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2. WALTER& V. b. June 2, 1855; m. Minnie M. Greene, b. 1858. He d. 1904.
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CHARLES FREDERICK CARR7 (Dea. Daniele, Daniel5, Daniel4, John3, James2, George1) born Jan. 10, 1831; married Nov. 29, 1855, Kate Melissa, daughter of Ward Mason. Enlisted in 1862 in Eleventh New Hampshire Volunteers. Carpenter and builder. Resided in Woodsville. Died Feb. 28, 1912. Five children:
1. EMMA RHODA8 b. Aug. 11, 1856; d. Apr. 10, 1875.
2. MARY MABEL, 8 b. July 21, 1859; m. Nov. 25, 1880 Fernando C. Gale.
3. LEWIS8 b. Jan. 14, 1861; d. in infancy.
4. ELMER ELLSWORTH8 b. July 21, 1863; d. Feb. 16, 1865.
5. ORVILLE GRANT8 b. Jan. 27, 1866.
GEORGE EDSON CARR7 (Dea. Daniele, Daniel5, Daniel4, John3, James2, George1) born Oct. 7, 1832, married Feb. 28, 1860, Mary Ann Foster, born Bath Dec. 20, 1837. Re- sided in Bath. Four children:
1. WALTER P.8 b. Dec. 13, 1862.
2. WILLIAM E.8 b. Dec. 30, 1864.
3. MATTIE FOSTER8 b. July 1, 1870.
4. DEAT MILO8 b. Oct. 26, 1872.
SAMUEL EZEKIEL CARR7 (Dea. Daniele, Daniel5, Daniel4, John3, James2, George1) born Aug. 16, 1846; married Dorothy Ann Rollins. Reside Port Hope, Mich. Two children: 1, Robert Daniel; 2, Hattie Grace.
DANIEL EDMUND CARR7 (Dea. Daniel®, Daniel5, Daniel4, John3, James2, George1) born May 10, 1848; married Oct. 2, 1882, Mary Ida, daughter Maj. Samuel and Rachel (Brewster) Carr. Farmer. Resided North Haverhill; held various town offices; mem- ber of New Hampshire House 1903, 1905; died Apr. 25, 1908. One child:
DANIEL8 b. Apr. 10, 1884; m. in Boston, Mass., June 25, 1913, Sadie A., dau. Edwin and Helen L. (Brooks) Reeves. Farmer; resides on the farm in Hav. which has been in the family five generations. One child: Daniel Edwin9 b. Sept. 30, 1915.
BYRON L. CARR7 (John®, Dea. John5, Daniel4, John3, James2, George1) born Sept., 1843; enlisted in Seventh New Hampshire Cavalry; lost an arm in action. Studied law, engaged in practice in Colorado. Became attorney-general of that state; died -; married, 1867, Mary Pease. Two children: 1 Susan C.8; 2, Jerome Byron8.
EDMUND L. CARR7 (Edmund W.6, Dea. John5, Daniel4, John3, James2, George1) born Nov. 15, 1847; married Nov. 13, 1868, Elva M. Rice of Sutton, Vt. Three children:
1. FLORA A.8 b. 1869; d. 1888.
2. HAROLD F. b.
3. IRA W.8 b. -
JOHN E. CARR7 (Michael B.6, Dea. John5, Daniel4, John3, James2, George1) born June 11, 1840; married, first, Jan. 27, 1859, Nancy S. Mason. She died Oct. 15, 1877, aged 36 years, 9 months; married, second, Apr. 19, 1882, Delia Belden. She died Jan. 15, 1891. He died Mar. 9, 1891. He was active in town affairs; was a Democrat in politics, and as such served on the Board of Selectmen in 1873, '75 and '76; was a member of the legislature in 1878-80. He was also a member of the State Board of Agriculture, representing Grafton County. Two children by first wife:
1. LILLA A.8 b. Oct. 1, 1859; m. Aug. 6, 1882, Fred S. Carr. They had three chil .: (1) Edward S.9 b. June 21, 1883; (2) Nancy M.9 b. July 18, 1885; (3) M. Fredº b. June 4, 1889.
