History of Carroll County, New Hampshire, Part 94

Author: Merrill, Georgia Drew
Publication date: 1889
Publisher: Boston : W.A. Fergusson & Co.
Number of Pages: 1124

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Levi E. Remick, merchant, was born in 1823, and belongs to one of the oldest families who settled in town, his great-grandfather Remick moving here in the early days (1780), and locating in the south part of the town. He had two sons, John and Henry ; they were farmers and married and settled here. John married Miss Evans ; his family consisted of four sons, Francis, True, James, and Enoch, and one daughter, Sarah. Francis and True, at the age of twenty, moved to Industry, Maine ; James and Enoch married and settled in Tamworth. James had four sons and one daughter; of these Samuel Evans and Mary are dead, John and Joseph reside in town. Captain Enoch was a very prominent man ; he had three sons and one daughter: Levi, Charles, Edwin, and Sarah. Sarah married Nathaniel Hubbard and lives in town ; Charles and Edwin also live here ; Levi E. married Harriet Beede, of Tam- worth ; they have three children, Charles Hayward, Edwin, and Alice B. Before the war Levi E. built the store in Tamworth Village, and began the business of merchandising, in which he is now successfully engaged. A Republican in politics, he has represented the town in various capacities. He attends the Congregational church. Charles Hayward Remick is now in company with his father. He has obtained a good common and high school education, is unmarried ; he also is a Republican, and a Congregationalist in his religious affiliations. Edwin Remick has also a common and high school education ; Alice B., only daughter, is a graduate of Fryeburg Academy. MI Remick's children are all members of his household.

Hon. Otis G. Hatch was born in 1827, and married Ann M. Marston, of Parsonsfield, Maine, and was in trade over thirty years. A Republican in politics, he has been often elected to town offices and represented his district as state senator. He has always been identified with the Freewill Baptist

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church of his village, and was the first president of Carroll County Sabbath- school Convention. He has two daughters, Lettie A. (who married W. H. Lary, and lives in Wareham, Mass.) and Mabel E. Gamaliel Hatch, grand- father of Otis, came to Tamworth in the last century, a lad of seventeen, with his father, David, from Halifax, Mass., and a younger brother, Jabez. David settled on Tamworth ridge. Gamaliel was a deacon of the Baptist church of Conway, riding the fourteen miles distance and returning nearly every Sunday. He was one of the best of men, a farmer and wrought-nail maker, and lived where his father located. He married Priscilla Sampson, and had four children : Newland S., Melden, Alfred, and Phoebe. Newland S. married Hannah Howard, and had six children: two are dead, two reside in Maine, and two, Otis G. and Hannah Remick, reside in Tamworth. Susie C., daughter of Alfred and Charlotte (Chesley) Hatch, married Joseph F. Granville, of Effingham, whose ancestors came from England. The old Granville home- stead is on Pine river in Effingham.

Charles J. Ames was born in Tamworth May 15, 1838; he received an academic and commercial college education, taught school eight years, and is now principally a lumber dealer. He married Mary H. Flood, and they have two children : Charles J., born in 1864, received a common-school education, married Kitty Hauft, and lives at home ; W. H. Ames, born in 1868, is a graduate of Bryant & Stratton's business college. Charles J. Ames, senior, is a prohibitionist, and in religion a Methodist and a member of the church at South Tamworth and superintendent of the Sabbath-school. He organized and supports the largest Sabbath-school in town, in the Hooper district, so called. His father, James Ames, was born in 1810, settled in Tamworth, and was a farmer ; married Joanna Hayford, of Tamworth ; they had three sons and one daughter : Charles J. ; James, a machinist by trade, who married and settled in Saxonville, Mass .; Asa, also a machinist by trade, who married Rowena Hatch and lives in Lancaster ; Elizabeth, who married David Hayford, and lives in Tamworth.

Jeremiah C. Goodwin was born in Tamworth in 1851, and married Emana Bean, of Penacook; they have two children, Flossie and Aggie. Mr Good- win is a Freewill Baptist in religion and a Republican in politics. He and his brother Charles W. live on the old home place, which contains three hundred and twenty-five acres, and are farmers. The first one of the family to move into town was Betsy (Chadbourne) Goodwin, widow of William Goodwin, of Milton. With her eight children -five boys and three girls - she settled in Tamworth in the early days. Nathan married Sally Williams, of Ossipee, and after living in town a few years moved away ; William married a Folsom, of Tamworth, and settled elsewhere; Jeremiah married and settled in Maine ; Samuel married a Frost, of Newfield, and moved from town; George married Julia Moulton and remained on the home place, where his two sons, Jeremiah

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C. and Charles W., now live. He had one daughter, Luella, born in 1855, who married William Corson and lives in Somerville, Mass. Charles W. was born in 1849, married Abbie M. Walker, of New Fane, Vt. They have two children, George and Percy. He is a Republican and Freewill Baptist.

