History of Plymouth, New Hampshire; vol. I. Narrative--vol. II. Genealogies, v. 2 pt. 1, Part 19

Author: Stearns, Ezra Scollay, 1838-1915; Runnels, M. T. (Moses Thurston), 1830-1902. cn; Plymouth, N.H. Town History Committee
Publication date: 1906
Publisher: Cambridge, Mass., Printed for the town by the University press
Number of Pages: 818


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ix. NATHAN B., b. Jan. 12, 1831. m. Feb. 11, 1858, Louisa Gillfoy, b. Feb. 15, 1847. Res. Platteville, Col. Eight children: (1) Ward, b. Dec. 3, 1858. d. Feb. 19, 1864. (2) Dell Gillfoy, b. July 10. 1860. d. Feb. 13, 1864. (3) Mary Lucy, b. July 23, 1862. d. March 9, 1864. (4) Zoe, b. Feb. 10, 1865. (5) Infant dau. d. young. (6) Dora Perkins, b. Jan. 27, 1869. (7) Ben Joseph, b. May 2, 1871. (8) Ruby, b. April 29, 1873.


13. BENJAMIN DEARBORN, son of Samuel5, b. July 8, 1791. He was a farmer and hop-grower in Plymouth, and lived on Dearborn hill. He m. Dec. 10, 1816, Ruth Gill, b. Boscawen, August 24, 1794, dau. of William and Ruth (Haselton) Gill (see). She d. Sept. 23, 1837 ; he m. second, April 8, 1838, Mrs. Lydia Young, of New Hamp- ton. He d. Nov. 3, 1850. Six children.


i. JUDITH, b. April 8, 1819. m. Feb. 23, 1841, Charles Marsh Green (see).


27. ii. SAMUEL ASAPH, b. 1822.


iii. DAMON YOUNG, b. 1823. m. certificate Nov. 28, 1853, Maria M. Morrison (see). He lived in Plymouth, where he d. Jan. 2, 1859. One child : (1) Annie M., b. Oct. 14, 1854. m. Oct. 25, 1880, Joseph Miller Howe, of Plymouth (see).


iv. CAROLINE B., b. 1829. m. William Matthews. d. 1864, at Bloom- ington, Ill., sine prole.


v. CHARLES B., b. 1831. d. July 5, 1853.


vi. MARY ANN, b. Feb. 26, 1835. m. Feb. 19, 1861, Luman Burr, b. Torrington, Conn., March 16, 1836; res. Bloomington, Ill. (1) Arthur Dearborn, b. August 7, 1867. m. Sept. 24, 1889, Fannie McNaught. He d. May 22, 1891. She res. Pasadena, Cal. (2) Williard Haselton, b. May 14, 1870. d. August 14, 1875.


14. JONATHAN DEARBORN, son of Samuel 5, b. June 18, 1793. He was a merchant, and res. in Plymouth until 1841, except four years beginning 1835. He was a selectman 1830, 1832, 1833, 1839, 1840 ; representative, 1831, 1840, 1841, and at all times a useful and prominent citizen. He removed to Illinois, 1841 or 1842, and there received the usual land warrant for service in the War of 1812. He m. June 22, 1815, Nancy Walker, b. Concord, August 29, 1796, dau. of Bruce and Mehitable (Currier) Walker. He d. at Havana, Ill., March 5, 1862. She d. Nov. 12, 1860.


i. EMILY, b. Nov. 29, 1815. d. May 29, 1816.


ii. JAMES WALKER MONROE, b. August 1, 1817. d. Sept. 28, 1817.


iii. MARCELLUS, b. Nov. 25, 1818. He lived a few years in Havana, Ill., and was a merchant in Minnesota, 1864-1871, when he removed


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to Wayne, Neb .; was there postmaster. He now res. at Co- coanut Grove, Fla. He m. Sept. 12, 1850, Elizabeth A. Owens, b. June 22, 1820, dau. of Edwin and Sarah (Thomas) Owens, of Cincinnati, Ohio. She d. 1888. Three children : (1) Charles E., b. July 10, 1851. d. August 1, 1854. (2) Luther C., b. August 8, 1855. m. Feb. 17, 1881, Edna Kemp. He was a druggist. He d. Oct. 14, 1890. She d. Feb. 14, 1882. (3) Eugene C., b. June 5, 1859. m. August 25, 1887, Anna K. Krum, b. Poughkeepsie, N. Y., Sept. 19, 1859, dau. of George and Armina (Broas) Krum. He removed to Florida, 1883, and is clerk of the courts of Dade County. One child: Dora Elizabeth, b. August 14, 1891.


