History of Northfield, New Hampshire 1780-1905: In Two Parts with Many Biographical Sketches and., Part 45

Author: Cross, Lucy Rogers Hill, Mrs., 1834-
Publication date: 1905
Publisher: Concord, N.H., Rumford Print. Co.
Number of Pages: 1004


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His integrity and honesty of purpose have been in his business methods and as administrator and guardian he has shown himself to be qualified for important trusts. He was elected trustee of the Iona Savings Bank May 9, 1883, and director of the Citizens' National Bank Jan. 20, 1885.


These positions he has held continuously to the present time. Mr. Hills is a prominent Mason, being a member of Doric Lodge, Tilton, Mount Horeb Commandery of Concord and the Edward A. Raymond Consistory of Nashua. He is a member of the Methodist Church and for many years was one of its trustees. May 23, 1872, he m. Clara C. Scribner of Franklin. Their children are: Llewellyn S., who d. at the age of two years; Myra Pearl; and Roger Frank.


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FRANK HILLS.


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GENEALOGIES.


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FRED HILLS, b. Oct. 29, 1854; m., Aug. 1, 1876, Letitia Carr of Find- lay, O., b. Jan. 15, 1850. They have three children. He d. at N. May 2, 1903.


(Children of John and Mahala Rollins Hills.) (B. at N.)


DANIEL EMERY HILLS, b. Sept. 7, 1833; m., 1858, Mary Otis Young. (See portrait and sketch of Postmasters.)


MARY C. HILLS, b. July 6, 1836; m., May 1, 1859, Liba C. Morrison. (See Morrison gen.)


Fifth Generation. (Children of Daniel Adams and Cynthia Clough Hills.) (B. at N.)


ELLA OBISSA HILLS, b. June 7, 1854; m., Dec. 24, 1874, George H. Nel- son. (See Nelson gen.) She is a born genealogist and has rendered valuable aid in the compilation of this work.


WILLIAM CLOUGH HILLS, b. June 12, 1859; m., June 5, 1901, Mabel W. Glines. (See Glines gen.) They reside on the Samuel Clough farm on Bay Hill, where he is an extensive farmer. Mrs. Hills, after a partial course at the New Hampshire Normal School, taught at Mel- rose, Winchester and Burlington, Mass. She is a member of the N. school board.


(Children of Henry T. and Oriette Whidden Hills.)


ELLON SHERBURNE HILLS, b. at N. Dec. 14, 1861; m., Sept. 12, 1893, Frances Stafford of Augusta, Ga., b. Oct. 8, 1863. He is agent for the National Life Insurance Company of Montpelier, Vt., and resides at Nashua. They have five children: Warren R., Marion R., Helen S., Stafford S. and Robert W.


LELIA IRENE HILLS, b. at Manchester Dec. 11, 1868; m., June 17, 1903, Rev. A. Hunter Anthony, b. at New Albany, Ind., Jan. 25, 1859. They reside at Aiken, S. C.


(Children of Charles F. and Sarah F. Cilley Hills.)


(B. at N.)


ELLEN FLOBILLA HILLS, b. Dec. 16, 1876; m., Sept 21, 1898, George V. . Hamlin of Goffstown, where they reside. They have two children, Leonard H. V., b. 1899, and George H., b. 1902.


GRACE HILLS, b. March 20, 1878, resides at Manchester.


(Children of Frank and Clara Scribner Hills.) (B. at N.)


LLEWELLYN S. HILLS, b. Sept. 19, 1878; d., Aug. 18, 1880. MYRA PEARL HILLS, b. May 14, 1880, is a graduate of Tilton Seminary, class of 1900, and is a teacher of instrumental music.


ROGER F HILLS, b. Sept. 3, 1887, graduated from Tilton Seminary, class of 1904, and is now a student at Dartmouth College.


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(Children of Fred and Letitia Carr Hills.)"


LEow C. HILLa, b. at Tilton Ang. 11, 1877, resides on Fim &t. with his mother and is employed at Fifield Bros.' market.


