History of Bedford, New Hampshire, from 1737 : being statistics compiled on the occasion of the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the incorporation of the town, May 15, 1900, Part 44

Author: Bedford (N.H. : Town)
Publication date: 1903
Publisher: Concord, N. H. : The Rumford Printing Co.
Number of Pages: 1202

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1

Nellie M. Whitford

1 Augusta A. French

1

Laura J. Hamblett

1 Mary E. Morrison 1 Charles E. Mclaughlin

1

Fannie A. McPherson

1 Robert C. French

1

Agnes J. Cutler

1 N. Parker Hunt

1

Miriam B. Gilmore

3 Fannie Moor

1

Horace E. Andrews

1 Mrs. Eliza A. Stevens

2

Mary E. Sleeper

1

1864.

Abbie A. Patten

1 Lucretia D. Parkhurst 1

Fannie M. Daniels

1 Miriam B. Gilmore

1

Anna M. Mellen

1 Fannie A. McPherson

1

Mary E. Morrison

2 Fannie M. Smith

1

Charles E. Mclaughlin Miss Giles

1 Lois C. Richardson

3

Mary F. Darrah

1 Asenath P. McQueston

2

Sarah T. Hook

1 Sarah A. Tinker 3

Julia M. Pierce

1 Mrs. Eliza A. Stevens

2

Silas Holbrook

1 Fanny T. Rundlett

1

Eben W. Sleeper

1

1865.

Miriam B. Gilmore

3 Larenda L. Webster 1

Mary E. Morrison

1 Fannie A. McPherson 1

John P. Hodgman

1 Nellie Flint 1

Sarah T. Hook

1 Lucretia D. Parkhurst

1

S. Addie Bryant

1 Agnes J. Cutler

1

Asenath P. McQueston

1 Mary A. Shepard

1

Abby G. Wallace

1 Nancy P. Flint 1

Eliza A. Stevens

1 Sarah E. Tinker

1

1866.

Abbie A. Patten

3 Sarah E. Tinker 3

Jennie A. Parker

1

N. Amanda Wyman 1

Albert F. Newton

1 Mary E. Wright 1

Mary D. Gale

1 Sarah E. Holt 2

1

Orriette V. Nesmith

1 Mary F. Cutler

2

438

HISTORY OF BEDFORD.

Rebecca C. Hull

1 Julia Neville 2

Abbie G. Wallace

2 Lucretia D. Parkhurst 2

1 Lydia A. Flint 2

1

Hattie N. Wheeler

1

1867.

S. Josie Page

1 Fannie A. McPherson

1

Miriam B. Gilmore

2

Hannah J. Hall

1

Mary E. Morrison

1 Mary S. Danforth

1

John P. Hodgman

1 F. W. Daniels

1

Emma F. Bean

1 Sarah E. Tinker

2

Abbie C. Morse

1 George F. Heald

1

Mary D. Gale

1 Helen I. Lane

1

Silas Holbrook

1 Mary F. Cutler

1

Eliza A. Stevens

1 Sarah A. Farley

2

Alice G. Lord

1 Hortensia McMillan

1

Laura A. Riddle

1 Estella Stevens

1

1868.

Miriam B. Gilmore

2 Martha J. Boyd

1

Annice G. Kendall

1

Abbie E. Cushman

1

Mary E. Morrison

2 Alice G. Lord

2

Eliza A. Stevens

2 Abbie A. Patten

2

Sarah E. Tinker

2 Lucy A. Evans

1

Emma A. Hill

1 Sarah A. Farley

1

James H. Willoughby

1 Jennie McDole

3

Emma F. Soule

1 Hannah E. French

1

Lucy A. Burns

2 Mary F. Cutler

3

1869.

Mary A. Damon

2 Josie A. Holmes

1

Eliza A. Stevens

2

Fannie A. Averill

1

Ida A. Leighton

2 Alice G. Lord

1

Emma F. Bean

1 Martha R. Butterfield

1

Sarah M. Foster

3 Sarah E. Tinker

1

Emma J. Hodgman

1 Mary A. Campbell

1

Abbie A. Patten

1 Lucy A. Burns

1

Alice Bird French

1 Jennie McDole

1

Laura E. Cutler

1 Mrs. Annie S. Goffe

1

Hattie E. Bailey

2 Annice G. Kendall

2

Ardell B. Taylor

1

1870.

