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ATWOOD.
STEPHEN Arwoon came to this town from Weare, in 1797, and settled on the E. D. Whipple farm ; m. Fanny Steele.
Polly, b. Nov. 23, 1796. Amos, b. Apr. 17, 1799. Mehitable, b. Sept. 2, 1803.
Fesse, b. July 20, 1801.
Stephen, b. May 29, 1805. Fanny, b. July 17, 1807.
Luke, b. July 29, 1809. Alexander B., b. Dec. 20, 1811.
BADGER.
WILLIAM BADGER, b. June 6, 1799 ; came from Kingston in IS12 ; lived on Thatcher hill; m., Feb. 2, IS26, Hannah D. Reddington, of Sunapee.
Loanda A., b. Jan. 2, 1827 ; d. at 10.
Ann MI., b. Aug. 11, 1829; d. 1852.
Marcia M., b. Apr. 22, 1833; d. 1837.
Stephen. b. Mar. 17, 1837 ; d. 1837.
Lois Maria, b. Apr. 22, 1840 ; d. 1843.
+ Henry II'., b. May 4, 1842.
HENRY W. BADGER, s. of William Badger, a joiner and arch- itect. He has been an important and active worker in the wood factory of W. L. Dow & Co. since its establishment. Married, Dec. 15: 1869, Mary E. Woodbury, b. Mar. 13, 1843, in Boston. Anna IV'., b. Mar. 1. 1871. John W'., b. July 22, 1873.
V'ina Zalifo, b. Nov. 16, 1875.
BAILEY.
JESSE BAILEY, m. Sarah Thurston, Sept. 13, 1775, at New- port. I find no further account of this family.
Amanda, b. Mar. 25, 1777. Jesse, fr., b. Feb. 9, 1779.
Elizabeth, b. Mar. 12, 1781. Phineas, b. July 13, 1783.
ELIPHALET BAILEY, a native of Unity, lived in the south part of the town, on the Unity road, on the place now occu- pied by N. Brown ; m. Celinda Clement, of Unity, sister of J. W. Clement ; m., 2d, Artemesia Locke, of Charlestown. He d. in the autumn of 1878.
Elmira, b. Sept. 6, 1817 ; m. Calvin H. Pike.
Mandana, b. Oct. 21, 1823; m. Henry F. Pike. Martha F., m. Ira M. Perry, of Charlestown.
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JOIIN BAILEY, b. Oct. 9, 1765, at Lunenburg, Mass. ; came to this town from Warner in 1812, and settled in the south- west corner of the town, where he d. at the age of 94 years ; m. Phobe Whittemore.
Benjamin, b. Dec. 8, 1793 ; m. Julia McGay ; went to Montreal.
Roxana. b. Apr. 5, 1795.
Josiah, b. Apr. 21, 1797. He remained at the homestead until his death ; was a selectman in 1847.
Fanny, b. Sept. 29, 1799. Rebecca, b. Feb. 11, 1800.
Phobe I!" .. b. May 12, 1803.
BAKER.
JAMES BAKER, b. Mar., 1796; d. Feb. 27, 1875. He came to this town from Goshen, when 12 years of age, and lived in the west part of the town. He manufactured, for many years, " Baker's Water-Proof Leather Preserver." Married Sophia Chapin, d. Dec. 24, 1839, aged 44 ; m., 2d, Priscilla Osgood, d. Jan. 6, 1870, aged 79. He was the first man in town to keep a large stock of fowls. Hens of the White Leghorn breed were his favorites. He furnished a large amount of poultry and eggs for the market.
Elizabeth, b. Jan. 20, 1822.
Emily, b. Apr. 27, 1823 ; m., June 15, 1849, Abijah W. Tenney. Pamelia, b. Feb. 28, 1825; m., Jan. 24, 1850, George V. Baker, of Unity. James, b. Mar. 23, 1827 ; m., July 28, 1851, Anna M. Dimond, of Rox- bury, Mass.
Mary, b. Feb. 12, 1829; d. Oct. 31, 1832.
