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Woodcock, c.
Upland Plover, r.
ORDER VI .- NATATORES-SWIMMERS.
Canada Goose, m. Brant Goose, m.
Wood Duck, c. Sheldrake, c.
Black Duck, c. Blue winged Teal, r.
Gull, r.
Green winged Teal, r.
Great Norther Diver, or Loon, c.
REPTILIA, OR REPTILES.
Snapping Turtle, or Tortoise. Painted Tortoise.
Spotted Tortoise.
Wood Terrapin, or Tortoise.
Mud Turtle or Musk Tortoise.
Box Tortoise.
Blanding's Box Tortoise.
Striped Snake.
Ribbon Snake.
Water Snake.
House Adder.
Red Snake.
Green, or Grass Snake.
Ring-necked Snake.
Blue tailed Skink or Lizard.
Yellow bellied Salamander.
Violet colored Salamander. Red Backed Salamander. Painted Salamander.
Salmon colored Salamander.
Blotched Salamander. Red Salamander.
Blue spotted Salamander.
Granulated Salamander.
Tiger Triton Salamander.
Crimson spotted Triton Salamander, ·
or Evet. Dusky Triton Salamander.
Toad.
Bull-frog. Large Northern Bull-frog. Spring Frog.
Marsh or Tiger Frog.
Shad Frog.
Wood Frog.
Tree Toad.
Pickering's Hylodes. Cricket Hylodes.
FISHES.
Trout. Troutlet.
Pickerel.
Pout. Roach. Dace.
Shiner. Sucker. Eel.
SPIDERS.
One hundred and twenty-six kinds, some with six eyes and some with eight eyes.
Snipe, m.
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INSECTS.
BEETLES :
Tiger. Long-horned Water. Rover. Flat Boring. Death-watch or ticking. Bone. Carrion. Short horned Water. Weevils. Capricorn.
Cockroaches. Crickets.
Nocturnal Grasshoppers. Diurnal Grasshoppers.
Squash Bug. Bedbug.
Common Harvest Fly or Locust. Bark Louse.
Oyster-shaped Bark Louse.
Dragon Flies, or Devil's Needles.
White Ants, or Wood Lice.
Saw Flies.
Ants. Stinging Ants.
Wasps. Hornets. Wood-cutter Bee.
Leafcutter Bee.
Humblebee.
Honey Bee.
Butterfly.
Skipper Butterfly.
Humming Bird, or Hawk Moth.
Locust-tree Cossus.
Caterpiller.
Autumnal Web Caterpillar.
Cut Worm.
Apple Worm.
Bee Moth.
Clothes Moth.
Mosquito.
Gnat.
Horsefly.
Flesh Fly.
Bot Fly.
Common Flea. Louse and many other kinds, together with several species of worms.
TREES.
White Pine.
Red Beech.
Bog Willow.
Hard Pine.
White Beech.
Weeping Willow. Elder.
Norway Pine.
White Ash.
Black Spruce.
Swamp Ash.
Ground Hemlock.
Spruce.
Black Ash.
Moosewood.
Red Hemlock.
Mountain Ash.
Moosemissa.
White Hemlock. Fir.
Prickly Ash,
Wild Gooseberry.
Tamarack.
Butternut.
Skunk Currant.
Cedar.
Poplar.
Rose-Bush.
Red Oak.
Lombardy Poplar.
Lilac.
White Oak.
Horn Beam.
Sumach.
White Maple.
Leverwood.
High Blueberry.
Birds-eye Maple.
Balm Gilead.
Blueberry.
Rock Maple.
Choke Cherry.
Whortleberry.
Red Maple.
Black Cherry.
Dogwood.
Swamp Maple. Elm.
Tame Cherry.
Apple. Pear.
White Birch.
Wheat Plum.
Yellow Birch.
Black Birch.
Red Alder.
Red Birch.
Black Alder.
Withe-wood.
Silver-gray Birch. Bass.
Thorn.
Willow.
PLANTS.
Wild Sarsaparilla.
Yellow Wood Sorrel.
