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Catalogue of Haverhill Academy 1819, 1825. Catalogue with historical sketch and course of study 1888-96.
Catalogue, Woodsville High School 1915-1916. Woodsville, 1915.
Roll Call, Woodsville High School 1902. Woodsville, 1902.
Course of study, Haverhill Graded Schools, Haverhill Academy and High School 1899. Woodsville, 1899.
Haverhill, N. H., Lime Company, Prospectus and Geological Reports. Boston, 1864.
Celebration Anniversary and Reunion Haverhill Academy. Concord, 1897. REV. ETHAN SMITH-Sermon delivered Nov. 30, 1809. Newburyport, Mass., 1809.
Two Sermons on one subject delivered Nov. 4, 1804. Windsor, 1805.
Dissertation on the Prophecies Relative to Anti-Christ and the Last Times, and a Treatise of the Seven Apocalyptic Vials. Charlestown, 1811.
Sermon preached to the ladies of the Cent Institution in Hopkinton, N. H., Aug. 13, 1814. Concord, 1815.
Death of God's Chosen, a transition to Christ, or the glories of Heaven; a sermon at the funeral of Mrs. Jemima Harris. Concord, 1815.
Episcopary Examined; or, The Evident Official Parity of all the Embassadors of Christ; a sermon delivered Dec. 22, 1816. Concord, 1817.
Prophetic Catechism to Lead to the Study of the Prophetic Scriptures. Boston, 1839.
Treatise on the Character of Jesus Christ, and on the Trinity in Unity of the God- head, Boston, 1814.
Key to Figurative Language Found in the Sacred Scriptures. Exeter, 1814.
RAYMOND U. SMITH-Remarks upon various occasions. Woodsville: Privately printed. Trans. F. J. Audet. Republic of Indian Stream. No date.
CHARLES R. MORRISON-Argument in the case of the Congregational Church of Dublin, N. H. No place, no date.
Digest of the Laws of New Hampshire Pertaining to Common Schools with Decisions, Forms. Statutes. Concord, 1869.
Rev. Edition. Concord, 1876.
Digest of Cases Determined in the State of New Hampshire from the Year 1816 to the Year 1888 Inclusive. Concord, 1890.
Proofs of Christ's Resurrection from a Lawyer's Standpoint. Andover, 1882. Revised Edition. Andover, 1885.
JOHN PAGE-Messages as Governor to Both Branches of the Legislature of New Hamp- shire, 1839, 1840, 1841. Concord.
Thanksgiving and Fast Day proclamations, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842.
SAMUEL B. PAGE-"I am for myself, I say." Speech on railroad problem before railroad Committee in Legislature of 1883. No place, no date.
Dedicating Address, Haverhill Academy Aug. 5, 1891 (in Haverhill Academy Centennial). Concord, 1897.
B. MARK PALMER-Societie de chiurgie de Paris. Report on artificial limbs and amputa- tions. No date.
E. BERTRAM PIKE-Ed. Haverhill Academy, Centennial Anniversary and Reunion; also Dedication of New Building Aug. 4, 5, 1897. Concord, 1897.
REV. GRANT POWERS-Sermon delivered at the ordination of the Rev. Elderkin J. Boardman at Bakersfield, Vt., July 4, 1822.
Sermon delivered at ordination of the Rev. James D. Farnsworth at Orford Jan. 1, 1823.
Sermon delivered at the installation of Rev. E. J. Boardman of Davisville, Vt., Jan. 3, 1829.
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Essay upon the influence of the imagination on the nervous system. Andover, Mass., 1828.
Centennial Address delivered to the people of Hollis, Sept. 15, 1830.
Sermon delivered at the funeral of Rev. William Andrews of South Cornwall, Ct., Jan. 4, 1838.
Centennial Address delivered to the people of Goshen, Ct., Sept. 28, 1838.
Historical Sketches of the Discovery, Settlement and Progress of Events in the Coos County and Vicinity principally included between the Years 1784 and 1785. Haverhill, N. H., 1841.
2d Edition. Haverhill, 1880.
MRS. ABIGAIL BAILEY-Memoirs of, who had been the wife of Major Asa Bailey formerly of Landaff (N. H.) written by herself. She died in Bath, N. H., Feb. 11, 1815. Edited by Ethan Smith, A.M. Boston, 1815.
