History of the town of Bristol, Grafton County, New Hampshire, Volume II, Part 19

Author: Musgrove, Richard Watson, 1840-
Publication date: 1904
Publisher: Bristol, N.H., Printed by R. W. Musgrove
Number of Pages: 688


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a. Susie, b. Boscobel, June 25, 1871.


JOHN A. FAVOR


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IO. Rebecca W., b. H., Apr. 4, 1836; m. Nathaniel Rowe, of Andover, (2) Mark C. White, Boston, Mass., d. July 18, 1885, ae. 49-3-14.


II. Albert Martin, b. H., Jan. 2, 1838 ; d. Bascobel, Wis., Feb. 8, 1874, ae. 36-1-6.


12. Susan D., b. H., Dec. 9, 1840. She res. in Bristol, now Hyde Park, Mass. ; unm.


13. Frederick Harvey, b. H., Jan. 2, 1842; m. Oct. 19, 1880, Mary, dau. of Anthony and Mary (Bryant) Elliott, b. Hamilton, Canada, Oct. 19, 1859. He served in the 3rd Regt., and was wounded at Secessionville, S. C., June 16, 1862. He d. Batavia, Il1., Dec. 22, 1883, ae. 41-II-20. Two children.


14. Elvira W., b. Alexandria, Aug. 2, 1845 ; m. Edwin S. Foster, M. D. (See.)


15. Mary W., b. A., Feb. 4, 1847 ; d. July 24, 1858, ae. II-5-20.


(8) Moses W. Favor, b. Jan. 22, 1833, m. Nov. 26, 1857, Mary G., dau. of Jeremiah and Judith Davis, b. Loudon. His life work has been that of a locomotive engineer. Res. No. Main street. Was a deacon in Free Baptist church. Republican, Odd Fellow. Removed to Concord, March, 1886.


CHILDREN


16. Walter Webster, b. Concord, Oct. 31, 1859; m. June 20, 1882, Mary Edell Rowe, dau. of Joseph, b. Franklin, Nov. 16, 1861. He is a locomotive engineer. Res. No. Main street. Republican, Free Baptist, Odd Fellow. Children :


a. Ernest Howard, b. Bristol, June 3, 1887.


b. Alice Evelyn, b. B., Sept. 13, 1895.


I7. Frank H., b. Bristol, Mar. 19, 1863; m. June, 1892, Pearl Black- well. Is a locomotive engineer. Res. Lafayette, Ind.


18. Cora A., b. B., Sept. 2, 1867 ; m. Jan. 12, 1891, Ira O. Mathews, of Alexandria. Res. West Concord.


19. Nina G., b. Nov. 16, 1871 ; m. Nicholas I. Quint, res. Concord.


I. John Favor was a resident of Newtown ; m. Lydia Hoyt and settled in Weare. He had II children, of whom one was


2. Zebediah. He m. Sarah Burnham. Of his four chil- dren, one was


3. William, b. 1800. He m. Betsey Worthley. They were the parents of six children, of whom the first was


4. Almon Moses, b. July 18, 1831, in Weare. He m. in 1861, Mary Robinson, dau. of William T. and Irene Q. (Smith) Beede, b. Hebron, July 9, 1841, who d. in Hebron, June 10, 1883, ae. 4I-II-I. He d. in Hebron, Nov. 23, 1891, ae. 60- 4-5.


CHILDREN


5. John Almon, b. Weare, Mar. 15, 1862; m. Mar. 23, 1890, Nora Viola, dau. of Henry Griffith (See), b. Jan. 31, 1870. Settled in Bristol in 1883. Operative in paper-mill; in livery business at North End since Apr., 1894. Is a K. of P., Republican, served three years as selectman.


a. Corinne, b. Bristol, Oct. 31, 1895.


6. Oreste Gilbert, b. Weare, Oct. 20, 1863 ; m. Bertina French, Jan., 1894. Res. Brockton, Mass.


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7. Anson Leroy, b. Hebron, June 6, 1873 ; m. July 3, 1893, Nettie Donahue. Res. Stoughton, Mass.


8. Willie B., b. H., Apr. 11, 1877 ; d. Apr. 21, 1879, ae. 2-0-10.


9. Lucy May, b. H., Oct. 1, 1879. Res. in Bristol since 1887. Com- positor in Enterprise office ; m. Nov. 26, 1902, Roy C. Horne, b. Aug. 26, 1875. He is foreman of Enterprise printing-office.


