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HISTORY OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.
1806, and died at Manchester, N. H., April 1, 1878, left in his will three thousand dollars to the town to found a library. The town at its next annual meet- ing voted to accept the bequest, chose a board of nine trustees, and authorized the selectmen to build an addition to the town hall for a library room. The room was in readiness Jan. 1, 1880, and about one thousand books placed upon the shelves. The library went into operation Feb. 25, 1880. Since that time more books have been purchased, making in all about sixteen hundred volumes. All the religious societies in town have small libraries of excellent books, which are much read.
Cemeteries .- The oldest cemetery in town is situ- ated upon the hill known as "Grave-yard ITill," about one mile from the Derry line, nearly opposite the site of the First Church. An acre of land was bought of Robert Wallace. The first interment was "ye learned William Wallace," who died March 27, 1733. He was born at Bush Mills, Ireland, in 1707, gradu- ated at a college in Edinburgh, Scotland, and studied for the ministry. Although it is now a lonely place, unused for purposes of burial, it contains the remains of many of the honored dead of the olden time. Among them John Bell, the emigrant ancestor of the eminent family that has through three or four gener- ations taken a distinguished part in the councils of the State and nation. He died July 8, 1743, aged sixty-four. A massive marble slab marks the resting- place of Maj. John Pinkerton, the founder of Pinker- ton Academy. Many members of the Duncon family lie here, and there are stones "In Memoriam" of David and Margaret (Clark) Woodburn, maternal grandparents of Horace Greeley. The second ceme- tery in town received its first recorded burial in Feb- ruary, 1793,-David Patterson, son of Deacon Thomas Patterson, who died the 12th day of that month. Since that time about twelve hundred of the people of Londonderry have followed him to that place of final rest. Two ministers of the West Parish-Rev. Dr. Morrison and Rev. Amasa A. Hayes-are buried in this yard. Near the centre stands a stately and appropriate granite monument inscribed to the mem- ory of Hon. John Bell and wife. He was born in Londonderry, Aug. 15, 1730, and died there Nov. 30, 1825, having long served faithfully the town and State in many important positions. An addition to this yard was made on the south in 1852.
The cemetery in the northwest part was originally a private yard, but now belongs to the town. There are here not far from three hundred and fifty graves.
GLENWOOD CEMETERY .- About fifty citizens of the town, in 1869, purchased three acres of land of Robert Mack, fenced it, and laid it out into lots. The first person buried here was Mrs. John Haynes. Since then about one hundred and forty interments have been made.
Rebellion, 1861-65 .- The attack upon Fort Sumter, April 13, 1861, united the people of Londonderry,
without distinction of party, in favor of vigorous measures by the general government to maintain the integrity of the Union. The enthusiasm of the town developed itself in the formation of two companies for purposes of military drill. Frequent meetings were held and enlistments encouraged, so that when the time came for action the town was ready to do its duty. Seven of its citizens enlisted in the first regi- ment sent from New Hampshire. May 11, 1861, the town voted to provide for the families of volunteers, and all through the war generous bounties were paid, the last, Jan. 2, 1865, of six hundred dollars. Drafted men received each three hundred dollars.
ROLL OF SOLDIERS.
FIRST REGIMENT, THREE MONTHS' MEN.
Wesley B. Knight, corp.
Charles II. Morrison.
Edwards O. Dodge.
David W. Coffin.
W. II. Martin. Joseph C. Abbott.
Haskell F. Coffin.
SECOND REGIMENT.
Charles Vickerey, lieut., wounded and captured July 2, 1863; died July 8, 1863.
Samuel N. Payne.
James C. Furbush.
Peter Flynn.
FOURTH REGIMENT.
William S. Barker, capt., com. Feb. 17, 1865; disch. May 20, 1865.
William S. Pillsbury, Ist lieut., com. Sept. 20, 1861 ; res. Oct. 20, 186T. Joseph C. Abbott, died of disease nt Folly Island, S. C., June 13, 186.3. John W. Barker, killed in action near Petersburg, Va., July 28, 1864. James Dooley.
Thomas Disamore, died at Morris Island, S. C., Ang. 11, 1863.
Charles R. Frost. William C. Flanders.
George Lawson. Stephen A. Nichols.
Warren G. Pike, wounded Oct. 22, 1862; died July 22, 1863.
