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An elderly lady by the name of Bailey, of whom it was said she loved toddy, happened to be at the barn one day when there came up a heavy shower, accompanied with loud thunder and vivid flashes of lightning, during which period the Prince of Darkness appeared unto her. In consideration of some valuable promises made to her, she entered into a contract with him, agreeing to give herself up both soul and body to his Infernal Majesty, on a certain hour of a certain day, and in about six days after this interview. When the storm was over the good
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old lady returned to the house and gave the members of the household a history of what had taken place, adding that she had signed and sealed the contract with her blood, showing the wound on her finger from which the blood was drawn. Her friends were exceedingly alarmed at the dreadful story, and the news spread like wildfire both far and near. What could be done to save her? Notice was immediately given to Mr. Searle, the then settled minister of the town, and like a good shepherd he at once determined to defeat the Evil One, if possible. Ac- cordingly, on the Sabbath following he mentioned the appalling circumstances to the congregation, and with tears in his eyes told them ( Reddington being one of his hearers ) that the Prince of Darkness had appeared in bodily shape to one of his parish- ioners, and on a certain day was to make his appearance, accord- ing to contract, and take away with him a member of his church to the regions of despair. He announced that on the day named for the exhibition he should, by the consent of the church then present, appoint a meeting, and wished if any one present had any objection to make it known. A pause then ensued and not even a whisper was heard. The minister then said he should, and accordingly did, appoint the meeting. On that important day a multitude of persons of all ages and sexes assembled in Mr. Pettingill's orchard, on an elevated piece of ground ; meas- ures having been previously taken to have twelve ministers from the neighboring towns in attendance upon the meeting, they accordingly appeared in due season for the exercises. The good old lady was then introduced and placed in the centre of the multitude, the ministers forming in a circle around her ; then another circle composed of deacons and elders, with mem- bers of churches, and in the rear of these the multitude formed in close column. Everything being in readiness for action, and at least an hour before the time appointed for his Satanic Majesty to make his appearance, the exercises began by sing- ing, praying and supplicating, all in favor of the good old lady and against the tempter. This continued till five o'clock in the afternoon, it then being several hours after the time appointed for the explosion, but there being no smell of brimstone or any
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appearance of danger, the multitude began to disperse, the old lady was delivered over to her friends, and by sunset the ground was cleared. In closing his account Mr. Reddington says :
"Mr. Greeley, early in the day, geared up his old steed with saddle and pillion, went a number of times, taking the females of his family on to the ground in good season, and returning home in the same way, which was not accomplished till nearly dark. I did not attend at this scene of folly, but the meeting took place in sight of where I was hoeing corn in Mr. Greeley's field, and I could plainly see the gathering multitude at the place of action. The particulars of what took place at the meeting I had from several persons present. My brother, Thomas Reddington, then resided near Mr. Greeley's, and had a knowledge of the transaction and recollects it."
Apropos to the foregoing are Mrs. Lydia L. S. Very's lines on the personality of the devil. She declares she has found out all about him, and bursts out in song as follows :
" He walks the streets in broadcloth clad, No cloven hoof 'tis he foretelling ; His feet in patent leather bright, He waltzes at the ball at night, Of fragrant perfumes smelling.
Within the lawyers' ranks he sits, Indignantly he talks of crime ; With rounded periods, striking hits
He can describe; the coat so fits, For he has worn it through all time."
CHAPTER XXXVI.
CONCLUSION.
" Custom calls me to it,
What custom wills in all things should we do it."
"A little learning is a dangerous thing :
Drink deep or taste not the Pierian spring."
POST OFFICES AND POST MASTERS.
THOMAS W. THOMPSON, appointed April 1, 1798. At that date he undoubtedly resided at the South Road Village, in a house which stood on the site of Mrs. H. C. W. Moore's resi- dence. He was succeeded by
MOSES EASTMAN, appointed April 1, 1803, who continued in the same place.
JOSHUA FIFIELD, appointed October 17, 1826.
JOHN WHITE, appointed December 20, 1827 ; undoubtedly kept the office at his store.
SAMUEL ALLEN, appointed January 13, 1829; continued the office at the same store.
JOHN TOWNSEND, appointed November 3, 1829 ; removed the office to his harness shop.
MOSES EASTMAN, appointed February 25, 1837 ; kept the office in the southeast front room of Mrs. H. C. W. Moore's house.
