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Eli Colby was in Colonel Wyman's regiment, to re- inforce the army in Canada, in August, 1776. In 1777 there were sixty-four men in town from sixteen to fifty years of age. Benjamin Noyes, Captain Ephraim Foster, Amasa Dow, Solomon Heath and David Elliot were appointed to set prices on sundry articles. Eliphas Reed was in Captain Wiggan's company.
In 1778 the town " Voted 500 dollars to hire Con- tinental soldiers, and Chose Edward Carlton, Esqr. Bryant and Timothy Dix to provide for the families of those who hath or shall enlist."
In 1779 seventy pounds were paid to volunteers who went to Rhode Island. " Voted to raise 300 dollars as
a bounty to the two men that will go into the army for this town during the war, and to give Moses Noyes 408. Pr. month in produce, at the stated price, and the town receive his wages." John Noyes was commissioned as captain of Eighth Company, Thir- teenth Regiment, March 17th, in consequence of the death of Captain Bean. Mr. Enoch Noyes hired Benjamin Cotton for three years' service, and Captain John Noyes hired Jonathan Sargent and Robert Martin to go to Portsmouth for two hundred and twenty dollars, in Colonel Stickney's regiment, Cap- tain Frye's company, June 2, 1779.
Eliphas Reed and Stephen McCoy enlisted, during the war, in Captain Frye's company. In 1780, " Toted to pay Enoch Noyes 140 dollars for the depreciation of his money paid to Benj". Cotton, and to pay the soldiers hired this summer in Corn." John Robert- son served two months at Winter Hill, for which he was paid £1 8s. 6d.
In 1781, " Voted to give Benjn. Cotton £5, Old way, annually, as long as he serves for the Town ; that the selectmen assess the town sufficient to buy our proportion of beef, and to hire a man to serve in the Continental army, and give him 20 neat cattle, 3 years old, for 3 years' service, 2 years old for 2 years' service, and 20 yearlings for one year's service ; also, that Lieut. Moor have the benefit of the services of his son James in the war, and that James Moor have the benefit of his son Ephraim's services in the war." The six months' men were paid seven hundred and twenty pounds.
The three soldiers that served three months were paid one thousand and eighty pounds. " Voted that Capt. Noyes hire two soldiers cheap as he can, and that Ensign Noyes go to the committee on claims to prove our right to Benjamin Cotton and others who were non-residents, serving for the town of Bow." " Voted, that Euoch Noyes collect the corn due to his brother, Nathan Noyes." July 27th, " Voted the selectmen hire a soldier to serve 6 months in the Con- tinental army." The tax for corn and money for the soldiers was £2085 148. 4d. ; three thousand five hun- dred and fifty weight of beef had been furnished at an expense of £4474 108. Benjamin Jenness was a six months' man.
James Moor and Moses Moor enlisted for three years, July 15, 1782; the town to pay them fifty shillings per month, in stock, at silver money price.
In 1783, Benjamin Cotton was paid seventeen pounds and a half for three years and a half service, at five pounds per year, in the Continental army.
In 1785, Peter Manuel was paid for services in the war, £1 7s. 2d.
NAMES OF THE REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS THAT HAVE SERVED FOR BOW.
Aaron Kinsman, David Clement, Ebenezer Bean, Benjamin Cotton, Jonathan Currier, Samuel Rogers, John Manuel, Barnet Harvey, John Robertson, Benjamin Bean, Ephraim Garvin, William Robertson, James Moor, Moses Noyes, Reuben Currier, John Moor, Sanmel Winslow, Eliphas Reed, Stephen McCoy, Ephraim Moor, Ralph Cross, Ralph Cross,
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HISTORY OF MERRIMACK COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.
Jr., Solomon Farley, Moses Cross, Jolun Riddle, Jonathan McCoy, Daniel McCoy, James Bower, James Reddell, John Sulloway, Aaron Noyes, David Carr, Willaby Colby, Richard Clough, David Clough, Benjamin Bean, Jr., Peter Manuel, John Dow, Samuel Manuell, Eli Colby, Jonathan Sargent, Robert Martin, Moses Moor, Nathan Noyes, Benjamin Jenness, Thomas Colby, Ephraim Kinsman and Jacob Rogers.
