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JOHN WEBSTER, A. M., Congregationalist, son of Col. John and Hannah Porter (Hobbs) Webster, born Mar. 13, 1754; graduated at Dartmouth College, 1778; studied for the ministry and preached for a time; took up farming in Canada and afterwards in Franklin, Vt .; died at Franklin, Vt., Jan. 7, 1838.
JOSIAH WEBSTER, A. M., Congregationalist, son of Nathan and Elizabeth (Clifford) Webster, born Jan. 16, 1772; fitted for college by Rev. Jesse Remington of Candia, Rev. Elihu Thayer, D. D., of Kingston, and at Atkinson Academy; graduated at Dartmouth College, 1798; studied for the ministry with Rev. Stephen Peabody of At- kinson; licensed to preach at Plaistow; ordained pastor of the Fourth Church of Ipswich (now Essex), Mass., Nov. 13, 1799; pastor at Hampton; died there as pastor, Mar. 27, 1837.
Author : Mystery of Godliness, Installation Sermon of Rev. John Lord at Thomaston, Me., 1809. Ordination Sermon of Rev. Joseph W. Dow at Tyringham, Mass., 1811. Thanksgiving Sermon at Newbury- port, Mass., 1812. Sermon before the General Association at Haverhill, Mass., 1819. Ordination Sermon of Rev. John C. Webster at New- buryport, Mass., Mar. 15, 1837.
CHESTER JAMES WILCOMB, A. M. [See Teachers].
CHAPTER VI.
MILITARY HISTORY
According to the History of Old Chester, as gleaned from the Adjutant General's Report, there were 254 men from Chester who served from 1775 to 1782; 105 men who served from 1812 to 1814, one, George W. Wilcomb, served in the Mexican War in 1845, and one, Charles E. Cooke, in the Spanish War in 1898.
Chester furnished 135 men in the Civil War, 1861 to 1865, and 22 served in the World War, 1917-1918.
1775.
Simon Merrill.
William Shannon.
Joseph Smith.
Samuel Brown.
James Gross.
Peter Severance.
Samuel Morse.
Reuben Sanborn.
Josiah Morse, Jr.
Joseph Spillad
David Currier.
John Lane, Jr.
Simon Norton.
Capt. Joseph Dearborn. Lt. David Wetherspoon. Jeremiah Richardson. Thomas Wells. Anthony Towle. John Knowles, Jr.
1776.
William Moore. William Leatch.
Samuel Webster. Jeremiah Towle.
Samuel Dinsmore.
Gideon Currier.
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John Wason. Obadiah Hall. James Aiken. Joseph Linn. Moses McFarland.
James McFarland.
James Wilson.
Asa Dearborn.
John Vance.
Josiah Forsaith.
David Underhill.
Nathaniel Blasdel.
Dearborn Heath.
James Sharley [Shirley ?].
John Berry. Samuel Pierce.
William Wilson.
Jonathan Underhill.
Benjamin Haseltine.
John Shirley.
James Hazard.
Richard Hall.
Peter Haselton.
1777.
John Patten. James Presby.
Jacob Chase.
William Towle.
James Richardson.
Moses Webster.
Isaac Blasdel.
Joseph Rollins.
John Knowles.
Wilks West.
David Hall.
Nathan Fitts.
John Dearborn
Edward Robie. Stephen Hill.
Capt. Joseph Dearborn.
Corp. Ephraim Fitts. Benjamin Currier. William Mills.
John Emerson.
Joseph Knowles.
Robert Runnels. John Wilson. Benjamin Haselton.
Nathan Fitts. John Dearborn. Edward Robie. Stephen Hill.
Sergt. Jabesh Holt. Benjamin True. John Lane. Asa Dearborn. James Pierce.
