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Rebecca, (m. George McKeen of Nashua, where they now reside. )]
6. TURNER, [b. in 1800; went West in early life, and this is all that is known of him.]
7. LAURAIN, [b. in 1802; m. Samuel Gibson of Hillsborough, after whose death she went to Milford and d. there.]
8. JAIL, [d. at age of 11.]
9. ACHASA, [m. Charles W. Spalding, Sept. 17, 1832; went to Albany, N. Y., thence to Zanesville, Ohio.]
10. PRINCESS, [b. in 1806 ; m. a Mr. Fletcher ; went to Albany, N. Y., thence to Zanesville, Ohio. Fletcher and Spalding, named above, were merchant-tailors, in company in both these places.]
11. LARNERD, [b. in 1809; went to Buffalo, N. Y:, in 1830, thence to St. Clair City, Mich., where he amassed a large fortune, and d. in 1874, the last of the family.]
OTIS SMITH, son of Uriah and Susan (Cram) Smith, was born Nov. 2, 1807; came here from Wilton in 1837, and built the house he now oc- cupies the next year. He married Roxanna Breed March 10, 1827. Their children are: -
1. SUSAN B., [b. Aug. 5, 1828 ; m. Cyrus P. Tenney of Hancock in 1849.]
2. SARAH, [b. Aug. 29, 1830; m. Alvah Hadley of Peterbor- ough, and lives in Cambridge, Mass.] .
3. GEORGE, [d. in 1841, aged 9.]
4. JENNIE, [b. March 16, 1835 ; m. Lewis Worcester of Roches- ter, and lives in Dubuque, Io.]
5. MARY, [b. April 9, 1837 ; d. in infancy.]
6. LIZZIE, [b. July 19, 1839 ; m. John May, and lives in Fitch- burg, Mass.]
7. ALBERT O., [d. in infancy. ]
8. WILLIE O., [b. Sept. 5, 1849 ; m. Delia Pettee of Frances- town ; now lives in Boston.]
DAVID O. SMITH, son of David and Mary (Averill) Smith, mar- ried Mary Stone, and came here from Mont Vernon in 1846. He moved to Concord in 1852, where he still abides. He had two children: -
1. DAVID A., [m. Lydia A. Gray of Hancock ; lived in Concord ; was killed on the railroad at Canaan Nov. 25, 1868, aged 34.7
2. HELEN L., [with her father at Concord ; unm.]
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CAPT. LEANDER SMITH, son of James and Sarah (Hildreth) Smith of Mont Vernon, and grandson of Cooley Smith of Middleton, Mass., was born in Mont Vernon, Aug. 22, 1808; married Sophronia Wilkins, Nov. 29, 1833 ; came to Antrim from Mont Vernon in 1860, and bought the Buckminster place, where he now lives. He represented Mont Ver- non in the legislature five years, and has been many years selectman, both in Mont Vernon and Antrim. His children are :-
1. GEORGE W., [b. April 19, 1835; d. in the service of his country, Oct. 15, 1863, being a member of the Sixteenth N. H. Regiment.]
2. AUGUSTA, [b. June 5, 1837 ; m. 1st, Moses Carr of Newport, Nov. 15, 1861, who d. in 1864 ; m. 2d, William N. Conn, July 26, 1877. She has one child : -
George M., (b. Nov. 5, 1864.)]
3. ELBRIDGE F., [b. Dec. 14, 1839 ; d. in the army at New Or- leans (Eighth N. H. Regiment), Dec. 25, 1862.]
4. JAMES M., [b. Sept. 19, 1842; d. from disease contracted in the army (Ninth N. H. Regiment), July 15, 1865.]
5. EMELINE W., [b. Jan. 19, 1844 ; m. C. F. Holt of Antrim, Nov. 26, 1863, and lives in Clinton Village.]
6. EMILY W., [twin-sister of Emeline W. ; m. Francis White, Nov. 7, 1865, and lives in Cambridge, Mass.]
7. ARTHUR L., [b. July 29, 1855 ; lives with his father. ]
JOHN H. SMITH, son of John and Cynthia (Smith) Smith, was born in Mont Vernon in 1835; married Almira Fletcher in 1862, and came here to work in Clinton in 1867. He bought the north school-house in South Village in 1870, and fitted it up for a dwelling, which he has since occupied. He was out in the army as a member of the Thirteenth N. H. Regiment.
