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VII. Albert Lawrence, son of Nathaniel6, b. 1842, Dec. 9; m., 1st, Corne- lia B., b. in Cornish, 1830, Dec. 20, dau. of Ezekiel and Phœbe (Morse) Abbott of Bedford. She d. 1900, July 7. He m., 2d, 1903, Feb. 11, Mrs. Sarah (Tinker) Stowell, b. in Bedford 1844, Sept. 22, dau. of Joseph H. and Mary (Anderson) Tinker. They live on a farm in southern part of Bedford. No ch.
VI. William Allen, son of Nathaniel5, was b. 1812, July 15, in Manches- ter, Mass., where the house in which he was b. is still standing. He accompanied his parents to New Boston when quite young, and there his boyhood was spent. He m., 1st, 1835, Dec. 30, Mary Farley of Londonderry, and settled in Bedford, where the remain- der of his life was spent. He was a farmer and brickmaker. Mary Farley d. 1848, April 1. He m., 2d, Hannah Lee Otis of New Boston, who was b. 1817, March 6, and d. 1901, Feb. 21. William A. d. 1881, April 15. Had ch. by 1st mar., viz .: Orline Mary7, b. 1836, Oct. 10, m. William McAfee (see McAfee); Lydia Ann7, b. 1839, Oct. 22; Francis Fitch", b. 1843, May 23; George Washington™, b. 1845, Feb. 5; Charles Allen7, 1847, May 1.
VII. Lydia Ann, dau. of William Allen6, b. 1839, Oct. 22; m. 1868, Dec. 25, John Orr of Clinton, Mass. Lived in Clinton, and was later, with her husband, a teacher in Talledega college, Ala., where she was killed by being thrown from a carriage 1888, July 15. No ch.
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· VII. Francis Fitch, son of William Allen6, b. 1843, May 23; m., 1867, April 28, Martha E. Merrill. He was a private in Co. A, Tenth N. H. Reg., and served three years in the Civil war. He d. 1885, Nov. 16. One dau., Lizzie Maria8, was b. 1873, Oct. 29. She m., 1898, Jan. 5, Carroll S. White of Manchester, and has two ch .: Orline E.8, b. 1900, Feb. 25, and Helen Francis8, b. 1902, Oct. 26. VII. George W., son of William Allen6, b. 1845, Feb. 5; m. Francis M. Smith of Manchester; settled in Bedford and had three ch .: May Belle8, b. 1873, Aug. 8, d. 1874, March 11; Annie Riddle8, b. 1875, Nov. 29, m. 1900, Dec. 25, William J. Kennedy of Manchester, who d. 1902, Feb .; Maybelle Florence8, b. 1881, May 15. The family now res. in West Manchester.
VII. Charles Allen, son of William Allen6, b. 1847, May 1; m. Margaret H., dau. of Jeremiah and Mary Bell Austin of Goffstown. They res. in Goffstown and later in Manchester, where their son, Austin Waldo, was b.
VIII. Austin Waldo, son of Charles A.7, was b. 1874, Nov. 27. He m., 1897, Oct. 14, Minnie Hutchinson of Manchester. They have two ch .: Harold Hutchinson9, b. in Manchester 1899, Feb. 5; Mildred Irene9, b. in Manchester 1901, June 19.
VI. Capt. Joseph Hooper, son of Nathaniel5, was b. in New Boston, 1820, Oct. 19; m. 1845, Nov. 20, Nancy C., b. Bedford, 1818, May 5, dau. of Ephraim and Sarah (Proctor) Parkhurst, who d. 1902, Aug. 20. He was a farmer and res. in Bedford and Merrimack. Was cap- tain of militia company in Bedford (see Military Records). He d. 1857, Oct. 27. Had two ch .: Sarah Ann Proctor7, b. Bedford 1848, Nov. 15, m. 1868, Sept. 26, Charles W. Seaver of Manchester, where they now res .; Nancy Parkhurst7, b. Bedford 1850, Oct. 3, m. 1883, Dec. 25, Myron L. Stickney of Manchester, where they now res. Had ch: Olive Flint8, b. 1890, May 30, d. 1895, March 1; Raymond Parkhurst8 and Roland Lucius8 (twins), b. 1892, Dec. 30 .
