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Maxham, Henry Cornelius, b. Berlin, Vt., May 18, 1847, and Lilla Jane Perry, b. Keene, Jan. 3, 1853. Chil- dren: Laura May, b. St. Albans, Vt., Nov. 16, 1876, m. Laurence Dana Colony, Keene; Henrietta Cornelia, b. Keene, Apr. 25, 1882, m. Albert Archer Metcalf, Keene.
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Maynard, Prentiss Alonzo, b. Keene, Oct. 24, 1832, and Martha Jane Cook, b. Dorchester, Mass., Jan. 3, 1840. Children: Jennie Frances, b. July 26, 1862; Walter Prentiss, b. May 16, 1866. Martha Jane Cook Maynard, m. 2d, Andrew J Wil- liams, Keene. Children: Lee An- drew Williams, b. May 14, 1882; Don Jason, b. Nov. 8, 1884; Lee An- drew, d. Feb. 4, 1905.
McGregor, Daniel, b. Southport, P. E. I., Dec. 25, 1847, and Ida Leora Bar- rett, b. Stoddard, July 2, 1852. Chil- dren: Harrie Erle, b. Dec. 21, 1879; Bessie May, b. Nov. 22, 1881; Robert Wilkinson, b. Nov. 19, 1884; Mar- guerite Barrett, b. Feb. 10, 1887.
Metcalf, Abijah, b. Keene, Oct. 9, 1795, and Martha Wood, b. East Alstead, Mar. 27, 1798. Child: Mar- tha Wood, b. Apr. 26, 1838; m. 2d, Caroline E. Sturtevant, b. Stock- bridge, Mass., Sept. 17, 1810. Child: Sarah Eliza, b. Apr. 1, 1842. Henry N., adopted son, b. Jan. 30, 1833.
Metcalf, Albert William, b. Gilsum, Dec. 28, 1840, and Addie M. Starkey, b. Brattleboro, Vt., Jan. 10, 1851. Children: Edith Nettie, b. May 27, 1872; Albert Archer, b. Oct. 18, 1881; Robert Winchell, b. Apr. 4, 1884.
Morse, Charles Willis, b. Dublin, Dec. 8, 1848, and Angie Melissa Page, b. Amsterdam, N. Y., Dec. 8, 1845. Children: Albert Willis, b. Dec. 17, 1876; Florence Louise, b. July 3, 1881; Howard Warren, b. July 10, 1884.
Muchmore, Hadley Parkhurst, b. Lyme, Sept. 5, 1819, and Lydia Fi- della Clark, b. Northampton, Mass., Feb. 28, 1823. Children: Levi Her- bert, b. Jan. 10, 1854; Clark Whit- ney, b. July 30, 1858.
Newman, John, b. Morristown, Vt., June 27, 1786, son of Wm. and Newman, and Mary Willis, b. Keene, Mar. 17, 1785, daughter of Ben and Annis (Briggs) Willis. Children: Caroline, b. Keene, Sept. 8, 1811; Mary, b. Keene, June 19, 1813, d. here Aug. 6, 1817; Annis Eliza, b. Keene, Aug. 26, 1815, m. 1st, Wm. Smith of Gilsum and Sul- livan; m. 2d, Jonathan Howard; George Washington, b. Keene, Nov. 18, 1818, (father of Geo. E. New- man); Charles Warren, b. Sullivan. May 8, 1821; Harriet, b. Sullivan, Jan. 11, 1824; m. Salmon Wright, (grandfather of Clarence W. Emer- son); Henry Jackson, b. Gilsum, Apr. 10, 1826.
Nims, Francis Ormond, b. Sullivan, N. H., Jan. 10, 1846, son of Fred- erick Brown and Harriet (Ward- well) Nims, and Ella Louisa Hall, b. Walpole, Oct. 7, 1850, daughter of Oliver and Maryetta Louisa (Wat- kins) Hall. Child: Merton Francis, b. Mar. 18, 1874, in Keene, d. here, Nov. 14, 1882.
