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NATHANIEL SIMONDS, b. Jan. 80, 1765.
JOHN SIMONDS, b. at N. March 4, 1767.
SARAH SIMONDS, b. Aug. 13, 1770; m. John Forrest, who lived and
d. on the Leighton farm near Franklin Falls. (See Forrest gen.) DOROTHY SIMONDS, b. March 29, 1772.
ABRAHAM SIMONDS, b. June 24, 1774; m. Nancy Forrest and lived on his father's farm, which comprised original lots, Nos. 2 and 3. He was
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a learned man for the times and often taught school. He was clerk of the town for 15 years. They had one son, Joseph Forrest. Mrs. Simonds was a doctress, although she lived long before such a thing as a professional female practitioner was known, and caught the cold that caused her death by wading through a winter storm to attend a birth. H. m., March 23, 1817, Mra. Lucy Sanborn Rundlet of San- bornton. Her dau., Comfort Rundlet, lived with them until her mar- riage to Elias Russell of Sanbornton in 1825. Mrs. Simonds was "Aunt Lucy" to the whole neighborhood. Her house was also a home to all the ministers who came that way and it no notice preceded their arrival the children were sent around to announce it and the old, long kitchen was sure to be filled. She d. Sept., 1845.
THOMAS SIMONDE, b. Jan. 2, 1783; m. (Arst), Hannah Hanceck and had one dau., Alice. (800 Austin gen.) He lived en a part of the homestead with his brother-in-law, Michael McCrillis. He is ro- membered as a great story teller, a faithful student of the almanac and very weatherwise.
Mrs. Simonds d. Jan. 14, 1850. He m. (second), Nov. 25, 1850, Hannah Foster Cate, who d. Dec. 6, 1868. He d. Feb. 14, 1872.
COMFORT BIMEONDE, b. April 25, 1786; m. Ebenezer Abbott of North Pembroke and had eight children. Late in life be removed to N. ·
Fourth Generation. (Child of Abraham and Nancy Forrest Simonds.) ·
JOSEPH FORREST SIMONDE, b. 1812; m. Nancy Abbott, dau. of Men- ezer. He resided in the home for some years and later purchased the house erected by John E. Forrest opposite the Centre schoolhouse, then owned by Rev. Liba Conant, and was a prosperous farmer. He sold this place and his father's homestead and, with his father-in-law, Abbott, purchased the James Forrest place towards Zion's Hill, where he d. Dec. 3, 1867. She d. four years previous. They had eight chil- dren.
Fifth Generation.
NANCY SIMONDS, b. at N., was for some years the faithful caretaker in the home. She later completed a course of study at the New Hampshire Conference Seminary, graduating in 1856. She m. John Appleton of Allenstown in 1877. She resides since his death in Sun- cook.
CHARLES SIMONDS d. at N. Dec. 25, 1853.
HESTER ANN ROGERS SIMONDS, b. 1839. She was also a graduate of the New Hampshire Conference Seminary, class of 1863, and was a teacher before her marriage, March 5, 1868, to George E. Davis. (See Davis gen.)
AUGUSTA A. SIMONDS, b. April, 1841; m., Nov., 1873, J. D. Sweatt of Allenstown, where they resided, she being his second wife. She graduated in the class of 1865 and was a teacher. She d. in Aug.,
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JOSEPH MILLS SIMONDS, b. at N. Dec., 1844, inherited the farm, which he sold later, and went to New York as a cattle buyer. He was last heard of as being sick with the grippe, since which time no news of him has reached his friends.
KIRK A. SIMONDS, b. March, 1847; d., March, 1857.
ELLA FORREST SIMONDS, b. 1850; m., Nov., 1876, J. D. Sweatt of Al- lenstown, as his third wife. She d. in 1896.
FLORETTE SIMONDS, b. 1852; d., April 29, 1876.
SLEEPER.
EDWIN J. SLEEPER came to N. in 1902 from Holderness. His ancestors were of Revolutionary stock and his grandfather, Benjamin, of Brent- wood, drew a pension. Mr. Sleeper was b. at Alton April 12, 1861. He m., March 1, 1883, Lucie E. Howe of Holderness, b. March 3, 1862. He bought his father's farm in 1885 and was a farmer and gardener, furnishing supplies to campers during the summer months and later becoming proprietor of quite an extensive summer hotel, which he enlarged in 1890 and which had a large number of patrons. Since his removal to N. he has confined himself largely to dairying. His herd, when perfected, will contain mostly Guernseys. Mr. Sleeper is a past master of Mt. Livermore Grange.
