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Mr. French was chosen deacon of the Congregational church in 1851, during the pastorate of Rev. William Murdock, and resigned in 1873. He was selectman in 1831-1851-52 and Colonel of the 17th Regiment several years, about 1830. He died Dec. 15, 1881, surviving his wife two years.
THOMAS LANG, JR.
Thomas Lang, Jr., was born in Candia Village Dec. 22, 1828, and learned his father's trade of blacksmithing. Desir- ous of larger opportunities he entered a commercial school in Boston, and soon after obtained a situation as bookkeeper in Natick, Mass. Upon the close of this engagement, in March, 1854, he found employment in Boston with the firm of Con- verse & Robson. This firm soon dissolving and Mr. Converse becoming the treasurer of what is now the Boston Rubber Shoe company, he continued in the service of the latter for thirty-four years, being for twenty-five years clerk and cashier of the corporation, during which time it grew from the occu- pancy of one small wooden building to two substantially built and extensive plants, and from an annual business of $50,000 to upwards of $6,000,000. In July, 1859, Mr. Lang married Malvina Stanton of Manchester and fixed his home in Malden, Mass., where he has served as trustee and treasurer of the Public library for thirteen years. He was clerk of the Trini- tarian Congregational society for seven years, and he is at present auditor for the society, the church, and also for the Boston Belting company.
He is a man of studious habits, a great reader, and has a fine library at his pleasant residence on Mountain avenue. He is an amateur artist of considerable talent, and has numerous sketches in black and white and water color of the
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HISTORY OF CANDIA.
Maine lakes and mountain scenery in his native state, where, with the exception of one European tour, he has sought re- laxation from his business cares when opportunity permitted.
J. LANE FITTS.
Mr. Fitts was born in Candia, Dec. 8, 1834, and is the son of John and Abigail .(Lane) Fitts. He was one of the first to respond to the call of 300,000 men by President Lincoln, to become a soldier in the Second Regiment N. H. Volunteers, as mentioned elsewhere in this history, and served his country three years, seeing much hard fighting. Having received a good English education, he has taught school, been a selectman of the town, justice of the peace, and licenced surveyor of lands. He was married to Augusta J., daughter of Jesse Smith, and they live on the old homestead on High Street.
GEORGE HALL.
George Hall, a son of Obededom Hall, 2d, and Rebecca (McClary) Hall, was born in 1817. He was the youngest of a family of three sons and one daughter, Obed, Orrin, Rebecca and George. His grandfather, Obededom Hall, sr., came to Candia from Chester, in 1766, and settled on the North Road at its junction with the cross road that extends from High Street to Deerfield. At that time this part of the town was an unbroken wilderness. The subject of this sketch attended school in old District No. 8 on Walnut hill. In 1840, he went to Manchester, and became a partner with Thomas R. Hubbard in the manufacture of sashes, blinds and doors. The business was very succesful. In 1867, he removed to Chicago and became a dealer in building materials. In the meantime he bought large tracts of land in the outlying districts of the city, which he eventually sold at a very large profit. He was married, 1838, to Miss Priscilla Wheeler of South Royalton, Vt. They had three children, Eddie, who died in infancy, Ella and Carrie, who died in 1865. Ella was married to Thomas Whitfield in 1866. They had one daughter, Lottie, who resides in the West. Mr. Hall was a man of good business talent and a prominent and highly respected citizen of Chicago. He died in 1883, and his wife in 1887.
ALBERT PALMER.
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HISTORY OF CANDIA.
PHILIP A. BUTIER.
