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Jeremiah Pickard, Jr., 1816.
Joseph Moody, 1818, 1819.
Joseph M. Harper, 1819-21.
Thomas Ames, 1820, 1834.
Joseph Gerrish, 1821-1823.
Joseph Ham, Jr., 1824-28, 1833.
Joseph Lyford, Jr., 1824-27, 1833.
Samuel Tallant, 1824-26.
David Clough, 1827, 1828.
1 Son of Masten Morrill.
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Benjamin Sanborn, 1828, 1834, 1837. Tristram C. Dow, 1829, 1830, 1842- 44. Moses Stevens, 1829, 1830.
Richard Greenough, 1831, 1832.
Jeremiah Kimball, 1831, 1832. Andrew Taylor, 1831, 1832.
Jesse Stevens, 1835, 1837, 1838, 1840. Jonathan T. Underhill, 1835. Enoch Gibson, 1836.
Abiel Cogswell, 1836, 1847, 1848. Benjamin Whidden, 1836, 1839. Laban Morrill, 1838, 1841, 1848. Solomon Young, 1839.
Josiah Dow, 1839.
Hannibal Haines, 1840.
Moses C. Lyford, 1841, 1846.
Thomas L. Whidden, 1841, 1863-66, 1875.
John J. Bryant, 1842, 1843.
George W. Peverly, 1842,-44.
Samuel Albert Ames, 1844, 1845.
Nathan Emery, Jr., 1845-47, 1849, 1854, 1855. James S. Elkins, 1845-47, 1849.
Jonathan Ayers, Jr., 1848.
Ebenezer Batchelder, 1849, 1850, 1853.
Joseph P. Dearborn, 1850, 1891.
Jeremiah C. Elliott, 1850.
David Morrill, Jr., 1851, 1852, 1854.
Enoch Emery, 1851.
Jacob C. Whidden, 1851, 1852, 1859, 1860-62.
Jonathan Sargent, 1852. Nathaniel Pallet, 1853.
John Lyford, 1853.
Edward Osgood, 1854-56, 1876, 1877. John Fletcher, 1855, 1856.
David M. Foster, 1856, 1857.
Billey E. Pillsbury, 1891, 1892.
Benjamin McClary, 1857, 1858.
Joseph G. Clough, 1857, 1858.
Enoch E. Pickard, 1858, 1859, 1886.
John A. Moores, 1859-61.
George F. Sanborn, 1860, 1861. Joshua Parker, 1862.
John P. Kimball, 1862. Joseph S. Ayers, 1863, 1864. Simeon B. Foster, 1863, 1864. Solomon M. Clifford, 1865, 1866. Joseph C. Sanborn, 1865, 1866. David M. Clough, 1867-70. George Scales, 1867, 1868. Rufus Boynton, 1867, 1868, 1889, 1890. William Knowlton, 1869. Simon Stevens Davis, 1869, 1870. Joseph K. Hancock, 1870-72.
Philip C. Clough, 1871, 1878, 1879, 1898, 1899, 1903, 1904.
Samuel C. Pickard, 1871-74, 1876.
Olwyn W. Dow, 1872, 1873, 1880, 1887, 1888.
Joseph E. Kimball, 1873, 1874, 1885, 1886.
Joseph G. Clough, Jr., 1874, 1875, 1883, 1884.
Jeremiah Cogswell, 1875.
Arthur Clough, 1876, 1877.
Millard F. Emery, 1877, 1878, 1881, 1882, 1897. William H. Carter, 1878, 1879, 1900, 1901.
John H. Lyford, 1879, 1880.
Eben L. Batchelder, 1880.
George W. Lake, 1881, 1882.
Alvah J. Dearborn, 1881, 1882.
George W. Fletcher, 1883, 1884, 1899, 1900.
Lowell T. Mason, 1883-86, 1905-11. James Colby, 1885.
Lyman A. Conant, 1887.
Henry L. Clough, 1887, 1888.
Frank P. Dow, 1888, 1896, 1902.
Alfred G. Chase, 1889, 1890.
Charles E. Morrill, 1889, 1890.
Cyrus G. Brown, 1891, 1892. Paul H. Jones, 1892, 1893.
John H. Batchelder,1 1893.
Smith L. Morrill, 1893.
Edwin M. Lyford, 1893, 1894.
Warren A. Stone, 1894, 1895.
1 Resigned. Smith L. Morrill elected to fill vacancy.
28-II
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Herbert L. Brown, 1894, 1895.
