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viii. JOSEPH HENRY, b. Dec. 27, 1827. m. March 30, 1854, Garaphelia M. Burnham, dau. of Denison R. Burnhamn (see). He is a success- ful merchant and a prominent citizen of Ottumwa, Ia. (1) Ste- vens Carlton, b. June 27, 1856. d. 1873. (2) IIermon Wood, b. Jan. 15, 1858. in. 1881, Emma Case Temple. Merchant, Ot- tumwa, Ia. (3) Denison Burnham, b. June 25, 1860. m. Fannie Herbert. He d. 1890. (4) Garaphelia Wells, b. 1863. d. 1864. (5) Joseph Henry, b. 1874. d. young.
ix. CHARLES CARROLL, b. July 7, 1829. Res. San Francisco, Cal. m. 1888, Julia Dewey, of Rutland, Vt.
x. MARY ELIZA, b. March 19, 1832. m. June 27, 1855, Dea. John Graham Foote, b. Middlebury, Vt., 1814. Grad. Middlebury College. For many years he was a merchant of Burlington, Ia., and a prominent man in the municipal and financial affairs of that city. State senator, 1862-1865, and one of the commissioners for the construction of the attractive and costly State capitol. He d. March 4, 1896. (1) Graham Merrill, b. Oct. 13, 1856. m. Annie W. Joy. Res. Kirkwood, III. (2) Henry Gear, b. Dec. 21, 1857. d. young. (3) Charles Russell, b. June 4, 1859. d. young.
xi. HETTA WELLS, b. June 27, 1835. m. Jan. 7, 1853, W. Dallam Gilbert, a successful dealer in lumber. Res. Burlington, Ia. IIe
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d. 1899. (1) Cate Graham, b. May 29, 1863. m. June 8, 1892, Charles William Wells (see). (2) Mary Parker, b. June 24, 1871. m. June 20, 1895, Charles Elder Gibson, a lawyer of St. Louis, Mo.
32. GEORGE ALFRED MERRILL, son of Stevens 31, b. Plymouth, Nov. 5, 1820, lived in Wells River, Vt., Franklin, again in Wells River, Vt., and removed to St. Johnsbury, Vt., 1851, and was superintendent of the Passumpsic & Connecticut River R.R. While a resident of St. Johnsbury he was a representative to the State legislature and secretary of civil and military affairs. Later he was called to Rutland, Vt., and made superintendent of the Rutland & Burlington R.R. and president of the New London R.R. He m. Oct. 6, 1846, Caroline Dean. He d. at St. Paul, Minn., Nov. 25, 1888.
i. EDWARD DEAN, b .. July 20, 1817. d. May 1, 1851.
ii. CATHERINE RUSSELL, b. June 16, 1850. m. Oct. 6, 1875, Hon. W. L. Redington. She d. New York, Jan. 7, 1900. Three children.
iii. EDWARD DEAN, b. Oct. 13, 1851. Ile practised law in St. Paul, Minn., until 1888, when he removed to Rutland, Vt.
iv. GEORGE ARTHUR, b. May 2, 1854, is in railroad business. Res. Minneapolis, Minn. m. Feb. 17, 1880, Mary Southard, who d. Sept. 25, 1883. m. second, Laura Davis.
V. CHARLES RUSSELL, b. July 1, 1856. d. young.
vi. JOHN FRANCIS, b. Oct. 8, 1858. Res. Rockland, Ill. He is editor of " Fine Arts Journal," published in Chicago, Ill. He m. April 9, 1885, Annie HI. Davis. Five children: (1) Catherine, b. March 28, 1886. d. May 10, 1888. (2) Margaret Dean, b. Dec. 31, 1S87. (3) Joseph Alfred, b. July 18, 1889. (4) Kenneth Griggs, b. July 9, 1891. (5) Patterson D., b. Dec. 4, 1893.
vii. ERASTUS FAIRBANKS, b. April 28, 1860. d. August 7, 1861.
viii. JAMES ALFRED, b. Feb. 21, 1863. Yale College, 188 -. Read law with Judge Barrett, and has been successful. He res. in Rutland, Vt. United States Commissioner and conducted the criminal prosecution of the officers of Merchants' Bank.
ix. SAMUEL WELLS, b. Dec. 29, 1864. m. HIelen Babcock, b. Jan. 29, 1870, dau. of Cornelius L. and Laura (Burroughs) Babcock, of Rutland, Vt. He res. Woburn, Mass.
