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Gilman E. Gale (187) built and lived where Mr. Balch, John H. Durgin, Allen Partridge, and his son, Albert, lived, and where George F. Putnam now lives.
Daniel George (188) built on the west side of the road nearly opposite Mr. Putnam's where Samuel W. Dunbar and Frank H. Brickett lived. These buildings were partially destroyed by fire in November, 1889, and two children were burned to death. The buildings were repaired by Mr. Dunbar, and are now occupied by Nat J. L. Ryder.
William Hartshorn (189) built the barn and Nathan Parker built the house where George E. Nute, John S. Philbrick, his son, Loren, and John E. Ring lived. It is the last house in Bedford on the River road, and is where Ora G. Kelton now lives.
On the meeting-house road, going towards the Center from Chandler's corner, the first house to the left, George Wyman (190), brother of Arnold Wyman, built and lived where Samuel Seavey, Mrs. Sargent, George W. Goffe, Isaac Russ, John W. Brown, his widow, Susan Brown, and son, Dana K., and Herbert A. Mack later lived. The house is now owned by Gordon Woodbury and occu- pied by Henry W. Darrah.
Robert Young (191), James P. Walker, Moses Johnson, George Griffin, Theron Forbes, Zebina Woodbury, Mr. Hoyt, and John F. Gove in turn lived on land now owned by Gordon Woodbury. The buildings were moved there by Thomas Rundlett, and were burned August 25, 1894. Frank Gray had also occupied the house. Fred Ray was living in it at the time of the fire. The house stood on the north side of the road.
Further west, on the south side of the road, a little back from the highway, Ferdinand Reuiter (192) built and lived where George W. Hamlin, Stanislaus Lavoie, and Homer Pepin lived. These build- ings were also burned January 4, 1899.
At the four corners John Goffe (193) built the house where Cal- vin Snow and his son, Gilman, lived. Ira Campbell also lived there. It stands on the east side of James E. French's farm, and is still called the Snow house. It is now unoccupied.
John Weber (194) built and lived where his son-in-law, August Schinck, lived. The buildings were burned. The house stood on the east side of the road from the center of the town to Goffe's Falls, about ten rods north of the brook.
Nearly opposite to Mr. Schincks on the west side of the road Fer- dinand Riedell (195) built and lived where Lewis Gersbach and his
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son, Lewis, lived. The house was long unoccupied, but a family is now living there.
Samuel Patten, son of first John, built and lived on top of the hill in a pasture now owned by Alfred Porter. The house (196) stood about five rods east of the road. The map in the History of 1851 places this house west of the road, but the best evidence is that it was east. Joseph Patten (197), his son, built and lived about twenty rods east of this place. The buildings have long been gone.
The Patten Garrison house stood southeast of the Samuel Patten (196) house on the east side of the road.
William Boynton (198) built, in 1847, and lived where Hiram Mace, Daniel Greene, Mr. Williams, the Plummer brothers, Edgar A. and Frank P., Albert J. Knight, John M. Hill, Fred Englehardt, Frank Livingston, and Carl Fischer lived in turn, and where John B. Chartrand now lives. This house stands at the end of a road which runs south from the Boynton road about half way across the plains. Frank Plummer followed the sea for many years.
DISTRICT No. 5.
On the west side of the range line road and about one third of a mile north of the four corners known as Thompson's corners, Aaron and Solomon Gage (199) built for their sister, Mrs. Muzzy, the house where Dwelly Mitchell, Alexander Patten, and Dea. John Parker lived, and where Isaac P. Hodgman and his son, John M. Hodgman, now live. The house was rebuilt by Isaac P. Hodgman. John M. Hodgman built the present barn.
Archibald Lawson (200) lived about sixty rods southeast of Isaac P. Hodgman. He was from Braintree, Mass., and kept bachelor's hall many years. Amos Harris ploughed up here a sickle of very old construction. The house is now gone.
