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Mabel, b. June 22, 1864. Hattie M., b. March 30, 1872.
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JOHN OSCAR NAY m., May 2, 1861, Carrie E. McCoy, b. Aug. 6, 1843. He r. on the homestead.
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George S., b. Jan. 21, 1864.
THE NELSON FAMILY.
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HORATIO NELSON, son of Paul Nelson, of Dublin, came to town with his parents, who moved here when he was quite young. He was b. March 4, 1816. He is a house-painter. He m. Harriet Gray, dau. of William and Harriet Scott Gray.
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Clarissa, b. May 23, 1839 ; d. June 5, 1839, æ. 12 dys. Mary E., b. March 4, 1841 ; m. George J. Munroe, Nov. 24, 1859.
Louisa H., b. March 12, 1843 ; m. Henry B. Dyer, April 15, 1869 ; r. Fitchburg.
Sarah P., b. Dec. 6, 1845 ; m. Edwin M. Brooks, Jan. 15, 1871 ; r. in Bedford.
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David F., b. June 3, 1851.
Delia M., b. Aug. 19, 1853.
Ida y., b. July 27, 1855-
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Charlie P., b. April 12, 1858.
THE OSGOOD FAMILY.
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KENDALL OSGOOD (Dr.), the son of Isaac and Betsey Flint Osgood, re. to Peterborough, from Atkinson, in 1788, and bought land just east of John Scott's farm, where he continued to live till his death, Aug. 19, 1801, æ. 45 yrs. He was born in Andover, Mass., in 1757. It was in the door of his father's house that the celebrat-
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Clementine, b. Feb. 13, 1847 ; d. March 13, 1847, æ. I mo. Myra M., b. Sept. 13, 1848 ; m. Henry A. Bacon, June 23, 1867 ; r. in Bedford, Mass.
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ed James Otis was struck dead with lightning. Of Dr. Osgood's early or professional education, little is known. Soon after acquiring his profession, he went out as a surgeon, in a privateer, during the last part of the Revo- lutionary war, by which he acquired considerable wealth. The first we know of him, he was settled as a physician at Atkinson, in 1785, at which place he remained till 1788, when he re. to Peterborough. We have no means of ascertaining whether he did much business then or not, but, by his removing so soon, presume he was not successful. During his residence at Atkinson he was among nineteen of the leading physicians of the State of New Hampshire, who petitioned the Legislature for the charter of the New Hampshire Medical Society, which was granted Feb. 11, 1791. This society is now in suc- cessful operation, having attained its eighty-fifth year, and I trust has been of great benefit to the profession in the State. Its annual meeting is held in June of every year at Concord. There is generally an attend- ance of sixty to eighty physicians from all parts of the State.
When Dr. Osgood first came to Peterborough he seems to have made no very favorable impression on the good people of the town. He was exquisitely clothed in the gorgeous and imposing style of the times, and contrasted strangely with the people clad in the coarse, home-spun materials of their own raising and manufacture. He was dressed in a red broadcloth coat, buff vest, and buckskin breeches, with silver knee- buckles, silk stockings, a wig, and a cocked hat, - a sight unusual, indeed, to our fathers. They had no respect for anything of the kind. They were a bold, independent, and somewhat impudent race, and without any hesitation, clothed in their plainest attire, they would have put themselves upon an equality, and addressed without the slightest embarrassment, the greatest personage of the land. The red broadcloth coat and cocked hat inspired no respect among this shrewd, outspoken people, who regarded the exterior as merely the shell of the man. I have no doubt they scanned him well. There was on the stage at this time in Peterborough an exceedingly shrewd and talented race of men, who were never slow to strip off all the disguises thrown round any one, friend or foe, and show up the bona fide man, The doctor did not bear this scrutiny well, for he soon gave up all pretensions to practice, and spent the remainder of his life in agricult- ure and the management of his own affairs. I have no means of judging of his professional acquirements, but
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suppose they were respectable. Unless he had pos- sessed considerable merit as a physician, it is not at all probable that his name would have been associated with some of the most eminent medical men in New Hamp- shire, in petitioning the Legislature for a charter for the New Hampshire Medical Society. He was m. to Louisa Peabody, of Boxford, Mass. They had two ch. Isaac P. Osgood, b. Feb. 20, 1793, became a lawyer, and till within a few years his sign was seen in Court Street, Boston, where he practised his profession all his life. He died within a few years, and in his will he remem- bered the place of his birth by a donation of a thousand dollars, the interest of which was to be annually dis- tributed to the worthy poor of the town. The town accepted his gift, and have endeavored to comply with the requisites of the donation, in making such an annual distribution of the interest as they thought best.
