Genealogical and family history of the state of New Hampshire : a record of the achievements of her people in the making of a commonwealth and the founding of a nation, Vol. II, Part 120

Author: Stearns, Ezra S; Whitcher, William F. (William Frederick), 1845-1918; Parker, Edward E. (Edward Everett), 1842-1923
Publication date: 1908
Publisher: New York : Lewis Publishing Co.
Number of Pages: 874

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(VI) Henry, probably a son of John and Sarah Boynton (Shove) Glidden, was a resident of Alton, New Hampshire, where he lived and died. Hle married Mercy French, of Madbury, this state, and they were the parents of Thomas, William, John, Jacob S., Rhoda, Hannah, (who married Samuel Horne), and Nancy,

(VII) John Glidden, third son and child of Ilenry and Mercy (French) Glidden, was born March 25, 1809, in Alton, New Hampshire, died January 31, 1877. When a young man he settled in Tuftonborough. He was an upright and con- scientious man, and always manifested a profound interest in the moral and temporal welfare of the

John a. Glidden

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community in which he lived. His citizenship was of a type well worthy of emulation. In early man- hood he united with the Christian Baptist Church, but in 18.45 became converted to the doctrines pro- mulgated by the apostle, William Miller, generally known as Millerites, or Second Adventists. He married (first), January 24, 1832, Pluma B. Dame, a native of Tuftonborough, and they were the parents of six children, one of whom died in in- fancy. Those who lived to maturity are Henry Paul, a retired shoe manufacturer, lives in Dover. John A., who will be again referred to. Eunice M., wife of William B. Fullerton, of Wolfborough. Edmund C., who died in California in 1904. Aaron B., who died at the age of twenty years. He mar- ried (second), Mrs. Lavina (Vickery) Morse. There was one child by this marriage, George W., of Dover.

(VIII) John A., third child of Jolin and Pluma B. (Dame) Glidden, was born in Tuftonborough, March 14, 1836. Having concluded his attendance at the public schools he served an apprenticeship at the carpenter's trade, which he followed as a journeyman during the summer season for a num- ber of years, and the fall and winter months were devoted to teaching school. After his marriage he engaged in farming at the Manson homestead in Barrington. Removing to Dover in 1868 he entered the employ of the Cocheco Print Works as carpen- ter and general repairer, but severed his connection with that concern in 1869 in order to engage in busi- ness on his own account. Having erected a plant he began the manufacture of dressed lumber, shoe- boxes, etc., and in connection with that enterprise conducted a flourishing business as contractor and builder. In 1873 he established himself in the under- taking business in Dover, which he has ever since conducted with gratifying success. He also carries on a large and well equipped livery stable.

Mr. Glidden has for years evinced an earnest interest in matters relative to public education, and while residing in Barrington served with ability as superintendent of schools. He is an ex-member of the Dover board of aldermen, and represented that city in the lower house of the state legislature in 1899. In politics he acts with the Republican party. In the Masonic order he has attained to the thirty-third degree, United States jurisdiction. He is one of the best known Odd Fellows in the state. Joining the last named order in 1872 he subse- quently occupied all the important chairs in Mount Pleasant Lodge, No. 16; was admitted to the grand lodge in 1883 and served as grand master 1886-87; was grand representative to the Sovereign Grand Lodge in 1888-89 and again in 1894-95; and is a member of the Encampment, the Lodge of Rebekahs and the Patriarchs Militant, having served upon the staff of General H. A. Farrington as brigade chaplain with rank of major. His religious affiliations are with the Second Adventists, and he is one of the most prominent members of that denomination in Dover.

On May 12, 1860, Mr. Glidden was united in marriage with Mary Addie Manson, daughter of

James and Zerviah (Sherburne) Manson, of Bar- rington. She was a teacher, and after their mar- riage was her husband's assistant at the high schools where he was in charge. Mrs. Glidden died Sep- tember 16, 1891, at Dover.

