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SARGENT, WALTER H., born in Boscawen, 1825; Co. H, Fourteenth, sec- ond lieutenant, Oct. 9, 1862 ; first lieutenant, Co. D, Nov. 1, 1863 ; twice wounded, and captured at Opequan, Va., Sept. 19, 1864; paroled Oct. 7, 1864; discharged, disability, Jan. 18, 1865. He lived a short time in Bridgewater, and 1885 and 1886 in Plymouth. He died in Concord, Nov. 24, 1895.
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SARGENT, WILLIAM M., born in Thornton, 1834; an unassigned volun- teer; also Co. C, Thirteenth ; enlisted on the quota of Thornton, Aug. 20, 1862 ; discharged, disability, Nov. 4, 1863. He lived in Thornton a few years after the war, and in Plymouth. His wife was buried in this town in February, 1877. He removed to Essex Junction, Vt.
SAWYER, OLIVER M., born in Plymouth, 1839; Co. E, First; enlisted at Nashua for three months, April 19, 1861, sergeant; captured near Point of Rocks, Md., July 14, 1861; released June 3, 1862; dis- charged June 18, 1862; also Co. I, Thirteenth; enlisted on the quota of Nashua, Aug. 30, 1862, first sergeant; second lieutenant, Nov. 15, 1862; first lieutenant, July 15, 1864; resigned March 10, 1865. Removed to Hastings, Minn.
SCOTT, GEORGE HALE, born in Bakersfield, Vt., 1839; Co. G, 13 Ver- mont; enlisted Sept. 11, 1862, for nine months ; sergeant; dis- charged July 21, 1863. Ordained a Congregational minister, 1873, and pastor of the Congregational Church in Plymouth, 1873-81 ; now pastor of Congregational Church in Atkinson.
SEAVEY, CARLOS B., born in Tunbridge, Vt., 1834; Co. A, Sixth ; en- listed at Plymouth, Oct. 14, 1861 ; corporal ; discharged, disability, at Philadelphia, Pa., Dec. 17, 1862.
SHINN, QUILLEN H., born in West Virginia, 1845; Third and Twelfth Virginia, in U. S. service; enlisted 1861 and discharged in June, 1865; wounded in 1862 and a prisoner at Belle Isle, Va. He was pastor of the Universalist Church of Plymouth, 1881-85.
SMITH, ALBERT S., born in Wentworth, 1842; Co. F, First Vermont ; enlisted May 2, 1861, three months; discharged Aug. 15, 1861 ; also Co. I, Sixth; enlisted at Wentworth, Nov. 18, 1861; corporal; wounded severely at Antietam, Md., Sept. 17, 1862; re-enlisted on the quota of Rumney, Dec. 24, 1863 ; discharged July 17, 1865. On military record his name is Albert Smith. He lived in Plymouth, 1889-95. Removed to Fitzgerald, Ga.
SMITH, ALFRED L., born in Nantucket, Mass., 1828; Co. A, Sixth ; en- listed on the quota of Plymouth, Nov. 8, 1861; sergeant; commis- sioned second lieutenant, Nov. 1, 1862; discharged, disability, Dec. 21, 1863. He removed to Plymouth, 1853, and resided here several years. He died in Newfield, Me., Nov. 2, 1885.
SMITH, BENJAMIN F., born in New Hampton, 1834; Co. G, First N. H. H. A .; enlisted on the quota of Plymouth for one year, Sept. 5, 1864 ; discharged at Concord, May 19, 1865. He removed to Plymouth in 1892 and here died Aug. 14, 1903. He was a brother of Obadiah G. Smith.
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SMITH, DRED, born in Virginia, 1844; Co. G, 38 U. S. Infantry, colored ; enlisted on the quota of Plymouth, Aug. 18, 1864; dis- charged at Indianola, Tex., Jan. 25, 1867. In 1895 he was living in Portsmouth, Va.
SMITH, ELIJAH L., born in Brookfield, Vt., 1828; Co. B, Sixth; enlisted at Haverhill, Sept. 14, 1861; sergeant; discharged at Washington, disability, Dec. 1, 1862. He removed to Plymouth, 1872, and is here residing.
SMITH, GEORGE W., born Bath, 1834; Co. I, Fifth; enlisted at Ply- mouth, Oct. 3, 1861 ; re-enlisted Jan. 1, 1864 ; transferred to Co. H., Jan. 18, 1864; wagoner; discharged June 28, 1865.
