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. IV, Part 114

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: 878

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(III) Louis Joseph, second son of William and Mary (McGourty ) Truland, was born in Lowell, Vermont, October 4, 1853. He was educated in the common schools of Littleton, New Hampshire. For six years he worked in the card room of the woolen mills of Littleton, and in 1876 he began to learn the printing business in the office of the Littleton Republic, where he was employed three years. Since then he has been employed on the Laconia. Democrat four years, Lancaster Gazette and the Lake Village Times. It is now thirty-five years since he settled in Laconia, and during this long period he has taken an active interest in its affairs. In political faith he is a Democrat, and has taken an active part in local politics, serving for four years (1902-06) as a member of the city coun- cil. He is a member of the Knights of Pythias, has passed the chairs and represented his lodge in the grand body of the state. He is also a member of the Order of United Pilgrim Fathers.

M :. Truland married, in Laconia, New Hamp- shire, October 4, 1888, Sarah Frances Glidden, born in Gilford, New Hampshire, daughter of Daniel and Mary (Bennett) Glidden. of Gilford, New Hampshire.

JAMESON

The Jamesons referred to in this sketch are descended from the same stock as the Scotch-Irish who set-

tled Londonderry, New Hampshire, nearly two hundred years ago.

(I) William John Jameson, a descendant of Scotch ancestors, was born in the north of Ireland and died in Compton, Province of Quebec, Canada. He settled at Compton about the year 1830, where he cleared away the forest, and spent the remainder of his life in farming operations. He married

Nancy P. Armstrong, and they had children : Thomas, James, Samuel, Shaw, Robert George, of whom later : Joseph. Mary, Sarah Ann and Nancy.

(II) Robert George, fifth son and child of Wil- liam John and Nancy P. (Armstrong) Jameson, was born in Compton, Province of Quebec, Can- ada, June 20, 1833, and died in Colebrook, New Hampshire, December 17, 1905. He was but eight years of age when his father died, while his mother lived to the ripe old age of ninety years. His ed- ucational advantages were very limited, being con- fined to attendance at the common school during the three months of the winter. At the time of the death of his father he left his home and sought occupation wherever he could find any, being em- ployed in various lines until he had attained the age of seventeen years. He was then apprenticed to learn the blacksmith's trade, in Barnston. Province of Quebec. and at the conclusion of a three years' apprenticeship went to Concord, New Hampshire, where he entered the employ of the Abbott Down- ing Company, carriage builders. He remained with them for one year and then went to St. Johnsbury, Vermont, later to Plattsburg, New York, from

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thence to Milford, New Hampshire, and in 1853 to West Stewartstown, New Hampshire, where he was associated in business as a blacksmith for one year with Davis Graham. He removed to Cole- brook, New Hampshire, in 1860, establishing him- self in the blacksmithing business with Sumner Cummings, and in 1865 removed to Lancaster, New Hampshire, and carried on the same line of bus- iness there for a time. His next place of residence was Bristol, New Hampshire, from whence he went to Franklin in the same state, and in the spring of 1871 returned to Colebrook, where he spent the remainder of his days. He was engaged in the blacksmithing business until 1904, making a period of forty years. In addition to this, in June, 1889, he purchased the general merchandise store of E. H. Williams, in conjunction with his son, Charles H., and the business, was carried on under the firm name of C. H. Jameson & Company until they sold out to A. S. Franch in 1897 and established a flour, grain and feed business, under the firm name of R. G. and C. H. Jameson, in which Mr. Jameson was actively engaged until he retired from all business interests January 1, 1905. During the last year of his life he resided with his son, Charles H. He becaine interested in the oil wells of Bothwell, On- tario. in 1856, and invested considerable money in this industry, which was finally lost by unlucky op- erations. In politics he was a stalwart Republican, and cast his first vote for John C. Fremont in 1856. He was prominent in town politics, and at various times filled all the public offices of the township. He was a member of Excelsior Lodge, No. 73, In1- dependent Order of Odd Fellows. He was re- spected and honored throughout the community for his many, upright principles, and possessed the con- fidence of all who knew him. He married first), April 25, 1858, Melvina M. Dirth, born in Canaan, Vermont, April 25, 1841, daughter of Parker and ,Alvira (Morrell) Dirth, and they had children : Hattie E., died at the age of four years; Frederick, lied at two years of age; Albert G., succeeded to the blacksmith business of his father in Colebrook, New Hampshire; Charles H., see forward; Ed- ward died at the age of nine years; Samuel, died in infancy. Mrs. Jameson died June 25, 1890, and Mr. Jameson married (second), November, 1891, Angina L. Keazer, who is still living.