Samuel Hills. Jacob Elliot. David Patten. Benjamin Haseltine. Amos Kimball. Benjamin Fuller. William Brown. John Elliott. James Hazard. Samuel Haselton. Josiah Flagg. Moses Haselton. Robert Wilson. Andrew Aiken. David Currier. Josiah Gordon. Robert Dinsmore. John Underhill. Nathaniel Griffin. Moses Webster, Jr. Samuel Robie.
Josiah Wells. Moses Hills. Benjamin Hall.
James Bell. Hugh McDuffee.
Joseph Hills, Jr.
John McClellan.
Col. Jolın Webster. Lt. Ezekiel Worthen. Isaac Blasdel. Peter Severance.
Lt. Samuel Haselton.
Jeremiah Conner. Jonathan Dearborn.
William Moore.
Joseph Presby. Simon Towle.
Jacob Hills.
Bracket Towle. David Mills. Josiah Dearborn.
Capt. Stephen Dearborn. Lt. John Lane. Ebenezer Dearborn. Joseph Brown. Sherburne Dearborn.
Bracket Towle. David Underhill.
Daniel Allen. Josiah Hall. Simon Towle. James McFarland. Joseph White.
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Corp. William Moore.
Samuel Robie. Isaac Blasdel. Moses Webster. Paul Healey.
Corp. James Hazzard. Dearborn Heath. Samuel Robie, Jr. Samuel Shannon. Nathaniel Griffin.
Thomas Whittaker.
Jacob Elliot.
Samuel Hoit.
Enos Jewell.
Jeremiah Griffin.
Timothy Clay.
Samuel Nay.
1780.
Jonathan Wilson.
William Moore.
Benjamin True.
Samuel Walker.
John Knowles.
John Brown.
Robert Runnels.
Isaac Blasdell.
Moses Webster.
John Aiken.
James Russ.
Sergt. Jonathan Burrow.
Charles Hanson.
Jedediah Knock.
Samuel Aiken.
Barnard Merrill.
Jonathan Rankin.
Daniel Shirley.
Samuel Wells.
Samuel Holt.
William Moore.
Stephen Lufkin.
Robert Hastins.
Reuben Hall.
George Cooper.
James Aiken.
Jeremiah Towle.
Henry True.
John McClennen.
Jonathan Knock.
Thomas Shronder.
James Thompson.
Josiah Wells.
Thomas Wells.
William White.
John Barry.
Ebenezer Barry.
John Lane.
William Furnald.
Samuel Dalton.
Jonathan Forsaith.
John Vance.
Bartholomew Stevens.
1781.
Sergt. Parker Morse.
William Moer. John Spiller.
Daniel Sharle.
Joseph Bown.
Caleb Richardson.
Benjamin True, Jr.
Theodore Morse.
Gilbert Morse.
Stephen Keyes.
Richard Flood.
Joseph Davis.
Valentine Sargent.
Samuel Houston.
Samuel Richardson.
Samuel Robie.
Moses Webster.
Daniel Parker.
Reuben Towle.
Thomas Wells.
George Mansfield.
George Cooper.
Samuel Holt. Peter Wells.
Samuel Hoit.
Peter Mills.
Enos Jewell.
Jonathan Conant.
William Garrison.
Robert Sharle.
Charles Mann.
1782. Reuben Stickney. Daniel Clay.
John Worth. Joseph Tucker.
1778.
I779.
Timothy Ingalls. Thomas Wells. George Cooper. Samuel Wells.
Joseph Davis.
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Edward Hamilton. Thomas Dolloff. William Batchelder. Daniel Doyne. Andrew Nelson. David Shirley.
1812.
Jonathan Currier. Josiah Sanborn. John Colby. Ebenezer Blasdell. Joseph Neal.
Josiah Moore. Moses Underhill, Jr.
Nathan Webster. Nathaniel Griffin.
1814.
Sergt. Jonathan Morrill. Corp. Samuel Lane. Corp. James Wilcomb. Orlando Spofford. John Davis.
John Hall.
William Greenough.
Ebenezer Wilcomb.
