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3. Frank.
Samuel J. Beard, son of Samuel Beard, b. in Hollis, N. H., March 23, 1836, came to Mont Vernon in 1860, enlisted in 22d N. H. Regiment ; discharged for wound in knee, Dec., 1862. He was a helper in the fami- lies of John Follansbee and Henry F. Dodge many years. He entered the Soldiers' Home at Tilton in 1897, where he d. May 29, 1902. He was unm.
Elijah Beard, came here from Hillsboro'. Children Elijah and Lucy Beard.
1. Cyrene Adeline, b. Feb. 17, 1816.
2. Stillman A., b. Dec. 17, 1817.
BENNETT
John H. Bennett of Canterbury, N. H., m. Polly Johnonnot of Goffs- town, N. H. He d. in Mont Vernon, Aug. 28, 1871, aged 58. She d. Aug. 5, 1895, aged 89 years, 4 months. Children all b. in Mont Vernon were:
1. Marden J., b. Dec. 3, 1836, d. Feb. 2, 1893, was a carpenter, unm.
2. Elizabeth, b. March, 1839, d. Nov. 29, 1888. She m. * Clinton May, who d. May 18, 1877, age 46. They had three children.
3. Alvan E., b. July 23, 1841, m. April, 1861, Ellen, dau. of Mark and Mary (Twiss) Putnam of Amherst, has three children, George, Mark P., Florence.
4. Harvey, d. May 28, 1868, age 16 years (adopted son).
BISHOP.
Henry Bishop came from Marblehead, Mass., lived on the Joseph Conant farm in the East District 15 years, moved to the village and d. there Nov. 8, 1860, age 66. His wife, Sally D. (Barker) Bishop, d. Marblehead, Oct. 16, 1890, age 89. A child d. in infancy, March 13, 1841.
BLANCHARD.
George Walter, son of Timothy and Dorcas (Hood) Blanchard, b. Milford, Nov. 19, 1824, moved in the West District, Mont Vernon in 1876. He d. Nov. 2, 1896. He m. Delia Finnerty, b. Aug. 5, 1835, children :
1. George D., b. 1862, farmer, lives Mont Vernon.
2. James, b. March 4, 1865, d. at San Bernardino, Cal., Dec. 13, 1891.
3. Walter J., b. July 6, 1870, m. 1895, Hannah J. Averill, one child. She d., 1901.
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BERRY.
Rev. Augustus Berry, b. Concord, N. H., Oct. 17, 1824, was principal of McCollom Institute from 1856 to 1860, thence went to Andover, Mass., to study theology, was settled as minister of the Congregational Church, Pelham, until his death, Oct. 10, 1899. He m. (1) Nov. 24, 1853, Miss Dora Richardson Snow of Peterborough, who d. March 15, 1873. He m. (2) in 1877, Miss Mary Currier Richardson of Pelham. No children.
BLOOD.
George A. Blood, b. Merrimack, N. H., 1804, was a soldier in the 10th New Hampshire Regiment, d. in hospital, Nov., 1863, m. 1839, Alice Seavey Butterfield, b. Feb. 19, 1821, in Bedford. Children :
1. * George Henry, b. Bedford, Aug. 5, 1845.
2. Alonzo, b. Merrimack, 1846, m. Clara Pearson, has three sons, lives in New Boston.
3. Mary Ann, b. Bedford, June 19, 1848, m. Henry J. West, of Am- herst, d. 1866.
4. Eliza J., b. Merrimack, Sept. 27, 1854, m. Jan., 1874, J. Minot Har- vell, resides in Milford. Children : Sarah Alice, b. at Mont Vernon, Sept. 5, 1875, m. Chandler of New Boston. Herbert Minot, b. Dec. 1, 1880, at Mont Vernon, resides Milford.
5. Elizabeth E., b. Merrimack, Sept. 27, 1858, m. Dec. 28, 1880, James Kennett of Beverly, Mass., has two sons.
6. Ida E., b. Bedford, July 16, 1860, dressmaker, unm., resides Mont Vernon.
7. * Charles W., b. March 26, 1862.