Byron P. Ingalls, 1895, 1896.
Charles N. Clough, 1896.
Moses A. Foster, 1897.
William W. Wheeler, 1897, 1898.
Osborne L. Colby, 1898, 1899.
Jonathan B. Foster, 1900, 1901, 1911.
Alphonso B. Chute, 1901, 1902.
Edwin Weston Dow, 1902, 1903, 1904, 1910.
Charles F. Jones, 1903.
Louis D. Morrill, 1904, 1905.
Frank C. Plastridge, 1905-07, 1911.
Frank S. Davis, 1906, 1907.
George H. Gleason, 1908, 1909.
Frank L. Brown, 1908-1910.
TOWN TREASURERS.1
Archelaus Moore, 1758.
Jeremiah Clough, 1765, 1766.
David Foster, 1773, 1774, 1775.
David Morrill, Jr., 1851, 1852.
Luther Sargent, 1877, 1878.
Laban Morrill, 1853.
Joseph M. Foster, 1879 1880, 1881.
Nathan Emery, 1854, 1855.
James F. French, 1885, 1886.
Edward Osgood, 1856, 1882, 1883, 1884.
James S. Elkins, 1887. Frank W. Morrill, 1888.
David M. Foster, 1857.
Joseph G. Clough, 1858.
Jacob C. Whidden, 1859, 1860, 1861, 1862.
Henry W. Hutchins, 1896, 1900-02.
Charles H. Fellows, 1897, 1898.
William H. Carter, 1899.
Sam W. Lake, 1903-07.
Alfred H. Brown, 1908 (appointed), 1909-11.
CONSTABLES AND COLLECTORS.2
Joseph Simons, 1750.
Abraham Batchelder, 1766.
Ephraim Clough, 1750.
William Gault, 1767.
James Lindsey, 1751.
Joseph Mann, 1768.
William Glines, 1752.
David Morrill, 1769.
John Glines, 1753.
Josiah Miles, 1770.
Samuel Ames, 1754.
James Shepherd, 1771.
Simon Ames, 1755, 1756.
William Forrest, 1772.
John Dolloff, 1757.
None elected 1773, 1774.
None elected, 1758.
Samuel Moore, 1775.
John Forrest, 1759.
Caleb Heath, 1776.
John Gibson, 1761.
Thomas Foss, 1777.
James Gibson, 1762.
Gideon Bartlett, 1778, 1779.
Daniel Ames, 1763.
Ephraim Carter, 1780.
Nathaniel Moore, 1765.
Joseph Clough, 1781.
Joseph P. Dearborn, 1889, 1890.
Frank P. Dow, 1891-95.
Thomas L. Whidden, 1863, 1864, 1865, 1866.
David M. Clough, 1867, 1868, 1869, 1870.
Samuel C. Pickard, 1871, 1872. Alfred H. Brown, 1873, 1874. Samuel Hill, 1875, 1876.
1 In the years not specified one of the selectmen acted as town treasurer. From 1851 to 1872 inclusive, except the year 1853, the treasurer was the chairman of the board of selectmen.
a Prior to 1819, the constable was also collector of taxes.
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John Bean, 1782-85.
Abner Hoyt, 1786, 1787.
Samuel Gerrish, 1788.
Nehemiah Clough, 1789, 1797. Jeremiah Clough, Jr., 1790.
Jonathan Bradley, 1801.
Laban Morrill, 1791.
None elected 1792.
Leavitt Clough, 1793. William Hazeltine, 1794.
David Ames, 1795.
Henry Tibbets, 1802. Thomas Ames, 1803, 1804, 1811-16, 1818. Reuben French, 1805-09. Joseph Moody, 1817.
COLLECTORS OF TAXES.
Samuel A. Morrill, 1819, 1820.
Laban Morrill, 1821-23.
Stephen Cate, 1824, 1825.
True K. Mason, 1857, 1858.
Edmund Stevens, 1826.
James H. Herrick, 1859, 1860.
Abiel Cogswell, 1827.
William H. Currier, 1861, 1862.
Joseph M. Harper, 1828, 1829. No record 1830. Joseph Clough, 1831.
Simon Stevens Davis, 1863, 1864, 1865, 1887, 1888. Cyrus G. Brown, 1866, 1867.
Joseph Lyford, 1832.
Joseph K. Hancock, 1868, 1869.
Jeremiah Kimball, 1833.
Moses C. Lyford, 1870.