SMITH, HARRY, born in Norway, 1843 ; U. S. Navy ; enlisted on the quota of Plymouth for three years, March 3, 1865 ; served on U. S. steamers " Ohio," " Marblehead," and " Marion "; deserted Dec. 7, 1866.
SMITH, HENRY, born in New York, 1828; Co. C, Seventh; enlisted on the quota of Plymouth, Oct. 30, 1863 ; substitute; discharged, July 20, 1865.
SMITH, ISAAC, born in Virginia, 1844; Co. G, 38 U. S. Infantry, colored; enlisted on the quota of Plymouth, Aug. 18, 1864; dis- charged at Indianola, Tex., Jan. 25, 1867.
SMITH, JAMES, born in Pennsylvania, 1838; Co. H, Seventh; enlisted on the quota of Plymouth, Dec. 29, 1863 ; deserted at Staten Island, N. Y., Nov. 12, 1864.
SMITH, JOHN, born in New Hampshire, 1842; Co. G, Seventh; enlisted on the quota of Plymouth, Oct. 30, 1863 ; corporal; discharged July 20, 1865. At the date of enlistment he was residing in Bath.
SMITH, OBADIAH G., born in Groton, 1842; Co. G., First N. H. Cavalry ; enlisted for one year on the quota of Plainfield, Aug. 18, 1864; far- rier ; discharged at Washington, D. C., June 5, 1865. Removed to Plymouth, 1865 ; died here Feb. 4, 1905.
SMITH, THOMAS, born in London, England, 1840; Co. K, Third ; en- listed on the quota of Plymouth, Feb. 11, 1865 ; corporal ; dis- charged July 20, 1865.
SPINNEY, DANIEL J., born in Plymouth, 1839; Co. K, Thirteenth ; en- listed on the quota of Portsmouth, Aug. 16, 1862; sergeant; dis- charged, disability, at Falmouth, Va., Feb. 6, 1863.
SPOKESFIELD, FERDINAND C., born in Roxbury, Mass., 1844; Co. K, 39 Mass .- Infantry; enlisted at Woburn, Aug. 22, 1862; dis- charged, disability, June 20, 1865. He removed to Plymouth, 1877, and lived here over twenty years; removed to Worcester, Mass.
STATE, WILLIAM, born in Ireland, 1841; Co. K, Sixth; enlisted on the
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quota of Plymouth, a recruit, Dec. 30, 1863; wounded at the Wilderness, Va., May 6, 1864 ; reported absent, July 17, 1864.
STEARNS, CHARLES E., born in Plymouth, 1839 ; enlisted in 1863 in a Massachusetts regiment. He lived in Plymouth until the date of enlistment, but not subsequently.
STEARNS, RICHARD G., born in Plymouth, 1838; Co. E, Twelfth; en- listed on the quota of Plymouth, Aug. 22, 1862; wounded at Chancellorsville, Va., May 3, 1863; discharged June 21, 1865. Always lived in Plymouth. He died Feb. 7, 1893.
STEVENS, NORMAN CURTIS, M. D., born in Plainfield, 1816; served with the army in Virginia as an assistant or contract surgeon. He was a physician in Plymouth from 1842 to 1847.
STRAW, DANIEL D., born in Plymouth, 1837; Co. A, Sixth; enlisted at Plymouth, Nov. 13, 1861; discharged, disability, at Concord, Nov. 25, 1862. He lived in Plymouth until after service in the army, when he removed to Franklin.
STRAW, RALPH W., born in Plymouth, 1843; Co. H, Fourth; enlisted Sept. 2, 1861; discharged Sept. 20, 1861, He subsequently served in Co. D, First Vt. Cavalry ; enlisted as Ralph W. Merrill, Oct. 2, 1861 ; killed in action May 24, 1862.
SWETT, SYLVESTER, born in Bristol, 1831; Co. C, Twelfth; enlisted on the quota of Bristol, Aug. 13, 1862; wounded severely at Gettys- burg, July 2, 1863 ; transferred to 52 Co., 2 Battalion, V. R. C., May 1, 1865; discharged at Philadelphia, July 7, 1865. He has lived in Plymouth since 1867.
