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Elisha R. Manning came from north part of state, m. Julia A., dau. Mrs. Charlotte Brown. They lived with Mrs. Brown, where J. M. Glea- son now dres. Mrs. M. d. Sept. 9, 1877, aged 56. A dau., Julia M., d. Feb. 24, 1853, aged 20 months.
MARDEN.
Nathan Marden, son of Lemuel and Hannah (Greenough) Marden, a bricklayer by trade, moved to Mont Vernon from New Boston. He built the house in village now occupied by Mrs. Ellen Starrett. He d. here May 16, 1833, age 56. He m. Oct. 11, 1806. Susanna. dau. Calvin and Esther (Wilkins) Stevens. She was b. in Hillsboro, March 4, 1789, d. Mont Vernon, Aug. 20. 1843. Ch. were:
1. * Benjamin Franklin, b. New Boston, Sept. 7, 1807.
2. *Nathan Richmond.
3. Susanna m. Edwin M. Holt of Lyndeboro, Dec., 1834. They lived in Mont Vernon and Amherst. Three ch., viz: (1) Frank, d. in army in 1861; (2) Addie M., d. July 30, 1873, age 27; (3) George E., b. Jan. 20, 1848, is of Nashua.
4. * William S., b. Nov. 22. 1820.
5. Sarah C., b. 1824, m. Nov .. 1844, Peter W. Haseltine; one son, Arthur. She d. Nov. 3. 1883. in Boston, aged 59. Was buried in Mont Vernon.
Benjamin Franklin Marden, son of Nathan and Susannah (Stevens) Marden, b. New Boston, Sept. 7, 1807, moved to Mont Vernon when young, having lived in Wilton, was a shoemaker ; d. Mont Vernon, March 25, 1891. He m. May 20, 1834, Betsey Buss. She was b. Wilton, Aug. 3, 1810, d. Mont Vernon, Feb. 1, 1891. Ch. b. Mont Vernon.
1. Sarah Luthera, b. May 9, 1835, m. March 9, 1868, *George G. Averill of Mont Vernon, res. Mont Vernon.
HON. GEORGE A. MARDEN.
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2. Benjamin F., b. May 12, 1836, d. in infancy.
3. Susan, b. June 23, 1837, d. Jan. 2, 1859.
4. *George Augustus, b. Aug. 9, 1839.
5. Franklin, b. March 31, 1841, m. May 16, 1883, Frances M. Biddle, dau. Barrack Biddle of Concord. She d. Oct. 15, 1885, age 43. Has re- sided in Concord and Manchester, was shoe dealer, now resides Mont Vernon.
6. Maria Theresa, b. March 6, 1844, m. May 18, 1869, Capt. Elbridge Gerry Martin of East Boston. He was an efficient pilot, had summer res- idence in Mont Vernon. A very worthy man. He d. April 5, 1902. Ch. b. East Boston, where she resides. 1. Frank L., b. March, 1875; 2. Bertha V., b. March 20, 1878.
7. Katherine H., b. Dec. 16, 1846, m. Nov. 27, 1873, Samuel Sewall of Lowell. She d. Aug. 27, 1886. Two ch., Harry B., b. Aug. 9, 1875; Gertrude M., b. Oct. 19, 1879.
8. Wendell Phillips, b. May 6, 1850, m. Oct. 23, 1878, Malvina D., dau. of George L. Nutter of Concord, two ch., Edward L. and Mary, is a cashier in the Mass. State Treasury, resides Newton Centre, Mass.
Nathan Richmond Marden, son of Nathan and Susanna (Stevens) Marden, m. 1839, Abby, dau. of Dea. Abel Fiske of Wilton. Lived in Francestown for more than fifty years; was a shoemaker. Chi.
