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1 Mr John Brackett Ilurlin has been general superintendent of Wentworth Hall farm, stables, etc., for Ofteen years.
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seen the range of the White Mountains, with Mount Washington in the north- west, Carter's Notch in the north, Double Head, Tin, and Thorn mountains in the east, the famous Mote in the south, and the Iron Range in the west. With its " annex " cottages from eighty to ninety guests can be comfortably accom- modated. The house was a success from the first.
On the side of Thorn Hill the pleasant Thorn Hill Cottage of W. G. Gray stands in a location from which a most magnificent mountain prospect stretches away in glorious distance. Here twenty guests find homelike comforts in the summer.
Hawthorne Cottage, built by JJ. E. Meserve, one of the sous of James M., of the Iron Mountain House, and a former member of the firm connected with that hostelry, is a lovely building exquisitely located and constructed. Towle cottage once occupied its site.
Glen Ellis House was built by Nicholas T. Stillings in a very durable manner. It was several years in process of erection and expensively fur- nished. It is in an admirable location near Ellis river and on the direct road to Pinkham Notch, and was opened in 1876. Since the death of Mr Stillings, his daughter, Mrs S. S. Thompson, has been owner and manager. There are accommodations for seventy-five or eighty guests, and it should receive a large share of public patronage.
Eagle Mountain House, about a mile above Jackson City (as it has been the custom to designate the little village), is in the borderland of outstretching wilderness. It accommodates sixty-five guests, and offers great attractions to those who love the wildness of primitive nature, pure air, and undisturbed quiet. Cyrus E. Gale is the proprietor. A commodious cottage was added this year. Winter parties are pleasantly entertained.
Several cottages, more or less pretentious and partaking of the nature of hotels or comfortable farmhouses, afford entertainment to travelers, tourists, fishermen, and others. Among these are the Carter Notch House, Ira R. Harri- man's Spruce Cottage, and the Willson Cottage. Another class of cottages has been recently added to the treasures of the town - those built by gentle- men of wealth for summer residences. Two costly ones ornament the Thorn Hill road - those of Dr. Edward Wigglesworth and W. Scott Fitz, of Boston. Augustus F. Jenkins was the pioneer in this direction, building the first one in 1885. The Dundee road has also one or two cottages.
Centennial Celebration. - July 4, 1878, a most successful celebration of the centennial anniversary of the settlement of the town was carried out in accordance with an elaborate program, by a large and enthusiastic assem- blage. General M. C. Wentworth was chief marshal and, with his staff, appeared in brilliant uniforms. Governor B. F. Prescott and other distin- guished guests graced the occasion and made short speeches. The welcoming and farewell addresses were made by General Wentworth, to whose energy and enthusiasm the success of the celebration was due. The program reads : -
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JACKSON CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION, 1778-1878. Program. - Salute at Sunrise. At nine o'clock A.M. the procession will be formed in the following order: 1st, Chief Marshal and Staff. 2d, Bridgton Brass Band. 3d, Invited guests. 4th, Relatives of First Settlers. 5th, Oldest inhabitants. 6th, School children. 7th. Citizens of the town. 8th, Visitors. At 9.30 the Procession will move to the spot where the first settlement was made, then appro- priate remarks will be made by Rev. J. Gale, after which it will proceed to the Grove. Salute. Prayer by Rev. J. Gale. Introductory poem, Mrs H. Furber. Music : Overture, " La Peri- chole." Offenbach. Oration, Rev. George H. Pinkhanı. Music : Quickstep, " Jackson Centen- nial," Corbett. Intermission of two hours. AFTERNOON. Salute. Music: National airs. Song, "One Hundred years ago and One Hundred years to come," Miss Hattie Quimby. Address, Daniel Pinkham, Esq. Music : Polka, " La Fille de Madame Angot," Lecoc q. Address, Clement Meserve, Esq. Music : Selection, "Don Giovanni," Rossini. Remarks by other distinguished gentlemen present. Music: Polka. Fireman's, Corbett. Salute. EVENING. Outdoor concert by the Bridgton Brass Band, A. O. B. Corbett, conductor. A grand display of FIREWORKS during the concert.
CIVIL LIST. - 1802, Silas Meserve, clerk; Jonathan Meserve, jr, James Trickey, Silas Meserve, selectmen. 1803, Silas Meserve, clerk ; Ralph Hall, Daniel Pinkham, John Perkins, seleetmen.
