History of Littleton, New Hampshire: Genealogy comp. by George C. Furber., Part 49

Author: George Clarence Furber
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1. CATHERINE, b. 1829, d. L. May 30, 1847.


ii. JOAN HEATON, b. 1880. m. Edward Dean Rand (See).


iii. JOHN, b. Nov. 20, 1882, d. Florida.


iv. JULIUS, b. Sept. 18, 1841, d. L. Feb. 8, 1845.


V. HENRY BELLOWS, d. in infancy.


STEVENS.


3. HEROD STEVENS, son of Timothy, b. in Lyman, June 10, 1805. m. April 24, 1828, Anne, dau. of Jonathan Moulton (See), b. in Lyman, June 8, 1806, d. in L. Nov. 14, 1888. He res. in L. from 1845 to 1868, and when he d., Oct. 31, 1887. Farmer. Deputy Sheriff, 1845 to 8 inc. J. P. Ch., -


i. HANNAH, b. Lyman, Jan. 22, 1830. m. Elmer Coolidge Moulton (See). ii. JONATHAN M., b. Lyman, Dec. 9, 1834. unm. Laborer.


iii. CALISTA M., b. Lyman, Jan. 14, 1848. unm. d. L. May 24, 1868.


iv. ELIVA A., b. L. Aug. 11, 1846. m. Newell Moore, tailor. She d. Lis- bon, July, 1896.


STEVENS.


4. EBENEZER STEVENS, b. in Me., in 1810. m. Salina -, b. in N. H. He res. in L. in 1844-5, and from 1854 to 1858. Blacksmith. Methodist. I. O. O. F.


Ch., -


i. WILLIAM H., b. 1848.


ii. MARIETT K., b. 1848.


STEVENS.


5. RICHARD KELLEY STEVENS, son of John, b. in Lyman, June 11, 1827. m. Nov. 20, 1850, Hannah Goodall, dau. of David Richardson (See), b. in L. April 26, 1824, Methodist. He res. in L. from 1873 until he d., Dec. 16, 1896. Farmer. Democrat. VOL. 11. - 80


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6. i. CHARLES WEBSTER, b. July 4, 1853.


ii. CLARK ELLERY, b. June 12, 1858, d. L. March 26, 1879.


6. CHARLES WEBSTER STEVENS, son of Richard Kelley 5, b. in Lis- bon, July 4, 1853. m. March 10, 1877, Ann, dau. of Moses Wilcomb, b. in Bethlehem, Jan. 1, 1856, Methodist. He has res. in L. from 1873 to 1878, and since 1894. Farmer. Democrat. Ch., -


i. HARRY CARL, b. Feb. 17, 1887. Adopted. d. April 3, 1890.


STEVENS.


7. ZELOTES STEVENS, son of John, b. in Newbury, Vt., Feb. 19, 1828. m. March 2, 1849, Susan Marion, dau. of Silas Morse (See), b. in Waterford, Vt., Sept. 21, 1831, Methodist. Prest. Woman's Relief Corps, 1894. He has res. in L. since 1880. Marble-cutter. Repub- lican. A. F. and A. M. Board of Health, 1887-8. Ch., -


i. EMOGENE, b. Northfield, Vt., March 17, 1851. m. July 21, 1868, Frank Dana Woodbury, printer. res. Everett, Mass.


ii. HELEN ISADORE, b. Concord, Jan. 19, 1853. m. Chester Phelps Chase (See).


iii. IDA EUDORA, b. Rutland, Vt., Feb. 17, 1856, d. Concord, April 18, 1876.


STEVENS.


8. TRUE STEVENS, b. in 1785, d. in L. Feb. 6, 1875.


9. TRUE MASON STEVENS, son of True &, b. in Warren, Feb. 26, 1833. m. first, June, 1856, Hannah I. Heath, b. in Bridgewater, Sept. 1834. Divorced. m. second, Oct. 13, 1879, Mary Savage, dau. of Abiel Swett, b. in Landaff, Aug. 3, 1844, Methodist. He has res. in L. most of the time since 1862. Jeweller. Co. I. First N. H. H. Art. Private. Com. G. A. R., 1894. A. F. and A. M., Burns Lodge. Ch., by w. Hannah, -


i. LIZZIE JULIANA, b. Warren, Sept. 4, 1858. m. Dec. 1880, Frank Foster, jeweller. Divorced.