REV. DAVID SUTHERLAND-A Sermon Delivered at Haverhill, N. H., Aug. 12, 1806, at the Execution of Josiah Burnham who was executed for the murder of Russell Freeman Esq. and Capt. Joseph Starkweather in Haverhill Jail, Dec. 17, 1805. Printed by Moses Davis, Hanover, N. H.
SAMUEL C. STEARNS-Collectanea or Select Poems; Moral, Humorous, Melodious; Plaintive, Satirical, Sentimental and Miscellaneous. Selected and Compiled by Samuel C. Stevens, Corinth, Vt. Printed for the Compiler by S. T. Goss, Haver- hill, N. H., 1823.
REV. CHARLES ADAMS-Evangelism in the Middle of the Nineteenth Century; Boston, 1851.
Funeral discourse occasioned by the death of Rev. A. Metcalf. Concord, 1837. GEORGE BARSTOW-History of New Hampshire from 1614 to 1819. Concord, 1842.
REV. JOHN QUINCY BITTINGER-Eulogy on Life and Character of E. J. Hardy, Hanover, 1857.
Sermon on the Life and Character of Dea. Elias Bates of Hartland, Vt. Claremont, 1872.
Centennial Discourse: a History of the First Congregational Church, Haverhill, N. H., 1876. Claremont, no date.
History of Haverhill, N. H. Haverhill, 1888.
GRAFTON COUNTY BUILDING COMMITTEE-Report of the Committee Elected to Build Court Houses at Plymouth and Woodsville. Woodsville, 1903.
ELLERY ALBEE HIBBARD-Joseph Bell, a Biographical Address Before the Grafton and Coös Bar Association, Jan. 29, 1892. Woodsville, no date.
REV. JOHN L. MERRILL-Discourse Delivered at the Re-Dedication of the Congrega- tional Church in Acworth, N. H., Dec. 1, 1886. Keene, 1887.
Historical Address (In Haverhill Academy Centennial) 1897 (pp. 70-85).
History of Acworth with the Proceedings of the Centennial Anniversary: Genea- logical Records. Acworth, 1869.
PHINEAS SPALDING, M.D .- Memorial and Reminiscences and Life and Selected Poems of C. A. Spalding. Haverhill, 1887.
REV. W. A. LOYNE-Manual and Parish Directory of the Methodist Episcopal Church, East Haverhill, N. H. Haverhill, 1888.
REV. E. H. GREELEY-Systematic Beneficence: An Essay Read before the General Association of New Hampshire, Sept. 12, 1777. Concord, 1777.
REV. S. P. HEATH-Poem Read at Dedication of New Hampshire Orphans Home and School of Industry, Franklin, N. H., Oct., 1871. Claremont, 1872.
JOHN YOUNG-The Poor Man's Companion, or Miscellaneous Observations Concern- ing Penal and Sanguinary Laws, the Mode and Nature of Evidence and an
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Inquiry into the Propriety and Policy of Punishment, Newbury, Vt. Printed by Nathaniel Coverly.
PETER POWERS-Sermon Delivered at His Installation in Hollis, N. H., Feb. 27, 1765, for the Towns of Newbury and Haverhill at a Place Called Coos. Portsmouth, 1765.
WILLIAM F. WHITCHER-John Hurd, Address Before the Grafton and Coos Bar Asso- ciation. Concord, 1888.
Concord Biblical Institute: Paper Read Before the N. H. Historical Society, Apr. 13, 1898. Concord, 1899.
Wells River Bridge and other Haverhill toll bridges. Woodsville, 1904.
Coventy-Benton, N. H. Town History. Woodsville, 1905.
Descendants of Chase Whitcher of Warren, N. H., fourth in descent from Thomas Whittier of Salisbury (Haverhill), Mass. Woodsville, 1907.
Relation of New Hampshire men to the Seige of Boston, Delivered before the New Hampshire Society of Sons of American Revolution at Concord, N. H., July 9, 1903. Concord, 1904.
Descendants of Thomas Whittier in New Hampshire. Granite Monthly, Vol. 4, p. 336. New Hampshire and the Federal Constitution. Granite Monthly, Vol. 11, p. 203. New Hampshire in the Continental Congress and in the Congress of the Confederation. Granite Monthly, Vol. 6, p. 203.
