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Samuel McDole (10) lived where Alford Jones now lives in the house built and owned by F. F. French, standing on the east side of the cross-road running from Dea. Phineas French's toward Capt. Leonard French's.
Widow William Barnes (11), Wiseman Wallace, Orin Mudge, Daniel Marshall, Calvin Snow, Zaccheus Litchfield, Mrs. Albert Rid- dle, Daniel Mclaughlin, his son, John G. Mclaughlin, Walter E. Schneider, Ephraim Fosher, Clarence N. Davis, and Mrs. Ann Town- send lived where William McDole and his son, Willie G., now live. The house stands on the north side of the road leading from Dea. Phineas French's to Bedford Center.
Rev. John Houston (12) built where Chandler Spofford later lived. Alfred Foster and Rev. David McGregore both lived here at the same time before Mr. Spofford. Alfred Foster died in May, 1827. At the previous March election he was chosen register of deeds for Hillsborough county without much opposition, showing the high es- teem in which he was held. In consequence of his death the court appointed Ezra Prescott to take his place. These buildings were re- built by Dea. Charles Gage, and were occupied by him for many years ; later by Dr. Frank H. Rowe, and now by Horace Townsend.
On the opposite side of the road widow Alfred Foster (13), William Boynton, Joseph Marshall, David Cheney, Dr. William W. Wilkins, Gardner Nevins, and David Swett lived where John Roby now lives. Rufus Merrill (14), son of Adam Merrill, and Daniel Bar- nard lived where his sons, David R. and Hugh R., and daughters, Martha D. and Eliza E., later lived, and where George F. Barnard
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now lives. The original buildings were built in 1827 by Rufus Mer- rill and were burned June 22, 1840. In a few days after the fire ten or twelve men met to assist Mr. Merrill in hewing timber to erect buildings on the same ground. In 1844 Mr. Merrill sold this farm to Daniel Barnard.
Ensign Chubbuck (15) lived on the Globe lot, about sixty rods north of Dr. P. P. Woodbury's residence. It is now owned by F. R. French. He kept a public house of entertainment, called the Globe tavern.
John Houston (16), son of Rev. John, built where Adam Merrill, his sons, Rufus and Joseph, David McAfee, Dr. Peter P. Woodbury, and his son, Charles H. Woodbury, lived. The house was remodeled and a new barn built by Charles H. Woodbury. The place is now owned by his widow, and by Martha R., daughter of Dr. Peter P. Woodbury, and Dr. George E. Woodbury, his son. Dr. Woodbury formerly lived on the Rowe place, just north of the Gordon house, which he exchanged for this house with David McAfee in 1832. Mr. Houston built the house, but got into such financial difficulties that Mr. McGregore came to own it. He exchanged with his father- in-law, Adam Merrill, for his farm in Falmouth, Me. Mr. McGregore kept school in the west side of this house, up stairs, in 1830, the benches for the scholars being placed around the room. When Rev. David McGregore was ordained in 1804 a dance was held in this house, lasting all night; Ezekiel Gardner stood on the hearthstone and whistled for music. The. Bedford Grenadiers first trained in the long room of this house.
Oliver Kendall (17) built, in 1846, and lived in the house after- ward occupied by Dr. Maurice Stark, and now by Clarence N. Davis.
Mr. Kendall (18) built the small house next to his own, which was used for a shoe shop, post-office, and store, later for tenants, and occupied by Silas Campbell, Solomon Sawyer, and George Camp- bell. It is at present used as a private laundry.
Thomas Kendall (19) built, in 1850, where he lived until his death, and where his daughter, Miss Ella J. Kendall, lived. When built the house was arranged for two families. At one time it was occupied by Nathan Kendall, his father, and for several years by his brother, James T. Kendall. It is now unoccupied.
The parsonage (20) was built in 1866, where the brick meeting- house had stood. It has been occupied by Rev. Arthur Little, Rev. Ira C. Tyson, Rev. D. Herbert Colcord, Rev. Albert D. Smith, Rev. Charles H. Fields, Rev. William C. Lindsey, and now by Rev. Albert P. Watson.