(III) Charles Herbert, third son and fourth child of Robert George and Melvina M. (Dirth) Jameson, was born in Franklin, New Hampshire, January 1, 1870. He was educated in the public schools of Colebrook and the Colebrook Academy, and upon the completion of his education accepted a clerkship in a mercantile business until he became associated with his father, in 1889. The business was carried on under the joint management until the retirement of his father. since which time Mr. Jameson has been the sole manager of the business, in which undertaking he has been very successful. His trade extends over a radius of from twenty to thirty miles, and includes the lumber district of the mountains, which he supplies with grain and feed, doing a wholesale and retail business in this branch. Politically he affiliates with the Repubi- can party. He is a member of Evening Star Lodge, No. 37, Ancient Frce and Accepted Masons, having joined the order in 1892: North Star Chapter, No. II. Royal Arch Masons: Evening Star Council, No. 13. Royal and Select Masters; North Star Com- mandery, Knights Templar: Mount Sinai Temple, Ancient Arabic Order of the Mystic Shrine; and of a number of other fraternal organizations. He married. October 17, 1893, Catherine M. Fuller,

born in Canaan, Vermont, September 11, 1870, daughter of Luther and Fannie (Carleton) Fuller, of Vermont. Mrs. Jameson received an excellent education in the common schools of Colebrook and the Colebrook Academy, and for some years prior to her marriage taught school. Mr. and Mrs. Jameson are the parents of children : Pauline F., Marion M., Leila E., and Ruth F.

CAVANAUGH The Cavanaugh Brothers, who are in all probability the best known horse dealers in New

England, having extensive sale stables Man- chester, New Hampshire, Boston and Taunton. Massachusetts, are descended from sturdy Irish ancestry and are typical Irish-Americans, possess- ing the energy, thrift and progressive tendencies characteristic of these useful citizens.

(I) Thomas Cavanaugh, the father, cmigrated from Ireland when a young man and settled in Norton, Massachusetts. He was a natural me- chanic and his ingenuity, together with a familiarity with all kinds of tools, enabled him to make him- self useful in almost every calling of a mechanical nature. He was a man of untiring industry, and that commendable quality was inherited by his children. His death occurred in East Taunton (Taunton), Massachusetts, 1864. He married Ellen Collins, who survived her husband many years. and when the entire care of the family devolved upon her she accepted the task courageously and accom- plished it with credit. She died in 1900. Thomas and Ellen (Collins) Cavanaugh were the parents of five children, among whom were Michael A., Margaret, married Angelo Smith; James F., and Thomas F.

(II) James F., son of Thomas and Ellen (Col- lins) Cavanaugh, began the activities of life at the age of thirteen years, when he became an opera- tive in a nail factory, and he remained there some four years. He was employed in a blacksmith shop for a similar length of time, and then engaged in the hacking business. In 1882 he joined his brothers in the buying and selling of horses, organizing the firm of Cavanaugh Brothers and opening sale sta- bles at about the same time in Manchester and Boston. Some five years later they inaugurated a branch establishment in Taunton. For the past six- teen years they have occupied their present quarters in Manchester, a three-story building with stall accommodations for over one hundred horses, and their Boston stable is equally capacious. Some idea of the character and magnitude of their busi- ness may be obtained from the fact that upwards of five thousand equines pass through their hands annually, a considerable portion of which come from the western states. where four representatives are engaged in securing saleable horses for eastern shipment. These animals are distributed among the three repositories previously mentioned, where they are sold on commission at private sale and also at their regular weekly auction sales held at each establishment. Their sales are attended by buyers from all parts of New England, and as the Cava- naugh Brothers have acquired a reputation for dealing solely in sound, reliable horses they have become the most extensive as well as the best known equine distributors in their particular field of operation. In addition to the above-mentioned enterprise the firm conducts quite an extensive con- tracting business in the line of excavating, grading and exterior decoration, and one of its most nota- ble achievements in that direction may be seen at the New Hampshire Breeders' Club, Salem, this

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state. The firm employs in its stables an average of forty inen, and in its contract work a much larger force is necessary.

Having attained prosperity mainly through his own exertions, James F. Cavanaugh is justly enti- tled to an honorable place among the self-made men of Manchester, where his various commendable qualities are perhaps best known and appreciated, and one of his chief purposes in life is to preserve untarnished his own personal reputation, as well as that of the firm he represents. Politically he is a Republican. In his religious belief he is a Ro- man Catholic and worships at St. Joseph's Cathe- dral. He is a member of the Elks and Knights of Columbus. Mr. Cavanaugh married Annie Cronin, of Manchester, and his children are: Thomas F. (died in 1905), Michael Angelo, James Harrison, Aloysius, John Carl, Harold and Paul.

