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W. J. Boyden, T.
A. G. Hurlbutt, S.
C. D. Farrar, Rep. to G. L.
Appointed. M. T. Stone, S. D.
Henry L. Barnard, J. D.
R. M. Silsby, Chaplain. Wm. Butler, M.
D. C. Fassett, Tyler.
C. Marcellus Lane, S. D. C. W. Whitney, Jr., J. D. R. M. Silsby, Chaplain. A. C. Dort, M. Fred C. Lincoln, S. S.
Arthur A. Woodward, J. S. A. S. Mahon, Tyler.
1885.
Elected.
G. E. Lane, W. M.
M. T. Stone, S. W.
C. M. Lane, J. W. W. J. Boyden, T.
A. G. Hurlbutt, S. C. L. Lane, Rep. to G. L.
Appointed. C. W. Whitney, Jr., S. D.
A. A. Woodward, J. D. A. C. Dort, Chaplain. L. H. Burnham, S. S. Geo. W. Mason, J. S. Wm. Butler, M. A. S. Mahon, Tyler.
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1886.
Elected.
M. T. Stone, W. M.
C. M. Lane, S. W.
C. W. Whitney, Jr., J. W. W. J. Boyden, T.
A. S. Mahon, S.
G. E. Lane, Rep. to G. L.
Appointed. Fred S. Schnell, S. D.
J. M. Ramsdell, J. D. A. C. Dort, Chaplain. C. D. Farrar, M. Geo. W. Mason, S. S. C. H. Applin, J. S. D. C. Fassett, Tyler.
1887.
Elected.
M. T. Stone, W. M.
C. M. Lane, S. W.
C. W. Whitney, Jr., J. W.
W. J. Boyden, T.
A. S. Mahon, S.
A. S. Mahon, Rep. to G. L.
Appointed. F. S. Schnell, S. D.
J. M. Ramsdell, J. D.
A. C. Dort, Chaplain.
G. W. Mason, S. S.
C. H. Applin, J. S.
C. D. Farrar, M. L. W. Brown, Tyler.
1888.
Elected.
M. T. Stone, W. M.
C. M. Lane, S. W.
C. W. Whitney, Jr., J. W.
W. J. Boyden, T.
A. S. Mahon, S.
G. W. Mason, Rep. to G. L.
Appointed.
F. S. Schnell, S. D.
J. M. Ramsdell, J. D.
A. C. Dort, Chaplain.
G. W. Mason, S. S.
C. H. Applin, J. S. C. D. Farrar, M. C. W. Whitney, Tyler. 1889.
Elected.
C. M. Lane, W. M.
C. W. Whitney, Jr., S. D. F. S. Schnell, J. W.
W. J. Boyden, T.
A. S. Mahon, S. 1 M. T. Stone, Rep. to G. L.
Elected. C. M. Lane, W. M. F. S. Schnell, S. W. J. M. Ramsdell, J. W.
Appointed. J. M. Ramsdell, S. D. Frank S. Harris, J. D. A. C. Dort, Chaplain. Geo. A. Starkey, S. S. Herbert A. Marshall, J. S. H. M. Whittemore, M. G. W. Mason, Tyler.
1890.
Appointed. F. S. Harris, S. D. Geo. A. Starkey, J. D. A. C. Dort, Chaplain.
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Eleeted.
W. J. Boyden, T.
A. S. Mahon, S. M. T. Stone, Rep. to G. L.
Appointed. H. A. Marshall, S. S. Herbert D. Gee, J. S. H. M. Whittemore, M. Edgar M. Thompson, Tyler.
1891.
Eleeted.
F. S. Schnell, W. M.
J. M. Ramsdell, S. W.
G. W. Mason, J. D.
H. M. Whittemore, Chaplain.
H. A. Marshall, S. S.
H. D. Gee, J. S.
E. M. Thompson, M. D. C. Fassett, Tyler.
Elected.