IO. Sylvia Alice, b. H., May 26, 1883 ; res. Epping.


THE FELLOWS FAMILIES


The Fellowses of Bristol are the descendants of William Fel- lows, who was b. about 1610, and came to New England, as is sup- posed, in the ship Planter, about 1635. He m., probably, Mary Ayres. In 1639, or before, he was a resident of Ipswich, Mass., where he remained till his death, which occurred near Nov. 29, 1676. Willian had a brother Samuel who settled in Salisbury, Mass., who has numerous descendants. Another brother, Rich- ard, settled in Northampton, Mass., and was killed with his only son, John, in the fight with the Indians at Bloody Brook, in 1676. William had four sons and four daughters, Ephraim, Samuel, Joseph, Mary, Elizabeth, Abigail, Sarah, and Isaac.


I. Isaac was b. about 1635. He resided in Ipswich ; m. Joanna Boardman, Jan. 29, 1672, and d. Apr. 6, 1721, ae. 86. One son was


2. Deacon Jonathan, b. Ipswich, Mass., Sept. 28, 1682. In 1740, he removed to Hampton, where he d. Jan. 21, 1753, ae. 70-3-23. He had four wives : Hannah Dutch, Sarah Day, Widow Sarah (Potter) Rust, and Widow Deborah (Batchelder) Tilton, who survived him. He had three children by his first wife, the children of his second wife all d. in infancy, and he had five by his third wife. The youngest child was


3. Abner, b. Ipswich, Mass., Dec. 5, 1720; m. Elizabeth Rowe. They res. in Kingston and Sandown. In 1769, a daugh- ter m. Benjamin Emmons and settled in New Chester, and he accompanied the young couple to their new home. He was so favorably impressed with the situation in New Chester that he resolved to settle there himself, and, in 1773, he sold his farm in Sandown, and settled on the farm now owned and occupied by Horace N. Emmons, in 1774, where he remained till his death, which occurred not earlier than 1786. Several of the early town meetings were held here, and he presided as moderator five times. He was a member of the Committee of Safety in 1776.


CHILDREN


4. Mehitable, m. Robert Dinsmore, Oct. 3, 1767. He d. in Revolu- tionary army of smallpox.


5. Elizabeth, b. Sept. 25, 1746; m. Benjamin Emmons. (See.)


6. Sarah, b. Dec. 12, 1747; m. Philip Huntoon, of Salisbury, about 1773. He d. of smallpox in the Revolutionary army. She came to Bris- tol with her father and d. here.


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*7. Josiah, b. Kingston, Nov. 3, 1757.


*8. John, b. Sandown, Mar. 10, 1760


9. Moses, b. S., May 12, 1761 ; m. Deborah Tilton, Mar. 15, 1787. He was one of the first settlers on Bridgewater hill. No children that lived to maturity.


(7) Josiah Fellows, b. Nov. 3, 1757, came to Bristol with his father. He m. Jemima Quimby, of Hill, dau. of Jeremiah. She was b. Oct. 9, 1757, and d. in Bristol, Apr. 3, 1814, ae. 56- 5-24. He succeeded his father on the home farm, where all his children were b. He was a soldier in the Revolutionary war, and was at the battle of Stillwater. He d. Mar. 20, 1852, ae. 94-4-17. He used to drive a four-ox freight wagon to Boston loaded with freight from this section and return with goods for the store of Col. Moses Lewis.


CHILDREN


IO. Abner, b. Feb. 5, 1781 ; d. June 28, 1786, ae. 5-4-23.


II. Jeremiah, b. Apr. 27, 1782 ; d. July 31, 1795, ae. 3-3-4.


*12. Josiah, b. Jan. 28, 1784.


*13. Jonathan, b. Apr. 24, 1786.


14. Elizabeth, b. Jan. 13, 1788; d. Aug. 20, 1790, ae. 2-7-7.


I5. Molly, b. Jan. 28, 1790 ; d. Apr. 2, 1790.


*16. Peter, b. Apr. 14, 1791.


17. Ruth, b. Feb. 9, 1795; m. John Kidder. (See.)


18. Jemima, b. Dec. 19, 1796 ; d. Aug. 17, 1797.


*19. Benjamin, b. Nov. 22, 1799.