Mullen. Vervein.
Parsnip. Lovage. Sweet Sicily.
Pig-weed.
Poke-weed.
Horsemint.
Bane Berry. Columbine.
Joint-weed.
Cowslip.
Bind Knot-weed.
Knot Grass.
Field Sorrel.
Peppermint. Spearmint. Catmint. Scullcap.
Gold Thread. Liverwort.
Violet.
Chick-weed.
Pennyroyal. Hoarhound.
Bird Cherry.
Sweet Fern.
Slippery Elm.
Canada Plum.
Witch Hazel. Hazel.
Damson. Sugar Plum.
Red Ash.
Currant.
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HISTORY OF WARREN.
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Buttercup.
Crowfoot. White Pond Lily. Yellow Water Lily. Horse Radish. Mustard.
Strawberry. Sweet-brier. Black Raspberry.
Red Raspberry.
Blackberry.
Canada Thistle.
Bell-wort.
Hard Hack.
Common Thistle. Artichoke.
Cat-tail.
Thorn Bush.
Field Clover.
Red Clover.
Fire-weed.
Hair Grass.
Nettles. . White Mulberry.
Tansy.
Timothy Grass.
Red Mulberry.
Grape.
Poison Ivy.
Wood Sorrel.
Fox-glove.
FLOWERLESS PLANTS.
Horse-tail.
Maiden Hair. Brake Fern. Adder Tongue Fern. Common Brake.
Rock Brake.
Ground Pine.
Liverwort.
Shield Lichen. -
Lichen.
Puff-ball. Smelt. Frog Spittle.
ROCKS AND MINERALS.
Gold.
Garnets. Epidote.
Idocrase.
Zinc.
Tremolite.
Lead.
Tourmaline.
Mica Slate.
Nickel.
Apatite.
Cinnamon Stone.
Massive Garnet.
Rose Quartz.
Iron Pyrites.
Smoky Quartz.
Hyalite.
Quartz.
Calcspar.
Porphyritic Trap.
TOWN OFFICERS.
1779. Obadiah Clement. Joshua Copp. Israel Stevens.
1780. Joshua Copp. Thomas Clark. John Whitcher.
1781. Obadiah Clement. William Butler. Isaiah Batchelder.
SELECTMEN. 1782.7 Joshua Copp. Ephraim True. Simeon Smith. Joshua Merrill. 1783. Obadiah Clement. Joshua Merrill. William Butler.
1784. Obadiah Clement. Stevens Merrill. Samuel Knight.
1785. Obadiah Clement. Stevens Merrill. Joseph Patch.
1786. Joshua Copp. Stephen Richardson. William Butler.
1787. William Butler. Joshua Copp. Stephen Richardson.
Cranberry.
Forget-me-not. Mouse-ear. Plantain. Yellow-eyed Grass. Star Grass. Blue Flag. Blue-eyed Grass. Ladies' Slipper.
Wintergreen. Harebell.
Wormwood.
Burdock.
Indian Poke.
Marygold.
Solomon's Seal.
Sweet-flag.
Dandelion.
Skunk Cabbage.
White Clover.
Golden Rod. Colts Foot.
Meadow Grass.
Beard Grass.
Checkerberry.
Sedge Grass.
Twin-flower. Milk-weed.
Bay Rush.
Trap. Granitic? Gneiss. Feldspar. Granite.
Copper.
Beryl.
Talcose. Hornblende.
Cadmium. Antimony. Plumbago.
Scapolite (with the Apa- tite) Crystals.
Limestone. Argillaceous Slate. Clay. Feruginous Sand. Alluvial Sand.
Iron Pyrites Black. Molybdenum.
Arsenic. Brown Hematite.
Dock. Honey-suckle.
Trailing Arbutus,
Partridge Berry.
Silver. Iron.
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APPENDIX.