ABRAHAM H. ROBINSON, M. D., appointed August 15, 1846; continued the office in the same place as his predecessor.
NATHANIEL BEAN, appointed April 12, 1856; continued the office in the same place as his predecessor.
THOMAS D. LITTLE, appointed April 12, 1861 ; removed the office to the Greenough store, thence to the Greenleaf & Clement store.
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DANIEL R. EVERETT, appointed April 4, 1870; continued the office in the Greenleaf & Clement store.
LEWIS A. HAWKINS, appointed January 29, 1874.
ARTHUR S. CALEF, appointed January 24, 1878 ; both con- tinued the office in the Greenleaf & Clement store.
WILLIAM B. PARSONS, appointed November 22, 1878 ; re- moved the office to the Greenough store, thence to the Green- leaf & Clement store.
HENRY B. SWEATT, appointed August 8, 1882; continued the office as above until August 22, 1882, when it was removed to the store of Chapman & Sweatt ; continuing until February 5, 1884, when it was returned to the Greenleaf & Clement store. Resigned April 21, 1885, in favor of
ANDREW E. QUIMBY, appointed May 20, 1885 ; continued the office at the same place.
The postoffice at what is now Franklin was first called Salis- bury Village. The office was established February 23, 1820, with a continuous appointment of postmasters as follows :
Ebenezer Eastman, appointed February 23, 1820.
John Cavender, appointed August 15, 1822.
Name changed to Franklin, January 12, 1829. John Caven- der re-appointed January 12, 1829.
Caleb Merrill, appointed May 27, 1829.
Thomas R. White, appointed December 26, 1838.
Caleb Merrill, second term, appointed April 1, 1843.
Joseph Clark, appointed June 15, 1849.
John White, appointed November 26, 1852. David Gilchrist, appointed April 14, 1853.
James Colburn, appointed May 31, 1861.
Miss Eunice G. Colburn, appointed November 17, 1862.
Now made a presidential office, and Miss Eunice G. Colburn, re-appointed March 2, 1867; April 17, 1871 ; December 14, 1875 ; January 12, 1880, and still holds the office.
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COLLEGE GRADUATES.
Following are the names and professions of college graduates, excepting those given with ecclesiastical and educational chap- ters, or with physicians and lawyers. A star (*) signifies that they were not born in Salisbury, but spent there some portion of their lives, as citizens :
1784. *Christopher Page, Dartmouth, minister. See Genealogy.
1794. Moses Eastman, A. M., Dartmouth, lawyer.
179S. Moses Sawyer, A. M., Dartmouth, minister.
ISOI. Daniel Webster, LL.I)., Dartmouth, lawyer.
I SO4. Ebenezer (). Fifield, A. B., Dartmouth, professor. See Genealogy.
ISO4. Thomas H. Pettengill, A. M., Dartmouth, lawyer.
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IS04. Ezekiel Webster, A. M., Dartmouth, lawyer.
ISO5. Nathaniel Sawyer, A. B., Dartmouth, lawyer.
ISOG. John True, A. B., Dartmouth, physician.
ISOS.
Nathaniel Huntoon, Dartmouth, lawyer.
ISOS. Ichabod Bartlett, A. M., Dartmouth, lawyer.
ISII. Valentine Little, A. B., Middlebury, minister.
IS12. Benjamin Pettengill, 3d, A. M., Middlebury.
IS12. James Bartlett, A. M., Middlebury, lawyer.
IS13. Joseph Wardwell, .A. B., Dartmouth, professor.
ISI6. Charles B. Haddock, D. D., Dartmouth, professor.
ISI6. Joseph Bartlett, A. M., Dartmouth, physician.
IS17. Benjamin Huntoon, Dartmouth, minister.
IS20. William C. Thompson, Dartmouth, lawyer.
IS2I. Joseph B. Eastman, A. B., Dartmouth, minister.
IS21. F. G. Buswell, A. M., Dartmouth. Born at Salisbury; died at Charles ton, S. C., August 27, 1827, aged 27.
IS22. Amos Foster, A. M., Dartmouth, minister. See Genealogy.
1822. *Albert 1. Kelley, lawyer.
IS23. Henry Greenleaf, A. M., Dartmouth, lawyer.
1824. Joel Eastman, Dartmouth, lawyer.
IS25. James K. Cushing, Bangor Theological Seminary, minister. See Gen- calogy.