Abiah C., b. May 12, 1831 ; m., Feb. 10, 1864, Rev. William H. Bar- rows, of Mansfield. Conn. ; r. at Hampton, Iowa.
Martin, b. Apr. 27, 1833 ; m., Sept. 24, 1856, Charlotte L. Wood, of Lebanon ; r. at Lebanon.
BALDWIN.
ELEAZER BALDWIN, a miller, the father of the Baldwins, came from Killingworth, Conn., first, to Claremont, and thence to Newport, bringing with him five ch., viz., Worcester. Eras- tus, Philander, Elcazer, and Barbara. Worcester m. Miriam Wilcox, dau. of Jesse, and, with most of the family, removed to Crown Point, N. Y.
ERASTUS BALDWIN, S. of Eleazer, b. May 2, 1790 ; m., July 3, ISII, Lucy S. Church, b. June 3, 1786. He was a merchant
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and town-clerk. He was social, a fine penman, and a popular merchant. He took the old Church homestead, which stood upon the site now occupied by Wheeler's block, where he re- mained until his death, and which was subsequently occupied for many years by his widow during her life.
Erastus S., b. Mar. 31, 1812. Martha C., b. Feb. 20, 1314. t Henry E., b. Dec. 19, 1815. t Samuel C., b. Sept. 15, 1817.
Martha F., b. Sept. 29, 1819. James P., b. Sept. 6, 1821.
HENRY E. BALDWIN, S. of Erastus, b. Dec. 19, IS15 ; served an apprenticeship in the Argus office : was for several years editor and proprietor of the paper, and afterwards was editor and proprietor of the Lowell Advertiser. He filled the offices of register of deeds and of probate for Sullivan county ; was clerk of the N. H. senate, and for four years an officer in the Boston custom-house. He was private secretary to President Pierce. He took a deep interest in the welfare of his native town. He was a designer and engraver. His social nature, agreeable manners, and uniform courtesy won for him many friends. He d. at Washington, D. C., Feb. 12, 1855, aged 41 years ; m. Marcia, dau. of Thomas W. Gilmore. [See Litera- ture.]
SAMUEL C. BALDWIN, S. of Erastus, b. Sept. 15, IS17, was connected with his brother (Henry E.) in the publication of the Argus, and also in the publication of the Lowell Advertiser. He went to Plymouth, Mass., in 1844, where he revived the Plymouth Rock, and while there was twice elected a represent- ative to the legislature of that state. He afterwards went to Meredith, in this state ; was editor and proprietor of the New Hampshire Democrat, and was clerk for the county of Bel- knap ; d. there Dec. 3, 1861, aged 44 years. [See Literature. ] He m., Jan. 16, 1840, Sarah S. Hatch, dau. of Dr. Mason Hatch.
Emma H., b. July 17, 1843 ; m. Charles Partridge.
Lucy A., b. Oct. 1, 1845 ; m. Charles W. Moore, of Concord ; r. in Al- bany, N. Y.
Mason H .. b. Sept. 13, 1847 ; m. Carrie Flint ; r. in Iowa.
Marcia G., b. July 18, 1849; d. Apr. 26, 1864. Frances, b. Oct. 5, 1852.
Arthur H., b. Oct. 14, 1854; a graduate of the Scientific Department. Dartmouth college.
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BARTON.
LEVI W. BARTON. [See Lawyers.] Married Mary A. Pike, IS39 ; m., 2d, Aug. 25, 1852, Lizzie F. Jewett, of Nashua. Their silver wedding occurred Aug. 25, 1877, in the presence of a large circle of friends. They received an elegant silver service, the Hon. Edmund Burke making an appropriate presentation speech in behalf of the donors.
Ira McL., b. March 11, 1840; d. Jan. 19, 1876. [See Lawyers.] Herbert }., b. Sept. 27, 1853.
Charles Fremont, b. Oct. 19, 1856.
Ralph Winter, b. July 22, 1859; d. Sept. 13, 1863.