Second Generation.
WILLIAM SLEEPER, b. at Holderness March 6, 1884, completed his studies at the New Hampton Literary Institute, Commercial Course, in 1902. He is still with his father on the farm.
BESSIE SLEEPER, b. Dec. 31, 1894.
SMART.
PETER SMART came to N. in 1861 from Canterbury. He was b. at Chichester in 1793 and m., Dec. 7, 1828, Hannah Clough Haynes, b. at Canterbury Sept. 25, 1807. He commenced carrying the mail from Chichester to Portsmouth at the age of 16 years and after 1815 be- came the "noted stage driver for many years through Northfield" from Concord to Haverhill. They had six children, of whom three came to N. He d. at N. June 10, 1871. She d. June 21, 1888.
Second Generation.
HANNAH H. SMART, b. Sept. 26, 1829; m., July 5, 1856, Charles E. Carroll, a contractor and builder at Portsmouth. They had four children.
SAMUEL B. and WALTER d. in infancy.
SUSAN B. SMART, b. Nov. 15, 1840; m., July 25, 1873, William S. Shaw of Pittsburg, Pa. She was a school teacher and taught for several years in N. and other towns.
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HARRIET L. SMART, b. Dec. 25, 1843; m. (first), Feb. 8, 1863, William F. Durgin of Northwood. She m. (second), Edward S. Tripp, an engineer of Lynn, Mass., where she now resides.
CLARA E. SMART, b. Oct. 17, 1846, was a graduate of the New Hamp- shire Conference Seminary and Female College at Sanbornton, class of 1872, and was vice-principal of the high school at Manchester, Ia., at the time of her death, in N., Aug. 12, 1875.
SMITH I.
WILLIAM SMITH, son of Stephen, was b. in 1738, and m., 1762, Deliver- ance, dau, of Jeremiah Clough of Salisbury, and resided in Hampton. where all the children were b. He had a nice farm in the village, which is now covered with the Eastern Railroad depots. This he sold and removed to N., where his son, Jeremiah, had located previously. He made his new home in the east part of the town on what has ever since been called "Smith's Hill." Both d. there. The farm was sold in part to Josiah Colby. Mr. Smith was a seaman.
Second Generation.
WILLIAM B. SMITH, b. Sept., 1765; m. Alice Glidden and had three sons. He had been a sailor, as was his father, before coming to N.
RUTH SMITH m., March 31, 1792, Francis Sanborn, b. 1770. He d. in Gilmanton in 1848. (See Sanborn gen.)
SARAH SMITH, b. 1776, m. a brother of Solomon French, name un- known. (See French gen.)
EPHRAIM SMITH, b. 1778; d. young. He lived on the Windfall, where he owned 50 acres of land, which was later occupied and owned by James Glines.
BETTY SMITH, b. 1762; d., at 17.
HANNAH SMITH m., Dec. 23, 1792, Solomon French. (See French gen.)
JEREMIAH SMITH. (See portrait.)
JEREMIAH SMITH, b. at Old Hampton March 10, 1770; m. Betsey Glid- den in 1796. She was b. Feb. 17, 1778, and d. Jan. 1, 1868.
Mr. Smith, who had spent sometime with relatives in Canterbury, came, a lad of 21, to N. to secure employment. It is said that he reached Squire Glidden's in the dusk of evening and, asking for work, was promptly engaged at seven dollars a month. The girl, Betty, was then 13 and her attractions may have been the secret of the con- tent which he felt during the five years of honest service which fol- lowed. The arrangement had been satisfactory for at least three of the busy family and a partnership was thus begun that lasted almost fourscore contented years. A farm of 60 acres was her marriage dower. This farm was not level and rich like the prairies of the
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West but was well watered and close nestled under the foot of Bean Hill. There were few neighbors and the roads were rough and steep. This disturbed them not, for they were keepers at home and the many and varied tasks left no time for loneliness or regrets. Children came at no infrequent intervals to gladden the home and increase its cares, but it mattered not, for the little hands and feet were early put to childish tasks and there were no idlers in Mother Smith's household.