The Varney name is one of the most VARNEY ancient in the United States. The carly settlers belonged to the Society of Friends. Eight generations have lived in Dover, New Hampshire. The family is not as numerous in this country as some others; but it has furnished a large proportion of useful, substantial citizens.

(1) William Varney came from England to Ips- wich, Massachusetts, about the middle of the seven- teenth century. The name at that time was often spelled Verney or Varnie. He married Bridget - who died at Gloucester, Massachusetts, October 26, 1672. She was living at Ipswich in 1669 when she sold some land to Bart Forbes. William Varney died at Salem, Massachusetts, in 1654, leaving four children : Humphrey, whose sketch follows. Sarah, November 11, 1657, married Jeffrey Parsons. Rachel, married William Vincent: Thomas, born in 1641.

(II) Humphrey, eldest son and child of William and Bridget Varney, was "received an inhabitant" of Dover, New Hampshire, August 14, 1659. He was taxed at Dover Neck till 1662. He was in Cocheco in 1665. He was twice married. His first wife was Esther Starbuck, daughter of Elder Ed- ward and Catherine (Reynolds) Starbuck. She died probably without children. On March 2, 1664- 65 he married her sister, Mrs. Sarah (Starbuck ) Austin, who had been twice previously married. Sarah Starbuck was born about 1640. About 1658 she was married to William Story, and about 1666 to Joseph Austin, who died in 1663. Humphrey and Sarah (Starbuck) Varney had five children : John, born in 1664, died in 1666. Peter, whose sketch follows. Joseph, born in 1667. Abigail, born in 1669, married William Bradstone. Ebenezer, married Mary Otis. Humphrey Varney's will was proved August 8, 1714.

(III) Peter, second son and child of Humphey and Sarah (Starbuck Story Austin) Varney, was born at Dover, New Hampshire, March 29, 1666- 67. He married Elizabeth and they had eight children: Joseph, married Abigail Robin- son in 1722. Moses, whose sketch follows. Sarah, married Michael Kennard in 1734. Rachel. Ben- jamin, married Mary Hussey. Susanna, married Richard Scammon in 1734. Lydia, married Robert Hanson in 1738. Esther, married Elijah Tuttle. Peter Varneys will was proved July 18, 1732. Ben- jamin Varney was great-great-grandfather of John Riley Varney, who was graduated from Dartmouth College where he was professor of mathematics from 1860 to 1863. He was editor of the Dover Enquirer and the Dover Republican from 1868 un- til his death in 1882.

(IV) Moses, second son and child of Peter and Elizabeth Varney, was born at Dover, New Hamp- shire. In 1728 he married Phebe Tuttle, and they

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had cleven children, all born in Dover. The chil- dren were: James, whose sketch follows. Sarah, married Solomon Leighton. Lydia, married, in 1760, Solomon Varney. Elijah, married Sarah Roberts. Humphrey. Peter, married Mehitabel

Benjamin, married Abigail

Elizabeth, married 1772, Nicholas Harford. Mor- decai, married, in 1797, Huldah Varney. Moses. Phebe, married, in 1772, Joseph Bickford.

(V) James, eldest son and child of Moses and Phebe (Tuttle) Varney, was born in Dover, New Hampshire. He married Abigail and they had nine children : The two eldest, Enoch and Eunice, were twins, and were born in 1749; Enoch married Abigail Hanson, and died in 1806. Eunice, lived to her hundredth year, and died just two months before completing her centennial. John, mar- ried Mary Wentworth in 1793. James, married (first) Martha Wentworth in 1787, and (second) Eliza Clark. Aaron, married Mary Clement. Robert, born in 1754, married, in 1779, Molly Gage. Thomas, whose sketch follows. Moses, married Jennie Lary. Isaac, born in 1751, married Elizabeth Roberts.