(8) John Fellows, b. Mar. 10, 1760 ; m. Oct. 5, 1785, Lois Tilton, of Sandown, and was an early settler on Bridgewater hill. She was b. in Hawke, Jan. 2, 1758, and d. in Bridgewater, Nov. 8, 1857, ae. 99-10-6. He was a soldier in the Revolution- ary army (See) from New Chester, and d. Bridgewater, Mar. 27, 1829, ae. 69-0-17.


20. Abner, b. Nov. 24, 1786; m. Nov. 12, 1812, Elizabeth Prescott, dau. of Joseph, and d. Nov. 30, 1830, ae. 44-0-6. Children :


a. Lois T., b. Dec. 14, 1818; m. William Peasley.


b. Daniel T.


21. Mary, b. Dec. 25, 1788; m. Oct. 22, 1816, Joseph Brown. She d. Feb. 25, 1841, ac. 52-2-0. He and two children emigrated to Minnesota, where they were victims of the Sioux massacre in 1862. (See Stories and Incidents.) Children :


a. Lois, b. Dec. 1, 1819; m. David Bartlett, Plymouth, and d. Sept. 1, 1889, ae. 69-9-0. Seven children.


b. Jonathan, b. June 9, 1822; killed by Indians in 1862, ae. 40.


c. Horatio, b. Jan. 26, 1827 ; killed by Indians in 1862, ae. 35.


d. Theodore, b. Sept. 15, 1832 ; d. at two years of age.


22. David, b. Oct. 5, 1792; d. Nov. 28, 1803, ae. II-I-23.


23. Sarah, b. Nov. 13, 1794; m. Oct. 22, 1830, Enoch Colburn, of Hebron, and d. in August, 1841, ae. 46-9 -.


24. Lois, b. July 3, 1796 ; m. Dec. 31, 1818, Moses Rowe. He was b. Mar. 14, 1796 ; d. Feb. 28, 1828, ae. 31-11-14. She d. Aug. 8, 1879, ae. 83- I-5. Four children ; all d. young.


25. John, b. Mar. 16, 1798; d. Dec. 15, 1803, ae. 5-8-29.


"Drowned, in Bridgewater, June 20, 1827, Stephen Fellows, son of John, aged 17."-Patriot.


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(12) Josiah Fellows, b. Jan. 28, 1784, m. Mar. 23, 1809, Susanna Sanborn, dau. of Benia, b. 1789. (See.) They were the first settlers on the David H. Sleeper farm at the foot of the lake, and here all their children were born. He d. Oct. 21, 1852, ae. 68-8-23 ; she d. July 3, 1864, ae. 75.


CHILDREN


26. Cynthia, b. 1810; d. 18II.


27. Louise, b. 1811 ; m. Jesse F. Kendall. (See.)


*28. Calvin Peterson, b. June 19, 1813.


*29. Samuel Smith, b. July 14, 1818.


*30. Rufus, b. June II, 1821.


(13) Jonathan Fellows, b. Apr. 24, 1786, m. Feb. 25, 1806, Hannah, dau. of Thomas Eastman, b. May 3, 1788; was a farmer next east of farm now occupied by Horace N. Emmons, the buildings of which were destroyed by fire. Here all their children were born, and here he d. Apr. 7, 1845, ae. 58-11-13; she d. Nov. 27, 1856, ae. 68-6-24.


CHILDREN


31. Ruth K., b. May 18, 1807 ; d. Apr. 24, 1827, ae. 19-II-6.


32. Lydia H., b. Mar. 19, 1809 ; m. David Powell. (See.)


*33. Winthrop R., b. July 22, 1813.


*34. James Pickering, b. Feb. 29, 1816.


35. Thomas E., b. Nov. 6, 1817 ; d. Mar. 18, 1819, ae. 1-4-12.


36. Sally S., b. Sept. 15, 1819; m. Fred Marden, of Thornton, Apr 12, 1839 ; d. Feb. 9, 1859, ae. 39-4-24.


37. Nancy K., b. Apr. 26, 1821 ; m. Sawyer S. Sanborn. (See.)


38. Hannah Eastman, b. Nov. 30, 1824; m. Nov. 12, 1846, Warren Fletcher, of Westford, Mass. He d. Worcester, Mass., July 2, 1881, ae. 60. She res. Lowell, Mass. Children :


a. Clarence Warren, b. May 27, 1854; m. Dollie I. Robinson, Nov. 15, 1886. Res. Brooklyn, N. Y.


