The history of Salisbury, New Hampshire, from date of settlement to the present time, Part 39

Author: Dearborn, John J. (John Jacob), b. 1851; Adams, James O. (James Osgood), 1818-1887, ed; Rolfe, Henry P. (Henry Pearson), 1821-1898, ed
Publication date: 1890
Publisher: Manchester, N.H., Printed by W. E. Moore
Number of Pages: 1006


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6. Isaac, b. Aug. I, 1798; d. Sept. 28, 1802.


7. Kimball, b. Jan. 2, 1801 ; d. Oct. 10, 1802.


8. Abigail, b. Feb. 10, 1803; m. Nov. 24, 1822, Calvin Campbell, of Hopkinton ; he d. at Hill; she moved to Franklin and d. June 6, 18$6.


9. Drucilla, b. Aug. 10, 1805; m. Oct. 5, 1825, John Carr, of Hopkinton ; rem. to Newport, where she d. April 14, 1871.


IO. Isaac K., b. Oct. 10, 1807. See history.


II. Benjamin P., b. March 18, 1810; rem. to Canada and m. - ; d. Jan. 11, 1870.


12. Jonathan L., a child by first wife, d. May 10, 1811.


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(10.) Deacon Isaac K. remains on the farm, and is one of our enterprising farmers and citizens; is a deacon in the Christian church. He m. Dec. 30, 1834, Aurilla, dau. of Isaac and Mary (Davis) Sweatt, who was b. at Bos- cawen, Nov. 14, 1806, and d. Feb. 14, 1881. Their children were :


13. Isaac S., b. Jan. 11, IS36; d. Nov. 5, 1883. 14. Aurilla A., b. June 18, 1837; d. July 14, IS57. 15. Henry W., b. Oct. 28, 1838. 16. Drucilla, b. June S, IS40. 17. Mehitable, b. Sept. 23, 1841 ; d. July 29, 1844. 18. Meshech W., b. April 19, 1844; d. at Mound City, Ill., Aug. 20, 1863. 19. Lavinia J. b. Sept. 1, 1845. 20. Martha L., b. Aug. 24, 1847; d. Aug. 9, 1860. 21. William G., b. Aug. 23, 1849.


BLANCHARD AND KENRICK FAMILIES.


Colonel JOSEPH BLANCHARD was distinguished in the French and Indian wars for his undaunted courage. In 1755 he marched his regiment of six hundred men up the valley of the Merrimack to the Salisbury fort, where he remained six weeks, then continuing his march through the wilderness to Crown Point and Canada. See Indian history, Chapter XV.


I. Benjamin Blanchard was probably a member of the above regiment. IIe m. at Hampstead, Azuba Keizer. When the regiment left he remained at the fort, purchased land and erected a log house in Canterbury. It is supposed that his mother was Bridget, a woman of Scotch-Irish descent, who was captured at Salisbury by the Indians, in 1752, and who was a very courageous woman. After remaining for a long time at the lower portion of Salis- bury he removed to that part of the old town now within the limits of Northwood, where in 1760 he built a log house and carried on farming, being the first settler in the latter town. He was an enterprising citizen and accumulated considerable property. His son was -


2. Edward, (Captain ) m. Isabella Wason, a native of Scotland, whose parents were among the very earliest settlers of 31


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Londonderry. They had nine sons and one daughter. Among the former was -


3.