iv. LUTHER, b. March 24, 1820. He was a man of talent who won a merited success. He was elected sheriff of Kane Co., Ill., 1851, and the following year clerk of the Circuit Court. Meanwhile he read law and was admitted to the bar 1857, and while he was State senator his energies were enlisted in the practice of his chosen profession. For many years he was attorney for Chicago & Alton R.R. He d. April 5, 1880, at Springfield, Ill. The State senate passed commemorative resolutions from which is quoted : " He was a decided and a strong man, with an intellectual grasp which enabled him to comprehend and deal successfully with any subject that challenged his attention, and he was possessed of a nature singularly sweet, courteous, and sympathetic. . . . As a lawyer he was a close student and a clear, forcible, and persuasive speaker." He m. March 14, 1850, Elizabeth Walker, b. Jan. 3, 1830, dau. of James and Elizabeth (Nichols) Walker. She d. Sept. 11, 1894. Three children : (1) Luther M., b. August 5, 1858. Grad. Harvard Law School. Has served three terms in Illinois assembly, and was in the active practice of his profession until his appointment as judge of the Court of Claims. unm. (2) Frank Annis, b. 1861. m. 1886, Dora Boyd, dau. of A. C. Boyd. He is a broker of real estate at Wayne, Neb. (3) James Henry, b. 1865. m. 1895, Imogene Currey, dau. of D. H. Currey. He is a former mayor of Mason City, Ill., where he res.


v. CHARLES, b. Nov. 11, 1821. d. Sept. 11, 1825.


vi. EMILY, b. July 1, 1823. d. April 9, 1825.


vii. FRANCIS HUBERT, b. Feb. 26, 1826. d. April 21, 1827.


15. LUTHER DEARBORN, son of Samuel 5, b. June 16, 1795. He fol- lowed his older brother, Nathan, to Morgan Co., Ohio, and there m. March 20, 1818, Julia Sutliff, b. June 16, 1797. He d. March 5, 1821. She d. Feb. 18, 1860.


16. REV. CHARLES BAKER, b. Scituate, R. I., August 7, 1797, son of Jeremiah and Sarah (Broton) Baker. m. June 1, 1823, Hannah Dearborn, b. June 27, 1798, dau. of Samuel Dearborn 5. He was a


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clergyman of the Methodist Episcopal denomination, a man earnest in his labors and beloved by his associates. He d. Somerville, Mass., August 16, 1864. She d. Somerville, Mass., Dec. 20, 1885. Children.


i. CHARLES, b. Sandwich, March 25, 1824. m. Lizzie Hager. He d. 1885.


ii. CAROLINE MATILDA, b. Haverhill, July 23, 1825. m. April 2, 1857, Rev. Thomas B. Treadwell, b. Nov. 1, 1824, son of Thomas Treadwell, of Reading, Conn. He was a Methodist clergyman. and had appointments at Marlboro, Woburn, Townsend, Monson, Weston, Clinton, Mass., and other places. He d. in Wales, Mass .. Oct. 13, 1875. She d. June 14, 1896.


iii. HENRY, b. June 19, 1827, grad. Wesleyan University, 1854. He was a Methodist Episcopal clergyman, and labored several years in California, returning to New England, 1862, receiving appoint- ments at West Brookfield, Newtonville, and Melrose, Mass. In New York East Conference - Jersey City, Brooklyn, and Stam- ford, and uniting with the Baltimore Conference, he has filled several important appointments, and now res. in Washington, - D. C. He m. 1854, Laura Alice Chase, of Newburyport, Mass., who d. Sept. 7, 1898. He m. second, Nov. 21, 1899, Mrs. Euphe-


- mia C. Bower, of Brooklyn, N. Y.


