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MILLS AND BRICK-YARDS .- The following are among the prominent mills that have been in use in town ; Lowell's mill was built in about 1775, near Mrs. Austin Loverin's present residence, and | brick-yard near by. Isaac Morse and D. Bean
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had another brick-yard opposite where E. A. Washburn now lives, which furnished brick for many of the present houses in town.
There was another yard near Gilman Pond, owned by Enoch Collins, Jr., and Captain Jona- than Loverin, who sent their brick, many of them, to New London.
Elihu Chase built the shingle-mill afterwards owned by Alonzo Cross, and now owned by Alon- zo B. Putney, and, in company with Kimball Haseltine, the saw-mill now owned by F. P. George. Seth Fisher built a shingle and clapboard-mill where A. J. Kidder's lower mill now stands.
John W. Noyes, now of Chester, built the best- finished mill on turnpike, on land now owned by John F. Hardy, which was destroyed by fire when about ten years old.
Shingle-mills of Kneeland Stocker and Joseph W. Hill also had their day, and passed away. Warren Johnson and Charles D. Sargent, under the firm-name of Johnson & Sargent, erected dams and saw, shingle and clapboard-mills at the outlet of Morgan Pond, where they owned five hundred acres of heavy timbered land, in the year 1847, now owned by A. J. Kidder, of New London.
Orra C. Howard, in 1848, purchased a very large tract of land of Nathan Stickney, of Con- cord, erected dwelling-houses and a costly mill- shingle, clapboard and saw-on the site of the " Old Spruce mill." After it had served its pur- pose, the machinery and frame were sold to differ- ent parties and carried away.
In 1843 a company was formed, and built a nice and expensive grist-mill, opposite the church, which was operated by the company known as Station Mill Company for about seven years, when it was sold to Ebenezer L. Nichols ; afterwards in hands of Alonzo P. Nichols, then sold to Albert H. Davis and A. J. Sanborn, and was run by Richard T. Sanborn, who with A. H. Davis, built the present saw-mill, now owned by J. T. Colby. Said Station Company's grist-mill was sold and moved away in about 1870.
their wheels being noted for perfection and dura- bility.
Cowles, Gass & Co. also had a carriage manu- factory on the Sugar River Branch, that was moved into Grantham, being on the Gore that, as elsewhere mentioned, has been annexed to Gran- tham.
A " baker's dozen " or more of cider-mills have been erected, lived and died, or decayed, and only three now in the vigor of life remain, viz. : Sanborn's, Putney's and MeDaniel's, with Boomer & Boschert, grater and press. There have been used in town three steam mills,-one near John Robie's, one in the Perly District, and one near the Eben Blood place.
PHYSICIANS .- Dr. William Phillips, who lived on the farm owned by Levi S. Hill, is the first res- ident doctor, we are informed, who made a short stay here. Dr. Nathaniel Prentis served the town several years in different town offices and repre- sented the town in General Court, as appears by record and this history; and he was surgeon of the Thirty-first Regiment New Hampshire Militia, and a man who was very much honored and respected by the community. He was killed, almost in- stantly, October 10, 1810, on his way home from Newport in company with his comrades-from " muster "-by being thrown from his horse near the Cornish road and A. P. Welcome's buildings in said Newport. His residence was on "Phil- brick Hill," on the farm now owned by George H. Cross. Dr. Samuel Flagg, a traveling physician, ministered to the " physical " ailments of the peo- ple for a short time. Dr. Amasa Howard was here in 1812, located near L. L. and L. F. Hill's, and, after a few years, was succeeded by Dr. Abner Johnson, father of Mrs. Ferona Howard, and owned the place now occupied by Rev. Lewis Howard. He remained in town until about 1835 and removed to Lowell, Mass. He, like Dr. Prentis, took an important position in State, town and society matters, and was a skillful practitioner. Dr. Joseph Nichols, a native of this town, born in the house now owned and occupied by Joseph L.
