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This house was enlarged in 1824, by cutting it through the middle, moving the eastern end twenty- four feet, and finishing between the posts. "In 1845 it was thoroughly remodeled as to internal construc- tion, and so arranged as to afford not only a large and spacious church, but also a Town Hall, a vestry, a room for the session, a room for the Parish Library, and other uses."
Methodist Meeting-House .- The land on which 12
the meeting-house of the Methodist Episcopal society stands was the gift of Capt. William Choate. It was built in 1836, at a cost of about $3500. Mr. Beede was the contractor and bnilder. Services have con- stantly been held on the Sabbath in this church since its erection.
Meeting-House of the First Congregational Church .- This house was erected in 1837, on a fine eminence overlooking Derry village. It cost about $3500. In 1872 $3700 were expended in repairs. The society has a ministerial fund of $1000, and a parsonage purchased in 1881 at a cost of $2300.
Ministers of the East Parish .- REV. JAMES MC- GREGOR. The character of most of our early New England towns was largely due to the influence of the clergy. With rare exceptions this influence was on the side of everything conducive to the spiritual and material interests of the people. In the long and arduous labors of the settlers in subduing the wilder- ness, and establishing their communities on a basis of order and good government; in their resolute and heroic conflicts with " principalities and powers, with things present and things to come," the clergy of New England were always at the front doing battle for the right. Pre-eminently may this be said of the McGre- gors, father and son, of Londonderry, the former the Rev. James McGregor, first minister of the East Parish, and Rev. David McGregor, first pastor of the West Parish. No people ever enjoyed wiser or better counselors. The former assumed charge of his society, as there was no Presbytery in New England to for- mally install him in office. He continued in charge till his death, March 5, 1729. Dr. Belknap gives him the character of a "wise, affectionate, and faithful guide to his people both in civil and religious mat- ters."
Rev. Mr. Parker says, " From traditional remarks, as well as from some few manuscripts of his which have been preserved, we are led to consider him a man of distinguished talents both natural and ac- quired. He evidently possessed a vigorous mind, and was strictly evangelical in his doctrinal views."
REV. MATTHEW CLARK succeeded to the pastoral office in the First Church immediately after the death of Mr. McGregor. Although never installed over the people, he is usually enrolled among the ministers of that parish. He died Jan. 25, 1735, aged seventy-six years, having had charge of the church about six years. Notwithstanding his brief term of service, more is known of him at the present day than is known of his predecessor and his first and second successors, although their united pastorates amount to about sixty-five years. Scarcely a word of their sayings or a line of their writings have come down to us, but those of Matthew Clark still live in the mem- ories of the people, and are common in the literature of the day. This is due partly to his wit and the ec- centricity of his character, and partly to the military renown that attaches to his name as an officer in the
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famous siege of Londonderry 1688-89. So many an- ecdotes are credited to him that it is difficult to find a new one. Preaching one day he read the words of Peter with the subjoined commentary : " Master, we have forsaken all and followed thee." "Poor boast- ing Pater! ye left a' did ye? and what had ye to leave but a crazy auld boat and a wheen of rotten nets ?"
Rev. Mr. Parker sums up his character as follows : " He was sound in the faith, decided and independent in his sentiments, and fearless in defense of what he judged to be correct in doctrine and practice."
REV. THOMAS THOMPSON .- The freeholders and inhabitants of Londonderry " Voted, Nov. 3, 1732, that the Rev. Mr. McBride, of Bellemory, Ireland, and Mr. Robert Boyer, of Londonderry, are chosen commis- sioners to prefer our call for a minister in Ireland," and the same day " Voted to purchase Hugh Craige's half-lot for said minister, and to bestow one hundred aeres of land upon him." Robert Boyer, Esq., went to Ireland, and returned in October, 1733, bringing with him Rev. Thomas Thompson, who was cheerfully received and accepted by the people. Ile died Sept. 22, 1738, after a short but successful ministry of five | years, leaving a widow and one son, for whose educa- tion the town voted a gratuity of seventy pounds.