George Henry Blood, b. Aug. 5, 1845, m. Nov. 27, 1897, Mary J. West of Amherst, b. Sept. 9, 1850. He d. Sept. 21, 1898. Farmer. Resided in North and South District (Justin Richardson farm). Children except Bessie b. Amherst.
1. Harry G., b. May 2, 1869, m. April 27, 1892, Harriet M. Kittredge, dau. of Henry J. and Jane ( Murray) Kittredge. Farmer. Resides North District.
2. *Joseph H., b. June 24, 1872.
3. Alice R., b. March 3, 1876, clerk, resides Mont Vernon.
4. Charles E., b. March 25, 1879, m. Feb. 12, 1900, Ida Millay, resides Stoddard. One son.
5. Bessie May, b. Mont Vernon, April 21, 1895.
*Charles W. Blood, b. March 26, 1862, m. June 21, 1890, Ida J. Cod- man, dau. of Nathan and Hannah (Cree) Codman. She was b. W. Deering, Sept. 27, 1869. Children b. Mont Vernon.
1. · Helen M., b. March 18, 1891.
2. Olive E., b. Feb. 28, 1893.
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Joseph H. Blood, b. June 24, 1872, m. Jan. 10, 1900, Myrtie A., dau. of Frank Brooks of Greenfield. He is senior partner of firm of Blood & Temple, village grocers. Children b. Mont Vernon :
1. George B., b. Dec. 8, 1900.
2. Jennie A., b. June 1, 1902.
BOARDMAN.
David Boardman from Halifax, Vt., settled in Mont Vernon in 1840, m. Oct. 6, 1842, Frances E., dau. of Capt. William Bruce. He d. July 25, 1850, age 42. She d. Nov. 13, 1873, age 52. They had three children :
1. Irving went to western New York, studied medicine, and is a practising physician there.
2. Frances Estelle, d. Sept. 2, 1852, age 61/2 years.
3. Emily, d. March 14, 1849, age 18 months.
BOHONAN.
Walter Bohonan, son of Jonathan and Elizabeth (Whitcomb) Bo- honan, b. Temple, N. H., Dec. 22, 1856, came to Mont Vernon in 1895, and settled on the Simeon F. Kendall farm in the East District. He m. Estella F., dau. of Henry and Frances ( Marshall) Heald of Milford. She was b. April 22, 1868. Children :
1. Elsie Marion. b. Milford, April 28, 1893.
2. Frances Elizabeth, b. Mont Vernon, Jan. 3, 1896.
3. Hattie Florence, b. Mont Vernon, Nov. 17, 1897.
4. Bertha May, b. Mont Vernon, Nov. 3, 1899. .
5. George W., b. Mont Vernon, Sept., 1901.
BOUTELLE.
Lilly E. Boutelle, son of Joseph and Sarah (Eaton) Boutell, b. Am- herst, 1796, m. Feb., 1820, Phebe Holt of Temple. She was b. Jan. 8, 1793, d. Oct. 27, 1847. He d. July 24, 1839, age 33, children were :
1. George E., b. Amherst, June 29, 1825, m. (1) Mrs. Nancy S. Bohonan of Nashua, she d. March, 1867, m. (2) Ella A., dau. Albert B. and Harriet E. (Cummings) McCrillis of Francestown, b. Nov. 19, 1848. Children: Georgia Ella, d. young ; George Curtis, b. Feb. 12, 1871, in- surance solicitor, m. and res. Buffalo, N. Y .; Edwin Tracy, b. Sept. 10, 1873, d. Feb. 14, 1878; Carl Vernon, b. Mont Vernon, Dec. 26, 1884.
2. Phebe A., b. Amherst, Dec. 26, 1826, d. Nashua, June 17, 1899, unm.
BOUTELL.
