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Sarah Ann, b. Sept. 17, 1813 ; m., Oct. 25, 1842, Charles W. Brown ; r. California. She d. in Oakland, Cal., July 6, 1867, æ. 53 yrs. ; c.
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Isaac, Fr., b. April 17, 1816 ; m., Nov. 27, 1862, E. Maria Corey, Dublin.
+Samuel, b. July 12, 1818 ; m., Sept. 4, 1849, Mary F. Twist, b. Sept. 9, 1828.
Martha, b. March 8, 1821 ; d. Aug. 19, 1826, æ. 5 yrs., 6 mos.
John, b. May 30, 1824 ; d. April 27, 1825, a. II mos. Martha, b. July 27, 1826 ; m. Joseph Davis, Sept. 23, 1847; ch., (I) Charles B., b. July 8, 1850 ; (2) Frank J., b. Aug. 14, 1861 ; Charles B. m. Clara Ames, June 11, 1871 ; one ch., Willie B., b. May 7, 1872.
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EBENEZER HADLEY. He was a farmer, and lived on a farm south of the old homestead, now occupied by his descendants. He m., Dec. 23, 1817, Amy Howe. She d. Jan. 11, 1874, æ. 76 yrs., 4 mos. He d. June' 20, 1859, æ. 72 yrs.
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Foel, b. Jan. 28, 1820 ; unm. An invalid from his youth. . Jonas, b. Oct. 23, 1823 ; m. Dorothy P. Gove, Winchen- don, Mass. ; ch., Ida E., b. in Stoddard, April 4, 1859. t William H., b. Sept. 16, 1829 ; m., July 1, 1858, Sarah M. Draper.
ETHAN HADLEY. He m., 1822, Eliza Faxon, dau. Dea. Jona. Faxon, who was mother of the first two ch. She d. July 25, 1825, æ. 25 yrs. ; 2d w., Feb. 14, 1826, Betsey Persons, dau. Bartholomew Persons. He was a brickmaker, and devoted much of his time to this busi- ness. He d. Aug. 24, 1872, æ. 81 yrs. In the last years of his life he occupied his father's old farm, and d. there ; Ist w., two ch .; 2d w., twelve ch.
Phebe, b. Nov. 21, 1823 ; m., Sept. 25, 1845, Charles B. Carter.
Charles F., b. July 23, 1825 ; m., Dec. 21, 1847, Harriet Perkins ; r. Lowell.
Ira P., b. Dec. 13, 1826 ; m., Nov. 9, 1851, Harriet J. Conant ; r. Charlestown, Mass.
Ethan, Fr., b. April 5, 1828 ; m., 1850, Mary L. Young- man ; r. Chicopee, Mass.
Eliza F., b. Feb. 28, 1830 ; d. June 22, 1834, æ. 4 yrs., 4 mos.
Addison, b. Oct. 13, 1831 ; m., Jan. 19, 1853, Eveline Parker ; r. Lowell.
Charlotte, b. April 3, 1833 ; m., Sept. 3, 1855, George Stowers ; r. Revere, Mass.
+ Harvey, b. April 10, 1835 ; m., May 11, 1856, Maria Fisk.
Florentine, b. Jan. 7, 1837 ; d. Dec. 30, 1837, æ. I yr. George W., b. Nov. 7, 1838 ; m., August, 1861, Mary Ann Cross ; r. Chicopee.
Darius, b. Aug. 13, 1841 ; m., May 25, 1870, Annie Howland. She d. 1871. One ch., Everett, E. H., b. 1871 ; m., 2d w., Dec. 25, 1875, Emma Snow, a teacher in the public schools, Charlestown, Mass.
Hannah Eliza, b. July 31, 1843.
Albert S., b. Dec. 22, 1845 ; d. Jan. 7, 1848, æ. 2 yrs. Albert A., b. Nov. 13, 1847.