About one half mile north of Mr. Hodgman's, on the east side of the road, Adam N. Patten (201) built and lived on what is known as the Highland farm. Afterwards, Major Daniel Moore, Mr. Rugg, William P. Newton, Daniel Mclaughlin, Mrs. Reed, William Bailey, John Stevens, James E. Gault, George E. Gault, William Young, Daniel and Joseph Emery lived there in turn, and there Fred T. Corliss now lives.
North, on the opposite side of the same road, Patrick Fling (202), John McAffee, James Morrison, and his son, Samuel E., Mrs. Eliza A. Stevens and her daughter, Eunice, lived where Lyman M. Kinson now lives. The old house was moved from the Samuel McAffee place by Patrick Fling. Ephraim Parker and Ephraim Hutchins lived here while Mr. Morrison was superintendent of the town farm. James Morrison built the present house in 1850, and Lyman M. Kin- son built the barn.
On the west side of the same road, Joseph P. Emery (203) built where he now lives.
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Samuel Morrison (204), brother of James, built and lived on the east side of the road where Thomas M. Ferguson lived, and where his daughter, Hattie L., now lives.
Patrick Cochran (205) built and lived where William Dolan, John Shea, Jr., and Frank T. Ferguson lived, and where Daniel W. Eaton now lives. The house stands in the field several rods from the road.
North of this house, on the same side of the road, Fred Hebert (206) built and lived, where William Jennings now lives.
North of the Ferguson house, Granville Heselton (207) built, where his widow, Lilla M. Heselton, now lives.
On the south side of the County road, about twenty-five rods from the junction of the Bedford Center and Goffe's Falls roads, Napoleon Philbert (208) built and lives in a log house.
West, on the south side of the road, Louis St. John (20812) built where he now lives.
West, on the north side of the road, Louis Monte (209) built where he now lives.
Thomas Marshall (20912) built and lives still farther west, on the same side of the road.
Fred St. Louis (210) built where he now lives, on the south side of the road.
About one fourth mile from here, Harry Atwood (21012) built where he now lives, on what was formerly a woods road, called the plank road. In the olden days there has been more large timber, both pine and oak, drawn over this road by oxen to Goffe's Falls landing, to be rafted to Lowell and Newburyport, than on any other road leading to the Merrimack river. Some of the largest oak and pine timber in town was found in this vicinity. The oak was mostly used for ship building.
On the north side of the County road, James Houston (211), brother of Rev. John, and Samuel, a blacksmith and a son of James, lived where Dea. John Parker, Benjamin Dowse, Christian Schnei- der, and John Huskie lived, and where his son, John Huskie, now lives. Samuel Houston was totally blind the latter part of his life ; rather fond of conversation, he loved to tell of a quaint reply that he once heard given to the inquiry, "What is the difference between the Presbyterian and Congregationalist?" "Oh ! the difference is this, the Congregationalist goes home and eats a regular dinner be- tween services, but the Presbyterian postpones his till after meeting." This Dowse place is where Mr. McGregore, when a youth, passing through town from Londonderry to Chestnut Hills, took refuge from the pursuit of a very large black snake that, with head erect, chased him something like a mile. Mr. McGregore was lame and walked with a cane. He said the snake carried his head as high as his own. He fought him with his cane and thus managed to keep out of his harm. It is said a snake of immense proportions used to be seen in these woods.
Further west on the same road, John Harrison (212) built where he now lives.
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On the Manchester and Merrimack road, Samuel Currier (213), Abijah Hodgman, his sons, Abijah, Jr., and Frederic, lived where James E. Gault now lives. Abijah Hodgman built the present house, and his son Frederic built the barn.
