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At the time of his marriage he settled in what is now called the village of South Lyndeborough, and entered into the business of hotel keeping, and also farming in a small way. He soon found his business growing. Always cheerful and urbane, he made an model landlord, and his place was popular with the traveling public and with the summer boarders that began to come to the place. After about fifteen years at this busi- ness he changed to that of the general country store, which he and his descendants have kept until the present writing. Ever courteous and
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obliging, he built up a large trade for such a place. Always helping to make the village more attractive, he interested himself in all the material things that tended to its upbuilding. He was a kind and helpful friend to the unfortunate and the poor and needy. He was honored by the town in being elected to many public offices, the duties of which he dis- charged with fidelity. He was captain of the Lafayette Artillery Co. at the time they volunteered to go into the U. S. service, and his military record may be found elsewhere.
Capt. Joel H. Tarbell, son of Joel and Betsey (Shattuck ) Tarbell was born in Mason Feb. 6, 1816; married Jan. 15, 1839, Esther, daughter of Ephraim and Esther (Pearson) Putnam. She was born June 8, 1818; died Nov. 14, 1901. He died Feb. 14, 1891. Children, all born in Lynde- borough : -
I. SANFORD P., b. July 5, 1839, d. Jan. 7, 1842.
2. CHARLES F., +
3. SARAH A., b. Feb. 24, 1850, m. Byron Stacy of Windsor, N. H. (See Stacy gen.)
CHARLES F. TARBELL, son of Joel H. and Esther (Putnam) Tar- bell; born Nov. 19, 1843; married May 18, 1865, Emily, daughter of Rufus and Martha J. (Upton) Chamberlain of Lyndeborough. She was born March 3, 1844. He died Feb. 24, 1888. He was a merchant at South Lyndeborough, associated with his father in keeping the store, and in general trade. He was elected town clerk in the spring of 1871, and with the exception of 1880 held the office continuously until 1885, when he was succeeded by Edgar A. Danforth. He held other public office, and was a courteous and efficient officer. He was quiet and anassuming in manner, and had the respect and esteem of his associates and towns- people. Like his father he was interested in military matters, and was a soldier in the Civil War. (See Chap. X.) Children, born in Lyndebor- ough. -
I. WALTER S., +
2. CHARLES H., +
WALTER S. TARBELL, son of Charles F. and Emily (Chamberlain) Tarbell; born Jan. 2. 1867; married Oct. 30, 1890, Lizzie G., daughter of Isaiah B. and Mary J. (Holt) Curtis. She was born April 3, 1871. He succeeded his father and grandfather in the business at South Lyndebor- ough. He is justice of the peace and prominent in several organizations and in social circles. Child, born in Lyndeborough : -
I. GERTRUDE E., b. Sept. 30, 1898.
CHARLES H. TARBELL, son of Charles F. and Emily (Chamberlain) Tarbell; born June 28, 1874; married Oct. 20, 1897, Annie A., daughter of Harlan P. and Maria (Stevens) Downs of Francestown. She was born Nov. II, 1871. He is town treasurer, and was for a while associated with his brother, Walter S., in the store at South Lyndeborough. Child, born in Lyndeborough : -
I. CAROLYN E., b. Nov. 26, 1898.
Charles F Tarball
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CHARLES TARBELL, son of Joel and Mary (Mansfield) Tarbell ; born in Greenville, Sept. II, 1833; married Nov. 19, 1854, Emma F., daughter of Capt. Levi and Rhoda (Pettengill) Tyler of Wilton. She was born June 17, 1834. He died April 2, 1896. He was selectman in 1871, and represented the town in the General Court in 1880-81. He re- sided in Perham Corner, where Oliver Perham first built, Children : -
I. NELO W., +
2. FRED H., +
NELO W. TARBELL, son of Charles and Emma F. (Tyler) Tarbell ; born in Lyndeborough, Oct. 25, 1855; married first, April 9, 1879, Anna L. Kimball of Wilton. She was born March 30, 1855; died Aug. 13, 1882 ; married second, Jennie M. Whitney of Nashua ; born April 21, 1861. Re- sides in Nashua. . Children by first wife, born in Lyndeborough : -
