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3. HENRY E., b. March 8, 1868, m. Florence Dolliver. m. second, Mrs. Fannie Smith. Child : Harriet.
4. HERBERT F., b. Feb. 25, 1870, d. Jan. 31, 1904.
5. SADIE M., b. Dec. 7, 1874, m. Sept. 14, 1899, Perley P. Ray of Brighton, Mass.
6. JENNIE A., b. April 11, 1879.
GEORGE E. SPALDING, son of Edward P. and Mary (Dodge) Spalding, born April 8, 1838; married June 12, 1866, Abbie J., daughter of Dea. William and Eliza (Anderson) Jones. She was born Dec. 23, 1842; died Nov. 24, 1883; married second, Nov. 30, 1887, Mrs. Eliza P. Richardson, widow of Solon Richardson and daughter of Dea. William and Eliza (Anderson) Jones. She was born Aug. 30, 1839; died Feb. 19, 1905. Mr. Spalding purchased the Jones homestead farm at the centre and has lived there for many years. He is extensively engaged in the breeding and sale of cattle, the Ayrshire breed being his favorite stock. Children by first wife : -
I. WILLIAM P., b. March 17, 1867 ; d. July 16, 1879.
2. JOHN A., b. Nov. 30, 1872.
MERRILL T. SPALDING, son of Edward P. and Mary (Dodge) Spalding, born April 15, 1840; married first, Mrs. Martha Snow; second, Sarah J., daughter of Brackley and Abigail (Rutherford) Rose of Wil- ton, Nov. 20, 1895. She was born Sept. 3, 1856. Was a soldier in Civil War. (See Chap. X.)
DR. HENRY E. SPALDING, son of Edward Page and Mary (Dodge)
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Spalding ; born Sept. 24, 1843; married June 1, 1870, Annie Osgood, daughter of James and Lydia (Hersey) Frye.
His boyhood was spent on the farm and was uneventful as were the lives of average farmer's boys at that time. Since he was not especially robust his parents encouraged his inclination to study. At the early age of two and one-half years he found his way into the nearby district school and from that time he was a regular attendant during the short summer and winter terms which made up the school year. Some years the win- ter term was supplemented by a few additional weeks of instruction at home, his father employing a teacher for him and his older brothers. At the age of fourteen he left home for a student's life at Appleton Academy (later McCollom Institute), Mt. Vernon. Here and a short time ta Francestown Academy he pursued a course of study preparatory to enter- ing college. During the winter months he taught school as a means of earning money toward paying his expenses the remainder of the year.
The breaking out of the Civil War found him just completing his col- lege preparatory course of study, and with it came the question of duty that so deeply stirred the hearts of millions. Responding to his coun- try's call, not mentioning all other possible sacrifices and losses, meant for him the giving up of the long coveted collegiate course of study, for which he had been working. The decision was soon made to offer all for the defence of the flag.
Making his personal decision he found but a short step toward enter- ing the army service. No one under twenty years of age could be ac- cepted without the written consent of his father or guardian. This his father refused to give, not from lack of patriotism, for, according to his ability, he contributed liberally in aid of the cause, but from belief that lack of physical vigor unfitted the boy for the hardships of army life. Subsequent events and the fact that his regimental nickname was "little fellow " would indicate that this opinion was not groundless. The matter was earnestly discussed at home, but the coveted consent was not ob- tained.
A war meeting was held at the town hall. Several spoke, urging the young men to enlist, among them his father, closing his remarks with the offer of an extra bounty for each of the first four who would enlist. To the surprise of all Henry sprang to his feet and offered himself as the first of the four. The effect on the audience can readily be imagined. As the cheering subsided enlistments followed each other in rapid succes- sion. Together with about twenty of his classmates and friends he en- tered camp with the 13th Regt. N. H. Volunteers. His father used every argument that words or money could offer to induce him to return to his home and books, but finally yielded and gave unwilling consent, when convinced that otherwise the boy would follow the regiment as a hanger- on, without pay or rations. The papers were signed and he was mustered into the United States service only the day before the regiment was to leave camp at Concord and start for the seat of war. Soon after reaching Virginia he contracted typhoid fever. He recovered, however, sufficiently to march with the regiment to Fredericksburg and take part in that fear- ful battle. As spring came on he again became ill, this time with malaria. From this there seemed little prospect of his recovering, and
H& Spalding M2.