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THOMAS HADLEY, Jr. He m., Ist w., Asenath Dyer, b. Nov. 25, 1826. She d. Aug. 29, 1855, æ. 29 yrs. ; 2d w., Maria A. Crosby, dau. of Benj. Crosby, May 28, 1856. He now r. in Hancock ; Ist w., three ch. ; 2d w., one ch.
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Mary E., b. July 16, 1851. Alfred G., b. Aug. 5, 1853.
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Ellen A., b. Aug. 29, 1855. -
Arthur Leslie, b. June 6, 1862.
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ISAAC HADLEY, Jr. He succeeded his father on the homestead. He devotes himself principally to farming, though he occasionally makes brick, agreeable to the bent of the family. He has held important offices in town, - selectman 1847, '48 '49, '51, '52, '61, '62, '63, and Representative to the State Legislature 1853. He m. E. Maria Corey, dau. Charles Corey, of Dublin, Nov. 27, 1862.
Fennie E., b. March 7, 1864. Genta Maria, b. Sept. 4, 1865.
John Osro, b. Jan. 14, 1867. Martha F., b. Dec. 5, 1869.
SAMUEL HADLEY. He served in the war of the Re- bellion ; m. Mary F. Twist, dau. Peter Twist, Sept. 4, 1849. She was b. Sept. 9, 1828. He is a paper-maker by trade.
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Luella E., b. March 29, 1850.
Milton L., b. Nov. 27, 1851 ; m.
Harriet O., b. July 6, 1853 ; d. Oct. 5, 1853, æ. 3 mos. Sarah A., b. March 6, 1855. Delila M., b. Oct. 22, 1856.
Hattie M., b. Oct. 22, 1861.
WILLIAM HOWE HADLEY. He succeeded his father on the home farm ; m., July 1, 1858, Sarah M. Draper, of Greenfield.
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Elmer W., b. June 14, 1863. Nettie Syrena, b. Jan. 10, 1867. James M., b. June 25, 1871.
HARVEY HADLEY m., May 11, 1856, Maria Fisk ; r. in town.
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Eva M., b. May 4, 1857. (54) Flora B., b. June 6, 1863. Frank f., b. Nov. 28, 1866.
JOHN HADLEY was of a race entirely distinct from the above. He was b. in Sterling, Mass., Aug. 22, 1796, and came to Peterborough in November, 1822. He was a clothier by trade. He lived in various parts of the town, and most of the children were born in Peterbor- ough. He d. at Antrim, Aug. 8, 1850, æ. 54 yrs. He m. Ruthy Ames, dau. of Timothy and Sarah Kneeland Ames, May 1, 1821.
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John A., b. in Shirley, Mass., Feb. 22, 1822 ; m. Han- nah B. Taggart, Sharon, Nov. 3, 1845 ; three ch.
2 3 Timothy R., b. in Temple, May 8, 1823 ; d. Jan. 26, 1841 æ. 17 yrs.
Alvah A., b. Dec. 5, 1824 ; m. Sarah J. Smith, Nov. 9, 1849; ch., (1) Fred. O .; (2) Alvah ; d .; r. E. Cam- bridge, Mass.
Harvey C., b. Aug. 3, 1826 ; m. Henrietta D. Richard son, of Antrim, Jan. 26, 1851 ; ch., (1) Charles H .; (2) Herbert O .; (3) Helen M. ; r. Temple.
Cynthia M., b. Aug. 10, 1828 ; m. Samuel Aiken, of Fisherville, Aug. 9, 1853 ; two ch. She d. June 25, 1858, æ. 29 yrs., 10 mos.
Hepzibeth A., b. Oct. 28, 1830 ; m. Ephraim Slade, Oct. 16, 1851 ; ch., (1) Ella A .; (2) Walter E .; (3) Frank W. ; r. Fitchburg, Mass.