FRANK G. SMITH was born in Francestown in 1827; married Har- riet N. Damuth of Calais, Me., and came to Antrim from Bennington on to the Jonathan Nesmith place in 1872, but moved back to Bennington in 1876. Their children are: -
1. CHESTER R., [b. in 1864.]
2. FRANK U., [b. in 1866.]
3. CHARLES W., [b. in 1867.]
4. HATTIE K., [b. in 1869.]
CHARLES H. SMITH, son of Prosper and Monica Smith, was born in Woodstock, Vt., Dec. 21, 1823; married Nancy M. Mumford of East- ford, Conn. He entered the N. H. Conference of the Methodist Church in the spring of 1853. Was stationed first in Derry one year; then in Gilmanton two years; then came here in the spring of 1856 and was sta-
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tioned at the Branch two years. After four years elsewhere, was again appointed to Antrim, 1863-64. Now lives in Sandown. Was looked upon while in Antrim as a man good and faithful. Children: -
1. GEORGE A., [b. in Antrim, May 6, 1857.]
2. LIZZIE, [m. Forrest E. Cate in 1877, and they live in Epping.] 3. JENNIE S.
STACEY.
HARVEY STACEY, son of David and Rhoda (Curtis) Stacey of Windsor, was born in June, 1821; married Caroline E. Woods of Han- cock in 1845, and moved to Antrim in 1849, on to the James Wallace place, now occupied by William Stacey. He now lives at South Village, having no children.
WILLIAM STACEY, brother of Harvey, was born in Stoddard in 1823. He moved to this town, on to the James Wallace place, with his father; and after the death of the latter in 1851, he bought out the other heirs, and still occupies the farm. In 1852 he married Mary A. Taylor, daughter of Dea. John Taylor of Danbury, and their children are : -
1. LIZZIE J., [b. Nov. 6, 1860.]
2. CHARLES E., [b. Oct. 31, 1865.]
DAVID M. STACEY, half-brother of Harvey and William (his mother being Louisa, sister of Rhoda Curtis), was born in Windsor in 1838. He came to Antrim with his father; married Mary E. Swett of Antrim, Nov. 27, 1862, and lives at North Branch. They have one child : -
1. MABEL, [b. April 24, 1867.]
NATHAN STACEY, cousin of Harvey, William, and David, named above, was born in Stoddard April 5, 1816. He was son of Samuel and Mary (Hardy) Stacey, and grandson of Ebenezer and Rebecca (Sawtelle) Stacey of Groton, Mass. Ebenezer had been many years a sailor, and was among the earliest settlers of Stoddard. Nathan Stacey came to Antrim in 1865, and moved back to Stoddard in 1870. He married Hul- dah Copeland of Stoddard. Children, all born in Stoddard, were : -
1. NETTIE M., [b. Feb. 16, 1849 ; m. William Blanchard, Nov. 4, 1868.]
2. HENRY P., [b. April 3, 1854 ; d. July 21, 1874.]
3. WILLJE L., [b. Dec. 8, 1860.]
STARRETT.
