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 38

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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(11) Josephi (1), fifth child and youngest son of Mathew and Elizabeth (Bate) Pratt, was born in Weymouth, June 10, 1637. He was prominent in both town and church affairs, and held various elective offices and appointments between the years prior to 1710. The town clerk saw fit to record that he cut five hundred shingles for his house in 1057, and that in 1681 he was appointed to cut five cords of wood for the pastor. Ile served as fence- viewer, war-warden, and highway surveyor; was appointed to lay out lots of land adjoining his own; and in 1682 was one of a committee chosen to rebuild the meeting-house. His name appears among the freeholders listed in 1693. His will bears the date of March 5, 1719, and he died December 24 of the following year. May 7, 1662, he married Sarah Judkins, who was born in 1638 and died January 14. 1726. In his will he mentions his children in

the following order: Joseph, John, William, Ephraim, Sarah, Experience, Hannah and Samuel.

(III) Joseph (2), eldest son and child of Josepht (1) and Sarah (Judkins) Pratt, was born in Wey- mouth, February 2, 1665. As one of his legs was a trifle shorter than the other he was nicknamed "Little-leg Joe," and in the town records he is styled Joseph, Jr. There is evidence that he was engaged in business with his cousin Matthew. In 1704 he sold a mill in Abington, and either in that or the following year he removed to Bridgewater, Massa- chusetts, residing there until his death, which oc- curred January 14, 1765, at the advanced age of nearly one hundred years. An obituary notice in the Boston News Letter of January 31, 1765. states that "he was a man of good character and religious profession." He held town offices both in Wey- mouth and Bridgewater. He was first married to Sarah Benson, of Hull, Massachusetts, who died prior to 1721, in which year he was married a second time to Anne Richards, of Weymouth. She died March 21, 1766, aged ninety-two years. Sarah, his first wife, bore him twenty children, but in 1755, when his will was made, only seven were living, namely: Joseph, Nathaniel, Benjamin, Solomon, David, Samuel and Sarah. Of his second union there were no children.

(IV) Benjamin, third son of Joseph Pratt and his first wife, was born in 1693, and lived probably both at Weymouth and Bridgewater, Massachusetts. In 1719 he married Sarah, daughter of Henry King- man, and they had seven children: Benjamin (2), Nathan, John, Bethiah, Susanna, Silence and .Ann. Benjamin Pratt died in 1762, and his widow died five years later.

(V) Captain Benjamin (2), eldest son of Ben- jamin (1) and Sarah (Kingman) Pratt, was born in 1719, possibly in Bridgewater, Massachusetts. He probably moved to Middleboro, for in 1757 he commanded a company from that town which was engaged about Fort Henry during the French and Indian war. Captain Pratt is described as a man noted for his bravery and sagacity. In 1741 he married Lydia Harlow, but the names of his chil- dren are not recorded except William, whose sketch follows.

(VI) Captain William, son of Captain Benjamin (2) and Lydia (Harlow) Pratt, was born at North Middleboro. Massachusetts, April 6. 1740. Hle rendered efficient service during the Revolution, and was an extensive land owner about Middleboro.

( VII) William (2), son of Captain William (1) Pratt, was born February I. 1787, probably at Mid- lleboro, Massachusetts. He married Polly-and the names of three . children are recorded: Albert (i .. mentioned below : William, born 1813, and Anthony, born 1815.

(VIII) Albert G .. eldest child of William (2) and Polly Pratt, was born July 24, 1811, probably at Middleboro, Massachusetts. Ile was a farmer, and may have been the Albert Pratt who is men- tioned as a manufacturer of fire-frames at Middle- boro during the early part of the nineteenth century. Albert S. Pratt married Elizabeth White Parsons, and they had eight children.

(1X) Harrison Otis, son of Albert G. and Eliza- beth White ( Parsons) Pratt, was born at Bridge- water, Massachusetts, September 28, 1843. He was. a shoemaker by trade. and during the Civil war enlisted in Company M. First Massachusetts Heavy Artillery. He sustained a sunstroke at Cold Har- bor, and it brought on tuberculosis which ultimately

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caused his death. He married Cordania Eaton Per- kins, daughter of Elijah Eaton and Elizabeth (Eddy) Perkins, of Middleboro, Massachusetts. They had one child, Harry Sumner, whose sketch follows. Harrison O. Pratt died in 1875. For her second husband she married Dr. S. L. Grasey, U. S. Consul at Foochow, China.

