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ing. Bernard Wilson; their twins died in infancy. Sarah Frances, the seventh child, married Charles A. Thompson, of Tuftonborough. Jacob Abbott, the father, died October 15, 1880, at the age of fifty- two years, leaving a family of eight children, of whom the youngest was only five weeks old.
(IV) Almon Fernald, second son and child of Jacob and Harriet N. (Fernald) Abbott, was born at Ossipee, New Hampshire, May 31, 1862. He attended the. public schools of his native town, and at the age of sixteen left home to become a tailor's pressman. He worked at the tailoring business for twelve years, or until he developed an ambition to start for himself in mercantile business. In 1889 Mr. Abbott built his present home at Ossipee, and in 1893 he erected the com- modious store where he has conducted a con- stantly increasing business. He was appointed post- master under President Mckinley, which position he still retains. In politics he is a staunch Republi- can, but his sterling worth is best shown by the fact that in a strongly Democratic county he has been twice elected represenative, serving in 1903 and again in 1907. He attends the Free Baptist Church. Mr. Abbott is a man of fine personality, and it is easily seen why he stands so high in the public regard. On April 28. 1888, Almon Fernald Abbott married Mary A. Dore, daughter of Herman R. and Sarah E. (Dore), who was born at Ossipee, June 14, 1862. They have two children: Ethel F., born March 6, 1890; and Clifford A., born June 12, 1896, died July 13, 1897.
(I) Benjamin Abbott resided in Ossipee. His children were: John, Charles, Benjamin F., Re- becca and Sarah.
(II) Benjamin F., son of Benjamin Abbott, was born in Ossipee, July 21, 1808, and died in Ossipee, aged sixty-one years. He was a black- smith by trade and resided at Ossipee. September 25, 1832, he married Zorada Wiggin, who was born in Tuftonborough, August 1, 1812, and died in Os- sipee, August 7, 1855, daughter of Mark and Hul- dah (Swett) Wiggin, (See Wiggin, II). Their chil- dren were: Charles Wesley, mentioned below ; Harriston Russell, born October 21, 1838, died February 21, 1900; and Benjamin F., born Janu- ary 5. 1845.
(III) Charles Wesley, eldest son of Benjamin F. and Zorada (Wiggin) Abbott, was born in Somersworth, November 16, 1833. In his ninth year he attended school a short time at Wolf- borough Falls. When he was eleven years of age his father removed to Ossipee, and Charles W. afterward worked at various occupations in the years following. He worked on a farm six months at seven dollars a month, and at another time six months at eight dollars a month. 11 1855 he was employed by William Hemiston to work in a livery stable. He was employed in various ways until April 7, 1858, when he began employment on the Great Falls & Conway road. The train on which he ' was employed ran between Union Village and Somersworth, twenty miles. In those days there were no brakes but hand brakes and they needed frequent attention, and in addition to the care of them he had to handle freight and baggage, help to load the tender with wood, and keep the baggage and passenger cars clean. For a time he was also employed on what was called the "Naval train" which run between and Portsmouth. In 1866 he succeeded George Beecham, deceased, as conductor, and from that time until the present has filled that place. For twenty-seven years he had charge of the express train on the White Mountain
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division of the Boston & Maine. For a number of years he has been conductor on a train between Wolfborough and Sanbornville and Dover. He has been in the train service of the road fifty years, and during all that time his trains have been so care- fully run as never to have had an accident of a serious nature, and very few mishaps of any kind. He is a man of genial nature, a friend to all and liked by every one, and by careful attention to business has made a record equalled by few. He owns the old home in Ossipee and property in Union Village, but resides in Wolfboro. From the time the party put its first candidate for president in the field. Mr. Abbott has been a Republican. He cast his first presidential vote for General Fremont in 1856. Ile has never held nor sought an office. He has never married. At the age of sixty-eight years he was made a Mason in Wolfboro, and is now a member of Morning Star Lodge, No. 17. Free and Accepted Masons; Wolfborough Royal Arch Chap- ter, No. 23; Pilgrim Commandery, Knights Templar, Laconia; and Chapter, No. 10, Order of the Eastern Star.
