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1. LUTHER C., [d. Dec. 4, 1852, aged nearly 23.]
2. JAMES H., [d. Nov. 5, 1850, aged 16.]
3. SARAH, [m. Henry W. Tuttle, June 14, 1868; d. Nov. 26, 1871, aged 23.]
TRUE.
MARK TRUE, A. M., son of John and Lucy (Dole) True, and grand- son of Reuben and Hannah (Osgood) True, was born in Francestown, Nov. 1, 1815. His grandfather was born June 26, 1732, and married April 19, 1758. He was early noted for a desire to obtain an education, taught his first school at the age of sixteen, and worked his way to the accomplishment of his design in the face of great obstacles, graduating at Dartmouth College in 1845. He immediately devoted himself to the profession of teaching, which he followed for twenty-five years with unusual zeal and success. He came to Antrim in 1860, and was a great force in the business of Clinton Village. He was a deacon in the Baptist Church, of which he was a stanch supporter with heart and hand. He was a thorough Christian, one of stout convictions, great humility, and unflagging zeal. He was always ready to acknowledge wrong when he saw it in his own course, and always ready to see the virtues of others as well as his own. Fearless, manly, honest, devoted, and full of work, his influence will long be felt for good, and his memory long be dear. The long services of Mr. True as teacher, during twenty-five years, were at New Hampton, Hancock, Brewster, Mass., Winchester, Mass., and New London. He was an enthusiastic educator ; was up with the times, stirring, and wide-awake ; was superintending school committee of the town at the time of his death, and often before. He was at times mod- erator of town meetings; was representative in 1864 and 1867. I append some just words of another : -
"He had a quick, nervous spirit, which could not brook inactivity. He kept abreast of his time. I do not know that he ever shrank from any task on account of its difficulty, or because it was unpleasant. Indeed, I am assured that he was accustomed to pursue, with the same
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industry and patience and perseverance, whatever devolved upon him, whether disagreeable in itself, or more to his taste. He loved work, and he worked fast. His life was comparatively short - at least, not long ; but if we take into account what he accomplished, we shall feel that he lived much longer than thousands of men whose years have greatly out- numbered his.
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"His spiritual perception was quick and discriminating, and he had a sound judgment. Error did not easily escape his detection, though dressed in the semblance of something better. A half truth, in his view, was no better, and, if anything, a little less respectable, than a straight- forward, ungarnished lie. Strict with himself, of simple, unpretending life, he made no attempt to conceal his dislike for everything bordering upon the artificial, the pharisaical, and the extravagant. He loved jus- tice. Indeed, I have met very few men who had such a keen sense of right, and who so despised everything that was low and mean and false and unfair among his fellows. Having a somewhat extensive knowledge of men and things, his opinions, ripe with experience and observation, were just and accurate. Nothing could induce him to violate his sense of right and his love for the truth. It was on this account that his coun- sel was often esteemed of the greatest value.
"He was also a man of very strong convictions. His ideas did not suf- fer change with every wind and tide. Naturally cautious and somewhat conservative, yet when his judgment was formed and the path of duty lay open before him, he acted with great warmth and energy. In a cause of righteousness he was fearless of consequences and careless of popular opinion. He was decisive in the principles which he embraced. He knew what he believed, and held nothing with a loose hand. At the same time he would not measure other men by his standard. Though firm, he yet knew how to be charitable. He judged no man harshly for not accepting his opinions. When he differed from you, it was always with a kind and Christian spirit."
Mr. True married, first, Laura A. Fiske of Dublin, in May, 1846. She died April 16, 1851, leaving one child. In 1852 he married, second, Mary H. Crocker of Brewster, Mass. ; and she died in April, 1861, also leaving one child. In 1862 he married, third, Hannah S. Neal of Mere- dith, who survives him. He died of apoplexy, Feb. 13, 1875. Children were as follows : -
"1. ABBOTT F., [b. April 4, 1852 ; built in South Village in 1876 ; m. Mary Brant of Stoddard, Aug. 28, 1877; superintending school committee of the town in 1876 and 1877; was mem- ber of Brown University at the death of his father, but did not finish the college course; bought the lower crib and bedstead factory of Dea. E. C. Paige, which he now occu- pies, employing several hands.]