Horace S. Boutell, son of Calvin Boutell, b. Amherst, N. H., Jan. 24, 1822, m. Martha A., dau. Jesse and Nancy (Cochran) Trow of Mont Vernon, June 6, 1848. She was b. Mont Vernon, March 10, 1825, d. Am-
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herst, N. H., Aug. 18, 1893. Mr. Boutell was a railroad engineer in Hillsborough, removed to Mont Vernon, lived on the farm now occupied by Maurice Herlihy in the South District, and on the Harwood place west of the village, thence removed to the Moses Hill's Place in Amherst, where he d. Oct. 14, 1896. Children :
1. Martha E., b. Hillsboro', May 6, 1850, m. Henry A. Hill of Stone- ham, Mass., April 23, 1871, d. Amherst, N. H., April 18, 1876.
2. Frank T., b. Hillsboro', March 22, 1854, m. Delia Foster of Marl- boro', Mass., Jan. 11, 1879, res. Amherst, N. H.
3. George P., b. Mont Vernon, July 29, 1861, m. Hattie B. Tobin of Amherst, N. H., Oct. 14, 1896, d. Amherst, Oct. 25, 1897.
4. Fred, b. Mont Vernon, Jan. 21, 1865, m. Martha E. Boutelle of Corinth, Me., June 10, 1897, lives at Amherst.
5. Harry, b. Stoneham, Mass., Dec. 27, 1869, m. Anna C. Whiting, dau. Benj. B. Whiting of Amherst, Dec. 27, 1893, lives at Amherst.
Reuben Boutell, b. Reading, Mass., 1760, m. Olive Bradford, moved from here to Antrim. A son, Chandler B., b. March.
BRADFORD.
William Bradford came here early in life from Middleton, Mass., m. (1) Mary Lambert, Jan. 18, 1737. She was b. March 11, 1718, d. Feb. 18, 1770. He m. (2) Rachel Small. She was b. May 7, 1738, d. Jan. 26, 1802. He d. 1791.
Children by first wife :
1. Samuel, b. about 1738, was a Revolutionary soldier, m. Anna Washer, d. in Antrim at Elijah Gold's, Feb. 5, 1813.
2. Patience, m. Joseph Lovejoy of Amherst. July 9, 1761, had eight children, d. in Amherst, March 3, 1826, aged 85.
3. Mary, m. * John Averill, d. Mont Vernon. August 21, 1814, aged 73. She was baptized in Middleton, Mass., 1742.
4. * Enos, b. Nov. 3, 1744, m. Sarah Chandler of Bedford, Jan. 24, 1769, d. of starvation, from a disease of the throat which prevented him from swallowing food.
5. *Joseph.
6. *William.
7. Huldah, unm.
8. Olive, m. Reuben Boutell, Jr., Nov. 11, 1789, removed to Antrim, 1783.
9. Eunice, m. Moses Pettengill, Feb. 4, 1779.
By second wife :
10. Hannah, b. May 20, 1773, m. James Tuttle, July 5, 1798.
11. * Lambert, b. March 18, 1775.
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Enos Bradford, son of (1) William and Mary (Lambert) Brad- ford, b. Nov. 3, 1744, m. Sarah Chandler of Bedford, Jan. 24, 1769. He settled near his father in Mont Vernon. Their children were:
1. Chandler, b. Nov. 20, 1772, d. Jan. 29, 1775.
2. Enos, b. Dec. 26, 1774, d. Sept., 1797.
3. Lambert.
4. Sarah, b. 1780.
5. Chandler, b. Aug. 13, 1783, d. Feb. 22, 1784.
6. Nancy, b. 1792, m. Sept. 10, 1809, *John L. Lamson of Mont Ver- non, d. Jan. 23, 1812.
Joseph Bradford, son of William and Mary (Lambert) Bradford, was a Revolutionary soldier, d. Medford, Mass., July, 1775, left two children :
1. Molly, m. Robert Taggard, Sept. 20, 1793.
2. Lavina.
They were placed under guardianship, April 28, 1779. They had been previously cared for by Nathan Jones.
