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impressions made at New Boston in the great revival of 1831 were revived, deepened, and culminated in new and higher views of life and its end, and he turned from the law to the gospel. He entered Union Theological Seminary, New York city, and spent two years there, and the third at Andover, graduat- ing in 1847. He at once began to labor at Cape Elizabeth, Me., where he was ordained over the Congregational Church October 18, 1848, and was united in marriage with Joanna Griffin, of Brunswick, Me., November 21 of the same year. " And now," says he, in speaking of himself "I am here in Randolph, Vt., ministering to a worthy church and people ; and one member of the church, among the most worthy, is a granddaughter of Deacon Robert Patterson, of New Boston. Three miles from here, on the railroad, there is another village in town; the leading mercantile firm in it is one noted throughout the county for its reliability, its strict integrity ; the church, the Sabbath school, and everything good has in it friends and supporters ; it is Amos W. Tewksbury and sons from New Boston."
Mary (daughter of Robert Parkinson) is connected with the School of Designs, Cooper Institute, New York ; Henry, is a merchant in Nashua, and he married Lydia Wilson, of Antrim; Eliza became the wife of Mr. McKean, of Manchester, and has deceased ; Frances became the wife of Rev. Mr. Wheeler, of Roxbury, Mass., and has four children ; Caroline is a teacher in Worcester Seminary, Mass. ; John K. is in California ; and Clara married Henry Herrick, designer and engraver, Brooklyn, New York, and has four children.
JOHN GOODHUE. - In November, 1636, the Rev. Nathaniel Rogers, formerly minister of Assington in Suffolk, England, came over to this country, and was soon followed by William Goodhue and sixteen others, all members of his church. Said Goodhue was deacon of the first church in Ipswich ; was in high reputation as a man of piety, integrity, and wisdom. For many years he served the town as selectman, moderator, and representative. He died, at an advanced age, in 1699 or 1700. Ilis children were Joseph, William, and Mary : Joseph, was deacon of the first church with his father ; William was dea- con of the second church. History says both men were of like respectability with their father.
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Joseph died in September, 1697. By his third wife, Mercy, he had one son whose name was Samuel, who was born April 6, 1696. Samuel married Abigail Bartlett, and settled in Stratham, N. H. He afterwards moved to Nottingham, where he was deacon of the Congregational Church for many years. He subsequently removed to Hollis, N. H., and died the 7th of November, 1785, in the ninetieth year of his age, triumphant- ly supported by the religion he had long professed and en- joyed.
John, the youngest of his eight children, married Olive Taylor, and resided in Hollis, and afterwards in Groton, N. H., where he died in 1818, aged eighty-four. Their children were six. John 2d, the eldest, married Hannah Parham, and resided in Hollis, N. H., afterwards in Amherst, N. H. Thence he re- moved to New Boston in 1796 or 1797, where he was in busi- ness as a merchant till the winter of 1816-17, when he removed to Westfield, Ohio, where he remained till his death.
Joseph (A) Goodhue, the second of the five children of John 2d, was born in Hollis, N. H., 1789; removed with his father to Amherst, thence to New Boston. He married Betsey Felch November 15, 1818. He resided for nearly two years in Med- ford, Mass., when he returned to New Boston, where he still remains.
Their children were five, three sons and two daughters. Amos B. Goodhue was born January 22, 1821. He graduated at Dartmouth College in 1845. In a few months after his graduation he married Elvira, daughter of David Patten, Esq., of Hancock, N. H., and went to Alabama, where in the course of a year or two he became Professor in Howard College at Marrion, where he still remains.
Leonard F. Goodhue was born Oct. 23, 1822. He entered the Sophomore class in Dartmouth College in 1844, and died at the commencement of his Junior year, having attained a high position in his class as a scholar.
Joseph Addison Goodhue. (See page 161.)
Ann married Dr. Eaton for her first husband ; for her second, Mr. Edwin Tilden, of Boston.
Mary became the wife of Mr. Fuller, and after his death, of Rev. Mr. Weeks ; and is now dead.
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Mr. Gooodhue married, for his second wife, Ann Crosby, of Milford, by whom he has one daughter, Sarah L.