David Gillis (21), blacksmith, Chandler Spofford, James Moore, John P. Conner, Rev. John Upton, Baptist minister, Gilman R. Gardner, and James Howe, in turn lived in a house which was owned by Isaac Riddle. He sold it in 1857 to George W. Goffe, who built the present buildings and occupied them until 1860. They were afterward owned by James T. Kendall. He lived in them until his
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death, then his widow and their sons, Willis B., George M., and Elmer E. Kendall, and Sylvanus Campbell lived there. It is now occupied by Treffle Thibault.
Nathan Kendall (22) built in 1826, and lived where his son, Charles H. Kendall, now lives.
Amos Gardner (23) and his son Samuel lived on land of C. H. Kendall. The house is gone. It stood about ten rods south of Charles P. Woodbury's, on the range line. This place was owned by Amos Jones Gardner, eldest son of Amos, who gave it to his father for a home while he lived.
Samuel Bowman (24), Josiah Sanborn, Henry McGrath, Willard Gardner, John Dickinson, Cyrus P. Bryant, Neil Fullerton, Ezra Pearson, Charles H. Moore, his sister, Mary Annis Moore, and Charles Gaffney, in turn lived where Charles P. Woodbury now lives. The present house was built by Ezra Pearson; the barn by Neil Fullerton.
Charles H. Moore (25) built and lived on the opposite side of the road in 1874, where Dr. David P. Campbell, Lovell Nichols, Jasper P. George, his son, Milton B. George, and Charles F. Cram lived, and where John M. Quaid now lives. Samuel Tirrell (26), Thomas Camp- bell, who built the present house, his son, Henry, Joseph Butterfield, Moses and Daniel Marshall, James Fullerton, Alford Jones, Damon and Putnam Jenkins, Charles Fullerton, Hiram C. Squires, and My- ron Tenney lived in a house now unoccupied which stands at the end of a branch of the Ministerial road.
Isaac Riddle, Esq. (27), built and lived where, later, his son Isaac, Joseph Flint, Levi Woodman, Mr. Smith, Michael Boynton, Joseph H. Stevens, Dr. William B. Stevens, Lorenzo Carr, Isaac N. Riddle, and Silas A., sons of Isaac, lived, and where John A., son of Isaac, now lives. Isaac N. Riddle built the present barn. The occupants, from Levi Woodman to Lorenzo Carr, inclusive, were tenants of Esquire Riddle. The farm has never been out of the Riddle name since Isaac Riddle bought it in 1782.
Rev. John Houston (28) built, lived, and died where his son, Rob- ert, and grandson, John, Rodolphus D. Briggs, son-in-law of John, Capt. Thomas J. Rollins, Lorenzo Carr, Putnam Jenkins, Gardner Nevins, Charles H. Moore, and Henry T. Barnard subsequently lived, and where Quincy Barnard, and his son, Frank H., now live. Maria and Margaret Houston, tailoresses, daughters of Robert, lived there, and also Ann Orr, who taught school in the kitchen.
Samuel Gardner (29) took down the wing which he had built on to the Matthew Patten house, and rebuilt it where he lived and died. Mrs. Martha Gardner, his daughter-in-law, Dr. Frank H. Rowe, Timothy Townsend, his widow, Ann Townsend, also lived there. The house stands near the railroad station on the east side of the Bell road. It is now owned by James R. Leach, and occu- pied by the station agent, N. E. Vincent.
John F. Gove (30) built where he now lives, near the vestry on the north side of the road.
THE HOUSTON HOUSE.
THE RIDDLE HOUSE.
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Widow Robert Walker (31), her son, Greenleaf, her daughter, Miss Elvira, and her granddaughter, Miss Mary A. Manning, and Benjamin Hall, lived near the church; the house is now owned by Mrs. C. H. Woodbury. William Riddle gave the land for this house, and the neighbors built it, as they did, also, two others pre- viously mentioned, that of widow (13) Alfred Foster and the widow (11) Barnes.
