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NE OF THE QUAINT ENTRIES in the parish records of the First ehureh, Nutfield, reads as follows, under date of Dee. 6, 1736: "Six pounds to Mrs. Clark, remainder of salary due the Rev. Matthew Clark, deceased, which elears the town of his debts from the creation of the world to this day." The parish evidently did not intend to recognize any old unpaid elaims which might possibly be presented.
M RS. JANE M. WALLACE, who died in Merrimack Nov. 28, 1866, at the age of eighty-one years, was the eldest daughter of Rev. Dr. William Morrison, who for thirty-five years was the minister of the West Parish, Londonderry. His death occurred in 1818. His epitaph says of him that he possessed "all the virtues which adorn the man and the Christian," and that " as a divine, a preacher and a pastor he held acknowledged eminenee." His sermons were said to be "awfully alarming to the wieked."
FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH, DERRY.
THE First Congregational church in Derry was organized Aug. 3, 1837, and was composed chiefly of members from the Presbyterian churches in East Derry and Londonderry. The formation of the church seems to have been a natural result of the circumstances in which the original members found themselves at that time. With the increasing pop- ulation of the vil- lage there arose a desire for church privileges nearer at hand. There is no evidence of feud or bitterness of feeling toward the churches in East Derry and Londonderry when some of their mem- bers took steps for withdrawing and forming the new church, and there must have been much regret at the severing of the rela- tions. Just why they were led to prefer the Congre- gational form of church government to the Presbyterian, to which they had been accustomed, does not appear from the records. Probably they be- lieved this form would be better adapted to them, and that it promised more rapid progress and larger results to the cause of evangelical religion in this place. Everything seems to have been done in an orderly way, and according to estab- lished ecclesiastical usage, as appears from the first words of the church records, as follows: "July 8, 1837, several gentlemen from the Presbyterian churches of Derry and Londonderry met for the
purpose of taking measures for the organization of a new church in Derry. They proceeded as follows-chose Dcacon Nathanicl Parker chair- man, Thomas Carlton, Jr., secretary, Abel F. Hil- dreth (sce page 26), Nathanich Aiken, and Benja- min McMurphy a committec to convene a council for the purpose of organizing a new church. Voted that the council meet on the third day of August next, at two o'clock p. m." That coun- cil met at Mr. Hil- drcth's, with repre- sentatives from the churches in Derry, Londonderry, Ches- ter, Hampstead, Bedford, and Wind- ham, and Rev. Dr. J. H. Church. Six- ty-seven persons presented letters from other churches and the new society was organized with public services on the afternoon of that day. Oct. 4, 1837, Rev. Pliny B. Day was installed as first pastor of the church, and continued in that office until 1851. He was succeeded by Rev. E. G. Par- sons, who was dismissed in 1869, after a pastorate of eightcen years (see page 25). Rev. R. W. Haskins, the third minister, was installed in 1872. and dismissed Jan. 1, 1879. The next pastorate, that of Rev. D. W. Richardson, began in 1880 and closed in 1885. Rev. H. B. Putnam, the present pastor, was installed in October, 1885. The church has been frequently strengthened by revivals of religion.
FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH, DERRY.
