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*Alvah S. Libbey, Captain. sec- ond enlistment.
George W. Horne, 2d Lieut., second enlistment.
John W. Fogg, third enlist- ment.
Joseph P. Heath, second en- listment.
Charles S. Paris.
George S. Parker.
James Stevenson.
John M. Avery. George F. Cate.
*James E. Dore. Isaiah K. Drew.
*Charles J. Edgerly.
*Elbridge Gerry.
Frank B. Horne. George J. Jordan. Ezra H. Keniston, second en- listment.
*Caleb T. Keniston, second en- listment.
*John Kane, died Fort Sumner. George E. Kimball. George F. Kimball. Jones Marden.
*Alexander T. Raitt. George W. Warren.
*Joseph J. Whitten, second en- listment.
*William T. Dore. Number of enlistments, 146.
Number of recruits, 27.
Number of commissioned offi- cers, 15, including 2 Majors, 7 Captains, 4 Lieutenants, I Quartermaster, and I Sur- geon.
Number of soldiers killed in battle, 4.
Number of soldiers who died of wounds, 4.
Number of soldiers who died of disease in army, 12. Number of soldiers deceased, 83
*Deceased.
The following persons who enlisted in the Civil War from Wolfeborough are still residents of the town: John H. Beacham,
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MAJOR JAMES R. NEWELL
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James Bresnehan, Charles O. Doe, Isaiah K. Drew, Tobias M. Elliott, William B. Fullerton, Joseph P. Heath, James W. Hooper, George W. Horne, Frank B. Horne, John M. Kimball, George E. Kimball, George F. Kimball, John H. Loud, Jones Marden, Ezra Nutt, Charles S. Paris, William B. Rendall, Charles E. Sargent, James Stevenson, George W. Warren, Albert W. Wiggin, George F. Cate.
Major James Robert Newell was born in Brookfield, Decem- ber 5, 1839. While yet a youth Mr. Newell came to Wolfe- borough, and established the Granite State News before he reached his majority. He enlisted in Captain Colby's Co. I., 8th N. H. Vols. October 17, 1861, and was mustered into the United States service the following December. In December, 1863, the 8th N. H. Vols. was mounted and transferred to the cavalry arm of the service as the Second N. H. Cavalry.
Save for a few weeks in the winter of 1862, while he was North on recruiting service, Mr. Newell remained with the "fighting eighth" regiment throughout the war. An extract from the regi- mental history says: "Mr. Newell served faithfully throughout the war, participating in over forty actions. He was engaged in nearly every battle fought by his regiment in the Department of the Gulf and also did admirable service as scout, amid great diffi- culties. For personal gallantry he was promoted to all offices from sergeant to major."
In June, 1863, Lieutenant Newell, then acting-captain, led his company in the disastrous charge upon Port Hudson. The battle began at 3:30 Sunday morning, the heaviest firing continuing six and a half hours. The regiment's gallant charge called forth marked expressions of appreciation from headquarters. The loss of life was fearful. Of the two hundred and ninety-eight that entered the fight one hundred and twenty-four were killed or wounded, and at roll-call the regiment mustered only sixty men. At the capitulation of the works, July 9, the 8th Regiment was one of those detailed to receive the surrender.
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Lieutenant Newell was wounded and taken prisoner in the first charge. At the end of three weeks, without medical attendance and on a diet of corn meal and molasses, his weight was reduced from one hundred and forty to ninety-six pounds, and he de- termined to escape if possible. After much difficulty he succeeded in bribing a negro to furnish him with a rope and a Confederate uniform. Through his knowledge of a printing press he suc- ceeded in procuring an iron bar from an old press in the building where he was confined, with which he removed the grating from a window. On the night of July 4th he climbed down on the rope, passed the sentinel and walked composedly through the village, meeting numerous soldiers, who, however, failed to challenge him. Reaching the river, he carefully avoided the parapets and waded up stream until he found the Union pickets. The reduc- tion of the works five days later was much simplified by the infor- mation which he was able to furnish.