Abby R., b. March 30, 1834; m. Manly Colburn, Nov. 14, 1854; ch., (1) Charles A .; d .; (2) Edward M .; d .; (3) Henry A .; r. Fitchburg.
Mary E., b. July 8, 1837 ; d. May 29, 1844, æ. 6 yrs., 10 mos. Eliza M., b. April 3, 1844 ; r. Fitchburg ; has always been an invalid.
Granville H., b. March 29, 1847 ; d. Aug. 17, 1847, æ. 4 mos.
THE HAGGETT FAMILY.
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ABNER HAGGETT came to Peterborough in 1781, and lived on the place near the late Deacon Samuel Miller's farm, where he remained until his death, it being a part of the original Hugh Wilson farm. He came from some place near Boston, the town not known. He was one of the earliest Baptists in town. He was one of the remon- strants to Mr. Dunbar's settlement in 1799, and Mr. Dunbar makes a note opposite to his name in the church records, "Turned Baptist, 1807." He was- b. 1759 ; d. Jan. 12, 1844, æ. 85 yrs. He m. Mary Tuttle. She was b. 1762 ; d. Dec. 26, 1840, æ. 78 yrs.
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William, b. 1780; unm .; re. to Vermont, and d. 1853, æ. 73 yrs.
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Polly, b. 1784; m. Nathan Gould, 1803; r. Greenfield ; d. 1838, æ. 54 yrs.
John T., b. 1788 ; m., 1816, Lucinda Brigham ; r. Ply- mouth, Vt., and d. there, 1866, æ. 78 yrs.
Susan, b. 1792 ; m. Nathan Wait, 1813; d. 1869, æ. 77 yrs.
6 Lucinda, b. 1796 ; m. Wm. Diamond, Nov. 18, 1824.
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Harriet, b. 1800; m. Peter Twiss, 1821 ; d. 1861, æ. 61 yrs.
THE HALE FAMILY.
I PAUL HALE. He m. Sarah Cuningham, dau. James Cuningham.
James, b. 1793 ; d. at sea.
2 3 Harriet, b. -; m. William Weston Hancock ; d. May 9, 1831.
Thomas, b. -; m. in Canada.
Mary L., b. Aug. 26, 1806; m. Ebenezer T. Lakeman. She d. Dublin, March 26, 1876, æ. 69 yrs., 7 mos.
4 5 6 Caroline, b. - -; unm. 7 Louisa, b. - -; m. Ebenezer T. Lakeman, April II, 1833. He d. Jan. II, 1843, æ. 40 yrs. She d. Sept. 3, 1835, æ. 23 yrs., II mos.
THE HAMMILL FAMILY.
All we know of the Hammill family is revealed in the town records and the gravestones in the old cemetery. Joseph Hammill appears often in the town records as a man of considerable importance. He began on the land adjoining the mills long known as "Holmes' Mills," and afterwards as "Bowers' Mill," and built a saw-mill in 1778, and a grist-mill in 1781. The Holmeses bought the saw-mill of Joseph Hammill, and the grist-mill came into possession of Patrick White, who gave it to his son David, who carried on the same for some years, when he sold to Abraham Holmes, Sen. Robert Holmes owned the saw-mill before his father's death. Joseph Hammill was on a committee with Capt. Wm. Alld, Samuel Cun- ingham, Jeremiah Smith, and James Cuningham to pro- pose amendments to the plan of government sent out by the Legislature in 1782. There is a double gravestone with this Latin motto : " Moriendum est omnibus," and then the deaths of Neal Hammill and Elizabeth, his wife. He d. Aug. 15, 1790, . 88 yrs. She d. Aug. 2, 1769, æ. 75 yrs. ; and then a stone for Martha, dau. of above, d. April 8, 1798, æ. 67 yrs. ; and then the stones for Joseph Hammill and his wife Anna. He d. Sept. 30, 1796, æ. 68 yrs. She d. March 19, 1796, æ. 70 yrs. Farther than this we have no record or tradition of this family.
