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FRANK HAYES DOW, b. 1852; m., Feb. 26, 1898, Hannah Bruce, b. at Northfield, Vt. He is a farmer at East N.
HERBERT GERBY Dow, b. Jan. 9, 1854; m., 1880, Lizzie Herbert of Franklin. They have one child.
BYRON KENDRICK Dow, b. April 23, 1857; m. (first), Lulu Reed of Canterbury. They had one child. He m. (second), Mary Monahan of Melrose, Mass.
JERRY SMITH Dow, b. Nov. 6, 1859; m., 1881, Nellie Maynard of Franklin, b. at Reading, Vt., April 6, 1868. They reside in the family settlement, called "Dowtown."
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JOANITA MORSE DOW, b. Ang. 23, 1867; d. at 10 years. ELIZABETH ANN Dow, b. Nov. 20, 1871; m., March 25, 1893, Charles H. Folger of Lowell, Mass. They reside with her mother at N. and have two children, one of whom d. in infancy. -
MYRTIL ESTELLE DOW, b. May 22, 1872; d. at five years.
Third Generation. . (Child of Jerry S. and Nellie Maynard Dow.) MERTLE MAY DOW, b. July 2, 1884; m., 1903, Frank A. Brace. They reside at Tilton and have two children. He is employed by the Elm Mills Woolen Co.
(Child of Herbert and Lizzie Herbert Dow.)
ELTEST Grar Dow, b. Nov. 4, 1881; m., Jan. 24, 1905, Mildred Pres- cott of Laconia, where they live.
(Child of Byron and Lulu Reed Dow.)
ETHEL VARA DOW d. in infancy, June 26, 1881. (Children of Charles and Elizabeth Dow Folger.) (B. at N.)
WILFRED Forars d. in infancy March 20, 1876. ARCHIE LEONARD FOLGEE, b. Aug. 22, 1898.
Fourth Generation. (Children of Frank and Mertie May Dow Brace.) Twins, LEONARD FRANCIS BRACE and MARION ESTELLE BRACE, b. March 6, 1904.
DOW II.
MESOHEOK Dow lived near the Gilmanton line in East N. and there manufactured shuttles and linen wheels, for which he is remembered and received the name, "Old Shuttle Dow." A stream of water near his home formerly was called "Tulliver Brook" and near-by was the height called the Pinnacle.
He lived in town but a few years.
DOW III.
SUMNER ADAMS DOW was b. at New Hampton. April 24, 1834, he m. Maria Gordon of New Hampton and resided in various parts of N. nearly all his life. He was a butcher and dealer in meat for many years at N. Depot, where he was postmaster for 11 years. He moved to Concord in 1885 and was for several years proprietor of a railroad boarding-house, doing a grocery business in connection with it. He
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was of Revolutionary descent and went to Bennington Anniversary as a guest of the state. Later he had a store on Munroe St. Mrs. Dow d. at N. April 22, 1882. He d. at Concord July 27, 1903. They had seven children, one of whom d. in infancy.
Second Generation.
ELECTA A. Dow, b. at New Hampton April 8, 1857; m., April, 1874, Whitten Ludlow of N. (See Ludlow gen.)
LELLAN M. L. Dow, b. at Canterbury Nov. 25, 1862; m., July 22, 1880, Lauren Davis of N. (See Davis gen.)
CHIARLES S. Dow, b at Canterbury Jan., 1866; m., July, 1889, Lizzie Hoyt of Canaan, and resides in Concord. He is employed at Ford & Kimball's foundry as engineer and has one dau., Anna.
LUBA AMANDA Dow, b. at Tilton Aug. 20, 1868; m., Oct. 22, 1886, Elmer Young, an employee of the Boston & Maine Railroad. They reside in Concord and have four children.
GUY Dow, b. at N. Oct. 11, 1872; m., Dec., 1894, Ida Colby of Man- chester. He is a railroad engineer and a sportsman of the rod and gun. He resides at Woodsville and has two children.
LEVI S. Dow, b. at N. Sept. 8, 1876; m., Sept., 1903, Isabel Bailey. He is also an engineer on the railroad. He was a soldier in the Spanish War, being a member of Co. C, and was absent six months.
