History of Rockingham and Strafford counties, New Hampshire : with biographical sketches of many of its pioneers and prominent men, Part 30

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


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In the Revolution, which occurred so soon after the incorporation of the town, the people of Atkinsou showed themselves truly patriotic. This they did by spirited resolutions and by furnishing men and money for the army.


Mr. Nathaniel Cogswell, who had been a merchant thirty or forty years in the adjoining town of Haver- hill, and had moved into Atkinson in 1766, alone gave eight sons to the service, besides loaning money to the town to be expended in bounty and military equip- ments, the greater part of which money, by the de- preciation of currency, he lost. These eight sons performed more than thirty-eight years of service, a greater amount of service, it is believed, thau was rendered by any other family in the country.


They all survived the Revolution and settled in life, and were the lIon. Thomas Cogswell, of Gilman- ton ; Hon. Amos Cogswell, of Dover ; Capt. Nathaniel P. Cogswell, of Atkinson ; Moses Cogswell, Esq., of Canterbury; Dr. William Cogswell, of Atkinson ; John Cogswell, Esq., of Landall'; Dr. Joseph Cogs- well, of Yarmouth; and Mr. Ebenezer Cogswell, of Wiscosset, Me. Gen. Nathaniel Peabody, by the im- portant services he rendered to the country in this crisis of affairs, was a host.


In all the wars in which our country has been en-


In the war of 1812 she sent quite a number of men to guard the forts along the coast, and Capt. William Page, commander of a company of cavalry, in re- sponse to a requisition from the Governor, tendered the services of this entire company. Forty residents of Atkinson served in the war of the Rebellion, very few towns in New Hampshire furnishing so large a number in proportion to their population.


Ecclesiastical History .- The reasons assigned by the petitioners for a separation from the town of


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Plaistow were "that by reason of the great distance | at Thetford, Waterford, and McTudor's Falls, in Ver- of their dwellings from the meeting-house they un- mont. dergo many and great difficulties in attending the worship of Almighty God there, and that the said meeting-house is not large enough to accommodate more than half of the inhabitants of said town."


Before the erection of the church services were held at the house of Mr. Nathaniel Cogswell. The first meeting-house was built in 1768-69, and remained until 1845.


The town extended a call to Mr. Stephen Peabody, Feb. 26, 1772, and voted to give him "160 pounds lawful money as a settlement, upon condition that the salary begin £66 13s. and 4d. lawful money the first year, and add on 40 shillings per year till it amount to 80 pounds per year." They also voted to give him " ten cords of wood per year as long as he carry on the work of the ministry in Atkinson." Mr. Pea- body accepted, and was ordained Nov. 25, 1772, at which time the church was organized at the house of Mr. Samuel Little.


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The covenant of the church adopted at its organi- zation was evangelical. Mr. Peabody continued pas- tor of the church until his decease. (See sketches.)


After the death of Mr. Peabody the pulpit was supplied by the following gentlemen : Rev. Jacob Cummings, born at Warren, Mass .; D. C. 1819; An- dover Theological Seminary, 1822; preached at At- kinson 1822-24, being at the same time preceptor of the academy, afterwards at Straham, Southborough, Mass., Hillsborough, and Exeter, where he died June 20, 1866, in the seventy-third year of his age.


Rev. Stephen Farley, born at Hollis; D. C. 1804, was settled at Claremont, 1806-18; at Atkinson, 1824- 31, being at the same time preceptor of the academy ; died at Amesbury, Mass., Sept. 30, 1871, aged seventy- one.


Rev. Luke A. Spofford, born at Jaffrey, M. C. 1815; pastor of the church in Gilmanton, 1819-25; Brentwood, 1826-29; Lancaster, 1829-31; Atkinson, 1831-34; then of the churches at Scituate, Mass., and Chilmark, Mass., when he removed to Indiana, and died at Rockville, Oct. 10, 1855. IIe was the father of Judge Henry M. Spofford, of Louisiana, and Amsworth Spofford, librarian of the Congressional Library, Washington, D. C.


Rev. Samuel H. Tolman, born at Dorchester, Mass. ; D. C. 1806; settled at Shirley, Mass., Dunstable, Mass., South Merrimac, Atkinson, 1836-39, Sempster, and Hillsborough Centre; died at Atkinson, April 2, 1856.


