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" Voted, To accept the following resolution :
At a legal town-meeting, duly notified and holden at Hill, December 20, 1862, it was
" Voted, To accept the following resolution :
" Resolved, To pay one hundred dollars, in addition to the one huo- dred dollars voted to he raised at a former meeting, to every volunteer who may enlist from this town and who isa resident of the town at the time of enlistment ; and to pay a suin not exceeding two hundred dollars to each person who may enlist from any other town to fill our quota, said sum to he paid when mustered into the United States service.
" Voted, That the selectmen be authorized to act as agents to procure the substitutes for the above quota.
" l'oted, To adjourn the meeting till one week from next Saturday, at two o'clock in the afternoon, Jannary 3, 1863."
On Jannary 3, 1863,-
"2 of the clock, afternoon.
" Met according to adjournment and heard the report of the select- men.
" They report that there was no volunteers to be had out of town.
"That the Governor and Council had concluded to dissolve the Sev- enteenth (17) Regiment, and that there would not be any drafting for the present.
" MOSES F. LITTLE, Town Clerk."
At a legal town-meeting in Hill, December 5, 1863, the following resolution was handed in by Wil- liam T. Vale :
" Resolved, That the selectmeu be instructed to pay a town bounty, not exceeding 150 dollars for volunteers or substitutes sufficient to fill the quota of the town of Hill, under the Inte call of the President for 300,000 volunteers, having the matter of advancing the National and State bounty or not discretionary with them, and that the selectmen he authorized to borrow the money on the credit of the town, to carry out the purpose of this resolution, and that the selectmen hs authorized to act as agents."
The above resolution was passed.
" Resolved, That the selectmen be authorized to procure the men."
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Passed.
At a legal town-meeting, holden at Hill, on Thurs- day, March 31, 1864, it was
" Voted, to pay a bounty, not to exceed 150 dollars, to any person who has re-enlisted, or may re-enlist, or to any person who may eulist to fill any quota of this town not already filled, hereafter made by the Presi- dent for volunteers, or to fill any quota of the town under any new call of the President for volunteers, made previous to March Ist, 1865, and that the selectinen be authorized to procure the olen and borrow the money upon the credit of the town to carry out the object of this vote.
" l'oted, To leave it discretionary with the selectmen to increase the above bounty, if necessary."
At a legal town-meeting, duly notified and holden at Hill, on Wednesday, August 10, 1864, the follow- ing resolution was brought forward and acted upon :
" Resolred, That the town raise, and the selectmen be instructed to hire, on the credit of the town, the sum of fifteen thousand dollars for the purpose set forth in the second article in the warrant, and that said selectmen be instructed to pay over said sum of money to the agent for filling the towo's quota, upon his demand, and take his receipt therefor ; and that said agent be instructed to fill the quota in the best manner possible.
" Toted, That the above resolution be adopted.
" I'nted, That Jonathan R. Rowell be the agent."
At a legal town-meeting holden at Hill on the second Tuesday of March, 1884, it was
"Voted, to raise twenty-five dollars for Decoration Day, to be paid to a committee appointed by the members of the Grand Army Post."
At a legal town-meeting held on the second Tucs- day of March, 1885, it was
" Voted, to raise twenty-five dollars for Memorial Day."
Soldiers in the War of the Rebellion .- The fol- lowing is a list of the volunteer soldiers from the town of Hill in the late Rebellion :
FOURTH REGIMENT.
George W. Davis, Company II, mustered 'in September 18, 1861 ; died of disease at Morris Island April 6, 1864.
Richard E. Davis, Company II, mnstered in September 18, 1861 ; dis- charged October 18, 1863, for disability.
D. B. Sanborn, Company H, mustered in September 18, 186] ; died of disease September 12, 1862, at Fernandina, Fla.
Wayland Ballon, Company Il, mustered In September 18, 1861; wounded .Inly 13, 1864 ; promoted to second lieutenant Sixth United States Colored Troops February 28, 1865.
Moses E. Southworth, Company H, mustered in September 18, 186] ; mustered out September 26, 1864.
Westou Ballon, Company II, mustered in September 18, 1861 ; mustered out September 26, 1864.