1804, Silas Meserve, clerk; Timothy Dame, Clement Meserve, Joseph Burnham, selectmen.
1805, Silas Meserve, clerk; Clement Meserve, Jonathan Meserve, jr, Joseph Burnham, seleetmen. 1806, Silas Meserve, clerk; Jonathan Meserve, jr, Nathaniel Chesley, George Pinkham, seleetmen.
1807, Silas Meserve, clerk; Jonathan Meserve, jr, Timothy Dame, George Pinkham, selectmen.
ISOS, Silas Meserve, clerk; Jonathan Meserve, jr, Joseph Burnham, John Perkins, seleetmen. 1809, Timothy Dame, clerk ; Joseph Burnham, Nathaniel Chesley, Daniel Pinkham, selectmen.
1810, Timothy Dame, clerk ; Jonathan Meserve, James Trickey, Timothy Dame, selectmen.
1811, Jonathan Meserve, clerk; Jonathan Meserve, jr, Timothy Dame, Ephraim Meserve, selectmen.
1812, Jonathan Meserve, clerk; Jonathan Meserve, jr, Daniel Pinkham, Daniel Meserve, selectmen.
1813, Anthony Vincent, clerk; Jonathan Meserve, Nathaniel P. Meserve, Joseph T. Pinkham, selectmen.
1814, Anthony Vincent, clerk; Jonathan Meserve, Nathaniel P. Meserve, Joseph T. Pinkham, selectmen. 1815, Anthony Vincent, clerk; Joseph T. Pinkham, Alexander Lucy, John Perkins, selectmen. 1816, Anthony Vincent, clerk; Jonathan Meserve, Silas Meserve, John M. Denison, selectmen.
1817, Joseph T. Pinkham, clerk; Jonathan Meserve, Joseph T. Pinkham, Ephraim Meserve, selectmen. 1818, Anthony Vincent, elerk; Jonathan Meserve, Alexander Lucy, Nathaniel Chesley, selectmen. 1819, Anthony Vincent, clerk; Robert P. Hodgdon, George Pinkham, James C. Trickey, selectmen. 1820, Anthony Vincent, clerk; Jonathan Meserve, George Pinkham, Alexander Lucy, seleetmen. 1821, Anthony Vincent, clerk; Jonathan Meserve, George Pinkham, Alexander Lucy, seleetmen. 1822, Anthony Vincent, clerk; Jonathan Meserve, George Pinkham, Alexander Luey, seleetmen. 1823, George P. Meserve, clerk; Joseph Trickey, James C. Trickey, James Gray, selectmen. 1824, George l'. Meserve, clerk; Alexander Lucy, Robert P. Hodgdon, Jonathan Meserve, selectmen. 1825, Anthony Vincent, clerk; George P'. Meserve, Joseph Trickey, James C. Trickey, selectmen. 1826, David Bassett, clerk; Robert l'. Hodgdon, Rufus Pinkham, Alexander Lucy, selectmen.
1827, George P. Meserve, clerk; Joseph Trickey, Robert P. Hodgdon, Daniel Elkins, jr, selectmen. 1828, George P'. Meserve, elerk; Joseph Trickey, Robert P. Hlodgdon, John Chesley, selectmen. 1829, George P. Meserve, clerk; Joseph Trickey, George P. Meserve, James Perry, selectmen. 1830, David Bassett, clerk; Joseph Trickey, William Eastman, JJames Perry, selectmen. 1831, David Bassett, clerk; George P'. Meserve, William Eastman, John Rogers, selectmen. 1832, David Bassett, clerk; George P. Meserve, John Rogers, Joshua Trickey, selectmen. 1833, David Bassett, clerk; George P. Meserve, Joseph Perkins, Joseph P. Emery, selectmen. 1834, John Chesley, clerk; George P. Meserve, Joseph Perkins, Joseph P. Emery, selectmen. 1835, John Chesley, clerk; George P. Meserve, Joseph Perkins, Joseph P. Emery, selectmen. 1836, John Chesley, clerk; Robert MeCarter, John F. Gerrish, Samuel II. Wentworth, selectmen. 1837, John Chesley, clerk; Cyrus F. Pinkbam, Joseph Perkins, John Gray, selectmen. 1838, John Chesley, clerk; Cyrus F. Pinkham, Joseph Perkins, John Gray, selectmen. 1839, John Chesley, clerk ; Cyrus F. Pinkham, Joseph Perkins, John Gray, selectmen. 1840, John Chesley, clerk; George P. Meserve, Joshua Triekey, Joseph P. Emery, selectmen. 1841, John Chesley, clerk; Cyrus F. Pinkham, Samuel II. Gray, Andrew Chesley, selectmen. 1842, Cyrus F, Pinkham, clerk; Cyrus F. Pinkham, Samuel II. Gray, Andrew Chesley, selectmen. 1843, Cyrus F. Pinkham, clerk; George Hackett, Joseph Perkins, Andrew I. Meserve, selectmen. 1844, Cyrus F. Pinkham, clerk; Cyrus F. Pinkham, Joseph B. Trickey, Granville Elkins, selectmen. 1815, Cyrus F. Pinkham, clerk; Daniel G. Smith, Noah S. Lucy, Samuel H. Wentworth, selectmen. 1846, Cyrus F. Pinkham, clerk; Cyrus F. Pinkham, Abiel L. Eastman, Samuel II. Gray, selectmen.
