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JOSEPH BUTLER, born probably in Bolton, Mass., June 2, 1767; married Parna Temple, born Nov. 22, 1770; died in Troy, May 22, 1832. He located first in Bolton, where he lived for about eighteen years after his marriage. He came here about 1806, and bought of Rufus Russell, a farm southeast of Simon Butler's, which was formerly on an old road leading from Silas Fife's. to Hugh Thompson's. They resided there about thirty years when they removed to Marlborough, where he died March 28, 1844.
I. BETSEY, born Sept. 28, 1791 ; married Elias Mann; died in Jaffrey.
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II. AMos, born Dec. 13, 1792.
HI. JOSEPH, born March 10, 1794; married Polly Mason of Swanzey.
IT. OLIVE, born Oct. 11, 1795; married Simon Butler.
V. ABIGAIL, born June 3, 1798; married Levi Daggett ; lived in Rindge.
VI. Lrev, born June 3, 1800; married Elijah Bemis.
AsA, born June 15, 1802.
VII.
VIII. JABEZ, born Nov. 14, 1803.
IX. LEVI, born July 7, 1809; married, Nov. 11, 1827, Sophia Sargent of Lancaster; removed to Oxford, Mass .; died in 1880. Children : 1. Louisa; married William Gordon; 2. Ellen S., married Francis Larkin.
AMOS BUTLER, son of Joseph, married Mary Sargent, born in Lancaster, Mass., Dec. 13, 1801, came to Troy about 1819 or 1820; lived here two or three years, then removed to Marlborough where they resided until 1834, when they removed to Plymouth, Vt .. where he died March 19, 1862.
I. HAMPLETON ERWIN, born in Lancaster, May 9, 1817; married, December, 1855, Mary Williams of Reading, Vt .; he was a machinist ; died in Plymouth, Vt., in 1865.
II. AMOS ORSON, born in Troy, Aug. 28, 1818; died in Shrewsbury, Mass., July 28, 1829.
III. ELMIRA, born in Troy, Feb. 16, 1820; married, 1840, Amos W. Dike; she died in Plymouth, Vt., Dec. 8, 1844.
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CORDELIA, boru in Marlborough, Dec. 10, 1822; died in Plymouth, Vt., Dec. 8, 1869.
V. GEORGE APPLETON, born in Marlborough, March 22, 1825; died Sept. 28, 1826.
VI. SUSAN ABIGAIL, born in Marlborough, April 14, 1827; married, Oct. 4, 1854, David Boyd; resides in Plymouth, Vt.
VH. STEPHEN MERRICK, born in Shrewsbury, Mass., Feb. 21, 1831; married, Oct. 29, 1860, Ellen A. Williams, who died in November, 1864.
VIII. FREDERICK AUSTIN, born in Lancaster, Mass., March 11, 1834; married, March 26, 1860, Julia Pollard of Bridgewater, Vt .; is a carpenter ; resides in Plymouth, Vt.
IX. S. M. WEBSTER, born in Lancaster, Mass., Dec. 27, 1836; resides in Plymouth.
FITZHARLAN H., born in Plymonth, Vt., Feb. 4, 1840; married, Feb. 4, 1863, Angie Johnson of Plymouth; removed to Stratton, \'t., where he was ordained a Freewill Baptist minister, Dec. 12, 1865.
ASA BUTLER, son of Joseph, married, April 2, 1826, Julia, daughter of Simeon and Lucy Butler; resided in St. Augustine, Ills., where he died.
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I. ELI H., born July 7, 1827; resides in Worcester, Mass.
II. FANNIE, born April 8, 1833; married A. O. Wheeler of Troy; resides in Illinois.
III. MARY, born Aug. 22, 1834; married Nathaniel Bourn of Richmond ; resides in Illinois.
JABEZ BUTLER, son of Joseph, married, 1st, Betsey Boyden of Chesterfield ; she died Aug. 30, 1867, and he married, 2d, Feb. 11, 1869, Mary Ann, daughter of Luke and Polly (Whitney) Harris; resided in Plymouth, Vt., where he died Jan. 14, 1889. Children by first wife.