Rev. Samuel Pierce, born at Haverhill, Mass. ; D. C. 1835; Andover Theological Seminary, 1840 ; com- menced preaching at Atkinson in 1842, and died March 27, 1844.


Rev. Jesse Page.


Rev. C. F. Morse, born at Salem, Vt .; A. C. 1853 ; Andover Theological Seminary, 1856; missionary to Turkey, 1857-70; pastor at Atkinson, 1872-75, then


Rev. C. T. Melvin, born at Chester; D. C. 1856; Andover Theological Seminary, 1859; pastor at Co- Jumbus, Elk Grove, and Sun Prairie, Wis., Emporia, Kan., Atkinson, 1875-80; died at Walpole, Mass., 1880.


Rev. E. B. Pike, born at Hiram, Me. ; M.D. at Bow- doin Medical College, 1857; Bangor Theological Seminary, 1862 ; pastor at Stowe, Me., and Chatham, N. H., Brownfield, Me., Boothbay, Me., Atkin, 1880- 82.


Rev. J. O. Barrows, born at Mansfield, Conn .; A. C. 1860; Andover Theological Seminary, 1863; pastor at North Hampton; First Church, Exeter; Missionary American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Mis- sions in Turkey, 1869-80; pastor at Atkinson, 1882.


In March, 1819, three months previous to the death of Mr. Peabody, the town " voted to let the Universal- ists have the privilege of using the meeting-house the present year their proportion of Sundays, according to the taxation." This vote was repeated in subse- quent years.


Deeming it expedient, on account of the inconveni- ence which attended the worship of God in connection with those of other denominations, the church and orthodox part of the community formed, Feb. 19, 1834, a society for the support of Christian institu- tions, called the " Congregational Society in Atkin- son." During the year 1835 a meeting-house was erected by this new society from subscriptions by themselves and others. It stands on land given for this purpose by Joseph B. Cogswell.


In 1845, Mrs. Judith .Cogswell, widow of Dr. Wil- liam Cogswell, gave to the Orthodox Congregational Church and Society a bell weighing thirteen hundred pounds. A pipe organ was procured in 1866. A fine parsonage was erected in 1872. The meeting-honse was remodeled in 1879 at an expense exceeding its original cost.


In 1872, Francis Cogswell, George Cogswell, Na- thaniel Cogswell, and Jesse Page gave to the Con- gregational Church a thousand dollars each, "The interest to be expended, under its direction, for the support of preaching and sustaining the gospel min- istry ;" and Joseph B. Cogswell, another brother, a similar amount for the support of preaching and re- pairs on the house of worship. Donations to the preaching fund have also been made by John Petten- gill and Eliza W. Noyes.


It may be well to remark that the singing in the church has always been by a volunteer choir. To one family, children of Mr. Henry Noyes, has the church been especially indebted. Four sisters of this family sat side by side for more than forty years preceding 1865, and several brothers nearly as long, and the husband of one of the four sisters sang in the choir more than fifty years, a great part of the time as the leader.


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A UNIVERSALIST SOCIETY was incorporated June 18, 1818, by the name of the Universalist Society of Atkinson and Hampstead. The old society was given up, and the present one formed in 1839, and is known by the name of the Atkinson Universalist Society. The society erected a meeting-house in 1842.


For the years 1843 and 1844 the Rev. Josiah Gilman resided in the town, and supplied the pulpit half the time. Since then the society has had preaching only occasionally.


Education .- The early settlers seem to have been people of intelligence, and one of their first thoughts was the education of their children. March 29, 1774, according to the records of the town, it was voted to hire a schoolmaster eight months the ensuing year, an unusual length of school for so small a population at that early period. Jan. 30, 1775, the town was | divided into three school districts and subsequently into six ; the present number is five. The people, however, were soon dissatisfied with the advantages of the common district schools, and in 1788 erected a suitable building and established Atkinson Academy, which is entitled to an honorable place among the educational institutions of New England from its an- tiquity and usefulness.