Captain Aaron Kinsman settled in Bow prior to 1767. He was one of the selectmen in 1768 ; a grand juror in 1773 ; received a captain's commission March 2, 1774; signed the test oath in Bow in 1776 ; from that time he was in the war to its close. July 31, 1786, he sold his real estate in Bow, consisting of one hundred and twenty acres of land, bounded as follows : " Beginning on Concord line, 20 rods from Turkey river, runs easterly on said line 100 rods to the road; thence on the road southerly to opposite Reuben Currier's house; thence on Currier's line to the 3d Division lots ; thence westerly 140 rods ; thence to the first-mentioned bounds, with dwelling-house and barn, all the mills and privileges, except one- fourth part of an old saw-mill and one-fourth part of the privilege where the mill now stands." The pur- chaser was John Bryant, and the purchase included the lands where the village of Bow Mills now is.
Captain Benjamin Bean, of Epping, bought of Nahum Larey, of Stratham, lot No. 5 and half of lot No. 4, in the thirteenth range, September 6, 1770, it being the farm at the foot of Wood Hill now owned by Cyrus Hadley (1885). He served in the French War and rendezvoused at Dover, and contracted an acquaintance with Mary Baker, of Brookfield, whom he married in 1753; she was born in 1725 or 1726. He was at the capture of Louisbourg and distinguished himself there. He was captain of the militia in 1776, and very active in obtaining recruits and furnishing supplies for the army. He, with his two sons,- Ebenezer, born in 1755, and Benjamin, born in 1757,- was at the capture of Burgoyne. Captain Bean died in 1777, aged abont fifty years. Soon after the close of the war his son, Ebenezer, with his mother, went to Conway, N. H., where he died March 3, 1846. His mother died in 1826, lacking ten days of being one hundred years of age. Benjamin, the second son, married Susan Carr, of Bow, after the Revolution ; went to Piermont, where he died in 1835. Captain Bean was son of Benjamin Bean and Mehitable Mahew.
Military History from 1785 to 1864 .- By an act of the Legislature, in 1792, each regiment included two battalions. Bow, Concord and Pembroke formed the First Battalion in the Eleventh Regiment. Jacob Green was captain of the militia at this time ; also Captain Richard Dow is mentioned and Nathaniel Cavis.
In 1794 eleven men were called for, and in 1798 sixteen ; but we have no means of knowing whether they were needed for active service.
In 1807 fourteen men being called for, to be ready at a minute's warning, "Voted, to give each one dollar on enlisting and to make np ten dollars a month when
called into actual service, each soldier to equip him- self." Fourteen dollars was paid, but to whom does not appear.
In 1812, soon after the declaration of war, men were called for to defend Portsmouth harbor. August 17th, Governor Plumer ordered a company of artillery from the Third Brigade, which was to be under the com- mand of Captain John Leonard, of Londonderry. The draft was for six months, unless sooner discharged, which was done November 30th. Bow was repre- sented by Corporal Elisha Clough, Samuel Robert- son, William Clough, John Carter, Jr. John Rowell and John Silver, Jr., had joined the Fourth United States Infantry, and were in General Harrison's army, in the West, at Vincennes, Prophetstown and Tip- pecanoe, and were present at Hull's surrender. The regiment was under command of Colonel Miller.
June 27th the town voted to make up to the soldiers who were drafted the last time ten dollars a month.
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John Thompson and Moses T. Willard were in Captain John McNeal's company, Eleventh United States Infantry, from July 1 to August 17, 1813. James Goodhue was also in the service. Moses T. Willard was in the service, in Samuel Gordon's company, five years, from June 11, 1812.
In Jonathan Butterfield's company, from April 1st to May 31st, was Ensign Wells Carter, Sergeant John Carter, Corporal John Elliot and George Colson. Joseph Flanders became captain January 1, 1814, when Isaac Silver, Richard Silver, Parker Brown and Benjamin Bailey enlisted until February 28, 1814, for the northern army at Champlain.