IS2S. Charles E. Thompson, Dartmouth, lawyer. See Genealogy.
IS28. *Elbridge F. Greenough, Dartmouth.
IS29. Benjamin F. Foster, Amherst, minister.
1832. William M. Fingry, A. M., Dartmouth, lawyer. 66
1833. Jacob Gale, Dartmouth, lawyer.
1833. William Wells Proctor, Dartmouth Medical School, physician. Genealogy.
See
IS35. Joseph Bartlett, Dartmouth, minister. See Genealogy.
1826. Samuel C. Bartlett, I.L. D., Dartmouth, minister. See Genealogy.
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IS36. Sylvanus Huntoon, Castleton Medical College, physician. See Pingry
Genealogy.
IS47. Elbridge L. Little, Michigan University, minister. See Genealogy.
1840. Solomon M. Pingrey, Dartmouth, minister.
1841. Francis B. Webster, Dartmouth, merchant.
IS44. Humphrey Webster, Dartmouth, lawyer. 66
IS44. William T. Heydock, Dartmouth, lawyer. 66
I845. John W. Little, M. D., D. D. S., Dartmouth, physician. See Genealogy.
1845. Ephraim F. Wilson, Castleton Medical School, physician, 66
IS46. John Baker, Dartmouth. See Genealogy.
1847. Jeremiah W. Wilson, Castleton Medical School, physician. See Gen- ealogy.
1847. William H. Bartlett, Dartmouth, lawyer. See Genealogy.
IS4S. Henry L. Watson, University of Vermont, physician. See Genealogy.
I849. Moses S. Wilson, Harvard Medical School, physician. 66
I851. William H. Burleigh, M. D., Dartmouth, physician.
I852. Walter Wells, Bowdoin, professor and author.
1857. Henry A. Stevens, Amherst, minister.
IS 57. Samuel E. Pingry, A. M., Dartmouth, lawyer. 66
1861. Ebenezer L. Little, Michigan University, minister.
IS61. *George H. Hutchings, Eclectic Medical Institute, Cincinnati, Ohio, physician. See Genealogy.
IS61. *Frank R. Morse, D. D., Dartmouth, minister. See Genealogy.
IS65. John M. Fitz, Dartmouth Medical College, physician. See Genealogy.
IS72. Irving A. Watson, University of Vermont, physician. 66
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IS72. Charles H. Sawyer, Dartmouth, civil engineer. 66 ISSI. Charles A. Morse, Dartmouth Medical School, physician. See Gen-
ealogy.
ISS2. N. W. Bean, Dartmouth Medical School, physician. See Genealogy.
The following gentlemen chose a professional life without a four years' collegiate education. So far as known they were eminent and highly respected in their several professions. Unless their names are followed by a # they were natives of the town. Some of these may be college graduates, but we are unable to ascertain the fact :
Jonathan French, M. D .; Rev. Julius C. Blodgett. See Genealogy.
Benjamin Loverin, M. D., attended medical lectures at Dartmouth. Practiced at Sutton and died there.
John Q. A. French, M. D .; Jesse Fifield, M. D .; James Fifield, M. D .; John L. Fifield, M. D .; John P. Scribner, M. D. See Genealogy.
Rev. Moses B. Scribner, ordained Pastor of the Christian Church, in 1857. See Genealogy.
Rev. Winthrop Fifield. See Genealogy.
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Parmetus Hunton, admitted to the bar in 1837. See Pingry Genealogy.
Andrew L. Greeley, admitted to the bar in 1859.
Luther J. Greeley, admitted to the bar in 1863.
Stephen M. Pingry, admitted to the bar in 1860. See Pingry Genealogy.
Charles L. Greenough, admitted to the bar in 1872.
James L. Foote, admitted to the bar in 1877.
George W. Stevens, ( A. M., 186S.)
John W. Pettengill, admitted to the bar, in Massachusetts, 1859.
Elbridge G. Eastman, graduated at West Point Military School. See Genealogy.
Hiram M. Couch, attended medical lectures at Dartmouth, 1847.
Rev. James M. Bean; Rev. John W. Bean; Rev. Hiram Stevens; Elder John Couch. See Genealogy.
Rev. Trueworthy Cole, a Christian minister.
Thomas Jefferson Noyes, M. D).
John Gale, a lawyer in California.
*David Page, ( son of Onesiphorus ) practiced at Meredith.
