History of Merrimack and Belknap counties, New Hampshire, Part 124

Author: Hurd, D. Hamilton (Duane Hamilton), ed
Publication date: 1885
Publisher: Philadelphia [Pa.] J. W. Lewis & co.
Number of Pages: 1520


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WILLIAM BACHELDER, son of Richard and grand- son of Esquire Nathan, married Mary Sargent, of Canterbury, N. H., and had a family of six children, named Mary E., Jeremiah, Nettie P., William N., Sarah A. and Park B.


NATHANIEL BACHELDER had the following chil- dren : Betty, born February 10, 1783; Sally and Fanny (twins), born November 23, 1784; True, born July 20, 1794.


LIBBE BACHELDER had the following children : Nabby, born June 19, 1779; Peter, born August 2, 1781; Dolly, born March 23, 1784; Polly, born Sep- tember 28, 1786 ; Sukey, born March 8, 1790; Manly and Betsey (twins), born August 10, 1793.


WILLIAM BACHELDER had the following children : James, born March 18, 1784; John, born July 25, 1786; William, Jr., born May 28, 1791; Hazen, born April 16, 1793. (See Biographical Department for Joseph Batchelder).


MOSES LOVERING came from Exeter, N. H., and settled in Loudon in 1787. He married Nellie Taylor, of Exeter, and had a family of thirteen chil- dren, named Willabee, Nellie, Osgood, Taylor, Nancy, Moses, Jesse, Mary, Zebulon, John, Daniel, William and Sarah, all of whom lived till from forty-five to ninety years of age, and were married and raised families of children. He came with nine children on horseback, and drove one cow, upon which depended the sustenance of the family in a large degree. The country through which he had to travel, when near Loudon, was a wilderness, and the settlers in those towns below furnished him aid in getting through. He moved into a log house between the dwelling of S. B. Lovering and the highway near the saw-mill. Zebulon had a family of eleven children; nine ot them lived, and were named, Samuel B., True, Almira, Annis J., Sarah B., Louisa, Laura L., Abigail and Alonzo B.


SAMUEL B. LOVERING married three times and had a family of ten children, named Nancy A., James B., Harlan P., Abigail M., Clara A., Frank O., Clara .1. (2d), Frank O. (2d) and Edward E.


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The Lovering families settled the adjoining land, and owned at one time nearly five hundred acres. Samuel B. Lovering married, first, Mary S. Rogers; second, Lucy Grace; third, Lavina Hoyt. He owns and has run a saw-mill for fifty years, be- sides being a thrifty farmer. He has represented the town in the Legislature in the years 1866-67, and been a justice of the peace for forty years.


ELIPHALET WOOD married Elizabeth Tilton in 1788. Their children were named Eliphalet, Betsey, William, Sophia, Harry, Mary, Jonathan and Julia. The Rev. Harry Wood was a minister of the gospel and editor of the Congregational Journal at Concord, N. H. During the administration of President Pierce he received an appointment as minister to one of the eastern countries.


ENOCH WOOD, brother of Eliphalet, was a trader at the old Wood place, near the Dr. Tenney corner. He was a fine penman, and was chosen to the office of selectman and clerk for several years. The records of the town, while kept by him, present a hand- writing that is very plain and distinct.


SAMUEL MOORE was born in Canterbury, and had two wives and a family of ten children, among whom was Thomas, who was born in Canterbury, and mar- ried Comfort Perkins, and had a family of nine chil- dren, named Polly, Samuel, Joanna, Alexander, Samuel, Sophronia, Comfort, Thomas and Myra. Thomas Moore was chosen constable for the town, and was chosen as one of the committee to form school districts.


STEPHEN MOORE was born in Loudon in 1799 and married Mary Q. Greeley, of Gilmanton, and had a family of eight children, named Joseph, Albert, Ann Maria, Andrew G., George L., infant son, Caroline A. and Mary R. Mr. Moore married for his second wife Mary Bean, of Deerfield, by whom he had no children. Mr. Moore has devoted the last years of his life in fitting up a new cemetery, he having pro- vided a suitable spot and expended a large amount of labor and money in improving the same.