Ebenezer, (Captain ) b. in what is now Northfield, June 12, 1768; m. Sarah Smith, b. at Windham, March 7, 1774. She was of Scotch-Irish parentage and a woman of rare mental endowments. After marriage she accompanied her husband to his northern home, riding upon a side- saddle which is still in use. She d. in Franklin, March 22, 1855, aged 81. Capt. Blanchard began trade in the store which stood on his Bay Hill farm in Northfield, as early as 1789, and may have continued the same until 1805. It is said that he opened a store at Sanbornton Bridge, now Tilton, as early as 1800, but we understand the store stood on the Northfield side of the river, near the upper bridge. About 1808 he removed to Salisbury and bought the Joseph Noyes place, in what is now Franklin. Leaving his Sanbornton Bridge store in care of a partner, he added a second story to the Noyes house in which he resided, the basement of which he used for a store, and for more than forty years carried on an exten- sive business in general merchandise. It is believed he put in the first stock of dry goods in that part of the town. He did his own teaming, taking the goods of his own manufacture and country produce to Portsmouth and returning with groceries, cotton, etc. He made the cotton into cloth. He finally sold the store to Thomas Greenleaf. Capt. Blanchard and Ebenezer Eastman built the first mill on the site of Sulloway's hosiery mill, at what is now known as Franklin Falls. Here they sawed large quantities of lumber, which they rafted to Newburyport, Mass. He d. in Franklin, Feb. 12, 1849, aged 81. We have a record only of six children, all but the youngest b. in Northfield, as follows :


1. Isabella S., b. Dec. 23, 1795; m. Feb. 22, 1817, James West, of Concord, who for years kept the old West tavern on Boscawen Plains. He d. at Frank- lin. She d. at Franklin, June 18, 1882.


5. Edward, b. May 14, 1797 ; d. of spotted fever, Feb. 21, 1799.


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6. Alice, b. Feb. 28, ISoo; m. Nov. 15, 1821, Kendall O. Peabody. She d. Dec. 23, 1832.


7. Ebenezer K., b. July 4, 1802; m. Oct. 1, 1826, Fanny Jacques. He d. Feb. 28, IS2S.


S. Cynthia l'. b. July 17, 1804; d. at Boscawen, June 27, 1838, unm.


9. Clarissa Ann was b. in Salisbury, Oct. 7, 1815; m. Dec. 29, 1833, Stephen Kenrick. Mr. Kenrick was b. in Haverhill, Mass., June 15, 1806, son of John and Sarah (Colby) Kenrick, and the youngest of a family of nine children. In 1836 Mr. Kenrick came to Franklin, at once identified himself with the interests of the town and became one of its most active and prosperous citi- zens. He had large interests in several railroads and in 1861 became president of the Concord & Portsmouth road, which office he held until his death. He was also president of the National Bank at Hillsborough Bridge, and one of the trustees of the Franklin Savings Bank. He took a deep interest in the management of the affairs of the town, serving as selectman five years and as rep- resentative two years. He was a member of the Con- gregational church and one of its most generous sup- porters. He d. Aug. 4, 1884. Their children were :


I. Ebenezer B., b. March 3, 1837; d. Aug. 6, 1838. II. Eben. ezer, b. Nov. 6, 1838; d. Feb. 9, 1839. III. Stephen B., b. April 9, 1842; m. Elizabeth Rowe and res. at Fort Madison, Wisconsin. Is superintendent of the Fort Madison & Northwestern R. R. IV. Charles C., b. April 8, 1844. He conducts a livery and sale stable at Franklin Falls, has a large farm, and is one of the most energetic, active and enterprising citizens of that busy village. v. John S., b. Oct. 28, 1846; d. Aug. 10, 1847. VI. Timothy F., b. July 8, 1849. He completed his edu- cation at Dartmouth, and began the study of medicine at Long Island College, graduating at Bellevue College June 1, 1874. Dr. Kenrick was called to the Sanford Hall Asylum, Flushing, N. Y., as first assistant physi- cian and remained until 1876, when he was given the


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position of assistant physician in the New York State Lunatic Asylum, at Utica. In 1878 he started upon a foreign tour, for the benefit of his health, and d. at Na- ples, Italy, Jan. 29, 1879. VII. Clarissa A., b. Nov. 8, 1852; d. Aug. 11, 1853.


THE BLODGETT FAMILY.


We know but little of the family history of the Blodgetts who once dwelt in the town of Salisbury. They were descendants of the distinguished Judge Samuel Blodgett, of Derryfield, (now Manchester) the builder of the Blodgett canal around Amoskeag Falls, and one of the most energetic men in that section of the State.