February 4, 1864, Captain Newell was sent in charge of an ex- pedition from Vidalia to disperse guerilla parties up Black River. The rebels were routed and their horses and equipments cap- tured. Three days later his command was overtaken by a furious storm and was hemmed in by the overflow from the Mississippi on the high ridge of land where it had encamped. Captain Newell at once proceeded to find a way out of the dilemma and would have unquestionably lost his life but for his skill in swimming, the result of much practice in the waters of old Winnipesaukee. His horse gave out and, throwing off belt, sabre, boots and overcoat, he swam for hours through the gloomy bayous, until he finally reached high ground. The whole party were without shelter and suffered much. Their diet was horse and mule meat without salt, but after six days, they managed to reach Vidalia with their captured stock.
We may say in passing that in December, 1864, its term of service having expired, the 8th Regiment was mustered out. The re-enlisted veterans and recruits were again mustered into service
MAJOR WILLIAM H. TRICKEY
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at Natchez, Miss., as the Veteran Battallion, 8th N. H. Vols. Major Newell served through all these changes in the regiment, infantry, cavalry and veteran battallion, and was finally dis- charged from the service at Vicksburg, Oct. 28, 1865. He re- mained in the South, however, aiding in the work of reconstruc- tion for a time. His record in this service is in marked contrast to that of the men whose dealings with their conquered foe gave them the unenviable sobriquet of "carpet-bagger."
Major Newell always bore his honors modestly and was much attached to the members of his old command. After his return North in 1868 until 1874 he was engaged in journalistic work on the Boston Globe. After that ill health prevented his taking so active a part in the world's affairs as his merits and abilities would warrant, but he was honored none the less in the high place he held in the esteem of his fellowmen while he lived and the tender reverence all who knew him pay his memory.
Major Newell married, April 16, 1869, Miss Fannie M. Beacham, of Ossipee. His death occurred March I, 1880, after a protracted illness. Their only child died June 3, 1881. The local G. A. R. Post No. 61, is named in Major Newell's honor.
Major William H. Trickey was born in Exeter, Maine, January 22, 1841. His parents moved from Brookfield, and when he was fifteen years old he came to Wolfeborough, where he made shoes and attended school until his enlistment July 29, 1851. His military history is told fully in the history of the 3rd N. H. Vols. and frequent complementary mention is made of his service in the Adjutant General's report. A brief sketch is all that can be attempted here.
He enlisted July 29, 1861, as a private in Co. G., 3rd Regiment, being one of the first to volunteer from the town. He was made corporal at Hilton Head, sergeant at Edisto Island, and orderly at the regiment's first battle at Seccessionville, with honorable mention. In April, 1863, he was commissioned 2nd lieutenant
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and during the siege of Morris Island was in command of his company. He was promoted to first lieutenant in January, 1864, and in April joined Grant's forces in that memorable campaign. In July of the same year he was advanced to the rank of captain and granted leave of absence by General Butler. This was the only time he was relieved during his four years service.
On September 3rd he was wounded in the trenches at Peters- burg and again on October 27 at Derbytown Road. January I, 1865, the regiment left its camp at Laurel Hill to join the ex- pedition against Fort Fisher with Captain Trickey in command. For the part he played in this assault he received the thanks of the Generals, Ames and Abbott. A few days later he was wounded again while in the skirmish line.
February II, he captured the enemy's rifle pits with a smaller number of men than the prisoners he secured. On the seven- teenth of the same month he received his commission as major. After the capture of Wilmington on Feb. 25, he, with a few men, rushed upon a burning bridge and put the enemy to rout, thus securing a safe passage for the main force. This was the last active service of the regiment, which was mustered out in July following.
After leaving the service Major Trickey rturned to Wolfe- borough, where in August, 1864, he had married Celestia C., the daughter of William Deland, a respected citizen of the town. In 1867 he removed to Dover, where he lived for twenty years. At first he was connected with the shoe business, then with the U. S. railway mail service. In 1870 and 1871 he was in the city council and the legislature. In 1887 he resigned from the gov- ernment service and entered upon a theological course at Tufts College. He settled over the Universalist Society in South New- market, N. H., in 1889, removed to Danvers in 1891, and to Claremont, N. H., in 1898, where he is at present located.