ANDREW G. MOORE married Laura A. Bachelder, daughter of Colonel Zephaniah, and had a family of two children, named Charles L. and Herbert G. A. G. Moore resides upon the farm owned by his father, Stephen, and is the one cleared by Thomas Moore. Charles L. Moore married Ida Jameson, of Fisher- ville, N. H., and has no children. Herbert G. died in 1884.


LIEUTENANT ABNER CLOUGH came from Epping, N. H., and settled first in Canterbury. He married Sally, daughter of Leavitt Clough, of that town, and had a family of three sons, named Leavitt, Abner and Jeremiah. Lieutenant Abner soon afterward exchanged land with the Shakers, who then owned the land upon Clough's Hill, where Mr. Clough's de- scendants now reside. The Shakers located first in Loudon, and held meetings upon this hill, they being few in numbers at that time.


LEAVITT CLOUGH married Hannah Sargent, and had three children, named Leavitt, Jr., David S. and Sally.


ABNER CLOUGH married Sarah Haselton, and had three children, named Lucy, Abial H. and Jeremiah A.


JEREMIAH CLOUGH married Polly Hook and had one daughter, named Adaline. He married the second time and had no children.


GENERAL RICHARD BROWN was born in Gilman- ton in 1787, and was the youngest child of Job Brown, of that town. Richard was a descendant of John Brown, who was born in Hampton in 1589, and is of the sixth generation. He married three times, and had a family of seven children, named Sarah A., John S. R., Jane S. R., Mehitable, Elvira W., Adeliza and Huldah M. General Brown was a distinguished military man in Loudon, in which he took much pride. He was a strong and respected citizen, and was esteemed for his great force of character and firmness of principle.


DEACON JOHN S. R. BROWN was born in Loudon in the year 1819, and married Achsa A. Mills, and had a family of seven children, named Anna E., Clara J., Abby M. P., Richard H. P., Hamlin D., John P. M. and Mary A. Deacon Brown was the only son, aud upon the decease of his father came in possession of the homestead farm, where he has re- sided and given his attention largely to that branch of business. He is a man of a deep religious cast of mind, and at one time iu his life was chosen as col- porteur for the American Bible Society. He was chosen as one of the deacons of the First Congrega- tional Church, which office he has filled acceptably and discharged the duties with fidelity. He is strongly identified with the common-school interests and is a citizen much respected, and is found upon the side of progress and reform. His Christian life and example is undoubted by his townsmen. Mrs. Brown is an educated and intelligent woman, and is the author of several poems, which have been read in public frequently and were well received and com- mended.


The Osgood Family .- WILLIAM OSGOOD, of the first generation, was boru in England in 1609, aud came to this country in the year 1638. He sailed from Southampton, in the ship "Confidence," April 11th.


CAPTAIN CHASE OSGOOD came to Loudon from Epping in 1794. He had a family of twenty children. He died in 1807 at the age of eighty-eight, and was interred in the burying-ground at the Centre.


EBENEZER OSGOOD, EsQ., came from Raymond in 1803, and had a family of eight children, named Enoch, James, Polly, Bradley, Ira, Lamila, Nancy and Ebenezer.


IRA OSGOOD, EsQ., was born in Raymond, N. H., in 1799, and came to Loudon when four years of age. He married Sally B. Parsons, and had a family of


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seven children, named Henry J., Ebenezer P., Wil- liam P., Charles H., Annie M., Mary E. and Martha E. Ira Osgood was fitted for college at the Gilmanton Academy, after which he commenced teaching school, and taught a large number of terms both in and out of town. He was chosen, and served for several years, as one of the selectmen of the town, and after- wards was chosen representative for two years. He was a man of great firmness in all his undertakings and prosecuted them to the end. He devoted several of the last years of his life in compiling the genealogy of the Osgood family, which consisted of the descend- ants of eight generations. He died in April, 1877.


HENRY J. OSGOOD married Hannah E. H. Bach- elder, and had a family of three children, named Mabel, Herbert and Henrietta, and was born in 1825, and by whom the present history has been written.


EBENEZER P. OSGOOD married Ann Randall, of Laconia, and has one child, named Charles H.


