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CHAPTER XXXV
SUNAPEE SCHOOLS, ABBOTT LIBRARY
A very complete history of the schools in any town, in all its details, would fill a volume. As great as has been my per- sonal interest in the school system of the State, there is little relish on my part in going back to review the lack of system which prevailed in this State and in our Town in the days before 1919, when each town, poor or rich, singly and alone, was compelled by law to furnish to its children only such educational advantages as it by itself could afford to pay, or was willing to pay, and no more. Under such a rule of ne- glect, education varied from town to town, just as poverty and riches varied among the towns. The State, as a State, took no hand in it up to 1919. The law of 1919, of which the writer was the promoter as Governor, made the State take a hand. It gave to each child in the State, whether living in a poor town or a rich town, the same equal educational advantages and opportunities. My personal experience in Sunapee in seeing how the old lack of a system worked, how unfair it was, was my inspiration in promoting the educational re- form of 1919. We cannot resist recording this personal fact, for Sunapee should have some credit for the excellent State
Central School
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school law of 1919, which is now in force, for furnishing one of her native sons as the State's Chief Executive, who adopted that as his special ambition for public service.
Before the 1919 school law was enacted, the District school teachers in Sunapee received, prior to 1860, as low as $2.00 per week and, except No. 8 no higher than $10.00 per week. The length of the school year in some districts was as low as fifteen weeks up to 1900. When, in 1791, there were 64 boys under 16 years of age, and probably 82 girls who might well go to school, the town of Wendell ap- propriated only $60 for all schools in town for the entire year and that was all it could raise. They had only one district in the entire town then, but with $60 what a school! And how much school could they have had? The fact is that fam- ilies were so poor in the earliest days that only a few small children went to school very much. Later on, nine school districts grew up, but, while more money was expended, no one district could collect money enough to pay a teacher over $2 a week, if a way-back district $5 a week, in such as No. 4, and perhaps $10 per week in No. 8 (village). I taught No. 4 for $5 per week. And the school year then was short. Many boys old enough to work on the farm went to school only 10 weeks in the winter.
Such was my first object lesson when a boy in Sunapee, and such was the lot of boys and girls in many a small town. This was in my memory and on my mind when at the Capitol in 1919.
To show how the school districts were first grouped to cover the town, we give the following vote, under date of May 25, 1806. There was apparently no village at that time.
Voted to divide the town into school districts as follows:
District No. 1 to contain all the inhabitants from Fisher- field line to include Smith Angell and Israel Bryant, includ- ing those who live west to Newport line and those south to Goshen line.
District No. 2 to contain all the inhabitants from Smith Angell's line where he now lives to John Chase's north line,
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including those that live east to the pond and those west on the south side of the river to Newport line.
District No. 3 to contain all the inhabitants from Joseph Gillerway, east line to Benjamin Perkins, north line includ- ing those who live west to Croydon line.
District No. 4 to contain all the inhabitants from Samuel Rogers' south line to Benjamin Perkins and including Ben- jamin George and those who live east to the pond.
District No. 5 to contain all the inhabitants north of Ben- jamin George's and Benjamin Perkins to Springfield and west to Croydon line and east to New London.
The earliest school houses were erected by the people of the district who did most of the labor themselves. They cost from $200 to $500.
At the time the foregoing five districts were laid out there was no village at all. District No. 6 was north of No. 3. The three village Districts were No. 8 at the Center near the Church, No. 9 at the Lower Village, and No. 7 near the New- port corner. These nine districts continued in use until it was voted in March 1929 to "transport the scholars in all the outlying districts to the Central School." Gradually the outlying school buildings were sold.
About 1870 the old District No. 8 building,-the largest school for many years-was converted into a fire station, and a two-story frame school building was erected on the same site. It had some good teachers in its day, however. I re- call Flora Clough, Dr. E. P. Stickney, Mrs. George Dodge, among them.
This new school structure was a creditable advance over the old one and permitted high school classes. But it was totally consumed by Fire May 28, 1928, and the present build- ing erected on the hill facing the former site, looks down a sharp steep hill, with no playground.
