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1764. Raymond set off from Chester and incorporated, May 9.
1766. Standard weights and measures obtained at a cost of £6-£20 old tenor being equal to fi lawful money.
1769. Rockingham County established, Apr. 29.
1770. The Congregational Parish "Voted to have Doct. Watt's Psalms and Hymns sung in this congregation in the future," Oct. 12.
Constables appointed to prevent young people from being out late at night.
1771. Corn nearly large enough to weed cut down by the frost, June I. Chester indicted for having more than 100 families and no Grammar School and the selectmen, Andrew Jack, Nathan Webster and John Robie were fined fro and costs of £12:12:4 which was paid by the town, Sept.
1772. Rev. Ebenezer Flagg gave land to build a new Congregational meeting house upon, Oct. 15 and the parish voted to build a house 60 x 45 feet of suitable height with a steeple and porch, Oct. 16.
1773. The new meeting house was built.
Rebecca Bailey, wife of Silas Tenney, was born May 13. She lived to be 99 years, 10 months old.
1775. Committee of inspection or safety chosen by the town, Jan. 23. Voted to raise fifty men to be ready to go against any enemy that shall invade us, Apr. 13.
An alarm about the report of the battle of Lexington on Apr. 19. Chester people heard that the British were in the neighborhood, killing all before them. Population of Chester, 1,599.
1776. Road to Martin's Ferry (through the land of several persons named Martin) laid out.
Two hundred twenty-six men signed the Association Test in Chester. 1777. 339 polls in Chester. Line between Chester and Raymond settled.
1778. Smallpox in the family of Dr. Benjamin Page. An old shop moved to the parsonage lot in the South woods and the sick persons taken there.
1779. The town "Voted, That those persons that are gon into the Continental Servis for three years or Longer for this town, theyr famelyes Shall be Supplied with Such Nesicaries of Life as they Need," Jan. 26.
Committee of Safety, Matthew Forsaith, Joseph Lynn, Capt. Benjamin Currier, Lt. John S. Dearborn, Lt. Jabez Hoit.
1880. The famous Dark Day, May 19.
1781. Rev. Ebenezer Flagg received 8,000 continental dollars in full for his salary for the year past.
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1781. Henry West, seventh son of Wilkes West, famous for curing the king's evil, was born Sept. 5.
A silver dollar worth 75 cts. in paper money.
1782. Capt. Pierson Richardson agreed to deliver 20 cords of wood to Mr. Flagg for $28.
1783. Much rejoicing in this year over the news of peace with England. Two hundred and fifty-four men had been furnished by Chester to serve in the Revolutionary War.
Houses were first papered. Great frost, Aug. 10.
1784. Capt. John Underhill elected a member of the Council to form a State Constitution for New Hampshire.
1785. Benjamin Pike Chase made hogshead hoops shaved fit to set and delivered them in Newburyport for $10 per 1,000.
1786. Presbyterian meeting house built at the Long Meadows.
Many wolves seen in Chester, Feb. and Mar.
1787. Tappan Webster built the Orcutt house.
1788. A bell weighing about 600 pounds raised in the Presbyterian meeting house, June 12.
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First National election held in Chester Dec. 15, to choose representatives Congress and electors for a President and Vice-President of the United States.
1789. The town voted to "vendue" the poor to the lowest bidder.
1790. Population of Chester 1,902.
Only 75 postoffices in the United States.
1791. Joseph Blanchard, Esq., chosen to set in Convention to revise the Constitution.
1792. New Hampshire adopted an amended constitution, Sept. 6. The title of chief magistrate was changed from President to Governor.
Tolls first taken at McGregor's Bridge, spanning the Merrimack river, October. Joseph Robinson grafted the first orchard in Chester.
1793. Edmund Webster appointed the first postmaster in Chester. His office was located in the Chester Tavern.
The Chester Social Library opened, June 9.
1794. Presbyterian meeting house dedicated at the Long Meadows, Jan. I.
William J. and John Folsom began the manufacture of cut nails in Chester.