33. ANSON MERRILL, son of Joseph 30, and brother of Stevens 31, b. Warren, Dec. 4, 1804. m. Oct., 1831, Mahala B. Burns. He removed to Plymouth, 1836, and res., a farmer, in the north part of the town where Mr. Weeks res., now owned by James N. McCoy. He was an intelligent, active man. Selectman, 1849, 1850, and 1860. He d. July 6, 1876. She d. Sept. 14, 1888.
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i. ANN ELIZABETH, b. Oct. 25, 1832. Res. with her sister in Manches- ter. d. Feb. 4, 1900.
ii. VAN, b. June 10, 1836. m. Oct. 15, 1861, Laura C. Howe, dau. of Lucius M. Howe (see). He removed to Wentworth, where he d. July 10, 1900. She res. Plymouth. (1) Lucius Howe, b. March 23, 1869. Plymouth High School, 1887. m. March 28, 1894, Cora Louisa Locke. He was a machinist in Winchester, Mass., and a farmer in Wentworth. He recently removed west.
iii. ADA AUGUSTA, b. May 10, 1841. m. Charles M. Whittier (see).
iv. ELLEN LOUISE, b. June 3, 1846. m. July 14, 1866, Alpheus C. Osgood. He is a lawyer of Manchester, associated with his son Anson Gilbert Osgood in firm Osgood & Osgood. Four children : (1) Robert Burns, b. May 28, 1867. d. March 15, 1869. (2) Charles Durgin, b. May 3, 1874. d. July 7, 1890. (3) Anson Gilbert, b. Nov. 5, 1876, a lawyer of Manchester. (4) Clinton Stanley, b. Oct. 28, 1880.
34. JOHN MERRILL, son of Daniel, b. Warren, Dec. 12, 1810, was a relative of Stevens Merrill 31. (The lineage is John 8, b. Dec. 12, 1810, Daniel 7, Abel 6, John 5, Abel 4, Abel 3, Abel?, Nathaniel 1.) He m. March 15, 1831, Mary Crawford Sheldon Wells, dau. of Col. Samuel (see). He res. in Plymouth two or three years after marriage, and removed to Boston where he was a successful broker. He lived later in Haverhill, and d. in Boston, Sept. 28, 1881. She d. in Medford, Mass., March 20, 1900.
i. CHARLES HENRY, b. Plymouth, Feb. 22, 1833. m. Sept. 24, 1857, Elizabeth Mersylvia Farwell, b. July 2, 1831, dau. of John T. and Mersylvia (Todd) Farwell, of Fitchburg, Mass. In 1857 he pur- chased the farm on Lower Intervale, now of Joel Reed, and res. there three years. Ile now res. Medford, Mass. She d. March, 1903.
ii. ANN ELIZA, m. George P. Preston. She d. Mobile, Ala., Oct. 17, 1867.
iii. FANNY M. m. George P. Preston. Res. Medford, Mass. iv. JOHN MOTLEY. Res. Haverhill.
35. HIRAM WESLEY MERRILL, son of Samuel and Sally (Foss) Merrill, of Gilmanton, b. Gilmanton, 1822. Came to Plymouth, 1855. He was a carpenter and a bridge builder, and res. in Plymouth until his death. He m. Mary Emerson Johnson, of Campton, b. Feb. 7, 1823. d. June 27, 1845. He m. second, Nov. 30, 1854, Mary Emeline Foster, dau. of Samuel Foster. He d. Oct. 21, 1898. Killed by moving cars at Plymouth station.