ABBOTT Joseph S. Abbott, late of Dover, New Hampshire, was born in Kennebunk, Maine, in 1829. and died in Dover, February 13, 1901, having completed the allotted three score and ten years of life's span. He was a son of- - and Charlotte ( Sanborn ) Abbott, and grandson of Maturin and Polly ( Lord) Abbott. The family is of English descent. Abbott (father) was born in Shapleigh, Maine. October II, 1804, and his wife was born in Waterboro, Maine, May 8, 1796. Joseph S. Abbott was a young man when he went to live in Dover, and by trade was a stone mason. Having worked some years as a journeyman he laid aside his trade and found work in a carpet factory, and later, having gained some means, he invested in an ice business and carried it on in connection with general teaming, con- tinuing both with good success until the time of his death. During his long residence in Dover Mr. Abbott was actively identified with public affairs, and was one of the leaders of the Republican party in that city, with many warm friends in the ranks of the Democratic party. He was frequently elected to office and gave efficient service in whatever po- sition he was chosen to fill. He served as mem- ber of the council and also of the board of alder- men, was city marshal in 1870, chief of the fire department from 1883 to 1886, and in 1890-91 repre- sented ward three of the city of Dover in the state legislature. In fraternal circles he was an Odd Fellow of excellent standing in the lodge, encamp- ment and canton, and also held membership in the Knights of Pythias and the Improved Order of Red Men.
Mr. Abbott married Delia, daughter of Wil- liam Brownell, and by her had seven children: Belle, married William R. Vickery, of Lewiston, Maine. Samuel B., now of Dover. Charles, de- ceased. Grace, died in infancy. Grace, the second child so named, now deceased. Mary, died young. Moses, died young.
Samuel B. Abbott, son and younger of the two surviving children of Joseph S. and Delia (Brownell) Abbott, was born in Dover, New Hamp- shire, August 15, 1860. and after receiving his edu- cation in the public school- began business with his father, continuing until the death of the latter and then succeeding to the proprietorship. His occupa- tion is that of ice dealer and contractor. Like his
father before him. he too is an active figure in Republican circles in Dover, and has served as mem- her of both branches of the city government. He is an Odd Fellow, member of the lodge, encampment and canton, and also of the Grange.
Mr. Abbott married, October 11. 1887, Edna B. Durgin, born July 22, 1869, daughter of Albert F. and Almira (Wentworth) Durgin, and granddaugh- ter of Lyman P. and Comfort (Simpson) Durgin. Mr. and Mrs. Abbott have one daughter, Gertrude B. Abbott, born in Dover, September 9, 1888.
LOVERING This is a very old family in New England, but seems not to have been a very prolific one, and the records pertaining to it are extremely meagre and disconnected. Enough has been discovered, how- ever, to give a reasonable assurance of the line herein traced. although there is no documentary evi- dence of the connection all the way through.
(I) John Lovering was early at Ipswich, Mass- achusetts, whence he removed to Dover, New Hamp- shire, and was there made freeman in 1657. He held land on the west side of the Piscataqua river, near Salmon Falls. He was drowned in 1668, and his widow married Ezekiel Knight. Her Christian name was Esther, and among their children was John1.
(II) John (2), son of John (1) and Esther Lovering, was bound out after the death of his father for a period of ten years, to Abraham Tilton, a carpenter. of Ipswich, and acquired his trade. After attaining his majority, he sold the land granted to his father, near Salmon Falls, to Thomas Abbott. He was known in Ipswich as "John Love- well of the Piscataqua," owing to his name having been so written in the indenture made by himself, his mother and step-father, and Abraham Tilton. This is dated April 4, 1672. He was married in Ipswich, to Hannah Kilham, daughter of David Kilham, and had at least five sons, namely: John. of Ipswich; Ebenezer. of Hampton Falls; Joseph and Daniel, of Exeter ; and Benjamin, who died un- married in Exeter.
(III) Daniel, son of John (2) and Hannah (Kilham) Lovering, was born about 1693-95. and was married at Exeter, December 25. 1724, to Mary Sylla (probably Cilley), and they had children: Abi- gail. and John, who is presumably the next in line of descent.
(IV) John (3), son of Daniel and Mary ( Sylla) Lovering, was born in 1727. Record of land titles shows that John Lovering. of Kensington, purchased. December 5, 1755, from Reuben Sanborn, of Ports- mouth, land in Chichester. There is also a convey- ance of land in the same town from Samuel Sleeper to John Lovering, of Rye. He probably lived in early life in both Rye and Kensington, and ulti- mately settled in Chichester. No record can be found of his marriage.
(V) Simeon, supposed to be a son of John (3) Lovering, was born in 1752, and lived in Chichester. New Hampshire, in 1766. He was a soldier of the Revolution from that town, serving in Captain Rich- ard Weare's company. He was also in Captain Isaac Frye's company of the Third New Hampshire Regiment, from January, 1780, to January 1, 1781. as a private. In the last named year he was in a company commanded by Captain Joshua Woodman, in Colonel Raynold's regiment, of New Hampshire Militia. After the Revolution he lived in Corinth, Vermont, and about ISIo, moved from the town to Quechee. same state, where he died in 1837. He
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was married, December 7. 1773, to Sarah Sanborn, of Chichester, who was born 1754, a daughter of Renben (2) Sanborn, and granddaughter of Reuben (I), who was a son of John Sanborn, of Hampton. ( See Sanborn, II).