Nims, George Henry, b. Sullivan, Apr. 19, 1840, son of Frederick Brown and Harriet (Wardwell) Nims and Ruth Maria Hale, b. Rindge, Oct. 19, 1838, daughter of Moses and Ruth (Town) Hale. Child: Carrie Maria, b. Feb. 25, 1868. Mrs. Nims d. in Keene, June 18, 1891. George Henry Nims, m. 2d, Mary Mersylvia Sherwin, b. Rindge, Oct. 11, 1844, daughter of Julius Celario and Sil- ence J. (Adams) Sherwin.
Nims, Marshall Wilson, b. Sullivan, May 28, 1842, son of Frederick Brown Nims and Harriet Wardwell, his wife, Ella Maria Goodnow, b. Sullivan, Mar. 11, 1847, daugh- ter of Caleb and Mary (Buss) Good-
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now. Child: Harry Dwight, b.
Keene, Jan. 9, 1875.
Nims, Samuel, b. Sullivan, N. H., Dec. 3, 1837, and Maria Adelaide Chase, b. Nelson, N. H., Aug. 27, 1846, daughter of Lorin H. Chase and Mary Burpee. Child: Adelaide Hubbard, b. Newport, N. H., Apr. 3, 1867, m. Frank R. Matthews, Keene. Page, Liberty, b. Keene, Apr. 2, 1805, d. Keene, Nov. 5, 1889, and Clarissa Britton, b. Westmoreland, N. H., Jan. 6, 1814. Children: Fessenden L., b. Sept. 14, 1834, Westmoreland, d. Keene, Nov. 6, 1871; Simeon, b. Keene, Aug. 28, 1837, d. Keene, Mar. 11, 1838; Rufus H., b. Westmore- land, May 15, 1839, d. there, Dec. 26, 1856; Clarissa S., b. Westmore- land, Nov. 19, 1841, m. Charles I. Proctor; Martha Jane, b. West- moreland, Sept. 14, 1851, d. there, Oct. 12, 1852; Everett C., b. West- moreland, d. Dec. 1, 1853.
Parker, Addison Leslie, b. Phillips- ton, Mass., June 28, 1831, and Mary Melvina Buxton, b. Nelson, N. H., Feb. 19, 1835. Children b. Phillips- ton: Henry Eugene, b. Mar. 22, 1859; Ida Elmira, b. Oct. 31, 1861; and the following named in Keene: Ernest Leslie, b. Jan. 22, 1867; Alice Mabel, b. Feb. 26, 1873.
Perry, Alfred Allen, b. Westmore- land, July 26, 1833, and Esther Dor- othy Foster, b. Keene, Dec. 10, 1839. Children: Herbert Allen, b. Jan. 20, 1859; Anna Eugenia, b. Jan. 20, 1859; George Washington, b. Jan. 11, 1861.
Perry, Joseph, b. Westminster, Mass., May 30, 1788, and Lydia Peters, b. Wentworth, Feb. 23, 1787. Chil- dren: Joseph G., b. New York, N. Y., Apr. 8, 1825; John R., b. Keene, May 8, 1829.
Perry, Joseph Franklin, b. Glouces- ter, Mass., Jan. 1, 1824, and Celia Lenora Kimball, b. North Turner, Me., Apr. 9, 1825. Children: Joseph Franklin, Jr., b. Biddeford, Me., July 11, 1845; Ellen Ruby, b. Bidde- ford, Me., July 13, 1847; Charlie Josiah, b. Keene, Sept. 20, 1861.
Perry, Silas, b. Apr. 14, 1763, and Catharine Hale, b. May 5, 1764, of Leominster, Mass., came to Keene in 1800 or earlier. Children: Nancy, b. Sept. 29, 1783; John, b. June 18, 1785; Joseph, b. May 30, 1788; James, b. Apr. 25, 1790; Abel, b. Mar. 22, 1793; Silas, Jr., b. May 9, 1795; Horace, b. Mar. 21, 1797; Sarah, b. July 13, 1800; Milton, b. July 16, 1802; Louisa, b. June 13, 1804.