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JOHN LYFORD BEAN was born in Brent- school, returning to Derry at the age of 13. He
wood Ang. 26, 1807, and was the son of was a student at Pinkerton Academy for two terms, and he taught the district schools in town for cleven winters, becoming so popular that no prudential committee could be chosen until it was pledged to hire him. He was married, Sept. 22, 1867, to Jeannette A., daughter of Clinton and Delight (Lewis) Bradford of Washington, N. H. They made their home in Derry, having purchased Loami Bean, whose father, James, was the son of the Scotch emigrant, John Bean, who settled in Exeter in 1660. John Lyford Bean was the youngest of twelve children, seven sons and five daughters. He was married Sept. 21, 1825, 10 Mary Evans, daughter of Thomas and Deborah (Hall) Evans of Strafford. They lived in Exeter until 1846, when they moved to Derry, where they the farm formerly occupied by Deacon Henry resided until death. Mrs. Bcan dicd May 10, 1870, and Mr. Bean's death oceurred Dcc. 16, 1887. They had four sons and scven daughters : Mary Olivia, born Dec. 30, 1826, died July 2, 1861 ; Abram, born Feb. 14, 1828; Catherine, born Aug. 16, 1829, dicd Sept. II, 1853 ; Cordelia, born Aug. 12, 1831, dicd Sept. 16, 1833 ; Cordelia, born April 13, 1834, died July 13, 1879; Emily Joseph- ine, born March 12, 1836; Mchitable Sylvia, born May 2, 1840, died Jan. 8, 1870; John Smith, born July 14, 1838, died July 28, 1863 ; Joseph Warren, born Aug. 28, 1842 ; Jamcs Franklin, born March 28, 1844; JOHN LYFORD BEAN. Hannah Rosina, born
Nov. 14, 1846, died Oct. 5, 1868. All were born in Exeter or Brentwood. Mr. Bean was a cooper by trade, but after removing to Derry he devoted himself to farming. Hc was honest and success- ful in business, and was a staunch Democrat, never failing to cast his vote when opportunity offered.
Joseph Warren Bcan, third son of John Lyford Bean, was born in Pequakett village, Excter. He moved with his parents to Derry, where he has sinee lived, with the exception of seven years in Methuen, Mass., where he attended
Taylor, in the castern part of the town. Two children have been added to the family : Mabel Ninettc, born Junc 4, 1868, and Emily Josephinc, born Jan. II, 1883. Mr. Bean moved to Derry Depot in 1880, and has since lived there. He opened a store in Odd Fellows' block in 1884 for the sale of boots and shoes, after- ward introducing a gen- cral varicty of kitchen utensils, crockcry, glass- warc, ctc. He was elected to the legislaturc in 1887 by a majority of twelve, being the first Democrat chosen in Derry to that office for thirty-five years. His colleague, a Republican, received the normal Republican majority of fifty votes. Mr. Bean was a member of the school board in 1893 and 1894, and it was largely through his efforts that the town built the fine new schoolhouse at the Depot. He has lately returned to his old calling, and is again teaching school in what he ealls his schoolhouse, happy among the children, whose faithful friend he is. Mr. Bean is a member of St. Luke's M. E. church, of Echo Lodge of Odd Fellows, and of several other secret societies, and is a faithful worker in each. (See portrait and cut of residence of J. W. Bean, page 125.)
EARLY SCHOOLS AND SCHOOLMASTERS.
T HE Nutfield colony rapidly pushed forward in clearing away the forests around the spots chosen for building log cabins for residences and shelters for cattle. Private roads were temporarily laid out and recorded for the communications of the families. With the demarcation of homestead allotments and the definite arrangement and loca- tion of proprietors, concerted action in reference to privileges obtained, and after the early resolu- tion to erect a meeting-house in the centre of population had matured and passed into established materialization in the First church, so called at this day, the inhabitants next turned their atten- tion to the duty of providing a regular means of education for their large households of numerous children. In the unsettled and provisional state of the colony of Nutfield, without guaranty for the possession of the lands on which they had settled, the education of children had been very meagre and confined to the ability of the individual heads of families to engage the services of a tutor or governess. But in the struggles of three years from the time of settlement in 1719, fortunc favored the colony in the obtaining of a good and valid charter from Great Britain, and in assured possession the inhabitants, having been called together, and duly organized in a town meeting Jan. 20, 1723, voted for the ercction of a schoolhouse in the town; the building to be con- structed of logs, the length to be sixtcen fect, and the breadth twelve feet, and the side walls to be seven feet in height. In the town there had been several persons of moderate scholastic attainments who had gathered children at their houses for instruction and received remuneration by subscrip- tion, but the poorer families not being able to pay anything, it was deemed expedient to make a general provision for the education of all classes. At a general town meeting held at Londonderry March 6, 1726, the town voted to maintain but one school at the public charge for the en- suing year. The provincial statutcs required that every fifty householders must be provided with a schoolmaster to instruct the youth in reading and writing, and every community of a hundred house- holds must be furnished with a grammar school.
