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 46

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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(VI) William (2), eldest child of William (1) and Hepsibah ( Dunton) Osgood, was born in. Ca- bot, Vermont. June 17, 1760, and resided in New- port, New Hampshire, where he died October 4, 1823. His settlement in Newport was on wild land, which he cleared and made a productive farm. He married Priscilla Stone, of Claremont, New Hamp- shire, who died February 22, 1802, and they had Susannah, William, James, Lemuel, Priscilla, Mat- thew and Lydia.

(VII) William (3). eldest son and second child of William (2) and Priscilla (Stone) Osgood, was born February 26, 1784, and died February 25, 1866, aged eighty-two years. He resided at Clare- mont. He married Susannah Field, of Claremont, who died in 1827. Their children were: William, Lois, Joseph W., Lucia, Charles, Matthias and Lyman P.

(VIII) William (4), eldest child of William (3) and Susannah (Field) Osgood, was born in Clare- mont, in 1809. and died in West Lebanon, October 4, 1859. He was a farmer and miller. He married Eliza Kenney, of Vershire, Vermont, who died July 9. 1863. Their children were: William H., Martha, Mary J., Eliza and Julia.

(Second Family.)

(I) William Osgood, who was born OSGOOD in England in 1609. accompanied John Osgood to New England, sailing in the ship "Confidence" from Southampton, April II, 1638, and locating in Newbury, Massachusetts. He was the youngest of three immigrants, the others being Christopher and John, and they were un- doubtedly brothers. William Osgood was a carpen- ter and a millwright. In 1640 he settled at the falls on the Powow river, near its junction with the Merrimack, and taking advantage of the excellent water-power he erected the first mills in Salisbury, Massachusetts, which for many years were known as

Osgood's mills. He was granted land on each side of the Powow river, ex- tending half a mile back from the Merrimack and embracing a large part of the locality now known as the Salisbury and Amesbury mills. He also ac- quired other real estate, including his homestead of six acres on Round Hill, Salisbury. His death occurred at Salisbury in the year 1700. The maiden surname of his wife is unknown, but her Christian name was Elizabeth, and the following tradition relative to her family name may be considered by some as throwing a ray of light upon the matter. "After the death of Elizabeth, when the emigrant had become aged, there was a husking in the log house where William lived. In the evening, as the young people became merry, cracking their jokes over the red ears of corn, their merriment awakened in the aged emigrant's mind recollections of his earlier years. The old man, who was in a part of the room by himself, in response to their hilarity, broke out in a sort of musical speech: 'My wife was Betty Cleer and I loved her before I see her.'" William and Elizabeth Osgood had seven children,

namely: Elizabeth, Joanna, John, William, Mary, Joseph and Sarah.

(II) John, third child and eldest son of William and Elizabeth Osgood, was born in Salisbury, Mas- sachusetts, August 8, 1647, and died there Novem- ber 7, 1683. He took the oath of fidelity, with his brother William, December 8, 1677. He married, November 5, 1668, Mary Stevens, daughter of John and Katherine Stevens, of Salisbury. She was bron in 1647. His widow married, August 26, 1685, Nathaniel Whittier. John and Mary (Stevens) Osgood were the parents of six children: Mary, Joseph, William, John, Timothy and Hannah.

(III) William (2), third child and second son of John and Mary (Stevens) Osgood, was born in Salisbury, July 30, 1673, and his death occurred in 1752. He was a farmer, had a large landed estate and was a substantial and influential citizen. His descendants, especially, have maintained the reputa- tion acquired by their ancestor. He married Ilan- nah Colby, daughter of John and Frances (Hoyt) Colby, of Amesbury, and was the father of nine children, namely: Timothy, Judith, Joseph, Mary Daniel, Mehitable, Hannah. Abigail and William.

(IV) Joseph, second son and child of William and Hannah (Colby) Osgood, was born in Salis- bury, June 28, 1698, and died December 24, 1781. September 15, 1719, he married Apphia Pillsbury, who was born May 8, 1700, daughter of William, Jr., and Mary (Kenney) Pillsbury, of Newbury, Massachusetts. The twelve children of Joseph and Apphia (Pillsbury) Osgood were: Mary, Henry, Hannah, Reuben, Joseph and Benjamin (twins), the former of whom died young; another Joseph, who died at the age of four years; Applia (died young), Ruth, Apphia and Joseph (twins), and Oliver.

