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EMILY A. COFRAN, b. Feb. 15, 1838; m., April 4, 1866, George G. Morrison of Allston, Mass. They had one child, Sadie A., wife of Charles Smith, who d. July 3, 1903.
SMITHI W. COFRAN, b. Jan. 15, 1840; m. Marcelina Wanzer, June 2, 1872. Children, Jessie, Jay and Eugene. (See portrait.)
SCOTT M. COFRAN, b. April 16, 1847; m., Aug. 24, 1870, Mary Burgin and has two dau. They reside near Boston, Mass.
(Children of Joseph and Almira Cofran.)
(B. at N.)
AURA ANN COFRAN, b. Sept. 30, 1838; m. Orrin Ford and resided in Boston, where she d. Dec. 25, 1879. He d. Oct. 3, 1892.
JACOB COFRAN d. in childhood.
JAMES COFRAN, m. Lucy Hunt and removed to Providence, R. I., where he d., leaving three sons, Charles, Harry and Fred.
FANNIE L. COFRAN, b. April 23, 1857, left the home after her parents' death and went to reside near Tilton, where she d., the last of the family, July 8, 1903.
(Children of James and Eliza Hall Cofran.)
(B. at N.)
CHARLES CHASE COFRAN, b. March 11, 1841, was drowned at St. Augustine, Fla., June 13, 1862 (see Boys in Blue).
HELEN ELIZA COFRAN, b. June 5, 1843; m., Sept. 7, 1865, Warren Smith Hills of N. (see Hills gen.).
MARY FRANCES COFRAN, b. April 9, 1851, resides in Boston and is a clerk in the postoffice. She has traveled abroad, visiting London, Paris and Dublin, and is one of the Daughters of the American Revo- lution.
FRANK ADINO COFRAN, b. Feb. 11, 1853; m., June 1, 1876, Martha Graham of Peacham, Vt. He was manager of the Twin Mountain House for many years and later of the Fiske House at Whitefield. He was a prominent politician and an elector for New Hampshire in 1888 of the Presidential Convention. He d. at Whitefield, Aug. 15, 1896.
CADUE.
LUTHIER CADUE, b. at St. Almanac, Canada, 1847, Nov. 2; m. Mary Lambert, b. at St. Emma, Canada, Oct. 21, 1842.
They came to N. from Johnson, Vt., in 1886 and resided several years on Summer St. They had five children but two of whom re- . side in N. Mr. Cadue was a soldier in the Civil War (see Boys in Blue). They now reside in Tilton.
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Second Generation.
SELINA MARY CADUE, b. at Johnson, Vt., Sept. 2, 1869; m., Jan. 1, 1889, Otto F. Perthel and they have two children. (See Perthel gen.) LEVI F. CADUE, b. at Johnson, Vt., July 26, 1873; m., Dec. 15, 1897, Ina N. Moore, b. at Tilton, 1877. He is a blacksmith with shop in Tilton and residence in N.
CARR.
. HAZEN CARE came to N. about 1832, as his name then appears first on tax list. He was a native of Sweden and a seafaring man. He was by trade a mason and plasterer. He m. Sally Dolloff of N. and d. at N. April 18, 1840. They had two children and resided in the Daniel Hill house on Bay Hill.
Second Generation. (B. at N.)
NANOY LOUGEE CARE, b. May 6, 1820; m., April 18, 1840, William H. H. Dalton, b. Sept. 21, 1816. They resided in Belmont. He d. there Oct. 27, 1870. She d. in 1882. No children.
CAROLINE PEABODY CARE, b. Nov. 18, 1822; m., Jan. 14, 1840, James F. Kimball, b. at Gilmanton, June 13, 1823. They resided at Belmont, where she d. July 22, 1870. They had six children.
Third Generation.
But one of this family resided in N.
AMORETTA KIMBALL, b. at Belmont March 25, 1847; m., Aug. 24, 1864, John Andre Kimball of N. (See Kimball gen.)
CHAPMAN.