STELLA F. HILLs, b. at Findlay, O., Dec. 21, 1880; m., Sept. 14, 1904, Arthur 8. Nelson. (See Nelson gen.)


ALION M. HILLa, b. at Findlay, O., Feb. 15, 1883; m., June 15, 1904, Jere D. Driscoll, b. at Lawrence, 1879.


(Children of W. S. and Helen Cofran Hilla.) (All b. at N.)


KATE F. HILLS, b. June 16, 1867, has been the faithful caretaker in the home during her mother's long illness. She is active in the social work of the Grange, is a member of the history and Old Home Day committees and is strong and helpful in whatever she undertakes.


ARTHUR H. HILLS, b. Nov. 12, 1868; m., Oct. 15, 1895, Florence Goes of Andover, b. Ang. 15, 1878. They reside at Lebanon, where he is engaged in the grain business. They have one child, Clyde Clayton, b. 1897.


HETEK JOSEPHINE HILLA, b. March 2, 1872, was, like all her Hall an- cestry, possessed of a fine voice and assisted in the church choir many years. She possessed also another accomplishment not frequent among even "Yankee" girls, a love of and skill in the use of the ride. She m., June 18, 1894, Prof. Ned Dearborn of N. (See Dearborn gen.)


EVELYN B. HILLS, b. Nov. 4, 1876; m., June 29, 1899, Prof. Shirley J. Case, b. at Springfield, N. B., Sept. 28, 18.2. Mrs. Case was a graduate of Tilton Seminary and a teacher of vocal music at New Hampton Institute for several years. Mr. Case is a Baptist clergyman and they reside at New Haven, Conn.


WILLIE H. C. HILLS, b. July 25, 1878, is employed at the New Hamp- shire Soldiers' Home at Tilton as expert farmer.


WALTER B. HILLS, b. Dec. 5, 1879; m., April 20, 1902, May F. Sears of Newton, Mass. They reside on Bay St. He is a farmer on the home farm.


LORING C. HILLS, b. March 3, 1885, is a student at Tilton Seminary.


HILL.


JOSEPH HILL, b. at Mont Vernon June 16, 1884, came to Sanbornton Bridge when a lad of 15, where he was a merchant during the whole of his active life, first, as partner with his brother, then with E. G. Phil- brick in an extensive line of general merchandise, and later with W. P. Fletcher until his death. He, with his brother, in 1865 erected their commodious brick block and a few years later the present wooden one. Mr Hill m., Jan. 8, 1862, Annette Hancock of N. and had four children. (See Hancock gen.) She d. Nov. 12, 1874.


He m. (second), at Durham, June 28, 1880, Lizzie A. Chase of N. and removed the following year to Arch Hill.


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THE CHASE-HILL HOMESTEAD.


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He was unassuming in manner, kind, sympathetic, generous; a trusted and respected citizen, not only interested in local affairs, but represented the town in the Legislature of 1871 and '72. He was a member of the board of education, of Doric Lodge, A. F. and A. M., and the Congregational Church. Mrs. Hill is a member of the same. church, a charter member of the local Woman's Club and Peabody Chapter of the Eastern Star, but is especially devoted to home and its varied interests.


Second Generation.


ALECK WARE HILL, b. Jan. 1, 1863; d., Dec., 1866.


JOSEPH WARE HILL, b. Oct. 24, 1867, was employed in his father's store and since his death has assisted in the care of the estate and home.


EVA GERTRUDE HILL, b. at Tilton Aug. 7, 1869, graduated from the New Hampshire Conference Female College in 1889 as the valedic- torian. After several years' service as a teacher in the Union graded school she m., Oct. 25, 1893, Charles T. Foster of Canterbury, also a graduate of the same class. They have two sons, Malcom, b. 1894, and Gordon, b. 1896. They reside at Leominster, Mass.


FLORENCE A. HILL, b. March 19, 1874, was a graduate of the same institution in 1892 and a teacher some years. She m., April 19, 1900, Prof. Craven Laycock, b. at Yorkshire, England, now of Dartmouth College. He was also a graduate of Tilton Seminary, class of 1892, and of Dartmouth College, 1896.


HODGDON.