The new building cost $92,000 and was bonded for $70,000 now paid down to $28,000. It was first occupied in the spring of 1929.
The Class of 1941 was the first graduating class to have completed all twelve years of school in the new building.
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They entered as first graders in the fall of 1929, which was the first full year in the new building. I believe they started using the building in the spring of the year before 1929.
Sunapee High School is an accredited secondary school and prepares for New Hampshire University and any other col- lege or university of equal rank.
The efficient School Board consists of: Mr. Albert A. Stocker, Chairman; Mrs. Mary C. Haven, Secretary; and Mr. Earl A. Martin.
Personnel of Sunapee Central School Teachers
Headmaster
Submaster
English & Language
Commerce
Social Science
Home Economics
Fifth & Sixth
Third & Fourth
First & Second Janitor
Prof. Leslie S. Cummings Prof. Robert H. Domina Winona Richardson Paula Sillgren Eleanor Carroll Myra Graves Evelyn Pederson Lois Morrison Hazel Maxim Harold W. Brooks
The School District embraces all within the limits of the town.
The school has a good course, is well organized and ex- cellently staffed and conducted.
The School Union #43 consists of:
Sunapee New London Newport Springfield
The School Superintendent of Union #43 is Alfred W. Smith of Newport, N. H.
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School Expenses
To show the point to which schools had grown in Sunapee since the beginning, we give the budget for 1941.
Administration:
Salaries of District Officers
$266.00
Superintendent's Excess Salary
281.25
Expenses of Administration
213.00
Instruction:
Principal's and Teachers' Salaries
12,580.00
Textbooks
350.00
Scholars' Supplies
950.00
Flags
10.00
Other expenses of instruction
200.00
Operation and Maintenance of School Plant:
Janitor's Salary
1,250.00
Fuel
675.00
Janitor's Supplies and Light
300.00
Minor Repairs and Expenses
300.00
Auxiliary Agencies and Special Activities:
Medical Inspection
130.00
Transportation
3,609.00
Other special activities
100.00
Fixed Charges:
Tax for State-wide Supervision
440.00
Insurance
250.00
Outlay for Construction and Equipment:
Alterations
200.00
New Equipment
100.00
$22,204.25
Enrollment by Grades for the Year 1941 Grade 1-22; Grade 2-18; Grade 3-18; Grade 4-24; Grade 5-15; Grade 6-19; Grade 7-13; Grade 8-20; Grade 9-13;
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Grade 10-11; Grade 11-14; Grade 12-16. Total enrollment 203. The proportion of children to parents is much less than in 1791 (See Census).
The writer has given the school district a large playground in the rear of the school building. It was a portion of his own boyhood homestead, and is named by the District School Board, "The Governor Bartlett Playground."
In front of the old No. 8 school was a "frog pond," so called, extending to, and widening at the "Bend of the River," fam- iliarly spoken of as the "Bend," a good fishing hole for bass and suckers before the days of pulp and paper mill waste. This frog pond was, as an estimate, from memory, fifty feet at the Bend and seventy-five back to a point where a culvert entered it, making a good skating place for the scholars in the winter time. It was where the George's Mills road now comes to junction with the Harbor road. The George's Mills road formerly was narrow and skirted closely to the then huge gravel bank on its west and the frog pond on its east. This frog pond was filled in later and the road moved east- ward 30 feet or so toward the center. It would have been better to have left the old road where it was and to have created a triangular park or commons in the centre with roads going each side of the triangular parkway, and to have located the Abbott Library farther to the east. The place could have been made a beautiful triangular civic center park. In the early days the pastors used the "Bend" to baptize, there being only a narrow foot bridge then where the iron road-bridge has since been constructed. There was a small house formerly just east of the church, where Charlie Muzzey lived, and a guide board on the corner of the road as it branched to George's Mills. The fire department building is the same building as the "No. 8" school building, but it was moved north about a hundred feet when a new school was built. These changes at the "Bend" are the most noticeable changes in the village in sixty years.