Philip A. Butler, son of Charles H. and Rebecca Butler, was born in Candia, in 1829. His father, an industrious and skill- ful mechanic, was a good tenor singer and led the choir in the Congregational church several years, teaching singing school occasionally. About 1838, the family removed to Amesbury, Mass., where they resided many years next door to the cottage of the poet Whittier. At the age of 17, Philip, who had been employed in a cotton mill since living in Amesbury, began his apprenticeship with Mr. Rowell, a portrait painter of Lawrence, with whom he continued four years. He then began business for himself as a fresco painter with quite a degree of success, until in later years he has done a very extensive business in the interior decoration of churches and private residences. His artistic tastes, however, have led him into the more congenial field of landscape painting. He has found many subjects for his pencil in the home of his childhood. In search of the pic- turesque he spent a year in California, and has made one European tour, with special regard to the picture galleries of the Old World. He is a member of the Boston Art club, where some of his best work may be found. £ Mr. Butler is married and has a pleasant home In Auburndale, Mass., with a studio and business office in Boston.
ALBERT PALMER.
Hon. Albert Palmer, the seventh child of Joseph and Nabbie Palmer, was born in Candia, January 17, 1831. He received his earlier education in his native town, attending the school in district No. 4, and prepared for college at Kimball Union academy, Meriden, and at Phillips' academy, Andover, Mass. He graduated at Dartmouth college in 1858, and was soon after elected a tutor of the college, but declined the election, Going to Boston, he became a teacher in the Boston Latin school, where he taught until 1866, when he withdrew to devote himself to the interests of the partnership which he had previously formed for the prosecution of the ice, business with his boyhood friend, Mr. Nathan B. Prescott. From this time
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HISTORY OF CANDIA.
he was actively engaged in business affairs, chiefly in the ice business, being at the time of his death the president of the Jamaica Pond Ice company, the successor to his old partner- ship. Mr. Palmer took an earnest interest in politics, and represented the Roxbury district of the city in the lower house of the Massachusetts legislature in the years 1872-73-74, and in the senate in 1875-76-78-79. In 1882, he was elected . mayor of the city of Boston, as the candidate of the Democratic" party. Mr. Palmer was a man of marked scholarly instincts and attainments, and found in his books his chief recreation from the cares of business and politics. As an orator he possessed powers of a high order. Few surpassed him in aptness and felicity in extemporaneous effort, while his more- studied addresses are conspicuous for brilliancy of expression and originality and vigor of thought. His Memorial Day oration, delivered in 1883, of which Wendell Phillips said : "Edward Everett never gave us anything better," seems worthy of special mention. Mr. Palmer died May 27, 1887. His. widow and two sons survive him.
SAM WALTER FOSS.
This poet and editor was born in the house standing on the cross road connecting the South Road with the Borough or Chester road, and which is now owned by Daniel E. Brown, whose wife is an aunt to Mr. Foss. His parents were Dyer and Polly (Hardy) Foss, his mother being au daughter of Samuel Hardy and a sister af Mrs. Daniel E. Brown. Young Foss attended school in the old district No. 4, and was highly esteemed by his schoolmates and the people of the neighborhood, who regarded him as a very bright and contemplative boy. In summer he worked with his father on the farm, and he still cherishes tender mem- ories of those days. In 1872, his parents removed to Ports- mouth. He fitted for college in the schools of that city" and was graduated at Brown University at Providence, R. I., .. in the class of '82. Two or three years after leaving col- lege he became the editor of the Lynn Transcript, to begin about that time to write humorous and dialect poems, soon
SAM WALTER FOSS.
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HISTORY OF CANDIA.
establishing a high reputation in that line, his effusions being copied largely by the papers and magazines of this country, Canada, England and Australia. In 1887, he was invited to the editorial chair of the Yankee Blade, the great literary paper of Boston, with the understanding that in addition to his other labors he should write a poem weekly for that publication, these adding materially to its success. In January, 1893, the better portion of his poems were pub- lished under the name of "Back Country Poems," which is meeting with a large sale. Mr. Foss is no servile imitator of others, but writes of nature as he sees it. Many of his most humorous productions contain a lesson which tends to stimulate and strengthen the moral sentiments of his readers. He was married in 1887 to Miss Carrie M., daughter of Rev. H. W. Conant of Providence, R. I., and resides in Somerville, Mass. Mr. and Mrs. Foss have two children, a son and a daughter.