Kneeland and William Stocker have for many years had a carriage-shop and wheelwright mills, | Brown, spent his life among his native hills. No
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person labored more to benefit the town by im- Haverhill, Mass., and married Sally Sanders, of Grafton. She brought a cow here in 1810, the descen- dants of which, with a few exceptions, have been white-faced and been in the Bailey family, and are proving the publie roads, the schools and church than did Dr. Nichols. As a physician he had few equals about the country. He died in May, 1853. During Dr. Nichols' practice he sold out to one ; now owned by Westley. Roxana Bailey married, Dr. Copp, of New London, reserving the right to first, John F. Youngman, of Lempster; second, Moses Spaulding. John married Eliza Nich- ols and he died several years ago. Franklin mar- ried Eleanor Stevens, who died a few years ago. Lorenzo married Sarah A. Leavitt. He is at present temporarily located in Grafton, preaching there. His only son, John, lives on the place he formerly occupied. Westley married Ann Stevens. Naney married Eli Spauling, and, after his death, the Rev. F. S. Bliss, a native of Cheshire, Mass. He was a very successful Universalist clergyman, preaching at Enfield, N. H., and Barre, Vt, for fifteen years, He died at Greensborough, N. C., March 23, 1873. Mrs. Bliss is now living in Cornish. attend his relatives and personal friends when called upon. Dr. Copp, a well-read physician, after remaining in town a year or more, teaching singing and other branches, decided that Dr. Nichols had more " relatives and personal friends " than any other man he ever heard of, and left town for a clearer field of practice. Dr. Valen- tine Manahan, a native of New London, came here and commenced practice in 1851, having been fitted by the medieal schools of Philadelphia and other places. He never accepted any town or other office within the gift of the people, but labored earnestly politically, and was very success ful both in politics and medical praetiee, having had a very large cirele of patients. He elosed practice here in 1866, and, after looking over the Western country settled in Enfield, where he continues a very successful practitioner. Dr. D. P. Goodhue, a native of Dunbarton, after serving in the navy during the Rebellion, took Dr. Manahan's place as physician and still contin- ues to practice medicine here with great credit to himself, and has the entire confidence and sym- pathy of his townsmen.
The following physicians, practicing elsewhere. were natives of this town : Joseph- D. Nichols, died in Pennsylvania ; Dr. Moses C. Richardson, died in Marlborough, Mass .; Dr. John Robie, died in Corinth, Vt., where he had a large and successful practice ; Dr. Vanransellier Morse ; Dr. Willard Bowman, went to Vermont to practice ; Dr. Still- man Wood, practiced and died in Enfield; Dr. Moses C. Hoyt, emigrated westward ; Robert A. Blood, educated at Harvard Medical School is now practicing in Charlestown, Mass ; Charles A. Messer, a graduate of Dartmouth Medieal School, is practicing at Turner's Falls, Mass.
BIOGRAPHICAL.
BAILEY .- Joseph Bailey moved here from Old
BOWMAN .- Deputy Bowman married Sarah Philbrick, only sister of Abraham Philbrick, in 1795. She died in 1800, leaving two children,- Sarah and Walter. Sarah married John Loverin and had one child, Philander, who lived and died in town. Walter married and moved to Vermont Deputy Bowman married Margaret MeClure, De- cember 2, 1802. The children were Willard, Joseph, Susanna, Sylvester, Deputy Casson, John, Oliver, Mary Ann, Margaret Maria, Elizabeth and Narcissa. Willard was a physician ; Joseph a successful lawyer, of Belfast, Me .; Sylvester a brewer, living in Boston ; Mary Ann, the only one living in town, is the wife of Phineas Messer ; they have three sons living,-Melvin, Charles and Sylvester. Narcissa married George Thompson, living in Lexington, Mass.
BOYCE .- James Boyce and Adam Boyce were also among the first settlers, both of whom had many descendants, only two of which remain in town,- sons of James,-viz .: Talent, who, with a family, lives near Station Pond, and Moses O. and family on " Hogg Hill."
SMITH .- Israel Smith, a pioneer, had three adopted boys,-Charles Carpenter, Jacob Smith
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and Josiah Chandler Williams,-and four chil- dren of his own,-William Plummer Smith, who died several years since ; Jonathan B. Smith, now living in town and one of the largest sugar- makers; his twin sister Joanna, married Joseph Johnson, both died here; and Mary W. Smith, born November 11, 1823.
