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JOHN F. HADLEY, b. June 26, 1854; married Emogen Heald of Temple, N. H., May 18, 1876. Resides in Peterboro, N. H. Child : - I. FRANK H., b. May 2, 1877.
CHASE HADLEY, b. June 29, 1769 ; married Hannah Smith of Pep- perell, Mass., March 24, 1796. She was born March 22, 1772, and died Oct. 31, 1869. He died June 26, 1851. Children, all born in Lynde- borough : -
I. DANIEL, b. Jan. 7, 1797, d. March 29, 1798.
2. FRANKLIN, +
3. HANNAH, b. Feb. 11, 1801, d. July 26, 1820. Rem. to New York.
4. SIDNEY, b. March 21, 1803.
5. ISRAEL G., b. Jan. 27, 1805. Rem. to New York.
6. WILLIAM, b. April 3, 1807. Rem. to the west.
7. MARY C., b. Feb. 21, 1809. Rem. to New York.
8. ALBA, b. Nov. 27, 1811. Rem. to New York.
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9. RICHARD C., b. April 3, 1816, d. March 31, 1817.
FRANKLIN HADLEY, born Dec. 15, 1798; married Mary Spaulding of Lyndeborough, Sept. 25, 1828. She was born Dec. 15, 1798, and died April 28, 1881. He died July 15, 1871. Children, all born in Lynde- borough : -
I. JOANN, b. June 20, 1831, m. Stephen D. Holt of Frances- town, Nov. 29, 1849.
2. LEVI P., +
LEVI P. HADLEY, son of Franklin and Mary (Spaulding) Hadley, was born April 10, 1837. He has held various town offices and in 1901 was town treasurer. He owned the homestead farm on the mountain, but for a time resided at South Lyndeborough village, having bought the old Tarbell tavern stand. He married Minerva L. Stevens of Frances- town. She was born Feb. 14, 1845. He died Dec. 28, 1902. Children, all born in Lyndeborough : -
I. FRANK P., b. March 20, 1868, d. Aug. 13, 1897.
2. DANA P., b. July 5, 1869, m. Sarah E. Edwards of Temple, June 7, 1898.
3. GEORGE W., Sept. 18, 1873, m. Minnie E. Stacy of Lynde- borough, April 26, 1899.
4. LEVI W., b. Dec. 28, 1874.
5. ETHEL M., b. March 11, 1879.
6. WINFIELD S., b. Oct. 17, 1883.
HAGGETT.
JOHN HAGGETT, born 1766. He was a blacksmith by trade and a farmer as well. He married Annis Searle and lived on the farm in John- son's Corner since known as the Haggett place, now owned by E. C. Curtis. She died March 15, 1855, aged eighty-seven years ; he died Jan. 26, 1835, aged sixty-nine. Children : -
I. JOHN, b. Jan 26, 1790, d. Nov. 7, 1820, m. Dec. 4, 1817, Charlotte Merrill of Portland, Me.
2. AMos, b. Aug. 18, 1791.
3. RACHEL, b. May 28, 1793, m. Simeon McGilvrey of Merri- mac June II, 1814.
4. WILLIAM, b. March 7, 1796.
5. JOSEPH, +
6. SALLY, b. June 17, 1803.
7. ELIZA, b. Sept. 25, 1805.
8. ANNIS, b. Mar. 18, 1808.
JOSEPH HAGGETT, son of John and Annis (Searle) Haggett; born in Lyndeborough Dec. 19, 1800; married Oct. 4, 1824, Mrs. Charlotte (Merrill) Haggett, born Jan. 22, 1800 ; died April 19, 1884. She was of
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Portland, Me. He died Feb. 14, 1884. He lived most of his life in Lynde- borough, but the infirmities of age caused him to abandon the farm and seek a village life in Wilton, where he died. He was quiet and retiring in disposition and much respected by his fellow townsmen. Children : --