Leander M., b. March 28, 1862; d. Sept. 26. 1863.
Florence Frances, b. April 8, 1865. Natt Lincoln, b. Aug. 28, 1867. Jessie Maston, b. Jan. 21, 1870.
HERBERT J. BARTON, son of L. W. Barton ; b. Sept. 27, 1853. Had his preparatory training at the N. H. Conference Seminary at Tilton, and was graduated at Dartmouth college in the class of 1876, standing among the highest in his class. He is a successful and popular teacher. He taught several terms at Providence, R. I. ; was principal of the high school in Union district, in this town, two years; is now principal of a high school at Waukegan, Ill., where he has charge of all the departments. M., Aug. 21, 1877, Sarah L. Dodge, dau. of Leander F. Dodge, of this town.
HOSEA B. BARTON, a native of Croydon. a printer and farm- er ; b. March 5, 1812 ; came to this town from Concord, where he had been engaged in printing, in 1858. Married Sarah C. Austin ; m., 2d, Frances R. Brown. He purchased the farm on the Goshen road now occupied by his son, where he re- mained until his death.
Catharine F., b. Sept. 11, 1844. William H., b. May 25, 1846.
Charles A., b. Oct. 31, 1848. George E., b. Nov. 1, 1850.
Adelia }., b. April 17, 1854. Mary E., b. Nov. 10, 1856.
John C., b. Dec. 25, 1859. Nellie S. A., b. Feb. 18, 1863.
Lemuel R., b. Aug. 31, 1869.
MARTIN A. BARTON, a deputy sheriff and jailor, son of Peter Barton, of Croydon ; b. Aug. 22, 1813 ; came here from
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his native town, where he was a merchant, and where he had been a selectman, and a representative in 1869. M., Aug. 22, IS44, Elizabeth Hook, of Springfield.
Charles Wilson. b. Jan. 28, 1847; m. Ida E. Walker, of Grantham. Ch., Ralph M., b. July 21, 1875.
Frank A., b. Aug. 17, 1849 ; d. May 28, 1858.
Elizabeth S., b. Oct. 2, 1853.
CYRUS BARTON. [See The Press. ] Married Hannah Hale, of Keene, a sister of Salma Hale, of Keene, and David Hale, of this town.
George S. [See Lawyers and Literature. ]
BARNARD.
JONATHAN BARNARD, a merchant, son of Thomas Barnard ; b. April 28, IS19, at Warren, N. H .; came here in 1870 ; commenced trade with Jeremiah Carter. He was a selectman at Orange in 1845, and a representative from Canaan in 1867. Married Mary A. Wells, of Plymouth ; m., 2d, Oct. S, IS78, Mrs. Urena Mudgett, of Goshen.
Clara A., b. Oct. 20, 1850 ; m. Alvah S. Chase.
Georgia A., b. Feb. 26, 1860 ; a graduate of Newport high school.
BARRETT.
JOSEPH BARRETT, a farmer, son of Benjamin ; b. Jan. 13, IS13 ; came from Fitchburg, Mass. ; was a soldier in the Union army. Married Louisa Newton, a daughter of Erastus.
Mary C., b. Nov. 9. 1847. Charles B., b. Oct. 24, 1849.
Frank E., b. July 12, 1851. Jennie E., b. Dec. 27, 1853.
Helen L., b. March 28, 1855.
WHITNEY D. BARRETT, S. of Ezra, b. June 12, IS36 ; came to this town, from Brattleborough, Vt., in 1864, and settled at Northville ; has been for many years a successful writing-mas- ter : m., Nov. 16, 1856, Louisa A. Bellamy, of Townshend, Vt., b. Mar. 20, 1835. Her family is noted for its literary taste.
Whitney David, b. Jan. 30, 1858; a scythe-maker ; m., Mar. 9, 1876, Emma G. Fletcher.
Hattie. b. July 8, 1860 ; d. Apr. 3, 1861.
Mary C., b. Feb. 22, 1862; d. Dec. 15, 1863.