1. OTIS P., born 1830; resides in Rindge.
II. JASON, born 1832; died young.
III. AMBROSE, served in the United States army; since died.
IV. ANGIE, married W. Guild of Shrewsbury, Vt.
OMAR D .; died in the United States service.
SIMON BUTLER, a native of Lancaster, Mass., married, March 5, 1817, Olive, daughter of Joseph and Parna (Temple) Butler, and settled in Marlborough. He came here in 1820, and resided six years, then returned to Marlborough, where he remained ten years; but in 1837, he came to Troy again and located on the farm first purchased and where he lived until his death, March 20, 1869; his wife died Jan. 8, 1870.
I. LOVELL P., born Nov. 14, 1817; died Nov. 24, 1891, unmarried.
II. SIMON OLIVER, born March 30, 1819.
III. ALGERNON SIDNEY, born Sept. 23, 1822.
IV. CHARLES, born Jan. 25, 1826.
V. IRA MELVIN BROAD, born Dec. 5, 1829.
VI. MARY JANE, born Nov. 9, 1835; married, 1st, Nov. 14, 1850, Edward F. Starkey; he died April 28, 1859; she married, 2d, March 29, 1869, M. A. Dickerman, born in Mt. Holly, Vt., Sept. 22, 1829; died April 7, 1897.
SIMON OLIVER BUTLER, son of Simon, born March 30, 1819; married, April 12, 1854, Ruth E. Haskell of Oakham, Mass. He moved from Troy to Marlborough, March 2, 1858, where he resided until April 1, 1861, when he removed to Holden, Mass., and later to Oakham, where he now resides.
I. CLARA P., born in Troy, June 7, 1856; died Feb. 8, 1857.
II. HENRY N., born in Marlborough, May 27, 1858; married, Sept. 19, 1885, Emma Gould of North Brookfield, Mass.
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III. OLIVE MARIA, born in Marlborough, Dec. 19, 1859; married Charles F. Howard of Orange, Mass .: died Dec. 22, 1889.
IY. GEORGE S., born in Oakham, Dec. 4, 1863.
SARAH E. N., born Oct. 5, 1867.
CHARLES BUTLER, son of Simon, born Jan. 25, 1826; married. 1st, Sarah P. Haskell, who died Sept. 13, 1856; he married, 2d, Nov. 19, 1857, Maria L. Haskell ; he died June 5, 1892; he resided in Oakham, Mass.
I. BERTHA EDNA, born Nov. 14, 1871.
ALGERNON SIDNEY BUTLER, son of Simon, born Sept. 23, 1822; married, 1st, March 4, 1847, Harriet Goddard of Rindge, who was born in Athol, Jan. 30, 1820; died May 22, 1861; married, 2d, Mary Darling. For some time after their marriage they resided in Troy, then moved to Rindge, where they remained until 1855, then returned to Troy and lived on the Elijah Bemis farm until he removed to Jaffrey, his present residence.
I. LYSANDER SIDNEY, born Jan. 21, 1848; married Louise A. Watson, June 4, 1868; died at Worcester, Mass., July, 1872. Children : 1. Albert, born in Keene, 1869; died young; 2. Everett Sidney, born July 10, 1872.
II. ELLA HARRIET, born June 9, 1854; married Luke Parkhurst.
III MARIETTA IDELLA, born Dee. 15, 1858; married Alfred F. Clark.
IV. EVELINE CAROLINE, born Dec. 17, 1865; married David Frye.
IRA MI. B. BUTLER, son of Simon, born Dec. 5, 1829; married, 1st, Sept. 25, 1854, Eliza J. White of Fitz- william. Mrs. Butler died Aug. 29, 1867; and he married, 2d, March 29, 1869, Rebecca Jane Ross of Dublin ; she died May 28, 1873; married, 3d, Aug. 19, 1873, Louisa Wilder of Winchendon.
I. LESTER, born in Fitzwilliam, Dec. 18, 1860; married, Feb. 15, 1887, Ilura M. Beckett of Webster, Mass. One child, Myrtle Alyuna, born Oct. 24, 1887.
