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- to Lydia Hoyt Ellsworth, March 2, 1847, by Rev. A. Messe. She was the dau. of John Ellsworth, of Wentworth, whose father, Samuel, being connected with the Sanborntou Ellsworths, had migrated from Rowley, Mass. Children (b. in Watertown) :
2. ILVITIE ELMA, b. Oct. 25, 1848; was m. to John L. Robbins, machinist, of Watertown, by Rev. Nathaniel Fellows, May 4, 1870; he was b. July 15, 1843. Child : - 1. Mabel Frances (Robbins), b. March 8, 1871, in Watertowu.
3. ALONZO GUSTAVUS (Brown), b. July 29, 1850; d. Sept. 11, 1851, ae. 1-1-13.
4. GEORGE WASHINGTON, b. Dec. 18, 1851; by occupation a carpenter.
5. EMMA ADELAIDE, b. May 9, 1853; was m. in Boston, July 7, 1872, by Rev. F. G. Morris, to John Tileston. He was b. July 7, 1849, in South Boston ; is now in the express business. Children : - 1. Harry Benjamin (Tileston), b. Feb. 22, 1874, in Boston. 2. Walter Ernest, b. Oct. 25, 1875, in Boston ;
d. Aug. 25, Is79, ae. 3-10. 3. Claudine Frederic, b. July 2, Isso, in Boston. C. ELLEN FRANCES ( Brown), b. March 2, 1855.
7. BENJAMIN WESLEY, b. July 3, 1857; is a conductor for the Union Horse Railway Company, in Watertown.
8. CHARLES FRANCIS ADAMS, b. July 1, 1859; is a car builder (1882).
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9. Jons G. BRowy (p. 52 [81]), instead of John, m. Frances J. Moody, of Andover, Sept., 1819. Children :
10. What, b. June, 1532; is now in the United States Navy.
11. Nullas, b. Jan., d. July, lass, ac. 6 mos.
12. DOMANDA BROWN (p. 52 [82]), m., 1st, M. T. Noyes, of Atkinson, Nov., 1851, who was the brother of Russell T. Noyes, of Tilton. (Vol. 1. p. 406.) He d. Jan., 1857, and she m., 2d, J. II. Webster, of Derry, Nov., 1862, aud uow res. iu Haverbill, Mass. Child :
13. FRED (Webster?).
14. IIANNAN E. BROWN (p. 52 [83]) was m., 1st, to Moses P. Chase, of Wentworth, by Rev. J. D. Cross, Oct., 1852. He was the son of David Chase; b. in Deerfield, 1831, d. April, 1861, ae. 30. She was in., 2d, to II. C. Blood, of Wentworth, by Rev. G. M. Park, Nov., 1807. Children :
15. ARDENA (Chase), b. Nov. 4, 1856; in. Orrin L. Whitcher, of Went- worth, Dec., 1874. Chill : - 1. Harry Chase (Whiteher).
16. GEORGE BYRON (Blood), b. Feb. 22, 1873, in East Tilton.
17. Merna A. Browx (p. 52 [89]) in. Gilbert Waldron, of Dor- chester, July 3, 1868, and d. Jan. 10, 1881, ac. 37-4. Children :
18. FRED ( Waldron), b. Jan., 1870, d. April, 1872, ac. 2-3.
19, 20. Missie, b. May, 1874. CLivrox, b. Jan., 1879.
21. ALPHONSO BROWN (p. 52 [90]) m. Adelaide Ellsworth, of Wentworth, May, 1872. Children :
22, 23. LELA, b. July 7, 1873. LUCINDA E., b. July 11, 1879.
THE BRUCE FAMILY. (ADDENDA.)