IRVIN W. CHAPMAN, b. at Brooklyn, Conn., April 6, 1853; m., Dec. 24, 1891, Fannie E. Bassett, b. at Brooklyn, Conn., Nov. 28, 1858. Mr. Chapman was employed by James H. Bowditch of Boston during the summers of 1889-'90-'91 as landscape gardener. During the fall of the last-named year he entered the employ of F. B. Shedd at his summer home in N. as foreman and farmer. They have three children, Leroy M., b. 1893; Paul W., b. 1895; and Linwood P., b. 1897.
CHAMBERLAIN.
REV. JOHN CHAMBERLAIN Was b. in Loudon. (See Ministers of N. with portrait.)
Second Generation.
MARY CAROLINE CHAMBERLAIN, b. at N. Oct. 4, 1854; m. Harry Aldrich and resides at Cambridge, Mass. He is commercial traveler for Hano-
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ver Cracker Company. They have two sons, Harry and Lucius. The former, a graduate of Harvard College, is employed at Boston Public Library. The latter is now a student of Harvard College. ·
CHARLES JUDSON CHAMBERLAIN, b. at Canterbury Jan. 12, 1855; m., Dec. 24, 1898, Etta Heath of Canterbury. He resides at Hoosic Driving Park club house as manager. He was for many years a farmer and breeder of horses at Oak Hill. He served as a selectman of the town and member of its board of education. He was census enumerator for the town of Stark in 1880 and the town of N. for 1890. Mrs. Chamber- lain was for many years a faithful and popular teacher in the schools of N. and elsewhere.
NELLY B. CHAMBERLAIN, b. Oct. 15, 1867, at Franklin Falls; m. William Darrah of Bedford. They reside at Readville, Mass., and have five children. Henry is a proprietor of a milk route at Manchester; Ella is a teacher at Monson, Mass .; Frank is employed by the golf club at Readville, Mass .; Arthur is a hardware dealer, and Ruth is still in the home.
COGSWELL.
. WILLIAM MCCHILLIS COGSWELL was b. at Canterbury, July 31, 1842, and came to N. in 1888. He located on Howard Ave. and built one of the first houses there. He is a carpenter and builder. He m. Nov. 24, 1869, Alice Kelley of Milwaukee, Wis., and they have two children. He has served the town as one of its board of selectmen and was active in laying out Emery and widening Bay Street, and in constructing the sewer.
Second Generation.
WARNER BADGER COGSWELL, b. at Canterbury Sept. 1, 1871; m., May 8, 1895, Cora Tucker of Ashland, where they reside, and he conducts a prosperous store.
ALIDA MAY COGSWELL, b. at Canterbury May 2, 1873; m., May 2, 1894, Charles L. True of Tilton. (See True gen.)
CHASE I.
THOMAS CHASE was a descendant of Aquilla, one of four brothers who came to America from England in 1630. He came from Newbury to N. when young. He married Elizabeth, only daughter of Capt. Edward Blanchard, in 1797. (See Blanchard gen.) Mr. Chase was intending to locate in Canada, but Mr. Blanchard gave him a large tract of land as an inducement for him to settle in N. Trees were felled in the un- broken forest, a home and barns were built and he became a prosperous farmer. He added to the original farm till he possessed at least 400 acres with many outlaying tracts. He was a man of great energy and
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perseverance and became one of the wealthiest men in N. He was & religious man and a Freewill Baptist in belief.
. The original home was burned and a new one erected a little further north, where S. B. Chase now resides. Daniel Huse and his son-in-law, Morrill Moore, lived there many years. Mr. Chase d. June 25, 1849, from injuries received in falling from a loaded wagon. She d. May 11, 1871, aged 90 years.
Two of his three sons settled on the home farm several years before his death.
Second Generation. (B. at N.)
EDWARD CHASE, m. (first) Clara Brown (see Brown gen.), and resided at Lake Village and later in Meredith, where he had fulling and grain mills. They had a dau. Clara, who d. at 19. He m. (second) Hannah Blake of Meredith and had two children, Thomas, who was an extensive mine owner in Utah, where he d., and John, a druggist at Laconia. He m. (third) Mary Piper of Sanbornton. They resided first at Meredith, then at Sanbornton Bridge, where both d., he on March 4, 1863. She then m. William Pitts Whidden. (See Whidden gen.)