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The Abbott Library
The Abbott Library is located at the tri-corners facing toward the Methodist Episcopal Church. A picture of it is presented herein. Mr. Burpee Abbott, who gave it, earned all his estate by days work as a skilled wood-mechanic at the Smith Shops at about two dollars per day. How steady he worked was a subject of comment. He was an active Churchman, well-read, and his second wife, Martha Pills- bury Abbott, was a graduate of Colby Academy. He had no children. Mary C. Haven, the Librarian, writes me the fol- lowing about the Library:
"The Abbott Library was first opened in June 1926. It cost $12,000. We have an estimated 6065 volumes, supplemented by books borrowed from the bookmobile and many non- fiction borrowed from the State Library. I have been Librarian since the new building was opened. Mrs. Lucia Young was Librarian in the old Library, located in a part of Chase's store. The money to build the Library was given by Almeron B. Abbott and his wife Martha. I have been told that he left the money for either a Library or a Town House and that Martha Abbott, who died last, designated that a Library should be built with the money."
This library perpetuates a name which has been a great credit to Sunapee. Stephen Abbott, the father of "Burpee," as the library donor was called, was also the father of two ministers mentioned herein, Manson and Alden. And he had another son who remained in Sunapee during his entire life and had a large and talented family, Sargent Abbott, a carpenter and builder. He left a son (George Abbott who had a son Carliss); also, daughters, Flora (Trow), Cora, Florence and Avis. The old gentleman, "Steve," as we called him, lived next door to Clel Muzzey when I was a small boy.
abbott Public Library
"no 8" in 1875
THESE WERE THE SCHOLARS IN ABOUT 1875.
A MAGNIFYING GLASS HELPS. THE WRITER THINKS HE WAS ONE OF THE ROW ABOUT 5 OR 6 YEARS OLD.
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Sunaper Post Office
District No 3" where The Barthets, Sargento, Etal ment
Samuel Bailey 99yrs, 4 mai, 20 days
John B. Smith
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CHAPTER XXXVI
THE LAKE GRANGE AND ODD FELLOWS
This active and helpful organization will be fifty years old on January 7, 1945. It has a membership of 105. Mr. George E. Gardner was its first Master and has continued as its leading spirit to the present time. Two other Charter Mem- bers are living,-Harry Perkins and Florence Abbott. Its meetings are held in Odd Fellows Hall.
The Officers for 1941 are as follows:
Master, C. E. Gamsby; Overseer, Lester Colby; Lecturer, Hattie Gamsby; Chaplain, Minnie Rowell; Steward, Gladys Perkins; Asst. Steward, Harley McDonald; Secretary, Mir- iam G. vonDreden; Treasurer, Arthur Nutting; G. K., Cedric Lear; Ceres, Sylvania Parker; Pomona, June Johnson; Flora, Eva Brooks; L. A. S., Ruth McDonald.
The Executive Committee are:
Katherine Rowell, Ruth Nutting, George E. Gardner.
A lodge of I. O. O. F. was established in Sunapee March 5, 1891, and has now grown to about 100 members. The Officers are:
N. G., Frank Mark V. G., Allen Palmer Secretary, Frank Hawley Finance Secretary, William Pinen Treasurer, George E. Gardner
The Officers of the Rebeccas are as follows: N. G., Miriam G. vonDreden V. G., Mary H. Eastman Recording Secretary, Effie Sleeper
Finance Secretary, Ethelyn Nutting Treasurer, Flora Penny
Their meetings are held in Odd Fellows Block at the Harbor in an up-to-date hall.
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CHAPTER XXXVII SUNAPEE IN THE SPANISH WAR
The following is an accurate list of those from Sunapee who served in the War against Spain in 1898:
Avery, Irving C.
Enl. May 9th, 1898.
Mustered, May 9th, 1898.
Born, Sunapee, N. H. Age 35 years at enlistment. Private.
Co. M, 1st Infantry, New Hampshire Volunteers. Mustered out October 31st, 1898 at Concord, N. H.
Flanders, Edwin F.
