History of Rockingham County, New Hampshire and representative citizens, Part 111

Author: Hazlett, Charles A
Publication date: 1915
Publisher: Chicago : Richmond-Arnold
Number of Pages: 1390

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Catherine Fogg and has two children, Margaret and Helen Katherine; Percy E., who married Lilly Magg and resides in Trenton, N. J .; Fan- nie G., wife of Lee S. Merrill, of Tingston, Mass; Allan C., who married Mary A. Evans, of Portsmouth, and Marguerite at home. The family attend the Congregational church.

GEORGE ALBERT TUCK, a general farmer in the town of Rye, who is keeper for the James Parsons estate, was born in Stratham, N. H., in 1872, a son of George and Sophia (Wallace) Tuck. The father was a native of Brentwood and the mother of Nottingham, N. H. Both are living and reside in Exeter. Their children were Hannah Sophia, wife of Henry Trimmings ( deceased) ; John Henry; George Albert. subject of this review; Mary; Belle, wife of LeRoy Burpee; Joseph; Rachel, wife of Harold Holbrook, and Elizabeth.

After attending the common schools and the high school at Exeter George Albert Tuck began industrial life in a hardware store in Exeter, where he was employed for three years. He then went to work as a farm hand and at teaming, being thus occupied until he came to his present place about seven and a half years ago. The Parsons estate of which he has the care contains about 200 acres. On his own place, in addition to general farming, he raises poultry. He is a Republican in politics and a member of the Grange.

Mr. Tuck first married Effie Chapman, who died in 1906, leaving five children : Frank Wallace ; Helen F., Grace L., Agnes P. and A. Stan- ley. Mr. Tuck married for his second wife, Kate Swett, who was born in Wolfboro, N. H., daughter of John Swett. Of this second marriage there is a daughter, Kathlyn Pearce. The family attend the Christian church.

LEWIS THOMAS SANBORN, who passed from this life June 26, 1904, was one of Hampton Falls' best known and most respected citi- zens. He is survived by his widow, who resides in Hampton Falls and Stratham, having a home in both towns, where she is surrounded by many friends of long years standing. Mr. Sanborn was born in Hamp- ton Falls, Rockingham County, N. H., October II, 1834, and was a son of Aaron and Lydia (Leavitt) Sanborn. His father was born in 1794 and his mother in 1800. They reared the following children: Charles H .. Sarah E., Helen M., Frank B., Lewis Thomas, and Joseph L.

Lewis Thomas Sanborn attended the common schools in his youth, and throughout life advanced himself intellectually by constant read- ing, becoming a thoroughly posted and broad-minded man. He took to agricultural pursuits and specialized in live stock, dealing extensively in horses and cattle. He was a raiser of fancy horses. During the Civil War, he served as a sharp-shooter with Colonel Berdan, and ren- dered valuable service to the cause. He was a man of great strength of character, and enjoyed the respect and confidence of his fellow citizens to a marked degree.

On June 9, 1869, Mr. Sanborn was joined in marriage with Miss Mary Abbie Brown, who was born in the town of Stratham. She is a daughter of Greenleaf Clark and Abigail (Brown) Brown, the father being born in the house where Mrs. Sanborn now temporarily lives. The mother was a native of Hampton Falls. Mr. Brown was a school

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teacher in his younger days, teaching in various parts of the country. Later he followed farming. There were two children in the Brown family, William Greenleaf and Mary Abbie. William Greenleaf Brown had two daughters: Mary Augusta, wife of Emmons B. Chase, of Stratham, and Alice Clark, wife of Lyman J. Batchelder, of Laconia, N. H.

Mrs. Mary Abbie Sanborn is the owner of the farm where she lives in Stratham, and also is owner of the old Sanborn homestead of seventy- five acres in Hampton Falls. She is a woman of good business under- standing, and religiously, a member of the Baptist Church.

CHARLES C. LAMPREY, who at the time of his death, May I, 19II, in the town of Portsmouth, was a prosperous farmer and a well- known and respected citizen, was born in North Hampton, N. H., April 9, 1841. His parents were John and Mary (Robinson) Lamprey, the father born in New Hampshire and reared in North Hampton. They had six children: John, Edwin, Oliver, Charles C., George and Mary.