I. SAMUEL K., b. Jan. 2, 1880.
2. JOSEPHINE F., b. July 15, 1881.
FRED H. TARBELL, son of Charles and Emma (Tyler) Tarbell; born at Wilton July 21, 1870; married Nov. 8, 1892, Emma C., daughter of Albert and Sarah (Davis) Foster of Lyndeborough. She was born at Brookline July 29, 1872. Children, all born at Lyndeborough : -
I. PAUL HARRISON, b. Nov. 20, 1895, d. Feb. 1, 1896.
2. MYRTLE M., b. Jan. 13, 1899, d. July 12, 1899.
3. AMY GLADYS, b. May 28, 1900.
4. DORIS E., b. May 9, 1903.
HIRAM TARBELL. son of Joel and Mary (Mansfield) Tarbell ; born at Mason, N. H., March 7, 1840; married Feb. 22, 1865, Martha N. Murch of Portland, Me. She was born Aug. 25, 1837; died May 5, 1903. He re- sides at Manchester. Children : -
I. ALICE F., b. Jan. 2, 1867, at Lyndeborough.
2. FANNIE I., b. March 3, 1873, at Lyndeborough.
3. ARTHUR C., b. May 26, 1875, at Manchester, N. H.
4. GRACE E., b. Dec. 16, 1876, at Manchester, N. H.
JOSEPH TARBELL, son of Joel and Mary (Mansfield) Tarbell ; born Feb. 22, 1844 ; married June 6, 1867, Amaret, daughter of Joshua S. and Sarah (Gilchrist) Lakin of Hancock. She was born June 26, 1847. Re- sides in Hancock. Children, born in Lyndeborough : -
I. SANFORD M., b. May 23, 1879.
2. EDITH E., b. Sept. 19, 1880, m. April 27, 1904, Henry E. Fiske of Dublin.
TAV.
NATHANIEL TAY was born at Reading, Mass. He came to Lynde- borough from Nelson, N. H., but had previously lived at Fitchburg. In 1820, in company with Elias McIntire, he bought the farm where Dea. Nathaniel T. McIntire lives, each owning an equal share. He married
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Rachel, daughter of John and Triphena (Powers) Kidder. She was born March 8, 1769 ; died at Lyndeborough, Sept. 6, 1828. He died at Lynde- borough March 23, 1836. His marriage with Rachel Kidder was his sec- ond marriage ; we have no record of his first.
TAY.
FRANK B. TAY, son of Jesse and Charlotte (Duley) Tay; born in Bedford, N. H., Jan. 21, 1837; married first, Oct. 16, 1864, Elizabeth White of Middleton, Mass. She died March 9, 1865; married second, Sept. 26, 1872, Sarah J. Wright of Malden, Mass .; married third, Oct. 4, 1888, Mrs. Mary E. Goldsmith, daughter of Burnham and Mary (Sawyer) White of Andover, Mass. She was born Oct. 2, 1845. He came to Lynde- borough from Stoneham, Mass., in 1878, and bought the French place north of Badger Pond. He was a soldier in the Civil War.
BRADLEY B. TAY, son of Jesse and Charlotte (Duley) Tay, built a house on the top of the mountain, south of R. C. Mason's, and resides there summers.
TWITCHEL.
ASA TWITCHEL came to Lyndeborough from Peterborough and settled on the place now known as the Twitchel place, North Lynde- borough. It is now used as a summer home by Mrs. M. A. Sweetser of Stoneham, Mass. We have endeavored to ascertain who the first settler was on this land. It was probably one of the Lewis family but nothing definite is known. People by the name of Crosby lived on the place at one time, and later Hezekiah Duncklee lived there. Mr. and Mrs. Twitchell removed to Peterborough about 1860. Mr. Twitchell had a sister, Mary, who lived with him. We have no record of the family. Mr. Twitchell used to display a large collection of geological specimens on his front yard fence, part of which was bought by the writer, and some of which are still in his possession.
TYLER.
