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fine brick residence on the homestead and both d. there; he, Sept. 14, 1884; she, March 23, 1899. They had three children.
Third Generation.
SYLVANUS HEATH was educated at Franklin High School and was a teacher in the West. He served in the Civil War as assistant surgeon. He read medicine after leaving home and practised at Champaign, Ill. He m. there and has one dau.
CALEB HEATH, after his father's death, remained on the homestead and conducted a meat and provision business at the Factory Village, later running a livery stable. He enlisted but only went as keeper of ambulances owing to his father's non-consent. He d. at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, April 8, 1902.
CELESTIA S. HEATH m., 1873, Albert Ames Moore of Concord. After his death in 1886 she cultivated the farm some years. She m. (second), Willard R. Stelle of Rahway, N. J., and resides at 20 West Milk St., Indianapolis, Ind.
HEATH II.
ABRAHAM HEATH came from Hampstead, Mass., to the Batchelder place on Oak Hill in May, 1813. He m. Mary Morrill of Old Chester, May 25, and had three children. In 1850 he sold and removed to the Merrimack intervale, opposite what is now the county farm, where both d.
Second Generation.
RACHIEL HEATH, b. at N. May 2, 1814; m., in 1860, Samuel Wyatt of N. (See Wyatt gen.) She d. Nov. 8, 1871. He d. Dec. 8, 1874.
JOSEPH HEATH, b. April 13, 1817; d. in infancy.
SUSAN H. HEATH, b. Oct. 14, 1820; m. Darius Small of Canterbury and d., in Belmont, 1884. She had several children.
JOSEPH HEATH, 2D., b. Dec. 11, 1823; m., Dec. 21, 1848, Caroline Grant of Gilmanton. They resided but a year on Oak Hill, when they re- moved from town. All the four children were b. in Canterbury. Mr. Heath d. April 23, 1892.
The home was once the site of an Indian walled fort. It was made for long sieges, as a well had been prepared inside, and this well is still to be seen, covered with a flat rock, close by the northeast corner of the house.
HEATH III.
MOSES HEATH lived in the Gipson house next above the Hodgdon schoolhouse. He m., Oct. 26, 1816, Agnes Gibson, who was b. Aug. 15, 1791. He was a farmer and d. June 4, 1873. She lived to an advanced age with her oldest children at Franklin Falls.
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Second Generation.
JANE HEATH, b. Oct. 1, 1817.
SAMUEL HEATH, b. May 29, 1821, was a farmer and resided with his sister, Jane, and mother. He was a stone mason and a man of business.
STEPHEN HEATH, b. Oct. 4, 1823, resided in the home many years. He started to visit his sister, Comfort, at Lowell, Mass., and was never heard from.
COMFORT HEATH, b. Oct. 2, 1827; m., Dec. 28, 1852, Benjamin F. Sanborn of Lyme. He was a machinist at Lowell, Mass., where she d. April 9, 1859. They had two children, Emma J., b. 1855, d., 1859, and Fannie C., b. 1859, who resided with her grandmother at Franklin Falls, where she d. at 22 years of age.
HORACE HEATH, b. April 11, 1831, resided in Lowell, Mass.
HEATH IV. (See portrait.)
JOHN G. HEATH came to N. from Raymond in 1863. He was b. at Candia May 27, 1833, and m., 1863, Mrs. Sarah Corsell Evans. (See Evans gen.) He was a fancy dyer at the Granite Mills for more than 20 years. He bought a small farm close by the mill and enlarged and rebuilt the Deacon Gilman house and for many years conducted a boarding-house. Compelled to seek a milder climate, they went to Southern California and remained one year, to be followed by a second and third sojourn there. . He d. at N. Dec. 28, 1901. He was a member of Harmony Lodge, I. O. O. F., of Tilton and of Granite Hill Rebekah Lodge of the same place. They had several children, all of whom d. in infancy.
Second Generation.