CALEB CUSHING SARGENT.
The name of Caleb Cushing Sargent, a son of Jonathan Sar- gent, was omitted from the list of college graduates given in Chapter XXVI. He was born in 1835 and graduated at Dart- mouth college in 1860. He taught school awhile and prac- tised law several years, to finally become a trader at Corinth, Vt., where he is now engaged in business.
J. ROWLAND BATCHELDER.
James Rowland Batchelder, who came to Candia from Ray- mond and resided in the village many years, died very sudden- ly from the effects of the explosion of a kerosene lamp, while sitting by it reading on the evening of Nov. 20, 1892.
CHAPTER XXXIV.
ADDITIONAL ITEMS.
The following items, fragments of articles and additional information gleaned by the author and found among his loose papers, some of which were evidently intended for publication, are thought to be worthy of preservation:
CANDIA AS A SUMMER RESORT.
During the past few years a considerable number of the farmers of Candia have profitably engaged in the business of entertaining, during the summer months, people belonging to some of the crowded cities and towns on the seaboard. There are few towns in New Hampshire where finer scenery and distant prospects are to be obtained than from Tower hill, Patten's hill, High street, Clark's hill, Walnut hill, and other places that might be mentioned. The roads are in excellent condition, and a drive over the hills and through the valleys is delightful. The wild fruits are abundant and the railroad and' postoffice facilities all that can be desired. A small outlay only would be required to fit up a large number of the spacious farmhouses for convenient and attractive homes for visitors during the summer season. There is no doubt of its being made profitable.
PATRONS OF HUSBANDRY.
The Candia Grange was instituted in 1891 and has become a flourishing institution. The following are the names of the present officers : Worthy Master, Benjamin Lang ; Overseer, Samuel F. Colcord ; Lecturer, Mrs. Frank D. Rowe ; Secretary, Frank E. Page ; Treasurer, George Clark ; Steward, Jesse W. Sargent ; Assistant Steward, F. Augustus Mulliken; Lady Assist- ant Steward, Ella Richardson ; Chaplain, George E. Richard- son ; Ceres, Mrs. George E. Cross ; Pomona, Mrs. George E. Richardson ; Flora, Mrs. E. J. Sylvester ; Gate-keeper, James H. Brown.
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523
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HISTORY OF CANDIA.
CHANGES IN POPULATION.
In the course of a few years after the first settlements were made in town, some of the original owners of lots sold their property to new-comers and removed to the northern and west- ern sections of this state and Vermont. About the beginning of the present century, a considerable number of families moved to the state of Maine and New York. Between the years 1825 and 1840, a large number of families and many young men and women settled in various western states. The farms and resi- dences they left behind were in many cases sold to parties coming from other localities. These changes in the population have continued until, at this time, a few only of the inhabitants are descendents from the people who lived in the town ninety years ago.
On High Street there are not over eight persons who live upon lands which were owned and occupied by their ancestors pre- vious to the year 1800. The following are their names : Isaac Fitts, a grandson of Daniel Fitts, Esq., and a great-grandson of Lieutenant Abraham Fitts, the first by the name of Fitts who came to Candia ; a daughter of John S. Patten, who is descend- ed from Master Moses Fitts ; Samuel Morrill, 3d, who owns a part of the farm upon which his grandfather, Samuel Morrill, Esq., resided ; Mrs. Lucinda Eaton, wife of George Eben Ea- ton, who lives on the homestead once owned by her grand- father, Theophilus Clough, 2d, and first owned by her great- uncle, Theophilus Clough, sr., who was the first owner; An- drew J. Robie, son of Asa Robie and great-grandson of Icha- bod Robie, the first settler on the place ; Andrew J. Fifield, a grandson of John C. Fifield and great-grandson of Stephen Fifield, one of the first inhabitants in town ; J. Lane Fitts, a grandson of Reuben Fitts and a great-grandson of Jethro Hill; George W. Brown, a grandson of Aaron Brown, sr .; Elias P. and Joseph Hubbard, sons of Joseph Hubbard, sr., and grand- sons of Benjamin Hubbard, one of the first settlers.