Charles C. Lamprey was educated in the schools of North Hampton, and assisted his father on the home farm until he was 21 years old. He then took charge of his father's farm at New Castle, remaining there about five years. He then purchased a farm on the Newington road in the town of Portsmouth, which he operated successfully for the rest of his life. He was a Republican in politics and served the town efficiently as tax assessor.

Mr. Lamprey was married, February 10, 1864, to Ann Sarah Brown, who was born in Greenland, N. H., a daughter of Oliver and Elizabeth (Marston) Brown. Her father was a carpenter in early life and later a farmer. There were five children in the Brown family: Elizabeth, wife of Edwin Lamprey; Viola, wife of William Littlefield; Julia, wife of Charles Marden, Forace, and Ann Sarah. Mr. and Mrs. Charles C. Lamprey were the parents of five children, namely: Georgia, who mar- ried Loring Worcester, of Dover, N. H., where she resides; Edith, wife of Cyrus Frink of Newington, N. H .; Annie L., who lives with her mother ; Morris, who is now deceased, and Blanche, who is the widow of Harry Beacham. Mr. Lamprey attended the Middle Street Baptist church, which he supported liberally, according to his means. The surviving members of his family all belong to the same church.

FRANK L. PRYOR, president of the Pryor-Davis Company, dealers in hardware, paints and plumbing, Portsmouth, N. H., was born in Kittery, Maine, February 3, 1854, son of Waterman and Lydia ( Messer) Pryor. He is a descendant in the ninth generation of Thomas Pryor, who came from England in 1634, settling at Duxbury, Mass. The old records mention Thomas as being the father of five sons and two daughters, besides two sons, Thomas and Samuel, who remained in England. They also mention among his children, John, born 1620, who married Elener Childs, and Daniel, born 1622, of whom there is no further record.

The generations between the immigrant ancestor, Thomas, and the sub- ject of this sketch are as follows: II. Joseph, born 1623; married Hannah 1644. III. Benjamin, born 1679; married Bethiah Pratt. IV. John, born March 21, 1712; married Mercy Delano. V. John, born Novem- ber 5, 1744; married Lydia Osier, April 13, 1767. VI. George, born 1774;

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married Lydia Cushman, a descendant in the seventh generation by Robert Cushman, who came to New England in 1621, with son Thomas, the line being: (I) Robert. (2) Thomas, born 1608; married 1637 Mary Aller- ton; died December 10, 1691. (3) Thomas, Jr., born Sept., 1637; married Ruth Howland, daughter of John Howland, who came over in the May- flower. (4) Robert, born Oct. 4, 1664; married first Percis -; mar- ried secondly Prudence Sherman. (5) Joshua, born Oct. 4, 1708; married Mary Soul, January 2, 1733; died March 25, 1764. (6) Apollas, born 1744; married Feb. 15, 1768, Elener Keene. (7) Lydia, born 1774 ; married George Pryor, born 1775.