Woodsville, Illustrated Sketch of, Granite Monthly. Vol. 25, pp. 197-205. The Public Library of the City of Boston. Supplement to the Boston Daily Ad- vertiser Thursday Morning, Nov. 8, 1894, Illus. Historical and Descriptive.
A Chapter in the Ecclesiastical History of Haverhill, N. H., and Newbury, Vt., by F. P. Wells. Edited with Notes by W. F. Whitcher. Woodsville, 1906.
Reminiscences of a Nonogenarian, Cyrus Bradist, edited with Notes by W. & W. Woodsville, 1908.
Haverhill Town Affairs, One Hundred Years Ago. Woodsville, 1906.
Seventy Years Ago-Reminiscences of Haverhill Corner by Arthur Livermore. Edited with Notes by W. F. Whitcher. Woodsville, 1902.
Centennial Celebration of the Ladd Street Bell, Haverhill, Aug. 20, 1902. With Address by Miss Grace Woodward. Woodsville, 1902.
Haverhill in the War of the Revolution: Presented at the Annual Meeting of the New Hampshire Society, S. A. R., in Concord, May 14, 1912. Concord, 1912.
Proceedings in Observance of the One Hundred and Fiftieth Anniversary of the Settlement of the Town of Haverhill, N. H., at North Haverhill Village, Sept. 20,
1912. Prepared for publication by W. F. Whitcher. Concord, 1912.
Historical Address, On the Occasion of the One Hundred and Fiftieth Anniversary of the Settlement of the Town of Haverhill, N. H., Sept. 20, 1912. Privately Printed, 1912.
Assistant Editor of Genealogical and Family History of New Hampshire, Ezra S. Stearns. Editor. (4 vols., 4º). New York, 1908.
Address on the Occasion of the Dedication of the Statue of General Franklin Pierce, Fourteenth President of the United States, at Concord, Nov. 25, 1914.
An Almost Successful Secession: An account of the so-called Vermont Controversy, in Vol. II, History of New Hampshire by E. S. Stackpole (4 vols.). New York, 1917.
Franklin Pierce, President. Chapter 16, Vol. III, History of New Hampshire by E. S. Stackpole. (4 vols.) New York, 1917.
GENEALOGY
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ABBOTT
The emigrant ancestor, GEORGE ABBOTT, is supposed to have come from Yorkshire, England, in 1640. He became one of the first settlers of Andover, Mass., in 1643. He married, 1647, Hannah Chandler; died Dec. 24, 1681. Thirteen children:
WILLIAM2 (George1) b. 1657; d. 1713; m. 1682 Elizabeth Gray. Ten chil. JAMES3 (William2, George1) b. Feb. 12, 1695; d. Dec. 27, 1787; m. Jan. 1714 Abigail Farnum. Fifteen chil. Was one of the first settlers of Concord about 1735.
JAMES4 (James3, William2, George1) b. Andover, Mass., Jan. 12, 1717; d. Newbury, Vt., 1803; m. 1742 Sarah Bancroft. Settled first in Newbury, Vt., in 1763, but sold his farm on the Oxbow to Rev. Peter Powers, and came to Haverhill about 1767. He was town clerk 1769-70; selectman and member of the Council of Safety 1772-75; was one of the first deacons of the Haverhill-Newbury Church of which his entire family were members. Ten chil .: 1, Sarah b. Mar. 1, 1743; 2, Abigail b. Jan. 22, 1746, d. Bath Feb. 11, 1815, m. Maj. Asa Bailey. (See Bailey.) Seventeen chil .: 3, Mary b. Feb. 6, 1748; 4, James b. Oct. 18, 1750; 5, Judith b. Jan. 19, 1753; 6, William b. Apr. 24, 1755; 7, Bancroft b. June 4, 1757; 8, Ezra b. Oct. 8, 1759; 9, Susannah b. Mar. 3, 1763; 10, Ezra b. June 2, 1765.