Gawn Riddle's1 (32) son, William, and grandson, Benjamin F., John Goffe, and his son, George W., lived where Thomas A. Lane, and his son, Fred F., now live. Mr. Tarbell and David Swett bought the farm at George W. Goffe's auction, and sold it to a man named Jones, of whom it was purchased by T. A. Lane. The house stands on the east side of the Wallace road at the corner of the Center road. The barn at the Goffe place has been twice burned and rebuilt, first in about 1856-'57, and the second time in 1871. Both fires occurred in the fall of the year, as late as November. A singular circumstance connected with these fires was that one horse, a pair of oxen, and several cows were burned at both. At each of them a cow broke from her stanchion and fell out of a doorway, about middle way of the tie-up, seven or eight feet into the yard below, and thus escaped being burned.
Richard McAllister (33) lived in an old house which stood a few rods west of where William Riddle (34), son of William Riddle, Esq., built, and where his daughter, Laura, William R. French, Joseph H. Stevens, his widow, Mary Jane Stevens, Andrew Kimball, Alfred B. Lampher, Silas Campbell, Harrison Campbell, Fred F. Lane, and Ora Kelton lived, and where John H. Bartlett and Clar- ence Butler now live.
David Riddle (35) lived on the William White place, which stood on the west side of the Wallace road. Nearly opposite he built a house, about 1826, where his son, John D. (36), Charles H. Moore, Abner L. Hadley, Byron T. Hadley, Samuel Perkins, and George F Barnard lived later. The barn was built by Charles H. Moore ; both house and barn were burned July 7, 1903. North, on the west side of the road, stood a house owned by George F. Barnard (37), and occupied by Miss Martha Barker, Corwin J. Parker, and Clifton Campbell. It was the ell of the David Riddle house, and was moved there by Charles H. Moore. It was destroyed by fire.
Fergus Kennedy (38) lived about six rods east of Nathan Cut- ler's (39). At an early period Hugh Campbell lived on this place. Campbell afterwards built (40) and lived in the field between the old Orr schoolhouse and James McQuaid's. James McQuaid (built ?) and lived (41) in a house which stood on the south side of the Coun- ty road east of the Riddle brook on the top of the hill. The school- house stood at the foot of the hill, by the large stone on the old road from the farm of the late John Orr to the center of the town. Camp-
1 The History of 1850 states that Gawn Riddle, the elder, lived here, but later in- formation shows that William, son of Gawn, who built the house, was but 14 years old when his father died in 1779, and so we infer that Gawn Riddle never lived here.
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bell married Molly, daughter of Benjamin Smith. Old and young Drs. Cutler lived where a son, Nathan, and a grandson, Nathan W ., and his son, Warren N., now live. John Smith, a name of celeb- rity, Englishman, deerskin-breeches maker, lived in the old Fergus Kennedy house for many years.
John Riddle (42), oldest son of Gawn, first built and lived where his son, Gawn, and grandson, Albert Riddle, Isaac Cutler, his widow, Martha H. Cutler, their son, Isaac Harvey, and their daugh- ter, Laura, lived, and where Newton I. Peaslee now lives.
Richard Chase (43), and James Gardner lived, about twenty rods west of where the late Isaac Cutler lived. The buildings stood on the north side of the Joppa road. They are now gone, but the well can be seen near the road.
Charles S. Campbell (44) built where he now lives, on the north side of the Joppa road.
Charles P. Farley (45) built where he now lives. Abner Camp- bell and Maj. Daniel Moore lived in an old house that stood on this site.
Gregg Campbell (46), Ezekiel Gardner, and Charles Flint lived where Senter Farley and John F. Gove later lived. Connected with this place is a wheelwright shop (47). Some seventy years ago Gregg Campbell made a pair of cart wheels there. Not long since they were changed from narrow felloes to wide, and the wheel- wright found them in good condition, and remarked that they were good for twenty-five years of service more. While Mr. Flint owned this place the shop was burned one Saturday night in 1839 while he was out of town. This being the only wheelwright shop in the vicinity, the people keenly felt its loss, and at once set about rebuild- ing. They contributed the necessary material, such as each man happened to have most readily at hand; they combined their labor, also, and by the next Saturday night the present shop was ready for occupancy.