II. WILLIE A., born Dec. 1, 1865; died Aug. 7, 1871.
DANIEL BUTTRICK was a descendant of Samuel Buttrick of Concord, Mass., who was one of the early settlers of that town, and who late in life gave to each of his six sons a farm near the center of the town. He was the son of Daniel and Eunice Buttrick, and was born in Winchendon, Jan. 23, 1783; married, Dec. 23, 1810,
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Mary, daughter of William Knight of Fitzwilliam. Daniel, the father, was born May 13, 1748, and died May 17, 1848, at the age of 100 years and four days. The subject of this sketch settled in Marlborough about 1819, and for several years tended the toll-gate on the south turnpike. He removed to Troy in 1831, locating on a farm he had previously purchased of the administrator of the estate of Josiah, son of David Wheeler, which is the place now occupied by Samuel A. Mason. He died March 31, 1860; his widow died Oct. 7, 1879, aged 90.
I. EUNICE, born Sept. 26, 1811; married, Dec. 11, 1834, Stillman Woodward; died April 1, 1866.
II. EDWIN, born June 18, 1813.
III. DANIEL, born Oct. 4, 1814; died March 25, 1815.
IV.
MARY ANN, born Jan. 11, 1816; married, Nov. 9, 1837, Alton Blodgett; resides, a widow, in Fitchburg.
MARTHA C., born Jan. 18, 1818; married, Feb. 15, 1837, Osgood Collester, who died Feb. 28, 1873; and she married, 2d, Lucius Aldrich ; resides iu Fitchburg.
VI. Maria K., born Jan. 18, 1848; married, Feb. 16, 1837, Harrington Sibley; resides in Fitchburg.
VII. LYDIA R., boru Feb. 4, 1820; married Walter Hayward; resides in Fitchburg.
EDWIN BUTTRICK, son of Daniel, born June 18, 1813; married, 1st, March 31, 1835, Lucy Wetherbee of Swanzey; Mrs. Buttrick died Oct. 28, 1884, and he married, 2d, Nov. 23, 1886, Mrs. Maria Wheeler; he died April 24, 1892. He resided with his father for about two years after his marriage; afterwards he bought the Flint place, to which he removed and remained two years. In 1845 he formed a partnership with Capt. Solomon Goddard for the manufacture of pails, and the following year bought of John Whitte- more the brick house built by him and in which he continued to reside until his second marriage. He continued the manufacture of wooden ware with Mr. Goddard until the death of the latter in 1854, and continued in the business until his death, a portion of the time conducting the business alone, and later in company with his son-in-law, Asa C. Dort. He was
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for many years an honored and influential member of the Congregational church and was one of its deacons for nearly twenty-eight years. He was a member of
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the Legislature for three terms, in 1859, 1860 and 1884, and was also a member of the Constitutional Convention in 1889.
I. WARREN, born Sept. 27, 1840; died Jan. 5, 1843.
II. ELLEN ANN, born April 12, 1844; married, Dec. 27, 1865, Asa C. Dort.
CAPRON. The numerous families in New England of the name of Capron, are supposed to be the descendants of Banfield Capron, who is said to have been a native of
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Chester, a large seaport town in the north of England. He came to America, probably about 1660. He married soon after and settled in Barrington, Mass., where he lived about twenty years, removing to Attleborough where he lived until his death in 1752. He was thrice married and had twelve children, eleven of whom lived to marry and have families.
Jonathan Capron, second son of Jonathan and Rebecca (Morse) Capron, married Alice Alden and came to this region quite early, pursuing his trade as a blacksmith. He had nine children, Jonathan, Thankful, Margaret, Walter, Charles, David, John, Putnam, Rebecca.
JONATHAN CAPRON, son of Jonathan and Alice (Alden) Capron, settled in Marlborough, and afterwards came to Troy, building a house near the David W. Farrar place. He was a blacksmith and his shop was on the land now owned by Mrs. S. E. Harris, north of the Congregational church. He worked there some ten or fifteen years and then went to Vermont. He had twelve children.
I. ZERUIAN, married, 1st, Amasa Converse; married, 2d, Enoch White.
II. ELI.
111. Lois, married Josiah Ingalls of Fitzwilliam.
IV. STEPHEN.
CYRUS.
VI. SARAII, married John Peak.
VII. ALICE, married Shuabel Plympton.
VIII. HANNAH, married Martin.
IX. NANCY.
x. PHILINDA.