David M. Clough, 1834.
Alfred H. Brown, 1875.
John L. Tallant, 1835.
Milton B. Neal, 1876-80.
Robert S. Morrill, 1836, 1837.
John H. Lyford, 1881-84.
Nathaniel Pallet, 1838.
Myron C. Foster, 1885, 1886.
Frank S. Davis, 1889, 1890.
Charles H. Colby, 1891-94. John A. Beck, 1895, 1896.
Luther Sargent, 1897, 1898.
Daniel Sanborn, 1844, 1846.
Charles F. Adams, 1899-1907.
Abiel F. Bradley, 1847.
Sam W. Lake, 1908.
Chester E. Heath, 1909-11.
SUPERINTENDING SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
1799. Rev. Frederick Parker with the town clerk, Abiel Foster, Jr., and the selectmen, Samuel Gerrish, Joseph Ayers and William Foster.
1800. Rev. Frederick Parker with town clerk and selectmen, 1
1809. Rev. William Patrick, Samuel C. Hazelton, Isaac Smith and Samuel Ames.2
1810. Abiel Foster, Samuel C. Hazelton, Isaac Smith, Samuel Ames.
1811. Samuel C. Hazelton, Ezekiel Morrill, Abiel Foster.
1812. Samuel C. Hazelton, Ezekiel Morrill, Joseph Moody.
1 Leavitt Clough was selectman this year in place of Joseph Ayers.
2 Record from 1800-09 shows no selection of a supervisory school committee.
Simeon B. Foster, 1839, 1840, 1842, 1845, 1849-52, 1854, 1871-74. John J. Bryant, 1841. John Peverly, 1843.
Charles Greenough, 1848.
Nathan Emery, 1853.
Benjamin McClary, 1855, 1856.
Moses Cogswell, 1796. Jonathan Foster, 1798. David McCrillis, 1799.
Masten Morrill, 1800.
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1813. Rev. William Patrick, Abiel Foster, Samuel C. Hazelton, Marcellus Morrill, Joseph Moody.
1814. Rev. William Patrick, Abiel Foster, Joseph Moody, Samuel C. Haz- elton, Amos Cogswell, Samuel Ames.
1815. Rev. William Patrick, Amos Cogswell, Ezekiel Morrill, Abiel Foster.
1816. Rev. William Patrick, Joseph Harper, Samuel C. Hazelton, Ezekiel Morrill.
1817. Rev. William Patrick, Joseph M. Harper, Amos Cogswell, Abiel Foster.
1818. Rev. William Patrick, Joseph M. Harper, Leavitt Clough, Jr.
1819-27. Rev. William Patrick.1
1828. Rev. William Patrick, Joseph M. Harper, Dudley Hill .?
1829. Rev. William Patrick, Joseph M. Harper, Jeremiah Kimball.
1830. Rev. William Patrick, Elder John Harriman, Joseph M. Harper. 1831-33. No record
1834. Rev. William Patrick, Elder John Harriman, James Peverly, Jr. 1835-36. No record.
1837. Rev. William Patrick, Elder John Harriman, Dudley Hill.
1838. Rev. William Patrick, Elder John Harriman, Gardner T. Barker.
1839. Rev. William Patrick, Elder John Harriman, Dr. Robert S. Morrill.
1840. Rev. William Patrick, Elder John Harriman, Gardner T. Barker.
1841.
Rev. William Patrick, Joseph M. Harper, Elder Joseph Clough.
1842. Rev. William Patrick, Joseph M. Harper, William H. Foster.
1843. No record.
1844. Voted to indefinitely postpone article in warrant providing for the election of three persons as superintending school committee.
1845. Rev. Howard Moody, Rev. Edmund B. Fairfield, Joseph M. Harper.
1846. Rev. Howard Moody, Joseph M. Harper, Jonathan Ayers, Jr.
1847. Rev. Howard Moody, Rev. Samuel T. Catlin, Joseph M. Harper.
1848. Rev. Howard Moody, Rev. Edmund B. Fairfield, Joseph M. Harper. 1849. Edward Osgood, Jonathan Ayers, Jr., Lorrain T. Weeks.
1850. Edward Osgood, William H. Foster, Luther Sargent.
1851. Rev. Howard Moody, Lorrain T. Weeks, B. F. Tallant.
1852. Rev. Howard Moody.
1853. Lorrain T. Weeks, Elder Plumer Chesley, Edward Osgood. 1854-57. Rev. Howard Moody.
1858-59. Luther Sargent.