The "Major," as his friends still call him, has kept in close touch with the "Boys in Blue." He was for several years commander
"CAPTAIN ALVAH S. LIBBEY!
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of the G. A. R. Post in Dover and of the Department in 1872. He is also a member of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion, an Odd Fellow and a Mason.
Captain Alvah S. Libbey was born in Parsonsfield, Me., Dec. 15, 1830. He was educated in the town schools of Effingham, to which town his father moved. At the age of fourteen he went to Haverhill, Mass., to work on a farm and a year later secured employment as clerk on a lumber wharf in Boston, where he remained three years. From that time, except while in the army, he was engaged in the lumber business.
Mr. Libbey enlisted as a private in the 10th N. H. Vols. and was with Banks in the operations against Port Hudson. He was promoted to a lieutenancy after four months service and in 1864 was commissioned captain of Co. G. Ist N. H. Heavy Artillery, with one hundred and forty-seven men and four lieutenants. During this year he commanded at Forts Scott and Sumner and Battery Garreschee. In 1865 he was engaged in the defence of Washington.
His business associations are touched upon in another chapter. He served his town with marked ability in many official capacities and was always the high-minded, public-spirited citizen. His death occurred December 6, 189]
Captain Albert J. Hersey now resides in Manchester, Iowa. He was in Texas when the war broke out and was forced to enlist in the Confederate army as corporal. About his first field duty was the command of an ambulance corps, which, through the fortunes of war, became separated from the regiment. Aided by a trusty negro servant who reconnoitred in advance, Captain Hersey at length found the Union lines and delivered up his men as prisoners. The commander was somewhat inclined to doubt Mr. Hersey's loyalty, but letters from New Hampshire soon put things in their proper light and the former "Reb" (against his will) became one of Uncle Sam's ablest defenders and left the army with a captain's commission.
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Captain Andrew J. Wadlea, "Fighting Jack," as he was called, has spent the greater part of his life, since the war, in the West. He was an active agent in the mounting of the "Swamp Angel" gun that played such a famous part in the South Carolina cam- paign. The necessary lumber he and his men secured from the "Rebs" right under the noses of their pickets.
Captain Silas May was the best posted military man that went from the town, having had a thorough militia training in Massa- chusetts. He afterwards served as captain in the regular army.
Captain Richard R. Davis was one of the builders of the "grapevine bridge" at White Oak swamp in Virginia. He was a good soldier and an efficient officer.
CIVIL LIST.
Judges of Probate .- 1773, Henry Rust, for Strafford County, under the English government. 1883, Sewall W. Abbott.
Judges of Common Pleas .- Henry B. Rust (for Strafford County before its division). 1841-46, Nathaniel Rogers (for Car- roll County ). 1847-54. Thomas Rust (for Carroll County). Register of Deeds .- 1843-73, Loammi Hardy.
County Treasurers .- 1872-73, Joseph W. Goodwin. 1883-87, Henry W. Furbur. Solicitor .- 1841-45, Zachariah Batchelder. Sheriffs .- 1861-64, Charles H. Parker. 1879-80, Levi T. Haley. 1899-1900, Frank P. Hobbs. County Commissioners .- Augus- tine D. Avery, Charles Nowell, Thomas L. Whitten, Alphonzo H. Rust, Hezekiah Willand, Alfred Brown, Walter A. Sherburne, Stephen W. Clow.
Delegates to Constitutional Conventions for Wolfeborough and Classed Towns .- 1781, Nathaniel Shannon, Moultonborough. 1788, Nathaniel Shannon, Moultonborough. 1791, Col. Nathan Hoitt, Moultonborough. Delegates to Constitutional Conven- tions for Wolfeborough .- 1850, Thomas L. Whitton, Henry B. Rust. 1876, Thomas L. Whitton, Jethro R. Furbur. 1889, Alvah S. Libbey, George F. Mathes. Councillors .- 1840-41, Henry B.