A. Hunton, M. D). See l'ingry Genealogy.
Rev. Josepn Tucker. See Genealogy.
Joseph Whittemore, minister, then physician; resides at Ossage, Iowa. See Gen- ealogy.
Rev. David R. Whittemore; Elder Abijah Watson; Rev. Joseph Watson. See Genealogy.
Isaac T. Sawyer, lawyer.
CHARTER AMENDED.
By the following Act of the Legislature, in 1869, the section herein described was disannexed from Franklin and annexed to Salisbury :
DESCRIPTION.
Beginning on Boscawen town line on the South-west corner of said Franklin, and the South-east corner of the town of Salisbury, thence easterly on said Boscawen town line across lots numbered 7, 8, 9, and to in the South range in said Franklin ; thence north three and one-half degrees east between lots numbered 6 and 7 in said Franklin, one hundred and forty rods to the north-east corner of land of Joseph
ยท
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Smith, adjoining land of Charles Smith; thence westerly by the north line of said Joseph Smith, across lots numbered 7, 8, and 9, to the west side of said lot num- bered 9, adjoining lot numbered 10; thence northerly between lots numbered 9 and 10 eighty-four rods to land occupied by Lewis Buswell; thence north forty and one- half degrees west, by said Buswell's land, thirty-five rods to the south rangeway, so called; thence westerly by said rangeway, fifty-nine rods to land of Gilbert East- man; thence northerly by said Eastman's east line one hundred and fifteen rods to the south road leading from the South Village in said Salisbury to Franklin afore- said; thence westerly by said road to the bound begun at; be and the same hereby is disannexed from said town of Franklin, and annexed to said town of Salisbury.
This Act shall take effect on and after its passage.
GENEALOGY AND BIOGRAPHY.
CHAPTER XXXVII.
" He who takes no interest in the history of his ancestors does not deserve to be remembered by his posterity."
PRELIMINARY REMARKS.
The object of this work is to communicate to present and future generations some knowledge of the early settlers, the date of their arrival, and the trials and privations they endured, together with such additional information as will be of interest to their descendants.
Genealogies of towns are well worth preserving, from the earliest known settlers to present times, and in order to make them valuable the work should be comprehensive and thorough, particularly in regard to dates of births, marriages, deaths, and removals to other localities.
Persons who have never undertaken the collection of materi- als for even a single family history little realize the innumerable obstacles the compiler has to surmount, especially so when full and accurate dates are desired. Families are scattered, the members perhaps widely separated ; records are not preserved, in default of which the memory has to be trusted ; many care very little or take no interest in their ancestry; frequently no answer is received in reply to letters asking for information of vital importance to the compiler; succeeding letters perhaps
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refer the author to others equally careless or indifferent, and so it continues. To this class belong the dissatisfied ones, who say, "He has not got that right; I could have told him differ- ently." To such we say, regretfully, "If the sketch is not sat- isfactory it is largely your fault ; you have been urgently asked by letter and public notice to furnish the compiler with facts relative to your family, and in too many instances the desired information has been withheld."
Proof-sheets have been sent to such members of each family as in our judgment would be most likely to make all the nec- essary corrections. Such information as we have been able to obtain by visiting and consulting aged inhabitants, in this and other towns; by extensive correspondence with scattered members of families; by examination of letters, manuscripts, family bibles and registers: and by searching the Kingston church records, books, newspapers, gravestones, and every oth- er source likely to afford facts or data, has been laboriously gathered and is freely given.
The records as presented are, from the nature of the case, imperfect. Many of the lists are copied from the town records and of course are reliable and authentic, so far as they go. We are under the disadvantage of not being a native of the town, and while the work of the genealogist is never finished, it is still a humiliating fact that in this work there must inevitably be found errors and omissions, and in the case of some families but a meagre record. The author's aim has been to embrace what could be learned respecting both the ancestry and poster- ity of all the older families, and from the amount of material collected he has been compelled to exclude many later families, with those whose residence in town was but temporary.
There were families in town whose history would be full of interest, of which little is given, for the reason that little is known of them. In many cases it has been found impossible to trace the female side of the family, except where they mar- ried and continued in town, in which case the word (see) will follow the name, when by turning to the husband's name their children will be found. Many of our Salisbury women reared
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families of ability and prominence, but as the children were born elsewhere they cannot be noticed here.
