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CHARLES JOHNSTON, b. Oct. 12, 1802; d. at Wells River, Aug. 2, 1879, and has one son, Sidney W., living in Worcester, Mass. He m. 1st, Sarah Clark of Landaff; m. 2d. Feb. 4, 1848, Sophronia L., dau. of James Bailey, (b. May 18, 1815; d. Feb. 20, 1888).
CYRUS J. S., b. about 1806; in business with his brother, and was, at one time, quite wealthy. He m. Dec. 15, 1840, Susan M., dau. of Timothy Shedd, (b. Dcc. 30, 1831; d. Jan. 21, 1881). He d. April 30, 1886.
Children :
i. Cyrus W., d. 1885.
ii. Susan E., res. Woodsville, N. H .; m. 1st, Mr. Moore. C., Arthur C. and Kathleen, (Mrs. Partridge of Reading, Mass.) She m. 2d, John P. Colby, son of Hon. Stoddard B. Colby of Montpelier.
SCOTT.
REV. ORANGE, son of Samuel and Lucy (Whitney) Scott, b. Bradford, Feb. 13. 1800. Attended school thirteen months in all. Licensed to preach 1821; joined M. E. Conference 1822; stationed at Charlestown, Mass., and Lancaster, N. H. Presiding clder, 1829; delegate to general conference,
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1831. Became an advocate of the abolition of slavery, 1833, and being delegate to the general conference of that year, he introduced resolutions against slavery and for so doing was refused re-appointment as presiding elder. Became traveling agent of the American Anti-slavery Society, 1837. In the conference of that year he was attacked in an address by Bishop Hedding, but in spite of opposition and censure he persitesd in preaching and lecturing in behalf of the slave. In 1841, he, with others, withdrew from the Methodist Episcopal church, and organized the Wesleyan Methodist church, of which he was made the first president. Became editor of the "True Wesleyan," and was manager of the Book Concern. Mr. Scott came to Newbury in 1840, to educate his eldest c. and lived at first in the house where the late Dea. George Swasey lived. Later he built that (then a one story house) in which D. Y. Ford now lives. He was appointed agent for Newbury Seminary, and while residing here, employed himself in lecturing, correspondence and editorial work. In 1845 he traveled through the west, attending conferences, as agent of the Book Concern. He returned to Newbury in broken health, and in 1846, rem to Newark, N. J., where he d. after a lingering illness, July 31, 1847 ; buried in Springfield, Mass. His biography by Rev. L. C. Mattock was published in 1851. His family returned to Newbury and lived until 1865, in the house in which Mrs. Mary S. Wallace lives. Elder Scott m. 1st, at Lyndon, May 7, 1826, Amy Fletcher, who d. at Springfield, Mass., April 4, 1835; m. 2d, Oct. 6, 1835, Eliza, dau. of Samuel and Eliza (Ward) Dearborn of Plymouth, N. H , (b. March 22, 1803 ; d. Dec. 31, 1898). Children :
i. Laura, m. E. C. Stocker, q.v .; d. in Newbury, 1856.
ii. Amy, b. Lowell Mass., June 21, 1837; m. Feb. 23, 1860, Rev. James Noyes of the New Hampshire Conference; d. Lancaster, N. H., Dec. 4, 1875.
iii. Anna, b. Lowell, Mass., May 10, 1840; m. July 10, 1862, Rev. Silas E. Quimby. principal of Newbury Seminary, 1866-67; now in the ministry ; q. v. She d. Salem, N. H., March 8, 1901.
iv. Orange W., b. Newbury, Oct. 15, 1842. Fitted for college at Newbury Seminary. entering, one year in advance, Wesleyan University, which he left in his junior year. Received degree A. M., 1889. Entered Maine M. E. Conference 1867, and was pastor at York and South Berwick; N. H. Conference, 1870, and held pastorates at Haverhill, Mass., New Market, Dover, Concord ; transferred to Wyoming conference 1879, pastor Kingston, N. Y., Pittston, Penn., Binghamton. N. Y .; N. E. Conference 1885. Principal of Greenwich, R. I., Academy. In ministry at Newport, R. I., Rockville, Norwich and Willimantic, Conn .; Brockton and Chicopee, Mass. He has held various positions upon educational boards and has also been one of the officers of the Epworth League. In addition has been a constant contributor to the secular and religious press. He m. July 16, 1867, Lucy A. Jameson of Irasburg, a graduate of, and teacher in Newbury seminary. She has published eight books ; editor of the "Children's Friend," and contributor to the Youth's Companion and other literature. C., Everett, Arthur, Alec, Gertrude and Florence.