In that year the town was moved to favor the cause of education by a resolution to build a schoolhouse cighteen fect long, clcar of the space allowed for the chimneys at one cnd, where two fireplaces were to be made as large as the house would allow. Thc wages of a schoolmaster at this time were thirty-six pounds for the year, a salary perhaps not out of proportion with wages in other occupations. March 25, 1732, the town came to the aid of education in a vote to pay the wages of two schools at the public charge.
In searching for the location of these schools maintained at the public expensc, it is instructive to note that both were in the same neighborhood, not far from the First church. There were privatc schools in other parts of the town, under the instruction of young men who afterward became famous. The West Parish was struggling into cxistence in an unrecognized capacity, temporarily building both churches and schools as the centre of population moved farther away. The Aikens Range, the Eaycrs Range, and the High Range became powerful influences in establishing other rallying points and eventually led to the districting of the town and the apportionment of a general school tax to the maintenance of a number of schools.
Rev. James MacGregor was an experienced school teacher, and before the wages of his parochial services were adequate to the support of his family he was accustomed to supplement these with receipts obtained from teaching. His son, Rev. David MacGregor, was also a noted teacher and pastor in this town. In both private and public capacity these early teachers deserve such memorialization in history as shall preserve their names in honor. Robert Morrison, Eleanor Aiken, John Barnett, William Harvey, and Archi- bald Wier had served as teachers as early as 1725. Only ten years later the list of teachers whose names have been preserved was increased by the following : John Wilson, William Wallace, Ezekiel Steele, Thomas Boyes, Francis Bryan, Morton Goodall, Matthew Campbell, Thomas Bacon, Wil- liam McNeil, and John Eayres were teachers in this town in the year 1736. In the next year were
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added the names of Daniel Todd and Mary McNeil. towns. Londonderry must have higher grades. For more than half a century the town of The town was not ready to act as a unit, and Londonderry had no established school of higher grade than the common or grammar school, but during this time the higher education was not neglected. There were many young men who had ambition and talent, and obtained by private instruction such knowledge of Greek and Latin as enabled them to enter colleges and prosecuting their curriculum to graduate with honors. As the number of college graduates increased in town, influential men moved among the people to obtain subscriptions for maintaining a high school. The common by the First church was the location of the first high school building. It was supposed that other adjoining towns would send pupils to assist in defraying a part of the expenses of main- taining a classical high school under a competent college graduate. Professor L. S. Moor was one of the first teachers. Hc afterward became an
MCGREGOR BRIDGE, MANCHESTER.
the sentiment grew that a fitting school was a necessity. Yearly demands for education at home were made until in the latter part of the century, very soon after the close of the Revolutionary war, there was an immense impulse given to every industry, credit revived, and private fitting schools, or schools of a grade to make both young men and young women proficient in many specialties hitherto not taught in the town schools, were advocated. The young women began to wish for better advantages and went to academics in other
instructor at Dartmouth and later assumed the presidency of Williams and Amherst colleges. Several teachers succeeded for short periods, until Professor Samuel Burnham, a man of collegiate attainments and some executive ability, took the management of the school and for ncarly a quarter of a century maintained financially and education- ally a very successful classical institution. The year 1814 saw the establishment of Pinkerton Academy, a history of which is given elsewhere in the present work.
HON. JACOB FRANKLIN JAMES.
