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Charles F., b. Aug. 14, 1849; m., Mar. 2, 1875, Lillian B. Lathrop; r. at Clarence, Cedar county, Iowa.
Wilber E., b. Aug. 19, 1852. George F., b. Dec. 29, 1860. Helen M., b. April 13, 1876.
MOSES PEABODY, who was four years younger than his broth- er Ammi, came to Newport the same year (1796). He located
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on a farm two miles north-east of the latter, within about a mile of Croydon line. In the same year he was married to Hannah Ward, of Newport. He lived on the same farm till his death in 1833. His wife d. in 1837. He had twelve children, four of whom d. in infancy or early childhood.
Josiah, b. in 1798; graduated at Dartmouth college in 1825, and at Andover Theological Seminary, Mass., in 1828 ; a member of the N. H. house of representatives in 1844; d. in Sullivan in 1870; no children.
Sarah, b. in 1800; m. William Goodwin ; r. in Boston ; five children. Clara, b. 1803 ; married Rev. Aaron Waite; r. in West Andover; no children.
Solomon, b. 1806; studied medicine; d. in Newport in 1827 ; unmar- ried.
Ira W., b. 1808; graduated at Dartmouth college in 1833 ; a physician and surgeon ; commenced practice at Wellsborough, Penn., but removed to Binghampton, N. Y., where, after a practice of twenty years, he d. Aug. 18, 1877; no children.
Moses Stillman, b. 1812; d. in Newport in 1829; unmarried.
Hiram W., b. 1816; a farmer ; r. in Vestal, N. Y .; four children.
Hannah Sophia, b. 1825; m. a Mr. Phelps ; d. in New York in 1860; one child.
PECK.
HENRY PECK came to this town about 1779; lived in the east part of the town, and had charge of the Giles mill, then standing on the site of the Granite Mills. Married Anna Rich- ardson.
Henry, b. Nov. 12, 1781. Dexter, b. July 10, 1783. Seth R., b. April 10, 1785. Calvin, b. May 28, 1787. Anna, b. June 11, 1793. Hannah, b. Nov. 15, 1797.
Hezekiah, b. May 14, 1790. Abigail, b. June 1, 1795.
PERRY.
STEPHEN PERRY, the early settler ; b. May 15, 1751 ; came from Rehoboth, Mass., about 177S, and purchased some three hundred acres of land. He spent the first four years at the Gil- more place on Oak street, but passed most of his life at the M. Cutting farm at Kelleyville, where he d. M., Nov. 25, 1773, Hepsibah Dunham, a sister of Solomon, b. May 23, 1755.
Stephen, b. April 20, 1775 ; m. Lydia Hoyt.
Hepsibah, b. Nov. 27, 1776; m. Abraham Waterman.
Eunice, b. June 18, 1779 ; m. Jeremiah Heath.
Rebeckah, b. May II, 1781; m. Wm. Joslyn ; went to Vermont.
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Betsey, b. April 20, 1783; m. Lovell Bowman.
+Timothy, b. March 18, 1785.
Grace, b. March 5, 1787 ; d. unmarried.
Polly, b. Jan. 2, 1789 ; d. unmarried.
Fosiel, b. Nov. 16, 1790 ; was colonel of 31st Regt; m., Nov. 11, 1813, Lucy Dunham.
Lydia, b. Dec. 14, 1792; m. Samuel Dow.
Ebenezer F., b. Nov. 26, 1794; m. Salona Pike; went West, where he has a family.
TIMOTHY PERRY, S. of Stephen ; an efficient and prosperous farmer ; b. March IS, 1785 ; m. Susanna Patterson.
+ Dan, b. May 5, 1809. t Timothy, b. March 4, 1811.
Anna, b. Nov. 30, 1814; m. Erastus Fisk ; r. at Northville.
t James, b. Dec. 22, 1816.
Nancy, b. March 15, 1820; m. Samuel K. Wright.
Phila, b. May 11, 1823; m. Austin L. Wright.