Petts. Lyman Parker, b. Weston, Vt., Nov. 11, 1813, d. at Keene, Nov. 6, 1879, son of David and Clarissa (Parker) Petts, whose later years were spent at Munsonville. David Petts was the son of Jonathan Petts of Stoddard. Lyman P. Petts was a brother of David, father of Ferdi- nand Petts, m. Nancy Maria Sew- ard, b. Sullivan, Aug. 2, 1815, d. at Keene, Jan. 22, 1877. Children: Henry Lyman, b. Gilsum, Dec. 12, 1836, d. there, Aug. 12, 1838; Emo- gene Amanda, b. Gilsum, Dec. 23, 1839, the first wife of Chas. H. Nye, now of Keene; Nancy Seward, b. Sullivan, Sept. 1, 1841, Mrs. Das- comb Wright Baker of Keene; Hen- ry Lyman, b. Sullivan, Mar. 23, 1843, d. in Keene, Sept. 9, 1901; Julia Ann, b. Sullivan, Jan. 2, 1847, d. in Keene, Dec. 22, 1869, on the third day after her marriage to Hiram Methuselah Greeley; Love Celeste, b. Keene, Apr. 25, 1850, m. Samuel Waldo Jones of S. Weymouth, Mass .; Mary Ellen, b. Keene, Mar. 10, 1852,
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m. James A. Patterson, res. Win- chendon, Mass .; Clarissa Maria, b. Keene, Aug. 12, 1854, d. here, unm. Mar. 27, 1872.
Lyman, Alvin Petts, natural son of Clarissa Maria Petts, was b. in Keene, Feb. 11, 1872, d. here, Feb. 25, 1872.
Pittsinger, Edward, b. West Hampton, Mass., Nov. 29, 1821, d. Mount Ver- non, N. Y., Feb. 11, 1899, and Charity E. Congdon, b. Blandford, Mass., Mar. 1, 1829, d. Mount Vernon, N. Y., Mar. 12, 1904. Children: Mary Liz- zie, b. Chicopee, Mass., Sept. 20, 1849, d. and buried at Chesterfield, Mass., Sept. 28, 1850; and the fol- lowing named at Keene: Edward Christopher, b. Jan. 15, 1851, d. Jan. 28, 1854; Mary Edith, b. Sept. 3, 1852, d. Sept. 7, 1867; Grace Good, b. Sept. 7, 1854, d. Oct. 19, 1855; daughter, b. and d. July 12, 1857; Bertha Grace, b. May 9, 1859.
Proctor, John, b. Sullivan, May 29, 1823, son of James Locke and Ruth (Spaulding) Proctor, and Jane Eliz- abeth Kellogg, b. Morristown, N. Y., Nov. 19, 1830, d. at Keene, Mar. 22, 1905; daughter of Chester and Phe- be (Wood) Kellogg. He died at Keene, June 28, 1890. Children: Nellie Elizabeth, b. Keene, Nov. 22, 1860, d. here, Dec. 28, 1860; Clara Frances, b. Keene, Oct. 27, 1862, m. Thomas Nelson Woodward; Lilla May, b. Keene, Jan. 1, 1864, m. Chas. Edwin Harrington; Frederick Wil- liam, b. Keene, May 4, 1868, d. in Keene, Mar. 24, 1905; Frank Leslie, b. Keene, Aug. 25, 1872, d. at Keene, Sept. 29, 1872; George Burnham, b. Keene, Nov. 8, 1874.
Sawyer, George Gordon, b. Keene, N. H., Dec. 24, 1825, and Helen Maria Shelley, b. Keene, N. H., Jan. 29,
1829. Children: Fred Josiah, b. May 1, 1858; Jennie Eloise, b. Feb. 21, 1861; Joseph Frank, b. Feb. 7, 1864.
Shaw, Elbridge Ansel, b. AIstead, N. H., Jan. 7, 1847, and Mary Helen Sawyer, b. Keene, N. H., Feb. 13, 1855. Children: Frank Nelson, b. June 13, 1875; Walter Ansel, b. Apr. 21, 1877, d. Sept. 8, 1877; Florence Mary, b. Oct. 27, 1884. Mr. Shaw was son of Ansel and Hannah (Jones) Shaw. He died, Keene, Apr. 13, 1894. Mrs. Shaw was daughter of Nelson Newton and Jemima (Nims) Sawyer.
