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 97

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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(I) Reinhold (1) Schmidt resided in Coppus, Germany, where he spent most of his life as a potter.

(II) Reinhold (2), son of Reinhold (I) Schmidt, was born in Forst, Germany, where he also died. He was a woolen weaver by trade. He married Pauline Haermsdorf, and they had four children : Albert, Reinhold, Annie and Frederick. (III) Reinhold (3), second son and child of

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Reinhold (2) Schmidt, was born at Forst, Germany, December 5, 1861. and received a common school education. He learned the carpenter's trade, at which he worked until he left Germany. In 1882 he sailed from Forst on the steamship "Ethiopia," and landed in New York. Soon after he settled in Manchester, New Hampshire, where he worked seven years in the Amoskeag mills as a weaver, after which he resumed the carpenter's trade, at which he has since been employed. After working for wages for several different employers, he started out as a contractor and builder in 1901, and now lias a successful business.

He married, in Manchester, Augusta Connor, who was born June 5, 1863, daughter of Frank Connor, of Manchester, New Hampshire. They have two children: Oscar, born May 4, 1887, and Reinhold, June 21, 1889, both natives of Manches- ter.

JACKSON This name is undoubtedly of Scotch origin and was brought to this country from northern Ireland, which was so largely settled by Scotch immigrants near the close of the seventeenth century.

(I) The first of whom definite knowledge has been brought to America was Robert Jackson, who was born about 1766, in county Antrim, Ireland. and died at Milford, Ireland, about 1863. He was a farmer and held a farm under a lease of the Earl of Leitrim and continued on the same until his death, when he was succeeded by his son and name- sake. His wife was Mary (Martin) Jackson, and their children were: William, James, Margaret and Robert.

(II) William, eldest child of Robert and Mary (Martin) Jackson, was born February 3, 1807, in Milford, Ireland, and died March 17, 1897, in Little- ton, New Hampshire, aged ninety years. He left his native land in 1831, sailing from Londonderry, and landed at Quebec, Canada. After staying a little over a year at that place he removed to Wal- cott, Province of Quebec, where he was engaged in farming one year. In 1835 he moved to Barnet, Vermont, where he learned the trade of finishing in a woolen factory. He remained there until 1840, and then removed to Littleton, New Hampshire, where he passed most of his subsequent life. He was boss finisher employed by the Littleton Woolen Manufacturing Company, and continued under the same management for a period of thirty-five years, excepting two years when the mills were closed. At the end of this time he retired from the mills and amused himself by the cultivation of a small farm near the village until his death. He was a Presby- terian in religious faith, and supported the Dem- ocratic party in political matters. He was married December 7, 1837, to Prusia, daughter of Joseph Morrell. She was born January 8, 1816, in Danville, Vermont, and died in Littleton, November 17, 1880. Their children were: James, Robert. Andrew, Wil- liam, Mary Jane, Julia O., Laura P., Henry Oliver and Alice E. The eldest daughter married Henry H. Metcalf, of Littleton, and now resides in Con- cord, New Hampshire. The second daughter is the wife of William Burns Hurd, a farmer residing in Littleton. Alice E. married Elmer E. Day.

(III) James Robert, eldest child of William and Prusia (Morrell) Jackson, was born October 5, 1838. in Barnet, Vermont, and was educated in the common schools of Littleton and select schools taught by Colonel Emery, Samuel B. Page, War- ren McIntire. He entered the law office of H. & G. A. Bingham, as a student. He went out with the

