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* Compiled from the following town histories: Rindge, Gilsum, Chesterfield and Shirley, Mass.
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i. MARY® Sept. 7, 1780; m. Nov. 16, 1808, Jonathan Pease b. Aug. 2, 1774; d. Jan. 16, 1829, s. of Pelatiah and Anna (Parsons) Pease. Ch. b .: i. Oliver7 b. July 14, 1800; d. unm. in N. J. ii. Justin b. Oct. 24, 1802; m. Nancy Knight. iii. Lucy b. June 9, 1805; d. unm. Nov. 18, 1820. ii. LEONARD bapt. Feb. 3, 1782; d. He was an apprentice to Robert L. Hurd, see chapter, Town Topics. In 1798 he was in Fryeburg, Me. iii. CLEMENTINA 1781; d. Chesterfield Apr. 1864; m. (1) June 22, 1806, Henry Kendrick. Ch .: i. George7, d. y. ii. Mary b. Mar. 2, 1810. She m. (2) Charles Frederick Daniels b. Chesterfield Mar. 8, 1783; s. of John and Zipporah ( -- ) Daniels. They had (Daniels) : iii. Charles; d. unm. Concord. iv. William Marshall b. Aug. 1818, d. unm. Keene May 15, 1856. v. John Goldsmith; m. Hannah Church- ill of Woodstock, Vt. vi. Judith Babbitt b. Feb. 13, 1824; m. (1) 1848, Seth Heaton of Keene; m. (2) 1857, Addison Woodcock of Swanzey; m. (3) John Lawrence of Roxbury.
iv. WILLIAM b. before 1772, was of S. 1792. "Hon. William" as noted in v. LYDIA b. 1763; m. Nov. 28, 1788, Robert Lane Hurd of Gilsum, q.v. Gilsum History.
vi. JOSIAH.
vii. RICHARD b. before 1772.
viii. LUCY; m. William Hayward. Rem. to Fryeburg, Me.
ix. HANNAH b. before 1772; m. 1789, Samuel Barron Locke b. Ashby, Mass. May 1, 1767; d. Bethel, Me. Oct. 12, 1840. She d. Bethel Apr. 5, 1822.
x. JESSE.
xi. PETER.
There was a William1 and Keziah (-) Russell living in S. where the birth of two ch. are recorded. Whether "Keziah" was his (2) wife, or we have got this family confounded with another William Russell cannot be stated. There is, however, reason to believe this man and William (5) are one and the same man. Possibly he was the William, Jr., of Attleboro, Mass., who bought land in Westmoreland of Robert Robbins Dec. 27, 1771.
Ch. b. S. to William and Keziah Russell:
i. RICHARD2 Oct. 6, 1786.
ii. WILLIAM Apr. 20, 1789.
6. FRANK A.2 RUSSELL, s. of Dr. Ira1 Russell of Keene b. Winchester; now res. on Beech hill in Keene. Dr. Russell purchased No. 23 about 1875 and made extensive repairs on the buildings, then sold the property. During this time his s. Frank lived here. He m. Emma L. Page b. Barnard, Vt.
Ch. b. (record not complete) S .:
i. HATTIE A.3 June 5, 1874; d. Keene Apr. 30, 1875; bur. S .; body rem to Keene.
ii. ARTHUR WILLIAM SWITHIN (a gr .- s. of Davis Carpenter, q.v .- adopted) res. (1920) Roxbury, Mass. Had his name changed to "Walter Rus- sell." He is m. and has a son.
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SALLEY.
1. ARTHUR E.1 SALLEY b. in Kansas Apr. 4, 1874; rem. to S. 1913 from Alberta, Canada. He kept store in the Town Hall (the last one in that build- ing) until abt. May 1, 1918 when he rem. to Spencer, N. Y. He m. Belle E. Dexter. He res. (1922) Moravia, Cayuga Co., N. Y.
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i. HARRY2
ii. EBER.
iii. HELEN.
iv. VIOLET.
SARGENT.
