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Mr. Dunbar never spoke extempore. On all occa-
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sions he committed to writing all he had to say. This was peculiarly the case at funerals, where the addresses to friends were carefully prepared beforehand. He never cultivated his powers of extempore speaking, in which I have no doubt he might have been eminently successful, from his ready command of language and the choice of the best words in his common conversa- tion. This seems the more strange as he was cast into the midst of a generation distinguished above all things else for their wonderful faculty in public speaking. It was rare in the history of any town that so many ready, fluent, and forcible speakers should appear at one time, as were exhibited some fifty or seventy-five years ago,- such men as John Smith, James Wilson, Thomas Steele, John Steele, Jona. Smith, John Scott, Daniel Robbe, Samuel Smith, and many others. It may be that Mr. Dunbar was fearful to try his powers of extempore speak- ing in the presence of such men, and, like Addison, be- ing conscious that he could draw for a large amount if he had but a small amount in his pocket, he went on through life without any effort to improve this faculty.
He was always very happy in his funeral exercises. His pleasant countenance and sympathizing words afforded great comfort to mourners. In these services he always felt warmly and sincerely for the bereaved, and his ut- terances of sympathy and condolence were always natural, and the result of a kind heart and disposition. It may be that. by his kind feelings he was prompted to laud the deceased more than circumstances would warrant ; nev- ertheless, it was all heartfelt and sincere. He strictly adhered to the old Latin motto, " Nil de mortuis nisi bo- num," to say nothing of the dead but good. His man- ner of addressing mourners sometimes seemed inflated and somewhat theatrical ; yet it was all so sincere and solemn no one ever felt that there was any impropriety. He was always exceedingly respectful in the adoption of terms, though those terms would remind one of the high- wrought and princely expressions of Shakespeare rather than the beautiful simplicity of the Bible.
He was a man of large stature, with a pleasant, genial face, and agreeable manners, and one of the very pleas- ant reminiscences of him is that of his passing into church (the old meeting-house), bowing gracefully to the various persons in the pews on each side of the broad aisle, and doing the same at the conclusion of the ser- vices. As long as he preached it was the custom for the congregation to remain standing in the pews until the minister had passed out, and this custom was only changed in 1827 or 1828 by a direct vote of the Congre-
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gational Society. He enjoyed uniform good health all his life down to his last sickness. He never failed in his services on, the Sabbath, unless such inclemencies of the weather occurred that no one could venture out, or dared to endure the hardship of hearing a long ser- mon in a cold and open meeting-house, situated more than half a mile from any human habitation or fire. Although he was allowed three Sundays in a year, yet he never once thought of appropriating them except for necessary absence to visit friends. He knew nothing of the modern idea of a minister's vacation ; his only idea was to work on, to work on to the end. He m. Anna Peabody, dau. of Wm. Peabody, Esq., of Milford, Dec. 15, 1803. She d. July 25, 1828, æ. 44 yrs.
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William P., b. Sept. 20, 1804 ; unm. ; r. Hancock.
Abigail W., b. Jan. 15, 1806 ; unm. ; r. Hancock.
Horatio N., b. March 5, 1807 ; m. Sarah J. Robinson ; r. Milford.
Stephen, b. June 22, 1808 ; m. Jane Bruce, Mount Ver- non.
Sarah A., b. Oct. 12, 1809; m. Nahum Warren ; d. in Dublin.
Fohn S., b. Aug. 2, 1811 ; unm. ; d.
Fames M., b. Dec. 4, 1817 ; m., Ist w., Harriet D. Gould ; 2d w., Irena Holden.
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Henry W., b. June 28, 1822 ; m. Maria A. Holt ; di- vorced 1874.
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F. Quincy A., b. July 20, 1824.
THE DUNCAN FAMILY.
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GEORGE DUNCAN was the son of John and Rachel Todd Duncan, and grandson to George Duncan, who emigrated to America, and lived and d. in Londonderry. We are unable to fix the time he came to town, but it was quite early. Most of his children were born in Londonderry. He lived on the farm afterwards occu- pied by Capt. Isaac Hadley. He m. Mary Bell, dau. of John and Elizabeth Bell. She d. at Peterborough, Jan. 23, 1812, æ. 84 yrs. He d. May 29, 1810, æ. 86 yrs. He was selectman in 1788, '89.