I. JOHN M., b. Sept. 30, 1827, m. Nov. 11, 1851, Samantha A. Colby. She d. April 26, 1884.
2. MARY ANN, b. July 11, 1829, m. Nov. 11, 1851, Dr. D. C. Hadley. He d. Feb. 1859.
3. HARRIET, b. March 27, 1831, m. Oct. 3, 1856, George D. Livermore. He d. Oct., 1859 ; she d. Dec. 21, 1859.
4. SARAH, b. Aug. 16, 1833, m. Nov. 28, 1850, Israel W. Cur- tis. (See Curtis gen.)
5. JENNIE C., b. July 26, 1835, m. May, 1867, John Upton. He d. July, 1892 ; she d. Dec., 1895.
6, JULIETT, b. Nov. 30, 1840, m. July, 1867, George H. Jones.
HARDY.
ELIPHALET J. HARDY, son of Isaac and Polly (Jennings) Hardy ; born in North Anson, Me., June 3, 1829 ; married April 3, 1860, Sabrina, daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth (Gould) Jennings of Farmington, Me. She was born March 17, 1832. He d. March 2, 1904. He came to Lynde- borough from Colorado in 1896, and bought the farm where Samuel N. Hartshorn lived. Children : -
I. HANNABAL, b. Dec. 26, 1860.
2. OWEN E., +,
3. ELIZABETH B., b. July 13, 1866, m. Dec. 25, 1892, Elbert Barrow of Lindon, Col. He was born Jan. 19, 1857. Chil- dren : Owen E., b. Sept. 18, 1893; Elberta, b. Sept. 9, 1897.
4. ALBERT J., b. March 16, 1869, m. Feb., 5, 1894, Carrie M. Clarkston. Child : Homer C., b. June 8, 1901.
REV. OWEN E. HARDY, son of Eliphalet and Sabrina (Jennings) Hardy ; born July 13, 1862 ; married June 28, 1894, Eva B., daughter of Walter and Azubah (Davis) Bates of Alexandria, S. D. She was born Sept. 24, 1868. (For biographical sketch see p. 305.) Child : -
I. AMY, b. at Lyndeborough, March 21, 1895.
HARRIS.
OLIVER HARRIS was born in Abington, Mass., Aug. 23, 1791 ; died Sept. 20, 1870 ; married Sally Savage of Francestown Feb. 3, 1835. She was born March 2, 1779; died Sept. 19, 1867. Lived on the Brown place, North Lyndeborough. Children : -
I. NATHAN S., +
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2. SARAH E., b. in Francestown, Aug. 3, 1840, m. Mark E. Morse. (See Morse gen.)
NATHAN S. HARRIS was born in Francestown June 17, 1836; mar- ried Martha A. Trafton of Portsmouth, N. H., Aug. 9, 1856. She was born Jan. 8, 1836; died Oct. 24, 1857. He was a soldier in the Civil War and was drowned in the Mississippi River, Aug. 6, 1863. (See Chap. X.) Child : -
I. GEORGE T., b. in Rye, N. H., March 11, 1857.
HARTSHORN.
JOHN HARTSHORN was one of the early settlers of Lyndeborough. He came from Reading, Mass., some time previous to 1785; the exact date is not known. He settled on the farm now owned by Everett E. Lowe in "Perham Corner "; he married Sarah Bachelder, probably of Reading, Mass., April 11, 1782. She was born June 22, 1763; died Jan. 1843. He was born March 7, 1756, and died March 26, 1805.
But little can be learned of the early life of Mr. Hartshorn. He and his wife probably suffered the privations of those early times, and like most of the sturdy pioneers was strong and energetic. It is related of his wife that during some absence of her husband the cow wandered away into the almost unbroken forest and she started off to find it. Hunting until after dark she became lost herself and, managing to climb a large boulder to be out of the way of the wolves, she prepared to spend the night there, when to her great joy she saw the light from the open fire in her home, the door having been left open. Children : -
I. JOHN, b. Feb. 14, 1784, in Reading, Mass., m. first, Susanna, dau. of Eli and Susanna (Wilkins) Curtis. She was b. in Reading, Mass .; m. second, Mehitable Carkin of Lynde- borough. He appears to have removed from Lyndebor- ongh soon after his marriage, for the older children were b. in Hancock, Vt., whence he removed to Mont Vernon. Children : Curtis, Susan, Mary O., Serepta J., John H. Serepta J. was b. in Lyndeborough and m. Rodney K. Hutchinson of Milford.