THE HANNAFORD FAMILY.
I JAMES HANNAFORD moved to Peterborough in 1822, from Northfield, and remained here till his death, Sept.
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2, 1839, æ. 66 yrs. He was b. June 6, 1773. He m. Lydia Russell, Nov. 18, 1793, b. April 1, 1773. She m., 2d hus., Aug. 9, 1849, Luther Adams. She d. April 30, 1853, æ. 80 yrs.
Mary, b. June 6, 1794 ; m., Ist hus., Nathaniel Danforth ; 2d hus., James Glines ; eleven ch.
William S., b. Feb. 17, 1796 ; m. Rhoda Prescott ; r. Sanbornton ; six ch.
Fesse M., b. Feb. 17, 1796; m. Susan Quimby ; r. Sanbornton ; seven ch.
Margaret C., b. June 22, 1798 ; m. Isaac Childs ; r. Gro- ton ; 2d hus., Wm. McGuire ; nine ch.
Nancy W. S., b. April 6, 1800 ; m. Samuel Prescott, of Sanbornton ; re. to Peterborough, 1829 ; six ch.
Guy, b. Feb. 13, 1802 ; m. Elizabeth Tilton, of Sanborn- ton ; re. to Peterborough ; ten ch.
Lydia R., b. July 25, 1804 ; m. Anson Wyman ; r. Stock- bridge, Vt. ; nine ch.
t James, Fr., b. Aug. 29, 1806 ; m., Ist w., Rebecca Ben- net ; 2d w., R. C. Roby.
Hannah R., b. Oct. 4, 1808 ; m. Paul Boyce; r. New Ipswich ; eight ch.
Lavina S., b. Oct. 24, 1810 ; m. John Wells ; r. Winchen- don, Mass. ; ten ch.
Martha C., b. Aug. 15, 1812 ; m. Justin M. Wyman ; r. . Illinois ; four ch.
Phebe G., b. June 17, 1814 ; m. Luke Tarbox ; r. Harris- ville ; three ch.
Lucy R., b. Nov. 17, 1817 ; m. Daniel Felch ; r. Green- ville ; nine ch.
JAMES HANNAFORD, Jr., m., Ist w., Rebecca C. Ben- net. She . d. Oct. 2, 1867, æ. 58 yrs. He m., 2d w., R. C. Roby. He r. many years in Lowell. Returned to town and erected a suite of buildings near Briggs' Manu- factory, where he now resides.
Harriet M., b. April 29, 1830 ; d. May 12, 1830, @. 13 dys. ¡ Albert B., b. Oct. 11, 1831 ; m., Ist w., Anna Gray ; 2d w., Mary J. Swan.
t James M., b. Aug. 25, 1833 ; m. Jane M. Chandler, April 25, 1858.
Hezekiah N., b. Aug. 2, 1839 ; d. Aug. 31, 1840, æ. 1 yr. Sarah B., b. Oct. 17, 1840 ; m. George Wilder, April 16, 1862.
Alonzo M., b. July 1, 1842 ; m., Ist w., Salome Moore, March 16, 1863 ; 2d w., Mary A. Swan, Feb. 5, 1868, dau. of Charles A. Swan.
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ALBERT B. HANNAFORD. He m., Ist w., Oct 6, 1852, Anna Gray ; 2d wife, Mary J. Swan, Dec. 14, 1859 ; r. Norwalk, O.
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JAMES M. HANNAFORD. He m. Jane M. Chandler, April 25, 1858.
THE HILL FAMILY.
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. JOB HILL was the son of Ralph Hill, and was b. in Ashby, Mass., July 7, 1780. He m., March 3, 1808, Bet- sey Perry, of Rindge, b. in Lincoln, Mass., Sept. 9, 1782. They re. to Vermont in 1811, and remained there till 1825, when they came to Peterborough. In 1831 he built a brick cottage on Summer Street, which was the first dwelling erected on that street. Mr. Hill owned in part and managed the grist-mill in this village from 1829 to 1839, when he sold out, and the stone building was erected.