Harriet, b. May 2, 1831.
DAN PERRY, s. of Timothy ; b. May 5, 1809 ; m. Jan. I, 1835, Fanny F. Fisk, of Claremont, b. Nov. 23, 1810.
George B., b. Sept. 6, 1835 ; d. in Minnesota.
Mary J., b. Aug. 19, 1837; m. Moses Adams, of Weare; ch., Char- lotte, Ada F.
tWilliam H., b. Oct. 12, 1840.
Frances M., b. March 10, 1843; m. Granville Rowell, of Claremont. Ch., Etta, Nellie, Minnie, Eugene, Herbert.
Edwin A., b. Sept. 1, 1844; went to the war ; d. in Montana.
Horace F., b. Feb. 12, 1849; m. Sarah Adams, of Cornish ; ch., Tiza.
WILLIAM H. PERRY, s. of Dan Perry ; b. Oct. 12, 1840 ; lives on the homestead in the west part of the town. He was in the war of the Rebellion, and was a selectman in 1871 and 1872. Married Fanny S. Kidder.
Fred W., Frank W., twins ; b. Jan. 4, 1866.
Stella J., b. Feb. 7, 1869. Edwin H., b. March 3, 1871.
TIMOTHY PERRY, S. of Timothy Perry ; b. March 4, 1811 ; r. at Kelleyville ; m., 1838, Judith, dau. of Edmund Kelley.
Augusta M., b. March 23, 1841 ; m. Hiram Austin.
Josephine, b. Sept. 21; 1847; m. John Johnson.
JAMES PERRY, S. of Timothy ; b. Dec. 22, 1816; a farmer ; r. at the M. C. Ayer place, Northville district ; m., March 14, 1844, Roxy Fisk, of Claremont.
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Georgia, b. March 28, 1845; m., May 20, 1873, Melvin J. Fletcher, of Croydon.
Ella M., b. Oct. 28, 1848 ; m., Dec., 1869, Rodney Tilton.
Edna, b. Jan. 20, 1852.
HORACE A. PERRY, a railroad conductor ; b. Sept. 12, IS20, at Woodstock, Vt .; came from Pittsfield, where he had been a hotel-keeper in 1868. He owned and drove the stage to Brad- ford until the opening of the railroad. M., March 2, 1844, Lucy A. Shepardson, of Lempster, b. April 11, 1825.
Willis A., b. July 18, 1845; m. Mary J. Sanderson; ch., Charles H., b. Nov. 9, 1872.
Nellie A., b. April 14, 1849; m., Nov. 29, 1871, Eugene A. Pollard.
PERSON.
IRA PERSON, b. at Windsor, Vt., on the 28th of Septem- ber, 1791. He was a son of William and Hannah Person, and a descendant from John Person, who emigrated from York- shire, Eng., to this country in 1616. After a thorough course of study at Randolph academy, he entered the sophomore class at Dartmouth college, in IS14. His health was such that he was unable to go on with his class. He, however, continued to prosecute his college studies. He commenced his ministry at Hartland, Vt., in April, ISIS, and was ordained June 30, 1819. In answer to repeated calls he came to this town July 1, 1821, and was settled as pastor over the Baptist church, and continued here until July, 1835. After an interim of nearly three years, spent at Chester, Vt., he returned to his former charge at Newport, where he continued until November, 1842. The whole of his pastorate in town was nearly nineteen years. During his ministry here, 350 members were added to the church by baptism. After brief pastorates at Plymouth, Mil- ford, and Lowell, Mass., he removed to Ludlow, Vt., in June, IS53, and there remained until 1872, when he gave up his pas- toral labors, and returned to Newport, the birthplace of his wife, and where were spent so many of the early years of his ministry. His clerical labors, which continued more than fifty-six years, were in an unusual degree blessed with revivals. He has baptized nearly 600 persons, married 4So couples, and attended over 600 funerals. At S2 years of age he preached
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every Sabbath, and performed all the regular services of his pastorate except in the ordinance of baptism. In his inter- course with the world he has always been urbane and respect- ful, and always beloved by all. Sept. 5, 1816, he m. Sophia Jones Pollard, b. Jan. 4, 1794, who was the mother of his chil- dren, and who d. Sept. 8, 1848. He was m., June 5, 1849, to his second wife, Mrs. Tryphena C. King, widow of Rev. Alon- zo King, and dau. of Col. Wm. Cheney, of this town.