CHARLES HERBERT EVANS, adopted son, was b. at N. Aug. 11, 1857; m., Nov. 5, 1889, Ida Dinsmore Sanborn. They have a son, John Sam- uel, b. July 4, 1891. Mr. Heath was for many years in the employ of the Boston & Maine Railroad and is now a weaver at Elm Mills.
HERRICK.
DANIEL HEBRICK was b. at N. Factory Village Jan. 19, 1801. He was the son of Nathaniel, who had come there years before from Exeter. They were descended from a Danish chieftain, who invaded England in the reign of Alfred. A descendent, the seventh in line, settled in Salem, Mass., in 1629. There were seven children, Daniel being the 'only one to remain in N. He m., Sept. 26, 1822, Narcissa, only child of Richard and Hannah Hills Blanchard. (See Blanchard gen.) They spent their married life in the brick house near the Sanborn bridge.
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They celebrated their golden wedding in 1872. He was a man of great mechanical genius and is said to have gone in the garb of a Quaker to visit the first paper mill at Exeter and soon after reproduced the machinery for Peabody & Crane, of whose mill he was head machinist for many years. Later he was for 23 years pattern maker and repairer in Herrick Aiken's machine and tool shop as well as for his son, Walter Aiken, until his death, Aug. 7, 1876. He was greatly interested in local and national affairs and was never absent from a single state election .. They had five children. Mrs. Herrick d. and the house was afterwards burned.
Second Generation.
MARY ELIZABETH HERRICK, b. Aug. 24, 1824; m. Cyrus Tucker French. of N. (See French gen.)
SARAH SMITH HERRICK, b. June 20, 1830; m. Leavitt Dolloff of Lan- caster and remained with her parents until after her father's death, when they moved to Lancaster, where both d. They had three chil- dren.
HANNAH JANE HERRICK d. Nov. 29, 1837, aged 20 days.
DANIEL WEBSTER HERRICK, b. at N. Jan. 1, 1839; m., Oct. 30, 1860, Anna W. Ballantine of Paterson, N. J., where they resided. She re- turned after his death to settle the estate and d. at Paterson in 1901.
CHARLES EDGAR HERBICK, b. May 15, 1842; d., in Idaho, unmarried.
HERRICK II.
REV. MARCELLUS HERRICK. (See Trinity Episcopal Church: portrait and sketch.)
Second Generation.
(Children of Marcellus A. and Hannah Andrews Herrick.) (B. at Woodstock, Vt.)
ELIZABETHI ADELAIDE HERRICK, b. July 20, 1851. She was graduated from the Seminary at Tilton, studied at the Massachusetts Normal Art. School at Boston, and has been successively teacher of art education, Salem Normal School, Salem, Mass. (1883-'88) ; supervisor of art edu- cation in the public schools of Somerville, Mass. (1883-'91); director of art education in the Teachers' College, New York City; teacher of art. in the Ethical Culture Schools, New York (1898-1902) ; head of depart- ment of art and manual training, St. Agatha's School, New York (1902 to the present time).
CHARLES PUTNAM HERRICK was b. at Woodstock, Vt., Nov. 8, 1854. He received his education at the Tilton Seminary and entered the employ of H. B. Foster, druggist, Concord, in May, 1874, remaining there until Feb., 1876, when he went to Plymouth, where he was employed by John S. Tufts, druggist, for one year. He passed his examination before the
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New Hampshire Board of Pharmacy in June, 1877, and became a registered pharmacist. In Sept., 1877, he returned to N. and associated himself with Franklin J. Eastman, under the fra pame of C. P. Herrick & Co., in a general store and drug store combined, ta Tilise, Which business was continued until Jan., 1882, when it was sold, and he entered the employ of G. A. Stevens, druggist, ta Hill's Bleck, Which business he purchased in Oct., 1883, and has continued to the present time.
He was m. in Boston, Jan. 31, 1883, to Emma Julia, caly dau. of Lieut. Francis H. and Hannah A. (Magrath) Carver of Boston.