Enl. May 9th, 1898.
Mustered, May 9th, 1898.
Born, Boston, Mass. Age 22 years at enlistment. Private.
Co. M, 1st Infantry, New Hampshire Volunteers. Mustered out October 31st, 1898 at Concord, N. H.
Morgan, William B.
Enl. May 9th, 1898.
Mustered, May 9th, 1898.
Born, Woodstock, Vt. Age 21 years at enlistment. Private.
Co. M, 1st Infantry, New Hampshire Volunteers. Mustered out October 31st, 1898 at Concord, N. H.
Wells, Charlie
Enl. May 9th, 1898.
Mustered, May 9th, 1898.
Born, North Adams, Mass. Age 24 years at enlistment. Private.
Co. M, 1st Infantry, New Hampshire Volunteers. Mustered out October 31st, 1898 at Concord, N. H.
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CHAPTER XXXVIII SUNAPEE IN THE WORLD WAR
We believe that Sunapee is entitled to credit for the fol- lowing serving in the World War and their records:
Abbott, Andrew Sargent 2798912
Ind. Newport, N. H. Aug. 15, 1918.
Born, Sunapee, N. H. Jan. 8, 1897.
CAC. Fort Warren, Mass. 31st Co. CAC. Fort Warren, Mass, Btry F 28th CAC.
Private.
No service oversea.
Hon. Disch. Dec. 14, 1918.
Bailey, Edson M.
2800588
Ind. Newport, N. H. Oct. 15, 1918.
Born, Sunapee, N. H. July 13, 1889.
SATC. Durham, N. H.
Private.
No service oversea.
Hon. Disch. Dec. 15, 1918.
Bailey, George T.
4908863
Ind. Cambridge, Mass. Oct. 10, 1918.
Born, Sunapee, N. H. Age 19 yrs. at enlistment.
SATC. MIT. Company E.
Private. No service oversea.
Hon. Disch. Dec. 12, 1918. Cambridge, Mass.
Blake, James W. 895085
Ind. Keene, N. H. June 19, 1918.
Born, Brattleboro, Vt. Age 29 years at enlistment. 96th Spruce Sqdn. SPD.
Private. No service oversea.
Hon. Disch. Jan. 24, 1919. Camp Devens, Mass.
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Blake, Patrick J. 2794277
Ind. Newport, N. H. May 15, 1918.
Born, Brattleboro, Vt. Age 20 years at enlistment.
Btry D, 302nd FA.
Oversea. July 16, 1918 to April 26, 1919.
Private. Hon. Disch. Camp Devens, Mass. April 30, 1919.
Brocks, John E. 5533763
Ind. Newport, N. H. Oct. 22, 1918.
Born, Londonderry, N. H. Age 22 years at enlistment.
6th Co. CAC. Portsmouth, N. H.
No service oversea.
Private.
Hon. Disch. Portsmouth, N. H. Dec. 9, 1918.
Collins, Ernest F. 1749010
Ind. Newport, N. H. Apr. 25, 1918.
Born, Sunapee, N. H. Age 22 years at enlistment.
153rd Depot Brigade. Co. H. 309th Infantry.
Pvt 1st Class Dec. 1, 1918.
Oversea. May 20, 1918 to June 1, 1919.
Hon. Disch. June 11, 1919. St. Mihiel-Meuse-Argonne. Defensive Sector. 1st Army Area.
Cooper, Ray E. 2471280
Ind. Raleigh, N. C. March 21, 1918.
Born, Sunapee, N. H. Age 22 years at enlistment.
Amb. Co. 320. 305 San Train Apr. 24, 1918 to Oct. 5, 1918, Pvt. March 21, 1918. Wagoner Sept. 10, 1918.
Engagement. Bethincourt. Meuse.
Served oversea May 26, 1918 to death.
Killed in action Oct. 5, 1918.
Croteau, Louis J.
Ind. Newport, N. H. July 24, 1918.
Born, Sunapee, N. H. Age 23 years at induction.
Camp Devens, Mass.
Private. No service oversea.
