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Dover Neck.
Cochecho.
Bloody Point.
Oyster River.
Total.
In 1648
1649
57
1650
...
...
...
56
1657.
...
...
32
92
1658
24
27
9
55
142
1661
...
...
...
57
.....
1662
30
30
12
43
115
1663
25
35
14
50
124
1664
29
30
12
46
117
1665
28
31
12
50
121
1666
48
16
53
139
1667
28
43
17
49
137
1668
27
48
19
€1
155
...
...
...
54
...
...
...
1659
845
DOVER.
In 1669, when the Oyster River people petitioned for a division of the town, they represented theni- selves as " being in all 220 souls, near 50 families, 70 and odd soldiers;" this included Lee and a small part of Madbury.
D. N.
Coch.
B. P.
O. R. Total.
In 1670
26
35
15
48
143
1675
75
...
15
52
146
In 1727 the number of polls in the whole town (Newington having been set off) was 466.
In 1767 the State records furnish the following :
Dover.
Mad- Somers- Dur- bury. worth. ham.
Lee.
Unmarried, between 16 and 60.
186
54
87
104
63
Married, between 16 and 60 .....
217
95
125
166
147
Males, 16 and under ....
347
162
299
272
198
Males, 60 and over.
39
29
30
38
19
Females, unmarried.
500
220
291
386
269
Females, married.
239
119
144
192
143
Male slaves ..
19
1
19
21
Female slaves.
9
2
10
11
1
Widows
58
13
39
42
18
Total
1614
695
1044
1232
861
In 1775:
Dover.
Mad- Somers- bury. worth.
Dur-
Lee.
No. of males under 16.
410
164
246
286
236
44
between 16 and 50.
342
117
129
185
147
above 50.
74
38
36
68
58
persons in the army
28
7
46
57
12
females.
786
345
479
593
497
negro slaves.
26
6
30
25
4
Total
1666
677
965
1214
954
Msd-
Somers- Dur-
Dover.
bury.
worth.
ham.
No. of whites
3038
554
870+
1163
blacks
dwellings
75
126
170
barne ...
100
159
198
In 1830, in Dover village :
Under 5 years.
Between 5 and 10
10 and 15.
15 and 20.
20 and 30.
391
773
30 and 40
189
250
40 and 50
96
113
66
50 and 60
41
57
«6
60 and 70
14
24
70 and 80.
80 and 90
1
12 4
Total whites
= colored
5
4
Total.
1421
2265
Total in the village
3686
Remainder of the town.
1763
Total whole population
5449
In 1840:
In the village.
Out.
Whites.
Males. Females. Males. Females.
274
253
115
108
Between 5 and 10 ..
244
246
118
94
10 and 15.
187
269
115
104
15 and 20.
195
435
90
108
20 and 30.
406
846
127
143
30 and 40.
267
353
107
135
40 and 50.
151
199
84
87
50 and 60.
80
98
49
55
60 and 70.
37
62
41
52
70 and 80
14
21
19
29
80 and 90.
.....
6
7
15
66
90 and 100.
1
.....
1
Colored.
1
4
3
3
Total
1857
2792
875
934
Males ...
2732
Females
3726
Total.
6458
In Dover-Population :
1790. 1,998 1 1840 ... 6,458 1800 .. 1850. 8,186
2,062
8,502 1810 1870. 1820 2.228 1860.
2,871
9,874
1880 11,693 1830
Physicians.1-The following sketch of the physi- cians of Dover, N. H., is designed to embrace the name of every regular physician who has practiced in Dover whenever existing records have preserved a trace. The names are arranged in the supposed order of settlement, and the date prefixed to each indicates the earliest year in which the physician is known to have been in practice in Dover.
Dr. Renald Fernald, sent out to New Hampshire by Capt. John Mason, of England, in 1631, was the first physician and surgeon among the New Hamp- shire settlers. He resided at Portsmouth, N. H., but was only five miles below the settlement at Hilton's (now Dover) Point. He was undoubtedly physician to the Dover settlement till his death in 1656.
Dr. John Buss was born in 1640, and was an edu- cated physician. He began the practice of medicine at Wells, Me., in 1672, and preached to that people. In 1684 he moved to Dover and settled in the Oyster River parish; practiced medicine and preached in that parish till 1718, when he retired. In the attack upon the Oyster River parish by the Indians, July 18, 1694, his house with a valuable library was de- stroyed by fire ; he was absent at the time, and his wife and children fled to the woods. He died in Durham in 1736.