(VI) John (4), son of Simeon and Sarah (San- born) Lovering, was born November 30, 1781. prob- ably in Chichester, and lived in Corinth, Vermont, removing thence to Quechee, probably at the same time with his father, and died in that town. He married Sarah Porter Pease, who was a descendant of Christopher Pease, one of the earliest settlers of Hartford, Vermont.
(VII) John Leonard, son of John (4) Lovering, was born June 26. 1809, in Quechee, Vermont. Mr. Lovering was a man of liberal education, and for many years a school teacher. He studied medicine at Woodstock ( Vermont), Medical College, but never practiced. He was selectman of Quechee for many years; member of constitutional convention, 1850. He was a well-known horticulturist, being many years one of the directors of Connecticut River Fair Association. and president of Windsor County (Vermont ) Fair Association. Most of his life was spent on the old Lovering homestead in Quechee, Vermont. In 1861 he and his family re- moved to Faribault, Minnesota, where he died Oc- tober 22, 1862. Two children: Leonard Austin Lovering and Anna Tyler Lovering.
(VIII) Leonard Austin, son of John L. and Ellen A. (Tyler) Lovering, was born in Quechee, Vermont. November 13, 1854. After his father's deatlı in Faribault, Minnesota, he returned to Clare- mont, New Hampshire, where he was educated in the public schools, being a member of Stevens high school, class of 1873, which he left to enter the United States Military Academy, West Point, New York, being appointed cadet in 1872: he graduated in 1876, and was commissioned second lieutenant of the Fourth United States Infantry. Promoted to first lieutenant in 1885 and captain in 1893 in the same regiment; promoted major of the Twenty- ninth United States Infantry, 1901. He was com- missioned major of the Thirtieth United States In- fantry Volunteers. 1899; promoted to lieutenant- colonel of the same regiment, 1001, and mustered out of the volunteer service, 1901. He was acting assistant professor of Chemistry, Mineralogy and Geology at the United States Military Academy, West Point, 1881-85: engineer officer, Department of the Columbia, 1888-89 ; aide-de-camp to Brigadier- General John Gibhon, United States Army, 1889-91, and to Brigadier-General Thomas H. Ruger, United States Army. 1891-92. In command of his company, Boise Barracks, Idaho, and Fort Sheridan, Illinois, 1893-98. In Fifth Army Corps in Santiago-de-Cuba campaign, participating in the battle of El Caney, July 1; battle of San Juan, July 2-3; bombardment of Santiago-de-Cuba, July 10-II ; sicge of Santiago- de-Cuba, July 2-17, 1898, when the Spanish forces surrendered. In the Philippines, 1899-1901; in Schwan's expedition in Southern Luzon, Philippine Islands, 1900; acting inspector-general at headquar- ters, Manila, Philippine Islands, 1900-01 ; returned to Columbus Barracks, Ohio, in command of his battalion, till 1902, when he again went to the Philippines for two years, serving as commanding officer of the South Paragua ( Province) and as in- spector-general of the Philippine Division, Manila. Stationed at Oklahoma City. Oklahoma, for three years as inspector-general of Southwestern Division : promoted lieutenant-colonel Fourth United States Infantry, 1905: translator from the Spanish of "Guide and Description of the State of Zulia," "Mil-
itary Geography of Chili, S. A." "The Rural Guard of Cuba," etc. Now stationed at Jefferson Bar- racks, Missouri.
(VIII) Anna, only daughter of John Leonard and Ellen A. (Tyler) Lovering, born in Quechee, Vermont, September 21, 1857, removed to Faribault, Minnesota, in her childhood, but on the death of her father came to Claremont, New Hampshire, where she was educated in the public schools, grad- uating from Stevens high school 1876. Graduated from Lasell Seminary, Auburndale, Massachusetts, ISSI. Married at Trinity Church, Claremont, New Hampshire, April 14, 1887, Charles Watson Barrett son of Augustus and Sarah (Emerson) Barrett, of Milburn, Massachusetts. Resided in Washington, D. C. until 1893; now lives in Claremont, New Hampshire. Children: Leonard Lovering Barrett, born in Claremont, New Hampshire, November '4, 1890; Tyler Emerson Barrett, born in Claremont, New Hampshire, August 20, 1893.
