History of Merrimack and Belknap counties, New Hampshire, Part 210

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

USA > New Hampshire > Merrimack County > History of Merrimack and Belknap counties, New Hampshire > Part 210
USA > New Hampshire > Belknap County > History of Merrimack and Belknap counties, New Hampshire > Part 210

Note: The text from this book was generated using artificial intelligence so there may be some errors. The full pages can be found on Archive.org (link on the Part 1 page).

BAILEY, OR WINNISQUAM, COTTON MILL was built in 1868 by R. M. Bailey, and now owned by the New Hampshire Manufacturing Company (Dexter, Abbott

1 Granite Monthly, July, 1880.

2 Runnels' "History of Sanbornton," vol. i. p. 221.

883

TILTON.

& Co., Boston). The factory is of wood, one hundred and sixty by fifty-eight feet, three stories in height, with basement. Mr. Charles T. Almy was the last lessee, manufacturing cotton yarns and silesias or fine sheetings, operating seven thousand three hun- dred spindles, and employed fifty hands. The mill has remained vacant since Mr. Almy vacated it, the 1st of January, 1884.

In the fall of 1885 this mill was sold to J. A. & A. J. Pillsbury, under the firm-name of Pillsbury Brothers, shoe manufacturers of Northwood, who are remodeling the mill preparatory to occupying the whole as a shoe manufactory.

LORD BROTHERS' MANUFACTURING COMPANY .--- In 1877, Messrs. J. S. Towle and Albert C. Lord, un- der the firm-name of Towle & Lord, began the manu- facture of eye-glasses in one end of Hazen Copp's woolen-mill, giving employment to four hands. As they grew in experience and perfected their machin- ery so the demand for their goods increased and more room was required. November 22, 1877, Mr. Towle sold out to George W. Lord, and the firm-name con- tinues as above, Mr. Towle still continuing in their employ. In the summer of 1878 the brothers erected their present thoroughly-constructed building for their steam factory, situated on Main Street, op- posite the depot. The building is thirty-two feet front, eighty feet long, having two high-posted stories and basement, and costing some ten thousand dollars. Since then they have added a wing twenty by forty- two feet and two stories high. They removed to this building the 1st of January, 1879. They employ from thirty-five to forty workmen, and do an annual bus- iness of from fifty thousand to sixty-five thousand dol- lars, having the largest special factory in the United States. Their specialty is eye-glasses, from the com- mon to the best French pebble, and a patented metal- lic spectacle-case. Although not making bows for spectacles, yet they do considerable in setting the lenses. Mr. Albert Lord has just patented an adjust- able nose-piece for eye-glasses, which grips the sides of the nose without causing any undue pressure, and will not slip from the nose during movements of the nasal muscles.

In addition to their factory, they have a large wholesale and retail jewelry-store and large drug- store.

TILTON MACHINE-SHOP .- Benjamin C. Stevens, proprietor, established himself in Franklin in 1872, and in December, 1882, removed to Tilton, occupy- ing the shop in the rear of Lord Brothers' Manufact- uring Company, and using their steam-power. The proprietor possesses considerable inventive skill, and makes a specialty of drafting and making difficult machinery for special work. He has originated very complicated labor-saving machinery, and, as it was for special purposes, it has never been patented. He employs five hands, and does all kinds of iron repair- work.

COPP GRIST-MILL .- On the site now occupied by this mill was erected the first manufacturing industry at Sanbornton Bridge,-i. e., Tilton, proper. It was a trip-hammer, scythe-shop and grist-mill, conducted by Tilton & Smith, and erected as early as 1788. Benjamin Smith is said to have built the first house in what is now Tilton village.

In 1872, Mr. Hazen Copp built the present, thirty- five by sixty, two-story grist-mill, fitted it with modern improvements, four run of stones, a flour-mill and two bolting-machines, and at present conducts the business. In 1877 Mr. Copp built the mill just below, now occupied by Mr. Arthur M. Dodge as a hosiery manufactory. The mill is thirty-five by sixty, three stories in height, the machinery in both mills being run by the same fall of water. The estimated value of both mills is fifteen thousand dollars.

DODGE'S MILL .- Late in the fall of 1884, Mr. Arthur M. Dodge, of Franklin, leased the old Colvin Mill, owned by Hazen Copp, and put in one set of cards, and began the mannfacture of all-wool Shaker hose, weighing two pounds, four ounces per dozen. He has twenty one knitting-machines, ten of which knit the hose entire. The mill started up January 1, 1885; employs twenty-eight operatives, with a monthly pay roll of seven hundred dollars.

