History of Newbury, Vermont, from the discovery of the Coos country to present time, Part 72

Author: Wells, Frederic Palmer, 1850- ed
Publication date: 1902
Publisher: St. Johnsbury, Vt., The Caledonian company
Number of Pages: 935

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iii. Albion Ernest, b. March 1, 1870; in creamery business.

12 FRANK PHELPS,4 (Moses,3 Thos.2, John,1) b. May 19, 1805; m. Sept. 9, 1828, Elcanor Ford, dau. of Otho Stevens, (b. March 18, 1806; d. Whitefield, N. H., May 2, 1892). He d. Aug. 26, 1842.

Children :

i. Josephine, b. April 26, 1829; m. Nov. 6, 1849, Royal Beal of Orfordville, N. H. C., (1) Abby Ellen, b. Aug. 11, 1850; m. H. E. Morey of Malden, Mass. (2) Georgiana, b. June 2, 1856; m. Abram Washburn of Lexington, Mass. (3) Frank J., b. Nov. 11, 1860; m. Elizabeth L. Avery. (4) Rufus C., b. March 2, 1863; d. Feb. 7, 1876. (5) Fenner L. R., b. March 29, 1867; m. Alfaretta L. McClellan of Nova Scotia.

ii. Matilda, b. March 29, 1831; m. John D. Martin ; q. v.

iii. Ellen Frances, b. April 25, 1838; m. Oct. 6, 1863, L. Tracy Hazen ; q. v.

13 ALEXANDER GEORGE,4 ( David,3 Thomas, 2 John,1), b. Feb. 13, 1813. Fitted for college at Kimball Union Academy; graduated at Dartmouth College, 1837. Law student in office of Henry Z. Hayner, Troy, N. Y., 1837-40; at Albany, 1840-41; admitted to the bar in the latter year. In practice as partner with Mr. Hayner, 1841-48. Deputy superintendent of common schools of the State of New York, Feb. 1, 1848, to Dec. 8, 1849. From Dec. 31, 1851, to May 1, 1852, Deputy Secretary State of New York. Editor of the Troy Daily Post, 1852-54, the paper having been conducted by himself and Mr. Enoch Davis since 1850, the name being afterwards changed to that of the Troy Daily Traveller. Deputy Secretary of State again, 1854-55. In practice of law until 1862. Editor, 1861, of the Troy Daily Arena. From 1862 to 1865, partly in practice and connected with the Troy Daily Whig, of which he was editor, 1868 to April 18, 1878. From 1869 until 1873 he was professor of rhetoric and English literature in the Rensselaer Polytechnical Institute at Troy. He prepared, in 1869, the school laws of New York, in one large octavo volume, with practical comments and instructions for school officers. This code of laws stands today as he drew them. In addition to these services he served a term in the Board of Supervisors of Rensselaer County; was for a time deputy collector of the port of Troy, and in 1865 and 1867 was engaged in the Department of Instruction at Albany. Mr. Johnson was also editor of a paper very influential in the New York politics of the time, from 1845, one one or two years, the Albany Freeholder, the organ of the Anti-Renters, a party almost forgotten. He became editor at the instance of Thurlow Weed, in place of Thomas A. Dwyer, an Irishman, who had fled from England on a charge of being engaged in the Chartist riots. He also furnished nearly all the editorials of the Family Journal during the years 1859-60. Mr. Johnson was an able and successful editor, and intimately acquainted with the men and measures of his time. In politics he was a Whig and later a Republican, but too independent in his views and policy to be a politician. His favorite study was history, in the knowledge of which he had few equals, and it is to be regretted that he did not live to prepare his projected history of Newbury. He was a fine classical scholar. He wrote entire all of Madame Willard's History of the United States, from 1860 to 1875, and much of the earlier part of it. When he first settled in the practice of law he had an opportunity of engaging in partnership with William H. Seward before the latter became famous. He died after an illness of nearly a year at Brunswick, Rensselaer county, New York, Feb. 7, 1879. Mr. Johnson married at Windsor, September 2, 1846, Charlotte P., dau. of Allen Wardner, sister of the wife of Hon. William M. Evarts. She res. at Watertown, Conn.