David Murry.
Samuel Lane, Jr.
Benjamin Preston.
John Dolby.
William Dearborn.
Peter M. Mills.
Daniel McDuffee.
L. H. Seavey.
Theodore Jewett.
Benjamin Mills.
Nathan Webster.
John Wilson. Israel Blake.
Stephen J. Worthen, Jr. John Chase. Samuel Thompson.
Joseph Brown.
Joshua Martin, Jr.
David Morrill.
John Shirley. John Butler. Daniel Ball.
Robert Wilson.
Jeremiah Rand, Jr.
Jonathan Norton.
Robert Mills. Henry West.
Reuben Dinsmore. Mathew Dickey. John Seavey.
Abraham Brown. Moses Basford. Ebenezer Currier. William Hall. Robert H. Hill. John Knock.
Josiah Forsaith. David Dolbier. Bradbury Moody Carr. Abner Blasdell. Samuel Davis.
John Crawford. Henry Moore. Benjamin Currier, Jr. John Dunlap. William Griffin.
Lt. Samuel Aiken, Jr. Sergt. William Stanwood. Sergt. Jonathan Morrill. Corp. James Wilcomb. Jonathan Ball.
Andrew Buntin. David Brown 3d.
John Brown 3d. Jonathan S. Brown. Ebenezer Brown. Joseph Calfe. Moses Chase. Zaccheus Colby.
Joseph Cressy. James Dinsmore.
Corp. John Dinsmore.
William Greenough. Corp. True C. Graves. Henry Hall. John Johnson. Amos Kimball.
Charles Marston.
Thomas Montgomery. Peter Niel. Jacob Randall. John P. Rowell. Orlando Spofford. John Seavey. John Wilson 3d. Stephen Worthen, Jr. Lt. Moses Hazelton 3d. Sergt. James Severance. Corp. James C. Rand. John Brown. Joseph Chase, Jr. Daniel Carr. Nehemiah Clay. David Emerson.
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Capt. Samuel Aiken, Jr.
James Calfe.
Sergt. William Aiken.
Mead R. Underhill.
Sergt. Jabez Crooker. John Hosden.
Ens. William Stanwood.
John A. Otterson.
ROLL OF NATIVES OR RESIDENTS OF CHESTER WHO SERVED IN NEW HAMPSHIRE REGIMENTS DURING THE CIVIL WAR.
Abbreviations used : com., commissioned; disch. dis., discharged for disability; re-e., re-enlisted; pro., promoted; k., killed; d., died; w'd., wounded; trans., transferred; des., deserted.
First Regiment, Three Months-Mustered in May '61. Co. A. * Louis Bell, Capt.
Second Regiment, Three Years-Mustered in June, '61 Co.
C, *Andrew Nichols, w. Gettysburg, July, '63; d. Andersonville, June, '64.
C, Charles J. Rand, disch. dis., Aug., '61, re-enlisted.
E, Arthur T. Learnard, Corp., disch. dis., Aug, '61.
E, George L. Brown, pro. Corp., mustered out June, '64.
E, Aaron Everett, disch. dis., Feb., '63.
E, *Joseph Everett, disch. dis., Aug., '61, re-enlisted.
E, Joseph R. Morse, disch. dis., Aug., '62.
E, Josiah D. Morse, disch. dis., Aug., '61, re-enlisted.
K, James Buchanan, disch. dis., June, '62, re-enlisted.
K, Joseph Dane, disch. dis., March, '62.
Third Regiment, Three Years .- Mustered in August, '61.
B, Edwin Jones, disch. dis., Aug., '62.
B, Charles A. Dearborn, disch. dis., May, '62.
B, *Charles H. Weymouth, w'd Feb., '65, d. April, '65.
B, Converse L. Weymouth, w'd severely, disch. dis., Jan., '65.