1788. Joshua Copp. Ephraim True. Nathaniel Knight.
1789. Nathaniel Knight. Samuel Knight. Moses Copp.
1790. Nathaniel Knight. Jonathan Merrill. Stephen Richardsonl. Abel Merrill.
1791. Joshua Copp. William Butler. Stephen Richardson.
1792. Ephraim True. Joseph French. Samuel Knight.
1793. Jonathan Merrill. Joseph French. Jonathan Clement.
1794. Jonathan Merrill. Thomas Boynton. Aaron Welch.
1795. Jonathan Merrill. Thomas Boynton. Joseph French.
1796. Jonathan Merrill. Abel Merrill. Elisha Swett.
1797. William Butler. Jonathan Merrill. Joseph French.
1798-'99. Jonathan Merrill. Abel Merrill. Elisha Swett.
1800 Jonathan Merrill. Ezra Bartlett, William Butler.
1801. Jonathan Merrill. Ezra Bartlett. Abel Merrill.
1802-'3. Jonathan Merrill. Abel Merrill. Elisha Swett.
1804. Ezra Bartlett. Abel Merrill. Elisha Swett.
1805. Abel Merrill. William Butler. Daniel Patch.
1806. Jonathan Merrill. Daniel Patch. Jonathan Fellows.
1807. Abel Merrill. Joseph Patch. Elisha Swett.
1808. Joseph Patch, Jr., Aaron Welch. Ebenezer Barker.
1809. Jonathan Merrill. Joseph Patch, Jr. Jonathan Fellows.
1810. Jonathan Merrill. Abel Merrill. Amos Tarleton. .
1811. Abel Merrill. Joseph Patch, Jr. Amos Tarleton.
1812. Jonathan Merrill. Benjamin Merrill. Joseph Merrill.
1813. Joseph Patch. Thomas Whipple. Stephen Flanders.
1814. Jonathan Merrill. Abel Merrill. Joseph Patch, Jr.
1815-'16. Jonathan Merrill. Abel Merrill. Moses H. Clement.
1817. Jonathan Merrill. Abel Merrill. James Williams.
1818-'19. Joseph Patch, Jr. Moses H. Clement. Stephen Flanders.
1820. Joseph Patch, Jr. Nathaniel Clough. Jacob Patch.
1821. Nathaniel Clough. Jacob Patch. Amos Tarleton.
1822. Jacob Patch. Amos Tarleton. George Libbey.
1823. Abel Merrill. Joseph Patch, Jr. Joseph Bixby.
1824. Jacob Patch. Moses H. Clement. William Clough.
1825. Moses H. Clement. Jacob Patch. William Clough.
1826. Jacob Patch. William Clough. Enoch R. Weeks.
1827. Moses H. Clement. Enoch R. Weeks. Stevens Merrill.
1828. Moses H. Clement. Enoch R. Weeks. Samuel Merrill.
1829. William Clough. Samuel Merrill. George Libbey.
1830. Jacob Patch. Benjamin Little. Samuel Merrill.
1831-'32. Jacob Patch. Benjamin Little. Anson Merrill.
1833. Enoch R. Weeks. Moses H. Clement. Samuel L. Merrill.
1834. Moses H. Clement. Samuel L. Merrill. Samuel Merrill.
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HISTORY OF WARREN.
1835. Jacob Patch. Isaac Merrill, 2d. Solomon Cotton.
1836. Samuel L. Merrill. Solomon Cotton. George Libbey.
1837. Samuel L. Merrill. George Libbey. Enoch R. Weeks.
1838. William Clough. William Pomeroy. Jonathan Little.
1839. William Pomeroy. Jonathan Little. Joseph Bixby.
1840. Jonathan Little. Joseph Bixby. Stevens M. Dow.
1841-'42. Enoch R. Weeks. Solomon Cotton. Nathaniel Merrill, 2d.