1795. Rev. David Annan became pastor of the Presbyterian Church at Long Meadow.
1796. Lord Timothy Dexter removed to Chester and resided on Chester street in a house now owned by Amos Tuck French.
1797. Money began to be computed in dollars and cents.
1798. Lord Timothy Dexter offered to pave Chester street provided the town would vote to call it Dexter street. The town refused the offer almost unanimously, on account of his eccentricities.
A big muster held on Benjamin Brown's field. Gov. John Taylor Gilman reviewed the 17th Regiment.
1799. Hon. Daniel French, distinguished lawyer, came to Chester from Deerfield Parade, succeeding Hon. Arthur Livermore.
1800. Memorial services in honor of George Washington were held in Chester, Feb. 22.
Probate Court held in Chester from 1800 to 1874.
1801. The earliest tax-list on the records of the Congregational Church s found.
Prominent citizens erected an Academy which was finished, Oct. 15. 1802. A Freewill Baptist Society organized in Chester.
1803. The Reverend Zaccheus Colby of the Presbyterian Church (Au- burn) ordained, the society having been without a minister for 24 years. John Bell, Jr., elected State Senator.
Voted to sell the old church bell and purchase a new one. Tower clock placed on the church at cost of $100, but kept very poor time.
1804. Last bear killed in town this year.
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Decided not to buy a new bell for the church, but to have the old bell recast.
Voted at the town meeting to build the stone pound.
1805. Chester Turnpike built. Dutch plow introduced.
Samuel Bell elected Speaker of the New Hampshire House of Repre- sentatives.
1806. Town voted to pay bounty of 12c for killing crows.
Daniel French appointed Attorney General of New Hampshire.
1807. An act having been passed for furnishing soldiers with rations muster day, the bill this year was $63.26.
Daniel French appointed Postmaster, and held office until 1839.
1808. Tornado in June blew down the barn of Wells Chase, while he and his granddaughter were milking; both escaped with little injury.
Daniel French appointed County Solicitor.
1809. Famous cold Friday, January 19. Northwest gale, which blew down a great deal of lumber.
Jonathan Hall died, aged 93.
1810. First sling for shoeing oxen in use. First flour purchased.
18II. First one-horse wagon in Chester, owned by Deacon Walter Morse. It was a rough and heavy vehicle, body on axle-trees, without thorough braces or springs.
1812. Chester furnished 105 men for the War of 1812.
Daniel French appointed Attorney General for New Hampshire.
1814. Amos Kent elected State Senator.
Moral Reform Society formed for the purpose of restraining profanity, Sabbath breaking, and intemperance.
Draft made for men to defend Portsmouth Harbor.
1815. News of Peace February 14. President appointed April 13 day of Public Thanksgiving, which was same day the Governor appointed for Fast Day. Procession marched to church, and the Reverend Mr. Bradstreet delivered discourse from the text: Psalm 120:7, "I am for peace."
1816. Coldest summer ever known. Frosts and drought. Very little raised on the farms. First elephant exhibited in Chester.
Senator Samuel Bell appointed Judge of Supreme Court.
William M. Richardson appointed Chief Justice of the Superior Court, and served until 1838.
Rates of Postage : 30 miles, 6c; 400 miles, 25c; double letters, or two sheets, double rates.
1817. Abigail Craig, widow of Senator David Craig, died at the age of 104 years.
In October a brigade muster took place at the upper end of town. Voted to give the non-commissioned officers, musicians, and privates 34 cents each.
1819. Baptist Society organized-16 members-and worshiped in Capt. Richardson's hall.
Samuel Bell elected Governor and served until 1823.
1820. Mrs. Enoch Watson and Elijah Sanborn born in this year. Both lived until 1924.
The Reverend Joel Arnold, Congregational minister, was settled March 8, 1820, with $500 salary.
Population of Chester, 2,262. Number of polls, 415.
John S. Brown elected sheriff and coroner.
1821. First stove placed in Congregational Meetinghouse, Samuel D. Bell having drawn up subscription paper and collected money for the pur- chase of it.
1822. First stove in the Long Meadow Meetinghouse.
A portion of Chester was cut off and became a part of Hooksett.