2. HERBERT O., [b. May 30, 1859; graduate of Exeter Academy ; member of Brown University, class of 1884.]
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TURNER.
CALEB TURNER was born in Harvard, Mass., Oct. 27, 1785. His mother's name was Martha Conn. He married Sally Conn of the same place. She was born Oct. 5, 1788, and died in the summer of 1868. Mr. Turner came here from Milford in 1834, on to the Dea. Daniel Nichols place, into the large house built by Dea. Nichols in 1803. He died in 1864. Most of his large family of children were born in Milford.
. 1. BETSEY, [b. July 27, 1810 ; d. Nov. 2, 1814.]
2. SALLY, [b. Oct. 27, 1812 ; d. April 8, 1841.]
3. GRANVILLE, [b. Oct. 5, 1815 ; m. Martha Marcy of Hillsbor- ough ; lives in Milford.]
4. GEORGE, [d. in infancy.]
5. AVERILL, [b. March 21, 1819 ; drowned in Contoocook River, June 9, 1837.]
6. MARY S., [b. Feb. 21, 1820 ; d. July 12, 1839.]
7. CALEB, [b. March 14, 1823 ; drowned in Contoocook River, July 18, 1841.]
8. RACHEL G., [b. Dec. 25, 1826 ; m. James S. Ellenwood of Deering, Nov. 25, 1851.]
9. GEORGE, [b. Aug. 17, 1828 ; m. Caroline E. Duncan, Jan. 1, 1863 ; occupies the homestead of his father ; has one child : Anna M., (b. May 4, 1865.)]
10. CHARLES, [b. Jan. 14, 1831; m. Geraldine Kennedy ; was some years in manufacturing business at Clinton. Is cabi- net-maker and carpenter by trade. Now lives in Hancock. 7
TUTTLE.
HON. JACOB TUTTLE, a man very prominent in Antrim for half a century, was born Feb. 6, 1767. His father, Sampson Tuttle, was born Aug. 29, 1738, and died at the age of seventy-seven. His mother, Submit Warren, was born March 12, 1742, and died at the age of fifty-five. Sam- uel Tuttle, the father of Sampson Tuttle, was born in 1709, and in 1729 married Martha, daughter of Rev. Benjamin Shattuck, the first minister of Littleton, Mass. The Hon. Jacob came here from that place in 1795, and bought the McClary farm, now the home of his grandson, James A. Tuttle. At once he opened a store, and for a long time carried on a heavy business, both in trade and in farming. In 1818 he moved his store and residence to the Branch village, where he continued business many years. He built the store now occupied by Almus Fairfield, and the large house now Hiram Griffin's. Few men in town have been kept in office so long as he. He was known as "Judge Tuttle," having been a judge in the court of common pleas. He was three years moderator, three years select- man, three years town clerk, and sixteen years representative. Was state senator, councilor, and presidential elector. He died Aug. 20, 1848,
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aged eighty-one. He married Betsey Cummings of Westford, Mass. She was daughter of Isaac and Elizabeth (Trowbridge) Cummings, and was born May 25, 1778. She united with the church in 1801; was intelligent and highly esteemed; and died Jan. 28, 1852, aged seventy-three. They had a large family of children. They buried three children in one month in the dysentery of 1800, and were left childless; but eleven were after- wards born to them. All the names were as follows: -
