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 121

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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(II) Samuel, son of Robert Shortridge, was born at Wolfboro, New Hampshire. He followed farming all his life. He married Neal. and they had five children: John, died single; James N., mentioned below ; Lucy, married Richard Chase ; Mary, married John Lyford; Lavinia, married Emerson.

(III) James N., second son and child of Samuel and - (Neal) Shortridge. was born in Brookfield, New Hampshire. in 1792. He lived in that town all his life, and always followed farming. He married Polly Nutter, and they had ten children: Leonard, married (first) Rosilla Fernald, and (second) Mary Tibbetts; Richard, married Ann Nutter; Martha, married Howard Willey; Joshua, married Lydia Cady ; Ruhama, married (first) James Jerald. and (second) Robert Smith: James H., married Mary Twombly; George L., married Carrie Nason ; John L., mentioned below : Mary E., who died at fifteen years ; and Samuel T., who died at fifteen years.

(IV) John L., sixth son and eighth child of James N. and Polly (Nutter) Shortridge, was born at Wolfboro, New Hampshire, August 28, 1836. He followed farming all his life in Farmington and Dover, New Hampshire. He married, January I, 1868, Susan E. Mitchell, daughter of Samuel and Sally (Drew) Mitchell, of New Durham. Of this union seven children were born, three of whom died in infancy. The other four were: Elwell S., whose sketch follows: J. Lewis, born August 30, 1870, now a clerk in Portsmouth. New Hampshire; Cora N., born September 8, 1876, married James L. Furbush ; Edna S., born April 19, 1878.

(V) Elwell S., eldest son and child of John L. and Susan E. (Mitchell) Shortridge, was born Sep- tember 20, 1869, in Brookfield. He was educated in the common schools. He spent his young days on the farm and when seventeen years of age went to work in a shoe factory. He remained there but a short time, and in 1887 accepted a position with the C. E. Brewster Company, wholesale druggists and stationers of Dover, New Hampshire. He has remained with this firm ever since, and has been treasurer and general manager since 1900. He is a

Republican in politics, and is a member of Stafford Lodge, No. 29, of Masons. He also belongs to the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, No. 18.4. of Dover.

LOVELL This name can be traced to England, Ireland and Scotland, and is identified with nobility. Among the founders of New England were several Lovells, and the first of the name to emigrate was probably William Lovell, who settled in Dorchester, Massachusetts, in 1630. and as he was the master of a small vessel engaged in the coastwise trade, it is the opinion of some of the local historians that Lovell's Island in Boston Harbor, was named for him. Robert Lovell, an- other immigrant, was made a freeman of Massa- chusetts in 1635. Thomas Lovell, who was a cur- rier by trade. came from Dublin, Ireland, in 1639. He was in Salem, Massachusetts, in 1640, and was residing at Ipswich in 1647, but returned to Salem, where he served as a selectman in 1681. The Lovells of North Yarmouth, Maine, who come di- rectly within the province of this article. are doubt- less descended from one of these emigrants, but the writer is unable to trace their lineage back to the original ancestor in America.

(I) The first of the Lovells of North Yar- mouth, mentioned in a record at hand, was Josialı Lovell, who married Ruth Beals.

(II) David, son of Josiah and Ruth (Beals) Lovell, was a lifelong resident of North Yarmouth. The name of his wife was Sally Pratt.

(III) Captain Josiah, son of David and Sally (Pratt) Lovell, was a native of North Yarmouth and, like many of the male inhabitants of that lo- cality, he began at an early age to follow the sea. He was a deepwater sailor, and became a shipmaster engaged in the foreign trade. His death occurred in Matanzas, Cuba, 1857. He married Priscilla Tit- comb and had a family of four children, two of whom are living : Eliza Ellen, who was the wife of Stephen Spaulding. resides in Muskegon, Michigan, and is now a widow. William Hutchins, of Nashua.