1. Richmond Fiske of Marblehead.
2. Sarah Caroline, m. R. P. Ordway of Francestown.
3. Edwin S. of Lowell.
4. Jennie M., m. Woodbury P. Hopkins of Francestown.
5. William R. of New Hampshire Cavalry, d. in Annapolis, 1863, from disease contracted while prisoner.
6. Charles N., of Lynn, has two ch.
7. Abby S., m. Sewall L. Brown of Francestown.
8. Hattie E., d. at nine years of age.
9. Jessie F., m. Wilton E. Osborne of Peterboro, N. H.
William S. Marden, son of Nathan and Susanna ( Stevens) Marden, b. Nov. 22, 1820, m. (1) Eunice Evans, 1844. She d. March, 1845. He m. (2) Harriet M. Trefry of Dedham in 1849. He lived Marblehead. Ch. by first wife.
1. William H., b. March, 1845, lives Marblehead.
Ch. by second wife.
2. Louis W., of Salem, Mass.
3. Arthur of Portland, Me.
George Augustus Marden, son of Benjamin F. and Betsey (Buss) Marden, b. Mont Vernon, Aug. 9, 1839. Is editor Lowell Courier-Citizen and United States Sub-Treasurer, resides Lowell. For extended account see chapter on "Prominent Men," m. Dec. 10, 1867, Mary Porter, dau. Dea. David and Harriet (Nourse) Fiske of Amherst. She was b. Amherst, Dec. 9, 1841. Ch. b. Lowell.
1. Phillin Sanford, b. Jan. 12, 1874, m. June, 1902, Florence, dau. Col. Edward Shirley of Goffstown, graduated Dartmouth, lives in Lowell, journalist.
2. Robert Fiske, b. June 14, 1876, m. June 12, 1901, Ella L. Pote of East Boston, Mass., graduated Dartmouth College, is in the insurance business.
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Samuel K. Marden of Newton, m. Aug. 14, 1836, Eliza Ann Young, dau. of Mrs. Young ( sister of William S. Stinson), Sr.
MARVELL.
William Marvell or Marble, b. Lyndeboro, lived in South Dist. (where D. J. Hutchinson now does) m. (1) Saralı, dan. Elisha and Sarah (Buxion) Hutchinson of Milford; m. (2) Meh.table. dan. Jona- than and Polly ( Baker) Conant. After his decease she moved here and became the second wife of Ezekiel Upton in 1843. Ch. by first wife:
1. William, m. a Miss Whittemore of New Boston, lived Milford; no ch.
Ch. by second wife.
2. Eliot C., b. Feb. 9. 1809, m. Mary Marvell of Farmington, Me., settled in Farmington, Me .; had five ch.
3. Mary H., b. Feb. 3, 1811, m. James Proctor of Nashua, lived Lynn, Mass., four ch.
4. * Elbridge, b. Feb. 23, 1813.
5. Nancy, b. Aug. 23, 1815, m. (1) Frances Lynch of Milford; m (2) Beri Bennett of Brookline, no ch., d. Lowell, July 11, 1803.
6. Caroline, b. Sept. 21, 1817, m. (1) Joseph Bright of Pelham;
m. (2) Peter Clark of Milford, May 23, 1878, d. Milford, Sept. 3, 1882.
7. Maria F.,b .. June 21, 1820.
8. *Charles, b. Feb. 6, 1822.
9. John B., b. May 17, 1824, d. Sept. 15, 1861.
10. Henry Franklin, b. Oct. 8, 1826, settled Farmington, Me.
11. James, b. Sept. 20, 1828, m. Charlotte Butterfield of Ashburnham, Mass., no ch., res. Goffstown.
Elbridge Marvell son of William and Mehitable( Conant) Marvell, b. Feb. 23, 1813, carpenter, d. Mont Vernon, Aug. 23, 1893; m. Nov. 17. 1836, Mary, dau. of David and Mary ( Averill) Smith, b. Mont Vernon, Nov. 22, 1808, d. Aug. 5, 1895. Ch. b. Mont Vernon.
1. Edwin A., m. Fanny Leach. He d. Oct. 26, 1872, age 30, 2 ch. b. Mont Vernon, (1) Caroline, m. Allie Austin, has two ch .; (2) Walter Elbridge.
