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He married, November 28, 1826, Lydia, eldest daughter of Deacon Solomon Dodge. Being dis- missed from the church in New Boston as their pastor, after spending a short time in Francestown, he re- moved to Hillsborough, where he remained seven years.
In 1843, Mr. Atwood was elected State treasurer, which office he retained six years, a part of which time he served as chaplain to the State Prison.
In 1850, Mr. Atwood returned to New Boston, where he resided until his death, which occurred ou April 28, 1873, occupying his time in cultivating his farm, and occasionally supplying churches destitute of pas- tors, enjoying the confidence and respect of the com- munity, whom he represented in the Legislature five years, viz.,-1832, '33, '34, '35, '59.
As a preacher, Mr. Atwood was evangelical and in- structive, and as a pastor, faithful, affectionate and conciliatory ; and his ministry in New Boston served greatly to enlarge and strengthen the church to which he ministered.
He always cordially sought to advance the cause of education and to promote every enterprise that prom- ised to benefit the community. And the government and Union found, in their hour of peril, an unwaver- ing friend and supporter, planting no thorns for the pillow of his declining years by neutrality and op- position to a just government. Courteous, hospitable and generous, he bound to himself all good men, both as a Christian gentleman and an upright citizen.
Mr. Atwood's children are Lydia D., Sarah E., John B., Roger W., Ann J., Mary F., Solomon D. and John H.
The latter and John B. died in infancy.
Sarah E. married John L. Blair, and resides in Alton, Ill.
Ann J. became the wife of Rev. J. L. A. Fish ; she died March 15, 1874.
Roger W. married Emily Larcom, of Beverly, Mass., and resides in Alton, III.
Solomon D). married Flora A. Dodge, of Frances- town, and resides in this town.
CAPTAIN DANIEL CAMPBELL, son of Thomas and grandson of Robert Campbell, one of the earliest set- tlers in the east part of the town, now resides where
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his grandfather settled in 1763. This is one of the instances where property descends to the third and fourth generation.
He has held the office of selectman longer than any other person now living in town, four times represen- ted the town in the State Legislature, has exercised great influence in town affairs and enjoyed the confi- dence of his townsmen for uprightness and integrity. Now past the eightieth mile-post, he retains his intel- lectual vigor unimpaired.
November 6, 1834, he married Sabrina Moor, daugh- ter of John Moor and granddaughter of Rev. Solomon Moor, who died February 11, 1846, by whom he had five children, --
Clark, born March 17, 1836, and married Ann Per- kins, of Mont Vernon, where they now reside.
Alfred M., born May 14, 1838, married Mary Abbie Cochran, of New Boston.
John, born May 1, 1840, died November 17, 1840. John and Sabrina, born February 11, 1846, both of whom are now dead.
Mr. Campbell married, for his second wife, Decem- ber 2, 1847, Matilda Moor, and they have two chil- dren,-
Hamilton M., born August 29, 1848, married Hattie Andrews, of New Boston ; they are now living in Goffstown.
Mary Ann, born March 27, 1851, married Charles Bales, of Wilton, where they now reside.
HON. ROBERT B. COCHRANE was born in New Boston October 24, 1794. He was grandson of James, of Windham, and great-grandson of John and Jennie (McKeen) Cochrane, of that town. This John was born in Londonderry, Ireland, 1704, and settled in Lon- donderry, N. H. (part now Windham), in 1720. His father, John, when not more than sixteen years old, shared in the defense of Londonderry, Ireland, against the Catholics, in 1689. He afterwards married Eliza- beth Arwin, and died at the age of of forty-six years. The John who settled in this country was known as "Captain John," and was a leading and efficient man in Windham till his death, in 1788.
The parents of Hon. Robert B. were John Coch- rane, of New Boston (who died in Chester February 10, 1845, aged seventy-five years), and Jemima Davis, who was called "a saintly woman." She died Octo- ber 7, 1868, aged ninety-four. She was a daughter of Benjamin Davis, a captain in the Revolutionary army.