WILLIAM STARRETT was son of Dea. William (who was deacon of the church in Francestown forty-eight years, and one of those who signed a petition to Gov. Wentworth in 1773, for a land-tax to build a
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meeting-house and settle a minister) and Abigail (Fisher) Starrett, and grandson of William and Mary (Gamble) Starrett, which last-named William came over from Scotland with his brother's family and settled in Warren, Me., in the early part of the eighteenth century. William, who came here, was born in Francestown, Nov. 4, 1771, being the second of thirteen children, all of whom are now dead. He came to Antrim from Francestown in 1793; was a tanner by trade, and put up the tannery long owned by George Duncan. He married Lucy Baldwin of Antrim (sister of Capt. Isaac Baldwin), Sept. 22, 1797; built and occupied the house now Isaac Fletcher's. He moved to Warren, Me., in 1803, and died in Putnam, that State, Aug. 25, 1817. His wife died in Warren, Me., Feb. 18, 1821, aged forty-five. Their children, except one that died here at the age of two, were : -
1. CHARLES HAMMOND, [b. in Antrim, July 6, 1800 ; was a black- smith ; lived awhile in Francestown, then in Nashua, then moved to Gray, Me., and d. there in 1869; m. Betsey Hop- kins of Francestown. No children.]
2. CYRUS, [b. in Antrim, Feb. 21, 1802 ; started to join the Mor- mons but changed his mind and settled in Warren, Penn. He m. a Miss Philbrook of Appleton, Me. They are still living.]
3. LOE, [b. in Warren, Me., March 13, 1804; m. Johnson Thurston of Franklin, Mass .; settled in Appleton, Me .; now lives, a widow, in North Union, that State.]
4. WILLIAM, [b. in Warren, Me., Sept. 26, 1806 ; was a black- smith ; moved from Francestown to East Douglas, Mass., where he d. in 1848.]
5. MARK, [b. in Putnam, Me., January, 1809 ; was a blacksmith ; unm. ; d. at Douglas, Mass., at the age of 29.]
6. FANNY, [b. in Putnam, Me., Nov. 5, 1810 ; m. John Miller of that place ; had nine children ; moved to Lawrence, Mass. She d. there in 1855, and her husband in 1859.]
7. HARRIET, [b. July 24, 1814 ; m. William Perkins of Kenne- bunkport, Me. He d. young, leaving but one child, Philip Perkins, who graduated at Cornell and is now a lawyer in Wisconsin.]
8. ABIGAIL, [b. Sept. 25, 1817; went at the age of fourteen to Cincinnati, Ohio, as a teacher.]
JOHN STARRETT, son of John Starrett and Betsey Day, was born in Antrim, in 1807, and lived here until 1829. He now lives in Stoneham, Mass. Has been successful in business, and is placed among the most worthy that have gone out from Antrim. He married, first, Nancy Rich- ardson of Hillsborough, who left one child, now Mrs. Ann O. Chase of
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Winchester, Mass. He married, second, Adeline White of Deering, who died childless. He married, third, Minerva H. Cheney of Weare. Their daughter, Sarah E., married George J. Childs.
DAVID STARRETT, son of John and Anna (Love) Starrett of Francestown, married Sarah A. Bixby of Hillsborough, and came here in 1852, on to the Daniel Lowe, or Dea. Worthley place, which he soon sold and bought the Jonathan Carr place. This he sold to Dea. H. B. Newman in 1855, and now lives in Greenfield, having but one child born in this town: -
1. RANSOM B., [b. in Antrim, April 21, 1853.]
STEELE.
SAMUEL STEELE came here from Lyndeborough in 1782, and lo- cated on the Benjamin Kidder farm. It is not certain that his log cabin was on the site of the present house. His name appears in the tran- script of a road July 9, 1783, " along Marked trees to Sam1 Steels house." He and his wife were warned out of town Oct. 22, 1783. This was only a legal formality, but it seems that they moved away in the following year. Whither they went, and what became of them, we have no means of knowing.