Societies .- DORIC LODGE, No. 78, A. F. AND A. M., organized July 2, 1866, and consists of eighty-eight members. Past Masters: Adam S. Ballantyne, John Fletcher, Frank L. Mason, John F. Eastman, Samuel Condon, Jr., Daniel W. Page, Selwin B. Peabody, Charles R. Gould, James L. Mowe.

HARMONY LODGE, No. 65, I. O. O. F., was insti- tuted April 13, 1881. Charter members are as fol- lows: Sidney E. Smith, Enoch G. Clark, Leroy S. Atkinson, Albert A. Adams, John W. Watts, Frank W. Hurlburt, Otis C. Hurlburt, Frank W. Fletcher, Albert C. Muzzey, Enos H. Johnson, A. G. Arnold and Frederick A. Clement.

Following is the list of the first officers: G. E. Smith, N. G .; E. G. Clark, V. G .; L. S. Atkinson, Sec .; A. A. Adams, Treas .; J. M. Watts, W .; F. W. Hurlburt, C .; A. C. Muzzey, N. G. R. S .; T. W. Long, N. G. L. S .; F. W. Fletcher, V. G. R. S .; E. C. Healy, V. G. L. S .; A. Arnold, R. S. S .; F. A. Clement, L. S. S. ; E. H. Johnson, I. G .; O. C. Hurl- burt, O. G .; M. C. Abbott, Chap.

KNIGHTS OF HONOR, No. 928, was instituted in this place February 7, 1878. They have a fine hall and reception-rooms adjoining. The floors are laid with birch, the other wood-work is ash, the ceiling is handsomely frescoed and the furniture is modern. There are forty members, and bnt six deaths have occurred since their organization.

CRESCENT LODGE, No. 451, KNIGHTS AND LADIES OF HONOR, like the former, is a charitable organiza- tion, consisting of ladies and gentlemen, this lodge having a third more of the former than of the latter

884

HISTORY OF BELKNAP COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.

members. The lodge was organized in August, 1883, and has forty-four members.

MINNEHAHA DIVISION, NO. 8, SONS OF TEMPER- ANCE, was organized April 23, 1883, with twelve charter members. The lodge has steadily increased in numbers and influence, and most of the young people are members and constant attendants. They have a fine hall in Hill's Block.

INDEPENDENT ORDER OF GOOD TEMPLARS, un- der the name of Tilton, No. 52, was formed August 7, 1885. The organization has some forty members, meets weekly and is in a flourishing condition.

WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN TEMPERANCE UNION .- Or- ganized in March 1863, has a large number of mem- bers, and is in a flourishing condition.

THE TILTON CORNET BAND was organized in June, 1880, consisting of twenty pieces, and finely uni- formed. W. P. Long is president ; T. J. Davis, treas- urer; Nathan S. Cheaver, secretary; and Frederick Clement, director.

POST NO. 62, GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC, was organized on the 6th of October, 1881, with twelve charter members, and named "Adams K. Tilton," in honor of that gentleman, who was born in that part of Sanbornton now included in Tilton, Feb- ruary 21, 1833; son of John A. and Clarissa (Kimball) Tilton; grandson of Jacob, and great-grandson of Nathaniel and Abigail (Gilman) Tilton.

Mr. Tilton resided in his native town until 1853, when he removed to Pawtucket, R. I., and followed his trade, that of a sash, door and blind-maker; married Miss Ellen Elizabeth Arnold in May, 1864, at that time being a soldier. He first enlisted in the First Rhode Island Regiment in 1861, and was after- wards captain of one of the companies in the Sixth New Hampshire Infantry. He was instantly killed by a shot which penetrated the brain just over the eye, in an action at Poplar Grove Church, Va., Sep- tember 30, 1864.

The organization has had thirty-six members, and at present has twenty-nine. When first organized they met in Knights of Honor Hall, then in the North- field town hall, and May 11, 1882 removed to their present hall in Hill's Block.

Following is the list of the first officers chosen, and the "Roster " at this time (1885) :

First officers : Commander, George E. Dow; S. V. C., Leander H. Irving ; J. V. C., L. D. Miller ; Chap- lain, Otis C. Wyatt ; Surgeon, A. A. Moulton, M.D .; Officer of the Day, T. K. Bean ; Officer of the Guard, C. H. Davis ; Quartermaster. S. A. Clark ; Adjutant, Charles W. Tilton; Sergeant-Major, Charles W. Davenport ; Quartermaster-Sergeant, Francis Schiatt.