F. S. Schnell, W. M.
J. M. Ramsdell, S. W.
H. L. Barnard, J. W.
W. J. Boyden, T.
A. S. Mahon, S.
M. T. Stone, Rep. to G. L.
Appointed. G. A. Starkey, S. D.
G. W. Mason, J. D.
H. M. Whittemore, Chaplain. Edwin B. Dort, S. S.
A. A. Woodward, J. S.
C. D. Farrar, M. D. C. Fassett, Tyler.
1893.
Eleeted.
J. M. Ramsdell, W. M.
H. L. Barnard, S. W.
G. W. Mason, J. W.
W. J. Boyden. T.
E. B. Dort, S. F. S. Schnell, Rep. to G. L.
Appointed.
H. M. Whittemore, S. D.
A. A. Woodward, J. D.
A. C. Dort, Chaplain.
H. A. Marshall, S. S.
Chas. H. Applin, J. S.
C. W. Whitney, M. H. L. Bryant, Acting Tyler.
1894.
Elected.
Appointed.
J. M. Ramsdell, W. M.
H. M. Whittemore, S. D.
A. A. Woodward, J. D.
G. W. Mason, J. W.
A. C. Dort, Chaplain.
W. J. Boyden, T.
H. A. Marshall, S. S.
E. B. Dort, S.
C. H. Applin, J. S.
A. A. Woodward, Rep. to G. L. M. T. Stone, M.
H. L. Bryant, Acting Tyler.
F. S. Harris, J. W.
W. J. Boyden, T.
A. S. Mahon, S. C. M. Lane, Rep. to G. L.
1892.
Appointed. G. A. Starkey, S. D.
H. L. Barnard, S. W.
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HISTORY OF TROY.
PATRONS OF HUSBANDRY.
Trojan Grange No. 157, P. of H., was organized De 13, 1890, with the following charter members and officer-
Henry M. Whittemore, Master. George W. Mason, Secretary.
Carlos M. Barnard, Overseer.
John H. Congdon, Gate-keeper.
Charles W. Brown, Lecturer.
Jane S. Congdon, Pomona.
Frank H. Lewis, Steward.
Lillian E. Lewis, Flora.
Alvah S. Clark, Chaplain.
Jennie G. Whittemore, Ceres.
George A. Starkey, Asst. Steward. Edward P. Kimball, Treasurer.
Alice Starkey, Lady Asst. Stewar
The following have served as Master of Trojan Grang. Henry M. Whittemore, John H. Congdon, Carlos M. Ba nard, Hiram W. Eastman.
REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT.
In the fall of 1888, Joseph W. Raymond of Keer purchased of James L. Stanley, the old muster field, s. called because it was upon this level tract of land tli the old time regimental musters were held. In those das these musters were an important event which was looke forward to with pleasure, and for weeks preceding woul be the theme of conversation. Everybody went to tt muster; the soldier to perform his duty; his wife admire him; his children to eat gingerbread and cand . to drink egg-nog and explode firecrackers; peddlers hawk their wares, and showmen to exhibit their curios- ties, the climax of the whole being the sham batu between rival regiments.
This tract of land had frequently been spoken of as desirable one for building lots, and Mr. Raymond had te same surveyed and laid out into lots with a street throu !! the center, the town voting to lay out a highway in co- formity with the same in the spring of 1889. Mr. Thoms A. Birtwhistle was the first to buy a lot and build house, being soon followed by others, until there are no
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welve houses containing about twenty-two tenements, esides the new schoolhouse which stands at the head of he street. A few years later he purchased of Mrs. Sarah rown a part of the Spaulding farm, a portion of which e put into building lots, and upon this tract there have en built three houses. To Mr. Raymond's energy and
RAYMOND AVENUE.
rseverance the town is indebted for the many improve- ments in this direction.
About 1889, Marcus V. Damon built a house on the it near the Blanding sawmill, and a new highway was id out to the same.
