History of Littleton, New Hampshire: Genealogy comp. by George C. Furber., Part 25

Author: George Clarence Furber
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3. PHINEAS GOULD, son of James ?, b. in Hollis, July 18, 1767. m. Jan. 15, 1789, Betsey Smith, d. in Haverhill, May 14, 1851. His de- scendants write the name Goold.


4. MARQUIS LA FAYETTE GOOLD, son of Phineas ", b. in Lyme, July 12, 1805. m. Sept. 15, 1837, Emily Dodge, dau. of Benjamin F. Rus- sell, b. in Newburyport, Mass., Feb. 23, 1817, d. in L. April 15, 1850. m. second, May 20, 1851, Susan Johnson, dau. of John T. Leverett, b. in Windsor, Vt., June 24, 1819, Cong. He res. in L. from 1826 until he d., Jan. 10, 1883. Merchant. Cong. Republican. Selectman, 1842-3-6-7. Clerk, 1855. Treasurer, 1844-6-9-55-8-70. Fire ward, 1844-5-7-8-9. Delegate to Constitutional Convention, 1850. J. P. State. I. O. O. F., N. G.


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i. EMILY ELIZABETH, b. Nov. 17, 1838. m. July 15, 1867, Rollin F. Gor- ham, contractor and builder. res. Joliet, IlI.


ii. LUELLA JANE, b. July 81, 1840. m. Nov. 7, 1866, Martin Westphal, banker. res. L.


5. iii. PHINEAS RUSSELL, b. March 21, 1842.


iv. HENRY MARQUIS, b. Jan. 29, 1844, d. L. March 1, 1844.


v. FRANK ABBOTT, b. March 16, 1845, d. L. July 14, 1845.


vi. KATHERINE WHITING, b. June 1, 1847. m. May 1, 1871, Daniel Ham- mond Richards, carpenter. res. Woburn, Mass.


vii. ALICE HALE, b. Feb. 8, 1848. m. Theron A. Farr (See).


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6. viii. HENRY TILTON, b. April 5, 1852.


ix. MARY SOPHIA, b. Aug. 4, 1855, d. L. April 23, 1857.


X. MARION LEVERETT, b. Aug. 4, 1859. m. Jan. 1, 1882, Don H. Aldrich, druggist. res. Concord.


5. PHINEAS RUSSELL GOOLD, son of Marquis La Fayette ", b. in L. March 21, 1842. m. Jan. 10, 1869, Sylvia, dau. of Henry Danforth, b. in Lisbon, Sept. 1833. He has res. in L. most of his life. He learned the printer's trade in the office of the Haverhill " Republican," and worked at his trade for some years in various offices. Returning to L., he worked as a clerk in a store for some time. Nov. 30, 1868, he was appointed Postmaster, which position he held until Feb. 1887. Jan. 1, 1881, he, in company with B. F. Robinson, established the " Littleton Journal," of which he remained part proprietor until 1887, when he sold his interest to his partner. May 13, 1891, he formed the Courier Publishing Co., and purchased the " Littleton Courier," of which he was publisher and treasurer till the purchase of the property by W. S. Noyes in 1899. Selectman, 1887-8. Board of Health, 1888. J. P. No chi.


6. HENRY TILTON GOOLD, son of Marquis La Fayette ", b. in L. April 5, 1852. m. first, March 29, 1875, Emma A., dau. of Ezra Bliss Elkins (See), b. in Lisbon, April 3, 1855, d. in Woburn, Mass., May 5, 1886. m. second, Ang. 10, 1892, Augusta M., dau. of Moses A. Fel- lows, b. in Chelsea, Mass., April 3, 1857. He res. in L. from birth to 1875. Book-keeper. Executor of estate of Col. Charles A. Sinclair. Railroad director and general business.


Ch., by w. Emma, b. in Woburn, Mass., -


i. FRANK ELKINS, b. May 11, 1877.


ii. HAROLD LEVERETT, b. Woburn, Mass., Aug. 28, 1882.


Ch., by w. Augusta, b. in Woburn, Mass., -


iii. AMELIA FELLOWS, b. Feb. 14, 1896.


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GOULD.


