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fully watched over by Maria Stevens, an adopted daugh- ter, who afterwards m. Abel Phelps, of Boston, and d. at Watertown.
2 John, b. 1768 ; d. Nov. 15, 1794, æ. 26 yrs.
Quite a romantic incident connected with John Mor- rison, the eldest son, deserves to be recorded; it is communicated in a letter from Rev. John H. Morison, D.D. : -
"He had two sons, John and James. John was educated at Phillips (Exeter) Academy, and was still remembered with great affection and respect by promi- nent citizens of Exeter, when I went there in 1824. The following story was told me more than thirty years ago, by Mrs. Phelps, the adopted daughter of Mrs. Morrison, and was written down by me at that time. Mrs. Phelps will be remembered by our older inhabi- tants by her maiden name of Maria Stevens. She faith- fully cared for and watched over Mrs. Morrison as long as she lived. John Morrison, the minister's son, while in Exeter, probably somewhere near 1790 to 1792 or '93, was engaged to be married to a Miss Tilton, a very interesting young lady, afterwards Mrs. Sleeper, the mother of Capt. J. S. Sleeper, of the Boston Journal. A year or two before his death Mr. Morrison went to one of the West India Islands. While there he sent a letter to Miss Tilton, by his brother James, who was going to Peterborough, with a request that he would himself deliver it to her in Exeter. He accordingly went to Exeter for that purpose, but on reaching the town, he fell in with persons who disliked or were jealous of Miss Tilton, and was by them persuaded not to deliver the letter. He saw the lady, who inquired about his brother John, but as she received no com- munication from her former lover, she supposed that he had lost his interest in her, and she did not write to him. He thereupon, hearing nothing from her in reply to the letter, which he took for granted had been deliv- ered, supposed that her feelings towards him had changed. Sometime after, he came home to his mother in Peterborough, far gone in consumption, and then learned why Miss Tilton had not written to him. But he had now no hope of living, and when his mother advised him to write to the lady, explaining the reasons of his apparent neglect, he said, 'No, I think she will feel my death less, if she continues to suppose that I had lost my interest in her.' A few days before he died, he took from his bosom some little keepsake, which she had given him, and threw it into the fire,
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saying, 'It is all over now. I have given up, and am ready to go.' I have no doubt that this account is substantially true. It was told to Mrs. Phelps by his mother. It has always seemed to me a very unselfish and touching act on his part, and reminds one of Shakespeare's beautiful sonnet :
"'Nay, if you read this line, remember not The hand that writ it; for I love you so That I in your sweet thoughts would be forgot, If thinking on me then should make you woe.'
"This is almost the only romantic incident that I find in connection with our early history. It may be well to preserve it, as an offset to the unfavorable view of the father's life and character, which we are obliged to take. The mother was a woman of rare excellence of character."
Polly, b. 1770; d. April 1, 1812, æ. 42 yrs. t William, b. 1772. (5) Fames, b. -.
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WILLIAM MORRISON was b. about 1772, and lived with Henry Ferguson till he was twenty-one years of age. He remained in town till after the famous noc- turnal visit to Rev. David Annan, in which he and James Miller (Gen.) were selected by the party to seize Mr. Annan as soon as he came to the door, and place him on the pole. Mr. Annan recognized William Mor- rison in his disguise, and reported him to his uncle, Henry Ferguson. He did not approve of the conduct of William, and his disapprobation, and the fear of prosecution and trial, were so very humiliating to him, that he resolved at once to leave Peterborough, which occurred probably about 1800.
But little has been known of him since. He at one time lived near Pittsburg, Penn. He has visited Peterborough once, in 1826 or '27, and also at the same time visited Gen. Miller's family at Salem. Nothing has been heard of him since 1829 or '30.
ABRAHAM PERKINS MORRISON, a race entirely distinct from those of that name who had been the early settlers of the town, was b. in Sanbornton, Oct. 5, 1807. He was the son of Jonathan and Esther Perkins Morrison. His grandfather, Bradbury Morrison, who was also b. in San- bornton, was the youngest but one of twelve children. After receiving the ordinary education of the district schools, which was very meagre, he was apprenticed when young to the trade of paper-making, before the advent of machines for making paper. He worked some time at his trade in Franklin, when, in company with
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MORTIER L. MORRISON.