Lizzie C., b. Sept. 23, 1863. Etta JI., b. June 10, 1870.
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BARTLETT.
WILDER L. BARTLETT, b. June 12, ISII ; came from Suna- pee in IS48, and purchased the farm at Northville now owned by Albert D. Bartlett, and there spent the remainder of his life. Married Susan Emerson, dau. of Jonathan Emerson, 2d.
Lucina Antoinette, b. Sept. 17, 1845 ; a graduate at Meriden ; a suc- cessful teacher.
ALBERT D. BARTLETT, son of Joshua Bartlett, of Sunapee ; b. March 9, IS19; came here in 1873, and settled on the W. L. Bartlett place, at Northville, where he is a laborious and thriv- ing farmer. M., Sept. 7, 1840, Sarah T. Cook, of Bradford, b. Nov. 7, ISIS.
Maria A .. b. March 30, 1842; m., May 10, 1866, John Batchelder; r. at Haverhill, Mass.
Georgia A., b. Dec. 22, 1854.
GEORGE E. BARTLETT came to this town from Unity in IS60 ; was in trade with Chester Averill, in Wheeler's block, for several years ; was subsequently in trade for himself at the same place. He returned to Unity, where he is now engaged in farming. Married Maria M. Buckminster, of Unity. He was elected a representative in 187S, from Unity, under the revised consti- tution, for 1879 and 'So.
J. MONROE BARTLETT, a joiner, came from Unity. and learn- ed his trade with Benj. M. Gilmore. Married Caroline, dau. of Abner Kelley.
May, b. May 28, 1860; m. Woodbury Prescott.
BASCOM.
ELIAS BASCOM came from Northfield, Mass., prior to 1778, and settled on the H. Spooner farm on the Unity road. He brought with him six sons,-Elias, Reuben, Joseph, Zeri, Artimedorus, and Elisha. They all went to Vermont-mostly to Orwell-except Reuben. William F., a son of Artimedorus, graduated at Middlebury, studied law, was a member of the constitutional convention, and a professor in Howard Univer-
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sity. Elisha was a judge, and a member of the legislature ; and his third son, William Tulley, a lawyer, published the Ohio State Journal, and afterwards the Zenia Torchlight. Ira. b. at Newport, in 1783, graduated at Middlebury college in 1807 ; was principal of the Rutland Grammar School, at Castleton, Vt., and a professor in Howard University in IS10-11 ; studied medicine, and practised at Whitehall, N. Y .. and at Orwell, Vt., and d. at the latter place, Dec. 6, 1820. He was scholarly, and was winning in his ways.
ELIAS BASCOM, S. of Elias, came from Northfield, Mass., with his father ; m., May 12, 1782, Rebeckah Stevens, of Kil- lingworth, Conn.
Rosalinda, b. Apr. 25, 1783 : d. July 9, 1783.
Rosalinda, b. May 5, 1784.
Josiah, b. Mar. 7, 1786.
JOSEPHI BASCOM, s. of Elias, b. Mar. 30, 1768 ; lived on the J. Sweet place, now occupied by H. Spooner, on the Unity road ; m., in 1795, Esther Slack, at Hopewell, N. J. ; m., 2d, June 5, 1814, Lucretia Farnum, of Benson, Vt. He was a sur- veyor, well educated, and an active business man. He was a deacon at Benson, Vt., to which place he removed in IS14, and where he d., Feb. 12, IS52.
Elias, b. at Hopewell, N. J., Feb. 23, 1796.
Elizabeth, b. at Newport, Feb. 26, 1798.
Joseph, b. Feb. 22, 1800.
Edmond, b. Feb. 14. 1802.
Sibyl, b. Jan. 16, 1804. Benjamin, b. Feb. 12. 1806.
Matilda D., b. Jan. 18, 1808. Horace, b. Mar. 14, 1810.
Ira, b. Apr. 2, 1812. Abigail, b. Oct. 11, 1816.
