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He married, November, 1860, Eliza D. Wilson, born September 5, 1836, daughter of David and Margaret (Dinsmore) Wilson, of Deering. She de- scended on the paternal side from David Wilson, and on the maternal side from John Dinsmore, immigrant in the Scotch-Irish colony which settled in Londonderry about 1719. Of this marriage four children were born: Harry W., Arthur D., Charles T. and Anne M. Mr. Ramsdell died November 16, 1900, in Nashua.
(V) Harry William, eldest child of Governor George A. and Eliza D. (Wilson) Ramsdell, was born in Petersborough, February 1, 1862. He was educated in the public schools of Nashua, graduating from the high school there in 1879. After leaving school he entered the office of M. V. B. Greene, where he learned the printer's trade, remaining seven years. He next became a partner with his father, under the firm name of G. A. Ramsdell & Son, dealers in stocks and bonds. The firm existed until 1891. In that year H. W. Ramsdell was elected tax- collector of Nashua, and filled that position so acceptably that he was repeatedly re-elected and served for ten years. Since November 16, 1900 he has been treasurer of the City Guaranty Savings Bank, a place he has ever since continued to fill. He is a Republican in politics, but not a strenuous partisan. Since 1903 he has served as fire commis- sioner of Nashua. He is a member of Nashua Lodge, No. 720, Benevolent Protective Order of Elks; and of Aerie, No. 566, Fraternal Order of Eagles. He attends the First Congregational Church. He mar- ried, 1883, Lena Scott, born in Petersborough, May 13, 1865, daughter of Colonel Charles and Charlotte (Wilkins) Scott, of Petersborough, who died May 3, 1903.
(V) Arthur Dearborn, son of Governor George A. and Eliza D. (Wilson) Ramsdell, was born in Peterborough, August 3, 1867, and was educated in the public schools of his native town and Nashua, and at McGaw's Institute, Nashua. For a number of years previous to 1886 he was a commercial traveler and sold tobacco for a Boston house. At the date mentioned he opened a sale stable in Nashua, and for more than twenty years has conducted his busi-
ness with success, selling on an average of three hundred well bred horses annually. He married in Hampstead, New Hampshire, August 28, 1900, Alice L. McQuesten, who was born in Litchfield, New Hampshire, September 27, 1876, daughter of Charles H. and Esther M. (Leach) Ramsdell. They have one son, George A., born in Nashua, November 10, 1902.
EDGERLY Among the representative families of New Hampshire, members of which have led useful and exemplary lives. performing the duties allotted to them faithfully and conscientiously, may be mentioned that of Edgerly, who date their ancestry back to the early part of the seventeenth century.
(I) Thomas Edgerly, born in England about the year 1644, was a resident of Dover, Oyster River settlement, now Durham, New Hampshire, in 1665. He married, September 28, 1665. Rebecca Hallowell, daughter of John and Remembrance (Ault) Hallo- well. Their children: Zachariah, killed by Indians at Oyster Bay, July 18, 1694; a daughter, name lost, made captive by Indians July 18, 1694; Thomas, of whom later; Samuel, married Elizabeth Tuttle; John, and Joseph, married Mary Green. (For his- tory of burning of Edgerly house by the Indians at the destruction of Oyster Bay Settlement, see Bel- knap History, N. H.)
(II) Thomas (2), son of Thomas (1) and Re- becca (Hallowell) Edgerly, was of Oyster River in 1695, as the name of Thomas, Jr., and John Ed- gerly appears on a petition of the Oyster River people to the government praying for incorporation as a parish at that date. He married Jane Whedon, December 3, 1691. He removed from Oyster River to Greenland in or before 1700. From a deed dated June 6, 1700, Thomas Edgerly, Jr., now of Green- land, sells to William Furbur sixty acres of land in Dover. From various deeds we determine that he was of Exeter from 1710 to 1738. His death must have occurred prior to March 16, 1744, as his daughter Mary sells to Joseph Knight, of Exeter, land that she purchased of her honored father, Thomas Edgerly, Jr., late of Exeter, deceased. The deed was signed by Jane Edgerly, widow of Thomas Edgerly. Their children were: A child killed by Indians at Oyster River, July 19, 1694; Abigail, married John Hutchins; Mary, married Thomas Kelly; Samuel, of whom later; Joseph, married (first), Sarah Rawlings; (second), Widow Sanborn ; (third), Judith Chase.