On the North Road there are only five persons who reside on the farms of their ancestors of less than a hundred years ago, and these are Dana Hall, a grandson of Benjamin Hall ; Addison Smith, a grandson of J. Chase Smith; William B.
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HISTORY OF CANDIA.
Thorn, a grandson of Nathan Thorn ; John G. Martin, grand- son of Moses Martin; Lorenzo Hoit, grandson of Col. Thomas Wilson.
On the New Boston road a great-grandson of Benjamin Lang is the only person who lives on the homestead of his ancestors.
Moses F. Emerson resides on the place on the Chester road which was first occupied by his grandfather, Moses Emerson, a soldier of the Revolution. Mrs. Thomas Colby lives on the place which was first owned by her grandfather, Israel Dol- ber, st.
At the Village, Bradley Beane and Bradley B. Beane live on the place which was owned and occupied by Joseph Beane more than one hundred and forty years ago. Mrs. Mary S., widow of the late D. C. Moore, is now the owner of the home on the South road upon which her grandfather, Col. H. T. Eaton, and great-grandfather, Paul Eaton, resided. Ellen S. Eaton, daugh- ter of Henry M. Eaton, is now the owner of the place upon which her great-grandfather settled in 1773. Dea. Edmund Hill lives on the place owned by his grandfather, Dea. John Hill, more than 130 years ago.
On the Patten road, Mrs. John S. Nutting, lives on the- homestead settled by her great-grandfather, Thomas Patten,. over a hundred and forty years ago. There are no other des- cendents of the early inhabitants living on the road.
J. Osgood Wason resides on a place situated on the Jersey road which was owned by his father, John Wason, and grand- father, Robert Wason.
George F. Patten lives on the old homestead on Clark's hill which has been in the possession of his family for four gener- ations, his great-grandfather, Robert Patten, being the first owner.
THE END.
INDEX.
Abatements of soldiers taxes, 1775, 88 Academy, Asa Fitts' 428 Accidental deaths . 304 Account of John Lane for building meeting house. . 60, 62
Accounts of continental soldiers
93
Adventists
227
Aged people
15,399
Aged colored woman .
459
Amusements .
45I
Anderson's tavern
234
Anecdotes, . . .
105, 151, 437, 455
Anniversaries, wedding
340
centennial
416
.Animals, cruelty to .
367
Armsby, Rev. Lauren
193
Articles of faith, Cong.
203
Artillery, officers of .
I4I
Assault case of Bean and Patten .
310
Association, test of 1776
73
Bagley, Dr. Thomas
383
Baker, Moses .
54, 81, 84, 88
Bands
377
.
Banks
I62
Baptisms
222
Batchelder, J. R.
52I
Bean, Rev. Moses
216
Beane, Rev. Samuel C. .
320, 513
Bears
42
Beavers .
45
Bell of Cong. church
196
Berry, Dr. Edward
385
Biographical sketches.
486
Blake, Geo. B., death of
310
Blacksmiths
276
Blueberries
279
Brigade, muster
156
Brown, Frank P.
88,
516
John .
5IO
Dr. John
382
Jonathan C.
320
Boulders
37
Bounties
17, 178, 180
Bounty jumpers
I80
Bunker Hill
69, 70
Burnham, Dr. John L.
386
Burial customs .
III
Butler, Philip A.
519
Camp meetings .
442
Candia Banner
398
Candia's independence
130
Mutual Fire Ins. Co.
239
Catholics in town
228
Carpenters
277
Carriages, sleighs, etc.
275
Carr, Dr. Edgar L.
385
Cass, Benjamin .
55,439, 442
Cavalry, officers of .
142
Celebrations
414
Cemeteries .
105-6-7-8-9-10-II-19
Centennial
416
Charmingfare .
I30
Chimneys, fireplaces
358
Clay, Lorenzo .
