both her parents were representatives respectively of highly repu- table families of this town. Her father, who was a tanner by trade, died here August 3, 1857. Mrs. Dr. Bartlett, who is still living, reared four children, as follows: Ella A., who is residing at home; Junia L., who died at the age of thirty-seven years; Leviatta, wife of John S. Conner, an attorney of Cincinnati, Ohio; and Levi S., who also resides at the homestead in Kingston. Mrs. Bartlett's de- clining years are made happy by the filial love and devotion of her children and the sincere esteem of a large circle of friends.
Levi S. Bartlett, Jr., was born in Kings- ton, March 28, 1857. He is now one of the leading business men of this town, dividing his time between general farming, stock rais- ing, and lumbering. He married Miss R. Grace Sanborn, who was born in Fremont, Ohio, March 10, 1865, a daughter of John C. and Mary A. (Hooke) Sanborn. Her parents are still living, and are residents of Fremont. Mr. and Mrs. Levi S. Bartlett have had four children ; namely, Levi (deceased), Gertrude E., Junia L., and Lottie Mary. Mr. Bartlett affiliates with the Republican party, and has held various important offices in the town and county. He is connected fraternally with Columbia Lodge, No. 85, Independent Order of Odd Fellows: Ruth Rebecca Lodge, No. 66; and with Grange No. 177 of Kingston. He and his wife are popular in social circles.
AMUEL P. SARGENT, a well- known farmer and lumberman of Hampton, Rockingham County, N. H., is a native of Salem, in the same county, where he was born June 17, 1825, being a son of William A. and Wealthy (Austin) Sargent.
His father was a native of Methuen, Mass. For many years in the carlier portion of his life he worked at his trade as a morocco- dresser and a currier; and later he was en- gaged in farming in the employ of his brother- in-law at Manchester, N. II. Ile married Miss Wealthy Austin, a native of Salem, N. II., and they became the parents of quite a family of children, three of whom attained to
maturity ; namely, John A., Mary P., and Samuel P. John A. Sargent wedded Miss Mary Mehegan, who has borne him four chil- dren, three sons and one daughter, and now makes his home in Boston, Mass. Mary is the wife of Moses Woodbury, of Salem, N. HI. They have two children - Albertina and Frank G. Mr. William A. Sargent passed his declining days in Salem, N.II., where he deceased at a goodly age.
Samuel P. Sargent, when a young child, went to live with his maternal uncle, Sutrick Austin, with whom he made his home until his eighteenth year. He obtained his educa- tion in the district schools of New Salem, and, while still a youth, was able to render a man's full service in performing the work of his uncle's farm. Energetic and venture- some, at the age of only twelve years he went seven miles with two yoke of oxen and a horse to procure a stick of timber of such size as to tax the strength of the five draught-ani- mals in hauling. The achievement would have done credit to a veteran lumberman. When seventeen years old he was employed for a short time in Boston and Brighton, Mass., when he went to Exeter, N. H. After work- ing for another brief period for Sheriff Stephen Dearborn, who was the keeper of the county jail at Exeter, he engaged in sundry pursuits until he became twenty-one years of age. IIc then took a South Sea voyage, soon after be- coming a whaler, and sailing into the Arctic Ocean five times. He has voyaged to almost as northerly a latitude as Lieutenant Greely penetrated. Ile always sailed from New Bed- ford, Mass .; and, while he officiated as the second mate of the ship "Ocean," he at one time landed in that port a cargo the worth of which on the wharves was estimated at twenty- one thousand dollars.
Ile had engaged in whaling seventeen years, when in 1861 he enlisted in the Union army, joining Company F of the Seventh Regiment of New Hampshire Volunteers, of which II. S. Putnam was Sergeant. Ile was at the front three years and eight months, rendering val- iant service to his country, and was mustered out at Goldsboro, N.C., in August, 1865. Hle participated in every contest in which the regiment was engaged except one skirmish,
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and took part in two charges at Fort Wagner, in which the Colonel met his death. At the close of the war Mr. Sargent came to Hamp- ton, N.Il., and found employment for five years with Mr Coffin on a farm and in his saw-mill. After subsequently conducting the mill for a time by the thousand, he operated it for Mr. Arthur Wilbur; and still later he purchased the mill and also four acres of land, on which he and his wife now make their home.
