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Mr. Sturtevant made the following entry: "Deaths in Keene from 1776 to 1828, 1,126; in 1828, 27; in 1829, 36; in 1830, 30; in 1831, 34; in 1832, 51; in 1833, 33; in 1834, 35. Total number of deaths in Keene from 1776 to 1835, 1,372."
Year.
No. of Deaths.
1778
12
1779
10
1780
6
1781
17
1782
13
1783
15
1784
19
1785
31
1786
13
1787
10
1788
22
1789
18
1790
30
1791
17
1792
11
1793
15
1794
25
1795
23
1796
27
22
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Year.
No. of Deaths.
Year.
No. of Deaths.
1798
25
1849
70
1799
28
1850
54
1800
20
1851
45
1801
19
1852
60
1802
18
1853
66
1803
26
1854
77
1804
20
1855
57
1805
19
1856
73
1806
14
1857
72
1807
13
1858
83
1808
16
1859
75
1809
33
1860
57
1810
28
1861
48
1811
21
1862
82
1812
25
1863
90
1813
46
1864
121
1814
18
1865
101
1815
25
1866
48
1816
21
1867
92
1817
20
1868
70
1818
40
1869
68
1819
22
1870
68
1820
22
1871
86
1821
23
1872
91
1822
23
1873
63
1823
24
1874
54
1825
24
1875
110
1826
51
1876
115
1827
22
1877
95
1828
28
1878
81
1829
36
1879
94
1830
30
1380
89
1831
34
1832
51
Total,
4,477
1833
33
1834
34
Year.
Population.
Deaths.
1767
430
30
1773
645
1837
54
1775
756
1838
46
1790
1,312
30
1839
41
1800
1,645
20
1840
43
1810
1,646
28
1841
59
1820
1,895
22
1842
50
1830
2,374
30
1843
63
1838
2,573
46
1844
36
1840
2,611
43
1845
49
1850
3,392
54
1846
39
1860
4,320
57
1847
64
1870
5,971
64
1848
60
1880
6,789
89
1824
29
1835
46
1836
Additions and Corrections.
The following additional records and corrections were received too late to be inserted in the main body of the work.
Diserepaneies in the spelling of proper names were common in the early days and uniformity has not been attempted; discrepancies sometimes appear in the dates relating to the same person, when taken in one instance from the town record and in another from the family record. No attempt has been made to eliminate apparent errors, but such as have been detected have been noted in the text.
ADDITIONS.
Abbott, John True, b. Antrim, N. H., Apr. 26, 1850, and Alice Elkins Mer- riman, b. Potton, Ca., Aug. 4, 1847. Children: Charles Merriman, b. Needham, Mass., Nov. 23, 1874; Amy Louise, b. Springfield, Mass., Aug. 16, 1877, m. John Eliot Allen, Keene; Sarah Cheney, b. Keene, Oct. 3, 1879, d. here June 28, 1884. Allen, Benjamin Franklin, b. Surry, N. H., Dec. 2, 1838, and Nellie Irene, Webster, b. Gilsum, N. H., Oct. 20, 1841. Children: Frank Webster, b. Sept. 15, 1869; Ida Mary, b. Mar. 11, 1874.
Allen, Daniel, b. Surry, Nov. 4, 1795, and Deidamia Wilbur, b. Westmore- land, Apr. 16, 1800. Children b. Surry: Phebe Wilbur, b. Oct. 10, 1817; Susan Deidamia, b. May 22, 1820; Daniel, Jr., b. Jan. 2, 1822; Hananiah Wilbur, b. Dec. 11, 1823; Emily, b. Oct. 5, 1825; Hiram Brit- ton, b. Apr. 20, 1828; Joshua Britton, b. Jan. 19, 1830; Emily Triphena, b. Jan. 26, 1832; Levi, b. Jan. 18, 1831; Sarah Jane, b. Apr. 13, 1836; Benja- min Franklin, b. Dec. 2, 1838, m.
Nellie Irene Webster (b. Gilsum, Oct. 20, 1841); William Brockway, b. Feb. 14, 1841; Daniel, Jr., b. Keene, June 28, 1843; Lucius Loren- zo, b. Sept. 26, 1845.
Barrett, Thomas Francis, b. Hadley, N. Y., Feb. 24, 1833, and Sarah Expe- rience Hastings, b. Sullivan, June 25, 1837. Children: Abijah Hast- ings, b. Marlow, Mar. 24, 1859; Sarah Adelaide, b. Marlow, Mar. 1, 1862; John Francis, b. Mar. 1, 1864; Henry Levi, b. June 6, 1866; Herbert Thomas, h. Mar. 22, 1868; Esther Laurena, b. Oct. 16, 1870.
