History of Cheshire and Sullivan counties, New Hampshire, Part 155

Author: Hurd, D. Hamilton (Duane Hamilton)
Publication date: 1886
Publisher: Philadelphia : J. W. Lewis
Number of Pages: 1200

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Accordingly, the 2d day of October, 1800, a church was formed, composed of ten mem- bers. They continued to hold meetings in private houses and in the school-house until 1827, when a meeting-house, fifty feet long and thirty-eight feet wide, was erected on the spot were the present church stands. This church was occupied until 1844, when it was destroyed by fire. But the society were not discouraged, but immediately erected another building, of the same length as the first and two feet wider. This was occupied until 1877, when it shared the fate of the first edifice, being burned in April of that year. Before the next winter, in the autumn of 1877, a third house of worship, of the same dimensions as the other, but in some respects a finer building, was dedicated, and still stands, an ornament to the village and a great convenience to the church. The first settled pastor of the Baptist Church in East Washington was Rev. Nathan Ames, who was ordained pastor on the day the first house of worship was dedicated, in 1827. He was a native of New Boston, N. H., where he was born in 1785. He began preaching in the vicinity of Newburyport, Mass., and in 1819 was called to the pastorate of a church in Sutton, N. H., where he remained several years. He was pastor of the church until 1834, and soon after the close of his pastorate he removed to Jamaica, Vt., where he died.

The next pastor was Rev. David Gage, who was ordained in 1835. He was born in Wilton, N. H., December 26, 1809. He remained with the church ten years, closing his labors in 1845. From East Washington he removed to New Boston, where he preached some years. After closing his pastorate in New Boston, he

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entered the service of the New Hampshire Baptist Convention as a missionary, beginning his labors in 1855, and continuing many years, a portion of the time as State missionary and financial agent for the Convention. His present residence is Manchester, N. H.

After the resignation of Mr. Gage, Rev. D. P. Dunning, Rev. Nathan Chapman and Rev. Mr. Elliot each served as pastor a short time. In 1852 or 1853, Rev. Albert Heald became pastor of the church, and continued as pastor until 1865, when Rev. Eli P. Noyes was called, and remained three years. The next pastors were Rev. Horace G. Hubbard, Rev. G. D. Ballentine, Rev. Addison Browne, L. U. Anderson, Rev. L. M. Powers, Rev. William Beavens and Rev. E. A. Edwards, who is now pastor of the church. Since the pastor- ate of Mr. Heald all the pastorates have been short, none of them exceeding three years.

Rev. E. A. Edwards, the present pastor, came to Washington from Beverly, Mass., in the fall of 1883, and under his call the church seems to be in a prosperous condition. The present membership exceeds eighty.

In 1858 a Methodist Church was organized at East Washington. Rev. I. L. Dudley acted as preacher at the time the church was organ- ized, and was influential in its formation. Its first class consisted of eleven persons. Samuel A. Clogston was the leader of the first class.

Meetings for public worship were held in a small hall until the erection of a church edifice, in 1859. The first pastor after the formation of the church was Rev. B. E. Whipple, who was succeeded in 1860 by Rev. C. N. Lewis. During the year 1861 the pulpit was supplied by Revs. Hoppins, Brooks and Richardson. John H. Lane supplied in 1862 and a portion of 1863. Chester Dingman appears to have been employed during a portion of 1863. In 1864, C. Marshall Pegg, a young man of bril- liant talents, supplied the desk. About the year 1869, A. J. Roberts became pastor, and was followed by Rev. Mr. Dudley, who was

the last settled pastor, the church, owing to deaths and removals, being unable to support a pastor. For a time the church edifice was occupied by the Free-Will Baptist Church, which was organized in East Washington, February 18, 1873. Its first pastor was Rev. Edwin Smith, who was settled in 1874, the pulpit having been supplied the first year by Rev. G. B. Tewksbury.

The original number of members was thir- teen, and of this number Samuel Fletcher and Aaron Peasley were chosen deacons. Mr. Smith remained with the church two years. During the time of Mr. Tewksbury's service and the pastorate of Mr. Smith there were many addi- tions to the church. After Mr. Smith's re- moval the church was without a pastor until the autumn of 1877, when Rev. Thomas H. Smithers became pastor, but resigned in the spring of 1878, much to the regret of the church. The same year John Willis became pastor of the church and continued his labors two years. He was an able man and labored faithfully for the good of the church and community. Since 1880 the church has had no settled pastor. The church has never owned a house of wor- ship, but its services have been held in a hall and in the Methodist Church.