(X) Harry Sumner, only child of Harrison Otis and Cordania (Perkins) Pratt, was born at Bridge- water, Massachusetts, March 4, 1874. He was edu- cated in the common schools of his native town, at Pratt Free School, Middleboro, at Phillips Acad- emy, Andover, Massachusetts, from which he was graduated in 1893, at the University of Pennsyl- vania, and at Dartmouth Medical College, from which he was graduated in 1899. He had one year's experience at the Bridgewater Hospital in Massa- chusetts, one year at the Mary Hitchcock Hospital at Hanover, New Hampshire, and six months at the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. In 1903 Dr. Pratt moved to Bethlehem, New Hamp- shire, on account of the threatened attack of tubercu- losis, and he has been practicing in that town ever since. He belongs to the New Hampshire Medical Association, the American Medical Association, and is much interested in the Masonic fraternity. He is a member of the lodge at Littleton, New Hamp- shire, Hiram Council, St. Gerard Chapter, Edward A. Raymond Consistory, and Bektash Shrine, at Concord, New Hampshire. Dr. Pratt is a Repub- lican in politics, and attends the Methodist Episco- pal Church. On December 24, 1897, lie married Mary Edna, daughter of Charles M. and Susan M. Wheeler, of Waltham, Massachusetts. They have one son, Edward Sumner, born July 3, 1902, at Hanover, New Hampshire. In August, 1907, Dr. Pratt moved to Lancaster to continue in practice of general medicine.

(Second Family.)

(1) Jolin Pratt was an early resident of Dor- chester, Massachusetts, and was admitted a freeman May 14, 1634. He was, no doubt, of ancient origin, but little is found concerning his movements. He joined the church January 27, 1642, and died in 1647. He had three children : John, of Medfield, Timothy and Elizabeth.

(II) John (2). son of John (1) Pratt, was born in Dorchester and was married in 1661 to Rebecca Colburn of Dedham, Massachusetts. They settled in Medfield in 1665 and resided on the liomestead formerly owned by Henry Glover, where John Pratt died in 1707, aged seventy-seven years. His chil- dren, born between 1662 and 1684, were: Rebecca, Mary, John, Samuel, Hannah, Timothy, Nathaniel. Priscilla, Joseph, Mehitabel, Sarah, Elizabeth and Deborah.

(III) John (3), eldest son and third child of John (2) and Rebecca (Colburn) Pratt, was born in 1665 in Medfield, Massachusetts, and settled in Reading, same colony, where he died in 1744. He was married in 1691 to Sarah Batchelder, who was born July 9, 1670, in Reading, Massachusetts, daughter of John Batchelder. She survived him about seven years and died in 1751. Their children were: John, Sarah, Samuel, Rebecca, Edward and Timothy.

(IV) Timothy, youngest child of John (3) and Sarah (Batchelder) Pratt, was born 1702 in Read- ing and lived on the paternal homestead in that town where he was a farmer. He was married in 1724 to Tabitha Boutwell, who was born 1700, daughter of John and Grace (Eaton) Boutwell. He was mar-

ried (second), in 1737 to Abigail, whose surname is not preserved. She was the mother of three chil- dren and there were five by the first wife, namely : Dorcas (who was the grandmother of Cyrus Wake- field), Timothy, Tabitha, John, Abigail, Isaac and Sarah.

(V) Isaac Pratt, sixth child of Timothy and second child of his (second) wife Abigail, was born 1740 in Reading, and became a substantial citizen of that town where he died in 1829 about eighty- nine years old. He was married in 1763 to Me- hitabel Nichols, daughter of Richard and Mary (Williams) Nichols of Reading. They were the parents of the following children, born from 1764 to 1788: Lucy; Timothy; William; Thomas, a graduate of Dartmouth, who taught in Maine and Pennsylvania and died in the latter state; Sally and Abigail (twins) ; Thaddeus; Polly; Loea and Susan.