2. Mary Caroline, d. Jan. 28, 1855, age 16 years, 6 mos.
Charles Marvell, son of William and Mehitable (Conant) Marvell, b. Feb, 6, 1822, m. Mary Ann, dau. of James and Huldah ( Peabody) Hill, Oct. 16, 1851. She was b. Sept. 7, 1826, d. April 29, 1880. Ch. b. Mont Vernon.
1.
*William Henry, b. Oct. 11, 1853.
2. Helen, b. Nov. 22, 1855, m. Charles Searles, March 12, 1878, lived in Milford and Nashua, d. Haverhill, Dec. 27, 1899.
3. George H., b. Sept. 26, 1859, d. Jan. 5, 1861, age 1 year, 5 mos.
William Henry Marvell, son of Charles and Mary A. (Hill) Marvell, b. Oct. 11, 1853, Mont Vernon, m. June 8, 1876, Emma J., dau. Charles and Clarinda J., (Felch) Foster. She was b. Mont Vernon, Jan. 1, 1860.
Josie Leona, b. June 11, 1877, m. Jan. 31, 1900, *Edward W. Trow, one son.
MAY.
Clinton S. May was a shoemaker and lived in the East District with
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his wife's people. He m. Elizabeth, dau. John H. and Polly (Johnnot) Bennett. She was b. March, 1839, d. Nov. 29, 1888. He d. May 18, 1877, age 47 years. Ch. b. Mont Vernon.
1. Etta, b. Jan. 25, 1863, m. 1879, *William O. Hill.
2. Grace.
3. Harvey.
4. Harrie A., d. June 2, 1877, aged 10 months.
McCOLLOM.
Alexander McCollom, with wife Janet, came from Londonderry, Ire .. and settled in Londonderry, N. H., about 1730. Had seven ch., the first Alexander, m. Elizabeth McMurphy, had five ch., of whom the fifth was Alexander, who retained the homestead in New Boston, m. 1787, Mary, dau. of Robert Patterson. He held the office of selectman in 1809 and 1811, and was an energetic and industrious citizen. He purchased the Peter Jones farm in the North part of Mont Vernon in 1820, occupying it until his death, June 1, 1843, age 77. His widow, b. Nov. 12, 1772, d. Jan. 4, 1852, age 79. Ch. b. New Boston.
1. John, b. April 30, 1788, m. Betsey Chase, settled in Claremont, d. Nov. 21, 1822; two ch.
2. Robert, b. Nov. 24, 1789, d. unm. Batavia, N. Y., May 17. 1825.
3. Elizabeth, b. Aug. 30, 1791, m. John McLane of Francestown. had ch. viz. Neil, Alexander, John, Charles, Rodney, Mary Isabel, Nancy Jane, George W., Elizabeth, Clara, Sarah, Helen, Marion and Robert E.
4. Rodney, b. March 27, 1793, m. Naomi Wilson, had three ch.
5. *Alexander, b. Feb. 5, 1795.
6. Fanny, b. Nov. 5, 1796, d. unm. Clinton, Mass .. April 6, 1882.
7. A child b. March 12, 1798, d. young.
8. Elbridge, b. July 19, 1801, m. Mary Jane, dau. Jonathan Harvey of Sutton, lived in Sutton, had three ch.
9. *Milton, b. March 21, 1803.
10. Mary, b. Jan. 5, 1805, d. Nov. 13. 1825.
11. Haskell, b. March 19. 1807, m. and lived in Lancaster, Mass .; four ch.
12. Clarissa, b. Oct. 27, 1809, m. Lemuel Marden of New Boston, no ch., d. June 12, 1876.
13. George W. b. Jan. 14, 1812, d. Aug., 1814.
14. George W., b. Sept. 20, 1814, m. Oct. 4, 1842, Mary Ann, dau. of Asa and Mary A. ( Appleton) Stevens. He was in the banking busi- ness in Indiana and in real estate in New York City; in 1872 endowed Appleton Academy with $10,000, with the condition that the name be changed to McCollom Institute, which was done. He also endowed an Episcopal College with the same sum. He d. Sept. 4, 1878. His wife d. 1865.