(III) Samuel, son of Thomas (2) and Jane (Whedon) Edgerly, born 1697, lived in that part of Exeter which was included in the town of Brent- wood after its incorporation in 1742, and in the northeast corner of that town just after the present line of Epping. This was also the last residence of his father and the birthplace of his children. He married, in 1725, Abigail , who died in the winter of 1790-91, at the residence of her son in Barnstead, to which place she went in the decline of life after the death of her son Joseph, shortly after 1776, with whom she resided in Brentwood. Samuel Edgerly died in Brentwood, 1769. The children were : Samuel, born 1727; Thomas, born September 10, 1729, married Katharine Phillips; Jonathan, married Betsey Steel; John; Elsey, married Captain John Kimball and settled in Meredith on what is now known as the Lawrence farm in Laconia; Captain Kimball died in 1819, and his wife in 1780; Ben- jamin, born 1739, married Mary Hoit; Joseph, born 1739, a twin of Benjamin, is supposed to have been a single man as no record of his marriage can be
andrew J. Edgarly
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found. He was a great land owner in Brentwood, and was surveyor of highways in 1776; David, of whoni later.
(IV) David, son of Samuel and Abigail Edgerly, was born in Brentwood, September 15, 1741. He went to Gilmanton preparatory to settlement in 1761, being then a single man. Two years later he married and settled on land which he purchased in partner- ship with his brother Benjamin in 1762. He built a house in Gilmanton and resided there for the re- mainder of his days. He married, January 15. 1763, in South Hampton, Dorothy Hoit, sister of his brother Benjamin's wife, born in South Hampton, June 10, 1744. Their children were: Ezekial, of whom later ; Rebecca, Dorothy, David, Abigail, Mary, Joseplı, Juditlı. (Joseph and descendants are men- tioned in this article). David Edgerly died Novem- ber 19, 1785, and his widow September 19, 1828.
(V) Ezekial, son of David and Dorothy (Hoit) Edgerly, was born in Gilmanton, November 28, 1764. He resided in Barnstead near the line of Gilmanton, and served for many years as selectman and town treasurer. He was a member and deacon of the Free Will Baptist Church. He married, August 27, 1789, Molly Eastman, born in Salisbury, Massachusetts, February 16, 1771, daughter of Isaac and Ann (Brown) Eastman, of Salisbury. He died Oc- tober 21, 1836, and his widow died at the old home- stead in Barnstead, September 10, 1864, aged ninety- three. Their children were: Anna, David, Ezekial, Isaac Eastman, Reuben, of whom later; Dorothy, True.
(VI) Reuben, fourth son of Ezekial and Molly (Eastman) Edgerly, born in Barnstead, August 2, 1803, married, April 26, 1829, Sabrina McDaniels, born July 22, 1800, died June 29, 1867. They re- sided in Barnstead. Their children were: Laura Freeman, born in Barnstead, December 23, 1830; Horace, of whom later; Cynthia Maria, born Barn- stead, November 9, 1835, died September 24, 1900,
(VII) Horace, only son of Reuben and Sabina (McDaniels) Edgerly, was born in Barnstead, No- vember 19, 1832, on the homestead of his grandfather, Ezekial Edgerly, and in the house built by his father, Reuben Edgerly, which is now occupied by Charles E. Thyng, located near the Gilmanton line, and supposed to be the oldest house standing in the town at the present time (1907). He was educated in the common schools of Barnstead, and remained on the home farm until he attained the age of thirty. He enlisted in Company B, in the famous Twelfth New Hampshire Volunteers, served two years, was wounded at Chancellorsville, Virginia, and left on the field for twelve days inside the Rebel lines. At the time of his honorable discharge he ranked as second lieutenant. In 1870 he moved to Gilmanton Iron Works, where he purchased a small farm, which ranks among the highly cultivated and there- fore productive farms in that section. His cosy home is located on High street, the second house from the church. He is an active member of the Free Will Bap- tist Church, a trustee of the Pine Grove cemetery, and a member of Lodge No. 75, Free and Accepted Masons, of Alton, being made a Mason in 1867. He married, January 12, 1871, Julia Ann (Lougee) Leighton, widow of J. Clark Leighton, who was a member of Company B, Twelfth Regiment, New Hampshire Volunteers, and died in the army in 1863, aged twenty-four years. She was a daughter of John Lougee, born in 1812, and granddaughter of John and Rebecca (Edgerly) Lougee. ( See Lougee, V). She was one of five children, as follows : Laura, Julia Ann, George (died young), George and Clarinda. The children of Horace and Julia Ann
(Leighton) Edgerly were: Albert Clark, of whom later ; Anna May, born May 4, 1874, died December 21, 1876.