(VI) Thomas, sixth son and seventh child of James and Abigail Varney, born in 1756. He married Tamson Roberts, and they had eight children: Dominicus, married, in 1811, Polly Jones, of Dover. Andrew, whose sketch follows. George, born in 1790, married Mary A. French, in 1827. Charles, married, in 1827, Mary A. Peaslee. Tamson, born in 1796. Sarah, born in 1801. Shad- rach. Ezra,

(VII) Andrew, son of Thomas and Tamson (Roberts) Varney, was born in 1788. In 1825 he married Susan Footman, who was born in 1805. They had ten children : Lydia, born in 1826. Almira, born in 1828, married Charles W. Roberts. Delia A., born in 1830. Charles M. and Charlotte A., twins, born in 1837. Charles M. died in infancy. Charlotte A. died in 1855. George, born in 1832, died in 1872. Ellen A., born in 1835, died in 1865. Thomas G., born in 1839. Andrew, born in 1843. Frank F., born in 1849. Andrew Varney died in 1876 at the advanced age of eighty-eight years. His wife died in 1866.

(VIII) George, eldest son and fourth child of Andrew and Susan ( Footman) Varney, was born at Dover, in 1832. lle was in the furniture business at Lawrence and Lynn, Massachusetts, for some years, and later kept a shoe store at Lawrence, Massachusetts. He married Laura A. Work, of a Connecticut family. They had three children, all sons : George Ezra, whose sketch follows. Thomas E., born in 1858. Lewis, born in 1865, died in 1866.

(IX) George Ezra, son and child of George and Laura A. (Work) Varney, was born in 1854. lle was educated in the high schools of Dover, New Hampshire. After leaving school he acted as clerk for several years. In 1882 he started in the drug business for himself, which business he has suc- cessfully continued till the present time. lle is prominent in Masonic circles. Ile is a member of Stanford Lodge, No. 29; Belknap Chapter, No. 8;

also of Orphan Council, No. 1, Royal Select Masters, Saint Paul Commandery, Knights Templar. He has represented his ward in the state legislature. He married Helen Delano Everett, daughter of Charles and Abbie (Palmer) Everett, of Dover, New Hampshire. They were married February 5, 1880, and there are five children: Lucius Everett, Law- rence Delano, Alice Marguerite, Wallace Gallinger and Helen E.

DILLON This noble family, according to the Dillon pedigree, is said to derive its origin from Lochan or Logan Delune, or Delion (a descendant of one of the monarchs of Ireland). According to the Breton annals and rec- ords the barons and seigneurs of Brittany rose in arms against Henry II when he virtually annexed their country. The De Leons were the principal leaders in the revolt, were overpowered and com- pelled to give hostages for their future good be- havior. These hostages were sent to Ireland, ac- cording to family traditions, and one of them be- came the progenitor of all who bear the name of Dillon, a name of great note in the counties of Meath, Westmeath, Longford, Roscommon, Mayo and other parts of Ireland, where, and in many foreign countries, they flourished in the highest de- partments of church and state.

Colonel John Julius Dillon, only child of Colonel John Julius Dillon of the British Army, who was killed in the Crimean War, was born in London, England, October 25, 1841. The father being absent from home in the discharge of his official duties, the son, left to the care of his mother, conceived a de- sire to see the world, and at the age of twelve years became a sailor, and followed the sea about ten years, visiting during that time nearly every country of the world. In 1863 he came to America and soon afterwards enlisted as a private in Company K, Fourth New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry, where he served faithfully. His term of service was two years, one half of that time being spent in rebel prisons, the famous Libby prison at Rich- mond, and those of Andersonville and Florence be- ing among the number of places of his confinment during that time. His record is as follows: En- listed October 16, 1863, and credited to Alexandria ; mustered in October 16, 1863, as a private; cap- tured May 16, 1864, at Drewry's Bluff, Virginia ; released May 2, 1865; appointed corporal July I, 1865, and discharged August 3. 1865, at Concord. After his return from the war he lived at Bristol, New Hampshire, where for two years he worked at blacksmithing. Subsequently he removed to Man- chester where he was an employe of the Amoskeag corporation until about 1881. He then became local agent at Manchester for the Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company, of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. A year later he was promoted to the general agency of that company for the State of New Hampshire and held that position until his death, which oc- curred April 29, 1899. Hle was also agent of the American Casualty Insurance Company of