B. John L. Blaisdel, Corp., re-e. Feb., '64, w'd May, '64, disch. dis., '65. K, Lloyd G. Gale, pro. Corp. May, '63, w'd May, '64, disch. Aug., '64. K, James Gerah, w'd June, '62, disch. dis., Dec., '62.
K, *Alphonso P. R. Smith, re-en. Feb., '64, k. May, '64.
Fourth Regiment, Three Years .- Mustered in Sept., '61.
*Louis Bell, Lt. Col., Col. and Brevet Brig. General., killed at Fort Fisher, N. C., Jany. 15, 1865.
C, *Charles L. Seavey, disch. dis., Nov., '61.
I, Franklin A. Brown, Corp., disch. dis., July, 1862.
K, Stickney S. Gale, Corp., re-e. Feb., '64; disch. dis., Sept. 2, '65. Fifth Regiment, Three Years .- Mustered in October, '61.
A, David J. Dearborn, Corp., w'd June, '62, disch. dis., Sept., '62. I, *Joseph W. Hazelton, disch. dis., July, '64.
Sixth Regiment, Three Years .- Mustered in Nov., '61.
C, *William M. Locke, re-e., Dec., '63, pro. Corp., d., Aug., '64. Seventh Regiment, Three Years .- Mustered in Dec., '61.
A, *Henry D. Davis, re-e. Feb., 1864, pro. Corp., w'd Oct., '64. d. of wounds, Dec., '64.
D, *Alonzo A. Busher, captd. Mar., '63, exch. June, '63, k. in July, '63.
D, *Page R. Smith, disch. dis., Sept., '63.
D, Cyrus E. Roberts, disch. dis., Feb., '62, re-enlisted.
D, *Harrison Sanborn, Corp., died disease Feb., '62.
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D, *Robert Wason, died Jan., '62.
I, William G. Brown, appt. Hospital Steward Dec., '61, disch. dis., Dec., '64, died July, '65.
Eighth Regiment, Three Years .- Mustered in Dec., '61.
A, James M. M. Elliott, disch. dis., May, '62, re-en.
F, *Joseph Everett, Corp., Dec., '61, pro. Ist Serg. Jan., '63, k. Pt. Hudson, La., May, '63.
F, Charles H. Kent, trans. to V. R. Corps, May, '64.
F, Samuel C. McDuffee, disch. dis., Dec., '63.
F, John Robinson, disch. dis., Feb., '63.
F, Josiah D. Morse, Sergt., w'd. Oct., '62 and June, '63. Ninth Regiment, Three Years .- Mustered in Aug., ,62.
A, James A. Cole.
Eleventh Regiment, Three Years .- Mustered in Sept., '62.
A, Nelson Gillingham.
B, James Buchanan, trans. to I. C., Mar., '64, disch. Aug., '65.
I, John Underhill, Serg., w'd Dec., '62, disch. dis., March, '63, re-en.
I, Daniel S. West, Corp., w'd severely May, '64, disch. May, '65.
I, William E. C. Coolidge.
I, James M. M. Elliott.
I, *Warren J. Hills, k. at Petersburg, Va., July, '64.
I, Dudley J. Marston, w'd Dec., 1862.
I, Cyrus E. Roberts, trans. to I. C., Sept., '63.
I, Thomas O. Reynolds.
I, Edmund T. Robie, des., June, '64.
I, Sewall W. Tenney, w'd Dec., '62, disch. dis., April, '63.
I, *Charles S. Wells, died disease, Nov., '62.
I, Stephen D. Underhill, w'd May, '64, disch. June, '65.
I, Nathaniel West, Jr. Fourteenth Regiment, Three Ycars .- Mustered in Oct., '62.
C. * Franklin C. Weeks, Asst. Surg., Sept., '62, died disease, Mar., '64. Fifteenth Regiment, Nine Months .- Mustered in Nov., '62. K, D. LeRoy Sanborn.
Wallace T. Larkin, 2d Lieut., Nov., '62, disch. to accept promotion, Aug., '63.
