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GRADUATES OF COLLEGES.
John Gove, Dartmouth College. . 1793 William Wilson, D. C. 1797 William Ferson, D. C. . 1797
Samuel Clark, (Rev.) D. C ...
.1812
Charles F. Gove. D. C .. 1817 Josiah W. Fairfield, D. C .. . 1825 William W. Colburn, D. C .. .1861
Clark B. Cochrane, U. C .. 1839
Perley Dodge, U. C. 1824
Hiram Wason, (Rev.) A. C .. . . . 1834
Royal Parkinson, (Rev.) D. C. . 1842 Witter S. M'Curdy, D. C .. . 1845 Peter Cochran, (Rev.) D. C .. . . . 1798 Jesse M'Curdy, D. C .. 1852 Nathaniel Peabody, D. C. . . . . . . 1800 Thomas Cochran, (Rev.) B. U ... Robert Cochran, (Rev.) B. U ...
Amos B. Goodhue, D. C .. 1845 Joseph A. Goodhue, D. C. 1848
Lorenzo Fairbanks, D. C .. 1852
Warren R. Cochrane, D. C. 1859
William R. Adams, D. C .. 1859
Henry Marden, D. C .. 1862
GRADUATES OF MEDICAL COLLEGES.
Samuel Gregg, D. C .. .1825 | A. G. Kelley, Jeff. Med. Coll .. .1838 Jeremiah Cochran, B. C .. .. . . 1825 Chas. Cochran. Willoughby Univ. 1843
Thomas H. Cochran. D. C. . . . . 1840
Horace Wason, Castleton M. Sch.1845 Samuel Lynch, Union Med. Col.,
New York .1863
ROLL OF HONOR.
A TRIBUTE TO THE ABSENT SOLDIERS, BY W. R. COCHRANE.
WHILE we are luxurious, Joyous and curious, Many brave hearts are away to the war ; Kindred to some of us, - What would become of us, Losing the rights they are suffering for ?
Returning approvingly, Eagerly, lovingly, Home's gushing heart is the dream-gathered gem ; As in spirit they meet with us, - Laugh with us, cat with us, Oh, be our sympathy ever with them ! .
In fancy, frivolity, Pleasure and jollity, Friendship's sweet paths, or devotion's warm tear, They were ever a part of us, - Deep in each heart of us Be the white chamber of memory dear !
For some will not press again Hands whose caress again, Meeting or parting, can thrill us no more ; In the camp languishing, On the field vanquishing, - Falling in glory, their battles are o'er !
From the clash. the disparity. Booty, barbarity,
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Back will the spirit instinctively roam ; Dying unswervingly, Dying deservingly, Dying in dreams of affection and home !
Oh ! take him up carefully, Tenderly, prayerfully,
Though the fixed eye be unceasingly dim ; Though he awake no more, Though his heart break no more, Holy the ashes of heroes like him !
Bear him with gratitude To this cold latitude,
Where the green graves of his kindred may be : Link not with slavery Christian-like bravery, - Let his bones rest in the soil of the free !
Reared in obscurity, Piety, purity,
Though unemblazoned his dearly-loved name ; True to the land we love, True to the God above, Ages shall brighten and whiten his fame !
Not popularity, Property, charity, Not by what others might offer or say ; - He was a patriot, Loving the state he ought, Here was the spirit which called him away !
Oh ! changelessly, cheerfully, Tenderly, tearfully, Lovingly spoken his name shall be ; - In his life beautiful, Unto death dutiful, Long shall he live in the hearts of the free !
NAMES OF VOLUNTEERS FROM NEW BOSTON IN THE WAR OF THE REBELLION.
FOR THREE MONTHS. Fred. Lamson.'
James B. Whipple,
FOR THREE YEARS OR THE WAR.