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his parents were notified that he would be discharged if they would come for him, he being too ill to make the journey alone. They sent their family physician for him, and this ended his career as a soldier.
His early ambition had been to fit himself for a teacher. What he saw of the inefficiency of medical treatment in the army hospitals led him to abandon that and study medicine, for he wished to learn from personal investigation if there was not something of real value in the science of healing. Accordingly, as soon as his health had been sufficiently re- stored, he commenced the study of medicine under the tutorship of J. H. Woodbury, M. D., of Boston. He attended lectures at Harvard Medical School, and afterwards at the New York Homeopathic Medical College, from which latter he graduated in 1866. He immediately located in Hingham, Mass., where he soon built up a large practice, and where he still has a summer residence. In 1888, after several months of observation and study in the hospitals of Europe he opened an office in Boston, where he is now located at 535 Beacon St.
He has been a prolific writer for medical journals and for national, state and local medical societies. He is rectal surgeon for the Boston Homeopathic Dispensary, physician to the Burrage Hospital, physician and obstetrician to the Massachusetts Homeopathic Hospital. He has been lecturer at the Boston University School of Medicine and at the Training School for Nurses. The profession has honored him with the presidency of the Boston Homeopathic Medical Society, of the Massachu- setts Surgical and Gynecological Society and of the Massachusetts Homeopathic Medical Society, and also with various positions of honor and responsibility in several national medical and surgical societies.
At the age of fourteen he became a member of the Congregational Church at Lyndeborough, and has maintained an active membership in that denomination since. His wife is a native of Haverhill, Mass. Chil- dren :
I. HARRY OSGOOD, b. May 4, 1871. He was educated in the public schools and at Derby. Academy, Hingham ; gradu- ated from Williams College in 1894 and from the Boston University School of Medicine in 1897. He afterward lo- cated at Jamaica Plain, in the meantime making a special study of nervous diseases. He is now on the staff of the Connecticut Hospital for the Insane at Norwich.
2. LOUISE MARIE, b. May 23, 1877.
3. BERNICE, b. Jan. 27, 1885.
SAMUEL SPAULDING, son of Henry and Joanna (Russell) Spauld- ing, born April 6, 1808; married Ellen Shaw of Wells, England, March 14, 1836. She was born May 13, 1819. He removed to Green Bay, Mich., and afterward to Waterville, Wis. Children: Annie M., Mary E., Christopher H., Emmeline, Joanna, Charlotte B., Lucinda, Olive J., Samuel E., Violet M.
LEVI SPALDING, son of Henry and Joanna (Russell) Spaulding, was born Oct. 3, 1809; married Caroline Prince of Amherst, N. H., Dec.
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3, 1839. She was born June 17, 1819, and died Aug. 20, 1894. He died June 28, 1891. He settled on the Spaulding homestead, and was a quaint and kindly man. A prominent trait of both his and of his brother Edward Page's character was a generous hospitality. If anyone was near them at meal times he was always pressed to stay and eat. Children born in Lyndeborough : -
I. EMMELINE, b. Aug. 31, 1840, d. Aug. 3, 1878.
2. CHARLES, b. May 10, 1846, m. Emma W. Follansbee of Andover, Mass., July 24, 1876. She was b. July 24, 1855. Res. in Ashburnham, Mass. Children : Roy F., Helen L.