Lorenzo Wight, died of disease at St. Augustine, Fla., Aug. 10, 1862.
FIFTH REGIMENT.
John D. K. Marshall, wounded June 3, 1864.
William Kerner.
John Curtin, wounded Sept. 30, 1864.
E. G. Holmes. Patrick Murphy.
Thomas O'Neil. L. Schuttsmayer.
Andrew C. Smith. John Wilson.
Silas F. Dean, pro. to chaplain Feb. 1, 1864.
SIXTH REGIMENT.
John O'Donal.
John Wilson.
James Mitchell.
SEVENTH REGIMENT.
Charles II. Brickett. William MI. Boyce.
William C. Bancroft.
Edward Clark.
L. P. Gardner.
G. M. Clark.
. Thomas F. Dodge.
Moses F. Colby.
Hemy C. Dickey.
Irving T. Dickey, wounded Feb. 20, 1864; died April 11, 1864.
Timothy A. Smith. Charles O. Dessmore.
A. P. Colby.
EIGHTH REGIMENT.
Engene L. Curtis. George W. Blood.
Elbridge Curtis.
Charles E. Follonsbec, died of wounds at Port Hudson, July 4, 1863. Charles E. Conant, wounded June 14, 1863.
NINTH REGIMENT.
A. F. Hamblett.
Andrew C. Smith, captured at Poplar Grove, Va., Sept. 30, 1864.
TENTH REGIMENT.
John Haynes, ass't. surg., res. June 30. 1863. Samiicl Woodbury. Alonzo R. Wells, wagoner.
George W. Vickerey.
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ELEVENTHI REGIMENT.
Charles D. Annis, wounded May 6, 1864; died May 18, 1864. George W. Vickerey.
Armanda S. Vickerey, wounded May 12, 1864 ; died at Washington, D. C., June 10, 1864. William II. Vickerey.
TWELFTH REGIMENT.
Peter Flynn. Benjamin Wilson.
D. B. Harrington, died at Cold Harbor, June 3, 1864.
Calvin JJohnson. Anos Il. MacGregor.
Isaac Colley, killed at Drury's Bluff, May 16, 1864.
Daniel Goodwin, killed in action June 25, 1864.
Samuel Clark, captured May 16, 1864.
O. B. Goodwin.
John C. Estey, wounded May 16, 1864.
Jolin F. Davis. Clinton Farley.
David Goodwia.
Edward P. Moore, sergt., wounded July 27, 1864; died Aug. 16, 1864. Benjamia F. Pettingill.
Horace ". Estey.
Albert Atwood, killed in action June 30, 1864.
Charles E. Estey, wounded May 16, 1864; taken prisoner, and died at Andersonville, Ga , Ang. 10, 1864. Grave No. 5337.
Moses M. Myrick, killed at Deep Run, Ang. 16, 1804.
Wesley B. Knight, sergt , captured, and died at Florence, S. C., Oct. 20, 1864.
William Lamson, wouoded May 16, 1864. William HI. Martin.
Charles H. Morrison, captured; died in prison at Salisbury, N. C., Dec. 22, 1864.
George II. Robinson.
David C. Stevens.
Benjamin Shipley, died of disease on steamer " Bea. Deford," June 7, 1865. .Joseph A. Wyckoff, killed at Pocotalige, S. C., Oct. 22, 1862.
Mr. Wyckoff was the first soldier from Londonderry killed in war.
THIRTEENTH REGIMENT.
Dearborn W. MacGregor. John H. Little.
A. II. Randall,
FIFTEENTH REGIMENT.
Lient. Washington Perkins. Martin L. Moore.
M. N. Holmes.
A. P. Alexander.
Charles MacGregor. Ilorace D. Gregg. Washington I. Coburn.
W. F. Holmes.
W. J. Pond, died of disease at Baton Rouge, June 20, 1863.
John II. Sanborn, wounded May 27, 1863, and died at Port Hudson, June 2, 18G3. John Orall.
Charles R. Clark.
James G. Morrison. Hiram Webster.
EIGHTEENTH REGIMENT.
Thomas F. Dodge. James Dooley.
Washington Perkins, Ist lieut.
David W. Coffin.
John H. Estey, died of disease at Washington, D. C.
Frank O. Greeley, died at Concord, N. II., May 6, 1865.