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ii. MABEL MARTHA, b. March 4, 1881.


iii. ERNEST TRUE, b. Aug. 19, 1887.


STEVENS.


10. HIRAM OSCAR STEVENS, son of Manley, b. in Orford, Feb. 8, 1837. m. April 21, 1859, Almira Jane, dau. of Simeon Dodge, and grand-dau. of Simeon Dodge 1 (See), b. in Lyman, April 15, 1841. He has res. in L. since Aug. 1885. Marble-cutter. Democrat. A. F. and A. M., Burns Lodge, formerly W. M. of Unity Lodge, No. 62, in Union, town of Wakefield, 1882-3-4-5.


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i. STELLA JANE, b. Lisbon, July 22, 1860. m. Jan. 25, 1882, Joseph H. Lowd, clerk. res. Andover, Mass.


11. ii. HERBERT DEXTER, b. Reading, Mass., Dec. 27, 1865.


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11. HERBERT DEXTER STEVENS, son of Hiram Oscar 10, b. in Reading, Mass., Dec. 27, 1865. m. June 2, 1892, Belle Esther, dau. of George Abbott (See), b. in L. Oct. 30, 1861, Methodist. He has res. in L. since 1885. Marble-cutter. Democrat.


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i. MILDRED ABBOTT, b. L. May 15, 1894.


STEVENS.


12. WILLIAM HOIT STEVENS, son of Henry Bartholomew, b. in Wood- stock, Vt., March 17, 1839. m. Nov. 5, 1868, Alice Rebecca, dau. of Timothy Haynes (See) b. in Concord, Jan. 25, 1844. He res. in L. from 1868 to 1879. Merchant. Now res. in Windsor, Vt. Enlisted June 16, 1862, in Dart. Cav. for three months as Lieut. Confined in Libby Prison. (Granite Monthly, Feb. 1894, p. 85.)


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i. BESSIE EATON, b. Concord, Dec. 31, 1872.


ii. GEORGE DELIEU, b. L. Nov. 1875.


STEVENS.


13. GROVE SANDERS STEVENS, son of John and Elizabeth (Fifield) Stevens, b. in Piermont, Oct. 25, 1813. m. Aug. 27, 1840, Lydia J., dau. of Dr. Job Wilson, b. in Salisbury, Feb. 2, 1814, d. in Haverhill, April 5, 1873. He never res. in L., res. in Haverhill. Sheriff of Graf- ton Co., 1864 to 73 inc. Keeper of jail, 1860 to 1873 inc. Cong. Dea. Ch., b. in Piermont, -


i. LUCINDA A., b. July 31, 1841. m. John L. Foster (See).


ii. HARRIET F., b. Oct. 27, 1842, d. Feb. 1846.


iii. MARY J., b. June 7, 1844.


iv. HELEN M., b. April 25, 1846. m. Dec. 25, 1867, Charles A. Dole, lawyer. She d. Lebanon, July 9, 1891.


14. V. ELBERT CARROLL, b. Nov. 10, 1847.


vi. HARRIET T., b. Dec. 5, 1849. m. Aug. 1, 1877, Frank L. Morrill, lawyer. res. Contoocook.


vii. EvA M., b. Sept. 22, 1851.


14. ELBERT CARROLL STEVENS, son of Grove S.18, b. in Piermont, Nov. 10, 1847. m. July 26, 1875, J. Augusta, dau. of Ira F. Morse, b. in Westmoreland, Dec. 19, 1844. He res. in L. from 1873 to 1889. He was educated in the common schools and Meriden Academy, studied law with N. B. Felton and George W. Chapman in Haverbill, and was admitted to the Bar, Aug. 1871. He was in the office of Evarts W. Farr from 1873 to 1878, and afterwards for about nine months was in company with Edgar M. Warner. On the retirement of Mr. Warner he continued in practice in L. alone until 1889, when he gave up the profession. Board of Health, 1882-3-4-5. Fire ward, 1881. Notary Public. J. P. A. F. and A. M., Burns Lodge, Master, 1882. His present residence and place of business is Horr, Montana. No ch.


STEVENS.


15. ANSON STEVENS, son of William D., b. in Lyman, Oct. 28, 1860. m. Jan. 1, 1884, Mary, dau. of George B. Fuller, b. in L. Sept. 22, 1861. He has res. in L. since 1887. Farmer. Democrat.


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i. WILSON, b. Lyman, Oct. 14, 1885.