In 1895, Freeman Abbott built two houses on land ought of E. P. Kimball, near the railroad and south of e brickyard, and the following year a highway was laid ut to reach them.
During the past eight years there have been built about rty-six houses in different parts of the village, containing Di one to four tenements each.
The building occupied by E. P. Kimball & Son was ult by S. G. Whitney about 1842, but has been owned
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HISTORY OF TROY.
and kept as a store by Mr. Kimball since 1846. Until within a few years, E. P. Kimball and C. W. Whitney were the only dealers in general merchandise in town. In 1895, Ernest F. Barrett of Swanzey opened a store in a building which was erected by Mrs. Sarah Brown near the railroad bridge and on the opposite side of the street. Elbridge Howe carries on a small newspaper and periodi- cal business, and Herbert P. Thompson deals in boots, shoes and medicines, in a building erected a few years since between Mrs. Sarah Brown's and the hotel.
Genealogical Register.
The preparation of the following genealogies has entailed considerable labor, many letters have been written and much time spent in searching records. So far as possible, information has been solicited direct from the families themselves or some representative, and in nearly every instance prompt and full replies have been received.
Where information could not be obtained from private sources it has been taken from the genealogies that have been published in the histories of the adjoining towns, and especially those of Marlborough and Fitzwilliam.
It has been the objeet of the compiler to make the record as full, complete and accurate as possible, although it is not to be presumed it is free from errors.
In many cases where the family records give only the births, marriages and deaths, further details concerning the individual will be found in other portions of the work, either in the list of town officers, biographical sketches or the records of the soldiers in the Revolutionary War or the War of the Rebellion.
MOSES ABARE was born in Canada; came to Troy about 1872 or 1873 and settled on the Asa Nurse place; married, May, 1865, Celinda Ladderbush.
I. CELINA, born Aug. 26, 1866; married Elmer L. Whiting; resides in Fitchburg.
II. MOSES.
III. EDWARD.
IV. NELSON, married, July 29, 1895, Hattie Marrotte.
V. CLARA, born April 13, 1873.
VI. AGNES, born Aug. 29, 1875.
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VII. JOSEPH, born Nov. 6, 1876.
VIII. HENRY, born April 29, 1878.
IX. Louis, born May 23, 1879; died June 17, 1879.
.Y. ZOE, born Sept. 27, 1880.
XI. PHIEBE, born Feb. 24, 1882.
XII. JouN, born Dec. 15, 1885.
XIII. LOUIS, born March 28, 1887.
ALONZO B. ABBOTT, born in Hancock, Me., May 10, 1860; married, May 10, 1882, Etta, daughter of Franklin and Eliza P. (Brooks) Whitcomb.
I. CLARA ELZINA, born April 27, 1886.
II. ELSIE REBECCA, born Nov. 23, 1887.
III. JAMES FRANKLIN, born July 25, 1889.
IV. RUBIE AGNES, born Oct. 22, 1892.
DON BRADFORD, born June 16, 1896.
NEHEMIAHI ADAMS came from Ipswich, Mass., about 1820, and settled in Jaffrey; married Lydia C. Benjamin ; had eight children. Mr. Adams was a member of the state convention for the revision of the constitution in 1850. He died Aug. 10, 1853, aged 53; Mrs. Adams died in Troy, June 20, 1886, aged 78.
I. AUGUSTUS A., born Ang. 4, 1829, at Hartford, Vt; married Mary, daughter of William and Sarah White Haskell; resides in Win- chendon, Mass.
II. GEORGE A., born Nov. 24, 1831; married, Oct. 5, 1852, Josephine Maria, born Oct. 10, 1836, daughter of Luther and Caroline Cutter of Jaffrey.
