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SOLDIERS' MONUMENT .- At the annual town - meeting, in March, 1867, it was voted to appropri- ate one thousand dollars for the erection of a monu- ment to those Claremont men who had been killed in battle or died in the army in the War of the Re- bellion, on condition that five hundred dollars should be raised by subscription, or otherwise, for
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the same purpose. The Ladies' Sanitary Commis- sion appropriated the funds-about one hundred and sixty dollars, which they had on hand at the close of the war-to this object ; and the committee of arrangements for the Fourth of July celebra- tion in 1865 also appropriated about fifty dollars, which they had after paying expenses. In addi- tion to this, the ladies obtained in subscriptions not exceeding one dollar each-heads of families generally paid one dollar, and children of all ages twenty-five cents each-a sufficient amount to se- cure the town appropriation; and these several sums, except the thousand dollars appropriated by the town, were placed at interest. At the annual town-meeting, in March, 1868, the further sum of two thousand dollars was voted for this object, provided that one thousand dollars should be raised by contribution or otherwise.
At the same meeting Samuel P. Fiske, Benja- men P. Gilman, Edward L. Goddard, Charles H. Long and John L. Farwell were chosen a com- mittee to have the whole matter of the monument in charge. Early in August, 1868, Frederick A. Briggs, Oliver A. Bond, Hosea W. Parker, A. George Boothe, Wm. P. Farwell, James A. Cowles, Austin C. Chase and some other gentlemen, assisted by several young ladies, gave two very creditable dramatic exhibitions in aid of the Sol- diers' Monument Fund. A string band extem- porized for the occasion, and under the joint leadership of Messrs. George W. Wait, of this town, and Henry A. Christie, of Christie and Wedger's Band, Boston, who had his home in Claremont, furnished some excellent music and contributed very much to the entertainment. The receipts from this source were about one hundred and fifty dollars. Subscription-papers were cir- culated, without limiting the amount that each might pay, and other means used to obtain a sufficient sum to secure the last two thousand dollars voted by the town-making up the whole sum of forty-five hundred dollars. Many gentle- men subscribed very liberally, while others gave according to their means, and the required amount was secured.
The committee decided to place the monument in the Park, and made a very favorable contract with Martin Milmore, of Boston, for a bronze monumental statue of an infantry soldier, at rest. When the monument and grounds were so nearly completed that a day could be fixed for the dedi- cation, the committee called a meeting of the citizens of the town, at the town hall, on the even- ing of July 17, 1869, to take measures for the arranging and carrying out of proper exercises. At this meeting Edward L. Goddard was chosen chairman, and Hosea W. Parker secretary. The following gentlemen were chosen a committee to have the whole subject of dedicating the monu- ment in charge : Samuel P. Fiske, Benjamin P. Gilman, Edward L. Goddard, Charles H. Long, John L. Farwell, Oscar J. Brown, John S. Walk- er, John F. Cossitt, Nathaniel Tolles, Hosea W. Parker, J. W. Pierce, Sherman Cooper, Henry Patten, Charles H. Eastman and William H. Nichols.
At a meeting of the committee of arrange- ments, it was voted to dedicate the monument on the anniversary of the battle of Cedar Creek, October 19, 1864, when General Phil. H. Sher- idan, by his timely arrival on the field, changed a defeat of our arms into a glorious victory, taking fifty guns from the enemy. It was also voted to invite Dr. J. Baxter Upham, of Boston, a native of the town, and a son of the late George B. Up- ham, to pronounce an oration. The committee appointed the following officers for the day of dedication: President, John S. Walker; Vice- Presidents, Edward L. Goddard, George N. Far- well, Samuel G. Jarvis, Albro Blodgett, Daniel W. Johnson, James P. Upham, Arnold Briggs, Daniel S. Bowker, Edward Ainsworth, Charles M. Bingham, William E. Tutherly, Sylvanus S. Redfield, William Ellis, Fred P. Smith, Hiram Webb ; Secretaries, Joseph Weber, Arthur Chase ; Chaplain, Edward W. Clark ; Marshal, Nathaniel Tolles, who appointed for Assistants, Edwin W. Tolles, Edward J. Tenney, Sherman Cooper and George H. Stowell. He also appointed Otis F. R. Waite, Hosea W. Parker, William H. H. Allen
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and Francis F. Haskell to receive and attend to the comfort of the invited guests.