Paul Whipple,
Page Fox,
Emerson Johonnett,
Joseph K. Whipple,
Edward Reynolds,
W. B. Dodge,
Samuel Putman,
Alfred Eaton,
Wm. C. Kelso,
Geo. Lawrence, John G. Rowell,
W. E. Taggart. FOR NINE MONTHS.
Jacob Carson, W. Cornelius Beard,* Julian Dodge,
Wm. Dustan, Geo. E. Cochran,
M. Colburn,
S. Dodge, Jr.,
Daniel Heald
Abner Lull,*
Wm. B. Dodge,
John H. Eaton,* Alfred Eaton,
Geo. Andrews,
Geo. H. Chandler,
Frank Carson,
C. H. Dickey,*
Caleb Dodge,
R. Bartlett,
H. Peabody,*
Paul Whipple,
Win. N. Dunklee,
J. Peabody,*
Henry Gage,
A. P. Brigham,
L. Peabody,*
A. Carson,
- Hope,
J. Langdell,
Everett Ober,
J. Whipple Jr., Geo. Moulton,
Wm. Kelso,* Page Fox, H. Fairfield,
Geo. How,
Duncan Campbell,
Horace Langdell,
Edwin Barnard,
Edgar Richards,
Edward Cudworth,*
Levi W. Sargent,
Joseph Richards,
Calvin Andrews,
Charles Brooks,* Richardson,
Oscar Richards,* Daniel F. Shedd, James Colburn, John Dickey,
Lewis Towns,*
Moses Cronibie,
Benj. Wilson,*
Washington Follansbee, Henry Shelby, Addison Meade,
Wm. J. Perkins, John H. Boynton.
. Dead.
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Chas. E. Daggett,* HI. Frank Warren, Elbridge Mansfield, J. H. Johonnett, A. J. Bennett, Austin Morgan,
Perley Doge,*
Jacob Towns,
Robert Clark,
John Corvan,*
Geo. Davis,
James Leet,
C. H. Murphy, E. P. Dodge, Geo. Marden,
Frank Warden, John Buxton,
REV. WILLIAM CLARK.
He was born in Hancock September 28, 1798, the son of John, who was the son of William. When a lad he went to Con- cord, and learned the printer's art. But while here, under the preaching of Rev. Asa McFarland, D. D., he became hopefully interested in religion, and desired to obtain a suitable education for the ministry, and to this bent his energies. He fitted for col- lege at Bradford Academy, Mass., and graduated at Dartmouth College in the Class of 1822. Teaching an academy at New- port two years, he entered Andover Theological Seminary in 1824, and graduated in 1827, after which he was employed as an agent for the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions in Massachusetts and Connecticut, and was settled over the First Congregational Church in Wells, Me., February 19, 1829, where he remained six years, seeing much fruit of his labors. He was then appointed agent for the American Tract Society for New England, and in 1836 for the Society at New York, as their general agent for the Western States. In 1840 he was appointed district secretary for the A. B. C. F. Mis- sions for Northern New England, and occupied this position until 1856, when he resigned, and was appointed secretary and general agent of the New Hampshire Home Missionary Society, and still holds that office.
Mr. Clark married Elvira Hurd, of Newport, January 14, 1829, who died February 9, 1847, leaving a son and daughter, - the latter dying young, the former being now a member of Amherst College, Mass. December 26, 1848, Mr. Clark mar- ried Mrs. Mary C. Wheelright, of Bangor, Me., and resides at Amherst.
J.H. Bafford's Lith.
RESPONSE OF REV. WILLIAM CLARK.
NEW BOSTON, - What has given it its character.
MR. PRESIDENT, -
From its first settlement more than one hundred years since, the town of New Boston has held a conspicuous and honorable position. Its name has been associated with whatsoever is of good report. Having no special natural advantages above its sister towns in the vicinity, with the exception, perhaps, of somewhat extensive water power and valuable pine growth on the borders of its streams, it has been prominent among them. Great industry has ever characterized its inhabitants. Few, in any period of its existence, have caten the bread of idleness. The sturdy owners of the soil have cultivated their acres with indomitable energy and unremitting diligence ; combining these traits with frugality and good management, they have attained to prosperity. This is seen in their good roads, their substan- tial stone fences, their well cultivated farms, their convenient well-furnished buildings, their large barns, their extensive flocks and herds.