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Rust. 1846, John C. Young. 1858-59, Thomas L. Whitton. 1864, John M. Brackett. 1871, Alphonzo H. Rust. 1897-98, Charles F. Piper. Senators .- 1830, Henry B. Rust. 1885, Levi T. Haley.
Representatives .- 1775, Moses Ham. (To Colonial Conven- tion.) 1779, Matthew S. Parker. (For New Durham, the Gore, and Wolfeborough.) 1785, Reuben Libbey. (For Moulton- borough, Wolfeborough, and Ossipee Gore.) 1793, Reuben Lib- bey. (For Moultonborough, Ossipee, Tuftonborough, and Wolfeborough.) 1795, Henry Rust, Jr. (For Brookfield and Wolfeborough.) 1798-1800, Henry Rust, Jr. 1801-05, Isaiah Horne. 1806, Nathaniel Brown. 1807, Isaiah Horne. 1808-09, Jacob Haines. 1810-12, Jonathan Blake. 1813, Jacob Haines. 1814-15, Jonathan Blake. 1817-18, Samuel Meder. 1819, Jonathan Blake. 1820, Samuel Fox. 1821, Thomas Nute. 1822- 23, Samuel Fox. 1824-25, John C. Young. 1826, Samuel Fox. 1827, John C. Young. 1828-29, Henry B. Rust. 1830-33, Thomas J. Tebbetts. 1834-35, Nathaniel Rogers. 1836-37, Samuel Nudd, Jr. 1838, Henry B. Rust. 1839, Henry B. Rust, Thomas L. Whitton. 1840, Thomas L. Whitton, Benjamin F. Thompson. 1841, Benjamin F. Thompson, James Thurston. 1842, James Thurston, John Cate. 1843-44, George W. G. Whit- ton, Augustine D. Avery. 1745, John Cate, Thomas Cotton. 1846, Henry B. Rust, Thomas Cotton. 1847, Henry B. Rust, Lewis L. Whitehouse. 1848, Lewis L. Whitehouse, John L. Meder. 1849, John L. Meder, John P. Cotton. 1850, John P. Cotton, Levi T. Hersey. 1851, Levi T. Hersey, James Bick- ford. 1852, James Bickford, Henry B. Rust. 1853, Thomas L. Whitton, Augustine L. Avery. 1854, E. D. Barker, Matthias Haines. 1855, John M. Brackett, Thomas L. Whitton. 1856, George W. Furbur, Thomas Nute. 1857, John M. Brackett, Elliot Cotton. 1858, Charles H. Parker, Elliot Cotton. 1859, Charles H. Parker, Aaron Roberts. 1860-61, Moses Thompson, J. C. Young. 1862, Alphonzo H. Rust, Thomas Nute. 1863, Alphonzo H. Rust, John L. Goldsmith. 1864, David C. Rogers,
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John L. Goldsmith. 1865, Joseph R. Haines, David C. Rogers. 1866, Joseph R. Haines, William B. Hodge. 1867-68, Joseph W. Goodwin, John Tebbetts, Jr. 1869-70, Elisha Goodwin, Blake Folsom. 1871, Thomas Nute, Daniel Martin. 1872, Daniel Martin, Alvah S. Libbey. 1873, Alvah S. Libbey, William A. Smith. 1874, Alonzo Thompson, Andrew J. Drew. 1875, Alonzo Thompson, Israel B. Manning. 1876, Andrew J. Drew, Ira Banfield. 1877, Ira Banfield, Joseph R. Haines. 1878, Joseph R. Haines, James J. Rendall. 1878 (Fall election), William A. Smith. 1880, John W. Peavey, Charles W. Young. 1882, Samuel Wyatt, A. J. Varney. 1884, George F. Horn, James H. Martin. 1886, Charles F. Piper, Charles A. Whitton. 1888, Israel B. Manning, Gideon Gilman. 1890, Frank W. Hicks, Charles F. Blake, George W. Bassett. 1892, George F. Mathes, Stephen W. Clow, Jonas W. Piper. 1894, Charles H. Tibbetts, Charles S. Paris, George A. Carpenter. 1896, George A. Carpenter, Joseph Le- wando, James Stevenson. 1898, Joseph Lewando, Fred E. Her- sey, John A. Chamberlain. 1900, John H. Horne, Fred R. Blake.