Smith, James Henry, b. South Orange, Mass., June 15, 1836, and Ann Mary Black, b. Putney, Vt., Aug. 29, 1832. Children: Walter Henry, b. Apr. 12, 1870; Grace Eunice, b. Sept. 26, 1873.
Sparks, Luther Kendall, b. Windham, Vt., Apr. 30, 1833, and Harriet Sophia Brown, b. Perkinsville, Vt., Oct. 9, 1839. Children: Elmer Luther, b. Mar. 3, 1860; Fred Laton, b, Mar. 6, 1862; Charles W., b. Jan. 4, 1864; Arthur W., b. Jan. 29, 1868. Spaulding, Dauphin, 2d, b. Sullivan, Oct. 23, 1826, son of Dexter and Nancy (Kingsbury) Spaulding, and Susan Rebecca Wilder, b. Sullivan, Jan. 22, 1835, d. in Westmoreland, Sept. 17, 1904, daughter of Allen Merrill and Caroline (Emerson) Wilder. Children : Nancy Caro- line, b. Sullivan, Mar. 28, 1852, m. Charles Edwin Cater of Waltham; Susan Adelaide, b. Sullivan, Apr. 27, 1856, m. Chauncy W. Nash; Daniel Webster, b. Sullivan, July 30, 1858; Dexter Merrill, b. Keene, Nov. 22, 1861.
Spaulding, Henry Otis, b. Sullivan, Sept. 2, 1835, son of Ashley and Clar.
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issa (Keith) Spaulding, and Sarah Ellen Houghton, b. Sullivan, Sept. 10, 1833, d. Keene, Sept. 20, 1898, daughter of Daniel W. and Mireca (Nims) Houghton. Children. Dan- iel Minot, b. Sullivan, Sept. 10, 1859; Charles Henry, b. Marlboro, Nov. 5, 1862; a daughter, b. Keene, Oct. 20, 1869, d. here, Oct. 25, 1869; Nel- lie, b. Aug. 15, 1870.
Spaulding, James Franklin, b. Sulli- van, May 25, 1833, son of Custis and Jerusha (Mason) Spaulding, and Mary Elizabeth Dudley, b. Mount Holly, Vt., May 9, 1836, daughter of Luther and Mary (Mason) Dudley. Children: George Wesley, b. Keene, July 23, 1856; Edgar Franklin, b. Keene, Dec. 11, 1858; Carrie Eliza- beth, b. Winchendon, Mass., July 7, 1861; Louis Everett, b. Fitchburg, Mass., Sept. 3, 1865; Minnie Etta, b. Leominster, Mass., Aug. 17, 1873. Starkey, Oren, b. Troy, June 15, 1814, and Aseneth Cole Harris, b. Rich- mond, Nov. - , 1821. Child: Oren Marcena, b. Brattleboro, Vt., Aug. 23, 1843.
Starkey, Oren, b. Troy, June 15, 1814, and Sarah Olivia Stoddard, b. Ches- terfield, Sept. 5, 1818. Children: Edward Harris, b. Brattleboro, Vt., Feb. 14, 1846; Ella Rose, b. Brattle- boro, Sept. 22, 1848; Addie Maria, b. Brattleboro, Vt., Jan. 10, 1851, m. Albert William Metcalf; Ida Lind, b. Richmond, Aug. 17, 1854, m. Ed- win R. Gerould; Charles Willis, b. Richmond, July 27, 1858.
Stiles, Abram, Jr., b. Nelson, Oct. 27, 1802, and Mary Goldsmith Towns, b. Keene, Oct. 9, 1808, recorded Oct. 19, 1808, town records. Child: Mary Miranda, b. July 28, 1833, m. Orville H. Gillette.