Fifth Regiment of the Volunteer Infantry as com- pany's clerk of Company C band of that regiment. Having completed his law studies, he was admitted to the bar at Lancaster in the July law term of the supreme court in 1867, and continued in practice two years thereafter with his preceptors. He then engaged in practice independently and so continued until 1873, when he turned his attention to matters outside the practice of the law. Proceeding to Dover, New Hampshire, he engaged as associate editor with his brother-in-law, Henry H. Metcalf, on the State Press and this arrangement continued five years, until 1878. He has written continuously for various newspapers and prepared a historic sketch of the town of Littleton for the Grafton County Gazeteer. He also compiled the history of Littleton published by the town, and was a con- tributor and an editor to the Littleton Sentinel pub- lished in 1884. His writings are largely upon po- litical and historical subjects. Mr. Jackson is an earnest Democrat in politics. and served as secre- tary of the Democratic state committee from 1888 to 1893. He was moderator of his town in 1873-74- 75, was clerk of the house of representatives in 1871 and secretary of the constitutional convention of 1889. From 1894 to 1897 he was United States con- sul at Sherbrook, Canada. He represented the Con- cord railroad before legislative committees from 1881 to 1885, and the Boston & Maine railroad from 1887 to 1893. Since April, 1864, he has served as justice of the peace and holds the oldest commis- sion for that office in Littleton. He was super- intendent of the school committee in 1866-67-68, and was a member of the first board of education after the establishment of the Union School District in 1867, and continued five years in this capacity. He was a trustee of the Public Library during the first five years after its organization, at the end of which time he resigned. He was a member of the com- inittee ou town history from the appointment of that committee until the completion of the work. He was married July 16, 1879, to Lydia Ann, daughter of George K. Drew, of Durham. New Hampshire. She was born December 30, 1854, in New Market. Seven children have been born to them, namely: Robert, Andrew, Harry Bingham, William Mitchell, Elizabeth, Katharine Florence and Rachel Pierce. The eldest son is a graduate of Dartmouth College and is now practicing law with ex-Judge James W. Remick, of Concord. The sec- ond is also a Dartmouth graduate and is now a sub- master of the Nashua high school. The third and fourth are students of Dartmouth.

"Surnames from 'John' are as multi-

JACKSON farious as is possible in the case of a monosyllable, ingenuity in the con- traction thereof being thus manifestly limited." "John" was early corrupted to Jack, and from Jack we have the patronymic Jackson.

(I) Thomas Jackson was born in Lancaster county, England. Subsequently he emigrated to America, and later removed to Nova Scotia. He married Sarah R. Parmenter, and among their chil- dren was a son, James T.

(II) James T., third child of Thomas and Sarah R. (Parmenter) Jackson, was born in Medford, Nova Scotia, and his death occurred at the age of eighty- nine years. He was a ship builder by trade. In 1869 he removed to Boston, Massachusetts, but after a short residence there returned to Nova Scotia. He married, in Windsor, Nova Scotia, Sarah R. Smith, born in Windsor, daughter of William Smith, of Windsor, Nova Scotia, and a descendant of

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James Smith, of Oldtown, Maine. Five children were born of this union : Mary E., Myra A., Lilla, Edith L. and George Frederick.

(III) George Frederick, fifth child and only son of James T. and Sarah R. (Smith) Jackson, was born at Canning, Nova Scotia, February 14, 1864. When he was a child his parents removed to Boston, Massachusetts, and his education was acquired in the Rice, Dwight and Lowell public schools. At the close of his school days he entered a dry goods establishment in Boston, Massachusetts, where he was employed three years. He next obtained a po- . sition as traveling salesman for a fancy goods and importing house, and was on the road for more than four years. He began the study of law in the office of Captain B. Atherton, and continued the same for a period of two years. From the law office he went to Boston University Law School, and after taking the entire three years' course in two years was graduated with the class of 1894, with the degree of Bachelor of Laws. The July following he passed his. examinations for admission to the bar of New Hampshire, standing at the head of a class of thir- teen. He immediately formed a partnership with Edward H. Wason, under the firm name of Wason & Jackson, which was continued until July, 1900. In . politics he was a stalwart Republican, and as such was elected city solicitor of Nashua, and continued in that office by successive elections for four years. In business he is a studious, careful and successful law- yer ; in social life an agreeable companion and trust- worthy friend. He is a thirty-second degree Mason. and is a member of the following divisions of the Masonic Order : John Hancock Lodge, Mt. Vernon Royal Arch Chapter, Roxbury Council of Royal and Select Masters, Joseph Warren Commandery, Knights Templar, and Massachusetts Consistory, all of Bos- ton. He is a member of Pennichuck Lodge, No. 44, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Phi Delta Phi fraternity, Sigma Alpha Epsilon college fraternity, Roxbury City Guards, of which he was a member five years, Company D, First Regiment. Massachu- setts Volunteer Militia, and for seven years was a member of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Boston.