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1847, JJoseph B. Trickey, clerk; Nathaniel C. Trickey, Andrew Chesley, Joshua Triekey, selectmen. ISIS, Joseph B. Trickey, clerk; Nathaniel C. Trickey, George Wolfe, Andrew Chesley, selectmen. 1849, Rufus U. Pinkham, elerk; George Wolfe, Joseph Perkins, John K. Hall, seleetmen.
1850, Rufus U. Pinkham, eterk ; JJoseph Perkins, John F. Gerrish, Samuel Dearborn, selectmen.
1851, Rufus U. Pinkham, clerk; Rufus U. Pinkham, Oliver P. Meserve, Abial L. Eastman, seleetmen. 1>52, Rufus U. Pinkham, clerk; Rufus U. Pinkham, Abial L. Eastman, Oliver P. Meserve, selectmen. 1853, Samuel Dearborn, clerk; Rufus U. Pinkham, Oliver P. Meserve, Abial L. Eastman, selectinen. 1854, Jonathan Gale, clerk; George Hackett, Granville Elkins, Win I. Harriman, selectmen. 1855, Jonathan Gale, clerk; George Hackett, Granville Elkins, George Pinkham, selectmen.
Is56, JJonathan Gale, clerk ; George Hackett, James M. Meserve, Abial L. Eastman, selectmen.
1857, Jonathan Gale, clerk; Jonathan Gale, John Gray, John Willey, seleelmen.
1858, Jonathan Gale, clerk; Jonathan Gale, John Gray, John Willey, selectmen.
1859, Jonathan Gale, clerk ; Jonathan Gale, Granville Elkins, John Hodge, selectmen.
1$60, Joseph B. Trickey, clerk; George P. Meserve, John Hodge, Joseph L. Wilson, selectmen.
1861, Joseph B. Trickey, clerk ; Jonathan Gale, Granville Elkins, Joseph K. Dearborn, selectmen.
1862, Joseph B. Trickey, clerk; Joseph Perkins, Joseph K. Dearborn, John Willey, selectmen.
1863, Joseph B. Trickey, clerk ; Joseph Perkins, George Pinkham, Win. H. II. Wentworth, selectmen.
