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Dr. Jonathan Pool, son of Eleazer Pool, born at Woburn September 5, 1758. Studied medicine with Colonel John Hale, in Hollis. Was assistant surgeon in the First New Hampshire Regiment from 1776 to 1780. Married Elizabeth Hale, daughter of Colonel John Hale, December 7, 1780, and settled as a phy- sician in Hollis, where he died July 25, 1797, aged thirty-eight.
Captain Robert Seaver, born 1743; name first on the Hollis tax-lists in 1767. Enlisted April 19, 1775; was lieutenant in Captain Worcester's company for Cambridge in 1775, and also in Captain Emerson's company in June, 1777. Died November 3, 1828, aged eighty-five.
Captain William Tenney was the son of Willian and Anna Tenney, and was born in Hollis March 17, 1755. April 19, 1775, he enlisted in the company of the Hollis Minute-Men; and in December, 1775, in the company of Captain Worcester, for Cambridge ; and again, in 1776, in that of Captain Reed, for White Plains. Married Phebe Jewett in 1776, by whom he had ten children,-five sons and five daugh- ters. His sons Caleb Jewett and William were graduates of Dartmouth. Died June 16, 1806, aged fifty-one.
His youngest son, Hon. Ralph E. Tenney, born October 5, 1790, settled as a farmer in Hollis, upon his paternal homestead. He was for many years a justice of the peace and quorum, and was frequently elected by his townsmen to offices of honor and trust. For his first wife he married Olive Brown, of Hollis,
November 12, 1812, by whom he had one daughter. After her decease he married, August 14, 1818, for his second wife, Miss Phebe C. Smith, born in Dra- cut, Mass., June 2, 1790. At an early age Miss Smith went to Merrimack, N. H., to reside with her step- father, Simeon Cumings, Esq., upon whose decease she came to Hollis with her mother, to care for her in her declining years. She was afterwards, in her ear- lier years, widely known in Hollis as an excellent and popular school-teacher, and as an assistant of Mr. Ambrose Gould in his store.
She had by Mr. Tenney a family of nine children, and upon her marriage became an honored wife and a devoted, faithful and beloved mother. She was also a kind neighbor and an efficient and cheerful helper in works of benevolence and charity.
War of 1812 .- The following from Hollis were in this war: Jacob Hobart, Benj. Ranger, Abel Brown, William N. Lovejoy, Isaac Hardy, William Emerson, Daniel Lawrence, Jr., Phineas Cumings, Leonard Blood, I. Butterfield, John Butterfield, John Drew, H. Kendall, David Powers, E. Burge, Jr., and N. Hobart.
War of the Rebellion .- The following enlisted from Hollis during the War of the Rebellion :
FIRST REGIMENT.
William F. French, enlisted Company F, May 3, 1861 ; mustered out August 9, 1861.
Asa W. Jaquith, enlisted Company F, May 3, 1861 ; mustered out Au- gust 9, 1861.
SECOND REGIMENT.
Samuel J. Beard, enlisted June 5, 1861, Company G ; wounded at Fair Oaks, Va., June 25, 1862 ; discharged for disability December 9, 1862.
George Worcester, enlisted Company C, June 1, 1861 ; mustered out June 21, 1864.
George P. Greeley, appointed assistant surgeon May 3, 1861 ; resigned June 3, 1861 ; appointed assistant surgeon Fourth New Hampshire Regiment August 1, 1861 ; promoted to surgeon October 8, 1862 ; honorably discharged October 23, 1864.
THIRD REGIMENT.
The Hollis soldiers whose names appear below enlisted in Company F of this regiment, August 23, 1861 :
Stillman Blood, re-enlisted February 13, 1864 ; mustered out May 15, 1865.
Charles F. Chase, promoted to second lieutenant Third South Carolina Volunteers.
James L. Chase, wounded June 15, 1862 ; re-enlisted February 13, 1864. Leonard Conroy, mustered out August 23, 1864.
Caleb Davis, wounded August 16, 1864 ; mustered out August 23, 1864. John O. Doherty, discharged for disability September 15, 1862.
FOURTH REGIMENT.