DOWNING I.
HENRY M. DOWNING came to N. from Belmont in 1891. He was b. at Hopkinton March 31, 1859; m., July 27, 1878, Nettie E. Gilman, b. at Lakeport April 26, 1863. He was a carder and spinner for several years and later was in the meat and provision business at Belmont. He d. at N. Jan. 12, 1894. She is a music teacher and a fine soprano singer. She resides on Park St. They had one child.
Second Generation.
HARRY C. DOWNING, b. at Belmont May 31, 1880; m., in 1899, Frances V. Fifield, b. at Franklin in 1879. They had one child, Maitland F., b. at Tilton Aug. 1, 1900. Mrs. Downing d. Aug. 12, 1900. He is em- ployed as an electrician at Boston, Mass.
DOWNING II.
EDGAR O. DOWNING, b. at Ellsworth June 8, 1851; m., March 24, 1871, Emma E. Stewart, b. at Warren Jan. 20, 1850. They came to N. in the spring of 1871. He was a farmer and lived on the Windsor Aldrich place. After the destruction of their buildings by fire they came to the village, where they have since conducted a boarding-house on Elm St. They have three children.
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Second Generation.
MABEL P. DownIa, b. April 29. 1872; m. Warren 8. Nudd. (800 Nudd gen.)
BEssie H. Dowuma, b. Sept. 15, 1874; m. (first), April 12, 1892, Amos Reynolds, who was b. at Warren July 25, 1870, and d. at N. Oct. 22, 1892. She m. (second), May 23, 1894, George W. Blanchard, b. at Hinsdale Nov. 25, 1872. They have four children and reside at Ken- aington, Conn.
WESLEY L. DOWNING, b. Feb. 9, 1881; d., Jan. 7, 1897.
DOWNING III.
JAMES T. DOWNING was b. at Ellsworth May 10, 1843; m., Sept. 17, 1865, Abbie F. Palmer, b. at Hopkinton Jan. 7, 1845. He came to N. in 1880 and bought a part of the Henry Tibbetts farm. They had aix children. He is a farmer.
Second Generation.
BESSIE A. DOWNING, b. Jan. 2, 1867, at Ellsworth; m., May 16, 1889, Charles H. Payson, b. July 22, 1863, at Raymond. (See Payson gen.)
NELLIE E. DownIa, b. Feb. 22, 1869, at Hopkinton; m., May 13, 1889, Irving W. Copp and resided at Tilton, where he d. April 18, 1893. They had two children, Irving James, d. at six years, and Bertha F., b. May 21, 1893. She m. (second), 1898, George W. Dias, b. at Ply- mouth, 1874. They now reside at Tilton, where they are proprietors of Hotel Jordan, and have two children. (See Dias gen.)
WALTER FRED DOWNING, b. at Ellsworth June 26, 1871; d., Sept. 5, 1871.
CLARA MAY DOWNING, b. Sept. 17, 1873 at Lakeport; d., Nov. 21, 1873.
CORA B. DOWNING, b. at Gilford Jan. 18, 1877; m., April 14, 1897, Francis Cass of Canterbury, where they reside, and have four children, Lorenzo, Jimmy, Nathaniel and
SUBIE F. DOWNING, b. at Tilton; m., Dec. 2, 1896, Francis P. Crane of Warren. They have three children and one d. in infancy, Abbie L., Walter C. and Mary E.
Infant, b. Sept. 26, 1895; d., Oct. 26, 1895.
INA MAY DOWNING, b. Dec. 23, 1897; m., May 4, 1905, Benjamin F. Gile, b. April 28, 1867, at Hanover .¿
JAMES A. DOWNING, b. at N. April 7, 1891.
DURGIN.
HENRY WILBER DURGIN came to N. from Tilton Nov. 12, 1887. He was b. at Sanbornton Jan. 11, 1839; m., Jan. 6, 1872, Susan E. Farnum, b. at Hill March 24, 1844. He has been employed at Tilton most of the
JAMES EARNSHAW.
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time for 43 years, formerly at A. H. Tilton's mill and later at the Tilton Woolen Mills.
He built a house on Park St., where Mrs. Durgin d. Dec. 21, 1903. He now resides in Tilton.