Jennie M. Heald

1 Emma J. Hodgman

2.

Eliza A. Stevens

2 A. M. Fitzpatrick

2

Addie E. Shedd

1 Susie Page

1

Ida A. Leighton

1 Fannie A. Averill

1

Fannie A. Darrah

1 Mary Campbell

1

Abbie A. King Fannie A. McPherson

439

1 Sarah E. Tinker 2

3 Miriam B. Gilmore 1

1 Hattie E. Bailey 2

2

1871.

Eliza A. Stevens Addie E. Shedd

2 Martha Mussey 1

L. E. Converse

1 Catherine A. Tuttle 1

Mary M. Carpenter

1 Mary H. Jewett

1

Sarah W. Foster

3 Miriam B. Gilmore

1

Miss E. M. Colburn

1 Mrs. L. M. Dudley

1

Abbie A. Patten

1 Mary L. Sawyer

1

Ella F. Salisbury Abbie M. Lane

1 Emma J. Witherspoon

1

1

1872.

Della E Haines

3 Emma J. Witherspoon 2

Hattie A. Page

2 Dollie C. Mathes 1

Fannie A. Darrah

3 Martha Butterfield

1

Sarah M. Foster

3 Miriam B. Gilmore

3

Annie M. Offutt

1 Flora Gregg

1

S. Annie Lane

1 Annie D. French

1

Imogene F. Joy

1 A. Minnie Campbell 2

Emma M. Bennett

1 Emma J. Mudge

1

1873.

Della E. Haines

2 Nellie B. Chamberlain 1

Miriam B. Gilmore

3 Clara L. Rockwood

1

Laura A. Riddle

1 Emma J. Witherspoon

1

Addie E. Shedd

2 Abbie C. Page

1

Eunice Stevens

1 Fanny A. Averill

1

M. Abbie Center Miss Walker

1 Letitia M. Adams

1

Sarah M. Foster

2 Silas Holbrook

1

Josie E. Rollins

2 Sally D. French

2

Anna D. French

1 Mary E. Odiorne

2

Eliza A. Stevens

1

1874.

Sarah M. Foster

2 Clara L. Rockwood 2

M. E. Walker

2 Emma J. Witherspoon 1

Willis B. Kendall

1

Ezra F. Elliott

1

Eunice Stevens

1 Lydia W. Dodge

1

Josie E. Rollins Lucy F. Morse

1 Nellie B. Chamberlain

1

T. Frankie Rundlett

1 Minnie C. Wilkins

1

Mazie A. Walker

2 Sally D. French

2

Eliza A. Stevens

2

1 Minnie C. Abbott

2

Jennie L. McDole L. C. Rundlett A. Lizzie Tolles Mrs. L. M. Dudley

SCHOOLS.

3 Martha Butterfield 1

1 Miss Topliff

1

440

HISTORY OF BEDFORD.

1875.

Mary F. Cutler

1 Emma J. Witherspoon 1

Lizzie M. McAfee

1

A. Minnie Campbell

1

Della E. Haines

1 M. E. Walker

1

Sallie D. French

2 Miss E. J. Hoag

1

Laura Center

2 Flora E. Haines

1

Frankie T. Rundlett

2 Nellie B. Chamberlain

2

Sarah M. Foster

1 Fanny A. Darrah

1

Eliza A. Stevens

2 Minnie C. Wilkins

2

Della J. Baker

2 Sarah B. Spencer

2

1876.

Anna H. Eastman

1 Eliza A. Stevens 2

Anna Titus

1 Etta McLaren

1

Miss A. A. Trickey

1 Carrie M. Gilmore

1

Miriam B. Gilmore

1 Clara G. Fogg

1

Flora M. Senter

1 Sarah B. Spencer

2

Laura Center

1

Nellie B. Chamberlain

2

Della J. Baker

2 Clara L. Bennett

1

Mazie A. Walker

2 Lizzie Nichols

2

Hattie A. Page

1 Mary E. Manning

2

1877.

Maria J. Bancroft

1 Abbie E. Boyd 1

Anna H. Eastman

2 Mary A. Walker

1 .