SHEDD.
ABEL, b. in that part of Groton, Mass., now called Pepperell, March 9, 1743; was son of Jonathan and Sarah (Barron) Shedd. He m. Ruth Haskell, and d. Sept. 21. 1819.
They had seven children, of whom,
i. Josiah, b. Rindge, N. H., Nov. 1, 1781; m. Lydia Chamberlain, and settled in Peacham, where he d. Sept. 4, 1851.
1 ii. Timothy, b. Rindge, 1783.
1 TIMOTHY, b. Rindge. 1783; was in business at Wells River. (See Judge Leslie's account of Wells River for a more particular notice of him). He built and occupied, among others, the large house now owned by Mrs. Slack. He m. 1st, Susan, dau. of Stephen Reed, (q. v.), who d. March 19, 1853, aged
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48 years, 11 months, 5 days. He m. 2d, widow of Dr. Dean of Bath mentioned on pages 157 and 305. He d. Wells River, Dee. 7, 1855.
Children :
i. Charles Henry, b. April 16, 1810; d. Nov. 5, 1830.
ii. Jane Eliza, b. May 14, 1812; m. Sept. 20, 1831, Hiram Traey ; d. Feb. 9, 1851.
iii: William A., b. Aug. 17, 1814; d. Aug. 14, 1816.
iv. William Reed, b. Aug. 23, 1816; went on a voyage to Labrador while a young man ; in business with his father at Wells River and connected with other business interests; was director in the bank from 1853, till his death, and president in 1871; director of the state prison five years; town representative in 1863, 1864; state senator, 1872. Mr. Shedd lived in this town all his life, residing about twenty years at Newbury Village, in the house next north of the Cong. vestry. He m. May 28, 1850, Charlotte, dau. of Peter Butler of Oxford, Mass., (b. April 18, 1824; d. April 12, 1885). He d. April 4, 1896. One dau., Ruth Annie, b. Feb. 10, 1854; d. April 12, 1885. They were all members of the Cong. ch.
v. Ruth Annie, b. Feb. 10, 1827; d. June 25, 1846.
SHELDON.
JESSE, came to Wells River from Massachusetts, and has since been engaged in the jewelry business, succeeding Harry Holton, who had carried on that indispensible branch of mechanies at Wells River for 20 years or more. He is also a watch inspector for the B. & M. R. R. He m. June 1, 1892, Hattie J., dau. Samuel and Julia A. E. (Chamberlin) Smith of Bath; no e.
SHEPARD.
ASHBELL, AARON and HORACE, with their sister, Susan, came here from Connecticut about 1784. Their stepmother was Susanna. dau. Dea. Moses Chamberlain. Aaron and Ashbell Shepard were somewhat prominent here. Aaron was a surveyor, and laid out, in 1785, the road from South Newbury, through West Newbury to Topsham line. He laid out others of the earliest roads. In 1789, Aaron and Ashbell Shepard, each having a wife and one ehild, began the first settlement in Greensboro, where they were joined in the next year by their brother, Horace, and sister, Susan. The latter m Col. Levi Stevens of Newbury and Hardwiek. She d. Sept. 26. 1802. Ashbell Shepard m. in Newbury, Sept. 28, 1786, Mrs. Mary Barnett, and they were admitted to the Cong. Ch., May 25, 1788. He d. in Greensboro, June 4, 1808. She d. June 9, 1809. Several e. These three brothers reared large families. A record of their descendants was prepared in 1874 by Chester Brown of Hardwiek.
SHURTLEFF.