1823. Baptist Meetinghouse built.
Samuel Bell elected United States Senator.
John Bell appointed Sheriff of Rockingham County.
1824. First cooking stove in town, bought by Daniel French.
1826. Samuel D. Bell elected Clerk of the New Hampshire House of Representatives.
1827. Daniel French postmaster at Chester. Postmaster at West Ches- ter was David Currier, 3d.
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Seventeenth Regiment, New Hampshire Militia, was made up from Chester, Candia, and Raymond. Samuel D. Bell was Major, and James Bell, Quartermaster.
1828. John Bell elected Governor.
1829. Samuel Bell appointed United States Senator.
Samuel D. Bell appointed Colonel of 17th Regiment, N. H. Militia.
Fire Engine purchased by Chester.
1830. Population of Chester, 2,089. Number of polls, 415.
One hundredth anniversary of the organization of the Congregational Church. Wilkes West died, aged 94. Nathaniel Emerson's School started. 1832. John W. Noyes came to Chester from Springfield, N. H.
1833. Joseph Blanchard died.
Benjamin B. French elected Clerk of House of Representatives at Washington.
1837. There were three postoffices in Chester. The central was kept by Daniel French, East Chester by Robert Shirley, and West Chester by Mr. Emerson.
1838. George P. Clark Postmaster in West Chester (now Auburn). Manchester had a population of 887.
1839. Congregational Church remodeled .. Henry F. French appointed Postmaster.
1840. Population, 2,089.
1841. New Road to Manchester built.
Sixty-two and one-half cents was the wage for a day's work (from sun to sun), with the exception of haying, which was paid at the rate of 75c a day.
1845. Population, 2,173. Town of Auburn set off from Chester.
Thomas J. Melvin appointed Postmaster.
1846. Chester sent two soldiers to the Mexican War.
Population, 1,304.
1848. Chester voted for Prohibition. A. G. Quigg appointed Post- master.
1850. "The Maiden of the Valley," a poem, composed by Stephen Rowe, created a stir in town.
The Chester Band, with Alonzo Bond as leader, Major Kent and Isaac Randall members, was famous for miles around. Population, 1,301.
1852. B. Pike Chase died at the age of 90 years.
1852. According to records kept by Nathan Knowles, there were be- tween 1739 and 1840 forty-two persons who lived to be 90 years of age or over. Two were 105, one was 103, nine were 100, one was 99, four were 98, one was 96, one 95, five were 94, three 93, six 92, two 91, and seven 90. The average for the 42 persons would be 93 3/7 years. Chester ranked second in the United States for longevity of life.
1854. Chester Academy re-established; first principal, S. M. Moore. Over 120 pupils were enrolled in this institution at one time.
First Town Hall built on the site now occupied by Stevens Memorial Hall. The first hall is now on the Raymond Road.
1855. Alfred S. Dearborn appointed Postmaster.
Town purchased Town Hall for $1,250. Voted that the upper story be used as an Academy.
1856. Store occupied by Thomas J. Melvin burned.
Thomas J. Melvin elected President of the State Senate.
1859. Thomas J. Hazelton appointed Postmaster.
1860. Liberty pole, nearly 100 feet in height, raised on the Common. A pole was also raised in Hall's Village by citizens residing there.
Charles H. Bell elected Speaker of the New Hampshire House of Representatives. Population, 1,276.
1861. Zillah Hill, the "Maiden of the Valley," found dead in her house near Stockman Hill.
Francis Hazelton's barn struck by lightning.
Benjamin Fitts burned to death.
1862. Jonathan Shaw appointed Postmaster.
1863. Daniel Bell had his hand cut off by first mowing machine owned in town. Joseph Everett killed at Port Hudson, May 27.
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Benjamin Mills burned to death while burning bushes.
Thomas J. Melvin appointed Postmaster and served until 1868.
1864. Andrew S. Nichols wounded and captured at Battle of Gettys- burg. He died at Andersonville Prison. .
John W. Noyes President of Derry National Bank.
Dr. James F. Brown came to Chester in October.
Charles H. Bell elected President of the New Hampshire Senate.