Elbridge J. Campbell (48) built where he now lives, at the top of the hill on the north side of the Joppa road. This is one of the most sightly locations in Bedford ; from it one can see into ten or twelve of the surrounding towns. West, on the south side of Joppa road, Isaac Campbell (49), Elbridge J. Campbell, George Campbell, and Edward Haddo lived, where Joseph Brenette now lives. This house was moved there by Isaac Campbell from the Joppa store. West, on the north side of the road, Mrs. Harriet Adams (50) and David J. Campbell lived, where Fred Webber now lives. This house was moved by Elbridge J. Campbell from opposite John Mullet's, and was the one occupied by Sophia Hayes.
Robert Morrill (51) lived on Morrill hill, so-called, about seventy- five rods southeast of Elliot S. Campbell's. Paul T. Campbell (52) built and lived where his son, Elliot S., and his son-in-law, Edward L. Conner, now live. A part of the buildings are the old Richard McAllister house, which stood at the foot of the hill west of William Riddle's.
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In the pasture on the south side of the North Amherst road is a house (5212) occupied by David P. Campbell for many years. It is now unoccupied.
Stephen Goffe, Sr. (54), his widow, Mary Cutler Goffe, his son, Stephen, and his widow, Annie Goffe, lived where John G. Sharpe now lives.
Samuel Patterson (53) and Stephen Goffe, Sr., lived in a house on the south side of the road east of the present buildings, which were built by Stephen Goffe, Sr. Nathaniel Patterson (55) lived on the same farm, a few rods south of the Isaac Atwood place. The house, when occupied by Patterson and his sister Peggy, was burned down. The inmates, it is said, lived far from harmoniously. Dea. John Houston, a neighbor, and most pacific man, as the flames were doing their work, remarked, " We see a house divided against itself cannot stand."
Gawn Riddle, son of Gawn, built and lived (56), and Edward P. French, Adam McAffee, Frank McAffee, and Henry H. Smith sub- sequently lived, where Daniel Murphy now lives. Mrs. Submit Walker Atwood and Miss Sarah, daughters of Robert Walker, and sisters of Gawn Riddle's wife, were tailoresses and lived here.
George Orr (57) built and lived where his daughter, Miss Ann, Ebenezer Fisher, Samuel Sawyer (both of whom married daughters of Orr), Alfred Vickery, shoemaker, and afterwards photographer, now living in Haverhill, Mass., and David Crowell lived, and where Elbridge G. Gilmore, and his daughter, Miriam B. Gilmore, recently lived. The house is now unoccupied. The present barn was built by Solon C. Gilmore.
Theodore A. Goffe (58), son of Stephen Goffe, Sr., built and lived where John M. Blood, Robert Ormsby, and Frank Whitman later lived. The place is now owned by George W. Rief of Manchester. The house stands on the east side of the Wallace road, north of Gawn Riddle's, and is unoccupied. North, on the west side of the same road, Isaac Atwood, Sr. (59), built and lived where Benjamin Hall, Hugh R. French, and Dr. George M. Davis later lived, and where Ervin R. French now lives. The house was rebuilt by Ben- jamin Hall.
Isaac Atwood (60) also built just opposite, where Daniel Mc- Laughlin, John Conner, Cyrus P. Bryant, and George M. French later lived, and where his widow, Mary F. French, 'now lives. George M. French rebuilt the house. Mr. French carried on an extensive business here, dealing in new milch cows and beef cattle until his death, after which his son Ervin continued the business.
John Riddle, brother to Gawn, the original settler, had two daugh- ters, Mary and Elizabeth, who lived (61) on the Isaac Atwood farm. Mary died about 1813. The house stood on the east side of the farm near the curve of the Manchester & Milford railroad.
North, on the west side of the road, James Patterson (62), Dea. John Houston, his sons, John P., Rufus, and Robert, and George
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W. Flint, lived where Harrison Campbell now lives. The house was remodeled, and a new barn was built by George W. Flint.