In 1814, Alexander Colby, Benjamin Noyes, John P. Rowell and Andrew Buntin were in Captain Bart- lett's company ; John Nichols also. Bartholomew Heath, Samuel Quimby, James Bunting, David Mor- gan were, from August 6th, for three months, in Wil- liam Marshal's company; Robert Ordway, Willaby Colby; Benjamin Buntin, Jonathan Corliss, three months, from September 15th. Aaron Colby, William Elliott and Asa Goodhne went as substitutes for Dun- barton men, for sixty days, from September 27th, in Captain Trevet's company.
On the tax-list in 1790 those bearing the title of captain are Jacob Green, Richard Dow and Nathaniel Cavis; 1799, John Thompson ; 1801, William Walker; 1811, John Brown; 1814, Walter Bryant; 1816, Na- thaniel Cavis; 1820, Aaron Colby; 1824, Obed Gault; 1826, Francis W. Rogers; 1827, John Parker; 1832, William R. Parker; 1836, Enoch Clough; 1839, Isaac White; 1841, Emery Clough; 1842, Moses Colby; 1845, Samuel Gile; 1850, Elijah Upton, Jr .; 1851, Joseph C. Kelly, when the Legislature enacted, "That the militia shall be subject to no active duty except in case of war." The above William R. Parker was promoted major of the Eleventh Regiment in 1836; lieutenant-colonel, 1837; colonel, 1839; brigadier- general of the Third Brigade, 1841; major-general of the First Division, 1849.
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August 12, 1820, a rifle company was formed in town. John Carter was commissioned captain, Zenas Wheeler lieutenant and Samuel Burnham ensign, who was promoted to captain in 1824 ; Samuel Gault was captain in 1827; Simeon Heath, in 1829; John Brown, Jr., in 1831; Samuel Alexander, in 1832; George W. Bancroft, in 1833; Benjamin A. Noyes, in 1835; Enoch Alexander, 1838; Benjamin Page, 1839; and Benjamin J. Gile when the company was dis- banded.
At the breaking out of the Rebellion our town re- sponded nobly. Those who enlisted from this town were as follows :
FIRST REGIMENT.
Charles L. Hall and Isaac A. Parker enlisted for three months ; mustered in May 4, 1861 ; re-enlisted io Fifth Regiment and discharged in October.
SECOND REGIMENT.
Augustus B. Farmer, Company B, mustered June 1, 1861 ; promoted to first sergeant February, 1862 ; wounded Juue 3, 1864 ; mustered out June 21, 1864; re-enlisted as first lieutenant in Company A, Eigb- teenth Regiment, September 12, 1864 ; promoted to captain April 4, 1865 ; mustered out June 10, 1865.
Charles Holt, Company B, enlisted for three years from November 20, 1863 ; absent, sick, since April 29, 1864 ; no discharge furnished.
Alexander Fraser, Company D, mustered in November 19, 1863 ; pro- moted to first sergeant September 1, 1864; transferred to Company 1 September 7th ; promoted to lieutenaut May 1, 1865.
John Hart, Company E, mustered in November 14, 1863 ; transferred to the navy April 28, 1864.
Gottfried Lunt, Company F, served from November 20, 1863, to June 3, 1865.
John Statun, Company I, served from Noverober 20, 1863, to December 19, 1865.
THIRD REGIMENT.
Henry S. Hamilton, first-class musician, served from August 26, 1861, to August 31, 1862, in the band.
Robert F. Palmer, Company E, mustered in August 23, 1861 ; died at Hilton Head, S. C., January 4, 1862.
Walter S. Proby, mustered in August 23, 1861 ; died at Hilton Head, S. C., December 22, 1862.
FOURTH REGIMENT,
William Morris, a substitute and not accounted for.
SIXTH REGIMENT.
Jobn W. Wilkinson, Company D, mustered in November 27, 1861 ; dis- charged for disability at Newport News September 22, 1863.
SEVENTH REGIMENT.
Alonzo Clough, Company A, mustered in October 29, 1861 ; discharged for disability at Beanfort, S. C., July 28, 1862.
William W. Gile, Company A, died of disease at St. Augustine, Fla., October 3, 1862.
Charles H. Ordway, Company II, served from December 14, 1861 ; wounded July 18, 1863 ; discharged on account of wounds at Mc- Dougall General Hospital, N. Y., November 6, 1863.
Almond Mark, Company K, served from Noveurber 17, 1863.
EIGHTH REGIMENT.
