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3. JAMES JOHNSON4 b. Bath Feb. 27, 1845. Went west and lived in Logan, Ia.
RIX
THOMAS RIX1 born in 1622; went to Preston, Conn.
JAMES2 baptized in first church Salem Oct. 16, 1657; withdrew from church there and. went to Preston, Conn.
JAMES3 baptized Apr. 1685; married Feb. 1711, Hannah Herrick; resided in Preston, Conn.
NATHANIEL4 born in Preston, Conn., June 6, 1710; married Mary, daughter of Obadiah Peters, who was one of the Concord company killed by Indians in 1746. In 1744 he was an officer of the plantation of Pennycook; in 1755 went with Capt. Joseph Eastman's Company to Crown Point; one of the first settlers of Boscawen.
NATHANIEL5 born Boscawen July 17, 1753; married 1775, Esther Clark; died in Little- ton Oct. 12, 1828. Was a Revolutionary soldier.
NATHANIEL® (Nathaniel5, Nathaniel4, James3, James2, Thomas1) born in Landaff Nov. 26, 1777; died in Dalton Oct. 21, 1857; married Mar. 3, 1802, Rebecca Eastman, born in Bath Sept. 23, 1786, died in Dalton Apr. 27, 1867, daughter of Obadiah and Elizabeth (Searles) Eastman. He was the eldest son of Nathaniel Rix, a soldier in the Revolu- tionary Army, and Esther Clark Rix. About 1799 both father and son located in Stan- stead, Canada. They remained there till about the time of the War of 1812, when they came to the States and settled in Littleton. Here he remained till 1835, when he removed to Haverhill. He went to Lowell in 1852, but remained there only a short time when he settled on a farm in Dalton. He became a leading citizen of Littleton repre- senting the town for seven years in succession, 1821-1827, and was a member of the governor's council in 1822 and 1823. While register of deed in Haverhill, he represented the town in the legislature. He gave much of his time to town, county, and state offices. As an adviser his judgment was much sought, and he was everywhere honored and re- spected. He was a man of good stature and agreeable presence, a valuable citizen and honest and efficient public officer. They had a family of seven children, none of which are now living in town.
RODGERS
LEVI RODGERS1 born in Newbury, Vt., Oct. 12, 1776, and died Sept. 22, 1839; married Betsey Stone Apr. 24, 1800, born 1783, who died Jan. 3, 1856, Captain in War of 1812 and a colonel in the militia. They lived in Newbury. She was the daughter of Maj. Uriah and Hephziba Hadley Stone, who came to Haverhill in 1763 and built a log house near Bedel's bridge. This was carried away by a freshet and landed in Piermont where the family afterwards lived. One son of the family, George Washington Stone, was the grandfather of Chester A. Arthur.
LEVI RODGERS2 born in West Newbury, Vt., July 10, 1814; died Oct. 3, 1852; married 42
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Dec. 8, 1841, Mehitabel Barker Carleton, born Haverhill Dec. 10, 1820, daughter of Michael Carleton, died June 15, 1896. Lived on a farm in Guildhall, Vt., till 1854. She sold the farm and came to Haverhill, where she lived since, excepting four years, 1865-69, which she spent in Meriden, where her children could attend the Academy; then returned to her home in Haverhill. She had four children, all born in Guildhall.
LEVI RODGERS3 born May 9, 1843; married, first, Aug. 6, 1866, Ellen Sophia Platt Dimick, born May 28, 1840, died Oct. 1, 1883; married, second, July 5, 1894, Jessie C. Gilmore. He was a graduate of Kimball Union Academy and of Dartmouth in 1866; taught in Cleveland, Ohio, for two years, then entered Andover Theological Seminary, graduating in class of 1871. Has been pastor of Congregational churches, first at Claremont, then at Georgetown, Mass., and for more than twenty-five years at North Greenwich, Conn. A successful pastor. One child: Luvia4 born Aug. 12, 1870; died Sept. 7, 1879.
HARRIET CARLETON3 born Mar. 9, 1845; lives at the old homestead on Court Street; has been a successful newspaper correspondent.
MICHAEL CARLETON3 born Mar. 7, 1847; graduated Kimball Union Academy and Dartmouth College 1871; married Laura Jane Chamberlin July 25, 1872; lived in the South for years; removed to a farm in McIndoes, Vt. Has one son, Bradley C.4, born Apr. 14, 1874; graduated Dartmouth class of 1898; was private secretary to Dr. Tucker for six years; married Mrs. F. O. Aiken. Now a teacher in Boston. Has two children. Lives in Milton, Mass.