Invitations were extended by circulars to many prominent gentlemen, and by posters to the peo- ple generally, to be present and join in the cere- monies. The day was ushered in by a salute of thirty-seven guns and the ringing of bells at sun- rise. A large concourse of people, variously estimated at from five to ten thousand-among them many distinguished ladies and gentlemen from the eastern and middle portions of the State, assembled to do honor to the occasion.
At half-past nine o'clock A.M. the invited guests were met at the station of the Sullivan Railroad and conveyed in carriages to the village. At ten o'clock a procession, consisting of invited guests and officers of the day in carriages, fire companies, Posts of the Grand Army of the Re- publie and citizens, was formed on the Common under the direction of the marshal, and escorted by the Stearn Guards of Claremont, headed by the Claremont Cornet Band, marched through Broad, North, Maple, Elm, Union, Sullivan, Pleasant, Summer and Broad Streets, to the speaker's stand, at the east side of the Common, and facing the monumental statue to be dedicated. There was also a stand for the band and choir erected against the south wall of the Universalist Church.
Arrived at the stand, the band performed a national air. The marshal, Nathaniel Tolles, called the assembly to order, and introduced Samuel P. Fiske, chairman of the committee of arrangements and also chairman of the monument committee, who made a short address, giving an account of the inception of the soldiers' monument to be dedicated and the work upon it to comple- tion, announced the officers and introduced the president, John S. Walker. The president called upon the chaplain, Rev. E. W. Clark, who in- voked the Divine blessing in fitting and eloquent terms.
The president delivered a short address, wel- coming, in well-chosen words, all who were present, as well those of the town and country as from more distant parts. He said that General
Philip H. Sheridan had accepted an invitation to be present, and had been expected until that morning, when a telegram was received from him, explaining his inability to be with us. It con- eluded :
" Please say to my old comrades and the good peo- ple in attendance how deeply I regret not being pres- ent with them to do honor to the memory of the gallant men from New Hampshire who fell in defense of the union and their rights."
At the close of the president's address, the signal being given, the American flag, which had enveloped the bronze statue, was skillfully lifted therefrom by Samuel P. Fiske, chairman of the monument committee, assisted by Benjamin P. Gilman, raised to the top of the pole to which it was attached, and floated in the breeze over the monument.
The orator, Dr. J. Baxter Upham, was then introduced, and delivered a very appropriate oration, in a voice that could be heard by those of the vast crowd most remote from the speaker. It was a most touching and eloquent tribute to the dead heroes commemorated by the monument. The speaker said,-
"On the marble tablets in yonder Town Hall, which, from henceforth, shall be a memorial hall as well, we may trace the names of seventy-three young men who fought in these armies and voluntarily laid down their lives upon the altar of their country- more than a seventh part of the four hundred and forty-nine, who, from first to last, enlisted here-so many, alas, in number, that there is not room for them upon the entablature of this or any common monument. I could wish it were possible to write them, one and all, in letters of living light, on the sides of those everlasting hills that they might be known and read of all men."
After the oration, " America " was sung by the choir, under the leadership of Moses R. Emerson, The president then introduced Governor Onslow Stearns, who made a short address, followed with addresses by ex-Governors Walter Harriman, Frederick Smyth, United States Senator James W. Patterson, Colonel Mason W. Tappan and Hon. Jacob HI. Ela. The exercises closed by the
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singing, by the choir and all present, of that grand old ascription, " Be thou, O God, exalted high."