1. BETSEY, [b. June 13, 1796 ; d. Sept. 13, 1800.]
2. JACOB, [b. Feb. 4, 1798 ; d. Sept. 3, 1800.]
3. NANCY, [b. Jan. 17, 1800 ; d. Sept. 25, 1800.]
4. BETSEY, [b. July 13, 1801 ; d. Feb. 15, 1814.]
5. NANCY, [b. April 9, 1803 ; d. May 6, 1805.]
6. SUBMIT R., [b. April 21, 1805 ; m. James Steele, Jr., Dec. 21, 1824 ; d. on the Flint place, Aug. 3, 1833.]
7. LUCETTA, [b. March 23, 1807 ; m. John Sargent, Sept. 29, 1829, and went to Cambridgeport, Mass. She d. Aug. 1, 1855.7
8. LOUISA, [b. June 3, 1809; m. Andrew C. Cochran of Han- cock, Dec. 11, 1828 ; d. Jan. 11, 1849.]
9. LYDIA S., [b. June 1, 1811 ; m. Hiram Griffin of Antrim, Oct. 27, 1835, and now lives on her father's place at the Branch.]
10. JAMES M., [b. July 6, 1813 ; m. Hannah Shedd of Hillsbor- ough, Sept. 8, 1836, and lived on the original homestead. He d. Dec. 5, 1861. His widow d. March 5, 1873, aged 62. Her mother closed her life with her at the age of 91. The children of James M. and Hannah (Shedd) Tuttle were : - Mary E., (b. Dec. 27, 1838; d. unm. July 24, 1877.) James A., (b. Sept. 1, 1841; lives on old homestead. )]
11. SUSAN, [b. July 17, 1815 ; m. Henry D. Pierce of Hillsbor- ough, Nov. 11, 1841 ; d. Oct. 20, 1874.]
12. HARRIET, [b. Aug. 3, 1817 ; m. David W. Grimes, May 30, 1844 ; moved to Boston, and d. Sept. 2, 1848.]
13. ISAAC C., [b. Sept. 11, 1820 ; m. Louisa J. Lowe, Nov. 11, 1846, and lives in Pecatonica, Ill.]
14. MARY E., [b. May 15, 1823 ; m. John S. Shedd of Antrim, May 20, 1846.]
CHARLES TUTTLE, a Revolutionary soldier, was born in Hamilton, Mass., March 11, 1749. His father, Charles Tuttle, was born in that town, Dec. 1, 1708; married Anne Jewett; and died on his birthday, 1788. They were of English descent. Charles Tuttle who came here was col- lector of Hamilton, his native town, in 1794, and, it seems, moved here
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in 1796. He married Lucy Dodge, sister of Ammi Dodge of New Bos- ton. All his children were born in Hamilton, Mass. Several of them were buried there; and the oldest came here with a family of his own. They settled on the north side of Tuttle Mountain, south of the Dinsmore place. The buildings have been gone many years, but the mountain bears his name to this day. On this spot he died, Oct. 29, 1820. His wife subsequently went to New Boston, and died there June 9, 1843. The children were :-
: 1. CAPT. WILLIAM T., [b. Feb. 1, 1773 ; came here with his father, or soon after, and built on the same tract of land, their houses being but a few rods apart. He had m. Mary Wood- bury in his native town. Here he remained till 1812, or a little later, when he moved to where is now the city of › Cleveland, Ohio, and thence to Ashtabula, Ohio, where he d. in 1853. His sons are said to be all dead; but several daughters, who m. and settled near Cleveland, yet survive. The names of his children were Charles, William, Sarah, Barnet, Annie, Martha, John, and Mary, -all b. in An- trim. They settled in the West in a line, -so that their land reached seven miles, and were all wealthy people.]
2. SETH, [m. Elisabeth Poland of Hamilton, Mass., in 1811; was a carpenter ; d. on the passage from New York to South America in 1825.]
3. JEDEDIAH, [m. Jane Warren of New Boston, Dec. 26, 1809 ; lived here and there awhile, then built a small house on the old road next east of Samuel Dinsmore's, but after some years moved to New Boston, and d. there in 1845. He had five children, all but the last b. here : -
Lucy J., (b. Nov. 6, 1810; m. Jonathan G. Leach of New Boston ; d. December, 1855.)
Daniel M. C., (d. in childhood.)
Charles, (d. in infancy.)
Josiah W., (b. Jan. 10, 1818; went into the Mexican war un- der Gen. Pierce, and lost his life in battle, in May, 1847.)