1865. On January 15 General Louis Bell fell at Fort Fisher.
The
Civil War ended this year. Chester had sent 108 soldiers.
Honorable John W. Noyes elected a member of Governor's Council, '64-'65. I868. History of Chester, edited and compiled by Mr. Benjamin Chase, was published in this year.
The first Decoration Day observed, May 30. The "Meteor" was pub- lished in Chester. Trees set out on the Goldsmith Common.
Lieut. John Underhill elected Doorkeeper of House of Representatives at Concord and served 4 years.
1869. David L. Batchelder appointed Postmaster.
1870. Population, 1,153.
1871. Henry Moore's store burned.
1872. William Greenough appointed Postmaster.
The great Boston Fire plainly seen from Chester.
Contest over the location of the Nashua and Rochester Railroad. The lower route through Hampstead and Sandown finally adopted, over the Derry-Chester Route.
1873. Thomas J. Melvin's store and the Town Schoolhouse burned.
1875. There were 50 yoke of oxen hitched to the Town Team at the Chester Fair this year. Bond's Band of Boston furnished music. The leader of the band, Alonzo Bond, was born in Chester and had been leader of the old Chester Band.
1876. The first Baptist Church burned, January 30.
Parade of Horribles and Antiques and Chester Pork Rinds on July 4th. Mrs. Mitchell, mother of the Reverend Andrew Mitchell, 100 years of age, viewed the parade.
Dale Brothers' Shingle and Stave Mill burned on the 10th of December. 1877. Telegraph line constructed and put into operation between Chester and Derry by the Chester and Derry Telegraph Company.
Charles A. Wilcomb appointed Postmaster, upon the resignation of William Greenough.
1878. New Baptist Church built.
Cyrus F. Marston first elected Town Clerk.
Last of the noted Chester Fairs held this year.
Captain David Shaw died, aged 90 years.
1879. Lieutenant John Underhill elected Sergeant at Arms of the New Hampshire Legislature and served until 1886.
1880. Population of town, 1,136. Baptist Church dedicated.
Twenty-four-hour walking match in Town Hall between F. L. McDuffie, and W. B. Underhill, the latter winning.
Congregational Church celebrated 150th anniversary.
I88I. Famous "Yellow Day"; schools closed.
Public Mourning occasioned by the death of President Garfield, Sep- tember 18th.
1882. Chester Band reorganized, with Cyrus F. Marston as leader. There were 20 pieces; the men had uniforms, and played in all the sur- rounding towns.
John B. Goldsmith, a promising young man and a student at Phillips Exeter Academy, drowned at Hazelton's Pond while bathing one July day.
House occupied by S. L. Marston and family caught fire, burned the store of C. A. Wilcomb, and the shoe shop located over the store and operated by Captain John Underhill. The Congregational Church was saved with difficulty.
1883. First-class postage was reduced from three to two cents.
The G. A. R. organized December 31st.
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First bicycle owned in Chester, a Columbia, with high forward wheel and smaller rear wheel.
Dr. Arthur L. Emerson came to Chester to practice, succeeding Dr. James F. Brown.
1884. Ebenezer Wilcomb, the last of the soldiers of the War of 1812, died.
1885. John West's buildings on Chester Street burned.
Chester Cemetery Association, with the Hon. John W. Noyes as presi- dent, C. F. Marston secretary, and C. A. Wilcomb treasurer.
John M. Webster appointed Postmaster, serving until 1889.
1886. Chester Baseball Team won championship of Rockingham County, having defeated the teams of Exeter and Kingston. 1887. Wilcomb evaporator destroyed by fire.
James D. Lane, John S. Couch, aged 71, and Moses Webster, aged 72, died during this year.
1888. Big snow storm on town meeting day and the day preceding. Snow was from five to twelve feet deep. Town voted to buy a road machine.
The Reverend Charles Tenney died, after preaching in Congregational Church for term of 17 years.
First telephone instrument installed in Chester.
1889. Benjamin Chase died at the age of 90 years.
Herbert S. Kimball died this year.
A. H. Wilcomb appointed postmaster. Jonathan Pressey legacy given. The Reverend J. G. Robertson installed in Congregational Church.