39. Lurinda, Į b. July 25, 1828 ; d. Aug. 10, 1828.


40. Lucinda, S


41. Jonathan, b. July 25, 1830 ; d. Nov. 15, 1830.


42. Malina, b. Jan. 6, 1832 ; d. Jan. 24, 1836, ae. 4-0-18.


(16) Peter Fellows, b. Apr. 14, 1791, m. Lydia, dau. of Peter and Rhoda (Quimby) Ladd, published Oct., 1810. She was b. Nov. 3, 1791, and d. Aug. 3, 1828, ae. 36-9-0. He m. (2) Apr. 10, 1833, Mary Townsend, who d. Aug. 31, 1863. He d. Aug. 12, 1866, ae. 75-3-28.


CHILDREN, all except last born in Bristol


43. Lorana, b. Jan. 24, 1811. She m. Nov. 5, 1829, James Berry, farmer, of Alexandria, where she d. Jan. 7, 1892, ae. 80-II-13. He d. Boscawen, Oct. 27, 1895, ae. 89-9-22. Children :


a. Caroline M., b. July 31, 1835; m. Sullivan Ingalls. (See.)


b. Olive Ann, b. Feb. 1, 1846; m. Elijah C. Manchester. (See.)


c. Gilbert H., b. Dec. 2, 1850 ; m. Philena J. Hayford, Jan. 12, 1871, and res. Penacook. Six children.


44. Luther Sanborn, b. Mar. 8, 1814; m. Sarah Ann Heath, Feb. 16,


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1836. She d. in Bristol, Oct. 4, 1840, and he removed to Janesville, Wis. No children.


*45. Benjamin Quimby, b. Sept. 27, 1816.


46. Mahala, b. Apr. 17, 1819; m. Ansel Chandler, 1847, and d. Aug. · 20, 1856, ae. 37-4-3. Child :


a. Ella A., b. Bristol, Aug. 7, 1849; m. Gideon Boardman. (See.)


47. Francis Bradbury, b. Oct. 5, 1821 ; d. July 30, 1843, ae. 21-9-25.


48. Cynthia, b. Oct. 1, 1823 ; m. Ira. Burnham, and removed to Janes- ville, Wis.


49. Lydia Ann, b. Hill, Sept. 23, 1834; m. Sept. 29, 1857, Horace H. Withington, b. Hanover, Jan. 21, 1829. She d. May 24, 1888, Toledo, Ohio, ae. 53-8-I. Child :


a. Wallace H., b. Aug. 20, 1858, in Hanover. He m. Lillian E. Belden, Dec. 25, 1878, and res. Toledo, O.


(19) Benjamin Fellows, b. Nov. 22, 1799, m. Miriam Hoyt, the dau. of Samuel, about Apr., 1821. He was a farmer on the west side of the lake, near where Amasa S. Hilands now lives, and here his children were born. She d. in Bristol, Apr. 18, 1866, ae. 69 years. He d. in the family of his son, Milo, Dec. 19, 1880, ae. 81-0-27. Besides being a farmer he followed his father's occupation of driving a four-ox freight wagon between Bristol and Boston.


CHILDREN


*50. Milo, b. July 23, 1821.


51. Belinda, b. Bristol, Aug. 27, 1827 ; m. Benjamin F. Robinson and res. at North Bristol, where she d. Dec. 20, 1860, ae. 33-3-23. Children :


a. Millard F. b. Roxy, m. - Brogan and res. Ashland.


c. Addie. d. Milo, b. Dec. 17, 1860.


(28) Calvin P. Fellows, b. June 19, 1813, m. Aug. 30, 1836, Mary Jane Worthen, dau. of Samuel R. (See), b. Apr. 28, 1816. He was a farmer in Bristol and New Hampton, where both d .: he, Mar. 11, 1856, ae. 42-8-22 ; she, May 25, 1865, ae. 49-0-27.


CHILDREN


#52. George Marshall, b. Bristol, May 8, 1837.


