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1813-Philip Brown and Sally True, Nathaniel Sherburne and Jane Piper, Alexander Bragg and Sally Eaton, John Mer- rill and Hannah Osborn, Thomas Hackett and Sarah Lov- ering, Timothy Tilton and Susannah Osgood, Richard Brown and Mehitable S. Rollins, Joshua Dwindell and Comfort Durgin, Bradley Shackford and Betsy Barter, Daniel J. Smith and Joanna French, Johnson Lovering and Mary Ruord, John Lougee and Lucy Wells, Ambrose Star- bird and Eunice Berry.
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1814-Benjamin Winslow and Betsey French, Theodore Ring and Betsy Maxfield, Philip Brown and Anna Wedgwood, Jewett Sanborn and Judith Bachelder, Joseph Tasker and Polly Quint, Jesse Sanborn and Charlotte Bachelder, John Messer and Sally Stevens, Manly Bachelder and Nancy Gleason, Jonathan Bachelder and Lois Wells.
1815-Jeremiah Towle and Susannah Maxfield, Phineas Healy and Polly Barter, Nathan Clough and Hannah Kenney, Osgood Ring and Sally Brown, John Moore and Betsey Holman, Peter French and Lydia Starbird, Ephraim Huse and Sally Runnells.
CHURCHES.
Provisions were made for building a meetinghouse in town the same year the town was incorporated.
At a meeting of the parish in 1773, it was voted to build a meeting house on the southeast end of the school lot. In 1777 it was voted to set up a meeting house by a rate or tax and also voted "to get the timber and haul it to the spot this win- ter, and that labor be three shillings per day. The building committee were Eliphalet Rawlings, Abraham Bachelder, Nathaniel Bachelder, Ezekiel Morrill, Jethro Bachelder, Moses Ordway and Jona. Clough. Another record seems to us of rather strange tenor at this day as follows: "Voted to buy two barrells of rum for the raising." It was several years from the date of the matter being first agitated before the house was erected and fully completed. It continued for a long time to
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be the meeting place of the people of the town for all pur- poses whether municipal or religious in their nature. There was complete union of state and church in the minds of the citizens of these towns in those early days and the accepted faith of all the people was Congregationalism.
Several efforts were made to settle a minister in town but Mr. J. Tucker was a man finally established here and he re- mained for about thirty years where he not only preached but served as physician and surgeon without charge to the people within the town limits. Mr. Tucker was a very loveable and efficient pastor and was also much concerned in the civil affairs of the town, serving for two years as chairman of the board of selectmen.
Other pastors have been the following with approximate dates of coming and departure : Rev. Enoch Courser, 1816-37 ; Cyrus W. Wallace, 1840; Parker Pillsbury, Jno. LeBosquet, Ezekiel Dow, Jona. Ayers, E. F. Abbott, Jairus Ordway, Mr. Caswell, and the venerable Mr. Courser for one year.
Pastors of the Congregational Church were as follows :
1885-88, Rev. Joseph Faucet ; 1888-89, Vacant; 1890-92, Rev. Charles E. Sumner; 1893-94, Rev. Joseph O. Tasker; 1894-95, Vacant; 1896-97, Rev. Andrew Gibson; 1898-99, Rev, Thos. W. Howard; 1900, Vacant; 1901, Rev. Hugh F. Graham, 1902-06, Vacant; 1906, Rev. D. E. Miller.
FREE BAPTISTS.
This church had its birth in the discussions about the town tax for the support of Mr. Tucker and the persons who organized it in 1807 were John Sanborn, Jonathan Clough,
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Abner Clough, and Nath. Martin. This society was permitted to use the old church one-fourth of the time. By 1823 they were allowed the house one-half of the time and the Congre- gationalists made great effort to erect a new edifice as we have seen. Rev. Samuel B. Dyer was the pastor of the Free Bap- tists for many years.