Children :

i. Helen Minerva, b. Albany, N. Y., July 27, 1848; educated partly at the Convent Sacred Heart, Montreal; teacher 18 years, at St. Agnes School, at Albany, N. Y., under Bishop Doanc; d. Watertown, Conn., March 29, 1889.

ii. George Carleton, b. Bethlehem, N. Y., now a part of Albany, Junc, 1, 1851; began as clerk for J. M. Warren & Co., Troy, N. Y .; traveled six years for Lamson & Goodnow of Shelburne Falls, Mass; now head clerk (Actuary Department) of the Pennslyvania Mutual Life Insurance Co., Philadelphia.

ALEXANDER G. JOHNSON.

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iii. Lucy Town, b. Troy, N. Y., Jan. 21, 1853; m. Oct. 22, 1879, Alfred H. Scovill of Watertown, Conn. Five c.

iv. Jane Root, b. Troy, N. Y., Sept. 1, 1855; lives with her mother at Watertown, Conn.

v. Martha Wardner, b. Troy, July 31, 1857; m. June 22, 1880, Allen G. Lamson; d. Brooklyn, N Y., May 31, 1883; buried at Troy. She left two c., Charlotte Wardner and Guy Carleton, who live with their grandmother at Watertown.

vi. Anna Charlotte, b. Troy, July 13, 1859 ; d. Aug. 13, 1864, at Troy.

vii. Thomas Harrington, b. Troy, June 28, 1862 ; d. Aug. 9, 1864, at Troy.

viii. Allen Wardner, b. Troy, Dec. 13, 1866; graduated Yale College, 1887; studied law and is now with Howlands & Murray, 35 Wall St., New York City.

14 HARRIET,3 (David,2 Thomas,1) b. July 29, 1814; m. (by Rev. Geo. W. Campbell) Sept. 25, 1838, Isaac, son of Isaac and Ruth (Jewett) Hale, of Newbury, Níass., b. there Sept. 26, 1807. He d. July 15, 1890, from injuries received by falling from a ladder. Res. Providence, R. I., where all their children were born. She d. Oct. 30, 1865.

Children :

i. Alice, b. Jan. 19, 1840; m. July 26, 1860, at Providence, R. I., to Nathaniel P., son of Nathaniel P., and Matilda (Crawford) Hill, b. Montgomery, N. Y. Mr. Hill graduated at Brown University, 1859. Teacher, then professor of chemistry at Brown for several years. In 1864, he rem. to Black Hawk, Colorado, to become manager of the Boston and Nevada smelting works. These works were afterwards rem. to Denver, where he still resides. United States Senator, 1879-85, and was the leading advocate of bimetalism. C., (1) Nathaniel P., b. March 29, 1862. (2) Isabel, b. April 10, 1864. (3) Gertrude, b. Jan. 29, 1869.

ii. Maria, b. Aug. 19, 1842; m. Oct. 13, 1863, to Rev. Adoniram Judson Gordon, son of John C. and Sally (Robinson) Gordon, b. New Hampton, N. H., April 19, 1836. Graduated Brown University, 1860, Newton Theological Seminary, 1863. Pastor of Jamaica Plain (Mass.) Baptist church, July, 1863. Pastor of Clarendon St. Baptist church, Boston, December, 1869, till death, Feb. 2, 1895. He was one of the most prominent and beloved ministers of Boston. Author of many valuable spiritual books, also compiler of a hymn book in use in many churches. He composed several well-known hymns and tunes. He d. from typhoid pneumonia, the result of a chill. C., (1) Harriet Hale, b. Oct. 25, 1865. (2) Ernest Barron, b. March 2, 1867. (3) Elsie, b. Dec. 19, 1868. (4) Arthur Hale, b. March 2, 1872. (5) Helen Maria, b. Jan. 13, 1874. (6) Theodore L., b. April 28, 1886.

iii. Harriet, b. May 18, 1844; m. in Boston, June 6, 1872, to Timothy Underwood Roworth, b. probably in Elmira, N. Y., March, 1833; merchant at Central City, Col., where he d. July 17, 1872, as the result of a fall. Mrs. Roworth res. in Providence, R. I.

iv. Wendell Phillips, b. Sept. 26, 1846; m. in Providence, R. I., Oct. 16, 1872, Elizabeth, dau. of James and Martha (Hill) Guy, b. Norwich, Conn., March 16, 1849. Her parents were from Nailsworth, Eng. Mr. Hale is a grain dealer at Providence. He has been a generous giver to the Tenney Memorial Library. C., (1) Carleton, b. Aug. 6, 1873. (2) Elizabeth G., b. Oct. 8, 1874. (3) Gordon D., b. Dec. 22, 1877. (4) Martha J., b. Aug. 18, 1883.

v. Thomas Johnson, b. May 9, 1849; d. July 26, 1854.

vi. Arthur Towne, b. June 12, 1852; d. Feb. 21, 1859.

vii. Jesse D., b. Dec. 9, 1855; m. at Denver, Col., March 18, 1885, Grace A., dau. of Frederic J., and Mary J. Butler, b. Buffalo, N. Y., Sept. 27, 1860. C., Philip Jewett and Alice, (twins) b. Feb. 4, 1886.