„ii. BONNIE EARL, b. L. March 18, 1887.


iii. Isis, b. L. Aug. 15, 1888.


iv. ALICE, b. L. Oct. 15, 1890.


V. INFANT SON, b. Lyman, May 7, 1893.


STEVENS.


16. JEREMIAH W. STEVENS, b. in Fryeburg, Me. m. Feb. 16, 1834, Mary Ann, dau. of William Ewen, b. in Dalton, Sept. 8, 1808, d. in Lancaster, March, 1873 or 4. He res. in L. from 1840 to 1849. Far- mer. Selectman, 1844-5. d. in Whitefield in 1885 or 6. Ch., -


i. RUTH ANN, b. in Bethlehem. m. Lyman Hight. She d. Lancaster.


ii. MELVIN, b. L., d. L.


iii. HATTIE, b. L., d. Lancaster.


iv. CHARLES, b. L., d. Lancaster.


V. CARRIE W., b. June, 1850, d. Lancaster, Jan. 1876.


STINCHFIELD.


1. JOSIAH PRESCOTT STINCHFIELD, son of Nathan, b. in Phillips, Me., Oct. 21, 1828. m. Aug. 25, 1857, Sarah Maria, dau. of Ebenezer East- man (See), b. in Danville, Vt., Dec. 8, 1835. He was educated in the schools of Farmington, Me., and in 1852 commenced the study of the- ology in the Concord Biblical Institute, where he grad. in 1855. He was ordained in Manchester, April 8, 1860, by Bishop Simpson, and was located as a Methodist clergyman in Hillsboro', Antrim, L., 1855- 6, Piermont, Sandwich, Manchester, Deerfield, Loudon, Lovell, Me., Raymond, Me., and Bath, Me. He has served as Sup. School Com- mittee in Sandwich, Wolfeboro', Loudon, and Lovell, Me. A. F. and A. M. I. O. O. F. d. in Brunswick, Me., Dec. 1887.


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i. ISABELLA S., b. L. June 30, 1858, m. William Stacy Pearson (See).


ii. CHARLES EBEN, b. Sandwich, May 2, 1860, Bowdoin Coll., 1882. d. Brunswick, Me., Nov. 16, 1882.


iii. FRANK EASTMAN, b. Deerfield, May 23, 1862. m. 1887, Addie Jordan. res. Norfolk, Va.


iv. BERTHA IDA, b. Loudon, Nov. 29, 1868. m. Feb. 1, 1899, George Syd- ney Richards, ticket agent, Duluth, Minn.


ST. JOHN.


1. OLIVER S. ST. JOHN, b. in Conn. m. Oct. 7, 1855, Ellen, dau. of Peter Bonney (See), b. in L. April 2, 1825, res. in Brooklyn, N. Y. He never res. in L. Clergyman. d. in Brooklyn, N. Y., Jan. 10, 1887.


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i. FRANCIS BUTLER, b. N. Y. City, 1860, d. Brooklyn, N. Y., Sept. 1879.


ii. HENRY WALTON, b. Brooklyn, N. Y., 1866, d. N. Y. City, Jan. 18, 1880.


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STODDARD.


1. WILLARD ALONZO STODDARD, son of Norman, b. in Sutton, Vt., Nov. 26, 1835. m. July 4, 1859, Sarah, dau. of John Jenks Brown, b. in Peacham, Vt., Nov. 6, 1838. He has res. in L. since 1859. Farmer. Democrat. Supervisor, 1880.


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i. ELLA, b. Waterford, Vt., Oct. 14, 1861. m. Nov. 29, 1882, Ai Parker, farmer. res. Lyman.


ii. FRANK, b. L. April 22, 1864, d. L. March 27, 1877.


iii. CARL FRANK, b. L. Dec. 3, 1878.


2. CHARLES STODDARD, son of Norman, b. in Sutton, Vt., April 22, 1840. m. Oct. 4, 1867, Phylora Lois, dau. of John Nutting, b. in Shipton, P. Q., May 3, 1838, Cong. He has res. in L. since 1883. Laborer. Cong. Democrat.


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i. HELEN ELMA, b. Aug. 25, 1869. m. May 12, 1890, Herbert Gray, lum- ber inspector. res. Bartlett.


ii. ETTA BELL, b. Sept. 16, 1871. m. Sept. 22, 1892, Harry B. Carpenter, physician. res. St. Johnsbury, Vt.


iii. ALBERT CHARLES, b. Sept. 2, 1873. res. L.


iv. FREDERICK EUGENE, b. Jan. 13, 1876. res. L.