Dr. Thomas Alden was practicing in Dover as early as Dec. 28, 1717 ; was surgeon in 1722 to a company of soldiers that cut a road from Dover to Lake Win- nipesaukee. He was found dead in the highway at his horse's feet March 8, 1732.
Dr. Jonathan Crosbee was practicing in Dover as early as Oct. 22, 1718, in the Oyster River parish. He sold his Oyster River property, Sept. 18, 1822, to Joseph and Samuel Smith, and moved to Dover Neck, where he bought of Joshua Cromwell twelve acres of land, Oct. 21, 1723. He had wife, Hannah, and the dates of birth of their children begin in 1719 on the town records; with his second wife, Mary, he sold his dwelling-house and land on Dover Neck to Nicholas Hartford, July 16, 1731, and probably left Dover.
Dr. Samuel Merrow, son of Henry Merrow, was born in Reading, Mass., Oct. 9, 1670 (O. S.). He be- gan to practice medicine in Dover in about 1720, and was in practice there as late as 1733. He lived in the Oyster River parish, now Durham, moved to Rochester, N. H., and died there about 1740.
Dr. Thomas Miller was practicing in Dover as early as 1729. He was appointed, in 1745, surgeon of the New Hampshire regiment under Col. Moore in the Louisburg expedition. He lived in the parish of Somersworth, which parish became the town of Som-
1 Mainly prepared by Dr. John R. Ham.
* Pollo.
+ 432 males, 448 females.
White Males.
Females.
221
238
156
163
146
174
159
447
6
18
10
1416
2261
Under 5
--
5,449
1672
95
...
bam.
3
In 1783 :
White
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ersworth in 1754, and died in Somersworth before June 30, 1762.
Dr. Cheney Smith was practicing in Dover as early as 1736. He married Eunice, daughter of Capt. Thomas Baker, of Dover, and lived on the corner of Pleasant and Silver Streets, Ile was assistant sur- geon of Col. Nathaniel Meserve's New Hampshire regiment in 1757 in the Crown Point expedition. He died about 1759, leaving five daughters and one son (Cheney), who died a soldier in the Revolution.
Dr. Moses Carr was born Nov. 25, 1715 (O. S.) in ,
Dr. Jacob Kittredge was born in Andover, Mass., Newbury, Mass .; began the practice of medicine in | March 15, 1761 ; was a student at Phillips' Andover 1735 in Dover; lived in the parish of Somersworth. He was judge of the Court of Common Pleas from - 1776 to 1784. He died March 30, 1800. Academy in 1778; was probably in practice in Dover as early as 1782. He became a Fellow of the New Hampshire Medical Society in 1792. He died in Dover, July 15, 1807.
Dr. Moses Howe was in practice in Dover as early as 1759. He was elected moderator of a town-meet- ing in 1766. He died in Dover, "of bleeding," Nov. 2,1776.
Dr. Ebenezer Noyes was born in 1739, in Newbury, | tax list of Dover in 1793, nor in 1797.
Mass .; graduated in 1759, Princeton, N. J .; began to practice in Dover about 1762, and practiced until his death, which occurred Aug. 3, 1767.
Dr. Ezra Green was born June 17, 1746, in Malden, Mass .; graduated from Harvard, 1765; studied medi- cine with Dr. Sprague, of Malden, Mass .; settled in Dover as a physician in 1767. In June, 1775, on the Sunday after the battle of Bunker Hill, he joined the New Hampshire Regiment, under Col. Reed, on Winter Hill, in Charlestown, as surgeon, and served until the winter of 1776. He was commissioned in October, 1777, as surgeon of the ship of war "Ranger," under the command of Capt. John Paul Jones, and on November 1st sailed for France, and was in the ! engagement with the " Drake." The " Ranger" re- turned to Portsmouth, N. 11., in October, 1778, and Dr. Green left her and returned to Dover. Ile married, Dec. 13, 1778, Susanna, daughter of Reuben Hayes, of Dover ; sailed again as surgeon of the "Ranger," in March, 1779, and left her again in July, 1779. He sailed in 1780, as surgeon of the " Alexander," and remained in her until the autumn of 1781, when his revolutionary service ended. At the close of the war, he commenced a mercantile business in Dover. He was the first postmaster of Dover, and he held the office several years; was chosen deacon of the First Church, Dover, in 1790, and served until 1829; was a member of the State Convention in June, 1788, which adopted the Constitution of the United States, and he died in Dover, July 25, 1847, aged one hundred and one years and twenty-seven days.