2. JONATHAN, m. Alice Odell of Mt. Vernon, rem. to Nashua. Children : Daniel, Eben, Jonathan, Abigail.
3. SAMUEL, +
4. SALLY, d. March 8, 1850.
5. MICAH, +
6. SEWELL, rem. to the West.
7. DAVID, rem. to the West.
8. PUTNAM, rem. to Wilton.
9. ANN, m. William Holt.
IO. POLLY, b. 1795, m. Samuel Butterfield.
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DEA. SAMUEL HARTSHORN, son of John and Sarah (Bachelder) Hartshorn, born in Lyndeborough, Dec. 17, 1785; married Sally, daugh- ter of Nathaniel and Phebe (Dodge) Raymond of Haverhill, Mass., Nov. 17, 1808. She was born Jan. 26, 1791; died Nov. 24, 1868. He died in Mason, N. H., Sept. 16, 1861. He inherited the homestead farm and lived there until about 1843, when he removed to Mason, N. H., where he died. Children : -
I. SAMUEL, b. Feb. 25, 1810, m. April 7, 1835, Lucinda, daughter of Ephraim and Mary (Blanchard) Woodward of Lyndeborough. Like his father he was a deacon in the church, and always identified with its interests. Soon after his marriage he had a store in Wilton for a short time. He afterward bought a farm in Mason, whither his father had gone, and removed there but died about a week after- ward. He died Nov. 18, 1846. She d. September, 1888. Children : - Samuel G., res. in Milford, Persis.
2. JOHN, +
3. GEORGE, b. April 16, 1814, m. Mary A., dau. of Israel and Ruth (Sargent) Putnam, Aug. 23, 1838. She was born Oct. 1, 1818, d. Jan. 22, 1882, in Milford. He removed to Mason soon after his marriage and thence to Milford, where he died January, 1880. Children : - George R. and Dodge G., twins ; William N., Mary A.
4. MARY G., b. Jan. 6, 1816, d. in infancy.
5. SARAH, b. April 25, 1818, m. William A. Chase of Groton, Mass., Oct. 8, 1846. Children : - Mary, George, Fanny, John, Maria, Walter.
6. HANNAH, b. June 26, 1822, m. first, George L. Adams of Northwood, N. H., Sept. 7, 1848; second, Eben Tilton. She d. April 5, 1892.
7. MARTHA J., (adopted), b. Aug. 26, 1833, m. Wm. R. Put- nam of Woburn, Mass., Dec. 7, 1851. (See Putnam gen.)
DEA. JOHN HARTSHORN, son of Dea. Samuel and Phebe (Ray- mond) Hartshorn, born Dec. 31, 1811 ; died Feb. 10, 1878 ; married Susan- na B., daughter of Dea. David and Tryphena (Butler) Putnam, April 13, 1837. She was born May 14, 1816, and died March 1, 1903. Dea. John Hartshorn was a man of many sterling qualities. He was of a gener- tion most of whom have passed away, but those of his associates still living in town speak of him with respect. One of his daughters told the writer that when he died it was a common remark that "he had not an enemy in the world." Belonging to the minority political party in the section of the town where he lived he was always "true to his colors," and seldom failed to be present at town meeting and faithfully discharge his duties as a citizen. His interest in town affairs never failed. He was said to have been exceptionally genial and kind in his home life. He
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was a deacon in the Baptist church. Children, all born in Lynde- borough : -
