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In course of time the party of eight left their first encamp- ment, and each one established himself on his own lot. Mr. Parmelee made his camp on the margin of the river, opposite the residence of the late Isaac Griffin. Its site was for many years marked by an apple-tree that he planted, but the freshets in later years have dislodged the tree, and so reconstructed the bank of the stream as to change all the original features of the place.
In this camp life he was necessarily his own caterer and 'cook. His larder was supplied with salt pork, Indian meal, salt, and other small necessaries brought from Number Four, the nearest market. The woods abonnded with game, and the river and brook with the speckled trout, which were available at nearly all times. The meal was mixed with water, and baked on trenchers of birch bark set up before his camp-fire ; the pork was fried in a skillet, and the unctuous fat was relish- ed upon the unleavened bread.
His bedstead might have attracted attention as a piece of chamber furniture, as it was a half section cut from a large hollow tree, the inside smoothed out and set up like a trough,
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and upholstered with dry leaves, over which he spread his blankets,-but it met all the conditions necessary for repose. "Sweet sleep," says Horace, "despises not the cottage of the countryman," and we doubt not it visited the incumbent of the hollow log, after a day of toil.
In course of time one Ephraim Towner came to share with him his cabin, and was his helper in his labors in the field. Don Quixote had his Sancho Panza, and Capt. Parmelee had his Towner,-but the intended brevity of this sketch will not admit of extended details. The party wrought industriously through the summer and fall, and on the approach of cold weather packed up and went back to Connecticut to spend the winter with their friends. They returned in the spring of 1767 to find that the wild beasts had almost entirely destroyed the crops of winter grain they had planted ; but, undismayed, they prosecuted their labors through the years 1767 and 1768, Mr. Parmelee returning each winter to Killingworth,-and we think this was the course pursued by the other settlers at first. Dur- ing these three years he had made good progress in opening up his farm, and we are now prepared to announce the next step taken in the progress of events.
In the neighborhood of the Parmelees in Killingworth, resid- ed the Hill family. James Hill and Hannah Nettleton were married April 26, 1744. They were people in good circum- stances, and surrounded at this time with a promising family of children, the eldest of whom, Sibyl, was born Oct. 10, 1746. She was now about twenty-two years of age, and the witchery of her name, or charms, had ensnared the heart of our young backwoodsman. They had grown up in the same society, at- . tended the same school, heard the same preaching, and together they thought they might journey, not only to New Hampshire, but through life, and the time was at hand when they might give expression to their mutual affection at the altar. We ac- cordingly give place to the following record, copied from the old church register at Killingworth :
" On the Ist day of May, 1769, Ezra Parmelee and Sibyl Hill, daughter of James and Hannah Hill, were joined in the marriage covenant by Rev. William Seward, pastor of the sec- ond church of Christ in Killingworth."
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Shortly after this event, leaving Sibyl at her father's, Mr. Parmelee came back to the settlement at Newport, making the trip this time with oxen, the cart being laden with furniture and house-keeping articles, which, with a heifer that was driven along with the team, comprised the wife's marriage portion, or " setting out."
Accomplishing this somewhat tedious trip, he commenced with renewed energy to prepare a home for his bride, who was to come up later in the season. He built a framed house, ac- complishing the work mostly with his own hands. It was lo- cated on high land west of the present Unity road, and near a small stream of water known as Potash brook. The house was of one story, and necessarily a homely structure in every sense of the word, compared with our modern dwellings. Having good mechanical ability, he also made homespun chairs, tables, and other articles for domestic use, which, with those brought up on the cart, furnished the new habitation quite comfortably. Thus alternating in the labors of the field and the building, the time sped away. The autumn came, and with it the arrival of Ezra Parmelec, senior, with Sibyl, according to arrangement. They made the journey from Connecticut on horseback, she riding behind him on a pillion. The distance travelled was about ISo miles. There were but few women in the settle- ment at this time, and of course the arrival of Mrs. Parmelec was an event of great interest and joy. The greetings of the neighbors were most cordial, to say nothing of the expectant husband, and the house-warming that followed was among the events of the twelve-month. The Parmelee family were thus established in Newport.
The children of Ezra and Sibyl Hill Parmelee were as fol- lows :
Rhoda, b. Nov. 1, 1770.