Except in a few instances, where families resided in the east part of the town, just previous to the incorporation of Franklin, their genealogies are dropped. Many proper names of families originally of the same stock are variously spelled by individuals in different families. As given in the following pages, the orthography is that found in the original records.
A mark of interrogation [?] after a name or date implies un- certainty. The ordinary abbreviations for titles are employed, as also for the names of states, territories or provinces. Names of towns, unless otherwise designated, are supposed to be in New Hampshire.
The following additional abbreviations are also employed : b. for born, m. for married, unm. for unmarried, d. for died, res. for resides, res'd for resided, rem. for removed, t. r. for town records, g. s. for gravestone. 1
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THE ADAMS FAMILY.
FOUR BRANCHES.
ROBERT ADAMS, a tailor, came to Ipswich, Mass., in 1635, removed to Salem in 1638, and finally settled in Newbury, Mass., in 1640.
He is supposed to have been an Englishman, but exhaustive research has thus far failed to ascertain the locality from whence he came. One tradition has it Devonshire; another, of equal value, Holderness, in Yorkshire, though no trace or clue has been found in either. He came with his wife, Eleanor, and two children, a son and daughter, and had eight other children after his settlement in America. He d. Oct. 12, 1682, aged 81, leaving a widow, his second wife, Sarah (Glover) Short, who d. Oct. 24. 1697.
Archelaus, (2) the tenth child and youngest of the family, was b. about 1654; m. Ist, Sarah -, and 2d, in 1719, Sarah Green, of Salisbury, Mass., and had eight children.
Archelaus (3) seventh child, b. Nov. 21, 1714, was also twice married; Ist, to Dorothy Clement, in 1741, and 2d, to Mary Pearson, in 1742. His ten children were all by the second wife, who died at Salisbury, Mass., in Jan., 1783.
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I. ARCHELAUS, (4) youngest child of Archelaus and Mary Pearson Adams, was b. at Salisbury Point, Mass., June 14, 1755 ; m. Jan. 4, 1781, Hannah Osgood, of the same
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town. She d. June 8, 1814, aged 54. In 1792 he rem. to Salisbury, N. H., settling on the cross-range road, on the farm where J. H. Smith now resides. He occupied the premises to the day of his death, Dec. 13, 1828. Their children, exclusive of two who died in infancy, were :
2. Mercy, b. 1782, d. at Concord, Jan. 18, 1855, unm.
3. Robert Morrill, b. March 14, 1789. ( see.)
4. Aaron, b. Jan. 20, 1792. ( see . )
5. James Osgood, b. Jan. S, 1795; d. March 8, 1819.
6. Benjamin Osgood, b. June 23, 1797. ( see.)
(3.) Robert Morrill, who joined to the cultivation of a farm the trade of a blacksmith, which he maintained for more than forty years, res'd in the " mountain district," in East Concord. In 1855, after the death of his wife, he sold his property in Concord and rem. to Laconia, where he continued until his death, Nov. 8, 1861 ; m. ( 1) Nov. 12, 1812, Demaris Eastman, of Corinth, Vt., who d. June 24, 1854; m. (2) 1856, Mrs. Clara, widow of Jonathan Weeks. She d. in 1879. His children, all b. in Concord, were :
7. Ezra Eastman, b. Aug. 29, 1813; was a student at Salis- bury Academy, graduating at Dartmouth College, 1836. Ordained a clergyman at Concord, in 1839, and was sta- tioned as chaplain to seamen at Cronstadt, Russia, and Havre, France, for thirteen years; was pastor of the Pearl St. Church, at Nashua, and subsequently founder of the North Broad St. Presbyterian Church, in Philadel- phia. He afterwards held the chair of Sacred Rhetoric in Lincoln University, at Oxford, Penn., where he d. Nov. 3. 1871. He m. in London, 1840, Betsey B. Berry, of Newbury, Vt,, dau. of Judge Joseph Berry. She d. in New York city, 1846; m. (2) Frances M. Stevens, of Concord, dau. of Hon. Josiah Stevens, in 1847.
Children all b. at Havre; (1) Josiah Robert, b. Dec. 21, 1848; counsellor and attorney at law, Philadelphia. He is married but has no children. ( 11) James Osgood, b. May 13, 1850; m. Jan. 4, 1886, Emma HI. Greeley, dau.