REV. WILLIAM DAVIDSON .- He was installed in , church and society : Philo Bronson, 1834-35; Mr. 1739. Rev. Mr. Parker briefly sketches his life : "11e was a man of very amiable character, possessing a peculiarly mild, friendly, and benevolent disposition. He did not excel as a theologian or as a public speaker. He was supposed to be inclined to Armin- ianism, yet as a pastor he was diligent and affection- ate." He left two sons and two daughters. John, the eldest son, became a loyalist, and was proscribed and banished by the act of the New Hampshire Leg- islature, Nov. 19, 1778. Both sons removed to Nova Scotia at the commencement of the Revolution. Mr. Davidson's daughter Ann married Rev. Solomon Moor, of New Boston, N. H. A great-grandson has a residence in a house built on the land of his ancestors.
REV. JONATHAN BROWN .- After a vacancy of four years, Mr. Brown, in 1795, was installed by the Lon- don Presbytery over the East Parish. This action of the Presbytery proved unwise, as it led to dissen- sion in the parish, which resulted in the formation of a Congregational society two or three years after. The seceding part maintained a feeble existence about twelve years, worshiping in the lower hall of Dr. Isaac Thorn's tavern. In 1809 it came back to the Presby- terian fold. Mr. Brown was dismissed in 1804, and died in February, 1808, aged eighty years. He lived on the home-lot laid out to Samuel Houston, at pres- ent the residence of Samuel Clark, at the east end of Beaver Pond.
REV. EDWARD LUTWYCHE PARKER was named for the loyalist, Edward Goldstone Lutwyche, of Mer- rimac, N. H., whose estate was confiscated and sold to Hon. Matthew Thornton. He was ordained Sept.
12, 1810, and died suddenly while pastor of the church, July 14, 1850. Mr. Parker was the author of the valuable history of the town, published in 1851 by his son, Edward P. Parker. He was succeeded June 18, 1851, by Rev. J. W. Wellman, a native of Cornish, N. H., a graduate of Dartmouth and Andover. He was dismissed May 26, 1850. From Sept. 1, 1857, to December, 1859, Rev. E. N. ITidden was acting pastor. He was followed by Rev. L. S. Parker, Feb. 20, 1861, dismissed June 10, 1869. Rev. David Bremner was installed April 27, 1871, and dismissed Sept. 10, 1873. Rev. E. S. Huntress succeeded Feb. 25, 1875, and was dismissed April, 1877. Rev. John S. Harris, the present pastor, was installed July 8, 1880.
Methodist Church and Ministers .- A Methodist Episcopal Church was organized in Derry Aug. 6, 1834. Oct. 25, 1834, notice was published of the formal organization of a society. It was signed by Caleb Dustin, John Taylor, Gilman Dinsmore, and William S. Follansbee; Mr. Dinsmore, clerk. The society held services at first for a short time at the houses of its members, but soon occupied the " Birch School-house" at the lower end of the village. The church prospered, and more and better accommoda- tions being needed in 1836 a meeting-house was erected. Following is the roll of clergymen of this
James McCane, 1835-36; Samuel Hoyt, 1836-37; William H. Brewster, 1837-38; . Michael Quimby, 1838-40; Jonathan Hazelton, 1840-41; S. S. Mat- thews, 1841-43; James Adams, 1843-44; from 1844 to 1848 no record; Mr. G. W. T. Rogers, 1848-49; F. (). Barrows, 1849-50; James Palmer, 1850-51; Isaac S. Cushman, 1851-52; Charles Smith, 1852-53; from 1852 to 1857, supplied by students; Mr. - Hamlin and Mr. - Parkhurst, 1857-58; John W. Adams, 1858-60; Lorenzo Draper, 1860-62; Rufus Tilton, 1862-64; E. Lewis, 1864-65; N. G. Cheney and W. P. Ray, 1865-66; W. P. Ray, 1866-67; W. W. H. Pillsbury, 1867-68; James Noyes, 1868-69; Elihu Scott, 1869-70; W. B. Osgood, 1870-71; J. W. Dear- born, 1871-75; A. E. Higgins, 1872-73; A. B. Carter, 1873-77; S. C. Farnham, 1877-78; N. Alger, 1878- 79; W. W. Smith, 1879-81; O. A. Farley, 1881-82; Frederic C. Pillsbury, 1882-83.
