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I. LUNA, born May 28, 1812; died March 30, 1833.
II. DANIEL, born Feb. 12, 1815.
III. BAILEY, born Jan. 20, 1816.
IV. HANNAH L., born Jan. 19, 1820; married, 1st, Jonathan Clark, Jr .; married, 2d, Daniel G. Carter; died Sept. 9, 1878.
V. STEPHEN, born July 20, 1823.
VI. EZEKIEL, born Nov. 24, 1824.
VII. ALANSON, born Oct. 12, 1826.
VIII. VIENNA, born May 15, 1829; died Jan. 30, 1848.
IX. EDWARD F., born Oct. 14, 1831; married, Nov. 14, 1850, Mary Jane, daughter of Simon and Olive Butler; died April 28, 1859. One child, Edward Eugene, born Feb. 1, 1857; died April 22, 1858.
x. IRA G., born March 4, 1834.
DANIEL STARKEY, son of Luna, born Feb. 12, 1813; married, Oet. 26, 1836, Sarah O. Holbrook; died March 1, 1865; his widow died Dec. 21, 1870. He
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resided a few years in the Bush house and worked at shoemaking; afterwards he lived on the Whitney place and on the Nurse farm, where he died.
I. DANIEL ALDEN, born July 10, 1838.
II. SARAHI DIANA, born March 20, 1841; died July 25, 1842.
III. LAURA DIANA, born Feb. 27, 1844; died Sept. 7, 1845.
IV. VIENNA O., born April 19, 1848; married Charles Lang; died March 23, 1879.
BAILEY STARKEY, son of Luna, born Jan. 20, 1816; married, November, 1838, Betsey, daughter of Jona- than Clark. He died Jan. 1, 1866, and his widow married, 2d, Winthrop Knight.
I. MARY JANE, born Feb. 12, 1840; married Joseph Haskell.
II. ELLEN, born Mareh 13, 1842; married George J. Ripley; died Sept. 24, 1870. Children: 1. Frank L. Ripley, born Oct. 17, 1860; died Nov. 14, 1874; 2. Flora B. Ripley, born Jan. 21, 1864; 3. Walter G. Ripley, born Nov. 28, 1866; died April 18, 1879.
III. MARIA, born Nov. 21, 1845; died Feb. 17, 1847.
IV. ANNA M., born May 21, 1849; married Oren S. Adams; died Jan. 14, 1897.
V. VIENNA, born Dec. 14, 1851; married Jonas Foster.
VI. WARREN B., born Oet. 8, 1853.
VII. WALTER J., born Dec. 23, 1858; died in 1862.
STEPHEN STARKEY, son of Luna, born July 20, 1823; married, Jan. 2, 1849, Polly Sweetser of Fitzwilliam; died March 27, 1853. Mrs. Starkey married, 2d, Oct. 5, 1858, John T. Leonardson, who died Dec. 6, 1890, aged seventy-five. She died Oct. 11, 1892.
I. CHARLES STEVEN, born June 13, 1843; married, 1st, Adelaide R. Howard of Richmond, who died July 27, 1885, aged twenty-nine; married, 2d, Nov. 2, 1891, Mrs. Della Luce.
II. CALEB LUNA, born March 29, 1851; died Feb. 10, 1852.
ALANSON STARKEY, son of Luna, born Oct. 12, 1826; mar- ried, April 28, 1850, Mary Rice, born April 26, 1830. After his marriage he located in the Jacob Boyce house, but in 1855 he built the house now owned by Daniel Sullivan, and worked in the pail shops for several years. After a time he sold this place and went to live with Thomas Wright in the house he now occupies.
1. ANN MARIA, born Jan. 27, 1851; died June 7, 1851.
II. GEORGE ALANSON, born Sept. 23, 1852.
III. THOMAS WRIGHT, born Dec. 7, 1857.
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IV. FRED SIBLEY, born Jan. 12, 1866; married, Sept. 24, 1890, Hattie M. Matthews of Fitzwilliam. Children: 1. Harry Matthews, born Sept. 1, 1891; 2. Ervin Fred, born Nov. 6, 1894.