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Selinda A., b. May 26, 1809 ; m .. December, 1837, Eph- raim Holt, Greenfield, b. Dec. 12, 1803. He d. Aug. 26, 1867, æ. 64 yrs.
Betsey P., b. Aug. 30, 1811 ; d. June 20, 1821, æ. 9 yrs., 9 mos.
Mary, b. March 29, 1813 ; d. Sept. 24, 1874, æ. 61 yrs. Abigail H., b. March 19, 1815; m. Samuel Wilson Wheeler, New Ipswich, Nov. 7, 1838 ; r. in Peterbor- ough ; ch., (1) Lydia Frances, b. June 25, 1842 ; m. George T. Russell ; 3 ch., Mabel F. ; d. 1866 ; Lillian B. ; Edith F. (2) Mary Florence, b. Sept. 25, 1845 ; m. Charles E. Abbot, 1865 ; 2 ch., Jessie M. ; Charles W. (3) Harriet Caroline, b. June 2, 1856.
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Caroline, b. Nov. 15, 1816 ; m., Sept. 19, 1843, Rev. Levi L. Fay, of Lawrence, O. She d. Oct. 8, 1854, æ. 37 yrs., 10 mos .; ch., (1) Levi L .; (2) Albert H .; (3) Caroline E. ; (4) Selinda H. ; (5) Augusta D.
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THE HOLMES FAMILY.
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NATHANIEL HOLMES (Dea.) was the ninth of twelve ch. of his parents, Nathaniel and Elizabeth Moore Holmes. His father was b. in Coleraine, Ireland ; d., 1764, at Londonderry, N. H. He came to this country in 1740. His mother's name was Elizabeth Moore, of Londonderry, but of what family of Moores we are
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uncertain. His grandfather, Nathaniel Holmes, and grandmother, Jane Hunter, lived in Coleraine, Antrim County, Ireland, and d. there. They left a family of five sons, of whom Dea. Holmes' father was the fourth. A sister of Dea. Holmes, Jane, m. William Moore, and another sister, Elizabeth, m. Dea. Robert Morison, both of Peterborough. Dea. Nathaniel Holmes was b. in Lon- donderry, Sept. 5, 1759, and d. in Peterborough, Sept. 10, 1832, æ. 73 yrs. He m. Catharine Allison, dau. of Samuel and Janet McFarland Allison. Samuel Allison was b. in Londonderry, 1743, and d., 1809, at Weathers- field, Vt., where he then r., æ. 66 yrs. His wife was also b. in Londonderry, and d. April 29, 1831, æ. 71 yrs. Dea. Holmes came to Peterborough to live in 1784, soon after his marriage, and they lived on the same place, next to the Dea. Thomas Davison place, the remainder of their lives. He was a deacon in the Presbyterian church. Dea. Holmes, when quite young, rendered much service in the war of the Revolution. We cannot determine just how much. He first went, in 1775, as a waiter to Lieut. Henry Ferguson, to Cambridge, and after that, as a waiter to his (Holmes') father-in-law, Maj. Duncan, of Londonderry. He was urged, in September, 1776, to enlist in Capt. Finley's company, by his brother- in-law, William Moore, who offered to make his wages equal to $10 per month. He declined on the plea that his clothes were all worn out. His sister, Mrs. Moore, hearing the conversation, said : " Billy, you furnish the shoes, and I will furnish the clothes." It was a great mystery how she could do it, as there were only two pounds of wool in the house. The next morning all their sheep were brought to the barn, and four early lambs were robbed of their fleeces; and the wool was colored, spun, woven, and made into clothing within twenty days, and when Capt. Finley came through the town on his way to Saratoga, the young soldier was ready to join the company. He was afterwards at the battle of White Plains. He returned safe, whether to Peterbor- ough or Londonderry we do not know, and Mr. Moore fulfilled his engagement of making his pay as good as $ ro per month.