The procession was then re-formed and marched to the Tremont House, where the invited guests, the committee of arrangements, officers of the day and citizens, in all about eighty, ladies and gentle- men, at four o'clock partook of a sumptuous dinner. Members of fire companies and posts of the Grand Army were liberally provided for by contributions of citizens, at the town hall, where tables were laid for about five hundred. After these had eaten, the doors were thrown open to the multitude, and not less than one thousand were fed in this way. There was a great quantity of food left, which was carefully gathered up and distributed to such as needed it.
The Monument .- The monument consists of a handsome granite pedestal, seven feet high, sur- mounted by a bronze statute of an infantry volunteer soldier, in full regulation uniform, lean- ing in an easy and graceful way upon his gun. Beneath the statue, on the granite die, is the following inscription :
"ERECTED
IN HONOR OF THE SOLDIERS
OF
CLAREMONT,
WHO DIED IN THE REBELLION OF 1861-65, BY THEIR GRATEFUL
FELLOW-CITIZENS, 1869." 1
FINANCIAL STATEMENT. Receipts.
E. L. Goddard, for Fourth of July committee
of 1865 : principal, $47.00; interest, $13.00. $60 00
Mrs. E. L. Goddard, Treasurer Auxiliary Sanitary Commission : principal, $150.00; interest, $41.25. 191 25
From subscriptions of 1867 : principal, $642.72; interest, $95,37. 738 09
Dramatic company. 94 00
Subscriptions, 1869. 970 63
Town appropriations for monument and park
improvements, as per vote of 1867-68 .... 3500 00
Total. $5553 97
Disbursements.
Martin Milmore, for monument ... 4000 00 E. Batchelder, for granite curbing. 250 00 Concrete walk and grading. 807 23 Fence, $337.14; labor, $159.60. 496 74
Total $5553 97
MEMORIAL TABLETS .- The large number of those Claremont men who were killed in battle and died of wounds or disease while in the service, rendered the inscription of their names upon the monument impracticable ; therefore, marble tab- lets were erected in the town hall-bearing the following Roll of Honor, except that the date and manner of the death of each is added here, to perpetuate more fully their record :
Citizen Soldiers of Claremont who died for their Country in the War of the Rebellion, 1861-65.
COLONEL ALEXANDER GARDINER.
14th Regt, N H. Vols. Mortally wounded at the battle of Cedar Creek, near Winchester, Va., Sept. 19,1864. Died of wounds Oct. 8, 1864.
CAPTAIN WILLIAM HENRY CHAFFIN.
Co. I, 14th Regt. N. H. Vols. Killed at the battle of Cedar Creek, near Winchester, Va., Sept. 19, 1864.
LIEUTENANT RUEL G. AUSTIN.
Co. A, 5th Regt. N. H. Vols. Wounded at the battle of Gettysburg, Pa., July 6, 1863. Died of his wounds at Baltimore, Md., July 26, 1863. LIEUTENANT CHARLES O. BALLOU.
Co. G., 5th Regt. N. H. Vols. Killed at the battle of Fredericksburg, Va., Dec. 13, 1862.
LIEUTENANT ROBERT HENRY CHASE. Co. G, 5th Regt. N. H. Vols. Killed at the battle of Ream's Station, Va., August 25, 1864.
LIEUTENANT SAMUEL BROWN LITTLE.
Co. G, 5th Regt. N. H. Vols. Wounded at the battle of Fredericksburg, Va., December 13, 1862. Died of wounds at Falmouth, Va., December 24, 1862.
Co. G, 5th Regt. N. H. Vols. Wounded at the battle of Fredericksburg, Va., December 13, 1862. Died of wounds December 23, 1862.
LIEUTENANT HENRY S. PAULL.
Co. I, 14th Regt. N. H. Vols. Killed at the battle of Cedar Creek, near Winchester, Va., September 19, 1864.
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LIEUTENANT HENRY D. RICE.
Co. G, 9th Regt. N. H. Vols. Supposed killed at Poplar Grove Church, Va., September 30, 1864.