FRANK HERBERT, born April 16, 1873; married, June 16, 1894, Eva L. Shippey.
VI. LILLACE MAY, born March 1, 1877; died April 15, 1877.
GEORGE A. STARKEY, son of Alanson, born Sept. 22, 1852; married, 1st, Aug. 31, 1881, Jennie A., daughter of
GEORGE A. STARKEY.
Ivers L. and Almira W. (Gates) Richardson of Marl- borough. She died May 30, 1890, and he married, 2d, July 20, 1890, Mrs. Alice Diana Cole. Soon after his marriage he bought the Amos Ingalls place, where he
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has since resided and for several years has been engaged in the meat and provision business and occupies a market building which he built, situated near the railroad and a short distance north of the depot. Some twenty years ago he established the Monadnock Trout Ponds for the artificial propagation of the brook trout, in which business he has been very successful. He was one of the selectmen in 1892, 1893 and 1895.
1. MARY LILLIAN, born May 16, 1882.
11. NELLIE GERTRUDE, born Aug. 23, 1883.
III. HENRY IVERS, born Ang. 20, 1886; died Dec. 11, 1891.
IV. MINNIE JENNIE, born Jan. 21, 1889.
THOMAS W. STARKEY, son of Alanson, born Dec. 7, 1857; married, June 17, 1879, Emma May Walker, born Aug. 11, 1855.
I. CHARLES H., born Jan. 5, 1880.
11. BERTIE G., born Sept. 25, 1881.
III. MYRTIE BLANCHE, born Aug. 14, 1884.
IV. MARY GERTRUDE, born Feb. 4, 1887.
LELA BELLE, born July 14, 1889.
VI. BERNICE EMMA, born Nov. 5, 1893.
IRA G. STARKEY, son of Luna, born March 4, 1834; married, Nov. 19, 1862, Augusta, daughter of Dexter Warren of Swanzey, born April 27, 1839. After his marriage, Mr. Starkey lived for several years on the place now owned by H. C. Newton; he then went to Winehendon, where he lived for a short time, returning to Troy, and purchasing of George Tupper, the Porter place on East Hill, where he resided until 1889, when he left the farm and went to Kansas. He returned to Troy in 1891, and purchased the Ezekiel Peck place in the village, where he has since lived, selling his farm to Charles Freeman.
1. WALTER H., born Oct. 12, 1863.
II. CHARLES E., born Jan. 16, 1865; died Oct. 7, 1870.
III. LULA A., born Feb. 23, 1867; died Oct. 13, 1870.
I\'. LULA A., born Jan. 28, 1871; died Sept. 2, 1871.
WEBSTER T., born April 1, 1872; died Sept. 26, 1872.
VI. LESTER D., born Ang. 8, 1875.
WALTER H. STARKEY, son of Ira G. and Augusta ( Warren) Starkey, was born in Troy, Oet. 12, 1863. He was
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born and reared upon the farm, attended the common schools of the town, and was for several terms under the instruction of Mrs. L. B. Wright, and was a close student and desirous of obtaining a good education.
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Later he entered Ashburnham Academy, at Ashburn- ham, Mass., from which he graduated, but elose attention to his studies had impaired his health. He was ambitious to become a Greek professor, but the failing health interfered with his plans. and seeking a change of elimate with a view to warding off the disease, he went to Kansas in the fall of 1883, first locating in Nehema County, and for two winters
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taught school near Seneca in that state. During the next four years he was deputy county clerk of Nehema County, and in the fall of 1888 he entered the law department of the State University, from which he graduated in 1891. After leaving the university, he went to Holland, Jackson County, and entered a law office, but only remained there a short time. In Octo- ber, 1891, he went to Osage City and entered into partnership with J. P. MeLaughlin, who had been his roommate at the university, under the firm name of Starkey & MeLaughlin. He was an estimable young man, of good ability and very popular where he was known, and had his life been spared he would undoubt- edly have made his mark in his profession. He married, July 12, 1894, Miss Clara Niles of Osage City, who died one year later. For twelve years the climate held his disease in check, but after the death of his wife the disease took hold of him again and made rapid progress to the end, which occurred March 16, 1896.