Beal, Flavel, b. Hanson, Mass., Jan. 16. 1851, son of Edwin and Sarah Douglas (Gibson) Beal and Ellen Frances Bates, b. Hanson, Mass. July 26, 1852, d. Keene, Oct. 2, 1884, daughter of Elbridge Gerry and Clara (Waterman) Bates. Children: Ernest Gibson, b. Aug. 26, 1880: Percy Alonzo, b. Dec. 26, 1883. Flavel Beal, m. 2d, Abbie Ann Har- riet Nims, b. Sullivan, N. H., Ang. 2, 1850. Child: Clifford Francis. b. May 6, 1888, d. July 31, 1888.
Beal, Joseph Reynold, b. Nelson,
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N. H., Aug. 18, 1834, and Eleanor Jane Cummings, b. Marlboro, N. H., Aug. 2, 1831. Child: Jessie Ger- trude, b. Nov. 12, 1861.
Billings, Chauncey Blake, b. Keene, May 29, 1810, and Emeline Crosby, b. Dummerston, May 2, 1809. Chil- dren: Sarah Jane, b. Roxbury, Sept. 29, 1839; Ellen Maria, b. Roxbury, July 21, 1841; and the following named in Keene: George Sidney, b. Dec. 8, 1843; a daughter, b. May 21, 1845; Chauncey Blake Billings, m. 2d, Caroline Maria Thayer, b. Dum- merston, Aug. 5, 1822. Children: Frederick Eugene, b. Aug. 22, 1847; Ida Emeline, b. May 31, 1851; Charles Henry, b. July 17, 1853; Abbie Thayer, b. May 24, 1857; Chauncey Blake Billings, m. 3d, Mrs. Priscilla Wight Thompson, b. Westmoreland, Jan. 19, 1829. Child: Susie Priscilla, b. Aug. 15, 1875.
Bisco, Leonard, b. Walpole, June 9, 1800, and Lucy Ann Dodge, b. Whitestown, N. Y., Jan. 23, 1832. Children: Esther Melicent, b. Apr. 3, 1855; Anna, b. July 2, 1857; Helen Maria, b. May 7, 1860.
Blaisdell, George Washington,
b. Charlestown, Mass., -, 1837, and Lucy Victoria Griffith, b. Winches- ter, N. H., - , 1839. Children: Bertie Sargent, b. 1874; George Henry, b. - , 1876; Eugene Loring, b. - , 1880.
Blake, Ira, b. Keene, Feb. 5, 1785, and Mary Seamans, b. Providence, R. I., Aug. 21, 1787. Children: Frances Seamans, b. Nov. 5, 1808; Mary Ann, b. Apr. 22, 1810; Charles, b. Jan. 18, 1812, all at Chester, Vt.
Briggs, Warren Stiles, b. Keene, June 23, 1801, and Eliza Barnett, b. Wal- pole, Aug. 2, 1802. Children: Fran- ces E., b. June 19, 1834; Lewis L.,
b. Mar. 6, 1836; Sophronia J., b. Mar. 28, 1838; George Warren, b. Mar. 9, 1841; Charles H., b. Jan. 20, 1843.
Briggs, Wilder, b. Keene, May 28, 1794, and Sally Lebourveau, b. Keene, July 24, 1785. Children : Lydia Wilder, b. Templeton, Mass., -, 1823; Charles Sumner, b. Tem- pleton, Mass., -, 1827.
Brown, Alonzo Oliver, b. Sullivan, July 6, 1829, son of Oliver and Mary (Mason), and Ellen Jane Spaulding, b. Sullivan, Aug. 29, 1837, daughter of Dauphin and Eleanor (Kings- bury) Spaulding; he died at Mar- low, Feb. 16, 1901. Children: Eliz- abeth Alice, b. Sullivan, May 30. 1862; Kate Adelle, b. Sullivan, Apr. 13, 1864; Frank Walter, b. Keene, Feb. 27, 1868; Winfred Marshall, b. Keene, Dec. 11, 1871; Bertram Dauphin, b. Keene, Jan. 31, 1875.
Brown, Amasa, Jr., b. Sullivan, Feb. 28, 1801, d. at Keene, Jan. 5, 1870, son of Amasa and Mary, or Polly, (Gleason) Brown. He was first m. to Eunice S. Metcalf of Keene, b. about 1800, d. at Keene, Dec. 7, 1839, 39 y .; 2d wife, Lucy Stiles, b. Oct. 16, 1804, place not stated, d. at Keene, Dec. 4, 1885; child by second wife. Child : Harriet Eliza, b. Keene, May -, 1847, d. here, Aug. 27, 1861.
