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3. JOHN7 b. Jan. 16, 1790; d. Apr. 24, 1870.
4. JAMES7 b. Mar. 30, 1792; d. Mar. 15, 1858.
5. EUNICE7 b. Sept. 24, 1794; m. Ganis Leonard; d. Jan. 26, 1879.
6. SUSAN7 b. Oct. 25, 1796; m. Thos. Lovejoy; d. Jan. 10, 1871.
7. PHINEAS.7
8. JASON CARPENTER7 b. Apr. 29, 1801; m. Susan H. Trask Apr. 27, 1831. She d. Jan. 11, 1883; he d. Nov. 14, 1847.
9. AZEL7 b. Mar. 29, 1803; m. Maria T. Wainwright; d. Atchison, Kan., 1883.
10. LEVI7 b. Sept. 9, 1805; m. Julia Ann Caldwell; d. Jan. 3, 1871.
11. REUBEN7 b. July 22, 1807; grad. Dartmouth 1832; Harvard Medical School 1836; d. Worcester, Feb. 13, 1878.
12. CHARLES7 b. Aug. 23, 1812; d. Apr. 8, 1857; m. Jan. 1, 1839, Rebecca (Poole) Hunt of Hav., b. Feb. 2, 1815, d. July 20, 1855. Resided Montpelier, Vt. Eldest dau., Susan Rebecca, m., Ist, William Burke; 2d, Daniel K. Pearson of Chicago.
PHINEAS SPALDING7 M. D. (Reuben6, Reuben5, Ephraim4, Edward3, Benjamin2, Edward1) born Sharon, Vt., Jan. 14, 1799; married, first, Sept. 24, 1826, Caroline Bailey Lothrop of Lyndon, Vt .; born Aug. 15, 1803; died Haverhill Aug. 27, 1842; married, second, Sept. 17, 1843, Charlotte, daughter Capt. Benjamin Merrill of Haverhill, born
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Dec. 6, 1814, died Apr. 4, 1887. Dr. Spalding died Oct. 29, 1897. Children by first wife :
1. CAROLINE ANASTASIA8 b. Lyndon, Vt., July 12, 1827; d. Hav. June 13, 1883. She received a thorough education; had great ability as a musician; taught music in Academy, and was organist in the Congregational Church for twenty years. A volume of her selected poems was published by her father in 1887 for private distribution only.
2. MARY GREENLEAF8 b. Sept. 12, 1834, Lyndon, Vt .; grad. Mt. Holyoke; m. Sept. 12, 1855, James H. Towle of New York City.
Children by second wife:
3. ADA LOUISA& b. Hav. Sept. 16, 1844; m. Sept. 16, 1870, Henry D. Jones of New York City; resided in Plainfield, N. J .; he d. there Dec. 26, 1903. She resides Hav. Two chil .: (1) Mary Spalding Jones' b. July 10, 1871; (2) Edward Allyn& b. Mar. 19, 1882; grad. Cornell Univ. 1913; teacher Hav. Academy.
4. FRANK MERRILL8 b. June 1, 1848; m. May 10, 1876, at Falls City, Neb., Julia E. Kingman; resided at Lawrence, Kan .; was lumber merchant. His family living (1916) at Lincoln, Neb. Four chil .: (1) Phineas9 b. Apr. 21, 1877; (2) Harriett. Ingham9 b. Jan. 24, 1879; (3) Charlotte Merrill9 b. Apr. 20, 1883, m. Malcolm Glenn Wyer, librarian State University, Lincoln, Neb .; (4) Mary Louisa9 b. Nov. 5, 1888.
SPEED
PERLEY E. SPEED and Alice M. (Carey) Speed live in La Grange, Me. There have been born to them three children.
PERLEY E. SPEED was born Feb. 2, 1889; was educated at the Bethel (Me.) Academy and had his professional training at Atlanta, Ga .; came to Woodsville and opened an office here in Sept. 1914. Married Mar. 15, 1917, Mrs. Gertrude E. Sweet, born Jan. 5, 1878. She has one child, Miriam P. Sweet.