1. ARTHUR HAYES' SARGENT (*Josiah Pearsons, Josiah7, Josiah6, John5, Winthrop4, Jacob3, William2, William1) b. May 18, 1879 on a farm in Corinth, Vt., spent his early days there; graduated from Burlington, Vt., High School and University of Vt. (degree of A. B.). Studied at Meadville Theological Seminary, Meadville, Pa., at Union Theological Seminary, New York City, and finished his theological course and received his diploma and degree of S. T. B. at Harvard Divinity School. Studied at the University of Oregon where he received his degree of Master of Arts in the subject of Education in 1911. The same year (July 3) m. Joanna Dyke Kinsley, b. Mendon, Mass., dau. of Frederic Rhodolphus and Mary Ann (Pickering) Kinsley. Mrs. Sar- gent's grandfather, William Homan Kinsley, was a Unitarian minister. Mr. and Mrs. Sargent were married in Boston, Mass., by Howard A. Bridg- man, D. D., Editor in chief of the Congregationalist, in his office at 14 Beacon St. Rev. Sargent has held pastorates in Eugene, Oregon; Eureka, Cal .; also Massachusetts and Vermont. Oct. 1, 1923, he assumed the charge of the com- bined parishes of Gilsum and Surry. He was Rural Supt. of Vermont Inter- denominational Sunday School Association, and has recently been appointed to serve on the First Rural Life Commission of Congregational Churches of New Hampshire.
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i. EUGENE KINSLEY10 Rockland, Mass., May 31, 1915.
ii. DWIGHT EMERSON Pembroke, Mass., Apr. 3, 1917.
iii. FREDERIC OBERLIN Post Mills, Vt., Sept. 30, 1919.
iv. MIRIAM FENDA Hanover Jan. 29, 1922 (while parents were living in West Fairlee, Vt.)
SAWYER.
1. JONATHAN' SAWYER b. 1728; was a saddler at Woburn, Mass .; rem. to Atkinson, prior to 1790, thence to Alstead where he d. June 22, 1813. Ch. b. in Atkinson :
i. BENJAMIN2 1763; d. Alstead Feb. 13, 1813. A Rev. Soldier .- G. H. (2)
ii. SAMUEL 1767; d. in S. Mar. 17, 1812, of "Lung fever." (3)
*See Sargent Record by Edwin Everett Sargent. 1899.
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2. BENJAMIN' SAWYER (Jonathan1) lived in Atkinson 1790; later in Alstead. He m. 1784, Abigail Webster, b. Atkinson Jan. 9 (?), 1768; d. Nov. 10, 1862; dau. of Jonathan Webster, q.v. She m. (2) Mr. Clisby of Alstead; m. (3) Jesse Dart, q.v.
Ch. b. in Atkinson:
i. JOHN3 Apr. 20, 1788, rem. West.
ii. SALLY Feb. 1, 1790; m. Belden Dart, q.v.
iii. HANNAH May 1, 1793; m. (1) John Roundy of Gilsum; m. (2) Lemuel Davis.
iv. JONATHAN Dec. 25, 1795; m. (1) 1823, Harriet Dwinnell of Keene; m. (2) Sally Griffin of Marlow; m. (3) Elmira B. Davis. Several ch.
v. BENJAMIN. Oct. 28, 1797; m. 1825, Priscilla Gibson of Alstead. Three ch. vi. REBECCA Aug. 22, 1801; d. Westmoreland Sept. 19, 1875; m. Cyrus Cheney. Four ch.
vii. DAVID Aug. 28, 1804; d. Alstead Aug. 13, 1814.
viii. ELIZABETH (perhaps in Alstead) Apr. 3, 1807; d. Keene May 3, 1875; m. Reuben Griffin of Marlow. Three ch.
ix. AMOS Jan. 3, 1810; d. Boston, Mass. from a wound by a nail; m. (1) Mrs. Austin; m. (2) Mrs. Elizabeth Rood; m. (3) Rhoda Griffin; m. (4) Cemira Tubbs. Two ch.