Brown, Calvin, b. Keene, May 1, 1792, and Sally Dwinnell, b. Surry, Sept. 4, 1793. Children: John, b. Jan. 31, 1815; Mary, b. Sept. 27, 1816; George, b. July 26, 1819; Luther A., b. Dec. 25, 1821; and the following named in Rockingham, Vt .; Asa, b. Sept. 29, 1825; Calvin, b. Jan. 26, 1827.
Brown, William, b. Sullivan, Dec. 19, 1798, son of Amasa and Mary (called
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Polly) (Gleason) Brown, and Ann Underwood Fiske, b. Holliston, Mass., Dec. 27, 1798, daughter of Levi and Jemima (Underwood) Fiske. Children: Anne Maria, h. Sullivan, Nov. 29, 1827, d. there, Aug. 24, 1837; Josephine Frances, b. Sullivan, Dec. 4, 1829, lives in Keene; Lucy Cornelia, b. Sullivan, Nov. 5, 1836, d. at Keene, Mar. 20, 1844; Anne Maria, b. Keene, Aug. 16, 1841, lives here.
Buckminster, William Henry, b. Rox- bury, N. H., Jan. 19, 1839, and Eliz- abeth Dudley Smith, b. Westmore- land, N. H., May 20, 1845. Child: Harry Franklin, b. July 26, 1873.
Burdett, William Edgar, b. Gardner, Mass., Feb. 5, 1852, son of Hervey and Laura Louisa (Cobb) Burdett, and Alice Clementine Messenger, b. Stoddard, Jan. 28, 1851, daughter of Silas and Arvilla Lucilva (Cope- land) Messenger. Children: Arthur Dwight, b. Munsonville, Nov. 15, 1872; Leroy, b. Munsonville, Aug. 4, 1874; Grace Winifred, b. Keene, Jan. 15, 1879; William Edgar, Jr., b. Keene, Apr. 9, 1881; John Dean, b. Keene, Aug. 20, 1884; Lora Inez. b. Sullivan, Nov. 25, 1886; Alice, b. Keene, Sept. 9, 1891.
Calef. David Robert, b. Keene, N. H., Nov. 28, 1836, and Mary Maria Bar- ker, b. Westmoreland, N. H., Sept. 7, 1835. Children: Robert Stephen, b. May 21, 1869; Nellie Barker, b. July 1, 1875.
Carpenter, Gregory, b. Canada, Oct. 12, 1836, and Bridget Lahiff, b. Ire- land, Jan. 25, 1844. Children : Thomas E., b. Oct. 11, 1864; George H., b. May 21, 1868; Mary A., b. Jan. 28, 1872; Lewis J., b. Mar. 13, 1873; Fred L., b. Mar. 16, 1875;
David W., b. Jan. 30, 1880; Alice M., b. Apr. 9, 1884.
Carter, Charles, b. Sullivan, Apr. 17, 1788; d. at Keene, Oct. 20, 1817, the result of having been fatally shot, by James Sumner, accidentally as alleged, May 21, 1817. He was son of Elijah (later of Keene) and Sally (Bridge) Carter, m. Mary Woods, b. Sullivan, Jan. 9, 1791, daughter of Enoch and Abigail (Butterfield) Woods. Children: Oscar C. B., b. in Keene; Amanda, b. in Keene, in 1813, d. unm.
Clark, Benjamin, b. Keene, July 3, 1768. Children: Benjamin Shaw, (was town clerk of Branby, Vt .. 1823-4); Ebenezer, b. Aug. 1, 1801, d. Keene, Oct. 15, 1878, 76 y .; Lou- isa B., b. Apr. 30, 1811, Springfield, Vt., m. Mr. Hale; Stella Washburn, b. Oct. 22, 1813, m. Mr. Stevens, d. Oberlin, O.
Clark, Eben (or Ebenezer), b. Keene, N. H., Oct. 17, 1800, and Maria Mon- roe, b. Shrewsbury, Mass., Dec. 23, 1815. Child: Charles Henry, b. Feb. 18, 1861.
