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HISTORY OF NORTHFIELD.
Second Generation. (Children of William and Mary Clark.)
LUCY ANN CLARK, b. at Sanbornton, Jan. 12, 1847; m. William W. Marston of Vermont. They now reside at Fitchburg, Mass.
WILLIAM TAYLOR CLARK, b. at Manchester, Sept. 18, 1850; m. Rosa Bell Waldron. He was a carpenter but resided with his father on the farm in N. He is now of East Norton, Mass.
(Children of William and Eliza Wilson Clark.)
OSCAR WALTER CLARK, b. at Manchester, 1857; d. at Stoddard, 1862. ANNA ELIZA CLARK, b. at Stoddard, 1864; d. at N., Oct. 28, 1882.
CLARK III.
DR. ALEXANDER TRACY CLARK, son of John, b. at Londonderry, July 8, 1769; m. Sarah Stinson of Dunbarton, b. 1778. They came to N. about 1802 and he practised his profession.
He was a student of Dr. Ebenezer Lerned of Hopkinton. He erected a two-story house on the site of Elmer Gale's newly-erected home. Years later it was moved across the river. He was a fine physician and a fellow of the New Hampshire Medical Society in 1816. They had six children. An unfortunate controversy with a neighbor led to his un- timely death by poison, March 11, 1821. He was a representative in 1815-'16.
Second Generation.
ARCHIBALD STINSON CLARK, b. at Dunbarton, April 21, 1796; m. Pris- cilla Gilman Chase, Sept. 9, 1819. He was first a clerk In Aaron Woodman's store at the Centre and in 1818 began trade for himself where the town hall, Tilton, now stands. He was burned out here in 1828 and again in 1838. After 1838 they resided in N., where she d. May 11, 1871. He was in business over 40 years and d. May 2, 1877. They were the parents of nine children, two of whom d. in childhood. He was clerk of the town and represented it in the Legislature of 1843-'44. He was also postmaster at Sanbornton Bridge.
DR. JOHN CLARK, b. at Dunbarton, Feb. 13, 1798, read medicine with his father and graduated at Dartmouth College in 1823 and practised in Sutton. M., June 3, 1823, Abagail H. B. Taylor of N. He d. Nov. 29, 1831, and she, Oct. 23, 1836. They had four children. Sarah A. m. Joseph W. Kimball. Nathan T. lived in California and owned quick- silver mines. Helen L. m. Walter Ingalls of Sanbornton.
NANCY CLARK, b. June 17, 1801; d. in Nashua, Oct. 12, 1877, unmarried. THOMAS JEFFERSON CLARK, b. at N. in 1803; m., Dec., 1826, Abagail M. Thomas and resided in N., where he d., May, 1827. She d. at Rox- bury, Mass., 1848.
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DANIEL ATKINSON CLARK, b. Jan., 1813; studied law with Judge Nesmith of Franklin. He was a teacher in Alabama and a lawyer at Louisburg, Ark., where he d.
Third Generation. (Children of Archibald and Priscilla Chase Clark.)
CARLOS DE ONIS CLARK, b. Nov. 12, 1821, in Sanbornton; m. Rhoda Flanders of Warner. He was a clerk in Sutton, New London and San- bornton Bridge, where he d., Jan. 3, 1861, perishing in a snow storm on Arch Hill. He was clerk of the town several years and the sixth to hold the office of postmaster at Sanbornton Bridge. Mrs. Clark d. March 26, 1887, aged 73.
VALERIA McQUESTEN CLARK, b. at Sanbornton, March 8, 1824; m., Jan. 16, 1845, Horace Brown of Sanbornton. He traded at Clark's Corner. Later he kept hotels in Haverhill and Boston, Mass., and then engaged in the lumber trade in western New York.
He is supposed to have perished in a storm on the lakes.
They had two children, Ella Archie and George Henry. The former was for many years a popular teacher. She m., Jan. 21, 1875, Jeremiah L. Fogg of Manchester, where they reside. A son, Harry, aged was killed by falling from a moving team. A dau., Mrs. Edith Hodgkins, survives.
