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111. AUGUST HERVEAN (as spelled in Ayling's Register, but AUGUST HIRTZ on the town committee's manuscript), born in France, ae. 25, procured by HENRY A. ADAMS; enlisted and mus. in, Aug. 9, 1864, as a private, in Co. C, 5th N. H. Vols .; captured, Feb. 7, 1865, while on picket duty. No further in- formation concerning him.
112. JOHN KELLEY, 2d, born in Ireland, ae. 24, procured by JAMES APPLETON MASON; enlisted and mus. in, Dec. 13, 1864, as a private, in Co. I, 3d N. H. Vols .; deserted, Feb. 28, 1865.
113. WILLIAM MILLER, born in Canada, ae. 22, procured by ALFRED T. COLONY; enlisted and mus. in, Sept. 3, 1864; de- serted, Oct. 10, 1864, near Petersburg, Va .; a private in Co. F, 5th N. H. Vols.
114. JOHN PETER (in French JEAN LAPIERRE), born in France, ae. 21, procured by S. DANA BEMIS; enlisted and mus.
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in, Dec. 1, 1863, as a private, in Co. H, 2d N. H. Vols .; mus. out, Dec. 19, 1865.
115. JOHN THOMAS, procured by SAMUEL CARROLL DERBY. We can find no information concerning this man. Ayling's Reg- ister has notices of several men of that name, but none which answers the purpose here. The town committee's manuscript is silent respecting this man's service. The natural inference is that he took the money paid for his enlistment and disappeared without reporting at the office of the recruiting station to be mus. in.
To have ascertained the names of all natives and former residents of Dublin who served in the Civil War would have been the work of years, with no positive certainty of obtaining a complete list. We could not venture upon such a task. The manuscript prepared by the town committee, in 1870, contains the following records:
5. Soldiers Mentioned by a Town Committee in 1870
116. ELBRIDGE J. GOWING, native of Dublin, ae. 23; enlisted Sept. 2, 1861, in Co. K, 8th Pennsylvania Cav. Corps; after participating in several battles and skirmishes, was taken prisoner, at Sulphur Springs, Va., Oct. 12, 1863; remained near Richmond, Va., until March 4, 1864, when he was sent to the notorious prison at Andersonville, Ga., from which he was released, April 28, 1865. When captured, he was an orderly sergeant in command of his company.
117. GEORGE W. WARREN, of an old Dublin family, born in Peterborough, ae. 18; mus. in, Nov. 28, 1861, as a private, in Co. E, 6th N. H. Vols .; melted by the heat at Bull Run, Va., Aug. 29, 1862; died of diphtheria, at Philadelphia, Pa., Jan. 2, 1863.
We have found that it was practically impossible to obtain the names of all the soldiers of the Civil War who have lived in Dublin since they left the army or navy. While Harrisville was a part of Dublin, many such men worked in the mills whose names could not well be ascertained at this time. Others have lived for longer or shorter lengths of time in different parts of the town. To do no injustice to anybody, it has been deemed best not to attempt to record the names of soldiers who have come to Dublin since the war. To this rule we make an excep- tion which will meet with universal approval, in the case of Dr. Henry H. Smith, who lived many years in Dublin, was an
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honored physician, and always active and deeply interested in "Memorial Day" exercises, as well as in all matters pertaining to the welfare of the old soldiers.
118. HENRY HILLIARD SMITH, M.D., born in Liverpool, Ohio, June 16, 1837; became a resident of Claremont, N. H., in early boyhood; at the age of 26, he was appointed Acting Assist- ant Surgeon in the U. S. Navy, Nov. 20, 1863; served on the U. S. Ship Thomas Freeborn; resigned, April 21, 1865; made Dublin his residence, where, after a long and faithful practice, he died, Oct. 3, 1911.