James M., (b. in New Boston, Nov. 8, 1821; lives in that town and is a most respectable and good man ; m. 1st, Esther Warren of Goffstown, his cousin, daughter of Dea. Ephraim Warren ; 2d, Rachel McNiel of New Boston, daughter of Dea. Peter McNiel.)]
1 4. DANIEL, [d. Dec. 16, 1798.]
5. HEPSABETH, [d. Jan. 30, 1799.]
6. ANNE, [d. Jan. 29, 1799. This one was taken suddenly ill,
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and while they were working over her a messenger came saying that Hepsabeth, who had gone a few miles on a visit, was also very sick. But the parents stayed with Anne till she died, - then started to aid the other, and found her also dead. One was 18, and the other 20 years of age.]
7. CHARLES, [b. Jan. 25, 1777 ; m. Sarah Austin of Salem, Mass., Feb. 5, 1803 ; was a cabinet-maker ; d. in Cambridge, Mass., April 30, 1843, leaving a large and respectable family.]
8. SARAH, [m. 1st, Isaac Warden; 2d, John Allds, 1803; d. Feb. 18, 1853, aged 79.]
9. ELISABETH, [m. her cousin, James Tuttle of Hopkinton.]
SAMUEL TUTTLE, son of Samuel and Betsey (Baker) Tuttle of Acton, Mass., and a connection of Hon. Jacob Tuttle it is believed, came to Antrim from Temple in 1816, and bought the farm in High Range cleared by Alexander Witherspoon. This Witherspoon set out the old orchard of sixty-six trees, now mostly gone, with his own hands, then walked to Francestown, - twelve miles, -got two gallons of rum and brought it back on his shoulder, -all in the same day ! It may be added that all the trees lived ! Mr. Tuttle married Mary W. Wright of Concord, Mass., September, 1805, and they lived on this farm until their death, when it was occupied several years by their son, William N. Tut- tle. The parents of Samuel Tuttle came to live with him, and were here several years before their death. His father, Samuel Tuttle, Sen., died Feb. 25, 1829, aged seventy years ; and his mother, Mrs. Betsey Tuttle, died Sept. 29, 1834, aged seventy-two. Samuel Tuttle, Jr., died Sept. 10, 1854, aged seventy-three, and his widow died Dec. 2, 1859, aged seventy- five. Their children are as follows : -
1. HORACE, [b. in Acton, Mass., April 11, 1806 ; m. Mrs. Almira (Brown) Handly of Carlyle, Mass., in 1832, and lived on the farm now occupied by Jackson Boutelle. Before that this place is said to have been drunk out three times in sixteen years. He d. Nov. 16, 1859, and his wife August, 1877, leaving children : -
Almira E., (b. Oct. 18, 1833. She was driven into fits and insanity by a fall at the age of three years, and d. April 5, 1877.)
Mary J., (b. Feb. 28, 1835 ; became third wife of Edward Z. Hastings of Antrim, Aug. 21, 1860.)
Lucy A., (b. Aug. 22, 1837 ; m. George L. Herrick of An- trim, Jan. 1, 1865 ; d. June 20, 1870.)
Horace Brown, (b. March 1, 1840; m. Martha J. Shattuck, daughter of Dea. Shattuck of Antrim, in 1870, and lives in
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this town on the Shattuck farm, having one child, Otis Henry, b. Oct. 25, 1875.)
Henry W., (b. April 29, 1846 ; m. Sarah Travis of Antrim ; was a blacksmith in Clinton, and d. June 28, 1870. His widow d. Nov. 26, 1871.)]
2. JONAS W., [b. in Acton, Mass., Dec. 31, 1807; m. Mary Dinsmore of Antrim, Feb. 20, 1834, and moved to Newbury, Vt., in 1840, where he is now a prominent citizen. Their children were b. first three in Antrim and last three in Newbury : -
Edwin, (b. Oct. 3, 1834 ; m. 2d, Mary Temple, and lives in Newbury, Vt. His first wife was Ruth Whitcher.)