REUBEN BASCOM, a farmer and clothier, s. of Elias, b. Apr. 22, 1763, came here with his father in 1779, and settled on the L. Bascom farm on the Unity road. He was a selectman ; m., in 1786, Lydia Hurd (the first female born in town), b. June 7, 1768. He d. Apr. 7, 1839 ; she d. Mar. 24, IS47.
Asenath, b. May 18, 1787 ; m. Amos Noyes ; m., 2d, Chalker Buell. t Reuben, b. Apr. 17, 1790. t Elihu, b. Nov. 21, 1792.
Eunice, b. Dec. 10, 1794; d. Nov. 7, 1813.
Loren. b. Oct. 6. 1796; m. Eunice Buell; ch., Lucy S. He d. Feb. 25, 1826.
Elisha, b. Oct. 28, 1798. Lydia. b. Sept. 21, 1800.
Almira, b. Sept. 22, 1802 ; m., Nov., 1834, Joel Wright. She d., July, 1859.
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Caroline, b. Feb. 18, 1807 ; m., Nov., 1833, Moses Hurd ; r. at Spring- field, Vt. Ch., Asenath L., b. Oct., 1834; m., Nov., 1856, Daniel E. Carr.
Eliza, b. Sept. 28, 1808 ; unmarried ; r. at the old homestead.
Cynthia P., b. July 16, 1812 ; m., Apr. 25, 1836, Erastus Hurd, who d. Sept. 11, 1842 ; m., 2d., Sept. 20, 1843, Simeon Whittier.
REUBEN BASCOM, s. of Reuben, a clothier and farmer ; m. Philomela Chapin ; m., 2d, Elizabeth Chapin. He spent most of his life on his farm, near the school-house in District No. 13, now occupied by his son William.
Carlos L., b. July 2, 1820 ; m. Emily Sanborn, of Knoxville, Ill. Ch., Mary A., b. Aug. 9, 1848 ; Emily, b. Dec. 9, 1849; Henry, b. July 31, 1853; Frank.
Henry M., b. Sept. 24, 1821 ; d. at Geneseo, Ill., Nov. 23, 1842. Philomela, b. Sept. 1, 1823: m., Nov. 25, 1851, Rev. Glen Wood, of Chicago; d. May 6, 1866.
Elizabeth C., b. July 19, 1828 ; d. Aug. 15, 1878.
William, b. Dec. 24, 1830. He remains at the old homestead, is fond of books, and is an active member of the Congregational church. Mary L., b. Sept. 9, 1833 ; m. Lyman M. Fletcher.
ELIHU BASCOM, S. of Reuben ; b. Nov. 21, 1792 ; m. Hannah Tenney. He was a farmer, and spent most of his life at the A Babb place, in the east part of the town, on the Sunapee road ; d. Sept. 2, 1861.
Ruel G., b. Mar. 14, 1827; m. Sophia Kempton. Ch., Emma J., b. Feb. 28, 1848 ; Ada S., b. Jan. 21. 1866; Ruel L .; Frederick E. d. Jan. 10, 1863 ; Charles K., b. June 10, 1862.
Ellen M., b. Feb. 5, 1831 ; m., July 18, 1858, Nelson Chase. Ch. Clement B., b. July 14, 1860 ; Myrtia May, b. July 2, 1866. Elias B., b. Jan. 7, 1833. R. at Lansing, Iowa ; was a captain during the Rebellion ; was for a while an inmate of Libby prison ; m. Mary Rogers. Ch., Mary J., b. Sept. 3, 1856; Alice J., d., 1862 ; Alice, b. Mar. 23, 1866; Ada, b. Jan., 1870.
Horace Sanford, b. Sept. 25, 1834: a sharpshooter in 1864. He is a joiner. M., May 11, 1878, Luella Haven.
Alice, b. Sept. 29, 1837 ; m., Aug. 22, 1859, Benjamin F. Carr. Ch., Fred Porter, b. June 15, 1861 ; Nellie, b. Oct. 16, 1863.