1. THOMAS2 BRUCE (p. 869 [1]) was b. 1783, in Durham, being the son of Thomas1, a uative of Scotland (immmigrating to this country when yonug), whose wife was b. in Durham, and after his death in., 20, - Daniels. He (Thomas?) in., Ist, Sarah Footman, who d. in a few years ; m., 2d, Sophia Footman, sister of the preceding, who was b. in Lee. lle had come to Sanbornton prior to 1810, as per record of his child's death that year (see Appendix I., p. 869), who was probably a child of his former wife. The following seven chil- dren were all born in this town (2d wife). He d as stated in Appendix 1., but according to the family record, in 1827 instead of 1825, ae. 44. She d. at nearly the same time, ae. 38. Children :
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2. MANAL.A, b. April 17, 1813; in., Ist, Francis Durgin (see p 238 [97]) ; 11., 2d, James Littlefeld, of Wells, Me. The following list of her children involves a correction of the list (as given on p. 238 1 97, 1, 2, and 5]) of the children of Francis Durgin : - 1. Martha N. (Durgin), b. June 22, 1833, d. young. 2. Mahala, b. Feb. 16, 1838; m. - Woodbury, and res. in Swamp- scott, Mass. 3. Thomas Heury, b. March 1, 1842; res. in Swampscott. 4. James G. (Littleileld), b. March 31, 1848. 5. John A., b. July 1. 1x49. 6. Martha B., b. July 3, 1852; m. Joseph Symonds, and res. in Swampscott, with whom also her mother makes it her home.
3. WILLIAM, b. Aug. 27, 1815; d. several years ago, leaving a wife, but no children.
4. SOPHIA F., b. May 27, 1817; in. Edward Reader; resided in Lowell, where he d. March, 1877, and she followed him in death, August, 1878; no children.
5. CAROLINE, b. Ang. 3, 1819; m. Archibald MeFarlin, a native of Lowell ; for several years residing in Lawrence. Children : - 1. Henry (MeFarlin), d. in childhood. 2. Sophia J., m. Henry A. Buell, a native of Newport ( ?), N. Il .; also res. iu Lawrence. 3. George, m. Lizzie S. Dean, of Salem; he now deceased, and she res. at Lawrence.
6. HARRIET S., b. Sept. 3, 1821; in , Ist, Sammel L Wiggin, of Dover ; after whose death she m., 2d, Joseph If. Smith, M. D., a native of Rochester, for many years a resident of Dover; now (1882) at Lowell, Mass., 21 Oak St. Children ( 1st husband) : - 1. Samuel F. (Wiggin), in. Elizu A. Miles, of Madbury, and now res. at Pecatonica, Ill 2. Joseph, m. Susan A. Rogers, of Dover; now lives in Manchester. 3. Belle S., m. Seth C Bennett, from Now Durham (son of Thomas Bennett, of Dover) ; now res. at Toledo, O. 4. Ella F., d. ac. 13. 5. George A., also d. in lufaney. 6 Lizzie B., m Dr C. R. Wood, of Lowell: now res. at Salem, Mass. 7. Hattie Linwood, unm., with her mother in Lowell.
7. SARATI (Bruce), b. November, 1823; m. Eliab Fish, of Fairilehl, Me, where now residing. Children : - 1. Nettie (Fish), deceased. 2. Frank, m. -- Gifford, of Fairfield. 3. Minnie, at home ; unm.
8. MARY (Bruce), b. Dec. 3, 1825; res. at Haverhill, Mass. ; num.
THIE COBB FAMILY. (ADDENDA.)
1. BENSLEY PLUMER COBB (p. 372 [149]) served his time as a wheelwright with Joseph W. Clement, at the Tin Corner ; m., Ist, Emily Blake, of Gilmanton, in Lowell, Mass., July 1, 1833. She was the sister of Almira Blake (p. 227 [5]). He first settled in the Christopher Moulton house, opposite the present R. C. Bixby's (Site 11, Lot 51, p. 373 of this volume) ; moved the same to Union Bridge, and there carried on the business of a wheelwright. Removing thence to Salisbury about 1836, he there engaged in the same business, and there lost his first wife, who d. Nov., 1837. Returning to Union Bridge, he m., 2d, Martha A., dau. of Dea. Foss, of Stratford, May 7, 1840 ; res'd. temporarily in Meredith Village, and finally rem. to
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Guildhall, Vt., where he d., Jan. 6, 1880, ae. 70 (lacking 17 days). Children :
2 AMGAIL S, b. May 13, 1834; m. Napoleon Bonaparte Howe, of Boston, July 15, 1860. He Is now a bell hanger In Boston ; residence, 117 Zeigler Sı., Roxbury. Children : - 1. Eben Dexter (Howe), b. Sept. 27, 1863. 2. Harry Marens, b. Nov. 1, IST1. 3. Azoo Pratt, b. Nov. 1, 1876.