1860-61. Luther Sargent, Rev. Howard Moody, John Ham.
1862. Luther Sargent, Rev. Howard Moody, Lorrain T. Weeks.
1863. William H. Foster, Lorrain T. Weeks, Luther Sargent.
1864-65. Jonathan Ayers, William H. Foster, Lorrain T. Weeks.
1866. Rev. Howard Moody, Jonathan Ayers.
1867. Edward Osgood.
1 Only one chosen.
2 Appointed by selectmen in accordance with act of legislature 1827.
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1868. Edward Osgood, chairman.1
1869-72. Lyman B. Foster, chairman.1
1873. Lyman B. Foster, J. B. Higgins, Rev. James Doldt.
1874. Edmond Osgood, chairman.
1875. Newel K. Foster, chairman; Mrs. George F. Blanchard, Matthias M. Moore, Joseph Ayers, Rev. A. D. Smith, Elder Henry C. Blinn, Mary E. Clough, E. T. Clough, Sarah M. Colby, George E. Wiggin.
1876. Luther Sargent, Charles W. Emery, Newell K. Foster.
1877. Luther Sargent, chairman; Warren A. Stone, Matthias M. Moore, Mrs. A. D. Smith, John Ham, Albert B. Clough, Elder Henry C. Blinn, Mrs. James McKerley, Mrs. Samuel C. Pickard, Sarah M. Colby, George E. Wiggin. 1878-79. Luther Sargent, Charles W. Emery, John Ham.
1880. Charles W. Emery, John Ham, Warren A. Stone.
1881. Charles F. Jones, chairman; Elizabeth C. Moore, Mrs. Frank P. Dow, Mrs. Sarah E. Small, Mary E. Clough, Nicholas A. Briggs, David M. Clough, Emma L. Colby, W. W. Wheeler.
1882-84. A. S. Bronson.
1885. Mary E. Smith.
1886. Luther Sargent, Olwyn W. Dow, Charles H. Ayers.
1887. Luther Sargent, Olwyn W. Dow, Caroline F. Emery.
1888. Luther Sargent, Caroline F. Emery, Lowell T. Mason.
1889. Caroline F. Emery, Lowell T. Mason, William D. Ingalls.
1890. Lowell T. Mason, Caroline F. Emery, William D. Ingalls.
1891. William D. Ingalls, Charles M. Clough, Caroline F. Emery.
1892. Caroline F. Emery, William H. Carter, Charles N. Clough.
1893 Charles N. Clough, William H. Carter, Emma J. Morrill.
1894. William H. Carter, Lyman A. Conant, Mrs. Ruth A. Foster.
1896.
1895. Lyman A. Conant, Frank L. Brown, Mrs. Ruth A. Foster. Mrs. Ruth A. Foster, Frank L. Brown, Rev. Albert E. Hall. 1897. Frank L. Brown, Rev. Albert E. Hall, Hattie C. Fletcher. 1898. 1899. William W. Briggs, Frank E. Drew, Hattie C. Fletcher. Hattie C. Fletcher, Frank E. Drew, Leroy A. Glines. 1900. Millard F. Emery, Ida M. Kimball, William W. Wheeler.
1901. William W. Wheeler, Ida M. Kimball, Olwyn W. Dow.
1902. Ida M. Kimball, Olwyn W. Dow, William W. Wheeler.
1903. William W. Wheeler, Fanny W. Foster,? Harry G. Clough, Bertha
Silver.3 1904. William W. Wheeler, Frank L. Brown, Mrs. Jennie Pickard.
1905. Frank L. Brown, Mrs. Jennie Pickard, William W. Wheeler.
1906. Mrs. Jennie Pickard, William W. Wheeler, Frank L. Brown.
1907. William W. Wheeler, Frank L. Brown, Mrs. John True.
1908. Frank L. Brown, Mrs. John True, Rev. Dyer M. Phillips.
1909. Jeannette B. Morrill, Elmer B. Osgood, William C. Tallman.
1910. Mrs. Jeannette B. Morrill, Elmer B. Osgood, William C. Tallman.
1School board consisted of one from each school district. No other names given.
2 Resigned.
3 Appointed to fill vacancy.
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1911. Mrs. Jeannette B. Morrill, Elmer B. Osgood, Francis P. Cass.