Their children are two sons, who d. in infancy, and a dan., Martha Putnam, b. Sept. 13, 1888.
FRANCIS HOBART HERRICK, b. NOV. 19, 1858. He was educated at &t. Paul's School, Concord, Dartmouth College, where he was graduated ta 1881, and at the Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Md., where he received the degree of Ph. D. in 1888. After teaching in secondary schools for a number of years, in 1888 he became instructor in biology in Western Reserve University, Cleveland, O., where, since 1891, he has beld a professorship in that selence. He is a member of several eci- catide societies and has written various works on the structure, devel- opmeat and instincts of animals, the most important of which are: "The American Lobster; A Study of Its Habits and Development," Washington, 1895, and "The Home Life of Wild Birds-A New Method of the Study and Photography of Birds," New York and London, 1901, revised edition, 1905. In 1897 the honorary degree of Sc. D. was com- ferred on him by the Western University of Pennsylvania. He was m. at Cleveland, O., June 24, 1897, to Josephine Thekla, dau. of John and Agnes (Koenig) Herkimer of Bushey Grove, Watford, England. Their children are: Agnes Elizabeth, b. April 24, 1898, and Francis Herkimer, b. Aug. 24, 1900.
HILLS.
DANIEL HILLS came to N. from Haverhill, Mass., where he was b. ta 1727. His name first appears on the tax list in 1792. Four sons had preceded him and bought land on Bay Hill. The deeds to the first purchase are dated 1788. David and Timothy were taxed that year. Daniel, Sr., m. Hannah Emery of Haverhill, Mass., and it is supposed that they d. in N., but no one knows where they are buried.
Second Generation. (B. in Haverhill, Mass.)
DANIEL HILLS, b. May 12, 1758; m. Hannah Young at Concord, where he had a residence previous to coming to N. He d. at N. Nov. 19, 1816. She remained at the home on Bay Hill until her family scattered when she moved with her youngest dau. to Schenectady, N. Y. The date of her death is unknown.
HOME OF DAVID AND SUSANNAH COLE HILL, 1788.
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She was a garrulous, hysterical woman, in strange contrast to her quiet, well-educated husband, and many of "Aunt Daniel's" quaint stories are still told by family friends, some of which are given else- where. His name is first seen on the records of the town in 1789 and his fine penmanship adorns the pages for a long term of years.
The home was afterwards occupied by the Buswell family and Hazen Carr (see Buswell and Carr gens.), and later was bought, with the land, by Samuel Clough and the house torn down. He was a farmer and a "cordwainer." They had four dau. and one son.
ABAGAIL HILLS, b. March 7, 1760; m., July 12, 1789, Amos Clement of Haverhill, Mass., where they lived and d .; she, in Jan., 1815; he, Jan. 30, 1819. They had five children. Betsey, who d. July 4, 1802, was buried the day she was to marry William Knowles of N. The other children were: Susannah, Abagail and a second Betsey, who came, in March, 1825, to live in N. as the wife of Demore Wyatt.
CAPT. DAVID HILLS, b. June 4, 1762; m., Nov. 29, 1787, Susannah Cole of Bradford, Mass., b. Oct. 25, 1766. They bought, together with Tim- othy Hills, the 100-acre lot, No. 16, laid out to the original right of James Davis. Ten years later he bought out Timothy and resided there until his death, March 9, 1820. They had a family of eight children. He was both a farmer and a cooper. She d. in 1856 on her 90th birthday.
TIMOTHY HILLS, b. Jan. 27, 1764; m., 1792, Elizabeth (Betsey) Lap- ham of Haverhill, Mass., b. Sept. 13, 1771. He bought land of Eben- ezer Blanchard, as the deeds record, and erected a new home, where he spent the remainder of his life. It then was owned by his son, War- ren L., and now by his grandson, Warren S. Mr. Hills was a cooper as well as a farmer and became an extensive business man and prom- inent in town affairs, holding all the offices in its gift. He was a colonel in the state militia. (See Military Record.) He d. April 29, 1850, and Betsey, his wife, d. Aug. 17, 1845. Both are buried in the ceme- tery by the present town hall. They had five children.