3. Enesizat (Cobb), b. Jan. 21, 1836; m Elizabeth Swaln of South Bos- tou; res. at New Haven, Conn. ; in the clothing business.
4. EMILY, b Sept. 22, 1842 (2d wife), in Meredith Village.
5. MARY ANN, b. Aug. 29, 1844, In Sanbornton.
6. MARTHA JANE, b. March 19, 1846, In Sauboruton.
7. REBECCA P., b. Sept. 13, 1849, in Sanbornton.
8. LAVERNA S., b March 21, 1851, h Sanboruton.
9. PLUMER BENSLEY, b. June 5, 1835, In Gulldhall, Vt.
10. Jomy T., b. July 18, 1858, hu Guildhall.
11. CHARLES CHENEY, b Nov. 23, 1860, In Gulldhall.
THIE FORREST FAMILY. I.
This name more strictly belongs to Northfield ; but as two or three branches of the family have resided for several years on the Sanborn- ton side of the river, we are desired to insert the following records : -
1. JAMES FORREST was b. in Canterbury, 1765 ; came to North- field (north parish of Canterbury) about 1784; m., 1st, Anne Elli- son, of Holderness, 1785, and took possession of the farm now owned by his grandson, James N , living in a log-house, and reaching the same by a bridle-path from the Bay Hill road. She d. Oct. 13, 1809, ac. 47, ** a woman of superior intellect, and noted to this day for her kindness of heart and pure and affectionate life." He m., 2d, Mrs. Peggy (Cross) Sanborn (perhaps p. 196 [11]), widow of William Sauboru, formerly of Northfield, in 1815, when he moved into San- boruton, and lived till his death in the bonse now occupied by Cheney Iluckins, in Tilton, owning also the farm now in possession of E. G. Philbriek. About the year 1840, being in poor health, he gave up his property, for his support, to Isaac R. Bodwell, whose wife, Persis Sanborn, was the dau. of his 2d wife ( Peggy, above), with whom he d., Oet. 16, 1843, ae. 78. She (2d wife) d. in Boston, at the resi- dence of her son, Amos C. Sanboru, Dec. 6, 1848, ae. 68. Children :
2. SAMUEL [4], b March 19, 1786 (Ist wife), in Northtleld.
3. Envina, b. March, 1816 (2d wife) ; m. Silas Joues, of Charlestown, Mass., 1852. Child :- 1. Dexter Forrest (Joues), b March, 1833; now res. with his parents, in Waltham, Mass., "cujoying honest wealth and a pleasant home."
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4. SASIUEL2 [2] (James1), m. Agnes Forrest Randall (p. 598 [4,1]) ; was a farmer on the original homestead in Northfield ; also justice of the peace, a worthy citizen, and prominent in town affairs for many years. He had decided convictions of right, and the courage to stand by and enforce them. He d. March 3, 1867, in his 81st year. Chil- dren (b. in Northfield) :
5. ANNE ELLISON, b. Nov. 3, 1821.
6. SUSAN KNIGHT, b Nov. 2, 1823; m. Samuel B Rogers, of Saubornton Bridge, who d. June, 1865. Children : - 1. Orville Forrest (Rogers), b Get. 6, 1844; graduated at the College of Physicians und Surgeons, in New York, having previously served in the army as a surgeon, in Virginia, and three or four years with u regiment at Brownsville, Texas, on the Rio Grande. IIe was also assistant physician at the Hartford Insane Retreat and the MeLean Asylum, Somerville, Mass. He has been a physician in Dorchester, Mass., since 1872, with an extensive practice. lle m. Josephine Tucker, of Dorches- ter, June, 1877; two children; of whoin the eldest, u promising boy, ac. about four, d. by a sud case of drowning, near his home in Dorchester, spring of 1982, while his parents were both absent ministering to another child. 2. Samuel B., Jr., b. July 11, 1852, d. April 26, 1873, ue 20-9. 3. Liv- ingston, b. June 20, 1800.
