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MELVILLE ACADEMY.
In 1832 the academy known by the above name was in- corporated. The grantees were Asa Parker, Luke Howe, and John Fox. It was named in honor of Jonas M. Mell- ville, who made a very liberal donation in aid of the enter- prise. In 1833 a suitable building was erected, which is now (1873) used for a school-house in District No. 7.
The school was opened in the fall of 1833, under the in- struction of Horace Herrick, principal, and Miss Aurelia Townsend, assistant. He remained till 1836.
The following individuals were afterwards employed as teachers : Roswell D. Hitchcock, William Eaton, Harry Brickett, Charles Cutter, David C. Chamberlin, Sarah French. The academy continued in operation till the es- tablishment of the Conant High School.
In 1868, John Conant, Esq., of Jaffrey, gave the town the sum of $7,000, the interest of which is to be used for the support of a high school in said town. The town-house in the centre of the town was altered and repaired to meet the wants of the town. The lower story is used for the school, and the upper one for a town hall. In 1872 the school was opened for instruction. It has two terms in a year,-one at East Jaffrey, and one at the middle of the town.
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CHAPTER IX.
LIST OF COLLEGE GRADUATES OF THE TOWN OF JAF- FREY.
D AVID Smiley graduated at Harvard college in 1796. He studied law and opened an office in Jaffrey in 1801 : was the first lawyer who settled in that town. In 1806 he removed to Grafton, N. H., and continued in the practice of his profession till his death, May 19, 1845, aged 76. His son, Jas. R. Smiley, is now (1873) a medical practi- tioner in North Sutton, N. H. While in Jaffrey he held the offices of town-clerk, selectman, and others.
Robertson Smiley, brother of David, graduated at Dart- mouth college in 1798. He studied divinity, and was set- tled in Springfield, Vt., Sept. 22, 1801 ; dismissed Oct. 26, 1827 ; remained in town, and died June 26, 1856, aged So. He married and had several children. Has a son, David, who is now (1876) a resident of Springfield, and a daugh- ter, Sarah, who married - Sawyer, and resides in Alton, Ill.
Abner Howe, son of Dr. Adonijah Howe, was born in Jaffrey, Oct. 14, 1780; graduated at Dartmouth college in ISO1 ; studied medicine with Benj. Rush, at Philadelphia, Pa., and Prof. Nathan Smith, M. D .. of Dartmouth college, graduating M. B. 1803. He commenced practice at Jaffrey, but soon removed to Beverly, Mass., where he died May 18, 1826, aged 45. He was a man highly esteemed, both as a citizen and as a physician.
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Edmund Parker graduated at Dartmouth college in 1803. He read law, and began practice at Amherst, 1807; repre- sented it in the New Hampshire legislature eleven years,- in 1813, 1815, and from 1817 to 1825 ; was its speaker in 1824; removed to Nashua in 1835 ; became agent of the Jackson Manufacturing Company, and afterwards president of the Nashua & Lowell Corporation ; represented Nashua in the New Hampshire legislature five years ; was also a trustee of Dartmouth college from 1828 to 1856, and a member of the Constitutional Convention, 1850. He was appointed Judge of Probate for the county of Hillsborough in 1830.
William Pope Cutter, son of Nathan and Polly (Pope) Cutter, was born June I, 1785, and died at Shoreham, Vt., July 8, 1815. He graduated at Dartmouth college in 1805 ; studied medicine, and settled in Shoreham, Vt .; married Prudence Evans, March 24, 1808.
Henry Thorndike, son of Joseph and Sarah Thorndike, was born in Jaffrey, and died in Bromfield, Ohio, March 22, 1831, aged 50. He was a graduate of Dartmouth college in the class of 1809. He read law with Hon. Caleb Ellis or Hon. George Baxter, of Claremont; practised in Boston from 1812 to 1813, then at Fitzwilliam ; removed thence to Thorndike ; pursued his profession there, and was also an iron-founder. He married Harriet Dustin, daughter of Dr. Moody Dustin, of Claremont ; married, 2d, Lucy, daughter of John H. Sumner, of Claremont, Aug. 3, 1826.