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of the late Phineas D. Greeley, D. D., of Washington, D. C. Physician at Washington, and formerly a lawyer at Omaha, Neb. ( III ) Benjamin B., b. Aug. 15, 1851 ; physician at Washington, D. C.
8. Hannah Osgood, b. July 26, 1815; d. 1816.
9. James Osgood, b. June 5, 1818; graduated at Dartmouth College, 1843 ; taught school at Centre Road, 1840, and elsewhere for six years; printer and editor for thirty years, at Manchester; member of the legislature for many sessions: president of the Manchester Common Council, and for eleven years City Superintendent of Public Instruction, and Secretary of the State Board of Agriculture since 1870. A well-known writer and speak- er. He m. April 2, 1851, (1) Lucy Payson Foster, of Manchester, who accompanied him to Europe, and d. Feb. 1I, 1852; m. (2) Oct. 3, 1854, Eliza Ellen Everett, of Manchester, who d. March 20, 1861 ; m. (3) Aug. 20, 1862, Susan A. Everett, who d. Oct. 30, 1873 ; m. (4) Lizzie R. (Smith) Perkins, of Newburyport, Mass., July 13, 1874.
His children are : (1) Lucy E., b. April 2, 1858; d. March 18, 1861. ( II) Ezra E., b. Aug. 26, 1860; graduated at Agricultural College, Hanover, 1878; res. in Philadelphia. ( III) James H., b. May 14, 1863, d. Sept. 28, 1867. ( IV) Luella A., b. May 17, 1864, d. Dec. 20, 1884. (v) Susie B., b. March 20, 1866, d. Dec. 23, 1870. (VI) Willis E., b. Aug. 23, 1868, d. Dec. 25, 1870. (VII) Alice G., b. June 28, 1871. (VIII ) Lewis Willie, b. Feb. 20, 1873.
TO. Mary D., b. Dec. 5, 1821, d. Nov. 5, 1845. Preceptress of Caledonia Acad- emy, Lyndon, Vt.
II. Benjamin O., a merchant in Concord, b. Sept. 27, 1824, d. Dec. 14, 1849.
12. John Q., b. March 18, 1827; formerly at Gilmanton, now at Laconia; m. Lattice Mann, of Concord, 1854; three children, Mary D). d., John Q. and Frank L. at Laconia.
13. Henry C., b. Nov. 25, 1831 ; res. at Tilton ; m. Irene Mann, 1858, two children, Sarah and Mary.
(4.) Aaron, remained on the homestead, where he d. Feb. 27, 1827; m. Sept. 1, 1820, Susan Hill, of Northfield ; she d. Nov. 12, 1858. Their children were :
14. Hannah O., b. Sept. 2, 1821; m. Levi Fifield and res. at Jackson, Mich.
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15. Emery Il., b. Feb. 28, 1824. Obtained his education at Salisbury and New London academies. In the fall of 1844 he rem. to Lowell, Mass., where he m. Aug. 16, 1846, Laura R. Proctor. Rem. to New York city and engaged in the wholesale jewelry business, continuing till 1870, when with his family he rem. to Orange, N. J., where he still remains.
Children : (1) George E., b. Feb. 13, 1849, ( 11) Eugene E., b. Aug. IS, 1851. (111) Eva J., b. Sept. 10, 1853; m. Jan. 27, 1876, Horace Stetson. (1V ) Frank I .. , b. Oct. 12, 1856; m. June 29, ISSI, -
(6.) Benjamin Osgood, b. June 23, 1797 ; educated at Salis- bury Academy. His elder brother (Aaron ) dying, the care of the farm came upon him and for many years he successfully carried it on, teaching school in the winter, which occupation he found more agreeable to his tastes than farming. He taught in this and the surrounding towns for thirty-two years. Possessing an appreciative mind, a gentle but firm disposition, and qualifications for thorough instruction, his services were in frequent de- mand. He was an excellent disciplinarian as well as teacher. He early joined the Baptist church, and after his removal from town considered that communion his home. He was one of the few christians the writer has met who endeavored to lead a godly life under all condi- tions. There was no superficial christianity about him. In 1843 he rem. to East Concord, where he engaged in agriculture, at times assisting his brother-in-law, John M. Dearborn, in his country store. He m. March 24, 1843, Sarah J., dau. of John J. and Sarah ( Messerve ) Dearborn, who was b. at Canterbury, Aug. 3, 1806. 11e d. at Concord, Sept. 3, 1876.
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