(IV) William Hutchins, son of Captain Josiah and Priscilla (Titcomb) Lovell, was born in North Yarmouth, November 23, 1842. He attended the public schools and at the conclusion of his studies he found employment as a store clerk in Portland, Maine. September 10. 1862, he enlisted as a private in Company A, Twenty-fifth Regiment, Maine Vol- unteers, for service in the Civil war, and was hon- orably discharged July 10, of the following year. After his return from the army he served an ap- prenticeship at the machinist's trade in Portland, and he was subsequently employed by the Federal government, at the navy yard in Portsmouth, for a period of seventeen years. In 1883 he accepted the position of foreman at the works of the Nashua Iron and Steel Company, and when that concern be- came incorporated as the Eastern Forge Company, about 1890, he was appointed superintendent of the entire plant, in which capacity he has ever since

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continued. About January 1, 1907, it became the Portsmouth Forge. at Portsmouth, New Hampshire. His long experience in the government service makes him superabundantly qualified to fill the re- sponsible position he now occupies, and his knowl- edge of machinery in general is both varied and complete. Mr. Lovell is a past master of St. John Lodge, No. 1, Free and Accepted Masons, of Portsmouth, also affiliates with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and is a comrade of the Grand Army of the Republic. having served as post commander in Storer Post, No. I, of Ports- mouth. He is actively interested in religious work and is a member of the Crown Hill Baptist Church. His first wife was Jennie Sherry, and his present wife was Mrs. Ellen Eaton (nee Clark), a widow. Of his first union there are two children: Charles S. and Blanche B. Charles S. Lovell, who is foreman in the Portsmouth Forge. married Annie Reed, and has one son : Roscoe.

LABOMBARDE This family is of French origin and came to the United States from Canada. Its rep- resentative in Nashua, Elie W. Labombarde, is a successful inventor and manufacturer. and an able business man of pleasing personality, whose im- proved lahor-saving machinery is known and ap- preciated in America and Europe.

(I) Andrew Labombarde, who was a descend- ant of an early French settler in Canada, was a na- tive of Isle aux Nois, province of Quebec.

(II) Peter, son of Andrew Labombarde, was born in Isle aux Nois, in 1803. At the age of fifteen years he went to Plattsburg. New York, where he engaged in farming, and the remainder of his active years were devoted to that of honorable calling. He lived to the unusually advanced age of ninety- two years, and his death occurred in 1905. He married Zoe Cheauvin, and reared seven sons, namely: John, a resident of Lebanon, New Hamp- shire; Joseph, who enlisted for service in the Civil war and died in the army; Lonis, deceased; Peter, of New York state; Elie W., of Nashua : Frank, of Nashua, and Edward, of Newport, New Hampshire.

(III) Elie Winfred, sixth son of Peter and Zoe (Chicauvin) Labombarde. was born in Platts- burg, February 26. 1856. He was educated in the public schools and L'Assumption College, Canada, and when a young man engaged in the grocery and provision business in Nashua, following it for a number of years. Possessing a natural genius for mechanics, he eventually turned his attention ex- clusively to that field of usefulness, and being at length impressed with the advantages to be obtained by the application of machinery to the manufacture of paper boxes, which were then made entirely by hand. he decided to concentrate his efforts in. that direction. Ilis labors finally culminated in the production of a machine which answered in every particular his desires and expectations, and its ap- pcarance served to revolutionize the entire paper- box industry. In October, 1904. he organized the

International Paper Box Machinery Company of that city. of which he is the manager. These labor- saving machines, which are capable of producing four hundred thousand paper boxes per day, are manufactured in Nashua and protected by American and European patents. The boxes find a ready market in the United States, England, France and Germany, and the Labombarde machines are now being sold in large numbers both at home and abroad.

Mr. Labombarde married Lumina M. Desperois, a descendant of one of the most famous families of Quebec, namely, de Gaspe, Gaspe Bay having been named for this family. Her uncle, Phillpe de Gaspe, was the author of Les Enciens Canadiens, by many considered the best literary work of Canada. Their children are: Winfred, Lillian. Vivian, Will- iam and Harold.