Isaac Peabody,* b. in Peterborough, Feb. 20, 1793.
"Isaac Peabody and his sister Elizabeth, after the death of their father, went to live at Andover with their uncle Jacob, who was appointed their guardian by their father in his will ; one item in his will was, that his son should work on the farm a certain length of time, and then fit for college. He fitted for college with Rev. Mr. Coggswell, of Tewksbury, and at Phillips Academy, Andover. He graduated at Harvard College, in the class of 1814. Among his classmates were some of the most distinguished men of New England. He studied law at the Harvard Law School, and also with Judge Fay, of Cambridge. He opened an office in Boston, No. 90 Court Street, about 1819, where he remained until 1827, when he took the office No. 5 Court Street, where he continued the remainder of his life, He was an excellent office-lawyer, considered a thoroughly up- right practitioner, never a pleader, but good in exam- ining witnesses and looking up cases. Like all his race, he married late in life, Aug. 3, 1841, he married Mrs, Mary Ann Valentine, widow of Lawson Valentine, of Boston. Mr. Osgood resided in Boston until 1846, when he removed to Roxbury, continuing his office in Court Street, going in at 8 A.M., returning at 2 P.M., as regular as the sun, unless sickness prevented, up to within three days of his death. In 1847, he accident- ally discovered that he had lost the sight of one of his eyes; he was examined by an oculist, who found a cataract wholly formed on the blind eye, and one just
* Letter of Mrs. Frances E. Weston, Putnam Street, Boston Highlands, to which we are indebted for this interesting account of the family of Dr. Osgood.
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beginning to form on the other. He submitted to an operation for the cataract on the first eye, which was an entire success, but never had nerve enough to have the other operated on.
"He was very methodical in his habits, so much so that one could always tell the time of day by his move- ments. He always went in and came out of town at just such a moment ; did just such things after entering the house ; walked so many times around Dr. Putnam's church grounds at a certain hour in the afternoon, unless prevented by severe storm or illness; went to bed at a certain hour ; rose in the morning at such a moment, etc. Every article he used must be in the precise spot, and not moved ; and so he continued to the day of his death. Perhaps this methodical system prolonged his life.
" He always had a dread of consumption, the disease of which his mother and sister died ; and yet for ten years before his death he was in consumption, but never thought that was the case with him. After the trouble with his eyes, he gave up active practice, merely retain- ing a few of his oldest clients. On Wednesday, the 9th of January, he came home as well as he had been all winter, was taken suddenly ill in the night, and died on Saturday, the 12th of January, 1867, æ. 73 yrs., 10 mos. He never appeared to have his senses, from the moment he was taken until he ceased to breathe.
" By his will, he provided a resting-place for his remains at Mount Auburn, a monument to his memory, and a fund to be applied to keep the whole in order during all time. Perhaps the reminiscence of not having pro- vided gravestones for his parents before their graves had been forgotten entirely was the cause of his being so particular about his own. I know that he went twice to Peterborough to ascertain where his parents were buried, in order to place stones to their memory, but both times he failed, and it may be that the bequest to the town of Peterborough was as much to perpetuate the name of his father as his own, on the town records, and in the memory of the town's people. Mrs. Os- good survived her husband, and now resides in Putnam Street, Boston Highlands, in a ripe and vigorous old age."
Elizabeth, b. Peterborough, March 20, 1796. She d. at Andover, in autumn of 1821, æ. 25 yrs.
" She left Peterborough when about five years of age, and ever after resided in Andover. She was said to have been a very beautiful and attractive girl, beside possessing a large fortune for that period. She became engaged to Robert Means, a lawyer of Boston, brother
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to Mrs. Amos Lawrence, and uncle to President Frank- lin Pierce's wife. All the preparations were made for her marriage, which was soon to take place, when she took a severe cold, and died of a rapid consumption in less than six weeks. She divided her property between her brother and lover, after paying out certain small leg- acies to her cousins and friends."
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THE PARKER FAMILY.