(VIII) Albert Clark, only son of Horace and Julia Ann (Leighton) Edgerly, was born May 18, 1872, in Gilmanton. He received a good education, and at the age of seventeen left liome to earn a liveli- hood for himself. He now holds a responsible po- sition in the wholesale house of E. H. Moulton in Haverhill, Massachusetts, and is the owner of a comfortable home. He married, August 8, 1899, Charlotte A. Foster, who is well known in the social circles of Haverhill, Massachusetts.
(V) Joseph, third son of David and Dorothy (Hoit) Edgerly, was born in Gilmanton, about 1770, and settled in Wakefield, New Hampshire, soon after attaining manhood. He was married in that town November 8, 1808, to Betsey Berry, of Milton, by Rev. Asa Piper.
(VI) James Berry, son of Joseph and Elizabeth (Berry) Edgerly, was born October 6, 1812, in Wakefield, and died June 13, 1864. He acquired a practical education in the schools adjacent to his home, and during his early years followed various occupations. In 1856 he moved to Deerfield, New Hampshire, for sixteen years was the proprietor of a tavern at the Center. At the expiration of this period of time he moved to a farm in Pembroke street, which he conducted in a prosperous and scientific manner. He attended the Congregational Church. He was a charter member of the first lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, in Deerfield. He married Louisa Rowe, born April 13, 1805, and died February 4, 1887, daughter of Levi Rowe, of Hooksett, and four children were born to them, as follows: Andrew Jackson, see forward ; James Eldridge, killed in the second battle of Bull Run, August 29, 1862; Mary Louisa, now a resident of Chicago, Illinois, widow of George E. Wilson, of Manchester, New Hampshire, who died in Nashua, New Hampshire, 1888; Frances Jane, now of Green Bay, Wisconsin. She married Elmer X. Hastings, superintendent of the northern division of the Milwaukee & St. Paul railroad.
(VII) Among the progressive and public-spirited citizens of Manchester, New Hampshire, whose suc- cess in life is due to their own unaided efforts, and the exercise of prudence, energy and perseverance, may be mentioned the name of Andrew Jackson Edgerly, a native of Greenland, New Hampshire, born November 21, 1840. He is a son of James Berry and Louisa (Rowe) Edgerly. He was edu- cated at the Pembroke Academy and also attended the Gymnasium, being a student at the latter in- stitution for several terms. At the age of two and one-half years he accompanied his parents to Deer- field, and at eighteen to a farm in Pembroke street. In 1866 he purchased the Leonard Deerfield place on High street, Candia, where he remained until 1870. He then disposed of this and purchased the Deacon Osgood Page homestead, remaining until 1887. After disposing of this lie purchased a farm on the Patten Road, where he continued to reside until 1891, in which year lie sold and took up his residence in Manchester, where he is at present (1907) residing. Here he followed the build- ing business for about six years, building a number of dwelling houses; then entered the real estate and insurance business and conducted it alone for tive years when he admitted A. B. Whittier and the firm has since been Edgerly & Whittier, and they are at present doing an extensive business. While a resident of Candia he served in the ca- pacity of moderator nine years, member of
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selectmen twelve years and a representative to the legislature in 1880-81. Mr. Edgerly has always been a man of energy and enterprise, possessing those qualities necessary to a successful career.