EDMUND HODODON, b. Aug. 15, O. S., 1739; m., July 15, 1761, Susanna Twombly, b. April 2, 1743, O. S. They came from Barnstead to N. in 1788 and bought the farm, Lot 188, laid out to the right of John Hug- gins, which remained in the Hodgdon name for 101 years. He was of English descent and a Quaker. His wife was of Scotch descent.


Second Generation.


MILES HODGDON, b. May 23, 1762; m. (first), - Cate of Canterbury and (second), Mary Kezar of Canterbury, Dec. 30, 1819.


MARY HODGDON, b. Aug. 19, 1764; m. Jonathan Dearborn of N. and had four children. (See Dearborn gen.)


ISRAEL HODGDON, b. March 9, 1770; m., Nov. 21, 1793, Comfort San- born, b. May 7, 1774. He cultivated the homestead and had five chil- dren.


PEACE HODGDON, b. Dec. 26, 1774; m., Dec. 26, 1,88, Josiah George of Sanbornton and had 18 children. He d. March 25, 1847. She d. at Lake Village Sept. 13, 1858. A dau., Charlotte, m., 1792, Jonathan Cate of N. The youngest, John Kezar George, having been injured in a Lowell factory, was educated by the corporation and became a teacher in Arkansas.


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Third Generation.


(Children of Israel and Comfort Sanborn Hodgdon.) ·


BUBAN HoDaDor, b. July 5, 1794; m. George Colby of N. and had four children. .


ISAIAH HODGDON, b. March 26, 1796; d., Feb. 23, 1846.


NAMOY HODGDOW, b. June 15, 1798; m. Abraham Fowler and removed to Hill.


DELIVERANCE HODGDON, b. April 5, 1803; m., Sept. 10, 1840, Jeremiah Clough of Canterbury as his second wife.


Mr. Clough was a Free Baptist preacher as opportunity offered and at the same time conducted large farming enterprises.


CHARLOTTE HODGDON, b. Aug. 19, 1818; m., Sept. 17, 1846, Edward Osgood of Canterbury. They resided some years at Roxbury, Mass .. and had five children: Susan, wife of Leon Chase of Canterbury; Charles, who d. at Tilton, 1888; Annie May, who, after long years of service as teacher, m., 1895 (?), Edward Webster of Boston, with a summer home at Boscawen Plain.


. HIRAM HODGDON, b. Jan. 19, 1808; d., Aug. 14, 1828.


CYRUS HoDaDON, b. Feb. 14, 1811; d., June 23, 1842. He was b. blind but had such wonderful intuition that he was often sent for things about the premises that no one else could find.


JOHN L. HODGDON, b. Dec. 19, 1805; m., Doc. 5, 1830, Sally Thurston of Hill and had two sons and a dau. He d. Aug. 8, 1874. She d. at Ashland July 9, 1901.


(Children of John and Sally Thurston Hodgdon.)


HIRAM HODGDON. (See portrait.)


How. HIRAM HODGDON, the subject of this sketch, was b. and educated in N. When 21 years of age he left home to seek his fortune. He made his way to Boston, Mass., with a strong determination to make a good beginning and found employment there as a dry goods clerk. He remained one year and having proved himself capable of filling a more responsible position, he went to Ashland and took full charge of the old . brick store, owned by Cutting Follansby. The arrange- ment was such that Mr. Hodgdon received one half of the proceeds in return for his services and management. In 1862 he entered into full partnership with his aforetime employer under the firm name of Fol- lansby & Hodgdon. He was active in this business for 27 years, with the exception of two years that he served with the Twelfth Regiment, New Hampshire Volunteers, in the Civil War. (See Boys in Blue.) About 1880 he went West, dealt largely in land and erected houses in promising localities, which found a ready sale. In 1886 a company was formed, composed of Thomas P. Cheney, George E. Scribner, N.