Joseph Hall, Company A, eulisted November 11, 1863 ; discharged for disability at New Orleans May 24, 1804.
Eustace Le Plant, transferred 10 veteran battalion Eightb New Hamp- shire Volunteers January 1, 1865 ; mustered out October 28, 1865. Charles Olsen, Company A, served from November 11, 1863 ; transferred to the navy June 18, 18G4.
TWELFTH REGIMENT.
Charles H. Taylor, Company C, mustered in September 5, 1862 ; wounded May 3, 1863 ; died of wounds at Potomac Creek, Va., May 21st.
THIRTEENTH REGIMENT.
Charles E. Putney, Company ", mustered in September 19, 1862 ; pro- moted to sergeant May, 1865 ; mustered out June 21, 1865.
John W. Austin, Company C, served from September, 1862, to June, 1865.
Harris Clough, Company C, served from September, 1862, to 1865.
Henry Dwinnels, Company C, died February 24, 1863.
Harris K. Frost, Company C, served from September, 1862, to June, 1865.
John F. Guild, Company C, transferred to Invalid Corps September 7, 1863 ; discharged by order July 7, 1865.
Nathan Hardy, Company C, died of disease in New Hampshire January 15, 1865.
Carter S. Morgan, Company C, discharged for disability September 7, 1864.
Lewis Silver, Company C, discharged June 1865.
William Morgan, Company F, served from September 24, 1862, to June 21, 1865.
James Ordway, Company I, mustered in September 20, 1862 ; discharged for disability at Washington, D. C., March, 1863; re-enlisted in First Regiment Heavy Artillery in August ; mustered out Septem- ber, 1865.
FOURTEENTH REGIMENT.
Erastus W. Forbes, Company E, served from September 23, 1862, to June 8, 1865.
Charles F. Heath, Company H, served as sergeant from 1864 to July, 1865. George H. Buatin, Company H, mustered in September 24, 1862 ; wounded October 19, 1864 ; discharged at Concord July 26, 1863.
William P. Parker, Company H, mustered in September 24, 1862 ; pro- moted to sergeant 1864 ; discharged 1865.
David O. Russell, Company H, transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps, March, 1864, to June 30, 1865.
Alonzo P. Saltmarsh, Company H, served from 1862 to July 8, 1865.
FIRST NEW HAMPSHIRE CAVALRY.
Lewis Porter, Troop B, mustered in March 24, 1864 ; missing in June; gained from missing ; absent, sick, July 15, 1863.
Joseph Slevin, Troop G, served to July 15, 1865.
Frederick A. Chase, Troop K, served from March to July, 1865.
In 1863 the town voted to authorize the selectmen to borrow five thousand eight hundred and eighty dollars for the encouragement of the enlisting of volunteers. Several furnished substitutes at a great expense.
HEAVY ARTILLERY, SECOND COMPANY.
James Ordway and James D. Walker, enlisted August 18, 1863 ; traos- ferred to First Regiment New Hampshire Artillery.
Christopher French, John F. Ham, Samuel Elliot, David A. Stevens and Edward T. Parker joined the regiment September 5, 1864.
Charles H. Brown, enlisted as sergeant in the First Regiment of Sharp- shooters September 9, 1861 ; was killed at Bull Run August 30, 1862. Joseph S. Austin, Company E, discharged for disability at Portsmouth Grove, R. I., March 4, 1863.
William H. Shattuck, not officially accounted for.
The enrollment contained 114 names, our quota under all calls being 52; number furnished, 60; sur- plus, 8.
Samuel Alexander was born in Londonderry, N. H., in 1730 ; came to Bow in 1762; purchased fifty acres of land of John Noyes, now occupied and owned by his grandsons, Eli and Enoch, bounded on the east by Merrimack River.