Sullivan, Cornelius James, b. Rome,
N. Y., July 1, 1839, and Bridget Kepple, b. Mallow, Ireland, Mar. 11, 1840. Children: Julia, b. Mar. 31, 1861; Margaret, b. Mar. 31, 1861; Cornelius Edward, b. Feb. 27, 1862; Mary, b. May 15, 1863; John, b. Nov. 30, 1864; Catharine, b. Aug. 9, 1866; George Kepple, b. May 15, 1871; Martin Henry, b. Aug. 3, 1872; Eugene, b. Jan. 17, 1874; Annie, b. Dec. 15, 1875; Elizabeth Agnes, b. 16, 1877.
Taft, Hollis, b. Nelson, N. H., Apr. 3, 1813, and Cynthia Elmira Adams, b. Keene, July 11, 1822. Children: Mary Jennie, b. Mar. 25, 1845; Helen Adela, b. Dec. 13, 1847; Edward Hollis, b. Aug. 17, 1860; Frederick Albert, b. Sept. 5, 1863; Florence May, b. May 1, 1865.
Tottingham, Charles Newton, b. Ash- burnham, Mass., Sept. 11, 1828, and Rhobe Malinda Titus, b. Union, Me., Mar. 31, 1832. Children: Jessie Henrietta, b. Nov. 11, 1858; Charles Edward, b. May 29, 1865.
Towns, John, b. Keene, Feb. 22, 1786, and Nancy Heaton, b. Keene, Apr. 27, 1792. Children: Charles, b. July 30, 1816 (town records, July 29); Nancy Heaton, b. May 17, 1818; Sally Ann, b. Mar. 22, 1820; John, b. Feb. 3, 1822; Maria, b. May 15, 1824; George, b. Apr. 24, 1826; Mary Jane, b. Apr. 20, 1830; William, b. Jan. 8, 1835.
Trask, William Hunt, b. Keene, Sept. 1, 1821, and Esther Christianna Wright, b. Weathersfield, Vt., July 15, 1840: Children: William W., b. June 2, 1864; Katherine M., b. May 1, 1867; Homer D., b. Aug. 22, 1869; George F. T., b. Oct. 8, 1871; Florence M., b. Nov. 28, 1877.
White, William Orne, b. Salem, Mass., Feb. 12, 1821, and Maragaret Eliot
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Harding, b. Barre, N. Y., Mar. 13, 1823. Children: Eliza Orne, b. Aug. 2, 1856; Daniel Appleton, b. Jan. 24, 1859, d. Mar. 5, 1859; a child, b. May 1, 1864, at Chicopee, Mass., her name changed legally at Keene, to Rose White and the child thus and then legally adopted at Keene, by William Orne White and Margaret Eliot White, Dec. 18, 1866.
Whitney, George Edward, b. West- minster, Mass., June 5, 1831, son of . Smyrna Whitney and Ruth Whit- ney (sic.), and Lura Lind Nims, b. Roxbury, N. H., Nov. 6, 1850, daugh- ter of Gilman Nims and Charlotte Stone. Children: Charlotte Ruth, b. July 15, 1878; Mary Belle, b. Mar. 13, 1881; Ida Nims, b. Aug. 31, 1882; Ralph Edward, b. Apr. 20, 1890.
Wilder, Azel, b. Keene, Nov. 23, 1788, and Elvira Warner, b. Keene, Mar. 2, 1792. Children: Alvira Priscilla, b. Nov. 29, 1814; Charles Johnson, b. Oct. 12, 1816, family record, Sept. 12, 1816; Lucius Eastman, b. Aug. 15, 1818; Charles Johnson, 2d, b. July 7, 1821; Hepsey, b. Apr. 22, 1823; Azel Bradley, b. Apr. 3, 1825; Maria Ann, b. Jan. 30, 1827; Azel Bradley, 2d, b. Jan. 30, 1827; Laur- etta, b. Dec. 20, 1829; Edward Brad- ley, b. Nov. 26, 1832.
Wilder, Charles Johnson, b. Keene, July 7, 1821, son of Azel and Elvira (Warner), and Almira Nims, b. Keene, Oct. 2, 1823, daughter of Roswell and Sarah (Wilson) Nims. Children: Charles Frederick, b. Keene, Aug. 27, 1847, drowned, by falling from a steamer in the Parana river, Argentina, Aug. 6, 1869; Helen Amanda, b. Keene, July 25, 1852, m. Charles Henry Beckler of Chicago; Azel Herbert, b. Boston, Mar. 28,
1854; Mary Elvira, b. Chicago, Ill., July 31, 1857.
