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(VIII) Kimball Batchelder Fletcher, second son and third child of Ebenezer and Peday (Smith) Fletcher, was born in Charlestown, New Hamp- shire, September 13, 1810. He began the activities of life as a. farmer in Pittsburg, New Hampshire, whence he moved to a farm in Canaan. Vermont, and in 1857 removed to Lancaster, New Hampshire, where he died November 4, 1894. He was a Re- publican in politics and took considerable interest in public affairs, holding some of the important town offices. His first wife, who was before marriage Sarah G. Cummings, bore him three children- Ephraim Sumner, born October 24, 1834; Charles Warren, June 30, 1837; and Frederick Goodhue, December 26, 18.12. Kimball Batchelder Fletcher
was married for the second time at Lancaster in 1843 to Mrs. Mary (Brown) Copp, a widow, who had two daughters by her previous marriage. She bore him two children: Kimball Brown, who will be again referred to; and Mary, who was born De- cember 4, 1851, and died September 26, 1864. Mr. Fletcher's second wife died September 9, 1864, and for his third wife he married, in November, 1865, Mary M. Freeman, of Guildhall, Vermont.
(IX) Kimball Brown, only son of Kimball B. and Mary (Brown-Copp) Fletcher, was born in Canaan, Vermont, November 27, 1849. After the conclusion of his studies in the Lancaster public schools he entered as an apprentice, August 6, 1866, the shops of Thompson, Williams & Company, and learned the machinist's trade. July 5, 1870, he
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went into the employ of the Grand Trunk railroad in repair shops at Gorham, New Hampshire. No- vember, 1873, he went to Susquehanna Depot, Pennsylvania, in the employ of the Erie railway as machinist on locomotive repairs, but in September, 1874, he returned to Lancaster, New Hampshire. October 9, 1874, he formed the partnership of A. Thompson & Company, and at the death of Mi. Thompson, 1882, the firm name was changed to Thompson Manufacturing Company. That concern was reorganized and incorporated in 1892, and with the exception of a short time spent in Nashua and Boston, Mr. Fletcher has devoted his energies to its welfare and development. He was for eighteen years treasurer of the above company, and at the last annual meeting was chosen president. Mr. Fletcher is a thirty-second degree Mason, being a member of North Star Lodge, chapter and commandery, Lan- caster, of Edward A. Raymond Consistory, Nashua. He participates quite actively in religious work, and is chairman of the executive committee of the Congregational Church. He married, November 24, 1880, Nellie Hobson, daughter of S. D. Hobson, or Island Pond, Vermont, and has two children, Esther M. and Robert H.
(IV) Captain Joseph, sixth child and fifth son of Joshua Fletcher, and eldest child of his second wife, Sarah Willey, was born in Chelmsford, Massa- chusetts, June 10, 1689, and died in Westford, Octo- ber 4, 1772, aged eighty-three. He settled after marriage in Westford, Massachusetts, where he resided the remainder of his life. He married, November 17, 1712, Sarah Adams, of Concord. She was born in 1691, and died April 24, 1761, aged seventy. Their children, all born in Westford, were: Joseph, Benjamin, Timothy, Thomas, Sarah, Edith, Pelatiah, Joshua, Ruth and Mary.
(V) Deacon Joshua, eighth child and sixth son of Captain Joseph and Sarah (Adams) Fletcher, was born in Westford, November 20, 1731, and died June 10, 1783. He settled about two miles from the place of his birth, in Westford. He mar- ried Elizabeth Raymond, and they were the parents of nine children, all born in Westford: Levi, Ly- man, Joshua, Paul, Isaac, Elizabeth, Abigail, Patty, and Sally.
(VI) Lyman, second son and child of Deacon Joshua and Elizabeth (Raymond) Fletcher, was born in Westford, June 12, 1758, and resided there, where he died in 1834. He married, in 1794, Louisa Gates, of Ashburnham, who died in 1861. They had eight children: Lyman, Levi, Thomas, Louisa, George Washington, Walter, Hosea, Patty, Paul Raymond, and Sarah.