1843. Enoch R. Weeks. William Pomeroy. Russell F. Clifford.
1844. Isaac Merrill. Russell F. Clifford. Stevens M. Dow.
1845. Isaac Merrill. Russell F. Clifford. James S. Merrill.
1846. Samuel L. Merrill. James S. Merrill. James Clement.
1847. Jesse Little. Solomon Cotton. Ira M. Weeks.
1848. Jesse Little. Ira M. Weeks. David Smith.
1849. Samuel L. Merrill. David Smith. Thomas P. Huckins.
1850. Samuel L. Merrill. . Thomas P. Huckins. Albe C. Weeks.
1851. Samuel L. Merrill. Albe C. Weeks. Michael P. Merrill.
1852. Samuel L. Merrill. Michael P. Merrill. Joseph Clement.
1853. David Smith. Joseph Clement. Jonathan Little.
1854. William Pomeroy. Ezra W. Cleasby. James Clement.
1855. William Pomeroy. Ira Merrill. Enoch R. Weeks, Jr.
1856. Ira Merrill. Enoch R. Weeks, Jr, Darius Swain.
1857. Samuel L. Merrill. Darius Swain. Stephen M. Boynton.
1858. Isaac Merrill. Stephen M. Boynton. Nathaniel Merrill, 2d.
1859. Russell F. Clifford. Nathaniel Merrill, 2d. Ezra Libbey.
1860. Russell F. Clifford. Ezra Libbey. Nathaniel Merrill, 2d.
1861. Ira Merrill. Nathaniel Merrill, 2d. Caleb I. Heath.
1862. Ira M. Weeks. Caleb I. Heath. George E. Leonard.
1863. Stevens M. Dow. George E. Leonard. James S. Merrill.
1864-'65. Ira M. Weeks. Levi C. Whitcher. Adoniram Whitcher.
1866-'67. Enoch R. Weeks, Jr. George E. Leonard. Calvin W. Cummings.
1868. Stevens M. Dow. Walter Libbey. Amos Clement.
1869. Ira M. Weeks. Walter Libbey. Amos Clement.
1870. Ira M. Weeks. Arthur Knapp. James M. Bixby.
TOWN CLERKS.
1779-Obadiah Clement, :6 yrs. 1818-Joseph Patch, Jr., 2 yrs. .
1786-Joshua Copp, 1 1820-Moses H. Clement, 7 " 1787-Joshua Merrill, 1 1827-Enoch R. Weeks, 1 "
1788-Nathaniel Knight, 2 1828-Anson Merrill, 4
1790-Joshua Copp, 2 1831-Jesse Little, 7
1793-Jonathan Merrill, 10
1838-R. K. Clement, 6
1803-Ezra Bartlett, 2 1844-Isaac Merrill, 2 66
1805-Abel Merrill, 1 1846-R. K. Clement, 13
1806-Jonathan Merrill, 1
1859-Albe C. Weeks, 2 66
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APPENDIX.
1807-Abel Merrill, 2 yrs. 1861-Daniel Q. Clement, 3 yrs. 1809-Jonathan Merrill, 2 66 1864-R. K. Clement, 1 1811-Benjamin Merrill, 2 1865-William Pomeroy, 2 66 1813-Thomas Whipple, 2
1815-Jonathan Merrill, 1
1816-Joseph Patch, Jr., 1
1817-Robert Barns, 1
1870-Nathan Harris, 1
66
REPRESENTATIVES.
1784-Obadiah Clement, 2 yrs. 1836-Moses H. Clement, 1 yrs. 1789-William Tarleton, 1 1838- " 1 1793-Jonathan Merrill, 3
1839-Enoch R. Weeks, 1 66 1797-William Butler, 2 66 1340-Jesse Little, 2
1800-William Tarleton, 1 1842-William Clough, 2
1801-Abel Merrill, 1 1844-Russell K. Clement 2
1805-Ezra Bartlett, 2
66 1846-Jonathan Little, 2
66
1808-Abel Merrill, 2
66 1848-R. K. Clement, 1
66
1811- ‹‹ 2 1849-Levi C. Whitcher, 2 66
1814-Joseph Patch, Jr., 2 4
66 1851-William Pomeroy, 2
66
1817- 66 66 1853-Isaac Merrill, 1
1822-Amos Tarleton, 2
66 1855-Isaac Merrill, 3
1828-Jacob Patch, 1 1858-James Clément, 2 66
1830-Moses H. Clement, 1
1860-Ira. M. Weeks, 2 66
1831-Enoch R, Weeks, 2
1833-Jacob Patch, 1
66
1864-Samuel B. Page, 6 66
1834-Moses H. Clement, 1 66 1870-George F. Putnam, 1
1835-Jacob Patch, 1
66
MODERATORS.