Hon. Disch. from draft July 31, 1918. SCD.
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Davis, Clarence W. 3146879
Ind. Newport, N. H. June 27, 1918.
Born, Sunapee, N. H. Dec. 25, 1891.
29th Co. 151st Depot Brigade. Co. B, 42nd Infantry.
Pvt 1st Class Nov. 16, 1918.
No service oversea.
Hon. Disch. June 17, 1919.
Derry, Ernest E. 2393490
Enl. Newport, N. H. May 5, 1917.
Born, Franklin, N. H. Age 21 years at enlistment.
Co. M, 1st Inf. NHNG. Co. M, 103rd Inf. Hq. Co. 163rd Inf. Co. M, 1st Army Hq. Regt.
Bglr Jan. 24, 1918. Corp, May 1, 1919.
Oversea. March 22, 1918 to July 20, 1919.
Hon. Disch. July 25, 1919.
Drew, Fred L. 2453802
Enl. Springfield, Mass. Aug. 14, 1918.
Born, Botton, Canada. Age 34 years at enlistment.
24th Co. CAC. Unit 5, CAC. Heavy Art. Tr. Brigade. Trac- tor Repl. Brigade. 65th CAC. Btry B, 65th CAC. 16th Brigade, 153rd Depot Brigade. 9th Brigade 153rd Depot Brigade.
Oversea. Sept. 23, 1918 to Jan. 30, 1919.
Private.
Hon. Disch. March 20, 1919.
Fortune, Lawrence E.
Ind. Newport, N. H. Nov. 11, 1918.
Born .-
Garden City.
Discharged from draft. Nov. 18, 1918. Age .-
Gamsby, Alden Leslie
Enl. Feb. 14, 1918 at New York City, N. Y. Born .-
Corp. Sept. 8, 1918. Sgt. Jan. 10, 1919.
2nd Lieut. March 8, 1919. Hon. Disch. Sept. 10, 1919. British Army.
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Gould, James R. USN RF.
Reported for active duty March 1, 1918. New York City. Commissary Steward.
Chief Commissary Steward. Nov. 1918.
Served U.S.S. Santa Olivia. U.S.S. Imperator.
Released from active duty May 31, 1919.
Hammel, Frank Eugene
Ind. Newport, N. H. Nov. 11, 1918.
Born .- Garden City. Discharged from draft. Nov. 18, 1918. Age .-
Hadley, Cecil M. 3147126
Ind. Newport, N. H. June 27, 1918.
Born, Sunapee, N. H.
151st Depot Brigade. CK. Sept. 1, 1918.
No service oversea.
Hon. Disch. Dec. 5, 1918.
Hardy, William J.
Enl. Salt Lake City, Utah May 6, 1916.
2nd Lieut. Aug. 15, 1917.
Army of occupation.
Camp Travis, Aug. 15, 1917. Mexican Border-Del Rio District. Berncastle, Germany. Paris, France. Hon. Disch. Sept. 12, 1919.
Harrison, Wilfred P. 4308842
Ind. Nashua, N. H. Aug. 5, 1918.
Born, Sunapee, N. H. Jan. 15, 1895 52nd Co. 13th Bn Syracuse Recruit Camp, N. Y. 339 Guard & Fire Co. Pvt 1st Class Aug. 30, 1918.
No service oversea. Hon. Disch. Jan. 2, 1919.
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Haven, Oscar R. 2794407
Ind. Newport, N. H. May 15, 1918.
Born, Washington, N. H. Jan. 11, 1895.
Amb Co. 303. Sanitary Train 301.
Private.
Oversea. July 10, 1918 to Jan. 13, 1919.
Hon. Disch. June 18, 1919.
Koob, William L.
Enl. National Guard N. H. June 23, 1916.
Born, Jersey City, N. J. Age 20 years at enlistment.
16th Co. P. T. Regt to discharge. (Provisional Training Regiment)
Private.
Aptd 2nd Lieutenant Aug. 15, 1917. Plattsburg Barracks, N. Y.