Clerks .- 1770, Jotham Rindge. 1771-72, John Flagg. 1773, John Sinclair. 1774-80, Matthew S. Parker. 1781-84, Richard Rust. 1785-86, James Lucas, Jr. 1787-88, Matthew S. Parker, died in office. 1789, James Lucas, Jr. 1790-91, Henry Rust, Jr. 1792, John Bassett. 1793-95, Henry Rust, Jr. 1796-1800, Isaiah Horne. 1801-03, Mark Wiggin. 1804, Samuel Meder. 1805-07, Samuel Dimon. 1808, Samuel Meder. 1809, Mark Wiggin. 1810-II, Samuel Piper. 1812, Mark Wiggin. 1813-14, Samuel Piper. 1815-16, Thomas Stevenson. 1817-18, Samuel Burley. 1819-21, Samuel Avery. 1822-24, Thomas Stevenson. 1825-26, Thomas Rust. 1827-30, Joseph Banfield. 1831, Samuel Avery. 1832-35, Samuel Nudd, Jr. 1836, Alvah Chamberlain. 1837, Nathaniel Willey. 1838-40, Loammi Hardy. 1841. A. D. Avery. 1842, Loammi Hardy. 1843, A. D. Avery. 1844, John Haines. 1845-46, Samuel S. Parker. 1847-48, John Haines. 1849, Joseph L. Avery. 1850-51, Matthias M. Haines. 1852-53, Eleazer D.
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Barker. 1854-55, Andrew J. Tebbetts. 1856, John Nowell. 1857-58, Gilman Cooper. 1859-61, Jones W. Piper 1867-68, John W. Avery. 1869-71, Jonas W. Piper. 1872, Daniel F. Whitton. 1873, Jonas W. Piper. 1874-75, Charles H. Hodgdon. 1876-78, Oliver Dowlin. 1879, Charles F. Piper. 1880-81, George F. Horn. 1882-83, Dudley C. Frost. 1884-85, Forest W. Peavey. 1886-87, William J. Mattison, Sewall W. Abbott. 1888, Curtis J. Frost. 1889, Sylvester A. Edgerly. 1891-94, Eugene L. Peaslee. 1895-96, William J. Britton. 1897, Joseph Clifton Avery. 1898-1901, William J. Britton.
Selectmen .- 1770-71, Thomas Lucas, John Sinclair, Jacob Sceggell. 1772, John Flagg, Benjamin Folsom, Ithiel Clifford. 1773, Benjamin Folsom, Thomas Taylor, James Connor. 1774, Henry Rust, James Connor, Thomas Lucas. 1775-77, Henry Rust, Robert Calder, Moses Ham. 1778-79, Henry Rust, Ebenezer Meder, Matthew S. Parker. 1780, Henry Rust, Jonathan Lary, Matthew S. Parker. 1781, Henry Rust, James Connor, Ebenezer Meder. 1782, Reuben Libbey, William Rogers, William Lucas. 1783, Richard Rust, William Rogers, Isaiah Horne. 1784, John Martin, Richard Rust, Isaiah Horne, William Lucas, Andrew Lucas. 1785, Reuben Libbey, Ebenezer Meder, James Lucas, Jr. 1786-88, Matthew S. Parker, died in office, James Lucas, Jr., Ebenezer Meder. 1789, James Lucas, Jr., Isaiah Horne, Richard Rust. 1790, Richard Rust, Jacob Haines, William Cotton. 1791, Richard Rust, James Lucas, Jr., Isaiah Horne. 1792, Moses Varney, Samuel Tibbetts, Stephen H. Horne. 