1. ASA GOULD, b. 1774. m. Sally, dau. of Jonas Bowman 6 (See), b. in Henniker, June, 1774, d. in L. Sept. 2, 1861. He res. in L. from 1801 to 1844. Farmer. A. F. and A. M., Meridian Sun, No. 25, Bath, and Morning Dawn. d. L. Oct. 7, 1849.


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2. i. CLEMENT, b. March 17, 1797.


ii. SELINA, b. Sept. 9, 1798. m. Charles Riser.


iii. TAMSON, b. Dec. 9, 1799.


iv. . AsA, b. Feb. 29, 1804. m. Harriet Holbrook. He d. Coventry, Vt., Aug. 20, 1852. She d. June 26, 1871.


v. ROXANA, b. Aug. 19, 1807. m. Vine Kinne (See).


vi. HOLLIS, b. March 6, 1809.


vii. MARY J. SULLIVAN, b. Barnet, Vt., April 28, 1889. m. John C. Goode- nough (See). (Adopted.)


2. CLEMENT GOULD, son of Asa1, b. in L. March 17, 1797. m. March 6, 1823, Jerusha, dau. of Josiah Burleigh, b. in Sanbornton, Oct. 1, 1802, d. Aug. 5, 1873. He res. in L. from birth to 1823. La- borer. d. June 6, 1872.


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i. EVELINE, b. Lyman, April 12, 1824, d. July 5, 1829.


il. SELINA, b. Lyman, Aug. 1, 1825. m. Dec. 21, 1848, Charles U. R. Rythes. She d. Aug. 22, 1849.


iii. LUTHER C., b. Lyman, June 16, 1881. m. Lucinda F. Carter. He d. Oct. 29, 1858.


iv. EZRA P., b. Lyman, March 31, 1884, d. Aug. 28, 1849.


V. MARY P., b. Lyman, Aug. 31, 1836.


vi. HOLLIS, b. Coventry, Vt., March 1, 1838. m. first, Dec. 20, 1858, Cla- rinda A. Dunham, d. Aug. 12, 1863. m. second, Dec. 5, 1866, Lucy J. Benson. res. Newport, Vt.


'vii. MARTHA P., b. Newport, Vt., April 5, 1840. m. Aug. 29, 1862, Charles T. Root. She d. Feb. 1, 1865.


viii. FRANKLIN, b. Newport, Vt., Sept. 18, 1842, d. Newport, Vt., Dec. 3, 1858.


GOULD.


3. EDWIN HENRY GOULD, son of Henry Dewey, b. in Marshfield, Vt., Sept. 18, 1858. m. Nov. 8, 1883, Abby E., dau. of Ezra Bliss Elkins, (See), b. in L. May 31, 1860. He has res. in L. since 1880. Mer- chant. Democrat. A. F. and A. M., Burns Lodge. K. T., St. Gerard Com'dy. I. O. O. F., Lafayette Lodge. No ch.


INGRAHAM. GRAHAM.


1. BENJAMIN INGRAHAM served four years in the French and Indian War, and eight years in the War of the Revolution. He was discharged in Western N. Y. and had to travel on foot to his home in Sharon, Mass. Before arriving home his money, which was almost worthless, gave out, and he had to beg the rest of the way. He died in 1822, aged 92 years.


2. LEWIS INGRAHAM, son of Benjamin 1, b. in Providence, R. I., Aug. 10, 1788. m. May 27, 1810, Amy, dau. of Abraham Drake, b. in


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Walpole, Mass., July 22, 1792, d. in Franconia, Nov. 17, 1838. He res. in L. a short time before he d., Dec. 30, 1860. Farmer.


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3. i. LEWIS, b. Sharon, Mass., May 4, 1811.


ii. CLARISSA, b. Walpole, Mass., July 29, 1813. m. Oct. 2, 1850, - Hol- lis, shoemaker. She d. Canton, Mass., Oct. 5, 1881.


iii. CAROLINE, b. Roxbury, Mass., May 10, 1816. m. May 29, 1841, John Allen, shoemaker. She d. Stoughton, Mass., May 29, 1847.