Joseph A. Wiggin, farmer, was born in Wakefield, February 4, 1833, and the oldest one of fourteen children, and came to town with his father, Henry Wiggin, while yet a young man. He married Frances Hutchins, a native of Maine, and has two sons: James H., born in 1865, married and resides near his father, and Arthur E., born in 1875, who lives at home. Mr Wiggin attends the Congregational church and votes the Republican ticket. Of Henry Wiggin's children who settled in Tamworth are Joseph B., married Mary McDaniels, and died in the army; Isaiah H., unmarried, also died in the army; Henry H., married and resides in town ; Thomas S., married Hannah Currier, and resides in town; Hardress L., born in 1860, married Emma R. Floyd; they have one child, Nellie S. Hardress L. is a Congrega- tionalist in religious sentiment and is Republican in politics.

David Morrill was born in Sandwich in 1829, and moved to Tamworth in 1870, married Eliza P. Smart who died some years ago, and his family now consists of himself and an adopted son. He is engaged in the manufacture of lumber, and owns the old Wentworth Lord mills on Cold river, about one mile from South Tamworth. [See Mills.]

Ira S. Blake, a member of Company G, Berdan's Second Regiment Sharp- shooters, was severely wounded at Petersburg, and died in the hospital at Alexandria four months later. He married Lucy D. Jackson, who belongs to one of the oldest families in town. Her grandfather, Joseph Jackson, farmer, moved into town from Madbury in 1790; his wife was Elizabeth Adams, of York, Maine. Charles A. Jackson, son of Joseph, married Elizabeth S. Dean, of Gilmanton. Of his children now living here are Samuel Jackson, Charles R. Jackson, and Mrs Elizabeth Tilton. One of the brothers now lives on the old home place just across the street from Mrs Blake's. Mrs Blake keeps a summer boarding-house. She has one son, Harry B., who lives with her. Mr Blake's father, Simon Blake, moved here in 1845; he was a farmer, and four of his sisters now live in Tamworth : Lucinda Whittier, Louisa Huntress, Caroline Tilton, and Abbie Berry.

B. Frank Maddocks, born in Farmington, Maine, came to Tamworth in 1872, and has been foreman in A. E. Wiggin's spool-mill since he came to town. He married Lizzie, daughter of David Hidden, of South Tamworth, where they reside. His politics are Jeffersonian, and he attends the Methodist church.

Frank Remick is a direct descendant of another of the early settlers, John Remick. He lives on the old place with his mother ; he is a Republican politically, and attends the Congregational church. His father, Samuel E. Remick, was deputy sheriff fifteen years, and the first marshal appointed by

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President Lincoln in this district. He was a carpenter by trade. Samuel E. Remick married Hannah Hatch, a daughter of Gamaliel Hatch.

Horace A. Page was born September 3, 1849; married Bertha C. Howard, of Lynn, Mass. He is a farmer, and has been supervisor and town treasurer; is a Republican in politics, and attends the Congregational church. His father came here from Gilmanton. He was a cabinet-maker by trade, but after coming to Tamworth he followed farming mostly. He married Luey W. Dean.

Henry Carroll moved to Tamworth in 1877. He was born in Albany, New York, in 1846. He married Lizzie Cook. He is a Republican. His father was a native of Pittsfield. Mr Carroll was the first person in Tamworth to use coal as fuel. This he did in 1882.

Delia P. Schenck, daughter of John Chick, married Martin L. Schenck, of Boston, Mass., who is engaged in mercantile persuits. They reside in Tamworth in the summer season. Her mother's maiden name was Sarah Hidden Clark, a niece of Rev. Samuel Hidden. Her father, John Chick, was a native of Limington, Maine, a farmer and blacksmith.

Henry B. Robinson is the oldest of three children of Addison R. Robinson. John G. Robinson, father of Addison, moved from Meredith to Tamworth in 1856; his wife was Lucinda A. Roberts, of Meredith : of their children only Addison R. and Angeline, who married John D. Hidden, settled in Tamworth. Addison R. Robinson, a skilled workman by trade, married Nellie M. Swazey, of Tamworth. Henry B., their son, received his education in the Boston city schools, and graduated from the high school there in 1884 ; he then served for a time as clerk in a general store, and afterward went into trade for himself in Tamworth village in the store formerly occupied by Charles Robertson. He afterward sold out to Edward S. Pollard. In politics he is a Democrat ; in religion a Congregationalist.