JACKSON This patronymic is obviously one of those directly derived from a chris- tian name. Jackson, like Johnson, originally meant the son of John. The name numerous among the early settlers, and it reached the climax of its distinction in Andrew Jackson, one of the most brilliant and daring presidents. The following family is not connected with the Jackson family of Madison, New Hampshire, which is de- scended from Dr. James Jackson. He had a son James who married Abigail Merrill, of Conway, and they had seventeen children. Three of their sons, Thomas, Daniel and William, became ordained ministers, and their descendants are numerous in the central part of the state.

(I) Aaron Jackson. the original American an- cestor of this family, came from England to South America during the eighteenth century, going thence to Salem, Massachusetts, and finally settling in Stark, New Hampshire. Little is known about him except that he fought in the Revolutionary war, and married a woman named Cole, who lived in Stark. This town was originally incorporated as "Piercy" in 1795, and the petition of incorporation is signed by four Coles, Jonathan, Nathan, Clafford and Edmund. The sig- nature of Aaron Jackson follows, the only one of iv-41

that name, and if the ancestor of this line was in Stark at that time it must be he. In that case he was a man of prominence among the early settlers, being chosen on the first board of selectmen, March 3, 1795, and again in 1799, 1800-04-06. In 1809 he was taxed for onc horse, two oxen, four cows, two acres of pasture, one arable, two mowing land. The name of Aaron Jackson (2) appears on the board of selectmen in 1817-18-19. He had sons: Aaron, Noses and Jonas Isaac.

(II) Moses, son of Aaron and Sarah (Cole) Jackson, was born at Stark, New Hampshire, May I, 1800. He was a farmer and stood well in the com- munity, being honored with all the town offices. He was selectman in 1826-42-43-41-50-51-60. Moses Jackson married Lucy Furbush, probably of Stark. Moses Jackson died in 1887.

(III) Hiram, son of Moses and Lucy (Furbush) Jackson, was born at Stark, New Hampshire, April 27, 1825. He was a farmer and also managed a saw mill, though during the latter part of his life he devoted himself entirely to farming. He joined the Congregational Church early in life, but in later years remained at home with his invalid wife. Iliram Jackson married Lucy Rich, daughter of Enoch Chaney and Sarah (Rowell) Rich, of Stark, New Hampshire. They had two children: Dexter M., who died in 1891, and Albert Henry, whose sketch follows. Moses Jackson died at Stark, April 7, 1906.

(IV) Albert Henry, second son and child of Hiram and Lucy (Rich) Jackson, was born at Stark, New Hampshire, November 16, 1859. He was edu- cated in the common schools and worked on the farm till he was eighteen years of age. He has been in the mill business since then, and is now mill engineer for the Percy Lumber Company. He is a member of the Methodist Church, and belongs to the Grange, the Knights of Pythias, and the Odd Fellows. In 1882 Albert Henry Jackson married Clementine L. Rich, daughter of Daniel Rich. She died in 1895, leaving no children .:

GOSS The absence of complete records precludes the writing of a connected history of the very early generations of the Goss family in New Hampshire. Richard Goss was of New Hampshire as early as 1689. Richard Goss, a twin brother of Robert, of Greenland, had twenty acres of common land granted him in Rye in 1701. Robert Goss was of Portsmouth in 1693, and was probably the same Robert who settled at Greenland, near Green Bay. From these pioneers have sprung gen- erations of descendants, energetic and successful, moral and patriotic.