During the war, while on a furlough, Mr. Sargent married Miss Elizabeth Cutts, of Hampton. In politics Mr. Sanborn is affili- ated with the Republican party, with which he has been connected almost from the date of its organization. He cast his first Presiden- tial ballot in 1865 for our emancipating and martyr President, Abraham Lincoln. H keeps fresh his memories of the war, in which he served his country so loyally and so disas- trously to himself - he being a pensioner on account of the effects of the notorious army chills and fevers - by his association with Post No. 78, Grand Army of the Republic, of Hampton.
ENRY D. KARR, formerly a well- known resident of Derry, and a rep- resentative of an old and highly reputable family in this county, was born herc, January 2, 1816, son of David and Hannah (Duncan) Karr. Both parents were natives of Derry, while the father was a sturdy and industrious farmer.
Henry D. Karr was educated in the com- mon schools of Derry and at Pinkerton Acad- emy, and subsequently engaged in agricultural pursuits upon the home farm. Succeeding to the property after his father's death, he con- tinued to carry on general farming in a prac- tical and progressive manner, laboring dili- gently to increase the fertility of his land, and otherwise improving his farm. As a re- sult he attained to a prominent position among the foremost agriculturists of this town. For a number of years he was upon the School Committee of his district, his deep interest in educational matters having caused him to de- vote much time and attention to advancing
the public-school system and broadening its field of usefulness. He was also a zealous advocate of temperance in the use of liquors. Though not a member of any church in partic- ular, he contributed liberally toward the sup- port of religious work, and in other ways man- ifested a heartfelt desire for the advancement of the moral and religious welfare of the com- munity. Of a retiring disposition, he avoided notoriety, leaving political affairs to those who were attracted in that direction; but he lived an eminently useful life, and was noted for his unostentatious benevolence. As a worthy and public-spirited citizen, he enjoyed the respect and sincere good will of his fel- low-townsmen. At his death, which occurred July 10, 1880, the town mourned his loss as that of a man endeared to all and whose place in the community could not be readily filled.
On May 25, 1847, Mr. Karr was united in marriage to Elizabeth H. Knowles, who sur- vives him. She was born in East Derry, Sep- tember 26, 1819, daughter of John C. and Rachel (Caldwell) Knowles, the former of whom was a native of Candia, Hillsborough County. Mrs. Karr's paternal grandfather, Amos Knowles, served as a soldier in the War of 1812, and was one of the carly settlers of Candia, where he was engaged in general farming. John C. Knowles was a well-known and prosperous farmer of Candia and East Derry for many years. In 1825 or 1826 he moved to Nashua, N. H., where the rest of his life was passed, and where he died in 1833. His wife, Rachel, who was a native of Hud- son, N.H., and a daughter of Deacon Alexan- der Caldwell, of Amherst, N.H., having sur- vived her husband for ten years, died in 1843.
At the age of six years Elizabeth H. Knowles accompanied her parents to Nashua, where her education was begun. After finish- ing a course at the high school in that town she entered the Adams Female Academy in Derry, where her studies werc completed. She married as above stated, and since the death of her husband has continued to occupy the old Karr homestead, which has been in the possession of the family since 1811. Mrs. Karr possesses intellectual attainments of a high order; and, having been a great reader all her life, she has accumulated a large fund
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of general information, and is especially well informed upon the topics of the day. She is highly esteemed for her amiable and kind- hearted disposition, and has an extensive ac- quaintanceship in this locality. Mrs. Karr is a member of the First Congregational Church, and is connected with the Ladies' Sewing Circle.
A BROTT A. LOCKE, a prosperous and highly esteemed merchant of Sea- brook, N.H., was born in Boston, Mass., August 2, 1838. He is a son of Dudley S. and Caroline W. (Nudd) Locke, the former a native of Seabrook, the latter of Hampton in the same county. His father, Dudley S. Locke, a son of John Locke, who was also a native of Scabrook, was edu- cated at a district school and Hampton Acad- emy. An enterprising and ambitious man, he was in the hotel business for a number of years, during which he managed the Old Colony House, Hingham, Mass., a hotel at Hampton Beach, Me., and the old Exchange Coffee House on Congress Street, Boston. Starting in 1855, he was in the express busi- ness in Seabrook for a while. He built a brick residence in the town, cutting the lum- ber and burning the brick for it himself. For a number of years he was Selectman of Sea- brook, and served also in the capacity of Deputy Sheriff. He lived to be eighty-four years of age, and died in the town where he was born. His wife was a daughter of David Nudd, of Hampton. She reared two children - John D. and Abbott A. John D. Locke, who is a resident of Seabrook, married Martha M. Brown, and, having no children of his own, adopted a daughter, who is now the wife of Alvin Damon.