Jonathan Currier (214), brother of Samuel, lived on the north side of this farm, about fifty rods northeast of James E. Gault. Also, at an early period, Alexander Orr lived at the same place. Orr mar- ried Jane McConihe of Merrimack, and John Gault, a Revolutionary soldier, married Orr's daughter, Molly, and Daniel Mclaughlin mar- ried Fanny, a daughter of Gault. On the same farm, at the north side, lived Judge James Underwood, first on the list of lawyers, a relative of the Litchfield family of that name. At one time families by the names of Kent and Campbell lived at this place.
West of Mr. Gault's, on the north side of the road, Timothy Con- ner and John Shea (215) built and lived where Robert Cronshaw, Herbert Wetherbee, Edward Rogers, William Jennings, and Martin Campbell lived, and where Harvey Schofft now lives.
On the west side of the range line road, north of the County road, Alexander Brooks (216) built where he now lives.
The range line road runs north and south at this place; the County road runs east and west. These roads are crossed by the Manchester and Merrimack road, running from northeast to south- west, forming six corners. This is a very unusual circumstance, and we have been told that there is not another of the kind in any New England town.
Southwest of Daniel W. Eaton's, in what is now woodland and off of the road, John Mclaughlin (217)built and lived on the south side of the Mclaughlin farm. John Mclaughlin first lived on the Gordon farm, as before mentioned, in District No. 1. Rev. John Houston, when first married, lived here with John Mclaughlin.
John Mclaughlin, Jr. (218), built a house just south of the house now occupied by Martin Kelley. It is said to have contained only one room. Here his children were born, and when his son Patrick married Deborah Martin, another room was added to their humble home, and his mother was wont to remark, with great pride and satisfaction, that "it was a fine peeled egg that Debby came to when she was married."
Patrick's son Rodney (219) built and lived in the house standing just north of his father's. In this house his children and one grand- daughter were born. In front of this house stands an ancient elm noted for its beauty and size. It was probably planted by Patrick Mclaughlin, as his little daughter Hannah held the young tree while it was being planted. It was here Mrs. Lucy W. Gault, Lemuel B. Gault, Daniel Gault, George Whitford, Frederic Wright, Charles Brooks, John Pearsons, Robert K. and Granville Heselton lived, and there Martin Kelley now lives.
West, on the south side of the same road, Calvin Snow (220) built and lived where Daniel Mclaughlin, son of Patrick, Greenleaf
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Walker, George Mclaughlin, son of Daniel, Samuel Seavey, John McIntire, and Daniel Murphy lived, and where Frank H. Brickett now lives.
Ephraim Snow (221), brother of Calvin, built and lived where his widow, Mariah Snow, her son-in-law, George McAllister, George Wilkins, and Martin Campbell later lived. The house is now unoc- cupied. Mr. Snow remained a bachelor until late in life, and on the occasion of his marriage the following poem was produced :
" We hear of women petrified, And turned to stone, you know, But here is something wonderful, A woman turned to Snow.
" May their wedded life be joyous, And happiness e'er flow, And they be blessed with sundry small And thawless banks of Snow."
Jean Patten (222), a weaver, and daughter of Hon. Matthew, lived on the opposite side of the road in a little house which had been Calvin Snow's cooper shop.
On the southeast side of Bell hill, in the field, on an old road, John Bell (223) lived about sixty rods southwest of the Rev. Thomas Savage. This was his first settlement. It was a log house and stood on land of Adam N. Patten, called the "Old Orchard." Daniel Gould once lived in this house. Bell moved from here to the " Thirds" (2231/2), so called, about fifteen rods northeast of where Martin Kelley now lives. His gravestone can be seen in the old graveyard.
John Bell (224), son of the first John, built, lived, and died on the southwest side of Bell hill, on land now owned by George F. Bar- nard.
Joseph Bell (225), son of the above, built and lived on the County road where it crosses the road from Bedford Center to Nashua. He was a blacksmith by trade.
Flora Bell (226), his slave, lived near by, on land owned by the late Ann Orr. She had one son, called Boston Bell. The Bells formerly owned the whole square bounded by the four corners.