The unsettled condition continued till 1847 when the Free Baptists gained control of the old church by altering the upper story so that services could be held there. They expended about $1,000 for this purpose. Rev. Jno. Norris was called as their pastor. Rev. Wm. A. Sargent followed. Other pastors were E. G. Knowles, J. P. Stinchfield, S. S. Brooks, John George, Carter E. Cates, Chas. E. Hurd, D. I. Quint.
SECOND CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH.
At the village began through the various divisions aris- ing over the Rev. Mr. Tucker affair, Rev. Mr. Courser's atti- tude and the rise of the Free Baptists. They had up to 1885 but two ordained pastors, Rev. Henry White and Rev. Thos. N. Jones. But they have supplies as follows: Calvin White, Henry Wood, Charles Willey and C. Roper under whose charge the church was repaired.
METHODISTS.
For many years the Methodists have had a church at this place. During the early years of its existence, Rev. Silas Green was pastor of this church and the Congregationalist as well, but since his connection with this church expired there have been only Methodist preachers in charge.
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MILITARY ACCOUNT.
The Revolution made itself felt in this town as is evi- denced by the records of the town meeting of 1777. That year we learn that the following officers were chosen : A. Bachelder, moderator ; J. Clough, clerk ; Nathan Bachelder, Esq., Abraham Bachelder and John Hoit, selectmen; Nathan Bachelder, con- stable; and Wmn. Boynton, tythingman.
"The following order was received for men.
To Mr. Clough, Constable :
Sir :- This day received orders from Col. Stickney to awarn a parish meeting to call upon the train Board and alarm List to raise eleven able bodied, effective men, the same to be engaged three years or during the war. This is to warn you to immediately warn the train Board and alarm List to meet at the house of Joseph Tilton, in Loudon, on Thursday, the seventh instant, at nine o'clock in the forenoon, to consult the best way in order to raise the aforesaid eleven men.
Nathan Bachelder, John Drew, Selectmen.
March 24, 1777.
The parish voted to accept the two men that Nathan Bachelder and Captain Sais hired at Epsom.
"Voted to pay the expense they were at in hireing said Soldiers.
"Chose the Selectmen, Capt. Benjamin Sias, and Lieut. Jno. Sanborn, as a committee to raise the men.
"Voted to pay all the cost the committee may be at in raising said Soldiers.
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"Voted Five pounds per month, with State Wages, for a certain number of men that started out for Ticonderoga.
"Voted fifteen dollars per month for the men that went to Saratogo.
"Voted that those who went to Bennington be brought into a rate.
"Voted to give each man that went to Bennington last year forty dollars, with paying back the money they have received.
"Voted that William Chamberlin's and Henry Tebbett's rate for 1777 be taken off for their going to Cambridge.
"Voted not to give Ezra Blaisdell the money he lost when he was taken prisoner at Bennington.
"Voted to give the Volunteers that go to Rhode Island, if they should not receive enough from the State, sufficient to make them whole, both in horse-flesh and other ways."
REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS FROM LOUDON.
David Greely, Lieut. Samuel Chamberlin, Eliphalet Raw- lings, Dudley Sweasey, William Chamberlin, Abial Chamber- lin, Moses Morrill, Ensign Ezekiel Morrill, George Barns, Joseph Tilton, Ensign Bachelder, Libby Bachelder, Jere. Abbott Blunt, Capt. Benj. Sias, Thomas Drake, John Sanborn, Caleb Pillsbury, Jacob Sherburne, Thomas Haines, Thomas Bach- elder, Henry Tebbetts, John Davis, William Boyington, Isaac Morrill, Moses Ordway, Timothy French, Ezra Blaisdell, John · Hoit, Phineas Bachelder, Richard Bachelder, Nathaniel Bach- elder, Jonathan Clough.
Several others furnished substitutes as they were liable to be called out as soldiers.
History of Deerfield
The traet of land now known as Deerfield was, for many years a part of Nottingham, being ineluded in the charter given in 1722. Many of the early settlers came from what is now Massachusetts, the first settlements being made at Dover, Portsmouth and Exeter. The Indians in this section were quite troublesome to the new settlers and they built a bloek house in 1740, near where the Misses Elisabeth and Laura Marston now reside, as a place of safety to which they could flee in case of danger from attack by the savages.