JOHN B. CHASE m. Feb. 21, 1830, Mary Jane Ayers of Canterbury, He was a farmer on a part of the home farm. They had three children. He d. April 10, 1844; she d. June 27, 1850.
ALMIRA CHASE, m. Richard Smith of Hopkinton and had six children. AZUBA CHASE, m., 1825, Asa Burleigh of Boscawen. She resided mostly in Thornton. They had ten children.
HARRIET CHASE, b. July 6, 1807; m. Harrison Brown of N. (See Brown gen.)
THOMAS CHASE, JR., b. Sept. 10, 1810; m., March 12, 1837, Mary Butler Brown, b. 1816. (See Brown gen.) He built the brick house now owned by William C. French, and resided there until 1854. Mr. Chase was a contractor and builder of several miles of the Boston, Concord & Montreal Railroad. Later he built a fine residence on Arch Hill, which was burned the following year and rebuilt in 1856. Mr. Chase spent much of his time in the West and d. at Casa Grande, Ariz., March 3, 1881. They had four children. She d. April 12, 1876. The Forrest family historian speaks of her as "scholarly, unselfish, refined, lovely to look upon, and of remarkable spirit and vivacity."
ANN CHASE, m. (first), (pub.) Jan. 11, 1835, Jesse Hancock (see Han- cock gen.), and had two children. He d. in 1841, March 4. She m. (second) Jonathan Scribner of Salisbury, 1843. (See Scribner gen.)
Third Generation. (Children of John and Eliza Ayers Chase.)
ELIZA CHASE went, after her parents' death, with her brother and sister to reside at Sanbornton Bridge. She was a student at the New Hampshire Conference Seminary. She d. of typhoid fever at 19.
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MARY CHASE, m. Rev. Charles Smith, a Baptist clergyman, and re- sided at Wolfeborough at the time of her death. . They had three chil- dren.
CHARLES CHASE d. at Haverhill, Mass.
(Children of Thomas and Mary Brown Chase.)
LAURA BROWN CHASE, b. Dec. 26, 1837; m., Jan. 8, 1862, William F. Jones of Durham, b. June 5, 1818.
Mr. Jones was an extensive farmer and politician, holding many offices in town and state. He d. Feb. 3, 1898. They had two dau., Mrs. Mary Cutter of Fall River, Mass., and Mrs. Elizabeth Fowler of Jamaica Plain, Mass. The latter has a son, Harrison Fowler, Jr.
LIZZIE A. CHASE, b. Oct. 11, 1840, graduated from New Hampshire Conference Seminary, class of 1859. She was a teacher many years in Melrose, Mass., Durham and Union graded school at N. She m. June 28, 1880, Joseph Hill of Tilton, b. at Mont Vernon, June 16, 1834. He d. at N. April 18, 1890. (See Hill gen.) .
MARY ELLA CHASE, b. Oct. 1, 1851; m., Aug., 1870, George W. Balcom. (See Balcom gen.)
FRANK BUTLER CHASE, b. Aug., 1853; d. Sept., 1854.
CHASE II.
STEPHEN CHASE was the foremost man in N. in its early history. In 1798 he erected a fulling mill, where the Granite Mill now stands. There was but a single cotton mill in the state when, in 1816, he bought the old cotton-mill erected by Mr. Cushing in 1814. The cotton was sent up in 100 Ib. bags and sent out into the farmers' families to have the seeds removed, as there were no cotton gins, at 4 or 5 cents a pound. He bought all the river front from the old brick yard to the land used for the first seminary, extending well up to Bay Hill. The brick church, Arch Hill and the homestead of Hon. Asa P. Cate were included. His son Benjamin, on arriving at manhood, was associated with him and put in a carding machine. A fulling mill with carding machine was later built close by the bridge where the optical works now stand. This, later run by Moses Morrill, was burned, and a grist mill took its place. Mr. Chase also kept a tavern at the house still standing at the north entrance to Bay Street. The deeds to the farms taken by many of the early settlers in this part of the town bear the name of Stephen Chase.