3. SAMUEL SAWYER (Jonathan1) was a gold and silver-smith; rem. from Alstead to No. 106 in 1794 where he lived until his d. He m. Sarah Wheelock (?). His plating shop was at No. 107.
Ch. b. i .- iii. in Alstead, others in S .: (all recorded in S.)
i. SALLY3 Sept. 27, 1795; m. S. 1812, John T. Wilcox, q.v.
ii. KERENHAPUCK (also written Hannahappuck and Happy) Nov. 27, 1797; m. 1816, Peter Joslin, Jr., q.v.
iii. SAMUEL Feb. 19, 1799; rem. to N. Y. City where he was a merchant, at time of settling his father's estate in 1823 .- R. of D.
iv. BETSEY May 16, 1801; d. S. Apr. 14, 1806.
v. JAMES Sept. 11, 1803; d. probably before 1823.
vi. MARIA Dec. 31, 1805; d. Jan. 11, 1806.
vii. AMOS Jan. 6, 1807.
NOTE-At time the estate of Samuel Sawyer Sr. was settled in 1823, John T. Wilcox and wife were living in N. Y. City; Nathaniel Vilas of Alstead ap- pears to have been an heir, and possibly Thomas Wheelock of Winchester.
SCOVELL.
This name is variously written; Scovel, Scovell, Scovil, Scovill, Covel, and Schovel; but 3 families of the name were living in New Hampshire in 1790 according to the first census of the United States.
1. ARTHUR' SCOVELL is supposed to have been b. in County Dorset, England; came to America abt. 1660 and settled first at Boston, Mass., where his eldest ch. were b. In 1670 he rem. to Middletown, Conn., then to Lyme that state in 1678, where he lived several yrs., but d. at Middletown Feb. 7, 1706/7. He m. Joanna
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2. STEPHEN' SCOVELL b. Lyme, Conn., between 1780 and '84; d. East Haddam, Conn., May 1752; m. Nov. 4, 1705, Sarah Champion, dau. of Thomas and Hannah (Brockway) Champion.
3. STEPHEN" SCOVELL b. Lyme Aug. 20, 1705 (or '06) ; d. East Haddam, abt. 1782; m. Rebecca Miller, or Millard of East Haddam.
4. * HENRY SCOVELL b. East Haddam Mar 16, 1740; d. abt. 1768. He served in the French and Indian war in 1759, and his d. is understood to have been the result of that service. He m. (possibly) Martha Taylor, dau. of David Taylor of Bolton, Conn. She m. (2) Sept. 29, 1768, John Hale, who may have lived in S. a few months.
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i. HENRY bapt. at Bolton July 5, 1761; d. Bolton Mar. 8, 1847 (5)
ii. NATHAN supposed to have been à bro. of Henry5, came to S. abt. same time. He was a blacksmith, rem. within a year or two to Lempster, then to Montpelier, Vt. Has not been heard from since 1793.