III. OSCAR N., born Dec. 15, 1833; married, Oct. 31, 1855, Lucy Jane Johnson. He died in Troy, Oct. 5, 1860.
IV. ISAAC MILTON, born April 20, 1835; married Charlotte S. Allen, June 2, 1858; died in Cavendish, Vt., June 28, 1860. Had one son, George Augustus, born June 3, 1859; died March 15, 1880. HELEN L., born Nov. 5, 1838; married, 1st, George E. Aldrich, June 11, 1858; married, 2d, Edward S. Foster, Nov. 1, 1878.
VI. OREN S., born April 1, 1840; married Anna M. Starkey, Feb. 2, 1865.
VII. CHARLES W., born March 11, 1843. Served in Co. A, Second Regt .. N. H. V. ; resides in Salina, Kansas.
VIII. ABBIE FRANCES, born April 25, 1845; married Charles H. Streeter ; died Dec. 13, 1868.
GEORGE A. ADAMS, son of Nehemiah and Lydia C. (Benja- min) Adams, born in Jaffrey, Nov. 24, 1831; married, 1st, Oct. 5, 1852, Josephine Maria, born Oct. 5, 1836, daughter of Luther and Caroline Cutter of Jaffrey ;
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she died March 23, 1890; married, 2d, Mrs. Mary A. Brown, May 15, 1892.
1.
MINNETTA F., born Sept. 16, 1855; married James L. Stanley, June 20, 1876.
I1. CARRIE A., born Jan. 30, 1859; married, Dec. 24, 1885, Fred F. Page, born July 24, 1860; resides in Keene. One child, Harry A. Page, born in Troy, Nov. 25, 1886.
III. ANNA L., born March 26, 1865; married, June 2, 1890, Murray J. Bliss, born Nov. 30, 1865; resides in Keene.
IV. ALICE J., born in Sanford, Me., Nov. 21, 1867; married, Dee. 25, 1889, F. Eugene Bowen, born Oct. 28, 1865; resides in Keene. One child, Richard A. Bowen, born Nov. 2, 1891.
AUGUSTUS A. ADAMS, son of Nehemiah, born Aug. 4, 1829; married, Sept. 25, 1855, Mary, daughter of William and Sarah (White) Haskell; resides in Winehendon, Mass.
I. CHARLES, born Oct. 29, 1856; married, 1st, Oct. 29, 1877, Hattie Chandler of Winehendon, who died; and he married, 2d, Jan. 4, 1892, Josie Hartwell of Gardner; resides in Gardner. One child, Bernice, born March 16, 1878.
OREN S. ADAMS, son of Nehemiah and Lydia C. (Benjamin) Adams, was born April 1, 1844; he married, Feb. 2, 1865, Anna M., daughter of Bailey and Betsey (Clark) Starkey, born May 21, 1848. Mrs. Adams died Jan. 14, 1897.
I. MINNIE GERTRUDE, born March 22, 1868.
II. WILBUR CLEMENT, born July 25, 1872; married, Feb. 14, 1895, Flora B. Tenney of Marlborough, born Aug. 19, 1872.
III. WALTER BAILEY, born Nov. 29, 1876; died Dec. 26, 1878.
EDWARD F. ADAMS, son of Isaac and Adela (Perkins) Adams of Jaffrey, born May 25, 1825, came to Troy Dec., 1881; he married, 1st, Feb. 28, 1853, Sarah H., daughter of George and Louisa (Jones) Harvey of Marlborough; she died Aug. 17, 1859; married, 2d, Dec. 25, 1860, Rebecca J., daughter of Jonathan and ยท Melinda Hill of Swanzey.
I. JOHN QUINCY, born in Marlborough, June 18, 1858.
II. EUGENE ELMER, born in Chittenden, Vt., Oct. 27, 1865; died March 21, 1867.
III. WINFIELD ScorT, born in Swanzey, May 1, 1868; married, May 10, 1887, Katie Isabell, daughter of John H. and Ann (Robertson) Kimball of Marlborough.
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IV. EVA JENNIE, born in Bellows Falls, June 15, 1870; died July 28, 1878. V. ORVILLE EDWARD, born in Bellows Falls, March 17, 1872; died Ang. 12, 1872.