CAPT. MATTHEW FAIRFIELD. - Capt. Matthew Fairfield com- manded a company during the war of the Revolution, and was sent by the War Department to quell the Tory insurrections, or mobs, that existed in New Hampshire, and particularly in Hills- borough County, where the old loyal Scotch element so largely predominated. The duty assigned him was like that of our provost marshals. There are those living who remember to have seen and read his first proclamation to the rebels. His greatest troubles were in New Boston, where the Tories had their rendezvous. But it appears that here he found friends, and soon after the war he moved his family from Wenham, Mass., to New Boston, and settled on a tract of land in the south part of the town, where he resided until his death, in 1814, which was occasioned by the falling of a tree.
His wife was Abigail Ayers, of Haverhill, Mass. They had but one child, John.
Capt. Fairfield was a man of much intelligence, and was often entrusted with important business, serving the town in a variety of ways with great fidelity.
JOHN FAIRFIELD, EsQ. - He was son of Capt. Matthew Fair- field, came to this town with his father when a small lad, and at his father's death inherited the homestead, as the only child. He married Hetty Baker, of Wenham, Mass., by whom he had twelve children, only two of whom survive : Josiah W., of Hud- son, N. Y., the second child, and Mrs. Warren, of Manchester, the youngest. Mr. Fairfield's wife died Sept. 8, 1840, aged 62. Afterwards he married Mrs. Stevens, of New Boston, and died Feb. 17, 1854, aged 81. His widow died in 1863.
Mr. Fairfield, like his father, was a very intelligent man, and possessed of business capacity, which was often called into requisition.
JOHN COCHRAN, ESQ. - It appears that James Cochran came to this country in 1717, and died in Londonderry in 1718. The name of his wife is unknown.
His son Thomas was born 1702, and died Nov. 20, 1791, known as the first Deacon Thomas Cochran, of New Boston ;
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and his wife was Jennet Adams, of Londonderry, born 1708, and died June 21, 1784.
James, the son of this Deacon Thomas, was born in 1731, and died April 21, 1772. His wife was Christian Aiken, born 1734, and died Aug. 22, 1819. She was daughter of Nathaniel Aiken, who was born May 14, 1696, and died Dec. 1, 1783, having married, Dec. 1, 1726, Margaret, daughter of James Cochran ; and this Nathaniel Aiken was the son of Edward, who was born in 1660, and died in 1747, having married Barby Edwards in 1663, who died in 1747. Thus John Cochran, Esq., was the son of Dea. Thomas, who was the son of James.
John Cochran, Esq., was born Feb. 27, 1769, and died May 16, 1857. He married Frances, daughter of Dr. Jonathan Gove. She was born Nov. 25, 1774, and died Jan. 5, 1826. Their children were :
Lucinda, born Nov. 12, 1794, and died Dec. 27, 1856, be- coming the wife of - -, Feb. 26, 1819.
Frances, born July 12, 1796 ; married Rev. J. W. Perkins Dec. 28, 1824, and they now live in New Chester, Adams County, Wisconsin.
Charles E., born July 7, 1798, and died April 20, 1814.
Harriet, born July 30, 1800, and died Jan. 13, 1826.
Rodney G., born Dec. 1, 1802 ; married, May 1, 1828, and now lives in Francestown.
Jeremiah S., born Jan. 16, 1805 ; became a physician, and died at Sandusky, Ohio, July 6, 1845 ; marrying, Jan. 1, 1837, Sarah T., daughter of Hon. M. Farwell, of Sandusky, a most estimable woman, who died in 1842, by whom he had four chil- dren, one of whom is the wife of J. M. Osborn, Esq., of Day- ton, Ohio, and another is a soldier in the Army of the Cumber- land.
Jonathan, born March 28, 1807 ; married Nov. 26, 1840, and now resides at Elgin, Min., Wabashaw Co.
Samuel C., born May 6, 1809 ; married June 22, 1837, and resides at St. Louis, Mo.
Sarah Jane A., deaf and mute, born Nov. 12, 1812, and died Sept. 23, 1828, at the Deaf and Dumb Asylum, Hartford, Ct.