53. Laura Ann, b. B., Oct. 8, 1841 ; m. May 4, 1864, Joseph Cleaveland. They res. Methuen, Mass. Children :


a. Willis M., b. Lawrence, Mass., Jan. 15, 1866; m. Ida M. Robinson, June 2, 1890 ; clergyman, member N. H. Methodist Con- ference.


b. Sylvester I., b. June 19, 1868; d. May 3, 1891, ae. 22-10-14.


c. Joseph L., b. Mar. 13, 1871, Methuen ; m. Edith Reed.


d. Annie Laura, b. Lawrence, Feb. 10, 1874 ; m. Harrison Tower. e. Helen L., b. L., Oct. 3, 1883.


54. Frank Worthen, b. Bristol, Feb. 19, 1847. He m. Dec. 10, 1873, Betsey Jane Hall, dau. of Fletcher, of Rumney, b. Apr. 28, 1851. He d. Dec. 22, 1900, ae. 53-10-3. She res. Plymouth. Children :


a. Charles Davenport, b. Feb. 21, 1875, in Rumney ; d. Jan. 7, 1876.


b. Mary E., b. Jan. 20, 1877. A book-keeper in Boston, Mass.


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(29) Samuel S. Fellows, b. July 14, 1818, m. Oct. 28, 1841, Mary S., dau. of Joseph Rollins (See), b. Apr. 20, 1821. Farmer at No. Bristol, where he d. Mar. 15, 1893, ae. 74-8-1 ; she d. same place, June 15, 1884, ae. 63-1-25.


CHILDREN


55. Mary Frances, b. Bristol, Aug. 26, 1842 ; m. Josiah D. Prescott. (See.)


56. Samuel Scott, b. B., July 26, 1846 ; m. July 8, 1875, Henrietta Sanborn, dau. of Gilman. (See.) He has kept a livery stable in Wells River, Vt., for some years. Children :


a. Mary Franka, b. Feb. 9, 1889.


b. Lois Genevieve, b. Dec. 13, 1890.


(30) Rufus Fellows, b. June II, 1821, was a physician at Hill and Lowell, Mass., and d. Boscawen, Mar. 19, 1886, ae. 64-9-8. He m. Elizabeth, dau. of Rev. William Nelson, of Hebron. She d. Lowell, Mass.


CHILDREN


57. Abbie, b. Nov. 20, 1844; d. Sept. 20, 1845. Poisoned by drugs taken from her father's medicine chest.


58. Willis Mott, b. Mar. 22, 1848 ; m. Aug. 19, 1867, Ella, dau. of Ira and Hannah Clough, of Lowell, b. Nov. 10, 1846, and settled in Haver- hill, Mass., where he was a physician and druggist, and where he d. Apr. 20, 1890, ae. 42-0-28. Children :


a. Bertha Emma, b. Aug. 4, 1870 ; d. Apr. 1, 1880, ae. 9-7-27.


b. Anna Maud, b. Sept. 24, 1872.


c. Nina Emma, b. Jan. 29, 1879.


d. Edith, b. Aug., 1882. e. Hester, b. July 2, 1884.


59. Annie, b. May 28, 1854; d. May 4, 1872, ae. 17-II-6.


(33) Winthrop R. Fellows, b. July 22, 1813, m. June 28, 1837, Sally D., dau. of Benjamin Locke (See), b. Sept. 4, 1814. With the exception of six years in Wentworth, he spent his life in Bristol, where he d. Jan. 11, 1891, ae. 77-5-19. He was a farmer. Res. No. Bristol and Lake street, where the last 37 years of his life were passed. He was a Republican and Metho- dist. She d. Apr. 18, 1898, ae. 83-7-14.


CHILDREN


60. Warren Gerry, b. Wentworth, Apr. 22, 1838; m. Feb. I, 1864, Caroline L. Nutting, of Newport. She d. Jan. 2, 1891, ae. 56-2-26, and he m. June 25, 1894, Mrs. Mary J. Lewis, of Newport, dau. of Curtis Travis, b. Goshen, Jan. 13, 1835. He was for years a salesman in Boston. His health failing, he returned to his father's homestead in Bristol in 1888, where he d. July 4, 1897, ae. 59-2-12. Child :


a. Joseph Warren, b. Nov. 17, 1866. Is m .; manager of a theat- rical troupe.