1793-94, Richard Rust, James Lucas, Jr., Jacob Haines. 1795, Richard Rust, Nathaniel Brown, Samuel Tibbetts, Jr. 1796, Richard Rust, James Lucas, Jr., Jacob Haines. 1797, Mark Wiggin, Nathaniel Brown, Ebenezer Meder. 1798, Mark Wiggin, Nathaniel Brown, Samuel Estes. 1799-1803, Mark Wiggin, Jonathan Blake, Dudley Hardy. 1804, John Young, Samuel Fox, Henry R. Parker. 1805, Mark Wiggin, Jonathan Blake, Dudley Hardy. 1806, Mark Wiggin, Jonathan Blake,
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John L. Piper. 1807, John L. Piper, Samuel Dimon, Jonathan Blake. 1808, John L. Piper, Jonathan Blake, Samuel Nowell. 1809-II, Jonathan Blake, Dudley Hardy, Thomas Stevenson. 1812, Thomas Stevenson, Isaiah G. Orne, Jonathan Bickford, Jr. 1813, Thomas Stevenson, Jonathan Blake, Jonathan Bick- ford, Jr. 1814-15, Thomas Stevenson, Zachariah Young, Jonathan Blake. 1816, Thomas Stevenson, Jonathan Blake, James Sceggell. 1817, Samuel Fox, William Cotton, Jr., Henry R. Parker. 1818, Thomas Stevenson, Henry R. Parker, William Cotton, Jr. 1819, Thomas Stevenson, Dudley Hardy, Henry R. Parker. 1820, Henry R. Parker, William Cotton, Jr., Wilmot Bickford. 1821, Thomas Stevenson, William Cotton, Jr., James Haines. 1822, Thomas Stevenson, Samuel Nowell, William Cot- ton. 1823, Jonathan Blake, William Cotton, Henry R. Parker. 1824, Thomas Stevenson, William Cotton (died in office ), Henry R. Parker. 1825, John C. Young, Samuel Avery, Thomas Stevenson. 1826, Jonathan Blake, John C. Young, Thomas Rust. 1827, John C. Young, Thomas Rust, John Cate. 1828-29, John Cate, Thomas J. Tebbetts, William Thompson. 1830, Samuel Avery, James Sceggell, James Rogers. 1831, John Cate, Mat- thias Haines, James Rogers. 1832, John Cate, George E. Nudd, Charles B. Orne. 1833, Samuel Fox, John C. Young, Richard Nudd. 1834, Richard Nudd, Benjamin F. Thompson, Thomas Rust. 1835, Samuel Avery, Matthias Haines, Benjamin F. Thompson. 1836, Benjamin F. Thompson, Samuel Nudd, James Thurston. 1837, Benjamin F. Thompson, James Thurston, Levi Towle. 1838, Levi Towle, Thomas L. Whitton, Samuel Nudd. 1839, Thomas L. Whitton, Nathaniel Banfield, James Thurston. 1840, James Thurston, Samuel Fox, Robert Wiggin. 1841, John Cate, Samuel Nudd, Jr., Thomas L. Whitton. 1842, John Cate, James Thurston, Thomas L. Whitton. 1843-44, Thomas L. Whitton, Benjamin F. Thompson, James Bickford. 1845, James Bickford, John P. Cotton, John Fox. 1846, Thomas L. Whitton, Levi T. Hersey, John Fox. 1847-48, Levi T. Hersey, John P.