VII. (in direct line) John Pryor (son of George and Lydia), born 1803; married Judith Upham Lermond, whose immigrant ancestor, Robert Ler- mond, of Scotch descent, came to America in 1719, from Londonderry, Ire- land, accompanied by three sons and one daughter. They settled in Warren, Me., removing later to Milton, Mass., where he died August 16, 1724. The subsequent line of descent is: (2) John, who married a Miss Griffin and moved to Waldoboro in 1747. (3) William, born 1781; married first Lucy Richardson, secondly Ruth Brooks Jones ; he died 1828. (4) Judith Upham, born Sept. 16, 1809, who married John Pryor. The children of John and Judith U. (Lermond) Pryor were as follows: Jacob Lermond, born April 2, 1831 ; married July 3, 1855, Elizabeth Maxfield; died Jan. 9, 1856. . Water- man Keen, born Sept. 3, 1833; married Lydia Messer, born Sept. 14, 1833; she died Jan. 18, 1905. Mercy Studly, born Aug. 15, 1834; married in July, 1862, Charles Mason; married secondly Moses Plumer; had two daughters -- Carrie and Helen, both by second marriage ; died Feb. 5, 1869. Welthea A., born June 21, 1836; married Eben Brackett; had two children-William and Lizzie. Susan Gertrude, born June 21, 1836; married John Fullerton; died Sept. 12, 1884; had five children-Gertrude, Nellie, Grace, Della and Wil- liam, who married Alice Wentworth. John Warren, born Oct. 19, 1838; married first Sophila Norton, April 13, 1858; married (2d) Mary Jane Whitten (one child who died young) ; married (3d) Anne Burt, who bore him one son, Harry I. He died Sept. 13, 1906. Joseph Melvin, born Sept. 27, 1840; married Sarah Todd, Aug. 30, 1865 ; had two children-Josephine and Melvin. He died Sept. 3, 1906. Francis Edward, born Jan. 6, 1843; died Aug. 4, 1851. Charles Wesley, born May 9, 1845; married Margaret Britton Aug. 4, 1865 ; she died May 25, 1907, leaving two children-Emma Florence and Sarah Elizabeth. Martha Jane, born May 4, 1847; married George Ayers, Dec. 29, 1870. Roscoe Henry, born Jan. 2, 1849; married first Julia McNaught; married (2d) Mary Gallagher; had two sons-Ler- mond Chester and Roscoe Henry. Sarah Elizabeth, born Dec. 8, 1851 ; mar- ried Joseph Smart; died Aug. 25, 1870; had two daughters-Annie Odell and Nellie Sarah.

VIII. Waterman Pryor, son of John and Judith Upham (Lermond) Pryor, born September 3, 1833, married Lydia Messer, who was born Sept. 14, 1833, a daughter of Joshua and Clara Clark (Lydston) Messer. She was a descendant of Francis Messer, born 1634, who died 1682, the line of descent being as follows: (2) Richard Messer, married Abigail . died Dec. 3, 1765. (3) Richard Messer, Jr., married Hannah ---; died Aug. 31, 1761. (4) Abial Messer, born Dec. 27, 1670; married Abigail March. (5) Nathaniel Messer, born 1704; married Elizabeth Gutterson, Dec. 12, 1728; died Jan. 12, 1775. (6) Nathaniel, Jr., born 1741 ; married Ruth Whittier, Dec. 31, 1761 ; died October 18, 1795. (7) William Whittier

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Messer, born March 9, 1773; married Sarah Johnson. (8) Joshua Messer, died June 21, 1841, aged 33 years ; married Clara Clark Lydston. (9) Lydia Messer, married Waterman Keen Pryor, March 29, 1853.

Frank Lermond Pryor, our direct subject, is a man of good practical education and business ability. The Pryor-Davis Company, of which he is now the head, was established under its present name in January of the present year, 1914, but is the outgrowth of a concern that was established at this location at the time of the Revolutionary war. It was originally confined to drugs and paints and so continued until the year 1800. The building was destroyed by fire and rebuilt in 1802 and was reorganized in 1802 with a line of hardware and paints, by Dr. John Goddard. In 1880 the firm was known as Pryor & Mathews and was conducted under that style until Jan- uary, 1912, at which time Mr. Matthews retired. Mr. Pryor joined the firm in 1871 and since his connection therewith the business has greatly increased and prospered. The concern has a convenient location at No. 36 Market street.

Mr. Pryor is a Mason of the highest rank, having attained the 33d degree. His Masonic affiliations and offices are as follows: St. Andrew's Lodge No. 56, A. F. & A. M .; treasurer of Washington Royal Arch Chapter, No. 3; treasurer of Davenport Council, No. 5, R. & S. M .; treasurer of DeWitt Clinton Commandery, K. T .; treasurer of Ineffable Grand Lodge of Perfec- tion, 14th deg .; treasurer of Grand Council Princes of Jerusalem, 16th deg. ; New Hampshire Chapter of Rose Croix, 18th deg .; New Hampshire Con- sistory, S. P. R. S., 32d deg .; member of Supreme Council, N. M. J., U. S. A., 33d deg .; New Hampshire Council of Deliberation; U. S. Provincial Grand Lodge, Royal Order of Scotland; Bektash Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S .; New Hampshire Society of Veteran Freemasons. He is also treasurer of the Masonic Hall committee, Portsmouth, and Scottish Rite Executive Board.