2. MELVIN B.8 b. Oct. 20, 1862.
CARR
OSMAN CARRI born Lisbon May 8, 1808; married Mary C. McConnell, born Pier- mont Jan. 28, 1814. Three children:
1. GEORGE A.2 b. Pittsburg, N. H., Sept. 1, 1836.
2. MARY A.2 b. 1841 Lyman.
3. ANN ELIZA2 b. 1846 Landaff; m. Rev. Alba B. Carter.
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GEORGE A.2 (Osman1) born Pittsburg Sept. 1, 1836; married Maria Sherman of Ly- man; died May 13, 1903. Four children:
1. GEORGE IRVING3 b. 1864; m. Florence Hillier of Lancaster; d. May 1917.
2. MARY3 b. 1866; d. 1884.
3. FRED A3 b. Mar. 9, 1873.
4. NED3 b. Mar. 7, 1878.
FRED A.3 (George A.2, Osman1) born North Haverhill Mar. 9, 1873; married Carrie M. Taylor, daughter of Thomas E. and Alice (Glazier) Taylor. One child:
1. HAZEL G.4 b. Woodsville Aug. 29, 1895. Served in World War as Reconstruction Aide, Physio-Therapy, U. S. A. Medical Corps; enrolled Aug. 23, 1918; assigned to Base Hospital, Camp Upton, N. Y .; transferred to U. S. A. Gen'l. Hospital, No. 10, Plattsburg, N. Y.
CARRIER
REV. FREDERICK L. CARRIER born Brimfield, Portage County, O., Aug. 31, 1870, son of Joseph and Mary (Edson) Carrier. Educated at Mount Union College, Alliance, O., and at St. Lawrence University, Canton, N. Y. Was ordained in 1894, in Woodsville, to the ministry of the Universalist denomination and became the first pastor of the Universalist Church in Woodsville. He enlisted as private in the First Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers in the Spanish-American War 1898, and was mustered in as such, but was a little later commissioned as chaplain, and held this position till the regiment was mustered out at the close of the war. He resigned his pastorate, in Mar. 1902 and accepted a pastorate in Little Rock, Ark., and has held subsequent pastorates in Ohio and California. Residence 1914 Mason, O .; married Mar. 4, 1902, Gertrude S., daughter of John M. and Maria S. (Chase) Little of Monroe. One child:
STUART EDSON b. Oct. 4, 1904, Mason, O.
CAWLEY
SAMUEL CAWLEY2, son of Josiah and Anna (Fullington) Cawley1, was born Jan. 1, 1782, in Epping. As a young man went to Canada, but left there in 1814 during the war of his country with Great Britain and lived for a time in Sanbornton and then in Haverhill, he died 1842. He married, first, Betsey Sanborn who died 1815; second, Nov. 5, 1817, Phebe Howe who died in Pembroke July 28, 1873. He died Haverhill May 18, 1842. Sixteen children.
CHASE SANBORN CAWLEY3 (Samuel2, Josiah1) born May 1, 1814, in Stukeley, P. Q .; married June 8, 1838, Polly Fairbanks Morse, daughter Caleb M. Morse of Haverhill, born Apr. 25, 1821. (See Morse.) Stone mason; lived for a time in Benton; then in Haverhill. He died Oct. 9, 1895; she died Oct. 4, 1895. Seven children:
1. RUTH BARBARA4 b. Dec. 9, 1839; d. Mar. 1, 1841.
2. NANCY JENNIE4 b. Jan. 10, 1841; m. Apr. 6, 1857, Samuel W. Bass; bobbin manufac- turer of Lowell, Mass. One child: (1) William Edgar5 (Bass).
3. ELLIOT JOHNSON4 b. Benton Jan. 23, 1843; farmer, E. Hav .; m., 1st, Mar. 22, 1865, Ann Wilson, who d. Mar. 11, 1877. Three chil .: (1) John W.5 b. May 25, 1866. (2) Albert B.5 b. Dec. 28, 1871. (3) Thos. F.5 b. Nov. 1875; m., 2d, Dec. 25, 1878, Nellie M. Welch of Newbury, Vt.
