History of Rockingham and Strafford counties, New Hampshire : with biographical sketches of many of its pioneers and prominent men, Part 112

Author: Hurd, D. Hamilton (Duane Hamilton)
Publication date: 1882
Publisher: Philadelphia : J. W. Lewis
Number of Pages: 1714


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THE NORTH SALEM METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH was built in 1836 in that village. It was repaired during the pastorate of Rev. J. B. Holman. Valuation, twenty-two hundred dollars ; seating ca- pacity, two hundred and fifty ; number of Sunday- school scholars, thirty ; volumes in library, two hun- dred and twenty ; church membership, twenty-eight.


Following is a list of pastors : 1836, Warren Wilbur ; 1837-38, R. II. Spalding ; 1839-40, Samuel Prescott ; 1841-42, Warren Wilbur; 1843, J. S. J. Gridley ; 1844-45, C. B. M. Woodward; 1846-47, Benjamin D. Brewster ; 1848, James Adams ; 1849-50, R. Tilton ; | charge, brought suit against the other society for an 1851-52, Benjamin R. Hoyt ; 1853-54, - Stewart; 1855-56, L. H. Gordon ; 1857-59, Abraham Folsom; 1860, Samuel Beedle ; 1861-62, William H. Thomas ; 1863, J. W. Adams; 1864-65, J. B. Holman ; 1866-68, Eleazer Smith ; 1869-70, Joel A. Steele; 1871, A. Folsom ; 1872-73, S. J. Robinsou ; 1874-75, William Stuart ; 1876-77, George C. Powell; 1878, supplied ; 1879, George H. Hastings; 1880-81, George W. Buz- zell ; 1882, supplied.


PLEASANT STREET METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH is situated in the thriving and beautiful village of Salem Depot. It is centrally located, and its congregations are full and the society prosperous. The church edifice was erected in 1861, at a cost of


The following are the church officers: Stewards, Walter Woodbury, George W. Thom, Isaac Wood- bury, W. W. Haseltine, George Woodbury, Charles Kimball, Isaac Thom, Frank Kimball ; Trustees, George Woodbury, Charles Kimball, Rev. R. Dear- born, Eben B. Wells, Isaac Thom, Isaac Woodbury, George W. Thom, D. D. Fisk, Silas Hall.


Following is a list of the pastors : Luther T. Town- send, D.D., D. C. Babcock, John Currier, J. W. Guernsey, Nelson M. Bailey, Reuben Dearborn, J. H. Haynes, A. W. Bunker, C. M. Dinsmore, O. P. Wright.


First Baptist Church .- This church is at Salem Depot, situated east of the railroad, and is a neat and commodious structure, and was built in 1869, and re- modeled in 1875 at a total cost of four thousand dol- lars, seating two hundred and fifty persons. Rev. P. Richardson, Rev. John MeKinley, and Rev. Edward Mills served the interests of the society while it was a mission station of the First Baptist Church in Law- rence, Mass., from the year 1858 to 1865. Rev. C. H. Cole was recognized as pastor April 25, 1866, and served till July, 1867. Rev. E. A. Whittemore be- came pastor in May, 1873. He was succeeded by Rev. A. S. Stowell Aug. 1, 1875, who remained until the fall of 1880. The present pastor, Rev. M. N. Reed, began his labors with the church July 30, 1881. The Sunday-school has fifty scholars and two hundred and twenty volumes in its library ; church member- ship, sixty-four. Officers of the church : Pastor, Rev. M. N. Reed ; Deacons, T. C. Adams, A. E. Goodwin ; Clerk, A. E. Goodwin ; Treasurer, E. A. Goodwin.


In the year 1818, Moses Dow left by will for the support of Methodism in Salem the sum of two thou- , sand dollars. On the division of the society, in 1836, the North Salem Society retained and made use of it, claiming that they were the Methodist Church as con- stituted at the time of the bequest. The society at Salem village, through Rev. J. L. Slason, preacher in equal division of the money, after trying in vain to induce the agent of the fund to accede to this plan. It was tried at the Court of Common Pleas in Feb- ruary, 1847, and a verdict given for plaintiff. The defendant moved a new trial, also an arrest of judg- ment, and carried the case to the Superior Court, which affirmed the previous decision, and on May 31, 1848, appears the record of a receipt from Mr. Alex- ander Gordon, agent of the Dow fund, in favor of Ebenezer Saunders and others, trustees of the First Methodist Episcopal Church or Society in Salem, N. H., of the sum of nine hundred and fifteen dollars and ninety-four cents.