15 EDWARD CARLETON,3 (David,2 Thomas,1) b. Sept. 30, 1816. Graduated Dartmouth College 1840; read law with Lucius Peck of Montpelier 1841-43; rem. to New York 1845 and became a merchant. He travelled extensively and was a fine public speaker. He m. Aug. 31, 1847, Delia Maria Smith of Hamilton, N. Y .; d. Dec. 29, 1878; bur. in Greenwood Cemetery, N. Y. She d. July 7, 1881.

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One child :

i. Louisa F., m. 1st, April 9, 1868, James Underhill, a lawyer of New York City, who was of an old Knickerbocker family. He d. August, 1878. C., James Underhill, b. Apr. 9, 1871. She m. 2d, Dec. 23, 1880, John H. Wheeler. Mr. Wheeler's father was a Congregational clergyman, his grandfather and great grandfather were lawyers and judges. He graduated from Harvard University, at the age of 19, with highest honors ; held a scholarship for one year at Johns Hopkins University, and one for three years while he studied in Europe. Received the degree of Ph. D., from the University of Bonn, Germany. Was instructor in Latin and Greek at Harvard University, then taught at Radcliffe, then called Harvard Annex. Professor of Latin one year at Bowdoin College. Professor of Greek at the University of Virginia until three months before his death, Oct. 10, 1887. Buried at the Ox-bow. C., Frances Parkinson Wheeler, b. July 21, 1885. Mrs. Wheeler res. on the homestead.

16 NANCY CUMMINGS,4 (David,3 Thomas,2 John,1) b. Sept. 25, 1818. She was a fine scholar, and her father purchased for her the first or second piano brought into this town. She became a cripple in early life, a sore which developed upon her right foot rendered its amputation necessary. She was one of the first to use the artificial limbs invented by Palmer. The first one Palmer made was for himself, the second was for her. She became a teacher, and was preceptress of the Newbury High School in 1844. Nancy Johnson, whom Allibone's Dictionary of Authors calls Anna C. Johnson, was, probably, the most unusual literary personage whom Newbury has produced. Her first contributions to the press were some stories for children, and her first book, "Letters from a Sick Room," was published by the Massachusetts Sunday School Society. The following account of her life was written for our use by Mrs. A. G. Johnson, of Watertown, Conn., who probably knows her history better than anyone else now living :

' My acquaintance with Nancy did not commence until the early '40s, although I had known her brother, George, since I was six years old. A large part of her youth was spent in a sick room. Her brother, George, assisted her much in her studies and reading. I do not know of her attending school anywhere, excepting one year in Greenfield, Mass., a boarding school kept by a Mr. Jones. This must have been in the '30s. In 1847, she spent some months with us at Troy, and left us to travel with Miss Catherine Beecher, in the west that same year. They visited all the chief towns and cities, west and south, and I think they established schools in various places. I don't remember how long she was engaged with Miss Beecher, I think that the summers of '49, '50, and '51 were spent at Saratoga. She felt that she received some benefit from the waters. Even there I think that she wrote letters for some papers. From that time till '54, she remained with us and in New York. In 1854, she went to visit *Mrs. Asher Wright, who was missionary at the Seneca Mission. Here she gathered materials for her book about the Indians. I think "The Iroquois" was considered as good as anything she wrote. It was translated into the French language while she was in Paris. She wrote for the New York Times, of which Henry J. Raymond was editor and proprietor. You will notice that "Myrtle Wreath" is dedicated to him. She was in his family a good deal before going to Europe, and was with them the first of her life there. They sailed from New York, March 21, 1857, and she spent the next winter with them at Hiedelberg, Germany. She traveled all over Germany, living among the peasantry,

*NOTE .- Mrs. Wright's maiden name was Laura Maria Sheldon. She was born July 10, 1809, at St. Johnsbury, made her home in Newbury at different times; was admitted to the 1st ch. March 9, 1828; taught school here several terms, and was m. at Barnet, Jan. 21, 1833, by Rev. Clark Perry, to Rev. Asher Wright, missionary to the Indians on the Cattarangus reservation, where she remained 53 years, dying there Jan. 21, 1886. Mr. Wright d. 1875. She revisited Newbury in 1838, and brought with her a little Indian girl, named Austria Two Guns, who was brought up in the family of Henry Keyes. There are several yet living who will remember her. She returned to her own people in later years, and m. one of her race, William Tallchief. ED.