1864, Joseph B. Trickey, clerk; Joseph Perkins, George Pinkham, Andrew L. Hall, selectmen. 1865, Joseph B. Trickey, clerk; Joseph B. Trickey, George Pinkham, Noah Davis, selectmen. 1866, Jonathan Gale, clerk; Jonathan Gale, Granville Elkins, Ira R. Ilarriman, selectmen. 1867, Jonathan Gale, clerk; Jonathan Gale, Granville Elkins, Ira R. Harriman, selectmen. 1868, Jonathan Gale, clerk ; Granville Elkins, Ira F. Ilarriman, Cyrus F. Pinkham, selectmen. 1869, Jonathan Gale, clerk; Granville Elkins, Ira F. Harriman, Cyrus F. Pinkham, selectmen. 1870, George W. Meserve, clerk; Jonathan Gale, John Hodge, Jacob Perkins, selectmen. 1871, George W. Meserve, clerk ; John Hodge, Jacob C. Perkins, Warren C. Wentworth, selectmen. 1872, George W. Meserve, clerk; Warren C. Wentworth, John Hodge, Chase B. Perkins, selectmen. 1873, George W. Meserve, clerk ; Jonathan Gale, William E. Elkins, Chase B. Perkins, selectmen. 1874, George P. Trickey, clerk; John Hodge, Ira R. Harriman, Clinton E. Eastman, selectmen. 1875, George P. Trickey, clerk ; John lodge, Clinton E. Eastman, George M. Fernald, selectmen. 1876, George W. Meserve, clerk; George W. Meserve, George M. Fernald, Joseph M. Towle, selectmen. 1977, George W. Meserve, clerk; George W. Meserve, Joseph M. Towle, Charles W. Bartlett, selectmen. 1878, Ira B. Harriman, clerk; John Hodge, Charles W. Carleton, Osgood Ham, selectmen. 1879,1 Joseph B. Trickey, clerk; Joseph HI. Dearborn, Osgood Ham, JJacob C. Perkins, selectmen. 1880, Joseph B. Trickey, clerk ; John Hodge, George Pinkham, Nathaniel C. Trickey, selectmen. 1881, Joseph B. Trickey, clerk; George Pinkham, Nathaniel C. Trickey, Charles W. Gray, selectmen. 1882, Joseph B. Trickey, clerk; Osgood Ham, Henry L. Meserve, William W. Trickey, selectmen. 1883, Joseph B. Trickey, clerk ; William W. Trickey, Cyrus E. Gale, James HI. Hodge, selectmen. 1884, Joseph B. Trickey, clerk; William W. Trickey, Cyrus E. Gale, James II. Hodge, selectmen.
1885, Joseph B. Trickey, clerk; Cyrus E. Gale, James II. Hodge, Chase B. Perkins, selectmen.
1886, Joseph B. Trickey, clerk; John Hodge, Chase B. Perkins, Nelson I. Trickey, selectmen. 1887, Joseph B. Trickey, clerk; Chase B. Perkins, Nelson I. Trickey, James II. Hodge, selectmen.
1888. Joseph B. Trickey, clerk; Cyrus E. Gale, James H. Ilodge, Warren C. Wentworth, selectmen. 1889, Joseph B. Trickey, clerk; Cyrus E. Gale, Charles W. Gray, Frank 11. Wilson, selectmen. Representatives. - (For early ones see page 234.) 1830, Robert P. Hodgdon; 1844, Abiel L. Eastman; 1845-46, J. F. Gerrish; 1847-49, Nathaniel P. Meserve; 1850-51, G. H. Pinkham; 1852-53, Samuel Hazelton; 1854, N. P. Meserve; 1855, Wm J. Harriman; 1856-57, Granville Elkins; 1858-59, Joseph B. Trickey; 1860-61, Joshua Trickey ; 1862-63, Oliver P. Meserve; 1864-65, John Hodge; 1866-67, George Pinkham; 1868-69, Jonathan Gale; 1870-71, Joseph II. Dearborn; 1872-73, Ira R. Harriman ; 1874-75, George W. Meserve; 1876-77, Abiel L. Eastman; 1878, George H. Davis. (For later ones see page 235.)
Jackson in the Civil War. - With a population of 631 the town sent thirty-three soldiers to the Union army, and paid $12,774. The town voted as follows at various times : September 3, 1862, that the town pay each man, resident in town, who has or may enlist under the last call of the President, $100, until the quota is filled; and $50 to each resident who may enlist under the call for soldiers by draft, to be paid when mustered into service ; and selectmen are authorized to borrow the money required at six per cent., and pay to each soldier when drafted $75. March 10,
1 The town-house was built this year.
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1863. Authorized the selectmen to hire money to pay the state aid. Decem- ber. 3. 1863. Voted to instruct the selectmen or town agent to loan to drafted men who have reported and paid their commutation $200 with- out interest, the principal to be refunded when called for ; to pay volunteers on the call for 300,000 men, when the whole quota is made up, $200 each : the seleetmen and J. B. Trickey to procure men to fill the quota, and instructed selectmen to hire money to pay volunteers and drafted men. December 28, 1863. Authorized the selectmen to hire $4,000. February 22, 1864. Selectmen authorized to hire sufficient to procure volunteers to fill the quota. July 9th. Voted to loan to drafted men $200 without interest, etc., and chose George Pinkham and J. B. Trickey, agents to hire money and pay it out for this purpose. June 8. 1864. Instructed the agents to pay to each drafted man reporting and being accepted at Portsmouth $200. September 5th. Voted to hire $5,000 to pay bounties to each person mustered into service whether enlisted volunteers or vol- unteer substitutes in case there shall be enough volunteers to fill the quota, and substitutes for all drafted men : agents are to ascertain if a sufficient number can be obtained to fill the quota with the town, state, and government bounties, or by individual subscription added to these. and if so to procure them. January 16, 1865. Voted that J. B. Triekey and George Pinkham, agents, are authorized to hire $3,000 to pay volun- teers and drafted men mustered into service -$300 for each enrolled man or substitute. March 14, 1865. The selectmen are authorized to pay to each person drafted, or enrolled and liable to draft, the highest authorized bounty for the purpose of procuring a substitute, etc.