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P. Batchelder and Hiram Hodgdon. They purchased the Baker Mill water privilege and built a building, 110 x 54 feet and three stories high. Seven sets of cards were put in and the factory has since been known as the Ashland Knitting Company and is still. in active operation. Mr. Hodgdon is still connected with the business. He m. (first), Martha Webster of Danville, who d. in 1880. He m. (sec- ond), Mrs. Plaisted of Ashland, - 1900. He is a Republican and, although desiring no office, was clerk of the town for a term and was elected to the New Hampshire Senate in 1879. He is a Baptist in belief and is connected with that church and society. . He is also a member of Mt. Prospect Lodge, No. 68, F. and A. M.


GEORGE M. HODGDON, b. Aug. 13, 1835; m., Sept. 15, 1857, Millie Plaisted of Ashland. He is a farmer and resides in Ashland. They have a son and dau.


SABAH EATON HODGDON, b. Oct. 27, 1838; m., Jan. 11, 1887, Alonzo P. Chamberlain of Dunbarton. He d. Dec. 11, 1893. She resides at Ash- land.


Fourth Generation. (Children of George and Millie Plaisted Hodgdon.) (B. at Ashland.)


CHARLES MERRILL HODGDON, b. Oct. 24, 1860; m., April 5, 1886, Cora Nelson. He d. Jan. 11, 1895.


CHRISTIE HODGDON, b. at Ashland Jan. 1, 1877; m., Jan. 9, 1890, George Flanders. She resides at her father's and has three dau.


HOLMES.


SAMUEL T. HOLMES came to N. from Tilton in 1876 and erected his home on Park St. He was b. at East Haddam, Conn., Jan. 27, 1845; m., Feb. 13, 1869, Mrs. Mary E. Sanborn, b. at Loudon Aug. 15, 1835. He conducted for several years a meat and provision market and later a restaurant at Tilton. He served in the Civil War. (See Boys in Blue.) They have an adopted dau. He has served the town as con- stable and policeman.


Second Generation.


GERTRUDE BELLE HOLMES, b. at Chichester Jan. 19, 1872; m., Dec. 8, 1894, Thomas Townsend. She is a dressmaker.


HOWE. .


ORLANDO G. HOWE came to N. from Holderness, where he was b. June 30, 1857. He m., May 1, 1881, Lizzie S. Sanders, b. at Wentworth Nov. 9, 1862. He was formerly employed by the Lord Bros. Man-


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facturing Company but later became a farmer and resides on Vine St., where he has two houses.


. A niece, Ida May Willey, b. at Rumney Aug. 10, 1893, resides with them and attends Union Graded School.


HOYT I. DE. ENOS HOYT. (See Physicians of N. and portrait.)


Second Generation.


ASA GEORGE HOYT, b. Sept. 18, 1825, graduated from Dartmouth Col- lege in 1846. He read medicine and graduated from Harvard Medical School in 1851. He m., Dec. 10, 1851, Maria Frances Hemenway, and was associated with his father in practice at Framingham until his death, Oct. 15, 1857. He had one son, b. May 12, 1854, who d. at 25.


ENOS ALPHEUS HOYT was b. Aug. 5, 1828, and m., June 6, 1865, Emma Whiting of Medway, Mass. He was 11 years in California and then studied medicine with his father and at Dartmouth Medical School, taking his degree there. He was assistant surgeon in the Twenty- fifth Massachusetts Regiment. (See Boys in Blue.) Later he was & physician at Natick, Mass., until his death, Nov. 23, 1879. He left four children.


GRACE CROSBY HOYT, b. July 25, 1831; m., Sept. 4, 1850, George WIll- iam Bigelow of Framingham, who d. May 29, 1903. He was an active business man and served the Congregational Church as deacon and superintendent of its Sabbath school for many years. Mr. Bigclow still remains in her home with her four children settled near by. One son, a physician, bears her father's name, Enos Hoyt Bigelow.


DIXI CROBBY HOYT, b. Aug. 24, 1838; m., Oct. 9, 1862, Abbie Louisa Reed of Medway, Mass. He graduated from Amherst College in 1855 and took his medical degree from Harvard in 1860. He enlisted at the opening of the Civil War. (See Boys in Blue.) He d. at Newberne, N. C., from overwork, exposure and yellow fever, Nov. 1, 1864.


