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II. Orlando H., b. Nov. 5, 1822 ; d. Aug. 21, 1825.
12. Mary B., b. Feb. 28, 1825. She was a school teacher of considerable note.
13. Harriet E., b. April 8, 1827 ; m. Aug. 13, 1854, John W. Colby, of Franklin. He d. at Lawrence, Kan., Feb. S, 1875.
14. Orlando H., b. Jan. S, 1830; m. (1) Aug. 28, 1866, Mrs. Julia M. Foster ; m. (2) April 14, 1870, Mary S. Worth, by whom he had John L., b. Oct. 28, 1875, and resides at Webster.
15. Daniel, b. April 22, 1832 ; d. -
(9.) Cyrus, in the winter of 1832-3, began work for Dr. Peter Bartlett, remaining two years. In 1837 he was commis- sioned Ensign of the Boscawen infantry, afterwards ris- ing to the rank of Captain. Under the pastorate of the Rev. John French, he united with the M. E. church, (in 1847) and since 1875 he held church office. In 1844 he removed to Cambridge, Mass., where he followed the oc- cupation of a miller. Returning to Webster in 1846, he followed the same business for two years, when he rem. to "Little's hill," where he has a large and productive farm. He m. July 3, 1843, Elizabeth Corser ; has eight children, seven of which were born at Webster.
SECOND BRANCH.
16. Richard Fitz, a brother of Daniel, (6) was b. Dec. 6, 1790, and removed here with his brother, occupying the same house. He m. (1) Mary, dau. of Hon. Joseph Blanchard, of Chester, who d. Feb. 1, 1825; m. (2) Jan. 2, 1827, Maria, dau. of Isaac Stevens, who d. July 1, 1833, aged
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32. He d. on the John Corser farm in Boscawen, Jan. 10, 1846.
Children by first wife :
17. Maria F., b. Jan. 1, 1819; m. Jan. 26, 1841, Garland Calef. She d. Jan. 6, 1873; had seven children, born at Webster.
IS. Sally, b. May 20, 1820; m. May 20, 1846, Israel Tebbetts, of Charlestown, Mass. She d. Sept. 9, 1861.
19. Mary A., b. Jan. 12, 1822; m. Nov. 10, 1846, Albert Danforth. She d. Jan. 9, I851.
Children by second wife :
20. Rhoda J., b. Feb. 6, 1828; m. June 17, 1852, Alpheus Ballard, of Boston Mass. She d. June 30, 1854.
21. Hannah, b. Aug. 30, 1832; d. March 1, 1833.
THE FLANDERS FAMILY.
I. William bought seven acres of land of John Chellis, and erected a house on the site now occupied by Mrs. Moses Gree- ley. Here he built a tannery and had a shoe shop. Moses Greeley having purchased this property, Mr. Fifield removed to South road and built the house now occupied by John W. Huntoon. He d. Sept. 10, 1837, aged 55. The name of his wife is not known, as he married previous to coming here. He was a man of much respectability, smart and energetic, and was in his day the acknowledged leader of the democratic party. Few facts concerning his descendants are known, except that his sons became connected with the shoe industry.
2. James, b. July 4, IS00; rem. to Lynn, and may have died here in 1833.
3. Daniel, b. April 10, 1802; m. July 12, 1827, Bertha Scribner.
4. William, b. June 5, 1804 ; removed to Woburn, Mass.
5. Benjamin F., b. Oct. 31, 1807; d. March 31, 1813. 6. John, b. Oct. 26, 1810.
7. Henry H., b. July 31, 1813. .
8 Benjamin F., b. Aug. 24, 1816. All removed to Woburn, Mass.
Ezra Flanders removed to Grafton or Canaan; m. April I, 1768, Sarah Blasdel, (Blaisdell.) Children all born here, as follows :
10. John, b. Jan. 24, 1769. 11. Dolly, b. Nov. 19, 1770.
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12. James, b. Aug. 26, 1772. 13. Daniel, b. Aug. 30, 1774.
14. Abner, b. April 13, 1777. 15. William, b. May 12, 1779.
16. Sarah, b. Aug. 10, 17SI ; d. Dec. 6, 17SI. 17. Ezra, b. Oct. 8, 1783.
THE FOOTE FAMILY.