Wilkinson, Solon Stone, b. Marlboro, N. H., Mar. 22, 1828, and Chestina B. Holman, b. Marlboro, N. H., June 23, 1828. Child: Edward Holman, b. Marlboro, June 15, 1859.
Willard, George, b. Keene, Oct. 22. 1812, and Sarah Howe, b. Keene, June 9, 1817. Children: Sarah C., b. May 22, 1837; George H., b. Sept. 21, 1838; Ann E., b. Oct 8, 1840; Mary L., b. Sept. 30, 1842; Emily F., b. Apr 13, 1850; Alice W., b. Jan. 27, 1857.
Willard, Lockhart, Jr., b. Keene, Feb. 16, 1789, and Sally Nurse, b. Keene, Apr. 3, 1790. Children: Lucius Ste- vens; George; William, b. Apr. 30, 1815; Lockhart; James; David Sim- mons.
Willard, Lucius Stevens, b. Keene, Feb. 25, 1843, and Annette Julia French, b. Walpole, Jan. 4, 1845. Children: Francis William, b. Mar. 16, 1870; Clinton French, b. May 13, 1873; Harry Stevens, b. Oct. 21, 1876, all at Jersey City, N. J.
Willard, William, b. Keene, Apr. 30, 1815, and Lucretia A. Marsh, b. Keene, Oct. 22, 1816. Children: Susan Ann, b. June 11, 1838; Cor- nelia, b. April 5, 1840; Lucius Ste- vens, b. Feb. 25, 1843; Willie Her- bert, b. Mar. 3, 1854.
Willis, Benjamin, b. about 1762, place unknown, son of Benjamin, d. at Sullivan, Aug. 26, 1837, 75 y., and Annis Briggs, b. Norton, Mass., Sept. 25, 1759, d. Sullivan, Jan. 22, 1831, daughter of Elisha and Mary Briggs. Children: Mary, b. Keene, Mar. 17, 1785, m. John Newman; Sarah (christened as Sally), b. Keene, about 1789, m. Robert Hall of Boston; Annis, b. Keene, May 25,
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1794, m. Justus Chapin of Alstead; Asenath, b. Keene, date unknown, d. Keene, unm., June 10, 1824; Fanny, b. Keene, Dec. 6, 1798, m. Benjamin Ware of Gilsum.
Woods, Henry, b. Keene, Mar. 17, 1811, and Susan Crosby, b. Dum- merston, Vt., May 4, 1821. Children: Infant son, b. Feb. 10, 1841; Anna Emeline, b. Dec. 3, 1845; Charles Henry, b. Oct. 23, 1848; Jennie An- nette, b. Nov. 8, 1858.
Woodward, Albert Augustus, b. Rox- bury, N. H., Feb. 5, 1840, and Mar- tha Elizabeth Gunn, b. Gilsum, N. H., Jan. 14, 1840. Children: Alice, b. Dec. 21, 1868, d. July 8, 1869; Orville Albert, b. June 30, 1871; Mattie Louise, b. July 23, 1875.
Woodward, Cyrus Wakefield, b. Rox- bury, N. H., July 4, 1813, and Mary Herrick Gove, b. Roxbury, N. H., July 14, 1819. Children b. Roxbury: Albert Augustus, b. Feb. 5, 1840; Sarah Mason, b. Feb. 16, 1842; in Harrisville: Daughter, b. Mar. 6, 1844, d. same day; George Gove, b. May 14, 1846, d. Nov. 9, 1847; Ellen Lydia, b. Dec. 12, 1849, m. George Albert Litchfield, b. Chesterfield, Mass., July 13, 1846; Herbert Ash- ley, b. Keene, May 20, 1856.