STOWE.


1. ALVIN STOWE, m. first, Sally Jackson, d. in L. April, 1829. m. second, Jan. 6, 1830, Roxana, dau. of Henry Bemis (See), b. in L. April 21, 1794. He res. in L. from 1819 to 1851. Farmer. d. in Wis. about 1852.


Ch., b. in L., -


i. MARY MATILDA, b. June 4, 1818. m. Sept. 17, 1837, Charles R. W. Howard. He d. Ill., about 1855.


ii. LEONARD, b. May 29, 1823, res. Wis.


iii. SAMUEL AUGUSTUS, b. April 17, 1825, res. Wis.


iv. SARAH ANN, b. Nov. 17, 1827, res. Cal.


STRAIN.


1. DANIEL STRAIN, b. in Donegal, Ireland, in 1815. m. Aug. 29, 1838, Sally, dau. of Nathan Goddard, b. in Bethlehem, Nov. 27, 1820, d. in L. Dec. 1, 1888. He res. in L. from 1846 until he d., May 24, 1875. Watchman. Democrat. Ch., -


i. ELLEN M., b. Bethlehem, Aug. 15, 1839. m. Jan. 1, 1863, Edward Clif- ford, farmer. res. Monroe.


2. ii. CORNELIUS HARTWELL, b. Bethlehem, Jan. 31, 1841.


iii. JOHN P., b. Bethlehem, Dec. 25, 1842, d. Texas, Dec. 23, 1890.


iv. JENNIE N., b. Bethlehem, Jan. 26, 1845. m. June 7, 1868, West Lyons, engineer. res. Elkhart, Ind.


3. v. DANIEL J., b. L. Nov. 17, 1847.


vi. KATE E., b. L. Dec. 12, 1848. m. March, 1871, Cortland Spooner, farmer. res. Landaff.


vii. SARAH C., b. L. Feb. 24, 1851. m. Dec. 24, 1870, James Long, merchant. res. Fitchburg, Mass.


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4. viii. CHARLES H., b. L. March 1, 1853.


ix. FRANK W., b. L. June 9, 1855. unm. Glover. res. L.


x. LYMAN E., b. L. May 12, 1857, d. L. Nov. 28, 1857.


5. xi. HARRY JAMES ALPHONSO, b. L. Oct. 19, 1858.


xii. EVA M., b. L. April 15, 1861. m. Nov. 2, 1880, William N. Zimmer, glover. res. Gloversville, N. Y.


2. CORNELIUS HARTWELL STRAIN, son of Daniel 1, b. in Bethlehem, Jan. 31, 1841. m. Dec. 25, 1866, Hannah, dau. of Albert L. Lewis, b. in L. March, 1848. He has res. in L. since 1846. Glover. Democrat. Ch., b. in L., -


6. 1. ALBERT ELMER, b. July 8, 1868.


ii. ARTHUR CORNELIUS, b. Jan. 8, 1872. m. Sept. 30, 1896, Florence E. Hartshorn. Book-keeper. res. Groveton.


3. DANIEL J. STRAIN, son of Daniel 1, b. in L. Nov. 17, 1847. m. July 13, 1869, Dora L. Adams of Wilbraham, Mass. He was educated in the common schools of L., and after a few years passed in mechani- cal pursuits and the study of art, opened a studio in Portland, Me., in 1868, executing portraits of prominent men of Portland and other Me. cities. In 1872 he moved to Boston, Mass., and soon became noted for his work, especially ideal heads of children, which became very pop- ular. In 1877 he went to Europe and studied in Paris under Lefebvre and Boulanger from 1877 to 84, spending his summers in Holland, Bel- gium, and Spain sketching ; he exhibited pictures in the salons of 1881- 2-3. His first salon picture, " Les Deux Amis," was subsequently pub- Jished by him as an etching. On returning to this country he reopened his studio in Boston, and has done much notable work in portraits and genre subjects. Among his more noted portraits are : Gen. N. P. Banks, in the City Hall, Waltham, Mass. ; Gov. John B. Smith, Gov. Hiram A. Tuttle, Hon. E. H. Rollins, and Capt. George B. Perkins, on the walls of the Capitol, Concord ; Hon. Marcellus Eldredge, for the Public Library at Chatham, Mass. ; Hon. Harry Bingham, for the Public Li- brary at L. ; and John G. Whittier, at Danvers, Mass. He is a mem- ber of the Boston Art Club, A. F. and A. M., W. M. of Winslow Lodge, Boston, Mass., 1893-4. Member of the First Worshipful Masters' As- sociation, Boston, Mass.