ABEL PARKER, son of John and Mary Parker. He lived in the east part of the town, on land that is embraced in the farm of the late Capt. Samuel McCoy. He m. Sarah Parker, b. 1735, and d. April 16, 1817, æ. 82 yrs., 10 mos. He d. April 29, 1791, æ. 67 yrs. He was an early settler, but we cannot fix the time. In Revolutionary service, from July 7 to Oct. 21, 1780.
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Abiel, b. t Gideon, b. - -; m. Abigail Matthews.
Timothy, b.
Sewall, b. - -; d. Nov. 2, 1834, æ. 70 yrs.
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Sarah, b. -; unm. (7) Sybel, b. -; unm. Abigail, b. -. (9) Hannah, b. -.
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GIDEON PARKER m. Abigail Matthews. He began the farm, in 1787, where Dea. Timothy Holt lived. He was a carpenter by trade.
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John, b. -; d. young. t James, b. Feb. 29, 1791 ; m. Sarah White.
Gideon, b. April 1, 1793 ; d. April 22, 1821, æ. 28 yrs.
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JAMES PARKER. He m. Sarah White, dau. of David White, Nov. 6, 1817. He d. Dec. 9, 1826, æ. 35 yrs. A carpenter by trade. She d. November, 1875, æ. 82 yrs., 8 mos.
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t John Gideon, b. July 2, 1818 ; m. Isabel E. Hurd, of Lempster. t James, b. June 13, 1820 ; m. Eliza Watson, Nov. 16, 1848. Eliza, b. April 24, 1822 ; unm. ; d. Aug. 31, 1838, æ. 16 yrs. Mary Jane, b. Nov. 15, 1824 ; unm. ; d. Dec. 28, 1871, æ. 47 yrs.
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JOHN GIDEON PARKER, M.D. He m. Isabel E. Hurd, of Lempster, May 17, 1853. Dr. Parker was a very
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worthy and useful man. He graduated at Norwich University, Vt., 1847, with honor, and subsequently, in connection with much school-teaching, he studied the medical profession with Albert Smith, M.D., of Peter- borough ; attended medical lectures at Woodstock and Dartmouth schools, and took his medical degree at the latter in 1852. He first commenced his practice at Dublin, Aug. 12, 1852, and remained here till 1865, when he re. to Warner, where, after long suffering, he d. of a cancerous affection of his bowels, Sept. 12, 1869, æ. 51 yrs. He sustained a high reputation for skill and knowledge in the profession.
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James Frederick, b. April, 1854.
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JAMES PARKER. He m. Eliza Watson, Nov. 16, 1848. She d. Aug. 31, 1861. He d. March 20, 1868, æ. 47 yrs. He r. in Lowell when he d.
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Sarah Jane, b. Aug. 23, 1850. Frank, b. Feb. 27, 1854.
THE PAYSON FAMILY.
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THOMAS PAYSON was b. in Boston, Oct. 28, 1764. He was fitted for college in Andover, and graduated at Cam- bridge in 1784, and immediately entered upon an engage- ment as preceptor of Leicester Academy. While here, he studied theology, and was licensed to preach, but only preached occasionally, choosing rather to devote himself to other pursuits. Leaving Leicester, he re- moved to Worcester, where he was employed two years in teaching, and afterwards, for several years, he was engaged in trade in that place. From Worcester he removed to Charlestown, where, in 1797, he again resumed the business of teaching, as preceptor of Russel Academy. He relinquished this business, however, and from 1801 to 1809 was in trade again, when he was appointed master of the Franklin Grammar School, Bos- ton, which place he held fourteen years. In 1827, he removed to Peterborough, where he resided till his death, April 20, 1844, æ. 79 yrs., 5 mos.
" He was a man of liberal sentiments, kindly feelings, and ready sympathies. Being a good scholar, with a taste and tact for instruction, he could hardly fail to be a successful and acceptable instructor. He had, too, a frown and a manner that awed the disorderly or dis- obedient, as well as a cheerful look of encouragement
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and sunny smile that won the favor and affection of the young, and qualified him for what he so long was - a teacher."