John C. Smith, Company II, mustered in September 18, 1861 ; promoted to corporal ; wounded July 30, 1864 ; promoted to sergeant March 1, 1865 ; mustered out September 26, 1865.
Arthur 1. Smith, Company II, mustered in September 18, 186] ; mus- tered ont September 26, 1865.
FIFTH REGIMENT.
E. B. C'illey, Company E, mustered in October 19, 1861 ; died at Gettys- burg July 3d (no year).
Daniel Bartlett, Company E, mustered in October 19, 1861 ; died at Camp California, near Alexandria, Va., January 23, 1862.
SEVENTH REGIMENT.
Parker Conner, Company E, mastered in November 7, 186] ; died of disease at St. Augustine, Fla., December 26, 1862.
EIGHTH REGIMENT.
Erasmus (lurk, Company I, mustered in December 20, 1861; died of dliscase at Camp Parapet, La., July G, 1862.
Alviu 11. Tyrrel, Company I, mustered in December 20, 1861 ; died of disrase at Manchester, N. H., January 26, 1862.
Twombly (no initial), Company D, mustered in December 20, 1861 ; mus- tered out January 18, 1865.
G. W. Colby, Company D, mustered in December 20, 1861 ; corporal; wounded April 8, 1864; died of wounds at New Orleans April 30, 1864.
Daniel W. Colby, Company D, mustered in December 20, 1861 ; ser- geant ; promoted to first sergeant ; transferred to Company A, Vet- eran Battalion, New Hampshire Volunteers, June 1, 1865 ; promoted to second lieutenent October 28, 1865.
Asahel H. Quimby, Company I, mistered in December 20, 1861 ; mus- tered out June 18, 1865.
Benjamin Haselton, Company D, mustered in December 20, 18G1 ; died of disease at Baton Rouge, La., March 12, 1863.
G. W. Corliss, Company D, mustered in December 20, 1861 ; died ot disease at Boston Harbor, Mass., February 20, 1862.
TWELFTH REGIMENT.
Iliramo Brown, Company C, mustered in September 5, 1862 ; promoted to corporal ; captured at Bermuda Hundred, Va., November 4, 1864 ; exchanged March 2, 1865 ; mustered out May 31, 1865.
Luther 11. Parker, Company D, mustered in September 5, 1862: promo- ted to sergeant (no month) 6, 1863 ; died of wounds at Gettysburg, Pa., July 24, 1863.
Frank Ferren, Company D, mustered in September 5, 1862 ; corporal ; promoted to sergeant September 6, 1862; discharged by order at Baltimore, Md., March 5, 1863.
William H. Straw, Company D, musterel in September 5, 1862; cor- poral ; died of disease at Alexandria, Va., February 5, 1863.
Robert Martin, Company D, omustered in September 5, 1862 ; musician ; mustered out June 21, 1865.
Orrio G. Colby, Company D, mustered in September 5, 1862 ; promoted to corporal May 1, 1864 ; wounded June 3, 1861 ; mustered ont June 21, 1865.
Evans J. Davis, Company D, vinstered in September 5, 1862 ; discharged by order et Falmouth, Va., April 15, 1863 ; died at Regimental Hos- pital, Falmouth, Va., April 20, 1863.
F. G. Fowler, Company D, mustered in September 5, 1862 ; wounded at Chaocellorsville May 3, 1863 ; died of wounds at David's Island, N. Y., April 4, 1864.
Patrick Hickey, Company D, mustered in September 5, 1862; wounded at Chancellorsville May 3, 1863 ; died at Potomac Creek, Va. , May 30 1863.
William C. Kelley, Company D, mustered in September 5, 1862 ; pronto- ted to corporal Inne 1, 1865 ; mustered out June 21, 1865.
J. Frank Marshall, Company D, mustered in September 5, 1862 ; winded at Coll Harbor June 3, 1864 ; promoted to corporal November 1, 1864 ; mustered out Jnoe 21, 1865.
