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7 HORACE ELLIOTT, (brother of preceding) b. Nov. 30, 1834. Began railroad service as agent of the White Mountain railroad at Littleton, N. H., April, 1856; in 1859, was made General Freight and Ticket Agent, in addition to the local agency. When the White Mountain railroad came under the management of the Boston, Concord and Montreal railroad, he remained its agent till 1864; station agent of the Rutland and Burlington railroad at Burlington one year; General Freight Agent of that railroad, 1865, to January, 1871, when he became General Superintendent of the Concord railroad, holding that office nearly twenty years. When the Concord railroad and the Boston, Concord, and Montreal railroad were consolidated he was General Traffic Manager two years; a year later became Superintendent of the Concord Division of the Boston and Maine railroad, retiring therefrom after eight years service; m. March 3, 1880, Nellie Mary Putnam of Laconia; res. Concord, N. H.
8 REMEMBRANCE WRIGHT, b. March 21, 1836; served in Co. D, 1st Vt., three mos. men, 1861; 1st Lieutenant, Co. H, 12th Vt., 1862-3; in business Newbury Village ; postmaster, 1885-91; farmer on homestead; m. March 13, 1862, Helen F. Corliss of Bradford.
Children :
i. George Elliott, b. Feb. 12, 1869; graduated Dartmouth Medical College, 1896; interne one year, in Mary Hitchcock Hospital; studied in New York; began practice at Lawrence, Mass; became acting assistant surgeon. U. S. A., 2d Division, 7th Army Corps at Havanna, Cuba; now in service in the Philippine Islands.
ii. Laura Helen, b. Jan. 7, 1877.
4 COL. MOODY, 3 (Remembrance,2 Moses1) b. Sept. 12, 1787; farmer on homestead' and inn-keeper; colonel in the militia; town representative 1838, 1851; member of Constitutional Convention, 1828; m. 1st, Mary, dau. Cephas and Martha Child of Woodstock, Conn., and Fairlee. She d. Aug. 8, 1838. He m. 2d, Sept. 24, 1839, Mrs. Mary B. Runnels, dau. Capt. Jacob Bayley. (b. Oct. 20, 1796 ; d. July 8, 1884).
Children, all by 1st marriage:
i. Remembrance Johnson, b. Nov. 16, 1814. 9 ii. Harriott, b. July 19, 1816; m. James M. Chadwick, q. v .; d. May 1, 1840.
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iii. Moody, b. Nov. 28, 1818; lived in Mobile and Montgomery, Ala. He was lame and did not enter the Confederate service. When Sherman's army approached Montgomery he was chosen by the citizens to carry a flag of truce, with the surrender of the city ; d. un-m. at Cairo, Ill., Jan.1, 1866.
iv. Ezra Bartlett, b. May 9, 1821, d. y.
v. Elizabeth Elliott, b. March 9. 1823 ; m. July 11, 1850, William B. Hibbard ; settled at Elkhart, N. Y .; afterward at Chicago, where she d. March 30, 1871. C., (1) Elizabeth, in. Walter J. Baxter; res. Clinton, Iowa. (2) Mary E., m. 1st, Franklyn W. Hall, 2d, Horace B. Childs. (3) Frances C., m. Charles A. Hoffman; res. Clinton, Iowa. One c., a, Maude S. Ezra B., b. June 14, 1825.
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vii. Emeline Buxton, b. Feb. 4, 1828; m. Nov. 25, 1852, Harry Fox of Westfield. Mass., son of Hiram Fox and grandson of John Fox of Springfield, Mass .; settled in Chicago. He d. Sept. 4, 1883. She d. May 28, 1900. C., (1) Harry C., d. y. (2) Harriott A., res. Chicago. Miss Fox collected all the records of this Chamberlain family, excepting those of the families of Asher and John E. Chamberlain. (3) Alice E., d. y. (4) Frederick H., res. Chicago. (5) Harry, d. y.
viii. Mary Child, b. Sept. 21, 1830; d. Chicago, Feb. 9, 1899.