The inhabitants of Deerfield in these years suffered much from fear and frequently fled with much precipitation to this block house, not a few for a considerable time entirely desert- ing their homes and subjecting themselves to privations, that they might be near some refuge. Yet the savages took no lives nor made any serious incursions into their boundaries. The Misses Marston have had a large boulder placed where the bloek house was built, to mark the spot, that future genera- tions may know where the early settlers gathered for protee- tion and safety.
The centers of what are now Deerfield and Nottingham were nearly ten miles apart. As early as 1750, complaints arose of neglect from this part of Nottingham in respect to educational and religious advantages. The town voted at its
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annual meeting in 1750 to set off what is now Deerfield as a new parish, but this served only to quiet the discontent for a season. For the next 15 years efforts were continually being made for a separation from Nottingham, all of which failed until June 17, 1765, when a petition signed by 80 of the citi- zens was presented "To his Excellency Governor Benning Wentworth and the General Assembly." Nov. 22, 1765. The House of Representatives voted that the prayer of said peti- tioners be granted and that they have liberty to bring in a bill accordingly. The act of incorporation bears the date of Jan. 8, 1766. While the petition was pending, as tradition has it, Mr. Batchelder killed a large fat deer, and presented it to Governor Wentworth, with which His Excellency was highly pleased, and was thereby disposed to favor the act of incor- poration, and suggested the name of "Deerfield" as that by which this township should be known. The first legal meet- ing was at the house of Samuel Leavitt, Jan. 30, 1766. At this meeting Wadleigh Cram was chosen moderator, Thomas Simp- son, parish clerk ; Samuel Leavitt, John Robinson and Ediphalet Griffin were chosen selectmen.
After five years of contention in regard to locating a meeting house, it was finally decided to erect it on "Chase's Hill," so called. May 19, 1772, it was voted "to raise £30 law- ful money to be laid out intirely for preaching" and John Pearson and James Page were to look out some suitable per- son to supply the parish with preaching. Rev. Timothy Upham, the first minister was ordained the second Wednesday in December, 1772. Mr. Upham died Feb. 21, 1811, after serving as pastor 39 years. Mr. Upham's successor was Rev. Nathaniel
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Wells, who was ordained July 1, 1812, and continued his labors as pastor 29 years. His death occurred Dec. 31, 1858, at the advanced age of 85 years. Mr. Wells was succeeded by the Revs. E. N. Hidden, W. A. Patten, U. W. Condit, W. A. Forbes, E. F. Abbott. W. A. Patten, 2nd term, Lyman White, J. W. Kingsbury, S. A. Mansfield, O. M. Lord, T. C. H. Bouten, J. C. Emerson, Samuel Bell and G. F. Bradford, who resigned July, 1904. This church has had sixteen pastors and many supplies when without a pastor.
During Mr. Wells' pastorate the Congregational people erected a new and commodious church at the new Center. The old church situated on "Chase's Hill" was taken down in the early forties. The Baptist Church was organized in 1770 with 14 members, and disbanded June 29, 1787. Soon after a branch church was organized as part of the Brentwood Church, under the care of Rev. Mr. Shepard. It became independent about 1801, but when it became extinct does not appear.