- The latter, Dr. George Brown, after his graduation became the successor of Dr. Wight of Gilmanton. He was a skilful practitioner, a valuable officer of the town and twice served it in the Legislature. He d., -, 1904, leaving one son. His aged mother survives.
AUGUSTUS BLODGETT CLARK, b. at Sanbornton, Aug. 1, 1834, was edu- cated at New Hampshire Conference Seminary and Dartmouth College. He studied law with Judge George W. Nesmith of Franklin and at Low- ell. He served in the Civil War (see Boys in Blue) and returned and practised law in New York City. He m. Anna Swartout of New York.
THOMAS BENTON CLARK, b. at Sanbornton, March 23, 1838, served in the Civil War (see Boys in Blue). He was employed at the woolen mills as a spinner and was found drowned in the Winnipiseogee River Aug. 11, 1872.
OTIS STORY CLARK, b. at N., June 28, 1840. He studied dentistry in New York and practised in Richmond. He was engaged later in the sewing machine business in Boston, Mass.
ELECTA W., d. at six years of age.
GEORGE HENRY CLARK, b. at N., Dec. 2, 1828, was an iron merchant on Broadway, New York. He resides in Brooklyn and m., April 25, 1855, Mary E. Pierce of Lawrence, Mass., and had four children.
ELECTA ABBY CLARKE, b. in Sanbornton, May 11, 1832; d. in N., Nov. 22, 1865.
CLARK IV.
JAMES M. CLARK, b. at Dorchester in 1794; m., March 10, 1813, Hannah Weeks of Sanbornton, b. Sept., 1784. He was first taxed in N. in 1836.
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He established his home on the highest available point on Bean Hill. He was a cooper by trade. He d. July 7, 1862, she, Nov. 12, 1870. They had one son.
Second Generation.
JOSEPH C. CLARK, b. at N., 1819; m. (first), Dec. 21, 1841, Julia Veasey and had two sons, Charles and Lyman, who removed to the West. She d. July 8, 1844. He m. (second) Caroline G. Rines, who d. March 14, 1899. He d. 23 years previous. He also was a cooper and was always called "Jo Noggin."
CLIFFORD.
TRISTRAM R. CLIFFORD resided at East N. across the road from the head of Chestnut Pond. He was a farmer and was first taxed in 1835. He built the house, which was later removed and is now the residence of Gawn E. Gorrell. The land became the property of James N. Forrest. They removed to East Tilton, where both d. at a ripe old age. His mother d. at his home in N. at 91 years of age, June 28, 1858. His father, William Clifford, d. 18 years previous. This was the home of the Allison family.
CLOUGH.
PHILIP, oldest child of Obadiah and Sarah Clough, was one of the first settlers in the north-fields of Canterbury. He was b. in Canter- bury, Sept. 15, 1779. He was a brother of Jeremiah, Obadiah, Joseph and Thomas.
He m. Nancy M. Glidden, dau. of Esquire Charles, March 12, 1807, who received as her marriage portion a large tract of land bordering on the river, extending from the home of Colonel Cate to the Colony and including a mill where the Elm Mills now stand.
An old house nearby had to be removed, as the railroad track passed directly underneath it. Mr. Clough used to run the mill but sold before his death in part to Nathaniel Holmes, who in turn sold to the "Water Power Co.," the railroad and the seminary. Mr. Clough's wife was an Osgoodite and meetings of that sect were often held at his house. He d. in Sanbornton Sept. 10, 1823, and was buried at Franklin. NANCY M. (GLIDDEN ) CLOUGH Was b. May 25, 1785; d. July 29, 1841.
Second Generation.
ABNER, b. Dec. 21, 1807; d. April 12, 1853; m. Olive Lefever, March 4, 1838.
MARY A., b. May 23, 1809; m. Jesse Young, May 10, 1835.
CHARLES G., b. Sept. 15, 1811; d. Sept. 1, 1836.