Robert B. had only the scanty privileges of the district school of those days, but fitted himself to begin teaching at the age of sixteen (1810), and taught winters for nearly fifty years, generally two schools each winter; was justice of the peace for about the same length of time. He was a surveyor of land, and no other man in New Boston was so familiar with lots and lines ; was representative from New Boston, 1835-36-37; was selectman about a dozen years, most of the time chairman of the board,
and was chosen State Senator, 1854 and 1856. For a long series of years he was largely in probate busi- ness, was a frequent referee, and wrote an untold number of wills, deeds, contracts and various legal papers; was a Christian man most of his long life, and was for years an officer of the Sabbath-school following its earliest organization in the town ; was delegate from New Boston to the Constitutional Con- vention of 1850 ; was a self-made man, of clear head and strong natural abilities. He died May 7, 1878. His brothers were Hon. Gerry W. Cochrane and Hon. Clark B. Cochrane, A.M., several terms repre- sentative in Congress from the Albany District, New York.
Robert B. married Elizabeth, daughter of Captain Robert Warren, of New Boston. Of their teu chil- dren, four died young. The others were as follows :
1. Prudence, born March 10, 1824; a quick scholar and good teacher; has been an invalid since 1847.
2. Annis C. C., born April 16, 1825; married John O. Parker, of Manchester, November, 1848; died March 11, 1854. Her only surviving child, Willard Boyd, was graduated at Dartmouth College, 1875.
3. Sophia P., born February 18, 1830; died April 30, 1851; a remarkably keen and accurate scholar.
4. Rev. Warren R., born August 25, 1835, was graduated at Dartmouth College, 1859; tutor in Dart- mouth College, 1861; pastor of the Presbyterian Church, Antrim, N. H., nearly eighteen years; mar- ried Leila C., daughter of William C. and Harriet (Crombie) Cochran, June 14, 1864.
5. Elizabeth D., born April 28, 1837 ; married W. W. Story, of Antrim, November 6, 1870.
6. Clark B., born February 9, 1843; was graduated at the Albany Law School, 1865; married Mary E. Andrews, of New London, N. H.
Casualties, Suicides, etc. - Nathan Merrill was found dead in the road. Tradition says that in the early settlement of the town an erratic, visionary sort of man was found dead in so small a pool of water that foul play or suicide was suspected. A jury was called, on which was a broad-spoken son of Erin, who acted as chairman, and when inquired of by the justice for the result of their investigation, replied, "Yer honor, we brought in a verdict of felonious wilful murther ! But, jest to soften it down a little, we ca'd it accidental."
Tradition says that in the spring of the year, in the early settlement of the town, the body of a man was found near the Great Meadow, in the west part of the town. Who he was or how he came to his death is not affirmed ; his body was found near the camp where some cattle had been fed during the winter, which had been driven up from Londonderry, as was the custom for many years.
Captain John Mclaughlin, who resided on Brad- ford's Hill, carrying on an extensive business in tan - ning, met with some reverses of fortune, and was soon after found drowned in a well in the east corner of his
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field. The late Luther Richards was on the jury of inqnest, who, in speaking of the result of the inves- tigation, said,-" As we could not say, as no one saw him, that he came to his death intentionally, we thonghit it would be most in harmony with the feel- ing of the community to say accidental, and that was our verdict."
The wife of Captain Gray hung herself on the night of the installation of Rev. Solomon Moor, in the house now owned by John Kidder. Gray had been a sea-cap- tain, and foul play was suspected, as the knot in the rope around her neck was a genuine sailor-knot. When asked why he did not cut her down when he first found her, he replied that "he put his hand to her mouth, and her breath was cold, so he knew she was dead."
In 1854 a young man sought to win the hand of a young lady, and, being unsuccessful, resolved to take her life, which he effected, and then took his own with the same instrument, expressing a desire before he died to be buried in the same grave with her who had just fallen by his hand.