(V) Reuben, second son and fourth child of Joseph and Apphia (Pillsbury) Osgood, was born in Salisbury, November 21, 1726, and his death occurred in Epping, New Hampshire, (where he settled in 1756), January 30, 1795. On July 18, 1748, he married (first) Mary Brown, of Salisbury. who died in 1753. For his second wife he married. August 5, 1754, Mary True, also of Salisbury, and her death occurred in 1803. He was the father of . eight children. Those of his first union were: Samuel, born in March, 1749; Joseph, April 18, 1751 ; and a daughter who died in infancy. The five children by his second marriage were: True, born April 30, 1755; Reuben, October 20, 1756; William, in 1758; Betsey, March 27, 1760, married in 1772 Ebenezer Page, of Peacham. Walden and Danville, Vermont, and had four children; and Mary True. February 15, 1765, married Abraham Brown, of Salisbury.

(VI) Joseph, son of Reuben and Mary (Brown) Osgood, of Epping, and brother of Samuel and Reuben, was born April 18, 1751, and died April 7, 1809. He married Anna Renlet, of Epping, New Hampshire, who died May 19, 1818. They had seven children: Daniel, True, Rachel, Molly, Jona- than, Anna and Joseph.

(VII) Daniel, son of Joseph and Anna Osgood, of Epping, was born December 15, 1773, and died July 11, 1856. He married Betsey Osgood, daughter of Reuben (2) by his first wife and a sister of Nancy, Polly and Dudley. Daniel and Betsey Os- good had nine children: Melinda. Greenleaf, Wil- liam C., John Hazen, Nancy, Lucinda, Joseph, Ju- lia Ann and Asa C.

(VIII) William C .. son of Daniel and Betsey Osgood, was born in Gilmanton. New Hampshire, November 14, 1812, died in Pittsfield, New Hamp-

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shire, July 26, 1869, and is buried in Floral Park cemetery in that town. He married, 1814, Mary C. Dow, died February 25, 1871. They had children : Adelaide M., born March 8, 1840, died September 28, 1865; Henry W., Edwin S. and Frank D. Os- good.

(X) Henry W., second child and eldest son of William C. and Mary C. (Dow) Osgood, was born in Pittsfield, New Hampshire, October 9, 1842, and has been prominently identified with the social and business life of that town for more than thirty- five years. He was educated at Pittsfield Academy, where he attended about one year, and Gilmanton Academy, where he was ident about three years, and where among his classmates were Thomas Coggswell and J. B. Peasley. After leav- ing school he took up photography and made the first dry plate in Pittsfield, it is still in his pos- session. His collection of photographic plates and views is large and exceedingly interesting. In con- nection with his work in this direction he has made frequent trips to Mount Belknap and Catamount and many other places of interest in the mountain- ous regions, and also in Pittsfield, Gilmanton and elsewhere. He is a lover of nature and an artist by every personal trait. In connection with photo- graphic work Mr. Osgood is proprietor of a large furniture store and business in Pittsfield, having been engaged in that line since 1875. Although business matters occupy much of his time he never- theless takes a commendable interest in the welfare of his native town, and its institutions. * He served nine years as member of the school board, and now is treasurer of the board of trustees of Pitts- field Academy. He also was one of the first board of trustees of Floral Park cemetery, its first su- perintendent, and has been clerk of the board since it was organized. He is a member of the Congre- gational Church of Pittsfield, and served several terms as its warden and twenty-five years as li- brarian of its Sunday school. He was the first member to be initiated after the resuscitation and reorganization of Suncook Lodge, No. 10, Independ- ent Order of Odd Fellows, Pittsfield, New Hamp- shire, a member of Corinthian Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons, its secretary sixteen years. tyler several years, master four years, and also one of the original members and first trustees of the Masonic Hall Association of Pittsfield.

From the time he was a boy in school, under the instruction of Principal Sawyer of Pittsfield, Mr. Osgood has taken a deep interest in the study of birds and has become an ornithologist of consid- erable reputation in his locality. This old-time in- terest never has abated and he frequently lectures on ornithological subjects before high school stu- dents and grange meetings. He also is a taxider- mist of unusual skill and has done much work in that direction. He find rest and recreation in hunt- ing and fishing, his favorite pastime, and casts a fly with the most expert fishermen; for many years he has been an enthusiastic follower of "Dog, Gun and Rod."