EMILY C., b. April 6, 1813; d. Dec. 3, 1867; m. Allan Strong, July 5, 1845.
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SARAH E., b. Sept. 4, 1815; m. Jacob Hurd, April 11, 1837.
ALICE G., b. Sept. 28, 1820; d. June 18, 1887; m. Dr. Camillus Hall; Nov. 22, 1838.
CLOUGH II.
SAMUEL CLOUGH, b. at Salisbury, Mass., April 24, 1714; m. Sarah Dow, b. Feb., 1708. She d. at Gilmanton. He d. at N. Nov. 22, 1778. They had seven children.
Second Generation.
JONATHAN CLOUGH, b. at Salisbury, Mass., June 6, 1750, resided there in 1795, as he was collector of taxes for the "West Parish" that year and left soon after to settle near his brother, who had previously moved to Gilmanton. He spent the night on his way at Bay Hill and, learning that the farm of Nathaniel Whitcher, where he was stopping, was for sale, bought it. His wife was Martha True of Salisbury, Mass., b. Feb. 20, 1752, and they had two sons and two dau. She d. Sept. 9, 1825. Another brother went to Alton.
Third Generation. (All b. in Salisbury.)
SAMUEL CLOUGH, b. Nov. 8, 1778; m. Jane Perry Whicher, who was b. Feb. 6, 1787, and d. Aug. 12, 1818. They had four children. He m. (second), Dec. 31, 1818, Nancy Mathes of Canterbury, b. May 29, 1787, and had five children. He purchased the farm of Daniel Hills at his death in 1816 and this, with other land secured from time to time, constituted an extensive farm. He d. Sept. 28, 1848. She d. Feb. 3, 1874.
SALLY CLOUGH, b. Feb. 12, 1781; d. Feb. 9, 1783.
SARAH CLOUGH, b. April 27, 1784; m., Jan. 28, 1813, Ebenezer E. Dar- ling, and removed to Bristol in 1835. They had one child, Jonathan C., who d. Sept. 9, 1864. Mrs. Darling d. June 9, 1820. He d. April 5, 1875. JONATHAN CLOUGH, b. March 8, 1790; m. (first), Nov. 21, 1811, Nancy Gilman, b. Jan. 30, 1791, and d. May 14, 1821. He inherited his father's farm, where he spent the remainder of his life, a faithful member of the Methodist Church. They had four children. He m. (second), Jan. 4, 1822, Sophia Woodbury of N. and had five children. He d. July 6, 1850. She d. May 11, 1877.
Fourth Generation. (Children of Samuel and Jane Whicher Clough.)
ALMIRA CLOUGH, b. May 2, 1808, went West and d. in the family of her cousin, Emily Wheeler, unmarried.
JOHN LANGDON CLOUGH, b. June 24, 1810, went to Wilmar, Minn., and d. suddenly while returning from dining with a neighbor, Nov. 14, 1893.
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MARTHA JANE CLOUGH, b. Jan. 3, 1815; d. Dec. 12, 1874; m. Ransom Clough, her cousin, and resided at Arlington Heights, Ill. He d. at Palatine, Ill.
MARY CLOUGH, b. March 4, 1817; d. April 22, 1818.
(Children of Samuel and Nancy Mathes Clough.)
MARY CLOUGH, 2d., b. Oct. 3, 1819; m., 1843, Charles Kendall of Nashua. She d. March 30, 1845. One child d. in infancy.
JAMES MONROE CLOUGH, b. March 27, 1821. He inherited the home- stead and became an extensive and well-to-do farmer. He was injured while removing snow from a roof by falling on a lilac stub which punctured his foot and a week later he d. of lockjaw, Feb. 21, 1886.
SAMUEL ADAMS CLOUGH, b. Jan. 2, 1823; d. Sept. 27, 1833.
THOMAS STEVENS CLOUGH, b. May 23, 1825; m., July 6, 1851, Electa C. Glines. (See Glines gen.) He was well educated and taught several winters. He was employed during the construction of the B., C. and M. Railroad as paymaster and superintendent of culverts and stone- work.