4. iv. ELBRIDGE G., b. Acton, Mass., Dec. 16, 1819.


v. MARY A., b. Franconia, May 25, 1823, d. Franconia, Oct. 4, 1841.


vi. GEORGE W., b. Franconia, June 12, 1825, d. Franconia, Aug. 27, 1827.


vii. SARAH C., b. Franconia, Aug. 15, 1827. m. Sept. 23, 1854, David Manuel, match manufr. She d. Hyde Park, Mass., 1891.


viii. MARTHA G., b. Franconia, June 10, 1830. m. May 8, 1851, Davis White, shoemaker. He d. Dedham, Mass., 1893.


ix. HARRIET N., b. Franconia, Oct. 21, 1832. m. Feb. 22, 1852, George Leonard, livery stable. res. Hyde Park, Mass.


x. EMILY L., b. Franconia, Jan. 12, 1835. res. Hyde Park, Mass.


3. LEWIS GRAHAM, son of Lewis?, b. in Sharon, Mass., May 4, 1811. m. first, Aug. 12, 1839. Hannah, dau. of Caleb Noyes, b. in Franconia, May 8, 1819, d. in Franconia, Nov. 19, 1841, Cong. m. second, May 27, 1843, Maria, dau. of Joseph Wilder, b. in Bethlehem, Oct. 15, 1821, d. in St. Johnsbury, Vt., March 2, 1885, Cong. He res. in L. from June, 1848, to Oct. 1856. Clerk and book-keeper. Cong. Republican. J. P. He had his name changed from Ingraham to Graham by the Legislature in 1836, and since that date Graham has been the recognized family name.


Ch., by w. Hannah, -


i. MARY, b. Franconia, Aug. 3, 1840. m. July 27, 1861, John Hutchinson, nurseryman and jeweller. res. Portsmouth.


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ii. CLARENCE WARREN, b. Bethlehem, June 11, 1847. m. June 3, 1885, Jessie M. Dunn. Taxidermist. res. Haverhill, Mass.


4. ELBRIDGE G. GRAHAM, son of Lewis , b. in Acton, Mass., Dec. 16, 1819. m. Oct. 12, 1844, Marion, dau. of Ebenezer Gaskill (See), b. in St. Johnsbury, Vt., March 12, 1826, Unitarian. He res. in L. from 1848 until he d., March 25, 1890. Iron-moulder. Unitarian. Republican. A. F. and A. M., Burns Lodge.


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i. MELPHONSO MORTIMER, b. Feb. 6, 1849. m. Feb. 6, 1871, Addie Stearns. Machinist. res. Moberly, Mo.


5. ii. PERCIVAL SOBIESKI, b. Nov. 5, 1853.


iii. GEORGE ELBRIDGE, b. Feb. 22, 1862. m. Oct. 22, 1890, Edith Vath. Machinist. res. Moberly, Mo.


5. PERCIVAL SOBIESKI GRAHAM, son of Elbridge ", b. in L. Nov. 5, 1853. m. May 14, 1879, Mary, dau. of Charles Jasper Robinson, b. in Barton, Vt., Jan. 14, 1858, Unitarian. He has res. in L. all his life. Photographer. Unitarian. Republican. I. O. O.F, N. G. C. P., L. Encampment.


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i. CHARLES ELBRIDGE, b. L. June 30, 1884, d. L. Feb. 4, 1891.


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GRANGER.


1. NELSON MCDONALD GRANGER, son of Rev. P. N., of the Vt. Con- ference, b. in Granville, Vt., Aug. 10, 1840. m. Jan. 28, 1863, Lizzie P. Browne. He was educated in Newbury, Vt., Seminary, where he remained four years, and June 12, 1861, received a Methodist local preacher's license in Lyndon, Vt. Soon after he entered the Metho- dist Gen. Biblical Institute in Concord, where he remained two years. In 1862 he became a probationer in the Vt. Conference, and was ordained Dea. by Bishop Janes, and in 1864 was received into full connection. He was located in the Vt. Conference as follows : Lyn- don and Kirby, Vt., 1862 ; Northfield Falls, Vt., 1863 ; Royalton, Vt., 1865 ; Corinth, Vt., 1866 ; Waitsfield, Vt., 1867. On account of poor health he was then placed upon the superannuated list until 1871, when he was transferred to the New England Conference and sta- tioned at Blanford, Mass., until 1873, when he was ordained Elder by Bishop Wiley in Lynn, Mass., and appointed to South Deerfield, Mass., from which place, after two years' service, he was transferred to the N. H. Conference and stationed in Greenland for two years. He was then located in L. two years, and in Lisbon one year, where he d. April 23, 1880. Five ch. (N. H. Conference Minutes for 1881, p. 41.)