DANIEL S. ALEXANDER.
Co. F, 3d Regt. N. H. Vols. Killed at the battle of Drury's Bluff, Va., May 13, 1864. OSCAR C. ALLEN.
Co. H, 2d Regt. N. H. Vols. Died of disease at Phila- delphia, Pa .. October 2, 1862.
JAMES P. BASCOM.
Co. G, 9thı Regt. N. H. Vols. Died of disease at Fal- month, Va., December 25, 1862.
SAMUEL O. BENTON.
Co. E, 5th Regt. N. H. Vols. Killed in battle at Ream's Station, Va., August 16, 1864.
HORACE BOLIO.
Co. F, 5th Regt. N. H. Vols. Killed at the battle of Gettysburg, Pa., July 2, 1863.
AMOS F. BRADFORD.
Co. G, 9th Regt. N. H. Vols. Died of diphtheria at Paris, Ky., November 10, 1863.
JOSIAH S. BROWN.
Co. G, 5th Regt. N. H. Vols. Killed at the battle of Fredericksburg, Va., December 13, 1862.
JAMES BURNS.
Co. G, 5th Regt. N. H. Vols. Killed at the battle of Gettysburg, Pa., July 3, 1863.
CHARLES F. BURRILL.
Co. G, 5th Regt. N. HI. Vols. Killed at the battle of Gettysburg, Pa., July 2, 1863.
CHARLES E. BALLOU.
Died at Washington, D. C., of disease, February 18, 1864.
SAMUEL S. CARLETON.
Fourth Battalion, Mass. Rifles. Died at Claremont, N. H., January 23, 1867, of wounds received in battle.
LUTHER A. CHASE.
Co. G, 5th Regt N. H. Vols. Killed at the battle of Fredericksburg, Va., December 13, 1863.
WYMAN R. CLEMENT. Co. H, 2d Regt. N. H. Vols .. Died of disease at Washington, D. C., August 1, 1861.
JOSEPH CRAIG.
Co. G, 5th Regt. N. H. Vols. Killed at the battle of Gettysburg, Pa., July 2, 1863.
ALBERT G. DANE. Co. A, 3d Regt. N. H. Vols. Died while prisoner at Salisbury, N. C., February 3, 1865.
ZIBA L. DAVIS. Co. HI, 2d Regt. N. HI. Vols. Died of disease at Fal- mouth, Va., January 12, 1863.
JAMES DELMAGE. Co. G, 5th Regt. N. H. Vols. Killed at the battle of Fair Oaks, Va., June 1, 1863.
EDWARD E. FRENCH.
Co. E, Berdan's Sharpshooters. Wounded at the battle of Cold Harbor, Va., June 19, 1864. Died of wounds September 7, 1864.
JOHN GILBERT. Co. F. 3d Regt. N. H. Vols. Killed at the battle of Deep Run, Va., August 16, 1864.
FREDERICK W. GODDARD.
Co. H, 44th Regt. Mass. Vols. Died of disease at Pemberton Square Hospital, Boston, July 3, 1863.
LIEUTENANT GEORGE NETTLETON.
Co. G, 5th Regt. N. H. Vols. Wounded at the battle of Fredericksburg, Va., December 13, 1863. Died of wounds at Falmouth, Va., December 24, 1862. CHARLES B. GRANDY.
Co. A, 62d Regt. N. Y. Vols. Died of disease at Washington, D. C., October 16, 1861.
DAVID H. GRANNIS. Co. A, 3d Regt. N. H. Vols. Died of disease at Hilton Head, N. C., March 4, 1863.
CHESTER F. GRINNELS. Co. G, 5th Regt. N. H. Vols. Killed at the battle of Fredericksburg, Va., December 13, 1862.
CHARLES A. HART. Co. G, 5th Regt. N. H. Vols. Killed at the battle of Fredericksburg, Va., December 13, 1862.
ELISHA M. HILL. Co. G, 5th Regt. N. H. Vols. Died of wounds received in battle, October 27, 1862. DAMON E. HUNTER.