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Hospitality has been a marked trait in the character of the New Boston people. Before the construction of the turnpike passing through the southwest corner of the town, teamsters from upper towns in the State and in Vermont, learning the fame of New Boston hospitality, were wont to avail themselves of it, much to their comfort and to the relief of their scantily filled purses. Some fifty years ago, when country farmers, liv- ing remote from sea-board towns, were wont in the winter sea- son to go to market with their own teams and exchange their produce for groceries, Deacon Robert Clark used to purchase largely, not only for his own family, but for the visitors and callers at his house, whether relatives or strangers.
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In one of his annual trips to Boston, while negotiating some- what largely for groceries, the merchant inquired whether he was purchasing to sell again, or for his own family expenditure ; intending to sell at a cheaper rate if the good deacon had in view the former object. He replying, " Sir, I am purchasing for my own family, and for my friends and my guests," was obliged to pay retail prices. Paying such prices for his groce- ries they were cordially dealt out to his comers, irrespective of relationship, without money and without price. The hay and grain of his well-filled barns were in like manner gratuitously dealt out to the teams of his callers and guests. This gen- erosity, this open-heartedness, that disdained to receive compen- sation for entertainment, was a prominent trait in the earlier settlers of the town, and contributed not a little to its good name.
The early settlers of New Boston, most of them of Scotch descent, possessed sturdy intellects and strong common sense. Well educated for those days of comparative scarcity of schools, books, and newspapers, they made provision for the education of their children. When unable to sustain the present system of common schools, neighboring families would unite in pro- curing teachers for their children from Scotland and Ireland. This kept alive amongst them the love of education and learn- ing, and greatly promoted general intelligence. As fruits of this, the town has furnished a large number of well-educated men for the professions of medicine, law, and divinity, and for teachers, mechanics, merchants, tradesmen, and farmers. In this connection should be named the wives, mothers, and daughters of New Boston, who were second in no respect in strength of character, intelligence, frugality, hospitality, or in- dustry, to their husbands, parents, or brothers. Indeed, the valuable traits of character belonging to the men were inspired by the excellent women of the successive generations of the past century.
It need hardly be said, after the foregoing, that public order and good morals have been marked traits in the character of the people of New Boston. These are almost necessary conse- quences of a community distinguished for industry, frugal- ity, hospitality, intelligence, good family government, respect
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for parental authority, fraternal affection, love of honesty, truth, integrity between man and man, obedience to public law, temperance, respect for and observance of the Sabbath as an in- stitution of God, reverence for the sanctuary,-all these, and kin- dred virtues, have ever belonged, to a good degree, to this people.
Now, under what general influences has their character, as above imperfectly delineated, been formed ? We reply, under those of the Bible, of the preaching of the gospel, and of its blessed institutions.
The early settlers of the town -most of them emigrants from Londonderry, whose ancestors were Scotch Presbyterians - brought with them a reverence for God and his institutions. Theirs was a scriptural piety, the fruit of an unhesitating, full, practical faith in the great doctrines of revelation.
These great doctrines had been taught them in Londonderry by the McGregors and the Davidsons, and by their godly par- ents ; from the Bible and the Westminster Assembly's Cat- echism. These Bible truths had enlightened and invigorated the intellect, and stamped the character of the pioneer settlers of the town. Thus trained at home, and coming here in the fear of God, they laid the foundation of religious institutions when comparatively few and feeble in pecuniary means. They kept the Sabbath, and reverenced the sanctuary. Soon after their establishment in town they extended a call to Rev. Sol- omon Moor, recently from Scotland, to become their pastor and teacher. This call, signed by some fifty men, heads of families, honors their intellect and heart.