I. Edward, a nephew, was b. in Charlestown, Mass., in 1771, and came to Salisbury East Village in 1801-2. He res'd for a time in the toll-house, built the house now occupied by J. H. Powell, and lived there. This house formerly stood with the south-east corner to the street, so that he could sit in it and look both ways. He was once engaged in trade in the old Eastman store, and later in life did much surveying. He was appointed a justice of the peace June 15, 1807. He d. in 1844; m. Ruth Kimball, of Chester, who d. in 1818. Their children were :


2. Harriet, b. in 1802; m. Thomas H. Bullard. 3. Eliza, b. March 20, 1804; d. at Concord, unm. 4. Julius Cæsar.


5. Augustus Cæsar, b. March 25, 1810. He was a printer and once one of the proprietors of the New Hampshire States- man. He rem. to Peterborough, and subsequently went to the west, where he died.


(4.) Rev. Julius Cæsar was b. in Salisbury, March 6, 1806, at which time his parents res'd in the toll-house. His edu- cation was acquired in the common schools and at Salis- bury Academy. He was ordained a minister of the


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Christian denomination, at Sanbornton, in Jan., 1830, and preached at Exeter, Newton, Franklin and Kensing- ton, besides at several places in New York and at Port- land, Maine. He spoke with great force and energy and was a very effective revivalist. In 1845 he became edi- tor of the Christian Herald, the organ of the Christian denomination, then published at Excter. He possessed both talent and taste for literary work. He m. Sept. 3, 1837, Abigail C. Shaw, of Kensington, youngest dau. of Rev. Elijah Shaw, a justly celebrated minister of that church. He had three daughters and four sons. His active labors covered a period of forty-three years. Died at Kensington, March 26, 1878.


THE BOHONON *. FAMILY.


In the old cemetery at the South Road Village repose the remains of a large part of at least three, and a part of four and five generations bearing this name, so often heard a century ago and for two-score years later, but rarely mentioned now except in quaint legend, but around which cluster tales of valiant deed and pleasant memory.


THE FIRST GENERATION.


In the early settlement of Contoocook (now Boscawen) in the spring of 1734, the fourth name on the list of the twenty- seven first settlers was Andrew Bohonon. He is presumed to have come there from Salisbury or Newbury, Mass., and tradi- tion familiar to his descendants declares him a native of Scot- land, a son of - and - (Johnson ) Bohonon, of most respectable and well-to-do family. He was impressed for duty at sca at the


*The ancestral name was Buchanan, but some of the descendants prior to or about the time of the birth of this emigrating ancestor changed the spelling to Bohonon. So many varying and trivial reasons are assigned in tradition for the change that the writer omits mention of any, as unsatisfactory. Some of the descendants of this emigrant adhere to the original spelling, Buchanan. In Scotland the names are synonymous.


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early age of fourteen years. Some declare he was enticed on board a ship anchored in the harbor and when the vessel sailed restrained from going on shore, instead of being regularly im- pressed. The vessel on which he was doing duty, making a trip to this country and landing at Boston, he decided to tarry in America.


In early life he frequently talked of returning to the mother land and the comforts of his early home; but frontier life proved fascinating, and, marrying, his wife and children afterwards per- suaded postponement until such plans were from time to time deferred, then finally abandoned.


Born about 1709, he married in 1734-5 Tabitha Flanders, first child of Deacon Jacob and Mercy (Clough ) Flanders, early settlers of Boscawen, from South Hampton, and on Jan. 22, 1736, was born to them Sarah, the second female white child born in that town .* The year following, Aug. 11, 1737, was born Andrew, (Jr.) the first male child born in Boscawen. t


A man but little above medium stature, but of lithe and sin- ewy limb ; strong in courage, possessed of remarkable energy and great power of endurance ; with mental abilities above the average, modest, companionable, full of quaint humor, and sparkling with ready wit, he was a favorite with all, and his witty sayings are quoted to this day.