Fane, b. Feb. 24, 1786 ; d. March 2, 1786 ; æ. 6 dys. ¡ Nathaniel, b. May 4, 1787 ; m. Sally Hoar, June II, 1809, ¡Samuel, b. Dec. 19, 1789 ; m., Ist w., Mary Annan ; 2d w., Mrs. Fanny M. Priest.
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Betsey, b. March 20, 1797 ; m. Daniel Adams, Jaffrey ; d. Enos, b. Dec. 14, 1799 ; m. Louisa Adams ; r. Michigan ; d. John, b. May 8, 1802 ; m., Ist w., Hepzibeth Cutter ; 2d w., Emmeline Cutter; 3d w., Sybil Gates ; d. Springfield, Vt.
Katharine, b. June 18, 1804 ; d. March 11, 1807 ; æ. 2 yrs., 8 mos.
Jonathan, b. June 8, 1807 ; m., Ist w., Jane T. Moore ; 2d w., Mary Taggart, widow of Cicero Robbe.
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NATHANIEL HOLMES, Jr. He was a machinist by trade, and devoted a large portion of his life to this busi- ness. He was employed in preparing the machinery for the South Factory, and in company with Artemas Law- rence he built and put in operation the Cheshire Cotton Mill in Jaffrey. He re. from Peterborough to Meredith in 1823, and subsequently to Tilton, where he built a factory for making cotton yarn, twine, and batting. He was town clerk for 1821-22, and made his record on the town books in a chirography rarely equalled for finish or beauty. In early life he was very popular as a teacher in our common schools. He was an eminently worthy and useful man. He was m. to Sally Hoar, b. June 24, 1787, of New Ipswich, dau. of Maj. Jotham Hoar and Mary Davison, dau. of Dea. Thomas Davison, June II, 1809. He d. Jan. 23, 1840, æ. 53 yrs., 8 mos. Mrs. Holmes m., April 17, 1847, 2d hus., William Moore, of Moorsville, Mich., who d. Dec. 4, 1850, æ. 63 yrs. ; and she now survives and r. with her dau., Mrs. Swasey, at Belvidere, Ill., and is enjoying a healthy, active, and sprightly old age.
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Catharine A., b. Oct. 1, 1809 ; m. Zenas Clement, Nov. 5, 1835. He d. She resides in Stamford, Conn. Mary, b. July 15, 1811 ; d. Dec. 25, 1811, æ. 5 mos. Artemas L., b. July 9, 1814 ; m. Mary M. Bloomer. He graduated at Dartmouth College, 1835. Educated a lawyer, and practised for a short time in town. After- wards he went to St. Louis, where he remained fifteen years, and acquired a large fortune. In consequence of ill health he was obliged to relinquish all business, and re. to New York. He d. Nov. 29, 1871, æ. 57 yrs. Abigail, b. Oct. 22, 1816 ; m. E. A. Adams ; d. in St. Louis, Aug. 30, 1857, æ. 40 yrs., 10 mos.
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Sarah, b. March 20, 1819 ; d. March 22, 1819, æ. 2 dys. Edith A., b. Nov. 9, 1820 ; m. S. Swasey, a lawyer, Speaker of the House of Representatives, N. H., 1842 ; r. Belvidere, Ill.
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Nathaniel M., b. Feb. 20, 1823 ; d. May 2, 1828, æ. 5 yrs. Henry G., b. Sanbornton, Jan. 11, 1834 ; m. Keehn ; r. New York City.