D. Russell Smich, Company D, mustered in September 5, 1802 ; discharged by order at Falmouth, Va., February 12, 1863.
George W. Twombly, Company D, mustered in September 5, 1862 ; wounded at Chancellorsville May 3, 1863 ; transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps September 2, 1863 ; mustered ont July 14, 1865.
John Twombly, Company D, clustered in September 5, 1862; wounded at Chancellorsville May 3, 1863 ; discharged at Portsmouth Grove R. I., October 26, 1863, for disability.
Joseph Young, Company D, mustered in September 5, 1862 ; wounded at Chancellorsville May 3, 1863 ; discharged on arconnt of wounds at Concord, August 12, 1863.
George M. Sargent, Company D, mustered in September 5, 1862; pro- moted to corporal June 1, 1865 ; mustered out .June 21, 1865.
C. T. Smith, Company D, mustored in September 5, 1862; wounded ut Chancellorsville May 3, 1863 ; died of wounds at Potomac Creek, Va., June 6, 1863.
A. J. Small, Company D, mustered in September 5, 1862 ; wounded at Gettysburg May 14, 1864 ; mustered out June 21, 1865.
FIRST CAVALRY.
Benjamin F. Marshall, Troop K, mustered in February 25, 1864 ; mus- tered out July 15, 1865.
Elward D. Phelps, Troop K, mustered in Ortober 24, 1861 ; promoted to quartermaster-sergeant October 28, 1861 ; discharged for disability Jannary 28, 1863.
The following is a list of substitutes and volunteers who were not residents of Hill, but enlisted under Hill's quota :
FOURTIL REGIMENT.
Thomas Down, Company C, mustered in October 20, 1863 ; mustered out Angust 23, 1863.
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Frank Wilson, Company D, mustered in October 21, 1863 ; unknown. John Brown, Company C, mustered in January 25, 1864.
FIFTH REGIMENT.
Charles Gardner, Company C, mustered in September 16, 1864 ; substi- tute for George T. Greeley ; supposed to bave deserted en route to regiment.
William McGregor, Company I, mustered in September 21, 1864 ; onheti- inte for David G. Mowe; absent, sick, since October 6, 1864 ; no discharge furnished.
James Riley, Company E, mustered in September 13, 1864; deserted April 17, 1865.
Henry Snow, Company II, mustered in September 9, 1854 ; substitute for George W. Dearborn ; promoted to corporal April 18, 1865 ; mus- tered ont June 28, 1865.
William Simpson, Company H, mustered in September 16, 1864 ; substi- tute for Calvin Campbell ; died in rebel prison, North Carolina, Feb- ruary 6, 1865.
James Simmons, Company B, mustered in January 18, 1864 ; transferred froot Second United States Sharpshooters January 30, 1865 ; absent, sick, since March 23, 1864 ; no discharge furnished.
James Watkins, Company I, mustored in September 9, 1864 ; musterod out June 28, 1865.
SIXTH REGIMENT.
George Lainey, Company B, mnelered in Juno 9, 1864 ; not officially accounted for.
Joseph Met'roy, Company C, mustered in June 25, 1864 ; substitute for Timothy Stevens ; corporal ; transferred from Company C, Eleventh New Hampshire Volunteers, June 1, 1865; mustered out July 17, 1865.
John Raimbart, Company B, mustered in June 8, 1864 ; substitute for John G. Eastman ; deserted near Pegran House, Va., October 15, 1865.
Thomas Silver, Company C, mustered in June IT, 1864 ; wounded Sep- temher 30, 1864 ; promoted to corporal July 1, 1865 ; mustered out July 17, 1865.
William Taylor, Company E, mustored in March 12, 1864 ; wounded July 12, 1864 ; promoted to sergeant .Inly 1, 1865 ; mustered out July 17, 1865.
James Maniey, Company T, mustered in December 30, 1863 ; not officially accounted for.
Joseph Davis, Company B, mustered in December 30, 1863 ; not officially accounted for.
Lorene McDermott, Company A, mustered in January 6, 1864 ; not offi- cially accounted for.
Steren P. Smith, Company C, mustered in January 11, 1864; wounded September 30, 1864 ; mistered out July 17, 1865.
SEVENTII REGIMENT.