WILLIAM P. OSGOOD married Paulina R. Clifford, of Loudon, and has two children, named Jennie M. and George B.


CHARLES H. OSGOOD married, first, Augusta A. Clough, of Loudon, and the second time, Ann Lam- prey, of Gilmanton, and has no children.


ANNIE M. OSGOOD (unmarried) is a school teacher of considerable note and lives at the homestead.


MARY E. OSGOOD married, first, Charles C. Clough, of Canterbury, and the second time, Rev. A. D. Smith, of Lacónia.


MARTHA E. OSGOOD married Charles H. Bean, of Lawrence, Mass., who is a large and extensive dealer in lumber in that city.


JOHN MOORE came to Loudon from Canterbury and bought several lots of land at the Ridge. He was one of the selectmen of the town for several years, and as- sisted in the laying out of the town into lots and also several of the highways. He had a family of eleven children, named Hannah, Jacob, Archelaus, Elkins, John, William, Abia, Betsey, Patty, Polly and Sally.


ARCHELAUS MOORE, EsQ., son of John, had a family of ten children, named Abigail, Archelaus, Jr., Lucinda, Abia, Climena, Hannah, Lydia, David, Ju- lia and Jefferson. The Hon. Joseph Moore, editor of the Manchester Union, is the son of David, and was born in Loudon.


ARCHELAUS MOORE, JR., married a daughter of Joseph Clifford, of Gilmanton, N. H. His son, Dan- iel L. Moore, resides upon the homestead of his father, and has been married twice, having two chil- dren living. Mr. Moore married, last, Mariana Sleeper, of Loudon, and has one child. He has a large interest in the new cemetery at Loudon Ridge, in which he has erected a family monument which is both costly and beautiful in appearance and design. Mr. Moore has added many improvements to his farın and buildings, and is a man of fine culture and taste. He devotes his time and attention largely to farming, and is very successful. He is a prominent


and respected citizen, and possesses the characteristics which have made the Moore family somewhat noted throughout each generation, one of which is an apt- ness for action upon any sudden emergency, without any effort or apparent consideration.


The Carr Family descended from ROBERT CARR, who lived in Salisbury, Mass., and had a family of fourteen children, named John, Sylvanus, Joseph, Benjamin, Nathan, Joanna, Abigail, Martha, Elliott, Susanna, Nancy, Betty and Mary.


ELLIOTT CARR married Hannah Dow, and had a family of seven children, named John, Nathan, Han- nah, Betty, Nancy, Rhoda and Sally.


NATHAN CARR married Elizabeth Chase in 1812, and was born in Salisbury, Mass., in 1781, and came to Loudon, in 1790, with his father, Elliott Carr, and settled upon the farm now owned by Challes D. Carr, and afterwards bought the adjoining farm of Henry T. Carr. This tract of land was part of the five-hun- dred-acre lot laid out and given to His Excellency Governor John Wentworth, and is called, in the return of the laying of lots, the Governor Wentworth farm.


Nathan Carr had five children, named Challes D., Elizabeth, Nancy, Martha J. T. and Sarah M.


CHALLES D. CARR was born in 1813, and married Hannah B. Prescott. He had a family of three chil- dren, named Georgiana F., Challes F. and Samuel M. Challes D. Carr was born, and lives upon, the home- stead of the Carr family. He is a thorough and practical farmer, has been successful in acquiring property and is an honorable and respected citizen of the town.


CAPTAIN JOHN CARR was the brother of Nathan, and married Sally Brown in 1800, and had eleven children, named Edmund, Elliott, Jemima, Clarissa, John, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Henry T., Hannah and Mary.


HENRY T. CARR married Jemima Osborn, and had a family of five children, named Ann Genette, John, Mary, Jane and Sarah. This branch of the Carr fam- ily retain all the strong and substantial traits of their ancestor, and are very firm and sanguine in all their undertakings and principles. John Carr has been engaged at the New Hampshire Insane Asylum for several years, holding a position of trust and responsi- bility, and is held in high esteem by the institution.


The Sanborn Family .- The ancestor of this family was Captain John Sanborn, who married Ruth Rand, 1774, and was horn in 1747. His wife was born in 1751.