( VI) Loea, fifth son and ninth child of Isaac and Mehitabel (Nichols) Pratt, was born April 23, 1785, in Reading, and died in Amherst, New Hampshire, July 11, 1875, aged ninety. He .settled on Christian Hill, in Amherst, about 1813, and was a carpenter and farmer. He was a useful and exemplary citizen, and filled the office of tax col- lector of Amherst for several years. He married ( first), Lucy Hartshorn, December 22, 1814. She- was born September 22, 1796, daughter of Edward and Lucy (Elliott) Hartshorn, of Amherst. She died November 4, 1841, aged forty-five, and he mar- ried (second), Rebecca Wallace, of Milford. The children, all by the first wife, were: Edward H., a graduate of Dartmouth, was a physician; Stephen H., also a physician, practiced in Baltimore; Fred- eric N., died in youth; and William, whose sketch follows next.

(VII) William Pratt, youngest child of Loea and. Lucy (Hartshorn ) Pratt, was born on his father's liomestead in Amherst, March 31, 1830. He is en- gaged in farming, paying special attention to dairy- ing and fruit raising, and has the farm his father settled on nearly one hundred years ago. Mr. Pratt has always been well toward the front in matters of public interest, and has creditably filled the offices of selectman, moderator and representative. He married, March 3, 1864, Lucy Elliott, born July II, 1829, daughter of Luther and Esther (Damon) Elliott, of Amherst. (See Elliott IV).

Among the pioneer names of WHITCOMB southwestern New Hampshire, and of New England, this name is still represented by intelligent, useful and respected citizens. In the clearing of the wilderness and the development of the forces of civilization it has borne an honorable part.

(I) John Whitcomb was one of many who came from Dorchester, England, in 1633, and set- tled at Dorchester, Massachusetts, and was a mein- ber of the church there in 1638. Two years later he is found as a resident of Scituate, where he was possessed of a farm of over one hundred acres, which he sold to Thomas Hicks, in 1649. He re- moved to Lancaster in 1652, and was a signer of town orders there in that year. He died Septem- ber 24, 1662, in Lancaster, and was survived by his wife, Frances, who passed away May 17. 1671. Their children are noted as follows: John was drowned April 7, 1683. Jonathan died in 1690, and his widow was killed by the Indians in 1692. Job. settled in Wethersfield, Connecticut. Josialı re-

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ceives further mention below. Robert lived in Scit- uate. There were daughters, Katherine, Abigail and Mary.

(11) Josiah, fourth son of John and Frances Whitcomb, was married in Lancaster, January 4. 1664, to Rebecca Waters, and lived in that part of the town now Bolton, where he died April 12, 1718. His children were: Josiah, David. Rebecca, Joanna, Mary. Damaris, Abigail, Hezekiah and Deborah.

( III) Josiah (2), son of Josiah (1) and Rebecca (Waters) Whitcomb, was born January 7, 1666, in Lancaster, where it is probable that he lived all his life.

(IV) Captain Joseph, son of Josiah (2) Whit- comb, was born in 1700. Ile married. in Lancaster, January 20, 1725, Damaris Priest, daughter of John Priest. They were admitted to the church in that town, February 6. 1732, and probably lived in that part now known as Leominster. He held a com- mission under the king and led a company at the siege of Louisburg in 1745. He was a lieutenant of the fourth company under Captain John Warner and Colonel Samuel Willard in the Crown Point expedition of 1755. In 1758 he was lieutenant in the regiment commanded by Colonel Timothy Rug- gles in the conquest of Canada. Captain Whitcomb was one of the proprietors of Keene, New Hamp- shire, in 1753, but settled in Swanzey, in 1760, with his sons. In that year he and his wife were ad- mitted to the church there by letter from the Church of Leominster, which town was set off from Lancaster in 1740. Captain Whitcomb and his sons built saw and grist mills at West Swanzey, on the privilege now occupied by the Stratton Mills. The father died November. 1792. All the sons were soldiers in the revolution. Lieutenant Joseph, the eldest, served a month at Ticonderoga, in 1776, and one month in the western army in 1777. He settled at Grafton, Vermont.

