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Harrison E.
Bragg, Frederick
Eli,
Frank K.
Cochran, George H .. Isaac N. Colburn, Aaron
Hannah D.
Cyrus,
Samuel P.
David G.
Jeremiah,
John B.
Barrett, James W. John II.
Thomas F. William II.
Mehitable, Otis G.
Sarah,
Buekman, Chas. P.
Albion G.
Copeland, Hezekiah
Franklin,
Perley E.
Moses W.
Chase, Asa P.
Charles F.
Brant, Edwin
Levi, Moses F.
Thomas F.
Harvey G.
Delia G.
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the selectmen to prohibit it in the public highway between the south meeting-house and the store of George C. Carpenter.
FISH AND GAME WARDENS were first chosen in 1881. The town voted to protect trout and other fish for three years. In 1883 the wardens were instructed to carry out the fish and game
Darling, Welcome
Davis, Charles E.
Emerson, Rodney Rodney W. William A.
Gould, James Jesse N. John E.
Hoyt, Warren Huntington, John Hurd, Charles A. James W.
Jeremiah G.
Emmet, Thomas
Luther E.
Nathaniel C.
Everett, Charles W.
Rodney W.
Hussey, Mary
Sabra,
Farmer, Luther M.
Sarah,
Hutchins, Franeis John T.
Day, George
James B.
Lindley H.
Charles E.
Charlotte,
David,
Jewell, Otis F.
Dearborn, Elvira B.
John P.
Ebenezer,
Johnson, Albert B.
George W.
Orrin C.
Edwin,
Daniel,
Jason P.
Thomas,
Eliza B.
Edmund,
Josiah G.
Feleh, Amos B.
Ezra C.
Eliza G.
Luther G.
Frank L.
George I.
George D.
Moses,
Frank P.
Hial C.
Henry C.
DeConrey, John
Harvey B.
Hiram H.
Joli C.
Dodge, Henry C.
Henry P.
Ira,
Jonathan,
Israel P.
Hiram M.
John H.
Lydia C.
Dow, Abbie H.
Ira J.
John M.
Moses H.
Charles,
James B.
Laura F.
Otis C.
Charles H.
Laura A.
Nelson HI.
Rhoda, Willard,
Ezra,
Phebe A.
Rodney W.
Jones, Alton P.
John Q.
President, Squire,
Sewell C.
Charles A.
Josiah,
Fifield, Robert S.
Squire L. William B.
Eliphalet,
Laura A.
Fipphen, George F. Grant, James M.
George H.
Levi H.
Harvey H.
Laura M.
G. Edward,
Nathan C.
Fisher, Albert S.
Green, Ezra Horace P.
Henry C. James E.
Sarah,
Flanders, Abram M. Cyrus W.
Greenleaf, Eliza A.
Kane, Jerry
Winthrop,
Frank,
Gregg, E. J. Frank P. John,
James, John R. B.
Drew, Dan G.
Roy,
Hadley, Alonzo Caroline F.
Walter,
Eastman, Daniel B. Follansbee, Almon
Ezra C.
Alonzo C.
Ezra M.
Franeis,
Benjamin,
George,
Kennard, Joseph
Frank L.
George W.
George F.
Kenney, Charles
George F.
Jacob,
Harry A.
Ilerbert,
Jesse,
John L.
Mary,
Josiah B.
Ransom,
Hadlock, Alvin C.
Squire G.
Folsom, Alfred D.
Hamilton, Alfred M. Laney, Levi B.
Eaton, Daniel B.
Fontin, Eli
Hanson, Alfred G. Daniel,
Leaeli, H. II. Jolm L.
Fred,
Fred F.
David D.
HIenry E.
Henry, Loretta,
George F. John W.
Le Fleur, Joseph
Pillsbury R.
Frost, Abner
Hazen, George H. Hamon, Moses,
Leighton, Charles H. David B. Everett B.
Thomas,
Thomas H.
Jesse,
Healy, Martin J.
Walter S.
Lewis,
Hedding, Damon
William, William S.
Mary, Otis C.
Hoag, Charles E. Israel, Hodgdon, Moses A.
Dudley,
Emerson, George L. Glawson, Charles M. Hollis, Benjamin E.
Jesse C.