2 Betsey, b. -; m. Rev. Samuel Taggart, of Colerain, Mass.
3. Rachel, b. 1759 ; m. John Todd.
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Esther, b. -; m. Moses Black ; r. Boston.
5 Rosanna, b. 1765 ; m. Ebenezer Moore.
GEORGE DUSTAN.
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George, Fr., b. June 10, 1767 ; m., Ist w., Jane Fergu- son ; 2d w., Betsey Taylor.
Sarah, b. - -; m. Robert Mcclellan, Colerain.
Mary, b. -; m. Rev. Hugh Wallace ; r. Pompey, N. Y .; d. 1802.
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GEORGE DUNCAN, Jr., settled near his father's farm, long occupied afterward by William Gray, and now owned and occupied by the widow of Charles S. Gray. He was a man of talents, and was held in high estima- tion by his townsmen when he removed to the West. He held various offices in town ; was selectman 1805, '6, '7, '8, '9 ; surveyor of highways many years, from 1798 to 1807. He m., Ist w., Jane Ferguson, dau. of Henry Ferguson, March, 1798. She d. Jan. 16, 1802, æ. 29 yrs. She left one ch., Mary, who m. Judge Daniel Wells in 1824, of Greenfield, Mass. He m., 2d w., Bet- sey Taylor, widow of Charles Taylor, Dec. 2, 1805. She was the mother of the rest of his children. She d. at Preble, N. Y., Jan. 1, 1829, æ. 52 yrs. He m., 3d w., Annis Orr. She d. Feb. 9, 1868, æ. 78 yrs. He re. to Preble, N. Y., in 1813, and d. there Sept. 13, 1851, æ. 84 yrs
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Mary, b. Dec. 28, 1798 ; m. 1824, Judge Daniel Wells ; r. Greenfield, Mass. ; he d. June 22, 1854.
Fane F., b. -; m. Silas Cummings, Preble, N. Y.
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Henry, b. - -; d. in Byron, N. Y.
George, b. -; d. in California.
Daniel, b. -; d. Weedsport, N. Y.
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THE DUSTAN FAMILY.
GEORGE DUSTAN (Rev.), son of Jonathan and Sarah Morrison Center Dustan, was b. in Lebanon, Nov. 26, 1828. He graduated at Dartmouth College in 1852, and subsequently taught the academy at McIndoes Falls, Vt., for several years. He graduated at the Andover Sem- inary in 1859, and was ordained pastor over the Union Evangelical Church in Peterborough, Oct. 19, 1859, which position he now holds. He represented the town in the New Hampshire Legislature 1870, '71 ; was appointed by Gov. Stearns a Trustee of the State Normal School in 1870; has been a member of the School Board in Peterborough several years, and one of the Superintend- ents of the High School since its organization. He m., Ist w., Lucy A. Marsh, only dau. of Rev. Joseph and Lucy Dana Marsh, of Thetford, Vt., Feb. 14, 1855.
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She d. Sept. 14, 1862, æ. 31 yrs. He m., 2d w., Sarah L., only dau. of Deacon James B. and Adelaide Field Nichols, May 4, 1864. Two ch., Ist w .; two ch., 2d w.
Dana M., b. Tunbridge, Vt., June 14, 1859.
George P., b. Peterborough, July 4, 1860.
Gertrude L., b. Aug. 19, 1868.
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THE EDES FAMILY.
This family traces its descent from the Eastern coun- ties of England, as far back as 1517. The genealogy has been carefully traced, with great labor and research, by Richard S. Edes, of Bolton, Mass., and Henry Edes, of Cambridge, Mass. It was a family of a good deal of standing in society.
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SAMUEL EDES came to Peterborough in 1799, after all his children were born. He was b. in Needham, Mass., Oct. 15, 1753, and d. in Peterborough, July 10, 1845, æ. 92 yrs. His Ist w., Elizabeth Baker, d. before he came to Peterborough, and was the mother of all his children. His 2d w., Sarah Hutchinson, d. in Peterborough, Oct. 20, 1816, æ. 64 yrs. His 3d w. was Widow Mary Eaton. She d. June 4, 1864, æ. 89 yrs.