1890. Pipe Organ presented to Congregational Church by the Young People's Union.
Deacon Silas F. Learnard died in August. He had been State Senator. Population of town, 958.
Postoffice established at East Chester, with Mrs. Susan Hazelton as Postmistress and Gilman Jenness as Mail Carrier.
1891. Charter of the Chester and Derry Electric Road granted by the Legislature of New Hampshire.
Dr. A. L. Emerson purchased the Governor Bell place, and after re- modeling it, moved his home there.
1892. Death of William W. Wilcomb, M. D., at Suncook, N. H. He was a son of Charles S. Wilcomb, a graduate of Phillips Exeter Academy, Dartmouth College, Bowdoin Medical College, and a promising physician and surgeon.
Chester Grange organized, February 10.
1893. Second volume of "The Meteor" published, August 17.
1894. John M. Webster appointed Postmaster.
Chester Free Public Library opened.
W. R. C. organized, January 22.
Charter of the C. and D. R. R. amended and association organized to provide means for building the road.
1896. On the 22d of September Chester celebrated the opening of the Chester and Derry Railroad. Governor Bursiel and Congressman Sulloway were the chief speakers. Daniel F. Gile wrote a poem, entitled "The Chester and Derry Electric Road."
1897. J. O. U. A. M., Burnside Council, established August 21 of this year.
1900. Dr. R. H. Barker came to Chester to practice in September. Population, 861.
1902. The Honorable John W. Noyes died on May 9. He had been president of the Derry National Bank from 1864, the date of its incorpora- tion, up to his death.
Mrs. Helen French Cochrane's buildings burned, on January 17.
Wilcomb's Evaporator burned on October 16 for the second time, and was not rebuilt.
Mrs. Helen French Cochrane, a noted author, died.
Rebecca H. Stevens, widow of Frank Stevens, died at the age of 94.
1904. Soldiers' Monument dedicated. The Hon. George C. Hazelton delivered the oration, and Colonel George A. Hosley was President of the Day.
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On May I the first rural carrier was appointed, Edson C. Eastman. On July I the second appointment was made, and Walter W. Lane was made carrier for Route 2. The Postoffice at East Chester was discontinued.
Chester and Derry Telephone Company reorganized as Chester and Derry Tel. and Tel. Co. First rural line built from Wilcomb's store to residence of Deacon C. H. Knowles on the Raymond road. There were eight subscribers. The Exchange was in Wilcomb's Store.
1905. Third rural carried appointed in May, James A. Edwards.
1906. The Hazelton Pail Factory taken down and moved.
1907. Very heavy snowstorm occurred April 12.
First automobile owned in town this year.
The Hon. George W. Stevens died in Boston, Mass.
1908. Death of Dr. James F. Brown in July.
First half mile of State Road built in September, from Wilcomb's Common to J. W. Noyes' place on Chester Street.
Legacy for Stevens Hall received.
Old Town Hall moved to Raymond Road in December.
Thomas J. Cate came to the Baptist Church to preach, in November. He remained the pastor for ten years.
1909. A Liberty Pole and a United States Flag, gift of Mr. Amos Tuck French, placed in front of Stevens Hall.
1910. Dr. Brown's Legacy for Chester High School received.
Dedication of Stevens Memorial Hall on March 29. Population, 818. III. Dr. Roberts came to Chester.
The Dr. Brown house, the old Dearborn house, the Sanders store and house all burned to the ground on November 4.
1912. John A. Hazelton died at the age of 91.
William B. Underhill elected County Commissioner.
1913. On November I the Public Telephone Exchange was opened in the Stevens' house with Wilson S. Wells as operator.
1914. A. H. Wilcomb was reappointed Postmaster under Civil Service. Mary J. Wilcomb died, leaving $8,000 to found a home for Aged and Infirm People.
Mrs. Clara B. Learnard, widow of Captain Silas Learnard died at the age of 97.
The Chester High School was removed to the Brick Schoolhouse. Miss Dorothy Madden taught there for three years.