Hattie A. Page

2 Josie L. Chase

1

Della J. Baker

3 Clara E. Woods

1

Lilla O. Cressy

2 Anna M. Brown

2

Sarah B. Spencer

2 Lizzie M. McAfee

1

Clara G. Fogg

1 Amanda M. McDougal

2

Flora M. Senter

1 Eunice Stevens

1

George N. Merrill

1

1878.

Olive A. Rowe

2 Sarah B. Spencer

1

Frank R. Lane

1 Calvin C. Richards

1

Minnie L. Burnham

2 Della J. Baker

1

James T. Jones

1 Charles A. Shannon

1

Ella F. Lane

2 Miriam B. Gilmore

2

Etta F. Moulton

3 Frank H. Rowe

1

Mary A. Parker

1 Lizzie M. McAfee

2

Eunice Stevens

2 Mary A. Walker

1

Clara M. Crooker

1

1879.

Olive A. Rowe

2 Mary E. Manning 3

Maria J. Stevens

1 George W. Newton 1

Fanny L. Perry

1 Miriam B. Gilmore 1

SCHOOLHOUSE, DISTRICT NO. 9.

SCHOOLHOUSE, DISTRICT NO. 10.

441

SCHOOLS.

1 Will I. Kendall 1

3 Lizzie M. McAfee 2

3 Hattie A. Nichols 2

2 Ada M. Daniels 2

1880.

Miriam B. Gilmore

3 Amanda M. McDougal 2

Fanny L. Perry

2

E. Maria Dickey 3

Etta L. Mace

1 Ida J. Spencer 2

Linna J. Nutt

1 Juliette A. Eastman

1

Addie L. Flanders

1 Hattie J. Parkhurst

1

Etta F. Moulton

1 L. Annie Wilkins

1

Emma S. Sanborn

2 Lucia Stiles

1

Mary E. Manning

1 Eunice Stevens

2

1881.

Miriam B. Gilmore

3 Carrie I. Gonzales 2

Fanny L. Perry

3 Ida J. Spencer

3

Mary A. Walker

2 E. Maria Dickey 2

Lizzie J. Taffe

3 Mabel A. Buttrick

1

Ella. N. Moulton

1 Nina D. Annis

1

Eunice Stevens

1 Amanda M. McDougal

2

Lizzie L. Clapp

3 Hattie J. Parkhurst

1

1882.

Lizzie L. Clapp

3 Lizzie J. Taffe 3

Fannie L. Sanborn

1 Eunice Stevens

2

Lucretia A. Prince

1 Fanny L. Perry

3

Mary A. Walker

3 Ida J. Spencer

3

Mary J. Brown

1 Amanda M. McDougal

2

Isabel T. Brown

1 Carrie I. Gonzales

1

Fannie A. Darrah

1 Eliza A. Wheeler

1

Lilia A. Brooks

2

1883.

Lizzie L. Clapp

3 Isabel T. Brown

1

Lucretia A. Prince

3 Sara L. Plummer

2

Mary A. Walker

3 Etta J. Butterfield

3

Fanny L. Perry

2 Carrie I. Gonzales

3

Lillie E. Ross

1 Eva J. French

3

Miriam B. Gilmore

1 Hattie L. Stevens

2

Eunice Stevens

2 Attie S. Marshall

2

1884.

Lizzie L. Clapp

3 Sara L. Plummer 3

Lucretia A. Prince

3 Etta J. Butterfield

3

Jennie U. Elliott

1 Sarah E. McLane

1

Helen J. Burpee

2 Carrie I. Gonzales 2

Samuel S. Perry Mary A. Walker Etta F. Moulton Eunice Stevens

442

HISTORY OF BEDFORD.

Miriam B. Gilmore Nellie L. Barnard Ella L. S. Hodgman

2 Eva I. French 2

1 Emma J. Fretts 2

3

Mary A. Walker 3

1885.

Lizzie L. Clapp

2 Pauline A. Osgood 2

Eunice Stevens

2

Etta J. Butterfield

1

Mary F. Vose

3 Emma E. Butterfield

2

Lucretia A. Prince

3 Carrie I. Gonzales

3

Jennie U. Elliott

3 Mary A. Walker

1

Sarah E. McLane

1 Bertha T. Jones

2

Ella L. S. Hodgman

3

Addie L. Gage

1

Effie F. McLaren

1

Emma E. Gould

1

Eva I. French

2

1886.