BETSEY MATILDA3 born May 7, 1849; died Nov. 5, 1867.
ROGERS
WILLIAM ROGERS! lived at Huntington, L. I. He died before 1769, leaving widow and seven children.
NOAH ROGERS2 (William1) born 1646; married Elizabeth Taintor. Eight children.
JOHN ROGERS3 (Noah2, William1) born Nov. 6, 1677; married June 17, 1713, Lydia Bowers. Nine children.
JOSEPH ROGERS4 (John3, Noah2, William1) born Apr. 1725; married Aug. 3, 1748, Susan Pardee. Five children.
JOSEPH ROGERS5 (Joseph4, John3, Noah2, William1) born Bramford, Conn., Apr. 27, 1755; married Dec. 25, 1779, Lois Hale of Wallingford, Conn .; died Claremont Apr. 19, 1833.
THADDEUS ROGERSG (Joseph5, Joseph4, John3, Noah2, William1) born Wallingford, Conn., July 20, 1780; married Philena Putnam; came to New Hampshire with his father and died at Piermont at early age of 42. Nine children.
ELISHA ROGERS7 (Thaddeus6, Joseph5, Joseph4, John3, Noah2 William1) born Aug. 31, 1807; married Dec. 23, 1834, Mrs. Matilda (Lull) Hunt, born May 20, 1799. He died Piermont Mar. 8, 1883; she died Nov. 7, 1878. Two children: Albert8; Matilda8, died in infancy.
ALBERT ROGERS8 (Elisha7, Thaddeus6, Joseph5, Joseph4, John3, Noah2, William1) born Mar. 30, 1836, Piermont; married Mar. 29, 1866, Anna Elizabeth, daughter Stephen and Sarah Ann (Stevens) Underhill, born Piermont Aug. 20, 1843. He died May 19, 1902, in Los Angeles, Cal., while on a visit to that state. He was a prosperous farmer in Pier- mont until 1893, when he removed to Haverhill Corner purchasing what was known as the Bank house. This was burned after his death, and his widow has erected on its site a fine modern house, where she now (1917) resides. While in Piermont he served as select- man and filled other town offices. He was a staunch Republican; attended the Congregational Church. Three children born Piermont:
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1. ALBERT E.9 b. Sept. 6, 1867; m. Sept. 6, 1893, Lillian May Evans; lives in Newport, N. H.
2. EDWARD S.9 b. Sept. 28, 1868; m. June 20, 1894, Bessie Maud Evans. One child, Edward Albert10 b. May 11, 1897.
3. FRANK R.9 b. May 17, 1879. In employ of Pike Mfg. Co. and lives with his mother at Hav. Corner.
ROGERS
ABRAM ROGERS1 born 1785; came to Haverhill about 1810 and settled on Brier Hill on the farm later owned and occupied by his son, Warren C. Rogers; married (published Aug. 1, 1811) Rebecca, daughter of John and Sarah (Marston) Whitcher of Warren, born Dec. 19, 1795. He died Oct. 13, 1852. Six children born Haverhill:
1. ABIGAIL BATCHELDER2 b. June 12, 1812; d. unm. Oct. 28, 1899.
2. OLIVE2 d. in infancy.
3. NANCY2 b. 1817; m. July 30, 1840, Chase W. Atwell; d. Apr. 3, 1841.
4. JAMES S.2 b. 1820; m. 1843 Louisa Patch; d. by drowning May 19, 1844.
5. WARREN CHASE2 b. Jan. 8, 1825.
6. SARAH LANG2 b. Dec. 3, 1830; m. Apr. 9, 1831, D. Irving Johnson of Wayland, Mass., d. Apr. 9, 1890. One child, Ida Marion Johnson3, b. Feb. 11, 1852; m. Sept. 6, 1881, Peter E. Tragansa of Thompsonville, Conn. (See Tragansa.)