FOSHER.
I. About 1837 Sylvanus Fosher with Frances, his wife, emigrated from Canada to the United States and settled in Coopersville, N. Y. Here they res. till about 1872, when they came to Bedford to res. with their son, Nelson, who had settled here two or three years previous. They returned to Coopersville about 1896. Their ch. nearly all res. here, viz .: Nelson2; Edmund2; Fred2; Nancy2, m. Joseph Breette about 1872, and has a son Irving3; Ephraim2, m. about 1872 Artmissa Bombard, and res. here till 1898, when they rem. to Coopersville, N. Y., had two sons, Ephraim and Leon. The other ch. of Sylvanus and Frances were: Peter2, who served in the Union army, res. Pawtucket, R. I .; Mary2, res. in Coopers- ville, N. Y .; Abram2, d .; two infants, d .; Joseph2, res. Michigan; Robert2, d. about 1890.
II. Nelson1, son of Sylvanus1, b. Coopersville, N. Y., 1850, Aug. 24; m. 1870, Dolly J., b. 1851, Feb. 18, dau. of Isaac and Mary A. (Paine) Campbell. Ch .: Ivring J.3, b. 1871, July 12; Herbert N.8, b. 1874, Jan. 24.
III. Irving J., son of Nelson2, b. 1871, July 12; m. 1891, July 1, Eva E., b. 1873, dau. of George and Ellen McAllaster. Have one soll, Harry N.4, b. 1891, Oct. 21.
III. Herbert N., son of Nelson2, b. 1874, Jan. 24; m. 1889, Oct. 16, Mary E., b. 1875, dau. of Chas. and Kate (White) Adams. Ch .: Arthur P.4, b. 1890, May 14; Clarence4, b. 1891, Sept. 29.
II. Edmund, son of Sylvanus1, served in the Union army; m. Margaret Ceroy. Ch .: Edmund3, m. - Richards; Amelia3; Clavina3, b. 1876, Nov. 3, d. 1896, Jan. 27; Nelson3; Napoleon3; Rodney3; Nellie3.
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III. Amelia, dau. of Edmund2, b. 1873, April; m. 1890, Dec. 18, Paul Richards, b. 1861, Feb .; d. 1898, Nov. 29. She d. 1899, Sept. 16. Ch .: Paul4, b. 1890, Dec. 19, d. 1890, Dec. 20; Clavina4, b. 1892, May, d. 1892, Aug .; Edmund4, b. 1893, Feb. 23; Nelson4, b. 1895, Feb. 1, d. 1896, March 2; Maria Stella, b. 1896, Sept., d. 1897, March.
II. Fred, son of Sylvanus1, b. 1854; m. Sarah Lamonety, b. 1858, Champlain, N. Y. Ch .: George3, b. 1879, April, d. 1892, Feb. 16; Mary Jane3, b. 1882; m. Wm. C. Adams (see Adams); Addie E.3, b. 1883; m. S. Frank Adams (see Adams); Lucy3, b. 1888, May 6; Alfred3, b. 1890, Nov. 2, d. 1891, Feb. 20; Aggie D.3, b. 1895, Oct. 18; John3 Lewis, b. 1897, Sept. 25.
THE FOSTER FAMILY.
By John Foster.
The first that is known of the name of Foster was about the year 1065 A. D., when Sir Richard Forrester went from Normandy over to England, accompanied by his brother-in-law, William the Conqueror, and partici- pated in the victorious battle of Hastings.
The name was first Forrester, then Forester, then Foster. It signified one who had care of wild lands; one who loved the forest, a characteristic trait which has marked the bearers of the name through all the centuries that have followed. The Fosters seem to have located in the northern counties of England, and in the early centuries of English history partici- pated in many a sturdy encounter with their Scottish foes.
The name is mentioned in " Marmion " and the " Lay of the Last Min- strel." From one of these families in the seventeenth century appears the name of Reginald Foster. Tiring of the tyrannic rule of Charles I, he came to America and settled in Ipswich, Mass., in about the year 1638. He was a prominent figure in the early days, as the colonial records show.