WILLIAM S., b. Newbury, Feb. 17, 1830. His mother was somewhat of an invalid, and found the sulphur springs beneficial; the family spent considerable time here, and in one of these visits this son was born. He afterward attended Newbury Seminary with his brother, Roswell F. Shurtleff, now a noted artist; graduated at Yale College and Harvard Law School, and was admitted to the bar in 1857. When the war broke out he enlisted as a private in the 47th Mass., and in a few months rose to be colonel of that regiment. Judge of Probate and Insolveney for Hampden County, Mass., from 1863 till death. Only one or two of his decisions were ever reversed by the Supreme Court. He delivered the ode at the 250th anniversary of the founding of Springfield; the oration at the dedieation of the soldiers' monument, and the address at the opening of the Fitchburg publie library, and several times visited Europe. Judge Shurtleff was fond of Newbury, and made himself better aequainted with its history and topography than most of its permanent inhabitants. He m. in 1857. Miss Clara Dwight, and of their two daus., one survived him. He d. Longmeadow, Mass., Jan. 14, 1896.
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REV. SOLOMON, son of Benjamin and Abigail Sias, b. Loudon, N. H., Feb. 25, 1781 ; rem. with his parents to Danville, in 1792. Entered the Methodist itineracy 1805, as a member of the N. E. Conference. Appointed 1811, in charge of the New Hampshire district, which embraced northeastern Vermont, all New Hampshire, north of Charlestown on the west, to Rochester and a few towns in Maine on the east. He rode about 3000 miles per annum in years of great scarcity and for his first years services received $19.75, his traveling expenses in the same time amounting to $18.71. In the third year his compensation had increased to $40.18, and he had left after expenses, $18.24. In 1824 he became publisher of Zion's Herald, which was begun Jan 9, 1823, with a small list of subscribers, and was financially embarrassed. During the three years in which he published the paper, he paid all its debts, placed it on a firm financial basis with a list of 6000 subscribers. He closed his connection with the Herald Sept. 30, 1827. He retired from the active ministry on account of ill health in 1828 and returned to Danville. Came to Newbury 1838 and built the house where the late Gilman Barnett lived and where his dau., Mrs. Page, now resides. Elder Sias had much to do with the location of Newbury Seminary here, and was a trustee for some years. He was a prominent mason, and when the anti-masonic controversy broke out he refused to join the popular clamor by denouncing the order, and came near being expelled from the conference. He yielded so far, however, for the sake of peace, as to withdraw from active participation with masonry, at least for a time. Mr. Sias' connection with Zion's Herald deserves a further word. The paper would have died had it not been for his energetic business management of its affairs; he placed it upon firm financial ground, and under him it took the position, which it has continued to hold, as the organ of the Methodist church in New England. This statement rests upon the best authority. Yet his services are so far forgotten that in the number of that paper which closed the 75th year of its publication with an historical review, his name was not even mentioned. He. m. 1825, Mrs. Amelia Hewes of Boston, Mass., dau. of Benjamin and Amelia Rogers, (b. Apr. 11, 1789 ; d. Oct. 19, 1856). He d. in Newbury, Feb. 12, 1853. Children :
i. Amelia, b. Boston. July 19, 1827; m. in Newbury, Apr. 13, 1853, Azro B. Mathewson, who d. July 18, 1881, leaving two c., Charles F., a lawyer in New York city, and Lillian, who resides with her mother in Malden, Mass.
ii. Solomon, b. Danville, June 13, 1829. Educated Newbury Seminary and Wesleyan University. Professor of Natural Science, Fort Edward Institute 1854-59. Principal of Schoharie Academy, N. Y., since 1874. He m. July 2, 1857, Angelina S. Baker of Youngstown, N. Y.
SLY.
