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 26

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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Mr. White is an Odd Fellow, first becoming a member of White Moutain Lodge, No. 5. and after- ward a charter member of Rumford Lodge, No. 46, where he passed the chairs. He is also a member of Penacook Encampment, No. 3, of which he is a past chief patriarch, and a member of the grand lodge and grand encampment of the state. When

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the Knights of Pythias was a young organization Mr. White became a charter member of Concord Lodge, No. 8, and was elected past chancellor, without passing the subordinate chairs. At the second meeting of the grand lodge of the Knights, he was made past grand chancellor of the order without having previously filled offices in the grand body. At the meeting of the grand lodge in 1882 he was elected grand master of the exchequer, and has held the office since by virtue of repeated re- elections. Mr. White professed the Baptist faith in 1862, and is now a member of the First Baptist Church of Concord. He married, March 29, 1853, Hannah Buntin, of Bow, daughter of Benjamin and Lydia (Hackett) Buntin. She was born May 7, 1826, and died June 16, 1888. They had one child, Anna, born November 12, 1856. who married, De- cember 8, 1880, Josiah Eastman Fernald (see Fer- nald, VIII).

WHITE This family does not appear to be con- nected with the Whites whose history has been previously written. Undoubt-

edly the present line is descended from one of the six early immigrants of the name, but the family is so numerous that it has been impossible to trace the early antecedents of this branch.

(I) Samuel White was born in Ossipee, New Hampshire, toward the close of the eighteenth cen- tury. He died in 1873, aged eighty-six years. He married Philena Tibbetts, a native of the same town.

(II) Allen Gannett, son of Samuel and Philena (Tibbetts) White, was born at Ossipee, New- Hampshire, in 1821. He attended various schools, and then engaged in teaching for several years. He made quite a local reputation in this profes- sion, and was unusually successful in insubordinate districts, which had the name of not allowing a master to complete the term. Becoming tired of this occupation, he went into the store of Moses Merrill at Centre Ossipee as clerk, later entered into partnership with Mr. Merrill, and finally went into business for himself, which he successfully conducted until his death. He was for several years superintendent of schools at Ossipee. He was a strong Democrat, and an energetic worker in the Free Will Baptist Church. Mr. White mar- ried Elizabeth R. Lougee, who was born in Parson- field, Maine. They had seven children: Orlando L., Clara Bell, Charles Allen, whose sketch follows ; George Belmont, Augusta Amanda, Herbert Elmore and Scott Lougee. Allen Gannett White died at Moultonville, June 29, 1873, and his wife is still living.

(III) Charles Allen, second son and third child of Allen Gannett and Elizabeth (Lougee) White, was born at Ossipee, New Hampshire, September I. 1854. He attended various schools, and after- wards a private high school, which he left at the age of sixteen to go to work in his father's store. Afterwards he was employed in a shoe factory. At the age of twenty-three he fitted himself to en- ter a business college, but before he began his course bought a half interest from his brother, Or- lando L. White, who had a general store. Together they bought the W. H. Wiggin property, and moved into the store. About two years after this partnership was formed Orlando L. White died, and Charles A. White took his youngest brother, Herbert E. White, into the business, still keeping the old firm name of O. L. and C. A. White. Twenty years from the day they moved into the store they sold out the stock to S. O. Huckins, who leased

the building for three years, during which time Mr. Charles A. White took charge of the local section of the Telephone Company. At the expira- tion of the lease Mr. White resumed business, and Mr. Huckins moved into his new store alone, but still continued the old firm name. In politics Mr. White is a Democrat, and was postmaster under Cleveland. He has always held some town office, and was selectman in 1884-85-86, and again in 1894-95-96. He has been supervisor of elections, and was a member of the school board for years. He is a member of Ossipee Valley Lodge, No. 74, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, and on the night of his promotion to Master Mason was elected war- den, and six months from that night was elected master. He has held various chairs in the Knights of Pythias, and is also a member of the Grange. In 1887 Charles Allen White married Emma Jose- phine Palmer, daughter of Frank and Emily Palmer, of Ossipee. They have one child, Kenwood, born February 2, 1902.