Harriet, b. Jan. 9, 1841 ; m., June. 1, 1861, Moses Hoyt. Ch., Frank E., b. Apr. 21, 1863.
ELISHA BASCOM, S. of Reuben, m., Aug. 2, 1822, Temperance Tenney, b. July 20, 1802 ; he d. Sept. 21, 1866. He was a cloth- ier, and lived at the H. Chapin place, now occupied by the sons of Calvin Pike, at Southville.
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Catharine, b. Nov. 18, 1823; m., Sept., 1848, Hubbard Cooper, of Croydon ; she d. Apr., 1868. Ch., Ada L., b. Feb. 9, 1851; Etta E., b. 1858, d. 1859; Bertha M., b. June 11, 1863.
Morton, b. Aug. 13, 1826; m., Sept., 1851, Lovina Pike. Ch., Imo- gene, b. Aug. 17. 1853; Flora M., b. Sept., 1857 ; Edgar M., b. Mar., 1859; James W., b. Oct. 3, 1863.
W'allace, b. Jan. 29, 1831 ; m., Jan., 1853, Ellen Kelsey. He was in the 2d Mass. Regt., and was shot through the heart at the battle of Gettysburg, July 3, 1863. Ch .. Charles W., b. 1854; Kate I .; Fred- erick, b. Dec., 1860; Emma K., b. July, 1862.
Ellen, b. Oct. 5, 1833; m., Dec. 13, 1853, Sullivan H. Brown, of Croy- don. Ch .. Frank D., b. Jan. 8, 1859 ; Herbert E.
Marian, b. Feb. 18, 1837 ; d. Oct. 1. 1865 ; unmarried.
Abby, b. Feb. 11, 1839; m., Apr. 18, 1861, Leonard T. Moody. Ch., Wallace E., b. Oct. 3, 1863.
James P'., b. Mar. 30, 1841 ; he was in the 9th Regt. ; d. at Falmouth, Va., Dec. 25, 1862.
Henry, b. June 2, 1843.
Emma, b. June 23, 1846; d. Oct. 17, 1865 ; unmarried.
BASTON.
O. P. BASTON, a photographer, b. Feb. 12, 1842, at Welling- ton, Me. : learned his art in Boston, and, after practising a while in Lebanon and Nashua, settled here in 1866, where he remain- ed until 1878. He is a fine artist. He operated in Richards block.
BATCHELDER.
JOHN BATCHELDER, a carriage-maker, came from Beverly. Mass. Married Eliza Kelsey. Ch., William.
WILLIAM BATCHELDER, a teamster, son of John, b. June 28, I S 26. Married Olivia Currier, of Sunapee.
Isabel, b. Feb. 12, 1854. Charles E., b. June 5, 1855.
William H., b. June 6, 1860.
BEARD.
ANDREW BEARD, b. Jan .. 1791, at New Boston, where he was a representative several years ; came here from Unity in IS37, and settled on the East mountain ; m. Rachel P. Marshall, of Weare.
John, m. Emily Marshall, of Unity ; r. in Kansas.
Margaret y., m. Hiram Angell, of Sunapee.
Augustus F., b. Aug. 25, 1827. Elisabeth, d. young.
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AUGUSTUS F. BEARD, s. of Andrew Beard, was a farmer. He remained for several years at the old homestead on East moun- tain. Sold out and went to the West ; m. Nyrah Hurd, b. May 23, 1823.
Hiram A., b. April 15, 1855. Irwin H., b. May 3, 1860.
BROCKWAY.
CHARLES L. BROCKWAY, b. March 17, 1846; came from Bradford in 1865. He was a merchant, and was for several years in trade, with Chester Averill, in Wheeler's block ; m. Maria G. Long, dau. of Leander Long.
Alice M., b. May 31, 1875.
BECKWITH.
JABEZ BECKWITH, a jeweller, made the first eight-day clocks in town ; came from Lempster. He was brother to the wife of Maj. Erastus Newton. Had two daughters, one of whom m. Caleb Kelsey and the other Harry Newton.