The first four academies of New Hampshire were Phillips', at Exeter, incorporated 1781 ; New Ipswich, incorporated 1789; Chesterfield, incorporated 1790; and Atkinson, incorporated Feb. 17, 1791. As the one at Atkinson, however, went into operation several years before its incorporation, it is really the second in the State in point of age. The origin of the academy is due mainly to the efforts of three men,- Hon. Dr. and Gen. Nathaniel Peabody, Rev. Stephen Peabody, and Dr. William Cogswell.


The first academy building, one story in height, was erected in the centre of the town, where the road to Salem diverges from the main street. It was burned in 1802, and the present building was erected in 1803, after the model of Phillips' Academy, in Exeter. It is sixty feet long, thirty-four feet wide, and two stories high, and is a well-proportioned, handsome structure, situated on elevated ground, and commanding an extensive view of the country around.


In 1850 the old plank seats were exchanged for modern desks, and a fine bell procured by subscrip- tion. A good library and suitable philosophical and chemical apparatus have also been obtained.


When first established the academy, through the scarcity of such institutions, soon gained an enviable reputation, and was largely patronized from a dis- tance, fitting young men for college, and giving in- struction in the higher English branches. It early became a mixed school, when but little attention had been paid to female education, and has so continued to the present time, being the first academy, accord- ing to Rev. Dr. Foll, himself one of the pupils, where the sexes were educated together in the higher branches.


It is interesting to note, in comparison with the present educational expenses, how small were the charges of the school in its early history. The tuition for the first two years was only 6s. for a quarter of twelve weeks; then 98 .; in 1797, $2.00; in 1805, $3.00; in 1839 it was raised to $4.00; in 1854 it was $4.80. Board at first was 4s. 6d., including lodging and washing. Then for many years it was 6s .; in 1830 it was 78. 6d. for the whole week, including washing and lodging, and 6s. for those who spent the Sabbath at their homes; in 1850 from $1.50 to $2.00 per week, including room-rent and washing.


The academy has had no permanent funds till re- cently. In 1855, Mr. James Atwood, of Westchester, Pa., a native of the town, gave one thousand dollars, and his son-in-law, Dr. Almon Z. Bardin, five hun- dred dollars. In 1865 it received a legacy of two thousand dollars from Rev. Dr. Joseph B. Fell, one thousand for himself and one thousand for his wife, and in 1877 two thousand dollars as a legacy from Quincy Tufts, one of the first pupils of the academy. Mr. William Johnson, an old resident of the town, who died in 1880, gave a prospective bequest of above eleven thousand dollars. He was a man of great native good sense and much industry, and be lived to the advanced age of nearly ninety-three years.


It is not a little remarkable that an institution entirely self-supporting should have so long main- tained itself, which is due to its healthy location, its ease of access, and the wants of a large rural sur- rounding population. The academy is now in suc- cessful operation, and, with a fund and other advan- tages recently secured, bids fair in the future to surpass its past usefulness.


Very many have enjoyed its privileges who would otherwise have secured no instruction beyond that of the common district schools. To the town where it is located it has been of priceless value.


The Rev. Dr. Cogswell, good authority, stated that through its influence Atkinson had given more of its sons to the learned professions than any other town in the State, in proportion to its population.


Among the many pupils of the old academy are not a few who have attained eminence. There may be mentioned the names of Levi Woodbury, noted in youth as in manhood for his untiring industry ; Gov- ernor Kent, of Maine; Jonathan and Joseph Cilley ; President Brown, of Dartmouth College; Gen. James Wilson ; Judge White, of Salem ; President Hale, of Hobart College; Benjamin Greenleaf, author of many mathematical works; Edmund R. Peaslee, LL.D., the distinguished medical professor and practitioner, of New York City; Judge Greenleaf Clarke, of the Supreme Court, Minnesota. To these should be added, besides others previously mentioned, a large number of clergymen of great usefulness.


Grace Fletcher, the first wife of Daniel Webster, was educated here, and has been described by her schoolmates as a pale, modest, retiring girl.


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The following is a list of the different principals of the academy :


Moses Leavitt Neal, of Londonderry, H. C. 1785, attorney-at-law, clerk of New Hampshire House of Representatives, and register of deeds of Strafford County, lived at Dover and elsewhere. Died 1829, aged sixty-two.


Daniel Hardy, of Bradford, Mass., D. C. 1789, studied divinity; tutor in Dartmouth College; taught , was the author of several theological works, and was


at Chesterfield and Bradford, Mass. A distinguished linguist. Died at Dracut, Mass., Nov. 25, 1833, aged sixty.