The following inscription on her tombstone not only serves to preserve the historic fact, but to show to what wondrous heights of sublimity the muse will rise when so tragical an event transpires :
"Sevilla, daughter of George and Sarah Jones, murdered by Henry N. Sargent, January 13, 1854, aged 17 years and 9 mo.
" Thus fell this lovely, blooming daughter By the revengeful hand-a malicious Henry. When on her way to school he met her And with a six self-cocked pistol shot her."
Charles Small was murdered September 7, 1840, by one Thomas, of Amherst, near the McCollom tavern, on the road to Amherst.
Mr. Benjamin Blaisdell, of Goffstown, came to New Boston, and bought a farm, now owned by Charles Shedd. His family consisted of his wife, who was Clarissa J. Kimball, of Goffstown, their four children and his mother. In the winter of 1849, Letitia Blaisdell, an adopted daughter of the late father of Mr. Blaisdell, who had been working at Man- chester after his removal to New Boston, came to visit in his family. At her own request, the night after her arrival she slept with her adopted mother. The next morning the old lady was taken sick in a strange way, soon became insensible and died the next morning, aged about eighty. After the death of Mr. Blaisdell's mother Letitia went to Wentworth, and spent about four weeks, and returned February 16, 1849.
The next day after her return, a son, a child about two years and a half old, was taken sick, and after twelve hours of suffering, died, the physicians affirm- ing that in some way the child must have been poi- soned, yet no suspicions rested on any person.
Soon after the burial of the child Mr. Blaisdell and his wife were taken sick while at tea, with every symptom of poison, but by timely aid were relieved.
Suspicions now began to rest on Letitia, and she soon 39
confessed her guilt,-that she had administered mor- phine both to the aged mother and the little child, and the same in the tea which Mr. and Mrs. Blaisdell drank; and that she had provided herself with strychnine if the morphine failed; that she held a forged note against Mr. Blaisdell, and intended to destroy the whole family. This was undertaken from no ill will towards any member of the family, but evidently with the impression that if they were all out of the way she could take possession of the prop- erty. To this horrid crime she affirmed she had been impelled by the counsel and assistance of another person. She was arrested, tried and con- demned to be hung ; but this sentence was commuted to imprisonment for life; yet, in 1861, she was par- doned out by Governor Goodwin, and she subse- quently married a man who had served a period in the same prison.
Mrs. Hannah Hines, daughter of the late Mr. Rollins, was shockingly burned on Saturday evening, December 12, 1863, about nine o'clock, by her clothes taking fire at the open door of her stove. She sur- vived, in great agony, until the next morning, and died about seven o'clock, aged thirty-three.
The spotted fever prevailed in New Boston greatly in 1814 and to a limited extent in 1815.
SELECTMEN.
1763 .- Thomas Cochran, Nathaniel Cochran, John Carson, James Mc- Ferson, John McAllister.
1764 .- Thomas Cochran, Nathaniel Cochran, John McAllister.
1765 .- James Ferson, James Cochran, Jesse Cristy.
1766 .- William Clark, Jesse Cristy, James Cochran.
1767 .- James Ferson. Alexander McCollom, William Clark.
1768 .- James Ferson, George Cristy, William Clark.
1769 .- Nathaniel Cochran, David Lewis, Allen Moor. 1770 .- William Moor, Thomas Wilson, David Lewis.
1771 .- William Clark, Archibald McMillen, James Cochran.
1772 .- Jesse Cristy, Archibald McMillen, Thomas Wilson.
1773 .- Jesse Cristy, Archibald McMillen, Thomas Wilson.
1774 .- Ninian Clark, John Cochran, Jr., James Caldwell.
1775 .- Ninian Clark, James Wilson, John Cochran, Jr.
1776 .- Ninian Clark, Daniel McAllister, Robert Hogg.
1777 .- James Caldwell, Thomas Wilson, Jacob Hooper.
1778 .- Robert Campbell, Robert Patterson (third), Nehemiah Dodge.
1779 .- James Caldwell, Solomon Dodge, Robert Campbell.