Mr. Edes was in the Battle of Lexington. He report- ed himself and seventeen others as being separated in this battle from his companions, and being exposed to great danger thereby. The night before the Battle of Bunker Hill he was employed all night in driving oxen, and was not allowed to speak above a whisper. He al- ways lived on the same place in town, the same occupied by his son, Isaac Edes.
+Samuel, b. March 15, 1775 ; m. Mary Waite.
Catharine, b. Feb. 16, 1777 ; m. Robert Carr ; r. Hills- . boro. She d.
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Elizabeth, b. July 15, 1779 ; m. - Walker ; re. Maine. Sarah, b. Sept. 6, 1781 ; m. John Howe ; r. Temple, Me. Joseph, b. Sept. 10, 1783 ; re. Temple, Me. ; was killed by a neighbor 1863.
Jeremiah, b. Aug. 24, 1785 ; re. New Jersey. Two ch. Rebecca, b. Sept. 17, 1787. S m. - Smith, Dedham.
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9 t Daniel, b. Jan. 2, 1790 ; m. Jane Craige, Feb. 12, 1817. tAmasa, b. March 21, 1792 ; m. Sarah Hart, Keene. ¡ Isaac, b. March 31, 1795 ; m. Elizabeth Mitchell.
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Polly, b. Dec. 6, 1797 ; m. Andrew Templeton ; re. New York.
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SAMUEL EDES, Jr., m. Mary Waite, of Londonderry, May 9, 1794. He resided in Rome, N. Y., many 'years, where his first five ch. were b. The rest were b. in Pe- terborough. He was killed by the falling of the barn now owned by Charles McCoy, 2d, in the raising of the same June 15, 1816, æ. 41 yrs., 3 mos. She m., 2d hus., Dec. 4, 1820, Robert Carr, of Hillsboro ; d.
Mary, b. April 27, 1796 ; d. Hillsboro. Elizabeth, b. Aug. 25, 1799 ; m. William Carter, Jaffrey ; d. Aug. 11, 1822, æ. 23 yrs. He d. Nov. 17, 1821. Deidamia, b. May 10, 1802 ; m. Hooper Runnels, Green- field. He d. Aug. 30, 1862, æ. 64 yrs. She d.
Sarah, b. Oct. 6, 1804 ; m. Gilman Bailey, Washington ; d. Washington.
tSamuel, b. July 17, 1807 ; m., Ist w., Maria Corbin ; 2d w., Mrs. Miranda Corbin ; 3d w., Jennie Wilson. Clarissa, b. Greenfield, Feb. 27, 1810 ; m. - Sever- ance ; r. Washington.
Catharine, b. Aug. 13, 1812 ; m. Joseph Tabor ; re. Min- nesota.
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Hiram Jason, b. July 17, 1815 ; m. Ann Kelley in 1840. She d. in Missouri ; 2d w., Agnes P. Wood, 1856. She d. 1871, leaving one son, William Jason, b. April, 1858.
Hiram Jason Edes was early deprived of his father, and like his brother was thrown upon his own resources at an early age. He entered the Andover Academy, where he remained three years, during the time keeping a winter school each year. His health having failed he went to Virginia, and here attempted to complete his education at the Richmond College. But his health proving inadequate, he commenced the study of medi- cine, and attended his first course of Medical Lectures in the Medical Department of Yale College, Ct., and his second at Hampden, Sydney College, Prince Edwards County, Va., where he took his medical degree in 1844. He commenced practice in the city of Weston, Platt Co., Missouri, where he remained until the atrocious Kan- sas troubles arose, when he was proscribed and driven off on account of his political principles, and removed to Cedar Rapids, Ia., where he now resides in the practice of his profession. Since he was twelve years of age he has made his own way under all difficulties, getting a re- spectable education, and establishing himself in business, and suffering the great drawback the Kansas difficulties interposed, and finally building up a good character as a physician and a man. He says very modestly of him- self that he is indebted for all his success in life to a
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good, Christian mother, to whom he promised in child- hood never "to drink, play cards, or go to the theatre," and he has never disobeyed her.