Andrew J. Edgerly married (first), in 1864, Julia Rand, daughter of Edmund (who was town clerk of Deerfield twenty-one years) and Julia (James) Rand, of Deerfield. Her death occurred in 1886. He married (second), in 1889, Flora Lee Emerson, daughter of Ansel W. and lda K. (Cur- rier ) Emerson.
Ansel W. or "Anse" Emerson, father of Mrs. An- drew J. Edgerly, was horn April 30, 1834, died at Candia, New Hampshire, June 25, 1868. His father, Jonathan Emerson, served in the war of 1812. Mr. Emerson was possessed of a mind far above the average. Had he been given the training of our higher institutions of learning, and entered any one of the profession, he would have proven himself a leader. He reasoned well. He knew to his own satisfaction that the individual life must stand or fall as adjudged by the Golden Rule, and so he ever held himself, ready to do unto others as he would have others do unto him. In a way he was a genius. He expressed himself as few others did. He saw the humorous side of things, and never was he known to miss a laugh. He would oftentimes intuitively arrive at conclusions which were logically right. Always companionable and cheery it was invariably a delight to see "Anse" coming up the road. No one enjoyed home with its many comforts more than he, and his wife and his children were to him his world. (The foregoing is taken from an article written by his friend, Wilson Palmer, and printed in the Derry News, January 1, 1904).
Ansel W. Emerson enlisted from Rockingham county, New Hampshire, August 11, 1862, to serve three years or during the war, and was mustered into the United States service at Concord, New Hampshire, September 2, 1862, as a private of Cap- tain William R. Patton's Company I, Eleventh Regi- ment, New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry, Colonel Walter Harriman commanding. The Eleventh New Hampshire Infantry was recruited in August, 1862, under the second call for troops. It was mustered in from August 28 to September 3, 1862, and left the state September II, arriving at Washington, D. C., September 14. It joined General Mcclellan's army, October 4, and was assigned to the Second Brigade, Second Division, Ninth Army Corps, re- maining in that brigade and division during the war. It participated in the battle of Fredericksburg, De- cember 13, 1862, where it behaved with extraordinary gallantry, its conduct received universal commenda- tion. It subsequently participated, without loss, in the siege of Vicksburg, Mississippi, and bore a gal- lant part in the siege of Jackson, Mississippi, and the relief of Knoxville, Tennessee, a campaign not- able for its hardships and privations, it being the only New Hampshire regiment that participated in that arduous campaign. It rejoined the Ninth Corps, Army of the Potomac, at Annapolis, Maryland, April 7, 1864. April 23, same year, it moved for the front and participated in the following engagements : Wilderness, Spottsylvania, North Anna, Tolopotomoy, Bethesda Church, Cold Harbor, siege and assault of Peterburg, Mine Explosion, Weldon Railroad, Pop- lar Springs Church, Hatcher's Run, Fall of Peters- burg and numerous skirmishes. It also participated in the Grand Review at Washington, D. C., May 23- 24, 1865, and was mustered out June 4, 1865, near Alexandria, Virginia.
Mr. Emerson was sick with maiaria fever in general hospital, Washington, D. C., for about one year, and July 12, 1864, was transferred to Company H, Eleventh Veteran Reserve Corps. He was con- stantly with his command until taken sick, and at all times performed faithful and meritorious ser- vice. He received an honorable discharge near Alexandria, Virginia, July 16, 1864, by reason of surgeon's certificate of disability. He never fully regained his health, and finally died from the hard- ships he suffered in battle and along the wearisome, cruel march.
Mr. Emerson married, at Danvers, Massachusetts, July 29, 1857, Ida K. Currier, whose grandfather served in the Revolutionary war, and their children were: Fannie May, born in Candia, New Hamp- shire, November 18, 1857, died December 7, 1886, married October 10, 1883, Clarence Herbert Stearns, and had one son, Arthur Emerson Stearns, of Man- chester. Flora Lee, born November 8, 1859, wife of Andrew J. Edgerly. Ellsworth, born June 1, 1862, died at the age of fifteen years. Lizzie B., born June 5, 1867.