PILLSBURY .- Joseph Pillsbury eame here at an early day, having eight children, only one of which now resides here, -Asa F. and his son, Amos H. Pillsbury. Said Joseph was drafted in the War of 1812, and Adam Boyce went as a substitute for him.
COLLINS. - Some time about 1798, Enoch Collins came to this town from Salisbury, N. H., and settled in the south part of town, where Richard W. Allen now lives. He had four sons and three daughters,-Benjamin P., Enoch, Jr., Enos and John ; Mary lived in New York, Clarissa lived in Nebraska, and Nancy married George W. Craft and lived in New London ; she is alive now and a very smart old lady. None of his descendants now live in town but one granddaughter, Mrs. Charles Woodward.
Enos Collins, Enoch's brother, came here before 1800, and died in 1817. He left a large family, who are now all dead but Mrs. Susan Robie, who lives in Salisbury, N. H. He has but two descendants in town,-Henry T. Sanborn and John Robie.
Joseph Collins, another brother, came here and raised a family of eight or ten children. He went from this town more than forty years ago to Stewartstown, N. H., and died there. One of his sons, Joseph, Jr., always lived in town, and died here when more than eighty years old. Only one of his descendants lives in town, Henry J. Collins, who is a blacksmith.
Charles Collins settled here, and had four chil- dren,-Sarah, married Moses D. Richardson ; Naney, married Nathaniel Loverin ; Hannah, married Benjamin D. Collins ; and Charles, Jr., married Nancy MeDaniel. They are all dead, and none of their descendants remain in town.
Seth Collins, another brother, settled here, but moved to St. Albans, Vt., many years ago.
Deacon John Collins and wife came to spend their last days with their children in town, and died here.
All the Collinses lived in School District No. 9, on the old road leading to New London. They were honest, respectable people, and very indus- trious citizens.
COLBY .- Benjamin Colby, born in Hopkinton September 25, 1776. Abigail Eaton, his wife, born in New Salem March 9, 1776. They were married March 25, 1800, and moved on to farm bought of Robert Hogg, in the southwestern part of the town, three days after their marriage. They had seven children,-Benjamin, Jr., William D., Sally, Timothy, Eliza, James and Polly. Mrs. Colby died in 1852, and Mr. Colby in 1854. Benjamin Colby, Jr., born in 1801, married Polly L. Eastman, who was born in Weare in 1804, but moved to Springfield with her parents, Moses and Polly Eastman, in 1807. They moved on to the Colby place in 1851. They had four sons and one daughter,-Eliza, now stopping with her brother, James T., postmaster of West Spring- field. Stephen P. also lives in town. The old place still remains in the Colby name.
William D. Colby, the oldest son, is an enterpris- ing farmer, living on "Sanborn Hill." He mar- ried Mahala Sanborn. They have five children living, one of whom is a very successful teacher.
Philip Colby, of Salisbury, married Abra Greeley, and settled on the west side of Colonel Sanborn's hill, near where the large elm-tree now stands. He afterwards bought out Stephen and John Sawyer, and built new buildings where Center F. Smith now lives, and died there in 1842. He took a prominent part in town offices, in building the meeting-house, also the fourth New Hampshire turnpike. He will be long re- membered by the old citizens. He had nine children,-John, Sally, Nancy, Bill, Rillah, Cinda, Sam, Clara and Sophia ; all are dead but Sophia. John, Bill and Sally lived in Rochester, N. Y. Nancy married I. Webster, of Wilmot ; she was thrown from a carriage and killed in 1828. Rillah married Joseph Severance, of
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Derby, Vt., and died in Warner, N. H., in 1855 Sally, Cinda, Clara and Sophia never married. Cinda died in 1818; Clara in 1879. She was well known as a very industrious woman, and was highly respected by her townspeople. Sam Colby married Maria Adams, of Mason, and lived upon the farm owned by his father until 1870, when he sold it. He died in 1878 at his daughter's, Mrs. Leora M., wife of John H. Johnson. Leora died in 1883. Christopher C. resides in Manchester, N. H. John D. lives in Kansas. Charles M. died August 14, 1863, at Covington, Ky., while in the Union army. Henry A. died in Washington, D. C., from the effects of a wound.