319
Chester, survey of .
turnpike.
159
27
Choir, Cong. church .
373
Free Will Baptist church, 375
Methodist church .
377
Churchs . .. See under different den.
Colby brothers, death of .
309
Cold summers and winters .
354
Committee, ist meeting house .
57
of inspection .
68
of safety
75
to proc. soldiers, 1778 86
Cong. society, history of .. .
183
church improvements.
21I
deacons
212
funds of .
212
ministers
183
sale of parsonage
213
new parsonage lot
214
Collectors, names of .
476
Coopering
266
Coopers .
267
Corner, stores at
282
Currency
16I
Dark days
346
Daughters of Rebekah .
232
Dearborn, Lt. Thos., death of .
89
Debating clubs
429
Debt, imprisonment for .
war
182
313
Decorations
371
Decoration day .
418
Dedication of new Cong. church,
201
Deer inspectors
46
Delegates to Prov. Congress
69
Deaths by accident
304
suicide.
303
Deerfield explosions
325
Depot Village, stores at .
288
Dialect, Yankee .
324
Diphtheria, cases of .
309
Dow, Rev. Lorenzo B.
218
Domestic manufacturing
265
Drafted men in 1812 .
I28
525
526
HISTORY OF CANDIA.
9
Drafted men in 1863 . I79
Droughts .
356
Dudley, D. B., G. A. R. post
233
Joseph P.
Mary J.
219; 507
Samuel
270, 508
Sara 1. .
324
Woodbury 'J
425, 508
Duncan, William . . 191, 213, 283, 286
William H. . . 319, 324, 427
William, Jr .
I9I
Dusten, Capt. M., acc. ag. U. S. .
90
letters to his wife, 91, 92
Early settlers, privations of . . 29, 52
East Candia, stores at .
287
Eastman, Dr. Joseph . 384
Eaton, Ephraim K. .
. 319, 441, 502
Francis B. .
415, 399, 509
James H.
323
Tesse,
319
Peter
284
Eclipses
347
Edgerley, Andrew
J
515
Emerson, Abraham
499
Francis P. .
323
Carrie L.
John Dolber
324
319, 499
Col. Nathaniel .
. . . 48, 68, 75, 78, 253, 496
1 letters to Col. Webster, 75 William R. P. 322
Encounter with the devil
456
Enrolled men, substitutes to war, 179
Epidemics
Fairs
Farmers' and Mechanics' Libr. 399
236
Farm stock
258
Fashions
446
Federalists in town
II6
constitution of
II7
members of club
125
Field officers
I4I
Fifield, Stephen
103
Fire, borrowing of
363
Fires .
24I
Fire insurance
239
Fitts, Abrabam (Lt.), dairy of
8 1
Asa .
285
Academy of
428
Franklin .
323
Rev. Jas H. . 323, 415, 416, 513
Dr. John Franklin .
323
J. Lane
168, 417, 518
Moses
284
Moses Hall .
319
Nathan
285
Foreign missions
467
Foss, Sam Walter
Foster, Avery M., M. D.
386, 520
Samuel, M. D.
382
-
Free Will Baptist Soc. . . . . 214, 216 funds of ... 220 meeting house . 216 ch., members of, 217 choirs . . . 377
pastors, '90, 220 So. Road. . 227
French,' Coffin M. .
516.
George Henry
32I
Dr. George H.
323.
Samuel Franklin
320
Freshets
357
Fruits of old time
262
Gate to High Street cemetery .
I06
Glacial period, evidence of
36
Graduates of colleges
322
Granary, the old .
201
233
G. A. R., W. B. Dudley post .
Grant, Dr. L. E.
386
Grants of territory
I7
Grasshoppers
357
Hall, George.
518
Halls .
330
Hamlets, list of
41
Harness makers .
279
Hat manufacturing
278
Haywards and hogreaves
47
Hearse, first town .
106
·Herrick, Rev.' William T.
192
Hubbard, Charles H
32I
Henry A.