There were 115 men in the war accredited to Dublin. Sixty- one of these volunteered from the town. Of these, eleven were killed in battle, two died of wounds received in battle, seven died in the service of disease, one was drowned, and two died at home of disease contracted in the service, making in all twenty-three deaths. Six were wounded, but not mortally; three were discharged on account of wounds; six were dis- charged for disability; three were taken prisoners; and two (neither of them properly belonging to Dublin) deserted. The selectmen procured the services of thirty-two men from abroad. Of these, two were killed in battle, and one died of disease, making three deaths. One was wounded slightly; two were dis- charged for disability; three were captured; seven deserted; and three, for various causes, were not accounted for officially. Twenty-seven Dublin men were drafted. Of these, thirteen were exempted, twelve furnished substitutes, one paid a com- mutation of three hundred dollars, and one ran away. Of the twelve substitutes, two were wounded, seven deserted, one was discharged for disability, and two were mustered out. Of the ten men voluntarily procured by citizens, one died of wounds, four deserted, one was captured, one absent sick at the mus- tering out, and two not accounted for, all of the last three being probably deserters. The number of men credited to Dublin who resided elsewhere was fifty-four. Of these, two were killed in battle, one died of wounds, one died of disease, eight- een are known to have deserted, four were taken prisoners, three were wounded but not mortally, three were reported as discharged for disability, one was reported on the muster-out roll as absent sick, five were not officially accounted for (the last six were probably deserters), and sixteen were mustered out.
Of the 115 men credited to the quota of Dublin, thirteen were killed in battle, three died of wounds received in battle, one was
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drowned, eight died in the service of disease, two died at home of disease contracted in the service, nine were wounded but not mortally, twelve were discharged for wounds or disability, seven were taken prisoners, twenty were known to have de- serted, six others absent or unaccounted for were probably deserters, and about fifty-one or fifty-two (including some re- ported as wounded) were honorably discharged at the close of the war.
The town of Dublin, aided by individuals and associations, has erected a plain, but beautiful and appropriate, monument to the memory of her valiant soldiers who gave their lives in the defence of our country. It is placed at the junction of the vil- lage street with the road (now known as "Monument Road") leading to the foot of the long pond below Harrisville.
The monument was dedicated, October 27, 1870. The fol- lowing account of the exercises at the dedication is taken prin- cipally from a report in the New Hampshire Sentinel of the following week:
"On Thursday, October 27, 1870, the citizens of Dublin dedicated a monument, erected the past season, to the memory of the soldiers of that town who fell in the War of the Rebellion. Although the morning was cold and windy, a large concourse of people gathered to witness the interesting ceremonies and testify their respect for the memory of those whose names are inscribed upon the tablets of the monument as having 'died that their country might live.'
"A procession was formed at the Unitarian church, under the mar- shalship of JOSEPH WILLARD POWERS, Esq., and, escorted by the Peterborough Cornet Band, marched to the monument, where WALTER J. GREENWOOD, Esq., president of the day, in a few appro- priate remarks, introduced Hon. THOMAS FISK, chairman of the build- ing committee, who made a short speech and gave, in a few words, a history of the troops furnished by the town to the armies of the Re- public. The whole number furnished was 115. Of this number, sixty- one were volunteers, natives [or former residents] of Dublin, of whom twenty-five [including one who enlisted from another town in the state, and one who died three years after the war] died in battle, or of wounds, or of disease, and whose names are inscribed upon the monument. Of the volunteers he said, 'there was no record that one from Dublin [who properly belonged to the town] ever deserted, or committed any crime in the army,' a record of which Dublin may well be proud.
"The monument is a beautiful shaft of Vermont marble, with appropriate tablets at its base for the inscriptions. The base is of Fitzwilliam granite, and it is surrounded by a walk of cement, and the grounds are graded for a grassy slope.