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i. RALPH HOWARD, d. in youth.


4. CHARLES H. STRAIN, son of Daniel 1, b. in L. March 1, 1853. m. Nov. 24, 1880, Mary, dau. of Robert Lindsay, b. in Scotland, March 20, 1856, Episcopal. He has res. in L. all his life except about five years. Glover. Democrat. A. F. and A. M. I. O. O. F. Ch., -


i. NELLIE MAY, b. Gloversville, N. Y., Sept. 19, 1882.


ii. EVA ELIZABETH, b. L. April 14, 1885.


5. HARRY JAMES ALPHONSO STRAIN, son of Daniel 1, b. in. L. Oct. 19, 1858. m. first, Nov. 6, 1883, Hannah, dau. of James Callahan (See), b. in L. Dec. 1859, d. in L. June 27, 1893, Roman Catholic. m. second, Nov. 27, 1894, Ida M., dau. of John Larkin, b. in Whitefield, in 1884, Cong. He has res. in L. nearly all his life. Shoemaker. Dem- ocrat. No ch.


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6. ALBERT ELMER STRAIN, son of Cornelius Hartwell 2, b. in L. July 8, 1868. m. Flora A., dau. of Silas Locke, b. in Lyman, April 13, 1864. He has res. in L. all his life. Dep. Sheriff, 1899. Ticket broker. Republican. J. P. K. P.


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i. ARTHUR LOCKE, b. L. April 28, 1889.


STRATTON.


1. ENOCH MERRILL STRATTON, son of Samuel, b. in Albany, Dec. 30, 1823. m. first, Jan. 2, 1852, Judith, dau. of Robert Allard, b. in Eaton, Dec. 6, 1832, d. in Tamworth, July 18, 1870, Free Baptist. m. second, Nov. 27, 1873, Louise Johnson Jenkins, b. June, 1818, Methodist. Divorced. m. third, Nov. 18, 1880, Fanny Ross, dau. of Amos Rowell (See), b. in L. May 4, 1827, Methodist. She m. first, Charles Cowen Barrett (See). Enoch has res. in L. since 1880. Merchant. Democrat. Ch., by w. Judith, -


i. MARTHA, b. Albany, Sept. 1, 1856. m. 1878, Charles Whitney, farmer. res. Bethlehem.


ii. BERTHA, b. Tamworth, Aug. 1860. m. 1884, Jay Still, farmer. res. So. Dakota.


iii. MINNIE C., b. Tamworth, Sept. 22, 1869. unm. res. L.


STREETER.


1. STEPHEN STREETER, b. in County of Kent, England, with wife Ursula. res. in Charlestown, Mass. They were admitted to the Church 1652. He d. 1652. His widow m. second, Samuel Hosier ; third, William Robinson ; fourth, Griffin Craft.


2. STEPHEN STREETER, son of Stephen 1, b. about 1640. res. in Cam- bridge and Watertown. The name of his wife was Deborah.


3. SAMUEL STREETER, son of Stephen 2, res. in Cambridge and Fram- ingham, Mass. He m. first, Deborah -. m. second, Widow Mary Howe. He d. 1751.


4. STEPHEN STREETER, son of Samuel8, b. in Cambridge, Mass. bapt. Sept. 4, 1698. m. Catherine Adams. He res. in Framingham many years, and subsequently in Douglas, Mass., where he was grantee of 160 acres Province land in 1744. He d. Sept. 22, 1756.


5. ADAMS STREETER, son of Stephen , b. in Framingham, Mass., Dec. 31, 1735. In his childhood the family removed to Douglas, Mass. He lived in Charlton, Oxford, and Douglas, Mass. Soldier, 1757. He was an elder of the Baptist faith, and after 1777 a Universalist preacher, laboring in several towns in the vicinity of his home. He d. in Sept. 1786.


6. EBENEZER STREETER, son of Adams5, b. in Douglas, Mass., Oct. 16, 1758. m. Sept. 2, 1776, Penelope Caswell, of Douglas, Mass., b. in 1754, d. in Lisbon, Jan. 8, 1812. He d. in Lisbon, May 30, 1835.