Gould, Adaline M.
John,
Amos S.
Fred O.
Georgianna,
Houston, Frank Lewis, Hoyt, Horaee J. Sarah M.
George D. Hiram, Lund, Jolm C. Manning, Orren A.
.John,
Marden,
Mansfield, William
1
Joanna,
Favor, Fred
John B.
John H.
Farr, Addie E.
Gove, Alvalı
Jameson, Benj. T. Rufina M.
Elijah,
Mary E.
Paige E.
Keiley, Lawrenee
Kelley, Charles
Downing, Frank A. Oscar,
Joshua M.
Duffer, Porter
William,
Charles J.
Kendrick, Eliza George C.
Kimball, Samuel Susan, Labonta, Israel Israel, Jr.
Frank,
Foster, Frank C.
Eliza G.
Leeds, Harry Milton S.
Mary E.
Perry A.
Fracheur, Orrin P.
Sidney A.
George, Frank II. Harvey H.
Lydia R.
Lufkin, Parmalee H. Saralı, Thomas, Lull, Andrew J.
Edmunds; David F.
John L. John R.
Margaret A.
Obed H.
J. Gould,
Charles II.
Josiah, 2d
Henry,
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laws to the letter; also to allow the removing of the pickerel from Duck pond for the purpose of introducing German carp. But in 1884 the town passed the following unique vote: " Voted, That the fish and game warden be instructed to stay at home." There must have been some prosecutions, for we find that the town paid, in 1885, $11.94 for counsel on fish cases,
Marshall, Allen
Osborn, James W.
Richardson, John Mary,
Jacob, 2d
Dana K.
Jesse B.
Rogers, James R. Thomas,
Tenney, Abigail G. Edwin J.
Joseph,
Samuel,
Rowe, David D.
William B.
William H.
William H.
Roy. Franeis Thatcher, Charles
Saltmarsh, Jonathan Thayer, Cynthia
Donald,
Alfred F.
Thomas,
Thorndike, Chas. II.
Jonathan,
Charles E.
Sargent, Frank
John,
Joshua F.
Charles S.
John M.
Thomas,
Martha A.
Eben L.
Lovilla,
Thorp, Abraham
Oscar,
Edward G.
Moses D.
Charles A.
Richard II.
Fred G.
Samuel,
Isaac II.
Samuel,
George C.
Willie L.
Joseph W.
W. P.
John,
Saunders, George W. Thurston, P. B.
William,
John H.
Sawyer, Albert H. Tiffany, Carrie Henry D. Daniel,
MeAlpine, A. M. J. H.
Nathaniel, Sabina A.
Henry A.
Towns, George W.
L. G.
Parker, Augustus M.
Lindley M.
Henry,
McCoy, Nathan
Parmenter, Aaron
Mary B.
John,
Mckellips, Harvey J. Peaslee, Daniel R. Silas, Franklin H.
Nathan, William O.
Wilber H.
Harvey F.
Oliver D.
Tuttle, Amanda
Melvin, Abraham
Horace F.
Philip,
Carlos,
Abraham, 2d
Jonathan,
Schwartz, Frederiek Vance, William Lewis, Varney, Albert L.
George F.
Lorenzo D.
Isaac C.
Louiza B.
Scruton, George Vitty, Albert E.
John P.
Moses R.
Simons, Elbridge C.
Jonathan F. William C.
Merrill, John Paige R.
Robert,
Harrison,
Walker, Isaac F.
William C.
Rozille A.
Harry H.
Wallace, James H.
Mitchell, Charles II. Perkins, Fred H.
James,
Webb, Benjamin N.
Moore, Charles D. Charles H.
Peterson, Mary
Jason P.
Wheeler, Albert W.
Ezekiel W.
Philbrick, Abigail Andrew,
Joseph B. William B.
George A.
Morrill, Lucius B.
Andrew J.
Skillens, William W. John C.
Whittle, James P.
Morse, Moses W. William B. William T.
Hannah E.
Sleeper, Almon L. Mary M.
John, Willard, Cyrus
Moulton, David J.
John S.
William HI.
Wilson, Clark Daniel,
Mudgett, Ezra T. George S.
Lorenzo,
Moses S.
Herbert,
Herbert A.