The solid worth of the people of Jackson is very happily expressed by Julius H. Ward in an article in The New York Times, from which we extract.
The longer one stays in this enchanted region the more contented he feels. It is not easy to rouse one's self to sufficient interest in the outside world to read a daily newspaper. Up here you would not give fifty cents for all the clothes a man has on, but the moment you go beneath the outward appearance you are likely to find a person who is your equal in natural capacity, and in whose reserve strength you may take an unexpected interest. I found a farmer who in a conversation with his neighbor about pigs and cows developed a keenness of judgment which could not be surpassed on Wall street. I found a man who kept one of the village stores, of which there are but two in the place, able to tell me more about the right construction of snowshoes than I had supposed that any man could carry in his noddle. A stop at the shoemaker's soon developed the fact that the disciple of St Crispin was a writer of poetry, a reader of the best books, and in his way a man of sense, with the natural endow- ments of a person of mark, and on being shown into his best room, what should I find on his bookshelf but Emerson's writings, Dr T. W. Parsons's poems, and choice collections of many of the leading poets of England and America, and, best of all ( with the growing confidence) a manuscript volume of original verses, which this unknown lover of the mountains had written. One of his poems. a beautiful tribute to one of the finest waterfalls in the White
Joshua Unulary 1
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Mountains. I begged him to allow me to take away with me. Mr F. O. Hodge, the writer, is a man nearly threescore and ten in years, but retaining much of the freshness and fine feeling of his youth, and as unwordly in his view of life as ever Alcott was in his highest dreams of philosophy. Here is his poem.
With dashing and splashing and rumble and roar, We read how the waters come down from Lodore. Not so seeks its level Glen Ellis thy fall, Nor whirling nor turning nor waiting at all, But sheer at one bound from the top to the pool Whose granite-rimmed depths are pellucid and cool.
O'ershadowed with evergreens towering nigh, As upward we look at the blue of the sky, The moss and the fern in the cranny and flaw Of thy rock find a place by the infinite law,
Which gives to the least and most fragile a home In a tower of strength, 'neath a sheltering dome. As poured from the height of the mountain in view Thee descending, and feel thy baptism of dew, To our visions the forms of immortals are clear, In thy cadence the voices of angels we hear. And lifting our hands to the Father, we raise To his wisdom of glory a pean of praise.
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.
CAPTAIN JOSHUA TRICKEY.
THE Trickey family of the early days were truly of the embattled farmers of the Revolution, loyal and patriotic men, serving their day and generation well. Among the signers of the Association Test in Nottingham under date of August 16, 1776, we find the names of Joshua and Francis Trickey. In 1786, Moses Leavitt, of North Hampton, writes to the General Court convened at Portsmouth, that "Samuel Trickey, of Nottingham, and others, had served faithfully during the war," and it is probable that the ancestors of the Trickey family of Jackson were residents of that town.
In the office of Wentworth Hall, and in prominent view. is a fine oil paint- ing portraying a countenance of such strong character and kindly benevolence that the incoming guest, if a stranger, at once seeks its identity. It is a like- ness, and an excellent one, of Captain Joshua Trickey, the pioneer of summer- boarding in this vicinity, whose memory is inseparably connected with this hostelry.1 He was the first to entertain summer guests from abroad, and this hotel is the outgrowth of his generous hospitality. Captain Trickey was born in Jackson, October 25, 1802, and was son of James and Mary (Burnham) Trickey.
1 The accompanying engraving was made from this painting.
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His parents had nine children, of whom he and his brother Samuel were the last survivors. His early life was passed on the farm near Black Mountain, where he continued to reside after he married Martha P., daughter of Colonel Jonathan and Alice (Pendexter) Meserve, in January, 1826. Mrs Trickey was a most estimable woman, who in her nearly fourscore of years accomplished much. She died March 28, 1881, aged seventy-six years, seven months, and twenty-seven days. The children of Captain Joshua and Martha (Meserve) Trickey were : Alice and Mary 1 (twins), Martha A. (deceased), and Georgia A .. who married General Marshall C. Wentworth.