Lewis Foote was born at Amesbury, Mass., Feb. 14, 1784, and was by trade a ship carpenter. In the war of 1812 he en- listed in the navy, and shipped from Portsmouth in the priva- teer "Mass," she having been commissioned by French "letters of marque," having been taken from the French during that war. She was shortly after lost during a severe gale. Among his children were :
I. Thomas, b. at Amesbury, March 14, 1813. Jan. 12, 1831, he came to Salisbury, and eventually purchased the Capt. John Webster homestead, where he resided until his removal to Hampstead in the fall of 1878. During his residence here he was engaged in carpentering and in manufacture of cabinet articles. Public office he would never hold. He was a man of much self-respect and very methodical in his daily life. He m. Nov. 26, 1835, Lydia, dau. of David F. Favor, who was b. at Bris- tol, R. I., Aug. 3, 1813 ; d. at Hampstead, Dec. 17, 1887.
2. Mary E., b. Sept. 1, IS37; d. Aug. 26, 1840.
3. Charles Edwin, b. June 5, 1840; m. June 11, 1860, Mary F., dau. of Dr. Robert Smith. He is engaged in mercantile business at Pennacook.
4. Frederick W., b. April 21, 1843; d. April 24, 1844.
5. Henry Thomas, b. Sept. 27, 1845; m. Charlotte Amesworth and resides at Pen- nacook, on the Boscawen side, where he is engaged in mercantile business .
6. Alfred W., b. Feb. 21, 1848; m. Fanny Randall and res. at Hampstead.
7. James Lewis, b. April 15, 1856. At the age of fifteen he began as office boy for John M. Shirley, Esq., at Ando- ver, and soon after began the study of law under the in- struction of Mr. Shirley, afterwards studying law with E. B. S. Sanborn, Esq., of Franklin Falls, for two years.
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He was admitted to the bar in 1877, and removed to Manchester, where he was in practice for some years. While in Manchester he m. and is supposed to have gone west.
THE FOSTER FAMILY.
Reginald Foster, or Forester, as the name is spelled in the English records, was the patriarch of the family in America, emigrating from Exeter, (Devonshire) England, about 1638, and settling at Ipswich, Essex county, Mass. He brought with him his wife, Judith, five sons and two daughters. She died at Ips- wich, Oct. 16, 1664; married (2) the widow of John Martin, of Ipswich ; he died previous to June 9, 1681.
I. Hezekiah Foster removed to Salisbury quite early, settling west of Blackwater river, where the old cellar hole is yet to be seen, by a large elm tree, which was set out by one of his daughters. He signed the association test act and was a smart, capable farmer. He m. (1) - East- man ; m. (2) - Bean ; m. (3) Aug. 22, 1776, Mrs. Abi- gail ( Tyler) Pearson, who, after her husband's death, m. - Currier. Children by first wife :
2. Sally, m. John Bean. 3. Jonathan. ( See.) 4. Richard. ( See.)
5. -m. - Clark. 6. Susan M. Stickney.
7. Mehitable, m. Simon Ward, b. at Salisbury, Mass., April 13, 1762. He resided at Warner, served through the revolutionary war, and d. at Newbury, Vt., in 1858. She d. Jan. 1, ISII. They had seven children. She was the grandmother of Baxter P. Smith, historian and author of several historical works, who resided and d. at Hanover.
8. Caleb, d. at Baltimore, Md., unm.
Children by second wife :
9. Polly, m. - Jewett.
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Children by third wife :
10. Abigail, b. in Salisbury, Dec. 30, 1777; m. 1799, David Stevens. ( See.) She d. April 22, 1859.
11. Jacob F., b. Sept. 11, 1779; m. Lucy Bartlett.
(3.) Jonathan settled just south of the homestead, on part of an eighty-acre lot, which he purchased of John Smith, Sept. 16, 1786. His granddaughter, Mrs. Sophronia Engals, resides at Hanover. He m. July 30, 1778, Mary Greeley.