Co. G, 5th Regt. N. H. Vols. Mortally wounded at the battle of Fair Oaks, Va., June 1, 1862. Died June 22, 1862.
WILLIAM L. HURD.
Co. F, 3d Regt. Vermont Vols. Killed at the battle of Lee's Mills, Va., April 16, 1862.
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JOHN S. M. IDE.
Co. E, Berdan's Sharpshooters. Killed in an en- gagement at Yorktown, Va., April 5, 1862.
JOSEPH W. KELLY.
Co. G, 5th Regt., N. H. Vols. Died of disease on pas- sage from Fortress Monroe to Washington, in May, 1862.
WALTER B. KENDALL.
Co. F, 3d Regt., N. H. Vols. Killed in front of Peters- burg, Va., June 16, 1864.
J. FISHER LAWRENCE.
Co. H, 7th Regt., N. H. Vols. Died of disease at Port Royal, S. C., August 8, 1862.
CHARLES B. MARVIN.
Co. G, 9th Regt., N. H. Vols. Killed in the battle of Antietam, September, 17, 1862.
NOAH D. MERRILL.
Co. D, 2d Regt., N. H. Vols. Died of wounds received in battle, September 16, 1862.
EDWARD F. MOORE.
Troop L, First New England Cavalry. Killed in the battle of Gettysburg, Pa., July 2, 1863.
HORATIO C. MOORE.
Co. F, 3d Regt., N. H. Vols. Mortally wounded in the battle of James Island, S. C., June 16, 1862. Died June 19, 1862.
RANSOM M. NEAL.
Co. A, 3d Regt., N. H. Vols. Died of disease at Hil- ton Head, S. C., October 30, 1862.
EVERETT W. NELSON.
Co. H, 7th Regt., N. H. Vols. Wounded and taken prisoner at Fort Wagner, July 18, 1863. Died July 24, 1863.
CHARLES H. NEVERS.
Co. G, 5th Regt., N. H. Vols. Killed in battle at White Oak Swamp, Va., June 30, 1862.
FREDERICK A. NICHOLS.
Co. F, 3d Regt., N. H. Vols. Mortally wounded near Bermuda Hundred, June 16, 1864. Died next day.
LYMAN F. PARRISH.
Co. H, 2d Regt., N. H. Vols. Died of disease at Manchester, N. H., February 20, 1863.
WILLIAM E. PARRISH.
Co. G, 5th Regt., N. H. Vols. Wounded and taken prisoner in the battle of the Wilderness, and is supposed to have died at Andersonville.
JOEL W. PATRICK.
Co. G, 5th Regt., N. H. Vols. Died of disease at Claremont, N. H., August 15, 1862.
JOSEPH PENO.
Co. C, 3d Regt., N. H. Vols. Killed at the battle of James Island, June 16, 1862.
CHARLES E. PUTNAM.
Co. H, 2d Regt., N. H. Vols. Killed in the battle of Williamsburg, Va., May 5, 1862.
GEORGE H. PUTNAM. Co. G, 5th Regt., N. H. Vols. Killed in the battle of Cold Harbor, Va., June 3, 1864.
GEORGE READ.
Co. G. 5th Regt., N. H. Vols. Died of disease at Newark, N. J., September 9, 1862.
HENRY W. PATRICK.
Co. H, 2d Regt., N. H. Vols. Died of disease at Claremont, N. H., August 20, 1868.
EDGAR T. REED.
Co. G, 6th Regt., N. H. Vols. Shot while attempting to arrest a deserter in the autumn of 1864.
WILLIS REDFIELD.
15th Regt., Connecticut Vols. Died of yellow fever at Newbern, N. C., October 11, 1864.
CHARLES D. ROBINSON.
Co. G, 5th Regt., N. H. Vols. Killed in the battle of Fredericksburg, Va., December 13, 1862.
GEORGE E. ROWELL.