THOMPSON, JOHN L., born in Plymouth, 1835; First Ill. L. A., 1861; Co. K, First N. E. Cavalry ; commissioned first lieutenant, Oct. 9, 1861, captain, Dec. 3, 1861, major, July 3, 1862, lieutenant-colonel, July 11, 1862; resigned March 24, 1864; First N. H. Cavalry; commissioned colonel, March 17, 1864, brevet brigadier-general, U. S. Volunteers, March 13, 1865; discharged July 15, 1865. He died in Chicago, Ill., Jan. 31, 1888.
THURSTON, FRANK J., born in Plymouth, 1836; Co. D, Fourth; enlisted at Thornton, Sept. 17, 1861; discharged, disability, at St. Augustine Fla., May 3, 1862; Co. E, Eighteenth; enlisted on the quota of Thornton for one year, Sept. 20, 1864; discharged June 10, 1865. He lives in Woodstock. He was a brother of Horace L. Thurston of Campton and of Martha Ellen Thurston, the last wife of Drury Fairbank Cummings.
TUCKER, HENRY M., born in Bridgewater ; Co. B, 19 Mass. Inf. ; enlisted Aug. 26, 1861, three years; discharged, disability, Jan. 15, 1863 ; also First Co. N. H. H. A .; enlisted on the quota of Thornton,
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May 15, 1863; discharged Sept. 11, 1865. He is a brother of Moses G. Tucker. He formerly resided in this town.
TUCKER, MOSES G., born in Hebron, 1842; unassigned volunteer, 1861 ; Co. I, Fourth; enlisted on the quota of Plymouth, Sept. 3, 1861 ; re-enlisted Feb. 24, 1864; wounded at Drewry's Bluff, Va., May 16, 1864 ; sergeant ; discharged Aug. 23, 1865. He was a resident of Plymouth, 1858-88; now resides in Ashland.
TUPPER, WILLIAM H., born in East Haddam, Conn., 1838 ; Co. A, Sixth; enlisted at Holderness, Dec. 9, 1861 ; wounded at Bull Run, Va., Aug. 29, 1862; discharged, disability, at Newark, N. J., Dec. 31, 1862. (See Vol. II, p. 683.) He has lived in Plymouth since 1880.
TYLER, JESSE, born in Benton, 1827; First Mass. H. A .; enlisted at Peabody, Mass., 1862; artificer ; discharged July 8, 1864. He was a resident of Plymouth from 1885 to 1902. He died in Warren, April 15, 1903.
TYRIE, THOMAS, born in Scotland, 1846 ; Co. H, First N. H. Cavalry ; enlisted on the quota of Derry, July 26, 1864; corporal; dis- charged July 16, 1865. He was subsequently a Methodist minister, and was appointed to Plymouth, 1887, 1888, 1889. He now preaches in Stafford Springs, Conn.
UPHAM, HENRY W., born in Melrose, Mass., 1847; Co. K, First N. H. Cavalry ; enlisted on the quota of Plymouth, March 21, 1865 ; dis- charged July 15, 1865.
WARD, JAMES OTIS, born in Plymouth, 1844 ; Co. H, Fourteenth ; enlisted on the quota of Campton, Aug. 14, 1862; wounded at Opequan, Va., Sept. 19, 1864; discharged July 8, 1865. He has lived in Campton since 1860.
WARREN, JERRY, born in South Hampton, Va., 1846 ; Co. G, 38 U. S. Inf., colored ; enlisted on the quota of Plymouth, Aug. 18, 1864; died, disease, at Brazos Santiago, Tex., Oct. 11, 1866.
WATSON, CHARLES, born in Michigan, 1840; Co. E, Seventh; enlisted on the quota of Plymouth, Dec. 23, 1864; captured May 18, 1864 ; exchanged in December, 1864; furloughed Dec. 18, 1864.
WEBBER, SIMON M., born in Plymouth, 1827; Co. A, Sixth; en- listed in Rumney, Oct. 21, 1861 ; discharged, disability, at New- burne, N. C., June 24, 1862. He died in Rumney, March 15, 1878.
WEBSTER, ELBRIDGE E., born in Plymouth, 1828; Co. D, First N. H. Cavalry ; enlisted on the quota of Gilford for one year, Feb. 21, 1865 ; discharged July 15, 1865. He died in Lakeport, April 19, 1878.