William P. Nevins.
Lyman J. Slate.
G. F. Plumer.
John C. Scully. Horace E. Woods.
Walter L. Robbins.
George W. Wilson.
Samuel L. Woodbury, died of disease at Londonderry, Feb. 27, 1865. Hugh Mulheran.
Francis Lupeaa.
O. S. Sorer. William P. Wallace.
Daniel Griffin.
FIAST REGIMENT N. H. VOL. CAVALRY.
George F. Amerson. Samuel Whittier.
FIRST REGIMENT HIEAVY ARTILLERY.
William S. Pillsbury, lient., date of commission, Sept. 5, 1864. Haskell P. Coffin, lieut. Washington I. Coburn.
Carlos W. Noyes. A. J. Benson, sergt.
James II. Eaton. Charles R. Frost.
Isaac W. Ilall. Willian Clark.
John II. Nutter.
John Merrill.
Arley P. Tenney. Augustus Alexander.
J. M. Bancroft.
John E. Baacroft. John L. Blood.
G. W. Clark. John R. Campbell.
David Flanders. George F. Greely.
Đuston Hamblett, died Jau, 10, '65. D. G. Wheeler. William Yonng.
David W. Coffin.
Heury A. Ilovey.
G. W. Annis.
Thomas M. Holmes.
James S. Wheeler. Edwin Follonsbee.
FIRST REGIMENT OF SHARPSHOOTERS.
Henry Moulton, National Guards, N. H. Militia, in the U. S. service sixty days, on garrison duty at Fort Constitution.
Elijah G. Chase. Charles Goodwin.
UNATTACHED CO. N. HI. VOLS. AT PORTSMOUTH HARBUR.
B. L. Center.
MEN FROM LONDONDERRY IN THE 14TH MASS. REGT.
Alexander McGregor. Elijah Watts.
A. J. McKenny.
Henry Colby.
Charles McKenny.
The latter was killed in the service. Enrollment of Londonderry, April 30, 1865, 139; total of quota under all calls from July 1, 1803, 107; credits by enlistment and draft, 108 ; surplus, I.
Londonderry Grange, No. 44, was organized Jan. 18, 1875. The names of the first officers were Charles R. Frost, Master; C. O. Butterick, Overseer; E. W. Peabody, Lecturer; John C. Towns, Steward; H. C. Smith, Assistant Steward; J. W. Peabody, Chap- lain ; L. H. Nesmith, Treas .; Daniel G. Annis, See .; D. D. Smith, Gate-Keeper ; Mrs. D. G. Annis, Ceres ; Mrs. C. R. Frost, Pomona; Miss Nettie E. Smith, Flora ; Mrs. C. O. Butterick, Lady Assistant Steward. In 1878 and 1881 the Grange held successful fairs in connection with the citizens of the town. The business agent ix D. G. Annis.
Wesley B. Knight Post, No. 41, G. A. R .- This post was named for Wesley B. Knight, who enlisted as corporal in the First New Hampshire Regiment of three months' men. He again enlisted in United States service Sept. 18, 1861, and served as sergeant. He was taken prisoner at Drury's Blutf, May 16, 1864, and from there he was sent to Libby prison, and thence to Andersonville, where he arrived June 10, 1864. Leaving there Sept. 28, 1864, he was taken to Charleston, S. C., and there remained three weeks. Oct. 20, 1864, he died, just before reaching the stock- ade at Florence, S. C. The post was organized March 6, 1879, and now numbers forty-four active members. Orrin B. Stokes was the first Commander, and George O. Colby the present Commander.
Business at North Londonderry .- In 1878, Messrs. Daniel G. & Roswell Annis erected a large store, and commenced the sale of grain, flour, and groceries. Shortly after they built a steam grist-mill, all of which was burned Oct. 26, 1880. They rebuilt at once, larger and with sufficient power to operate a grist- mill and saw-mill. The trade of the firm is prosperous, selling at least thirty thousand dollars worth of goods annually. Like the first store, the present one has a convenient hall in which religious exercises are held
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Benjamin Martin. James A. Nichols.
A. II. Nichols. N. B. Perno.
L. Pickering. B. Sullivan. John C. Towas.
W. P. Lund.
M. N. Holmes.
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on Sunday. Messrs. B. & A. D. Fessenden, from Townsend, Mass., in the spring of 1881, began the manufacture of staves and headings, renting power of Annis & Co. They do a large business, employ forty men, and use one million feet of lumber annually.