John Hoyt and A. C. Blodgett, he came to Peterborough in August, 1831, they having purchased the paper-mill formerly built and owned by W. S. & J. Smith. He continued in the same business till his death, having become sole owner of the premises. Mr. Morrison became a highly useful and respectable citizen. He was a good business man, safe in his judgments, and honora- ble and upright in all his dealings ; he was benevolent and kind to those who were needy and in distress, for- bearing and charitable to the errors and faults of others. He was never harsh and severe in his judgment of men and things. He was universally respected, and his death was a great loss to the community. Such men's places are not easily supplied.
He was Representative in 1848, '62, '63. He moved to the village in the autumn of 1866, having purchased the house formerly owned and occupied by Stephen P. Steele, Esq. He d. here, Sept. 15, 1870, æ. 6 1 yrs., 10 mos. He m., Aug. 19, 1833, Mary, dau. of James and Margaret Taggart Robbe, of Dublin.
t Mortier L., b. July 2, 1836 ; m., Ist w., Susan M. Gates ; 2d w., Caroline Brooks.
Helen M., b. Nov. 1, 1838 ; m., Nov. 18, 1856, J. Madi- son Nay. She d. Dec. 23, 1865, æ. 27 yrs. .
MORTIER L. MORRISON. He was prevented in early life from attending school as he wished, by ill health, which continued to his manhood. He had to acquire his education principally by himself. Subsequent to a severe necrosis of the tibia, which had continued for a number of years, he was attacked with a dangerous typhoid fever, when about eighteen or nineteen years old, from which, when he recovered, he found himself in better health ; so that he was able to pursue and attain his trade of paper-making.
He enlisted in the war of the Rebellion, Aug. 31, 1862, and was mustered into service as Quarter Master's Ser- geant, 13th N. H. Vols., Sept. 26, 1862, and as Quarter Master, Aug. 12, 1863. He remained in service to the close of the war, and was discharged in the summer of 1865. He sold the paper-mill to Adams & Nay, June, 1870. Selectman in 1868, '69, '70. Was chosen treas- urer of the Peterborough Savings Bank, April 18, 1873, which position he now occupies. He m., Ist w., Aug. 9, 1861,. Susan M. Gates, dau. of Samuel and Charlotte Gates. She d. May 1, 1862, æ. 27 yrs. ; one ch. ; m., 2d w., Caroline Brooks, dau. Charles H. Brooks, March 5, 1866 ; two ch.
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Alice Gates, b. April 2, 1862. Mary Brooks, b. March 8, 1868.
Abraham Perkins, b. July 7, 1870.
THE MUSSEY FAMILY.
JOHN MUSSEY (Dr.), b. in Kingston, Sept. 11, 1745, was the son of Reuben Mussey, one of the first select- men of Amherst, and representative to the General Court, 1778. He studied his profession with Dr. Moses Nichols, of Amherst, and at the age of twenty-one commenced his medical practice in Pelham, where he continued twenty-five years, till 1791, when he re. to Amherst. In 1800, he bought a part of the old Hugh Wilson lot, of the heirs of Patrick White, and re. to Peterborough. We do not learn that he practised his profession after he came to Peterborough, nor, indeed, after he left Pelham. He was a devotedly religious man, and a Presbyterian of the strictest sect ; he would only partake of the communion service when the bread was unleavened, and was compelled, in fidelity to his views, to ride to Antrim to take the sacrament .* In his old age, his son operated on his eyes for a cataract. He d. Jan. 17, 1831, of a cancer on the lower lip, æ. 85 yrs., 4 mos. He m., Ist w., Beulah Butler, of Pelham ; she d. at Peterborough, Dec. 13, 1805, æ. 59 yrs. ; m., 2d w., Rhoda Bartlett, of Epsom, in 1807.
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Reuben Dimond, b. in Pelham, June 23, 1780.