This ancient Irish surname, which is

BYRNE properly Byrne, and this spelling has been adopted by many at the present time, has been in use among the Celtic people of Ireland for many centuries. It has filled an honored place in American history.

(I) James Byrne was born in Dublin, Ireland, and was a patriotic citizen. He joined in the in- surrection of 1798 for Ireland's liberty, and fell at the battle of Vinegar Hill.

(II) James (2) Byrne, son of James (I), was born in Dublin, Ireland, and died in Manchester, New Hampshire, in 1873, aged eighty. He learned the trade of cloth printing in his native city. He resided and worked at his trade for a time in Man- chester. England. In 1844 he came to America. and worked in Fall River, Massachusetts. In the following year his family came to America and joined him. In the fall of 1846 Mr. Byrne came to Manchester, New Hampshire, and was employed in the Manchester Print Works until they were burned down in 1853. He then removed with his family to Fall River, Massachusetts, where he lived a year. From there he removed to Southbridge, Massa- chusetts, and worked in the Hamilton Woolen Com- pany's print works at Globe village. All returned to Manchester in 1857. and from that time until 1870 Mr. Byrne conducted a boarding house in Manches- ter. He was a good Catholic, and voted with the Democratic party. He married (first). in Dublin, Maria Hennessey, a native of Dublin, who died in Manchester in 1851, aged fifty. There were seven children of this marriage: James, William, John. Norbert. Elizabeth. Peter and Albert. He married (second) Lydia Carter, who was born in Wilton, New Hampshire. They had one daughter, Mary, who is now in a convent at Bangor. Maine, where she is Mother Superior.

(III) Peter Byrne, sixth child and fifth son of James (2) and Maria ( Hennessey) Byrne, was born in Manchester, England, February 10, 1840. In 1845 he came with his mother and brother to America. and since 1847 has resided continuously in Man- chester. He was educated in the public schools of

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Manchester. At twenty-one he learned the painter's trade and followed that occupation for twelve years. In 1874 he engaged in the wholesale and retail liquor business, which be carried on until 1890, and from the latter date until 1903 was a dealer in drugs. Mr. Byrne has been successful in business and is now retired and enjoys a green old age. He married (first) Catherine Powers, a native of county Longford, Ireland, who died in Manchester, May 29, 1889, aged forty years. They had four children : James F., Nettie M., Joseph H .. and Katie P. He married (second), October 3, 1892, Margaret Doyen, who died in 1895; and (third), October 4, 1905. Bridget Farrell, who was born in county Galway, Ireland, in 1850. She now carries on a store at 132 Lake avenue, where Mr. Byrne was in the drug business from 1890 until 1903. James F. Byrne was in business in Manchester until his death February 19, 1907; Nettie M. married John Farr, and lives at Grassmere; he is postmaster there and also merchant: they have three boys: Leon and two others; Joseph H. resided in Manchester until his death, October 21, 1898: Katie P. married Ed- ward P. Haskell, has one son, Gerald, and lives in Manchester.

The several families of Craw- CRAWFORD fords who early in the eighteenth century settled in New Hamp- shire, were of Scotch origin. They descended from a very ancient family. The surname was originally derived from the barony of Crawford, in Lanark- shire, which had long been held by feudal lords who eventually took their title from it.

(I) The first person bearing this name of whom there is any mention in the public records was Johannes de Craufurd, who is often mentioned in the Registry of Kelso, about 1140.

(II) Gaulterus de Craufurd is the next one mentioned. Very little is known concerning him except that he lived about 1189-1202.