WARREN CHASE ROGERS2 (Abram1) born Haverhill Jan. 8, 1825; married Dec. 16, 1858, Ruth A. Ingraham; died May 10, 1912. Farmer; lived Brier Hill. Three children:
1. JULIA ETTA3 b. Apr. 8, 1860; m. Feb. 21, 1884, Frank Willis. (See Willis.)
2. HERBERT WARREN3 b. June 14, 1878; d. Feb. 11, 1890.
3. RALPH WALDO3 b. June 12, 1881.
RALPH WALDO ROGERS3 born June 12, 1881; married May 14, 1906, Nina, daughter Charles and Josie (Coburn) Crosby. Children:
1. FERNE RUTH b. Hav. July 7, 1907; d. Aug. 20, 1908.
2. INFANT SON b. Hav. Dec. 19, 1909; d. Dec. 19, 1909.
3. EUNICE MYRTLE b. Hav. June 10, 1913.
4. VANCE CROSBY b. Mar. 4, 1917, Bath.
ROUHAN
DENNISON R. ROUHAN is the son of James and Helen E. Rouhan and was born in Washington, Vt., Aug. 8, 1882. He came to Woodsville in Mar. 1903 and engaged al- most immediately in trade in furnishing goods and in undertaker's work. Has a large and well kept store. He was married June 23, 1907, to Georgianna Jackson, born Oct. 31, 1881. They have one daughter, Ruth Georgianna, born Apr. 29, 1917.
ROYCE
SAMUEL ROYCE1 was one of the early settlers of Landaff, coming to that town from Connecticut. He held prominent position in the town and died in 1822 at the advanced age of 90 years.
REV. STEPHEN ROYCE2, son of Samuel1, was the first settled minister of Landaff; and died in that town Aug. 30, 1802, in the 47th year of his age. He married Feb. 27, 1777, Sarah Atwater, born June 14, 1773, died 1823. Four children:
1. SAMUELª b. Cheshire, Conn., July 27, 1782.
2. SARAH& b. Cheshire, Conn., July 27, 1782 (twin of Samuel); d. young.
3. MERAB3 b. Cheshire, Conn., June 6, 1785; d. Landaff June 26, 1808.
4. STEPHEN3 b. Landaff May 25, 1787; d. Landaff Feb. 20, 1794.
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EPITAPHS IN LANDAFF CEMETERY
Sacred to the Memory of the Rev. Stephen Royce who departed this life August the 3d A. D. 1802 in the 47th year of his age
Here in deaths cold embrace this body lies; The soul is gone to mansions in the skies; His dust must sleep and voice be heard no more Till the last trump shall sound from shore to shore; Then burst the bands of death with sweet surprise And in his Saviour's glorious form arise.
FROM THE TOMBSTONE OF MERAB ROYCE, DAUGHTER OF REV. STEPHEN AND SARAH My friends, behold my lifeless clay, Tho' once active as yours today, It now doth rest in death's imbrace. Prepare with me to meet and trace The heaven of joy, our dwelling place.
SAMUEL ROYCE3, son Rev. Stephen and Sarah Atwater, was born in Cheshire, Conn., July 27, 1782; married May 18, 1809, Dorcas, daughter of Reuben and Hannah Bayley Foster, born Newbury, Vt., Jan. 4, 1782; died Haverhill June 30, 1842. Reuben Foster was one of the first settlers of Newbury and was evidently a man of affairs, was a delegate with General Bayley to the Windsor Convention, and the next year was chosen with Col. Kent to the second convention held in that place the next year. Of his sons, Ed- ward and Nathaniel became residents of Landaff, and had numerous descendants. Samuel Royce came to Haverhill from Landaff and followed his occupation as farmer, living on Colby Hill, and later on what has been known as the A. P. Glazier farm, near Benton line, till the death of his wife in 1842. Subsequently he went to Nashua, where he married, second, Elizabeth Searle. He lived there until her death in 1869, when he went to Benton, residing with his daughter, Sarah, until death in his 92d year, Sept. 25, 1873. He was a member for more than fifty years of the Methodist Episcopal Church, a Free Soiler and Republican in politics. Seven children:
1. MERAB4 b. Landaff Feb. 20, 1810; m. 1836 Samuel Howe, b. Benton 1813, d. Feb. 5, 1899. Farmer, Methodist, Republican. She d. Nov. 25, 1888. They had eight chil. all b. Benton: (1) Sarah R. b. Oct. 20, 1837; m., 1st, Parker Swasey; 1 child, Anna; second, Truman W. Gray, living (1914) in Lisbon. (2) Julia b. Feb. 1839, d. 1898; m., 1st, Rev. H. S. Norris; 2d, Rev. F. D. Chandler. (3) Lutheria L. b. 1840; d. 1878; m., 1st, Henry C. Wilmot; 2d, Paul N. Meader. (4) Phebe A. b. 1843; d. 1903; m. Paul N. Meader. (See Meader.) (5) Dorcas b. Jan. 31, 1845; m. Pardon W. Allen; d. Oct. 19, 1914. (6) Fred S. b. Dec. 1847; m. Mary Atkin- son; lived Lawrence, Mass .; d. Lawrence (7) Royal R. b. 1849; d. 1851. (8) Halsey R. b. 1851; m., 1st, Martha Foster of Bath; 2d, Lilla Bisbee, Hav .; d. Apr. 1904.