HANNAH HILLS, b. July 17, 1768; m. (first), Samuel Clement of Haver- hill, Mass., where they resided until his death about 1798. They hau a son and a dau. Mrs. Clement m. (second), Lieut. William Durgin of Sanbornton, Nov. 4, 1798, bringing her two children and her sister- in-law, Ruth Clement, to live with her. Mr. Durgin d. May 11, 1822. She d. at Sanbornton July 24, 1826, leaving four children by her sec- ond marriage: John H., Clement, Joanna C. and Mary L.
JOHN HILLS, b. June 15, 1770, was first taxed in N. in 1805, probably the first years of his majority. He m., Jan. 18, 1804, Polly Brown of N., b. March 18, 1778. He was a cooper and farmer, a man of great endurance, preferring to take his bags of corn to mill on his back rather than catch and saddle his frisky horse, which would nibble at the bag so persistently that he had to carry a stake along to pro- tect himself as he used to walk through the pasture. He scorned alike the heat of summer and the winter's cold, for which he had to
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pay the penalty in his old age, being. warped and twisted by rhea- matism out of all semblance to his once erect and vigorous manhood. He was a member of the state militia and was Ensign John. She d. Aug. 8, 1849. He d. Jan. 20, 1852.
Third Generation. (Children of Daniel, 2d, and Hannah Young Hills.) (B. at N.)
SUSAN HILLs, b. March 19, 1791; m. (first), Benjamin Darling, b. at Sanbornton March 12, 1788, and d. there July 8, 1819. She m. (second), - Favor, of whom I find no further record. She m. (third), Samuel Learned in 1836 and moved to Piermont. They later removed to Troy, Ind., where both d .; she, Aug. 10 and he, Aug. 25, 1855. She had three children by her first marriage: George, who d. in New York; Hannah, who m. Alexander McLinn; and Abagall, who m. Jona- than Learned (her stepfather's son) of Kendallsville,. Ind., and d., 1903. She had three children by her third marriage: John Learned, b. 1829, who now resides in Lowell, Mass .; Mark, b. 1834 and d., 1835; and Lucy A., b. 1888, wife of Joseph D. Gilman, b. at Norridgewock, Me., and resided at Lowell, where she d. June 28, 1836.
BETSEY (ELIZABETH) HILLS, b. June 10, 1793; m., May 27, 1814, John Cilley of N. (See Cilley gen.) They moved to Columbia, where they spent the remainder of their lives. They had six children. She d. April 8, 1867. He d. April 20, 1885.
HANNAH HILLS, b. 1795; m. Richard Blanchard of N. (Seo Blan- chard gen.)
SALLY HILLS, b. 1802; m., Sept. 26, 1822, Sherburn Lock of Bristol, and moved to Jamestown, N. Y. I can find no trace since 1836. They had two dau.
DANIEL HILLS, b. 1806. He was a minor at his father's death and m., March 11, 1832, Abi B. Ambler of Attleboro, Mass., and resided there in 1836. I can find nothing further.
(Children of Capt. David and Susannah Cole Hills.)
(B. at N.)
SUSAN HILLS, b. Feb. 16, 1792; m., Aug. 9, 1820, Aaron Adams of Salisbury. He was a farmer. They had two children, Emery H., who resides at Orange, N. J., and Hannah Fifield of Jackson, Mich.
ABIAH HILLS, b. Feb. 11, 1795; m., May 25, 1823, William Durgin of Sanbornton, b. July 9, 1798. They were farmers at Sanbornton, now Tilton Highlands, and had four children: Albert of Newbury; William Jackson of Tilton; Electa, who m. John Pre. sey of Sutton and d. there in 1901; and Leonard, late of Portland, Ore. Mr. Durgin d. Feb. 19, 1875. She d. Oct. 26, 1881.