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7. WILLARD STREETER, son of Ebenezer", b. in Lisbon, Feb. 19, 1780. m. Sarah Briggs, b. Nov. 30, 1777, d. July 31, 1842. He d. Feb. 12, 1860.


8. LEVI STREETER, son of Willard 7, b. in Lisbon, April 10, 1806. m. first, Jan. 23, 1828, Julia A., dau. of John McCullock, b. in Newfane, Vt., (?) Nov. 22, 1812, d. in L. Aug. 17, 1878, Free Baptist. m. sec- ond, Nov. 13, 1879, Elizabeth, dau. of John Stevens, b. in Haverhill, Mass., Jan. 12, 1809, d. in L. May, 1893. He res. in L. at several different periods after 1856, the last from 1870 until he d., July 27, 1886. Farmer and local preacher. . Free Baptist. Republican. Ch., by w. Julia, -


9. i. AUGUSTUS WILLARD, b. Franconia, July 9, 1831.


10. ii. ORRIN HAMILTON, b. Lisbon, Aug. 18, 1893.


iii. PHEBE M., b. Lisbon, Dec. 2, 1835. m. Franklin Rockwood Glover (See).


iv. ALMEDA F., b. Lisbon, Jan. 18, 1839. m. Joseph L. Whittaker (See).


v. LOVINA B., b. Lisbon, Dec. 12, 1840, d. L. Aug. 10, 1845.


vi. ALLEN L. b. Lisbon, Dec. 8, 1845. m. Oct. 24, 1868, Sybil H. Parker. Merchant. He d. Boston, Mass., Sept. 10, 1892.


vii. JAMES M., b. Bethlehem, Oct. 5, 1848, d. Sept. 26, 1867.


viii. KING G., b. Bethlehem, May 22, 1853. m. May 13, 1876, Lizzie M. Guy. Painter. res. Lisbon.


9. AUGUSTUS WILLARD STREETER, son of Levi 8, b. in Franconia, July 9, 1831. m. Nov. 28, 1853, Lydia Ann, dau. of Reuben Phillips (See), b. in Bethlehem, Dec. 20, 1830, d. in L. Sept. 13, 1896, Metho- dist. He has res. in L. since 1873. Blacksmith. Methodist. Demo- crat. A. F. and A. M., Burns Lodge.


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i. ADELLA D., b. Dalton, Sept. 20, 1854. m. March 11, 1875, Nathaniel F. Miles, farmer. She d. Bethlehem, Sept. 8, 1886.


ii. ETTA V., b. Feb. 18, 1857. m. Aug. 23, 1879, Alfred Marsh, glover. res. Warner.


iii. LUNA JANE, b. May 26, 1861. m. William Milton Perkins (See).


iv. LILLA A., b. April 23, 1866. m. Clarence W. Williams (See).


v. LIZZIE M., b. Feb. 7, 1868. m. July 12, 1887, Walter Skinner, barber. res. Fryeburg, Me.


10. ORRIN HAMILTON STREETER, son of Levi 8, b. in Lisbon, Aug. 18, 1833. m. Jan. 30, 1856, Vienna Dorothy, dau. of Reuben Phillips (See), b. in Bethlehem, Jan. 14, 1835, Free Baptist. He has res. in L. from 1866 to 75, and from 1883 until he d., April 4, 1898. Farmer. Free Baptist. Republican.


Ch., b. in Bethlehem, -


i. JULIA LAVINA, b. Dec. 28, 1856. m. Lorenzo Ivory Brown (See).


ii. EDNA REBECCA, b. July 1, 1862. m. Nov. 12, 1884, Charles H. Vance, carpenter. res. Barton, Vt.


11. NAPHTALI STREETER, son of Adams 5, b. in Douglas, Mass., June 30, 1762. m. Mary Caswell, of Douglas, Mass. (sister of Ebenezer's ® wife). He d. in 1839.


12. JOHN STREETER, son of Naphtali 11, b. in Landaff, Oct. 24, 1787. m. Aug. 30, 1810, Lucy Bemis, b. in Brattleboro', Vt., Sept. 27, 1780, d. in Lisbon, Sept. 2, 1852. He d. May 30, 1860.


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13. STEPHEN B. STREETER, son of John 12, b. in Lisbon, April 9, 1811. m. March 5, 1840, Sally, dau. of Peter Howe, b. in Benton, July 21, 1814, d. in L. Nov. 7, 1874, Free Baptist. He res. in L. from 1837 until he d., Jan. 18, 1890. Farmer. Democrat.