He was the first Republican representative sent to the Legislature from N. in 1855. He moved to Mendota, Ill., in March, 1856, where he was an extensive farmer. Later he was a traveling salesman for a New York house. In 1875 he removed to Paw Paw, where he resided until his death, June 5, 1892. They had a son, Thomas S., Jr., and a dau., Mrs. Geo. E. Hyde.
CYNTHIA ANN CLOUGH, b. Dec. 5, 1827; m., April 15, 1853, Daniel Adams Hills. (See Hills gen.)
(Children of Jonathan and Nancy Gilman Clough.)
(B. at N.)
RANSOM FORREST CLOUGH, b. Oct. 4, 1812. He studied the higher mathematics with Dudley Leavitt, the almanac maker. He, with his sister and cousin, went West in a big emigrant wagon, being six weeks on the way. They settled at Elk Grove, Ill., in 1836, when Chicago was only a village. He was a surveyor for the growing city. He m., Dec. 24, 1840, Martha Jane Clough (dau. of Samuel) and had six children. He m. (second) Hannah Boyce Clough, widow of his half brother. She was b. in Londonderry, March 8, 1831
JOHN TRUE CLOUGH, b. Feb. 5, 1814; d. at Kettle Creek, Ga., Jan. 14,' 1849, where he went in 1837. They had five children. His wife was Lurania E. Miller of Waresboro. They were m. Jan. 2, 1845.
EMILY CLOUGH, b. Dec. 24, 1815; m., Dec. 21, 1840, Ephraim Bartlett Wheeler of Littleton. They lived at Arlington Heights, Ill. She d. Jan. 6, 1894. They had eleven children.
He d. June 2, 1885. He and his son Irving were at work in their shop during a thunder shower. A tree nearby was struck and the room filled with sulphurous gas, which suffocated him and he d. in a few moments.
JEREMIAH S. CLOUGH, b. Jan. 19, 1819, removed to Illinois in 1854,
THOMAS STEVENS CLOUGH.
CLOUGH HOMESTEAD ON BAY HILL.
WILLIAM H. CLOUGH.
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where he m. Dorcas Elvira Peck. He d. at Arlington Heights June 12, 1887. They had three children.
(Children of Jonathan and Sophia Woodbury Clough.)
WILLIAM HENRY CLOUGH, b. Oct. 15, 1823; m. Oct. 15, 1852, Laura Porter Glines. (See portrait.) He was employed on the railroad some years as engineer. After his father's death he bought the home from his brother Warren and remained a prosperous farmer until his death, July 1, 1895. This place remained until recently in the possession of Mrs. Clough and in the name for more than 100 years-one of the most beautiful places in New Hampshire. (See illustration.) The im- mense elm tree in front of the home was set out in 1812 and the others about 1850.
Mr. and Mrs. Clough were people of artistic tastes and their home abounded in beautiful and rare furnishings. Mr. Clough represented the town in the Legislature in 1886 and served on the committee on agriculture. Mrs. Clough still resides in town.
NANCY GILMAN CLOUGH, b. Aug. 9, 1825; m., Nov. 7, 1855, John S. Parsons of Rochester, where she still resides. He d. March 21, 1894. They had two children, Addie Florence, with whom she resides, and a son, Charles W., who d. Dec. 22, 1903. Mrs. Parsons was one of the first enrolled students at the New Hampshire Conference Seminary, where he later became a student.
JOSEPH WARREN CLOUGH, b. Jan. 3, 1828; m., June 3, 1852, Hannah Jane Boyce of Londonderry and settled in Evanston, Ill., where he d. Oct. 29, 1862, leaving one son, Harry L., now a real estate dealer in Chicago.
CHARLES WESLEY CLOUGH, b. Dec. 28, 1832, was a soldier in the Civil War (see Boys in Blue), was disabled, and later was a farmer in New Boston, where he d., Aug. 5, 1884, unmarried.