12. Hannah, b. Sept. 22, 1779. 13. Sarah, b. Nov. 25, 17So.
14. Mehitable, b. March 25, 1783. 15. Jonathan, b. May 2., 1785.
16. David, b Feb. 12, 17SS. 17. Polly, b. Aug. 25, 1791.
IS. Hezekiah, b. Jan. 12, 1794. 19. William, b. Aug. 12, 1796.
20. Jesse H., b. June, ISO1 ; d. 1802. (?)
(4.) Richard remained on the homestead until 1798, when with his family he removed to Hanover, where he d. Oct. 1, 1833 ; m. (1) July 29, 1784, Sarah Greeley, who d. May 4, 1795, aged 30 ; m. (2) March 10, 1796, Esther Jewell, who d. Nov. 1, 1843.
21. Caleb, b. April 19, 1785; d. Sept. 19, 1862 ; m. - Putnam.
22. Asa, b. July 16, 1786, d. at sea.
23. Richard, b. March 6, 1788. He was by occupation a farm- er and a gentleman highly respected ; he d. Nov. 22, 1868, aged 80; m. Irena, dau. of Rev. Eden Burroughs, D. D., for many years pastor of the church at Hanover. They had nine sons and one daughter. Seven of the sons graduated at Dartmouth College. For a sketch of their usefulness the reader is referred to the Alumni of Dartmouth, 1851.
24. Sarah, b. May 24, 1790; d. young.
25. Susannah, b. March 9, 1792 ; d. Sept. 19, 1873, aged SI ; m - Challis Currier. Elizabeth, b. March 13, 1794.
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27. Amos, (Rev.) A. M., was b. March 30, 1797. He pre- pared for college at Kimball Union Academy, and in the summer of 1818 entered at Dartmouth, graduating in 1822. As resident graduate he studied theology with President Tyler, D. D., and Professor Roswell Shurtleff,
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D. D., and was licensed to preach by the Windsor Asso- ciation, at Norwich, Vt., in Feb. 1824. On the second of March, 1825, he was ordained pastor of the Congre- gational church in Canaan, from which he was dismissed Jan. 2, 1833. Feb. 13, 1833, he was installed at Putney, Vt., and dismissed Nov. 9, 1853 ; installed at Ludlow, Vt., Nov. 9, 1853, and dismissed Dec. 30, 1856; installed at Acworth, Feb. 18, 1857, when, after a pastorate of nine years, he was dismissed and returned to his former pas- torate at Putney, Vt., where he supplied the pulpit for seven years and there died, Sept. 21, 1884, aged 87. Dartmouth College conferred upon him the degree of A. M. He m. June 29, 1825, Harriet, dau. of the Rev. Broughton White, of Washington, N. H., who d. in Oct. 1882. His publications were, "A Thanksgiving Ser- mon," delivered at Canaan, Nov. 29, 1827 ; " A Discourse to Young Men," preached at Putney, Feb. 28, 1836, and the "Ordination Sermon" of the Rev. E. D. Foster, D. D., at Henniker, Aug. 18, 1841. His children, born at Hanover, were :
28. Daniel, b. March 27, 1800; d. young.
29. Benjamin F. was b. June 16, 1803. (See Congregational ministers.) He fitted for college at Kimball Union Academy, graduated at Amherst College in 1829, studied theology with the Rev. Silas McKean, D. D., of Brad- ford, Vt., was licensed to preach Aug. 2, 1831, and was ordained an evangelist, in March, 1832. He was in- stalled at Salisbury, Nov. 13, 1833, and dismissed July 23, 1846. In the following September he was installed over the Congregational church, at Dummerstown, Vt., but on account of ill health was dismissed Dec. 18. 1867. He m. (1) April 19, 1832, Ruth H. Kimball, of Orange, who d. June 3, 1845, aged 37; m. (2) May C. Perry, of Manchester ; he d. at Dummerstown, Vt., Nov. 2, 1868.
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THE FRAZIER FAMILY.