Dr. Alexander McCollom, son of Alexander and Mary (Patterson) McCollom, b. New Boston, Feb. 5, 1795, fitted for college under Rev. E. P. Bradford, New Boston, and with Prof. B. Towler, Bangor, Me., studied medicine at Bangor and Belfast, Me., and with Dr. Manning at Merri- mack, N. H. attended medical lectures at Bowdoin and Dartmouth, and was in practice successively at Windsor, Palmero and Pittston, Me., at which place he d. Nov. 10, 1884, having resided there for 23 years. He m. Oct. 19. 1830, a niece and adopted dau. of Di. Abel Goodrich of Mer- rimack. Ch.
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1. Mary G., b. Sept. 21, 1831, m. Oct. 18, 1860, Dr. Edward Mead of Cincinnati, Ohio.
2. Abel Goodrich, b. Sept. 12, 1837, m. Aug. 4, 1861, Annie J. Davidson of Wiscasset, Me. Had one son, Edward, who fitted for col- lege at McCollom Institute, graduated at Harvard in 1892, is a teacher in New Jersey.
Milton McCollom, son of Alexander and Mary ( Patterson) McCol- lom, b. New Boston, March 31, 1803, d. Mont Vernon, Aug. 31, 1852 : was an inn-keeper and farmer; lived where D. J. Herlehy lives in East District. He m. Sophronia, dau. of Joseph and Betsey (Perkins) Trow. June 18, 1829. She was b. Mont Vernon, June 4, 1806, d. Feb. 12, 1885. Ch. b. Mont Vernon.
1. Mary E., b. May 5, 1830, m. Dec. 20, 1860, *Daniel R. Baker. He d. July 25, 1879.
2. *Charles R., b. June 1, 1833.
3. *John Trow, b. July 28, 1835.
4. Frances Evelyn, b. Dec. 26, 1845, m. June 17, 1868, *William S. A. Starrett of Mont Vernon, two ch.
Charles R. McCollom, son of Milton and Sophronia (Trow) Mc- Collom. b. Mont Vernon, June 1, 1833, m. (1) Jan. 1, 1861, Sarah R. Richards of Goffstown, who d. Aug. 15, 1876, m. (2) Louise Rundlett of Bedford, March 13, 1878, is a carpenter, resides Goffstown. Ch. by second wife b. Goffstown.
1. Sarah Louise, b. June 15. 1879.
2. Marion Sophronia, b. March 22, 1882.
3. Mary Etta, b. Jan. 17, 1888.
John Trow McCollom, son of Milton and Sophronia (Trow) Mc- Collom, b. Mont Vernon, July 28, 1835, is a carpenter and teamster and has always resided in town. M. (1) July 14, 1866, Emily J., dau. Dea. Joseph A. and Maria J. (Bruce) Starrett. She was b. Mont Vernon, Dec. 14. 1846, d. April 4, 1867, m. (2) Mrs. Theresa M. (Smith) Christy, widow Dea. Sumner L. Christy of New Boston, and dau. of Isaac and Pamelia (Stevens) Smith. She was b. Deering, Oct. 25, 1835. Ch. by first wife b. Mont Vernon.
1. Mary Belle, b. Feb. 18, 1867, painter, m. Feb. 18, 1902, Julius Wurdeman of Chicago.
McCRILLIS.
Albert B. McCrillis of Lyndeboro', m. Harriet E. Cummings. She was b. Hancock, July 30, 1824. After his death she moved to Mont Ver- non, where she d. Jan. 10, 1891. 3 ch.
1. Ella, b. East Rindge, Nov. 19, 1848, m. George E. Boutell, 1868. resides Mont Vernon.
2. Edwin A., m. April 29, 1891, Sarah W., dau. John Erastus and Sarah J. (Whittemore) Bruce, was a merchant in Milford, d. Milford, Jan. 9, 1902.
3. Harriet E., milliner, res. Nashua.
McGOWN. -
Rev. Richard H. McGown, b. North Ellsworth, Me., May 13, 1850.