Charles, born June 9, 1816 ; married May 27, 1847; now a practising physician in Toledo, Ohio.
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ALEXANDER MCCOLLOM. - With his wife Jennet, Mr. McCol- lom came from Londonderry, Ireland, about the year 1730, and settled in Londonderry, N. H. His children were Alexander, Thomas, Jean, Robert, Archibald, John, Jennet.
Alexander married Elizabeth McMurphy, and settled in this town, on the farm now owned by George Adams, in 1758, more than a mile east of the Presbyterian Church. He was chosen clerk at the first meeting of the town, at Dea. Thomas Coch- ran's house (after its incorporation), March 10, 1763, and held that office without interruption until his death, Jan., 1768. His children were Jennet, Jean, John, Elizabeth, and Alex- ander.
Jennet married Eliphalet Duston, and settled in Francestown, and died in the city of Manchester, at the residence of Dr. L. Farley, July 8, 1854, age 95 years 9 months. She was married at the age of 16, and proved a woman of rare excellences of mind and heart. She reared a family of eight children, two others dying before reaching maturity ; united with the Pres- byterian Church in 1776, then under the charge of Rev. Sol- omon Moor, by whom all her children were baptized, and lived a life in harmony with her sacred profession. Her relation to the church extended through a period of seventy-eight years, while her married life was fifty-nine. She outlived all her chil- dren but three, with one of whom she died, possessed of much of the mental and physical energy of earlier days, and in the glorious hope of immortality.
Jean married Thomas Millen, and settled in Newbury, Vt.
John died 1783, aged 22.
Elizabeth married Zachariah Duston.
Alexander retained the homestead, and in 1784 married Mary, daughter of Robert Patterson, and their children were John, Elizabeth, Robert, Rodney, Alexander, Fanny, Elbridge, Mary, Milton, Haskell, Clarissa, George W., and two that died young. This Alexander McCollom held the office of Selectman several years, and was a very energetic and industrious man. He removed to Mont Vernon in 1820, where he died 1843, aged 77, and his widow died in 1854, at the age of 79. Of their children, John settled in Claremont, and married Betsey Chase, their children being Clarissa and Annis ; he died in 1822, aged 34.
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Elizabeth married John McLane, of Francestown, and their children were Niel, Alexander, John, Charles, Rodney, Mary Isabel, Nancy Jane, George W., Elizabeth, Clara, Sarah, Hellen, Marion, and Robert E.
Robert died in Batavia, N. Y., 1825, aged 35, unmarried. Rodney married Naomi, daughter of the late David Wilson, and their children are : David A., who married Martha, daughter of Levi Cochran; Arabella, who married Foster Allen, and they reside in Manchester, Mass. ; and Mary Rebecca.
Alexander married Mary Goodrich, of Merrimac, and settled as a physician in Pittston, Me., where he now resides.
Fanny resides in Lowell, Mass. ; Elbridge, married Mary Jane, daughter of Hon. Jonathan Harvey, of Sutton, and their children are Elizabeth, Hannah, and Thomas Benton.
Milton married Sophronia Trow, and lived in Mont Vernon, their children being Charles, John, Mary, and Francis ; Milton died in 1852, aged 49; Mary died in 1825, aged 20; Haskel married and lived in Lancaster, Mass., and his chil- dren are Mary, Caroline, George, and Harriet; Clarrisa, married Lemuel Marden, and they reside in New Boston ; George W. married Mary Jane Stephens, of Mont Vernon, and they live in New York city.