The town records show that from 1868-72 the following persons were elected to the school board in addition to the chairmen who signed the school report. Not all, however, qualified and performed the duties of office:
1868. Josiah Higgins, Joseph Ayers, David M. Foster, Thomas L. Whid- den, Henry C. Blinn, John Ingalls, David M. Clough, Loenard Colby, James M. Wiggin, Solomon M. Clifford, Nahum Blanchard.
1869. James S. Elkins, Matthias M. Moore, Mrs. Joseph S. Ayers, Edward Osgood, Mrs. Mary J. Ham, Abbie C. Clough, Henry C. Blinn, John Ingalls, Mary C. Tallant, James Colby, Sarah E. Wiggin.
1870. Nahum Blanchard, Matthias M. Moore, John J. Railey, Edward Osgood, Mrs. Mary J. Ham, Sylvanus C. Moore, Henry C. Blinn, A. B. Ingalls, David M. Clough, Leonard Colby, Eben P. Carter.
1871. Nahum Blanchard, Matthias M. Moore, Climena B. Morrill, Edward Osgood, Mrs. Juliette E. Lyford, Sylvanus C. Moore, Henry C. Blinn, A. B. Ingalls, David M. Clough, James Colby, Eben P. Carter.
1872. Ann E. Blanchard, Matthias M. Moore, John J. Railey, Mary E. Clough, Mrs. Juliette E. Lyford, Rev. James Doldt, Henry C. Blinn, John Ingalls, Samuel C. Pickard, James Colby, Andrew J. Taylor.
COLLEGE GRADUATES.
The Rev. William Patrick gives a list of fifteen college graduates from Can- terbury in the thirty-five years following 1798.1 There is no record of anyone graduating at an earlier date. An examination of the Dartmouth general catalogue discloses the names of two others not enumerated by Mr. Patrick. To this list are added those known to have graduated since 1833. It is possi- ble that the roster may be incomplete, as verification by college catalogues is impracticable. In chronological order the names are given.
William Rolfe, Dartmouth, 1799. Studied for the ministry. Ordained at Groton, 1803. Part of his time was spent in the service of the N. H. Mission- ary Society.
Ebenezer Greenough, son of Ebenezer Greenough, Harvard, 1803. Lawyer, settled in Pennsylvania.
Samuel Haines, Dartmouth, 1803. Lawyer, settled in Alabama. Lieu- tenant U. S. Army. Died August 30, 1825, at Providence, R. I.
Jonathan Kittredge, son of Dr. Jonathan Kittredge, Dartmouth, 1813. Lawyer, chief justice Court of Common Pleas of New Hampshire, 1856-58. Died at Concord, April 8, 1864.
Charles G. Haines, brother of Samuel Haines, Middlebury, 1816. Lawyer, settled in New York. Appointed adjutant-general of that state in 1825, but died before qualifying, July 3, 1825, aged 32 years.
David Ames, son of David Ames, Dartmouth, 1817. Lawyer, settled in Tennessee.
Asa Emerson Foster, son of Col. Asa Foster, Dartmouth, 1822. Teacher. Died at Salem, Ind., October 9, 1875.
1 Historical Sermon, October 27, 1833.
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APPENDIX.
Abiel Foster, son of Abiel Foster and grandson of Rev. Abiel Foster, Dart- mouth, 1823. Teacher. Died in 1869.
Henry Clough, son of Leavitt Clough, Dartmouth, 1823. Teacher. Died in Virginia in 1824.
John Ingalls, Dartmouth, 1823. Divinity student. Died at Cambridge- port, Mass., September 5, 1828.
Cyrus Parker, son of Rev. Frederick Parker, Dartmouth, 1824. Died at Edenton, Ga., September 1, 1825, aged 21 years.
Adams Shepard, son of Col. Morrill Shepard, Middlebury, 1826. Teacher. Alfred Kittredge, brother of Jonathan Kittredge, Dartmouth, 1827. Law- yer. Died at Haverhill, Mass., May 1, 1877.
Elbridge Flagg Greenough, Dartmouth, 1828. Lawyer. Died at Wauseon, Ohio, in 1875.
Robert Smith Morrill, son of Reuben Morrill, Bowdoin, 1830. Physician in Canterbury. Died February 25, 1842.
Josiah Emery, son of Nathan Emery, Dartmouth, 1819-21; Union Schenec- tady, N. Y., 1826-28, where he graduated. Lawyer, Wellsboro, Pa., 1831-71.
Galen Foster, brother of Asa E. Foster, Amherst, 1831. Lawyer. Died at Canterbury March 2, 1895.