William Bradford, Jr., son of William and Mary (Lambert) Brad- ford, m. (1) Hannah - -, and settled in Mont Vernon. She d. Sept. 1, 1812, age 56; m. (2) Mrs. Lois Bruce, widow of Rev. John Bruce. She d. 1828, age 67. He was a Revolutionary soldier, and a prominent char- acter in the early history of the town. He removed in his old age to Barre, Vt., where he d. Oct. 25, 1816, aged 63 years. Maj. William Brad- ford, though and old man, commanded under Gen. Miller at "Lundy's Lane." He lived on the John Averill farm in North District. His ch. were :
1. William, b. 1780, m. Mary Green, d. Barre, Vt., March 3, 1866.
2. Joseph, d. Winchester, Tenn., Jan. 19, 1859, age 72 years.
3. Mary, m. Daniel L. Stearns, d. Goshen, Aug. 1849.
4. Leonard, m. Betsey, dau. Phinehas and Sarah (Hildreth) Jones, May 4, 1815, settled in Washington, N. H.
5. Anne, d. unm. in Goshen.
6. Lucy, m. Eber Curtis of Antrim, had seven children.
7. Fanny, an adopted dau., m. Eben Averill of Milford, d. Feb. 12, 1850, age 66.
Lambert Bradford, son of William and Mary (Lambert) Bradford, m. Phebe Farnum. He d. Merrimack, Feb. 12, 1850, aged 75. Their children were :
1. Polly, b. March 9, 1795, m. George Wiley, Jan. 1, 1818.
2. William, b. March 16, 1797, m. Ruth Whiting of Merrimack, March 16, 1826.
3. Minerva, b. Aug. 11, 1799.
4. Nabby, b. Dec. 1, 1801.
5. Susannah, b. April 6, 1802.
HARRY H. BRAGG.
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BRAGG.
Harry H. Bragg, b. Springfield, Vt., Jan. 4, 1813, m. (1) Malvina M. Wilkins, dau. Frederick Wilkins, Dec. 24, 1839. She was b. Feb. 25, 1819, d. Oct. 19, 1873. He m. (2) Mrs. Mary S. Bruce of Milford, N. H., Feb. 11, 1875. He d. Nov. 11, 1883. He was an honest, straightforward man of business, kind and friendly disposition, and during the 30 years he was a citizen of Mont Vernon, his enterprise contributed largely to the pros- perity of the town and his removal after the burning of his factory in 1864, was a serious loss. His children were all b. in Mont Vernon.
1. Cordelia M. J., b. Feb. 3, 1841, m. Henry J. Allen of Boston, Dec. 3, 1874. She d. Feb. 19, 1882; no children.
2. Alonzo W., b. Oct. 29, 1842, m. (1) Sept. 26, 1865, Sarah N. Hol- land of Boston, who d. He m. (2) Mrs. Mary E. Lamb of Revere, who d. He m. (3) March 20, 1884, Miss Mary Edgerly of Boston. He was en- gaged in active business, as a manufacturer and merchant in Boston for 25 years, is now successfully retired with an ample estate which has been increased by fortunate investments. He is sharp and shrewd in financial matters.
3. Ellen M., b. April 27, 1845, m. Nov. 1, 1868, Arthur J. Haseltine of Manchester, N. H., by whom she had one daughter. She m. (2) Feb. 8, 1893, William G. Burnham of Mt. Vernon. She d. at Sharon, Mass., March 18, 1896.
4. Henrietta E., b. June 29, 1849, m. Charles B. Dodge of Milford, Dec. 24, 1870, d. Aug. 2, 1873.
5. Harry A., b. Nov. 29, 1854, d. Dec. 28, 1860.
BROWN.
Amasa, son of Joshua and Sally Potter Brown, b. Concord, Mass., April 16, 1808, d. March 10, 1883, settled in Mont Vernon in 1833, m. Sept. 3, 1833, Maria, dau. of James Wilkins and Hannah Brown Wilkins of Carlisle, b. July 17, 1808. She d. Oct. 29, 1900. Children all b. in Mont Vernon.
1. Joshua, b. June 29, 1834, d. Aug. 11, 1853.
2. Rebecca D., b. March 6, 1836, m. October, 1859, Lorenzo A. Lane of Ashburnham; one son, Elmer C., b. Oct. 15, 1867, m. Nov. 27, 1889, Mary Allen of Alfred, Me., have two children, res. Dorchester, Mass., Mrs. Rebecca (Brown) Lane d. Feb. 12, 1881.