the winter of 1775-76; was teaching the Pine Hill school, Dover, in the summer of 1776, in addition to his medical practice, and was surgeon of Col. Joshua Wingate's regiment in 1776-77. He married, Sept. 9, 1779, Mary, daughter of George Waldron, of Dover, and niece of Capt. Thomas Westbrook Waldron, and next lived on the spot where the present Episcopal Church now stands, on Central Street, Dover. He left Dover as early as 1792, and settled in Lee, N. II., where he died about 1800.
Dr. - Carlton was practicing in Dover as early as 1795, and was elected in that year moderator at a town-meeting. His name does not appear on the
Dr. Jabez Dow, son of Nathan Dow, of Kensington, N. H., was born Jan. 24, 1776; was educated under Rev. Mr. Shaw, of Kensington; entered Dr. Jacob Kitt- redge's office, in Dover, as a medieal student in 1793; began the practice of medicine in Kensington in 1796, and moved to Dover in May, 1802, where he practiced until his death, on Jan. 9, 1839.
Dr. Jacob Maine, son of Josiah, and grandson of Rev. Amos Main, the first minister of Rochester, N. H., was born in Rochester, graduated at Harvard Col- lege, 1800, studied medicine with Dr. Ammi R. Cut- ter, of Portsmouth, N. H., and began the practice of medicine in Dover in 1803. In addition to his medi- cal practice he kept an apothecary store on Main Street. He died in Dover, of consumption, between July 15 and Nov. 30, 1807.
Dr. Josiah Lane, son of Joshua Lane, of Stratham, N. If., was born May 21, 1778; was practicing in Dover as early as 1808; was twice married, his last wife being Sarah Pearson. He remained in Dover only two or three years, and then went to Gilmanton, N. H. He subsequently practiced in New York ; was practicing in 1840 in Ohio ; and in 1860 in Penn- sylvania.
Dr. Jonathan B. Greeley, son of Jonathan Greeley, of East Kingston, N. H., was born there in 1785, his mother being Mary, daughter of Governor Josiah Bartlett. He came to Dover as early as 1808, and practiced until 1815, when he returned to East Kings- ton.
Dr. David Plummer advertises, in 1812, to the citi- zens of Dover that he has taken an office for the practice of physic and surgery.
Dr. Samuel Wigglesworth, son of the Rev. Samuel Wigglesworth, of Ipswich, Mass., was born Aug. 25, 1734; graduated from Harvard College in 1752; was Dr. - Taylor was in practice in Dover as early as 1814. He was a well-educated physician, and in addition to his medical practice taught Latin and Greek to young men fitting for college. teacher of the Ipswich Grammar School from May 6, 1755, to May 2, 1759; began practice in Ipswich, Mass., and was in the practice of medicine in Dover about 1768. He lived on Central Street, Dover. He Dr. Jonathan Flagg was a resident physician in was surgeon of Col. John Walderne's regiment in | Dover as early as 1815; was a well-read physician,
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but was not popular on account of his strict temper- ance principles. He left Dover in 1817, and settled in Boston, Mass., where he gave up the practice of medicine, and became a leading dentist.
Dr. Jonathan Woodbury, son of Dr. Robert Wood- bury, of Barrington, N. H., was born June 13, 1791. in 1845. He was educated at Gilmanton and Exeter (N. H.) academies ; read medicine with his father in 1812, and with Dr. Jabez Dow, of Dover, in 1813 and 1814, and began the practice of medicine in 1815, in part- nership with Dr. Dow, in Dover. He left Dover in 1817, and settled in practice in Union, N. Y., where he remained till his death, May, 1835.
Jacob Kittredge, M.D., son of Dr. Jacob Kittredge, of Dover, was born Oct. 1, 1794; read medicine with Dr. Jabez Dow, of Dover, graduated at Ilarvard Medi- cal College in 1816, and began the practice of medi- cine in the same year in Dover. He was a member of the New Hampshire Legislature in 1830 and 1831. He was in practice in Dover until within a few days of his death, which occurred from inflammation of the bowels, Dec. 18, 1831.