From Reginald Foster came a son, William, 2d, and he had a son, Will- iam, 3d, and this latter William had a son, John, 4th, and to John in due time came a son, Obadiah, 5th, and to him was born a son named for his grandfather, John, 6th. The last named was born in Andover, Mass., in 1770 and died in Warner, N. H., in 1846. It is written of him: " He pos- sessed a quick and sound judgment, great energy of character, and rare virtues; he was mild, frank, and determined in action, his influence was widely felt in every community in which he lived."
George Foster, 7th, was his son. (See biographical sketch.) It seems appropriate that she, who for many years was so well known and beloved by all, should receive more than tabular notice in the town's history. Sa- lome F. Little, the wife of George Foster, was born in Boscawen, 1825, Aug. 9, and died in Bedford, 1897, Dec. 12; her father was Eliphalet Little, an old-time farmer and shoemaker; her mother was Meele, daughter of Moses Fellows of Salisbury, one of the heroes of the Revolution. Her loving and generous heart and her cheerful disposition, added to mental endowments of a. high order, made her in every sense a fitting companion for her worthy husband.
The children of George and Salome F. Foster were: Lucy A. Foster, born 1848, Feb. 6, died 1855, May 30; Sarah M., wife of Edmund B. Hull, born 1850, April 25, now living on River road. During her residence in the town of Bedford she has been a central figure in all its social and literary affairs; for a long time she was a teacher in the schools of the town, retir- ing from her vocation after her marriage, but she has ever since taken a lively interest in its educational affairs.
The next child was John Foster, born 1852, March 5; graduated from Dartmouth college in 1876; represented Bedford in the legislature of 1879,
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and is now a lawyer in Manchester, N. H, He married Mary Lizzie Mc- Crillis, an artist of high repute.
Their next child was George S. Foster, born 1857, July 8; died 1882, Aug. 15. He was a sturdy young man of great promise; he married Etta F. Moulton.
Charles E. Foster was born 1860, June 12; he married Bertha Cheney, granddaughter of James Gardner, who lived all his life in the town. They now reside in Manchester.
Herman Foster was born 1863, Aug. 3; married first, Nancy E. Barr, daughter of David Barr of Bedford; second, Mary A. Woolsey of Livings- ton Manor, N. Y .; they now reside in Boston. He is a graduate of the Emerson School of Oratory, in the class of 1896, and is now engaged in the real estate business.
Lucy Mary, the last child, married Burton Stewart, and they now live in Brockton, Mass.
The children of Sarah M. Hull are: Harry F. Hull, born 1878, July 24; and Grace E. Hull, born 1880, Oct. 14.
John Foster has no children.
The children of George S. Foster are: Ethel D., wife of Leslie Ellis, born 1881, Feb. 10; and George S. Foster, born 1882, April 20.
The children of Charles E. Foster were: Electa Little, born 1896, May 20, died 1901, Jan. 19: Charles R., born 1897, Oct. 17; Jennie Salome, born 1899, June 28, died 1901, Jan. 29; Burton S., born 1901, Jan. 12.
The children of Herman Foster were: George Reginald, born 1888, Dec. 14; and Lucy Salome, born 1891, Sept. 25, died 1893, April 26; and by sec- ond wife: Robert W., born 1899, Aug. 7, died same day; Dwight W., borul 1900, June 22, died 1901, Dec. 16; Amy W., born 1902, Jan. 21.
Lucy M. Stewart has no children.
Ethel D. Ellis has two children: Lottie Foster Ellis, born 1900, June 19; and Leslie A. Ellis, born 1901, August 16, who are the tenth and last gen- eration from Reginald Foster.
During its existence the Foster family has been a hardy, persevering, and progressive race, almost universally endowed with an intense nervous energy; there have been many instances of high attainments; a bearer of the name has been, e.c officio, vice-president of the Republic (Hon. Lafay- ette G. Foster, president, pro tem., of the senate during Andrew Johnson's administration); another, Hon. John W. Foster of Indiana, was premier of President Harrison's cabinet; another, Hon. Charles Foster of Ohio, was his secretary of the treasury. Many have attained high positions inl financial life, and many more have gained prominence in military affairs.