He was twenty years old when his father re. to Peter- borough. Determined to have an education, although too poor to attain it, he labored on a farm in the sum- mer, and taught school during the winter, for this purpose. This he continued to do, still making all preparation in his power, until he had fitted himself to enter the Junior class in Dartmouth College, in the year 1801. He continued to teach for his support while in college, and paid all his expenses by his own exertions, except a small sum received from his father, of one hundred and thirty-three dollars. With all his difficulties, he acquitted himself creditably in college as a scholar, being reckoned in the first third of his class. He graduated in 1803, having for classmates Gov. Henry Hubbard, Frederick. Hall, LL.D., George C. Shattuck, M.D., LL.D., Nathan Weston, Chief Justice
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Superior Court of Maine, and Edmund Parker. On graduating he immediately became a pupil of Dr. Na- than Smith, the founder of the Dartmouth Medical Col- lege, " a name ever to be mentioned in New Hampshire with veneration and respect."* The following year, 1804, he taught the academy in Peterborough, and studied with Dr. Howe, of Jaffrey. He probably taught school only a part of this year, as we find he attended lectures, and took the degree of Bachelor of Medicine in 1805 ; and in September of that year he commenced practice in Ipswich, Mass. He subsequently settled in Salem, Mass., where he distinguished himself for his scientific attainments, as well as his skill as a surgeon and physician. He afterwards pursued his studies in Philadelphia, where he made several interesting and novel experiments, in one of which he proved conclu- sively the theory of "absorption by the skin," in direct opposition to a former theory of the celebrated Dr. Rush. This was the subject of his thesis at his second graduation, in Philadelphia. In the autumn of 1814, he was appointed to the chair of theory and practice and obstetrics in the medical department of Dartmouth Col- lege, Hanover, and he gave in addition a course of lectures on chemistry.
At various periods, from 1814 to 1837, he filled all the professorships of the Dartmouth Medical College, and at the time of his resignation was lecturing in the distinct departments of anatomy, surgery, and obstetrics ; and all this, in addition to a large practice, embracing all the important surgical cases in that region. He filled the chair of anatomy and surgery for four years, at Bowdoin College, and also lectured on surgery in the Medical College at Fairfield, N.Y., in 1837. Being invited, in 1837, to a professorship in Cincinnati, O., in the Ohio Medical College, he accepted the same, where he removed in 1838, and for fourteen years was the leading man in that institution. He then founded the Miami Medical College, and labored assiduously for its good six years, when he retired from active professional life, though still retaining all his ardor and enthusiasm for his chosen profession.t At the close of his professional duties, in 1858, being now seventy-eight years of age, he removed to Boston, where he spent the remainder of his life in the family of one of his daughters, and d. there, from the infirmities of age, June 21, 1866, æ. 86 yrs. This retirement was not to a life of entire ease. He
* Commemorative Address, Prof. A. B. Crosby, p. 5, to which we are indebted for many of the facts in this sketch.
t Commemorative Address, Prof. A. B. Crosby, p. 7.
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wrote a very useful book during this period, entitled Health ; its Friends and its Foes. It must have cost him much labor and investigation. It embodies very much that should be again and again impressed on the public mind. Dr. Mussey, both as an operative and scientific surgeon, attained a national reputation, and was respected all through New Hampshire as one of her most distinguished sons. He performed all the capital operations in surgery, having operated for lithotomy forty-nine times, and all recovered but four; and for strangulated hernia forty times, with only eight fatal cases. He was the first to perform the operation of tying both the carotid arteries in the same person, with entire success. "This operation gave him great éclat, both at home and abroad."
" As a surgeon, he was bold and fearless, and ever will- ing to assume any legitimate responsibility, though it took him into the undiscovered country of experiment." He lectured in medical colleges forty-four years, and was always respected and beloved by his students. He was always an impressive lecturer, and his manner was sim- ple and earnest. He was ever, from his youth, a con- sistent and devout Christian, and his record is without spot or blemish. He was a good man and a great man, and few have lived such a life of usefulness as he did. During his professional life, he twice visited Europe for the purpose of medical and scientific improvement.
We are proud to recognize him among our inhabitants, as this was his only home for several years. He m., Ist w., Mary Sewall, of Ipswich, Mass., who survived the marriage only six months ; he m., 2d w., Hitty Osgood, dau. Dr. Joseph Osgood, of Salem, Mass .; she d. May 14, 1866. He left a large family.
William H. Mussey, M.D., one of his sons, holds the professorship of surgery in the Miami Medical College, which his father founded, to whom I am indebted for many facts relating to the family.
Francis B. Mussey, M.D., another son, is practising his profession in Portsmouth, O.
Jonathan, b. 1810 ; d. Oct. 17, 1829, æ. 19 yrs. He accidentally shot himself, as was supposed.
THE NAHOR FAMILY.
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LEONARD NAHOR, son of David and Esther Nahor, b. in Hancock, Dec. 8, 1806, m., April 6, 1837, Morin- dia Tenney, dau. of Stephen and Lucy Tenney, b. in Hancock, May 4, 1812 ; re. to Peterborough, April 6,
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1837, and settled on the William Ballard farm, in the north part of the town, on the road to Hancock, where they now live.