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Cotton, Samuel S. Parker, died in office. 1849, Thomas L. Whit- ton, Levi T. Hersey, James Sceggell. 1850, Thomas L. Whitton, Henry B. Rust, James Sceggell. 1851, James Sceggell, John L. Furbur, Matthias M. Haines. 1852, James Sceggell, Levi T. Hersey, John P. Cotton. 1853, John P. Cotton, Benjamin F. Thompson, George W. Furber. 1855, Elliot Cotton, Benjamin F. Parker, Richard R. Davis. 1856, Woodbury P. Horne, David Blake, James Bickford. 1857, Benjamin F. Parker, Richard R. Davis, Charles O. Rendall. 1858, Charles O. Rendall, George Rust, George W. Hersey. 1859, George Rust, George W. Her- sey, Daniel Martin. 1860-61, Daniel Martin, Gilman Cooper, John L. Furber. 1862-63, David C. Rogers, Hezekiah Willand, Thomas J. Blaisdell. 1864, Woodbury P. Horne, George W. Furbur, Joseph W. Goodwin. 1865-66, Woodbury P. Horne, Moses Thompson, Charles H. Nudd. 1867-68, David C. Rogers, John J. Chamberlain, Charles G. Cate. 1869, Charles G. Cate, Daniel Martin, Alonzo I. Orne. 1870, John H. Rust, Nathaniel Wiggin, Daniel Martin. 1871, John Tibbetts, Nathaniel Wig- gin, John H. Rust. 1872, John H. Rust, Samuel J. Stevenson, Wil- liam A. Smith. 1873, Daniel Martin, John G. Cate, Henry G. Horne. 1874-75, Alfred Brown, Hezekiah Willand, Charles F. Blake. 1876-77, Alfred Brown, Hezekiah Willand, Nathaniel Hicks. 1878, Hezekiah Willand, Henry W. Furber, Augustine A. Fullerton. 1879, Jonas W. Piper, James H. Martin, Augus- tine A. Fullerton. 1880-81, Jonas W. Piper, James H. Martin, Charles F. Chase. 1882, Jonas W. Piper, James H. Martin, John L. Goldsmith. 1883, Jonas W. Piper, Joseph H. Bickford, Thomas J. Bickford. 1884, Jonas W. Piper, William B. Hodge, John L. Goldsmith. 1885, Jonas W. Piper, Walter A. Sher- burne, Charles G. Cate. 1886-87, Jonas W. Piper, Nathaniel T. Brewster, Stephen W. Clow. 1888, Stephen W. Clow, Nathaniel T. Brewster, Henry W. Furber. 1889, Stephen W. Clow, Nathaniel T. Brewster, Charles S. Paris. 1890, Stephen W. Clow, Charles S. Paris, Eli C. Swett. 1891, Stephen W. Clow, Eli C. Swett,
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James H. Martin. 1892, Stephen W. Clow, Charles E. Stackpole, James E. Gridley. 1893-4, Stephen W. Clow, James E. Gridley, Fred E. Hersey. 1895-96, Fred E. Hersey, John H. Horne, John A. Chamberlain. 1897, Fred E. Hersey, John H. Horne, Samuel N. Furber, Jr. 1898, John H. Horne, Samuel N. Furber, Jr., Fred R. Blake. 1899 Fred R. Blake, Stephen W. Clow, Fred S. Libbey. 1900, Stephen W. Clow, Fred S. Libbey, Horace Rust. 1901, Stephen W. Clow, Horace Rust, Wilbur H. Gilman.
JOHN BREWSTER
CHAPTER XXVII.
THE BREWSTER FAMILY-JOHN BREWSTER AND HIS LIBERAL BE- QUESTS TO HIS NATIVE TOWN-TEXT OF A PORTION OF HIS WILL.
A NY sketch of the Brewster family in Wolfeborough must cen- ter around the name of John, its most notable representative and the town's chief benefactor. The first Brewster to take up his abode in the town was Daniel, who came here with his two sons, Daniel and George, at least a generation after the first set- tlers had set up their humble homes. Daniel was descended from that famed spiritual leader, Elder William Brewster, who landed at Plymouth with the Mayflower company in 1620. A grandson of the Elder crossed the bay to Portsmouth, where the first mentioned Daniel was born in 1735.
Daniel's two sons were farmers. George Flagg Brewster, a son of the second Daniel, lived on the farm until his death. His son, Eli V., has been a prominent citizen of Dover, having served as mayor. Another son, George F., after living on the farm for several years, also removed to Dover.
George Brewster had eight children who lived until maturity, one of whom, Daniel, succeeded him on the home farm. This Daniel had three sons, Nathaniel T., John L., and Jonathan M. Nathaniel T. now occupies the old homestead and is a farmer on a large scale, owning extensive tracts of land and many head of cattle. John L. has been a teacher, a banker, and superin- tendent of schools of Lawrence, Mass. Until his removal to Andover a few years since he was active in all that pertained to the welfare of the former town. He is a trustee of the estate of John Brewster and a trustee and treasurer of Brewster Free Academy. Jonathan M. was a leading clergyman of the Free
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