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(VIII) Otis Stackpole Sanborn was born in San- bornton, August 18, 1841, and was educated in the Sanbornton public schools and Laconia Academy. He afterward taught schools in the towns of San- bornton and Belmont, then worked for a time in a mill and eventually turned his attention to farming in Sanbornton, where he now lives. He has been variously identified with public affairs, is a strong Republican and represented his town in the state legislature in 1902. For twenty years he has been a member of the school committee. On August 30, IS7I, Mr. Sanborn married Maria F. Lamprey, of Belmont, New Hampshire. She was born in Gil- manton (now Belmont), May 31, 1844. Four chil-
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dren have been born of this marriage: Harry Clin- ton, May 2. 1873. Mabel Taylor, November 19, 1875. Cris Boutwell, January 7, 1879. Clifton Roscoe, September 30, 1880.
(IX) Harry Clinton Sanborn was born in San- bornton, May 2, 1873, and was educated in the public schools of his home town and New Hamp- ton Institute, taking a business course at the latter and graduating in 1893. Having finished his school course he secured a position as provision clerk in a grocery store, where he gained a thorough under- standing of the business and its methods, he be- came proprietor of a general grocery and provision store in Laconia, New Hampshire, and there is no question of the fact that he is one of the most extensive dealers in his line of trade in that city. He is a member and one of the officiary of the Con- gregational Church, an Odd Fellow, and in politics a Republican. Mr. Sanborn married,
1809, Gertrude M. Whitten, who was born in La- conia, July 16, 1871.
(IV) Lieutenant Ebenezer, seventh child and sixth son of Ensign John (2) and Sarah (Phil- brick) Sanborn, was born in North Hampton, March 4, 1712, and died April 9, 1794. He was a tanner and bookbinder, and resided in Hampton and North Hampton. He was a prominent citizen, and held the offices of town clerk, selectman and sher- iff, and is said by one authority to have held a lieu- tenant's commission in a troop of dragoons in the French war. He was one of the grantees of the town of Sanbornton. He is said to have been a very large and powerful man and his size and ap- pearance, no doubt, had something to do with him being made a military officer. He married, May I, 1735, Ruth Sanborn, who was born in Ifampton, August 15, 1715, and died July 20, 1804, daughter of Hon. John and Ruth (Roby) Sanborn, of Hamp- ton. Hon. John was an intimate friend of Governor Benning Wentworth, was many times representative, and the town of Sanborton of which he was one of the proprietors was named in his honor. The children of this union were: John, Anna, Josialı, Ruth, Elizabeth, Benjamin, Ebenezer (died young), William and Ebenezer.
(V) Colonel Josiah, third child and second son of Lieutenant Ebenezer and Ruth (Sanborn) San- born, was born in North Hampton, August 21, 1738, and died in Sanbornton, January 19, 1809. He was an carly settler of Sanbornton, was a tanner and shoemaker there, and there signed the association test. He was first lieutenant in Company 3, Colonel Badger's regiment, 1776; lieutenant in Captain John Moody's company, Colonel Baldwin's regiment, and marched under Washington for New York, Septem-
ber 30, 1776; was lieutenant in Captain Ebenezer Smith's company, from Meredith, in the Ticonder- oga expedition, July, 1777; first lieutenant in the company raised for the defense of the northern frontier in 1781; and was afterward commissioned colonel in the New Hampshire militia. He mar- ried (first), January 22, 1762, Anna Dalton, who was born November 5, 1734, and died July 27, 1797 ; ( second), November 21, 1799, Widow Prudence Haines, of Canterbury, who was born in Greenland, May 20, 1753, and died May 27, 1843, aged ninety years and one week. His children, all by the first wife, were: John. Josiah, Ebenezer, Samuel, Chris- topher, Joseph Warren and Chase Taylor.
(VI) Chase Taylor, seventh and youngest child of Colonel Josiah and Anna (Dalton) Sanborn, was born in Sanbornton, November 23, 1776, and died in Campton, May 13, 1862, aged eighty-six. He was a farmer and spent his early life in Sanbornton, and
was at one time postmaster there. He removed to the village of West Campton, where he engaged in general shoemaking and farming. He resided there until his death. He married, December 3, 1804, Martha Haines, who was born in Canterbury, Sep- tember 13, 1786, and died June 30, 1842. They had three children: Chase, James Brackett, and Thom- as Jay, whose sketch follows.