Susie F., b. April 25, 1838 ; m. Henry Mason, of An- dover, Mass., June 2, 1862 ; d. Jan. 20, 1863, æ. 24 yrs., 8 mos.
David f., b. July 22, 1839 ; d. Oct. 11, 1848, æ. 9 yrs. Stephen M., b. Aug. 9, 1841.
Mary E., b. April 26, 1843 ; d. Oct. 11, 1848, æ. 5 yrs., 5 mos. Ellen M., b. July 26, 1849.
Emma y., b. June 25, 1854.
THE NAY OR MCNEE FAMILY.
WILLIAM McNEE (Dea.) was one of the early set- tlers of Peterborough. In the year 1745 or '46, William McNee, in company with John Taggart and William Ritchie, looked out a place in town to settle, and selected lots on the south part of the farm subsequently known as the Shedd farm, and the adjoining lands. Here they cut a strip of woods twenty rods wide, cutting out the small growth and girdling the large trees, and then left it, and did not return till 1752 with their families. This chop- ping had been burnt over by hunters or Indians, and was in good order for corn or rye. They had, in conse- quence, an abundant crop that year. Dea. McNee m., Ist w., in Ireland, Mary Eckless Brownley, by whom he had all his ch. She d. in Peterborough, October, 1759, æ. 48 yrs. He m., 2d w., wid. Sarah Smith Bell, a dau. of Robert Smith, and sister of William Smith, Esq., who d. Jan. 31, 1814, æ. 98 yrs. He was b. in Ireland, 17II, and d. in Peterborough, Dec. 23, 1789, æ. 78 yrs. We are not perfectly certain as to Dea. McNee's resi- dence before he removed to town, but suppose it was Roxbury. The descendants of Dea. McNee to the present time, 1873, have reached the seventh generation, and the whole amount of his posterity, as nearly as could be ascertained by a careful inquiry, is one thou- sand one hundred and fourteen, and yet by no means embracing them all.
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Robert, b. 1735 ; killed at Fort George, in Rodgers' Fight, March 13, 1757. t William, b. 1740 ; m. Betsey Russell.
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James, b. -; m. Patty Swan ; re. to Milton, Vt., 1802 ; thirteen ch.
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Mary, b. 1745 ; m. James Cuningham. Rebecca, b. -; unm. ; d. May 25, 1785, æ. 31 yrs. Elizabeth, b. -; m. Lieut. James Taggart ; re. to Dub- lin, 1788.
Mariam, b. 1751 ; m. Wm. Milliken ; 2d w. ; d. Nov. 21, 18II, æ. 60 yrs.
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Agnes, b. Aug. 14, 1758 ; m. John Swan; d. June 16, 1816, æ. 58 yrs. ; four ch .*
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WILLIAM McNEE (Dea.). He was young when his father moved to Peterborough ; m. Betsey Russell. After his marriage he removed to Dublin, about 1760, and remained there some four or five years; and his son Robert was b. there, and was the first male child b. in Dublin. He lived on or near the spot afterwards owned and occupied by Cyrus Piper. His name is found in a list of persons who worked on the roads in 1761, '62, '64, and '65. He is then supposed, in 1765 or '66, to have returned to town and succeeded his father on the homestead. He was elected a deacon in Mr. Dunbar's church, Nov. 28, 1799, with Wm. Smith, Jonathan Smith, Robert Morison, and Nathaniel Holmes. He d. April 13, 1810, æ. 70 yrs. ; she d. 1815.
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¡ Robert, b. Dublin, 1761 ; m. Elizabeth Swan, dau. John Swan.
t William, b. March, 1763 ; m. Lydia Sawyer.
t Fohn, b. 1765 ; m. Betsey Puffer.
Polly, b. - -; m. David Upton ; re. to Sharon.
Betsey, b. -; m. Ephraim Weston.
Samuel, b. 1769 ; unm. ; d. July 6, 1798, æ. 29 yrs. George, b. 1772 ; m. Sally Clary ; two ch., Cynthia and Betsey. He d. Sept. 7, 1798, æ. 26 yrs. Cynthia d. Dec. 6, 1798, æ. 2 yrs. Betsey m. Jonathan Bowers. David, b. 1775 ; m. Martha Brown ; one ch., David, Jr .; d. September, 1803, æ. 28 yrs.
Fames, b. 1779 ; unm. ; d. June 3, 1798, æ. 19 yrs.