Frank L. Pryor was married September 10, 1878, to Helen Louisa Phil- brook, a daughter of Daniel Smith Philbrook, by his wife Ann, whose maiden name was Ann Louisa G. Trundy. Mrs. Pryor is a descendant in the ninth generation of Thomas Philbrook, who came to New England in 1630, mov- ing in 1639 to Watertown, and subsequently to Hampton, N. H. He died in 1667. By his wife Elizabeth he had three sons and four daughters. The line of descent is as follows: (2) James, married first Jane Roberts; mar- ried secondly Ann Roberts. (3) Joseph, born Oct. 10, 1663; married Try- phena Marston of Hampton. (4) Joses, born Nov. 5, 1703; married Jan. 4, 1727, Abigail Locke; died 1783. (5) Daniel, born Feb. 2, 1740; married Abigail Marden, of Rye; died 1780. (6) Joses, born July 22, 1766; married Sally Smith. (7) Daniel, born April 13, 1790; married Pamelia Gunnerson, 1816. (8) Daniel Smith, born Aug. 5, 1822; died Aug. 6, 1902; married Ann Louisa G. Trundy. (9) Helen Louisa, born Jan. 16, 1854; married September 10, 1878, Frank Lermond Pryor.

Mr. and Mrs. Frank L. Pryor have one child, Louisa Isabel Pryor, who is now dean of the Nasson Institute, at Springvale, Maine.

Mr. Pryor is a republican in politics and although he holds no political office he takes a good citizen's interest in the welfare of the community in which he lives, being ever ready to lend his aid and influence to any worthy cause. He is a member of Middle St. Baptist Society. He and his family are among the most esteemed members of Portsmouth society. Mr. Pryor's father is still living, being now eighty years of age.

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OTTO W. BERRY, a general farmer owning 31 acres of land, with cottage, at Rye Beach, on the Lafayette road, was born in Nova Scotia, May 4, 1865, a son of Charles and Levina (Chute) Berry. His parents were both natives of Nova Scotia but passed their latter years in Rock- ingham County, N. H. Charles Berry, who was a farmer, was first married to Levina Chute, a sister of his second wife. He was killed by falling from the mow of a barn on the Beachem farm in Newington. His children were Otto W., Haven, Ena, wife of Harry Herson; Grace, wife of Fred Merrill, and Ralph, the only child of his second marriage.

Otto W. Berry was educated in the common schools of Nova Scotia, which he attended during the winter months until reaching the age of eighteen years. During the summers he worked on the farm with his father. After coming to the states he worked on farms by the month until, having saved a little money, he purchased a farm of 124 acres ad- joining the one he now owns. He sold that property and bought his present farm in March of the present year, 1914.

Mr. Berry married Mrs. Elizabeth J. Potts, the widow of Frank Potts and daughter of Azinah L. and Mary A. (Hill) Spinney, her father being a blacksmith by occupation. The children of the Spinney family were Flora Ida, wife of Albert S. Cottle; Mary A., wife of Spen- cer Hutten; Genevieve M., wife of John Watson; Elizabeth J., who married the subject of this sketch; Ellen Catherine, wife of George F. Grindy ; and Arthur A.

Mr. Berry, like his father, has twice married, by his first wife, Rose Ella Sanford, having three chilren-Arnold P., Dorothy M. and Earl M. The family attend the Baptist Church and in politics Mr. Berry is a Democrat.

CLARENCE B. HILL, a prominent merchant of Fremont, N. H., was born at Deerfield, this state, March 12, 1882. He is a son of Martin V. B. Hill, who with three brothers, enlisted and served in the Civil war, Martin contracting a severe illness during his service, which ulti- mately led to consumption, from which disease he died in 1888. He married Emma F. Tilton of Deerfield, N. H., who still survives him.