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educated principally at the Easton State Normal School. Became a preacher of the Maine Methodist Conference, and as such was stationed at Dover, Tremont and Pembroke. March 7, 1882, he was ordained as a Congregational minister at Harrington, Me., was acting pastor at Tur- ner, Me., from Dec., 1883 to Nov., 1885, and at Mont Vernon from Dec., 1885 to Feb. 26, 1888. Was two years each at Cornish, Me., and North- wood, N. H. Was pastor of a Congregational church in Everett, Mass., where he d. He m. Abby F. Rowe of Ellsworth, Me., ch.
1. Ruth M., b. 1876.
2. Ralph S., b. 1877.
3. Anna E., b. June, 1879.
4. Roy, b. Dec. 4, 1880.
McQUESTION.
Hugh N. McQuestion, b. Merrimack, Feb. 14, 1805, lived on the farm where Martin L. Wheeler now lives in the East District, d. Feb. 13, 1889, age 84; removed to farm near East School. He m. Sarah F. Hartshorn of Merrimack, April 2, 1829. She d. Oct. 18, 1877, age 72 years, 11 months, 19 days. She was b. Oct. 29, 1804, Ch. b. Mont Vernon.
1. Henry N., b. Feb. 15, 1830, m. Hattie Hunt, enlisted in the Fifth N. H. Regt. in the Civil War, d. diseased, Newport News, Va., June 6, 1862, one son, Fred.
2. *Thomas H., b. May 8, 1832.
3. Nathan P., d. March 26, 1842, age 7 yrs., 5 mos.
4. Harriet J., d. March 13, 1846, age 10 yrs., 2 mos.
5. Sarah F., b. Feb. 23, 1844, m. May 8, 1873, Wm. W. Grafton, Friendship, Me., res. Milford, d. Milford, Nov. 12, 1886; one dau.
6. Mary A., b. Feb. 2, 1846, d. unm. Milford, Dec. 19, 1893.
Thomas H. McQuestion, b. Mont Vernon, May 8, 1832, son Hugh M. and Sarah F. (Hartshorn) McQuestion. Lived on his father's farm near East School in East District, d. there Aug. 26, 1896, m. July 4, 1861, Hannah P., dau. Stephen and Hannah Gage of Amherst. She was b. 1838, res. Goffstown. Ch. b. Mont Vernon.
1. George N., b. Dec. 2, 1862, m. Addie S. Grant of Goffstown, April 28, 1891, who d. April 30, 1897, m. (2) Nov. 28, 1900, Carrie A. Richards; carpenter, res. Goffstown; one ch., Ruth E., b. Nov. 16, 1892.
2. William P., b. Sept. 1, 1867, m. Nov. 6, 1885, Edith Richards of New Boston; two ch., Ethel and Geo. R., res. Merrimack.
3. Bertha S., b. Dec. 13, 1868, m. Jan., 1885, Truman Parker, res. Lowell, Mass.
4. Mary J., b. June 10, 1876, m. Dec. 31, 1896, James E. Venio; one ch., Arthur E., b. Mont Vernon, Nov. 23, 1897, res. South Weare, N. H.
MILLS.
Capt. John Mills, the first of the family of six generations to the present day, was b. in Scotland. He is first found in Amherst, N. H., where he was married and settled in the Northwest Parish (now Mont Vernon). He is mentioned twelve times in Secombe's History of Am- herst, and several times subsequently in petitions to prevent the settle- ment of a minister at Amherst Plain, insomuch as the Northwest Parish was without a Christian Church. On page 209 John Mills is mentioned as giving one shilling, four pence toward defraying the expenses of a
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delegate to the first Provincial Congress at Exeter. John Mills served in Col. John Hart's Co. at Crown Point in 1758, and in Col. John Goffe's Co. at Crown Point in 1760 in the French and Indian War. He was sergeant in Col. Reed's Regt., Capt. Crosby's Co. at Bunker Hill, was Second Lieut. in Col. T. Bedell's Regt. Dec., 1775. Joined army in New York to march northward to Canada, surrendered by Maj. Butterfield to the British and Indians at "The Cedars," was stripped and ran the gauntlet ; May 19, 1776, exchanged and went to Crown Point. John Mills was First Lieut. in Col. Stark's Regt., Col. John Bradford's Co., at Battle of Bennington, was first company to attack. He went to Rhode Island in 1778 under Col. Nichols and Col. Josiah Crosby.
