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John Rogers, son of the preceding, was born May 11, 1782, and married Lucy Swinerton, May 8, 1810. He was a lawyer several years, and afterwards retired from prac- tice, and became a farmer. He was for many years a se- lectman of the town, and a representative to the state leg- islature. His wife died December 5, 1856, aged 77. He died December 28, 1859, also at the age of 77. He had six children, John, George, Charles, William, Louisa and Edward.
Hannah married Heman Ford, of Piermont, N. H., by whom she had thirteen children : Alden, John, James, Lucy, Hannah, Charles, Absalom, Heman, Mary, Eunice, Belinda, Almira, and a second John.
James married Joanna Dewey, by whom he had four children, Eunice, Rhoda, Nathaniel and Samuel. He died about thirtyyears since. Nathaniel is a mason, residing in Fairlee, Vt. Samuel is a clergyman of the Dutch Re- formed Church, in Michigan.
Eunice married Timothy Sargent, of Orford, and had five children, Eunice, Nathaniel, Hannah, Ellen and Tim- othy. Nathaniel, who is now the post master at Orford, is the only survivor. He is married.
Charles married Amelia Ramsey, and is still living at Bradford, Vt. He had seven children.
Of the children of John Rogers, named above, John was born January 10, 1811. He is a farmer, and still lives at Orford. He has also filled the offices of selectman and re- presentative to the state legislature. He married Eunice Ford, and has two children, Alice and Charles.
George was born November 29, 1812; went to New York city when he was about 21; and falling ill of con- sumption, went to Mobile for his health, and died on board ship in Mobile Bay, February 4, 1837.
Charles was born February 8, 1815. He is an artist, and resides in San Francisco, California, where he is mar-
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ried. William was born April 4, 1817. He is a lawyer, living in Boston. He married Margaret Mitchell, and after her death, Ellen Mary Gavett, and after her death, Nancy Rebecca Holmes. His children are five : Walter F., Mary Ellen, Edwin A., George E. and Ida.
Louisa was born October 17, 1821, and died of consump- tion, June 19, 1842.
Edward was born January 17, 1825. He served in the army of the United States, in the war of the rebellion, and was commissioned a Lieutenant of colored troops.
Of the children of Heman and Hannah Ford, named above, Alden is a farmer, and lives in Orford. He married Sally Phelps, and has had four children, Abraham, Alden, Absalom and Edward.
Eunice was married to John Rogers, Jr., as abovestated.
The first Nathaniel Rogers named above, was a son of Rev. John Rogers, of Boxford. His brother, named John, was minister at Leominister, Mass. His grandfather was Jeremiah Rogers, of Salem, who died in 1729 or 1730. Jeremiah was a nephew or grand nephew of Rev. John Rogers, who was president of Harvard College in 1682. The father of the latter was Rev. Nathaniel Rogers, of Ips- wich, Mass., who was son of Rev. John Rogers, of Dedham, England. The last named John Rogers died in 1639, and was said to be a grandson of John Rogers, the martyr, who was burned at Smithfield, in Queen Mary's reign, February 14, 1555.
SIMPSON.
Col. William Simpson was born at Portsmouth, N. H. For some years was in command of a vessel in the West India trade. He came to Orford at an early day. Was quite an extensive land owner. Of commanding and dig-
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nified bearing, he was a very prominent man in town- acting for many successive years as moderator of town meetings, and filled various town offices, and was for a number of years a representative in the Legislature. He died at Portsmouth, at an old age.
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TILLOTSON.
Daniel Tillotson was born in England, April 1, 1721. He came to this country early in life ; married Mindwell Hosford, and settled in Connecticut. He was a descendant from John Tillotson, an Enghish prelate, who was born near Halifax, in 1630. John Tillotson is well known in history as an eminent preacher and divine, a man of great ability, and whose spirit and christian views were remarkably lib- eral for his time. Notwithstanding he opposed the king, Charles II, in some of his declarations, and gave utter- ance to doctrines not in strict accordance with the creed of the popular church, at one time " openly preaching a sermon before the queen against the absolute eternity of hell torments," still he held high positions in the church ; was appointed Archbishop of Canterbury, and ever had a wide influence in the church, and upon the religious opin- ions of the age. He died of a paralytic stroke, in 1694.