(VII) Thomas Jay, third and youngest child of Chase T. and Martha (Haines) Sanborn, was born in Sanbornton, May 23, 1812, and died in Campton. He was a farmer in early life, then had a small tavern and general store which he carried on about ten years. He moved to West Campton, purchased and lived on a farm of two hundred and fifty acres, made additions to his home, and did a quite thriv- ing summer hotel business up to the time of his death. He was postmaster in Sanbornton and Campton twenty-five years, being the first postmast- er at Campton. He married Relief R. Morrison, daughter of Joseph W. Morrison, of Plymouth. They had but one child, Edward H., whose sketch follows.
(VIII) Edward Hervey, son of Thomas J. and Relief R. (Morrison) Sanborn, was born in San- bornton, August 18, 1844, and was educated in the public schools at West Campton, Plymouth, and at New Hampton Academy. He was employed for three years as clerk by Webster, Russell & Com- pany, of Plymouth, and for eight years as a trav- eling salesman for Brownson, Hayden & Company, of Chicago, wholesale dealers in gentlemen's fur- nishings, his territory covering Minnesota, Wiscon- sin, Iowa, Illinois, Michigan, Indiana and Missouri. He next traveled for three years over the same ter- ritory in the same line of business for the Damon Temple Company of Boston, Massachusetts. Re- turning to Campton, he was associated with his father in the summer hotel business for twenty-five years. After the death of his father he sold the property in Campton and settled in Plymouth, where he now resides. He has been a successful man, has a good real estate and insurance business, and resides in a handsome, well furnished home.
He is an ardent Republican, and held while a res- ident of Campton the offices of town clerk, town treasurer, member of the board of selectmen, of which he was chairman seven years, representative and was moderator of the town meeting. He is a Mason of high degree, and holds membership in the following organizations of that order : Olive Branch Lodge, No. 16, Free and Accepted Masons, Ply- mouth ; Pemigewasset Royal Arch Chapter, No. 13, Plymouth ; Omega Council, No. 9. Royal and Select Masters, Plymouth; Pilgrim Commandery, Knights Templar, Laconia; Edward A. Raymond Consis- tory, thirty-second degree, Sublime Princes of the Royal Secret, of Nashua; and Bektash Temple, An- cient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, of Concord. He is also a member of Plymouth Lodge, No. 66. Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of Plym- outh. He married, October 17, 1877, at Rumney, New Hampshire, Julia E. Robinson, who was born April 15, 1854, at Thornton, a daughter of William P. and Julia R. (Foss) Robinson, of Campton vil- lage. One child, Thomas J., of this union, died in infancy.
(III) Shuabel, second son and fourth child of Richard and Ruth, was born 1694, in Hampton, and resided in that town, where he died May 3, 1759, of apoplexy. He was born June 7, 1716, to Mary, daughter of Abraham and Sarah (Hobbs) Drake of Hampton. She was born February 4, 1693. and died August 16, 1775. Their children were: Shua-
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bel, Mary, Betsey, Elizabeth, John, Sarah and Na- thanicf.
(IV) Shuabel (2), eldest son of Shuabel (1) and Mary (Drake) Sanborn, was baptized June 2, 1717, in Hampton. His home was in that town but he spent considerable time in the military service. He was at the siege of Louisburg in 1745, and died in the army during the French war, September. 1756. His wife's name was Jane and their children were: Deliverance, Benjamin, Mary, Simon (died young), Jane, Sarah and Simon.
(\') Benjamin, eldest son and second child of Shuabel (2) and Jane Sanborn, was born August I, 1738, in Hampton, and moved from that town to Canterbury in 1771. He lived in that town fifty years and died September 19, 1821. He married (first) Jane Mason and (second) a Towle. His children were: Shuabel, Comfort, Sally, Molly and Abraham.
(VI) Shuabel (3), eldest child of Benjamin and Jane (Mason) Sanborn, was born June 18, 1764, in Hampton, and passed most of his life in Canter- bury, where he was a farmer and where he died, May 6, 1842. He was married, January 20, 1790, to Phoebe, daughter of Jacob Smith, of Sanbornton. She was born September 30, 1771, and died January 24, 1852. Their children were: Betsey, Benjamin, Smith, Hannah, Polly, Shuabel, Abraham, Jeremiah, Joseph, Hazen, Phoebe and Sylvanus ..