Yours Truly John Dillon

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Baltimore, vice-president of the National

Underwriters and president of the New Hampshire Underwriters. On the day of his death he went to his office as usual and was stricken with apoplexy and died very suddenly. There were few men in Manchester better known than Colonel Dillon. In almost all walks of life his genial countenance had made many friends and the news of his sudden death was heard with gen- uine regret. Personally he was one of the most companionable of men and he always had a cheery word. He was of a particularly martial bearing and was a natural leader. To the worthy poor and the distressed he was always a friend. He was a widely read man and to the day of his death was a devotee of good books. He was a member of many military, fraternal and social organizations. Upon being mustered out of the federal service he entered the New Hampshire National Guards where he served as a sergeant in the Head Guards of Bris- tol, and sergeant and captain in the Manchester War Veterans, and captain of the Straw Rifles. Finally he was appointed colonel of the First Regiment, New Hampshire National Guards, and resigned that position in 1884. Shortly before his death he was elected president of the Veteran Officers Asso- ciation, of the First Regiment, National Guards of New Hampshire, an organization in which he was always very popular. In Grand Army circles he was well known. He was a member of the Louis Bell Post, of which he was one time commander. He worked hard to keep up an interest in his post and during his commandership it prospered, and his term was marked as one of the most active in the history of the organization. In September, 1896, on the occasion of the semi-centennial of the city of Manchester Colonel Dillon was chairman of the Grand Army exercises. In the Union Veterans' Union he was assistant adjutant general of the de- partment of New Hampshire, under George F. Perry. Colonel Dillon was a prominent member of Ridgeley Lodge No. 74, Independent Order of Odd Fellows; Wonolauset Encampment, No. 2, and Ridgeley Canton No. 2, Patriarchs Militant, and of the Amoskeag Grange, Patrons of Husbandry. In politics he was a pronounced Republican. He was also a member of the board of trade and the Com- mercial Travelers' Association. He married, in Manchester, February 15, 1869. Mary E. Smith, who was born in Concord, New Hampshire, October 29, 1838. She still survives him. She was the daughter of James and Martha K. (Austin) Smith. Mr. Smith was born in Kenkilly, County Antrim, Ire- land, June 25, 1812, and died at Concord, June 17, 1887, aged seventy-five. Martha K. (Austin) Smith was born in Canterbury, New Hampshire, August 26, 1812, and died in Loudon, July 2, 1856, aged forty-four. They lived in Loudon the greater part of their lives. Three children were born to Colonel and Mrs. Dillon : Mary E., who died young : Maud E., born August 2, 1873, resides with her mother; and Charles J., born April 23, 1875. The last named is a steam fitter by trade. He married in

Manchester, June 27, 1906, Lena Chilcott, of Man- chester.

Persons of this name are mentioned GUILLET in the records of the province of Quebec, in the very early years of the settlement of Canada, where they had gone from France to be pioneers in the wilderness.

(I) Pierre Guillet. born 1626, married Jeanne De Launay, who was born in 1629, and they had born to theni a son, Mathurin, next mentioned.

(II) Mathurin, son of Pierre and Jeanne (De- Launay) Guillet, was born at Trois Rivieres, No- vember 6, 1649, and died at Montreal. March 2, 1720. He married Marie Charlotte LeMoyne, who was born in 1765, and died February 24, 1743, daughter of Jean LeMoyne. They had four children : Marie Elizabeth, Paul, Louise Charlotte and Marie Renee.

(III) Paul, only son of Mathurin and Marie Charlotte (LeMoyne) Guillet. was born January 28, 1690, and died June 7, 1753. He married, January 31, 1717, at Quebec, Catherine Pinguet, daughter of Peter Pinguet.

(IV) Peter was probably the son of Paul and Catherine (Pinguet) Guillet. Tradition states that he was born in France, but it is more probable that he was born in Montreal.

(V) Charles (1), son of Peter Guillet. was born at St. Charles or Montreal. He was a farmer and resided in St. Charles, where he spent his last years and died when he was more than eighty years of age.