His children were Martha, born November 6, 1760, and married Jonathan Colby in 1783, died October 28, 1844; William, who married Polly Putney, of Dunbarton, and went to Tunbridge, Vt .; Enoch, born January 6, 1771, and married Merriam Colby (born March 16, 1775) on July 14, 1797; and Polly, who married James White. The children of Enoch were Betsey, born November 2, 1797, and married Andrew B. Sargent, September 30, 1819; Samuel, born
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January 19, 1800, and married Mary Nutt, March 25, 1825; Sarah S., born June 21, 1802, and married Sewell Haselton, May 8, 1828; Philip C., born August 22, 1804, and married Mary A. Taylor, May 19, 1828 ; Merriam, born August 19, 1807, and married Jabez Glines, April 16, 1840; Enoch, born April 18, 1810, and married Lois P. Hadley, November 27, 1832; Eli, born August 6, 1812, never married; James G., born February 12, 1815, and married Aurelia Veasey, January 28, 1841 ; Willaby C., born May 18, 1818, and married Sarah Ann Blood, April 13, 1848; Adaline, born December 21, 1821, and married Aaron A. Samson, August 23, 1846.
The children of Andrew B. Sargent (born January 31, 1797) and Betsy Alexander are Merriam E, born January 23, 1822, and married Daniel Messer Novem- ber 30, 1843; Samuel A., born September, 1826, and married Adaline B. Holt, of Wilton, April 30, 1863 ; Simeon, born December 5, 1828, and married Mary E. Thorndike, October 14, 1858 ; Enoch A., born Feb- rnary 9, 1831; Lucy Jane, born May 28, 1833, and married John Morgan, January 22, 1852; Philip J., born May 6, 1839, and married Sarah E. Messer, September 14th, 1870. Andrew B. Sargent died September 28, 1868. His wife Betsy died August 9, 1872.
The children of Samuel Alexander and Mary Nutt (born April 7, 1797) are Eliza Jane, born January 4, 1826, and married Allen T. Hubbard, October 26, 1856; Mary A., born October 25, 1829, and married C. Waterman Pratt, January 22, 1853; J. Bordman, born December 15, 1834, and married Mary Nyland, December 14, 1870; S. Judson, born June 23, 1837(he was captain of Company B, Ninth New Hampshire Regiment ; wounded severely in action July 13, 1863, at Jackson, Miss ; died of wounds July 23d). Samuel Al- exander died August, 1879, and his wife, Mary, died May 14, 1843.
The children of Sewell Haselton (born January 7, 1798) and Sarah S. Alexander are Rufus R., born August 13, 1831, and married Lydia S. Farnam, May 13, 1834; and Sarah M., born March 30, 1835, and married David Roberts, February 11, 1855. Ru- fus R. Haselton was a soldier in Company B, Ninth Regiment. Frank Manard, born April 2, 1853, mar- ried Harriet Rockwood.
The children of Philip C. Alexander and Mary A. Taylor (born September 9, 1808) are George Warren, born May 9, 1829, and married Harriet Appleton ; Elvira S., born December 2, 1830, and married John C. Morrison, November 30, 1854; Rosantha A., born October 14, 1832, and married Asa Strong, July 10, 1855 ; Sarah R., born May 27, 1834, and married James N. Wright, July 16, 1854; Merriam A., born May 11, 1836, and married Horatio B. Shoals, April 9, 1857 ; Lois P., born March 2, 1840, and married Justus Ly- man ; Dolly T., born April 20, 1842, and married Ze- diah Cooley, November 24, 1872 ; Ella J., born Sep- tember 4, 1850, and married Oscar Ward, August 25,
1868 ; Edward F., twin of Ella; and Nettie Maria, born December 3, 1854.
The children of Jabez Glines (born April 12, 1811, died June, 1867) and Merriam Alexander are Eras- tus O., born October 18, 1841, and married Rebecca J. Bunker, November 27, 1862; and Alonzo W., born September 7, 1848, and married Hattie E. Corey, No- vember 17, 1867. He was delegated as drum-major to accompany the Third Regiment and band, as escort to Governor Bell and staff, to the Yorktown, Va., centennial, in 1881. Enoch Alexander, the third sou of Enoch, is a man of sterling integrity, enjoying the perfect confidence of his townsmen and all with whom he is acquainted ; was captain of the militia in 1838, a member of the House of Representatives in 1849 and 1850, repeatedly chosen one of the selectmen, was town treasurer a score of years, and one of the most accurate surveyors of wood and lumber the country affords, and the town may well be proud of the por- trait of himself he has contributed to its history.