His biographer says of him :- " Dr. Tillotson was open, sincere, benevolent and forgiving ; and although in some points too compliant, and liable to the charge of incon- sistency, his intentions seem to have been pure and disin. terested. His sermons maintain a place among the most popular of that class of composition in the English lan- guage, displaying great copiousness of thought and ex- pression, and abounding with passages which strongly im- press the mind."
Daniel Tillotson was a man of strong religious character,
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an officer in the church for many years, and was esteemed as one of the " shining lights therein." He was a man of of great strength of character and purpose, and a most estimable citizen. He was the father of a large family- whose names follow in order :- Mindwell, Deborah, Dan- iel, Martha, Anna, Lydia, Aseneth and Amelia.
Mindwell married Dr. Samuel Hale; Deborah married Col. Frye Bailey ; Daniel married Mary Sawyer ; Martha married Theodore Dame ; Anna married Samuel Cole ; Lydia married John Hale; Aseneth married Timothy Sar- gent ; Amelia married Alexander Strong.
The above were all farmers except Dr. Hale, and all set- tled in Orford save Col. Bailey, who lived in Newbury, Vt.
The second Daniel Tillotson was born in Hebron, Conn., in 1750. He came to Orford about the year 1768, and soon after married the daughter of Thomas Sawyer, as mentioned above. He was one of the substantial and in- fluential men of the town, possessed of many virtues, and great force of character. The following are the names of his children, only one of whom is now living, viz :- Mary, John Morris, Daniel, Deborah, Samuel, Susannah, Mind- well, Obadiah, Hepsibah and Thomas Sawyer.
Mary married Jesse Cole ; John M. married for his first wife, widow Cargill, and for his second, Eliza Sabin; Dan- iel married Abigail Bailey ; Deborah married Increase Batchelder; Samuel married Betsey Wallace ; Obadiah married Betsey Marshall ; Hepsibah married Thomas Sav- age ; Thomas S. married Abigail Stevens.
The above were mostly farmers, with the exception of John M., who was a lawyer, and resident in the upper part of the state. Susannah died in 1797; Mindwell died in 1860.
The third Daniel Tillotson, who married Abigail Bailey, a most estimable woman, lived and died on the old home- stead in Orford, where his only son now resides. He was
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a man of sterling character, great business capacity, and influential in the town.
Obadiah Tillotson, the only member of the family living, resides at Orford, with his daughter, Mrs. Corliss. He is the oldest person living in Orford, who was born in the town. Venerable in years, having outlived his generation, he is waiting the summons to join those who have gone be- fore him. He has finished his work, and is ready to de- part. Betsey Marshall, his wife, was born in Northumber- land in 1784, and died in Orford in 1852. She was a wo- man of true piety, noble nature, and a devoted, faithful mother. She endeavored to give her children a thorough moral and religious training. A large family was placed under the care of these parents. The following are the names of the children: Susannah M., Betsey, John M., Obadiah H., Bradley P., Benjamin M., Sarah S., William G., George W., Daniel O., Charles H. and Mary H.
Wm. G. and Daniel O. died in infancy. Mary H. died at the age of four years. George W. died at the age of sixteen years. John M. married Betsey G. Sargent, and died at Orford in 1848. She lives at Nashua, and has two children, John and Mary. Obadiah H. married Rosamond D. Corliss, and died at Northfield, Vt., in June, 1863. He was a preacher of the gospel, and had been settled over several societies, to all of which he ministered with ability and success.
Betsey resides with her sister Corliss, at Orford.
Bradley P. married Laura Ripley, and is a farmer re- siding at Hanover.
Sarah S. married Ebenezer C. Woodbury, and resides at Orford.
Charles H. married Lauretta G. Woodbury, and resides at Orford.
Benjamin M. married Corrilla W. Butler, of St. Johns- bury, Vt. After completing his studies at Meriden, N. H.,
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and Newbury, Vt., and teaching two or three years, he en- tered the ministry, and has been settled in Manchester, N. H., over a large society, more than twenty years ; all but two years of his ministry, or a little more, during which time he was settled over a large society in Philadelphia. He has two sons, Edward M., and Frank B. Tillotson.