VI. GERTRUDE MAY, born in Brattleboro, June 30, 1873.
VII. MORRIS E., born April 19, 1877.
ELIJAH H. ADAMS, son of Elijah, was born in Keene, Nov. 26, 1826; married, Sept. 19, 1848, Luthera, born Aug. 18, 1827, daughter of Silas Howe of Swanzey.
I. MARION A., born Feb. 18, 1850; married, June 2, 1869, Marvin D. Lewis.
II. CHARLES L., born Dec. 15, 1851; married, Dec. 15, 1880, Julia E. Caldwell of Ryegate, Vt., where they now live.
LYDIA A., born March 25, 1854; married, Oct. 30, 1877, William S. Blair of Springfield, Mass.
IV. SARAH M., born March 27, 1856; married, March 21, 1883, Horace WV. Baker of Warwick, Mass., where they now reside.
ULEYETTA C., born April 2, 1858.
VI. JOHN, born Oct. 19, 1860; died in Troy, March 14, 1862.
VII. SUSAN E., born Jan. 6, 1863; married, Dec. 24, 1889, Fred E. Whit- comb.
ISAAC ALDRICH came to Troy in 1830 and settled on the farm south of the Morse tavern, formerly the residence of Peter Starkey, Jr. He was the son of Ananias Aldrich, a native of Mendon, Mass., who settled in Richmond at an early period, where most of his chil- dren were born. He was born April 9, 1777, and married Abigail, daughter of Levi Aldrich of Richmond, March 12, 1801, and resided a short time in Rich- mond, then moved to New York, and from there to Pennsylvania, in each of which places he stopped one or two years, then returned to Richmond, from which town he came to Troy. After residing on five or six different farms, he came to the village in 1844 and resided with his son Isaac. Mrs. Aldrich died Aug. 21, 1858; he died Nov. 24, 1863.
I. DAVID, born Ang. 10, 1801; married Phebe Decker; lived in Penn- sylvania where he died.
II. ANANIAS, born April 2, 1803; married Mary Davis; was killed in Pennsylvania by blasting stone.
III. JOEL, born Jan. 9, 1805; married Julia King; died in New York. LOUISA, born Feb. 1, 1807; married William Marshall, Sept. 23, 1834; died in October.
IV.
LEVI, born Feb. 23, 1809; married Mary McCarty.
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VI. SOPHIRONIA, born Feb. 25, 1811; married, Nov. 1, 1832, James Capron; died April 3, 1871.
VII. ABIGAIL, born Jan. 30, 1814; died March 25, 1838.
VIII. ISAAC, born March 11, 1817; married, Aug. 29, 1839, Abigail Ann, daughter of Pelatiah M. and Abigail (Carter) Everett of Fitzwil- liam; died July 30, 1882.
IX. JUDITHI E., born May 22, 1819; married, Dec. 10, 1848, Benjamin F. Perry of Keene; died Jan. 24, 1884. Mr. Perry died July 16, 1887.
x. JULIUS C., born June 6, 1822; married Catherine Wood; died July 21, 1855.
XI. JOSEPH E., born Jan. 29, 1828.
ISAAC ALDRICH, JR., son of Isaac, born March 11, 1817; married, Aug. 29, 1839, Abigail An, born March 17, 1821, daughter of Pela- tiah M. and Abigail (Carter) Everett of Fitz- william. Mr. Aldrich was a blacksmith and carriage maker, and for a few years after his marriage he lived in Fitzwilliam and worked at carriage making. Af- + 1 terwards he returned to Troy and occupied the Bush house, now owned by C. H. Gove, a short time; then in company with his brother, Julius C., he built the brick house now owned by Mrs. Polly Bemis and Simeon Merrifield. He ISAAC ALDRICH, JR. was at one time deputy sheriff. Mrs. Aldrichi died Feb. 11, 1878; he died July 30, 1882.