61. Jonathan Alvin, b. W., Apr. 29, 1841 ; m. Apr. 18, 1865, Louise T., dau. of William and Lois Bangs, b. Mar. 3, 1847, in Madison, Conn. He was a machinist, now a fruit farmer, Meriden, Conn. Child :


a. Fred Winthrop, b. Bristol, Aug. 19, 1867; a clerk in New Haven, Conn.


62. Smith D., b. Bristol, June 6, 1843 ; d. June 20, 1844, ae. I-0-14.


MILO FELLOWS


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63. Lauretta D., b. B., Aug. 26, 1847 ; m. Elmer V. Pike, Oct. 7, 1883. He was b. in 1847, and d. Bristol, Mar. 27, 1894, ae. 47. She m. (2) George H. Fowler. (See.)


64. Alma L., b. B., Feb. 22, 1858 ; d. Apr. 4, 1865, ae. 7-1-12.


(34) James P. Fellows, b. Feb. 29, 1816, m. Dec. 25, 1838, Nancy J., dau. of Jonathan M. and Jane G. (McCutchins) Marden, of Bridgewater, b. Pembroke, Jan. 1, 1815. He res. on same farm as his father, next east of the Horace N. Emmons farm, till about 1853, when he removed to Thornton, where he d. Mar. 28, 1864, ae. 48-0-29. She d. Plymouth, Jan. 3, 1885, ae. 70-0-2.


CHILDREN, all born in Bristol


65. Frank Watson, b. Feb. 19, 1840; d. Thornton, Feb. 14, 1861, ae. 20-II-25.


66. Ann Malora, b. Aug. 14, 1841 ; d. Sept. 17, 1850, ae. 9-1-3.


67. Chauncey Ayer, b. May 28, 1845 ; m. June 26, 1870, Eliza Jane, dau. of Albert Lyford, b. Thornton, June 15, 1848. He res. Plymouth, where he has been postmaster. Children :


a. Maud, b. Thornton, Feb. 5, 1872 ; d. Concord, July 20, 1873, ae. I-5-15.


b. Victor Marlburg, b. Campton, Jan. 16, 1874 ; m. Mar. 27, 1901, at St. Albans, Vt., Mary Beulah, dau. of Joseph C. Leslie. Res. St. Albans, Vt. Child : Marion Lyle, b. Mar. 30, 1902 ; d. Apr. 2, 1902.


c. Lyle, b. Plymouth, June 14, 1882.


68. Roselma Jane, b. Sept. 8, 1846; d. Sept. 17, 1850, ae. 4-0-9.


69. Clementine Eastman, b. Apr. 10, 1848; d. Sept. 25, 1848.


70. Florence Ann, b. Jan. 12, 1852 ; m. Nov. 18, 1869, Hiram H. Gor- don, son of William H. They res. Concord.


(45) Benjamin Q. Fellows, b. Sept. 27, 1816, m. July 14, 1839, Hannah, dau. of Benjamin Kidder (See), b. Nov. 29, 1801. She d. Bristol, Apr. 14, 1877, ae. 75-4-15. He m. July 4, 1878, Mrs. Lovina Gerry. He was a farmer and stone mason, and res. on Kidder hill till about 1854, when he moved to No. Main street, where he d. Feb. 10, 1888, ae. 71-4-13. She d. Dec. 1, 1894.


CHILDREN


71. Sarah Jane, b. Bristol, Feb. 8, 1841 ; m. Green L. Tilton. (See.) 72. Eliza Ann, b. B., Nov. 17, 1843 ; m. Charles Boardman. (See.)


(50) Milo Fellows, b. July 23, 1821. Left home at 19 years of age and worked as a stone cutter in Boston. Was turnkey at state prison, Charlestown, Mass., two years from Dec., 1848 ; returned to Bristol in Dec., 1850, and settled in the Locke neighborhood, where he res. till 1866 ; since then on his farm on Summer street. Has been a stone cutter as well as farmer. Methodist, Republican. Tax-collector 17 years. He m., Dec. 12, 1850, Susan D., dau of Benjamin Locke (See), b. Feb. II, 1828 ; d. Oct. 12, 1899, ae. 71-8-1.


CHILDREN, all born in Bristol.


73. Albert Russ, b. Sept. 8, 1851 ; m. Evelean T., dau. of Timothy B.


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and Henrietta (Seavey) Grant, b. Prospect, Me., Dec. 29, 1853. He is a physician in Winterport, Me. Child :


a. Timothy Grant, b. June 4, 1878.