Sarah E. McLane

3 Mary A. Walker

3.

Carrie I. Gonzales

1 Lizzie E. Hill

1

Florence Ruggles

1 Mary E. McLane

2

Sara A. Page

1 Maud Whipple

1

Viella Bachelder

1 Georgia L. Barnard

2

Emma E. Gould

1 E. Maria Dickey

3.

Ada E. Crosby

1 Eva A. Mason

2.

Annabel Emerson

1 Lucretia A. Prince

2

Mary J. Moore

3

Eva I. French

1

Ella L. S. Hodgman

1

1887.

Sarah E. McLane

1 Ruby A. Johnson

1

Mattie S. Johnson

2

Annabel Emerson

3

Viella Bachelder

2

Georgia L. Barnard

2

Carrie B. Tilton

1 Carrie M. Dodge

1

Mary A. Walker

3 Lizzie E. Hill

1

Mary E. McLane

3 Ada L. Mason

1

Annie L. Moulton

1 E. Maria Dickey

3

S. Olive Marden

1 Mattie S. Johnson

1

Lizzie J. Parkhurst

1 May V. Tilton

2

1888.

Honoria J. Crough

2 Mary A. Walker

3

Georgia Kendrick

1 Mary E. McLane

3

Ruby A. Johnson,

1 Lizzie J. Parkhurst

1

Maud J. Hersey

1 May A. Wilson

1

Sarah P. Webster

1 Sadie A. Gurley

1

Annabel Emerson

3 Susie A. Bailey

2

Hattie S. Platts

2 Abbie J. James

1

May V. Tilton

1 Carrie B. Tilton

3

Grace A. Smiley

2 Adella F. Veazie

1

443

SCHOOLS.

1889.

Georgia Kendrick Sarah P. Webster

3 V. A. V. Goldsmith

1

Mary A. Walker

3 Clarena L. Richardson 1

Annabel Emerson

2 Hattie I. Coolidge 1

May V. Tilton

3 E. L. Smith

2

1 M. Clair Sawyer

1

3 Martha L. Coolidge

3

2

1890.

Georgia Kendrick

1 Mary A. Walker 2

Ella M. Huntington

1

Mary D. Webster

1

Edith G. Caldwell

1 Emma J. Cooper 1

Bertha A. Swett

1 Lillian M. Brackett

1

Grace C. Osgood

2 Annie L. Morse

2

Annabel Emerson

3 Susie A. Cate

1

Frances M. Cox

1 Lizzie C. Todd

1

May E. Murphy

2 Emma Stewart

1

Nellie S. Morse

1 Alice G. Crowley

2

E. Blanche Gammon

2 Clara L. Richardson

1

Bertha Chapman

1 Anna L. Alger

2

1891.

Edith G. Caldwell

1 Annie L. Morse 2

Annabel Emerson

3 H. Amelia Henderson

1

Grace C. Osgood

1 Susie A. Cate 3

Kate E. Currier

1 Emma Stewart

1

Sarah P. Webster

1 Mary E. Butell

1

Mary A. Walker

3 Percy N. Folsom

1

Georgia F. Way

2 Bertha E. Parkhurst

3

Grace B. Whitford

1 Mary P. Grover

1

Mersilvia A. Jenness

2 Elizabeth Watt

2

1892.

Annabel Emerson

3 Susie C. Fogg

2

Georgia F. Way

3 Mabel A. Morse

1

Mary A. Walker

3 Eva A. Lobdell 1

Hattiebel S. Smith

1 Susie A. Cate 2

Dora D. Holbrook

3 Alice M. Leadbetter

1

Mersilvia A. Jenness

3 Charlotte B. Fox 1

Bertha E. Parkhurst

3 Wallace H. Tarbell

1

Alice G. White

1 Isabel C. Wingate

1

1893.

Annabel Emerson

3 Bertha E. Parkhurst 3

Georgia F. Way

3 Susie C. Fogg 2

Mary A. Walker

2 Clara B. Carr

2

Bertha A. Swett Mary Jones Susie E. Haselton

3 Alice M. Little 1

444

HISTORY OF BEDFORD.