Dr. Asa Perkins, son of William Perkins, of Dover, was born April 5, 1793; read medicine with Dr. Dow, of Dover; began practice in 1816, in Rochester, N. H .; returned to Dover in 1818, and practiced until 1830, when he was obliged, from ill health, to relin- quish his practice. He continued to reside in Dover until his death, May 3, 1850.
George Washington Kittredge, M.D., son of Dr. Jacob Kittredge, of Dover, was born Feb. 15, 1800; graduated at Harvard Medical College in 1821, and be- gan the practice of medicine in the same year in Dover. lle died in Dover, July 4, 1836, from a pul- monary disease induced by the inhalation of chlorine while fumigating himself after visiting patients in a smallpox epidemic.
Freedom Seaver, M.D., of Vermont, graduated at Harvard Medical College, 1822; was in practice in Dover as early as 1824, and as late as 1825.
Dr. Samuel Waite Dow, son of Dr. Jabez Dow, of Dover, was born Sept. 26, 1802; read medicine with his father ; attended medical lectures at Harvard Col- lege; began practice in Dover in 1825; was obliged in 1836, from ill health, to give up practice ; and died May 15, 1837, in the MeLean Insane Asylum, in Som- erville, Mass.
Arthur Livermore Porter, M.D., was born in 1794, in Portsmouth, N. HI. ; graduated in 1818, Dartmouth Medical College; was Professor of Chemistry and Pharmacy in the University of Vermont; left Bur- lington, and assisted John Williams, agent of Dover Manufacturing Company, in the summer of 1825, in starting the bleachery and print-works in Dover, from which the first shipment of calicoes was made to Boston market in February, 1826. He visited Eu- rope in April, 1826, in the interests and employ of the Dover Manufacturing Company, and returned in Au- gust, 1827 ; reorganized the print-works on his return,
and was superintendent until November, 1829, when, being superseded, he gave his entire attention to the practice of medicine in Dover. He left Dover in 1836, and settled in Detroit, Mich., where he prac- ticed until his death, which occurred from erysipelas,
Nathaniel Low, M.D., son of Dr. Nathaniel Low, of South Berwick, Me., was boru July 4, 1792; gradu- ated at Dartmouth College, 1809, and from Dartmouth Medical College in 1813; began the practice of med- icine in 1813, in South Berwick, Me .; was a member of the Maine Legislature in 1825; moved to Portland, Me., in 1825, and was editor of a political paper for two or three years ; was secretary of the Maine Senate in 1827 ; was postmaster of Portland; moved to Dover in 1831, and, with the exception of short absence, has practiced continuously in Dover since that date. He was a member of the New Hampshire Legislature in 1846 and 1847; was postmaster of Dover in 1863-65.
Dr. Solon Stark, son of Dr. James Stark, and grand- son of Archibald Stark, was born in Hopkinton, N. H .; practiced medicine in Dover in 1832; went to St. Louis, Mo., in 1833, and practiced until his death, in 1877. His grandfather, Archibald, was a brother of Gen. John Stark, of the Revolution.
Joseph Haven Smith, M.D., son of John Smith, was born in Rochester, N. II., Nov. 17, 1805; grad- uated at Bowdoin Medical College, 1829; settled in 1 practice in 1829, in Rochester, where he remained three years; moved to Dover in 1832, where he prac- ticed until 1867, when he moved to Lowell, Mass., where he is yet in practice. While in Dover, in ad- dition to his medical practice, he was editor of the Dover Gazette for several years. He was an active member of the Dover School Committee: was in- spector of drugs in the Boston custom-house, under President Pierce, residing in Dover ; was representa- tive in the New Hampshire Legislature in 1837, and member of the State Senate in 1844-45.
Dr. Joseph Hammons was born in 1787, and was in practice in Farmington, N. II., as early as 1817, and while in practice in Farmington he was twice elected member of Congress, beginning March 4, 1829, and ending March 4, 1833. He moved to Dover in 1833, and practiced till his death, March 28, 1836. He was postmaster of Dover in 1833.
Robert W. Wells, M.D., was born in Philadelphia, Pa., in 1795 ; was brother to Lloyd W. Wells, Esq., formerly agent of the Great Falls Manufacturing Company ; was educated in Philadelphia ; read med- icine with Dr. Bush, one of the first physicians of New York City ; was graduated from a medical col- lege in New York ; came to Dover, and practiced in 1832-33, remaining one year. He went to Louisiana in 1833, and practiced till his death, 1848. He was never married.