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i. MYRON, b. 1843, was a machinist in Laconia. He had a family, but no record is at hand.
ii. MARY EMMA, b. Plymouth, Sept. 20, 1855. Grad. State Normal School, 1874. She was a school teacher both before and after marriage. m. Oct. 1, 1890, William J. Foss, an electrician. He d. April 7, 1899.
iii. JAMES ALVAH, b. Plymouth, April 5, 1858. m. 1881, Margaret Mahoney. IIe has been a railroad conductor many years. Res. Somerville, Mass. His dau. Florence E., Plymouth Iligh School, 1901; State Normal School, 1903.
iv. CARRIE ETTA, b. Plymouth, Nov. 5, 1860. d. April 25, 1862.
F. ARABELLE MAUDE, b. Plymouth, July 28, 1868. m. Willis F. Philbrick (see).
36. JESSE MERRILL, b. about 1800. m. Esther Putney and lived in Groton. He was a son of Richard Merrill and a relative of the many families of Merrill in Grafton Co. Several of his sons went to California in 1852, and of these William and. Thomas did not return to New Hampshire. Luther came back and a few years later d. in the Union Army. Three other sons are named below.
i. REUBEN P. m. Mary Blood, of Groton. IIe was a farmer of Groton. His son George Washington, b. April 20, 1841, served in 5th N. H. Infantry. He was a farmer and lumberman in Campton until 1884, when he removed to Plymouth. He had the blacksmith shop west of the store of Webster, Russell & Co. In 1889 he re- moved to Jaffrey. IIe m. Laura Brown. m. second, Minnie F. Brown. Another son, Charles, res. in Campton.
ii. LEWIS FRANKLIN, b. 1816, was a dealer in pork and lard at Faneuil Hall Market, Boston, several years. In 1860 he retired from business and removed to Plymouth. IIe was a public-spirited citizen and did much to improve the village. Generations unborn will bless his memory for the shade of the many trees his hand has planted. He d. Oct. 5, 1883.
iii. RICHARD. Lived many years in this town.
MILLER.
1. JAMES MILLER, b. 1772, was a saddler who lived in Plymouth from youth until death. He m. Susannah -, who d. Sept. 28, 1813. He m. second, 1821, Miriam Webster, dau. of Daniel Clough Webster (see). He d. Sept. 30, 1849. She d. Nov. 21, 1861.
i. AMANDA. unm. d. Oct. 21 ; -.
ii. SUSAN. m. Ezra C. Ward (see).
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MILLIGAN.
1. WILLIAM MILLIGAN, a native of the north of Ireland. Was a weaver several years in Newbury, Mass. He m. Oct. 9, 1817, Mrs. Mary (Collins) Wiggin. m. second, Sally Moses, and lived in Camp- ton a few years. He came from Campton to Plymouth and lived here several years. He d. Nov. 11, 1881, aged 100 years (headstone). Sally, his wife, d. July 26, 1867. Headstone, Pleasant Valley Ceme- tery. Two children by first and six by second wife.
i. WILLIAM. His name was changed by act of the legislature, 1839, to William Collins Harvey. (See Harvey Register. )
ii. GEORGE MOSES. Name changed 1839 to Moses Collins Harvey.
iii. MARY, b. April 27, 1825. m. Nov. 5, 1850, Jotham Truell. (See Phillips Register.) Ile was a farmer of Campton, where he d. April 20, 1873. (1) Sarah Ann, b. April 25, 1852. m. Jan. 5, 1872, James Moses. She d. Dec. 4, 1877. (2) Abbie Ellen, b. April 8, 1858. m. Feb. 2, 1872, Albert P. Melendy. m. second, Reuben Avery.
iv. THOMAS, b. 1828. m. Oct. 5, 1852, Elizabeth Danforth, dau. of John Danforth (see). He lived at West Plymouth and had a hotel there. He d. Feb. 22, 1858. Ilis widow is now a resident at the Old Ladies' Home, in Concord.