Ch., b. in L., -


i. MARY, b. Aug. 18, 1841. m. Sept. 1877, George Colby, farmer. He d. Warner, Nov. 1898.


ii. Lucy, b. Sept. 24, 1844. unm. res. L.


14. JAMES MONROE STREETER, son of John 12, b. in Lisbon, Jan. 9, 1825. m. March 4, 1847, Lovica C., dau. of Shepherd J. Sanborn (See), b. in L. April 28, 1830. He res. in L. in 1848 and 1862, when he enlisted in Co. D, 13th N. H. Inf. Private. d. in Newport News, Va., March 7, 1863. Republican.


Ch., -


i. ADDISON W., b. L. June 80, 1848. In. Sept. 26, 1894, Bertha Scheer. Watchman. d. Manchester, Sept. 19, 1897.


ii. GEORGE F., b. Landaff, April 13, 1852. Laborer. res. Manhattan, Col.


iii. FREDDIE H., b. Lisbon, April 8, 1860, d. L. July 24, 1867.


iv. CELIA A., b. Lisbon, Aug. 30, 1861. m. Aug. 10, 1878, Alverton Clough, laborer. She d. L. Jan. 2, 1884.


15. DAVID STREETER, son of Ebenezer 6, b. in Lisbon, Oct. 5, 1777. m. first, Nov. 17, 1796, Betsy Spooner. m. second, Rhoda Aldrich. He d. in Lisbon, Jan. 24, 1855.


16. ROBERT STREETER, son of David 15, b. in Lisbon, Dec. 20, 1801. m. Lovina Crane. He d. in Bethlehem, May 17, 1863.


17. OTIS ORMAN STREETER, son of Robert 16, b. in Lisbon, May 10, 1844. m. Jan. 27, 1874, Idella M., dau. of Porter Baldwin Watson (See), b. in Salisbury, May 14, 1851. He has res. in L. since 1865. Clerk. Democrat.


Ch., b. in L., -


i. INA MAY, b. Nov. 20, 1874. res. L.


ii. INFANT DAUGHTER, b. Jan. 18, 1882, d. L. April 8, 1882.


STRONG. DUFORT. .


1. LOUIS STRONG, b. in Canada, May 24, 1822. m. Lucy Delarier. He d. in 1894.


2. LOUIS SAMUEL STRONG, son of Louis 1, b. in Jericho, Vt., May 24, 1845. m. first. in 1872, Mary Jane, dau. of Tuffell Willey, b. in Island Pond, Vt., in 1855, d. in Colebrook, March 24, 1873. m. second, July 1, 1874, Saloma, dau. of Louis Pelkey, b. in Canada in 1852, d. in Island Pond, Vt., Oct. 1884. m. third, Aug. 1886, Hattie A., dau. of Joseph Gero, b. in Dixville, P. Q., Dec. 1861. He has res. in L. since 1894. Harness-maker. Roman Catholic. Republican. Ch., by w. Mary Jane, -


i. MARY JANE, b. Colebrook, March, 1873, d. Lancaster, 1885.


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ii. SALOMA, b. May 30, 1875. m. Jan. 16, 1894, Frank Marsh. res. L.


iii. JOSEPHINE, b. Aug. 21, 1876. m. 1893, Marshall Ash. res. L.


iv. Louis, b. Dec. 15, 1878, d. Canada, Aug. 17, 1879.


V. GEORGE H., b. Nov. 6, 1880. res. Island Pond, Vt.


vi. SAMUEL, b. April 15, 1882. res. L.


vii. LIZZIE JANE, b. Feb. 15, 1884, d. Island Pond, Vt., Feb. 25, 1884.


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viii. ROME, b. L. March 20, 1896.


3. GILBERT STRONG, son of Louis 1, b. in Bellows Falls, Vt., June 15, 1861. m. May 16, 1887, Adeline, dau. of Louis Salway, b. in Coati- cook, P. Q., Jan. 12, 1868, Roman Catholic. He has res. in L. since 1884. Laborer. Democrat.


Ch., b. in L., -


i. WILLIE GILBERT, b. Feb. 17, 1888.


ii. CHARLES HENRY, b. Aug. 7, 1889.


iii. ELMON JOSEPH, b. June 8, 1891.


iv. CLARENCE P., b. Nov. 24, 1893, d. L. May 4, 1894.


JOSEPH FREDERICK, b. March 11, 1895.