BECK.
AMOS BECK, b. Dec. 25, 1825 ; a farmer ; came from Goshen in 1850 ; m. Mary Eastman, of Sunapee.
BELKNAP.
SAWYER BELKNAP, S. of Moses and Esther (Webster) Bel- knap, b. May 24, 1806; came from Atkinson, his native place, to this town in 1825. He is now a farmer, but has most of his life been a manufacturer of and dealer in boots and shoes. He was an officer in the militia, and was always a zealous friend of that military system which places the musket, the symbol of national defence and public liberty, in the hands of every able- bodied man. He was post-master from May Ist, 1852, until Oct. 14, 1861, and was town-clerk five years. He m., 1831, Martha M. Aiken, dau. of Andrew Aiken.
George Eugene, b. Jan. 22, 1832.
William Hadden, b. May 22, 1834, is a boot manufacturer, now in the establishment of Ethan S. Chase & Son, of this town.
Henry Sawyer, b. April 30, 1836, is chief clerk in the establishment of the Emerson Piano Co., Boston, Mass.
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Edmund Burke, b. Nov. 1, 1838 ; a merchant, one of the firm of A. WV. Stearns & Co., of Lawrence, Mass. ; m., Jan. 1, 1862, Ellen E. Hawks, of Bradford, b. Jan. 23, 1840. Ch., Lawrence, b. Oct. 18, 1874.
Charles James, b. May 10, 1842 ; a manufacturer at Boston, Mass. ; m., Oct. 24, 1866, Carrie Frances Martin, of Boston.
Hamlet Webster, b. June 15, 1845; a harness-maker, and is now engaged in the establishment of Chas. H. Watts in this town ; m., Nov. 23, 1870. Mary Adell Bartlett, dau. of Martin C. Bartlett, b. Aug., 1853. Ch., Blanche, b. Aug. 10, 1878.
GEORGE EUGENE BELKNAP, U. S. Navy, s. of Sawyer Bel- knap, was b. Jan. 22, 1832. He went to the common and high schools of the town until the age of 15, when he was appointed a midshipman in the U S. naval service, at the unsolicited in- stance of Hon. Edmund Burke, then U. S. Commissioner of Pat- ents at Washington. He entered the naval academy, Annapo- lis, Md., November, 1847; attached to U. S. brig Porpoise, west coast of Africa, for the suppression of the slave trade, IS48-50 ; frigate Raritan, 50 guns, Pacific Squadron, IS50-53 ; landed with party of seamen and marines at Valparaiso, Chili, 1851, to protect American merchants and other citizens during a revolution there ; naval academy, 1853, '54 ; graduated from that institution June, 1854, and was ordered to duty on Coast Survey, as passed midshipman ; sailing-master of corvettes Fal- mouth and Saratoga, 1854, '55 ; commissioned a lieutenant Sept., 1855, and ordered to receiving-ship Ohio at Boston ; corvette Portsmouth, Asiatic squadron, 1856-58 ; commanded a launch carrying a twelve-pound howitzer and 35 men at capture of the barrier forts, Canton river, China, November, IS56 ; assisted in undermining and blowing up the four forts, which mounted 176 guns (one of the guns, a brass piece, measuring 23 feet in length), and had four men of his party killed and eight wounded ; U. S. S. Ohio, IS58; corvette St. Louis, 1859-61 ; command- ed the boats of the St. Louis at both reinforcements of Fort Pickens, April, 1861, and piloted Gen. Harvey Brown into the fort ; executive officer gunboat Huron, 1861, '62, and took part in the capture of Fernandina, St. John's, St. Augustine, St. Mary's, etc. ; captured English steamer Cambria, loaded with arms, clothing, and medicines, which attempted to run the blockade into Charleston, and took her to Philadelphia for adju- dication ; was commissioned a lieutenant-commander, July, 1862 ;
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executive officer iron-clad frigate New Ironsides, 1862-64 ; in 27 engagements, with Forts Sumter and Moultrie, and other defences of Charleston harbor; commanded gunboat Seneca in latter part of '64 ; then transferred to the command of monitor Canon- icus, and was in two actions with that vessel, with Howlett House battery, up James river, near Richmond, Dec., '64, and took part in the actions of Dec., '64, and Jan., '65, which re- sulted in the capture of Fort Fisher, leading in and taking the advanced position ; received more hits from the enemy than any other vessel ; slightly wounded from