K, K, Luther C. Stevens, Sergt., re-enlisted.
K, Albert F. B. Edwards, Corp., re-enlisted.
K, John A. Hazelton, Corp.
K, Marston L. Brown.
K, *Milton S. Brown, died disease, July, 1863.
K, *Henry N. Brown, died disease, Aug., '63.
K, Emerson H. Childs.
K, David F. Clay.
K, *John S. Currier, died disease, July, 1863.
K, David C. French.
K, Matthew Forsaith.
K, George M. D. Mead, disch. Aug. 13, '63.
K, Samuel V. Osgood, re-enlisted.
K, Benj. F. Spofford.
K, John W. West, 2d, re-enlisted.
Sixteenth Regiment, Nine Months .- Mustered in Dec., '62.
E, Harrison A. Jack.
Eighteenth Regiment, Three Years .- Mustered in Sept., '64 to Apl., '65 D, William S. Greenough, Capt., com. Sept., '64, w'd April, '65.
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D, John Underhill, 2d Lieut., com. Sept., 1864.
D, Albert F. B. Edwards, Corp., pro. to Sergt.
D, Perley C. Ingalls, Wagoner.
D, Richard H. Currier.
D, Samuel V. Osgood, pro. Corp.
D, George S. Smith, pro. Corp.
D, Francis Savoie.
D, Isaac F. Underhill, pro. Corp.
D, *Albert Wason, died, disease at City Point, Oct., 1864.
H, Charles B. Robie.
H, Silas F. Learnard, Capt., com. Feb., '65, pro. Major, July, '65.
H, Cyrus S. Dolloff, Sergt.
H, Augustus P. Greenough, Sergt.
H, John T. Lovett, Corp.
H, Joseph R. Morse, Musician.
H, Ephraim Nichols, Wagoner.
H, Samuel S. Adams, pro. Corp.
H, Willard E. Colburn.
H, *Albert B. Goldsmith, died disease, Concord, Feb., '65.
H, *Henry H. Hook, died disease, Concord, Feb., '65.
H, Richard C. Lawrence, pro. Corp.
H, Fred D. Morse.
H, William B. Robie.
H, William H. Underhill.
H, Benj. F. Underhill.
First Light Battery, Three Years .- Mustered in Sept., '61.
Frederick Spollett.
Charles J. Rand.
First Regiment Cavalry .- Mustered in July, '64.
A, Mark Carr, w'd June, '64, disch. wds. March, '65. G, Edward J. Robie, Bugler.
First Regiment Heavy Artillery, One Year .- Mustered in Sept., '64.
C, Joseph Warren Chase.
K, Charles P. Abbott, appointed Artificer, Sept., 1864.
K, Jacob J. Elliott.
K, John W. Hazeltine.
K, Cyrus F. Marston.
K, George H. McDuffee.
K, George F. Tebbetts.
K, Charles F. True.
K, Elbridge Wason.
K, Charles H. West, Corp.
K, Clement A. West.
K, John W. West, 2d. Corp.
K, George W. Wilcomb.
L, Luther C. Stevens, appointed Artificer, Apl., '65.
Second Regiment Sharpshooters, Three Years .- Mustered in Nov., '61.
F, Silas W. Tenney, disch. dis. June, '62.
NATIVES OR RESIDENTS WHO SERVED IN OTHER THAN NEW HAMP- SHIRE REGIMENTS.
George Bell, son of U. S. Senator Samuel Bell, died soon after return Sept. 2, '64.
John Bell, brother of above, Surgeon 5th U. S. Cavalry.
*Luther V. Bell, brother of above, Surgeon IIth Mass. Volunteers,
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Brigade Surgeon and Medical Director, Hooker's Brigade, died Feby. 12, '62, at Budd's Ferry, Va.
William A. Brown, Co. B, 6Ist Mass. Infantry.
Oliver Dunavan, Navy, U. S. S. Ohio, South Carolina and Niagara.