I. Benjamin was born July 21, 1767, his parents moving to Deerfield when he was a child. While a resident there he mar- ried Mary - who was born March 11, 1769, and d. Dec. 7, 1843. After the birth of their first child they removed to Salisbury, settling at the west part of the town, beyond Mr. Frank Whit- temore's. Clearing one acre of land he built a log house, which was soon followed by the frame house still standing in what is now a pasture. Although living at the extreme west part of the town he rapidly purchased and cleared up more land, which being very productive gave him the reputation of a thrifty farmer. His home was a famous resort for our people, when they wished to go "a visiting" and have a good time. In poli- tics he was a democrat, liberal minded, frank and generous. He was a famous hunter, and upon his land all kinds of wild game was killed, one piece in particular being known as "bear world," on account of the large number of bears killed there. He died June 12, 1820.
2. Levi, b. in Deerfield, Nov. 27, 1789; m. Sarah Quimby of Salisbury and rem. to Danbury ; d. March 16, IS57.
3. Mary, b. in Salisbury, July 25, 1792; m. April 13, 1812, John Roby, Jr., of Weare. He was a Quaker in religion ; d. Oct. 29, 1872.
4. Benjamin, b. Jan. 5, 1794; d. Jan. 23, 1842; m. in New York, Jane Bussey.
5. Sarah, b. Dec. 20, 1798; d. April 8, 1856, unm.
6. Moses, b. Feb. 21, ISO1 ; d. June 5, 1843; m. Almira Meloon, of Deerfield, and settled in Andover.
7. Judith C., b. March 24, 1803; d. June 5, 1845, unm.
8. John C., b. April 7, IS05. (See.)
9. Lydia, b. June 28, 1807 ; d. Dec. 5, 1808.
10. Samuel C., born Feb. 14, ISI0; he settled at Methuen, where he married Sarah Ingalls; d. Sept. 29, 1852.
II. Lydia, b. Nov. 28, 1S12 ; d. March 19, 1856, unm.
12. Alonzo, b. March 11, 1816; d. Aug. 23, 1816.
(8.) John C., after the birth of his eldest child, moved to Dan- bury, where he d. Nov. 26, 1886 ; m. July 15, 1832, Alice, dau. of Moses Eastman, who d. Feb. 20, 1879.
13. John, b. Jan. 16, 1836; m. Mary O. Frazier. She d. April 22, ISSO. He re- sides at Duxbury.
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14. Mary, b. Oct. 17, 1838; d. March 6, 1846. 15. Moses, b. Sept. 20, 1843.
16. Mary A., b. Feb. 25, 1846; d. March 4, 1851.
17. Frank P., b. April 29, 1850 ; m. June 14, ISSI, Clara Duff, of Peoria, Ill., where they reside.
THE FRENCH FAMILY.
I. Lieutenant Joseph removed here from Kingston previous to 1775, clearing up the farm on which he resided, now owned by Woodbury Stevens. He obtained his title in the revolu- tionary war, and was a smart, enterprising man. He married, (1) at Kingston, Huldah Clifford, who died aged 73 ; m. (2) the widow Clough, of Gilmanton ; he died in Salisbury, -
2. Mehitable, b. June 13, 1769; m. Phineas Huntoon. 3. Peter. ( See.)
4. Samuel, b. March 25, 1773; m. (1) Nov. 3, 1794, Hannah, dau. of Dea. Moses Selley ; d. Nov. 22, 1804; m. (2) widow Wiggin.
5. Abigail, b. Oct. 8, 1775; d. unm.
6. Jonathan, ( Dr.) b. Oct. 5, 1777; m. - Shaw; studied medicine, and practiced his profession at Hampton ; removed to Amesbury, Mass., (?) d. -
7. Sarah, b. Feb. 10, 1780, m. Jan. S, ISIS, Thomas Follinsbury ; d. in Hill.
8. Joseph, b. July 5, 1782; m. (1) -; m. (2) widow Huntoon ; m. (3) Mrs. Betsey Batchelder, of Loudon ; removed to Hill and died. I am not certain about the above mar- riages ; he certainly married Emma Dickenson. He had 6 children, one of which, Hon. Augustus Chaflin French, was b. in Hill, Aug. 2, 1808. He resided with his grand- father, attending the Salisbury Academy, and after ad- mission to the bar removed to Illinois, and was governor of that state for six years. He died at Lebanon, Ill. Another son, Dr. Edward, resided in Illinois.