JAMES STEELE (son of Thomas, who was born in Ireland in 1694, married Martha Morrison in 1715, and became one of the first sixteen settlers of Londonderry) came here in 1780, being then fifty-five years of age, and began the clearing of the farm now Franklin Perry's. Two sons, Alexander, aged about seventeen, and Samuel, aged about fourteen, were left to clear the place, and boarded with Widow James Dickey, where the large brick house now stands. They worked every day until, in early twilight, they heard the wolves howl in the meadows below, when they started by marked trees to find the house. Mr. Steele mar- ried, first, Peggy Ramsay, daughter of Hugh Ramsay of Londonderry, who seems to have died near the close of 1757. He married, second, Mrs. Margaret (Parker) Cochran, and died here Feb. 19, 1819. Two children, one by the first, and one by the second wife, are supposed to have died in infancy. The following obituary, copied from the "Cabinet " of March 13, 1819, gives still further notice of his life and character: -
" In Antrim, on the 19th ult. [February, 1819], Mr. James Steele, aged ninety-five, wanting but a few weeks. From his extreme age, and the vicissitudes through which he passed, it may be proper to give a biograph- ical sketch of his life. His parents were one of the first sixteen families which settled in Londonderry in 1719. He was born in March, 1724. He was twice married. By his first wife he had six children, and after her death he entered the army in the old French war, under Generals Amherst and Broadstreet, and was marched from Albany, by the way of Oswego and the lakes, into Canada, as far as Montreal. At the close of the campaign, in 1758, he returned to Londonderry. In 1761 he married his second wife, by whom he had seven children. After his second mar-
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riage, he lived five years in Londonderry, and then moved to Haverhill, Mass., where he lived seven years, and carried on the potter's business. He then moved to Bedford, this State, and carried on his wife's farm till her first husband's children came of age. In 1780 he moved to Antrim, where he ended his days. He retained his mental faculties to a great age, though for several of his last years he was much superannuated and childish; but was carefully and tenderly used by an affectionate son and daughter-in-law with whom he lived, and no doubt they will receive their reward for performing the duty required in the fifth commandment. He was a professor of religion for above seventy years, and has left a numer- ous offspring. His last illness was short but severe. He lost his speech for some days, until within a few hours of his death, when he revived and made an appropriate prayer, to the astonishment of the beholders - then died - the good old man; and we trust he has made a happy change, and is now at rest. The memory of the just is blessed."
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Children of James Steele are as follows : -
1. MARTHA, [m. Daniel. McFarland ; d. April 25, 1831, aged 79.]
2 SARAH, [m. Dea. James Fisher, and lived in Francestown.]
3. MARGARET, [m. Hugh Jameson of Antrim ; d. June, 1848, aged 95.]
4. MOLLY, [m. Thomas Jameson ; d. June 5, 1831, aged 71.]
5. JAMES, [m. Alice Boyd, and settled where William Curtis now lives (the Asa Goodell farm). He built the large square house now standing there ; also the Steele mills (now Esty and McIlvaine's stand), next below the Branch. He d. March 5, 1825, aged 67. His children were : -
Lettice, (b. Oct. 21, 1786 ; d. unm. aged 60.) -
Margaret, (b. Nov. 3, 1788 ; m. John Ramsay, and settled in Hancock.)
Alice, (b. Aug. 12, 1791; m. Jesse Cheney of Antrim, Nov. 25, 1813, and was mother of Benjamin P. Cheney, the pro- prietor of Cheney's Express. She d. July 28, 1849.)
James, (b. Oct. 7, 1793 ; m. Submit R. Tuttle, Dec. 21, 1824 ; lived on the Flint place at the Branch, and d. in 1831, leav- ing one son, Jacob P., who was b. Nov. 19, 1827, and is now living in Boston.)
Mary, (b. April 7, 1796 ; m. George Dascomb of Hillsborough, Feb. 26, 1822, and is the mother of Rev. A. B. Dascomb of Winchendon, Mass.)
Anne, (b. May 6, 1800 ; m. Nathaniel M. Wright of Concord, Mass., and now lives in Manchester.)