Mr. Moor, accepting the call, became their minister, remain- ing such till his death, which occurred May 3, 1803, at the age of 67. A church of the Presbyterian order was formed, prob- ably in the same year of his settlement, 1768. His ministry of thirty-five years was comfortable and useful, made so, in no small measure, by the influence of his excellent lady, a daugh- ter of Rev. William Davidson, of the east parish, Londonderry. On the ministry of Rev. Mr. Moor, most of the families in the town constantly attended. Such was the tone of public opin- ion, that no family or individual could have the respect of the people who did not regularly resort to the sanctuary, and, at least externally, hallow the Sabbath. Returning from public
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worship, parents would gather their children around them, and teach them the doctrines and duties of the Bible. Daily wor- ship was maintained by the families generally. This greatly contributed to the maintenance and efficiency of family govern- ment. Children honored their parents, and loved one another ; they were taught to respect their superiors and reverence age, to fear God and keep his commandments.
Such was the state of society in New Boston when Rev. Ephraim P. Bradford - a nobleman by nature, and, by the grace of God, a finished scholar ; a sound theologian ; an eloquent preacher ; a faithful pastor ; a devout Christian : wise, prudent, deeply impressed with a sense of his responsibilities as a minis- ter of Christ - was ordained a successor of Rev. Mr. Moor Feb. 26, 1806, continuing pastor of the church to the close of his life, Dec. 15, 1845, at 69 years of age. During his useful ministry, of nearly forty years, some three or four extensive re- vivals occurred among his people, the aggregate fruits of which were several hundred additions to the church. Seldom has a Christian ministry, of like duration, been more beneficial to any people. The high tone of morals existing from the early settlement of the town, the respect and observance of the Sab- bath, the reverence for the sanctuary, the cheerful support of Christian ordinances shown by the fathers at one period, and maintained to a good degree by the children under the able, earnest, godly ministry of Mr. Bradford, gave prominence to New Boston.
The primary and principal influences, therefore, which have given New Boston its excellent character during the century of its existence, have come from the Bible, the church, the pulpit, the ministry, the Sabbath school, the ordinances of the gospel. Had none of these hallowed influences existed in the town, had the first settlers been indifferent to the sacred insti- tutions ordained of God for the temporal and eternal good of the race, and had their successors followed their example, how barren of interest would be the event we to-day celebrate ! The great interest of this occasion results, in no small degree, from the ecclesiastical history of the town. May its future history be fraught with like interest. In order to this, the people must earnestly, cheerfully, liberally, sustain the divinely-appointed institutions of the Bible, -institutions so loved by the fathers.
DR. THOMAS H. COCHRAN.
Dr. Cochran was the son of John Davidson Cochran, born June 15, 1812, on Cochran Hill. After his preparatory course in schools, he studied medicine and surgery with Dr. Nehemiah Cutter, of Pepperell, Mass., and Drs. Dixi Crosby, of Hanover, and Josiah Crosby, of Meredith Bridge, and graduated at the Medical College at Hanover, in the Class of 1840, and com- menced to practice at New Ipswich in September of that year. He was married, by Rev. Samuel Lee, to Mary, daughter of Capt. Jeremiah Pritchard of New Ipswich, Oct. 3, 1844. Their children are: Hamilton P., John D., Frederick C., Mary L., and Helen V. Dr. Cochran held a commission of Justice of the Peace for the County of Hillsborough from 1847 to his re- moval to West Rutland, Vt., in 1855, and served as Assistant Surgeon U. S. Army, in the military hospitals Louisville, Ky., in the years 1862 and '63. He is now in the successful prac- tice of his profession in West Rutland, Vt.
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RESPONSE OF DR. T. H. COCHRAN.
" And the rest of the acts of the fathers, behold, they are written in the book of the Chronicles."