Jemima, b. Feb. 25, 1783 ; d. Nov. 19, 1865.
Ezra, b. Jan. 7, 1776 ; d. July 16, 1798.
John, b. Oct. IS, 1778 ; d. Oct. 31, 1839.
Sibyl, b. Oct. 31, 17So ; d. May 2, IS04.
James Hill, b. May 15, 1783 ; d. April 6, IS72.
Pamela, b. April 9, 1786; d. April 7, 1874.
Candace, b. April 7, 1793 ; d. Nov. 27, IS2S.
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It will be observed from the foregoing record, that the chil- dren of Ezra and Sibyl were born in the twenty-four years from 1770 to 1793. This also covers the Revolutionary period of our country. Bunker Hill, Saratoga, and Yorktown had gone into history, and the great American republic had been added to the family of nations.
In regard to the political sentiments of Capt. Parmelee dur- ing this crisis, it is proper to state, in this connection, that he was an ardent supporter of the patriot cause, but unable to ren- der much personal service on account of the claims of his young and helpless family, who in this new country and rigorous cli- mate were entirely dependent upon him for protection and sup- port. He was, however, out on some raid as captain of volun- teers, which accounts for the title of captain, which was award- ed him in his later years ; and on one occasion he gave his best yoke of cattle to hire a soldier to serve for a time in the continental army.
With the years 1771 and 1772, the affairs of the settlement of Newport began to assume a more prosperous condition. Ad- ditional settlers had come in, increasing the capital and pro- ductive industry of the community. The seasons had been propitious, and the labors of the husbandmen had been re- warded with harvests that promised an abundant supply of bread. The increase in the number of domestic animals was such as to insure meat. There was henceforth no occasion for going abroad for the common necessaries of life, the home sup- ply for man and beast being equal to any reasonable demands. Thus the industry and energy of a few stalwart men, had, in the five or six years they had wrought, changed a portion, at least, of the howling wilderness to which they first came into fruit- ful fields, and they had achieved for themselves an independent and prosperous condition.
Conspicuous in this progress was Ezra Parmelee. In the early prime of life, his well-knit frame and vigorous constitu- tion were fully equal to the honest toil in which he engaged. In the clearing or in the field, around the camp-fire on the hunting excursion, or in the social circle at home, his genial dis- position and good-fellowship were recognized and appreciated. Domestic in his tastes and habits, instead of lounging in public
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places and lobbying for office or preferment, his leisure hours were spent with his family. He improved his homestead and estate, and in the course of a few years came to be what was considered in those days as forehanded, or in good circum- stances, and able to dispense a generous hospitality to friends and strangers visiting the town.
In this connection the good wife and mother claims our par- ticular consideration. She was the presiding genius of a well- ordered household. In addition to the ordinary domestic, every-day work, she spun the wool and the flax, and wove the cloth, and fashioned and made garments for her children and husband. Her heart was full of sympathy as her hands were full of work, and she ministered to the necessities of her less prosperous neighbors,-those whom poverty and vicissitude and sickness had overtaken,-giving not only sympathy, but bread and garments and help. In this old representative fami- ly of New England we may find the true elements of happiness and prosperity,-industry and energy on the farm, and assiduity and frugality in the household.
A well-spread board, a cheerful hearth-stone, the large, old- fashioned blazing fire, surrounded by happy faces and loving hearts, enjoying the games and frolics of childhood and youth, -here is the fountain-head of that love for the old home that wells up in all hearts, and is with us in all the sterile ways through which we may pass to the last day's journey of this mortal life.
On the farm adjoining that of Capt. Parmelee, on the north, lived Dea. Josiah Stevens, father of the late Maj. Josiah Stev- ens. He had built a large, and at that time somewhat expen- sive, house on his place. The style of architecture adopted was, we think, peculiar to the colonial era of New England,- the front elevation being of two stories, surmounted with a short roof, and the rear sloping back from the ridgepole with a long roof to one story in height. He had occupied his new house but a short time, when adverse circumstances made it necessary for him to change his plans of living, and he sold his place to Capt. Parmelee. The Parmelees were at this time wanting more spacious accommodations for their growing family ; and the Stevens dwelling and broad acres were a very desirable
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acquisition. It was in the autumn of 1793 that they took posses- sion of the new place. The old house on the hill, in which all the children were born, and which had sheltered the family for nearly a quarter of a century, was moved down and attached to the new establishment, to give additional room for domestic uses. This composite structure remained the homestead of the family for the next forty-five years, or until 1838, and still re- tains its identity (1877) in the possession of S. A. Tenney. The new residence was improved in every possible manner : along in front, on the highway, erect and graceful as grenadiers, stood a file of Lombardy poplars ; the dooryard was fenced off, and planted with flowers and shrubbery ; the orchard and gar- den were conveniently located in the rear ; and from the base of an adjacent ledge, down through the orchard, came in an aqueduct the cool water from an unfailing spring, to supply the house, and the barns and out-buildings on the opposite side of the street ;- and all about were the evidences of thrift and husbandry.