His biographer says: "He was a model farmer and in all that per- tained to honorable manhood second to none in those strenuous times. His good judgment was not only appreciated but called into service in public matters and any office in the gift of the town was always at his refusal when honesty and efficiency were needed for its discharge." He served his newly-adopted town as its representative in 1809 and 1810 and from 1823 to 1828, and "rose slowly and surely to social, financial and political importance." "His barns," says Mr. Hunt, "though second in size to none in the town, were filled year after year to the very eaves with his well-fed and carefully-tended crops and fat oxen, sleek cows, young stock and sheep filled the south side yard and were bountifully fed from its high-heaped contents."
He was a man of such regular habits that he lived "right on" from youth to hoary age without knowing what sickness was and never requiring the services of a doctor. Mrs. Smith, too, was fully equal to the management of the household affairs. She was a woman of de- termined will and independence of character, who ruled her household and was a queen in her sphere, exacting the utmost obedience, some- what in contrast to her genial, story-telling, fun-loving husband, who was in family discipline as conservative as she was exacting. He had decided ideas as to the duty of an American citizen and faithfully voted for every president from Washington to Lincoln, and saw with satisfaction the great strides made in everything pertaining to ad- vancement and reform.
After the death of Esquire Glidden, Mr. Smith removed from his Bean Hill farm to Bay Hill, occupying at first the home across the way until a more pretentious house was erected to the north, which served as the home long years after.
He d. at 98, within two years of completing a century, having lived one of the most satisfactory lives it has ever been my pleasure to be cognizant of.
Third Generation. (Children of William, Jr., and Mary Glidden Smith.)
JOSHUA SMITIL served in the Mexican War. On his way home he was sick in a hospital at Little Rock, Ark. He later dragged himself to his friends at Franklin Furnace, O., where he d., date unknown, at Dan Young's. He was a stone mason.
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JOHN SMITH left home and later was known to be in New York, but no further tidings ever came from him.
WILLIAM SMITH d., when a young man, at the home of his stepfather, Judge Peter Wadleigh.
(Children of Jeremiah and Betsey Glidden Smith.) (All b. at N.)
CHARLES G. SMITH, b. March 20, 1797; d., May 8, 1831.
JEREMIAH SMITH, JR., b. Feb. 3, 1799; m. Clarissa Tucker of Hop- kinton, b. April 3, 1801. They were farmers at the Bean Hill farm, where he d. March 8, 1839. She resided at Lowell for some years and later at Tilton, in both of which places she conducted boarding houses. She d. at the home of her sister, Mrs. Warren L. Hills, July 15, 1893.
ALICE G. SMITH, b. Aug. 29, 1801; d., Aug. 12, 1803.
ALICE G. SMITH, b. March 19, 1804; m. Joseph Mills Glidden of N. After a few years' residence on the Dolloff farm, they removed to Ports- mouth, O. (See Glidden gen.)
NANCY G. SMITH, b. May 2, 1806; m., May 2, 1827, William Gilman of N. (See Gilman gen .; also portrait and sketch, Physicians of N.) JOSEPH MILLS GLIDDEN SMITH, b. Dec. 28, 1807, removed in early life to Franklin Furnace, O. He embarked in the iron business and became an extensive business man. Later in life he is spoken of in the local papers as a retired "iron master." He m. Charlotte Hurd of Ports- mouth, O., and had two sons and two dau., viz., the eldest, Warren, was interested in Ohio River steamboats and later in railroads. He now resides in California. Jacob, his brother, with two cousins, raised and equipped a company during the Civil War and went with it to the front. He was wounded and during convalescence was recruit- ing officer at St. Louis and, later, was stationed at a frontier fort in Mexico. He was also in the Philippines during the Spanish War and became governor-general. In carrying out the strenuous orders of the department, he was accused of extreme cruelty and for a time set aside. He was, however, exonerated on trial and reinstated. He now resides in Portsmouth, O. Mary became the wife of Judge Bannon of Portsmouth, and Josephine m. Orrin Murphy and resides in Ann Arbor, Mich.
STEPHEN SMITH, b. Feb. 22, 1809; d., Nov. 27, 1827.
WARREN HILLS SMITH, b. April 6, 1817; m., Dec. 12, 1844, Elizabeth G. Glines, b. at N. March 9, 1819. (See Railroads, portrait and sketch.)
MARY ELIZABETH SMITH, b. Sept., 1822; m., Nov. 8, 1847, Ephraim Smith Wadleigh of N. (See Wadleigh gen.)