3. *James A., b. Nov. 7, 1837.
4. Sarah P., b. May 25, 1840, lives on homestead, unm.
5. Susan B., b. May 25, 1840, d. May 26, 1840.
6. George W., b. Feb. 11, 1842, d. while a member of Company B., Eighth N. H. Regiment at New Orleans, May 25, 1863.
7. Hiram W., b. July 7, 1844, lives Mont Vernon.
8. Charles D., b. Dec. 6, 1850, lives Mont Vernon.
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James A. Brown, son of Amasa and Maria Wilkins Brown, b. Nov. 7, 1837, m. (1) May, 1856, Adeline L. Small. She d. Dec., 1863. He m. (2) Adeline A. Davis of Ashby, March 24, 1865. She was b. Dec. 21, 1850. Children by first wife were:
1. James, b. March, 1857, d. April , 1857.
2. Clara M., b. May, 1860, d. Feb. 25, 1879.
3. Sarah J., b. May, 1863, d. Dec., 1863.
Children by second wife were :
4. Susan E., b. July 17, 1866, m. Chas. Johnnott, resides in Nashua; one child.
5. James W., b. Dec. 19, 1868, engineer.
6. Albert Irving, b. June 23, 1870, m. resides in New Boston; has two children.
7. Joseph Derby, b. July 8, 1873.
8. Charles Reuben, b. Jan. 22, 1876.
9. George Amasa, b. Nov. 8, 1878.
10. Sarah Ellen, b. Oct. 16, 1881.
11. Warren F., d. Feb. 24, 1887, age two years.
12. Marion Blanche, b. July 9, 1889.
John Dalton Brown, son of William and Tabitha (Boutelle) Brown, b. Amherst, Sept. 28, 1818, m. Dec. 25, 1849, Mary dau. Eli and Polly (Hidden) Buttrick. She was b. Pelham, N. H., April 11, 1828, d. Feb. 22, 1903, at Milford. He came here from Amherst about 1864, lived on the farm by the big maple tree, now owned by C. O. Ingalls, then on the old poor-farm (now Edw. Hildreth's), thence to the Rollins' farm in East District. While driving his team, one of the stakes struck him in the neck inflicting a wound from which he died the next day, May 29, 1879.
Children were :
1. Alvah, b. Amherst, Feb. 12, 1850, d. April 14, 1850.
2. Elwin, b. Amherst, July 11, 1852, d. Aug. 30, 1854.
3. Martha J., b. Amherst, May 27. 1855, m. (1) Chas. O. Brooks of Greenfield, Sept. 23, 1874, by whom she had two children; m. (2) El- bridge K. Jewett, Dec. 25, 1844, four children, res. in Milford.
4. Lewis W., b. Amherst, Sept. 3, 1857, m. Martha Granicher, Dec. 22, 1887 ; eight children ; reside in California.
5. Ellen M., b. Amherst, Dec. 5, 1859, m. Hubbard H. Sanderson, Nov. 23, 1881; two children; res. Milford.
6. Otis G., b. Amherst, Jan. 21, 1862, res. in Milford, unm.
7. Martin L., b: Mont Vernon, Jan. 16, 1866, m. Sept. 30, 1897, Bertha M. Lund, one child, res. in Milford.
8. Hattie Eva, b. Mont Vernon, Sept. 4, 1868, d. Milford, Dec. 25, 1888.
9. Clara M., b. Mont Vernon, March 8, 1871, d. Milford, Dec. 7, 1883.
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Mrs. Charlotte Brown, lived where Jay M. Gleason now does, in the forties and fifties. One dau. Charlotte, d. Sept. 9, 1844, aged 28. A dau. Julia Ann, m. * Elisha R. Manning, d. Sept. 9, 1877, aged 56 years.
BROWNE.