4. RUTH BARBARA4 b. E. Hav. Aug. 15, 1844; m. June 2, 1865, John D. Worthington, a druggist of Irasburg, Vt. Later he became a painter in Lowell, Mass. Two chil .: (1) Lottie Blanche5 (Worthington) b. Irasburg, Vt., July 2, 1868; (2) George Chase5 (Worthington) b. Irasburg Feb. 15, 1871.
5. JOHN H.4 b. E. Hav. Sept. 3, 1847. Went to the petroleum section of Pennsylvania in 1864; unm.
6. SAM4 b. E. Hav. Sept. 29, 1849; entered the employ of the old B. C. & M. R. R. as fireman; later went west, became locomotive engineer on the Lake Shore and
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Michigan Southern; m., 1st, July 22, 1873, Emma Morton who d. June 23, 1877; m., 2d, -
7. LILLIAN E. b. Jan. 2, 1858; m., 1st, June 17, 1880, Guy A., b. 1858, s. of Jesse C. and Annette J. Danforth of Danbury; m., 2d, Oct. 1888 Charles J. Ayer.
The Haverhill records contain the following under marriages: Apr. 14, 1846, Nancy S. Cawley to Andrew E. Johnson of Bridgewater.
CHAPMAN
GEORGE W. CHAPMAN died Aug. 11, 1896, aged 69 years. Eleanor H. (Towle) Chap- man died Feb. 19, 1891, aged 75 years; born 1816. Betsey Colby, 1781-1855, "a life long and faithful friend and domestic in the family."
CHASE
NEHEMIAH CHASE1 and Lucinda Glynn Chase came to Haverhill from Springfield, Mass., in 1830, and settled on a farm on the road from Brier Hill to the Union Meeting House.
NEHEMIAH CHASE, 1785-1847; Lucinda Chase, wife, 1792-1881; Sophronia Frost, daughter, 1820-1860; Glenville Chase, 1816-1848; Ada Chase, 1818-1888.
ALBERT CHASE2 (Nehemiah1) born Springfield, Mass., Dec. 12, 1827; married Haverhill Dec. 17, 1854, Phebe, daughter Horace Battis. He died Aug. 29, 1892; she died June 21, 1913. He was a farmer, owned a sawmill and was in the wood and lum- ber business. Democrat. Three children born Haverhill:
1. FRANK L. CHASE3 b. Sept. 27, 1855; m. Nov. 25, 1880, Mary A., dau. Benj. F. Hay- wood, b. Aug. 2, 1855, d. Feb. 2, 1903. No chil. He lives on the homestead of his father. Democrat.
2. ELLA F.3 b. June 28, 1863; m. 1892 F. H. Clark, s. Ira B. Clark. (See Clark.)
3. CHARLES W. CHASE3 (Albert2, Nehemiah1) b. Feb. 11, 1873; m., 1st, Aug. 1894, Emily J. Newell, d. Aug. 28, 1902; m., 2d, May 5, 1904, Hattie L. Robinson, d. Jan. 3, 1907; m., 3d, Aug. 15, 1908, Alta E. Coulter. Farmer; Democrat; lives Brier Hill. Five chil. b. Hav .: (1) Frank C.4 b. Feb. 26, 1909, d. Aug. 1, 1909; (2) Henry A. b. May 25, 1910; (3) Alvah H. b. Mar. 25, 1912; (4) Catherine R. b. Apr. 15, 1914; (5) Josephine L. b. Oct. 10, 1915.
CHASE
DAVID CHASE born Mar. 25, 1795. Dolly, his wife, died Feb. 17, 1881, aged 83 years. NATHAN M. CHASE died Jan. 29, 1858, aged 37 years. Elizabeth D., wife N. M. Chase and Marcus B. Jackson, died Oct. 22, 1898, 77 years, 7 months.