Clarence B. Hill was the youngest of his parents' three children. He was educated in the village school and high school and at the age of eighteen years began industrial life as a clerk in the store of Brown & Kelsey, at Deerfield, where he remained three years. He then went to Deerfield, where he purchased a store, which he conducted for two years. At the end of that time, or in 1907, he sold out and came to Fre- mont, where he entered into business for himself at his present loca- tion, dealing in general merchandise. His store is one of the best in this part of the county and he is doing a large and successful business. A Republican in politics, he is now serving as town supervisor and trustee. He is a member of the Grange, and served it as assistant steward while a resident of Deerfield.

Mr. Hill was married, August 25, 1908, to Leona F. Robinson, of Deerfield. They have no children. Mr. Hill is an enterprising and re- liable citizen, taking an interest in everything calculated to promote the prosperity and development of the town and county, and ready at all times to lend his aid and influence to a worthy cause. He and his wife have many friends in this part of the county.

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FREEMAN R. GARRETT, a prominent resident of Portsmouth and ex-member of the Board of County Commissioners of Rockingham County from 1892 to 1896, was born in this city June 3, 1856, a son of Henry L. and Louisa (Merrill) Garrett. His father, who was born in Boston, Mass., was for a number of years an engineer on the Eastern Railroad, but, his health failing, he resigned his position and engaged in the grocery and provision business in Portsmouth. He met with such success that he remained in that business up to the time of his death in 1876. He and his wife reared seven children, including the subject of this sketch.

Freeman R. Garrett received his education in the public schools of Portsmouth. He went to work in early boyhood, helping as he could in his father's store. His elder brother, Charles H., was also an assistant in the store; and, after the father's death Charles H. and Freeman R. together carried on the business under the firm name of Henry L. Gar- rett & Son, continuing the partnership with much business ability and making their establishment one of the best patronized of the kind in the city. Charles H. Garrett died in July, 1900, but Freeman R. has con- tinued the business under the old firm name, his son, Wallace H. being associated in it with him. The store is located at No. 97 Market street.

Freeman R. Garrett is a staunch Republican and cast his first Presi- dential vote for General Garfield in 1880. A man of energy and good judgment, he stands high in the estimation of his fellow partisans, and has served as a member of the common council of Portsmouth, and as delegate to different county and congressional conventions. He was elected county commissioner in 1892, and re-elected in 1894, his term expiring in 1896. Mr. Garrett is an attendant at the Universalist church.

CHARLES HENRY BORCHERS, a prominent citizen and business man of Salem Depot, N. H., was the organizer of the Salem Manufactur- ing Company, a thriving enterprise of which he is treasurer. He was born in Presque Isle, Maine, January 18, 1870, and is a son of Henry Nathan Borchers, and a grandson of William Borchers, who was a na- tive of Germany, but was residing in California at the time of his death.

Henry Nathan Borchers was born in Germany in 1823, and upon coming to the United States first located in California, and later at Bel- fast, Maine. He was a sea captain for years, and later in life engaged in agricultural pursuits. His death occurred in 1870. He married Mary A. Beckwith and they had two children: Charles Henry, and Annie, who became the wife of A. O. Garvin.

Charles Henry Borchers after completing his schooling worked on a farm for eight years, being engaged in lumbering during the winter months. In 1897 he located at Lawrence, Mass., and for seven years worked at the carpenters' trade. He engaged in contracting and build- ing at Lawrence and at Salem, N. H., and in 1905 took up his residence in the latter place. Here he continued to carry on the business for four years, then in 1909, became associated with E. A. Peabody and Sons. In March, 1910, he purchased the brick factory and organized a stock company, The Salem Manufacturing Company, of which he is treasurer. They manufacture builder's finish material and give employment to about fifty men. In 1910 Mr. Borchers was elected water commissioner, was re-elected in 1912, and for one year was president of the board.

