History of Merrimack and Belknap counties, New Hampshire, Part 125

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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NATHANIEL MARTIN, EsQ., came to Loudon and was first taxed in 1808. He was twice married and had a family of nine children, named Rue, Jane, Elizabeth and Hannah (twins), Mary, Abigail, Nancy, Sally and Theophilus B. Esquire Martin was en- gaged often in town business, and was an important and useful man of the day in which he lived. His name appears often upon the town records as having been chosen to discharge some public duty, which was carefully and satisfactorily performed.

THEOPHILUS B. MARTIN, EsQ., married Sally L. Rowell, and had a family of four children, named Nathaniel (who died), Mary E., Abby and Nathaniel E. But few men have ever lived in town who have been so frequently chosen to positions of trust as Esquire Martin. He has represented the town in the Legislature, and been chosen as county treasurer, besides performing a large amount of probate and private business as a justice of the peace. He early engaged in the calling of a school-teacher, and con- tinued in it until the middle age of life with success. He was a member of the church, and was deeply in- terested in all matters pertaining to the welfare and best interest of the public. He moved with his fam- ily to Concord, N. H., where he died.

NATHANIEL E. MARTIN, his son, obtained his edu- cation at the Concord High School, and afterwards studied law with William E. Chase, Esq., after which he opened an office in Concord, and is now connected with the firm of Albin, Tappan & Martin. That success has attended his efforts which is always the reward of labor and diligence in every calling in life.

The Cate Family in Loudon descended from STE- PHEN CATE, who came from Deerfield, N. H., in 1784. He had seven children, named Shadrach, born August 10, 1779; Charles, born January 2, 1781; John, born March 29, 1783; Stephen and Jonathan (twins), born March 3, 1785 ; Sally, born April 1, 1787 ; Meshach, born July 6, 1789.

STEPHEN CATE settled upon the farm now owned by William W. Cate, where he built a log house for himself and family of two children, the eldest being two and one-half years and the young- est but eighteen months old. He rode from Deer- field, N. H., on horseback with his wife, each carrying one of the children in their arms as they rode upon the same horse. The following year Mrs. Cate, whose name was Anna, gave birth to the twins, Ste- phen and Jonathan, whose weight at birth was twenty-two pounds, who lived and grew to very large and strong men, looking so nearly alike as hardly to be distinguished from each other. Three of these boys settled in Loudon,-Shadrach, John and Stephen.

SHADRACH CATE had a family of eleven children, of whom eight lived, named, Hiram and Hannah (twins), Rebecca, Eliza, Sally, Judith, Shadrach and Moses. He married Rebecca Chamberlin, an intelli- gent and estimable woman. Of this family, Shadrach studied medicine and is a skillful practitioner as well as a gentleman of influence and culture, in the city of Washington, D. C.

JOHN CATE settled upon the home farm; married and had a family of four children ; the eldest died at birth. The others were named Nancy, Miles and Benjamin. At the birth of Nancy Cate, John, her father, planted an elm-tree, which has been growing seventy-six years and measures seventeen feet in cir- cumference at the base.

BENJAMIN CATE was born March 23, 1814, and married Eliza A. Wells, daughter of Stephen Wells, of London, and has two sons, named William W. and Carter E. Cate.

He was a man of large ability and when a young man was often given places of trust. His public life and influence were extensive, and he became one of the leading men of the town in which he resided. He was chosen to various town offices and represented the same in the Legislature. He was a man of genial turn and manner to every one, and his assistance and counsel were sought and obtained by his neighbors and friends in time of need. He was every man's friend. His life was noted for the integrity and up- rightness of character which he ever maintained. His religious principles were firm and deeply fixed, from which there spread an influence that shaped and guided the thoughts and acts of those with whom he associated.

WILLIAM W. CATE lives upon the homestead of his father, and he is of the fourth generation of the Cate family. His early life was largely devoted to the cause of education, and he engaged in school-teaching to quite an extent, his efforts being attended with good success. After the death of his father he en- gaged in agriculture, and sustains a high and influen- tial position as such among the citizens of his native town.