iv. FRANCIS, b. Bucksport, Me., April 3, 1829. m. Harriet Downe, of Portland, Me. He lived in California and New York. He was very fortunate and successful in business. He d. April 6, 1873.


v. LAURA ELIZABETHI, b. Kent's Hill, Me., April 2, 1831. m. July 14, 1855, Joseph B. Lyman, a lawyer of New Orleans, La. Mrs. Lyman for several years was editor of Horticultural Department, " New York Tribune."


vi. MELVILLE, b. Readfield, Me., June 21, 1833. He is an electrician, and res. San Francisco, Cal.


vii. ALBERT, b. Portland, Me., Oct. 19, 1835. A successful teacher in Wisconsin and Indiana. He m. Jan. 12, 1860, Hannah Marian Stevens. Res. Fort Wayne, Ind.


viii. GREENLEAF, b. Alfred, Me., March 20, 1837. m. 1859, Cynthia Stanley. Methodist Episcopal clergyman and Presiding Elder, Baltimore Conference. He d. Baltimore, Md., 1895.


ix. EMILY ATWOOD, b. Pittston, Me., Nov. 6, 1838. m. July 10, 1862, James Thomas Edwards, b. Barnegat, N. J., Jan. 6, 1838, son of Rev. Job and Susanna (Haywood) Edwards. Wesleyan Univer- sity, 1860. Lieutenant in 11th R. I. infantry in war of the Re- bellion. Principal of East Greenwich (R. I.) Academy. State senator six years, and presidential elector, 1868. In 1870 he removed from Rhode Island to Randolph, N. Y., and was presi- dent of the Chamberlain Institute and Female College until 1893. He was elected a State senator, New York, 1891, and served with distinction. In 1893 he became president of McDonough Insti-


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tute, Baltimore, Md. He has preached as occasion offered, and has ever been a popular speaker on educational topics. In 1876 Allegheny College conferred on him the degree of D.D., and LL.D. in 1891. Mrs. Baker was an accomplished preceptress of the Cham- berlain Institute during his connection with the college.


X. CELIA GREEN, b. Pittston, Me., Feb. 6, 1841. m. May 6, 1860, William H. Parmenter. Res. East Cambridge, Mass.


17. REV. ORANGE SCOTT, b. Brookfield, Vt., Feb. 13, 1800, son of Samuel and Lucy (Whitney) Scott. The father was a native of Wil- lington, Conn. The mother was born in Halifax, Vt. He m. Oct. 8, 1835, Eliza Dearborn, b. March 25, 1803, dau. of Samuel Dearborn 5. While he was a child, his parents removed to Canada, remained there five or six years, but subsequently returned to Vermont. In 1822 he became a Methodist clergyman and soon ranked among the ablest preachers of his denomination. As a controversialist he was vigorous and convincing. From 1830 to 1834 he was presiding elder of the Springfield district, and from 1834 to 1836 of the Providence district. He was deeply and aggressively interested in the anti-slavery move- ment of his time, and because his fellow-clergymen did not endorse his views, he withdrew from the established Methodist Church, 1842, and at Utica, N. Y., May 31, 1843, he organized the Wesleyan Meth- odist Church, which was openly opposed to slavery and to an episcopal form of church government. In 1846, on account of failing health, he retired from the ministry, and d. at Newark, N. J., July 31, 1847. She walked in the light of his brilliant achievements over fifty years, and d. at Salem Dec. 31, 1898. Four children.


i. AMEY ELIZA, b. June 21, 1837. m. Feb. 12, 1859, Rev. James Noyes, b. Columbia, July 2, 1835, son of Eleazer Titus and Sophronia (Cass) Noyes. He attended the Newbury, Vt., Semi- nary. In the war of the Rebellion he was a private in Co. C, 8th Vt. infantry ; transferred to 2d Louisiana National Guards, and pro- moted to rank of captain. Graduated Theological School, Boston University, 1869, and the following year he entered the N. H. M. E. Conference. He acceptably filled several appointments in New Hampshire and Massachusetts, and since Sept., 1888, he has been the faithful and efficient superintendent of the New Hampshire Orphans' Home at Franklin. Mrs. Noyes d. Dec. 4, 1875; he m. second, Sept. 5, 187-, Fannie M. Baker. Children by first wife, Fred S., Frank W., and Annie F., and by second wife, Clara E.