9 REMEMBRANCE JOHNSON,4 (Moody,3 Remembrance,2 Moses1) b. Nov. 16, 1814; farmer where C. C. Doe now owns; bought the old homestead where he lived. The house was burned, March 6, 1876. He m. Oct. 8, 1838, Olive, clau. David Haseltine, (b. Sept. 25, 1810; d. Dec. 9, 1881), He d. suddenly March 13, 1876.
Children :
i. Charles, b. July 14, 1840, d. y.
ii. Wright, b. Aug. 27, 1843; farmer on homestead; rem. to Davenport, Iowa; m. Nov. 25, 1868, Abbie F. Smith of Corinth. One dau. living.
iii. Francis, b. Feb. 4, 1845; served in the union army, afterwards four years in the regular army; d.
iv. Charles, b. Jan. 13, 1849; m. March 19, 1873, Lucy Smith of Corinth; res. Chicago. Two c.
10 EZRA BARTLETT, (brother of preceding) b. June 14, 1825; farmer at South Newbury, on homestead, which he sold and rem. to Newbury Village; in hotel and other business; m. Nov. 25, 1852, Elizabeth, dau. Harry C. Bailey.
Children :
i. Sarah Belle, b. Jan. 16, 1858; d. 1860.
ii. Harry Bailey, b. Nov. 1, 1862; salesman at Bradford ; member of Co. G, V. N. G. of which he was captain two years; appointed upon the staff of Gov. Woodbury, 1894-96, with rank of Colonel; mustered into U. S. Army as Reg. Q. M. Sergeant ; commissioned captain, and Assistant Q. M., July 16, 1898; commissioned captain in regular army, Feb. 1901 ; m. April 6, 1892, Kathlyn, dau. General Gilmore of Fairlee. Onec., Dorothy, b. Aug. 4, 1896.
iii. Martha Page, b. Nov. 24, 1866; graduated St. Johnsbury Academy ; m. May 19, 1896, George C., son of Albert L. Fabyan. He was a salesman, who became manager of the clothing and furnishing house of Browning, King & Co., Minneapolis, where he d. suddenly, April 18, 1900; buried at Newbury. C., (1) Margaret, b. Feb. 11, 1897. (2) George Chase, b. Dec. 29, 1900.
2 ASHER,2 (Moses1) b. Litchfield, Conn., Apr. 14, 1751; settled in Bradford on the upper plain; town representative from Bradford, 1790; member of the church in Newbury, from which, in 1793. he was dismissed with his wife to Thetford church ; he afterward rem. to Peacham, and later to Troy, where he d .; revolutionary soldier; m. Olive Russell, and is understood to have had two sons, Wright and John. He had other c. of whom nothing is preserved, except the name of one, Susannah, bapt. by Rev. N. Lambert, (church record) May 26, 1792.
i. Wright, settled in Stanstead, P. Q .; was twice m., and was said to have had twelve c., by 1st marriage, ten of whom lived to be men and women, of whom four are living.
11 ii. John, b. Bradford, Dec. 17, 1787.
11 JOHN3 (Asher,2 Moses1) b. Bradford, Dec. 17, 1787; studied law, and was in
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practice here, according to "Walton's Register," from 1818 to 1822; later he rem. to Stanstead, P. Q .; m. March 7, 1813, Clarissa, dau. Isaac Bayley, (b. Feb. 4, 1792 ; d. Dec. 27, 1819) ; d. there, Nov. 24, 1847.
Children :
i. Clarissa, b. Aug. 26, 1813; m. (published in Haverhill, July 10, 1834), Samuel, son of Capt. Uriah Ward; d. about 1878, at Chicago, leaving two sons.
ii. John Russell, b. Sept. 27, 1815; d. 1877 in Lyndonville, N. Y., leaving a wite and three daus., who are still living.