Richard Grace, Company G, mustered in September 22, 1864 ; promoted to corporal February 8, 1865 ; mustered out July 30, 1865.
NINTHI REGIMENT.
Calvin Golden, Company D, mustered in July 12, 1862; not officially accounted for.
ELEVENTIL REGIMENT.
M. S. Maxwell, Company C, mustered in .Inne 25, 1864 ; substitute for Warren Sawyer; supposed to have deserted en route to regiment.
William Murphy, Company B, mustered in July 2, 1864 ; mustered out May 25, 1865.
William Patterson, Company B, mustered in July 30, 1864 ; substitute for Jonathan R. Rowell ; supposed to have deserted en route to reg- iment.
FOURTEENTII REGIMENT.
James Hall, Company K, mustered in September 6, 1864 ; not officially accounted for.
George Hallinan, Company K, mustered in September 20, 1864; not offi- cially accounted for.
James Jones, Company D, mustered in September 20, 1864; not offi- cially accounted for.
FIRST REGIMENT OF HEAVY ARTILLERY.
David J. Moore, mustered in September 14, 1864; transferred from Company H June 10, 1865 ; mustered out September 11, 1865.
The following men are not officially accounted for : Charles Raymond, Reuben Shirk, Charles Ames, Hutchinson Allen, Daniel Lowell.
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH.
FRANK R. WOODWARD.1
The first American aucestor of Mr. Woodward, his great-great-grandfather, came to this country from Ire- land prior to 1750 and settled in Maine, and was a soldier in the Revolutionary War. He had a son, Stephen, who served his country in the War of 1812. These were brave and patriotic men, proud of the dis- tinction of being descendants of Hannah Dustin, of Indian fame.
Stephen had a son, Jesse, who had a son, Daniel S., the father of the subject of this sketch. He married Dorcas, daughter of Enoch Adams, and lived in Salis- bury, N. H., and was a stone-mason.
Frank R. was born in Salisbury February 9, 1845, and when three years of age his parents moved to Fisherville (now Penacook), where they lived four years and then moved to Franklin, N. H., where they kept the old "Hotel Boarding-House" for several years. The boyhood of Frank R. was passed with his parents, and his early educational advantages were limited to the district school, which he attended win- ters, and assisted his father in his work in the sum- mer. His mother, a devoted Christian woman, much desired that he should be educated for the ministry, but circumstances directed him otherwise. After a course of study at the old Franklin Academy he com- meuced work in the mill, and with his wages assisted in the support of the family. This he continued to do until 1868, when he went to Manchester, N. H., where he was employed in H. Forsaith's needle-fac- tory. Here he shortly became so efficient, and showed such an aptness to comprehend all the details of the work, that he was appointed superintendent, which position he filled with credit to himself and with profit to his employer. Under his management the business increased steadily, and in 1870 he bought out Mr. For- saith and moved the enterprise to Hill, N. H., and there did a thriving business. Mr. Woodward, being of an inventive turn of mind, and desiring to develop plans that he had in mind, sold out his needle-works and commenced the manufacture of novelties in hard- ware, notably a rotary steel glass-cutter, which he had brought to perfection. In this branch of manufac- ture Mr. Woodward has been very successful, and the business in it has so increased that his works are the largest in the world, and there is not a civilized nation on the globe where his name is not familiar among the hardware trade and his goods are taken as the standard of excellence. From small beginnings this business has grown to a prominence that insures ample reward as a tribute to the peculiar skill and sagacity of its originator and proprietor.
In religion Mr. Woodward is a Free Baptist. He
1 By George B. Hilliard.
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takes a lively interest in educational matters, and, while disinclined to hold office, has served on the Board of Education of his town as superintending school committee, and is active and earnest in the support of measures intended to benefit the young.
In politics Mr. Woodward is a Democrat, although prior to 1884 he was, in some respects, independent, voting for men and measures that he thought most worthy of support. That he has the confidenee of his fellow-townsmen of different political views from his own is attested by the fact that he is the present representative of the town of Hill, N. H., in the Gen- eral Court, although the town, on political matters, is Republican by a decided majority.