LANG This name was undoubtedly Long in its original form, and may be derived from the German lange, or langen, which means
long When the Longs settled in Scotland the family become divided into Langs, Laings, Layngs and Longmans. The first of the name in New Hampshire was John Lang, who was in Portsmouth before 1692. In the "Collections of the Essex In- stitute of Salem, Massachusetts," may be found this quaint entry, taken from a family Bible: "Hanna Simes, Juner, was born ye 27 of August Anodominy 1707 of a Wensday in the afternoon at three of the clock. Jeffery Lang was born January ye 16 ano- dominy 1707 of a Friday. He was married August ye 24, ano'd 1732." Then follow the records of the births of the nine children with similar particu- lars. Other entries say that Jeffry Lang raised his house June 9, 1740, and that he moved into it the following December. His wife died October 8, 1748, aged forty-one years, and he died May 14, 1758, aged fifty-one years.
(1) Reuben Lang was born in Brookfield, New Hampshire, toward the close of the eighteenth cen- tury, and was a farmer. The name of his wife is unknown, but there were seven children: John W., born in 1812; Andrew J .; Daniel W., mentioned below; Marion, Cynthia, Charlotte and Eliza.
(II) Daniel W., one of the seven children of Reuben Lang, was born in 1816, and lived in Brook- field, New Hampshire. He was a farmer and car- penter, and about 1851 married Mary A. Glidden, daughter of Mark Glidden, of Ossipee, New Hamp- shire. They had children: Frank P., Albie M., Lucy, John H. (1), Reed A., John H. (2), and Daniel. The four elder children died before reach- ing middle life. Daniel W. Lang died September 4, 1905, and his wife died October 26, 1902.
(J1]) Rced A., third son and fifth child of Daniel WV. and Mary A. (Glidden) Lang, was born August 29, 1803, at Brookfield, New Hampshire. He worked on a farm and attended school till he was sixteen years of age when he went to Portsmonth, where he was employed in Armstrong's restaurant, beginning by carrying fruit through the trains, and afterwards working inside the establishment. He remained in this place till about twenty-one, when he came to Sanbornville, near his old home, and entered the store of J. W. Garvin as clerk. He stayed there some time, and then bought out the hotel near the
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station, borrowing part of the money to do this. Two years later, having paid off the debt incurred by purchase of the hotel, he built a livery stable. which he conducted till recently. As the town grew from a railway junction into a prosperous village, Mr. Lang began to be interested in real estate, and he built about twenty houses to rent, besides ac- quiring several farms. At the present time he is managing six of these farms, comprising about twelve hundred acres, over three hundred in mowing. He also owns about six hundred acres of timber land and operates one sawmill. He makes a specialty of raising thoroughbred cattle, and has some of the finest Hereford stock in New England. Some time ago Mr. Lang became associated with another man in developing a gold mine in Nova Scotia. They are now getting out ore running three dollars to the ton, and at the low cost of mining the stuff nets about one dollar and forty cents to the ton. New machinery will soon be added, and a large force of men put to work. Mr. Lang is a Democrat in politics, and was road commissioner for many years and constable for fourteen years. He belongs to Syracuse Lodge, No. 27, Knights of Pythias, the Uniform Rank and to the Grand Lodge. On September 8, 1885, Reed A. Lang married Caro- line Bragdon, daughter of Millet Bragdon, of Mil- ton, New Hampshire. There are no children.
While this name is usually found to be LANG of Scotch origin the equivalent of the English name Long, the family herein traced seems to have come to New Hampshire from England. Before 1692 John Lang, an Englishman, was a resident of Portsmouth. A little later a family of the name is found in Hampton Falls. The first definite knowledge of this family is found in the records of Rye, where William, John and Benjamin Lang, presumably brothers, were living soon after 1750.