5. HENRY SCOVELL (Henry', Stephen3, Stephen2, Arthur1) came to S. as early as March 1784, when he held a minor office in town. He purchased a tract of land Aug. 11, 1786, drawn by David Taylor-probably an uncle or his gr-father and erected a rude log cabin, No. 161, the site of which has been recently marked by a pile of rocks by his great grandson, Charles M. Scovell, who states: "before my ancester Henry Scovell left his home in Con- necticut this land was reported to be a nice level farm." No old cellar-hole marks his dwelling, a trace of the potato pit can still be found, also several old apple trees near at hand. He was a shoemaker and farmer, and taxed as late as 1795; abt. that time he rem. to No. 163 in the edge of Walpole. He was "Sealer of Leather" in 1784 and in 1798 he was paid 20 shillings by the town for land taken for a highway. One day while living at No. 161 a bear came to his barn-yard and took a pig from a pen and when discovered (by the loud squeals) the brute was making all haste north-easterly of the buildings; see Chapter on Wild Animals. He sold his farm, No. 163 to his s. Frederick in 1812 and ret to S. and lived on the William Perkins farm, No. 153-4, then he ret. to his old home in Conn. where he d. He m. (1) Sarah who d. in Bolton (probably while on a visit) July 14, 1821; m. (2) Walpole Oct. 7, 1821, Mrs. Lydia (Wilcox) Porter, wid. of Benjamin Porter, formerly of S. Ch. by (1) wife:
i. FREDERICK6 Oct. 26, 1786; d. in S. Aug. 15, 1870. A farmer. (6)
ii. CLARISSA Aug. 23, 1789; d. 1844 (?); m. Sept. 14, 1809, William4 Slade of Alstead (William3, John2, William1) b. Alstead Aug. 6, 1790; d. by accident, Albany, N. Y., May 14, 1837. They res. in Alstead till abt. 1820; rem. to Whitehall or Winhall, Vt., and in 1823 (?) to Albany, N. Y. where he was engaged as a musician in a theater. His father, William3 Slade, b. Nov. 25, 1756; d. in the southwest part of Alstead Oct. 25, 1857; age 100 years, 11 months; served in Rev. War. His mother was Anna Root. Ch .: i. Ora7 b. Alstead Feb. 22, 1810; m. Lucia Dean and had nine ch. ii. Achsah b. Alstead abt. 1812; m.
*His name in G. H. p. 292 is printed, "Henry Covel", m. Martha
; res in S. Tradition says he was also called "Harry Scovel."
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John Campbell; she d. June 1863; had four ch. iii. Clarissa b. Al- stead, d. Sept. 1851; m. George Benham. iv. William b. Whitehall Mar. 16, 1822; d. Adrain, Mich. Sept. 27, 1889. v. Sarah b. Albany; d. there; m. Simon Mauss.
iii. EUNICE b. S. Dec. 28, 1792; m. Dec. 31, 1812, Asa White of Bolton to which place she rem.
iv. SARAH May 3, 1794; m. Walpole Feb. 10, 1808, Amos Stocker of Wal- pole.
v. ANNA Walpole Apr. 18, 1796; m. - Hunt.
vi. PRUDENCE Apr. 30, 1797; probably d. y.
vii. HENRY Walpole May 20, 1799; m. Marietta Moulton; res. in Bolton.
viii. PRUDENCE Nov. 28, 1803; m. ---- Waters.
6. FREDERICK® SCOVELL (Henry5, Henry', Stephen3, Stephen2, Arthur1) moved to No. 163 with his parents and assisted his father in erecting the buildings; on Aug. 15, 1812 he bought a half interest in the buildings and all the land on the west side of the road, and Sept. 12, 1826 purchased the bal- ance of his father's property, at which time Henry" was living at Bolton, Conn. A second dwelling was erected near the old house by some member of the family prior to 1850. He served from Walpole in the war of 1812; enl. for 60 days Sept. 26, 1814, as a private in Capt. Josiah Bellows' Co. He settled at No. 65, 1867 where he lived until d .; a "good citizen, and content to reap the fruits of honest labor." He m. S. Apr. 13, 1809, Sarah Hayward who d. S. July 26, 1870, dau. of Maj. Nathan Hayward, q.v.
Ch. b. in Walpole :
i. WILLIAM HOWARD7 Nov. 14, 1809; d. Walpole May 19, 1877. A farmer in Walpole. (7)
ii. HENRY Aug. 15, 1812; probably d. y.
iii. FREDERICK WILLARD Dec. 28, 1813; d. Keene Jan. 3, 1901. Taxed S. 1839. (8)
iv. SARAH ANN Nov. 14, 1815; m. Walpole Jan. 25, 1838, George C. Coffin of Royalston, Mass., Winchendon, Mass., and Rindge; s. of Silas and Sally (Rogers) Coffin. A dealer in wool and a manufacturer of woolen goods. Three ch.
v. HARRIET ELIZA Oct. 18, 1817; d. Jan. 3, 1854; m. Walpole Oct. 16, 1838, David I. Goodridge of Royalston b. Aug. 21, 1815; d. Aug. 18, 1853. Ten ch.