Rev. Donald Browne, b. London, England, Nov. 3, 1851, son of Donald and Sarah (Humphrey) Browne, educated in Devonshire, was a teacher, had charge of an Episcopal Mission School four years. Judge of District of St. Barbe's, Bombay, Newfoundland six years, studied theology at Bos- ton University, ordained 1889, preached at Tiverton, R. I., 1889 to 1892, was pastor of Broadway Congregational Church at Fall River, Mass., 1892 to 1895, at Mont Vernon N. H. Congregational Church from Nov. 1898 to Nov. 1900. He is now Rector of the Episcopal Church at Derry, N. H. He m. (1) 1874, in Birmingham, Eng., Miss Agnes Anderson, who d. 1890, two children by first wife. He m. (2) Mrs. Caroline (Crapo) Swain of Fall River, Mass., one child.
3. Donald, b. Nov. 26, 1897.
BRUCE.
Rev. John Bruce, b. Marlborough, Mass., Aug. 31, 1757, d. in Mont Vernon, March 12, 1809, m. Lois Wilkins of Marlborough, Dec. 15, 1785, who after his death m. Major William Bradford. She d. in Mont Vernon, Feb. 12, 1828, aged 67. He settled in Mont Vernon in 1785, was the pastor of the Congregational Church from 1785 until his death in 1809. He was called the "good Mr. Bruce." He lived on the farm, now occupied by Miles E. Wallace, west of village. Their ch. were b. Mont Vernon.
1. John, d. Dec. 14, 1786, age 6 weeks, 6 days.
2. *John, b. Feb. 11, 1788.
3. *James, b. Nov. 15, 1789.
4. *William, b. Aug. 7, 1791.
5. Lois, b. 1793, m. William S. Stinson, Sept. 12, 1816, d. Oct. 5, 1823, had three sons.
6. * Nathaniel, b. 1794, d. March 2, 1874.
7. Fanny, m. Stephen Peabody, by whom she had children, lived in Montpelier, Vt.
Deacon John Bruce, son of Rev. John and Lois (Wilkins) Bruce, b. Feb. 11, 1788, was representative, moderator, and deacon in the church here. He nı. Dolly Durant. She was b. May 3, 1792, d. Aug. 28, 1871. He d. Jan. 19, 1872. He lived on his father's farm. He was also County Treasurer several years. Their children were b. Mont Vernon.
1. Mária Jane, b. Aug. 21, 1814, m. Dec. 10, 1833, Dea. Joseph A. Starrett, d. Oct. 20, 1869, had four children.
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2. *John Erastus, b. Nov. 4, 1817.
3. *Levi W., b. July 21, 1821.
4. *Alonzo Swan, b. July 3, 1826.
5. Emily Frances, m. Nov. 15, 1849, William A. Starrett of Frances-
town, d. Mont Vernon, Aug. 19, 1853, age 23.
James Bruce, son of Rev. John and Lois (Wilkins) Bruce, b. Nov. 5, 1789, m. (1) Sarah, dau. of Thomas Parker of New Boston. She was b. March 11, 1794, d. at Mont Vernon, Nov. 28, 1844, age 50 years. He m. (2) Mrs. Elizabeth Wheelwright. She d. May 1, 1883, age 82. He d. July 19, 1869, age 79 years, 8 months. He moved in Mont Vernon, moved to Lyndeboro', thence removed to Mont Vernon, where he d. Children all by first wife.
1. John W., b. July 30, 1816, resides Medford, Mass.
2. Sarah, b. April 14, 1820, m. May 6, 1846, Nathan Richardson of Lyndeborough, where she d. Aug. 3, 1888. She had four children, viz. : 1. Edward B .; 2. Sarah E., m. Stephen H. Dunbar of Wilton; 3. Ella F., m. Eli Curtis of Wilton; 4. Harry J., lives in Lyndeborough.
3. * Elizabeth, b. April 24, 1825.
4. Clarinda F., b. Jan. 10, 1831, m. James H. Carr of Lyndeborough, has one son, Frederic B. Carr.
5. James P., b. May 3, 1834, d. at Mont Vernon, April 11, 1854.
Capt. William Bruce, son of Rev. John and Lois (Wilkins) Bruce, b. Aug. 7, 1791. in Mont Vernon. Lived in the village, was a blacksmith, m. Dec. 1, 1814, Hannah, dau. Peter and Betsey Woodbury Jones. She was b. Mont Vernon, Nov. 20, 1793, d. July 18, 1871. He d. July 21, 1871. Ch. b. Mont Vernon.