DANIEL HILLS, b. June 18, 1797; m., June 10, 1824, Huldah Page of Sanbornton, b. at Epsom Aug. 20, 1794. He was a farmer on the
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homestead and cared for his mother in her declining years. He was. captain of Company C, Thirty-eighth Regiment, Infantry, of the state militia. They had two sons. He d. Jan. 13, 1848. She d. April 16,. 1876.
ABAGAIL HILLS, b. Jan. 18, 1799; m., March 8, 1840, John Jarvis of' West Concord. He was b. at Dunbarton April 28, 1798. They resided. for many years at East Concord, where he was a farmer and both d .. there; he, Oct. 2, 1870; she, Dec. 13, 1879.
DAVID HILLS, b. Feb. 3, 1801; m., April 20, 1831, Sarah A. Forrest of Canterbury, b. July 5, 1801. They resided for many years on the Dolloff place at the foot of Bean Hill. In 1846 they moved to the Centre, where he d. Oct. 2, 1868, and she, May 10, 1876. They had a family of six children. He was a natural mechanic, a fine scholar and a good singer. Mrs. Hills was a teacher for many years, being noted as a grammarian and speller.
CLARISSA HILLS, b. Dec. 14, 1803; m., May 8, 1820, Leonard Damon of Reading, Mass., b. June 27, 1801, and d. March 25, 1826. She m. (second), John Parker of Reading, Sept. 11, 1828. They had two dau., Clarissa Orilla and Susan Adelia, and a son, Leonard Damon Parker, none of whom survive.
EMERY HILLS, b. Jan. 18, 1805; m., in 1831, Harriet Parker of Water- bury, Vt., b. April 11, 1797. He learned the tanner's trade of Dea- con True of Salisbury and later fitted for the ministry but was never permitted to preach on account of failing health. He d. at Williston, Vt., where they had spent their whole married life, Sept. 4, 1850. She survived many years. Mr. Hills was one of the early anti-slavery advocates. Their dau. were: Harriet, who m. Dr. Lyman B. Larkin and had a son, Ernest; Amelia; Maria; Susan, who m. (first), George Stearns and had one child, Mrs. Ethel D. Stickney of Milford, and who m. (second), - - Tenney of East Concord, dying at North Bos- cawen Nov. 23, 1890; Martha; and George. The latter enlisted in New York at the beginning of the Civil War; he either re-enlisted or was transferred to the Seventeenth Vermont Infantry, returned and was last heard from at New Haven Ct. Mrs. Martha E. Garrett, the last sur- viving dau., resides at Ballston Spa, N. Y.
DEA. SAMUEL HILLS, b. Dec. 25, 1808; m., Dec. 6, 1832, Judith Clough of Canterbury, b. Dec. 6, 1808. He was a blacksmith and spent his whole life at Canterbury Centre. He was a deacon of the Congre- gational Church for many years. He d. April, 1882. She d. Sept. 8, 1888. They had one dau., Mary Eliza, wife of John P. Kimball of: Canterbury, who had three children, Ida, Georgia and Edwin.
' (Children of Timothy and Betsey Lapham Hills.) (B. at N.)
KING LAPHAM HILLS, b. Jan. 22, 1794; m., June 19, 1814, Sally Gil- man of N., b. July 19, 1796. They went to Sheffield, Vt., and after his death, Dec. 22, 1863, she moved to Fond-du-lac, Wis., where she d. April
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15, 1880. They had four sons, Aaron, William G., Marcella and Tim- othy, and eight dau .: Betsey, Nancy, Harriet, Alice, Mary, Adaline, Julia Ann and Cerinda. Several of these now reside at Shemeld, Vt.