1780 .- James Caldwell, Nehemiah Dodge, Robert Campbell.
1781 .- William Livingston, Daniel Dane, Josiah Warren.
1782 .- James Caldwell, James Wilson, Deacon Jesse C'risty.
1783 .- James Caldwell, Josiah Warren, Deacon Jesse Chisty. 1784 .- John Cochran, Daniel Dane, Noah Dodge. 1785 .- James Wilson, Jr., Daniel Dane, Noah Dodge.
1786 .- Josiah Warren, Danie! Dane, Noah Dodge.
1787 .- Josiah Warren, James Caldwell, Solomon Dodge.
1788 .- Josiah Warren, James Caldwell, Solomon Dodge. 1789 .- Jonathan Gove, Ninian Clark, Robert Boyd. 1790 .- Jonathan Gove, Ninian Clark, Robert Boyd.
1791 .- Jonathan Gove, James Caldwell, Noah Dodge.
1792 .- David Stinson, James Wilson, Jr., Robert Clark.
1793 .- James Wilson, Robert Clark, James Campbell. 1794 .- James Wilson, Robert Clark, James Campbell. 1795 .- James Wilson, Robert Clark, James Campbell. 1796 .- Robert Clark, James Wilson, Jr .. Robert Campbell. 1797 .- Robert Clark, James Wilson Jr., Robert Campbell.
1798 .- Robert Clark, James Wilson, Jr., William Crombie.
1799 .- Ephraim Jones, Samuel Gregg, Livermore Langdell.
1800 .- Robert Clark, William Crombie, Samuel Gregg.
1801 .- Robert Clark, William Crombie, Samuel Gregg.
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1802 .- Ensign Alexander McCollom, David Wilson, Geary Whiting. 1803 .- Robert Clark, Captain William Crombie, Lieutenant Robert Christie.
1804 .- Geary Whiting, Lieutenant Robert Christie, Solomon Dodge. 1805 .- Solomon Dodge, Lieutenant John Cochran, Captain William Crombie.
1806 .- Solomon Dodge, James Wilson, Esq., Captain William Crombie. 1807 .- Major William Crombie, Captain John Cochran, James Wilson, Esg.
1808 .- Major William Crombie, Captain John Cochran, James Wilson, Esq.
1809 .- Geary Whiting, Captain Joseph Andrews, Deacon Joseph Cochran.
1810 .- Deacon Joseph Cochran, Ensign Alexander McCollom, Solomon Dodge.
1811 .- Deacon Robert Clark, Deacon Joseph Cochran, Lieutenant Robert Wason.
1812 .- Deacon Robert Clark, Robert Wason, Alexander MeCollom. 1813 .- Captain Robert Wason, Solomon Dodge, James Ferson, Jr.
1814 .- James Ferson, Jr., Benjamin Fairfield, Joseph Cochran, Jr.
1815. - Joseph Cochran, Jr., Benjamin Fairfield, Deacon Joseph Coch- ran.
1816 .- Robert Wason, Deacon Robert Clark, Solomon Dodge.
1817 .- Solomon Dodge, Captain Robert Warren, Joseph Cochran, Esq. 1818 .- Joseph Cochran, Esq., Solomon Dodge, Captain Robert Warren. 1819 .- Solomon Dodge, Jacob Hooper, Jr., Colonel Samnel Dane.
1820 .- Joseph Cochran, Jr., Jacob Ilooper, Jr., Captain Andrew Beard.
1821 .- Joseph Cochran, Jr., Jacob Hooper, Jr., Benjamin Fairfield.
1822 .- Deacon Solomon Dodge, Deacon Robert Clark, Benjamin Fair- field.
1823 .- Joseph Cochran, Jr .. Deacon Solomon Dodge, Jacob Hooper, Jr.
1824 .- Deacon Robert Clark, Deacon Solomon Dodge, Benjamin Fair- field.
1825. - Joseph Cochran, Jr., Deacon Solomon Dodge, Benjamin Fair- field.