I. JOHN ALONZO, b. July 14, 1840. Killed in the battle of Williamsburg, May 5, 1862. (See Chapter X.)
2. CHARLES JASON, b. July 12, 1843, d. Sept. 11, 1861.
3. DAVID P., +
4. SARAH T., b. Sept. 26, 1853, m. George W. Moulton of Old Orchard, Me., Oct. 2, 1869. He was born May, 1853.
5. ELIZABETH M., b. July 27, 1863, m. Fred B. Richards. (See Richards gen.)
DAVID P. HARTSHORN, son of John and Susanna (Putnam) Harts- horn, born June 30, 1851 ; married Mary Boutelle of Antrim, N. H., June 8, 1878. She was born Oct. 4, 1854. Res. on the homestead farm at So. Lyndeborough. Children : -
I. JOHN W., b. Dec. 7, 1878, m. Feb. 4, 1904, Josephine E. Duncan of Antrim.
2. CLARENCE, b. June 19, 1880.
3. HAROLD F., b. Oct. 20, 1884.
4. SUSIE E., b. April 4, 1888.
5. LOUISE, b. Feb. 11, 1891.
MICAH HARTSHORN, son of John and Sarah (Bachelder) Hartshorn, born July 16, 1793; died Sept. 26, 1880; married Hannah Fletcher. She died April 13, 1885. He lived where his son, S. Newell lived. Children, all born in Lyndeborough : -
I. ALMON, b. Nov. 24, 1819, d. Feb. 13, 1842.
2. ALONZO, b. Jan. 22, 1821, d. April 27, 1838.
3. FLORA A., b. March 16, 1825, m. Jacob Putnam of Wilton, Dec. 31, 1850. He d. Feb. 6, 1895. She d. Oct. 24, 1875. Children : - Flora J., b. Feb. 4, 1854, m. Herbert Wilkin- son of Herefordshire, England. Hannah A., b. May 24, 1857, m. Henry A. Proctor of Stoddard, N. H.
4. ADONIRAM J., +
5. SAMUEL N., +
ADONIRAM J. HARTSHORN, son of Micah and Hannah (Fletcher) Hartshorn, born Nov. 10, 1827; married first, Eliza Farnsworth of Shir- ley, Mass., Sept. 21, 1854; second, Julia (Cragin) Draper of Wilton. Children : -
I. CHARLES J., b. in Lyndeborough, March 13, 1856.
2. FRANK E., b. in Mont Vernon, Nov. 17, 1862.
3. HARRY A., b. in West Groton, Mass., Aug. 16, 1866, m. Ella R. Parkhurst. Children : - Infant dau. b. May 13, 1888, Frank E., b. July 23, 1890.
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4. FLORA J., b. in West Groton, Mass., Sept. 2, 1869.
5. MAY B., b. in Shirley, Mass., Jan. 12, 1872.
SAMUEL NEWELL HARTSHORN, son of Micah and Hannah (Fletcher) Hartshorn, born June 20, 1829; married Jane E., daughter of Samuel and Elvira (Grey) French of Wilton, Sept. 29, 1861. She was born Dec. 2, 1834. He died July 2, 1894. He was a mechanic and farmer and operated the sawmill on his place. He was a man of many virtues and highly esteemed by all who knew him. Children, all born in Lyndeborough : -
I. WILLIS N., b. March 31, 1864, m. first, M. A. Greene of Brooklyn, N. Y., Aug. 16, 1891. She was b. Jan. 20, 1867, d. March 22, 1895, m. second, C. B. Purdy of Brook- lyn, N. Y., Dec. 25, 1897. She was b. April 24, 1867. He is a mechanical draftsman and res. in Brooklyn, N. Y. 2. LEON E., b. Dec. 9, 1866, m. Hattie J. Kingsley of Duds- well, Province Quebec, March 23, 1892. She was b. May 16, 1867. He d. June 4, 1898.
3. MARION M., b. Sept. 21, 1872. Is a teacher of music and res. in Wilton.
SUMNER S. HARTSHORN, son of George and Mary A. (Putnam) Hartshorn ; born in Mason, Sept. 13, 1848 ; married first, March 27, 1872, Anstress A., daughter of Joel H. and Eliza A. Gutterson of Milford. She was born June 2, 1851; died March 26, 1877. Married second, May 18, 1878, Mary C., daughter of William N. and Mary L. (Smith) Patterson, born in Wentworth Nov. 23, 1856 ; died in Milford, Dec. 28, 1892. Mar- ried third, June 22, 1901, Mrs. Nellie R. Critchett of Boscawen. Resides in South Lyndeborough, and is a member of the board of education. Children, born in Milford, by second wife : -