32I
Hidden, Rev. Ephraim N.
192:
High schools .
High Street cemetery
105
stores
284
Holbrook, Mrs. Sarah
III
Holt, Jacob S. .
John
27I
Homesteads and their owners
479
Husking bees
26I
Incorporation, act of .
32
petition for
3I
Improvements
365
Indian relics
424
Infantry company
I42.
Intemperance .
426.
Inventory, 1891
445
Ingalls, E. R., trial
of
34I
Jewett, David, first minister . . 55, 183
Jones, Rev. Isaac
187
Jurymen for 1775 .
64
Justices of the peace
293
Kelly, Dr. Timothy
38I
Lane, Emma .
380
Dr. Isaiah
383
James P .
322.
John, accounts of .
61, 62
Lane, Richard Emerson .
319:
Lane Rifles
157
Lang, Thomas, Jr. .
517
Langford, Joseph C. .
287, 510.
Free Masonry in Candia
230
Lawsuits .
300
I38
389
Farming of old
254
271, 515:
324
527
INDEX.
Liberty poles
425
Libraries .
235
Library, Smyth Public
237
Light infantry
108, 140
Literary fund
I37
society 236
Longevity, names of old people, 399
Lost steers .
435
Lots, first in Candia .
27
Lovejoy, Rev. George Edward .
193
Lower Inf. Co.
I42
May day
417
training
I43
McClure, David, first settler
29
Medicinal plants
44
Meeting house, building of first .
57
pews, sale of .
59
warming of .
197
Melodeons, first in town
380
Memorial day .
418
Methodist society, .
223, 224
members of .
224
pastors of .
224
com. to hire .. 54
Minister, first settled .
183
Ministers, Congregational
183
F. W. B. church
218
Methodist .
224
Militia, field officers of
I4I
history of
I37
laws relating to
I54
trouble with Chester lt. inf. 154
Mills
249
Moderators, names of 473
Monuments .
106, 419
Mooers, Dr. Samuel .
55, 69
Maj. Samuel
282
Pictures .
369
Moore, Dr. Coffin
38I
J. Bailey
5
John .
50I
John T. .
Morrill, Charles F.
323, 50I
512
Henry Robie
322
Samuel .
5II
Mountains seen from Candia .
45
Mowing machines, first in town . 454 Murdock, Rev. William 19I
Music, history of .
372
teachers of
379
Musters .
anecdotes of
146
15I
brigade .
I56
dinners .
150
places of
I57
Mutual fire insurance company . 239
Nail factory . 278
Names of persons over 70 years .
399
New Boston road .
4I
New Boston road cemetery
IO8
North road .
4I
stores 285
Notice May training
I43
Odd Fellows .
23I
early members
232
officers .
232
Officers, artillery
I4I
cavalry .
I42
field .
I4I
infantry Cos.
I42
Union Baptist church . 47I
Old houses .
434
people .
399
Palmer, Alanson
32I
Albert
320, 519
Moses .
322
Wilson
324, 417
Parker, Frederick
318
Parsonage, Cong. .
63
lot,
213
Pattee, Dr. Luther
384
Patten, Daniel Dana .
Dea. Francis .
500
320
Col. Rufus E.
419
Capt. William R. .
321, 416
Patrons of Husbandry
523
Pay roll, Capt. Barker's company,
88
R. I. campaign
89
Peabody, Rev. Albert B.
195
Peace and war
374
Pensions to soldiers
458
Perambulating town lines
247
Periodicals taken in town .
397
Petition to Gov. Shute .
26
210
Physicians
38I
Pianos .
Pigeons, catching of
280
Pillsbury, David .
318
Col. David
I54
Dr. John .
383
Political parties
II5, 458
Population
294, 523
Ponds .
40
Portraits .
369
Postmasters
290
Postoffices .
289
Potato rot .
455
Pound, the .
336
Prescott-Graves controversy
107
Prices of articles of living
80
Prince, Rev. Jos., blind preacher, 183
Privations of early settlers .