DUTTON.
ERASTUS E. DUTTON, b. 1855 at Hardwick, Vt .; m., Jan. 1, 1876, Mrs. Hannah Munsey Morrison of Gilford. Mr. Dutton was a farmer. He came to Tilton in 1893 and to N. in 1895. He is employed by the Elm Mills Woolen Company as shipper,
They resided on Bay St. until they occupied their newly-purchased home on Winter St., Tilton, in 1904. She had one child by her former marriage, Edwin G. Morrison. (See Morrison gen.) They are mem- bers of the Congregational Church, of which he has been a deacon and is active in all its lines of work. He is also a member of Doric Lodge of A. F. and A. M.
DYER.
SAMUEL DYER, b. 1765 in Andover, was the first settler in the north- east corner of N., on a part of the Governor Shute reservation. He m. Lucretia Evans and had seven children. He is first taxed in 1817. He d. here Oct. 5, 1819. She d. Sept. 23, 1866, in Methuen. But two children remained in town and but four were born here.
Second Generation.
SALLY DYER, b. Oct. 30, 1810; m., March 9, 1834, Ebenezer Hall of N., a tanner who resided at the corner of Granite and Bay Sts., oppo- site the Chase tavern. (See Hall gen.)
BETSEY DYER, b. at N. Dec. 18, 1812; m. George P. Wightman April 25, 1834, a farmer of Bozrahville, Conn., and had two sons, George Evans, who served in the Civil War and three years in the United States army, and Henry Dyer Wightman, who d. at three.
AABON WOODMAN DYER d. at two years.
MARY ANN DYER, b. April 5, 1817; m. Daniel T. Morrison and re- sided in Methuen, where she d. July 12, 1879. They had three chil- dren, Fred T., Mary A. and Daniel W. The two latter d. in infancy. SAMUEL DYER, JR., and another son d. aged two years. 1
EARNSHAW.
JAMES EARNSHAW, b. at Thongsbridge, Yorkshire, England, June 5, 1822; m., 1843, Sarah Anne Dawson of Meltham, England. He was a woolen manufacturer. He came to America in 1848 to Peacedale, R. I., and took charge of the Hazard woolen mill. His family joined him in Jan., 1849.
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After seven years they moved to Sanbornton Bridge, where he took in 1856 the necessary step to become a citizen of the United States. . In 1861 he came to N., where Mrs. Earnshaw d. Nov. 25, 1864, and. is buried at Park Cemetery.
His mill (see picture) was destroyed by fire in 1867 and he went to Dover, Ky., where Mr. Baker of Tilton had a woolen mill, which he was obliged by failing eyesight to sell. It was bought in part by Mr. Earn- shaw, who removed his family there in July, 1868, where they have since resided.
He was a member of Doric Lodge, No. 78, A. F. and A. M. He d. at Dover, Ky., Aug. 24, 1895. His four sons are also Masons.
Second Generation.
FREDERICK WILLIAM EARNSHAW, b. at Meltham, England, July 21, 1845; m., 1876, Anna D. McMillan of Dover, Ky. They had seven chil- dren, four of whom are living: James, Guy Everett, Sarah Lucile and Nancy Catherine of Jackson, Tenn.
ELIZABETH EARNSHAW, b. at Meltham, England, Jan. 16, 1848; m., 1875, W. B. McMillan of Dover, Ky., where they now reside.
LYDIA ANN EARNSHAW, b. at Peacedale, R. I., Dec. 29, 1849. She re- sides at Dover, Ky.
LUOY GRACE EARNSHAW, b. May 1, 1851; m., Oct., 1876, J. J. McMII- lan of Dover, Ky., at Pomroy, O. She d. at Dover Aug. 27, 1887. They had five children, two of whom reside at Dover, Ethel B. and Anna May.
MARY EMILY EARNSHAW, b. Jan. 26, 1853; m. Oscar Hanna of Dover, Ky., at Pomroy, O. They had 10 children, seven of whom are living. She resides at Bellevue, Ky. The children are: Clara D., Duke Ells- worth, Oscar Watson, Lucile Elizabeth, Della May, Blanche Augusta and Marguerite.