XI. JONATHAN.
XII. PATIENCE, married - Chapin.
JAMES CAPRON, born in Winchester, March 16, 1808; married, Nov. 1, 1832, Sophronia, daughter of Isaac and Abigail Aldrich, and located in Jaffrey. He was a shoemaker and learned his trade of James L. Sanborn of Concord. He resided a short time in Troy, Keene, Marlborough and Swanzey, in succession, but returned to Troy in 1846 and resided here until his death,
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occupying the same shop for thirty-six years, and was a very industrious man all his life. Mrs. Capron died April 3, 1871; he died Jan. 4, 1882.
I. FOSTER, born Sept. 29, 1833; died in 1837.
II. JOSEPH FOSTER, born June 9, 1837.
III. GEORGE I., born Nov. 25, 1841; died Nov. 17, 1868.
IV. DAVID W., born Feb. 6, 1847; married, May 5, 1868, Martha A., daughter of Erastus Brown; died July 9, 1870.
JOSEPH F. CAPRON, son of James Capron, born June 9, 1837; married, Dec. 1, 1863, Sarah E., daughter of Josiah and Betsey B. (Putney) Amadon. Died Feb. 13, 1892.
I. DORA L., born Oet. 10, 1865; died June 5, 1873.
Il. GRACE ELIZABETH, born Dec. 19, 1872; married, Sept. 24, 1892, Frank J. Bemis of Marlborough; resides in Madbury, N. H. One child, Harriet Elizabeth Bemis, born May 11, 1895.
CHARLES CARPENTER was born May 19, 1808; married, Nov. 16, 1837, Elvira Wadsworth of Roxbury, and settled in the Bailey Starkey house. He was a descendant of William Carpenter, who came over from England and settled in Rehoboth in 1640, and a few years later removed to Wood- stock, Conn. Wil- liam's grandson, Eli- phalet, married and settled in Woodstock, and had children, one of whom, Ebenezer, settled in Keene, and his son, Ebenezer, was the father of Charles. Ebenezer Carpenter, CHARLES CARPENTER, married Parmelia Ames, who was born in Sudbury, Mass. Ebenezer Carpenter died in Troy, Feb. 14, 1870; his wife died
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April 27, 1872. On coming to Troy, Mr. Carpenter worked for Charles Coolidge in his pail shop until 1849, when he bought a house and mill of Horatio Lawrence. Soon after this he enlarged the mill which was situated near the present Troy Blanket Mills and commenced the manufacture of rakes, which he carried on for a number of years and in which business he was successful. He died Nov. 2, 1865; his widow died Oct. 1, 1889.
I. Daughter, born Jan. 16 and died Jan. 18, 1839.
II. MARY ELIZABETH, born Feb. 7, 1841; married, Feb. 7, 1860, Wil- liam Galatin Hurlbutt.
III. MARIA LOUISA, born Sept. 3, 1843; died May 4, 1853.
CHARLES WADSWORTH, born June 9, 1845; died May 9, 1850.
SARAHI ELVIRA, born May 2, 1850; married, Feb. 13, 1868, Lyman W. Platts; resides in South Gardner, Mass.
VI. SUSAN PARMELIA, born June 14, 1853; died Oct. 17, 1862.
VII. ESTHER MARIA, born April 14, 1857; died Oet. 5, 1862.
DANIEL GOSS CARTER, son of Joseph and Elizabeth (Goss) Carter was born Sept. 6, 1814; married, 1st, Aug. 26, 1844, Elizabeth Wright, died in February, 1854; married, 2d, Oct. 30, 1854, Hannah Lovina, widow of Jonathan Clark, and daughter of Luna and Hannah (White) Starkey; died Sept. 13, 1864. Mrs. Carter died Sept. 9, 1878. Children, I, II, by 1st marriage, III, VI, by 2d marriage.
I. MARY FRANCES, born April 30, 1845.
II. MARGARET FLORENCE, born Oct. 26, 1846; married, Oct. 24, 1864, Frederick H. Haskell.
III. DANIEL G., born June 9, 1855.
NETTIE L., born July 24, 1858; died Oct. 9, 1863.
IV.