John Gault (227), a Revolutionary soldier, built and lived where Moses Noyes, Daniel Barnard, David Crowell, George D. Whitford, Solon C. Gilmore, Edgar Breed, and John Blood lived, and where J. Elmer Esterbrooks now lives. The original house was burned and the present one built by David Crowell. The barn was rebuilt and enlarged by Mr. Whitford.
On the west side of the range line road a few rods north of the six corners stands No. 5 schoolhouse.
North of the schoolhouse, on the east side of the same road, Rev. Thomas Savage (228) lived nearly forty years in the brick cottage built for him by Capt. William Patten. Frederic L. Wallace, Mrs. John Huse, a sister of Mrs. W. W. Wilkins, also lived here. It was
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afterwards owned and occupied by John Hodgman and now by Henry C. Wallace.
William Holmes (229) lived on the Reed place about seventy-five rods northeast of James E. French's, on land owned by Freeman French. James Linn (230), Stephen French, Sr., Stephen French, Jr., Stephen French, 3d, lived where James E. French, son of Stephen French, 3d, now lives. The present house was built by Stephen French, 3d. The barn was remodeled and enlarged by his son, James E. Stephen French, his son and grandson, Stephen, were tanners by trade, and for more than seventy-five years carried on the most extensive business of the kind in town. The tannery build- ings contained more than twenty vats, and stood a little east of the old house, which was between the present one and the road.
James Linn's daughter married Dea. James Wallace. Linn after- wards lived and died at James Wallace's. Dea. James Wallace first lived in a log house, which (23012) stood at the foot of the hill east of the town house on the north side of the road, near where Chan- dler Spofford formerly lived, and on land now owned by John Roby. He afterwards built, lived, and died in a house that was destroyed by fire. On this site (231) Stephen French, Jr., built the present brick house, which was considered one of the best of its time. Deacon Phineas, his son, lived here, also Edward P. French, Dr. W. W. Wilkins, Elijah C. Stevens, and Frederic Hodgman, who remodeled the buildings and built the stable. Fred A. French now lives here.
Hon. Matthew Patten, one of the first settlers of the town, lived on the plains (2311/2 ), on the second piece of land that was cleared in town, and now owned by Mrs. Schinck. Near the old cellar stands an apple tree called the "red streak," which he planted. It is still bearing fruit of good quality and fine flavor. Mr. Patten (232) in 1784 built and lived where his son, David, Esq., and two sisters, Polly and Sarah, lived and died. Samuel Gardner also lived here, caring for the old ladies through the last years of their lives. Willard Gard- ner, Benjamin Dowse, John Hodgman, George Hodgman, Frederick Hodgman, Mrs. Sarah Churchill, Miss Martha Parker, and George E. Gault, also lived in this house. These buildings stand in the field southeast of Adam N. Patten, and are now unoccupied. Adam N. Patten (233) built and lived on the Matthew Patten farm, where his son, William M., now lives.
Alexander Patten (234), son of Matthew, Delworth Shepard, and Daniel Mclaughlin lived on the east end of James E. French's farm. The house stood on the north side of the road and is now gone.
DISTRICT No. 6.
Andrew Brymner (235) and Andrew Smith lived where John Schaller now lives. The house stands on the north side of the Boynton road near the Manchester line.
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Fred Ray (236) built where he now lives. The barn was built from the frame of the Dea. David McQuesten house, which stood on the River road.
Miss Lochlan (237) built across the road, a few rods southwest of Fred Ray's, where Andrew Jackson Butterfield and Page Campbell lived. The house was burned.
On the north side of the Boynton road and west of the Wallace brook George W. Riddle (238) built where Frederic Scheer, Loren E. Charles, and Charles Carrol lived, and where Edward L. White now lives.
Just north of the Gordon house, on the same side of the road, Dr. Paul Tenney (239), Dr. Peter P. Woodbury, David McAfee, Brad- bury M. Rowe, and John W. McDole lived, where Robert Currie now lives.