HARRIET HILLS, b. Sept. 13, 1797; m., May 15, 1814, Lowell Lang of Sanbornton Bridge. He was a cabinet and cofin maker. They had eight children: John, Warren H., Timothy H., Joseph Li., Lucy B., Elizabeth Ann, Direxa, Matilda and Katherine Holmes. Mrs. Lang d. June 4, 1830. He m. (second), Theodate Page and d. Feb. 10, 1861.
WARREN LAPHAM HILLS, b. Sept. 2, 1801; m., April 2, 1829, Betsey Tucker, b. at Hopkinton Dec. 26, 1809. He was a farmer, brickmaker and a man of extensive business. They had six children. She d. at N. Feb. 6, 1886. He d. March 23, 1887.
BETSEY L. HILLS, b. Oct. 1, 1803; m., Feb 12, 1826, Furber Goodwin (see Goodwin gen.), b. at N. Aug. 18, 1807, and had seven children: Melissa, Diana, Warren H., Albert A., Harriet L., King H., and Eliza- beth, all of Danville and Sheffield, Vt. She d. at Danville, Vt., April 18, 1846. He d. at Annisquam, Mass., Feb. 11, 1859.
BARKER L. HILLS, b. Oct. 28, 1808; m., Jan. 7, 1835, Mary A. Cilley (see Cilley gen.), b. Sept. 14, 1814. He d. at Campton June 20, 1895, and she d. there Feb. 28, 1886. They had a son, Daniel Cilley Hills, who, with his sister, Mrs. Elizabeth L. Mitchel, now resides at Ash- land, where he is cashier of the Ashland Savings Bank.
(Children of John and Polly Brown Hills.) (B. at N.)
BENJAMIN HILLS, b. Feb. 8, 1810; m. Elizabeth Cofran, b. Dec. 23, 1813. He was a farmer and dealer in cattle. He lived in the Chase tavern at the entrance to Bay St. Both d. there; he, Oct. 11, 1857. she, June 9, 1871. They had a family of eight. This place was sold June 8, 1872, to S. B. Page and Samuel Sargent.
SALLY HILLS, b. Oct. 12, 1808; m., 1827, Joseph Clisby, b. at Concord Sept. 1, 1802. He was a blacksmith at the Centre. He also farmed in later years. He was one of the few who kept a record of passing events, which has been of great value in compiling this genealogy. They had a family of four dau. (See Clisby gen.)
JOHN HILLS, b. Sept. 20, 1805; m., Nov. 4, 1831, Mahala Rollins, b. in Sanbornton, 1806. He inherited the home farm on Whicher Hill and was a thrifty farmer all his life. They had two children. Mrs. Hills d. Jan. 11, 1883. He d. Feb. 16, 1886. This farm was sold to F. B. Shedd of Lowell, Mass., who has a summer residence there.
BETSEY HILLS, b. Aug. 30, 1804; m. Moses Evans of N. (see Evans gen.) and resided on what has always been called Lovers' Lane, near her father's. He d. Jan. 15, 1855, and she d. April 1, 1868. This house, if not built for a Methodist parsonage, was used for some time as such,
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Walter Burnham Hill. Josephine Hill Dearborn. Evelyn Hill Caso.
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Fourth Generation. (Children of Daniel and Huldah Page Hills.) (B. at N.) WILLIAM PEABY HILLS, b. Feb. 26, 1825, was a young man of me- chanical genius and a promising artist in portraiture. He d. March 7, 1854.
DANIEL ADAMS HILLS, b. Jan. 23, 1827; m., April 15, 1853, Cynthia A. Clough. (See Clough gen.) He claimed a valuable invention, a non- poisonous mixture for sticky fly paper and a machine for spreading it, which later was sold to H. B. Foster of Concord. Mr. Hills was also a farmer and natural mechanic. They had two children. He d. June 25, 1864. She d. June 11, 1890.
(Children of David and Sarah Forrest Hills.) (B. at N.)
SARAII AUGUSTA HILLS, b. May 10, 1882, was educated at the New Hampshire Conference Seminary and was a faithful teacher for many years. She cared for the home and her parents in their declining years and later went to care for a relative at East Andover. She d. at N. May 12, 1902.