Joshua Copp, 1779, '82, '98, '99.
Thomas Clark, 1780, '81.
William Butler, 1783, '84, '87, '88, '91, 94, 1801.
Stevens Merrill, 1785, '89, '90.
Absalom Peters, 1786.
Ephraim True, 1792.
Thomas Boynton, 1793, '95.
Abel Merrill, 1776, 1802, '3, '5, '7, '10, '12, '13 '14, '15, '17, '18, '19, '20, '25.
Anson Welch, 1797. Ezra Bartlett, 1800, '8, '11. Obadiah Clement, 1804.
Jonathan Merrill, 1806, '9 ..
Daniel Patch, 1816, '21, '22, '23, '24.
George Libbey, 1826, '36, '37, '38, '39, '40, '42.
Jacob Patch, 1827, '28, '29, '30, '31, '32, '33, '34. Anson Merrill, 1835.
Isaac Merrill, 1841, '43, '48, '52, '53.
1867-Samuel B. Page, 1
1868-James B. Eastman, 2 66
1862-James M. Bixby 2 66
66 1854-R. K. Clement, 1 66 1825-Abel Merrill, 2
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HISTORY OF WARREN.
William Pomeroy, 1844, '45, '47.
Francis A. Cushman, 1846.
Michael P. Merrill, 1849, '50, '51, '54, '55, 56, '57.
William Little, 1858, '59, '60.
Enoch R. Weeks, Jr., 1861, '62, '64, '65, '67.
Samuel B. Page, 1863, '66, '68, '69.
George F. Putnam, 1870.
SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
1829. David C. French.
Horatio W. Heath. Robert E Merrill.
Michael P. Merrill. David Smith. James M. Williams.
1830. Jacob Patch.
1845. David Smith.
Michael P. Merrill.
James M. Williams.
1831. Isaac Merrill, 2d.
1846. 1854, '55, '56, '69, '70. Ira Merrill.
Job E. Merrill. Russell F. Clifford.
Michael P. Merrill. Dudley B. Cotton. Ira M. Weeks.
1832.
Jonathan Little. John L. Merrill.
Nath'l Merrill, 2d.
1847. David Smith. Dudley B. Cotton. · Ira M. Weeks.
1833. Job E. Merrill.
Stevens M. Dow.
Russell K. Clement.
1848-'49. Dudley B. Cotton. Ira Merrill. James M. Williams.
1835.
Job E. Merrill.
Stevens M. Dow. Anson Merrill.
1837.
Jesse Little.
Moses Merrill.
Russell K. Clement.
1820-
544
1860- 1,152
1790-
206
1830-
702
1870- 960
1800-
336
1840-
938
1810-
506
1850-
872
1857. Dudley B. Cotton.
1858, '59. Russell F. Clifford.
1860. William Little.
1861. Alphonzo G. French
1862, '65, '66, '67, '68. Samuel B. Page.
1863. Ira M. Weeks.
1864. Josiah Hooper.
POPULATION AT DIFFERENT PERIODS
1780-(about). 125
1850. William Merrill. Albe C. Weeks. Joseph B. Cotton.
1851. William Merrill. Joseph B. Cotton. James M. Williams.
1853. James M. Williams. Ira Merrill.
Anson Merrill.
Jonathan Little.
1844. 1852.
Michael P. Merrill.
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MONEY TAX.