DANIEL A. STARKEY, son of Daniel, born July 10, 1838; married, 1st, -- -- who died -; married, 2d, Jan. 15, 1866, Augusta C., daughter of John Lang, who was born in Germany, Sept. 11, 1848. He died March 1, 1892.
1. DANIEL ALDEN, JR., born July 10, 1866; married, April 15, 1890, Ellen Rock. Children: 1. Charles Henry, born Nov. 6, 1890; 2. Herbert Samuel, born Sept. 10, 1892; died young.
11. ALMA L., born May 31, 1867; married, June 7, 1891, Walter C. Carroll of Winchendon.
III. SARAHI PAULINE, born Oct. 8, 1871; died May 8, 1873.
IV. LENA MAY, born April 29, 1874; married, Nov. 9, 1892, Edgar H. Blossom. Children: 1. -; 2. Son, born May 7, 1894.
V. JOHN J., born April 4, 1876.
VI. CHARLES HERBERT, born May 15, 1877; died Sept. 11, 1886.
VII. CORA C., born Sept. 20, 1878; married, May 29, 1895, Curtis M. Huekins of Ashby, Mass.
VIII. LEONARD W., born Sept. 27, 1879.
IX. HERBERT L., born Aug. 2, 1881; died Aug. 9, 1882.
Y. ANNA A., born Dec. 14, 1885.
XI. LILLIAN B., born Feb. 18, 1888.
EZEKIEL STARKEY, son of Luna, born Nov. 24, 1824; married, July 3, 1850, Lucy M. Drury, who was born
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in Weston, Vt., May 13, 1831. Mr. Starkey worked in the pail shops in Troy, and in Ohio and St. Louis, for several years, but finally returned to Troy and engaged in the livery business, which he carried on until a few years since, and was well known to the traveling publie all over the country, as for a long time he carried the passengers from the depot to Monadnock mountain.
I. HATTIE M., born April 25, 1856; died Dec. 30, 1856.
II. MINNIE L., born March 22, 1859; died Aug. 30, 1860.
III. HARRY L., born Jan. 9, 1861; died Feb. 9, 1861.
IV. CORA L., born April 1, 1866; died Oct. 14, 1878.
EFFIE BLANCHE, born April 12, 1873.
STANLEY. Jonathan Stanley, was originally from Acton, Mass., settling first in Rindge and then in Jaffrey. He married Louise, probably a daughter of Benjamin Moors of Rindge. He was a soldier in the Revolution. He died July 12, 1789, aged forty-one; his wife died Dee. 9, 1828, aged eighty-one. He had nine children: Jonathan, John, Benjamin Moors, Jedediah, Nathan, Saralı, Abiah, Keziah and Abner.
JONATHAN STANLEY, the first son, married Betsey Ross, daughter of Abraham Ross of Jaffrey. He died Nov. 4, 1852, aged seventy-eight; his wife died Feb. 10, 1842, aged sixty-seven.
I. ABRAHAM, married Lydia Eveleth.
II. ABNER.
III. BENJAMIN MOORS, born June 12, 1806.
IV. ALVAH, born 1807; married, 1st, Lucy B. Cutting, who died March 14, 1875; married, 2d, Jane Danforth. Children: 1. Warren; 2. Henry ; 3. Luella, adopted daughter. JAMES Ross, born Aug. 5, 1810.
VI. PERSIS.
VII. JONATHAN.
BENJAMIN MOORS STANLEY, son of Jonathan, born in Jaffrey, June 12, 1806; married, Feb. 7, 1839, Abigail, daughter of Amos Sibley. He resided in Jaffrey until 1851, when he came to Troy, but returned to Jaffrey in 1855, and returned to Troy the following year.
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His wife died May 14, 1862; he died in Newport, N. Y., Feb. 6, 1879.
BENJAMIN BRADLEY, born May 1, 1843; died Nov. 5, 1856. Killed in the house of Elijah Harrington, by the discharge of a gun in the hands of a young lad, who playfully pointed the fatal weapon at him, not knowing it was loaded.