Near the beginning of the present century the First Universalist Society was organized in Washington. No church was organized, but the society provided preaching a considerable part of the time. About the year 1842 the town gave the society permission to finish a room for religious worship in the second story of the town-house, and after that time relig- ious services were held there until the weakened condition of the society made it unable to em- ploy a preacher.

Among the preachers who have served the society may be mentioned Rev. David Cooper, Rev. Mr. Gilman, Rev. Lemuel Willis, Rev. Mr. Holden, Rev. Mr. Anderson, Rev. Mr. Palmer and Rev. Nathan R. Wright. David Cooper, although a preacher during his carly

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manhood, was for a time engaged in trade on the spot where Nathaniel A. Lull & Sons now trade. Later he resided on the farm now owned by Edward W. Brooks. He removed from town about fifteen years since and resided in Sutton the remainder of his life. He died in Sutton June 25, 1885, at the age of eighty-six years.

A sketch of Rev. N. R. Wright will be found in another place. He came back to his native town to preach in 1843 and remained thirteen years. He is at present actively engaged in ministerial labor in Lynn, Mass.

Near the commencement of the present cen- tury several families settled in town and be- came influential and useful citizens.

Nathaniel Gordon came from Bedford near the close of the last century, and after living a year at the west part of the town, removed to East Washington and purchased a farm, just west of the school-house, of Daniel Severance. He was familiarly known as Captain Gordon, and was greatly respected. He was one of the original members of the Baptist Church in East Washington.

His son, Alfred Gordon, was a famous school- master in his day. He resided many years on the old homestead and then removed to Illinois, where he died at an advanced age.

Jabin Fisher removed from Canton, Mass., to Washington early in the present century and lived where his son, the venerable Jabez Fisher, now resides. Jabez Fisher, just mentioned, was for many years successfully engaged in mercan- tile pursuits in Boston. He has preserved the old homestead, where he is passing his last days in quiet and peaceful retirement.

Deacon Samuel P. Bailey came from Weare about the year 1803 and settled where his son Jesse F. Bailey now resides. He lived to the great age of one hundred years. His death occurred in 1880.

Moses Jones moved from Hillsborough to Washington not far from the year 1815 and settled on the farm at East Washington, where

his son, Simon W. Jones, afterward lived. He came to Hillsborough from Weston, Mass. His sons, Solomon E., Simon W. and Nathan- iel G., were prominent citizens of the town. Solomon E. Jones was for many years engaged in trade in East Washington. Nathaniel G. Jones is still a resident of East Washington.

Charles French settled where his son, Charles A. French, now resides in 1814. He raised a large family of children. His son, William B. French, was for some years engaged in trade at the centre of the town.

David Lincoln came from Bedford in 1802, and purchased of a "Dr. Kelly" the farm which was afterward, for many years, the house of Isaac N. Gage. He was an active, stirring man in all business matters. For many years he drove a team between East Washington and Boston. He was a captain in the militia, and is spoken of, by those who remember him, as Captain Lincoln. He never had children, but his kind heart led him to adopt several, whom he cared for as if they had been his own.

The Trains have long resided in town, and have been influential. The family were originally from Weston, Mass., from which town they came to Hillsborough, N. H., at an early date. Harry Train was the first of the name to settle in Washington. Charles and Henry Train, sons of Harry Train, have been prominent cit- izens of the town, the latter being for some years the proprietor of the hotel at the centre of the town, and representative to the Legislature. Arthur Train, another son of Harry Train, was for many years a very popular and successful physician in Virginia and Chicago.

Samuel Cheney came from Henniker in 1805, and settled on the farm afterward owned by Joel Severance (2d). He was probably the first settler on that farm. His son, George W. Cheney, was a highly-respected citizen of the town.

David Dole became a resident of the town about 1803 or 1804. He bought a farm of Jeremiah Bacon, near East Washington, where

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he spent most of his life. Jeremiah Bacon, after selling his farm, removed to Hancock.

Daniel Greenleaf, who was born in Haver- hill, Mass., in 1780, came from Concord, N. H., to Washington to reside just prior to 1820. Ile was engaged in mercantile pursuits, and had previously been in trade in Concord and Hebron. During his residence in Washington he served for a time as postmaster. The Greenleafs of this and the adjoining towns are descendants of Daniel Greenleaf.