(I) Jonathan, son of Richard Goss, married, May 22. 1735, Salome Locke. They had five chil- dren : Richard, Salome, Jonathan, Joseph and Eliza- beth.

(II) Jonathan (2), third child of Jonathan (I) and Salome (Locke) Goss, was born in 17.43. He served in the Revolution in Captain Parson's com- pany, and later sailed in the privateer "Portsmouth," under command of Samuel Seavey, and was cap- tured and taken to England, where he died of smallpox in Dartmoor prison. He married, Feb- ruary 16, 1769, Elizabeth Brown, by whom he had two sons, Joseph and Jonathan.

(III) Jonathan (3), son of Jonathan (2) and Elizabeth (Brown) Goss, was a farmer. He was in the War of 1812, and served in Captain Berry's company of Light Infantry. He died August 29,

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I851. He married Patty Davison, who died May 21, 18.43. Their children were: Sarah Blake, William Davison.

(IV) Sarah Blake, eldest child of Jonathan (3) and Patty (Davison) Goss, was born September 13, 1797, and married, November 24, 1825, Captain Daniel Lord. (See under Batchelder, IX).

The origin of the Goss family in America

GOSS dates from the early Puritan settlement in Massachusetts. John Goss came from England, probably with Winthrop in 1630, and be- came a freeman in Watertown, Massachusetts, May 18, 1631, and died February 16, 1644, one of the first settlers in Watertown. He mar- ried Sarah -, and had seven children. Philip Goss, who may have been a son of John and Sarah Goss, of Watertown, resided at "Muddy River," or Roxbury. He married Hannah Hopkins, and had Philip, Hannah, Mary, and probably others. Philip Goss died at Lancaster, Massachusetts, and adminis- tration on his estate was granted May 26, 1698. The authentic history of this branch of the Goss family begins with Philip, whose sketch follows. It is quite probable that he was Philip (3).

(I) Philip Goss, born in Lancaster, Massachu- setts, in 1720, moved to Winchester, New Hampshire, where he was a leading man, and was one of the signers of the articles of agreement at the reorganiz- ation of the church in 1764, his colleague on the part of the people being Josiah Willard, and the other party to the agreement was the pastor, Rev. Micah Lawrence. He married, intention published April 16, 1748, Hannah Ball, of Bolton, Massachusetts, who was born in 1727, and had: John, Hannah, Philip, Abel, Levi, Mercy, Sarah, David, Nathaniel and Samuel.

(II) Abel, fourth child and third son of Philip and Hannah (Ball) Goss, was born in Winchester, New Hampshire, March 31, 1763. He lived a few years in Hartford, Vermont, and moved March 1, 1793, to Waterford, Vermont, near the Connecticut river, a part of the town not then inuch settled, where he lived, active in labor and usefulness, until his death, May 29, 1825, aged sixty-two years. He married, May 3, 1787, Irene Sprague, who was born February 16, 1763, and died October 5, 1853, in the ninety-first year of her age, retaining her faculties to the last, and leaving to surviving friends that "memory of the just which is blessed." The children born of this union were Mehitable, Otis, Milo, Zenas, Rich- ard, Irene, Abel, Charles r. and Zebina.

(III) Richard, fifth child and fourth son of Abel and Irene (Sprague) Goss, was born March 29, 1794, and was the first white child born in that part of the town of Waterford. Most of his life was spent in that town and in Littleton, New Hampshire. He married (first), June, 1817, Betsey Buck, of Waterford, who died in Littleton, November 22, 1850. He married (second), Mrs. Eliza (Wells) Luce, of Barnet ; she died in August, 18So. The children, all by the first marriage, were: Azro Ash- ley, Richard O., Horace S., Levi. Silas Buck, Lyman B., Abel Brown, Reuben C., George W., Charles, Betsy Jane and Laura Ann. He died in Kansas, February 12, 1883, while on a visit to his son George \V. The remains were brought to Waterford for interment.