Sept. 12, 1816, a church was founded to be known as the First Baptist Church in Deerfield. In 1825 the Rev. James Barnaby became pastor, followed by Revs. Isaac Merriam, Bela Wilcox, Isaac Sawyer, O. O. Stearns, Noah Hooper, Jr., James N. Chase and Luther C. Stevens. After an absence of more than thirty years the Rev. James Barnaby returned to become pastor for a second term, remaining as such until April 21, 1861. May 6, 1862, he was followed by the Rev. E. T. Lyford, who resigned his pastoral relations September, 1863, to become chaplain of the 11th Reg't, N. HI. V. Rev. Oliver Ayer was settled Dec. 30, 1864, dismissed April 1, 1866. Sept. 29, 1867, the Rev. H. O. Walker became pastor and continued as such
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until October, 1886. He was followed by the Rev. R. E. Bart- lett, who resigned March 31, 1888, and was followed by the Rev. J. N. Studley in October, 1893. He resigned June 2, 1897. He afterwards went West, where he died a few years since. July 24, 1898, the Rev. Thomas Adams became pastor and after two years' service he resigned as such to be followed by the Rev. W. G. Carey, July 6, 1902, who on account of ill health resigned March 20, 1904 and removed to Shutesbury, Mass., where he died soon after. He was followed by the Rev. E. A. Lincoln, Sept. 1, 1904, who on Aug. 17, 1905 suddenly departed from town and has never been known to have returned, although he left a wife and two small children behind. The pulpit was declared vacant Sept. 24, 1905. April 1, 1906, the church succeeded in securing a pastor from Connecticut, in the person of Rev. George W: Shepard, who after a pastorate of sixteen months resigned July 31, 1907 and moved to Suf- field, Conn. On July 1, 1908, the Rev. Henry Young Vinal of South Hampton, N. H., accepted a call to become pastor of this church and with his family moved to this town. It will be seen that this church since Jan. 1, 1825, has had nineteen pastors. When without one, supplies have been furnished by the committee in charge.
In 1834, the Baptist people erected a new meeting house, which was soon after dedicated with the Rev. James Barnaby as first pastor. In 1889, the society voted to remove the meet- ing house onto their parsonage lot opposite the town hall, under the superintendence of the Rev. Rice R. Whittier, assisted by others. It was remodeled and beautified at an expense of nearly $3,000. The first house of worship occupied by the
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Baptists was built in 1770, two and one-half miles south of the Center near the Hon. John D. Philbrick's cemetery. In 1822, it was removed to the Center and occupied in connection with the Free Baptists and was called the Union Meeting House. This house was burned in 1840; a new one was built in its place in 1841; this one was also burned in 1880, and another new one built in 1881-82. Among those who have labored as pastors of this church are the Revs. John Kimball, S. B. Dyer, I. S. Davis, G. D. Garland, P. S. Burbank, C. S. Smith, Aaron Ayer, Ezra Tuttle (twice), G. S. Hill, Ira Emery, Edwin Blake, N. C. Lothrop, Pitts, Givens, Church, Cook and Nelson, who resigned in 1900, making at least 17 different clergymen who have been pastors of this church.
MILITARY MATTERS.
In all the wars that this country his been engaged in, this town has always shown its patriotism by furnishing its full quota of men and raising its share of the necessary funds with which to prosecute the wars. In the Revolutionary War this town furnished seventy-four soldiers, twenty-one of whom fought at the battle of Bunker Hill. Maj. John Simpson of this town fired the first gun in that memorable battle in the spring of 1776. The following statement was signed by people of Deerfield as follows :
"We, the subscribers do hereby solemnly engage and promise that we will, to the utmost of our power, at the risk of our lives and fortunes and with arms oppose the hostile
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proceedings of the British Fleets and Armies against the United American Colonies.