1779-
£100
1810-
$0.00
1841-
$400.00
1780-
150
1811-
0.00
1842-
800.00
1781-
500
1812-
300.00
1843-
1,000.00
1782-
* 4 1-2
1813-
100.00
1844-
1,200.00
1783-
6
1814-
245.00
1845-
650.00
1784-
5
1815-
0.00
1846-
525.00
1785- -
0
1816-
30.00
1847-
425.00
1786- -
5
1817-
60.00
1848
1,000.00
1787-
0
1818-
30.00
1849-
900.00
1788-
3
1819-
75.00
1850-
700.00
1789-
6
1820-
50.00
1851-
800.00
1790-
9
1821-
30.00
1852-
600.00
1791- -
6
1822-
40.00
1853-
500.00
1792-
0
1823-
50.00
1854-
550.00
1793-
4 1-2
1824-
75.00
1855-
800.00
1794-
6
1825-
60.00
1856-
1,200.00
1795-
3
1826-
75.00
1857-
1.200.00
1796
0
1827-
150.00
1858-
1,200.00
1797-
$13.33
1828-
200.00
1859-
1,600.00
1798-
10.00
1829-
300.00
1860-
1,600.00
1799-
0.00
1830-
200.00
1861-
1,600.00
1800-
13.00
1831-
200.00
1862-
1,600.00
1801-
0.00
1832-
200.00
1863-
1,600.00
1802-
15.00
1833-
150.00
1864-
4,000.00
1803
30.00
1834-
150.00
1865
4,000.00
1804
70.00
1835-
400.00
1866-
4,000.00
1805
160.00
1836-
250.00
1867-
4,000.00
1806-
40.00
1837-
250.00
1868-
4,000.00
1807-
40.00
1838-
300.00
1869-
4,000.00
1808-
75.00
1839-
400.00
1870-
4,000.00
1809-
80.00
1840-
600.00
Silver money.
LAWYERS.
The following persons have practiced law in Warren :-
JOSEPH B. HILL -1855 to 1857.
JOSEPH W. ARMINGTON - 1861, a short time.
SAMUEL B. PAGE-from 1861 to 1869. Mr. Page was born at Littleton, N. H., June 23, 1838. He was educated at Phillips, Kingston, and Lyndon academies; studied law with Hon. Harry Bingham, of Littleton, and graduated at the Albany Law School in 1861. In 1861 he commenced the practice of law at Warren.
In the course of the next six years he held the offices of mod-
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erator, town clerk, and school committee, and also represented the town for seven consecutive sessions in the Legislature.
As a representative he was diligent, worked hard, and was always in his place. During the last two years he was the leader of the House, and as a debater and tactician had no equals.
Mr. Page received the degree of A. M. from Dartmouth Col- lege in 1868.
He married Miss Martha C. Lang in 1860. They have had three children, Child L., William H., and Elizabeth Berkley Page.
In 1869 he removed to Concord, N. H., where he had already formed a law partnership with Hon. Ira A. Eastman and John H. Albin, with the firm name of Eastman, Page & Albin, which still continues.
GEORGE F. PUTNAM -1869 to -. Mr. Putnam, the son of John and Almira (French) Putnam, was born at Croydon, N. H., Nov. 6, 1841, and is the youngest of a family of eight children. He fitted for college at Thetford Academy, Thetford, Vt., and gradua- ted at Norwich University in 1863. In the fall of that year he commenced the study of law with N. B. Felton, Esq., at Haverhill, N. H., where he remained till the summer of 1866, when he went into the office of Judge C. R. Morrison, and was admitted to the bar at Manchester, Jan. 1, 1867. Mr. P. commenced the practice of law at Haverhill, in the summer of 1867, and remained there until the summer of 1869, when he removed to Warren.
In 1866 and '67 he was superintendent of schools in Haverhill, and in 1868 and 1869 represented that town in the New Hamp- shire Legislature. ` In 1870 he represented the town of Warren in the Legislature.
Mr. Putnam married Mary R. Reding, daughter of Sylvester and Ellen D. Reding, Dec. 22, 1868, at Haverhill.
Mr. P. is a young man of fine ability, of genial and courteous manners, and without doubt will make his mark as a good lawyer.
PHYSICIANS.
The following persons have practiced medicine in Warren :--
DR. JOSEPH PETERS was the first. He came in 1791, and lived in town about two years.