Thomas Townsend (63) lived on the west side of the Wallace road opposite the house in which Isaac Dow (64), Charles Damon, Stephen C. Damon, and Charles P. Woodbury in turn lived, and where James R. Leach now lives. John P. Houston, son of Deacon John, built the house for a wheelwright shop. Mr. Dow made cof- fins here. Submit Walker and Eliza Jane Atwood, daughter of Isaac, who lived in this house, were tailoresses. The Townsend house was removed to District No. 6. The house where Nelson Regnor and Charles L. Davis (65) lived, now occupied by Fred Fosher, was moved from near William McAffee's by Stephen C. Damon.
Stephen Damon (66) built and lived where Gawn Riddle, the original ancestor of the Riddles, first settled. The house is now occupied by his son, Stephen C. Damon. It stands over the origi- nal cellar hole, just east of the mill pond. Just southeast stood the Riddle garrison house, in what is now the lumber yard.
George W. Goffe (67) built where Nelson Fosher and Michael Ceror in turn lived, and where Fred G. Holbrook now lives. It is the first house east of S. C. Damon's. About fifty rods east, George W. Goffe (68) built where Leonard Farley and Henry T. Barnard later lived, and where Mrs. Susan S. Campbell now lives.
Putnam Jenkins (69) built where Joseph S. Parkhurst now lives. J. Wilder Prince and Fred F. Lane also lived here. Albert Hill (70) built and lived where Freeman Parker, Elijah C. Stevens, Dr. Frank H. Rowe, Dr. Joseph C. Taylor, and Edward L. Conner later lived, and where Burt N. Davis now lives. At the junction of the Amherst and North Amherst road stands No. 1 schoolhouse. Mr. Philbrick (71), David Brooks, a blacksmith, Leonard Farley, and Nelson Fosher lived where his son, Irving J. Fosher, now lives. The house stands on the north side of the Amherst road.
Andrew J. Butterfield (72), Samuel Seavey, Reuben Bugbee, and William McDole lived where Herbert N. Fosher now lives. The buildings were burned, and were rebuilt by Nelson Fosher. On the north side of the road Albert Hill, Mr. Dale, Mrs. Sarah A. Shepard (73) and her son, William P. Shepard, lived, and William McDole later lived. The house was built by George W. Goffe, and is now occupied by Charles H. Tarbell and his son, Dr. Wallace H. Tarbell.
Seth P. Campbell, 2d (74), Mrs. Jeffers, and Damon Jenkins lived where Silas Campbell now lives. This was formerly the Union schoolhouse, and stood near the Amherst line. It was moved by Mr. Campbell to its present location from the North Amherst road near the Greeley farm.
Nelson Fosher (75) built where he now lives, on the north side of the Amherst road near Fred A. French's store.
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DISTRICT NO. 2.
Adam Dickey (76), Isaac Gage, his son, Aaron Q., Moses Paige, Jonathan Corliss, Orvis J. Blodgett, Frank Gage, and Herbert Ste- vens lived where Milton E. Badger later lived, one fourth mile west of Smith's corner, on the road leading to Thompson's corner.
Robert Matthews (77), Willard Parker, George Hodgman, his son, John P., Clinton P., son of Isaac P. Hodgman, and Mr. Morse lived where John D. Rouse now lives. George Hodgman built the pres- ent brick house. On this place was a cider mill six rods southeast of the buildings.
Jonathan Dowse (78) built and lived where Ward Thompson, William Moore, and Timothy Moore later lived, and where Thomas W. Moore now lives. The house stands at the northeast corner of the cross-roads. The house was rebuilt by Thomas W. Moore.
John Parker (79), lived where James Kendall, John Kinson, and Albert B. Corliss lived. Corliss built a new house and barn, which with the old house were destroyed by fire. These buildings stood on the west side of the road. Kendall had a blacksmith shop on the east side.
Joseph Wallace (80), Abijah Hodgman, Jesse Parker, Thomas W. Moore, Corwin J. Parker, and Wilson W. Moore lived where William Burns now lives. The present house was built by Thomas W. Moore, and stands on the east side of the road.