The record of Maj .- Gen. John G. Foster through the Mexican war and the War of the Rebellion, stamped him as a soldier without fear and with- out reproach.
Professor Bell is the reputed and accredited inventor of the telephone, but before that distinguished man had ever conceived the plan of electric transmission of the human voice, Joseph Foster of Keene, N. H., a me- chanical genius, had constructed and put into actual use a telephone embodying practically the same working plan as the Bell machine .*
Query: Could it be possible that Joseph Foster's telephone afforded the suggestion to Professor Bell?
The Foster family has an authentic record covering a period of nearly one thousand years. It has furnished to the world its share of the fruits of toil; it has contributed its share to enterprise and progress. Wherever it appears in the affairs of men it bears its crest: the iron arm holding the golden javelin poised towards the future.
*" Foster Genealogy," by Frederick C. Pierce, page 796.
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HON. GEORGE FOSTER.
By John Foster.
Hon. George Foster was born in Hudson, N. H., Sept. 23, 1821. He was the son of John Foster and Lucy Hastings Foster. In 1830 John Foster removed with his family to Warner, N. H., and it was here that the sub- ject of our sketch passed his youth and early manhood. With such edu- cation as a bright boy could acquire from the district school of sixty-five years ago, he started out on the journey of life. Gifted by nature with dauntless courage, ambition, and intelligence of a high order, the young man soon made himself known and felt among his fellow-men. Beginning in business life, first, as a peddler, and then as a keeper of an all-round country store at Davisville, he gradually worked into the lines of trade toward which his tastes inclined, those of farming, dealing in wood and buying, manufacturing, and selling all kinds of lumber.
At the age of thirty-eight he moved to Weare, N. H., living there until 1868, when he came to Bedford, having purchased the homestead farm of Adam Chandler, Esq .; here he resided until his death, March 21, 1881.
In Bedford were passed the brightest and happiest days of his life. Engaged in a lucrative business, happy in his family circle, happy in the cultivation, development, and improvement of the broad acres of his grand estate; possessed of a host of devoted friends, he was justly proud of the success which had brought all these blessings around him. Genial, hos- pitable, and generous to a fault, George Foster never lost a friend and seldom made an enemy. His character was cast in the puritanic mold of his forefathers, pure and simple in his habits, gentle and sympathetic in his manners, he was a man whom to know was to love. His business, social, and political conclusions were formed quickly, but accurately, and once found were as fixed as the eternal hills. He was strong in his likes and dislikes, he loved his family and his friends, he loved truth and justice and humanity, and he hated sham and hypocrisy, and denounced them in all their forms in unmistakable language. As there still linger among those who were his associates many memories of kind words and generous deeds, there also remain recollections of his apt and cutting repartee and scathing criticism. As a fitting tribute to his ability and sterling integ- ritv he was twice elected to the state senate of New Hampshire, first in 1872 and again in 1873.
Mr. Foster married in 1847, Salome F. Little of Salisbury, N. H., who was the mother of six children who survived hint: Sarah M., now Mrs. Edmund B. Hull; John; George S., who died in 1882; Charles E .; Her- man; Lucy M., now Mrs. Burton Stewart.
Mr. Foster died at the age of fifty-nine years, and the epitaph carved on the stone above the remains of himself and his beloved wife seems a fitting and comprehensive tribute to the character and worth of both:
"They made the world better by living in it."
FRENCH.
Three brothers of this name came to this country from England; one joined a southern colony, but becoming homesick returned home; another drifted to Maine, where he settled; little is known of his family, but a descendant, who had been living as a hermit, visited this town about 60 years ago.