2. HANNAH4 b. Landaff Aug. 8, 1812; m. Aaron P. Glazier of Hav. (See Glazier.)
3. SARAH4 b. Landaff Oct. 19, 1813; m., 1st, Moses Whitcher of Benton; 2d, Chase Whitcher of Benton; d. Concord Feb. 17, 1878. Three chil. b. Benton: (1) Frances C. b. Aug. 22, 1849, d. Woodsville Oct. 4, 1889, unm .; (2) Elvah G. b. Nov. 19, 1850, m. Jan. 10, 1881, Edward F. Mann (see Mann); (3) Hannah b. Nov. 15, 1853; d. Oct. 15, 1854.
4. LUCY4 b. Landaff Oct. 11, 1814; m. Nov. 27, 1843, Ira Whitcher. (See Whitcher.)
5. STEPHEN4 b. Hav. May 20, 1816; d. about 1825.
6. LYDIA4 b. Hav. Nov. 11, -; m. Moses Noyes of Hav. (See Noyes.)
7. RUTH4 b. Hav. July 29, 1823; d. unm. June 27, 1842.
RUSSELL
ROBERT RUSSELL1 born in England 1630; was of Andover, Mass., before 1660; married July 6, 1659, Mary Marshall. Ten children born in Andover, Mass.
THOMAS RUSSELL? (Robert1) born 1663; married Phebe -. Lived in Andover, Mass. Eleven children born in Andover.
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PETER RUSSELL3 (Thomas2, Robert1) born Apr. 23, 1700; married Deborah Crosby. Removed to Litchfield 1738. Ten children born in Andover, Mass., and Litchfield.
PELATIAH RUSSELL4 (Peter3, Thomas2, Robert1) born Andover, Mass., Dec. 27, 1727; married Apr. 13, 1729, Olive Moor of Litchfield. Five children born Litchfield.
MOOR RUSSELL5 (Pelatiah4, Peter3, Thomas2, Robert1) born Oct. 30, 1757; married Dec. 23, 1790, Elizabeth, daughter of Col. David Webster of Plymouth, born July 8, 1773, died June 4, 1839. He died Aug. 29, 1851.
In 1775 he was a soldier at Bunker Hill and participated for a time in the siege of Bos- ton. Near the close of the same year he came to Haverhill where he resided for twenty- five years, removing to Plymouth in Mar. 1801. In 1776 he enlisted from Haverhill in a company of rangers commanded by Capt. Josiah Russell of Plainfield, and also served in Capt. Timothy Barron's Company in Col. Bedel's regiment from Apr. 13, 1777, to Apr. 1, 1778. He was frequently employed as a surveyor of land, and owned a large and productive farm at the Corner near the Piermont line. He took a prominent part in the affairs of the town. He was of the petitioners for the incorporation of the Academy; was representative in 1799 and 1800; selectman in 1800; moderator in 1801, and at the March election in that year was elected to the state senate from the Twelfth District. He re- moved to Plymouth two days later, having established a store in that town three years previously. He was one of the incorporators of the Coös Bank, later the Grafton. He became prominent in Plymouth, was re-elected to the State Senate in 1802, '03, '10, '11 and '12. Few men were more prominent or efficient in devotion to the welfare of Hav- erhill and Plymouth in which his life was spent. Eleven children born in Haverhill and Plymouth:
1. NANCYª b. Plymouth July 20, 1793; m. John Rogers.
2. DAVID M.ª b. Plymouth July 6, 1795.
3. CATHERINE® b. Hav. May 28, 1797; m. May 5, 1816, Samuel C. Webster, a lawyer of Plymouth, graduate of Dartmouth, class 1808; speaker of the N. H. House 1830, executive councillor 1831, appointed sheriff Grafton County 1833, removed to Hav. where he d. July 21, 1835; she m., 2d, Joseph Edmunds, lived in Brooklyn, N. Y .; d. Sept. 24, 1880. Ten chil. by first marriage.