MELVINA W. MORSE, dau. David and Dolly Chase, d. Nov. 2, 1879, 54 yrs. HARLAN W. CHASE, S. Nathan M., d. Feb. 3, 1864, 15 yrs., 3 mos.
ELLA W. CHASE, dau. Nathan M., d. Feb. 15, 1864, 9 yrs., 5 mos.
CHENEY
NATHANIEL CHENEY1 born Haverhill, Mass., Oct. 7, 1747; grandson of the notable Mrs. Hannah Dustin; married Elizabeth Ela. Ten children.
MOSES CHENEY2 (Nathaniel1), third child, eldest son; born Haverhill, Mass., Dec. 15, 1779; married Abigail Leavitt. Became Freewill Baptist minister, and later Calvinist Baptist; also farmer in Vermont; singer and hymn writer; described as "strong- minded, yet versatile, popular, yet faithful"; preached about fifty years, and occasionally till the time of his death in Sheffield, Vt., Aug. 9, 1856. She died Derby, Vt., Apr. 12, 1862. Most of his twelve children were greatly gifted with music, four of his sons, Moses E., Nathaniel, Simeon P., and Joseph Y., becoming famous as teachers of singing
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schools, and with their sister Elizabeth, under the name of the "Cheney Family" giving concerts for two years in New York, New Hampshire, Vermont, and Massachusetts, beginning in New York City in Oct., 1845.
JOSEPH Y. CHENEY3 (Moses2, Nathaniel1) born Meredith Apr. 17, 1820; married Sept. 12, 1849, Juliette, daughter Dr. John McNab, born Sept. 13, 1824, died Aug. 9, 1881. He died Apr. 17, 1886. Like his brothers he was a popular teacher of singing school, and frequently during the winter season he would conduct them cach evening during the week with two or three extra afternoons. His Woodsville home was the Russell King house, on the hill, probably the oldest in the village, now (1916) occupied by Robert H. Park. Fond of a story, with a keen sense of humor, he was a favorite in social circles. His "Woodchuck sermon" will never be forgotten by those who were privileged to hear it. His early life gave him familiarity with the peculiarities of the Freewill Baptists, and his reproduction of "the heavenly tone" affected by some of the early preachers was perfect. He "brightened the corner where he lived," a good man, a good citizen. Four children:
1. KATHERINE J.4 b. Jan. 24, 1853; d. Dec. 27, 1886.
2. CARLOS M.4 b. Sept. 5, 1855; d. July 25, 1856.
3. JOHN McNAB4 b. Jan. 6, 1859; studied law, and is engaged in a successful practice in Orlando, Fla. Was U. S. district attorney, and was appointed judge of the U. S. District Court by President Taft in the closing days of his administration, but the senate on partisan grounds solely neglected to confirm the appointment, in order that the vacancy might be filled by a Democratic president. Married, 1886, Elizabeth Alexander of Bristol. Two s., graduates of Dartmouth, Donald Alexander, Joseph Y .; one dau., Glenn A.
4. CYNTHIA R.4 b. July 11, 1862; m., 1st., Jan., 2, 1885, Child R. Page who d. of con- sumption a little later; 2nd, Gilbert M. Dow. (See Dow.)
CHENEY
DAVID CHENEY died Apr. 28, 1884, 86 years. Hannah Taylor, wife of David Cheney, died Jan. 10, 1878, 80 years.
CLIFFORD
ALDEN S. CLIFFORD died May 23, 1874, aged 64 years, 9 months. Lydia S., wife of George, died June 1, 1882, aged 70 years, 1 month. Burrage Clifford born Feb. 21, 1831; died Dec. 31, 1895. Lydia S. Clifford born Jan. 20, 1836; died Feb. 20, 1865.