He was much respected in the town of his adoption by all classes of the people. He never seemed to grow old. He was always fresh and lively in his feeling as ever in his life. He made himself eminently useful in town, by the attention and aid given to the common schools, and his assistance in sustaining all lyceums and other means of advancing and improving the young. He retained his mental powers in a remarkable degree to the last. He m., 1784, Mary Thatcher, of Cambridge. She d. Aug. 28, 1805, æ. -; m., 2d w., Sarah Hennessey, of Sharon. She d. April 25, 1844, æ. 59 yrs. ; Ist w., six ch. ; 2d w., eight ch.
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Mary Phillips, b. Feb. 21, 1786. After a thorough edu- cation, she devoted herself to teaching for life. She taught for a few years in Portsmouth, and, in 1817, went to Nashville, Tenn., where she was associate- principal of the Nashville Female Academy for eight years. Her health failing, she gave up her occupa- tion, and came to Peterborough to reside. In many of her last years, she was affected with a partial insan- ity, and d. after a long illness, March 26, 1867, æ. 81 yrs.
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Caroline P., b. Aug. 1, 1791 ; d. in infancy.
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Caroline Eliza, b. April 19, 1793 ; m., 1815, John Wheel- right, a merchant in Alexandria, D.C. She became insane a few months after her marriage, and d. at the Insane Asylum in Charlestown, July 22, 1827, æ. 34 yrs.
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Catharine Putnam, b. March 24, 1795 ; d. of consump- tion, 1814, æ. 19 yrs.
Thomas Russel, b. Aug. 8, 1798. Went into mercantile business in New Orleans. He lost his health from the effects of the climate, and d. on a visit to Boston, July 21, 1829, æ. 30 yrs., 10 mos.
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John Phillips, b. Oct. 13, 1800. He was in mercantile business in New Orleans, in partnership with his brother, and was drowned about three months after the death of his brother, by the upsetting of a sail- boat, in which he and others had gone out upon the river. He d. 1829, æ. 29 yrs. He left a widow, the dau. of James Hall, of Boston.
George Alfred, b. Oct. 14, 1809. After fitting for Har- vard College, he served an apprenticeship with David L. Mayo, with whom he continued many years. After Mr. Mayo's failure in business, he became a clerk of
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Almy, Patterson & Co .; m. Anne Rowe, of Milton, Mass. Left one dau., Ann Rowe. He d. at Milton, June 19, 1874, æ. 64 yrs., 8 mos.
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Louisa Clifford, b. July 10, 1811. She was educated for a teacher, and taught for a year or two in Andover, Mass. She m. Rev. M. E. White, of Ashfield, Mass., May 3, 1832, and d. 1842, æ. 31 yrs. ; two ch., Catha- rine P. and John Phillips Payson, who is now a prac- tising physician in New York City.
Henry P., b. May 4, 1815 ; d. in infancy.
Anne Catharine, b. Nov. 23, 1817 ; r. Peterborough.
Charles H., b. March 28, 1819 ; became a machinist. Is now a farmer, and resides in Loudon; m. Mrs. Sarah Bennet ; ch., (1) Henrietta ; (2) Mary P. ; (3) Thomas R .; (4) John P. ; (5) Charles H.
Sarah Hennessey, b. Dec. 25, 1821 ; d. in infancy.
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Joseph Rowe, b. Nov. 26, 1823. He has been secretary to various insurance companies in Cincinnati and Chicago. He now resides in Chicago. He m. Henri- etta Robbins ; ch. (1) Charles P .; (2) William B .; (3) Edward E .; (4) Edith ; (5) Joseph R. ; (6) George A. Sarah Elizabeth, b. June 1, 1826; d. in Milton, Mass., March 26, 1867, æ. 41 yrs. She d. on the same day as her sister Mary.
THE PEABODY FAMILY.
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EBENEZER PEABODY, son of Ebenezer Peabody, of Box- ford, Mass., was b. Feb. 13, 1767, and in early life went to Gorham, Me., and here m., March 2, 1792, Sarah Lewis, b. Jan. 13, 1766, dau. George Lewis, and re. to Peterborough about 1802. They lived on the farm of Dr. Kendall Osgood, now occupied by Thomas Little, till his death, July 26, 1816, æ, 49 yrs., 5 mos. She d., Sept. 12, 1849, at Franklin, where she re, in 1817, æ. 83 yrs.