Present officers : Commander, Charles W. Tilton; S. V. C., William H. Tripp; J. V. C., Charles H. Davis; Chaplain, Otis C. Wyatt; Surgeon, A. A. Moulton, M.D .; Officer of the Day, Leander Irving; Officer of the Guard, Francis Schiatt ; Quartermaster, John Haslom ; Adjutant, George E.

Dow ; Sergeant-Major, Lorenzo D. Miller; Quarter- master Sergeant, Edgar A. Porter.

Banks .- The charter of the original State Bank of Sanbornton Bridge, known as the "Citizens' Bank," was granted in June, 1853. The first mecting was held the 3rd of the following August. Asa P. Cate chosen president, and Charles Minot, of Concord, cashier; Samuel Tilton, Thomas Chase, Benjamin Hill, Isaac Whittier, John Kenniston and Woodbury Melcher, directors. These gentlemen were men of influence, of more than ordinary mental capacity and universally respected for business capacity. The capital stock was fifty thousand dollars. Mr. Minot owned the present house of William T. Cass, and the business was started in the room now occupied for that purpose. In 1855, Mr. Cass bought the property, and succeeded Mr. Minot as cashier. As time passed on, considerable feeling and disagreement arose in the minds of the stockholders and officers in chang- . ing its character from State to a National Bank. At a meeting of the officers of the bank, held February 20, 1865, Woodbury Melcher made a motion that the bank be changed to a National, and, on a vote being taken, Messrs. Austin F. Pike, Eleazer Davis, Robert Gray and Woodbury Melcher voted in the affirma- tive, and Asa P. Cate in the negative. Agreeable to this vote, a national charter was obtained, and it was intended to have the capital one hundred thousand dollars, but, through delay, it only reached seventy thousand dollars. It became known as the Citizens' National Bank of Tilton.

The first meeting, after obtaining their second char- ter, was held May 25, 1865, and consisted of the fol- lowing directors : Asa P. Cate, Austin F. Pike, Wood- bury Melcher, Eleazer Davis, John Kenniston, Rob- ert Gray and E. S. Wadleigh. Mr. Cate was chosen president, and William T. Cass cashier. From the time the bank was started, in 1853, to the present time (1885), the average semi-annual dividend has been 41% per cent. The charter has recently been extended to March 20, 1905.

IONA SAVINGS-BANK, organized in 1870, with per- petual charter. The first meeting was held July 30th, with the following directors : Asa P. Cate, Benjamin F. Cofran, Eleazer Davis, J. Frank Taylor, Addison B. Wyatt, John Kenniston, A. H. Tilton, Milton Gerrish and B. T. Brown. A. P. Cate was chosen president, and William T. Cass treasurer.

Eleazer Davis made the first deposit of one thou- sand dollars, and Arthur T. Cass made the second. The former has been withdrawn. For a number of years the dividends bave amounted to five per cent.

From the bank commissioners' report of 1884 we gather the following facts: A. S. Ballantyne, presi- dent; William T. Cass, treasurer. Amount due de- positors, $270,388.10 ; guaranty fund, $4300 ; surplus, $7484.01; net earnings for the year 1883, $14,372.96; expenses for the year 1883, $896.95.

Physicians and Lawyers .- The following sketches

885

TILTON.

are from Rev. Mr. Runnels' "History of Sanborn- ton " (vol. i., pp. 239-240) :

DR. BYLEY LYFORD (1857) was the son of Jere- miah and Naomi ( Dickey) Lyford, and was born June 25, 1822, in Stanstead, C. E. He attended school in Newbury, this State, studied his profession in Camp- ton, and graduated at the Dartmouth Medical College, Hanover, in 1849. Having practiced one year in Campton, three years in Hillsborough and four years in Nashua, he became established at the Bridge (Tilton), in this town, in the eighth year after his graduation, and here for eighteen years continued in practice till his sudden death, January 23, 1875. . . . He was highly prized in this and the adjoining towns for his medical skill and kindly sympathy for those in distress. "One of the ablest physicians in New Hampshire." He was married in Nashua, March 6, 1851, to Vashti P., daughter of Hon. Zebadiah and Vashti Shattuck; one child, Mrs. George G. Trow- bridge, resides in Chelsea, Mass.