LOVERIN (I) Austin Loverin son of Prescott and Betsey (Sawyer) Loverin, was born in Springfield, New Hamp- shire, December 21, 1833. His father was said to be related to Daniel Webster. Austin was educated in the common schools of Grafton and Andover. He became a successful carriagemaker, well known throughout this section of the country. He was a Republican in politics, but no office-seeker. He married, November 23, 1856, in Andover, Abbie, daughter of John and Elizabeth (Rowe) Durgin of Andover, New Hampshire, born March 19, 1831, and died April 18, 1906. They had one child, Edgar Elisha. The family attended the Baptist Church. Austin Loverin died May 30, 1863, in his thirtieth year.
(II) Edgar Elisha, only child of Austin and Abbie (Durgin) Loverin, was born in Andover, New Hampshire, July 18, 1858. His father died when he was but five years old. He was educated in the common schools of Andover and at Proctor Academy. He first worked in a general store a+ Andover. Later he bought out Quimby & Wey- mouth, of Andover Center, and carried on a general store for three years. Afterwards he went to Wil- mot, New Hampshire, where he lived eleven years and managed a store beside doing general farming. He was postmaster during his stay in Wilmot, and also did insurance work for the New England Mutual Company. While there he held the office of selectman and justice of the peace. In 1901 he came to New London, and carries on a large gen- . eral store at Elkins. He is a Republican in politics. He is a Mason, belonging to King Solomon Lodge, of New London; a member of Merrimack Lodge of Odd Fellows, No. 27, at Franklin, New Hamp- shire. He married Lora E., daughter of Charles E. Folsom, of Waterville, Maine, November 10, 1889. To them have been born two children: Ruth G., born April 12, 1890, and Robert E., born February 7, 1892. The family attend the Baptist Church. Mrs. Lovering is a member of the Ladies' Aid Society and of the Eastern Star. She is active in church work. Mr. Loverin, during the year of 1906, traveled extensively on the Pacific Coast.
RAMSDELL It is difficult to determine to what
extent the descendants of the pio- neers of New England are in- debted to the political conditions that obtained in the mother country during the period of the settle- ment of the colonies now constituting the New Eng- land states. There is no doubt that the intolerant
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attitude of the British government toward the Puri- tans drove to these shores a class of settlers far superior to what might, and probably would have come hither, if they had not been oppressed at home. The ancestor of the Ramsdells, a sturdy character, came to Massachusetts in the first century of colonization. His descendants are not numerous, but they have numbered among them many good men and some leaders. They have taken part in the great events that have occurred in more than two centuries. They were patriots in the Revolution and furnished their full quota of fighting men. One of the name fell at the battle of Lexington at the very outset of the Revolution. From Massachu- setts the family has spread into New Hampshire, where the position of its members is a very honor- able one.
(II) Captain William, son of Abijah and Rebecca (Graves) Ramsdell, born in Lynn, Massa- chusetts, April 10, 1766, resided in Salem, Massa- chusetts, until 1815, when he removed to Milford, New Hampshire. He was a sea-captain, and sailed to all parts of the world. Later in life he was a farmer, residing one and a quarter miles from the village of Milford on the road to Wilton, where he died January 12, 1842. He married (first ), Huldah Newhall, who died a year after marriage leaving one daughter. Married (second), August 22, 1802, Mary, daughter of Captain George and Emma ( Phelps) Southward, born in Salem, Massachusetts, April 6, 1774, and died in Milford, May 18, 1866. The child of the first wife was Love; those of the second wife were : William, Mary, Charles and John.
(III) Captain William (2), eldest son and child of William (1) and Mary ( Southward) Ramsdell, born in Salem, Massachusetts, May 28, 1803, came to Milford with his father in 1815. He was a farmer and succeeded to the possession of the homestead where he lived till his death, October 27, 1889. He was a person of rare intellectual capacity, and able promptly to use his varied knowledge for entertain- ment and instruction with much skill and effect. He was not a professional speaker, but his eloquence was such that his addresses were always impressive and efficient. He married, November 6, 1826, Maria A., daughter of Rev. Humphrey and Hannah ( Pea- body) Moore, born in Milford, February 24, 1804, and died February 4, 1878. Their children were: William Humphrey, Hannah Peabody, Mary Maria, George Allen, Charles Augustus, Maria Moore, Timothy Harrodon and Edward E.