Lilla F. Warren

2

Julia A. Wood 1

Dora D. Holbrook Abbie Gile Susie A. Cate

3

Ray H. Davies

1

1 Carrie A. Tirrell

3

2 Amy N. Flint

1

Mersilvia A. Jenness

1

Lizzie M. Bailey

2

1894.

Mary J. Moor

3 Bertha E. Parkhurst

3

Georgia F. Way

1 Lizzie S. Holbrook

1

Etta F. Boardman

1

Minnie C. Johonnett

1

Hattie S. Platts

2 Julia M. Muzzey,

1

Roxanna W. McKean

1 Carrie A. Tirrill

3

Lilla F. Warren

2 Lizzie M. Bailey

1

Nellie L. Frye

2 Elizabeth Flint

2

Mary A. Walker

2 Alice E. Moor

1

Cora W. Warren

1 Lydia D. Shirley

1

1895.

Bertha E. Parkhurst

3 Lizzie S. Holbrook 3

Roxanna W. McKean

1 Minnie C. Johonnett 3

Hattie S. Tuttle

2

Nellie L. Frye

1

Mary J. Moore

3 Lura B. Gage

1

Helen M. Barnard

2

Frances P. Ayer

1

Hattie S. Platts

1 Mary A. Tuck

2

Annie R. Morison

1 Cora E. Holbrook

3

Helen E. True

1 Edith A. Ladd

1

1896.

Bertha E. Parkhurst

3 Jessie M. Hutchinson 1

Hattie S. Tuttle

1 Martha S. Oviatt

1

Grace I. Sullivan

1 Annie B. Angell

1

C. Josephine Ayer

1 Jenny H. Woodbury

1

Gerda L. Huntoon

3 Georgina Hutchinson

3

Mary J. Moore

3 Cora E. Holbrook

2

Annie R. Morison

3 Evelyn A. Stevens

1

Lizzie S. Holbrook

2 Hannah A. Chase

3

1897.

Bertha E. Parkhurst

3 Lizzie S. Holbrook 1

C. Josephine Ayer

1 Jenny H. Woodbury

3

Annie R. Morison

2 Hannah A. Chase

3

Gerda L. Huntoon

2 Evelyn A. Stevens

3

Mary E. Crowell

2 Mary E. Manning

3

Mary J. Moore

2 Cora E. Holbrook

3

1898.

Bertha E. Parkhurst

1 Gyrta Bartlett 1

Jenny H. Woodbury

3 Dora D. Holbrook

1

445

SCHOOLS.

3 Gerda L. Huntoon 3

3 Mary E. Manning 3

3 Julia L. Langdell 2

2 Hannah A. Chase Sargent 1

1

1899.

Alice L. McQuesten

1 C. Josephine Ayer 1

Dora D. Holbrook

2 Minnie A. Stevens 2

Gerda L. Huntoon

3 Lizzie S. Holbrook 3

Evelyn A. Stevens

3 Charles A. Campbell 1

Sadie A. Gillan

3 Grace M. Smith

3

Annie R. Morison

2 Ella C. Darrah

1

Lucy A. Merrill

2 Nettie B. Tinker

3

1900.

Gerda L. Huntoon

3 Amy R. French 1

Sadie A. Gillan

3

Charles A. Campbell

1

Lucy A. Merrill

2 Una .R. Rowell 2

Ella C. Darrah

3 Nettie B. Tinker

2

Evelyn A. Stevens

3 Eda M. Barr

1

Minnie A. Stevens

1 Sybil Grace Crosby

1

Grace M. Smith

3 Gertrude M. Porter

1

Lizzie S: Holbrook

1 Allen F. King

1

Gyrta Bartlett

1

1901.

Evelyn A. Stevens

.3 Gyrta Bartlett

3

Sadie A. Gillan

3 Jenny H. Woodbury

1

Ella C. Darrah

1 Mary E. Smith

1

Edith Lewis

1 Carlene A. Savory

1

Mary A. Walker

2 Nettie B. Tinker

3

Amy R. French

3 Sybil Grace Crosby

3

Florence E. Cass

1 Mytle B. Colson

1

Minnie S. Melendy

2 Jennie B. Harmon

1

Cora E. Holbrook

1

1902.