74, Smith Drake, b. Mar. 17, 1853 ; m. Dec. 26, 1876, Etta B. Jewett, dau. of Jeremiah. (See.) No children. He was a tinsmith and superin- tendent of the Bristol Aqueduct and later, florist, having hot houses on Merrimack street. Member of the legislature in 1893. Now florist in Saugus, Mass. Republican, Mason.


75. Oscar Fowler, b. Sept. 10, 1857 ; m. May 24, 1883, Eva M., dau. of Hon. Lewis W. Fling. (See.) He studied in the office of Mr. Fling. Went to Bucksport, Me., in Mar., 1881 ; was admitted to the bar in 1881, and has since been in practice in that place, having met with marked success. He was county attorney four years ; collector of customs at Bucksport, district of Castine, three years; was member of the Maine house of representatives in 1901, and was made chairman of the commit- tee on revision of the laws; was reelected member of the house in 1902, and elected speaker of that body. He made a most efficient and popular officer and his name is prominently mentioned in connection with the gubernatorial nomination. He is a Republican, Methodist, and a Mason, 32º. Children :


a. Raymond, b. Oct. 17, 1885. b. Frank, b. Nov. 7, 1889.


76. Milo A., b. Sept. 23, 1861 ; d. Mar. 24, 1864, ae. 2-6-1.


77. Leslie H., b. Dec. 11, 1863; m. Nov. 23, 1892, Elizabeth Kerr ; is a florist at Hyde Park, Mass. No children.


78. Susie M., b. Apr. 21, 1866 ; m. May 30, 1897, George Jenkins, who d. Bristol, Jan. 4, 1900, ae. 76-3-17 ; she d. July 13, 1902, ae. 36-2-22.


79. Alice A., b. Mar. 16, 1873. Graduated from East Maine Confer- ence Seminary, Bucksport, Me., 1892. Is assistant postmaster at Bristol.


(52) Prof. George M. Fellows, b. May 8, 1837, m. Aug. 12, 1862, Ellen Maria, dau. of Horace M. Emmons. (See.) He graduated from Dartmouth College in 1862, and has devoted his life to teaching, having been principal of Contoocook Academy and Franklin High school, Corinth Academy, at Corinth, Vt .; instructor in Latin, at seminary, Falley, N. Y. ; principal of Avery Grammar school, Dedham, Mass., and Grammar schools, Hyde Park, Mass., and since 1877, in Boston, as supervisor of Grammar schools, and member of school board, and sub-master of Edward Everett Grammar school. He is also secretary and treasurer of official board of the Methodist Episcopal church.


CHILDREN


80. Calvin Peterson, b. Franklin, Sept. 17, 1863 ; m. Apr. 27, 1898, Carrie, dau. of Francis and Sarah (Cook) York. Night agent American Express company, Worcester, Mass. Children :


a. Dorothy, b. Apr. 24, 1900.


b. George Marshall, b. Jan. 21, 1902.


81. Horace Emmons, b. Franklin, Jan. 2, 1865 ; m. Oct. 7, 1891, Mar- garet Isabella Hoogs. Is a dentist at Hyde Park. Child :


a. Horace Weston, b. July 21, 1892.


82. Edward St. Clair, b. Lawrence, Mass., Dec. 29, 1866 ; m. Jan. 24, 1899, Alice Mabel, dau. of Francis and Sarah (Cook) York. He is an attorney in Boston ; clerk of district court, Norfolk county, Mass .; res. Hyde Park, Mass. Children :


a. Eunice, b. Nov. 5, 1900. b. Edward York, b. Apr. 12, 1903.


SMITH D. FELLOWS


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83. George Frederick, b. Hyde Park, Mass., July 24, 1874 ; m. Oct. 8, 1902, Sadie Elizabeth Gould. Is clerk in American Surety and Trust company, Boston office, and res. Hyde Park.


84. Frank Marshall, b. H. P., July 24, 1874 ; clerk in the Chicago and Great Western railroad freight department, Boston, Mass.


I. William Henry Harrison Fellows was the son of Nathaniel and Polly (Sanborn) Fellows. He was b. Andover, Aug. 17, 1814. He m., May 20, 1837, Mary Jane Gove, dau. of Jeremiah, b. Wilmot, May 28, 1817, and d. Bristol, Oct. 29, 1863, ae. 46-5-1. He was a blacksmith in Bristol, 1860-'63. He d. Campton, Jan. 7, 1884, ae. 69-4-20.