LION. JACOB F. JAMES was born in Deer- followed with enthusiasm. Mr. James took an field July 9, 1817, son of Moses and Martha (Young) James, being onc of a family of eight children. When he was very young his family removed to Candia, where his boyhood was spent
active part in the early political history of the city. In 1845 the Whig party elected him as a repre- sentative to the legislature, and re-elected him the following year. In the spring of 1847 he was in farming and in improving such necessary educa- chosen mayor, serving continuously until 1849, and tional advantages as was again elected in 1856, serving to 1858. In 1877, on the res- ignation of Mayor Ira Cross, he was elected by the city councils to fill the vacancy, but declined the proffered honor. He was chief en- gincer of Manches- ter fire department in 1851 and 1855, and as long as his life lasted his interest in the firemen never ceased. In 1862 he served as second member of the com- mittee having charge of the construction of the high school building, and devoted a great deal of time to the superintend- ence of the work. For six years he was a member of the board of county com- HON. JACOB F. JAMES. missioners for Hills- borough county, being elected in 1864 and re- elected in 1867. He was one of the trustees of the Amoskeag Savings bank, and a member of the city committee having the public cemeteries in charge from 1867 until his death, and gave much attention to their care. In 1840 Mr. James married Harriet, daughter of Charles Priest of Lancaster, Mass., who is still living, but none of the three children now survive. He became a member of Hillsborough Lodge, I. O. O. F., on the district school afforded. When fourteen years of age he went to Lowell, Mass., and became an operative in one of the carding-rooms of the Lowell Manu- facturing Company. After four years of this employment, aided by the savings he had accumulated, he entered the Old Baptist Seminary at New Hampton, where he studied for two years. In April, 1837, he returned to Lowell and was made overseer of the card- room in which he had formerly worked, holding the position for three years, when he resigned to enter the employ of the Massachusetts Cor- poration of Lowell as superintendent of carding. In February, 1842, he accepted an invitation to come to Manchester and take charge of two carding-rooms in No. 1 mill, Stark Corporation, and in less than two years his abilities were such that he was made superin- tendent of the whole system of carding in that cor- poration, and retained this position until he fol- lowed the natural bent of his mind by devoting himself to making surveys and conveyances, this being a part of his studies at school which he had
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January 8, 1844, and passed the chairs in 1847. In 1844 he was initiated in Wonolanset encamp- ment and passed the usual chairs in 1856. He was made a member of the Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows in 1859. His death occurred April 15, 1892. Mr. James was an ideal type of an honest man and enjoyed in a remarkable degree the confidenee of the people.
PLEASANT VIEW CEMETERY .- This cemetery, situated upon the west side of the Mammoth road in North Londonderry, has been in use but a few years. There repose, however, the remains of some departed citizens of earlier years that have been removed from older yards, notably those that have been taken from the Baptist Cemetery. The following is an alphabeti- eal arrangement of the inseriptions to be found in Pleasant View Cemetery at the present time :
ADAMS, George (son of Nathan and Elizabeth J. Adams) died Aug 31, 1874, aged 22 yrs 8 mos ; Gertrude (dau of Nathan and Elizabeth J. Adams) died Nov 19, 1883, aged 13 yrs 10 mos ; Rowena (dau of Frank and Alma E. Adams) died Aug 15, 1881, aged 4 mos 13 dys.
AUSTIN, Joshua born Oct 17, 1800, died May 27, 1861.
BARKER, Samuel C. born Oct 15, 1812, died Aug 16, 1893 ; Hannah D. (wife) born March 27, 1818.
BLODGETT, Isaac died Jan 11, 1858, aged 50 yrs 7 mos 16 dys : Celestia A. (dau of Isaac and Bethiah Blodgett) died Oct 14, 1863, aged 13 yrs II mos ; Isaac Joshua (son of same) died April 6, 1854, aged 2 dys.
BOYCE, Ladd born Sept 21, 1835, died Aug 2, 1883.
BOYDEN, Joseph, Co F 29 Reg Mass Vols, died July 7, 1893, aged 66 yrs.
BARKER, Affie and Effie (twin daughters of David C. and Eliza J. Barker) died Sept 21, 1860, aged 3 mos.
CHASE, Elijah G. born March 22, 1819, died April 19, 1893 ; Phebe M. (wife) born July 20, 1822; Nathan P. born June 13, 1812, died Oct 5, 1893 ; Mary P. Whidden (wife) born Sept 1, 1820 ; Trueworthy D. born Sept 11. 1828, died Feb 24, 1872 ; Nancy M. Pettingill (wife) born July 6, 1832, died Sept 6, 1892 : Frank E. born Nov. 21, 1862, died Feb 21, 1884 ; John H. born May 29, 1864, died Aug 29, 1864 : child, Dec 30, 1866; child, Jan 3, 1868 ; Hannah died March 30, 1890, aged 56 yrs II mos.