MR. PRESIDENT, -
1 Forasmuch as many have taken in hand to set forth in or- der a declaration concerning the manner of the discovery and early settlement of this goodly heritage, whose boundaries are the Eastern and Western Scas, and also the acts of the carly fathers, -
2 I thought it good to me also, having sat at the feet of elders and old men and ancient maidens, and learned, by word of mouth, many ancient traditions ;
3 And also having a perfect knowledge of many things that have never been before written ;
4 And furthermore, having been an eye-witness of many things, that have come to pass in these latter days, to set them forth in order unto your most excellent friends,
5 That you, likewise, might know and understand the same: -
6 Now, therefore, declare I them unto you, and not unto you only do I declare them,
7 But to the effect that generations yet unborn may also read and know of the acts of their fathers.
CHAPTER I.
DISCOVERY OF AMERICA. - FIRST SETTLEMENTS.
1 Now it came to pass, in the days of Ferdinand and Isabella, that there arose a young man, a Genoese, a man of much study and learning and wisdom and understanding, and full of all knowledge in navigating ships upon the waters.
2 Now this young man went into the presence of the King and Queen, and bowed himself before them, saying,
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3 Hear me, O King, I pray thee, and turn not a deaf ear unto the supplication of thy servant.
4 Now this is my petition and desire ; for it comes to pass, that as I lie sleeping upon my couch by night, my slumbers are disturbed by strange visions of isles and lands beyond the sea, towards the setting sun ;
5 And my convictions, also, by day are, that there are yet other lands, that my lord the King knoweth not of.
6 Now, therefore, I pray thee, give me ships, and men to navigate them, that I may go in search thereof, and bring sil- ver, and gold, and precious stones, and men-servants, and maid- servants, to fill the treasury of my lord the King.
7 Now it came to pass, that, after many like entreaties, the hearts of the King and Queen were moved with compassion towards him, and they gave him ships and men, as he had de- sired them.
8 Now when he had cast his lot upon the waters, and had been tossed about for many months, he lifted up his eyes, and be- hold, there rose up before him a land of mountains and valleys, and hills and forests, yea, of lakes and mighty rivers, whose waters mingle with the sea ;
9 A land inhabited by a strange people, clothed in skins and furs of animals, cunning archers, and mighty warriors, wor- shippers of a great spirit, but who knew not the living and true God.
10 Now he called the land he had discovered, Columbia, and tarrying for a season, returned to his own country.
11 [ Now it came to pass, that when the discoveries that Christopher, whose surname was Columbus, had made, became ยท noised abroad among the nations of the East,
12 There arose colonies from Tyrus, which is, by interpreta- tion, England ;
13 And also from the land of pipes, lager-beer, and sour- krout, which is, by interpretation, Holland ;
14 Also from the land of oil, wine, and honey, the originators of fashions for the civilized world to ape, which is France ;
15 Also from the land of knight-errantry, seekers for gold- dust, famed for its Amoritish and Moorish women, even Spain.
16 Now they crossed the sea in ships, and anchored at the
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mouths of the mighty rivers, and builded cities ; every tribe according to its nation, did it build a city. (a)
17 Now the land that Columbus discovered became a great and mighty nation.
CHAPTER II.
SETTLEMENT OF LONDONDERRY.
1 Now there came also a tribe of Scots from the Isle of .. Erin Go Bragh" known and read of all men as Scotch-Irish, for they had sojourned many generations in that Isle, in the north part thereof, Presbyterians, who feared God, and eschewed evil.
2 They also came down in ships, their wives and little ones, and the ships wafted westward, and anchored at the mouth of Jordan, even the Merrimac, where it empties into the sea.
: Now it came to pass, as they journeyed westward a Sabbath- day's journey, that they lifted up their eyes,
4 And behold they discovered land, yea rich land, abound- ing in forests of cedar and fir.
5 And behold also, there were meadows, where ran pure streams of water, and bearing much grass for their flocks and herds. (1)
6 Here they pitched their tents, and gave thanks unto the Lord, for his goodness, and for his mercy that endureth for- ever.
7 And they called the land whereon they worshipped " Bethel ;"
8 For they said "The Lord hath directed our steps hither- ward, and pointed this land out to us, for an heritage for our- selves, and the generations that are to come after us."