GRAVES.


1. THOMAS GRAVES, b. in Eng. about 1590, came to America as early as 1645, and res. in Hartford, Conn., and Hatfield, Mass. m. Sarah - She d. Dec. 17, 1677. He d. in Hatfield, Mass., Nov. 1662.


2. JOHN GRAVES, son of Thomas 1, b. in Eng. m. first, Mary, dau. of Lieut. Samuel Smith. m. second, Mary, widow of John Wyatt, of Haddam, Conn. He was killed by the Indians in King Philip's War, in Hatfield, Mass., Sept. 17, 1677.


3. JOHN GRAVES, son of John2, b. in Hartford (?), Conn., about 1652. m. Feb. 12, 1678, Sarah, dau. of John White, of Hatfield, Mass. Farmer. d. in Whately, Mass., Dec. 2, 1750.


4 JOHN GRAVES, son of John', b. in Whately, Mass., March 23, 1682. m. May 5, 1715, Jemima Graves. He d. in Whately, Mass., in 1716.


5. NATHAN GRAVES, son of John ", b. in Whately, Mass., March 20, 1716. m. Lydia (Leonard) Scott. He was a Cong. deacon, a great bunter, and member of a militia co. sent to relieve Fort William Henry when taken by Montcalm. d. in Whately, Mass., Jan. 7, 1784.


6. DANIEL GRAVES, son of Nathan 5, b. in Whately, Mass., Sept. 26, 1769. m. Lois Rice. He kept hotel, conducted a tannery, shoe factory, potash factory, Capt. of Militia, in Ira, Vt., and was Representative. d. in Ira, Vt., about 1834.


7. DANIEL GRAVES, son of Daniel ", b. in Ira, Vt .. Jan. 7, 1798. m. April 27, 1826, Almira Loomis, dau. of Jedediah Rogers. He moved to Ill. in 1847, and engaged in farming. d. in Marengo, Ill., July 2, 1869.


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8. ANSON ROGERS GRAVES, son of Daniel 7, b. in Wells, Vt., April 13, 1842. m. April 3, 1877, Mary Totten, dau. of Benjamin Pierson Watrous, b. in Brooklyn, N. Y., Jan. 11, 1851. He was educated in Rutland, Vt., High School, and grad. from Hobart Coll., Geneva, N. Y., in 1866, working his own way through school and coll. without material aid. He commenced studying theology in 1868, and grad. from the General Theological Seminary, N. Y. City, in 1870, and was ordained Episcopal Deacon in the Church of Transfiguration, N. Y. City, and Priest in Holy Trinity Church, Brooklyn, N. Y., in 1871. He was assistant in Grace Church, Brooklyn, one year, and was after- ward located as follows : Plattsmouth, Neb., one year ; Minneapolis, Minn., one year ; Northfield, Minn., two years ; All Saints' Church, L., 1876 to 1880 ; Bennington, Vt., three years ; Minneapolis, Minn., two years. He was consecrated Bishop of the Platte, Neb., Jan. 1, 1890, which position he still holds. Member Board of Education, Union District, 1878-9-80.


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i. FREDERICK DANIEL, b. L. July 21, 1878.


ii. MARGARET, b. L. May 23, 1880.


iii. ELIOT VARNUM, b. Bennington, Vt., Sept. 24, 1882.


iv. GERTRUDE, b. Minneapolis, Minn., Sept. 10, 1886.


V. DAVID WATROUS, b. Kearney, Neb., March 17, 1891.


vi. PAUL, b. Kearney, Neb., March 23, 1893.


GRAVES.


9. CHARLES GRAVES, son of Henry and Elizabeth Graves, b. in Earith, Huntingdonshire, England, Sept. 23, 1868. He pursued a course of study at the Unitarian Theological School, Meadville, Pa., and was ordained March 2, 1894. He was pastor of Unitarian churches at Anamosa, Iowa, 1893-5, Humbolt, Iowa, 1895-8, and L. since 1899. He m. Aug. 25, 1895, Annie Louise Fish. Ch., -


i. ROBERT COLLYER, b. Humbolt, Iowa, May 15, 1897.


ii. ELIZABETH PARKER, b. L. May 7, 1900.


GRAY.