(VII) Walter, fifth child and fourth son of Lyman and Louisa (Gates) Fletcher, was born in Westford, July 20, 1805, and died in Mason, New Hampshire. He was a farmer. He married, August 31, 1828, Mary Chamberlin. After the birth of his first child he removed to Plymouth, Vermont, whence he removed to Mt. Holly and Weston, Vermont, where his wife died of consumption, May 12, 1841. He married second, Laura Haskell, who was born June 12, 1821, and died April 6, 1863; third, Mrs. Haskell. He spent the last years of his life in Mason, New Hampshire. The children by the first wife were: Samuel Walter, George Washington, and Joseph, and four sons who died young. By the second wife: Henry N., Raymond J., Mary E., Julia A., Judson E., Levi T., Emma E., and George A.
(VIII) Samuel Walter, eldest child of Walter and Mary (Chamberlin) Fletcher, was born in Westford, Massachusetts, January 24, 1829, and died
in Bemis, Massachusetts, 1889. He went with his father to Vermont, and in 1848 removed to the east part of Rindge, New Hampshire, where he was engaged for some years in the manufacture of wooden trays. He married and shortly after removed to Bennington, Vermont, where he lived two or three years and then returned to Rindge and settled at "the Center." In1 1856 he removed to Haverhill, and thence returned to Rindge. He enlisted in the war of the rebellion, August, 1862, in Company I, Ninth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers, and was in the battles of South Mountain and Antietam. He was wounded, and discharged after serving nine months on account of disabilities arising from his wounds. For some years preceding 1869 he was engaged the most of the time in the wooden-ware business. About the date last given he formed a partnership with War- ren W. Emory, under the style of Fletcher & Emory, and engaged in a general mercantile busi- ness at Rindge Centre until 1872. Mr. Fletcher then removed to West Rindge, where the firm carried on a second store. Two years later the partnership was dissolved, and Mr. Fletcher carried on the business alone until 1876, when he removed to Bemis, Massachusetts, where he was engaged in a grocery business until his death, in 1889. ' In politics he was a Republican, and for several years · following his appointment, March 18, 1869, was postmaster at Rindge Centre. He was a member of the Congregational Church Society, and one of its standing committee for several years. He was. a man of excellent character and standing, a pros- perous business man, a pleasant companion, and a faithful friend. He married first, in Rindge, April 25, 1850, Emily T. Brooks, who was born in Rindge, March 25, 1829, daughter of Joseph and Emily (Taylor) Brooks, of Rindge. She died June 24, 1852, and he married second, November 9, 1852, her sister, Caroline M. Brooks. There was born of the first wife one child, Henry W., and of the second, four children: Frederick Perley, Frank Leslie, Mary Emma, and Irving Taylor. Frederick Perley and Frank Leslie died young. Mary Emma is unmarried, and resides in Allerton, Massachu- setts. Irving T. is in the grocery business in Wa- tertown, Massachusetts; he married Effie Green, and has one child, Walter.
(IX) Henry Walter, only child of Samuel W. and Emily T. (Brooks} Fletcher, was born in Rindge, December 8, 1851. He attended the pub- lic schools of Rindge, Appleton Academy at New Ipswich, and Bryant and Stratton's Business Col- lege in Boston, obtaining a practical business edu- cation. After teaching school in New Ipswich and Rindge he became a partner in the firm of Fletcher & Emory, at West Rindge, for fifteen months. He then engaged in agricultural pursuits at Rindge Centre until 1890, and then entered the employ of the Cheshire Improvement Company, a concern in East Rindge, engaged in a variety of pursuits, chiefly farming and brickmaking. After some years of experience he became superintendent of this company, and held that position until 1898, having charge of a force of one hundred or one hundred and fifty men. November, 1899, he pur- chased the general store of H. E. Wetherbee, at West Rindge, which he lias since conducted witli a growing and remunerative trade, carrying a general stock of goods. In 1872-3, while in busi- ness at West Rindge, he was postmaster, station agent, and express agent. He fills the two last named places now, and was postmaster from 189)
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to 1902, resigning the postmastership in the latter year in favor of his son, to go to the legislature. He is a Republican, and has always been active in public business. He has held several minor town offices, and was tax collector two years, selectman six consecutive years, and later two more, and representative 1902-3. Mr. Fletcher's activity in business, liberal and progressive views, and general good fellowship have made him a trusted and in- Huential citizen.