12 iii. Horatio Nelson, b. Newbury, Oct. 10, 1818; d. April 21, 1875.
12 HORATIO NELSON, b. Newbury, Oct. 10, 1818, in the house now Mrs. E. E. Miller's, formerly that of Harry C. Bailey ; civil engineer; he laid out the Connecticut and Passumpsic Rivers railroad from Wells River to Newport, and the Massawippi Valley railroad, from Newport to Sherbrooke; he also laid out the village of Lyndonville, and his services were in constant demand, he being esteemed competent and faithful in his profession; m. while living in Canada, Jan. 15, 1844, Lemira Sophia, dau. Harmon Titus; res. Newbury, after 1846 ; d. April 21, 1875.
Children :
i. Sarah Amanda, b. St. Johns, P. Q., Dec. 25, 1844; m. Jan. 31, 1866, James Burrell Lawrie, son Andrew and Margaret (Burrell) Lawrie; (b. Dunfermline. Scotland, Sept. 27, 1828; came to America, 1848; in business in Boston till marriage; farmer on the Ox-bow). C., (1) Maggie, b. Aug. 14, 1867; graduated at Abbott Academy, Andover, Mass .; m. Sept. 16, 1896, Harry W. Hibbard, now merchant at Woodsville. (2) James Nelson, b. Sept. 22, 1882; d. Sept. 20, 1885.
ii. Clara Rebecca, b. Newbury, (W. R.) April 29, 1849; m. Sept. 20, 1877, Dr. George H. Atkinson, q. V.
iii. Albert Mott, b. March 7, 1851; res. Des Moines, Iowa; m. there, Ella Hastings. C., (1) Nelson, b. Des Moines, January, 1887.
iv. Louis Henry, b. March 15, 1861; d. June 8, 1864.
¥CAMPBELL.
REV. GEORGE W., son of Alexander and Ruth (Johnson) Campbell, b. Lebanon, N. H., 1794; graduated Union College 1820; Union Theological Seminary 1823; ordained Nov. 17, 1824 ; pastor 1st Ch. Newbury ; installed Jan. 27, 1836; discharged July 9, 1850. He was regarded as a superior preacher. His sermons were models of clearness and precision. Several of his sermons and addresses were printed. In the ministry till 1866; d. Bradford, Mass., Feb. 2, 1869. He m. Feb. 2, 1830, Serena J. William, of Kennebunk, Me. They had five dau., two of whom at least, d. un-m., and another m. Mr. George Peabody Russell, nephew and namesake of George Peabody, the banker and philanthropist, and res. at the Isle of Wight, England. Another dau. d. in Europe.
CHAPMAN.
Jonah and Molly ( Blaisdell) Chapman were among the first settlers in the Grow neighborhood, where they built first a log house, and then a framed one still standing, but now unoccupied, and believed to be over 100 years old.
JONAH CHAPMAN, d. July 13, 1831, in his 83d year, and his wife Nov. 20, 1820, aged 68. The records of the 1st Ch. give the following baptism of their c. : Oct. 29, 1791, Pollv, Esther, Lydia, Nathaniel, Blaisdell, Samuel and Abigail; March 18, 1793, John; Sept. 21, 1796, Stephen and Josiah.
JOHN CHAPMAN, b. May 13, 1792; was a harness maker at East Corinth, and began there, while, yet a young man, the construction of a house which he intended should be the finest in Orange County. It was modelled, it is said, after a mansion which he had seen in Philadelphia. It contained over 100,000 brick, and large quantities of hewn stone, many of which were
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brought from the "Catamount," in Haverhill. Upon this house he spent the savings of a life time, in all over $15,000 and old age found the mansion still unfinished, only one or two rooms being habitable. John Chapman's last years were spent with his brother in Fairlee, and the house, sold for a small fraction of its cost, was finished, and made into a hotel called the "Saginaw House," which, some 25 years after the builder left it, was burned June 12, 1899. The memorial library, now being erected by the Blake family, stands on the site of "Chapman's Folly," much of the material being used in its construction. John Chapman never m.