II. BETSEY Ross, born Feb. 26, 1845; died in Fitchburg, Nov. 1, 1883. III. EVA HENRIETTA, born July 20, 1847; married Rev. Randall Aldrich.
JAMES R. STANLEY, son of Jonathan, born Aug. 5, 1810; married, Feb. 7, 1850, Abigail, daughter of Daniel
JAMES R. STANLEY.
Cutting, Jr., who died Sept. 5, 1873. He died June 21, 1888. He lived with a Mr. Warren of Jaffrey for several years until he became of age, where he learned
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the trade of a stone mason, which business he followed for a larger part of his life. In 1837, he purchased the mill on East Hill, afterwards owned by George S. Col- burn, manufacturing clothespins and chairs, and also run a grist mill for several years. He lived on the "Stan- ley" place in Jaffrey for several years, later on the Cutting place, and finally came to the village about 1885, purchasing of Edmund Bemis the Wright place, where his son now resides. Was town constable for several years and seleetman at different times for nine terms.
I. JAMES LYFORD, born Dec. 1, 1853; married, June 20, 1876, Minnetta F., daughter of George A., and Josephine M. (Cutting) Adams.
STONE. Capt. George Stone, was born in Lexington, Mass., March 21, 1760; married, 1st, Hannah Lovering, of Kingston, about 1788, who died Dec. 27, 1826, aged sixty-five; married, 2d, Abigail Currier, of Canterbury, in 1830, who died April 18, 1849, aged sixty-six. He was a soldier of the Revolution, enlisting at the age of fifteen, and served five years; participated in the battles of Brandywine and Stillwater, and other engagements; wit- nessed the surrender of Burgoyne; endured the suffering and privation of the winter encampment at Valley Forge; and was wounded at the battle of Monmouth. On the return of peace, he settled in Boscawen, N. H., but the depreciation of Continental money left him so poor that he had only twenty cents to begin life with. By industry he was soon able to purchase twenty acres of land, upon which he commenced farming, and in time acquired land sufficient to give each of his eight children a homestead. He died at West Boscawen, Dec. 8, 1834. His second child was John, born Feb. 28, 1792; married Submit Sweatt of West Boscawen; died Jan. 25, 1870. They had two sons, the second, Hiram George, was born May 24, 1822; married, 1st, Jan. 26, 1847, Mary Ann C. Ticknor of Lebanon, who died Nov. 10, 1856; married,
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2d, Dec. 5, 1857, Lucinda Lane of Epsom. Mrs. Stone died Dec. 21, 1891; he died Dec. 26, 1891.
MELVIN T. STONE, son of Hiram G., was born in West Boscawen, July 28, 1854; married, Jan. 26, 1882, Cora M., daughter of Charles W. and Sarah Frances (Taylor) Whitney. His early life was spent upon the farm and in attending the common schools of his
RESIDENCE OF DR. M. T. STONE.
native town, and New Hampton Literary Institution. Studied medicine with Dr. F. S. Stillings of Concord, N. H., and attended lectures at Dartmouth Medical College, from which he graduated in November, 1879. Came to Troy, Feb. 20, 1880, and entered upon the practice of medicine as successor to Dr. Benjamin E. Harriman. In 1887, purchased the Elijah Harrington house, previously owned by Eri J. Spaulding, which was considerably enlarged and improved, and where he has since resided. Was superintending school com- mittee and a member of the school board from 1883 until 1887; was chosen representative to the General Court in 1887, and has been town clerk from 1887, besides holding other offices of trust and responsibility. Was a member of the Board of Pension Examining Surgeons, at Keene, during President Harrison's
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administration. Is a member of the New Hampshire Medical Society; of the Cheshire County Medical Society, and Connecticut River Medical Society, having been president of the two last named societies.
1. MARY FRANCES, born April 29, 1886; died April 15, 1891.
II. MILDRED TICKNOR, born March 17, 1889.
III. DOROTHY CORA, born April 25, 1896; died Aug. 20, 1896.
LEVI STREETER was born in Rindge, Jan. 12, 1797; mar- ricd, 1st, Sarah Packard, Jan. 17, 1822. Mrs. Streeter died August, 1835, aged thirty-eight years; and he married, 2d, Dec. 17, 1835, Sophia Stanford, who was born in Dublin, Oct. 10, 1808.