In autumn of 1781, Capt. John Mills led a company to Charlestown, N. H., to protect our frontier. The fighting done, Capt. John went to Winham, Vt., a place with which he was well pleased, having passed through it in his army marches. and settled with his family there for the rest of his life, dying in 1812, living there less than eight years.
He came to Mont Vernon prior to the Revolution, and made a home- stead on the farm afterwards known as the Cloutman place, now occupied by Hon. Charles J. Smith. He lived here until about 1804, as there is no record of his living elsewhere. He was an active and prominent citizen of the then Northwest Parish. He m. Keziah Lyon about 1765. She d. in Windham, Vt., in 1824. Ch. b. Mont Vernon.
1. Abigail, b. Aug. 1, 1766, m. Witherspoon, removed to Maine, where she d.
2. *Ebenezer, b. April 23, 1770.
3. *John, b. April 24, 1772.
4. Keziah, b. June 11, 1774, m. Jonathan Sherwin, moved to Land- grove, Vt., and d. there.
5. Betsey, m. John Dudley, they removed to Windham, Vt. She afterward removed to Canada with her son and d. there.
Ebenezer Mills, son Capt. John and Keziah (Lyon) Mills, b. Mont Vernon, April 23. 1770, m. Hannah W., dau. Ezekiel and Hannah (Washer) Upton of Mont Vernon, left his family with his son, Ebenezer. Jr., 20 years of age, went to Bellows Falls, Vt., to work. While there he enlisted in the War of 1812 from Rockingham, Vt. He d. in the army at Burlington, Vt., in 1812. His wife d. in Milford, Sept. 20, 1856, aged 83 years. Ch. b. Mont Vernon.
1. * Ebenezer.
2. Abigail, m. Daniel Bullard of Hyde Park, Vt., had two boys and three girls, and d. Hyde Park.
3. Annie or Rosanna, m. John Bullard, lived in Mont Vernon, three ch., Abbie, Edward and John.
4. * Ezekial, b. Feb. 23, 1800.
5. Hannah. m. Dennis Holden of Milford. She d. Dec. 6, 1870, age 68 years, 5 months: six ch.
6. Lavina, b. Dec. 3, 1805, d. April 6, 1889, m. * Asa Wetherbee of Mont Vernon, May 1, 1824. Ch.
7. Salome. b. April 27, 1807, m. Gary W. Ober of Hyde Park, Vt., d. Sept. 14, 1883. He d. Sept. 2, 1857. Ch.
1. Hannah, m. James Hunt, has two ch. lives Montana.
2. Emily, m. Geo. V. Tarleton, two ch., son Geo., res. Nashua.
3. Harriet, d. at 18.
4. Everett, m. Emma McCauley of New Boston, d. Suncook, one dau., Etta.
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5. Jennie D., b. Aug. 6, 1840, m. Kneeland C. White, res. Mont Vernon1.
6. Helen L., b. July 25, 1842, m. (1) John Whipple of New Boston ; m. (2) William Stevens of Mont Vernon, res. Mont Vernon.
7. Alma J., m. Charles Spencer of Pittsford, Vt., d. Milford; one dau., Mabel A., lived Mont Vernon; 14 years teacher.
8. John, b. Feb. 2, 1810, m. (1) Sarah Putnam, dau. Aaron K. Put- nam of Wilton, 1835, lived in Wilton, came to Milford and engaged in boot and shoe manufacture till 1863, when he engaged in coopering and farming. Was a zealous antislavery man and Unitarian. His wife d. 1855. By her he had one dau., Sarah, who m. Hon. Charles H. Burns of Wilton, and two sons. He m. (2) 1858, Alvina Davis of Temple, by whom he had three sons and one dau. He d. March, 1892.
9. Aaron, b. April, 1812, m. Almira Bullard of Brookline, lived in Milford, was a boot manufacturer, farmer and cooper. He d. Aug. 5, 1893. His wife d. July 24, 1892. Six ch., only one living now (1903), Mrs. Geo. V. Tarleton.