ROBERT CAMPBELL. - The Campbells are Scotch-Irish in their origin, and made their first settlement in Townsend, Mass. Robert, the subject of this sketch, was the son of Robert, who died at Townsend Feb. 12, 1792, and married Elizabeth, daughter of James and Mary Waugh ; and this Elizabeth died Dec. 5, 1796, and her father died May 18, 1802, and her mother died 1800. Robert Campbell (the second) was born in Townsend, Mass., June 4, 1742, and died Jan. 18, 1827. He married Elizabeth Waugh, who was born in 1750 and died in 1831. Their marriage transpired Dec. 8, 1767, and they came to New Boston in 1770, and settled on a tract of land in the east part of the town, where his grandson Dan- iel Campbell, Esq., now resides. It was a rough tract of land, but containing rich soil and excellent timber. Their first habi- tation was the rudest structure of round logs, and few and far distant were their neighbors, dark and dense were the forests on every hand, made more dark by frightful beasts of prey ;
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but stout hearts and strong arms soon converted the wilder- ness into a fruitful field. Mr. Campbell's wife was a resolute, christian woman ; and they both resolved to clear the land and build houses for the Lord's sake, and they ever kept their eye upon the interest of religion, as well as civilization, and hal- lowed the Sabbath and sanctified all things with prayer. The war of the Revolution came just when they were beginning to enjoy a little comfort, but they both cordially embraced the cause of the Patriots, and he bared his bosom to the weapons of the Royalist, and she encouraged him in his patriotism, and fearlessly took upon herself the care of the household and the management of the farm. While near Ticonderoga, he was taken prisoner by the Indians, together with James Caldwell and Josiah Warren, stripped of their clothing, and subjected to much suffering; but after some months were exchanged, and came home on a furlough in great destitution, but cheerfully returned to the service again. Mr. Campbell could not toler- ate Tories, and whenever they assembled for treasonable pur- poses, his horse was always fleetest of foot to bear him to their rendezvous, to aid in dispersing them. Mr. Campbell was an honest man, a kind neighbor, as well as a firm patriot, and was often intrusted with business for the town, and took a lively interest in the institutions of religion.
His children were : Daniel, born Oct. 18, 1768, and died Oct. 6, 1795 ; James, born Oct. 15, 1770 ; Thomas, born April 7, 1773, and died Jan. 7, 1852 ; Elizabeth, born April 7, 1775 and died Dec. 4, 1856; Robert, born March 6, 1777 ; John, born March 22, 1779 ; Samuel, born Aug. 27, 1782 ; an infant, April 18, 1784 ; Josiah, born June 3, 1785; David and Jona- than, May 28, 1787 ; Mary Gove, born, June 22, 1789; Sallie, born Sept. 16, 1792.
James went to Hartland, Vt., where he died without chil- dren, having married Sallie Weed Dec., 1795 ; Elizabeth mar- ried Samuel Christie, of Antrim, Dec. 20, 1814, and he died Oct. 25, 1818, and she died at New Boston Dec. 4, 1856, aged 81. Mrs. Christie was a lady of a highly cultivated mind and christian heart, in sympathy with every good cause; the im- press of the Master was clearly seen upon her, and when he called she was ready to go. The influence of her life, and her
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sweet serenity in death, were a wondrous proof of the sancti- fying effect of religion.
Robert was born March 6, 1777, went to Hartland, Vt., mar- ried Huldah Hackett, and died, leaving two daughters : Mary Ann, who became the wife of Samael M. Christie, and Sarah Jane, who became the wife of Reuben R. Dutton, and resided at Hartford, Vt. Mr. Dutton died in 1856.
John was born March 22, 1779, went to Waitsfield, Vt., married Maria Louise Whitney June, 1801, by whom he had nine children, of whom there are now living: Calista, John S., James and Mary Gove. He died March 23, 1852.
Samuel was born Aug. 27, 1782, was many years a school teacher in Boston, and subsequently located on one of the best farms in Mont Vernon ; he married Rebecca Kingsbury, of Dedham, Mass., by whom he has had two children : Eliza- beth M. (deceased) and William Henry.
Josiah was born June 3, 1785, went to Waitsfield, Vt., and married Abagail Cary Jan., 1813, by whom he had five chil- dren : Robert, Benjamin, Rebecca C., Annis C., Josiah, and Hannah A.
David and Jonathan were born May 28, 1787. David died Oct. 6, 1795, and Jonathan went to Hartland, Vt., and married Elizabeth Wilson Dec., 1812, by whom he had three children, now all dead. He died May 15, 1819.
Mary Gove was born June 22, 1789, and died, unmarried, June 23, 1840.