I. SUMNER L., b. May 19, 1887.
2. BERTHA A., b. April 17, 1889.
SEWELL G. HARTSHORN, born Oct. 19, 1799; died Sept. 18, 1874 . married March 25, 1827, Harriet Safford. She was born March 2, 1811 ; died Aug. 19, 1891. Children : -
I. SARAH A., b. Aug. 14, 1829, d. April 29, 1894.
2. GEORGE P., b. June 25, 1831, m. July 3, 1853, Sarah Jack- son of Bangor, Me. She was b. Oct. 8, 1837. Res. at Newark, O.
3. DAVID, b. July 7, 1836, m. Aug. 19, 1862, Harriet Seiver. He d. July 14, 1889.
4. MARY, b. March 24, 1846, m. Sept. 10, 1875, John J. Watts. HARWOOD.
ANDREW HARWOOD came to Lyndeborough from Mt. Vernon about 1802 and settled on the farm in "Perham Corner" since known as the
srael Henrick's
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"Harwood " place, now owned by A. A. Melendy. He married in 1804, Rebecca, daughter of Jacob and Isabella (Hutchinson) Cram. She was born March 9, 1784 ; died Sept II, 1867. He died in 1860. Children, all born in Lyndeborough : -
I. ABIGAIL, b. June 20, 1805, m. John F. Holt of Lyndebor- ough. (See Holt gen.)
2. ALICE, b. Jan. 10, 1810, m. Kendall Holt of Lyndeborough. (See Holt gen.)
3. ANDREW, b. Feb. 8, 1814, m. Jane Lewis, Goshen, N. H.
HATCH.
CHARLES G. HATCH, son of Lyman and Polly (Fay) Hatch ; born in Hopkinton, Mass., Dec. 4, 1826; married Elizabeth, daughter of Asa and Elizabeth (Goodwin) Blanchard of Lyndeborough, Oct. 24, 1849. She was born Sept. 19, 1829. He removed to Milford in 1864, where he died. Children : -
I. MARY E., b. in Lyndeborough, Aug. 31, 1850, m. first, Oct. 10, 1867, John F. Amsden of Milford ; m. second, Nov. 10, 1891, Henry A. Sheriden of Milford.
2. CHARLES A., b. in Milford, July 7, 1852, m. June 18, 1858, Annie G. Barrows of Newark, O. Is a physician and res. in Newark, Ohio.
3. GEORGE W., b. in Lyndeborough, Sept. 3, 1855, m. Feb. 25, 1880, Marcella Smith of Milford. Is a physician and res. in Wilton.
4. FRED S., b. in Lyndeborough March 5, 1859, m. May 22, 1883, Isabelle B. Hutchinson of Amherst. Is an attorney and res. in Larned, Kan.
5. FRANK S., b. in Lyndeborough, Dec. 27, 1860, m. April 2, 1888, Josephine Dustin of Townsend, Mass.
6. ARTHUR C., b. in Milford, Sept. 27, 1863.
7. LILLA BELLE, b. in Milford, Jan. 22, 1866, d. Nov. 22, 1889.
8. BESSIE G., b. in Milford, Feb. 15, 1869.
9. ERNEST G., b. in Milford, Jan. 27, 1872.
HERRICK.
DR. ISRAEL HERRICK. The name Herrick is of Norse origin and derived from the Danish Ehric or Eric. This family came to England about the time of Alfred, and figured conspicuously in the troublous times which ruled in those days in England. After seventeen different changes in spelling this name finally became Herrick.