52
Progressive Orthodoxy
466
Quarrel, result of .
3IO
Quimby, Jacob H. .
318
Quota of Continental soldiers
86
Railroad .
244
Ramsey, Mathew, early settler
20
Reade, Rev. Wm. Churchill .
194
Rebellion, war of .
I66
history of regiments .
I67
Reception of Gov. Smyth
420
380
Pews, owners of, Cong. church.
Philbrick, John D. .
32I
5:28
HISTORY OF CANDIA.
Reed, Jacob . 322
Relics of Indians 424
Religious history concluded . 161
Remington, Rev. Jesse . 185
Representatives to legislature 472
Reptiles
43
Revivals .
209
Revolution, war of
68
Reynolds cemetery .
109
Rivers and small streams
39
Roads . .
. 41, 48, 49, 295
Robie, Dr. J. Wilson 323
Rowe, Jonathan
285
Russell, Rev. Charles P.
I90
Saddlers .
279
Saltmarsh, suit of 30I
Sargeant, Cyrus .
497
Capt. John
497
Sargent, Caleb Cushing
53I
Sargent, Dr. Samuel .
School districts .
I32
first
I30
funds in 1764
48
examinations
432
lot
superintendents of
50
477
Searle, Rev. Jonathan
183
Secession in N. H. .
23
Selectmen, account of 1780
99
names of .
September gales . .
473
353
Settlement of Candia .
29
Sewing circles,
453
Shoemakers, names of 270
Shoemaking
269
Shows .
454
Signers of petition for incorp. 3I
Silk culture .
272
Singers of Cong. church .
374
F. W. B. church 376
Situation of town .
34
Sleighs, carriages, etc. 275
Small pox .
308
Smith, Alvah A.
322
Benjamin, early settler
29
Smyth, Mrs. Emma
503
Dorothy .
Frederick . . 106, 419, 420, 503
Public Library
237
Stephen .
408
503
Snakes
Somnambulisın, case of W. Fitts, 315
Soldiers claims, speculating in . .
18I
graves, marking of .
419
monument
419
pensions .
458
Revolutionary, names of
. . 16, 71-9, 82-6-8, 93-5
war of 1812 .
I28
Spelling schools .
43I
Spiritualists .
226
Stages
237
Station agents
246
Stewart, Mrs. Flora
459
Stores .
15, 282
Storms
352
Substitutes of enrolled men
179
Sudden deaths
307
Suicides .
303
South Road, stores on
286
Summers, cold
354
Sunday schools .
466
Superintendents of schools . 477
Tanners
276
Taverns
233
Taxpayers . . . 103, 164, 240, 312, 334
Teachers of music .
379
Teachers, names of to 1880 .
I3I
salary of .
I3I
Tea parties
454
Telephone .
Temperance movements
427
Text books, list of .
133, 135
Thompson, Hon. Thomas W.
390
Time, old and new style
359
Time pieces .
420
Town's action, support of civ. war, 176 Town clerks, names of . 475
lots . .
27
meetings
46, 478
officers, duties of .
46
elected 1774
50
list of .
46, 472
treasurers, names of
475
Tornadoes .
353
Tower hill pond
40
Tramps .
4II
Travel in old times
298
Tything men .
47
Uniforms of militia men
143
Union Baptist church .
217
officers of. . 47I
parsonage . 222
Ununiformed companies
I42
Universalists . 224, 225 Wallace, Rev. C. W., address by, 208
Wall decorations
37.[
War debt
I82
Weddings
337
Wedding anniversaries
340
Wells .
445
Wheat, Dr. Nathaniel .
382
Dr. Thomas .
323
Wheeler, Rev. Abraham, 105, 187, 464
Whipping post, the
337
Whittier, Aaron G. ,
514
Winters, cold
354
Witchcraft .
422
Wood and timber
273
Young, Dr. I.eander S. .
386
1272
1
384
425
Settlers, names of first . 29, 30
Sheriffs
477
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