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of, several offices in town with care and fidelity. His advice and assistance are largely sought in matters of probate, and he is a man of strong influence in private and public business. His religious principles are strongly fixed, and his life thus far well marked by exemplary conduct and sincerity of purpose.

CARTER E. CATE was born August 26, 1852. He fitted for college at Tilton, N. H., and entered the Wesleyan University, at Middletown, Conn., in 1872. After two years he went to Dartmouth College, New Hampshire, where he graduated in 1876. He afterwards attend- ed the Boston University, and in June, 1878, was or- dained as a minister of the gospel by the Free-Will Baptist denomination, at Loudon, N. H., where he engaged as pastor and remained one year. During his stay with this, his own church and native town, an unusual and deep-felt interest was manifest throughout the whole town in attending divine wor- ship upon the Sabbath, such as had not been expe- rienced for a generation. His preaching was marked with great simplicity and sincerity, which held the mind and attention of his audience from the begin- ning to the end of his discourse. He engaged at Lake Village, N. H., afterwards, and remained three years; then went to Lowell, Mass., and remained one year ; then married Electa Dunavan, and moved to Lewiston, Me.

Mr. Cate inherits from the Cate family the charac- teristics which are so noticeable in the biography of the family. He is pleasant and affable in appearance, firm in his principles, deeply imbued with respect for Christianity and all its ennobling and elevating prin- ciples.

His success in life has been most excellent, and a brilliant future seems to await him in the choice of the great calling that he has engaged in as a life- work.

The Stevens Family .- MOSES STEVENS, SR.'S, family of six children were named Joseph, Jonathan C., Elizabeth, Hannah, Eliza and Andrew.

ANDREW STEVENS married Lucinda Sargent, and had a family of three children, named Moses E., John and Hannah.

MOSES E. STEVENS married Nettie P. Bachelder, daughter of William Bachelder, and has a family of two children, named Winnie M. and William G.

Mr. Stevens is the last representative of the large Stevens family in Loudon and possesses the strong characteristics which have made them so useful as citizens in the town. He is a man of ability and in- fluence, and has held positions of trust conferred upon him by the citizens of the town.

The Ordway Family in London descended from Abner and James Ordway, who came from Tower Hill, in England, to Newbury, Mass., about 1640. Abner settled in Watertown, Mass., and James in Dover, N. H. Abner married, August 15, 1656, Sarah, daughter of Stephen Brown, of Newbury, Mass., she being the widow of Edward Dennis, of Boston, Mass.

No descendants of Abner are found. James married, November 23, 1648, Ann Emery, whose father came from England some years before, and had a family of ten children, named Ephraim, James, Edward, Sarah, John, Isaac, Jane, Hannaniah, Annie and Mary, which were the second generation. The third gener- ation descended from John, son of James. The fourth from James, son of John, whose children were Moses and James.

MOSES ORDWAY was one of the first settlers in the town, and married Anna Huntington. He was born in Amesbury, Mass., April 11, 1721. His wife was born March 16, 1716, and they settled near the Yel- low School-house, where some of their descendants have resided from that time. One of the attractions to this locality were the meadows in the immediate vicinity, from which they cut hay for their cattle. Moses, Jr., married his cousin Persis, the sister of Joses, and had eight children, named Persis, born June 1, 1776; Moses (3d), born January 1, 1779; Betsey, born March 1, 1781 ; Stephen, born August 24, 1784; Betsey (2d), born March 12, 1787; Amos, born January 15, 1790 ; Aaron, born February 19, 1792 ; Hammond, born June 10, 1795.

DANIEL AND JOSES ORDWAY were descendants of James. Daniel Ordway married, first time, Deborah Lougee, and came from Andover, Mass., where he had two children born,-Daniel, born September 2, 1773; and Isaac, born February 6, 1775. There were born at Loudon,-Lemuel, October 12, 1776; Alse, born November 12, 1778; Isaac (2d), born December 25, 1780 ; Hazen, born April 15, 1783; Polly, born May 21, 1785. He married, the second time, Ruth Moulton, and had Hiram, Chlora, Statira, Eneas, Jus- tus, Jairus and Ruth Ann, making a family of four- teen in all.