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DANIEL EDES resided in various places in town, and at one time he owned and occupied the old farm of John Morison, in north-west part of the town, now abandoned. He m. Jane Craige, Feb. 12, 1817. She was b. Oct. 13,- 1788 ; d. May 17, 1856, æ. 68 yrs. He d. June 22, 1860, æ. 70 yrs.
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+ Daniel Edes, Fr., b. Nov. 3, 1817 ; m. O. Lavinia Dia- mond. Elizabeth Fane, b. Oct. 22, 1819 ; unm. Isaac, b. Jan. 17, 1826 ; d. March 6, 1829, æ. 3 yrs., I mos.
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AMASA EDES. He graduated at Dartmouth College in 1817. He studied law at Belfast, Me., with Wilson & Porter one year, and finished his studies at Keene with Hon. James Wilson, Sen. He was admitted to the bar in Cheshire County, October, 1822, and commenced the practice of his profession at Newport in 1823, where he now resides. He is now the oldest lawyer in the practice of law in the State ; has, for many years, been president of the bar in Sullivan County. After his grad- uation in college, and until he was admitted to the bar in 1822, he was a very successful teacher, having for three years been the Principal of New Ipswich Academy, having taught an academical school in Hancock for six months, and also for three months in Newport in 1823. He represented the town of Newport in the Legislature of the State in 1834. He m. Sarah Hart, of Keene ; b. in Chesterfield, July 5, 1795 ; d. Oct. 8, 1869, æ. 74 yrs., 3 mos.
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Joseph W., b. May 30, 1823 ; d. June 8, 1828, æ. 5 yrs. Samuel Hart, b. March 31, 1825 ; graduated Dartmouth College 1844 ; m., Dec. 30, 1848, Julia A. Nourse, of Acworth. He is a lawyer by profession ; has been So- licitor for the County of Sullivan; and also represented the town in the State Legislature in 1860. ; ch., (I) George C., b. April 25, 1849 ; m. Lizzie M. Lyons, Nov. 10, 1873 ; (2) William A., b. Dec. 5, 1854 ; d. Sept. 22, 1872, æ. 17 yrs., 9 mos. ; (3) Samuel W., b. Sept. 4, 1857 ; d. Sept. 23, 1858, æ. I yr. ; (4) Maria J., b. Sept. 5, 1859.
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ISAAC EDES succeeded his father on the old home- stead. He m. Elizabeth Mitchell, April 24, 1823. She d. Sept. 8, 1873, æ. 80 yrs., 4 mos. He was killed by falling from a tree while picking apples. A limb broke, and precipitated him with such force to the ground as to destroy life immediately. He d. Oct. 26, 1859, æ. 64 yrs. He was much engaged in teaching in early life, and was a deservedly popular instructor. He was se- lectman in 1835, '36, '37, '38. He was a respectable and worthy man.
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Isaac, b. Feb. 22, 1824 ; d. Feb. 25, 1824, æ. 3 dys. Elizabeth, b. April 17, 1826 ; m. Aug. 23, 1859, William Blanchard. She d. Oct. 22, 1867, æ. 41 yrs. Henry B., b. Jan. 24, 1829 ; d. Nov. 7, 1850, æ. 21 yrs. Martha M., b. Nov. 17, 1832 ; m. Robert B. Chalmers, March 21, 1866 ; ch., (I) Annie Lizzie, b. July 26, 1867 ; (2) Henry Edes, b. Sept. 30, 1869 ; (3) Grace, b. June 21, 1872 ; d. Aug. 9, 1872, æ. I mo., 18 dys.
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SAMUEL EDES, 3d. Being deprived of his father when quite young, and his mother being left in a dependent situation with a large family, he was early thrown upon his own resources. When seventeen years of age he went to New Ipswich and worked one year and a half in the machine shop of Bachelder & Brown, and several years as an overseer in their Cotton Factory. He re- turned to town in 1834 or 5, and carried on extensively the Tin and Stove Manufacturing for some years, and acquired, by his industry and attention to business, a considerable wealth. He represented the town in the State Legislature in 1857, '58. He m., Ist w., Feb. 2, 1830, Maria Corbin. She d. July 4, 1850, æ. 40 yrs. He m., 2d w., Mrs. Miranda Corbin, March, 1853. Failing to find harmony in his domestic relations, he sought and obtained a decree of divorce from the Court in September, 1868. He m., 3d w., Jennie Wilson, Oct. I, 1868. He removed from Peterborough to Lake City, Minn., 1860, where he now resides.