On October 9, 1866, Mr. Osgood married Frances H. Tilton, who was born August 4, 1844, daughter of Levi and Theodate (True) Tilton, of Hampton Falls. New Hampshire. Mr. Tilton was born April 5, 1809, and died March 14, 1899. His wife, Theodate (True) Tilton, was born August 7, 1806, lied January 7, 1853, daughter of Nathaniel and Mary (James) True. Mr. and Mrs. Tilton's chil- dren were: Frances H., wife of Henry W. Os- good, and Aroline C., born July 17. 1846, a public school teacher and a member of Mr. Osgood's fam-

ily. Mr. and Mrs. Osgood have had two children : Marion Adelaide, born August 18, 1867, died No- vember II, 1875, and Annie True, born May 5, 1869.

The Osgoods of old Tamworth, New OSGOOD Hampshire, like nearly all others of the surname in the state, are de- scended from the same ancestral head and date back in New England to the earliest times of the colonies. The year in which the first representa- tive in Tamworth of the Osgood family to which this sketch relates came there is not known, al- though some of its descendants are still in that town and others are scattered throughout New Hampshire and other of the New England states.

(1) Samuel Osgood was born in Tamworth in 1821, hence at least one generation of the family before him lived in that town. He was brought up on a farm, but at the age of fifteen years left home and went to Nashua, New Hampshire, en- gaged in business there several years and then took up his residence in Laconia, where he died in 1877. His wife was Elizabeth (Hyde) Osgood. also a native of Tamworth and by whom he had six children : Frank J., now living in Laconia. George H., born 1844, enlisted in Company K, One Hun- dredth and Eleventh Pennsylvania Volunteer In- fantry, killed July 25, 1864, in battle at Kenesaw Mountain Georgia. Katie J., born 1846, married Fred- erick Breeman; lives in Laconia. Clara H., born 1849, married Frank Fourtebatt, of St. Paul. Min- nesota, superintendent of the Northern Pacific car shops in that city. Ada M., born 1850, married George B. Merrill, of Lynn, Massachusetts; two children, Hollis F. and Harry Merrill. Anna, born 1856, married Albert W. Wilcox, and has one child, Gertrude Wilcox.

(II) Frank Jacob, eldest child and son of San- 11el and Elizabeth (Hyde) Osgood, was born in. Laconia, New Hampshire, January 3, 1841. and after leaving school began working as a newsboy and was the first boy of the town to do that kind of work. When about seventeen years old he left home and went west, and was a news and train boy on the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul rail- way. After a short time in the northwest he came back east as far as northwestern Pennsylvania and became landlord of a hotel, continuing in that oc- cupation until the beginning of the late Civil war. In 1861 Mr. Osgood enlisted in Company K, One- Hundred and Eleventh Pennsylvania Volunteer In- fantry, and on the organization of the company was elected and commissioned first lieutenant. He was promoted captain July 14, 1862, and a little later was promoted to the regimental staff with the rank and commission of major. Still later he was promoted lieutenant-colenel and held that rank at the time of muster out in 1865. After the war Colonel Osgood returned to Laconia and has since lived in that city. He is a member of John L. Per- ley Post, No. 37, G. A. R., a Republican in politics and was brought up under the influence of the Con- gregational Church. He married. January 10. 1871, Emma, daughter of Otis and Emma (Robbins) Beman, and has two children: Anna Charlotte, born November 29, 1872, and Lottie May, August 5, 1879, died November, 1892.

The known history of this family ex- FOWLER tends backward more than three hun- dred years from the present time. It was founded very early in the new colony of Mas- sachusetts, and has many worthy descendants scat-

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tered over the United States at the present time. In days when men were taking surnames, those of many were indicated by their occupations. Among these was the bird hunter, or fowler.