+ STEPHEN, of Ryegate, m. 1802, Elizabeth, dau. of William Abbott of Haverhill, and granddaughter of James Abbott of Newbury. They had 14 c., of whom Israel, b. 1808, d. 1889, was a blacksmith at Boltonville nearly all his active life. He m. 1838, Martha Page of Ryegate. Nine c. Children :
i. William Henry, b. Jan. 20, 1840; m. May 6, 1866, Mary Parker; d. May 11, 1891. Four c., of whom Fred and M. Adella survived him.
ii. Charles C., b. April 3, 1841 ; d. Aug. 1, 1843.
iii. Ellen M., b. Nov. 14, 1843; m. Sept. 4, 1872, C. P. Smith; res. Alstead, N. H.
iv. Emily J., b. Sept. 18, 1845; m. Feb. 28, 1865, Henry K. Worthley; d. March 21, 1884. C., Elmer G.
v. Mary Eveline, b. Feb. 1, 1848; went to India as a missionary under the Presbyterian board in September, 1871; m. in Mynpoorie, India, April 2, 1872, Rev. James J. Lucas; returned to America, 1880; went back in 1882; returned a second time in 1892, and resided in Worcester, Ohio, until September, 1897, when she went back to India. Five c. living; Frances H., a teacher and graduate of Wellesley College. Katharine S.,
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m. H. H. Johnson of Cleveland, Ohio. William P. and Edmund, who are in college at Worcester, Ohio. and Eva C., who is with her in India.
vi. Edwin, b. Feb. 19, 1850; blacksmith at Boltonville; m. April 5, 1876, Martha, dau. of Charles S. Bolton. C., living, Bertha E., and Harley E. vii. Frank E., b. March 3, 1852; m. May 13, 1880, Emma Joseph. C., Lewis B., Clara B., Frank and Vernie.
viii. Augustus B., b. Dec. 20, 1854; m. July 3, 1890, Myra Oliver. C., Walter J.
ix Lilla V., b. July 6, 1860; m. C. P. Livesey; was killed by a kick from a horse at Farmsville, Mass., Nov. 5, 1891.
SMITH.
DR. GIDEON, the first physician, and one of the first settlers of Newbury, came here before June, 1764, from Westminster, Mass., and was in practice here many years. He seems to have been a man of good education, and his standing in town is attested by the frequency with which his name is mentioned in the early records, and by his being chosen to represent the town in the convention at Cornish. in 1778. He m. April 11, 1761, Mary, dau. of Joshua Bigelow, (b. Sept. 13, 1730). Her brother, Jabez Bigelow, was father of Maj. Jabez Bigelow, who settled in Ryegate. Dr. Smith lived for some years near the subsequent site of the "old meeting house," but later, bought the south farm on the Upper Meadow. His house stood on the top of the high hill, behind Ingalls hill, on the old road, and the cellar may still be seen. He served in the Revolutionary War. They had no c., but adopted Mary, dau. of Mrs. Smith's brother, Joshua Bigelow, (b. March 16, 1768; d. Rochester. April 18, 1848). She m. April 29, 1791, Jeremiah Ingalls, q. v. Mr. and Mrs. Smith were among the earliest members of the Cong. Ch., in which he was very prominent. By his will he bequeathed to the church a sum of money with which, by his request, the first silver articles of the communion service were purchased in 1810. He d. April 22, 1799, and his wife rem. to Rochester in 1812.
SMITH.
COL. JOHN, b. Hampstead, N. H., Feb. 13, 1758; served under the name of John Vance in Reed's Co. of Stark's regiment, which was engaged in the battle of Bunker Hill. He enlisted May 4, and was discharged Aug. 1, 1775. He did later service in New Hampshire regiments, and after he came to Newbury, which was before 1779, as his name is found in an old account book of that year, in January He began to clear land and built a log house on what is now called the "Guy Corliss Place," but, about 1790, settled where his grandson, the present John Smith, has always lived. He kept tavern there for some years after, and perhaps before, 1802. His tavern sign is preserved at the homestead. When the war of 1812 came on he was a major in the militia, and served at the time of the invasion of Lake Champlain. Afterwards he was colonel in the militia. His sword is owned by J. J. Smith. Lave in life he built the house in which his descendants. the Tyler sisters, live, south of the Union Meeting House. For the latter he gave the site, and gave the land for the cemetery. Col. Smith was prominent in his day, a man of pronounced opinions, and accumulated a comfortable property. He m. at Haverhill, by Rev. Peter Powers, April 6, 1780. Sarah Kincaid, (b. Windham, N, H., Dec. 2. 1761; d. Jan. 23, 1854). Their married life lasted 71 years 6 months, 27 days. He d. Oct. 28, 1851. Col. Smith was a democrat of the Jeffersonian school, and for more than a century his family has been prominent in town affairs. Children :
1 i. James, b. Feb. 10, 1781 ; d. Dec. 9, 1866.