(IV) Governor George Allen, second son and fourth child of William and Maria A. ( Moore) Ramsdell, was born in Milford, March 11, 1834. After obtaining his primary education in the public schools of his native town he was fitted for college at Appleton Academy, now McCollom Institute, Mount Vernon. After attending a year at Amherst College, delicate health compelled him to abandon the future prosecution of his literary education at the end of his sophomore year. After a season of rest he began the study of law which he pursued, first in the office of Bambridge Wadleigh, at Milford, and completed in the office of Daniel Clark and Isaac W. Smith, at Manchester. In 1857 he was admitted to the bar and soon after opened an office at Peters- borough, where he remained six years in active prac- tice. In 1864 he became clerk of the supreme court of Hillsborough county, and removed to Amherst, where he resided until 1866, when the records were removed to Nashua and he became a resident there. In 1887 he resigned his clerkship, after holding office twenty-three years, and resumed the practice of law.
associating himself with Lyman D. Cook, under the firm name of Ramsdell & Cook. This partnership continued three or four years, and was then dis- solved, Mr. Ramsdell giving up court practice, but acting by appointment of the supreme court as referee and auditor in a large number of important civil cases where legal acumen of a high order was required. At the time of his retirement from the practice of law he was president of the First Na- tional Bank, of Nashua, and at this time became the treasurer of the City Guaranty Savings Bank, which positions he held until his death.
Mr. Ramsdell's standing at the bar was high and his record unblemished. Ilis judicial ability and entire impartiality induced Governor Smith to tender him a seat on the supreme bench, which the number and importance of his duties compelled him to decline. His sagacity in the conduct of affairs caused the administration of many estates to be placed in his hands. Mr. Ramsdell's public services were varied and comprehensive. He served ten years on the Nashua board of education, twenty years as trustee of the public library, was president for several years of the board of trustees of the State Industrial School at Manchester, trustee of the Orphans' Home, at Franklin, and filled many other places of trust and responsibility. In politics his natural turn for affairs, his good judgment, reliability, oratorical powers and staying qualities made him a favorite and a leader. In 1870-71-72 he was a member of the general court .of New Hampshire. He served on the judiciary and other important committees, and won an enviable reputation as a careful and painstaking lawmaker, a Juminous and convincing debater and a man whom no influence could sway from the path of duty. In the great struggle in the house of representatives in 1871, he was conspicu- ous. When Bainbridge Wadleigh had spoken on the previous question till his voice failed, and a sub- stitute must be had to hold the floor till morning, Mr. Ramsdell took his place and spoke six hours with scarcely an intermission. There were other remarkable features in that legislative body, and in every case and upon all occasions Mr. Ramsdell performed his duties in such a manner as to receive the commendation of a great majority of the citizens of the state. He was a member of the Constitu- tional Convention of 1876, and took a prominent part in its proceedings. In 1891 and 1892 he was a member of the governor's council. In 1894 he was a candidate for governor and received substantial support. He was again a candidate in 1896 and was nominated by acclamation, receiving the vote of every delegate in the convention. In the election which followed he was chosen by the largest majority (17,977) ever given a candidate in the history of the state up to that time. In the financial and busi- ness circles Governor Ramsdell was as prominent as he was in the political field. In addition to his duties as president of the First National Bank and treasurer of the City Guaranty and Savings Bank, he was director in the Wilton Railroad Company, in Petersborough railroad, in the Jackson Company, and in the Nashua Manufacturing Company. In addition to the burdens incident to the discharge of the duties of these positions, he took time to cul- tivate his taste for literature, and discharged many moral obligations which he considered he owed to society in general. He wrote and published "The History of Milford," a comprehensive and meritori- ous work. He made public addresses, gave his earnest attention and best efforts to the success of the tem- perance cause, and responded to every serious demand of the time and place for the betterment of the social
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and moral condition of the community. In recogni- tion of his services Dartmouth College honored him with the degree of A. M. In religious convictions he was a liberal Congregationalist, and a member of the First Church. He was made a Mason in Alter- mont Lodge, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, at Petersborough, while residing there, and subse- quently transferred his membership to Rising Sun Lodge of Nashua, where he subsequently became a thirty-second degree Mason in Edward A. Raymond Consistory.
Governor Ramsdell descended from a line of ancestors on the paternal side among whom were men of energy and power. On the maternal side he was a descendant of John Moore, a very early Puritan settler of Sudbury, Massachusetts, in the veins of whose descendants mingled the blood of the Peabodys, of which family came George Peabody, the great financier and philanthropist. From these sources he inherited strength of character, business capacity, executive ability and moral stamina, ele- ments of success that made it possible for him to create his environment rather than to be governed by it. He saw his opportunities and took advantage of them; he recognized his duties, and never shrank from the performance of them. He was a man of ample means and of large influences, and both his substance and his influence were directed toward the betterment of himself and those around him.
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