Isaac B., (b. April 19, 1803 ; m. Clarissa J. Stickney, Jan. 31,
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1833 ; lived on his father's place, where he d. in 1846, leav- ing children as follows : Adeline M., who was b. April 24, 1836, and is now a teacher in Boston ; Frances M., who was b. Jan. 8, 1839, and is now a teacher in Boston ; George E., who was b. March 4, 1841, and d. June 11, 1844 ; James A., who was twin-brother of George, and d. Feb. 10, 1843 ; Georgianna, who was b. May 1, 1844, and is now a teacher in Boston.)
Thomas, (b. May 20, 1806; m. Diadeema Huse ; went to Hillsborough, thence to Manchester, where he d. in 1869, leaving no children.)]
6. THOMAS, [first child by second wife ; went to South Carolina in early life, and but little is known of him.]
7. ALEXANDER, [went South with his brother, and his descend- ants all live there.]
8. SAMUEL, [m. Nancy McKeen of Deering. Her father, Robert McKeen, settled in Cherry Valley, N. Y., and being on a sick- bed when that place was destroyed by Indians Nov. 11, 1778, rose and fled with his family to the woods. At night, driven by cold to seek shelter, they crept to a house which the Indians had spared, built a fire and warmed themselves, then all crept back again to the woods, not daring to stay in the house. After this was over, they came at once to New Hampshire, and settled in Deering, where his brother, Dea. William McKeen, had already settled. Samuel Steele lived on the old homestead, and d. June 21, 1845, aged 79. His wife d. Feb. 15, 1841, aged 74. His children were : -
Dea. Robert, (b. Dec. 25, 1791; m. Betsey Temple, sister of Zenas Temple, Dec. 26, 1815, and lived on the old home- stead. He was appointed deacon in the Presbyterian Church in 1825, and was an able and good man. He sold his place to Dea. Shattuck in 1856, and, to the regret of all his towns- men, moved to Geneseo, Ill., where he d. in 1867, leaving four children, as follows : Mary, who m. John E. Bryant of Francestown, who carried on the shoe business in the Amos Holt house and thence went to New York, where she d. in 1873 ; Lizzie, who m. John M. Taylor of Geneseo, Ill., Oct. 6, 1852; Samuel, who m. Mary Fairchild of Ogdens- burg, N. Y., went to Geneseo, and d. there in 1874; and Hon. Robert F., who m. Eliza Hardy and lives in Geneseo, Ill., having been promoted to many offices of trust in that
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place, and being one of the most worthy of Antrim's scattered sons.)
Margaret, (b. Sept. 25, 1793; m. John Taylor, Dec. 7, 1815 ; d. in Geneseo, Ill., in 1862.)
Mary, (b. Oct. 31, 1795 ; m. Anson S. Slosson, Oct. 16, 1827 ; , after his death she followed her sons to Albany, Kan., where she d. in 1867.)
James, (b. Feb. 26, 1798 ; d. Aug. 22, 1800.)
Nancy, (b. Jan. 25, 1800; d. Aug. 29, 1800.)
James, (b. April 8, 1802; m. Susan Manahan of Francestown in 1831, and moved on to the N. C. Ferry place ; after some years he moved on to the Cram place, and thence to Nashua in 1852, where he d. in May, 1866, leaving eight children, thus : Nancy A., who m. Frank B. Simonds in 1852 and lives in Greenfield ; David, who m. 1st, Ellen Ford of Bris- tol, Vt., and 2d, Elvira Hewlit of New York, and d. in Nashua in 1872, aged 33 ; Samuel, who m. Orient Turner of Canada, and d. in 1867, aged 28, leaving no children ; James, who m. Jennie P. Chamberlain of Portland, Me., and lives in Nashua ; Mary L., who m. Alfred Davis of Londonderry, Vt., and lives in Nashua; John A., who m. Lucy Greeley of Londonderry, and lives at Springfield, Vt. ; Ella F., who d. in 1850, aged 4 years ; Almon, who d. in 1862, aged 11 years.)