BYRON STACY, son of David and Louisa (Curtis) Stacy, born in Windsor, N. H., Nov. 18, 1837; married June 29, 1869, Sarah A., daughter of Joel H. and Esther (Putnam) Tarbell of Lyndeborough. She was born Feb. 24, 1850; died Sept. 11, 1882. He died June 3; 1875. He came to Lyndeborough about 1866 and was a mechanic employed at the glass factory. Child born in Lyndeborough : -
I. MINNIE E., b. Oct. 12, 1872, m. April 26, 1899, George W. Hadley, son of Levi P. and Minerva (Stevens) Hadley of Lyndeborough.
STANDLEY.
GEORGE A. STANDLEY, son of Robert and Mary E. Standley, born March 3, 1871 ; married June 22, 1893, Myra, daughter of William D. and Ellen (Hammond) Cloutman. She was born Sept. 24, 1871, in Marblehead, Mass. He was born in Danvers, Mass., and came to Lynde- borough in 1902 from Lynn, Mass., and bought the place known as the Hildreth cottage. Child :-
I. GEORGE R., b. Dec. 28, 1900, in Lynn.
STAYNER.
HENRY M. STAYNER come to Lyndeborough from Amherst about 1840. He lived where William B. Raymond now lives and died there May 16, 1843. His wife, Abigail D., died Jan. 11, 1842. Of his children, Augusta married David Day of Gloucester, Mass .; Ellen married Capt. John Trevitt of Mont Vernon; Josephine married Dea. Boylston of Amherst.
STEELE.
WILLIAM P. STEELE came to Lyndeborough from Lawrence, Mass., December, 1857; born Nov. 22, 1826; married Adaline E., daughter of Eleazer and Mary A. (Marshall) Putnam. She was born March 4, 1833. He was born in Sebec, Me. He was a soldier in the Civil War. (See Chap. X.) Was in the employ of the Boston & Maine R. R. for many years. Children, all but eldest born in Lyndeborough : -
I. NELLIE A., b. in Lawrence, Mass., March 24, 1853, 111. Joseph E. Foster. He d. June 13, 1903.
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2. FRANK A., b. July 10, 1856.
3. GEORGE W., b. Nov. 10, 1858.
4. MARY A., b. Aug. 24, 1860, d. June 6, 1863.
5. ARTHUR L., b. May 11, 1866, d. June 1, 1867.
6. EVA B., d. Sept. 24, 1872.
7. MAUD, b. Aug. 7, 1869, m. Feb. 18, 1892, Charles E. Phil- lips of Swampscott, Mass.
S. HATTIE D., b. Aug. 7, 1873, m. Jan. 18, 1900, Walter H. Murdo of Peterboro. She d. Aug. 8, 1902.
STEPHENSON.
JOHN STEPHENSON was the first of the name to come to Salein- Canada. He is said to have come from Jersey, England. He first settled north of the mountain in 1740, but evidently remained there but a short time, for hearing that there was grass over the other side and as grass was a prime necessity to those first settlers, he promptly moved over the other side of the mountain. The grass referred to grew in those meadows east of where W. J. Stephenson lives. Those meadows were undoubt- edly caused by beavers damming the streams. The resulting flowage killed the trees, and when the dams were destroyed and the land drained wild grasses grew in abundance. He bought two lots of land which in- cluded most of those meadows, and that land has remained in the posses- sion of the Stephenson family ever since. When the charter of the town of Lyndeborough was granted, April 23, 1764, he was appointed a committee to obtain the said charter March 5, 1764, and he was author- ized to call the first meeting of the new town. At this meeting he was chosen town clerk, thus being the first person to hold the office in Lyndeborough. He was continued in office several years. Most of the family papers were destroyed when Jonathan Stephenson's house was burned, and therefore the record is necessarily imperfect. Among the treasured possessions of his descendants is his commission to be a captain in Tenth Co. of the Sixth Regt. of Militia. This commission is dated Oct. 4, 1764, and signed by B. Wentworth, governor, and by I. Atkinson, Jr., Sec'y. Also a copy of the province laws of His Majesty's Province of New Hampshire, printed in 1771, and presented to John Stephenson by his friend, Benjamin Lynde, Oct. 28, 1773. He married Abigail Shepherd of Amherst. They had six children : -