LUCY ROGERS HILLS, b. July 9, 1834; m., Nov. 16, 1866, Oliver L. Cross of N. (See Cross gen. and frontispiece.)
SOLON FORBEST HILLS, b. May 31, 1836; m., Sept. 21, 1871, Georgia Cate of Belmont. She was b. at Manchester June 1, 1845. He was a teacher and supervisor of schools in N. and Belmont, a fine musician and leader of several bands. He moved to Belmont in 1872, where he was a farmer and prominent Granger, being master of Lawrence Grange. They had three children: Martha G., b. 1872 and d., 1873; James C., b. 1873; and Helen F., b. 1877, the latter being a teacher in the Belmont graded schools.
DOROTHY EASTMAN HILLS, b. Aug. 24, 1838; m., April, 1874, John Wilde of Lancashire, England. They reside at Penacook and have one son, Charles F., a trusted clerk for the Whitney Electrical Company. Mrs. Wilde taught for many years and is a fine landscape artist in oil.
SUSAN MARIA HILLS, b. Jan. 26, 1840; d., Oct. 14, 1846. Her death was caused by her clothes taking fire at an open fireplace.
SUSAN HANNAH HILLS, b. March 15, 1846; m., May 28, 1871, Jason Foss. (See portrait and sketch.)
(Children of Warren L. and Betsey Tucker Hills.)
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ALVAH TUCKER HILLS, b. Jan. 10, 1831; d., July 18, 1858. MARY TUCKER HILLS, b. Sept. 13, 1833; d., Aug. 31, 1846.
HENRY T. HILLS, b. Oct. 8, 1837; m., March 21, 1861, Oriette S. Whid- den of N. (See Whidden gen.) He was clerk of the town for a term of years. He was a member of the firm of Peabody & Hills, dry goods
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and groceries, and later was employed by P. C. Cheney at Manchester. In 1886 he moved to Bath, S. C., where he was a paper manufacturer. They had two children. He d. at Bath, S. C., March 28, 1892, and is buried in the Park Cemetery at Tilton. Mrs. Hills resides with her dau. at Aiken, S. C.
WARREN SMITH HILLS, b. Feb. 9, 1842; m., Sept. 7, 1865, Helen E. Cofran of N. (See Cofran gen.) He resides on the homestead of his father and grandfather and is an extensive farmer and stone mason. They have seven children. (See group.)
CHARLES FREDERICK HILLS, b. Jan. 27, 1847; m., Jan. 17, 1872, Sarah Frances Cilley of N. (See Cilley gen.) He was a fine printer at N. and d. March 15, 1889. They had two children. She d. suddenly of heart failure July 6, 1885.
M. ETTA HILLS, b. July 21, 1854; m., May 22, 1883, Cliff F. Gile. (See . Gile gen.)
(Children of Benjamin and Elizabeth Cofran Hills.)
(B. at N.)
OREN HILLS, b. June 18, 1835, was a drover and butcher at Brighton, Mass. He d. Jan. 25, 1864.
ANN HILLS, b. March 24, 1840; m., Aug. 3, 1864, Enoch G. Philbrick of Sanbornton. (See Philbrick gen.)
FRANK HILLS. (See portrait.)
FRANK HILLS was b. in N. Nov. 29, 1849. His early life was passed in that town. Since 1876 he has been a merchant in Tilton, residing in Northfield until April, 1891, when he moved to Tilton. Unassuming and retiring in his manners, he has never been a seeker after office or place. Mr. Hills is a constant and unswerving Democrat and as such served the town of N. as selectman in 1886-'87, and Tilton as auditor, treasurer, member of the school board and building committee of the new graded school building. In 1894 he was elected representative to the Legislature. He was one of the first officers of the Tilton and Northfield Library Association, being elected as trustee May 10, 1887, re-elected in 1889, 1894 and 1899, resigned May 14, 1901.
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