Sophia, the youngest of Philip Colby's children, still lives within a few rods of the paternal home, at the age of eighty-three years.
COLCORD .- Among the early settlers were three brothers-Thomas, Stephen and Joseph Colcord. They married three sisters by the name of Bean, and came here from Candia.
Thomas lived on the hill east of the Timothy Davis place. They had several children. Hittey and Sarah married and lived in Vermont ; Abigail married John Johnson, of Enfield, N. H. ; Nancy married John Heath ; Hannah married Andrew Pettingill. He lived in town, near Enfield, and died here, after which she married John Field and moved to the West. David married Milly Philbrick. He died and was buried in town. Jennie and Dolly died young, and Moses went West.
Stephen lived where John Johnson now lives. Had four girls. Elvira married Reuben Hoyt ; lived and died in town. Hannah married Dr. Joseph Nichols. Their children were named Ann, Joe, Jeannette, Elizabeth, Frank and Ade line. None of them live in town. Mary married and lived in Vermont. Abigail married James Johnson. Had two daughters-Betsy Ann, now dead, and Elvira, now married and living in Grantham. Mrs. Johnson is now living in town. Joseph Coleord lived where Sylvanus Gross now lives. . His children were Sam, Hittey, Thomas, Joseph, David, Stephen, Mahala and Dorinda.
None living in town but Joseph. One son, Moses, by first wife, also lives here. His second wife was Betsy Gilman. Three only of their nine children are living.
HAZZARD .- James Carr Hazzard was born in Newbury, Mass. (now Newburyport), August 2, 1759. He enlisted in the army at the age of six- teen, calling himself eighteen. He was at the battle of Bunker Hill and in several other battles.
He married, February 11, 1787, Betsy Greeley, daughter of Shubael Greeley, of Salisbury. They moved into town when there were but twenty families here, and endured the hardships and pri- vations of a newly-settled country.
She sowed seeds from apples her father raised in Salisbury, and planted with her own hands the orchard that now stands on the farm (known as the " Town Farm"), owned by Sargent Heath.
They had eleven children,-Anna Hazzard, born April 15, 1788 ; Mary Hazzard, born January 20, 1790; James Hazzard, born December 30, 1791; Ruth Hazzard, born February 12, 1794; Sarah Hazzard, born March 6, 1796; Asenath Hazzard, born February 12, 1798; Cyrus Hazzard, born April 15, 1800; Thirzah Hazzard, born June 28, 1802; Luther Hazzard, born December 28, 1804; Lucy Hazzard, born February 5, 1808; Thirzah Hazzard, born October 6, 1810.
Anna Hazzard, when eighteen years of age, went to Salisbury, at Deacon Cate's, to learn the tailor's trade; she gave three years' time. She married Jesse Fuller, of Lebanon, April 11, 1811. They moved to Lebanon and lived one year ; then they moved to Salem, Mass., where he was pro- prietor of the Boston and Salem baggage-wagons about seven years. He was returning from Boston one very dark night, when his wagon ran against a large heap of dirt which had been thrown from the town pumps, and he was instantly killed, April 18, 1822. His wife, Anna, was left with four small children. Abigail, who was known in this town as a successful teacher. John was sent to Hanover to learn the tanner's trade. He went to New York as a teacher; married, lived and died there. Elizabeth S. was sent to
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Springfield to live with her grandparents, where she was brought up, and who prides herself of her Greeley descent. Lucius, the baby, his mother kept with her. He afterwards was a tailor in town; he married for his wife Laurette F. Con- verse, of Lyme, N. H. ; he went to Troy, N. Y., on a visit to his brother's, and died.
Mary Hazzard married Isaac Haselton ; lived in Springfield. They had three children-James, who died young, Rhoda, James. Rhoda lives in Webster, N. H.
James Hazzard married a lady in Vermont ; went there to live. He had four children - Rosanna, Irena, Clara and Thirzah.