Melissa,
Nathaniel B.
Naney N.
Otis A.
Moses C.
Reuben,
Wood, Alonzo H.
Murphy, John William,
Ruth,
Story A. Susanna P.
Mary A.
Dimond,
William Henry,
Spaulding, Elisha A. Henry HI.
Woodbury, Caleb P.
Reuben A.
Puffer, Edwin
Stevens, George E.
D. P.
Nichols, Forest B. Iliram,
Purington, Chas. F. Delno W.
Stoning, Amos J. Jonathan,
John A.
Josiah H.
Elijah P. James A.
Straw, Abigail H. Eliza,
Worthley, Eleanor
Osborn, Abbie H. Daniel,
Daniel B.
Ray, John C.
Emery,
Edgar S.
Richards, Eliphalet John,
O. F.
John C.
Hiram D.
Margaret,
Sylvanus,
John E.
James B.
Richardson, A. F.
Stone, Henry
George W.
James,
H. Romeyn,
Elijalı,
Stowell, Freeman S.
Stephen E.
Samuel O.
William 11.
Putnam, Elbridge Hannah,
Fred,
Wyman, Charles F. Ebenezer,
Rand, Asa F.
Setli W. Sumner, Charles H. J. G.
James I.
Frank R.
Nathan,
Robert C.
Amos E.
Cyrus E.
Muzzy, Charles W.
Sarah J.
Will D.
Orren F.
Pierce, Joseph B.
Roxy,
Lewis E.
Smith, Henry
Wadleiglı, Rufus
Louis B.
Nathaniel,
George,
Nathaniel P.
George Fred,
White, Dustin
Hiram F.
Moses,
John, Jr.
Martin, Albert F.
Paige, Abbie G.
Taylor, Jacob
Almus L.
Jane P.
George F.
Lindley H.
Willianı,
J. Brooks,
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MILE STONES. Palmer & Garmon, of Manchester, furnished them, and the town measured the roads and set them in 1881.
BIRTHS, MARRIAGES AND DEATHS. In 1883 the select- men were instructed to insert them in the town report.
TOWN HISTORY. A meeting to consider the subject of a town history was held at the town house March 1, 1881. Those present were unanimous in favor of publishing one. At the annual town-meetnig, March 14, 1882, " Voted, That the sum of $500 be raised to assist in procuring and publishing a history of the town of Weare, and that John L. Hadley, Abner P. Collins, Robert Peaslee and Albert B. Johnson be appointed agents and authorized to re- ceive and expend the same." To carry this vote into effect, David Cross, Josiah G. Dearborn, Abner P. Collins, Robert Peaslee and Sylvester C. Gould were chosen a committee to collect material; to select some one to write the history, and to publish the same. This committee issued a circular June 1, 1882, soliciting " the co-opera- tion of all who have an interest in 'Old Halestown,' to secure and furnish all historical information " .possible; and different parts of the work were assigned to the several members. It was arranged at the beginning that Mr. Collins should prepare the genealogies, and Oct. 1, 1884, William Little * was engaged as historian. At the annual town-meeting held March 10, 1885, a resolution was passed, that the selectmen be authorized to hire a sum not exceeding $1500, to be expended by the committee last named in publishing the town history, the books to be the property of the town, to be sold at $4 a copy, and the edition not to exceed one thousand volumes. The first proceeds from the sale of the history were to be applied to the payment of the $1500 advanced; the next to be taken to reimburse the committee for their time and expense, provided the first $500 appropriated by the town is not sufficient to pay the same, and that the balance from the sale of said history be paid into the town treasury. The contract for publishing the history was made Oct. 5,
* WILLIAM LITTLE, son of Dr. Jesse and Susan C. (Merrill) Little, was born in Warren, March 20, 1833. He taught school much of the time for nine years, fitted for college at Kimball Union academy, Meriden, and graduated from Dartmouthi in 1859. He studied law with Hon. Thomas J. Smith, of Wentworth, and at the Albany, N. Y., law school; was admitted to the bar at the latter place in 1861, and opened an office at Manchester in May that year, where he has since continued in practice. He has been a member of the Manchester school board eleven years and of the New Hampshire legislature five sessions; has written and published a history of Warren, his native town, a centennial address, and a history of schools in Manchester.