Ira B., b. at Barre, Vt., June 14, 1817; a lawyer; d. at Lowell, Mass., Aug. 23, 1858.
John William, b. at Hartland, Vt., April 8, 1819; is a physician at Lowell, Mass.
Sophia T., b. at Hartland, June 1, 1821 ; m., Sept. 18, 1848, J. Milton Emerson, of Brooklyn, N. Y.
James Wales, b. at Newport, Oct. 23, 1823 ; d. Oct. 24, 1825.
Charles E., b. July 17, 1830; a physician ; drowned from an ocean steamer, Dec. 2, 1863.
ALEXANDER PERSONS, lived at Kelleyville, on the farm north of the saw-mill. He had a large family of enterprising boys. They went to Chicago, where they have become wealthy.
PIERCE.
FRANKLIN J. PIERCE, s. of J. G. Pierce ; b. Aug. 5, 1847, at Chester, Vt. ; came to this town in July, 1878, from Clare- mont, and purchased the clothing establishment of M. W. Burke, where he is now in trade. M., Sept. 2, 1872, Martha E. Wheeler, of Claremont, dau. of Sylvester and Percis (King) Wheeler, b. May 30, 1854.
George R. IV., b. Nov. 28, 1878.
PIKE.
The Pikes came from England to Massachusetts. John, Moses, and Jarvis came from Attleborough, Mass., and were among the early settlers, occupying Pike hill. John settled on the Abial D. Pike farm, Moses on the Calvin H. Pike place, and Jarvis on a farm south of the Ingalls place.
JOHN PIKE, b. May 20, 1764 ; m. Ruth Dunham, in March,
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1786, the year previous to his coming to town. She was b. Nov. 26, 1765.
Fohn, b. Nov. 6, 1788 ; m. Philomela Messer. Ch., Fanny, m. Mitch- el Hunt.
t Luther, b. Sept., 1789. +Abial D., b. Aug., 1794.
William W., b. July, 1797; m. Sally Carr, of Newbury. Ch., William
D., m. Judith Sholes; Madonna, m. William Leavitt; Ursula, m. Dr. Harvey Wheeler; Sabrisa; Philura.
Ransom, a farmer; b. July 14, 1799; d. at Kelleyville; m. Hannah Pike.
Salona, b. June, 1801; m. Ebenezer Perry ; went to Illinois.
Calvin, b. Aug. 16, 1806; m. Waitstill Pike.
LUTHER PIKE, s. of John ; b. Sept., 1789; m. Polly Wil- marth.
Sarah WV., m. Ovid Chase. Lydia, m. Moses G. Kelley.
Samuel L. K., b. Aug. 24, 1823; d. in the army in 1863 ; m. Louisa Cur- rier. Ch., Charles C., b. Aug. 1, 1851. Ellen E., b. Sept. 15, 1850; m. Michael M. Barry ; ch., Perley M.
ABIAL D. PIKE, s. of John ; b. Aug., 1794; m. Lucy, dau. of Dr. Crossman, of Unity.
Sullivan G., b. Oct. 25, 1816; r. at Goshen ; a farmer ; was a military officer ; m. Ellen Stevens.
t Abial D., b. Sept. 14, 1819.
ABIAL D. PIKE, s. of Abial D. ; b. Sept. 14, 1819; m. Mary Russell.
John R., b. Jan. 12, 1841 ; m. Bell Smith, of San Francisco, Cal .; ch., George.
Lucy E., b. July 28, 1844; m. Don Smith.