William Ainsworth, son of Rev. Laban and Mary (Minot) Ainsworth, graduated at Dartmouth college in 1811. He read law with Samuel Dakin at Jaffrey, and Judge Barnes, of Tolland, Ct .; began practice at Jaffrey ; was its repre- sentative in the New Hampshire legislature three years, and in 1831 removed to New Ipswich, and was cashier of the Manufacturers' Bank in that place till his death, June 14, 1842. Mr. Ainsworth represented the town of New
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Ipswich in the New Hampshire legislature in 1841 and 1842, and died while attending the session at Concord. Mr. Ainsworth was a man whom the people delighted to honor. He loved his fellow-citizens ; and in the practice of his profession, he did all in his power to prevent litigation. He practised not so much for money as for the pleasure and happiness of teaching men how to settle their controversies without destroying friendship. Modest and unpretending in his manners, always exemplary in his conduct, strictly honest in his deal, he could not otherwise than secure in a high degree the love and respect of his fellow-men. He lived beloved and died lamented, and will long be remem- bered with love and gratitude by the inhabitants of his native town.
Jonas Cutter, son of John and Abigail (Demery) Cutter, was born March 6, 1791, and died at Savannah, Ga., Oct. 7, 1820. He graduated at Dartmouth college in 1811 ; studied medicine with Dr. Amos Twitchell, of Keene, and Dr. Na- than Smith, of Hanover, and at Yale Medical College, grad- uating M. D. in 1814 ; began practice at Meadville, Pa. ; re- moved to Litchfield, Ct., and from thence to Savannah, Ga., in 1815, where he was highly esteemed for his medical skill. On occasion of a fearful epidemic in Savannah, all the physicians save himself left the city. He fell a victim to his professional duty.
Luke Howe, son of Dr. Adonijah and Sarah (Ripley) Howe, born March 28, 1787, graduated at Dartmouth col- lege in ISII; read law with Samuel Dakin, of Jaffrey, Hon. Samuel C. Allen, of New Salem, Mass., and Hon. Nathan Dane, of Beverly, Mass. ; began practice in Jaffrey in 1814 ; left his profession, and studied medicine at Boston and Dartmouth college, graduating M. D. in 1818; settled in Jaffrey, and became a distinguished physician in that place ; president of the New Hampshire Medical Society. He published essays on scientific subjects, and introduced
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many improvements in surgical instruments. As a citizen, he was interested in everything calculated to improve the condition of society ; was superintendent of public schools, and for many years post-master.
Joel Parker, A. M., LL. D., son of Hon. Abel and Edith (Jewett) Parker, was born at Jaffrey, Jan. 25, 1795 ; gradu- ated at Dartmouth college in 1811. He read law with his brother, Hon. Edmund Parker, at Amherst ; went into practice at Keene, September, 1815 ; represented the New Hampshire legislature in 1824, '25, and '26 ; was afterwards associate justice of the Superior Court of New Hampshire, Jan. 8, 1833, and chief-justice thereof June 25, 1838 ; was a trustee of Dartmouth college from 1843 to 1860, and its Professor of Medical Jurisprudence from 1847 to 1857; served as chairman of the commissioners to revise the New Hampshire laws, in November, 1840 ; was appointed Royall Professor of Law at Harvard University, Mass., Nov. 6, 1847. Judge Parker has published, exclusive of law reports and periodical essays, a charge to a grand jury, including brief memoirs of Chief-Justice Richardson, and an oration before the Phi Beta Kappa Alpha of New Hampshire, in 1856. He married Mary Morse, daughter of Elijah Parker, of Keene, Jan. 20, 1848.
Nehemiah Cutter, son of Joseph and Rachel (Hobert) Cutter, graduated at Middlebury college in 1814, and M. D. at Yale in 1817. He commenced practice in Pepperell, Mass .; became a distinguished physician, and founded a private asylum for the insane, which continued in successful operation during his lifetime. In this enter- prise he was a pioneer, and his establishment was probably the first of its kind in this country.