(I) Timothy White, an industrious farmer and conscientious member of the Second

Advent Church in Ossipee, New Hampshire, was born in that town in 1803, and died in Madison, New Hampshire, 1879. Perhaps the best years of his active life were spent in Madison, where he occu- pied a position of considerable influence and where he was several times elected selectman, but declined to qualify and serve in that office. He had pre- viously held the same office in Ossipee, and while not averse to its duties in Madison the farm and its successful cultivation were of greater importance to him. His lands comprised about three hundred and fifty acres, and were always well tilled, well stocked, and had good buildings. His wife, Mary (Clark) White, was born in Parsonfield, New Hampshire, in 1809, and died in Madison in 1878. Their four children were: Mary, who died in in- fancy. David, born in Ossipee and died in Madi- son. Lorenzo, born in Ossipee, and resides in Ro- chester, New Hampshire. Sylvester, see forward.

(II) Sylvester, youngest of the children of Tim. othy and Mary (Clark) White, was born in Os- sipee, New Hampshire, April 25, 1833. In early life he was a farmer, and later on became a shoe- maker and worked at that trade, but did not give up farming entirely. He resided for a time in Northwood, but now resides in Gossville, New Hampshire. He married, 1857, Elizabeth J. Ger- rish, who was born in Deerfield, New Hampshire, and died while visiting in Nottingham, New Hamp- shire, in 1900. Sylvester and Elizabeth J. (Ger- rish) White had one child, Edgar F. White, now of Epsom, New Hampshire.

(III) Edgar F., only son and child of Sylvester and Elizabeth J. (Gerrish) White, was born in Madison, New Hampshire, December 2, 1858, and received his education in the schools of that town and Northwood, New Hampshire. Like his father, he also became a shoemaker and together with working at his trade carried on a general shoe store. His stock at one time was worth five thousand dol- lars, and was destroyed by fire, causing him a se- rious loss, as he carried an insurance of only about fifteen hundred dollars. Worse than all else, his health failed, but not his ambition, and he next turned his attention to farming and teaming until he again became strong. He also ran the stage be- tween Northwood and Epsom for some time, and afterward moved into the town last mentioned and set up a shoe shop. Still later he leased a hotel in Epsom, conducts it successfully, and purchased the property in 1901. Since he came to live in Ep-

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som Mr. White has engaged in lumbering in con- nection with his other enterprises, and also has car- ried on a livery business. Notwithstanding his early losses by fire and poor health his business life has been successful, and now he is in comfortable cir- cumstances. He is a Granger, and in politics a Re- publican. He is inclined to be liberal in his re- ligious views, although brought up under the in- fluences of the Second Advent Church. On Sep- tember 22, 1882, Mr. White married Annie M. Ver- ity, who was born in Andover, Massachusetts, May 25, 1859. They have four children : Myrtle F., born in Rochester, New Hampshire, October 30, 1884, married J. Arthur Griffon, September 1, 1906. Elsie S., born in Madison, December 30, 1889. Er- vin, born in Madison, August 26, 1894. Earl. born in Northwood, January 8, 1896.

The White family of this article is of WHITE Irish extraction and has attained to the third generation in America. Its members have shown the impetuous energy com- mon to the Celtic race, and some of them, though born poor, have outstripped many citizens born to wealth and influence.

(1) William White was born in Ireland about 1836, and when twenty-five or thirty years of age came to America and settled in Somersworth, New Hampshire, where he was a laborer. He died Oc- tober 1, 1879, aged forty-two years. He married, in 1868, Mary O'Brien, who was born in Ireland, now living in Dover, aged sixty-nine years, daugh- ter of Michael and Julia (Canty) O'Brien, by whom he had six children: Mary C., Michael J., John P., William F., James and Julia. Mary C. was born March 16, 1869, and lives in Dover. Michael J. is mentioned below. John P., born September 17, 1873, lives in Dover. William F., born September, 1875. lives in Dover. Rev. James, born September, 1877, was ordained to the priesthood in the Roman Catholic Church by Archbishop Bruchesi, of Mon- treal, Canada, December, 1905, and is now assist- ant pastor of St. Ann's Church, Manchester, New Hampshire. Julia, born May 22, 1880, resides in Dover.

(II) Michael Joseph, second child and eldest son of William and Mary (O'Brien) White, was born in Somersworth, March 2. 1871. At the age of ten years he accompanied his parents on their removal to Dover, where he has since resided. His education was obtained in the public schools of Somersworth, which he left at ten years of age for Dover, where he attended the public school three months, and at the evening schools which he at- tended for a time. Immediately after going to Do- ver he became a back boy in the Cocheco Mills. After a term of service in that capacity he learned mule spinning and worked at that occupation until 1905.