Ella F., b. July 16, 1847 ; a blacksmith ; r. at Sunapee; m. Edward Siddell.
Margaret F., b. 1850; m. Wilbur Young, of Sunapee.
Charles W., b. Oct., 1852; m. Nellie Ladd, of Montpelier, Vt.
Emma A., b. Feb., 1858. Ellsworth F., b. Oct. 1, 1863.
MOSES PIKE, b. Jan. 26, 1766; came here in 1787, and set- tled on the Calvin H. Pike farm, on Pike hill, where he d. July 23, 1848. Married Nancy A. Willis, of Bridgewater, Mass., in 17SS.
Phineas, b. Jan. 12, 1789; d. y. + Moses L., b. Aug. 20, 1790. Sarah, b. Oct. 24, 1792; d. April 7, 1835.
+ David, b. Nov. 13, 1796.
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Ephraim, b. Dec. 26, 1798 ; m. Lucy Crossman, of Unity.
Nancy A., b. Mar. 25, 1801 ; m. Moses Kidder. Ch., Martin B. B. ; Oliver, d. young.
Henry F., a twin with Calvin; b. Jan. 17, 1804.
+Calvin H., b. Jan. 18, 1804.
MOSES LEONARD PIKE, S. of Moses ; b. Aug. 20, 1790. Mar- ried Polly Kelsey ; m., 2d, Abigail Brown; m., 3d, Olive Wright.
Parmelia. b. Dec. 18, 1810.
Alonzo H., b. Oct. 23, 1815.
DAVID PIKE, s. of Moses ; b. Nov. 13, 1796 ; lived and died on Pike hill. Married Gracie Corkings, of Lempster.
Alzira, b. Jan. 18, 1820; m. Matson Gee, of Unity.
Henry F., b Sept. 7, 1822 ; m. Mandana Bailey, b. Nov. 6, 1820. Ch., Arthur L., b. July 26, 1846; Eugene B., b. March 24, 1853.
Lovina C., b. Aug. 12, 1824; m. Martin Bascom.
David L., b. Aug. 25, 1826; m. Eveline Rodgers.
Margaret H., b. Oct. 14, 1828.
Marian E., b. March 29, 1840; m. Charles C. Marshall.
CALVIN H. PIKE, s. of Moses ; b. Jan. 18, 1804 ; d. July 2, 1878 ; remained at the old homestead, and was a successful farmer. M., Feb. 10, 1842, Elmira, dau. of Col. Eliphalet Bailey.
Bela C., b. July 24, 1844; m. Abby A. Young, of Sunapee; m., 2d, Sept. 2, 1877, Hattie E. Spooner. Ch., Ashton S., b. Feb. 21, 1868. Jay Leon, b. Oct. 7, 1875; d. Aug. 24, 1876.
Harlon N., b. Oct. 21, 1847 ; m. Lucy A. Tompkins. Ch., James W., b. May 27, 1874; Homer C., b. Aug. 10, 1875.
JARVIS PIKE, b. June, 1768 ; d. April 22, 1835 ; came to this town from Attleborough, Mass., in 1789. Married Betsey Wil- lis, of Bridgewater, in 1790.
t.Stephen, b. Aug. 22, 1791.
Betsey Ann, b. April, 1793; m. James Atwood, of Bradford.
Polly, b. April, 1795 ; m. Daniel Emerson ; had one son, a physician, at Worcester, Mass.
Wilson S., b. April 7, 1797; m. Harriet Currier, of Goshen; r. at Goshen.
Jarvis, b. Sept., 1799; lived and died on Pike hill ; m. Mary McLaugh- lin, of Goshen. Ch., Mary Ann, b. Aug., 1824, who m. Hon. Levi W. Barton, -first wife.
Hannah, b. Oct. 14, 1805 ; m. Francis Rogers, of Kelleyvale, Vt. + George Washington, b. Oct. 10, 1807.