The family of which this sketch gives

GRAY some account, has dwelt under three governments, and for more than one hundred years its members have been doing 'pio- necr work in the new country along the border. (I) Nathaniel Gray was born about 1715, in Canada, where his parents had settled probably after migrating from the United States. His wife's maiden name was Miles. They had seven children. (II) Miles Gray, son of Nathaniel and Mari- ctta (Miles) Gray, was born in Holland, Orleans county, Vermont, about 1819, and died October 27, 1864. He was a lifelong farmer, attended the Methodist Episcopal Church and was a Republican in politics. He married, in 1840, Marion Blake, who was born in Derby, Vermont, 1821. Eight children were born of this marriage: Charles, Nathaniel, John, Laben, Milo, Harris, Miles W. and William H. John and Laben served through- out the Civil war, enlisting as drummers at the ages of sixteen and seventeen respectively. The second wife of Miles Gray was Sophia Kimball, by whom he had three children: Morrill, Nellie and Mari- etta. Nellie is the wife of Frank Gray, of Holland, Vermont, and Marietta died in childhood.

(III) Miles W., seventh child of Miles and Marion (Blake) Gray, was born in Lunenburg, Vermont, August 1I, 1853. His mother died when he was three years old and at the age of eleven he lost his father. He grew up in Vermont, work- ing on a farm and attending school during the win- ters until he was sixteen years old. In 1869 he went to Stewartstown, New Hampshire, where for six years he was employed by Chester H. Noyes. He then removed to Columbia, where he purchased a farm of one hundred acres which he afterwards sold. Later he bought the old Gilman farm, sev- eral other farms in different parts of the county and also one in Vermont. His home farm com- prises two hundred and fifty acres of productive land and has a good set of buildings furnished with all inodern improvements. He has supplied the horses and helpers for the livery at the Profile House, from fifty to fifty-five horses being used in a season. This line of business he has followed for eight years. He has been engaged in agriculture all his life and in connection with this has taken an interest in lumbering. He was one of the or- ganizers of the East Columbia Cheese Company. He is successful in his vocation and a man of in- fluence in the locality where he lives. He has served several terms as selectman, was a member of the legislature, session of 1897, and is now (1907) serving his second term as county commis- sioner. While in the legislature he served on the

committee of education. He is a charter member of Colebrook Lodge, No. 38, Knights of Pythias of Colebrook.

He married, in Columbia, New Hampshire, Oc- tober 29, 1880, Harriet L. Tilton, who was born in Lunenburg, Vermont, 1857, daughter of Gordon and Susan (Townsend) Tilton, of Lunenburg, Ver- mont, and one child has been born to thim, Merle A., who died at the age of fourteen years. They have an adopted son, Edward H., born in 1896.

This is a very ancient American fam-

COWAN ily. coming probably originally from Scotland, and is found very early in Newton, Scituate, Brookfield, and other towns of Massachusetts. It has been impossible, however, to trace the connection of the line herein given to the original American ancestor.

(I) Zechariah Cowan was born May 19, 1770, in Lyman, New Hampshire, and lived in that town. He was the father of thirteen children.

(II) Charles, fourth child of Zechariah Cowan, was born November 19, 1796. in Lyman, and was well known as Elder Cowan, a Methodist minister, faithful in the service of his Master. He was ed- ucated in the public schools, and received license to preach the Gospel at Danville, Vermont, Feb- ruary 7, 1827. He was admitted on trial to the New England Conference the next year, and was or- dained deacon by Bishop Hedding, at Barre, Ver- mont, June 27, 1830. On August 12, 1832, he was ordained Elder by Bishop Roberts. of Lyndon, Ver- mont. He was given the following appointments which he filled with satisfaction to the several par- ishes : Stratford, New Hampshire, 1828-9; Beth- lehem and Whitefield, New Hampshire, 1830: Lan- caster, 1831; Newbury, Vermont, 1832; Bradford and Fairlee, Vermont, 1833; Northfield, Vermont, 1834-5: Barnard, Vermont, 1836-7 ; Windsor. 1838-9; and Canaan, 1840. He was superannuate from 1841 to 1844, and was appointed for the year 1844-5 to a pastorate at Lisbon, New Hampshire, but was at Littleton the next year, and again pas- tor at Bethlehem and Whitefield in 1848. The next year his charge included Whitefield and Dalton, and in 1850, Dalton and Monroe, going the succeeding year to Lyman, New Hampshire. He was super- annuated at the latter place from 1852 to 1858, and was pastor at Lisbon, 1858-60. He resided in the latter place from 1860 to 1869 and died there May 3. of the last named year. In 1846-7 he represented the town of Lisbon in the New Hampshire legisla- ture. He was married, May 8, 1816, to Clarissa C. Bassett, who was born in November, 1800, a daughter of Lemuel and Polly Bassett, of Vershire, Vermont. She survived him nearly eight years, dying February 27, 1877. in Lyman, New Hamp- shire.