In 1868, George F. MacGregor began the manufac- turing of shoes in a part of the store, near the depot of the Manchester and Lawrence Railroad. Two years after he formed a partnership with A. M. Corn- ing. This firm had a profitable New England and Western business till the fire of July 18, 1872. Upon the dissolution of the firm Mr. Corning built the large shoe factory opposite the depot, and engaged in busi- ness there till 1875, when he sold to his brother, Na- thaniel Corning, who put in steam-power, and made sewed goods. lle employed a large number of hands till the business terminated by his death, in 1878. Messrs. Haskell, Woodbury & Butman, from Beverly, Mass., followed him, and carried on business one year. In the village, besides the store of D. G. & R. Annis, is that of James W. Mackey, three pump-shops, a blacksmith-shop, and the post-office. The other mer- chants in town are A. P. Hardy, W. Richardson, and W. P. Wallace, who have a prosperous trade. Farm- ing, however, is the principal employment of the people, and among the many excellent farmers in town are Washington Perkins, William Clark, David W. Ela, William P. Nevins, Charles E. Young, Ben- jamin McAllister, Aaron P. Hardy, Mason Boyd, Montgomery Dickey, Jonathan McAllister, Walter Reed, Simon Mullins, Newell Boyce, Charles P'ills- bury, and Sherburn D. Smith.
The health of the town is such that the services of only one physician are needed. Dr. Eugene Wason, a native of New Boston, N. II., having received his medical education at Harvard and Dartmouth, fol- lowed by six years' practice at Nashua, N. II., came here Sept. 14, 1875.
The number of ratable polls in Londonderry in 1828, the year following the division of the town, was 233; number in 1882, 372; valuation of the town in 1828, $245,977 ; valuation in 1882, $572,761 ; popula- tion in 1882, 1335.
West Parish, or Londonderry Fresbyterian Meeting-House .- Feb. 25, 1740, the New Hampshire Legislature incorporated a second parish in London- derry. It took the name of the West Parish, and cmubraced all the present town of Londonderry and a considerable part of Derry. The first meeting-house of the parish was erected near the old graveyard cer- tainly as early as 1735, and may have been as early as March 14, 1733, as that was the date of the call to Rev. David McGregor, the first pastor. It was never fully finished, and probably only occasional services were held in it. The second house was built one mile and a half east of the former, in the Aiken's Range, now Derry, about 1737, as we find the parish voted, Sept. 7, 1736, " that they sett up their meeting- house upon that part of James Aiken's home-lot
known as his sheep pasture." This house was "low in the post, with a low floor requiring descending steps to reach it." It stood on land now owned by the heirs of Thomas Bradford. The location so far to the east, in connection with some dislike of Rev. William Davidson, pastor of the " old church," veca- sioned disaffection, which resulted in an unhappy quarrel, which lasted till the close of Rev. David McGregor's ministry, in 1777. Forty families of the West Parish attended meeting at the East Church, now Derry, and the same number from the latter society attended meeting at the West Parish.
The next and third church edifice of the West Parish was begun in 1769. It was located near Henry Campbell's tobacco-yard, a short distance from the residence of A. P. Hardy. The next year the house was finished outwardly, but the interior was not fin- ished till 1780. Pews were made in 1787, and sold in the aggregate for £1025 58. This house stood with- out much alteration till 1845, when it was taken down and removed to the centre of the town, on the Mam- moth road, and fitted up for a town hall.
Some time during the winter of 1836-37 the lead- ing men in the West Parish met at the house of Rob- ert Mack, and took steps for the erection of a new church. Committees were chosen, subscriptions were obtained, and during the summer and fall of 1837 the present church was built. The land for a site, originally laid out to David Morrison, was the gift of Robert Mack. Capt. Samuel Dickey framed the building, and Thomas Kennedy, from Goffstown, N. Il., finished it. The cost was about $4000. In 1860 a little over $2000 were expended in frescoing the house and making repairs. The bell of this church was purchased in 1856.