JOSES ORDWAY, brother of Daniel, had a family of seven children,-Lucy, born January 1, 1795; Lois, born October 1, 1796; Sophia, born January 1, 1799; Abial, born May 3, 1800; John C., born November 3, 1801; Sukey, born February 21, 1803 ; Harriett, born April 10, 1808.

ABIAL ORDWAY married Clarissa French, and had four children,-Martha S., Abial C., John F. and Mary J.

JOHN F. ORDWAY married Georgianna, the only daughter of Samuel Huckins, of London, and had a family of four children, named Della P., Effie L., Lillian M. and Cora F.

HIRAM ORDWAY married Sally Blaisdell, and had one child, named Myra E., who married Joseph W. Blaisdell.

Captain Hiram Ordway was an important and respected citizen of his town. He was a carpenter by trade, which avocation he followed for several years. He held important offices in the town and was elected to the Legislature. He was of a most genial and quiet disposition, and his influence was large in his native town, in religious as well as in public matters.

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JOSEPH C. ORDWAY married Martha S. Ordway and had a family of seven children,-Nellie, Grace, Walter, Henry, Georgianna, Lilla and one infant that died.

JOEL S. ORDWAY married M. Jane Wiggins. He resides upon the farm of his father, Lemuel Ordway, and has one child, named Horace F.

Daniel and Joses Ordway were soldiers of the Revolutionary War. Joses served in Captain Jolin Abbott's company, in Major Gage's regiment, and Daniel in the foot company raised in Methuen and Andover, Mass. After the war they came to Loudon, and settled with their cousin, Moses Ordway.

STEPHEN ORDWAY married Rachel Clifford, and had three children, named Mary, Joseph C. and Benjamin (twins).

JOHN CASSEY ORDWAY was the son of Moses Ord- way (3d), and married Ruth Sanborn. He had three children, named Eliza, Angusta A. and Benjamin F. Ordway.

The trials and suffering of the first of the Ordway settlers were the same as those of others. Upon one occasion Mr. Moses Ordway, Jr., went to Amesbury, Mass., and brought home one bushel of corn upon his back, it being a year when the crops were cut off by frost, and his family subsisted upon the ground-nut while he was gone. A glass bottle of curious device was brought from England by one of the two brothers that first came, and bequeathed to one Moses, upon the condition that it remain in the family of some descendant whose name was Moses throughout all succeeding years. Moses Ordway, the third, was the last Moses, and it is now in the possession of John C., whose father was the last.

The number of children in some of the families who have lived in Loudon is here given, with their names :

Moses Rollins had a family of eleven, named Samuel, Anna, Thomas, Moses, William, Eliza, Sarah, Abi- gail, Jonathan, John and Dorothy.

Deacon Samuel Sleeper had a family of fourteen, named Hannah, Susannah, Elizabeth, Molly, Molly (2d), Anna, Stephen, Samuel, Chase, Gilman, Sarah, Sarah (2d), Mahala and Abigail.

Timothy Gleason had a family of ten, named John, Edmund, Polly, Timothy, Sophia, Moses, Nancy, Charlotte, Jeremiah and Warren.

Timothy French had a family of seven, named Betty, Joshua, Betty (2d), Mary, Timothy, Rachel and Joanna.

Enoch Osgood had a family of eleven, named Sally, Molly, Nabby, Deborah, Elanor, Josiah, Dolly, Nancy, Samuel, Clarissa and Betsey.

Zebulon Winslow had a family of eleven, -- Moses, George, David, Sleeper, Elizabeth, Lucy, Mary, Zebulou, Clarissa, Almira and Ann.

John Stevens had a family of ten, named Edna, Abel, Elizabeth, Martha, Dolly, John, Charity, Rich- ard, Jesse and David.

Judith, David, Hannah, Sally, Jonathan, Susannah, Patty and Chase.