4. ELIZA® b. Hav. Aug. 23, 1799; m. Nov. 26, 1820, Benjamin Edmonds, a merchant of Plymouth, later of Brooklyn, N. Y .; she d. Jan. 26, 1899, ae. nearly 100 yrs.
5. WILLIAM W.º b. Plymouth May 15, 1801; m. Susan Carleton Webster.
6. MARYª b. Plymouth Jan. 26, 1804; m. 1828 Elijah M. Davis of Barnet, Vt.
7. WALTER W.º b. Plymouth Mar. 5, 1806; d. unm. Gainesville, Ala., 1878.
8. JANE A.º b. Plymouth Aug. 9, 1808; m. Rev. Milo P. Jewett.
9. JULIA ANN6 b. Plymouth Aug. 13, 1810; d. Nov. 23, 1815.
10. CHARLES J.6 b. Plymouth Jan. 16, 1813; m. Jan. 4, 1844, Catherine Webster Merrill.
11. JULIA ANNº b. Plymouth Sept. 17, 1815; m. Samuel Long, M. D.
SARGENT
WILLIAM SARGENT died Salisbury, Mass., Mar. 1675. Will probated at Salem Apr. 29, 1675. Inventory of estate £191.
THOMAS SARGENT2 (William1) born Salisbury, Mass., June 11, 1643; married Jan. 2, 1667, Rachel, daughter of William Barnes of Amesbury; died Feb. 27, 1706.
JOSEPH SARGENT3 (Thomas2, William1) born Amesbury, Mass., June 2, 1687; married Nov. 17, 1715, Elizabeth Carr of Newbury; died May 16, 1733.
JOSEPH SARGENT4 (Joseph3, Thomas2, William1) born Amesbury, Mass., May 22, 1725; married Nov. 25, 1746, Miriam Flanders of South Hampton, N. H .; died 1804.
JOSHUA SARGENT5 (Joseph4, Joseph3, Thomas2, William1) born Amesbury, Mass., Aug. 4, 1762; married 1st Aug. 25, 1784, Mary Hoyt of Amesbury. She died Nov. 15, 1807; married, second, Feb. 8, 1810, Betsey French who died Apr. 14, 1835. He died Mar. 18, 1833. Family resided in Loudon, N. H.
GIDEON LOWELL6 (Joshua5, Joseph4, Joseph3, Thomas2, William1) born Loudon Dec.
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31, 1798; married Jan. 21, 1827, Abiah - of Canterbury, born Mar. 24, 1803; died June 1852. He died at Lakeport Nov. 1852.
WILLIAM DYER SARGENT7 (Gideon L.8, Joshua5, Joseph4, Joseph3, Thomas2, William1) born Loudon May 18, 1838; married 1861 Hannah M. Sanborn of Lakeport, where she was born Aug. 30, 1841, and died Nov. 22, 1880; married, second, Apr. 25, 1883, Eva A. Prior, born Kittery, Me., Aug. 21, 1839, and died Woodsville Nov. 22, 1894; married, third, Nov. 14, 1901, Anna A. Nourse. He died Oct. 8, 1908. He was for many years locomotive engineer, residing at Lakeport, but came to Woodsville about 1880, and was in charge of the repair shops as foreman till his death. Democrat. Universalist. Two children:
1. FRED LOWELL.
2. BERNICE b. Woodsville Dec. 30, 1885; d. May 15, 1903.
FRED LOWELL SARGENT8 (William D.7, Gideon L.6, Joshua5, Joseph4, Joseph3, Thomas2, William1) born Lakeport Nov. 30, 1874; came to Woodsville with his parents; married Apr. 18, 1900, Martha L., daughter of Albert H. and Ellen C. (Lother) Leighton, train- master, Boston and Maine Railroad, Woodsville; treasurer Woodsville Aqueduct Co .; Woodsville Fire District; Woodsville Union High School District. Democrat. Universalist. One child, Karl Leighton Sargent9, born Woodsville Jan. 24, 1901; died Jan. 26, 1903.