He married in Rindge, 1875, Anna C. Norcross, who was born in Rindge, March 9, 1853, daughter of Joshua and Calista K. (Cooper) Norcross, of Rindge. (See Norcross VIII). They have had four children, three of whom are graduate of the local high school and the Murdock School at Winchen- don, Massachusetts. They are: Eva A., Charles W., Sydney N., and Alice, who died young. Eva A. married Dr. F. E. Sweeney, and resides in East Jaffrey; they have two children: Fred Foster and Sydney F. Charles Walter, who attended Dart- mouth College one and one-half years, is in the store with his father; he married Stella A. Bemis, of Northboro, Massachusetts, daughter of Justin Waldo and Lizzie Gertrude Bemis, of Northboro, Massachusetts, and resides in West Rindge. Syd- ney N., a graduate of Bryant & Stratton's Business College of Boston, is employed by the Hotel and Railroad News Company of Boston, and resides in Newton, Massachusetts.
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(II) Francis, fourth son of Robert Fletcher, was born in 1636, in Concord, Massachusetts, and remained with his father in that town. He be- came a large land owner, being the possessor of seventeen lots of land in Concord, Massachusetts, amounting to four hundred and thirty-seven acres. He was admitted freeman in 1677, and in the same year was reported "in full communion with ye . church in Concord." In December, 1661, he was one of the signers of a petition to license men to sell wine. He married, August 1, 1656, Elizabeth, daughter of George and Catherine Wheeler. She died June 14, 1704. Their children were: Samuel, Joseph, Elizabeth, John, Sarah, Hezekiah, Hannalı and Benjamin.
(III) Corporal Samuel, eldest child of Francis and Elizabeth (Wheeler ) Fletcher, born August 6, 1657, in Concord, and resided in that town, where he was selectman in 1705-07-09-13. He was entitled corporal, which probably arose from his service in the militia. He died October 23, 1744, and was survived three days by his wife. He married, April 15, 1682, Elizabeth Wlieeler. Their children, all born in Concord, were: Samuel (died young), Joseph, Elizabeth, Sarah, John, Han- nah, Ruth, Rebecca, Samuel, Benjamin and Timothy. (IV) Timothy, youngest child of Samuel and Elizabeth (Wheeler) Fletcher, was born August 28, 1704, in Concord, where he lived and died. His wife's name was Elizabeth, and their children were: Elizabeth, Timothy, Sarah, James, Joseph, Benjamin, Ephraim and Lydia (twins), Joel and Samuel. (Mention of Ephraim and descendants appears in this article).
(V) James, third son and fifth child of Timothy and Elizabeth Fletcher, was born in Concord, Sep- tember 23, 1734 He served in the Nova Scotia expedition as a member of Captain Osgood's com- pany, and after his return settled in Chesterfield, New Hampshire. He married and was the father of four children: Ebenezer, Hannah, Joel and Abel.
(VI) Abel, youngest son and child of James
Fletcher, settled in Chesterfield. He married Phebe Hildreth, January 18, 1774, and was the father of Samuel, Levi, Silas, Daniel, Luna, Joel, Alphcus, Phebe, David Stoddard and Arad Hunt, the two younger being twins.
(VII) Arad Hunt, youngest son and child of Abel and Phebe ( Hildreth) Fletcher, was born August 1, 1800. He was a lifelong resident of Chesterfield. Ilis wife, whose christian name was Bethania Darling, bore him four children: Arad, who will be referred to presently; Rodney, born December 8, 1825; Henry, October 3, 1826, and Elisira, October 13, 1828.
(VIII) Arad, eldest son and child of Arad H. and Bethania (Darling) Fletcher, was born in Chesterfield, May 20, 1823. In early manhood he owned and cultivated a farm located about a half mile west of Chesterfield on the road to Win- chester, and he was also employed in Benjamin Peirce's bit manufactory. For sixteen years he acted as superintendent of the Cheshire County Farm in Westmoreland, and he subsequently re- moved to Keene, residing there for the remainder of his life, which terminated July, 1894. While residing in Chesterfield he served as a selectman for the years 1849-56-59; was a member of the lower branch of the state legislature in 1859-60, and in 1890 was chosen a county commissioner for three years. He married Martha Snow Hall, and reared two sons : Frank A. and Edward Henry.