Nancy J., (b. May 20, 1809 ; m. Edmond Sawyer of Antrim, Nov. 19, 1835.)]
9. JENNETT, [b. 1772 ; m .. Charles Wood, and was mother of Dea. Samuel Wood.]
10. SUSANNA, [m. 1st, Dea. James Robinson of Bow, Nov. 24, 1812, and after his death m. Dea. Jacob Spalding of Hills- borough, whom she survived, and d. in good old age, leav- ing generous sums of money for religious purposes. ]
11. ROBERT, [b. in Bedford, April 13, 1774; m. Sally Carson of Francestown, Dec. 31, 1801 ; lived some years in a house on what was then part of his father's estate, now Franklin Perry's pasture. The house stood on the west side of Coch- ran brook. About 1807 he moved with three children to Hebron, N. Y. He d. Nov. 11, 1848, in Oberlin, Ohio. His wife d. in the same place, Jan. 25, 1864. Children were : - Dr. Alexander, (b. here, Oct. 25, 1802; m. Maria Whedon of Hebron, N. Y., July 12, 1831; d. in Oberlin, Ohio, April
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6, 1872: Had six children. John, the second son, was a lieutenant-colonel in the war, was on staff of Gen. Thomas, and at close of the war was judge-advocate of the interior. Another son, George W., was one of the founders of " Ober- lin Conservatory of Music," is an organist of note, lives in Hartford, Conn., and is professor of music in Smith College, Northampton, Mass. Charlotte, daughter of Dr. Alexander Steele, has charge of the music in Mt. Holyoke Seminary. Dr. Steele graduated at Castleton, Vt., in 1829, and went at once into practice, but moved to Oberlin in 1836. Was among the first settlers in that place. Lived in a log house, but survived to pursue an extensive practice for thirty-six years, amass wealth, and die with the respect and venera- tion of a large and most intelligent community. Was a philanthropist and Christian, a pleasant man, but always faithful to his convictions. Filled many places of trust. His record is an honor to his native town.)
Dr. John, (b. here, Aug. 19, 1804 ; m. Mary Snell of Plain- field, Mass., Nov. 11, 1836 ; d. in Dondegal, India, October, 1842. Left no children. Went to the Madura Mission as physician and secretary in 1836. After six years of faith- ful labor in this missionary work, he fell a victim to fever, and d. in the midst of increasing usefulness.)
Nancy C., (b. here, June 22, 1806 ; m. Joseph W. Butler of Volney, N. Y., March 10, 1836, and d. in that place Jan. 2, 1858. Two of her sons lost their lives in the army. One, Jay S. Butler, is an editor in Oswego, N. Y.)
Rev. James, (b. in Hebron, N. Y., Nov. 24, 1808; m. 1st, Frances Cochran; 2d, Minerva McConoughey. He d. in Oberlin in 1859. Was a student in Lane Seminary ; was one of the "thirty anti-slavery rebels," as they were then called, who left that institution. He graduated at Oberlin Theological Seminary in 1840. Was appointed to the Ma- dura Mission in 1841. Was a devoted missionary. Left three children, one of whom is Rev. Edward S. Steele, pas- tor of the Congregational Church at Joy Prairie, Ill.) Mary Jane, (d. March 21, 1818, aged 8.)
Rev. Calvin, (b. in Rupert, Vt., Feb. 1, 1813 ; m. 1st, Amor- ette Eells ; 2d, Amelia Ferry. He d. in Oberlin, Feb. 23, 1851. Was a graduate of Oberlin Theological Seminary, 1844. Was an energetic minister, most of his work being
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the help and organization of churches on the frontier. Left but two children.)
Martha A., (d. in infancy.)
Samuel, (b. in Hebron, N. Y., Feb. 3, 1817. Graduate of Oberlin Theological Seminary, in class of 1843. Never went into the ministry. Was out in the Union army three years. Is now an extensive farmer in Ionia, Ill. He m. Elizabeth Kedzie, Jan. 4, 1844. )
Susannah, (b. April 30, 1819; d. in Oberlin in 1855, unm.)]