(I) Philip Fowler, a eloth worker. was early found in Ipswich, Massachusetts. He was born somewhere between 1591 and 1598, and took the oath at South Hampton, March 24, 1634. He crossed the Atlantic in the ship "Mary and John," and was made a freeman at Ipswich, Massachu- setts, September 3, 1634. He continued to reside in that town, and died June 24, 1679. His grand- son, Philip Fowler, was appointed administrator of his estate. He married (first), Mary, believed to have been a sister of Samuel Winsley. She died August 30, 1659, in Ipswich, and he was married February 27 following to Mary, widow of George Norton. His children were: Margaret, Mary, Samuel, Hester, Joseph and Thomas. (Mention of Joseph and Thomas and descendants forms part of this article).

(II) Samuel, eldest son and third child of Philip and Mary Fowler, was born about 1618, in England, and came to this country, presumably with his father. He resided in Portsmouth and Salisbury, and was the shipwright. The fact that Samuel Winsley called him cousin makes it appar- ent that that was the maiden name of his mother. He resided in Salisbury in 1668 and 1680, and in 1669 purchased Louis Hulett's country right in Salisbury. It is probable that he belonged to the Society of Friends. He was brought before the court in April, 1675, for "Breach of the Sabbath i11 traveling." He died in January, 1711, in Salisbury. The name of his first wife has not been discovered. He was married after 1673 to widow Margaret (Norman) Morgan. His children were : William, Mary, Sarah and Sam- 11el.

(III) Samuel (2), youngest son of Samuel (1) Fowler, was born probably, in Salisbury, and died in that town December 24, 1737. His will had been made almost ten years previously, and was proven six days after his death. He was married December 5th, 1684, in Salisbury to Hannah, daugh- ter of Ezekiel and Hannah ( Martin) Worthen. She was born April 21. 1663, in Salisbury and survived her husband. Their children were: Samuel, Han- nah. Susanna, Jacob, Mary, Sarah, Ham, Ezekiel, Robert, Abraham, Thomas, Lydia and Judith.

(IV) Jacob, second son and fourth child of Samuel (2) and Hannah (Worthen) Fowler, was born December 10, 1690, in Salisbury and resided in South Hampton, New Hampshire, where he died December 20, 1752. It is probable that he was among those who found themselves in New Hamp- sire after the establishment of the Province line, in 1741, took some territory from Salisbury. His will was proved December 27, 1752, just one week after his death. He was married May 3, 1716, to Mary Jones, daughter of Joseph and granddaughter of Robert Jones, of Amesbury.

(V) Abner, eldest son of Jacob and Mary (Jones) Fowler, was born in South Hampton. 1757. and died in Hill, April 30, 1833. He resided in Northfield, removed in 1809 to Sanbornton, and in 1822 to Hill, and lived north of Hill village. He served long in the war for independence, and his name appears in various places in the New Hamp- shire rolls of the Revolution. He was a private in Captain Thomas Simpson's ranging company of Colonel Johnson's regiment at Coos, enlisting Octo- ber I, 1776, and serving two months and one day, for two pounds per month pay. Abner Fowler, of

Canterbury, was a member of Captain Simeon Stev- en's company of Colonel Stickney's regiment of Continental soldiers. enlisting in 1777. His name is also on the muster roll of the first company, Captain James Gray's of the Third New Hamp- shire Regiment, Colonel Alexander Seammel's, which regiment was raised by the state of New Hampshire for the continental service. He was mustered in June 3. 1777, and discharged April 15, 1780. He served as a private until May 1, 1779, when he was promoted to corporal. During his absence in the army his family, like many other families, had no bread winner, and received part of their necessary supplies from the town. His wife, Mary Fowler, signed the following receipt dated February 4, 1780: "The account of articles sup- plyd by the Select Men for Canterbury to the fam- ily of Abner Fowler, a soldier in the service of said town in the Continental army-Total £74 9. 6." Among the articles enumerated are salt at £15 per barrel: rye at £8 per bushel, and corn at f- per bushel, in the depreciated currency of that time. He married Mary Mason.

(VI) Abraham, son of Abner and Mary (Ma- son) Fowler, was born in Sanbornten, New Hamp- shire, December 12, 1792, and died in Hill, October 20, 1852. He removed to Hill, probably at the same time his father died, and was a farmer, and kept a tavern north of town. He married Nancy Hodg- don, born June 15. 1798, daughter of Israel and Comfort (Sanborn) Hodgdon, of Northfield. She died June 2, 1885, aged eighty-seven years. Their children were: Isaiah, David. Mary Ann, Comfort S .. Israel H., Abner and Nancy Jane.