CLIFFORD
THOMAS K. CLIFFORD born Sept. 19, 1822; married Oct. 11, 1844, Chastina McConnell, born May 31, 1819, died Sept. 10, 1897. He died Apr. 4, 1897. Children:
1. MARTIN J. CLIFFORD m. Aug. 4, 1869, Abbie J. Blodgett, dau. of Lorenzo D. and Clara Blodgett of Stewartstown.
2. SUSIE E. CLIFFORD b. Nov. 4, 1858; m. Nov. 6, 1879, George H., s. of L. Badger and Lydia B. (Titus) St. Clair. She d. Nov. 21, 1890.
3. SIDNEY E. d. May 30, 1870, ae. 15.
4. THOMAS E. d. Mar. 2, 1871, ae 14.
CLOUGH
WILLIAM CLOUGH1 born June 19, 1734; died Aug. 21, 1798. Moved with his wife, Elizabeth, to Lyman from Salem, N. H .; served in French and Indian War three years; was captured and carried to France where he was imprisoned for about a year; served without enlistment in Revolution and fought in the Battle of Bunker Hill.
ABNER CLOUGH2 (William1) born May 6, 1777; died July 6, 1833; married Nancy -- , born Mar. 20, 1786, died June 11, 1842. Abner and Nancy had 13 children.
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JEREMIAH CLOUGH3 (Abner2, William1) born 1816; died 1894; married Martha Buck June 20, 1849. Had four children :
ARTHUR C.4 b. May 14, 1850; d. Aug. 24, 1917.
ALBERT H.4 b. Dec. 14, 1851.
WALLACE4 b. Mar. 15, 1855.
MARY4 b. Jan. 22, 1860; d. Mar. 16, 1898.
ARTHUR CLOUGH4 (Jeremiah3, Abner2, William1) born in Bath May 14, 1850; married Kate Elizabeth Sutherland of Bath, N. H., daughter of John and Mehitable Sutherland and granddaughter of the Rev. David Sutherland who emigrated from Scotland to Bath in 1803. Moved to Haverhill in 1884; represented town in the legislature and served several years as county commissioner. Seven children:
DAVID5 b. Mar. 10, 1881; d. Mar. 13, 1881.
JOHN S.5 b. Mar. 17, 1882; m. Stella Marden; one child, Wallace S.6, b. Aug. 19, 1919; contractor and builder.
MARTHA C.5 b. Oct. 1, 1883; m. Theodore Chamberlain; two chil., Phineas A.6 and Kate Elizabeth6; reside in South Acton, Mass.
WILLIAM J.5 b. Jan. 22, 1885; m. Nell M. Sargent Mar. 24, [1914; lives in Hav .; farmer; served five terms as selectman.
KATE A.5 b. Oct. 1, 1887.
SAMUEL S.5 b. Mar. 20, 1889; m. Etta M. Pike; lives in Hav .; farmer.
ANNA M.5 b. Jan. 12, 1893; is training at Mary Fletcher Hospital, Burlington, Vt.
ELLEN P.5 b. May 8, 1894; is training at Mary Fletcher Hospital, Burlington, Vt.
COBURN
JONATHAN COBURN1 born 1810; married Dec. 12, 1836, Philena, daughter Josiah and Lydia (Goodwin) Jeffers, born Haverhill July 22, 1816; died Mar. 20, 1850. He died Apr. 22, 1892.
WILLARD W. COBURN2 (Jonathan1) born Bath Sept. 22, 1844; married, first, Nov. 1865 Clara A., daughter Jonas G. and Angeline (Whitman) Brown of Benton, born July 8, 1847; died July 12, 1872; married, second, June 15, 1875, Abbie K., daughter of Nathaniel and Betsey (Clark) Pennock, born Haverhill Feb. 4, 1841. He enlisted Aug. 18, 1862, Company G., Eleventh New Hampshire Volunteers, was mustered in Sept. 2, 1862, was seriously wounded at Fredericksburg, Va., Dec. 13, 1862, and discharged for disabilities caused by this wound Sept. 20, 1863. Lived in Benton after his first mar- riage till about 1870 when he came to North Haverhill where since resided, following the trade of carpenter and builder, and taking an active part in the affairs of the town. He was prominent in G. A. R. circles. Was an Odd Fellow and Mason, Republican, and Adventist. He represented Haverhill in the legislature of 1883; selectman 1887, 1888, and supervisor of checklist since 1904. He was a useful citizen, filling positions of trust and honor with credit to himself and town. He died Nov. 20, 1919. Two children by first marriage:
1. OLIVE V.3 b. Benton May 6, 1868; m., 1st, Nov. 6, 1889, West B. Cass, who d. Woods- ville Mar. 5, 1891; m., 2nd, Russell T. Bartlett, Oct. 2, 1895. Reside in Woodsville.