JOHN ALLEN EARNSHAW, b. May 6, 1854, at Allenton, R. I .; m., in 1885, Mary R. Smith of Dover, Ky., and had three children.
One son, Francis Watson, resides at Cincinnati, O.
DAVID JAMES EARNSHAW, b. Jan. 15, 1857, at Tilton; d., at Dover, Ky., Dec. 16, 1888.
HIRAM W. EARNSHAW, b. Nov. 13, 1858, at Tilton; m. Mary T. Powers Nov., 1889, and had five children, three of whom, William Frazie, Hiram Powers and David Thomas, reside at Memphis, Tenn.
JOE HENRY EARNSHAW, b. at N. Oct. 11, 1862; m., Oct., 1887, Della Webb of Middleport, O. They had one dau., Elizabeth Webb, now of Columbus, O.
GEORGE ELLSWORTH EARNSHAW, b. Nov. 8, 1864, at N .; d., April 18, 1865
NOTE. These facts are written by Ethel McMillen, a granddaughter of James Earnshaw and a great-granddaughter of Joseph Dawson.
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ELLIOTT.
CHARLES F. ELLIOTT, b. at Penacook, 1857; m. Florence G. Chase, b. April 14, 1865, at Boston, Mass. They came to N. from Belmont. He was previously a farmer at Canterbury and is now employed at the grain mill of Brown & Boucher.
They have seven children.
. Second Generation. (All b. at Canterbury.)
ERNEST D. ELLIOTT b. May 16, 1885, is employed at the pulp mill at
. East Tilton.
EVA B. ELLIOTT, b. April 2, 1887, is employed at the Tilton Optical Works.
ALFRED C. ELLIOTT, b. July 22, 1889, is learning a machinist's trade at Garrick's.
MARY L. ELLIOTT, b. Jan. 4, 1891; d., Sept. 25, 1891.
HARRY E. ELLIOTT, b. Sept. 6, 1893.
GLADYS B. ELLIOTT, b. Nov. 12, 1894.
ELKINS.
JONATHAN ELKINS was a lifelong resident of Factory Village, now Franklin Falls. He inherited a large tract of land south of the present Central St. Much of this he sold when new industries were established and new homes thus called for.
He sold his store to Nathaniel Rowe and erected a new home near the junction of the rivers and gave his attention to farming. He m. Clara Fisher of St. Johnsbury, Vt., and had four children. After his death she removed to Hampton and none of the family are now resi- dents at Franklin Falls. The Elkins home is now owned by Frank M. Edmunds.
EMERY I.
MITTIE CHASE CLOUGH (see Stephen Chase gen.), b. at Canterbury Nov. 6, 1832; m., Jan. 27, 1868, Samuel Louis Emery, b. at Canterbury June 17, 1827. They resided at Canterbury and various places in the West.
He d. at Canterbury Sept. 10, 1873. Mrs. Emery came to N. with their three dau. and erected a home on the hill overlooking the vil- lage from the East and on land belonging to her grandfather, Stephen Chase, as early as 1775 and which had never passed from ownership in the family. She d. there Dec. 28, 1900. She was a teacher previous to her marriage, in Canterbury, N. and Concord. She was educated at Tilton and Bradford, Mass.
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Second Generation.
MARY MAUD EMERY, b. at Chenoa, Ill., Feb. 9, 1869, was educated at the New Hampshire Conference Female College, graduating in 1890. She then took a special course at Radcliffe in the languages. She has since taught but is at present in the home.
ABBIE JOSEPHINE EMERY, b. July 23, 1870, at Canterbury, graduated at the New Hampshire Conference Female College, class of 1890. Later she was a student at the Massachusetts Normal Art School.
. She is now teaching in the Bristol High School.
MITTIE LOUISE, b. at Peoria, Ill., Jan. 4, 1872, graduated from the New Hampshire Conference Female College, class of 1891, and is at present teaching at Laconia. She graduated from the Emerson School of Oratory in 1897.
EMERY II.
SAMUEL EMERY came to N. from Rumney and established a grocery .store at N. Depot, purchasing the business of Frank H. Moore. He bought the Sumner Dow home, where Mrs. Emery d. April 1, 1897. He sold later to Charles Sanborn and removed from town. He m. (second), June 27, 1897, Amelia Ambler of Brighton, Mass.