Mr. Little married Annie Dency, Feb. 22, 1870, and to them were born three chil- dren : Lillian, Thomas D. and Annie S. Mrs. Little died March 23, 1878, and Annie S. April 13, 1878.
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1886, with S. W. Huse & Co., of Lowell, Mass., and the first signa- ture was soon printed.
ROAD MACHINES. Two were bought in 1885, and were found to be a great help in making and repairing roads.
RELICS. John Merrill, who lives on the Jacob Straw place, Sugar hill, had a sun-dial which he plowed up on the farm. His son, Paige R. Merrill, had arrow-heads, gouges and part of an Indian skeleton, a brass ink-stand which belonged to Mr. Straw, the first settler on the place, a sun-dial (sold to Josiah G. Dearborn), and a sword that Mr. Merrill's father (Col. Nathaniel Fifield) carried in the Revolutionary war.
"THE POETS OF WEARE." Many natives and residents of the town have written verses. A collection of these would make a small volume.
JOHN HODGDON, who settled in town in 1771, often indulged his muse. Some stanzas, which he said he found, are quite interesting. The following are fair specimens: -
" Some pray, some read John Calvin's creed And preach up sure damnation; And others need the Freewill ereed To gain a free salvation.
" If saints again fall into sin And cease good works pursuing, God changes, too, as ereatures do, And lets them go to ruin.
" Armenians fight with all their might, And strain each nerve and sinew, Saying, 'God never chose any but those Who in good works continue.'
" The Quaker, he on honesty Will trust his soul forever, Saying, 'Friend, if thee would saved bc, Be honest now and ever.'"
SAMUEL PHILBRICK BAILEY was born in Weare Feb. 27, 1780, and died in Washington July 12, 1880, aged over one hundred years. He wrote more than two thousand poetical effusions, many of which were published. Twelve days before his death he wrote "My Pil- grimage," the following being the concluding stanza : -
" Now I have seen one hundred years, Four months and three days morc; I soon shall leave all doubts and fears, And Jesus Christ adore."
JOHN ROBIE, son of John Robie, who settled in Weare in 1774,
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and was town clerk so many years, wrote many temperance songs. He used to sing them at temperance meetings, and many were pub- lished. The following lines appear in his "New Year's Song to Maine " : -
" If I was worthy and knew how, I'd compliment my friend, Neal Dow, The mayor of Portland city fair, From Hampshire's rugged town of Weare."
ISAIAH SOUTHWICK lived for many years at South Weare, and wrote much for the papers. His acrostic to John Robie is a fair specimen : -
" Joyfully our friend we greet; Oft in friendship may we meet. He deserves our warmest thanks - Noble champion in our ranks!
" Ready hand and willing mind, Old King Alcohol to bind; Bravely, with a prudent zeal, In the cause of human weal, Ever foremost in the field."
IRA WHITTAKER, long a resident of Weare, wrote many verses. From his " Battle of Borodino " we take this stanza: -
" The thund'ring peals the valleys shake, From rank to rank loud volleys break; The Russians now all efforts make Still to maintain their ground. Like thunder-clouds, that on their way Spread death and terror in dismay, O'er the dead in heaps that lay, Napoleon's troops rush on."
G. FRANK LOCKE resided at East Weare. He was the son of Elder Benjamin Locke, the Advent preacher. His "Pilgrim's Song of Hope" has the following opening stanza : -
" Soon the glorious day will come When the Saviour will appear, And will gather all who 're waiting for the Lord Safe in the promised land, Where in joy and peace they'll stand - So 'tis promised in the holy, sacred Word."
HENRY C. DAY also lived at East Weare. June, 1852, he wrote "Summer's Here Again " : -
" Sweet Summer's here again, With sunny hours of glee, And life and beauty reign From the White Hills to the sea;
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Old Merrimack, with joy, Sings gaily on his way; And bliss without alloy Bids care begone to-day.
" Old Sunapee again Aside his fetters flings, And from the shady glen The crystal fountain springs; Dark Kearsarge uprears His bald head to the sky, While Summer, with her train Of beauty, draweth nigli."