Bradstreet Moody had a dam across the river from the Chase mill and an oil mill and other buildings, Stephen Chase went further up the river on his own land and cut a canal down to his fulling mill (now Granite Mill). Mr. Moody, feeling aggrieved, commenced a suit for flowage damage. Mr. Goodwin, in an article in the Merrimack Journal, says Chase was a good fighter and so was Moody. The case went, after years of expensive strife, against Moody, forming one of
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the disasters which clouded a promising career. After the death of Mr. Chase, his son Benjamin carried on the business until his removal to Lowell, when it became the property of Archibald 8. Clark, whose wife was Priscilla Chase. In 1820 Mr. Clark sold out to Jeremiah Til- ton. (See Tilton gen.)
Mr. Chase m. Mrs. Abagail Ambrose, whose maiden name was Gilman. She d. Nov. 13, 1833. He d. April 21, 1817. He was a man respected and honored and represented the town in the Legislatures in 1803-'04- '08-409.
Second Generation.
(B. at N.) .
MEHITABLE CHASE, b. April 7, 1795; m., May 1, 1817, Elder Joseph Clough of Canterbury, b. there Feb. 1, 1795. They had 12 children, three of whom d. in infancy. But three survive, Obadiah, a literary man of New York City, and Albert and Mary in the home that has never changed ownership. During a temporary sojourn of Mr. and Mrs. Clough in N. a son, Lucien B., was b. (See portrait and sketch.)
PRISCILLA GILMAN CHASE, b. Aug. 6, 1796; m., Sept. 9, 1819, Archibald S. Clark of N., b. at Dunbarton April 21, 1796. She d. at N. May 11, 1871. He d. May 2, 1877. Had six children. (See Clark gen.)
BENJAMIN AMBROSE CHASE, b. April 3, 1798; m., June 21, 1820, Hannah Hall, b. at Canterbury. He succeeded to his father's business. He rop- resented the town in 1831-'32. He removed to Lowell in 1840, where he was a manufacturer. They had two children.
ABAGAIL WOODMAN CHASE, b. Dec. 5, 1799; m., Dec. 26, 1823, Alvah McQuesten, b. at Plymouth March 3, 1797, where they afterward resided. They had six children, Relief Judith, Abby Chase, Alvah Aretas, Benja- min Chase and Garaphelia.
MYRA CHASE, b. Dec. 14, 1801; m. Greenough McQuesten and resided at N., Fisherville and Concord. He was for many years a bookkeeper for Concord Railroad shops. (See McQuesten gen.)
JOHN LANGDON CHASE, b. Dec. 29, 1803. He m. and had a family. Re- moved to Illinois.
Third Generation.
(Children of Benjamin and Hannah Hall Chase.)
PRISCILLA CLARK CHASE, b. Jan. 14, 1825; m., Feb. 19, 1851, B. F. Cofran, b. at N. (See Cofran gen.)
CHARLES GREENOUGH CHASE, b. July 5, 1827 (see portrait and sketch).
CHASE III.
HON. FRANCIS R. CHASE was b. in Gilmanton in 1818, the son of Jona- than and Fanny Moody Chase. He m. Dec. 19, 1843, Huldah Perley Fessenden of Fryeburg, Me. They had five children. Mr. Chase read law in the office of Judge Dana of Fryeburg, Me., and first practiced
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law in Conway. He removed from the latter place to N. in 1866, and bought the Joseph Peabody house on Bay Street and d. there 10 years later. He represented the town in the Legislature of 1872 and was active in the establishment of the New Hampshire Agricultural College at Durham. He had previously been a member from Conway and was speaker of the house in 1854.
Second Generation.
ALLAN JASPER CHASE, b. at Conway in 1844, Dec. 3; m., 1868, Emma Loring and resides in Malden, Mass., and is one of the firm of Chase, Parker & Co., heavy hardware and carriage supplies, Boston, Mass. He never lived in N.