1. CHARLES, died aged one year, six months.
II. ELVIRA, died aged three years.
III. CAROLINE, died aged three years.
IV. KATHERINE, born in 1831; married Amos Lawrence of Fitchburg.
V. SARAH JANE, born in 1833; married Charles Brown of Winchendon, Mass.
VI. ELIZABETHI, born Aug. 18, 1836; married Barton Grant of Fitzwil- liam.
VII. CAROLINE, born Nov. 4, 1837; married Alfred Lawrence of Troy. VIH. SOPHIA, born Feb. 4, 1839; married George Brooks of Fitchburg.
IX. ITALY, born in Swanzey, Jan. 4, 1841; married John F. Whitcomb of Richmond.
.Y. CHARLES H., born Sept. 5, 1843; married, 1st, Abbie Frances, daughter of Nehemiah Adams; married, 2d, Mary Powers of Winehendon.
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XI. ELVIRA, born April 15, 1845; married Albert Ames of Fitchburg. ABBIE, born Nov. 1, 1847; married Henry H. Daisey; died August, 1892.
XIII. DANIEL L., born July 21, 1850; married, 1st, Nov. 6, 1877, Mrs. Nettie E. Grant, daughter of David C. Stone of Fitzwilliam, born Dec. 21, 1854; died Feb. 7, 1895; married, 2d, Feb. 2, 1896, Mrs. Flora C. Bourn. Children : 1. Stephen Daniel, born Dec. 2, 1878; 2. Albert Perley, born Sept. 5, 1884; 3. Leila Florence, born March 10, 1897.
JOHN SULLIVAN was born in Ireland, and on coming to Troy, purchased the John Lawrence farm. He died April 30, 1880, aged 45 years. Married, 1st, Mary ()'Brien, who died; married, 2d, Ellen Dunn.
I. DANIEL, born Jan. 31, 1861.
11. Joux, born - 1865; died.
III. THOMAS, born Jan. 25, 1869.
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IY. NELLIE AGNES, born Jan. 1, 1870; married, July 26, 1893, Edward Cushing.
MARY ELIZABETH, born April 1, 1871; married, Sept. 24, 1889, Michael Enright, 2d.
DANIEL SULLIVAN, son of John, born Jan. 31, 1861; married, June 14, 1881, Deborah King, born Aug. 15, 1858.
1. MARY J., born Aug. 7, 1882.
II. KATHERINE MABEL, born March 13, 1885.
III. JOHN LAWRENCE, born Dec. 6, 1886.
IV. GILBERT JAMES, born April 5, 1889.
DANIEL JOSEPH, born March 29, 1891.
MORRIS. BARTHOLOMEW, born Nov. 3, 1893.
VII. GERTRUDE, born May 9, 1896.
EDWARD C. SUTTON was a son of Nathaniel Sutton, and was born in Shelburne, Vt., Oet. 17, 1841; married, Oct. 24, 1861, Caroline A., daughter of Lyman and Almira (Brown) Spooner; died June 13, 1870. His widow married, 2d, Christopher F. Lawson.
1. WINFRED HOMER, born Jan. 29, 1864; died July 12, 1869.
II. CHARLES LYMAN, born Dec. 17, 1865; married, April 5, 1885, 1sa Adele Knapp of Keene; resides in Keene. Children : 1. Harry Melvin, born Oct. 5, 1887; 2. Aldith Eleanor, born Nov. 16, 1888; 3. Dorothy Ardelle, born Jan. 2, 1892.
III. ANGIE ALICE, born July 27, 1868; married Elmer E. Haskell.
IV. AMY ALMIRA, born July 23, 1870; died Aug. 20, 1871.
SAMUEL M. THOMPSON of Lisbon, N. H., and Mrs. Olive J. (Bowen) Howard were married Jan. 19, 1858. She was born Oct. 5, 1831, and married, 1st, Oct. 6, 1855, Romanzo Howard of Montgomery, Alabama. She had one child, Adelaide R. Howard, who was born July 3, 1856, and married Charles S. Starkey ; died July 27, 1885.