CORNING, Mary (dau of William and Hannah Corning) died Jan 23, 1879, aged 17 yrs 5 mos ; Nathaniel born July 17, 1804, died Aug 14, 1869 ; Mary McMurphy (wife) born April 4, 1808, died April 1, 1893; George W. (son of Nathaniel and Mary M. Corning) born Aug 21, 1843, died Sept 5, 1844 ; Nathaniel, Jr, born Feb 9, 1839, died June 9, 1878 ; Alexander M.
(son of same) born April 25, 1833, died Dec 12, 1893 ; Anna J. (dau of Alexander M. and Roxana Corning) ; Almira N. (dau of same).
FARRELL, Potter died Oct 11, 1890, aged 60 yrs 8 mos.
FLING, John W., stone ; Mary A. (wife) born Feb 16, 1837, died June 10, 1890; infant (son) born March 17, 1869, died April 5, 1869.
FROST, Edgar, (no date).
FURBER, J. S., 1819-1891; Elbridge W., 1863-1881 ; John W., 1846 - 1885.
GREELEY, George W. died Aug 3, 1888, aged 67 yrs 10 mos ; S. Arvilla died Jan 3, 1882, aged 31 yrs 8 mos.
GUTTERSON, Eli S. born July 19, 1818, died May 19, 1863.
HALL, Robert and Henry R., monument ; Nancy E. (wife of Robert Hall) born March 30, 1819, died Feb 16, 1868 ; Ella M. (wife of Henry R. Hall) born Jan 23, 1856, died July 18, 1890 ; Elsie L. (dau of Henry R. and Ella M. Hall) born Feb 18, 1887, died June 7, 1889. On same monument.
HALE, Etta M. (wife of Samuel C. Hale) born Dec 6, 1851, died Aug 22, 1891.
KIMBALL, Isaac born April 10, 1821, died March 10, 1890; Rebecca J. (wife) born Dec 24, 1832, died March 3, 1892.
MCGREGOR, George F. born Jan 9, 1841, died Jan 20, 1891 ; Rhoda A. (wife) born Aug 16, 1842 ; Augusta M. (wife of Wm R. McGregor), 1860 - 1889 ; Gracie, 1887 - 1894.
NESMITH, Jonathan Y. and Lucian H., stone ; Oreal (son of J. Y. and A. A. Nesmith), 1859-1863 : Cyrus, 1801 - 1881 ; Lydiah (wife), 1807 - 1876 : Luzetah J. (dau of Cyrus and Lydiah), 1841- 1842; Capt Thomas, 1791-1861 ; Nancy B. (wife), 1795 - 1880.
NORCROSS, Joshua L. died Sept 1, 1862, aged 34 yrs 4 mos ; George N. died July 1, 1861, aged 3 yrs II mos.
NOYES, Freddie (son of J. M. and A. P. Noyes) died Sept 29, 1876, aged 2 yrs 11 mos 20 dys : Eva F. (dau of the same) died Jan 4, :889, aged 9 mos 7 dys ; Mary (wife of Joseph T. Noyes) died March, 1885, aged 47 yrs 3 mos 20 dys ; Sylvester C. (son of Benning and Mary B.) died May 21, 1856, aged 12 yrs 7 mos ; Ella L. (dau of same) died Nov. 11, 1869, aged 12 yrs 5 mos.
PAGE, Leonard died June 15, 1886, aged 67 yrs 12 dys.
SMITH, Nathan S., stone : Lizzie A. Choate (wife) died Jan 15. 1890, aged 50 yrs 4 mos 2 dys ; Elisha died May 26, 1887, aged 86 yrs 4 mos 9 dys : Rachel Sanborn (wife) died March 28, 1893, aged 83 yrs 23 dys.
WHIDDEN, John P. (son of J. W. and E. R. Whidden) died March 14, 1884, aged 5 dys : Ellen Maria (dau of John P. and Alice) died Dec 3, 1857, aged 5 dys.
WHITCOMB, Harriet C. (wife of H. B. Corliss) born Dec 17, 1826, died Feb 11, 1892.