Perley J. Jewett, died of disease at Morris Island, S. C., December 3, 1863. William Mansfield, mustered out September 27, 1864.
SEVENTH REGIMENT.
This regiment was enlisted and had its rendezvous at Manchester, and was mustered into the United States service December 14, 1861, under Colonel Haldimand S. Putnam, of Cornish. Colonel Put- nam was killed July 18, 1863, in the assault on Fort Wagner, and was succeeded in the command by Colo- nel Joseph C. Abbott, of Manchester.
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Nathan M. Ames, commissioned captain of Company II December 14, 1861 ; mustered out December 22, 1864.
Mark J. Austin, promoted to fifth sergeant December 14, 1861 ; mustered out December 22, 1864.
Henry Ball, accidentally killed himself at Beanfort, S. C., June 26, 1862. George H. Bartemus, mustered out December 22, 1864.
John P. Bills, killed at Fort Wagner, July 18, 1863.
John F. Boynton, wounded at Olustee, Fla., February 20, 1864 ; re-en- listed February 28, 1864; promoted to corporal January 26, 1865 ; promoted to sergeant June 13, 1865 ; mustered out July 20, 1865.
Charles II. Burge, discharged for disability at St. Augustine, Fla., Janu- ary 4, 1863.
George A. Burge, promoted to corporal May 25, 1862 ; promoted to ser- geant December 9, 1863 ; mustered out December 22, 1864.
John A. Coburn, promoted to fourth sergeant December 14, 1861 ; first sergeant December 28, 1863 ; re-enlisted veteran February 28, 1864 ; promoted to captain Company E December 12, 1864; mustered out July 20, 1865.
Edward S. Colburn, transferred to Invalid Corps March 29, 1864.
Josiah Colburn, wounded at Bermuda Hundred, Va., May 20, 1864 ; mus- tered out December 22, 1864.
Daniel W. Colburn, promoted to corporal December 14, 1861 ; died of disease, at Ilollis, February, 28, 1862.
lIenry M. H. Day, promoted to corporal December 14, 1861 ; wounded at Olustee, Fla., February 20, 1864; mustered out December 22, 1864.
Ebenezer P. Duneklee, discharged for disability February, 1862.
Benjamin L. Farley, discharged for disability at Fort Jefferson, Fla., June 26, 1862.
Charles H. Farley, promoted to first sergeant December 14, 1861 ; second lieutenant June 30, 1862 ; first lieutenant August 6, 1863 ; wounded mortally at Olustee, Fla., February 20, 1864.
Charles H. Fletcher, died of disease at Beaufort, S. C., August 10, 1862. Daniel W. Ileyden, promoted to corporal December 5, 1862 ; wounded at Fort Wagner July 18, 1863; promoted to sergeant February 3, 1864 ; wounded at Olustee, Fla., February 20, 1864; discharged for disa- bility April 29, 1864.
John W. Hayden, promoted to corporal December 14, 1861 ; died of dis- ease at New York City, February 8, 1862.
J. Newton Hayden, wounded May 14, 1864 ; mustered ont December 22, 1864.
Albert F. Ifills, wounded at Olustee, Fla., February 20, 1864 ; mustered out December 22, 1864.
Alfred F. Ilills, mustered out December 22, 1861.
Jonathan B. Hobart, died of disease at Morris Island, S. C., August 23, 1863.
Frank P. Hood, wounded at Fort Wagner, July 18, 1863 ; discharged on account of wounds November 25, 1863.
James C. Howard, wounded at Fort Wagner July 18, 1863; mustered out December 22, 1864.
Norman R. Howe, promoted to corporal December 11, 1861 ; died of dis- ease at Beaufort, S. C., August 15, 1862.
George D. Jaquith, mustered out December 22, 1864.
Francis Lovejoy, promoted to third sergeant December 14, 1861 ; to second lientenant August 6, 1863; honorably discharged April 28, 1864.
John Lund, discharged for disability at Fort Jefferson, Fla., June 26, 1862.
William Lund, transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps March 29, 1864 ; mustered out December 22, 1864.
Stephen It. Price, promoted to corporal December 14, 1861 ; re-enlisted veteran February 28, 1864 ; mustered out July 20, 1865.