1826 .- Joseph Cochran, Jr., John Crombie, Benjamin Fairfield.
1827 .- Joseph Cochran, Jr., John Crombie, Jonathan Cochran.
1828 .- Solomon Dodge, Benjamin Fairfield, Joseph Gregg.
1829 .- Benjamin Fairfield, Sammel Trull, Robert B. Cochran. 1830 .- Andrew Beard, Issachar Andrews, Robert B. Cochran. 1831 .- Benjamin Fairfield, Esq., Jesse Beard, Waterman Burr. 1832 .- Benjamin Fairfield, Waterman Burr, Benjamin S. Woodbury. 1833 .- Samuel Trull, Rodney McCollom, Jacob II. Richards.
1834 .- Rodney McCollom, Benjamin Fairfield, Jacob H. Richards.
1835 .- Jacob H. Richards, James B. Gregg, John Dodge, (3d.)
1836 .- Benjamin Fairfield, Esq., Solomon Dodge, Jr., Daniel Camp- bell.
1837 .- Solomon Dodge, Jr., Daniel Campbell, Asa McMillen.
1838 .- Asa McMillen, Captain Horace Philbrick, Captain John Lam- son.
1839 .- Captain Horace Philbrick, John Lamson, Micah Lawrence. 1840 .- Robert B. Cochran, Captain Willard Dodge, Daniel Campbell. 1841 .- Robert B. Cochran, Captain Willard Dodge, Daniel Campbell. 1842 .- Robert B. Cochran, Captain Willard Dodge, Daniel Campbell. 1×43 .- Daniel Campbell, N. C. Crombie, John Whipple. 1844 .- Ninian C. Crombie, Rodney George, Lemuel Marden. 1845 .- Rodney George, Lemnel Marden, John Lamson.
1846 .- Ninian C. Crombie, Benjamin Fairfield, Jacob H. Richards.
1847 .- Jacob H. Richards, Ira Gage, John B. Warren. 1848 .- Jacob H. Richards, Ira Gage, John B. Warren.
1×49 .- Ninian C. Crombie, Ilorace Philbrick, William Beard. 1850 .- Ninian C. Crombie, Horace Philbrick, William Beard. 1851 .- Ninian C. Crombie, Willard Dodge, Benjamin Dodge (2d). 1852 .- Willard Dodge, Marshall Adams, James MeCurdy.
1853 .- Benjamin Fairfield, Benjamin Dodge (3d), James Cristy. 1853 .- Benjamin Fairfield, Benjamin Dodge (3d), Daniel Gregg. 1855 .- Daniel Campbell, George M. Shedd, James P. Todd. 1856 .- George M. Shedd, James P. Todd, Samuel Langdell. 1857 .- George M. Shedd, Benjamin Fletcher, Amos Lull. 1858 .- Benjamin Fletcher, Daniel Campbell, William Beard. 1859 .- Daniel Campbell, William Beard, George W. McLane. 1860 .-- William Beard, George W. Me Lane, Stephen F. Buruham. 1861 .- Robert B. Cochran, Stephen F. Burnham, Benjamin Colby. 1862 .- Robert B. Cochran, Daniel Campbell, Benjamin Colby.
1863 .- Robert B. Cochran, Daniel Campbell, Benjamin Colby.
1864 .- Robert B. Cochran, Daniel Campbell, Benjamin Colby.
1865. - Robert B. Cochran, Benjamin Dodge, Almon Lufkin.
1866 .- Robert B. Cochran, Benjamin Dodge, Almon Lufkin.
1867 .- Robert B. Cochran, Stephen F. Burnham, David Barnard. 1868. - Benjamin Colby, David Barnard, William Woodbury. 1869 .- Robert B. Cochran, William Woodbury, Elbridge C. Colby.
1870 .- Elbridge C. Colby, John M. Holt, Altred M. Campbell.
1871 .- Elbridge C. Colby, John M. Holt, Alfred M Campbell.
1872 .- John M. Holt, Alfred M. Campbell, William Orne. 1873 .- John M. Holt, William Orne, George Langdell.