1. GEORGE E., born June 11, 1840; married, June 11, 1858, Helen L., daughter of Nehemiah and Lydia C. (Benjamin) Adams; married, 2d, -; died Jan. 21, 1895. Children: 1. George M., born June 11, 18 -; 2. Harry A., born Oct. 25, 18 -; 3. Arthur I'., born Feb. 21, 18 -.
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HISTORY OF TROY.
AMASA ALDRICH, son of Nahum, of Richmond, bought the Whitcomb farm of Abel Baker, in 1828, and located here with his family. He was born in 1799; married, 1st, Aug. 25, 1816, Susanna, daughter of Samuel Thompson of Swanzey; married, 2d, April 24, 1825, Anna, daughter of Benjamin Tolman.
I. ANGELINE, born Feb. 26, 1827; died April 11, 1851.
II. ANDREW J., born Nov. 13, 1829.
ANDREW J. ALDRICH, son of Amasa, was born Nov. 13, 1829; married, Oct. 15, 1851, Sarah W., daughter of Abel and Martha (Fuller) Garfield, who died Jan. 21, 1891. In April, 1874, he moved to Keene, buying out the restaurant at the depot, which he conducted until about 1892 or 1893, when he retired from business and went to Bellows Falls to live with his son. He was overseer of the poor for Ward 5, Keene, for two years, and also held the office of justice of the peace.
I. FRANK W., born in Marlborough. Jan. 31, 1853.
II. HERBERT D., born March 4, 1857.
III. ANGELINE A., born June 1, 1860; died April 25, 1862.
IV. CARROLL, born Oct. 8, 1862; married, Oet. 19, 1887, Helena S. Di- vaul of Nelson, who was born Nov. 21, 1861.
FRANK W. ALDRICH, son of Andrew J., was born Jan. 31, 1853; married, 1st, Dec. 25, 1872, Emma J. Clement, born in Royalston, Mass., July 20, 1851; died in Troy, June 24, 1881; married, 2d, Cora F. Town, born in Rindge, Jan. 24, 1866; died May 12, 1885; married, 3d, Aug. 16, 1887, Margaret A. Becker, born in Port Dover, Ont., July 26, 1861; resides in Athol, Mass.
I. BURNICE C., born Oet. 14, 1873; died Oct. 5, 1886.
II. -, born May 24, 1877; died June 18, 1877.
III. CARRIE G., born Sept. 21, 1880.
HERBERT D. ALDRICH, son of Andrew J., born March 4, 1857; married, Nov. 3, 1880, Mina J., daughter of Anderson and Almira (Ballon) Aldrich of Swanzey, born Nov. 8, 1860. Mr. Aldrich has been the proprie- tor of the depot restaurant at Bellows Falls since 1887.
I. LOTTIE E., born Nov. 1, 1883.
GEORGE HERMAN ALDRICH, son of Amasa, of Swanzey, born in Swanzey, May 30, 1833; married, Oct. 3,
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1853, Hannah, born Jan. 20, 1832, daughter of Alvah Thompson of Swanzey. For a few years after his marriage he lived in Wisconsin, living a pioneer's life, engaged in farming and teaching. He came to Troy and settled on West Hill, farming for a few years, when he moved to the village, purchasing the A. W. Baker place where he lived, having an office and doing an extensive business in Keene as an insurance agent, to which place he removed in 1889.
1 WALTON HERMAN, born July 2, 1854; married, Oct. 3, 1879, Eliza J. Wilder of Peterborough. Is a practicing physician in Marl- borough.
11. HERBERT CYREL, born Ang. 23, 1855; married, Aug. 6, 1878, Clara J. Cook.
I11. EDWIN THOMPSON, born Aug. 24, 1858; married.
IV. EDITH LAVINIA, born Ang. 24, 1862.
JOHN LANGDON, born Ang. 23, 1864; died April 2, 1865.