(VI) Charles (2), son of Charles (1) Guillet, was born in St. Charles, province of Quebec. He was a farmer and carpenter, and was employed in those pursuits in Canada until 1868, when he removed - with his family to Burlington, Vermont, where he resided until his death in 1893. He married Mary Prat. who died in Burlington in 1899. They had nine children : Philomene, Aglae, Aime, Magloire, Charles, Philippe, Noel E., Anna and Marie Laure.

(VII) Dr. Noel E. Guillet, seventh child of Charles (2) and Marie (Prat) Guillet, was born in St. Charles, province of Quebec, December 25, 1862. From the age of thirteen to eighteen he at- tended school at St. Hyacinth. From there he went to Montreal. where he worked in a drug store and studied pharmacy in a pharmaceutical college. Subsequently he went to Fall River and Haverhill, Massachusetts, and served as a clerk in a drug store, and later to Woonsocket, Rhode Island, and took a course in pharmacy, being graduated from the Pharmaceutical College of Providence, Rhode Island. After engaging in the drug business for himself at Woonsocket a year. he sold out and en- tered the Vermont University, Burlington, from which he took his degree of Doctor of Medicine in 1886. Soon afterward he began the practice of his profession at Nashua, New Hampshire, which he continued there seven years. Becoming convinced that the demands of the profession required better educated and more skillful surgeons, and satisfied

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that his efficiency would be greatly enhanced by a course abroad, Dr. Guillet went to Paris in 1893, and spent a year and a half as an attache to the cel- ebrated surgeon Dr. Peau's clinics at the Interna- tional Hospital. Returning to New Hampshire. he settled in Manchester, where he has since resided and practiced. In May, 1896, Dr. Guillet again visited Paris and for five months was Dr. Peau's chief of clinics. Again, in 1897. he returned to Paris, and was associated for five months with Dr. Peau as first assistant in charity and private prac- tice. While abroad Dr. Guillet enjoyed the friend- ship and society of many distinguished men, both Europeans and Americans, in and out of his pro- fession. With his natural aptitude for surgery and the unusually favorable and prolonged opportunities for acquiring knowledge of the most approved methods. Dr. Guillet has become a leader in his profession, and now makes a specialty of surgery, which receives his entire attention. In connection with his practice he has a private sanitarium which accommodates fifteen patients. He is also surgeon to Notre Dame Hospital, of Manchester, and honor- ary member of Fanny Allen Hospital staff, Burling- ton. Vermont. His accomplishments and success have brought him a large and profitable practice and given him a wide reputation. He is a member of numerous medical societies, among which are: (1) The Manchester Medical Society. (2) The New Hampshire Medical Society. (3) The Amer- ican Medical Society. (4) The Surgical Society of Paris. Dr. Guillet married (first), February 4. 1889, in Nashua, Elizabeth Lasard, born in St. Johns, province of Quebec, 1864. daughter of Ed- ward Lasard. She died November 20, 1889. leaving a daughter, Isabel, born November 13, 1889. He married (second), in Montreal. February 17. 1903, Rose Anna Poupart. born in Montreal, July 8, 1866.

This family, which is of remote Eng- WARING lish origin, came to America from Clitheroe, county of Lancashire. Eng- land, where it has been long established, and the majority of its members have for several genera- tions been identified with the textile industry.

David Waring came from Clitheroe to Fall River. Massachusetts, where he was employed at cotton dyeing, and where he resided until his death. He married Mary Henry, of Clitheroe.

Robert H. Waring, son of David and Mary (Henry) Waring. was born in Clitheroe and came to Fall River in the early forties. He there learned the art of engraving at the American Print Works, where he worked for more than forty years. He lived to be seventy-two years old, and his death occurred in June. 1901. the evening of the first nomination of President McKinley. He married Ann Broughton, a native of Clitheroe, and had a family of six children: Elizabeth, Mary, Ann, Robert. Martha and Thomas Henry. The last two mentioned are the only ones now living. Martha married John Townsend, of Newport. Rhode Island. and now resides in Kansas City, Missouri.