(1) Benjamin Lang married Eleanor Burley, and they had four children: Eleanor, Hannah, Ben- jamin and Betsey, the first born in 1759. He married (second), Deborah Varrell.
(II) Benjamin (2), only son and third child of Ben- jamin (1) and Eleanor (Burley) Lang, was born July 28, 1765, in Rye, and settled in Candia and lived and died in that town. He was married, De- cember 27, 1797, to Deborah Morrill, of Candia. He was a Whig in politics, and a Congregationalist in religious faith.
( H1) David, son of Benjamin and Deborah (Morrill) Lang, was born in Candia, January 19, 1800, and died September 10, 1865. He was a farmer and a man of considerable influence in his town. Like his father he was a member of the Congrega- tional Church, and for many years a deacon. In politics he was a Democrat. He married, Novem- ber 2, 1820, Sally Sanborn, of Sanbornton, who died October 11. 1861. Their children were: Benjamin, Isaiah S., Sarah A., Martha, Lucinda, Amanda MI., Malvina and an infant.
(IV) Isaiah Sanborn, second son and child of David and Sally (Sanborn) Lang, was born in Candia, April 1, 1823, and died October 25. 1904. aged eighty-one. He was employed for some time in the cotton' mills of Lowell, Massachusetts, but returned to Candia and spent the remainder of his life on a farm. He was a member of the school board, and in 1876 was elected to the legislature. He was a member of the Methodist Church, and in poli- tics a follower of Andrew Jackson. He was an Odd Fellow, and for forty years a Mason. He married,
September 12, 1848, Martha Clemens Ladd, daughter of Daniel and Martha ( Clemens ) Ladd, of Deer- field. She was a member of the Order of the East- ern Star, and of the Methodist Episcopal Church. The children born of this union were : Infant, Joseph, H., Martha L., who married George W. Bailey; Benjamin F., who is mentioned below ; and Flora E., the wife of Dr. Taylor.
(V) Benjamin Franklin, fourth child of Isaiah and Martha C. (Ladd) Lang, was born in Candia, November 19, 1858, and was educated in the common schools and at Pembroke Academy. He was en- gaged in farming on the old homestead, did some- thing in the lumber business, and for many years has been a market gardener. Fle is a Democrat in political faith, and has been selectman six years, and chair- man of the school board. His religious faith is Congregational. He has been a consistent Mason for twenty-seven years, is a member of Rockingham Lodge, No. 76, of that order, of which he is a past master, and of Adah Chapter, No. 9, Order of the Eastern Star. He is also a member of the Grange, No. 67, Patrons of Husbandry, and has been master of that organization for six years. He married, January 12, 1885, Nellie N. Marden, who was born September 13, 1859, daughter of William D. and Caroline (Manahan) Marden, of Allenstown. She was educated in the public. schools. and at Pem- broke Academy, and was for a time a schoolteacher. She is a member of the same grange and Eastern Star Chapter as her husband. They have three children : Lilla C., Clarence B. and Martha A.
(1) Edward Lang was born in Glasgow, Scot- land, and died in Shefford, Province of Quebec. He entered the British army, according to family tradi- tion, at an early age and served fifteen years, a part or perhaps all his service being in the West Indies, where he is said to have taken a part in sixteen bat- tles. and was afterward awarded medals for his serv- ices, which are still in the possession of his descend- ants in Canada. He was also in the battle of Water- loo under Napoleon. In further recognition of his services he was granted land in Ireland, of which he took possession and upon which he lived for some years, but the continued hostile conduct of the native Trish made life so uncomfortable that he took his family, about the year 1822, and crossed the ocean to Canada and settled at Shefford, Province of Quebec, where he was a farmer. He was a very loyal citizen; at the outbreak of the Rebellion of Nelson and Papineau, in 1837, he was a sergeant. and his courage and military knowledge enabled him to distinguish himself. He married Bridget Byrne, of Glasgow, Scotland, whose ancestors on both sides were soldiers, some of whom had taken part in the defence of Londonderry, in 1689. Their children were : John, Mary, Elizabeth, Ellen, Susan and Henry.
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