(IV) Abel Brown, seventh son and child of Richard and Betsey (Buck) Goss, was born in Water- ford, Vermont, October 24, 1828. and died there Au- gust 24. 1896. aged sixty-eight years. He lived on the farm at his father's until he was twelve years of age, when he went to live with Elisha Brown. of the same

town, and there remained until reaching his majority. He then learned shoemaking in Milford, Massachu- setts, where he worked ten years. After spending a year in Webster City, Iowa, and other parts of the west, he settled in Waterford, where he passed the remainder of his life. He was a deacon in the Con- gregational Church, and held town offices. He mar- ried, October 1, 1856, Lucy Stoddard Ross, who was born in Waterford, Vermont, February 21, 1837, daughter of Royal and Eliza Mason Ross, and sister of Jonathan Ross, of St. Johnsbury, Vermont, who was chief justice of the supreme court of that state from 1890 to 1900. She died January 5, 1894. The children of this union were Herbert Irvin, Harlan Page, Eliza Mason, Edward Raymond, Ethel Abby, and Mary Lucy. Herbert is mentioned below. Har- lan is a farmer in Waterford, Vermont. Eliza is editor of the Berlin Reporter, in Berlin, New Hamp- shire. Edward is a farmer and merchant in Water- ford, Vermont. Ethel died at Waterford, June 22, 1892. Mary married Miner B. Carpenter, and re- sides at Concord, Vermont.

(V) Herbert Irving, eldest son of Abel B. and Lucy Stoddard (Ross) Goss, was born in Waterford, Caledonia county, Vermont, December 4, 1857. He attended the country district school, and later the St. Johnsbury Academy, from which he graduated in 1880. After teaching two terms of school he studied law in the office of Bates & Macy, at St. Johnsbury, Vermont, where he was admitted to the bar in June, 1883. Following this a year was spent in Minnesota, mostly in Minneapolis; but in 1884 he located in Lancaster, New Hampshire, forming a partnership with the late Hon. Jacob Benton, which continued two years. He then removed to Gorham, where for a year he was in partnership with the late General A. S. Twitchell. In Novem- ber, 1888, he settled in Berlin, where he has since resided. In 1891 he formed a partnership with Daniel J. Daley, which continued till January I, 1903. When Mr. Goss went to Berlin it was a vil- lage of about twenty-five hundred inhabitants. His residence in Minneapolis had opened his eyes to the increased value which must accrue to lands as the development of the place progressed, and though without means of his own, he with others promoted several important land transactions. The stock of one corporation, which at one time owned a large part of the residential portion of the city of Ber- lin, is now his exclusive property; only the less ac- cessible lands are now left. however. In 1892, he with others, organized the Berlin Aqueduct Com- pany. Later it was reorganized as the Berlin Water Company, the stock then being held by Mr. Goss and Mr. Daley, who sold the property some five years ago. This company supplies the city of Ber- lin with water for domestic and fire purposes. For twelve years Mr. Goss has been a director in the People's Building and Loan Association, and for several years he was a director in the Berlin Sav- ings Bank and Trust Company. In 1902 he with others built the Berlin Street Railway, a road which connects the two villages of Berlin Mills and Berlin Falls, and extends to Gorham, having a total length of seven and one-half miles. He has been a direc- tor in this road ever since its organization. In 1894 he was elected county solicitor for Coos county, being on the first Republican county ticket ever elected in Coos. He was renominated and re- elected in 1896 and 1898. In 1903 he was elected to the legislature, and was given a place on the ju- diciary committe, one of the most important com- mittees in the house. As a lawyer he has achieved a good measure of success. He has a clear analyti-

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cal mind, which readily grasps the salient points in a controversy, and makes the best use of them when they are developed. His legal opinions are well considered ; and as an advocate he is earnest and forceful. His various business enterprises have given him a wider experience in commercial mat- ters than falls to the lot of most lawyers. Having a taste for literature, he wrote "T. Thorndyke," a novel, the plot of which is laid in northern New Hampshire. This story at once became widely popular. One hundred and fifty copies were sold in Berlin, New Hampsire, alone within a week from the date of its issue. In his religious belief he is liberal, but he attends the Episcopal church. Mr. Goss is a member of the Sabatis Lodge, No. 95, Free and Accepted Masons, of Berlin.