VI. EUGENE LANGDON, born March 30, 1866; married, 1st, Oct. 3, 1888, S. Florence Hannaford; she died May 22, 1891, aged 26 years; he married, 2d, July 17, 1894, Harriette M. Metcalf of Keene.
VII. EMMA MARIA, born Nov. 30, 1868; married, March 10, 1890, A. M. Doolittle.
VIH. SIDNEY COOK, born May 3, 1872.
ELIJAH ALEXANDER, born in Uxbridge, Mass., 1741; mar- ried, 1765, Elizabeth Taft of Mendon; died in 1822; Mrs. Alexander died in 1838.
I GIDEON, born Aug. 13, 1767; settled in Canada, where he died.
II. AMASA, born Nov. 30, 1769; died in New York.
III. ELIZABETII, born Sept. 13, 1771 ; died in Mendon, aged 30.
IV. LUTHER, born Sept. 19, 1773; gradnated at Harvard College and studied theology with Dr. Crane of Northbridge; but as he was about to enter the ministry, he went to Canada to visit his brother, Dr. Alexander, and while there he took the smallpox and died.
CALVIN, born June 20, 1775; studied medicine with Dr. Willard of Uxbridge, and settled in Montreal, where after achieving an hon- orable fame and doing an extensive business, he died.
VI. ELIJAN, born March 25, 1777; died in Vermont.
VII. JEMIMA, born March 15, 1779; married James Cheever ; died in Troy. VIII. TIMOTHY, born Nov. 27, 1780; learned the hatter's trade; died in New York.
1X. PHINEAS, born Aug. 20, 1782; lived in Canute, Ohio.
.Y. JOSEPH, born Oct. 20, 1784; married Lucretia Howe.
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X1. EASMAN, born April 28, 1786; married Lucy Garfield; lived on the homestead.
XII. EUNICE, born Jan. 29, 1788; married James Davis of Jaffrey.
XIII. Lois, born Dec. 16, 1790; married James Hicks and settled in Wis- consin.
XIV. SUBMIT, born Aug. 1, 1791; married Isaac Garfield; lived in Se- dana, N. Y.
XV. EzR, born April 16, 1794; married Lucretia Fuller; lived in Fitz- william.
JOSEPH ALEXANDER, son of Elijah ; married, 1811, Lucretia, daughter of Zalmnon Howe, who was born in Holden, Mass., July 11, 1788; Mrs. Alexander died in Troy, Aug. 28, 1861; Mr. Alexander died May 6, 1868.
I. JOSEPH, born Feb. 7, 1812; married Prudence (Blanding) Bowen.
II. ELIJAH, born Feb. 14, 1814; died March 20, 1822.
111. CALVIN, born April 23, 1816.
IV. LUCRETIA, born Sept. 11, 1818; married David Woodward of Swan- zey, who died June, 1856.
v. LOUISA, born Oct. 13, 1820; died Oct. 20, 1826.
VI. ELIJAH, 2d, born March 14, 1823; died Sept. 29, 1826.
VII. LUTHER, born May 1, 1825.
VII. CAROLINE, born May 3, 1827; died Aug. 23, 1880. IX. CHARLES, born March 5, 1831.
JOSEPH ALEXANDER, JR., son of Joseph, born Feb. 7, 1812; married, Oct. 2, 1839, Prudence (Blanding) Bowen, born Jan. 24, 1814; died Nov. 13, 1878; Mrs. Alex- ander resides in Templeton, Mass.
1. CAROLINE L., born May 26, 1840; married, Feb. 3, 1864, Levi Merrifield.
II. LOUISA A., born March 24, 1842; married, Nov. 13, 1862, Edward S. Foster; died May 13, 1876.
IH. MARY E., born Jan. 20, 1847; married, Jan. 20, 1872, William W. Ross of Dublin, who died March, 1873. One child, Viola L. Ross, born July 1, 1872; married, Harry J. Nash, Nov. 15, 1890. She married, 2d, April 7, 1876, Walter F. Elliott. Children: Cora L. Elliott, born Nov. 6, 1878; died Jan. 18, 1879. Mabel J. Elliott, born May 4, 1886.