Dr. Cutter was an active member and a deacon of the Orthodox church, taking a deep interest in its prosperity ; he took a highly prominent part in the erection of a new ecclesiastical edifice. As a patron of education, he con-
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tributed largely of his own means for the founding and sup- port of an academy in Pepperell. Self-possessed on all trying occasions, even in temper, social and affable to dis- tinction, he acquired a powerful and salutary influence over the minds of his patients. His interest in the public wel- fare rendered him greatly beloved, and his loss was sincerely regretted.
Levi Spaulding, son of Phineas and Elizabeth (Bailey) Spaulding, graduated at Dartmouth college in 1815 ; studied divinity at Andover Theological Seminary, graduating in 1818 ; was ordained as a missionary at Salem, Mass., Nov. 4, 1818 ; sailed from Boston, June 8, 1819; arrived at Cey- lon, East India, Feb. 18, 1820 ; visited the United States in 1864, and was honored with the degree of s. T. D. by Dartmouth college, in 1864. He died June 18, 1873, aged 82 years.
Luke Ainsworth Spofford, son of Dea. Eleazer and Mary (Flint) Spofford, graduated at Middlebury college in 1816; studied divinity at Andover, Mass .; settled in Gilmanton, and afterwards in Brentwood, Lancaster, and Atkinson ; was afterwards a missionary, and resided in the Western states. He died at Rockport, Ind., Sept. 27, 1855. He took a deep interest in the cause of Christianity, and labored with much zeal in his profession.
James Howe, son of Dr. Adonijah and Sarah (Ripley) Howe, graduated at Dartmouth college in 1817; taught one year at Concord ; studied divinity at Andover, graduat- ing in 1821 ; was ordained pastor of the Congregational church at Pepperell, Oct. 16, 1822 ; died July 19, 1840, aged 44. He was highly esteemed by his fellow-citizens, and greatly beloved by the church, whose membership, during his pastorate, was increased from about seventy to four hundred.
Joseph Fox, son of Jonathan and Sybil (Jackson) Fox, graduated at Dartmouth college in 1818. He was a teach-
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er, and a man of much promise. He died at Savannah, Ga., Sept. 23, 1820, aged 23.
Henry Shedd, son of John Haskell and Susanna (White) Shedd, fitted for college at New Ipswich academy 1820-22, under the instruction of Amasa Edes ; graduated at Dart- mouth in 1826. While an undergraduate he taught school in the winter season in New Ipswich, Westminster, Mass., Hanover, N. H., and Springfield, Mass .; completed his three years course of study in Andover Theological Semi- nary in 1829 ; was ordained as a Presbyterian Home Mis- sionary in Boston, Sept. 24, 1829. After he was licensed to preach by the Presbytery of Newburyport, he assisted Rev. N. Bouton, of Concord, N. H., in preaching, May and June, 1829 ; settled as a home missionary in Mt. Gilead, Ohio, December, 1829; was missionary and pastor in that place, in all, twenty years ; was pastor also eight years at Pleasant Valley, O., three years at Marysville, O., while supplying a number of other churches in connection with the three above mentioned. During the last fourteen years he has been without pastoral charge, residing in Mt. Gilead, and preaching considerably to vacant churches in the vicinity.
Alvah Spaulding, son of Dea. Abel and Lucy (Pierce) Spaulding, fitted for college at Kimball Union Academy, Plainfield, N. H .; graduated at Amherst in 1832 ; studied divinity at Andover ; was settled pastor of the Congrega- tional church in Cornish, N. H., remaining there twenty- five or thirty years ; he then removed to Wethersfield, Vt., and was installed pastor of the Congregational church in that place. He died May, 1868, aged 61. He married, Nov. 17, 1835, Ambra Tower, of Fitzwilliam, who survives him. He was faithful in the discharge of his duty, and was much beloved by his congregation.
Daniel B. Cutter, son of Daniel and Sally (Jones) Cutter, fitted for college at Kimball Union Academy, Plainfield ; graduated at Dartmouth in 1833 ; studied medicine at Har-
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vard and Yale colleges ; graduated M. D. at Yale, 1835 ; commenced practice at Ashby, Mass., in 1837 ; removed to Peterborough, N. H., where he has since been engaged in the practice of his profession. For the last four or five years he has been compiling a history of his native town. As a citizen, he has taken a deep interest in the affairs of the town ; was for many years superintendent of the pub- lic schools, moderator of town-meetings, and representative in the state legislature.