vi. MARY LOUISA Apr. 13, 1819; killed by an over-turned cart at the Isham farm (No. 165) in S. Oct. 29, 1828. See Casualty Chapter. This accident occurred while the parents were on a visit in Connecticut.
vii. MARTHA MARIA Apr. 3, 1821; d. Nov. 18, 1850; bur. S .; m. Mar. 16, 1843, John Scribner of Winchendon, Mass. b. Jan. 1, 1816, q.v.
viii. AMos S. b. Aug. 1, 1823; d. abt. 1900; res. New York. He discovered the "Scovell mine" on Surry Mt. (easterly of the village) Aug. 1851, where he mined copper and lead ore for some months.
7. WILLIAM HOWARD SCOVELL (Frederick", Henry5, Henry4, Stephen3, Stephen2, Arthur1) a farmer at No. 163 and later on a farm 3-4 mile southerly of his father's farm. He m. Nov. 13, 1833, Elsie Carpenter b. Walpole Sept.
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22, 1813; d. 1891; dau. of Amasa? (Davis®, Jesse5, Jesse4, John3, William2, Wil- liam1 b. 1605, q.v.) and Rebecca (Mason) Carpenter. Rebecca Mason was a niece of the noted Judge Jeremiah Mason b. in Westmoreland. He was a captain and frequently was called by his middle name, "Howard Scovell."
Ch. b. Walpole :
*i. PERLEYS HOWARD Feb. 16, 1834; m. Ann Hermans, Scranton, Pa. Ch .: i. Minnie Mayº b. May 1863.
ii. ELLIOTT CARPENTER Oct. 10, 1835; d. Nov. 7, 1861; m. Jan. 27, 1859, Bettie Gibbons of Wilmington, N. C. Ch .: i. Elliott".
iii. MARTHA ELLEN Jan. 3, 1837; d. unm. July 6, 1866.
iv. ELSA ALMINA Oct. 1, 1838; d. unm. Mar. 17, 1854.
V. STELLA REBECCA Sept. 9, 1841; d. Oct. 14, 1841.
vi. STELLA MARIA Jan. 9, 1842; d. unm. June 14, 1855; age, 12 yrs., 11 mos. 5 days.
vii. DERRICK FREDERICK Mar. 17, 1844; d. unm. Apr. 8, 1878.
viii. WILLIS AMASA Jan. 21, 1846; d. Sept. 2, 1874. (9)
ix. CHARLES MASON Aug. 26, 1847; res. (1921) Brattleboro, Vt. (10)
x. ELBRIDGE FRANKLIN Sept. 8, 1851; d. Oct. 10, 1886.
xi. ELLA ALMIRA July 10, 1853; d. May 24, 1884; m. Apr. 3, 1877, Edward A. Watkins, b. Walpole May 22, 1854. Ch .: i. Flora Emmaº b. Nov. 10, 1879.
xii. MARY EMMA Apr. 17, 1856; d. May 24, 1869.
8. FREDERICK WILLARD SCOVELL (Frederick®, Henry5, Henry4, Stephen3, Stephen2, Arthur1) lived in California from which state he served in the Civil war. He m. (1) Mar. 16, 1838, Mary Ann Dinsmore, b. Lang- don, July 27, 1812; d. Walpole July 26, 1848, dau. of Calvin and Lucy (Walker) Dinsmore.§ He m. (2) Walpole Nov. 28, 1848, Lucinda A. Stone of Winchendon, Mass.