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June 15, 1898, Mr. Borchers was united in marriage with Miss Myrtie Ramsdell, daughter of William Ramsdell, and they have the following children: Henry, born March 15, 1900; Evelyn Constance, born July 9, 1905; and Thelma May, born September 8, 1913. Fraternally he is affiliated with Spicket Lodge, No. 85, F. & A. M. of Salem.

ABRAM W. MITCHELL, M. D., one of Rockingham County's leading physicians and surgeons, has spent most of his professional career in practice in the vicinity of Epping, N. H., where he resides. He was born in Lempster, N. H., February 8, 1862, and is a son of Andrew J. and Mary M. (Whitemore) Mitchell. His ancestors on both sides of the house became established in this country in the very earliest colonial days, and both the Mitchells and Whitemores were participants in the early wars, including the Revolution. Andrew J. Mitchell, a native of Acworth, N. H., was an agriculturist during his active life, and is now living retired in Lempster at the ripe old age of eighty-six years. His wife, who passed from this life in 1900, was a native of Greenfield, N. H. Their union resulted in three offsprings, a son and two daughters.

Abram W. Mitchell must be accorded great credit for the success he has achieved and the high rank attained, for it was naught but his own abilities-his ambition, energy and industry-that gained for him more than a meagre public school education. He attended country school in the vicinity of his home until about fifteen years old, then the Lempster high school, and later the Newport high school. In June, 1883, he graduated from the Kimball Union Academy at Plainfield, N. H. Having determined upon a professional career, he began reading medi- cine under Dr. Karl A. Allen, and under this noted physician for two

years made satisfactory advancement. He then read for one year under the preceptorship of Dr. Marshall Perkins of Marlow, N. H., who after- ward became his father-in-law. From the time he was fourteen years old he worked to pay his way. He taught district school for six years, was principal of the high school at Lempster one year, and of the acad- emy at Marlow for a year and a half. In 1885 he entered the University of Vermont and during the years 1886 and 1887 attended the Univer- sity of New York, from which he received the degree of M. D. in March, 1887. He then practiced one year at Harrisville before locating at Epping, N. H., in 1888. He was soon well established and has managed to win and retain the esteem and friendship of his fellow citizens.

Dr. Mitchell has never ceased to be a close student of his profession and keeps well abreast of the advancement made in medical and surgical science. In 1895 he completed a post graduate course in the New York Post Graduate Medical School and a few years later at the New York Polyclinic. He has served as county physician since the year he began practice here. He is a member of the Rockingham County Medical Society, which he has served as president; the New Hampshire Medical Society, of which he was president in 1913, and of the American Medi- cal Association.

Dr. Mitchell was joined in marriage, October 16, 1888, with Miss Hattie F. Perkins, a daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Marshall Perkins of Mar- low, N. H. She was educated in the public schools of Marlow and at St. Johnsbury Academy, Vt. Four children are the issue of their union, namely : Avis W., born July 17, 1890, who was graduated from Wheaton

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College, at Norton, Mass., in 1911, and from the Children's Hospital, Boston, Mass., in 1914; Karl P., born December 4, 1891, who graduated from the Agricultural College at Durham, N. H., with the class of 1912; Richard A., born 1894, who is a member of the senior class at Phillips Exeter Academy, and Philip W., born November 1, 1900, who is a student in Epping school. Dr. Mitchell is a 32d degree Mason, was grand patron of the Eastern Star in 1902-1903, and is a member of the order of Odd Fellows. He owns considerable valuable property, both in the country and in Epping, including the beautiful residence in which he now resides. He represented the town in the state legislature in the sessions of 1897 and 1899, and has ever been an enthusiastic supporter of anything tending toward the betterment of local conditions or the development of the community. Religiously the Doctor and his family are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Epping.

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History of Rockingham County, New Hampshire and representative citizens, Part 111

Author: Hazlett, Charles A Publication date: 1915 Publisher: Chicago : Richmond-Arnold Number of Pages: 1390

Author: Hazlett, Charles A
Publication date: 1915
Publisher: Chicago : Richmond-Arnold
Number of Pages: 1390