Frederick S. Ainsworth, son of William and Mary M. (Stearns) Ainsworth, graduated at Dartmouth college in 1840 ; studied medicine at Harvard Medical school, grad- uating M. D. in 1844; was two years in Paris, France, pur- suing the same studies ; began practice in Boston, and is now (1873) there ; was for a time Professor of Physiology and Pathology in Berkshire Medical school at Pittsfield, Mass., and a surgeon and physician in the U. S. service in the war of the Rebellion.
David Chadwick Chamberlin, son of David and Abigail (Chadwick) Chamberlin, graduated at Amherst college in 1840 ; was principal of Mellville academy, and preceptor of the high school in Winchendon, Mass .; represented the town of Jaffrey three years in the N. H. legislature. He is now engaged in farming in his native town.
Charles Cutter, son of John and Betsey (Crosby) Cutter, was born Feb, 12, 1822; graduated at Dartmouth college in 1842. He was several years engaged in teaching in Jaffrey and Peterborough, and also in South Carolina, in Beaufort and Darlington districts; then lived in Jacksonville, Fla., studying and teaching horticulture. He is now (1873) a proprietor of a public house at Campton, N. H. He mar- ried Sarah A., daughter of Joseph and Sarah D. Joslin, of Jaffrey.
William Dutton, son of William and Nabby (Smith) Dut- ton, graduated at Brown University, Providence, R. I., 1842 ;
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taught in Kalamazoo, Mich., and died 1846, aged 30. He was a man of much promise, and highly esteemed.
Edward Stearns Cutter, son of Daniel and Sally (Jones) Cutter, graduated at Dartmouth college, 1844; was princi- pal of Peterborough academy, 1844-1846 ; read law with James Walker, Esq., of Peterborough, and Hon. Daniel Clark, of Manchester ; began practice at Peterborough in 1849; removed to Amherst in 1858; became clerk of the supreme judicial court for Hillsborough county, and is now (1873) a counsellor-at-law in Boston. He was popular as a teacher, stood high as a lawyer, and was highly esteemed as a citizen.
John Millot Ellis, son of Seth B. and Lucy (Joslin) Ellis, was born in Jaffrey, May 27, 1831 ; graduated at Oberlin college in 1851 ; was principal of ; filled the chair of Ancient Languages in Mississippi college for three years ; studied theology in New York city and Ober- lin, completing his course in 1857 ; was appointed Professor of Greek in Oberlin college, which chair he filled till 1866, when he was appointed Professor of Mental Philosophy and Rhetoric, which position he now occupies. Soon after completing his theological course he was ordained as a min- ister, and has preached more or less regularly ever since, supplying the pulpit of the Second Congregational church in Oberlin for several years, and churches in Cleveland, Painesville, and Austinbury for some months, and other churches in the vicinity for shorter times. He has been a member of the city council, and mayor ; is a member of the executive committee of the college. He has written some for periodicals, and published occasional addresses.
Isaac Jones Cutter, son of Daniel and Sally (Jones) Cut- ter, graduated at Dartmouth college in 1852 ; read law with his brother, E. S. Cutter, of Peterborough, and john Quincy Adams Griffin, of Charlestown, Mass. ; began practice in Boston in 1855, where he now lives.
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Samuel Horatio Ellis, son of Seth B. and Lucy (Joslin) Ellis, was born in Jaffrey, April 25, 1833 ; graduated at Oberlin college in 1853, and died while studying the profes- sion of medicine.
Oliver L. Spaulding, son of Lyman and Susan (Marshall) Spaulding, was born in Jaffrey, Aug. 22, 1833 ; graduated at Oberlin college in 1855 ; studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1858 ; was elected regent of the State Univer- sity of Michigan for six years. In 1862 he was commis- sioned captain in the 23d regiment Michigan infantry in U. S. service ; he was soon made major, and subsequently held the commission of lieut .- colonel and brevet brigadier- general. He was mustered out of service July, 1865, and commenced the practice of law at St. Johns. In 1866 he was elected secretary of state; reëlected in 1868.