Thomas-Wallace (81), George O. Wallace, John McAffee, and Nathan Adams in turn lived where Stanislaus Lavoie now lives. Mr. McAffee carried on the brickmaking business very successfully on this farm. The house stands on the west side of the road, and is the last house in Bedford, near the Merrimack town line. The present. barn was built by Mr. McAffee.
South of the road leading from the range line road to Charles Gage's, out in the field, Donald Donelly (81}) built, and lived where Peter Matott now lives.
William Caldwell (82), John Moore, Joseph C. Moore, Benjamin Gage, Capt. John Burns, Wiseman C. Burns, and Geo. W. Gage lived where Charles H. Gage now lives. The house stands on the south side of the crossroad leading from near Isaac P. Hodgman's to Eddy W. Stevens'. George Gage built the present house.
Dea. John Orr, his son, Hon. John, Samuel Patten, his son, Samuel H., lived where Albert L. Flint now lives. The brick house now standing (83) was built by Samuel Patten, the brick annex to the house and the present barn by Albert L. Flint. The original Orr (84) house stood six rods southwest of the brick house which stands on the road leading from Bedford Center to Nashua. About north of the barn, some ten rods, right over the run, perhaps two rods west of the road, stood the garrison house of Mr. Orr. The well can be located at the present time. In digging a drain it was found within the foundation stones upon which the structure had rested.
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Fred Stevens (85) built and lived where Gilbert Brown lived. The house stands on the west side of the road and is where William Story now lives.
James McQuigg (86), Matthew McAffee, his son, Samuel, and grandson, Alfred, lived where Eddy W. Stevens now lives. Rooms were annexed to the north end of this house in 1859 or 1860 by H. R. French, making it suitable for two families. Hugh R. French, Daniel Mclaughlin, his son-in-law, Greenleaf Walker, Corwin J. Parker, Edward H. Patten, J. Elmer Esterbrooks lived in this new part, where William S. Melendy now lives. Timothy Stevens and his son, Reuben P., lived in the south side. The McAffee barns were removed and the present one built by E. W. Stevens.
Dea. Benjamin Smith (87), Capt. Samuel Campbell, Jesse Parker, John Armstrong, his son, John D., George M. Way, and Timothy Stevens lived on what is known as the Armstrong place. The house was removed by the Manchester & Milford railroad. The track runs over the site. During the construction of the railroad the barn was burned.
Waldron (88), a tanner, lived where Phineas C. French, David Campbell, and Edward H. Patten lived. Afterwards, John O. Parker of Manchester owned the place, and the buildings were removed. The buildings stood near the junction of the Wallace road with the Nashua road, on the east side. Many years ago a stone post was erected at the junction of these roads to be used as a guide post. When it was being set a human skeleton was dug up at this place. A barn (89) was built on this place by Samuel and Irving Bryant on the opposite side of the road. It is now owned by Edmund B. Hull. During the construction of the Manchester & Milford road it was used as a boarding-house.
James Smith (90), brother of Adam Smith, Hugh Riddle, his son- in-law, Willard Parker, and his son, Willard C., lived where Charles H. Wiggin now lives. Riddle built the present brick house, and Williard Parker the barn. There has been a cider mill on this place from its earliest settlement. It was here that Willard C. Parker met his death by falling from an apple tree while hiving a swarm of bees, sustaining a fatal injury to the spine. He lived about six weeks under the most intense suffering.
Thomas Wells (91) lived in a little house which stood in the brick yard. The house was occupied only while brick making was going on. It stood on the north side of the Hackett place, but is now gone. It was called the Clay house from the name of an occupant.
Another house (92) also stood on the meadow road, east from the Hackett place, and was used only during the brick making season. It stood on the north side of the road on land owned by Daniel Parker.
Wiseman C. Burns (93) lived on the south side of the meadow road, which leads west from Thompson's corners to Hackett's. The house is now gone.
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Eleazer Dole (94), Thomas Hackett, John Moulton, William Burns, and Wilbur C. Damon lived on the east side of the Nashua road in a house now unoccupied. Hackett (95) afterwards built, and lived on the opposite side of the road where his widow, Maria Hackett, lived.
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