WHITE, Reuben died March 31, 1858, aged 63 yrs : Rachel Corning (wife) died March 25, 1885, aged 83 yrs 5 mos ; Ruel B. (son) died Sept 23, 1883, aged 41 yrs I mo 22 dys : Samuel G. (son) died Dec 1, 1892, aged 67 yrs ; Nelson (son) died May 24, 1851, aged 17 yrs 5 mos ; Elisa A. (dau) died Nov 11, 1838, aged 1 yr 5 mos.
WILLEY, Jacob N. born Feb, 1804, died Jan 29, 1867 ; Rachel T. (wife) born May 18, 1822, died Aug 31, 1886.
SAMUEL CALDWELL FORSAITH.
S AMUEL C. FORSAITH was born in Goffs- tants and was obliged to enlarge his workshop. At this time he purchased a patent machine for folding newspapers, which was so defective that it was of little practical value. Here was an oppor- tunity for the display of his rare genius as a mechanic, and hc at once applied himself to the perfecting of this machine with such success that he eventually received large orders to supply news- papcr cstablishments throughout the country with his improved folder. While manu- facturing these folders he was also building sawmills, mill gcarings, watcr-wheels, etc., and the number of his em- ployees increased from four to twelve. In 1863 hc leased the entire scale works plant, and in 1867 built a new shop which proved to be the nucleus of the set of buildings now owned by the company which bears his namc. In IS72, William E. Drew, a former employee in the shop, was taken into partnership, and the business continued to grow until 1884, SAMUEL C. FORSAITH. when the ownership was merged into a stock company with a capitalization of $275.000. In the winter of 1884-85, while Mr. Forsaith was southern states, he was stricken with apoplexy and died at Philadelphia, March 23, 1885. town, Sept. 29, 1827, the son of Robert and Elizabeth (Caldwell) Forsaith. His father being a farmer, he spent his early life upon a farm, receiving his education in the common schools of his native town. When a mere boy he manifested a remarkable aptitude for mechanical work, and at the age of eleven years had constructed and set up a miniature sawmill, complete in all its parts, and in running order. At the age of seven- teen he came to Man- chester and entered the Amoskeag machine shop as an apprentice. There he remained until thrown out of employment by a de- structive fire, which led him to seek a situation in the Stark mills machine shop, wherc he continued until Sept. I, 1850. He then removed to Milford, where for eight years he had charge of the repair shop connected with the mills in that town. He left Milford to assume charge of the Saco Water Power machine shop at Bid- deford, Me., holding this position for two years. In 1860 he returncd to Manchester and went into business on his own account, beginning in a room which he rented in on a trip to the Bermuda Islands and the the shop of the Manchester scale works, his announcement to the public being that he was prepared to do all kinds of job work, and thus the present and extensive plant operated by the S. C. Forsaith Machine Company had its early beginning.
Mr. Forsaith will long be remembered as a pioneer in the machine business in Manchester, his genius as a machinist, indomitable perseverance. and great energy overcoming the most unfavor- able conditions. He was one of the most com-
Mr. Forsaith's success was such that at the end of the first year he was employing four assis- panionable of men, was prominent in Masonry and
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Odd Fellowship, and was an officer in the Amos- Lexington. The Thompson homestead was in keag Veterans. In politics he was a Democrat, the possession of Charles Hurd in 1865. In the town of Merrimack the only residence noted on the map is that of Edward Goldstone Lutwyche, an English gentleman of education and fortune who left the country on the breaking out of the Revolution. Rev. Edward Lutwyche Parker, for forty years pastor of the First church in Derry, was named for him. and on several occasions received the enthusiastic support of his party as a candidate for the New Hampshire state senate. Feb. 20, 1848, he mar- ried Nancy W. Pierce, who died April 20, 1871. These children were born to them : Frank P., George B., and William, the first named now de- ceased. Dec. 23, 1875, he married Clara J., daugh- ter of Col. J. C. Smith of Salisbury, her mother being Clara Johnson. The issue of their marriage was three children : Samuel C., Jr., born Dec. 16, 1876 ; Clarence S., born Feb. 19, 1879; and Dar- win J., born Oct. 19, 1880.
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