Frederick William Bailey, son of Edward and Sarah (Hayden) Bailey, graduated at Dartmouth college in 1862 ; taught in Richmond in 1862 and 1863; read law with Wheeler & Faulkner at Keene; was two terms at the Albany Law School ; began practice in Jaffrey ; repre- sented the town in the state legislature 1864-5-8-9 ; was ad- mitted to the New York bar May 4, 1865, and to the New Hampshire bar in October, 1865 ; began practice at East Jaffrey in March, 1866; moved to Keene, and died April 27, 1870. He was a man of much promise, and no doubt would have taken a high stand in his profession.
Melemas D. Stone graduated at Dartmouth college in 1870.
John H. Fox graduated at Dartmouth college, studied law, and has opened an office at East Jaffrey.
List of lawyers and ministers, natives of Jaffrey, not in- cluded among the college graduates, who settled in other towns :
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LAWYERS.
Robert Gilmore.
George Gilmore settled in Pittsburgh, Pa.
MINISTERS.
Adonijah Cutter studied divinity at Bangor Seminary, Maine ; settled in Strafford, Vt., Hanover, N. H., and Nel- son, where he died July 19, 1860.
Andrew O. Warren studied divinity, and settled in McDonough, Upper Lisle, and Southville, N. Y .; now re- sides in Montrose, Pa.
E. S. Foster studied divinity with Rev. O. A. Skinner, D. D., of New York ; settled in South Hartford, N. Y., Abington, Mass., Cuttingsville and Chester, Vt., Claremont, N. H., Middletown, Conn., and Winchester, N. H.
PHYSICIANS.
Natives of Jaffrey, not included among the college grad- uates, who settled in other places :
Francis Smiley, son of Dea. William Smiley, studied medicine, and settled in Elba, N. Y .; d. March 23, 1844, aged 85.
Josiah Hale, son of Oliver and Mary (Wilder) Hale, stud- ied medicine, and. settled in Brandon, Vt .; married Rhoda Greene.
Mark Snow, son of Samuel Snow, studied medicine in Rochester, N. Y. ; began practice in the state of Ohio. In 1820 he removed to St. Francisville, La., and, after a resi- dence of four years, removed to Jefferson county, Miss. In 1827 he removed to Hinde county ; was a pioneer set- tler, acquired a very extensive practice, and became a dis- tinguished physician. In May, 1844, while at Vicksburg for the purpose of obtaining a fresh stock of medicine, be- ing weary, he laid down at night-fall on a sofa in the parlor
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of the hotel and fell asleep. While in that condition he was robbed, stabbed in the neck, and thrown from the window. The robber made his escape and was never detected. The doctor was maimed for life, and was ever after unable to endure the fatigue incident to his profession. He died May 12, 1866.
Kimball Frost, son of Benj. and Rachel (Kimball) Frost, studied medicine with Dr. David Carter, of Marlborough, N. H., and completed his course of study at Dartmouth col- lege. To meet the expenses of his education he was from time to time engaged in teaching public schools, and took a high rank as a teacher. He began practice in Marlborough, and after remaining there several years he removed to Swanzey. While in Marlborough he was commissioned captain of the state militia. In 1834 he removed to Dela- ware county, Iowa, and in 1867 to Lincoln, Nebraska, where he died Nov. 23, 1870, aged 80.
Calvin Cutter, son of John and Polly (Batchelder) Cutter, studied medicine with Dr. Nehemiah Cutter, of Pepperell, Mass., and attended medical lectures at Bowdoin, Dart- mouth, and Harvard colleges, and received the degree of M. D. at Dartmouth in 1832. He began practice at Rochester, N. H. In 1833 he attended a course of lectures in the Uni- versity of New York, and the next year settled in Nashua and remained there three years. He then removed to Do- ver, where he practised three years. He then became a public lecturer on anatomy, physiology, and hygiene, and visited all parts of the United States. In 1847, he published a work on physiology, a text-book for schools, which was ex- tensively used for that purpose, not only in this country, but by the missionaries in Turkey, Syria, and India. In 1861 he became surgeon of the 21st Massachusetts Infantry, and was in service three years, being twice wounded in the field. He was a man of enterprise and skill, and one who delighted in a life of well-doing.