Mrs. Elizabeth M. Chadwick, daughter of John M., re- sides at Fairport, Monroe Co., N. Y.
Martha, of New York, and William, Mary and James of Warren, Vt., are the children of Samuel.
Mrs. Mary Gordon, of Whitefield, Mrs. Amanda Tillot- son, of Orford, and Charles O., of Freemont, Ohio, are the children of Thomas.
D. Frye Tillotson, son of Daniel, who married Amanda, now lives at Orford, and is one of the most enterprising and successful business men in the town. His father left him a handsome property, to which he has made large ad- ditions. He is widely known as a business man, and es- teemed for his activity and enterprise, and his many social qualities. He has one son.
WHEELER.
Capt. John Brooks Wheeler removed from Grafton, Vt., to Orford, in 1806. Engaged extensively in merchantile pursuits, which he prosecuted very successfully for many years. By energy and persevrence, with uncommon financial ability, he accumulated a fortune seldom realized in a country business. He was a prominent and influen- tial citizen-filling acceptably, many responsible offices, and represented the town in the state legislature. He died August 26, 1842. Mrs. Wheeler died soon after his re- moval to Orford. His sons were graduates of Dartmouth
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College. John Wheeler, an eloquent and distinguished clergyman, was some years settled at Windsor, Vt., after- wards president of Vermont University. He died at Bur- lington, Vt., a few years since.
David Everett Wheeler, a member of the legal profes- sion, held in high esteem not only as an able and success- ful lawyer, but for his many genial social qualities, has re- sided for many years in New York; and is still in active business, associated with his son, Everett P. Wheeler, a young man of rare ability and much promise. The eldest daughter married John Francis, Esq., of Royalton, Vt. He died some years since. She now resides at Burlington.
The second daughter was the wife of Stedman Willard, Esq., of Orford. She died May 8, 1837. The youngest, a much beloved and accomplished young lady, died February 15, 1827, at the age of 19 years.
The second Mrs. Wheeler was a model lady, with all the virtues so nicely blended, it could hardly be known which shown most conspicuous. It was often said that suffering and want never left her door unrelieved. She died at New York, May 6, 1853. A daughter, Mrs. Brodhead, the counterpart of her mother, is a resident of New York.
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SOLDIERS FROM ORFORD WHO SERVED IN THE LATE WAR.
Gen. Gilman Marston,- Maj. Frederick M. Edgell,
THIRD REGIMENT.
Dan'l W. Baker, *
Peter Craigie,
Amasa Niles, *
Geo. M Phelps, - *
John C. Speed,
Wm. Wilson,
Thos. Milar, *
Abram Paradise, *
Julius H. Griggs, -
Murdock McIvor.
FIFTH REGIMENT.
Capt. Asa B. Griggs, -
Abel S. Hubbard, * John A. Baker,
Joseph Caraway, D. H. Collins, *
Geo. W. Fifield, - Octave Laboor,
Geo. G. Leslie,
Geo. W. Merrill, -
Wm. H. Nichols, -
Geo. M. Poor,
Albert Sanders, - * Luther Smith,
Frank Tallman,
Wm. S. Learned, - Joseph Quint. * -
EIGHTH REGIMENT.
Dan'l A. Lamprey, - * Hollis K. May.
NINTH REGIMENT.
Lieut. O. P. Newcomb, - Cyrus M. Roberts, - Frank Lovejoy, - * Chas. Jeffers, - Peter Shuman,
Chas. W. Carter, Sam'l Blood, Jr., - Geo. Cross. * Edward J. Dayton, - Henry W. Archer, * - Alphonso Adams, Josiah L. Archer, * -
Edwin Archer, - Wm. M. Shawnee.
ELEVENTH REGIMENT.
Isbon N. Ames, -
Chas. M. Lovejoy, -
Henry S. Muchmore, -
Alonzo D. Muchmore, -
Byron G. Kenyon,
Edwin C. Niles, *
Edwin T. Parker,
Benjamin Muchmore. -
FOURTEENTH REGIMENT.
Dan'l W. Phelps. * -
SIXTEENTH REGIMENT.