The old homestead was in the midst of many beautiful points of interest attractive to travelers, and Captain Trickey and his wife lived there until the four children were born, when he sold Iron Mountain to the Iron Mountain Mining Company, and purchased the farm of John Chesley near Jackson Falls, and moved there in the latter part of the "forties." Having previously "cared for" several artists who in their rural jaunting had stumbled on the old homestead, here he had to open his doors to them and an increased number of guests and to enlarge his house for their accommodation. From this time he was engaged in the character of host until relieved of its cares by his daughter and son-in-law, with whom he afterwards made his home until his death (which occurred at Washington, D. C., April 8. 1887), and his presence and conver- sation were among the great charms of the place. He was prominent in developing the resources of Jackson, and in many ways connected with its prosperity. He was the village merchant, proprietor of a stage-route from North Conway to Jackson, owned and operated grist and saw mills, opened the tin mine, and no person ever did more to promote its interests. His title of captain was attained through service in the state militia. He was a Spiritualist in religion, a Democrat in politics, and strong for the Union during the great Civil War. Naturally social and genial and of large business qualifi- cations, Captain Trickey soon made his house at Jackson Falls a favorite resort for summer outing. In 1869 he built the Thorn Mountain House for his daughter, now Mrs Wentworth, and on her marriage resigned active business.
One who knew him well says of him : "He could have made a success of almost any occupation. I think he could have filled almost any position in the state with credit, but he would not sacrifice personal honor for political emoluments. His temperament was exceedingly fine and his impulses kind and generous : a firm friend and wise counselor, as General Wentworth and wife can attest. Socially very agreeable and entertaining, his natural refine- ment gave him the power of meeting any one in a pleasing manner. He and his good wife, aided by their family, laid a firm foundation for what Went- worth Hall is to-day. To Mrs Trickey life was a reality, which she met with
I Married Henry Wiggin.
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a will and force strong to overcome ordinary obstacles till the death of a gifted daughter swept away much of its brightness. Captain Trickey dwelt more with the ideal, always appearing to view matters on the sunny side. It seemed to be his especial care to comprehend and harmonize the events of life that there might be the least possible friction. It is seldom one possesses so cheer- ful and happy a nature. His declining years and departure from this life was like one of our glorious mountain sunsets when not a cloud flecks the horizon."
GENERAL MARSHALL C. WENTWORTH.
General Marshall Clark Wentworth, son of William H. H. and Mary (Clark) Wentworth, was born in Jackson, N. H., August 16, 1844. He descends from the English nobility through Elder William Wentworth, the emigrant, who was baptized at Alford, England, in 1615, and when a young man accompanied Rev. John Wheelwright to America in 1636, and settled at Exeter, where he eventually became the beloved pastor of the Congregational church, and continued many years. The line is Elder William1, Ephraim2, Ephraim3, Ephraim4, Spencer5, Charles B.6, William H. II.7, Marshall C.8 Charles B. Wentworth, son of Spencer and Eunice (Smith) Wentworth, a native of Meredith, came to Jackson with his father in 1816, and passed his early life on the picturesque farm where his father located, two miles above Jackson Falls on the road to Carter Notch. He was a comfortable farmer, a useful citizen, and deputy sheriff of Coos county for many years. He died in 1845. William H. H. Wentworth, born 1818, died 1864, succeeded to the homestead of his father. The environments of his youth did not give the advantages of educa- tion and culture, and the hard work of rough farm life debarred him from extended communication with the world, yet he was a kindly, courteous gentleman, with a good word and a good deed for every one in need of them, and having many friends. Unlike his progenitors, he was a Democrat in poli- tics ; like them, a Freewill Baptist in religion. His wife, Mary Clark, was of sturdy Welsh stock, strong and vigorous mentally and physically. She was a native of Maine, and a capable teacher. She is now living at the age of sixty- seven, active and vigorous, and an enjoyable companion.
Marshall C. Wentworth passed his childhood years at home developing a healthy physical organization by his labor on the farm, and receiving from the instruction of his mother a stimulation to his natural desire for knowledge, and a taste for learning and reading. To attend the district school he walked eight miles daily, and also assisted in the farmwork. Such zealous efforts could have but one result. He was intelligent, alert, keenly attentive to and anxious concerning everything transpiring in the country, and devoured with avidity all information he could secure regarding the great subject which at
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