(III) Sir Reginald de Craufurd, in the reign of Alexander II. was appointed heritable sheriff of the shire of Ayr. He was a witness in charters of donations by Walter, son of Allan. Lord High Steward of Scotland. He married Margaret, daugh- ter and heiress of James Loudoun, and by this mar- riage had two sons, Hugh and John. Sir Hugh had one son and daughter: Sir Reginald and Mar- garet. Margaret married Sir Malcolm Wallace, and became the mother of Sir William Wallace, the Scottish patriot. Sir Reginald left no male issue, and the representation of the family devolved upon the male descendants of Sir Reginald's brother.

(IV) John, younger son of Sir Reginald Craw- furd, acquired a part of the lordship and barony of Crawfurd, and gave it the name of Crawfurd-John. (V) Sir Reginald Crawfurd received from his father half of the barony of Crawfurd-John, the re- maining half going to his daughter, Margaret, who married Sir Walter Barclay, a descendant of Bar- clay, Lord High Chamberlain of Scotland. He was an adherent of Robert Bruce, and received from iii-8

him grants of land in Cuninghame (Ayrshire).

(VI) Roger de Crawfurd, who accompanied King David Bruce on his expedition to England. was taken prisoner with him at the battle of Durham in 1346.

(VII) Malcolm de Crawfurd married a daugh- ter of Malcolm Galbrath, by whom he acquired the harony of Greenock-Easter, now in ruins; it stands about a mile from Port Glasgow.

(VIII) Roger de Crawfurd received in 1425 a charter from James II of Scotland, of lands in Kyle.

(IX) John de Crawfurd, who got a renewal of the charter from James II of Scotland in 1445, of lands previously granted to his father.

(X) Malcolm de Crawfurd married Marjory, only daughter and sole heiress of Sir John Barclay, of Kilbirny, in 1445. The marriage of Malcolm Crawfurd to Marjory Barclay. by which he acquired the chief part of his property, gave origin to the following lines :

"Aulam alii Jactent. at tu Kilbirnie nube,

Nam quae Forsaliis, etat Venus alma tibi.", Translated :

"Let others choose the dice to throw. Do thou Kllbirny wed, On them, what fortunes inay bestow, On you will Venus shed."

(XI) Malcolm Crawfurd, of Kilbirny, had a charter of the barony of Kilbirny, May 8, 1499, which was ratified by King James IV, under the great seal. He married Marion Crichton, a daugh- ter of Lord Sanquhar, ancestors of the Countess of Dumfries. He died in 1500, leaving two sons, Robert and John.

(XII) Robert Crawfurd married Margaret Semple, by dispensation of the representative of the pope, as they were by reason of relationship within the degree prohibited by the canon law. He mar- ried in 1505, and left one son.

(XIII) Laurence Crawfurd, who is mentioned as a person of eminent note in those days, both for the lands he held and the many services to his country. He married Helen. daughter of Sir Hugh Campbell. of Loudoun. He died June 4, 1547.

(XIV) Hugh Crawfurd, of Kilbirny. But lit- tle is known of him prior to the breaking out of the civil wars in Queen Mary's time. He was a stanch friend of Queen Mary, and with two of his sons fought in her cause at the battle of Langside, May 13, 1568. Hugh was married twice (first) to Margaret Stewart. daughter of John. Earl of Lenox, ancestor of the royal family. He died in 1576.

(XV) Malcolm Crawfurd, married Margarct. daughter of John Cunningham by Margaret his wife. daughter of John, Lord Fleming. He had two sons and one daughter: John, Alexander, and Anne. He died in 1592. John was an original patentee to a grant of land in the county Donegal. Ireland. The Crawfords who first settled in New England came from the north of Ireland, and were among the Scotch-Irish emigrants who settled in New Hampshire, Massachusetts and Connecticut.

(XVI) Alexander Crawford, second son of Sir

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Malcolm, was a seafaring man and owned the ship hie sailed. lle went to Ireland about 1612. His de- "cendants became numerous, and whether there was more than one generation between Alexander and William, Aaron and James, and others who came to America early in the eighteenth century. it is im- possible to tell.