EVANS I.
ROBERT ETANS, b. at Strafford March 3, 1775, came to N. about 1798 and bought the farm of John Brown on the sunrise side of Bean Hill. He m. Elizabeth Clough of Strafford and had a family of six. He d. March 13, 1844. She d. Nov. 25, 184S.
Second Generation.
DAVID EVANS, b. Jan. 20, 179S; m. Louisa Smith Dec. 6, 1825. (See Smith gen.)
They lived for some years at the Ordway place on Bean Hill, where two dau. were born. They removed later to East N., where he d. April 3, 1836. Mrs. Evans later m. Sanborn Shaw of Salisbury and removed there. (See Shaw gen.)
BETBEY EVANS, b. April, 1800; m. (pub), April 10, 1842, John Kenney of Barnstead. Both d. same day of pneumonia and were buried in the same grave.
POLLY EVANS, b. Oct. 30, 1502.
SALLY EVANS, b. April 26, 1504; m. Abel Hyde of Columbia.
WILLIAM C. EVANS, b. at N. June 5, 1511; m., June 11, 1540, Martha J. T. Carr of Loudon. He learned the carpenter's trade when a boy of Dea. John Mathes of Canterbury and mastered all its details. He went to Boston in 1531 to work at his trade. Being a great lover of music and having a fine voice he became a pupil of the late Lowell
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Mason and was a choir leader at the North Bennett and. Russell Sts. Churches and after his return to New Hampshire taught singing schools in N., Canterbury and Pittsfield. Prof. B. B. Davis, late of Concord, took his first lessons in vocal music of him. In 1839 he settled at Barnstead and later removed to Pittsfield, where he remained until his death 30 years later. He united with the Methodist Church at 17 years of age and was a generous supporter of public worship.
He was a prominent Mason, a member of Corinthian Lodge, and for many years was its chaplain. They had four children, two of whom reside at Pittsfield.
MARTHIA EVANS, b. March 9, 1813.
MAHALA EVANS, b. Aug. 18, 1814; m., Feb. 14, 1842, Lyford C. Hill of Belmont.
JOSEPH EVANS, b. June 10, 1815.
JAMES M. EVANS, b. Aug. 10, 1818; m. Rebecca Bean Durgin of San- bornton and removed West. Both d. at Lodi, Ill. They had three sons, two of whom were killed in the Civil War.
Third Generation. (Children of David and Louisa Smith Evans.) (All b. at N.)
HARRIET ANN EVANS, b. Sept. 13, 1826; d., March 3, 1828.
ANN LOUISA EVANS, b. March 28, 1828; m. Elbridge Shaw of Salis- bury. She was previous to her marriage a teacher in Lawrence, Mass. They had a son and four dau. She d. at Salisbury in 1893. He d. there nine days later. (See Shaw gen.)
JANE EVANS, b. Oct. 29, 1830; d., June 23, 1834.
ADALINE EVANS, b. Aug. 1, 1832; m. Harry Shaw of Salisbury. He removed to Hills St., N., in 1859. She was a teacher for some years. (See Shaw gen.)
ELLA JANE EVANS, b. Aug. 31, 1834; d., June 23, 1835.
EVANS II.
· MOSES EVANS, b. 1812; m. Mary Jane Carr and had two children. They resided on what was known as "Lovers' Lane." She d. and he m. (second), Betsey Hills. (See Hills gen.) This house was the par- sonage for the first Methodist ministers. It was torn down and re- moved. He d. Jan. 15, 1855.
Second Generation.
MABY EVANS, after her father's death, resided with her guardian, Dea. Noah Peabody. She suffered an attack of smallpox and was re- moved to the old home, which was reserved for similar purposes for some years. She m. - Stevens of Wellesley, Mass., and has two children, Anna and
ORIN EVANS d. at Boston. He m. and had two dau.
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EVANS III.
JOHN EVANS, b. March 20, 1802, always lived in N. He m., July {, 1822, Mebitable Thurston of Gilmanton, b. Aug. 22, 1809. She was killed by the cars close by her home Oct. 17, 1852, as she was trying to save her deaf dau. He m. (second), Laura Willey of Canterbury and d. July 10, 1876. They had 11 children.