STEPHEN, b. Oct. 22, 1793 ; settled in Fairlee, where he was town representative. He m. a Miss Ordway, sister of Mrs. John Fulton; no c.
BLAISDELL, who m. Lizzie Dickey, and is a well-known farmer in the Grow neighborhood, and Wilson Chapman, of East Corinth, who m. a dau. of William Grant, are sons of Samuel Chapman. The loss of early records has prevented a more complete account of the Chapman family.
CHENEY.
James Davis, and Harrison, sons of Ezekiel and Betsey (Atwood) Cheney, came here while young from Hampstead, N. H., and settled as farmers in this town.
I. JAMES DAVIS, b. April 14, 1821; lived with Samuel Eastman many years; later owned the farm in the Doe neighborhood called the "Jacob Brock place." He m. 1st, Lois, dau. James McKindley, who d. Nov. 20, 1869, aged 41. 2d, Miss Hodges. He d. March 13, 1896.
Children :
i. John, who d. at the age of 13.
II. HARRISON, b. June 18, 1822; farmer at West Newbury, where Harry B. Hoyt lives; m. 1st, Sarah Ann Dearborn, who d. leaving one dau., who d. at the age of 7; m. 2d, 1868, Mary, dau. John Allen. He was a member of the Methodist church and a worthy man. He d. Nov. 27, 1894.
CLARK.
JOHN, is said to have come from England to America, and to Newbury from Bridgewater, N. H., with his wife and four c. There were others who never lived here. He d. February, 1804, and his wife in July of the same year. Children :
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i. Timothy, b. 1766; d. 1855.
2 ii. Moses P., b. 1777 ; d. 1856.
3 iii. Choate.
iv. Lucretia, m. Hardy Chamberlin, q. v.
1 Timothy, b. 1766. He lived in the family of Gen. Jacob Bayley, from the time he was ten years old, till he was twenty-one, when he received a deed to a lot of land, on which he settled, but the title proving defective, he was obliged to give it up. It is the farm now owned by R. S. Chamberlain, near the Centre. Later he lived about a half mile east of the town farm. Buildings all gone; m. 1st, Betsey Ladd of Haverhill. She d. Aug. 3, 1822, aged 53. (Dates of birth from town record); in. 2d, Mrs. Martha A. Whitman Gerould, and had one son. He d. 1855.
Children, eleven by 1st, and one by 2nd marriage:
i. David, b. Jan. 17, 1789; raftsman, lost his life on the river.
ii. Susannah, b. Oct. 16, 1791 ; m. James Chamberlin of Wells River.
iii. Polly, b. Aug. 9, 1793; d. Jan. 15, 1875.
iv. Lucretia, b. Aug. 10, 1795; m. John Messer.
v. Hannah, b. Feb. 9,1798; m. Aug. 8, 1818, Zenas Holmes of Lebanon, N. H.
vi. Betsey, b. Nov. 9, 1800; m. Moses Goodwin, q. v.
vii. Timothy, b. July 20, 1803.
viii. Sally, b. Jan. 20, 1806.
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4 ix. Lavinia, b. June 6, 1808.
x. Hiram, b. April 11, 1811, q. V.
xi. Lucy, b. May 4, 1813; m. Isaac Bedel of Bath, who was killed while working on the White Mountain railroad.
5 xii. Edward J. L , b. Aug. 28, 1825, q. v.
5 EDWARD J. L., b. Aug. 28, 1825 ; served during the rebellion in Co. B, 16th N. H .; enlisted Sept. 2, 1862; mustered out Aug. 13, 1863 ; farmer; m. 1st, Lucinda Pixley, who d. Sept. 21, 1856, aged twenty-seven; m. 2d, Lavinia McLean, who d. Nov. 12, 1872; m. 3d, July 15, 1873, Harriet S., dau. of John Corliss.