The Parmelees were adherents or members of the Congrega- tional church from the first, and friends of Rev. John Remele, Rev. Abijah Wines, and Rev. James R. Wheelock, their pas- tors during a series of years, and whom they supported and aided in word and deed.
Ezra and Sibyl Hill Parmelee lived to great age. Their days were spent in mutual confidence, aid, and comfort, the one for the other ; and, living in their pleasant home, surrounded by children and friends, they descended into the vale of years, pass- ing far beyond the allotted three-score years and ten of human life, until, with bended forms and whitened locks, they stood upon the outer margin of almost an entire century ;- and so they passed away.
Ezra Parmelee died Jan. 18, 1838, aged 92 years, 4 months, 23 days ; Sibyl Hill Parmelee died April 6, 1838, aged 92 years, 5 months, 26 days. Their remains rest in the old burial-ground, with some of their children and many of their contemporaries near them.
Dark shadows have crossed the picture we have presented in the preceding sketch. This life is not a scene of unalloyed hap- piness, by any means ;- there are trials and conflicts ; and to us
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the heavens are oftentimes hung with black. While to the Par- melees, during these many years, came prosperity and social position, there came, also, the chilling hand of death ; and two of their beloved children,-a son and a daughter in the very prime of life,-were taken from them. We will take the reader to their grassy graves in the old burial-ground, and read from those ancient tablets their "short and simple annals," with the quaint epitaphs, which savor of the olden time, and which we wish to preserve on these pages :
"In memory of Ezra Parmelee, Jr., born Jan. 7, 1776. Died July 16, 1798, in the 23 year of his age.
" Beneath this stone Death's prisoner lies, The stone will move, the prisoner rise, When Jesus, with almighty word, Calls on the dead to meet the Lord."
" In memory of Sibyl, daughter of Ezra and Sibyl Hill Par- melee. Born Oct. 31, 17So. Died May 2d, 1804, in the 24th year of her age.
" Beneath this stone there lies a mold, A precious coin more worth than gold, She in bloom in death declined, In hopes a better world to find."
Rhoda, b. Nov. 1, 1770; m. Rev. Siloam Short, of Plainfield. Ch., Rhoda, m. Rev. Abram Marsh, of Tolland, Conn .; m., 2d, Azariah Faxon, of Washington; ch., Dorcas, b. 1809, m. Calvin Wilcox; Mary, b. 1813, m. Martin B. Breck.
Femima, b. Feb. 25, 1773; m., April 9, 1796, Sartell Prentice, of Al- stead; removed to New York, where she d. Nov. 19, 1865. Ch., Ezra P., m., Sept. 24, 1822, Philena Cheney; ch., John H., Na- thaniel, Pamela, Calista, Candace, James H.
Ezra, b. Jan. 7, 1776; d. young. tyolin, b. Oct. 18, 1778.
Sibyl, b. Oct. 31, 1780; d. young. James Hill, b. May 15, 1783.
Pamela, b. April 9, 1786; m. Samuel H. Comstock, 2d wife; d. April 7, 1874.
Candace, b. April 7, 1793; d. Nov. 22, 1828 ; m. Samuel H. Comstock, Ist wife. Ch., Mary Edna, m. Dr. Robert Patten, of Ellington, Conn.
JOIIN PARMELEE, S. of Ezra ; b. Oct. 18, 1778 ; d. Oct. 31, 1839 ; was a scythe manufacturer ; lived at the Mills, in the south part of the town ; for many years was captain of the Newport Light Infantry ; a man of generous qualities ; was a 32
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pupil of Rev. Mr. Remele. M., June 18, 1804, Phebe Chase, of Cornish, b. March 28, 1781 ; d. Sept. 30, 1838.