I. William French, a brother of the above, was b. in Halstead, Eng., 1603, March 15. He came over in the Defence in 1635 and settled in Cambridge, Mass .; was freeman 1636; moved to Billerica with the first settlers of that town 1653, and became a leading citizen;
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was appointed to solemnize marriage; was their first representa- tive to the general court in 1660, again in 1663, and a lieutenant. His wife Elizabeth was b. 1605 and d. 1668, March 31. He m., 2d, 1669, May 6, Mrs. Mary (Lathrop) Stearns (widow). Lieutenant French d. at Billerica, 1681, Nov. 26. They had thirteen ch., and their descendants are scattered throughout New England and the West. Ch .: Elizabeth2, b. 1631, m. Ellis; Mary2, b. about 1633; John2, b. about 1635, lived in Billerica, a soldier, wounded by Indians, m. four times, 9 ch .; Sarah2, b. 1638; Jacob2,* b. 1639- '40; Hannah2, b. 1641-'42; Hannah2, 2d, born about 1643, m. John Brackett; Samuel2, b. 1645, d. 1646; Samuel2, 2d, a pioneer in Dunstable; Mary2, b. 1670, m., 1st, - Sharp, 2d, Nathaniel Dunklee; Sarah2, b. 1671, m. Jos. Crosby; Abigail2, b. 1673, d. 1674; Hannah2, b. 1676, m. John Child.
*Jacob, son of William1, b. 1639-'40, res. in Billerica, d. 1713, May 20. He m., 1st, Mary, dau. of Elder Richard Champney; she d. 1681, and he m., 2d, Mary Converse. Ch .: Jacob3, b. 1666-'67, d. about 1700; William3, b. 1668, July 18, a deacon in Billerica, m. Sarah, dau. of Capt. Jona. Danforth, the noted land surveyor, possibly the father of Gen. William French who came to Bedford, d. 1723, Sept. 30; Mary8, b. 1669; John3, b. and d. 1670; Joseph3, b. 1673, d. 1676; Jabez3, b. and d. 1674; Mary3, b. 1676-'77, m. Jona. Bald- win; Hannah3, b. and d. 1677; Elizabeth3, m. Wm. Manning; Sarah3, b. 1681-'82, m. Thos. Baldwin; Abigails, b. 1686, d. 1687.
IV. Gen. William French, Jr., a descendant of William1, was adminis- trator for his father in 1745; sold the farm 1766, Oct. 8; moved from Billerica to Hollis, N. H., about the time of the Revolution- ary war and afterwards to Bedford, where he d. about 1793, aged 80. He was the ancestor of "a numerous family, spreading themselves all over the town. For many years there were seven large farms, most of them contiguous, owned by different heads of the French family; not office-seekers, but standing for righteousness and all the old-fashioned virtues. The church records show more of this name than any other. Not a few became prominent in missionary and philanthropic work; some were elders and some were ministers." Ch .: Jonathan5, b. 1737, Oct. 10, settled and d. in Billerica; William5, b. 1738, Feb. 16, m. Lucy Remick, rem. from Hollis to Bedford, where he d .; Joseph5, b. 1740, Dec. 10, settled and d. in Hollis; Tabitha5, b. 1742, Dec. 31, m. a Mr. Carleton of Billerica and d. there; Benja- min5, b. 1744, Feb. 18, a tanner, settled in Dracut, Mass., rem. to Milford, N. H., where he d .; Nehemiah5, b. 1746, March 29, settled in Hollis, rem. to Lyndeborough, thence to Vermont where he d .; Stephen5, b. 1748; Mehitabel5, b. 1749, Feb. 5; Ephraim5, b. 1751, Nov. 10, m. Hannah Melendy; settled and d. in Amherst; David5, b. 1754, Sept. 15; Mehitabel5, 2d, b. 1756, Aug. 18, m. Job Bailey of Wilton, and there d .; Betsey5, m. Daniel Bailey of Hollis and d. there.
V. Stephen, son of Gen. William4, b. 1748; was a tanner by trade; he m. Dolly Coburn of Dracut, Mass., b. 1752. They moved to Bed- ford about 1773, where he d. 1832, Nov. 16, and his wife d. 1835, Oct. 13. They had eight sons and six daughters: Ebenezer6, b. 1774, April 28; Stephen6, b. 1775, Nov. 7; Dolly6, b. 1778, Nov. 9, m. Gawn Riddle (see Riddle); William6, b. 1781, March 24; Sarah W.6, b. 1782, April 10, m. Wm. McD. McPherson (see McPherson); Leonard C.6, b. 1785, Feb. 10; Betsey6, b. 1789, April 28, m. Wm. Bursiel (see Bursiel); Phineas C.6, b. 1791, Dec. 14; James,6 b. 1794, Nov. 22, tanner; Daniel6, b. 1796, Jan. 28; Robert W.6, b. 1801, Oct. 31. (Record of others not given.)