7. LAFAYETTE (Forrest), b. June 29, 1825; m. Sarah Varney, of Angusta, Me., June, 1852, and res. in Bangor. Children : - 1. Agnes, b. March 24, 1853 ; in. Francis Wayland Gardner, of Lyun, Mass., where now residing. 2. Mary Langdon, b. Nov., 1854. 3. John Dempster, b. June 8, 1857. 4. James Pike, b. Oct., 1863. 5. Annie, d. in infancy. 6. Grace, b. May, 1874.
8. JAMES NATHANIEL, b. July 12, 1827; a farmer in Northtleld, on the homestead of his father and grandfather; selectman of Northfield, 1881-82 (und previously). IIe m. Mary Augusta Eaton, of Juy, Me., who was b. Dec. (?), 1833, and d. in Northatleld, April 25, 1874, ae. 40-4, as the result of removing a tumor. She bore her intense sufferings with Christian fortitude and resignation, and left behind her a precious naine and memory, among all her relatives and friends, for the many excellences of her character. Funeral attended by the writer April 27. Texts, Job. v. 6, and John xiii. 7, last clanse. Children : - 1. Kate, b. June 12, 1859; an expectant graduate of the New Hampshire Conference Seminary, 1882. 2. Sammel, b. July 8, 1861. 3. Fred_ die, b. Ang. 15, 1863, d. Sept. 2, 1864, ac. 1 year, 18 days. +. Edwin David, b. Sept. 3, 1865. 5. Annie Ruth, b. June 8, 1872.
9. MARTHA RANDALL, b. Oet. 1, 1831; res. with her mother and eldest sis- ter, at the old homestead in Northtleld.
The above record is in part extracted from the "Genealogy of Runuels and Reynolds Families."
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10. WILLIAM FORREST was the brother of [1], supposed also to have been b. in Canterbury. IIe m. Sally Simmonds, and resided in Northfield. ITis son :
11. CHARLES GLIDDEN, was b. Oct. 16, 1806 ; a farmer in North-
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field, on the Gile place (now owned by Capt. Otis S. Wyatt), till March, 1867, when he removed to Sanboruton, took up his residence on the north side of Academy Hill, above the Bridge, and there lived till his death, after a brief illness, March 30, 1882, ac. 75-5. Ile was a man of firm religions principles and convictions, and at his death one of the three oldest members of the Congregational Church at Tilton, having mited with the others in 1826. He was m. Dec. 2, 1834, to Mrs. Sally T. (Folsom) Mead, widow of Joshua S. Mead, of Meredith, and Charlestown, Mass. She was b. in Meredith (now Laconia), Oct. 9, 1807, being of the worthy Folsom family, carly set- tled in that place. (See " Folsom Genealogy," by Rev. Jacob Chap- man.) Children (b. in Northfield) :
12. ALMEDA MERRILL; was m. to Geo. A. Newhall, of Boston, a grocer, April 27, 1868, by Rev. C. Curtice, at the Bridge. Children : - 1. Forrest Ernest (Newhall). 2. Guy Folsom.
13. IlONOMIA ADELAIDE; has been for several years u skilful artist in water colors.
14. MARTHA JOSA; is also a paluter of crayon and ink portraits, and or landscapes iu water colors; has given private lessons in the art to various pupils, at her father's residence, in Tilton, till 1882.
15. GEORGE FRANK DECATUR, b. Oct. 15, 1846; was employed in a green- house at Winchester, Mass., and there d., by drowning in Winter Pond, July 11, 1869, in his 23d year.
TIIE GODFREY FAMILY.