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"Upon returning to the church, the national hymn was sung by the choir, a selection from the Scriptures read and a dedicatory prayer offered by Rev. GEORGE MATTHIAS RICE, pastor of the Unitarian church, followed by an original hymn written for the occasion, and an oration by Brevet Major General SIMON GOODELL GRIFFIN of Keene. The oration was chaste and elegant in language, and filled with ap- propriate reminiscences of the march, the camp, and the field, which flushed the cheeks of the audience with pride, or dimmed their eyes with tears, as the remembrances of their lost friends and comrades rose before them, and won for the orator the applause of many who said they knew that 'he could fight well, but did not know that he could speak well.' [Gen. Griffin was a native of the neighboring town of Nelson and, in the organizations which he commanded in the war, were many Dublin boys.] After the oration, speeches were made by the invited guests, among whom were Col. TILESTON A. BARKER of Westmoreland, Col. SOLON A. CARTER, of Keene, GEORGE B. TWITCH- ELL, M.D., of Keene [nephew of the late distinguished AMOS TWITCH- ELL, M.D., of Keene, and a native of Dublin], Hon. JOHN HENRY ELLIOT of Keene, and ALBERT SMITH, M.D., of Peterborough.
"At the close of the exercises in the church, the company retired to the vestry, where a collation had been prepared by the ladies, which did them great credit, and to which ample justice was done by all. The whole occasion was one of enjoyment, saddened to many by memories of the past, which were alleviated by the consciousness of duties performed, and the brightening hopes of the future."
The following is a copy of the inscriptions upon the monu- ment.
[South side.]
[Military emblems are carved, including a shield, flags, a sword, and rifle. These are above the die on which the lettering is placed.]
Dublin, aided by Associations and Individuals, erects this Monument to the memory of her Brave Volunteer Soldiers who served in New Hampshire Regiments, and lost their lives in the War of the Rebellion.
1st Lieut. JESSE A. FISK, Co. K, 14th Regt., killed in Battle, at Winchester, Pa., Sept. 19, 1864.
1st Sergt. ALMON G. PIERCE, Co. C, 14th Regt., died of disease, at Camp Parapet, La., June 8, 1864.
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Corporals
LEWIS D. LEARNED, Co. G, 14th Regt. killed in battle at Cedar Creek, Va., Oct. 19, 1864; MALACHI W. RICHARDSON, Co. G, 13th Regt., killed in battle, at Cold Harbor, Va., June 2, 1864.
1870
[Date placed below the die.]
[West side.] [Motto above the die.]
"They rest from their labors, and their works do follow them."
Corporals
ASAPH W. PIERCE, Co. A, 14th Regt., died of disease at Poolesville, Md., Jan. 21, 1863; GEORGE W. HAZEN, Co. G, 14th Regt.,
killed in battle, at Winchester, Va., Sept. 19, 1864; SAMUEL P. HOLT, Co. A, 14th Regt., died, Oct. 24, 1864, of wounds received in battle;
WILLIAM P. HEALD, Co. B, 8th Regt., died, Feb. 17, 1868, of disease contracted in the service; EDGAR E. TOWNE, Co. G, 6th Regt.,
killed in battle, at Fredericksburg, Va., Dec. 14, 1862.
Privates
LEVI WILLARD, Co. K, 6th Regt., and WILLIAM BEAL, Co. E, 6th Regt., killed in battle, at Bull Run, Va., Aug. 29, 1862.
[North side.] [Motto above the die.]
These died that the union might endure.
Privates
FRANK WETHERBEE, 2d Co. of S. S., killed in battle, at Antietam, Md., Sept. 17, 1862; ALEXANDER LYLE, Co. G, 2d Regt., killed in battle at Williamsburg, Va., May 5, 1862; CHARLES P. PHELPS, Co. G, 2d Regt., and JOHN H. MONKS, Co. E, 6th Regt.,
killed in battle, at Bull Run, Va., Aug. 29, 1862. SYLVESTER C. ABBOTT, Co. E, 6th Regt., died of disease, at Hatteras Island, N. C., Feb. 3, 1862; SOLOMON S. SAWTELL, Co. E, 6th Regt.,
died of disease, at Louisville, Ky., Oct. 2, 1863;
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JOHN PHILLIPS, Co. G, 14th Regt., died of disease, at Offutt's Cross Roads, Md., Dec. 19, 1862.