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STEPHEN PIKE, S. of Jarvis Pike ; b. Aug. 20, 1791 ; m., . March 12, 1815, Eunice Emerson ; m., 2d, Jan. 21, 1836, Han- nah Tandy ; went to Unity, where he d. in 1850.
Eunice E., b. Feb. 21, 1816; m., March 31, 1836, Jonathan Silsby. Almond, b. April 6, 1818. Lucinda IV'., b. Jan. 9, 1821. Betsey, b. Aug. 23, 1823 ; m. William Montgomery.
Frances, b. Aug. 27, 1826. Oliver, b. April 3, 1830.
t Daniel F., b. March 30, 1832.
DANIEL F. PIKE, S. of Stephen ; b. March 30, 1832 ; a farm- er and livery man ; m., April 19, 1853, Philinda E., dau. of Francis Cutting, of Croydon, b. May 12, 1830.
Frank C., b. May 16, 1854. Fred E., b. June 3, 1858.
Emma R., b. Nov. 14, 1860. Etta E., b. Jan. 1868.
GEORGE WASHINGTON PIKE, s. of Jarvis ; a farmer ; b. Oct. 10, 1807 ; m., March 31, 1831, Olive W. Stevens, of Goshen.
R. Sophia, b. Jan. 6, 1834; a teacher.
Francis L., b. Feb. 1, 1836; d. June 28, 1837. Emily Frances, b. Jan. 27, 1839; m., June 3, 1862, Granville Pollard. Mary J., b. Dec. 13, 1843 ; d. Aug. 21, 1848.
George Washington, b. Feb. 11, 1847 ; d. young.
George Stevens, a farmer ; b. Dec. 10, 1849; m., June 22, 1873, Ellen E., dau. of Henry Davis, b. June 9, 1852. Ch., Mabel Olive, b. Sept. 3, 1876.
PILLSBURY.
BAILEY PILLSBURY, a farmer ; b. March 21, 1803 ; d. Feb. 29, 1876 ; came to this town in 1858, from Sunapee, where he had been a selectman eight years, and was a representative in IS47 and 1848; r. at Northville. Married Susan H. Peasley, b. Oct. 28, 1811, at Newbury, and d. Nov. 15, 1876.
POLLARD.
GRANVILLE POLLARD, s. of Truman Pollard, of Lempster ; a harness and trunk merchant and manufacturer ; b. Dec. II, I835 ; came to this town at the age of fifteen, and learned his trade with Edmund Wheeler, and in 1858 was admitted as a partner with him. He was afterwards in trade with his broth- er Eugene, who had purchased the interest of Mr. Wheeler in the establishment. He was educated at Kimball Union Acad-
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emy. He was twice a candidate for representative, and in IS7S was a candidate for county treasurer. M., June 3, 1862, E. Frances, dau. of George W. Pike.
Fred T., b. Nov. 13, 1865.
Ralph S., b. Nov. 22, 1866.
EUGENE A. POLLARD, also son of Truman Pollard ; b. May 13, 1845 ; came here in 1861 ; learned the harness trade with Wheeler & Pollard, after which he purchased the interest of Mr. Wheeler, and was a partner with his brother Granville. He afterwards assumed the whole business, and is now car- rying on trade alone. Married Nellie A., dau. of Horace A. Perry.
Perley, b. Feb. 26, 1873.
POWERS.
EZEKIEL POWERS, S. of Ezekiel ; a farmer ; b. Oct. 4, IS13 ; came from Croydon in IS55, and settled in the north-west part of the town. Married Hannah Jacobs, of Croydon ; m., 2d, Lydia Barton, of Croydon.
Nancy A., b. Oct. 9, 1837 ; m. Samuel M. Adams.
Luther }., b. Mar. 20, 1847. Mary E., b. July 7, 1857.
PRESSEY.
GEORGE PRESSEY, a tinsmith ; b. March 12, IS34 ; came from Canaan, N. H., in IS71 ; m. Charlotte Cummings, of Concord. He is a leading bass singer.
PRESBY.