I. MABEL F., born Aug. 4, 1859.
11. BENJAMIN F., born Dee. 24, 1860; married, May 12, 1891, Mary Weeks of Richmond.
III. EDGAR M., born Nov. 8, 1863; married, April 6, 1891, Elizabeth Davis of Fitzwilliam. One child, Paul. Resides in Fitzwilliam.
IV. HERBERT P., born Sept. 1, 1866; married, July 3, 1890, Mary Ellen, daughter of Edward and Harriet (Birtwhistle) Hartley, born in England. Children: 1. Harriet Hartley, born Feb. 22, 1893; 2. William Edward, born Feb. 1, 1895.
V. GERTRUDE M., born May 22, 1871 ; married, June 17, 1891, George Rowley of Fitchburg; resides in Brockton, Mass.
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TOLMAN. Thomas Tolman emigrated to this country from England about 1635, and settled in Dorchester, Mass. His first wife, whom he probably married in England, was Sarah -. She died and he married, 2d, Katherine -, who died Nov. 7, 1677, and he died Jan. 28, 1690. He had seven children. His son John, born 1642, married, 1st, Elizabeth Collins of Lynn, who was probably born April 8, 1666. She died Oet. 7, 1690, and he married, 2d, June 15, 1692, Mary Paul. He died Jan. 1, 1724-25. Henry, son of John, born March, 1678-79, married Hannah -. He resided at Dorchester for some years, and then removed to Attleborough, where he died at an advanced age. His wife died Nov. 11, 1735. His son Henry, born in Dorehester, Feb. 23, 1708, married Mary, daughter of Benjamin Slack of Attleborough. He resided in Attleborough, and died Dee. 25, 1762. His widow died in Fitzwilliam, Dee. 26, 1785. Three of his sons settled in this region, Ebenezer, Joseph and Benjamin, the latter in what is now Troy.
BENJAMIN TOLMAN, married Hepzibeth, daughter of Jacob Newell, and raised up a large family.
I. BENJAMIN, born 1782.
IE. HENRY, born 1783; married Polly Harris; died in 1851.
III. CHARLES, died at an early age.
IV. HEPZIBETII.
CHARLES, born 1789.
VI. JACOB, born 1791.
VII. HEPZIBETH, born 1793.
VIN. DAVID, born 1795; married Martha Ballou ; died in Troy.
IX. NATHAN, born 1797; died in Fitchburg.
STEPHEN, born 1798.
XI. SALLY, born 1800; married - Boyce.
XII. CALVIN, born 1803; married Mary Bowers.
XII. ANNA, born 1804; married Amasa Aldriel.
XIV. LUTHER, born 1807.
HENRY TOLMAN, son of Benjamin, born 1783; married, Nov. 28, 1805, Polly, daughter of Christopher Harris, and formed a copartnership with his father-in-law in
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the business of the tavern. He lived there one and one-half years, then moved to Derry, Vt., where he resided three years, after which he returned to Troy, and lived some time in the William Whitcomb house. After this he kept a public house two years, but again returned to the Whitcomb place. He worked at briek- making three years in the yard afterwards owned by Thomas Wright, then moved to the Sampson Wheeler place, where he lived some sixteen years, and finally went to Sterling, Mass., where he died March 6, 1851 ; his wife died Aug. 5, 1857.
I. CHARLES MASON, born Jan. 21, 1807; married, May 29, 1828, Lydia Lovejoy; died Dec. 27, 1830. After his death, Mrs. Tol- man returned to Wilton, her native town, and married - Gray ; she died about 1842. After his marriage he resided in Fitchburg till 1830, when he returned to Troy, purchased the old school- house which stood near the Marshall barn, moved it to the westerly side of the village and converted it into a dwelling honse.