SARGENT
ERNEST A. SARGENT born Brookfield, Vt., Oct. 3, 1874; son of Albert E. and Henrietta M. Sargent; married Oct. 10, 1901, at Randolph, Vt., Mary Louise daughter of Ben- jamin G. and Rosabel B. McIntyre. He came to Woodsville in Jan. 1904, and in Sep- tember of that year purchased the department store of D. A. Barrows, which he rebuilt and enlarged, in 1912, into the present three-story brick block on the same site now known as the Sargent Block. His store covers the entire first floor space, and the two upper stories are used for office and living-room purposes. It is a modern up-to-date building. He has been for some years and still is (1916) a member of the Board of Education, a leading spirit in the Board of Trade, trustee of the Woodsville Guaranty Savings Bank. Selectman, 1918-19. He is a Republican, and in religious affiliation an Episcopalian. Three children:
1. MURIEL ELIZABETH b. Randolph, Vt., Aug. 31, 1902.
2. LAURA ROSABEL b. Woodsville Aug. 19, 1906.
3. JANICE MCINTYRE b. Woodsville Aug. 23, 1908.
SAULT
ALBERT CLARKE SAULT, son of Joseph W. and Eunice Sault, was born in Rochester, Vt., Oct. 4, 1881. He was married to Mae M. Lyons of Woodsville, age twenty-three, Dec. 25, 1902. He is in the employ of the telephone company and is (1919) serving his third term as fire commissioner. Lives in Woodsville. Three children:
1. THELMA EUNICE b. Wells River, Vt., May 28, 1905.
2. HELEN INEZ b. Woodsville Feb. 13, 1907.
3. GEORGE ALFRED b. Woodsville Jan. 3, 1912.
SAWYER
JOSHUA SAWYER1 born Newbury, Mass., Dec. 14, 1711; married June 18, 1741, Esther Prior, born Oct. 8, 1714.
JOHN SAWYER2 (Joshua1) born Newbury, Mass., Mar. 20, 1748; married 1771 Alice Couch.
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JOHN SAWYER3 (John2, Joshua1) born Springfield Apr. 28, 1783; married Mary Piper. Lived in Dorchester.
HIRAM DOW SAWYER4 (John3, John2, Joshua1) born Dorchester Mar. 20, 1808; married Mar. 7, 1838, Joan H. Johnson, born Wentworth Apr. 8, 1819, died Bath Aug. 4, 1893. He died at Bath July 23, 1883. Nine children born in Bath:
1. ALBERT J.5 b. June 7, 1839; d. Manchester June 1896.
2. GEORGE A.5 b. Oct. 22, 1840; d. Holden, Mass., Oct. 1911.
3. WILLIAM HENRY b. Aug. 8, 1843. Lives in Worcester, Mass .; lumber merchant.
4. JOHN WESLEY d. in infancy.
5. MARY HANNAH b. Aug. 10, 1848.
6. HIRAM SYLVESTER b. July 6, 1851; d. June 30, 1873.
7. JOANNA b. June 1856; d. 1863.
8. JENNIE A. b. Aug. 16, 1858; m. Henry G. Marston. (See Marston.)
9. CHARLES WESLEY b. Apr. 4, 1864.
CHARLES WESLEY SAWYER5 (Hiram D.4, John3, John2, Joshua1) born Bath Apr. 4, 1864; married Feb. 27, 1884, Luvia E., daughter of Bartlett and Anna (Brown) Marston, born Apr. 3, 1863; died Concord Apr. 11, 1914. They lived for a time on the home- stead farm in Bath, but later came to Woodsville and engaged in the drug business. Removed to Concord about 1912. Three children:
1. ETHEL G.6 b. July 18, 1884; m. James W. Spinney; trainman on Boston and Maine Railroad; five chil.
2. EVA M.6 b. Nov. 19, 1887; m. June 29, 1913, Earl C. Whittier, b. Haverhill, Mass., 1888, s. of Henry H. and Dora Babb Whittier. Railroad employee. Reside in Concord. Two chil.