The children of James G. Alexander and Aurelia Veasey (born March 20, 1816) are Charles H., born Angnst 27, 1844, and married Sarah Abby Marsh, Sep- tember 30, 1870 ; he was register of deeds for Merri- mack County 1882 and 1883, and keeps a public-house in Henniker, N. H., since 1884.
Edwin G., born June 22, 1849, is the only child of Willaby C. Alexander and his wife, Sarah Ann Blood, born November 21, 1826. Willaby died April 8, 1884.
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.
AARON W. BAKER, ESQ.
The early settlers of New Hampshire were sturdy pioneers from the mother-country or came from the older colonies, principally Massachusetts. Some of those who came from the colonics were originally from England, but many were native born. Of the latter class were the ancestors of the Bakers who settled in Bow. Their progenitors emigrated from England to Massachusetts during the last half of the seventeenth century, and at once grappled with the difficulties and dangers of frontier-life. They were active, hardy, industrions, honest, pious and progressive citizens, and were prominent in the church and in the state. From that ancestry came the sub- ject of this sketch, Aaron W. Baker. His great- grandfather, Captain Joseph Baker, was a surveyor, and surveyed several townships in New Hampshire, among them Pembroke, where he settled in the early part of the eighteenth century and raised a family of eleven children. He was the first of this name to re- side in New Hampshire. His son, Joseph Baker, was born November 7, 1740. He married a descendant of the Scotch Covenanters and settled in Bow. Ten children blessed their home. One of these, James
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Baker, married Judith Whittemore, of Pembroke. He subdued a farm from the wild lands adjoining his father's estate, and resided there until he died, forty- three years old, from injuries received accidentally. He left a family of six children, the eldest of whom was Aaron W. Baker, who was born April 10, 1796, and was only twelve years of age when his father died. The farm was new and rough and required hard and continuous labor. This Mrs. Baker and her small children were compelled to render. Thus, from boyhood, Aaron W. Baker was accustomed to the hardest of farm-work. Early morning found him in the field, and darkness closed the labors of the day. His advantages for education were very limited. During the winter terms only could he secure even an irregular attendance upon the public schools. By the instruction there received and by his home- studies he acquired a fair common-school education. To this he added a knowledge of vocal music, which he taught for several terms. He had a good voice, which he retained until old age. As he attained manhood he helped his brothers and sisters to better educational opportunities than he enjoyed, and by constant labor improved and enlarged the cultivated portions of the farm. He bought out the heirs and became its owner. In later years he added to it un- til his farm included nearly all of the land originally owned by his father and grandfather and many acres besides.
He married, March 10, 1825, Miss Nancy Dustin, who was born in Concord September 2, 1801. She was a descendant of the heroic Hannah Dustin, and was a lady of excellent character, good education and natural refinement.
In politics Mr. Baker was first a Whig. When the Democratic party became the exponent of more liberal principles he joined it, and when it became allied with the slave-power of the South he as promptly abandoned it. He was an original Aboli- tionist, and acted with the Free-Soil party from its organization. When the Republican party was formed he, with the Free-Soilers generally, united with that party and ever after remained a Repub- lican.
In religion, as in politics, he was thoughtful, studi- ous and progressive. He was trained in the faith of Orthodox Congregationalism, and until middle life never attended any but Orthodox preaching; but as he read his Bible and pondered over the great ques- tions of duty and destiny he found both heart and mind protesting against its harsh doctrines, and in- adequate statements of the goodness, mercy and love of the Infinite Father. He became a Universalist. His wife, who had been educated a Baptist, joined him in his studies and reflections, and she, too, be- came a Universalist. Both died consoled and sus- tained by that cheering faith.
Long before total abstinence, or even temperance principles were popular, Mr. Baker became their
earnest advocate. He aided the circulation and adoption of temperance pledges, and by his influence many signed them. His example and encourage- ment assisted in the maintenance of pledges and helped to render social or habitual drinking disrepu- table.
In all the transactions of his life Mr. Baker was noted for his honesty, integrity, energy and faithful- ness. He followed his convictions of duty, the logic of events and of principles, to their legitimate con- clusions, and did not flinch from their results. He enjoyed society, liked company and loved his friends and relatives.
Although in the political minority of his town, he held the offices of selectman and treasurer aud other positions of responsibility and trust.
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