As a specimen of the ability, industry, and strong physique of the old stock of the town, we give this item from a newspaper of 1883: -

In 1882, Mrs Lucy Page, of Tamworth, aged seventy-three years, spun 200 skeins of wool yarn, 45 skeins of tow and linen yarn, wove 90 yards of rag carpeting, 69 yards of flannel, 21 yards toweling, besides doing all the work for three in the family, and taking care of the milk of two cows. She is a tailoress, and has spun and wove, cut and made her husband's and son's clothes for many years, and now appears as brisk and lively as many that are much younger.

Mrs Judith Beede died March 15, 1879, aged one hundred and two years and thirteen days, as she was born in Dover March 2, 1777. She came to Tamworth the year of her birth, for twenty-seven years resided here, then (in 1804) moved to Sandwich, where she lived until 1857. From that time till her death she resided in Tamworth. She was a Friend. She was twice

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married, had ten children, and when she died had twenty-one grandchildren, and descendants of the third, fourth, and fifth generations. Her mind was active and memory clear up to a few days previous to her death. She was a most estimable woman, and could repeat whole chapters of the Bible. Her centennial birthday was celebrated by a very happy company. She often related an encounter she had when a little girl with an eagle which she attacked while carrying off a large lamb. Although severely wounded by the beak and claws of the great bird, she held it until help came and killed it.

Physicians. - The first physician was Dr Joseph Boyden, who came from Worcester, Mass., in the last century. His sons were for a time associated with him in practice. They were Wyatt B. and Ebenezer. Dr John McCrillis, a mercurial genius who was never content to stay long in one place, was then here for a few years. Dr Ebenezer Wilkinson is well remembered by the older people, as for many years his was a familiar form. Dr Sargeant was here at the same time, and Dr Huntress (see Effingham) and Dr Downs and Dr Russell were practising here for shorter periods. Dr Bassett is the present practitioner. Dr Runnels, a brother of Elder John Runnels, was in practice at Tamworth Iron Works for some time. He is remembered as "a good physician."

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

JOHN M. STEVENSON.

FOR more than a century the Stevenson family has been resident in Tamworth; industrious, careful agriculturists; not mere consumers, but bread-producers, adding to the material wealth, progress, and prosperity of the town. Its members have been characterized by good judgment, active temperament, broad and liberal views; have performed their share of the public matters of the town, and generously contributed to the needs of its social, political, and religious life.

Thomas Stevenson, aged forty-five, removed from Durham prior to 1785, and purchased three hundred acres of land, on an elevated ridge six hundred feet above the level of Bear Camp river, near the Sandwich line, now called Stevenson Hill. Here he made his home and a fine farm, which at his death, in 1807, became the property of his two sons, John and James; the latter having the homestead. They married sisters, daughters of William Remick ; John married Abigail. He was a man of shrewd, keen practicality, and a deacon of the Congregational church. In March, 1793, Rev. Samuel

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Hidden married James Stevenson and Polly Remick. They had four children: David: Lucinda, married Dr James Norris, of Sandwich ; John M. ; Dolly (Mrs J. B. Smith). Mrs Stevenson was an intelligent lady, and her children were well educated and "taught school." David was a farmer; had he devoted himself to the law, he would have attained prominence, as he had a ready flow of language, logical reasoning powers, and a sharp scintillating wit and sarcasm ; any subject he advocated in town-meeting was generally carried. He died October 22, 1865. James Stevenson was a great worker and active business man, traded in land and stock all over the state; he held the commission of justice of the peace for many years and was an influential citizen. He died in 1842, aged seventy-seven years.

John Milton Stevenson was born March 11, 1801, at Stevenson Hill. in the room where he died December 3, 1880, aged seventy-nine years. He was educated at the town schools, but this education was supplemented by instruction from " Parson Hidden," who was well versed in scholastic lore. He married in June, 1824, Martha, daughter of Dr Joseph Boyden, a cultured Christian lady of superior qualities. Their children were: Elizabeth W. (married David F. Miller, of Manchester) : Julia M. H. (Mrs Benjamin F. Colby), (dec.) ; and Augusta A., who inherits traits largely from her father and grandfather ; she is a thorough practical worker, and carries on the farm with conceded ability, and is the capable, intelligent hostess to many people who make in Tamworth their summer sojourn.