ANNA TAYLOR CHASE, b. at Conway May 20, 1849; m. Henry Augustus Bush and resides at 97 Cedar Park, Melrose, Mass. She was a gradu- ate of New Hampshire Conference Seminary and Female College, class of 1870. She has been for a long time interested in the work of Woman's Clubs and is president of the New Hampshire Daughters' Club of Boston and vice-president of the Massachusetts Federation of Woman's Clubs and one of the trustees of the Melrose Public Library. Mr. Bush is senior warden of Melrose parish. Both are active in church work.
LAURA ELIZABETH CHASE, b. at Conway Aug 16, 1851; was also a grad- uate of New Hampshire Conference Seminary and Female College, class of 1871; now a resident of Cedar Park, Melrose, Mass.
JONATHAN TAYLOR CHASE, b. 1854; m., in 1881, Sophie Cram, who d. in 1882. He m. (second) Laura Price. He resides at 24 Cedar Park, Melrose, and is also of the firm of Chase, Parker & Co.
ADALINE FOLSOM CHASE, b. 1859; now resides with her sister at 97 Cedar Park, Melrose.
CHASE IV.
JOSEPHI CHASE was b. at Deerfield May 8, 1834; m., Nov. 24, 1853, Ann Dearborn Chase of Deerfield. He was a shoemaker and farmer until his removal to N. in 1896. He is now employed as janitor at Union graded school. They have three sons and a dau.
Second Generation. (B. at Deerfield.)
GEORGE F. CHASE, b. May 21, 1855; m., Dec. 29, 1883, Nellie Susan Morrison of N. After a few years' residence on Park Street and later on the Hills farm, they removed to their present location, her early home, where with fine buildings and up-to-date surroundings they are general farmers with summer boarders, dairying and fruit raising for specialties.
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J. LAROT CHASE, b. March 30, 1357; was employed at Lord Bron' Optleal Works. He d. July 31, 1889.
ALOSZO W. CHasz, b. May 13, 1859; resides with his parents on Vise Street and is foreman of finishing room at Blix Mills Woolen Ca.
LUTHER H. CHASE, b. June 3, 1861; resides in Deerfield and is a farmer and blacksmith.
ELIZABETH D. CHASE, b. Aug 20, 1863; m., April 26, 1886. Robert Huskins of Plaistow. He is a stationary engineer. They have three children, Warren C., Gladys A. and Florence E, twins
CHASE V.
FRASKLIS BROWSE CHASZ, b. at Hopkinton Dee. 9, 1844; m., Nov. 13, 1887, Anna Abbott Rannells, b. at Concord, May 1, 1844. They realded at Contoocook 12 years previous to coming to the Clark Road, Tilton Highlands, where they lived 14 years. They came to the Timothy Hill place, N., in 1902. He was a teacher in his youth and is still a sur- veyor and farmer, a good story teller and won renown as color bearer in the famous "troop of horse" on N.'s Centennial Day.
Second Generation.
SAMUEL AMBROSE CHASZ, b. at Contoocook Feb. 1, 1872; d. there Dec. 6, 1877.
REGINALD ALBERTINE CHASE, b. at Franklin Feb. 12, 1883; m., March 2, 1904, Ethel Florence Hamilton, b. at Wolfeborough Nov. 4. 1883. He resides at N. and is employed at the Tilton Optical Co. manufactory.
CHASE VI.
SAMUEL B. CHASE came to N. from Franklin in 1903, having pur- chased the farm of the late Morrill Moore. They are chiefly occupied with dairying and have a choice herd of registered Jerseys. They havs five children. Mr. Chase m. (second) Emma Randall of Canterbury.
Second Generation.
HARRY CHASE resides at Concord, where he is employed as a machinist.
GRACE CHASE is a teacher in Franklin.
ELLA, MARION and NED, children of the second wife, remain in the home.
CILLEY.