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WEBSTER, ELISHA A., born in Maine, 1840; First Maine Cavalry ; wounded June 15, 1864 ; discharged Dec. 20, 1864. He removed to Plymouth in 1880 and to Rumney in 1893.
WEBSTER, HENRY, born in Plymouth, 1840; Co. B, Fifteenth ; enlisted on the quota of Plymouth, Sept. 15, 1862; discharged Aug. 13, 1863.
WEDGEWOOD, CHARLES E., born in Boston, Mass., 1846 ; Co. G, First N. H. H. A. ; enlisted on the quota of Plymouth for one year, Aug. 31, 1864 ; discharged June 15, 1865.
WELCH, WILLIAM B., born in Plymouth, 1834; Co. E, Twelfth ; enlisted on the quota of Holderness, Ang. 15, 1862 ; wounded seven times at Cold Harbor, Va., June 3, 1864; discharged, disability, from U. S. Hospital in Manchester, May 29, 1865.
WESCOTT, GUSTINE M., born in Danbury, 1834; Co. F, Ninth ; enlisted on the quota of Manchester, June 13, 1862 ; wounded at Antietam, Md. Sept. 17, 1862 ; discharged, disability, Nov. 5, 1862 ; also 69 Co., 2 Battalion, V. R. C .; enlisted on the quota of Rumney, Jan. 1, 1864. He lived in Plymouth, 1868-74; removed to Rumney.
WHEELER, WILLIAM H., born in Plymouth, 1840; Co. C, 16 Mass. Inf. ; enlisted July 2, 1861, for three years ; re-enlisted Dec. 26, 1863 ; commissioned second lieutenant, July 6, 1864 ; transferred to 11 Bat- talion, Mass. Inf., July 11, 1864; first lieutenant, Oct. 9, 1864 ; captain, July 11, 1865; not mustered ; discharged as first lieutenant, July 26, 1865. He lived in Plymouth until he entered the service ; after the war he lived in Fitchburg, Mass. He died in Lunenburg, Mass., April 5, 1904. (See Vol. II.)
WHITE, HENRY A., born Winchendon, Mass., 1846; Co. I, First N. H. H. A .; enlisted Sept. 3, 1864 ; discharged June 15, 1865. He is a passenger conductor, B. & M. Railroad, and has lived in Plymouth since 1874.
WIGHT, ELI MELLEN, born Bethel, Me., 1841 ; he was an assistant sur- geon, 1865-66. He lived in Plymouth, 1862-64.
WILLIAMS, GEORGE, born in Utica, N. Y., 1847; Co. C, 105 N. Y. In- fantry; sergeant. He lived in Plymouth several years, and here died, March 19, 1895 ; buried in Trinity Cemetery.
WILSON, GORDON S., born in Salisbury, 1841; Co. G, Second Mass. ; enlisted for three years, May 25, 1861; killed at Gettysburg, Pa., July 3, 1863. The family removed from Salisbury to Plymouth in 1856. (See Vol. II, p. 755.)
WOODBURY, WOOSTER E., born in Campton, 1836; Co. C, Thirteenth ; enlisted on the quota of Campton, Aug. 18, 1862 ; severely wounded at Cold Harbor, Va., June 3, 1864 ; corporal; discharged June
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21, 1865. He lived in Plymouth, 1874-82, when he returned to Campton.
WORTHIEN, GEORGE E., born in Lowell, Mass., 1843; Co. E, Twelfth ; enlisted on the quota of Plymouth, Aug. 14, 1862 ; corporal, ser- geant, first lieutenant, Oct. 28, 1864 ; transferred to Co. C; mustered out June 21, 1865. In 1861 he was a resident of Plymouth, and is now of Lowell, Mass.
WORTHEN, GEORGE W., born in Candia, 1835 ; Co. C, Eleventh ; enlisted on the quota of Concord, Ang. 7, 1862 ; wounded at Fredericks- burg, Va., Dec. 13, 1862 ; corporal ; discharged June 4, 1865. The family removed from Candia to Plymouth, 1837. He died in Con- cord, Jan. 7, 1886.
WRIGHT, RENSELEAR O., born Johnstown, N. Y., 1846 ; Co. H, N. H. H. A .; enlisted at Concord for one year, Aug. 24, 1864; dis- charged June 15, 1865. He removed to Plymouth, 1879, and lived here four years. He died Oct. 24, 1883.