Thomas Henry Waring, only surviving son of Robert H. and Ann (Broughton) Waring, was born in Fall River, January 3. 1849. He was reared and educated in the border city where, at an early age, he entered a textile mill as an apprentice and, learn- ing the art of calico printing, became an expert in that calling. In 1878 his services were secured by the Manchester Print Works, where for the past twenty-eight years he has been regarded as a most competent and reliable employe, and he is, in all probability, one of the leading expert calico printers in New England. Politically Mr. Waring supports the Republican party. His fraternal affiliations are with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Knights of Pythias. He married. June 23, 1870, in Fall River, Martha L. Bogle, of that city, and their children are: Harriet L., born in Fall River, and Ann Elizabeth, born in Manchester.

The name of Shortridge, or

SHORTRIDGE Shortriggs, as it has sometimes been spelled. is very rare in America. It seems to belong to New Hampshire. Richard Shortridge, probably the first American an- cestor. was a freeman in Portsmouth in 1672. He married Esther, daughter of Godfrey Dearborn, of Hampton. New Hampshire. They had two chil- dren : Robert, who married . November 18, 1686. It is probably a descendant of this Richard. another man of the same name living in Portsmouth about ninety years later, about whom Brewster tells this story in his Rambles. Governor Benning Wentworth. the great man of his day, was left widowed and childless, and about 1759 he proposed marriage to a Miss Molly Pitman, an attractive young woman in humble circumstances, Miss Pitman would have nothing to do with her opulent admirer, and she married the man of her choice, Richard Shortridge. a mechanic in Portsmouth. But Gover- nor Wentworth was not to be flouted so easily. An English frigate was in the harbor, and soon after the marriage a press gang was sent to the house of the newly wed, and Shortridge was forcibly taken from home. He was removed from ship to ship, and for seven long years his faithful wife mourned his absence. One day he told his story to the chief officer of the vessel, who advised him to run away. He was finally restored to his home, and to his de- voted Penelope. Meanwhile. Governor Wentworth had consoled himself with Martha Hilton, whom he married March 15, 1760. The old Wentworth man- sion at Little Harbor where they were married, is now owned by Templeton Coolidge. of Boston (1906), and the great carved mantel-piece in the banquet hall, before which they stood during the ceremony, is in an excellent state of preservation. The romantic story is familiar to all in Longfellow's Lady Wentworth.

To return to the original Richard Shortridge : The name appears in 1717 in the North Parish records at Portsmouth among the list of those per- sons "rated to ye old meeting-house." This would seem to indicate that he was a person of standing,

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but nothing further about him has been discovered. It is quite probable that the Robert mentioned be- low may have been his grandson, perhaps the son of Richard's son, Robert. A tradition says that Robert, of Wolfboro, came from England. In the absence of direct proof of his ancestry, we have chosen him to start the family line.

(I) Robert Shortridge settled in Wolfboro, New Hampshire. Nothing more is known about him except that he was the first of his name in that place, and the father of Samuel. He may have come direct from England : but as Wolfboro region was largely settled by people from Portsmouth, it is more probable that he was descended from the fam- ily of the seaport town. Governor Wentworth built the first summer residence in America on the shores of Lake Wentworth in Wolfboro, and communica- tion was comparatively easy between that place and Portsmouth.

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Genealogical and family history of the state of New Hampshire : a record of the achievements of her people in the making of a commonwealth and the founding of a nation, Vol. II, Part 120

Author: Stearns, Ezra S; Whitcher, William F. (William Frederick), 1845-1918; Parker, Edward E. (Edward Everett), 1842-1923 Publication date: 1908 Publisher: New York : Lewis Publishing Co. Number of Pages: 874

Author: Stearns, Ezra S; Whitcher, William F. (William Frederick), 1845-1918; Parker, Edward E. (Edward Everett), 1842-1923
Publication date: 1908
Publisher: New York : Lewis Publishing Co.
Number of Pages: 874