(IX) Edward Henry, youngest son of Arad and Martha S. (Hall) Fletcher, was born in Chester- field, September 9, 1851. His early education was acquired in the public schools of Chesterfield and Westmoreland, and he completed his studies at the Brattleboro (Vermont) high school. He was em- ployed at the Cheshire County Farm as assistant superintendent, and when his father withdrew from its management he accompanied him to Keene, where they purchased jointly the old Griffith farm. He has ever since devoted his principal attention to general farming. and is meeting with success. He has served with ability as a selectman, and for the past ten years has been overseer of the poor. His fraternal affiliations are with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He attends the Unitarian Church. Mr. Fletcher was one of the original stockholders and a director of the Citizens' Electric Company of Keene, and a member of the board of trustees of Keene Savings Bank.
On April 4, 1876, Mr. Fletcher married Alice Buffum, who was born in Westmoreland, October 17. 1855, daughter of Jewett E. and Clarissa E. (Chickering) Buffum. Mrs. Fletcher is a descend- ant in the sixth generation of Robert Buffum, who emigrated from Yorkshire, England, to
Salem, Massachusetts, in
or prior to 1638, and died there in 1679, leaving
ven chil- dren. Robert, born in Salem in 1650, and died in 1731, married Hannah Pope. Benjamin, son of Caleb, was born in 1686. The maiden surname of his mother was Buxton. Joseph, son of Benjamin, was born in 1717, and resided in Smithfield, Rhode Island. He died in 1796. His wife was before marriage Margaret Osborne. Joseph Buffum, son of Joseph and Margaret, was born in Smithfield in 1754. In 1784 he went to Westmoreland, New Hampshire, settling upon a farm in the southern part of the town, and his death occurred in 1829. He married Sally Haskell, daughter of Elias Has- kell, of Lancaster, Massachusetts, and reared seven sons, all of whom, according to information at hand, "were strong mentally as well as physically."
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They were Joseph, a graduate of Dartmouth Col- lege, a lawyer by profession. members of congress and at one time postmaster in Keene. Jewett, who married Fanny Atherton, of Chesterfield, and settled in Boston. Erasmus, who will again be referred to. William, who married Mary Ann Gor- don, of Sterling, Connecticut, and settled in Wal- pole, New Hampshire. Haskell, who married Sa- lome Wood, daughter of Jonathan Wood. Solon, who died at the age of sixty-nine years. Colonel David Buffum, who married Mary Bellows, daughter of Hon. Thomas Bellows. Erasmus Buf- fum, son of Joseph and Sally (Haskell) Buffum, was a lifelong resident of Westmoreland and died in 1872. He married Hepsy, daughter of Daniel Thayer, a revolutionary soldier, and was the father of eight children, six of whom grew to maturity : Solon, Sarah, James, Jewett E., Mary and Alba. Solon married Adaline Daul, of New York City. Sarah died at the age of twenty-four years. James, who died in Westmoreland in 1887, married Louisa Howe. Mary became the wife of Lemuel Ingalls. Alba died in New York City. Jewett E. Buffum, son of Erasmus and Hepsy (Thayer) Buffum, was born in Westmoreland, July 5, 1822. He was a prosperous farmer and a prominent resident of Westmoreland, taking an active interest in public affairs, and in addition to serving as a selectman he acted as justice of the peace. In politics he was a Democrat. During the Civil war he was a recruiting officer. He married Clarissa E. Chick- ering, daughter of Elbridge and Betsey (Gleason) Chickering, and grand-daughter
of Timothy Chickering, who went from Massachusetts to West- moreland. The children of Timothy Chickering were: Luther, Rhoda, Lavinia Thankful, Alvin, Elbridge and Samuel. Elbridge Chickering mar- ried Betsey Gleason, daughter of Benjamin Gleason. She became the mother of Caroline, Clarissa E., Ransom, Holland, Elbridge and Shubael. The children of Jewett E. and Clarissa E. (Chickering) Buffum are: Solon E., E. Clayton, J. Colburn, H. Clement, Alice Clara and James Alba. N. B. Trip- lets were born to them once and twins once.