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VI. Ebenezer, son of Stephen5, b. 1774, April 28; selectman and repre- sentative; m. Rhoda Coburn of Dracut, b. 1780, April 16. Mr. French was a farmer and settled in the west part of Bedford. He d. 1846, Nov. 20. They had ch .: Ebenezer C.7, b. 1798, Dec. 22; Matilda C.7, b. 1800, Aug. 25, m. Ebenezer Holbrook (see Holbrook); Leonard C.7, 2d, b. 1803, April 19; Phineas C.7, 2d, b. 1805, Aug. 19; William7, b. 1807, Dec. 29; Merab7, b. 1811, Sept. 27, m. John McAllister, Jr. (see McAllister) ; Alfred7, b. 1815, May 20; John U.7, b. 1817, Feb. 24; Mary A.7, b. 1824, Oct. 4, m. John N. Barr (see Barr); Rhoda7, b. 1822, Sept. 24, m. Elbridge G. Barr (see Barr) ; Adaline7, b. 1826, Feb. 2, m. Thomas U. Gage (see Gage.) VII. Ebenezer C., son of Ebenezer6, b. 1798, Dec. 22; settled on part of the old homestead in the west part of Bedford; m., 1st, 1821, Dec. 25, Sarah, b. 1798, Dec. 1, dau. of Dea. John Holbrook. She d. 1834, Sept., and he m., 2d, Lydia Eaton of Goffstown, b. 1799, July 5. Ch., 1st mar .: Ilfred8, b. 1823, Jan. 16; Sarah E.8, b. 1826, Feb. 11; 2d mar .: Abigail E.8, b. 1838, June 30, m. 1868, Jan. 14, George A. Shepard, res. in Chicago, Ill., 28 years, returned to Bedford, 1896, where they now res .; Clara E.8, b. 1839, Sept. 29, m. George A. King (see King); Lydia Maria8, b. 1842, Oct. 14, res. in W. Bedford, unm.
VIII. Alfred (M. D.), son of Ebenezer C.", b. 1823, Jan. 16. (See Physi- cians; also see sketch.) He m. 1852, Nov. 11, Sarah A. Hardy of Westminster, Vt .; res. for a time in Manchester, then in Methuen seven years, whence they rem. to Lawrence, Mass. He d. 1902, Dec. 1, in Lawrence, where his widow still res. They had one dau., Lizzie.9
VIII. Sarah Elizabeth, dau. of Ebenezer C.7, b. 1826, Feb. 11; m. 1848, Jan. 10, Stephen Gains Allen, b. in Mansfield, Mass., 1816, March 28. He was a merchant in Boston, Mass., and d. in Andover, Mass., 1878, Oct. 5. His widow d. in Boston, 1889, March 25. Had ch .: Stephen G.9, b. 1849, March 20, d. 1854, Jan. 19; Rollin H.9, b. 1853, Feb. 26, m. Sarah B. Spencer, have two ch., Herbert and Ruth (see Spencer); Stephen Gano9, b. in Boston, 1857, April 3, m. 1897, Sept. 21, Beatrice Russell Doe, res. in Boston; Henry F.9, b. 1859, Nov. 7.
VII. Leonard C., 2d, son of Ebenezer6, b. 1803, April 19; farmer, select- man, representative, and justice of the peace; m. 1831, June 1, Annis C. Campbell of New Boston, b. 1809, July 9, lived and d. in Bedford. They had ch .: Clinton8, b. 1832, Oct. 24; Almira F.8, b. 1835, May 1; William C.8, b. 1838, Dec. 18; Robert C.8, b. 1845, Jan. 2, m. 1868, Nov. 12, Claribel H. Page of Canaan, d. 1869, Oct. 25.
VIII. Clinton, son of Leonard C.7, 2d, b. 1832, Oct. 24; m. 1873, Oct. 15, Claribel H. (Page) French of Manchester (widow of Robert C.); she d. 1888, May 14, and he d. 1902, Nov. 16. Ch .: Ethel A.9, b. 1874, Sept. 3; Winifred J.9, b. 1884, Sept. 30.