1. JARED WILLIAM GRAY, son of Stephen, b. in Gorham, March 1, 1841. m. Oct. 17, 1869, Emily, dau. of Abiel Bedell, b. in Jefferson, Dec. 19, 1853, Methodist. He has res. in L. since 1887. Carpenter. Methodist. Republican. Co. E, 14th N. H. Inf. Corp. G. A. R. Ch., b. in Jefferson, -


i. HERBERT, b. Sept. 24, 1870, d. Jefferson, Aug. 5, 1886.


ii. FREELAN W., b. June 10, 1872. m. June 26, 1895, Gertrude Pollard. Glover. res. L. I. O. O. F.


iii. VELMA S., b. July 18, 1877. m. Sept. 15, 1897, Warren A. Gregory, res. L.


iv. IDA MAY, b. June 2, 1879, d. Sept. 23, 1879.


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GREEN.


1. TIMOTHY GREEN, son of Nathan, b. in Carlisle, Mass., Dec. 2, 1775. m. in Concord, Mass., March 10, 1808, Sarah, dau. of Simeon Burt, b. in Jaffrey, Nov. 6, 1779, d. in L. Aug. 22, 1863, Uni- tarian. He res. in L. from 1852 until he d., June 1, 1855. Farmer. Democrat.


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2. i. TIMOTHY, b. Concord, Mass., Jan, 29, 1809. ii. SARAH BURT, b. Concord, Mass., Dec. 28, 1811, d. L. Feb. 23, 1892. iii. MARY, b. Chelsea, Mass., March 21, 1816. m. Samuel Ball (See).


iv. ELIZABETH, b. Chelsea, Mass., Feb. 9, 1820. m. Charles C. Wilder (See).


v. HARRIET, b. Chelsea, Mass., July 20, 1823, d. Bethlehem, May 15, 1848. 2. TIMOTHY GREEN, son of Timothy 1, b. in Concord, Mass., Jan. 29, 1809. m. March 12, 1857, Harriet S. Chick, b. in Ryegate, Vt., July, 1812, d. Littleton, March 25, 1893, Cong. He res. in L. from 1852 until he d., Aug. 24, 1888. Farmer. Unitarian. Republican. Ch., -


i. FRANK T. GROUT, b. Concord, Vt., Dec. 12, 1859 (Adopted). 3.


3. FRANK T. GROUT GREEN, adopted son of Timothy 3, b. in Con- cord, Vt., Dec. 12, 1859. m. Dec. 25, 1893, Esther, dau. of John Duff, b. in Canada, Dec. 5, 1862. He has res. in L. nearly all his life. Laborer. No ch.


GREEN.


4. HARRY GREEN, son of Robert, b. in Danville, Vt., May 19, 1804. m. Nov. 15, 1832, Marilla Smith, b. in Lyman, July 16, 1809, d. in Bath, Oct. 10, 1877. He never res. in L. Farmer. Democrat. d. in Lyndon, Vt., Oct. 27, 1844.


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i. ELOISE W., b. Haverhill, April 11, 1834. m. first, Jan. 23, 1854, Leroy C. Clark, farmer, d. Beatrice, Neb., Sept. 20, 1868. m. second, Feb. 6, 1867, Adolph Plaettner, druggist. He d. Brooklyn, N. Y., Dec. 8, 1888. She d. Brooklyn, N. Y., Dec. 15, 1895.


ii. MARY ANN, b. Lyndon, Vt., Nov. 19, 1835. m. George W. Jackman (See). iii. SARAH JANE, b. Lyndon, Vt., Dec. 16, 1837. m. Charles Eaton (See). iv. MYRA ELECTA, b. Lyndon, Vt., May 25, 1841. m. Hartwell H. South- worth (See).


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V. HENRY FRANCIS, b. Lyndon, Vt., Feb. 6, 1844.


5. HENRY FRANCIS GREEN, son of Harry ", b. in Lyndon, Vt., Feb. 6, 1844. m. June 18, 1872, Jennie May, dau. of Harry Smith, b. in Chittenango, N. Y., June 30, 1843, Christian Science. He has res. in L. since 1877. Merchant. Republican. Selectman, 1892 to 6 inc. and 1898. Representative, 1883-4. Board of Health, 1890. Prest. L. Musical Association, 1894-5. Member Board of Education, Union District, 1887 to 94 inc. and 1896. J. P. State. Commissioner of Grafton Co., 1892 to 1897 inc. Trustee L. Savings Bank since 1895. Since Jan. 1, 1898, Manager of Littleton Water and Light Co. Di- rector L. National Bank since 1898, Executive Councillor 1899-1900.