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and learning their language, manners and custom, gathering material for her "Peasant Life in Germany." She went all over Switzerland in the same way; climbed mountains, rode donkeys, and did all sorts of venturesome things. "Cottages of the Alps," was written at that time. She went to Paris in 1858, was there through all of our civil war. She would go out into the country every little while, gathering what she could for another book about the French, the same as of Germany and Switzerland. About this time her mind first began to break down, and what she wrote about France was never published. In 1863, Henry Ward Beecher went to see her, and engaged her to write for the "Independent." She also wrote for the "Congregationalist," "The Sacramento Union," some Chicago paper, and several others. She wrote for the press long before she went abroad, earning her means to go in that way. Her correspondence and authorship of "Minnie Myrtle" made her quite famous among the literary circles of New York. The winter before she left she was quite gay, and became acquainted with all the gentlemen and ladies of note there. Paris was her headquarters for a long time. In 1869, she, with two lady friends, (Americans), traveled all over Spain, went to Madrid, Grenada, Seville, Tangier, Barcelona, Marseilles, Nimes, Malaga, Nice, and so on. There seems no end to her journeys. Some of her letters from Spain are very interesting, and a few were published in the Troy Whig. In 1871, she spent some time in Venice. I think she must have been there at least two years. She was in Naples and Florence. I know she went to Rome, but I find nothing written from there. I think it was there that her mind began to break down a second time. Previous to that I saw nothing in her writings which would indicate that anything was the matter. How she ever accomplished what she did, I cannot imagine. Especially when it is considered that she was more or less of an invalid all the time, suffering privations, and more or less anxiety about receiving any remittances. I do not wonder her poor head and nerves became unstrung ; perhaps, she, herself, was to blame. She was too anxious to be independent, and make herself famous, an immense amount of energy and pride. Her intellect we cannot dispute ; it was something wonderful. But it was a great mistake for her to be left so alone. She needed, (like all geniuses), a kind, honest, practical friend to stand by her, and take care of her. She was easily imposed upon, and loved flattery. In person she was quite attractive, and fine looking, without being really handsome. I do not recall the precise date of her return to Newbury. My husband went down to New York to meet her. Even then she seemed perfectly sane upon all general subjects. I never saw her again."

Thus far the narrative of Mrs. Johnson, which needs little addition. To the present generation her name is almost unknown, but, fifty years ago, she was considered as one of the brilliant women of America. But she produced nothing that survived her own generation. Some of her books passed through several editions; her correspondence was very extensive; she was intimately acquainted with many of the prominent literary men and women of her own country and of Europe. She returned to Newbury and passed the remainder of her life among the scenes of her childhood. Her intellectual powers gradually gave way, but there were times when she was roused, and her conversation attained somewhat of its former brilliancy. She was admitted to the 1st ch., Sept. 4, 1842. She d. at the house of Miss Elizabeth Sloan, at Haverhill, Dec. 15, 1892, and is buried at the Ox-bow.

17 SIDNEY,4 (Hanes,3 Thomas,2 John,1) b. Aug. 15, 1840; farmer on homestead; chosen deacon in 1st ch. 1883; m. Nov. 16, 1870, Mary Elizabeth Ford of Lowell, Mass.

Children :

i. Leonard, b. Nov. 26, 1871; educated at Phillips Exeter Academy and Dartmouth Medical College; physician at Franconia, N. H. He m. July 9, 1896, Mabel, dau. of Robert G. Laing.

ii. Erwin Arthur, b. Feb. 26, 1873; educated at Newbury; graduated Boston Dental College, June 1897 ; in practice in Boston.

iii. Louise Carleton, b. March 21, 1882.

iv. Hanes Holden, b. Jan. 13, 1884.

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JOHNSON.