1. WILLIAM1 GODFREY, the earliest known ancestor of the family, was a resident of Ilampton, and thence migrated to Sanbornton, in 1817, with his son :
2. JOSEPIL2, who resided for several years on the present farm of John Perkins. Afterwards, in 1835, they were both occupying the house more recently owned by Mrs. Titcomb, south of the present railroad, on the Shaker Bridge highway, where the father died. (See p. 469 of this volume ; added site ou Lot No. 79. Second Division.) The family afterwards removed to Gilmanton. IIe d. in Gilmanton. She d in Nashna. Children (all b. in flampton, except, possibly, the two youngest in this town) :
3. PIASCILLA, m. Joseph K. Woodman (p. 857 [44]).
4 CLARIssa, mu. Daniel Fisk, of Nashua, where both lived and died.
5. Josern, resided in Concord, and there died.
6. ELIZABETH, m. - Marshall, of Hollis, where she died.
7. Reunex, lived and died in Nashua.
8. AlFRED, same as last ; widow now residing in Nashun.
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THE PAGE FAMILY.
IV.
1. PAULI PAGE, a native of Derry ; rem. thence to Warner, when his sou, here given, was a young child. Ile had m. Deborah Page. Their son :
2. SAMUEL2, b. Sept. 1, 1829, was m. to Almeda Foss, dau. of Nathaniel and Polly ( Keniston) Foss. of Northfield, at Northtield, by Rev. C. Curtice. April 11, 1854. (She is the sister of Diana Foss, p. 836 [76].) Ile resided, after marriage, at Dorchester, a few years ; then again in Warner, and finally removed to Sanbornton, Feb., 1869, settling on the Andrew J. Gale place, one and one half miles north of Tilton Village. He was a drover as well as farmer, and quite exten- sively engaged in the cattle trade while residing in Warner. Ile was a man of enterprise and publie spirit, and had been an acceptable member of the Methodist Episcopal Church about sixteen years, till his death, which occurred at his last home. after a distressing illness of diphtheria, May 7, 1878, ae. 48-8. Children (all b. in the spring months) :
3. MARY ETTA M., b. April 18, 1856, in Dorchester; m. Charles S. Board- man. (See pp. 242-7 of this volume.)
4. NORA IDA, b. March 16, 1860, in Warner.
5. ILRIMAN, b. May 21, 1863, in Warner; succeeds his father as a farmer in Tilton, cultivating also the old A. L. Morrison homestead and house site.
6. SAMMY WALTER, b. March 4, 1866, in Warner; d. of diphtheria in Til- tou, April 28, 1878, ac. 12-2.
7. LUCIAN PAUL, b. March 24, 1868, in Warner; d. as the last, May 11, 1878, ac. 10-2, being the third death in this afflicted family, including its head, by the same disease within less than two weeks of each other.
THE PIKE FAMILY. (ADDENDA.)
1. HUGH PIKE (p. 571 [9]), m. Mrs. Betsey (Blake) Fuller, widow of David Fuller, of Andover, 1814. He lived, as a farmer, in the northwest corner of Sanbornton, Fowler place. and there ( ?) d., July 22, 1860, ac. 08-4. She also d. in this town July 2, 1864. Chil- dren (b. in Sanbornton) :
2. Ensky G. (Alice), b. 1815; m. George J. Bean, of Gilmanton, who was a machinist in Lowell, where she d. Feb. 24, 1847, ac. 32, leaving two sons, besides three other children previously buried.
3. SAMUEL, b. ISIS; m. Betsey Manu, of St. Johnsbury, Vt. ; last settled in or near De Soto, Ill., as a farmer; three sons.
4. BETSEY ANN, b. Nov. 22, 1822; m. Mark P. Thompson (p. 791 [ 149]) ; he is now a farmer in Salem, N. H.
5. Mosks B. G., b. 1826; d. umn. in Sanbornton, July 16, 1865, ac. 39.
6. MARTIIA JANE, b. 1830; d. April 2, 1842, ac. 12.
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THIE RANDLETT FAMILY.
(ADDENDA.)
1. GEORGE B. RANDLETT (instead of Rundlett, p. 384 [119]) was b. Oet. 27, 1815, and m. Hannah M. Huut, of Sanbornton. They resided iu Belmont, where their son, -
2. CHARLES D. was b., March 4, 1847. The latter m. Margaret F. Edgerly (p. 263 [35]), June 5, 1879, having moved into town the May previously, and taken possession of the Jonathan Edgerly farm (p. 262 [13]). Children :
3. DENNIS C., b. Aug. 7, 1880, in Sanbornton.
4. Houses G., b. Aug. 19, 1881, In Sanboruton.
THIE ROBERTSON FAMILY.