v. SAMUEL, b. Feb. 15, 1832. m. Feb. 2, 1853, Sarah Webber, b. July 7, 1834, dau. of Moses S. and Clarissa Webber. He was a butcher, living many years in Plymouth and later in Rumney, where he d. May 6, 1899. Five children. (1) James S., b. Dec. 11, 1856. d. March 4, 1858. (2) Clara Lizzie, b. Jan. 19, 1858. m. Nov. 18, 1875, George D). Keniston, of Rumney. (3) Lottie Ann, b. Oct. 22, 1860. m. June 2, 1893, Henry Randolph. Res. Somerville, Mass. (4) Charles S., b. Nov. 29, 1862. m. April 24, 1888, Stella Foster, dau. of Moses Foster of Rumney. Res. Plymouth .: (5) Nellie Jane, b. August 15, 1864. m. Oct. 2, 1894, Noah Jackson, of Fitchburg, Mass., formerly of Hillsboro.
vi. ABIGAIL, b. 1833. d. June 20, 1850.
vii. JAMES, b. 1836. d. March 5, 1852.
viii. GEORGE MARCUS, b. June 5, 1844. m. April 26, 1866, Mary Ellen Eames, b. April 24, 1844, dau. of Lemuel C. Eames, of Wilming- ton, Mass. She d. Dec. 20, 1871. He m. second, Nov. 26, 1874, Mary E. Carter. He has res. in Wilmington, Mass., since 1861. 50th Mass. Infantry. He was a dealer in meat and provisions, and is now a farmer. (1) Kate Howard, b. July 4, 1867. (2) George Albert, b. Sept. 4, 1876. (3) Emma Mabel, b. April 2, 1883.
MILLIKEN.
1. MOSES MILLIKEN, probably a descendant of the Bradford, Mass., family of Milliken or Mulliken, came to Plymouth, 1791, and here
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m. Feb. 2, 1792, Anna Willoughby, dau. of Dea. John Willoughby (see). He was an intelligent, active man. In 1812 he removed to Haverhill and soon after to Newbury, Vt. Eleven children were born in Plymouth, one in Haverhill, and one in Newbury, Vt.
i. MOSES. Lived in Pittsfield.
ii. JOHN. Lived in Haverhill.
iii. NANCY. m. - Bagley, of Topsham, Vt.
iv. BETSEY, b. April 21, 1798. m. Dec. 20, 1819, Hosea Bartlett, b. July 23, 1795. He was a sexton of Ox Bow Cemetery, res. in Newbury, Vt. He d. 1868. Seven children.
v. CHARLOTTE. m. Green, of Bath.
vi. SARAH.
vii. AZUBAII WHEELER.
viii. RELIEF. m. - Bruce. m. second, - Blake.
ix. LUCRETIA. m. - - McConnell.
8 . MEHITABLE. d. young.
xi. MEHITABLE. m. - Barrett.
xii. DRURY FAIRBANKS, b. Haverhill, May 1, 1814. m. April 12, 1849, Emeline B. Annis. Res. McIndoe Falls, Vt., and in Colorado. He d. in Monroe, August 25, 1900. She d. August 17, 1893. Five children. (1) Josephine Sophia, b. Dec. 29, 1853. m. Dec. 16, 1886, James Theodore Stewart. Res. Denver, Col. (2) Annette Gertrude, b. Nov. 14, 1855. d. August 4, 1883. (3) Eliz- abeth, b. April 23, 1858. d. March 11, 1862. (4) Louisa Augusta, b. June 15, 1861. d. Jan. 1, 1877. (5) Jennie Belle, b. March 6, 1864. m. August 26, 1889, Louis D. Sweet. Res. Denver, Col.