Colonel Jonathan Rollins had a family of ten, named Joanna, Huldah, Sophronia, Judith, John, Sally, Jeremiah, Ai, Judith (2d), and Trueworthy.

Joshua French had a family of seven, named Sally, John, David, Timothy, Sally, Daniel and Charles.

Nathaniel Martin had a family of nine, named Rue, Jane, Elizabeth, Hannah, Mary, Abigail, Nancy, Sally and Theophilus.

John Stevens had a family of nine, named Harriet, Polly, William, John, Jonas, Parmelia, Betsey, Ruth and Jemima.

Thomas Proctor had a family of eleven, named Lydia, Fanny, Sally, Thomas, Rebecca, Peter, Joseph, William, James, Benjamin and Priscilla.

Nathaniel Maxfield had a family of twelve, named Betsey, Stephen, Eliphalet, Mehetable, Ruth, Na- thaniel, James, Joseph, Nathan, Elle, Hannah and Samuel.

Isaac Dimond had a family of ten, named Isaac, Betsey, Isaac (2d), Sally, Polly, John, Abigail, Andrew, Gould and Ruth.

Samuel Drew had a family of nine, named Hitty, Joseph, Judith, John, Stephen, Samuel, Sally, Nathan and Altazera.

Caleb Pillsbury had a family of nine, named Nathan, Ruth, Sarah, Judith, Elizabeth, Mary, Caleb, Benjamin and Martha.

Thomas Sargent had a family of nine, named Dolly, Charles, Thomas, Josiah, Sarah, Susannah, Timothy, David and John.

Philip Brown had a family of nine, named Thomas, William, David, Joanna, Levi, Philip, Jr., Timothy, Asa and Eliphalet.

Samuel Piper had a family of nine, named Jona- than, Benjamin, Sally, Jane, Betsey, Samuel, David, Elisha and Enoch.

Jeremiah Bennett had a family of nine, named William, Betsey, Elsa, Sally, Rachel, Jeremiah, Leavitt, Mary and Amos.

Dimond Furnald had a family of fifteen, named Sarah, Polly, Nabby, Thomas, David, Robert, Josiah, Comfort, Rachel, Eunice, Susa, John, Dimond, Chase and Charlotte.

The change of the name and absence of many of the old residents is a very noticeable fact in the history of the town. The large families of the name of French, Wood, Rollins, Tucker, Martin, Clifford, Furnald, Moulton, Hutchins, Proctor, Lowell, Gleason, Holt, Tenuey, Sweatt and Mathes, none are living in town; and instances might be mentioned among some of them where there is no heir to their honored and respected names. Others of equal importance, such as Buswell, Sleeper, Morrill, Dimond, Stevens and Young, have but one left in each family to per- petuate the name. The interest which these families manifested, and the labor performed by them, both

Isaiah Harvey had a family of nine, named Molly, in establishing and providing for their descendants a

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government political and religious, as well as educa- tional, which might be perpetuated to all succeeding generations, was worth enduring the toil and hardship through which they lived and labored.

War of the Rebellion .- The following is a list of the names of those who served in the War of the Rebellion :