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Kendall Osgood, b. in Gorham, Me., Dec. 20, 1792 ; m., Ist w., 1821, Alice Blanchard, of Franklin ; d. 1832 ; m., 2d w., 1833, Betsey Austin ; she d. Dec, 19, 1869, He d. Jan. 23, 1855, æ. 62 yrs. Only one ch. sur- vives, Sarah, w. of Moses B. Goodwin, of Franklin. Mr, Peabody spent most of his life in Franklin, after his boyhood, and was a successful and enterprising business man. He was at one time extensively engaged in the baking business, and subsequently in the manufacture of paper, at Franklin. He always sustained a good character for honesty and integrity, and was esteemed a useful and valuable man.
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3 Ebenezer, b. Gorham, Sept. 3, 1794 ; m. Rebecca Robert- son, of Franklin. He d. 1847, æ. 53 yrs. Three ch. living ; r. Franklin. Was a blacksmith.
Louise, b. Gorham, Aug. 10, 1796 ; m. Charles M. Davis, Sept. 4, 1822 ; d. April 5, 1858, æ. 61 yrs., 7 mos.
4 5 Caroline, b. Gorham, July 9, 1798 ; m. Dexter Baldwin, May 27, 1824 ; she d. in Mount Vernon, Me., July 6, 1827, æ. 28 yrs., II mos. One son survives, George D. Baldwin, who is in business in Boston.
6 William Henry, b. Gorham, Jan. 20, 1801 ; m., Sept. 9, 1828, Hannah March, b. Dec. 9, 1804; now living in Cincinnati, O. After acquiring a good academic edu- cation, he studied the medical profession at Hanover, and took his medical degree at Dartmouth College in 1826. He established himself as a physician at Gor- ham, Me., and continued in practice sixteen years, till his death, March 2, 1843, æ. 42 yrs. They had seven ch., three only surviving, viz .: Caroline B., wife of Orland Smith, of Cincinnati, William Wirt, Superin- tendent of the Marietta & Cincinnati Railroad, and Sargeant Prentiss, of Cincinnati. Dr. Peabody was esteemed a skilful practitioner of medicine, and had few superiors among the medical fraternity where he was located. He was ardently devoted to his calling, and carefully kept pace with all its progress and advance by an assiduous culture. He united the char- acter of the Christian with the physician, and was in the truest sense a Christian gentleman. His early death was a great loss to his friends and numerous patrons.
James L., b. July 25, 1803 ; m., Dec. $3, {&31, Sarah J. Blake, of Chichester. Mr. Peabody was a long time in partnership with his brother, K. O. Peabody, both in the bakery and the paper-manufacture, and was con- sidered a very efficient business man. Only one child survives, James, who now r, Chicago, He d. Aug. 7, 1866, æ. 63 yrs. ; r. Franklin,
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Betsey K., b, May 5, 1805 ; m., Dec. 25, 1827, Ebenezer Robinson, Portland, Me, She d. April 8, 1832, æ. 26 yrs,, II mos, One son survives, Charles D. Robin- son,
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THE PENNIMAN FAMILY.
ELIHU PENNIMAN. His wife's name is not known. He lived on the David Blanchard place, having bought it after James McKean, who began the same,
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2 Adam, b. 1779 ; m., Feb. 26, 1801, Phebe Gray. He d. April 21, 1860, æ. 81 yrs. She d. Jan. 21, 1863, æ. 84 yrs. ; three ch. ; d. in infancy.
3 Ruth, b. -; m. - - Potter.
Sarah, b. -; unm .; d.
Betsey, b. - -; unm. ; d. in Fitzwilliam.
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William, b. Aug. 5, 1793 ; d. December, 1872, æ. 79 yrs., 4 mos.
The following is from the Pioneer History of Orleans County, N. Y .: "Judge Penniman was b. in Peter- borough, Hillsborough County, N. H., Aug. 5, 1793. After obtaining a good common school education in his native State, he emigrated to Ontario County, N. Y., in September, 1816, and from thence to Shelby, Ontario County, in October, 1820. He took up land in that town, on which he resided eight years ; he then removed to Albion, remaining there more than two years. Finally settled on a farm in Barre, near Eagle Harbor, where he has ever since resided.
" In 1825, Mr. Penniman was appointed Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for Orleans County, then lately organized, and one of the first bench judges which com- posed that court, which office he held five years. In 1831, he was elected justice of the peace, of Barre, and served in that office until he removed to Eagle Harbor, when he resigned. In 1846, he represented Orleans County as a member of the convention to revise the Constitution of the State of New York.