DR. JAMES PRESCOTT OSBORNE (1864) was born June 3, 1833, in Piermont, being the son of Cyrus and Sally C. (Thresher) Osborn. ... Graduated at the Dartmouth Medical College in 1855. He first prac- ticed at Felchville, Vt., eight years. ... In the fall of 1864 he came to Sanbornton Bridge (Tilton) and entered into partnership with Dr. Lyford for three years, from December 12th, since dissolving which (1867) he has maintained an extensive practice by himself till the present. . . . He married Sally P. Stanyan, of Wentworth, March 18, 1855. One child, Flora G., born October 6, 1862.

DR. FRANKLIN L. WASON (1870) resided on the Sanborn road, in Tilton. He had a successful prac- tice in his immediate neighborhood, in other parts of Tilton and the adjoining towns. In 1877 he relin- quished practice and removed to Meredith village, where he has a drug-store. He was born in Freedom August 18, 1834. He married, first, Amanda C., daugh- ter of Ebenezer Colby, August, 1852, died December 27, 1869; married, second, Mrs. Carrie (Philbrick) W. Meeks, November 28, 1872.

DR. ALBERT ALONZO MOULTON (1874) was the son of Jonathan and Mary ( Morse) Moulton, and was born in Meredith October 6, 1829; studied medicine at Bristol and Hanover, and graduated M.D. at the Dartmouth Medical College, 1850. He practiced at Meredith six years, and in Concord from 1856 till 1874, including one year as surgeon in the Third Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers, by which service his health was seriously impaired. He has practiced in Tilton since 1874 to the present. . .. Married Anna Maria Sawyer, of Bristol, May, 1850; died in Concord June, 1872. One son, Arthur C., resides in Colorado.

JOHN J. DEARBORN, M.D., removed to Tilton in December, 1884. (See "History of Salisbury.")

Lawyers .- HON. ASA PIPER CATE (1840-71) was a native of Northfield, the eldest child of Simeon,

Jr., and Lydia Durgin, born June 1, 1813. He read law with Hon. G. W. Nesmith at Franklin, and be- gan practice in his native town, which he represented in the Legislature, 1839-40, and at several other times. In 1844 he was a member of the Senate and president of the same in 1845, and railroad commissioner three years. In 1858-60 he was the Democratic candidate for Governor of the State. As president of the Citizens' National Bank (which see) and largely interested in the Boston, Concord and Montreal and White Mountain Railroads, he represented the moneyed interests of the place. July 24, 1871, he was appointed judge of Pro- bate for Merrimack County, holding the office until near his death. His law-office was in Judge Atkin- son's old office, which stood at the south end of Hill's Block. "He was a genial gentleman and enjoyed the confidence of his townsmen and acquaintances to a large degree. An adept in horticulture and a lover of his well-tilled acres, the homestead in Northfield, where for many years he resided, was always made peculiarly attractive to those who visited him. He lived and died a conscientious Christian, greatly mourned and missed as a pillar of the Episcopal Church and Society in Northfield and Tilton. He died December 12, 1874, and his funeral was attended by nearly all the members of the Belknap and Merri- mack bars. He married Clara Proctor, September 2, 1840," 1 three children being born to them.

CHARLES C. ROGERS, EsQ. (1858), born at Broom- field, Vt., August 19, 1834; read law with his consin, Benjamin A. Rogers, Esq., at Tilton, succeeding him in practice in April, 1858. He enjoys a large and lucrative practice, and has the confidence of the people. In June, 1874, he was appointed county solicitor ; removed by address of Legislature in July, 1876 ; elected to the same office in November, 1878, and re-elected in 1880.

Married August 27, 1860, Sophia Currey. Chil- dren : (1) John W., born October, 1861, graduated from Dartmouth College in 1883, resides at San Antonio, Texas, and is a professor of languages and the higher matheinatics in St. Mary's Hall, a semi- nary for girls ; (2) Carrol B., born April 28, 1863, died February 27, 1873; (3) Arthur, born January 25, 1870, died February 26, 1873; (4) George Bell, born Sep- tember 25, 1874; (5) Herbert S., born April 29, 1877.

FRANCIS R. CHASE, EsQ. (1866-76), a native of Gilmanton; read law with Judge Dana, of Frye- burg, Me., and was admitted to the bar soon after his marriage, in 1843, to Iluldah P. Fessenden. He removed to Northfield in 1866, opening an office in Tilton. He represented the town of Northfield in the Legislature in 1871-72, and was a prominent member of the Episcopal Society. He died March 12, 1876, in his fifty-eighth year.