William Pickering Haines, son of Stephen Haines, Dartmouth, 1831. Law- yer and manufacturer. Died at Biddeford, Me., July 2, 1879.
Stephen Moody Emery, Dartmouth, 1836. Physician. Died at Penacook, October 16, 1881.
Cyrus Parker Bradley, Dartmouth, 1837. Died at Concord July 6, 1838.
Charles Hutchins Butters, Dartmouth, 1837. Lawyer. Died at Pittsfield, May 13, 1860.
William Davis Moore, Dartmouth, 1837. Teacher and business; | Died at Granville, Ohio, April 20, 1889.
Stephen Symonds Foster, Dartmouth, 1838. Clergyman and early aboli- tionist. Died at Worcester, Mass., September 7, 1881.
Charles Augustus Harper, Dartmouth, 1838. Lawyer, settled in Texas. Colonel, Texas Volunteers, Mexican War; judge Superior Court, Arkansas 1866-68. Clergyman. Died at Fairview, N. J., November 3, 1884.
Lucien B. Clough, Dartmouth, 1850. Lawyer, judge of Probate Court, Hillsborough County. Died July 28, 1895, at Manchester.
Edward Burr Smith Sanborn, Dartmouth, 1855. Lawyer. Died at Frank- lin, November 3, 1903.
Jeremiah Emery Ayers, Dartmouth, 1863. Teacher.
Charles Willard Morrill, Dartmouth, 1863. Served in 8th N. H. Volun- teers, 1863-64. Died at hospital Cairo, Illinois, December 8, 1864.
Henry Clinton Ayers, Dartmouth, 1864. Business, insurance. Died Sep- tember 24, 1899, Pittsburg, Pa.
Jeremiah Clough Foster, Bowdoin, 1866. Physician. Died September 24, 1881, at Barre, Mass ..
Abram Brown, Dartmouth, 1867. Served in 9th N. H. Volunteers Civil War. Teacher.
Walter Howard Ayers, Dartmouth, 1868; Union Theological Seminary, New York, 1871. Clergyman.
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Newell Kelly Foster, Cornell, 1873. Physician, California.
Charles W. Emery, Dartmouth, 1875. Died at Oakland, Cal., January 4, 1904.
John Pickard, Dartmouth, 1883. Teacher.
Amos Cogswell Lyford, Dartmouth, 1885. Teacher. Died at Denver, Colo., May 3, 1892.
George J. Sargent, Dartmouth, 1888. Civil engineer. Died November 20, 1909, at Canterbury.
Alpheus Sherwin Cody, Amherst, 1889. Author and business.
Mary A. Cogswell, Wellesley, 1890. Teacher.
Frank Edward Drew, Dartmouth, 1897; Boston University Law School, 1900. Lawyer.
Mary Mills Patrick, daughter of John Patrick, University of Berne, 1897. President American College for Girls, Constantinople.
Henry Day Ayers, Boston University, 1908. Teacher.
GRADUATES OF PROFESSIONAL SCHOOLS.
Alpheus Morrill, Medical School, Dartmouth, 1832. Born 1808 in Canter- bury. Practiced at Concord, 1849-74. Died May, 1874. Had two sons who were physicians, Dr. Ezekiel Morrill and Dr. Shadrack C. Morrill.
Jonathan Ayers, Gilmanton Theological School, 1842. Died June 1, 1871, at Concord.
Henry B. Morrill, son of Joseph G. Morrill, Medical School, University of Vermont, 1864. Physician. Died December 28, 1910, at Loudon.
Joseph Gerrish Ayers, Medical School, University of Vermont, 1864. Medi- cal Director U. S. Navy, retired.
Daniel Pickard, Medical School, Dartmouth, 1874.
Fred William Ingalls, Medical School, University of Vermont, 1884. Phy- sician. Died March 14, 1894, at Kingston.
George Hancock Ingalls, Medical School, University of Vermont, 1885. Physician Jamaica Plain, Mass.
Sarah Angie French, Woman's Medical College of the New York Infirmary, 1887. Physician.
Seth W. Jones, Medical School, University of Maryland, 1894. Physician, Franklin.
Samuel P. Ames, Medical College, Bellevue Hospital, N. Y., 1895.
Samuel J. Dearborn, Law School, Boston University, 1909. Lawyer.
FIRST CENSUS OF THE UNITED STATES.
CANTERBURY.
Free white males of 16 years and upwards including heads of families.