Franklin A. Morse, Navy, U. S. S. Ohio, Benton, and St. Clair.
Daniel Osgood, Co. F, 14th Mass. Infantry.
Samuel S. Parker, Co. B, 6Ist Mass. Infantry.
Malcomb W. Tewksbury, Capt. Co. C, 104th Illinois.
Moses J. Wilcomb, Navy, U. S. S. Ohio and Tioga.
*Died in the service.
SPANISH WAR VETERAN. Charles E. Cook.
WORLD WAR VETERANS.
*Corp. James M. Forsaith.
*Emerson P. Maple.
+Howard F. West.
+William A. Holland.
Percy S. Stowe.
Howard A. Woodward.
Leroy S. Woodward.
Bert Cammett.
Walter S. Brown.
Frederick G. Bartlett.
Walter W. Maguire.
James Maguire.
Charles C. Warren.
Clifford E. Richardson.
Hartwell H. Roberts.
Walter E. Holmes.
Wayland J. Berry.
Raymond Kourian.
Clarence H. McCully.
Allen J. Parker.
Victor B. Spollett.
Hans A. Hanson.
RED CROSS NURSE. Miss Lillian S. Mackintosh.
*Killed in action. +Died in camp.
BELL POST NO. 74.
Bell Post No. 74, G. A. R. was organized in Chester in Dec., 1883, with twelve charter members as follows :
Cyrus F. Marston.
Silas F. Learnard.
Joseph W. Chase.
Joseph Dane.
John A. Hazelton.
Samuel S. Parker.
John Underhill. Calvin Abbott.
Charles H. Kent.
Oliver G. Sanborn.
Edwin Jones. A. W. Ballou.
Eighty-eight members have been enrolled. At the present time the membership is reduced to nine. The only charter member living is Cyrus F. Marston. Isaac N. A. Mckay is the Commander.
In 1894 Albert F. B. Edwards, now commander of the Sons of Veterans, was transferred from the Joe Hooker Post of Raymond and Charles F. True, the present chaplain was transferred from the same Post in 1903.
The Louis Bell Post of Manchester was named for Louis Bell, a native of Chester who fell at Fort Fisher, N. C., but the Post in Chester took its name from the noted Bell family for many years prominent in the town. Bell Post, No. 74, has been reputed to be one of the banner Posts in New Hampshire.
Although advanced in years and few in numbers our members are zealous in carrying on the work of the Grand Army of the Republic- one of the most patriotic organiations in America.
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· Brown, Gilman E., Edwards, Albert F. B., Noyes, Carlos W., Marston, Cyrus F.,
MEMBERS, 1925.
McKay, Isaac N. A.,
Robie, Edward J., True, Charles F.,
BELL WOMAN'S RELIEF CORPS, NO. 78.
Bell W. R. C., No. 78, auxiliary to Bell Post, No. 74, G. A. R., was organized in Chester Jan. 22, 1894 by Fannie E. Minot, Depart- ment President and her staff of Concord with thirty charter members. Over one hundred women have been enrolled. Some have been trans- ferred and discharged while forty have been called from labor to reward.
In 1909 it was decided to build a hall for Bell Post and Relief Corps. The Hall was completed in 1911 and we have become in- corporated as the G. A. R. and W. R. C. Association of Chester. The last payment was made in 1917 and the organizations now own their headquarters.
One of our Past Presidents, Orissa C. Sargent, held the office of treasurer for twenty years and Past President Sarah J. True held the office of secretary for eighteen years.
In 1904 the W. R. C. contributed largely towards the erection of the Soldier's Monument and the members have endeavored to prove themselves worthy to be called the true auxiliary of the Grand Army of the Republic. The President is Bertha E. McCully, and the Secretary Sarah J. True.
MEMBERS, 1925.
