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Possessing a broad mind and a large heart Dr. Sanger was naturally drawn early into an associa- tion with fraternal organizations, and he gave much time to the work of Free Masonry. He became a member of Burns Lodge, at Littleton. December 7, 1870, and of Franklin Chapter. of Lisbon, in ISSI. Ile was made a Knight Templar, January 23, 1882. in St. Girard Commandery. He took the council degrees at Plymouth, February II, 1884, in Omega Council, and received the thirty-second de- gree of the Scottish Rite, December 21, 1885, at Nashua. He held many important Masonic offices. In 1871 he was junior warden. the following year senior warden, was captain general in 1883 and eminent commander from 1884 to 1801. He was grand captain of the Guard of the Grand Com- mandery of the State in 1884. and grand warden in 1885. He was master of his home lodge in 1890 and grand commander of the state in 1892. Dr. Sanger was a welcome member in every social circle, and he was appreciated and admired for his ready wit and quickness of perception. His readi- ness in the discussion of every topic of general interest proved him to be a lifelong student and a man of brilliant intellect. To such a man success in the field of healing was a certainty. Ifis dis- tinction and honors came to him by reason of his cultivated talents, his unremitting attention and his confidence in himself and science. This confidence
and his cool and courageous bearing in the sick roxa did much in healing the ills of his patients. He entered upon the study and practice of medi- cine when the Homeopathic school was held some- what in disrepute by members of the so called "Regular School.' But his steady adherence to the practice of his science, his uniform success in healing the sick, and his kind and genial nature overcame all obstacles and he always occupied a most enviable position in the medical profession.
Dr. Sanger was married October 29, 1856, to Iantha C. Kneeland, in Waterbury, Vermont, daughter of Willard Hall and Cleora (Woods) Kneeland. Willard H. Kneeland was for many years a prominent farmer of Waterbury and Bar- net and owned valuable lumber mills in Victory. On retiring from active life he removed to Little- ton, New Hampshire, where he died in 1875, at the age of seventy years. He was born in Water- bury. Vermont, in 1805. His wife, Cleora Woods, was born in Barnet, Vermont, in 1810 and died in 1892. She was a granddaughter of John Woods, who served in New Hampshire and Massachusetts during the Revolutionary war, and of Captain John Ide. who served in Rhode Island during the same struggle. Mr. and Mrs. Kneeland were the parents of four children: Samuel P., Iantha C., Ellen and Ireneus. John Kneeland, the founder of the family, was born in Scotland, 1600, and came to America, 1632. settling in Boston. He was a son of Captain John Kneeland, who was born in Scotland in 1565. married Mary Dunbar. 1598, and died at sea in 1635. John (3) Kneeland was born in Boston, 1632, and his son John (4) was born in that city. 1668. John (5) Kneeland, son of John (4), was a cele- brated Boston builder and real estate owner, after whom Kneeland street and Kneeland wharf were named. He constructed the "Old South Church" in Boston. John (5) Kneeland was born in Bos- ton. 1694, and his son, Richard Kneeland, was born in that city in 1752 Richard (2) Kneeland, son of Richard ( :). was born in Westford, Massa- chusetts, in 177&, and was the father of Willard H. Kneeland, whose daughter is the wife of Dr. Sanger. Dr. Sanger's children include: Ellen I., Lillian E. and Katherine F., born in Littleton. The eldest was an artist by profession, and was graduated at the Normal Art School in Boston, and was an art teacher in the schools of Littleton. She married E. K. Parker, M. D., of Littleton, and died March 3. 1808. The seeand daughter was an accomplished musician, and is now the wife of F. E. Green, drug- gist. of Littleton. The third. Katherine F., married Charles B. Henry, of the firm of J. E. Henry & Sons, of Lincoln, New Hampshire. The grand. children are Wayne Sanger, George Frederick, Catheryn Ellen Green; and Katherine Kneeland Henry. The home of Dr. Sanger is on Main street, and is one of the finest located houses in the village. He purchased the property in 1873 and caused the buildings to be erected soon after. The beautiful lawns, fine gardens, and orchard; the handsome house and out buildings make it a very attractive home, and in this residence he maintained his office. He was in active practice fifty years, forty-eight of which were in Littleton. Dr. Sanger died June 6. 1906, aged seventy-four years, at the Homeopathic Hospital in Boston. where he had gone for treat- ment a few days before.