1. WILLIAM ROBERTSON was a native of Bow ; b. July, 1770, and came to this town abont 1800 or 1805, settling first at the Bay. Ile afterwards took possession of the Simeon Cate or Ensign James San- boru place, above Franklin Falls, now owned by Charles M. Babbitt, and there resided till his death, May 11, 1836, ae. 65 -10. He had m., 1st, - Bryant, who d at the Bay ; m., 2d, Ruhama Moore, from Pembroke, who d. with her son in Manchester. Children :
2. Ruona, lived umn. in Bow, and there d. about 1877.
3. GILMAN, d. in Franklin; an invalid.
4. WILLIAM, JR., m. Jerusha Ann, daughter of Rev. Richard Davis (see this Vol. I. p. 99 [11]) ; afterwards migrated to California, and there died. of his children : - 1. Walter B., b. May; d. Sept. 16, 1843, ae. 4 mos. Franklin Falls Cemetery : -
"Stain not this flower with sorrow's tear, Naught but the blighted leaf is here ; "I was taken from its earthly stein, To deck an angel's diadem."
5. SARAII, In. and removed West.
C. DANIEL. MITCHELL, b. Oct. 10, 1810 (2d wife) ; m. Elizabeth Hammond, and resided in Manchester; was a machinist and inventor (of a wooden-screw machine, among others); was also a soldier in the last war; d. in Boston, May 2, 1874, ac. 63-5, and was buried in his fiunity lot, with a costly monu- ment, in the new Franklin Cemetery. She was b. October, ists, and d. March 21, 1878, ne. 59-5. Children : - 1. Daniel Freeman, b. Aug. 26, 1837; was a soldier with his father in the late war, and d. March 17, 1872, ac. 34-5. 2. William (Billy), was keeper of the Blackstone House in Boston, for some years, but now res. in the West.
7. RUMAMA, b. 1816; d. Jan. 20, 1832, ac. 15. Franklin Falls (Sanborn) Cemetery.
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THE RUNNELS FAMILY.
The " Genealogy of Runuels and Reynolds Families in America," pages xvi and 355, printed by Alfred Mudge & Son, Boston, 1873, shall be our sole authority for this record ; rendered all the more appropriate from the fact that the book in question was compiled and written wholly in Sanbornton, opposite to the site of the old printing establishment and bindery of Charles Lane & Co.
The earliest known ancestor of this family was, -
1. SAMUEL! RUNNELS (or Runels), of Bradford, Mass., who, being of Scotch descent, had found his way to this country when a young man, through quite romantic adventures, from Nova Scotia (New Scotland), about the year 1690. Ile d. in Bradford Oct. 27, 1745. Ilis youngest son, -
2. EBENEZER", b. Nov. 20, 1726, and baptized the next day ; became an extensive blacksmith and "vessel-ironer " in Haverhill, Mass. (residence ou the later Washington Square), and the father of sixteen children ; of whom the fourth, -
3. STEPHEN' was b. July 3, 1754 ; a soldier in the Revolutionary war, and among the twenty-one Haverhill men who, according to Chase's history of that town, "lost their guns " in the close fighting at Bunker Hill, June 17, 1775. Ile was also a blacksmith ; m. Chloe, dan. of Moses Thurston, 1782, in Ilollis, N. II. ; moved thence to Vershire, Vt., and there d., suddenly, July 22, 1798, ac. 14. Of her father's death we learn from his tablet in the Hollis Cemetery, that "at a religious conference, April 6, 1800, while addressing the throne of grace, being fervently engaged, he was called into eternity, and without struggle or groan resigned his spirit to God who gave it, in his 80th year." Of their nine children, the sixth, -
4. MOSES THURSTON! (Stephen3, Ebenezer", Samuel1) was thus named after his maternal grandfather, being b. March 5, 1790, in Vershire, soon after the family had moved there. " Thrown entirely upon his own resources in early life [we quote, for the rest, from the " Runnels Genealogy "], he had bound himself to a Mr. Melvin, of Cambridge, Vt., till the age of twenty-one, but bought the remainder of his time, the year before, for the purpose of studying with his uncle, Rev. Stephen Fuller, of Vershire. Thus fitting himself to teach school, he engaged in that employment for several winters, in Cam- bridge, Vt., Haverhill, Mass., and other places. In 1816 he went into business at Cambridge Borough, Vt., with Mr. Trowbridge, and there continued, as a successful merchant, under the firms of Trow- bridge & Runnels, Runnels & Hunt, and Runnels & Willey, for
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HISTORY OF SANBORNTON.