Samuel Moody, of Byfield, Mass., D. C. 1790, teacher at Hallowell, Me., where he died April 6, 1832, aged sixty-seven.


Silas Dinsmore, of Windham, D. C. 1791, purser of United States navy ; Indian agent, with the rank of colonel, to the Choctaw and Cherokee Indians, and collector of the port of Mobile. A man of much en- ergy and intelligence. It was to him that a cabinet minister wrote to ask, " How far does the Tombigbee run up into the country ?" His reply was, " It does not run up at all, it runs down." The result was his dismissal. He died at Bellone, Ky., June 17, 1847, aged eighty.


Stephen Peabody Webster, of Haverhill, Mass., H. C. 1792, was the first person that entered college from the academy; clerk of the courts of Grafton County, and representative, senator, and councilor of the State of New Hampshire; taught at Haverhill, where he died, 1841.


John Vose, of Bradford, D. C. 1795, preceptor of . 1845, clergyman, settled in Haverhill, Nashua, and Pembroke Academy; representative and senator of Metlinen, Mass. ; secretary of New Hampshire Home Missionary Society. New Hampshire Legislature; author of several ad- dresses and two valuable and original works on as- Joseph Garland, of Hampton, B. C. 1844, physi- cian in Gloucester, Mass., of which city he has been mayor. tronomy, died at Atkinson, May 3, 1840, aged seventy- three. He taught at Atkinson twenty-three years, and at Pembroke cleven years. He was a worthy Charles Darwin Fitch, of Greenfield, D. C. 1837, teacher in Phillips' Academy, Andover, Amherst, Derry, and elsewhere, physician. man, a devout Christian, a superior teacher, of more than ordinary ability and scholarship. He was offered the position of judge, which he declined.


Moses Dow, of Atkinson, D. C. 1796, settled as a . High School, Newburyport, Mass., in which city he clergyman at Beverly, Mass., and York, Me., died at Plaistow, May 9, 1837, aged sixty-six.


William Cogswell, of Atkinson, D. C. 1811, prin- cipal of Hampton Academy, settled as a clergyman in Dedham, Mass .; secretary of the American Edu- cation Society ; professor in Dartmouth College, and president of Gilmanton Theological Seminary ; editor of American Quarterly Register, and author of several theological works ; died at Gilmanton, April 18, 1850, aged sixty-two. He was a man of great industry and usefulness, and few clergymen of his time were better known, or filled so many important positions.


Francis Voce, of Francistown, D. C. 1817, teacher at Colchester, Conn., Hampton, N. H., Newburyport, Topsfield, and Haverhill, Mass., and Bloomfield Acad- emy, Me., died at Pembroke, Ang. 8, 1851, aged sixty- two.


Jacob Cummings, of Warren, Mass., D. C. 1819, preceptor of Hampton Academy, settled as a clergy- man at Stratham, N. H., Sharon and Scarborough, Mass., and Hillsborough and Exeter, N. H., died at Exeter, June 20, 1866, aged seventy-three.


Stephen Farley, of Hollis, D. C. 1804, elergyman, settled at Claremont and Atkinson, died at Ames- bury, Mass., Sept. 20, 1851, aged seventy-one. He


an excellent belles-lettres scholar.


Enoch Hale, of Alstead, University of Vermont, 1826, teacher at Alstead and New London, took orders for the Episcopal Church, died at Atkinson, Nov. 16, 1830.


John Kelly, of Plaistow, A. C. 1825, preceptor of Derry Academy, attorney-at-law in Plaistow, Chester, and Atkinson, died 1877.


Joseph Peckham, of Westminster, Mass., A. C. 1837, clergyman, settled at Kingston, Mass. .


Joseph Allen Taylor, of Granby, Mass., H. C. 1839, died at Atkinson while a member of Andover Theo- logical seminary, 1842, aged twenty-eight.


Benjamin A. Spaulding, of Billerica, Mass., H. C. 1840, missionary in Iowa. Malachi Bullard, of West Medway, Mass., D. C. 1841, clergyman, settled at Winchendon, Mass., died May 10, 1849, aged thirty- one.