Evelyn A. Stevens

1 Bertha E. Crowell

2

Sybil Grace Crosby

3 Margarita Vittum

2

Sadie A. Gillan

3 Gyrta Bartlett 3

Mary A. Walker

3 Nettie B. Tinker

3

Amy R. French

3 Electa E. Wakefield

2

Jenny H. Woodbury

1 Florence E. Blakeley

2

Annie R. Morison Evelyn A. Stevens C. Josephine Ayer Mary E. Crowell Jessie E. Patten

446

HISTORY OF BEDFORD.

COLLEGE GRADUATES.

Joseph Goffe, clergyman, John Vose, teacher and author, Benjamin Orr, member of bar, Thomas Rand, clergyman,

Isaac McGaw, member of bar, Joseph Bell, member of bar, John Walker, clergyman, William Gordon, member of bar,

Joseph E. Worcester, author,

William Orr, member of bar, Adam Gordon, member of bar,

John Aiken, treasurer Manufacturing Co., Isaac Orr, clergyman, Robert Riddle, M. D.,

Freeman Riddle, M. D.,

Robert Orr, member of bar,

James McGaw, member of bar,

Isaac O. Barnes, clerk U. S. court, Adams Moore, M. D.,

Gilman Parker,

Silas Aiken, clergyman,

Cornelius Walker, teacher,

David Aiken, member of bar,

Calvin McQuesten, M. D.,

Samuel Chandler,

John Chandler,

Peter T. Woodbury, member of bar, Selwyn B. Bowman,

William R. Woodbury, member of bar, Leonard French, M. D.,

Lemuel C. Spofford, clergyman,

James W. Savage, member of bar, Alfred J. French, M. D.,

William Stark, member of bar,

William B. Stevens, M. D.,

Levi J. Woodbury, M. D.,

David B. French, M. D.,

Josiah Gordon Woodbury, member of bar, Chas. J. Parker, Principal So. Chicago high school, Dartmouth, 1863. John G. McAllister, M. D.,

Thomas Savage, member of bar,

Frank W. Parker, President Chicago Institute,

Albert F. Newton, clergyman, John Foster, member of bar, Frank William Patten, M. D.,

Dartmouth, 1791. Dartmouth, 1795. Dartmouth, 1798. Brown, 1804. Dartmouth, 1807. Dartmouth, 1807. Dartmouth, 1808. Dartmouth, 1811.

Yale, 1811. Dartmouth, 1816. Dartmouth, 1817. Dartmouth, 1818.

Yale, 1819. Yale, 1819. Yale, 1819. Yale, 1820. Dartmouth, 1820. Middlebury, 1820. Dartmouth, 1822. Dartmouth, 1824. Dartmouth, 1825.

Dartmouth, 1828. Dartmouth, 1830. Bowdoin, 1830. Union, 1834. Dartmouth, 1836. Dartmouth, 1839. Dartmouth, 1840. Dartmouth, 1843.

Dartmouth, 1843. Dartmouth, 1843. Harvard, 1847. Burlington, 1848. Williams, 1850. Dartmouth, 1853. Bowdoin, 1853. Dartmouth, 1854. Harvard, 1857.

Columbia, 1866. Dartmouth, 1873.

King William's, Germany, 1874. Dartmouth, 1874. Dartmouth, 1876. Columbia, 1877.

447

SCHOOLS.

Louis J. Rundlett, Supt. of schools, Concord,

Dartmouth, 1881.

Fred C. Newton, M. D., University of New York, 1882. George W. Newton, M. D., University of Pennsylvania, 1884. Gordon Woodbury, member of bar, Thornton Woodbury, Annie Vose, teacher, Frank French, Harvard, 1886. Harvard, 1889. Wellesley, 1898. Dartmouth, 1902.

Physicians of Bedford.

Dr. Nathan Cutler came to Bedford from Dunstable, Mass., in 1777, and returned to the same place in 1782, where he resided until his death.

Dr. John Quin came to Bedford in 1782 from Halifax, Vt. He was a relation of Dr. Cutler and had a family. After staying a year or two he removed to Massachusetts.

Dr. Nathan Cutler, son of the former, came to Bedford in 1789, and was the only practising physician in town until a short time be- fore his death, which took place May 31, 1809. He married Eliza- beth Swett.