ABBY A. JOHNSON was born at East Weare, and was for many years a teacher. The following is from "To an Irish Boy," whom, looking at a beautiful picture, she heard exclaim, " Ah ! and look ye away there, and see the beautiful water and the green trees, and the birds a-flyin' over them ": -
" Ay, gaze and worship at the shrine Of Nature and of Art! The poetry of heaven is thine, Its sunlight in thy heart."
SYLVESTER C. GOULD, editor of Notes and Queries, has often tried his hand at poetry. From his "Push On " is the following : -
" In this world of battles Some have glory won; Gained a erown of honor, - Push on!"
HARRIET M. GILLETT was the daughter of John Gillett. She wrote much, and died at the age of eighteen. From her "Reflec- tions in a Grave-yard " is this stanza : -
" Now every trifling thought has fled, For eonseerated grounds I tread; Oh, would that I might often turn To this lone place and wisdom learn Among the silent dead !"
GEORGE H. BOYNTON is said to have written " Home" : -
" Home's not merely four square walls, Though with pictures hung and gilded; Home is where affeetion calls, Filled with shrines the heart hath builded. Home! go watch the faithful dove, Sailing 'neath the heaven above us; Home is where there's one to love! Ilome is where there's one to love us!"
IDA G. ADAMS, born at North Weare Oct. 2, 1856, has published
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several poems of considerable merit. One appears in the "Poets of New Hampshire," Chapin, 1882. This stanza is from "Enid ": -
" Have you seen our brown-eyed darling, With her curls of burnished gold? On this earth there ne'er existed Such a cunning two-years-old!"
JAMES M. ADAMS lives at North Weare. Three of his poems appear in " The Poets of New Hampshire." His "The New Year" contains these stanzas : -
" All hail the New Year! as it proudly advances, Clad in armor of snow, bearing ice-pointed lances; While its crown of pure gold casts its sheen o'er the carth, And a radiant splendor announces its birth.
" Good-by to the Old Year! as it bows to the New, A subject so loyal, so brave and so true! Remember its pleasures, forget all its pain, For Joy, the sole monarch, hereafter shall reign."
MOSES A. CARTLAND wrote much prose and a few poems. The following from his "Hunker's Lament" was written in slavery times, and shows the spirit of the man : -
" We've cursed the ' higher law of God,' Proclaiming man a chattel; That curling hair and sable skin Mark but ' two-legged cattle'; That selling them on auction-blocks, Or in the coffle driven, Is serving two great gods at once : Democracy and heaven !"
HON. WILLIAM H. GOVE wrote many poems. His "Maid of the Notch " has this opening stanza : -
" The mountain king above the cloud sat proudly on his throne, 'Mid tempest roll and thunder crash, mingling in battle tone, And met the light of winter's morn, with stern and icy frown; The sun's keen glance, sent flashing back from his diamond-studded crown."
Mr. Gove's "Threnody" on Moses A. Cartland has been often pub- lished and much admired.
Abel Webster and many others in Weare may have written poems, but their productions have not come to hand.
EDITORS, PUBLISHERS, PRINTERS AND CORRES- PONDENTS from Weare :'-
Charles Henry Chase, Mercantile Advertiser; died in Waterville, Me., 1885.
Zephaniah Breed, now of Weare, Journal of Agriculture.
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[1885.
Israel Peaslee Chase, M. D., now of Henniker, Saturday Messenger.
Joseph Clark Emerson, Daily and Weekly Mirror; now in Cleveland, O.
Moses Austin Cartland, Journal of Agriculture, and several other papers and magazines.
James M. Adams, associate editor of American Young Folks.
Charles F. Adams, printer in Statesman office, Concord.
Joseph C. Kimball taught school in East Weare, and published two mathematical works.
Jeremiah Green Davis, Halestown Banner.
Jacob Eaton Johnson, a printer on Saturday Messenger; died in Weare, Sept. 11, 1853.
Edgar Tilton Paige, printer in Mirror office.
Carlos Tilton Marshall, printer in Mirror office.
Sylvester Clark Gould, editor of Notes and Queries.
Leroy Montier Gould,* editor of the Lake Village Times.
Augustus G. Hoyt, printer in Sheboygan, Wis.
George Emerson Crowell, editor of the Household, Brattle- boro', Vt.
Henry Calvin Day, engaged on Household.