HATTIE M., born June 8, 1860; married, July 6, 1881, Henry L. Barker, born in Charlestown, N. H., July 23, 1851; resides in Newport, N. H. Children: 1. Harry Lewis Barker, born in Charlestown, June 28, 1882; 2. Willie Melvin Barker, born in Claremont, Jan. 26, 1883; 3. Minnie Josephine Barker, born in Claremont, March 12, 1885.
VI. MINNIE L., born Ang. 23, 1862.
ABIAL MOORE CAVERLY, son of Solomon' and Sarah (Moore) Caverly, born in Canterbury, Nov. 28, 1817; married, 1st, March 25, 1845, Caroline, daughter of Thomas Ames of Canterbury. Mrs. Caverly died Feb.
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2, 1851; and he married, 2d, Nov. 30, 1854, Sarah L., daughter of Solomon and Sarah (Nurse) Goddard. Died in Pittsford, Vt., 1879, where his widow still resides.
1, CHARLES Solomon, born Sept. 30, 1856. Is a physician in Rutland, Vermont.
HI. CAROLINE AMES, born May 29, 1858; married H. H. Swift, M. D .; resides in Pittsford.
CHARLES S. CAVERLY, son of Abial M., born Sept. 30, 1856; married, November, 1885, Mabel A. Tuttle of
CHARLES S. CAVERLY, M. D.
Rutland, Vt. After 1862, he spent his early life in Pittsford, Vt., to which place his father removed from Troy. He obtained his preliminary education at Bran- don, Vt., high school and at Kimball Union Academy, Meriden, N. H., graduating from the latter institution in 1874. He entered Dartmouth College, graduating in the class of '78. Commenced the study of medicine
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under the instruction of his father, and after his death continuing his studies with Dr. M. Goldsmith of Rut- land, Vt. He attended lectures at the medical depart- ment of the University of Vermont, and was graduated M. D. in 1881; also attended lectures at the College of Physicians and Surgeons in the city of New York, 1881-82, besides several courses under private instruc- tion in the same city. He commenced the practice of medicine at Rutland, Jan. 1, 1883, and has continued there to the present time. Dr. Caverly is a member and in 1891-92 was president of the Vermont Medical Society; member and in 1891-92 president of the Rut- land County Medical and Surgical Society; member of the American Medical Association; American Public Health Association, and of the Rutland Medical Club ; member of and for the past six years president of the Vermont State Board of Health. Was the first health officer of the village of Rutland, holding the office for three terms; served about three years as assistant surgeon of the First Vermont Regiment, National Guard, resigning in 1889. Is a member of the Masonic fraternity and a member of the board of directors of the Rutland Hospital. He has made a special study of diseases of the throat, nose and lungs, and has presented numerous papers to the medical societies of which he is a member, many of them being published in their transactions.
I. HARLEY T., born March, 1887.
CHARLES N. CHASE, son of David and Betsey, born Ang. 23, 1832; married, Sept. 5, 1854, Augusta B., daugh- ter of Caleb and Polly (White) Sweetser of Fitz- william. For a few years after locating in Troy, he was employed in the service of Turner & Goodall, and later worked in the pail shops. Resides in Winehendon. Children born in Troy.
1. ALANSON EUGENE, born Aug. 16, 1856; died April 18, 1884.
11. ARTHUR HERMON, born July 18, 1860.
THOMAS CLARK came from Wrentham, Mass., in 1778 and settled on land which he bought of Thomas Tolman,
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and where he died in 1818. His children were prob- ably all born here.
I. WILLIAM; went West.
I1. MARTHA, married - Wing, and lived in the state of New York.
III. THOMAS, born Jan. 18, 1779.
IV. BETSEY; killed by lightning, August, 1795, aged 17 years.
V. POLLY.
VI. SALLY, married - Sargent and lived in Vermont.
VII. JONATHAN.
THOMAS CLARK, JR., son of Thomas, married, March 2, 1802, Roena Phillips of Richmond, born Feb. 15, 1784, and settled on the home farm formerly belonging to his son, Alvah S., where he died Oct. 14, 1856. Mrs. Clark died June 7, 1857.