1. Jane T., b. Jan. 1, 1816, m. March 26, 1833, Stephen Dunbar of Milford, son Rev. Elijah Dunbar, d. Manchester, Feb. 8, 1890.
2. William G., b. Feb. 1, 1819, mechanic, lived in village, m. Augusta, dau. James and Hannah (Stevens) Whittemore. She was b. May 12, 1825, d. Sept. 6, 1891. He, while hunting in New Boston, shot himself, and d. as a result, Oct. 27, 1883. He was representative in 1862 and 1863, two years.
3. Frances E., b. 1821, m. (1) Oct. 6. 1852, *David Boardman, m. (2) Chas. R. Beard. She d. Nov. 13, 1873.
4. Nancy B., b. Oct. 1, 1825, m. Sept. 23, 1843, *Thos. Haskell Richardson. She d. June 6, 1892.
5. Artemas F., d. July 18, 1831, aged 10 months, 15 days.
Nathaniel Bruce, son of Rev. John and Lois (Wilkins) Bruce, b. 1795, m. (1) Frances Tay of Bedford, m. (2) Lucy Butterfield of Lynde- boro'. She was b. Dec. 12, 1803, d. Jan. 11, 1880. He lived first in South District, then in village where Walter Woods now lives. He d. March 2,
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NATHANIAL BRUCE, ESQ.
JOSEPH H. A. BRUCE.
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1874. Was a justice of the peace. He was County Treasurer from 1843 to 1846. He was appointed postmaster in 1861 to 1873, and representative in 1830, 1831, 1832, 1833, 1840, 1841. Children by first wife.
1. Maria, b. Feb. 10, 1817, d. young.
2. Nathaniel F., b. May 25, 1819, m. (1) Harriet N. Oliver of Stone- ham, Mass., kept store in Wakefield and Billerica, Mass., 28 years (14 years in each place). His ch. are: 1. Clarence M., a merchant of Billerica ; 2. Jasper, res. Billerica; 3. Romanzo L., Methodist preacher of Vermont Conference, lives California; 4. Eva Caroline, m. Orlando Hoyt, res. Stoneham, Mass .; 5. Louis F., resides Stoneham; 6. Nathaniel E., m. Emily J. Hatch. resides Stoneham.
3. Frances Maria, d. at 12 years of age.
4. Caroline, d. at 10 years of age.
5. Mary, m. John Oliver, d. Portsmouth, N. H., where she resided.
6. Sarah Ann, m. Henry Oliver of Stoneham, Mass .. d. there Jan. 31, 1884.
7. Joseph Harvey Appleton, b. Oct. 30, 1833, m. (1) Emily, dau. Mark D. and Mahala (Jones) Perkins of Mont Vernon. She d. June 19, 1860, age 26 years, 9 months. He m. (?) Elvira, dau. George Hoyt of Francestown. They had one dau. Emilie (now Mrs. Chas. Abbe of Pitts- burg, Pa.), m. (3) Mrs. Emma (Burton) Hoyt of Wilton. He was repre- sentative in 1870 and 1871. He is the proprietor of a summer hotel at Bethlehem, N. H., and a winter hotel at Lakeland, Fla.
8. Frances M., m. Henry Mosman, by whom she had three dau .. Gertrude, Jennie, Frances. He d. April 23, 1880. She m. (2) June, 1887, Daniel Holley, res. San Jose, Cal.
By second wife, Lucy Butterfield Bruce :
9. * George Anson, b. Nov. 19, 1839.
10. Lucy Augusta, b. May 28, 1841, m. July 10, 1861, Alfred Kirke, b. Harrison Co., Ohio, Feb. 16, 1832. Children : Allen B., b. June 2, 1868; Harold B., b. Sept. 20, 1876. They reside in Chicago.