xiii. ALFRED NEVINS, b. Newbury, Vt., Feb. 22, 1817. m. 1842, Eliza- beth Jane Nason, b. July 26, 1824. d. Dec. 18, 1884. He res. Candia. Four children. (1) Alfred Augustus, b. 1844. m. Josephine C. Boult. Res. Candia. Three children. (2) Franklin Pitts, b. June 29, 1846. m. 1873, Mary Abbie Wason, who d. 1885. He res. Candia. (3) Mary Frances, b. 1848. m. Dec. 14, 1865, Charles Henry Kimball, b. 1843, son of Charles and Mary F. (Sibley) Kimball, of Chelsea, Mass. (4) Abbie Emeline, b. July, 1858. m. Oct. 7, 1879, George Albert Kimball, b. May 2, 1849, son of Charles and Mary F. (Sibley) Kimball, of Chelsea, Mass.
MILLS.
1. WILLIAM PARKER MILLS, b. Dunbarton. m. second, Sept. 4, 1843, Mary S. Buswell, b. Feb. 25, 1823, dau. of Silas and Sarah (Craig) Buswell. (See Craig Register.) He lived in Groton. Two sons by first marriage, Thomas Benton and Martin Van Buren, were soldiers in the Civil War; and William, a son of second marriage, b. Sept. 4, 1844, 6th N. H. Infantry. d. of disease at Hatteras Inlet, N. C., Feb. 24, 1862.
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2. LEWIS CHARLES MILLS, son of William Parker and Mary S. (Buswell) Mills, b. Groton, Oct. 9, 1848. Was a carpenter and farmer in Ellsworth several years, removing to Plymouth, 1895. He m. March 13, 1870, Hattie Irene Avery, dau. of Samuel Moulton Avery (see). She d. Oct. 19, 1903. Four children.
i. LEONARD SAMUEL, b. April 28, 1875.
ii. CHARLES, b. Nov. 26, 1880. Grad. Plymouth High School, 1901.
iii. EsSIE BELLE, b. Jan. 9, 1887.
iv. IDA MAY, b. August 30, 1889.
MITCHELL.
1. JOHN MITCHELL, b. 1744. Settled in Bridgewater. He m. Lydia Johnson, b. 1747. He d. March 19, 1816. She d. Nov. 8, 1807.
2. ROBERT MITCHELL, son of John 1, b. April' 8, 1877. m. Abigail Morse, b. Sept. 6, 1781, dau. of Capt. Daniel and Miriam (Hoyt) Morse (see). He was a captain and a prominent citizen of Bridge- water, where he d. Sept. 29, 1823. She d. Jan. 11, 1873.
3. ROBERT MITCHELL, son of Robert2, b. Bridgewater, Oct. 24, 1802. m. in Boston, Jan. 19, 1829, Eliza (Barker) Kenrick, b. Wrentham, Feb. 23, 1800, widow of Alexander Kenrick. He came to Plymouth, 1833, settling on the Robbins farm near the town line of Bridgewater. He was a drover, brickmaker, and farmer ; selectman. He d. Feb. 16, 1877. She d. Jan. 13, 1879.
i. ABBIE MORSE, b. Nov. 16, 1829. m. May 12, 1868, Alexander Williams. d. Sacramento, Cal., Sept. 2, 1894. (1) George J. G., b. Nov. 2, 1872.
ii. ROBERT WILLIAM, b. March 18, 1831. 1st Mass. Cavalry. Lived in Plymouth with frequent removals to and from the town until 1886, when he went to Sacramento, Cal., where he d. Oct. 20, 1887. He m. Nov. 27, 1856, Harriet C. Batchelder, dau. of Kinsley Hall Batchelder (see). She res. North Tacoma, Wash. (1) Etson R., b. Jan. 20, 1858. (2) George Carl, b. Sept. 8, 1862. (3) Alfred F. C., b. Oct. 19, 1872.
iii. ALICE W., b. Jan. 1, 1833. d. March 10, 1844.
iv. ELEEN FRANCIS, b. Jan. 9, 1835. d. Sacramento, Cal., Feb. 20, 1898.
v. GEORGE KENRICK, b. Jan. 7, 1838. 6th N. H. Infantry. d. in the service, Roanoke Island, April 15, 1862.
vi. EMMA ADALAIDE, b. April 15, 1810. m. April 30, 1862, Benjamin Morrison, of Roxbury, Mass. She d. Jan. 7, 1892. (1) Bertha E., b. Oct. 19, 1864. (2) Benjamin Robert, b. Jan. 14, 1871. d. August 9, 1872. (3) Ruth C., b. May 8, 1878.