Ch. b. in Walpole:
i. GEORGE HENRY" Dec. 28, 1838; d. Wakefield, Mass., July 5, 1916. (11)
ii. ALBERT DINSMORE Mar. 23, 1840; living (1923) ; Civil war soldier. (12)
iii. MARY ELLEN Apr. 27, 1842; res. Keene; m. Hon. Martin Van Buren Clark b. Ludlow, Vt., Aug. 19, 1841; d. Keene Dec. 2, 1916, s. of Or- lando and Maria (Taylor) Clark. He was a merchant in Keene and mayor of the city, 1906-09. Ch .: i. George Henry9 b. Ludlow, Vt., Nov. 17, 1867; d. Keene unm. ii. Ellen Elizabeth b. Feb. 6, 1872; m. Keene, Nov. 9, 1898, Henry Rumford Thompson b. Springfield, Vt., 1886, s. of Horace and Georgianna (Moseley) Thompson. iii. Lena Agnes b. June 13, 1877; m. Keene, Oct. 12, 1905, George P. Levey of Ludlow b. Harrisville, 1877; s. of George H. and Thirza E. (Need- ham) Levey. Hon. M. V. B. Clark was a soldier in Civil war.
iv. OZRO ADDISON June 6, 1845; was a merchant in Fanuel Hall, Boston, and d. in Chelsea, around 1880. He m. Emma F. Drew, dau. of A. S. Drew of East Boston. Ch .: i. Edith Aileenº b. Mar. 16, 1876. ii. Clifford Addison b. May 15, 1877. iii. Ozro Mortimer b. Aug. 6, 1878. v. FREDERICK S. July 9, 1848; m. before 1882, rem. to Nevada.
*Town, family and grave-stone records of this family do not agree.
§History of Shirley, Mass., by Seth Chandler; 1883.
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9. WILLIS AMASAR SCOVELL (W. Howard, Frederick", Henry5, Henry", Stephen3, Stephen“, Arthur1) m. Aug. 28, 1870, Sarah Pratt of Putney, Vt. b. Mar. 31, 1844, dau. of Noah and Marinda (Whitney) Pratt. Ch .:
i. CLARENCE C.º 1871, served overseas in World war; a trained nurse.
ii. GERTRUDE BELLE June 28, 1874; m. June 28, 1910, Willard Little of Marshfield, Mass. Ch .: i. John Willis10 b. July, 1911.
10. CHARLES MASON' SCOVELL (Wm. Howard, Frederick", Henry®, Henry4, Stephen3, Stephen2, Arthur1) lived in Keene where he was tenor for the Unitarian church for 21 years; a quartette which had a County wide rep- utation for concert, church and festival work. He has spent considerable time in looking up his family records for this work; once going with the writer to the site of Henry Scovell's cabin, No. 161. He m. Oct. 21, 1865, Helen Adelia Wight b. Westmoreland Apr. 1, 1845; d. May 26, 1919; dau. of Foster and Polly (Farr) Wight. They observed their Golden Wedding, Oct. 21, 1915.
Ch. b. Westmoreland :
i. WILLIS GUYº July 9, 1868; res. (1922) Haverhill, Mass .; a tuner of pianos; m. Nov. 26, 1891, Anna Somers b. Boston Oct. 9, 1871; dau. of Louis and Lizzie (Giles) Sommers. Ch .: i. Charles Maxwell1º b. Boston July 7, 1893-served in World war as cook at Syracuse, N. Y. ii. Earle Louis b. Westmoreland Mar. 27, 1895-served in World war. Was corporal Co. A 318th, Pioneer Engineers, which followed the German army on their retreat to the Rhine, and remained in camp there for nearly two years. iii. Paul Hayward b. Boston Nov. 2, 1899, served in World war and stationed at the State College troops camp at Durham, N. H.
ii. DON HOWARD Sept. 9, 1873; proprietor of a restaurant, Brattleboro, Vt. He m. Westmoreland Nov. 30, 1893, Agnes M. Hall b. Sept. 23, 1874, dau. of Calvin and Melissa (Bigelow) Hall. Ch .: i. Beatrice Augusta10 b. Oct. 19, 1901. ii. Olga Margurerete b. Oct. 12, 1903.