ii. ANNA WESLEY, b. May 10, 1840. m. July 10, 1862, Rev. Silas Everard Quimby, b. Haverhill, Oct. 19, 1837, son of the kindly remembered


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Rev. Silas Quimby. Wesleyan University, 1859. He is a Methodist Episcopal clergyman, filling appointments : Littleton, 1863-1864. In April, 1864, he was called to Newbury (Vt.) Seminary, where he had earlier been an instructor, to fill the chair of Greek and mathematics. Returning to the ministry, his appointments have been : Lebanon, 1867-1868; Plymouth, 1869-1870; Exeter, 1871- 1873; Sunapee, 1874-1876; Tilton, 1877; President Conference Seminary, Tilton, five or six years ; Whitefield, 1886-1887; La- conia, 1888-1889 ; Newmarket, 1890; Exeter, 1891-1893 ; Roches- ter, 1894; Penacook, 1895-1896; Salem, Pleasant Street, 1897. He has twice been honored with an election as delegate to General Conference, and has been twenty-eight years secretary of the New Hampshire Conference. Mrs. Quimby d. at Salem, March 7, 1901. Children : (1) Clarence Everard, b. May 4, 1863. m. Feb. 7, 1888, Stella F. Cram. (2) Carl Noyes, b. Nov. 27, 1866. m. June 1, 1899, Grace E. Frye. (3) Mabel Alice, b. Feb. 6, 1870. m. August 28, 1894, Horatio Moore. (+) Ernest Scott, b. July 15. 1872. (5) Anna Lucy, b. Sept. 21, 1877. d. August 30, 1878.


iii. ORANGE WALTER, b. Newbury, Vt., Oct. 15, 1812. " He is a Metho- dist Episcopal clergyman, and has filled appointments : - Maine Conference: South Berwick. New Hampshire Conference: Haver- hill, Mass., Dover and Concord. Wyoming Conference: Kingston, Pa., West Pittston, Pa., and Binghamton, N. Y. New England Southern Conference: Newport, R. I. ; Rockville, Conn .; Norwich. Conn .; Willimantic, Conn .; and Brockton, Mass. New England Conference: Chicopee, Mass .; Malden, Mass .; and Lunenburg, Mass., 1902. He was a member of the school board, Haverhill, Mass., 1872-1873, and principal East Greenwich (R. I.) Academy, 1886-1887. Wesleyan University conferred honorary degree A.M., 1889. He m. July 17, 1867, Lucy Amelia Jameson, b. Irasburg, Vt., Nov. 27, 1843, dau. of Alexander and Sarah Knowles (Locke) Jameson. Grad. Newbury (Vt.) Seminary, valedictorian, 1866. She is the accomplished author of "Nettie and Her Friends," "Gilead Guards," a war story, 1861-1865; "The Upstairs Family," "Prove It," "Santa Claus Stories," "Compound Interest," and other popular works. She is a frequent contribu- tor to the current press, and has been editor of "Children's Missionary Friend " since its establishment, 1890. (1) Everett Hallerton, b. South Berwick, Me., August 15, 1868. Wesleyan University, 1892. Teacher Moody's Boys' School, and Melrose High School. m. Minnie E. Grant, of Winsor, Conn. (2) Anna Ger- trude, b. Haverhill, Mass., June 6, 1872. Grad. Rockville High School. m. Albert E. Waite, of Rockville, Conn. (3) Florence Eliza, b. Dover, Oct. 13, 1876. Grad. Willimantic High School, and Lucy Wheelock, Kindergarten, Chauncey Hall, Boston, Mass. Teacher Broadway School, Norwich, Conn., and State Normal School, Fitcliburg, Mass. (4) Arthur Orange, b. Kingston, P'a.,


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Sept. 24, 1880. Grad. Brockton, Mass., High School, and pursued a course of art studies. He is an artist, res. in New York. (5) Alexander Jameson, b. Dec. 10, 1882. d. Oct. 29, 1890.


iv. CLARA MARIA, b. Feb. 1, 1846. d. May 4, 1847.