NATIIANIEL PRESBY, b. Nov. 12, 1784 ; came to this town from Bradford, his native place, about IS40, and settled on the J. Thayer farm. He was a lieutenant. M., in IS05, Martha Hoit, of Bradford.
Willard, b. March 17, 1807; m. Feb. 15, 1838, Margaret Penney; r. in Kirkwood, Miss.
Delia, b. July 5, 1809; m., May 4, 1828, William Shattuck.
Rodney, b. April 15, 1811 ; m., July 3, 1834, Mary Peaslee; r. in Bos- ton.
Curtis, b. July 24, 1813; went West.
Harriet, b. Sept. 7, 1816; d. Apr. 15, 1825.
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Eliza A., b. Dec. 19, 1818; m., May 15, 1851, David Sylvester Wil- COX.
Milton H., b. May 19, 1821; m., Jan. 1, 1844 ; r. in Cal.
Sylvia A., b. May 21, 1824; m., Dec. 17, 1846, Thomas Penney, Cold Lake, Miss.
Carlos, b. July 28, 1829; d. June 14, 1851, during vogage to California.
PUFFER.
JOHN PUFFER came from Munson, Mass., in IS41, and com- menced as a farmer in the Northville district ; was afterwards a woollen manufacturer at the village ; went to the West; m. Martha M. Williams.
Charles A., learned the marble trade in the shop of W. E. Moore, and succeeded him in business. He was in the war of the Rebellion. Married Emma J. Hutchins, of Sunapee; ch., Herbert J., b. Nov. 17, 1859.
Chester W. Fob Frank.
PURINGTON.
JOHN C. PURINGTON, b. Jan. 16, IS43 ; a native of Henni- ker ; came from Goshen in IS72, and settled on the J. Page farm, on the Goshen road ; m. Susan French.
Alice y., b. May 15, 1870.
PUTNAM.
ANSEL PUTNAM, a farmer ; b. July 24, IS17 ; came from Ac- worth in 1860 ; was in the army three years ; m. Viola Holmes ; m., 2d, Aug. 31, IS58, Frances F. Davis. Angie M. Eliza A. Emma E. Fred A., b. March 14, 1860. Herman E., b. Feb. 27, 1868. Morrison R., b. May 20, 1876.
PUTNEY.
ELBRIDGE L. PUTNEY, s. of William ; b. April 22, IS2S ; came to this town from Bradford in 1851. He commenced his career as a hotel-keeper at the Sugar River House (which stood upon the site now occupied by the Phenix hotel), which was afterwards burned, where he had a successful business. In IS66 he purchased the Newport House, then comparatively new ; four years after he put upon it the Mansard roof and observa- tory, and made other substantial improvements. In 1874, such
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had been his pecuniary success, and such the urgent need of more ample accommodations for the public, induced by the increasing amount of his business, he put on an extension at the north, thus nearly doubling the former capacity of his house, and making it one of the most attractive public resorts in this part of the state. [See Hotels.] Married Mary J. Currier, of Sunapee.
Ada F., b. Oct. 2, 1857. Ernest L., b. July 6, 1869.
DANIEL PUTNEY came from Henniker in 1809, and settled in the south-west corner of the town ; m. Polly Heath.
Foel, m. Sarah Parmelee. Ch., Mary, m. Charles Beman York.
QUIMBY.
DANIEL P. QUIMBY, s. of Col. Samuel, of Springfield ; b. in 1839 ; was bred a merchant; upon being elected register of deeds for Sullivan county in 1866, he came to this town to re- side. He held the office of register three years; since which he has been on the Concord & Claremont Railroad. He was educated at Meriden, and has been a leader and teacher of vocal music. Married Emeline E., dau. of Hon. Daniel N. Adams, of Springfield ; she was educated at New London ; was a teacher and organist. He m., 2d, Nov. 22, 1876, Etta A. Hun- toon.