Elisha Lincoln (240) built. and lived where John Parker and Oliver Townsend lived. This house is now gone. The cellar is near the Beard place, on the east side of the old road to Manchester, in Mr. Scheer's pasture, and is more particularly known as the Mont- gomery place.
Francis Barnet (241), Abel Beard, Zacheus Greeley, father of Horace Greeley, Horace Greeley himself, Joseph Roby, and John Ferguson lived on the Beard farm in a house which stood about twenty rods west from the present house (242), which was built and owned by Gen. William P. Riddle. In it Joseph Riley, Joseph Man- ning, Albert Riddle, George W. Riddle, son of William P. Riddle, Horace Holbrook, Thomas Blackstock, and Mr. Sharpe lived, and here Dea. Walter Gage now lives. Undoubtedly this farm was set- tled by the Lincolns. When Horace Greeley's father, Zacheus, left Bedford, about 1820, he owed Mrs. Harnden two dollars for picking hops eight days, at twenty-five cents a day. When Horace Greeley had reached a position of prominence O. L. Kendall, the postmaster, wrote him that Mrs. Harnden was in poverty, and would much ap- preciate the payment of his father's debt. The famous editor imme- diately sent five dollars to Mr. Kendall, asking him to pay it.
North, on the opposite side of the road, Christopher Rice (243), David Atwood, and his son, Daniel G., lived, where Daniel W., son and grandson of the above, now lives. David Atwood was an ex- tensive cabinet-maker. He and his son, Daniel G., also made ox yokes, which were the best to be found in this vicinity. At that time these yokes were in great demand as most of the teaming and farm work were done with oxen. Daniel W. has extensively re- paired both house and barn, and it is known as the "Old Cabinet" farm.
John Wilson (244), the widow of Samuel Moore, Joseph Atwood, David Crowell, and James A. Parker lived where Leonard Bursiel later lived. This was the Thomas Townsend house. It stood nearly opposite James R. Leach's, and was moved to its present location. by John Wilson, and is now owned by Mrs. Daniel W. Atwood.
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Eliphalet Bursiel (245) built and lived about twenty rods south- west of the Wallace bridge. The place was afterward occupied by Peter Kean and his brother Michael.
Thomas Bursiel (246) built and lived where his son, Charles E., now lives, north of the Beard farm, on the west side of the road, and back in the field. The barn has been enlarged by C. E. Bursiel.
John Wallace (247) and his son, Thomas, lived where Eliphalet Bursiel lived, and where Frank D. Holbrook now lives. The house stands north of C. E. Bursiel's, on the same side of the road. The old house (24712) was moved to Piscataquog village by Frederic Wallace, a grandson of John, and is now standing on the corner of South Main and Milford streets. It was drawn by eighty yoke of oxen, and three days were occupied in moving it. A man named Call came down from Concord to superintend the work; he brought the first jack screw into town.
Dea. William Boies (248), Samuel Barr, his sons, Cyrus, Frye and Frank, Ebenezer Holbrook, and Ephraim C. Heald lived where Jo- seph G. Holbrook, and his son, Alonzo H., now live. The present house is the third built on this site; Mr. Boies built the first one, Frye Barr the second, and the present one was built by Joseph G. Holbrook. One Monday morning, it is said, Boies saw one of his neighbors sitting on a log by the side of the road. Said Deacon Boies : " What are you doing here, man, so early in the morning ?" "I was thinking what Mr. Houston was preaching about yesterday, and I could na make the preaching come together." Boies replied : "Trouble yourself na about that, man,-a' ye have to do, man, is to fear God and keep his commandments." His neighbor used to say : " That was the best preaching for me I ever heard; always, when perplexed about texts of Scripture and preaching, that advice of Mr. Boies put the matter at rest." A few rods northeast of this place, across the Wallace brook, stands No. 6 schoolhouse.