John Wason Ray, of Anburn, D. C. 1843; teacher in Manchester, Derry, and Eastport, Me. ; clergyman, settled at Vernon, Conn., and Goffstown.


Edward Hanford Greeley, of Hopkinton, D. C.


William C. Todd, D. C. 1844, principal Female now resides.


Charles Prescott Parsons, of Gilmanton, D. C. 1853, teacher in Gilmanton, Biddeford, Me., and Evans- ville, Ind., where he died, 1880.


John Webster Dodge, of Newburyport, Mass., A. C. 1857, Congregational clergyman, Yarmouth, Mass.


Justin White Spaulding, of Plainfield, D. C. 1847, teacher in West Boscawen, Meriden, Bradford, Vt., and Taunton, Mass. ; died in Atkinson, Sept. 28, 1865, aged forty-two.


Nathan Barrows, of Hartford, Conn., W. R. C. 1850, A. B. 1853, A.M. and College of Physicians and Surgeons, N. Y., M.D .; principal of Huron County Institute, Ohio; South Berwick Academy, Me. ; Claremont High School ; and teacher in Kimball Union Academy.


William Ellingwood Buntin, of Dunbarton, D. C.


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1860, teacher in Dunbarton and Gloucester, Marble- head, and Waltham, Mass .; was captain in the war of the Rebellion.


Bartlett Hardy Weston, of Georgetown, Mass., D. C. 1864, teacher in Hampton Academy ; Wheaton Acad- emy, Ill., Golden Gate Academy, Cal., and at Reed's Ferry.


E. C. Allen, of Colosse, Oswego Co., N. Y., Madi- son University, 1844, professor in Collegiate Institute, Brooklyn, N. Y., and principal of Penacook Acad- emy, Fisherville.


Maurice P. White, of South Hadley, Mass., A. C. 1875, teacher in Washington, D. C.


John Vose Hazen, grandson of Hon. John Vose, received his education at Atkinson Academy ; grad- uated at Dartmouth ; B. S. 1875, C. E. 1876; prin- cipal of Atkinson Academy.


Chandler, Professor of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, and Instructor in Civil Engineering, Dart- mouth College.


Charles Daniel Tenney, D. C. 1878 ; Oberlin The- ological Seminary, 1882; Missionary American Board of Commissioners Foreign Missions in China.


The present principal (1882) is B. H. Weston, be- fore mentioned.


Individuals who have entered the Learned Pro- fessions .- Ilon. Moses Dow, son of Mr. John Dow; H. C. 1769; attorney ; judge of probate; brigadier- general in the militia; resided at Haverhill, N. H.


John Poor, son of Lient. Daniel Poor; H. C. 1775; instructor of youth in Philadelphia ; tanght the first female school of celebrity in the country ; spent most of his life in Philadelphia; died in Baltimore.


Dr. William Cogswell. (See sketchies.)


Dr. Joseph Cogswell, brother of William ; studied medicine with him; was with him in the military hospital at West Point; practiced in Warner, New Durham, and Tamworth, N. H.


Dr. James Knight, son of Mr. Joshua Knight; studied medicine with Gen. Nathaniel Peabody ; prac- ticed medicine in Hampstead.


Hon. Stephen Peabody, son of Rev. Stephen Pea- body; Il. C. 1794; captain in the Oxford army ; judge of the Court of Common Pleas in Maine.


Hon. John Noyes, son of Mr. Humphrey Noyes; D. C. 1795; tutor in college; merchant; member of Congress; resided in Putney, Vt .; died 1841, aged seventy-seven.


Rev. Moses Dow, son of Mr. Jobn Dow; D. C. 1796; Congregational clergyman, settled in the min- istry at Beverly, Mass., and York, Me .; died in Plais- tow, 1837, aged sixty-six.


Dr. Abner Page, son of Mr. Daniel Page; studied medicine with Dr. William Cogswell; practiced in Sandown, New Durham, and Rochester, N. Y .; died at Buffalo, N. Y.


Dr. Josiah Noyes, son of Mr. Humphrey Noyes, Jr .; D. C. 1801; tutor; studied medicine with Prof. Na- than Smith, M.D., at D. C., 1806; professor Hamil-


ton College and Fairfield Medical College ; died 1853, aged seventy-seven.