CHILDREN


2. Joseph Prescott, b. Wilmot, Mar. 13, 1837. (See Roll of Honor. ) He m. Addie J. Kimball. Res. Manchester. No children.


3. Henry Alamando, b. W., June 10, 1844 ; d. of wounds at Philadel- phia, Aug. 20, 1863, ae. 19-2-10. (See Roll of Honor.)


4. Louise M., b. W., Oct. 16, 1847 ; m. Dec. 3, 1865, Fred M. Moul- ton, son of Nathaniel, of Concord, Me., b. May 2, 1842.


THE FELT FAMILY


I. Rev. Joseph L. Felt, son of Leander and Almira (Col- lester) Felt, was b. Sullivan, June 11, 1837. July 29, 1862, he m. Lucy M., dau. of Uriah B. Moore, b. Templeton, Mass., 1843, and d. Templeton, Oct. 6, 1866, ae. 23. He m., Feb. 19, 1870, Julia E. Cheney, who d. at Antrim, May 23, 1877. He m., Apr. 14, 1885, Mrs. Sara J. Robertson, who d. Suncook, Sept. 2, 1893. He m., Nov. 3, 1897, Mrs. Clara A. P. Kim- ball, widow of Dr. John R. Kimball, of Suncook. He joined N. H. Methodist conference spring of 1878, and has since been in the active work of the Methodist ministry. Was pastor of the church at Bristol in 1898. No children. Children of present wife are


2. Mary Lizzie Kimball, m. Oct. 7, 1896, John J. Hills, and res. New- ton, N. J.


3. Edith Huldah Kimball, res. in Bristol during her stepfather's pastorate here.


THE FERNALD FAMILY


* I. Rev. Samuel Pray Fernald, son of Tobias and Sally (Pray) Fernald, was b. No. Berwick, Me., May 25, 1809. He m. Mar. 28, 1838, Hannah Evans, dau. of Joseph and Lydia (Evans) Palmer, b. Tuftonboro, Sept. 12, 1810. Mr. Fernald came from Gilmanton to Bristol in 1850, and was for over three years pastor of the Free Baptist church. (See.) He d. Mel- vin Village, June 9, 1888, ae. 79-0-14. She d. same place, July 1, 1888, ae. 77-9-19.


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CHILDREN


2. Orlando Marcellus, b. Candia, Sept. 1, 1840; m. July 5, 1871, Mary Lathrop, dau. of Wells Lathrop, b. South Hadley, Mass., Feb. 15, 1847. He d. in Boston, Mass., Apr. 15, 1902, ae. 61-7-14. At time of his death he had been for 30 years professor of Greek in Williams college, Williamstown, Mass. No children. His widow res. Williamstown.


3. Aroline Martha, b. Alton, Sept. 27, 1844 ; m. Aug. 14, 1871, George Byron Files, Pittsfield, Me.


THE FERRIN FAMILY


I. Jonathan Ferrin, son of Enos, one of the early settlers in Alexandria, and Judith (Corliss) Ferrin, was b. Alexandria, Apr. 7, 1798, and d. in Temple, in May, 1882, ae. 84-1 -. He m., Nov. 18, 1824, Harriet, dau. of Bailey and Elizabeth (Mer- rick) Webster, b. New Hampton, Nov. IC, 1802, and d. Alexan- dria, Mar. 29, 1849, ae. 46-4-19. He m. (2) Mrs. Josiah San- born. He was a farmer in Bridgewater, where his first 12 chil- dren were b., at Moore's Mills and in Bristol.


CHILDREN


2. Bailey Webster, b. Nov. 3, 1825 ; m. Feb. 14, 1852, and went West. 3. Augustus Jonathan, b. Nov. 20, 1826; m. May 28, 1855, Olive, dau. of John Roby (See), b. Feb. 8, 1835 ; d. Bristol, June 21, 1856, ae. 21-4-13. He m., June 5, 1864, Sarah M., sister of his first wife. He lived on the Dolloff farm on the hill, 1868-'87 ; on the Roby farm at Moore's Mills, till 1900, when he removed to New Hampton. Republican, Odd Fellow. Served five years as selectman of Bristol. Children :




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