Captain Sanborn's ancestry is unknown, and the foregoing is from the town record. He was among the distinguished citizens of the town, and took an active part in the organization of the same, and held several offices of importance at several times. He had a family of eight children, named Elisha, born No- vember 1, 1775; Lydia, born June 3, 1777 ; Betty, born March 24, 1779; Thomas, born June 8, 1781 ; Sarah, born July 17, 1783; John, Jr., born August 29, 1785;


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Edmund, born July 21, 1788; and William, born June 5,1791.


ELISHA SANBORN married - Ladd, of Epping, N. H., and had a family ofseven children, named James John, Nathaniel, Eliza, Sally, Mary and Ruth. Of this family, James went to Iowa, John to Massachusetts, and Nathaniel settled in Loudon. He married Nancy Longee, and had one child, named Charles E.


JOHN SANBORN married Judith Blake, and had a family of six children, named Stephen, Jane, Judith, Edmund, Almira and Joseph B. Stephen Sanborn went South and died. Joseph B. resides in Loudon, upon the homestead of his father, and is a citizen of influence in his native town, having held the important offices of the town. He is a thorough and practical farmer, has acquired a good property and succeeded well in his purposes and efforts. He married Sarah Ann Sanborn, the grand-daughter of Jesse and daughter of Jonathan Sanborn, and has two children, named Joseph E. and Jennie M. His son, Joseph E., married Lizzie Adams, of Pittsfield, N. H.


EDMUND SANBORN married Ruth Griffin, and had a family of nine children, named William, Sally, Daniel L., Clarissa, James S., Jeremiah C,. Eliza J., John and True H. The sons of Edmund nearly all settled in Loudon.


DANIEL L. SANBORN married Ada Moore, and had a family of five children, named Jacob O., Ruth J., Joseph T., Charles E. and Mary E. Of Captain Daniel Sanborn's family, Jacob O. is a graduate of Dartmouth College, and has become an eminent school-teacher; Joseph T. married Fanny Peverly, of Canterbury, N. H., and resides upon his father's farm, having no children. He is an important and respected citizen of the town, having held important offices in the same.


WILLIAM SANBORN married Susan Haines, and had two sons, named Richard P., who resides in Concord, and William H., a resident of Loudon.


JAMES S. SANBORN married Mary E. Yeaw, of Rhode Island, and has three children, named Johu B., Hattie B. and Byron. He has represented the town in the Legislature, and is a man of wealth. He resides upon the homestead, which was given him by his father.


JEREMIAH C. SANBORN married Betsy French, of Gilmanton, and has one daughter, named Ida B., who married James S. 'Tilton, son of Daniel Tilton, and has one daughter, named Maud.


JOHN SANBORN married - Thorndike, of Pitts- field, N. H., and resides at Laconia, N. H.


TRUE H. SANBORN married Adaline Green, and has a family of five children.


The Sanborn family have been among the most numerous of all the families of the town. They have been successful in the acquisition of property, and have principally settled in their native town; are good citizens, and largely a religious and devoted people.


MOSES MORSE, SR., was born in Methuen, Mass.,


in 1749, and married Abigail Lovejoy, of Andover, Mass., who was born in 1755 and came to Lou- don in 1787. Mr. Morse bought this land of Ezra Blaisdel, which has always remained in the Morse name to the present time. They had a family of ten children, named Abigail, Jonathan, Persis, Moses, Lydia, Moses, (2.) Deborah, Persis, (2.) Levi and Isaac. Mr. Morse endured many of the hardships, in common with other settlers who came to Loudon.


MOSES MORSE, JR., was born April 13, 1788; mar- ried Sally Emery in 1815, and had three children, named Harris E., Alvah L. and Julianna P. Mr. Morse learned the trade of carpenter and wheel- wright, at which he worked in connection with farm- ing. He held several important offices in the town.


HARRIS E. MORSE married Sarah A. Eaton in 1842, and had five children, named Mary A., Sarah A., Harris F., Mary E. and Alvah L. Mr. Morse has filled positions of honor and trust-represented the town in the Legislature and served as sheriff for a number of years.