fragment of shot, which broke to pieces on striking the turret ; present at the evacuation of Charleston, and fired the last hostile shot at its defences ; commanded the same vessel in the special squadron which went to Havana in quest of the rebel iron-clad Stone- wall ; executive officer corvette Shenandoah, which sailed for Asiatic squadron, December, '65 ; promoted to commander, for efficient and conspicuous services during the war, on the way out, and assigned to the command of the flag-ship Hartford, on arrival at Hong Kong ; commanded expedition against Indians on the island of Formosa, 1867-loss, one officer killed ; partici- pated in the ceremonies incident to the opening of the new treaty ports in Japan, January, '68; navigation officer, navy yard, Boston, 1869-72 ; May, '72, ordered to command the cor- vette Tuscarora, and sailed for the Pacific, through the straits of Magellan, the following month ; April, '73, landed a detach- ment of seamen and marines at Panama, to protect the transit across the isthmus during a revolution there ; May, '73, assign- ed to special duty in the Tuscarora, having been selected by the secretary of the navy to make deep-sea soundings across the North Pacific, between California and Japan, to determine the practicability of that route for the laying of a telegraph cable ; took the recently devised but comparatively untried ma- chine of Sir William Thomson, of Glasgow University, im- proved upon the details of its construction, and prosecuted the work with great success, working an entire revolution in the methods of deep-sea sounding, getting more accurate results than had hitherto been obtained, with a corresponding econo- my of labor and time ; also invented three different cups, or cylinders, for bringing up specimens of soil and water from the
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ocean-bed, which are believed to be the best yet devised, whether in this country or Europe, and which have been adopted as standards by the navy department : got a depth of 54 statute miles on the coast of Japan, being the deepest water ever found in the ocean. The work of the Tuscarora excited great interest among scientists, both in this country and in Eu- rope. He was detached from command of the Tuscarora, at his own request, October, '75, having run two lines of sound- ings across the Pacific ; was offered the position of hydrograph- ic inspector of the U. S. Coast Survey, at Washington, but de- clined ; senior naval officer present at Honolulu, the capital of the Hawaiian Islands, February, '74, when the riot occurred at the election of Prince Kalukana as king, and landed a force of 160 officers, seamen, and marines from the Tuscarora and Portsmouth, and dispersed the rioters, receiving the thanks of the king and the legislative assembly therefor ; ordered to com- mand the U. S. S. Ohio, Boston, January 1, '75, and commis- sioned post captain, which grade in the navy corresponds to that of colonel in the army ; March, '75, owing to ill-health, due to exposure on sounding expedition, was obliged to go South, and was ordered as captain of the yard, navy yard, Pensacola ; June, '75, appointed member of the annual board of visitors to the naval academy. October, '75 ; ordered to acad- emy as member of a board to examine two classes of midship- men for promotion ; member and president of several courts- martial ; recently elected a Fellow of the American Geographi- cal Society ; was awarded a silver medal by the Geograph- ical Society of France, at the international geographical con- gress, held in Paris, June, 1875, as a recognition of merit for the hydrographical work of the Tuscarora ; May, '76, placed on special duty with reference to deep-sea sounding ; author or various reports to navy department, of paper on deep-sea sound- ings read before the Asiatic Society of Japan, and of letters from China and Siam, etc. [See Literature. ] He m., Dec. 23. IS61, Ellen D., dau. of Dr. Isaac A. Reed, d. Oct. 28, 1865 ; nı., 2d, Dec. S, 1866, Fanny G. Prescott, at Calcutta, India.
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