(VII) Betsey, eldest child of Shuabel and Phoebe (Smith) Sanborn, was born December 18, 1790, and became the wife of Captain David Mor- rill, of Canterbury (see Morrill, VII).
(II) Joseph Sanborne (or Sanborn), sixth chifd of Lieutenant John and Mary (Tuck) Sanborn, was born in Hampton, New Hampshire, March 13, 1659, and died between 1722 and 1724. He resided in the town of Hampton Falls, on the farm now owned by his descendant, Miss Sarah Sanborn. December 8, 1692, Joseph Sanborn, "cordwinder," for a valuable consideration bought of John Gove twenty-five acres of upland and three acres of marsh. April 4, 1694, Joseph Sanborn bought for forty-five shillings twenty-five acres of land "with all the timber trees, wood and underwood," "south of Tailers River." June 15, 1722, "Joseph San- born of the South Parish in Hampton farmer" gave to his son Joseph of the same parish land in addi- tion to land formerly given to him. June 13, 1722, Joseph Sanborn gave his son Abraham an acre of salt marsh and confirmed a former gift of land to him. June 14, 1722, Joseph (Sanborn) gave to his son David all his right in the new town called Ches- ter, for his portion of his estate. June 13. 1722, Joseph gave to his eldest son Reuben, of Hampton Falls, a tract of upland in Hampton and an acre of salt marsh. June 13, 1722, he also gave to his son Edward upland and two acres of salt marsh. Joseph Sanborne married December 8, 1682, Mary Gove, daughter of Captain Edward Gove, of Hamp- ton. After Joseph's death, she married a Mr. Mor- rill, of Salisbury, from whom she separated and re- turned to Hampton Falls to five on the old home- stead. The children of Joseph and Mary (Gove) Sanborne were: Abigail, Huldah, Reuben, Edward, Abraham, Mary, Joseph and David.
(III) Lieutenant Joseph (2), seventh child and fourth son of Joseph (1) and Mary (Gove) Sanhorne, was born in Hampton Falls, July 22, 1700, and died January 26, 1773. In fater life he was called Lieu- tenant Joseph. In 1724 he served under Sergeant Jonathan Prescott, and again under Captain Weare. In 1746 he was allowed eight pounds for thirteen men under his command on a scouting party. He was a grantee of Chester. In 1743 he built on the
homestead the house which is now owned by his descendant, Miss Sarah Sanborn. The old records show copies of various deeds made by him. July 21, 1761, "Joseph Sanborn of Hampton Falls, Gent. for £4,000 old tenor pd. by my son Abraham of Brentwood, yeoman," sold fifty-two acres of land to said Abraham in Brentwood. On the same day, for £3 000 old tenor, he transfers to his son Joseph land "beginning at the middle of my dwelling house and running east" twelve acres, and eight acres in another place. On the same date, for three thousand pounds old tenor, he deeds his son Benjamin twenty acres. On November 1, 1764, Joseph and his wife, Dorothy, for two hundreds pounds paid by David Batchelder conveyed said Dorothy's right of dower in the estate of her former husband, Benjamin Hil- liard. Joseph Sanborn married, (first) January IS. 1722, Lucy, daughter of James Prescott, of Hampton Falls. She died March 9, 1723. He married (sec- ond) Susanna, daughter of Benjamin James of Hampton Falls. She died June 1, 1761, and he mar- ried (third) Dorothy (Roby) Hilliard, widow of Benjamin Hilliard. His children were: Lucy, Jo- seph. Susanna, Benjamin, John (died young), Mary and John.
(IV) Joseph (3), second child and eldest son of Lieutenant Joseph (2) and Susanna (James) San- born, was born in Hampton Falls, May 14, 1726, and died in 1812. aged eighty-six years. He seems to have lived in Brentwood in 1759, for his children were baptized in Epping as of Brentwood. He is said by Dr. Charles H. Sanborn to have lived with his father until 1769, when he sofd his share of the Hampton Falls property, and removed first to Brent- wood, and thence to Wakefield, where he was one of the signers of the test in 1775. His will, dated 1799, was probated in 1812. He married (first), December 6, 1750, Sarah Lane, daughter of Samuel Lane, of Hampton Falls; (second), October 17, 1768, Anna (Philbrick) Marston, daughter of Dea- con Joseph Philbrick, and widow of Elisha Marston, of Brentwood. His children were: Elizabeth, Jo- seph (died young), Sarah, Samuel, Joseph, Reuben, Sussannah, Abigail, John, Elisha and James.