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Maria Eliza, b. Nov. 4, 1831 ; m. Rev. Samuel Abbot Smith, June 27, 1854.
Samuel M., b. Aug. 12, 1833 ; d. Oct. 9, 1856, æ. 23 yrs., I mos.
Sarah A., b. October, 1837 ; d. 1838, æ. 9 mos.
Sarah A., b. - , 1839 ; m. Elbridge Sanderson, of Boston, August, 1862 ; one son ; d. when 3 years old. She d. Nov. 1, 1866, æ. 28 yrs. 9
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DANIEL EDES, Jr., m. March 29, 1854, O. Lavinia Dia- mond. He lives on the mountain, on a farm formerly occupied by Thomas Laws.
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Helen Amanda, b. May 6, 1855.
THE EVANS FAMILY.
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ASA EVANS was b. in Leominster, Mass., Oct 4, 1760. He came to town in 1784 or 5. We find him elected as one of the selectmen as early as 1793, and chosen to the same office for the twelve succeeding years. There was associated with him Thomas Steele, who was chosen every year from 1793 to 1805, and with them, Charles Stuart, six years to 1799.
Mr. Evans appears to have been one of the most en- terprising and influential men of the town. He built and kept a public house, or in the language of the day "a tavern," in the same building now occupied for the same purpose, in the upper part of the village beyond the Peterborough Cotton Factory. He was also many years engaged in the mercantile business, and at the same time carried on a large farm. He had a large family of twelve children, the two eldest being born in Leominster, viz., John and Asaph, and the rest in Peter- borough. He m., Ist w., Oct. 25, 1781, Dorothy Buss, b. May 8, 1761. She d. Peterborough, Dec. 24, 1807, æ. 47 yrs. She was the mother of all his children. He m., 2d w., Margaret Moore, widow of late John Moore, and dau. of Charles Stuart, July 13, 1809. He d., after a short illness of five and a half days, Oct. 16, 1813, æ. 57 yrs. Mrs. Evans m. Richard Gilchrist, Sept. 15, 1816. She d. Aug. 7, 1818, æ. 50 yrs., 8 mos. P
Fohn, b. Leominster, March 9, 1782 ; m. Martha Stuart, April 22, 1805 ; d. Boston, 1854, æ. 72 yrs.
Asaph, b. Leominster, July 13, 1784 ; m., Ist w., Betsey Ferguson ; 2d w., Mary Green, of Concord ; 3d w., Widow Almira Davis. He d. New York City, Febru- ary, 1842, æ. 58 yrs.
Samuel, b. May 2, 1786 ; m., Ist w., Margaret Allison ; 2d w., Sarah Chase. He d. Hopkinton, Jan. 25, 1868, æ. 82 yrs.
Prudence, b. Aug. 25, 1788 ; m. Dr. Wm. P. Cutter, of Jaffrey, March 26, 1807 ; m., 2d hus., Frederick Read. She d. Nov. 16, 1828, æ. 40 yrs.
Dorothy, b. April 24, 1790 ; m. Timothy C. Ames, Jan. 14, 1813.
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Artemas, b. Jan. 29, 1792 ; m. Widow - - Wiggins, Concord. He d. May 25, 1818, æ. 26 yrs.
Luke, b. Sept. 13, 1793. Nothing known of him.
Nathaniel, b. Dec. 22, 1795 ; m. Harriet Wiggin, of Con- cord. She d. 1835, æ. 35 yrs. ; 2d w., Mary Ann Stanley, Hopkinton ; r. Hopkinton. He d. May 23, 1876.
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Alpha, b. July 3, 1797 ; m. Hannah Emery ; d. Roxbury, Dec. 2, 1828, æ. 32 yrs.
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Stephen, b. Nov. 3, 1799 ; d. Little Rock, Ark., 1825, æ. 26 yrs.
Mary, b. Sept. 27, 1801 ; m. Capt. Charles Chase, Hop- kinton ; 2d hus., Samuel R. Adams, Hopkinton. She d. July 30, 1874, æ. 72 yrs., II mos.