Nathan Brainard removed from Lempster to Washington between the years 1823 and 1825, and engaged in trade at the centre of the town. He was also postmaster for a while. In 1834 he removed to Cleveland, Ohio. The firm of S. Brainard's Sons, music dealers and publishers, of Cleveland, are of this family, and is composed of the grandsons of Nathan Brainard.

Seth Adams, a native of Mason, N. H., came to Washington at an early age, and married, in 1813, Comfort Barney, a native of the town. He was a woolen manufacturer, and, in company with his sons, Calvin and Nathan, established the first woolen-mill at the centre of the town, in 1843.

Lewis Vickery removed from Lempster to Washington about the year 1815, and took up his residence on the Goshen turnpike, some four miles from Washington Centre. Prior to his residence in Lempster he had resided in Winchester, N. H., having removed from that town to Lempster in 1805.

John Fisk, who was born in Hillsborough in 1789, settled, in 1812, at East Washington, on the place now owned by Hiram J. Gage. His farm embraced what is now the eastern part of the village.

Caleb Carr, also a native of Hillsborough, bought in 1818 the farm afterward owned by Jonathan Severance, near East Washington. He built the first house on the place. He still resides at East Washington, at the age of ninety-three. His sons, Mason H. and George

H. Carr, are still residents of the town. Mason H. Carr has been engaged in the manufacture and sale of lumber in East Washington for more than forty years, owning the mill which is on the site of the first mill in the village, which was erected by his great-grandfather, Captain Jonathan Brockway.

In 1850 Dr. George Hubbard settled in the practice of his profession at East Washington. He had, a year or two before, practiced there, but did not permanently locate until 1850. He remained until 1855, when he removed to Man- chester, and was succeeded by Dr. John Haynes, of Newbury. Dr. Hubbard was a man of much skill in his profession, and took high rank as a surgeon. In the War of the Rebellion he was long in the service as an army surgeon, and par- ticipated in many battles. After his retirement from the service of his country he engaged in practice in Lansingburgh, N. Y., where he died. Dr. Haynes remained in practice until 1860, when he was succeeded by Dr. H. Monroe. Dr. Monroe was a native of Hillsborough, a graduate of Dartmouth College and of the Medical Department of the same institu- tion. He died in East Washington May 2, ·1863, and was succeeded the same year by Dr. Silas M. Dinsmoor, a native of Antrim and a graduate of the School of Medicine con- nected with Columbian University, Washing- ton, D. C. He removed from East Washing- ton to Francestown in 1874. His present resi- dence is Keene, N. H.

Much might be written of the brave men of Washington who participated in the struggle for the preservation of the Union during the great Rebellion, but space will not permit. Upwards of sixty men, including substitutes, more than thirty of whom were volunteers, went from this little town to fight the battles of their country, and twelve lost their lives in its defense.

In 1866 the people of the town erected, on the village green at Washington Centre, a beau- tiful granite shaft, upon which are inscribed

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the names of those who lost their lives during the War of the Rebellion. This monument was one of the first of its kind to be erected in the State of New Hampshire.

Edmund Davis, Jeremiah Fletcher and John May all settled in Washington near the begin- ning of the present century.

Edmund Davis came from Hancock and was at first engaged in teaching. He afterward married a daughter of Deacon William Graves, and, with the exception of a very few years, their whole married life was spent in Washing- ton. He was a noted schoolmaster in his day, and was the first postmaster in East Wash- ington.

John May also came from Hancock and first lived on the Goshen turnpike, nearly opposite the present residence of John L. Butterfield, where he kept a tavern. He afterward re- moved to the village, at the centre of the town, where he died. May Pond, near the place where he first resided, was so named on ac- count of his having resided near it.

Jeremiah Fletcher came from New Ipswich and settled some two miles northwest of East Washington, where his son, Francis P. Flet- cher, afterward resided. The Fletchers, still residing in town, are his descendants.

In the year 1869 a free public library was opened in Washington, known as the Shedd Free Library. It was founded by the bequest of Miss Sarah Shedd, a native aml resident of the town, who bequeathed the sum of twenty- five hundred dollars as a fund for its support.

Sarah Shedd was the daughter of John and Lydia Shedd, and was born in Washington April 29, 1813. Most, if not all, of the prop- erty which she acquired was obtained by hard labor in cotton-mills. Notwithstanding her

laborious occupation, she found time to devote to literary labor, and was the author of many poems, which have been gathered into a small volume. Miss Shedd died April 5, 1867. The library, to which yearly additions have been made, now contains about seventeen hundred volumes.