HAYNES, son of John, and brother of Col. Thomas, b. Aug. 28, 1784. He was one of the grantees of Newbury; lived some years on Hall's Meadow, his house being near the river on the J. J. Smith farm; m. Elizabeth Elliott, who went back to Chester, N. H., after his death, for fear of the Indians and Tories. She was a daughter of Edward and Mehitabel (Worthen) Elliott of Chester. She returned to Newbury and m., 2d, Col. Remembrance Chamberlin, q. v. Haynes d. at Concord, N. H., Sept. 2, 1775.

Children, by first marriage, all born in Newbury :

1 i. Jonathan, b. -; d. Jan. 19, 1812.

ii. Jesse, b. March 27, 1773; d. July 18, 1830.

iii. Haynes, b. Aug. 13, 1775; d. Nov. 1, 1863.

These three Johnson brothers married three daughters of Capt. Ezekiel Sawyer of Bradford. Jesse and Haynes settled there, and for their families see McKeen's History of Bradford.

1 "CAPT. JONATHAN JOHNSON," says our town record, "departed this life sorely lamented by his friends and connections, Jan. 19, 1812." He settled on Hall's Meadow, where J. J. Smith now lives. His wife was Hannah Sawyer, b. March 26, 1779. They had only one child :

2 i. Haynes, b. Sept. 23, 1800.

2 HAYNES,4 (Jonathan,3 Haynes,2 John,1) b. Sept. 23, 1800; d. Apr. 8, 1856 ; graduated Dartmouth College, 1822; farming and teaching till 1830, when he studied divinity with Rev. S. Chamberlin, and was ordained a deacon in the M. E. ch .. 1833; elder, 1836, and was an able and successful minister for about 25 years. In his time the term of service was very short, and the work laborious. He served 16 appointments, being stationed at Newbury in 1847, and in 1856 till death. He m. June 10, 1842, Hannah, dau. of Col. Simeon Stevens, (b. Apr. 29, 1805;) d.

Children :

i. Jonathan, b. Newbury, March 15, 1824; d. Jeffersonville, Ind., Aug. 15, 1896; fitted for college at Newbury Seminary; graduated Wesleyan University, 1849; teacher of Latin and Mathematics at Newbury Seminary, 1854; teacher in other academies and colleges in New Hampshire and Ver- mont ; also in Wesleyan Female College in Cincinnati ; teacher at Jefferson- ville, Ind., and in the druggist business till death. Civil Engineer ; surveyed the Vermont Central railroad from Windsor to White River Junction ; held various city offices. He m. March 27, 1849, Anna McCracken; no c.

ii. Simeon Stevens, b. Athens, July 27, 1836; fitted at Newbury Seminary for Yale College, but his father's death prevented his entering. Rem. to Jeffersonville, Ind., 1856; clerk in his brother's drug store and studying law till 1861, when admitted to the bar; in practice since, besides being City Attorney and Councillor; is also Grand Master of the Indiana State Lodge of Free Masons. He m. June 24, 1874, at Dedham, Mass., Ellen S., dau. of Jerome B. Bailey. (b. Fairlee, Aug. 2, 1841; d. Jeffersonville, Ind., Aug. 26, 1892). C., Martha H., m. Captain S. C. Baird of the United States Army; Frank H., killed by falling from a railroad bridge in 1897, and Hannah S.

JOHNSON.

ALEXANDER, son of Thomas and Elizabeth Johnson, was b. in Bath, N. H., in 1805. He was twice m., first to Hannah Walker of Lyman, N. H., and second to Margaret Shaw of MeIndocs Falls, where he engaged in the manufacture of lumber, in the firm of Kimball, Gilchrist & Co., until 1856. In 1857, he rem. to Barnet and engaged in farming for thrce or four years. He next located on a farm in Fairlec, where he remained six years. About 1866 he rem. to this town, where he remained until his death, in 1884, aged 79 years. Mrs. Johnson died in 1885, aged sixty-nine years.

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Alexander Johnson was a Republican and represented the town of Barnet in 1856 and 1857 and was selectman a number of years.

Children :

i. Janet S.

ii. Daniel S., res. Littleton since 1888; m. Abbie L. Kimball of Bradford. C., (1) Walter E., in the employ of the American Express Co., on the Boston & Maine R. R. (2) Florence L. Mrs. Johnson d. in July, 1884.

iii. Elizabeth C.

iv. James A., a farmer in this town; his farm being the original homestead of Webster Bailey.

v. Frank R., a millwright.

JOHNSTON.