Jesse Merrill, son of Mr. James Merrill; D. C. 1806; attorney ; died 1854, aged seventy-five.


Caleb Merrill, brother of the above; D. C. 1808; attorney ; lived in Pittsfield; died 1841, aged fifty- eiglıt.


Rev. William Cogswell, D.D. (See preceptors of the academy.)


Dr. Amos Currier, son of Mr. Dudley Currier ; D. C. 1818; practiced in Orangeburg, S. C .; died 1824, aged thirty-three.


Rev. Nathaniel Cogswell, son of Dr. William Cogs- well; D. C. 1819; Congregational clergyman at Yar- mouth, Mass., where he died in 1874, aged seventy- eight; was the father of Hon. J. B. D. Cogswell ; president Massachusetts Senate, and seven years United States attorney for the District of Wisconsin.


Francis Cogswell, brother of the above; D. C. 1822; taught the academy at Meredith Bridge; at- torney, and practiced in Tufton borough, Ossipee, and Dover; clerk of the courts in Strafford County before its division ; cashier of the bank at Andover, Mass. ; president Boston and Maine Railroad ; died at Andover, 1880, aged seventy-nine.


Rev. Washington Gilbert, son of Mr. John Gilbert ; W. C. 1826; Unitarian clergyman, settled in Har- vard, Mass .; died 1879.


Dr. William Grover, son of Deacon Josiah Grover ; studied medicine with Dr. Hovey, of Atkinson; M.D. at B. C., 1829; practiced in Barnstead, where he died in 1853.


Dr. George Cogswell, son of Dr. William Cogswell ; studied medicine with his father, with Professors Mussey and Oliver, of Dartmouth College, and with Dr. John D. Fisher, of Boston; M.D. at D. C. 1830; settled as a practitioner in Bradford, Mass., in 1830, where he now resides. In 1841-42 he attended the lectures at the École de Medicine, in Paris, and at the hospitals in the same city. He again made an extended tour in Europe in 1878. He has not only attained a high rank in his profession, but has been a member of the Governor's Council, and largely in- terested in public affairs. He has been distinguished as a business man and for his interest in education. lle is a man of large acquirements, a cultivated gentleman, and a wise counselor. To him, more than to any other one man, Bradford Academy owes its marked success. He has been president of the First National Bank, Haverhill, Mass., during most of the time since its organization. Dartmonth con- ferred the degree of A.M. in 1865. He is the father of Gen. William Cogswell, distinguished for his ser- vices in the war of the Rebellion, mayor of Salem, and prominent in civil affairs.


Rev. Gilman Noyes, son of Lieut. James Noyes, D. C. 1830, Universalist minister; settled at Spencer, Mass. ; died 1863, aged fifty-nine.


Rev. Alfred Vose Bassett, son of Col. John Bassett,


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Universalist minister ; preached in Canton and Ded. ham, Mass. ; died 1832.


Rev. Jesse Page. (See sketchies.)


Moses Webster Walker, son of Mr. Benjamin Walker, D. C. 1831, teacher in Boston, died 1838.


Rev. Nathaniel Grover, son of Deacon Josiah Grover, D. C. 1832, teacher in Norwich, Berlin, and East Winsor, Conn., and Rochester, N. Y. ; pastor of Congregational Church, South Haven, Mich., where he died in 1863.


William Cogswell Clarke, son of Greenleaf Clarke, Esq., D. C. 1832, taught the academy at Gilmanton ; attorney ; solicitor for Belknap County ; judge pro- bate ; attorney-general, New Hampshire, 1863-72; died 1872, aged sixty-one.


Dr. Francis Clarke, brother of the above, studied medicine with Dr. George Cogswell, of Bradford ; attended leetures at Boston; M.D. at H. C. 1836; settled at Andover as a physician ; died 1852.


Rev. William Page, son of Col. William Page, studied divinity at the theological seminaries at Gil- manton and Andover; Congregational minister at Dracut, Mass., Hudson, Salem, and Bath, N. HI .; died at Atkinson, 1861, aged fifty-three.


Rev. James Marsh How Dow, son of Mr. Samuel S. Dow, Methodist minister at Bradford and Andover, Mass., Dover, N. II .; seamen's chaplain, Boston, Mass. ; died 1879.




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