At the age of fifteen he became a member of the Knights of Labor, and a year later became a charter member of Local Lodge No. I, of the Boot and Shoemakers' International Union. In 1889 he became a member of the Mule Spinners' Union, and subsequently filled all the offices of the local union, being elected president at the age of eighteen, and holding that position through several serious difficulties, one of which was a strike lasting five months. In 1895 he was elected member of the ex- ecutive board of the Mule Spinners' National Un- ion, where he served until 1899. In that year he was elected vice-president of the organization and in 1902 was chosen president and served four years, retiring in 1906, and being made a life member of

the order. He was one of the organizers of the United Textile Workers of America, and was a member of its executive board until he retired in 1906. Since 1896 he has been prominent in Dem- ocratic local political circles, and for four years was a member of the Democratic state committee. In 1906 he was elected mayor of Dover, and is but the second Democrat who has filled that office since the organization of the city. Mayor White has risen from a humble position to a place of honor and trust, and is a well-known and popular citizen. He has filled many positions of honor and trust. From childhood he has been identified with the Catholic Total Abstinence Union of America.

This name has been traced to a remote

DODGE period in England, and has been very widely distributed over the United States, beginning with the earliest settlement of the New England colonies. It has been distinguished in law and letters, in divinity, in war, in politics and in every leading activity of the human family and is still identified with the progress of events in New Hampshire and other states. It has turned out front Harvard nineteen graduates, from Yale a dozen, from Dartmouth ten, from the University of Ver- mont ten, from Columbia College eight, Union Col- lege six, Andover Theological Seminary five, Bow- doin College five, University of Wisconsin five, Brown University three, Colby University three, Williams College two and Middlebury College one. The records of the Colleges of Heraldry in England show that a coat of arms was granted to Peter Dodge, of Stockworth, county of Chester, in 1306, and later a patent to John Dodge, of Rotham, in the county of Kent, in 1546. It is declared that he was descended from Peter Dodge of Stockworth. The. name is found frequently in various sections of England, and in the sixteenth and seventeenth cen- turies there were Dodges of honorable character and connection in the counties of Cheshire, Kent, Norfolk and Down. On the eleventh of May, 1629, there sailed from the harbor of Yarmouth, Eng- land, the "Talbot," a vessel of three hundred tons and the "Lion's Whelp," a neat and nimble ship of one hundred and twenty tons, and they arrived at Salem, Massachusetts, on the twenty-ninth of the June following. This marks the arrival of the first of the name of Dodge in America.

(I) John Dodge and his wife, Marjorie, resided in Somersetshire, England, where the following chil- dren were born to them, namely: William, Richard, Michael and Mary. An examination of the parish registry of East Coker, Somersetshire, England, discloses the records of the births of these children. It is also learned that Richard Dodge was in 1633 a duly admitted tenant by entry hold of land in Hel- yar Manor in East Coker, that this manor came into the possession of its then owner about 1616, and that Richard came there from St. Badeaux, Devon- shire, about four miles from Plymouth, in that year. (Mention of Richard and numerous descendants forms part of this article).

(II) William, eldest child of John and Marjorie Dodge, settled in Salem, Massachusetts, in 1629. There is a tradition that he was about at his ma- jority at that time, and that he came over on a tour of investigation and that he returned to England for his wife. Her name has not been discovered. It has been erroneously given as Elizabeth Haskell but there are proofs that she was the wife of an- other William in England. This William Dodge was known as "Farmer" William, and he died be-

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tween 1685 and 1692. The standing of "Farmer" William in the community is indicated by the fact that he was repeatedly elected or appointed to pub- lic offices, such as selectman, grand juryman, trial juryman and on committees in the services of town and church interests, laying out roads, etc. There are also evidences that he was on the best of terms with his pastor, Rev. John Hale, and that he and his sons were sturdy supporters of good morals in every way. In May, 1685, he conveyed his home- stead to his son, Captain William, and otherwise disposed of his real estate by deeds. His home- stead is on the east side of Cabot street and south of Herrick street, in Salem. His children were: John, William, and probably Joshua. The last named was killed in the Narragansett war, in 1675. (William (2) and descendants receive extended notice in this article).

(III) Captain John, eldest son of "Farmer" Wil- liam Dodge, was born in 1636, and lived in Beverly, where he owned a mill at the head of Beverly Cove. He served against the Narragansetts in 1675 and probably earned his title in that service, and was chosen representative to the general court in 1693-96 and 1702, and was frequently on the grand and petit juries and on various town and parish committees, and was one of the most useful and prominent men on the colonies. In 1710 he gave thirty-three acres of land in Wenham to his grand- son John, the son of John, and otherwise disposed of real estate. He was married (first), April 10, 1659, to Sarah Proctor and (second) to Elizabeth, widow of John Woodberry. She survived him and died January 6, 1726, aged ninety-four years. He died in 1723. His children were: John, William, Sarah, Hannah (died young), Hannah, Martha and Jonathan.