COL. CHARLES of Haverhill and his brother, Col. Robert, of Newbury, were among the most prominent men in Coos in their day. They were of Scotch descent and are understood to have come to Hampstead, and thence to Coos, Haverhill, Mass., being their native place. Their parents were Michael and Mary (Hancock) Johnston. Rev. Grant Powers says that Michael, their brother, was one of the men sent up by Bayley and Hazen in 1761, with cattle to be wintered here, and that, on their return he was drowned at the upper end of Olcot's Falls. A family record gives his name as John. The three brothers served in the Old French war. Michael was a private in the 7th Co. of Blanchard's Reg., enlisted for service against the French Forts. Served from April 28 till October, 1755. In the 2d Regiment (Col. Peter Gilman's) Charles and Robert were privates in the 4th Co., of which Jacob Bayley was a lieutenant, from Sept. 22, 1755, until the end of the campaign. Michael and Robert were privates in the 11th Co. of Meserve's Regiment in the Crown Point expedition of 1756, and served seven months. They served also in the same regiment the next rear from March 8th. Michael was also private in Capt. John Hazen's Co. of Goff's Regiment from March 5, 1760, to the end of the war in November. Charles was quartermaster in the same regiment. In the Revolutionary war he was Lieutenant Colonel of Hobart's Regiment, in Stark's Brigade, and distinguished himself at the battle of Bennington. He was Judge of Probate for Grafton County 26 years. County Treasurer many years. He was b. at Haverhill, Mass., May 29, 1737, and d. at Haverhill, N. H., March 5, 1813.

COL. ROBERT, b. Sept. 3, 1738, at Haverhill, Mass. He built the first two story house in town in which he kept tavern. This building, which is now a barn at the south end of Newbury village, stood a little above Mr. Laing's house, and was surrounded by a stockade during the revolutionary war. He is mentioned as keeping tavern in 1769. Later, (a family tradition says in 1775), he built the house, now very much altered, where Robert J. Hibbard now lives. The first spirits sold at his bar were brought up from Concord in square kegs on horseback, says Rev. Clark Perry. Besides his service with his brother in the Old French war, before mentioned, he served twenty days in Capt. Thomas Johnson's Co. of minute men in 1775. He also served as minute man in Peter Olcot's Regiment in 1776. Capt. Thomas Johnson's Co., guarding and scouting, 57 days. In Oct. 1778, he was commissioned Lieut-Col. of the 4th Regiment, and is later spoken of as Colonel. He was also recruiting officer, and his house was the rendezvous several times for troops. Col. Frye Bayley's diary for 1776 states that the training field was behind Col. Johnston's house. and from that place the company under Col. Bayley started for Saratoga. He was chosen constable in 1769, and was one of the representatives from Newbury to the Constitutional Convention at Windsor, June 4, 1777. He seems to have declined to 'serve as Assistant Judge for Orange County in 1781, being elected Sheriff of the County. In 1787, he was chosen one of a committee of five to build the meeting house. In 1788, he was one of a committee to purchase a parsonage. Some years before his death he relinquished his fine farm to his sons, Charles and Robert and rem. to the farm long owned by the late John E. Chamberlain. Col Robert Johnston was one of those who

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opposed the course taken by Rev. Peter Powers in the last year of his ministry, and when the Rev. Grant Powers prepared his historical sketches he avenged his uncle by entirely neglecting him, with others. He d. Feb. 29, 1824. Col. Robert Johnston was four times married; 1st to Abigail Hadlock (Hadley), who d. May 25, 1771; 2d, Abigail Way, who d. July 25, 1772; 3d, Jane, (Jean) Bell, d. in 1780; 4th, Hepzibah (Tyler), widow of *James Bell; b. Dec. 5, 1754 at Pembroke, N. H. ; d. July 8, 1846. He had sixteen c., six by the 1st, one by 2d, two by 3d, and seven by 4th. Their records differ in the following list; the records in brackets are those given by Mrs. Jennie Goodwin of Minneapolis from a family Bible.

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History of Newbury, Vermont, from the discovery of the Coos country to present time, Part 72

Author: Wells, Frederic Palmer, 1850- ed Publication date: 1902 Publisher: St. Johnsbury, Vt., The Caledonian company Number of Pages: 935

Author: Wells, Frederic Palmer, 1850- ed
Publication date: 1902
Publisher: St. Johnsbury, Vt., The Caledonian company
Number of Pages: 935