ALVAH L. MORSE married Della M. Pritchard, and has one child, named Myrtie M. He resides upon the Morse homestead, and is of the fourth generation. He has held positions of trust.


ELISHA BUSWELL was born November 10, 1757; married, January 15, 1799, Abigail Perkins, born March 10, 1762, and had a family of four children, named William, Moses, John and Nancy. Moses Buswell married Betsey Jones, and had three chil- dren,-John L. and two others who died in youth.


JOHN L. BUSWELL married Mary E., daughter of Captain Daniel L. Sanborn, and has a family of two children, named Frank J. and Abby J. Mr. Buswell has held important town offices and is a respected citizen in the town. He is a practical farmer and has secured a fine property, with a pleasant location.


ISAAC DIMOND was born in 1767, and married Sally Shaw, and had a family of ten children, named Betsy, Isaac, Sally, Polly, John, Abigail, Andrew, Gould and Ruth.


GOULD DIMOND married Sally, daughter of Jona- than Rollins, of Loudon, and had a family of four children, named Isaac P., Lucy M., Mary E. and Jonathan M.


JONATHAN M. DIMOND married Maria Peaslee, and had three children, named Ardena M., Saddie B. and Inez P.


LUCY M. DIMOND married John B. Moore, of Gil- manton, N. H., and had a family of four children.


MARY E. DIMOND married Nathan C. Clough, and had a family of two children, named Minnie E. and Alice. Mr. Clough is located at the north part of the town, and has been a resident of the same for twenty or more years. He has held the office of se- lectman and has represented the town in the Legis- lature. He is a firm and reliable citizen, as well as a man of excellent judgment.


NATHAN TILTON, born February 2, 1755, married


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Susannah Gail, born March 8, 1761, and had nine chil- dren,-Betty, born Jnne 30, 1781; Timothy, born May 3, 1783; Susannah, born September 4, 1785; Daniel, born November 14, 1787 ; Nathan, born July 15, 1791 ; Stephen, born September 29, 1793 ; Newell, born October 20, 1795; David, born July 1, 1798 ; Joseph, born March 4, 1801.


JOSEPH TILTON, SR., married, the second time, Coziah Bagley, October 20, 1783, and had three children,-Anna, born October 3, 1784; Dolly, born August 6, 1787; Timothy, born November 6, 1791. His first wife died April 20, 1783. She had two chil- dren-Joseph born April 19, 1781, and Martha, born March 6, 1783.


William Tilton's Family .- Eliza Tilton, born July 24, 1788 ; William J., born May 9, 1790; Tim- othy, born July 22, 1792; Hannah, born August 9, 1794; Patty, born December 17, 1796 ; Amos.


WILLIAM TILTON, JR., married Abigail Brown, and had a family of two children, named Louisa A. and Charles S. Louisa A. Tilton married Jeremiah Blake, Esq., son of Enoch Blake, of Pittsfield, N. H., and had a family of four children, named Mary, El- len, Warren and Alvah. Mr. Blake is a prominent man in the town, and has been extensively engaged in managing and executing the business of the town for many years, and his counsel and advice is often sought and followed. He has held several offices in the town and commands the respect and esteem of its citizens.


MAJOR DANIEL TILTON had a family of eight children, named Sally, Nathan, Harriett, Newell, Joseph, Mary A., John S. R. and Samuel.


DEACON DANIEL TILTON had a family of five chil- dren, named Nathan F., born April 20, 1797; Shuah, born May 28, 1779; Abigail, born August 19, 1801 ; Betsey, born May 13, 1804; Daniel, born July 26, 1805.


DANIEL TILTON, JR., married Olive Sargent, and had a family of five children, named Charles S., Daniel, John, James S. and Olive E. James S. married Ida B. Sanborn, daughter of Jeremiah C. Sanborn, of Loudon.


PHILIP BROWN married Elizabeth Bachelder, Janu- ary 16, 1775, and had a family of nine children,- Thomas, born November 27, 1775; William, born January 7, 1778; David, born December 3, 1779; Joanna, born April 30, 1782; Levi, born No- vember 7, 1784; Philip, Jr., born April 8, 1787; Tim- othy, born October 17, 1789; Asa, born July 22, 1793; Eliphalet, born December 31, 1796. Philip Brown, Jr., married Abigail True, and had a family of two children, named True, and a daughter who married David Putnam, of Penacook, N. H.