"Judge Penniman was a celebrated school-teacher for many years after he came to Orleans County, having taught school fourteen winters and seven summers. He always took a lively interest in the subject of common schools, was commissioner and town inspector each of the eight years he resided in Shelby, and served as town superintendent of schools in Barre three years, while that system was the law.
" He was a popular justice of the peace. As a judge he was firm, upright and impartial, aiming to sustain the right in his decisions, and in all his official and social relations he sustained a character marked for sound views of men and things - honest, faithful, sagacious, and true, - and now in his old age and retirement enjoys the respect of all who knew him."
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THE PIERCE FAMILY.
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STEPHEN PIERCE was b. in New Ipswich in 1770, and d. in Peterborough, April 21, 1850, æ. 80 yrs. He m. Hannah Gordon, dau. Samuel Gordon, May 12, 1801. She d. in Hancock, March 15, 1811, æ. 39 yrs. ; m., 2d w., Mrs. Sally Walker, May 20, 1815. She d. March 14, 1864, æ. 73 yrs. After his second marriage he re. from Hancock, in 1816, to Peterborough, and bought the John Jewett place ; Ist w., seven ch .; 2d w., seven ch.
Franklin, b. 1801 ; d. in Florida, about 1828.
Stephen, b. Feb. 23, 1803 ; d. Jan. 6, 1804, æ. 1 yr.
Samuel G., b. Oct. 6, 1804 ; m. Mary Brackett ; r. Bel- fast, Me.
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Stephen, b. Aug. 4, 1806 ; d. Feb. 20, 1807, æ. 6 mos. Ellen, b. Jan. 13, 1808 ; m. Elisha Gledden ; re. Maine.
Hannah, - m. Charles Moore; r.
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Sarah, b. Nov. 17, 1817 ; m. George Davis ; d. May 13, 1842, æ. 24 yrs., 6 mos.
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Lucinda, b. Nov. 2, 1819 ; m. Amaziah Fairbanks ; d. Aug. 17, 1841, æ. 21 yrs., 9 mos.
Mary W., b. Aug. 20, 1821 ; m. Samuel Bowker, Keene ; d. Sept. 6, 1863, æ. 42 yrs.
Cyrus, b. May 14, 1823 ; re. Canada.
Wesley, b. May 17, 1825 ; r. Massachusetts.
Elbridge, b. Aug. 13, 1827 ; m. Henrietta Reed ; r. Keene.
Persina, b. June 23, 1830 ; d. Aug. 29, 1831, æ. 14 mos.
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JOSEPH B. PIERCE now owns and occupies the John Jewett farm, having recently erected a new house on the same. He m., March 31, 1842, Lucinda J. White, dau. Wm. L. White.
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Sarah J., b. June 22, 1843 ; m. Walter J. Haywood, July 5, 1866.
Charles S., b. March 29, 1845 ; m., January, 1873, Julia C. Campbell, Putney, Vt.
Frank Gordon, b. May 4, 1854.
THE PORTER FAMILY.
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JAMES PORTER, the son of Benjamin and Eunice Nourse Porter, of Danvers, Mass., came to town about 1776. His eldest child was b. in town in 1777. He
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was a tailor by trade, and for a time he lived at the Morrison House, near the old meeting-house, and then re. to the Street Road near to Hunt's Corner. He was a well-informed and quiet man. He was a great reader, and patron of all the libraries. He followed his trade in town. He m. Hannah Curtis, b. November, 1748, and d. Nov. 4, 1805, æ. 57 yrs. He was b. Jan. 13, 1755 ; d. Dec. 2, 1843, æ. 88 yrs.
Peter, b. Dec. 5, 1777 ; d. March 2, 1802, æ. 25 yrs. Hannah, b. Feb. 9, 1779 ; m. James Cuningham.
Zaccheus, b. Oct. 25, 1780 ; m. Rachel Cuningham ; r. Belfast, Me., and d. there, November, 1824, æ. 44 yrs. He was a lawyer in good standing.
Sally, b. Oct. 28, 1782 ; m. Asa Gibbs.
James, b. June 18, 1785. A graduate of Williams Col- lege, 1810. Studied divinity in Belfast. Was settled as minister in Pomfret, Conn., and continued in that relation for twenty-five yrs. ; he d. June, 1856, æ. 71 yrs.
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