1915. The Hall House, a popular summer boarding place, burned.
The Reverend J. G. Robertson, after 27 years of service, resigned the pastorate of the Congregational Church.
The Reverend Silas N. Adams installed as pastor of the Congregational Church.
Ordination of the Reverend Thomas J. Cate, pastor of the Baptist Church.
1917. Town of Chester appropriated $125 in view of the 200th celebra- tion, and voted to appropriate a like amount yearly until 1922.
On November 4 the Post office was broken and entered, by a half-breed Indian and mulatto from Oldtown, Maine. They were captured in Derry. Dr. J. C. Tappan came to Chester.
Mrs. Emeline Robie Morse, widow of Josiah D. Morse, died at the age of 95.
Colonel George A. Hosley elected Chief of Staff of the National G. A. R. Miss Emma Pearl Goldsmith taught at the Chester High School during the year 1917-1918.
1918. Emerson Maple died in France, July 30.
Corporal James Matthew Forsaith, wounded in the battle of Chateau- Thierry, September 26, died September 27.
Howard West died September 30 in Camp at Durham.
William A. Holland died in camp. These four were soldiers of the World War from Chester.
Acres of gardens and field crops were ruined by the heavy frosts, oc- curring June 20-21. The thermometer registered only 26 above zero. Again, September 10-II were very heavy frosts.
1919. Baptist Church celebrated its 100th Anniversary.
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Miss Lucy E. Learnard, a talented woman, daughter of Captain Silas F. Learnard, died this year.
1920. Death of the Hon. Gerry H. Hazelton in Milwaukee, Wis., at the age of 92 years. Joseph W. Chase, aged 89, also died this year.
Col. George A. Hosley elected Senior Vice Commander of the National G. A. R. Population, 652.
William B. Underhill elected County Commissioner for the fifth term of two years each.
1921. March 28 was a record day for warmth. Starting with a temperature of 44 in the afternoon the mercury rose to 88, before night. Not a flake of snow fell in March. Thirty-three years before, in March, 1888, 263/4 inches of snow fell, making the heaviest snowfall known in New Hampshire.
1921. Public funeral services held for Corporal J. M. Forsaith and Emerson Maple in the Stevens' Memorial Hall. The Hon. George C. Hazelton of Washington, D. C., delivered the eulogy.
With the advancement of Post office from fourth to third class, A. H. Wilcomb was reappointed Postmaster by the president. Mr. Wilcomb was also elected President of the N. H. League of Postmasters.
1922. Town appropriated $1000 for the 200th celebration.
Town voted to erect a suitable memorial to the World War and Spanish War veterans.
August 27-8-9 the town celebrated its 200th anniversary as recounted in preceeding pages.
CHAPTER XV.
BIOGRAPHIES.
HON. CHARLES H. BELL
CHARLES HENRY BELL, LL.D. (1823-1893) was born in Chester, 18 Nov. 1823 and died in Exeter II Nov. 1893. He was prepared for college at Pembroke and Phillips Exeter Academies and was graduated at Dartmouth College in 1844. He studied law with Bell and Tuck and with his cousin Samuel Dana Bell, was admitted to the bar and practiced successfully for more than twenty years. His tastes led him to retire from the practice of his profession and devote his time to other pursuits.
He had a long and eminent career in the public service. In 1858 he became a member of the legislature of New Hampshire. After- wards he became speaker of the house of representatives, a member of the state senate and president of that body. He was chosen a member of the United States senate in 1879 and was elected governor of New Hampshire by a large popular majority in 1880. He dis- charged the duties of the office with fidelity and ability.
He was a student of New England history and president of the New Hampshire Historical Society. He was author of a number of historical works, among which may be mentioned his Historical Sketch of Phillips Exeter Academy, his History of Exeter, a Memoir of John Wheelwright and the Bench and Bar of New Hampshire.
These evidences of his facile and vigorous pen are his memorials by which his name will be held in grateful veneration by all lovers of New England history for generations yet to come.
His alma mater conferred upon him the degree of LL.D in 1881. He was president of the Constitutional Convention of New Hampshire in 1889.
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LOUIS BELL
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