Free white males under 16 years.
Free white fe- males includ- ing heads of families.
All other free persons.
Slaves.
Aras, (Ayers) Joseph
2
4
3
Ames, Samuel
4
3
6
Ames, Simon
2
2
Asten, Thos.
1
1
Asten, Peter
3
1
3
Biglow, Stedman
1
1
2
Bracket, Simeon
1
1
Beck, Henery
2
2
4
Boynton, Joshua
2
1
2.
1
Blake, John
1
2
3
Bartlet, Gideon
2
1
5
Bracket, Ichobad
1
1
3
Bradley, Benj'n
1
3
Brier, John
1
6
4
Bradley, Jona.
2
2
4
Bean, John
3
4
4
Blanchard, Benj'n
4
3
4
Brown, Simeon
2
2
5
Blanchard, Stephen
1
2
Clough, Leavitt
1
1
3
Chase, Edward
1
1
1
Cogswell, Ebenz'r
1
1
2
Colcord, Nath'l
1
1
4
Cogswell, Moses
1
3
3
Clough, Ezikle
1
3
2
Chandler, Ebenz'r
1
2
4
Currier, Simeon
1
3
Clough, Obediah
4
2
7
Clough, Jeremiah
3
3
Clough, Jeremiah, jun'r
2
1
Carter, Olendo
2
4
Carter, John
1
1
6
Clough, Joseph
2
2
Clemment, Nath'l
3
1
3
Carter, Daniel
1
2
2
Carter, Nathaniel
2
1
2
Curry, Tho's
3
1
7
Clough, Nehemiah
2
2
4
Davis, Samuel
1
3
2
Davis, Stephen
1
1
1
Dearborn, Thomas
3
1
3
Daniels, Samuel
1
1
4
Davis, Jona.
1
2
3
Dwendell, Henery
1
3
3
Danford, Jere
1
2
2
Danford, Moses
1
1
3
Davis, John
3
1
4
.
442
HISTORY OF CANTERBURY.
FIRST CENSUS OF THE UNITED STATES (continued).
CANTERBURY.
Free white males of 16 years and upwards including heads of families.
Free white males under 16 years.
Free white fe- males includ- ing heads of families.
All other free persons.
Slaves.
Danford, Simeon
1
3
4
Durgin, Joseph
2
2
6
Flitcher, Daniel
4
3
Foster, James
1
2
Foster, Jacob
2
1
5
Forrist, William
1
1
4
Foster, Jona
2
4
Foster, Asa
3
4
Foster, Daniel
2
1
5
Foster, Daniel, jun'r
1
1
1
Foster, Abiel, Esq'r
5
6
Fowler, Abner
1
1
3
Garrish, Samuel
4
1
1
Gibson, James, jun'r
2
Glines, William
3
2
4
Gibson, Thomas
1
2
4
Gaut, William
2
2
3
Glover, John
1
3
1
Glines, Nath'l
1
3
3
Ham, John
1
1
1
Hogsdon, Miles
1
2
Haynes, Samuel
2
4
3
Haynes, Richard
1
1
4
Heath, Caleb
2
1
5
Hoit, Abner
2
3
3
Haseltine, William
2
2
3
Hall, Obediah
1
3
6
Hacket, Jeremiah
4
1
3
Heath, Benja
1
1
3
Hacket, W'd Sarrah
Heath, Simon
1
2
3
Ingalls, John
5
2
Jackson, Moses
2
2
2
Jonson, John
2
1
5
Jones, Benja
1
3
2
Jackson, Samuel
3
1
4
Kent, John, jun'r
3
1
Kimball, Ebenez'r
2
2
4
Kimball, John
2
3
2
Lange, Jona, jun'r
4
3
3
Liford, John
3
1
1
1
Lange, Simeon
1
1
1
Lange, Edmund
2
1
Lange, Moses
1
2
1
Luis, Thomas
1
8
Morill, Ezekle (Shakers)
14
4
22
Marthews, Elijah
1
1
4
Moore, Archelus
1
1
Gibson, James
1
3
Ham, Joseph
1
1
Hoit, Abner, Jun'r
1
Liford, James
Lange, Jona
2
2
Forrist, John
443
FIRST CENSUS OF THE UNITED STATES.
FIRST CENSUS OF THE UNITED STATES (continued).
CANTERBURY.
Free white males of 16 years and upwards including heads of families.
Free white males under 16 years.
Free white fe- males includ- ing heads of families.