Co. H, 11th Regt., N. H. Vols. Died of disease at Baltimore, Md., April 10, 1864.
GEORGE W. RUSSELL.
Co. G, 9th Regt., N. H. Vols. Mortally wounded at the battle of Antietam, Va., September 17, 1862, and died next day.
ARD SCOTT.
Co. F, 3d Regt., N. H. Vols. Taken prisoner at Darbytown, Va., October 1, 1864. Died of star- vation and exposure at Salisbury, N. C., Novem- ber 20, 1864.
CHARLES N. SCOTT.
Co. G, 5th Regt., N. H. Vols. Killed at the battle of Fair Oaks, Va., June 1, 1862.
EDWARD E. STORY.
Co. G. 6th Regt., N. H. Vols. Died of disease at Hatteras Inlet, March 4, 1862.
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ANDREW J. STRAW.
Co. H, 2d Regt., N. H. Vols. Wounded at the battle of Bull Run, Va., July 21, 1861, and is supposed to have died in the hands of the enemy.
ROLAND TAYLOR.
Co. G, 5th Regt., N. H. Vols. Mortally wounded at the battle of Gettysburg, Pa., July 2, 1863, and (lied a few days afterward.
HORACE A. TYRRELL.
2d Regt., Mass. Cavalry. Died of disease on his way home, after discharge, December 30, 1865.
HARVEY M. WAKEFIELD.
Co. G, 5th Regt., N. H. Vols. Died of disease in hos- pital, July 5, 1862.
GEORGE O. WEBB.
Co. G, 5th Regt., N. H. Vols. Died of disease at Camp Fair Oaks, Va., June 15, 1862.
CHARLES W. WETHERBEE.
Co. G, 5th Regt., N. H. Vols. Killed at the battle of Fair Oaks, Va., June 1, 1862.
JOHN F. WHEELER.
Co. A, 2d Regt., N. H. Vols. Taken prisoner at the battle of Bull Run, Va., July 21, 1861. Exchanged, and died on shipboard, between Salisbury, N. C., and New York.
NORMAN F. WHITMORE.
Co. A, 3d Regt., N. H. Vols. Died of disease, oeca- sioned by wounds, at Jacksonville, Fla., June 9, 1864.
AUGUSTUS E. WOODBURY.
Co. H, 7th Regt., N. H. Vols. Taken prisoner at Olustee, Fla., February 10, 1864. Died at Ander- sonville, Ga., June 23, 1864.
NEWSPAPERS.
THE NATIONAL EAGLE .- This paper was estab- lished in October, 1834, under the direction of a committee appointed at a Whig Sullivan County Convention, the year before. The first number was issued by John H. Warland, editor, and Samuel L. Chase, printer. In 1836 the establish- ment was purchased by John H. Warland and Joseph Weber. In 1842 Mr. Weber bought Mr. Warland's interest, and became sole proprietor and editor, and continued the publication of the
paper until October, 1846, when Charles Young and John S. Walker bought the establishment, Mr. Walker taking charge of the editorial depart- ment. In 1849 Mr. Walker sold his interest to John H. Brewster, and the paper was published by Young & Brewster until April, 1854, when Otis F. R. Waite bought the establishment, and continued the business until 1860, when he sold out to John S. Walker. Mr. Walker sold to Simon Ide, whose successors have been Arthur Chase, Thomas J. Lasier, Hiram P. Grandy and HI. C. Fay, its present editor and owner.
THE NORTHERN ADVOCATE .- This paper was started in Claremont, in June, 1849, by Joseph Weber, as a Free Soil paper, who continued its publication until November, 1881, when, by rea- son of advancing age, he sold the establishment to the present editor and proprietor, R. E. Mussey, who changed the title of the paper and called it The Claremont Advocate.
THE COMPENDIUM .- The publication of a liter- ary paper with this title was commenced in May, 1870, by S. H. Story, and printed one year as a weekly. The publication was then discontinued until January, 1872, when it was resumed and published fortnightly until January, 1875. It was then changed to a monthly and called The Narrative, under which arrangement it has since been continued by Mr. Story.