ROBERT NAY (Lieut.) m. Elizabeth Swan, dau. John Swan, 3d. He d. Oct. 2, 1824, æ. 63 yrs.
Fanny, b .-; m. John Milliken; re. to New York ; seven ch. .
Sally, b. -; m. Alexander Milliken; re. to New York ; four ch.
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Betsey, b. -; m. Robert Milliken ; re. to Sharon ; one ch., Addison, a non compos.
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RUSSELL NAY.
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Barbara, b. -; m. John Taggart; re. to Pennsyl- vania ; eight ch.
Sylvia, b. -; m. John Davison ; re. to Michigan ; seven ch.
Pitman, b. -; m. Sally Taggart ; re. to Nebraska ; four ch. Samuel, b. - -; m. Jane Turner ; re. to New York ; three ch.
Clarissa, b. -; m. Capt. Thomas Turner ; re. to New York ; four ch.
Rachel, b. -; m. Shepherd Miller ; re. to New York ; two ch.
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WILLIAM NAY, 3D. He m. Lydia Sawyer. He d. June 1, 1813, æ. 50 yrs. She d. Aug. 28, 1850, æ. 82 yrs.
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William, 4th, b. 1788 ; m. Rebecca Foster ; re. to Indi- ana ; twelve ch.
Lydia, b. July 15, 1791 ; m. Walter Gilbert ; re. to New York ; d. 1856, æ. 65 yrs.
¡Samuel, b. Feb. 24, 1794; m. Mary Felt ; 2d w., Eliza- beth F. Gray.
Asdal, b. March 12, 1797 ; m. Polly Milliken ; re. to New York ; d. October, 1830, æ. 33 yrs.
Cyntha, b. Feb. 5, 1799 ; m. Cyrus Frost ; r. Dublin.
Gardner, b. Aug. 9, 1801 ; m. Amelia Symonds ; re. to Illinois. Arvilla, b. Nov. 28, 1804; m. N. B. Buss.
Jefferson, b. May 26, 1808 ; m. Sally Loring ; he d. 1837, æ. 31 yrs.
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JOHN NAY. He had the misfortune, in early life, to lose one of his legs by falling from a frame he was assisting in raising in Concord, Mass. He substituted a wooden leg of soft white pine, of his own manufacture, which answered a good purpose all his life. He learned the trade of cabinet-making, after the accident. He was a man of great natural abilities, and but for his intem- perate habits might have attained to a high position in society. He became most thoroughly reformed before his death, and gave unmistakable evidence of the Christian character, in his humble, meek, and loving spirit to all those around him. He m. Betsey Puffer, dau. Elijah Puffer ; she d. March, 1858, æ. 89 yrs., 6 mos. He d. Sept. 29, 1843, æ. 78 yrs.
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Russell, b. Feb. 17, 1793 ; re. to Tennessee ; six ch.
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Mary, b. Dec. 13, 1794 ; m. Elisha Wood, June 2, 1811 ; re. to Vermont ; twelve ch.
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Betsey, b. June 21, 1796 ; m. Joseph Felt, May 5, 1816; d. October, 1852, æ. 56 yrs. ; c.
Esther, b. Feb. 4, 1798 ; m. James Cross, Jan. 13, 1818. t Fames, b. Oct. 30, 1799 ; m. Jane Farnsworth ; b. March 10, 1800.
t George, b. April 22, 1802 ; m. Mary Persons.
John, Fr., b. April 17, 1804; m. Angeline Hale ; re. to Utah ; twelve ch.
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William, b. Dec. 28, 1807 ; m. Deidamia Cram ; three ch. Matilda, b. May 12, 1806 ; m. Timothy Weston ; 2d hus., Abisha Tubbs.
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SAMUEL NAY (Maj.). He lived in Sharon till within a few years, and most of his ch. were born there. He has held many important offices of trust and honor in Sharon ; he has been moderator, town clerk, selectman many years, representative to the General Court for six years, and a member of the Constitutional Conven- tion for 1850 ; also county commissioner for two years. He m., Ist w., Mary Felt, dau. of Oliver Felt, April 13, 1815 ; she d. Dec. 24, 1861, æ. 69 yrs. He m., 2d w., Mrs. Elizabeth F. Gray, April 2, 1863. Since his last marriage he has resided permanently in town.