John Erastus Bruce, b. Nov. 4, 1817, went to Milford, 1849, was a merchant there many years, m. June 16, 1846, Sarah J., dau. of James and Hannah (Stevens) Whittemore, b. Weymouth, Mass., May 22, 1827. Ch :
1. Charles E., b. Mont Vernon, Dec. 18, 1846, manufacturer, res. Elmira, N. Y., m. 1873, Fanny McMurray, Troy, N. Y.
2. Josiephine E., b. Mont Vernon, Aug. 26, 1848, teacher, res. Med- ford, Mass.
3. Ella A., b. Milford, Nov. 24, 1850, m. Nov. 16, 1870, W. N. Robin- son, has three children, res. Milford.
4. Emily F., b. July 2, 1853, m. Nov. 1874, Judge Walter H. San- born, res. St. Paul, Minn.
5. Sarah W., b. Sept. 6, 1859, m. April 29, 1891, Edwin A. McCrillis, res. Milford.
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HISTORY OF MONT VERNON.
Levi W. Bruce. b. July 21, 1821, d. July 2, 1855, m. Dec. 18, 1851, Alma, dau. Daniel and Olive (Proctor) Holt of Milford. She was b. Milford, May 24, 1834. She m. (2) 1857, *Dea. George E. Dean of Mont Vernon. She d. Mont Vernon, Dec. 31, 1891. Mr. Bruce was a merchant tailor and lived in Milford. Children :
1. Augustus Levi, b. Milford, Nov. 24, 1854, grew up in Mont Vernon, graduated McCollom Institute, graduated at a homeopathic school in Chicago, Ill., is a successful physician of the osteopathy method at Utica, N. Y., has been an instructor in the Atlantic School of Osteopathy, Wilkesbarre, Pa. He m. Nov. 29, 1888, Miss Elizabeth Harris of Victory, N. Y.
Alonzo Swan Bruce, son of Deacon John and Dolly (Durant) Bruce, b. July 3, 1826, d. April 27, 1892, m. May 31, 1865, Maria N., dau. Robert and Nancy (Smith) Tuten. She was b. Cambridge, Mass., Sept. 20, 1843. He was postmaster for several years. Children :
1. John Alonzo, b. May 1, 1868, m. Nov. 22, 1894, Lizzie Blanche, dau. John F. and Mary E. (Hatch) Amsden, one ch., is a clerk and res. in Milford.
2. Alice Frances, b. Nov. 22, 1874, d. Nov. 12, 1895.
3. Robert Tuten, b. Dec. 26, 1876, res. at Mont Vernon.
Elizabeth Bruce, dau. of James and Sarah ( Parker) Bruce, b. April 24, 1825, m. Dea. Nathaniel F. McIntire of Lyndeborough, April 12, 1848, d. Feb. 2, 1903, in Lyndeborough. Children :
1. Mary C., b. Feb. 28, 1851, m. June 9, 1874, *Jay M. Gleason, two children.
2. Lois E., b. Oct. 11, 1854, lives in Lyndeboro'.
3. Herbert B., b. July 3, 1857, m. Ida Woodward of Marlboro', N. H., is a doctor in Cambridge, Mass.
George Anson Bruce. son of Nathaniel and Lucy (Butterfield) Bruce, b. Nov. 19, 1839, fitted for college at Mont Vernon, graduated at Dart- mouth in 1861, studied law one year with Hon. D. S. Richardson at Lowell. In August, 1862, he enlisted in the Thirteenth N. H. Regiment, and went to the front as first lieutenant of Company B. He served with distinguished bravery until the close of the war, holding at its close the position of brevet lieutenant-colonel. In 1865 he resumed his legal studies at Lowell. In 1866 he represented Mont Vernon in the N. H. Legislature. In 1866 he was admitted to the bar and opened an office in Boston, where he pursued his profession with an assured reputation as an able counsellor and advocate until recently. He is now retired. Establishing his residence in the city of Somerville, he was in 1877 elected its Mayor, holding the office three consecutive years. In 1883 and again in 1884 he was in the State Senate front his district, and the latter year its presiding officer.
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