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vii. BENJAMIN BRADLEY, b. March 19, 1842. d. Oct. 31, 1852.
viii. HARRIET NEWELL, b. April 28, 1849. m. Joseph Spalding Morri- son (see).
4. MICHAEL MITCHELL, son of John 1 and brother of Robert 2, b. Bridgewater, Oct. 12, 1790. m. Rebecca Nutting, dau. of Thomas Nutting (see). In 1811 he settled on the Nutting farm in this town and here remained until 1856, when he removed to Bridgewater, where he d. Sept 29, 1876. Possibly all the children are not named, and of most of them only the name is furnished.
i. LOUISA.
ii. THOMAS N., b. Oct. 24, 1816. Lived in Bridgewater. He d. May 5, 1852. m. Feb. 9, 1844, Hannah F. Tewksbury. (1) Michael Brooks, b. May 14, 1848. m. Emma Williams. He was a stone- cutter in Plymouth, 1874 to 1892, when he removed to Ashland.
5. iii. ABEL NUTTING.
iv. SYBEL.
v. SUSANNA SAWYER, b. July 2, 1826. m. John Nutting (see).
vi. REBECCA.
vii. CYRUS, b. 1830.
viii. PHINEAS, b. 1832.
5. ABEL NUTTING MITCHELL, son of Michael 4, m. Susan Glover. m. second, Elizabeth Hill. He was a farmer of Ashland.
6. DANIEL BATCHELDER MITCHELL, son of Abel Nutting and Susan (Glover) Mitchell, b. Oct. 22, 1848. m. Nov. 15, 1877, Florence V. Nutting, dau. of John Nutting (see). He was a farmer several years in Bridgewater, and since 1889 he has res. on the Nutting farm in the south part of the town.
NORA BLANCHE, b Feb . 18, 187 8. m. - - Jenness. ii. ETHEL SUSANNA, b. August 14, 1880. Plymouth High School, 1897. Now in Medical School, Tufts College.
iii. EDITH FLORENCE, b. Jan. 12, 1883.
MITCHELL.
1. EBENEZER MITCHELL, a representative of one of the numerous Scotch-Irish families of Maine. m. Sarah Littlefield and lived in Kennebunkport.
2. ISRAEL MITCHELL, son of Ebenezer 1, b. July 5, 1812. Was a brickmaker in early life. He m. Hepsibah Blair, b. Campton, 1816, dau. of Peter Blair. With several children they removed to Campton, 1849, where he d. March 10, 1883. She d. 1873.
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3. IRA COLEMAN MITCHELL, son of Israel 2, b. Campton, June 11, 1852. m. Feb. 19, 1877, Mynett Jane Swett, b. Bristol, July 23, 1860, dau. of Sylvester and Ermine (Jaquith) Swett. He is a stone- mason and has res. in Plymouth since 1887.
i. WESLEY HARRIS, b. Feb. 2, 1880. New Hampton Literary Institution.
ii. MABEL ELVIRA, b. April 13, 1882.
iii. HERMAN IRA, b. Nov. 23, 1884.
iv. CHESTER ISRAEL, b. Plymouth, Oct. 1, 1887.
v. CHALON BLAIR, b. Plymouth, Sept. 12, 1890.
vi. GLADYS RENA, b. Plymouth, March 18, 1898.
MITCHELL.