CAPT. LEVI TYLER, born Oct. 22, 1800; married Sept. 27, 1825, Rhoda, daughter of William and Sarah (Ballard) Pettengill of Wilton. She was born Sept. 5, 1803. He died May 26, 1870. He came to Lynde- borough in 1840 and built a mill northwest of South Lyndeborough village, afterward owned by C. Henry Holt and later by Hadley Bros. He was a millwright and carpenter. He acquired his rank as captian in the 22nd Cavalry Regt., N. H. Militia. Children, none but Erastus born in Lyndeborough : -
I. SARAH B., b. Dec. 19, 1826, m. Oct. 25, 1849, Abel S. Boynton. Res. in Wisconsin.
2. LEVI A., +
3. RHODA M., b. Nov. 29, 1829, m. Jonathan P. Richardson of Lyndeborough. (See Richardson gen.)
4. EMMA F., b. June 17, 1834, m. Charles Tarbell of Lynde- borough. (See Tarbell gen.)
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5 ERASTUS F., b. in Lyndeborough, Sept. 26, 1844, d. Feb. 24, 1845.
LEVI ANDREW TYLER, son of Levi and Rhoda (Pettengill) Tyler, born April 17, 1828; married Hannah, daughter of Eli and Sarah (Lor- ing) Curtis, Dec. 24, 1853. She was born June 26, 1835; died Aug. 20, 1884; married second, April 6, 1886, Mrs. Frances A. Bales of Wilton. Children : -
I. ISABELLE V., b. Jan. 27, 1855, m. Jerome B. Shedd of Peterboro.
2. ANNA V., b. May 29, 1860, d. Feb. 5, 1897.
3. OLIVA B., b. July 15, 1868, m. E. A. French of Wilton.
UPTON.
ELIJAH UPTON was a descendant of Richard and Rachel (Rich) Upton of Wilmington, Mass. Their son Paul, born at Wilmington, Aug. 12, 1751, was the father of Elijah. Elijah was born at Wilmington, Nov. 6, 1785 ; married first, April 18, 1813, Alice, daughter of Aaron and Phebe (Farnum) Putnam. She was born at Lyndeborough, Dec. 7, 1792, and died at Lyndeborough, Oct. 25, 1832 ; married second, Sarah, daugh- ter of Thomas and Patty (Coburn) Bradford. Elijah the son of Paul and Jerusha (Richardson) Upton, died at Lyndeborough, Feb. 4, 1835. He lived a short distance west of South Lyndeborough village, in a house built for the use of the one that tended the grist mill there. Elijah was the miller for some years. Children born at Lyndeborough :-
I. ALICE, b. Jan. 24, 1814, d. Nov. 18, 1847.
2. ELIJAH, b. May 29, 1816, d. Nov. 29, 1832.
3. JOSEPH, b. March 18, 1818, m. Eliza A. Frost, d. at Nashua, March 24, 1885.
4. MARTHA J., b. Jan. 14, 1821, m. Rufus Chamberlain. (See Chamberlain gen.)
5. NANCY A., b. May 21, 1823, d. Oct. 1, 1832.
6. MARY J., b. Sept. 27, 1826, d. Aug. 3, 1830.
7. ALBERT, b. Dec. 21, 1828, d. July 25, 1829.
8. BENJAMIN F., b. Sept. 27, 1830, m. Addie Stewart of Green- field, Dec. 25, 1857.
RUSSELL UPTON, son of Paul and Jerusha (Richardson) Upton, married first, Feb. 3, 1814, * Susan Dutton of Lyndeborough, and second, Lydia, daughter of Joseph and Chloe (Abbott) Gray of Wilton. She was born March 5, 1795. They were married Feb. 5, 1822. She was a sister of Dr. Israel Herrick's second wife. He lived where Adoniram Russell built near Buttrick's mills. By his first wife he had three children : Mary Ann, Susan and William, and by the second marriage, four children : George, Russell, Lydia, Albert.
* She was the daughter of William and Susanna (Reed) Dutton, born Oct. 18, 1795 ; died Feb. 25, 1821. Russell Upton died Sept. 27, 1841.
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WARREN.