Children, all b. in Newbury, three by first and two by second marriage :
i. William, b. March 14, 1846. Served in the Union army and d. 1863, aged 17.
ii. Isaac, b. Jan. 11, 1849. Served in the army, enlisting in December, 1863, in his 15th year. Photographer several years at Worcester, Mass. Rem. to West Newbury, farmer, twice m.
iii. Lucy L., b. Nov. 21, 1853; m. Frederic Siebert of New Haven, Conn. C., (adopted), Florence G., also the youngest child of her deceased sister, Nellie.
iv. Harry A., b. March 2, 1859; m. Nellie, dau. of John Evans.
v. Nellie R., b. June 18, 1861; m. at Thetford, Dec. 22, 1888, Charles Turcott ; d. Thetford, June 22, 1892. C., (1) Ethel Lucy, b. Nov. 22, 1889. (2) Margaret Ellen, b. Sept. 18, 1871, both in Thetford.
3 CHOATE, 3d son of John, b. Aug. 5, 1771; m. 1st, Hannah Willis of Norwich, who d. Jan. 17, 1807; m. 2d a Mrs. Kenniston, and 3d, Nov. 4, 1819, Susan Cochrane of Bradford, (b. May 12, 1782; d. Oct., 18, 1862). He lived many years where his grandson, Joel C. Temple, now lives. He d. Sept. 11, 1847.
Children, by first marriage :
6 i. Moses. b. Oct. 8, 1796.
ii. Mary (Polly), b. Nov. 9, 1798; m. Rev. John Hatch of Groton.
iii. Hannah, b. July 10, 1804. Her mother d. when she was three years old, and she was brought up by Mr. and Mrs. Rasmus Jonson. She m. Joel Temple; d. January 21, 1851.
6 MOSES, b. Oct. 8, 1796; m. Anna Kincaid of Peacham, (b. Oct. 17, 1797; d. Jan. 6, 1883). He d. Feb. 5, 1876.
Children :
i. Isaac, b. Feb. 19, 1819; d. March, 1843; m. Ann Chapman of Haverhill, who after his death m. Charles Bailey.
7 ii. Moses, b. May 7, 1821.
iii. Susan, b. Jan. 28, 1825; m. Simeon F. Ellenwood of Charlestown, N. H. He is not living. She res. Charlestown.
iv. Mary, b. Oct. 8, 1827; m. Thos. Britton of Boston, Mass.
r. Elizabeth, b. July 12, 1831; m. J. M. Goodwin, q. v.
vi. Nancy, b. March 19, 1835; m. William Morrill of Ryegate and d. there.
vii. Martha, b. Oct. 5, 1837; m. Hiram Ellenwood of Charlestown, N. H.
viii. Fred Ezra, b. Nov. 8, 1842. Served three months in Co. D, 1st Vt., 1861. In 2d Co. Sharpshooters Dec. 31, 1861, to Dec. 4, 1862. 1st Vt. Battery, Dec. 3, 1863. Transferred to 2d Vt. Battery, Feb. 13, 1865. Res. St. Johnsbury. Merchant. He m. 1st, June 14, 1865, Sarah E. Page of Ryegate. She d. July 20, 1894. He m. 2d, May 28, 1895, Mrs. Eva E. Moore. C., (by 1st marriage), (1) Fred D., b. Feb. 21, 1868. (2) Charles E., b. July 22, 1872. (3) Mabel, b. Jan. 18, 1879; d. in infancy.