He married, October 8, 1886, Agnes Rooney, who was born in Leeds, Province of Quebec, May 29, 1870, the daughter of James Rooney and Eliza- beth Shepherd Rooney. Both her parents were na- tives of Ireland. They have five children: Ethel Elizabeth, born February 16, 18S8; Irvin James, born October 6, 1889: Herbert Abel, born Decem- ber 26, 1891; Philip Henry, born October 10, 1895; John Arthur, born February 21, 1899.

(I) Nathan Goss with his son Joseph belonged to the Stratham militia. The Revolutionary rec- ords of New Hampshire on the return of Captain Joseph Parsons' company, on Great-Island, Novem- ber 5, 1775, gave Nathan Goss as second lieutenant. The name of Nathan Goss is on the pay roll of Captain John Dearborn's company, Colonel Jona- than Moulton's regiment of militia, which marched from Hampton, New Hampshire, and joined the army under General Gates near Saratoga, October, 1777. His date of entry into the service was Sep- tember 30; date of discharge October 10: time of service four months, five days; allowance for travel to Saratoga at three pence a mile out, and two pence home; distance two hundred and fifteen miles; and allowance four pounds, nine shillings, seven pence. Nathan Goss was selectman of Rye in 1775 and 1781. "December 9, 1775, it was voted that Nathan Goss should represent the parish in the General Assembly." "May 16. 1775, it was voted Nathan Goss should go to Exeter to Congress." Late in life he removed to Epsom. He married Deborah Wiggin, by whom he had sons Joseph and Samuel, and probably other children.

(II) Samuel, son of Nathan and Deborah (Wig- gin) Goss, was born in 1756. The name of Samuel Goss, corporal, is twentieth on the roll of those of Captain Mark Wiggin's company, Colonel Long's reg- iment, who receipted for pay received at Portsmouth. January 14, 1777. In another roll he is described as one of those of that company "who are fit to march to Ticonderoga, being for one month's ad- vance pay from 7th January to 7th February, 1777." He is said to have served three years in the Revo- lution. He was a hardy. robust, energetic man, and after the Revolution he removed from Green- land to Epsom, and there bought of his brother Joseph a tract of land since known as the Goss homestead, and there he died at the age of seventy- five years. He married, in 1779, Abigail Lucas, of Pembroke, who was born in 1759. Their chil- dren were: Daniel, Nathan, Susan Jane, Deborah, Samuel, and Jonathan, whose sketch follows.

(III) Jonathan. youngest child of Samuel and Abigail (Lucas) Goss, was born in Epsom, July 16. 1793, was by occupation a blacksmith and farmer. and was also a soldier in the war of 1812. Like his father he was rugged of frame and strong of constitution, and well qualified to act a part in the

frontier settlement where he was born. He was a man of untiring energy and indomitable courage, and successful in life. That characteristic that is said to be pre-eminent in the New Englander was his in a marked degree-he was of an ingenius and inventive turn of mind, and very fond of mechan- ical employment. He originated many mechanical devices, some of which are in use and unsurpassed at the present day. He possessed wonderful mus- cular power, and performed many extraordinary feats of strength which are remembered by some of the older inhabitants of the community. His son remembered that on one occasion when the father was more than fifty years of age he lifted with one hand a forty gallon cask of cider. He re- alized his own want of education, recognized the value of liberal literary instruction, and gave his children all the advantages that his circumstances in life afforded. He married, September, 1816. Sally Yeaton, who was born July 30, 1793, and they were the parents of seven children : Noah, William, Hannah Y., Nancy L., Sally, Mary C. and An- drew J.

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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 97

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