IV. EMMA M., born April 28, 1849; died March 20, 1859.
V. ELLEN E., born Nov. 18, died Nov. 26, 1852.
VI. VIOLA A., born Nov. 26, died Nov. 29, 1853.
VII. JOSEPHINE M., born May 3, 1859; married, Jan. 6, 1882, Daniel F. Richards; resides in Gardner.
CALVIN ALEXANDER, son of Joseph, born April 23, 1816; married, Feb. 19, 1843, Abbie Ann, daughter of Geo.
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W. Murphy of New Ipswich, who was born Dec. 5, 1823, and located on the home place, now known as the Stillman Taylor place on West Hill. The house now standing was built by him about 1858. He lived there eight or nine years, then moved to Marlborough ; but he returned in 1858. He followed the occupation of shoemaker, carpenter and farmer, and always found employment in one of them. He removed to East Swanzey in October, 1871, and engaged in the manu- facture of wooden ware, and continued in the business until within two or three years of his death, which occurred Dec. 18, 1888.
I. GEORGE D., born July 3, 1847; died March 18, 1866.
11. ABBIE FRANCES, born Nov. 27, 1854; married, June 26, 1877, Her- bert W. Mason; died Jan. 15, 1897.
11I. HATTIE REBECCA, born Aug. 21, 1859; married, March 24, 1881, James M. Ramsdell.
LUTHER ALEXANDER, son of Joseph, born May 1, 1825; married, Sept. 7, 1848, Lydia S. Harris, daughter of Stephen Harris; born Sept. 9, 1832. He resides in East Swanzey at the present time, and has lived in Marlborough and Swanzey most of the time.
1. WALTER SCOTT, born May 9, 1849.
11. MARTHA A., born Dec. 24, 1853; married, Jan. 24, 1872, George E. Fuller of Marlborough.
111. LILLIAN M., born Oct. 2. 1856; married, July 18, 1877, Jasper E. Lovering.
IV. LORA E., born April 29, 1860; married, Sept. 21, 1881, Fred A. Carter.
NELLIE M., born March 8, 1865; married, Dec. 31, 1883, Charles A. Barden of Richmond.
CHARLES ALEXANDER, son of Joseph, born March 5, 1831; married, March 27, 1856, Ellen C., born July 19, 1837, daughter of Philo Applin. He moved from Troy to Westport, Swanzey, about 1862 or 1863, and after- wards lived in Keene, East Swanzey, Winchendon and Fitchburg, where he died Aug. 31, 1889.
I. CHARLES WARREN, born Oct. 28, 1857; married, April, 1883, Hattie M. Stoddard of Gardner, Mass.
II. JULIAN EGBERT, born April 14, 1859.
111. FRANK PinLo, born July 27, 1860; died in Swanzey, May 6, 1883.
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IV. WILLIE EDWARD, born March, 1862; died Oet. 31, 1863.
WILLIE WESSON, born Sept. S, 1863; married, Dec. 31, 1890, Lizzie Hartnett of Gardner, Mass.
VI. EARL EVANS, born March 20, 1865; died in Fitchburg, June 4, 1887. WALTER SCOTT ALEXANDER, son of Luther, born May 9, 1849; married, June 16, 1880, Nellie Adaline, born Jan.
1, 1862, daughter of Hermon L. Lincoln.
ROLAND LUTHER, born April 21, 1884.
EASMAN ALEXANDER, son of Elijah, born April 20, 1786; married. 1808, Luey, daughter of John Garfield, and settled on the home farm with his father. He was emphatically a home man, and never was in a stage- coach or railroad car, and very seldom going beyond the limits of the town; but unlike many other home men he knew the way to church. He died June 9, 1863; his wife died April 23, 1866.
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