(XVII) John Crawford, of county Donegal, Ire- land; name appears in the Act of Attainder of James II. (1689).

(XVIII) There were at least three different families of Crawfords that came to settle in New England. William Crawford was the earliest one ci the family who settled in New Hampshire, com- ing to Chester in 1728, from whom the Crawfords of Chester, Alexandria, Plymouth and other places in Grafton county have descended. James Craw- ford, who first settled in Connecticut. had descend- ants who went to Putney. Vermont, and from there t , Guildhall, Vermont, and were the progenitors of the noted White Mountain branch of the family. Descendants of Abel and Ethan, "the giant of the mountains," still reside in Jefferson and Lancaster. and are among the most respected and influential citizens of the north country.

(XVIII a) Aaron Crawford came to America, landing in Boston in the spring of 1713, with his wife, Agnes Wilson, and three sons, all born in the parish of Cappy, county Tyrone. Ireland. Alexan- der, the third son, was three years old when they arrived. Aaron settled in Rutland, Worcester county, Massachusetts, and was one of the first set- tlers in that town. They had several children born to them after they arrived in America. He died in Rutland, Massachusetts. August 6, 1754, aged seven- ty-seven: his wife died December 19, 1760.

(XIX) Alexander Crawford, third son of Aaron and Agnes, was born in 1710. He married, February 5, 1736, Elizabeth Crawford. daughter of John Crawford, but not a near relative, who about the same time settled in Rutland. He removed with his family to what was known as Rutland West Wing, later incorporated as the town of Oakham. He removed to Oakham in the spring of 1750 and was one of the nine families who first settled in that town. He was clerk of the board of settlers, and many years was moderator at the town meet- ings. Alexander died October 11, 1793. aged eighty- three years. Though sixty-nine years old, he served as a member of the guard in the war of the Revolu- tion, his duty being the guarding of prisoners who, after the surrender of General Burgoyne, were kept at Rutland and Boston.

(XX) John Crawford, of Oakham, born Jan- uary 7. 1739, died October 16. 1821. He was mar- ried three times ; (first ), January 1, 1759, to Rachel Ilenderson, of Rutland, Massachusetts, daughter of Lieutenant James Henderson, who was one of the first settlers of Rutland, and took an active part in affairs during the Colonial period. By this mar- riage he had four sons and three daughters, and by subsequent marriages he had six daughters and two sons. He held a commission as captain of the Eighth Company, Fourth Regiment, Worcester

county, served during the entire Revolutionary war, and was at Saratoga at the surrender of Burgoyne. He was attached to Colonel Job Cushing's regiment for service in the northern army. He was noted as a brave officer, and after the close of the war he was designated as the "Bold Crawford." Captain John, held a commission as captain in the colonial service, which he resigned when the colonies de- clared their independence, and was elected to the command again immediately on formation of the same company for the Continental service.

(XXI) Alexander, second son of Captain John and Rachel (Henderson) Crawford, was born Feb- ruary 12. 1765, in Oakham, Massachusetts. He was twice married: (first), in 1787, to Bethiah Willis, daughter of Jonathan Willis, of Oakham, Massa- chusetts, by whom he had four sons and six daugh- ters. Alexander was the third generation that served in the Revolutionary war. He enlisted as a member of the guard when only fourteen years, seven months, and twenty-one days old. though in order to be accepted for the service he gave his age as eighteen years. Ile served as one of the guards on Governor's Island until November 10, 1779. One of his brothers and a cousin served with him at the same time, thus the grandfather, father, and three of the third generation gave their services to the patriot cause. Alexander's oldest son, who lived to man's estate was,

(XXII) Benjamin Franklin Crawford, born August 10 1800; married, April 30, 1826, Sophia Harris, of Paris, Maine: died at Bryant's Pond, Maine, April, 1879. He removed to Maine when a young man and was all his life engaged in the shoe trade. He had two sons and two daughters. His wife died June 8, 1873. One of their sons,