EDWARD K. WARREN, son of Laban and Helen (Kibby) Warren, born Jan. 28, 1863 ; married July 9, 1892, Minnie A., daughter of Myron D. and Susan S. (Bowen) Magoon of Greenfield. She was born Jan. 25, 1873. Mr. Warren came to Lyndeborough from Greenfield in 1896, and bought the farm of Willis C. Perham, thence he removed to the village at the center. Children : -
I. CORA M. b. Aug. 23, 1893.
2. EDWARD G., b. Aug. 23, 1895.
3. HELEN S., b. June 1, 1904.
WATKINS.
OLIVER WATKINS, son of Jacob S. and Maria (Wheelwright) Wat- kins, born October, 1823 ; married Mrs. Lois Barrett, daughter of William Meserve, and widow of Moody Barrett. She was born April 14, 1822; died April 14, 1892. He died March 16, 1891. He came to Lyndeborough from Boston about 1860, and lived on what is now known as the Watkins place, North Lyndeborough, where he kept a summer boarding house for many years. Child : -
I.
-, b. July 25, 1864, m. Sept. 18, 1882, Frank Gardner of Perkinsville, Vt.
WELLMAN.
Thomas Wellman came from Wales in the early days of the Massa- chusetts Colony and settled in Lynnfield. Jacob, his descendant of the fourth generation, was the first of the family to come to Salem-Canada. Rev. Frank G. Clark says in his Historical Address, that "he bought a proprietor's right April 16, 1742, and occupied home lot No. 57, where David D. Clark afterward lived. The first house was in the field north of the present buildings. The house now occupied by Mr. Carson is probably one of the oldest in town." From the foregoing it will be seen that Mr. Wellman was one of the band of hardy pioneers, the first settlers of Salem-Canada. He was the son of Abraham and Elizabeth (Taylor) Wellman, born April 24, 1720, at Lynnfield, Mass. He married Jane Johnson, probably of Dunstable, Mass., and it would seem from the records at hand that he came to Salem-Canada from Dunstable. Owing to the depredations of the Indians he evidently soon returned, for Jacob, Jr., his eldest son, was born there. That he returned to Salem-Canada as soon as it was safe to do so, is evident from the fact that his second child, James, was born in Salem-Canada. He was a captain in the army. (See Chap. VII). It is said of him, " that he faithfully discharged all the duties pertaining to the many offices which were conferred upon him at Lyndeborough." He died Sept. 22, 1797, aged 78 years. Children of Capt. Jacob and Jane (Johnson) Wellman : -
I. JACOB, JR., +
2. JAMES, b. in 1747, d. in the army during the Revolution,
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3. ABRAHAM, b. in 1748, m. Rebecca Pearsons. He served in the Continental Army, and lived some years after the close of the war. He received a pension. Rem. to Maine about 1785.
4. JOHN, +
5. ANN, b. in 1750, m. John Howes.
6. ELIZABETH, b. in 1751, m. Joseph Robeson.
JACOB WELLMAN, JR., son of Capt. Jacob and Jane (Johnson) Well- man ; born May 13, 1746, in Dunstable, Mass .; married first, Hannah, daughter of Dea. Melchisedek Boffee of Lyndeborough. She was born May 5, 1745 ; died Jan. 28, 1793 ; married second, Elizabeth Moore. She was born Aug. 9, 1757; died in Sept., 1848. He died April 20, 1834. He was a soldier in the Continental Army, and in the winter of 1775 marched to Charlestown and encamped at Winter Hill, and was wounded in the Bat- tle of Bunker Hill. The next day he was carried to the hospital at Cam- bridge and when sufficiently recovered returned to Lyndeborough.
It is related of him that in company with Thomas Johnson he was in the woods one day in search of timber when they saw a bear approaching. One of them had an axe in his hand and the other a handspike, and they held their ground, standing perfectly still. The bear came on until pretty near them, then stopped and began growling and making other hostile demonstrations, but suddenly hitched back a few steps and fled from their sight. Wellman said Johnson was paler than he was when facing the British at the Battle of Bunker Hill. At another time, in com- pany with another man, hunting bears, they had driven one into its den, in which there were some cubs. Wellman agreed to crawl into the cave, having first fastened a rope to his ankles and instructed his com- panion to pull him out if he jerked the rope. With his musket in his hand he cautiously crawled into the cave until he could see the bear's eyes glisten, then took aim and fired and lost no time in backing out. They then built a fire to smoke out the cubs. But after awhile they found the old bear dead, and the cubs, two in number, suffocated. To crawl into a den where there was a bear guarding her cubs would seem to require nerve of the highest kind. Children by first wife : -