Henry Herrick, the Anglo-American ancestor of the Herricks of Lynde- borough, came to this country from Leicester, England, June 24, 1769, and settled at Cape Ann Side, now called Beverly. One of his descend- ants of the sixth generation, Edward Herrick, of Andover, Mass., settled
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in Wilton soon after the Revolutionary War. This Edward was born at Methuen, Mass., Oct. 9, 1754, and was by trade a cabinet maker. He built a cabinet shop and grist mill at Barnes' Falls and carried on busi- ness there until his death. He was a soldier in the Revolutionary War, and after his death his widow secured a pension. He married in Wilton Mary Holt, Nov. 18, 1779. She was born at Andover, Mass., Nov. 24, 1755. He died Feb. 25, 1810, aged fifty-five years. She died Oct. 24, 1844, aged eighty-nine years. They had nine children, of whom Israel, the subject of this sketch, was the seventh. He was born July 9, 1794.
His opportunity for education up to the time he was fifteen years of age was the "district school as it was," as he has said, and then owing to the long sickness and death of his father he was deprived of this privi- lege, small as it was, until he entered upon his nineteenth year. At that time he was given an invitation by an uncle who lived at Tamworth to come and live with him, and in December, 1812, he started for his new home. He says of this change: "From uncle's family I received a hearty welcome, and they made known to me another welcome announce- ment, viz., that their district school would commence on the morrow, with the Rev. Father Hidden as teacher, and would keep three months, and that I was to go all the time, and my work would be to take care of the stable and saw the fire wood. But this I met with dread, for I was a great ignorant boy. Ah! how I dreaded to enter that school. ... But this teacher proved to be one of the best friends I ever had. I improved the term faithfully, so much so that Father Hidden interceded with my uncle to give me a public education, and to my joy it was announced to me that in September I should go, under the care of Father Hidden, to fit me for such an enterprise. I continued for almost two years, and had got almost prepared to enter college when he was suddenly taken down with neuralgia sciatica."
This uncle expected young Israel to become a preacher of the Gospel, which he would by no means consent to do, as he says, " without becom- ing a consummate hypocrite," and the result of this sickness and differ- ence with his uncle was his returning to his home in Wilton. In 1815 he entered into a partnership with a relative in the West India goods trade in Salem, Mass., but the venture did not prove a success. In 1817 he commenced the study of medicine with Dr. John Wallace, continuing with him a little over two years, and finished his three full years with Dr. Asa Crosby of Gilmanton in September, 1820. From there he went to Hanover and attended his second course of lectures, receiving his de- gree of M.D. in December, 1820.
In 1821 he came to Lyndeborough and opened an office in the middle of the town so called. It was evidently in what was the old "store house." Dr. Daniel Wardwell was a practicing physician here then, and Dr. Herrick says, "Of course my business was small." In October that same year he bought the real estate and practice of Dr. Wardwell and soon had a good and increasing practice. Nov. 28, 1822, he married Eliza H. Burns, daughter of Samuel Burns of Milford, and located in a tenement owned by Col. Richardson in a house that was afterward re- moved to Wilton. The next summer he built the house where Herman A. Walker now lives, but did not move into it until the spring of 1824.
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In 1828 he sold this place, together with his practice, to Dr. Nathan Jones, a native of Lyndeborough, but then practicing in Temple, and removed to Milford, March 20, 1828. He remained there two years, and then removed to Mason Village, where two years was the length of his stay. From there he went to Deering and remained until 1834. Through the influence and solicitation of the Rev. Nathaniel Merrill he was in- duced to return to Lyndeborough in November, 1834, and opened an office in the house where Henry Clark afterward lived. This house was torn down in 1904.
He says in his sketch of his life, "I might here close this meagre autobiography of my changeable life but there are a number of points or circumstances, independent of my migratory course, which I wish to notice, but in the meantime humbly acknowledge the hand of God in guiding me thus far. When darkness and doubt closed me in on every side and I saw no way for escape His kind and loving hand would, in a way I thought not of, lead me out where there was relief, light, joy and hope. Blessed be His name forever." The above quotation reveals the man he was.
He purchased the place were his son, Benjamin G., now lives and passed the remainder of his days there. March 3, 1843, his buildings were destroyed by fire, but were soon rebuilt. He was educated in the " old school" of practice of medicine, but adopted the Homeopathic or new school at a time when it required considerable courage to do so. He was the fourth physician in this state to adopt this method. It was receiving at that time great ridicule and opposition from the adherents of the old way. Dr. Herrick was eminently successful as a physician and had a large practice. His skilled services were in demand, not only in his own town, but in the neighboring towns as well. He was ever ready to attend a call day or night, and he knew to the full the hardships of a country doctor. Generous to a fault he seldom pressed a debtor for a bill.