Sibyl Hill, b. Nov. 19, 1805; d. Sept. 3, 1854; unmarried. Catharine C., b. March 4, 1807; m., March 26, 1835, Joseph G. Hoyt. Ch., Catharine Sarah, b. Oct. 14, 1836, m. Geo. H. Watson. John Smith, b. Jan. 17, 1809. tEzra, b. Feb. 10, 1811. Sewall, b. April 2, 1813 ; d. young. Sarah, b. Aug. 5, 1815 ; d. young. tJoseph Warren, b. Feb. 2, 1818. tJames Henry, b. March 2, 1820. Priscilla Horne, b. Sept. 20, 1822 ; d. April 15, 1841 ; unmarried.
JOHN S. PARMELEE, s. of John ; b. Jan. 17, 1809 ; d. Oct. 16, 1874. He was in the celebrated fur store of Packer, Prentice & Co., at Albany, N. Y., during his youth and early manhood, after which he returned to his native town, and was in trade with Calvin Wilcox, and subsequently in partnership with the Richards Brothers. He ultimately disposed of his mercantile interests, and devoted himself to agriculture. M., Jan. 9, 1839, Elizabeth, dau. of Capt. Seth Richards, b. Nov. 19, 1821.
Joseph, b. Nov. 24, 1840; d. Dec. 21, 1840.
William Packer, b. March 9, 1843. He was educated to the mercan- tile business, which he followed here and at Milford, N. H. He is now engaged in manufactures. M., April 11, 1867, Mary E. Teb- betts, of Manchester. Ch., Henry B., b. Aug. 11, 1869.
Charles Dexter, b. Jan. 17, 1846; is in trade at Council Bluffs, Iowa.
EZRA PARMELEE, s. of John ; b. Feb. 10, 1811 ; a physician. He was graduated at Dartmouth Medical College in 1833, and set- tled in Canton, N. Y., where he has since been in the practice of his profession. He is genial and popular. M., Sept. I, 1835, Arabell M. Plastridge, of Lebanon.
Marion Prentice, b. Sept. 25, 1836; m., Nov. 19, 1862, E. P. Williams, Ottawa, Ont.
Catherine Maria, b. Nov. 8, 1840; d. Dec. 9, 1846.
Emma Frances, b. March 1, 1843.
Ella Florence, b. Oct. 12, 1846; m., Oct. 12, 1876, Frank Richardson. Ch., James Parmelee, b. may 29, 1878; r. at St. Johnsbury, Vt. Ezra, b. July 25, 1849 ; a lawyer.
JOSEPH WARREN PARMELEE, s. of John, and grandson of Ezra ; b. Feb. 2, 1818. He received his early educational training at the public school in old District No. 1 ; afterwards enjoyed academical advantages at the academy at Newport,
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and the Kimball Union Academy at Meriden. He was for some time engaged in business in Newport. In 1847 he went to Charleston, S. C., and engaged in business with an old and wealthy house, into which he was afterwards admitted as a partner. The unfortunate civil war proved the destruction of his valuable interest in this business, and he came to New York city, where since 1863 he has been engaged with the dry- goods house of H. B. Claflin & Co., in connection with a sepa- rate interest in a business at Knoxville, Tenn. He m., Aug. 13, 1851, Frances Ann, only dau. of Amos Little, of Newport. Edward Little, b. May 16, 1852; a merchant.
Francis Joseph, b. June 27, 1857. Anne, b. June 1, 1860.
JAMES HENRY PARMELEE, S. of John and Phebe, and grand- son of Ezra Parmelee, b. March 2, 1820. He left Newport in 1842, and was for five or six years in the office of the Connecti- cut Mutual Life Insurance Co. He afterwards turned his at- tention to dental surgery, the practice of which, in New York and Brooklyn, and more recently at Manchester, N. H., he has made the principal business of his life. Dec. 19, 1847, he mar- ried Abby Dix Jones, of Amherst, a niece of the late Thomas W. Gilmore. Their only child and daughter, born July 12, I849, is the wife of E. B. Waite, of Manchester, where the family reside.