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Treas. Saranac Glove Co. A. F. and A. M., Burns Lodge. K. T., St. Gerard Com., 32° A. A. S. R.


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6. i. HARRY DANIEL, b. Williamsport, Pa., Dec. 22, 1872 (Adopted).


6. HARRY DANIEL GREEN, adopted son of Henry Francis5, b. in Williamsport, Pa., Dec. 22, 1872. m. Oct. 2, 1894, Persis A., dau. of Tyler E. Parker (See), b. in Lyndonville, Vt., April 18, 1874. He has res. in L. since 1877. Merchant. Republican. Ch., -


i. HENRY FRANCIS, b. L. Feb. 23, 1896.


GREEN.


7. FRED ELMER GREEN, son of Lorenzo, b. in Portland, Mich., April 10, 1873. m. Dec. 26, 1895, Lillian Edith, dau. of Thaddeus E. Sanger (See), b. in L. April 20, 1873, Cong. He has res. in L. since July, 1893. Druggist. Republican.


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i. SANGER, b. Sept. 14, 1897.


GREEN.


8. EDWIN P. GREEN, son of Charles, b. in Stockbridge, Vt., March 10, 1828. m. first, Dec. 31, 1855, Isabella McClary, dau. of Adams Moore (See), b. in L. Nov. 24, 1833, d. in Akron, Ohio, March 13, 1869. m. second, April 25, 1870, Elizabeth Adams, dau. of Adams Moore (See), b. in L. May 29, 1837. He res. in L. in 1851. Lawyer and Judge of the Circuit Court in Ohio. d. in Akron, Ohio, Dec. 28, 1894.


Ch., - i. ISABELLA MCCLARY, b. June 10, 1871.


ii. WILLIAM ADAMS, b. Feb. 21, 1874.


iii. MARY LITTLE, b. Dec. 26, 1876.


GREENE.


1. ISAIAH GREENE came from Kensington in 1768 and settled in Weare, and was among the first Quakers who settled there. Town meetings were sometimes held in his house, and the first Quaker meeting-house was built on his land. He m. Mary Purington.


2. ELISHA GREENE, son of Isaiah 1, b. Feb. 27, 1762. m. Abigail Gove, b. in 1771. She was a descendant of John Gove, who came from Eng. about 1630, and who was the progenitor of all the Goves in this country. Elisha was a member of the Society of Friends, and d. in Weare.


3. JOSIAH GREENE, son of Elisha 2, b. in Weare, Dec. 31, 1795. m. Oct. 11, 1835, Rebekah Cram, dau. of Joseph and Hannah (Cram) Bailey, b. in Weare, Sept. 2, 1801, d. in L. Jan. 14, 1875. Josiah d. in Weare, July 1, 1852.


4 CHAUNCEY HASTINGS GREENE, son of Josiah 3, b. in Weare, July 17, 1836. m. Sept. 3, 1864, Harriet Maria, dau. of Charles Henry


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Lovejoy (See), b. in L. May 10, 1839, Episcopal. She d. Ang. 7, 1899. He has res. in L. since 1860. Episcopal. Republican. Master Burns Lodge, A. F. and A. M., 1864-6-7-8-9-70. Eminent Commander, St. Gerard Com., K. T., from its organization in 1868 to 1872, also 1881. R. E. Grand Commander of the Grand Com. K. T. for N. H., 1877-8. T. I. Master Omega Council, R. and S. Masters, 1878-9. 32º A. A. S. R. G. M. L. Chapter Rose Croix, 1895. Railway Postal Clerk, 1876 to 86, when he resigned. Indexed State Records, Treasurer's office, 1889-90. Appointed Postmaster, Jan. 27, 1891. N. G., Lafay- ette Lodge, I. O. O. F., 1878. C. P., L. Encampment, 1879. Fire ward, L. Fire District, 1873-4-5-7-8-9. Selectman, 1899-1900. Co. I, 1st N. H. H. Art. Lieut. G. A. R. Notary public. J. P. No ch.