7 MOSES, Jr., b. May 7, 1821; res. Newbury; m. Feb. 29, 1848, Martha P., dau. of Moses and Abigail (Banfield) Rowell, (b. Bath, Dec. 26, 1827). Children :
i. Charles Britton, b. May 23, 1849; d. May 26, 1871.
ii. Henry K., b. July 24, 1851; res. Walla Walla, Washington. Farmer.
iii. George B., b. Oct. 17, 1853; res. Walla Walla.
iv. Clarence H., b. June 22, 1855; studied medicine with Dr. Watkins; grad. Dartmouth Medical College, 1878. Employed in hospital at Montreal, attending lectures. In practice at Haverhill 1879. Went to Colorado; d. March 14, 1882, of consumption at home. -
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v. Annic, b. Oct. 11, 1857; teacher; m. Nov. 27, 1883, Ned G. English, now merchant at Lisbon, N. H. C., Harold, b. Junc 16, 1887.
vi. Willard Parker, b. Oct. 11, 1859; res. Walla Walla, Washington; farmer; m. Gertrude Lyle. C., Harvey E., b. June 10, 1894.
vii. Ezra, b. Aug. 27, 1861; res. Seattle, Washington; hotel clerk.
viii. Simeon Ellenwood, b. Feb. 27, 1863. Clerk for F. Deming at Wells River. Admitted partner under the firm name of Deming & Clark, 1899. He m. Oct. 20, 1892, Clara, dau. John Bailey. C., Wendell Bailey, b. Nov. 7, 1899.
ix. Mary A., b. Nov. 15, 1867; m. Oct. 12, 1898, Harvey Lee, of Lisbon.
x. Mattie, b. March 21, 1870 ; d. Feb. 21, 1872.
xi. Harvey A., b. May 19, 1872; res. Bellows Falls; hotel clerk. He m. Oct. 19, 1895, Alice M. Farr.
2 MOSES P.,2 (John,1) b. 1777. Came to Newbury with his parents, was never at college, but obtained some education, and taught extensively, being known as "Master Clark." He studied theology with Rev. Ethan Smith of Haverhill. He was ordained to the Congregational ministry, and preached in Wolcott for some time, and at intervals in other places. He organized the first Sunday School in Orange County. Town Clerk. He m. 1st, June 3, 1802, Lydia Haseltine, of Haverhill, who d. April 18, 1826. He m. 2d, Nov. 26, 1828, Betsey Stevens. He d. Sept. 12, 1856, while riding in his wagon near Friend Chamberlin's, living at that time in what was called the Powers neighborhood.
Children, the last two by 2d marriage:
i. Nehemiah Lovewell, b. May 25, 1803; m. Oct. 11, 1825, Sarah, dau. of Robert McAllister. Lived at Manchester. N. H., and d. there.
ii. Abigail Boyce, b. Aug. 11, 1805; m. March 7, 1826, Erastus Hunt of Danville, who d. May 26, 1829. She lived in Newbury, but d. at Manchester, N. H., Jan. 26, 1876.
iii. Betsey Lovewell, b. April 26, 1808; d. Aug. 12, 1854.
iv. Mary Taplin. b. Jan. 20, 1811 ; d. April, 1811.
v. Susanna Sinclair, b. March 6, 1812 ; m. Jan. 11, 1837, Archibald McAllister, q. v .; d. Jan. 31, 1876.
vi. Mary Tenney, b. May 21, 1814; d. June 14, 1822.
vii. Moses Ben Porter, b. Feb. 14, 1819; d. April 20, 1823.
viii. Jonathan Stevens, b. Dec. 3, 1829.
ix. Moses Hobart, b. Oct. 14, 1831. Res. in Wolcott.
4 HIRAM, b. Newbury, Aug. 4, 1811; farmer of Newbury and Topsham after 1856; peddler for many years; in younger days was a river man. He m. 1st, June 27, 1831, Affa, dau. of Ebenezer Temple, who d. Jan. 10, 1855; m. 2d, Barbara Batchelder, who d. June 15, 1890; 3d, Mrs. Chamberlin. He d. at Monroe, N. H., Feb. 12, 1897.