(VII) David, second son and child of Abra- ham and Nancy (Hodgdon) Fowler, was born in Sanbornton, October 2, 1818. and died July II, 1887. He was educated in the common schools and at Plymouth and Franklin Academies. He was a farmer, and occasionally engaged in lumber- ing. He always resided on the homestead and owned about one hundred and fifty acres of land. He was a member of the Methodist Church of Bristol. He was a Whig, and later a member of the "Know Nothing" party, of which he was a leader, and by which he was elected representative in 1855. Seeret meetings were held at his house. When the Republican party rose, he joined it, and was a Re- publican the remainder of his life. He married (first). Charlotte Dearborn, who was born in Northfield, April 12, 1818, and died in Hill. April 18. 1844. She was the daughter of Shubael and Naney (Dearborn) Dearborn, of Northfield. She was employed at Peabody & Daniel's Paper Mill> for many years before her marriage. He married (second), Abra Ann Dearborn, sister of his first wife, who was born April 28, 1823, and died in Hill, November 24 1860; (third), Caroline H. Norton, who was born in Cabott, Vermont. November 12, 1830. daughter of Moses H. and Temperancc (Warner) Norton, of Cabott, Vermont. The chil- dren by the last wife were: Charles A. (died

young) : Minnie G., married Oden B. Eaton, and lives in Lakeport : Fred A., mentioned below; An- gelo H., graduated from the Franklin high school with the class of 1894, later attended the Water- bury and Green Mountain Seminaries, and resides. with his mother and brother on the homestead.

(VIII) Dr. Fred Abram Fowler, third child and second son of David and Caroline H. (Nor- ton) Fowler, was born in Hill, September 2, 1869. He obtained his literary education in the common schools and from a private tutor, and in 1897 ma- trieulated at the University of Vermont, where he

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took the medical course, graduating with the class of 1899. He began the practice of his profession at Hill, and has a liberal patronage. He is a leading representative and was town clerk four years. He is a member of Union Lodge No. 79, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, of Bristol, and of Saint Omar Chapter, No. 22, Royal Arch Masons, of Franklin : also of Cardigan Lodge, No. 79, Independent Or- der of Odd Fellows, of Bristol, and St. Andrews Chapter, No. 21, Knights of Pythias, of Franklin Falls. He is a past master of Pemigewasset Grange No. 103, Patrons of Husbandry, of Hill, and is a member of Lake and Valley Pomona Lodge of Bristol. In 1906 he was elected a member of the New Hampshire house of representatives.

(II) Joseph, second son and fifth child of Philip and Mary ( Winsley) Fowler, was born in England about 1622, and in 1634 came to this country with his parents in the ship "Mary and John." They settled in Ipswich, Massachusetts, where Joseph grew up and married. His wife was Martha Kim- ball, daughter of Richard and Ursula (Scott) Kim- ball. Richard Kimball was the ancestor of nearly all those bearing the name of Kimball in this cottnl- try. His wife, Ursula Scott, was the daughter of Martha Scott, widow of Hon. John Scott, of Scott's Hall, county of Kent, England, and daugh- ter of Sir George Northup. The Scotts and the Kimballs came over in the same ship. To Joseph and Ursula (Scott) Kimball were born four chil- dren : Joseph, born about 1647. married Elizabeth Hutton. . Phillip, whose sketch follows. John, mar- ried ( (first), Sarah (second), Hannah Scott. Mary, married John Briers, of Gloucester. Joseph Fowler was killed by the Indians near Deerfield, Massachusetts, May 19, 1676, on his re- turn from the fight at the Falls.