SQUIRES
JESSEE R. SQUIRES born Nunda, N. Y., Nov. 1845, son of Jessee and Jemima Robert Squires. He enlisted in Company C, 108th New York Volunteers in Aug. 1862, and served until the close of the war in 1865. He settled in Bradford, Vt., where he followed the business of paper hanger and painter until 1885, when he removed to Haverhill, and has since been engaged in farming there, except for six years spent in Lisbon. He has been prominent in G. A. R. circles, and has held various positions of public trust. A Democrat in political affiliation he has been the candidate of his party for legislative honors. He resides in the Col. Johnston house at the Corner which was remodelled and modernized in its appointments by Amos Tarleton in the early eighties. He married Margarette, daughter of Thomas A. and Mary J. (Tarleton) Barston of Piermont, born 1853. They have two children: 1, Jesse Roy born 1873, married Jan. 1899 Edith Walker; 2, Walter Hale born Dec. 1893.
STAHL
RUDOLPH MOSES STAHL, son of Moses and Jeannette (Wertheim) Stahl, born Gilseberg, Germany, Mar. 10, 1880; came to America in 1894, and made his home with his uncle, Hon. A. M. Stahl of Berlin. Came to Woodsville in the winter of 1907-08 and pur- chased the Weeks Block property, and the clothing store of Isaac Stern, who had died just previously. He made improvements in the block, and has conducted most success- fully a clothing and gentleman's furnishing goods store. Republican in politics and actively interested in local affairs. Married Jan. 31, 1912, Gussie, daughter of Harris and Sarah Wertheim, born Lyndon, Vt., Apr. 7, 1885. Two children born in Woods-
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ville: 1, Sarah Jeannette born June 24, 1914; 2, Harris Wertheim born Sept. 6, 1916.
Moses Stahl has been burgomaster of his village in Germany for thirty-five years. He had three sons and a son-in-law in the world war.
STEARNS
The entire community was shocked Aug. 23, 1915, by the news that Dr. Henry C. Stearns had been instantly killed at the railroad crossing near the Cottage Hospital, the automobile in which he was driving with his son having been struck by a passenger train. The son escaped without serious injury.
DR. HENRY CUTLER STEARNS, son of Josiah and Sarah Stearns, born Lovell, Me., Aug. 21, 1866; married Sept. 30, 1897, Mary Louise, daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth (Swasey) Poor, born Feb. 23, 1874. Dr. Stearns received his academic education at Fryeburg (Me.) Academy, and graduated from Dartmouth Medical School in 1896. Practicing for a short time in Bartlett and Warren, he came to Haverhill in 1898, where, except for a short time spent in Concord, he continued in successful practice until his death. He was greatly instrumental in introducing a water supply into the village and was treasurer of the company. They had one child, Joseph Poor Stearns, born Mar. 17, 1899. Their home is in a residence on Court Street, modern in all its appointments, completed just before the death of Dr. Stearns.
SWAN
PHINEAS SWAN1 born 1751; married Tryphena Webster, born 1753, died Mar. 23, 1843. He died Jan. 16, 1829. They came to Haverhill previous to 1790 and lived first on Ladd Street, where Henry S. Bailey now (1917) lives. Later he built himself a home on what is known as the Beule place. He is described in deed from Ezekiel Ladd dated Apr. 2 as cordwainer.
BENJAMIN SWAN2 (Phineas1) born Dec. 1, 1783; married Dec. 23, 1811, Grace Carr of Piermont, born Oct. 10, 1787, died Apr. 25, 1851. He died Nov. 29, 1872; lived at Ladd Street. Six children born in Haverhill:
1. HENRY3 b. Sept. 1, 1814.
2. JANE3 b. Aug. 10, 1816; d. Mar. 17, 1888; m. Horace Goss of Waterford, Vt. Two chil: (1) William S. Goss b. Aug. 17, 1856; (2) Emma Grace Goss b. July 13 1864.
3. SUSAN B.3 b. Jan. 1, 1819; m. Joshua B. F. Woodward; d. Feb. 23, 1895. (See Woodward.)
4. CHARLES MORTON3 b. July 6, 1824; m. Adeline Shannon; lived Hooksett; d. Feb. 1, 1852. One child, Charles Morton4 b. Hooksett Oct. 22, 1849.
5. ELIZA A. b. June 23, 1826; m. John H. Webster of Pembroke; d. Aug. 23, 1906; lived in Pembroke. Three chil: (1) George Eugene, (2) Jennie McK., (3) Eddie New- ton, all deceased.