GOODELL
written Sometimes Goodale or Goodall, is the name of the common ancestor of all the early families
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of this patronymie in New England. There is a tradition that the families of this lineage are sprung from three brothers who lived in the same town and agreed that each should adopt a separate spell- ing of the name for the personal convenience of each. It is more probable. however. that these three forms of orthography are but the survivors of numerous ways of spelling the name that a search of the town records of New England would reveal. The family appears early in Massachusetts, and as the families of the earliest generations were large, the number of descendants is proportionally large. Their record is a good one and many useful and excellent citizens have borne the honest old British cognomen of Goodell.
(I) Robert Goodell, born in England in 1604, sailed from Ipswich, England, August 30, 1634, in the ship "Elizabeth," William Andrews, commander, with his wife Katherine and three children: Mary, Abraham, and Isaac, arriving in Massachusetts. He purchased a tract of four hundred and eighty acres of land in Salem, lying between the Ipswich river. Reading road, and Newburyport turnpike, whence he subsequently moved to what is now called Danvers. The deed records of 1668. and probate rec- ord of his will showed that at those times he had a wife named Margaret, hence must have married a second time. "The family was highly esteemed in Salem,"
( HI) Zachariah, third son and fourth child of Robert and Katherine Goodell. was born in Salem, . and married Elizabeth Beacham, daughter of Ed- ward and Mary Beacham of Salem.
(III)) David (1), eighth son and eleventh child of Zachariah and Elizabeth (Beacham) Goodell, was born March, 1688, and married, Janu- ary 7. 1712, Abigail Elliott, of Boxford, and they became the parents of two children, Abigail and David. the subject of the next paragraph.
(IV) David (2), only son of David (1) and Abigail (Elliott) Goodell, born April 30. 1716, re- sided in that part of the town of Amherst now in- cluded in Milford. He married, March 2, 1738, Lydia Putnam, daughter of John and Lydia ( Parker) Putnam. She died November 27, 1789. They were the parents of ten children.
(V) David (3), oldest child of David (2) and Lydia (Putnam) Goodell, born December 16, 1738, died June 20, 1829, lived in Amherst. He married Elizabeth Hutchinson, daughter of Joseph and Han- nah ( Richardson) Hutchinson, of Middleboro. They had seven children.
(VI) David (4). third son and fourth child of David (3) and Elizabeth (Hutchinson) Goodell, was born in Amherst, September 15, 1774, settled in Hillsborough, from which place he afterwards re- moved to Antrim in 1844, where he died in 1848. He married Mary Raymond, daughter of Holt and Phebe (Dodge) Raymond. She died May 17, 1864, aged eighty-five They were the parents of three children : George Dodge, John, and Jesse Ray- m.ond.
(VII) George Dodge, oldest child of David (4) and Mary (Raymond) Goodell. was born June 18, 1799. and died May 20, 1867. aged sixty-eight. He married, April 24, 1823, Rebecca Andrews, daughter of Solomon and Sarah (Bradford) An- drews. They had five children: Mary Emily, Sarah Rebecca. John, Lucy S. and Sarah A.
(VIII) Dr. John, third child and only son of George Dodge and Rebecca (Andrews) Goodell, was born in Hillsborough, May 18, 1829. He mar-
ried. May 17, 1859, Ellen Elizabethi Foster, of Keene, born June 27, 1833, daughter of Ephraim and Sybil (Mason) Foster. They had two children, Nancy C. and Carrie A.