RHODA FRANCES BLAISDELL HOYT, b. Oct. 24, 1842; m., Dec. 24, 1862, John Wentworth Bracket of Boston, a piano manufacturer. She d. Oct. 20, 1863, leaving a son, who survived her four weeks.


HOYT II.


ALVAR HOYT, b. in Lowell, Mass., came to N. from Sanbornton in 1860 and resided on the Thomas Lyford place. He m. Betsey Randall of Sanbornton, b. 1818.


He was a resident but four years, removing later to Tilton. Mrs. Hoyt d. Aug. 30, 1871. They had a son and dau. He m. (second), Abbie Comeford of Tilton Highlands and purchased of Mrs. James Jenkins a home on the Franklin road. Mr. Hoyt d. about 1880. She still resides there.


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Second Generation.


AUGUSTA HOYT, b. at Lowell, Mass., Oct. 1, 1841; m. Daniel Sanborn of N. They had four children. (See Sanborn gen.) She d. Nov. 1, 1896.


ALONZO F. HOYT served in the Civil War. (See Boys in Blue.) He d., Jan. 1, 1865, at Falmouth, Va.


HOYT III.


AMOS P. HOYT, b. at Bath in 1824; m. Lucy Lane, b. at Hanover, and had four children, none of whom were b. in town. He came to N. from Lebanon and purchased the brick house of Reuben Hutchins on High St. He was a carpenter by trade. He d. June 8, 1891, and she went to reside with her children.


Second Generation.


IDA HOYT, b. June 16, 1864; m., March 18, 1886, Fred Judkins of Franklin Falls, a member of the firm of Judkins & Wallace. They have three children: Leon F., b. 1887; Jere A., b. 1889; and Elsie M., b. 1891.


CLARA E. HOYT m. Frank Pease of Meredith, a member of the firm of Pease & Weeks, grocers.


NETTIE HOYT m. Oscar Gates and resided in N. for several years, later moving to Salisbury.


REV. EDWIN HOYT was a Baptist clergyman at Franklin Falls for several years and now resides at Derby, Vt.


HOUGHTON.


HANNAH AMELIA HOUGHTON came to N. from Franklin Falls (where she was employed in Aiken's Hosiery Mill in 1865 and 1866 as fore- woman in the knitting department). She was b. at Brasher, St. Law- rence County, New York, March 3, 1836, and was a dressmaker for several years, but later conducted a large boarding-house. After her father's death in New York in 1891, she took her mother and invalid sister to her home, where she tenderly cared for them. Her mother, b. at Windsor, Vt., d. at N. April 18, 1894, aged 88, and Sarah A., April 19, 1899, aged 60. Another sister, Mrs. Jacobs, the mother of Mrs. Ar- thur F. Cunningham, resides at N.


HUEBER.


CHARLES C. HUEBER bought of Warren F. Daniell a part of the Jere- miah Cross farm in 1875 (?), including the buildings, where he has since been a gardener, furnishing early vegetables for the Franklin market. His greenhouses, run in connection with the business, were


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burned a few years since. They have four children: Albert, who remains in the home; Louis of Tilton; and two dan., who are em- ployed at Laconia.


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HULSE.


EDGAR E. HULSE came to N. from Westboro, Mass. He was b. at East Hampton, N. Y., in 1858, and m., 1883, Flora M. Gould, b. at Parsonsfield, Me., 1863. He was educated at Bowdoinham, Me, and at Nichols' Latin School, Lewiston, Me., and Plymouth Normal School. He removed to New York and taught 10 years, later teaching at West- boro, Mass., one and a half years. He was principal of Union Graded School in N. nearly eight years, leaving it to superintend the schools .of Southern New Hampshire four years and is at present master in the Boston schools. They have four children, two of whom were b. in N.


Second Generation.


JOHN Roos HULSE, b. Nov. 21, 1893; d., Feb., 1894. MELVERDA M. HULAE, b. Doc. 30, 1894. FERWALD and KENNETH, b. at New York.


HUNKINS. (860 portrait.)