Thos. A. Gilmore,
Ranson Griggs, -
Wm. H. Horton,
Chas. M. Avery,
Enoch P. Smith, -
Philander C. Cutting, -
Charles Baker, * Alphonso Palmer, * -
Alonzo Stark, * - Josiah L. Bailey,
John L. Howard, - Absalom Ford, -'
Frederick Robinson, Alden Stevens, John Caraway.
EIGHTEENTH REGIMENT.
Lieut. Henry P. Gage, - Stephen C. Blood, -
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Shephard Whitmore. -
N. H. BATTERY.
Geo. Lane.
VERMONT ARTILLERY.
Joseph Caraway.
Charles C. Tallman, -
Webster P. Blodgett, -
Henry B. Derby, * -
John C. Mitchell,
Henry A. Horton, John F. Rush,
Geo. P. Martin,
Peter White,
A. D. Chamberlin,
H. W. Davis.
1ST MASS. HEAVY ARTILLERY.
UNITED STATES SHARPSHOOTERS.
Geo. W. Lamprey.
VERMONT REGIMENTS.
Dan'l T. Davis, *
Frank M. Davis,
Wm. Stetson, -
Edward Simons, - Walter Horton,
Albert Albee. --
John N. Stetson, -
WESTERN REGIMENT.
Nathan H. Archer, -
Stillman Archer, - *
Francis E. Derby, --
Geo. K. Morris, -
Harry Ames, -- Wm Lane, -- * Charles Lane. -
Those marked with a -, are natives of Orford. Those marked with a *, died in the service.
GRADUATES OF DARTMOUTH COLLEGE, AND TIME OF GRAD-
UATING.
1796, Samuel Hale, 1807, Hon. Leonard Wilcox,
1794, James Hobart, 1816, John Wheeler,
John P. Kimball, 1827, D. E. Wheeler,
1806, Cyrus Mann, Lewis Mann,
1840, Alex. S. Wheeler,
1860, Charles Wheeler,
1785, John Sawyer, 1828, Dan'l C. Blood, Ralph W. Cole,
1796, John M. Tillotson, James P. Howard,
1865, H. J. Cushman,
Dan'l"A. Blood, - Edwin Bugbee, John Bell, Frank J. Bell,
John E. Chesley,
Geo. E. Learned, -
Henry B. Reed, Dan'l Y. Simpson, -
FOURTH MASSACHUSETTS.
Tallis Caraway.
VERMONT CAVALRY.
John Caraway,
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A. H. Gage. --
James M. Learned, Jr., -
Jonas G. Learned. * -
MASSACHUSETTS REGIMENT.
Hiram Fuller, - Thomas Ames. --
ILLINOIS REGIMENT.
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1839, Sylvester Dana,
1837, Gilman Marston,
1828, Charles B. Dana,
1843, Jeremiah Marston,
Theo. S. Dana,
1853. Wm. S. Palmer,
1857, John C. Hale,
1862, Charles Palmer,
1865, Edwin B. Hale,
1866, Schiller Hosford,
1863, Jesse Johnson,
1857, James B. Richardson, Biger Stone, 1847, Samuel M. Wilcox,
1857, Sam'l M. Lovejoy,
1860, George Wilcox,
1810, Joel Mann,
1865, Leonard Wilcox.
1829, Royal Mann,
Those with no dates to their names entered Dartmouth, but graduated at other Colleges.
The following were among the early settlers of Orford :
Timothy Sargent,
Elnathan Palmer,
Rev. Samuel Todd,
Samuel Thing,
Capt. Jonathan Derby,
Dea. Michael Taintor,
Clement Emery,
Joseph F. Ware,
Dr. Eli Carpenter,
Richard Haselton,
Asa Tyler,
Capt. Ebenezer Baldwin,
Constant Bliss, (killed by In- dians at Greensboro' Vt.)
John Hale, Samuel Phelps, Jesse Poor. Jonathan Storey,
Capt. John Clark,
Alex. Storey,
Simeon Derby,
Hardy Ropes,
Francis Follett,
A. G. Britton,
James Moulton,
John B. Wheeler.
The Selectmen of the town at the present time are- Charles H. Riley, Austin Palmer and Daniel C. Clark.
HENRY H. HOWARD, HENRY PERRIN, Committee, &c. ARTHUR MARSTON,
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