RUFUS GEORGE CLOUGH, b. Jan. 31, 1837, went to Evanston, Ill., in 1855. He enlisted, Sept. 9, 1861, in the Eighth Illinois Cavalry (see Boys in Blue) and d. in hospital at Washington, D. C., May 23, 1862, and was buried at Arlington Heights, D. C.
There is no one of the name remaining in town and but few of the line, though there are many elsewhere.
CLOUGH III.
WILLIAM CLOUGH came to N. from Barnstead. He owned the farm later owned by William French and still later known as the Lyford Morrison place. After some years he returned to his native town.
They had no children, but made a home for a nephew of Mr. Clough and also a niece of Mrs. Clough, Martha J. T. Carr, who became the wife of William Evans of Pittsfield. (See Evans gen.) The nephew, William H. Clough, was the principal of the Rumford School in Con- cord and later registrar of deeds for Merrimack County. They had a dau. Ida, now the wife of - West.
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CRAM.
HENRY L. CRAM, b. at Westfield, Mass., Nov., 1843; m., Ismena E. Cate (see Cate gen.), b. Dec. 6, 1847. He was a soldier in the Civil War (see Boys in Blue). They had one child.
Second Generation.
HERBERT LEBOY CRAM, b. at N. Sept. 2, 1872, and resided with his mother on the homestead. He m., Dec. 24, 1904, Ada J. Brown, and moved to her home on Bean Hill.
COLBY.
JOSIAH COLBY, b. at Sandown; m., Oct. 23, 1819, Sally French of East N., where they resided and had a family of four. They removed later to Factory Village, now Belmont, where she d. He m. (second) Betsey Cross of West N.
Mr. Colby's grandfather was a soldier and was sent as one of a detail to rebuild a stockade fort at Hinsdale for Colonel Hinsdale. He was captured by Indians and taken to Canada, where he was adopted by a squaw because he resembled her dead son.
She was greatly enraged, however, to find he carried a pocket Bible. The priest was sent for and the book taken from him and he was sold as a slave at Montreal. He at once purchased his freedom and returned to his home.
Second Generation.
MARY JANE COLBY, the youngest dau., went with her father to the Ephraim Cross place, where she resided until her marriage, May 29, 1850, to Daniel Clay, when she removed to Sanbornton Bridge, where she d., leaving one son, Myron. (See Davis gen.) Mr. Clay d. Aug. 6, 1900. He had previously m. (second) Mrs. Colby. Myron now re- sides in Brooklyn, N. Y.
AMOS M. COGSWELL.
AMOS MOODY COGSWELL (see portrait) was b. at Canterbury Uplands, July 14, 1825; m., Dec. 1, 1853, Hannah A. Ames, b. at Canterbury, Dec. 17, 1825. He remained with his father on the farm until his majority and then followed various pursuits until 1855, when he entered the employ of the B., C. & M. Railroad as station agent at N., where he resided during the War of the Rebellion. It was a time of great activity there as the Concord Railroad was buying and shipping large quan- tities of wood, all of which he surveyed and shipped. Some of his day's work surveying covered more than 2,000 cords. He was also in the same capacity at Wentworth, where he lost his right leg in an
AMOS MOODY COGSWELL.
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accident. He was one of the selectmen in N. three years and treasurer for two. He was also superintendent of schools. He was appointed justice of the peace at 28 and held a commission ever afterwards. After 30 years' service for the railroad he opened a real estate office . at Lakeport, where he .d., July, 1903. Mrs. Cogswell d. at Lakeport, July, 1904. They have a dau., Marianna, a teacher in Wellesley Col- lege.
COLLINS.
AARON COLLINS was the first of the name in town, where he dis- tinguished himself by being the first child born here. He is next heard from as standing on his head on the ridgepole of the meeting- house on the day of the raising. He m. Sally Dearborn and had a family of one and perhaps more.
Second Generation.
BENJAMIN COLLINS, b. at N., 1802; m. Abagail Glines and lived on the Colony. They had five sons. She d. July 17, 1882, aged 80. He d. Nov. 15, 1889, aged 87.