4. FRANCIS STRONG, son of Louis 1, b. in Vt., Aug. 15, 1869. m. May 14, 1887, Lena, dau. of Ralph Marsh, b. in Canada, Aug. 15, 1869. He has res. in L. since 1885. Blacksmith. Republican. Ch., b. in L., --


i. MABEL, b. Jan. 15, 1891.


ii. HOWARD RALPH, b. Aug. 3, 1892.


SWETT.


1. ELISHA SWETT, son of Jeremiah, b. in Gilmanton, Dec. 8, 1808. m. in 1848, Sarah, dau. of Alexander Bragg, b. in Bolton, Vt., in 1827. d. in L. March 30, 1871. He has res. in L. since 1866. Farmer. Republican. Ch., -


i. MARY L., b. Thetford, Vt., May 20, 1849. m. Frank Jackman, laborer. d. L. Aug. 29, 1885.


ii. MARO RICHARD, b. Fairlee, Vt., Nov. 12, 1851. Farmer. d. Newbury- port, Mass., May 20, 1876.


iii. SUSAN SYLVIA, b. Lisbon, March 26, 1855. m. Elmore G. Towne, farmer. He d. L. Aug. 28, 1884.


2. iv. ELISHA, b. Lisbon, Dec. 29, 1858.


v. EDGAR, b. Lisbon, April 16, 1860.


vi. FLORA, b. Lisbon, June 24, 1862.


vii. ARTHUR, b. L. July 6, 1867.


2. ELISHA SWETT, son of Elisha 1, b. in Lisbon, Dec. 29, 1858. m. April 4, 1885, Mirinda Ann, dau. of Thaddeus Quimby (See), b. in Lancaster, Aug. 21, 1866. He has res. in L. since 1866. Farmer. Republican. No ch.


SYLVESTRE.


1. VICTOR SYLVESTRE, b. in Canada, Feb. 4, 1853. m. May 17, 1886, Addie, dau. of Frank Joslyn, b. in Canada, Aug. 2, 1863, Roman Catholic. He has res. in L. since 1877. Glover. Roman Catholic. Ch., b. in L., -


i. ANNIE, b. Dec. 17, 1887.


ii. BENJAMIN, b. Oct. 24, 1892.


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SYMONDS.


1. SILAS SYMONDS, perhaps a son of William of Charlestown. m .. second, 1791, pub. in Charlestown, Feb. 27, 1791, Rachel Spalding, b. April 29, 1771, dau. of Stephen and Martha (Foster) Spalding of Hud- son. This is probably the Silas who enlisted in quota of Swanzey and served three years in the N. H. Continental line (See State Papers, Vols. XVI. XVII., Hist. Charlestown, pp. 547, 663). No record of his first marriage is at hand. He res. in L. from 1793 to 1824. Farmer. Town Clerk, 1793-8-9-1800-3-4-5-7-8-9. Selectman, 1793-5-7- 1802-3-4-5-9-13. Rev. soldier. He owned the farm now owned by Amos Adams. In his old age be gave the farm to his son-in-law, Daniel Pike, on condition that he and his wife should be supported by Pike through life. They then moved to Pike's home in Concord, Vt., where they d.


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i. RALPH, b. Rockingham, Vt., Feb. 4, 1787. pub. Sept. 23, 1812, Cynthia Fairchilds. ii. ROSWELL, b. L. Dec. 3, 1795, d. Sept. 3. 1798.


iii. RHODA, b. L. May 8, 1798. m. Daniel Pike, farmer. res. Concord, Vt.


TAFT. .


1. RICHARD TAFT, son of Abisha, b. in Barre, Vt., March 14, 1812. m. May 23, 1839, Lucinda Knight, dau. of Aaron Knight (See). In 1849 he opened the Flume in Franconia Notch, and three years later he began the building of the Profile House. With a prophetic vision of the possibilities of the summer business among the White Mountains from year to year, he labored on with untiring energy. During the later years he was associated in business with Charles H. Greenleaf, who succeeded the firm of Taft and Greenleaf. He resided in Little- ton from 1875 until he d., Feb. 14, 1881. Cong. Republican. His widow d. in Boston, Mass., Oct. 18, 1895. (See "New York Journal of Commerce," Feb. 17, 1881 ; "Littleton Journal," Feb. 18, 1881 ; " Child's Grafton Co. Gazetteer," under Franconia ; " Granite Monthly," Vol. IV. p. 257 ; "History of Hancock," p. 706.) Ch., -




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