He served in the company organized for Indian defence, in 1743-4, afterwards in the French and Indian wars, again in 1754, in Capt. Joseph Eastman's company, and in 1755 in Col. Blanchard's regiment, in the expedition against Crown Point. He also served in one or more campaigns against the French and Indians in 1756. After his return he made a permanent settlement on Salisbury south road, having begun living there some years before, and was active in public affairs. At the beginning of the revolutionary war he was too far advanced in years for continuous military duty, but with his old zeal re-kin- dled he was enrolled in the "alarm list," and performed some service in that campaign. He reared a family of devoted


*Rev. Ebenezer Price's History of Boscawen, 1820.


¡Published Obituaries, 1826.


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patriots, who did efficient service in their country's struggle for independence, and after a long and useful life died in Salisbury about 1803. His wife, Tabitha, a devoted christian wife and mother, died at Salisbury, Feb. 18, 1810, having reached the remarkable age of one hundred and one years. The New Hampshire Patriot of March 6, 1810, says: "Three of her children attended her funeral whose ages aggregated two hun- dred and thirteen years, one being seventy-four, one seventy- two and one sixty-seven years of age. A great-grand-child of Mrs. B. was buried at the same funeral."


The name multiplied with succeeding generations but has now become nearly or quite extinct in Salisbury. Occasionally to this day some remote descendant visits this town, to pay at the old shrine loving tribute to the memory of a patriotic and honored ancestry.


The following children of the second generation were b. in Boscawen :


I. Sarah, b. Jan. 22, 1736; m. - Judkins and settled in Salisbury.


2. Andrew, b. Aug. 11, 1737. See.


3. John, b. Feb. 29, 1740; was taxed in Salisbury 1791-6, after which time it is said he rem. to and settled in New Brunswick.


4. Jacob, b. Nov. 22, 1741. See.


5. Ananiah, b. July 22, 1743. See.


(2.) Andrew, long and familiarly known as Ensign Bohonon, came to Salisbury from Boscawen with his father's fam- ily, not far from 1750. The son of a gallant soldier, he was early imbued with the spirit of his father, and at seventeen years of age (1755) was engaged in the French war, under Capt. John Stark, (afterwards Gen. Stark,) and continued with the Rangers until the close of that war. When the revolutionary war began, no less ready to engage in his country's cause, he turned out as a volunteer under Capt. Connor, of Pembroke, went to Winter Hill and continued there during the siege of Boston. In 1776 he joined the company of Capt. Benj. Emery, in Col. Baldwin's regiment, was in the battle of White Plains, and continued with the army until the fol- lowing winter. In 1777 he was a Lieutenant under Capt.


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Ebenezer Webster, and was in the battle of Bennington, under Stark. In 1778 he again turned out as a volunteer and went with Gen. Sullivan to Rhode Island. While there the volunteers were ordered to take their stand upon the lower pickets, near where lay the enemy's ships. One morning when he was on guard he espied a British lieutenant of marines in a field of corn at no great distance from him. He hailed the bold intruder, brought him to and ordered him to lay down his arms, which the proud Briton found it necessary to do, and our hero marched in with his prisoner of war amidst the loud acclamations of his fellow-soldiers. An obituary notice of considerable length, from which the above facts are selected, appears in the New Hampshire Patriot of June 12th, 1826, which adds: "Lieut. Bohonon maintained through life a uniform character of integrity and upright- ness." A builder and joiner by occupation, houses are still standing in Boscawen and Salisbury the building of which was under his supervision. He was said to have been a handsome man, particularly in form and figure, and in continental days was conspicuous by his pictur- esque personal appearance.


" The old three-cornered hat, The breeches and all that Were so queer."