1874 .- William Orne, George Langdell, David Marden.
1875 .- George Langdell, David Marden, Benjamin Goodhue.
1876 .- David Marden, Benjamin Goodhne, George H. Wilson.
1877 .- David Marden, Benjamin Goodhue, George II. Wilson.
1878 .- David Marden, Benjamin Goodhne, Thomas R. Cochran.
1879 .- David Marden, Benjamin Goodhue, Thomas R. Cochran. 1880 .- David Barnard, Albert Goodwin, Sidney H. Dodge.
1881 .- Thomas R. Cochran, Charles McLane, Eben Dodge.
1882 .- Thomas R. Cochran, Charles McLane, Eben Dodge.
1883 .- Alfred W. Read, Charles F. Dodge, John H. Lamson. 1884 .- Charles Dodge, William E. Andrews. James McCurdy. 1885 .- James McCurdy, Henry Kelso, Charles Shedd.
TOWN CLERKS.
1763-67, Alexander McCollom : 1768-76, William Clark ; 1777-85, John Cochran, Jr. ; 1785-92, Jonathan Gove ; 1793-95, John Cochran, Esq. ; 1796-98, Robert Clark ; 1799, John Cochran ; 1800-1, Robert Clark ; 1802-4, Geary Whiting ; 1805-8, Luke Lincoln ; 1808-11, Geary Whit- ing ; 1812-14, Joseph Cochran, Jr. ; 1815, Robert Wason ; 1816-17, James Ferson, Jr. ; 1819-23, Joseph Cochran, Jr. ; 1824-29, John Dal- ton ; 1830-38, Amos W. Tewksbury ; 1839-42, Rodney McCollom ; 1843- 45. John D. Cochran ; 1844-48, James Danforth ; 1849-51, Waterman Burr; 1852-70, George G. Fox ; 1871-81, Clarence H. Dodge ; 1882-83, Benjamin Ilall ; 1884-85, E. P. Fox.
REPRESENTATIVES.
1763 .- Jonathan Gove, George Cristy and William Moor were chosen delegates to a County Congress at Amherst, November 8, 1774.
1764-65-66 .-- Jonathan Gove was chosen delegate to Exeter, to choose a delegate to represent this province in a Continental Congress to be held in Philadelphia, May 10, 1775.
1767 .- Thomas Wilson was chosen a delegate to a congress held at Ex- eter, May 17, 1775.
1768-69-70 .- Benjamin Dodge, chosen representative in the assembly to be held at Exeter, on the third Wednesday of December, 1776.
1771-72 .- Archibald McMillen, chosen representative in the General Assembly holden at Exeter, third Wednesday of December, 1777.
1773 .- Archibald McMillen, chosen representative in the convention to be holden at Concord, June 10, 1778.
1774-75 .- William Starrett, of Francestown, representative in the Gen- eral Assembly at Exeter, third Wednesday of December, 1778.
1776-77 .- Lieutenant William Livingston, delegate to the convention at Concord, September 22, 1779.
1778-79 .- James Caldwell, representative in General Assembly holden
at Exeter, third Wednesday in December, 1780.
1780 .- James Caldwell, representative in the General Assembly at Ex- eter, 1781.
1781-82-83 .- Benjamin Dodge, Archibald McMillen, William Starrett and James Caldwell represented New Boston and Francestown, being chosen by the citizens of the two towns at a special meeting called for that purpose.
1784-88 .- Jonathan Gove.
1789 .- Not any.
1790-91-92-93 .- Josiah Warren, delegate to the convention to revise the Constitution of New Itampshire, holden at Concord, first Wednesday of September, 1791.
1794-95 .- Ninian Clark.
1796-97 .- Not any.
1798 .- Ninian Clark.
1799 .- James Caldwell.
1800-2 .- Ninian Clark, Esq.
1803-13 .- Captain Ephraim Jones.
1814-17 .- Lieutenant William Dodge.