Dr. William Wallace came to Bedford in 1805; his native place was Milford, N. H. He died in 1821. His widow, sister of Rev. E. L. Parker of Londonderry, survived him many years.

Dr. Page came in 1810 and resided in Bedford but a few months.

Dr. Baird came to Bedford in 1811, left in 1813, and went to Nel- son ; he resided while in town with Thomas Wallace.

Dr. Frederick A. Mitchell was born in Peterborough, July 15, 1789. He studied medicine with Dr. Starr of Peterborough, and Dr. Howe of Jaffrey, and attended medical lectures at Hanover. He practised his profession in Chester, Bradford, and Bedford, coming here in 1813. He retired from practice some years prior to his de- cease, which occurred in Manchester, July 28, 1869; interment at Bedford. He married Lucy, daughter of Deacon Phineas Aiken of Bedford, in 1816. At one time during his residence here he taught the school in district No. 9, where Horace Greeley was a pupil.

Dr. Peter P. Woodbury was born in Francestown, August 8, 1791. He was prepared for college in part under the instruction of the Hon. John Vose, the distinguished preceptor of Atkinson acade- my, and James Morrison, Esq. (late mayor of Savannah, Ga.), at Francestown academy.

In 1812 he commenced the study of medicine with Adonijah Howe, M. D., his brother-in-law, at Jaffrey. The next year he put himself under the care of Nathan Smith, M. D., at Hanover, Dartmouth col- lege. In a few months Dr. Smith removed to New Haven, Conn., Yale college, and Dr. Woodbury accompanied him, and attended the first course of medical lectures given at Yale college, of six months continuance. The medical professors were Nathan Smith, Eli Ives, Benjamin Silliman, and Jonathan Knight.

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He returned to New Hampshire in 1818, and put himself under the care of Hon. Jonathan Gove, of Goffstown, where he closed his medical studies, after attending a second course of lectures at Dart- mouth in the fall of 1814. He commenced the practice of his pro- fession in partnership with his preceptor, Dr. Gove, at Goffstown, January 9, 1815. Here he continued to practice medicine till July 3, 1815, when he removed to Bedford, where he resided until his death in 1860.

He at one time held the office of president of the New Hampshire Medical society, and was sent as a delegate from that society to attend the examination of candidates for M. D. at Dartmouth col- lege, which conferred upon him the degree of M. D. in 1845.

Dr. Houston came to Bedford in 1824; resided at Piscataquog; stayed one year and went to western New York.

Dr. Levi B. Johnson came to Bedford in 1825; stayed two years. He boarded at Piscataquog village.

Dr. Robert Riddle, son of Hugh Riddle, began to practice at Hooksett, came back to his father's in 1825, and practised medicine till his death, which occurred in 1828.

Dr. Silas Walker was born in Goffstown in 1780. He married Sarah Dinsmore of that town. Seven children were born of this marriage, viz., John Dinsmore, Harriet, Silas, Rachel, James, Charles, and Sarah. The doctor practised in Goffstown, Bedford, and Man- chester, coming to Piscataquog in 1827. He was an honor to the profession, being a remarkably skilful practitioner in his time, and his friendship was prized as much as his advice.

Dr. Walker had the confidence of the community in which he lived, and his services were in such demand that rest was almost an unknown luxury to him. It is said that his office door was never locked. The subject of this sketch was known for years as "Old Dr. Walker," but at the time of his death his years only numbered sixty-three.

Dr. Henry Clinton Parker, son of James Parker of Litchfield and Betsey Parker of Bedford, was born in the part of Bedford now Manchester, April 11, 1813. In his boyhood he was a student at Hopkinton academy, and later graduated from college and the Phil- adelphia Medical school. In 1838 he married Bridget Stark, daugh- ter of Dr. Stark of Hopkinton, and settled in Piscataquog village.

One son, Henry James, was born to them, who died in 1861 at the age of twenty. The doctor first lived in the house known as the Dr. Wallace house, opposite the home of Daniel K. Mack, and afterwards built a house on the lot where now stands the modern residence of George S. Eastman. In this vicinity and the neighbor- ing towns of Bedford, Goffstown, and Merrimack, he practised his profession until his death in 1861.