(VII) Deacon Jesse Raymond, youngest child of David (4) and Mary (Raymond) Goodell, born in Hillsboro, February 12, 1807, died November 6, 1886. He had but limited school privileges, but fully appreciating the value of education, largely made up by study and reading in later years what he had failed to obtain as a boy. He was a tiller of the soil, and lived on the ancestral farm until 1841, when he removed to the adjoining town of Antrim where he resided the remainder of his life. He married first, Olive Atwood Wright, of Sullivan, born February 28, 1807, died June 13, 1877, and (second) Mrs. Ruth (Wilkins) Bennett, born No- vember 1, 1824, died February 6, 1894. Olive A. Wright was a woman of much more than ordinary mentality, was economical, industrious and energetic. Her parents were poor, and at the age of fifteen years she went to Boston and then to Waltham in search of work. The first cotton factory had just commenced operations in Waltham, and she obtained employment there. In eight years she saved $500 from her earnings, which is probably a case without parallel among the employees of her age in that place and time. Jesse R. and Olive A. Goodell were the parents of one child, whose sketch fol- lows :
(VIII) Governor David H. Goodell, only child of Deacon Jesse Raymond and Olive Atwood (Wright) Goodell, was born on his father's farm in Hillsborough. May 6, 1834, and March 17, 1841, moved to Antrim. His early youth was passed in labor on the farm and attendance at the common schools until he had acquired all the education they could supply. He then attended Hancock Academy several terms, and went from there to New Hampton, and later to Francestown, where he graduated in 1852. In the fall of the same year he entered Brown University, where he took high rank as a scholar. winning a prize in mathematics, and marking within one degree of perfect in Latin. His health failed in his sophomore year. and he was compelled to return to his home, where he spent the following year and a half on the farm. After recovering his health he began teaching, and taught two terms at Hubbardston. Massachusetts, one at the New London Literary and Scientific Institution and one at Leominster, Massachusetts. Here he found his health failing again on account of his sedentary life and he returned to the farm expect- ing to make farming his permanent business, but the Antrim Shovel Company being organized about that time (1857) he was offered the position of treasurer and bookkeeper, which he accepted. In 1858 he was made general agent of the company, and filled that place six years, the last three as the agent of Treadwell & Company, of Boston, who had purchased the business of the original company. In 1864 Oakes Ames bought the busi- ness, including the patents covering the famous Antrim shovel, and moved it to North Easton, Massachusetts, and Mr. Goodell, in company with George R. Carter. one of the firm of Treadwell & Company, began in a small way the manufacture of apple parers. He was the inventor of the "lightning apple parer," which they put on the market through a New York house, which in two years sold a few hundred dozen and thought they had done well. In 1866 Mr. Goodell went on the
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road to sell for himself, and in a tour of three weeks sold two thousand dozen, and thus made his invention known throughout the country. In 1867 the factory was destroyed by fire. The firm carried no insurance, and the loss was total. Six weeks later a new shop was in operation, and in the year following turned out over nine thousand dozen machines. In 1870, in order to accommodate one of its partners, the firm of Goodell & Company had indorsed the notes of Treadwell & Company to the amount of $50,000, and the failure of the latter firm sent Goodell & Company into bankruptcy. The
result of the trouble was that Mr. Goodell bought the property himself, borrowed money. and paid his debts, paid for the plant out of the first year's profits, and subsequently greatly enlarged the busi- ness without signing a note for more than twenty- five years for himself or anyone else, or accepting any of the financial aid that was freely offered him. In the year 1872 Mr. Goodell took part in the or- ganization of the Woods Cutlery Company, at Bennington, and in 1875 bought it out and trans- ferred it to the Goodell Company, of which he is the principal stockholder and the manager. The company manufactures all kinds of table cutlery, from scale tang to silver plated, hot water proof : and also numerous kinds of apple parers. potato parers, cherry stoners, seed sowers, both hand and horse power. The six factories at Antrim and Bennington now employ two hundred and seventy- five hands, and have a payroll of more than $120,- 000 yearly.
Born and bred a farmer, Mr. Goodell has always loved nature and delighted in farming. He lives on the farm his father owned, and there carries on farming scientifically, and does a profitable business in stock raising. His interests in hus- bandry and domestic animals, have brought him into various organizations of farmers and breeders. lle aided in organizing and was for several years years the president of the Oak Park Association for the encouragement of agriculture and the me- chanie arts; was for a number of years one of the trustees of the New England Agricultural Society, and from 1879 to 1886, was an active member of the New Hampshire Board of Agriculture.
Mr. Goodell was a Democrat in his carly life. but embraced the principles and ardently supported the measures of the Republican party since 1863. With his active temperament he could not remain a spectator, and hence has always taken an active part in politics and has held numerous offices and enjoyed many honors. Among the carly offices which he held were those of school committee, town clerk and moderator. In 1876. after a long con- test he established his claim to having been elected representative to the legislature in Antrim, where he overturned a Democratic majority. He was re-elected in 1877 and 1878. In the house he estab- lished and maintained a reputation as one of the most judicious counselors and most effective speak- ers in the state, and commanded the confidence of his colleagues to such an extent that no measure which he supported was defeated, and none that he opposed was successful. The bill for the erection of a new state prison was carried largely through his judicions and earnest support. In 1882 he was (lected a member of the governor's council, and served a term of two years from 1883 to 1885. In the Republican convention of 1884 he received one hundred and forty-six votes, and was the strongest competitor of Hon. Moody Currier for the nomina- tion for governor. In 1888 he was nominated and
(lected governor, taking his seat in June, 1880, and serving to January, 1891.