Ministers of the First Congregational Church .- This church was constituted Aug. 3, 1837, and con- sisted of forty members from the Presbyterian society in Derry and twenty-three from the Presbyterian Church in Londonderry.
Their first pastor was Rev. Pliny B. Day, a graduate of Amherst and Andover. He was ordained Oct. 4, 1837, and dismissed June 9, 1851. His successors are as follows : Rev. Ebenezer G. Parsons, who gradu- ated at Bowdoin and Bangor, was installed Oct. 1, 1851, and dismissed Oct. 7, 1869; Rev. Robert W. Haskins, a graduate of the New York University and Andover, ordained Nov. 19, 1872, and dismissed Oct. 15, 1878. · The present pastor, Rev. Daniel W. Rich-
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ardson, was installed Feb. 26, 1880. He is a gradu- ate of Union College, New York, and Andover, Mass.
Baptist Society at Derry Depot .- A Baptist Church was organized here Oct. 10, 1880. Their place of worship was in Smith's Hall, burned in the fire of Aug. 19, 1882. The church numbers twenty- six members, and their pastor, Rev. Alfred S. Stowell, was ordained Nov. 17, 1880.
SOLDIERS OF DERRY.
Wesley B. Knight, corp., Co. C, Ist Regt. ; enl. May 2, 1861; diech. Aug. 9, 1861:
William J. Bassett, Co. Il, Ist Regt. ; eul. May 3, 1861 ; disch. Aug. 9, 1861.
Melvin Chase, Co. C, Ist Regt .; enl. May 2, 1861; disch. Aug. 9, 1861. Marlau P. Clark, Co. HI, 1st Regt. ; enl. May 3, 1861 ; disch. Ang. 9, 1861. William H. Martin, Co. C, 4th Regt. ; enl. Sept. 18, 1861 ; re-enl. Feb. 18, 1864 ; disch. Aug. 23, 1865.
George W. Carr, Co. I, 4th Regt .; eul. Sept. 18, 1861; disch. Dec. 27, 1861.
George S. Greenough, Co. I, 4th Regt. ; eol. Sept. 18, 1861; disch. Sept. 27, 1864.
Joseph Johnson, Co. I, 4th Regt .; enl. Sept. 18, 1861 ; re-enl. Feb. 15, 1864; disch. Aug. 23, 1865. .
Albert D. W. Emerson, corp. Co. 1, 4th Regt .; enl. Sept. 18, 1861 ; re-eol. Jan. 1, 1864 ; disch. Ang. 23, 1865.
Albion K. Goodwin, Co. 1, 4th Regt .; enl. Sept. 18, 1861 ; re-enl. Feb. 15, 1864; disch. Sept. 29, 1864.
John Christie, Co. 1, 4th Regt. ; enl. Sept. 18, 1861 ; disch. July 6, 1862. Louis Loudeau, Co. I, 4th Regt .; enl. Sept. 18, 1861 ; disch. Dec. 27, 1861. Horace Tilton, Co. 1, 4th regt. ; enl. Sept. 18, 1861 ; re-eul. Feb. 14, 1864 ;
absent, sick, since May 25, 1865; no discharge furnished; pro. to sergt.
Horace F. Abbott, Co. K, 4th Regt. ; eul. Dec. 24, 1863 ; disch. Aug. 23, 1865.