9. John, b. July 2, 1785; removed west.
IO. Mary, b. April 10, 1788; m. Sept. 10, 1807, Enoch Poor.
II. Nathaniel. ( See.)
(3.) Peter, b. Dec. 22, 1770, remained on the homestead ; m. March 31, 1795, Dorothy Fifield.
12. Susannah, b. Dec. 24, 1796; m. Dec. 27, 1827, James Morse ; he died March 20, IS48.
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13. Peter, b. Feb. 4, 1799; d. unm. in Andover.
14. Nancy, b. July 24, 1801 ; d. young. 15. Nancy, b. Sept. 12, 1803.
16. John F., d. aged 6. 17. Lucien. 18. Dorothy, d. unm., aged 43.
(II.) Capt. Nathaniel, b. Nov. 29, 1791, remained on the farm and m. May 7, 1818, Phebe Wells, who d. in 1858, aged 64; he d. in 1858.
19. Augustus J., b. Aug. 7, 1817 ; m. Mary A. Wyatt, of Canterbury ; she d. -; he res. at Enfield.
20. Joseph S., b. Aug. 19, 1819; m. Nov. 25, 1841, Caroline K. Baker, of Salisbury ; res. in Franklin.
21. Hiram F., b. IS22; m. Dorothy Farnum; he d. at Andover, where she res.
22. Eliza, m. Charles F. Delano; res. at Lynn, Mass.
23. Jonathan, b. Oct. 20, 1824; m. March 22, 1854, Emeline Perry; res. at Andover. ยท
24. Mary J., d. 1849, unm. 25. Dr. John Q. A .; res at Washington.
26. Marcus M., b. Nov. 8, 1832; m. Jan. 1, 1861, Betsey Simonds ; res. at Franklin.
27. Lucas, b. Oct. 5, 1835, unm.
28. Charles M., d. Nov. 22, 1886, aged 35; b. at Salisbury.
THE GALE FAMILY.
Three generations of this family practiced medicine in King- ston, viz : Drs. Amos, senior and junior, and Dr. Ezra Bartlett Gale, exclusive of others bearing this name. The Gale and Bartlett families were closely connected by intermarriage. A writer remarks: "It is believed that no two families in our country have furnished more physicians than the Bartlett and Gale families of Kingston." (Hist. and Gen. Reg. Vol. I, p. 97.) The progenitors of this family, who settled at South road, were : 1. Edward, was born-at Cambridge, Mass., and died at Boston, July 29, 1642, (O, S.) II. His son, Bartholomew, of Salem, married (1) 1662, Martha Lemon ; married (2) Feb. I, 1663, Mary Bacon, of Salem. III. His son, Daniel, born Aug. 17, 1676; married, in 1700, Rebecca Sweatt, of Newbury. IV. His son, Jacob, of Exeter, born Nov. 30, 1708 ; married in 1735 (?) the widow of John Collins. (See Collins genealogy.) She was the mother of John Collins, who settled here. Jacob died in 1762, leaving :
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I. Jacob, b. June 30, 1736. ( See.) 2. Susannah, b. Nov. 28, 1737.
3. Daniel, b. Sept. 2, 1739, and removed to Gilmanton.
4. Eliphalet, b. Sept. 5, 1741. ( See.)
5. Dr. Amos, b. April 9, 1743; m. Hannah Gilman.
6. Eli, b. Feb. 23, 1745; m. Dorothy - 7. Mary, b. Nov. 22, 1747.
8. Benjamin, b. March 6, 1749; d. 1771.
9. John Collins, b. Nov. 26, 1750. ( See.)
10. Stephen, b. Oct. 12, 1752; d. young.
II. Hannah, b. Oct. 2, 1754; d. 1754.
I2. Stephen, b. Jan. 5, 1756; d. Jan. 22, 1770.
(1.) Jacob (known as "Col.") settled at Kingston previous to. 1770, from which town in 1774 he was chosen a delegate to Exeter. He was a Major in Col. Draper's regiment, in 1777, and was at the surrender of Burgoyne. In 1778 he participated in the Rhode Island campaign, and was appointed successor of (President) Josiah Bartlett, in the command of the 5th N. H. militia. He m. Abigail Tappan, a sister of John, who was a brother to Weare and grandfather of the Hon. Mason W. Tappan, Attor- ney General of N. H. He d. Jan. 27, 1784.