[East side.]
[Motto above the die.] Our Country's Defenders.
Privates
HENRY H. HOLT, Co. G, 13th Regt.,
died of disease at Portsmouth, Va., Aug. 21, 1863; ALBERT C. GREENWOOD, Co. A, 14th Regt., died, Dec. 3, 1864, of wounds received in battle; NATHAN M. DERBY, Co. E, 6th Regt.,
died at home, April 20, 1865, of disease contracted in the service EDSON S. HAZEN, Co. G, 14th Regt.,
died at home, Oct. 5, 1865, of disease contracted in the service; RUFUS COGSWELL, Co. F, 10th Regt., died at Washington, D. C., Sept. 26, 1862; JOHN A. KENDALL, Co. I, 3d Regt., drowned at Concord, N. H., Aug. 23, 1861; GEORGE W. WARREN, Co. E, 6th Regt., died of disease, at Philadelphia, Pa., Jan. 2, 1863.
SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR
No man enlisted directly from Dublin in the Spanish-Ameri- can War of 1898-99. One man, ALBERT ANDREW PRESTON, now living (1916) upon the fifth lot of the fifth range, in the more easterly of the two houses upon that lot, a native of Greenville, N. H., enlisted for that war, in his twenty-first year, in Co. B, 6th Mass. Regt. He saw service in Cuba and Porto Rico. He was in no battle, but participated in some skirmishing in Porto Rico.
PHILIPPINE WAR
BENJAMIN ABBOTT BURPEE, a native of Dublin, and a son of Abbott B. Burpee, enlisted from Harvard, Mass., for the Philippine War, at Clinton, Mass., Sept. 28, 1899. He enlisted in the 43d Infantry, U. S. Vols., which was organized at Fort Ethan Allen, Vt. He was in three battles: Calbayog, March 26, 1900; Samar, on the same day; and a second fight at Samar, on March 27, 1900. He was discharged, May 20, 1901, and resides at 218 Purchase St., Milford, Mass.
CHAPTER VII
ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY
FIRST CONGREGATIONAL (UNITARIAN) CHURCH
THE ecclesiastical records of Dublin are deficient. The Rev. Joseph Farrar left no book in which the proceedings of the church during his ministry were recorded. We are obliged, therefore, to depend upon the records of the town, and upon papers which were preserved by Deacon Eli Morse. The in- vitation to Mr. Farrar was given before a church was organized. The committee chosen "to treat with Mr. Farrar" were Eli Morse, Moses Adams, William Greenwood, Joseph Twitchell, and Levi Partridge. The whole population of Dublin at that time, Oct. 17, 1771, must have been less than 300, - probably not more than 250; for, in the year 1775, it was only 305; and some new families, in the meantime, had settled in the town. The answer of Mr. Farrar is dated at New Ipswich, Feb. 3, 1772. The following is a copy of the same: -
"To the Inhabitants of the Town of Dublin.