Joho G. Otis, Co. E, 4th Regt .; en1. Dec. 20, 1864; disch. June 13, 1865. Thomas Grimes, Co. G, 4th Regt .; enl. Dec. 26, 1863; no discharge fur- nished.
Joseph Anderson, Co. K, 4th Regt .; enl. Dec. 26, 1863.
Patrick Colbert, Co. K, 4th Regt .; enl. Dec. 26, 1863; disch. Aug. 23, 1865.
Robert Wellington, Co. K, 4th Regt .; enl. July 28, 1864.
David C. Oweu, Co. C, 4th Regt. ; enl. Feb. 19, 1864; disch. Aug. 23, 1865. Charles M. Ordway, Co. I, 4th Regt .; enl. Feb. 15, 1864; disch. Aug. 23, 1865.
Isaac L. Gardner, Co. D, 5th Regt. ; enl. Aug. 11, 1863; pro. to corp .; pro. to 2d lient. Feb. 28, 1865 ; pro. to Ist lient. May 5, 1865; oot mustered; disch. as 2d lient. June 28, 1865.
Edwin Brickett, Co. D, 5th Regt .; enl. Ang. 11, 1863 ; died June 2, 1864. Nehemiah Richardson, Co. D, 5th Regt .; enl. Aug. 11, 1863 ; disch. June 28, 1865.
John Otto, Co. 1, 5th Regt. ; enl. Aug. 8, 1864; disch. June 28, 1865.
Isaiah A. Dustin, pro, to sergt .; pro. to 2d lieut. Joly 19, 1862; Co. F, 6th Regt .; eul. Nov. 28, 1861; pro. to Ist lient. Feb. 1, 1863 ; pro. to capt. Nov. 1, 1863; disch, May 17, 1864.
Benjamin D. Foster, Co. G, Gth Regt. ; en1. Nov.28,1861; killed Ang. 29, 1862.
Isachor O. Foster, Co. G, 6th Regt .; enl. Nov. 28, 1861; disch. Nov. 27, 1864.
Dwight E. Hale, Co. G, 6th Regt .; enl. Dec. 9, 1861 ; prisoner of war since Sept. 30, 1864; no discharge given or muster out of organization,
George E. Upton, Co. G, 6th Regt. ; enl. Nov. 28, 1861 ; pro. to Ist lieut. Oct. 30, 1863, Co. F ; killed July 30, 1864.
Charles Black, 6th Regt .; enl. May 17, 1864.
Daniel Drew, Co. C, 6th Regt .; enl. Dec. 26, 1863.
James Flanders, Co. C, 6th Regt .; en1. Dec. 26, 1863.
Charles Miller, 6th Regt .; enl. Dec. 26, 1863.
John W. Law, Co. E, 6th Regt .; enl. May 17, 1864; disch. July 17, 1865. George Cummings, Co. 11, 7th Regt .; eul. Nov. 17, 1863.
James Williams, Co. F, 7th Regt .; enl. Nov. 17, 1863.
Thomas Powere, 7th Regt .; eol. Nov. 17, 1863.
Thomas UI. Simington, sergt. Co. B, 7th Regt .; enl. March 16, 1864; re- duced to ranks; disch. July 20, 1865.
George F. Boyd, Co. D, 8th Regt .; enl. Dec. 20, 1861 ; re-enl. Jan. 4, 1864 ; dischi. Oct. 28, 1865.
Matthew Senter, Co. F, 8th Regt .; enl. Dec. 20, 1861; re-enl. Jan. 4, 1864; disch. July 10, 1865.
Stephen Mills, Co. F, 8th Regt .; enl. Dec. 20, 1861 ; re-eul. Jan. 4, 1864. Charles L. Reynolds, Co. E, 11th Regt. ; enl, Ang. 29, 1862; disch. May 24, 1865.
Alexander Morrison, corp. Co. A, 9th Regt .; eul. July 3, 1862; disch. Feh. 14, 1863.