Ruth Hazzard married Josiah Johnson, of Springfield. They had five children-Hannah, Beri, Samuel, Melinda, Mary. Two are now liv- ing-Hannah Johnson Noyes in Atkinson, N. H., and Mary Johnson Davis in Jaffrey.
Sarah Hazzard married Jonathan Stewart, and lived in Bow. They had nine children, only two living-Jonathan M. Stewart, dealer in carpets, at Concord, N. H .; Marion Stewart Osgood, a dress- maker, at Concord, N. H.
Asenath Hazzard married Jerry Lamborn, of Enfield, N. H .; moved to Boonville, N. Y. They had three children, one living in New York in 1885.
Cyrus Hazzard went to New York ; married and lived there. He had six children; five are now living. Thirzah died when about two years old.
Luther Hazzard went to New York as a teacher; married and settled in Rensellearville, N. Y., where he lived until his death. He had one child.
Lucy Hazzard married, first, a farmer, Giles Stockwell, of Croydon; married, second, Jonathan Emerson, of Lebanon, where she now lives alone at the age of seventy-seven years.
Thirzah Hazzard married, first, Silas Kinsley, a merchant, and lived in Springfield. They had three children ; two are now living. Orenda lives in Stoneham, Mass., and works at dressmaking. Charles lives in California. He married for his wife Fran Hill, daughter of L. L. Hill, of Spring- field. She married for her second husband Colonel
Beals, of Lyme, where she now lives at the age of seventy-four years.
Lucy and Thirzah are the only ones left of the family.
Elizabeth Fuller, wife of Joseph Davis, Jr., is the only one left in town of the descendants of the Hazzards. She had two children. Henry died at the age of sixteen. Abby is married and lives in Springfield. She is the wife of Dr. David P. Goodhue.
HEATH .- In the early days there was a family of seven brothers and sisters, who came here from Salem, Mass, -- Evan M., Daniel, Enoch, John, James, Hannah and Rachel. Evan M. married Betsy Woodward and had seven childen,-Rhoda, Nathaniel, Jesse, Johnson, Enoch, Ira and Daniel. Rhoda first married David Bean, having two chil- dren,-Rhoda and David,-and then married Joshua Stevens, having three children,-Mary Ann, who married Joseph Robie, now living in town ; Nathaniel and Manley, who are dead. Na- thaniel married Margaret Streeter, of New York. They had eleven children,-Uriah, in the navy three years, married Mary E. Stevens, of Grafton, daughter of Barnard C. Stevens; Elias and H. Johnson Heath went to Canada ; Betsy married Albert Swetland, of Providence, R. I .; Evan M. married Grace Loverin, now living in Salisbury, N. H .; Francis A. married Rhoda A. Heath, of Pittsburg, N. H., now living in Enfield ; Charlotte died in infancy ; Vensana married John JJeffers, who have only one child living,-Lizzie V., mar- ried to M. A. Burnham,-Mr. and Mrs. Jeffers hav- ing buried eight children with diphtheria; Rhoda A., widow of John Sanders ; Stephen S. died in the Union army ; and Charles J. died in town when eighteen years old. Jesse, son of Evan M., of Salem, married and died in New York. Johnson, son of Evan M., who married Nancy Sanborn, of Grafton, was the father of Monroe C. Heath, ex-mayor of Chicago, and of Warren and Calista, who are dead. Enoch, son of Evan M., married Polly Jones. Children were Diana, present wife of John F. Carter, of Andover; Nicanor, of Grafton ; Arville, wife of Joseph Whitcomb, of
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Andover ; Josiah, died in Grafton ; Roxanna, first wife of George Miller, who lives at East Canaan ; Aurilla, married Barauch Smith, of Grafton; and Ora C., living in Orange. Ira, son of Evan M., married Rebecca Greeley ; had one child. Dan- iel, son of Evan M., married Sophia Barnhart, of Cornwall, Canada. Daniel's second wife is the present wife of Moses Leavitt, of Grafton. Dan- iel Heath, who came from Salem, lived on George Hill, in Enfield, and was the father of Dorset Heath. Enoch Heath, a soldier of the Revolu- tionary War, married Lizzie Stevens and lived where Russell Kidder now lives. Enoch's