6. GEORGE b. July 29, 1831, d. Oct. 5, 1843.
ISAAC SWAN2 (Phineas1) died Jan. 9, 1835, aged 36 years.
HENRY SWAN3 (Benjamin2, Phineas1) born Haverhill Sept. 1, 1814; married May 7, 1838, Sarah H. Gerald, born Cavendish, Vt., Mar. 25, 1818. He died July 2, 1895. She died Mar. 6, 1910. Two children:
1. RODNEY C.4 b. Apr. 8, 1839; d. July 24, 1839.
2. ELLA F.4 b. Jan. 22, 1843; 'm. Feb. 20, 1877, Henry S. Bailey. (See Bailey.)
CHARLES M. SWAN4 (Charles M.3, Benjamin2, Phineas1) born Oct. 22, 1849; died Dec. 18, 1911; married Dec. 22, 1883, Kate M., daughter of Augustus F. and Lucinda (Dan- forth) Thomas of Lyme, born 1859, died Apr. 1, 1895; married, second, Apr. 1, 1900, Ena Yarrington. Three children by first marriage:
1. GEORGE AUGUSTUS5 b. June 15, 1888; d. Aug. 16, 1906. 43
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2. HUBERT RALPH5 b. Mar. 10, 1895.
3. HAROLD WESLEY6 b. Mar. 10, 1895.
One child by second marriage:
4. ARCHIE Y.5 b. June 9, 1901; d. June 16, 1901.
SWAN
WILLIAM SWAN came from Cumberland, R. I., and purchased a lot of land of 100 acres of William Cargill of Northumberland July 10, 1797, but he does not appear to have remained long in town. Bittinger says that Joshua and Israel Swan, brothers, were connected with him, and as they came to Haverhill about the same time they probably came from Cumberland, R. I.
JOSHUA SWAN, JR.2 was born in 1767 and purchased lot No. 5 in the first range of 80- acre lots of Moody Bedel Apr. 16, 1796. He probably came to Haverhill about this time as his name as well as that of Joshua Swan1-probably his father-appears in the list of ratable polls that year. Joshua Swan was moderator at a special town meeting in 1803, but Sept. 3, 1804, he conveyed his real estate to John Marsh, and in 1805 there appears in the non-resident list the "Joshua Swan farm."
ISRAEL SWAN2 (Joshua1) born Cumberland, R. I., 1768; came to Haverhill. He is described in deed of one-half of house lot which he purchased of Charles Johnston Sept. 18, 1791, as a hatter. He married (published Aug. 22, 1790) Abigail, daughter of Charles and Ruth Johnston, born Sept. 20, 1772, died May 1805. (See Johnston.) He married, second (published Oct. 16, 1809), Eliza Hale of Chester, born 1781, died Haverhill May 16, 1857. He died Mar. 9, 1822. Capt. Swan was an active and influential citizen of the town; was interested in the militia, served on the board of selectmen and filled vari- ous other town offices. He lived on the main street at the Corner, where the Exchange or Smith's Hotel afterwards stood and the old hotel on that site was erected by his son. Eight children, all born in Haverhill; by first marriage:
1. POLLY3 b. Nov. 12, 1791; m. Feb. 1, 1816, Jabez Brown.
2. NANCY3 b. June 30, 1794; m. Nov. 20, 1817, Rodney Carr, Piermont.
3. PHEBE3 b. July 13, 1796; m. Ansel Shepherd; d. June 2, 1822.
4. CHARLES JOHNSTON3 b. Apr. 2, 1797.
5. ISAAC3 b. June 12, 1799.
6. LIZA3 b. Sept. 13, 1802; d. Mar. 14, 1817.
7. FRYE3 b. 1805.
By second marriage:
8. ELIZA H.3 b. Sept. 1810; d. Mar. 20, 1817.
CHARLES J. SWAN3 (Joshua2, Joshua1) born Apr. 2, 1797; married Aug. 18, 1825, Elizabeth, daughter of Samuel and Cynthia Hastings Ladd, born Haverhill Aug. 15, 1802. Charles J. Swan was active in the militia, and bid fair to take a prominent part in the affairs of the town. He went, however, soon after his marriage, to Ohio, where his family grew and held honorable and responsible positions.