(IV) Jonathan, youngest son of Captain John Dodge, was born between 1675 and 1680, and died in Beverly, about February, 1756. After the death of his older brother, William he took a lease of the lands formerly owned by their father for a term of seven years and ultimately became their owner. He lived on the Salem side of Beverly Cove until about the time of his father's death, when he moved to the Beverly side and there continued the remainder of his life. He was a warm friend of Rev. John Hale, and was a prosperous and in- fluential citizen of the town. He held numerous offices, such as juryman, constable and fence viewer. The inventory of the estate made Decem- ber 17, 1756, enumerates one hundred and fifty- seven acres of land, and as a total footing 1,822 pounds and five shillings. He was married De- cember 17, 1702, to Elizabeth Goodhue, of Ipswich, who died July 26, following. He married (second) May 15, 1705, Jerusha Rayment. She was a widow and had a daughter Hannah at that time. Their children were : Francis, Peter (died young), George, William, Elizabeth, John, Jonathan and Peter.

(V) John, fifth son and sixth child of Jonathan and Jerusha Dodge, was baptized August 24, 1718, in Salem, and died February 9, 1779. He resided in Beverly, and was probably a farmer. He was mar- ried (intention published March 14, 1740) to Han- nah Fowler, of Ipswich. He died at Wenham, March 10, 1807. aged eighty-eight years. His will was made one day before his death and was proved on the first of the following month, in which are mentioned his wife, Hannah, three sons, two daugh- ters and a granddaughter, Hannah Masters. The inventory of his estate amounted to 11,435 pounds, 18 shillings. The Beverly records give seven of

his children, namely: Ruth, Charles, Jerusha, John, Hannah, Lucy and Jonathan.

(VI) Deacon John (3), second son and fourth child of John (2) and Hannah (Fowler) Dodge, was born May 19, 1747, in Beverly, and resided in Wenham, near Wenham Lake. He died there May I, 1825, aged seventy-seven years. He is also known by the title of lieutenant. He was married Decem- ber 1, 1768, to Mehitable Batchelder, of Beverly, who died December 28, 1789-90, aged forty-two years. He was married (second) (published July 2. 1791) to Sarah Raymond, of Beverly. She sur- vived him more than fifteen years and died Septem- ber 24, 1840, in Chichester, New Hampshire. She was the mother of the last two of his children, the first wife being the mother of ten. They were: John, Lucy, Uzziel, Jerusha, William, Samuel, Mary, Aretas, Havilah, Elezaphan, Mehitable and Sarah.

(VII) Elezaphan, second son and tenth child of Lieutenant John and Mehitable ( Batchelder) Dodge, was born December 26, 1789, in Wenham, and died April 4, 1857, in New Boston, New Hampshire, where he settled in 1817. He joined the Congrega- tional church at Wenham, September 30, 1817, and was for a long time deacon of the Presbyterian church in New Boston. He purchased a tract of land in New Boston, which is now occupied by his grandson, on which he made a substantial and per- manent home and was a successful farmer. He married (first) a remote relative, Anna Dodge, daughter of Peter and Sarah (Dodge) Dodge, whose ancestry may be carried forward as follows :

(4) Peter, youngest child of Jonathan and Jerusha Dodge, was baptized October 12, 1724, in Beverly, and died September 14, 1796, in Wenham. He lived not far from Wenham Pond and was twice married. His first wife being Sarah, daughter of Mark, who was a son of Edward and grandson of Richard Dodge (II), and (second) Elizabeth Batchelder (a widow), daughter of Benjamin and Christina (Trask) Cressy. They were published December 20, 1761, and were married at Danvers, January 6, 1762. She was baptized September 6, 1736, and died June 21, 1821, in her eighty-fifth year. She was the mother of seven of his nine children, who were baptized in Wenham, namely : Sarah, Peter, Elizabeth, Mary, Martha, Mehitable and Jonathan.

(5) Peter (2), eldest son and second child of Peter (I) and Elizabeth (Cressy) (Batchelder) Dodge, was born November 10, 1764, in Wenham, Massachusetts, and died Frebuary 3, 1844. He mar- ried Sally Dodge, who was born December 4, 1778, daughter of Simeon and Abigail (Dodge) Dodge, of Beverly, and died April 4, 1822, aged fifty-two years. They were the parents of two daughters. (6) Anna, elder daughter of Peter (2) and Sally (Dodge) Dodge, was born June I, 1796, and married Elezaphan Dodge, as above noted, March 1, 1817. Their only child was Peter, who was killed June 29, 1862, at the battle of Gaines Mills, Virginia. Mr. Dodge married (second) Lavinia Dodge, daughter of Antipas and Jerusha (Dodge) Dodge. She was born March I, 1797, and died 1891. Her children were: Anna, Elnathan, Uzziel, Willard, Mary Ann, Edwin, Allen, Lendell, Sarah Jerusha and Maria Lavinia.