Allen, Ella McCully,
McCully, Bertha E.,
Ballou, Nellie H.,
McKay, Lurana,
Davis, Frances L.,
Merrill, Mary E.,
Dolber, Sarah E.,
Morse, Nellie M.,
Edwards, Hattie M.
Noyes, Bertha S.,
Emerson, Luzetta S.,
Parker, Ellen A.,
Follansbee, Ann Augusta,
Robinson, Edna J.,
Gerah, Josephine M.,
Smith, May L.,
Green, Lilla B.,
Southwick, Rose,
Hardy, Abbie S.,
Spollett, Sadie L.,
Hazelton, Jennie P.,
Stowe, Jennie May,
Healey, Pearle B.,
Tappan, Edith H.,
Heath, Jennie A.,
True, Sarah J.,
Hills, Edith F.,
Warren, Orpha A.,
Hook, Helen L.,
Wescott, Carrie Chase,
Jack, Jessie A.,
West, Ida May,
Latham, Laura E.,
Whittemore, Josephine S.,
Mackintosh, Marilla,
CHESTER MILITIA FROM 1842 To 1850.
A record of Co. F, 3d Brigade, 2d Division, 17th Regiment New Hampshire Militia from a reccord book found in his attic by Albert F. B. Edwards, a Civil War veteran and Chairman of the Committee on the erection of the memorial tablet dedicated to the Spanish and World War veterans on the Two Hundredth Anniversary of Chester, Aug. 27-29, 1922.
The first captain of the Militia was Amos Hazelton and the first clerk was Richard B. Morse. Besides these officers there were, a lieutenant, an ensign, four sergeants and seven musicians.
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The company had 42 muskets, a drum and fife. Each year they met in May at A. G. Quigg's hall to elect officers. Training days came in September.
Mr. Edwards remembers seeing the company parade on Chester street. His father, S. W. Edwards, was one of the fifers, B. P. Robie played the bass drum and Asa Robie the snare drum.
Other officers elected in later years were: captain, John S. Couch ; clerks, Alfred S. Dearborn, Jethro Sleeper, Henry C. Sullivan, James R. Gordon, Amos Hazelton, George W. Weeks, Benjamin Davison and William P. W. Whittemore.
Whenever a Regimental drill or parade was ordered the companies were notified to meet in Candia or Raymond at 5.30 A. M., armed and equipped as the law directs for military duty.
Those who belonged to this company were :-
George W. Weeks,
Graham Hall,
Lucien Kent,
Jason Spofford,
John L. Elliott,
James R. Gordon,
William Copps,
James Leach,
Richard Hall,
Amherst Emery,
Matthew Forsaith,
Ephraim Hall,
Henry C. Sullivan,
William H. Ray,
J. Dearborn Morse, James Leach,
Nathan S. Morse,
Joseph Robinson,
Lewis Currier,
Isaac L. Seavey,
Amos Ball,
Samuel S. McDuffie,
John P. Robie,
Jacob S. Couch,
Moses G. Underhill,
Joseph L. P. Colby,
David Welch,
Charles P. Kent,
Daniel Hills,
John Underhill, John Haselton,
Luther C. Stevens,
Samuel P. Robie,
Samuel Adams,
John Whittemore,
Warren D. Lovering,
Dan O. Boles,
John C. Meade,
George H. Floyd,
Luther C. True,
John Chase, Jacob Whittemore,
William Rand,
George S. Poor, Thomas Hall, Asa K. Poor,
Wesley Poor,
Franklin Ingalls,
William A. Moore,
Daniel Tilton, Amos Hazelton,
Richard B. Morse,
Isaac B. Standish,
Lyman Furber,
James M. M. Elliott,
James M. Kent,
James B. Kent,
Joseph Morse,
Silas F. Learnard,
Benaiah Tabor,
Isaac Randall,
John P. Richards,
J. N. Hazelton, Richard Hall, John Carr, Daniel Clay,
Samuel Carr, James D. Bell,
Elisha Emery,
John Lufkin,
Thomas S. Morse,
John Sargent,
Moses Webster,
David S. Chase,
Thomas Montgomery,
George Cammett,
Samuel Shackford,
Samuel Currier,
Charles P. Emery,
John Kimball,
William P. Phillips,
William Shirley,
Hezekiah Hazelton,
Ezra Willett,
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Daniel H. Bixby, Pike Chase, Hugh Cochran, Rufus Forsaith, William Tenney,
Edward F. French, Jonathan G. Emery, David Seavey,
William Mills,
Flagg T. Underhill.