Fourth Generation.
(Children of Warren H. and Elizabeth Glines Smith.)
CHARLES GLIDDEN SMITH, b. at Sanbornton Bridge Nov., 1847, was educated at the New Hampshire Conference Seminary and was for a
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time engaged in railroad building in Vermont with his brother. Their first contract was for 40 miles of track laying on the Wells River & Montpelier Railroad. He later conducted the Dexter House stables at Tilton and, in connection with them, ran the Tilton and Franklin stage route. He has, however, been largely a farmer on the homestead, which, with improved and beautified buildings, spacious barns, broad fields and long stretches of forest, was for years one of the most attrac- tive estates in the vicinity. The destruction by fire in 1904 of the house, with its elegant furnishings, pictures and other rare works of beauty and art, made its loss doubly severe, inasmuch as it had become one of the few remaining links to bind the present to the past. They now reside in their newly-purchased house by the town house.
JEREMIAH E. SMITH, b. 1849 in N. (See portrait and sketch, Business Men of N.)
SMITH II.
FRANCIS SMITH came to N. about 1806 and purchased of Lieutenant Glidden the 100-acre lot set apart by the proprietors of Canterbury for school purposes, near the centre of the town.
The buildings he erected are still standing. The barn has never been changed but the house has received a. new roof and was re- modeled about 1840. He m. Jane Gorrell of N. and had three sons and two dau. and was a prosperous farmer. After his death in 1813, Mrs. Smith became the first wife of Judge Peter Wadleigh. (See Wadleigh gen.)
Second Generation.
JANE SMITHI, b. at N. about 1799; m., Nov. 7, 1828, Nathan Wells of N., b. Dec. 14, 1798. (See Wells gen.)
LOUISA SMITH, b. in N., 1805; m., Dec. 6, 1825, David Evans of N., b. Jan. 20, 1798. (See Evans gen.)
JOSEPH SMITH was b. Nov. 3, 1800; m., May 30, 1830, Betsey Ham of Canterbury. He inherited his father's estate and spent his whole life' on it, a hard-working, prosperous and contented farmer. They had a dau. and son. Mrs. Smith d. Dec. 11, 1838. He m. (second), Mrs. Fannie Jaques Blanchard, widow of Ebenezer Blanchard, a grand- son of one of the first settlers in town. This farm is still in the possession of one of the family and has been owned in the name 100 years.
Mr. Smith d. May 25, 1880, the result of injuries received by being thrown from his carriage. His wife d. Dec. 27, 1887.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN SMITH was b. at N. Sept. 15, 1807. He learned the wheelwright trade and located in Gilmanton. He m. (first), Mehitable, dau. of Stephen Gale of Sanbornton, and had three dau. He m. (second), Polly Gale and erected a new house near the village in N., where he lived for many years, going later to Belmont, where he m. (third), Ruth Huckins, Aug. 7, 1873. He was deputy sheriff for 12 years and d. at Laconia Jan. 27, 1880.
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Third Generation. (Children of Joseph and Betsey Ham Minith.) (B. at N.)
ELIZABETH JANE SMITH, b. May 20, 1832, was odweated at the New Hampshire Conference Seminary and was a successful teacher. She cared for her aged parents, remained in the home and managed the farm for sometime after her father's death. She m., 1800, Joka 8. Winslow of N. (See Winslow gen.)
JOSEPH FRANCIS SMITH, b. March 11, 1834; m. (pub.), Nov. 24, 1863, Lucy M. Batchelder of Lawrence, Mass. They resided for many years at Methuen, Mass., where he was a carriage builder. Later he resided at Spencer, Mass., where he d. Aug. 29, 1901. A dau., Mand May, d. of consumption June 3, 1890, at 20 years of age. Mrs. Smith resides at N. with her sister-in-law, Mra. J. 8. Winslow.
(Children of B. F. and Mohitable Gale Smith.)
MARY JANE SMITH, b. at Sanbornton Bridge Sept. 15, 1837, was graduated from the New Hampshire Conference Seminary in the class of 1856, but poor health compelled her to decline only the most quiet occupations. She m. George Bayward of Gilford, who d. at Now Hampton in 1892.
MARTHA A. O. SMITH, b. at Sanbornton Bridge Aug. 23, 1839; m .. May 29, 1865, Lafayette Cate, M. D., of Quincy, Col., and weift there to reside. She graduated from the New Hampshire Conference 8em- inary in the class of 1860, taking a post-graduate course at Troy Female Seminary and taught some years. (See Cate gen.)