Alice Clara Buffum, sixth child and eldest daughter of Jewett E. and Clarissa E. (Chickering) Buffum, married Edward H. Fletcher. (see Fletcher IX). One child born to Mr. and Mrs. Edward H. Fletcher, Edith Martha Fletcher, born March 26, 1878.
(V) Ephraim, sixth son and eighth child of Timothy and Elizabeth Fletcher, was born February 5. 1740, in Concord, and died January 1, 1836, in Newport, New Hampshire. He was a soldier in the Patriot army during the revolutionary war, the records showing service as private in the Alarm of April 19, 1775, and in Captain Caleb Whitney's company in 1778. He lived for a time in Sturbridge, Massachusetts whence he removed to Newport. New Hampshire, with three sons, Joel, Ephraim and Timothy. He married Sarah Davenport, (a descendant of the historic Captain Richard Daven- port, of colonial fame), who was born in 1740, and died November 4, 1806. Their children were: Sarah, Ephraim, Amos, Polly, Lydia, Timothy, Anna, Joel and Benjamin. (Timothy and de- scendants receive further mention in this article). (VI) Ephraim (2), eldest son and second child of Ephraim (1) and Sarah (Davenport) Fletcher, was born November 23, 1767, in Sturbridge, Massa- chusetts, and settled on the west slope of Oak Hill, in Newport, New Hampshire, his farm border- ing on Sugar river, where he died April 27, 1854. He married, February 20, 1794 Jael Mores, born
March 22, 1775, died January 3, 1862, in Newport. Their children were: Oliver, Orpha, Quartus, Wil- liam, Mahala, Polly. Electa, Beulah T., Austin and Lyman. The eldest daughter was three times mar- ried, her last husband being Parmenus Whitcomb. At her death she bequeathed several thousand dol- lars to the Baptist Church of Newport, which very materially aided in the construction of its present beautiful house of worship.
(VII) Quartus, second son and third child of Ephraim (2) and Jael (Mores) Fletcher, was born April 22, 1799, in Newport. Early in life he settled in Cornish, southeast corner of the town, in the neighborhood of Hemp Yard, where he spent his entire life in agriculture. He died April 27, 1874. He married, January 16, 1844, Charlotte Hillard, of Cornish, who survived him and resides with a daughter in Newport. Their children were : Henry L., Luella E., Emma F., and Jael M. The eldest daughter is the wife of Charles M. Emerson, of Newport. (See Emerson, VIII).
(VI) Timothy, third son and sixth child of Ephraim (1) and Sarah (Davenport) Fletcher, was born July 14, 1778, in Grafton, Massachusetts, accompanied his father to Newport, New Hamp- shire, as above mentioned, and always resided in that town, where he died October 3, 1863, aged eighty-five years. He married, March 27, 1803, Lois Metcalf, born in Franklin, Massachusetts, August 28, 1779, and died April 11, 1878, aged ninety-eight years and seven months. Their children were : Laura F., Aurilla, Samuel M., Cyrus Kingsbury, Nancy, Stillman T. and Benjamin F.
(VII) Aurilla, second daughter and child of Timothy and Lois (Metcalf) Fletcher, was born November 3, 1807, and died June 6, 1862. She mar- ried, May 10, 1831, Deacon Austin Kibbey, of New- port. Their children were: William B., Oren C., Lois and Sarah A.
(VIII) William B. Kibbey, who resides in Croy- den, married January II, 1856, Martha Wheeler, of Newport, New Hampshire. She died December 10, 1893, leaving six children: Nellie Aurilla, born in 1857. Leila S., born November 10, 1859. Charles Ellsworth, November 6, 1861. Sarah Frances, born July 1I, 1864. Hattie Alice, born March 17, 1870. Fred Burt, born June 17, 1876. Oren C. Kibbey married Lucy Melinda Metcalf, March 16, 1858. Their children are: Milan Austin, born August 8, 1859. Anna Marilla, born June 2, 1861. Herman H., born March 3, 1864. Alma Aurilla, born August 12, 1872. Arthur H., born March 4, 1874; died July 31, 1905.