Timothy Upham, Eliphalet Smith, Stephen Batchelder, Simon Marston, John McCrillis, John Dain, Thomas Rand, Abraham True, Benjamin Sanborn, James Page, Isaac Shep- herd, Adornjah Fellows, Samuel Cate, Thomas Moulton, Rich- ard Jenness, Jacob Longfellow, Jeremiah Eastman, John Aery, George Wallis, Aaron Rawlin, Increase Batchelder, Nathan Green, John Lucy, Benjamin Batchelder, Levi Dame, Peter Mason, Thomas Robie, Jonathan Blue, Joseph March, Theoph- ilus Griffin, Joshua Nosey, Eliphalet Farffon, George Seavey, Jas. Langley, Dominict Griffin, Robert Merrill, Francis Batch- elder, Abiel Bartlett, Samuel Hardy, Nathaniel Osgood, David Robinson, Levi Harvey, Joseph Young, James Young, Jonathan Robinson, John Robinson, John Merrill, John Jones, Sanborn Cram, David Batchelder, Jonah Prescott, Jedediah Prescott, John Meade, Samuel Pulsifer, Joshua Leavitt, Ezekiel Gilman, William Mos, Benjamin Bere, Thomas Jenness, Joseph Currier, David Hindwick, Robert Helese, Dalton Simpson, Stephen Chase, Moses Chase, John Simpson, Josiah Chase, Daniel Cur- rier, Benjamin Stevens, Benjamin French. Wadleigh Ham, Samuel Gilman, Henry Tucker, Eleph Grefeen, Jr., Daniel Page, H. Thompson, John Goodhue, James Mason, Andrew Freese, Thomas Leavitt, Enoch Robie, Samuel Perkins, Joseph Kinnison, James Griffin, Gideon Ham, James Brown, Edward Dearborn, Jno. Batchelder, Jr., Samuel Hobbs, S. Batchelder, Jr., Nathan Grefeens, Andrew Nealy, John Cram, John Gre- feens, Joseph Grooes, Enoch French, Peter Sanborn, Ebenezer Tilton, William Smith, Nathan Batchelder, John Matton, James
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Brown, David Jewett, Zebulon Ring, Joseph Hilton, Samuel Hoit, John Thurston, Benjamin Folsom, Joel Cram, Joseph Cram, Jesse Prescott, Tristram Sanborn, Josiah Smith, Joseph Hoit, Daniel Ladd, Joseph Judkins, Joshua French, Benjamin Judkins, Joshua Young, Nathaniel Philbrick, Moses Barnard, Jonathan Watson, Simon Batchelder, Jonathan Philbriek, Samuel Prescott, Ephraim Batchelder, Abraham Prescott, Jon- athan Judkins, Joshua MeClure, Samuel MeClure, Jedo Web- ster, Thomas Blaisdell, Cotton Haines, John Pearson, Nat. Batehelder, 3d, Joseph Wallis, Phineas Tilton, Timothy Goding, John Philbriek, Nathan Philbriek.
The men who refuse to sign are those whose names are hereunder written :
Capt. John Robinson, Lieut. Nat'l Maloon, Moses Marshal, Joseph Merrill, Josiah Sanborn, Dr. Jonathan Hill, William Turrell, Nehemiah Cram, John Easman, Ephraim Brown, John Bartlett, Ebenezer Allison, Jeremiah Glidden, Daniel Marston, Nathaniel Folsom, Samuel Windslo, Aseph Morrel, Benjamin Ladd, Nathaniel Robinson.
Signed and returned June 20, 1776, to the Honorable Gen- eral Assambly by
Nathan Sanborn, Benjamin Page, Robert Page,
Selectmen of Deerfield.
It appears that men from Deerfield fought gallantly at Lexington and in Rhode Island and wherever New England men were struggling for liberty. The names of eighteen men who died in the Revolution are preserved. In the War of
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1812-14, this town furnished sixty-five men. It furnished some men in the war with Mexico.
SOLDIERS OF THE WAR OF THE REBELLION.