11. GEORGE HENRY® SCOVELL (Frederick W.7, Frederick®, Henry5, Henry4, Stephen3, Stephen2, Arthur1) went to Nebraska in 1856 and took up a tract of government land but being under age he could not hold title, and claim jumpers appropriated his land. He then went to Salt Lake City, Utah, where he became a pony express rider from that city to Virginia City, Nev .; later at Sacramento, Cal., he was a driver of the U. S. mail stage on a 50 mile section of the famous "Overland route." He had many encounters with Indians during his life on the frontier. On one occasion while a "pony ex- press" rider he was pursued by a band of Indians, one of the savages rose up from the sage brush and attempted to disable his horse by a blow from a hatchet, but instead he struck the stirrup and inflicted a bad cut on the rider's foot. The chase continued for several miles until Mr. Scovell reached safety at the next mail station. During his flight he was wounded in the hand by two arrows, while the horse was injured by so many arrows that it died half an hour later. He returned to New England, 1872, locating in Fanuel Hall Market, Boston, m. Dec. 24, 1872, Caroline O. Mason, b. Walpole Oct. 20, 1841, dau. of Holland and Susan (Veazie) Mason. She taught school in S. before her m. for five consecutive years.
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i. LILLIAN' Aug. 4, 1875; m. June 6, 1908, Elbridge Clarence Merrill, b. Feb. 28, 1880; s. of Clarence Edward and Jennie (Lovejoy) Merrill; res. Fall River, Mass. Ch .: i. Dorothy10 b. Aug. 29, 1909.
12. ALBERT DINSMORE SCOVEL (Frederick W.7, Frederick“, Henry5, Henry4, Stephen3, Stephen2, Arthur1) enlisted in Civil war from Walpole, Aug. 8, 1861 for three years; mustered in at Concord Aug. 24, 1861 as corporal Co. I, N. H. Vol. Inf .; Capt. Ralph Carlton; Col. Enoch Q. Fellows. The Regt. left New Hampshire Sept. 3, 1861; arrived at Washington, D. C., 16th and en- camped east of the Capitol; immediately began drilling; early in Oct. moved to Annapolis, Md., and assigned to 1st Brigade, Sherman's Div. Expeditionary Corps; middle of Oct. embarked for Fortress Monroe, Va .; thence sailed, 29th, to Port Royal, S. C .; thence to Hilton Head, S. C., where it remained until April 1862. May 23rd, it served with Headquarters Brigade, 1st Div. and early in June it was ordered to James Island and attached to the engagement at Secessionville, losing 105 in killed, wounded and missing. After partici- pating in numerous engagements it was ordered Feb. 29, 1864, to Hilton Head, S. C., and mounted, being designated the 3rd New Hampshire Mounted In- fantry. Feb. 14, 1864, he was honorably discharged at Morris Island, S. C., by reason of reenlistment as a veteran in the same company and Regt. Aug. 24, 1864, he was promoted to Hospital Steward of the Regt. having been wounded before Petersburg, Va., earlier that month. He continued with his Regt. during its long and arduous service until June 10, 1865, and was finally discharged after the close of the war at Goldsborough, N. C. July 20, 1865. He joined Columbia Lodge (Masons) March 1864; res. in Manchester, N. H., after war; was a member of N. H. legislature from that city, 1887; Comman- der of Louis Bell Post G. A. R. and in 1910 was Commander of the New Hamp- shire Department of the G. A. R. He m. Caroline Abigail Wright b. Weathers- field, Vt., July 12, 1845; d. Manchester Feb. 11, 1901.
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i. CLINTON HOMERO July 15, 1876; res. Boston. He rem. from Manchester in 1899 and entered Harvard College from which he was graduated with A. B. 1903; later received his A. M. In Dec. 1910 he established the business of Scovell, Wellington & Company, Public Accountants and Industrial Engineers of which he is now senior partner. They have offices in Boston, Springfield, New York, Cleveland and Chi- cago. He m. Mar. 21, 1908, Mrs. Rose Wilhemene (Johnston) Gustin.
SCRIBNER.