Children :
i. Alvira, (dead.)
ii. Lorenzo, (dead.)
iii. Betsey, (Mrs. R. C. Blodgett of Monroe, N. H.)
iv. Jane W., (Mrs. Ora Kittredge of Walden.)
v. Joel T., b. 1838; m. June 16, 1870, Clara Dickey of Topsham and has one dau., Hattie. Res. Manchester, N. H.
*CLARK.
Jonas, b. Dummerston, 1781. He was of English descent. His father, a wealthy citizen of Dummerston, represented that town in the legislature which met at Newbury in 1801. Jonas, Jr., came to Topsham, among the first settlers, but soon rem. to a farm in Newbury, adjoining Topsham line near Currier hill, which, in those early days, was a hamlet of a few houses, with a store and a tavern. He was a man of prominence in town affairs, and long Justice of the Peace, was known as Esq. Clark. Hc in. Betscy Florida, who d. Dec. 30, 1851, aged 69 years. He d. Dec. 22, 1866.
*By Miss Carrie Clark.
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Children :
i. Infant.
ii. Eliza, m. Michael Stevens of Corinth, and their c. were, (1) Helen. (2) Augusta. (3) Daniel, (deacon). (4) Jonas and (5) Edson, who had the home farm, and have dealt in fine stock. (6) Oscar, a dentist at Bradford.
iii. Jonas W., educated at Peacham Academy; m. Sarah A. Corliss and settled at East Corinth; was a business man, holding many public offices. Two c., Byron, who d. in infancy, and George M., in early manhood.
iv. John F., attended Bradford Academy ; m. Abigail, dau. of Robert Fulton, and settled on what was before called the Andross place, in the southwest part of the town, but near the end of his life rem. to an adjoining farm. MIrs. Clark d. April 16, 1900. C., (1) Carrie A., fitted for college at Peacham Academy, and attended Oberlin College. Engaged in teaching, literary work, and the sale of subscription books. (2) Robert Jonas, educated at Newbury Seminary and Peacham Academy. In business at East Corinth. He mn, Lizzie, dau. of Rev. E. W. Hatch. C., Marguerite Frances.
v. Catherine, m. Feb. 13, 1845, Orrin Heath. They settled on her father's farm, where he d. July 24, 1888, aged 72 years, 3 months, 18 days, and she d. May 26, 1889, aged 77 years, 5 months, Three sons, (1) Hannibal H., and (2) Thomas B., own the John F. Clark place, and (3) Joel Clark Heath owned the home farm. These brothers own several hundred acres of land and are successful farmers. None of them are m.
vi. Joel, settled in Chelsea, and d. May 11, 1858, aged 42 years, 3 months.
vii. Caroline, d. May 11, 1844, aged 23 years, 11 months.
"Adieu, dear Caroline, Adieu, Till the last trumpet sound ; We hope to mingle joys with you, And stand on holy ground." EPITAPH.
COBLEIGH.
EDWIN REUBEN, b. St. Johnsbury, Dec. 25, 1830. Two years at Wesleyan University, and began the practice of law in St. Johnsbury. He m. July 4, 1852, Jane, dau. of George W. Leslie, of Newbury. He d. at St. Johnsbury, Sept. 9, 1857.
Children :
i. Herbert Eugene, b. St. Johnsbury, July 20, 1854. Was employed by the Keyes family for about 30 years. Res. Newbury; m. May 24, 1881, Rhuamah B., dau. of Alvah C. James. He d. Feb. 12, 1901.
Children :
i. Alvah Edwin, b. Feb 19, 1890.
ii. George Leslie, b. Oct. 4, 1897.
COBURN.
ASA, b. 1755. Came to Newbury after the revolutionary war, in which he served. His wife, Charlotte Page, was b. Nov. 30, 1760; d. May 28, 1852. He was known as Captain Coburn, and carried on Josiah Little's farm many years. He d. Dec. 2, 1841.