Third Generation. (All b. at N.)
BENJAMIN COLLINS, JR., b. 1831; m., Jan. 7, 1848, Alice Cross, b. 1830. They had a family of ten. She d. April 24, 1871. He m. (second) Jane Murphy and resided near Tilton. He d. at Boscawen, 1888.
JOHN COLLINS, b. Oct. 24, 1831; m. Grace Dearborn and had three dau. He served in the Civil War. (See Boys in Blue.) He was a painter and d. Jan. 3, 1903. She d. at Northwood.
GEORGE COLLINS, b. 1841; m. Mrs. Mary E. Marsh, April 26, 1868. He bought part of the Glines farm at the Center, selling it later to Joseph Prescott.
CHARLES COLLINS now resides on the Bean Hill road, owning a small tract of land.
FRANK E. COLLINS, b. 1851; m., Feb. 28, 1896, Fanny Jondro, b. at North Hudson, N. Y. Their home on the Forrest road was burned in 1904.
Fourth Generation. (Children of Benjamin and Alice Cross Collins.)
MARY, WILLIE, ALONZO, ABBA ANN and FRANK all d. in the home be- fore middle life, unmarried.
HARRY COLLINS, b. 1865; m., June 15, 1890, Annie F. Davis of Bath. He is employed by the railroad, with residence at Plymouth.
LILLA COLLINS m. and removed to Andover.
JOHN COLLINS changed his name to John Henry and resides. near the Centre.
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B. F. COFRAN. (See portrait.)
. BENJAMIN F. CorBAN was b., Dec. 19, 1819, in N., and d. Oct. 6, 1903. He lived on Bean Hill until Dec., 1849, moving from there to Lake Village. In the spring of 1862 he removed to N. near what is now Tilton village. He was m. to Priscilla C. Chase, Feb. 19, 1850, by the Rev. Corban C. Curtice. He suffered the loss of his buildings by fire May 27. 1875, and rebuilt the following fall. He was a successful cattle dealer and farmer. In politics he was a Democrat, decided in his views and acted up to the full standard of his convictions. The same qual- ities shown in his private business were conspicuous when he was called by the citizens to the administration of town matters. He was a member of the school committee, selectman, and filled other omces for various and continued terms. His advice and counsel were sought and he was often selected as an administrator, guardian and for other weighty trusts. He was elected representative to the state Legislature in 1873- '74 and was chairman of the committee on agriculture the latter year. He had ever a great interest in passing events and was one of the few to put them on record. His note book has been of great assistance in the preparation of this work, as he had a complete list of the deaths occurring in town from 1840 to 1898.
CONANT.
DEA. PETER CONANT came to N. in 1823. His son, Liba Conant, had just accepted the pastorate of the newly-organized Congregational Church and his salary being small the records say: "His father offered to make up what was lacking for his support."
He was a farmer and lived first on the Simonds place and later on the Bean Hill road. He was b. Aug. 3, 1753, and d. at N., May 22, 1825. His wife, Jane, b. 1759, d. at Hebron, May 17, 1846. He is buried in the enclosure by the Town house.
Second Generation.
LIBA CONANT, b. at Bridgewater, Mass; fitted for the ministry at Brown University, graduating in 1823. He was ordained the same year at N. He m., Oct., 1820, Deborah Leach, also of Bridgewater. They had three dau. and a son, Henry, who d. at seven. They re- mained at N. 14 years, going then to Canaan and later to Orford, where both d. (See Ministers of N.)
Third Generation.
ELIZABETH J. CONANT, b. at N. Nov. 13, 1824; m. Lucius Wilson Ham- mond, a merchant of Bristol. They had two children, Ella Calley, who resides in Denver, and George H., who d. in Bristol. Mrs. Ham- mond d. at Bristol, July 23, 1882.
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SARAH ANN CONANT, b. at N. Feb. 8, 1827; m. Joseph H. Keyes of Massachusetts. They had a son, Joseph Everett, who resides in Hebron. Mr. Keyes d. In Hebron, Dec. 5, 1898. She d., in Bristol, March 26, 1882.