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Louisa, b. Aug. 10, 1803 ; d. Oct. 2, 1826, æ. 23 yrs.
THE FAIRBANKS FAMILY.
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EBENEZER FAIRBANKS is the son of the late Asa Fair- banks, of Dublin, and was b. May 28, 1794, and is uncle to Moses A. Fairbanks, hereafter mentioned. He m., Ist w., Betsey Wilder, b. Nov. 6, 1794, in Peterborough, and re. to Mount Tabor, Vt., where they lived five years, and then returned to Peterborough in 1822. He has lived in the village since his return, and is now one of the oldest inhabitants of the place. He is a carpenter by trade. His Ist w. d. Sept. 23, 1828 ; m., 2d w., Eleanor C. Farnsworth, dau. Timothy Farnsworth, Dub- lin, b. Jan. 28, 1801. Six ch., Ist w. ; seven ch., 2d w.
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t Amaziah, b. Dublin, Sept. 7, 1814 ; m., Ist w., Lucinda Pierce ; 2d w., Mary Ann Holt; 3d w., Phila Ann Pierce.
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Betsey, b. Mount Tabor, March 6, 1817; m. William Grimes.
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Nancy H., b. Mount Tabor, June 15, 1820; d. Peterbor- ough, Jan. 30, 1827, æ. 6 yrs.
James W., b. Mount Tabor, Dec. 14, 1822 ; m. Lydia Searles. He d. June 28, 1865, æ. 42 yrs., 6 mos.
Lorenzo, b. Peterborough, April 21, 1825 ; d. Feb. 22, 1827, @. I yr., Io mos.
Nancy A., b. May 29, 1828 ; m. Daniel Carter ; ten ch. Eleanor H., b. Jan. 29, 1830 ; m. Levi Fairbanks, May 19, 1847.
Lorenzo A., b. Nov. 9, 1831 ; d. Aug. 15, 1833, æ. I yr. Elvira F., b. Oct. 28, 1833.
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George W., b. Oct. 14, 1835 ; m., Ist w., Sarah H. Rod- man ; 2d w., Dora Abbot.
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Merrick G., b. Jan. 9, 1838 ; m. Mary A. Larkin. He d. Nov. 2, 1866, æ. 28 yrs., 9 mos.
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Amna C., b. Nov. 23, 1839 ; m. Charles Upton ; b. Jan. 6, 1837. Josephine C., b. June 13, 1845 ; m., 1869, Charles H. Townsend ; b. March 1, 1842 ; ch., (1) Willis M., b. Jan. 30, 1870 ; (2) Frederick C., b. Dec. 11, 1873.
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AMAZIAH FAIRBANKS. He m. Lucinda Pierce. She d. Aug. 17, 1841 ; 2d w., Mary Ann Holt ; d. Sept. 19, 1860 ; 3d w., Phila Ann Pierce, July 3, 1868 ; d. June 21, 1873.
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Mary L., b. March 28, 1844; m. George A. Towns, Jan. 1, 1861 ; two ch.
Alfred, b. 1858 ; d. young.
Lizzie Eldora, b. April 20, 1860.
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MOSES A. FAIRBANKS, son of Moses and Jane Harper Fairbanks, of Dublin, b. Sept. 29, 1822 ; m. Aug. 9, 1844, Abigail Hadley, dau. Thomas Hadley. He d. April 10, 1862, æ. 40 yrs., 7 mos.
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Mary S., b. Feb. 15, 1845 ; m. Ezra M. Smith, Esq., lawyer in Peterborough.
Albert H., b. Nov. 17, 1846 ; re. to Missouri. Ellen L., b. Sept. 3, 1848.
Abbie E., b. May 23, 1851. ( d. 1874.
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THE FARNSWORTH FAMILY.
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ANDREW A. FARNSWORTH (Deacon), the son of the late Andrew Farnsworth, of Bakersfield, Vt., was b. there Oct. 30, 1817 ; came to Peterborough, Nov. 10, 1832. He m. Sarah T. Field, dau. of Deacon John and Beulah Reed Field, Sept. 6, 1841. A tanner by trade, he has carried on the business of tanning at the old shop of Deacon Field, father and son for twenty-four years. He is a deacon in the Union Evangelical Church in town ; has held various offices in town ; Representative to the State Legislature in 1860, '61.