Org. 101st Inf. 26th Div. 19th Division.
Served at Ayer, Mass. AEF. Hoboken, N. J. Camp Dodge, Iowa.
Engagements. Lorraine.
Oversea Sept. 17, 1917 to June 25, 1918.
Awarded S.S. Fr.C.de G.
Hon. Disch. Dec. 2, 1918.
Lambert, Joseph William, 2798899
Ind. Newport, N. H. Aug. 15, 1918.
Born, Warner, N. H. May 18, 1897.
CAC. MTC 794.
Corp. April 8, 1919.
No service oversea.
Hon. Disch. May 20, 1919.
Lear, Charles Edwin 2795102
Ind. Newport, N. H. June 15, 1918.
Born, Sunapee, N. H. Age 24 years at enlistment. Dartmouth Training Detachment, Hanover, N. H. Co. D, 73rd Infantry. Mechanic. Dec. 2, 1918.
No service oversea. Hon. Disch. Jan. 17, 1919.
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Lear, George W.
67475
Enl. July 6, 1916.
Born, Sunapee, N. H. Age 21 years at enlistment.
Co. C, 1st Inf. NHNG. Co. C, 103rd Infantry. St. Mihiel Offensive. July 12 to 16, 1918. Meuse-Argonne Sept. 26 to Nov. 8 and to Nov. 11, 1918.
Gassed October 27, 1918.
Hon. Disch. Camp Devens, Mass. April 28, 1919.
Martin, Earl A.
768502
Ind. Oct. 18, 1918.
Born, Georges Mills, N. H. Aug. 23, 1898.
A. S. Flying School Carlstrom Field, Arcadia, Florida. Private.
No service oversea.
Hon. Disch. May 29, 1919.
Mathews, John W.
Enl. Jan. 8, 1917, Naval Service, Richmond, Va.
Born .-
U.S.S. Eagle No. 25.
Armed Guard U. S. Navy.
In service (1920) Gunners Mate 1st Class.
Mathews, Paul S. 5288218
Ind. Elyria, Ohio. Oct. 10, 1918.
Born, Sunapee, N. H. Sept. 22, 1899.
Student Army Training Corps, Oberlin, Ohio. Private. No service oversea.
Hon. Disch. Dec. 21, 1918.
Maxfield, Percy R. 1015379
Enl. Regular Army, Fort Slocum, N. Y. Dec. 28, 1917. Born, Mount Sunapee, N. H. Age 20 years at enlistment. Troop L. 15th Cav.
Private.
Oversea. March 14, 1918 to July 13, 1919.
Hon. Disch. July 23, 1919.
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Meyette, Leo A. 880540
Ind. June 7, 1918. Newport, N. H.
Born, Jeffersonville, Vt. Age 23 years at enlistment.
22nd Co. Gas Det SPD Gas Cant. Vancouver Bks Wash- ington. 447 Aero Construction Sq. (70 Sp SQ) 135th SP Sq. 149th Sp. Sq. No service oversea.
Hon. Disch. Dec. 12, 1918.
Paul, Albert D. 4305132
Ind. Newport, N. H. Aug. 6, 1918.
Born, Unity, N. H. June 6, 1895.
Guard & Fire Co. 328. QMC.
Private, 1st Class Sept. 4, 1918.
No service oversea.
Hon. Disch. Dec. 8, 1918.
Rollins, Elmer D. 3146877
Ind. Newport, N. H. June 27, 1918.
Born, Sunapee, N. H. Oct. 12, 1894.
Chemical Warfare Service, Edgewood Arsenal, Maryland. Private.
No service oversea.
Hon. Disch. Jan. 10, 1919.
Sanne, Howard E. 69726
Enl. Concord, N. H. Aug. 9, 1917.
Born, Brooklyn, New York.
7th Co. 151st Depot Brigade.
A. E. F.
Co. M, 103rd Inf. 1st Repl Depot. St. Aignan Gas Co. 1417. Hoboken Gas Co. 339.
Oversea. Sept. 27, 1917 to March 23, 1919.