(V) Joseph (4), fifth child and third son of Jo- seph (3) and Sarah (Lane) Sanborn, was born July 12, 1759, and died July 3, 1836, aged seventy-seven. He lived first in New Hampshire, but moved to Acton, Maine, with his brother in 1780. He mar- ried in 1787 Sarah Veasey, who was born January 12, 1767, and died September 22, 1837. Their chil- dren were: Jonathan, Joseph, Henry, James, Sam- tel, Sarah, John, Eliza (died young), William, Eliza, Cafvin and Luther.
(VI) Henry, third son and child of Joseph (4) and Sarah (Veasey) Sanborn, was born in Acton, Maine. October 20, 1792, and died October 24. 1856. He was a farmer in Acton, where he lived and died. He married in Alfred, Maine, January, ISIS, Eliza- beth G. French, of Epping, who was born Aprif 30, 1794. and died February 24, 1869. Their children were: Ezra, John Gilman, Stephen M., Henry Vea- sey, Mary E. (died young), Jonathan H. and Mary E.
(VII) John Gilman, second son and child of Henry and Elizabeth G. (French) Sanborn, was born in Acton, May 30, 1822, and died in Wakefield, New Hampshire, October, 1902, aged eighty. He was a farmer and lumber dealer. In November, 1857, he moved to Wakefield, New Hampshire, and afterward resided at Horns Mills. He carried on lumbering in Ossipee and Conway, New Hampshire, and Shapleigh, Maine. He married Mary Elizabeth Garvin, who was born in Acton, Maine, June II, 1824, and died in Horns Mills, New Hampshire, De-
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cember 12, 1891. She was the daughter of Moses Garvin, of Acton. They had seven children: In- fant, died unnamed ; Ida, Georgiana, Elvira H., John I., Dyer Hook, Edith H., deceased; Ida, born Au- gust 19, 1852, married Henry A. Horne, of Acton, Maine. Georgiana, born March 30, 1854, married J. W. Witham, of Acton. Elvira H., died young. John I., mentioned below. Dyer Hook, now deceased, was born May 9. 1859, in Wakefield. He was a painter by occupation, and lived in Sanbornville. He married, June II, 1887, Minnie A. Wiggin, of Wake- field. New Hampshire, who was born May 3, 1870. They had two children : Ernest Ray and Ansel Norris. Edith H. married Moses H. With, and had four children: Effie, born March 26, 1886, married James Gerrish, had one child; Gardner, Estella and Ray.
(VIII) John Irving, fourth child and first son of John G. and Mary E. (Garvin) Sanborn, was born in Acton, Maine, September 24, 1857, and at two months of age was taken by his parents to Wake- field, New Hampshire, where he grew up. He was educated in the common schools of Wakefield and at Lebanon Academy. At twenty-one years of age he began life for himself, farming and lumbering for about twenty years. In 1891 he removed to Wolf- boro and engaged in mercantile business, after a time succeeding F. L. Ham, dealer in clothing, boots and shoes, and is now doing a flourishing business. In politics he is a Republican. He is a member of Morning Star Lodge, No. 17, Free and Accepted Masons, of Wolfboro; of Fidelity Lodge, Independ- ent Order of Odd Fellows; Kingswood Encampment and Syracuse Lodge, No. 27, Knights of Pythias, of Sanbornville. He married, March, 1878, Ella C. Grant, who was born in Acton, Maine, December, IS57, daughter of John and Charlotte (Durgin) Grant. Their children are: Edna, born February 9. ISSO, married Parry T. Hersey, of Wolfboro. (See Hersey). Jolin G., December 11, ISS2. Alice, August, 1886. Harlan Page, November 5, 1889. Luella C., April, 1892.