1. JOHN MITCHELL, b. Millstreet, Ireland, June 6, 1824. m. Honora Dougherty, b. Killarney, Ireland, 1824, dau. of Timothy Dougherty. The emigrants to America exhibit types of ability and character peculiar to the forces which influenced their emigration. Sometimes the situation in the old country sends emigrants. At another time the demands of this country call them. The emigrants from Ireland about 1850 were not only sent on account of the failure of the crops but they were called, also, to meet the demands of an era of prosperity and enterprise. No group of emigrants has con- tributed more substantially to the industries and development of New England.
John Mitchell and his wife were among those who came to America in 1848. He lived in Plymouth and in Rumney about two years, and settled in Vermont, living many years in Wheelock and in Salem, now Derby. He was an enterprising man of ability and a respected citizen. He was often elected to office and was several times the candidate of his party for the assembly. He d. Derby, Vt., April 28, 1897. Eleven children.
i. DANIEL, b. Ireland, 1848. d. young.
ii. JOHN M., b. Plymouth, July 6, 1849. He studied law in the office of Hon. Harry Bingham, of Littleton, and was admitted March 19, 1872. He was of the firm of Bingham & Mitchell and Bingham, Mitchell & Batchellor until 1881, when he removed to Con- cord. He was selectman of Littleton; solicitor of Grafton Co., 1879-1881; representative from Concord, 1893 ; railroad commis- sioner, 1888-1891 ; delegate to Constitutional Convention, 1902. He is an able and successful lawyer. He m. Nov. 19, 1874, Julia Charlotte Lonergan, b. June 7, 1854, dau. of Peter P. Lonergan,
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of St. Johnsbury, Vt. Four children : (1) Agnes L., b. August 13, 1875. (2) Gertrude, b. March 14, 1878. d. Nov. 9, 1878. (3) Leo Lonergan, b. June 25, 1885. d. March 5, 1888. (4) Marion, b. Jan. 12, 1890.
iii. DANIEL, b. 1850. d. young.
iv. TIMOTHY, b. March 12, 1852. m. Oct. 2, 1877, Alice Dalton. She d. June 30, 1878. He d. April 29, 1882.
v. DANIEL, b. April 23, 1854. d. Oct. 30, 1866.
vi. WILLIAM HENRY, b. Wheelock, Vt., Sept. 18, 1856. He read for his profession in the office of Bingham, Mitchell & Batchellor, and was admitted March 19, 1880, and was a member of law firm of Bingham, Mitchell & Batchellor, and since 1900 of Batchellor & Mitchell. He was a trustee of State Normal School, 1887-1899; State senator, 1889; presidential elector, Mckinley and Roosevelt, 1900; county solicitor, 1889-1895; representative, 1903. As a lawyer he is industrious and able; as a citizen he is respected and honored ; and among his associates he is popular and esteemed. He m. March 4, 1887, Delia Bingham, dau. of Judge Edward Franklin and Susannah F. (Gunning) Bingham, of MacArthur, Ohio.
vii. JULIA A., b. Oct. 18, 1858. m. Oct. 15, 1885, M. T. Donovan. Res. Somerville, Mass.
viii. ABBIE E., b. Oct. 24, 1860.
ix. MARY J., b. Oct. 30, 1862.
x. CATHERINE C., b. Derby, Vt., Jan. 18, 1866. Clerk of the Board of Agriculture. Res. Concord.
xi. BENJAMIN, b. April 1, 1868. d. May 16, 1886.
MITCHELL.
1. JOSEPH LEWIS MITCHELL, b. Boston, Mass., Nov. 13, 1841, re- moved to Plymouth, 1881. He owned and occupied the Lowd farm near the reservoir. He m. April 23, 1879, Alice Josephine Robie, dau. of F. W. A. Robie (see). He served in the 29th Mass. Infantry in the Civil War.
MOORE.
1. COFFIN MOORE was a distinguished physician of Candia. He was b. in Stratham, Feb. 25, 1739, and d. in Candia, Oct. 30, 1784. He m. March 13, 1760, Comfort Weeks, b. Greenland, Jan. 10, 1740, dau. of Dr. John and Martha (Wingate) Weeks, of Greenland and Hampton.