JAMES HILL PARMELEE, S. of Ezra ; b. May 15, 1783 ; was graduated at Yale college, in ISOS, and afterwards at the Theo- logical Seminary at Princeton, of which institution he was one of the first graduates. He was for a time at the head of a classical school for young ladies in Baltimore, Md., but spent the vigor of his life in connection with the missionary enter- prises of the Presbyterian church South and West ; and when advancing years came upon him, he retired to his home on the banks of the Muskingum, nine miles below Zanesville, Ohio. He was for a number of years editor of the Zanesville Gazette. He d. April 6, 1872. Married Priscilla Horne, of Baltimore, an English lady of culture.
Fames Ireland, m. about 1844; d. leaving a son and a dau. in Ohio.
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PAUL.
DANIEL PAUL came from Woodstock, Conn., in 1798, and purchased the farm now owned by his grandson, Doddridge Paul ; m. Lovisa Answorth, of Woodstock, Conn.
Charlotte, b. Feb. 3, 1784; m. Azor Perry, and went West.
Lovisa, b. Oct. 7, 1775 ; m. John Rider, of Croydon.
Luke, b. June 28, 1787 ; m. Sarah Cooper, of Croydon.
Loren, b. Dec. 25, 1788 ; m. Susan Walton.
Alexie, b. Nov. 30, 1790 ; m. Andrew Perry, of Vt.
Doddridge, b. Sept. 19, 1794; m. Roxana Whiting.
Ira, b. Jan. 25, 1799; d. in 1875. tDaniel, b. May 31, 1801.
Andrew, b. Sept. 21, 1803; m. Clarissa Lamb; went to New York.
Alvah, b. July 14, 1805; a physician ; graduated at Castleton, Vt .; is in practice at Royalton, Ohio ; has attained wealth and distinction; m. Nancy Bigelow, of Middletown, Vt.
DANIEL PAUL, s. of Daniel ; b. May 31, ISO1 ; a farmer, and occupied the homestead until his death ; m., Nov. 30, 1828, Experience C., dau. of David Whipple, of Croydon, b. Nov. 22, ISO8.
Laban, b. Jan. 5, 1732 ; d. in 1859.
Epaphras, b. Dec. 17, 1833; m. Harriet George, of Sunapee; r. at Croydon.
t Doddridge, b. Oct. 12, 1835.
DODDRIDGE PAUL, s. of Daniel Paul, Jr. ; b. Oct. 12, IS35 ; re- mains at the homestead, in the north-east part of the town ; has purchased several of the neighboring farms, and is doing a thriv- ing business. M., Mar. 20, 1864, Rosetta Rogers, of Goshen, b. June 15, 1843.
Daniel, b. Dec. 14, 1864. Louisa A., b. July 17, 1866.
Jennie L., b. Dec. 16, 1871. James R., b. Jan. 17, 1874.
Isabel H., b. July 5, 1877.
AZOR PAUL, a farmer ; s, of Luke Paul; came from Croy- don. Married Rocina Reed ; m., 2d, Rosilla,-daus. of Stephen Reed.
Rocina, b. 1840; m. Thomas C. Rider.
Eugene A., b. Feb. 17, 1842 ; m., Dec. 12, 1876, Jennie H. Hurd. Ch., Eugene Ralph, b. Jan. 9, 1878.
George E., b. Aug. 17, 1845; m. Susan Cole.
Anna R., b. June 15, 1844. Fred A., b. March 23, 1859. McClellan, b. Dec. 26, 1864.
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PEABODY.
AMMI PEABODY, a native of Boxford, Mass. ; b. July 4, 1769 ; came to Newport in the spring of 1796, and bought one hundred acres of wild land, situated in the west part of the town, the farm on which his son Dexter now resides. After making a little clearing, and building him a log house, he m., Feb. 23, 1797, Patty Rice, of Henniker, who d. March 4, 1801 ; m., 2d, Dec. 12, 1802, Sarah Johnson, of Claremont, who d. Nov. 30, I859. In childhood Mr. Peabody had lost the sight of one eye, by accident ; and in 1815, in consequence of a severe attack of typhoid fever, he lost the use of the other, and was totally blind for the rest of his life. He d. Jan. 3, 1845. Mrs. Peabody had thus the responsibility of a large family of children to provide for, who were thrown upon her hands. Chiefly by her industry and skill all these children, fourteen in number, were reared to adult years, and several of them highly educated.