Nelson Foster, Co. A, 9th Regt .; enl. Aug. 7, 1862 ; disch. June 10, 1865, George W. Randall, Co. A, 9th Regt .; enl. July 3, 1862.
Lafayette Decker, Co. D, 9th Regt; enl. Dec. 16, 1863; died Ang. 12, 1864.
Cherles Lanoni, Co. 1, 9th Regt; enl. Dec. 16, 1863; died Nov. 13, 1864. James Il. McGibbon, Co. 1, 9th Regt .; enl. Dec. 16, 1863.
David H. Adams, Co. A, 10th Regt. ; enl. Aug. 23, 1862 ; died Jan. 18, 1863.
J. T. G. Dinsmore, Jr., Co. A, 10th Regt. ; en1. Ang. 20, 1862 ; disch. June 21, 1865.
Decator McCarter, Co. A, 10th Regt .; enl. Aug. 20, 1862; disch. June 21, 1865.
Charles Osborn, Co. C, 10th Regt .; en1. Aug. 11, 1863; trans. to 2d Regt., June 21, 1865 ; disch. July 5, 1865.
Charles Juhuson, 10th Regt .; eol. Aug 11, 1863.
Abel Tucker, Co. D, 10th Regt .; enl. Aug. 11, 1863 ; trans. to U. S. navy May 2, 1864.
Louis Fernandes, Co. I, 10th Regt .; enl. Aug. 11, 1863 ; trans. to 2d Regt. June 21, 1865; disch, Dec. 19, 1865.
llenty G. Dillenback, sergt. Co. E, 11th Regt .; enl. Aug. 29, 1862 ; pro. 1st lieut. Dec. 18, 1862; disch. July 22, 1864.
James Blake, Co. C, 11th Regt ; enl. Dec. 17, 1865,
Edward Armand, Co, C, 11th Regt .; enl. Dec. 17, 1863.
James C. Baron, Co. C, 11th Regt .; enl. Dec. 17, 1863.
Thomas McGuire, Co. C, 11th Regt .; eul. Dec. 17, 1863.
Joseph McGovern, Co. C, 11th Regt. ; enl. Dec. 17, 1863.
Michael Sorhew, Co. C, 11th Regt .; eul. Dec. 17, 1863. James Parker, Co. C, 11th Regt. ; enl. Dec. 17, 1863.
Charles R. Rogers, Co. C, 11th Regt. ; enl. July 25, 1864.
J. Charles Currier, 2d lieut. Co. I, 11th Regt .; enl. Sept. 4, 1862; pro. to Ist lieut. May 11, 1864; pro. to capt. Co. A, June 28, 1864; disch, Jan. 18, 1865.
William H&Day, Co. F, 12th Regt .; enl. Sept. 5, 1862; died Jan. 27, 1865. Andrew J. Goodwin, Co. D, 12th Regt. ; enl. Dec. 15, 1863; trans. to 2d
Regt, June 21, 1865 ; pro. to corp. Oct. 1, 1865; disch. Dec. 19, 1865. Thomas Ford, Co. H, 12th Regt .; enl. Dec. 16, 1863.
Adamı Debis, Co. E, 12th Regt .; enl. Dec. 16, 1863.
Frederick Markhof, Co. E. 12th Regt .; enl. Dec. 16, 1863.
Marcellus Shattuck, corp. Co. B, 13th Regt. ; pro. to sergt. Jan. 21, 1863; pro. to Ist lieut. May 30, 1865 ; disch. as sergt. June 21, 1865.
Tenny, Major, Co. B, 13th Regt ; enl. Sept. 18, 1862; disch. June 21, 1865. John H. Parker, Co. B, 13th Regt. ; enl. Sept. 18, 1862; pro. to corp. Jan. 1, 1864; missing in action Jan. 1, 1864.
John W. Cornell, Co. B, 13th Regt .; enl. Aug. 11, 1863; trans. to 2d Regt. June 21, 1865 ; disch. Dec. 12, 1865.