1. IDDO SCRIBNER supposed to have lived at Andover, Mass. He had :
2. WILLIAM? SCRIBNER m. Nancy Shepherd. They had:
3. JOHN3 SCRIBNER (William2, Iddo1) b. Andover, Mass., Jan. 1, 1816; lived in Winchendon, Mass .; m. Mar. 16, 1843, Martha Maria Scovell, dau. of Frederick Scovell, q.v.
Ch. b. in S .:
i. ELBRIDGE LLEWELLYN4 Jan. 29, 1846; m. Oct. 1871, Clara Ella Little- field b. Salisbury, Mass., 1845; dau. of Benjamin F. and Clara
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(Springer) Littlefield. Ch .: i. Fred Warren5 b. Sept. 13, 1873. ii. Ivory Frank b. July 16, 1875. iii. John Linwood.
ii. JOHN ELMORE Oct. 20, 1850; d. Nov. 13, 1850.
SCRIPTURE.
It is believed the Scripture family came originally from Scotland; but few of the name were living in the New England states prior to the Revolutionary war. Our earliest knowledge of this family is:
1. * SAMUEL SCRIPTURE b. Apr. 27, 1727 probably at Groton, Mass. He moved to Mason from which town he enlisted Apr. 23, 1775 in the Rev. war for a period of eight months. He served in Capt. Benjamin Mann's Co .; Col. James Reed's Regt. and was at the battle of Bunker Hill, June 17, 1775. He m. Mary Green. They had a son :
2. SAMUEL2 SCRIPTURE, Jr., b. Mason Dec. 9, 1760; d. in Nelson Jan. 26 (or 16), 1852, aged 91 years. When a lad under fifteen years of age he entered the Rev. war in the same company with his father, and was in the battle of Bunker Hill. He was a ""Captain," probably receiving his title from service in the state militia. At an early date he was in Packersfield-now ·Nelson-where he remained till d. Jan. 16, 1852. In 1840 he was on U. S. pension roll at Nelson. He m. (1) Betsey Barrett; m. (2) Rebecca Conant who d. in Marlboro July 27, 1856, age 80 years.
Ch. b .: (several of whom rem. to Sandy Creek, N. Y., where they d.) i. SAMUEL3.
ii. BETSEY.
iii. HILLS who m. Patty Parker and had a dau. Emily Parker Scripture, b. Nov. 18, 1822, who m. Sept. 20, 1843, Calvin W. Walker of Lang- don and Bellows Falls-Shirley, Mass., History.
iv. REUBEN.
v. SALLY.
vi. POLLY.
vii. JERRY.
viii. CLARISSA.
ix. CHARLES who d. y.
x. LUCINDA.
xi. CHARLES Mar. 16, 1807. (3)
3. CHARLES3 SCRIPTURE b. Mar. 16, 1807 in Nelson; d. Keene Apr. 8, 1901; lived in Nelson and Keene. He m. Sept. 30, 1833, Abigail Priest of Nel- son, b. Dec. 14, 1808; d. in Keene Jan. 9, 1901; dau. of Levi and Abigail (Fol- lett) Priest. Their married life extended over 67 yrs. and both d. at over 90 yrs. of age.
Ch. b. in Nelson:
i. MARY E.4 Nov. 11, 1834; d. Keene Aug. 13, 1917. She m. (1) at Nelson, Mar. 16, 1857, Levi E. Brooks of Nelson; m. (2) Willard S. Cheever. (Her b. also given as at Sandy Creek, N. Y.) Ch .; res. in Keene.
ii. GEORGE G. 1839; went West many yrs. ago; d. Charles City, Ia., July 16, 1922.
*This family is compiled largely from family records, and K. V. R.
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iii. HARRISON NEWELL Dec. 29, 1840; res. (1922) with a s. at No. 115. (4) iv. LOIS MARIA Jan. 5, 1843; d. Keene Mar. 19, 1917; m. John P. Gay, q.v. V. WALTER RUSSELL Sept. 2, 1846; d. Keene Nov. 19, 1899; bur. S. (5) vi. EMMA C. m. Sumner Fisher; res. Munsonville.
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