Ministers of the West Parish in Londonderry. -Rev. David McGregor was born in Ireland in 1710, came with his father to Londonderry in 1719, and be- came the first pastor over the West Parish. He early entered the ministry, receiving a call from the West Parish, March 14, 1733. He alternated Sunday ser- vices between the llill Church and that in the Aiken's Range. His abilities and eloquence drew many people from neighboring towns in regular attendance upon his ministrations. Ile died May 30, 1777, having faithfully served the society forty-four years. Ile was a non-resident of the parish, living in a house of his own erection on land laid out to his father, where Mr. G. W. Batchelder now resides, better known as the Humphrey Choate Place, one mile from East Derry village. The "forty family quarrel" between the parishes came to an end shortly after his death, the New Hampshire Legislature aiding this result in 1778 by repealing the law allowing that singular in- terchange of families.
William Morrison, D.D., succeeded Mr. McGregor. Ile was ordained February, 1783. lle was born in 1748, in the town of Auchlinnes, parish of Cornerey, Perthshire, Scotland, and died March 9, 1818.
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Rev. Daniel Dana, D.D., having resigned the pres- ideney of Dartmouth College, was installed over the society Jan. 15, 1822. Ile was dismissed in April, 1826, " much to the regret of the people," as appears by a record on the West Parish books.
Rev. Amasa A. Hayes, a native of Granby, Conn., a graduate of Yale and Andover, was installed June 25, 1828, and died, greatly lamented, Oet. 23, 1830.
Rev. John R. Adams followed Mr. Hayes by ordi- nation Oct. 5, 1831. Ile was dismissed in October, 1838. Ile was afterward settled in Brighton, Mass., and Gorham, Me .; was chaplain in the Fifth Regi- ment Maine Volunteers, and also of the One Hun- dred and Twenty-first New York Regiment. He died at Northampton, Mass., April 25, 1866.
Rev. Timothy G. Brainerd became pastor of the West Parish Nov. 6, 1840. IIe was dismissed April 25, 1855. Ile was born in Troy, N. Y., graduated at Yale and Andover, and now resides at Grinnell, Iowa.
Rev. William House was installed Oct. 7, 1857, and dismissed Feb. 26, 1873. He is now settled over a Congregational Church at Barrington, R. I. ITis wife is the daughter of Rev. Thomas Savage, long the elo- quent pastor of Bedford, N. H.
Rev. Luther B. Pert, a native of Spencer, N. Y., and a graduate of Hamilton College, was installed Feb. 23, 1875. In early life he studied law, practiced that profession fifteen years in New York City, studied for the ministry, and was for several years settled in Raisin, Mich. His death occurred at Bergen Point, N. J., May 31, 1881. Ile was an able, eloquent, and scholarly man.
Rev. Ira C. Tyson, the present pastor, was born in Whitemarsh, Pa., March 3, 1830. After a prepara- tory course in the languages he entered Union Theo- logical Seminary, N. Y., and graduated in 1862. He was installed over the Presbyterian Society in Lon- donderry June 9, 1881.
Baptist Church and Ministers .- This church was organized in 1779. Services on the Sabbath were oc- casionally held at the houses of the members fifty years, or till 1829, when the society erected their meeting-house. In November, 1828, a subscription paper was circulated for the object of building a house. Two sites had been in contemplation ; " one near Caleb Gooden's corner," and the other "on a gore of land north of John Butterfield's house." Jan. 3, 1829, a meeting was held, the latter place selected, and the church built that year. Caleb Gooden, Stephen Moor, William Plumer, John Butterfield, and James Watts were large contributors. The fol- lowing-named clergymen, among many others, have preached for the society : Rev. Ezra Wilmorth, Rev. John Upton, Rev. Stephen Pillsbury, fourteen years; Rev. J. W. Poland, two years ; and Rev. Thomas W. Herbert. Rev. Joshua L. Whittemore was pastor from 1857 to 1867.
The late William Plumer, of Londonderry, left his homestead in the north part of the town to the society.