As a citizen he took great interest in the material affairs of the town and his ability and common sense made his opinions respected. He was three times elected to serve his town in the Legislature and also held the office of selectman and town clerk. He early became interested in the Anti-Slavery agitation, and cast the first abolition ballot ever offered in town. It was taken from the ballot box and passed around as a curiosity. For some reason it was not returned and was never counted. He was prominent in the crusade against rum and was a temperance speaker of some note, and a poet of no mean ability. He was one of those rare men whose presence in the sick room brings restfulness, courage and confidence to the patient. Of a stout habit with bushy eyebrows, sharp grey eyes but kindly withal, he was a man, once seen, to be remembered. Failing health compelled him to relinquish much of his practice during the last years of his life, but whenever possible he responded when his services were needed.
Dr. Israel Herrick, son of Edward and Mary (Holt) Herrick, born July 9, 1794; died Feb. 18, 1866; married first, Eliza H., daughter of Samuel and Abigail (Jones) Burns of Milford, N. H., Nov. 28, 1822. She was born Nov. 24, 1802, and died April 20, 1848; married second,
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Emmeline, daughter of Joseph and Chloe (Abbott) Grey of Wilton, N. H., Dec. 12, 1849. She was born Oct. 11, 1811; died June 3, 1891. Chil- dren, all born in Lyndeborough : -
I. ELIZA D., b. Sept. 20, 1823, d. Aug. 20, 1825.
2. LAFAYETTE, +
3. WILLIAM J., +
4. EDWARD H., b. Oct. 11, 1828, d. July 25, 1873.
5. BENJAMIN G., +
LAFAYETTE HERRICK, son of Israel and Eliza (Burns) Herrick, born Jan. 29, 1825 ; married first, Sarah E., daughter of Francis D. and Mehitable (Haynes) Johnson of Lyndeborough, Feb. 3, 1848. She was born Nov. 15, 1827 ; married second, Indianna E., daughter of Samuel and Mahali (Elliott) Wilson of Pepperell, Mass., Sept. 9, 1854. She was born April 19, 1838. He died May 30, 1888. Children, all by second wife : -
I. HENRY A., b. March 4, 1855, m. Mrs. Lizzie Wilson of Greenfield, Jan. 27, 1897. He d. June 17, 1901.
2. CARRIE D., b. Nov. 8, 1858, d. Dec. 1, 1872.
3. ANNA E., b. Aug. 7, 1860, d. Dec. 16, 1868.
4. IDA M., b. Jan. 4, 1866, d. Nov. 18, 1884.
WILLIAM J. HERRICK, son of Israel and Eliza (Burns) Herrick, born Jan. 15, 1827; married first, Chloe, daughter of Samuel and Olive (Clark) Jones of Lyndeborough, April 30, 1849. She was born Feb. 27, 1831 ; died Nov. 21, 1876; married second, Mrs. Mary Jane McGaskey of Plymouth, Mo., Oct. 31, 1878. He died Jan. 5, 1893. He kept the store at the "centre " for some years. He had a partner at first and the firm was known as O'Donnell & Herrick, but he was afterwards sole proprie- tor. At that time, 1860 to 1865, considerable trading was done at the old store at the " centre " and Mr. Herrick did a thriving business. He was the postmaster and during the years of the Civil War but one daily paper was taken by any patron of that office, and the neighbors used to gather at the store when Dr. Jones brought the mail to get the news from the front. The railroad then only came as far as Wilton and all merchandise was brought from there by team. Soon after the close of the war, he was taken with the " western fever " and removed to Elk Grove, Ill., where he remained until 1870 when he bought 80 acres of wild prairie land of the Hannibal and St. Joe railroad and made a new home in Missouri. He was a pioneer in the section where he settled, and became influential and prosperous. His decendants reside there now. Children by first wife, all born in Lyndeborough but two youngest : -
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