I. HANNAH, b. Sept. 13, 1767, m. David Jennings of Lynde- borough. They had two or three sons and a daughter.
2. JACOB, +
3. DAVID, b. Nov. 28, 1772, m. Sarah Faxon. Was county sheriff and d. in Washington, N. H.
4. SAMUEL, b. Nov. 20, 1773, d. March, 1835. Was a soldier in the army five years, and went with the troops to the banks of the Mississippi River in 1792, when our territories were threatened by French and Spanish. He was a man of strict integrity of character.
5. THOMAS, b. Feb. 4, 1777, m. Lydia Knowlton, rem. to Maine. They had thirteen children,
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6. MARY, b. Jan. 2, 1779, m. 1802, Jonathan Bosworth of Hart- ford, Me. She d. Dec. 1825.
7. BETSEY, b. Feb. 17, 1781, m. Jan. 30, 1803, Stephen Bos- worth of Buckfield, Me. She d. July, 1816.
8. JAMES, b. Feb. 25, 1783, m. Jan. 26, 1806, Sarah Francis. She was b. Oct. 15, 1786. He rem. to Farmington, Me., in 1805.
9. EBENEZER BRYANT, b. June 7, 1785, m. 1810, Carrie Parker, rem. to Maine.
IO. JOHN, +
Children by'second wife : -
II. WILLIAM M., b. Dec. 20, 1795, d. Feb. 19, 1812.
12. DANIEL, b. Jan. 13, 1798, d. March 29, 1798.
JACOB WELLMAN, son of Jacob, Jr., and Hannah (Boffee) Wellman ; born Feb. 17, 1771; married Sarah Orne. She died April 4, 1866. He died Oct., 1817. Children : -
I. THOMAS, b. 1794, m. Irene Miner.
2. SARAH, m. Francis Cram.
3. HANNAH, m. Alden Casey.
4. JACOB, m. Sophie Miner.
JOHN WELLMAN, son of Jacob Jr., and Hannah (Boffee) Wellman ; born July 18, 1790; married Betsey Moore. She was born Dec. 25, 1795. He was a member of the Calvinist Baptist Church for fifty years, and was generally known as "John the Baptist." He died in 1855. Children : -
I. WILLIAM, b. Nov. 25, 1819, d. 1852, committed suicide.
2. JESSE P., b. July 4, 1821, was supposed to have been killed in a railroad accident at Norwalk, Conn.
3. NANCY E., b. Feb. 24, 1823, m. Daniel Sargent of Milford.
4. JOHN, b. March 15, 1825.
5. HANNAH J., b. June 11, 1827, d. Jan. 21, 1838.
6. ISRAEL W., b. March 1, 1829, rem. to Stoddard.
7. KEZIAH, b. May 5, 1831, m. Hiram Story, rem. to Antrim, 1889.
8. JAMES M., b. Sept. 30, 1835. Was a soldier in the Civil War. (See Chap. X.)
9. MARY J., b. Jan. 17, 1839.
JOHN WELLMAN, son of Capt. Jacob and Jane (Johnson) Wellman ; born 1758; married Ann Thissell. He died June 30, 1826; she died March 23, 1851, aged eighty years. He was a soldier in the Continental Army. Children : -
I. POLLY, b. Jan. 2, 1779, d. Sept. 11, 1863.
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2. JOHN, 2ND, d. Dec. 21, 1875. He lived on the same farm and in the same house in which he and his father were born. He was more commonly known as "Spud " Well- man.
WILDER.