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Harriet, b. Dec. 24, 1815 ; m. Horatio N. Porter ; 2d hus., John Bullard.
t Samuel, b. May 19, 1818 ; m. Nancy Vose ; r. Antrim. Mary, b. July 10, 1820; m. Samuel Jaquith ; ch., (1) Emma J., b. Sept. 17, 1845 ; (2) Ella S., b. Feb. 13, 1856 ; d. at Wilton, May 29, 1864, æ. 8 yrs ; r. Vine- land, N. J.
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+ Marshall, b. April 2, 1823 ; m. Sarah Wells.
Sarah, b. June 20, 1827 ; m. Samuel I. Vose ; d. Oct. 25, 1875, æ. 48 yrs., 4 mos.
Henry H., b. Sept. 4, 1832 ; m. Mary J. Shedd ; d. Aug. 23, 1858, æ. 26 yrs. She d. March 6, 1867, æ. 28 yrs.
JAMES NAY. He m. Jane Farnsworth, of Dublin, b. March 10, 1800. She d. March 9, 1871, æ. 71 yrs. He d. July 7, 1867, æ. 68 yrs.
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George W., b. April 6, 1830 ; m. Mary E. Cromwell ; r. Rochester, N. Y.
Matilda, b. April 13, 1832 ; m. Samuel Adams, Jr., April 21, 1853.
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t James M., b. Dec. 25, 1833 ; m., Ist w., Helen Mor- rison ; 2d w., Sarah Vose.
Esther M., b. Nov. 27, 1835 ; d. Aug. 2, 1846, æ. 11 yrs. William A., b. Dec. 7, 1838 ; m. Emily F. Dinsmore,
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Fidelia E., b. Dec. 9, 1840 ; d. Aug. 10, 1872, æ. 32 yrs. Helen M., b. June 2, 1843 ; m. Frank F. Young, June 2, 1873.
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GEORGE NAY. He occupies the farm north of the Charles Stuart or Faxon place, known as the Asahel Going farm. He m. Mary Persons, dau. Bartholomew Persons.
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Maria H., b. March 19, 1833 ; m. Mason H. Balch ; r. Francestown.
Melora E., b. Feb. 17, 1835 ; m. Josiah C. Nay ; d. May 8, 1869, æ. 34 yrs., 2 mos. ; one ch., Edson O., b. Dec. 26, 1855.
t Fohn Oscar, b. Jan. 30, 1837 ; m. Carrie E. McCoy, May 2, 1861.
Sarah J., b. Sept. 2, 1842 ; m. Orrin J. Balch ; r. Goffs- town ; three ch.
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B. ALLEN NAY. He. m. Syrena Chandler, March 6, 1832. He a. Feb. 22, 1839, a. 39 yrs. She m., 2d hus., William Puffer.
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Fidelia, b. Sept. 30, 1833 ; d. Sept 30, 1834, æ. I yr. Mary E., b. Feb. 26, 1835 ; m. Joseph Perkins ; d., Wis- consin, January, 1871, æ. 36 yrs.
Syrena f., b. April 5, 1838 ; d. July 10, 1840, æ. 2 yrs.
SAMUEL NAY, Jr., m., May 13, 1845, Nancy B. Vose, of Antrim ; b. April 12, 1828 ; lived in Antrim many years, then re. to Peterborough ; returned to Antrim, 1873, where he now lives.
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Fred. L., b. Sept. 5, 1848 ; m., Jan. 13, 1870, Maggy Pal- frey, of Weare, b. Jan. 4, 1850 ; one ch., Harry E., b. Aug. 6, 1872.
Charles P., b. Sept. 3, 1853. Morris E., b. May 7, 1864.
Samuel V., b. April 6, 1866 ; d. Aug. 20, 1872, æ. 6 yrs. The first child b. in Sharon, the other three in Antrim.
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MARSHALL NAY. He m., Nov. 10, 1853, Sarah J. Wells; b. May 23, 1834. He keeps a hat, cap, and clothing store in the village.
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DORA A. NAY.
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Dora A., b. Dec. 16, 1854 ; d. October, 1873, æ. 19 yrs. Delia W., b. Sept. 8, 1856.
Henry M., b. Dec. 20, 1860.
Clifford W., b. July 17, 1875.
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JAMES M. NAY. He is a paper manufacturer, and un- der the firm of Adams & Nay, owning and carrying on the business in the paper-mill of the late A. P. Morri- son. He m., Ist w., Helen Morrison, Nov. 18, 1856. She d. Dec. 23, 1865, æ. 27 yrs. ; m., 2d w., Sarah Vose, Oct. 28, 1867 ; Ist w., one ch .; 2d w., one ch.
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