1818 .- Deacon Robert Wason.
1819-23 .- Joseph Cochran, Jr.
1824-26 .- Benjamin Fairfield.
1827-28 .- Samuel Trull.
1829-30 .- Andrew Beard.
Elbridge Mason
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1×31-34 .- John Atwood. 1835-37 .- Robert Cochran. 1839 .- Benjamin Fletcher. 1840-41 .- Asa McMillen. 1842-43 .- Solomon Dodge, Jr. 1844-45 .- Abner Hogg. 1846-47 .- Daniel Campbell. 1848-49 .- David Gage and Micah Lawrence. 1850-51 .- John Lamson. 1852-53 .- Jolın Gregg. 1854 .- Benjamin Fletcher. 1855-56 .- Samuel Langdell and Daniel Campbell. 1857 .- Daniel Campbell. 1858-59. - Benjamin Dodge (2d) and Perry Richards. 1860 .- John Atwood and James Danforth. 1861 .- James Danforth. 1862-63 .- David Gregg. 1864 .- George Fox. 1865-66 .- George M. Shedd. 1867-68 .- Daniel Gregg. 1869-70 .- Andrew J. Bennett. 1871 .- Stephen F. Burnham. 1872-73 .- Samuel M. Christie. 1874 .- Stephen F. Burnham. 1875-76 .- George E. Cochran. 1877-78 .- Alfred M. Campbell. 1879-80 .- William Woodbury, elected November, 1878. 1881-82 .- Thomas O. Knowlton, elected November, 1880. 1883-84 .- Elbridge C. Colby, elected November, 1882. 1885 .- Butler T. Hills, elected November, 1884.
GRADUATES OF COLLEGES.
John Gove, Dartmouth College, 1793; William Wilson, Dartmouth College, 1787 ; William Ferson, Dartmouth College, 1797; Rev. Peter Cochran, Dartmouth College, 1798 ; Nathaniel Peabody, Dartmouth Col- lege, 1800; Rev. Thomas Cochran, Brown University ; Rev. Robert Cochran, Brown University ; Rev. Samuel Clark, Dartmouth College, 1812 ; Charles F. Gove, Dartmouth College, 1817; Josiah Fairfield, Dart- mouth College, 1825 ; Clark B. Cochran, Union College, 1839 ; Perley Dodge, Union College, 1824 ; Rev. Hiram Wason, Amherst College, 1834 ; Rev. Royal Parkinson, Dartmouth College, 1842; Witter S. McCurdy, Dartmouth College, 1845; Jesse MeCurdy, Dartmouth College, 1852 ; Amos B. Goodhue, Dartmouth College, 1845 ; Joseph A. Goodhue, Dartmouth College, 1848 ; Lorenzo Fairbank, Dartmouth College, 1852 ; Rev. War- ren R. Cochran, Dartmouth College, 1859 ; Rev. William R. Adams, Dartmouth College, 1859 ; William W. Colburn, Dartmouth College, 1861 ; Henry Marden, Dartmouth College, 1862.
Schools .- The facilities of the early settlers for educating their children were very limited until after the incorporation of the town. All the instruction was given by teachers hired by individuals, while those who had the means sent their children to older towns, where public schools existed.
In 1767 a small building erected by the town near the meeting-house was occasionally used for schools.
Mr. Donovan, an Irishman and a school-teacher by profession, taught five months in 1776.
Three years previous to this date, in 1773, the town voted to raise twenty-four pounds, and the selectmen were to divide it as they thought proper.
It appears that a teacher was employed a few months in different parts of the town. The follow- ing year the same amount was raised, and an arrange- ment had been entered into by the inhabitants volun- tarily dividing the money equally between the five districts.
In 1788 the town voted to hire a grammar school- master, with as little expense as possible, the school- master to be examined by the following gentlemen : Rev. Solomon Moor, Dr. Jonathan Gove and William
Clark, as regards his qualifications as teacher of the languages and mathematics ; and it was voted that this teacher keep an equal time in the five districts.
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