Mary E., (b. Jan. 22, 1838; m. William Buchanan, March 12, 1857, and lives in Boston.)
Susan D., (b. Dec. 19, 1839; m. Walter Buchanan, Nov. 30, 1858, and lives in Newbury, Vt.)
Samuel, (b. Oct. 26, 1841 ; m. Rebecca Caruth, and lives in Newbury, Vt.)
Clarissa, (b. Aug. 19, 1844; m. Nathan A. Hunter ; d. recently in her native town.)
Silas M., (b. Jan. 16, 1851 ; m. Ella M. Maloon, and lives in Grinnell, Io.)]
3. MARY A., [b. in Temple, July 9, 1811 ; m. Samuel P. Chase, Feb. 16, 1837, and lives in Biddeford, Me.]
4. GEORGE F., [b. in Temple, Jan. 19, 1813 ; m. Lucy Kendall of Tyngsborough, Mass. ; d. in 1850.]
5. SAMUEL E., [b. in Temple, July 14, 1815; m. Abby F. Demerett of Nottingham, April, 1844; lived here some years, and now lives in Harrisville, having children as named below, all b. in Antrim save two : -
Josephine S., (b. April 12, 1846 ; m. Thomas E. Colby of Henniker, March, 1869.)
Charles D., (b. in Lancaster, Mass., Nov. 16, 1849; d. in infancy.)
Mary A., (b. July 24, 1851 ; m. William W. Applin of Marl- borough, January, 1876.)
Samuel W., (b. June 11, 1853 ; m. Lovella J. Lewis of Stod- dard, August, 1874.)
Selden P., (b. Dec. 9, 1855 ; m. Laura F. Tufts, Nov, 3, 1878:) John D., (b. June 30, 1857.)
George, (b. Aug. 11, 1860 ; d. in infancy.)
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Horace C., (b. in Stoddard, Sept. 4, 1861.)]
6. ELIZABETH, [b. in Antrim, Aug. 7, 1817 ; m. Horace Gillis, Oct. 6, 1842.]
7. ALMIRA, [b. in Antrim, Jan. 19, 1820; d. in 1826.]
8. WILLIAM N., [b. Feb. 11, 1822 ; m. Almira B. Frost of Mad- ison, Jan. 11, 1848, and lived on the old homestead until 1870, when he sold to Gardiner Wallace and moved to South Antrim, where he now resides. The old house was burned in 1873. His townsmen have repeatedly honored him with the highest offices within their gift. He has but - one child : -
Emily F., (b. Dec. 31, 1851; m. William E. Downes, a native of Francestown, son of Samuel D. Downes, Esq., March 11, 1875. Mr. Downes is now a merchant in Bennington, and they have one child, Nellie S., b. July 20, 1876. )]
9. SARAH J., [b. September, 1829 ; became the second wife of 1 Edward Z. Hastings of Antrim, Nov. 8, 1855; d. May 1, 1860.]
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ISAAC M. TUTTLE, son of Benjamin and Ann (McAllister) Tuttle, grandson of Sampson and Submit (Warren) Tuttle, and nephew of Hon. Jacob Tuttle, previously mentioned, was born in Hillsborough in 1813. He married Sophronia Chase of Hillsborough, came to Antrim in 1840, and bought the Houston and McAllister places, where he settled and has remained till now. The new house he now occupies was built in 1871. Their children are : -
1. MILES BENTON, [b. June 22, 1845 ; m. Lizzie A. Marshall of Hillsborough in 1868, and lives on the Houston place ; was selectman in 1875 and 1876.]
2. LUCY A., [b. Oct. 24, 1849 ; m. Scott Moore of Hillsborough in 1867.]
3. ANNA L., [b. Sept. 1, 1855.]
TWISS.