Second Generation.
LYDIA THURSTON EVANS, b. Oct. 22, 1822; m., Nov. 17, 1842, Cyrus Woodruff Lord. (See Lord gen.)
LYMAN BARKER EVANS, b. Feb. 4, 1827; m., Feb. 6, 1856, Sarah Cor- tall, b. at Mongonue, New Zealand, Feb. 3, 1836. He was captain of the whale ship Arctic of Fairhaven, Mass., and was drowned in the In- dian Ocean, Jan., 1857. His body was recovered and buried at Mon- gonne, New Zealand. They had one son. She m., 1863, John G. Heath of Raymond. (See Heath gen., with portrait.)
JULIA ANN EVANS, b. Feb. 26, 1829; m., March 20, 1852, Amos K. Copp. (See Copp gen.)
MARY FRANCES EVANS, b. March 16, 1831; d. in infancy.
LUCRETIA ANN EVANS, b. May 14, 1833; d., Sept., 1842.
GARDINER THURSTON EVANS, b. Nov. 20, 1835; d., at sea, Sept., 1853.
MARY FRANCES EVANS, b. March 10, 1887; d., Feb. 7, 1855.
HIRAM BRADBURY EVANS and HORACE BRADBURY EVANS, twins, b. March 22, 1841.
The former served in the Civil War (see Boys in Blue) and d. in 1864. The latter served in the Twelfth Massachusetts Regiment and . d. in hospital May, 1864.
MAHALA ETTA EVANS, b. April 16, 1843; m., June, 1861, Herbert Goss Chase, b. at Cabot, Vt., April 4, 1841, an optician in Fitchburg, Mass. He served in the Ninth Regiment, New Hampshire Volunteers, as mu- Bician. They have one son, Herbert.
FELLOWS.
Two brothers, Joseph and Thomas, sons of Joseph Fellows of Gil- manton, were residents of N.
JOSEPH FELLOWS, 2D., b. Dec. 19, 1794; m. Sylvia Sanborn, b. Jan. 2, 1795. He was a farmer until his removal to Laconia. Later he re- turned to Upper Gilmanton, built a nice house and invested in the mills there. Reverses came and the loss of his property caused his death. The location took his name and was called Fellows' Mills until changed to Belmont. His N. home was bought by Ransom Ladd, demolished and rebuilt at Laconia.
THOMAS FELLOWS, b. Oct. 27, 1802; m. (first), Sally F. Mudgett and bought the Busiel farm in the southeast corner of N. in 1840. They had two sons. She d. April 25, 1854. He m. (second), Sylvia T.
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Mudgett of Belmont and had one son. He was captain of the state militia and d. June 24, 1876, and his wife d. Dec. 4, 1889. This home was destroyed by fire in 1878.
Second Generation. (Children of Joseph and Sylvia Sanborn Fellows.)
CAROLINE A. FELLOWS, b. Feb., 1823; d., Jan. 24, 1840.
LYMAN B. FELLOWS, b. May 27, 1819; m. Harriet Merrill and had three children.
He m. (second), Mrs. Lovina Glines French Sept. 1, 1868. He d. at N. April 20, 1885. (See French gen.) -
Mr. Fellows got his title from the fire department in Laconia, of which he was captain.
(Children of Thomas and Sally Mudgett Fellows.)
SYLVESTER FELLOWS, b. at N., was educated at Gilmanton Academy. He read medicine and graduated from Dartmouth Medical School in 1855. He m. in Connecticut and, going West, settled near Milwaukee in 1856. Later he was at Wells, Minn., until 1895, when he went to Floral, Fla, where he d. in 1902, leaving three daughters, two in Florida and one in Minnesota.
GEORGE FELLOWS learned the machinist's trade in Canada. He was a steamboat engineer on the St. Lawrence River. He now lives at St. Petersburg, Fla., and is unmarried.
(Child of Thomas and Sylvia Mudgett Fellows.)
FRANK FELLOWS, b. at N .; m., Aug. 16, 1878, Ellen Amanda Nudd and resides on the homestead. He has twice suffered the loss of his home by fire, in 1878 and again in 1892.