(4.) Eliphalet was one of the lessees of the proprietors' sawmill in Salisbury. He sold his land to Jacob Morrill, and was living at Alexandria, May 20, 1777. He probably removed to Williamstown, Vt. Some of his children re- sided at Colchester, Vt., and one of them was James.
(9.) John Collins, (Deacon and Col.) His father died when he was twelve years of age, leaving him for an inheri- tance the land on which he subsequently settled, known as the "Gale farm," now owned by Handel N. Colby. Like many boys he was bound out to service, but, pos- sessing an active, ambitious nature, he left his place and came to Salisbury, where he m. Rebekah, dau. of Capt. John Webster, who d. Sept. 26, 1811, aged 61. His first house was built on the south part of the farm, in what is called the "sheep pasture." During his first winter a very severe snow storm occurred, and Capt. Webster became very much concerned about his little children, as he called them, and went through the snow to see-
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them, taking a "head and pluck," which in those days was a very acceptable gift, while it was significant of de- termination and perseverance. It is needless to add that "the children " were found all right. The second season he built a small house on what was then called " Chicken hill," and in 1803 went a little northwest and built the present commodious house. The well was in the present garden, and was made by an arrangement with his wife, he agreeing to dig at the well every time she went to the spring for water. His Colonel's com- mission bears the date of June 27, 1804, and the follow- ing story is told of his first appearance before his men in his new rank. Being liberal he determined to do the proper thing, procuring a quantity of codfish and bis- cuit, and directed his hired man to put up five gallons of N. E. rum for the officers ; his wife made some re- mark about furnishing so much liquor ; the new-made Colonel was drawing on his new boots and said, " Re- bekah, that boot looks well, moreover it is a good fit," and told the man to make it eight gallons ! Said Re- bekah, "You will all get as drunk as beasts before night." Drawing on the other boot and looking at it admiringly he replied, "Go round the tumbler and put up ten gallons !! " Undoubtedly the privates as well as the officers had something to help them in swallowing their fish, and if those boots were not a tight fit before night some of the officers were. At that time the Col- onel was keeping a store and hotel at North road, and it would not do for the reputation of that part of the town to be behind its rival, the South road. This store was on the opposite side of the road from his house and in 1793 was the largest store in town. At that time there was much travel over this road, and to accommodate the public he opened his house as a tavern. He also had a potash manufactory, and "Gale's" was a busy place. While carrying on the tavern a traveler gave his daugh- ter Rebekah the small pox, but Dr. Amos Gale carried
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the family safely through. The Colonel also erected an academy on the height of land west of his house, but the South road people got the better of him and the pro- ject was relinquished. He d. Aug. 29, 1812. He was very small in stature, but was smart, genial and warm hearted.
13. Benjamin, b. May 10, 1772. ( See.)
14. Susannah. b. March 14, 1774; m. Oct. 14, 1794, David Merrill, of Sedgwick, Me.
15. Hannah, b. May 13, 1779; m. Sept. 18, 1803, Daniel Weeks, of Portsmouth, and resided and died at Gilford.
16. Rebekah, b. Aug. 31, 1782; m. Oct. 28, 1804, Samuel Smith, of Corinth, Vt.
17. John, b. July 21, 1784; m. - Smith, and removed to West Andover.
IS. Martha, b. July 20, 1786; m. Dec. 27, 1814, John Calef. ( See.)
19. Jacob, b. April 31, 1789; m. Betsey Webster, and remained on the farm. He d. Sept. 3, 1812.
(13.) Benjamin possessed a speculative mind. His neighbors being poor and unable to own cows, Mr. Gale rented the animals to them at a stipulated price, with their increase. At the close of the last century cattle were very high, and from such rentals and sales he made the first pay- ment on his farm at Fairfax, Vt., which he purchased at the age of twenty-six for the sum of $2000. In 1799 he took up his first drove of cattle. He m. Jan. 13, 1801, Achsah Bailey, who was b. in Weare and d. in Salisbury July 7, 1848. In January, 1814, he returned to the homestead, carried on the store and farm, and d. Jan. 9, 1822.