(III) Silas, eldest child of Rev. Charles and Clarissa (Bassett) Cowan, was born about Decem- ber, 1817, in Lyman, New Hampshire, and died at Guild, New Hampshire, October 18, 1896, nearly seventy-nine years old. He was married, Jann- ary 6, 1841. in Lyman, to Mialma, daughter of John and Pamelia (Eastman) Young. She was born in March, 1821, and died November 25, 1896, surviv- ing her husband one month and one week.

(IV) Arthur, son of Silas and Mialma (Young) Cowan, was born June II, 1842, and was married July 4, 1861, in Bath, New Hampshire, to Jennie Atwood, who was born May 29, 1847, and died April 23, 1896. They were the parents of three children : I. Ardell Atwood, born in Manchester, New Hamp- shire, October 23, 1863, married D. J. Daley, at Lan-

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caster, 1886, new a resident of Berlin, New Hamp- shire. 2. Lizzie Loomis, mentioned below. 3. Florence Hall. born at Lancaster, April 12, 1882. (V) Lizzie L., daughter of Arthur and Jennie (Atwood) Cowan, was born January 15. 1872, in Lisbon, and was married, January 15, 1890, to Al- bert F. Whittemore, of Colebrook. (See Whitte- more, IX).

John Kerins, deceased, for many KERINS years a well known and highly re- spected citizen of Manchester, New Hampshire, was a native of county Kerry, Ireland, born 1836, and died in Manchester, New Hamp- shire, May 14, 1895, aged fifty-nine years.

In early manhood John Kerins emigrated to the United States, settling in Manchester. New Hamp- shire, where he resided when the great Civil war broke out. Being a man of patriotic spirit and de- voted to the interests of his adopted country, he enlisted in the Tenth New Hampshire Regiment, and later re-enlisted in the regular army for a period of three years, the principal battles in which he participated having been the Wilderness, Fred- ericksburg, and Cold Harbor, being wounded in the latter battle and receiving therefor a pension from the United States government. Mr. Kerins was a member and active worker of St. Joseph's Cathe- dral parish.

John Kerins was married in the basement of St. Anne's Catholic Church by the Rev. Father Wil- liam McDonald, the pioneer priest of that church, to Ellen Callity, who bore him the following named children: I. Johanna, wife of Frank Emery, of Manchester, New Hampshire. 2. Mary Ann. wife of Henry Martin, of West Manchester, New Hamp- shire; two children: Margaret and Esther Martin. 3. Anne, died June 11, 1904, aged forty years. 4. Patrick, died in infancy. 5. Annie, died 1904, aged thirty-five years. 6. Timothy J., married Margaret Sullivan, and resides at No. 289 Lowell street, Manchester ; he looks after his mother's property. 7. John, married Margaret Hall, one child, Ellen ; the family reside in Manchester. 8. Margaret E., died in the sixth year of her age. The mother of these children is the eldest child of Michael and Johanna (Flynn) Callity. She came to Manchester when it was mostly a wilderness, and grew up with the city, witnessing its wonderful growth along dif- ferent lines, especially that of religion, having seen all the churches, schools, convents and other Cath- olic institutions open and prosper. She attended mass when Father McDonald held services in a hall, prior to the erection of his church. She is one of the oldest Catholic women in the city of Manchester. She has been an indefatigable worker throughout the active years of her life, prudent and saving, and therefore acquired quite a com- petency for her declining years. Although at the present time (1907) she is over eighty years of age. she is very active and energetic and attends to hier property, which is located in some of the best sec- tions of the city, including that on Pine and Pearl streets.