Abbott A. Locke received a good practical education, attending the district school, Hampton Falls Academy, and Comer's Com- mercial College, Boston. In 1858, while his father was in the express business, he was ap- pointed station agent of Seabrook, and co- operated with his father for some time. Hc was station agent for twenty years. In 1866 he erected his store buildings, put in a stock of general merchandise, and attended to the
trade between train times. In 1877 he re- signed his position of station agent, and has since given his full attention to his mercantile interests. Besides attending to his business as station agent and merchant he was employed as clerk for some time in Summit House on Mount Washington. The shoe factory at the depot, leased to Messrs. Poor and Dale for a term of years, and now giving employment to from sixty to seventy-five hands, was built through Mr. Locke's influence and enterprise. In 1860 Mr. Locke was married to Susan H., daughter of David and Sally (Jarvin) Chase. One child, Gertrude, has blessed the union. She is now the wife of Alfred M. Beckman, a railroad man residing in Everett, Mass., and has one child, Caroline L.
Mr. Locke has been identified with the Re- publican party since he cast his first Presiden- tial vote in 1860 for Abraham Lincoln. Hc was in the State legislature in 1866, and was Town Clerk of Seabrook during the late war. He belongs to one prominent social organiza- tion, the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, being a member of Rockingham Lodge, No. 22, of Hampton, N.H. One of the old citi- zens of Scabrook, he is widely known and es- teemed by his townsmen.
J OEL C. CAREY, the oldest merchant in the town of Salem, Rockingham County, was born here, March 3, 1817. He is a son of Joel and Olive (Corliss) Carey, his father having been a native of Jaffrey, N. H., and his mother of Salem. The family is said to be of Irish extraction. George A. Carey, grandfather of Joel C., was a patriot soldier of the Revolutionary War.
When three years old Joel C. Carey removed with his parents to Methuen, Mass., and at the age of seven from there to Windham, N. Il., where he remained until reaching his eighteenth year. He then returned with his parents to Methuen, which was his home for two or three years. His education was ac. quired in Windham, in a little brick school- house near his home, which he attended prin- cipally during the winter season. At the age of twenty he began his business career, mak- ing shoes in Melrose, Mass., for George
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Emerson, by whom he was employed for several years; and he subsequently clerked for some years in Mr. Emerson's store. He after- ward became a foreman in Mr. Emerson's shoe shop, and still later held the position of head clerk in his store, which he retained until 1849. In that year he came to Salem Depot and started in mercantile business for himself, and has since been thus engaged with the ex- ception of three short intervals. He carries an excellent line of general merchandise, and has a good trade.
Mr. Carey has twice married, his first wife being Miss Rachel A. Bradford, of Salem, who bore him two daughters: Rachel L. (deceased) ; and Hattie, the wife of J. J. Hunt. His present wife was by maiden name Hannah A. D. Richardson, of Dracut, Mass. Alma 1 .. , a daughter by this marriage, became the wife of Charles Cronin. Mr. Carey has served as Selectman of Salem for seven terms, and represented the town in the State legis- lature three terms. For nine years he was Postmaster at Salem Depot. Fraternally, he is a charter member of Granite Lodge, No. II, United Order of Pilgrim Fathers.
OSEPH W. SANBORN, one of the most prominent and successful farmers and cattle breeders of Deerfield, was bern July 9, 1852. The Sanborn fam- ily is of English origin; and Joseph W. San- born is a lineal descendant in the eighth gen- eration of John Sanborn, who settled in Hampton, N.II., about 1643, having come to this country with his widowed mother and his brothers William and Stephen in 1632. The last named returned to England with his grandfather, the Rev. Stephen Bachilor.
The second generation was represented by John, Jr. ; the third, by Tristram, son of John, Jr .. and Judith (Coffin) Sanborn; the fourth, by their son l'eter, born in 1713, who was the father of eleven children. Three of his sons - Peter (second), Enos, and Benjamin - set- tled in Deerfield in 1775 or near that date. Peter Sanborn, the second of the name, born in 1748, married Anna Scribner, by whom he had four children - Peter (third), Deborah, John, and Benning Wentworth. He died De-
cember 11, 1818. He was a member of the Congregational church.