JOHN CILLEY came to N. from Nottingham. His wife was Hannab Elliot, b. there March 4, 1768. She d. in N. in 1852. He was the son of Cutting Cilley, who came to spend his last years at his son's home
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on Bean Hill. They had 14 children, all but one b. in Nottingham. The original home disappeared long ago and the one now occupied by Frank Robertson was the family dwelling place until the erection of the new buildings of Hiram Cilley. He was an officer in the state militia. Mother Cilley, in spite of her strenuous life, lived to be 90 years of age, dying Oct. 10, 1853. He was a noted horse trainer. This farm is now owned by Andrew Shirley.
Second Generation.
POLLY CILLEY, m. late in life Jacob Webber and removed to Starks- borough, where they kept hotel many years. Mr. Webber had a son David by a former marriage, who m. Emily Abbot, a neighbor, and removed with his father.
JOSEPH CILLEY.
MARTHA CILLEY, m. March 13, 1812, Jesse Rogers of N. and had a family of seven. (See Rogers gen.)
JOHN CILLEY, b. Sept. 14, 1814; m., Jan. 7, 1835, Betsey, dau. of Daniel Hills, b. May 26, 1814, and removed to Columbia and had six children. Mr. Cilley's boyhood encounter with a black bear on Bean Hill is told elsewhere.
ABNER CILLEY and another brother removed to Northwood.
LYDIA CILLEY.
JONATHAN E. CILLEY m. May, 1826, Eliza Taylor of Sanbornton, He was a dealer in meat and live stock in Massachusetts. They both d. in New Hampton. He had a son Dr. O. G. Cilley of Cambridge Street, Boston, Mass.
SOPHRONIA CILLEY.
NAOMI CILLEY m. Joseph Currier of Belmont.
DANIEL CILLEY removed to Maine when a young man.
WILLIAM P. CILLEY.
JAMES CILLEY inherited a part of the homestead and erected new buildings, but sold.later to Hiram. He m. May 10, 1827, Irene Rand of N. He removed to Boston, where she d. Nov. 7, 1852.
HIRAM CILLEY m., Jan. 28, 1830, Nancy (Ann) Greenough Kimball of Canterbury, b. Dec. 10, 1813. He was many years an up-to-date farmer with good stock and ample means. Later in life he purchased the brick ( house erected by S. B. Rogers by the town house, now owned by J. E. Smith, and d. there Oct. 15, 1877. She survived until Dec. 8, 1888. They had two sons and two dau.
Third Generation. (Children of John and Betsey Hill Cilley.) (B. at Columbia.)
MARY ANN CILLEY, b. Sept. 14, 1814; m., Jan. 7, 1835, Barker Hills of N. (See Hills gen.)
SARAH JANE CILLEY, b. Feb. 6, 1838; m. Jacob Sanborn of Franklin and had eight children.
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SUSAN CILLEY, LYDIA and HANNAH, I have no record of. JOHN CHLLET, b. at N. May 9, 1883; m., Oct. 28, 1855, Maria Hibbard, b. Sept. 20, 1833, and d. at Columbia May 3, 1897. They had four can- dren b. in Columbia and now living there.
(Children of Hiram and Ann Kimball Cilley.) (B. at N.)
JEREMIAH KIMBALL CILLEY, b. Dec. 12, 1831. He has a son Leon H., proprietor of the Maplewood House, Bethlehem.
CORA HALL CILLEY, b. Aug. 1, 1834; m., Jan. 2, 1853, Marcus Lawrence and resided at Plymouth. They had one son, Willie Lawrence. She d. at N. Jan. 9, 1871.
HENRY CILLEY, b. at N. May 2, 1839; m. Ellen Wilder of Leominster, Mass., and resided some years in Boston, where he was a gas manufac- turer. Later was engaged in immense engineering operations in the construction of railroads in South America. The story of his successes and undertaking is simply marvelous, including the invention of a submarine torpedo boat and a new quality of ammunition; and a serice of dangerous missions under government contract, which won him the title of colonel and large wealth. In 1865 he returned to his native · town, bought and renovated the home of B. A. Rogers, and intended to quietly pass his remaining years there, but the excitement of great enterprises Jured him again to busy life, and he returned to Chili only to encounter civil war, treachery, colossal schemes abandoned by fall- ure of existing government to fulfil pledges, sickness and the death of Colonel Meiggs, his partner. He d. at Lima, Peru, of a severe con- gestion of the brain, 1877.