Noah Martin, M.D., Governor of New Hampshire. (See sketch.)
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HISTORY OF STRAFFORD COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.
Dr. Harvey G. Ford was in practice in Dover as early as 1835; left Dover in 1840, and settled in Phil- adelphia, Pa., where he shortly after died.
James Wellington Cowan, M.D., son of James and Harriet (Fiske) Cowan, was born June 23, 1814, in Pleasant Valley, N. Y. He read medicine with Noah Martin, M.D., graduated at Dartmouth Medical Col- lege, 1835, began the practice of medicine in 1835, in Dover, and practiced there until within a few months of his death, which occurred from consump- tion, July 21, 1848. He was a member of the New Hampshire Legislature in 1844.
Albert Gallatin Fenner, M.D., son of Elhanan W. Fenner, was born Dec. 1, 1813, in Taunton, Mass. ; read medicine with Arthur Livermore Porter, M.D., in Dover; graduated at Dartmouth Medical College; began to practice in 1836, in Dover, where he has practiced continuously to this date.
Timothy Hilliard, M.D., graduated in 1809 from Harvard College, and from Harvard Medical College in 1824. Between 1809 and 1824 he was clergyman and teacher ; from 1824 he was physician and teacher in various academies. He came to Dover in 1836, and practiced medicine for two years; left Dover in 1838, moved to Epping, N. H., and died there in 1847.
Jefferson Smith, M.D., sou of Dr. Daniel Smith, was born in Berwick, Me., in 1808; began the study of medicine in 1829 with Dr. Burleigh Smart, of Ken- nebunk, Me .; graduated, 1832, from Bowdoin Medical College; practiced one year in Gray, Me .; moved to Springvale, Me., in 1833; and came to Dover in 1837, where he practiced till his death, which occurred from diphtheria, May 17, 1864. While in Dover he prac- ticed dentistry in connection with medicine.
Dr. Levi Merrill was in practice in Tuftonborough as early as 1819; left Tuftonborough in 1838 and moved to Dover, where he practiced seven years ; then moved to Boston, Mass., where he practiced for six years; returned to Dover in 1851. While in Dover, in 1851, his wife died ; he finally moved back to Tuttonborough, and died there. While in Dover he was an assistant editor of the Dover Gazette, and was also a member of the Dover school committee.
Richard Steele, M.D., son of Judge Jonathan Steele, was born at Durham, N. H., Jan. 6, 1797 ; graduated at Dartmouth College, 1815, and Dartmouth Medical College, 1825; commenced the practice of medicine at Portsmonth, N. H., and continued it successively at Durham, Peterborough, Dover, Lowell, Mass., Great Falls, N. H., Boston and Newburyport, Mass. He was in practice in Dover only one year, in 1839 ; he returned to Dover from Newburyport in 1867, and died there June 13, 1869.
Calvin Hazen Guptill, M.D., was born July 24, 1814, in North Berwick, Me. ; graduated, 1839, from Dartmouth Medical College, and settled in practice in Dover in the same year ; left Dover in 1842 and set- tled in Eliot, Me., where he has practiced continu- ously since.
Moses French Colby, M.D., was graduated from Dartmouth Medical College in 1821 ; practiced several years in Ossipee, N. H .; left Ossipee in 1840 and set- tled in practice in Dover; left Dover in 1848 and returned to Ossipee, and died there.
Calvin Cutter, M.D., was born in Jaffrey, N. H., May 1, 1807 ; attended medical lectures at Bowdoin, Harvard, and Dartmouth Colleges, and graduated in medicine from Dartmouth in 1832; began practice in 1832 in Rochester, N. H., and remained there one year ; left Rochester in 1833, and became the private pupil of Valentine Mott, M.D .; settled in Nashua, N. EL., in 1834, and practiced there a few years; again gave up his practice and became a pupil of Dr. Mc- Clellan, of Philadelphia; was next in practice in Dover, being in Dover as early as 1840, and as late as 1844. He was lecturing throughout the United States from 1844 to 1856 on Anatomy, Physiology, and llygiene, and he published a text-book on these topics in 1847, which had an extensive use. He was mustered into the United States service in Au- gust, 1861, as surgeon of the Twenty-first Massachu- setts Volunteers; was a brigade surgeon in the Ninth Army Corps; was wounded at Bull Run and at Fred- ericksburg. He died June 20, 1872, at Warren, Mass. His son, Dr. John Clarence Cutter, is on duty in a government hospital in Japan.