ELLEN MCALLISTER CONANT, b. at N., Oct. 19, 1833; m., Oct. 11, 1853, David Everett Willard of Orford. He was a merchant there until 1882, when he removed to Concord, where he resided until his death, Jan 17, 1895. She d. Nov. 6, 1903. They had four children: Ellen Augusta of Concord; Everett Wheeler of Toledo, O .; Sarah Rebecca, who d., 1881, and Stedman of Boston, Mass.
COOK.
JOHN BROWN COOK was first taxed in N. in 1833. He bought the farm now owned by Frank Shaw and, being past middle life, only farmed in a small way. He m.( first) Sarah Taylor of Epping, who d. May, 1858, at Lynnfield, Mass. They had nine children, none of whom were b. in town. Mrs. Cook d. at N. He m. (second) Mrs. Bean of Freedom, Me. She d. in 1868. He m. (third) Mrs. Ordway of Saugus, Mass. He remained in town 15 years, and d. at Lynnfield, Mass., in 1887.
Second Generation. .
REBECCA COOK d. in infancy at Exeter.
LOVINA N. COOK m. Charles Proctor of Biddeford, Me., and d. there, June, 1885.
HARRIET B. Cook d. at N. of typhoid fever, Aug. 15, 1848, aged 21 years.
REBECCA COOK, b. 1824; d. at N. Sept. 12, 1846.
DANIEL P. COOK was killed by a stationary engine at Wakefield, Mass., 1885. He m. Sarah Reed of Lynnfield, Mass.
DAVID COOK, d. May, 1862, at Lynnfield, Mass.
SARAH COFFIN COOK, m. T. A. Parsons of Wakefield, Mass., and has kindly assisted the author to the family data.
OTIS COOK, m. Judith Hardy of Freedom, Me., and d. at Woburn, Mass., in 1873.
MANFRED COOK m. Mary Ellen Wiley of Lynnfield, Mass., and d., 1875, at Woburn, Mass.
Mrs. Cook and two dau. are buried in the yard by the town house at N ..
COPP I.
JOHN COPP, b. 1792, came to N. from Sanbornton and bought or built a house on Whicher Hill, where F. B. Shedd's residence now stands. He m., Sept. 18, 1822, Ruhama Rollins of Sanbornton, b. 1797, and had a son and a dau. Mrs. Copp d. at Belmont Oct. 10, 1872. He d. Oct. 3, 1873.
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Second Generation.
EVELINA COPP, b. June 28, 1837; m., June 18, 1850, John C. Foster of Belmont, where they resided. They had four children, Orria W., Laura E., Flora A. and Sarah H. Mrs. Foster d. March 28, 1860. JOHN COFF, b. Sept. 15, 1831; m., and d. at N. Jan. 27, 1860, leaving one dan., Allie G., who resided at Wakefield, Mass.
COPP II.
AMos KIMBALL COFF was b. at Gilmanton Nov. 18, 1838; m., March 20, 1851, Julia Ann Evans of N. He was a carpenter; served in the Civil War, credited to Loudon (see Boys in Blue). They came to N. in 1890 and bought the sash and blind shop built by Pease Bros. and later the Sanborn Shaw place, where she now resides in feeble health. He d. July 16, 1892. They had no children. She had three brothers and four brothers-in-law in the army of the Rebellion.
COPP III.
SIMEON COPP, b. at Gilmanton May 22, 1815; m. Betsey O. Currier and lived on Drew Hill, where he was a farmer. He d. there. They had three children. She removed to N. about 1865 and erected a home on Park St., and the children became students at the seminary. They were all members of the Methodist Church. She m. (second), Deacon George C. Lancaster. (See Lancaster gen.)
Second Generation.
TIMOTHY COPP, b. 1847; d. at N. March 31, 1877. CARRIE MAY COPP, b. at Gilmanton, 1848; d. at N. July 16, 1870. ABBIE COPP, b. 1857; d. at N. Jan. 14, 1878.
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