Clark, Martin Van Buren, b. Ludlow, Vt., Aug. 19, 1841, and Mary Ellen Scovill, b. Walpole, Apr. 27, 1842. Children: George Henry, b. Lud- low, Vt., Nov. 17, 1867, d. Keene, unm .; Ellen Elizabeth, b. Ludlow, Vt., Feb. 6, 1872, m. Henry Rumford Thompson, b. Springfield, Vt., on Nov. 9, 1898, at Keene; Lena Agnes, b. June 13, 1877.
Cole, Daniel Reed, b. Gilsum, N. H., Ang. 20, 1835 and Adeliza Jones, b. Marlow, Jan. 3, 1838. Children : Frank Albert, b. Sept. 18, 1861; Hat- tie Ellen, b. July 24. 1870.
Comstock, Dauphin White, b. Sullivan. Jan. 3, 1815, son of William and Martha (Jewett) Comstock, and
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TOWN OF KEENE.
Betsey Haynes Hart, b. in Lunen- burg, Mass., Mar. 12, 1819, d. at Keene, July 15, 1864; daughter of Jacob and Rachel (Haynes) Hart. They were m. Nov. 10, 1841, at Keene by Rev. Mark Carpenter; and Frances J. (Hart) Howard, second wife of D. W. Comstock, and sister of the preceding wife, was widow of Ahaz E. Howard, and daughter of Jacob and Rachel (Haynes) Hart. They were married at Keene, Oct. 4, 1865 by Rev. Mark Carpenter. Children: Elizabeth Frances, b. Keene, Dec. 11, 1842, d. here, Aug. 20, 1843; Mary C., b. Keene, June 14, 1844, d. here, June 28, 1844; Charles Frank, b. Keene, June 28, 1847, d. here, June 30, 1847; Everett Dauphin, b. Keene, Sept. 22, 1851; George Addison, b. Keene, July 26, 1866, d. here, July 26, 1866; Ger- trude Hart, b. Keene, Oct. 21, 1868; Edward Albert, b. Keene, June 4, 1872, d. at, Grand Rapids, Mich., Sept. 15, 1883.
Daniels, James (son of Ezra and Pamela), b. Keene and Hannah Sprague Wilder, b. Keene. Chil- dren: Sabrina, b. Keene, d. Keene, Jan. 17, 1854, 20 y .; George, b. Sept. 30, 1836; Joseph, b. Apr. 2, 1838, lives Ilion, N. Y .; Josephine, b. Keene, m. Curtis Field, lives in Cal- ifornia; Mary, b. Keene, m. Handy, lives in Iowa; Susan, h. Keene, m. Albert O. Field, lives in Boston, Máss .; Elizabeth, b. Keene, m. at New Haven, Conn., a Mr. Smith of New Haven.
Darling, David, b. Apr. 14, 1753, m. Esther Metcalf, b. Nov. - , 1761, Feb. 15, 1781; m. 2d, Molly Woods, b. Nov. 3, 1766, Sept. 24, 1793; m. 3d, Matilda Bowditch, on Aug. 27, 1818. Children: John Metcalf, b.
Nov. 8, 1782; Esther, b. Apr. 23, 1784, d. Apr. 27, 1785; Nancy, b. Oct. 4, 1786; Fanny, b. Dec. 18, 1788, d. June 2, 1860; David, b. July 19, 1791, d. Oct. 15, 1876; Molly, b. Sept. 10, 1794, d. Sept. 10, 1794; Lydia, b. Sept. 10, 1794, d. Sept. 10, 1794; Elijah, b. Dec. 28, 1795, d. June 28, 1855; Mary, b. Dec. 24, 1796; Calvin, b. July 18, 1798, d. Jan. 31, 1800; Calvin, b. Feb. 10, 1800; Esther, b. July 14, 1801, J. Oct. 18, 1870; William, b. Nov. 11, 1803, d. Nov. 11, 1812; James, b. June 15, 1805, d. Apr. 16, 1861; Dan- iel, b. May 15, 1807; Harriet, b. Aug. 1, 1809, d. Nov. 9, 1812. Mrs. Esther Darling, d. Feb. 16, 1793; Mrs. Molly Darling, d. Mar. 24, 1817, town record, 1818, 53 y .; Mrs. Matilda Darling, d. Jan. - , 1861.
Darling, James Homer, b. Cambridge, Vt., July 25, 1838, and Caroline Mer- silvia Burnham, b. Rindge, N. H., Mar. 3, 1831. Child: Mary Burnham, b. Keene, -, 1870, d. Keene, Feb. 19, 1871, 6 m. Mrs. Caroline M. Darling, d. Keene, Nov. 5, 1874, 43 y., daughter of Rev. Dr. Burn- ham.