In 1881, by the munificence of Mr. L. T. Jefts, of Hudson, Mass., a beautiful library building, for the accommodation of the Shedd Free Library, was presented to the town. The building is of brick, with slate roof, and is thoroughly and beautifully furnished in every part. Mr. Jefts is a son of the late Benjamin and Olive (Reed) Jefts, of Washington. He was born in Washington April 4, 1830. His parents, being in moderate circumstances, were not able to assist him to any great extent either in matters of education or business. At the age of eighteen he obtained his father's per- mission to get an education, providing he was able to pay his own expenses. He left his home for the academy at Marlow, with thirteen dollars, the gift of his mother on her dying bed. After attending school at Marlow and Washington several years, paying his expenses in the mean time by teaching, he went to Mas- sachusetts and entered a store as clerk. After- ward he became one of the proprietors of a store in Assabet, Mass. In 1859 he engaged in the manufacture of shoes in Hudson, Mass., where he has since resided. Fortune has seemed to smile upon his endeavors, so that he has become the possessor of a large fortune. IIe represented the towns of Hudson, Stowe, Little- ton and Roxborough in the Legislature in 1883. At present he is president of the Hud- son National Bank, an institution with a capital of one hundred thousand dollars.

APPENDIX.

CHESHIRE COUNTY.

KEENE.

DR. AMOS TWITCHELL, for so long a time the autocrat of surgery in New England, was born in Dublin, N. H., April 14, 1781. His father was Samuel Twitchell, one of the earliest set- tlers of Dublin, and his mother was Alice, daughter of Dr. Wilson, of Sherburne.

Dr. Twitchell entered Dartmouth College in 1798 and graduated in 1802. From early childhood Dr. Twitchell's thoughts had been led to the profession of medieine, and during his college course his intimacy with Dr. Nathan Smith had tended still further to guide him on- ward in the same path. Upon leaving college he commenced the study of medicine with Dr. Nathan Smith, at Hanover, N. H., and in 1805 commeneed practice in the neighboring town of Norwich, Vt. Here he remained until 1807 or 1808, when he removed to Marlborough, N. H., and entered into partnership with his brother- in-law, Dr. Carter. In 1810 he removed to Keene and there labored for about forty years, gradually rising to a fame of which any one might have been proud. He was chosen a member of the New Hampshire Medical Society in 1811, and from that time until his death felt the liveliest interest in in it.

Dr. Twitchell was solicited to accept a pro- fessorship in Dartmouth College, at Castleton, Vt., Bowdoin College, Maine, and at the Uni- versity of Vermont, all of which flattering pro- posals he declined. Dr. Ilenry I. Bowditch, in his memoir of Dr. Twitchell, says, --

" Dr. Twitchell was no shadow of another nor the exponent of any set of opinions, but a living speci- men of what a great, self-relying mortal may become. He was possessed of infinite humor, of a strong, vig- orous intellect and a reverence for truth in speech and act which, while it made him always ready to ac- knowledge his own errors, likewise aroused his indig- nation against hypocrisy and pretense wherever seen. Joined to these traits, and in beautiful harmony with them, was his warm heart. Ardent in his attach- ment to friends through every stage of life, and wisely benevolent to those closely united to him, he went about daily doing good."

He died May 26, 1850.

SULLIVAN COUNTY.

BENCH AND BAR.

WILLIAM H. H. ALLEN is a descendant from old Puritan stock. Samuel Allen came from Braintree, Essex County, England, and settled in Cambridge, Mass., in 1632. With the first emigration from the Massachusetts Bay colony he went to Windsor, Conn., in 1635, and in that vicinity are many of his descendants. Ethan Allen, of Revolutionary fame, was the fifth in the line of descent from Samuel, through his second son, and the subject of this sketch is the eighth in deseent from Samuel, through his third son. Abel Allen, the great-grandfather of William H. H. Allen, came from Connecticut and settled in Surry, Cheshire County, N. H., about 1760, and died there in 1808. His grandfather, Abel, was born in Windsor, Conn., in 1756, and came to Surry with his father and lived there until

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he died, in 1837. His father, Joseph Allen, was born in that town in 1798. He lived there and worked upon his father's and other farms in the vicinity, availing himself of the limited advantages afforded by the public schools of that period and other means of education within his reach, until twenty-two years old, when he thought he had a call to preach, became a Meth- odist minister and coupled preaching in Surry and some other towns and farming together for a few years. In 1828 he removed to Winhall, a small town in Bennington County, Vt., bought a tract of rocky but productive land, erected a house and other buildings upon it, and divided his time between farming and preaching. It was on this farm that William H. H. Allen was born, on December 10, 1829. About 1832 his father sold the farm and took up preaching again in connection with farming.