Colonel Elisha was a major in the expedition against Canada in 1776. serving eleven months and eight days and served twelve days at Otter Creek in 1777. On September 16, 1771, he purchased of Benjamin Whitcomb. for two hundred and forty pounds, a mill and three hundred acres of land at Westmoreland, New Hampshire. This he sold Oc- tober 15. 1773. to Josiah Richardson, of Keene. At the battle of Bunker Hill. Philemon was a lieuten- ant under General James Reed, and his brothers, Jonathan. Elisha and Abijah, were in the same ac- tion. The last named served eight and one-half months in the campaign of that year. Captain Joseph Whitcomb's children were: Abigail. Joseph, Damaris, Benjamin, Jonathan Priest. Elisha, Eliza- beth. Philemon, Abijah and Anna. ( Mention of Philmon and descendants forms a part of this article. )

( V) Jonathan Priest, third son and fifth child of Captain Joseph and Damaris ( Priest) Whitcomb, was born 1739, probably in Lancaster, Massachu- setts. He was in command of the largest company of Colonel James Reed's regiment at Lexington. in .April. 1775. On June 21. the records show, he had fifty-nine men, and was stationed at Cambridge. between Colonel Reed's barracks and the ferry. He was encamped on Winter Hill with seventy men from Keene and Swanzey, and receipted October 13. 1775. for four dollars for cach man for coats fur- nished by New Hampshire. On November 16, he receipted for shoes. A court of inquiry to examine into controversy between Captains Marcy and Whit- comb, in which the former accused the latter of

cowardice, found that Captain Whitcomb deserved no censure, but "manifested a spirit of intrepidity and resolution." He died June 13, 1792, and his regiment of militia attended his funeral, making a cortege one and one-half miles long. His horse with empty saddle was led behind the bearers. He kept the first store and tavern in Swanzey, and he and his wife often made horseback trips to Boston, bringing goods for the store in their saddlebags.

lle married, September 5. 1764. Dorothy Carter. of Lancaster, Massachusetts, who was born 1745. and died October 22. 1827. Their children were : Dorothy, Jonathan, John, died young: Nathan, John. Ephraim, died young : Damaris, Anna, Ephraim and Salome. (Mention of Nathan and descendants fol- lows, in this article.)

(V1) Jonathan, eldest son and second child of Colonel Jonathan P. and Dorothy (Carter) Whit- comb, was born September 20. 1766. in Swanzey. and was a farmer in that town. He died December 13, 1844. He married, May 11, 1786, Miriam Wil- lard. and their children were: Polly. Susan. Doro- thy, Miriam. Willard, Myla. Harriet. Jonathan. Aaron, Ira., Vesta and Roswell.

(VII) Roswell, youngest child of Jonathan ( 2) and Miriam ( Willard) Whitcomb, was born April 6. 1814. in Swanzey. He was a farmer in that town. where he died November 6. 1898. Up to the age of thirty-two years he lived about the center of the town and then moved to the southern part, where he continued until 1875. In that year he retired from farming and removed to the village of West Swanzey, where the remainder of his life was passed. He married ( first). in March. 1838. Rhoda, daugh- ter of Fisher and Rhoda (Clark) Bullard, of Swan- zey. She was the seventh generation from Benja- min Bullard, of Watertown, Massachusetts, and was born May 4. 1815. in Swanzey, where she died March 8. 1852. Mr. Whitcomb married (second). in March, 1853. Mary A., daughter of Israel and Lydia M. (Bishop) Gunn. of Swanzey. Massachu- setts. She was born March 2, 1837, and died March 12. 1866. Mr. Whitcomb married (third), May 4. 1868, Anna A., widow of Harden Albee, and daugh- ter of Captain Calvin May. of Gilsum. New Hamp- shire. She was born September 5, 1819, and died October 12, 1888. Mr. Whitcomb married ( fourth). June 19. 1889. Maria A., daughter of Laban and Polly (Jackson) Starkey, of Swanzey. She was born April 21, 1824, and is still living in West Swan- zey. llis children were as follows: Hiram R .. George E., Mary Selina. Arthur 11., the last being a child of the second wife.