VIII. Almira F., dau. of Leonard C.7, 2d, b. 1835, May 1; m. 1863, Jan. 1, Thomas R. Cochrane of New Boston. They have Thomas E.9, b. 1864, June 30.
VIII. William C., son of Leonard C.7, 2d, b. 1838, Dec. 18; m., 1st, 1864, April 19, Abbie Louisa Chandler of Boston, who d. 1878, Jan. 8. He m., 2d, Sevilla Smith of Wakefield, Mass .; d. 1888, March 16. Ch., 1st marriage: Mabel L.9, b. 1875, Oct. 29; 2d marriage, Leonard C.9, b. 1885.
VII. Phineas C., 2d, son of Ebenezer6, b. 1805, Aug. 19; farmer; m. Sophronia Roby of Goffstown, b. 1809, June 17; settled in Bed- ford but rem. to Oshkosh, Wis., 1856, Dec., where he d. 1870. His wife d. at Beaver Dam, Wis., 1884. Ch .: Achsah W.8, b. 1836, July 29; Martin8, b. 1841, Feb. 7; Mary E.8, b. 1844, March 15; Lorisa J.8, b. 1847, March 29; Sarah E.8, b. 1849, May 12.
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VIII. Achsah W., dau. of Phineas C.7, 2d, b. 1836, July 29; m., 1st, J. S. Styles, adjutant of Thirty-second Wis. Vol. infantry, b. 1862, d. 1882. She m., 2d, 1884, J. R. Mars; res. in Nashville, Tenn. VIII. Martin, son of Phineas C.7, 2d, b. 1841, Feb. 7; m. 1869, Oct. 28, Mary Frances Emeney of New York city; settled in Oshkosh, Wis., but now res. in Colton, Cal. Have ch .: Clara Belle9, b. 1871, May 22; Harvey Grey9, b. 1874, April 30; Roby Emery9, b. 1879, Oct. 28.
VIII. Mary E., dau. of Phineas C.7, 2d, b. 1844, March 15; m. 1868, E. F. Storke, M. D., and res. in Oak Park, Ill. Have one son, Albert French?, b. 1869.
IX. Albert French Storke, son of Mary E.8, b. 1869; is a physician: a graduate from both alleopathic and homeopathic schools. Began to practice medicine, 1892, in Colorado, but later rem. to Oak Park, Ill. Is m. and has two ch.
VIII. Lovisa J., dau. of Phineas C.7, 2d, b. 1847, March 29; m. 1878, U. O. Shipman; res. in Beaver Dam, Wis. Have one son, Albert U.9, b. 1884, graduated from college 1902.
VIII. Sarah E. (M. D.), dau. of Phineas C.7, 2d, b. 1849, May 12; m. Dr. A. J. Maloy; they res. in Riverside, Cal. He d. 1898. Mrs. Maloy still res. at Riverside, where she is a practising physician. Their one dau., Manise, is a dentist. She m. Wm. H. Hawley, M. D., and res. at Aurora, Ill.
VII. William, son of Ebenezer6, b. 1807, Dec. 29; merchant; m. Isabella, b. 1813, Sept. 13, dau. of Robert Wallace, New Boston; settled at Piscataquog; selectman. He d. 1852, Nov. 21. His wife is still living. They had ch .: Josephine8, b. 1841, unm .; Ella W.8, b. 1849, d. 1851.
VII. John U., son of Ebenezer6, b. 1817, Feb. 24; m. 1846, Sarah R., b. 1826, Oct. 6, dau. of Willard and Anna (Riddle) Parker of Bedford. She d. 1877, March 25, and he d. 1871. Their ch. were: Anna M.8, b. 1847, July 5, m. and went to Florida to res .; Willard P.8, b. 1849, Feb. 25, d. 1851, March 12; Clarence E.8, b. 1852, Sept. 4, m. Addie Winkley, ch., John W.9, b. 1881, Feb. 11. d. 1882, Oct. 22, Arthur W.9, b. 1882, Aug. 17.
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