MEHITABLE SMITH, b. at Sanbornton Bridge Feb. 7, 1841; m., Sept. 7, 1865, Jesse Allen of Belmont, where they resided until his death, Jan. 22, 1890, since which she resides with her dau., Mrs. Clay, at Laconia. She has three children: Ada Brown; Lizzette Eloise; and Frank Irving. Guy Forrest Smith d. in infancy.
SMITH III.
DAVID SMITH, b. 1802, came from Loudon to N. about 1830. He owned part of the farm where Moses C. Abbott now resides at East N. He was a farmer and stone mason and d. Oct. 17, 1874. Mra. Smith's name was Harriet Hodge. They had five children. She d. May 10, 1889.
Second Generation.
SENTER F. SMITH m. (first), Henrietta Buswell; (second), Emeline Aldrich; and (third), Hannah Chapman. He d. in Maine March, 1905, aged 82.
HARRIET SMITH m. (first), Levi Bennet and had a son, George. She m. (second), John R. Woodbury.
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FANNIE SMITH m. (first), Benjamin Cate, and (second), John R. Woodbury, her sister's husband.
CAROLINE SMITH d. in infancy.
MELINDA SMITHI.
MARY ANN SMITH m. (first), Peter Jenness and (second), Calvin Beck, who d. at 22 years, March 18, 1863. She m. (third), Feb. 20, 1866, Arthur L. Weymouth. They resided at Tilton, where she d. Feb. 11, 1898. They had three children: Hattie, who m. Bert Smith; Josie, who m. Herbert Judkins; and Fred, who m. Sarah Cushing. All reside in Belmont.
EMMA SMITH was four times m .: (First), to Daniel West; (second), to Channing Stark; (third), to Newton Bullard; and (fourth), to G. Lautz. He d. June 29, 1894, aged 48.
SABAH ANN SMITH m. George R. Drake.
DAVID SMITH d. in infancy.
SPENCER.
REV. SIMEON SPENCER came to N. from Loudon about 1839. He was an Advent exhorter, a good man and a hard-working farm hand. He m. a dau. of Master John Sutton, whose wife was very proud of being a niece of Governor Morton of Maine. Mr. Spencer bought the Smith Kezar house at the foot of Bean Hill and removed it to Park St., where he resided for several years. There were several children in the Spen- cer family, only two of whom became connected with N.
Second Generation.
ABAGAIL SPENCER d. Sept. 22, 1850, aged 16 years, and is buried in Park Cemetery, Tilton.
NANCY SPENCER became the wife of Jason Dearborn.
STEVENS.
BENJAMIN C. STEVENS was b. at Franklin Oct. 27, 1839. He m., Sept. 30, 1862, Victoria, dau. of Samuel and Mary Ann Piper Haines, b. at N. March 3, 1844. They resided for a while at Canton, Mass., where the oldest children were b. Later he returned to Franklin Falls, where he established a machine shop and needle business.
They removed then to the Haines home on the Intervale, where he repaired and remodeled the house and established a machine shop at Tilton, still remaining on the farm. In 1889 he removed to New Haven, Conn., where he had a fine position as master mechanic of one of the largest hardware manufactories of the country. He d. there Feb. 12, 1893. He had much mechanical genius and was con- sidered one of the best inventors of automatic machinery in New England. He was a Christian man, an Advent in religious belief. They had six children.
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Second Generation.
INA MAY STEVENS, b. Jan. 8, 1870, was educated at Tilton Seminary and Bridgewater, Mass., Normal School, graduating in 1897. She went at once to Newton, Mass., where she taught for five years. She has been employed for several years in the N. schools, largely at the Centre.
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STREETER.
RALFK STREETER Came to N. from Lisbon in 1845 and lived in the Thomas Haines house on the main road. Four of his seven children were b. there. His wife d. Oct. 11, 1860, after which he moved to Canterbury.
Second Generation. '
MARTIN V. B. STREETER, b. at Lisbon, 1836, was twice m. (first), to Elizabeth McDaniel of N., and (second), to Mrs. Isadore McDaniel. They resided at Franklin Falls, coming later to the Trecartin place,
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where he erected new buildings and where he d. March 29, 1898. They had four children. Mrs. Streeter now resides in Concord.