(II) Nathaniel, born in Hampton, January 27, 1666, was the fifth son and tenth child of Lieutenant John and Mary (Tuek) Sanborne. He lived at Hampton Falls first. In 1694 he was one of the proprietors of Kingston. He was town clerk of Kingston in 1695-96. In 1707 he served ten days in Captain James Davis's company. He was one of the grantees of Chester. He married (first), December 3, 1691. Rebecca Prescott, daughter of James Pres- cott, of Hampton. She died August 17, 1704. He married (second). Sarah Mason, born 1663, died September 1, 1748. He died November 9. 1723. There were eleven children, five by the first wife, and six by the second: Richard, James, Rachel, Jeremiah, Abigail, Nathan, Jacob, Eliphaz, Nathan- iel, Jedediah and Daniel. (Nathan and descendants are mentioned in this article).
(III) Richard, the eldest eliild of Nathaniel and Rebecca (Prescott) Sanborne, was born in Hampton Falls, February 27, 1693. He lived in Kensington, and was one of Hilliard's scouting party in the Indian war, 1712, and served under Major John Gilman in 1722. He married (first), January 21, 1713, Elizabeth Batchelder, who died in 1753, aged fifty-five years. He married (second), Judith (Gore) Prescott, daughter of Ebenezer Gore, and widow of Captain Jonathan Prescott, who died at Louis- burg in 1746. Richard Sanborn died September 14, 1773. His children were: Jonathan, Moses, Re- becca, David, Mary, Abigail, Jeremiah, Richard (died young), Betsey and Richard.
(IV) David, third son and fourth child of
Richard and Elizabeth (Batchelder) Sanborn, was born June 9, 1721, in Kensington, and resided in Sandown and Andover, New Hampshire. He served in Captain Marston's company in the expedition against Crown Point, in 1762, and signed the asso- ciation test in Andover in 1776. He married Sarah Waddell, and their children were: Sarah ( died young), Benjamin, David, Ephraim, Richard, Josiah and Sarah.
(V) David (2). second son and third child of David (1) and Sarah (Waddell) Sanborn, was born April 19, 1753, and resided and died in Andover. He married Sarah Fuller, who was born March 21, 1753, and died February 19, 1842, surviving her husband, who died March 13, 1826, by sixteen years., Their children were: Jonathan, Peter, Johanna, Olive, Josiah, Sarah, David and Hannah.
(VI) Peter, second son and child of David (2) and Sarah (Fuller) Sanborn, was born November 21, 1781, in Andover, where he lived, and died Feb- ruary 26, 1858. He married Ruth Nichols, who died March 20, 1859. Their children were: Abigail, Joseph, Peter, Betsey, Sarah, Stephen S., William, Isaac, Ruth Maria, Caroline Underhill, Albert, Mary and Mercy.
(VII) Stephen Smith, third son and fifth child of Peter and Ruth (Nichols) Sanborn, was born March 3, ISII, and died at East Andover, October II, 1865. He was married in 1834 to Mary Shepardson, who was born in Guilford, Vermont, September 4, 1812, and died at Potter Place, Andover, June 7, 1849. His wife. Mary Shepardson, was a daughter of William and Harriet (Cambridge) Shepardson. Harriet Cambridge was a daughter of William Cambridge, a native of England who came to Amer- ica in Colonial times, and during the Revolution enlisted in a Rhode Island regiment in which he served the cause of independence as a sergeant. After the close of the struggle he settled in West- minster, Vermont, whence he removed to Lempster, New Hampshire, and died there in 1829. His re- mains repose in East Lempster cemetery. His name is on the pension roll in Concord, dating from 18IS. The Cambridge family was noted for the longevity of its members. William Cambridge had two brothers, one of whom died at the age of one hun- dred and ten years and the other at one hundred and five. The children of William Cambridge, seven in number, lived to the average age of eighty-two years, and two of them lived to be ninety-three and ninety-eight respectively. Mr. Sanborn married for his second wife Mary Jane Ware, of Andover, who survived him over twenty years, and died in Hen- niker.
(VIII) Marietta E., only child of Stephen and Mary (Shepardson) Sanborn, was born March 11, IS38, in Lempster, and became the wife of Jonathan Stewart, of Concord. (Sce Stewart, II).