18. BENJAMIN DEARBORN, son of Peter 7, b. about 1778. m. 1799, Sally Gilman, of Gilmanton. He was a farmer of Plymouth, where he d. March 16, 1814. She d. Oct. 15, 1823. Five children.


i. OVID, b. 1801, lived in Plymouth, where he d. August 29, 1829. He m. May 13, 1828, Mary Moore, b. Bristol, Sept., 180S, dau. of Robert and Jane (Rolfe) Moore ; she m. second, Washington Mooney, of New Hampton.


ii. SOPHRONIA, b. Nov. 30, 1803. m. Pearson S. Cross (see).


iii. MARTIN R., b. 1807. d. Dec. 10, 1823.


iv. JULIA ANN, b. Feb. 25, 1810. m. June 6, 1834, Walter Doe, son of John and Mary (Sanborn) Doe, of Rumney. He lived in Rumney, Hardwick, Vt., and in Iowa. Real estate dealer. He


- d. Maquoketa, Iowa, Oct. 17, 1885. she d. Nov. 1, 1893. Two children : (1) Gilman Ovid, b. June 6, 1836. m. Sept. 13, 1859, Elizabeth McEwen. She d. Oct. 5, 1901. Two children, Julia Ann and Walter. (2) George Walter, b. August 23, 1842. d. July 13, 1879, at Maquoketa, Ia.


v. JOTHAM GILMAN. IIe was a dentist in Missouri. m. Lucia Berry. He was again m., and d. 1867. (1) Frances, b. 1860. d. 1867.


19. JOHN DEARBORN, son of Michael 8, b. Dec. 20, 1791. He was an active man and made several removals to and from Plymouth. He built several houses. The tax-lists bear his name for the years 1813 to 1830, 1840 to 1848, 1851 to 1861. He d. in Plymouth, March 26, 1865. He m. Nov. 8, 1813, Mary Merrill, dau. of Jacob Merrill. She d. May 15, 1863. Eight children.


i. MARY ANN, b. Oct. 8, 1814. d. Dec. 9, 1834.


ii. DAVID, b. Portsmouth, N. H., Dec. 5, 1817. m. Dec. 15, 1844, Harriet Adelia Atherton. She d. June 3, 1856; he m. second, Dec. 15, 1858, Susan Miriam Stevens. Res. Hanson, Mass. Seven children : (1) Mary Ella, b. August 27, 1849. m. March 10, 1873, Geo. Henry Pratt, Chelsea, Mass. (2) Edward Putnam Flint, b. Jan. 9, 1852. m. Sept. 16, 1874, Lillie J. Newcomb, a Methodist clergyman. Res. Texas. (3) Florence Althea, b. March 6, 1854. m. April 28, 1873, Edward P. Slye. Res. Boston, Mass. (4) Harriet Adelia, b. March 26, 1856. m. Feb. 8, 1877, Melville HI. Perkins. Res. Gloucester, Mass. (5) David Gilbert, b. Oct. 21, 1865. m. 1896, - Kinney. Res. Winthrop, Mass. (6) George Vincent, b. Dec. 8, 1869. d. July 21, 1872. (7) Eliza Miriam, b. June 19, 1873.


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iii. JOHN, b. Feb. 24, 1820. m. Feb. 24, 1845, Elizabeth Robinson, b. Meredith, March 24, 1821, dau. of Bradbury Robinson. He learned the trade of saddler and harness maker with James R. Hill, Concord, and conducted business in Meredith. He d. August 25, 1895. She d. Dec. 1, 1888. Two children : (1) George Norton, b. 1848. d. 1849. (2) Bradbury Robinson, b. April 2, 1855. m. Oct. 2, 1890, Hattie Langley, b. Nov. 6, 1853, dau. of William Langley. He is a clerk in Meredith, town clerk, auditor, sheriff.


iv. MARTHA, b. April 13, 1822. m. Bracket L. Sanborn (see).


v. GEORGE H., b. Dec. 25, 1826. d. March 11, 1846.


vi. HANNAH JANE, b. Sept., 1828. d. unm. May 13, 1884.


vii. JULIA VINCENT, b. July 25, 1831. d. June 22, 1853.


viii. GILBERT MARTIN, b. August 26, 1835. m. Feb. 24, 1859, Mary Melissa Russell, dau. of Pelatiah Russell (see). He d. in the service, 9th N. H. Infantry, Sept. 5, 1863. She m. second, Jan. 9, 1867, Albert M. Silver, of Campton, where she d. March 6, 1875. One child : (1) Mary Evelyn, b. Campton, June 17, 1860. Res. Tilton. Two children of Albert M. and Mary Melissa Silver. (1) Nellie May, b. March 2, 1868; (2) Myrtie Belle, b. May 29, 1871. d. March 3, 1874.