20. Benjamin F., b. Nov. 3, ISO1. ( See.)
21. Rebekah, b. Sept. 17, 1803; m. Feb. 7, 1825, (?) John J. Bryant, of Canterbury. Their only dau. m. - Hoag, and res. in Illinois.
22. John C., b. Jan. 27, 1809. ( See.)
23. Sally, b. Nov. 27, ISII, d. April 14, 1834, unm. Children b. in Salisbury :
24. Jacob, b. Feb. 22, 1814, fitted for college at the Salisbury Academy, and graduated at Dartmouth in 1833. The following year he removed to Peoria, Ill. He read med- icine for a time, but lost courage when he came to see the misery to which the human race was subject and how
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little, comparatively, physicians understood their high calling. At Peoria he was a merchant in 1834-5, after- wards read law, was admitted to the bar, and made that city his home. In 1844 he became clerk of the Circuit Court, holding the office twelve years ; was elected judge of the Judicial Court in 1856, resigning after a year's service, when he was elected superintendent of the pub- lic schools. Bringing his extensive knowledge and ability to bear upon the schools under his charge, he laid the foundations of a system which is to-day one of the best in the west. At two periods he was chosen mayor of Peoria and held many other offices requiring ability, judg- ment and knowledge of men and public affairs. Judge Gale has led a very active and busy life, and is one of those rare, unassuming men, who have held office until they would no longer consent to serve in public life. In stature, temperament, liberality and public spirit he resembled his grandfather. Married at Peoria, June 7, 1838, Charlotte, dau. of Dr. Peter Bartlett ; she d. in 1871.
Daniel Bartlett, b. March 30, 1816, worked on the farm until he was fourteen years old, receiving his education from the district school and the Salisbury Academy. In- tending to become a lawyer, he entered Meriden Acade- my to prepare for college, but a change having come over his mind he abandoned that idea and became a clerk in the store of Samuel C. Bartlett. A friend, who knew him well at that period, writes : "He was rather impul- sive, very affectionate in his nature, and more delicate in his constitution than his brothers, and on that account perhaps rather more the favorite of his mother. He was always, even in boyhood, perfectly correct in his de- portment, reliable in all he said and did, and was never guilty of any of those boyish tricks so common with young men, and by some considered almost necessary follies of youth. There was a small public library in Salisbury, from which he procured books, and he early
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acquired the habit of filling up his leisure time in read- ing. This habit continued ever after and made him a man of general information." In the meantime his brother Jacob had located at Peoria, Ill., and when Dan- iel became of age Jacob was anxious to have him settle at that place. Having some money from his father's es- tate at his disposal Daniel purchased a stock of goods in Boston and shipped them by the way of New Orleans. Arriving at Peoria in March, 1838, he met Carlos S. Greeley, (see Greeley genealogy) who urged upon his young townsman the advantages to be derived at St. Louis as a business centre, and visited that city. As Mr. Greeley was just opening business there he sug- gested the formation of a partnership, offering to put in $2000 worth of goods, then on the way up the river. Mr. Gale accepting the proposition they went to a hotel and there arranged a business partnership and the gen- eral principles on which the business should be conduct- ed. This agreement was wholly verbal, and on the 28th of March, 1838, the firm of Greeley & Gale was organ- ized, without any written articles of co-partnership, and for the space of thirty-six years, during which the prin- cipals were associated, they never found it necessary to change their original plan. Mr. Greeley says : "Mr. Gale was a good, honest, working man, always ready to do his share of the hard work -and there was plenty of it for many long years. A more conscientious or correct man I never had the pleasure of knowing. I never knew him to fail in any capacity." Mr. Gale did not allow his time or capital to be squandered in outside in- vestments, while to all public enterprises he gave hearty and material support. For many years he was a director in several of the banks, and a large stockholder in the Kansas & Pacific Railroad. In company with Messrs. Greeley, John D. Perry, Joseph O'Neal, and others, he rendered to that great enterprise important financial aid. He was also an incorruptible representative of the
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