YOUNG, WILLIAM H. H., born in Canterbury, 1841 ; Co. I, Fourth ; en- listed on the quota of Plymouthi, Sept. 3, 1861; re-enlisted on the quota of Haverhill, Feb. 24, 1864 ; corporal ; killed at mine explo- . sion, Petersburg, Va., July 30, 1864. He lived in Plymouth from 1846 until his death.
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XXXIII. FRATERNAL SOCIETIES.
F REEMASONS. - Thomas W Thompson, the grand master of the Grand Lodge of New Hampshire, granted a special dis- pensation for a Masonic Lodge at Plymouth, April 27, 1803. In July following an informal meeting was held in this town, at which Rev. Isaac Root was chosen a committee to make application for a charter. His mission was successful, and a charter to the Olive Branch Lodge, No. 16, of Plymouth, was granted July 27, 1803.
In 1800 Col. Samuel Wells built a substantial and commodious house upon the south side of the highway leading from Plymouth Village to Rumney, and about two miles west of the village. Here was a popular inn about thirty years. As originally constructed, there was a hall or audience room upon the second floor, and here the Olive Branch Lodge were accustomed to hold stated meetings several years. The house, with many fertile acres, has been owned and occupied by Thomas Clark and his children since 1840.
The Olive Branch Lodge, No. 16, of Free and Accepted Masons was constituted, and officers were installed in October, 1803. The Grand Lodge records the date as Tuesday, October 25, and the local records of the lodge assert the installation occurred Wednesday, October 26. The charter members were Rev. Robert Fowle, Rev. Isaac Root, William Webster, William White, Dr. Jonathan Robbins, Crisp B. Noyes, Daniel Ladd, Peter Mc- Questen, Moses Lewis, Israel W. Kelley, Moses Kelley, and Ben- jamin Tolford. Of these William Webster, Dr. Jonathan Robbins, Crisp B. Noyes, Daniel Ladd, and Peter McQuesten were resi- dents of Plymouth, and are frequently and honorably mentioned in the annals of the town. Rev. Robert Fowle was the Episcopal
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clergyman of Holderness, and one of the trustees of Holmes Ply- mouth Academy. The residence of Rev. Isaac Root is unknown. William White was a prominent citizen of Wentworth. Col. Moses Lewis was a merchant and active in business affairs, resid- ing in Bridgewater, now Bristol. He was the father of Rufus G. Lewis, a donor and trustee of Holmes Plymouth Academy. Israel W. Kelley, son of Col. Moses Kelley, was born in Goffs- town, Jan. 4, 1778. He married, Ang. 7, 1801, Rebecca Fletcher, a daughter of Rev. Elijah and Rebecca (Chamberlain) Fletcher, and a sister of Grace Fletcher, the wife of Daniel Webster. He lived in Bridgewater a short time, removing to Salisbury, 1803, and later to Concord. Moses Kelley, probably a brother of Israel W. Kelley, was an innholder and the first postmaster of Bridgewater Village (now Bristol). Benjamin Tol- ford, the last of the charter members, was of Alexandria, and a descendant of John Tolford, one of the founders of Londonderry.
The lodge held regular meetings at the Wells house until 1816. In the meantime Nathan Harris had erected a hall on Highland Street, on the site of the house of the late Emerson O. Gitchell, and to this hall the lodge removed and here held regular meetings until 1830, when the active life of the organization for nearly thirty years was suspended.
In 1815 the number of master masons was forty-one, and in 1830 the membership had increased to fifty-three.
During this period twelve masters presided: -
Rev. Robert Fowle of Holderness, 1803, 1804, 1805, 1823, 1824. Col. William Webster of Plymouth, 1806, 1815, 1816, 1819. Dr. Timothy Tilton of Bridgewater, 1807, 1810, 1811. Crisp B. Noyes of Plymouth, 1808.
Col. Moses Lewis of Bridgewater, 1809.
Daniel Smiley, Esq., of Plymouth, 1812, 1817. Isaac Stafford of Plymouth, 1813, 1814.
Joseph Shepard of Holderness, 1818, 1825.
Dr. Jonathan Robbins of Plymouth, 1820.
Dr. Thomas Whipple of Wentworth, 1821. Samuel C. Webster, Esq., of Plymouth, 1822, 1826, 1827, 1828. William Thornton of Thornton, 1829.