In the Haverhill Cemetery, there is a lot containing three graves with headstone inscriptions as follows:
HENRY T. SWAN d. Oct. 10, 1883, ae. 54 yrs., 1 mo.
CHARLOTTE M., wife of Henry T. Swan, d. Dec. 6, 1874, ae. 27 yrs.
MARY JANE, dau. H. T. and C. M. Swan, d. May 8, 1889, ae. 15 yrs.
There are marriages and publishments recorded in the town clerk's office which indi- cate other Swan families in Haverhill:
Pub. Polly Swan to Daniel Connor Feb. 16, 1793.
Pub. Cloe Swan to Benj. Young July 13, 1794.
M. Tryphena Swan to John Pike Dec. 15, 1808.
M. Harriet N. Swan to Chas. Henry Gilford May 5, 1848.
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SWASEY
JOHN SWASEY1 and his two sons, Joseph and John Jr., came to Massachusetts and settled in Salem, Mass., as early as 1632. Tradition says they came from Wales. In legal documents where the name of John the senior appears the name is variously spelled Swasey, Swayze and Swezey. They were of Quaker faith, and the father and son, John, refusing to conform to the established Puritan Church and discipline were forced, soon after 1640, to leave the colony and settled on Long Island, first at Satanbel, and soon after at Southold on the extreme end of the island. Joseph took the Freeman's oath in 1632, conformed to the Puritan faith and remained in Salem.
JOSEPH2 (John1) born 1610/11; died Salem, Mass., 1709, at the age of nearly one hun- dred years. He married Mary -. Seven children.
JOSEPH3 (Joseph2, John1) eldest son and child, baptized in Salem Sept. 13, 1653; died 1710; married Oct. 16, 1678, Elisabeth Lambert of Salem. Three children.
JOSEPH4 (Joseph3, Joseph2, John1), youngest child and son, born Salem Aug. 10, 1685; died Newburyport, Mass., May 26, 1770; married Aug. 11, 1711, Elisabeth, daughter of Edward and Mary Sargent of Newburyport, born Saco, Me., Dec. 22, 1684, died New- buryport 1749. Seven children. Lived in Newburyport.
SAMUEL5 (Joseph4, Joseph3, Joseph2, John1), ship wright, eldest child and son, born Newburyport, Mass., June 10, 1712; died about 1800; married Jan. 30, 1735, in Newbury- port, Hannah, daughter Stephen and Hannah (Jewett) Pearsons, born Rowley, Mass., Feb. 27, 1711. Five children.
MOSES6 (Samuel5, Joseph4, Joseph3, Joseph2, John1), cordwainer, eldest child and son, baptized in Newburyport, Mass., Oct. 20, 1735; died Haverhill, Mass., Mar. 20, 1800; married, first in Gloucester, Mass., Sept. 25, 1755), Eunice Merchant, born 1735/36; died in Gloucester Sept. 16, 1760; married, second, July 20, 1761, in Exeter, N. H. (Brentwood Parish), Mehitable Page, daughter of Jonathan and Elisabeth Watts Dustin, died Haverhill, Mass., 1725. Twelve children.
OBADIAH SWASEY7 (Moses6, Samuel5, Joseph4, Joseph3, Joseph2, John1), tenth child and sixth son, born Haverhill, Mass., Mar. 20, 1775; died North Haverhill July 21, 1836; married (published Dec. 20, 1799) Nancy, daughter of Capt. Nathaniel and Sarah (Hazen) Merrill, born Newbury, Vt., Feb. 7, 1780, died North Haverhill Dec. 6, 1850. He learned the trade of carpenter and went to Newbury, Vt., before reaching his major- ity, his brother, Moses, having preceded him about 1790. After his marriage he lived in Newbury for a time in a house on the plains about one-fourth mile from the home and farm of his brother, Moses. In 180- he purchased the farm on the little Oxbow in Haverhill which had been owned by Capt. John Hazen, his wife's grandfather, and the extensive pine timbered lands on the plains in the vicinity. He engaged extensively in the sawing of lumber, and the village, now North Haverhill, that grew up about his saw- and grist-mills was known as "Swazey's Mills," and so many of the buildings being battened with pine slabs, it was also known for a half century or more as "Slab City." He was an enterprising and successful man, active in the affairs of the town, and was held in high esteem by his fellow townsmen. He was a skilled mechanic and one of his grandsons has in his possession and highly prizes a unique side roll-desk which was made by him a hundred years ago. They had thirteen children, the three eldest born in Newbury, Vt., the others in Haverhill:
1. BENJAMIN MERRILL8 b. May 13, 1800; d. in Hav. Jan. 13, 1877; unm.
2. MARY ANN8 b. Jan. 7, 1802; m. John L. Woods. (See Woods.)
3. SAMUEL8 b. Feb. 23, 1804.
4. NANCY8 or ANN8 b. Apr. 27, 1805; m. Dr. Henry B. Leonard. (See Leonard.)
5. JOHN HAZEN8 b. Nov. 27, 1808; d. Boston, Mass., -; m. Dec. 11, 1837, Jane Prentice Kendall of Boston. He went to Portland, Me., about 1832, but removed. to Boston in 1840; was engaged in mercantile business and was a money broker;
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he was a man of great social qualities and attractive personality. They had four chil .: (1) Helen Hazen?, (2) John Quincy9, (3) Sarah Prentice'; these d. unm .; (4) Kate Day' m. Cyrus Carpenter, d. without issue.
6. HANNAH8 b. Nov. 30, 1810; d. Aug. 20, 1837; unm.
7. LOUISE8 b. Mar. 17, 1813; d. at Kenosha, Wis., Nov. 2, 1876; m. Ephraim Sprague Elkins, and resided in Kenosha. Two chil .: (1) Louise b. Kenosha, Wis .; m. 1864 Gregory Hersom of Milwaukee, Wis., steamship captain; they have one dau., Maud, b. 1866. (2) Kate b. Dec. 18, 1844; d. Maywood, N. J., June 30, 1901; m. Apr. 25, 1864, Benj. P. Price who d. Mar. 27, 1902; they had one dau., Nina James, b. Jan. 12, 1866, m. 1902, Edward K. Patterson of Council Bluffs, Ia. 8. NATHANIEL MERRILL8 b. June 4, 1815; m. Mary M., dau. of Dr. Angier; d. June 4, 1893.
9. JANE8 b. Oct. 20, 1817; m. Col. Charles James who d. Washington, D. C., Oct. 21, 1904. Still living in Chicago, she retains much of the charm and vivacity which made her a favorite in social circles in her girlhood days. Mr. James was a lawyer who practiced in Milwaukee but prior to the Civil War went with Col. John C. Fremont to California where they lived for many years. Col. James was appointed by President Lincoln collector of the port of San Francisco. They had one s., Charles G. James.
10. FRANKLIN8 b. Dec. 18, 1819; d. Feb. 3, 1821.
11. SARAH LUCINDA8 b. Sept. 20, 1823; m. Joel M. Angier. (See Angier.)
12. MEHITABLE8 b. Aug. 6, 1824; d. Washington, D. C., Feb. 23, 1903; m. Aug. 9, 1852, Henry Kent Elkins, b. Peacham, Vt., Nov. 2, 1818, d. July 1901. He was a brother of Ephraim S. Elkins who m. her sister, Louise, and they were sons of Jonathan and Eunice Stoddard Elkins (see Elkins). Their only child d. young, but an adopted dau. m. June 12, 1880, Edward F. Daniels of Concord, Mich.
13. FRANKLIN b. May 30, 1827; d. Mar. 30, 1828.
3. SAMUEL SWASEY8 (Obadiah7, Moses6, Samuel5, Joseph4, Joseph3, Joseph2, John1) lawyer; born Newbury, Vt., Feb. 22, 1804; died Belvidere, Ill., Jan. 20, 1887. He fitted for college at Haverhill Academy, and graduated at Dartmouth in the famous class of 1828. He studied law and was admitted to the bar, but in 1831 went to southern Illi- nois where he engaged in teaching; in 1835 he returned to Haverhill and engaged in the practice of his profession. He served as moderator and selectman, was for a period of ten years register of probate for Grafton County, and represented Haverhill in the legislatures of 1839,'40,'42, '43, '46, '47 and'50, and in the latter year was also delegate to the constitutional convention. He was speaker of the New Hampshire House in 1842- 43. During the administration of President Pierce he was inspector of customs at Ports- mouth, but in 1857 he removed to Chicago, Ill .; in 1865 to Toulon and in 1886 to Bel- videre where he died. He married -, 1840, Edith Augusta, daughter of Nathaniel and Sally (Horn) Holmes of Peterborough, born Oct. 9, 1821, died Wauhegan, Ill., Oct. 27, 1877. They had six children:
1. FRANKLIN HOLMES9 b. Hav. Jan. 31, 1845; d. by drowning June 30, 1853.
2. CHARLES JAMES9 b. Hav. Sept. 15, 1848. In business in Fort Worth, Tex.
3. CATHERINE9 b. Hav. Dec. 29, 1849; d. Mar. 5, 1852.
4. SAMUEL9 b. Hav. Mar. 8, 1852; d. Aug. 31, 1877, near Forth Worth, Tex.
5. EDITH AUGUSTA9 b. Portsmouth Dec. 22, 1854; m. Sept. 23, 1880, Alvon H. Keeler. Resides Cedar Rapids, Ia. Editor, postmaster. One child, Lawrence Swasey Keeler, b. Dec. 24, 1882.
6. EDWARD HOLMES9 b. Chicago Jan. 27, 1860; m. June 21, 1893, Lillian Elizabeth Hawley of Dunlap, Ia., b. Apr. 2, 1871. Lawyer, Dow City, Ia. Has been county attorney for Crawford County, Ia. Two chil .: (1) Helen Augusta10 b. Feb. 12, 1895; (2) - April 17, 1898.
8. NATHANIEL MERRILL SWASEY& (Obadiah7, Moses6, Samuel5, Joseph4, Joseph3, Joseph2, John1) born Haverhill June 4, 1815; died Montpelier, Vt., June 4, 1893; mar- ried Sept. 30, 1841, Mary M., daughter Dr. John and Mary (Mason) Angier, born Apr. 11, 1817, died Montpelier, Vt., Dec. 24, 1897. He succeeded his father in the ownership of the Hazen farm, residing in the brick house near the Square owned in recent years by David Whitcher, and also did an extensive insurance business. Was a Democrat in
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politics, town clerk, and treasurer in 1844-46; selectman in 1863, and represented the town in the legislature of 1872 and 1873. He sold his farm and removed to Montpelier, Vt., about 1880. One daughter, Mary Blanche9, born Feb. 28, 1851; married May 24, 1877, John B., son of Nathaniel Prentice and Elizabeth (Vail) Brooks. They reside in Montpelier, Vt. Have four children: (1,) Mary Edith born May 15, 1881; (2,) Ruth Swasey born Mar. 8, 1883; (3,) Alice born June 3, 1884, died June 13, 1886; (4,) John Lewis born July 31, 1889.
TAYLOR
THOMAS E. TAYLOR born Lowell, Mass., Nov. 23, 1843; married Nov. 28, 1866, Alice M., daughter Janes and Almira Elliott Glazier (see Glazier). He is of Scotch ancestry, the grandson of William Ross and Mary (Reid) Taylor, both of whom lived and died in Scotland; the son of William and Mary (Exley) Taylor. William was born in Paisley, Scotland, about 1812; came to America at the age of eighteen; died Westford, Mass., 1889; his wife was born in England, and died in Lowell 1844.
Mr. Taylor learned the carpenters' trade; enlisted in 1864; served in Signal Corps till discharged Nov. 10, 1865. Followed his trade in Lowell, Mass., and Suncook. Came to Haverhill in 1878, engaged in farming till 1882 when he entered the bridge and build- ing department of the Boston and Maine Railroad, remaining till 1912 when he retired on account of ill health. Resided in Woodsville since 1894. Member Nathaniel Westgate Post, G. A. R. Methodist, Republican, Odd Fellow. Two children:
1. JAMES WILLIAM b. Apr. 11, 1868; d. by drowning June 3, 1881.
2. CARRIE b. May 2, 1873; m. Nov. 10, 1894, Fred A. Carr. (See Carr.) One child, Hazel, b. Aug. 29, 1895. Reside in Woodsville.