The great revival of 1820, under the labors of Rev.


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O. Hinds, was a remarkable religious movement. Upwards of eighty conversions took place, chiefly of persons of mature years. The late John A. Wheeler, Esq., father of Hon. John W. Wheeler, was one of the first converts. Three young men, natives of the town, were awakened and converted within a short time of each other, and all three felt divinely called to enter the ministry, which they did in a short time. These are Abraham D. Merrill, Samuel Kelly, and Caleb Duston. The first was the son of Maj. Joshua Mer- rill, a respected and influential man, and for many years kept the old tavern at the junction of the At- kinson and Haverhill roads. Ile was born March 7, 1796. He was remarkable in his boyhood for his strength and muscular powers, and was capable of performing farm work, or engaging in the rough sports of the time, and successfully competing with full- grown men. At his thirteenth year few champions cared to wrestle with him, and he became the special pet of the arena in upholding the honor of the town against strangers, who often came to try conclusions at arms length. He was of a peaceful, diffident dispo- sition, and shrank from public notice, but was gen- erally coaxed to enter the lists by his admiring friends. He possessed a strong, rich voice, and was noted for his proficiency in vocal music, and taught it in Salem and adjoining towns when a young man. After entering the ministry, at twenty-six years of age, he went to Landaff Circuit with his friend and townsman, Rev. Samuel Kelly, in June, 1822. This circuit was mostly in Grafton County, and embraced fourteen towns, and was two hundred and fifty miles around it. It took thirty-one days to complete the circuit, and they preached every day and held class- meetings. The old "circuit riders" bore the priva- tions of a seanty support and the toils of incessant labors with holy enthusiasm and success. A horse and saddle-bags, Bible and hymn-book were their outfit. They preached and sung and prayed, winning souls and building up new churches. In 1828, Mr. Merrill left the circuit, and was sent to Massachusetts, and his remaining years were spent there chiefly. He was stationed in Boston twice, Lowell three times, Cambridge twice, Lynn three times, Providence, R. I., Springfield twice, Chelsea, and other places. He was married in 1817 to Nancy Morrison, daughter of Robert Morrison, of Windham, N. H., by whom he had eight children,-six sons and two daughters. Five of the sons are still living, the author of this history being of the number. He died in Dorchester District, Boston, April 29, 1878, in the eighty-third year of his age, and fifty-sixth of his ministry.


minister, settled in Salem. The homestead is on the Derry road, and is now occupied by Asa Kelly. He was born Feb. 1, 1802. His father died when he was thirteen years old, and he lived with his uncle and worked on the farm and carpentering. He was con- verted at the age of fourteen, but his enjoyment soon ceased, and at the great revival in 1820 he felt himself in need of a new consecration. After a great struggle he gave himself anew to God, and found peace and acceptance. He now thought to fit himself for his life-work in the ministry by a nine years' course of study, -- two years at Atkinson Academy, four years at Dartmouth College. and three years at Andover Seminary. But the exigencies of Methodism required his immediate service, and he reluctantly abandoned the proposed studies and went to work. His first ap- pointment was on Landaff Circuit, with A. D. Merrill, as we have previously noticed. Subsequently he preached in Vermont on large circuits (Sutton, Mont- pelier, and Lyndon), Sandwich, Gilmanton, North- field, Newmarket, Concord, Nashua, Portsmouth, Bristol, N. H., Charleston, Newburyport, Waltham, Lynn, Boston, Quincy, Mass. He also served as chaplain in the State prison at Concord, N. H., two years, and at four sessions or years in the New Hamp- shire Legislature, and one year as chaplain in the Vermont militia, and eleven years as chaplain of the " National Soldier's Home," Quincy, Mass. He was married twice, first, to Mary A., youngest daughter of John Sherburne, of Concord, N. H., May 17, 1827. She died Nov. 29, 1828, leaving an infant daughter, now the wife of Andrew S. Smith, Esq., of Concord. His second marriage was with Emeline Robinson, daughter of Abednego Robinson, of Portsmouth. By this marriage they had seven children, all deceased except the youngest, Samuel R., who graduated at Wesleyan University, Middletown, Conn., and is pro- fessor and teacher of elocution in the New England Conservatory of Music, Boston. Rev. Mr. Kelly is now residing at Quincy, Mass., and is a hale and vigorous octogenarian, having entered upon the eighty-first stage of his life. He labors as hard as ever, studying, preaching, pastoral work, etc. His name has been on the roll of the New England Con- ference for sixty years, and has done effective service for the cause of God and the church.