ISAAC QUIMBY, a farmer ; b. April 22, 1807, at Deering ; came from Claremont to this town in 1857, and settled at Kel- leyville. Married Martha Wright, of Cambridgeport, Mass. ; m., 2d, Mattie Chase, of Unity.
Marshall C., b. Oct. 2, 1850.
RAND.
NEHEMIAHI RAND, b. March 31, ISO1, at Bradford ; came here and purchased his farm, on the old road between North- ville and Kelleyville, in 1838. M., Jan. 30, 1827, Roxana George, b. June 30, 1806.
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RAWSON.
FRANKLIN ALANSON RAWSON, S. of Jonathan, of Alstead ; b. May 25, 1835 ; is a merchant ; came here from Gilsum in 1863 ; was for a while a butcher, and a dealer in produce ; has now a grocery store in Wheeler's block ; has been a selectman, and has held other offices, and is prominent among the Odd Fel- lows. M., Oct. 27, 1861, Caroline Elizabeth Dean.
Murton Otis, b. March 26, 1868. Shirley F., b. March 9, 1870.
RAYMOND.
JOHN S. RAYMOND, b. Dec. IS, 1838, at Hopkinton ; came to this town in 1861 ; has been engaged in the scythe factory of E. T. Sibley, at Northville, since 1862 ; built his residence in IS67. M., Sept. 20, 1863, Syrena A. Walker, of Unity, b. Apr. 23, 1845.
REYNOLDS.
JOSEPH REYNOLDS, a prominent man in the early part of the century ; lived in the east part of the town. M., Dec. 3, 18OS, Polly, a sister of Arphaxad Whittlesey, a lady of culture.
REED.
JONATHAN E. REED, a farmer ; b. Jan. 10, 1819 ; came here in 1852 from Burlington, Mass., and settled on Pike hill, where he remained several years, when he sold out and removed to East Unity, where he now resides. M., April 13, 1846, Debo- rah Hunt, b. Sept. 13, IS21.
Nathan E., b. April 22, 1847. [See Lawyers. ]
Frank A., b. March 11, 1849; m., Feb. 20, 1873, Emma J. Whittier. Ch., Fred A., b. Feb., 1874; r. at the L. Bascom place on the Unity road.
S. Lizzie, b. June 30, 1852 ; m. Sanford L. Craine.
Josiah Edwin, b. June 8, 1859. Herbert L., b. Dec. 23, 1867.
ANDREW J. REED, b. Jan. 25, 1813, at Woburn, Mass. ; came here in 1836 ; lived on East mountain ; m. Lucinda Millen.
Caroline L., b. Nov. 5, 1838 ; d. Sept. 5, 1860.
Harriet L., b. July 12, 1840; m. Moody E. Blood.
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WILLIAM L. REED, a joiner ; b. Oct. 20, 1803, at Milton, Mass. Married Mabel N., dau. of Aaron Buell, Jr., in 1839. They have since occupied the Buell homestead on the Croydon road.
STEPIIEN REED, b. Dec. 9, 1790 ; came from Plainfield, Vt., when nine years of age; lived at the Reed saw-mill, in the north-east part of the town. M., Nov. 16, ISIo, Lovina, dau. of Peter Wakefield, b. in 1791.
tErastus, b. Mar. 15, 1811. Rosena, m. Azor Paul. t Jackson, b. Feb. 20, 1819. Rowena, m. Gilman Davis.
Rosilla, m. Azor Paul,-2d wife.
ERASTUS REED, S. of Stephen ; b. March 15, IS11 ; m. Lydia, dau. of Nathan Hurd ; m., 2d, Susan G. Sargent.
Sylvester, b. March 1, 1830; m. Melissa Cobb.
Sophronia A., b. May, 1833. Etta, b. April, 1863.
George, b. Jan. 1, 1866. Morton, b. Jan. 29, 1869.
ELBRIDGE REED, S. of Stephen ; b. Feb. 13, 1814 ; m., Mar. 21, 1835, Maria, dau. of Nathan Hurd ; m., 2d, Jan. 10, 1864, Ann Willard.