RAILROADS.
SULLIVAN RAILROAD, from Bellows' Falls, through Charlestown and Claremont, to Wind- sor, Vt. It connects at Bellows' Falls with the Cheshire Railroad for Boston, via Keene and Fitchburg ; the Valley Railroad for New York, via Springfield and Hartford; the Rutland for Montreal and the West; at Claremont Junction with the Concord and Claremont Railroad for Concord and Boston, and at Windsor with the Central Vermont Railroad for St. Albans, Mon- treal and the West. The Sullivan Railroad was finished and opened for business in the fall of 1849. It is owned and operated by the Con- necticut River Railroad Company, as is also the
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Valley Railroad. It has a double track from Bellows' Falls to Charlestown.
CONCORD AND CLAREMONT RAILROAD, from Claremont Junction, via Newport and Bradford, to Concord, where it connects with the Concord Railroad for Boston, and with the Northern and Boston, Concord and Montreal Railroads. At Contoocook it connects with the Monadnock, Pe- terborough and Hillsborough Railroad for Win- chendon, Mass., via Hillsborough and Peterbor- ough. The Concord and Claremont Railroad was opened to Claremont in September, 1872.
WINDSOR AND FOREST LINE RAILROAD .- At the session of the New Hampshire Legislature, in 1870, a charter was granted for a railroad from Windsor, Vt., to Greenfield, N. H., there to con- nect with the Nashua and Wilton Railroad. Soon a company was organized by the grantees, and a route has been surveyed through Cornish, Clare- mont, Unity, Acworth, Lempster, Washington, Marlow, Stoddard and Hancock, to Greenfield, pronounced feasible, and it has been thought that a road would be built over this line at no very distant period.
CLAREMONT AND WHITE RIVER JUNCTION RAILROAD .- In 1872 the New Hampshire Legis- lature granted a charter for a railroad from Clare- mont to White River Junction; the grantees organized a company, and a route was surveyed from Claremont village through Cornish, Plain- field and Lebanon to White River Junction, Vt. It was found that a road could be built over the route surveyed at very moderate cost, and it has been thought that the many advantages to be gained by this road would ensure its construction.
OBITUARY.
Brief notices are here given of a few Claremont men who were prominent in their time. Many others might be given of those equally deserving of them but for lack of room. Many have been spoken of in other connections in this history.
SAMUEL COLE, EsQ., graduated at Yale College in 1731, was among the early settlers of the town of Claremont, read the Episcopal service for several years, and was an instructor of youth for
a considerable period. He died at an advanced age.
DR. WILLIAM SUMNER came from Hebron, Conn., to Claremont in 1768. He was a useful and influential citizen. He died in town in 1778.
COLONEL BENJAMIN SUMNER, one of the early settlers, was a civil magistrate for many years ; died here in May, 1815.
COLONEL JOSEPH WAITE was engaged in the French and Indian War, was captain of one of Rogers' company of rangers, and commanded a regiment in the Revolutionary War, died in October, 1776.
CAPTAIN JOSEPH TAYLOR, who was engaged in the Cape Breton, the French and Indian and Revolutionary Wars, was taken prisoner by the Indians in the summer of 1755, carried to Canada and sold to the French, resided in Claremont and died here in March, 1813, at the age of eighty- four years.
THE REV. DANIEL BARBER was born in Sims- bury, Conn., October 2, 1756. He was ordained deacon by Bishop Seabury October 29, 1786. He officiated in different parishes in New York and Vermont until 1795, when he removed to Clare- mont and became the rector of what was subse- quently called Union Church. In 1801 he re- ceived the degree of Master of Arts from Dart- mouth College. He continued rector of this church until 1818. He then avowed himself a Roman Catholic, and conformed to that church. He remained in Claremont a few years and then went to Connecticut, and from there to George- town, D. C., where he spent the remainder of his days.
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