They had two sons, one now a teacher in Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He sold his N. home in 1871 to Daniel W. Beckler of Bos- ton. (See Beckler gen.)
SARAH FRANCES CILLEY, b. April 25, 1851; m., Jan. 17, 1872, Charles F. Hills of N. (See Hills gen.)
CLISBY.
JOSEPH CLISBY, b. at West Concord in 1802; came to N. in 1826. He had lived with Hon. Richard Bradley seven years and then served an apprenticeship at the blacksmith's trade four years and four months. He says: "My last schooling was under Judge George W. Nesmith in the old schoolhouse at North State Street, Concord." M., 1828, Sally Hill (see Hill gen.) and bought place of Simeon Cate, who moved nearer the village. He repaired the house and built a blacksmith shop and continued business until 1863, when compelled by ill health to abandon it. His father, Joseph, a soldier of the Revolutionary War and a pensioner, with his wife, came to live and die with them. He d. in 1855, and she d. Feb. 12, 1855.
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Mr. Clisby had a great memory and kept a record of current events for many years, some of which have been.of great service in the com- pilation of these pages. She d. Nov. 15, 1883. He d. June 24, 1894, aged nearly 92.
Second Generation.
MANDANA CLISBY, b. at N. March 4, 1830; m., Oct. 30, 1851, Pascal Jacques of Sanbornton and went to his father's to reside. She was musical and long sang in church choirs. After the death of her hus- band she removed to Tilton, where she d., the last survivor of her family. They had a dau., Carrie Ida, who d. in girlhood, June 24, 1890. Mrs. Jacques d. Dec. 24, 1902.
MARIA D. CLISBY was b. at N. Nov. 13, 1836; m., Oct. 19, 1859, Walter Sanborn of Sanbornton. She was a faithful teacher at Laconia and elsewhere for several years. She d. May 25, 1877.
SARAHI CORSER CLISBY, b. at N. Sept. 16, 1839; m., July 12, 1864, Rich- ard D. Goodwin of Boston, Mass., where she was a fine choir singer for several years. They had a son Harry, now a professor of Boston School of Technology, and a dau. Florence. Mrs. Goodwin d. in Boston March 30, 1876.
CLARA ANN CLISBY, b. at N. Aug. 8, 1843; m., Sept. 13, 1864, Oscar P. Sanborn. (See Sanborn gen.)
CLARK I.
FRED N. CLARK came to N. from Warren, Oct. 3, 1892. He was b. at Vineland, N. J., Sept. 19, 1870. He m., on his 25th birthday, 1895, Emma J., dau. of Myron and Philena Houghton Southwick, b. at Bombay, N. Y., Dec. 24, 1874. He is assistant postmaster at the Tilton and Northfield office. They reside on Vine St. and have one dau., Vera Rose, b. Jan. 21, 1903.
CLARK II.
WILLIAM B: CLARK, b. at Ossipee, April 19, 1824, was a son of Rev. Mahew Clark, who conducted the religious services at the raising of the old meeting-house. He m. (first), July 4, 1844, Mary H. D. Clark, b. Nov. 25, 1825, in Sanbornton, and had two children. She d. Sept., 1853. He m., 1853, Eliza A. Wilson, b. at Bridgewater, Vt., 1825, and had two children. He m. (third) Arianna Hoyt of Candia, b. 1828. They came to N. Oct. 8, 1878, and purchased the farm of Morrill Moore at the foot of Bean Hill and with a choice herd of Jersey cows made gilt-edged butter for wealthy families in Boston. He has since been known as "Butter Clark." Mrs. Clark d. here, March 6, 1900. He m. (fourth), in 1900, Mrs Betsey J. Buswell, b. at Meredith, Nov. 14, 1832. He removed to East Tilton, where they now reside.
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