Edward F. White, Co. F, 13th Regt .; enl. Aug. 11, 1863.
Charles Steinburg, Co. E, 13th Regt .; enl. Aug. 11, 1863; trans. to 2d Regt. June 21, 1865; disch. Dec. 19, 1865.
James Scott, Co. I, 13th Regt .; enl. Sept. 2, 1863.
Jolın P. Webster, Co. F, 13th Regt .; enl. Ang. 11, 1863 ; trans. to U.S.N. April 28, 1864.
Peter E. Plimpton, Co. E, 13th Regt .; enl. Aug. 11, 1863; traos. to U.S.N. April 26, 1864.
Franklin Deut, Co. C, 13th Regt .; enl. Aug. 11, 1863; traos. to U.S.N. April 28, 1862.
Robert lowell, Co. C, 13th Regt. ; enl. Ang. 11, 1663; trans. to U.S.N. April 29, 1864.
George O. Everett, Co. D, 18th Regt .; enl. Sept. 14, 1864 ; disch. June 10, 1865.
John Bowley, Co. H, 18th Regt. ; enl. Feb. 29, 1865 ; disch. June 17, 1865. George E. Merrill, Co: H, 18th Regt. ; enl. March 6, 1865; disch. July 29, 1865.
William Marshall, Co. H, 18th Regt. ; enl. Feh. 28, 1865 ; died March 29, 1865.
George Reed, Co. H, 18th Regt .; enl. Feb. 24, 1865 ; disch. July 29, 1865. Edgar H. Shepard, Co. H, 18th Regt .; enl. Feb. 23, 1865; died March 6, 1865.
Sylvester Johnson, enl. Sept. 14, 1864.
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Simon Sparman, en1. Aug. 2, 1864.
William Higgins, enl. July 25, 1864.
Morris Hannigan, enl. July 25, 1864.
William Jones, en !. July 26, 1864.
Joho Wren, enl. Ang 9, 1864.
Samuel Smith, enl. Ang. 8, 1864.
John Milton, enl. July 29, 1864.
George Walker, enl. July 29, 1864.
Frank G. Adams, enl. July 29, 1864.
William Hlowe, eul. June 3, 1864.
Henry Forger, Co. B, Ist Cav. ; eul. March 26, 1864; disch. June 9, 1865. Edward L. Currier, Co. M, N. H. Bat. 1st N. E. Cav. ; enl. Dec. 24, 186] ; trans. to Inv. Corps, Sept. 1, 1863.
Charles B. Radcliff, Co. M, N. H. Bat. Ist N. E. Cav .; enl. Dec. 24, 1861 ; disch. April 1, 1862.
Nathaniel H. Brown, capt. Co. F, 1st Cav .; enl. July 7, 1864 ; disch. July 15, 1865.
Thomas Tyrie, Co. H, Ist Cav .; enl. July 29, 1864; pro. to corp. March 1, 1865 ; disch. July 15, 1865.
James Evans, Co. F, Ist Cav .; enl. Ang. 16, 1864 ; absent, on furlough, July 15, 1865 ; no disch. furnished.
Warren E. Clark, Co. F, Ist Cav. : enl. Aug. 16, 1864 ; disch. July 19, 1865. Alfred Cliftoo, Co. H, Ist Cav. ; enl. Sept. 6, 1864 ; apprehended Jan. 12, 1865 ; deserted Jan. 15, 1865.
Caleb F. Whiddin, Co. G, Ist Cav .; enl. Aug. 16, 1864; trans. to Vet. Ree. Corps April 17, 1865 ; disch. Jan. 7, 1865.
Frederick Davis, Co. C, Ist Cav .; en1. Feb. 14, 1865; disch. July 15, 1865. Henry M. Moulton, Co. C, Ist Cav. ; enl. Feb. 14, 1865 ; disch. July 15, 1865.