STICKNEY.
WILLIAM STICKNEY and his wife Elizabeth, with three children, Samuel, Amos, and Mary, were among the first settlers of Rowley, Mass. He was born in Frampton, England, in 1592, and died in Rowley, Mass., in 1665. His wife survived him several years. They had ten chil- dren, the eldest of whom, Samuel Stickney, was born in England in 1633 and came to America with his father when five years of age. He married, first, Julian Swan of Rowley in 1653; second, Mrs. Prudence (Leaver) Gage of Bradford, April 6, 1674. This Samuel had a son Samuel, by his first wife, Julian Swan, born in Rowley in 1663. This second Samuel married Mary Heseltine, who was born April 30, 1672, and they had among other children a son Abraham, born in Bradford, Oct. 16, 1703. Abraham married Abigail Hall of Dracut, Feb. 20, 1727-8. They lived in Billerica and afterwards in Tewksbury, where he was deacon of the Congregational Church. He died in that place, Aug. 23, 1783, leaving seven children. Abraham, son of Dea. Abraham and Abigail (Hall) Stickney, mentioned above, was born in Billerica, Mass., Nov. 28, 1733 ; married Sarah Kit- tredge of Tewksbury, Mass., Dec. 9, 1755, by whom he had ten children, and died in Tewksbury March 19, 1803. He was lieutenant in the Revo- lutionary service during the years 1776 and 1778.
DR. JEREMIAH STICKNEY of Antrim, the youngest child of Abra- ham and Sarah (Kittredge) Stickney, was born in Tewksbury, Mass., April 21, 1783. At the age of sixteen, he went to Mont Vernon to live with Dr. Zephaniah Kittredge (who was his brother-in-law, having married his sister Elizabeth). There he attended school awhile, and then went to Hancock to school, boarding in the family of Dr. Stephen Kittredge, brother of Zephaniah. He studied Latin with Rev. Dr. Church of Pel- ham, and also in Westford Academy. In 1803, he commenced the study of medicine with Dr. A. P. Grosvenor of Pelham, and married Susannah Atwood of that town, Feb. 9, 1807. Equipped now, with horse and sad- dle-bags, he started in pursuit of a location. Arrived at Mont Vernon, he heard of the death of Dr. Cleaves, and came to Antrim at once (April 21, 1807). He engaged board with Dr. Cleaves's widow, and at once found himself in good practice. In July of the same year he brought his wife here, taking rooms in the Dea. Weston house (Oliver Swett's), then new, and the best in the place. In 1809 he moved and fitted up the
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Champney house, which he occupied thirteen years, and there most of his children were born. In 1819, he went to Bradford under an urgent call, and every man in Antrim signed a petition to have him return, which he accordingly did. In 1822, he built the Moody McIlvaine house, and there spent the remainder of his days. He was a man of extensive influence; genial and social; was disabled many years by a shock of palsy. He united with the Center Church in his old age, and died in Christian peace, Aug. 24, 1865. His wife died in 1854, aged seventy. Their large family of children, all born in Antrim, are as follows: -
1. DR. AUGUSTUS GROSVENOR, [b. Sept. 7, 1807; studied medi- cine with his father, and at Williams College ; m. Louisa Wilson of Hancock, June 10, 1834 ; settled in West Towns- end, Mass. ; had a large practice ; d. in 1862.]
2. MOSES WHITING, [b. Dec. 7, 1810 ; m. Susan S. Carr of An- trim, Feb. 25, 1834, who d. in 1848 ; m. 2d, Mary A. Plank of Lowville, N. Y. He went to Boston as a clerk in 1826, but afterwards was in business many years in Albany, N. Y., having the largest spice and coffee establishment in America. He was one of the donors of the organ and vestry to the Cen- ter Church. A genial and good man. He d. Feb. 5, 1877. Left but one child : -
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