ii. Abigail, b Feb. 21, 1783; m. 1st, Dec. 26, 1802, Thomas Jenness of Topsham; m. 2d, Robert Fulton of Newbury. She d. at Corinth May 14. 1873.
iii. Samuel, b. Sept. 8, 1785. He in. Nov. 27, 1808, Ruth Ladd of Haverhill. He d. Cambridge, N. Y., Oct. 21, 1813. They had several c .; of whom (1) Samuel. b. 1814; m. Mehetabel, dau. Thos. Henry. He d. Dec. 12, 1878. A dau., Sally. lived in Newbury, and d. at the home of her grandson, Charles B. Rollins, Nov. 8, 1890.
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iv. Mary, b. Jan. 1, 1788; m. Twisden B. Peach; d. Jan. 15, 1849.
v. Sarah, b. April 25, 1790; m. Sept. 16, 1813, Jonathan Jenness of Topsham, (b. Deerfield, N. H., March 30, 1780; rem. to Topsham, 1807; town representative, 15 years; state senator, 2 years; presidential elector on the Van Buren ticket, 1836; farmer and inn-keeper; d. Nov. 2, 1846).
vi. Nancy, b. Jan. 17. 1792; m. Dec. 26, 1815, Jonathan Mitchell, who d. May 27, 1849. She d. May 11, 1849.
2 vii. Joseph, b. Aug. 12, 1794; d. May 19, 1870.
viii. Ruth J., b. Sept. 25, 1795; m. 1st, Oct. 2, 1817, John Jenness, who d. in Topsham; m. 2d, Dec. 18, 1827, Thomas Richardson, She d. in Minnesota, Aug. 29, 1862.
is. John, b. Sept. 16, 1798; began to clear the farm which is now that of J. E. Currier, but went into the stage and hotel business as driver and proprietor of stage lines and hotels. He long kept the Oxford House at Fryeburg, Me., which was burned, 1887. (See New England Magazine, September, 1893). He d. at Fryeburg, June 4, 1889. Buried at West Newbury.
3 x. Charles J., b. July 15, 1800; d. Aug. 30, 1854.
xi. Elizabeth, b. Aug. 31, 1802; m. Elijah Hazeltine; d. March 4, 1861.
4 xii. Thomas J., b. July 16, 1804 ; d. March 24, 1890.
1 JAMES,2 (John,1) b. Feb. 10, 1781; farmer; cooper and basket maker at West Newbury; m. May 27, 1803, Polly (Mary), dau. of Josiah Rogers: d. Dec. 9, 1866. This was a very unfortunate family. One son, Charles, died in the Insane Asylum at Brattleboro. John obtained some education, m. and became a Methodist minister, but d. insane. Truman was partially demented and a wanderer; was found dead Oct. 5, 1860, in a pasture at the town farm in his 58th year. James M., known as "King Smith," was an idiot who d. on the town farm in Jan. 5, 1874. Lydia, who was a cripple, and Maria, a most worthy woman, lived by themselves, in the house which had been their grandfather's, until they became too feeble to live alone, when they deeded their property to the town and d. at the town farm, within a few hours of each other, Feb. 8 and 9, 1891, and were buried in the same grave. Descendants of John and of another sister, who are of sound mind, are understood to be living near Windsor.
2 JOSEPH,2 (John,1) b. Aug. 12, 1794; lived in the west part of the town a few years, then in Topsham till 1837; returned to Newbury and bought the John Atwood place on Hall's Meadow, on which he built a brick house, which, with its extensive outbuildings, was burned Oct. 8, 1888. Rebuilt, 1889. Joseph Smith was a very quiet, unassuming man, of excellent judgment and his views carried great weight. He was a selectman for many years. He m. 1820, his cousin, Polly Kincaid, of Peacham, who d. March 27, 1870, and he followed her May 20, of the same year.