I. HOWARD, boru Jan. 14, 1803.
II. FULLER, born Oct. 26, 1804.
111. Lovisa, born May 7, 1807; died Dec. 2, 1832.
IV. LUKE C., born Aug. 22, 1809.
V. LOVINA, born Nov. 8, 1812; died Aug. 2, 1816.
VI. LYMAN T., born April 29, 1817; was burned to death Dec. 4, 1834.
VII. WILLIAM, born May 5, 1822; died April 2, 1823.
VIII. ALVAR S., born Aug. 29, 1824.
JONATHAN CLARK, son of Thomas, born June 3, 1788; married Mary, daughter of James and Mary Brewer, and resided in Keene until near the close of 1824, when he returned to Troy and purchased the farm upon which his father-in-law Brewer had lived, where he resided until his death, Aug. 20, 1850.
I. As, born Sept. 4, 1814; married, 1837, Martha Howe of Fitzwil- liam ; resides in Oregon.
1I. JONATHAN, born April 10, 1816; married, Oct. 22, 1840, Hannah Lovina, daughter of Luna and Hannah (White) Starkey; died in South Orange, Mass., Oct. 14, 1852. Children: 1. Hannah V., born April 9, 1842; died Jan. 19, 1843; 2. Benjamin F., born Jan. 21, 1844; married, Oct. 18, 1882, Susan A., born Jan. 25, 1850, daughter of Daniel and Lucy May of Winchendon, Mass. One child, Grace E., born in Rindge, Nov. 21, 1883; 3. Martha A., born June 3, 1845; died April 9, 1846.
III. BETSEY, born Sept. 20, 1820; married Bailey Starkey.
IV. WILLIAM, born June 8, 1825; married, 1851, Martha Bowles.
V. DANIEL W., born Feb. 25, 1831 ; married Maria Whitney of Swanzey.
HENRY C., born March 8, 1838.
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HOWARD CLARK, son of Thomas, Jr., born Jan. 14, 1803, married, Dec. 23, 1827, Dolly, born June 13, 1805, daughter of Jonathan and Delila (Rhodes) Bemis of Marlborough. They first located in Bethlehem, N. H., removed to Swanzcy in March, 1830, and in 1841 came to Troy, purchasing of Abner Haskell the farm, which he afterward sold to his son Howard T., and moved to the village. He died April 16, 1874; his widow died March 2, 1888.
I. JONATHAN B., born Ang. 22, 1828; married, March, 1855, Amanda Derby.
Il. BETSEY L., born Sept. 19, 1830; married, 1st, Sept. 19, 1862, Appleton B. Hubbard; he died Sept. 29, 1862; and she married, 2d, Feb. 2, 1868, Houghton Lawrence.
III. HOWARD T., born Jan. 12, 1834; married, Oct. 20, 1855, Sarah E. Nott of Barnett, Vt. Divorced; married, 2d, March 7, 1884, Mary Ann, daughter of James and Jane (Wilson) Mitchell.
IV. HARVEY A., born Aug. 7, 1838; married, Feb. 4, 1862, Sophronia A., daughter of William and Caroline Perham; resides in Fitzwil- liam. Children: 1. William Perham, born Aug. 24, 1866; 2. Emily D., born Aug. 13, 1871; died Aug. 26, 1871.
HARRIET A., born Aug. 7, 1838; married, July 11, 1876, Philip Boyce, born Feb. 9, 1827.
VI. MARY, born Dec. 25, 1841; married, Sept. 3, 1863, George F. Sar- gent of Rutland, Vt .; resides in Iowa. Children: 1. Arthur H. Sargent ; 2. Grace E. Sargent.
FULLER CLARK, son of Thomas, born Oct. 26, 1804; married, February, 1830, Adaline, daughter of Asa and Eunice (Williams) Porter of Marlborough.
I. ASA LOVELL, born Aug. 2, 1831; died Dec. 27, 1854.
II. JOSEPHINE L., born Dec. 25, 1834; unmarried.
III. CHARLES L., born Feb. 9, 1839; married, 1st, Dec. 2, 1863, Mary E. Farnum; she died April 17, 1864; and he married, 2d, Ellen L. Whitney of Westminster, Mass.