"GENTLEMEN, - Whereas, on the 17th day of October, 1771, you were pleased to give me an invitation to settle with you in the gospel- ministry, and that being an affair of the greatest importance, I have therefore taken the same into serious and deliberate consideration, seeking to God for that wisdom which is profitable to direct. And because, in the multitude of counsellors, there is safety, I have there- fore taken the advice of my reverend fathers in the ministry, and have come to a determination with regard to my settlement with you, and accordingly do accept of your friendly invitation. And now, sirs, sensible of my own insufficiency for such an arduous, important, and glorious work, I desire my dependence may be upon Him whose wis- dom, grace, and strength are sufficient for me; and, being fully per- suaded of your benevolence and good-will towards me, I beg that you would strive together with me in your prayers to God for me, that I may have all that prudence, discretion, wisdom, grace, and strength, which are necessary to have my deportment decent and regular, my conversation as becomes the gospel, and my public ministrations and labors profitable and instructive. Cease not to pray for me that I may be qualified and adorned with every Christian grace and virtue,
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and every ministerial gift; and that, by hearty fidelity in my labors, I may have your cordial affections attached to me, be instrumental of converting many souls, and at last receive the reward of a faithful laborer, and rejoice with you forever in the kingdom of glory. I shall conclude, wishing you all outward prosperity, especially that your souls may be in health and prosper, that you may always enjoy the divine presence and conduct, in all your proceedings maintaining the unity of the spirit in the bond of peace, - that you may all come in the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ. In token whereof, I subscribe,
Your sincere friend,
JOSEPH FARRAR."
"P. S. - I desire this may be read in public. And I desire, likewise, to know whether the people of Dublin are willing that I should be allowed two or three sabbaths in a year, to visit my friends at a dis- tance with greater conveniency, if I should settle with you."
The above document, in the handwriting of Mr. Farrar, may be found, pasted to the inside of the cover of the first book of town records. The chirography is uniform, perfectly legible, and indicates a practised penman.
At a town-meeting, March 3, 1772, "Voted to have the ordi- nation the tenth day of June next. Voted to send to the follow- ing churches to attend the ordination, viz .: the church in Lin- coln, the church in Weston, the church in Groton, the church in New Ipswich, the church in Sherborn, the church in Monad- nock No. 4 (Fitzwilliam)."
According to the above vote, Mr. Farrar was ordained on the tenth day of June, 1772. What pastors and delegates were present, who preached the sermon and performed the other services of the occasion, is not known.
A church was organized on the same day of the ordination. There is no record of the names of the members. The following is a copy of their covenant: -
"A Covenant, which sundry church-members, inhabitants of the town of Dublin, entered into at their embodying into a distinct church : -
"We do, under a believing sense of our unworthiness of such a favor, and unfitness for such a business, yet apprehending ourselves to be called of God to put ourselves in a way of church-communion together, and to seek the settlement of all the gospel institutions among us, do therefore, in order thereunto, and for the better promoting thereof, believing on the Lord Jesus Christ for help, covenant as follows: -
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"1. We profess to believe the Sacred Scriptures of the Old and New Testament to be the word of God, and the rule of our faith and man- ners.
"2. We do also combine to walk together as a particular church of Christ according to all these holy rules of the gospel, prescribed to such a society, so far as we do or shall understand the mind of God, revealed to us in this respect.
"3. We do recognize the covenant of grace, in which we professedly acknowledge ourselves devoted to the service of the only true God, our Supreme Lord, and to the Lord Jesus Christ, the Prophet, Priest, and King of his church, unto the conduct of whose Spirit we submit ourselves, and on whom alone we rely for pardon, grace, and glory; to whom we bind ourselves in an everlasting covenant never to be forgotten.
"4. We likewise give ourselves one unto another in the Lord, to cleave to each other as fellow-members of one body in brotherly love and holy watchfulness over one another for mutual edification, and to submit ourselves to all the holy administrations appointed by Him who is the Head of the church, dispensed according to the rules of the gospel, and to give our steady attendance on all the public ordinances of Christ's institutions, walking orderly as becometh saints.
"5. We do also acknowledge our posterity to be included with us in the gospel covenant; and, blessing God for such a favor, do promise to bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord with the greatest care.
"6. Further, we promise to be careful to procure the settlement and continuance among us of such officer or officers as are appointed by Christ, the Chief Shepherd, for the edification of his church, and ac- cordingly to do our duty faithfully for their maintenance and encour- agement, and to carry towards them as it becomes us.