Rev. Samuel Kelly is of the fifth generation from . istry. In 1822 he joined the New England Confer- John Kelley, who came from Newbury, Berkshire, England, and settled in Newbury, Mass., in 1635. His great-grandfather, Richard Kelly, settled in Salem. The subject of this sketch was the son of Richard Kelly. His mother, Sibbel ( Fleteher) Kelly, was the daughter of Rev. Samuel Fletcher, a Baptist


Rev. Caleb Duston was born in Salem, N. H., May 4, 1796. He was converted at the age of sixteen years, , and joined the Methodist Episcopal Church. When twenty-one, dissatisfied with his Christian experience and life, he sought the Lord anew, and received a blessing with which came the spirit's call to the min- - ence, and was twenty-five years an itinerant preacher, and fought in the years of " Methodism's age of chiv- alry," when every preacher was "a mounted knight armed with Paul's panoply and a commission from the great Captain, with the Word of God and Metho- dism's doctrines and songs." His appointments were


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as follows : Bridgewater, Landaff, Canaan, and Leb- anon. Norwich, Vt., Barnard, Vt., Oxford and Hav- erhill, Manchester, Henniker, Guilford, Vt., Wil- mington, Vt., Milton, Seabrook, Kingston, Epping, Sandown, and Goffstown. He married, in 1817, Eliza (Kelly) Duston. Of his family we know but little. His son, Isaiah A. Duston, resides in Derry, and is deputy sheriff for Rockingham and Hillsborough Coun- ties. In 1848 he located in Derry, N. H., and died suddenly, without warning, Feb. 9, 1873. His last testimony was satisfactory. In it he spoke of his Christian experience as a definite and gracious reality, and he doubtless answered his Master's call with joy.


Rev. John M. Merrill was the oldest son of Rev. A. D. Merrill, and was born in Salem, N. II., Nov. 2, 1819. He was fifteen years an effective minister of the New England Conference, and was stationed at Spencer, Winchendon, Weston, West Springfield, Newbury- port, and other places. Failing health compelled a change, and he entered business life in the employ- ment of the Downer Kerosene Oil Company, in Boston, and Corry, Pa., and was superintendent of the works at South Boston at the time of his decease. He married Mary Ann Bassett Partredge Ilill, of Holliston, Mass., by whom he had nine children. He died in Boston, March 17, 1881, aged sixty-two years.


Schools. - The earliest school kept in town was in the winter of 1744-45, and lasted two months. The schools were kept very irregularly from this time till 1800, probably not more than every other winter at best. In 1800 the town set off nine districts, and it was not long before as many schools were opened, and continued regularly year by year ever since. The names of ninety-one masters and twenty-nine mistresses appear on the records. In 1826, Rev. Wil- liam Balch was chosen superintendent of schools, it being the first instance in the town's history. The | tin, Treas. ; John F. Hall, W. 11 .; Mrs. L. A. Ayer, report of the superintendent of schools for last year furnishes the following : Districts, 10; scholars (winter terms), 170; average attendance, 159; value of school- houses, etc., $7000.


Organizations, Associations, etc. - Spicket Lodge, No. 85, A. F. and A. M., was chartered on the 10th of June, 1868, A. L. 5868, by the Most Wor- shipful Grand Lodge of New Hampshire. It worked under a dispensation granted by Worthy Grand Master John R. Rowell, Jan. 7, 5868, empowering it to work under the above name. On the 3d of Sep- tember the lodge was regularly consecrated by Deputy Grand Master Stanly, under direction of Most Wor- shipful Grand Master Alexander M. Winn. The original members and petitioners for the charter are George K. Whitney, Matthew H. Taylor, James Ayer, George C. Gordon, John HI. Lancaster, Joseph Webster, John R. Wheeler, Theodore L. Flood, C. A. Bradley, George W. Lowell, B. R. Wheeler, George N. Austin, John S. Whittaker, Thomas Dus- ton, John Halliwell, Lewis A. Hunt, L. W. Taylor,