(XXIII) Francis B. Crawford, came to reside in Colebrook, Coös county, and engaged in the mer- cantile business and the manufacture of starch, in which he was successful. He married. May 30, 1864, Susan J. Randall, of Woodstock, Maine. He has been prominent in all matters relating to the prosperity of his town, has represented the town in the state legislature, and is a member of the Ma- sonic fraternity. He has two sons and two daugh- ters. Both of his sons received a classical educa- tion and were admitted to the bar, and one, Frank Crawford. is in practice in Omaha, Nebraska. Onc of his daughters married J. W. Drew, of Colebrook, where she now resides.

(XXIla) Hosca Willis Crawford, second son of Alexander and Bethiah ( Willis) Crawford, born in Oakham, Massachusetts, August 25, 1802; mar- ried. October 27. 1827, Caroline Makepeace Gault, of Oakham, daughter of John and Rebecca Make- peace Gault. The Gaults came to America at an carly period and settled in Massachusetts. One branch of the family settled in Hookset, New Hampshire, and one in Oakham, Massachusetts. Many of the descendants of the Hookset branch still reside in that town and in Manchester. Hosea WV. held a commission as captain in the company of grenadiers in the Third Regiment, First Brigade, and Sixth Division of the Militia of Massachusetts,

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being commissioned June 29 1833, by Levi Lincoln, governor of the commonwealth. He died December 28, 1881 ; his wife died February 5. 1897. Three of his sons served in the Civil war: Henry Willis in the Twenty-fifth Massachusetts Infantry, Charles Sumner in the Fourth Massachusetts Cavalry, died in the service at Hilton Head, South Carolina, and was buried in the soldiers' burying ground at that place.

(XXIIIa) John Gault Crawford, third son of Hosea W. and Caroline M. (Gault) Crawford. was born in Oakham, Massachusetts, April 21, 1834. He attended the public schools of his native town and North Brookfield, Massachusetts, earning his way by working in the shoe shop. At the age of eigh- teen he entered the employ of Chamberlin, Barnard & Company, dry goods dealers. in Worcester, Mass- achusetts, which occupation he followed until 1855, when the bill passed organizing the territories of Kansas and Nebraska. In the spring of 1855 he went to Kansas, where he arrived about a month before his majority. He resided in Kansas until October, 1856. During his residence in that terri- tory he was actively engaged with the free-state men in their struggle against the extension of slavery. He was several times taken prisoner and his life despaired of. He was a prisoner at Bull Creek at the time John Brown had his first fight with Captain Pate, a leader of the Border Ruffians, being detained from Sunday until Wednesday, when he was released: his services rendered for the wounded of Pate's nien by going some forty miles for a doctor, induced the ruffians to release him, but knowing that he would be again taken by String- fellow's or Atchison's men, they gave him a pass assuring him that it would save his life. He took the pass but refused to exhibit it, though again taken prisoner and robbed of his team, which he never was able to recover. The pass read as follows:

"Bull Creek, K. T., June 2d, 1856.

"This is to certify that John Crawford is a re- liable young man, and is not injurious to the cause of Pro-slaveryism."

"Richard McCarmish."

Richard McCarmish was a southerner and kept a trading-post and hotel at Bull Creek, a place now known as the town of McCarmish, and his house was a general rendezvous of the Border Ruffians and was at this time the headquarters of Captain Pate. During his residence in Kansas. Mr. Craw- ford served under General J. H. Lane, known as "Jim Lane," and with John Brown until October, 1856, when there were indications that peace would be restored to that distracted country and he re- turned to his home in Massachusetts. The great issue between the two parties in the campaign of 1856 was, whether slavery should be restricted to the states where it already existed, or be extended into the territories where, before the repeal of the Missouri Compromise, it was prohibited. "Bleed- ing Kansas" was the rallying cry of the Republican party. and Mr. Crawford was in great demand in behalf of Fremont and Dayton, and for a long time

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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 121

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