Mr. Woodward has been once married, and his children are Edwin Chase, born February 11, 1867, died in infancy ; May F., born February 17, 1871, died May 20, 1884; Flora A., born June 5, 1874 ; Lil- lia Gordon, born November 5, 1875, died in infaney ;
Engene S., born September 20, 1878, died in in- fancy.
May F., who died at the age of thirteen, was a beautiful child, and greatly beloved by all who knew her. She was laid to rest in Pleasant Hill Cemetery, which was laid out by her father as a public cemetery after her death, and is dedicated to her memory. The other children, who were buried in the cemetery at Franklin, have been removed and rest beside her in this lovely spot.
Mr. Woodward is a member of the Masonic frater- nity, also an Odd-Fellow, Knight of Pythias, Knight of Honor and a Good Templar. He is also postmaster at Hill, having been appointed in Angnst, 1885.
Mr. Woodward is an enterprising citizen, a leader in town and village improvements, has the most beau- tiful residence in his town, and is respected and es- teemed by all with whom he is in any way associated as a liberal citizen, a true friend.
HISTORY OF PEMBROKE.
BY JOIIN N. MCCLINTOCK, A.M.
CHAPTER I.
PEMBROKE lies in the southeastern part of the county, and is bounded as follows :
The longitude of the spire of the Congregational meeting-house, which stands like a sentinel on the east side of the elevated main street, and commands a most extended prospect of hill and valley, has been computed as 71° 27' 34.6" west of Greenwich; the latitude as 43º 8' 54.8" north of the equator. The base of the spire, where it joins the roof, is four hun- dred and forty-six feet above the ocean at mean high- water at Portsmouth. The United States Coast Sur- vey has given their authority for the above figures, and reasonable dependence may be placed upon them.
Pembroke joins Concord, the capital of the State, on the northwest, the centre of the Suncook River form- ing the line. It is bounded on the west by Merri- mack River, which separates it from Bow, of ancient controversy, and which flows calmly, with unbrokeu surface, by the town, resting from its plunge at Gar- vin's Falls, and preparing for another fall at Hooksett. At this point the Merrimack has descended three hun- dred feet from its chief fountain, Lake Winnipiseogee, and has two hundred feet more to fall before its waters mingle with the ocean. On the south, the town is bounded by the south bank of the Suncook River, and joins Allenstown. This stream takes its rise among the Belknap Mountains, affords many valuable water privileges in its course, flows through a charming valley, and, near its junction with the Merrimack, falls rapidly over one hundred feet, affording motive- power to one of the richest manufacturing corpora- tions in New England, and fostering the village of Suncook, partly in Pembroke and partly iu Allens- town. On the east or northeast side the town joins Epsom, Chichester and London, maintaining, with Chichester, the old provincial township line of Bow.
The town contains ten thousand two hundred and forty acres. From the intervals along the three rivers, which nearly surround the town, the land rises grad- ually toward the centre, attaining a height of some four hundred feet above the Merrimack at the greatest elevation near the centre, and several hundred feet higher on the Chichester line.
The surface is generally undulating. Near the
mouth of the Suncook are some of those peculiar hills, called dunes, rising seventy feet above the river terrace, which mark the retreating line of some an- cient glacier, or something of the kind. About one hundred feet above the Merrimack is exposed, for sev- eral miles on the side hill, a bed of clay, from twenty to thirty feet in thickness, the upper part hard, con- pact and gray, the lower part soft, plastic and blue, the whole covered by a few feet of sand. This whole bed is an unfailing source of wealth to its owners, and is largely worked for bricks, bringing more money into circulation for honest labor than a successful gold-mine.
But the chief attraction of Pembroke is its soil. This first attracted the hardy pioneers in the early part of the last century. For a hundred and fifty years it has been cultivated, and still yields a rich return to the husbandman. Like the hill-sides of France, Italy and Syria, it bids fair to last a thousand years to come. All the fruits and grains of our tem- perate zone can be cultivated within the town, and cattle, horses and sheep thrive upon the rich pastur- age of the fields. The fathers of the town were thoughtful of coming generations, and noble old elms and oaks, with their grateful shade, delight the eye.