Sallie was born Sept. 16, 1792, and became the wife of John McIntire, of Goffstown in 1822, and had one child that died young. Mr. McIntire died May 20, 1840, and she became the wife of Dea. John French, of Bedford, Aug., 1844, and died May 25, 1861, and she now resides in Goffstown.
THOMAS CAMPBELL. - He was son of Robert, born March 6, 1777, inherited the homestead, and married, Oct. 3, 1799, Ann, daughter of William Clark, Esq., and died Jan. 7, 1852, and she died Aug. 25, 1857. Mr. Campbell was an excellent citi- zen, and exemplary in the various walks of life, while his wife was an energetic, industrious, high-minded christian lady, adorning the domestic life by many virtues, and, amid all her cares, not forgetting her obligations to God. The largest hos-
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pitality in her house was always enjoyed, and the sick and needy ever found in her a friend and helper. She filled a large place in the family and neighborhood.
Their children were : Annis, born July 9, 1802 ; Daniel, born April 16, 1804 ; Eliza Ann, born Sept. 5, 1807, and died March 23, 1808 ; William C., born Sept. 16, 1810, and Eliza- beth L., born April 13, 1816.
Annis married Leonard C. French, Jr., Esq., June 1, 1831, and they live in Bedford, their children being : Clinton, born October 24, 1832; Elmira T., born May 1, 1835, and became the wife of Thomas R. Cochran, of New Boston, January 1, 1863 ; William C., born December 18, 1838 ; and Robert C., born January 2, 1845.
Daniel married Sabrina R., daughter of John Moor, and granddaughter of Rev. Solomon Moor, November 6, 1834, who died February 11, 1846, aged 38, by whom he had five chil- dren ; Clark, born March 17, 1836, and married November 27, 1862, Ann Perkins, of Mont Vernon, where they now reside ; Alfred M., born May 14, 1838 ; John, born May 1, 1840, and died November 17, 1840 ; John and Sabrina, born February 11, 1846, the latter dying April 18, 1846.
Mr. Campbell married, for his second wife, December 2, 1847, Matilda Moor, and they have two children : Hamilton M., born August 29, 1848, and Mary Ann, born March 27, 1851.
William C. went to Conway, Mass., in 1838, and is engaged in mercantile business ; he married Emma Ames, and they have six children : Almira F., Elizabeth, Emma, Mary Ann, Jesse, and William F.
Elizabeth L. married Luther McCutchin, and they live in New London, having two children : Robert Sherman and Ann Elizabeth.
JOSIAH WARREN. - He came from Chelmsford, Mass., son of Ephraim, who married Esther Parker, and this Ephraim seems to have been the son of Joseph, who married Ruth Wheeler March 11, 1696, and died September 30, 1769, while Ephraim seems to have died at Townsend, Mass., about the year 1784, in his eighty-first year. Josiah Warren came to New Boston from Chelmsford, Mass., about the same time as Robert Campbell, and settled on a tract of land quite near him, and very similar
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to his, where the late Josiah Warren lived. He married Jane Livingston, sister of the late Lieutenant Robert Livingston, and was a very worthy citizen, a kind neighbor, hospitable to strangers, and a consistent member of the Presbyterian Church. He was a zealous patriot, and was in the army of the Revolution with his friend and neighbor, Robert Campbell, sharing his fate in captivity ; and his wife was worthy of her husband, and of the times in which she lived.
Their children were : Esther, born May 5, 1768, and died aged 86 ; Ephraim, born October 14, 1770 ; Robert, born December 24, 1772, and died March 26, 1857, aged 84 ; Josiah, born Oct. 15, 1774, and died May 5, 1862; Jane, born September 16, 1776 ; Mary, born November 9, 1774 ; Ephraim, born November 2, 1780, and died December 10, aged 69; Sarah, born March 1782 ; Elizabeth, born March 27, 1784 ; Salley, born September 27, 1786 ; and Mary Ann, born December, 1788.