2. ADNA3 b. June 13, 1869; d. Hav. Apr. 21, 1879.
By second marriage:
3. BESSIE C.3 b. Hav. Apr. 21, 1879; m. Dec. 1, 1897, David R. Cole of St. Johnsbury, Vt .; resides St. Johnsbury.
4. GERRY W.3 b. Hav. Oct. 30, 1880; m. Oct. 19, 1904, Flora A. Green of Danville, Vt.
COGSWELL
THOMAS J. COGSWELL, 1806-1857. Ruth, wife of Thomas J. Cogswell, 1816-1892. Mary A., daughter of Thomas J. and Ruth Cogswell, 1848-1849. Thomas N., son of Thomas J. and Ruth Cogswell, 1849-1854.
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COLBY
JOHN L. COLBY is the son of Fred H. and Rose J. Colby. He was born in McIndoes Falls July 17, 1879. Was educated at McIndoes and St. Johnsbury academies. Entered the employ of Armour & Co. Married Apr. 9, 1902, Maude A. Hosford, daughter of Hon. Charles H. Hosford, born June 29, 1880. Came to Woodsville to live at that time. Five children:
NADINE H. b. July 17, 1904.
ALTA J. b. June 22, 1908. FLAVIA J. b. Mar. 31, 1910. CHARLES H. b. Oct. 7, 1912.
DELPHINE R. b. July 25, 1917.
COLLINS
ELI D. COLLINS, son of Phineas and Mary Collins, was born in Gilford, Vt., Dec. 20, 1831, and died in Woodsville Nov. 20, 1899. He was married in Worcester Feb. 11, 1853, to Mary Elizabeth, daughter of Enoch and Mary Huse. She was born in Harvard, Mass., Mar.'30, 1836. Lived in Windsor, Vt., and Claremont, and came to Woodsville in 1878. Children:
1. LAFOREST E. COLLINS b. Ayer, Mass., Apr. 24, 1855; m. Dec. 15, 1904, to --.
2. MARY O. COLLINS b. Windsor, Vt., June 27, 1859.
3. DELLA M. COLLINS b. Windsor, Vt., Nov. 26, 1861.
4. CHARLES H. COLLINS b. Windsor, Vt., June 22, 1864; d. July 14, 1865.
5. MERTIE E. COLLINS b. Claremont Feb. 12, 1866.
6. LETTIE M. COLLINS b. Claremont Nov. 4, 1868; m. Lem Miller.
CORNELL
EDWARD B. CORNELL born Craftsbury, Vt .; son of Zebulon A. and Mary A. (Metcalf) Cornell; educated in public schools and Craftsbury Academy, University of Vermont, graduating in class of 1907. Instructor in modern languages one year in Frederick Col- lege, Frederick, Md; in 1908 became principal of Haverhill Academy. Married July 20, 1909, Lillian Gertrude Hedges of Middletown, Md. Resigned to accept a better position elsewhere in Feb., 1918.
CORLISS
ISAAC CORLISS died Mar. 19, 1862, aged 78 years, 13 days. Dorothy Corliss, wife of Isaac Corliss, died Apr. 7, 1851, aged 46 years, 9 months.
ISAAC CORLISS b. Jan. 1, 1828; d. Mar. 27, 1898; m. Esther Corliss. Chil .: Lubin I. Corliss d. Aug. 25, 1862, 9 mos., 7 days; John H. Corliss d. Aug. 30, 1862, ae. 6 yrs., 2 mos., 17 days.