Wright, James, Jr., b. Keene, Nov. 12, 1776, d. here, June 18, 1851, son of James and Elizabeth (Rugg) Wright, and Lucy Nims, b. July 15, 1781, in Keene (now Roxbury), daughter of David, Jr., and Jemima Carter) Nims, m. at Keene, Mar. 24, 1803, by Rev. A. Hall. Children: Mary, b. Keene, May 26, 1804, m. Phinehas Allen, she d. Charlestown, Vt., May 8, 1869, she had five chil- dren; James, b. Keene, Jan. 7, 1806, d. here, unm., Apr. 21, 1877; Alvin, b. Keene, June 4, 1807, d. here,
unm., Aug. 27, 1843; Aaron, b. July 25, 1809, d. here, unm, Aug. 30, 1834, fatally injured in a pail factory; Lucy, b. Keene, Nov. 28, 1812, d. here, unm., July 13, 1848; Charles, b. Keene, Jan. 18, 1815, d. here, unm., June 2, 1834; Alba, b. Keene, Dec. 26, 1816, d. here, Dec. 5, 1851, m. Sarah Ann Buffum, later Mrs. Warren O. Wilson, no children; David Nims, b. Keene, Nov. 26, 1819, d. Walpole, Oct. 16, 1900, m. Ann Weymouth, no children; Na- hum, b. Keene, Sept. 24, 1821; Eliza, b. Keene, Sept. 21, 1823, m. Levi Smith.
Wright, Nahum, b. Keene, Sept. 24, 1821, d. here, Mar. 15, 1900, son of James, Jr., and Lucy (Nims) Wright, Ann Paulina Miller, first wife, b. Sullivan, Oct. 21, 1835, d. in Keene, Aug. 30, 1861, daughter of Mrs. Sarah Wilder, wife of Gilman Miller, they were m. at Keene, by Rev. Z. S. Barstow, May 21, 1857; Elmaetta Augusta Bingham, b. Sul- livan, Sept. 30, 1842, still living, daughter of Alanson and Olive (Bev- erstock) Bingham, m. Sept. 30, 1863. Two children by 1st wife, one by 2d. Children: William David, b. Keene, Nov. 14, 1858, d. here, Feb. 27, 1860; Henry Alvin, b. Keene, July 14, 1861, d. Fort Clark, Texas, Oct. 18, 1884; Anna May Evangeline, b. Keene, June 6, 1876, m. John Fred Price of Keene.
Wright, Noah Pratt, b. Thetford, Vt., June 4, 1811, and Joanna Stanford, b. Milford, Mass., Dec. 28, 1813. Children: Aurelia Theresa, b. Win- chester, Oct. 24, 1836, m. Luther Webb Felt, Keene; Alonzo Erastus, b, Winchester, Nov. 2, 1840; Diana Estella, b. Winchester, May 25, 1843, m. George F. Nichols, Keene; George Amos, b. Jan. 10, 1851.
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Wyman, Isaac Henry, b. Keene, Mar. 28, 1839, and Ellen Maranda Grimes, b. Dec. 1, 1841. Children: Frank Henry, b. Apr. 14, 1864; George, b. July 19, 1865, d. Aug. 5, 1865; Charles Rutherford, b. Sept. 26, 1868; Clarence Albert, b. Aug. 3, 1871, d. July 31, 1872.
CORRECTIONS.
Page 8, Baker, David, (b. Aug. 6, 1795) and Amanda H., for "Amanda H"., read " Amanda Houghton Ellis b. July, -, 1806."
Page 8, Baker, Thomas and Sarah, for " Sarah," read "Sarah King."
Page 8, Baker, Thomas, Jr., and Bet- sey, for "Betsey," read "Betsey Abbott, widow of Joseph Abbott." Her daughter, Betsey, m. Isaac Wyman, Jr., at Keene, went to Glover, Vt., d. there.
Page 9, Balch, George A., add, “b. Keene, Oct. 13, 1809." After wife, "Jemima," add, "Clark, b. Chester- field, N. H., July 25, 1805." After the record of their children, add, "George A. Blach, m. 2d, Maria San- derson, b. Springfield, Vt., July 9, 1815. Children: Emma Maria, b. Sept. 5, 1852, m. George Willson, Worcester, Mass .; Charles Allen, b. Nov. 23, 1854."