Mrs. Johanna (Flynn) Callity, deceased, who was the wife of Michael Callity, and mother of Mrs. John Kerins, was born and educated in Ire- land, and there married, the issue of this union be- ing twelve children, all of whom were born in Ire- land with the exception of Dr. James E. Callity, the youngest. Of these children the following at- tained years of maturity: Ellen, widow of John Kerins: Johanna McKenna, of Bakersville, New

IIampshire; Timothy; Mary Sullivan; Julia, wife of Asa Smith; James E., mentioned below. In 1854-55 Mrs. Callity migrated from county Kerry, Ireland, to the United States, settling in Manches- ter, New Hampshire, accompanied by her children, who were of great help to her. Mrs. Callity was a woman of extensive ability, and at her death, at the age of seventy-three, she left her children an estate valued at thirty-five thousand dollars. Her first location in the city of Manchester was on Washington street, from whence she removed to Hanover street, which was then a row of wooden buildings, and is now a business block, and later removed to No. 268 Lowell street, where her death occurred. She was one of the charter members of St. Anne's Catholic Church was a clore per- sonal friend of Rev. Father McDonald, its pastor, and her devotion to the church and its work was most marked. She attended mass in a hall for a number of years before the church was erected, and during her residence in Manchester witnessed the great transfomation which took place in the business circles as well as in religious. She was of a genial, kindly nature, loved and respected by all who came in contact with her, and her life work should serve as an example and inspiration. As a Christian she was true to her God and church, living and dying a devout and practical Roman Catholic; as a wife and mother she performed her duties and obligations in an exemplary manner, and as a neighbor and friend she has left a tribute to her memory by her good acts and deeds and her liberality to the poor.

Dr. James E. Callity was educated in parochial schools, graduating in the class of 1870, and then entered Holy Cross College, at Worcester, Massa- chusetts, graduating in the class of 1876. his pre- ceptor having been Dr. George Crosby, and the present president of that college was a classmate of Dr. Callity. In 1877, during the summer ses- sion, he pursued his studies in Dartmouth College, and in the class of 1879 graduated from Bellevue College, New York City; later in the same year lie pursued post-graduate studies. In 1880 he opened an office in Manchester, his native city, and has since been engaged in active practice, a period of twenty-seven years. He held the position of city and county physician for thirteen years, resigning to accept a position on the United States pension board under President Harrison for four years. He is a member of the staff of Sacred Heart Hospital, and acted in the capacity of charity physician for twenty-five years, serving in the Charity Square Hospital, St. Patrick's Orphanage, Old Ladies' Home and Infant Asylum. He was the first phy- sician to examine the order of Forestry in New Hampshire, and from the Granite State Court all the other courts have sprung. He is a member of the order of Foresters. He married Isabel Post, of New York.

MORRISON

This is one of the old New Eng- land families, although it is not counted among the Puritan pio-

neers. It is not, however, to be confounded with the Scotch Irish families of which there were sev- eral in southern New Hampshire and which have contributed many valuable citizens to the state. The line herein traced is probably of Scotch ori- gin, but was planted in this country before the im- migration of the hardy pioneers of Londonderry, New Hampshire, who were of undoubted Scotch blood.

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(I) Daniel Morrison, first of whom we have record in this line, was living in Newbury, Massa- chusetts, before 1690. He subsequently removed to Rowley. Massachusetts, where he died between November 3, 1736, and May 10, 1737, the dates re- spectively of making and proving his will. His first wife Hannah (Griffin) Morrison, was the mother of five of his children, and died in New- bury, October 9, 1700. He was married (second), i11 1707 (intention published March 27), to Mary Folsom, of Exeter, who was the mother of four of his children, all of whom died in infancy. She died February 14, 1711, and he married (third). in 1712 (published November 8), Abigail Kimball. She was born June 12, 1669, daughter of John and Mary (Jordon ) Kimball, of Amesbury, Massachusetts, and was living in 1727. His will mentions a wife Mary, but no record of a fourth marriage has been found. He had ten children, all born in Newbury, namely: Mary, Daniel, John, Hannah. Ebenezer, two pairs of twins that died at birth, and Abigail. (II) John, second son and third child of Daniel and Hannah (Griffin) Morrison, was born March 28, 1673, in Newbury, Massachusetts, and settled in Haverhill, East Parish, same colony, where he died at the close of 1769 or early in 1770. His will is on file at Salem, dated August 18, 1769, and was probated February 27, 1770. This will mentions his wife Lydia and ten children. His name is found upon tax lists and petitions and other affairs re- lating to Haverhill. He was probably a farmer. He was married in Haverhill, January 8, 1718, to Lydia Robinson, who was born in Exeter about 1700, daughter of John and Mehitabel Robinson, and granddaughter of Jonathan and Elizabeth Rob- inson. She was a sister of the John Robinson who married Elizabeth Folsom. The order of birth of their children is not known. They were: Brad- bury, John, David, Daniel, Samuel, Ebenezer, Han- nah. Abigail, Lydia and Jeremiah.

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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. IV, Part 114

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: 878

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: 878