ASA, JR., b. Pelham, N. H., March 2, 1787, Farmer of Newbury. He m. 1st, Nov. 11, 1809, Sally Page, (b. Nov. 3, 1790; d. Thetford, Nov. 21, 1827). m. 2d, June 22, 1831, Hannah Taylor, (b. May 14, 1798; d. March 12, 1871). He d. Nov. 4, 1853.
Children, eight by 1st and four by 2d marriage.
i. Esther b. Aug. 4, 1810; m. March 6, 1833. John R. Dowse, q. v .; d. June 30, 1878.
ii. Charlotte, b. Feb. 7, 1813; m. March, 1833, James Webster, q. v .; d. April, 1900.
iii. Almira, b. Dec. 15, 1814 ; m. Cyril Emerson of Thetford, June, 1858.
iv. Harriet, b. Jan. 28, 1816; d. December, 1828.
v. Calvin P., b. May 6, 1818; m. May, 1853, Rachel Farrand. Farmer of Newbury. Rem. to Maine.
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HISTORY OF NEWBURY, VERMONT.
vi. George M., b. Feb. 14, 1820; m. September. 1858, Joanna Coburn; d. March 1, 1864.
vii. Sarah Ann, b. Feb. 6, 1822; m. May 26, 1843, Joseph L. Clark, (b. Topsham Feb. 24, 1817; d. Hyde Park, Mass., April 20, 1900). She d. Aug. 23, 1886. C., Arthur and M. Bell, both b. in Newbury.
viii. Daniel N., b. June 24, 1824 ; d. April 5, 1843.
ix. Charles T., b. May 8, 1832.
x. Manly, b. Aug. 26, 1833; m. November, 1834, Abigail Hadley. Res. Fitchburg, Mass. Cabinet maker. She d. April 25, 1882.
xi. Frances, b. Dec. 5, 1835; m. Jan. 1858, Harvey H. Caldwell, of Thetford.
xii. Emmeline, b. Newbury, Feb. 15, 1838; d. Oct. 2, 1853.
*COCHRANE.
JOHN COCHRANE and Lilly Kilgore, his wife, were b. and bred in the parish of Glendorment, in the north of Ireland, where they were members of the Presbyterian church. They came to America in 1718, and settled in Brunswick, Maine, upon the present site of Bowdoin College. They left that place for fear of the Indians, and settled among their countrymen in Londonderry, N. H. Of their 13 c., Samuel was the youngest, b. Londonderry, October, 1729; m. in Nottingham, N. H., Feb. 12, 1767, Agnes McCrillis.
Children, all b. in Londonderry.
i. Margaret, b. June 28, 1768; m. Samuel Cochrane of Londonderry ; d. Nov. 26,1853.
ii. Mary Ann, b. Nov. 26, 1769; m. Hugh Wilson of Windham.
1 iii. John, b. June 12, 1761.
iv. Isaac, b. May 9, 1773; d. 1792.
v. Elizabeth, b. March 6, 1775; m. Samuel Wilson of Londonderry.
vi. Andrew, b. Nov. 22, 1776. Settled in Albany, N. Y.
2 vii. William, b. Sept. 29, 1778.
viii. Agnes, b. June 2, 1780; un-m. ; d. 1839.
ix. Susanna, b. May 12, 1782; m. Choate Clark of Newbury ; d. Oct. 18, 1862.
x. Sarah, b. April 11, 1784; m. Ashbell Buell of Newbury ; d. March 30, 1861.
1 JOHN, b. Londonderry, N. H., June 12, 1771; m. Feb. 14, 1799, Agnes Wilson, (b. Londonderry, June 1, 1771; d. Newbury, March 22, 1847.) They came to Bradford in 1802, and to Newbury, 1812, settling on the northern slope of Wright's Mountain. He d. at Craftsbury, March 1, 1857. Buried in Bradford.
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