JAMES OTIS LYFORD, EsQ. (1880-82), the son of James Lyford, was born in Boston, Mass., June 28,

1 Runnels' " History of Sanbornton," vol. ii., pp. 105.

886

HISTORY OF BELKNAP COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.

1853. He graduated at the New Hampshire Con- ference Seminary in 1872; read law at Concord; was a member of the Constitutional Convention from Canterbury in 1876, and for the years 1877-79 edited, the People at Concord. He was admitted to the bar in 1880 and opened an office in Eastman's Block, Tilton ; married, May 2, 1882, Susan A. Hill, and soon after took up his residence at Washington, D. C., where he is engaged in one of the departments.

WALTER D. HARDY, EsQ. (1882-84), son of An- thony C. and Eliza (Martin) Hardy, born at Leb- anon June 27,1857; graduated at Penacook Academy (Concord) ; taught in the same one year; read law with Sargent & Chase, of Concord, in 1878-80, then with Hon. E. B. S. Sanborn at Franklin Falls; ad- mitted to the bar in August, 1881; continuing with Esquire Sanborn till the spring of 1882, when he re- moved to Tilton and took Esquire Lyford's place. At the fall election, in 1882, he was elected solicitor for Belknap County, assuming the position in July, 1883, and held it until July, 1885, although, No- vember 1, 1884, he became associated as partner with Hon. E. B. S. Sanborn at Franklin, under the firm- name of Sanborn & Hardy. He was succeeded by

WILLIAM B. FELLOWS, Esq., son of Colonel E. Q. and Mary E. (Quimby) Fellows; born at Sandwich, July 5, 1858 ; took a college preparatory course at the New Hampshire Conference Seminary and Female College, completing the three years' course in the spring of 1876; entered Dartmouth College, from which he graduated in 1880 and immediately began the study of law under Hon. E. A. Hibbard, of Laconia; admitted to the bar the 1st of September, 1883, and opened an office at Ashland, where he was married to Ida G. Scribner, November 1, 1881; two children ; removed to Tilton in the fall of 1884.

Postmasters-TILTON .- Bradbury M. Morrill, ap- pointed April 19, 1869, the office being in the Colby house, west of the hotel; office changed name from Sanbornton Bridge to Tilton July 21, 1869.

Jeremiah C. Tilton, appointed January 23, 1871, he removing the office back to the corner store, on the site of the present town hall.

George W. Tilton, appointed July 15, 1872. The office again moved back to the Colby building.

Daniel F. Hill, appointed March 10, 1877, and is the present incumbent. After the town-hall building was completed, it was removed to its present ample and well-furnished accommodations.

EAST TILTON .- Chase Rollins, appointed Novem- ber 23, 1868, and still continues; name changed to East Tilton July 21, 1869.

Town Officers .- Until 1795 the State law required that the annual meeting for the election of State, county and town officers should be held the last Tuesday in March, when the day was changed to the second Tuesday. 'On the revision of the State Consti- tution, --- , the law was so changed that the State and county officers, including town representatives

and Board of Supervisors, were elected biennially, in November, the first election under this form occur- ring in November, 1877.

The first meeting for the election of town officers was held on the 17th of July, 1869.

MODERATORS.

William T. Cass, 1869, '70, '71, '73, '74.

Joseph P. Dearhorn, 1872.

Bradbury T. Brown, 1875, '76, '77, '78, '79, '80, '81.

Adam S. Ballantyne, 1882, '83, '84. George H. Brown, 1885.

TOWN CLERKS.

Lyman B. Ames, 1869.

Samuel H. Williams, 1870, "71, "73, '74, "75, '76, '77, '78.

Selwin B. Peabody, 1872.

George A. Stevens, 1879, '80, '81, '82, '83.

Walter C. Wyatt, 1884.

Leroy S. Atkinson, 1885.

SELECTMEN.

1869-70 .- Elezear Davis, Horace Moulton, Leonard K. Clough. 1871-72 .- Bradbury T. Brown, Jacob B. Sanborn, Dearborn S. Daniels. 1873 .- Bradbury T. Brown, Jacob B. Sanborn, John C. Ladd. 1874 .- Jacob B. Sanborn, Horace Sanborn, John C. Ladd. 1875-76 .- Amos H. Jones, Charles B. Garmon, Henry Q. Dalton 1877 .- Ebenezer L. Sanborn, Joseph P. Dearborn, Henry Q. Dalton. 1878 .- Ebenszer L. Sanborn, Henry Q. Dalton, Samuel S. Hussey. 1879 .-- Russell T. Noyes, Horace Saubern, William H. H. Rollins. 1880 .- Enoch G. Philbrick, John B. Batchelder, William C. Mudgett. 1881 .- Horace Sanborn, Richard Firth, William 11. H. Rollins. 1882 .- Horace B. Savage, Rufus Bartlett, William H. Seavey. 1883-84 .- Horace B. Savage, William H. Seavey, Alden Moulton. 1885 .- Bradbury T. Brown, Dearborn S. Daniels, Grorge W. Lord.