John P. Moulton, Co. C, Ist Cav. ; enl. Feb. 14, 1865 ; disch. July 15, 1865. Frank A. Lincoln, Co. H, let Cav .; enl. March 6, 1865 ; disch. July 15, 1865.
John H. Lowe, Co. F, 1st Cav .; enl. March 1, 1865; pro. to corp. July 1, 1865; disch. July 15, 1865.
Daniel Shattuck, Co. F, 1st Cav .; enl. March 1, 1865; pro. to corp. Jnne 1, 1865 ; disch. July 15, 1865.
Samuel Harvey, Co. B, Ist Cav. ; enl. April 16, 1864; absent, sick, since May 16, 1864 ; no discharge furnished.
George B. Tuttle, Co. G, Ist Cav .; enl. Aug. 12, 1864 ; pro. to sergt. Jan. 1, 1865; disch. July 15, 1865.
John E. Webster, Co. H, Ist Cav .; eul. March 6, 1865 ; disch. July 15, 1865.
Daniel Owens, Co. A, H. Art. ; eul. July 18, 1863 ; disch. Sept. 11, 1865. Francis Oweus, Co. A, H. Art. ; enl. Aug. 10, 1863 ; disch. Sept. 11, 1865. George Major, Co. B, H. Art .; enl. Sept. 10, 1863 ; disch. Sept. 11, 1865. Jeremiah Garvin, corp., Co. C, H. Art. ; eul. Sept. 2, 1864 ; disch. June 15, 1865.
Charles Aldrich, Co. C, 11. Art. ; enl. Sept. 2, 1864; pro. to corp. Nov. 1, 1864 ; disch. Juue 15, 1865.
George R. Barker, Co. K, H. Art .; enl. Sept. 17, 1864; disch. June 15, 1865.
Theodore Dinsmore, Co. K, H. Art. ; eul. Sept. 17, 1864 ; disch. June 15, 1865.
William K. Hayes, Co. K, H. Art .; enl. Sept. 17, 1864; disch. June 15, 1865.
Charles A. Nowell, Co. K, H. Art .; enl. Sept. 17, 1864; disch. June 15, 1865.
Henry A. G. Storor, Co. K, H. Art .; enl. Sept. 17, 1864 ; disch. June 15 - 1865.
Charles F. Wheeler, Co. K, H. Art .; enl. Sept. 17, 1864 ; disch. June 15, 1865.
James E. Morrill, Co. C, H. Art .; enl. Sept. 2, 1864; disch. May 23, 1865. Nathan Morse, corp., Co. K, H. Art .; enl. Sept. 17, 1864 ; disch. June 15, 1865.
Kimball J. Wilson, Co. K, H. Art. ; enl. Sept. 17, 1864; disch. May 16, 1865.
William H. Thomas, Co. G, U. S. S. S .; enl. Dec. 12, 1861 ; disch. Feb. 13, 1863.
George E. Fitch, Co. G, 4th Regt .; enl. Sept. 18, 1861 ; re-eul. Feb. 20, 1864; disch. July 17, 1865.
Josiah D. Morris, sergt., Co. F, 8th Regt .; eul. Dec. 20, 1861 ; returned to ranke Sept. 30, 1863 ; disch. Jen. 18, 1865.
Thomas S. Dustin, Co. F, 8th Regt .; enl. Dec. 20, 1861; died Jan. 19, 1863.
Robert W. McMurphy, Co. G, 12th Regt .; enl. Sept. 9, 1862; disch. June 21, 1865.
John Smith, Co. C, let Cav. ; enl. Nov. 19, 1863.
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.
REV. E. L. PARKER.