Davenport, James L., b. Hinsdale, Jan. 27, 1845, and Ella A. Carpen- ter, b. Swanzey, Apr. 30, 1848. Chil- dren: Mary Josephine, b. Sept. 16. 1870; Fannie Arabella, b. Feb. 1, 1872.
Davis, Francis, b. Keene, Sept. 27, 1823, and Sophronia Nourse, b. Keene, May 2, 1825. Children: Susan Estella, b. Feb. 12, 1846; Edna Melissa, b. Feb. 7, 1848; Ellen Melissa, b. Sept. - , 1849; William Henry, b. Nov. 27, 1852.
Dickinson, Daniel, b. Keene, Mar. 8. 1812, and Emily Milliken Smith, b. Royalton, Vt., Apr. 30, 1811. Chil-
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dren: Henry Daniel, b. Keene, Apr. 26, 1840; Ellen Marie, b. Swanzey, Jan. 9, 1846.
Dickinson, Henry Daniel, b. Keene, Apr. 26, 1840, and Loretta Estella Curtis, b. Swanzey, Dec. 23, 1844. Children: Frank Henry, b. Nov. 23, 1865; Viva May, b. Feb. 20, 1885: Dickinson, William, b. Keene, Aug. 23, 1816, and Sarah Greenwood, b. Dublin, Nov. 11, 1819. Children: George Francis, b. Apr. 26, 1848; Ella Maria, b. May 14, 1857.
Dort, Obed, b. Surry, Apr. 6, 1804 (according to Surry records, which give the very precise date, "Friday morning, Apr. 6, 1804," which cor- rects Hayward's Gilsum), son of Eli and Joanna (Newton) Dort, and Louisa Brown, b. Sullivan, June 10, 1818, daughter of Amasa and Mary or Polly (Gleason) Brown. Child: Lewis Edgar, b. undoubtedly in Keene, in 1849, d. in Keene, May 5, 1854, 4 y., 6 m., buried in Ash Swamp cemetery.
Drown, George Perry Bates, b. Paw- tucket, R. I., Oct. 24, 1828, and Eliz- abeth Kingsbury, b. Keene, Jan. 3, 1827. Children: George Perry, b. May -, 1856, d. July 29, 1856, 2 m .; Frank Herbert, b. May 2, 1858, d. unm .; Edward Payson, b. Apr. 30, 1865, d. Malden, Mass., 1905, family there.
Drummer, Charles H., b. Keene, Dec. 18, 1837, (another family record, 1838), and Lauraett Ellis, b. Keene, Mar. 26, 1840. Children: Ostinello W., b. Aug. 5, 1866; Mary A., b. Oct. 7, 1868; Linn E., b. Dec. 28, 1871. Drummer, John A., b. Burlington, Vt., Feb. 1, 1817, and Arvilla Susan, b. Keene, d. Keene, Feb. 16, 1873. Chil- dren: Charles H., b. Dec. 18, 1837; John A., b. June 25, 1841; William
F., b. Feb. 3, 1843; Frank; Calvin H .; George W .; Mary.
Dunbar, John Danforth, b. Charlton, Mass., May 20, 1822, and Caroline Augusta Whiting, b. Uxbridge, Mass., Apr. 23, 1842. Children: Kathrina, b. Jan. 14, 1869; John Danforth, b. Dec. 16, 1872, d. Aug. 16, 1873; Fannie Augusta, b. June 10, 1874, d. unm .; John Danforth, b. Jan. 19, 1876.
Edgerly, Arthur, b. Gilmanton, N. H., Jan. 18, 1834, and Mary Elizabeth Greene, b. Swanzey, N. H., Aug. 17, 1842. Children: Anne Elizabeth, b., Keene, Mar. 9, 1875, d. young; the following named in Swanzey: Sara Gertrude, b. May 19, 1877; Anne Richardson, b. Oct. 12, 1878; Helen May Elizabeth, b. Boston, Mass., Apr. 3, 1883, lived 4 y.
Ellis, Charles Henry, b. Keene, Sept. 13, 1818, and Mary Esther Russell, b. Keene, Mar. 23, 1842. Children: Charles Walter, b. Feb. 11, 1876; Florence Lucinda, b. Jan. 15, 1879: Leon Tarbell, b. Aug. 23, 1880.
Ellis, Marcus, b. Royalton, Vt., Sept. 1, 1845, and Katharine Charlotte Goodnow, b. Keene, Nov. 13, 1845. Children: Marjie Abbie, b. June 25, 1875; Carleton, b. Sept. 20, 1876; Gertrude Catharine, b. Feb. 8, 1878; Ruth Elizabeth, b. Jan. 17, 1882; Theodore, b. May 7, 1884.