I. JOHN, +
2. ABIGAIL, b. Oct. 3, 1769.
3. LYDIA, b. Dec. 2, 1772, m. first, John Richardson ; m. sec- ond, - Davis.
4. SARAH, b. Feb. II, 1778, m. Supply Wilson of New Ip- swich. She d. Dec. 4, 1866.
5. WILLIAM, b. April 29, 1780, d. May 4, 1830.
6. LUCY, b. Nov. 25, 1782, d. Feb. 1, 1814.
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* JOHN STEPHENSON, JR., son of John and Abigail (Shepherd) Stephenson, born Dec. 8, 1767; married Mary Hildreth of Amherst. She died Nov. 17, 1845. He died May, 1847. Children : --
I. SARAH, b. 1792, d. May 18, 1883.
2. MARY, b. 1794, d. Dec. 8, 1881.
3. JACOB, +
4. JOHN,
5. JOTHAM, +
6. JONATHAN, +
JACOB STEPHENSON, son of John and Mary (Hildreth) Stephenson, born Oct. 2, 1803; married Dec. 17. 1835, Lucy Harthan of Greenfield. She died March 22, 1887. He died Feb. 17, 1867. Children : --
I. EZRA B., b. in Lyndeborough, Sept. 26, 1836, d. Oct. 4, 1894, at Springfield, Mass.
2. ABBY M., b. Dec. 1, 1837, in Lyndeborough, d. Dec. 2, 1837.
3. ALBE, b. June 29, 1839, in Greenfield, d. at Hillsboro Bridge.
4. LUCIA M., b. April 12, 1842, d. Nov. 8, 1844.
JOTHAM STEPHENSON, son of John and Mary (Hildreth) Stephen_ son, born Feb. 28, 1805 ; married July 20, 1826, Lucinda, daughter of Heman L. and Hepsibah Sargent. She was born Oct. 29. 1806; died Nov. 7, 1871. He died Oct. 14, 1883. Children : -
I. JOTHAM S., +
2. MARY L., b. March 12, 1830, m. Joseph A. Johnson. (See Johnson gen.)
3. JOHN H., b. Aug. 29, 1833, d. June 17, 1867. Was soldier in the Civil War. (See Chap. X.)
4. JONATHAN H., b. Sept. 21, 1835, d. Dec. 27, 1864. Was soldier in the Civil War. (See Chap. X.)
5. ELIZA A., b. March 6, 1838, m. April 20, 1865, Herbert M. Potter.
6. WILLIAM R., b. Aug. 10, 1841, m. Dec. 31, 1872, Lottie Felt.
7. LUCY A., b. June 9, 1846, d. Aug. 17, 1870.
8. SOLON A., b. Oct. 24, 1848, d. Nov. 12, 1849.
JOTHAM SUMNER STEPHENSON, son of Jotham and Lucinda (Sargent) Stephenson, born June 29, 1827; married Sarah A. Powers, Jan. 24, 1862. He died September 8, 1905. Children : -
* The Stephensons were largely interested in the mill business in Lyndeborough, Jonothan owning a saw mill near his place and formerly one above the place where the present mill stands. They owned a saw mill west of the Forest road, near where Jotham S. Stephenson lived.
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I. LILLIAN.
2. HARTWELL M.
3. CHARLES.
JONATHAN STEPHENSON, son of John and Mary (Hildreth) Stephenson ; born March 19, 1807 ; married Sept. 30, 1843, Emily, daugh- ter of Eleazer and Rachel (Houston) Woodward. She was born April 4, 1817 ; died July 6, 1892. He died Nov. 16, 1903. He was a man who com- manded the respect, confidence and esteem of his neighbors and fellow- townsmen. His strict integrity and sterling sense made his advice to be sought, and placed him in many positions of trust in town affairs. For a long series of years he had charge of the town's poor, and many of the buildings at the town farm were built or improved under his supervision. He was many times one of the board of selectmen, and, in fact, he held at one time or another about all the offices the town could give him. His house was totally destroyed by fire, but was soon replaced by a new one. He died Nov. 10, 1903. Children : -
I. MARIA H., b. Sept. 26, 1845, d. Sept. 7, 1879.
2. EDWARD J., b. Jan. 15, 1850, res. in Rollinsville, Colo., where he has long time been a mining prospector.
3. WILLIS J., +
4 and 5. ETTA M. and EMMA M. (twins), b. Sept. 12, 1859. Etta M. m. Frank H. Joslin. (See Joslin gen.) Emma M. in. Perley W. Hadley and. res. in Temple.