Mr Stevenson succeeded his father in the homestead farm, which he conducted and occupied during his life: he was also largely engaged in raising and dealing in live-stock : his business required much traveling, and his jovial, companionable ways, combined with his unusual intelligence and literary taste, made many friends and he formed an extensive acquaintance with promi- nent men throughout the state. He was a Whig and Republican in politics, strong in the counsels of his party, but never sought office ; he represented Tamworth in the legislature of 1875 and 1876. His religious faith was Congregational, and both he and his wife became members of the church more than fifty years ago. He was a fine tenor singer and rendered good service in the choir; he was a constant attendant upon church worship. His kindness of heart, unbounded hospitality and liberality were proverbial. The friendless, homeless, and unfortunate received aid and encouragement from him. From time to time, as many as thirty young persons found a home under his roof, where they received instruction, and were taught to know the dignity of labor, and how to become useful citizens.

Mr Stevenson was a man of fine presence, vigorous in mind and body ; full of the lore and poetry of his native state, public-spirited, generous, and carefully surveyed and secured the present as well as the prospective interests of Tamworth. His death was a great loss to the community, and, in the

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language of a townsman, "No man in the town since the death of Rev. Samuel Hidden left so large a circle to say, 'I, too, have lost a friend.'"

TRUE PERKINS.

ABRAHAM and Isaac Perkins, younger brothers of John Perkins, settled in Ipswich, Mass., where, in 1633 or 1635, they married sisters, Mary and Susannah Wise, daughters of Humphrey Wise. They moved from Ipswich to Hampton, N. H .; Abraham in 1638, and Isaac in 1639. Isaac and Susannah Perkins, from whom are descended the several families of that name who have lived in Tamworth, had twelve children, two of whom were born in Ipswich and ten in Hampton. The direct line of descent from Isaac1 to True Perkins6 of Tamworth is Caleb2, sixth child of Isaac, born in 1648; Benja- min3, second child of Caleb, born May 11, 1680; Jonathan4, fifth child of Benjamin, born October 30, 1723, married Miriam True December 11, 1752; True5, eldest child of Jonathan, born October 26, 1753 ; True6, second child of True, born February 8, 1779.

True Perkins came to Tamworth from Gilford about the commencement of the century, and settled near Chocorua lake on the place now owned and occupied as a summer residence by Dr Horace P. Scudder. He was a sober, godly man, of strict honesty and steady industry, and one of the early mem- bers of the Freewill Baptist church. He married Sally Hunt, who, like her husband, was an earnest member of the church and a woman of deep piety. Their children were Nathaniel, Enoch and True (twins), and Daniel. Mr Perkins died January 15, 1842, aged sixty-three. Mrs Perkins died July 5, 1839, aged fifty-four.

True Perkins, son of True and Sally (Hunt) Perkins, was born in Tam- worth May 17, 1806, and died July 3, 1878. He early gave evidence of a strong religious nature, becoming a member of the Freewill Baptist church when but thirteen years of age. Remaining with his father until he was twenty years old, he soon after engaged in merchandising at the Iron Works, conducted this for about eleven years, and later was a farmer. He first appears as selectman in 1844, and from that time he was one of the town's most influential men. He was forty years a justice of the peace, many years selectman, nine years moderator, member of the constitutional convention of 1850, and several years representative in the legislature. He was very active in all civil affairs, and an acknowledged leader in the church. Possess- ing a clear, dispassionate judgment, with capacity for and knowledge of business, he was accustomed for many years to be an arbitrator to adjust differences, a counselor to advise in trouble, and a guardian for the orphan and widow. This caused him to do much probate business, and he was

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frequently made administrator as well as guardian, for which his great love for children and sympathetic nature well qualified him. He was a diligent reader, well informed in passing events, and kept pace with the progress of the momentous questions agitating the country during the whole period of his activity. His judgment was considered superior by his associates in all the various positions with which he was entrusted, and his honesty was above suspicion. He is remembered as a large, genial, kind-hearted man of fine presence, with a pleasant courtesy of manner (one whom children loved and called " Uncle True "), and as a publie official of methodical accuracy and strict and conscientious performance of every duty. Hon. Larkin D. Mason says : "He was the best selectman the town ever had."