CRAIG
WILLIAM CRAIG1 born Erskine, Renfrew, Scotland, 1753; married about 1771 Margaret McInlay (McKinley). Came to America in 1784 and settled in Ryegate, Vt. He died 1807; she died 1823. Eight children, the five eldest born in Scotland.
JOHN CRAIG2 (William1) born Scotland Aug. 5, 1776; came to Ryegate with his parents; married, first, Mar. 2, 1806, Jean, daughter of Alexander Miller, born Apr. 1, 1787, died Jan. 17, 1819; second, Dec. 30, 1819, Mary Dickey of Topsham, Vt. Settled in South Ryegate, Vt .; built saw- and grist mill and place was known as Craig's Mills. He died 1859; she died 1853. Five children by first marriage; seven by second.
ROBERT MILLER CRAIG3 (John2, William1), only son and youngest child by first mar- riage, born Dec. 17, 1813; married Jan. 24, 1839, Nancy, daughter Daniel Keenan, born
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Ireland Nov. 7, 1817, died Topsham, Vt., Jan. 4, 1878. He died May 10, 1855. Eight children born Ryegate, Vt .:
1. DANIEL R.4 b. Mar. 27, 1840. Enlisted Co. G, 6th Vt. Vols .; taken prisoner in Battle of the Wilderness; confined in Andersonville, exchanged and died Wash- ington a week later.
2. WILLIAM P.4 b. Sept. 16, 1842; d. Mar. 7, 1843.
3. ALBERT EDWARD4 b. Apr. 10, 1844.
4. WILLIAM P.4 b. Dec. 28, 1845. Enlisted Co. G, 6th Vt. Vols .; killed at Funkstown, Md., July 10, 1863.
5. MARTHA L.4 b. Nov. 8, 1847; d. June 15, 1872.
6. MARGARET JANE4 b. May 27, 1850; d. May 10, 1905.
7. ROCKWELL F.4 b. Apr. 30, 1852; m. July 1875 Lizzie Buswell; resides Marlow, N. H. Two chil.
8. MARY E.4 b. Nov. 20, 1853; m. 1875 Forrest Mills.
ALBERT EDWARD CRAIG4 (Robert M.3, John2, William1) born Ryegate, Vt., Apr. 10, 1844. Enlisted with his two brothers (see above) in Company G, Sixth Vermont Vol- unteers and was with that fighting regiment through the war. He returned to Topsham, Vt., for a time; engaged in farming. He entered the employ of the Dodge Manufactur- ing Co., at Bradford, Vt., again engaged in farming at Bradford and Piermont. About 1890 he entered the employ of the Pike Mfg. Co. at Pike, and some five years later came to Woodsville where he lived, a respected and useful citizen till his death. He married Oct. 18, 1870, Katherine Haslett, born St. Gila, P. Q., Sept. 3, 1848, died Dec. 29, 1905. He died Dec. 26, 1914. Three children:
1. ERNEST E.5 b. Topsham, Vt., Sept. 21, 1871.
2. ETTA E.5 b. June 29, 1873; m. Dec. 17, 1895 Elmer E., s. of Leonard J. Brown.
3. GEORGE A.5 b. June 28, 1877; d. July 6, 1877.
ERNEST E. CRAIG5 (Albert Edward4, Robert M.3, John2, William1) born Topsham, Vt., Sept. 21, 1871; married Feb. 17, 1892, Martha Adella, daughter Henry and Martha (Parker) Sly of Woodsville, born May 13, 1872. Was educated in the public schools and Haverhill Academy. Went to Stoneham and Lowell, Mass., where he was employed in the grocery and provision business, until about 1891, when he came to Woodsville, and was with Q. A. Scott in the clothing business, and later with the American Express Co., until 1900, when he went into the grocery business until Dec., 1909, when he entered the employ of the Armour Co., first as travelling salesman till July 1912, when he became general manager of their wholesale store in Woodsville. He is a Mason and Odd Fellow, and in the latter fraternity has held prominent place. A member of Moosehillock Lodge, No. 25, he passed all the chairs of the subordinate and grand lodges, and in Oct. 1907 became grand master of the grand lodge. A Republican in politics he has taken an active part in public affairs, served as member of the school board for five years, super- visor of check list four years, and selectman two years 1908, 1909. Attends Methodist Episcopal Church. One child:
HARRY EARLE6 b. Woodsville Mar. 15, 1893. In employ of Armour Co. as sales- man, Portland, Me.