WILLIS J. STEPHENSON, son of Jonathan and Emily (Woodward) Stephenson ; born Sept. 20, 1852; married Nov. 27, 1884, Frances C., daughter of Benjamin and Caroline (Andrews) Goodhue of Hancock. She was born Nov. 11, 1854. He lived in Colorado for a number of years in young manhood days, but returned to take charge of the Stephen- son homestead, which has always been owned by his ancestors since it was cleared of the virgin forest. Child : -
I. ERNEST J., b. May 8, 1893.
STEVENS.
GEORGE H. STEVENS, born at Francestown Aug. 13, 1834 ; married first, Dec. 25, 1862, Hattie S. Burnham of New Boston. She was born June 12, 1839 ; died March 30, 1872 ; married second, Sept. 24, 1872, Mary P., daughter of Dea. John C. and Pamela (Atwood) Goodrich. She was born May 1, 1839. He died Feb. 9, 1901. Children by first wife : -
I. ASAHEL D., b. at Lowell, Nov. 27, 1864.
2. ALBERT B., b. at Lyndeborough Dec. 18, 1871. Child by second wife : -
3. CHARLES E., b. at Lyndeborough April 3, 1874, d. March 14, 1878.
STILES.
MOSES STILES, son of Samuel and Elizabeth (Cary) Stiles ; born in
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Boxford, Mass., Feb. II, 1704; married Oct. 17, 1737, Phebe, daughter of John and Sarah (Holt) Cram. She was born at Hampton Falls, July 8, 1712. He lived on the Lakin place. Children : -
I. MOSES, +
2. JOHN, +
3. SAMUEL, m. Sarah Dutton.
4. REUBEN, b. in Salem-Canada, June 13, 1749, was killed by the falling of the frame of the meeting house at Wilton, Sept. 7, 1773.
5. ASAHEL, +
6. AARON.'
MOSES STILES, JR., son of Moses and Phebe (Cram) Stiles ; mar- ried Sarah -. Children : -
I. SARAH, b. March 24, 1762.
2. MOSES, b. June 6, 1765, m. Mary Holt.
3. AARON, b. Sept. 18, 1767, m. Abial Sadler.
4. MARY, b. June 14, 1770, d. Sept. 8, 1777.
5. PHEBE, b. June 22, 1774, d. Sept. 5, 1777.
6. SAMUEL, b. Sept. 15, 1776, d. Sept. 9, 1777.
7. SAMUEL, b. April 19, 1779, m. Betsey Cram.
JOHN STILES, son of Moses and Phebe (Cram) Stiles; married Susanna Chamberlain. Children : -
I. JOHN, b. Oct. 22, 1778, d. April 16, 1786.
2. SUSANNA, b. Oct. 4, 1780, d. May 12, 1786.
3 and 4. MESECH W., BETTY (twins), b. Jan. 20, 1783, d. Feb. 10, 1783.
5. JOHN, b. May 17, 1786.
ASAHEL STILES, son of Moses and Phebe (Cram) Stiles ; married Sarah Dutton. Children : -
I. DANIEL, b. Oct. 21, 1768.
2. ESTHER, b. Aug. 25, 1770, d. March 27, 1785.
3. SARAH, b. March 17, 1773.
4. HANNAH, b. Feb. 27, 1775.
5. RHODA, b. Sept. 8, 1778.
6. REUBEN, b. Dec. 30, 1780.
7. ASAHEL, b. Oct. 20, 1783.
8. ESTHER, b. July 7, 1786.
STILES.