ERWIN D. WILDER, son of Cyrus and Nancy (Erwin) Wilder, born at New Boston, Oct. 14, 1828; married Jan. 11, 1854, Sarah E., daughter of Peter and Elizabeth (Messer) Kendall of Dunstable, Mass. She was born Oct. 10, 1832. He came to Lyndeborough from Nashua in 1865, and in 1867 settled on the Daniel Boardman place, North Lyndeborough, purchasing it of his brother, Alfred. He is a carpenter and builder, and also a farmer. He was selectman in 1876, and is a man well liked in the community. Children, the three older born at Nashua : -
I. ALFRED E., b. Feb. 25, 1855, m. March 12, 1879, Charlotte A., dau. of John and Mary (Crombie) Andrews of New Boston .- She was b. Nov. 5, 1848. He d. Dec. 19, 1903. Child : Mary E., b. June 23, 1883.
2. CHARLES F., b. Jan. II, 1857, m. June 9, 1879, Mary F. Whittier of Newton, N. H. She was b. March 4, 1861. Children : Howard E., b. April 3, 1885; Mabel E., b. Nov. 27, 1888 ; Wallace W. Res. at Amesbury, Mass.
3. ARTHUR W., b. Oct. 2, 1860, m. June 2, 1888, Clara E. Peaslee of Roxbury, Mass. She was b. June 2, 1866. Children : Erwin S., b. March 21, 1889 ; Esther W. Res. at Newton, N. H.
4. WILLIAM C., b. at Lyndeborough, Sept. 13, 1868, m. Sept. 21, 1892, Adria A., dau. of Emery and Ella (Russell) Holt, b. Jan. 8, 1873. Children : Bertha E., b. Oct. 26, 1900 : Gladys Elizabeth, b. at New Boston, Nov. 21, 1901 ; Carl Emery, b. Aug. 27, 1903; Ruth Gertrude, b. at Lyndeborough, June 5, 1905.
ALFRED WILDER, a brother of Erwin D., born in 1826; came to Lyndeborough from Nashua and lived for a few years on the Boardman place. He married Naomi McConnihee of Mont Vernon. He removed to Greenville and later to Milford, where he died December, 1898. Of his four children one, George, was born in Lyndeborough, Oct. 25, 1865.
WILKERSON.
EDWIN C. WILKERSON, son of Herbert and Flora (Putnam) Wilkerson, born Aug. 20, 1873, in Wilton; married Rebecca, daughter of Hugh and Margaret (Archie) Morrison of Yorkshire, England, Nov. 20, 1895. She was born Aug. 13, 1871. Children born in Lyndeborough : - I. HILDA M., b. July 7, 1897.
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2. GERTRUDE, b. Feb. 2, 1899.
3. BERTRAM C., b. March 24, 1903.
WILLIAMS.
THOMAS A. WILLIAMS, son of James and Mary (Brooks) Williams, born at Manchester, England, Nov. 5, 1857; married Nov. 10, 1881, Hattie E., daughter of Phineas Collier of Boston, Mass. She was born Nov. 20, 1861. He lived at the Bixby place and was postmaster at the centre from 1889 until the office was discontinued in 1901. He was tax collector in 1900-1901. Resides in Boston. Child : -
I. HERBERT C., b. Jan. 27, 1887.
JAMES H. WILLIAMS, son of James and Mary (Brooks) Williams, born at Manchester, England ; married first, Lizzie J. Leach of Waltham, Mass; married second, Hattie E. Hapgood of Standish, Me. Children :- I. ANNIE E., b. Jan. 7, 1876, at Peru, Me.
2. THOMAS A., b. July 3, 1881, at Hartford, Me.
WILSON.
ALBRO M. WILSON, son of Griffin and Elizabeth (Stevens) Wilson, born in Nelson, April 1, 1846; married July 18, 1874, Rosa M., daughter of Edward and Betsey (Way) Sulham. She was born March 19, 1857. Was in the provision business at South Lyndeborough for a while. Removed to Milford in 1886, where he died April 14, 1902. Children, all born in Lyndeborough but the youngest : -
I. ALBERT G., b. Dec. 19, 1875. Res. in Milford.
2. ELMER M., b. April 9, 1877, m. March 3, 1900, Georgia F. H., dau. of Stephen and Maria (Martin) Blanchard. Res. in Milford.
3. GEORGE S., b. July 19, 1883. .
4. HAROLD L., b. in Milford, Sept. 19, 1895.
WILSON.