A. W. Ainslee, Joseph B. Ayer, George A. Abbott, James R. Anderson, Cop'l Alfred E. Ambrose, Lewis Ash, John Boody, George W. Benson, James Boyd, John Bryson, Joseph C. Batch- elder, Edmund R. Batchelder, Jonathan H. Batchelder, Edwin Batchelder, Benjamin B. Batchelder, Albert F. Batchelder, Charles H. Boody, Charles O Brown, Franklin H. Butler, Albion A. Bean, Moses Barnard, Jr., Samuel Barnard, Stephen Bart- lett, Arthur M. Chase, Joseph W. Chase, Gideon M. Collins, George W. Cook, George W. Collis, Jesse H. Clay, Edward Carney, Charles N. Conway, Mathew Casey, Michael Coleman, John W. Cook, Abel R, Cook, Charles H. Carter, John C. Chafin, Lieut. Jere E. Chadwick, Lieut. Joseph H. Cram, Lanty Conk- lin, James M. Dickey, Wm. C. Donaven, George F. Doe, George Day, Joseph Doe, Benjamin F. Dennet, Michael Denyou, Rufus E. Doe, Henry E. Durgin, John Denyou, Thomas Donhue, John A. Emerson, James Evans, Stephen F. Fogg, Henry Fife, Frank L. Fife, Henry L. Fifield, Wesley Fife, William J. Fifield, Wil- liam Fife, James Gannan, Peter Griffin, Chas. N. Graves, Rufus P. George, Cop'l Jas. W. Goodhue, Jacob, W. Hill, Jos. T. Hoitt, Chas. E. P. Hoitt, Benj. J. Hazelton, Albert M. Harvey, Geo. W. Harvey, Ladd P. Harvey, Wm. E. Hill, George E. Hill, Sher- man F. Hildreth, Isaac S. Hill, Martin V. B. Hill, John Hender- son, Winthrop A. Hilton, Capt. Jonathan H. Johnson, Lieut. Merrill Johnson, Serg't George H. Johnson, Wm. B. Jenkins, James Jenkins, Charles H. Jones, James Jones, S. P. Jagers,
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Thomas H. B. James, Joseph W. James, Jr., William H. H. Kenniston, James Kelley, William Kenney, Thomas Kennerley, Chaplain Edward T. Lyford, George P. Ladd, John K. Low, William H. H. Lang, Almond S. Langley, Mitchell P. Legro, John Livingston, James McIntyre, James Morrissey, John Mc- Gowan, Charles G. Marsh, Peter Menard, Capt. Isaac H. Mor- rison, Enoch F. Maloon, Samuel S. Maloon, Jr., Marvin L. Med- lar, Frank O. Merrifield, Joseph W. Morrill, Enoch Morrill, William H. Meade, John Mack, Samuel F. Morrill, Henry I. Pettigred, George B. Prescott, William H. Parsons, Josiah B. Philbrick, David M. Quimby, John L. Randall, Joseph W. Ran- dall, Dana D. Robinson, Christopher Ransch, Samuel J. Ran- dall, James Ritchie Jr., William Ritchie, Abijah Ring, Alvin Ring, Stephen B. Robinson, Jr., Benning W. Robinson, Francis S. Rollins, Augustus W. Robinson, Sherman S. Robinson, Joseph Stone, Anthony L. Sanborn, Wm. F. Sanborn, Levi C. Sanborn, Charles F. Smith, George Sullivan, MeNorman C. Smith, Peter Smith, Charles H. Stockbridge, William Smith, Thomas W. Sanborn, David Smith, Jr., John Smith, Ivory O. Sanders, Geo. F. Sylvester, Paschal Sturtevant, William T. Stevens, Charles F. Tilton, John O. Thomas, William S. Thompson, Francis B. Thorne, Charles H. Thompson, Charles E. Tilton, Charles S. Tyler, Henry Thompson, Cyrus W. Truel George B. Tilton, George Teel, John L. B. Thompson, Webber James, Otis C. Witherell, George S. Witherell, John L. Woodman, Stephen Wheeler, James Ward, Charles E. White, William Walker, James S. Whidden, Charles Willard, Jacob W. Witham, War- ren J. Watson, Joseph Watson, Rufus Watson, David Young, Jr., Hiram A. Young, Edwin E. Witherell.
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G. A. R. MEMORIAL DAY
The town raises and appropriates annually the sum of $50 to assist the G. A. R. to appropriately observe Memorial Day. The day is observed by the veterans and citizens by pub- lic exercises in the Town Hall, after having visited the different cemeteries accompanied by a drum corp, where 130 flags are placed on the graves of deceased soldiers of the various wars. The exercises consist of music, a memorial address by some distinguished speaker and singing by a select quartet.
SOLDIERS OF THE WAR OF 1812.