Page 11, after "Blake, Royal and Han- nah," add "Metcalf, b. Swanzey. After "Blake, Royal and Phillis," add, "Jillson, b. Cumberland, R. I., Nov. 3, 1763." After "Royal Blake," add, "b. Keene, June 30, 1756."
Page 13, Bridgman, Charles, after word "children," insert, "Sarah Abbie, b. Dec. 5, 1847, d. July 12, 1850."
Page 18, Colony, Josiah and Hannah Taylor, after child, "Horatio, b. Nov.
14, 1835," add, "Josiah Colony, m. 2d, Mrs. Jane (Briggs) Buell. Child : Josiah Dean, b. - , 1855." He lives in Philadelphia, Pa.
Page 18, Colony, Timothy and Sally, for "Sally," read, "Sarah Dwinell, b. Boxford, Mass., June 1, 1770." Then insert name of first child," Ben- jamin, b. Mar. 4, 1788;" after child, "John, b. June 24, 1795," add: "Children: Lockhart, b. May 3, 1800; Joshua Durant, b. Dec. 21, 1804; George, b. Jan. 30, 1811."
Page 24, Dwinnell, Solomon, and Mary Brown, add, after child, "Albert," "the following named, b. Glover, Vt., Cornelia, b. Aug. 11, 1819; Joseph, b. Oct. 28, 1821; Mary, b. Aug. 11, 1825; Sarah H., b. Apr. 4, 1833."
Page 24, Ellis, Archelaus and Polly, after child, "Archelaus, b. June 24, 1803," add, "Children: Mary Ann, m. Charles Wyman; Amanda Hough- ton, b. July -, 1806, m. David Baker; Henry, b. - , 1808; Eugene Sawyer, b. Feb. 20, 1810; Charlotte, b. - , 1813, m. Oren Woods; Fanny, b. - , 1815, d. unm."
Page 25, Ellis, Millet and Rebekah, child, "Anna," may have been writ- ten "Ama" for "Amy," as now claimed by historians.
Page 25, Ellis, Samuel and Sally Grimes, for "Sally Grimes," read, "Sally Dwinell," and for full family record see a preceding paragraph.
Page 32, Phinehas Handerson, for "d. Mar. 16, 1845," read, "d. Mar. 16, 1853."
Page 39, Keyes, Elbridge and Martha, after "Francis Elbridge, b. July 10, 1832," add the following named children: "Ephraim, b. - , 1834, d. Mar. 24, 1835, 8 m .; child, b. May 1, 1837, d. May 2, 1837."
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Page 48, Nims, Zadock, after child, "Frederick, b.," insert "was."
Page 49, Page, Ephraim, b. Rindge, and Sally Towns, b. Dublin, after child, "Polly, b. Oct. 21, 1801," add, "Thomas Jefferson, b. Keene, -, 1803."
Page 55, Richardson, Barzillai, b. Keene, June 21, 1792, after "Lydia Foster, b. Swanzey," add, "Sept. 22" before "1796."
Page 64, Tilden, George, after child, "Ellen Elizabeth," for "b. Aug. 10, 1844," read, "b. Aug. 9, 1844."
Page 69, Whitcomb, Joseph Page, for child, "Alice May," read "Alice Mary."
Page 143, Ahern, Patrick, add to rec- ord, "child, Grace G., d. Oct. 27, 1878, 3 y., 4 m., 7 d."
Page 146, Balch, Perley S., his second record, after "d. Aug. 18, 1868, 43 y.," add, "Children: Lucius E."
Page 149, Bassett, Nathan, after the word "Nathan," add a "." and the word "Child" before "James."
Page 154, add, "Briggs, Eliphalet, Capt., d. Oct. 11, 1776, 42 y., small pox." (Annals of Keene and grave stone.)
Page 196, Ingersoll, Mrs., after "Mrs.," add, "Martha Goldthwaite."
Page 242, Wilder, Tamar, Mrs., after "Mrs.," insert, "Dec."
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