Charles G. Rideout, mustered out December 22, 1864.
Freeman 11. Smith, discharged for disability at Fort Jefferson, July 20, 1862.
William F. Spalding, promoted to first sergeant December 14, 1861; to first lieutenant July 18, 1863, Company ('; mustered out December 22, 1864.
Winslow J. Spalding, promoted to corporal October 10, 1862 ; promoted to sergeant ; captured at Fort Wagner July 18, 1863; exchanged January 21, 1864 ; mustered out December 22, 1864.
Nathaniel L. Truell, promoted to corporal December 14, 1861 ; mustered out December 22, 1864.
Charles H. Worcester, promoted to corporal December 14, 1861 ; to ser- geant October 9, 1863; wounded near Richmond, Va., October 1, 1864 ; mustered out December 22, 1864.
John II. Worcester, promoted to second lieutenant December 14, 1861 ;
to first lieutenant June 30, 1862; mortally wounded July is, 1863, at Fort Wagner -; died of wounds July 26, 1863.
William Worcester, mustered out December 22, 1864.
Ezra S. Wright, mustered out December 22, 1864.
Nathaniel II. Wright, died of disease at St. Augustine, Fla., November 27, 1862.
EIGHTH REGIMENT.
Albert S. Austin, Company E, enlisted December 20th ; transferred to Vet- eran Reserve Corps April 18, 1864.
Andrew H. Conant, Company E, enlisted December 20th ; promoted to corporal February 14, 1863 ; re-enlisted January 4, 1864; died at Natchez, Miss., October 10, 1865.
Freeman Elkins, Company E, enlisted December 20th ; discharged for disability at Ship Island, Miss., April 10, 1862.
James W. D. Jones, Company A, enlisted October 25th ; died at Camp Kearney, La., October 26, 1862.
Joseph T. Patch, Company A, enlisted October 25th ; discharged for disa - bility ; died at Nashua July 18, 1863.
FIFTEENTH REGIMENT.
This regiment was raised for nine months, and was mustered into service November 12, 1862. The names of the Hollis men are presented in the following list :
Charles F. Adams, George 11. Annis, Caleb W. Chamberlain, Ai Col- burn, Charles S. Hamblet, Alfred A. Hanscom, Isaac Hardy, John II. Hardy, Samuel F. Hayden, George S. Hull, Granville P. Patch, Aaron l'ond, Frank E. Pond, Rufus Portwine, David J. Rideout, Freeman H. Smith, John C. Smith (died of disease at Hollis August 10, 1863), George F. Tenney, Isaac Vandyke, Harvey M. Willoby, Oliver II. Willoby, Francis A. Wood (second lieutenant).
OTHIER HOLLIS SOLDIERS ENLISTED IN 1862.
IIenry G. Cameron, enlisted Company I, Thirteenth Regiment, Septem- ber 20, 1862 ; promoted to sergeant ; discharged for disability at Fal- month, Va, January 14, 1863.
Frank N. Chickering, enlisted Company B, Second Regiment, August 21, 1862 ; promoted to sergeant ; wounded June 3, 1864 ; mustered out June 9, 1865.
John G. Jaquith, enlisted Company II, Seventh Regiment, March 14, 1862 ; mustered out April 21, 1865.
David T. Roby, enlisted Company I, Thirteenth Regiment, September 20, 1862 ; wounded September 30, 1864; mustered out June 21, 1865.
Peter Smithwick, enlisted Company E, Thirteenth Regiment, September 26, 1862 ; transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps March 31, 1864.
Joseph Sullivan, enlisted Company B, Tenth Regiment, August 25, 1862; mustered out May 16, 1865.
John L. Woods, enlisted August 21, 1862, Company B, Second Regiment ; discharged for disability June 23, 1863.
ENLISTED AND DRAFTED IN 1863.
Patrick Baker, enlisted December 7, 1863, Company II, Seventh Regi- ment ; mustered out July 20, 1865.
Joseph Buss, enlisted December 7, 1863, Company A, Twelfth Regiment ; died of disease at Fort Monroe, Va., October 13, 1864.
Jason W. Bills, enlisted August 14, 1863, Company A, Heavy Artillery ; mustered out September 11, 1865.