He is a farmer and carpenter and has one dau., Mrs. Mary G. Clifford of Concord.'
Third Generation. (Children of Lyman and Harriet Merrill Fellows.)
JOSEPH A. FELLOWS, b. April 2, 1842; m. Mary Fernald and had one son. She d. April, 1890. He m. (second), Julia Frances Allen, who d. Nov. 6, 1904. He was employed for some years by J. F. Taylor as clerk and then removed West. They had one son, Frank Fernald Fellows.
LUNETTE FELLOWS, b. May 3, 1851; m. (first), Theodore Thompson, and (second), Gerrish Sanborn of Salisbury, where they reside.
FIFIELD.
NATHANIEL FIFIELD, JR., came to N. from Stanstead, P. Q., in 1896. He was born at Salisbury Point, now Amesbury, Mass., Oct. 4, 1836. He m., 1864, Martha J. Sargent, b. at Littleton April 2, 1847. He is an
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upholsterer and carriage trimmer. They reside on Vine St. and have three children.
Second Generation.
CHARLES EDDY FIFIELD, b. at Stanstead April 23, 1865; m., June 25, 1896, Anna E. Gordon, b. at Boston, Mass., Sept. 25, 1869. He is of the arm of C. E. & F. H. Fifeld, meats and provisions. He resides on Oak St They have one dan., Virginia E., b. 1901.
GEORGE ALBERT FIFIELD, b. at Stanstead Dec. 15, 1867; d. at five. FRANK H. FIFIELD, b. Aug. 18, 1870; of the firm of C. E. & F. H. FI- fleid. (See above.),
FLETCHER. -
Joux and WILLIAM FLETCHER, brothers, came from Ballardvale, Mans., . in 1865 and with the Messrs. Firth and Balantyne bought the Balley Mills, changed the name to Granite Mills and began the manufacture of various grades of woolen. goods. Mr. Fletcher bought the rest- dence of Noah Peabody on Bay St., where they lived 28 years, selling to George W. Weeks Sept., 1893. They then removed to Park St., where she d. Jan. 11, 1902. They were Episcopalians, in which church he has been the eficient organist and choir master continuously since his residence here. He was previously, and has always been, a music teacher and now conducts a music store with residence in Tilton. He is a member of Doric Lodge, A. F. and A. M., and was its second Master. He is also a Knight Templar, being a member of Mt. Horeb Commandery, Concord.
. He was b. at Halifax, Yorkshire, England, April 6, 1825; m. Bath- sheba Schofield, b. at Halifax April 18, 1826. They had four chil- dren, one of whom d. in infancy.
WILLIAM FLETCHER, his brother, took up his abode in the Chase tav- ern house at the entrance of Bay St., where a child, Thomas E., was b. Later he bought the Lyford house on Pleasant St., Tilton, where he d. July 1, 1876, aged 52. They had five sons b. in America and three dau. born in England previous to coming to America. Mrs. Fletcher d. Jan. 26, 1892.
Second Generation. (Children of John and Bathsheba Fletcher.)
ADA FLETCHER, b. at Halifax, England, Jan. 9, 1847, was educated at the New Hampshire Conference Seminary. She m., Nov. 21, 1867, Felix G. Haines and returned to Ballardvale. They had six children, one of whom, Florence, d. at her grandfather's at N. Nov. 12, 1881. The other children are: Sadie, Millie, Fletcher and Grace. Mr. Haines is grocer.
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FRANK W. FLETCHER, b. at Ballardvale Sept. 7, 1850, was employed in various capacities in his father's mill. He was a music teacher for some years. He is a member of Doric Lodge, A. F. and A. M., and was a charter member of Harmony Lodge, I. O. O. F. He is also a K. of P. He is a social favorite, with varied talents. He has been since the sale of the Granite Mills employed at Franklin Falls as wool sorter.
NELLIE FLETCHER, b. at Trenton, N. J., June 8, 1852; m. John Stark and resides at Ballardvale, where he is a dealer in meats and pro- visions. They have seven children: Mattie, Willie, Ada, George, Frank, Jennie and Fred.
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