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DR. LEVI ROOT - from 1795, three years.
DR. EZRA BARTLETT - from 1798 to 1812. Dr. Bartlett was the son of Dr. Josiah Bartlett, one of the governors of New Hampshire, and came to Warren in 1798. For a short sketch of him see page 354.
DR. THOMAS WHIPPLE practiced in town from 1811 to 1814 . Dr. Whipple was born at Lebanon, N. H., in 1787. He attended the common school of his district, and went to an academy for a few weeks only. In Warren, on Beech hill, he studied Latin by the light of Dr. Bartlett's great fire-place, and also medicine with Dr. B. for about two years. He completed his medical studies with Dr. Nathan Smith, at Hanover, N. H. Attended lectures at the Dartmouth Medical College, and received his diploma Aug. 4, 1810.
Dr. Whipple practiced medicine a short time at Bradford, Vt., and moved to Warren in 1811. While at Warren he held the office of town clerk and selectman. In 1814 he removed to Wentworth, where he lived till his death.
Dr. Whipple possessed great ability, had excellent success in his practice, and living but a short distance from Warren practiced in our town all his life. His face was just as familliar to our citi- zens as though he was one of their own townsmen. He was free and easy in his manners, and the people were always pleased to see him. His argumentative powers were good, and he was very keen at a joke. Only one man in Warren dared meet him in argu- ment or wit, and that was Stevens Merrill, son of 'Squire Jona- than Merrill. Stevens Merrill was "enough for the doctor," and the latter was often glad to shun our keen, witty farmer. The doctor had a powerful memory and could recite nearly the whole of Virgil and Milton, and much of Shakspeare. Besides his prac- tice in Warren and Wentworth he visited patients in all parts of the county of Grafton and in neighboring towns in Vermont.
At Wentworth Dr. Whipple held nearly every town office in the gift of the people, and for many years represented that town in the Legislature. His greatest triumph was the passage of the " Toleration Act," in 1819. By it all denominations in New Hampshire were placed upon an equality, and every man could
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HISTORY OF WARREN.
support preaching or not, a's he felt disposed. In the discussion of the act in the House of Representatives, Dr. Whipple exhibited talents as a debater, equal if not superior to any man in the State.
In 1821, he was elected Representative to Congress, and was re-elected in 1823, 1825, and 1827. He was a prominent, hard- working member, and as a debater on the floor of the House had few equals. He married Phebe Tabor of Bradford, Vt.
Secondly, he married Pricilla Pierce of Royalton, Vt., and their children were Pricilla P., who married Dr. Boney; Phebe T., who married Ben Ayer, of Manchester, now of Chicago, Ill. ; and Celia, who married Mr. Wallace, of Chicago. The latter is a talented lady and a writer of considerable ability.
Dr. Whipple died Jan. 23, 1835, aged forty-eight years, and was buried at Wentworth.
His son, Dr. A. A. Whipple, born in Warren, is now practic- ing medicine at Wentworth. He is a man of fine ability. Col. Thomas J. Whipple, his second son, is a lawyer of extensive prac- tice, and resides at Laconia.
DR. THOMAS AND PHEBE ( Tabor) WHIPPLE'S FAMILY RECORD.
Thomas J., born Jan. 30, 1816. .
Alonzo A., born Feb. 27. 1811. Walter G., born Nov. - , 1818. Caroline B., born Apr. 1, 1820.
DR. ROBERT BURNS practiced from 1816 to 1818, when he moved to Hebron, and from thence to Plymouth. He was a Rep- resentative in Congress four years.
DR. JOHN BROADHEAD -from 1818, one year. He was the son of Rev. John Broadhead, Methodist minister.
DR. LABAN LADD -from 1820, two years. He was a native of Haverhill, and died there shortly after he left Warren.