II. NANCY, born June 17, 1808; married Luther Towns of Amherst; died October, 1859. Children: 1. Martha Ann Towne, died in 1846; 2. Mary F. Towne, married Joshua Bailey of Lowell, Mass .; died Dec. 4, 1890; 3. Harriet E. Towne, married 1. W. Nichols; resides in Worcester; 4. Cynthia Towne, married Rev. John Baskwell; 5. Henrietta.
III. HENRY, JR., born Ang. 13, 1809; married Harriet Rhodes; resides in Eldora, Iowa. Formerly lived in Worcester, Mass., where he served on the board of common council in 1854 and 1855, and then removed to Wisconsin, and in 1859, was on the board of county commissioners, Waushara county. Children: 1. Charles T., born April 2, 1836; 2. James M., born May 2, 1839; 3. Alfred R., born July 13, 1841; 4. Sarah A., born Oct. 2, 1844; 5. Josephine C., born April 10, 1847; 6. George II., born July 7, 1849.
IV. ELISHA H., born Jime 17, 1811.
V. DANIEL, born Nov. 7, 1812; married Ahnira Davis; resides in Wis- consin.
VI. MARY, born May 5, 1814; married, April 16, 1833, Isaac Jackson; died in Harrison, Me., Feb. 21, 1888. Mrs. Jackson was a person of rare energy, and possessed a degree of moral courage which was truly heroic. When very few women, if any, had stepped from the private walks of life to preach the gospel, this young woman, leaving the gay circles which had delighted her, and in which her presence was ever desired, went into the Great West to carry glad tidings to those who were bearing the heavy burdens
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of frontier life. It is testified of her that she had been instru- mental in organizing more than thirty churches. She never boasted of having accomplished anything. "The Lord's service is joyous," was all she had to say of her part in the work. Having preached for about forty years in the West, going from the prairie schoolhouse to the city church, and again, at a time when an uprising of the redmen was feared, taking her way into the Indian country, to tell them of "Peace on earth, good will toward men," she returned to the scenes of early life. Making her home near that of a brother in Harrison, Me., she still labored as her strength would permit, till almost the close. With her husband, who was a preacher, she did lasting work in life's harvest fields.
VH. JACOB N., born Jan. 2, 1816; married, 1st, Eliza Ann, daughter of Abram Osborne of Fitchburg, who died at the early age of twenty- six years; married, 2d, Abbie S. Moses of Warwick, Mass .; died, 1873, in San Francisco, Cal. He commenced life as a teacher, in which calling he was very successful. After his marriage he engaged in the dry goods business, opening a store in Fitchburg. Afterward removed to Sterling, Mass., where he carried on the same business. During his residence in that town he served as postmaster, also as a member of the board of school committee. In 1869, he went with his sons to settle in Nevada, entering into business there, in which he was very successful till the panic of 1873, and died suddenly while on a business trip to San Fran- cisco. He was a person of marked intellectual ability and of genial disposition. Children: 1. Frank Henry, resides in Challis, Idaho; 2. William Hartley, resides in Tuscarora, Nevada; 3. Edith Francis, married Alexander Clark; resides in Nevada; 4. Addie Newell, resides in Fitchburg.
VIII. JAMES, born May 6, 1817; died Jan. 28, 1821.
IX. PHILANDER, born June 13, 1819.
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SARAH ANN, born Dec. 31, 1824; died Nov. 2, 1844.
XI. MALVINA AMANDA, born May 11, 1828; married Augustus Leach who died Nov. 10, 1877. They moved from the homestead in Sterling, to Keene, in 1868, where Mr. Leach engaged in the busi- ness of contractor and builder. One child, Charles Augustus Leach, born Oct. 17, 1848; married Nov. 12, 1872, Emma L. Whitney of Keene; resides in Fitchburg. One child, Winfred Charles, born Jan. 21, 1877. Mrs. Leach married, 2d, June 30, 1881, F. A. Osborne of Fitchburg.
ELISHA H. TOLMAN, son of Henry, born June 17, 1811 ; married, Nov. 30, 1837, Rosina, daughter of Artemas Beard of Fitzwilliam, and located in Sterling, Mass., where he resided till 1841, when he moved to Fitz- william; but in the spring of 1843, he bought the Cameron farm of Rev. Ezekiel Rich, and returned to
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