Felt, Luther Webb, b. Rockingham, Vt., May 24, 1833, and Aurelia The- resa Wright, b. Winchester, Oct. 24, 1836. Child: Jennie, b. May 28, 1859, m. Milan H. Johnson, Keene. Follansbee, George Henry, b. Ware, N. H., Jan. 17, 1847, and Harriet Malinda Fowler, b. Cambridge, N. Y., July 3, 1848. Children: Albert J., b. May 23, 1876; Mary Frances, b. Nov. 21, 1888.
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TOWN OF KEENE.
Foster, Benjamin Franklin, b. Fitz- william, Aug. 29, 1811, and Electa Beebe, b. Brattleboro, Vt., Jan. 7, 1811. Children: The following
named in
East Westmoreland :
Amos Parker, b. Nov. 15, 1833; Eunice Allene, b. Feb. 12, 1835; Adin, b. Nov. 28, 1837; Esther Dor- othy, b. Keene, Dec. 10, 1839, m. Alfred Allen Perry; the following named in Surry: Addison John, b. Mar. 21, 1841; Allison Henry, b. Mar. 31, 1843; Ella Hannah, b. Mar. 7, 1846; Anson Frank, b. Dec. 5, 1848.
Giffin, Charles, b. Sutton, Vt., July 12, 1837, and Hannah T. Carey, b. Lempster, N. H., Aug. 22, 1838. Children: Fred Wilson, b. Marlow, N. H., Mar. 7, 1860, d. Keene, Mar. 14, 1875; Etta Eudora, b. Marlow, July 19, 1862, m. Marshall E. Dana. Giffin, Henry, b. Sutton, Vt., Oct. 29, 1832, and Harriet S. Tinker, b. Lempster, N. H., Apr. 18, 1839. Child: George Henry, b. Marlow, Aug. 28, 1862.
Gillette, Orville Harmon, b. Gran- ville, Mass., Sept. 3, 1831, and Mary Miranda Stiles, b. Keene, July 28, 1833. Children: Edgar Evans, b. Apr. 10, 1858; Martha Louise, b. Apr. 18, 1862; Harry Clark, b. May 26, 1871; Sanford Elisha, b. Sept. 9, 1876.
Goodnow, Daniel, b. Sudbury, Mass., Dec. 2, 1790, and Matilda Chase, b. Sangersfield, N. Y., Dec. 29, 1802. Children: Daniel Henry, b. Apr. 26, 1827; Harvey Chase, b. Dec. 6, 1829, (at Westmoreland); Mary Eliza- beth, b. Dec. 9, 1832, (Westmore- land); Sarah Matilda, b. Mar. 5, 1835, ( Westmoreland); Eliza Jane, b. June 30, 1838; Harriet Frances,
b. May 24, 1841; Charlotte Cath- erine, b. Nov. 13, 1848.
Greene, Charles, b. Swanzey, N. H., Oct. 22, 1837, and Lavania Maria Aldrich, b. Swanzey, N. H., Apr. 14, 1838. Children: Ernest Langdon, b. Swanzey, Feb. 25, 1863; Wilfred Aldrich, b. Swanzey, Mar. 25, 1865; the following named i Keene: Harry Linwood, b. Feb. 24, 1868; Myrtie May, b. Aug. 18, 1870; Ches- ter Milton, b. Aug. 9, 1875; Bert Herman, b. Dec. 8, 1879.
Grimes, Alexander Hamilton, b.
Keene, Apr. 15, 1829, and Frances Eliza Briggs, b. Keene, June 19, 1834. Children: Son, b. Sept. - , 1860, d. unm .; Sophrona Eliza, b. July 9, 1863; Mary Abigail, b. Feb. 26, 1867, d. June 17, 1870; Daughter, b. Nov. 13, 1871, d. unm.
Grimes, Jesse, b. Pelham, Mass., June 2, 1792, and Lucinda Whitcomb, b. Leominster, Mass., Dec. 22, 1796. Children: Emily, b. June 19, 1824; Chauncey Alexander, b. Jan. 29, 1828; James Albert, b. Sept. 9, 1830; Jesse Franklin, b. Oct. 25, 1833; Ellen Miranda, b. Dec. 1, 1841.