CHAPTER VII.
THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF CHESTER.
In the History of Old Chester, published in 1869 we find a full account of the schools from the earliest times. The twelfth chapter, which is wholly devoted to schools, opens with a transcription of the ancient Puritan order, issued in 1647 :
"It being one chief point of that old deluder, Satan, "to keep men from the knowledge of the Scriptures,
"that the true sense and meaning of the original might "be clouded by false glosses of saint-seeming deceivers; "that learning may not be buried in the grave of our "fathers, . . the Lord assisting our endeavors :- "It is therefore ordered, that every township in the "jurisdiction, after the Lord hath increased them to the "number of fifty householders, shall then forthwith ap- "point one within their town to teach all children as "shall resort to him, to write and read, whose wages shall "be paid either by the parents or masters of such; or by "the inhabitants in general,
"And it is further ordered, that where any town shall "increase to the number of one hundred families, or house- "holders, they shall set up a grammar school, the master "thereof being able to instruct youth so far as they may "be fitted for the University.
Mr. Chase's account of the schools during the years included in his history is most interesting, and will repay one's reading. One very attractive portion of Chapter twelve is the description furnished by an old-timer, Samuel Chase of Portland, born in 1780. He gives a picture of the school which he attended (one situated in what is now the Long Meadows district), and he adds that it would be a pretty fair description of any one of the early schools. School children of to-day might well become acquainted with the school conditions of their ancestors. They would of a certainty come to the conclusion that forces are at work unseen to make the modern conditions pleasanter and easier for the pupils than when the boys and girls of long ago put up with such hardships as we read about in the following paragraph :
"The house was fifteen by sixteen feet ; the door "opened into the room, and was furnished with a wooden latch and
"string. There were at first three windows of nine panes each.
"At first there were, on a part of three sides, writing benches, "composed of planks some fifteen or eighteen inches wide, one "edge supported against the walls of the house, the other by "legs inserted into auger holes. For seats slabs with legs were "used. The writers, of course, sat with the backs to the teacher. "Inside of the writers' seats were similar ones for the smaller "urchins. The 'Master' had a chair and a pine table in the cen- "ter, and 'Master Russell' swayed a scepter in the form of a
"hickory switch long enough to reach every scholar in the house.
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"There was a brick chimney with a wooden mantelpiece, in one "corner of the house, which so far counteracted the laws of "nature that the smoke came down into the house instead of ris- "ing. Green wood was used, which was out in the snow until "wanted, so that it took a considerable part of the forenoon "before the house was warm, the scholars meanwhile rubbing their "eyes on account of the smoke. By this time the mantelpiece is "on fire, and someone must get snow and quench it."
There were at one time (before the division of the original town- ship) about 21 different districts. When Chester was brought down to the final compass, there were even then a larger number of districts than at present. The number of families to each outlying district was probably greater than now: certainly the number of children to a family must have averaged greater than at the present time.
One of our schools has long been a landmark, probably ever since its erection in 1835 and 6. I refer to the Brick Schoolhouse on Chester Street. Many times in attempting to tell persons who inquired as to the whereabouts of my native town, I have been suddenly asked : "Oh, is it where that little square red schoolhouse is? We've autoed by there !" The little red brick schoolhouse should be preserved with care. It would be a great pity to have it look neglected, as it adds a very charming bit to the scenery of Chester.
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