HIRAM STREETER, b. at Lisbon Feb. 16, 1840, has resided in town since his childhood. He is a natural mechanic and had charge for 30 years of mill repairs at Stevens' Mills, Franklin Falls. He is also a good designer and house builder. He m., Sept. 29, 1861, Sevira, dau. of Shubael Glines of N. (See Glines gen.)
Third Generation.
WALTER STREETER, b. at Boscawen Dec. 3, 1865; m., Dec. 15, 1888, Cora Maud Moorhouse, b. at Lakeport Nov. 20, 1868, and lives on the John Kimball farm on Bean Hill, which they purchased in March, 1899. They have six children.
Fourth Generation.
SARAHI ELIZABETHI STREETER, b. at Franklin Falls, Oct. 10, 1890. NELLIE LOUISE STREETER, b. at Franklin Falls, March 27, 1893. MARTIN HIRAM STREETER, b. at Franklin Falls, Oct. 23, 1895. BEATRICE LILLIAN STREETER, b. at Tilton Sept. 1, 1898. EDWIN SUMNER STREETER, b. at N. Sept. 10, 1900. GLADYS MOORHOUSE STREETER, b. at N. March 15, 1904.
STAPLES.
STEPHEN STAPLES, b. at Tamworth Aug. 28, 1837; m., Aug. 29, 1861, Betsey E. Campbell, b. at Osgood, Canada. They came to N. from Tilton in the spring of 1878 and erected the house where A. C. Muzzey lives on Elm St. He was a stone mason and had been foreman on the Massachusetts Central Railroad. Later they purchased a farm in Bristol, where he d. Nov. 16, 1898. They had eight children.
Second Generation.
GEORGIA A. STAPLES, b. at Laconia June 3, 1862; m., Sept. 18, 1880, Fred G. Lougee. (See Lougee gen.)
FRANK A. STAPLES, b. at Laconia Jan. 24, 1864; m., June 29, 1887, Annie O'Connell, b. at Pleasant Hill, Mo., and they have three chil- dren: Bessie, Helen and Margaret, all b. at Kansas City, where they reside. He is a passenger conductor on the Missouri Pacific Railroad.
ELLEN J. STAPLES, b. at Laconia Oct. 26, 1867; m., May 29, 1885, George O. Clark and had one dau., Lelia A. Mrs. Clark d. March 21, 1895, at Laconia and is buried at Bristol with her father.
CLARA A. STAPLES, b. at Laconia Aug. 16, 1870; m., April 27, 1889, Benjamin Sargent of Ashland. They reside at Plymouth, where he is foreman in the cutting department in the Draper & Maynard Man- ufacturing Company.
ARTHUR T. STAPLES, b. at Laconia Dec. 17, 1872; m., Dec. 24, 1897,
ROY & WORTHFIELD.
Sarah O. Davis, h. at Lyne, Mans, Nov. 20, 1872. They reside on Gale Ave. in M., where he is augieyed at G. H. Tilton's Hosiery Mill. Infant wn 4. at Tilon April 11, 1876. Bra B. Szarvas, & at TiMon May 31, 1876; m., April 4, 1893, Harvey Baker. They reside at Philadelphia, Pa. NOTA M. BrArcan, & at N. April 13, 1883; m., Dec. 19, 1904, William I. Clement of Laconia, where they reside with her mother.
SUMNER.
WILLIAM A. BUNCHES was b. at Dorchester, Mans, in 1831. He came to N. from Bristol, having previously resided in Boston, where he dealt in wool and hides. He was a lover of fine horses and had owned several thoroughbreds. He m. (Brat), Elizabeth Thayer of Plymouth, and (second), Ella A. Carrier of Alexandria. He d. Feb. 27, 1993. After his death she returned to her father's in Alexandria.
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JOHN WAMLEIGH SWEATT WAS b. May 11, 1803, at Anderer. He m. Eliza Ana Tucker, b. May 30, 1808. He was a trader for many years at Factory Village, N., and was a prominent man ta towa aftatra. He represented the town in the Legislature. They resided for many years under the same roof as the store. About 1850 he went up the hill and purchased about an acre of land, paying what was then deemed a very extravagant price-$400. Here he erected the home where they both d. He d., May, 1879, and she d., Sept. 4, 1891. They had five children, two of whom d. in infancy, and one, Joseph F., in childhood.
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