Giles Bennett, George H. Taylor, George Lightfoot, S. T. Newell, Eleazer Smith, A. S. Hill, C. C. Talbot, N. M. Bailey, James A. Troy, R. A. Tilton, John W. Wheeler, Richard Taylor, D. N. Russ, William H. Woodbury, Levi Cluff, John H. Havey, E. G. Dux- ton, and George W. Rogers. Its organization ander charter took place Nov. 26, 5868, with George K. Whitney, W. M., and James Ayer, Sec., and Rev. C. A. Bradley, Chaplain. Its present officers are Levi Cluff, W. M .; C. T. Maxwell, S. W .; William R. Wheeler, J. W .; L. W. Taylor, Treas. ; James Ayer, Sec .; llenry Strong, S. D .; J. Q. Cluff, J. D. ; George W. Palmer, S. S .; David Sloan, J. S; N. G. Abbott, Chaplain ; B. R. Wheeler, Marshal ; Joseph Webster, Pursuivant; R. A. Tilton, Chorister ; John R. Wheeler, Tyler; James Ayer, Rep. to G. L. Past Masters to date of March 25, 1882: Ist, G. K. Whitney; 2d, J. A. Troy; 3d, George C. Gordon; 4th, D. N. Russ; 5th, George C. Howard ; 6th, B. R. Wheeler; 7th, George C. Gordon. Membership to date, 67. The Masonic Association have built a fine hall for the use of the lodge, and also have beneath it a public hall and store which they rent.


Rockingham Commandery, No. 101, U. O. G. C., was instituted June 16, 1880, by J. H. Morgan, D. S. C., and George C. Howard as Noble Commander, and James Ayer, Noble Keeper of Records, were in- stalled, together with a full list of officers. The order confers a sick and death benefit, the latter ranging from five hundred to ten thousand dollars; admits ladies to membership. No person is eligible but those of sound health, good moral character, temperate, and competent to earn a livelihood. Entrance fees, ten dollars. Dr. G. C. Howard, Medical Examiner. Its present officers are, R. Coburn, N. C .; Mrs. E. A. Kelly, V. N. C .; J. Ayer, W. P .; Mrs. S. A. Martin, N. K. of R .; G. C. Howard, F. K. of R .; J. A. Mar- W. I. G .; Charles B. Smith, W. O. G .; Winfield S. Senter, P. N. C. Present membership, twenty, with applications pending.


The Provident Mutual Relief Association, Sub- association No. 44, numbers seventeen members, with several applications pending. It secures its members a benefit at death for the relief and assistance of loved ones left behind. Its charter is dated Dec. 6, 1879. Officers: James Ayer, Clerk ; George C. Howard, M.D., Medical Examiner ; C. I. Bowker, S. B. Goodrich, and B. R. Wheeler, Trustees.


Granite Colony, No. 11, United Order Pilgrim Fathers, was instituted March 6, 1880, and at its organization Rev. Alfred S. Stowell was installed Governor, and Charles B. Smith, Secretary. It met at Salem Depot, and is reported to be in a flourishing condition. Present membership, forty- nine. Its officers are M. P. Thompson, Governor ; N. J. Webster, Lieutenant-Governor ; C. B. Smith, Sec .; George P. Ramsdell, Coll .; W. W. Merrill, Treas. ; R. H. McDonald, Chap. ; William F. Rowell,


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Sergeant-at-Arms; Hattie A. Hunt, Dep. Sergeant-at- Arms ; Lydia A. Howe, S. of I. G. ; J. A. Troy, S. of O. G .; Sidney P. Gage, ex-Governor.


Salem Temperance Reform Club was organized and established in 1875, and has continued to be a power- ful factor in the work of temperance. It meets twice a month in the Methodist Vestry, Salem village. Present officers : C. L. Silver, President ; G. Wilson, C. O. Kelly, and Mrs. C. H. Ayer, Viee-Presidents ; Olive Carey, Secretary ; and E. G. Sloan, Treasurer.


The industrial statistics of Salem are not as complete as the importance of this history demands, but we present them as well as possible.