(VIII) Lendell, sixth son and eighth child of Elezaphan Dodge, and eighth child of his second wife, Lavinia Dodge, was born May 28, 1838, in New Boston, New Hampshire, where his life was passed. He received the common school education of his time and locality, and when a young man was em- ployed for a time at Nashua. On his return to his

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native town he engaged in farming on a farm of two hundred acres, this being the old homestead and where he still resides, having been in the family 10W (1907) for over ninety years and where the special subject of this sketch, his son, William O., still resides and where three generations have been born. The farm is devoted chiefly to dairying, and he was also actively interested in lumbering. He is an attendant of the Presbyterian church, and an ardent Republican in political principle. He is re- spected by his townsmen and active in the support of schools and has served on the school board. He was married December 25, 1871, to Ellen Lamson, daughter of William and Orindia ( Odell) Lamson, of Mont Vernon. She was educated in the Academy at Mont Vernon and was a teacher two years. She is a member of the Presbyterian church and both Mr. and Mrs. L. Dodge are members of the New Boston Grange, in which Mr. Dodge has held several of the principal official stations. They were the parents of five children, of whom three died in infancy. The surviving are William O., and Edwin H., resides in Bradford, New Hampshire, a farmer, formerly a member of the firm of Martin & Dodge, .of New Boston.

(IX) William Osborne, elder son of Lendell and Ellen (Lamson) Dodge, was born September 26, 1872, in New Boston, and has resided in that town all his life. He attended the district school and the high school of that town, and upon attaining man- hood turned his attention to agriculture and is asso- ciated with his father in farming. He is extensively engaged in dairying and has a farm of two hundred acres in New Boston and one hundred and sixty in Derry. He is a progressive farmer and en- deavors to keep abreast of the times, and is an active member of the local Grange, in which he has filled the principal chairs, having served three times as master. He was six years a trustee of the cemetery and is a member and officer of the Pres- byterian church. In politics he supports the princi- ples and policies of the Republican party, and has been selectman three years, two of which he was chairman. He was married November 27, 1895 to Cora Fiske, daughter of Henry Fiske, of New Bos- ton. She was educated in the district and high schools, and has been active in Grange work, filling several of the offices of the Grange, and is also a member of the Daughters of Rebekah. She is also active in the work of the church. They are the parents of one child, Carolyn E., born July 25, 1905. (III) Captain William (2), second son and child of William (1) Dodge, was born September 19, 1640, and died 1720. He inherited his father's homestead and resided in Beverly, and was a "mal- ster." He was made a freeman in 1683, was deputy in 1689, and representative in 1690. He was in the war against the Narragansetts in 1675, and acquired distinction for courage and skill. In Hubbards' narrative an account is given of his bravery and success. In this expedition Josiah Dodge, who is supposed to have been a brother of Captain William, together with John Balch and Peter Woodbury, were killed at Muddy brook, while fighting under Captain Lathrop. In the historic controversy about the bell of Bass River Church (first church of Beverly) which was captured at Port Royal, in 1654, William Dodge and Thomas Tuck, Senior, with military spirit took the bell and put it to its intended use. Captain Dodge was almost continu- ously in service upon some town or parish com- mittee, and the records are replete with mention of his services, extending from the period over 1670 to 1708. He was married (first) to Mary Con-

ant, widow of John Balch, who was drowned. He was married (second) May 26, 1685, to widow Johanna Larkin, daughter of Deacon Robert Hale, of Charlestown. She died August 18, 1694, aged forty-seven years, and he married (third) in 1698, Mary Creatty, who died about February 1, 1702. She was the widow of Captain Andrew Creatty. of Marblehead. His first six children were born of Mary Conant, his first wife, and the remainder of the second wife, Johanna ( Hale) Dodge. Their names are as follows : William, Mary, Joshua, Hannah, Elizabeth, Sarah, Robert and Rebecca (twins), Josiah and Elisha. Mary Conant was a daughter of Roger Conant (sec Conant), who be- queathed to his daughter, the wife of Captain Dodge, £5 and the same sum to each of her five children.

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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 26

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