REPRESENTATIVES.

1869-70, Lyman B. Ames ; 1871-72, Joseph Hill ; 1873-74, Byron W. Brown ; 1875-76, Enoch G. Philbrick ; 1877, Russell T. Noyes ; 1878, George H. Brown (re-chosen in November of that year for biennial term, 1879) ; 1880, Selwin B. Peabody, two years ; 1882, Richard Firth, two years ; 1884, George S. Philbrick, two years.

TOWN TREASURERS.

(Until the revised constitution went into effect in 1878, the office waa filled by the chairman of the selectmen). 1879, Eleazer Davis ; 1880, John F. Taylor ; 1881-85, Amos H. Jones ; 1882-83, Bussell T. Noyes ; 1884, William T. Cass.

SUPERINTENDING SCHOOL COMMITTEE.

1869-71, Sylvester Dixon ; 1872-73, Dr. Frank L. Wason ; 1874, Theo- dors C. Pratt ; 1875-76, Joseph P. Dearborn ; 1877-78, George S. Philbrick ; 1879, J. Herbert Yeoman; 1880, James O. Lyford, Dr. Frank L. Aiken and Walter D. Hardy; 1881-83, Sylvester Dixon; 1884, Freeman C. Libby ; 1885, Edwin Smith.

Vote for Governor .- The following votes and figures will show the increase of voting population, and the growth and development of the political parties. The total Governor vote of Sanbornton in 1869, the last year in which the people of what was later Tilton voted with the old town, was five hun- dred and fifty. The successful candidate is marked with an asterisk (*).

1870 .- John Bedel, 112 ; Onslow Stearns,* 95; Samnel Flint, 24 ; Lo- renzo D. Barrows, 26-257.

1871 .- James A. Weston,* 157; James Pike, 103; scattering, 7-267.

1872 .- James A. Weston, 157; Ezekiel A. Straw,* 102; scattering, 17 -276.

1873 .- James A. Weston, 153; Ezekiel A. Straw,* 113; scattering 14- 280.

1874 .- James A. Weston (elected by the House and Senate), 156 ; In- ther MeCutchins, 121; John Blackman, 22-299.

1875 .- Hiram R. Roberts, 175 ;. Person C. Cheney,* 127 Nathaniel White, 11-313.

illon.

887

TILTON.

1876 .- Daniel Marcy, 159; Person C. Cheney,* 138; scattering, 7- 304.

1877 .- Daniel Marcy, 149; Benjamin F. Prescott,# 128; scattering, 9 -286.

1878 .- Frank A. MeKean, 152; Benjamin F. Prescott,* 118; scatter- ing, 8-278. The first biennial election for State and county officers held November 5, 1878.

1878 .- Second election : Frank A. McKean, 142; Natt Head,* 127- 267.

1880 .- Frank Jones, 187; Charles H. Bell, 167 ; Warren G. Brown, 1-355.

1882 .- Martin V. B. Edgerly, 143; Samuel W. Hale,* 179-322.

1884 .- Moody Currier,* 154 ; John. M. Hill, 174 ; Larkin D. Mason, 16-349.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

CHARLES E. TILTON.

Deacon Nathaniel Tilton, whose descendants have borne a prominent part in all that has made the renown of Sanbornton back to a period of time ante- dating the Revolution to the present, little thought, and perhaps cared less, that the date of his settlement and the place from which he came would ever be shaded with uncertainty.

He removed from Stratham or New Market, and settled on the lot now owned by Charles W. Colby & Son somewhere between 1768 and 1771.

In November of the latter year he signed the orig- inal church covenant, his signature being the second on that instrument.

Less than two months later he was chosen second deacon, which office he filled acceptably almost for forty years, when, on his own motion, he was excused by the church from performing the duties pertaining to it any longer.

Need help finding more records? Try our genealogical records directory which has more than 1 million sources to help you more easily locate the available records.

History of Merrimack and Belknap counties, New Hampshire, Part 210

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