All other free persons.
Slaves.
Moor, Joseph
1
2
4
Moore, William
2
4
4
Moore, John
3
3
1
Mann, James
1
1
1
Morrill, Laban
4
2
5
Moore, Ezikle
1
1
Meloony, James
1
1
2
Morrill, Marstin
2
1
5
Mooney, Obediah
1
1
3
Moore, Samuel
1
3
3
McCrillis, David
4
1
7
Marden, Josiah
1
1
Morrill, David
2
1
6
Merriner, Nicholas
2
1
Peverly, Nath'l
4
3
2
Pallett, Nath'l
2
2
5
Rawlings, Joshua
1
2
3
Randall, Richard
2
1
4
Ralph, William
1
2
7
Small, John
1
1
2
Small, Ephraim
1
1
2
Shannon, John
1
Small, Isaac
1
4
Sandborn, Joseph
3
4
12
Sargent, Samuel
2
4
5
Stephens, Jesse
1
1
3
Sandborn, Benjamin
2
4
Sargent, Elijah
4
2
Shepard, Morrill
2
2
Soper, Joseph
1
2
Shepard, James
2
1
5
Sutton, John
1
1
2
Stephens, Simon (Simeon?)
1
4
2
Simonds, William
1
Sinkler, Noah
1
3
4
Sutton, Michael
2
2
3
Scales, Edw'd
1
3
Tibbits, Henery
3
3
6
Tallent, Margret
1
1
3
Watson, Josiah
1
2
Wiggin, Chase
2
2
5
Whitcher, Benja (Shakers)
10
6
19
Ward, Tho's
2
2
.5
Williams, Jona
1
8
Whidden, Person
1
1
2
Weeks, Joshua
3
2
5
Walker, William
1
3
3
Weeks, Sam'l
1
1
1
Young, Joseph
1
1
Young, Winthrop
1
4
5
Glines, Nath'l
1
2
2
Foss, Josiah
1
Randall, Dan'l
1
2
2
2
2
Whidden, Nath'l
444
HISTORY OF CANTERBURY.
FIRST CENSUS OF THE UNITED STATES (continued).
CANTERBURY.
Free white males of 16 years and upward including heads of families.
Free white males under 16 years.
Free white fe- males includ- ing heads of families.
All other free persons.
Slaves.
Foster, David
2
3
2
Coggswell, John
1
1
2
Runnels, Enoch
1
2
1
Bardeen, Nath'l
1
1
4
Whitcher, Jeddediah
2
1
1
Heath, Jonathan
1
2
NORTHFIELD.
Arlen, Samuel
2
1
3
Ash, Joseph
1
2
Bartlett, Samuel
1
2
Blanchard, Edward
5
5
3
Blanchard, Richard
3
3
5
Colby, Nathan
1
3
1
Cross, John
1
2
3
Cross, James
2
2
3
Cross, Thomas
3
1
3
Cross, Jesse
2
6
4
Cochran, John
2
4
4
Currey, Robert
1
Clough, Lewi
1
1
2
Clough, Thos., junr
1
1
Collins, Benjamin
2
5
4
Cilley, John
1
1
2
Dolaff, David
1
2
Danforth, Henery
1
3
Davis, Hezekiah
1
2
1
Dearborn, Shubal
1
3
Dearborn, Nath'l
1
3
6
Dearborn, Abraham
1
3
3
Dearborn, Jona.
1
1
1
Dyer, Edw'd, Sr.
1
2
4
Forrist, William
2
3
5
Forrist, John
1
2
2
Forrist, James
1
1
1
Fiffield, Jona.
2
3
French, Sollomon
2
Foss, Robert
1
4
Foss, Thos.
3
4
Gilman, Thos.
1
5
Glines, John
1
Gilman, Sam'l T.
1
5
Gilman, Jona.
1
/1
Glines, Benja.
1
1
2
Gile, Jona.
1
4
3
Glidden, Charles
5
2
6
Glines, William
1
1
Glines, William, Jun'r
1
4
2
Gibson, James
1
3
Glines, Job
1
Heath, Jacob
2
5
2
Clough, Thos.
1
3
Dearborn, John
1
Ellison, Richard
1
445
FIRST CENSUS OF THE UNITED STATES.
FIRST CENSUS OF THE UNITED STATES (continued).
NORTHFIELD.
Free white males of 16 years and upward including heads of families.
Free white males under 16 years.
Free white fe- males includ- ing heads of families.
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