THAYER
ELMER H. THAYER, son of Henry and Sarah (Corley) Thayer, and grandson of Brew- ster Thayer of Landaff; born Bath June 17, 1867; married, first, Jennie, daughter of Robert Emerson of Piermont; married, second, Emma Frances, daughter Albert and Maria A. Hood of Woodsville, born 1879, died Dec. 31, 1906. Three children born in Woodsville:
1. JENNIE MAY b. Nov. 6, 1898.
2. THELMA M. b. Mar. 12, 1901; d. Mar. 28, 1915.
3. IDA M. b. Dec. 25, 1904.
Married, third, Mar. 3, 1908, Mrs. Alice L. Nutting: One child. 4. ELMER I. b. Aug. 23, 1911.
THAYER
F. EARL THAYER born Portland (Chautauqua County), N. Y., May 13, 1884, eldest son Austin J. and Jennie (Palmeter) Thayer; married Dec. 15, 1908, Waverly, N. Y., Ethel, daughter Charles H. and Ida A. (Pubert) Reynolds, born Monroetown, Pa., June 5, 1887. Educated Jamestown (N. Y.) High School, and Jamestown Commercial Col- lege. Began newspaper work at age of twelve, as carrier for Jamestown Daily All. Learned printers' trade, and worked in Jamestown and Waverly, N. Y. Shortly after marriage he moved to Orleans, Vt., then to Montpelier. Came to Woodsville as fore- man of Woodsville News Aug. 30, 1911. Formed company and purchased News plant Mar. 1, 1916. Attends Methodist Episcopal Church. Member Waverly (N. Y.) Lodge, A. F. & A. M. Republican. Three children:
1. ETHEL b. Montpelier, Vt., Aug. 15, 1910; d. in infancy.
2. MARTHA LOUISE b. Woodsville May 1, 1914.
3. HELEN JANETTE b. Woodsville Nov. 28, 1915.
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THOMPSON
THOMAS THOMSON' born Oct. 3, 1742, near Alnwick, Northumberland, England; died Newburyport, Mass., Mar. 7, 1808; married Isabella White, born Glasgow, Scotland, May 16, 1743; died Newburyport Aug. 24, 1791.
THOMAS WHITE THOMPSON2, son of Thomas and Isabella White Thomson, born New- buryport, Mass .; married Elizabeth Porter. (See Porter.)
CHARLES EDWARD3, son of Thomas W. and Elizabeth (Porter) Thompson, born Salis- bury June 19, 1807; married May 20, 1835, Mary, daughter Mills and Sarah Porter Olcott of Hanover; died Cresskill, N. J., 1882. Prepared for college at the Salisbury Academy and graduated at Dartmouth 1828; read law with his brother, William C., one year at Plymouth, then travelled three years in South America and the South Seas, after which he engaged in trade in Mobile, Ala., until 1836. Returning to Plymouth he completed his law studies, was admitted to the bar and began practice in Haverhill Nov. 28, 1838. He remained in Haverhill until 1854 when he went to Chicago. The latter part of his life was spent at the home of his daughter in New Jersey. He was a man of marked ability with exceptionally brilliant social qualities, leading to habits which prevented what at one time promised professional success. Mrs. Thompson, a woman of charming personality, survived her husband several years. They had five children:
1. ISABELLA D. b. Mobile, Ala., Mar. 29, 1836; m. Charles Briggs of New York City. Resided in Cresskill, N. J.
2. HELEN H. b. Hanover Dec. 30, 1837; d. Jan. 25, 1847.
3. ALICE b. Hav. Nov. 30, 1840; d. Feb. 23, 1846.
4. CAROLINE BELL b. Hav. July 29, 1843.
5. RICHARD b. Hav. July 12, 1845; d. Chicago.
TILTON
SIDNEY D. TILTON, son of Daniel L. and Laura L. (Pike) Tilton, born in New Hamp- ton Dec. 24, 1866; married June 31, 1891, Mary Williamine, daughter of Isaac K. and Belle A. (Simonds) George. Educated in the common schools of New Hampton and Sanbornton, and at the New Hampton Institute. Before reaching his majority he learned the business of laying concrete, and established himself in this business at Woods- ville in 1890, and has since made the village his home and headquarters for his extensive business. He has had large contracts of street concreting in New Hampshire, Vermont and Maine, and also carries on a large lumber business, owning large tracts of timber. He owns the three-story Tilton Block in Woodsville, and is largely interested in other real estate. In politics he is a Republican. Two children:
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