Esther married William Duncan, of Antrim ; Zebiah mar- ried Samuel Christy, son of Dea. Jesse Christy, and lived in Antrim ; Robert married Prudence Butterfield, and lived near his father's, and was a worthy citizen and highly esteemed as a Christian, and his children were: John B., who inherited the homestead, and married Lavinia, daughter of the late David Wilson, having children, Almus, James, George, and Annis P .; Josiah inherited his father's farm, and married Hannah Her- ridon, and their children are : Jonathan, who married Mary Peabody, and lives, in Manchester ; Joseph H., wlio married Adeline Kelso; Josiah, who married Lucinda Worthley, and . lives in Goffstown, his present wife being a McClure ; John D., who married Sophia Jayne, and lives on the homestead ; Jane married Jedediah Tuttle, of Antrim, and was the mother of our worthy townsman, Captain James M. Tuttle ; Mary mar- ried William Livingston, and their children were : Gerry W., Ephraim W., living in Nashua, Mary T., who married Leonard Colburn, having for children William W., a graduate of Dart- mouth and teacher of the high school in the city of Manchester ; Ephraim W. married, and lives in Francestown ; Emma Jane, the wife of Dea. John N. Dodge; and James L., now in the Army of the Cumberland ; and Jane W. (daughter of Mary and Wm. L.), who married Leonard Cutler, of Frankville, Iowa, and John.
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Fphraim (son of Josiah) lived in Goffstown, and was an ex- cellent man, for many years a deacon in the Congregational Church, which office he held at his death, December 10, 1849, aged 69 ; he married Mary Patterson, who died April 8, 1824; their children being William P., who married Mary Gove Campbell, daughter of the late Robert Warren, and she died September 28, 1854, at the age of 40, leaving five children ; Ephraim, Mary Frances, William Christie, Granville Patter- son, and Sarah Jane Patterson.
Jane, who married Cyrus Clough, of Hillsborough, and has three sons living; Robert, who married Mary, daughter of John Fairfield, Esq., of New Boston, by whom he had one son, Frank; his second wife was Martha Butterfield ; Mary, who married Horace Richards, of Goffstown, and died leaving six children : Henry, Mary Annis, George, Ephraim, Edward, and Tyler.
Dea. Ephraim Warren married for his second wife Beulah Mussey, sister of the celebrated Dr. Reuben D. Mussey, by whom he had four children : John M., Esther Duncan, George, who inherits the homestead, and married, June 25, 1863, L. Abbie, daughter of Jeremiah Burnham, of New Boston; and Julia Ann.
JAMES CALDWELL, EsQ. - He was son of James Caldwell, of Londonderry, one of the Proprietors, and settled on a tract of land where Samuel Jones now lives, but subsequently sold, and built on land adjoining the farms of Robert Campbell and Josiah Warren, and these three men lived on terms of great intimacy until death separated them. Their early hardships were similar, and their experience of captivity by the Indians was the same. These three men were captured during the war of the Revolution, near Ticonderoga, and after a captivity of about three months were liberated, by exchange, on the last Wednesday of May, election day in Massachusetts ; and an- nually afterwards they celebrated that event by a feast which they called the Feast of Purim. Alternately at each other's houses the feast was year by year prepared, when the three men, with their wives, breakfasted together, and at dinner all the children and grandchildren were assembled, with such neigh- bors and friends as they chose to invite to partake at tables that
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groaned with smoking meats, pudding, and pies, such as wives of those days prepared to grace the festive board. After the repast they gave themselves up to shooting at targets, pitching of quoits, wrestling, running, and such other sports as were in vogue at that period. And thus these families were strongly bound to each other, living in unbroken friendship, and aiding each in a variety of ways in subduing the forests, in multiply- ing their domestic comforts, and promoting the happiness of the community.
Esquire Caldwell was an energetic man, qualified for trans- acting business, with which he was often entrusted ; he was intelligent beyond many of his contemporaries, and loved to give and receive a joke ; a kind neighbor and a true patriot ; and in Revolutionary times he was a terror to evildoers ; and with his two friends, Campbell and Warren, often made the conclaves of treasonable Tories disperse like chaff before the wind.
Esquire Caldwell's children were Elizabeth, Mary Ann, Solomon Moor, Alexander, Sarah, Jacob, Hannah, and James. Alexander was born February 4, 1773, and settled near his father.
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