(III) Philip (2), second son and child of Jo- seph and Martha (Kimball) Fowler, was born in 1648, probably on October 8. though one record gives the date as December 25. He was adopted by his grandfather, Philip (1) Fowler, of Ipswich, Massachusetts, who brought him up and taught him his trade of cloth worker. On January 20. 1672-73, Philip (2) Fowler married at Beverly. Massachusetts, Elizabeth Herrick, daughter of Henry and Edith (Larkin) Herrick, and grand- daughter of Sir William Herrick. Henry Herrick, her father, was born at Bean Manor, England. in 1604. Philip (2) and Elizabeth ( Herrick) Fowler had nine children: Philip (died young) ; Eliza- beth, born February IT, 1677-78. Martha (died young). Joseph, married Sarah Bartlett and three other wifes. John, married Mercy Jacob. Benja- min, married Mary Briar and others. Mary, mar- ried John Treadwell. Martha, married Lieutenant John March. Philip, whose sketch follows. Philip (2) Fowler, died November 16, 1715. leaving a widow.

(IV) Philip (3), fifth son and ninth and young- est child of Philip (2) and Elizabeth (Herrick) Fowler, was born in October. 1691, at Ipswich, Mas- sachusetts. He married there. July 5, 1716, Sus- anna Jacob, daughter of Joseph and Susanna ( Sy- monds) Jacob, who was born about 1695. They had sixteen children : Elizabeth, Philip, Jacob, Sus- anna, Samuel, Martha, Judith, Samtiel, Mary. Mary, Symonds, whose sketch follows. Lucy, Ebe- nezer, Benjamin, Ebenezer and Lucy. Of these children, the two Samuels, the first Mary, both Lu- cys. Ebenezer and Benjamin (twins) and the sec- ond Ebenezer, all died in infancy, leaving eight who grew up and married. Philip (3) Fowler carried on the tanning business until he sold out

and moved to Newmarket, New Hampshire, in May, 1743, living there till his death, May 16, 1767. His widow survived him six years.

(V) Symonds, fifth son and eleventh child of Philip (3) and Susanna (Jacob) Fowler, was born August 20, 1734, at Ipswich, Massachusetts. When nine years of age he removed with his people to Newmarket. New Hampshire, where he signed the test oath, July 12, 1776. On May 26, 1778, when he was forty-four years old, he moved from New- market to Epsom, this state where he spent the remaining half of his life. On July 12, 1756, Sy- monds Fowler married Hannah Weeks, daughter of Jonathan Weeks, who was born in Greenland, New Hampshire, August 12, 1738. Of this union there were born eleven children: Hannah (died young) ; . Susanna, married John Jenness; Symonds (died young) : Hannah, married D. Robinson, and (sec- ond), J. Phelps : Abigail married Nathan Libby. Benjamin, whose sketch follows; Sally, married Zebadiah Lovejoy; Samuel, married Betsey Davis; Polly, married Samuel Learned; Esther, married Rev. Asa Merrill; Winthrop, married Abigail Da- vis. Symonds Fowler died at Epsom. New Hamp- shire, April 6, 1821, aged eighty-seven years, and his wife died there December 9, 1807, aged sixty- nine years.

(VI) Benjamin, second son and sixth child of Symonds and Hannah (Weeks) Fowler, was born at Newmarket New Hampshire, June 10, 1769. When a youth he removed with his father to Ep- som. this state, and after his marriage bought a farm at Pembroke, where he spent the last thirty- seven years of his life. On January 15, 1795, Ben- jamin Fowler married Mehitable Ladd, daughter of John and Jerusha (Lovejoy) Ladd, who was born in Newmarket, this state, March 9, 1776. Her grandparents were Captain Trueworthy and Me- hitable (Harriman) Ladd, of Kingston, New Hampshire. Benjamin and Mehitable (Ladd) Fowler had eleven children : Jerusha, married Chandler Hutchinson. Esther, mentioned below. Mehitable, born May 27. 1798, unmarried. Benja- min, married Hannah Campbell. John Ladd, mar- ried Lavina Abbott. Samuel, died unmarried. Polly and David died in infancy. Asa, married C. D. Knox. Clarissa died in infancy. 'Truewor- thy add, married Catharine L. Sargent. Of these children Asa was graduated from Dartirouth Col- lege in 1833, became one of the leading lawyers of the state and judge of the supreme court. For more than fifty years he was a resident of Con- cord, where he reared a large family. Two of his children, William P. and Clara M., of Boston, gave the Fowler Library to the city of Concord in memory of their father and mother. Benjamin Fowler died at Pembroke, July 24. 1832, at the age of sixty-three, and his widow died there twenty- one years later, September 9, 1853, at the age of seventy-seven.

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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 46

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