Methodist Meeting-House and Ministers .- The Methodist Episcopal Society worshiped in the town hall for two years before the erection of their church. This was built in 1855-56, and dedicated March 5, 1856. Rev. Henry Nutter was their first minister. Below are consecutively all the names of the other preachers and the dates of their pastorate : 1856-57, Rev. A. Folsom; 1857-59, Rev. J. Hayes ; 1859-60, Rev. A. C. Dutton ; 1860-62, G. W. T. Roger4; 1862- 65, O. H. Call; 1865-66, I. Taggart; 1866-68, J. Hayes ; 1868-69, E. Scott; 1869-71, A. A. Cleveland ; 1871-73, J. A. Steele ; 1873-74, F. D. Chandler, L. L. Eastman ; 1874-75, S. Beedle; 1875-78, J. F. Spald- ing; 1878-79, A. R. Lunt; 1879-80, E. P. F. Dear- born ; 1880-81, II. H. French ; 1881 to the present, J. M. Bean.
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.
HION. REED PAGE CLARK.
IIon. Reed Page Clark was born in Hancock, N. II., July, 1807, being the third son of Ninian and Sally ( Warner) Clark, of that town. Ile died at his farm home in Londonderry, April 8, 1882, thus within a few months completing his seventy-fifth year.
Robert Clark, the great-grandfather of Mr. Clark, came to this country from Londonderry, Ireland. about the year 1725, and settled upon the height of land northwest from the " beautiful Beaver Pond," now included in the town of Derry. Ile married Letitia Cochran before his coming, and had children, -four sons and four daughters. He united the oc- cupations of weaver and farmer; was successful in both, and was regarded as a man of sound judgment and unusual intelligence. His services were often sought by his fellow-citizens in various ways, and he several times was chosen as their representative to the General Court of the State.
As the children of the " Old Nutfield" colonists grew up, many of them sought homes in the almost wilderness towns farther north. Thus two of the sons of this family, William and Ninian, purchased land, and settled in New Boston, and had much to do in promoting the religious and educational in- terests of that town. (See history of New Boston.) William, the grandfather of the subject of this sketch, married Annie Wallace, and by her had six children, -three sons and three daughters. IIe has been rep- resented as "having a strong and vigorous mind, an extensive reader, and a thorough mathematician," and he became a distinguished surveyor of land. His industry must be apparent, when, besides clearing and well cultivating a large farm, he found time for various services for his townsmen at home, as well as several times representing them in the Provincial and State Legislatures. His hospitality was un- bounded, and his home was always the open " half-
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way house" for the pioneers from the towns farther on as they traveled back and forth.
At his death, in 1808, his eldest son, Robert, be -. came the owner of the homestead. (See history of New Boston.) His other sons, John and Ninian, about the year 1790, settled in IIancock, N. H., on two neighboring forest farms, which they in turn cleared with their own hands. They were intelli- gent and industrious men, and exerted a healthy in- fluence for long years both in the town and in the church.
John married Rebecca Wallis, and had nine chil- dren,-four sons and five daughters. Of the sons, the venerable Rev. Dr. William Clark, of Amherst, now in his eighty-fourth year of age, is well and favorably known throughout New England. (See history of Hancock.)
Ninian Clark, the father of Reed P. Clark, married (1) Nancy Cochran, and (2) Sally Warner. He also had nine children,-Peter C., who became a school- teacher, and died at Hanover, N. J., in 1825 ; Nancy, who married Oliver Whitcomb, and died at Cam- bridge, Mass., in 188I, aged eighty years; Warner, who lived and died in Hancock; Reed P .; Avery Monroe, who lived for over sixty-five years on the home farm, but now resides at Peterboro'; Augustus N., who resides in Beverly, Mass. ; Edwin Robert, died in California; Sarah Almira, died young; and Mary Ann, now living in Boston.
These rough Hancock farms upon which the two brothers, William and Ninian, did a life work, and raised their large families of children, have gone into other hands, and not a single descendant now remains in that town, the children and children's children being scattered through several of the States.
Having briefly sketched the genealogy of the Clark family back to the emigration of the Scotch- Irish to Londonderry, we now speak of Reed P. Clark, one of the fourth generation, and the third son of Ninian Clark, of Ilancock. He was named for Rev. Reed Page, the first minister settled in Han- cock. Mr. Page recognized the compliment by the present of a "heifer calf," the product of which, when Mr. Clark became of age, amounted to quite a respectable capital. Mr. Clark was an excellent me- chanic, and became skilled with tools both as a worker of iron and wood, but his tastes, like that of his ancestors, were for agriculture, and he always kept himself abreast in all improvements in that de- partment, and did much to encourage his townsmen in new methods in agriculture.
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