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Henry A., b. Nov. 23, 1843 ; m. June 1, 1870, Laura J. Neville, b. in New Boston, July 4, 1847. John Hermon, b. June 17, 1846. Willis Andrew, b. Aug. 2, 1849.
THE FARNUM FAMILY.
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JOHN FARNUM was the son of Joseph and Arathusa G. Farnum, of Wilton. He came to Peterborough about 1820 ; worked for Samuel Smith for a time, afterwards
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drove his heavy horse-teams to and from Boston ; and still later he bought the teams, and performed all the teaming for the stores and factories to Boston for this town, and some of the adjoining towns, for many years, until the railroad was completed from Boston to Nashua. He also kept a hotel in the "Loring Block " at Carter's Corner (so-called) for several years. He m. Mary N. Withington, March 17, 1829. He d. Feb. 25, 1850, æ. 49 yrs. Mary N. d. Sept. 19, 1856, æ. 46 yrs.
Justina M., b. Feb. 21, 1830 ; m. George Ditton, Iowa. Aurelia, b. Oct. 12, 1831 ; m. George A. Damon; r. Boston.
t Joseph, b. June 29, 1833 ; m. Mary A. Emerson.
Mary E., b. Dec. 16, 1834 ; m. - - Garritt, Rockford, Iowa.
John W., b. Sept. 13, 1836 ; d. Nov. 10, 1860, æ. 24 yrs. Almira, b. May 22, 1838 ; m. T. E. B. Whitmore ; r. Chickasaw, Iowa.
C. Henry, b. Jan. 29, 1840; d. in military service in Covington, Ky., Aug. 17, 1863, æ. 23 yrs., 6 mos.
Charles, b. April 12, 1842 ; d. July 3, 1844, æ. 2 yrs., 2 mos.
George F., b. Sept. 14, 1845 ; r. Cochituate, Mass. Ellen M., b. Nov. 20, 1847 ; d. Feb. 20, 1849, æ. I yr., 3 mos.
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JOSEPH FARNUM lives on Concord Street, first house south of the Union Congregational Church, on the same side of the road. He commenced to learn the printing business in the Transcript office in June, 1850. Re- moved to Chickasaw, Iowa, in June, 1855, having pur- chased government land. Was engaged in farming and teaching for a time, when he resumed his trade of printing at Charles City, Iowa. Returned to Peterbor- ough in Sept., 1857, and again entered the Transcript office as a journeyman, which place he held, with the exception of a few months, until March, 1866, when he became editor and senior proprietor of the Peterborough Transcript, which position he now holds. He was Repre- sentative to the legislature 1873, '74 ; m. May 9, 1852, Mary A. Emerson, dau. of David and Lorinda Gray Emerson.
I2 Charles F., b. Jan. 16, 1855.
13 William D., b. Charles City, Iowa, Jan. 8, 1857.
Harry E., b. Nov. 6, 1858.
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Nellie M., b. Aug. 22, 1862.
I6 John H., b. March 9, 1865 ; d. Aug. 21, 1865 ; æ. 5 mos.
I7 Mary Alice, b. Oct. 8, 1872.
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JONATHAN FAXON.
THE FAXON FAMILY.
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JONATHAN FAXON (Deacon), was b. in Braintree, Mass., July 23, 1765, and m., in 1793, Abigail Ellis, of Sandwich, Mass., and re. to Peterborough about the year 1797. He d. April 13, 1849, æ. 83 yrs. She d. April II, 1843, æ. 74 yrs. His father and mother both came to Peterborough and d. here. He was a deacon in the Baptist Church, and one of its earliest supporters, and highly esteemed for his integrity, honesty, and Christian spirit. He was the salt of the earth. He purchased the Charles Stuart farm, and lived there some years, where both he and his w. d.
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Jonathan, b. Sept. - , 1796 ; unm. ; d. Oct. 15, 1862, æ. 66; yrs. Eliza, b. April 30, 1800 ; m. Ethan Hadley ; d. July 25, 1825, æ. 25 yrs.
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