He m. (first) in 1762, Susannah Webster, b. in East Kingston, in 1741, (baptized Jan. 31, 1742, by Rev. Peter Coffin.) She was the dau. of Ebenezer and Susannah ( Bachelder ) Webster, and the sister of Judge Ebenezer Webster, the father of Daniel Webster. The wedding was long remembered in Salisbury, and for many years afterwards the guests were pleased to relate how they "danced on white sugar" at Lieut. Bohonon's wedding, the floor being covered with powdered loaf sugar instead of sanding it as was the custom at that time. Mrs. Bohonon, conspicuous for her ability, of rare qualities of mind and heart, was a lady of commanding presence, a


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devoted christian, much confided in and greatly beloved by all. The family were especially hospitable, and full neighborhood gatherings were frequently held at their house. On that memorable dark day of 1780, May 19, so long remembered, so vividly recounted, in the middle of the forenoon, as the darkness increased, the clouds assumed a more forbidding appearance, and birds flew into the houses through open doors or windows, the people became greatly alarmed; consternation generally prevailed, and as the darkness became more intense the people were terrified; the neighborhood gathered at Ensign Bohonon's, the house became filled to overflow- ing, and fear seemed depicted on every countenance. Mrs. B. took her chair into the yard, (a scene for the painter ) opened her bible, and by the lurid glare of the torch, in that awful stillness of great alarm, read to those who gathered about her. Listen ! catch the comforting words :


"God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.


Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea ;


Though the water thereof roar and be troubled, though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof.


The Lord of Hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge.


Be still and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.


The Lord of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge."


And then, on bended knee, with upturned eye, a suppli- cation reassuring :


"That coming light no mortal cloud Can quite enshroud 1


Through all our doubts, above the range


Of every fear and every change, Our faith can see, with weary eye, The dawn of heaven on earth's dim sky ; And from afar


Shines on our souls the morning star."


Beloved and lamented by all, she died three years later, April 27, 1783.


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Children (3d generation ) born in Salisbury :


6. Stephen, b. Oct. 10, 1763. See. 7. Ananiah,'b. April 6, 1765. See.


8. Jacob, b. Feb. 1, 1767. See. 9. Hannah, b. - 1769; d. in 1787, unm.


10. Josiah, b. in May, 1772. See. II. Moses, b. Feb. 22, 1774. See.


12. Olive, b. March 7, 1777. See. 13. Dorcas, b. Feb. 23, 1779. See.


14. Mary, ( Polly ) b. April 11, 1780. See. 15. George, b. in Sept., 1782; rem. to and settled in Ohio, but d. in early life.


Andrew Bohonon m. (second) in 1784, Mrs. Betsey ( McMiles) Garvin. His children by second wife were :


16. Betsey, b. in Aug., 1785; was a teacher in Montpelier, Vt., and d. in that town May 6, 1829.


Andrew Bohonon d. May 24, 1826. His second wife, Betsey Garvin, d. about 1815.


17. Ebenezer, b. in 1790, was in the army in the war of 1812- 14. He wrote home from near New Orleans, saying they had been ordered to and were just leaving for that city and that he would write again on arrival there. He was never heard from afterwards.


" His ashes flown No marble tells us whither."


" A rest for weary pilgrims found, They softly lie and sweetly sleep Low in the ground."


(6.) "Major Stephen Bohonon," (we copy from the press of Feb., 1831,) "was one of the last survivors in Salisbury of the revolutionary war. He was distinguished among that hardy corps known as the Rangers. Early in the war, when less than sixteen years of age, his uncle, Capt. Ebenezer Webster, then commanding a company of mil- itia, called one morning at the house of his sister and said to her at the door that she must give up Stephen too, (her husband was already in the service,) to go and aid the cause of the country. He dwelt upon the urgent need of more men, and at once, or all might be lost. A mother's fond misgivings for a moment caused her to hesitate, but the spirit which animated the breast of Webster glowed also in the heart of his sister, and Stephen was given up to the service, on the promise of