about ten years. Was the leading business man in the place, and dill much for its welfare, especially in his efforts to build the Congrega- tional meeting-house in 1825. Ilis secular affairs then took an unfavorable turn. He lost his health, and most of his property, by a series of misfortunes. He d., of a lingering consumption, Oct. 5, 1831, in his forty-second year, 'rejoicing in hope,' and having uniteil with the Congregational Church, by a profession of his faith in Christ, in his sick-room, but a few weeks before his death. His gravestone says : . An honest man, the noblest work of God.' Ile m., Ist, Ada- line Willey, of Jericho, Vt., at Jericho, Nov. 25, 1819. She d. at Ilinesburg, Vt., on her way home from Saratoga Springs, Sept. 10, 1821, ae. 23. Ile m., 2d, Caroline Stearns, of Jaffrey, N. II., at Burlington, Vt., Feb. 10, 1825. She was a former pupil of his in Cambridge ; was b. Nov. 25, 1797, in Waltham, Mass., being in the seventh generation from Isaac Stearns, of Watertown, Mass., 1630 [and d. in Sanbornton, April 7, 1876, in her 79th year. Buried in the Centre Cemetery. "She hath done what she could"]. Child :
5. "MOSES THURSTON, b. Jan. 23, 1830, In Cambridge, Vt. ; moved with hils mother to Jaffrey, N. II., 1832; graduated at Dartmouth College, 1833, and at the Theological Institute of Connecticut, East Windsor HIIl, 1856; labored for the American Sunday School Unlon in Wisconsin, Texas, and Kansas, and ut Boston, Mass., in all, four years; was pastor of the Orford, N. II., West Congregational Church till [Oct. ] 1865, and then of the Congregational Church in Samboruton, where still residing [1882]. He in. Fannie Maria, dan. of II. S. Baker, Esq., of Haverhill, N. II., July 9, 1861; three eldest children born in Orford; two youngest in Sanbornton : - 1. Caroline Stearns, b. May 16, 1862. 2. Fannie Iluntington, b. Dec. 5, 1803. 3. Mary Alusworth, b. July 22; d. Sept. 24, 1865 [ac. 2 mos. ]. 4. Katherine Baker, b. Dec. 7, 1868. 5. Moses Thurston, b. June 13, 1870; d. suddenly of brain disease, Oct. 24, 1871 [in San- borntou], ac. 1 year, + months. [" Safe in the arms of Jesus."] This darling child was taken at nearly the same age at which his father was left an orphan ; and at the same age at which his grandfather [4] was taken, his father [5] was again left. The first and Inst of three successive generations, bearing the same venerated name, are thus joined in the spirit world. Asanother striking coin- cidence, he died the same day ou which his father, more than one hundred miles from home, in Jericho, Vt., was exhuming and removing from a private to : publie cemetery the mortal remains of his grandfather, buried forty years before. Ilis parents can only add, in the beautiful lines of Bryant : -
"' Oh! we shall mourn him long, and miss Ilis ready smile, his ready kiss; The patter of his little feet, Sweet frowns, and staunnered phrases sweet ; And graver looks, serene and high, A light of heaven in that young eye, - All these will haunt us, till the heart Shall ache and ache, and tears shall start.
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SUPPLEMENT TO VOL. II. - MARRIAGES.
"*But he who wow, from sight of men, We hide in earth, shall live again ; Shall break these clouds, a form of light, With nobler mien and clearer sight ; And in the eternal glory stand, With those who wait at God's right hand.'"
II. - MARRIAGES, BIRTHIS, AND DEATIIS.
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