DR. DAVID C. FRENCH -from 1821 to 1870. He was a son of Joseph French, one of the early settlers of Warren, was born in town, and now at the age of eighty years is still in active prac- tice:
DR. JESSE LITTLE - from 1830 to 1865. He was the son of Amos Little, who came to Warren in 1789. Dr. Little studied medicine with Dr. Thomas Whipple, and graduated at the Dart- mouth Medical College, Hanover, N. H., in 1828. He practiced
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first at Landaff, and moved to Warren in 1830. He held every office in the gift of his townsmen, and represented the town in the Legislature in 1840 and 1841. He died at Warren, July 29, 1865.
DR. JAMES EMERY - from 1845, one year.
DR. MOODY D. PAGE- in 1849. He lived at the old Homans place, East-parte.
DR. A. BUSWELL-from 1852 to 1854.
DR. ALPHONZO G. FRENCH-from 1853 to 1862. He was a son of Dr. David C. French, graduated at the Medical School at Hanover, in 1853, and died in California, in 1865.
DR. MOSES C. EATON - from 1864 to 1869.
DR. JOHN F. WILLEY, (eclectic)-from 1860 to 1865. He is a son of Nathan Willey, and a nephew of Dr. D. C. French. Dr. Willey returned to Warren in 1870.
DR. CHARLES A. MANNING, (eclectic) - from 1868.
DR. ROBERT E. MERRILL - from 1869. He was the son of Samuel Merrill, and was born in the East-parte district; graduated . at the Medical School at Hanover, and after practicing many years at Meredith, Pembroke, and Laconia, moved to Warren.
COLLEGE GRADUATES.
JOSEPH MERRILL, eldest son of Joseph and Sarah (Copp) Merrill, was born Oct. 19, 1788. He in a great measure fitted himself for college, and graduated at Dartmouth in 1814; being the first person born in Warren who received college honors. He then engaged a year and a half in teaching in Haverhill, at the same time diligently pursuing the study of law. Thence he re- moved to Marblehead, Mass., still successfully occupying himself in teaching. Here his theological views and religious character took definite shape, and having made a public profession in 1818, he entered upon the study of theology, under Rev. Samuel Dana. In June, 1820, he was licensed to preach, and was ordained Nov. 15, of the same year, pastor of the Evangelical Congregational Church in the East Parish of Dracut. There he remained thirteen
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years. He took great interest in the public schools, and special mention is also made of his services to the people of Lowell, in the infancy of that city. As the nearest Congregational pastor he was in constant request for pastoral duties before any minister was settled there. His church in Dracut was blessed during his min- istry with three distinct periods of special revival.
Oct. 16, 1833,"he removed to Acworth, N. H., where he was settled about five years. While here it is said that " he was fa- vored with the confidence and affection of his people; that he was erect and dignified in person, genial and affable in his manners, and sound and interesting as a preacher." With the assistance of the great revivalist, Burchard, ninety-five persons were converted and added to his church in 1835.
In 1838 he removed to Wellfleet, Mass., and for a considerable time was engaged as a revivalist in different places, with great success. In 1840 he returned to Dracut and was pastor of the church in the West Parish for eight years. He was then elected for two years a member of the Legislature of Massachusetts, and afterwards resided in Lowell.
Mr. Merrill married Eleanor Haynes, of Romney, in 1812. Their children were :-
George Anson, born April 14, 1813. Died May 3, 1835.
Harriet W., born April 15, 1815. Eleanor H., born Jan. 7, 1818.
Joseph A., born Sept. 13, 1819.
Sarah H., born Feb. 23, 1822. Mary, born Jan. 22, 1824.
Elizabeth, born March 7, 1826.
Martha, born Dec. 7, 1830.
Rev. Mr. Merrill died at Lowell, Nov. 21, 1856, aged 68 years. In theology Mr. M. was a decided though not an ultra Calvinist. He left behind him nearly fourteen hundred written sermons, a part only of those which he prepared and preached, and a memo- randum in his hand writing records that he preached 3,077 times during thirty years of his ministry, from manuscript, besides all his unwritten sermons, lectures, and addresses.
WILLIAM LITTLE, son of Jesse and Susan Copp (Merrill) Little, born March 20, 1833; graduated at Dartmouth, 1859; studied law and practiced at Manchester, N. H.
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