Hon. Disch. April 5, 1919. Camp Devens, Mass.
Sargent, Morton Jasper
Enl. Lebanon, N. H. June 6, 1917. Born .-
2nd Lieut. 103rd Infantry.
Chemin des Dames defensive sector Feb. 8 to March 20,
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1918. Toul Sector April 3 to June 28, 1918. Aisne-Marne Offensive July 18 to 20, 1918. St. Mihiel Offensive Sept. 12-15, 1918. Wounded July 20, 1918.
Served in France and England.
Hon. Disch. April 28, 1919.
Smith, Clayton E.
Enl. Newport, N. H. May 5, 1917.
Born, Claremont, N. H. Age 20 years at enlistment.
Co. M, 1st Inf. NHNG. (Co. M, 103rd Inf.) Private. No service oversea.
Hon. Disch. Sept. 13, 1917.
Surgeon's certificate of disability.
Thurber, Urban M.
Enl. Newport, N. H. May 5, 1917.
Born, North Sutton, N. H. Age 18 years at enlistment. Co. M, 1st Inf. NHNG. (Co. M, 103rd Inf.) No service oversea. Hon. Disch. Aug. 22, 1917.
Surgeon's certificate of disability.
Walsh, Lester J. 1665353
Ind. Sept. 22, 1917. Newport, N. H.
Born, Cambridge, Mass. Age 21 years at enlistment.
Debarkation Hospital 1. Ellis Island.
Service oversea not given? (Question)
Hon. Disch. July 10, 1919. Camp Devens, Mass.
Whitney, John R. 686721 Enl. Aug. 6, 1917. Boston, Mass.
Born, Claremont, N. H. Enlisted Reserve Corps. QMC.
Pvt. 1st Class Oct. 9, 1918. Sgt. Feb. 17, 1919. No service oversea.
Hon. Disch. July 8, 1919.
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Young, Irving C. 69744
Enl. Newport, N. H. Apr. 16, 1917.
Born, Sunapee, N. H. Age 18 years at enlistment.
Co. M, 1st Inf. NHNG. (Co. M, 103rd Inf).
Private.
Wounded severely July 21, 1918.
Oversea Sept. 27, 1917 to Oct. 22, 1918.
Hon. Disch. Feb. 20, 1919.
These records have been taken from War Department cards and bonus records of New Hampshire. There may be others not listed and some of these may be claimed by some other town. However, it is the official list, furnished the writer by courtesy of the Adjutant General at Concord.
When these soldiers returned home the writer was the Governor of the State, and, as such, gave each one a cer- tificate of appreciation for his services, on behalf of the State, and also recommended the passage of, and signed an Act giving to each one in the State one hundred dollars as a means of immediate aid, before Congress was able to enact a bonus law.
There will come a day when future generations will seek to trace their ancestry back to these World War veterans as they do now to the soldiers of the Revolutionary War, and the Civil War.
We venture to suggest that no town in the State has a bet- ter World War Record than Sunapee. We were most for- tunate in securing so good a portrait of Ray E. Cooper as we present herein.
John Young Gardner Pionier
abiathar young Father of Allah
John angel Pioneer
Hiram Sargent Pioncer --
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CHAPTER XXXIX
A FOREWORD AS TO FAMILIES
The following chapters on Sunapee families will be better understood if the reader understands our plan and purpose.
Our theme throughout the book is, of course, Sunapee. Where, for instance, ten children were born in a family, and two of them remained in town and had children here, we dropped from further consideration the eight who disap- peared from the town record, and followed down to the next generation, or generations, with the two who, by the rec- ord, continued here. In this way we came down the family line until we reached some one of the family who is living with us now, that is, if the facts permitted.
We often came down the line part way, and then personally interviewed some living citizen by the same name, and thus were able to supply a link and to complete a few lines of very old families.
Those families where several children, or some of the children, moved away, we gave the record as far as the town record permitted us, and left them where the record stopped. Even this may be serviceable to those scattered kin who may seek to connect their line with Sunapee families. And we have thousands of scattered kin.
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