Lucy, b. Oct. 5, 1797 ; m., Nov. 4, 1828, Leonard Wood; r. in Henni- ker.
Martha, b. Oct. 23, 1799 ; m., Feb. 26, 1830, Harvey Phelps; r. in Crown Point, N. Y. ; d. Nov. 16, 1877 ; four children.
Asenath, b. Oct. 15, 1803; d. in Newport, Jan. 28, 1833 ; unmarried. Calvin, b. Jan. 18, 1805 ; a farmer ; m., Oct. 1, 1828, Lissette Abell ; d. in Linn county, Mo., in 1869; five children.
Ruel, b. Nov. 13, 1807 ; a farmer ; m., April 21, 1841, Maria N. New- ton ; r. in Ogle county, Ill .; one child.
Maria, b. April 28, 1809; m., May 9, 1848, Dutton Woods; r. in Con- cord ; no children.
Eliza, b. March 13, 1811; r. in Concord ; unmarried.
Frederick, b. Dec. 16, 1812; a farmer; m. Rachel Stewart; d. in Ogle county, Ill., in 1865 ; five children.
Sarah, b. Aug., 1814; m., Mar. 19, 1848, H. S. Dutch ; d. in Johnson county, Iowa, in 1865; no children.
t Charles, b. Nov. 8, 1816.
tLeonard W., b. Sept. 13, 1817.
Carroll IV., b. Oct. 2. 1819; a carpenter; was accidentally killed in 1864, while felling a tree in the forest on the old homestead in New- port ; r. in Claremont ; m., Feb. 19, 1851. Lois Stocker; two chil- dren.
+Dexter, b. Dec. 14, 1822.
Helen, b. May 6, 1826; graduated at Mt. Holyoke Female Sem., Mass., in 1848; r. in Oxford, Ohio; is principal of the Western Female Sem. in that place, an important institution, which she assisted in founding, and over the affairs of which she has successfully pre- . sided since 1855 ; unmarried.
CHARLES PEABODY, S. of Ammi ; b. Nov. S, ISI6; had his
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preparatory training at Kimball Union Academy ; graduated at Dart. college in 1839, and at Union Theological Seminary, New York, in 1845. Upon his latter graduation, he was employed to go West, where he has been District Secretary of the Amer- ican Tract Society since 1845. He was two years president of the Missouri State Horticultural Society. He lived twenty- seven years in St. Louis, Mo. ; now r. in Chicago, Ill. [See Literature.] M., Aug. 19, 1847, Antoinette Hubbell, of N. Y. ; m., 2d, Sept. 15, 1853, Henrietta G. Percy, of N. Y .; m., 3d, April 22, 1862, Sarah E. Guy, of Oxford, Ohio.
Henry Greenwood, b. 1856; graduated at Dartmouth college in 1876; r. in Chicago.
Susie Wade, b. 1864; a student at the Western Female College, Ox- ford, Ohio.
LEONARD W. PEABODY, s. of Ammi ; b. Sept. 13, 1817 ; early in life turned his attention to medicine ; studied his profession with Dr. John L. Swett, of this town, and graduated at the Woodstock (Vt.) Medical College in 1843 ; commenced prac- tice at Epsom, but removed to Henniker, where he now r. M., Jan. 28, 1845, Louisa Kelley.
Elizabeth H., b. Dec. 31, 1846; graduated at the Western Female Col- lege, Oxford, Ohio, in 1866; taught at Northwood academy, in this state, at Mt. Holyoke Female Seminary, Mass., and at the Western Female College, Oxford, Ohio; m., Aug. 18, 1876, Rev. William Wilmer, of Williamsport, Ind.
Sarah Matilda, b. July 6, 1850; educated at Concord high school.
Maria Antoinette, b. April 2, 1852 ; educated at the Western Female College.
DEXTER PEABODY, a farmer ; son of Ammi ; b. Dec. 14, 1822 ; r. at the old homestead in this town. M., Oct. 19, 1848, Mary E., dau. of Jabez Fairbanks, b. Jan. 29, 1826, and d. Oct. 12, 1873 ; m., 2d, Sept. 24, 1874, Martha S. Moore, of Claremont, b. March 21, 1841.
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