(VIII) Lois, elder daughter and third child of Austin and Aurilla (Fletcher) Kibbey, was born July 3, 1837, in Newport, and became the wife of Dr. Leonard E. Richardson of that town, whom she survives. (See Richardson, second family, VIII).
The family of this cognomen of
FLETCHER which George W. Fletcher is a member, is one of the ancient families of New Hampshire, and has produced many prominent citizens of the state. George W. Fletcher, grandson of John and Betsy Fletcher, child of Josiah S. and Louisa P. Fletcher, was born in London, April 7, 1852. He grew up a farmer boy, attended the common schools until he was prepared to go to a higher school, and then attended Tilton Seminary several terms. At twenty years of age he became a clerk in Concord, where he re- mained some two years. Then returning home, he soon after engaged in farming interests in Canter- bury. In 1882 he bought what was known as the
Stephen a. Frost
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PLANT OF SPAULDING & FROST CO., GENERAL COOPERAGE,
FREMONT, N. H.
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Kezer farm in Canterbury, where he settled and has since been engaged in general farming, and in providing in summer time, a pleasant resort for about twenty-five persons seeking rest and recrea- tion. Mr. Fletcher is a well informed citizen and alive to all matters affecting the welfare of the schools, churches, agricultural affairs, and general welfare of the people of the community in which he resides. He was a member of the First Free Bap- tist Church, serving as deacon and clerk while he remained in town. He is a member of the board of trustees of Kezer Seminary, Canter- bury. In political faith he is a Republican, and has been selectman four years, during one year of which time he was chairman of the board. He married, in Newport, December 21, 1882, Hattie C. Colby, who was born in Grantham, August 27, 1858, daugh- ter of Hiram and Florenda Colby. They have one child, Harold G., born August 10, 1899.
In March, 1907, Mr. Fletcher sold his farm and moved to Concord. He and his family have united with the Curtis Memorial Freewill Baptist Church. He now holds a position with the Page Belting Company as foreman of the assorting department, with residence at 65 South street.
FROST The origin of this name, which is now
quite common both in England and America, must in all probability, like many other English family names, remain buried in remote antiquity. It was transplanted in New England early in the colonial period, and one of the original settlers in York county, Maine, bore the name of Frost. The particular family about to be considered, although of English origin, is not however, descended from the ancient Frosts, as it acquired the name by adoption.
(I) Early in the last century a young man by the name of William Drakeford left his home in England. and crossing the ocean settled in Halifax, Nova Scotia. For reasons known only to himself he changed his name to Frost. It is thought that in early life he was a mariner, but his later years were devoted to farming, and he died in Halifax some forty-five years ago. The maiden surname of his wife whom he married in Halifax and who is supposed to have come from the south, was Pelham. Her death occurred in Halifax some twenty years subsequent to that of her husband, and she was buried beside him in what is known as the South East Passage that city. They were the parents of ten children, namely: John Lewis, Joseph, Ann, Hannah, Barbara, Louisa, Eliza, Catherine, Sarah and Elizabeth. (N. B. Apparently these children are not given in the order of their birth). Joseph, who was accidentally drowned some forty years ago, left one son. Some of the daughters are still riving in Halifax, and one of them is nearly ninety years old.
(II) John Lewis, son of John William Frost, was born in Nova Scotia, January 15, 1829. As a young man he was a fisherman, but after his mar- riage he turned his attention to farming, and about 1868 he came to the United States, settling in South Natick, Massachusetts, where he remained two or three years. Returning to the maritime provinces he resided in St. John, New Brunswick, for a period of three years, at the expiration of which time he once more sought a home in the states. He re- sided for intervals in Shirley, Townsend, Pepper- ell and Gloucester. Massachusetts, and returning from the latter city to Pepperell, he died there Jan- uary 3, 1906. He married Mary Ann Winters, born in Halifax in 1836, daughter of William Thomas
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