John Mills, son Capt. John and Keziah (Lyon) Mills, b. Mont Ver- non, April 24, 1772, m. Ednah Wilkins. He went to Nova Scotia to work upon a church. received his pay and started for home, which he never reached, was presumably murdered for his money. The story handed down is that a body was found in the vicinity of Lowell, thought to be that of John Mills. Ch. were:
1. Polly, b. Jan. 16, 1793.
2. Hezekiah, b. Dec. 15, 1795.
Ebenezer Mills, Jr., son of Ebenezer and Hannah W. (Upton) Mills, b. Mont Vernon, Aug. 4, 1792, enlisted from Rockingham, Vt., War of 1812, m. (1) Lovia P. Holden of Brookline, N. H., lived in Grafton, Vt., where nine ch. were born. She d. June, 1829. He then lived in Herki- mer, N. Y., coming to Milford in 1844, where he worked at his trade as a carpenter the rest of his days. He m. (2) Jan. 10, 1830, Fanny Park of Grafton, Vt., had three sons by this wife. She d. in Milford, Aug. 8, 1864, aged 66 years, 8 months. Ch. by first wife b. Grafton, Vt., all but oldest :
1. Alphonse T., b. Weston, Vt., July 9. 1816, d. June 5, 1818.
2. Ebenezer U., b. Grafton, Feb. 23, 1818. lived in Boston, Mass., from boyhood, m. Sarah Stevens in 1844, who d. 1883. He d. June 12, 1882; one ch.
3. Maria A., b. Feb. 15, 1819, m. Lucius W. Woodard of Stratton, Vt., d. Manhattan, Kan., Dec. 25, 1891; had four ch.
4. Hannah, b. Oct. 16, 1820, m. John McIntire of Waterboro, Me., about 1844. She lived in Wilton and Boston, where she d. April 10, 1849; four ch.
5. John Frank, b. June 22, 1822. Went to Boston, was hotel-keeper, was proprietor of the Parker House from 1872 to 1876. He d. April 9, 1876. Wife d. Feb., 1864; eight ch.
6. Zenophon E., b. Oct. 18, 1823. Went to Milford, N. H., m. Har- riet Russell Melzer of Milford, employed in J. & A. Mills shoe factory, was a quarryman, served three years as private in Co. C, Sth N. H. Regt., N. H. Volunteers; four ch.
7. Marion F., b. June 25, 1825, d. June 9, 1829.
8. Corydon S., b. Nov. 10, 1826, followed the sea for nine years on
a whaler, went to the California gold mines about 1850, m. and was
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killed Jan. 22, 1858, by a Uba mountain sliding.
9. Loisa, b. Jan. 2, 1829, d. March 5, 1832.
Ch. by second wife b. Grafton.
10. John Avery, b. Dec. 14, 1830, m. Emma Wheeler. Had one son Edgar, who d. young. Was mill owner in Nashua and Manchester, and shoe dealer in Penacook, Medford, Mass., and Milford, where he d. June 20, 1899. One adopted dau., Harriet.
11. George Edgar, b. Oct. 27, 1833, followed sea seven years, lives Medford, Mass., m. Frances, dau. James and Mary J. (Patch) Hopkins of Mont Vernon; four ch.
12. Henry Martin, b. Dec. 28, 1837, Lieut. in Co. C, Second N. H. Regt. Vol., in Civil War, m. Nellie Jewett of Nashua, lived in Nashua and Lowell; one son.
Ezekiel Mills, son of Ebenezer, Jr., and Hannah W. (Upton) Mills, b. Mont Vernon, Feb. 23, 1800, m. Betsey Holt of Lyndeboro, lived in Windham, Vt., and in Milford, was Milford tax collector 12 years, clerk in store and kept boarding house. His wife d. Jan. 3, 1869. He d. June 18, 1881, Milford. Had two dau., Sarah R., m. Charles Buxton.
MITCHELL.