. JOSEPH WARREN HUNKINS, b. at Sanbornton Sept. 2, 1835; m., Oct. 13, 1860, Caroline Augusta Cofran, b. April 24, 1836. He removed to Manchester, where he lived until 1866, since which time he has re- Bided in N. on a part of the Jeremiah Cofran estate. They have had four children. Mr. Hunkins has been deacon of the Congregational Church since 1872, one of the board of selectmen of the town, and has been its tax collector most of the time for the last 13 years.


Second Generation.


ETTA MARY HUNKINS, b. at Manchester April 8, 1862; d., March 8, 1891.


CARRIE PHEBE HUNKINS, b. at Manchester Dec. 19, 1863; d., Sept. 3. 1864.


EVERETT ROBERT HUNKINS, b. at Manchester Jan. 1, 1865; m. Mary Black of Boston, Mass., Nov. 23, 1894, where they now reside. They have one son.


JED WARREN HUNKINS, b. at N. Feb. 17, 1869; m., April 15, 1891, Annie Howard, and resides at the home with his parents.


Third Generation.


MARY CHELLIS HUNKINS, b. June 9, 1888. EDWARD EVERETT HUNKINS, b. Oct. 23, 1895. ETHEL HUNKINS, b. July 10, 1897.


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HURLBURT.


OTIS HURLBURT, b. Nov. 18, 1823, was a native of Lyme. He m.,. Nov. 27, 1850, Susan M., only child of Mack Glines, b. July 21, 1831. They resided at first near her home on the main road and then at. Tilton. He bought of Mrs. Daniel Huse's heirs the present home on Bay St. Extension, where he d. June 17, 1894, and where she still re- sides. They had three sons and a dau., ali b. in N.


Second Generation.


FRANK HURLBURT, b. Oct. 23, 1855; m., Sept. 27, 1879, Clara Blanchard,. and had one child. They resided on the Fellows farm, near the Rand schoolhouse, where he d. March 1, 1888. He was a charter member of Harmony Lodge, I. O. O. F. Mrs. Hurlburt d. Jan. 22, 1895.


CHARLES O. HUELBURT, b. July 26, 1857; m., Jan. 13, 1886, Cora: Nichols, and removed to Bellows Falls, Vt. They have four children. He is a member of the order of A. F. and A. M.


GEORGE C. HURLBURT, b. Dec. 30, 1860; m., Dec. 25, 1884, Lena English. and had five children. He was a farmer at Belmont, where he d. Nov. 28, 1894. He was found murdered by the roadside. She, later, with her four children, removed to her former home in West Hartford, Vt. He was a member of Harmony Lodge, I. O. O. F., and of Belknap. Lodge, A. O. U. W.


MARY JEANETTE HURLBURT, b. June 26, 1863; m., Jan. 1, 1884, Fred. Brown of Tilton and removed to Concord, where Mr. Brown was teacher of manual training in the public schools. He has for some years past. held the same position in the Manchester schools, with his home in. Concord. They have two sons, Orville and Carmi.


·Third Generation. (Child of Frank and Clara Blanchard Hurlburt.) WALLACE HURLBURT, b. May, 1888; resides with his grandmother. He- is a graduate of Tilton Seminary, 1905.


HUSE.


The Huses were of Welch origin and settled in Amesbury, when they came to America. William, b. Aug. 22, 1760, was in the Revolutionary War. His son, John, who also served two years, was a brother of" Joseph, the father of Daniel, who came from Sanbornton to. N. and bought a part of the Thomas Chase farm in the west part of the town. He purchased other land as opportunity offered and became a large landholder and prosperous farmer. He m. Eliza Dudley of" Sanbornton and had three dau. He was a correct business man and. served the town as treasurer and was also one of its board of select- men. He d. Sept. 3, 1883, after a long illness, aged 75 years.


Mrs. Huse, after selling to her son-in-law, Morrill Moore, purchased


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a home near Tilton. She d. Jan. 18, 1888, while on a visit to ber grandchildren in Canterbury.


Second Generation.


LOVINA HURE, b. at Campton Sept. 3, 1884; m., March 3, 1858, Mor- Fill Moore of N. (860 Moore gen.)