The Methuen Company's Granite Quarries. formerly Gage's, are in the western part of the town, and are rented and worked by David S. Crockett. He employs at present fifteen ledge men and ten stone- eutters, and produces stone to the value of eight thou- sand dollars yearly. These quarries are by no means fully developed, the quantity of stone being well-nigh inexhaustible. The stone is of a light, bright, and clear color, and when hammered presents a brilliant and five appearance. It works to a very fine edge without crumbling, which adapts it admirably for the finest carving or decorative work.


Mills and Lumber .- On Hittititty brook, near Bluff Street, is an old saw-mill, which has been in active use for many years, and a large amount of ' horse power, and two boilers. Between this and the lumber sawn. It is now owned and operated by Wil- liam G. Crowell, Esq., is supplied with good and im- proved machiney for the various branches of work carried on. Value of buildings, machinery, etc., five thousand dollars. Employs ten hands, and produces five hundred thousand feet of lumber annually, at an approximate value of six thousand dollars.


Hon. Matthew H. Taylor has a saw- and grist-mill on Spicket River, North Salem, and is doing a good business in the manufacture of lumber. He was for- merly largely engaged in the production of woolen goods, and had a factory and many operatives em- ployed. A disastrous fire consumed the mill, since which time the valuable mill privilege has remained unimproved, and the village has suffered from the consequent inaction.


Hon. Jobn W. Wheeler has just completed a fine mill, located on the mill privilege first obtained and used by John Allen, nearly a century ago, midway between North Salem and the old village on Spieket River. He manufactures froeking and flannels. We could not get the statisties of his business, which is probably greater than that of any other firm in Salem.


Thomas Duston, Esq., has a woolen yarn mill on Spicket River, North Salem. He also makes gents' soeks, gloves, and mittens a specialty. Value of buildings, machinery, ete., ten thousand dollars. Em- ployés, twenty, and produces ten thousand pounds of yarn, five thousand dozens of gloves and mittens an- nually, at a value of twenty thousand dollars.


at Salem village. He has a two-story and base- ment brick building, erected in 1877, well furnished with the requisite machinery, tools, etc., of his trade. Uses steam-power. He is also a dealer in agricultural implements.


The shoe business has been and still is to some ex- tent carried on in Salem. Until his recent closure, W. H. H. Kelly had the largest manufactory in town, oceupying Wheeler's brick building in the village, and employing about one hundred hands, using steam- power, and turning out a fine grade of work.


Thornton M. Russ has a shop at the " Centre," and employs seventeen hands, uses steam-power, and does a fair line of business. Oliver G. Woodbury's shoe- shop is on Bluff near his residence. It runs steadily, employs fifteen or twenty hands, and uses steam. There are one or two small shops running at the Depot villages.


The Evans Artificial Leather Company have their manufactory at Salem Depot, built in 1880. It stands just west of the tracks of the Manchester and Lawrence Railroad. The four buildings are of brick, the main building being one hundred and twenty feet long, thirty feet wide, and three stories high, with an an- nex sixty feet long and thirty feet wide, of one story. The engine and boiler-house is fifty-five feet long and seventeen feet wide, and contains a fine engine of fifty- main building, under the railway, is a large " boiler" for condensing waste steam. There is a fire-proof store-house located near the railroad tracks, and stables, coal-sheds, etc.


The grounds are tastefully laid out with lawns and macadamized paths and roadways. All goods are re- ceived and shipped to the ears by a private traek connecting the works and railroad. A. C. Barstow is superintendent, employs twenty-five hands constantly. Capital, five hundred thousand dollars; produces six hundred thousand yards of artificial leather annually. Estimated market value, four hundred and fifty thou- sand dollars. Cost of buildings, machinery, ete., sixty thousand dollars. Uses four hundred tons of coal, and two thousand barrels of naphtha a year. Boston office, 92 Pearl Street; C. A. Evans, agent.


There are two grocery-stores at the " Centre" village, kept by N. G. Abbott and C. I. Bowker. The latter is postmaster, and the post-offiee is at his store in " Masonie Building." At Salem Depot are two stores, kept by J. C. Carey and W. A. Kimball. The post- office is at the railroad station ; J. A. Troy, postmaster. North Salem has one store, kept by Levi W. Taylor. There are no publie-houses in Salem, the hotels that formerly graced or disgraced the town having been closed for some two or three years. There are, how- ever, two places open to transient guests, one at the " Centre" and the other at Salem Depot, kept by Francis B. Kelly and George Woodbury, respectively. They are private homes, but any who may chance to


John F. Hall is a manufacturer of carriages, ete., I share of their hospitalities and comforts will enjoy


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the quiet and peaceful content seldom experienced in taverns. It is perhaps needless to add that these households are highly respected, temperate, and Christian families.