Jeremiah Browa, Jr., Roswell M. C. Hilliard, Moses Sargent, Tristram B. Stevens, Orrin Ray, James II. Berry, Nathan Drew, Charles H. Sar- geot, Charles W. Smith, David B. Mason, Andrew M. Heath, Frank L. Hillegrove, John F. Hillsgrove, Justin S. Bachelder, Charles H. Willard, Joseph S. True, Warren Lamprey, Augustus M. Westcott, Hiram W. French, John E. Locke, James A. Pettengill, Benjatoin H. Ordway, Na- thaniel Copp, John T. Bachelder, Harrison B. Berry, George W. Whid- deo, Stephen W. Newton, Samnel Small, George H. Abbott, John H. Willey, Roby M. True, Samnel Rundels, George W. F. Goldsmith, Stephen M. Maxfield, Luther C. Copp, Charles E. C. Tucker, Joseph E. Clifford, Jr., Charles A. Locke, Benjamio F. Wells, Albert H. Hillsgrove, Joseph M. Hillegrove, Joseph W. Dickerman, Erlon V. Dillingham, Charles HI. Abbott, Amos K. Copp. Ransom D. Pettengill, Asahel G. Whidden, Luther C. Whidden, John Q. A. Sargent, John C. Whidden, Samnel C. Whidden, Charles C. Rogers, Heory I. Sargent, Caleb Brown, Frederick S. Morse, Lyman A. Hamblet, Alfred W. Maxfield, Asahel Buroham, Abial B. Brown, George L. Moore, Ira J. Hutchinson, Alfred Dearhorn, James T. Minard, James H. Chase, Frank M. Gay, Daniel F. Moses, Charles F. Mason, Charles F. Smith, Horace B. Carr, Francis Henshaw, Reuben B. Baynes, Charles H. Leavitt, Joho A. Cutler, John Nixon, John H. Pingree, Seth W. Saltmarsh, Amos C. Dickerman, John Hastings, George Stroog, Joseph S. True, Jefferson Rogers, Wyman Pet- tengill, Joseph A. Sweatt, William Saoboro (second), Charles Nixoo, Samuel E. Johnston, Frederick E. Copp, True C. Brown, Edward Smith, William H. H. Watson, Hiram F. Flanders, Stephen W. Bachelder, Zara V. Hilliard, John A. Smith, Oliver Hutchinson, George W. Smith, George H. Johnston, Joseph C. Haynes, George E. Leavitt, Joseph W. Blaisdell, Frank Locke, Jeremiah II. Smith, Samnel A. Holt, Albert L. Bachelder, William E. P. Willey, John O. Connell, Alexander Morse, Arthur Burns, John A. Kimhall, Harrison Griffin, Stephen Sweatt.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

DEACON STEPHEN WEEKS.

Deacon Stephen Weeks was the son of Stephen and Betsey (Weed) Weeks, of Gilmanton, N. H. and came to Loudon near 1843. He married, first, Mary A. Stevens, who died in a short time after her marriage. Mr. Weeks married, the second time, Elizabeth W. Haines, of Canterbury, who was an in- telligent and accomplished woman. The second marriage of Deacon Weeks resulted in a family of six children, named Adaline, William H., Martha, Abby, Mary J. and Dora V.

Deacon Weeks, during his early life, taught several terms of school during the winter, while in other seasons of the year he bought and sold cattle. After- wards he bought a farm and gave his attention to farming as a pursuit. Having been successful in this calling, several years ago he purchased the farm upon which his family reside, refitted the buildings and prepared it for his permanent home. During his residence of about forty years in the town he suc- ceeded in laying up property amounting to over

twenty thousand dollars by diligence, labor and economy. He regarded the interest of the town as a citizen, and gave his influence always in that di- rection which he considered as right and just. He was liberal in his charity to others, whenever called upon for aid and assistance, often bestowing without invitation whenever and wherever his feelings prompted, and never was known to turn one away empty. His advice was safe and well matured whenever applied for. He was of a deep religious cast of mind, a member of the Free Baptist Church and for many years was one of its deacons. His interest in his church was large and sincere, for which he labored ardently and constantly, being one of the large and ready supporters of the gospel in all its wants. He was a constant attendant, with his family, upon public worship and the Sabbath-school. His last acts in life were of beneficence. He died in January, 1885, a worthy and esteemed citizen of the town, and will be cherished in the memory of many for the good which he has accomplished.

REV. JEREMIAH CLOUGH.

Rev. Jeremiah Clough was born in Loudon, N. H., February 3, 1792, and was the eldest of the five chil- dren of Jonathan and Betsey Clough. His grand- father, Jonathan Clough, Sr., moved from Salisbury, Mass., to London about the year 1771, with five chil- dren, and located on that tract which has been known as "Clough's Hill,"-then a wilderness. He was born in 1724, and married Elizabeth Thompson in 1756. His children were named Joseph, Nathan, Sarah, Jonathan, Jr., and Love. Mr. Jonathan Clough, Sr., was a man of large business capacity. and was chosen clerk of the parish for seventcen years and selectman for four years. He was a black- smith by trade, working both iron and stcel. Ile married three times, but had no children that lived by either of the last two marriages. Jonathan Clough, Jr., married Betsy Clough. of Epping, N. Il .. and had five children, named Jeremiah, Joseph and Benjamin (twins), Jonathan and Sally.