(III) Nathan, eldest child of Sarah Mason, second wife of Nathaniel Sanborne, was born in Hampton Falls, New Hampshire, June 27, 1709. The first five of his children were born in that town, and with them and his family he removed to Epping. New Hampshire, and was there in 1747. He was one of the signers of the association test act. In 1733 he married Catherine Satterlee, who was born Febru- ary 21, 1710, and died in Sanbornton, February 16. IS10, at the age of almost one hundred years. Na- than's will, dated July 6. 1775, was proved April 21, 1784. Children of Nathan and Catherine (Sat- terlec) Sanborn: Sarah, born February 15, 1734. died young. Hannah, December 17, 1735, married Joseph Cass as his third wife and was grandfather of Lewis Cass. Nathaniel, December 17, 1737. Mary,
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October 29, 1746, married Ebenezer Dow, of Epping. Nathan, February 22, 1749.
(IV) Nathaniel Sanborn was born in Hampton Falls, December 17, 1737. He lived first in Epping, where he signed the test act, but later settled in Meredith, New Hampshire. He married at South Hampton, September 4, 1764, Polly French, of Kings- ton, and had children: Judith, born October 4, 1765. John, November 27, 1767. Asahel, January 20, 1770. Stephen, March 12, 1772. Polly, 1776, married Ste- phen Leavitt, of Meredith. Dudley, 1778, married (first), Susanna Swain, (second), Susan Bedee. Jane, 1780, married Nathaniel Piper, of Sanbornton, Rachel, 1782, married Dr. Mark Harris. Hannah, 1784, died unmarried.
(V) Stephen Sanborn was born in the town of Epping, March 12, 1772, and lived and died in Meredith, where he was a mechanic. He married Esther Thompson and by her had nine children : Lieutenant John, born May 8, 1795, died unmarried in Maine in 1839. William, April 8, 1799. Nathan- iel, June 5, 1801. David, April 1, 1803. Simeon T. W., March 1, 1805, died unmarried in September, 1827. Eliza. August 15, 1807, married Alice Dickey, of Maine. Moses, August 15, 1810. Judith, June 22, 1813, died unmarried August 12, 1844. Richard, August 25, 1815.
(VI) Nathaniel, third child and son of Stephen and Esther (Thompson) Sanborn, was born in Meredith, New Hampshire, June 5, ISO1, and was a farmer in that town and also in Laconia, where the later years of his life were spent and where he died August 4, 1873. On December 25, IS25, he mar- ried Sarah, daughter of Joseph Roberts, of Meredith. She was born December 8, 1707, and died November 25, 1889. Their children: Mary R., born October 15, 1826, married John T. Jewell, of Laconia. Phebe Ann, August 27, 1828, married J. S. Weeks, of La- conia. Olive Esther, November 7, 1830, married Langdon C. Morgan. Sarah Jane, November 6, 1833, married D. W. Tenney, of Methuen, Massachusetts. Joseph Noah, March 6, 1836, a farmer now living 111 Salmonton. Charles Francis, October 11, 1838. married Clara Gray. Wesley Curtis, August II, 1841, died September, 1869, married (first), Elmira Duggan. Anna C., April 21, 1844, married Charles A. Davis, of Falls River, Massachusetts. Frederick Milton, February 8, 1856, married Jennie Sanborn. (VII) Josepli Noah, fifth child and eldest son of Nathaniel and Sarah (Roberts) Sanborn, was born in Meredith, New Hampshire, March 6, 1836, and has lived in Salmonton over forty years, where he is a successful farmer and fruit grower. He also has taken a commendable interest in public affairs in the town and subsequent city, having served many years a member of the school committee and super- intendent of common schools and also has served as selectman and moderator. Mr. Sanborn has been married twice. His first wife, whom he married April 28, 1857, was Esther P. Stockbridge, of Gil- manton. who bore him one son. She was born No- vember 10, 1839, and died April 18, 1861. He mar- ried (second), February 22, 1862, Ruth Knowlton Smith, of Sanbornton, born March 30, 1836, daugh- ter of David and Olive (Knowlton) Smith. (See Smith IV). His children by both marriages : George C., born in Gilmanton, New Hampshire, November 22, 1859, and now living in Lakeport, New Hamp- shire, married December 9, 1885, Harriet A. Collins, of Laconia, born August 22, 1864. Children : Harry Arthur, born November. 11, 1886; Carl Collins, Feb- ruary 24, 1889; Mildred Laura, August 31, 1891. Rev. Willis Joseph, born in Sanbornton, February 18, 1865, a clergyman of the Baptist Church, married
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