TRUE BROWN married Eliza C. Kelly, and had three children, named Charles K., Nellie S. and Mabel T. Charles K. resides upon the homestead of his grandfather, Philip Brown.


THOMAS SARGENT, SR., married Abigail Blaisdel


in 1772, and had nine children, named Dolly, born October 28, 1772; Charles, born September 2, 1774; Thomas, born September 18, 1778; Josiah, born No- vember 7, 1780; Sarah, born February 11, 1782; Susannah, born February 12, 1785; Timothy, born November 27, 1786; David, born January 11, 1789; John, born December 5, 1791.


THOMAS SARGENT, JR., had a family of five chil- dren,-Hannah. Amos, Maria, Susan and Jolm.


AMOS SARGENT married-Beck, and had a family of four children, named Elbridge G., David S., Albert B. and Mary A. Elbridge G. has acquired a good property, and has been chosen to the office of select- man of the town.


DR. NATHANIEL T. CLARK came to Loudon in 1828, married Clara L. Bond, and had one child, named C. Blanche. He studied medicine at Brook- line, N. Y., and has had practice in New London, Bradford and Manchester, N. H.


DR. WILLIAM TENNEY came to Loudon in the year 1793, and married Abigail Rollins ; married, the second time, Peggy Flanders, and had four chil- dren, named Abigail, Richard P. J., William D. B. and Joseph J. M. Dr. William Tenney practiced medicine for a long time in town, and at his decease Richard P. J., having studied medicine, commenced his practice in his father's place, and continued until the year 1846, when he located at the enterprising village of Pittsfield, N. H. He had a large practice and was extensively known as a physician. After his removal he was chosen as a member of the Gov- ernor's Council, and filled other places of honor and trust, and died at Pittsfield in 1879. He married Hannah A. Sanborn, and had one daughter, named Abby.


J. J. M. TENNEY, after having spent some years in travel, settled upon the Tenney homestead and devo- ted the last of his life to agriculture, and died in 1876.


MOSES ROWELL, SR., was the son of Christopher Rowell, of Amesbury, Mass., and was born June 11, 1764. He married Alice Cnrrier, of Amesbury, and moved to Loudon in 1791, and located upon Bear Hill (so called), where he died November 4, 1846. He married, the second time, Nancy Leavitt, of Chi- chester, N. H., and had a family of ten children, named Captain John, Moses, Jr., Nancy, Micajah, Ruth, Asa T., Harris, Cyrus, Rufus and Sally L. Mr. Rowell was engaged for some length of time in teaming from Newburyport, Mass., to Salisbury, N. H.


MOSES ROWELL, JR., was born March 21, 1793, and married Sophia French, daughter of John Leavitt French, of Loudon, and had three children, named Perley W., John F. and Sarah Ann.


PERLEY W. ROWELL was born December 22, 1823, and married Caroline Clark, of Pittsfield, N. H., March 28, 1869, and have a family of two children, named Sarah W. and George W. Mr. Rowell lives upon the homestead of his father, and is a useful and highly-respected citizen of his native town.


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JOHN F. ROWELL was born January 6, 1826, and is unmarried. He commenced his education at the common school in London, and afterwards attended at Weare, Lee and Pembroke, N. H., and graduated at Haverford College, Pennsylvania. He was eminently fitted for a teacher, which avocation he successfully followed for many years in his immediate locality. Afterwards he was called to the Friends' School in Providence, R. I., and remained for twenty years. In 1875 he retired from this school, and, wearied with the duties of a teacher's life, went to California, and is extensively engaged in agriculture, together with the manufacture and sale of lumber, of which he has purchased a large and valuable tract. He is an en- terprising and deserving man, and has, by his own efforts largely, acquired the position which he has so ably filled. The Rowell family are noted for intel- lect, ability and great firmness of principle, and are citizens who are interested and active in everything that advances and elevates the human race.




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