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SAMUEL HOLMES. He first settled on the Samuel Spear place, which he purchased ; then he removed to Springfield, Vt., and engaged in the manufacturing of cotton. He subsequently returned to Peterborough, where he remained till his death. He m., Ist w., Mary Annan, dau. Rev. David Annan, March 31, 1813. She d. at Springfield, Vt., Feb. 9, 1828, æ. 38 yrs., 5 mos. He m., 2d w., Mrs. Fanny Moore Priest, widow of Dr. J. B. Priest, Oct. 20, 1828. She d. Jan. 6, 1875, æ. 85 yrs. He d. July 8, 1868, æ. 78 yrs., 6 mos.
Nathaniel, b. July 2, 1814. The following sketch of his life was furnished by Judge Holmes at my request : - " He lived with his parents on a farm in Peterborough until seven years of age, and then, until fourteen, at Springfield, Vt., where his father carried on a machine- shop and a cotton factory. He attended the common schools in these places, and had some experience in the shop and factory. When about ten, he began the study of Latin under the Rev. Addison Brown, at Peterbor- ough, and continued the same for a time at the academy in Chester, Vt., under the Rev. Uriah Burnap. After the death of his mother, in 1828, he returned with his father to the farm in Peterborough, where he attended the common school in the winter season, and worked on the farm or in a machine-shop at other times ; and in the fall of 1830 he pursued English studies at the Appleton Academy in New Ipswich. In the summer of 1831 he was sent to Phillips (Exeter) Academy, to fit for college, and was entered a freshman, in 1833, at Harvard Col- lege, Cambridge, where he graduated in the class of 1837, and took the degree of Master of Arts in 1859. While pursuing his studies he kept a common school one winter in Milford, N. H., one winter in Billerica, Mass., and another in Leominster, Mass., and in the winter of his senior year taught Latin and Greek in Weld's School at Jamaica Plain. He was a member of several college societies, and at the end of his junior year became a member of the Phi Beta Kappa Society.
"On leaving college, Mr. Holmes was employed, on the recommendation of President Quincy, as a private tutor in the family of the Hon. John N. Steele, near Vienna, on the eastern shore of Maryland, where he began the study of law. At the end of one year he returned to Cambridge, and continued his legal studies in the Law School of Harvard University, and in the office of Henry
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H. Fuller, Esq., of Boston. On being admitted to the bar, in Boston, in September, 1839, he went directly to St. Louis, Mo., and there commenced the practice of law. He opened an office alone, at first, but in 1841 formed a partnership with Thomas B. Hudson, Esq., which con- tinued for two years ; and from 1846 to 1853 he was in partnership with his younger brother, Samuel A. Holmes, Esq. In 1846, he was appointed Circuit Attorney for the County of St. Louis, by Gov. John C. Edwards, and held the place for about one year. From 1853 to 1855 he held by election the office of Counsellor of the Board of St. Louis Public Schools, and from 1862 to 1865 that of Counsellor of the North Missouri Railroad Company ; and in June, 1865, he was appointed one of the judges of the Supreme Court of the State of Missouri, by Gov. Thomas C. Fletcher, under the new Constitution. In 1868, he resigned this office to accept the Royall Profes- sorship of Law in Harvard University. Upon his resig- nation of the professorship, in 1872, he returned to the practice of law at St. Louis.
" In 1856, he took part in organizing the Academy of Science of St. Louis, of which he has been at times a vice-president and the corresponding secretary, and has assisted in the editing of its published transactions. He has been a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences since 1870. In 1866,. he published a book entitled, 'The Authorship of Shakespeare,' of which a third edition, with an 'Appendix of Additional Mat- ters,' was issued in 1875. His judicial opinions are contained in volumes XXXVI. to XLII. (inclusive) of the Missouri Reports."
Judge Holmes is a sound, learned, and philosophical man, and probably stands among the leading jurists of our country.
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David A., b. April 1, 1815 ; m. Nancy Taggart ; d. Jan. 7, 1868, at Bronson, Mich., æ. 53 yrs.
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Mary, b. June 2, 1818 ; d. April 23, 1819, a. II mos.