(VIII) George Edwin, second son and child of Roswell and Rhoda ( Bullard) Whitcomb. was born July 1. 1841, in Swanzey. He was educated in the common schools of his native town, and early turned his attention to the cultivation of his home farm, on which he remained until he was thirty-four years of age. During this time, for a considerable period, he operated a small stave mill. In 1876 he went to West Swanzey, and bought the interest of F. F. Reed in C. L. Russell & Co., and for twenty- three years conducted a successful business there in the manufacture of pails and buckets. At the end of that period the plant was destroyed by fire, and subsequent to this Mr. Whitcomb engaged with A. 1. & G. E. Whitcomb, Jr., in the manufacture of pails, packages and boxes, in the same village, the business being now conducted under the style of Whitcomb Manufacturing Company. Mr. Whit- comb takes an active interest in the affairs of his

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town, state and nation, and endeavors to contribute his proportion towards the progress and prosperity of his native land. He has been frequently called upon to serve the town in various capacities, having acted as moderator and town treasurer, and is at the present time one of the board of selectmen. In 1890-91 he represented the town in the state legis- lature. He has always adhered to the Democratic party in political divisions. He married, November 12, 1863, Fostina W., daughter of Aquila and Lovisa (Whitcomb) Ramsdell, of Swanzey. She was born January 14. 1838, in that town, and is the mother of three children: Edna C. and George E. are living and Walter E., the youngest, died before seven months old.

(VI) Nathan, third son and fourth child of Colonel Jonathan Priest and Dorothy (Carter ) Whitcomb, was born May 14. 1770. He married, October 23, 1891, Penelope White, of Milford, Mas- sachusetts, who was born 1771, and died March 15. 1850. Their children were: Leonard, Carter, Otis, Alba, Nathan, Lyman and Eliza.

(VII) Colonel Carter, second son and child of Nathan and Penelope ( White) Whitcomb, was born February 9, 1794, in Swanzey, and died in that town, May 1. 1879. He married, December 26, 1815, Lucy Baker, of Marlboro, born February 4. 1794. and died October 3, 1890. Their children were : Alonzo, Carter J., Baker, Byron. Clement G., Lucy, Jane, Henry and Homer. The youngest daughter was born March 9, 1834, and is now the wife of George Carpenter. (See Carpenter XVI.)

(V) Philemon, fourth son of Captain Joseph and Damaris ( Priest) Whitcomb, was born October 29. 1748, in Leominster, Massachusetts, and died in Swanzey, New Hampshire, January To. 1824. At the time of his death he was a major general of the state militia. He was major of the first batallion, Sixth New Hampshire Militia. in 1796, and was made major general in 1810. He was one of those who rode on horseback to Lexington on the alarm in 1775, and he served four months in 1777. By oc- cupation he was a cloth dresser and operated a saw mill. and was very successful as a business man. To each of his ten children he gave a farm. His first wife, Martha. was born 1755, and died December 17. 1816. He was married June 3. 1818, to Mrs. Amasa Aldrich. His children, all born of the first marriage, were: Martha, Jotham, Silence, Susannalı, Philemon, Benjamin, Elisha, Damaris, Abijah, Fan- ny, Betsey and Job.

(VI) Abijah, fifth son and ninth child of Gen- eral Philemon Whitcomb, resided in Swanzey, and operated mills. He was a very large-hearted and ac- commodating man, and laid up little of this world's goods. It is related in illustration of his character that. on one occasion, being applied to for some dry lumber and having none on hand. he took up the attic floor of his house to accommodate the custo-

mer. He married (first), November 22, 1810. Jo- anna Holbrook of Swanzey, who died March II, ISII. He married (second), December 1. 1814. Lucy, daughter of Dr. Richard Stratton. She was born November 23, 1796, and died March 31, 1860. He died in 1851. His children were: Jonas Hol- brook, Emery, Elbridge Gerry, Pemelia. Emery, Jo- anna and Charles Adams. The first was the only child of the first wife, and the second was drowned in infancy. One of his sons, Jonas Holbrook Whit- comb, was connected with the Tremont House in Boston for many years, and finally became one of its proprietors.