20. HENRY DEARBORN, son of Michael 8, b. July 29, 1795. m. Sept. 28, 1820, Abigail Spokesfield, dau. of Mark Spokesfield, of Campton. He was a farmer and settled in Campton, where he d. Sept., 1865. Five children. A record of birth dates is not at hand.


i. DANIEL. d. young.


ii. HENRY. m. Julia Franklin. Removed to Stone City, Iowa.


iii. LYDIA. m. Joseph W. Johnson. d. Jan., 1886. She d. May, 1888. iv. LUCY. m. Matthew Brooks. Res. Cambridge, Mass. d. 1886.


v. DANIEL, b. Jan. 16, 1831. m. Dec. 14, 1857, Mary Ann Hussey, b. August 25, 1837, dau. of Clark and Martha (Avery) Hussey. He lived in Woodstock. She d. May 21, 1898. Nine children : (1) Mandana B., b. May 26, 1860. m. Dec. 14, 1877, Joseph H. Smith, son of Thomas and Betsey (Jones) Smith. Res. Thornton. (2) Daniel Clark, b. Jan. 13, 1861. m. 1893, Mrs. Robie. Res. Thornton. (3) Barron O., b. Sept. 27, 1863. m. 1890, Mrs. Etta (Bump) Durgin. Res. Campton. (4) Mary Ann, b. May 9, 1865. unm. d. August 28, 1888. (5) Henry D., b. Feb. 12, 1867. Res. Warren. (6) Abby F., b. Oct. 13, 1869. m. Leslie B. Draper; m. second, Clark Wheaton, Granite Falls, Minn. (7) Margie Lydia, b. June 9, 1870. m. April 6, 1889, Martin S. Merrill, son of Stephen and Hannah (Tucker) Merrill; m. second, William F. Walker (see). Live in Plymouth. (8) Elzora E., b. May, 1871. d. 1872. (9) Fred, b. Oct. 3, 1876, lives, unm., at Woodstock.


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21. JONATHAN DEARBORN, son of Michael Dearborn 8, b. August 9, 1800, m. March 29, 1821, Amanda Foster Smith, b. August 2, 1800, dau. of Stephen and Axia (Foster) Smith. He was a substantial farmer. He was in Canada a few years but lived the most of his life in Thornton, where he d. May 4, 1853. She d. Feb. 2, 1858. Three children.


i. GEORGE SULLIVAN, b. Thornton, Oct. 31, 1822. m. May 13, 1848, Sarah Ann Briggs. He is a Methodist clergyman. Res. Topeka, Kan. Five children : (1) Edmund Storer Janes, b. May 24, 1850. m. Barbara E. Redington. (2) Carrie Adelia, b. June 3, 1853. m. Henry Sudendorf, president flouring mills. Res. Salina, Kan. (3) Leila B., b. June 17, 1855. m. Sept. 14, 1875, Frank Mc- Cready. Res. Jersey City, N. J. (4) Lewella, b. April 30, 1861. d. August 1, 1861. (5) Lewetta B., twin, b. April 30, 1861. d. July 26, 1868.


ii. AMANDA JEMIMA, b. Thornton, May 5, 1830. m. Nov. 27, 1851, Lewis B. Smart. Res. Danvers, Mass. He d. June 14, 1892. She d. Nov. 7, 1897. Two children : (1) George Lewis, b. July 30, 1852. d. 1854. (2) Willis Edwin, b. Jan. 15, 1855. He is a merchant at Danvers, Mass.