WILLIAMS (James4, James3, William2, George1) b. Concord Apr. 24, 1755; m. 1777, Mabel Whittlesey of East Guilford, Conn .; d. June 14, 1807. Eleven chil., most of whom settled in Bath. In Jan. 1795 he settled in Haverhill having pur- chased 37} acres of the governor's reservation, northwest corner, including the mill privilege in what is now Woodsville. His sons Moses and Ezra, subsequently in 1809, sold the mill privilege and in 1827 the remainder of the 37} acres to John L. Woods. William Abbott was probably the first settler in what is now Woods- ville.
MOSES6 (William5, James4, James3, William2, George1) b. at Bath, June 16, 1778; m., 1st, 1802 Lucy Willis, who d. 1842; m., 2d, Aug. 14, 1844 Mrs. Lucy Wells. He removed to Bath, and d. May 7, 1856. Fourteen chil.
MYRON7 (Moses6, William5, James4, James3, William2, George1) b. Bath Apr. 24, 1803; m., 1st, Clarissa Willis, d. Aug. 21, 1865; m., 2d, 1866 Martha Leach. He d. Bath June 3, 1883. Four chil.
MYRON B.8 (Myron7, Moses6, William5, James4, James3, William2, George1) b. Bath Dec. 18, 1840; m. Apr. 27, 1865, Ellen M. Brock. Five chil.
HARRY E.9 (Myron B.8, Myron7, Moses6, William5, James4, James3, William2, George1) b. June 14, 1866; m. Feb. 22, 1888, Josie E. Weare of Woodsville. In trade at Woodsville, Littleton and Chester, Vt. Three chil .: Maurice J. b. Aug. 7, 1889; Charles W. b. Feb. 19, 1892; Elmer W. b. Oct. 25, 1895.
MOSES7 (Moses6, William5, James4, James3, William2, George1) b. Bath Dec. 27, 1818; d. July 30, 1889; m., 1st, Lucia K., dau. of Moses and Sally (Smith) Eastman of Haverhill, who d. Apr. 14, 1853, ae. 26; m., 2d, May 5, 1855, Mary P., dau. of John C. and Maria (Powers) Weeks of Bath; d. Feb. 10, 1914. Lived in Bath on farm across the river from Woodsville, dealer in lumber, prod- uce and wool. Six chil.
CHESTER8 (Moses7, Moses6, William5, James4, James3, William2, George1) b. Bath Oct. 13, 1850; m., 1st, Nov. 1, 1877, Mary Elizabeth, dau. of Ira and Lucy Royce Whitcher of Haverhill, b. July 17, 1847. She d. Apr. 15, 1897; m., 2d, June 22, 1898, Abbie Sophronia, dau. of Frederick D. and Lois (Hale) Williamson of Barton, Vt., b. Aug. 4, 1871. She d. (killed in automobile accident) Oct. 1, 1916. Married 3d, April 13, 1918, Mrs. Alice Weeks, b. Sept. 14, 1876, widow of Isaac S. Weeks of Bath, daughter of Hibbard and Victoria Jodrie of Kentville, Nova Scotia. Until the death of his first wife, he lived in Woodsville in the employ of his father-in-law and the Woodsville Lumber Co. He removed to Bath in 1898 where he still resides, engaged in insurance and real estate. Has one child: Albert L., adopted; b. Dec. 19, 1897; m . Sept. 16, 1918, Jeannette F. Nutter. Member of the House of Representatives 1917.
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ADAMS
STEPHEN ADAMS! was born in Lexington, Mass., Aug. 1778, and came to Haverhill with his widowed mother, Elizabeth Adams, previous to 1805. She died in Haverhill May 25, 1821, in her 84th year. He engaged in the manufacture of furniture and to this he added the business of a general store dealing in dry and West India goods. His places of business were a building north of the Academy, then on Eastern avenue, near where the Court House was subsequently built, and later on the old site between the Academy and the Brick Church. He is described as a large man, tall and well built. He was interested in the militia, was at one time captain of a company of Horse Guards, and was greatly pleased to be addressed by his military title. He died Aug. 28, 1859. He was twice married, first, 1807, Susan -, born 1786, died Apr. 8, 1809; second, 1809, Sarah Johnston of Haverhill, born Haverhill, 1787, published July 2, 1809; died Aug. 22, 1863. They had a large family of children, but so far as known none of the descend- ants of Capt. Adams are at present residents of Haverhill.