DIMON C. TWISS was only child of Daniel and Rebecca (Creasy) Twiss of Marblehead, and grandson of Daniel Twiss, who came over with his brothers, Robert and Nathan. Dimon C. was born Sept. 4, 1773. His father, Daniel Twiss, was a minute-man in Revolutionary days ; was at work in the field when the signal-gun was fired ; carried his boy to the house, and started, and was killed at Bunker Hill. This boy, Dimon C., on growing up, married, first, Mary Woodbury of Beverly, September, 1793, who died in childbed, 1795, and was buried with her little one. In 1798, he married, second, Sarah Ireson of Marblehead, who died in Hud- son in 1815, leaving eight children. He afterwards married, third, Mary
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Jones of Hillsborough, July, 1817. He came here from Hudson in 1818, and bought of Nathan Pierce, who lived there a short time, the place now Luther Campbell's. There he lived about thirty years, when he sold to Jonathan Carr, moved to Amherst, and died in Mont Vernon, January, 1861, aged eighty-eight.
2. FANNY C., [b. in . Beverly, Mass., Oct. 18, 1799; m. Jesse Carr, Dec. 3, 1833 ; d. in Antrim, Nov. 30, 1858.]
3. POLLY, [b. in Beverly, Nov. 22, 1800; d. in 1814.]
4. THOMAS D., [b. in Marblehead, Mass., Dec. 23, 1801; m. Betsey H. Brackett, Jan. 30, 1834, and the same year erected the buildings which he occupied until his death, March 21, 1876. The children are : -
Alfred C., (b. April 25, 1837; m. Sarah E. Goodwin of Thorn- ton's Ferry, Aug. 25, 1863 ; was a machinist; moved to Lawrence, Mass., where he held a position of responsi- bility, and d. greatly respected, in the prime of life, July 21,1875.)
Sarah E., (b. June 23, 1840; m. Charles J. Davis of Han- cock, Feb. 23, 1865 ; d. Jan. 20, 1870.)
Hannah A., (b. July 12, 1843 ; m. Nathan D. Curtis Dec. 4, 1866, and lives in Stoddard.)]
5. DIMON, [b. August, 1803; m. 1st, Harriet Parmenter, Oct. 30, 1834. He was a blacksmith, and built him a shop just below the bridge, on the brook, south of his father's house. One day in August of 1832, Dea. Parmenter, who was a live man, asked him how he would like to go on if his shop were in Clinton. He replied favorably, and accordingly the neighbors went up and the shop went down. It is said that buildings are not often known to move so quickly as that did. On the new stand in Clinton he followed his trade more than thirty years. At the time the shop was moved, the only houses in Clinton were Edward Hastings's and Daniel Story's. Mrs. Harriet (Parmenter) Twiss d. in 1844. Mr. Twiss m. 2d, Mehitable Hills, June 10, 1845. They moved to Mont Vernon in 1868, where she d. June 4, 1874, and he still resides there. His first wife left children as follows : -
Harriet M., (b. Jan. 29, 1836 ; m. Dr. William H. Hines of Milford, Aug. 23, 1861, and d. in that place Feb. 7, 1871.) Mary E., (b. June 20, 1838 ; m. Daniel Richardson, May 9, 1857, and lives in Mont Vernon.)
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Hannah M., (b. Oct. 17, 1840 ; m. Elbridge F. Trow, Jan. 1, 1863, and lives in Mont Vernon. )]
6. SARAH, [b. Aug. 23, 1811 ; d. in infancy.]
7. GEORGE, [b. Dec. 10, 1804, in Hudson ; m. Mary Flagg of Boston, 1831, and d. in that city July 26, 1852.]
8. DANIEL, [b. Dec. 18, 1806; painter by trade; m. a Nova Scotia lady ; lives in East Boston.]
9. JAMES, [b. Aug. 27, 1809 ; unm. ; d. Sept. 14, 1859.]
10. ABRAHAM G., [b. in Hudson, May 19, 1818 ; m. Sabra G. Carr of Antrim, 1841; was a machinist ; d. in Manchester, April 8, 1876.]
11. MARY W., [b. in Hudson, Oct. 26, 1819; m. Mark Putnam, Dec. 10, 1839 ; now lives in Amherst.]
12. JOHN W., [b. in Antrim, May 2, 1822; m. 1st, Hannah McIlvaine; 2d, Margaret Price of Plattsburg, N. Y .; d. March 6, 1876.]