DAVID STILES, son of Asa and Huldah (Bixby) Stiles ; born at Mid- dleton, Mass., Dec. 22, 1779 ; died June 25, 1870 ; married Betsey E., daughter of Andrew and Elizabeth (Clark) Mack of Londonderry, N. H.
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"Squire " Stiles was a prominent figure in the life of Lyndeborough in his day. He was the third postmaster appointed in the town, serving from April, 1835, to May, 1837. He was selectman, 1839-1841, and held other town offices. He was for many years a justice of the peace, and was much engaged in settling estates. He was a surveyor, also, and the running of lines and surveying land occupied much of his time. He was a man of much ability, quaint and original in his expressions, and his opinions were much respected. He lived where William H. Clark now lives. He was a resident at different times of Temple, Wilton, Milford and Lyndeborough. Children, born in Temple : -
I. ELIZA J., b. Aug. 10, 1809, d. Oct. 14, 1868.
2. DAVID, +
3. FRANCES, b. Sept. 12, 1814.
DAVID STILES, son of David and Betsey (Mack) Stiles, born Feb. 4, 18II; married May 13, 1841, Maria M., daughter of Benjamin and Sarah (Clark) Goodrich. She was born April 23, 1810; died Dec. 31, 1885. He was the fourth postmaster at Lyndeborough. He was killed by being run over by a train at the railroad crossing above South Lyndeborough, Jan. 24, 1881. It was a cold winter morning and he was probably so wrapped up as to be unable to hear the engine. Children : -
I. BENJAMIN G., b. in Lyndeborough, Jan. 9, 1845, d. Jan. 28, 1845.
2. MARIA, b. in Lyndeborough, Jan. 2, 1847, d. Jan. 2, 1847.
3. DAVID A., +
4. MARIA E., b. May 11, 1861, at Mt. Vernon, d. April 5, 1868.
5. Lucy S., b. in Mt. Vernon, March 28, 1854.
DAVID A. STILES, son of David and Maria (Goodrich) Stiles, born June 24, 1849; married Eugelia J. Brooks of Greenfield, Nov. 27, 1873. He taught school in Lyndeborough for a number of terms. Children : -
I. LILLIAN, b. May 15, 1877.
2. EDITH M., b. Jan 23, 1879.
. 3. ANNABELL, b. Jan. 13, 1883.
4. LUCY, b. Nov. 21, 1886.
STRATTON.
DAVID STRATTON took a deed of part of the lot where Melchize- deck Boffee was located in 1745. This lot is now the farm of Andy Holt. The first information we have of him is that he came to Lyndeborough in company with William Holt, and built a log house about 40 rods south of where Andy Holt lives, and the two spent the first winter of their stay in hunting and trapping bears. Later William Holt bought the proprietors' rights in two lots now owned by Benjamin G. Herrick, while Stratton bought and improved the lot where he was. The farm was alternately owned by the Holt and Stratton families several times. We have made diligent search but are not sure where Stratton came
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from to Lyndeborough, but it is probable he came from Andover, Mass. Rev. Frank G. Clark says James Stratton settled on Cornelius Tarbell's right, and that David might be a son of James but it is more likely they were brothers. There is nothing in the town records to show that James had any children born in Lyndeborough, but there is the following rec- ord of the children of David Stratton and Eunice, his wife. -
I. EUNICE, b. June 13, 1774.
2. DAVID, b. Aug. 25, 1776.
3. JOHN, b. Jan. 11, 1779.
4. RACHEL, b. April 24, 1781,
5. RICHARD, b. April II, 1783.
SWASEY.