From 1839 to 1844 he lived with his family at Hartland, Vt., farming and preaching. In the latter year he returned with his family to Surry and remained there, farming until his death, in June, 1877, at the age of seventy-nine years. He represented the town of Surry in the New Hampshire Legislature in 1857, held sev- eral town offices and was many years a justice of the peace. His wife, who survived him un- til March, 1880, was Lyna, daughter of the late Daniel Abbott, of Surry. By her he had ten children, five of whom are still living.

William H. H. Allen lived in his father's family, working upon farms and attending pub- lic schools a few months each year, until he was fifteen years old. From that time until he was nineteen he worked on farms summers, attend- ing academies at West Brattleboro and Saxton's River, Vt., and one term at Keene, N. H., falls, and teaching winters, until 1850. For a year and a half he was under the tutelage of Joseph Perry, of Keene, an accomplishad scholar and retired veteran teacher, and under his instruction completed his preparation for college. He en- tered Dartmouth College in 1851 and was grad- uated second in his class of fifty-one, Walbridge

A. Field being first in 1855. Among his class- mates were William S. Ladd, of Lancaster, N.H., an ex-judge of the Supreme Court of New Hampshire ; Nelson Dingley, of Lewiston, ex- Governor and now member of Congress from Maine; Walbridge A. Field, judge of the Su- preme Court of Massachusetts ; Greenleaf Clark, of St. Paul, ex-judge of the Supreme Court of Minnesota ; E. B. S. Sanborn, one of the New Hampshire railroad commissioners; Rev. Al- pheus Pike, D.D., now of Minnesota ; the late Frank Robinson, who was a prominent lawyer at Dubuque. Iowa ; Samuel R. Bond, a distin- guished lawyer of Washington, D. C .; and John K.' Valentine, of Philadelphia, United States district attorney for Pennsylvania.

Following his graduation, Mr. Allen was principal of a High School at Hopkinton, Mass., until November, 1856, when he returned to Surry and read law in the office of Wheeler & Faulkner, of Keene, about a year; then went to Perrysburg, Ohio, and was superintendent of schools there until the summer of 1858. He commenced reading law at Hopkinton, and de- voted his spare time to it there and at Perrys- burg. He returned to Surry, soon entered the law-office of Burke & Wait, at Newport, N. H., and was admitted to the bar at the Sep- tember term of court for Sullivan County, in 1858. By general request of the bar, he was appointed clerk of the courts for Sullivan County in November, 1858, to fill a vacancy caused by the resignation of the late Thomas W. Gilmore, and took up his residence at New- port. He continued in this position, trying many referee cases and doing much other bus- iness now done by the judges, until September, 1863, when he was appointed paymaster in the army, which position he held until December, 1865. He was stationed at Washington, D. C. and paid soldiers in the Army of the Potomac, until May, 1865, when he went to Philadel- phia and paid discharged Pennsylvania soldiers. When he was discharged from the service he settled his accounts with the government with-

408

201

333

713

864

1032

1079

1036

784

648

608

540

Langdon .

128

322

415

729

854

950

999

941

906

820

678

602

Newport

29.

150

157

442

554

780

1266

1427

1679

1913

1958

2020

2077

2163

2612

Plainfield.

August 14, 1761

112

275

308

580|1024

1435

1463

1460

1581

1552

1392

1620

1589

1372

Springfield .

Jannary 24, 1794

Proteetworth

195

267

355

447

603

637

795

787

778

808

897

Unity .

July 13, 1764 .

106

146

404

538

902

1044

1277

1258

1238

961

887

844

814

Washington .

. December 13, 1776 . Camden

132

163

474

545

819

820

992

1135

1103

1053

897

839

682

Total population of County .

816'2184 2546)2595 6259 9107 14537 15514 18523

19669

20340

19375

19041

18058 18162

483

704

1376

1523

1479

1401

1450

1251

1180

1050

982

Charlestown

334

590

594

892

968 1093

1364

1501

1702

1773

1722

1644

1758

1741

1586 4704

Cornish

133.