Joshua Mitchell, m. April 30, 1818. Mehitable Codman, dau. Thomas and Tabitha (Wilkins) Gilmore of Mont Vernon. They lived where A. W. Bragg does. He was a mechanic and moved to Woodstock, Vt., where they d. Ch. b. Mont Vernon.
1. Sarah Mehitable, b. Jan. 24, 1819. 2. Thomas Gilmore, b. Nov. 19, 1820, a graduate of Dartmouth Col- lege, was a Congregational clergyman in Maine.
NICHOLS.
Jacob Nichols, son of Ensign S. and Sarah (Dinsmore) Nichols, b. Londonderry. June 23, 1822. Mr. Nichols came to Mont Vernon about 1859, lived on the Reilly place on the turnpike, then on the old poor farm. From 1867 to 1871 he lived on the farm in the South Dist., now owned by Daniel Richardson, then in the village where A. W. Bragg, now lives. He is a farmer, was formerly a merchant. Married (1) Sept., 1847, Ara- bella E. Y., dau. of Henry Demeritt. b. in Boston, Mass., Feb. 22, 1822, and d. in Mont Vernon, March, 1870; m. (2) Sept. 24, 1872, Georgia E. Hall. widow of James Hall and dau. of Griffin and Elizabeth ( Stevens) Wilson, b. in Nelson, Aug. 4, 1842, and d. in Milford, July 6, 1900. Ch.
1. Fannie Arabella, b. in Manchester, Feb. 21, 1850, m. March 22, 1877. Ellis H. Williams of Easton, Mass., and res. in Hyde Park, Mass. 2. Henry James, h. in Manchester, Jan. 7. 1854, is assistant cashier in Souhegan National Bank and res. in Milford; m. June 13, 1883, Nellie M. Newman, widow of Henry A. Newman and dau. of George A. and Diana (Woods) Graves of Cambridgenort. Mass.
3. Carrie Maud, b. in Milford, May 22, 1874, m. June 28, 1891, Clar- ence A., son of John A. and Ella (Richards) Lovejcy of Milford: res. in Concord Junction, Mass.
NEWMAN.
Moses Newman lived on James Reilly place, northeast of where Chas.
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HISTORY OF MONT VERNON.
H. Trow now lives, in North Dist. He d. March 22, 1846, aged 70. His first wife, Polly, d. Aug. 21, 1825, age 40. His second wife, Abigail R., d. May 12, 1860, aged 77 years, 3 months. She was originally Abigail Haseltine (sister John Haseltine) of Amherst. She m. (1) Lt. John Weston, Sept. 27, 1802. He was killed by the falling of a mill-stone in 1810. She had five ch. by Lt. Weston. She m. Moses Newman, Jan. 31, 1826.
NUTTER.
Benjamin Nutter, son of John and Hannah (Dennett) Nutter, b. Barnstead, N. H., came to Mont Vernon in the thirties, engaged in the business of manufacturing organs. He removed to Belleville, Canada. He in. Sarah, dau. Benjamin Nathan and Sarah ( Bancroft) Jones. Ch b. Mont Vernon.
1. George, m., not living lived in B lleville Canada.
2. Charles, m., lives Toronto, Canada.
3. Annette. m. Booth, lived in Belleville. Canada, not living.
John D. Nutter, son of John and Hannah ( Dennett) Nutter, b. Barn- stead, N. H., 1811. He learned the trade of a cabinet maker in Rochester, N. H., and after attaining his majority came to Mont Vernon, where his elder brother, Benjamin Nutter had settled and engaged in the business of manufacturing organs for nearly ten years. In 1844 he removed to Nashua and here pursued the same industry some four years, returning to Mont Vernon in 1848 and remaining until 1853, when he went to Attica, Ind., and engaged in a banking business. In 1855 he sold out his busi- ness and returned to New Hampshire and for one or two years was a merchant at Nashua, removing thence to Montreal, where he resided some 31 years, extensively engaged in the lumber business. In 1888 he removed to Malden, Mass., where he d. Jan. 19, 1890, age 78 years. Aug. 8, 1844, he m. Harriet A., dau. Asa and Mary A. (Appleton) Stevens
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