9. So it came to pass that they builded houses, and tilled the earth, and the carth yielded her increase, and sons and daughters were born unto them.
10 And their Hocks and herds multiplied exceedingly, and they became a prosperous and happy people, fearing God alway.
11 Now they called the land whereon they abode " London- Derry, " for they said ". We will perpetuate the name of the place of our nativity."
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CHAPTER III.
SETTLEMENT OF NEW BOSTON.
1 Now it came to pass, in process of time, that the sons that were born unto them grew to man's estate, and for number were like the hosts of David when he warred against the Phi- listines, -
2 Godly men, and men of valor; and their daughters were like the roes upon the mountains, - comely and fair to look upon.
3 Now the young men arose and said unto their fathers, " Behold the young men, for we are many, and the place is too straight for us.
4 Where now is the rood of ground whereon we can build an house, and plant a vineyard, and eat our bread, and drink our wine, and live and die under our own vine and fig-tree ?"
5 Now when the young men had done speaking their fathers said unto them, -
6 Lift up your eyes and look afar off, beyond Jordan, even westward, beyond Joppa. (c)
7 Is there not a land flowing with milk and honey, and own- ed by the merchant men of the city, even Boston ?
8 Arise, go to now, take money in your purse, and two loaves to sustain you on your journey,
9 And go buy you lands whereon to build and raise you up a local habitation and a name in Israel.
10 Now the young men did as their fathers had commanded them, and went and bought lands that had been measured by the compass and chain,
11 And felled the timber thereon, and burned it upon the ground, and sowed instead the wheat and flax and barley ;
12 And builded an house ; every man according to his means, did he build an house.
CHAPTER IV.
THE YOUNG MEN SEEK WIVES.
1 Now it came to pass that one young man, after he had cast in the wheat and flax and barley, and builded an house, arose and came to himself, and said, -
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2 " As it was in the days of Adam so it is in these latter days, it is not good for man to be alone ; "
3 " What doth it profit a man, if he gain a farm and live a bachelor ?"
4 I will arise, and go to Padan Aram, to the house of Beth- uel, my mother's father, and take from thence a wife of the daughters of Laban, my mother's brother." (1)
5 And he arose, and went and did as he had said ;
6 Now this was the portion that Laban bestowed upon his daughters.
7 One young heifer, one ewe lamb, one foal, and a side-sad- dle, new from the shop, stitched by the hand of a cunning work- man,
8 A spinning-wheel (there were no pianos in those days), and some fine linen from the loom,
9 Pewter spoons and platters, without alloy, for the table, a churn and kneading-trough. (d)
10 And, peradventure, another article, much used in those days, somewhat after the similitude of a kneading-trough, with the addition of rockers.
11 This was the portion that the damsel brought unto her husband.
12 Now it came to pass, that other young men, seeing that - the prosperity of their friend was greater after he had taken a wife than before, went and did likewise.
13 "Scest thou a man diligent in business, he shall stand before kings, he shall not stand before mean men."
14 Now they prospered and waxed in riches, and became much people, and called the land whereon they dwelt Israel, which is by interpetation New Boston, for they said, " Did we not buy lands of the merchant-men of the city of Boston ?
CHAPTER V.
WHAT THE WIVES DID.
1 " The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her.
2 " She secketh wool and flax and worketh willingly with her hands ;
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3 " She layeth her hand to the spindle, and her hands hold the distaff ;
4 " Her husband is known in the gates, when he sitteth among the elders of the land ;
5 " She maketh fine linen and selleth it ;
6 " Her children rise up and call her blessed, and her husband also and he praiseth her."
7 Now the wives they had chosen were cunning workers with the shuttle and distaff, and spun of the wool, and made gar- ments for themselves, their husbands and little ones.
8 And of the flax, they made linen, yea the fine linen of Egypt did they make, and laid it upon the lawn to bleach and to whiten,
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