iii. CHARLES WESLEY, b. Hatley, P. Q., Sept. 17, 1833. m. Sept. 11, 1855, Mary Ann Rexford, b. July 8, 1835, dau. of Chester and Asenath (Moore) Rexford, of Derby, Vt. He has lived in Thorn- ton, now in Campton. Co. B, 15th N. H. Infantry. Three children : (1) Lewis Elmer, b. Jan. 26, 1859. m. 1875, May Broad, dau. of Ezra and Sarah (Nason) Broad. Res. Thornton, a farmer. (2) Clarence, b. Thornton, Nov. 19, 1862. m. Oct., 1879, Torrie Broad, dau. of Ezra and Sarah Nason (Broad). She d. 1880 ; he m. second, 1889, Bertha Morse. Res. Laconia. (3) Charles E., b. Thornton, April 4, 1868. d. Nov. 5, 1878.


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22. CALVIN DEARBORN, son of Edward 10, b. June 4, 1798. He was a cabinet-maker. His father gave him his time, and at nineteen years of age he went to Vermont. He removed to Alexandria, where he res. a few years, and in 1829 he went to Weare, where he d. May 8, 1832. He m. Jan., 1826, Mary Ann Tenney, b. Hampton, Dec. 4, 1804, dau. of William Tenney. She res. 1904, at Ashland. Three children.


i. RINALDO RINAL DINI, b. Alexandria, August 16, 1828. After the death of his father he lived with his uncle, Lewis Dearborn, until 1846. He was taxed here, 1851, 1853, 1854. He m. July 13, 1867, Lucy Ann Keyes, b. Hancock, April 10, 1836, dau. of Jona- than French and Mary (Wood) Keyes, of Hancock and Ashland.


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Mr. Dearborn established the " Ashland Item," and was the editor and publisher. He d. March 2, 1902. Mrs. Dearborn has been librarian of the public library several years.


ii. ALPHONSO DE LA BOSQUET, b. Weare, Nov. 17, 1830. He m. Oct. 1, 1851, Catherine McShea. He was a painter; lived in Lowell and in Dracut, Mass. Three children : (1) Fontaine, b. May 15, 1852, d. Nov. 17, 1857. (2) Martha Ann, b. March 28, 1854. Res. Dracut, Mass. (3) Elmer, b. 1869. A farmer. Res. Dracut, Mass. iii. CALVIN FARMER, b. Weare, April 24, 1832. He was a farmer of Dracut, Mass. Co. D, 26th Mass. Infantry. d. in the service, 1862.


23. WASHINGTON DEARBORN, son of Edward 19, b. Plymouth, Oct. 18, 1808. He was a blacksmith and a farmer. He m. Sept. 22, 1836, Abigail Cook, b. Campton, Oct. 8, 1814, dau. of Samuel and Eunice (Spokesfield) Cook. He settled in Woodstock, removing to Plymouth, 1838, and to Campton, 1839. He d. Campton, April 15, 1892. She d. Oct. 27, 1883. Four children.


i. HENRY COOK, b. Woodstock, June 12, 1837. m. 1863, Frances Mary Shepard, dau. of Erasmus Dow and Laura (Crawford) Shepard. He is a mill superintendent in Ashland. Three chil- dren : (1) Adelle Amanda, b. Jan. 23, 1864. m. Oct. 6, 1887, Charles R. Pease. (2) George Henry, b. July 4, 1865. res. Ash- land. d. May 30, 1903. (3) Alice, b. August 8, 1870. m. June 21, 1893, Frederick P. Campbell, superintendent mills of Inter- national Paper Co., Wilder, Vt.


ii. AMANDA, b. Plymouth, Feb. 28, 1839. d. Dec. 7, 1859.


iii. EMILY, b. Campton, Oct. 10, 1844. m. first, Feb. 6, 1869, William H. Marvin, a farmer of Campton. m. second, Frank Johnson.


iv. RUFUS, b. Campton, July 10, 1847. d. Dec. 8, 1819.