Elizabeth, b. 1820 ; m. John Leach ; d. Aug. 31, 1861, æ. 41 yrs.
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Samuel, b. Feb. 23, 1823. Lieut. of Vols. in Mexican war. Col. of Vols. in the war of the Rebellion. Is a lawyer in St. Louis, Mo.
Sarah Smith, b. Sept. 5, 1825; m. Horatio Kimball, Sept. 15, 1847 ; r. Keene.
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Frances Sophia, b. Oct. 20, 1829 ; d. February, 1831, æ. 15 mos.
I- 6 ANDREW HOLMES. In adult life he had the misfort- une to lose one of his arms. He m., Ist w., Jane Tag-
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gart, of Sharon, b. May 20, 1798, dau. of James Tag- gart (Wolf), Feb. 12, 1818. She d. He m., 2d w., Abigail Phillips, of Derry. He has spent most of his life in peddling light fancy articles for his livelihood.
Caroline, b. Oct. 28, 1818, in Jaffrey ; m. Joel Bruce ; he d. -; r. Mason ; two ch.
Stephen, b. Dec. 2, 1820 ; m. Calista Dustan ; one ch., Charles D.
Margaret, b. March 6, 1823 ; m. George Dickey ; both dead ; one son.
Fane, b. Dec. 29, 1825 ; m. Urick A. Hall, Derry ; he d. ; one ch.
Mary Ann, b. Aug. 11, 1828 ; d. April 16, 1846, æ. 17 yrs., 8 mos., at Nashua.
Nathaniel, b. July 30, 1830 ; m. Angelis S. W. Mower, Jaffrey, Jan. 2, 1854 ; three ch. ; r. Turner's Falls, Mass. Andrew y., b. Oct. 28, 1834 ; m. Carrie Currier, of Man- chester ; r. Manchester.
Catharine W., b. Oct. 8, 1838 ; m. Frederick Griffin, of Derry.
ABRAHAM HOLMES was the son of John Holmes, of Londonderry, who was long an elder in the Presbyterian Church, in Londonderry. His father, John Holmes, was ten years old when his father, Abraham Holmes, came from Ireland with his children, in 1719, and joined the settlement at Londonderry, having previously m. Mary Morrison for his second wife. He was an elder in the First Presbyterian Church. He d. in 1753, at the age of 70 yrs. We do not know whether there was any connec- tion or not between this family and that of Dea. Nathan- iel Holmes, though both came from Londonderry. He m. Elizabeth Russell, Oct. 11, 1764, and removed to Peter- borough about 1765. He lived in the north part of the town, on the farm now occupied by Horace Whittemore. He was b. May 18, 1738 ; d. Nov. 18, 1815, æ. 77 yrs., 6 mos. She was b. June 16, 1743 ; d. Aug. 5, 1827, æ. 84 yrs. He was a pious and exemplary man.
Sarah, b. Aug. 12, 1765 ; m. Hugh Gregg.
Fohn, b. Nov. 4, 1767 ; re. to Montpelier, Vt., and d. there.
Betsey, b. Aug. 17, 1769 ; d. Jan. 25, 1795, æ. 26 yrs.
William, b. March 25, 1772 ; d. May 20, 1813, æ. 41 yrs. Robert, b. Jan. 22, 1774 ; r. New Boston.
Grace, b. March 9, 1776 ; m. William Miller, April 15, 1828.
¡David, b. March 29, 1778 ; m. Elizabeth White, Oct. 12, 1800.
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* Abraham, b. July 3, 1780 ; m., Ist w., Mary Cavender ; 2d w., Mary Dickey.
Jonathan, b. Jan. 21, 1783 ; m. Annis Cavender ; d. Thomas, b. July 9, 1785 ; m. Betsey Ramsey ; d. Nashua. Jacob, b. Sept. 9, 1787 ; d. July 22, 1814, at Amherst, æ. 26 yrs., 10 mos.
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