CRAWFORD
JOHN CRAWFORD born May 20, 1855; died May 24, 1899. Nettie S. Large, his wife, born Mar. 22, 1859; died Apr. 23, 1898. Nettie, daughter John and Nettie S. Crawford, born Aug. 5, 1886; died Feb. 28, 1887.
CROCKER
ANDREW SAVAGE CROCKER was one of the pre-revolutionary settlers of Haverhill. He was a brother of the wife of Col. Asa Porter and came to Haverhill from Hollis,
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where he had lived a short time soon after the coming of his distinguished brother-in-law and settled at Horse Meadow near Col. Porter. His name appears in the town records as early as 1771, when he was elected selectman and between that year and 1801 he was eleven times re-elected to that important office. He was also town clerk for several years, and filled other positions of honor.
He was born in Newburyport, Mass., the son of John Crocker, Esq., in 1743. Married at Newbury, Vt., Sept. 10, 1769 Shua Thurston, born 1749, died in Haverhill Feb. 19, 1827. He died July 17, 1821. The records show that he took an active and leading part in the early development of the town. He held the office of justice of the peace by commission from the British Government in the colonial days, and while it is not known that he was openly charged with being a Tory during the War of the Revolu- tion, as was his brother-in-law, there is evidence that he was, at least, not heartily in sympathy with the patriot cause. (See biographical sketch in chapter on Early Settlers and Settlement.) Two children born in Haverhill:
1. MARY b. Aug. 18, 1770.
2. EDWARD BASS b. Aug. 21, 1781.
Mr. Crocker was a man of high social position, and commanded the respect of the community by his fine qualities of character. He was admitted a member of the Haver- hill Church July 7, 1801. John Smith, who had been ordained and installed pastor of the Haverhill Church in 1802, was deposed Jan. 14, 1807, for gross immoralities of which he had confessed himself guilty. The next day Jan. 15, Andrew Savage Crocker and wife were brought before the church, charged "with secreting the crime of Smith." They acknowledged that they had knowledge of it at the time of his ordination, but believing that great harm would be done by the scandal arising from his exposure, they decided to keep their knowledge to themselves. They acknowledged their mistake for which they professed themselves penitent, and after due deliberation, the hand of fellowship was continued.
EDWARD BASS CROCKER, son of Andrew Savage and Shua (Thurston) Crocker, born Haverhill, Aug. 21, 1781; married Elizabeth Gibson of Hillsborough, born Aug. 20, 1776, died June 1, 1829. She died Mar. 24, 1853. He lived with his father at Horse Meadow till the early part of the last century, when the family spent a few years on the Isle of Orleans in the St. Lawrence just below Quebec. On the breaking out of the War 1812 the family returned to Horse Meadow. Edward B. Crocker and his wife and eldest son, Moses, who died in infancy, Dec. 28, 1809, are buried in the family lot, Horse Meadow Cemetery. They had six children: 1, Moses; 2, Andrew born 1808, died Feb. 25, 1840; 3, Edward; 4, Giles; 5, Frederick; 6, Mary born Haverhill, Jan. 10, 1817. Andrew died in Cuba in 1840, Giles in Mobile Ala., and Edward in New Orleans, La., all three in the same year. Andrew married Mar. 10, 1830, Sarah Worth, daughter Dea. John Carr of North Haverhill, born May 24, 1808, died July 27, 1839. (See Carr.) Edward read law with Joseph Bell and practiced until his death in New Orleans; unmarried. Giles died unmarried. The names of the three last mentioned are inscribed on a stone in the family lot, Horse Meadow Cemetery.
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