13. MARK, [b. in Antrim, Feb. 5, 1827 ; m. Mrs. Caroline Crosby of Milford, 1852; lives in Providence, R. I .; iron- molder by trade.]
14. CHARLES CUMMINGS. [b. in Antrim, Aug. 8, 1829; m. 1st, Harriet Glover of Franklin, Vt., March 4, 1857 ; 2d, Mrs. Ellen Jaquith, September, 1876 ; lives in Nashua. ]
15. CATHERINE J., [b. in Antrim, Dec. 21, 1824 ; m. Freeman C. Bills of Amherst, March 12, 1845.]
16. ADONIRAM JUDSON, [b. in Antrim, March 21, 1832; m. Mary Gibson of Nashua ; lives in Chelsea, Mass .; is fore- man in a stove-foundry.]
VARNUM.
ANDREW J. VARNUM came here from Amherst when a boy to live with James Wood. Married Susan E. Keyes of Antrim. Moved to Ashland and lived there several years, but came back insane in 1871, and wandered off and hanged himself on the top of Tuttle Mountain. He had concealed himself so cunningly, that, despite a general hunt of the people, the search was given up. The body was found many weeks after- wards, by accident, hanging in a state of shocking decay. His age was thirty-nine. He left three children : -
1. CHARLES A., [b. in 1860.]
2. MARY F., [b. in 1864; these two oldest were drowned in Bridgewater, July 19, 1871 ; were fishing on the banks of the stream, when the little girl fell in, and the boy spring- ing in to save her, both perished.]
3. JOHN L., [b. in 1869.]
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VOSE.
The Voses came to this town from Bedford. They emigrated from Lancashire, England, to Dorchester, Mass., in 1638. Robert Vose, the original settler there, lived to a great age and left two sons, Edward and Thomas. Edward remained on the homestead, and his posterity kept the name on that spot for nearly two hundred years. From him descended Col. Elijah Vose and Col. Joseph Vose, who each commanded a regiment in the Revolution. Col. Joseph Vose was grandfather of Rev. Thomas Savage of Bedford. Thomas, the younger son, settled near the home- stead of his father, locating in that part of Dorchester now Milton ; was a farmer, smart, and locally distinguished, and seems to have left but one son, Henry. This Henry left a numerous family, several sons being among them, one of whom was Robert, who inherited the homestead and was father of Samuel Vose of Bedford, and his brother Lieut. James Vose of Bedford. The Voses now living in Bedford are descended from Lieut. James. It is not known when Samuel Vose came from Dorches- ter (Milton), Mass., and settled in Bedford ; probably, however, it was not later than 1755, as he married in Bedford, and his fifth son, Hon. John Vose, was born there in 1766. Samuel Vose was on the "Commit- tee of Safety " in Bedford in 1778. He married Phebe Vickery. She seems to have been daughter of Thomas Vickery (then spelled " Vick- ere "), a sturdy Presbyterian, whose name appears on a petition to Gov. Wentworth in behalf of that denomination, May 10, 1750. The Vickeres were among the early settlers of Bedford, which town was settled in 1737, as their names appear - Thomas Vickere and Thomas Vickere, Sen. - appended to a petition from that place (Sow-Hegon) for protec- tion against the Indians, June 12, 1744. " Old Thos. Vickery departed this life Feb. 27, 1767, about 10 o'clock forenoon." (Matthew Patten's Diary.) The children of Samuel Vose and Phebe Vickery were : Thomas V., born Aug. 5, 1757 ; Samuel (of Antrim) ; Robert (of Antrim) ; Fran- cis ; Hon. John Vose (of Atkinson ; Dartmouth College, 1795 ; gave Phi Beta Kappa oration, 1805 ; published several books on astronomy ; state senator, 1816 ; deacon Congregational Church ; died in 1840, aged seventy-four) ; Roger ; Mercy; and Phebe. The last-named married Capt. John Worthley of this town. Roger went with a family of ten children to Spencer, N. Y.
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