Charles A. Hale, enlisted May 18, 1863, Company Il, Seventh Regiment ; wounded July 18, 1863, at Fort Wagner ; May 10, 1864, at Drury's Bluff, Va. ; June 16, 1864, at Bermuda Hundred, Va. ; mustered out July 20, 1865.
Harvey M. Hall, enlisted November 4, 1863, Company C, Ninth Regi- ment ; died of disease at Washington, D. C., September 1, 1864.
Iliram R. Kendall, drafted September 1, 1863, Company G, Eighth Regi- ment ; died of disease at Natchez, Miss., November 3, 1864.
John F. Boynton, John A. Coburn and S. H. Price re-enlisted in 1864. The following also enlisted this year: C. S. Hamblet, Aaron Pond and Charles F. Chase.
Soldiers' Monument .- The soldiers' monument was erected at a cost of $2120.77, and was dedicated May 30, 1873. It is twenty-two and one-half feet in
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height. On the west side is the following inscrip- tion : "In honor of the Hollis soldiers who fell in the Wars of 1775 and in 1812;" and on the east side are inscribed the names of the Hollis soldiers who lost their lives in the Rebellion, as follows:
"Those that fell."
Ist Lieut. John II. Worcester.
Harvey M. Hall.
Ist Lieut. Chas. II. Farley.
Jonathan B. Ilobart.
Corp. Webster D. Colburn. Perley J. Jewett.
Corp. Norman R. Howe.
James W. D. Jones.
Corp. John W. Haydn.
Hiram R. Kendall.
Henry Ball.
Joseph T. Pateli.
John P. Bills.
John C. Smith.
Joseph E. Buss.
Sylvester T Wheeler.
Charles II. Fletcher.
Nathaniel II. Wright.
John H. Worcester Post, Grand Army of the Republic, was organized April 1, 1875, in honor of Lieutenant J. H. Worcester, who was mortally wounded in the assault on Fort Wagner, July 18, 1863.
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH.
JOSEPH E. WORCESTER, LL.D.1
Joseph E. Worcester, LL.D., son of Jesse and Sarah (Parker) Worcester, was born in Bedford, N. H., August 24, 1784, and in 1794, when in his tenth year, eame to Hollis with his parents. His youth, till the age of majority, was passed in agricultural labor on his father's farm in Hollis; but he early manifested an ardent love of knowledge, and availed himself of every attainable means for mental im- provement. After reaching his majority he pre- pared himself for college, partly at the academy in Salisbury, N. H., and in part at Phillips Academy, in Andover, and entered the sophomore class at Yale in 1809, and graduated at Yale in 1811. After leaving college he was for several years employed as a teacher of a private school at Salem, Mass .; he afterwards passed two years at Andover, Mass., and in 1819 re- moved to Cambridge, where he devoted himself to literary pursuits and to the preparation for the press of his numerous and. valuable publications, till his decease, October 27, 1865, aged eighty-one years. He was married, June 29, 1841, to Amy Elizabeth Me- Kean (who still survives), daughter of Rev. Joseph MeKean, D.D., formerly professor of rhetoric and oratory at Harvard College.
The first literary work of Dr. Worcester was his " Universal Gazetteer, Ancient and Modern," in two volumes octavo, of near one thousand pages each, published at Andover in 1817 ; the next, a "Gazetteer of the United States," one volume octavo, of three hundred and seventy-two pages, published in 1818. This was followed in 1819 by his " Elements of Geog- raphy, Ancient and Modern, with an Atlas," a work
that was received with such favor that it passed through several stereotype editions. In 1823 this geography was succeeded by an illustrated work, in two volumes duodecimo, entitled "Sketches of the Earth and its Inhabitants." In 1825, upon being elected a member of the American Academy, he communicated to that association an elaborate essay entitled " Remarks upon Longevity," which was pub- lished with the memoirs of the academy. His "Ele- ments of Ancient and Modern History," with an " Historical Atlas," appeared in 1826,-a work from that time to the present very extensively used as a standard text-book in our public High Schools and academies.