Mr Perkins married, September 13, 1831, Mary A., daughter of Andrew McC. Chapman, of Parsonsfield, Maine. She was born February 16, 1810, and died October 22, 1867, and was a descendant of Edward Chapman, a resident of Ipswich, Mass., in 1638. Mrs Perkins was endowed with unusual mental powers, which were fostered and cultivated by superior educational advantages. For some years in early life she was a successful teacher, and as a wife and mother made her home a model one. Her Christianity was an active force in the advancement of the moral and material welfare of the community, and she had the love and esteem of all, and the influence of her life and example will not soon pass away.

The children of Mr and Mrs Perkins are : Edwin R., Mary A., Winslow T., George W., Andrew C. (dec.).

EDWIN R. PERKINS.1

Edwin R. Perkins, son of True and Mary (Chapman) Perkins, was born at Tamworth, February 20, 1833. His early youth was passed with his parents who sought to give him as good educational advantages as a New England boy could enjoy. He was for a time sent to Parsonsfield Seminary, and, later, to Phillips Exeter Academy, then under the care of Dr Soule, where he was fitted for college, entering the Sophmore class of Dartmouth in the autumn of 1854, and graduating in 1857. Immediately after his graduation he removed to Cleveland, Ohio, where for a few years he was principal of one of the city schools, and, later, studied law. He graduated at the Ohio State Law College, and was called to the bar in 1863. His tastes, however, being in the line of business and finance, he became assistant cashier of the Commercial National Bank in 1865, which position he filled with great credit to himself till Decem- ber, 1870, when he resigned, and organized the private banking house of Chamberlain, Gorham & Perkins, which immediately became one of the strongest and most successful financial institutions of the state. He con-

1 Condensed from a sketch by R. C. Parsons in " Biographical Cyclopedia of Ohio."

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tinued in the management of this business till the autumn of 1878, when the firm bought a large amount of the stock of the Merchants' National Bank, an institution which had suffered much from bad management, and Mr Perkins was elected a director, appointed cashier, and entrusted with its management. In a very short time, under his management, it took foremost rank among the banks of the city, doubling its business and earning very large profits. At the expiration of its charter in 1884 the Mercantile National Bank was organized as its successor, and Mr Perkins made its vice-president and general manager. It is one of the largest banks in the state, conservatively managed, and remarkably prosper- ous. Such has been the skill, prudence, and sagacity with which these several banking institutions have been managed, that in recent years Mr Perkins has been much sought for in the management of trust estates. He has for several years been largely identified with railroad and other corporations. He is at the present time a director of the Cleveland Iron Mining Company, the Cleveland and Pittsburgh Railroad Company, the Cleveland, Lorain, and Wheeling Railroad Company, the New York, Penn- sylvania, and Ohio Railroad Company, and the Cleveland and Mahoning Valley Railway Company; and of these last two named companies he is also treasurer.

But amid all these varied business cares, so constantly engrossing his attention, he has never forgotten or neglected his obligations as a citizen. He has always had a great interest in all educational subjects. From 1867 to 1874 he was president of the board of education in Cleveland, and rendered most valuable service in reorganizing its common-school system. He is at the present time a trustee of Adelbert College and Western Reserve University.

He has never forgotten the religious training of his childhood. For more than thirty years he has been an honored member of the Second Presbyterian Church, and for many years an elder. He has several times represented his Presbytery in the General Assembly and other church courts.

Mr Perkins was married to Harriet Pelton, daughter of Asahel Pelton, of La Grange, N. Y., and a graduate of Genesee Wesleyan Seminary, August 24, 1858. There have been born to them Mary Witt, October 29, 1866; Harriet Pelton, August 12. 1868; True, September 4, 1873, and Edwin Ruthven, April 23, 1879. He is thoroughly domestic in his tastes. His home is a model of refinement and comfort. He is now in life's prime, in the enjoyment of excellent health, having a competency and a host of friends. He has been a large reader, and upon several occasions has shown himself an easy and forcible speaker, who would have won distinction at the bar or on the hustings. He has always been found on the side of law and order, religion and morality, and justly ranks among the most successful men of his city and state.

ALBANY.

CHAPTER LXVI.

Grant - Boundaries - Grantees - Description - Settlement - Petition -- Orlando Weed - Colonel Jeremiah Gilman - AAllard Family - Population - Albany in 1868 - Timber Lands - Freewill Baptist Church - Union Chapel of Chocorua -Civil List.

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History of Carroll County, New Hampshire, Part 94

Author: Merrill, Georgia Drew Publication date: 1889 Publisher: Boston : W.A. Fergusson & Co. Number of Pages: 1124

Author: Merrill, Georgia Drew
Publication date: 1889
Publisher: Boston : W.A. Fergusson & Co.
Number of Pages: 1124