3. EARL W. b. Jan. 24, 1897.
CLIFFORD J. SAWYER5 (Noah P.4, John3, John2, Joshua1) born Cabot, Vt., Sept. 19, 1861; married, first, Sept. 5, 1888, Carrie B., daughter of James B. and Drusilla (Bisbee) Clark of Haverhill; died Dec. 15, 1910; married, second, Sept. 19, 1911, Mrs. Abbie L. Whiting, daughter of George A. McClure, born Amherst 1862. Farmer, North Haverhill. Republican. Methodist. He died Aug. 26, 1916. Three children born in Haverhill:
1. EDNA MAY b. Nov. 29, 1889; d. Sept. 3, 1891.
2. EVERETT F. b. Oct. 24, 1895.
3. JAMES N. b. July 10, 1897.
SCOTT
QUINCY A. SCOTT, son of Dr. George W. and Sarah A. (Blood) Scott, born Greensboro, Vt., 1851; married, first, 1874, Sarah A., daughter of Edward and Hannah Lother, who died July 1896; married, second, Apr. 1897, Miss Ida Gove of Hanover. At the age of fourteen he became news agent on the Passumpsic Railroad and in 1871 entered the passenger train service as brakeman and baggage master. Later was conductor on the Boston & Montreal Air Line till in 1875 he entered into partnership with his brother-in- law, A. H. Leighton, in the dry goods and furnishing business in the Weeks Block. In 1890 he purchased his partner's interest, enlarged the business and also the block which he had purchased, and conducted this in connection with express business till 1898. He was postmaster 1881-85. He also served for several years as one of the commissioners of the Woodsville Fire District. He was an active worker in the order of Odd Fellows, and a prime mover in the organization of Grand Canton Albin, Patriarch's Militant, be- coming major of the first battalion, and colonel of the first regiment in 1889. When Moosehillock Lodge was resuscitated and brought to Woodsville he was its first noble grand and for a period of thirty-six years its secretary. Until he closed out his business in Woodsville and went to Boston in 1898 he was for years a prominent factor in the business life of the village. He was a Republican, and served on the state committee of his party. Universalist. He died in Boston in 1913. One child, Irving B. Scott, born Woodsville 1877. Resides in Boston. Unmarried.
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SCRUGGS
HENRY CLOUGH SCRUGGS and Mary Emma (Andrews) Scruggs of Winnsboro, S. C.
THOMAS WAYLAND SCRUGGS and Anna Rebecca (Beard) Scruggs of Columbia, S. C. She died in 1883. He remarried. They were married New Year's 1879. Two children: 1, Gillard born Jan. 11, 1881, lives in Orford; 2, Rhett Reynolds.
RHETT REYNOLDS SCRUGGS born Columbia, S. C., Apr. 30, 1882, married Sept. 20, 1907, Lenora E., daughter of Gareis and Eunice Thompson of Lyndonville, Vt. Came to Woodsville in 1904 and carries on large business in stoves, furnaces and plumbing.
SHORES
FRANKLIN B. SHORES and Hannah H. Shores lived at Mattoon, Ill. He died at the age of 70; she died at, 69.
FRED J. SHORES born in Mattoon, Ill., Apr. 29, 1878; married May 14, 1902, Lucy E. Caseley daughter of Rev. C. W. Caseley of Charleston, Ill. She was born Jan. 13, 1880. Republican. Methodist. Came to Haverhill in 1906. Assistant in office register of deeds. One child, Frederick W., born Oct. 29, 1906.
SHUTE
GEORGE GROVER SHUTE, son of Calvin T. and Adelia (Rowe) Shute, born Gloucester, Mass., June 5, 1856; educated in the public schools of South Malden (now Everett), Mass .; entered the employ of the Boston, Concord and Montreal Railroad (now White Mountain Division of Boston and Maine) in 1880, in passenger service as baggage mas- ter and conductor; married, first, Minnie D. Stetson of Warren. No children. Married, second, Mrs. Mae L. Crosby, widow of Edward D. Crosby of Bristol, daughter of John Bickford of Orford, born Dec. 25, 1853. He died Woodsville Mar. 3, 1915. One child, Adelia Rowe Shute, born Woodsville Sept. 4, 1894; student in Simmons College, Boston. By her first marriage Mrs. Crosby had one son, Fred B. Crosby, born Jan. 16, 1881; lives in Schenectady, N. Y.
SINCLAIR-ST. CLAIR
There are numerous ways of spelling the name of the descendants of John Sinkler whose name appears in the Exeter records in 1658. In the Exeter records, various town histories, N. H. State archives, provincial papers, there are no less than 21 different vari- ations of the name, the most common being, Sinkler, Sinklair, St. Clair, Sant Clar, San Clair, Cinclair, Sinclair. The Haverhill descendants of John, the emigrant, have adopted the spelling, Sinclair St. Clair.
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