24. DANIEL SMITH, son of Ezekiel and Hannah (Ingalls) Smith, b. Peacham, Vt., Oct. 16, 1807. m. in Plymouth, May 7, 1829, Eliza Jane Dearborn, b. Oct. 24, 1805, dau. of Samuel 11 and Eliza- beth (Bartlett) Dearborn. He was a farmer, living in Campton until 1836, when he removed to Virgil, Ill., enduring the fatigue and dis- comfort of travel of the time and the hardships and suffering of the lives of pioneers. The story of their lives is one of toil and self- denial. He d. at Virgil, Ill., Oct. 28, 1865. She d. at Batavia, Ill., Dec. 25, 1878. Eight children.


i. GEORGE PERKINS, b. Campton, Nov. 10, 1830. d. Jan. 4, 1835.


ii. SARAH JANE, b. Campton, July 8, 1832. m. Oct. 7, 1850, Albert Benerly, farmer. Res. Maple Park, Ill. She d. Jan. 30, 1863.


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Six children : (1) Mary Jane, b. May 13, 1851. d. Sept. 25, 1859. (2) John Albert, b. Virgil, Ill., Dec. 11, 1852. m. March 15, 1874, Sarah E. Bair, b. August 15, 1856, dau. of Hiram H. Bair. He is an employee, C. & N. W. R.R. Res. Chicago, Ill. (3) Can- dace G., b. Jan. 23, 1855. d. July 17, 1856. (4) Carrie B., b. March 4, 1857. m. Nov. 22, 1876, Frank B. Wilkinson, b. August 9, 1855, a farmer at Gray Lake, Ill. (5) C. Walter, b. Dec. 22, 1860. m. May 4, 1891, Nellie M. Smith. IIe was a farmer at 'Maple Park, Ill., where he d. Oct. 16, 1901. She d. Oct. 20, 1896. (6) Freddie E., b. Jan. 11, 1863. d. Dec. 18, 1863.


iii. JULIA ANN, b. Campton, Feb. 18, 1834. m. Dec. 2, 1852, George Wiggen Giggey, b. Oct. 23, 1833, son of John Giggey, of New Brunswick and later of Illinois. He was in California, 1853-1856, and removed to Nevada, Ia., 1868, and to Colorado, 1873, and was there a mining expert many years. Very successful in mining. He was injured in a railroad accident, and d. a few months later at Boulder, Col., Sept. 30, 1896. Ten children. (1) Lenna, b. July 7, 1853. m. June 25, 1885, Laurence J. Brennan, b. Oct. 1, 1860, son of Edward Brennan, of Jacksonville, Ill. He is a lumber dealer at Boulder, Col. (2) Lydia J., b. Jan. 1, 1857. m. Oct.


27, 1872, - - Eagleburger; m. second, July 16, 1882, Benjamin Franklin Gregg, b. Sept. 25, 1852, son of Asahel Carmen Gregg. Res. Boulder, Col. (3) Leon G., b. April 25, 1859. m. Jan. 20, 1881, Nancy Malinda Chambers, b. July 13, 1863. d. April 20, 1897. dau. of George W. Chambers. He is a ranchman near Nederland, Col. (4) Laura Mae, b. August 8, 1861. m. April 17, 1881, William C. Lewis, b. 1850, telegraph operator, Urban, Wash. (5) Adelbert A., b. Feb. 21, 1864. m. Feb. 14, 1882, Annie A. Berkeley, b. Boulder, Col., 1865, dau. of Granville Berke- ley. Res. Nederland, Col. (6) Charles Albert, b. Jan. 21, 1867. .. m. May 1, 1889, Belle Phillips, b. July 18, 1869, dau. of Herman H. Phillips. She d. April 28, 1895. He m. second, Feb. 22, 1898, Jennie M. Campbell, b. July 9, 1871, dau. of Charles M. Camp- bell, of Boulder, Col. He is an engineer at Nederland, Col. (7) Grace Lois, b. Dec. 17, 1869. m. March 19, 1890, James Crimmins, b. May 3, 1868, son of James Crimmins. Res. Fair- haven, Wash. (8) Myrtle Julia, b. Sept. 17, 1872. m. July 8, 1896, William W. Hocking, b. Feb. 13, 1872, son of Simon Hock- ing. He is a butcher. Res. Boulder, Col. (9) Luella C., b. June 7, 1875. d. July 17, 1879. (10) Daisy N., b. May 20, 1879. d. Oct. 4, 1881.




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