"7. Finally, we do acknowledge and promise to preserve com- munion with the orderly, regular, and faithful churches of Christ in all such ways as we shall judge agreeable to the gospel. Now, the good Lord be merciful unto us; and, as he hath put it into our hearts thus to devote ourselves to him, may he pity and pardon our frailties, humble us out of all carnal confidence, and keep it forever upon our hearts to be faithful to him and to one another for his praise and our everlasting good, for Christ Jesus his sake, to whom be glory for ever. Amen."
The people of Dublin had preaching occasionally before the town was incorporated. The earliest intimation that this was the case is found in the following letter: -
"KEENE, May 28, 1764.
"To Mr. Thomas Morse.
"Sir, - I received yours this day, in which you desired me to inform you when I can attend your lecture. I have considered it, and will
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do my endeavor to wait on you next week, on Wednesday, at two o'clock in the afternoon.
"I am, Sir,
Yours,
CLEMENT SUMNER."
Mr. Sumner was the pastor of the church in Keene. It is probable that other ministers in the vicinity preached, at dif- ferent times, for the new settlers in Dublin. Having come from towns in which the institutions of Christianity were main- tained, they severely felt the deprivations to which they were subjected, and they would not fail to secure a preacher as often as possible; if not on the sabbath, yet on week-days. The widow of Ivory Perry, when at the age of ninety-two, had a distinct recollection of many events in the early history of the town; and she said that the Rev. Mr. Locke of Sherborn rode to Dublin on horseback in the autumn of 1767, and preached on the sabbath at the house of Eli Morse; and that, on the same day, he baptized a daughter of Mr. Morse, to whom the name Sally, or Sarah, was given. Thaddeus Morse, Esq., a son of Eli Morse, was, at that time, four or five years old; and he was heard to say that he distinctly remembered the oc- casion, and especially a question which he put to his mother, after hearing some conversation about Mr. Locke's coming there to preach. "I asked her," he said, "what do folks do when they preach?" Mrs. Perry thought that a Mr. Williams preached once or twice at the house of William Greenwood. Mr. Farrar preached twelve sabbaths before he received an invitation to settle. This is shown by a receipt in full, which he gave to Thomas Morse and Henry Strongman. The amount received was fourteen pounds eight shillings, or four dollars per sabbath.
The salary voted to Mr. Farrar (£40, or $133.33) seems very small when compared with the salaries of the present day. But we know that money was more valuable at that period. By an account book of Deacon Eli Morse, it appears that the Rev. Joseph Farrar boarded for some time in his family, and the charge per week was only four shillings. If other things were proportionally as cheap as board, then Mr. Farrar's salary of forty pounds, with the right to land, and the addition granted as the town increased, would more than equal in real value such salaries as are paid, at the present day, in towns whose inhabitants are chiefly devoted to agriculture.
From the account given by those who lived at the period of
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Mr. Farrar's ministry, he was considered as a man of more than ordinary talents, and faithful in discharging the duties of his office. But, after two or three years, his health became poor, and he began to entertain strange fancies. He imagined that he had persons in his flock, especially certain women, who were plotting against him, or striving, by improper means, to mo- nopolize his favorable regards. He erected a small house on his lot of land, on or near the old Wait house now owned by the Frothingham heirs, and for a time lived in it entirely alone. He was not married during his ministry in Dublin. His mind, however, became so impressed with the reality of his imagi- nations that he introduced the subject into his public prayers on the sabbath. This could not be borne without remonstrance from some of his people, and a general dissatisfaction soon prevailed.
After several town-meetings had been held, and votes passed, as stated in the address, the church took up the subject; and, at a meeting, Nov. 20, 1775, chose Deacon Eli Morse moderator.
"Then voted to call a council of churches to hear the difficulties subsisting in the church, and to give advice.
"Voted to send to five churches, viz .: the church at New Ipswich, the church at Swanzey, the church at Fitzwilliam, the church at. Sherborn, and the church at Temple.
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