Dr. Ellis Sweetlove was born in 1807, in Bolton, England; he came to Dover in 1842, and practiced until his death, which occurred from brain fever, Feb. 10, 1847.
Dryden Smith, M.D., son of Dr. Daniel Smith, was born Sept. 8, 1822, in Waterborough, Me .; read med- icine with his brother, Jefferson Smith, M.D., of Dover; graduated, 1844, from the Berkshire, Mass., Medical Institution ; began the practice of medicine in 1844, in Dover; left Dover in the summer of 1849, and moved to Biddeford, Me., where he died June 25, 1868.
Robert Thomson, M.D., was horn Oct. 10, 1800, at Alloa, Scotland; was educated at Dollar Academy, Clackmannan County ; went to Glasgow University in 1817, and was graduated in medicine in 1820 from that institution ; entered the Royal College of Sur- geons, Edinburgh, in 1820, and in 1822 received his diploma from that institution ; began the practice of medicine in 1822 in Glasgow; moved in 1831 to Dundee, and practiced there until 1844. While at Dundee he was one of the surgeons to the Royal In- firmary. He emigrated to America in 1844, and settled in practice in Dover; practiced till within a few days of his death, which occurred Aug. 11, 1870.
Nicholas Leavitt Folsom, M.D., was born Dec. 20, 1815, at Gilmanton, N. H .; read medicine with Drs. Chase Prescott, of Pittsfield, Timothy Haynes, of Concord, and Josiah Crosby, then of Laconia; at- tended medical lectures at Hanover, N. H., and at Berkshire, Mass., and graduated from the latter in- stitution in 1844; began the practice of medicine in
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1844 in Dover; left Dover in March, 1853, and moved to Portsmouth, N. H.
Dr. Enoch Mack was born in 1806, in Lyme, Conn .; received his license to practice in 1827 from the Scho- harie County Medical Society of New York ; prac- ticed medicine for a few years in Pennsylvania, and then became a preacher; came to Dover in 1835, and was installed pastor of the Free-Will Baptist Church, where he preached two years, and was next engaged in editing the Disciple in Dover. He did not prac- tice medicine in Dover until 1845, and was in practice until 1848, when he moved to New York City ; was city missionary in New York for eighteen years; from 1866 was missionary at large, and died at Catskill Station, Columbia Co., N. Y.
John Hodgdon Panl, M.D., was born in Rollins- ford, N. H., June 23, 1818; attended medical lectures at Bowdoin Medical College and at Jefferson Medi- cal College, and was graduated from the latter in 1846; began the practice of medicine in Dover in 1846; practiced dentistry in connection with medi- cine, and died in Dover, Nov. 12, 1858, of consump- tion.
Jeremiah Horne, M.D., son of Jeremiah Horne, and grandson of Isaac Ilorne, of Dover, was born in Rochester, N. H., Jan. 29, 1816; read medicine with Drs. Richard Russell, of Great Falls, N. H., and Winslow Lewis, M.D., of Boston, Mass .; was member of the Tremont Medical School ; graduated, 1840, from Bowdoin Medical College; began practice in Lowell, Mass. ; came to Dover in 1846, and, with exception of short absences, has practiced there continuously to the present date. He has been alderman of Dover; was member of the New Hampshire Legislature in 1861 and 1862.
. Charles Augustus Tufts, M.D., son of Asa Alford Tutts, of Dover, was born Nov. 6, 1821, and has been a pharmacist in Dover since 1847 ; was vice-president of American Pharmaceutical Association in 1863-64, and its treasurer since 1865; was member of the New Hampshire Senate in 1861 and 1862; graduated in 1869 from the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy, and was its vice-president from 1866 to 1876 ; received honorary degree of A.M. from Dartmouth College in 1870; read medieine with Drs. Martin and Stackpole, and was graduated in 1871 from Dartmouth Medical College.
Alphonso Bickford, M.D., son of Thomas Bickford, of Dover, was born Dec. 12, 1817; read medicine with George W. Kittredge, M.D., of Dover, and graduated in 1837 from Bowdoin Medical College; began to practice in 1837, in Durham, N. HI .; left Durham in 1848, and settled in practice in Dover. Ile was mayor of Dover in 1861 and 1862; was alderman in 1866 and 1867. He died in Dover, Dec. 31, 1869, from consumption.
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