There are to be found to-day, within the town, many lineal descendents of the early proprietors, while every year there has been an exodus of sons and daughters, wandering from the home hive to the commercial and manufacturing centres in search of fame and fortune-to the far-away prairies of the West, or the more distant mining-fields, for new homes, carrying with them an indelible memory of Pembroke and the loved scenes of youth.
The first settlers, both the children of the Massachu- setts Pilgrims and the sons and daughters of the defenders of Londonderry, were pious, brave, indus- trious, law-abiding citizens, quick to respond to the call of duty, just to their neighbors and tenacious of their rights. Their successors have, in the several generations, inherited the virtues of their fathers. The good, brave, honest and industrious have always been welcome to their midst and have found congenial homes; the idle and vicious have never been counted as part of their community.
The incidents in the history of a people of this
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class are not of a thrilling nature ; no fierce outbreaks, no family feuds and no crimes, except those committed by aliens, will mar the pages of its history. It is the record of a town started amidst difficulties, overcom- ing natural and artificial impediments, winning its way slowly to assured wealth, liberal means of educa- tion, broad fields, comfortable homes and a high rank among its neighbors for intelligence and public spirit.
Lovewell's township, or Suncook, was a frontier town for many years after its settlement. That it suf- fered no more during the contest was owing to the fact that its young men were constantly on the scout toward the enemy.
In 1729 the town began to be settled. And here let us glance at the different elements that combined to form the town of Pembroke,-there were the Puritans, from the old Bay Colony; the Scotch-Irish Presby- terians, from the settlement of Londonderry; and, lastly, the New Hampshire settlers from the neighhor- hood of Exeter, Dover and Kingston, who came in later under Bow titles. Truly the town was not homogeneous. A French family was the first to locate in town, and several Welsh families settled there later.
To fully understand the early history of Pembroke, it will be necessary to examine the records of the province of New Hampshire and of the province of Massachusetts Bay. Originally settled at about the same period, 1620-23, the progress of the Bay Colony had been more rapid than that of the settlements upon the Piscataqua. For a long period, 1640-80, Massachusetts assumed jurisdiction over the territory of New Hampshire. By her charter she claimed, as a northern boundary, a line three miles north of the Merrimack River, from its outlet to its source; New Hampshire claimed, as a southern bound, a line from a point three miles north of the mouth of the Merrimack, extending due west. The greater part of the present town of Pembroke was thus debatable ground, claimed hy each party. The Indians, the rightful claimants, were ignored by botlı parties until their claims were set aside by the fate of war. Their last and most cruel punishment in this region was administered by Captain John Lovewell, and the company under his command, May 8, 1725, ncar Fryeburg, Me.,-a defeat from which the New Hampshire Indians never recovered, and which led directly to the granting and settlement of the town of Suncook (now Pembroke).
In September, 1724, two men disappeared from Dunstable. A scouting-party was immediately raised to search for them, but were surprised by the Indians. Nine of their number were killed and ouly two escaped-one badly wounded. Another party fell into their ambush. One was killed, four were wounded and the rest escaped. The number of the attacking Indians was estimated at thirty.
Aroused by these depredations, John Lovewell, Josiah Farwell and Jonathan Robbins petitioncd the
provincial government of Massachusetts for authority to raise and equip a company of scouts to "kill and destroy " their enemy, the Indians. Receiving proper encouragement, Captain Lovewell, with a company of men zealous to revenge their injuries, carried the war into the country of the enemy, ranged up the Merrimack Valley and to the northward of Lake Win- nipiseogee, and succceded in obtaining one captive and slaying one Indian. On their second expedition, the following January, they surprised and killed ten Indians in the neighborhood of Tamworth. The third expedition, of forty-six men, left Dunstable April 16, 1725. On the morning of the engagement at Pig- wacket only thirty-four men were in the command, the rest having been detached for various reasons, and the attacking party, under Paugus, was more than double that number. The fight commenced in the morning and lasted until after sunset, when the Indians withdrew, leaving the field to the scouts. The survivors of this daring band, after encountering great hardships, arrived at the settlements. Captain John Lovewell was among the first to fall on that unhappy day.
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