Military Record, 1861-65 .- List of names of soldiers credited to the town of Salem in the war of the Rebellion, 1861-65. The town records are very meagre and faulty and uncertain. This list has been made from the best obtainable sources, and as far as it goes may be relied on as correct. Owing to the great difficulty in getting particulars of enlistment, service, etc., it is deemed best to confine the list to the " names simply.


Wm. McCabe.


Charles Gardner.


Thomas Brown.


Heury Farrell.


Edward Delihanty.


J. McDonald.


George Watson.


John Farry.


J. Commings.


Alex. McDonald.


Henry A. Cbase.


Charles Cooper.


Aaron Hamblett.


Post Gilman E. Sleeper, No. 60, Grand Army Re- public, was organized July 1, 1881. Its first Com- mander was Benjamin R. Wheeler. Its present of- ficers are James A. Troy, P. C .; B. C. Chase, S. V. C .; David Sloan, J. V. C .; J. F. Chase, Adjt. ; 1. O. Fos- ter, Qr.mr .; J. C. S. Twichell, O. D .; Charles C. Foster, O. G .; Wm. L. Bradford, S. M.


STATISTICS OF THE TOWN OF SALEM, 1881.


John W. Austin.


Walter B. Kelly.


Acres of land


12,845


William f Bodwell.


T. T. W. Clark.


Horses, etc ..


329


Charles Bodwell.


Charles Lundberg.


Vxen ... 37


Timothy Breen.


S. A. Foster.


Cows .. 647


David Bartlett.


George L. Jennings.


Sheep 74


Breeding hogs. 25


132


George Clark.


K S Perry.


State, connty, and town taxes. $9.343 86


Charles C. Foster.


John W. Adams.


Ilighway tax ...


$1500 00


Issachar O. Foster.


Charles E. Bailey.


Money on hand at interest or on deposit .. $17,7401.00


Hiram B. Foster.


John H. Jennings.


Stock in banks, etc. $1.700.00


Benjamin D. Foster.


Warren E. Kimball.


James F. Fletcher.


John Woodbury, 2d.


Jacob B. Hall.


Melvin Lowell.


Neat stocks, besides those before noticed, animals.


80


Joseph Hibbert.


Frank W. Cluff.


Isaiah M Kelly.


Edwin Il, Kelly.


Moses D. Rowell.


James W. Smith.


Edmund G. Kimball.


Isanc N. C'huff.


Levi W. Simonds.


James H. Foster.


Population of town.


1900


The thanks of the author are due to those citizens of Salem who have rendered him assistance and timely aid in its compilation. Especially would he acknowledge the services of James Ryer, Esq., and William G. Crowell, Esq.


CHAPTER LXXII.


SALEM .- (Continued.)


Henry W Woodbury.


James Donly.


Cyrus S. Dolloff.


Edward Drew.


Wni. G. Cole.


Hen'y T Marsh.


Charles W. Gould.


George Morton.


Ido K. Morrison.


John Thomas.


W'm. E. Caren.


John Williams.


John C. McArthur.


L. J. Abbott


John P. Bodwell.


John Brady.


George C. Gordon.


Charles Butler.


Oliver Lee.


C. M. Hanson.


S. B. Hazelton.


Simon C. Kelly.


Antonio Leonardi.


Aaron Goodwin.


John McFarlaud. F Roloff.


1743 .- Daniel Penslee, Henry Sanders, Isaac Clough.


J. L. Prince.


Charles II. Smith.


John Robinson.


Benja. J. Springsteel.


Wm. 1 .. Stanton.


James R. Goodwin.


1746 .- Daniel Peaslee, Henry Sanders, William Richardson.


Charles A. Adams.


Charles R Manning.


1747 .- Henry Sanders, Nathaniel Dow, Richard Kimball.


Barzilla Brown, navy.


A. G. Buckman.


1748 .- Henry Sanders, John Ober, John Hall.


A. J Buckingham.




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