son, Samuel, married Mary Dearborn. Of their chil- dren, only Sarah Ann, wife of Samuel Maxfield, and John Heath, are now residents. Enoch's other son, Ezekiel, married Lucretia Babbitt and had one child. He then married Jerusha Fuller and had nine more, -Leonard, married, first, Sally Morgan, and, after her death, married Lydia Jane Hill; Levi married Priscilla Clifford, he died several years ago, and his widow and several chil- dren are living in town ; Enoch and Hiram died in Vermont ; George is a depot-master of Sharon, Vt; William died in town; Van Buren, the seventh son, died in Lowell, Mass .; Gerrard first married Hannah Hook, and second Rosalette Heath, now living in town ; and Narcissa, died in town. John, who came from Salem, married Dolly Davis, lived opposite M. C. Burnham's and died at the age of one hundred and seven years. They had fourteen children,-James, Dolly, John, Zac- cheus, Lydia, Marion, Nancy, Hannah, Jonathan, Edmund, Christopher, Polly, Rhoda and Phebe. Dolly married John Jeffers, who came here from Hampstead. They had eight children. Mary Jeffers married Enoch Quimby ; Phebe Jeffers married Samuel Sanders and is the present wife of Jeremiah Stevens ; Jacob Jeffers married Cathe- rine Kempton, of Croydon ; Stephen Jeffers died in Lyme ; John Jeffers married Vensana Heath ; David Jeffers married Melinda Cummings, of Colebrook ; Edward Jeffers married a Smith of Salisbury ; Polly Jeffers, died. John Heath mar- ried Nancy Colcord ; their children were named
Alfred, Jonathan, Charlotte, Dorothy, Stephen and Martha. Hannah Heath married Daniel Bean ; had one child, Emeline, who married Nich- olas Hardy of this town. James, who came from Salem, married Hannah Clark and lived where J. C. Pettengill now lives ; had three children,- Moses, lived in Wilmot; Lucinda, married John M. Philbrick, of this town ; and Mary, married Freeman Smalley, of Hanover. Hannah, who came from Salem, married Dr. Peaslee, of Alex- andria. One of his children is the present wife of Esquire John Austin. Rachel, who came from Salem, married Samuel George, commonly called " King George ;" had five children, none known to be living.
HOGG .- Among the early settlers were Charles and Robert Hogg. Charles settled on a hill, which resulted in the name " Hogg Hill." We find from the records that James Hogg, the son of Charles and Hannah Hogg, was born in 1791; Polly Hogg, in 1793 ; Susannah Little Hogg, in 1796; Sophia Hogg, in 1799 ; Benjamin Franklin Hogg, in 1800; and Thomas Jefferson Church, son of Charles and Hannah Church, was born in 1802; and Charles Church, in 1805.
None of their descendants are known to be in town. Robert Hogg, brother of Charles, lived opposite where James K. Richardson now lives. Robert Hogg, Jr., born in 1787, married Huldah Winter, November 17, 1808. They had one daughter, Margery. John Hogg, son of Robert, married Susanna Sanborn. Their children were Betsy Hogg, born in 1807 ; John Hogg, in 1810; James Hogg, in 1812; Joseph Hogg, in 1814 ; Moses Hogg, in 1816 ; Daniel Hogg, in 1820; and Israel and Mathew Harvey Johnson. Thus it ap- pears that John and Susanna Hogg had their names changed to Johnson some time after 1820.
Betsy married Kneeland Stocker and died soon after. James married Abigail Colcord ; had two daughters,-Betsy Ann, who married Mark Burnham, died several years ago ; Elvira, married Dr. W. C. Kempton, and is now living in Grant- ham. Joseph married Joanna Smith. They had two children, -- John, who married Leora Colby,
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who died, and he has recently married Kate Gault, of Arlington, Vt .; and Susan, who married Rev. Warren Noyes, who has preached in town several times and now lives in Vermont. Moses and Daniel were blacksmiths in town and both died here. Israel married Huldah Sargent. He is dead and his widow now lives in town with her brother, Enoch Sargent. Harvey married Han- nah Sargent. They live in Concord, N. H.
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