Rev. Jeremiah Clough married Sabrina Clough, daughter of Leavitt Clough, of Canterbury, in 1813, by whom he had a family of eight children. Six of them died in infancy and before maturity. The two youngest were named Jeremiah L. and Charles C. Mr. Clough married, the second time, Deliverance Hodgdon, of Northfield, N. H., September 10, 1840. They had one daughter, named Christiana, who is the only living representative of the nine children born to the Rev. Mr. Clough. After his first mat - riage he moved to Canterbury, with his wife's father, and was, for several years, a large and successful farmer. He acquired a large property, and was an industrious and robust man. Ile was early taught to labor, and during his whole life was industrious and economical in all his purposes.

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In 1819 he professed religion, and was licensed as a preacher of the gospel in 1835. He was ordained in 1838, and preached as an evangelist, for ten years, the doctrine of the Free-Will Baptist denomination. He was chosen pastor of his own church in Canter- bury in 1848, and continued in this relation until the year 1872, when he suffered a partial shock of par- alysis, and retired from the active labors of the ministry. During his labors with this church a large number were added to it, and it became one of the strongest in the Quarterly Meeting. In the mean time a new and commodious church edifice wax erected, to which Mr. Clough was a large contributor. It was dedicated about the year 1853, Rev. Mr. Clough preaching the ordination sermon. He was a most devout man, and his life-work was full of suc- cess as a gospel minister. He was a man of great natural ability, and possessed fully the character- istics required in a man of so strong purposes. He was widely known as an humble and Christian man, devoid of all ostentation and display. His Christian life was above reproach, while he had the most profound reverence for the house of God and all its ordinances, making his worship at all times spiritual and full of devotion. He was full of Christian charity, zeal and unending love for his church in Canterbury ; for Christian ministers, making large donations to destitute churches, aiding in building houses of worship ; the cause of education aud missions ; and was always a true friend of the destitute and needy. His word was never doubted or his veracity ques- tioned.

He was a man of large social qualities, pos- sessing true affability of manners, which made his home social, agreeable and always pleasant to his family, and full of hospitality to friends and strangers. The words of advice and counsel which fell from his venerable lips were wise, safe and full of consolation, especially in times of affliction and trouble. His services were largely sought in affliction by death of friends, to which his words were as "healing balm." He always refused remuneration for all religious ser- vice throughout his entire life.

His family trials were severe in the loss of his children, but were borne with Christian fortitude. One of the greatest questions of his life was to de- cide whether to devote his life-work to the ministry or not. This he decided upon his knees in the pas- ture, beneath a tree, which still lives, and spreads its few branches over the monument of stones which he erected, as a seal of the vow of consecration which he made to his God more than fifty years since. His last act of baptism was performed at the age of eighty-two years. The Rev. Jeremiah Clough re- ceived the honors of his town by being chosen to office and representing it in the Legislature. About twenty-five years since he moved from Canterbury to his native town of Loudon, where he died at the ad- vanced age of eighty-seven years.

His photograph, from which this portrait is made, was taken at the age of eighty-four years.

Jeremiah L. Clongh married Clara Clough, daugh- ter of the Hon. Joseph Clough, of Loudon, and had two children, named Lucy S. and Jeremiah J.

Charles C. Clough married Mary E. Osgood, daugh- ter of Ira Osgood, Esq., of Loudon, and had one child, named Charla E., who lives at the old Clough home- stead in Canterbury. Charles C. Clough died in July, 1861, a noble and highly-esteemed citizen and Chris- tian man. His widow married, the second time, the Rev. A. D. Smith, of Laconia, who succeeds the Rev. J. Clough in the ministry at Canterbury.

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History of Merrimack and Belknap counties, New Hampshire, Part 125

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

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