Governor Goodell is a lifelong and earnest temperance worker, and served as president of the New Hampshire State Temperance Union, and is now ( 1907) president of the New Hampshire Anti- Saloon League. He has also been a trustee of Colby Academy of New London. Governor Goodell's success in life has come principally from a combi- nation of energy, good judgment and moral recti- tilde. Into every enterprize with which he has been connected he has put a vigor that has brought success. His political career is a notable instance of what the qualities in a man may accomplish. Relying implicitly in his high character and ability, his fellow citizens have repeatedly elected him to positions of honor and trust. Beginning at the. lowest he gradually won his way to the highest office in the state. In business he has been a large employer, and through him the industries of the state have been increased. and labor has been fur- nished to many of his fellow citizens. Through all his life to the age of "three score and ten" he has passed with a high business credit, a good general reputation, and an immaculate character.
Governor Goodell married, September 1, 1857, at Goffstown, Hannah Jane Plumer, born in Goffs- town, April 13, 1835, daughter of Jesse T. and Hannah (Johnson) Plumer, of Goffstown. They have two children : 1. Dura Dana, born September 6, 1858, married Nellie L. Little. August 31. 1886; they have one child, Claire, born November 12, 1887. 2. Richard Carter, born August ro, 1868, married Una G. White, August 10, 1802. She died April 5. 1895, and he married Amy Martin, February 22, 1899.
The names of Goodale, Goodel, GOODALE Goodell. Goodall. and Goodcal. are undoubtedly derived from one common origin, but the exact spelling of the original name has not as yet been accurately determined. Robert Goodale, the pioneer in America, is mentioned at length above. In all probability he was the ancestor of all who bear the name in this country. Those of their children born in England were Abraham and Isaac, and in Salem they had Jacob. The first of this name in New Hampshire was probably David Goodale, a descendant of the above- mentioned emigrants, who went to Amherst at a very carly date.
(1) The Lancaster Goodales are descended from Enos Goodale. also a descendant of Robert, of Salem, who was married in Marlboro, Massa- chusetts, to Mary Angier. From Marlboro Enos went to Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, and later in life accompanied some of his children to New Hampshire. Ifis children were: Sarah, Ebenezer, Mary. Ezekiel, Enos. Miriam, Persis and Elijah.
(11) Encs Goodale (2), third son and fifth child of Enos and Mary (Angier) Goodale, was born in Shrewsbury, March 28, 17:46. He resided in Stoddard, married Hannah Dinsmore, and had a family of eight sons and six daughters, whose names do not appear in the data at hand.
(III) Harvey Goodale, seventh son of Enos and Hannah ( Dinsmore) Goodale, was born in Stoddard, April 10, 1799. In 1826 he settled in Lancaster, where he engaged in agricultural pur- stiits, and resided there for more than half a cet- tury or until his death, which occurred July 12. 1870. Ile was quite actively interested in political affairs, but never sought nor held public office.
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The maiden name of his wife was Betsey Craw- ford, and she bore him six children, of whom the only survivor is Elwyn. who is again referred to in the succeeding paragraph.
(IV) Elwyn Goodale, son of Harvey and Betsey (Crawford) Goodale, was born in Lancaster, June I, 1838. After the conclusion of his studies, which were pursued in the public schools, he assisted his father in carrying on the homestead farm, and eventually engaged in tilling the soil upon his own account. He now owns three hundred acres of ex- cellent land, which he devotes principally to the dairying industry, and he is quite an extensive shipper of inilk to Boston. He is more or less prominent in local public affairs, having served as a member of the school board and as tax col- lector, and in politics he supports the Democratic party. His society affiliations are with the Patrons of Husbandry. In his religious faith he is a Metho- dist. and was formerly a steward of that church.
Mr. Goodale married Rosanna B. Jordan, and they have had four children, namely: Lyman. de- ceased : Martha B., who is the wife of Horace Spencer, of Bloomfield, Vermont: Nellie; Edward Harvey, married Edith Woodward, of Southbridge, Massachusetts, and they now reside in Lebanon, New Hampshire.
FAY The name is of remote French origin, and it is quite probable that it was originally identical with Foy. In English records it first appears as a patronymic in 1173. It has cx- isted in Ireland for an indefinite period and is occa- sionally met with in Scotland. The Fays, like many other families of ancient lineage, possess special characteristics, prominent among which are mental and physical strength, untiring energy and remark- able executive ability.