John Henry Day, engaged on Household; died 1885.
William Henry Gove, editor White Mountain Torrent.
John Perry, M. D., printer, now at Saratoga Springs, N. Y.
Albion H. Bailey, printer on Boston Transcript for nearly thirty years.
Edwin S. Huntress published Journal of Improvement.
Thomas M. Preble published books and pamphlets, and wrote much for the World's Crisis and Advent Herald.
Rodney F. Hemenway, Lowell Mail.
Charles Kelley, published Weare Gazette.
George Henry Boynton, newspaper correspondent.
George Franklin Locke, Laws of Life.
Samuel H. Boody, newspaper correspondent.
Fred F. Foster, Penn Monthly.
* LEROY M. GOULD, son of James and Hannah B. (Webster) Gould, was born at Weare, Jan. 18, 1850. He learned the printer's trade at the Mirror office in Manches- ter, and afterwards worked in various offices in Manchester, Concord, Nashua and Fall River, Mass. He also learned the art of short-hand writing, and for the past few years has been a successful teacher of the same. In July, 1882, he became asso- ciated with his brother, Sylvester C. Gould, in publishing Notes and Queries with An- swers. In 1887, he purchased a half-interest in the Lake Village Times, and is at pres- ent one of the editors and publishers of that paper.
Mr. Gould married Julia A. Abbott, of Concord, Jan. 2, 1875, and to them was born Ada W. Gould, May 3, 1876.
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TRADERS.
1765.]
TRADERS .* Who was the first merchant in Weare? This is a difficult question to answer. Ebenezer Mudgett, in 1765, is styled "Merchant " in the genealogy of the Mudgett family. Aaron Quimby, in very early times, may have had a few commodities to sell. Samuel Philbrick is known to have been in trade as early as 1775, at his house in South Weare, near Mount Odiorne. Jesse Woodbury, who was an uncle of Hon. Levi Woodbury, one of the justices of
* TRADERS IN WEARE.
SOUTH WEARE.
James Wilson. .1808
William Bixby .1809
Isaac Hubbard. 1815
David Gilchrist. .1844
Leonard Kimball .1845
John Carlton. 1847
James Lord .. .1848
George W. Haskell .. .1849
Benjamin Lord .. 1850
Frank W. Batchelder ... 1853
Rufus Fellows. .1858
Newell Evans .. .1860
Charles Nichols. 1870
William S. Eaton .1870
George T. Jameson. .1877
Albert B. Johnson. .1880
Stanford S. Aiken .1881
John Paige. .1881
NORTH WEARE.
Daniel Sawyer .1855
Nathan Sawyer. .1855
Rev. Mr. Powell. .1858
Peter C. Gove ..
1860
William H. Gove .1866
Charles H. Chase .1880
Edward Hadley 1880
Harry Hadley. 1880
John H. Paige. .1882
Mrs. Eunice Chase 1885
Oliver D. Sawyer. .1886
George F. Simons .1886
Frank Tucker. .1886
OIL MILL.
George Harris. .1822
Hubbard Harris. 1822
Richard Whittier. .1827
Perry Richards 1828
Hiram Simons. .1833
Harrison Hobson.
1833
Silas Stone . .1838
Lewis Simons. 1842
George Simons. .1845
Charles E. Gove .. 1875
Harry H. Simons 1884
SUGAR HILL.
Obadiah Eaton. .1805
Ithamar Eaton ..
.1806
Thomas Raymond ..
.. 1825
NEAR DEERING LINE.
James Whittaker ....... 1815
CLINTON GROVE.
Daniel Moore.
.1806
Elbridge A. Bailey. .1839 John Goodhue. 1807
Amos W. Sargent. 1839
Pelatiah Brown. .1840
Albert Gilchrist. .1844
Oliver Hardy .1794
Jesse Woodbury. 1796
James Wallace1 .1812
Daniel Bailey .1828
John W. Morse. 1836
E. Wellman Osborn. .1860
William D. White. .1860
Jonathan Buxton .. .1870
John H. Paige. .1870
Charles Buxton .. 1875
Carlton Chase ..
.1831
Rogers & Son 1876
George C. Carpenter. .. 1879
Alonzo Hadley.