2. JACOB B. MOORE, son of Dr. Coffin 1, b. Candia, Sept. 5, 1772, was a skilful physician in Andover. He was a man of culture,
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a poet, and a musician. In 1812 he was appointed surgeon's mate in the United States army, in which service his health suffered; return- ing to Andover, he there d. Jan. 10, 1813. He m. Mary Eaton, dau. of Ephraim and Abigail (Perkins) Eaton, of Candia. Their son, Jacob Bailey Moore, b. Oct. 31, 1797, m. August 20, 1820, Mary Adams Hill, a sister of Gov. Isaac Hill.
3. HENRY EATON MOORE, son of Dr. Jacob B.2 and Mary (Eaton) Moore, b. Andover, July 31, 1803, came to Plymouth in 1824, remain- ing in this town two years. He founded the Grafton " Journal," which he sold in 1826. He removed from Plymouth to Concord, and there established the New Hampshire " Journal," which in 1831 was merged with the " Statesman." Mr. Moore was more widely known as a teacher and composer of music. He gave instruction in vocal music, in Con- cord, and conducted several State musical conventions. His musical publications are : "The Musical Catechism," 1829 ; "The New Hamp- shire Collection of Church Music," 1832; "The Merrimack Collection of Instrumental and Martial Music," 1833; "The National Choir," 1834; " The Northern Harp," 1837. He removed to Cambridge, and having founded " The Eoliad," he d. Oct. 23, 1831. It will be noted that the greater part of his compositions was published after his death. He m. Susannah Farnum, dau. of Ephraim Farnum (see).
MORRISON.
1. JOHN MORRISON, ancestor of the larger Londonderry family and the branches of the family in Windham, Peterboro, Colchester Co., Nova Scotia, came to America about 1720, and d. in Londonderry, Feb. 16, 1736.
2. JAMES MORRISON, son of John 1, b. Ireland about 1675. Came to Londonderry a little earlier than his father John, but was not among the first sixteen families. With him came sons Halbert and Samuel, and after his settlement in Londonderry he m. Janet Steele, and had five children. He d. 1756.
3. SAMUEL MORRISON, son of James 2, b. Ireland, 1704. m. Martha Allison, b. Londonderry, March 31, 1720, dau. of Samuel Allison. Upon the division of Londonderry and incorporation of Windham, 1742, his homestead fell within the bounds of Windham. He d. Feb. 11, 1776. She d. Dec. 3, 1761.
4. SAMUEL MORRISON, son of Samuel 3, b. Windham, Sept. 28, 1748, lived in Windham. He m. May 20, 1779, Sarah Park, b. Sept.
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4, 1757, dau. of Robert and Jane (Wear) Park, of Windham. She d. Dec. 27, 1789. He m. second, August 31, 1792, Margaret (Dinsmoor) Armor, b. Oct. 14, 1759, dau. of William and Elizabeth (Cochran) Dinsmoor, and widow of John Armor. He was a soldier in the Revolution and an elder in the church. He d. 1816. She d. Sept. 18, 1837.
5. JAMES MORRISON, son of Samuel 4, b. Windham, Nov. 17, 1786, lived some years in Danvers and Salem, Mass., coming to Plymouth about 1818. The Morrison Genealogy says he removed to Plymouth, 1807. He was first taxed, 1816. He was not taxed, 1817 and 1818. Beginning 1819, his name appears in tax-lists continuously until his death. He was a successful farmer, and at times he drove teams for the Russell & Webster Co. to the terminus of the railroad. He was a selectman, a good citizen, and the worthy deacon of the Congregational Church, 1831-1856. Late in life, selling his farm, he removed to the village, where he d. August 1, 1871. He m. Miriam Bean, dau. of Nathan Bean, of Candia. She d. in Plymouth, Sept. 6, 1845. He m. second, August, 1848, Betsey (Abbot) Brown, dau. of John Abbot (see). She d. July 23, 1879.
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