IV. ALFRED L., born May 9, 1845; married, June 8, 1882, Marietta I., daughter of Algernon Sidney and Harriet (Goddard) Butler; resides in Jaffrey. Children: 1. Josephine Ellen, born June 1, 1884; 2. Estella Minetta, born Feb. 7, 1888; 3. Harold Clifford, born June 17, 1891.
LUKE C. CLARK, son of Thomas, Jr., born Aug. 22, 1809; married, Feb. 21, 1839, Abigail S., born July 20, 1814, daughter of David and Betsey (Damon) Lowe.
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I. LYMAN T., born Oct. 22, 1839; married, 1st, May 6, 1863, Mary L., born Dec. 25, 1838, daughter of Isaac and Betsey (Andrews) Briggs. He died Aug. 10, 1876; and his widow married, 2d, March 16, 1880, Orrin II. Peck. Children: 1. Ada Louisa, born March 10, 1864; married, Dec. 13, 1885, William H. Briggs of Stoneham, Mass .; 2. George Hubert, born Feb. 14, 1867; married, Sept. 28, 1892, Jessie Morey; resides in Worcester, Mass .; 3. Annie Laura, born Dec. 18, 1870; married Artemus O. Peck ; 4. Lyman P., born Sept. 25, 1872; died Sept. 10, 1873; 5. Bessie M. A., born June 1, 1874; 6. Adelaide Estella, born Aug. 26, 1876.
II. GEORGE W., born Jan. 16, 1844; died Jan. 1, 1864.
III. FRANCIS L., born April 16, 1843; married, Jan. 22, 1871, Susan, born Jan. 22, 1844, daughter of Herman and Bathsheba (Cob- leigh) Fisher; resides in Fitzwilliam. Children: 1. Martin Luke, born March 6, 1873; 2. Grace Alice, born Oet. 24, 1877.
IV. CHARLES DAVID, born Dec. 29, 1845; married, Oct. 6, 1869, Fanny Rozell, born in Wendell, Mass., May 26, 1844, daughter of Amos and Fanny (Tenney) Baker; she died July 22, 1893; resides in Fitzwilliam. Children: 1. Edward Charles, born July 20, 1872; 2. Winford Samuel, born Nov. 25, 1876; 3. Lolie Rozell, born Oct. 9, 1879; 4. Floyd Elmore, born Nov. 26, 1886.
V. ABBIE E., born Ang. 8, 1851; married, Aug. 8, 1889, Charles R. Applin. Children: 1. PHILO CASS, born Aug. 3, 1891; 2. Archie Waldo, born Jan. 23, 1895.
VI. WARREN N., born May 7, 1858; married, July 14, 1883, Etta A., daughter of Orrin H. and Hattie (Cheney) Peck. Children: 1. Chester Warren, born April 24, 1884; 2. Flora Augusta, born April 28, 1885; 3. Florence Abigail, born April 28, 1885; 4. Bertha Mabel, born March 15, 1887: 5. Ada Loretta, born July 12, 1889.
ALVAH S. CLARK is the sixth son of Thomas, and soon after his marriage settled on the John Farrar farm which was purchased of Oren Brooks, exchanging therefor the original farm in the southwestern part of the town. He has devoted his time principally to farming and lived upon this farm until 1883, when he moved to the village, purchasing the location and building the house where he now resides. Mr. Clark became a member of the Baptist church early in life and has been one of its most active and influential members, having served the church as deacon for nearly thirty-eight years. He was selectman in 1873, 1874 and 1875, and also in 1897, and was collector of taxes
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for several years. He was a member of the Legisla- ture in 1897, serving upon the committee on roads, bridges and canals. He was born Aug. 29, 1824;
ALVANI S. CLARK.
married, March 19, 1850, Serepta A., born in Fram- ingham, Mass., Jan. 4, 1829, daughter of Oren and Julia Ann (Wright) Brooks.
I. LOUISA J., boru April 23, 1851; died April 22, 1860.
II. HARRIET M., born May 15, 1852; died Aug. 17, 1876.
Son, born May 29, 1853; died May 30, 1853.
IV. Daughter, born May 29, 1853; died June 30, 1853.
V. MARY E., born June 26, 1855; died July 27, 1876.
VI. CLARA A., born Sept. 16, 1856; died July 23, 1876.
VII SARAH E., born Sept. 17, 1859; died Ang. 30, 1886.
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