GREENLEAF.


1. DAVID GREENLEAF resided some years in Boston, Mass., early in the eighteenth century. He was m. (by Rev. Cotton Mather), May 22, 1705, to Mercy Bickford, and three children were born in Boston. Bick- ford, b. Feb. 11, 1706 ; Elizabeth, b. June 26, 1708 ; Mercy, b. Aug. 26, 1711. Greenleaf Genealogy says that " David resided in Haver- hill ; sailed for England ; his wife, not hearing from him, married again," but overlooks the birth of two daughters in Boston.


2. BICKFORD GREENLEAF, son of David 1, b. in Boston, Feb. 11, 1706. m. in Boston (Rev. John Webb), Jan. 4, 1727, Judith Marvel. Of this marriage five children were born in Boston. He m. second, Elizabeth Middleton, and resided in .Haverhill, Mass., where he d. about 1753.


3. DAVID GREENLEAF, son of Bickford and Elizabeth (Middleton) Greenleaf, b. April 29, 1753. When a youth his widowed mother re- moved to Lancaster, where he resided through life. He was a soldier in the Revolution, Bedel's company of Rangers, June to Dec. 1775. Capt. Young's Company, Bedel's Regiment, 1776; Capt. Young's Company, Bedel's Regiment, 1778. He was a miller. He m. Betsey Bedel ; m. second, Sarah Rogers ; m. third, Lois Gould, who d. in Lan- caster, July 25, 1808 ; m. fourth, Ruth (Stockwell) Hutchins, b. Sept. 21, 1778, dau. of Emmons and Ruth (Page) Stockwell. He d. in Lancaster, March 28, 1835.


4. SETH GREENLEAF, the seventeenth of nineteen children of David ª and the third of five children of David & and Ruth, b. in Lancaster, June 28, 1812. m. Nov. 13, 1836, Lydia Hall Burnham, b. May 15, 1810, dau. of Jonathan Burnham of Rumney. Stage-driver, Lancaster to Boston, and conductor on railroad, Littleton to Concord. He lived in this town, 1868 to 1880. He d. in Plymouth, Sept. 3, 1880. Ch., -


i. HARRIET NEWELL, b. Rumney, Sept. 3, 1887, d. Feb. 27, 1840.


ii. WILLIAM HARVEY, b. Haverhill, July 24, 1889. m. Sept. 12, 1865, Lucy Anna Maria Courser. Hotel clerk. res. Nashua. Representative 1897-8.


iii. CHARLES HENRY, b. Danville, Vt., July 23, 1841. m. May, 1867, Abbie Frances Burnham. Proprietor of Hotel Vendome, Boston, Mass., and Profile House, Franconia Mts. Col. on Governor's staff. Rep- resentative from Franconia, 1895-6. State Senator, Second District, 1897-8.


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5. WILLIAM GARDNER GREENLEAF, son of Bennett, b. in White- field, Aug. 7, 1834. m. first, March 4, 1860, Alzina, dau. of Solomon Gee, b. in Lunenburg, Vt., in 1841, d. in Lancaster, Dec. 13, 1863. in. second, Dec. 11, 1869, Florence A., dau. of George J. Dunklee, b. in Landaff, May 7, 1855. He has res. in L. since 1868. Carriage- maker. Republican.


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i. ELBRIDGE, b. Oct. 7, 1861. m. - Batchelder. Shoemaker. res. Raymond.


ii. EDWARD, b. Oct. 7, 1861. m. - Brown. Shoemaker. res. Raymond. Ch., by w. Florence, b. in L., -


iii. FRANKLIN, b. Feb. 22, 1871, d. L. June 22, 1871.


iv. WILLIAM I., b. Nov. 16, 1875. grad. Colorado Law School, 1897.


V. MYRTIE B., b. Jan. 15, 1879.


vi. FLOSSIE, b. Aug. 5, 1882.


GREENWOOD. BOISVERT.


1. JOSEPH GREENWOOD, son of Joseph, b. in Canada, March 2, 1840. m. Jan. 8, 1866, Mary, dau. of George Rancour, b. in Canada, Nov. 19, 1848, Roman Catholic. He has res. in L. since 1879. La- borer. Roman Catholic. Democrat.