1. SAMUEL P.2 b. Hav. Oct. 1, 1808.
2. STEPHEN2 b. Feb. 22, 1810; d. Mar. 1, 1810.
3. SYLVIA2 b. Feb. 22, 1810; d. Mar. 1, 1810.
4. CHARLES JOHNSTON2 b. Feb. 3, 1811. Lived in Lowell and Cambridge, Mass.
5. STEPHEN2 b. Feb. 12, 1813. A Methodist Episcopal clergyman.
6. ELIZA J.2 b. Nov. 24, 1815; d. Feb. 10, 1831.
7. HORACE JOHNSTON2 b. Dec. 23, 1817. Lived in Lowell, Mass.
8. SARAH2 b. Nov. 7, 1819; m. May 24, 1848, William C. Day; d. June 25, 1903. Had four chil.
9. GEORGE b. Aug. 27, 1821.
10. MICHAEL. In business in Lowell, Mass.
11. EZRA B. In business in Lowell, Mass.
12. ABBIE BUSH b. Hav. July 12, 1825; m. Apr. 4, 1848, Henry H. Wilder, a prominent business man of Lowell, Mass. She had three chil. Died Mar. 4, 1894.
13. ANNA B. b. Hav. Jan. 27, 1829; m. Geo. W. Aiken of Wentworth.
CAPT. SAMUEL P. ADAMS born Haverhill Oct. 1, 1808; married - 1835; died July 20, 1867. Two children: 1, Andrew J. born 1836, died Feb. 3, 1842, age 6 years; 2, Sylvia E. G. born 1838, died Mar. 5, 1842. He was greatly interested in the militia; was colonel of the 13th Regiment in 1846-47; brigadier-general of the 6th Brigade in 1848, and major-general of the 4th division of the Militia from 1849 to the abandonment of the militia organization in 1851. When the War of the Rebellion broke out, he enlisted in the summer of 1861, and was active in securing the enlistment of others. He was com- missioned captain of Company B, 6th N. H. Vols., and was mustered in as captain to date Nov. 27, 1861. He was then past 53 years of age, and his health naturally became so impaired in the service that to his great regret in July, 1862, he was forced to resign. He had, however, gained the reputation of being a capable and efficient officer. He was a carpenter and joiner by trade.
CHARLES J., MICHAEL, HORACE and EZRA B. ADAMS became extensively engaged in the furniture business in Lowell, Mass., under the firm name of Adams & Co. Charles J. was deputy sheriff of Middlesex County, and city marshal of Lowell. He had charge of the Middlesex County jail and house of correction at Cambridge, Mass., for a period of thirty-three years, till death in 1892. He was appointed jail keeper in 1851. Two children born in Lowell:
1. CHARLES SYLVESTER3 b. Apr. 6, 1836; d. Sept. 16, 1836.
2. CHARLES SYLVESTER3 b. July 7, 1837; d. Feb. 6, 1868; m. May 30, 1861, Chris- tina W. Jennison, b. Dec. 3, 1837; d. Feb. 18, 1871. Two chil .: (1) Chas. Jen- nison, (2) Henry Sewell. Henry Sewell m. and has five chil.
HORACE JOHNSTON2 born Haverhill Dec. 23, 1817; moved to Lowell about 1833; mar-
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ried Nov. 5, 1840, Elsie Greenleaf Fichling, born Lowell 1826, died in 1902. He died Oct. 31, 1884. Two children:
ABNER SOMERSFIELD b. Apr. 23, 1844; d. June 4, 1898. No chil. ELLEN JOSEPHINE b. Apr. 13, 1854; d. Dec. 13, 1856.
ALLEN
PARDON W. ALLEN born Craftsbury, Vt., Apr. 26, 1849; son of George W. and Lydia (Hoyt) Allen, a great grandson of Ira Allen of Green Mountain fame; married Oct. 25, 1865, Dorcas, daughter of Samuel and Merah (Royce) Howe, born Benton, Jan. 31, 1845, d. Haverhill, Oct. 19, 1814; married second, Aug. 30, 1915, Mrs. Lilla Howe, daughter Levi B. and Malvina (Morse) Bisbee. He was the first recruit in Company E, 8th Vt. Vols., enlisting Aug. 16, 1861, his fourteenth birthday occurring while in the service. He was twice severely wounded, and three times taken prisoner, the last time confined for three months in Andersonville. Has lived in Danville, Vt., Benton and Haverhill. Farmer and auctioneer. In politics a Republican; in religious faith a Methodist Episcopalian; Granger and Mason; K. of P. While in Benton he was town clerk, supervisor, tax collector, superintendent of schools, and postmaster. Represented Haverhill in the legislature of 1913 and 1919; has been for several years supervisor of check list; member of G. A. R .; has been commander of post. Five children:
1. Guy L. b. Danville, Vt., Aug. 12, 1866; d. Hav. Apr. 11, 1868.
2. LINWOOD b. Aug. 12, 1871; d. Mar. 29, 1894.
3. EFFIE E. b. July 26, 1875; m. Nov., 1891, George M., son Charles A. Gale, b. 1833. Killed in railroad accident, Oct. 12, 1896. Two chil .: Bertha A. b. Apr. 13, 1903; Beulah D. b. Feb. 3, 1905, m. Jan. 1, 1901, E. H. Lewis; live in Centre Hav.
4. WARD W. b. June 23, 1877; m. June 23, 1912, Clara A. Moore of Lisbon; lives in Boston.
5. FRANK b. July 9, 1879; d. Apr. 1881.
MARRIAGES AND PUBLISHMENTS, TOWN RECORDS
Mar. Roxana Allen of Hav. to Reuben Kay of Hav. Dec. 20, 1831.
Pub. Cyrus Allen* of Hav. and Ellena Fitch of Lebanon. Feb. 18, 1801. Lived on what has been known as the Wilmont farm, now owned by Butson, on the road from Woodsville to Bath.
Pub. Dracia Allen of Lebanon and Nancy Bryce of Hav. June 19, 1824.
Pub. Betsy Allen of Hav. and John Whitaker of Coventry. Oct. 17, 1825.
ANGIER
MAJ. JOEL ANGIER born Framingham, Mass .; baptised Nov. 4, 1770, the fifth of the eleven children of Silas and Elizabeth (Drury) Angier; married Olive, eldest daughter of Joel Turner of Acworth.
DR. JOEL ANGIER, the eighth of the twelve children of Maj. Joel and Olive (Turner) Angier, born Acworth; married Mary E. Polly. Studied medicine with Dr. Bliss of Alstead, and graduated at Dartmouth Medical School. Practiced in Washington, N. H., and Bethel, Vt. Came to North Haverhill about 1840 and after five or six years of practice there, practiced for a short time in Benton and Bath (Swiftwater) and then removed to Hazel Green, Wis., where he lived till his death. Two children:
1. OSCAR F. m. Ellen Campbell.
2. MARY G. m. Robert Lane.
DR. JOHN ANGIER, youngest of the eleven children of Silas and Elizabeth (Drury) Angier, born Fitzwilliam Dec. 30, 1784; married Mary Mann. Studied medicine, and * Isaac F. Allen, son of Cyrus, lived on the farm of his father in 1850, and sold the right of way to the White Mountains railroad.
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began practice in Alstead, but came to North Haverhill in 1827, the first practicing physi- cian in the northern part of the town. He had an extensive practice, was a man of marked energy of character, and took an active part in the affairs of the town which he twice represented in the legislature once in 1833 and again in 1836. He was a man of large powerful frame over six feet in height. An ardent Democrat in politics he stood high in the councils of his party. He died Oct. 9, 1836, the result of being thrown from his buggy while on a visit to Weathersfield, Vt. His wife died Mar. 20, 1873, at the age of 84. Six children:
1. JOHN L. C. b. 1814; d. July 13, 1837, at No. Hav.
2. MARY M. m. Sept. 29, 1841, Nathaniel M. Swasey. (See Swasey.)
3. SARAH H. m. Dec. 12, 1848, Joshua A. Vail of Montpelier, Vt.
4. CYNTHIA R. b. 1826; d. Sept. 13, 1829.
5. J. DORSEY b. No. Hav.
6. GEORGE W. b. No. Hav.
The two last named went early in life to northern Pennsylvania where they engaged successfully in the lumber business. "*While thus engaged they observed, on a mill pond, oil floating, and Mr. Dorsey Angier after thinking the matter over, made up his mind that the oil could be turned to use if gathered, and suggested the digging of pits three on four feet square, into which the water was allowed to flow, and there the oil was caught by woolen blankets and wrung out. The process was slow, but as oil at the first commanded a high price, it proved sufficiently remunerative. Meantime he insisted that the oil could be procured by sinking wells, maintaining that as the oil comes with the water from the earth, there must be pools of oil in the earth. This idea was put into execution, and a well was sunk near the mill dam or pond above mentioned, and at a depth of sixty- nine feet oil was reached. This gave immense impulse to the oil search, and one hundred wells were sunk in that immediate section. The Angiers were thus pioneers in the great petroleum industry, and naturally made handsome fortunes. They lived in Titusville, Pa."
ANNIS
MILO H. ANNIS, fourth of the seven children of Samuel C. and Mary (Smith) Annis, born Benton May 16, 1853; married Dec. 26, 1874, Emerline S., daughter of William T. and Irene W. (Davis) Torsey of Benton, born Nov. 12, 1854. Entered the employ of the Boston, Concord, & Montreal Railroad in June, 1871, was one of the veteran loco- motive engineers on the White Mountain Division of the Boston & Maine. Retired in 1917 account poor health; died April 21, 1919. Methodist; Democrat; had served on the Board of Education; resided in Woodsville. Two children:
1. ELLA CARRIE b. Oct. 28, 1889; d. Aug. 24, 1891.
2. EMMA A. b. Oct. 10, 1896 .. Grad. W. H. S. in 1916. Has been in business col- lege in Manchester for two years.
ASHLEY
WILLIAM V. ASHLEY, son of George and Mary Hill Ashley, born in Milton, Vt., May 26, 1864; married May 24, 1891, in Bath, Mary Belle Bailey, daughter of Daniel and Nancy (Royce Knight) Whitcher, born Landaff Feb. 10, 1869. He is train dispatcher in railroad office in Woodsville; republican; Unitarian; Mason. One child:
DANIEL WHITCHER ASHLEY b. Bath, Mar. 15, 1894. Prepared for college at Woodsville High and Tilton Seminary. Grad. at Colby University, Waterville, Me., class of 1914. Enrolled as yeoman U. S. V. R. F. April 1917. Made four- teen trips across the Atlantic as supply officer of U. S. S. "Standard Arrow."
* Bittinger's Haverhill, p. 311-12.
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ATHERTON
JAMES ATHERTON died July 4, 1842, aged 75 years. Sarah Lawson, wife of James Atherton, died Dec. 8, 1857, aged 86 years.
BETSEY ATHERTON died Feb. 16, 1843, aged 42 years.
MARY JANE ATHERTON died Dec. 4, 1854, aged 44 years.
WILLIAM ATHERTON died Oct. 16, 1816, aged 12 years.
AYER
PHINEAS and BETSEY (ELIZABETH) AYER came to Haverhill after the Revolution and settled at the Corner, living for some of the time just over the line in Piermont. He died May 6, 1816, at the age of 52 years. She died Feb. 16, 1821, at the age of 51 years, and both are buried in the Ladd Street Cemetery. Children:
1. CHARLOTTE b. Feb. 25, 1796; m. Nov. 28, 1811, Charles Martin.
2. PERLEY b. July 23, 1798.
3. ELIZA b. Jan. 2, 1803.
4. PHINEAS b. Apr. 4, 1806; d. Apr. 1, 1833.
5. HARRIET b. Feb. 1811; d. Dec. 18, 1812.
PERLEY AYER, son Phineas and Betsey, born July 23, 1798; married Mary E. Worthen. Farmer; lived at Horse Meadow and later at Haverhill Corner, in the house next south of the brick block. Republican; Congregationalist. Children:
PHINEAS b. May 17, 1828; grad. at Dartmouth Class 1852; lawyer; d. Duluth, Minn. Feb. 27, 1906. Judge of Probate.
DAVID W. b. Aug. 1830; d. May 2, 1833.
LAURA W. b. July 1833; d. July 21, 1860.
FRANKLIN b. Sept. 1836; d. June 2, 1843.
ELIZA b. 1838.
DAVID F. b. 1842; d. Dec. 4, 1843.
PERLEY b. Nov. 1844; d. Aug. 9, 1846.
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