Children, all b. in Topsham, but the 1st:
i. John, b. Newbury, March 8, 1882; settled in Iowa; d. in the Union army, April 5, 1864.
ii. Mary Ann, b. July 9, 1826; in. Henry V. Stanley of Boston.
iii. Sarah, b. July 19, 1828; m. Wesley Miner of Lyman, N. H.
iv. Asa Burton, b. Sept. 13, 1831; lived in Newbury or Bradford nearly all his life ; d. March 7, 1901.
v. Jane, b. Oct. 2, 1834; d. Nov. 13, 1893.
5 vi. Jonathan J., b. Dec. 15, 1836.
3 CHARLES JOHNSTON,2 (John,1) b. July 15, 1800. Farmer on the homestead and captain in the militia. He also had his share in town affairs. He m. May 1, 1828, Jane, dau. of James Wallace, (b. Apr. 18, 1803; d. June 30, 1890). They were members of the Cong. ch. He d. Aug. 30, 1854.
Children :
i. John, b. June 11, 1829 ; d. Jan. 11, 1830.
ii. Infant, b. Jan. 12, d. Jan 13, 1831.
iii. John, b. June 21, 1832; farmer on homestead. Has also been a large buyer of bark and lumber throughout northern Vermont and New Hampshire, and has dealt extensively in cattle, fertilizers and farm machinery, He m. Apr. 4, 1891, Abby H. Stuart of Barnet.
iv. William, b. Aug. 7, 1834 ; d. Mav 26, 1838.
v. James W., b. May 15, 1837; d. March 17, 1842.
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4 THOMAS JENNESS, b. July 16, 1804; farmer and shoemaker at West Newbury; m. about 1836, Jane, dau. Robert Fulton, (b. Dec. 27, 1807; d. Nov. 14, 1843). He d. March 24, 1890.
Children:
i. Sarah Jane, b. Sept. 15, 1837; m. May 25, 1857, Wells B. Brown, who d. June 3, 1901.
ii. Robert F., b. Aug. 16, 1839; enlisted December, 1861, in Co. D, 8th Vt .; discharged Oct. 17, 1862, and d. Nov. 17, in New York City, on his way home.
iii. Eliza H., b. Sept. 20, 1841; m. George C. Tyler, (see Powers family) ; d. May 12, 1899.
5 JONATHAN JENNESS,3 (Joseph,2 John,1) b. Topsham, Dec. 15, 1836; farmer on Hall's Meadow, succeeding his father, also owns much out-lying land. He m. Feb. 13, 1870, Sophronia E. Stearns of Bradford, who d. April 20, 1893 ; Children :
i. Mary Elizabeth, b. Aug. 22, 1870; graduate of Randolph Normal School. teacher.
ii. Joseph, b. July 20, 1872.
iii. Fanny, b. Oct. 30, 1873.
iv. Minnie, b. May 16, 1875.
v. Vodia, b. May 26, 1877; d. Sept. 21, 1879.
vi. Jane, b. Jan. 21, 1879; d. April 17, 1895.
vii. John Bliss, b. Feb. 25, 1881.
SMITH.
DANIEL and JOSEPH, came from Deerfield, Mass., about 1787. Daniel was a distiller and made potato whiskey in a building which stood nearly opposite where Joseph P. Bailey now lives, on the road from the village to West Newbury. He had no family. Joseph m. Lucy Spurr, and they, soon after coming here, opened a tavern in the house in which E. H. Farnham now lives, which they carried on till Mr. Smith's death in 1815. He was the third postmaster, succeeding David Johnson in 1812. After his death Mrs. Smith m. March 26, 1818, Col. Simeon Stevens as 2d wife. She d. April 12, 1850.