Andrew Savage (249) built and lived where Ira Ferson, George Taylor, and Frank Taylor lived, and where Isaac Blake now lives. This is the first house east of No. 6 schoolhouse.
On the west side of the road leading from Wallace bridge to Plummer hill, Calvin Clement (250) lived where Jacob N. Rundlett now lives. The original settler was a man named Valentine Sulli- van, a Revolutionary soldier who lost his life in the army.
North, on the east side of the road, Lieut. Samuel Vose (251) and Samuel Adams lived where James Fullerton now lives. The original Vose house (25112) stood about six rods northwest of the present one. Samuel Vose settled on the Merrimack river. It is said he found a pear tree near Sebbins pond which he transplanted to this farm. The tree is still standing near the present house and bearing fruit.
North, on the west side of the road, Samuel Brown lived in a house which stood where Benjamin Plummer (252) built and lived
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and where George W. Butterfield later lived. It is now owned by George Caldwell.
North, on the same side of the road, Henry J. Plummer (253) and his son, Henry S., lived where W. H. Stearns now lives. The house stands at the end of the road. The barn was struck by light- ยท ning and burned in 1890.
On the north side of the road running east to Manchester, James Vose (254), brother of Samuel, Brooks Worthley, his son, David, lived where his widow, Persis Worthley, and her sons, Frederic and Sumner P., now live. The buildings were burned and were rebuilt by the present owners. East, on the south side of the road, Frank Plummer (255) built where he now lives.
James H. Fullerton (256) built and lived where Frederic Scheer later lived. The house stands east from Plummer's on the south side of the road. East, on the south side of the road, Parker Worthley (257) built and lived where Daniel W. Butterfield and his son, Walter, later lived, and where John Dailey now lives. On the north side, and east of Dailey's, Isaac Dewey (258) built and lived where Fred M. Barnard now lives. North of Barnard's, on a cross-road, Ernest G. Carswell (259) built where he now lives. On the south side of New Boston road, west of its junction with the Wallace road, Gilbert Brown (25912) built and lives.
Where Mr. Carlton (260) built and lived the house was burned, and it was rebuilt by him on the same site. The house stands on the north side of the road from Wallace bridge, near its junction with the New Boston road. Later, Thomas Martin lived here. It is now owned by Bishop Bradley of Manchester, having been given to the Catholic church by Mr. Carlton.
Samuel Moore (261) built and lived where David Ames, George F. Elliott, William Rogers, his son, Wesley, and M. V. B. Kenney later lived. The house stands on the north side of the New Boston road, west of its junction with the Wallace road. On this place Mr. Kenney (262) built the new house where he now lives, on the north side of the road east of the junction.
George Clark (263) built where he now lives, on the north side of the road.
Ira Ferson (264) built and lived where George Bowen now lives.
East, on the north side of the road, Frank X. Douvelle (265) built where he now lives. North, on the cross-road, Stanislaus Hebert (266) built where he now lives. On the north side of the road, the last house in Bedford near the Manchester line, Michael Gibbons (267) built where Hugh Cunningham now lives.
John Kerwin (268), adopted son of Dennis Kerwin, lived in a small house near the Manchester line on the south side of the road. Mrs. Blackburn (269) built where Dennis Kerwin lived, and where his widow now lives. Mr. Kerwin carried on an extensive rendering establishment here many years, accumulating a comfortable fortune.
Samuel Shea (270), son-in-law of Dennis Kerwin, built and lived
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where his widow now lives. The house stands west of Mr. Ker- win's, on the south side of the road.
James Curtis (271) built on a private way about fifty rods south of the highway, where his widow, Mrs. Ann Curtis, and her daugh- ter, Miss Maddie, now live. Mr. Curtis carried on an extensive butchering business here for many years. He supplied Manchester people with meat in the early days of the city.
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