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Capt. Webster that his nephew for a time at least should not be exposed but serve as his clerk and waiter. With- in doors Stephen had heard all, and with a temper worthy of his family came forward and said, 'Uncle, I wish to go into the service, but I will not go as a waiter to any- body ; I will enter the ranks as a soldier.' 'Stephen,' replied Capt. W., 'you are a brave boy and shall serve in such manner as you please.' He immediately pro- ceeded in the company under his uncle's command to Bennington, and performed his part well in the engage- ment with the British troops under Gen. Baum. Imme- diately afterward he entered the regular service and re- mained in it in different positions during the war, justi- fying by his conduct at all times the hope inspired by his heroic bearing in boyhood." Judge Nesmith relates of him the following : " Major B. was under Capt. Web- ster at West Point, in a six months' service, when the treachery of Arnold was discovered. Capt. W. had the distinguished honor of being selected to guard Washing- ton's headquarters the night following the discovery. Washington invited Webster to his room and said to him, ' I have seen you at the Boston siege and in the White Plains campaign, and if I cannot trust you I cannot trust any one. I now pledge you in a glass of wine ; place your company around my quarters this night.' Webster obeyed the order, considering himself highly honored. Bohonon walked before his tent all night, and said Washington did not once lie down but was employed in writing through the night." Major. B. built the first house on the site of the Congregational church parson- age, (the Andrew Bowers house,) and in one of the front rooms he kept a small stock of goods. This was proba- bly the first store at the South Road Village, if not the first in town. For many years Major B. resided in Chel- sea, Vt., and was prominent in public affairs, having been a magistrate, town clerk in 1791, member of the State legislature in 1796, etc. But the last twenty years of


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his life were spent in Salisbury, the village in which he was born. He m. March 8, 1785, Olive Elliott, who was b. in Boscawen, 1765, and d. June 10, 1843. He d. Jan. 26, 1831. The N. H. Patriot of Feb. 7, 1831, noticing his death, says: "His funeral was attended by a large concourse of citizens, among whom were eight soldiers of the revolution, each nearly eighty years of age, with appropriate badges, moving in a body in the solemn fun- eral march to the last home of their companion in arms ; doubly affecting on account of the deep unction mani- fested by those few and infirm remnants of the army of independence. The tear which fell in silence down their furrowed faces bespoke the depth and the strength of the tide of memory which overwhelmed them ; the whole funeral ceremonies were appropriate to the character of the dead, and full of instruction to the living, offering strong encouragement to the active generation to serve well their country in time of need, by affording proof that such services would not be forgotten." The child- ren of the 4th generation were :


I. Benjamin. b. in Salisbury, Feb. 15, 1786; m. Olive Archelaus, of Boscawen. He d. Sept. 27, 1826, leaving two children, Charles and -


II. Susan, b. in Salisbury, Feb. 20, 1788; d. in Chelsea, Vt., Jan. 9, 1792.


III. John E., b. April 13, 1790. He became a sea captain of note. His portrait, with chart and compass, adorns the wall of a pleasant cottage in Salisbury. He m. Elizabeth - and d. in Manchester, Mass., Feb. 26, 1842. His wife and one child survived him but a few years.


IV. Susan, 2d, b. March 1, 1793; d. in Salisbury, June 16, 1875, unm.


v. Andrew Bowers, b. July S, 1795. He served as a musician in the war of ISI2- 14. He. m. April 28, 1834, Almira H. Corliss. He d. Dec. 19, 1839. His children were : (1) Eliza, b. June 17, 1836; m. Oct. 29, 1854, C. H. Mor- rill. (2) Stephen, (twin) b. May 15, 1839, d. Jan. 7, 18.40. ( 3) Olive, ( twin ) b. May 15, 1839; m. ( first ) May 25, 1853, N. C. Elliott ; he d. May 24, 1871, and she m. (second ) Harrison Corning. The widow of Andrew B. m. ( second ) Levi Bean.


VI. Hannah, b. 1796, d. May 23, 1798. She was drowned in Chelsea, Vt. A little playmate, with clothing drenched with water, was observed coming along the road crying. When inquired of as to where she had been and the cause of her distress, she replied, "In the brook -and Nannie's in the brook now." She was found in a few moments but life was extinct.


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VII. Ebenezer Webster, b. in 1799. He was in the war ( 1814) three months, doing garrison duty at Portsmouth. IIe m. Jan. 28, 1822, Mary Elliott. Ile d. July 20, 1838. Their children were : (1) Emily, m. James Francis; she d. Sept. 15, 1850, leaving one child, Mary Ellen. (2) Ann Jeanette, d. Aug. 24, 1846. (3) Charlotte, m. - Clough, settled in Mass.




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