David H. Allen, Joshua Bishop, True Brown, 3 mos. ; Brad- bury Brown, 3 mos. ; Samuel Batchelder, 3 mos .; Serg't Joshua Bishop, 60 days; Stephen Brown, 60 days; James Brown, 60 days; Lowell Batchelder, 60 days; Leon Blaisdell, 60 days; George F. Blaisdell, 60 days; Stephen Bartlett, 60 days; David Blagden, Jr., 60 days; William Coffin, substitute for Samuel Simpson; Samuel Coffin, substitute for David Chase; Capt. Samuel Collins, 3 mos .; True Currier, 2 mos .; Abraham Cram, 3 mos .; Christopher Collins, 60 days; Joseph Chase, 60 days ; David Chase, 60 days; John Cochran, 60 days; John Cotton, 60 days; John Dearborn, 3 mos .; William Durrer, 60 days ; James Dow, 60 days; James Dalton, 60 days; Jeremiah East- man, 60 days; Ebenezer Fogg, 60 days; Daniel Haynes, 3 mos .: John Hilton, 3 mos .; Ebenezer Huchins, 60 days; Capt. David Haynes, 60 days; Benjamin Hazelton, 60 days; Caleb Judkins, 60 days; Josiah Lunt, 60 days; Reuben Langlce, 60 days ; Caleb Langley, 60 days; Jesse Libby, 60 days; John Langley, 60 days; Levi Mudgett, substitute for E. Thurston, 3 mos .; Nathaniel Marston, 3 mos .; Jeremiah Maloon, 60 days; Joseph
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Merrill, 60 days; Jacob Nute, 3 mos .; John Palmer, 3 mos .; Timothy Pearson, 60 days; True Prescott, 60 days; Stephen Prescott, 60 days; Joseph Prescott, 60 days; Levi Palmer, 60 days; Reuben Prescott, 60 days; Josiah Rollins, 60 days ; Abra- ham Rowell, 60 days; William Rand, 60 days; Stephen Smith, 60 days; Samuel Stearns, 60 days; Isaac Shepard, 60 days; David Tanily, 3 mos. ; Abraham True, 60 days; John M. Todd, 60 days; Jacob Wallace, 3 mos .; James White, 3 mos .; Mesheck Weare, 60 days; John Wallace, 60 days; Jonathan Veasey 60 days.
CIVIL WAR.
In the Civil War this town furnished nearly or quite 180 men, many of whom died in hospitals or on the battlefield. Of that number who left home and friends at the calls of President Lincoln, only about twenty are still living in Deerfield today.
PROFESSIONAL MEN.
LAWYERS.
David French of Epping commenced the practice of law in Deerfield in 1796, became solicitor in 1808, attorney general in 1812, died, Oct. 16, 1840. Edmund Toppan commenced practice in 1799, in a few years removed to Hampton. Phineas Howe commenced practice in 1805, after a short time removed to Weare. Moody Kent begun practice in Deerfield in 1804, afterwards removed to Concord and then to Pembroke. Josiah Butler commenced practice at Pelham, afterwards
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removed to Deerfield and was appointed judge of Court of Common Pleas in 1824. He retained the office until 1833; prior to this he had been sheriff, elerk of Court of Common Pleas and a member of Congress from 1817 to 1823. Afterwards he was appointed postmaster at South Deerfield. He died Oct. 29, 1854. Jesse Merrill commenced practice in Deerfield in 1810 and later removed to Vermont. Nathaniel Hoar of Lin- coln, Mass., commenced practice in Portsmouth, N. H., removed to Deerfield, died at Lincoln, Mass., in 1820, aged 36 years. David Steel, Jr., native of Peterborough, commenced practice in Deerfield in 1848, removed to Goffstown, where he became Representative and Senator. Frederick Davis, a native of Bos- ton, commenced practice in 1815 at Salem, N. H., then removed to Deerfield. Josiah Houghton began practice in 1819 and died 183 --. Ira St Clair was born in New Hampton, Aug. 9, 1796, commenced practice there in 1824, removed to this town in 1825, where he practiced law until 1874. He was judge of Probate for many years and died April 5, 1875. Nathaniel Dearborn, a native of Chester began practice in Pembroke in 1806, removed to this town in 1822 and to Northwood in 1831 and died in 1860. Horatio Gates Cilley graduated at Dart- mouth in 1826, read law with George Sullivan and began prac- tice in Deerfield in 1830. He died several years since.
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