(VII) Elbridge Gerry, son of Abijah and Lucy

(Stratton) Whitcomb, was born October 3, 1817, in Swanzcy, New Hampshire, and died June 7, 1895. in Keene. He spent some time on the farm of his guardian, Ahaz Howard, in Swanzey. Possessed of unusual business aptitude, young Whitcomb pushed his way to success by his own endeavors. He enjoyed but few advantages of schooling. He also worked on the farm of Thomas Prime, who served as the model of "Cy. Prime," in Denman Thompson's celebrated rural play, "The Old Home- stead." When fourteen years old he went to Keene and found employment with Everett New- comb, a manufacturer of spinning wheels and wheel heads. He studied some by himself and developed a fondness for reading. Later he became a clerk in a clothing store, and five years after attaining his majority established a business of his own, which is still conducted by one of his sons, opening a clothing store in Keene. January 18, 1843. While he was public-spirited and took an intelligent interest in the progress of events, he gave nearly all his time to the prosecution of his business. For many years after the success of his establishment was substantially se- cured, he was wont to take his midday luncheon in his store, in order that no patron from the rural dis- tricts might be delayed in receiving attention at that time. He was a very successful salesman, was pleasing in address, and was considered a remark- able business man. He contributed largely to the Court Street Congregational Church of Keene. Though not in politics for self-interest, he was one of the founders of the Republican party in this lo- cality and continued one of its most faithful sup- porters until his death. He was strongly opposed to Freemasonry, but in his later years acknowledged that his prejudice was unfounded and rejoiced to see his sons advanced in the order.

Mr. Whitcomb married, November IS, 1844, Salome Newcomb, daughter of Everett and Hannah ( Buckminster ) Newcomb, of Norton, Massachusetts. She was born February 19, 1822. in Roxbury, New Hampshire. Her grandfather, Hon. John New- comb, was a Revolutionary soldier and a member of the New Hampshire legislature in 1820. Following is a brief account of Mr. Whitcomb's children : Fanny, became the wife of George Norman Bigelow, A. M., who was for eleven years principal of the Normal School at Framingham, Massachusetts. He subsequently taught in Newburyport, and for nine- teen years in Brooklyn, New York, where he died in 1887. She afterward taught in New York, and for ten years has been a teacher in the private school of the Misses Gilman on Commonwealth ave- nue, Boston. Jonas Fred. in the clothing business in Keene. Frank Herbert, city clerk of that city. Edward Everett, has charge of the cutting and tailoring department in his brother's business.

(VIII) Frank Herbert, second son and third child of Elbridge Gerry and Salome (Newcomb) Whitcomb, was born February 28, 1850, in Keene. He received his early education in the public schools of that city. He was subsequently a student in the New London Literary and Scientific Institute, which he left at the age of seventeen years to engage in business. He was employed in Keene by Dunbar & Whitcomb, clothing dealers, and after five years bought the interest of Mr. Dunbar. He continued from 1877 to 1898 in this connection, when he sold out to his brother. In the month of March, 1898. he was elected city clerk of Keene, and has since continued in that office. He was a member of caclı of the city councils for two years, and served two years as assessor. He has also served as repre-

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sentative in 1893. Ile joined the Second Congrega- tional Church of Keene in early youth, and seven- teen years later became a member of Saint James' Protestant Episcopal Church, of which he is now lay reader. He has been very active in the Masonic Order; he is past master of the Lodge of the Temple, and of Saint John's Council, Royal and Select Masters; is past eminent commander of Hugh De Payen Commandery, Knights Templar, and is now recorder of that body. He is a mem- ber of Cheshire Royal Arch Chapter, of which he is secretary. In 1883 he was a member of the Guard of Benjamine Deane, grand master of the United States at the Conclave, in San Francisco. He re- ceived the thirty-third degrec, Scottish Rite Ma- sonry, in Boston, in 1906. He joined the Independ- ent Order of Odd Fellow's at the age of twenty- one years, in Beaver Brook Lodge, assisted in the organization of the Keene Chapter, No. I, Sons of the American Revolution, and was chairman of the Keene Light Guard Battallion. He has been twelve years a member of the board of education of Keene, and was fifteen years moderator of the Union School District. He is historian of Rising Sun Lodge, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, established in 1784, compiler of vital statistics of Keene from 1838 to ISSI, published by authority of the city council, in June, 1905, and assisted in the preparation of the History of Keene.

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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 38

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