EDWIN SWASEY, son of Benjamin and Lydia (Ladd) Swasey, born May 20, 1815, at Meredith, N. H .; married April 5, 1842, Mary E., daughter of Joel and Betsey (Shattuck) Tarbell. She was born Feb. 2, 1820. He came to Lyndeborough from Milford, Mass., in 1880, and with his wife assumed the management of the boarding house at South Lyndeborough village, owned by his brother-in-law, Joel H. Tarbell. He died June 4, 1904. Children, all but Mary E. born at Manchester : -
I. MARY E., b. at Lowell, Aug. 2, 1844, d. Aug. 24, 1853.
2. EMMA E., b. April 5, 1848, d. Oct. 18, 1849.
3. EDWIN B., b. April 21, 1851, d. Aug, 21, 1853.
3. ELLA M., b. April 20, 1853, d. July 12, 1855.
5. GEORGE E., b. July 21, 1857, m. Mary Burns of Milford, Mass., d. Aug. 26, 1904.
6. LAURA S., b. Feb. 14, 1860, d. August, 1860.
7. LILLIAN M., b. June 17, 1866, m. Feb. 9, 1892, Oscar E. Cram. (See Cram gen.)
SWINNINGTON.
ALBERT E. SWINNINGTON, son of Josiah and Sarah (Farnum) . Swinnington, born May 30, 1855; married S. Kate, daughter of Eli C. and Betsey Ann Curtis, June 29, 1881. He came to Lyndeborough from Mont Vernon, N. H. Child : -
I. E. CLARABEL, b. May 2, 1897.
TARBELL.
JOEL TARBELL was the son of Thomas and Sarah (Barrett) Tarbell, born July 9, 1793; married first, Betsey Shattuck, daughter of Jonathan Shattuck of Pepperell, Mass. She died Oct. 29, 1829, in Bolton, Mass .; married second, Mary Mansfield of Rindge, Oct. 10, 1831. She was born Nov. 8, 1807; died Dec. 6, 1873. He died Sept. 18, 1851. Children by first wife, born in Mason : -
I. JOEL H., +
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2. MARY E., b. Feb. 2, 1820, m. Edwin Swasey of Laconia. (See Swasey gen.)
3. WILLIAM, b. July 4, 1824, m. Mary A. Noyes of Amherst. He kept the hotel at South Lyndeborough for a short time. By second wife : --
4. LEVI, b. Aug. 8, 1832, d. Dec. 9, 1832.
5. CHARLES, +
6. SOLON, b. in Mason, now Greenville, Oct. 4, 1835; m. first, Jan. 1, 1863, Abigail Burton of Wilton. She was b. July 29, 1833, d. March 28, 1887; m. second, Myra Gregg of Peterboro, Jan. 1, 1894. She was b. Jan. 8, 1836. He d. in Peterboro.
7. ALONZO, m. Sarah C. Piper. Res. in Manchester.
8. HIRAM, +
9. JOSEPH, +
IO. ESTHER J., b. Oct. 2, 1846, d. Oct. 18, 1849.
II. WILLIS, b. Jan. 5, 1849, d. Oct. 14, 1849.
CAPT. JOEL H. TARBELL was descended from Thomas Tarbell, one of the original proprietors of Groton in 1661. The name is not a common one in this country. Joel H. was of the fourth generation from Thomas of Groton. His father, Joel, lived for a time in Lynde- borough. Joel Harrison Tarbell was emphatically a self-made man. He had but meagre opportunity for schooling but made the most of those chances. After the age of twelve years he was apparently thrown on his own resources, and had to fight the battle of life without much help. In 1828 he was at Bolton, Mass., caring for a stable and assisting in a drug store and the postoffice. While here he lived with Dr. Amos Parker and had five weeks of schooling at a Quaker school taught by Elder Frye in Berlin, Mass., walking to and from school morning and evening, this being the only education ever received except from the common district school. While he was here his mother died, Oct. 29, 1829, leaving him without a parental home. He returned to New Hamp- shire at the age of fourteen and went to work for Ebenezer Stiles of Temple, attending short terms of the district school in winter. He re- mained in this family until about twenty years of age, becoming ac- quainted with farm life in all its details. One year after the death of Mr. Stiles he went to Pepperell, Mass., and worked one season and then came back to Lyndeborough, where he resided until his death.
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