Sarah M. Alonzo. George.
JACKSON REED, S. of Stephen ; b. Feb. 20, 1819; m. Harriet D. Crowell.
Dexter G., an officer during the Rebellion; a joiner; m. Elizabeth Hook; m., 2d, Mary Sargent.
Austin, m. Olive F. Dow; killed in the civil war.
Willard, m. Mary Richardson. Herbert IV. Frank.
ISAAC A. REED, b. in ISI4 ; s. of David, who was a soldier in the War of 1812, and who m., July 6, 1SOS, Rhoda Good- win, and went to Plainfield, Vt. ; was also a grandson of Mo- ses Reed, who was a soldier in the Revolution, and was with Washington at Valley Forge. After spending his minority on a farm with his father in Vermont, Isaac went to Nashua, where he became a dentist ; after practising his profession here, in Vermont, and in Lowell, Mass., he settled here in IS50. He
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has several times been a candidate for representative and regis- ter of deeds, and has been a leader in the Grange movement in this part of the state. M., Oct. 16, 1838, Mahalah P. Iloit, b. at Orford, Nov. 15, 1816.
. Ellen D., b. Oct. 12, 1839; educated at Tilton Female College and in Canada ; m., Dec. 23, 1861, Capt. George E. Belknap, U. S. Navy ; d. Oct. 28, 1865.
Lucius P., b. Aug. 29, 1846 ; a farmer ; was in the army during the civil war; m. Clara E., dau. of Hon. Daniel M. Smith, of Lemp- ster. Ch., Edith L., b. Nov. 26, 1870.
BENJAMIN REED, b. March 27, 1791, at Westfield, Mass. ; came here in 1839, and purchased his farm in the south part of the town, on the Unity road, where he operated until his death, March IS, IS6S. M., Nov. 27, 1834, Jane Little, of Belmont, Me.
WALLACE L. REED, S. of Benjamin ; b. July 22, IS42 ; was bred a farmer, which occupation he followed several years, after which he came to the village, and opened a restaurant. M., Jan. 16, 1868, Hattie A. Taggart, of Claremont.
Hattie A., b. April 6, 1870.
Fred W., b. May 16, 1873.
REMELE.
JONATHAN REMELE was the first pastor of the Congrega- tional church. He was installed Jan. 22, 1783, and dismissed Oct. 10, 1791. He was a fine scholar, an able preacher, and a man of much wit and humor. He was teacher as well as min- ister. From this town he removed to Orwell, Vt. Married Anna Read.
Mary, b. April 4, 1777. Stephen West, b. March 24, 1778. Samuel Hopkins, b. May 26, 1780. Nancy, b. 1782.
Jonathan Edwards, b. Sept. 7, 1783.
REMINGTON.
The Remingtons came from Vermont. HARRIET, m. Luther J. Powers ; HENRY L., b. Feb. 3, 1846, m. Abigail Gould ; DAVID J., b. May 13, 1848, m. Esther Pike.
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RICHARDS.
SYLVANUS RICHARDS came from Dedham, Mass., about the beginning of this century, and settled on the S. H. Cutting farm, in the west part of the town, where he kept a tavern. He was at one time one of the largest land-holders and tax-payers in town. He also owned and operated the Buell tavern in the village.
+Leonard, b. Nov. 20, 1789. +Seth, b. Feb. 20, 1792.
Abiathar, b. Feb. 13, 1796; went to Dedham, Mass. ; m. Julia Colburn, of Dedham.
*Sylvanus, b. March 4, 1811.
LEONARD RICHARDS, S. of Sylvanus ; b. Nov. 20, 1789 ; was a teamster ; during most of his maturer life drove a six- or eight- horse team between this town and Boston. He removed from this town to Anoka, Minn., where he was burned to death. His house took fire, and he, being in the chamber, was unable to escape. He m., Nov. 21, 1812, Phebe Brown, dau. of Rev. Thomas Brown.
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