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The history of Masonry in this country during the Morgan era is well known, and forms an important chapter in the annals of the order. Many of the established lodges became extinct, others were temporarily suspended, and only a minority continued work and organization without interruption. The Olive Branch Lodge was inactive from 1830 to 1858, and in the meantime the charter was surrendered to the Grand Lodge of New Hampshire. This feature of the history of the lodge is ably and intelligently dis- cussed in an address by Hon. Alvin Burleigh at the centennial anniversary, 1903. The lodge was reorganized in 1858. A petition for the restoration of the suspended charter, signed by Isaac Stafford, Winthrop Merrill, Peter Hobart, John Webber, John Fuller, Uriah Colburn, Denison R. Burnham, James B. Moody, Nathaniel F. Draper, and George W. Prescott was pre- ferred Aug. 26, 1858. The charter was returned and the lodge restored September 18, and the first meeting was held Oct. 19, 1858. The brethren who first were admitted after the restoration of the charter were Hiram Clark of Plymouth, Thomas P. Cheney of Holderness, and Edward H. Colby of Plymouth. Demits were granted, Nov. 8, 1859, by the lodge to Thomas P. Cheney, Thomas N. Hughes, James M. Thompson, Andrew O. Baker, and John Fuller, who obtained a charter from the Grand Lodge, and with other Masons organized Mt. Prospect Lodge at Holderness Village (now Ashland).
The Olive Branch Lodge occupied a hall in the hotel of Denison R. Burnham, on the site of the Pemigewasset House, from 1858 until the hotel was burned, Aug. 29, 1862. In this fire all the properties of the lodge except the records, and including the original charter, were consumed. A new hall was furnished on the third floor of a building of John S. Tufts, where now stands the drug store of Tufts & Co. The first meeting in this hall was assembled Jan. 12, 1863. This building was burned Feb. 3, 1864, and again the lodge lost all its properties except the records. The lodge found temporary accommodation in the academy building and in the courthouse. In 1865 the lodge removed to Cook's Hall,
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in the building now occupied as the Town Hall. In 1879 the lodge removed to Mason and Weeks Hall, in the brick building at the corner of Main and Bridge streets, being the hall now occu- pied jointly by the Patrons of Husbandry and Knights of Pythias. Here the lodge assembled and increased in numbers until March 21, 1889, when it removed to a new and commodious hall, and its present home in Kidder's Block. The present membership is one hundred and twenty.
Since the restoration of the charter the lodge has elected and has proposed under the supervision of twenty-four masters:
John Norris, 1858, 1859. James B. Moody, 1860.
Henry W. Blair, 1861, 1862, 1864.
James L. Rogers, 1863.
Henry S. George, 1865, 1866, 1868, 1877.
Oliver S. McQuesten, 1867.
Hiram Clark, 1869.
Gilmore McLane Houston, 1870.
Henry C. Currier, 1871.
Hiram B. Farnumn, 1872.
Alvin Burleigh, 1873, 1874, 1875, 1876, 1879.
Ebenezer K. Blodgett, 1878.
Renselear O. Wright, 1881, 1882.
Edward W. White, 1883, 1884.
Joseph P. Huckins, 1885. George H. Adams, 1886, 1887.
Frank H. Rollins, 1888, 1894, 1895.
Davis B. Keniston, 1889, 1890, 1891.
Frank W. Russell, 1892, 1893.
Charles W. George, 1896, 1897.
Charles E. Barker, 1898, 1899.
James Frank Gould, 1900, 1901.
George B. Blood, 1902, 1903. Moody P. Gore, 1904, 1905.
In accord with the spirit of the order, many of the brotherhood have continued the journey, camping in the halls of the chapter and the council.
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THE PEMIGEWASSET CHAPTER, No. 13, R. A. M. - A dis- pensation was granted July 4, 1864, by John R. Holland, Grand High Priest of the Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Masons in New Hampshire, to organize a chapter of Royal Arch Masons to be called Pemigewasset Chapter, No. 13, R. A. M. The dispen- sation was issued to the following petitioners: Henry S. George, Hiram Clark, John Mason, John G. Langdon, Denison R. Burn- ham, Desevignia S. Burnham, Nathaniel F. Draper, James L. Rogers, Eli Mellen Wight, Josiah G. Morrison, Rinaldo R. D. Dearborn, Oliver S. McQuesten, Chase W. Calley, Ebenezer K. Smith, Charles O. McQuesten, Thomas L. Flood, Cyrus K. Kelley, Manson Seavy, Valorus A. Seavy, Gilmore MeL. Houston, Henry W. Blair, Thomas P. Cheney, and John Norris. The dispensation appointed Henry S. George, E. H. P .; Hiram Clark, E. K .; and Desevignia S. Burnham, E. S. There is no record of any meeting from May 5, 1869, to Jan. 5, 1876.