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i. VINA, b. St. Johnsbury, Vt., Feb. 25, 1868. m. Aug. 2, 1886, Joseph Dufoe, carpenter. res. Manchester.


ii. LIZZIE, b. St. Johinsbury, Vt., March 3, 1869. m. Will Bean (See).


iii. JOSEPH, b. St. Johnsbury, Vt., June 22, 1870. m. Sept. 11, 1889, Grace Roby. Tinsmith. res. Plymouth.


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PETER, b. St. Johnsbury, Vt., Oct. 3, 1871.


v. MARY, b. St. Johnsbury, Vt., July 19, 1873. m. Joseph Langley (See). MINNIE, b. Kirby, Vt., Dec. 20, 1875, d. L. Sept. 19, 1884.


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vii. JULIA, b. Kirby, Vt., Sept. 15, 1876. m. Henry Chaquette (See). viii. GEORGE, b. St. Johnsbury, Vt., June 21, 1878.


ix. CARRIE, b. St. Johnsbury, Vt., Nov. 21, 1879.


X. NELLIE, b. L. Nov. 11, 1882.


xi. JENNIE, b. L. Sept. 8, 1884.


xii. MINNIE, b. L. Aug. 5, 1886, d. L. Aug. 22, 1886.


xiii. ADOLPHUS, b. L. Oct. 23, 1888.


2. PETER GREENWOOD, son of Joseph 1, b. in St. Johnsbury, Vt., Oct. 3, 1871. m. Nov. 22, 1891, Georgianna, dau. of Mitchell Place, b. in Sherbrooke, P. Q., April 23, 1873, Roman Catholic. He has res. in L. since 1879. Glover. Roman Catholic.


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i. EVA GEORGIANNA, b. L. Oct. 27, 1893.


GRIGGS.


1. GIDEON GRIGGS, b. in Worcester, Mass., Dec. 10, 1787. m. April 13, 1813, Sukey, dau. of Joseph Burnham. b. in Haverhill, March 9, 1794, d. in L. Jan. 25, 1867, Cong. He res. in L. from 1807 until


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2. i. ALVAN, b. Jan. 1, 1815.


ii. NANCY, b. Jan. 16, 1817. m. Samuel Ball (See).


iii. SUSAN, b. July 6, 1819. m. Oct. 8, 1845, Andrew McMillan, civil en- gineer. He d. March, 1875. She d. Danville, Vt., Aug. 15, 1871.


iv. CAROLINE, b. April 29, 1822, d. L. Oct. 30, 1854.


v. DRURY F., b. July 5, 1824, d. L. Oct. 3, 1867.


vi. SIDNEY A., b. Sept. 24, 1826. m. 1885, Mrs. Malvina Montgomery. Wool-grower. res. Red Bluff, Cal.


vii. LUCRETIA F., b. Feb. 4, 1828. m. Oct. 26, 1855, Ira A. Preston. Hotel manager. He d. Danville, Vt., May 12, 1864.


viii. GIDEON, b. June 20, 1831. m. Janette Campbell. Farmer. He d. Clif- ford, Mich., May 4, 1895.


ix. MARY B., b. May 7, 1834. m. Noah Farr 19 (See).


2. ALVAN GRIGGS, son of Gideon 1, b. in L. Jan. 1, 1815. m. March 3, 1840, Mahala Brown, b. in Bethlehem, March 28, 1813, d. in Albany, Vt., Feb. 23, 1891, Cong. He res. in L. all his life, d. L. Oct. 10, 1886. Farmer. Cong. Republican. Co. H, 8th N. H. Inf. Private. G. A. R. No ch.


GUILFORD.


1. ELIJAH GUILFORD, b. in Saco, Me., Dec. 27, 1834. m. July 24, 1867, Sarah J., dau. of Benjamin L. Knight, b. in Starkesboro', Vt., Free Baptist. She m. second, Rev. S. S. Nickerson, of (Sugar Hill) Lisbon. Elijah served in the War of the Rebellion under the auspices of the U. S. Christian Commission. He attended school at New Hampton Institution, and grad. from New Hampton Theological School in 1867. He was ordained as a Free Baptist clergyman, and was located at Penacook one year, West Burke, Vt., one year, then came to L. in 1868, and was pastor of the Free Baptist church of L. until he d., Dec. 24, 1873. No ch.




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