MILLARD WILSON, son of David and Lois (Messer) Wilson, born Nov. 27, 1851 ; married Sept. 5, 1880, Ida L., daughter of David and Lenora (Kendall) Morse of Alexandria, N. H. She was born Oct. 23, 1859. He came to Lyndeborough from Greenfield in 1898, and settled on the Manning place, north of the mountain. Children : -
I. WILLIAM P., b. April 6, 1881.
2. DAVID E., b. June 14, 1883.
WINN.
GEORGE E. WINN, son of Erwin and Jane (Pollard) Winn, born April 18, 1844, in Bennington ; married first, Feb. 22, 1867, C. S. Smith, daughter of Louis and Cynthia Smith. She was born June, 1849; married second, Nov. 14, 1892, Camelia W., daughter of Freeman and Ruth
Josiah Wheeler
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(Jackman) Elkins and widow of David S. Draper. She was born Sept. 15, 1845. He was a soldier during the Civil War. (See Chap. X.) Chil- dren by first wife, all born in Wilton : -
I. GEORGE A., b. Feb. 4, 1868.
2. MARY E., b. March, 1870.
3. IDA J., b. Aug. 13, 1872.
4. FRANK A., b. Nov. 23, 1879, m. Jan. 1, 1903, Clara B., dau. of Daniel A. and May (Hoyt) Colby of Francestown.
WHEELER.
Nathan Wheeler was one of the early settlers of Temple. He married Lydia Adams of Concord, Mass., and it was from that town they came to Temple. They had three children. Nathan and Josiah came to Lynde- borough. The other child was Lydia, born Aug. 19, 1783. Nathan re- turned to Temple about 1820.
NATHAN WHEELER, son of Nathan and Lydia (Adams) Wheeler ; born at Temple, Oct. 20, 1781 ; married Rachel -. Children, born in Lyndeborough : -
I. NATHAN C., b. May. 9, 1805.
2. EPHRAIM A., b. March 31, 1809.
3. JONATHAN, d. April 16, 1809.
4. LUTHER, b. Feb. 21, 1812.
5. THOMAS, b. March 23, 1814.
JOSIAH WHEELER, son of Nathan and Lydia (Adams) Wheeler ; born in Temple, N. H., May II, 1786; died Oct. 4, 1874; married first, Dolly Shattuck of Temple, N. H., Dec. 31, 1811. She was born Sept. I, 1788; died Aug. 14, 1845; married second, Mrs. Dorothy (Whiting) Killan of Thetford, Vt., April 29, 1846. She was born March 14, 1795; died Dec. 4, 1870. He built the house at the Centre known as the Wheeler house in 1813, and lived there until his death. He was a car- penter by trade and his work as a craftsman was done before the days of planing machines and other labor saving devices. He was thoroughly honest and upright in all his dealings, a sincere and earnest Christian and a constant attendant at church service. He had a quaint and dry humor, and was quiet and retiring in disposition. The boys all liked "Uncle Si," and he was never too busy to attend to their wants. The Franklin Library was for many years in his house under the care of his wife, and many of the books were of her selection. He was town treas- urer of Lyndeborough for thirty-one consecutive years. Children by first wife, born in Lyndeborough : -
I. DOLLY, b. Dec. 14, 1814, m. Henry I. Kimball of Springfield, Vt., March 3, 1840. He was b. April 11, 1813, d. Oct. 25, 1862. Children : Lydia Annah, Alice Wheeler, Janie.
2. LYDIA, b. June 8, 1818, m. Thomas P. Rand of Francestown. (See Rand gen.)
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3. JOSIAH KIMBALL, b. July 15, 1822, m. first, Abby A. Marsh of Hudson, Nov. 22, 1849. She was b. April 23, 1827, d. June 12, 1865 ; m. second, Abbie A. Wilson of New Ip- swich, Dec. 28, 1865. She was b. July 28, 1836. Mr. Wheeler removed to Hudson, where he has since lived. He represented that town in the legislature in 1871. Was town clerk and treasurer in 1869, 1870, 1871, and 1872, select- man five years, and was moderator for many years, which record shows in what esteem the citizens of that town hold him. He is a farmer and a successful business man. They have one adopted daughter.
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