Griswold, Francis Damon, b. Dalton, N. H., Mar. 21, 1840, and Martha Jane Steele, b. Saxton's River, Vt., Aug. 15, 1849. Children: the fol- lowing named at Saxton's River, Vt .: George Steele, b. Dec. 29, 1867; Fred Damon, b. Oct. 17, 1869; Harry Herbert, b. Oct. 26, 1871; the follow- ing named in Keene: Infant son, b. Jan. 14, 1874; Guy Ernest, b. Oct. 11, 1875; Grace, b. Aug. 13, 1877; Arthur Francis, b. Sept. 12, 1880; Mabel, b. June 22, 1883; Annie, b. Apr. 27, 1886; Katherine, b. Nov. 4, 1888; Paul Clifford, b. Oct. 8, 1891.
Gurler, Sewall, b. Nelson, Feb. 6, 1813,
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and Emily Blake, b. Keene, June -, 1813. Children: Esther Maria, b. Apr. 8, 1839, d. unm .; Emily Ann, b. Oct. 30, 1840, d. unm .; Julia Louisa, b. Nov. 10, 1843, m. Harri- son Maynard; Rosetta Harris, b. Apr. 8, 1849, m. Myron C. Elis, d. June 16, 1881.
Hall, Henry William, b. Orange, Mass., Mar. 10, 1852, and Julia Elizabeth Griffin, b. Ticonderoga, N. Y., Mar. 2, 1855. Children: Mary Maud, b. Nov. 30, 1874; Cora Griffin, b. Nov. 21, 1877; Alfred Hendrick, b. June 15, 1884; Bernice Anna French, b. June 15, 1890; Earl Dexter, b. Sept. 14, 1894; Harrold Kittredge, b. Aug. 11, 1897.
Hamblet, Albert Horace, b. Keene, June 8, 1848, and Mary E. Ham- mond, b. Swanzey, July 8, 1851. Children: Cora May, b. Sept. 10, 1876; George Albert, b. Feb. 20, 1878; Hattie Jane, b. May 17, 1880, m. Don Stillman Cummings; Carrie Emeline, b. May 28, 1882, m. For- rest L. Carey; Fred Oliver Horace, b. Feb. 7, 1884; Herbert Gonyou, b. Nov. 13, 1887.
Hamblet, Horace (son of Benjamin and Lucy Willis Hamblet), b. Swan- zey, Jan. 5, 1817, d. Aug. 9, 1889, and Olive Stone (daughter of Simon Stone of Keene) m. Jan. 8, 1840, d. July 12, 1845. Child: Lucy Jane, b. July 24, 1841, m. James Dean Wheel- er, d. Jan. 20, 1879; m. second, 1847, Nancy S. Loomis, b. Alstead, Sept. 10, 1817. Children: Albert Horace, b. June 8, 1848; Mary Olive, b. May 17, 1855, m. 1878, Charles Herbert Clark.
Harrington, Nahum Barnard, b. North- boro, Mass., Sept. 4, 1818 and Mary Elizabeth Buxton, b. Westmoreland, N. H., Nov. 2, 1824. Children: Wil-
liam Miles, b. Apr. 13, 1855; Charles Edwin, b. May 2, 1857; infant son, b. June 16, 1861.
Harrington, Nahum Barnard and Em- ma Anna Cooper, b. Alstead, N. H., Mar. 30, 1843. Children: Mary Em- ma, b. Nov. 28, 1863, d. Mar. 16, 1864; Edith Rachel, b. Oct. 28. 1865; Helen Eliza, b. Sept. 14, 1869, d. Nov. 27, 1883.
Hastings, George Everett, b. Chester- field, N. H., Aug. 17, 1838, and Sarah Maria Nims, b. Keene, Oct. 31, 1842. Children: Eugene Lanmon, b. Keene, June 24, 1864; John Augus- tine, b. Nashua, July 29, 1877; George Everett, b. Manchester, Mar. 10, 1879.
Hemphill, Eugene Freeland, b. Ac- worth, Nov. 13, 1847 and Emily Frances Willard, b. Keene, Apr. 13, 1850. Children: Eugene A., b. Dec. 27, 1870; Wilfred, b. Jan. 31, 1873; Walter M., b. Taunton, Mass., Jan. 23, 1875.
Holman, Edward, b. Chesterfield, -, 1794-5 and Lovina Stone, b. Fitzwil- lian, -, 1794-5. Children: Ed- ward Gardner, b. Fitzwilliam, July 11, 1816; Joseph Willard, b. Fitzwil- liam, Dec. 1, 1817; Lucinda, b. Fitz- william, Mar. 6, 1820; and the fol- lowing named in Keene: Mary Har ris, b. Feb. 8, 1822; Martha Hemin- way, b. Oct. 25, 1823; Eliza, b. Oct. 6, 1825; David, b. Sept. 8, 1827; Lo- vina, b. June 20, 1829; Ira Blan- chard, b. June 18, 1831; Sylvanus Heminway, b. May 1, 1835.