His first work in lexicography was an edition of "Johnson's Dictionary, combined with Walker's Pronunciation," an octavo volume of eleven hun- dred and fifty six pages, first published in 1828. In 1829, against his own inclination, he was induced, through the persistent urgency of the publisher of " Webster's Quarto Dictionary " (who was his personal friend), to prepare an abridgment of that work, a task to which he was strongly averse and at first re- fused, a refusal to which he afterwards regretted that he did not adhere. This work appeared in 1830 in an octavo volume of one thousand and seventy-one pages, into which he incorporated much valuable matter which he had prepared for his own diction- aries. The same year he published the first edition of his "Comprehensive Dictionary," a duodecimo volume of four hundred and twenty pages. This work was the first of his own dictionaries, and at once had an extensive sale and soon passed through many editions.
In 1831 he made a voyage to Europe, where he spent many months in visiting places of interest and in the collection of works in the departments of philology and lexicography, for use in his future pub- lications.
Upon his return from Europe he became the editor of the "American Almanac," a statistical, closely- printed duodecimo annual, each number containing about three hundred and fifty pages, which he con- tinued to edit for eleven years with his accustomed care and fidelity. In 1846 his " Universal and Crit- ical Dictionary " was first published,-a large, closely- printed royal octavo volume of one thousand and thirty-one pages, and also, the same year, his "Ele- mentary School Dictionary."
In 1847, Dr. Worcester was threatened with total loss.of sight. ITis eyes had yielded to his long, un- broken intellectual labor, and for two years he was nearly blind. In the meanwhile three operations were performed on his right eye, which became wholly blind, and two on the left eye, which was happily saved. After the partial recovery of his sight Dr. Worcester published the following works :
1850, " Primary Dictionary for Public Schools," 16mo, 384 pp., revised edition, 1860.
1 From Worcester's History of Hollis.
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1855, "Academic Dictionary," for High Schools and academies, duodecimo, 565 pp.
1857, " Pronouncing Spelling-Book," duodecimo, 180 pp.
1859, "Quarto Dictionary of the English Language," with 1000 illustrations, 1284 pp.
1860, "Elementary Dictionary," revised edition, duodecimo, 400 pp.
1860, "Comprehensive Dictionary," revised edi- tion, duodecimo, 612 pp.
1864, "Comprehensive Spelling-Book," duodecimo, 156 pp.
From a memoir of Dr. Worcester, read before the American Academy by Ezra Abbot, LL.D., libra- rian of Harvard College, a few lines are here trans- cribed, presenting an estimate of his literary labors by one who was familiar with them,-" All the works of Dr. Worcester (says the author of his memoir) give evidence of sound judgment and good taste, combined with indefatigable industry and a con- scientious solicitude for accuracy in the statement of facts. The tendency of his mind was practical, rather than speculative.
" As a lexicographer, he did not undertake to re- form the anomalies of the English language. His aim was rather to preserve it from corruption. In
regard to both orthography and pronunciation, he took great pains to ascertain the best usage, and per- haps there is no lexicographer whose judgment re- specting these matters in doubtful cases deserves higher consideration."
Dr. Worcester was a member of the Massachusetts Historical Society, of the American Academy, of the American Oriental Society, and an honorary member of the Royal Geographical Society of Lon- don. He received the honorary degree of LL.D. from Brown University in 1847, and from Dartmouth College in 1856.
In a biographical sketch of Dr. Worcester, by Hon. George S. Hillard, it is said of him,-" His long and busy life was passed in unbroken literary toil. Though his manners were reserved and his habits retiring, his affections were strong, and benevolence was an ever- active principle in his nature. . . He was a stranger to the impulses of passion and the sting of ambition. His life was tranquil, happy and useful. A love of truth and a strong sense of duty were leading traits in his character. Little known, except by name, to the general public, he was greatly honored and loved by that small circle of relatives and friends who had constant opportunities of learning the warmth of his affections and the strength of his virtues."
HISTORY OF HUDSON.
BY KIMBALL WEBSTER.
CHAPTER I.
Bonndaries-Topography-Forests-Wild Animals-Ponds and Streams -Employments-Dunstable-Settlement of Londonderry-London- derry Claim-Hills' Grant-Joseph Hills-llis Will-Samnel Hills- Hills' Garrison-Blodgett's Garrison-Taylor's Garrison-Fletcher's Garrison.