Edward Lutwyche Parker was born in Litchfield, N. H., July 28, 1785. He was named for Edward Goldstone Lutwyche, an English gentleman of edu- cation and fortune, and a particular friend of his father. His grandfather, Rev. Thomas Parker, was a graduate of Harvard University, and the minister of Dracut, Mass. His father, Dr. Jonathan Parker, also a graduate of Harvard, was a physician of con- siderable distinction, excelling particularly as a sur- geon, and acquired an extensive practice in the place of his residence, as well as the adjacent towus, being often sent for from a distance as a consulting phy- sician. Dr. Parker died in September, 1791, leaving a family of ten children with scanty means of sup- port, Edward, the youngest but one, being but about six years of age. His early instructions, therefore, were derived almost wholly from his mother, who was a woman of more than ordinary refinement, of much energy and decision of character, and a con- sistent and earnest Christian.
Edward, the youngest son, was the favorite child; his active and sprightly habits made him the centre of interest in the family circle, a place which he con- tinued to hold in after-life. Before he was five years old he had in three instances almost miraculously escaped death, twice from drowning and once from an attack by a domestic animal, the marks of which he ever after bore. At the period when he was of a suitable age to attend school the advantages of the common schools of New England were much fewer than at present.
Instructors themselves were very imperfeetly quali- fied, and the circle of studies was extremely limited, including little more than reading, writing, and arith- metic. This meagre course of study was all that Mr. Parker enjoyed in his youth. When he was about twelve years of age he was placed as a clerk in the store of his brother Thomas, in Bedford, N. H.
In the discharge of his general duties as clerk he is described as attracting particular notice for his ac- tivity and energy. A part of his business consisted in measuring and taking an account of lumber, particu- larly of boards, which he is said to have done with rapidity. This lumber was sent in rafts to Newbury- port, and he, being commissioned to go and dispose of it, sometimes accompanied the raft, but more gen- erally performed the journey each way on foot. As he was at this time a mere boy, and small of his age, he was looked upon with much interest for the shrewdness, accuracy, and dispatch which were mani- fest in all his dealings. At the age of fifteen he was thrown out of employment by the failure of his brother. He then entered as clerk in the drug-store of his brother, a physician, in Topsham, Me., with whom he remained one year, and then went to Bil-
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lerica, Mass., and began the business of making shoes. He remained here, however, but a short time, and then, in connection with his brother, purchased a wood-lot, got off the lumber, drew it to the river, and rafted it. As an evidence of his " pluck" and deter- mination, it is stated that upon leaving Topsham he walked one hundred and fifty miles on foot, in the month of March, to his native place.
At the age of seventeen we find him teaching school in the present town of Manchester, then Derryfield. He subsequently entered the academy at London- derry, then under the charge of Samuel Burnham, M.A., to prepare himself for the study of medicine.
While a member of the academy he boarded in the family of Rev. Jonathan Brown, the minister of the East Parish, and whose place he was to occupy in a little more than six years. It was during his connec- tion with this school that his attention was first called decidedly to the subject of religion by a sermon on the Judgment, delivered in the pulpit in which he subse- quently preached for so long a period. There can be little doubt that the change wrought in him by the religions impressions made at that time was a thorough and radical one. It invested life with new interest, presented new and more enlarged objects of effort, and pressed upon him higher and stronger motives of action. He soon relinquished the purpose of entering the medical profession, and directed his course of study with reference to a preparation for college with a view of entering the Christian ministry. He entered college, graduated in 1807, and was licensed to preach the gospel October 29th of same year. As an evidence of his laborious application to the studies on which he had entered it may be added that the time of each day from five o'clock in the morning till half-past eleven at night was appropriated to particular duties, including three seasons of devotion. He had an im- pediment in his speech, and devoted one hour each day to correct that. He preached several months in Columbia, Conn .; here he was invited to settle, but feeling the need of more experience, he declined the " call and placed himself under the instruction of Rev. Dr. Worcester, of Salem, Mass .; he remained in this place one year. During his residence in Salem, as he passed through the East Parish of Londonderry (now Derry) he was invited to supply the pulpit for two Sabbaths. This led to his engagement as pastor ; he was ordained Sept. 12, 1810, and continued his pas- torate until his death, forty years afterwards. For fuller incidents in the career of this truly good man we refer to the memoir published in 1851.
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