He had a sunny, genial disposition, which caused him to be loved

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as a friend as well as a physician by his patients, and his loss to the community seemed irreparable.

His half brother, Charles K. Walker, says he well remembers the night after the Parker murder; nearly everybody was afraid to go out of doors, but sickness in a family in Bakersville compelled the man of the family to seek the services of a physician. Doctors in town refused to go from their homes, and finally he came to Dr. Parker, and as the doctor knew not fear, he at once responded to the call. Pickets were stationed on every street, and the doctor was often called to a halt, but as might be expected nothing serious came of the adventure.

There are a few residents now living who will remember the great power of mimicry possessed by Dr. Parker, and that no com- pany was considered a success without him. He was the entertainer. Dr. Parker was also a musician of no mean ability, and played hour after hour for the enjoyment of others without any compensation. In fact, to see others happy was happiness to him.

Dr. John Dinsmore Walker was born in 1810 in the town of Warner. He studied medicine with his father, Dr. Silas Walker, and like him practised in Goffstown, Bedford, and Manchester, com- mencing in 1840. He was a man of remarkably fine physique, which was especially noticeable when, mounted on his gray mare, he made his tour of professional calls. Dr. Walker never married, and notwithstanding his seemingly remarkable constitution, died very suddenly at the age of forty-eight years in the Merrimack House in Piscataquog.

Dr. Leonard French,1 for many years one of the leading physi- cians of Manchester, where he died February 14, 1892, was born in Bedford, November 11, 1817, son of Leonard C. and Nancy (Hutch- inson) French. His father was a prominent town officer of Bedford. The son attended the common schools of his native town, and was fitted for college at Gilmanton academy. He entered Dartmouth in 1839, and was graduated in the class of 1843.

On leaving college he taught a select school in Bedford for three months, and then the academy at Piscataquog for four months. Deciding to embrace the medical profession, he studied with Drs. Josiah and Thomas R. Crosby at Manchester, and attended lecture courses at Dartmouth.

He took his degree in 1846, and began practice in his native town, but in April, 1847, entered into partnership with Dr. Alfred Hitchcock in Ashby, Mass., where he remained three years, and then removed with Dr. Hitchcock to Fitchburg, Mass. His stay in Fitchburg was short, however, for at the expiration of three months he returned to Ashby, where he did a large and most prosperous business.

In 1861 he removed to Manchester, and at once entered upon an

Written by Dr. L. B. How of Manchester in 1892, for the N. H. Medical society.

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extensive practice. In 1866-'67 he was city physician; in 1872 president of Manchester Medical society; in 1873 a delegate to Dartmouth Medical college, where he made the address to the graduating class. He was also consulting physician to the Elliot hospital and counselor of both the Manchester and New Hampshire Medical societies.

It was as an obstetrician that he was most widely known. He performed the operations incident to this department with signal success. He was at all times kindly, patient, and genial, a friend to his patients, as well as a skilful physician and gentleman. " The influence of his upright living and Christian character did not fail to make its impress upon the community wherein he resided. He was a consistent member of the First Congregational church, and a deacon in the organization at the time of his death.

In 1846 he married Sarah M., daughter of Henry and Lydia (Whitney) Melville of Nelson, by whom he had one son, Leonard Melville French, born July 26, 1849, and at present a prominent physician of Manchester. His wife dying in 1849, he married her sister, Ann Maria, in 1850, having by her one son, Henry Minot French, who became a successful physician at Concord, and died June 13, 1893.

His second wife died in January, 1866, and June 25, 1867, he married Mrs. Mary D. Moore, daughter of Dr. John Ramsey of Greenfield, and widow of Dr. George W. Moore of Amherst, who survives him.

Dr. John William Harvill came to Bedford in 1849; began to practice at Piscataquog village, and after one year went to California.

Dr. James P. Walker, son of James and Betsey (Parker) Walker, was born in 1828. At the age of twenty-six years he graduated from the Harvard Medical school, and at once began practice in his native village of Piscataquog. With the exception of six months, when he served as surgeon with the Fourth New Hampshire regi- ment, his life was spent in and near the place of his birth.

He married Rowena L. Hamblett, and built a home opposite the old homestead, formerly occupied by the old homestead barn.

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