HUDSON is situated east of the Merrimack River, and borders upon the Massachusetts line.
It is bounded north by Litchfield and London- derry, east by Windham and Pelliam, south by Tyngsborough, Mass., and west by Nashua and Litch- field.
The Merrimack River-a beautiful stream, from three hundred and fifty to five hundred feet wide- separates it from the city of Nashua and forms its western border from Litchfield to the Massachusetts line, a distance of about six and one-half miles.
Its extreme length from north to south is a little more than eight miles, its average width about three and one-half miles, and contains seventeen thousand nine hundred and fifty-one acres, exclusive of water.
The Merrimack at this point is raised from four to six feet above its original level by the dam at Paw- tucket Falls, at Lowell, which causes a flowage as far north as Cromwell's Falls, a distance of about twenty miles, and covers all the falls between those two points.
The surface of the westerly part of the town is com- paratively level, and bordering upon the Merrimack are some very fertile and productive intervale lands, where, especially at the northerly part, the Indians cultivated small fields of corn before the first settle- ments were made by the whites.
Some of the land along the river is sandy and less productive, and other sandy plains abound to some extent.
The easterly part of the town is hilly, rocky and hard to cultivate, yet in the valleys and upon the slopes of some of the hills are good, strong, productive soils and many excellent farms, which are especially adapted to the production of grass, the apple and other fruits.
The sandy soils and rocky hills, many of which are entirely unfit for cultivation, are very productive in the growth of wood and timber, which, being near market, long have been, and for generations to come
probably will continue to be, a source of considerable profit and income to the inhabitants of Hudson.
For many years past the white pine has been the most profitable timber, and naturally thrives best and makes the most rapid growth upon sandy soils; yet some of the best pine timber in town may be found growing among the rocks.
The hard pine is also a common forest growth on the plains, but, as compared with the white pine, is of but little value for timber.
Oak of several kinds, walnut, soft maple, gray birch and poplar thrive on the hard, rocky soils, and some spruce and hackmatack may be found in the swamps.
About forty per cent. of the area of the town is covered with forest growth, much of it young, and very little that has been growing more than fifty years.
The first settlers found here an almost unbroken forest of a heavy growth of white and pitch-pine, oak, maple, walnut and other species, which was long since cleared away.
Some of the early settlers were engaged for many years in collecting turpentine, by " boxing " the large pines, which, after being put into barrels, was floated down the river and shipped to England.
The moose, deer, wolf, beaver, otter, mink, musk- rat, squirrel, wild turkey, partridge and other wild animals were found here, and salmon, shad, alewives and lamprey eels were abundant in the Merrimack.
"Deer-Keepers " were elected as late as 1784, and bounties of six pounds each, for killing wolves, were paid in 1752.
The last moose known to have been in town was killed by Asa Davis, Esq., in Moose Swamp, at the east end of Hill's meadow, some time, probably, about the beginning of the present century, although the exact date is unknown. One of the horns of this animal is still preserved by the descendants of Mr. Davis.
Barrett's Hill, in the northeast part of the town, is the highest elevation, being about five hundred feet above the sea-level. Three ponds are within the limits of the town.
Little Massabesic, in the northeast part, and until 1778 in Londonderry, covers a surface of about onc hundred acres and empties into Beaver Brook.
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Otternick-more commonly called "Tarnic "-lies about one mile east of the Merrimack, contains thirty- eight acres and empties into the river by Otternick Brook, abont eighty rods below Taylor's Falls bridge.
Several mills have been built upon this stream at various times, from its outlet at the pond to near the Merrimack.
The first saw-mill erected in town is said to have been located at the outlet of Otternick Pond as early as 1710. There is now on this stream a saw and grist- mill and a file-shop. The name was derived from an Indian name, variously given in the ancient records as Wattannick, Wataanuck, Watananock, Watana- nuck, Watannack, etc.
Musquash is a small pond in the south part of the town, ont of which flows a stream of the same name, which empties into the river below the State line in Tyngsborough, Mass. This stream has furnished power for a saw and grist-mill from the time of the early settlements to the present.
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