Children :
i. Hiram, b. May, 1800; d. Aug. 1801.
ii. Emily b. Nov. 11, 1801; m. Dec. 7, 1823, Thos. J. Stevens; d. May 1, 1871; q. v.
iii. Hiram. b. Dec. 5, 1803. Farmer at West Newbury where his dau. now lives. Many years a member of the Methodist church. He m. April 7, 1828, Elizabeth, dau. Joseph Sawyer, (b. Jan. 10, 1805; d. Apr. 16, 1879). C., Lucy A., m. Nov. 20, 1860, Hector D. Haseltine, who d. Oct. 28, 1895. He d. Dec. 31, 1882.
iv. Susan, b. Jan. 18, 1808; m. Nov. 9, 1829, James Spear Johnston ; d. Feb. 19, 1860.
SMITH.
JAMES, of Windham, Conn., son of Stephen and Mary (Preston) Smith, b. Jan. 6, 1744.
Children :
i. Alitheah, b. April 5, 1767, m. Thomas Ruggles, whose dau., Alitheah, m. Ezekiel L. Bayley of Newbury and Rutland, (p. 443, in which her name is not correctly spelled).
ii. Stephen, b. Oct. 19, 1768.
iii. Polly, b. Jan. 9, 1771.
iv. Olive, b. Nov. 22, 1772. 1
v. Lois, b. Nov. 3, 1774.
vi. Nathanicl, b. Jan. 9, 1778; d. March 1, 1824.
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1 LoIs, b. Nov. 3, 1774; m. Nov. 27, 1794, Clark Elliott, and came to Newbury a few years later. They had eight c .. the youngest of whom, Henry, b. Newbury, September, 1812, obtained some education, entered the
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Methodist ministry while still very young and was one year on a circuit in New Hampshire. In 1833 or '34, he went to Ohio, and joined the Erie Conference, and was in the itinerant ministry there till 1855. He m. August, 1836, Lucy Ann Taft, of Braceville, O. In 1855, they rem. to Minnesota, and settled in Glencoe, being the first Methodist minister to settle west of what were known as the "great woods." With the aid of his sons he cleared a farm and erected buildings from which they were driven by the Indians in August, 1862, during the "Minnesota Massacre," and their buildings and crops were destroyed. He d. 1891.
Children :
i. Wilbur Fisk, d. in the Union army in the 9th Minnesota.
ii. Robert N., a prominent citizen of Norwood, Minn., b. July 19, 1840; d. June 4, 1900.
iii. Auren Clark.
iv. Clara Jane.
2 NATHANIEL, b. Jan. 9, 1778 ; farmer in Newbury; m. Experience Goodall, (b. Walpole, N. H., May 5, 1776; d. Dec. 14, 1860). He d. March 1, 1824. She lived in a small house north of the great elm south of the Ox-bow cemetery, and was called "Aunt Speedy Smith."
Children :
i. Maria, b. November, 1808; d. Oct. 11, 1860.
ii. Harriett, m. Thomas Bartlett of Lyndon.
iii. Louisa, m. Nov. 2, 1852, George A. Bingham, a lawyer of Lyndon and Littleton, N. H. She d. at Concord, April 25, 1856.
iv. Laura C., b. March 13, 1817; m. Raymond C. Witherspoon; d. New York City ; buried at Newbury.
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SMITH.
EDGAR W., son of Elijah W., and Dolly (Higgins) Smith, b. Randolph, July 3, 1845; was educated in the common schools, and in New Hampton (N. H.) Literary Institution; began the study of law in 1868, with Philander Perrin of Randolph, and continued studies with George W. Hendee of Morrisville, N. L. Boyden of Randolph and Abel Underwood of Wells River; admitted to the bar at Chelsea, Jan. 1, 1872, in which year he began practice at Wells River; formed a partnership with Scott Sloan, Sept. 1, 1884, having an office at Woodsville; in 1899, they dissolved partnership, and Mr. Smith has taken his son, Raymond U., into the business with him, having also an office at Woodsville. He received the honorary degree of A. M., from Norwich University in 1874, and has published papers upon legal subjects, and the Proceedings of the Grafton and Coos Bar Association. State's attorney, 1884-86; town representative 1882-83; member of Vermont and New Hampshire Bar Associations and that of the Grafton and Coos Bar; res. Wells River: is leader of the choir in the Congregational church. in which Mrs. Smith is organist. He m. Aug. 17, 1869, Emma M. Gates of Morrisville.
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