(I) The New Hampshire Fays are the de- scendants of John Fay, who arrived at Boston in the "Speedwell," from Gravesend, England, Junc 27. 1656. Savage says that he was eight years old, but other authorities state that he was probably eighteen. He went to Sudbury. but subsequently settled in Marlborough, Massachusetts, where, with the exception of a short time spent in Watertown during King Philip's War. he resided for the re- mainder of his life. His death occurred December 5, 1600. In 1668 he married Mary Brigham, who was born in Watertown in 1638-39, daughter of Thomas Brigham, of Cambridge. and she died in Watertown in 1676. July 15, 1678, he married for his second wife Mrs. Susanna Morse. nee Shat- tuck. horn in Watertown in 1643, daughter of Wil- liam Shattuck, and her first husband was Joseph Morse. The children of his first union were: John, David (died young), Samuel and Mary. Those of his second marriage were: David, Ger- shom. Ruth and Deliverance.
(II) Captain John, eldest child of John and Mary ( Brigham) Fay, was born in Marlboro, Massachusetts. November 30, 1669. He was promi- nent in the civic affairs of Marlboro, and united with the church there in 1706. Ile resided in that part of Marlboro which in 1717 was incorpor- ated as Westboro, and in 1718 was chosen its first town clerk, holding office for eleven years. He also held other town offices, including those of selectman, treasurer and assessor, and was com- missioned captain in the militia in 1724. He died January 5, 1747. December 1, 1690, he married Elizabeth Wellington, born December 20, 1673. died March 8, 1729, daughter of Benjamin and Eliza-
beth (Sweetman) Wellington. She was admitted to the Marlboro church in 1699. His second wife who was before marriage Levinah Brigham, sur- vived him and died March 8, 1749. His children were: Bathsheba, Eunice, Mary (died young), Lydia. Dinah, James, Mehitabel, Benjamin, Stephen and Mary.
(III) Captain Benjamin. third son and ninth child of Captain John and Elizabeth (Sweetman) Fay, was born in Marlboro in 1712, and died in Westboro, October 6, 1777. Ile was married De- cember 27. 1739, to Martha Mills, of Concord, Massachusetts, who was born March 6. 1719, and died July 19, 1761. September 28, 1765, he married for his second wife Mrs. Elizabeth Stow. of Graf- ton, Massachusetts. Her death occurred in the last named place in 1784. lle was the father of thirteen children, namely: Elizabeth, Martha, Ben- iamin, Esther, John, Nathan, Lucy, Stephen, James, Mehitabel, and Charles, who died young, all of whom were of his first union ; Charles and Joel. who were of his second marriage.
(IV) Nathan, third son and sixth child of Captain Benjamin and Martha (Mills) Fay, was born in Westboro, October 5, 1750. Shortly after the Revolutionary War he went to East Alstead. New Hampshire, cleared a farm and established what was afterwards known as the Fay homestead. He died in that town June 8. 1825. His first mar- riage, which took place in Westboro, January I, 1771, was with Persis Harrington, daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth Harrington, of that town, and she died . March 15 1794. On October 9, 1800, he married Margaret Newton, daughter of Christo- pher and Mary Newton, of Newport, New Hamp- shire. She died in Fast Alstad, September 17, 1845. His first wife bore him cight children, namely: Jesse, Eli. Elizabeth, Persis, Nathan, Ben- jamin, Ruth, and Lydia. Those of his second mar- riage were: Mary Giles. Hubbard Newton, Charles Miles. John Milton. and Serena Church.
(V) Hubbard Newton, second child and eldest son of Nathan and Margaret (Newton) Fay, was born in East Alstead. April II, 1803. He was a prosperous farmer, owning and cultivating the Fay farm situated about three-quarters of a mile from the East Alstead postoffice, and he died there Octo- ber 21, 1882. He was married April 17. 1825. to Eunice Willis, who was born October 23, 1801, daughter of Caleb and Martha Willis of Winches- ter. Her death occurred August 31 1881. She was the mother of seven children: Erastus Newton, born February 4. 1826, died June 16. 1806; Gerould Eardley, born January 20. 1828, died February I, 1883: Osmar Willis, born July 6, 1831. died January 23. 1907: Charles Edward, horn June 6, 1835. died December 17. 1868; Henrietta Maria, born July 20. 1838; Franklin Harvey, the date of whose birth will be given presently ; and Mary Sophia, born June 27. 1844. died April 20, 1846.
(VI) Franklin Harvey. fifth son and sixth child of Hubbard N. and Eunice ( Willis) Fay. was born at East Alstead, July 3, 1841. He at- tended the public schools, and resided at home assisting his father in carrying on the farm until attaining his majority. He then went to Keene, where he entered the wood-working establishment of Messrs. Crossfield & Scott, and has ever since been identified with that business, as conducted hy the original firm and its successors. In politics he is a Republican, and under the town government he served as a selectman. Since the incorporation of Keene as a city he has continued his political
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