DATE, HIGH PRIEST.
KING.
SCRIBE.
1866 Henry S. George
Hiram Clark
John Mason
1867 Hiram Clark
John Mason
Cyrus K. Kelley
1868 Hiram Clark
John Mason
Cyrus K. Kelley
1876 Joseph S. Morrison
Manson S. Brown
R. R. D. Dearborn
1877 Joseph S. Morrison 1878 R. R. D. Dearborn
Josiah G. Morrison Josiah G. Morrison
Manson S. Brown Manson S. Brown
1879 William H. Raymond Alvin Burleigh
1880 William H. Raymond Alvin Burleigh
1881 Marens L. Emmons 1882 R. O. Wright
1883 R. O. Wright
1884 Henry C. Dearborn
Royal A. Chase
Royal A. Chase Edward W. White
1885 Edward W. White 1886 Elliot B. Hodge
1887 John F. Maynard
1888 John F. Maynard 1889 George H. Adams 1890 Frank W. Russell
1891 Frank W. Russell
1892 Frank H. Rollins
1893 Frank H. Rollins
Joseph P. Huckins
Timothy E. Bayley
R. O. Wright Henry C. Dearborn Henry C. Dearborn
Marcus L. Emmons
Marcus L. Emmons Henry C. Dearborn Royal A. Chase
John F. Maynard Elliot B. Hodge Royal A. Chase Joseph P. Huckins Joseph P. Huckins Royal A. Chase Joseph P. Huckins Royal A. Chase Royal A. Chase Frank H. Rollins Joseph P. Huekins Joseph P. Huekins Joseph P. Huekins Frank H. Rollins Joseph P. Huckins Timothy E. Bayley
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DATE. HIGH PRIEST.
KING.
SCRIBE.
1894 Josiah G. Morrison
1895 Davis B. Keniston
1896 Davis B. Keniston
Timothy E. Bayley Timothy E. Bayley Timothy E. Bayley Sceva Speare
Edward P. Warner Moses A. Batchelder Moses A. Batchelder
1897 William F. Adams 1898 William F. Adams 1899 William F. Adams 1900 Charles E. Barker 1901 Charles E. Barker
Sceva Speare Charles E. Barker David H. Hallenbeck
Charles E. Barker Charles E. Barker David H. Hallenbeck Frederick P. Weeks
1902 Charles E. Barker
David H. Hallenbeck
Frederick P. Weeks
David H. Hallenbeck Frederick P. Weeks
1903 Charles E. Barker
David H. Hallenbeck Frederick P. Weeks
1904 Charles E. Barker
1905 Charles E. Barker
David H. Hallenbeck Frederick P. Weeks David H. Hallenbeck Wm. M. Sweeney
THE OMEGA COUNCIL, No. 9, R. and S. M., was instituted at Littleton, May 15, 1876. A dispensation was granted March 13, 1876, by Oliver C. Fisher, M. I., Grand Master of R. and S. M. in New Hampshire, to Companions Charles B. Griswold, Samuel B. Page, Samuel P. Carbee, George W. Barrett, William A. Has- kins, Frank Simpson, George F. Savage, and Benjamin Franklin Wells to open and hold a council of Select, Royal, and Super Excellent Masters in Littleton under the name of The Omega Council, No. 9. In the dispensation the following officers were appointed : William A. Haskins, T. I. M .; Samuel B. Page, R. I. M .; Benjamin Franklin Wells, I. M. The council was instituted in due form in special assembly by D. P. G. M. Henry Colby, assisted by Grand Marshal Currier, May 15, 1876, when the following officers were installed in their respective positions : William A. Haskins, T. I. M .; Benjamin Franklin Wells, I. M .; Nelson C. Farr, treasurer; George W. Barrett, recorder; George Frank Abbot, C. of G .; Benjamin Morrill, C. of C .; Cephas Brackett, steward, and Chauncey H. Greene, sentinel.
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