Calvin Cutre -
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John Fox, son of Jonathan and Sybil (Jackson) Fox, graduated M. D. at Dartmouth college in 1835. [See Gen- ealogical Register.]
Thomas H. Marshall, son of William and Sarah (Cutter) Marshall, received his early education in the district schools in his native town. After studying two or three terms at New Ipswich academy, he commenced the study of medi- cine with Dr. Luke Howe, of Jaffrey. He attended medical lectures at Bowdoin college, at Dartmouth college, and at Harvard University. In 1835 he graduated M. D. at Dartmouth college, and began practice in Fitzwilliam. In 1837 he removed to Mason Village, now Greenville, and continued the practise of his profession with marked suc- cess till his death, Dec. 16, 1872, aged 66. Dr. Marshall was a man highly respected by his fellow-citizens, who hon- ored him with official trust. He represented the town in the state legislature, and was a member of the state senate.
Orville P. Gilman, son of Daniel and Mary B. (Stickney) Gilman, graduated at Dartmouth college in 1837 ; settled in Salem, Vt., and died there in 1863.
Benoni Cutter, son of John and Polly (Batchelder) Cut- ter, studied medicine and graduated at the Medical college at Woodstock, Vt., in 1838. He began practice in Webster, Me. He was extensively engaged in the business of his pro- fession, when his health failed, and he died Sept. 4, 1851. He was a man of much promise, and left a wife and three children to mourn his loss.
Frederick Augustus Cutter, son of Joel and Mary S. (Jones) Cutter, studied medicine, and was for many years engaged in active practice at Mullica Hill, N. J. He estab- lished a wide reputation, and died Dec. 28, 1869, leaving a wife and two children.
Amos S. Adams, son of Thomas and Sarah (Sawtell) Adams, studied medicine, and settled in Lynn, Mass.
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Adonijah Woodbury Howe, son of Dr. Luke and Mary (Woodbury) Howe, studied medicine, and graduated M. D. at Dartmouth college in 1851 ; began practice at Dunstable, Mass., where he now (1876) resides.
Granville G. Corey, son of David and Betsey (Winship) Corey, studied medicine, and graduated M. D. at Dartmouth college in 1857, and was successfully engaged at Greenville in the practice of his profession till his death, Oct. 19, 1878. He was highly respected.
John Conant Felt, son of John and Hulda (Conant) Felt, was a dentist ; settled in Orange, Mass., and died Jan. 28, 1874.
RESIDENT LAWYERS OF JAFFREY.
David Smiley removed to Grafton, N. H., 1806.
Samuel Dakin came from Mason in 1801; removed to Utica, N. Y., 1815.
William Ainsworth removed to New Ipswich, 1831.
Albert S. Scott removed to Peterborough, and died there. Clarence A. Parks removed to Boston, 1874.
LIST OF PHYSICIANS WHO HAVE PRACTISED IN TOWN.
Adonijah Howe (Dr.) was born in Brookfield, Mass., and came to Jaffrey in 1776, and was the only physician in town, with one exception, for a period of over thirty years. Of his early history and educational advantages we have but little knowledge, but from his success in practice and his popularity as a physician, we have no doubt he was well edu- cated for that day. He was also a farmer, and one of merit, and a man that was much employed in the business trans- actions of his day. He was for many years moderator of the town-meetings, town-clerk, assessor of taxes, and town treasurer. He represented the town in the legislature a number of years; was appointed justice of the peace,- an office of distinguished honor in those days.
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Willis Johnson (Dr.) was born in Sturbridge, Mass., Dec. 21, 1786. He studied medicine with Drs. Carroll, of Wood- stock, Ct., and Sethbridge, of South Brimfield, Mass .; began practice in Jaffrey in 1807 ; removed to Peterborough in 1809, and Mason in 1814, where he spent the remainder of his life in the practice of his profession.
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