EMILY HULE, b. at Thornton Sept. 1, 1840; m., Sept. 6, 1863, Boa- jamin Plummer of N. and removed to Tilton Highlands. (Seo Plum- mer gon.)


ANN ELIZA' HUSE, b. at Thornton Jan. 8, 1845; m., Oct. 25, 1866, George Blanchard of Canterbury. She d. of consumption, Jan. 29, 1880, leaving three sons, two of whom, Fred and Frank, are in the meat and grocery business at Penacook. Mra. Blanchard was a teacher before her marriage.


HUTCHINS.


REUZEN HUTCHINS owned the brick house and a part of the Thomas Chase farm. Here, besides'being a painter and paperhanger, he was . a farmer for some years.


He m. (pub.), July 5, 1856, Augusta Hinkley and had a son and a dau., neither of whom were b. or lived in town. After the death of his wife, March 9, 1888, he sold to David Trecartine and removed to Franklin, where he d. Oct. 28, 1890.


JEWELL.


JOHN JEWELL, b. in N. Feb. 10, 1800; m. (first), Olive French. She d. Jan. 13, 1842.


He m. (second), Elizabeth Clay. He resided two years on the Lind- Bey Meadow lot, removing then to the farm owned later by Demore Wyatt and finally removed to Alexandria.


Late in life they returned to the Clay homestead in Sanbornton, where he d. Feb. 28, 1875. They had six children, but two of whom were b. in N.


Second Generation.


ELIZA ANN JEWELL, b. at N. Feb. 14, 1824; m. Luther Ingalis of Bris- tol, May 9, 1847, and had one son, Frank.


MARY JANE JEWELL, b. at N. Feb. 12, 1826; m., June 16, 1852, Rufus Eaton of Bristol, a carpenter and farmer. They had two sons, Frank and George, both of whom d. in early manhood.


JOCELYN.


C. E. JOCELYN, b. in Antigonish, N. S., May 6, 1850; m., Dec. 26, 1877, Jennie McNarr, b. April 12, 1858, at Cape George, N. S. They


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came to N. from Springfield, Vt., where he was a harness maker, but, being incapacitated by a broken arm, he turned his attention to farming. They have two children.


Second Generation.


. ELLA MAY JOCELYN, b. at Boston, Oct. 5, 1881; m., 1900, Harry Bur- ton, a machinist, of Franklin. They have two children, Charles David and Merna Jane.


EDWARD JOCELYN, b. Feb. 12, 1885, is employed in Henderson's steam sawmill and resides at home.


JOHNSON.


JOHN JOHNSON m., March 9, 1819, Betsey Whicher of N., b., 1798. They had two sons and resided at East N., where she d., April 10, 1838.


Second Generation.


JONATHAN M. JOHNSON, b. in N. June 16, 1819; m., July 11, 1844, Al- mira Dearborn of N. (See Dearborn gen.) He was a wheelwright and resided in N. They had 10 children, two of whom d. in infancy. He d. Oct. 28, 1904. She still resides at the home on Hills St.


Third Generation.


ABBIE NASON JOHNSON, b. at N. Factory Village, now Franklin Falls, Nov. 18, 1845; m. (first), April 2, 1863, William C. Morrill of Rumney. She m. (second), Charles W. Abbott of Tilton, and d. Dec. 2, 1879.


ENOS HOYT JOHNSON, b. at Factory Village, 1846; m., April 10, 1868, Martha E. Gage, b. Sept. 30, 1849, at Factory Village. She d. March 21, 1900. He is employed at G. H. Tilton's hosiery mill.


BETSEY ANN JOHNSON, b. Feb. 11, 1850; m., Aug. 27, 1867, Stephen P. Greene of Coventry, R. I. He is overseer in the spinning room of the Ashland Cotton Company's mills at Jewett City, Conn., where they reside. They have one child, Ethel N., b. at Central Falls, R. I., June 27, 1880.


MARY E. B. JOHNSON, b. at Franklin May 27, 1852; m., Sept. 13, 1870, George W. Lord of Tilton. They have one dau. (See Lord gen.)




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