213

309

509

605

982

1268

1606

1701

1687

1726

1606

1520

1334

1157

Croydon.

143|

323

381

537

984

862

1060

1057

861

755

652

608

Goshen .

Grantham

New Grantham

. 8

244

484

632

654

667

615

575

478

411

364

Lempster .

157

423

523

.965 1435

1×89

2094

2290

2526

3217

3606

4026

4053

first called name :

CENSUS TABLE .- Tabulated statement, show- ing the movement of population of the several towns in Sullivan County at each census since 1767, inclusive, with dates of incorporation and

APPENDIX.

GENERAL HISTORY.

out difficulty, returned to his home in Newport, opened an office and commenced the practice of his profession, which he continued with a good degree of success, there and at Claremont, N. H., until 1876, when he was appointed to the Su- preme Court bench. He was appointed judge of Probate for Sullivan County in January, 1867, and held that office until July, 1874. During his term but three appeals were taken from his decisions, two of which were affirmed by the full beneh of the Supreme Court, and the other one was not prosecuted.

Judge Allen was appointed register in bankruptcy when the bankrupt law of 1867 went into effect, and held that office until 1876, when, by general request of the Sullivan County bar, he was appointed associate justice of the Supreme Court of New Hampshire, which po- sition he still occupies. His opinions will be found in the fifty-eighth and subsequent vol- umes of the " New Hampshire Law Reports." In all the positions to which Judge Allen has been called he has discharged their various and often difficult duties with fidelity and to gen- eral acceptance.

Anson Keyes, mentioned as a trader, should be lawyer. He is practicing law in the West. There is a " Farmers' Club " and the "Or- der of Good Templars " which have done effi- cient work in the cause of temperance.

TOWNS.

INCORPORATION.

FIRST CALLED NAME. 1767|1773|1775|1783 1786 1790| 1800

1810

1820

1830

1840

1850

1860

1870

1880

Acworth

September 19, 1766

429

383

563

687

772

956 779

659

576

507

511

127

210

570

814

967

1202

1252

1270

1021

781

731

Sunapee .

April 4, 1781 .

Saville .

Judge Allen removed from Newport to Clare- mont, N. H., in 1868, where he has sinee re- sided. In politics he has always been a Re- publican. He is a Unitarian in belief, but has latterly attended the Episcopal Church. He was first married, in 1856, to Ellen E., daugh- ter of John Joslin, of Surry, by whom he had nine children. Two died in infaney and the other seven are still living. His wife died in Claremont in June, 1873. In October, 1874, he married Sally S., daughter of the late Dr. John Sabine, of Strafford, Vt. By this mar- riage he has no children.

LEMPSTER.

Claremont

No. 4.

Dupplin

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APPENDIX.

GRANTHAM.

The first settlement on the west side of the mountain was made in 1761 or 1762, where Samuel Bean now lives.

The first settlers were John Thrasher, Rich- ard Coburn and his brother, John Merrill, Ez- ra Stowell, John Gove, Francis Newton and

three brothers, Samuel Bean, James Smith, Jo- seph Gleason, Captain Charles Scott, John Ea- ton, Wm. Moulton and Ezra Buswell.

Captain Ralph Thompson was an officer in the Revolutionary War.

The west side of the mountain was annexed to Plainfield in 1856, instead of 1858.

ERRATA TO GENERAL HISTORY OF CHESHIRE COUNTY.

Page 1, Chapter I., General History, should read " Willard Bill, Jr.," instead of " Willard Bill." Page 3, line 16, read "till" instead of "hill."

Page 6, line 29, read " Bullard " instead of " Ballard."

Page 7, lines 21-28, read "Lauson " Robertson instead of " Lanson " Robertson.

Page 9, paragraph 3, read "Peleg" Sprague instead of "Peter " Sprague.

Page 20, line 32, read J. " T." Abbott instead of J " P." Abbott.

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History of Cheshire and Sullivan counties, New Hampshire, Part 155

Author: Hurd, D. Hamilton (Duane Hamilton) Publication date: 1886 Publisher: Philadelphia : J. W. Lewis Number of Pages: 1200

Author: Hurd, D. Hamilton (Duane Hamilton)
Publication date: 1886
Publisher: Philadelphia : J. W. Lewis
Number of Pages: 1200