Benning Wentworth Sanborn settled on his father's farm in Deerfield. He married a Miss Jenness, and had six children born to him, of whom the only survivor is Mary J., the wife of Joseph Haynes, of Manchester. His son, Richard Jenness Sanborn, pursued the hereditary vocation on the old Sanborn farm. He married Miss Abbie J. Stearns, of Deerfield, and became the father of four chil- dren, namely: Benning W., who died before he had learned to utter his mother's name;
Joseph W., the special subject of this sketch; Mary J., who passed away in infancy; and Mary Abbie, who was taken from the earthly home at the carly age of nineteen years. Richard J. Sanborn held many important offices in Deerfield during his life, and wielded a strong influence in his locality. He was sent as a Representative to the legis- lature two or three times, was Deputy Sheriff for twenty or thirty years, Town Moderator for a number of terms, and was a Selectman for several terms. Mr. Richard J. Sanborn was at one time a Democrat, but afterward became a Republican. He was not affiliated with any social orders or fraternal societies. He was an attendant of the Congregational church, and was endowed with a musical gift, singing in the choir of the Deerfield church. He died and was gathered to his fathers in November of 1888, having lived seventy-two years.
Joseph W. Sanborn, whose success as a farmer may be partly attributed to a hereditary taste in that direction, but more largely to his good judgment and industry, was educated in the common schools of Deerfield and at Pembroke Academy. Immediately after leav- ing school he engaged in the occupation he has steadily followed, beginning to farm on the ancestral estate which he now owns. On the 27th of October, 1892, he was married to Miss Jennie Odell Sanborn, a daughter of Dr. Sanborn, of South Berwick, Me. Two chil- dren were born to Mr. and Mrs. Sanborn. Both, however, died in infancy.
Mr. Sanborn's valuable estate consists of six hundred and forty acres of pasture, tillage, and wood land. Fifty acres are under cultiva-
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tion, while every square foot of the soil is made to yield profit to its owner. From seventy-five to eighty tons of hay are cut from his fields on an average; and he makes a spe- cialty of his dairy farm, furnishing rich, pure milk to the Sanborn Creamery of Deerfield. For this purpose nine of his fifteen or twenty best cows are kept in prime condition. Ilis flock of fine sheep, eighteen in number, are celebrated in this part of the county, and his great, pure-blooded Southdown ram takes precedence of the less aristocratic animals on the farm. His stables are also well supplied, nine horses being employed for pleasure and utility.
Mr. Sanborn has built a handsome residence of two and a half stories and an ell extension, and has also built a barn which is unrivalled in the neighborhood. This building measures eighty-five by forty-two feet in dimensions, and easily holds one hundred and fifty tons of hay, twenty head of cattle, and eight horses. It is built over a split stone cement cellar, and is regarded as the finest barn in the county. Both dwelling and out-buildings have been constructed with the most modern improve- ments. Mr. Sanborn has led a life too full of stirring interests centred about his home to care anything for the "brief authority" of public office; and domestic pleasures have left little desire for any connection with the social orders that seem so much a part of many men's lives. He is a Republican, and he attends the services of the Congregational church of his town. Mr. Sanborn is considered the model farmer of Deerfield; and, after visiting his well-ordered and beautifully kept estate, one feels that he has proved that even the wind-swept and sterile soil of New England may be made a land of fruitfulness and plente- ous harvests under the management of a wise head and strong hands.
D ANIEL W. PHILBRICK, a well- known farmer of Rye, was born here May 29, 1844, son of Daniel and Sarah A. (Philbrick) Philbrick. On the paternal side he comes of English an- cestry, and represents an old and respected family of Ryc. His great-grandfather, Joseph
Philbrick, was a native of Rye. Joseph's son Jonathan was throughout life engaged in gen- eral agriculture on the farm which has become the ancestral estate. He served his native town for eleven successive years on the Board of Selectmen, was Justice of the Peace for many years, and represented the community for three terms in the New Hampshire State legislature. Ile was joined in matrimony with Miss Sarah Marden, and by her became the fa- ther of eight children ; namely, Jonathan, Sher- idan, Ira, Joseph, Newell, Daniel, Betsy, and Sally. Jonathan died in 1865; Sheridan was killed by a stroke of lightning while at school ; and Newell passed away in California.