Holman, Sylvanus Heminway, b. Keene, May 1, 1835, and Mary Grace Fleming, b. Barnston, P. Q., Aug. 1, 1846. Children: John Edward, b. Dec. 15, 1870; Annie Mabel, b. Apr. 27, 1875.
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Hubbard, George Cannon, b. Sullivan, Apr. 14, 1827, son of George and Nancy (Cannon) Hubbard, and Abi- gail Delight Huntley, b. Alstead, July 30, 1827, daughter of Amos and Betsey (Baker) Huntley. Children: Fannie Emma, b. Keene, Aug. 20, 1850, d. Sullivan, Aug. 16, 1872; Os- man Huntley, b. Sullivan, July 23, 1862, m. adopted daughter of late George B. Rawson, Gilsum; Charles Lincoln, b. Surry, Oct. 12, 1866.
Hubbard, Roswell, b. in Northfield, Mass., Nov. 15, 1756, son of Rev. John Hubbard of that town and Anna (Hunt) Hubbard. His father was a graduate of Yale, in 1747 and a Congregational clergyman. Ros- well's brother, John Hubbard, of Charlestown, N. H., was father of Hon. Henry Hubbard, governor of New Hampshire; and Elizabeth Church, daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth Church of Gilsum, was b. somewhere in Connecticut, Mar. 25, 1763, and d. at Sullivan, Mar. 6, 1816. He d. in Sullivan, Aug. 20, 1829. Children: A daughter, b. in Keene (now Sullivan), Sept. 10. 1786, d. here, same day; Roswell, Jr., b. Keene (now Sullivan), Sept. 20, 1787, d. at Port Henry, N. Y., Apr. 10, 1857; Fanny, b. Sullivan, Oct. 10, 1789, m. Erastus Kemp; George, b. Sullivan, Dec. 24, 1791, d. tliere, Mar. 25, 1795; Ellsworth, b. Sulli- van, Aug. 9, 1793, father of Henry E. of Keene; Eliza, b. Sullivan, June 18, 1795, m. Benjamin Tyler of Sul- livan; George, b. Sullivan, Sept. 4, 1797, father of George C .; Hezro, b. Sullivan, July 18, 1799, father of Wm. Hezro; Electa, b. Sullivan, July 29, 1801, d. there, June 18, 1802; Electa, b. Sullivan, July 28, 1803, d. there, Dec. 1, 1814; Mary Ann, b. Sullivan, Apr. 28, 1805, m.
Samuel Osgood, 2d, of Sullivan; Samuel Church, b. Sullivan, Aug. 9, 1807, d. there, Dec. 3, 1814.
Jones, Young, b. Burlington, Vt., June 17, 1846, and Emma Jane Craig, b. Keene, Nov. 9, 1847. Children: George Young, b. July 15, 1867, d. Aug. 20, 1867; Bertha Iola, b. Jan. 8, 1875, m. Ira Joslin Prouty; Mabel Emma, b. Oct. 1, 1876.
Kirk, Reuben S., b. Springfield, Vt., Nov. 22, 1834, and Mary C. Long, b. Swanzey, N. H., Aug. 4, 1833. Chil- dren: Ida G., b. Springfield, Vt., Sept. 10, 1862; Fannie E., b. Spring- field, July 7, 1868; Mary B., b. Springfield, Mar. 14, 1871; Walter R., b. Springfield, Dec. 1, 1874; Her- bert N., b. Keene, Mar. 9, 1878.
Knight, James Moore, b. Fitchburg, Mass., Aug. 26, 1837, and Charlotte Kidder, b. Mt. Vernon, N. H., Jan 9, 1841. Children: William Erwin, b. May 9, 1866; James McKelsey, b. Oct. 16, 1871.
May, Calvin, Jr., son of Calvin and Salome (Adams) May, b. Gilsum, Apr. 7, 1823, d. Keene, Sept. 20, 1862, m. Dec. 31, 1854, Jane Elmina Bemis, b. Surry, Oct. 27, 1829, d. Dublin, Apr. 5, 1904. Child: Mabel Estelle, b. Keene, May 21, 1859. After Calvin May, Jr.'s death, his widow, Jane Elmina, m. Joseph Wil- lard Powers of Dublin. She was the latter's widow at the time of her death.
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