J. Brooks Philbrick. . .
Almus W. Morse ..... .. 1885
CALDWELL'S MILLS.
Samuel Caldwell. .1775
William Caldwell. .1789
Simon B. Tobie. .1808
Thomas Towns 1822
Moses Huntington .1825
Asahel Hoag. .1827 William Whittle.
ROCKLAND.
Jonathan Watson 1791
Ezekiel Kimball, Jr. .1801
Asa Kimball. .1815
John Paige .. .1815
Mark Kimball. .1815
John Lord. 1848
Aquilla D. Holmes 1856
Charles Kelley 1875
Thomas Hunt. .1885
FIFIELD'S CORNER.
Thomas Dole .1796
John Smith. 1809
Bradbury Bailey. 1810
WEARE CENTER.
Moses Peaslee .1815
Jolin Johnson. 1818
Samuel Davis. .1819
Joseph Merrill. 1820
Robert Davis.
1826
Eleazer Greeley .1801
William Little. .1801
Enos Merrill. 1828
Moses Carruth 1801
Harrison Evans 1830 Jonathan Dow .1803
David Pattee. 1803
John Peaslee.
.1830
Cyrillus Paige. .1834
Charles Chase. .1806
Rodney Presby .1834
Simon G. Gove ....... .. .1840
1 JAMES WALLACE, son of Thomas and Lettice Wallace, was born at Londonderry, Nov. 15, 1782. In 1795 he went to live with William Wallace, of Henniker, and in 1802 with Robert M. Wallace, of New London. In December of that year he commenced
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David Chase. .1805
Ithamar Eaton 1806
John Cilley, Jr. .1808
Timothy Barnard. 1809
David Tenney
.1813
William Whittle. 1796
1858
George Simons. .1860
Israel Hoag. 1860
Charles E. Hoag. 1875
E. Warren Breed. .1882
Leonard Wilson . .1885
Benjamin T. Jameson. . 1886
EAST WEARE.
Phinehas Stone. 1806
David Cross. .1806
1847
David F. Brown. 1850 John W. Hanson
Daniel Johnson
Hiram Simons 1840
Harrison Hobson. .1840
Sidney Brigham 1840
Charles Guild .. .1840
Cyrus E. Wood. .1841
John B. Bailey. 1847
Abel B. Cram .. 1847
Benjamin Dodge.
Nathan Downing
.1833
Peter C. Downing. 1833
Mark Fisher. 1840
Paul H. Bixby. 1840
Nathan G. Chase. 1827
Hugh Jameson. .1829
James H. Dudley .1829
Dudley Porter 1817
Eleazer Porter .1817
Samuel Stilman. .1827
Daniel Paige. .1827
John Cheney. 1815
Eleazer Fifield. 1815
Samuel Philbrick. .1775
Samuel Putney .1800 Ebenezer Peaslee 1801
Stephen Dow .. .1801
George Elie.
1826
John Boynton 1828 EVERETT'S.
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HISTORY OF WEARE, NEW HAMPSHIRE.
[1800.
the Supreme Court of the United States, had the first store at the cross-roads, South Weare. Samuel Caldwell was early in trade in the north part of the town. Phinehas Stone had the first store at East Weare. William Whittle, at Weare Center, and Harris Brothers were early at Oil Mill. There were also traders very early at Sugar hill and Fifield's or Meeting-house Corner. A few of Weare's traders have failed, many have made a fair living, and some have become wealthy. Hiram Simons and Harrison Hobson* were perhaps the most successful.
teaching and followed the ealling for eight years, attending sehool himself part of the time. He was also at short intervals elerk in several stores, and for a time in trade with Obadiah Eaton. He commenced trade Oct. 15, 1810, at Fifield's Corner, with Capt. John Smith. Two years later he began trade at South Weare, and continued business alone till April 6, 1834. At that time he took John W. Morse as partner, and did business with him till May 7, 1836. In April, 1839, he formed a partnership with Ezekiel W. Osborn, which continued many years.
Mr. Wallaee was town clerk eleven years, and the records show a beautiful speci- men of penmanship. He represented the town in the legislature in 1821, 1822, 1823 and 1824, and was postmaster fifteen years. He had a fine literary taste, eould reeite many poems, and was particularly fond of Gray's elegy.
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