Daniel Philbrick was born on the old home- stead, and received his education in the com- mon schools of Rye. At the age of fourteen years he found employment on the farm of Colonel Drake, where he continued to be en- gaged for about sixteen years. In his thirty- first year he returned to his father's farm, which he conducted during the remainder of his life. Mr. Philbrick wedded Miss Sarah A. Philbrick, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ephraim Philbrick, of Rye. Ephraim Phil- brick was a son of Jonathan and Mollie Philbrick, and his wife before marriage was Miss Sarah Webster. Her grandfather, Jo- siah Webster, was an carly resident of Ryc. Mrs. Daniel Philbrick bore her husband three sons and two daughters; namely; Emily, Harrison, Lamira, Daniel W., and Ira P. Emily departed this life at the age of twenty years. Harrison was twice married. Ilis first wife, Jane (Eastman) Philbrick, a native of Meredith, N.II., died leaving five children - Lillie H., Perley, Daniel E., George, and Nellie P. Hle now lives with his second wife, Emma (Lane) Philbrick, a native of Cleve- land, Ohio, at Rich Hill, Bates County, Mo. Lamira was married to Thomas Knowles, of North Hampton, N. H., and has a son, David W. Ira died in 1867 in his twenty -first year. The father, who was a temperate and judicions man, enjoyed the respect and confidence of all those who had the pleasure of his acquaint- ance. His life closed in March, 1882, at the age of seventy-six years and nine months. His wife, Mrs. Philbrick, makes her home with her son, the subject of this sketch.
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Daniel W. Philbrick received his education in the district schools of his native town and of old and New Hampton. At the completion of his schooling he returned to the home farm, where he has since been prosperously engaged in farming. The dwelling-house, which was erected by his father, is a good one; and the farm contains about seventy-three acres of land. On January 9, 1872, Mr. Philbrick married Miss Cynthia A. Odione, daughter of Eben L. Odione, a resident of Rye. They have now four children - Emily M., Alfred C., Ervine C., and Carrie W. In national politics he associates with the Republican party. Mr. Philbrick is in intimate fellow- ship with the Christian Church of Rye.
OHN L. ALLEN, turnkey of the Ports- mouth jail, was born November 4, 1839, at York, Me., which was like- wise the place of nativity of his father, the late James Allen. The Allen family are of English extraetion. A number of emi- grants bearing this name came to America in the early Colonial days. One of them settled in Wells, York County, Me .; and from him this branch of the Allen family sprung. Mr. John L. Allen's grandfather Allen served in the Revolutionary War, enlisting from the town of Wells, where he was for many years engaged in farming. He spent a portion of his life in York, where his seven children were born, James being the youngest child.
James Allen grew to manhood in his native town, and from his earliest life was engaged in seafaring pursuits. He became captain of a vessel, which he commanded several years, being a successful trader. In 1849 Captain Allen removed to Kittery, where he continued his residence during the remainder of his earthly days, dying at the advanced age of eighty-six years. To him and his wife, whose maiden name was Sarah Trafton, ten children were born, the youngest member of the pa- rental household being John L., the special subject of this biographical notice.
John I .. Allen received a common-school education, and on the completion of his studies went to New Castle, where he secured a posi- tion as steward on board the good ship " Helen
& Eliza," which he held from 1856 until 1862. He then entered the United States Navy, becoming captain's steward on the "Consolation," which was sent on a three years' trip to the Mediterranean. On Febru- ary 11, 1865, shortly after returning home, Mr. Allen was discharged from the navy, and returned to the merchant service, where he was subsequently engaged for four years. In 1869 he went into the Portsmouth navy yard to take charge of a lodge, which he supervised until 1876. He resigned then to accept his present responsible position, which he has since held, discharging his onerous duties with distinguished ability and faithfulness, the many prisoners that have been placed under his care necessitating his constant at- tendance and supervision. The new jail, which is a model in its structure and equip- ments, was first oceupied May 31, 1892.
HARLES E. DAVIS, of Notting- ham, one of the busy and successful agriculturists of this town, was born upon the farm where he now re- sides, January 25, 1858, son of David and Olive (Dearborn) Davis. Mr. Davis's great- grandfather, David Davis, in company with his brother came from Lee, N. H., to Notting- ham when the town was first springing into existence. On the highway then known as Gebig Road they took up a large tract of land, which they cleared and improved. Levi Davis, the grandfather, was a native of this town, where he was engaged in farming during the active period of his life. He married, and reared two children, of whom David Davis was the younger.
David Davis was born in Nottingham in the year 1800. He learned the shoemaker's trade, which with farming he followed for a greater part of his life. He owned one hundred acres of the original tract acquired by his ancestors. His death occurred at the homestead, July 25, 1865. In politics he was a Democrat; and he was known as a worthy, upright man and a useful citizen. Ilis wife, Olive, whom he married February 25, 1845, was a daughter of Isaac Dearborn, of Jackson, N. H., who owned a farm of three hundred
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